-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The Tuesday 2006-07-11 at 14:36 +0200, Anders Johansson wrote:

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I can't run "at" jobs. I get this error in /var/log/messages:

Jul 11 10:48:00 nimrodel atd[20472]: Error in service module

Normally, this error message comes from pam, not atd. What do you have in /etc/pam.d/atd ?

Didn't know that. I have: auth sufficient pam_rootok.so auth include common-auth account include common-account password include common-password session include common-session I had a look at /etc/at.deny, and "root" is not included. No other /etc/at* file. I just saw something else in my /var/log/warn that I hadn't noticed before: Jul 11 21:51:01 nimrodel atd[28899]: pam_limits(atd:session): cannot read settings from /etc/security/limits.conf: Permission denied Jul 11 21:51:01 nimrodel atd[28899]: pam_limits(atd:session): error parsing the configuration file Jul 11 21:51:01 nimrodel atd[28899]: Error in service module cer@nimrodel:~> l /etc/security/limits.conf - -rw------- 1 root root 2196 2006-07-05 00:50 /etc/security/limits.conf It sounds like apparmour... but there is nothing in /var/log/audit/audit.log. I stopped apparmour and failed again, it is not apparmour. What command needs access to /etc/security/limits.conf, and is denied? - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.76 iD8DBQFEtAmatTMYHG2NR9URAq5rAJ0aucQHuNUxwd01Bf/yYJtX9Q25nACdGbmw H2QbotJfaliWbsiMHfGsh3s= =SUcd -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq@suse.com

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The Tuesday 2006-07-11 at 22:51 +0200, Anders Johansson wrote: ...

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Jul 11 21:51:01 nimrodel atd[28899]: pam_limits(atd:session): cannot read settings from /etc/security/limits.conf: Permission denied ...

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What command needs access to /etc/security/limits.conf, and is denied?

atd. It's running as user "at", and it doesn't have permission to read limits.conf.

That's not possible. Every program in the system has to be applied the limits, imposed on it, they can not read that file. Ok, I'll try. nimrodel:/etc/security # l total 56 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 5 00:52 ./ drwxr-xr-x 107 root root 12288 Jul 8 13:40 ../ - -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2494 May 29 15:04 access.conf - -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 851 Apr 23 04:35 chroot.conf - -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 13 May 2 16:33 fileshare.conf - -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3450 May 29 15:04 group.conf - -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2196 Jul 5 00:50 limits.conf - -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1772 May 18 2005 limits.conf~ - -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3088 May 29 15:04 pam_env.conf - -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 318 Apr 23 04:35 pam_pwcheck.conf - -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 945 Apr 23 04:35 pam_unix2.conf - -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2180 May 29 15:04 time.conf It works! Now atd runs. Weird... it worked in 9.3. I have just checked my backup of 9.3, and it certainly was -rw-------

Why is it 600 anyway? Mine is 644, I don't believe there are any secrets kept in there

I got lost. I always use permissions verbose, in letters, not numbers. Less human translation and error ;-) Ah, I understand your question now. Why did I have it as 600? I don't remember. I don't know if I did it myself, or if it was that way originally. I know edited that file; perhaps the editor changed the permissions. In any case, it worked in 9.3. - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.76 iD8DBQFEtDbitTMYHG2NR9URAtb/AJoCN6Q1ODh4gDpS4r6XexqwWawcBgCdE7jc QYVq3c6xPUNWt/qbugPJlzU= =KVHA -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq@suse.com

Hey i installed suse linux on both of my computer but now i would like to uninstall one and put back windows Xp ... but when i try to boot from cd it just show me a black screen in dos wha it try to detect my hardware .... anybody can help :) thanks

I ran into that once with installing Windows... it's something to do with an unsupported video card (assuming it's the same problem I had) - ie it was an onboard vid card, and the XP installer didn't know what to do with it. It was so long ago though I cannot remember the solution steps other than that it was a HUGE hassle to get WinXP re-installed. I gave up and just used Linux... was easier. It could also be issues with an old version of XP and missing SATA drivers - if you have a SATA drive of course... it could be some odd setting that was made in your BIOS... like oh.. I don't know... maybe boot sector virus protection is turned on... loads of possibilities... since you didn't give any information at all about the hardware (age and type) you're installing on, the error messages (if any)... without useful info like that, you're not going to get much help. Plus.. you're asking on a SUSE linux mailing list about how to install XP? Better wear your flamproof undies :-P C . -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq@suse.com

yeah i know :S srry about asking it on this maillist but i think the problem come from the fact that i installed suse linux

Mmmm that's unlikely. Installing Linux won't change the hardware characteristics of your computer. It's just bits of data on a hard drive... nothing more. I've been playing the dual boot game with Windows/Linux since early 1998, and have never traced back an XP re-install problem to the fact that Linux was installed. Every time it was some setting I tinkered with in the BIOS, failing hardware, or.. most often in my case.. user error :-P

i already installed windows many time on my hard drive and it always worked

Well, that's a start :-) At least you know that it "should' work. How far does the XP re-install get? Does it boot to the initial text mode install screens? Does it fail in the same spot every time? Can you remove the bit of hardware that's making it fail? Do you get as far as formatting the hard drive (which is essentially the first time the XP installer actually looks at the hard drive)?

problem with the bios. But actualy on this compute i am using a Radeon X300 series .. and suse linux does not seems ot support my 3d acceleration dunno why so i cant play even a little 3d game :P maybe it come from there.

Again, highly unlikely... installing Linux will not alter your hardware so that you cannot re-install Windows. Umm on your 3d accelleration thing... when you install Linux, you get the generic driver for your video card.... just as when you install Windows, you only get basic video support. You have to download and install the Linux ATI video driver. Did you do this? I have 3D working beautifully on my computers (granted I use nVidida, but ATI works too) I can even play World of Warcraft with no problems in Linux.

should have read a lot more on linux before installing it :P anyway ill try to solve this problem. But thanks for the help

There is loads of info out there... and a huge community ready to help out. My experience over the years is that Linux used to be hard to use, but now... it's so much easier and better than anything MS has to offer (including that disaster thay call Vista). So don't give up yet :-) C. -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq@suse.com

Jean-Philippe Lemieux wrote:

Hey i installed suse linux on both of my computer but now i would like to uninstall one and put back windows Xp ... but when i try to boot from cd it just show me a black screen in dos wha it try to detect my hardware .... anybody can help :) thanks

You need to start your computer using a Windows Me, or similar, system boot floppy with fdisk on it. Then issue the command: fdisk /mbr to overwrite the existing master boot record (mbr) with a new, clean one. Doing this will make sure that Linux is not detected as an installed system and then you can run the XP Windows installation CD. With the new mbr in place you will also need to partition and format the HD (because the new mbr will not have this information. (Depending on how big your HD is, you could do this partitioning, and creating a bootable/active partition, while still running from the floppy, but if the HD is too large for the Win Me floppy to handle then you will need to use something like Partition Magic or Acronis Disk Director or Bart's Ultimate Boot CD for Windows. Cheers. -- "It is well known that among the blind, the one-eyed man is king". Desiderius Erasmus -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq@suse.com

On Wednesday 12 July 2006 10:41, Kevin Donnelly wrote:

On Wednesday 12 July 2006 09:08, Basil Chupin wrote:

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You need to start your computer using a Windows Me, or similar, system boot floppy with fdisk on it. Then issue the command: fdisk /mbr to overwrite the existing master boot record (mbr) with a new, clean one.

You can also use the WinXP CD: - boot to recovery console - run: fixmbr

Depending on the type of drive, you may also need to ensure that the Windows partition is toggled to bootable - fdisk will show you the partition status.

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Or boor on the recovery CD, ands issue dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda bs=512 count 1024 (The 1024 is overkill but it effectively clears any bootloadera or anything else in the bootblocks for that matter Just make sure that 1. The bootsectors are cleared 2. The Bios says boot from CD prior to harddrive 3. If there is a floppydrive on it, that it doesnt boot from that before the CD and contains a nonbootable disk... I know this is "kindergarten stuff", but even after 25 years in the game i still miss those three from time to time. Especially if i am tired... Is the XP disk really bootable? Test it in another machine to see if it isnt damaged. I once battled with a system that refused to boot. It kind of started but hung everytime. It boiled down to a bad XP-CD. A test boot on a windows box screamed BAD CD all over the place.. Also just in case.. Boot from any bootable CD to verify that the CD-drive is operational and not the culprit. But i guess as you have allready used it for installing Linux it should be ok... --          /Rikard ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- email   : rikard.j@rikjoh.com web     : http://www.rikjoh.com mob: : +46 (0)763 19 76 25 ------------------------ Public PGP fingerprint ---------------------------- < 15 28 DF 78 67 98 B2 16 1F D3 FD C5 59 D4 B6 78  46 1C EE 56 >