August 2010 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] Nvidia drivers OS11.3 x86_64
by Peter Nikolic 02 Aug '10

02 Aug '10

Hi . I have read just about everything i can find to do with loading the Nvidia drivers on 11.3 but not managed to get them to work so far system as in Sig block below using an Nvidia FX5500 card i have tried the NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-173.14.25-pkg2.run to no avail at all what other driver is there to try on this lot the newer drivers are not for these older cards or so i am told when i try to install them . Anyone had sucess if so how . I have so far tried the NO_KMS bit along with adding nomodeset blacklistmodule=nouveau reboot to init 3 run the Nvidia installer listed above and just keep getting a moan about ABI and try -ignoreABI that makes no difference either .. Ideas fixes ??? Pete . getting slightly miffed with 11.3 now lots of sillys showing up == not good -- Powered by openSUSE 11.3 (x86_64) Kernel: 2.6.34-12-desktop KDE Development Platform: 4.4.4 (KDE 4.4.4) "release 2" 22:24 up 0:11, 4 users, load average: 0.50, 0.32, 0.21 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] HDD mount question
by Andrew Rich 02 Aug '10

02 Aug '10

I have a question people might be able to help me with. openSUSE 11.3 I have two USB 750 GB external HDD attached to a LINUX server. At the moment, I have mounted /dev/sdb1 as /data1 /dev/sdc1 as /data2 If I reboot, what are the chance the drives will line up again ? How does LINUX "know" which USB port corresponds to what external HDD. I had x2 SATA Internal HDD before, where there was no doubt about mounts. It is important because I want data1 to mirror to data2. Will I have to just plug in /dev/sdb1 first then mount, and then add /dev/sdc1 next just to keep the sequence ? Andrew -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Kudos KDE3 Maintainers (Will) - 3.5.10.1-48, compiz works with kde3 again :-)
by David C. Rankin 02 Aug '10

02 Aug '10

Devs, Kudos on the 3.5.10.1-48 kde3 packages for 11.3. Since 11.3 install, compiz has worked with gnome & kde4 but not with kde3 (strange). After installing the kde3 latest builds, compiz is working like a champ again with kde3. Thanks. p.s. - kde3 3.5.10.1-48 + compiz 8.6 = 'a thing of beauty' for the curious (112k): http://www.3111skyline.com/dl/img/ss/kde/suse113-kde3+compiz.jpg -- 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] Easy Server Upgrade
by Wayne Hammond 02 Aug '10

02 Aug '10

Often to upgrade to a new "Samba" Server or new version I will set up a drive with a fresh install of OpenSuse. (I may do this at a separate locate so upgrade isn't an option). Then I will copy (or restore from a backup). /srv (that is where all the data is) /etc/samba /etc/passwd /etc/group That seems to work fine, Except the GUI login will usually not work. Are there other files that should be transferred as well? Wayne Hammond Performance Technology Systems Design -- 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 - switch from gdm to kdm, kdm won't display - only xdm??
by David C. Rankin 02 Aug '10

02 Aug '10

Guys, Changing from gdm to kdm, I modified the displaymanager settings in sysconfig and set the displaymanager to kdm and the theme to a theme name in /usr/share/kde4/apps/kdm/themes as follows: 14:59 zephyr:~> noc /etc/sysconfig/displaymanager DISPLAYMANAGER="kdm" DISPLAYMANAGER_REMOTE_ACCESS="no" DISPLAYMANAGER_ROOT_LOGIN_REMOTE="no" DISPLAYMANAGER_STARTS_XSERVER="yes" DISPLAYMANAGER_XSERVER_TCP_PORT_6000_OPEN="no" DISPLAYMANAGER_AUTOLOGIN="" DISPLAYMANAGER_PASSWORD_LESS_LOGIN="no" DISPLAYMANAGER_AD_INTEGRATION="no" DISPLAYMANAGER_SHUTDOWN="auto" DISPLAYMANAGER_RANDR_MODE_VGA="" DISPLAYMANAGER_RANDR_MODE_auto="1024x768_60 64.11 1024 1080 1184 1344 768 769 772 795 -HSync +Vsync" DISPLAYMANAGER_XSERVER="Xorg" KDM_USERS="" KDM_GREETSTRING="" DISPLAYMANAGER_KDM_THEME="lzfy-kde4" DISPLAYMANAGER_KDM_LOCALARGS="" 14:59 zephyr:~> noc /etc/sysconfig/windowmanager DEFAULT_WM="gnome" INSTALL_DESKTOP_EXTENSIONS="yes" X_MOUSE_CURSOR="DMZ" KDE_USE_IPV6="yes" KDE_BUILD_GLOBAL_SYCOCA="initial" KDE_USE_IDN="yes" But regardless of what I set the theme to, all I ever get is that generic square xdm login with the round clock above the username/password fields. How do I get kdm going again? What else to check? -- 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] firefox does not exiting correctly
by Istvan Gabor 01 Aug '10

01 Aug '10

Hello: I have a strange problem with firefox. If I close/quit firefox I can't start it again. It gives the message: Firefox is already running, but is not responding.To open a new window, you must first close the existing Firefox process, or restart your system. I checked the firefox profile directory and found that ".parentlock" file is not deleted after closing firefox. Also ps -u user | grep -i firefox shows this both when firefox is running and after closing it: 5737 ? 00:00:00 firefox 5742 ? 00:00:24 firefox 5762 ? 00:00:00 firefox <defunct> Is it normal that there are two firefox instances? What is that firefox <defunct>? If I remove manually .parentlock and kill those firefox instances I can run firefox again. The problem is not shown in every accounts, only in some of them. I could not find what can be the difference between the accounts that could cause the error. I even tried to delete the old firefox profile and start from scratch, it did not help. I have openSUSE 11.2, KDE 3.5.10, fand irefox packages from build service: MozillaFirefox-3.6.8-1.2.i586 MozillaFirefox-translations-common-3.6.8-1.2.i586 MozillaFirefox-branding-upstream-3.6.8-1.2.i586 What can be the problem and how could I fix it? 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] 11.3 - kwrite and kate not working for su?
by HG 01 Aug '10

01 Aug '10

Hi! I like to use kate for system management file editing... i.e. I su to root and then open kate that conveniently saves sessions of multiple files. In 11.3 I get this: loota:/data1/home> su Password: loota:/data1/home # kate & [1] 4373 loota:/data1/home # kate(4373): Session bus not found KCrash: Application 'kate' crashing... sock_file=/root/.kde4/socket-loota/kdeinit4__0 Warning: connect() failed: : No such file or directory KCrash cannot reach kdeinit, launching directly. drkonqi(4374): Session bus not found [1]+ Exit 253 kate loota:/data1/home # And the same happens for kwrite. Both work for the main user though (when started from the terminal). What should I do? Currently I'm editing the files in good ol emacs -- HG. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Network Masquerading in SuSEfirewall 2
by James Knott 01 Aug '10

01 Aug '10

I'm trying to use SuSEfirewall 2 to pass incoming IMAP connections to the computer on my network that has an IMAP server running. However, I do not seem to be able to access it. The settings in the masquerade rule are: Source network 0/0 protocol tcp Req IP <actual internet address> Req port (imaps) 993 Redir to IP 172.16.1.10 Redir to port (imaps) 993 As far as I can tell, those are the correct settings, but I cannot even telnet to port 993 at the desired address. Get connection refused. Also, www.grc.com shows that port open, but nmap does not. Any ideas? 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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Re: [opensuse] 11.3 and ssh X forwarding not working
by HG 01 Aug '10

01 Aug '10

On Sun, Aug 1, 2010 at 1:24 PM, Roger Oberholtzer <roger(a)opq.se> wrote: > On Sun, 2010-08-01 at 13:15 +0300, HG wrote: >> Hi! >> >> Just upgraded my home server to 11.3. Normal mode for it is headless, >> but I cannot seem to get X to work over ssh. I really don't know where >> to look. So, here is what I have. >> I enabled sshd at the install phase (opened the firewall, but >> currently firewall is disabled altogether). Only change I did for the >> /etc/ssh/sshd_config was to add "AllowGroups ssh_users" (which >> includes me). Otherwise I noted that it already has "X11Forwarding >> yes" >> >> I login to the system from OS X or another older openSUSE with >> > ssh -X 192.168.1.2 >> from OS X, I get this warning from both the new 11.3 as well as the >> old openSUSE: >> >> Warning: untrusted X11 forwarding setup failed: xauth key data not generated >> Warning: No xauth data; using fake authentication data for X11 forwarding. > > You have to install on openSUSE the package that contains xauth. It > pretty much only contains the xauth program. But it is needed. There is > a thread about this in the list back in june some time. I think the > difference is that this is now a separate package, whereas earlier I > think it came with some other X stuff. > >> >> However, that doesn't appear if I log in from the older openSUSE and >> it doesn't seem to matter much as form the old server, this works >> great: >> > xclock & >> >> However, from the new 11.3, all I get is "Error: Can't open display: " >> >> What is wrong with the sshd in 11.3? How to fix this? > > xauth (where you log in to) must be missing > >> >> Thanks! >> >> -- >> HG. > > -- > Roger Oberholtzer > > Ramböll RST/OPQ > > 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 > > Hi! Thanks for the suggestion, but xauth (7.5-11.3) was and is installed. Must be something else. -- HG. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] wysiwyg printing
by lynn 01 Aug '10

01 Aug '10

I want to print out a photo as I see it on screen. When I do, it's always lighter or darker. What should I be reading about? 11.3 with CUPS HP F2280 Thanks, L x -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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