Archive for the ‘openSuSE’ Category
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/11/21
The dig (domain information groper) command under unix/Linux is a great way to help verify that a DNS host like BIND is working properly.
A few of my servers are Linux, but most of my desktops usually are Windows, so I was happy to find the Using the dig dns tool on Windows 7 article by Dan Esparza explaining there is a Windows version.
So I:
- Downloaded the Windows version of BIND (I took the BIND 9.9.2-P1 ZIP file)
- Unzipped that into my C:\BIN\BIND directory
- Ran this command, just like I would on a Linux box:
dig @192.168.171.214 pluimers.com
- Checked the below output to the zone configuration on the openSUSE box serving the DNS for my domain
; <<>> DiG 9.9.2-P1 <<>> @192.168.171.214 pluimers.com
; (1 server found)
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 12911
;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 5, ADDITIONAL: 6
;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 4096
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;pluimers.com. IN A
;; ANSWER SECTION:
pluimers.com. 172800 IN A 82.161.132.169
;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
pluimers.com. 172800 IN NS ns7.4delphi.com.
pluimers.com. 172800 IN NS ns6.4delphi.com.
pluimers.com. 172800 IN NS ns2.4delphi.com.
pluimers.com. 172800 IN NS ns1.4delphi.com.
pluimers.com. 172800 IN NS ns3.4delphi.com.
;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
ns1.4delphi.com. 172800 IN A 82.161.132.169
ns2.4delphi.com. 172800 IN A 176.9.152.132
ns3.4delphi.com. 172800 IN A 176.9.152.131
ns6.4delphi.com. 172800 IN A 109.70.6.22
ns7.4delphi.com. 172800 IN A 176.9.143.167
;; Query time: 15 msec
;; SERVER: 192.168.171.214#53(192.168.171.214)
;; WHEN: Wed Jan 02 16:07:58 2013
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 235
–jeroen
via Dig (command) – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Posted in *nix, Linux, openSuSE, Power User, SuSE Linux, Windows, Windows 7 | Leave a Comment »
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/09/26
Thanks to the wonderful people at the opensuse forums (especially Knurpht and wolfi323) for helping me out with opensuse 12.2: yast “System Services (Runlevel): Services” very slow: how to investigate.
The solution is to install openldap2, then reboot.
The easiest way is to perform this under sudo:
zypper install openldap2
Somehow in opensuse 12.2 yast, sendmail and apache depend on it (though the yast/zypper software installer don’t recognize the dependency).
Without the reboot, yast was still slow. Not sure why yet.
I will need to check this out in the most current opensuse release.
–jeroen
via: opensuse 12.2: yast “System Services (Runlevel): Services” very slow: how to investigate.
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Posted by jpluimers on 2014/09/20
Earlier this week: MINIX 3.3.0 is now available – Google Groups:
Hi all,
We are pleased to present the MINIX 3.3.0 stable release. The major new features & improvements of this release include:
New features
- The first release with ARM support, three Beagle targets are supported
- Experimental USB support for the Beaglebones (hubs & mass storage)
- Cross-compiling for both ARM and x86 – the buildsystem is very portable
Improvements
- Big source code cleanup – cleaner C types in messages, improved NetBSD compatibility, all minix-specific code moved to a top-level minix/ folder
- Updated packages overall – a big set is built now; and they are dynamically linked now
- Improved driver modularity
The full release notes can be found at http://wiki.minix3.org/Releases/3.3.0
To find out more about this and older releases, please see http://wiki.minix3.org/Releases.
You can grab the ISO image from the download page http://www.minix3.org/download
For instructions on the ARM build, see http://wiki.minix3.org/DevelopersGuide/MinixOnARM
Join us! See http://www.minix3.org/community/
We’re conducting a survey to find out about our audience. Please take our survey linked to the green box at the top of the minix3.org page. Thanks!
On behalf of the MINIX team
Andy Tanenbaum
–jeroen
via: http://bit.ly/minix330
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Posted by jpluimers on 2014/09/10
After having recorded quite a few broadcastings to USB from my Samsung UE40C6800 TV with the T.VALDEUC 3011.0 firmware, I wanted to copy them over to either a Windows or Linux based machine for post editing.
Then I found out the USB device had been reformatted into XFS, probably because of its Guaranteed-rate I/O.
The first post I came across (SettoreZero: XFS filesystem and Samsung LEDTVs) indicated XFS is supported under Linux, but not under Windows (it appears the latter might be true).
So I went collecting useful links on which I will start doing deeper research in a few categories.
As it looks now, most of it will probably lead to various Linux shell scripts based on SamyGO.
General info:
XFS documentation:
Limux support:
Windows support:
SamyGO (selected with this particular TV in mind):
SamyGO forum:
–jeroen
via XFS – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Posted in *nix, Development, Linux, openSuSE, Power User, Software Development, SuSE Linux | 2 Comments »
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/07/25
I’ve succesfully woken up these machines:
- HP XW6600 running ESXi 5.1
- ThinkPad W701U running Windows 7
I still need to try to wake up a Mac Mini Server running OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard).
MacBook Air on 10.7 (Lion) and Retina on 10.8 (Mountain Lion) won’t work as they are WiFi only, and WOL does not work over WiFi.
On 10.7 and up it might not work on a Mac Mini Server either, as Apple Introduced Dark Wake.
I used these tools to send WOL packets: Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in *nix, Apple, ESXi5.1, Ethernet, Hardware, HP XW6600, Linux, Mac OS X / OS X / MacOS, Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, Network-and-equipment, openSuSE, OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, Power User, SuSE Linux, Virtualization, VMware, VMware ESXi, Wake-on-LAN (WoL), Windows, Windows 7 | Leave a Comment »
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/05/19
I always forget where SuSE keeps its’ version number.
Hence my alias:
alias suse_version='cat /etc/SuSE-release'
–jeroen
via: SDB:Find openSUSE version – openSUSE.
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Posted by jpluimers on 2014/05/01
SDB:System upgrade – openSUSE.
Every once in a while, I feel like I have been living under a stupid rock.
This was one of these cases. About 5 years ago, openSUSE added this feature:
openFATE – #305634: Debian-like dist-upgrade live system full version upgrade.
It is awesome, requires a bit of twiddling and afterwards you have a system that:
- was updated in-place while live
- is the most current openSUSE version
I don’t know of any drawbacks yet (will soon try it). If I find ones, I will post a new entry here.
The basic steps are like these: Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by jpluimers on 2014/04/29
I needed AntiVir on an openSUSE workstation.
Too bad the default installation package from YaST installed an old license: AntiVir would not work, and I was getting emails like these at regular intervals:
<br />Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2014 08:57:11 +0200<br />From: Cron Daemon <root@....><br />To: root@....<br />Subject: Cron <root@...> /usr/lib/AntiVir/guard/avupdate-guard --product=Scanner > /dev/null<br /><br />Error: No valid license was found<br />
After searching the web for a while, I found a lot of posts with wrong information, basically coming down to these 2:
At the bottom of the post, you will find a small shell script that I use to keep the hbedv.key up-to-date.
First some more about HBEDV, then how I found about the new download location, and a command to show you the current license information. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in *nix, bash, Development, Linux, openSuSE, Power User, Scripting, Software Development, SuSE Linux, wget | 3 Comments »
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/04/24
Getting Apache configured on a *nix installation like openSUSE installation is always a bit of a challenge.
A few things I observed: Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in *nix, Apache2, Linux, openSuSE, Power User, SuSE Linux | 2 Comments »
The Wiert Corner - irregular stream of stuff 