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[opensuse-autoinstall] Debugging autoyast
by 686f6c6d 23 Apr '12

23 Apr '12

During my 12.1 bughunt, I (re-)encountered some inconsistencies that I've been wanting to ask (and nag) about since I started working with autoyast a few years back, and a few new ones: 1. autoyast generates a lot of messages. For an autoyast dev, this might be wonderful, but dumb users like myself are simply lost in tens of thousands of messages. It makes finding errors in the logs really hard, especially when you don't know what string(s) you're looking for. It would be great if there was, for example, an additional warnings-and-errors-only log. 2. autoyast generates a lot of "noise" in diffs. When cloning a system with yast or editing it manually and then running it through yast again to check for errors, yast changes the profile in various ways. This makes it sometimes harder to see the "real" differences. (In general, one could say everything is fine because the inconsistencies below all "converge" towards a final state, but nevertheless I sometimes wonder why these things happen.) 2.a) (this is new in 12.1 and did not happen before:) for some reason the DNS settings are not kept for stage 2, so I need this script in 12.1: <script> <debug config:type="boolean">true</debug> <feedback config:type="boolean">false</feedback> <filename>fixresolv</filename> <interpreter>shell</interpreter> <network_needed config:type="boolean">true</network_needed> <source><![CDATA[resolv=$(cat /etc/resolv.conf) if [ -z "$resolv" ]; then echo "# resolv.conf was empty, ftfy. nameserver a.b.c.d" >> /etc/resolv.conf fi ]]></source> </script> 2.b) <keep_install_network> is _always_ deleted by yast. 2.c) even though a <runlevel> section exists, the package yast2-runlevel is not automatically installed. 2.d) even though mail settings (aliases, mailrelay) exist, the package yast2-mail is not automatically installed. 2.e) When *cloning* an existing system, I see inconsistent and sometimes non-helpful behavior. What happens is that for certain settings (see below), there are different cases that can happen: 1. tag doesn't exist vs. 2. tag exists but is empty vs. 3. tag exists with default/cloned value Of these three, only the last one is really helpful because I can actually see what value the cloned machine had set. Some of the settings where I have seen this in 12.1 are: <languages>, <filesystem_id>, <partition_id>, <displaymanager_shutdown>, <displaymanager_xserver_tcp_port_6000_open>, <run_updatedb_as>, <hibernate_system>, <smtpd_listen_remote>, <dhclient_client_id>, <nss_base_{passwd,group,shadow}>. I have only had my eye really close on the <password_settings> section, the behavior was like this: * random existence of default value or empty tag (this happened for both the complete section or parts of it, depending on which parts of it were set to the default on the cloned machine) * if it did exist with empty values, yast (sometimes) deletes (some of!) those tags * if it did not exist, yast (sometimes) inserts (some of!) those tags with the default (non-empty) values (but *only* if the whole <password_settings> did not exist. if only parts are missing, these are not inserted) In the two former cases (no tag/empty tag), the user has to remove them from the profile, run it through yast again, and only then will the values appear (or it will not be added again by yast and wasn't so important anyway). 2.f) While the sections in the profile seem to be sorted alphabetically by yast, 1. the order of <users> seems to be random, 2. the order of the <*packages> and <*patterns> sections seems to be nonrandom, but isn't nonalphabetic either. Does the order of these sections matter? If not, could the please be sorted deterministically (alphabetically, or, f.e., in order of UIDs for the users)? Right now, when comparing different profiles, the user has to do a lot of "merging" first before he/she can see the real differences. It would be really great if the debugging possibilites in autoyast would be improved. They've been a source of frustration to me over the last weeks. That all sounds so negative. Let me end with a big thank you to all contributors: Thank you. autoyast saves me a lot of time. (: -- Kind regards 686f6c6d / Christopher 'm4z' Holm -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-autoinstall] JFYI: openSUSE 12.2 Milestone 4 is next week
by Uwe Gansert 18 Apr '12

18 Apr '12

Hi, maybe time to start with beta tests? :) For a quick overview of the openSUSE Roadmap, please see: http://en.opensuse.org/Roadmap -- ciao, Uwe Gansert SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) GF: Jeff Hawn, Jennifer Guild, Felix Imendörffer Home: http://www.suse.de/~ug - Blog: http://suse.gansert.net -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-autoinstall] Autoinstall with boot (and root) on SAN disk
by Nefi Munoz 05 Apr '12

05 Apr '12

Novell KB Document 3594167 "Howto: Configure Multipath (MPIO) to boot from SAN" http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=3594167&sliceId=1 describes the process to set up boot from SAN after a server has been installed. Is it possible to do all or most of this configuration during installation via autoyast profile? or is it a lot easier to do "normal" install and follow TID above to change menu.lst and /etc/fstab files. Thanks in advance, Nefi M.

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[opensuse-autoinstall] Unattended Upgrade with AutoYaST via cli
by Ruediger Gunreben 04 Apr '12

04 Apr '12

Hello Everyone, short question. The new features, documented on http://suse.gansert.net/?p=239 'Unattended Upgrade with AutoYaST' Is this feature available when we upgrade the system not via reboot an CD but upgrading it during the running os with calling yast on cli? Regards Ruediger -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-autoinstall] autoinstallation hangs at reboot
by m.frerichs 02 Apr '12

02 Apr '12

Dear AutoYaST crew , we have been using AutoYaST for installation of the last openSUSE distributions, but with 12.1 the unattended installation doesn't succeed anymore. The installation runs as usual with installing packages and writing system configuration. But at the end , shutting down is incomplete The last messages i see are: Es wird versucht , den installierten kernel mit kexec zu laden. Bitte warten Shutting down Name Service Cache Daemon Done On different clients the language was german or english. Then I see a black monitor with a colourful suse-green stripe at top and in the middle . Then the system hangs (even over night) If I do a manual hard shutdown and boot , the system comes up ( with trans replayed) with Kernel 3.1.0-1.2-desktop Asparagus and i see the known welcome window and "all seems right" . Our post.sh script was completely executed. To Prevent the hanging I looked for several workarounds for my XML-File , which was working fine for 11.3 1) <general> <mode> <confirm config:type="boolean">false</confirm> <reboot config:type="boolean">true</reboot> </mode> </general> I inserted a) <final_halt config:type="boolean">true</final_halt> --> same effect b) <halt config:type="boolean">false</halt> <forceboot config:type="boolean">true</forceboot> --> same effect c) <final_reboot config:type="boolean">true</final_reboot> --> same effect 2) I included: <software> <remove-packages config:type="list"> <package>systemd-sysvinit</package> </remove-packages> </software> --> same effect 3) <chroot-scripts config:type="list"> <script> <chrooted config:type="boolean">true</chrooted> <interpreter>shell</interpreter> <source><![CDATA[ insserv autoyast ]]></source> </script> </chroot-scripts> --> same effect 4 ) Some packages are explicitly added: <package>yast2-schema</package> <package>autoyast2</package> <package>yast2-slp</package>--> same effect <package>yast2-bootloader</package> <package>kexec-tools</package> --> same effect 5) I appended the boot-option for autointall ipv6.disable=1 --> same effect With the following boot-Options for Yast textmode=1 TERM=xterm the last operations are Master Record Control : switching to runlevel 5 .... Running /etc/init.d/before.local done Starting acpid Loading CPUFreq modules and system hangs over night Any help is appreciated. Marianne Frerichs ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH 52425 Juelich Sitz der Gesellschaft: Juelich Eingetragen im Handelsregister des Amtsgerichts Dueren Nr. HR B 3498 Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats: MinDir Dr. Karl Eugen Huthmacher Geschaeftsfuehrung: Prof. Dr. Achim Bachem (Vorsitzender), Karsten Beneke (stellv. Vorsitzender), Prof. Dr.-Ing. Harald Bolt, Prof. Dr. Sebastian M. Schmidt ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Kennen Sie schon unsere app? http://www.fz-juelich.de/app -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-autoinstall] many trans replayed after Installation
by m.frerichs 29 Mar '12

29 Mar '12

Hallo, after autoinstallation of SuSE 12.1 ( and also 11.3) has sucessfully ended, i start an init-Script for only 1 execution in runlevel 5 , which call is deleted after execution. This script installs a lot of repos and hundreds of packages via Zypper and does a "shutdown" at the end . But on booting - even if i did a " sync "at the end of my script - the root-FS is ckecked because not clean showing hundreds of messages 'trans replayed " How can i avoid this ?? Thanks for all replies Marianne Frerichs i ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH 52425 Juelich Sitz der Gesellschaft: Juelich Eingetragen im Handelsregister des Amtsgerichts Dueren Nr. HR B 3498 Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats: MinDir Dr. Karl Eugen Huthmacher Geschaeftsfuehrung: Prof. Dr. Achim Bachem (Vorsitzender), Karsten Beneke (stellv. Vorsitzender), Prof. Dr.-Ing. Harald Bolt, Prof. Dr. Sebastian M. Schmidt ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Kennen Sie schon unsere app? http://www.fz-juelich.de/app -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-autoinstall] relax ng schemas for autoyast
by Robert Klein 19 Mar '12

19 Mar '12

Hi, I've found some inconsistencies in the relax ng schemas for auoyast: 1. the tag "postpartitioning-scripts" is missing in both the rnc and rng versions (/usr/share/YaST2/schema/autoyast/rn?) for openSUSE 12.1, openSUSE 12.2 Milestone 1, and SLES 11 SP1. 2. The profile.rnc file doesn't include audit-laf.rnc, online_update_configuration.rnc, profile-misc.rnc (this is commented out), pxe.rnc, and sshd_config.rnc. Probably the yast2-schema package hasn't been updated, because those files are also missing in the rng directory. The file list in 2. is from openSUSE 12.1. At least sshd_config.rnc isn't included in openSUSE 12.2 Milestone 1 and SLES11 SP2, too. Should I file a bug report in bugzilla or is it sufficient to post it here? Thanks and best regards Robert -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-autoinstall] JFYI - SLES11 SP2 is ready for download
by Uwe Gansert 16 Mar '12

16 Mar '12

Moin, JFYI - SLES11 SP2 is ready for download http://www.suse.com/de-de/products/server/eval.html The AutoYaST changes to SP1 can be found here: http://www.suse.de/~ug/autoyast_changes_SLES11SP2.html -- ciao, Uwe Gansert SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) GF: Jeff Hawn, Jennifer Guild, Felix Imendörffer Home: http://www.suse.de/~ug - Blog: http://suse.gansert.net listening to: "Amnesia (club.mix)" by mind.in.a.box -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-autoinstall] Failure setting keyboard , language and timezone
by m.frerichs 15 Mar '12

15 Mar '12

Dear AutoYaST crew , doing autoinstallation for SuSE 12.1 i didn't suceed to configure our MEZ time , german keyboard and language the same way we did for 11.3. I searched for hints , learning this configuration has moved and i tried the following places for the next lines: <hwclock>localtime</hwclock> <timezone>Europe/Berlin</timezone> </clock> <keyboard> <keymap>german</keymap> </keyboard> <language>de_DE</language> 1) after <install> <general> as for 11.3 2) directly after <profile 3) after <configure> 4) directly writing to sysconfig <sysconfig_entry> <sysconfig_path>clock</sysconfig_path> <sysconfig_key>HWCLOCK</sysconfig_key> <sysconfig_value>--localtime</sysconfig_value> </sysconfig_entry> <sysconfig_entry> <sysconfig_key>TIMEZONE</sysconfig_key> <sysconfig_value>Europe/Berlin</sysconfig_value> </sysconfig_entry> but working with y2confirm timezone , keyboard and language are not recognized in installation settings and not installed . Please show me the right way. Many thanks in advance Marianne Frerichs FZJ-Juelich ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH 52425 Juelich Sitz der Gesellschaft: Juelich Eingetragen im Handelsregister des Amtsgerichts Dueren Nr. HR B 3498 Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats: MinDir Dr. Karl Eugen Huthmacher Geschaeftsfuehrung: Prof. Dr. Achim Bachem (Vorsitzender), Karsten Beneke (stellv. Vorsitzender), Prof. Dr.-Ing. Harald Bolt, Prof. Dr. Sebastian M. Schmidt ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kennen Sie schon unseren neuen Film? http://www.fz-juelich.de/film Kennen Sie schon unsere app? http://www.fz-juelich.de/app -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-autoinstall] Netdevice configuration pci-based interfaces
by Jochen Schaefer 13 Mar '12

13 Mar '12

Hi list, I'm looking for some information if it is possible and how to configure 70-persistent-net.rules on SLES11-SP1 via autoyast tags to use pci-based interface naming. I know how to set it via post/init script but would prefer a more general solution. Thanks, Jochen -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+owner(a)opensuse.org

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