April 2002 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Please Help, can't boot: "responding too fast" error on all INIT's
by jeric 28 Apr '02

28 Apr '02

I have searched google and found allot of other people with this problem, but all the solutions are for /after/ logging in. Unfortunately I can't login in to even try these solutions. On boot I get the following error: ... Freeing unused kernel memory: 88k freed INIT: version 2.78 booting INIT: Entering runlevel: 2 INIT: Id "1" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes INIT: Id "2" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes INIT: Id "3" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes INIT: Id "4" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes INIT: Id "5" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes INIT: Id "6" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes INIT: no more processes left in this runlevel _ Then the "respawning too fast" part loops continuously I have tried to boot to INIT 1 from LILO, as well as INIT 3, but both generate the same error. I have tried to boot to the following at LILO also: "linux init=/bin/bash" and "linux init=/bin/csh" This does not generate the "respawning too fast" but it instead hangs the system in the same spot... just after "Freeing unused kernel memory: 88k freed" in the boot processes. I also tried booting from the SuSE DVD "boot to already installed system" but that did not help. I just need to get to the login prompt...can anyone help? -SuSE 7.0 kernel 2.2.19 Thanks, jeric

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modem support for SuSE 8 and strange rpm error.
by Bill Burton 28 Apr '02

28 Apr '02

All, I have been told that SuSE 8 supports winmodems "out of the box". If so how do I invoke the drivers? The target box is a Dell Latitude LS 400 with a ActionTec modem based on the Lucent Venus USB (Pegasus) chipset. I tried installing the latest LT package and ran into the very odd dependency error. First my kernel version (straight SuSE 8.0): > uname -a Linux linux 2.4.18-4GB #1 Wed Mar 27 13:57:05 UTC 2002 i686 unknown When installing ltmodem-kv_2.4.18_4GB rpm complains: > rpm -i ltmodem-kv_2.4.18_4GB-6.00c2-1.i386.rpm error: failed dependencies: kernel = 2.4.18-4GB is needed by ltmodem-kv_2.4.18_4GB-6.00c2-1 Overriding dependency errors leads to system hangs. Any suggestions on how to get the silly thing working? Thanks much, Bill Burton

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slow samba with nfs
by steve 28 Apr '02

28 Apr '02

Hi everyone. Our AMD 1100 box serves a samba lan of 22 machines, some 7.3 and some w98 in a small international school. Some of the 7.3 boxes are not samba but take files via nfs. If any of the 7.3 nfs's are logged on, the samba clients slow down noticeably. This is particularly apparent when everyone wants to access the same file, e.g. at the start of a lesson. Any ideas anyone? Thanks, Steve

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Yast2
by Ulf Braathen 28 Apr '02

28 Apr '02

Thanks for your answer What happens when I type kdesu yast2 in a console as 'normal' user is that the display for root admissin comes up. I type the password - and then nothing happens. But I think I understand your explanation, but maybe there are more I have to do? Ulf

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YOU problem with SuSE 8.0 Professional
by Luis Oliveira 28 Apr '02

28 Apr '02

Hi, Situation is like this. Fresh install of SuSE 8.0 Pro on a Compaq Evo N600c laptop, 256 MB Ram, / (jfs filesystem) and swap. After installing tried to launch YOU using manual update on ftp.suse.com server. When downloading the list of available packages to update, for each one there is a message: "Cannot check patch 'yyyyy' because the GPG package is not installed or patch description is corrupted. SuSE cannot guarantee that the patch has been created by SuSE". I checked and I have indeed installed the GPG pakage which comes on disc1/sec1. Does anyone else having this problem and if so possible solutions ? Thanks ./ luis oliveira

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Record cdda
by rodney 28 Apr '02

28 Apr '02

Hello, As a newbie can someone tell me how to record / burn wav files to cdda for playing in the car . Thanks Rodney

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Installing Wordperfect 8 with SuSE 8?
by Patrick 28 Apr '02

28 Apr '02

Well, yes, I do have a question or complaint with SuSE 8! I can't seem to get my WordPerfect 8 to install now. Anyone got any clues? Is it that it is just completely incompatible with KDE3 or missing the libs it needs again like it was back in 7.2? I guess it is time to start moving away from WP since it is no longer supported by Corel, but I really don't see a word processor with the same features yet. Open Office just wigs out on me (v641d) and SO5.2 is just too bloated to use. Plus can you create text boxes on the page, use templates for labels, etc., easily print out a envelope? Things WP8 does easily, the others seem to struggle. Patrick -- --- KMail v1.4 --- SuSE Linux Pro v8.0 --- Registered Linux User #225206 Magic Page Products -- Amiga-SuSE-PC Sales & Service URL: http://home.sprintmail.com/~tracerb

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SuSEconfig & Postfix
by Jerry Van Brimmer 28 Apr '02

28 Apr '02

I gave up on Sendmail, and now I'm trying to configure Postfix. All I want to do is get Postfix to send my mail to my dialup ISP mail server, which requires SMTP Auth. In my /etc/postfix/main.cf file I enter: relayhost = mail.vei.net Then I run "postfix reload". Everything goes okay up to this point. Then I run SuSEconfig just for kicks because I know it will run at some time in the future when I install another package or do an online update, so I want to see what it will do to my system. Well, SuSEconfig changes "relayhost = mail.vei.net" back to "relayhost =" Why does it do this and how do I stop it? -- Rev. 1:7 ; Registered Linux User #153217

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SuSE 7.3 Mysql backup
by Chris 28 Apr '02

28 Apr '02

Hi, What files do you need to backup in suse mysql databases? how then do you restore those databases regardless what suse mysql version is running? chris __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - your guide to health and wellness http://health.yahoo.com

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Yast2
by Ulf Braathen 28 Apr '02

28 Apr '02

Hi When I try to start Yast 2 in KDE3 I get this: " Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server Xlib: Invalid XDM-AUTHORIZATION-1 key (failed key comparison) y2controlcenter: cannot connect to X server :0.0" This came when I tried from Superusermodus Terminal. I dont manage to start Yast 2 in any way. Could somebody explain what the message abov mean, and how can I fix it? Ulf

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