openSUSE Users December 2012

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[opensuse] openSUSE 12.2 kernel build failure.

by phi gcc

Hi All, New to opensuse, I try to build the newly installed machine with its current kernel version. Here is the trail of events. 1) fresh 12.2 install CY44$ /usr/bin/lsb-release -a LSB Version: n/a Distributor ID: SUSE LINUX Description: openSUSE 12.2 (x86_64) Release: 12.2 Codename: Mantis 2) Download 2 metapackages patterns-openSUSE-dev-basis patterns-openSUSE-devel-kernel 3) Downloaded kernel source thought may be they was there after the initial install. 4) make source suitable for non root compile. CY44$ cd /usr/src/linux CY44$ sudo chown -R phi . 5) Clone initial config and patch CONFIG_LOCAL_VERSION CY44$ make cloneconfig CY44$ vi .config # set CONFIG_LOCALVERSION="-2.16-phi" 6) Kernel build CY44$ make 7) Build RPM CY44$ make rpm-pkg make clean set -e; cd -P ..; ln -sf /usr/src/linux-3.4.11-2.16 kernel-3.4.11_2.16_phi /bin/sh /usr/src/linux-3.4.11-2.16/scripts/setlocalversion --save-scmversion set -e; cd -P ..; tar -cz --exclude SCCS --exclude BitKeeper --exclude .svn --exclude CVS --exclude .pc --exclude .hg --exclude .git -f kernel-3.4.11_2.16_phi.tar.gz kernel-3.4.11_2.16_phi/. set -e; cd -P ..; rm kernel-3.4.11_2.16_phi rm -f /usr/src/linux-3.4.11-2.16/.scmversion set -e; \ /bin/sh /usr/src/linux-3.4.11-2.16/scripts/mkversion > /usr/src/linux-3.4.11-2.16/.tmp_version set -e; \ mv -f /usr/src/linux-3.4.11-2.16/.tmp_version /usr/src/linux-3.4.11-2.16/.version rpm --target x86_64 -ta ../kernel-3.4.11_2.16_phi.tar.gz rpm: --target: unknown option make[1]: *** [rpm-pkg] Error 1 make: *** [rpm-pkg] Error 2 make rpm give the same results as make rpm-pkg Any ideas? Cheers, Phi -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

8 years, 7 months

[opensuse] how to turn off Tracker in a config file?

by Carlos F. Lange

Some package I installed made my KDE start using Gnome Tracker in addition to Nepomuk. tracker-miner-fs is using a tonne of memory and there are many tracker related processes. I know I can try disable it through the Applications/System/Search and Indexing tool, but I would like to turn it off automatically for all my 12.2 machines. Is there a config file setting that turns off Tracker? -- Carlos F Lange -- Recursive: Adj. See Recursive. -- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

8 years, 7 months

[opensuse] How to pass arguments to X from GDM?

by Roger Luedecke

I need to do the following, but don't want to switch to KDM: Set this DISPLAYMANAGER_KDM_LOCALARGS="-core" in /etc/sysconfig/displaymanager and also you have to switch to kdm. (Or investigate how to pass arguments to X via gdm or whatever you use.) When you have everything all right, ps should show Xorg -br :0 vt7 ... -core. Now it generates core files on crashes. You can set locations of those by: sysctl kernel.core_pattern=/core Is there any /core* after the freeze occurs? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

8 years, 7 months

[opensuse] automount 12.2: anything changed concerning wildcard keys?

by Joachim Schrod

Hi, I'm updating a 11.4 system to 12.2, so the change of behavior mentioned below might have happened in between. But I don't have appropriate systems with intermediate distributions to check, so I ask here... I use autofs (a.k.a. automount), with an entry in auto.master /net /etc/auto.net -soft,intr /etc/auto.net reads: * &:/ I.e., any host's root file system shall be available as an NFS share via /net/$HOST. In 11.4, this works. In 12.2, it doesn't. Starting automount with debug/foreground/verbose options (or calling autofs with -m) explains that the respective key (the host name) for /net is not known. Well, it shall be looked up and mounted by automount, but isn't... :-( There are no further error messages in automount output; not anything that would supply a lead for the root cause. I'm not yet ready to debug automount to get further information. ;-) I googled and didn't find any documented change of semantics for autofs/automount. Is this an expected change of behavior, or is this a bug? Here's hoping for more information, Joachim -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Joachim Schrod, Roedermark, Germany Email: jschrod(a)acm.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

8 years, 7 months

[opensuse] Fwd: Regarding 32-bit AMD Radeon HD Drivers for openSUSE 12.2

by Gaurav Sood

Hi all. I have just installed the 32-bit version openSUSE 12.2. I am facing issues with installing the driver for Radeon HD card. I have a 6470m card. I tried two solutions, and both of them failed: 1) 1-click installer for fglrx 2) atiupdate Both of them resulted in loss of GUI. I am looking for a generic solution which would enable me to install the driver on all architectures. Awaiting reply, Regards, Gaurav -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

8 years, 7 months

[opensuse] where ix xvnc

by phi gcc

Hi All, I can't start xvncserver despite I did install tightvnc package. $ cnf vncserver vncserver: searching ... ^M Program 'vncserver' is present in package 'tightvnc', which is installed on your system. Absolute path to 'vncserver' is '/usr/bin/vncserver'. Please check your $PATH variable to see whether it contains the mentioned path. $ vncserver vncserver: couldn't find "Xvnc" on your PATH. $ lsb-release -a LSB Version: n/a Distributor ID: openSUSE project Description: openSUSE 12.3 Milestone 2 (x86_64) Release: 12.3 Codename: Dartmouth Thanx in advance for any help. Cheers, Phi -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

8 years, 7 months

[opensuse] problem with viewing videos

by Bob Rea

I am still using 11.0. For some reason, upgrades don't work on this box. Another problem for another day. Anyway I upgraded firefox from 3.5 which was in the repo to 16.0.2. I did it from their site, not a suse rpm, because there is none for 11.0 anymore. I installed firefox at /usr/bin/firefox /usr/lib/firefox /usr/bin/X11/firefox Then I could not see videos. It told me to upgrade flash so I did, from the site given in the error message. It is installed at /usr/bin/flashplayer /usr/bin/X11/flashplayer and /usr/lib/flash-plugin KDE is 3.5.9 I still get the message that I need to upgrade flash and of course, can't see any video such as youtube. Video has been a problem. Firefox has shown them more consistently than Konqi. I may have conflicting or mixed up plugins and I really don't have all the codecs I should. How can I straighten all this out so I can see youtube etc? Plugins in attachments -- Bob Rea mailto:gapetard@stsams.org http://www.petard.us http://www.petard.us/blog http://www.petard.us/gallery Where is Bill Stringfellow now that we really need him?

8 years, 7 months

[opensuse] question about profiles (scpm)

by Carlos E. R.

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 I'm using profiles (scpm) in 11.4, and I see this line in /var/log/boot.msg: <6>[ 0.000000] Command line: root=/dev/disk/by-label/Root resume=/dev/disk/by-label/Swap splash=verbose quiet PROFILE=casa vga=0x317 However, although the choosen profile is correct, I don't know how it got there, because the keyword "profile" is not in grub's menu: minas-tirith:~ # grep -i profile /boot/grub/menu.lst minas-tirith:~ # grep -i casa /boot/grub/menu.lst minas-tirith:~ # How is it doing that trick? - -- Cheers Carlos E. R. (from 11.4, with Evergreen, x86_64 "Celadon" (Minas Tirith)) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (GNU/Linux) iF4EAREIAAYFAlDbIA4ACgkQja8UbcUWM1wg6wD+PFb8YmwtcksF4qy0R8dBJWD6 Bt6EUlaggy7SPSK0U3QA/iz8mX7tlnrsqWdcfnLxt8io0VPjP0goMZEhe6IYFCr1 =P4EZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

8 years, 7 months

[opensuse] netconfig running multiple times quickly

by Scott Simpson

OpenSUSE 12.2 I'm getting messages like Dec 23 10:56:35 madhatter netconfig: open lock for netconfig failed. Abort. in my messages file. I put the following debugging in /etc/sysconfig/network/scripts/functions.netconfig: function openLock() { test -z "$1" && return 1 PRGNAME=$1 PID=$$ PIDPATH="/var/run/$PRGNAME.pid" date >> /tmp/netconfig_debug echo "PRGNAME=$PRGNAME, PID=$PID, PIDPATH=$PIDPATH" >> /tmp/netconfig_debug if [ -e $PIDPATH ]; then # check if the process is still running OLDPID=`cat $PIDPATH` echo "OLDPID=$OLDPID" >> /tmp/netconfig_debug if [ ! -e "/proc/$OLDPID/cmdline" ]; then debug "pid does not exists; remove lock" # pid does not exists; remove lock rm $PIDPATH echo "Removing lock" >> /tmp/netconfig_debug else if grep "$PRGNAME" /proc/$OLDPID/cmdline >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then debug "process still running" echo "process still running" >> /tmp/netconfig_debug # process still running return 1; else debug "this pid is a different process; remove the lock" # this pid is a different process; remove the lock echo "pid is different process. Removing lock" >> /tmp/netconfig_debug rm $PIDPATH fi fi fi echo "lockfile created" >> /tmp/netconfig_debug echo -n "$PID" > $PIDPATH debug "lockfile created ($PIDPATH) for PID $PID" return 0 } and I get the following debug lines: Sun Dec 23 08:52:17 PST 2012 PRGNAME=netconfig, PID=25741, PIDPATH=/var/run/netconfig.pid lockfile created Sun Dec 23 08:52:17 PST 2012 PRGNAME=netconfig, PID=25737, PIDPATH=/var/run/netconfig.pid Sun Dec 23 08:52:17 PST 2012 PRGNAME=netconfig, PID=25745, PIDPATH=/var/run/netconfig.pid OLDPID=25741 OLDPID=25741 process still running process still running Sun Dec 23 08:52:22 PST 2012 Sun Dec 23 08:52:22 PST 2012 PRGNAME=netconfig, PID=25737, PIDPATH=/var/run/netconfig.pid lockfile created PRGNAME=netconfig, PID=25745, PIDPATH=/var/run/netconfig.pid OLDPID=25737 process still running Sun Dec 23 08:52:28 PST 2012 PRGNAME=netconfig, PID=25745, PIDPATH=/var/run/netconfig.pid lockfile created Notice how it is starting up a bunch of netconfig in parallel. Why is this happening? (I'm using NetworkManager for my interfaces). -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

8 years, 7 months

[opensuse] Setting up VNC - problems (was: XDMCP as an alternative to a KVM switch

by Anton Aylward

Well I tried for VNC rather than XDMCP. I installed TigerVNC on my desktop and on my mandriva-upgraded-to-Mageia2 server (thanks for the reference to that solution!) It went remarkably well. There's now a TigerVNC client menu item and I get a window asking for the server and the password. After starting (manually, I haven't bolted it into systemd yet) the server on the server, I filled in the popup and LO! IT WORKED FIRST TIME !! But I'm not pleased because it didn't really work. I got the window from the server (ain't it nice having a big screen so you can have an almost as bit window to another machine ... :-) ) BUT what was in it wasn't my desktop. It was a couple of xterms with error messages about 'locale'. I've tried fiddling with the ~/.vnc/xstartup but so far have had not resolved that. Googling around has produced some examples and ideas but none have worked so far. If anyone has any suggestions I'm open to ideas. Thanks. -- It is bad luck to be superstitious. - Andrew W. Mathis -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

8 years, 7 months

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openSUSE Users December 2012