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Apache2

by Michael Zarozinski

Does anyone know of any reasons *not* to upgrade to Apache 2.x from the last Apache1 version (1.3.37)?

March 8, 2007

Re: [Wlug] Window manager problem

by Bruce Linnell

Andy, Eric, and Mike, Andy nailed it with "/opt/gnome/bin/gnome-wm". That got the manager back up, which, in this case was metacity, as Mike suggested. Once that was fixed I was able to continue and get xgl running so I now have the rotating cube desktop and other effects. Thank you all for the quick responses. Tux has happy feet again :-) Bruce

March 3, 2007

Re: [Wlug] Window manager problem

by Mike Leo

when mine screws up i start metacity ----- Original Message ---- From: Andy Stewart <andystewart(a)comcast.net> To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> Sent: Friday, March 2, 2007 8:56:00 PM Subject: Re: [Wlug] Window manager problem -----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----- _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

March 2, 2007

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 2, 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 2, 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 2, 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 2, 2007

(no subject)

by Bruce Linnell

Oh yeah, I'm also using Gnome.

March 2, 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 2, 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