November 2004 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Fresh installing 9.2 over 9.0 and partitiong CONFUSION
by Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) 25 Nov '04

25 Nov '04

I have a working 9.0 system now and am getting 9.2 tomorrow. I figured that as long as I had a backup of my /home and /etc directory, I'd let the new 9.2 system configure as much as possible, using the partitions I had setup for 9.0, and then restore my /home backup to the new /home partition on 9.2. Now I am seeing that I can install 9.2 over 9.0, redefine the partitioning and if unsatisfied could roll back to 9.0. Given that I have precious little extra free space on the partitions, how could I repartition and then possible roll back to the old partitioning? To my knowledge a disks partitioning is read before anything else and is 'hard coded' into the HDD, overwriting the old stored partition values, when you partition it. So how can I 'roll back' a 9.2 install to 9.0 given that the partitions it used have been overwritten by the new 'unwanted' 9.2 system?? -- The Little Helper ======================================================================== Hylton Conacher - Linux user # 229959 at http://counter.li.org Currently using SuSE 9.0 Professional with KDE 3.1 Licenced Windows user ========================================================================

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Hardware certification database on the new site
by Silviu Marin-Caea 25 Nov '04

25 Nov '04

Where is it?

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Nagios läuft jetzt (Frage nach guter Doku)
by Ralf Prengel 25 Nov '04

25 Nov '04

Hurra, Nagios läuft jetzt erst einmal mit einem System. Allerdings habe ich im Moment Tag der offenen Tür da ich in meinem Testssystem erst mal die Cgi-Optionen für die Userverwaltung abgeschaltet habe. Um das Thema sauber und sicher entwickeln zu können suche ich jetzt gute Literatur. Im Idealfall so etwas wie das Postfixbuch aus dem Openpress-Verlag. Hat da jemand gute Tips parat? Gruß

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apache2 and php
by Hamish 25 Nov '04

25 Nov '04

Hello everyone Im having problems with apache2, has anyone seen this? I had apache2 installed, installed apache2-mod_php4 and all the php-xyz (extension modules). Now when I try rcapache2 start it fails, and I find this in /var/log/apache2/error_log: [Tue Nov 23 18:22:25 2004] [warn] Init: Session Cache is not configured [hint: SSLSessionCache] [Tue Nov 23 18:22:25 2004] [notice] suEXEC mechanism enabled (wrapper: /usr/sbin/suexec2) [Tue Nov 23 18:23:01 2004] [warn] Init: Session Cache is not configured [hint: SSLSessionCache] [Tue Nov 23 18:23:01 2004] [notice] suEXEC mechanism enabled (wrapper: /usr/sbin/suexec2) [Tue Nov 23 18:23:16 2004] [warn] Init: Session Cache is not configured [hint: SSLSessionCache] [Tue Nov 23 18:23:16 2004] [notice] suEXEC mechanism enabled (wrapper: /usr/sbin/suexec2) [Tue Nov 23 18:28:36 2004] [notice] suEXEC mechanism enabled (wrapper: /usr/sbin/suexec2) [Tue Nov 23 18:30:46 2004] [notice] suEXEC mechanism enabled (wrapper: /usr/sbin/suexec2) [Tue Nov 23 18:30:58 2004] [notice] suEXEC mechanism enabled (wrapper: /usr/sbin/suexec2) [Tue Nov 23 18:32:51 2004] [notice] suEXEC mechanism enabled (wrapper: /usr/sbin/suexec2) I've seen a couple of similar things when googling, but no resolution - anyone seen/fixed this? Thanks, H

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random nfs server permission problems
by Staněk Daniel 25 Nov '04

25 Nov '04

Hi I am using Suse 9.2 professional as NFS server and second machine with Suse 8.2 professional as NFS client. When I try to access files on nfs server everything is ok but after a while I get random permission denied error while reading some file. From this moment I cannot read any file from nfs share, I can read only files I've red before error. I have found that kernel update may solve this problem: 29 Oct 2004 um-host-kernel: The User Mode Linux kernel. RPM um-host-kernel 2.6.8-24.3 (i586) 1445 kB Source-RPM kernel-um-2.6.8-24.3.nosrc.rpm Fix NFS bugs: * Locking on NFS nolock mounts did not work * Fixed a problem in the RPC authentication code that could cause random NFS permissions errors but not for me :( my config: suse92server:/var/log # rpm -q -a | grep kernel kernel-docs-2.6.8-24.3 kernel-source-2.6.8-24.3 kernel-smp-nongpl-2.6.8-24.3 kernel-smp-2.6.8-24.3 kernel-um-2.6.8-24.3 suse92server:/var/log # more /etc/exports /media/cdrom x.x.x.x(ro,no_root_squash,sync) suse92server:/var/log # ps aux | grep portmap nobody 2603 0.0 0.5 1436 524 ? Ss 09:13 0:00 /sbin/portmap root 3990 0.0 0.6 1704 644 pts/0 S+ 09:47 0:00 grep portmap thanks dan

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Re: [SLE] Samba HOWTO
by Carlos E. R. 25 Nov '04

25 Nov '04

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [I suppose you forgot to send to the list. I have also removed the spam header, just in case] OldSubject : Re: [SLE] Re: ***SPAM*** Re: [SLE] Re: Samba HOWTO El 2004-11-23 a las 09:16 -0500, James Knott escribió: > > I also see that header, but in emails that are answers to James messages - > > actually, twice this month. And I know it is not my provider, they don't > > have that service, unless I pay extra. > > > > Could the header be generated at SuSE? > > If it was, I'd see it on my messages, as they're posted on the list. > > Do the message headers offer any clues? I'm not clear on that, I mean, I'm not sure. I can't analyze if it is SuSE, because the spamassassin headers that SuSE puts there are removed by my local spamassassin run. But have a look at "http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-linux-e/2004-Nov/". There is at least one message with the *spam* subject line, and the one in question is missing from the archive (our answers are shown, but not the fist message). That is suspicious. * [SLE] Re: ***SPAM*** Re: [SLE] VPN client under 9.2 Brad Bourn (Thu Nov 18 2004 - 21:18:28 CET) * [SLE] Re: ***SPAM*** Re: [SLE] Re: Samba HOWTO James Knott (Mon Nov 22 2004 - 18:42:44 CET) * Re: [SLE] Re: ***SPAM*** Re: [SLE] Re: Samba HOWTO Carlos E. R. (Tue Nov 23 2004 - 05:07:42 CET) * Re: [SLE] Re: ***SPAM*** Re: [SLE] Re: Samba HOWTO Brad Bourn (Tue Nov 23 2004 - 17:39:05 CET) * Re: [SLE] Re: ***SPAM*** Re: [SLE] Re: Samba HOWTO James Knott (Tue Nov 23 2004 - 18:12:53 CET) * Re: [SLE] Re: ***SPAM*** Re: [SLE] Re: Samba HOWTO James Knott (Tue Nov 23 2004 - 18:28:11 CET) * Re: [SLE] Re: ***SPAM*** Re: [SLE] Re: Samba HOWTO Brad Bourn (Tue Nov 23 2004 - 18:40:40 CET) * Re: [SLE] Re: ***SPAM*** Re: [SLE] Re: Samba HOWTO James Knott (Tue Nov 23 2004 - 18:43:02 CET) * [SLE] Re: ***SPAM*** Re: ***SPAM*** Re: [SLE] Re: Samba HOWTO James Knott (Tue Nov 23 2004 - 18:12:24 CET) On the other hand, on that same link, the very first few messages are spam - I don't understand how those reach the list, I don't see them; however, it could be that my local spamassassin is trained, and suse's is not: * Dylan are you all set? Helena Hunt (Thu Jan 01 1970 - 00:59:59 CET) Mmm, no, that message is not in my local spam folder. Funny! And now, I'll have to pgp sign this message to reduce the risk of this message being filtered out ;-) - -- Saludos Carlos Robinson -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.76 iD8DBQFBo8cftTMYHG2NR9URAspOAJ4hkhuoxuIUfIO7koJf4B9TlElTDACfQpQy QSr1CiQr+F3y/PjT2QVBKuk= =LafP -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Is SuSE 9.2 worth it over SuSE 9.1?
by Preston Crawford 25 Nov '04

25 Nov '04

After seeing all the bug reports and problems people are having I'm starting to reconsider upgrading (I'm currently running SuSE 9.1). I generally do. Both to keep current and because I like giving Linux companies my business, but I don't want to break a system that works fine right now. Is it really that bad? Or is this just a squeaky wheel thing? Preston

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SuSE 9.2 DVD readability
by Jerry Feldman 25 Nov '04

25 Nov '04

I received my personal copy of the DVD on Monday, but have not had time to try it out until last night. The DVD would neither read nor mount on my laptop. To rule out bad hardware, I was able to successfully mount and read the source DVD. I have since contacted Amazon for a replacement. However, I was able to use another DVD reader here at work, and copy all 8GB to my laptop. One possibility is simply that my laptop DVD reader is a bit off register and the DVD is good, or the DVD is marginal. In any case the replacement will tell the story. -- Jerry Feldman <gerald.feldman(a)hp.com> Partner Technology Access Center (contractor) (PTAC-MA) Hewlett-Packard Co. 550 King Street LKG2a-X2 Littleton, Ma. 01460 (978)506-5243

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Via EPIA Mini-ITX Motherboard & SuSE 9.2 locking up.
by Graham Smith 25 Nov '04

25 Nov '04

Just a bit of information relating to VIA EPIA Mini-ITX Motherboard and lockups when running SuSE 9.2. I've been having problems with SuSE 9.2 on a VIA EPIA Mini-ITX Motherboard. SuSE 9.2 would either lockup solid during the boot process or if I managed to login it would lockup when running programs like MC or YaST. I initially thought the problem was memory related. But after running the memory test for a day ruled that out. I appear to have isolated the problem to the power management package. I'm still testing but when the powermanagement is disabled I have yet to have it lockup on me. I'll repost if I find out further details. -- Regards, Graham Smith ---------------------------------------------------------

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SIIG SC-PE4B12 Manual
by Synthetic Cartoonz 25 Nov '04

25 Nov '04

Does anyone have the manual for a SIIG ATA/13 IO/Card, SC-PE4B12? I looked it up on the SIIG website and they don't have an online manual. Bought the card used and there was no manual included . (Ain't ebay grand?) Anyway, it appears to be working. (When the board is plugged in my boot drive /dev/hda becomes /dev/hde, but I'll discuss this in another post.) There are three jumpers on the board. When the card arrived JP1 was shorted and the card prevented the system from booting. The silk screen printing on the board says JP1 open == IDE, short == raid. Odd, because the SIIG site says this is not a RAID card. JP2 is labelled PRIMARY and JP3 is labelled SECONDARY. Both are open and I'll hazard a guess that they do something to the ATA ports labelled PRIMARY IDE, and SECONDARY IDE. I tested one figuring it would disable the port and it didn't appear to do so. Are they important at all? When the system starts booting the diagnostics on the card produce a prompt to press F3 for configuration for the card. Is there anything going on in this setup that I need to worry about? The phrasing of the menu that appears suggest a RAID setup -- I think. Right now I have just one drive hooked up, and I'm not going to do RAID. Thanks in advance for your help. Ken Jennings

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