March 2011 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] Problems after 11.4 install
by John Layt 19 Mar '11

19 Mar '11

Hi, I did a clean 11.4 install on the weekend as my 11.3 install was just to borked, but have been plagued by stability problems ever since. The Nouveau drivers are working brilliantly for 2D and 3D graphics with KDE whizzing along at full speed with no visual glitches. The problem appears to comes with the power management, where not only does suspend not work, but I get random crashes when the screen saving power management kicks in. Sometimes when the screen saver starts it just kills X and kicks me out to KDM, other times the screen powers down and refuses to power back on forcing me to kill the machine as it dowsn't respond to keyboard or mouse either. Before I revert to the NVidia drivers (and the different problems that brings) are there any suggestions of possible fixes? The next 2 minor niggles are actually carry-overs from 11.3 that I had hoped would resolve themselves in 11.4 but they're still present. The first is if I use Yast to set-up an NFS mount in fstab then on start-up openSuse tries to connect to the NFS mount _before_ the network is started. Only after 4-5 minutes does mount.nfs timeout and shortly after NetworkManager starts up to make the connection. I find it hard to believe this is the correct behaviour and that no-one else seems to have hit this? The second is X incorrectly detecting my Macbook keyboard. The kernel correctly detects the keymap as mac-uk and uses that whenever working in the console (i.e. ctrl-alt-f1), but once X/KDE starts it uses a normal UK keyboard. If I then go into Yast and run "System Keyboard Layout" X miraculously and instantly starts using the correct keymap without my even hitting Accept or Cancel. Before I go and force KDE to the right keymap, any suggestions on how to get X to do what it should? TIA! John. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Problems with 11.4
by James Knott 19 Mar '11

19 Mar '11

I've installed 11.4 on two systems and so far I'm batting 0 for 2. My first install was on an old Compaq. On that one, the display goes to black every several seconds. The other computer was an IBM ThinkPad R31. On that one, shortly after logging in with KDE, the computer locks up and the screen fades to a yellow green. However, I can log into the failsafe desktop or IceWM. With both computers, I am able to use XDMCP to connect from another computer. Both computers work with 11.0 and 11.3. This is the first time, in all the years I've been using Linux, that I've experienced show stopper failures in a distro and I managed to have it happen with both attempts. 11.4 has some serious problems that were not in 11.3. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Missing plugin for Gnome Music Player Client
by Bob Williams 19 Mar '11

19 Mar '11

I play my music via MPD, using the Gnome Music Player Client as the frontend. My desktop is KDE 4.6.1 on openSUSE 11.4 I have been looking for an rpm version of the gmpc-fullscreeninfo plugin, but can't find it anywhere. Not in the Packman repo, not listed in pbone.net. Does anyone who also uses mpd know if this plugin has been ported to rpm? It's certainly available in *buntu. Many thanks. Bob -- Registered Linux User #463880 FSFE Member #1300 GPG-FP: A6C1 457C 6DBA B13E 5524 F703 D12A FB79 926B 994E openSUSE 11.4 64-bit, Kernel 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop, KDE 4.6.1 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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Re: [opensuse] FTP-server problem ?
by Koenraad Lelong 19 Mar '11

19 Mar '11

Op 10-03-11 13:40, Anton Aylward schreef: > My general advice, from over 30 years of networking, is to NOT use FTP. > > I've found that HTTP servers are faster, more network friendly, more > sysadmin friendly, more firewall friendly and more reliable. > > From the client point of view, WGet or CURL are better than an ftp > client for similar reasons. > > At the very least, WGet or CURL are better than an FTP client. > > > I'm far from clear from your description why this has to be a virtual > machine. That just seems to add another layer of complexity to no clear > advantage. > > The classic model of a machine that downloads its firmware is old, old, > old, and used TFTP not FTP. Today this is the 'net boot' of PXE that is > built in to most motherboard BIOSes. The server software for this can > be found though > http://syslinux.zytor.com/wiki/ > > Check out PXE Linux, for example. > > I've used this in the past to download the code for appliances that > don't have their own flash memory. Its very reliable and very flexible. > > Please: Avoid FTP. Its a mess, insecure and a pile of trouble. > As far as I can make out there are better - easier, more reliable, more > flexible, more user friendly, more firewall friendly, more network > friendly, more configuration friendly, ways to do what you're trying to > achieve. > Thanks for your response. Unfortunately, I don't have anything to say about the server system or the devices, our customer designed the whole system. And they don't have problems, I think it's because they are testing with a single device. As far as I can tell, they get their files with wget. This is a logfile : wget -q -O /tmp/dayzero/packages/manifest ftp://production.promo.com/dayzero/manifest About security : that network has no connection to the outside world. So nothing to worry about. The main reason for the vm : our customers regularly ask for some server, just to test devices. If I have to provide real hardware for every project, I would have a pile of machines that aren't used most of the time. B.T.W. with server I mean a machine that provides services, not server-grade hardware. Out of curiosity : why would a virtual machine add complexity ? Once installed the guest behaves like real hardware, isn't it ? Regards, Koenraad Lelong. -- 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
by Greg Freemyer 19 Mar '11

19 Mar '11

All, I guess everyone knows 11.4 is officially out. The repos went gold a couple days ago and I did a zypper dup on my workstation yesterday. I must say, the desktop work experience just feels snappier. I have no idea why, but just bouncing around in firefox, or dolphin, etc. just feels more instantaneous. fyi: I'm using KDE 4.6 now. So I have no idea if its a KDE, kernel, or firefox improvement. Good job to all! Thanks Greg -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] file transfere
by Peter Nikolic 18 Mar '11

18 Mar '11

Hi . i need to do a regular file transfere between 2 machines both 64 bit both running 11.3 x86_64 both running KDE 4.5.5 release 1 both on an internal network i cant get to ftp wont connect fish used to be perfect now it wont connect i could care less about rsync far to complicated and usb sticks are too slow and too unreliable . so how do i eithe get ftp working or fish working they both fail miserably right now and it is getting up my thrupenny bits right now because something that used to be so simple is now next to impossible 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" 10:18 up 4 days 17:50, 4 users, load average: 0.07, 0.03, 0.03 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Binverse?
by James Hatridge 18 Mar '11

18 Mar '11

Hi all! Does anyone have an account with Binverse? If so, what software do you use to connect to it with Linux? Thanks! JIM -- The US was colonized by the religious, political, economic, and criminal rejects of every country in the world. We have been carefully breeding insane, obsessive, fanatic lunatics with each other for over 400 years, resulting in the glorious strain of humanity known as "Americans". You have to expect some... peculiarities. -Mark Damon Hughes -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] google chrome and chromium
by lynn 18 Mar '11

18 Mar '11

Hi I have chromium running on 11.4 from the contrib repo. I'd like to have chrome. It's a faster and I could download it on 11.3 from the google chrome download page. For 11.4 I can't install it as too many dependencies are not met. Has anyone managed to get chrome on 11.4? 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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[opensuse] Too slow file operation in 11.4
by Ilya Chernykh 18 Mar '11

18 Mar '11

I have just copied a 319 MB file from one hard drive to another and this took about 5 minutes with average speed 860.9 kB/s. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] CD boot
by Tony Alfrey 18 Mar '11

18 Mar '11

Hello; I have an old SuSE 9.1 CD that I would like to boot from. When I go to the Rescue installation it boots to a non-graphic terminal (I think run level 3). Can someone tell me how to start kde from the command line? Thanks -- Tony Alfrey tonyalfrey(a)earthlink.net "I'd Rather Be Sailing" -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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