September 2013 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] serious USB problems in openSUSE 12.2
by Istvan Gabor 20 Sep '13

20 Sep '13

Hello: I experience different problems with USB flashdisks in openSUSE 12.2 / KDE 3.5 hal enabled. None of these problems exist in previous oS 11.2 and 12.1 systems. I don't know if any of these are related to KDE 3.5 or hal. The problems appear frequently, most likely when several (eg. two) users are logged in at different vt terminals (eg user 1 on vt7 and user 2 on vt8). 1. Copy / read from USB stick is very slow. The average copy spead is ~ 900 kbit/sec, when it is ~4Mbit/sec in oS 12.1 on the same hardware. 2. Frequent read, input-output errors, file was not found errors. Looks like the system unmounts and remounts the flashdisk during operation. 3. Frequent access errors. Normal directories on the disk have no read permissions. 4. When user 2 on vt8 plugs in a USB stick, he can not safely remove or unmount it. The system asks for root password. But user 1 on vt7 can unmount it normallly. It seems the system allocates the permissions wrongly. This never happened in any previous system, even if several users were logged in. Always that user had the permission who plugged in the stick. That user could remove it safely or unmount it, not the other users. Questions: Anyone else is experiencing such issues? Which of these are probably related to KDE3 and and which to openSUSE 12.2 system? Thanks, Istvan -- 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] help needed to recover dual boot.
by "Albert, Oszkó" 20 Sep '13

20 Sep '13

Hi all, I have (had) a Win XP + openSuSE dual boot system. In the last couple of years I used only the linux part, but now I would need windows again to do some work with some specific software. I faced the problem that I could not boot into windows any more. I see both C: and D: partitions, the latter is for my data etc in windows. How could I make it bootable again, without reinstalling any of the opsystems? Thanks: OszkoA -- 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] Why does asking for a couple of programs install the universe?
by Michael Fischer 20 Sep '13

20 Sep '13

Some unpleasant experiences with yast/zypper today. on a perfectly fine 12.1, I did `zypper up chromium`, which resulted in upgrades of lots of things seemingly quite unrelated to chrome. One of them, which *might* be some strange requirement.... was udev. The install portion at udev crashed the machine, and made it unbootable as it could no longer find the root partition, prompting an early departure from work, hours spent backing up the machine, and an install of 12.3. After the basic install of 12.3, I used yast to download VLC, Virtualbox, pidgin and tree. This somehow required 1040 packages, including gnumeric, kde-wallpapers and gnucash-docs. Just to name a few really silly ones. No way in any sane universe those packages "needed" by VLC, Virtualbox, pidgin and tree. I can understand the billion libxyz's getting installed, and that the dependency management is a lovely slice of hell, but really, was all this necessary in any way? Is there at least some way to say "yes, go ahead and install these dependencies, but stop trying to install random unwanted software on my system?" Is there some strange default setting hiding in yast/zypper which thinks it should take any opportunity possible to install all the things *someone* thought I might want? Michael "13 years SuSE linux user and getting very frustrated with it" -- Michael Fischer michael(a)visv.net -- 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] Hotel Router problem
by Mark Misulich 20 Sep '13

20 Sep '13

Hi, I have been trying to find some answer to the problem of why I can't stay connected to some hotel's wifi with linux, while I can with windows. In Linux, I can only stay connected for about 10 minutes before I am dropped. I have continually decreasing speed of browsing while I am connected. To reconnect, I have to restart the wireless with #rcnetwork restart. I can do this about 3-5 times until I can no longer connect to the hotel router unless I restart the computer. In Windows7 I have very fast speed of browsing and can stay connected without time limit. In windows7 I have no issue trying to connect at any time, it simply connects right up. I am using Win7 and opensuse 12.3, but this has been an ongoing problem in multiple opensuse versions including 13.1. I am using KDE desktop 4.11 on this installation of opensuse 12.3 from which I am posting this email, but I also have KDE 3.10 installed on a separate installation of opensuse 12.3 on this same laptop computer. After speaking with the tech support on the phone, he says that he shows that I am not connected to their system using the same IP address that we used with win7. I assured him that I was, so I read him my mac address and he was able to see that I was connected. He noticed that the response time for packets is 800 milliseconds in Linux, but is maximum 6 milliseconds in win7. I have some logs from wireshark showing the connection logs for my wlan in Linux and win7 that can be compared if that is advantageous. Once again I am asking for help in trying to fix this issue that has been unresolved for a couple of years now. Thanks, Mark -- 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 calculator
by Johannes Weberhofer 19 Sep '13

19 Sep '13

Hello! I have OSS 13.1 installed with the latest 3.8 version of Gnome. I have recognized, that I don't have a calculator available, even though the gnome-calculator package is installed. I can also start gnome-calculator directly. Any idea, what can be wrong? Best regards, Johannes -- Johannes Weberhofer Weberhofer GmbH, Austria, Vienna -- 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] Improved performance with NVidia drivers
by James Knott 19 Sep '13

19 Sep '13

I have an Nvidia GEForce 7200 video card in my computer. Ever since I upgraded from openSUSE 11.x to 12.x, I have noticed a severe performance hit. Indications in this group were that it might be a video driver issue. I tried both the Nvidia and Nouveau drivers, but they didn't make much difference. I just added the Nvidia repository and went with their drivers (I had used that repository with 11.x and earlier). What an incredible increase in performance!!! I can't believe it's the same computer. Even even speedtest.net shows a considerable improvement, going from about 2 - 5 Mb/s download to 31! (other, newer computers get about 35). It's absolutely amazing what proper video drivers can do. Perhaps whoever's responsible for the drivers included with the distro should take a 2nd look at their work. They absolutely kill performance, compared to the ones from the Nvidia repository. The performance was often so bad that I was thinking about buying a new computer. Now I won't have to. -- 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] anyone get Starnet x-win32 remote desktops working with OpenSUSE 12.3?
by Jim Faulkner 18 Sep '13

18 Sep '13

Hi, has anybody gotten x-win32 to work with remote Gnome or XFCE desktops under OpenSUSE 12.3? We're using x-win32 2012 build 103, which I believe is the latest. Both Gnome and XFCE crash when run under x-win32. They crash using both x-win32's plain X11 ssh forwarding mode, as well as the LIVE mode. FWIW, I've filed bugs with Starnet and OpenSUSE: https://starnetlive.fogbugz.com/default.asp?45439_6at52kurc1p1s24t https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=840311 Please let me know if anyone has any experience with this, or knows what might be going wrong. -- Jim Faulkner / james.faulkner(a)yale.edu Systems Administrator, Unix Systems, Production Services Yale University Information Technology Services (ITS) =============================================================== NOTE: Yale ITS will NEVER request passwords or other personal information via email. Messages requesting such information are fraudulent and should be deleted. -- 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] Errors in /var/log/messages
by Mike 17 Sep '13

17 Sep '13

My machine powered off today on it's own so while investigating I found several errors in /var/log/messages. It's been a while since I've have reason to look at the file. The only startup trouble I've had in the last several years was a video issue which seems to have resolved itself. Several of these messages indicate kernel changes and deprecation of things I am using. Will the next update take care of these for me or must I fix them myself. I have been using zypper to upgrade the last few times. I 've plugged the machine into a new UPS and so far it hasn't restarted. Sep 17 10:31:56 linux-zlo2 udevd[335]: RUN+="socket:..." support will be removed from a future udev release. Please remove it from: /etc/udev/rules.d/40-xend.rules:1 and use libudev to subscribe to events. Sep 17 10:31:56 linux-zlo2 udevd[335]: RUN+="socket:..." support will be removed from a future udev release. Please remove it from: /etc/udev/rules.d/40-xend.rules:2 and use libudev to subscribe to events. Sep 17 10:31:56 linux-zlo2 udevd[335]: RUN+="socket:..." support will be removed from a future udev release. Please remove it from: /etc/udev/rules.d/40-xend.rules:3 and use libudev to subscribe to events. Sep 17 10:31:56 linux-zlo2 udevd[335]: RUN+="socket:..." support will be removed from a future udev release. Please remove it from: /etc/udev/rules.d/71-multipath.rules:7 and use libudev to subscribe to events. Sep 17 10:31:56 linux-zlo2 udevd[335]: RUN+="socket:..." support will be removed from a future udev release. Please remove it from: /lib/udev/rules.d/90-hal.rules:2 and use libudev to subscribe to events. Sep 17 10:32:01 linux-zlo2 smartd[956]: Device: /dev/sda [SAT], SMART Prefailure Attribute: 3 Spin_Up_Time changed from 129 to 130 Sep 17 10:32:01 linux-zlo2 smartd[956]: Device: /dev/sda [SAT], SMART Usage Attribute: 194 Temperature_Celsius changed from 187 to 253 Sep 17 10:32:02 linux-zlo2 smartd[956]: Device: /dev/sdb [SAT], SMART Prefailure Attribute: 1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate changed from 99 to 97 Sep 17 10:32:02 linux-zlo2 smartd[956]: Device: /dev/sdb [SAT], SMART Usage Attribute: 194 Temperature_Celsius changed from 187 to 253 Sep 17 10:32:02 linux-zlo2 avahi-daemon[930]: Loading service file /etc/avahi/services/sftp-ssh.service. Sep 17 10:32:39 linux-zlo2 /usr/sbin/cron[5489]: (CRON) bad command (/etc/cron.d/novell.com-suse_register) Sep 17 10:32:39 linux-zlo2 /usr/sbin/cron[5489]: (CRON) INFO (running with inotify support) Sep 17 10:32:54 linux-zlo2 kernel: [ 131.751782] ------------[ cut here ]------------ Sep 17 10:32:54 linux-zlo2 kernel: [ 131.751788] WARNING: at /home/abuild/rpmbuild/BUILD/kernel-desktop-3.4.47/linux-3.4/mm/memcontrol.c:5007 mem_cgroup_create+0x3ac/0x510() Sep 17 10:32:54 linux-zlo2 kernel: [ 131.751791] Hardware name: KJ382AA-A2L m9250f Sep 17 10:32:54 linux-zlo2 kernel: [ 131.751792] Creating hierarchies with use_hierarchy==0 (flat hierarchy) is considered deprecated. If you believe that your setup is correct, we kindly ask you to contact linux-mm(a)kvack.org and let us know Sep 17 10:32:54 linux-zlo2 kernel: [ 131.751794] Modules linked in: ip6table_filter ip6_tables iptable_filter ip_tables ebtable_nat ebtables x_tables parport_pc ppdev parport fuse bridge stp af_packet vboxpci(O) vboxnetadp(O) vboxnetflt(O) vboxdrv(O) arc4 ir_lirc_codec lirc_dev ir_mce_kbd_decoder ir_sanyo_decoder ir_sony_decoder ir_jvc_decoder ir_rc6_decoder ir_rc5_decoder ir_nec_decoder rc_rc6_mce mceusb rt73usb rt2x00usb rt2x00lib mac80211 cfg80211 rfkill usb_storage mt2131 s5h1409 nvidia(PO) tda8290 tuner snd_hda_codec_realtek snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec snd_hwdep snd_pcm_oss cx25840 cx23885 rc_core videobuf_dma_sg altera_stapl cx2341x tda18271 videobuf_dvb videobuf_core v4l2_common videodev altera_ci dvb_core btcx_risc tveeprom snd_pcm sr_mod cdrom r8169 shpchp pci_hotplug sg snd_seq snd_timer snd_seq_device snd_mixer_oss snd kvm_intel kvm soundcore acpi_cpufreq mperf pcspkr i2c_i801 coretemp firewire_ohci firewire_core crc_itu_t iTCO_wdt iTCO_vendor_support snd_page_alloc serio_raw button microcode autofs4 scsi_dh_emc scsi_dh_alua scsi_dh_rdac scsi_dh_hp_sw scsi_dh edd fan processor thermal thermal_sys Sep 17 10:32:54 linux-zlo2 kernel: [ 131.751859] Pid: 6182, comm: libvirtd Tainted: P O 3.4.47-2.38-desktop #1 Sep 17 10:32:54 linux-zlo2 kernel: [ 131.751861] Call Trace: Sep 17 10:32:54 linux-zlo2 kernel: [ 131.751871] [<ffffffff81004638>] dump_trace+0x88/0x300 Sep 17 10:32:54 linux-zlo2 kernel: [ 131.751876] [<ffffffff815848a0>] dump_stack+0x69/0x6f Sep 17 10:32:54 linux-zlo2 kernel: [ 131.751881] [<ffffffff8103fde9>] warn_slowpath_common+0x79/0xc0 Sep 17 10:32:54 linux-zlo2 kernel: [ 131.751885] [<ffffffff8103fee5>] warn_slowpath_fmt+0x45/0x50 Sep 17 10:32:54 linux-zlo2 kernel: [ 131.751888] [<ffffffff8156d63c>] mem_cgroup_create+0x3ac/0x510 Sep 17 10:32:54 linux-zlo2 kernel: [ 131.751894] [<ffffffff810ab9d3>] cgroup_mkdir+0x103/0x3a0 Sep 17 10:32:54 linux-zlo2 kernel: [ 131.751899] [<ffffffff81169905>] vfs_mkdir+0xb5/0x170 Sep 17 10:32:54 linux-zlo2 kernel: [ 131.751903] [<ffffffff8116ddd4>] sys_mkdirat+0xe4/0xf0 Sep 17 10:32:54 linux-zlo2 kernel: [ 131.751906] [<ffffffff8159763d>] system_call_fastpath+0x1a/0x1f Sep 17 10:32:54 linux-zlo2 kernel: [ 131.751913] [<00007fd218c6af77>] 0x7fd218c6af76 Sep 17 10:32:54 linux-zlo2 kernel: [ 131.751915] ---[ end trace 752445a9ba732901 ]--- Sep 17 10:32:54 linux-zlo2 libvirtd[5538]: 2013-09-17 14:32:54.800+0000: 6182: info : libvirt version: 0.9.11.9 Sep 17 10:32:54 linux-zlo2 libvirtd[5538]: 2013-09-17 14:32:54.800+0000: 6182: warning : virSecurityManagerNew:129 : Configured security driver "none" disables default policy to create confined guests Sep 17 10:33:00 linux-zlo2 dhcpcd[3619]: br1: timed out Sep 17 10:33:06 linux-zlo2 dhcpcd[3619]: br1: trying to use old lease in `/var/lib/dhcpcd/dhcpcd-br1.info' Sep 17 10:33:06 linux-zlo2 dhcpcd[3619]: br1: lease expired 4183593 seconds ago Sep 17 10:33:06 linux-zlo2 dhcpcd[3619]: br1: broadcasting for a lease ====> I suspect this is due to a recent router change Sep 17 10:49:47 linux-zlo2 dbus-daemon[962]: (packagekitd:7662): PkPlugin-WARNING **: not correct size, 2 Sep 17 10:49:47 linux-zlo2 dbus-daemon[962]: (packagekitd:7662): PkPlugin-WARNING **: failed to get list Sep 17 10:49:54 linux-zlo2 dbus-daemon[962]: (packagekitd:7662): PkPlugin-WARNING **: not correct size, 0 Sep 17 10:49:54 linux-zlo2 dbus-daemon[962]: (packagekitd:7662): PkPlugin-WARNING **: failed to get list Sep 17 10:49:58 linux-zlo2 dbus-daemon[962]: (packagekitd:7662): PkPlugin-WARNING **: not correct size, 0 Sep 17 10:49:58 linux-zlo2 dbus-daemon[962]: (packagekitd:7662): PkPlugin-WARNING **: failed to get list Sep 17 10:50:02 linux-zlo2 dbus-daemon[962]: (packagekitd:7662): PkPlugin-WARNING **: not correct size, 0 Sep 17 10:50:02 linux-zlo2 dbus-daemon[962]: (packagekitd:7662): PkPlugin-WARNING **: failed to get list Sep 17 10:50:06 linux-zlo2 dbus-daemon[962]: (packagekitd:7662): PkPlugin-WARNING **: not correct size, 0 Sep 17 10:50:06 linux-zlo2 dbus-daemon[962]: (packagekitd:7662): PkPlugin-WARNING **: failed to get list Sep 17 10:50:10 linux-zlo2 dbus-daemon[962]: (packagekitd:7662): PkPlugin-WARNING **: not correct size, 0 Sep 17 10:50:10 linux-zlo2 dbus-daemon[962]: (packagekitd:7662): PkPlugin-WARNING **: failed to get list Sep 17 10:50:12 linux-zlo2 dbus-daemon[962]: (packagekitd:7662): PkPlugin-WARNING **: failed to clear /var/run/PackageKit/udev Sep 17 10:58:01 linux-zlo2 sudo: pam_env(sudo:setcred): non-alphanumeric key 'alias aumix=padsp aumix' in /etc/environment', ignoring Sep 17 10:58:02 linux-zlo2 sudo: pam_env(sudo:setcred): non-alphanumeric key 'alias sox=padsp sox' in /etc/environment', ignoring Sep 17 10:58:02 linux-zlo2 sudo: pam_env(sudo:setcred): non-alphanumeric key 'alias timidity=timidity -Oe' in /etc/environment', ignoring -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact 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[opensuse] Announce: opensuse-ha mailing list
by Tim Serong 17 Sep '13

17 Sep '13

Greetings, There is now an opensuse-ha mailing list. This list is for discussion of high availability clustering on openSUSE. This includes: - The base cluster stack, i.e. corosync and pacemaker - Management tools such as crmsh and hawk - Clustered filesystems (e.g.: ocfs2) - Replicated storage (drbd) - Basically, anything in network:ha-clustering:* on OBS is on topic :) If you'd like to subscribe, just send an email to: opensuse-ha+subscribe(a)opensuse.org Please also see the wiki page at: https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:High_Availability Happy clustering! Tim -- Tim Serong Senior Clustering Engineer SUSE tserong(a)suse.com -- 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] Does chown work on directories on a NAS that uses cifs?
by Ted Byers 17 Sep '13

17 Sep '13

I have traced one of my troubles to one of ownership of a directory and it's contents. MySQL requires ownership of the data directory. This I found out the hard way. I ran 'sudo chown -R' on the directory in question on that NAS, but after I did so, Linux still seems to think that root still owns the directory and its contents. Why? And how should I fix this? Thanks Ted -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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