August 2011 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] nvidia / login failure with recent update
by Joseph Comfort 14 Aug '11

14 Aug '11

I just did my periodic 11.4 system update through YaST2. On a reboot, although the logging shows that level 5 has been reached, I do not get a login screen. I get a login prompt. I can login as root. A startx brings up KDE, etc. OK. If I logout to change user, I am back to the login prompt. I can login as myself. But startx fails due to a missing file or something (I can't see at the moment). The only way to use my stuff is by 'ssh -l' to localhost. The update brought in new nvidia rpms. The ones installed now are: nvidia-computeG02-275.21-7.1.x86_64 nvidia-gfxG02-kmp-desktop-275.21_k2.6.37.1_1.2-6.1.x86_64 x11-video-nvidiaG02-275.21-7.1.x86_64 I see that nouveau is actually loaded. Some messages flashed by during the nvidia install which said that a switch was being made to nv, but some other messages might have said otherwise (too fast to see). If I do a switch2nvidia command, I get ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Switching the use of "nv" driver of X.Org to "nvidia" driver of NVIDIA ------------------------------------------------------------------------ head: cannot open `/etc/X11/xorg.conf' for reading: No such file or directory SaX2 generated xorg.conf not available! But I thought SaX2 was dead. I have not had such problems with nvidia updates before. Something is broken and new rpms posted. This is urgent. Joe Comfort -- 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 fix partition table
by James D. Parra 14 Aug '11

14 Aug '11

Hello, I cloned my HD, using clonzilla, to a 1 TB drive however once the OS boots up (OpenSuse 11.2) the partitions aren't correct. For example, Yast shows 624 GB for /dev/sda4; /dev/sda │931.51 GB│ │ │WDC-WD1002FBYS-0│ │ │ ├──Volume Management ││/dev/sda1 │298.14 GB│ │ │HPFS/NTFS │NTF│ │ ├──Crypt Files ││/dev/sda2 │172.57 MB│ │ │Linux native │Ext│ │ ├──Device Mapper ││/dev/sda3 │ 9.00 GB│ │ │Linux swap │Swa│ │ ├──NFS ││/dev/sda4 │624.20 GB│ │ │Linux native │XFS│ However, df-h shows, 359 GB, the original disk size prior to cloning; df -h / Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/sda4 359G 356G 3.5G 100% / <snip> Parted shows; GNU Parted 1.9.0 Using /dev/sda Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands. (parted) print Model: ATA WDC WD1002FBYS-0 (scsi) Disk /dev/sda: 1000GB Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B Partition Table: msdos Number Start End Size Type File system Flags 1 32.3kB 320GB 320GB primary ntfs type=07 2 320GB 320GB 181MB primary ext3 boot, type=83 3 320GB 330GB 9665MB primary linux-swap(v1) type=82 4 330GB 1000GB 670GB primary xfs type=83 <snip> Any suggestion how to fix this? I keep running out of disk space. Many thanks in advance, James -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] vpn in opensuse 11.4 (cisco vpnclient and Corrupted MAC on input)
by Istvan Gabor 13 Aug '11

13 Aug '11

Hello: I would like to change my system from openSUSE 11.2 to 11.4. But there are a few programs which should work, one of these is vpn. It seems I can not make vpn work in 11.4 I tried vpnc which can connect but requires root password at every connection which is not an option for me. It also disconnects automatically in very short time. In previous SUSE versions I used cisco's vpnclient that worked flawlessly in 10.x and more or less in 11.2 (Applying patch from tuxx-home.at, changing dhcpcd to dhclient and using 2.6.37 kernel.) In 11.4 I also could build vpnclient after patching, and I can run vpnclient too and make the vpn tunnel. If dhcpcd is enabled, however, there is no traffic through the tunnel. kinternet's check connection says: name server: waiting for reply. If I replace dhcpcd with dhclient the name server is found, I can use ssh or sftp, but transferring files with sftp result in the following message: 06:21 ETA Corrupted MAC on input. Disconnecting: Packet corrupt Connection closed Does anyone have any idea on how I could troubleshoot this or make a working vpn connection is 11.4? I have the default 11.4 packages and kernel 2.6.37.6-0.5-desktop. Thanks in advance, 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] openSUSE Weekly News 188 is out!
by Sascha Manns 13 Aug '11

13 Aug '11

We are pleased to announce: Issue 188 of openSUSE Weekly News is out! [0] In this Issue: Sebastian Kügler: Plasma Active Google Summer of Code Reports Organize Your Research With The New Standalone Zotero and many more … For a list of available translations see the Translations Section in the actual Weekly News. [0] http://bit.ly/qf0xiE (in PDF) [0] http://bit.ly/oc1y66 (in HTML with Bento Theme) [0] http://bit.ly/ocHXgK (in HTML with Susebooks Theme)) -- Sincerely yours Sascha Manns open-slx.com openSUSE Community & Support Agent openSUSE Marketing Team Blog: http://saigkill.wordpress.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Akonadi in newly installed Kontact (KDE4.6)
by Stan Goodman 13 Aug '11

13 Aug '11

I imported my address book as an LDIF file, and configured the Personal Contacts resource, choosing the Akonadi option as standard (although I can't find now where I made that choice). I accepted the default resource location as ~/.local/share/contacts. The addressbook now works, and is accessible from kmail, so I should be happy. I am not, because several facts confuse me, and I don't understand why it works at all. 1) There is nothing in directory ~/.local/share/contacts other than a file called "WARNING_README.txt". 2) The file ~/.kde4/share/apps/kabc/std.vcf is empty. The Akonadi Confiuration shows that the Akonadi server is running, and the test button shows that all is well. Where is the resource? Why does the addressbook work? The KDE Userbase says that there should be an Akonadi icon in the System Tray, but there isn't, even when I Show Hidden Icons. System Tray Settings > Entries doesn't offer it, nor does it suggest a way to add it. -- 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] WordPress thumbnails not working ??
by James Hatridge 13 Aug '11

13 Aug '11

Hi all, I'm trying to work up a web site using WordPress, e-Commerce, PHP, mysql, and SuSE 11.4. When I try to add or edit a product listing I can not add an image. I click on the upload image button and nothing happens. I've added more memory to PHP, from 128 to 500 and installed the PHP-GD. But nothing seems to help. Any ideas? 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] Syncing smbpasswd & passwd
by James Knott 13 Aug '11

13 Aug '11

I'm setting up a server at work, that will be used to support Windows users. Is there anyway to have both passwd and smbpasswd set at the same time? What about if the server also runs a domain controller? tnx jk -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] ATI open source drivers and HDMI
by C 12 Aug '11

12 Aug '11

I'm working on (remote support) an older computer with an on-board ATI 1250 video card. The system is currently running on openSUSE11.1 because this was the last openSUSE release that supported the ATI proprietary drivers. The owner wants to update this machine to openSUSE11.4 but... one requirement, that HDMI works. I've poked around and not really found anything yet that tells me one way or another if HDMI will work with the default Radeon driver. Does anyone here have any experience with using HDMI and the open source drivers? I'd just experiment myself if I could but the computer is almost 9000km away from me... not close enough for me to tinker. C. -- 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] Ho to get rid of this popup
by Anton Aylward 12 Aug '11

12 Aug '11

Tejas Guruswamy said the following on 08/12/2011 02:16 PM: > On 10/08/11 17:37, Anton Aylward wrote: >> I keep getting a popup asking for root password. >> Its title is >> >> "System policies prevent you from setting the brightness level." >> >> It appeared after an update of KDE4.7, not the first 'zypper up' of that >> repository, but one this last weekend. >> >> I enter the root password, it goes away, then comes back about half an >> hour later. >> >> >> I realise I _could_ edit system policies, but I'm wondering WHY I'm >> getting this? I don't recall setting anything in systemsetting that >> could account for it. >> >> I don't need to, want to and never have set brightness level. >> >> Why is this here now? >> >> /a > > It's just KDE trying to restore your display from idle/off, and polkit > failing > > https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688267 Yes, I see that. I saw that. But this is NOT when restoring the display, this is when I am working. The screen active and I'm doing things and have been doing things. The screen is not idle, has not been idle. -- Those who wish to seek out the cause of miracles, and to understand the things of nature as philosophers, and not to stare at them in astonishment like fools, are soon considered heretical and impious,and proclaimed as such by those whom the mob adores as the interpreters of nature and the gods. For these men know that once ignorance is put aside that wonderment would be taken away which is the only means by which their authority is preserved. --Spinoza -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] cups + avahi + iphone AirPrint - print to any printer from your iphone
by David C. Rankin 12 Aug '11

12 Aug '11

Guys, Just dropping a note about printing to virtually any printer from your iphone/ipad. All you need is cups and avahi-daemon and a printer definition in /etc/avahi/services and it works flawlessly. Howto and example avahi printer.service file at: http://hartlessbydesign.com/blog/view/197-airprint-with-ubuntu-1010 The AirPrint enabled apps are safari, mail, photos, etc.... -- 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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