August 2005 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

can suse 9.3 be forced to use kernel from 9.0, 2.4.21-99-default?
by Andre Ramos 08 Sep '05

08 Sep '05

Hello all I think i need help from people that understand more then i how suse has designed the boot system I have a promise card, sx4000, for ide raid Please, no need to discuss about the merits or demerits of the card, or even the company , because that will not solve the actual problem (the mistake is already made ) The thing is that the card works well under suse 9.0 using default kernel from install cds (2.4.21-99-default), using one module that is available from promise site I have been trying to use suse 9.3 and that same kernel but without success. To perform the testing process i have been using vmware machines, even without the proper fasttrak module, because the problems arise before that becomes an issue. If i install suse 9.3, clone the proper line in grub or lilo, reboot to test, and then try to install the rpm of the default kernel from suse 9.0 The package installs clean, the lilo or grub gets modified, but the system will not boot the kernel 2.4.x, resulting in kernel panic , like unable to mount root in dev:08:02 or similar. Is the system unable to locate the proper initrd, althought it is there and the boot configuration is good ???? why ??? If i install suse 9.0 and then try to upgrade to suse 9.3, keeping the proper line under llilo or grup, the system will not boot with the old kernel, even if the vmlinuz-2.4.21-99-default, and the equivalent initrd-2.4.21-99-default are there, the proper /lib/modules/......... files are there, and the grup line is there, like it should ..... Why is so dificult to use a kernel 2.4.x on suse 9.3 ?? is it impossible ????? I keep a copy of /etc under /etc.copia/ and /boot under /boot.copia/, from suse 9.0 I even generated modprobe.conf from the old modules.conf, using some information that read from http://portal.suse.com/sdb/en/2004/02/migrating_to_26.html , before the upgrade Still the old 2.4.x kernel will not boot Do i have to force the upgrade to keep some packages from the suse 9.0 version ?? (besides the kernel , of course ) Can anybody point me out ?? Many many thanks Yours truly André

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Overwhelming number of emails
by Lihle 08 Sep '05

08 Sep '05

Hi I really do not like to complain, but is there a way I can reduce the number of seeminly repeating email. Or can I just receive an email that has the problem then a solution instead of every kind of unsolicited email. Not knowing where the conversation started makes it hard to understand. My next option was to unscribe, which I really do not want to do. I am still using windows because I do not know how to setup my SuSE 9.1 to connect to the internet. I need a step by guide please. I attempted with my motoroal internal modem but when prompted to set up my mail accounts I got confused. I have started reading unix books with the hope to understanding better. Which programming language does Linux use for creating applications? I noticed that the openCD has C and C++ header files, a compiler for C and C++. The question is can it also have the java compiler and create applications in java? Best regards, Thembelihle Tshabalala lihle(a)eject.co.za

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Modifying one kernel module
by Koenraad Lelong 05 Sep '05

05 Sep '05

Hi, I patched a kernel module (lm85.c). To use it is this procedure OK : make cloneconfig make modules then copy the module to it's right place and modprobe it. -- Met vriendelijke groeten, Koenraad Lelong R&D Manager ACE electronics n.v.

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MoBo : Intel D865GLC & sensors
by Koenraad Lelong 05 Sep '05

05 Sep '05

Hi, I'm trying to get the sensors of that motherboard to work. sensors-detect found SMSC EMC6D100 or EMC6D101 (lm85 driver). I think this is the temprature sensor for the board. How do I get this to work ? I loaded the i2c-modules for the lm85, but running sensors returns 'No sensors found'. There is another sensor-chip PC87372, but this seems unsupported for the moment. Anyone else running this board and using the sensors ? TIA -- Met vriendelijke groeten, Koenraad Lelong R&D Manager ACE electronics n.v.

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Root password - is it THAT simple to alter it?
by Basil Chupin 05 Sep '05

05 Sep '05

I've nad the need to look at what is available on the 'net about what to do when one forgets what the root password is. Is it really THAT simple on SuSE to alter the password for the root? Anyone can boot my system and go about altering my root password to be then able to steal all my secrets? Cheers. -- The first myth of management is that it exists.

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Kaffeine
by Ben 05 Sep '05

05 Sep '05

Kaffeine is not working at all on SuSE 10 beta 2, yes it will start up but there is no video or sound. It is a old problem because within 9.3 it was the same, for a while. Is there allready a solution for SuSE 10? Or will it come with 10 beta 3. By the way , is it possible to get Mplayer working with the codecs from 9.3/ Lot of questions this time. Ben Henderson

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/home on it's own partition
by houghi 05 Sep '05

05 Sep '05

Is there a reason that /home is not on its own partition anymore by default? The advatage of having it on its own are that when you do a new instalation, you can easily keep your own data. houghi -- "Who cares if it doesn't do anything? It was made with our new Triple-Iso-Bifurcated-Krypton-Gate-MOS process ..."

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gtk2 2.8
by Mitja 04 Sep '05

04 Sep '05

Hi! After update gtk2 to 2.8 version backgrounds in the non KDE (Gnome) applications menus are black. What is wrong, please? Mitja P.S. SuSE 9.3, KDE 3.4.2

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Converting 9.3 CD ISOs to a DVD ISO
by Shriramana Sharma 04 Sep '05

04 Sep '05

I attach the script I got from a friend for converting the five downloadable CD ISO images to a single DVD ISO image. Run it on a partition with at least 4 GB free space. For me, the final md5sum was: 622c7592a940dd1faa34843eb81144b5 SuSE_9.3.iso [No warranty, no responsibility for anything this script does to your computer! ;)] -- Shriramana Sharma http://samvit.org (o- Penguin #395953 //\ running on ancient Indian wisdom V_/_ and modern computing efficiency #!/bin/bash # Uncomment this section if you have physical cds and want to convert them to # ISOs first. You need to have the ISOs, named as in this script, for this # script to work predictably. #------------------------------------------------------------------------------ #echo Please insert disk 1 of 5 and hit any key to continue. #read key #dd if=/dev/cdrom of=SUSE-9.3-Prof-i386-CD1.iso #echo Please insert disk 2 of 5 and hit any key to continue. #read key #dd if=/dev/cdrom of=SUSE-9.3-Prof-i386-CD2.iso #echo Please insert disk 3 of 5 and hit any key to continue. #read key #dd if=/dev/cdrom of=SUSE-9.3-Prof-i386-CD3.iso #echo Please insert disk 4 of 5 and hit any key to continue. #read key #dd if=/dev/cdrom of=SUSE-9.3-Prof-i386-CD4.iso #echo Please insert disk 5 of 5 and hit any key to continue. #read key #dd if=/dev/cdrom of=SUSE-9.3-Prof-i386-CD5.iso #------------------------------------------------------------------------------ #Mount the CDs in loopback mode: mkdir CD1 CD2 CD3 CD4 CD5 mount SUSE-9.3-Prof-i386-CD1.iso CD1 -o loop mount SUSE-9.3-Prof-i386-CD2.iso CD2 -o loop mount SUSE-9.3-Prof-i386-CD3.iso CD3 -o loop mount SUSE-9.3-Prof-i386-CD4.iso CD4 -o loop mount SUSE-9.3-Prof-i386-CD5.iso CD5 -o loop # Create a basic structure to overwrite files we need to modify for the CD (the checksums and boot files). cp -a CD1/boot . mkdir i586 i686 noarch # Create the NEW MD5SUMS as one file in order to allow SuSE to validate (thus install) all of the files from every CD and not just CD #1 # For the i586 directory: cat CD1/suse/i586/MD5SUMS CD2/suse/i586/MD5SUMS CD3/suse/i586/MD5SUMS CD4/suse/i586/MD5SUMS CD5/suse/i586/MD5SUMS > i586/MD5SUMS # For the i686 directory: cat CD1/suse/i686/MD5SUMS CD2/suse/i686/MD5SUMS > i686/MD5SUMS # For the noarch directory: cat CD1/suse/noarch/MD5SUMS CD2/suse/noarch/MD5SUMS CD3/suse/noarch/MD5SUMS CD4/suse/noarch/MD5SUMS CD5/suse/noarch/MD5SUMS > noarch/MD5SUMS # Now, create the ISO: mkisofs -o SuSE_9.3.iso -b boot/loader/isolinux.bin -c boot/loader/boot.cat -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table -l -P SuSE -r -T -V SuSE_9.3 -x CD1/boot -x CD1/suse/i586/MD5SUMS -x CD1/suse/noarch/MD5SUMS -x CD1/suse/i686/MD5SUMS -x CD2/suse/i686/MD5SUMS -x CD2/suse/i586/MD5SUMS -x CD2/suse/noarch/MD5SUMS -x CD3/suse/i586/MD5SUMS -x CD3/suse/noarch/MD5SUMS -x CD4/suse/i586/MD5SUMS -x CD4/suse/noarch/MD5SUMS -x CD5/suse/i586/MD5SUMS -x CD5/suse/noarch/MD5SUMS -graft-points CD1 boot/=boot suse/i586/MD5SUMS=i586/MD5SUMS suse/noarch/MD5SUMS=noarch/MD5SUMS suse/i686/MD5SUMS=i686/MD5SUMS suse/=CD2/suse suse/=CD3/suse suse/=CD4/suse suse/=CD5/suse media.2/=CD2/media.2 media.3/=CD3/media.3 media.4/=CD4/media.4 media.5/=CD5/media.5 # Now just burn the ISO to a DVD (hint: use 'growisofs' or your favorite GUI-frontend to 'growisofs'). Optionally, you can mount this ISO like you did #above to verify it will work correctly, or if you don't want to actually burn it. Just call: #mkdir DVD #mount SuSE_9.3.iso DVD -o loop # Enjoy!

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Re: [SLE] Root password - is it THAT simple to alter it?
by James Knott 04 Sep '05

04 Sep '05

Rich wrote: > james.knott(a)rogers.com wrote: >>Yes. The first line of security, is physical security. Even without >>changing the password, it's easy to boot a rescue disk and access the >>files. The same applies to Windows etc. Even a password protected >>computer won't help, as a hard drive can easily be moved to another >>computer. The only way around this is to use encryption or prevent >>physical access to your computer. >> > I'm trying to figure out how to use a smart card, along with PAM-USB to > secure access to my PC. There were a couple of articles in Linux Journal recently, about using encrypted file systems. The second article descriped booting from a USB pen drive and having the entire hard drive encrypted.

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