March 2001 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Kernel 2.4 and above requirements question
by The Purple Tiger 27 Mar '01

27 Mar '01

Dear All, Could someone please clarify [for me - offlist replies wholeheartedly welcome although may be useful for likeminded people ;o)] I have SuSE 7.0. What is required if I upgrade to kernel 2.4.x? I have a dialup connection and want to use iptables. Which packages can I d/l from SuSE, and others from freshmeat for this upgrade? I know I need kernel 2.4.x [I am d/l 2.4.2 from kernel.org as we speak...] I hear I will need an updated pppd [btw I use pppd/chat to dialup] What [with regards to iptables] will I need to d/l to get firewall/masq in action, also port redirection? Thanks in advance, Jon Jeffels -- -=[Tigersden Internet Services]=- ************COMING SOON************* -=[For All Your Internet Needs]=- * HTTP://www.tigersden.demon.co.uk * -=[P.G.P. Public Key Available]=- ************COMING SOON************* -=[ !!Powered by SuSE Linux!! ]=- My eyes are 20-20, but my brain isn't too good at interpreting what they see =o)

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yast dies when mounting a DVD rom
by Chris 27 Mar '01

27 Mar '01

Hi there I have a weird problem with my dvd rom. I purchased the Suse 7.0 Pro that came with a nice convinient DVD disk that replaced the other 6. When I mount the drive in yast under Select Installation Medim and than proceed to Choose/Install packages---> than Change/Create congiguration, Yast dies as soon as I press enter on Change/Create configuration. That is the point at wich it begins to read the dvd, this is what it spits out as the program dies root@athlon:/home/chris > yast Program aborted! Tue Mar 27 12:50:35 2001 ERROR: Unknown Error!, DETAIL: 0 FILE: PkgRetriever.cc LINE: 569 I have installed the latest upgrade for yast form suse which is 1.07.1, I also have no probem using the dvd rom, I can read cd no problem and play dvd movies. And yes I made sure the cd was clean.... Any ideas??? -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Just Another Happy Penguin!! Chris Wrobel (aka Kemical) ICQ #76945303 Personal Websites: http://komunikation.homeip.net One Day All Desktops Will Be Free-------Get More Info About Linux At http://www.linux.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Worm Virus??
by Christopher W. Aiken 27 Mar '01

27 Mar '01

http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/internet/03/23/linux.worm.idg/index.html -- Christopher W. Aiken Scenery Hill, Pa, USA chris at cwaiken dot com www.cwaiken.com SuSE 7.1 Professional Linux

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IPChains woes...
by ESix 27 Mar '01

27 Mar '01

I have just recently installed 7.1 Professional, 2.4.0 kernel.. I downloaded the latest source from kernel.org (2.4.2) and compiled it and installed it. It boots fine. I go to start the SuSEfirewall and I get IPChains is incompatible with this kernel. I did include support for masq and routing in my make, is there anything else I should be looking for? Or doing? HELP! :P IPTables is backwords compatible? Can I just make a link from /sbin/ipchains /usr/sbin/iptables? I will try this but surely I am not the only one who has run into with all of you that have upgraded your kernel... TIA Eric Six

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Update KDE2
by Gerard Rowe 27 Mar '01

27 Mar '01

Can I use yast/yast2 to update my KDE installation to 2.1.1? I have heard that some people have done it but I don't see how. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

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Martian source??
by Cor Slot 27 Mar '01

27 Mar '01

Hi What does it mean when I get messages with 'martian source' in my /var/log/messages file? This occurred after I compiled the kernel myself. I've gone back to the precompiled kernel where the messages aren't shown... --- Mar 27 17:35:05 suse kernel: martian source 192.168.3.50 from 192.168.3.20, on dev eth1 Mar 27 17:35:05 suse kernel: ll header:00:48:54:7a:05:b6:00:48:54:7a:04:70:08:00 Mar 27 17:35:05 suse kernel: martian source 192.168.3.50 from 192.168.3.20, on dev eth1 Mar 27 17:35:05 suse kernel: ll header:00:48:54:7a:05:b6:00:48:54:7a:04:70:08:00 --- Cheers, Cor. suse(a)csoft.nu

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upgrade kernel 2.4 to 2.4.2
by Crazy Diamond 27 Mar '01

27 Mar '01

I would like to update my kernel version 2.4 to 2.4.2 using the rpm package from SuSE. Other than simply updating that package through YaST is there anything else that needs to be done? I don't want to "de-stablize" my existing system. Thanks, CD __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/?.refer=text

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How to know why inetd is failing?
by Sundar ＠eSaravana 27 Mar '01

27 Mar '01

Hello, When my system starts up, the boot display shows Starting inetd: ---------------------> failed. How do I know, why it is failing. In other words, is there any log I can go after to get detailed information. Any help is appreciated. Sundar

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Web Cam
by Crazy Diamond 27 Mar '01

27 Mar '01

Could anyone offer his / her opinion on the best Web-Cam for linux? Thanks Crazy D __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/

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Re: [SLE] bootable SuSE CD image
by Purple Shirt 27 Mar '01

27 Mar '01

Ok, I just tried this out and it sucks. I mean even if you can boot a machine from CD with the 7.1 bootdisk image for a floppy you are stuck. You can't load any modules because it expects them from floppy disk. But if you don't have a floppy disk that leaves you out in the Michigan cold. I think SuSE should consider revising how their floppy boot images work so that we at least can transform them into bootable _functional_ CDs or offer us a bootable CD image as described below(in earlier email). If anybody knows how to work this out(booting/rescueing machine from CD and loading modules from CD so you can get online and download the ftp version), shout it out because I'd be interested to hear it. mk >From: "Purple Shirt" <purpleshirt(a)hotmail.com> >To: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com >Subject: [SLE] bootable SuSE CD image >Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 00:18:21 > >A friend of mine was trying to install SuSE over ftp and the PC's floppy >drive was junk. So I wondered if you could use the boot images SuSE >provides >to create a bootable CD. > >Fact is you can and I was successful applying this method: > >http://www.nu2.nu/bootcd/ > >with the 7.1 "bootdisk" image. I haven't used it yet but it works. > >I know you can do the same in Linux, probably easier as always =) Now I >wondered has anybody tried to put all bootimages a SuSE ftp distro comes >with on one CD and as well the modules disks. Putting all bootimages on CD >together may be easy, but putting both modules disks on as well might be >harder because they have the same file name references(?). > >I wonder if SuSE would in the future provide an image with its distro >called >"bootcd" which contains all image disks(bootdisk, i386, rescue, modules, >modules2) from the disks directory. I think that would be quite useful. One >CD instead of numerous floppies. > >One definite reason why this may be useful I can give. The bootable CD I >created only contains the bootdisk image. It only has a limited amount of >network card drivers. The rest are on modules and modules2. Now even if my >friend with bad floppy drive can now boot the machine with the CD she may >get stuck because she lacks a network card driver from a different disk. I >haven't tried putting the modules on the same CD or creating another CD >with >it and if you could access it that way. > >I just thought this issue was kind of interesting. > >mk > > > >_________________________________________________________________ >Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > > >-- >To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe(a)suse.com >For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com >Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

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