February 2012 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] Stumped
by Billie Walsh 18 Feb '12

18 Feb '12

I've been googling for hours and can't get this one figured out. I'm no purist. If there's a piece of software that works well and the way I want it I don't care if it's KDE or Gnome. I'm trying to get Dropbox installed. Following instruction on two or three different pages I thought I had everything downloaded and ready to install. There still seems to be some Nautilus dependencies that I just can't seem to resolve. I had the idea of adding the gnome repositories. Loads of links to openSUSE gnome repositories but not the standard repos that are in the regular Gnome installation. Is there some simple way to just add the standard Gnome repos to the list? -- “The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government lest it come to dominate our lives and interests”. - Patrick Henry - _ _... ..._ _ _._ ._ ..... ._.. ... .._ -- 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] Multiple VPN connections
by richard -rw- weinberger 18 Feb '12

18 Feb '12

Hi! Why can't I connect to multiple VPNs using Networkmanager? -- Thanks, //richard -- 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] domUloader/kpartx issues
by James Pifer 17 Feb '12

17 Feb '12

I'm hoping someone here can shed some light on this problem. The problem I'm having is with sles, not opensuse. I have a ticket open with Novell, my SAN vendor, and I've posted to xen mailing list. Any help is appreciated. I'm having a lot of problems with some pv domU's getting "Boot loader didn't return any data!" when trying to start them. Some will start fine on one server, but not on another with the same physical disk presented from a SAN. If I migrate the domU to the other server it will work, until it is shutdown. Then it won't restart. (Live Migrate works fine....This is only mentioned to show that the disk CAN be accessed and the domU CAN run on this server.) Here's some background. * Pooled servers are sles11sp1 with kernel 2.6.32.49-0.3-xen * xen version xen-4.0.2_21511_04-0.5.1 * multipath-tools-0.4.8-40.44.1 * VMs are sles11sp1 and some sles10 * Disks are provided by an Active/Active SAN * Servers are using multipath * Third party software (Convirture Enterprise) controls access to disk to prevent contention for the same disk * Live Migrate on functioning domU's works fine * If domU is then shut down, it will not start back up I can add the same disks to an hvm domU and boot off system-rescue CD and I can mount the ext3 file systems of the disks fine. . If I look at it with kpartx I get: xen07:~ # kpartx -l /dev/mapper/360030d900825cc06b07a721f577b3f62 360030d900825cc06b07a721f577b3f62p1 : 0 4194304 /dev/mapper/360030d900825cc06b07a721f577b3f62 2048 360030d900825cc06b07a721f577b3f62p2 : 0 37746688 /dev/mapper/360030d900825cc06b07a721f577b3f62 4196352 xen07:~ # kpartx -a /dev/mapper/360030d900825cc06b07a721f577b3f62 device-mapper: create ioctl failed: Device or resource busy create/reload failed on 360030d900825cc06b07a721f577b3f62p1 device-mapper: create ioctl failed: Device or resource busy create/reload failed on 360030d900825cc06b07a721f577b3f62p2 If I do this for a VM that I know 100% certain will boot, kpartx -a adds the mappings fine. Then I can delete them. How can I determine why a physical device is locked or busy and who has control of it? I have done quite a bit of testing and it seems that every time a domU gets this error, it is also not accessible with kpartx. I guess that makes sense. See the chart below. Two vms: Server vm1 vm2 xen05 boot & kpartx fail boot & kpartx fail xen06 boot & kpartx fail boot & kpartx fail xen07 boot & kpartx fail boot & kpartx success xen08 boot & kpartx success boot & kpartx success xen09 boot & kpartx success boot & kpartx success I have another issue that is possibly even related where I can't boot ANY pv domU's that are trying to boot off a full snapshot of the disk. At this point I don't know if it's a locking issue or not. I really need to get the above problem resolved then move on to the snapshot issue. Best Regards, James -- 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] Luks and systemd
by michael getachew 17 Feb '12

17 Feb '12

Before I mention my issue here is my setup : I have 2 installations one use to be 11.4 (now 12.1) and it's a regular installation of opensuse 64 bit (all are 64 bit) which is I suppose sort of my backup installation which I use when I mess things up in the main and need to fix it, my main installation is on an encrypted 2tb disk (full encryption serpent-xts-benbi entire / even /home is on it) /dev/sdb1 . and also my real /boot is on the backup /dev/sda1 now here is my problem , until recently it all worked fine the sda1 had 11.4/sysv init on it and I was running 12.1 and later factory on my sdb1 .now when I boot the boot messages pass and I even see a line asking me password for the sdb1 but it's followed by other messages and I can't input the password and it goes into waiting mode for the encrypted partition to somehow magically show up , and when I type the password it's displayed in plain text and it won't have any effect at all. I am thinking luks/cryptsetup isn't for some reason allowed to receive input from stdin. and it sounds like a systemd(or maybe luks) thing to me. now I am stuck using my backup installation , I normally use custom built kernels (which I know isn't supported) . serpent,xts and xfs(my file system for the encrypted /) are built into the kernel so it's not a module or kernel issue. I'd really appreciate any help on this . -Cheers -- 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] Xerox Phaser 6140N
by Robert Benjamin 17 Feb '12

17 Feb '12

In Suse 12.1 I'm unable to detect my Xerox Phaser 6140N USB printer. In the add printer box, under add new printer is just says printer not detected. Newbie here. Thanks. Bob -- 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] Xerox Phaser 6140N
by Robert Benjamin 17 Feb '12

17 Feb '12

On 02/17/2012 08:32 AM, Robert Benjamin wrote: > > > On 02/17/2012 04:18 AM, Johannes Meixner wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> On Feb 16 14:23 Robert Benjamin wrote (excerpt): >>> In Suse 12.1 I'm unable to detect my Xerox Phaser 6140N USB printer. >>> In the add printer box, under add new printer is just says >>> printer not detected. >> >> In general see >> http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:How_to_Report_a_Printing_Issue >> >> Perhaps your issue is the same as in >> http://www.cups.org/newsgroups.php?s1+gcups.bugs+v1+T0+Q%22Xerox+Phaser+601… >> >> http://www.cups.org/newsgroups.php?s1+gcups.bugs+v3+T0+Q%22Xerox+Phaser+601… >> >> >> FYT, >> as far as I see in the product specification at Xerox >> the Xerox Phaser 6140N is a real PostScript printer. >> In this case use the PPD file from Xerox to set up the printer, see >> http://en.opensuse.org/Concepts_printing >> and >> http://en.opensuse.org/YaST_Printer >> >> >> Kind Regards >> Johannes Meixner > > Installed the driver from Xerox. But in add printer, the box shows > local or network printer. and I get this message in both local or > network printer. "FirewallD is not running. Network printer detection > needs services mdns, ipp-client, samba-client enabled on firewall." > Then in a minute the box times out. Where is this firewall and how can > I enable these things. Sorry, I'm a novice > here. Bob -- 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] KIWI: How to prevent installation of specific packages
by Esztermann, Ansgar 17 Feb '12

17 Feb '12

Hello everyone, I am trying to build a Live System with KIWI. Unfortunately, I cannot use the resulting system, since logins via kdm fail with a ConsoleKit error. Tracking down that error seems to be difficult and time-consuming (the same error message leads to multiple rhb and bnc entries with diverse solutions), so before I invest in bug-hunting, I would like to try the easy way out: switch from systemd to sysvinit. However, that is easier said than done. The only option I have found to exclude packages is <packages type="delete">, but apparently, that does just what it says: the package is deleted after being installed, rather than excluded in the first place. This means I cannot build the image, since there is a conflict between sysvinit-init and systemd-sysvinit. Any ideas on how to avoid this conflict? Thanks, A. -- Ansgar Esztermann DV-Systemadministration Max-Planck-Institut für biophysikalische Chemie, Abteilung 105 -- 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] eSATA hotplug
by Peter Suetterlin 17 Feb '12

17 Feb '12

Hello List, I just bought myself a new (SSD) harddisk and used the opportunity to switch from 11.4 to 12.1 What I can say so far is that at least I am not impressed. There's too much struggling already with nasty little things that were fine in 11.4. One of those things is my docking station, which has among other things an eSATA port with a disk connected to it. When I inserted my computer in the dock, it would rescan the bus and recognize the new disk so I could mount it. In 11.4 that was. Now, with 12.1, it just does - nothing. No scan, /proc/partitions doesn't list it, I cannot mount it. >From my old SCSI days I remembered the rescan-scsi-bus.sh script, and this one does activate the disk. But this cannot be the solution. So who's the one to blame? Kernel? Udev? Something else? Anyone else having similar trouble? Pit -- Dr. Peter "Pit" Suetterlin http://www.astro.su.se/~pit Institute for Solar Physics Tel.: +34 922 405 590 (Spain) P.Suetterlin(a)royac.iac.es +46 8 5537 8507 (Sweden) Peter.Suetterlin(a)astro.su.se -- 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 sync IMAP to IMAP
by lynn 17 Feb '12

17 Feb '12

Hi -I can store around 300 messages with my isp. -I can redirect messages from my isp to my gmail account. -Is there a way I can _sync_ the messages from my isp IMAP to my gmail IMAP leaving a copy in each? 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] bugzilla change email-addres
by Hans de Faber 17 Feb '12

17 Feb '12

I have a novel bugzilla accoount from years ago. It has an old email adress. The bugzilla helpfile told me that I can change my email addres in, chapter 5.10.4. Name and Password But I have only the following tabs: General Preferences Email Preferences Saved searches Permissions No tab "Name and Password". Question: Is it possible to change my email addres and How ? Thanks 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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