January 2008 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] Sshd _config options
by Kain, Becki (B.) 24 Jan '08

24 Jan '08

Hi folks: I can't find a good write up of the options of PermitRootLogin - yes, no, without-passwd, etc... Can someone point me in the right directoin> 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] suse10.3 installation bug?
by Linda Walsh 24 Jan '08

24 Jan '08

I ran into a bug that I wanted to see if anyone else has seen or might have information about. I had an existing disk with windows(XP) on it. I bought a new, larger disk that I wanted to install linux on, and copy my windows to in a larger partition. I'd then use the older, smaller and slower disk as a scratch partition. I started by physically installing the new drive at at SCSI id 0. I moved the old drive from the 0 position to position #3 -- at least that's what the controller says during the boot process. What happened upon running the 10.3 install DVD was that for some reason, it called the old disk (scsi-id3) /dev/sda and the new disk (at scsi-id0) /dev/sdb. This was the first sign of "weirdness". Finished the install and it rebooted -- and the reboot failed -- 10.3 had installed grub on the 2nd hard disk (the one it named "sda") and setup the boot params for the previous windows partition to boot from partition "sda2" (1st partition was a Dell utility partition). Linux, it setup to boot from /dev/sdb. After trying to boot a few times in different ways, I discovered it had placed no boot-record on the 1st scsi disk (the one that it had called "sdb" for some reason). Using a one-time boot-menu option (F12), I could tell it what device to boot from. If I manually told it to boot from the 2nd SCSI drive, I would see a GRUB error message about a failure in stage 2.5 (I think). But it was obvious what had happened, SuSE mixed up the order of the scsi disks and put the MBR on the 2nd SCSI drive. Attempting to change the boot order to make the 2nd drive be given preference for booting didn't work -- since the 2nd drive was still the 2nd SCSI device, that SuSE had incorrectly thought was sda. I tried repairing it through linux, but grub is a bit more confused than lilo and doesn't readily provide the means necessary to remap (reverse) the BIOS order -- a trivial operation in lilo, but something beyond my current knowledge in Grub. Fortunately, the Windows system disk has the ability to repair messed up boot params and it was able to write the MBR to the correct physical device (SCSI-disk-0) and bootup normally. I expect I'll rerun the suse install (or at least the boot-record writing) after I take out the 2nd-SCSI device so Suse won't get confused and try to write the MBR to what was effectively "/dev/sdd". Don't know why the suse10.3 mixed up the order of the disks, but it probably related to the new "udev" feature of disassociating logical and physical device ordering. I'm thinking that maybe it shouldn't disassociate the device ordering when trying to install on a fresh hard disk, since it certainly doesn't seem to work correctly...:-(. Anyone know why the SUSE 10.3 install process might feel it necessary to create a logical order "opposite" the physical order (and thus confuse itself)? Clearly this isn't a desirable outcome...sigh... Linda -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] What the hell does zypper
by Thierry de Coulon 24 Jan '08

24 Jan '08

Hello, Since I installed 10.3, I notice an awfull lot of disc activities during the, say, five minutes following boot. I've suspected beagle,but if I run top I see that the culprit seems to be "zypper". I can't figure out what it's doing, but it's eating up to 97% of my CPU time at moments. I've done some search, but I am not sure if I could reduce zypper's activity, or simply remove it? Seems to be used by Yast2 for package management, but can Yast2 do without? Thierry -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Kiwi-LTSP Problem On 10.3
by L. Mark Stone 24 Jan '08

24 Jan '08

We installed the Kiwi LTSP5 packages on a new OpenSUSE 10.3 box and tried to light up a thin-client from DisklessWorkstations (model T150e v.1.0) that had worked just fine under LTSP 4.2.2 on SuSE 10.0. The thin-client hangs trying to download the pxe image: Loading 192.168.167.254:pxelinux.0....... The configuration script ran seamlesslessly, and all services started fine at the end of the running of the script. Have we missed anything? TIA, Mark -- _________________________________________________ L. Mark Stone | Reliable Networks www.ReliableNetworks.com (207) 772-5678 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] movie editor
by Ken Schneider 24 Jan '08

24 Jan '08

I'm interested in being able to edit some home video on DVD and re-write back to DVD format. Can anyone recommend something to the uneducated in this field? Many thanks. -- Ken Schneider SuSe since Version 5.2, June 1998 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] KDE 4 opensuse repo?
by Chris Arnold 24 Jan '08

24 Jan '08

I want to install 10.3 on a test drive and during that install of 10.3, install kde4 from opensuse repo. I look through KDE on opensuse and see KDE Backports KDE Core Packages KDE Community KDE Playground KDE 4 Which one do i use to get stable KDE4? Or do you have to get it from KDE.org? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] vboxdrv module can't load using xen kernel
by Manuel Mely 24 Jan '08

24 Jan '08

I'm trying to have Virtualbox running on my xen kernel system. But i can't load this module, and because of that, i can't use Virtualbox on this kernel. Any tip? NOTE: If i use a non-xen-kernel, i can use VirtualBox. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Webpin problem
by Carlos E. R. 24 Jan '08

24 Jan '08

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, We have a problem with webpin (the 'we' is because somebody else in another list discovered it). When searching for "kwifimanager" it goes to <http://packages.opensuse-community.org/index.jsp?searchTerm=kwifimanager&di…>, with a long list of matches for ".../LC_MESSAGES/kwifimanager.mo", but not the binary nor the rpm. The plain "pin kwifimanager" does find "./DVD1/suse/i586/kdenetwork3-wireless-3.5.7-64.i586.rpm" instantly. Searching for "kdenetwork3-wireless" in webpin jumps to <http://packages.opensuse-community.org/index.jsp?searchTerm=kdenetwork3-wir…>, which does list the correct entries for "kdenetwork3-wireless (3.5.7)". I did try to find a link in "opensuse-community.org" where to report problems, but I did not find it. There is a "feedback" link, but that tries to open an irc channel in firefox, which fails and doesn't open anything - and no, I do not want to chat, but to report a problem to someone - by email if possible. So I end here... O:-) - -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4-svn0 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHl8J0tTMYHG2NR9URAtWQAJ9rlUP0EKpNsvkwbDhtXIIHWQccOACbBVPu iyTq4sMfkmDLjaT4ynWBdro= =tjaH -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Installing 64bit version
by Husam Senussi 23 Jan '08

23 Jan '08

Hi I'm trying to install Suse 10.3 on my server and I'm getting blank screen as soon as I hit install then nothing.\ My machine has: Supermicro X7DWA-N motherboard 2x Xeon Quad-Core 5450 (3.0GHZ) Areca 1231ML Raid Controller. 2x Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB NVIDIA GeForce® 8800GT Graphics card. All I get welcome screen and the main menu then nothing. 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] Changes to OpenSUSE mailing list netiquette
by Rajko M. 23 Jan '08

23 Jan '08

I changed a bit http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_mailing_list_netiquette and I would like to hear opinions. The changes are: - rewritten former last paragraph 'Conclusion' and put as a first paragraph 'Why we need netiquette?'. - added note about pointlessness of mails that are only warnings -- Regards, Rajko -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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