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[opensuse] Re: Problems loading opensuse on 4TB USB drive on 42.3
by don fisher 07 Aug '17

07 Aug '17

On 08/06/2017 02:56 PM, L A Walsh wrote: > don fisher wrote: >> >> As I recall, linux now uses 4k sectors by default. Does that imply >> that "512e" is a required capability for the drive to boot? > --- Hitachi called it 512e ('e' for 'emulation'), vs. the alternative > of 512n ('n' for native). > > I 1st saw it in a doc from them like this one: > > https://www.hgst.com/sites/default/files/resources/AFtechbrief.pdf > > Which is similar to the one James mentioned @ seagate. > > > As for **"required to boot"** -- depends on your OS. > > 512e simply means that OS's that don't grok 4K-sectors can still > see and use it as a 512-byte sector drive. > > HOWEVER, as the docs mention, those drives that perform 512 > byte emulation do so in hardware by using 2 passes over the data > to write a sector -- 1st to read the rest of the 4K sector and > 2nd to write the merged data back to disk. > > If you don't have the emulated 512-byte capability, your OS > may or may not work (w/MS OS's anything before Win7 may have > problems). With Linux, will depend on your distro. My boot > disk(s) are still booting off a 3-disk RAID5 using short-stroked > 15K SAS drives (short-stroked, meaning only using the 'fast' half > (or first part) of the disk for lower overall latency). > > -l I tried build a openSuse system on this disk using first the current 42.3 distribution disk, the in desperation I tried lo load the older 42.1 distribution. Neither worked. Just curious, with disks so cheap, why you do not employ SSDs if the seek is a big problem. 4TB SATA III Samsung is about $1500.00. The 4TB USB Seagate I am is about $100.00. I do not require the 4TB Seagate for my system. I have had problem getting reliable boots with my USB drives. I just posted so developers might be aware of a possible problem. 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] Re: Problems loading opensuse on 4TB USB drive on 42.3
by don fisher 06 Aug '17

06 Aug '17

On 08/06/2017 12:15 PM, L A Walsh wrote: > don fisher wrote: >> I purchased a 4TB Seagate Backup Plus hard drive. > FWIW, the backup+ drives have 4K sectors and no "512e" (emulated) > compatibility. MS OS's before Win8 don't recognize it for many > purposes, including boot and MS-backup+restore (great feature for > a backup+ drive!). > > They were "designed"[?] for backup only. > > Note -- some larger drives, especially ones sold for backing > surveillance camera's are not designed to work as general purpose > disks because they take 2x as long to write as normal disks (they > need to write 2 tracks in order to store 1). I haven't heard > of any backup disks like that, but I wouldn't be surprised if > some were sold where only the fine print indicated additional > write costs. > > > Since the only 4T disks I have are 512e, I can't really test it out. > > FWIW -- the term "miscrosoft basic data" with a GUID of > EBD0A0A2-B9E5-4433-87C0-68B6B72699C7. > > Linux used to use that same GUID to describe any "Basic Data Parition" > until MS took it over. Since then linux uses a Linux Specific Data > Partition GUID of 0FC63DAF-8483-4772-8E79-3D69D8477DE4. > > -l As I recall, linux now uses 4k sectors by default. Does that imply that "512e" is a required capability for the drive to boot? Thanks for the insight:-) 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] systemd/cryptsetup problem after partition changes
by Bjoern Voigt 06 Aug '17

06 Aug '17

I reinstalled Windows 10 on a dual boot notebook. Windows is now using one partition less, because I combined two Windows partitions. As the result all Linux partition numbers changed: e.g. /boot from /dev/sda6 to /dev/sda5; LVM with / and swap from /dev/sda8 to /dev/sda7. Partition numbers should not matter anyway, because I use UUIDs in /etc/fstab: /dev/system/swap swap swap defaults 0 0 /dev/system/root / ext4 defaults 1 1 UUID=5aaaa284-fcbe-4db7-a746-ae0f94f0bb64 /boot ext4 defaults 1 2 UUID=C0F5-E9B0 /boot/efi vfat umask=0002,utf8=true,ro 0 3 After Windows setup finished I booted a USB key (Leap 42.3 rescue), mounted the partitions (e.g. cryptsetup open /dev/sda7 rootfs; vgscan; mount /dev/system/root /mnt; mount -o bind /dev /mnt/dev; same with /proc and /sys; chroot /mnt) checked filesystems in Yast and installed grub2 in Yast. I also tried manuell commands: mkinitrd; grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg Unfortunately the notebook still does not boot Leap 42.3. The Initramfs somehow does not try to open the encrypted LVM device /dev/sda7. Any ideas? [...] dracut-initqueue[346]: systemd-escape: invalid option -- '5' dracut-initqueue[346]: Warning: Failed to start systemd-cryptsetup(a)luks.service: Unit systemd-cryptsetup(a)luks.service failed to load: No such file or directory [...] dracut-initqueue[346]: Warning: dracut-initqueue timeout - starting timeout scripts dracut-initqueue[346]: Warning: dracut-initqueue timeout - starting timeout scripts dracut-initqueue[346]: Warning: dracut-initqueue timeout - starting timeout scripts [...] dracut-initqueue[346]: Warning: Could not boot dracut-initqueue[346]: Warning: /dev/mapper/system-root does not exist dracut-initqueue[346]: Warning: /dev/system/root does not exist Requested transaction contradicts existing jobs: Transaction is destructive. dracut-initqueue[346]: Failed to start dracut-emergency.service: Transaction is destructive dracut-initqueue[346]: Not all disks have been found dracut-initqueue[346]: You might want to regenerate your initramfs 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] Re: Problems loading opensuse on 4TB USB drive on 42.3
by Carlos E. R. 06 Aug '17

06 Aug '17

On 2017-08-06 21:15, L A Walsh wrote: > don fisher wrote: >> I purchased a 4TB Seagate Backup Plus hard drive. > FWIW, the backup+ drives have 4K sectors and no "512e" (emulated) > compatibility. MS OS's before Win8 don't recognize it for many > purposes, including boot and MS-backup+restore (great feature for > a backup+ drive!). > > They were "designed"[?] for backup only. > > Note -- some larger drives, especially ones sold for backing > surveillance camera's are not designed to work as general purpose > disks because they take 2x as long to write as normal disks (they > need to write 2 tracks in order to store 1). I haven't heard > of any backup disks like that, but I wouldn't be surprised if > some were sold where only the fine print indicated additional > write costs. Ah... And you think this is a backup drive? There is a very peculiar info in fdisk output: Disk /dev/sda: 3.7 TiB, 4000787029504 bytes, 7814037167 sectors Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 33553920 bytes <======= Disklabel type: gpt My "normal" disks have (the only line that is different): I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes Maybe that indicates it is a data only disk. Write in 33MB chunks... But it does have 512 bytes emulated sectors. > > > Since the only 4T disks I have are 512e, I can't really test it out. > > FWIW -- the term "miscrosoft basic data" with a GUID of > EBD0A0A2-B9E5-4433-87C0-68B6B72699C7. > > Linux used to use that same GUID to describe any "Basic Data Parition" > until MS took it over. Since then linux uses a Linux Specific Data > Partition GUID of 0FC63DAF-8483-4772-8E79-3D69D8477DE4. But not all Linuxes; openSUSE, at least till leap 42.2, doesn't. I have disks partitioned by gparted or yast that show that "microsoft basic data" label. > > -l > > > *permission to quote in full on any list is granted by the author* -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 42.2 x86_64 "Malachite" at Telcontar)

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[opensuse] Quick one about network settings
by don fisher 06 Aug '17

06 Aug '17

I must be missing the obvious, but when I ran network settings it came up with both wlan0 and eth0 disabled. The only thing I saw missing was the device "Module Name under Hardware". I tried to insert the module name but the GUI would not accept it. Don't know why. I deleted these two adapters and edited the disabled line to reinsert exactly what had previously been in the lines it said were deactivated. So now the system works, but eth0 has turned into eth1, and wlan0 has turned into wlan1. How can I change the eth1 back to eth0, and the same for wlan1. If I do ifup or ifdown, I would like the interfaces the same on all of my machines. Thanks, hope this is simple:-) 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] small installation vm
by George from the tribe 06 Aug '17

06 Aug '17

I need to create a single application virtual machine that will be pretty small. I would like the machine to not take up more than about 5gb, or even less if possible. I don't know that I would need a swap. I would probably want it to be just a single partition, root and home being on that single partition. The only thing I will need to run on the machine will be network connections, some python dependencies, and the application I want to install. I use VirtualBox frequently with a windows VM, so there is no issue with the virtualization program itself. So, any suggestions on what type of linux to use? Should I go for a much older version of openSUSE? Or can I do it with LEAP 42.2 or 42.3, and just do some kind of very limited installation? My preference, naturally, is something more recent. -- George Box: 42.2 | KDE Plasma 5.8 | AMD Phenom IIX4 | 64 | 32GB Laptop #1: 42.2 | KDE Plasma 5.8 | AMD FX 7TH GEN | 64 | 32GB Laptop #2: 42.2 | KDE Plasma 5.8 | Core i5 | 64 | 8GB -- 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] questions with k3b and 4.2.3
by don fisher 06 Aug '17

06 Aug '17

I just upgraded to Leap 4.2.3 and broke k3b. When I executed k3b, I received a message block that stated Unable to find cdrskin executable K3b uses cdrskin in place of cdrecord. Solution: Install the libburn package which contains cdrskin MP3 Audio Decoder plugin not found. K3b could not load or find the MP3 decoder plugin. This means that you will not be able to create Audio CDs from MP3 files. Many Linux distributions do not include MP3 support for legal reasons. Solution: To enable MP3 support, please install the MAD MP3 decoding library as well as the K3b MAD MP3 decoder plugin (the latter may already be installed but not functional due to the missing libmad). Some distributions allow installation of MP3 support via an online update tool. I went to the guide for Multimedia Codecs and, after executing the suggested zypper commands, still had the same problems. I went to "Package Search" a the only result shown for cdrskin is for 4.2.2. Please advise how to get the MP3 plugins and other required elements such as cdrskin. 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] Leap 4.2.3 upgrade and Broadcom wireless failure.
by don fisher 05 Aug '17

05 Aug '17

Hello, When performing my upgrade to Leap 4.2.3 my wireless Broadcom b43 was disabled. The following us in the boot log: b43-phy0: Broadcom 4311 WLAN found (core revision 10) b43-phy0: Found PHY: Analog 4, Type 2 (G), Revision 8 Found Radio: Manuf 0x17F, ID 0x2050, Revision 2, Version 0 warning: 5 GHz band is unsupported on this PHY b43 ssb0:0: Direct firmware load for b43/pcm5.fw failed with error -2 b43 ssb0:0: Direct firmware load for b43/b0g0initvals5.fw failed with error -2 b43 ssb0:0: Direct firmware load for b43-open/ucode5.fw failed with error -2 b43 ssb0:0: Direct firmware load for b43-open/ucode5.fw failed with error -2 b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/b0g0initvals5.fw" not found b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43-open/ucode5.fw" not found b43-phy0 ERROR: You must go to http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware and download the correct firmware for this driver version. Please carefully read all instructions on this website. I went to that website and found I was redirected to https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware. The first command on that page yields 03:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX [14e4:170c] (rev 02) 0b:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11a/b/g [14e4:4312] (rev 01) These devices are supported, but is is not clear to me how to obtain the required software. 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] cannot start samba nmbd
by Istvan Gabor 05 Aug '17

05 Aug '17

Hello: I have this problem in openSUSE Leap 42.2 with its default samba version (4.4.2). nmbd service is not started at boot and I cannot start it manually. # systemctl start nmb.service Job for nmb.service failed because a timeout was exceeded. See "systemctl status nmb.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details. # systemctl status nmb.service ● nmb.service - Samba NMB Daemon Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/nmb.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled) Active: failed (Result: timeout) since Sun 2017-07-30 11:37:52 CEST; 5min ago Main PID: 4235 Status: "nmbd: No local IPv4 non-loopback interfaces available, waiting for interface ..." Tasks: 0 (limit: 512) CGroup: /system.slice/nmb.service Jul 30 11:37:37 linux nmbd[4235]: [2017/07/30 11:37:37.475899, 0] ../source3/lib/interface.c:652(load_interfaces) Jul 30 11:37:37 linux nmbd[4235]: WARNING: no network interfaces found Jul 30 11:37:42 linux nmbd[4235]: [2017/07/30 11:37:42.504127, 0] ../source3/lib/interface.c:652(load_interfaces) Jul 30 11:37:42 linux nmbd[4235]: WARNING: no network interfaces found Jul 30 11:37:47 linux nmbd[4235]: [2017/07/30 11:37:47.531053, 0] ../source3/lib/interface.c:652(load_interfaces) Jul 30 11:37:47 linux nmbd[4235]: WARNING: no network interfaces found Jul 30 11:37:52 linux systemd[1]: nmb.service: Start operation timed out. Terminating. Jul 30 11:37:52 linux systemd[1]: Failed to start Samba NMB Daemon. Jul 30 11:37:52 linux systemd[1]: nmb.service: Unit entered failed state. Jul 30 11:37:52 linux systemd[1]: nmb.service: Failed with result 'timeout'. According to this the problem is that I don't have a IPv4 non-localhost network insterface, which is true according to ifconfig: # ifconfig eth2 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr xxxxxxxxxxxxx inet6 addr: abcd::abcd:abcd:abcd:abcd/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:24766 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:20994 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:22671550 (21.6 Mb) TX bytes:3075937 (2.9 Mb) lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1 RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b) ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol inet addr:xx.x.xxx.xxx P-t-P:xx.xxx.xxx.xx Mask:255.255.255.255 UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1492 Metric:1 RX packets:24466 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:20666 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:3 RX bytes:22115202 (21.0 Mb) TX bytes:2606771 (2.4 Mb) I have a DSL connection configured in network manager. Why does not eth2 get an IPv4 addres? How can I fix this? 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] What happened to OpenGL Image Viewer under Digikam>
by don fisher 04 Aug '17

04 Aug '17

I thought one of the most powerful features of Digikam was the OpenGL Image Viewer that allowed random roam and zoom with the click and slide of the right and left mouse buttons. It made analysis of details in an image, such as an architectural design, easy to analyze. Did I miss how to get it under 42.3, as it used to exist in the Tools menu. Can I download the sources an include it in the build? 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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