March 2015 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] Root partition gets full
by Albert Oszkó 22 Mar '15

22 Mar '15

Hi all, A few days days ago I tried to install some updates on my Lenovo G 505 laptop. The wallpaper suddenly disappeared along with the system tray and only the mouse cursor remained showing that it is waiting for something to get finished. I left it and returned to the computer after an hour and it was still waiting for something. I restarted it - but it was not an easy job. It turned out finally that / partion is full. I booted into safe mode and deleted lots of things from /tmp and /var/tmp but it was only a temporary measure. I do not see anything that could fill the 20 G / root partiton. This is an oS 13.2 laptop with KDE 4.14.5. Home is on a separate partiton. Regards, Albert -- 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] Main user no longer able to login to KDE
by Bob Williams 22 Mar '15

22 Mar '15

Using openSUSE 13.2 on an x86_64 system, with KDE4.4 Since doing a zypper patch this morning followed by a reboot, my main user can no longer login to KDE. After entering my password, the dialog stops after displaying the hard drive icon. It never gets to the hammer and wrench, world, etc. A second user on the same machine can login to the GUI OK, so I'm guessing there's an incompatible config file somewhere in my user setup, Any suggestions as what I should edit/delete? Bob -- Bob Williams -- 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] Emacs at start up
by don fisher 21 Mar '15

21 Mar '15

I find that whenever I start a new system, either my existing .emacs gets overwritten with the .gnu-emacs file, or a .gnu-emacs file is added. But my the emacs application ignores my .emacs file, I assume using the .gtk-emacs instead. I also found some form of .gtk-emacs files (I deleted them so do not have an accurate file name) that were also introduced. Where do these files come from, who does it and how can I turn this off. I do not need all this help and do not want my home directory messed with. Don -- 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] .SITE and other "new" TLDs
by Yamaban 21 Mar '15

21 Mar '15

Hello all, For all of you that use "private" domain-names, please set a bookmark for this URLs, and refer to it before your next try, to reduce DNS based failures like the ".site" debacle this month. Just the TLDs http://data.iana.org/TLD/tlds-alpha-by-domain.txt More info, html http://www.iana.org/domains/root/db - Yamaban. -- 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] brtfs system backup (again, sorry)
by don fisher 21 Mar '15

21 Mar '15

I have tried to understand how to perform a image system backup on openSuse 13.2 with a root btrfs file system. I have two disks on my computer, both have 13.2 systems. I would like to copy the running system with updates to the second. I do know how to backup the home xfs file system using rsync. Exactly what steps are required? My only thought is to add mount points for the second btrfs system similar to those existing in /etc/fstab? Root is a btrfs file system, with the other 14 subsystems mounted on it. 1. I originally suggested (in a previous email) backing up each of the subsystems using rsync. It was then suggested to use btrfs send/receive. 2. But what about the root file system? I believe that under rsync it will transfer data from all of the source subvolumes. How do I get that data to reside in the correct destination subvolumes. 3. If I do that, I do not see the need to individually backup the the subvolumes mounted on root as I previously had suggested. So would an approach be to add the dest volume and subvolume mount points, and then to an rsync from src root to the dest root? The reason for wanting to use rsync is that it can exclude certain files on the dest disk, such as /etc/fstab which holds the correct UUIDs for that system, /etc/hostname, the two boot subvolumes and maybe some network and other stuff TBD. I think the xfs /home would also be captured in this operation. My rsync command would look like: sudo rsync -rlpgouvtSAXHD --modify-window=60 -exclude-from=/home/.rsync_excludes / /usr11/ I have looked at the btrfs archives and can see no reference to preserving an operating system running under btrfs. Just data base type applications. I am concerned about an OS disk failure and my ability to come back to my current state in minimal time. Please have patience. As yet, I have not attempted to mount the second btrfs system similar to the first. I have searched Google etc. and thought a lot about the problem. If I am missing the obvious, please forgive. I remember back in the 80's when you could do an image copy with a single dd command:-) I am so glad we have made things so much simpler:-) Don -- 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] SIGALARM blocked in Gnome-terminal
by Bernhard Voelker 20 Mar '15

20 Mar '15

On 03/20/2015 05:34 PM, Joe Zappa wrote: > Bernhard Voelker wrote: >> $ grep -i sigblk /proc/self/status >> SigBlk: 0000000000002000 >> >> SIGALRM (0x2000) [...] > blocked?? > > Or caught and ignored? blocked, see above. Have a nice day, Berny -- 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] SIGALARM blocked in Gnome-terminal
by Bernhard Voelker 20 Mar '15

20 Mar '15

$ grep -i sigblk /proc/self/status SigBlk: 0000000000002000 SIGALRM (0x2000) is blocked in the Gnome terminal while it is not in xterm. This makes the ./configure step of a package here hang which checks for a working nanosleep(): alarm(1) = 1 nanosleep({9223372036854775807, 999999999}, ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^hang This is a openSUSE-13.2 guest VM under VirtualBox-4.3.26 (it was the same with VBox-4.3.24). Single-line reproducer: $ time sh -c 'sleep 10 & sleep 2 && /usr/bin/kill -SIGALRM $! && wait $!' In xterm, the first sleep process will receive SIGALRM after ~2 seconds, and terminate ... while in the Gnome-terminal, SIGALRM gets lost and the whole command line terminates after ~10 seconds. Anyone having the same problem? Thanks & have a nice day, Berny -- 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] site TLD
by Bjoern Voigt 20 Mar '15

20 Mar '15

I installed an openSUSE Linux PC some time ago (around 2010, some configuration files may be older). openSUSE automatically created a hostname "linux-xxxx" with the TLD "site", so the local FQDN ("hostname -f") is "linux-xxxx.site". The problem is, that my Sendmail mail server has address rewriting problems since today. After debugging a bit, I found, that my provider resolves "linux-xxxx.site" as 127.0.53.53". # host linux-xxxx.site linux-xxxx.site has address 127.0.53.53 linux-xxxx.site mail is handled by 10 your-dns-needs-immediate-attention.site. See NAME COLLISION OCCURRENCE ASSESSMENT* *http://newgtlds.icann.org/sites/default/files/agreements/name-collision-assessment-04aug14-en.htm My questions: If *.site doesn't work anymore as a valid local domain, what is a good alternative name? Is there any warning from openSUSE for affected systems? 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] Add Physical Drive to VM
by Chris Arnold 20 Mar '15

20 Mar '15

SLES12 (i know this is not a SLES mailinglist but since opensuse and SLES mostly mix, i thought i would ask here). I am trying to add a physical disk to a Xen VM. So the host OS is SLES12 and the guest VM is server 2012 R2. The drive is attached to a SE3016 which is attached to a SaS 6Gbps HBA card. The host OS sees the card and drive, everything seems to be OK there. I followed https://www.suse.com/documentation/sles-12/book_virt/data/sec_libvirt_stora… to try and make the drive usable by the guest OS but even though the storage was created OK in virt manager the guest OS never could see the drive. I have asked here: https://forums.suse.com/showthread.php?6166-Rackables-SE3016-with-Xen&p=270… I have also tried a number of suggestions found on the internet: http://backdrift.org/xen-disk-hot-add-block-device-howto http://ronaldevers.nl/2012/10/14/adding-a-physical-disk-kvm-libvirt.html among others and never could get the guest OS to see the drive. Again, i know this is not a SLES list but i would imagine the process for adding a physical drive to a Xen VM using virt manager would be, at least, close to the same. So how do you add a physical drive to a Xen VM using virt-manager?

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[opensuse] Tor browser for 13.1
by David C. Rankin 20 Mar '15

20 Mar '15

All, I have not yet investigated the tor network, but as "ransomeware" has become more prolific, with the bad-guys demanding payment via anonymous tor sites and bitcoin, it is probably time to understand WTF it is. (a colleague running M$ was hit today) Are there different tor browsers available, or is torproject basically it. Also, if anyone has a favorite link explaining the nuts and bolts of the tor quagmire, I welcome that as well. At first blush, it looks like tor navigation is basically what internet nav was prior to http (circa 1988). Just looking for a reference. Will start with wikipedia and go from there. Castration is too good for these ransomeware weasels. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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