October 2004 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Kernel BootSplash Error
by Steven Pasternak 31 Oct '04

31 Oct '04

I use SuSE 9.1 with vanilla kernel 2.6.8 with no bootsplash. I applied the patch: bootsplash-3.1.3-2.6.0-test9.diff and then used kernel upgrade patch: patch-2.6.9 and recompiled to get this crap: drivers/char/n_tty.c: In function `read_chan': drivers/char/n_tty.c:1181: warning: unused variable `b' drivers/char/n_tty.c:1182: warning: unused variable `wait' drivers/char/n_tty.c:1183: warning: unused variable `c' drivers/char/n_tty.c:1184: warning: unused variable `minimum' drivers/char/n_tty.c:1184: warning: unused variable `time' drivers/char/n_tty.c:1185: warning: unused variable `retval' drivers/char/n_tty.c:1186: warning: unused variable `size' drivers/char/n_tty.c:1187: warning: unused variable `timeout' drivers/char/n_tty.c:1188: warning: unused variable `flags' drivers/char/n_tty.c:1190: warning: label `do_it_again' defined but not used drivers/char/n_tty.c: At top level: drivers/char/n_tty.c:1245: error: redefinition of 'read_chan' drivers/char/n_tty.c:1180: error: previous definition of 'read_chan' was here drivers/char/n_tty.c: In function `read_chan': drivers/char/n_tty.c:1262: warning: implicit declaration of function `job_control' drivers/char/n_tty.c: At top level: drivers/char/n_tty.c:1180: warning: 'read_chan' defined but not used make[2]: *** [drivers/char/n_tty.o] Error 1 make[1]: *** [drivers/char] Error 2 make: *** [drivers] Error 2 Fuzzy:/usr/src/linux # Is a header missing? When I apply the patch to the 2.6.8 source, I get this (entire output): patching file drivers/char/keyboard.c Hunk #1 succeeded at 1058 (offset 13 lines). patching file drivers/char/n_tty.c Hunk #1 succeeded at 989 (offset 20 lines). patching file drivers/char/vt.c Hunk #1 succeeded at 3267 (offset 229 lines). patching file drivers/video/Kconfig Hunk #1 succeeded at 1002 (offset 96 lines). patching file drivers/video/Makefile Hunk #1 succeeded at 6 with fuzz 2. patching file drivers/video/bootsplash/Kconfig patching file drivers/video/bootsplash/Makefile patching file drivers/video/bootsplash/bootsplash.c patching file drivers/video/bootsplash/bootsplash.h patching file drivers/video/bootsplash/decode-jpg.c patching file drivers/video/bootsplash/decode-jpg.h patching file drivers/video/bootsplash/render.c patching file drivers/video/console/fbcon.c Hunk #2 succeeded at 215 with fuzz 2 (offset 13 lines). Hunk #3 succeeded at 419 (offset 4 lines). Hunk #4 succeeded at 443 (offset 4 lines). Hunk #5 succeeded at 972 with fuzz 2 (offset 503 lines). Hunk #6 FAILED at 1010. Hunk #7 FAILED at 1042. Hunk #8 FAILED at 1329. Hunk #9 FAILED at 1412. Hunk #10 succeeded at 1083 (offset 2 lines). Hunk #11 succeeded at 1165 (offset 3 lines). Hunk #12 FAILED at 1475. Hunk #13 FAILED at 1546. Hunk #14 succeeded at 1846 (offset 174 lines). Hunk #15 succeeded at 1935 with fuzz 2 (offset 216 lines). Hunk #16 succeeded at 2056 (offset 259 lines). Hunk #17 FAILED at 2234. Hunk #18 FAILED at 2651. 8 out of 18 hunks FAILED -- saving rejects to file drivers/video/console/fbcon.c.rej patching file drivers/video/console/fbcon.h patching file drivers/video/vesafb.c Hunk #1 succeeded at 171 (offset -3 lines). patching file include/linux/console_struct.h patching file include/linux/fb.h Hunk #1 FAILED at 412. 1 out of 1 hunk FAILED -- saving rejects to file include/linux/fb.h.rej patching file kernel/panic.c Hunk #1 succeeded at 82 (offset -1 lines). Hunk #2 succeeded at 111 (offset -1 lines). Fuzzy:/usr/src/linux-2.6.8 # I WANT BOOTSPLASH TO WORK!

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9.1 you local update
by Xaos Katawin 30 Oct '04

30 Oct '04

Hi, Slight problem here. I had a friend download the updates from a suse mirror. I copied the updates to a local directory and tried to run YOU. I turned off the YAST@_LOADFTPSERVER and added the local directory to /etc/youservers but when I try to run the update I get the message: "Patch information retrieval failed." "error Unable to read the directory './i386/update/9.1/patches'." Any thoughts?

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Automatic Login Issue
by John Burski 30 Oct '04

30 Oct '04

I recently moved to Suse 9.1 Professional from Red Hat. I configured the system as a stand-alone box without automatic login. For about the first week or so I was presented with a login dialog. However, now whenever the machine us booted it automatically logs on to my user account. While this saves me a couple of keystrokes, this is NOT the behavior I want. There are multiple users on this machine and I want the login dialog displayed at boot time. I've checked the settings for each user in YAST and none of them are set for automatic login. Is there anything I can do to change the behavior back to what it was? Thanks in advance. -- John Burski S.I.M.U. -- And still looking for something profound or witty to put in my signature file.

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Suse 9.2
by peter Nikolic 30 Oct '04

30 Oct '04

Well i just got to say it .. Ordered 9.2 from Holborn Books Ltd a few days ago now and guess what it landed this morning . so it's install time on a nice new 120Gb Hdd .. Pete. -- Linux user No: 256242 Machine No: 139931 G6NJR Pete also MSA registered "Quinton 11" A Linux Only area Happy bug hunting M$ clan, The time is here to FORGET that M$ Corp ever existed the world does not NEED M$ Corp the world has NO USE for M$ Corp it is time to END M$ Corp , Play time is over folks time for action approaches at an alarming pace the death knell for M$ Copr has been sounded . Termination time is around the corner ..

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Creating own, small Suse based distro
by Robert Rozman 30 Oct '04

30 Oct '04

Hi, I'm aware of tools that can make live CD out of your existing installation. I don't know how well supported are under Suse ? But I'd like to ask if there are some tools (I'd like to make really thin Suse based distro - on Suse Rescue base) to make installation CD out of existing Suse installation ? Or be more general - are there any tools for creating installaction CDs, create installation menus, choices .... Regards, Robert.

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Suse 9.2 Live CD won't boot
by Tomasz Frelik 30 Oct '04

30 Oct '04

Hello, I have downloaded and burned Suse 9.2 Live CD (Gnome version). The problem is, it won't boot. MD5 checksum is correct. I get "searching for boot record on CDROM... not found" message and then system just boots from hard drive. Recently I used the very same CD-RW as bootable CD and it worked. Is there a way to make the CD boot, maybe using a floppy with some bootlader (syslinux, grub?) as an intermediary? Regards, T. Frelik

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9.2 Pro Student Version
by Cleary_Mike＠emc.com 30 Oct '04

30 Oct '04

This may be a dumb question, but does anyone know if the "Student Version" just reflects academic pricing? I have searched the Novell site trying to see if there is a difference between 9.2 Pro and 9.2 Pro Student Version. But I can't find anything... TIA, Mike ------------------------------- Cleary_Mike(a)emc.com ------------------------------- A wink is as good as a nod to a blind horse.

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Re: [SLE] Firewall Script (Not using NAT)
by Kevin F. Berrien 30 Oct '04

30 Oct '04

I recently had to make a firewall, simular as well, no NAT as I wanted it to do some routing as well for a almost physically seperated network (except specific ports via the firewall). I found fwbuilder to be the easiest solution, and would recommend it. If you've used other commercial firewalls such as Raptor/Symantec Ent. Firewall this will come very easy. The utility creates scripts using a excellent, intuitive interface. With very little linux firewall experience (just running a script created by a friend years in the past) I was able to put together the solution I needed. http://www.fwbuilder.org

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CUPS not accepting root username and password for configuration
by Peter N. Spotts 30 Oct '04

30 Oct '04

Folks, Perhaps through choking my system (SuSE 9.1 on a Toshiba Satellite 1905-S303 laptop) with too many print jobs, the printer stopped (HP Deskjet 6122) and CUPS shows my printer as inactive. But when I try to log in with root username and password to reactivate it, CUPS doesn't accept them. I've tried KDE and Gnome's printer managers on the outside chance that the switch might make a difference. But it doesn't. I've also tried using Yast to uninstall and reinstall my printer. While I get the "Hello World" test page, again, no jobs print once I'm working with applications and have reoriented them to the "new" installation of my printer. And I've tried powering down, then repowering the printer. Is there a CUPS configuration file I need to tweak, or am I stuck with having to uninstall and reinstall CUPS? With best regards, Pete -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Peter N. Spotts | Science Correspondent The Christian Science Monitor One Norway Street, Boston MA 02115 Office: 617-450-2449 | Office in home: 508-520-3139 Email: pspotts(a)alum.mit.edu | www.csmonitor.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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ftp Packages
by Paul 30 Oct '04

30 Oct '04

Hi I was wondering if anyone could tell me exactly what packages are missing or diffent from the ftp Suse or the boxed version. I have the presonal .iso and changed the installation source to the ftp server and am quite happy with it (enough to buy the pro) but would like to know exactly what I'd be getting for my money. Is it worth it or would it just be better to donate ? Good work should be rewarded Thanks in advance Paul Ryan

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