Hey, just spotted http://www.suse.com/us/suse/news/PressReleases/SuSE_Linux_7_1.html all about SUSE 7.1 coming out in Feb. 'SuSE Linux 7.1 Ships with Kernel 2.4 on February 12' Was wondering about the implications of updating current SUSE 7 servers to SUSE 7.1 Richard, with kernel 2.4 this'll have the replacement for ipchains in it, won't it? What's your advice on firewalling? Stick with 7 and ipchains, or wait for 7.1 and kernel 2.4's replacement for ipchains (name of which I can't recall off top of head). --Azrael _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.
I'd be grateful if someone could explain what the following means, and how I could get round it: (The results of running startx) Fatal server error: open_framebuffer: failed to open /dev/fb0 (no such device) Regards, Robb Bloomfield
hi sounds like you might be trying to run the wrong Xserver when you run startx, and that XF86_FB (framebuffer) isn't supported by you machine. You might want to try reconfiging you X settings. (use xf86setup or Xconfigurator). i've come across this before and found that the other X servers (such as XF86_SVGA) should have been used instad. is the installation of X straight from the original Linux install ? Malcolm ------------------------------- Dr Malcolm Herbert Director, Academic Business Development Red Hat Europe t: +44 1483 734955 m: +44 7720 079845 e: mherbert@redhat.com -------------------------------
-----Original Message----- From: suse-linux-uk-schools-return-1348-malc=ngfl.gov.uk@ns2.SuSE.com [mailto:suse-linux-uk-schools-return-1348-malc=ngfl.gov.uk@ns2.SuSE.com] On Behalf Of Royal Latin School Sent: 26 January 2001 12:39 To: suse-linux-uk-schools@suse.com Subject: [suse-linux-uk-schools] X Error
I'd be grateful if someone could explain what the following means, and how I could get round it: (The results of running startx)
Fatal server error: open_framebuffer: failed to open /dev/fb0 (no such device)
Regards,
Robb Bloomfield
Did it work before and has it stopped working? Did you knowingly set up X with the frame buffer driver because nothing else would work? If the answer to both these is yes, try rebooting with vga=791 at the boot prompt immediately after the kernal label: e.g. linux vga=791 On Fri, 26 Jan 2001, Royal Latin School wrote:
I'd be grateful if someone could explain what the following means, and how I could get round it: (The results of running startx)
Fatal server error: open_framebuffer: failed to open /dev/fb0 (no such device)
Regards,
Robb Bloomfield
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Thanks for taking the time to reply, in the end I reinstalled, and was more careful over what I chose. Everything works fine so far, but now I'm scared to turn it off...... Regards, Robb Bloomfield PS. Anything going to be at Olympia on Wednesday?
On 29 Jan 2001, at 15:47, Royal Latin School wrote:
PS. Anything going to be at Olympia on Wednesday?
I shall probably go a week on Wednesday for the ISPCON, what's happening this week? -- "Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity." http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/jargon/html/entry/Hanlon's-Razor.html
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From: Nick Drage
On 29 Jan 2001, at 15:47, Royal Latin School wrote:
PS. Anything going to be at Olympia on Wednesday?
I shall probably go a week on Wednesday for the ISPCON, what's happening this week?
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Hi
Was wondering about the implications of updating current SUSE 7 servers to SUSE 7.1
Don't think this question is aimed at me but my own comments... If you use any security in a Unix system - and you shouldn't do things any other way - then it's a good idea to stay with what you've got. That way you know it works and also what could go wrong. If you update to iptables you might find that you have an attemped break in or worse still a proper break in and you won't be able to work out what to do next. I use anything I can get hold of with my dialup network at home and I find that there are several attempts each week to break into my workstation or net facing box. So, if that's what someone can do to a dialup system then what's going to happen to a box that's connected all the time. Just my 10 pen'orth :)) Thanks Richard http://www.sheflug.co.uk
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