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Recover question - no kernel
by Moby 31 Mar '05

31 Mar '05

I have a need to reinstall the kernel on a SuSE 9.2 box using the install CDs and booting into rescue mode. The original root partition was at /dev/hda4 and the original /boot was /dev/hda2. Both / and /boot are resierfs. Kernel source and binary RPMS exist on the original / (/dev/hda4) under /home/raw/kernel. Here at the steps I am taking and the issue I keep on facing: 1) Boot off SuSE 9.2 CD1, choose Rescue, login as root. 2) cd /mnt. Then mkdir t4. Then mount /dev/hda4 /mnt/t4. 3) chroot /mnt/t4. 4) mount /dev/hda2 /boot At this point, my file system is back the way it used to be before I destroyed the kernel. Now to install the kernel I have tried using the binary rpms as well as compiling the installing from sources. The problem is that both steps, installing the binary RPMs or making from source, apparently look for information under /sys. In my case, /sys goes away at step (3) above. I understand /sys is a "virtual" file system. My question is how do I get my kernel back? I would like to install a binary RPM instead of compiling and installing my own. However, even when installing from the binary RPM, I see complaints about being unable to find items under /sys. I think this makes it unable to produce a proper initrd, and as a result of which, even though the RPM appears to install fine and I see all the proper looking files at all the right places, on a reboot the machine complains about waiting for /dev/hda4 and then gives up. It seems that the use of /sys severely hinders a quick recovery, such as simply booting as in steps (1) through (4) above and installing the binary kernel RPM. Thanks in advance for any help -- --Moby They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. -- Benjamin Franklin First they came for the Jews and I did not speak out because I was not a Jew. Then they came for the Communists and I did not speak out because I was not a Communist. Then they came for the trade unionists and I did not speak out because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for me and there was no one left to speak out for me. -- Pastor Martin Niemöller

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downgrade rpm
by Ryan McCain 31 Mar '05

31 Mar '05

I need to downgrade from openldap2-client-2.2.24-0.1 to openldap2-client-2.2.6-34.i586.rpm. I am doing this because another program I am trying to install requires libler.so.199 and libldap.so.199. These are the versions that come with the openldap2-client I am trying to downgrade to. When I run the command to downgrade I get the following results: omf-h0sck11:~ # rpm -U --oldpackage openldap2-client-2.2.6-34.i586.rpm error: Failed dependencies: liblber-2.2.so.7 is needed by (installed) ldapcpplib-0.0.3-28.1 liblber-2.2.so.7 is needed by (installed) libgda-1.0.3-58.1 liblber-2.2.so.7 is needed by (installed) dirmngr-0.5.5-3.1 liblber-2.2.so.7 is needed by (installed) autofs-3.1.7-903.1 liblber-2.2.so.7 is needed by (installed) cyrus-sasl-saslauthd-2.1.19-5.2 liblber-2.2.so.7 is needed by (installed) pwdutils-2.6.90-6.1 liblber-2.2.so.7 is needed by (installed) opensc-0.8.1-3.1 liblber-2.2.so.7 is needed by (installed) postfix-2.1.5-3.1 liblber-2.2.so.7 is needed by (installed) pwlib-1.8.0-3.1 liblber-2.2.so.7 is needed by (installed) openh323-1.15.0-3.1 liblber-2.2.so.7 is needed by (installed) apache2-2.0.53-5.1 liblber-2.2.so.7 is needed by (installed) kdebase3-3.4.0-12 liblber-2.2.so.7 is needed by (installed) evolution-2.2.0.0.200503210410-0.snap.ximian.10.1 liblber-2.2.so.7 is needed by (installed) evolution-data-server-1.2.0.0.200503210410-0.snap.ximian.10.1 liblber-2.2.so.7 is needed by (installed) samba-client-3.0.13-0.1 liblber-2.2.so.7 is needed by (installed) libsmbclient-3.0.13-0.1 liblber-2.2.so.7 is needed by (installed) samba-3.0.13-0.1 liblber-2.2.so.7 is needed by (installed) openldap2-2.2.15-5 libldap-2.2.so.7 is needed by (installed) ldapcpplib-0.0.3-28.1 libldap-2.2.so.7 is needed by (installed) libgda-1.0.3-58.1 libldap-2.2.so.7 is needed by (installed) dirmngr-0.5.5-3.1 libldap-2.2.so.7 is needed by (installed) autofs-3.1.7-903.1 libldap-2.2.so.7 is needed by (installed) cyrus-sasl-saslauthd-2.1.19-5.2 libldap-2.2.so.7 is needed by (installed) gpg-1.2.5-3.1 libldap-2.2.so.7 is needed by (installed) pwdutils-2.6.90-6.1 libldap-2.2.so.7 is needed by (installed) opensc-0.8.1-3.1 libldap-2.2.so.7 is needed by (installed) postfix-2.1.5-3.1 libldap-2.2.so.7 is needed by (installed) pwlib-1.8.0-3.1 libldap-2.2.so.7 is needed by (installed) openh323-1.15.0-3.1 libldap-2.2.so.7 is needed by (installed) multisync-ldap-0.82-7.1 libldap-2.2.so.7 is needed by (installed) apache2-2.0.53-5.1 libldap-2.2.so.7 is needed by (installed) kdebase3-3.4.0-12 libldap-2.2.so.7 is needed by (installed) evolution-2.2.0.0.200503210410-0.snap.ximian.10.1 libldap-2.2.so.7 is needed by (installed) evolution-data-server-1.2.0.0.200503210410-0.snap.ximian.10.1 libldap-2.2.so.7 is needed by (installed) samba-client-3.0.13-0.1 libldap-2.2.so.7 is needed by (installed) libsmbclient-3.0.13-0.1 libldap-2.2.so.7 is needed by (installed) samba-3.0.13-0.1 libldap_r-2.2.so.7 is needed by (installed) pwlib-1.8.0-3.1 libldap_r-2.2.so.7 is needed by (installed) openh323-1.15.0-3.1 libldap_r-2.2.so.7 is needed by (installed) openldap2-2.2.15-5 omf-h0sck11:~ # ... If I attempt to remove the version of openldap2-client installed, I get: omf-h0sck11:~ # rpm -e openldap2-client error: Failed dependencies: liblber-2.2.so.7 is needed by (installed) ldapcpplib-0.0.3-28.1 liblber-2.2.so.7 is needed by (installed) libgda-1.0.3-58.1 liblber-2.2.so.7 is needed by (installed) dirmngr-0.5.5-3.1 liblber-2.2.so.7 is needed by (installed) autofs-3.1.7-903.1 liblber-2.2.so.7 is needed by (installed) cyrus-sasl-saslauthd-2.1.19-5.2 liblber-2.2.so.7 is needed by (installed) pwdutils-2.6.90-6.1 liblber-2.2.so.7 is needed by (installed) opensc-0.8.1-3.1 liblber-2.2.so.7 is needed by (installed) postfix-2.1.5-3.1 liblber-2.2.so.7 is needed by (installed) pwlib-1.8.0-3.1 liblber-2.2.so.7 is needed by (installed) openh323-1.15.0-3.1 liblber-2.2.so.7 is needed by (installed) apache2-2.0.53-5.1 liblber-2.2.so.7 is needed by (installed) kdebase3-3.4.0-12 liblber-2.2.so.7 is needed by (installed) evolution-2.2.0.0.200503210410-0.snap.ximian.10.1 liblber-2.2.so.7 is needed by (installed) evolution-data-server-1.2.0.0.200503210410-0.snap.ximian.10.1 liblber-2.2.so.7 is needed by (installed) samba-client-3.0.13-0.1 liblber-2.2.so.7 is needed by (installed) libsmbclient-3.0.13-0.1 liblber-2.2.so.7 is needed by (installed) samba-3.0.13-0.1 liblber-2.2.so.7 is needed by (installed) openldap2-2.2.15-5 libldap-2.2.so.7 is needed by (installed) ldapcpplib-0.0.3-28.1 libldap-2.2.so.7 is needed by (installed) libgda-1.0.3-58.1 libldap-2.2.so.7 is needed by (installed) dirmngr-0.5.5-3.1 libldap-2.2.so.7 is needed by (installed) autofs-3.1.7-903.1 libldap-2.2.so.7 is needed by (installed) cyrus-sasl-saslauthd-2.1.19-5.2 libldap-2.2.so.7 is needed by (installed) gpg-1.2.5-3.1 libldap-2.2.so.7 is needed by (installed) pwdutils-2.6.90-6.1 libldap-2.2.so.7 is needed by (installed) opensc-0.8.1-3.1 libldap-2.2.so.7 is needed by (installed) postfix-2.1.5-3.1 libldap-2.2.so.7 is needed by (installed) pwlib-1.8.0-3.1 libldap-2.2.so.7 is needed by (installed) openh323-1.15.0-3.1 libldap-2.2.so.7 is needed by (installed) multisync-ldap-0.82-7.1 libldap-2.2.so.7 is needed by (installed) apache2-2.0.53-5.1 libldap-2.2.so.7 is needed by (installed) kdebase3-3.4.0-12 libldap-2.2.so.7 is needed by (installed) evolution-2.2.0.0.200503210410-0.snap.ximian.10.1 libldap-2.2.so.7 is needed by (installed) evolution-data-server-1.2.0.0.200503210410-0.snap.ximian.10.1 libldap-2.2.so.7 is needed by (installed) samba-client-3.0.13-0.1 libldap-2.2.so.7 is needed by (installed) libsmbclient-3.0.13-0.1 libldap-2.2.so.7 is needed by (installed) samba-3.0.13-0.1 libldap_r-2.2.so.7 is needed by (installed) pwlib-1.8.0-3.1 libldap_r-2.2.so.7 is needed by (installed) openh323-1.15.0-3.1 libldap_r-2.2.so.7 is needed by (installed) openldap2-2.2.15-5 openldap2-client is needed by (installed) postfix-2.1.5-3.1 openldap2-client is needed by (installed) openldap2-2.2.15-5 omf-h0sck11:~ # ..I think I'm caught in the preverbial chicken and the egg situation. Any ideas? Thanks, Ryan

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help with messages in log file wanted
by Phil Burness 30 Mar '05

30 Mar '05

Can anybody help explain / correct the following messages :- I get this continuously, I don't have a disk in the drive and have no programs running that need to access one either.... Mar 29 04:50:06 desktop last message repeated 7 times Mar 29 04:50:06 desktop kernel: usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 3, frame# 1300 Mar 29 04:50:07 desktop kernel: Device not ready. Make sure there is a disc in the drive. Mar 29 04:50:12 desktop last message repeated 8 times Mar 29 04:50:12 desktop kernel: usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 3, frame# 486 Mar 29 04:50:12 desktop kernel: Device not ready. Make sure there is a disc in the drive. Mar 29 04:50:17 desktop last message repeated 7 times Mar 29 04:50:17 desktop kernel: usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 3, frame# 1782 Mar 29 04:50:17 desktop kernel: Device not ready. Make sure there is a disc in the drive. Mar 29 04:50:23 desktop last message repeated 8 times Mar 29 04:50:23 desktop kernel: usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 3, frame# 979 Mar 29 04:50:23 desktop kernel: Device not ready. Make sure there is a disc in the drive. I also get the following :- Mar 29 08:51:01 desktop kernel: keyboard.c: can't emulate rawmode for keycode 272 Mar 29 08:51:01 desktop kernel: keyboard.c: can't emulate rawmode for keycode 272 And this:- Mar 29 08:51:13 desktop gconfd (pburness-7454): Received signal 1, shutting down cleanly Thanks Phil

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imap and kmail
by oabram＠u.washington.edu 30 Mar '05

30 Mar '05

Is it possible to use filter rules in kmail to mave messages from a certain folder on an imap server (say inbox) to a folder on the local machine (say suse which is a subfolder of inbox)? I've created filter rules. They do not work automatically but if I right click on the message and choose apply filter (or do ctrl-j) then the message is successfully moved from the imap server to the specified folder on my local machine. I'm new to suse. I bought and installe it two days ago. So far I am enjoying it and I'm impressed with its coherency. Abe

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help with Boot messages wanted
by Phil Burness 30 Mar '05

30 Mar '05

I get the following boot messages, should I worry? <6>Partition check: <6> hda: hda1 hda2 hda3 <4>hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } <4>hda: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC } <4>hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } <4>hda: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC } <4>hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } <4>hda: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC } <4>hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } <4>hda: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC } I also get the following:- SIOCADDRT: Network is down SIOCADDRT: Network is down SIOCADDRT: Network is down SIOCADDRT: Network is down SIOCADDRT: Network is down SIOCADDRT: Network is down SIOCADDRT: Network is down SIOCADDRT: Network is down SIOCADDRT: Network is down SIOCADDRT: Network is down SIOCADDRT: Network is down Thanks Phil

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Importing Netscape mail to Kmail
by Terry Eck 30 Mar '05

30 Mar '05

Has anyone on the list switched from Netscape mail to Kmail? If so, can you give me some advise on how to import my email from Netscape to Kmail? I'm currently running SuSE 9.2 and Netscape 7.1. Terry -- SuSE Linux 9.2 (i586) ---- 2.6.8-24.13-default --- Tue 03/29/05 19:05 7:05pm up 4 days 0:17, 3 users, load average: 0.24, 0.35, 0.37

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FW: [SLE] Need Hardware Storage Device Info
by Greg Wallace 30 Mar '05

30 Mar '05

On Wednesday, March 30, 2005 @ 11:10 AM, I wrote: >On Wednesday, March 30, 2005 @ 3:43 AM, Kevan Farmer wrote: >>On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 19:16:32 -0900, Greg Wallace <jgregw(a)acsalaska.net> wrote: >>> >>> >>> On Tuesday, March 29, 2005 @4:48 PM James Knott wrote: >>> >Greg Wallace wrote: >>> >>> >> My SuSE Linux machine is a desktop with one hard-drive slot. I need to >>> >> attach storage via an External USB connection. So, I'd need a rack that >>> can >>> >> be set up that way. >>> >>> >The USB external cases aren't that expensive. They'll do all you want. >>> >>> Well James, looks like maybe I didn't look hard enough the first time I went >>> web searching. I found a hard drive caddy with a removable rack that >>> appears to do all I want for $59.98 + $19.99 for the second tray! >>> >>> http://www.coolgear.com/productdetails1.cfm?sku=USBG-DKUS1&catid=315,131,168 >>> &cats= >>> >>> Others had mentioned hard drive caddies, but when I looked at a few the >>> first time around, I didn't see that they did what I needed. I just didn't >>> quite get how the worked. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Greg W >>> >>> >>That's exactly the sort of thing that I use but in the PC itself. The >>only difference is that this one has a USB interface and an exterior >>box. That price looks a bit hefty to me. I would have thought a max' >>of about $20US. They retail for about £10UK. >>-- >>Take care. >>Kevan Farmer >>34 Hill Street >>Cheslyn Hay >>Staffordshire >>WS6 7HR >Kevan: > $200? But this one is only $59.98 + $19.99 = $79.97. The only thing >I'm wondering is why it's so much less expensive than the Wiebetech that >would cost $219.90. Seems like there has to be some significant >difference, >but the Coolgear device certainly sounds like it does what I'm needing. >Greg W. Looks like the Wiebetech device has the following advantages over the Coolgear device (and maybe more that I'm not aware of) 1) Supports SATA as well as ATA drives 2) Provides dual Firewire 800 ports (daisy chainable) 3) Can handle up to 400 GB drives (vs 320 GB for the Coolgear device) I'm thinking the Coolgear model will probably be fine for my needs for much less money. Greg W

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Pre-Ordering 9.3 in Canada
by Chris Cameron 30 Mar '05

30 Mar '05

Anyone know where in Canada one could pre-order SuSE 9.3? Thanks

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RE: RE: [SLE] Need Hardware Storage Device Info
by Greg Wallace 30 Mar '05

30 Mar '05

On Monday, March 28, 2005 @6:59 PM, Brad Bourn wrote: >On Monday 28 March 2005 04:26 pm, Greg Wallace wrote: >> I currently have an external hard drive container with a single hard drive >> capacity. I would like to have the ability to swap out hard-drives on a >> single device similar to this one except without having to go through all >> of the effort of screwing the drive down onto the mounts. I'm wondering if >> anyone manufactures a device that makes it simpler to remove and replace >> disk drives into the device. In my dreams, it might have some simple thumb >> screws too attach it to the mount so that all you would have to do is slip >> it in, connect the USB cable and power to the drive, tighten down the thumb >> screws, slip the cover over it, and plug it in and use it. I. e., you >> could change out a hard drive on this device in 5 minutes or less. Anyone >> out there know if there is such a device? ------------------------------------------------------- >-----Original Message----- >From: Brad Bourn [mailto:brad@summitrd.com] >Sent: Monday, March 28, 2005 5:02 AM >To: Greg Wallace >Cc: tjerke(a)wtp.net >Subject: Re: [SLE] Need Hardware Storage Device Info > >Yes, there are and have been. > > >We used to sell them. I forget what they are called and who we got them >from. > > >I was basically a 5.25 bay harness that let you slide out the 3.5 hdd. You >needed one bay thing and one harness / drive. > > >Ty (CC'd), do you remember these? or what they are called, or where they >came from? (still has computer business) > > >B-) > >---------- Forwarded Message ---------- > >Subject: RE: [SLE] Need Hardware Storage Device Info >Date: Tuesday 29 March 2005 09:01 am >From: "Ty Jerke" <tjerke(a)wtp.net> >To: brad(a)summitrd.com > >We have them in stock around $25.00 > >I see Ty didn't include you in his reply. Here it is. (forwarded)> > > >B-) > Is this an external device? I have a desktop with one internal drive bay. What I need has to be USB external. Thanks, Greg Wallace

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Re: [SLE] Where am I
by Sunny 30 Mar '05

30 Mar '05

On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 19:44:38 +1000, Colin Carter <colincarter(a)exemail.com.au> wrote: > > This is an interesting conversation because I get a copy of my questions. > But I often see replies to questions which I have never seen, or I see > a response with an intermediate response which I missed. > > Something is going wrong. I just potter along and hope to receive/read > a reasonable selection that makes sense. > Regards, > Colin > > That's exactly how it works :). You have send your replay to my email address, but not to the list. Now, when I replay to the list, with your post quoted, others will see only my response, and your quoted post. But they have never received your original, as it was not send to the list. Sunny -- Get Firefox http://www.spreadfirefox.com/?q=affiliates&id=10745&t=85

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