March 2012 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] RE: Sony Vaio / i845 / DRM / GPU hanging too fast, declaring wedged!
by Duaine Hechler 16 Apr '12

16 Apr '12

Hi, I am trying to update my brother-in-law's computer which is a Sony Vaio (~2001) with 11.4 and KDE (11.4's version). And I keep getting random screens with B/W lines or just will not respond or several other errors. When I look at the F10 screen, I see messages about DRM errors and GPU hanging too fast....... What is the fix ? Thanks, Duaine -- Duaine Hechler Piano, Player Piano, Pump Organ Tuning, Servicing& Rebuilding Reed Organ Society Member Florissant, MO 63034 (314) 838-5587 dahechler(a)att.net www.hechlerpianoandorgan.com -- Home& Business user of Linux - 11 years -- 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] how to change users home directory
by lynn 15 Apr '12

15 Apr '12

12.1 LXDE Hi I want to move a home directory from /home/lynn to /home2/lynn I used Yast to set the new directory. All is well but now I do not show up in the ldxe login screen (I have to type my username rather than click on my icon in the login list) and login takes over 3 minutes. Moving back to /home/lynn works fine. I've also tried editing /etc/passwd directly with the same results. I have emptied my .cache folder and also emptied /tmp. I'm using lxdm login manager. Permissions are corect on the new folder. Why does the new login take so long? 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] Poor performance in 12.1
by James Knott 12 Apr '12

12 Apr '12

Stortly after openSUSE 12.1 was release, I upgraded a computer that had previously been running 11.0 very well. However, since installing 12.1, I've noticed frequent, extensive disk activity, that essentially renders my computer unresponsive for several seconds. I don't have to be doing anything for this disk activity to start. Has anyone else experienced this? Fixes? tnx jk -- 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] SAMBA.
by Steven Hess 11 Apr '12

11 Apr '12

I am trying to allow a Windows 7 machine to access files on my main computer. Under Linux I just use NFS and all Linux boxes can see all network shares if they have an IP address to start with. No username and password monkey business. With SAMBA this seems impossible. The Windows machine user is presented with demand for a username and password that have never been created. The SAMBA shared directories are visible from the Windows 7 client but just un-accessible. Is it not possible to not require a user name and password combination? This is on openSUSE 12.1. There is nothing I can find on the openSUSE Wiki and I see no SAMBA articles when I look for articles at the openSUSE site. NFS just works SAMBA is non functional. The stuff I am seeing when I google is just confusing nonsense that isn't openSUSE specific. Steven -- ____________ Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 Skype user flamebait Cell 661 487 0357 (Facetime) Google Voice 661 769 6201 openSUSE Linux 12.1 -- 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] LXDE how to set default browser
by lynn 05 Apr '12

05 Apr '12

12.1 LXDE Firefox is the default which doesn't make sense for LXDE. e.g. chromium says: Chromium cannot determine or set the default browser. None of the google suggestions work:-( Can it be done? 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] openSuSE does't detect Android cellphone
by Stan Goodman 04 Apr '12

04 Apr '12

I have a new Android cellphone, my first. This is an HTC Aria. I want to e able to exchange files between this phone and my desktop inux box --oS v11.4 at the moment. I expected that the phone would be recognized when connected to a USB port, just like any other USB device, but it isn't. I assume there is a way to get openSuSE to detect the phone. Can someone telll me what it is? -- Stan Goodman Qiryat Tiv'on Israel -- -- 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 does 127.0.1.1 mean?
by lynn 04 Apr '12

04 Apr '12

12.1 Hi We have a bind nameserver for our 192 domain. For a non static IP client I have to set the line: 127.0.1.1 hostname.domain hostname in /etc/hosts otherwise hostname -f and lots of other stuff doesn't work. 1. Why? 2. What should the file /etc/HOSTNAME contain? a. fqdn b. hostname 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] Gnome 3.4, Libreoffice 3.5 in openSUSE?
by Swapnil Bhartiya 03 Apr '12

03 Apr '12

Hi, I am curious when will Gnome 3.4 will be available for openSUSE? It's not in factory (I am running Milestone 2). Even LibreOffice 3.5 is not there yet, it's been a month of release I guess. On the contrary Ubuntu has all the latest packages. I am just curious to know about the update strategy of openSUSE. I do love to play with latest packages and write about them so just wanted to know if I am missing something or it does take time for openSUSE to update to the latest packages. Best Swapnil -- 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] Is my machine too old for OS 12.1 ?
by Paul Ollion 03 Apr '12

03 Apr '12

Hello knowledgeable people I have just installed OpenSuse 12.1 on a not very young PC with AMD Athlon processor socker 362 ; 1048 Mhz and 1.5 Gb. ram I installed LXce The usb mouse leaves a trailing suite of cursor arrows along its course The keyboard does not work unless I change to console #1 and come back to #7 my root and user passwords are recognised in Lxce but not in console mode where the machine has been given a strange name : 'Asparagus' I tried several updates, which is not easy under these circumstances but the kernel update always fails, sometimes just about 98 or 99 % which is most frustrating and I find some strange error messages in /var/log/messages; Here is a sample : Mar 24 20:53:24 atelier collectd[3031]: uc_update: Value too old: name = WebYaST/df/df-root; value time = 1332618804; last cache update = 1332618804; Mar 24 20:53:24 atelier collectd[3031]: Filter subsystem: Built-in target `write': Dispatching value to all write plugins failed with status -1. Mar 24 20:53:26 atelier kernel: [ 1055.469794] nouveau_ratelimit: 147111 callbacks suppressed Mar 24 20:53:26 atelier kernel: [ 1055.469806] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: PGRAPH - NOTIFY nsource: DATA_ERROR nstatus: INVALID_STATE BAD_ARGUMENT Mar 24 20:53:26 atelier kernel: [ 1055.469823] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: PGRAPH - ch 1/7 class 0x0042 mthd 0x0304 data 0x20002000 Mar 24 20:53:26 atelier kernel: [ 1055.469831] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: PGRAPH - NOTIFY nsource: STATE_INVALID nstatus: INVALID_STATE BAD_ARGUMENT Mar 24 20:53:26 atelier kernel: [ 1055.469844] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: PGRAPH - ch 1/3 class 0x004a mthd 0x0404 data 0x00180018 Mar 24 20:53:26 atelier kernel: [ 1055.470050] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: PGRAPH - NOTIFY nsource: DATA_ERROR nstatus: INVALID_STATE BAD_ARGUMENT What do you think of it ? Is there a way out ? -- Paul Ollion Proud Linux user SuSE 11.3 -- 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] Should openSUSE review it's Security Policies?
by Larry Stotler 02 Apr '12

02 Apr '12

As many are aware, Linus Torvalds has started a rant about the security policies in openSUSE for things that require the root password. From his Google+ post(https://plus.google.com/102150693225130002912/posts/1vyfmNCYpi5), he names these: Time Zone changes Adding a Printer Adding a wireless network. Now, I don't usually see the wireless issue because KNetworkmanager in KDE3(which I use) has never asked the root password for adding a new network. While at 37, I've never changed timezones(I lead a boring life) I would have to agree that having to use the root password for this would be annoying if I needed to change it because of a flight or something. I've worked with Linus on a hardware issue years ago, and I think we should probably at least consider reviewing the policies if they do need changed. Just my 2 cents. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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