October 2007 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] How do I keep openSUSE secure?
by Aniruddha 08 Oct '07

08 Oct '07

Coming from Gentoo I wonder how do I keep openSUSE secure (e.g. for rootkits)? In Gentoo there is one repository with 11.000+ packages which are all checked for vulnerabilities and verified with shasum. In contrast openSUSE has many different repositories (Packman, Guru etc). I assume these are trusted resources. How can I tell if these rpm's are tampered with? How do I safely use the gnupg key system for repositories? Is accepting these keys when adding repositories with yast the preferred way? And if so how can I tell these are the correct keys? What about rootkits? How do I protect my system for rootkits when downloading rpm's from sites such as rpmbone? And my last question; where do I find security information for openSUSE? Is there a news site or mailinglist with announcement about security threats and vulnerabilities? I ask these questions because I am planning to sell openSUSE 10.3 on retail pc's through my company. I want the make sure I get all the pro's and cons of openSUSE security wise before doing so. Thanks in advance! Regards, Aniruddha -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] No GUI in new 10.3 install
by Dotan Cohen 08 Oct '07

08 Oct '07

On a Dell Inspiron 6400 / E1505 laptop with a DuoCore2 processor, 2GB RAM, Intel wireless, ATI X1400 graphic card, and 1680x1050 resolution screen, I cannot get a GUI. The system boots into a console with the message "Cannot connect to X server". This machine has Ubuntu Linux 7.04 installed and running fine in another disk partition, so I know that it is capable of running Linux. It also ran Fedora Core for a few months. What must I check to diagnose this? Thanks in advance. Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת

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[opensuse] Xen kernel fails with panic
by Roland Carlsson 08 Oct '07

08 Oct '07

Hi! I have a new HP DL140 G3 with 5GB RAM (2+2+1+1) that I have installed OpenSuse 10.3 on. Since the machine is going to be virtualized running atleast 2 more sessions I installed Yast-VM and then the XEN support. (Everything thourgh yast). The system said that I could restart my machine and use the XEN-kernel. When restarting I get the following message (quite earliy in the startup) BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address c11c5c8 a little bit later Oops: 0003 [#1] and at the end Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! Is there anythinig I can do to make this work or do I have to wait for an updated XEN? Thanks in advance Roland Carlsson -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] linux/version.h in kernel sources missing
by Oliver Triebl 08 Oct '07

08 Oct '07

Hello! I already sent that post to opensuse.org.suse-linux.support.install-configure-administration but it seems to be not so frequently visited, so I try it again here: I tried to install VMWare Server 1.0.4 using Suse 10.3 32-bit. The Kernel module doesn't want to compile, because the file version.h in the kernel source folder (/usr/src/linux/include/linux/) is missing. I checked all my other available Suse Installations, on all installations (Suse 10.2 and 10.0) this file exists, except on my two Suse 10.3 (one default-kernel and one bigsmp-kernel) installations. Does anybody know where I can find this file or what I am doing wrong? Thank you, Oliver. (Vienna, Austria) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Suggestion about package management and GNOME apps menu
by Branko Vukelic 08 Oct '07

08 Oct '07

First of all, hi! I'm new to openSUSE. Well, not exactly, but this is my first serious look at this fine distro. Anyway, to cut to the chase... I see that the applications list (Computer > Applications > More applications...) is "integrated", so to speak, with the package manager. The right-click menu gives me an option of removing an application. That is very nice. However, if I choose that option, it loads the full package manager, which in turn loads the full package list from the on-line repos. IMNSHO, I think that it is not necessary to load the on-line package lists if I only want to remove an application that is already installed on the local system. The info needed for removal should already be on my box. Or am I wrong? If I'm wrong, shouldn't the info needed to remove a package be available off-line? My 2c. And to openSUSE devs: GREAT job! Fantastic release! -- Branko -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] does the installer collect sshd keys from previous install
by Aleksander Kamenik 08 Oct '07

08 Oct '07

Hi, I installed opensuse 10.3 on a box which had another old suse distro on it. I did a new install (not upgrade), custom partitioned the drive etc. To my surprise the sshd keypairs are the same as from the old install (I checked against a backup). So does the installer collect them while inspecting the drives and then installs them? Nice feature if so, something very wrong if not. I used the i386 KDE CD of OpenSuse 10.3. Thanks, -- Aleksander Kamenik system administrator +372 6659 649 aleksander(a)krediidiinfo.ee Krediidiinfo AS http://www.krediidiinfo.ee/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] wifi: linksys wusb54gc setup
by Roman Makurin 08 Oct '07

08 Oct '07

Hi All! I`m new to opensuse. I`ve got Linksys WUSB-54GC USB WiFi adapter. What I need to do to set it up properly in "suse way" ? Thanks -- If you think of MS-DOS as mono, and Windows as stereo, then Linux is Dolby Digital and all the music is free... -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] ati mobility dual head 10.3
by primm 08 Oct '07

08 Oct '07

10.3 broke my dual head setup. My 1280x1024 monitor attached to my 1280x800 acer portable will now only serve 1024x768 to the external monitor. Setting the dual head to 1280x1024 gives me only 1280x800. No matter which combination of monitors and frequencies I try. Replacing the /etc/X11/xorg.conf with the 10.2 one gives the same results. What a pain. Can anyone help? ATI mobility radeon X700 5653 M26 PCIE under a fresh install of 10.3 Thanks. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] jboss4-common = 4.0.4.GA is needed, can t find this package
by Ralf Prengel 08 Oct '07

08 Oct '07

Hallo, has anyone a hint where to find jboss4-common = 4.0.4.GA linux:/tmp # rpm -i jboss4-ejb-4.0.4.GA-19.noarch.rpm error: Failed dependencies: jboss4-common = 4.0.4.GA is needed by jboss4-ejb-4.0.4.GA-19.noarch Thanks -- i.A. Ralf Prengel Customer Care Manager Comline AG Hauert 8 D-44227 Dortmund/Germany Fon +49231 97575- 904 Fax +49231 97575- 905 EMail ralf.prengel(a)comline.de www.comline.de Vorstand Stephan Schilling,Erwin Leonhardi Aufsichtsrat Dr. Franz Schoser (Vorsitzender) HR Dortmund B 14570 USt.-ID-Nr. DE 124727422 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] How to change font colors in GRUB graphic menu?
by Mark Goldstein 08 Oct '07

08 Oct '07

Hi, I changed the background GRUB image for 10.3 (green background is too unpleasant for me, maybe because I'm partially colorblind). But now special menu items (help, language and profile) are white on almost white background (there happened to be snow on my background image). Is it possible to change the font color for these menu items? I've seen a number of examples on the Net where "gfxmenu" command is used together with "color" in "menu.lst". I tried it and it appears that color command only works for text mode menu and is ignored in graphical mode. Another small question (just curious): there are 2 files inside "message" image, "lang" and "languages". In my setup "lang" contains "en_US" and "languages" contains just "en". But for some reason the language menu on the GRUB screen indicates "F2 - Language "English (UK)". I've seen it in 10.3 Beta 3 and now it happened again on GM installation. Actually both questions are related to how the menu is displayed in graphical mode. TIA -- Mark Goldstein -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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