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[opensuse] sort of cloning of hard drive
by jdd 28 May '15

28 May '15

Hello, My main computer have now two drives: one SSD for system (openSUSE 13.2) and the original Hard drive 1Tb, for Windows 7 system and data. This computer is now 4 years old and I would like to have a replacement hard drive at hand in case the old one break. I already have the drive (same size). I have backup for all the data. I don't really mind to backup the linux systems I still have on this old disk (too old), so the main problem is backing up windows to get a bootable result. Of course I don't want to use any windows utility, not boot windows if not obliged to :-). I just keep windows because I need it sometime. the partition table is like this: /dev/sda1 2048 206847 204800 100M 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT /dev/sda2 206848 629360441 629153594 300G 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT /dev/sda3 * 629360640 1926973439 1297612800 618,8G f W95 Ext'd (LBA) /dev/sda4 1926973440 1953521663 26548224 12,7G 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT (only linux partition after that) The cloning tools (clonezilla, redo backup) needs booting a live cd, so making the computer unusable for the backup time, and redo is from 2012 (http://redobackup.org/), so I'm unsure if it works with windows 7. I guess I will have to use dd, but I know it for being dauntingly slow and wonder if there is not a best way. I found that sfdisk -d /dev/sdX | sfdisk /dev/sdY could copy the partition table to the new disk. Then I could use rsync? But will this copy the file system?? if not (I guess not), will mkfs.ntfs and mkfs.vfat make usable systems for partitions 1, 2 and 4? will the resulting disk be bootable on windows? I have also questions about booting windows and license updating, but it's probably not the good place. do you have any experience on this? If I need to use dd, what are the best options for speed? thanks jdd -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Huawei E1552 GSM modem on OS13.2
by Koenraad Lelong 28 May '15

28 May '15

Hi, I'm trying to use my usb-gsm-modem. lsusb : Bus 002 Device 003: ID 12d1:1446 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. E1552/E1800/E173 (HSPA modem) On OS 13.1 I had to use usb_modeswitch. I could plug in the modem, and Networkmanager added it to the list of network-devices. On OS13.2, journalctl shows a storage device is added when I plug in the modem. I added a "mobile broadband" entry in the connection manager. usb_modeswitch seems not to work. This is the output : usb_modeswitch -v 12d1 -p 1446 -V 12d1 -P 1001 Look for target devices ... No devices in target mode or class found Look for default devices ... product ID matched Found devices in default mode (1) Access device 003 on bus 002 Current configuration number is 1 Use interface number 0 USB description data (for identification) ------------------------- Manufacturer: HUAWEI Technology Product: HUAWEI Mobile Serial No.: not provided ------------------------- Warning: no switching method given. See documentation -> Run lsusb to note any changes. Bye! I followed http://www.blah-blah.ch/it/how-to-s/install-a-huawei-e1762-on-gentoo/ but after configuring usb_modeswitch.conf and running usb_modeswitch -v 0x12d1 -p 0x1446 -H -s 5 -c /etc/usb_modeswitch.conf lsusb shows nothing different, although the output of usb_modeswitch indicates there is a change. Any help ? P.S. how can I "simulate" a "tail -f /var/log/messages" ? I know journalctl can display something like it, but I would like to see it in "real-time". Thanks, Koenraad. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Using Windows shares
by Koenraad Lelong 28 May '15

28 May '15

Hi, Before last week I used samba3 as a file-server. I used smb4k to mount the shares and use them. Worked fine. Now I'm running a samba4-domain and I can't get smb4k to mount the shares. I can use Dolphin to get access, but applications like Thunderbird and LibreOffice can't see those "mounts". So what are you using to get access to Windows-shares ? I'm using a laptop, so the Windows-domain is not always there. I'm running OS 13.2, smb4k is the stock version (1.0.9). I just saw there is an unstable 1.2.0 version. Maybe I should try this ? Thanks, Koenraad. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] apparmor audit entries with invalid path
by auxsvr＠gmail.com 28 May '15

28 May '15

Hi, Long ago, audit entries by apparmor of the form: type=AVC msg=audit(1432806701.990:1660096): apparmor="DENIED" operation="file_mmap" info="Failed name lookup - disconnected path" error=-13 profile="/usr/sbin/openvpn" name="run/nscd/dby6fOGd" pid=4296 comm="openvpn" requested_mask="r" denied_mask="r" fsuid=0 ouid=0 started appearing in /var/log/audit/audit.log. I've seen this also many times with var/run paths missing the root in the path. The main problem with it, apart from the fact that apparmor fails to enforce permissions, is that aa- logprof aborts when it encounters such lines. Is this known? Any ideas for a solution? -- Regards, Peter -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] reverting bcache
by jdd 28 May '15

28 May '15

I have a laptop with a 25Gb included sssd. Until now I used it for bcache (and it's equivalent for windows). returning from osc-15, may be after an update, my 13.2 stopped working, with filesystem error, only booting on emmrgency mode, and I couldn't understand why (it's not a btrfs size this time). no matter. I don't have any really important data on this travel/demo machine, so I decided to reinstall a fresh 13.2. I decided also to install it directly on the sssd. I don't care of windows nor on the intel fast boot that anyway is not fast :-). no install problem. Yast installed as ext4 without question (and I better like it). But I would like to access my bcached data partition on the large disk. it's refused (unknown filesystem). I have nothing really meaningful on it and I can format it, but this machine is for learning and I would like to learn how to un-bcache his disk. Is it enough to change partition type? after all it's natively ext4? I don't really know how to search for this on google (lack of vocabulary) :-( thanks jdd -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] failed installation, system inaccessible
by Fr David Ousley 27 May '15

27 May '15

Attempted an upgrade from 12.3 to 13.2. As suggested in previous thread (on "upgrade"), I used gparted to shrink an NTFS partition and create a new ext4 boot partition. With the 13.2 DVD (which I had verified after burning), I imported the partition scheme, changed the boot partition to the newly created one, set that to format, and otherwise took the defaults. The installation proceeded through the "unpacking KDE images", then switched to a character screen. The last item on the screen is /etc/zypp/services.d / Then the red window comes up "An error occurred during the installation." If I again attempt the install the same thing happens. If I boot from the hard drive, it will load the 12.3 system, up to the login screen (which looks different from what was there before). I can enter name and passsowrd, but it says "login incorrect." Both for regular user and root. I had entered same username and password for the new 13.2 installation as for the 12.3. So it appeard to load, but I cannot log in. So (please help!), (a) how do I get access to my system again, and (b) how do I get 13.2 installed properly? I have limited(!) access to the system at this point, so if there is information needed from it, I'll need some detailed instructions as to how to get it. Many thanks (in advance) -- Fr David Ousley davidousley(a)verizon.net -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Configuring DHCP client on Opensuse. Which one -- dhcpcd, dhclient or wicked?
by robert.devanna＠nospammail.net 27 May '15

27 May '15

I'm setting up a DHCP client on Opensuse. I'm coming from Debian; apparently things are done differently here in Opensuse. My very-techie friend also from Debian has given up trying to help me with figuring this out on Opensuse :-( This box is being set up as an edge router+firewall. It connects directly to an ISP's DSL modem - an AT&T Uverse-compatible Pace 5031NV. Iiuc, on Opensuse there are 3 different clients -- dhcpcd, dhclient & wicked. I don't know much of anything about 'wicked' yet. From reading in the docs https://www.suse.com/documentation/sles-12/book_sle_admin/data/sec_basicnet… and a bunch of posts scattered acorss the mailing lists and bug reports it sounds like wicked is the right way going forward @ opensuse and that dhcpcd and dhclient are going away eventually. I really want to understand how to do this manually if I have to and am uncomfortable with 'fuzzy' configs scattered all over the place. 'Everybody' just keeps saying "use yast" to configure but won't answer the question *which* dhcp client is used in that case and where the config goes. The docs seems to bounce between using the old /etc/sysconfig/network/* configs and the new /etc/wicked/* configs. My questions for starters are (A) Is it true that on opensuse going forward wicked is the right way to configure network connections, and that all of its configs go into /etc/wicked/*? (B) Is there any documentation that gives an EXAMPLE of a working /etc/wicked/*-only config for connecting a server to an ISP's modem using DHCP? I'm not looking for an encyclopedia of options, there's already too much of that causing me confusion. I'm looking for a working, practical example I can start with and learn from. Cheers, Bob -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Recent bind 9 - DNS error (FORMERR) resolving 'dns4.registrar-servers.com/AAAA/IN'
by David C. Rankin 27 May '15

27 May '15

All, I have had a rash of DNS errors logged recently through bind 9. The errors are like: May 26 16:44:24 nirvana named[23136]: DNS format error from 208.67.222.222#53 resolving dns3.registrar-servers.com/AAAA: invalid response May 26 16:44:24 nirvana named[23136]: error (FORMERR) resolving 'dns3.registrar-servers.com/AAAA/IN': 208.67.222.222#53 May 26 16:44:24 nirvana named[23136]: DNS format error from 208.67.222.222#53 resolving dns4.registrar-servers.com/AAAA: invalid response May 26 16:44:24 nirvana named[23136]: error (FORMERR) resolving 'dns4.registrar-servers.com/AAAA/IN': 208.67.222.222#53 May 26 16:44:24 nirvana named[23136]: DNS format error from 208.67.222.222#53 resolving dns2.registrar-servers.com/AAAA: invalid response May 26 16:44:24 nirvana named[23136]: error (FORMERR) resolving 'dns2.registrar-servers.com/AAAA/IN': 208.67.222.222#53 May 26 16:44:24 nirvana named[23136]: DNS format error from 208.67.220.220#53 resolving dns3.registrar-servers.com/AAAA: invalid response May 26 16:44:24 nirvana named[23136]: error (FORMERR) resolving 'dns3.registrar-servers.com/AAAA/IN': 208.67.220.220#53 May 26 16:44:24 nirvana named[23136]: DNS format error from 208.67.220.220#53 resolving dns4.registrar-servers.com/AAAA: invalid response May 26 16:44:24 nirvana named[23136]: error (FORMERR) resolving 'dns4.registrar-servers.com/AAAA/IN': 208.67.220.220#53 May 26 16:44:24 nirvana named[23136]: DNS format error from 208.67.220.220#53 resolving dns2.registrar-servers.com/AAAA: invalid response May 26 16:44:24 nirvana named[23136]: error (FORMERR) resolving 'dns2.registrar-servers.com/AAAA/IN': 208.67.220.220#53 I have run bind for the better part of 15 years and haven't seen this frequency of errors until the last few weeks. Anybody else notice this or have any ideas on the cause? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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Re: [opensuse] failed installation, system inaccessible
by Carlos E. R. 27 May '15

27 May '15

On 2015-05-26 22:00, davidousley(a)verizon.net wrote: > Thanks for your help. I have installed 13.2 to a new root partition. > There is also a separate and new boot partition. Installation completes > and system reboots. > Reboothangs however with message that the swap partition (identified as > /dev/mapper/pdc...) does not exist. It leaves me at a Dracut prompt. The > rdosreport.txt file it mentions is empty. > > Booting recovery mode produces recurring lines : > > sdc: sdc1 sdc2 ( sdc5 sdc6 sdc7 sdc8) > and same for sdb. These are the disks where swap and /home are located. > > I am sending this from my phone and hope it will be plain text and not > top posted. Neither :-p > Sent from my HTC So it did not arrive at the list. I'm replying with your full text so that others can see it and participate. I would edit fstab and comment out the swap line. Then boot, to text mode perhaps, and find out if the line was correct or not, and correct it or find why the swap definition failed. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 13.1 x86_64 "Bottle" at Telcontar)

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[opensuse] How to build a "caching only" local repository for use by many machines on my LAN?
by arvindg＠emailuser.net 26 May '15

26 May '15

Hi I have a bunch of opensuse machines on a lan. They're all the same version of opensuse (13.2), all the same arch (x86_64), and all use the same set of repos (in /etc/zypp/repos.d). I update them all regularly. They all have a common core set of installed packages, and each machine has additional (groups of) pacakges unique to its user and usage. When updating, I can either (1) update them all individually, each machine pulling its pkgs from the repo mirrors or (2) rsync all the full source repos to a single instance on the lan, and update the clients from the local collection Each has its drawbacks: (1) leads to a lot of redundant traffic (2) leads to rsync of lots of unneeded packages What I'd LIKE to do instead is set up some sort of caching on the LAN so that when any machine downloads any new or upgraded package, the rpms are FIRST cached to a lan machine that then makes those packages available to other machines as they need it. Since all the machines are pretty similar, and there's always at least a couple of machines that need the same package, this would (1) make sure that I'm not re-downloading the same package over and over (2) prevent rsync/storing packages that are never used at all The question is -- can I do this with zypper, or some other tool? Cheers Arvind -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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