January 2011 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] Re: 11" Laptop Recomendation for Linux - Please
by Joachim Schrod 28 Jan '11

28 Jan '11

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? I bought an 1005HA that came pre-installed with Ubuntu (09.10 with backported ath9k module). Up to now, I was too lazy to put openSUSE (or Smeegol?) on it. It irks me that I have regular connection problems with the Atheros Wifi. Well, but not enough to do a re-install... ;-) Other notebooks have no such problems to connect to my AP that's just 3 meters (9 ft) away. So it is clearly a hardware/firmware or software (Ubuntu/kernel) problem that's specific to my 1005HA. So, if you tell me, that this works for you without any problems with openSUSE 11.3 (maybe w/ updated kernel from HEAD?), this might be the trigger to invest the work and give it a try. Or maybe I should make and try out a Live USB from 11.4 RC1 that's about to come out RSN? Any comments with experiences are welcome, 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] OpenSUSE 11.3 Yast2 Error message
by Bruce Samhaber 28 Jan '11

28 Jan '11

Hi, While trying to install Kompozer the software manager died with the following message: Well there may havebeen other messages in the Software Manager window but that disappeared quickly. This error message has been popping up for a while whenever doing something in YAST2 however, this is the first time that it is not doing the actual change. 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: 20711 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 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] mcelog warning
by Dave Howorth 28 Jan '11

28 Jan '11

I'm getting output from the hourly system cron job: running hourly cronjob scripts SCRIPT: mcelog exited with RETURNCODE = 1. SCRIPT: output (stdout && stderr) follows mcelog: warning: record length longer than expected. Consider update. read: No such device SCRIPT: mcelog ------- END OF OUTPUT I didn't know mcelog even existed until I saw these messages so I'm interested to learn what they mean and what I need to do to get them to go away. The system is a vanilla 64-bit 11.2 except it is currently running the 2.6.37 kernel from the Kernel:/HEAD/11.2 repository. Thanks for any help, 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] Re: bash test for empty dir
by Joachim Schrod 28 Jan '11

28 Jan '11

David Haller wrote: > On Thu, 20 Jan 2011, David C. Rankin wrote: >> I stumbled across a neat use of ls -A for testing for an empty dir that I >>thought I would pass on: >> >>#!/bin/bash >> >>if [[ $(ls -A ${1}) ]]; then > ^^^^ *BLAM* _ALWAYS_ QUOTE ARGUMENTS > > And I'd prefer the more readable and portable > > if test -n "$(ls -A "$1")"; then David, I know that you know it; but for the sake of the archives: Quotes are wrong, that should be "$(ls -A \"$1\")". If the directory name starts with an hyphen, it'll get an error, too. So better make it "$(ls -A -- \"$1\")". 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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Re: [opensuse] OpenSUSE 11.3 hangs with Firefox or Google Chrome running.
by dwgallien 27 Jan '11

27 Jan '11

> > > > > > There are two open source drivers for ATI cards. The first is radeon, > > > which is included with the kernel. The second is radeonhd, which is in > > > the package xorg-x11-driver-video-radeonhd but I suspect this is for > > > newer chipsets than you have. (It wouldn't hurt to install it anyway.) > > > > > I am guessing that the following output of lsmod means that the graphics > driver is radeon. > samhaber-nb:/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d # lsmod | grep radeon > radeon 795094 0 > ttm 55320 1 radeon > drm_kms_helper 29179 1 radeon > drm 177722 3 radeon,ttm,drm_kms_helper > i2c_algo_bit 5572 1 radeon > i2c_core 26632 5 > i2c_i801,radeon,drm_kms_helper,drm,i2c_algo_bit > > > Does this mean that I should be able to take my old xorg.conf.d file a put the > pieces in the appropriate 50-??-?? file in the /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d directory? > This is great information for when I want to refine the selection of possible > screen resolutions so that the CTRL_ALT_+ or CTRL_ALT_- selection has only the > 5 resolutions that I like on my desktop. > > Note I have always been getting a gui, the original problem is that when I run > Firefox of Chrome and reload several webpages at once the entire machine > hangs, when the OS was original started in non-Failsafe mode. > > Thank you, > Bruce > Yes, the radeon driver is being loaded, so there does not appear a need to use 50-device-conf. Take a look again at the X logfile. There should be lines there that show this driver being selected along with the timings and resolution with which it is being configured. For how to do this and similar tweaks, I again suggest reading all the way thru the "Screen resolution thread?". Tejas links to a great archlinux page which shows examples of using the 50-xxxx files, Felix elucidates on settings, and Philipp shows how to make randr settings load with X every time. However, while all this is quite useful info and may help you fine tune your graphics, I doubt the answer is there re why on your machine FF and Chrome are locking up when reloading pages. On this I'm sorry but I don't have much to offer. Do you have the same problem if using Konqueror and Opera? If not, that suggests an issue like memory paging specific to those browsers, but again, that's just a guess. I would be inclined to check into the status of the ATI proprietary driver (fglrx). While it may have issues with recent cards, your RV350 has been around for quite a while and at least when I used that driver for that card, it worked well including doing compositing. That's the best I can offer, but there are others here with much more expertise in this area than I. -- 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" Laptop Recomendation for Linux - Please
by Andrei Verovski (aka MacGuru) 27 Jan '11

27 Jan '11

Hi, I'm looking to buy 11" laptop for SuSE Linux. Asus EEE PC comes into mind, as well as Acer Aspire and Lenovo models. Anyone have used any of these, or comparable? Any feedback is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] zypper fails to install package?
by Josef Wolf 27 Jan '11

27 Jan '11

Hello, I am trying to installs the digikam-lang package with zypper on opensuse-11.2 But for some reason, zypper refuses to do anything. mybox:~ # LANG= zypper install digikam-lang Loading repository data... Reading installed packages... Resolving package dependencies... Nothing to do. mybox:~ # LANG= zypper search digikam-lang Loading repository data... Reading installed packages... S | Name | Summary | Type --+--------------+-------------------------------+-------- | digikam-lang | Languages for package digikam | package mybox:~ # Any ideas? -- 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 hangs with Firefox or Google Chrome running.
by Bruce Samhaber 27 Jan '11

27 Jan '11

Hi, I have installed OpenSuse 11.3 on two machines. The first has been running for almost a month now with no problems. The second hangs everytime I have Firefox or Chrome running. Sometimes I can browse the web for a few minutes before it hangs other times it just hangs on loading a default set of tabs. Both are using KDE as the window manager. Both machines previously had KDE3.? on them and now have KDE4. The machine that now hangs had some trouble with migrating the KDE3 settings to KDE4. When the machine hangs I even try CTRL-ALT-DEL and CTRL-ALT-2 but there is no response; needs a hard reset. If I run the Kernel in failsafe mode then the machine does not hang; with both KDE normal or failsafe mode. If I run the Kernel in normal mode and either KDE normal or failsafe mode with Firefox or Chrome running the system will hang. If I run the Kernel in normal mode and KDE in normal mode then browse the web with Konqueror there was no problem. What type of information should I collect to find the problem? I would really like to fix this. I was thinking of deleting the .mozilla directory and re build from scratch, except for my bookmark file. I think this is a mozilla browser problem but why does it hang the Kernel? 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] Enlarging Trashbin
by A. den Oudsten 27 Jan '11

27 Jan '11

How can I enlarge the trashbin in 11.3? T.i.a. Andre den Oudsten -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Help, the kernel is talking to me
by C. Brouerius van Nidek 26 Jan '11

26 Jan '11

After my last zypper dup I get after each use of zypper following information. Am I the only one which is contacted by his kernel? Message from syslogd@bigone at Jan 26 21:25:16 ... kernel:[ 602.480212] Uhhuh. NMI received for unknown reason 2d on CPU 0. Message from syslogd@bigone at Jan 26 21:25:16 ... kernel:[ 602.480223] Do you have a strange power saving mode enabled? Message from syslogd@bigone at Jan 26 21:25:16 ... kernel:[ 602.480227] Dazed and confused, but trying to continue -- Linux User 183145 using LXDE on a Pentium IV , powered by openSUSE 11.3 (i586) Kernel: 2.6.38-rc2-1-desktop LXDE WM & KDE Development Platform: 4.6.00 (4.6.0) 21:27pm up 0:12, 2 users, load average: 0.89, 0.84, 0.62 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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