January 2011 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[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] luckyBackup problem
by C. Brouerius van Nidek 13 Jan '11

13 Jan '11

Hope to find an answer on a problem with luckyBackup. Like the program and have instructed to backup the contents every night from my home on a usb stick.via cron. That works like a charm. Yesterday I forgot to put the stick in and this morning I found that luckyBackup had made a new directory on / filling that partition up to 100%. Is there a method to avoid such things from happening? Something like: if there is no USB stick inserted, do not backup. -- Linux User 183145 using LXDE on a Pentium IV , powered by openSUSE 11.3 (i586) Kernel: 2.6.37-desktop LXDE WM & KDE Development Platform: 4.5.95 (4.6 RC2) 14:10pm up 3:18, 2 users, load average: 0.53, 0.31, 0.27 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] rpmorphan package from Packman
by C. Brouerius van Nidek 13 Jan '11

13 Jan '11

Have dowloaded this package and found that from the 471 rpm packages I have 87 orpans. those are all lib's and looking into the information provided in the Gui I am at a loss if I need them and what the harm would be to remove them. If I would remove those 87 lib packages from which I cannot guss if they would be needed by one of the programms I am using, would a zypper verify or zypper install-new-recommends repair the missing package? Found on the web that version 1.8.1 is out. This openSUSE package is version 1.6. Is it still safe to use it? Any experience with rpmorphan. -- Linux User 183145 using LXDE on a Pentium IV , powered by openSUSE 11.3 (i586) Kernel: 2.6.37-desktop LXDE WM & KDE Development Platform: 4.5.95 (4.6 RC2) 20:18pm up 6:13, 3 users, load average: 0.50, 0.59, 0.73 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Open and convert Mechanical Desktop files
by Oszkó Albert 13 Jan '11

13 Jan '11

Hi all, I have to open several Mechanical Desktop files and convert them to jpeg or gif format. How is it possible with free software? I tried Qcad and FreeCAD, the former is the better, but still, it does not show all elements of the drawing. Thanks, OszkoA

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[opensuse] saa7231 chip
by Peter Nikolic 13 Jan '11

13 Jan '11

Hi .. Does anyone know if there is any work going on on the above mentioned chip for things like the compro S88f Tv Card i need to make the switch to a PCI-e card to slove a big PITA sound problem so aint got much choice but use something like that .. Pete -- Powered by openSUSE 11.3 (x86_64) Kernel: 2.6.34.7-0.7-desktop KDE Development Platform: 4.4.4 (KDE 4.4.4) "release 3" 14:56 up 0:56, 6 users, load average: 0.24, 0.14, 0.10 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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13 Jan '11

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[opensuse] Screensaver can't be turned off / multiple screen savers?
by Claes H 12 Jan '11

12 Jan '11

Hi, I have a Dell Precision M4500 and it seems there are multiple screen savers in use. I am running Gnome on 11.3 and although the Gnome screen saver is turned off, the screen blanks after 5 minutes of movie-watching. This happens in the framebuffer too (Ctrl-Alt-F1) but not in the console (Ctrl-Alt-F2). I don't know how to turn this off. Does someone know how to disable this screen saver? Thanks, Claes -- C l a e s H o l m e r s o n -- 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] Kernel upgrade gone bad
by Mark Misulich 11 Jan '11

11 Jan '11

On Sun, 2011-01-09 at 18:16 -0500, Patrick Shanahan wrote: > * Mark Misulich <munguanaweza(a)gmail.com> [01-09-11 17:55]: > > I just did a software update via yast after being away from home on a > > two-week business trip. One of the patches installed was an upgrade to > > the 2.6.37 default kernel. After a reboot, I can't get to a working > > desktop anymore. > > ... > > > I wonder if the Nvidia graphics driver didn't upgrade to match the new > > kernel, and if that is the source of the problems? If so, how does one > > upgrade it by booting to runlevel 3 and using command line when booting > > the 2.6.37 kernel? > > I cannot tell you how to replace your kernel, but someone will. > > You can install the downloaded binary NVidia driver: > sh ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-260.19.29.run -a -K > > -a accepts license > -K keeps that particular nv kernel driver when you install another > kernel > > note: you need kernel-devel for the nvidia binary to update your kernel > driver. (and maybe kernel-source, I have them both). > > > Suggestion. I *never* replace a running kernel until I am satisfied the > new kernel is completely usable. I have three kernels installed in > tandum at the moment: > kernel-default-2.6.31.14-2.1.x86_64 > kernel-default-2.6.36-94.1.x86_64 > kernel-default-2.6.37-33.1.x86_64 > > and am using 2.6.37 on 11.2 x86_64 > > btw, I do not normally use yast to install software, either zypper or rpm > on the commandline. > > Let me know if I can help further. I downloaded the Nvidia driver binary from the Nvidia website last evening, and saved it to my home folder. Then, I booted the 2.6.37 kernel last evening to runlevel 3. After that I tried to cd to the place in my home folder where I saved the Nvidia driver so I could use the run command you gave me to install the driver in that kernel. But I couldn't cd to the driver. I played around with commands, and found that there was no home directory present with that kernel. So the upgrade to the 2.6.37 kernel went bad. I still have the 2.6.34 kernel entry in grub that I can use to boot the operating system, which happens to be what I am using now. Now I am wondering what is next? Why hasn't this upgrade to a new kernel worked for the last few months, and how do I get it to upgrade sucessfully? I am open to your inputs. Mark -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Moving RAID1 to new system
by Roger Oberholtzer 11 Jan '11

11 Jan '11

I have moved a RAID1 setup from an 11.0 to a 11.3 system. I want to be sure I do not mess it up. I can access the system if I do: mdadm --auto-detect and then mount it as before. I would prefer to have this happen automatically at boot. If I add these disks in Yast in the partition manager, should I be confident that they will not be formatted or anything? I have no trouble with this using single disks. But I am not sure that might happen for RAID disks. Any help is appreciated. Yours sincerely, Roger Oberholtzer OPQ Systems / Ramböll RST Office: Int +46 10-615 60 20 Mobile: Int +46 70-815 1696 roger.oberholtzer(a)ramboll.se ________________________________________ Ramböll Sverige AB Krukmakargatan 21 P.O. Box 17009 SE-104 62 Stockholm, Sweden www.rambollrst.se -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] DKMS (and nVidia drivers)?
by C 11 Jan '11

11 Jan '11

I recently discovered the appeal of DKMS with VirtualBox (I installed DKMS when I was playing with the VBox 4 Betas). After installing a new kernel over the weekend, DKMS took care of updating the VirtualBox kernel modules. It did add some time to the initial reboot after the kernel update, but the result was that one of the apps that usually "breaks" after a kernel update worked without any additional intervention from me. I was rather surprised. So... this got me to thinking... if this works so nicely with VirtualBox, why can't it be applied to the nVidia drivers... or better yet, how can it be applied. A little digging turned up: https://features.opensuse.org/308323 and http://forums.opensuse.org/english/community/soapbox/432040-when-will-opens… but no real answer. Has anyone taken this any further? Anyone managed to use DKMS to auto-rebuild the nVidia kernel modules after a kernel update? Is this a hook we can use, or is it something that has to be done on the nVidia side by nVidia? Or.. is this question better suited for the Factory list? (I posted here because I have a feeling a lot here don't know of DKMS... and how "nice" it is... sure there might be issues with using it but... they can't be sorted out of it's not generally available/in use) C. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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