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[opensuse] OpenSUSE 113 Yast2 error messages.
by Bruce Samhaber 01 Feb '11

01 Feb '11

Hi, When "Starting the Software Manager" during the 'Load Configured Repositories' stage the following message appears. Warning There was an error in the repository initialization. The software Manager window then loads. Doing a 'Refresh all Repositories' is successful. After any kind of a change and selecting 'Accept' the Software Manager window disappears and the following Error message appears. No software is installed. This error message also appears after other Yast2 tasks, 'Network Settings', 'Hostnames' however, with these the changes do take effect. QIconvCodec::convertFromUnicode: using Latin-1 for conversion, iconv failed for BOM: Bad file descriptor QIconvCodec::convertFromUnicode: using Latin-1 for conversion, iconv_open failed QIconvCodec::convertToUnicode: using Latin-1 for conversion, iconv_open failed terminate called after throwing an instance of 'std::runtime_error' what(): locale::facet::_S_create_c_locale name not valid YaST got signal 6 at YCP file String.ycp:128 /sbin/yast2: line 399: 6571 Aborted $ybindir/y2base $module "$@" "$SELECTED_GUI" $Y2_GEOMETRY $Y2UI_ARGS QIconvCodec::convertToUnicode: using Latin-1 for conversion, iconv_open failed QIconvCodec::convertFromUnicode: using Latin-1 for conversion, iconv failed for BOM: Bad file descriptor QIconvCodec::convertFromUnicode: using Latin-1 for conversion, iconv_open failed Any idea what's wrong here? Thank you, -- Bruce Samhaber Tel/Fax: 613-724-5987 112 Kenora St. Cell: 613-297-6961 Ottawa, Ontario K1Y 3L1 mailto: bruce.samhaber(a)samhaber.ca http://www.samhaber.ca -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Screen resolution file?
by Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) 01 Feb '11

01 Feb '11

Hi, Running OpenSuSe 11.2 and a 11.3 on separate hardware both with KDE and would like to find out which file I can edit using my trusty Kate or kwrite text editor that would control the screen resolution. I currently need to use krandrtray to set the resolution from the system auto default of 1680x1050 to a more respectable/readable 1024x768. If I logoff or power down the machine, I need to visit krandrtray each time to set the screen resolution as it defaults to the auto setting of 1680x1050 when I logon again. I have already Googled and looked at the mailing list archives and have not seen anything specific other than what I have tried already. What I would like to know is which filename, read by the OS on user logon, decides the screen resolution for that user. Can I edit the contents of this/these file/s using the Kate/Kwrite text editor? Appreciated Hylton -- ======================================================================== Hylton is a Lions Club member of Fish Hoek Lions Club(District 410A) Part of the worlds largest NGO Lions Clubs Int http://www.lionsclubs.org This Lion is using openSuSE Linux since v9.0 with KDE ======================================================================== -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Wi-Fi after suspend
by Stan Goodman 31 Jan '11

31 Jan '11

In a current thread, the OP says that when his laptop machine returns from Suspend, his Wi-Fi connection is restored automatically in a few seconds. Mine doesn't behave that way, and I wish it would. If the difference between the two behaviors is not something beyond my control, what causes it? The laptop is Dell Vostro with Intel 5300AGN wireless chip. It is running oS v11.2. -- 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] Browsing Windows/Samba shares in Dolphin/Konqueror
by John Bennett 31 Jan '11

31 Jan '11

Trying to browse windows shares using Dolphin or Konqueror, and both come back with " Unable to find any workgroups in your local network. This might be caused by an enabled firewall." or similar. Samba is all installed and DOES work fine as far as connecting to other machines (eg smb://192.168.0.2/SharedDisk) and can see a list of shares using smbclient -L WindowsPC, just can't browse them in a file manager. Is there some other setup that needs to be done?? Thanks, John. Opensuse 11.3, x64, KDE 4.5.5 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] What is most popular / best - mythtv or vdr ?
by Per Jessen 31 Jan '11

31 Jan '11

I am replacing my aging Nokia sat-receiver+ harddisk-recorder, and thought I'd have a look at building a new one myself. I've known about vdr (http://www.tvdr.de/) for a few years now, I guess since ct created ctvdr, but mythtv is relatively new to me. Opinions please - which one is currently ahead? -- Per Jessen, Zürich (-2.8°C) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] SATA weirdness
by Dave Howorth 31 Jan '11

31 Jan '11

I've been having fun and games at home. Short story first. I have a fairly old system and one of the SATA drives is failing so I bought a replacement. The system didn't see it at all so I rushed out and bought another drive (Xmas!) but it wasn't seen either. Google told me it was a problem with the SATA chip on the motherboard, so I borrowed a SATA adapter. It kind of worked but gave lots of bus errors. I tried a couple of other adapters with similar results. I tested the drives and they're perfect. I read about power issues with SATA so I disconnected everything I could but that made no difference. So I started looking for a new system. Then comes the weird part. I've been running openSUSE 11.2 and have also tested Ubuntu 10.04 with similar results. Last night I tried Knoppix 6.4.3 and apparently everything worked perfectly. I still need to do more testing but maybe my old system can live a while longer. I'd be interested in any views people have about the prognosis. OK, now here's the details: The mobo is an MSI K8M Neo-V, which has two SATA 1.5 Gbps ports controlled by a VIA VT6420 chip (it has a broken design that can't see more recent drives). The failing drive is a Seagate 1.5 Gbps. The new drives are both Samsung 3 Gbps SATA drives; a 1 TB HD103SJ and a 320 GB. The smaller drive has a jumper to force 1.5 Gbps speed, while the larger one uses a software utility. I borrowed a PCI adapter based on the Sil 3512 and I've bought one based on the VIA VT6421A. Like all PCI SATA adapters, they're limited to 1.5 Gbps. The output from lspci (with the Sil controller) looked like this: 00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8M800 Host Bridge 00:00.1 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8M800 Host Bridge 00:00.2 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8M800 Host Bridge 00:00.3 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8M800 Host Bridge 00:00.4 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8M800 Host Bridge 00:00.7 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8M800 Host Bridge 00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 PCI bridge [K8T800/K8T890 South] 00:0b.0 Mass storage controller: Silicon Image, Inc. SiI 3512 [SATALink/SATARaid] Serial ATA Controller (rev 01) 00:0c.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB12LV26 IEEE-1394 Controller (Link) 00:0f.0 RAID bus controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VIA VT6420 SATA RAID Controller (rev 80) 00:0f.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06) 00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81) 00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81) 00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81) 00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81) 00:10.4 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 86) 00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 ISA bridge [KT600/K8T800/K8T890 South] 00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 60) 00:12.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine-II] (rev 78) 00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration 00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map 00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller 00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV44A [GeForce 6200] (rev a1) Typical error messages were like this: Jan 5 22:53:27 piglet kernel: [ 157.040095] ata5: hard resetting link Jan 5 22:53:27 piglet kernel: [ 157.390039] ata5: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 310) Jan 5 22:53:32 piglet kernel: [ 162.390035] ata5: hard resetting link Jan 5 22:53:33 piglet kernel: [ 162.740037] ata5: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 310) Jan 5 22:53:33 piglet kernel: [ 162.780287] ata5.00: configured for UDMA/100 Jan 5 22:53:33 piglet kernel: [ 162.780294] ata5.00: device reported invalid CHS sector 0 Jan 5 22:53:33 piglet kernel: [ 162.780302] ata5: EH complete Jan 5 22:54:03 piglet kernel: [ 193.040089] ata5: hard resetting link Jan 5 22:54:03 piglet kernel: [ 193.390060] ata5: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 310) Jan 5 22:54:03 piglet kernel: [ 193.430287] ata5.00: configured for UDMA/100 Jan 5 22:54:03 piglet kernel: [ 193.430295] ata5.00: device reported invalid CHS sector 0 Jan 5 22:54:03 piglet kernel: [ 193.430308] ata5: EH complete Jan 5 22:54:07 piglet kernel: [ 197.042033] ata5.00: limiting speed to UDMA/66:PIO4 Jan 5 22:54:07 piglet kernel: [ 197.042070] ata5: hard resetting link Jan 5 22:54:07 piglet kernel: [ 197.390059] ata5: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 310) Jan 5 22:54:07 piglet kernel: [ 197.430288] ata5.00: configured for UDMA/66 Jan 5 22:54:07 piglet kernel: [ 197.430305] ata5: EH complete Jan 5 22:54:08 piglet kernel: [ 197.821413] ata5.00: configured for UDMA/66 Jan 5 22:54:08 piglet kernel: [ 197.821437] ata5: EH complete Jan 5 22:54:38 piglet kernel: [ 228.040099] ata5: hard resetting link Jan 5 22:54:38 piglet kernel: [ 228.390046] ata5: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 310) Jan 5 22:54:38 piglet kernel: [ 228.430286] ata5.00: configured for UDMA/66 Jan 5 22:54:38 piglet kernel: [ 228.430309] ata5: EH complete You can see that it steadily reduces the bus speed. With the VIA adapter, lspci shows: 00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8M800 Host Bridge 00:00.1 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8M800 Host Bridge 00:00.2 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8M800 Host Bridge 00:00.3 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8M800 Host Bridge 00:00.4 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8M800 Host Bridge 00:00.7 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8M800 Host Bridge 00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 PCI bridge [K8T800/K8T890 South] 00:0b.0 RAID bus controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6421 IDE RAID Controller (rev 50) 00:0c.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB12LV26 IEEE-1394 Controller (Link) 00:0f.0 RAID bus controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VIA VT6420 SATA RAID Controller (rev 80) 00:0f.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06) 00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81) 00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81) 00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81) 00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81) 00:10.4 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 86) 00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 ISA bridge [KT600/K8T800/K8T890 South] 00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 60) 00:12.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine-II] (rev 78) 00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration 00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map 00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller 00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV44A [GeForce 6200] (rev a1) and error messages looked like this: Jan 12 20:51:18 piglet kernel: [ 109.441492] ata2.00: exception Emask 0x12 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x1000500 action 0x6 Jan 12 20:51:18 piglet kernel: [ 109.441517] ata2.00: BMDMA stat 0x5 Jan 12 20:51:18 piglet kernel: [ 109.441525] ata2: SError: { UnrecovData Proto TrStaTrns } Jan 12 20:51:18 piglet kernel: [ 109.441539] ata2.00: cmd c8/00:f0:58:05:57/00:00:00:00:00/e1 tag 0 dma 122880 in Jan 12 20:51:18 piglet kernel: [ 109.441541] res 51/84:48:00:00:00/84:58:00:00:00/e0 Emask 0x12 (ATA bus error) Jan 12 20:51:18 piglet kernel: [ 109.441555] ata2.00: status: { DRDY ERR } Jan 12 20:51:18 piglet kernel: [ 109.441561] ata2.00: error: { ICRC ABRT } Jan 12 20:51:18 piglet kernel: [ 109.441575] ata2: hard resetting link Jan 12 20:51:18 piglet kernel: [ 109.746050] ata2: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 310) Jan 12 20:51:18 piglet kernel: [ 109.784313] ata2.00: configured for UDMA/33 Jan 12 20:51:18 piglet kernel: [ 109.784337] ata2: EH complete The errors didn't seem to cause any data corruption. Oh and the kernel versions are: openSUSE 11.2 2.6.31 ubuntu 10.04 2.6.32 knoppix 6.4.3 2.6.36 Has some kernel or driver update improved SATA handling significantly? Cheers, Dave -- 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 do I get my addressbook back?
by Bob Williams 31 Jan '11

31 Jan '11

Sorry to bring this one up again, but my addressbook in Kontact has disappeared again. Googling for opensuse 11.3 KDE 4.5 kontact missing address book failed to turn up anything useful, but I remember there was a thread about six months ago on the same topic. I'm using 11.3 with KDE 4.5 from the Release repo. Looking in System Settings I see that Nepomuk (akonadi?) is running, but not Strigi. The mysql server is running. I have had some problems with forgotten passwords in mysql recently, which necessitated a few starts and stops (and shooting it in the head) of the mysql server (see another thread in this list), and it may be that which made my addressbook evaporate. When I try to add an addressbook from the File menu, there is a bewildering array of choices, and with the most obvious local ones, you are asked to select a file or folder in which to find the addressbook. I've also tried stopping and restarting Kontact, but that didn't help. Can anyone help, before I install Thunderbird (which I don't want to do, as I quite like Kontact and its family) Bob -- Registered Linux User #463880 FSFE Member #1300 GPG-FP: A6C1 457C 6DBA B13E 5524 F703 D12A FB79 926B 994E openSUSE 11.3 64-bit, Kernel 2.6.36.90-desktop, KDE 4.5.3 Intel Core2 Quad Q9400 2.66GHz, 8GB DDR RAM, nVidia GeForce 9600GT -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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Fw: [opensuse] Wi-Fi after suspend
by stuart＠bolin.org.uk 31 Jan '11

31 Jan '11

Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone -----Original Message----- From: stuart(a)bolin.org.uk Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 11:39:25 To: Stan Goodman<stan.goodman(a)hashkedim.com> Reply-To: stuart(a)bolin.org.uk Subject: Re: [opensuse] Wi-Fi after suspend Have been able to try the laptop with os 11.3 I have a hp pavilion dv7 it refused to load anything older than 11.3 but just recently even though my wifi works the button stopped working that turns it off after suspend. Stuart Tanner Oifficial Distributor openSUSE Retail Edition UK ------Original Message------ From: Stan Goodman To: openSuSE-Forum, Subject: [opensuse] Wi-Fi after suspend Sent: Jan 31, 2011 10:58 In a current thread, the OP says that when his laptop machine returns from Suspend, his Wi-Fi connection is restored automatically in a few seconds. Mine doesn't behave that way, and I wish it would. If the difference between the two behaviors is not something beyond my control, what causes it? The laptop is Dell Vostro with Intel 5300AGN wireless chip. It is running oS v11.2. -- 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 Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphoneN‹§²æìr¸›yéšŠZ)z{.±ï®žË›±Êâmê)z{.±ê+€Z+i×b¶*'jW(šf§vÇ¦j)h¥éìºÇ¾…éi¢—§²ë¢¸

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[opensuse] Re: 11" Laptop Recomendation for Linux - Please
by Joachim Schrod 31 Jan '11

31 Jan '11

C wrote: > On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 14:18, Joachim Schrod wrote: >> C wrote: >>> >>> I've got an EEE 1005HA and it's fine with openSUSE or pretty much any >>> Linux distro I throw at it... >> >> Does your Wifi works flawlessly? Does it survive a suspend? > > Yes, always. I've had zero issues with suspend to RAM/Disk using > openSUSE 11.3. Currently using LXDE as my DE, and I have set it up to > suspend to RAM when I close the lid... open it and it's reconnected to > my WiFi in about 2 seconds. This is consistently the same all the > time... suspending several times per day Thanks a lot for all your replies. I'm going to install openSUSE on my netbook tonight... :-) Joachim -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Joachim Schrod Email: jschrod(a)acm.org Roedermark, Germany -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Maybe dumb question
by Peter Nikolic 30 Jan '11

30 Jan '11

In the light of the Egyptian Inet turn off and the threats that other govs either have or are lokking into such abilities do we have something along the lines of Daihinia or can we setup our boxes to behave like that ie a mesh network . Could be usefull Pete . -- Powered by openSUSE 11.3 (x86_64) Kernel: 2.6.34.7-0.7-desktop KDE Development Platform: 4.5.5 (KDE 4.5.5) "release 1" 09:44 up 5 days 17:16, 4 users, load average: 0.03, 0.01, 0.00 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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