[opensuse-autoinstall] Was: How to remove entry from XML file with merging? / Now: problem with NetworkManager

30 Nov 2011

      So, I now actually separated the networking part from the base-profile 
and managed to install NetworkManager as a regular package.

My autoinst.xml on the installing system contains:
--------
   <networking>
     <dns>
       true
       <domain>lnt</domain>
       <hostname>opensuse11-4-template</hostname>
       auto
       true
     </dns>
     <interfaces config:type="list">
       <interface>
         <bootproto>dhcp4</bootproto>
         <device>eth0</device>
         <startmode>onboot</startmode>
         <usercontrol>no</usercontrol>
       </interface>
     </interfaces>
     <ipv6 config:type="boolean">true</ipv6>
     <managed config:type="boolean">true</managed>
     <routing>
       false
     </routing>
   </networking>
   <software>
     <packages config:type="list">
       <package>NetworkManager</package>
     </packages>
   </software>
--------

Still, I am getting the error: "No network running" at the "Configuring 
system according to auto-install settings", "Configuring lan..." part in 
stage2.

The "y2log" says:
--------
[YCP] Service.ycp:292 Error while running initscript /etc/init.d/network 
restart :
$["exit":2, "stderr":"              No configuration found for wlan0 \n 
              Nevertheless the interface will be shut 
down.\n..failed\n", "stdout":"Shutting down network interfaces:\n 
eth0      device: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B\n..done 
    wlan0     device: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 5100 AGN 
\n..doneShutting down service network  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 
...done\nStarting the NetworkManager..done\n"]
[YCP] network/runtime.ycp:28 Running SuSEconfig ...
[YCP] NetworkService.ycp:141 Network is not running ...
[YCP] Lan.ycp:567 waiting for network ... 15
[YCP] NetworkService.ycp:141 Network is not running ...
[YCP] Lan.ycp:567 waiting for network ... 14
...
... it's counting down ...
...
[YCP] Lan.ycp:567 waiting for network ... 1
[ui] YPushButton.cc(setFunctionKey):204 Guessing button role YOKButton 
for YPushButton "OK" at 0x16dedd8 from function key F10
--------

You can see from the output above that network was running using "ifup" 
method before. It is then shut down and supposed to be restarted with 
NetworkManager.

When I switch to a terminal at that point and run "rcnetwork start" it 
fails and actually outputs:
--------
"Starting the NetworkManager...done
failed"  (on a new line)
--------

If I first run "rcdbus start", then I can successfully run "rcnetwork 
start".

Is there any known problem with autoyast and NetworkManager (when 
installing over the network) for OpenSuSE 11.4?

Any help is highly appreciated!

Best regards,
Joschi Brauchle

On 11/30/2011 10:43 AM, Hans-Joachim Ehlers wrote:
...
1) Build the XML beforehand.
Use different xml files  like base.xml , network.xml and so which will be merged together to build the final xml.
Drawback: You need some additional xslt scripts to merge correctly. Could be supplied on request.
2)
Change the final XML with a pre-script ( Final XML must be named /tmp/profile/modified.xml , this file will be reread by autoyast after the pre-scripts has run. )
Example: ( Setting the IP of the Installation server in the final XML file. )
<scripts>
     <pre-scripts config:type="list">
       <script>
         <filename>cfg_pre</filename>
         <interpreter>shell</interpreter>
         <source>
v_dummy=$(echo -e \\0100) # Give us the @
echo -e "INFO:\tReplacing ${v_dummy}INSTSERVER${v_dummy} in /tmp/profile/modified.xml ."
v_instServer=$( cat /etc/install.inf | awk ' ( $1 ~ "^Server:" ) { print $2} ' )
v_dummy=${v_dummy}INSTSERVER${v_dummy}
sed "s/${v_dummy}/${v_instServer}/g" /tmp/profile/autoinst.xml>  /tmp/profile/modified.xml
....
Hth
Hajo
-----Original Message-----
From: Joschi Brauchle [mailto:joschi.brauchle@tum.de]
Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2011 10:16 AM
To: opensuse-autoinstall@opensuse.org
Subject: [opensuse-autoinstall] How to remove entry from XML file with merging?
Hello everyone,
I have the following problem:
We have an autoyast base-profile.xml for all our Linux machines, which
includes
---------
<software>
      <remove-packages config:type="list">
        <package>NetworkManager</package>
      </remove-packages>
</software>
---------
because all those machines use the traditional ifup method.
Now, I want to integrate a mobile workstation, which should use
NetworkManager to manage LAN/WLAN/VPN connections. Thus, I would somehow
have to remove the above entry by merging with another XML. Otherwise I
cannot install NetworkManager as a regular<package>.
I guess that is not possible? I can only add/change entries by merging
with another XMl, but not remove thing... correct?
(Of course I could remove that line from the base-profile.xml, but so
far I'm looking for a better solution)
Is it possible to work on the final installation XML file (after merging
is done) with a pre-script? How would I get the path to that file? So
far, it looks like it is burried somewhere in /tmp/Yast-XXXXXX-YYYYY/
during installation...
Thanks for your help!
Regards, Joschi Brauchle
-- 
Dipl.-Ing. Joschi Brauchle, M.Sc.

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