February 2010 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Re: [opensuse] backup question
by Sampsa Riikonen 04 Feb '10

04 Feb '10

Dear All, Thank you for your replies to my question. Here is a summary: The question was, how to copy an entire hard disk to another hard disk in a usb box most conveniently.. the command is: dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdb bs=X (X=blocksize). - Herbert recommended a blocksize of 1 Mb (bs=1M) - Per is using blocksize of 65536 bytes ~ 65 Mb - Dave warned that blocksize*block should fit in real memory (or is it just "blocksize" maybe?). I have "436593072 blocks" in my /dev/sda3 partition (according to df). So with the minimum blocksize of "512" and talking in gigabytes, i.e. (436593072*512)/1000000 ~ 223535.. so I should have "223535" Gb of memory..? Something weird here. - There is a general consensus that eSATA should be more efficient. - Greg says that 512 (i.e. the default) blocksize works "surprisingly well" with raw disks (i.e. with /dev/whatever), but for real files 4Kbytes should be used and in the case of tape drives, larger blocksizes are necessary. (.. some contradictions here with the optimal blocksize). - Carlos said implicitly that USB might be the bottleneck.. and yes, it is a real hard disk and I have a mouse connected to my computer via usb as well. According to Carlos'es experience, eSATA is much more "rapido". .. btw, I have tried to copy my 500Gb hard disk only during ~ 12 hrs (error in the original e-mail) with the default 512 byte blocksize, i.e. during the night. In the morning it was still copying.. :( Well.. I guess I'll try tonight again with the 65 Mb blocksize and if that is unacceptable (more than one night) I'll be off to by an eSATA thingie for my laptop. I am very familiar with rsync and I am using it all the time, but I just want an identical copy of my hard drive every now and then.. just in case. Regards, Sampsa -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] How to read CD info?
by Istvan Gabor 03 Feb '10

03 Feb '10

How can I read a CD's Volume Descriptor info (as publisher, preparer, abstract file etc.) in linux? Thanks, Istvan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] minimized applications disappear under Gnome
by Boris Epstein 03 Feb '10

03 Feb '10

Hi all, Trying to run Gnome on an OpenSuSE 11.1 64-bit box. All works well except for the fact that once you minimize something, it disappears - i.e., no icon appears on the panel and hence you can not go back to the applicatoion you've minimized (though the process continues running). Has anybody run into this issue? How do you fix this? Thanks. Boris. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] more Tosh troubles
by Peter Nikolic 03 Feb '10

03 Feb '10

Hi Well yet more trouble with this Toshiba A30 Laptop . Having not been able to solve the first problem he went for a complete reinstall now comes the first reboot the system just sits there sayin "Setting Clock to Hardware Clock" it will sit there for sometimes a few seconds right thru to just hanging there this is only on the first reboot after initial install (the automated reboot) . Once you get it past that it will only boot up in safe mode until you have completed everything then it will come up fully with no problems Toshiba Satelite A30 Intel 855GM graphics 512Mb Ram P4 2.8Ghz Pete . -- Powered by openSUSE 11.2 Milestone 2 (x86_64) Kernel: 2.6.30-rc6-git3-4- default KDE: 4.2.86 (KDE 4.2.86 (KDE 4.3 >= 20090514)) "release 1" 11:21 up 8 days 2:04, 4 users, load average: 0.14, 0.19, 0.44

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[opensuse] 11.0 kde 4.3.4 -- Alt+F2 using 'bbrun -w' instead of 'krunner' after 4.3.95 Downgrade?
by David C. Rankin 03 Feb '10

03 Feb '10

Will, All KDE Guys, When I loaded kde 4.3.95, I noticed the Alt+F2 run command was using the blackbox 'bbrun -w' as its run command instead of krunner. After downgrade to 4.3.4 kde is still using bbrun as its run command: 21:16 alchemy:~/.icons/Ecliz/Sources> ps ax | grep run 1993 ? S 0:00 hald-runner 2007 ? S 0:00 hald-addon-acpi: listening on acpid socket /var/run/acpid.socket 2352 ? Ss 0:02 wpa_supplicant -iath0 -c/var/run/wpa_supplicant-ath0.conf -Dwext -P/var/run/wpa_supplicant/ath0.pid -B 3564 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/powersaved -d -f /var/run/acpid.socket -v 3 3613 ? Ss 0:00 /usr/sbin/sshd -o PidFile=/var/run/sshd.init.pid 12208 ? Sl 0:11 kdeinit4: krunner [kdeinit] 12264 ? Ss 0:35 syndaemon -d -p /var/run/dcr/syndaemon.pid -K 16564 ? Ss 0:00 bbrun -w ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 16878 pts/3 R+ 0:00 grep run I do use bbrun for blackbox, openbox, sawfish, fluxbox, etc.. (I prefer it over fbrun because of the history it provides and the better interface), however, I have never changed either the kde3 or kde4 run commands. Kde4.3.95 pulled this command in for its run command 'all by itself'. If I run krunner manually, the kde4 will pick it up as the default run application, but on next restart we are back to bbrun. What's up with that? What file holds this default? How can I fix it? -- 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] Does openSuSE Ever run fsck on disks in dmraid array with nvidia controller?
by David C. Rankin 03 Feb '10

03 Feb '10

Filesystem gurus, When checking the filesystem boot count or when faced with a filesystem error, "Does openSuSE ever actually fsck 'the disks' in the array?" If so how? It is impossible to properly fsck the individual disks in an array on some controllers, like nvidia, without first disabling the dmraid BIOS function and you cannot update the 'bad block table' of an array. How is this handled? Or,... is this just an unmentioned disadvantage of dmraid with some controllers? I ask because I just stumbled through confirming this for myself with a nvidia dmraid chipset on one box. I know I have been able to fsck individual disks with the 'Promise' dmraid controller. What about those like nvidia? Even after booting from install media or a live-CD, e2fsck will refuse to run on the individual disks claiming this the disk is 'mounted or under the exclusive control of another process'. It is not until the array is destroyed that fsck will run. Is there some software workaround employed by openSuSE? -- 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] Need to install 11.2 on 4GB SSD - what to ditch?
by Martin Jungowski 03 Feb '10

03 Feb '10

Hi everybody, our company has a few Lenovo S10e Netbooks out there, all equipped with a 4GB SSD and no harddrive. They're in for a pretty rough handling and we've tried harddrives - they died after a few weeks, sometimes even a few days in the field. Currently, they're running openSUSE 11.1 but are in dire need of an update - the 11.1 was more of a workaround. Sometimes only the root account works, sometimes they grind to a screeching halt, etc. Suffice it to say that none of our users is really happy with them right now, so I'm looking to upgrade them to 11.2. What we need: - Gnome environment - XDM to login (GDM is not customizable enough) - QT3 libs - Firefox 3.5, Thunderbird 2.0 - OpenOffice.org 3.0.1, Adobe Reader 9.x - A 256MB swap partition What we don't need: - Games - QT4 - Other desktop environments or window managers After remove tons of packages, documentation, unneccessary locale data, etc. I'm down to roughly 2.8GB now: martin/nbrieke$ df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/sda1 3.6G 2.8G 755M 80% / udev 246M 316K 245M 1% /dev However, that still feels like too much for my taste. I've gone through YaST2 Software Management several times, looking for packages to remove but have to say that I've reached the point where I simply don't know what else to do. Simply put: has anyone managed to go even further than that? Or have I reached the ceiling? Martin -- Rieke Computersysteme GmbH Hellerholz 5 D-82061 Neuried Telefon: +49 (0) 89/755099-41 Telefax: +49 (0) 89/45237-399 Mobil: +49 (0) 172/2102355 Email: martin(a)rhm.de HRB Muenchen 73617 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Sun Java 1.6.0_u18
by Randall R Schulz 03 Feb '10

03 Feb '10

Hi, When can we expect the latest update to Sun's Java packages to appear in the 11.1 update repository? Randall Schulz -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Dotan, Will - kde3, howto make file 'save/save as' speedbar wider, say 160 px?
by David C. Rankin 03 Feb '10

03 Feb '10

Will, Dotan, KDE3 Gurus, How do I make the file save/save as speedbar (if that is what it's called) wider so it isn't chopping off the entries? I have outlined the area I want to make wider here in green: (33k) http://www.3111skyline.com/dl/ss/kde/speedbar.jpg I have tried kdeglobals with Speedbar Width=160, etc., but I can never get that area to change size. If I tell it to use large icons, then they are huge. I know there has to be a trick. Here is the current settings I have in kdeglobals: [KFileDialog Settings] Automatically select filename extension=true Height 900=447 LocationCombo Completionmode=5 PathCombo Completionmode=5 Recent URLs[$e]=$HOME/img/wrk/desktops/,sftp://supersff.3111skyline.com/home/david… Separate Directories=false Set speedbar defaults=false Show Bookmarks=false Show Preview=false Show Speedbar=true Show hidden files=false Sort by=Name Sort case insensitively=true Sort directories first=true Sort reversed=false Speedbar Width=160 View Style=Simple Width 1440=903 [KFileDialog Speedbar (Global)] Description_0= Description_1=Desktop Description_10=SuperSFF - sftp Description_11=dcrgx2 - sftp Description_2=Home Folder Description_3=Storage Media Description_4=Network Folders Description_5=Archangel - http Description_6=Archangel - sftp Description_7=Nirvana - sftp Description_8=Nirvana - www Description_9=img IconGroup_0=0 IconGroup_1=4 IconGroup_10=4 IconGroup_11=4 IconGroup_2=4 IconGroup_3=4 IconGroup_4=4 IconGroup_5=4 IconGroup_6=4 IconGroup_7=4 IconGroup_8=4 IconGroup_9=4 Icon_1= Icon_10=2rightarrow Icon_11=ftp Icon_2=folder_home Icon_3=system Icon_4=network Icon_5=package_system_network Icon_6=package_yast_netAdvanced Icon_7=package_office_database Icon_8=package_office_warehouse Icon_9=gdm-login-photo Number of Entries=12 URL_0[$e]=file://$HOME/public_html/ URL_1[$e]=file://$HOME/Desktop/ URL_10[$e]=sftp://supersff.3111skyline.com/ URL_11[$e]=sftp://dcrgx2.3111skyline.com/ URL_2[$e]=file://$HOME URL_3[$e]=media:/ URL_4[$e]=remote:/ URL_5[$e]=sftp://archangel.3111skyline.com:4352/srv/http/ URL_6[$e]=sftp://archangel.3111skyline.com:4352/ URL_7[$e]=sftp://nirvana.3111skyline.com:4350/ URL_8[$e]=sftp://nirvana.3111skyline.com:4350/srv/www/ URL_9[$e]=file://$HOME/img/ What's the trick? -- 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] RPM names
by Roger Oberholtzer 03 Feb '10

03 Feb '10

I have a shell script that takes a set of directories containing bins and libraries, and determines which RPMs need to be installed to satisfy all references. My plan is to make a ypm (YaST package manager) script to make it easy to be sure all that is needed is installed. The script provides the name of the RPM on the current system, like: libstdc++44-4.4.1_20090817-2.3.4.i586 libtiff3-3.8.2-145.2.i586 libuuid1-2.16-4.5.1.i586 libxml++-2.26.1-2.2.i586 libxml2-2.7.3-2.2.i586 openmotif-libs-2.3.1-10.1.i586 tcl-8.5.7-4.6.i586 tk-8.5.7-3.1.i586 xorg-x11-libICE-7.4-7.1.i586 I want to make the script a little less specific about versions. Like the i586, or the OBS build number. For example, for tcl I would like: tcl-8.5.7 or for the xorg item: xorg-x11-libICE-7.4 My use is a bit restricted, in that the script will be generated on a machine running the same openSUSE release where the ypm script should run. But the various machines may have different upgrades applied. I can't see how one could figure this out for the various names here. Just look at the first and the last in my list. Granted the list is only 30 or so long, so I could edit it by hand. I am hoping, however, to add the package manager script to the installable package, and would be happy if it could track these things as packages are built. -- Roger Oberholtzer OPQ Systems / Ramböll RST Ramböll Sverige AB Krukmakargatan 21 P.O. Box 17009 SE-104 62 Stockholm, Sweden Office: Int +46 10-615 60 20 Mobile: Int +46 70-815 1696 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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