July 2002 - openSUSE PPC - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Install issues on PPC Clone
by Stephan Hochhaus 11 Jul '02

11 Jul '02

Hello List! I have searched the archives but haven't found a solution for my problem, so I turn to you. I am trying to install SuSE 7.3 for PPC on my Gravis TT (similar to Umax Pulsar or S900). A 7.0 version of suse worked before, but I don't have the cds anymore, so i tried an ftp install of 7.3. Unfortunately i get an error when I start BootX using the oldworld-install kernel. At the hardware detection the install stops. <suse_says> Starting hardware detection... > scsi.2: ioctl </suse_says> Do I need to add any commandos for the kernel to skip something? I am somewhat lost here, so if you have any idea how I can get bootx to get me any further please let me know. Thanks, Stephan

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IPSEC on SuSE Linux PPC
by Rolf Schmidt 10 Jul '02

10 Jul '02

Hi! Here you can find the necessary Kernel and the working freeswan: ftp://ftp.suse.de/private/rschmid/ipsec/freeswan-1.91_0.9.2-119.ppc.rpm ftp://ftp.suse.de/private/rschmid/ipsec/k_ipsec-2.4.12-47.ppc.rpm tested it yesterday, worked fine. -- Rolf Schmidt SuSE PowerPC Support Team SuSE Linux AG, Deutschherrnstraße 15-19, 90429 Nuernberg

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hfsutils help needed
by Joss Winn 09 Jul '02

09 Jul '02

Hello, I normally use xhfs to read/write to my /dev/hda12 hfs partition. I want to write a short script to automate the copying of a backup I make daily and need to know how to use the hcopy command. I've read the man page and searched with google but there seems to be no explanation of how to do this. I try hmount /dev/hda12 it mounts the parition called "shared" In the current directory I try this but.... 19:57 joss:~ $ hcopy doc_backup /dev/hda12 hcopy: "doc_backup": no such file or directory 20:00 joss:~ $ I try this but... 20:00 joss:~ $ hcopy doc_backup "shared" hcopy: "doc_backup": no such file or directory I try this but it copies a directory called "shared" to the hfs volume. 20:01 joss:~ $ hcopy doc_backup ":shared" 20:01 joss:~ $ any ideas? It seems like it should be so easy. :-) Joss --

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SSH error at startup.
by Brian Durant 09 Jul '02

09 Jul '02

Anyone know why I am getting this error at startup (?): Starting SSH daemon<notice>startproc: execve (/usr/sbin/sshd) [ /usr/sbin/sshd ], [ PWD=/ BOOT_FILE=/boot/vmlinuz HOSTNAME=thor CONSOLE=/dev/console vga=0x0317 PREVLEVEL=N AUTOBOOT=YES MACHTYPE=i386-suse-linux LINES=34 SHLVL=2 COLUMNS=104 BOOT_IMAGE=linux SHELL=/bin/bash HOSTTYPE=i386 OSTYPE=linux HOME=/ TERM=linux PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin RUNLEVEL=5 INIT_VERSION=sysvinit-2.78 _=/sbin/startproc DAEMON=/usr/sbin/sshd ] failed I haven't changed anything that I know of. Cheers, Brian

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Incomplete installation problems
by Sebastian Tennant 08 Jul '02

08 Jul '02

Hi there. I am having difficultly installing the 4 CD distribution of SuSE Linux 6.4 on my Umax C600 Mac clone, essentially a PowerPC 603e. The installation appears to proceed normally until YaST1 terminates and (presumably) control is handed over to the newly installed kernel, at which point I get . . Starting Name Service Cache Daemon..... FAILED! . . I'm not sure what this means but I can still log in. The real problem arises when I restart or boot up from the internal ATA hard drive, (onto which Linux has just been installed. I have MacOS 9 on a SCSI drive). I get as far as . . Loading Menstat Module... . . at which point it says . . It seems that the last installation was not complete. To be sure it will be started again... . . and YaST1 fires up once more. If I then exit YaST1 as quickly as possible the boot up process continues, and this time I get . . Starting Name Service Cache Daemon..... DONE . . and everything's fine. Any suggestions as to what to do to avoid YaST1 each time I boot up would be much appreciated. Seb Tennant.

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Miboot URL?
by Brian Durant 08 Jul '02

08 Jul '02

I am getting ready to attempt an install of SuSE PPC 7.3 on my UMAX Pulsar. Does anyone have a url for miboot? A Google search brings up oodles of references, but I can't seem to find a home url. Cheers, Brian

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Mozilla upgrade from version 0.9.4-4 to 1.0 w/apt4rpm.
by Brian Durant 06 Jul '02

06 Jul '02

Anyone on the list know if it is possible to use apt4rpm to upgrade Mozilla from the 0.9.4-4 version that came with SuSE 7.3 to Mozilla 1.0 full (mail, irc, etc.) and any apps dependent on the earlier Mozilla libs, without touching anything else on my system? Is it possible to do this in connection with dumping Netscape 4.78-34 (also standard with SuSE 7.3) and moving my plug-ins to the new Mozilla 1.0? In case you are wondering, I have browser overload ;-) Thanks in advance. Cheers, Brian

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Emulation for Mac OS 8 or above on Intel SuSE 7.3 Pro?
by Brian Durant 05 Jul '02

05 Jul '02

I realize this is a little OT, but is anyone on the list aware of any emulation software that can run Mac OS 8 or above on an Intel SuSE 7.3 Pro system? I am thinking of a solution like Connectix' VirtualPC or VMware. Hell, we can run Win on the Mac in emulation, so why not vice versa? I am aware of something called Bochs that is out there, but my understanding is that it is too immature. Cheers, Brian

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mirrors
by Ursula Brückner 05 Jul '02

05 Jul '02

Hi all, you can use a mirror as well. You'll find a list of mirrors on: http://www.suse.de/de/support/download/ftp/index.html Bye, Ursel Your SuSE Support-Team Ursula Brückner (support(a)suse.de) -- Telefon: +49-421-5262310 Mo-Fr 13-17.00 WWW: http://www.suse.de/de/support/inst_support Mail: support(a)suse.de

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SuSE Linux 7.3 PPC FTP
by Rolf Schmidt 05 Jul '02

05 Jul '02

Finally! SuSE Linux 7.3 PPC is available for FTP Installation: ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/ppc/7.3/ Have a lot of fun! -- Rolf Schmidt SuSE PowerPC Support Team SuSE Linux AG, Deutschherrnstraße 15-19, 90429 Nuernberg -------------------------------------------------------- The light at the end of the tunnel might be an oncoming dragon

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