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[opensuse] batik - calls commitment to quality into question (broken since release and still not fixed?)
by David C. Rankin 08 Feb '11

08 Feb '11

openSuSE Devs, batik-1.7-211.2 failed: (with --nodeps --force) Error: Subprocess failed. Error: RPM failed: error: unpacking of archive failed on file /usr/share/batik: cpio: rename failed - Is a directory This has been broken since 11.3 was released..... -- 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] openSUSE 11.3 2.6.34.7-0.2-xen no boot possible
by Thorolf Godawa 25 Jan '11

25 Jan '11

Hi, I have done a fresh openSUSE 11.3 (32bit) install on a Lenovo ThinkCentre M58p 6234-1AG (C2D E8400, Q45 Express, GMA 4500, 82567LM-3). First problem was, that the network card was not recognized, I had to build in a second one. Fortunately after updating the system and a reboot, also the 82567LM-3 was working. With the normal Kernel 2.6.34.7-0.2-desktop the system works, but if I try to but with the Xen-Kernel 2.6.34.7-0.2-xen, the boot begins, but suddenly stops in a very early state. The last messages I see are: Doing fast boot Creating ... Then the screen goes blank and finaly in sleep mode. To reboot I have to power off and then power on again the system :-( In the Grub-menu.lst originally I had: ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: xen### title Xen -- openSUSE 11.3 - 2.6.34.7-0.2 root (hd0,0) kernel /xen.gz vgamode=0x317 vgamode=0x317 module /vmlinuz-2.6.34.7-0.2-xen root=/dev/...part6 resume=/dev /...part2 splash=silent quiet showopts vga=0x317 module /initrd-2.6.34.7-0.2-xen I already tried to remove the second "vgamode"-entry, finaly all "vgamode" and "vga"-options and set "splash=0" but this did not helped, "nomodeset" is not doing anything too (I think it's only for Nvidia). Any other idea? Thanks a lot. -- Chau y hasta luego, tg -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] KMail problem
by Doug 20 Jan '11

20 Jan '11

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I thought I had solved the KMail problem, but it's back. I give up! I have installed Thunderbird, and will use that, even tho I liked KMail better. Does anybody know how to add a "sig" in T-Bird? I had to add the one below by hand. - --doug _____ Blessed are the peacemakers..for they shall be shot at from both sides. - --A.M. Greeley -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkwJiZoACgkQOUDeErgPqFzRcgCeLZdICeAhuH8/oXG7XWYhkrtc upEAnjLzQutYQw3TTXabqn3+HbNrZG6F =Wkdk -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Patch management for OpenSUSE
by Ivan De Masi 17 Jan '11

17 Jan '11

Hello, I am wondering since some time how others cope with patch management on OpenSUSE Clients, when you have a bunch of PCs in a network. Somebody who can recommend a open source tool to cover the basics (e.g. a tool automating updates with zypper over ssh or something similar)? Thanks! Regards, Ivan -- 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 is the proper entry for /etc/hosts 127.0.0.1?
by David C. Rankin 13 Jan '11

13 Jan '11

Guys, What is the proper entry for 127.0.0.1 in /etc/hosts? I have seen discussion that 127.0.0.2 is deprecated so that leaves a problem with dnsdomainname if you remove the 127.0.0.2 entry and leave the 127.0.0.1 entry as: 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost yourRealHostname In this situation, dnsdomainname resolves to localdomain: 15:39 phoenix:~> dnsdomainname localdomain Setting the entry as: 127.0.0.1 localhost.youReadDomainName.com localhost yourRealHostname fixes the return of dnsdomainname, but does not having localdomain cause problems as well? What say the gurus? -- 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] opensuse 11.3 power down system with apcupsd (solution)
by Dieter Werner 06 Jan '11

06 Jan '11

Hi, I searched for a way to power down my box at a predefined time including switching off the power from the UPS. "shutdown -h time" handles the shutdown of the system nicely, but to power down the UPS some changes have to be done: /etc/sysconfig/shutdown : HALT_POWERDOWN_INSERT="/etc/init.d/apcupsd powerdown" "try-powerdown" will only power down the UPS if it is running on battery at this time. The script /etc/init.d/apcupsd from apcupsd-3.14.6-8.1 contains a wrong path for the apcupsd-lite binary, it should be APCUPSD_LITE=/sbin/apcupsd-lite instead of APCUPSD_LITE=/usr/sbin/apcupsd-lite Additionally, the action performed in case of "powerdown)" has to be changed: it should perform action "--power-off" instead of "--killpower". "--killpower" only takes effect if the UPS is running on battery at this time. Following patch can apply the changes: --- apcupsd 2010-07-05 18:34:19.000000000 +0200 +++ apcupsd_my 2010-12-18 12:29:01.741526103 +0100 @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ ### END INIT INFO APCUPSD=/usr/sbin/apcupsd -APCUPSD_LITE=/usr/sbin/apcupsd-lite +APCUPSD_LITE=/sbin/apcupsd-lite test -x $APCUPSD -o -x $APCUPSD_LITE || exit 5 # Shell functions sourced from /etc/rc.status: @@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ ## Special command: Instruct UPS to shutdown. sync & echo -n "Instructing UPS to powerdown " - $APCUPSD_LITE --killpower >/dev/null 2>&1 || rc_failed + $APCUPSD_LITE --power-off >/dev/null 2>&1 || rc_failed rc_status -v ;; try-powerdown) Dieter -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] samba packaging gurus - what's the correct translation for spec file options to samba ./configure options?
by David C. Rankin 04 Jan '11

04 Jan '11

Guys (Lars), I'm building an updated samba (3.5.6) for an old 10.3 box (to run in standalone mode) and wanted to make sure I got the configure options as close as possible to the spec file options. I think I have the basic options correct, but want to check if there are any additional options I should set/change to make sure that there are no conflicts with any other packages that may rely on the samba files being in any one particular place. I don't think there is any way to build an rpm from the spec due to non-existent dependency packages. From picking through the last 10.3 spec from discontinued/update it looks like the following will work: ./configure \ --prefix=/usr \ --localstatedir=/var \ --docdir=/usr/share/doc/packages \ --with-privatedir=/etc/samba \ --with-lockdir=/var/lib/samba \ --with-logfilebase=/var/log/samba \ --with-statedir=/var/run/samba \ --with-swatdir=/usr/share/samba \ --with-configdir=/etc/samba \ --enable-cups \ --with-libsmbclient \ --with-winbind Anybody see any missing or wrong options? Thanks. -- 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] Connecting iPod to OpenSUSE
by Terry Eck 04 Jan '11

04 Jan '11

Connected an iPod to USB port on OpenSUSE 11.3 and nothing shows up. Anyone know of software which will "see" the iPod directories? Is this even possible. Thanks, Terry -- openSUSE 11.3 -- Kernel 2.6.34 -- GNU/Linux -- Sun 12/26/10 21:10pm up 3 days 11:52, 3 users, load average: 0.11, 0.18, 0.23 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] booting from a duplicated hard disk
by Sampsa Riikonen 03 Jan '11

03 Jan '11

Dear List, I have duplicated my hard disk using "dd", including the boot partition to another hard disk (a sata drive in a usb box). Now I am trying to boot from this duplicated disk, but nothing happens.. grub does not start at all. I googled around and found these two posts: http://www.idlecool.net/how-to-clone-the-linux-root-file-system-and-set-up-… http://stackoverflow.com/questions/247030/ Based on those, I tried the following: 1) My current (original) root partition is "/dev/sda4" (mounted at "/") 2) The root partition at the (duplicated) usb drive is "/dev/sdb4", mounted at "/media/disk-17" 3) I login as the root and give the commands mount --bind /dev /media/disk-17/dev mount --bind /proc /media/disk-17/proc 4) Then I give the command chroot /media/disk-17 If I have understood correctly, now "/" will be "/media/disk-17" = "/dev/sdb4" But the system sees "/" as "/dev/sda4" Next I type: grub-install /dev/sda And get the following output: -------------------------------- Probing devices to guess BIOS drives. This may take a long time. GNU GRUB version 0.97 (640K lower / 3072K upper memory) [ Minimal BASH-like line editing is supported. For the first word, TAB lists possible command completions. Anywhere else TAB lists the possible completions of a device/filename. ] grub> setup --stage2=/boot/grub/stage2 --force-lba (hd0,3) (hd0,3) Checking if "/boot/grub/stage1" exists... yes Checking if "/boot/grub/stage2" exists... yes Checking if "/boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5" exists... yes Running "embed /boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5 (hd0,3)"... failed (this is not fatal) Running "embed /boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5 (hd0,3)"... failed (this is not fatal) Running "install --force-lba --stage2=/boot/grub/stage2 /boot/grub/stage1 (hd0,3) /boot/grub/stage2 p /boot/grub/menu.lst "... failed Error 15: File not found grub> quit ------------------------------------------ What might be the problem here..? Regards, Sampsa "Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of a cancer cell." -- Edward Abbey -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Can't connect to MySQL
by xPol 02 Jan '11

02 Jan '11

I have been using a local dictionary, until a few day ago, with no problems. The dictionary can be reached by a web browser pointing at http://localhost:9000. Recently, probably following the installation of a mysql-related package, my dictionary cannot be reached any more. Here is the message i get: Can't connect to MySQL server on '127.0.0.1' (111) I am using kde 4.4.4 opensuse 11.3 Any hints to solve my problem? thank you -----p -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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