February 2009 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] openSuSE 11.1 on Dell Latitude D630
by Ronald Nsubuga 05 Feb '09

05 Feb '09

Hello all, I have installed opensuse 11.1 running KDE4.1 on Dell Latitude D630 and have got the media players like mplayer, realplayer, drivers BUT I can't get the sound card to produce any sound. I have searched off the internet and there some leads about the kernel version that needs to be edited for both Wi-Fi and Sound Drivers to work BUT not sure. Any leads on how I can get it working? Will appreciate all the help. -- Regards, Ronald Nsubuga, skype: nsptash "I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble" -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Nokia 6680 synchronisation problem (segfault)
by Amedee Van Gasse 05 Feb '09

05 Feb '09

Hello, I currently have my Google calendar integrated in Thunderbird/Lightning. Works great. I would like to sync that calendar with my Nokia 6680. When I plug it in with the usb cable, dmesg and lsusb give me the following output: amedee@saruman { ~ }$ dmesg (...) usb 5-5.3: new full speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 20 usb 5-5.3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice cdc_acm 5-5.3:1.8: ttyACM0: USB ACM device usb 5-5.3: New USB device found, idVendor=0421, idProduct=041e usb 5-5.3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0 usb 5-5.3: Product: Nokia 6680 usb 5-5.3: Manufacturer: Nokia amedee@saruman { ~ }$ lsusb Bus 005 Device 019: ID 0421:041e Nokia Mobile Phones 6680 Bus 005 Device 012: ID 046d:c70a Logitech, Inc. MX5000 Cordless Desktop Bus 005 Device 011: ID 046d:c70e Logitech, Inc. MX1000 Bluetooth Laser Mouse Bus 005 Device 010: ID 046d:0b02 Logitech, Inc. BT Mini-Receiver (HID proxy mode) Bus 005 Device 008: ID 08ec:2038 M-Systems Flash Disk Pioneers TravelDrive Bus 005 Device 007: ID 059b:027a Iomega Corp. Bus 005 Device 003: ID 03f0:2605 Hewlett-Packard ScanJet 3800c Bus 005 Device 002: ID 04b4:6560 Cypress Semiconductor Corp. CY7C65640 USB-2.0 "TetraHub" Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Good. The Nokia 6680 is recognized by Opensuse. Next I run syncml-obex-client: amedee@saruman { ~ }$ sudo syncml-obex-client -u Found 2 USB OBEX interfaces Interface 0: Manufacturer: Nokia Product: Nokia 6680 Interface description: SYNCML-SYNC Interface 1: Manufacturer: Nokia Product: Nokia 6680 Interface description: PC Suite Services Use '-u interface_number' to connect Good. The phone has a SYNCML-SYNC interface. Then I start Kitchensync, I add a new group, and I add 2 members: * google-calendar with my Google config. I copy/pasted the url and it works. * syncml-obex-client: connection = USB, interface = 0, the rest is left as default Then I synchronize, and I get a small popup saying "Unable to connect one of the members". I ran dmesg again, and I saw this: amedee@saruman { ~ }$ dmesg (...) usb 5-5.3: new full speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 20 usb 5-5.3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice cdc_acm 5-5.3:1.8: ttyACM0: USB ACM device usb 5-5.3: New USB device found, idVendor=0421, idProduct=041e usb 5-5.3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0 usb 5-5.3: Product: Nokia 6680 usb 5-5.3: Manufacturer: Nokia osplugin[23528]: segfault at 7020a0e ip 08060b08 sp bf82334c error 6 osplugin[23545]: segfault at 7020a0e ip 08060b08 sp bfa4dd7c error 6 osplugin[23744]: segfault at 7020a0e ip 08060b08 sp bfec59ec error 6 osplugin[23785]: segfault at 7020a0e ip 08060b08 sp bfc40f6c error 6 osplugin[23971]: segfault at 7020a0e ip 08060b08 sp bfdf311c error 6 I'm guessing here that osplugin stands for opensync-plugin, and the numbers in brackets must be the times when I tried to sync. I googled for osplugin+segfault but I'm afraid I'll need a PhD to understand most of what I found. So, what am I doing wrong here? Kind regards, Amedee Van Gasse -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] ok now this is getting a bit much 10.3 this time
by peter nikolic 05 Feb '09

05 Feb '09

tell you what this is getting a bit rich now I now got 10.3x86_64 tellnig me YaST got signal 11 at YCP file OnlineUpdateCallbacks.ycp:524 /sbin/yast2: line 386: 8913 Segmentation fault $ybindir/y2base $module "$@" "$SELECTED_GUI" $Y2_GEOMETRY $Y2QT_ARGS it wont update with zypper either just get Segmentation fault ideas ..?. Pete (now steaming at both ears) -- SuSE Linux 10.3-Alpha3. (Linux is like a wigwam - no Gates, no Windows, and an Apache inside.) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Problem with HP printer
by Ken Schneider 05 Feb '09

05 Feb '09

I keep getting the following error when trying to print: Feb 4 14:01:44 pc5 HP_LaserJet_3300_3310_3320?serial=00SGH1B1051K: io/hpmud/musb.c 135: unable get_string_descriptor -1: Operation not perm itted Feb 4 14:01:44 pc5 HP_LaserJet_3300_3310_3320?serial=00SGH1B1051K: io/hpmud/musb.c 603: invalid product id string ret=-1 Feb 4 14:01:44 pc5 HP_LaserJet_3300_3310_3320?serial=00SGH1B1051K: io/hpmud/musb.c 1058: unable to open hp:/usb/HP_LaserJet_3300_3310_3320? serial=00SGH1B1051K Feb 4 14:01:44 pc5 HP_LaserJet_3300_3310_3320?serial=00SGH1B1051K: prnt/backend/hp.c 675: INFO: open device failed; will retry in 30 second s... If this is an i/o error why am I able to scan with the same device. I removed the printer and added it again with the same error messages. *********************************** lpstat -t scheduler is running system default destination: hp3300 device for hp3300: hp:/usb/HP_LaserJet_3300_3310_3320?serial=00SGH1B1051K hp3300 accepting requests since Wed 04 Feb 2009 01:51:42 PM EST printer hp3300 now printing hp3300-0. enabled since Wed 04 Feb 2009 01:51:42 PM EST hp3300-51 ken 1436672 Wed 04 Feb 2009 01:50:46 PM EST The strange thing here is the displayed job number is not correct when looking at the now printing line, it shows hp3300-0 when it should be hp3300-51. -- Ken Schneider SuSe since Version 5.2, June 1998 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Swap file question for dual-boot openSUSE install
by Jay Mistry 05 Feb '09

05 Feb '09

Currently, I have openSUSE 11.1 on a separate HDD (HD # 2). I would like to install openSUSE 11.0 on HD # 3. How can I go about doing this such that the present bootloader (grub, installed on MBR of HD # 1) will also boot openSUSE 11.0 on HD # 3 ? Also, is it possible to have a single swap partition for the 2 installs of openSUSE (without confusing grub between the 2 installs of openSUSE)? The present swap partition is on HD # 2, for the openSUSE 11.1 operating system. PS: HD # 1 has Windows XP, with grub on MBR. GRUB is used to boot into Windows XP as well. Jay -- Registered Linux User # 483705 @ http://counter.li.org/ openSUSE 11.1 Smolts Profile: http://www.smolts.org/client/show/?uuid=pub_b541a450-9bc1-45fd-beab-d46ee43… -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] WARNING! re latest update to OpenOffice from Novell
by Basil Chupin 05 Feb '09

05 Feb '09

Just to be sure, do not allow YaST/zypper (or even smart) to update your (32-bit) 11.1 installation of OpenOffice to the latest version - leave it at 3.0.0.9-1.11. I allowed zypper to update it this morning and now I have one big f***-up, and lost the ability to run OpenOffice. I've spent the past 9 hours trying to figure out how to get my working OO back and the only conclusion I have now come to is for me to use 'rpm -e OpenOffice*' and reinstall from the DVD (with the BuildService STABLE for OO *disabled* in the repos). Now your mileage re this may vary and you may even have had no problems with YaST updating your OO on your system - which is fine. But if you are yet to update OO then watch out for the list of the dependency errors, and then simply do not attempt to update OO. Ciao. -- "I do not instruct the uninterested; I do not help those who fail to try. If I mention one corner of a subject and the pupil does not deduce therefrom the other three, I drop him." Confucius -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Dolphin no feedback
by Manne Merak 05 Feb '09

05 Feb '09

Hi, upgraded to KDE4.2 in 10.3. So far running ok. I have some issue with Dolphin (seeing that I cant install Krusader because of KDE4) When opening a remote folder (SMB or any other slow connection) and it takes some time to download the dir listing I cant see any feedback from Dolphin. It just sits there and behaves as if it crashed. It does come back after some time. Is it just me, or should I log an enhancement? Manne -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Enlightenment how-to? (menu font & keybindings) [OpenSuSE 11.0]
by Joe(theWordy)Philbrook 05 Feb '09

05 Feb '09

I'm using kde 3.5.9 under OpenSuSE 11.0 That is I boot to a non-gui login screen on a virtual console. Then usually make startx my first user command which gets me kde 3.5.9... I've always used kde. Never could stand gnome (too much emphasis on knowing where to right-click...) I've been hearing enough ranting about kde4 that I decided now would be a good time to see if there was a good alternative WM that I could stand... I found a description of enlightenment that said it was possible to set-up the keybindings in such a way as to run enlightenment with the keyboard... (since there are no words in the languages of men, elves, orcs nor most likely even klingons to adequately describe my distaste for "point n click" as the PRIMARY control method) I immediately did an: $ su -c mc ^O # zypper se enlightenment # zypper if enlightenment # zypper in enlightenment Then after a bit I figured out that I now had e16. I blindly flailed about trying to get useful info with man and info on e16 and or starte16... Then with a little experimentation I figured out that as long as I included the absolute pathname I could start e16 from a console with: $ startx /usr/bin/starte16 And/or (no apparent difference???) $ startx /usr/bin/e16 Great... Two problems. 1) I don't know how to set-up keybindings I can stand. I'm used to setting global keyboard shortcuts via kcontrol in kde 3.x where I always change a few defaults, & eliminate several default shortcuts that I don't want to fat finger... Would some kind hearted soul point me at a good how-to on configuring the e16 keybindings? ( I do hope there's one for an equivalent to the kde 3.x window operations menu so I can eliminate all shortcuts that kill, close or quit a window without confirmation... ) 2) The font used in the assorted menus that pop up if I click on the desktop area are so small I need to use the <ctrl>+<alt>+<+> shortcut to zoom in at least twice before I can read them. ( my 17 inch monitor is a a full arms length away from my face. And if I try to look at the monitor with reading glasses on the glare makes my eyes water... <sniffle> ) I poked around those menus looking for anything with font settings. I found a place to set qt4 fonts which font setting application responded immediately when I did a file|save after changing the point size from 9 to 18... But the menu fonts didn't change. I found a menu choice to change my gtk font settings. But it already showed the 20 pt font I'd previously set from kde. I couldn't find a menu choice to change my kde "TT"font settings so I logged out of e16 fired up kde and enlarged the few font settings there that were less than 14pt then logged out of kde and restarted e16... The menus are still using a microscopic fontsize... <sigh!> Please tell me there is a way to configure the font size e16 uses for the menus... Would someone be kind enough to explain it to me? -- | ~^~ ~^~ | <?> <?> Joe (theWordy) Philbrook | ^ J(tWdy)P | \___/ <<jtwdyp(a)ttlc.net>> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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RE: [opensuse] possible raid failure?
by James D. Parra 05 Feb '09

05 Feb '09

Hi James, On Wed, 04 Feb 2009, 19:35:36 +0100, James D. Parra wrote: > [...] > Anyway to mark the sector as bad and restart the raid? you should *immediately* run an intensive check on the drive; as root, run "smartctl -t long /dev/sda" which will last several minutes to hours depending on the size of the drive. Once it's finished you can see the results by running "smartctl -a /dev/sda" which may also show the LBA address of the failing block(s); there are some references (use Google) explaining what to do to mark (and remap) the sector. > This is a single drive mirrored (RAID1) and when the raid failed the system > froze. I don't want that to happen again. What can I do to ensure that the > system can ride through a RAID failure and how can I have the md send me an > e-mail notifying me of the failure. That's pretty easy, just run "insserv /etc/init.d/mdadm" and ensure that any e-mail sent to "root@localhost" will be delivered to some account who's actually looking at that e-mail. > After a reboot mdstat shows; > > # cat /proc/mdstat > Personalities : [raid1] [raid0] [raid5] [raid4] [linear] > md0 : active raid1 sda1[0] sdb1[1] > 160512 blocks [2/2] [UU] > > md1 : active raid1 sdb2[1] > 292872896 blocks [2/1] [_U] > <snip> > > I don't see sda2 on md1 so I guess its no longer mirrored. Any way to > reactivate it while the raid is still up? I'd not (yet) re-add it to the raid, better check the drive first as I wrote above. Afterwards you can re-add it using "mdadm /dev/md1 /dev/sda2". ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thank you for the details. Can I run "smartct" with the other RAID, md0 (sda1, sdb1) still running? Best regards, James -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Updated web template v5
by David C. Rankin 05 Feb '09

05 Feb '09

Listmates, For those that have been following my clumsy efforts to put together a nice 3-column web site template, I have what is the 5th version (and what will probably be the last for a while) available for download. Direct Download: (total size 44k - including all icons and images) http://www.3111skyline.com/download/webdev/3ColTemplate.tar.bz2 The Template Example Page: http://www.3111skyline.com/download/webdev/3ColTemplate/ The latest additions are the small javascript "dtree" menu tool (the dhtml menu in Gallery2) and date/time functions, the php, mysql visitors log capturing time, date, IP, referrer, and page request, along with a clean up of the css and pages. There are some pretty cool approaches to different problems solved in the template from the research I did on how to correctly handle the css, javascript and php. To veterans it's basic, but if you wanted to try your hand at building a site, this would be a pretty good template to download and tear apart to see how it all works. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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