March 2009 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] How to find out what shortcut is bound to a key?
by Marcelo Magno T. Sales 29 Mar '09

29 Mar '09

Hi, My F11 key does not work in Firefox (it should switch to and from full screen). I think it might be bound to some action in a shortcut somewhere, but can't find what is it. How do I find out the shortcut, or how do I unbind the F11 key from whatever it is bound to so I can use it in Firefox? I'm using OpenSuSE 11.1 and KDE 4.1.3. Thanks, Marcelo -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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Re: [Fwd: [opensuse] OpenSUSE 11.1 Boot Loader Problem]
by josef reidinger 29 Mar '09

29 Mar '09

Stephen P. Molnar napsal(a): > josef reidinger wrote: >> Stephen P. Molnar napsal(a): >> >>> After sendint the forwarede message I stumblen on a way to boot to my >>> configured the way I like it OpenSUSE 10.3 installation. Because I >>> installed 11.1 on a new HD in the system, my 10.3 system is still there >>> in its original partition. >>> >>> So the sequence is: >>> >>> Installation/Repair/Expert/Boot Installed Systems/Boot (select >>> OpenSUSE 103) >>> >>> and there is my fully configured, the way I like it, 10.3 user desktop. >>> >>> This works with the 11.1 Installer, not the 10.3 installer, but is some >>> what cumbersome. >>> >>> But the boot from the HD is still hanging in GRUB. >>> >>> I have attached the 10.3 menu.lst to this message >>> >>> Thansk in advance for any solutions to this problem. >>> >>> -------- Original Message -------- >>> Subject: [opensuse] OpenSUSE 11.1 Boot Loader Problem >>> Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2009 12:38:26 -0400 >>> From: Stephen P. Molnar <s.molnar(a)sbcglobal.net> >>> To: Central OH Linux User Group <colug432(a)colug.net>, openSUSE >>> Mailing List <opensuse(a)opensuse.org> >>> >>> >>> >>> For reasons that I needn't go into I found it necessary to upgrade my >>> Linux system to OpenSUSE 11.1 form 10.3 (I was intending to wait for >>> 11.2, but that's a different story) >>> >>> I installed 111.1 on a new 500GB SATA HD without any complaints or >>> problems, until I rebooted the system without the installation DVD in >>> it's drive. Everything is well until I get to: >>> >>> GRUB loading stage 1.5 >>> >>> When the boot hangs on: >>> >>> GRUB loading, please wait . . . >>> >>> In this case the ellipses represent a time of infinity. >>> >>> OK. What I gon' to do? Well, boot the installation DVD and run Repair >>> System. The first two methods on that page were unsuccessful. I tried >>> Expert Tools and it told me that it succeeded. And, indeed it did as >>> long as I selected Repair Tools/Boot installed system from the pull down >>> menu at the bottom of the Expert Tools page. When I boot from the HD >>> (no installation DVD in drive) it still hangs >>> >>> So I can boot 11.1, albeit it rather clumsily. I managed to copy the >>> Grub menu list to my windows machine (from which this pleas for help is >>> being dispatched. It's attached. >>> >>> I am strictly a user and GRUB is an arcane mystery to me. Any help will >>> be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> Please post also /etc/grub.conf and /boot/grub/device.map . Maybe you >> have old grub code in MBR and that code looks to bad place for menu.lst. >> JR >> > Thanks for the reply. I have attached the files you requested. > I see that you doesn't write grub to MBR, so there lay generic boot code (I think from comment in menu.lst). You could do two thinks. 1) write grub to MBR setup --stage2=/boot/grub/stage2 (hd0) (hd0,1) 2) check what partition has active flag, if second partition is used. Another think which you should do is turn grub to debug mode (debug in menu.lst global section) and see what it writes. JR -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[Fwd: [opensuse] OpenSUSE 11.1 Boot Loader Problem]
by Stephen P. Molnar 29 Mar '09

29 Mar '09

After sendint the forwarede message I stumblen on a way to boot to my configured the way I like it OpenSUSE 10.3 installation. Because I installed 11.1 on a new HD in the system, my 10.3 system is still there in its original partition. So the sequence is: Installation/Repair/Expert/Boot Installed Systems/Boot (select OpenSUSE 103) and there is my fully configured, the way I like it, 10.3 user desktop. This works with the 11.1 Installer, not the 10.3 installer, but is some what cumbersome. But the boot from the HD is still hanging in GRUB. I have attached the 10.3 menu.lst to this message Thansk in advance for any solutions to this problem. -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [opensuse] OpenSUSE 11.1 Boot Loader Problem Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2009 12:38:26 -0400 From: Stephen P. Molnar <s.molnar(a)sbcglobal.net> To: Central OH Linux User Group <colug432(a)colug.net>, openSUSE Mailing List <opensuse(a)opensuse.org> For reasons that I needn't go into I found it necessary to upgrade my Linux system to OpenSUSE 11.1 form 10.3 (I was intending to wait for 11.2, but that's a different story) I installed 111.1 on a new 500GB SATA HD without any complaints or problems, until I rebooted the system without the installation DVD in it's drive. Everything is well until I get to: GRUB loading stage 1.5 When the boot hangs on: GRUB loading, please wait . . . In this case the ellipses represent a time of infinity. OK. What I gon' to do? Well, boot the installation DVD and run Repair System. The first two methods on that page were unsuccessful. I tried Expert Tools and it told me that it succeeded. And, indeed it did as long as I selected Repair Tools/Boot installed system from the pull down menu at the bottom of the Expert Tools page. When I boot from the HD (no installation DVD in drive) it still hangs So I can boot 11.1, albeit it rather clumsily. I managed to copy the Grub menu list to my windows machine (from which this pleas for help is being dispatched. It's attached. I am strictly a user and GRUB is an arcane mystery to me. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. -- -- Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D. Life is a fuzzy set Foundation for Chemistry Stochastic and multivariate http://www.geocities.com/FoundationForChemistry # Modified by YaST2. Last modification on Sat Jan 24 15:25:48 EST 2009 default 0 timeout 8 ##YaST - generic_mbr gfxmenu (hd0,1)/boot/message ##YaST - activate ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux-2.6.22.5-31-default### title openSUSE 10.3 root (hd0,1) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22.5-31-default root=/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_WDC_WD2500KS-00_WD-WCANK9498942-part2 vga=0x31a resume=/dev/sdb1 splash=silent showopts initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.22.5-31-default ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux### title Debug -- openSUSE 10.3 - 2.6.22.5-31 root (hd0,1) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22.5-31-debug root=/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_WDC_WD2500KS-00_WD-WCANK9498942-part2 vga=0x31a resume=/dev/sdb1 splash=silent showopts initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.22.5-31-debug ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: xen### title XEN -- openSUSE 10.3 - 2.6.22.5-31 root (hd0,1) kernel /boot/xen-pae.gz module /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22.5-31-xenpae root=/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_WDC_WD2500KS-00_WD-WCANK9498942-part2 vga=0x31a resume=/dev/sdb1 splash=silent showopts module /boot/initrd-2.6.22.5-31-xenpae ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux-2.6.22.5-31-bigsmp### title openSUSE 10.3 - 2.6.22.5-31 root (hd0,1) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22.5-31-bigsmp root=/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_WDC_WD2500KS-00_WD-WCANK9498942-part2 vga=0x31a resume=/dev/sdb1 splash=silent showopts initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.22.5-31-bigsmp ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: failsafe### title Failsafe -- openSUSE 10.3 - 2.6.22.5-31 root (hd0,1) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22.5-31-bigsmp root=/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_WDC_WD2500KS-00_WD-WCANK9498942-part2 vga=normal showopts ide=nodma apm=off acpi=off noresume edd=off 3 initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.22.5-31-bigsmp ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: failsafe-2.6.22.5-31-default### title Failsafe -- openSUSE 10.3 root (hd0,1) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22.5-31-default root=/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_WDC_WD2500KS-00_WD-WCANK9498942-part2 vga=normal showopts ide=nodma apm=off acpi=off noresume edd=off 3 initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.22.5-31-default

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[opensuse] Question about the correct way to monitor memory and advise
by Chuck Payne 29 Mar '09

29 Mar '09

Guys, I have a question about memory, where I work we have been having heated debates about how to monitor memory in Linux. I am tasked to write a bash script that will alert me when our server are pegged using memory. I have been doing this to take a look at how much memory has been used. free -o -m total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 1134 1094 39 0 299 325 Swap: 2288 0 2288 I have been taking the total - cached = total memory used. I have also been looking at /proc/meminfo to make sure it matches, but from what I understand that's not the correct way to do it. I know that the three tools to use are free, top, vmstat. What is the best way to see what memory is being used. I found this script but every time it check it sends an alert that memory is over 90%, and that not good to get a lot of false alarms. !/bin/sh free -m | grep Mem | while read output; do mem=$(echo $output | awk '{print $2}' ) used=$(echo $output | awk '{ print $3 }' ) freed=$(echo $output | awk '{ print $4 }' ) echo "Swap : $mem" echo "Used : $used" echo "Free : $freed" usep=`expr $used \* 100 / $mem` echo $usep if [ $usep -ge 70 ]; then echo "Memory Usage Alert Total Memory: \"$mem\" Used: \"$used ($usep%)\" Free: \"$freed\" on $(hostname -f) as on $(date)" | mail -s "Alert: Memory Usage space $usep%" terrorpup(a)gmail.com fi done Does any one have a good script I can use, or can advise me on what is best practise for monitor memory. Thanks, Payne -- ---------------------------------------- When a place gets crowded enough to require ID's, social collapse is not far away. It is time to go elsewhere. The best thing about space travel is that it made it possible to go elsewhere. -- Robert Heinlein -- 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] Packman repo causing
by mikesd1＠verizon.net 29 Mar '09

29 Mar '09

I have the same problem. Building repository 'Packman' cache [done] Error building the cache database: 'repo2solv.sh' '-o' '/var/cache/zypp/solv/Packman/solv' '/var/cache/zypp/raw/Packman' /usr/bin/repo2solv.sh: line 227: 27181 Broken pipe $cmd "$i" 27182 Segmentation fault | rpmmd2solv $parser_options > $primfile Skipping repository 'Packman' because of the above error. Anders: Could you be more specific with how to use this command? "But if you could enable core files (with ulimit -c unlimited) and then run it again" -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] mysql
by Hans Witvliet 29 Mar '09

29 Mar '09

Any mysql-guru's around here? I was wondering if anybody knows wether mysql is IPv6 aware. Been searching the docu's on the mysql-lists, and all i found were simular questions, no answers. (just some hints about replicating) Allthough there seems to be a specific patch for 4-0.18 (ancient) (http://www.ngn.euro6ix.org/IPv6/mysql/ ) around, when playing with nmap or netstat, mysql seems to be only listening on IPv4:3306. Manuals for 5.0, 5.1 or 6.0 doesn't mention it at all. Apache, openssh, openldap and postfix are IPv6 "out-of-the-box" So either: a) it's completely transparant to any IP-version, but needs to switched on during startup (undocumented parameter) b) it's a (yet) unused compile-time option c) it's not supported Yeah, i know about "read the source, Luke", but if someone allready know's the status about this subject, it would save a lot of time... hw -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] zypper help
by Duaine & Laura Hechler 29 Mar '09

29 Mar '09

The last time I updated, Yast2 got hosed. Error: terminate called after throwing an instance of 'TUIUnsupportedWidgetException' what(): Unsupported optional widget type: ContextMenu YaST got signal 6 at YCP file Wizard.ycp:688 /sbin/yast2: line 421: 25381 Aborted ....................... How do I fix this ? -- Duaine Hechler Piano, Player Piano, Pump Organ Tuning, Servicing & Rebuilding Reed Organ Society Member Florissant, MO 63034 (314) 838-5587 dahechler(a)att.net www.hechlerpianoandorgan.com -- Home & Business user of Linux - 10 years -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] latest iTunes on Wine
by PGNet 29 Mar '09

29 Mar '09

i've installed wine-1.1.18-2.1 from repos @ .../Emulators:/Wine/openSUSE_11.1 checking, which wine /usr/bin/wine ls -al /usr/bin/wine -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 13359 2009-03-27 16:09 /usr/bin/wine i get wine --version wine-1.1.17 ( is this a problem, or just an unmod'd string ? ) today, i've DL'd latest iTunes, ls -al iTunesSetup.exe -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 73332008 2009-03-28 10:08 iTunesSetup.exe file iTunesSetup.exe iTunesSetup.exe: MS-DOS executable PE for MS Windows (GUI) Intel 80386 32-bit @ attempted install under wine, it fails @, wine iTunesSetup.exe fixme:advapi:LookupAccountNameW (null) L"pgn" (nil) 0x33f80c (nil) 0x33f810 0x33f804 - stub fixme:advapi:LookupAccountNameW (null) L"pgn" 0x12ed98 0x33f80c 0x132d70 0x33f810 0x33f804 - stub fixme:msi:msi_unimplemented_action_stub MigrateFeatureStates -> 9 ignored L"Upgrade" table values fixme:exec:SHELL_execute flags ignored: 0x00000100 err:msi:ITERATE_Actions Execution halted, action L"WixSchedFirewallExceptionsUninstall" returned 1603 err:msi:ITERATE_Actions Execution halted, action L"ExecuteAction" returned 1603 searching on "WixSchedFirewallExceptionsUninstall", there's comments about source mod & build-your-own @ http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=13739&iTesting… but is there any OS repo that's already addressed the issue? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] What does this mean?
by Keith B. Boykin 28 Mar '09

28 Mar '09

Hello, I am trying to sync my WM6.1 phone to evolution with SLED 11 and have followed the instructions to a "t" for synce installation. However, the software recognizes the phone as ppp0 and when I try to sync I get the error in the attached file. What does this mean? If I set the phone to rndis (enable advanced network functionality on the phone), it is not recognized by the software.

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Re: [opensuse] WEBEX and openSUSE issues
by Kai Ponte 28 Mar '09

28 Mar '09

James Tremblay aka SLEducator wrote: > Kia, > SLEducator == SuSE Linux Educator, just to certain you got it :) > got it. also fixxored your email. > using 11.0 with all updates from openSUSE only. > I think the problem is with MeetMeNow, Not WebEx in general > I found "the test your access" site they provide and I was alright with the > main product. Hmm. Never tried MeetMeNow. I wonder what that is. Will have to investigate. -- kai www.perfectreign.com 2 + 2 > 4 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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