November 2010 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] Alternative to 200 line patch
by Larry Stotler 19 Nov '10

19 Nov '10

http://www.webupd8.org/2010/11/alternative-to-200-lines-kernel-patch.html Found that on slashdot. However, I can't get either method to work under 11.0/2.6.25.20..... Any ideas? Thanx -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] 11.3 grub and disk ordering/numbering
by Vahe Avedissian 19 Nov '10

19 Nov '10

Greetings all, My fstab, devices.map, and menu.lst all reference devices by I'd so that addind or removing disks should not affect grub And booting. This does not work for me with 11.3 and I get a grub error (11 or 17 or 22 - I forget) whenever I add or remove a drive. This worked perfectly with 11.2! Did this change with 11.3 and am I forgetting something here? Any idea why this is not workin? Thanks, Vahe -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] No longer a GRUB problem (Was: BIOS/GRUB Problem)
by Stan Goodman 19 Nov '10

19 Nov '10

There seems to be a residual problem in my system, though apparently unrelated to the swapping of the HDs that was the subject of the earlier problem. After the corruption in BIOS and /boot was resolved, the last step was to run fsck again on the /home partition, after which the system booted and performed properly. That last step had to be repeated for the next few boot, after which the system sometimes booted normally, and sometimes needed the fsck step. In the latter case, after the herald screen (the chameleon alone), the repair screen appears, reporting an inconsistency, automatic fsck fails, and it asks for fsck to be run manually. After fsck finishes, its report includes (these are numbers from a few days ago): "/dev/sda7/:21727/2564096 files (0.7% non-contiguous 1982750/10241429 blocks". I interpret this as meaning that there are bad blocks on the HD. For a few days, when fsck was needed, in both number pairs the first number is smaller with every boot. This suggested that the filesystem (ext4) was repairing itself gradually by marking the bad blocks. That changed day before yesterday, and the first numbers of the two pairs is now successively larger, so assuming that my interpretation is correct, the HD is going to hell. In fact, one application (a Java program) has become corrupted, and I assume this is a manifestation of the same deterioration. Everything else that I have been using seems so far to be functioning correctly. I think I need to replace the HD and reinstall v11.3 anew. I have backups of most data, with the excption of some of the Kmail message files. These are organized in folders that I can copy from the .kde4 tree. Any advice or comment beyond that will be gratefully received. -- Stan Goodman Qiryat Tiv'on Israel -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] 11.3 - KDE4 kupdateapplet ?
by Mark Hounschell 18 Nov '10

18 Nov '10

It pops up and says "The repository openSuSE-11.3-Update seems to be" How do I find out the rest of what it's trying to tell me? Thanks Mark -- 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: Update issue
by Jim Henderson 18 Nov '10

18 Nov '10

On Thu, 18 Nov 2010 20:11:25 +0100, Philipp Thomas wrote: >>is there any reason why I wouldn't want to just use rpm to remove the >>package? (ie, any database considerations?) > > Zypper just offers the added ability to resolve dependencies, which in > case of removal of a library removes all apps that need it. Sounds good, I figured it wouldn't matter too much but wanted to be sure. Jim -- Jim Henderson Please keep on-topic replies on the list so everyone benefits -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Update issue
by Jim Henderson 18 Nov '10

18 Nov '10

openSUSE 11.2 x86_64 here, and yesterday an update showed up for boost to fix an issue with packages being left behind when zypper dup is run. When I try to update the package, I get the following error message: libboost_date_time1_36_0-1.36.0-9.5.x86_64 requires boost-license = 1.36.0, but this requirement cannot be provided Anyone else seeing this or know what steps I should take next? Jim -- Jim Henderson Please keep on-topic replies on the list so everyone benefits -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] kde4 - round 9 with kde 4.5.3-1
by David C. Rankin 18 Nov '10

18 Nov '10

I had it on the ropes several times in rounds 5 and 7, but it kept coming back for more... First I gave it a right-hook and installed my favorite quicklaunch widget in the task bar. I configured it to use 2 rows like I always have, and it went to its knees. It went *so low*, you couldn't even see the bottom row of icons in the quick launch .. and when you put your mouse over it, the damn tooltip drops down from the top of the screen?? WTF? The kicker bar is wrapping off the bottom of the display around to the top? Yep, it happens, take a look: [217k] http://www.3111skyline.com/dl/bugs/kde4/quicklaunch-wrap.jpg I tried resizing the taskbar and it didn't help. It just added frustration as I tried to set my taskbar to 36 px high only to find out the best I could do is guess because nowhere is the pixel height available anymore. It was there in the 4.2-4.3 time frame because I used it. I thought it was kind of wonky not to have a spinner button so you could actually set it without 5 minutes of trial and error moving the mouse up and down, but it was there. No more... Next, I tried the screen shot above, and the damn dialog kept forcing a .jpeg extension even though I typed .jpg. A year ago this was bugged, argued about and fixed, and now kde4 is trying to force the creation of .jpeg files again? That would be fine in I already had .jpeg files, but every .jpg I have is a .jpg file not a .jpeg file. So is this a regression or did somebody change their mind and decide to impose .jpeg extensions on all of us? The in the 7th round, I thew a couple of jabs by opening up a lot of the control panel dialogs. Again kde4 went to its knees. 90% of the configuration dialogs *do not* fit in the default window kde4 draws for the dialog and you end up having to stretch the dialog to be able to see the rest of the content in just about every case. Is dialog window size nothing more than a crap-shoot, or aren't they supposed to fit the content? On the plus side, I was able to use the manage printers to configure a network printer quite satisfactorily. The "manage printer" dialog however, is definitely one of those "after-thought" designs. You have 1 single row of printer icons streaming down the page with 2 inches of wasted space on each side. I had to stretch the dialoag and scroll to see the last printer (I only have 4). But a success nonetheless with postscript drivers and the laserjet 4100n playing nicely together. Then in the first part of round 8, I started basket and told it to use my existing basket source in the .kde directory. Basket said it succeeded in changing the location and would restart to display the new content. So I gave a quick jab to the confirm "OK" button -- It went down and I never saw it again -- KO. So then I wanted to add the show desktop widget to my taskbar. It doesn't work with auto-hide turned on. What? You can't add an applet to the panel with auto-hide enabled? Nope. I'd drag, kicker would flash, but the widget would never find a home. Another unnecessary reconfiguration just to add a widget. You would think that will all those flashy scrolling ribbons and dollar sized icons flying around the bottom of the page that you could just drag it to the kicker and kicker would un-hide and accept the new tool... but alas... no. But kmenuedit was a bright spot. Not one stumble or crash as I added 10-15 additional subfolders and sorted 50 or so icons into their logical place. So kde4.5.3-1 and I are both licking our wounds after the latest round. I just hope it is up for the next go-round. This fight was kind of disappointing. It wasn't even a fair fight. I didn't even kick konqueror around. While I was in kmenuedit, I just created a new konqueror entry to: '/opt/kde3/bin/konqueror --profile filemanagement' problem solved... -- 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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[opensuse] Wireless Routing question / problem
by ka1ifq 18 Nov '10

18 Nov '10

My desktop OS11.3 computer is connected via a Client Mode AP / Repeater because I have not been able to 'wire' it, everything works fine. I have another OS11.3 box on another network with a WAP and I am trying to find out how to get them to talk together so I do not load up the network for others. The desktop network is 10.128.128.xxx, and the other network is 10.128.100.xxx with the WAP as 10.128.128.1 and the OS11.3 box at 10.128.100.204 and a WinXP box at 10.128.100.115. I tried changing the mask from 255.255.255.0 to 255.255.0.0 on the desktop and Client Mode AP / Repeater but I cant get any reply back from the WAP at 10.128.100.1 Any help is appreciated. Tnx, Mike. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Samsung Scanner Trouble
by Jim Sabatke 18 Nov '10

18 Nov '10

jim@linux-jll0:~/CustomSetup> sane-find-scanner # sane-find-scanner will now attempt to detect your scanner. If the # result is different from what you expected, first make sure your # scanner is powered up and properly connected to your computer. # No SCSI scanners found. If you expected something different, make sure that # you have loaded a kernel SCSI driver for your SCSI adapter. --- snip unimportant lines --- found USB scanner (vendor=0x04e8 [Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.], product=0x3432 [SCX-4x26 Series]) at libusb:001:003 --- End of sane-find-scanner --- jim@linux-jll0:~/CustomSetup> scanimage -L device `smfp:SAMSUNG SCX-4x26 Series on USB:0' is a SAMSUNG SCX-4x26 Series on USB:0 Flatbed Scanner jim@linux-jll0:~/CustomSetup> --- The following causes the scanner to light up it makes a lot of noise --- jim@linux-jll0:~/CustomSetup> scanimage > test.tiff scanimage: sane_read: Error during device I/O jim@linux-jll0:~/CustomSetup> A SuSE site link (http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-bugs/2009-12/msg00485.html) for the exact same problem, with a different printer gives: Using OpenSuse 11.2 (both 32bit/64bit versions), several USB-scanners from Brother (at least: MFC-215C, MFC-590, MFC-8440, DCP-130C, DCP-135C) do not work. Starting a scan, they all stop after transmitting a small amount of data and give an error message (I/O error). So only scans with a small resolution or of a very small area are possible. Downgrading from libusb-0_1-4-0.1.13-2.2.x86_64 to libusb-0_1-4-0.1.12-139.1.1.x86_64 or fromlibusb-0_1-4 0.1.13-2.2-i586 to libusb-0_1-4-0.1.12-139.1.1.i586 solves the problem completely BTW: To get the scanners to work at all, third party drivers from Brother have to be installed (in my case brscan-0.2.4-0.x86_64.rpm) first. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install brscan-0.2.4-0.x86_64 and a brother USB-scanner 2. Use xsane to make a scan with colour and a medium resolution. 3. The scanner stops after a few centimeters and xsane returns an I/O error Alternatively: Use "scanimage > /dev/null", leading to "scanimage: sane_read: Error during device I/O" But, I haven't been able to locate that version of libusb. Any help? TIA, Jim -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Wireless issue - loosing connection
by Robert Schweikert 18 Nov '10

18 Nov '10

Hi, With a fully updated openSUSE 11.3 install running on a Compaq Presario V 5000 T I am loosing the wireless connection. Kernel log has the following information: No probe response from AP .... after 500ms, disconnecting. The machine has an Intel chip: Model: "Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] Network Connection" and the iwl3945 driver is always properly loaded and running. The network uses WEP, wpa_supplicant is not running (don't know whether it should be or not). The network is started via if-up at boot time, i.e. NetworkManager is out of the picture. Is there a fix/workaround to avoid this problem? Interestingly enough I have a Dell on the same network that has the same Intel chip, and I have not experienced this type of issue. However, the Dell is using NetworkManager as it does "travel" while the Compaq does not "travel". Thus my workaround may be to enable NetworkManager on the Compaq as well. I suppose this works because NetworkManager will automatically reconnect when the network is dropped. I do find the "No probe response..." messages in the Dell's log file as well. Is there a bug already someone is aware of, is it worth filing a bug? Comments, suggestions? Thanks, Robert -- Robert Schweikert MAY THE SOURCE BE WITH YOU Software Engineer Consultant LINUX rschweikert(a)novell.com 781-464-8147 Novell Making IT Work As One -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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