August 2006 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

LVM shapshots, udev, symlinks, and reboots -- ugliness
by Ian Marlier 12 Aug '06

12 Aug '06

Hey all -- Here's the problem that I'm having at the moment: I created a xen machine that uses an LVM partition as it's root filesystem. Using LVM's snapshot functionality I created multiple LVM snapshot partitions of this master, each of which is assigned as the root filesystem of another xen virtual machine. All seemed fine, until it was necessary to reboot the physical machine on which these LVM volumes exist. Now one of the LVM partitions is a little bit gone. Specifically: - `lvs` shows the partition as present, but INACTIVE - '/dev/dm-X' exists, and by mounting it I can get access to the partition; fdisk on this device checks out fine. - '/dev/mapper/volgroup-logicalvolume' exists, but cannot be mounted. Fdisk on this device fails. - '/dev/volgroup/logicalvolume', which is generally a symlink to /dev/mapper/volgroup-logicalvolume, does not exist at all. The '/dev/volgroup/logicalvolume' syntax is far more convenient than the /dev/dm-X syntax, since the value of X can change across reboots (or when deleting a snapshot and recreating another with the same name, for example). So I'd really like to have that approach functional... `dmesg`, /var/log/messages, etc show nothing useful; no errors or anything else, that I can see... `uname -a` gives this: Linux xenhost0 2.6.16.13-4-xen #1 SMP Wed May 3 04:53:23 UTC 2006 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux So, questions: - Any idea what would cause a snapshot to be marked INACTIVE on a reboot? - Any idea why the INACTIVE snapshot would be mountable, when addressed as /dev/dm-X? - Any idea why the /dev/mapper/volgroup-logicalvolume device would no longer be functional? And why the /dev/volgroup/logicalvolume symlink wouldn't have been created? (And, well...is there a better place to ask these questions? I've gotten ot the point that I assume that someone on SLE can answer any question I might have :-)

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lockups with gcc 4.1.0?
by stephan beal 11 Aug '06

11 Aug '06

Hiya! A quick question to the software developers out there: Since i've been using Suse 10.1, i haven't been able to keep an uptime of more than 24 hours. i continually experience lockups while compiling my software (gcc 4.1.0, which comes with Suse). i just rebooted for the 3rd time in the past 4 hours and it's *getting on my nerves*. Have any other developers been experiencing lockups or mysterious compiler segfaults/internal compiler erros when using gcc under 10.1? *aaaarrrrgggghhhh* stephan@owl:~/cvs/s11n.net/SpiderApe/src/ape> uname -a Linux owl 2.6.16.13-4-default #1 Wed May 3 04:53:23 UTC 2006 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux The lockups have cause corruption on one of my drives: i've got a files which i can neither see nor delete, and i can't delete their containing directories: root@owl:/home/stephan/cvs/s11n.net/SpiderApe/src # rm -fr js rm: cannot lstat `js/jsxdrapi.c': Permission denied *AAAARRRRGGGGHHHH* And now i can't even 'cd' to some directories. Ah, Christ, i'm screwed... -- ----- stephan(a)s11n.net http://s11n.net "...pleasure is a grace and is not obedient to the commands of the will." -- Alan W. Watts

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[opensuse] Re: Introducing the new mailinglist server
by Dominique Leuenberger 11 Aug '06

11 Aug '06

>>> hvogel(a)opensuse.org 10-08-2006 19:36 >>> >1.9 Reply-To munging >-------------------- >We do not "munge" the mail headers by inserting a "Reply-To: ><listname>@opensuse.org" anymore because it makes it more difficult >subscribers to handle the mail the way they want to. Your mail client >probably has a "reply" function as well as a "reply to all" or "reply to >list" one; Please use the latter if you want you message to go to the >list and not just to the original poster. Hi, That's in fact something I will really miss in the near future. It was so conveniant to be able just to reply to a message and not to worry that the reply went to the mailing list. Most of the time exactlythis IS the requested feature. In very rare circumstances, users want and should reply to the auther itself. Even if it's about a technical question, a solution for a specific problem: still the community and future users might be interested in a solution, especially when googling, they might have chances to find it. What do others think about this on that list? Dominique

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pam_unix2.conf and Kerberos question
by Markus Moeller 11 Aug '06

11 Aug '06

How can pam_krb5 options be set if use_krb5 is used with pam_unix2 ? The option minimum_uid=1 is needed to be able to login as root in case of a network failure, otherwise the login times out. Another option for pam_krb5 like ccache=krb5cc_%uid or ccache=krb5cc_%pid would be useful for a user to share its credentials over several login session and should be available with use_krb5 in pam_unix2.conf. Markus

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Re: [SLE] How to open port 3306 under SuSE 10.0
by kbboykin＠comcast.net 11 Aug '06

11 Aug '06

Okay, so I just need to open these two ports? Thanks, --Keith -------------- Original message -------------- From: mourik jan <heupink(a)merit.unu.edu> > > > Can someone point out how to open port 3306 under SuSE 10.0. Thanks. > > Under 'allowed services' there is an 'advanced' button where you can add > additional ports. (udp and tcp) > > mj > > -- > 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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How to open port 3306 under SuSE 10.0
by kbboykin＠comcast.net 11 Aug '06

11 Aug '06

Hello All, I have a home network with on box as server using SuSE 10.0 (fresh install after HD with 9.0 on it crashed) I setup my old databases from files created using mysqldump (incl. mysql database due to privileges, etc that I needed). I cannot seem to get mysql to open up to the firewall for the workstations. I saw how to do this under SuSE 10.1 (one of my workstations, I just added it to allow services under firewall setup). However, there is no option to allow mysql via the firewall under 10.0. Do I have a loused up installation? Is there a special way to open up port 3306 to the firewall under 10.0 I am missing? I have googled, but can't seem to find anything about this. I looked at opensuse.org and couldn't find any info. Either I am looking in the wrong places or I am stupid. Can someone point out how to open port 3306 under SuSE 10.0. Thanks. --Keith

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[opensuse] Re: Introducing the new mailinglist server
by jdd 11 Aug '06

11 Aug '06

is there a way, i one find a post in the archive, to answer this post on the list (with the same thread) (suppose you delete a mail by mistake and whish to answer) thanks jdd -- http://www.dodin.net http://dodin.org/galerie_photo_web/expo/index.html http://lucien.dodin.net http://fr.susewiki.org/index.php?title=Gérer_ses_photos

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smart question
by Istvan Gabor 11 Aug '06

11 Aug '06

Hello all: For SUSE 10.1 I use smart package manager. Sometimes it marks packages with a smaller number as newer package. Eg kdar 2.0.7-7.1.i586 rpm is marked with the asterisk. According to this kdar 2.0.7-7.1 is newer than 2.0.7- 14. (Am I right?) Is it really newer or smart can't identify only which packages is the newer? Thanks, IG ________________________________________________________________ Lóerők, hengerek, igényre szabottan! http://jarmuapro.origo.hu/advancedSearch.do?cid=1&rid=1#chooseCategory

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Re: [opensuse] Novell GPL violation thread on Groklaw
by Martin Schröder 11 Aug '06

11 Aug '06

[Sorry for coming late to this thread, I just noticed it through the archive] To recap: - The GPL states: --------------------------- 3. You may copy and distribute the Program (or a work based on it, under Section 2) in object code or executable form under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above provided that you also do one of the following: a) Accompany it with the complete corresponding machine-readable source code, which must be distributed under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above on a medium customarily used for software interchange; or, b) Accompany it with a written offer, valid for at least three years, to give any third party, for a charge no more than your cost of physically performing source distribution, a complete machine-readable copy of the corresponding source code, to be distributed under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above on a medium customarily used for software interchange; or, ---------------------------- The boxed version comes without sources, so 3a doesn't doesn't apply and 3b must be followed. But the written offer is nowhere in the box, just a pointer to it on the web (and this pointer is in places where people normally don't look (bottom of the box, somewhere on some CD)). To conform with the GPL, at least the text "If you don't have Internet access or are unable to burn DVDs, we will send you the source code on a DVD. We need to charge a $15 or €15 fee for creation, handling and postage. To request a DVD of the source code, send an e-mail to sourcedvd(a)suse.de." from http://www.novell.com/products/suselinux/source_code.html or words to that effect _must_ be somewhere _in_ the box and should be on every media. This is currently made worse since yast can't install sources automatically (bug 175593). I strongly suggest to put the written offer in the root of every media and in prominent place in the manual. Best Martin PS: I suppose this also applies to SLE[SD] 10, but I haven't access to these.

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Re: [SLE] Smart and keyserver
by Sargon 11 Aug '06

11 Aug '06

>Is it possible to stop Smart from looking for a keyserver. Yes. smart config --set rpm-check-signatures=false

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