January 2012 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] Moving grub/boot to second disk.
by John Bennett 05 Jan '12

05 Jan '12

Trying to move a 12.1 x64 install from one drive (1.5tb SATA existing) to the other (2tb SATA new). Have copied the partitions to the new drive (using GParted, suse partition now sdb4 instead of sdb3 - created extended partition which was named sdb3... sdb1+2 are windows partitions) Going to leave both disks in the PC. Questions: If I change the boot disk order in the BIOS, does this change the reference to the disks? ie does the new disk change from (1) to (0) in the device.map file? What files do I need to edit in grub (menu.lst, grub.conf, device.map) How do I install grub in the mbr/partition boot record? Have tried googling this, but can't find an answer for my particular prob... Thanks, John. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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Re: [opensuse] Runlevel start for 12.1 - Any one? Cristian ?
by Bob S 05 Jan '12

05 Jan '12

On Tuesday 03 January 2012 23:51:19 Bob S wrote: > This is crazinesws. Am I the only one with this problem? Please help me out > here guys, Ideas, theories, acepted. Thanks for replyng Felis, Greg. Lars Felix Miata replied Before doing the above, save /var/log/boot.msg to share here on the list. Maybe there's something apparent in there to make kdm fail to show the greeter when init completes. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- So before I do anything I am posting the last 50 or 60 lines of boot.msg as Felis suggested. Maybe one of you sharp eyed people can see the problem: --------------------------------------------------------- Starting service kdm <notice -- Jan 3 18:54:21.107421000> service mcelog done <notice -- Jan 3 18:54:21.347455000> startproc: execve (/opt/kde3/bin/kdm) [ /opt/kde3/bin/kdm ], [ DO_FASTBOOT=no CONSOLE=/dev/console ROOTFS_FSTYPE=ext3 SHELL=/bin/sh TERM=linux ROOTFS_FSCK=0 INIT_VERSION=sysvinit-2.89 DO_BLOGD=yes KDEROOTHOME=/root/.kdm REDIRECT=/dev/tty1 COLUMNS=80 PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin vga=normal DO_CONFIRM=no RUNLEVEL=5 PWD=/ SPLASHCFG= DO_QUIET=no LANG=en_US.UTF-8 PREVLEVEL=N LINES=25 QT_SYSTEM_DIR=/usr/share/desktop-data HOME=/ SHLVL=2 XCURSOR_THEME=DMZ DO_FORCEFSCK=no WINDOWMANAGER=/opt/kde3/bin/startkde splash=verbose SPLASH=no ROOTFS_BLKDEV=/dev/root _=/sbin/startproc DAEMON=/opt/kde3/bin/kdm ] done <notice -- Jan 3 18:54:21.782720000> service xdm done 3 Jan 18:54:22 sntp[2484]: Started sntp 2012-01-03 18:54:22.598128 (+0500) +17999.848959 +/- 0.017288 secs 2012-01-03 23:54:22.491362 (+0500) -0.000504 +/- 0.020004 secs 3 Jan 23:54:32 sntp[2484]: Received no useable packet from 71.6.217.53! Time synchronized with 1.opensuse.pool.ntp.org Starting network time protocol daemon (NTPD) <notice -- Jan 3 23:54:32.504229000> startproc: execve (/usr/sbin/ntpd) [ /usr/sbin/ntpd -p /var/run/ntp/ntpd.pid -g -u ntp:ntp -c /etc/ntp.conf ], [ DO_FASTBOOT=no CONSOLE=/dev/console ROOTFS_FSTYPE=ext3 SHELL=/bin/sh TERM=linux ROOTFS_FSCK=0 LC_ALL=POSIX INIT_VERSION=sysvinit-2.89 DO_BLOGD=yes REDIRECT=/dev/tty1 COLUMNS=80 PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin vga=normal DO_CONFIRM=no RUNLEVEL=5 PWD=/ SPLASHCFG= DO_QUIET=no PREVLEVEL=N LINES=25 HOME=/ SHLVL=2 DO_FORCEFSCK=no splash=verbose SPLASH=no ROOTFS_BLKDEV=/dev/root _=/sbin/startproc DAEMON=/usr/sbin/ntpd ] done <notice -- Jan 3 23:54:32.607619000> service ntp done <notice -- Jan 3 23:54:32.673826000> service nscd start <notice -- Jan 3 23:54:32.674187000> service postfix start <notice -- Jan 3 23:54:32.808554000> startproc: execve (/usr/sbin/nscd) [ /usr/sbin/nscd ], [ DO_FASTBOOT=no CONSOLE=/dev/console ROOTFS_FSTYPE=ext3 SHELL=/bin/sh TERM=linux ROOTFS_FSCK=0 LC_ALL=POSIX INIT_VERSION=sysvinit-2.89 DO_BLOGD=yes REDIRECT=/dev/tty1 COLUMNS=80 PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin vga=normal DO_CONFIRM=no RUNLEVEL=5 PWD=/ SPLASHCFG= DO_QUIET=no PREVLEVEL=N LINES=25 HOME=/ SHLVL=2 DO_FORCEFSCK=no splash=verbose SPLASH=no ROOTFS_BLKDEV=/dev/root _=/sbin/startproc DAEMON=/usr/sbin/nscd ] Starting Name Service Cache Daemon <notice -- Jan 3 23:54:33.19005000> service nscd done done Starting mail service (Postfix)done <notice -- Jan 3 23:54:33.434743000> service postfix done<notice -- Jan 3 23:54:33.434969000> service cron start<notice -- Jan 3 23:54:33.435185000> service smartd start <notice -- Jan 3 23:54:33.517610000> startproc: execve (/usr/sbin/cron) [ /usr/sbin/cron ], [ DO_FASTBOOT=no CONSOLE=/dev/console ROOTFS_FSTYPE=ext3 SHELL=/bin/sh TERM=linux ROOTFS_FSCK=0 LC_ALL=POSIX INIT_VERSION=sysvinit-2.89 DO_BLOGD=yes REDIRECT=/dev/tty1 COLUMNS=80 PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin vga=normal DO_CONFIRM=no RUNLEVEL=5 PWD=/ SPLASHCFG= DO_QUIET=no PREVLEVEL=N LINES=25 HOME=/ SHLVL=2 DO_FORCEFSCK=no splash=verbose SPLASH=no ROOTFS_BLKDEV=/dev/root _=/sbin/startproc DAEMON=/usr/sbin/cron ] Starting CRON daemondone Starting smartd <notice -- Jan 3 23:54:33.727937000> service cron done <notice -- Jan 3 23:54:35.369337000> service smartd done done Master Resource Control: Running /etc/init.d/after.local doneMaster Resource Control: runlevel 5 has been reached Skipped services in runlevel 5: cpufreq <notice -- Jan 3 23:54:35.398804000> killproc: kill(398,3) Boot logging started on /dev/tty1(/dev/console) at Tue Jan 3 23:55:23 2012 Master Resource Control: previous runlevel: 5, switching to runlevel: 3 Master Resource Control: Running /etc/init.d/before.local done <notice -- Jan 3 23:55:23.261266000> service xdm stop Shutting down service kdm <notice -- Jan 3 23:55:23.432324000> killproc: kill(2443,15) done <notice -- Jan 3 23:55:23.494918000> service xdm done Master Resource Control: Running /etc/init.d/after.local doneMaster Resource Control: runlevel 3 has been reached <notice -- Jan 3 23:55:23.500563000> killproc: kill(2790,3) Boot logging started on /dev/tty1(/dev/console) at Tue Jan 3 23:55:45 2012 Master Resource Control: previous runlevel: 3, switching to runlevel: 5 Master Resource Control: Running /etc/init.d/before.local done <notice -- Jan 3 23:55:45.382510000> service xdm start Starting service kdm <notice -- Jan 3 23:55:45.426852000> startproc: execve (/opt/kde3/bin/kdm) [ /opt/kde3/bin/kdm ], [ CONSOLE=/dev/console ROOTFS_FSTYPE=ext3 SHELL=/bin/sh TERM=linux ROOTFS_FSCK=0 INIT_VERSION=sysvinit-2.89 KDEROOTHOME=/root/.kdm REDIRECT=/dev/tty1 COLUMNS=80 PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin vga=normal RUNLEVEL=5 PWD=/ SPLASHCFG= LANG=en_US.UTF-8 PREVLEVEL=3 LINES=25 QT_SYSTEM_DIR=/usr/share/desktop-data HOME=/ SHLVL=2 XCURSOR_THEME=DMZ WINDOWMANAGER=/opt/kde3/bin/startkde splash=verbose SPLASH=no ROOTFS_BLKDEV=/dev/root _=/sbin/startproc DAEMON=/opt/kde3/bin/kdm ] done <notice -- Jan 3 23:55:45.447483000> service xdm done Master Resource Control: Running /etc/init.d/after.local doneMaster Resource Control: runlevel 5 has been reached <notice -- Jan 3 23:55:45.451256000> killproc: kill(2829,3) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bob S -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Installing Adobe Air on openSUSE 12.1 64-bit
by Greg Freemyer 05 Jan '12

05 Jan '12

All, Does anyone know the magic for how to install Adobe Air on openSUSE 12.1 64-bit? I found http://en.opensuse.org/AdobeAir_HOWTO It did not have any 12.1 instructions. I've put in a place holder saying the 11.4 instructions don't work, but I'd like to figure it out. fyi: My wife gave me a calendar for xmas that needs Adobe Air to work. So this is life or death! Thanks Greg -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] What repository should I use for tumbleweed version
by Dmitry A. Ashkadov 05 Jan '12

05 Jan '12

Hello! I have installed openSUSE 12.1 and replaced default repositories with "tumbleweed:standard" repository and "current" repositories. Many OBS repositories haven't tumbleweed version (folder "tumbleweed"), so what repository should I use for 12.1 or factory? Thank you! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Problem with IceWM
by Stephen P. Molnar 04 Jan '12

04 Jan '12

openSUSE 12.1 64 bit running on AMD CPU When I upgraded to v12.1 last month I found the KDE desktop to be quite unstable, requiring logging out and then back in every half hour or so. Not being either a OS or a hardware person, only a user, I solved the problem by switching to the IceWM desktop. IceWM is as stable as the proverbial rock, but I can't figure out how to mount either a Pendrive or a DVD. I've tried googling the problem without finding solutions that I can either understand or am willing to try. I would appreciate pointers in the correct direction. Thanks in advance. -- Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D. Life is a fuzzy set Foundation for Chemistry Stochastic and multivariate http://www.FoundationForChemistry.com (614)312-7528 (c) Skype: smolnar1 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Eclipse packages?
by David C. Rankin 04 Jan '12

04 Jan '12

Guys, Are there any packages for eclipse-classic or the other eclipse IDE's for opensuse? I checked yast and search.opensuse.org and came up with nothing for 11.4. I got the tarball from http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/, but I could swear there used to be packages for this during the 10.X - 11.0 timeframe? What's the scoop? Licensing? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Inappropriate shut down after upgrade to 12.1
by Vojtěch Zeisek 04 Jan '12

04 Jan '12

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hello, after upgrade from 11.4 to 12.1 (64b, KDE) I face only one problem (otherwise the upgrade was very easy): when I shut the notebook down using KDE's main menu, it doesn't shut down. It freezes on splash screen. There is no way how to get to console etc., I have to hold power button for some time to force shutting down. In log I see only something like this: Jan 3 23:01:38 svarog sudo: vojta : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/home/vojta ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/sbin/halt -p Jan 3 23:01:38 svarog systemd-logind[968]: New user root logged in. Jan 3 23:01:38 svarog systemd-logind[968]: New session c2 of user root. Jan 3 23:01:38 svarog systemd-logind[968]: Removed session c2. Jan 3 23:01:38 svarog dbus-daemon[1084]: l2_packet_receive - recvfrom: Network is down Jan 3 23:01:39 svarog kernel: Kernel logging (proc) stopped. Jan 3 23:01:39 svarog rsyslogd: [origin software="rsyslogd" swVersion="5.8.5" x-pid="1020" x-info="http://www.rsyslog.com"] exiting on signal 15. - From release notes I see: "System Shutdown with systemd To halt and poweroff the system when using systemd, issue halt -p or shutdown -h now on the command-line or use the shutdown button provided by your desktop environment. Note: A plain halt will not shutdown the system properly." If I use "sudo halt -p" from command line, the computer is shut down properly. So, I think KDE is using bad command - it was not upgraded during distribution upgrade... So, please, does anyone know how to fix it? Should I write bug report? Thank You in advance, Vojtěch - -- Vojtěch Zeisek Komunita openSUSE GNU/Linuxu Community of the openSUSE GNU/Linux http://www.opensuse.org/ http://trapa.cz/cs -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.18 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJPBAl7AAoJEPuT69b4zaO5+6wH/3lH4uIiLZbBokDArHIxl3q6 YTCizVxMFTGYXfa/bTOXbIiqruEGF2kOPV0BqtiWBA3uFOMWDe2GZQaPuWlClLxE Hqsi/4ARQ8Rb/EGUm2dQ0hbHE/p6xEA3qJsDidEPyoI0/Rm6WJu+NfsvZRx0eZWj GH13VxoBziUKlKFvYYyb/w2ZEJHiZ7rnFh4fiZ2sTWNJwnbJXDmkjv2CjgwZjzEg 9EMAMlTfMI/EgLBc5IEI6qH8SeG5hwGTJ0oYjSybSHjFV61+IdIAxnmcH6Ytwiiz loxVkZYspl/SfKxtg2dfGU8z5Q1vAqzC/PTghm3tWr6qM7ceY0CmkPBXqHxDijA= =UXij -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Runlevel start for 12.1 - Any one? Cristian ?
by Bob S 03 Jan '12

03 Jan '12

A few days ago U sent the following message. Repeating ut here because I know it probably escaped your attention with the holidays an all. Hello SuSE people, Fairly mew install of 12.1 with KDE3. 99% of the time when I boot up 12.1 it ends up with a log in commaqnd. But it says it has reached runlevel 5 as per the twp lines abobe the login command. They are: Naster Resource Control Run level 5 has been reached. The next line says: Skipped Services Run level 5 Now I can login as a user and do a startx and it brings up KDE but not everything. No sound, etc. But, if I login as root,and do an init 3 and then an init 5 it brings up the greeter login screen and when signed in as a user everything is normal. Is it possible that this has saomething to do with the new booting scheme 12.1 is using? All suggestions, ideas welcome. Bob S-- ---------------------------------------------------- Then Cristian replied: On 30/12/11 23:13, Bob S wrote: > Hello SuSE people, > > Fairly mew install of 12.1 with KDE3. 99% of the time when I boot up 12.1 it > ends up with a log in commaqnd. But it says it has reached runlevel 5 as per > the twp lines abobe the login command. They are: > > Naster Resource Control Run level 5 has been reached. what does ls -lha /etc/systemd/system/default.target says ? --------------------------------------------------- I replied to Cristian: Easystreet:/ # ls -lha /etc/systemd/system/default.target lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 36 Dec 9 21:44 /etc/systemd/system/default.target -> /lib/systemd/system/runlevel5.target Easystreet:/ # Now,, I did this from the command line as root, both when it thought i was in level 5 and again in run level 3 as well as in a console after the GUI came up. Result were the same. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Then Felix tried to clarify: Bob has sysvinit-init installed (which I selected during installation)(in case it matters). FWIW in case maybe it matters also, he has an NVidia chip on the motherboard connected to a VGA port, but he's using the DVI port on a PCIe NVidia board. Bob, what does 'cat /proc/cmdline' say on a 12.1 boot now that you've installed the proprietary NVidia driver? ------------------------------------------------------- I replied to Felix: bob@Easystreet:~> cat /proc/cmdline root=LABEL=st080suse121 ipv6.disable=1 noresume splash=verbose gnome.fallback=1 vga=normal video=640x480@75 bob@Easystreet:~> --------------------------------------------------------------- Then Felix asked: Bob, when you see the login prompt, does 'Ctrl-Alt-F8' help? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- I replied: No, ctrj-alt-F8 does nothing. ctrl-alt-F7 brings me to a black blank screen -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Now, ahould I try to install systemd instead of sysinit-init? I understand there is an RPM for it. And what the heck is Naster Resource Control anyway? This is crazinesws. Am I the only one with this problem? Please help me out here guys, Ideas, theories, acepted. Bob S ------------------------------------------------------- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Search on the web
by Rajko M. 03 Jan '12

03 Jan '12

Inspired with: * advices "google that", "ask Google", "search" in our communication media * importance that search has to find information, * abundance of quality and bad information sources, which makes easy to find answer or fall in a trap, I decided to initiate creation of article about that topic. I can't do all that by myself, so it is called "creation". Initial location is: http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Search_the_web and later if and when content on that page justifies broader approach it can be moved to a new title [1]. The main purpose it to help experienced users recognize what new openSUSE users don't and can't know, and vice versa. [1] Note that in our wiki title is part of URL, so it must satisfy basic rules for article title (short and still descriptive) and good URL (easy to guess and persistent; no changes after creation without link to new location). PS. If you or anyone reading this have more tips how to safely and efficiently search the web, please add to the list, either here, or directly on: http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Search_the_web I can take responsibility to keep article tidy, one day when this one will have enough content, create http://en.opensuse.org/Search which will be dedicated to advices how to search for the information, in opensuse.org domain and on the web, and as additional -- Regards, Rajko -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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Re: [opensuse] In search of rpm supplying "gdk_display"
by Julien Michielsen 02 Jan '12

02 Jan '12

A reply I should have replied to the list, and not only to David Haller: (sorry David, you'll receive this again) On 12/31/11 07:51, David Haller wrote: > Hello, > > On Fri, 30 Dec 2011, Julien Michielsen wrote: >> I do have a bridge program (gib) which I used for quite a few years, >> and which worked well under 11.4. However, I tried to install it >> under 12.1, but I can't get it to work. Giving the command gib results >> in >> ./gib: undefined symbol: gdk_display >> Anyone a suggestion how to solve this problem, where to find >> the reference to gdk_display ? > You probably need gtk2 or even gtk1 for that, i.e. install > libgtk-2_0-0 or even gtk-1.2 (though I can't find that ATM). > > HTH, > -dnh > Thanks for your help. Much of the stuff related to gtk is installed allready (libgtk-2 and libgtk-3, everything suse found with gtk in the search box), but I still get the symbol lookup error: ("./gib: undefined symbol: gdk_display") I try to find an installable gtk-1.2.0, but this needs lots of old libraries: glib is needed by gtk-1.2.10-1084.3.x86_64 gtk-lang = 1.2.10 is needed by gtk-1.2.10-1084.3.x86_64 libglib-1.2.so.0()(64bit) is needed by gtk-1.2.10-1084.3.x86_64 libgmodule-1.2.so.0()(64bit) is needed by gtk-1.2.10-1084.3.x86_64 Quite hard to install old libs, but then again: I really want to get this program (gib) installed. Anyone a hint? -- Julien Michielsen julien_at_michkloo.xs4all.nl -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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