June 2010 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] Help -- Anybody solved the gparted ntfs bug issue or have a cli workaround?
by David C. Rankin 25 Jun '10

25 Jun '10

Guys, Girls: I need help -- again. The problem is the ntfs bug in gparted. It is frustrating, because I have read this guy solved it, that guy solved it, but there isn't any details of what they did. Grrr. A synopsis of the bug is here: http://gparted.sourceforge.net/download.php (the main gparted d/l page) What I am trying to do is add a lager hd to my son's computer that he has outgrown the windows partition on. The drive is presently partitioned as follows: sda sda1 - 40G Primary with XP sda5 - 2G swap sda6 - 20G / sda7 - 53G /home What I am trying to do is install a new 250G drive. The plan is to install the new drive as hd0 and then copy the 40G primary too the new drive and then grow it to 210G leaving roughly 30G unpartitioned at the end for whatever. Upon attempting the copy with gparted (0.52-9) the copy fails with an error saying that sda1 has a bad sector and that you need to boot into windows, run chkdsk /r (implies /f), reboot TWICE, and then the partition can be resized using the ntfsresize '--bad-sector' option. OK, great, so I unplug the new drive and boot into windows and run chkdsk -r, then hour later, I try gparted again -- same result. That's when I started poking around and ran into the gparted ntfs bug issue. How in the heck to I copy the partition and resize it if gparted is tanked? Copy it with dd and then just use the ntfsresize to hopefully force a resize. Any of you devs got a better work-around? One big frustration with gparted is that it doesn't (that I can find) provide a place to enter any extra options for the copy or resize. Anybody know any? That's where I'm stuck. If I'm going to go the dd route, does anybody have a quick cheat-sheet that tells how to optimize the copy blocksize working with ntfs? That one area I haven't mucked around a lot and God forbid I mess up my son's Steam Counter-Strike install trying to do this. What say the experts? -- 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] Today's KDE3 Updates Broke 'kfmclient openProfile filemanagement' what to check?
by David C. Rankin 25 Jun '10

25 Jun '10

Guys/Will After updates today from KDE:/KDE3/openSUSE_11.0 (or comm or playground) broke some pretty standard stuff. The biggest thing I notice is kfmclient is broken. kfmclient --commands shows everything (dunno if that is like kcmshell --list, but I thought I would try). All of my profiles are there: 11:00 alchemy:~> l ~/.kde/share/apps/konqueror/profiles total 24 -rw------- 1 david dcr 943 2009-12-19 20:18 dcrFM -rw------- 1 david dcr 962 2010-01-23 00:09 dcr KDE3 File Management -rw------- 1 david dcr 952 2010-04-21 10:35 filemanagement -rw------- 1 david dcr 714 2009-12-19 20:21 webbrowsing I have changed my desktop files to 'konqueror --profile filemanagement' for the time being and it works, but I would really like to find out what broke kfmclient and fix it. What say the experts? Also -- Outstanding KDE3 issues, just in case anybody has had any thoughts or ideas for fixes here: (1) My menu entries and control panel modules are still totally gone :-( (2) All gtk apps appearance is still screwed up. There is still a problem with kcm_gtk, kde3-kcm_gtk and kde3-gtk-qt-engine locks firefox/tbird and worse it no longer builds from .src.rpm? (first one of those I have seen) But, 99.9 percent of the updates are rock-solid. Thank you devs for putting in the extra effort to provide all the updates for KDE3. They are greatly appreciated :p -- 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] KDE4 - the most Frustrating bug - over a year old and still not fixed.
by David C. Rankin 25 Jun '10

25 Jun '10

KDE4 Devs, Guys, why can't konqueror file manager start up looking like it did when I last saved its profile and closed it? I use konqueror with the detailed list view. That's what I like. I want to see the most information about my filesystem in the smallest amount of space with the most detail. That's why the heck we have a 'list' or 'detailed' view and 'tree' view available. But the problem with KDE4 konqueror is you have to completely reconfigure the view every damn time you open it, just to get a decent detailed view back. A picture is worth a thousand words. Here is a screenshot showing the way konqueror opens up every time: (153k) http://www.3111skyline.com/dl/bugs/kde4/konq-onstart.jpg This configuration of konqueror is completely F'ed up. The entire 'places' window (left pane) is collapsed. Moreover it's NOT simply closed, it is STUCK in some screwed up state such that you cannot simply grab the resize handle and fix it -- it won't respond. Instead, every time you open konqueror, in order to get your places panel back you have to CLOSE IT, then REOPEN IT before you can even begin to resize it to make it look right. So every time I want to use konqueror, I have to: F9 + F9 + drag and resize the left places panel before I can even see the filesystem. That would be frustrating enough it that were the only problem with the way konqueror starts, but that it just the tip of the iceberg. The whole right had side file pane is screwed up as well. The column sizes are mucked up every time konqueror starts. It looks like konqueror outsmarts itself by resizing and collapsing all columns to make sure all columns fit in the right side no matter how many there are. This completely defeats the purpose of having the horizontal scroll bar at the bottom of the window. We wouldn't need a scroll bar if all the columns were supposed to try and cram themselves in only the space provided by the right file pane. (think about it) In the right column, I want to have the permissions, owner and group information 'immediately available' so if there is a problem with file access, or if I'm just curious, I can simply click the scroll bar and see a concise tabular listing of that information on all files in a directory. That ability is completely defeated by the way konqueror starts every time, until I go through the process of resizing each column to the size I like it every time I start konqueror. That's crap. Once I am finally done with the tedious process, I have konqueror back in a usable configuration: (140K) http://www.3111skyline.com/dl/bugs/kde4/konq-onstart-reset.jpg Then, because hope springs eternal, I diligently save my config with: Settings -> Save view profiles as... -> filemanagement Now saved, I expect konqueror filemanagement to open up looking the way it did when I saved the "view profile". Otherwise, what in the heck do we even have a "Save view profiles" option for. Not satisfied with simply saving the filemanagement "view profile", I even do one better. I go back and save the view profile under a completely different profile name, just in case there is some problem with the 'filemanagement' name -- lord knows it has been used many times over. So, I go back and: Settings -> Save view profiles as... -> dcrFM Unfortunately that too is a waste of time. Same results, opening dcrFM profile opens in the same broken way opening the filemanagement profile does. None of this would be nearly so frustrating aside from the fact that I identified this very issue during 4.3 beta 2 testing as soon and this bug was introduced and filed the bug report on June 9, 2009: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=195808 The bug is still listed as unconfirmed??? This is "incomprehensible incompetence." There is no excuse for letting bugs with a primary component of KDE languish for over a year. That however seems to be more of the norm with KDE4 than an exception. Spending exorbitant amounts of man-power and effort on useless eye-candy while letting real-wold functionality waste away seems to be the KDE4 M.O. Unfortunately this is but one example of many. What is the deal KDE4 devs??? (P.S. - yes I have reviewed the post and toned it down so everybody doesn't think I'm on a rant mission. I've changed all the original "hells" to "hecks" and so forth. But, I have got to tell you I am dismayed how KDE4 has squandered so much community good-will in the past two years that I'm to the point of just throwing in the towel on KDE4 and sticking with gnome and reminiscing about the elegance of KDE3 and how it all was squandered by a mismanaged and failed move to KDE4. KDE4 has some of the most brilliant desktop developers on the planet - the fault lies with the incompetent management of these resources throughout the entire KDE4 development process) -- 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] Error while creating a new virtual Machine (KVM)
by Sascha 'saigkill' Manns 25 Jun '10

25 Jun '10

Hello Mates, today i've tried to make a new virtual Machine with KVM in YaST. But sadly i'm getting the Error: "internal error: No <source> 'bridge' attribute specified with <interface type=''bridge'/> . Maybe anyone knows what is to do? P.S: I've a Screenshot under http://saschamanns.de/kvm.png -- Sincerely yours Sascha Manns open-slx GmbH 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] Interbase/Firebird, anyone?
by Ciro Iriarte 25 Jun '10

25 Jun '10

I'm replacing a old clone server running openSUSE with a PHP application connecting to Firebird to a new highend server. I've seen Firebird is available on OBS, although PHP modules for it are not. Anyone has done a migration of with Interbase/Firebird on openSUSE/SLES/any Linux?. My first idea was to just copy the datafiles, but the old server is running i386 kernel and the new one will be x86_64, so that probably wont work... Also found out about FBExport, it has some documented drawbacks but I'm not sure if they're common or not. I've worked with MySQL/PgSQL/Oracle/DB2 but I'm a little lost with this "new kid on the block", so any help will be appreciated. Regards, -- Ciro Iriarte http://cyruspy.wordpress.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] Linux Notebook recommendations
by Alex 25 Jun '10

25 Jun '10

Hello folks, I in a desperate need of a new notebook/laptop for the oncoming school year. On a whim I've purchased Toshiba Satellite L675D-S7016 It works somewhat . . . It has a slow 100MB only Realtek RTL8102E Ethernet controller and Realtek 8172 WiFi controller which I cannot make working, no matter what I did. Its ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4250 graphic controller is not performing in KDE4 as well as nVidia on my RIP old Sager laptop. No openGL support and dodgy scrolling and windows moving /resizing. I'm running open SUSE 11.2 on this new thing, which I'm going to return back to the store. Could somebody please recommend, based on the personal experience, a decent notebook with the following characteristics: 1. 15 - 17" Display 2. Turion II or less desirable Athlon II dual core CPU. Quad core is fine as long as it's AMD 3. 1 GB Ethernet controller 4. Wi-Fi Wireless 802.11b/g/n controller which is known to work with Linux without excessive headaches. 5. nVidia integrated graphic controller. In the worst case scenario I can live with ATI Radeon. 6. At least 4GB DDR3 RAM expandable up to 8GB. I don't want to have older and slower DDR2 RAM. 7. Preferably in black or other non-flashy matte colors. I don't like that bright and cheesy silverish goldish el'cheapo glossy colors. Thank you in advance for any hints or recommendations, Alex -- 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 RC 1 (x86_64) Problem with Xen
by Thomas Schreiner 25 Jun '10

25 Jun '10

Dear OpenSuse Team, I'm testing OpenSuse 11.3 x86_64 for use as XEN-Server. What i found out is a problem with the script which starts the network-bride. First i tried an existing config file and the result was : xen-13:/etc/xen/vm # xm create d112-64 Using config file "./d112-64". Message from syslogd@xen-13 at Jun 24 15:43:10 ... kernel:[ 276.870699] Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP Message from syslogd@xen-13 at Jun 24 15:43:10 ... kernel:[ 276.870702] last sysfs file: /sys/devices/xen-backend/vif-1-0/uevent Message from syslogd@xen-13 at Jun 24 15:43:10 ... kernel:[ 276.870807] Stack: Message from syslogd@xen-13 at Jun 24 15:43:10 ... kernel:[ 276.870823] Call Trace: Message from syslogd@xen-13 at Jun 24 15:43:10 ... kernel:[ 276.870885] Code: 28 48 89 5c 24 08 48 89 fb 48 8d 7f 48 48 89 6c 24 10 4c 89 64 24 18 48 89 f5 4c 89 6c 24 20 e8 e9 30 d8 df f6 05 b5 13 33 e0 02 <4c> 8b 60 08 75 75 48 8b 73 08 31 c9 31 ff 48 c7 c2 6f 5f 54 a0 Message from syslogd@xen-13 at Jun 24 15:43:10 ... kernel:[ 276.870933] CR2: 0000000000000008 Error: Device 0 (vif) could not be connected. Hotplug scripts not working. You can find the file <d112-64> in th attachment. loop1 in this file has bin defined as follows: losetup /dev/loop1 /var/lib/xen/images/test1/d112-64.iso This file contains an image of an OpenSuse 11.1 i586 system. Next test I made, was to install it new, under another name, with Yast. The Result was the same I've made three screenshots, but they are too big for the mailinglist and have ben rejected. The config file, wich has been created is file <OS11-2-i586> in the attachement. After doing an reboot of the xen-server I deleted the line with the vif=[ 'mac=00:16:3e:2b:c8:c6,bridge=br0', ] definition and tried to start the virtual machien new: xen-13:/etc/xen/vm # xm create d112-64 Using config file "./d112-64". Started domain d112-64 (id=1) xen-13:~ # xm list Name ID Mem VCPUs State Time(s) Domain-0 0 5916 4 r----- 23.2 d112-64 1 2048 2 -b---- 4.0 Here the output of command xen-13:~ # xm console d112-64 : Starting rpcbind done Not starting NFS client services - no NFS found in /etc/fstab: unused Starting auditd done Starting CRON daemon done Starting SSH daemon done Starting snmpd done Setting up (remotefs) network interfaces: Setting up service (remotefs) network . . . . . . . . . . done Starting service xdm unused Starting name server BIND done Starting cupsd done Starting Name Service Cache Daemon done Starting network time protocol daemon (NTPD) done Initializing SMTP port (sendmail) done Starting smartd unused done Master Resource Control: runlevel 5 has been reached Failed services in runlevel 5: network Skipped services in runlevel 5: nfs xdm splash smartd Welcome to openSUSE 11.1 - Kernel 2.6.27.45-0.1-xen (tty1). INIT: Id "x0" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes Welcome to openSUSE 11.1 - Kernel 2.6.27.45-0.1-xen (tty1). ebi-srv login: ---------------- So as you see, the vitual machien is running, but without network interface. If you need further information, you can send me a mail. I will held this machine with this state fore some days. With greetings Mit freundlichen Grüßen Thomas E. Schreiner Abteilung 231 Deutsche Messe AG Messegelände D-30521 Hannover Tel.: +49-511 89 33091 Fax.: +49-511 89 369 33091 mailto:netadm@messe.de Internet: www.messe.de Aktiengesellschaft, Sitz Hannover, Registergericht: Amtsgericht Hannover, Reg.-Nr. 81 HR B 4061 Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrates: Stephan Weil, Oberbürgermeister der Landeshauptstadt Hannover Vorstand: Dr. Wolfram v. Fritsch, Vorsitzender; Dr. Andreas Gruchow; Dipl.-Kfm. Stephan Ph. Kühne; Ernst Raue Diese E-Mail enthaelt vertrauliche oder rechtlich geschuetzte Informationen. Wenn Sie nicht der beabsichtigte Empfaenger sind, informieren Sie bitte sofort den Absender und loeschen Sie diese E-Mail. Das unbefugte Kopieren dieser E-Mail oder die unbefugte Weitergabe der enthaltenen Informationen ist nicht gestattet. The information contained in this message is confidential or protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and delete this message. Any unauthorised copying of this message or unauthorised distribution of the information contained herein is prohibited.

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[opensuse] foomatic-rip???
by James Knott 25 Jun '10

25 Jun '10

Lately, top shows foomatic-rip, user lp taking a lot of CPU time. I don't recall seeing this before. I expect it's a CUPS driver. How do I get it to behave? I'm running 64 bit OpenSUSE 11.0. tnx jk -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] webpin dead? Server problems? ERROR: caught exception while connecting
by David C. Rankin 25 Jun '10

25 Jun '10

Guys, What's up with webpin. Past day I have tried several searches from the cli and they all end the same: 21:54 alchemy:~/apps/bzr> wp bzr ... performing request on http://software.opensuse-community.org/ws/searchservice/Search/Simple/openS…: caught exception while connecting and sending request to server: connection timed out after 60 seconds I was finally successful on the web interface, but it took a very long time. Anyone else seeing this? -- 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] Toshiba copy_dsdt kernel patch
by Bruce 24 Jun '10

24 Jun '10

I am using a new Toshiba A505-6035 laptop and after jumping through a lot of hoops compiling kernels with the copy_dsdt patch in the past few weeks to get Linux running well on it, I was thrilled that a 2.6.35 kernel included the repositories worked without having to do anything, it fixed every issue fromn usb ports missing, to wireless network not working and power management not working. My question is what are the chances at this stage of things of getting the copy_dsdt patch included in the upcoming release of opensuse 11.3 ? https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/91236/ Which is now in the kernel HEAD repo (2.6.35) and the kernel 2.6.35 repo -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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