March 2011 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] Looking for noveau kernel driver on onenSUSE 11.2
by Roger Oberholtzer 04 Mar '11

04 Mar '11

I have an up-to-date openSUSE 11.2 system. Last week's update of the nvidia driver is causing me problems with frequent freezes (max cpu time) and rather frequent server crashes. Until I sort this out, I would like to use the nouveau driver. I have the X11 driver, and can make sure the nouveau driver is not blacklisted. However, I don't seem to find the nouveau.ko driver. X fails claiming it could not be found. I expected this to be in the kernel-xxx package, as are the other drivers, and as it is on openSUSE 11.3. But alas the nouveau.ko kernel driver is not there. My installed kernel is: kernel-desktop-2.6.31.14-0.6.1.i586 My nouveau X server is: xorg-x11-driver-video-nouveau-0.0.16_20110115_b795ca6-22.1.i586 Shouldn't the nouveau.ko kernel driver be in one of these? Although not my real question, the troublesome nvidia drivers are: x11-video-nvidiaG02-256.53-16.1.i586 nvidia-gfxG02-kmp-desktop-256.53_2.6.31.5_0.1-15.1.i586 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] non-parallel boot, or?
by Roger Oberholtzer 04 Mar '11

04 Mar '11

I am trying to sort out a delay that happens when I am booting openSUSE 11.2 in some systems. The delay seems to be when it is dealing with the rtc. However, I am not sure that is really where the delay is. I am guessing that the default boot does things in parallel when possible. Or, at least, things that can be done in the background are done there. Is this correct? If so, perhaps some other thing is delayed (20 minutes...) and I see this when the rtc stuff is done. My question is, is there a boot option (via grub options, for example) that makes the boot happen in order, one thing at a time? The 20 minute delay I see sounds like the usual network thing. I do not think it is. But I cannot tell. I cannot think anything related to the rtc during boot can cause a delay. I asked this a bit back and got the impression that nothing there could delay so long. As the problem persists (only on a certain class of hardware...) I need to see how best to identify the culprit. 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] writing udev rules
by Per Jessen 04 Mar '11

04 Mar '11

I'm new to writing udev rules, so although this works as expected, I'd like a double check: SUBSYSTEM=="block", ENV{ID_PATH}=="ip-192.168.2.151:3260-iscsi-iqn.2011-03.net.local:5269f78b-84d9-4de2-8093-b6dd0678d694-lun-1", OWNER="per", GROUP="users" Is this sufficient/accurate/appropriate for setting the ownership of /dev/sdx (which the /dev/disk/by-path/path symlinks to) to per.users? thanks -- Per Jessen, Zürich (0.0°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] Heads-up on a Linux native game being released
by C 03 Mar '11

03 Mar '11

Just a heads-up for gamers here in case you've missed it. OilRush is available for pre-purchase for Linux... and you can DL an early release (Beta?) if you get a copy now. https://store.unigine.com/products/goods/oilrush-linux/ I've poked around in the game, and so far it seems to be a pretty decent game. Works well for me so far in 11.3. 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] 11.1 Repositories
by Mark Misulich 03 Mar '11

03 Mar '11

Hi, it looks like Opensuse 11.1 is starting to go away to die of old age. Unfortunately I have to keep using it on this laptop, as Opensuse 11.2 & 3 don't turn on the cooling fans to keep the laptop from overheating. Only 11.1 works. I have addressed this issue with Novel via bugzilla, but they haven't provided any solution. I have found that the repos are slowly going away for updates. I removed the repos for Education OpenOffice Wine devel:languages Perl as they don't exist anymore for 11.1. Does anyone know where I may find these repos now? Thanks -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Book Recommendation Requested
by Lew Wolfgang 03 Mar '11

03 Mar '11

Hi Folks, I need to make a book recommendation to a friend to bring him up-to-speed in the "Tao of Linux" as quickly as possible. He has been providing administrative support for about 160 Windows desktops/laptops for about five-years, but now finds himself in the situation where his future employment depends on his getting "certified" in Linux. Certification in this case means passing both CompTIA Linux+ tests. He already has passed CompTIA's Security+. My friend does all his work from the Windows GUI and has very little knowledge of the command-line environment. He doesn't even know the MS-Dos command-line environment and batch files very well. So I'm thinking he's going to have a rough time of it. I hate to use the word, but as you all know, Linux/UNIX and Windows have completely different paradigms on many levels. He's going to have to learn a new philosophy as well as new concepts and commands. Can anyone suggest a path forward for a Windows Weenie? Thanks, Lew -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] CPU load reported in HTOP, Ksysguard
by dwgallien 02 Mar '11

02 Mar '11

I've noticed for quite a while that the total cpu load reported in ksysguard and htop can be substantially greater than what is reported in the accompanying detail. For example, at this moment the detail in both tools show in sum up to ~25%, while the total load reported is at ~75% on both cores. I think that the total number is correct as I can feel the machine being less responsive. Several times when this has happened I've restarted KDE or rebooted and then the load of course drops and the detail/total numbers appear to be in sync, and the machine is again very responsive (this wkstn is a Phenom II X2 3.7GHz w/8MB RAM). I'm suspicious that X, Plasma, or Firefox are culprits, but I can't pin it down. I just closed FF and both the detail and total numbers dropped, but still the detail is showing in sum ~15% while the total number is averaging ~65%. Suggestions? Thx in advance, Dennis -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] [11.4 RC2 64bit]-Missing Icons For Some Installed Programs?
by Jesse Palser 02 Mar '11

02 Mar '11

Hi, I installed openSUSE 11.4 RC2 64bit and noticed that some of the programs I installed have missing icons in the menu. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Screenshot Example Of Bug: http://16bitsoft.com/images/openSUSE11_4RC/openSUSE11-4RC2-64bit_MissingIco… ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Will this be fixed in the next release? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This bug has been reported here: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=669132 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks! Jesse -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] patterns and installed RPMs.
by Roger Oberholtzer 02 Mar '11

02 Mar '11

If I have a pattern installed, shouldn't all the packages (perhaps except Suggested ones) be installed? For example, I have the kde4 pattern installed on an 11.2 system. As can be seen via: zypper info -t pattern kde4 not all packages are installed: Information for pattern kde4: Repository: openSUSE-11.2-Oss Name: kde4 Version: 11.2-20.22.1 Arch: i586 Vendor: openSUSE Installed: Yes i | samba | package | i | kompare | package | i | gutenprint | package | i | konversation | package | | kweather | package | | mozilla-xulrunner191-kde4 | package | | kalarm | package | Suggested | kdebase4-wallpapers | package | Suggested i | krdc | package | i | krfb | package | | speedcrunch | package | Shouldn't packages like kweather be installed? I have not done anything to keep it from being installed. I see that the pattern is from the default 11.2 install. I am running KDE from /KDE:/Release:/45/openSUSE_11.2/. Does the pattern only get used when it is installed? If I see that there are things not installed from a pattern, is there a command to get these things installed? I tried updating the pattern package. But that had no effect. 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] sorting of files by modification time in gnome save as dialog
by Istvan Gabor 01 Mar '11

01 Mar '11

This question, I guess, is not SUSE specific, it is related to gnome, so I am asking gnome guys. The question is about sorting files by modification time in the save as dialog. I do not see any logic behind it. That is if I click save as (eg in xsane) and the sort order has been set already to modified-up-arrow, the order of files in the window is the follows (from top to bottom): file oldest ... file newest dir oldest ... dir newest That is the directories are below the files, which is strange. If I click two times the 'modified' button/column-header to get again modified-up-arrow, the order changes to: dir oldest ... dir newest file oldest ... file newest The files come after folders, which is expected. And my point is: when I save a series of files with names that differ only in one character, the easiest is to select a previously saved file from the list and change the name. The fastest way to locate the file would be if the newest file was on the top of the list. The second fastest, if the newest file was the very last in the list. None of these occurs when I click save as. I either have to scroll down and find the border between files and directories or have click two times the 'modified' column header and then scroll to the very last row. Both method is unconvenient and requires more scrolling/clicking then it should. Is there a configure option to modify this behavior? 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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