January 2003 - openSUSE PPC - openSUSE Mailing Lists

am I hacked ?
by Damir Buskulic 16 Sep '08

16 Sep '08

Hi, I got some problems (disk access denied, bus errors,...) that led me to go into single user mode and fsck my partitions. I noticed then that there were some directories created in the tmp directory, called "dev" and "etc", and one file in the / directory called "success" with 0 length. At reboot, these files disapeared. Does anybody know if this could be a sign of a hacked computer ? I mean could someone have installed a rootkit or some such ? I'm not paranoid but this indeed seems strange. Cheers Damir -- ===================================================================== | Damir Buskulic | Universite de Savoie/LAPP | | | Chemin de Bellevue, B.P. 110 | | Tel : +33 (0)450091600 | F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux Cedex | | e-mail: buskulic(a)lapp.in2p3.fr | FRANCE | ===================================================================== mailto:buskulic@lapp.in2p3.fr

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Upcoming PowerPC releases
by Michael King 20 Jan '03

20 Jan '03

Does SuSE have any plans for a new PowerPC-platform release? Thank you. Michael King

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Re: [suse-ppc] Upcoming PowerPC releases
by Bernd Kulawik 20 Jan '03

20 Jan '03

Hi Justin, Am Montag, 20.01.03, um 16:58 Uhr (Europe/Rome) schrieb Justin Davies: > I know this may sound over the top, but why don't we just make it > ourselves ? Olaf, the ppc kernels you work on, do you release the > changes ? Are they still workable on the end user PPC systems, ibpook > optimisations etc ? > > All we have to do is then have our autobuild to spit out the ppc > distro. > > Olaf, how viable is this from a legal perspective and the stance of > suse on this ? Seeing my own time-limit, it doesn't sound very convincing to me to start another Linux distribution without (?) urgent need for. Especially not for the small "market" of PPC users (who, like me, seem to get more and more comfortable with OSX :-/ And - as Kevin pointed out in his mail - there are still good working distributions for almost any need. The more important question to me is: Is there a distribution that gives me an (as far as possible) identical working environment on my Laptop (PPC), some desktop machines I use (x86 and PPC) and (soon) on a server (x86). And (as hobby-evangelist :-) that I can advise other people to use, even if they are newbies - at least as long as I can be contacted for help. So, therefore, the answer seems to be clearly Debian - or has anyone any better suggestions? Among other reasons, there will never be problems like in this case with SuSE: stopping the development because there are not enough users. Ciao Bernd > > Justin > > (ex-suse employee :o) > > On Mon, 2003-01-20 at 15:51, Bernd Kulawik wrote: >> Hi PPC-linux users, >> >> Here's what I got today from SuSE as answer on my question for a new >> PPC release: >> >> "Leider muss ich Sie enttäuschen, denn eine neue PPC-Distribution von >> SuSE Linux ist wegen verhältnismäßig geringen Nachfrage nicht geplant. >> >> Es wird lediglich für den professionellen Einsatz auf Serverhardware >> den >> SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 for i-series and p-series geben. >> >> >> Mit freundlichen Grüßen, >> >> SuSE PreSales >> Detlef Wiese" >> >> >> that is: >> >> "I'm sorry, but a new PPC Distribution by SuSE Linux is not planned >> because of the small amount of interest. >> There will be only the SuSE Linux Enterprise 8 for professional usage >> on server hardware [IBM] i-series and p-series. >> .... " >> >> because I also prefer to have the same distribution on different >> hardware (x86 at work and PPC private) I would say: let's switch to >> Debian >> :-) >> >> Bernd >> > -- > Justin Davies - Linux Administrator > Cinesite Europe Ltd. > > Project list: http://ming/justin > > If the designers of X-Windows built cars, there would be no fewer than > five steering wheels hidden about the cockpit, none of which followed > the same principles -- but you'd be able to shift gears with your car > stereo. Useful feature, that. > > -- Marus J. Ranum, Digital Equipment Corporation > > >

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Searching for infofile
by Quentin Whitmyer 20 Jan '03

20 Jan '03

Hello there, I am having he same problem as Ryan trying to install SuSE 7.3 via FTP on a PowerPC 8500. I followed the same instructions and get the same message. After the initial startup the installer searches for hardware, then it stops forever with the message "Searching for infofile...." Again the installation never continues Ryan, did you ever figure it out? If anyone else knows this would be a great help. Quentin Whitmyer qwhitmye(a)mcs.kent.edu --Copy of previous found message below-- Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2002 23:13:05 -0500 From: "Ryan D. Evans" <rdevans(a)nc.rr.com> Message-ID: <BA2D4901.A82%rdevans(a)nc.rr.com> Subject: [suse-ppc] Installation trouble: I'm trying to install SuSE 7.3 via FTP. I'm installing on a PowerPC / degenerate times, / cherry blossoms everywhere!" --Kobayashi Issa

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Installation trouble:
by Ryan D. Evans 20 Jan '03

20 Jan '03

I'm trying to install SuSE 7.3 via FTP. I'm installing on a PowerPC 7500 with G3 upgrade card, Mac OS 9.1 installed. Following the instructions, I downloaded BootX and "install-oldworld" kernel. Starting up BootX, the computer goes to "Linux mode" (for lack of a better term) and begins initial start up. The installer begins running, but soon stops with the last line of text "Searching for infofile....." I've waited up to 2 hours for the installation to progress, but nothing else happens. Any help is appreciated. -- Ryan D. Evans <rdevans(a)nc.rr.com> "In these latter-day / degenerate times, / cherry blossoms everywhere!" --Kobayashi Issa

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Re: AW: [suse-ppc] Upcoming PowerPC releases
by Jutta Buschbom 16 Jan '03

16 Jan '03

Moin Rolf, Would you care to explain your email? <grin> >SuSE didn't give up PPC at all! Bush: We are only going to war with an UN mandate! >SLES 8 Suse's least exciting server? >for i/p Series ? (give up) >is PPC and imho immigration medical health office? intergalactic miniature hockey organization? >at its >finest. Unfortunately it is only the server product I take it that means no applications whatsoever? No development environment, no web browser, no office suite, no utilities, etc.? >and not released yet. Sorry that I am not in the jargon loop. I very much liked Suse: it seemed well integrated, had everything I needed and - ok, not a valid reason - I liked the look and feel of it. It is my first Linux distribution and the only non-cluster distribution that I know in any detail. However, I don't use it solely as typewriter, game boy or web browser. The people in my field don't develop for 5 year old distributions/kernels. Computers are an integral part of my work, but not everything. Switching distributions or personalizing a server environment might be a snip for you, but it is quite a pain for me. I would rather stay with the Suse distribution and update when I change jobs later this year. I guess, that is not going to happen. Debian certainly sounds like the hot ticket in town right now, but I also heard that it is not necessarily for the faint at heart. It's a pity to hear that Suse is going big business and is dropping those time-intense and expensive fringes. Would I go back to Suse when I got to set up my first server/cluster in the future? Don't know. Best wishes from freezing cold Chicago, Jutta PS: There is an acronym that I always wanted to know: What does SuSE stand for? Super Unterfranken sind einmalig!

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Install Help
by Quentin Whitmyer 12 Jan '03

12 Jan '03

Hello there, I sent a message in about this in December and I am still having the same problem. I am having a problem trying to install SuSE 7.3 via FTP on a PowerPC 8500. I followed the install instructions and after the initial startup the installer searches for hardware, then it stops forever with the message "Searching for infofile...." Again the installation never continues Thanks for any help Quentin Whitmyer

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