November 2015 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] No sound (leap, xfce)
by Carlos E. R 09 Nov '15

09 Nov '15

Hi, While I set up sound in YaST, I have sound. I get sound from VLC that is playing. But when yast finishes configuring sound, then sounds stops, nothing can be heard. In fact, the volume applet has a [X] symbol, and right click pops up a message that says: gstreamer was unable to detect any sound devices. Some sound system specific GStreamer packages may be missing. It may also be a permissions problem Yet, as I say, as soon as I tell yast to configure sound, it plays fine. When it exits, sounds stops. Hardware is 82801 (ICH9 Family) HD Audio controller. It works find in oS 13.1 -- Cheers/Saludos Carlos E. R. (openSUSE Leap 42.1, test at Minas-Anor) -- 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] xfce No Mouse Pointer at Log-In Screen
by ellanios82 09 Nov '15

09 Nov '15

Hello List , { this is TW however no pointers from factory-list } Several times recently there is No Mouse-Pointer at xfce Log-In Screen. - sometimes xfce has frozen my desktop system , at "xfsettingsd" : necessitating Power-Off . - anyone else experience similar ? ........... 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] What is the new halt entry in the grub2 menu after upgrade to suse leap?
by cagsm 09 Nov '15

09 Nov '15

I think the second reboot after my leap update of my 13.2 suse boxes, gave me an additional halt entry at the very bottom of the grub2 menu. I have never tried this halt entry, but why is it there or what is it exactly? I think it maybe got put there when I removed the old linux kernel 3.x that was still a left over after the leap 42.1 linux kernel 4.1 package came in with the leap update. So I thought I could rpm -e the surplus linux kernel that stayed there from the suse 13.2 days. Anyone? Thank`s. -- 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 and Perl will be downgraded during 13.2 -> 42.1 upgrade
by Bjoern Voigt 09 Nov '15

09 Nov '15

At first I couldn't believe it: If I upgrade my distribution from 13.2 to Leap 42.1, PHP is downgraded from 5.6.1 to 5.5.14 and Perl is downgraded from 5.20.1 to 5.18.2. See: http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=opensuse https://software.opensuse.org/package/php5?search_term=%22php5%22 https://software.opensuse.org/package/perl?search_term=%22perl%22 I think, this should be noted in Release Notes. Especially some very new PHP code may fail after the "upgrade". I also wonder, how "zypper dup" or DVD upgrade handles the downgraded packages. Greetings, Björn -- 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] Can an hibernated system be started (thawed) using a different kernel.
by Carlos E. R. 09 Nov '15

09 Nov '15

Hi, Say I hibernate Leap (it is a multiboot machine). Say on restore I boot 13.1, which as it shares the same swap, would see there is an hibernated image in swap and try it. But... would it be restored properly, or would something terrible happen? Obviously, I don't want to try it on real hardware. Perhaps on a virtual one. But perhaps this is known to work, or to not work :-? -- Cheers/Saludos Carlos E. R. (openSUSE Leap 42.1, test at Minas-Anor) -- 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] adding apps to the taskbar in Leap 42.1 kde
by jdd 08 Nov '15

08 Nov '15

Hello, I used to right clic on an application in the menu and find "add to the task bar" I don't find it now, and dragging do not always work. any hint? thanks jdd -- When will a Label sign her!!? https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=94&v=BeMk3WRh8QI -- 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] lvm boot fails with timeout in multipath
by auxsvr 08 Nov '15

08 Nov '15

Boot with LVM root often fails on oS 13.2, and dracut starts the emergency shell. The messages beforehand are (copied with errors): timeout /sbin/multipath -i -u sda1 [slow multipath etc] dracut -initqueue PARTIAL MODE Incomplete logical volumes will be processed [another error message about a missing LVM partition] This issue looks similar to the one described in this[1] Ubuntu bug report. Has anyone else seen this? -------- [1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/multipath-tools/+bug/1431650 -- 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] Weird dvd unit failure
by Carlos E. R. 08 Nov '15

08 Nov '15

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 i Hi, I have been having weird crashes while boot of my hibernated desktop machine. First symptom appears to be stuck bios on detecting devices. I hit reset, continue. Machine boots, restores hibernation, and when going to display graphics, suddenly crashes and reboots. Of course, a reboot on an hibernated machine is a kind of catastrophe: many files are open, and the mandatory fsck of ext4 partitions takes for ever. Happened 3 or 4 days. Tonight I noticed a strange message about a SATA interface going to 1.5 GB. Crash. I track that message: <0.6> 2015-11-08 03:47:31 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 2.070499] ata12: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x6880 ctl 0x6800 bmdma 0x6488 irq 19 <0.6> 2015-11-08 03:47:31 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 2.531039] ata12: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300) <0.6> 2015-11-08 03:47:31 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 2.534157] ata12.00: ATAPI: HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH22LS50, TL01, max UDMA/100 <0.6> 2015-11-08 03:47:31 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 2.540142] ata12.00: configured for UDMA/100 <0.3> 2015-11-08 03:47:31 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 2.864363] ata12.00: exception Emask 0x52 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x1880d00 action 0x6 <0.3> 2015-11-08 03:47:31 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 2.870650] ata12: SError: { UnrecovData Proto HostInt 10B8B LinkSeq TrStaTrns } <0.3> 2015-11-08 03:47:31 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 2.889565] ata12.00: cmd a0/00:00:00:24:00/00:00:00:00:00/a0 tag 0 pio 36 in <0.3> 2015-11-08 03:47:31 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 2.902092] ata12.00: status: { DRDY ERR } <0.6> 2015-11-08 03:47:31 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 2.908352] ata12: hard resetting link <0.6> 2015-11-08 03:47:31 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 3.370042] ata12: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300) <0.4> 2015-11-08 03:47:31 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 3.404647] ata12.00: failed to IDENTIFY (I/O error, err_mask=0x2) <0.3> 2015-11-08 03:47:31 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 3.410454] ata12.00: revalidation failed (errno=-5) <0.6> 2015-11-08 03:47:31 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 8.375021] ata12: hard resetting link <0.6> 2015-11-08 03:47:31 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 8.836042] ata12: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300) <0.6> 2015-11-08 03:47:31 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 8.866140] ata12.00: configured for UDMA/100 <0.6> 2015-11-08 03:47:31 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 8.876904] ata12: EH complete <0.3> 2015-11-08 03:47:31 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 60.546036] ata12.00: exception Emask 0x40 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x80800 action 0x6 <0.3> 2015-11-08 03:47:31 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 60.551087] ata12: SError: { HostInt 10B8B } <0.3> 2015-11-08 03:47:31 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 60.551097] ata12.00: cmd a0/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/a0 tag 0 <0.3> 2015-11-08 03:47:31 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 60.551098] ata12.00: status: { DRDY ERR } <0.6> 2015-11-08 03:47:31 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 60.551104] ata12: hard resetting link <0.6> 2015-11-08 03:47:31 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 61.007042] ata12: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300) <0.4> 2015-11-08 03:47:31 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 61.041726] ata12.00: failed to IDENTIFY (I/O error, err_mask=0x2) <0.3> 2015-11-08 03:47:31 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 61.047368] ata12.00: revalidation failed (errno=-5) <0.6> 2015-11-08 03:47:31 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 66.012010] ata12: hard resetting link <0.6> 2015-11-08 03:47:31 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 66.473039] ata12: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300) <0.6> 2015-11-08 03:47:31 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 66.482155] ata12.00: configured for UDMA/100 <0.6> 2015-11-08 03:47:31 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 66.491876] ata12: EH complete <0.3> 2015-11-08 03:47:31 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 66.537233] ata12.00: exception Emask 0x40 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x80800 action 0x6 <0.3> 2015-11-08 03:47:31 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 66.542080] ata12: SError: { HostInt 10B8B } <0.3> 2015-11-08 03:47:31 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 66.551368] ata12.00: cmd a0/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/a0 tag 0 <0.3> 2015-11-08 03:47:31 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 66.551369] ata12.00: status: { DRDY ERR } <0.6> 2015-11-08 03:47:31 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 66.551375] ata12: hard resetting link <0.6> 2015-11-08 03:47:31 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 67.007049] ata12: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300) <0.6> 2015-11-08 03:47:31 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 67.020139] ata12.00: configured for UDMA/100 <0.6> 2015-11-08 03:47:31 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 67.028742] ata12: EH complete <0.3> 2015-11-08 03:47:31 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 67.041281] ata12.00: exception Emask 0x40 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x80800 action 0x6 <0.3> 2015-11-08 03:47:31 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 67.047645] ata12: SError: { HostInt 10B8B } <0.3> 2015-11-08 03:47:31 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 67.066232] ata12.00: cmd a0/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/a0 tag 0 <0.3> 2015-11-08 03:47:31 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 67.066233] ata12.00: status: { DRDY ERR } <0.6> 2015-11-08 03:47:31 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 67.066238] ata12: hard resetting link <0.6> 2015-11-08 03:47:31 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 67.522045] ata12: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300) <0.4> 2015-11-08 03:47:31 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 67.557713] ata12.00: failed to IDENTIFY (I/O error, err_mask=0x2) <0.3> 2015-11-08 03:47:31 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 67.564532] ata12.00: revalidation failed (errno=-5) <0.6> 2015-11-08 03:47:31 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 72.528016] ata12: hard resetting link <0.6> 2015-11-08 03:47:31 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 72.988041] ata12: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300) <0.4> 2015-11-08 03:47:31 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 73.027714] ata12.00: failed to IDENTIFY (I/O error, err_mask=0x2) <0.3> 2015-11-08 03:47:31 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 73.027715] ata12.00: revalidation failed (errno=-5) <0.4> 2015-11-08 03:47:31 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 73.027717] ata12: limiting SATA link speed to 1.5 Gbps <0.4> 2015-11-08 03:47:31 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 73.027719] ata12.00: limiting speed to UDMA/100:PIO3 <0.6> 2015-11-08 03:47:31 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 77.992014] ata12: hard resetting link <0.6> 2015-11-08 03:47:31 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 78.452039] ata12: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 310) <0.4> 2015-11-08 03:47:31 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 78.475672] ata12.00: failed to IDENTIFY (I/O error, err_mask=0x2) <0.3> 2015-11-08 03:47:31 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 78.479654] ata12.00: revalidation failed (errno=-5) <0.4> 2015-11-08 03:47:31 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 78.483626] ata12.00: disabled <0.3> 2015-11-08 03:47:31 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 78.483635] ata12: exception Emask 0x52 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x1280d00 action 0x6 frozen t4 <0.3> 2015-11-08 03:47:31 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 78.483636] ata12: SError: { UnrecovData Proto HostInt 10B8B BadCRC TrStaTrns } <0.6> 2015-11-08 03:47:31 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 78.483640] ata12: hard resetting link <0.6> 2015-11-08 03:47:31 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 78.939040] ata12: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 310) <0.6> 2015-11-08 03:47:31 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 78.943302] ata12: EH complete And sure enough, the DVD reader/writer unit is unable to mount any DVD, even to eject it. Dead. (I don't think I have seen test software for DVD units? :-? ) I have unplugged the SATA cable from the computer to this DVD unit. Let's see if this way it does not crash. And I was not using the unit. It just had a forgotten disk I had read a week or two ago. So... now I have to get a new unit. It will not be an LG again, bad hardware. I have seen a Liteon or a Samsung for about 16€. Wow, these things are cheap now. Cheap as dirt, and reliable as dirt, I guess. Sigh. Is it worth it to get a unit capable of Blu Ray? Last time I looked, write media was very expensive, and people were having problems writing to them in Linux. Is it still true? - -- Cheers Carlos E. R. (from 13.1 x86_64 "Bottle" at Telcontar) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlY+xDUACgkQtTMYHG2NR9WUWQCfbGInaOsoVmrnQlGBljeLkj18 iPEAoIdy+mWRP1TE3WuXB7ycBCMphDxC =9W+D -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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[opensuse] Thunderbird asks for passwords too many times.
by Carlos E. R. 07 Nov '15

07 Nov '15

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 Hi, I have several accounts defined in Thunderbird. It keeps the passwords for all of them, protected with a master password. When I start Thunderbird, the sequence goes like this (from recent memory): a) it pops up several message boxes, asking for the password of each mail account. Instead of waiting for the master password before starting connecting to the accounts. Often, once the master password is entered, the sessions with the ISP have timed out, and the connections fail; then Thunderbird asks if it should retry. Another bunch of dialogs to close. This has been hapening for years. b) it asks for the master password - but in several message boxes. It is expected to prompt for that password - but once! Since a few months back, it asks several times. Before it asked just once. So my procedure is to enter the master password, once, then close all other password requests, for the accounts and the master. It is a nuisance. But the master password prompt does not respond to the ESC key. I have to click on cancel, or tab-enter. Two keys. And this happens on two computers at least, so I doupbt it is misconfiguration on my part, but... who knows :-? MozillaThunderbird-38.3.0-70.65.1.x86_64 (updated minutes ago). - -- Cheers Carlos E. R. (from 13.1 x86_64 "Bottle" (Minas Tirith)) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iF4EAREIAAYFAlYTwgoACgkQja8UbcUWM1z8SwD7BNiW7TybrKvCbZYsZXNkC8ED S4qy/y0976ubcCckFyEBAIHblSJ9wDVdYzFbwVp/llm/qPTNnprYseDwZMbKv5T/ =2PjI -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- 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 question about MARBLE VIRTUAL GLOBE
by Torsten Rahn 07 Nov '15

07 Nov '15

> Until several weeks ago (give or take - you know....) whenever I started Marble Virtual Globe > it would automatically acquire the latest satellite imagery which, of course, would show, > for example, where any hurricanes/typhoons/cyclones were. Should be fixed now - the clouds should get updated within the next 3 hours again. If the problem should persist (or occur again) or if you have other wishes please send us an e-mail to marble-devel(a)kde.org . Thanks for reporting & enjoy Marble :-) Best Regards, Torsten Rahn Marble Team -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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