March 2011 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] 11.4 Looks Fantastic! But -- CRITICAL X bug for Radeon x1250 cards (scrambled screen)
by David C. Rankin 10 Mar '11

10 Mar '11

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Guys, 11.4 looks great! Thank you Ilya for KDE3 - it looks like it will be better than ever once I get past this X bug. NOTE: This is a generic X bug. It affects all desktops. X loads fine, but when the first dialog is closed, the display pixelates (checkerboards) and distorts like the checkerboard is wrapping from top-right to bottom-left around-and-around the screen. (at least 4 wraps around a 1440x900 display) (screenshot grabbed in the blind w/ksnapshot) http://www.3111skyline.com/dl/suse/bugs/114/X/broken.jpg This is bizarre. If you don't touch the display after X starts, everything looks fine. If you do nothing, the screensaver starts and looks fine. If you cancel the screensaver (enter password), you get back to the original desktop just fine. BUT if you close any dialog or open any window on the original display - Wham you get this pixelation. The same thing occurs with TWM, flux, etc.. You can look at the display, but once you open or close the first window - boom! The display scrambles. dmesg and Xorg files: http://www.3111skyline.com/dl/suse/bugs/114/X/dmsg_0308-01.txt http://www.3111skyline.com/dl/suse/bugs/114/X/Xorg.0.log http://www.3111skyline.com/dl/suse/bugs/114/X/Xorg.0.log.old This may NOT just be a SuSE issue! I have seen this on Arch with the newer Xorg as well. (I never followed it up there, I just put my suse 11.0 drive back in the laptop). Also, this does NOT effect nvidia boxes. I have the current Xorg running on nvidia boxes with no problem. (although I have notices an intermittent hiccup in the displays) This may not effect all radeon boxes either, but it does affect the X12xx X13xx series cards (lots of laptops). This install replaced my 11.0 install that has been on this box since it was released. This is my production box and I have to get this solved. For 11.4, it needs to be solved FAST, as I suspect all radeon X12xx and X13xx cards are effected. What to try? I have got to get this fixed ASAP. Thanks. Other Notes on 11.4 The install was from the x86_64 net install .iso and it was completely uneventful. (as it should be) Minor BUG - sntp hangs on boot. I had to disable ntp in System Services to boot after the install. X problem notwithstanding - 11.4 looks awesome! I just can't wait to be able to use it :) - -- David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.15 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk133rMACgkQRppWw8ZWD4ExRwCgg78odFVSl34U0DEjoDLj5ZDC EkgAn13t1cW8XAS3usXN4MciLt8cmI/z =fz/x -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] the 'par' text format utility
by xPol 10 Mar '11

10 Mar '11

I remember the 'par' command to format plain text files. I cannot find it as opensuse package. Any help? Thank you ---p -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Nvidia woes on openSUSE 11.2
by Roger Oberholtzer 09 Mar '11

09 Mar '11

I did an update of openSUSE a week or so ago. After that, my nvidia card has stopped working reliably. What happens is that: - first the windows become unresponsive, but the mouse works - then after a few seconds, the mouse stops working too - then after 10 seconds, all starts working again This happens every few minutes. Occasionally, the server never starts responding again. I see via a remote login that the X server starts using 100% CPU time when this happens. I also see messages in the X log about: [ 74.417] (WW) NVIDIA(0): WAIT (0, 6, 0x8000, 0x00006570, 0x00006570) [ 77.419] (WW) NVIDIA(0): WAIT (2, 6, 0x8000, 0x00006570, 0x000067ec) [ 78.749] [mi] EQ overflowing. The server is probably stuck in an infinite loop. Backtrace: [ 123.003] 0: /usr/bin/Xorg (xorg_backtrace+0x37) [0x80cdb47] [ 123.003] 1: /usr/bin/Xorg (mieqEnqueue+0x1c1) [0x80c9e11] [ 123.003] 2: /usr/bin/Xorg (xf86PostMotionEventP+0xdc) [0x80b469c] [ 123.003] 3: /usr/bin/Xorg (xf86PostMotionEvent+0x6b) [0x80b482b] [ 123.003] 4: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/mouse_drv.so (0xb533c000+0x5a88) [0xb5341a88] [ 123.003] 5: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/mouse_drv.so (0xb533c000+0x62dc) [0xb53422dc] [ 123.003] 6: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/mouse_drv.so (0xb533c000+0x67fa) [0xb53427fa] [ 123.003] 7: /usr/bin/Xorg (0x8048000+0x6aa51) [0x80b2a51] [ 123.003] 8: /usr/bin/Xorg (0x8048000+0xe3179) [0x812b179] [ 123.003] 9: (vdso) (__kernel_sigreturn+0x0) [0xffffe400] [ 123.003] 10: (vdso) (__kernel_vsyscall+0x10) [0xffffe424] [ 123.003] 11: /lib/libc.so.6 (__gettimeofday+0x16) [0xb748f6e6] [ 123.003] 12: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/updates/drivers/nvidia_drv.so (0xb5348000+0x54abd) [0xb539cabd] When I an writing this message, the error seems to be relayed to the mouse. But most of the time it has been about enabling 3D. I have all desktop effects disabled globally. So I do not know if there were two problems or a common underlying problem introduced. xorg-x11-7.6-151.1.i586 nvidia-gfxG02-kmp-desktop-260.19.36_2.6.31.5_0.1-22.1.i586 x11-video-nvidiaG02-260.19.36-23.1.i586 I have this in a number of systems. It is a NVIDIA NV43 [GeForce 6600]. They are all running KDE 4.5.5 from OBS. I am not sure where to start. But I see this on a number of systems. They all have pretty much the same software. They have been using the same repositories without problem. It was the update at the end of Feb that caused the problem to start. 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] kde 4.5.5 on openSUSE 11.2 + Desktop Folder shyness
by Roger Oberholtzer 09 Mar '11

09 Mar '11

I had a user press the 'X' in the pop-out menu on the Desktop Folder (the menu you get when widgets are not locked). The activity is set to "Desktop". So, of course, the folder disappeared from the screen. It seems difficult to get it back. We tried selecting Desktop as the activity again. But that made no difference. I seem to recall discussions of this, but I do not recall what the solution was. I can choose Folder as the activity, and then have Desktop be the folder to view. Then the icons show up in the desktop. So they still exist... I tried to see if there was something on Bugzilla. But I did not find anything interesting. (I really dislike bugzilla searches...) https://bugzilla.novell.com/buglist.cgi?classification=openSUSE&query_forma… 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] upgraded 11.2 to 11.4 - firefox now has unsupported extensions?
by Per Jessen 09 Mar '11

09 Mar '11

I upgraded my sons laptop from 11.2 to 11.4 last night - when firefox was started for the first time, it complained about two extensions: Oxygen 1.4.90 and openSUSE Firefox Extensions 1.0.1 I guess they're not critical? -- Per Jessen, Zürich (3.3°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] Has bugzilla stopped working?
by David C. Rankin 09 Mar '11

09 Mar '11

See: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=592542 Still labeled 'New' one-year later, zero progress that I can tell? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] network problems..
by Sampsa Riikonen 08 Mar '11

08 Mar '11

Dear List, I changed a hard disk containing suse 11.2 into a new environment. Now the network configuration is giving some hard problems.. The new network card (marvell) was persistently labelled as "eth2", while the old (now non-existent card, gigabit) as "eth0" and nothing worked. I was able to change the marvell tech. card to eth0 following this thread: http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/suse-linux/92280-how-change-ethx-ethy.html (I simply edited the file and set the marvell card as eth0) But still, it does not work. Yast2 tells me that "error in starting module lan". How could I fix this? Regards, Sampsa -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Xorg and Kernel repos
by Roger Oberholtzer 08 Mar '11

08 Mar '11

At the end of http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Bugreport_X it tells how to test the latest X11. In addition to specifying the latest X in: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/X11:/XOrg/openSUSE_XX.X/ it suggests using the latest kernel in: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Kernel:/HEAD/openSUSE_XX.X/ In my setup, I have only been using the X repo to get new X versions. Even though these are happy to install with the kernel I have, could this be a cause of some issues I am seeing with nvidia? Does everyone else who uses the X repo above also use the Kernel repo above? In my case, XX.X is 11.2. 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] Detected scanner, proper driver, won't scan
by Stan Goodman 08 Mar '11

08 Mar '11

The scanner is Epson 640U, in recently installed oS v11.3. YaST > Scanners finds it. scanimage -L and scanimage -T don't. Attemps to scan produce "Failed to start scanner. Invalid argument", which is not very informative. A review of a number of Google hits doesn't add more. I am assuming (hoping) that I have left something undone, but have not found anything to point me to it. Ideas? -- 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] Mounting drives at boot
by John Bennett 08 Mar '11

08 Mar '11

Have there been any updates within the last couple of days, to slow mounting of extra drives at boot, Or have I just done something that's broken it? For the last 2 days, when I boot my system, Firefox and Thunderbird (at least) don't load with the message that they're already running. But the problem is the partition that they're located on isn't mounting at boot, even though nothing has changed in fstab etc. If I immediately do a sudo mount -a, everything then works fine... Anybody having similar probs, or can suggest what I may have done....? Thanks, John. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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