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[opensuse] Any where to go for help with X widows and an external monitor
by don fisher 15 Apr '15

15 Apr '15

Hello again, I have tried everything I can think of, including building a new 13.2 system, but I cannot get openSuse to boot with an external monitor attached. I do not understand the different layers present in openSuse, and why one is required to open the system settings and manually configure the external display after the boot. What does the Display and Monitor application know about that the system is ignorant of before my manual intervention. There was a time back when one generated an xorg.conf file that contained all of the settings for all of the monitors and graphics adapters. No user space application was required to enable the external monitor, and the boot scripts appeared on both screens, if configured that way. Now if I boot with the external monitor the refresh rates are trashed. If I ctrl-alt-backspace and get back to the X server, remove the external display, it comes up synced correctly. Then I can go and manually add the external monitor. But I am in a situation where the computer and its screen are not convenient. I have a hub that allows me to switch my monitor, mouse and keyboard between many computers. Why is it designed this way? Is there any way to eliminate the manual step through the Display and Monitor GUI? I do not understand what has been improved by this added complication. What am I missing? I can find no openSuse mailing list for X related issues. I did have this working under Fedora, so I know it is possible. Please advise. 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] nfs reports a virtually full filesystem, except it isn't ??
by Per Jessen 14 Apr '15

14 Apr '15

On a server with root on NFS, looking at 'df' from the server, the root filesystem is full: # df Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on devtmpfs 1970540 124 1970416 1% /dev tmpfs 1973832 0 1973832 0% /dev/shm tmpfs 1973832 2896 1970936 1% /run 1.2.3.4:/srv/nfs/adenauer/root 52295928 52063800 232128 100% / Doesn't seem to be very full though: # du -hsx /* 3.9M /bin 53M /boot 124K /dev 7.0M /etc 384M /home 522M /lib 82M /opt 200K /root 2.7M /run 7.8M /sbin 0 /selinux 1000M /srv 0 /sys 620K /tmp 1.7G /usr 2.5G /var # du -hsx / 6.2G / On the NFS server: # du -hsx /srv/nfs/adenauer 6.2G /srv/nfs/adenauer I've looked for large open files, can't find any. Does this ring a bell with anyone? -- Per Jessen, Zürich (17.4°C) http://www.dns24.ch/ - free dynamic DNS, 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] Bug in latest kernel 3.16.7-13 security patch
by Bob Williams 14 Apr '15

14 Apr '15

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, There is a bug <https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=927018> in the latest kernel security patch which prevents a graphical login if you are running nVidia graphics with the proprietary drivers. I'm not sure if it applies to other graphics cards. They are working on a fix, but for now I am staying with kernel 3.16.7-7 and not upgrading to 3.16.7-13. Good luck, Bob - -- Bob Williams System: Linux 3.16.7-7-desktop Distro: openSUSE 13.2 (x86_64) with KDE Development Platform: 4.14.3 Uptime: 06:00am up 7:55, 3 users, load average: 0.16, 0.05, 0.06 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iEYEARECAAYFAlUs4coACgkQ0Sr7eZJrmU7dagCfXgqIHhx6csFLvShdO3mqqt9y RQcAn1aIRQjNUX3OlJacxOqCWAKHhu14 =WD/F -----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] 13.2 x64, zypper up today, 8 file conflicts, vnc related, wtf?
by cagsm 13 Apr '15

13 Apr '15

Checking for file conflicts: .....................................................................................................[error] Detected 8 file conflicts: File /usr/bin/vnc_inetd_httpd from install of xorg-x11-Xvnc-1.4.1-6.29.1.x86_64(openSUSE-13.2-Update) conflicts with file from package tightvnc-1.3.10-14.2.1.x86_64(@System) File /usr/bin/vncpasswd from install of xorg-x11-Xvnc-1.4.1-6.29.1.x86_64(openSUSE-13.2-Update) conflicts with file from package tightvnc-1.3.10-14.2.1.x86_64(@System) File /usr/bin/vncpasswd.arg from install of xorg-x11-Xvnc-1.4.1-6.29.1.x86_64(openSUSE-13.2-Update) conflicts with file from package tightvnc-1.3.10-14.2.1.x86_64(@System) File /usr/bin/vncserver from install of xorg-x11-Xvnc-1.4.1-6.29.1.x86_64(openSUSE-13.2-Update) conflicts with file from package tightvnc-1.3.10-14.2.1.x86_64(@System) File /usr/share/man/man1/vncpasswd.1.gz from install of xorg-x11-Xvnc-1.4.1-6.29.1.x86_64(openSUSE-13.2-Update) conflicts with file from package tightvnc-1.3.10-14.2.1.x86_64(@System) File /usr/share/man/man1/vncserver.1.gz from install of xorg-x11-Xvnc-1.4.1-6.29.1.x86_64(openSUSE-13.2-Update) conflicts with file from package tightvnc-1.3.10-14.2.1.x86_64(@System) File /usr/share/vnc/classes/VncViewer.jar from install of xorg-x11-Xvnc-1.4.1-6.29.1.x86_64(openSUSE-13.2-Update) conflicts with file from package tightvnc-1.3.10-14.2.1.x86_64(@System) File /usr/share/vnc/classes/index.vnc from install of xorg-x11-Xvnc-1.4.1-6.29.1.x86_64(openSUSE-13.2-Update) conflicts with file from package tightvnc-1.3.10-14.2.1.x86_64(@System) File conflicts happen when two packages attempt to install files with the same name but different contents. If you continue, conflicting files will be replaced losing the previous content. Continue? [yes/no] (no): -- 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] Intermittent freezing of system/desktop
by Bob Williams 13 Apr '15

13 Apr '15

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I've had this problem off and on for several years, and over several iterations of openSUSE. My current setup is openSUSE 13.2 desktop with KDE5/plasma5. Graphics card is nVidia 9600GT running the latest nVidia proprietary drivers, driving twin monitors. Every so often, the system freezes for between 5 and 60 seconds. The mouse cursor still moves, but windows won't scroll, desktops won't switch and often sound gets cutoff for the duration of the freexe-up. It's irritating, but not a show stopper. I'm running gkrellm, including its 'Proc' viewer. This shows ~540 processes and 4 users, but when the lockup occurs, the brown graph climbs up to the top of the view port then gradually subsides. I've also tried having htop running, but it doesn't provide much useful information - no CPU hogging, no swapping out, etc. It would seem there may be some process that runs away every so often. Is there some file I can monitor or tail to catch it in the act. TIA Bob - -- Bob Williams System: Linux 3.16.7-7-desktop Distro: openSUSE 13.2 (x86_64) with KDE Development Platform: 4.14.3 Uptime: 06:00am up 7:55, 3 users, load average: 0.16, 0.05, 0.06 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iEYEARECAAYFAlUj3/cACgkQ0Sr7eZJrmU45cQCdG+GhsnwcNKfI+8Cca4VKzwPw UHMAoIEVgJBt4a217Wsv4Ssf+rOjDZtW =n3lq -----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] sistemad - is /usr/local/lib/sistemad/system the right place for local service units?
by Per Jessen 12 Apr '15

12 Apr '15

Just wondering if /usr/local/lib/systemd/system is the right place? The path isn't created by default at installation time, but that could just be a plain omission. I've created it on a 12.3 system, put a service unit there, works fine. -- Per Jessen, Zürich (15.4°C) http://www.dns24.ch/ - free dynamic DNS, 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] help with zypper
by don fisher 11 Apr '15

11 Apr '15

I wanted to build a openSuse 13.2 system on an AMD rather than my current Intel platform. I was planning on installing 13.2 from the installation disk, then adding the packages required to mirror my current system. I have studied a lot of the zypper manpage, bloody 1953 lines long! I found a file /var/log/zypp/history that appears to contain all of the updates to my system. The manpage suggests "see the shell command". But the manpage also says "shell support is not complete so expect bugs there". The history file appears to have installation date and time, a command, package name, version, architecture, followed by what appears to be maybe some path to the RPM? Is this what the shell is expecting, and will it read these lines and update my other machine? Or is this the wrong approach all together? The manpage states that if I had set the keeppackages property, all of the RPMs would be saved in /var/cache/zypp/packages and I could use zypper to install them directly from there. But I did not know about that property until recently. Comments, suggestions? Thanks 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] Problem adding Wireless after install
by Carl Spitzer 11 Apr '15

11 Apr '15

On laptops and desktops this works aucomagically when the wireless is connected at install time. However if you forgot it or went old school and later decide to add wireless your in problems. Currently I have an older system with 11.4 on it and I am trying to add wireless after the fact with Yast. I have installed iw and smpppd and gone into Yast to setup the Engenious 9603H which works fine on the laptops. I have tried setup in Yast with manual trigger ifup ifdown and no go. What is the best way to overcome this short of reinstall. And before you ask most of my stuff is to old for 13.x even my best systems choke on Gnome 3. so upgrading to a hung system is not in the works. CWSIV -- 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] Problem adding Wireless after install
by I.Petrov 11 Apr '15

11 Apr '15

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 Hello, Please reply to the mailing list where the next essential question in this topic has been asked almost at the same time when this email has been received. Do you have wpa_supplicant installed ? Best Regards, I. Petrov On 04/11/2015 02:35 AM, Carl Spitzer wrote: > On Sat, 2015-04-11 at 00:32 +0300, I.Petrov wrote: >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 >> >> Hello, >> >> Please explain where exactly is the problem. The device cannot be recognized at all? The device cannot connect to a wireless network ? The >> device cannot be configured through Yast ? Something else ? > > Yast can see and configure the device after warning me I needed to install IW and SMPPPD but then ifup does not turn it on when i checked manual > for activation as opposed to on hotplug. > > CWSIV -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJVKHEpAAoJEH8sJoKRFRU5xlAQAKTSHBn4J/OKrrFu3Q7B2nSn aLZWv0MuaJFXkHBe8pDWhB8rYeMLg/VGxywjumIrAanggsAqaopIoAlYa/WqtjXe s8rBvo5L6tG/ygfLpTi0f20nVfiFKvmnPDIwHNqi4veMPCmag+PszvLeoqfs6iG5 Vrvd2HnB8PxVmiH9d24ElmQEzG6Uxzce0YDJdjIAtu6vkz0WeuDwzv0tUc9lHUnG ZlQMS5GHS6v4lpmED45MPXmc/2pPYezObT9iMLpwsUfY4nM5OdjZ4eaKnhlOW/dA fdRP6K8g3bAsSb4M/sACXxsc16S8jdgDBLZbN5qkFlvy35CCLnsOTYi/HweKlM1+ 19sKvwAoRRZGdJBODvCcikbRUTwO6tHh/yMsRpvarcs/OOya0Jkpad42ktnHRuqP roVcPdWPTa3QBM3xoLFa0SzUEG3e6BK2cPW+u5v5IYWYSL6gSf5DrDyV3gJtQCu2 iSov2Y8lFVgB0acfZU44dlZYpYfnTi1HRLttyXmBdB67V2o3Ksh7MgylF8LQqxq9 WZyxWVMkyhHZnYvYQBCY9/pJLkX55hiii1Y+Q0p/ym4VkPXq355KqDSRxDaVagax PizvE6EVqCXvMixB3Q3ZemloE2YqeoKCLokph+5yeQhA6ZpcSUegBgjXyrRhiDUD 1bYGt/wvivglRALdN7sN =D9Qp -----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] Help with VGA display on laptop.
by don fisher 10 Apr '15

10 Apr '15

I have just begun researching this problem, so pardon me if I missed the obvious again;-) I have a Dell 1721 laptop with an AMD/ATI RD690M {Radeon Express 1200/1250/1270] graphics controller. OpenSuse 13.2 functions perfectly on the internal UXGA laptop screen. But when I connect an external monitor (Dell 2405FPW also UXGA) and boot the system the graphics are trashed. Both are UXGA, and I tried Unified Outputs. And this also happens when the monitor is turned off during the boot. So I assume it is the presence of the VGA plug that is causing the corruption during boot. If I plug the monitor in after the system has been booted the monitor does not detect the computer, suggesting that the computer is in a sleep mode. But if I look at System Settings/Display Configuration GUI both screens are shown. The laptop monitor is working great and the external monitor sees nothing. I have successfully used this pair of devices since 2008 under Fedora?? So I assume it is a setup problem. Tomorrow I will try a fresh install from the distribution disk with the monitor connected to see if there are any variations. I also tried to make a VGA connection from my laptop that provides HDMI connections. It has an Intel graphics chipset. I used an HDMI to VGA adapter and achieved similar results. But if I connect this unit via the HDMI cable rather than the VGA cable it functions correctly. Tomorrow I will also try connecting the this computer through the VGA cable to the HDMI monitor, as opposed to the UXGA monitor. Is there a guide to setting up X under openSuse 13.2? Since the system works in single monitor mode, I am assuming that the kernel modules etc. are correct. Nothing obvious was present in my dmesg file, but I am not sure what to look for. I have edited xorg.conf files since the 90s, but I believe that is discouraged now. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks, 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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