September 2011 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Re: [opensuse] Virtual box running out of disk space
by David C. Rankin 16 Sep '11

16 Sep '11

On 09/16/2011 06:38 AM, Fr David Ousley wrote: > In the Virtual Box Settings > Storage, it shows the correct file, with the > correct size 20 gigs. In Windows, Computer > Hard disk properties shows the old > size, 10 gigs. > > I also noted that VBoxManage has an expand utility, which I had tried earlier, > before posting. I tried that on the old file and successfully expanded it to 15 > gigs. But in widows it still shows 10. So it seems to be a windows issue, and > I don't see an obvious way around it. It seems like it must be something > obvious, which I dodn't see. > >> It went very smooth on this end... >> > It was very smooth here too, until the last step .../ > > Thanks for your efforts! Hmmm... Obviously something isn't right. Let's start with a .vdi file review on your system. Under ~/.VirtualBox, the .vdi location has changed not too long ago. Originally, I had my .vdi files under ~/.VirtualBox/VDI: 13:10 providence:~/.VirtualBox> l total 64 drwxr-xr-x 5 david david 4096 Sep 16 11:58 . drwx------ 76 david david 4096 Sep 16 13:09 .. drwxr-xr-x 2 david david 4096 Feb 10 2011 HardDisks drwxr-xr-x 4 david david 4096 Feb 10 2011 Machines drwxr-xr-x 2 david david 4096 Feb 8 2008 VDI 13:10 providence:~/.VirtualBox> l VDI/ total 15358136 -rw------- 1 david david 16106189312 Jul 15 10:45 Windows XP Pro.vdi The new location for the .vdi files is under ~/.VirtualBox/HardDisks/<vmname> So my new XP guest disk went under: 13:10 providence:~/.VirtualBox> l Machines/Windows\ XP\ Pro/ total 20877512 -rw------- 1 david david 21378478080 Sep 16 13:09 xp25gdyn.vdi Is there anyway possible you are still actually booting your old .vdi due to the changed path to the new .vdi file?? Also, have you completely removed the old .vdi file name from the VirtualBox app disk controller? Just a couple of thoughts and checks to confirm the basic setup is fine. I don't see how it could be an XP issue. It seems like it must be a VirtualBox config issue... -- 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] 11.4 and "connecting" on boot
by Larry Stotler 16 Sep '11

16 Sep '11

Why does the system hang while waiting to connect to a network on bootup? It's really annoying. Especially on my laptop where I almost always connect wirelessly. Is there anyway to stop it? It's not so bad with init 5 because it does start the gui, but when I start it in init 3 I have to wait for no reason...... Thanx -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Grub, where to find?
by Constant Brouerius van Nidek 16 Sep '11

16 Sep '11

Is there an easy method to find where Grub is located? I have working Grub which defaults to a second grub with my actual system. This system is situated on my third drive on /sdc5. The other working opensuse, a pure LXDE is situated on /sdb3 and is booted via the first Grub. Would like to know where the grub hides. -- Linux User 183145 using LXDE and KDE4 on a Pentium IV , powered by openSUSE 11.4 (i586) Kernel: 3.1.0-rc6-1-desktop LXDE WM & KDE Development Platform: 4.7.1 (4.7.1) 20:51pm up 0:06, 2 users, load average: 3.90, 4.40, 2.26 -- 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)Configure postfix relay between two exchange environment(two Windows domain)
by Gurvinder Trehan 16 Sep '11

16 Sep '11

Here is My test scenario to configure postfix relay between two exchange environment(two Windows domain) Domain1: Domain name: Domain1.local Exchange server: Exch1.domain1.local Domain2: Domain name: Domain2.local Exchange server: Exch2.domain2.local Open Suse 14.4 and postfix server Host name: host1 I have to configure the Postfix relay so that i can able to send emails between domain1 and domain2 using Postfix relay. Right now domain1 and domain2 able to send email between using MX records. both domain has their own DNS server. I am behind the corporate firewall. Whole lab is internal test lab. nothing is routed to internet. I am new to OpenSuse. I need all the steps to configure this scenario. Thanks Gurvinder -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] software RAID vs BIOS RAID
by George OLson 15 Sep '11

15 Sep '11

I am about to set up RAID-1 on my system, and I am looking for some experienced opinions. Here is my situation. I only need a mirror image drive to protect my data against drive failure, so RAID-1 is the route I would like to take. I don't want to have to reinstall my OS, as I have a ton of things installed and configured now that is exactly how I want it. My original drive is a 500GB, partitioned like so: /dev/sda1 2048 4208639 2103296 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sda2 * 4208640 46153727 20972544 83 Linux /dev/sda3 46153728 976773119 465309696 83 Linux I have recently purchased a 1TB drive to use as the mirror image, with the intent that the 2nd 500GB on this drive will be used for other purposes, like maybe testing a new installation when it comes out, or just having extra data that I don't need on the mirror image partition. I have installed the 1TB drive and hooked it up. It is not yet partitioned. I have done some research on the internet, and I found some tech sites that said that using the RAID setup in the BIOS is easy to set up, and you can do it without having to reinstall your OS. However, other sites have said that you do have to reinstall your OS, as it will wipe the original drive. (In any case, it would have been easier if I had set up RAID before the initial install, but too late now.) My BIOS setup only has 1 line indicating RAID, in the "IDE setup" menu, where it allows you to configure nVidia RAID as enabled or disabled. The motherboard user guide (it is an ASUS M2N68-AM SE2) doesn't give any other information. If I put the RAID setting to enabled, and then on my next subsequent reboot, will the BIOS would run me through a setup utility to setup RAID? If I knew for sure that it wouldn't wipe my original hard drive, I would tend to go that way, as it seems simpler. This website, "http://lifehacker.com/352472/set-up-real+time-bulletproof-backup-drive-redu…", indicated a very simple setup, but that is only 1 guy so I am skeptical if it is really as simple as he makes it out to be. So for you all that have experience in this, do most/all BIOS setups that support RAID allow for setting up RAID after the OS is already installed on the first drive? I know that some of you probably prefer software RAID, and I see that Yast has a partitioner and the means to setup linux software RAID. If you are a software RAID advocate, what would be the advantages to me of using software RAID over BIOS RAID? Thanks in advance for help in making my decision. George -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Virtual box running out of disk space
by Fr David Ousley 15 Sep '11

15 Sep '11

Friends -- I'm running Windows XP in a virtual machine on Virtual Box, set up with "dynamically expanding hard disk", which is now out of disk space. It does not expand itself, so that it has run out of disk space. Running "VBoxManage modifyhd --resize 20 windowsxp.vdi" returns the error "VBOX_E_NOT_SUPPORTED VBoxManage: error: Resize hard disk operation for this format is not implemented yet!" I thought that "dynamically expanding" would, well, dynamically expand. Am I missing something here? I had run VB for several years on another machine without ever encountering the problem. Host is 11.3; VB 4.0.12_72916_openSUSE113-1-x86_64 from Oracle. Thanks for any help. -- Fr David Ousley davidousley(a)verizon.net -- 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] software RAID vs BIOS RAID
by Brian K. White 15 Sep '11

15 Sep '11

On 9/15/2011 9:49 AM, Dave Howorth wrote: > Brian K. White wrote: >> * I configure /etc/grub.conf to write grub to all drives mbr's or all >> drives /boot partitions. This way any drive can boot. Normally only one >> ever does boot, but the point is all about that day that drive is bad. > >> One of the biggest reasons I do that is so I don't have to partition the >> real drives at all. I just use the whole raw full drive device in mdadm, >> no fdisk or anything. > > Are those two configurations compatible? Or is it only possible to do > one or the other? > > (Yes, I recognize that you're talking about evolving practice. I'm just > interested to know) The first paragraph refers to a different kind of set up from the second. For the second, nothing is written to the real drives but mdraid, not even a partition table. Only the usb thumb drive has an mbr, partitions, & /boot filesystem. That's probably not the most useful setup for most because I happen to want one big filesystem and most people probably do not. There are times when I might put a partition table and a single large partition on all the drives, and use that partition on each drive for mdadm. Mostly when for whatever reason I want the setup to be totally creatable from within the normal installer (so, say, a customer or someone else isn't left with some exotic setup they have no hope of maintaining). In that case, it would be possible to write grub to the mbr of each real disk even if /boot is still on the usb drive, and for some problem motherboards that can be a work-around if I can't get them to boot from the usb drive. -- bkw -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] My 3rd harddisk has changed into /sdk
by Constant Brouerius van Nidek 15 Sep '11

15 Sep '11

Do not know what has caused it but I assume it was me playing with a drdos iso disk. At least since then, the /sdc drive name has been changed into /sdk No further problems but I would like to return it to /sdc. Any ideas? -- Linux User 183145 using LXDE and KDE4 on a Pentium IV , powered by openSUSE 11.4 (i586) Kernel: 3.1.0-rc5-3-desktop LXDE WM & KDE Development Platform: 4.7.1 (4.7.1) 20:40pm up 0:11, 3 users, load average: 2.16, 3.85, 2.77 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Tbird 6.0.2 on 11.4 - 3 issues (slow attachment save, can't delete folder, slow folder scroll)
by David C. Rankin 15 Sep '11

15 Sep '11

Guys, Wolfgang, I am seeing 3 issues with the new thunderbird 6.0.2 on 11.4: (1) Attachments are slower than ever to save. Specifically, if I view attachments withing thunderbird, then rt-click -> Save As, I get a dialog window that opens and slowly the files are saved to my local disk. This has always been lightning quick in the past. It looks like 6.0.2 is "re-downloading" the files before saving instead of using the files it has already downloaded. Here is the dialog I get: http://www.3111skyline.com/dl/openSUSE_bugs/114/thunderbird/slow-file-save.… (2) With 6.0.2+dovecot, I can create IMAP folders on the server just fine, but if I misspell a name and need to delete the folder I just created, thunderbird can't delete it. I know this is a new problem, because I have never had a problem deleting folders in the past. Here is the error dialog I get: http://www.3111skyline.com/dl/openSUSE_bugs/114/thunderbird/no-delete-folde… I understand this could also be dovecot... What to check? (3) The folder "All Folders" list is slow to scroll in 6.0.X. I use middle-mouse-wheel to scroll up/down to different folders and I have always had instant responsiveness with tbird (from 1.X on). Now with 6.X, there is a delay before scrolling occurs. It's like running kde4 on a 386. I know there have been upstream changes to gtk2 with backports of gtk3 functionality, but I don't know how to tell if this is tbird or gtk related. I presume gtk, but what say the experts? How to test? Thanks for any thoughts you may have... -- 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] Re: Open suse 14.4 postfix relay
by Per Jessen 15 Sep '11

15 Sep '11

> Open suse 14.4 postfix relay > > I am looking for steps to configure open suse postfix relay to send > and receive email from Exchange 2010 server.(Spam Filter) > > Thanks > Gurvinder Hi Gurvinder it's best not to "borrow" another thread when you start a new question - you risk your question being ignored by all of those who weren't interested in that thread. Wrt postfix setup, start with the postfix documentation, then google. -- Per Jessen, Zürich (13.9°C) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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