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Re: [opensuse] ZFS on SuSE-anyone, Distributed File System...
by Verner Kjærsgaard 16 Aug '24

16 Aug '24

Michael Folsom skrev: > Hi: > > Quick question - what are the advantages of ZFS over XFS? > > I'm not trying to start a flame war but as a happy XFS user wonder > what ZFS has to offer> > > Later - > > > Mike > > On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 2:35 PM, Verner Kjærsgaard <vk(a)os-academy.dk> wrote: >> Hi list, >> >> - has anyone tried SUN's ZFS on SuSE? Can it be done, is it at all feasible? >> >> - or another Distributed file system. I may need a file system, that will allow me to add storage ad hoc. >> >> Any hints, links? >> >> As always, thanks! >> >> -- >> -------------------------------------------- >> Med venlig hilsen/best regards >> Verner Kjærsgaard >> Novell Certified Linux Professional 10035701 >> www.os-academy.dk +45 56964223 >> -- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org >> > I really don't know, if any? Are they not two different beasts? I tried looking for info about XFS, any good links, homepage? -- -------------------------------------------- Med venlig hilsen/best regards Verner Kjærsgaard Novell Certified Linux Professional 10035701 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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Bad blocks on a ReiserFS volume. How to retrieve files?
by Silviu Marin-Caea 14 Aug '24

14 Aug '24

I have a large hard-disk (120 GB) on which some blocks went bad. Now, it cannot be mounted. Attached is what debugreiserfs says. What can I do; I'm newbie to reiserfs architecture. I thought that ReiserFS keeps copies of the superblock or something, like ext2/3 does. reiserfsck says "error occured looks like hardware problem. bread cannot read block 13271040". That's the actual number it displays. PS I have asked the same question on the reiserfs-list, but it's extremely low traffic. Maybe someone here knows more. Thank you Filesystem state: consistency is not checked after last mounting Reiserfs super block in block 16 on 0x1642 of format 3.6 with standard journal Count of blocks on the device: 29945160 Number of bitmaps: 914 Blocksize: 4096 Free blocks (count of blocks - used [journal, bitmaps, data, reserved] blocks): 29154954 Root block: 14969 Filesystem is NOT clean Tree height: 4 Hash function used to sort names: "r5" Objectid map size 10, max 972 Journal parameters: Device [0x0] Magic [0x34ae2c74] Size 8193 blocks (including 1 for journal header) (first block 18) Max transaction length 1024 blocks Max batch size 900 blocks Max commit age 30 Blocks reserved by journal: 0 Fs state field: 0x0 sb_version: 2 inode generation number: 35482 UUID: 48d29ced-fe37-4c68-adf8-32ace9f2be45 LABEL: Set flags in SB: ATTRIBUTES CLEAN

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Sorry SuSE: 9.1 is Waste of time and money!
by Terje J. Hanssen 17 May '24

17 May '24

I am sorry to conclude that my upgrade from SuSE 9.0 Pro to 9.1 Pro has been waste of time and money for me, so far. The same I have to say about the free SuSE "Installation support". The reason is that my SuSE 9.1 installation only detects 1 of my 3 SCSCI devices (as I wrote in another subject on this forum: http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-linux-e/2004-May/3254.html) Yamaha 4416S CDRW recorder detected HP DVD Writer 100i NOT detected Epson 1640SU scanner NOT detected It's rather stupid. I have installed 9.1 using the DVD disk just in the HP DVD drive, but after the installation of 9.1, the KDE/Konqueror /media/recorder cannot access it and YaST2 cannot install additional software from it. Only one "Cdrecorder" is found in My computer and that is the Yamaha 4416 drive, which the KDE/Konqueror file manager assign as /media/recorder11. I am sure 9.1 is the reason, as I hadn't this problems with 9.0. I have tried both an update and two several new installation of 9.1. Neither SJDS nor Windows on the same multiboot PC have problems to detect these devices. In my opinion SuSE should therefore debug 9.1 better and longer, and not leave the problems to the customers. I see SuSE notes on their web saying that they know SCSI scanners are not detected in 9.1. But regarding my HP DVD writer problem, the SuSE support (as usual) don't take the responsibility and argue that this problem (a combination of IDE disk and SCSI devices) isn't included in their free installation support! This sounds remarkable, and I have never had a modern PC of so simple model or configuration that it has fitted the limited rules for the free installation support. Terje J. Hanssen

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[SLE] RealPlayer G2 on SuSe 6.2
by yh＠ottawa.com 03 Apr '24

03 Apr '24

Yesterday, I finally got sound going on my Linux setup. I downloaded RealPlayer G2 and it worked beautifully. Today, RealPlayer run but no sound coming out. All other sound functions still work. I can still play my CD, have system sound BUT no sound when I run RealPlayer. /var/log/message said kernel: Sound: DMA (output) timed out - IRQ/DRQ config error? but KDE sound still work. I have re-installed RealPlayer 3 times now, still no sound when I run the RealPlayer. Any help is appreciated. Ying yh(a)ottawa.com -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/

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Creating a new user for a deamon
by Rowan Reid 15 Jan '24

15 Jan '24

I'm setting up a cron job for a analysis tool, I'm trying to use the SuSE tools where possible but YAST doent' allow you to create new user without a home I tried /dev/null is there a proper way to do this ? Rowan Reid Job Captain, Systems Administrator STUDIO 3 ARCHITECTS 909 982 1717

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Web Site Standards
by Bryan Tyson 25 Sep '21

25 Sep '21

On Wednesday 03 July 2002 03:38, Michael wrote: > I tried to visit this site. > http://www.bet365.com > The result upset me so much i sent them this. I sent the letter below, and I encourage everyone on the list to send a similar letter. ----------------------------------------- Subject: Create a Real Web Site Please From: Bryan S. Tyson <bryantyson(a)earthlink.net> To: webmaster(a)bet365.com When attempting to view your site using Konqueror 2.2.1 and Mozilla 0.9.4, both Linux web browsers, I was curtly informed that my browser is "incompatible." Your site, sir, is what is "incompatible." Stick with established standards and real html, not Microsoft proprietary "features." *************************************************** Powered by SuSE Linux 7.3 Professional KDE 2.2.1 KMail 1.3.1 This is a Microsoft-free computer Bryan S. Tyson bryantyson(a)earthlink.net ***************************************************

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Mount Windows NT(NTFS) drive as drive Z: for all users
by Keith Jacobs 25 Sep '21

25 Sep '21

We have an winNT server and need to auto mount a shared folder as if it were a windose mapped drive Z: on SuSE8 Could someone please explain how to do this and how to make sure it is set-up for every user everytime the system is booted. Thanks Regards Keith Jacobs New to Linux

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Adding fonts?
by Tracer Bullet 22 Aug '16

22 Aug '16

Hi all, Reading some mails on the GIMP mail list, I ran across the procedure to install some more fonts for not only Gimp, but the system and StarOffice to use also. Well, I installed the fonts, went to the shell and issued the command xset fp+ <font directory> and then the rehash command and all fonts are there! Ok, that went well, but each time I restart the system, I have to do it all over again? Is there a way to make it permanent and read the new fonts like it does the ones the system installs or is that a no-no? end of line Tracer Shell commands: xset fp+ <new font directory> xset fp rehash -- ---KMail 1.2--- SuSE Linux v7.2--- Registered Linux User #225206 /tracerb(a)sprintmail.com/ *Magic Page Products* *Team Amiga* http://home.sprintmail.com/~tracerb

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[opensuse] Where can I get genIS_PLAINcache
by Chuck Payne 09 Nov '15

09 Nov '15

Hi, I am trying to set up a simple repo, I read on the opensuse site about a binary called genIS_PLAINcache, because I can't see to find it or the package yast2-packmanager either. Can someone help. I am setting this repo up for SLE9, I have tried to use createrepo but I keeping getting errors. -- ---------------------------------------- When a place gets crowded enough to require ID's, social collapse is not far away. It is time to go elsewhere. The best thing about space travel is that it made it possible to go elsewhere. -- Robert Heinlein -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] DenyHosts daemon mode on openSUSE 11.3
by LLLActive＠GMX.Net 23 Jan '15

23 Jan '15

Hi, I am trying to run DenyHosts on OS 11.3. I can get it to sync and update the hosts.deny file, but with "rcdenyhosts status" it reports as being "unused" just after I started it with "rcdenyhosts start". I tried also with yast, setting up as a service (daemon) and starting it. It also stops immediately. In the denyhosts.log file there is no error info, just what it used to set it up at start. I've gone through the configs several times, no joy. Anyone got DenyHosts running properly? :-/ Dreiel -- 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] Android print solution?
by David C. Rankin 15 Jul '13

15 Jul '13

Guys, With the iphone we were able to configure good print function via CUPS/Avahi, is there anything similar that can be done with an Android tablet? Looking, it doesn't appear that there is any basic print capability provided by Android (3.2 Honeycomb). I would like to print to by openSuSE server in the same manner I do from iOS. Anybody found a good solution? I have found PrintBot, but that isn't a solution because it cannot be used legally where confidentiality is required. (data is transferred to a 3rd party server before printing). I need to find a direct print solution. What says the braintrust? -- 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] openSUSE on ASUS Tranformer?
by Vojtěch Zeisek 23 Mar '13

23 Mar '13

Hi all, as openSUSE 12.2 for ARM is now out, see http://news.opensuse.org/2012/11/06/opensuse-12-2-for-arm-final/ I wonder if there is some (easy) possibility to install it to my ASUS Transformer TF300T. I'd like to keep Android and use it as dual boot. Have a nice day! Vojta -- Vojtěch Zeisek Komunita openSUSE GNU/Linuxu Community of the openSUSE GNU/Linux http://www.opensuse.org/ http://trapa.cz/

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[opensuse] Re: Re: UEFI
by JtWdyP 27 Jan '13

27 Jan '13

It would appear that on Oct 24, Greg Freemyer did say: > The keys themselves are public, but you as the hardware owner will > have to approve keys being added to public key database and therefore > ensure you are only adding public keys for entities you trust. "trust"??? OK if I'm supposed to add keys based on trust, how to subtract Microsoft??? {snicker} Actually I'm wondering about this: These public keys are effectively embedded in the kernel code somehow right? Or would it be possible for knowledgeable PC owner, to create his own "trust" key set. And then use it to "sign" an existing, older, formerly unsigned kernel. Then as PC Owner, add that key... {You see where I'm going with this right?} And if so, is there any reason that technique couldn't be used to install and run something like dos? {I have a couple of antique games you see} -- JtWdyP -- 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] openSUSE 11.4 updates?
by James Knott 11 Jan '13

11 Jan '13

I've noticed that there haven't been any updates for 11.4 recently. Has it moved to Evergreen? If so, how do I switch? I currently run 11.4 on my firewall. -- 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] Firefox "open with Package Installer" failure
by Marco Calistri 09 Jan '13

09 Jan '13

Hi openSUSErs, Would like to know if somebody else is facing same problem as me attempting to install a rpm package from Firefox. For example, trying to install a new version of VirtualBox by clicking on the rpm link, opens correctly Package Installer but the process fails to an error message stating that process has been interrupted by the user. Anybody have same issue? I am using openSUSE 12.2. Cheers, -- Marco Calistri (amdturion) opensuse 12.2 (Mantis) 64 bit - Kernel 3.4.11-2.16-desktop Gnome 3.4.2 Intel® Core™ i5-2410M CPU @ 2.30GHz × 4 - Intel® Sandybridge Mobile -- 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] watermarks when printing with cups ?
by Per Jessen 09 Jan '13

09 Jan '13

I'm experimenting with adding a watermark/letterhead to a cups printing queue. I've seen a couple of suggestions on the net, the most promising ones by way of a cups filter and some postscript trickery. My problem is right now that the printjobs are sent as PJL, which ps2pdf, pdftk etc. cannot or will not deal with. My situation is essentially - I have a letterhead document (in odt, pdf or ps format) that I would like to add to every page printed in a dedicated cups queue. I don't want to fiddle with the *office setup on any individual PC, I want this to happen transparently. Any suggestions? -- Per Jessen, Zürich (2.9°C) http://www.dns24.ch/ - free DNS hosting, made in Switzerland. -- 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] Can't boot VM - need to have a kernel first?
by Greg Freemyer 06 Jan '13

06 Jan '13

All, I've got a vmware VM I haven't used a few weeks. This is a Win7 laptop, but the VM is openSUSE 12.2. When I try to boot it tells me it can't load the initial ram disk because it has to have a kernel loaded first. I've attached a screenprint. I've got other openSUSE VM's on this laptop, but I don't have a openSUSE ISO / CD / DVD handy. What's a good way to fix this? If I download the network install CD, will it have a repair option? fyi: Nothing overly valuable on VM, I just have it configured to do packaging work, so it will save me some hassle not to have trash it. Greg

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[opensuse] diagram editor
by Hans Witvliet 04 Jan '13

04 Jan '13

Hi all, I'm looking for an alternative diagram editor (mainly for networks) At work some use visio, that has nice libraries, but is handling connection in a horrible way. I was starting to use "dia" but it's output gave me harsh comments from co-workers. So, any other alternatives? Someone pointed towards yED (fom http://www.yworks.com) But the fact that you have to download a bin blob (it is neither in the OBS:editors nor in anyones home:/ dir), which you have run is a bit suspicious. (perhaps i'm paranoid or so) Hans -- 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] The 12.2 installer is smarter than I thought
by Anton Aylward 04 Jan '13

04 Jan '13

A while back I asked about upgrading Mandriva to openSuse and wondered how smart the installer was. was told that cross distribution upgrades normally didn't work, but that Mageia was written by people that had left mandrake when it became Mandriva and that Mageia could update Mandrake/Mandriva. See early post for my reasons. Well thank you guys, I did upgrade to Mageia 2 and am happy with that. But I also put Mageia on a scratch machine and pushed it around in was that I wouldn't dream of for a production machine .... you know the kind of abuse .... :-) And then I decided to put openSuse 12.2 on the scratch machine. In went the DVD, reboot and when it do the the screen where I said "probing ..." it then offered "Install or upgrade". WTF I picked upgrade and Lo And Behold the installer was smart enough to upgrade my Mageia to openSuse ! Well almost. When it got to the bootloader it tried to install LILO. Nonono, I'd been using grub. I went back and it did not offer me a choice of the bootloader. It then muffed Lilo and and I had a system that wouldn't boot. You can, I found, "upgrade" all over again, but it still doesn't want to use grub. Close .... so close .... -- In the beginning was The Word and The Word was Content-type: text/plain -- 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] SKYPE 4.1 available
by Marco Calistri 02 Jan '13

02 Jan '13

Hi folks, Just to inform eventual interested about the availability of SKYPE 4.1 for Linux. I installed the "dynamic tar.bz" version and have to add also libQtWebKit4-32bit in order to execute the binary. Happy new year! -- Marco Calistri (amdturion) opensuse 12.2 (Mantis) 64 bit - Kernel 3.4.11-2.16-desktop Gnome 3.4.2 Intel® Core™ i5-2410M CPU @ 2.30GHz × 4 - Intel® Sandybridge Mobile -- 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] Chicony internal USB webcam too dark
by Roger Luedecke 02 Jan '13

02 Jan '13

When the camera first initializes it looks right for about one second, then goes dark. In Cheeze I can adjust the brightness, but this of course doesn't work in Skype or Google Hangouts. Also Cheeze hangs when trying to record video. I'd like to fix this of course. Bus 001 Device 002: ID 04f2:b008 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd USB 2.0 Camera -- 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] thunderbird can't exit full screen
by lynn 01 Jan '13

01 Jan '13

Hi 12.2 with XFCE When I hit 'Write' in tb, it fills the whole screen. There is no window border and the write window fills the whole screen. I have to do File > Close to get rid of it. How can I get the borders back so I can manipulate and resize the write window? I've tried pressing Esc, but nothing. Thanks, L x -- 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] AverMedia A867R DVT-T tunner driver
by Bogdan Cristea 31 Dec '12

31 Dec '12

Hi Does anyone know a driver for USB tunner mentioned above that works on openSUSE 12.2 ? The manufacturer provides the driver sources, but they are not updated and the driver does not work with newer versions of Linux kernel. thanks -- Bogdan -- 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] thunderbird can't exit full screen
by lynn 31 Dec '12

31 Dec '12

Hi 12.2 with XFCE When I hit 'Write' in tb, it fills the whole screen. There is no window border and the write window fills the whole screen. I have to do File > Close to get rid of it. How can I get the borders back so I can manipulate and resize the write window? I've tried pressing Esc, but nothing. Thanks, L x -- 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's this in vi?
by Jun Hu 31 Dec '12

31 Dec '12

Hi Guys: when I use vi in a terminal : gnome-terminal or tty , I found it appeared a number and ">" in the left column reproducible ways in my pc: 1. vi filename 2.wait 10 seconds 3.apppear "5>" (or other digit) in the left column. I take a screenshot in the attachement. what is that ? I have installed rpms as follows: junwork:/usr/src/linux/net/bridge/netfilter # rpm -qa | grep vim vim-base-7.3.566-1.5.1.x86_64 vim-python-7.3.566-1.5.1.x86_64 vim-plugin-showmarks-2.2-13.6.1.noarch vim-enhanced-7.3.566-1.5.1.x86_64 vim-plugin-a-2.18-13.6.1.noarch vim-data-7.3.566-1.5.1.noarch vim-plugin-colorschemes-1.0-13.6.1.noarch vim-7.3.566-1.5.1.x86_64 vim-plugin-gitdiff-2-13.6.1.noarch the attachment 's file list: vimrc : /etc/vimrc root_vim.tbz : ~/.vim*

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