Re: [opensuse] USB storage not automounting with "VMBlock warning: DentryOpRevalidate..." kernel msgs
Thanks so much for the quick response. I'll give that a whirl. --ted Adolph & Sharon Weidanz said the following on 12/28/2007 04:57 PM: > Ted Markowitz wrote: > >> Recently my 2.6.22.13-0.3-default SUSE kernel has stopped automatically >> mounting my USB disks and thumbdrives under /media. The strange thing is >> that this worked just fine up till recently and occasionally still works >> again after a reboot. All the plugged-in USB devices appear to be >> visible to the kernel (see 'lsusb' and 'fdisk -l' output below), but >> they simply won't mount every time on boot or when I hotplug them. >> However, I _can_ mount them manually without an issue. Also, I've made >> no changes to /etc/fstab for ages that might account for this. I've seen >> some Google references to wrong permissions on USB devices that might >> generate this warning, but none of them sound quite right to me here. >> > > Had this same problem with my usb hard drive and three thumbdrives. > After doing a lot of searching and following all the advice, like > upgrading hal to 5.10 from a beta repo. What finally worked was to > change RUN_PARALLEL="no" to your /etc/sysconfig/boot file. This can be > done from within YAST. Now it seems to work fine. > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[opensuse] USB storage not automounting with "VMBlock warning: DentryOpRevalidate..." kernel msgs
Recently my 2.6.22.13-0.3-default SUSE kernel has stopped automatically mounting my USB disks and thumbdrives under /media. The strange thing is that this worked just fine up till recently and occasionally still works again after a reboot. All the plugged-in USB devices appear to be visible to the kernel (see 'lsusb' and 'fdisk -l' output below), but they simply won't mount every time on boot or when I hotplug them. However, I _can_ mount them manually without an issue. Also, I've made no changes to /etc/fstab for ages that might account for this. I've seen some Google references to wrong permissions on USB devices that might generate this warning, but none of them sound quite right to me here. Here's an excerpt from dmesg at boot time where it complains about one of the USB storage devices and then won't mount it under /media with the "VMBlock warning:..." message: > usb-storage: device found at 7 > usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning > scsi 6:0:0:0: Direct-Access WD 10EACS External 1.61 PQ: 0 > ANSI: 0 > sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] 1953525168 512-byte hardware sectors (1000205 MB) > sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off > sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 00 00 00 00 > sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through > sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] 1953525168 512-byte hardware sectors (1000205 MB) > sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off > sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 00 00 00 00 > sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through > sdb: sdb1 > sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI disk > sd 6:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 0 > usb-storage: device scan complete > VMBlock warning: DentryOpRevalidate: invalid args from kernel Any help would be much appreciated. This has gotten to be quite annoying. TIA, --ted === madeye:~ # lsusb Bus 007 Device 004: ID 0b97:7772 O2 Micro, Inc. Bus 007 Device 003: ID 0483:2016 SGS Thomson Microelectronics Fingerprint Reader Bus 007 Device 002: ID 0b97:7761 O2 Micro, Inc. Bus 007 Device 001: ID : Bus 006 Device 001: ID : Bus 005 Device 001: ID : Bus 004 Device 001: ID : Bus 003 Device 002: ID 413c:8140 Dell Computer Corp. Bus 003 Device 001: ID : Bus 002 Device 001: ID : Bus 001 Device 011: ID 1058:1100 Western Digital Technologies, Inc. Bus 001 Device 006: ID 1058:0701 Western Digital Technologies, Inc. Bus 001 Device 004: ID 050d:0414 Belkin Components Bus 001 Device 003: ID 413c:0058 Dell Computer Corp. Bus 001 Device 001: ID : === madeye:~ # fdisk -l Disk /dev/sda: 120.0 GB, 120034123776 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14593 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier: 0x41ab2316 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 1 9 72261 de Dell Utility /dev/sda2 10 14593 117145980f W95 Ext'd (LBA) /dev/sda5 10255920482843+ b W95 FAT32 /dev/sda62560383410241406 83 Linux /dev/sda73835510910241406 83 Linux /dev/sda85110893430724281 83 Linux /dev/sda98935 1275930724281 83 Linux /dev/sda10 12760 1433112627058+ 83 Linux /dev/sda11 14332 14593 2104483+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris Disk /dev/sdc: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier: 0x8f9c798a Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdc1 * 1972978148161 83 Linux Disk /dev/sdb: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier: 0x44fdfe06 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 1 121601 976760001c W95 FAT32 (LBA) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] glxgears strangeness (repost)
The man's a genius! Indeed, that's exactly what it was. I didn't make the connection between the FPS from glxgears and the sync rate of the external Samsung LCD monitor I'm using (I use TwinView in a 2-head configuration most of the time). You also explained why it didn't appear in Fedora, since I didn't use the nvidia config utilities there and so the VBlank wasn't syncing. Once I turned it off in nvidia-settings in openSUSE I now get around 1900 FPS from glxgears. Thanks so much, Renan, for a truly useful response... --ted Renan Birck said the following on 12/07/2007 07:58 PM: > Ted Markowitz wrote: >> I'm running the most recent openSUSE 10.3 kernel on a Dell Latitude 830 >> laptop using an NVidia Quadro 140M graphics chip with 512M of video RAM. >> I also have the latest version I can find of the NVidia native driver >> installed (100.14.23) and am using Xorg 7.2 as the X Server with >> Compiz-Fusion running. This screen configuration actually seems to work >> quite well and I can use all the neat Compiz hacks like the rotating >> 3D-cube, wobbly windows, etc. >> >> What's bugging me is that when I run glxgears to check out the actual >> frames-per-second horsepower of the NVidia card, which should be pretty >> damn speedy, especially with 256M of devoted RAM, I only see FPS rates >> of about 60. This seems really odd to me, even though for all intents > > Looks like it is syncing to VBlank, therefore you only get 60FPS (i.e. > 60Hz, the refresh-rate of your monitor, but of course the rate don't > apply to LCD) > > With Vblank-syncing turned on here: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ glxgears > 350 frames in 5.0 seconds = 69.884 FPS > (my monitor is set to the 70Hz refresh) > > Without it, I get FPS higher than 1000. > > Run nvidia-settings and, within the OpenGL settings, unmark "Sync to > VBlank". > > HTH -- == T e d M a r k o w i t z Chief Architect, Cognosys LLChttp://www.cognosys.net 203-655-2400 (phone/fax) 203-984-6565 (cell) [EMAIL PROTECTED] (email) TJMarkowitz (AIM) == Cognosys accepts no liability for the content of this email, or for the consequences of any actions taken on the basis of the information provided herein, unless that information is sub- sequently confirmed in writing. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, you are notified that disclosing, copying, distributing or taking any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited. Please inform us of any erroneous delivery by return email and also delete the message and any attachments from your system. The company accepts no liability for any damage caused by any viruses inadvertently transmitted by this email. Thank you. 12/2007 - COGNOSYS LLC, 10 HAMILTON LANE, DARIEN, CT 06820-2809 == -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[opensuse] glxgears strangeness (repost)
I'm running the most recent openSUSE 10.3 kernel on a Dell Latitude 830 laptop using an NVidia Quadro 140M graphics chip with 512M of video RAM. I also have the latest version I can find of the NVidia native driver installed (100.14.23) and am using Xorg 7.2 as the X Server with Compiz-Fusion running. This screen configuration actually seems to work quite well and I can use all the neat Compiz hacks like the rotating 3D-cube, wobbly windows, etc. What's bugging me is that when I run glxgears to check out the actual frames-per-second horsepower of the NVidia card, which should be pretty damn speedy, especially with 256M of devoted RAM, I only see FPS rates of about 60. This seems really odd to me, even though for all intents and purposes it doesn't effect my work in any significant way since the video responsiveness is perfectly acceptable for my needs. Of course, I'm not running any heavy-duty, high-res 3D games either. Also, I've noticed when I dual-boot into Fedora Core 7 I can get apparent FPS rates in the thousands of FPS using glxgears. I'm guessing that something must be different in the two configurations, but there's nothing obvious that I can detect. Same X server, same NVidia driver, etc. Is there anything anyone can think of that I should be looking for to explain this dissimilarity? Perhaps something in the Xorg configuration that I'm using or shouldn't be using? Below is an excerpt of some data from glxinfo showing the configuration. I can provide details of the xorg.conf and any logs that might be of use in clarifying this situation upon request. TIA, --ted direct rendering: Yes server glx vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation server glx version string: 1.4 OpenGL vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation OpenGL renderer string: Quadro NVS 140M/PCI/SSE2 OpenGL version string: 2.1.1 NVIDIA 100.14.23 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[opensuse] glxgears strangeness
I'm running the most recent openSUSE 10.3 kernel on a Dell Latitude 830 laptop using an NVidia Quadro 140M graphics chip with 512M of video RAM. I also have the latest version I can find of the NVidia native driver installed (100.14.23) and am using Xorg 7.2 as the X Server with Compiz-Fusion running. This screen configuration actually seems to work quite well and I can use all the neat Compiz hacks like the rotating 3D-cube, wobbly windows, etc. What's bugging me is that when I run glxgears to check out the actual frames-per-second horsepower of the NVidia card, which should be pretty damn speedy, especially with 512M of devoted RAM, I only see FPS rates of about 60. This seems really odd to me, even though for all intents and purposes it doesn't effect my work in any significant way since the video responsiveness is perfectly acceptable for my needs. Of course, I'm not running any heavy-duty, high-res 3D games either. Also, I've noticed when I dual-boot into Fedora Core 7 I can get apparent FPS rates in the thousands of FPS using glxgears. I'm guessing that something must be different in the two configurations, but there's nothing obvious that I can detect. Same X server, same NVidia driver, etc. Is there anything anyone can think of that I should be looking for to explain this dissimilarity? Perhaps something in the Xorg configuration that I'm using or shouldn't be using? Below is an excerpt of some data from glxinfo showing the configuration. I can provide details of the xorg.conf and any logs that might be of use in clarifying this situation upon request. TIA, --ted -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[opensuse] NVidia + openSUSE + glxgears oddity
I'm running the most recent openSUSE 10.3 kernel on a Dell Latitude 830 laptop using an NVidia Quadro 140M graphics chip with 512M of video RAM. I also have the latest version I can find of the NVidia native driver installed (100.14.23) and am using Xorg 7.2 as the X Server with Compiz-Fusion running. This screen configuration actually seems to work quite well and I can use all the neat Compiz hacks like the rotating 3D-cube, wobbly windows, etc. What's bugging me is that when I run glxgears to check out the actual frames-per-second horsepower of the NVidia card, which should be pretty damn speedy, especially with 512M of devoted RAM, I only see FPS rates of about 60. This seems really odd to me, even though for all intents and purposes it doesn't effect my work in any significant way since the video responsiveness is perfectly acceptable for my needs. Of course, I'm not running any heavy-duty, high-res 3D games either. Also, I've noticed when I dual-boot into Fedora Core 7 I can get apparent FPS rates in the thousands of FPS using glxgears. I'm guessing that something must be different in the two configurations, but there's nothing obvious that I can detect. Same X server, same NVidia driver, etc. Is there anything anyone can think of that I should be looking for to explain this dissimilarity? Perhaps something in the Xorg configuration that I'm using or shouldn't be using? Below is an excerpt of some data from glxinfo showing the configuration. I can provide details of the xorg.conf and any logs that might be of use in clarifying this situation upon request. TIA, --ted direct rendering: Yes server glx vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation server glx version string: 1.4 OpenGL vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation OpenGL renderer string: Quadro NVS 140M/PCI/SSE2 OpenGL version string: 2.1.1 NVIDIA 100.14.23 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[opensuse] openSUSE updater: bogus updates?
When openSUSE updater starts, it sometimes claims that I have hundreds of available updates, including nearly every package I can think of. When I open the tray icon, the list is there alright, but all the items are unselectable, so I couldn't update them, even if I wanted to. Moreover, when I run yast2 and do 'Online Update' to check on patches and updated versions, none of these updates are there and everything already appears up-to-date with perhaps a handful of occasional patches or version upgrades. E.g., just today I found 1 "real" patch for cups and openSUSE updater claimed there were 219 updates. I've tried cleaning and refreshing all the rpm caches to make sure all the sources are in sync, but openSUSE updater keeps coming up with these apparently bogus update lists. Any ideas how to make this work properly? TIA, --Ted == T e d M a r k o w i t z Chief Architect, Cognosys http://www.cognosys.net 203-655-2400 (phone/fax) 203-984-6565 (cell) [EMAIL PROTECTED] (email) TJMarkowitz (AIM) == -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] compiz-fusion help
Aha! Thanks so much to David and Ben. Indeed I was "unfolding" (hence the ribbon-like flattened viewports I kept seeing) the cube via Ctrl-Alt-Down. Once I understood David's description about using Ctrl-Alt-LeftMouse to initiate the rotation the cube by holding them down continuously while grabbing it, it all became clear how the interface was supposed to be working. BTW, I actually did try to find online documentation on this before asking the list, but the explanation of the basic compiz interface (especially the cube-stuff) and particularly how each of the plug-ins work especially with all their possible parameters is still pretty sketchy at best. Perhaps an overview of compiz-fusion concepts and a glossary of basic plug-in terminology would be helpful to newbies? Time will fix that I'm sure. Cheers and thanks again for all the help, --ted d_garbage said the following on 11/11/2007 10:30 PM: > On Sun, 11 Nov 2007 20:07:00 -, Ted Markowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> Ben Kevan said the following on 11/10/2007 04:50 PM: >>> On Saturday 10 November 2007 12:49:25 pm Ted Markowitz wrote: >>> >>>> no 3D cubes---just a flat >>>> set of scrolling panels when you Ctrl-Alt-Down that take up about >>>> 1/3 of >>>> screen as Bob described. This is the "ribbon" of left-right, >>>> scrollable >>>> viewport faces I was trying to explain in my note. I can pan them left >>>> and right to select one for focus, but nothing like the 3D cube in the >>>> demos. >>>> >>> >>> That is actually the default behavior of Compiz Fusion I believe. >>> >>> Have you gone into ccsm and configured the cubes? What happens when >>> you do >>> Control + Alt + Left Mouse Click + Mouse Movement do? >>> >>> Ben >>> >>> >> >> Ben, >> >> I've played with ccsm at length to try to get the 3D behaviour, but with >> no luck. In the 'Desktop' section I currently have Desktop Cube and >> Rotate Cube enabled with all the default options chosen in each. Should >> I be enabling some other plugins or making other changes in ccsm as well >> to get the correct operation? >> >> BTW, I'm not sure I exactly understood your question. When I >> Ctrl-Alt-Right or Ctrl-Alt-Left the "cube" rotates properly to the >> next/previous face or viewport. I also have Ctrl-F1 -> Ctrl-F9 >> successfully rotating to face 1 through 9 as well. That all works. What >> isn't happening is that on Ctrl-Alt-Down I don't get a true 3D image a > >> Again, thanks muchly. >> >> --ted > > What you seem to want to do is to grab the cube and rotate it around > freely with the mouse. As Ben pointed out the default setting for this > is: Press and hold control and alt keys then also hold the left mouse > button down. Keep holding this combo and now move the mouse around. > This is the "Initiate" binding under "Cube Rotate" plugin > > If you haven't already, take a look around www.compiz-fusion.org , > useful stuff there. > eg http://wiki.compiz-fusion.org/Plugins/Cube > > HTH > David -- == T e d M a r k o w i t z Chief Architect, Cognosys http://www.cognosys.net 203-655-2400 (phone/fax) 203-984-6565 (cell) [EMAIL PROTECTED] (email) TJMarkowitz (AIM) == Cognosys LLC accepts no liability for the content of this email, or for the consequences of any actions taken on the basis of the information provided herein, unless that information is sub- sequently confirmed in writing. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, you are notified that disclosing, copying, distributing or taking any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited. Please inform us of any erroneous delivery by return email and also delete the message and any attachments from your system. The company accepts no liability for any damage caused by any viruses inadvertently transmitted by this email. Thank you. 06/01/2007 - COGNOSYS LLC, 10 HAMILTON LANE, DARIEN, CT 06820 == -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] compiz-fusion help
Ben, I've played with ccsm at length to try to get the 3D behaviour, but with no luck. In the 'Desktop' section I currently have Desktop Cube and Rotate Cube enabled with all the default options chosen in each. Should I be enabling some other plugins or making other changes in ccsm as well to get the correct operation? BTW, I'm not sure I exactly understood your question. When I Ctrl-Alt-Right or Ctrl-Alt-Left the "cube" rotates properly to the next/previous face or viewport. I also have Ctrl-F1 -> Ctrl-F9 successfully rotating to face 1 through 9 as well. That all works. What isn't happening is that on Ctrl-Alt-Down I don't get a true 3D image a la the demo video I've seen, but instead just that set of flat scrollable faces which I can then shift left and right to select the one I want when I release the Ctrl-Alt key combo. This puts the currently rotated face back on my desktop in fullscreen. The interface I'm seeing is more like a semi-distant wall in the middle 1/3 of the screen with a ribbon of panels representing each face that can be shifted left or right, as opposed to a true 3D cube with full perspective. Even cube reflection "works" in this current setup with the faces each reflected in the lower 1/3 of the window. I can try to do a screen capture (not sure exactly how in this environment) to show you what I mean, if that would help. Again, thanks muchly. --ted Ben Kevan said the following on 11/10/2007 04:50 PM: > On Saturday 10 November 2007 12:49:25 pm Ted Markowitz wrote: > >> Ben, >> >> Thanks for trying to help us out here. Forgive my naivete (or just plain >> old ignorance ;-), but I was under the impression that if one was >> running the native NVidia driver (100.14.19, which I downloaded from >> NVidia and installed manually) and an up-to-date, composite-enabled Xorg >> (7.2.0 in my case) that one didn't need to use Xgl as the X-server to >> get compiz-fusion and emerald to work. Indeed Xorg 7.2 and compiz seem >> to work pretty well on the face of it, including wobbly windows and most >> of the other plug-ins like animation, except no 3D cubes---just a flat >> set of scrolling panels when you Ctrl-Alt-Down that take up about 1/3 of >> screen as Bob described. This is the "ribbon" of left-right, scrollable >> viewport faces I was trying to explain in my note. I can pan them left >> and right to select one for focus, but nothing like the 3D cube in the >> demos. >> >> > > That is actually the default behavior of Compiz Fusion I believe. > > Have you gone into ccsm and configured the cubes? What happens when you do > Control + Alt + Left Mouse Click + Mouse Movement do? > > Ben > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
