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[opensuse] 10.2 still crashing; KDE freezes; command-line shutdown fails
by Charles Obler 12 Mar '09

12 Mar '09

I first posted this problem on 23 Dec 2008. Since then, it has recurred every other day or so, sometimes more than once a day. KDE freezes up. Windows fail to respond to close requests. Window termination messages appear. System slows to a crawl. KDE does not shutdown. Today, I managed to enter a command-line shutdown. The command was accepted and I got the "shutdown in 0 seconds" message. But no further shutdown processing occurred. As a diagnostic, I've created a bash script that saves ps output in a file every three seconds. CPU usage and swap usage figures do not seem excessive. Are there better diagnostics I can run? If this is a loop in Xorg, is there a way to identify the block of code it is in? - - - Here is my original message, dated 23 Dec 2008: I have a severe intermittant problem and need help. I hope I'm posting this report on the correct list. I installed 10.2 about a month ago on a new computer. Two or three times a week, I get locked out. It happened twice yesterday. KDE first slows to a crawl then quickly freezes with active screens incompletely rendered. Usually I lose only the keyboard, but last night I also lost the mouse. Either way, the system dies. I'm sometimes able to press Ctrl-Alt-F1 just before the freeze. Even "top", running in that console under root, stopped updating its display. "xorg", with 0.7 CPU percent, was at the top of the display when the lock-out occurred. Sometimes I am able to close several KDE applications before the complete freeze. Was not able to log out, however. Here are my system specs: X Window System Version 7.1.99.902 (7.2.0 RC 2) Release Date: 13 November 2006 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 7.1.99.902 Build Operating System: openSUSE SUSE LINUX Current Operating System: Linux linux-8ez7 2.6.18.2-34-default #1 SMP Mon Nov 27 11:46:27 UTC 2006 i686 Build Date: 02 June 2008 SaX2 log : SaX2 version 8.1 - SVN Release: 1.49 2003/03/17 kde version: 3.5.5 "release 45.10" uname gives: Linux h136 2.6.18.2-34-default #1 SMP Mon Nov 27 11:46:27 UTC 2006 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux Monitor: IBM ThinkVision Model: L170 Microcode: L170 M-L170-110 Size: 1024x768 Aspect: 4x3 Refresh rate: 47.8kHZ 59Hz Startup log: boot.videobios start Patching video bios Intel 800/900 Series VBIOS Hack : version 0.5.2 Chipset: 845G BIOS: TYPE 3 Mode Table Offset: $C0000 + $4d2 Mode Table Entries: 25 Patch mode 3c to resolution 1024x768 complete done 'boot.videobios start' exits with status 0 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Advice and Help with Split DNS
by Chuck Payne 12 Mar '09

12 Mar '09

Hi All, I hope everyone can follow me on this question. I need advise and help on setting up split dns. Currently we have our dns zones set up like this internal_zone external_zone share_zone In both internal_zone and external_zone there is a line $INCLUDE shared/share_zone, most of the zone entries are in the share zone. By the way, I didn't set it up this way, the system administrator before me did. The problem I am having is the sys admin before never put anything into the internal_zones. On the 90 some odd linux servers we have, they used host files. I have been trying to input A records into the internal zone, but when I do a dig on the records that I have enter, none are coming up. jupiter IN A 10.0.0.1 I have a queries.log set up and I can see the dig I have made for the host that I have set up, but I don't know what it's telling me. client 127.0.0.1#32772: view external: query: jupiter.mybox.com IN A + My questions is this, what is the best way to do split dns. Does any one have have a good link I can read on split dns? And please any advice. I been doing DNS for 8 years, and this is my first time to deal with split dns. Thanks, Payne -- ---------------------------------------- "Evil does seek to maintain power by suppressing the truth." "Or by misleading the innocent." -- Spock and McCoy, "And The Children Shall Lead", stardate 5029.5. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Networkmanager for KDE4.*
by Fred A. Miller 12 Mar '09

12 Mar '09

The new networkmanager shows some real promise....NICELY done, EXCEPT presently it WON'T connect to a hidden site. This doesn't make sense as knetworkmanager (the old one for KDE3.5) does so nicely. Fred -- "The fundamental premise of liberalism is the moral incapacity of the American people." ~ Alan Keyes -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] iPAQ HX2750
by jdd 12 Mar '09

12 Mar '09

Hello, I need a new second hand PDA. Do you know if the iPAQ HX2750 (easy to find at reasonable price) is well supported by Linux (preferably openSUSE, of course)? thanks 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] [OpenSUSE 10.3] network card disappear after reboot
by Chris Henderson 12 Mar '09

12 Mar '09

My server has only one network interface (eth0) but the driver doesn't get loaded anymore after I rebooted the system. If I put "insmod /lib/modules/2.6.22.5-31-default/kernel/drivers/net/tg3.ko" in /etc/init.d/boot.local, then eth0 comes back up but then tcpdump cannot find the network interface. I booted off Knoppix Live DVD and everything works just fine (including tcpdump). I haven't changed the ethernet card so the MAC address is the same. The module ("tg3") is not "loaded" in YaST Network Devices configuration. I been to Yast network configuration and selected Hardware and there is no "tg3" in there. I have put tg3 manually and restarted the server but it seemed to have disappeared from there and it also removed my default route! I also edited the /etc/sysconfig/kernel file and added "tg3" on MODULES_LOADED_ON_BOOT="" with no luck. Here is my /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-eth0 file: BOOTPROTO='static' BROADCAST='' ETHTOOL_OPTIONS='' IPADDR='192.16.20.15/24' MTU='' NAME='Hewlett-Packard Company NetXtreme BCM5752 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express' NETWORK='' REMOTE_IPADDR='' STARTMODE='auto' USERCONTROL='no' Here is the error I get: 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 eth0 No interface found failedSetting up service network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .failed I also get various other "errors" like: dm_mod failed, can't determine current run level (although everything boots fine to run level 5), cpu microcode failed - when the system (re)boots. I have also made a file /etc/rc.d/after.local with: #/bin/sh rmmod tg3 insmod /lib/modules/2.6.22.5-31-default/kernel/drivers/net/tg3.ko but to no avail. If I reinstall the distro, it will come back up again (but I don't want to do that). The kernel is 2.6.22.5-31-default. I have the same ethernet card on other OpenSUSE 10.3 systems that's working fine - so far. Thanks for any help. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] hal bug fixed?
by Bob S 12 Mar '09

12 Mar '09

Hello SuSE people, On my 11.1 testbed with KDE4.2 , my usb external drive, media card reader, and both my DVDRW and CDRW are not being mounted. They are seen in the system and I can mount them manually. I believe it was mentioned that hal had a bug and was fixed. After a fresh update the other evening I think hal was updated. I have hal-0,5,12-10.12.1 but hal is still not saeing my devices. Is this the fixed version, and if it is, I must have another problem? Bob S -- 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] Opensuse still not ready for consumers...
by Mukul Singh 12 Mar '09

12 Mar '09

Larry Stotler wrote: > On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 6:33 PM, Mukul Singh > <mukul.singh(a)team.hotkey.net.au> wrote: > >> Further to this, the problems occurring on my system are just one of the >> many issues faced by the users as is evident from this mailing list. How >> would you expect someone who he not a 'techo' to get a system up and >> running? A friend of mine has been asking me install Linux on his >> laptop, I guess he will have to wait. >> > > I gave up trying to get people to use Linux a long time ago. I just > don't have time to hand hold. > > Have you tried using the "-ao alsa" command on MPlayer? I've ran into > that problem on slower systems where it's using oss by default(or > something) and I get the system is too slow message. When I specify > alsa. it works just fine. > I haven't, but will do it tonight before trying VLC as suggested by someone else. -- 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] Opensuse still not ready for consumers...
by Mukul Singh 12 Mar '09

12 Mar '09

Duaine & Laura Hechler wrote: > Mukul Singh wrote: > >> Mukul Singh wrote: >> >> >>> Patrick Shanahan wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> * mukul <mukul.singh(a)team.hotkey.net.au> [03-11-09 15:51]: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> Rajko M. wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> It seems more like old driver has its hand on device. >>>>>> rcalsarestart >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> That is what I do now. However, it is just annoying. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> so take the "annoying" away, include rcalsarestart in >>>> /etc/init.d/after.local >>>> >>>> and it will automagically take away your "annoying". >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> Wish it was that easy. The problem is not putting it in a startup >>> script. The problem is that after I finish playing one avi file in >>> mplayer and try playing another, I still get the same error and no sound >>> (of course). >>> >>> >>> >> Further to this, the problems occurring on my system are just one of the >> many issues faced by the users as is evident from this mailing list. How >> would you expect someone who he not a 'techo' to get a system up and >> running? A friend of mine has been asking me install Linux on his >> laptop, I guess he will have to wait. >> >> > Just use VLC and be done with it ! > Yeah right. I will try it tonight, but I really love the mplayer. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Sound gone, almost
by Jan Karjalainen 11 Mar '09

11 Mar '09

My openSUSE 11.1 (KDE) has lost the ability play sounds. Mp3's and wav's don't work in VLC, MPlayer, Amarok 2 or Songbird. Strangely, playing the test sound in the Yast Sound card configurator works fine. I've tried "rcalsasound restart", but it didn't help. I also tried toggling on and off the "Enable PulseAudio Support" in sound card settings, but it made no difference. I don't know where to look next. /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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[opensuse] Yast don`t like me
by Gunnar Haaland 11 Mar '09

11 Mar '09

I have installed Opensuse 11.1 again. But it seems that Yast is not working as he use to. It is impossible to download update, install new program e.t.c I will install Thunderbird, use the one clik, this is the address that Yast is using: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/mozilla/openSUSE_11.1/ and the error is: Nedlastingsfeil (curl) for 'http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/mozilla/openSUSE_11.1/repodata/re…': Error code: Error: couldn't connect to host. I can not connect to any archives either, only installed packages are visible. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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