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Re: [Wlug] Window manager problem

by Andy Stewart

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Andy Stewart wrote: > Andy Stewart wrote: >> Hi Bruce, > >> If you can fire up any window manager, it should allow you to manipulate >> your windows, bail out cleanly, or whatever you'd like to do (go back to >> Yast and turn off 3D, etc). > >> For KDE, the window manager is /opt/kde3/bin/kwin, if I'm not mistaken. >> If there is one terminal window available in which you can type a >> command, try that and see if it starts the window manager. > > Oops, now I've just read that you are using Gnome. OK, same thing > applies, but substitute in the name of the Gnome window manager. I > don't know what that might be, unfortunately. I'm sure somebody else > will chime in with that information. Try this: /opt/gnome/bin/gnome-wm - -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA, USA http://www.wlug.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFF6NWwHl0iXDssISsRAlMrAJ9Cs61hrvkS20MNoy81u79vRiOmbACeM3ZQ 7KSGDgmN7rzzFJ9BGilpwbQ= =2+Lo -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

March 3, 2007

Re: [Wlug] Window manager problem

by Eric Stein

What is the content of ~/.xinitrc on your system? Mine for gnome (I suspect it broke yours): eastein@glamdring:/home/eastein$ cat .xinitrc #!/bin/sh gnome-session Eric Bruce Linnell wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I'm running openSuSE 10.2, and decided I wanted to try some of the 3D > Desktop effects. So I tried activating them through the YaST control > panel. Now not only do I not have 3D effects, I seem to have lost my > window manager as well. I can open apps and applets, utilities and > folders, but none have a title bar to grab for moving the window, and > none have the max, min, and close buttons, and if it doesn't have a > close or quit option in a drop down menu, I can't close it (them). > > So I end up with a screen full of unmoveable, unresizeable, and in some > cases, uncloseable windows. It reminds me of an old steamer trunk with > decals plastered all over it. > > The boot screen only shows 2 icons just prior to opening the desktop: > the desktop icon, and the Gnome footprint icon. The double window icon > is no longer there. > > Booting as root is normal with all 3 icons in the splash screen, and > full window(s) functionality. So this problem seems contained to my user > account. > > I'm hopeful that restoring the window manager will also let me configure > the 3D effects, but if not, I'd like to get back to normal. Any > suggestions? > > Bruce > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

March 3, 2007

Re: [Wlug] Window manager problem

by Andy Stewart

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Andy Stewart wrote: > > Hi Bruce, > > If you can fire up any window manager, it should allow you to manipulate > your windows, bail out cleanly, or whatever you'd like to do (go back to > Yast and turn off 3D, etc). > > For KDE, the window manager is /opt/kde3/bin/kwin, if I'm not mistaken. > If there is one terminal window available in which you can type a > command, try that and see if it starts the window manager. Oops, now I've just read that you are using Gnome. OK, same thing applies, but substitute in the name of the Gnome window manager. I don't know what that might be, unfortunately. I'm sure somebody else will chime in with that information. I assumed KDE because that's pretty standard for SuSE. Later, Andy - -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA, USA http://www.wlug.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFF6NRBHl0iXDssISsRAnH6AJ4xsbRIwo2yWs833FBZEU14rEO0yQCfUiDh vy2/9rl4hLHfLnddzIE0Ono= =8wLi -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

March 3, 2007

Re: [Wlug] Window manager problem

by Andy Stewart

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi Bruce, If you can fire up any window manager, it should allow you to manipulate your windows, bail out cleanly, or whatever you'd like to do (go back to Yast and turn off 3D, etc). For KDE, the window manager is /opt/kde3/bin/kwin, if I'm not mistaken. If there is one terminal window available in which you can type a command, try that and see if it starts the window manager. Failing that, can you get to a text console via Ctrl-Alt-F1 ? If so, try this: (setenv DISPLAY :0; /opt/kde3/bin/kwin)& or (export DISPLAY=:0; /opt/kde3/bin/kwin)& The first command works in (t)csh, while the other works in BASH, depending on which is your login shell. If you haven't explicitly modified it, it will be bash, in which case the 2nd command should work. You could also get to a text console, log in as root, and drop to runlevel 3 (which would kill off your X windows session) thus: telinit 3 To restart X windows, try this: telinit 5 You could also run YaST from the text console. The interface isn't as pretty, and it doesn't use the mouse (think tabs and arrow keys), but it is perfectly functional. There should be no need to reboot. I hope this helps, Andy - -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA, USA http://www.wlug.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFF6NPYHl0iXDssISsRAq/uAJ0Z+qzCOR9/whW01Xbt08Q2B5rd/gCdHesi p/k/obqiqpuTt4Z1zhNNYt0= =9a9K -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

March 3, 2007

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by Bruce Linnell

Oh yeah, I'm also using Gnome.

March 3, 2007

Window manager problem

by Bruce Linnell

Hi everyone, I'm running openSuSE 10.2, and decided I wanted to try some of the 3D Desktop effects. So I tried activating them through the YaST control panel. Now not only do I not have 3D effects, I seem to have lost my window manager as well. I can open apps and applets, utilities and folders, but none have a title bar to grab for moving the window, and none have the max, min, and close buttons, and if it doesn't have a close or quit option in a drop down menu, I can't close it (them). So I end up with a screen full of unmoveable, unresizeable, and in some cases, uncloseable windows. It reminds me of an old steamer trunk with decals plastered all over it. The boot screen only shows 2 icons just prior to opening the desktop: the desktop icon, and the Gnome footprint icon. The double window icon is no longer there. Booting as root is normal with all 3 icons in the splash screen, and full window(s) functionality. So this problem seems contained to my user account. I'm hopeful that restoring the window manager will also let me configure the 3D effects, but if not, I'd like to get back to normal. Any suggestions? Bruce

March 3, 2007

Re: [Wlug] SATA chipset Sil 3132

by Eric Stein

I figured this exact solution out before I went to dinner, but I hadn't gotten around to emailing it out yet. Here's the link I got the info from: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?s=42a7ff7f4422b32a30… See edM's second post. Thanks for your help, though! My RAID is now building for the first time! glamdring proc # cat mdstat Personalities : [raid6] [raid5] [raid4] md0 : active raid5 sde[4] sdd[2] sdc[1] sdb[0] 1172133888 blocks level 5, 64k chunk, algorithm 2 [4/3] [UUU_] [=============>.......] recovery = 69.1% (270093056/390711296) finish=34.2min speed=58640K/sec unused devices: <none> Eric Jamie Guinan wrote: > On Fri, 2 Mar 2007, Eric Stein wrote: > > >> Hi all, >> >> I've recently acquired some more hard drives and I just plugged one in >> to the secondary SATA ports on my motherboard for the first time. >> However, my Gentoo box isn't seeing it. I have an Abit AN8-32X >> motherboard (the other drives are on the Nvidia SATAII controller). For >> info about the board, go here: >> >> http://www.driverheaven.net/reviews/an8-32x/ >> >> In make menuconfig (from the kernel I am running right now (2.6.18)): >> <*> Silicon Image chipset support >> > > I'm have 2.6.19 handy, and I see, > > Device Drivers ---> > ATA/ATAPI/MFM/RLL support ---> > < > Silicon Image chipset support > > but also, > > Device Drivers ---> > Serial ATA (prod) and Parallel ATA (experimental) drivers ---> > < > Silicon Image SATA support > < > Silicon Image 3124/3132 SATA support > > I think the latter is what you might need. Its the new libata... > reworked IDE... thingy. I haven't followed it that closely, but this > link might be of interest, > > http://lwn.net/Articles/198344/ > > -Jamie > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

March 2, 2007

Re: [Wlug] SATA chipset Sil 3132

by Jamie Guinan

On Fri, 2 Mar 2007, Eric Stein wrote: > Hi all, > > I've recently acquired some more hard drives and I just plugged one in > to the secondary SATA ports on my motherboard for the first time. > However, my Gentoo box isn't seeing it. I have an Abit AN8-32X > motherboard (the other drives are on the Nvidia SATAII controller). For > info about the board, go here: > > http://www.driverheaven.net/reviews/an8-32x/ > > In make menuconfig (from the kernel I am running right now (2.6.18)): > <*> Silicon Image chipset support I'm have 2.6.19 handy, and I see, Device Drivers ---> ATA/ATAPI/MFM/RLL support ---> < > Silicon Image chipset support but also, Device Drivers ---> Serial ATA (prod) and Parallel ATA (experimental) drivers ---> < > Silicon Image SATA support < > Silicon Image 3124/3132 SATA support I think the latter is what you might need. Its the new libata... reworked IDE... thingy. I haven't followed it that closely, but this link might be of interest, http://lwn.net/Articles/198344/ -Jamie

March 2, 2007

SATA chipset Sil 3132

by Eric Stein

Hi all, I've recently acquired some more hard drives and I just plugged one in to the secondary SATA ports on my motherboard for the first time. However, my Gentoo box isn't seeing it. I have an Abit AN8-32X motherboard (the other drives are on the Nvidia SATAII controller). For info about the board, go here: http://www.driverheaven.net/reviews/an8-32x/ In make menuconfig (from the kernel I am running right now (2.6.18)): <*> Silicon Image chipset support My BIOS lists a drive in the Sil SATA display during IDE/SATA scanning. I have swapped the drive to the other controller to see if it is a hardware problem with the drive. It shows up in LSPCI, but it doesn't show up in fdisk -l. glamdring dev # lspci 00:00.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Host Bridge (rev a2) 00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 0 (rev a2) 00:00.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 1 (rev a2) 00:00.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 5 (rev a2) 00:00.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 4 (rev a2) 00:00.5 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Host Bridge (rev a2) 00:00.6 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 3 (rev a2) 00:00.7 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 2 (rev a2) 00:02.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation C51 PCI Express Bridge (rev a1) 00:03.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation C51 PCI Express Bridge (rev a1) 00:04.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation C51 PCI Express Bridge (rev a1) 00:09.0 Memory controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 Memory Controller (rev a4) 00:0a.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 ISA Bridge (rev a4) 00:0a.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation CK804 SMBus (rev a2) 00:0b.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 USB Controller (rev a2) 00:0b.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 USB Controller (rev a4) 00:0d.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 AC'97 Audio Controller (rev a2) 00:0f.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK804 IDE (rev f3) 00:10.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK804 Serial ATA Controller (rev f3) <====== works fine 00:11.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK804 Serial ATA Controller (rev f3) <====== works fine 00:12.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCI Bridge (rev a2) 00:13.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 Ethernet Controller (rev a3) 00:14.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3) 00:15.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3) 00:16.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3) 00:17.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3) 00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration 00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map 00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller 00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control 01:00.0 RAID bus controller: Silicon Image, Inc. SiI 3132 Serial ATA Raid II Controller (rev 01) <====== look, there it is 03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV44 [GeForce 6200 TurboCache(TM)] (rev a1) 04:06.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB43AB22/A IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link) 08:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV44 [GeForce 6200 TurboCache(TM)] (rev a1) glamdring dev # fdisk -l Disk /dev/hdc: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk /dev/hdc doesn't contain a valid partition table Disk /dev/sda: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 * 1 17 136521 83 Linux /dev/sda2 18 516 4008217+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sda3 517 1513 8008402+ 83 Linux /dev/sda4 1514 9729 65995020 83 Linux Disk /dev/sdb: 400.0 GB, 400088457216 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 48641 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk /dev/sdb doesn't contain a valid partition table Disk /dev/sdc: 400.0 GB, 400088457216 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 48641 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk /dev/sdc doesn't contain a valid partition table Disk /dev/sdd: 400.0 GB, 400088457216 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 48641 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk /dev/sdd doesn't contain a valid partition table glamdring dev # Where's /dev/sde hiding? Eric

March 2, 2007