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[opensuse] Hard disk weirdness on an ancient laptop
by Carlos E. R. 18 Aug '13

18 Aug '13

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I got an ancient laptop (Pentium IV, 0.5GiB) as a present from a friend (you may remember the video problem I had with it, solved). It is "running" openSUSE 12.3. The hard disk it came with was totally useless. 20GB, full of write errors. So I bought a new one for it - I was lucky to locate a new unit with parallel IDE, 2.5" size, expensive for what it is: Hitachi Travelstar HD 2.5" 80GB IDE/ATA, 37.15€ plus 21% tax. Oh, well... no alternative. Well, I had located a 20GB unit, 15€ plus shipping, private person. Too small, probably. The 80GB unit I got from a reputable dealer, that I get almost all my hardware currently. The unit came sealed in its original bag. However... Smartctl test says it is an old unit: +++···················································· AmonLanc:~ # smartctl -a /dev/sda smartctl 6.0 2012-10-10 r3643 [i686-linux-3.7.10-1.1-default] (SUSE RPM) Copyright (C) 2002-12, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === Model Family: Hitachi Travelstar 5K160 Device Model: Hitachi HTS541680J9AT00 Serial Number: SB024CJGG8ZLMD LU WWN Device Id: 5 000cca 572c415d7 Firmware Version: SB2OA7AH User Capacity: 80,026,361,856 bytes [80.0 GB] Sector Size: 512 bytes logical/physical Device is: In smartctl database [for details use: -P show] ATA Version is: ATA/ATAPI-7 T13/1532D revision 1 Local Time is: Sat Aug 17 23:02:46 2013 CEST SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability. SMART support is: Enabled ... SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 16 Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds: ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE 1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x000b 100 100 062 Pre-fail Always - 0 2 Throughput_Performance 0x0005 100 100 040 Pre-fail Offline - 0 3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0007 162 162 033 Pre-fail Always - 1 4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0012 094 094 000 Old_age Always - 10256 5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 100 100 005 Pre-fail Always - 0 7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x000b 100 100 067 Pre-fail Always - 0 8 Seek_Time_Performance 0x0005 100 100 040 Pre-fail Offline - 0 9 Power_On_Hours 0x0012 056 056 000 Old_age Always - 19423 10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0013 100 100 060 Pre-fail Always - 0 12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 455 191 G-Sense_Error_Rate 0x000a 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 58 193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0012 099 099 000 Old_age Always - 10908 194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0002 177 177 000 Old_age Always - 31 (Min/Max 16/60) 196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0022 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0008 100 100 000 Old_age Offline - 0 199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x000a 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0 223 Load_Retry_Count 0x000a 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 SMART Error Log Version: 1 No Errors Logged SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1 Num Test_Description Status Remaining LifeTime(hours) LBA_of_first_error # 1 Short offline Completed without error 00% 19423 - # 2 Extended captive Completed without error 00% 19399 - # 3 Short offline Completed without error 00% 19399 - SMART Selective self-test log data structure revision number 1 SPAN MIN_LBA MAX_LBA CURRENT_TEST_STATUS 1 0 0 Not_testing 2 0 0 Not_testing 3 0 0 Not_testing 4 0 0 Not_testing 5 0 0 Not_testing Selective self-test flags (0x0): After scanning selected spans, do NOT read-scan remainder of disk. If Selective self-test is pending on power-up, resume after 0 minute delay. AmonLanc:~ # ····················································++- 19423 hours? How is that possible? And so many values at zero? If I am the victim of a fraud, surely it can not have 20Khours, right? That's too much for a laptop unit, they tend to break down earlier than 6000 hours. Maybe a refurbished disk, old chipset, new platter assembly? A bug in smartctl? - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlIP8/AACgkQtTMYHG2NR9XFFgCfUHFLReua+6mBgz2J5xho52Ua h/sAnA7Kmoehx1lkmKHJ/KVVcUbsbtF4 =lybL -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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[opensuse] recommendations on new system
by Damian Ivanov 17 Aug '13

17 Aug '13

Hi guys, I am going for a new system in a few days and I wanted to ask if some had to share experience: 1) Which one has better performance on openSUSE? AMD FX 8320 (in a lot reviews it has the best performance per Euro :) ) vs Intel CPU at same price range 2) A few years ago the question would be clear if I should go nVidia or ATI but what about now? Anybody experience with SLI/Crossfire? My gf needs to run Sims3 via wine :) which needs quite lot GPU performance and even more RAM (8G min :D) 3) What about RAM should I go for lower latency or higher MHZ? Thanks in advance :) -- 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] Odd messages about mariadb when upgrading from 12.2 to 12.3
by Per Jessen 17 Aug '13

17 Aug '13

I noticed the following during an upgrade (zypper dup): Installing: mariadb-5.5.32-1.4.2 ..........................[done] Additional rpm output: redirecting to systemctl stop mysql warning: /etc/my.cnf created as /etc/my.cnf.rpmnew warning: waiting to reestablish exclusive database lock warning: waiting to reestablish exclusive database lock redirecting to systemctl start mysql Job for n/a failed. See 'systemctl status n/a' and 'journalctl -n' for details. "n/a" ???? -- Per Jessen, Zürich (25.9°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] Slow file copying on openSUSE 12.3
by Roger Oberholtzer 17 Aug '13

17 Aug '13

I have done an installation of a new openSUSE 12.3 system. Amongst the odd problems I am having is slow file copying. It makes no difference what physical drives are involved. Copying an 80 MB takes 15-20 seconds. Bigger files taks correspondingly longer. It makes no difference if the copy is to the same directory or to a different partition or even a different disk. On a different 12.3 install with similar (not the same) hardware, the copy takes less than one second. Copying over the network to a computer in another city is faster... Copying to /dev/null is fast as expected. So it seems that it is the writing to a disk part that is the issue. The file systems are ext4 with the default settings used from installation. The system has these disks: [0:0:0:0] disk ATA WDC WD1000DHTZ-0 04.0 /dev/sda [1:0:0:0] disk ATA WDC WD2000FYYZ-0 01.0 /dev/sdb I see this in /var/log/messages, scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access ATA WDC WD1000DHTZ-0 04.0 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5 sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 1953525168 512-byte logical blocks: (1.00 TB/931 GiB) sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 4096-byte physical blocks sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00 sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA scsi 1:0:0:0: Direct-Access ATA WDC WD2000FYYZ-0 01.0 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5 ACPI: Invalid Power Resource to register! sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] 3907029168 512-byte logical blocks: (2.00 TB/1.81 TiB) sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00 sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA sdb: sdb1 sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI disk sda: sda1 sda2 sda3 sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI disk I do not see any complaints about the disks in the log file. To my eyes all looks as expected. Except for the slow speed. I am not sure what else to look at at this time. Anyone have any pointers? -- Yours sincerely, Roger Oberholtzer Ramböll RST / Systems Office: Int +46 10-615 60 20 Mobile: Int +46 70-815 1696 roger.oberholtzer(a)ramboll.se ________________________________________ Ramböll Sverige AB Krukmakargatan 21 P.O. Box 17009 SE-104 62 Stockholm, Sweden www.rambollrst.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] video problem with an ancient laptop
by Carlos E. R. 16 Aug '13

16 Aug '13

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I got an ancient laptop from a friend; he thinks that with only 512 MiB of RAM it is worthless ;-) It has a "Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz" CPU and the video is "Intel Corporation i845" from "Uniwill Computer Corp". The doc says "Intel® Extreme Graphics" The video is the problem. I tested Puppy Wary 5.2 - it works fine. It detects the video card but not the monitor, so I select from a list: 1024x768x16 h31.5-49,5v56-72. This works, fills the entire screen. I don't know if it is the maximum resolution, the documentation does not say (only that is «TFT 14” (N618) or 15” (N619-N620) XGA». The wikipedia lists XGA as "XGA 1024 768 4:3 0.786" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XGA#XGA_.281024.C3.97768.29) so it seems I have it right. During installation of openSUSE from DVD went perfect - slow, but uneventful. But on reboot, the display is incorrect. It looks like this +-------------------------------------+ | . | | . | | . | | 1 . 2 | | . | | . | | . | | . | |·····································| | | | | | 3 | | | | | +-------------------------------------+ Area '3' is bright white, '2' is black. The working area is only '1'. It is the same in text mode as in graphical mode. Using "nomodeset" I get an apparent resolution of 640x480, centered with wide black border, and no white region; thus usable, but much less than what the machine is capable off. I have removed plymouth and I'm booting to text mode. The normal kernel boot parameters are; showopts splash=verbose loglevel=3 console=tty1 display=1024x768 which does not work. Without "display=" I get the same results. I have not found documentation for the display option under "/usr/src/linux/Documentation" tree, so I do not know what to try there. At the moment I use: showopts splash=verbose console=tty1 loglevel=3 plymouth.enable=0 nomodeset I have tried: modeset=0 display=1024x768 --> white region nomodeset display=1024x768 --> 640*480 nomodeset display=1024*768 --> 640*480 display=1024x768 --> white region All official updates are applied. For X, the release notes say to do: Section "Device" Identifier "Default Device" Driver "intellegacy" EndSection This makes X not to start: [ 375.163] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module intellegacy [ 375.163] (II) UnloadModule: "intellegacy" [ 375.163] (II) Unloading intellegacy [ 375.163] (EE) Failed to load module "intellegacy" (module does not exist, 0) [ 375.163] (EE) No drivers available. :-O ! - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlIH8egACgkQtTMYHG2NR9UspgCeNsNiDZXs3aUGRB89f37uYU7B OkkAn3Vj7a3Ud/Hddp5P2NHvnnLkM4A+ =t+0d -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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[opensuse] after kernel upgrade - mount.nfs says "protocol not supported".
by Per Jessen 16 Aug '13

16 Aug '13

I am upgrading a 12.2 system to 12.3 and I decided I would start with the kernel (3.7.10-1.16). This system boots over PXE+TFTP+root-on-NFS, so I had to run mkinitrd with "-f nfs" (I don't know why mkinitrd didn't find out itself). When I try to boot with the newer kernel, I end up with mount.nfs saying "protocol not supported". The NFS server hasn't changed, it was running fine right up until I tried this kernel upgrade. I've reverted to the previous kernel (3.4.47-2.38). Any suggestions as to how to interpret "protocol not supported" ? -- Per Jessen, Zürich (21.8°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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Re: [opensuse] virtualbox installation Solved
by constant＠indo.net.id 15 Aug '13

15 Aug '13

On Thursday, August 15, 2013 08:54:27 AM Jeffrey L. Taylor wrote: > Quoting constant(a)indo.net.id <constant(a)indo.net.id>: > > On my 12.2 KDE box I am planning to use a virtual product and > > after findingseveral help sites on howto install e.g > > virtualbox I started> > wondering aboutthe availability of a virtualbox in Yast. > > Why should I go to the Oracle website as suggested in a howto, > > if Yast offersme an installation. Is it not complete and do > > I need> > anything > > else? > > Went to Yast and installed virtualbox with the idea that > > openSUSE would giveme a workable piece of software. But now > > I am stuck as> > I have no idea how tobegin. Where is the documentation for > > the Suse> > virtualbox? > Install virtualbox, virtualbox-qt, and DKMS. Reboot. Run > VirtualBox, note> capitalization. If you need help, click the help icon and it > will pull up> the documentation. I moved a virtual hard drive from an > Ubuntu box that> used the Oracle package to OpenSuSE box with OpenSuSE > packages. Worked> fine. > Thanks Jeffrey, In the list of additional packages for virtualbox virtualbox-qt and DKMS were not included. Installed virtualbox-qt but did not find DKMS. Does nort seem to be necessary because now virtualbox works.Thanks all. wassimpler as I thought. Small Yast mistake . ___________________________________________________________ indomail - Your everyday mail - http://indomail.indo.net.id -- 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] virtualbox installation
by constant＠indo.net.id 15 Aug '13

15 Aug '13

On Thursday, August 15, 2013 05:20:28 PM C wrote: > On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 5:03 PM, <constant(a)indo.net.id> wrote: > > On my 12.2 KDE box I am planning to use a virtual product and skipped > There is effectively no difference between the Oracle package > and the> openSUSE repo installed version. > > What problems are you having? You install it.. you start > it... you> install your gues operating systems into it. It is VERY easy > to use,> and very intuitive. If you need VirtualBox documentation, > then look> at http://www.VirtualBox.org There are no special tweaks for > openSUSE> (that I've noticed) other than the convenience of managing it > through> YaST. > Installed but the only virualbox item shown in the menu is vboxgtk which doesnothing. In konsole I get: ~> vboxgtk ERROR:root:Could not find any typelib for Gtk Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/vboxgtk", line 93, in <module> import vboxgtk File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/vboxgtk/__init__.py", line 46, in<module> from iface import main File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/vboxgtk/iface.py", line 29, in<module> from gi.repository import Gtk ImportError: cannot import name Gtk ___________________________________________________________ indomail - Your everyday mail - http://indomail.indo.net.id -- 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] virtualbox installation
by constant＠indo.net.id 15 Aug '13

15 Aug '13

On my 12.2 KDE box I am planning to use a virtual product and after findingseveral help sites on howto install e.g virtualbox I started wondering aboutthe availability of a virtualbox in Yast. Why should I go to the Oracle website as suggested in a howto, if Yast offersme an installation. Is it not complete and do I need anything else? Went to Yast and installed virtualbox with the idea that openSUSE would giveme a workable piece of software. But now I am stuck as I have no idea how tobegin. Where is the documentation for the Suse virtualbox? ___________________________________________________________ indomail - Your everyday mail - http://indomail.indo.net.id -- 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] Tearing/stepping windows after updating to KDE4.11?
by C 15 Aug '13

15 Aug '13

I just bumped up to KDE4.11, and I'm seeing something "new". It's minor, but visually annoying when I notice it. Basically if I move a window left or right, the window redraw steps... a portion of the window is always leading the rest, and the step point.. the tear?... drifts up the window from bottom to top. Once it reaches the top it starts over at the bottom again. It's like a wave flowing upward in the window. glxinfo gives me this: ---------------------------------------------- OpenGL vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation OpenGL renderer string: GeForce GTX 660 Ti/PCIe/SSE2 OpenGL version string: 4.3.0 NVIDIA 319.32 ---------------------------------------------- So, in theory it shouldn't be the video card.... Other info... uname -a Linux linux-s4o5.site 3.7.10-1.16-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri May 31 20:21:23 UTC 2013 (97c14ba) x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux cat /proc/cpuinfo vendor_id : AuthenticAMD cpu family : 16 model : 4 model name : AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 965 Processor Any ideas on this one? C. -- openSUSE 12.3 x86_64, KDE 4.11 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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