October 2014 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] Bootalbe USB stick - OS 13.1
by Gustav Degreef 22 Oct '14

22 Oct '14

Hello, In a previous post on this topic I asked for help and was able to install OS 13.1 KDE on a usb stick. I am posting a small follow-up because of a very positive experience and I want to thank the developers. The USB stick was run on a new laptop which had win8.1 on it, I did that because I had to wait a month before I could sort out the UEFI issues and install it on the hard disk. I was able to fully update the packages on the USB stick and even to add packman repo and other repos to the software manager. Just to try it out, I eventually installed the opensuse on the laptop from the USB stick. It was incredible to me that the installed system on the laptop was fully updated! And I can continue to update the USB stick, run it on other computers, and if I need to install 13.1 on another computer, I can get a fully updated install right off the bat! I have experienced opensuse getting better and better in many respects, but I found this incredible. Thanks to all those who made this possible. Gustav. -- 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] Re: Toshiba ACPI
by Paul Groves 21 Oct '14

21 Oct '14

adding the following to GRUB fixes the lid close 'button' and the fan issues. pcie_aspm=force acpi_osi=Linux acpi=force acpi_enforce_resources=lax i915.i915_enable_rc6=1 i915.i915_enable_fbc=1 i915.lvds_downclock=1 i915.semaphores=1 I have tried the following commands as well as and instead of acpi_ois=Linux (Also for all below commands with the ! before windows e.g. \"!Windows 2006\" and also with escape \"\!Windows 2006\" and also with \ in front of the spaces e.g. \"!Windows\ 2006\") None of these worked so the only remaining issue is the keyboard hotkeys acpi_osi=Windows acpi_osi=windows acpi_osi=Windows 2006 acpi_osi=windows 2006 acpi_osi=Windows 2012 acpi_osi=windows 2012 acpi_osi="Windows" acpi_osi="windows" acpi_osi="Windows 2006" acpi_osi="windows 2006" acpi_osi="Windows 2012" acpi_osi="windows 2012" acpi_osi=\"Windows\" acpi_osi=\"windows\" acpi_osi=\"Windows 2006\" acpi_osi=\"windows 2006\" acpi_osi=\"Windows 2012\" acpi_osi=\"windows 2012\" On 5 October 2014 16:22, Paul Groves <paul.groves.787(a)gmail.com> wrote: > adding the following to GRUB fixes the lid close 'button' and the fan > issues. > > pcie_aspm=force acpi_osi=Linux acpi=force acpi_enforce_resources=lax > i915.i915_enable_rc6=1 i915.i915_enable_fbc=1 i915.lvds_downclock=1 > i915.semaphores=1 > > I have tried the following commands as well as and instead of acpi_ois=Linux > (Also for all below commands with the ! before windows e.g. \"!Windows > 2006\" and also with escape \"\!Windows 2006\" and also with \ in front of > the spaces e.g. \"!Windows\ 2006\") > > None of these worked so the only remaining issue is the keyboard hotkeys > > acpi_osi=Windows > acpi_osi=windows > acpi_osi=Windows 2006 > acpi_osi=windows 2006 > acpi_osi=Windows 2012 > acpi_osi=windows 2012 > acpi_osi="Windows" > acpi_osi="windows" > acpi_osi="Windows 2006" > acpi_osi="windows 2006" > acpi_osi="Windows 2012" > acpi_osi="windows 2012" > acpi_osi=\"Windows\" > acpi_osi=\"windows\" > acpi_osi=\"Windows 2006\" > acpi_osi=\"windows 2006\" > acpi_osi=\"Windows 2012\" > acpi_osi=\"windows 2012\" > > On 5 October 2014 15:28, Paul Groves <paul.groves.787(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >> John, >> >> Sleep works fine when I select Kickoff > Leave > Sleep and resume works >> fine too. I have 4GB RAM and 8GB Swap. (Generally I do this when disk space >> is not an issue so I can upgrade RAM later). >> >> It is as if the lid close 'button' is not detected (Same as the other >> hardware level buttons hotkeys for brightness, mute button, screen button, >> touchpad button. >> >> >> Malcolm, >> >> I have seen acpi_osi=Linux mentioned (didn't work) but I have not tried >> your suggestion yet, I will give it a go when I get a chance. >> >> >> I think that one of two things might be happening: >> >> Firstly (Most likely) the BIOS sees the Linux Kernel and does not like it >> so therefore ACPI features do not work (I have has this in the past with >> SATA controllers etc..) Therefore telling GRUB tht the acpi_osi is windows >> may work, I will post the results of this. >> >> Secondly it may just be an acpi driver issue with this kernel (or >> something similar) >> >> On 4 October 2014 19:44, Malcolm <malcolmlewis(a)cableone.net> wrote: >>> >>> On Sat 04 Oct 2014 02:52:29 PM CDT, Paul Groves wrote: >>> >>> >Hi, >>> > >>> >I have a Toshiba Satellite L300-29x which I have just upgraded to >>> >opensuse 13.1 from Windows 7. I am experiencing a few issues which as >>> >far as I can tell may possibly be ACPI related but I am no expert. >>> > >>> > >>> >The first issue is with the Fn + F1 etc hotkeys and the lid close >>> >action. >>> > >>> >They do not work most of the time. The buttons are not even detected >>> >by opensuse. Although 1 in 10 boots (roughly) they decide to work >>> >perfectly fine (including the lid close). >>> > >>> >My brightness settings etc work fine by changing them manually in the >>> >OS so this is just the keyboard hotkeys and lid close button. These >>> >have always worked fine in Windows. >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> >The second issue is that unless the buttons are working the fan can >>> >sometimes be really loud. >>> > >>> >When the buttons and lid are working then the fan is fine and runs >>> >just as it always has done in windows. >>> > >>> > >>> >Apart from these issues opensuse 13.1 runs perfectly on this laptop. >>> >Can anyone help me with these issues? >>> Hi >>> Before there was fix for my HP ProBook 4440s I was running the >>> following boot option: acpi_osi=\"!Windows 2012\" look on the web for >>> different options, but above may help. >>> >>> -- >>> Cheers Malcolm °¿° LFCS, SUSE Knowledge Partner (Linux Counter #276890) >>> openSUSE 13.1 (Bottle) (x86_64) GNOME 3.10.1 Kernel 3.11.10-21-desktop >>> up 1 day 7:38, 3 users, load average: 0.54, 0.28, 0.30 >>> CPU AMD Athlon(tm) II X4 635(a)2.9GHz | GPU Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT >>> >>> >>> -- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org >>> To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org >>> >> > -- 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] mac/device in autoinst.xml
by 6954658 21 Oct '14

21 Oct '14

<interfaces config:type="list"> <interface> <bootproto>static</bootproto> <device>eth4</device> <ipaddr>10.114.35</ipaddr> <name>NX3031 Multifunction 1/10-Gigabit Server Adapter</name> <netmask>255.255.255.0</netmask> <startmode>auto</startmode> <usercontrol>no</usercontrol> </interface> <interface> <aliases> <alias2> <IPADDR>127.0.0.2</IPADDR> <NETMASK>255.0.0.0</NETMASK> <PREFIXLEN>8</PREFIXLEN> </alias2> </aliases> <broadcast>127.255.255.255</broadcast> <device>lo</device> <firewall>no</firewall> <ipaddr>127.0.0.1</ipaddr> <netmask>255.0.0.0</netmask> <network>127.0.0.0</network> <prefixlen>8</prefixlen> <startmode>auto</startmode> <usercontrol>no</usercontrol> </interface> </interfaces> <managed config:type="boolean">false</managed> <net-udev config:type="list"> <rule> <name>eth4</name> <rule>ATTR{address}</rule> <value>e8:39:35:a7:29:30</value> as you can see above xml. There is a tag pairs <device>eth4</device> which identified the network adapter number which will be set IP address. one of my customer asked me to change it to a mac address like <device>ab:cd:ef:gh</device> will it be working fine? as he insisted using a mac address as an identifier. if not, how can I do? -- View this message in context: http://opensuse.14.x6.nabble.com/mac-device-in-autoinst-xml-tp5025353.html Sent from the openSUSE community mailing list archive at Nabble.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] Booting systems : Boot-Loaders
by ellanios82 21 Oct '14

21 Oct '14

Hello List . - as we are enjoying such talented genii as mr Lennart : Is it not painful and unnecessary pain that we still have occasional problems "Booting our Systems" ............... - maybe such genius as mr Lennart could invent a totally reliable Boot-System that never failed : to which , after booting , our openSUSE systems may be attached ? ........... just an optimist regards -- 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] yast : system : grub2 bootloader
by ellanios82 21 Oct '14

21 Oct '14

Hello List, - in yast grub2 bootloader there seems to be an option : to NOT install any bootloader! .......... - in what circumstances please may it be useful to install no bootloader ? & , how might one use such a system that is not bootable? ......... thanks regards -- 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] php upgrade to 5.3.x creates utf8 issue wrt mysql communication
by Per Jessen 21 Oct '14

21 Oct '14

I've recently had to upgrade PHP on a long-running server (openSUSE 11.0). Yes, there are reasons why this hasn't been upgraded. I upgraded PHP to 5.3.0 which at first seemed to work just fine. However, one of the few, rarely used, web-apps left on this box is now having an encoding issue wrt mysql data and I simply cannot find the right setting to tweak. Everything should be in UTF8 - apache outputs utf8 etc., but when the data comes from mysql - when fetched with e.g. mysqli_fetch_assoc() - UTF8 characters are interpreted literally instead of as UTF8. My php.ini has default_charset = "UTF-8" mbstring.internal_encoding = "UTF-8" The database is in utf8: mysql> show create database db_example; db_example | CREATE DATABASE `db_example` /*!40100 DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci */ | The apache config has: AddDefaultCharset UTF-8 I've now moved this web-app to a 2nd apache server, also running php 5.3 - the issue remains the same. I've tried adding mysqli_set_charset() to the code, no effect. -- Per Jessen, Zürich (15.4°C) http://www.dns24.ch/ - your free DNS host, 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] Spotify client on OpenSUSE
by Pablo Dotro 20 Oct '14

20 Oct '14

Greetings! Has anyone managed to install the native Spotify client for Linux on OpenSUSE? I used it in the past, but always with ubuntu-derived distros (using https://www.spotify.com/download/previews/) Best regards, -- Pablo M. Dotro pdotro(a)df.uba.ar Laboratorio de Ondas y Termodinámica Departamento de Física (FCEyN - UBA) -- 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] Boot-Loaders : LUBL
by ellanios82 20 Oct '14

20 Oct '14

Hello List , - with much refinement : does not GRUB2 sometimes leave one bewildered in a grubby-mess ............. after such brill recent successes, do we not qualify for the blessings of LUBL : Lennart's Universal Boot Loader? .......... optimistically ellan -- 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] automysqlbackup stopped working
by Vojtěch Zeisek 20 Oct '14

20 Oct '14

Hello, I use automysqlbackup to daily backup MariaDB databases on openSUSE 13.1. The package is version v3.0_rc6-2.1 from JeanVEGA's Home Project in OBS. I have script # l /etc/cron.daily/runmysqlbackup -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 242 22. čen 14.16 /etc/cron.daily/runmysqlbackup* Containing just #!/bin/sh /usr/bin/automysqlbackup /etc/automysqlbackup/myserver.conf When I run it manually, it works perfectly: # /etc/cron.daily/runmysqlbackup Parsed config file "/etc/automysqlbackup/automysqlbackup.conf" # Checking for permissions to write to folders: base folder /backups ... exists ... ok. backup folder /backups/automysqlbackup ... exists ... writable? yes. Proceeding. checking directory "/backups/automysqlbackup/daily" ... exists. checking directory "/backups/automysqlbackup/weekly" ... exists. checking directory "/backups/automysqlbackup/monthly" ... exists. checking directory "/backups/automysqlbackup/latest" ... exists. checking directory "/backups/automysqlbackup/tmp" ... exists. checking directory "/backups/automysqlbackup/fullschema" ... exists. checking directory "/backups/automysqlbackup/status" ... exists. # Testing for installed programs pigz ... found. mysql ... found. mysqldump ... found. # Parsing databases ... done. ====================================================================== AutoMySQLBackup version 3.0 http://sourceforge.net/projects/automysqlbackup/ Backup of Database Server - 127.0.0.1 ... and backed up databases are created. But cron doesn't work. The weird point is, that it had been working until last week. I don't remember all the updates, but I haven't changed the configuration. The only error I get is mail from cron to root with subject "cronjob@localhost - daily - FAILURE" and empty text. Any ideas how to trace and fix it? Sincerely, Vojtěch -- Vojtěch Zeisek Komunita openSUSE GNU/Linuxu Community of the openSUSE GNU/Linux http://www.opensuse.org/ http://trapa.cz/

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Re: [opensuse] Cups 2.0
by ianseeks 19 Oct '14

19 Oct '14

On Sunday 19 Oct 2014 19:47:14 John Layt wrote: > On 19 October 2014 19:31, ianseeks <ianseeks(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > > Hi > > > > Anyone know why opensuse is 3 releases behind in Cups. I'm still on 1.5.4 > > and there's been 1.6 and 1.7 releases and now 2.0 is in the wild. > > > > I'm guessing that 1.6 and 1.7 were deemed to add no value. > > > > regards > > > > Ian > > Basically Apple removed features in 1.6 that Linux relied upon and we > needed time to work around that. I've had no time to look at 2.0, but > there's more stuff removed, so it will be a while before it gets > widely adopted. > > John. thanks, i noticed in one of the comment on Cups.org, it mentions fixing some USB quirks in Linux version -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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