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RE: [opensuse] possible raid failure?
by James D. Parra 04 Feb '09

04 Feb '09

James wrote: Feb 4 04:49:44 server kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 90593092 Feb 4 04:49:44 server kernel: Operation continuing on 1 devices Feb 4 04:49:44 server kernel: RAID1 conf printout: Feb 4 04:49:44 server kernel: --- wd:1 rd:2 Feb 4 04:49:44 server kernel: disk 0, wo:1, o:0, dev:sda2 Feb 4 04:49:44 server kernel: disk 1, wo:0, o:1, dev:sdb2 Feb 4 04:49:44 server kernel: RAID1 conf printout: Feb 4 04:49:44 server kernel: --- wd:1 rd:2 Feb 4 04:49:44 server kernel: disk 1, wo:0, o:1, dev:sdb2> <snip> > > Is the raid failing? This is a new system. Hi James, your RAID has failed. Check the output 'cat /proc/mdstat' to make sure, but it seems pretty obvious. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~` Anyway to mark the sector as bad and restart the raid? 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. 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? Thank you, 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] possible raid failure?
by James D. Parra 04 Feb '09

04 Feb '09

Hello, Had a system freeze on me this morning and found the following in /var/log/warn; Feb 4 04:49:44 server kernel: ata1.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x0 Feb 4 04:49:44 server kernel: ata1.00: cmd ea/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/a0 tag 0 cdb 0x0 data 0 Feb 4 04:49:44 server kernel: res 51/04:00:34:cf:f3/00:00:00:00:00/a3 Emask 0x1 (device error) Feb 4 04:49:44 server kernel: ata1.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x0 Feb 4 04:49:44 server kernel: ata1.00: (BMDMA stat 0x24) Feb 4 04:49:44 server kernel: ata1.00: cmd ca/00:08:44:57:66/00:00:00:00:00/e5 tag 0 cdb 0x0 data 4096 out Feb 4 04:49:44 server kernel: res 51/10:08:4c:57:66/00:00:00:00:00/e5 Emask 0x81 (invalid argument) Feb 4 04:49:44 server kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 90593092 Feb 4 04:49:44 server kernel: Operation continuing on 1 devices Feb 4 04:49:44 server kernel: RAID1 conf printout: Feb 4 04:49:44 server kernel: --- wd:1 rd:2 Feb 4 04:49:44 server kernel: disk 0, wo:1, o:0, dev:sda2 Feb 4 04:49:44 server kernel: disk 1, wo:0, o:1, dev:sdb2 Feb 4 04:49:44 server kernel: RAID1 conf printout: Feb 4 04:49:44 server kernel: --- wd:1 rd:2 Feb 4 04:49:44 server kernel: disk 1, wo:0, o:1, dev:sdb2 <snip> Is the raid failing? This is a new system. Thanks, 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] Java plugin strangeness
by Jan Karjalainen 04 Feb '09

04 Feb '09

I'm running Firefox 3.0.6, latest Java (1.6.0_11), openSUSE 11.1 i386. Several sites won't work because they say my Java plugin is either not present or an old version. about:plugins shows this: File name: libjavaplugin_oji.so Java(TM) Plug-in 1.6.0_11 When verifying at java.com, the say this: Your Java version is 1.6.0_0 Then they tell me to update to 1.6.0_11, naturally. There's a couple of sites that won't work at all, they can't even detect the plugin..? Now I have to rely on WinXP in a VM to do my banking... Running Firefox 3.0.6 and Java 1.6.0_11 on XP, works just fine. /Jan K. -- 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] k3b only as root
by lynn 04 Feb '09

04 Feb '09

On Saturday 17 January 2009 03:09:46 pm Marcus Meissner wrote: On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 01:30:53AM -0600, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: On Saturday 17 January 2009, lynn <lynn@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote about '[opensuse] k3b only as root': /dev/sr0 is my burner. I give universal write to it. It works for me as a user. When I reboot the permissions have reset? How do I burn as a normal user? I.m on xfce under 11.1 Check out /etc/udev/rules.d -- Those files determine the owner/group/permissions/symlinks/etc. for files in /dev. The fix is in HAL, and we will release an online update for it next week. Novell bug is 40825. Ciao, Marcus -------------------------------- Hi Has the update been released yet? Thanks L. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] 11.1 extremely slow boot/halt on VMware..
by Anders Norrbring 04 Feb '09

04 Feb '09

Anyone with ideas on what makes 11.1 so extremely slow at boot and halt time when run as a VMware Server guest? 11.0 was really fine, but 11.1 can take up to 6-7 minutes just to come to 'Starting udev'. Same goes for a halt, it takes up to 10 minutes to halt the VM. Anders. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Re: how to change desktop background in kde4?
by jdd 04 Feb '09

04 Feb '09

Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. a écrit : > Not really. Rebooting has always worked just as well on Linux as it has on > MS Windows. (Which means it really only solves transient errors anyway.) one may also make init 1 init 5, but reboot is easier. we know that reboot is not necessary, but not always know what we have to restart, so on non server machines, it's not rare to have to reboot jdd -- http://www.dodin.net http://valerie.dodin.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-eic8MSSfM http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1412160445 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Re: how to change desktop background in kde4?
by jdd 04 Feb '09

04 Feb '09

Clayton a écrit : > out. This is especially the case when I am doing remote support for > friends and family using openSUSE... they break something.. they call > me... I can ssh to their machines, tinker for a while, or.. tell them > to reboot while we chat, and 99% of the time all is well after a > restart. and the 1% you lose your ssh connexion!!! I *never* reboot on distant administration! jdd -- http://www.dodin.net http://valerie.dodin.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-eic8MSSfM http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1412160445 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] VNC
by dave stern - e-mail.pluribus.unum 04 Feb '09

04 Feb '09

I've got a number of Windows XP boxes that want X11 access to a Suse host. I've performed the following steps: Install vnc on Suse create /etc/xinetd.d/Xvnc containing: Service Xvnc { type = UNLISTED disable = no socket_type = stream protocol = tcp wait = no user = root server = /usr/local/bin/Xvnc server_args = -inetd :10 -query localhost -once -geometry 1024x768 -depth 16 port = 5901 } under /etc/sysconfig/displaymanger, I have the following set: DISPLAYMANAGER_REMOTE_ACCESS="yes" DISPLAYMANAGER_START_XSERVER=yes DISPLAYMANAGER_XSERVER_TCP_PORT_6000_OPEN=yes Firewall is off Xaccess allows broadcast, and to any host kdmrc has the xdmcp stanza enable=true and port=177 restart xinetd and X11 but can't remotely connect. Get Connection refused. Same results with locally running vncviewer localhost:10 Sadly, same message is mimicked in syslog; nothing else. What steps am I missing? TIA -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] DataTraveler, by Kingston--flash
by D. McGarrett 04 Feb '09

04 Feb '09

This is a 64 Gig flash drive, which is supposed to work on Linux 2.6+, as well as most modern versions of Windows. Two questions: I have a RAID 2 system on the Windows XP machine, with quite a bit of partition to spare, and a pretty fast CPU and a couple of MB of memory. If I could double boot Suse 11 without losing XP, how would I do that, in slow, plain English. (I didn't set up the RAID, but I know the fellow who did, (my son) and he would help. Second Q: I have an older FRY's machine with SuSE 9.3, which, frankly, I would keep, if it wasn't unfriendly to my HP 22D0d printer, which also has a fairly large unused partition. If I want to keep the old partition and double-boot to SuSE 11, how? Same need for very simple instructions. Finally, one more Q: If I format the flash with the XP file system, will Linux 9.3 be able to read and write it? I have a bunch of SuSE email on the Linux machine that I would like to save, if possible. The CD on that machine doesn't seem to work, at the moment, so I would save the files on the flash, and copy them to the XP. The Linux machine is formated in Reiser, which I have had no trouble with, but I would go to what I think is CDE3, if everybody thinks I should. No, I know nothing whatever about networking; wish I did. It would save me a lot of trouble. doug, wa2say -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Two CDRW/DVDRW Drives and /dev links
by Rodney Wishart 04 Feb '09

04 Feb '09

I have two sata CDRW/DVDRW drives connected to my box, both of which work fine. I have a problem with the OS (SuSE 11.1) automatically changing links cdrom. cdrw, dvdrom, dvdrw in /dev. When I first boot up the above links are linked to /dev/sr1. If I place a cd or dvd in the "sr1 drive all works as it should. cds and dvds play burn etc. If I insert a cd or dvd in sr0, the OS changes the links to point to /dev/sr0 not /dev/sr1. If I remove the cd/dvd from the sr0 drive and place it in the sr1 drive the OS does not redo/change back the cdrom dvdrom etc. links to sr1. This creates problems with some of the SuSE apps such as the KDE Kioslave-audiocd and Audex to name a few. These apps will then work with the sr0 drive not the sr1 drive. Other apps seem to work just fine even though the OS has changed the links. My question is: Is there a way to stop the OS from changing the links? If I can get the OS to set the cdrom/dvdrom links to /dev/sr0 can I create my own links cdrom1/dvdrom1 to /dev/sr1 without the OS overwriting them? Thanks, Rodney -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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