April 2011 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] bacula sources
by Koenraad Lelong 26 Apr '11

26 Apr '11

Hi, I'm trying to install the bacula sources. I downloaded the src-rpm from the factory buildservice. Then I did : # zypper install bacula-5.0.3-19.49.src.rpm Loading repository data... Reading installed packages... '_tmpRPMcache_:bacula=0:5.0.3-19.49' not found in package names. Trying capabilities. 'bacula-director-mysql' providing 'bacula = 0:5.0.3-19.49' is already installed. Resolving package dependencies... Nothing to do. So it seems I can't install the sources because I have installed the binaries ? Any solution, --force does not help ? Also, why is bacula not included in the standard repo's for OS 11.4 ? B.T.W. the same problem exists with the 11.4 version of the buildservice. Is there a way to see the contents of an rpm ? On OS 11.1 I use krpmview, which seems not to exist in OS 11.4. Thanks for any pointers, 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] Barry backup for balckberry
by Peter Nikolic 26 Apr '11

26 Apr '11

Hi all Well i have barry backup working on opensuse 11.3X86_64 with KDE4.6.0 i have put the file on dropbox the links are below if anyone wante totry or use it , It seems to work ok for me i cant promise it will for you but may well do .. these rae the shortened links . http://db.tt/lfRtd63 http://db.tt/ggy6iP6 http://db.tt/DrLQ9vs http://db.tt/fMzbFSU http://db.tt/Uan5i2f Pete . -- Powered by openSUSE 11.3 (x86_64) Kernel: 2.6.34.7-0.7-desktop KDE Development Platform: 4.6.00 (4.6.0) 00:07 up 2 days 14:04, 4 users, load average: 0.69, 0.39, 0.30 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] SSD alignement-option in partitioner usefull ?
by Hans de Faber 25 Apr '11

25 Apr '11

Hi folks, After a disaster with hdparm security-erase before an action to align the partions and the filesystem properly on an ssd, my ssd became fully uncommunicative. Now to my opinion,it is desirable that the opensuse partitioner has an ssd option to align partition and filesystem properly on this this type of devices. Is this a good idea and a reasonable expectation ? For reference only see the ocz website, for instance this thread. http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/forum/showthread.php?77769-A-Simple-How-T… Thanks, Hans -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Formatting an External Hard Drive
by Stephen P Molnar 25 Apr '11

25 Apr '11

I have a new Seagate 1GB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive. I would like to install OpenSUSE 11.4 on the disk and I should like some expert guidance on partitioning the drive. I would like to have a 2 GB vfat partition so that my Win OS computers (laptop and a tower) will be able to recognize the external drive. Currently, as a result of an abortive installation on linux, there is no vfat partition of the external drive. I am willing to accept the I 11.4 installer defaults, suitably adjusted for the 2.0 GB to be allocated to the vfat partition. How should I partition the drive? 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] SiI SATA raid set is not detected in openSUSE
by Istvan Gabor 25 Apr '11

25 Apr '11

Hello list members: I have a Silicon Image (SiI) 3512A PCI SATA raid controller, and two hard disks that contains a SiI mirrored raid set. The raid set was set up in the card's BIOS, and at boot it is detected correctly by the card's BIOS. In openSUSE 11.2 however the raid set in not detected. dmraid gives the following results: linux:~ # dmraid -s no raid disks linux:~ # dmraid -r no raid disks linux:~ # dmraid --version dmraid version: 1.0.0.rc16-3 (2010.01.12) dmraid library version: 1.0.0.rc16-3 (2010.01.12) device-mapper version: 4.15.0 linux:~ # linux:~ # ls -l /dev/mapper total 0 crw-rw---- 1 root root 10, 60 Apr 24 20:17 control linux:~ # I tried openSUSE 11.4 live CD (KDE version) which gave the same result, except for it has newer device mapper, 4.18.0. If I boot knoppix live CD, however, it detects the raid set correctly: root@Microknoppix:~# dmraid -s *** Active Set name : sil_bhaedgcfdjde size : 320168895 stride : 0 type : mirror status : ok subsets: 0 devs : 2 spares : 0 root@Microknoppix:~# dmraid -r /dev/sdb: sil, "sil_bhaedgcfdjde", mirror, ok, 320168895 sectors, data@ 0 /dev/sda: sil, "sil_bhaedgcfdjde", mirror, ok, 320168895 sectors, data@ 0 root@Microknoppix:~# dmraid --version dmraid version: 1.0.0.rc16 (2009.09.16) shared dmraid library version: 1.0.0.rc16 (2009.09.16) device-mapper version: 4.18.0 root@Microknoppix:~# ls -l /dev/mapper total 0 crw------- 1 root root 10, 236 Apr 24 20:05 control lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Apr 24 20:05 sil_bhaedgcfdjde -> ../dm-0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Apr 24 20:05 sil_bhaedgcfdjde1 -> ../dm-1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Apr 24 20:05 sil_bhaedgcfdjde2 -> ../dm-2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Apr 24 20:05 sil_bhaedgcfdjde3 -> ../dm-3 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Apr 24 20:05 sil_bhaedgcfdjde5 -> ../dm-4 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Apr 24 20:05 sil_bhaedgcfdjde6 -> ../dm-5 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Apr 24 20:05 sil_bhaedgcfdjde7 -> ../dm-6 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Apr 24 20:05 sil_bhaedgcfdjde8 -> ../dm-7 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Apr 24 20:05 sil_bhaedgcfdjde9 -> ../dm-8 I can mount and use the mirrored partitions. I would like to use this raid set in openSUSE 11.2 too. How could I set it up to work as expected, and what can be the cause for not being it detected? 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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[opensuse] How to re-shuffle disk partitions
by Anton Aylward 25 Apr '11

25 Apr '11

This is not a question about what tool to use, but about how to avoid a major screw-up. On a laptop I have an OpenSuse 11.3 with the disk configured thus: Disk /dev/sda: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x94e494e4 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 1 1275 10241406 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/sda2 1276 2530 10080787+ 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/sda3 2551 9729 57665317+ f W95 Ext'd (LBA) /dev/sda4 * 2531 2550 160650 83 Linux /dev/sda5 2846 9729 55295698+ 8e Linux LVM /dev/sda6 2558 2836 2241036 83 Linux /dev/sda7 2837 2845 72261 82 Linux swap /dev/sda8 2551 2557 56164+ 82 Linux swap Partition table entries are not in disk order Please not that last line! This was originally a dual boot machine, but when I asked when was the last time you booted into Windows I was met with the kind of glassy stare you expect from a deer caught in your headlights. DUH! So C: (/dev/sda1) and D: (/dev/sda2) go. Maybe make /dev/sda1 into /boot and some swap? In an ideal world .... * I'd drag /dev/sda4 (/boot) to the beginning of the disk * I'd drag /dev/sd7 and /dev/sd8 to follow it as swap and merge them * I would somehow expand the LVM to use the space left over in C: and D: But my problem is what will happen to the naming/numbering? My concern is that everything else gets re-numbered. In that ideal world, I suppose, a /etc/fstab that exclusively uses uuid might be immune to a renaming of the partitions in /dev/sd? terms. But that's not what I've got with this client. I'm hesitant to take a step here lest I end up with an unbootable system. What do the Disk Layout Gurus advise? [And yes, in a perfect world we would be running Grub2 and all this could have been put in a LVM and the Windows stuff could have been a virtual machine and none of this would be a problem since LVM is much smarter about naming "partitions". But ... ] -- Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd. -- Voltaire -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Lock/Logout Widget
by Ian 25 Apr '11

25 Apr '11

Hi I have 3 of logins on my machine and i have added the widget to each main menu panel. One 2 of the 3 users select logout and it gives a menu of options but on the other, clicking the logout doesn't give the menu and goes straight back to the login screen. Is there a local file somewhere i need to delete to allow the logout to work properly? The widget config options are all set the same on all logins. I can logout okay via the menu option. Regards Ian -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Remember authorization
by Wolfgang Mueller 25 Apr '11

25 Apr '11

Some changes in Personal Settings (System Settings) need the root password. Being asked for it in a small pop-up window, I have checked the line "Remember authorization", leaving unchecked "For this session only". But this did not make any effect because next time I was again asked for the root password. What is my error? Bye, Wolfgang -- 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 4.6 glitch
by Peter Nikolic 25 Apr '11

25 Apr '11

Hi . I have just updated my system to KDE 4.6.0 but now have the panel at the top of the screen not nice i wish to move it back to the bottom where it always has been till now , How do i get it to go back to the bottom i have tried every think i can think of but cant get it to move at all Pete , -- Powered by openSUSE 11.3 (x86_64) Kernel: 2.6.34.7-0.7-desktop KDE Development Platform: 4.6.00 (4.6.0) 14:14 up 1 day 4:11, 5 users, load average: 0.57, 0.42, 0.32 -- 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: YaST2 not discovering the joystick
by Philipp Thomas 25 Apr '11

25 Apr '11

On Sun, 24 Apr 2011 19:05:40 -0500, Donn Washburn <n5xwb(a)comcast.net> wrote: >That is acording to the error message. It >appears that they check for a game port before setting up a USB >joystick. X find this one just mine but yast2 fails. Why do you want yast2 to recognize the joystick when X has discovered it? And what exactly is the error message you get? >Also on my 88 year old father's x86-64 with a lp0 port - which is setup >by yast2>hardware>printer will not agree with hwinfo --printer. hwinfo >find the printer as lp1 and everything else finds it as lp0 One problem, one mail. Otherwise it gets impossible to handle the questions. And in the other mail about the lp0 port please describe why the disagreement constitutes a problem for you. Philipp -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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