December 2003 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

RE: [SLE] 9.0 Pro/GigaByte K8N/Athlon64/SATA RAID - ARGH! Am I a pioneer?
by Hulslander, Ryan 30 Dec '03

30 Dec '03

Hmm.. I didn't realize the existence of an AMD64 specific list. Thanks for pointing me in that direction! It seems that my 9.0 Pro that I've been using with my prior Athlon XP machines wouldn't take full advantage of the 64-bit version anyway. I guess getting 9.0 for AMD64 should be first on my to-do list. In the meantime, I'll subscribe to that one, too! Thanks again! Ryan > -----Original Message----- > From: Stan Glasoe [mailto:srglasoe@comcast.net] > Subject: Re: [SLE] 9.0 Pro/GigaByte K8N/Athlon64/SATA RAID - > ARGH! Am I a pioneer? > > > > > Subscribe to the suse-amd64 list. Your issues have been > addressed there. The Silicon Image drivers have been updated. > Don't know if Promise would be any worse. There is also > mention of using native mode to get installed on SATA drives > -or- installing to plain IDE first, getting the latest > drivers and then converting over to the SATA drives > configured with RAID.

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9.0 Pro/GigaByte K8N/Athlon64/SATA RAID - ARGH! Am I a pioneer?
by Hulslander, Ryan 30 Dec '03

30 Dec '03

Perhaps someone has encountered this before: I've just put rounded together a Gigabyte K8N-Pro motherboard with an Athlon64 CPU, loaded 2 Maxtor 80Gb SATA drives and configured the CMOS to recognize them as a single RAID 1 mirrored set (it uses the Silicon Image chipset). When I go to install SuSE 9.0 Pro it barks at me saying "no partitions/hard-drives found!". I've googled my eyeballs out to no avail, and I came across a recent article on the SuSE support site that mentions doing the following: "At the begin of the installation in the Main Menu of linuxrc please choose Settings. There select Debug (expert) and Force rootimage. Set this to NO. Now continue with the installation, e.g. load the module if not already loaded and select Start installation/system." The only option I see on boot for the install that even comes close is "Manual Installation". There is no "Force rootimage" option. I did find the option to manually load drivers and I selected the "Silicon Image Software RAID". I gave it no parameters to load "silraid". When I continue the install, it still cannot see the drive(s) at all. Any ideas or pointers? Would I be better off buying a separate Promise controller card and using that (or something else?) Muchos Thanks in Advance! Ryan Hulslander

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reiserfs fails
by Ellaree Beaty Philippen 30 Dec '03

30 Dec '03

> Just an ide. The laptop boots to txt only and in the process notifies > that the reiserfs has failed. You could have one of a multitude of problems. First, boot the rescue system. Next, run reiserfsck on the file system that is failng during boot. Note that reiserfsck will not repair a mounted filesystem, so the only way to repair a reiser root filesystem is to boot using another root file system. Then mount that filesystem and take a look at it. For example: mkdir /oldroot mount /dev/hda1 /oldroot (Assuming that you are using GRUB and that /boot is part of your root file system), take a look at the menu.lst file in /oldroot/boot/grub, and make sure that the root parameter is correct. In my example, /dev/hda1 is root: e.g.) kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda1 .... - -- Jerry Feldman <gaf(a)blu.org> As suggested by Mr. Feldman, run reiserfsck, also check that /boot/initrd exists as that should preload the reiserfs module. Regards Sid. -- Sid Boyce .... Hamradio G3VBV and keen Flyer --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the above help, but either I did'nt or couldn't successfully utilize it. I did however appreciate the opportunity to muck about with it. The laptop easily reinsstalled. A second unit with 9.0 was moved to a kvm switch and presented the same reiserfs failure. Again I easily get to the same "you can fix it now" point. Hmmmmm! Putzing with disk one, I wound up updating 9.0 with 9.0. A few files whose names I missed were self fixed and the update was aborted by me. Afterward booting and functions appear normal. Ellie(a)wam.umd.edu

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Wireless problems...
by fmml＠cedval.org 30 Dec '03

30 Dec '03

Hi, I have just installed Suse 9 on a new laptop. I have a wireless network, requiring 128 bit encryption with HEX key, a D-link Di-624 access point. The Wifi net is of Managed type. I have 3 windoze station working on it no problems. On the laptop, I have a PCMCIA D-Link (DWL-G650) card, that seems to work, respond to some iwconfig commands but won't connect. I see the following error in /var/log/messages: Dec 23 21:43:14 linux kernel: wlan0: authentication failed (reason 13) for 00:05:5d:fa:ee:5e 00:05:5d:fa:ee:5e is my access point address, so at least that works :-) Here is the content of /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-wlan-pcmcia (key : BOOTPROTO='dhcp' DHCLIENT_SET_DOWN_LINK='yes' MTU='' REMOTE_IPADDR='' STARTMODE='hotplug' UNIQUE='B35A.JnyZfOi_o6B' WIRELESS_ESSID='alarm07' WIRELESS_KEY='shared 72ed847ce25cc8667bb87a4d2d' WIRELESS_MODE='Managed' WIRELESS_NICK='whoami5' WIRELESS_NWID='' WIRELESS_FREQ='' WIRELESS_CHANNEL="9" WIRELESS_PEERDNS='no' Tried to force that config manually with iwconfig commands, same results... Any ideas? Francois Meehan

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RE: [SLE] ssh problem with passwd on SUSE 9.0
by Stephen Villano 30 Dec '03

30 Dec '03

Just to be complete since there is another thread... This is what fixed it for me in /etc/ssh/sshd_config: # To disable tunneled clear text passwords, change to no here! PasswordAuthentication yes #PermitEmptyPasswords no # Change to no to disable s/key passwords ChallengeResponseAuthentication yes I un-remmed the PasswordAuthentication yes and the ChallengeResponseAuthentication yes (for one broken client on a different system, normally I'd leave that remmed out or disabled). -----Original Message----- From: Greg Freemyer [mailto:freemyer-ml@NorcrossGroup.com] Sent: Monday, December 29, 2003 3:13 PM To: SuSE Linux E Subject: Re: [SLE] ssh problem with passwd on SUSE 9.0 On Mon, 2003-12-29 at 14:40, Greg Freemyer wrote: > I assume sshd works in general for SUSE 9.0? > > I have just tried to use the ssh daemon for the first time and it is not > working for me. > > In /var/log/messages I'm getting: > > "Dec 29 14:23:23 david sshd[20290]: Failed password for root > from::ffff:10.0.1.100 port 1995" > > What else should I check? > > FYI: With both boxes I can connect as a normal user via the console and > sux to root. No problems, so I know I have the passwords right. > > Thanks > Greg > -- > Greg Freemyer > More Info: I just manually started sshd with the -d (debug) argument. I'm getting: >> david:/home/gaf # /usr/sbin/sshd -d -o PidFile=/var/run/sshd.init.pid debug1: sshd version OpenSSH_3.7.1p2 debug1: private host key: #0 type 0 RSA1 debug1: read PEM private key done: type RSA debug1: private host key: #1 type 1 RSA debug1: read PEM private key done: type DSA debug1: private host key: #2 type 2 DSA debug1: Bind to port 22 on ::. Server listening on :: port 22. Generating 768 bit RSA key. RSA key generation complete. debug1: Server will not fork when running in debugging mode. Connection from ::ffff:10.0.1.100 port 4539 debug1: Client protocol version 1.5; client software version PuTTY-Release-0.53b debug1: no match: PuTTY-Release-0.53b debug1: Local version string SSH-1.99-OpenSSH_3.7.1p2 debug1: Sent 768 bit server key and 1024 bit host key. debug1: Encryption type: blowfish debug1: Received session key; encryption turned on. debug1: Installing crc compensation attack detector. debug1: PAM: initializing for "root" debug1: PAM: setting PAM_RHOST to "10.0.1.100" debug1: PAM: setting PAM_TTY to "ssh" debug1: Attempting authentication for root. Password authentication disabled. Failed password for root from ::ffff:10.0.1.100 port 4539 >> I don't know if that is meaningfull, but the "Password authentication disabled." line looks pretty suspicious to me. Do I have to enable that somewhere in 9.0? I have not had to in 8.x. Greg -- Greg Freemyer -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq(a)suse.com

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Suggestion about unsubscribing
by Paul W. Abrahams 30 Dec '03

30 Dec '03

Now and then some overwhelmed SuSer tries to unsubscribe from this list but instead ends up sending the unsubscribe message to the list itself. When this happens, instead of telling the person to go look at their original subscription message, it would be better to tell them exactly how to unsubscribe (as I recall, it's to send a message to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe). Being more helpful enables them to go away faster and not clutter the list. Paul Abrahams

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service and locate
by Account for mailing list 30 Dec '03

30 Dec '03

Hi, I need to restart the services as like in redhat "service nameservice restart" .... in SUSE? I don't find "locate" command .... why? Thanks Andrea

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Loading user accounts on Suse 9.0
by IS Department 30 Dec '03

30 Dec '03

I need to add about 200 user accounts to my Suse 9.0 system. Is there a way to load accounts in bulk from a text file? Thanks.....

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2 Gig limit on files?
by Glenn Pedersen 30 Dec '03

30 Dec '03

I have just recently started playing around with my video camera and linux. I am using Suse 9 and Main-actor from my 8.2 cds as I cant seem to do anything with the ver that came with 9. My problem is I am trying to export from Main actor approx a 6 gig file in DV1 format so i can then use kino to make a svcd of the video file as Main actor only will make a vcd. However the problem I am having is that when exporting the DV1 file from Main actor it crashes when the exported file gets larger than 2 Gig. I thought this 2 Gig limit was no longer a problem with Linux? Does any one know how or what I can do. Cheers, Glenn

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Re: [SLE] How to correct a chmod +x * -R command
by GarUlbricht7＠netscape.net 30 Dec '03

30 Dec '03

Alexandr Malusek <Alexandr.Malusek(a)imv.liu.se> wrote: >Jon Clausen <dsl23212(a)vip.cybercity.dk> writes: > >> > > I have done a stupid thing and issued a chmod +x * -R command >> > > while in the / directory. >> > ------- ----<text snipped>----- > > I guess a 4-5 lines script can do it. > It's not difficult nevertheless some time must be spend on testing > since a bug can make the system unusable. > >-- >A.M. > I have been reading this thread with interest. I reminded me of a similar post last December as follows: # # Subject: Re: [suse-security] Help needed / Permissions SuSE 7.3 # Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2002 2:55 EST # From: Markus Gaugusch <markus(a)gaugusch.at> # To: SuSE-Security <suse-security(a)suse.com> & Philippe Vogel # # *On Dec 5, Philippe Vogel <filiaap(a)freenet.de> wrote: #> I did a bloody error. #> #> I made a permissions script to be executed in a special directory #> (my ftp-dir) but I executed it by webmin, so no path was set #> and the script changed all default permissions on / recursively. #> #> SuSEconfig brought me some control over the system back #> and even chowned /usr/lib to root:bin. #> #> Does anybody know the default permissions on SuSE 7.3 #> or to which mailinglist I could write this? # # (as root) for i in `rpm -qa` ; do rpm --setperms $i ; done # # hth # Markus # -- # __________________ /"\ # Markus Gaugusch \ / ASCII Ribbon Campaign # markus(a)gaugusch.at X Against HTML Mail # / \ # -- # IFIWM, I would do "SuSEconfig --verbose" first. Then, I would consider emailing Markus and ask him if his script would work here too. YMMV. HTH, Gar -- __________________________________________________________________ New! Unlimited Access from the Netscape Internet Service. Beta test the new Netscape Internet Service for only $1.00 per month until 3/1/04. Sign up today at http://isp.netscape.com/register Act now to get a personalized email address! Netscape. Just the Net You Need.

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