December 2003 - openSUSE Autoinstall - openSUSE Mailing Lists

create_package_descr questions
by Fermín Galán 14 Jan '04

14 Jan '04

Hello, I have a pair of questions about the package database creation process (performed by create_package_descr script): 1. Can be used the same script for all SuSE versions (SuSE 8.1, SuSE 8.2 and SuSE 9.0) or each version have its own script file (in the autoyas2 package that comes with the version)? 2. Is create_package_descr a stand-alone program? (It seems that it uses the file /usr/share/autoinstall/EXTRA_PROV) Thanks in advance! ------- Fermín

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Integrate a 3rd party module into an autoyast configuration
by Schlabach, Torsten 13 Jan '04

13 Jan '04

Dear list, we have some machines that require a vendor supplied kernel module for their RAID controller. How could we integrate such a module into an autoyast installation? P.S.: Bear with me if this has been asked before, but I was not able to find any _searchable_ archive of this list. ----------------------------------------- Torsten Schlabach +49 228 936 34735 torsten.schlabach(a)t-mobile.de T-Mobile Deutschland GmbH -----------------------------------------

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k_smp4G missing from created SUSE9.0 ISO image
by Magnus Hagebris 05 Jan '04

05 Jan '04

My created ISO image does only contain the k_deflt, k_athlon and k_smp kernels. Where is the k_smp4G kernel? Is this a bug in the autoinstall iso creation? I created a patched source tree;the description files look good and properly includes the k_smp4G kernel. It just doesn't get added to the ISO. During install YaST complains about not finding the k_smp4G kernel on the cd... Install works perfectly fine on systems not using the k_smp4G kernel. Any work-around for this? Or tips... Thanks, Magnus

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No Kernel installed
by Martin Möser 05 Jan '04

05 Jan '04

Hi List, since we build our custom-CD's (SLES8) with SP3, there will be no kernel installed by autoyast. As a result, all modules are missing, and /boot is almost empty, no boot-image or initrd in there. So the network interfaces don't work and the reboot fails because of the missing vmlinuz. We use a machine with two processors and therefore we need an smp-kernel installed which worked fine BEFORE we put the SP3-Packages into the repository. The needed kernel was detected and installed automatically. Any ideas? Regards, Martin Möser -- Using M2, Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/

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SuSE 9.0 PXE boot problem
by Harald.Milz＠computacenter.com 04 Jan '04

04 Jan '04

Hi, since my notebook's CD-ROM drive is dying slowly I tried to install SuSE Linux 9.0 Prof. from my existing PXE/DHCP/TFTP server which already has working configs for 8.0 and 8.2: label 8.0 kernel kernel-8.0 append initrd=initrd-8.0 acpi=off apm=off install="nfs://192.168.20.1/pub/suse/SuSE-8.0" label 8.2 kernel kernel-8.2 append initrd=initrd-8.2 acpi=off apm=off install="nfs://192.168.20.1/pub/suse/SuSE-8.2" As usual, copied boot/loader/linux and boot/loader/initrd to /tftpboot and added a config entry to pxelinux.cfg/default: label 9.0 kernel kernel-9.0 append initrd=initrd-9.0 ramdisk_size=65536 showopts ide=nodma acpi=off apm=off install="nfs://192.168.20.1/pub/suse/SuSE-9.0" which, apart from some additional options taken from the CD isolinux.cfg file, are identical to the ones above. The additional options don't change any of the descibed behaviour, which is: - notebook boots via pxelinux just fine, I get my text menu, enter 9.0 - kernel unpacks, and ... - the screen is an 80x25 chaos of ASCII characters with various attributes, like blink, etc. Machine stops. Nothing happens. It looks as if the kernel was unpacked into the EGA video memory region at segment b800. Any clue what happens? Mit freundlichen Gruessen - Best regards Harald Milz Senior Consultant CC CompuNet AG & Co. oHG A part of Computacenter plc Hoerselbergstrasse 7, 81677 Muenchen, Germany Phone: +49 (0)89 45712-161, Fax: -331, Mobile: +49 (0)173 3866604

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yast2 doesn't start
by Steve Sullivan 30 Dec '03

30 Dec '03

Hi, I'm running Suse 9 professional on a Pentium. When I login as root yast works fine. But when I login as me and try ... xhost + GreenButton / system / yast Get password popup for command: /sbin/yast2; enter password Nothing happens. Yast2 never starts. Meanwhile /var/log/messages shows: Dec 30 09:49:02 helix su: (to root) sullivan on /dev/pts/4 Dec 30 09:49:02 helix su: pam_unix2: session started for user root, service su Dec 30 09:49:02 helix su: pam_unix2: session finished for user root, service su Dec 30 09:49:02 helix su: (to root) sullivan on /dev/pts/4 Dec 30 09:49:02 helix su: pam_unix2: session started for user root, service su Dec 30 09:49:03 helix su: pam_unix2: session finished for user root, service su Why can't I start yast2 this way? Many thanks, Steve ======================================== Steve Sullivan sullivan(a)mathcom.com Mathcom Solutions Inc.: Custom Software Development. * Mathematical optimization, simulation, and modeling. * Database, data mining, information retrieval. * Java, XML, C++, Mathematica, Matlab, XSLT, XQuery, SOAP, RMI, ... http://www.mathcom.com 303-494-7115 ========================================

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Crossover/Dreamweaver
by Account for mailing list 29 Dec '03

29 Dec '03

Hi, I installed Suse 9.0 and last Crossover Office to use DreamweaverMX ... but I got avery kind of error. I installed Crossover/Dreamweaver without errors but I can't run DMX ... in first time I got "missing MFC42.DLL" after if I launch it from windows folder it told me that I need to configure the keyboard .... someone could help me? Thanks in advance. Andrea

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wireless NIC/DSL
by Account for mailing list 29 Dec '03

29 Dec '03

Hi, I discovered that Suse named wireless NIC wlanX instead ethX. This it's ok but the problem is that DSL YAST module doesn't give me the possibility to use wireless NIC to connect DSL modem. With Any other distributions is possible to use wireless PCMCIA because any NIC PCMCIA is named ethX Any ideas ? Thanks Andrea

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wlan0/eth0 wireless help
by Account for mailing list 23 Dec '03

23 Dec '03

Hi, I discovered that Suse named wireless NIC wlanX instead ethX. This it's ok but the problem is that DSL YAST module doesn't give me the possibility to choose it. With Any other distribution is possible to use wireless PCMCIA to use DSL connections. Any ideas? Thanks Andrea

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wlan0/eth0 wireless help
by Account for mailing list 23 Dec '03

23 Dec '03

Hi, I discovered that Suse named wireless NIC wlanX instead ethX. This it's ok but the problem is that DSL YAST module doesn't give me the possibility to choose it. With Any other distribution is possible to use wireless PCMCIA to use DSL connections. Any ideas? Thanks Andrea

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