On Saturday 23 July 2011 1452:26 Patrick Shanahan Patrick Shanahan wrote:

* Stan Goodman [07-23-11 07:41]:

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# rpm -e virtualbox error: package virtualbox is not installed

# rpm -e vbox

error: package vbox is not installed #

Yet I can run VirtualBox from VirtualBox from the run command, and it appears in the launcher. What do I have to do to ditch it?

this would make me think that your rpmdb is borked rpm --rebuilddb ### as root

It turned out that Vbox is indeed v4.0. # rpm -e virtualbox-4.0 error: package virtualbox-4.0 is not installed # rpm --rebuilddb # rpm -e virtualbox-4.0 error: package virtualbox-4.0 is not installed So no improvement. -- Stan Goodman Qiryat Tiv'on Israel -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

On Saturday 23 Jul 2011 14:17:16 Mark Goldstein wrote:

On Sat, Jul 23, 2011 at 4:10 PM, Stan Goodman

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It turned out that Vbox is indeed v4.0.

# rpm -e virtualbox-4.0 error: package virtualbox-4.0 is not installed # rpm --rebuilddb # rpm -e virtualbox-4.0 error: package virtualbox-4.0 is not installed

So no improvement.

It's case sensitive... Try VirtuaBox-4.0

Or even VirtualBox-4.0 Bob -- Registered Linux User #463880 FSFE Member #1300 GPG-FP: A6C1 457C 6DBA B13E 5524 F703 D12A FB79 926B 994E openSUSE 11.4 64-bit, Kernel 2.6.37.6-0.5-desktop, KDE 4.6.5 Intel Core2 Quad Q9400 2.66GHz, 8GB DDR RAM, nVidia GeForce 9600GT -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

On Saturday 23 July 2011 1646:59 Bob Williams Bob Williams wrote:

On Saturday 23 Jul 2011 14:17:16 Mark Goldstein wrote:

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On Sat, Jul 23, 2011 at 4:10 PM, Stan Goodman

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It turned out that Vbox is indeed v4.0.

# rpm -e virtualbox-4.0 error: package virtualbox-4.0 is not installed # rpm --rebuilddb # rpm -e virtualbox-4.0 error: package virtualbox-4.0 is not installed

So no improvement.

It's case sensitive... Try VirtuaBox-4.0

Or even VirtualBox-4.0

Yes, I tried that, just for the L of it, and by golly, it worked.

Bob

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On Sat, Jul 23, 2011 at 2:55 PM, Mark Goldstein wrote:

On Sat, Jul 23, 2011 at 2:41 PM, Stan Goodman wrote:

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In reviewing my firewall settings, I found that the firewall in my router (D-link 2670U) is running, but the  SuSE firewall 0f my v11.4 laptop is not. When I tried to start it, I got the following error messages: Cannot enable service SuSEfirewall2_init Cannot enable service SuSEfirewall2_setup

The same thing happens from the CLI: # yast firewall startup atboot

Start-Up: ---------

Enabling firewall in the boot process...

Errors: Cannot enable service 'SuSEfirewall2_init'. Cannot enable service 'SuSEfirewall2_setup'.

Seeking a hint about why this is so:

# chkconfig SuSEfirewall2_init on insserv: FATAL: service syslog is missed in the runlevels 4 to use service vboxdrv insserv: exiting now! /sbin/insserv failed, exit code 1 # chkconfig SuSEfirewall2_setup on insserv: FATAL: service SuSEfirewall2_init has to be enabled to use service SuSEfirewall2_setup insserv: FATAL: service syslog is missed in the runlevels 4 to use service vboxdrv insserv: exiting now! /sbin/insserv failed, exit code 1

So this is connected with VirtualBox (not the one from openSuSE repository) Vbox is indeed installed, but it is not running now, so apparently it is the mere presence of VirtualBox that stymies the firewall. The easest solution is to uninstall VirtualBox, since I use it only infrequently, and try the VMware equivalent at a later time. But VirtualBox is not so eacy to remove:

# rpm -e virtualbox error: package virtualbox is not installed  # rpm -e vbox error: package vbox is not installed #

Yet I can run VirtualBox from  VirtualBox from the run command, and it appears in the launcher. What do I have to do to ditch it?

Stan,

It should not be Virtual Box. I do have Virtual Box from Oracle repository in my system (11.4 - 32 bit). I did not use SuSE FW, but just tried enabling it and it went OK.

Now, the package name is VirtualBox-4.0 (in my case). So if you want to delete it, use the exact name (try rpm -qa|grep -i virtual).

Strange thing in the log is that it mentions run-level 4. Why? Level 4 is not in use. It looks like for some reason insserv tries install vboxdrv for level 4 and fails, because syslog is not defined in level 4 (and nothing else, actually) -- Mark Goldstein -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

On Saturday 23 July 2011 1455:06 Mark Goldstein Mark Goldstein wrote:

On Sat, Jul 23, 2011 at 2:41 PM, Stan Goodman

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In reviewing my firewall settings, I found that the firewall in my router (D-link 2670U) is running, but the SuSE firewall 0f my v11.4 laptop is not. When I tried to start it, I got the following error messages: Cannot enable service SuSEfirewall2_init Cannot enable service SuSEfirewall2_setup

The same thing happens from the CLI: # yast firewall startup atboot

Start-Up: ---------

Enabling firewall in the boot process...

Errors: Cannot enable service 'SuSEfirewall2_init'. Cannot enable service 'SuSEfirewall2_setup'.

Seeking a hint about why this is so:

# chkconfig SuSEfirewall2_init on insserv: FATAL: service syslog is missed in the runlevels 4 to use service vboxdrv insserv: exiting now! /sbin/insserv failed, exit code 1 # chkconfig SuSEfirewall2_setup on insserv: FATAL: service SuSEfirewall2_init has to be enabled to use service SuSEfirewall2_setup insserv: FATAL: service syslog is missed in the runlevels 4 to use service vboxdrv insserv: exiting now! /sbin/insserv failed, exit code 1

So this is connected with VirtualBox (not the one from openSuSE repository) Vbox is indeed installed, but it is not running now, so apparently it is the mere presence of VirtualBox that stymies the firewall. The easest solution is to uninstall VirtualBox, since I use it only infrequently, and try the VMware equivalent at a later time. But VirtualBox is not so eacy to remove:

# rpm -e virtualbox error: package virtualbox is not installed # rpm -e vbox error: package vbox is not installed #

Yet I can run VirtualBox from VirtualBox from the run command, and it appears in the launcher. What do I have to do to ditch it?

Stan,

It should not be Virtual Box. I do have Virtual Box from Oracle repository in my system (11.4 - 32 bit). I did not use SuSE FW, but just tried enabling it and it went OK.

I should have mentioned that this is a 64bit system; perhaps that makes the diffeence. The failure is not special to me, by the way: googling the original error message retrieved 295 hits, which, although a record low for Google, shows that it does happen.

Now, the package name is VirtualBox-4.0 (in my case). So if you want to delete it, use the exact name (try rpm -qa|grep -i virtual).

Mine is not v4, but I will see if I can remove it with the proper version number.

Regards,

-- Stan Goodman Qiryat Tiv'on Israel -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org