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[opensuse] serial -> USB converter on openSUSE 11.2
by Roger Oberholtzer 19 Apr '10

19 Apr '10

I have connected a serial -> USB converter cable between a remote serial port and the local USB. I am trying to set the baud rate and all. See Background: later in the message for more details. Something looks wrong. I do not get any data. Here I have listed the steps for this as I see it: I see the 4 devices from lsusb: Bus 002 Device 006: ID 0403:6001 Future Technology Devices International, Ltd FT232 USB-Serial (UART) IC Bus 002 Device 007: ID 0403:6001 Future Technology Devices International, Ltd FT232 USB-Serial (UART) IC Bus 002 Device 008: ID 0403:6001 Future Technology Devices International, Ltd FT232 USB-Serial (UART) IC Bus 002 Device 009: ID 0403:6001 Future Technology Devices International, Ltd FT232 USB-Serial (UART) IC The kernel modules are loaded automatically (from lsmod): ftdi_sio 52936 4 usbserial 40904 9 ftdi_sio The ftdi_sio module lists the USB IDs as a recognized alias (from modinfo): alias: usb:v0403p6001d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip* The four devices show up as: crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 188, 0 2010-04-19 10:27 /dev/ttyUSB0 crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 188, 1 2010-04-19 10:27 /dev/ttyUSB1 crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 188, 2 2010-04-19 10:27 /dev/ttyUSB2 crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 188, 3 2010-04-19 10:27 /dev/ttyUSB3 I am a member of the dialout group. I am running an application that I have used with serial ports to great effect. It is accessing these devices (lsof): wish 5103 rst 4u CHR 188,0 0t0 4838 /dev/ttyUSB0 wish 5108 rst 4u CHR 188,3 0t0 4854 /dev/ttyUSB3 wish 5115 rst 4u CHR 188,2 0t0 4868 /dev/ttyUSB2 wish 5120 rst 4u CHR 188,1 0t0 4882 /dev/ttyUSB1 The program sets the devices to be 38400 baud, no parity, one stop bit. Oddly, nothing is arriving on the port. So, I thought I would check with setserial that the port settings are as expected. setserial -g /dev/ttyUSB* /dev/ttyUSB0, UART: unknown, Port: 0x0000, IRQ: 0, Flags: low_latency /dev/ttyUSB1, UART: unknown, Port: 0x0000, IRQ: 0, Flags: low_latency /dev/ttyUSB2, UART: unknown, Port: 0x0000, IRQ: 0, Flags: low_latency /dev/ttyUSB3, UART: unknown, Port: 0x0000, IRQ: 0, Flags: low_latency Is this what setserial should report for this type of serial port? Maybe it does not work with USB serial ports? Background: I am trying to diagnose a Linux kernel boot problem with a diskless openSUSE 11.2 system at a remote location. I have used the ever popular kernel command line option on the remote: console=ttyS1,38400n8 splash=0 textmode=1 This has always worked for me. The person at the remote tells me that all listing on the console stops just when I would expect it to. So I am fairly certain the kernel is sending the data on the serial port. The serial port is connected to another openSUSE computer next to it. I am logged in to that one from a remote computer and running the serial port monitor (wish). But nothing arrives. The setserial listing is mysterious. Anyone used these sorts of devices? -- 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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[opensuse] 11.0 - kdm.log & pk_backend_zypp-1 size getting quite large, >37M
by David C. Rankin 19 Apr '10

19 Apr '10

Guy, Just looked though the log directory and was surprised to find the kdm.log and pk_backend_zypp-1 log sizes at 10M and 27M, respectively. This isn't near as bad as some of the gigabyte logs earlier in 11.0, but still anything over 10M is a big bunch of text. Also, pk_backend_zypp-1 seems to be a log that has been superseded by pk_backend_zypp and it is sitting there uncompressed: -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 10228733 2010-04-17 12:35 kdm.log -rw-r----- 1 root root 27215110 2010-04-17 10:13 pk_backend_zypp-1 [13:59 alchemy:/var/log] # xz -9 pk_backend_zypp-1 [14:07 alchemy:/var/log] # l <snip> -rw-r----- 1 root root 741952 2010-04-17 10:13 pk_backend_zypp-1.xz Compressing the file saves 26M+ of the 27M+ size of pk_backend_zypp-1. Is this a bug or feature request? -- 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] vanishing check-boxes_1
by Doug McGarrett 19 Apr '10

19 Apr '10

I probably should have said that you can still snap on the place where the box vanished from, and the snap works. --doug Blessed are the peacemakers...for they shall be shot at from both sides. --A. M. Greeley -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] AutoFS somewhat complex...
by Verner Kjærsgaard 18 Apr '10

18 Apr '10

Hi list and gurus I just setup an 11.2 that uses an external NFS box for /home. This works just fine until one tries to fire up, say Firefox. Which breaks because of its use of SQLITE for storing visited sites, history and so. It's a known filelocking problem I think. So, for that reason (and a few other programs with the same problem...), I cannot use NFS for external /home. Now, I'd like to use the local disks for /home but NFS and AutoFS for individual 'Documents' directories, one for each user. I setup the NFS server box with /DOCUMENTS/user-a /DOCUMENTS/user-b /DOCUMENTS/user-c /DOCUMENTS/user-d ... /DOCUMENTS/user-x That's a little work, but I can fix (script) it. So I now have an NFS exported directory named NFS:/volume1/DOCUMENTS and this documents directory contains a large number of subdirs, all named after the users that exists on the client. On the client I can get a 'standard' NFS /home thing to work. But now in auto.master and the other autofs.files I need to use wildcards for substitution of the logged in users name. eh...now I'm stuck. Any hints or good ideas? Is this at all doable? PS: I read the openSuSE documentation on the matter - and also this link http://www.linuxhomenetworking.com/wiki/index.php/Quick_HOWTO_:_Ch29_:_Remo… As always - thanks a lot for any answers! -- ------------------------------ Med venlig hilsen/Best regards Verner Kjærsgaard -- 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 configure Auto-mount to NTFS 3G ?
by Alexey Eremenko 18 Apr '10

18 Apr '10

Hi All ! I have old openSUSE 10.3 system. When I plug in USB Disk with NTFS, it auto-mounts it via old NTFS driver. How to configure Auto-mount (udev?) to use NTFS 3G ? Should I configure "udev" or some other program ? -- -Alexey Eromenko "Technologov" -- 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 Weekly News 119 is out!
by Sascha 'saigkill' Manns 18 Apr '10

18 Apr '10

We are pleased to announce: Issue 119 of openSUSE Weekly News is out! [0] In this week's issue: Contents * 1 Editors Note * 2 Announcements o 2.1 openSUSE 11.3 Milestone 5: The Community Strikes Back o 2.2 Andrew Wafaa: oSC09 videos * 3 Status Updates o 3.1 Distribution + 3.1.1 Schedules for the next Week + 3.1.2 Bugzilla * 4 Team Reports o 4.1 Build Service Team + 4.1.1 Build Team Meeting + 4.1.2 Build Service Statistics o 4.2 GNOME Team + 4.2.1 Marcus Meissner: libgphoto2 2.4.9 + 4.2.2 Vincent Untz: GSettings Hackfest: Day 1 o 4.3 KDE Team + 4.3.1 Will Stephenson: File Transfers in KDE 4 o 4.4 Mono Team + 4.4.1 Moonlight 3 Preview 6 + 4.4.2 MonoTouch 3.0 o 4.5 openFATE Team + 4.5.1 New: openFATE 309343 Support release number in (rp-md) repositories + 4.5.2 New: openFATE 309342 Do not loose Hermes events ever. + 4.5.3 New: openFATE 309341 Make new status for “unsigned” + 4.5.4 Statistics o 4.6 Testing Team + 4.6.1 openSUSE Testing Core Team IRC Meeting 2010-04-19 17:00 UTC o 4.7 Translation Team + 4.7.1 Bug report against webyast files + 4.7.2 Localization o 4.8 Wiki-Team + 4.8.1 German Wiki & Multi-Language Concept * 5 In the Community o 5.1 Andrew Wafaa: Community Discussion – Part 5 o 5.2 Events o 5.3 openSUSE for your ears o 5.4 From Ambassadors + 5.4.1 Agustin Chavarria: Conference in FLISOL Nicaragua 2010 + 5.4.2 Chuck Payne: Texas Linux Fest o 5.5 openSUSE in $COUNTRY o 5.6 Communication o 5.7 Contributors * 6 New/Updated Applications @ openSUSE o 6.1 Packman: KDoodle 0.2.3-0.pm.1.25 o 6.2 OBS: Barrage o 6.3 OBS: New Package for openSUSE: assuma (Association Subscribers Manager) o 6.4 OBS: new openSUSE Package: bleachbit 0.7.4 o 6.5 KDE-Apps: KDropbox 0.1.0 * 7 Security Updates o 7.1 SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2010:009 o 7.2 SUSE Security Announcement: Mozilla Firefox 3.5.9 (SUSE- SA:2010:021) * 8 Kernel Review o 8.1 KernelTrap: Linux: 2.6.34-rc4, “Hunting A Really Annoying VM Regression” o 8.2 h-online/Thorsten Leemhuis: Kernel Log – Coming in 2.6.34 (Part 1) – Network Support o 8.3 LinuxWeeklyNews/Corbet: Kernel prepatch 2.6.34-rc4 o 8.4 Rares Aioanei: Weekly Kernel Review with openSUSE Flavor 15th Week * 9 Tips and Tricks o 9.1 For Desktop Users + 9.1.1 Stefan Seyfried: Rearranging Accounts in Claws- Mail + 9.1.2 Free Software Magazine/Daniel Escasa: New-line search & replace in OpenOffice.org Writer — the lazy way o 9.2 For Commandline/Script Newbies + 9.2.1 Joe Shaw: avchd to mp4/h264/aac conversion + 9.2.2 The Geek Stuff/Sasikala: Unix Bash Alias Tutorial – Handle Alias Command Like Jennifer Garner o 9.3 For Developers and Programmers + 9.3.1 IBM developerWorks/Roderick W. Smith: Migrate to GRUB 2 – Transitioning to a new boot loader o 9.4 For System Administrators + 9.4.1 Ghacks.net/Jack Wallen: Luckybackup: Linux backup made easy + 9.4.2 MakeTechEasier/Joshua Price: Choosing The Best Linux Filesystem For Your PC + 9.4.3 Linux.com/Joe Brockmeier: Ncat: The Network Swiss Army Knife * 10 Planet SUSE o 10.1 Mike McCallister: Reminder: Speaking to Milwaukee PHP User Group o 10.2 Frank Karlitschek (karli): ownCloud status * 11 openSUSE Forums o 11.1 su or su – which? o 11.2 Browsers won’t play Flash sound!? o 11.3 Configure Xen Virtualization o 11.4 What You do not like about openSUSE? * 12 On the Web o 12.1 Announcements + 12.1.1 Aaron Seigo: 2010 Plasma Javascript Jam Session Winners Announced o 12.2 Call for participation + 12.2.1 GNOME 3.0 cleanup: Call to module developers o 12.3 Reports + 12.3.1 Security Blanket Technical Blog: File Systems + 12.3.2 CNET News/Dave Rosenberg: Linux: Strong and getting stronger + 12.3.3 LinuxPlanet/Sean Michael Kerner: Linux Kernel Devs: We Need New Blood o 12.4 Reviews and Essays + 12.4.1 TechRadar/Graham Morrison: How to switch your small or home office to Linux – Save time and money with free, open source software o 12.5 Warnings + 12.5.1 US-CERT Cyber Security Alert SA10-103C — Adobe Reader and Acrobat Vulnerabilities o 12.6 LOL + 12.6.1 Datamation/Oliver Widder: Tech Comics: “A Day in the Life of a Coder” * 13 Feedback / Communicate / Get Involved * 14 Credits * 15 Translations For a list of available translations see this page: http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/119/Translations [0] http://bit.ly/9WfViC -- Sincerely yours Sascha Manns openSUSE Community & Support Agent openSUSE Marketing Team Blog: http://saigkill.wordpress.com Web: http://www.open-slx.de (openSUSE Box Support German) Web: http://www.open-slx.com (openSUSE Box Support English) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Error on upgrading an RPM
by Stan Goodman 18 Apr '10

18 Apr '10

In attempting to upgrade an rpm package, I receive the following response: ***** > rpm -Uvh VirtualBox-3.1-3.1.6_59338_openSUSE111-1.x86_64.rpm warning: VirtualBox-3.1-3.1.6_59338_openSUSE111-1.x86_64.rpm: Header V4 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 6dfbcbae error: can't create transaction lock on /var/lib/rpm/__db.000 > ***** What exactly is the problem that has been encountered? -- 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] Vaanishing check-boxes
by Doug McGarrett 18 Apr '10

18 Apr '10

In various (maybe all) programs that provide a check-box, for example, the box that lets you refuse cookies, and, for example, 7 out of 8 in KSnapshot, disappear, along with the words inside them, when you bring the cursor over them. Is this normal, or have I got something wrong? If so, what? OS 11.1. --doug -- Blessed are the peacemakers...for they shall be shot at from both sides. --A. M. Greeley -- Blessed are the peacemakers...for they shall be shot at from both sides. --A. M. Greeley -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] vanishing check-boxes_1
by Doug McGarrett 18 Apr '10

18 Apr '10

I probably should have said that you can still snap on the place where the box vanished from, and the snap works. --doug Blessed are the peacemakers...for they shall be shot at from both sides. --A. M. Greeley -- 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 incoming traffic, but tcpdump shows it is coming in
by Siniša Bandin 17 Apr '10

17 Apr '10

Hello everyone Recently it happened to me a few times: switched my motherboard (I do that about once in two weeks) and suddenly I cannot access anything on network (LAN nor Intnet). Firewall is turned off, iptables shows that everything is ACCEPTed, ethtool shows link OK etc. The strangest thing is that when I run tcpdump in one window, and ping (or anything else) in another, tcpdump shows that traffic is going out (ARP request) and that ARP reply is coming back in, but the rest of the system seems to just ignore it. Same thing happened with defaul and XEN kernels, both current openSUSE 11.2 standard 2.6.31.12 and bleeding edge 2.6.34-rc3 from KOTD. First I thought the problem was with Atheros ethernet integrated on MSI 770-G45, but the problem suddenly went away after three days. All that time Windows 7 worked just fine. Of course, I have tried all of the usual tricks: reboot, power off, unplug the cord for 1 minute and for 10 hours etc. Second time it happened with MSI 790FX-GD70, with two Realtek 816x Gigabit ethernets. I couldn't get it to work whole afternoon and evening and finally gave up for this week. Did anybody see such a strange behavior? Best regards, Siniša Bandin -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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