September 2013 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] RE: CMS's
by Duaine Hechler 23 Sep '13

23 Sep '13

Looking for a CMS that will use all my existing files (images primarily) meaning my images, are already in directories and files, without having to reload them in a database, etc. -- Duaine Hechler Piano, Player Piano, Pump Organ - Tuning, Servicing & Rebuilding (314) 838-5587 / dahechler(a)att.net / www.hechlerpianoandorgan.com Home & Business user of Linux - 13 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] Problem with inactive RAID1 in Verify state
by Markus Egg 23 Sep '13

23 Sep '13

Hello, my Windows 7 crashed and put the fake-RAID1 in Verify-state. Previously the verification of the fakeRAID1 was possible with SuSE 12.1 like this: cat /proc/mdstat Personalities : [raid1] [raid0] [raid10] [raid6] [raid5] [raid4] md126 : active raid1 sdc[1] sdd[0] 1953511424 blocks super external:/md127/0 [2/2] [UU] [==>..................] resync = 10.5% (205884736/1953511556) finish=361.1min speed=80657K/sec md127 : inactive sdc[1](S) sdd[0](S) 6056 blocks super external:imsm unused devices: <none> But now there is a different situation: the whole thing does not boot to SUSE12.1, boot partiton is on some SSD and it says that it does not find /dev/disk/by-id/md-uuid-49818217:13c92065:79a2503c:31fc331d-part2 which is the boot partition according to /boot/grub/menu.lst . But I guess the RAID1 is the problem to be solved first, since in the Verify-state it does not come up: cat /proc/mdstat Personalities : [raid1] [raid0] [raid10] [raid6] [raid5] [raid4] md126 : inactive sdc[1] sdd[0] 3907023112 blocks super external:-md127/0 md127 : inactive sdc[1](S) sdd[0](S) 6056 blocks super external:imsm unused devices: <none> I am not that RAID expert so any help to activate this fakeRAID1 and start verifying would be appreciated. Thanks in advance. ME -- 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] EFI Boot Problem with 12.3 x64 and Intel Xeon Server
by andreil1 23 Sep '13

23 Sep '13

Hi ! I have assembled this server: Intel server m/b S1200BTL E98681-352 BMC Firmware 1.13.2825, ME Firmware 02.02.00.036 CPU Intel Xeon E3-1230 3.3GHz 8 GB RAM LSI 3Ware 9750-4i RAID L5 with 4x1TB WD hard drives SuSE 12.3 x64 installs fine (with 1st FAT EFI partition) from USB stick, however, after install process being complete and restart I have nothing but black screen and blinking cursor. Virtually nothing else, even grub2 prompt. In BIOS setup I see entry "opensuse", and LSI 3Ware RAID set as first boot device. I tried to change partition setup, nothing changed. I can boot only from USB stick, Anyone can suggest me what to do next ? Thanks in advance for any suggestion(s). Andrei -- 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] Email suggestions
by Graham Smith 23 Sep '13

23 Sep '13

On Monday 23 September 2013 11:59:45 Richard wrote: > At the risk of startng an email war: what suggestions might there be for > an email program? I have been using kmail for quite some time but find it > broken for me after a recent upgrade from 11.4 to 12.3. Email now coming You can always revert back to kde3 Kmail by installing kdepim3 - it works well. It can be installed from http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/KDE3/openSUSE_12.3/ -- Regards, Graham Smith -- 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 13.1 Beta
by Basil Chupin 23 Sep '13

23 Sep '13

One thing I noticed about 13.1 vs 12.3 is that 13.1 is faster and crisper in its workings. A personal feeling I know but I to me it is certainly "nippier". BC -- Using openSUSE 13.1, KDE 4.11.1 & kernel 3.11.1-3 on a system with- AMD FX 8-core 3.6/4.2GHz processor 16GB PC14900/1866MHz Quad Channel Corsair "Vengeance" RAM Gigabyte AMD3+ m/board; Gigabyte nVidia GTX550Ti 1GB DDR5 GPU -- 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] Pulseaudio small CPU spikes
by John Andersen 22 Sep '13

22 Sep '13

I was top watching (an addiction of mine) while surfing the web reading news and such, and I noticed as each web page is loaded, even those with no sound such as www.opensuse.org that pulseaudio would jump up and consume 2 or 3% cpu for a brief instant (second or two). I was ready to launch a witch hunt to find out what PulseAudio was doing with my sound card. Then on a lark, I switched from Chrome to Firefox. Pulseaudo was flat lined. Does nothing at all. Then I tried Konqueror Again no pulseaudio usage at all. (Side issue: man that Kong browser has improves while I wasn't paying attention. Too bad it locked up my machine using 100% CPU while closing it with three tabs open). Switch back to Chrome, and Pulse is eating cycles again. I've not authorized Chrome to use the mic. In fact I've specifically denied it that authority when it popped up the authorization screen. (Thanks for asking Google, but it appears that horse has left the barn already.). Note: this machine does NOT actually HAVE a microphone (unless I plug one in). And even with the volume cranked up, the web pages are not producing any sound, or navigation clicks. So I started digging around in and the Extensions. I discovered that the DISABLING the Google Voice extension stops its use of PulseAudio. (Google Voice normally makes no sound unless a text message arrives or something). Any clues on how I can find out just what Pulseaudio is being asked to do? Is there any diagnostics I can run to see whats going on in real time? -- _____________________________________ ---This space for rent--- -- 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] A Different Problem with Nvidia
by Daniel Feiglin 21 Sep '13

21 Sep '13

Hello! After several years with 11.3, I bit the bullet and did a clean 12.3/KDE install. All went well, except that the only resolutions available are 640x480 and 320x240. Are we back to editing Xorg.conf? (I installed the default drivers which gave me 1024x768; the Nvidia driver gave me the former worse situation.)FWIW, I have a GeoForce 8500 GT and a 24" LG screen which does 1920x1080@60Hz. Oh, for the good old days of Sax2 ... Any ideas? Daniel -- 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] 12.3: input method can't switch in KDE3, KDE4, Gnome, fvwm
by jdebert 21 Sep '13

21 Sep '13

I am having troubles after upgrading from 12.1 to 12.3. I hope someone can help me. One problem is that I am no longer able to switch input method on Japanese keyboard using zenkaku-hankaku key or any other defined key combination. I presently have scim and Anthy configured, as it was before the upgrade. System languages are English and Japanese. System is a US laptop with US 104 key. I have attached a Logicool multimedia Japanese keyboard defined as OADG109A in the configuration of KDE3 and Gnome. One problem is that the input method can no longer be switched from the keyboard using zenkaku-hankaku key or any other defined key combination but the keyboard can be switched between US and JA. I am using scim and Anthy, which I've been using since 10.1. System languages are English and Japanese. System is a laptop with US 104 key. Attached is a Logicool Japanese multimedia keyboard defined as OADG109A in the configurations of KDE and Gnome. I am using KDE3 and fvwm. The other window managers are still problematic and not very usable. ibus can only switch input method by much trouble and effort using series of mouse clicks and then it keeps automatically switching input method back to system default keyboard. ibus was uninstalled. scim loads the system default configuration when it restarts. It only reloads the user configuration when user logs out then logs in again. Does this problem seem familiar to anyone? Thank you. jd -- 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] iso file from Blu-Ray disc: how to play it or read contents?
by Basil Chupin 21 Sep '13

21 Sep '13

I created an iso file from a Blu-Ray disc but am unable to even read what is on the disc nor can I play the movie which I believed was possible when doing same with a standard DVD. Is there some file I need to install in oS in order to be able to play this iso file or is it the case that I need to burn the iso to a 50GB Bd disc before I can view the contents? Thanks for any hints. BC -- Using openSUSE 12.3, KDE 4.11.1 & kernel 3.11.1-2 on a system with- AMD FX 8-core 3.6/4.2GHz processor 16GB PC14900/1866MHz Quad Channel Corsair "Vengeance" RAM Gigabyte AMD3+ m/board; Gigabyte nVidia GTX550Ti 1GB DDR5 GPU -- 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] auto spin-down of unplugged USB drive
by Peter 20 Sep '13

20 Sep '13

A laptop I acquired had Ubuntu already installed, and when playing about with that I found that my external 2.5in IDE hard drive, attached via USB, would spin down and its light extinguish when unmounting it, which was quite nifty. In openSUSE, however, across multiple distro versions and machines, on unmounting the device, it remains powered and spinning. Even when I suspend to RAM for the night, although the disk light goes off I can still faintly hear it spinning. I presume this is desktop-agnostic behaviour since the same occurs in both KDE and XFCE. It means I would need to shut down the computer to truly bring the spining to a halt before moving the drive to another machine, which I do a lot. Is there any simple policy that I can adjust somewhere to change this, without delving into tedious configs? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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