Re: SLES 11 SP 1 - Ncurses version of YaST

2011-01-07 Thread Mark Pace
Thanks, Mark ! That's what was missing on my system. Added that and now I get a nice shiny X app. :-) On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 5:03 PM, Mark Post mp...@novell.com wrote: On 1/6/2011 at 03:37 PM, David Stuart david.stu...@ventura.org wrote: Mark, I'll send it privately, if that's ok

SLES 11 SP 1 - Ncurses version of YaST

2011-01-06 Thread David Stuart
Morning all, New user here. I followed parts of the Virtualization Cookbook for SLES 11 SP1 when I installed the System (LPAR, no z/VM, so I skipped those). Now I need to add additional DASD to the LVM group. But all I can get is the Ncurses version of YaST, and I can't figure out how to

Re: SLES 11 SP 1 - Ncurses version of YaST

2011-01-06 Thread Michael MacIsaac
Dave, I followed parts of the Virtualization Cookbook for SLES 11 SP1 when I installed the System (LPAR, no z/VM, so I skipped those). Now I need to add additional DASD to the LVM group. But all I can get is the Ncurses version of YaST, and I can't figure out how to get to the Expert

Re: SLES 11 SP 1 - Ncurses version of YaST

2011-01-06 Thread David Stuart
Thanks Mike, I'll take a look. What's frustrating is that when I performed the initial install, I used SSH, and received the graphical displayed like in your cookbook. Now, I don't. And more importantly, I don't know why, or what changed. Dave Dave Stuart Prin. Info. Systems

Re: SLES 11 SP 1 - Ncurses version of YaST

2011-01-06 Thread Pedro Principeza
:Re: SLES 11 SP 1 - Ncurses version of YaST Sent by:Linux on 390 Port LINUX-390@vm.marist.edu Thanks Mike, I'll take a look. What's frustrating is that when I performed the initial install, I used SSH, and received the graphical displayed like in your cookbook. Now, I don't

Re: SLES 11 SP 1 - Ncurses version of YaST

2011-01-06 Thread David Stuart
SP 1 - Ncurses version of YaST Sent by:Linux on 390 Port LINUX-390@vm.marist.edu Thanks Mike, I'll take a look. What's frustrating is that when I performed the initial install, I used SSH, and received the graphical displayed like in your cookbook. Now, I don't. And more importantly, I

Re: SLES 11 SP 1 - Ncurses version of YaST

2011-01-06 Thread Edmund R. MacKenty
On Thursday, January 06, 2011 12:36:35 pm you wrote: Win/XP with cygwin Xserver. I do a ssh -X user @ip, and run YaST2, but it never starts. Maybe your DISPLAY variable is not set in your environment? If it isn't, YaST will use the ncurses interface instead of X. Once logged in, do echo

Re: SLES 11 SP 1 - Ncurses version of YaST

2011-01-06 Thread Mark Pace
Sometimes I have a problem with ssh-X when connecting with one ID but then running an X program as root. Try using ssh -Y On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 12:42 PM, Edmund R. MacKenty ed.macke...@rocketsoftware.com wrote: On Thursday, January 06, 2011 12:36:35 pm you wrote: Win/XP with cygwin

Re: SLES 11 SP 1 - Ncurses version of YaST

2011-01-06 Thread David Stuart
The echo $DISPLAY shows localhost:10.0. Whatever that means Dave Dave Stuart Prin. Info. Systems Support Analyst County of Ventura, CA 805-662-6731 david.stu...@ventura.org Edmund R. MacKenty ed.macke...@rocketsoftware.com 1/6/2011 9:42 AM On Thursday, January 06, 2011 12:36:35 pm

Re: SLES 11 SP 1 - Ncurses version of YaST

2011-01-06 Thread David Stuart
Mark, No joy. I tried the SSH -Y, and it immediate 'fell back' to Ncurses. I'll have to look into the command line... Dave Dave Stuart Prin. Info. Systems Support Analyst County of Ventura, CA 805-662-6731 david.stu...@ventura.org Mark Pace pacemainl...@gmail.com 1/6/2011 9:46 AM

Re: SLES 11 SP 1 - Ncurses version of YaST

2011-01-06 Thread Mark Pace
To be honest, I've never had YAST2 work either, it's always ncurses, but the ssh -Y works for other x apps where I need root access. On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 1:26 PM, David Stuart david.stu...@ventura.orgwrote: Mark, No joy. I tried the SSH -Y, and it immediate 'fell back' to Ncurses. I'll

Re: SLES 11 SP 1 - Ncurses version of YaST

2011-01-06 Thread Edmund R. MacKenty
On Thursday, January 06, 2011 01:24:39 pm you wrote: The echo $DISPLAY shows localhost:10.0. Whatever that means I think that's correct; it's what SSH sets it to for me. The X-Windows DISPLAY specification consists of three parts, hostname:display.screen. This refers to the pseudo-X-display

Re: SLES 11 SP 1 - Ncurses version of YaST

2011-01-06 Thread David Stuart
All, you-idiot I just saw something in the cookbook. I'll bet my 'problem' is the difference between running with run level 3 and run level 5... Thanks anyway, for all your ideas /you-idiot Dave P.S. Yes, I can call myself that. Dave Stuart Prin. Info. Systems Support Analyst

Re: SLES 11 SP 1 - Ncurses version of YaST

2011-01-06 Thread Mark Post
On 1/6/2011 at 11:49 AM, David Stuart david.stu...@ventura.org wrote: Morning all, New user here. I followed parts of the Virtualization Cookbook for SLES 11 SP1 when I installed the System (LPAR, no z/VM, so I skipped those). Now I need to add additional DASD to the LVM group.

Re: SLES 11 SP 1 - Ncurses version of YaST

2011-01-06 Thread David Stuart
Mark, So that's where it is. Silly me, I figured it would be in with the DASD stuff... Dave Dave Stuart Prin. Info. Systems Support Analyst County of Ventura, CA 805-662-6731 david.stu...@ventura.org Mark Post mp...@novell.com 1/6/2011 11:24 AM On 1/6/2011 at 11:49 AM, David Stuart

Re: SLES 11 SP 1 - Ncurses version of YaST

2011-01-06 Thread Mark Post
On 1/6/2011 at 12:36 PM, David Stuart david.stu...@ventura.org wrote: Hi Pedro, Win/XP with cygwin Xserver. I do a ssh -X user @ip, and run YaST2, but it never starts. You might get some hints as to why by wading through /var/log/YaST2/y2log. YaST is extremely verbose in its logging

Re: SLES 11 SP 1 - Ncurses version of YaST

2011-01-06 Thread Eric Chevalier
On 1/6/2011 12:59 PM, David Stuart wrote: All, you-idiot I just saw something in the cookbook. I'll bet my 'problem' is the difference between running with run level 3 and run level 5... Thanks anyway, for all your ideas /you-idiot Dave P.S. Yes, I can call myself that. Dave, Don't

Re: SLES 11 SP 1 - Ncurses version of YaST

2011-01-06 Thread Mark Post
On 1/6/2011 at 02:39 PM, Eric Chevalier et...@tulsagrammer.com wrote: Also, permit me a dumb question: when you installed SLES11, did you install the X runtime libraries that your apps are going to require? Based on the fact that he gets DISPLAY set properly when using ssh -X, I would guess

Re: SLES 11 SP 1 - Ncurses version of YaST

2011-01-06 Thread David Stuart
Eric, I'll have to look at the installed software. I didn't explicitly install the X runtime. And I don't remember removing it. And no, xfs isn't started at any run-level. Dave Dave Stuart Prin. Info. Systems Support Analyst County of Ventura, CA 805-662-6731

Re: SLES 11 SP 1 - Ncurses version of YaST

2011-01-06 Thread David Stuart
Eric, To quote an instructor from many, many years ago There are no dumb questions in this class. The only dumb questions is the one that doesn't get asked. Dave Dave Stuart Prin. Info. Systems Support Analyst County of Ventura, CA 805-662-6731 david.stu...@ventura.org Eric Chevalier

Re: SLES 11 SP 1 - Ncurses version of YaST

2011-01-06 Thread Patrick Spinler
David: You shouldn't ever need to start up runlevel 5 on a virtual server. In fact, without a graphic capable console, it won't even work. What you do need to do is investigate why X forwarding isn't working for you. First, are you logging in as root or as a non-root account? That'll make a

Re: SLES 11 SP 1 - Ncurses version of YaST

2011-01-06 Thread David Stuart
Mark, I ran the command, and the output is attached. And as I said previously, the YaST GUI worked during, and for a while after, the initial install. But when I went back to do some other things, it's not working any longer. Dave Dave Stuart Prin. Info. Systems Support Analyst

Re: SLES 11 SP 1 - Ncurses version of YaST

2011-01-06 Thread Mark Post
On 1/6/2011 at 03:02 PM, David Stuart david.stu...@ventura.org wrote: I ran the command, and the output is attached. Dave, Attachments to this list get removed by the list server. Mark Post -- For LINUX-390 subscribe /

Re: SLES 11 SP 1 - Ncurses version of YaST

2011-01-06 Thread David Stuart
Mark, I'll send it privately, if that's ok with you. Dave Mark Post mp...@novell.com 1/6/2011 12:23 PM On 1/6/2011 at 03:02 PM, David Stuart david.stu...@ventura.org wrote: I ran the command, and the output is attached. Dave, Attachments to this list get removed by the list

Re: SLES 11 SP 1 - Ncurses version of YaST

2011-01-06 Thread Mark Post
On 1/6/2011 at 03:37 PM, David Stuart david.stu...@ventura.org wrote: Mark, I'll send it privately, if that's ok with you. Dave, Do you have the yast2-qt rpm installed? /sbin/yast2 is looking for the plugin it provides and isn't finding it: + '[' -e

Re: SLES 11 SP 1 - Ncurses version of YaST

2011-01-06 Thread David Stuart
Eric, From what I can tell, at least some of the X11 libraries are there. When I search for packages with X11 in the name, in Software Manager, I believe it's showing that they're all installed. Dave Dave Stuart Prin. Info. Systems Support Analyst County of Ventura, CA

Re: SLES 11 SP 1 - Ncurses version of YaST

2011-01-06 Thread David Stuart
Mark, rpm -q yast2-qt says not installed. And I don't find it on the yast2 software list in Software - Management. Hmm... Dave Dave Stuart Prin. Info. Systems Support Analyst County of Ventura, CA 805-662-6731 david.stu...@ventura.org Mark Post mp...@novell.com 1/6/2011 2:03 PM

Re: SLES 11 SP 1 - Ncurses version of YaST

2011-01-06 Thread Mark Post
On 1/6/2011 at 05:21 PM, David Stuart david.stu...@ventura.org wrote: Mark, rpm -q yast2-qt says not installed. And I don't find it on the yast2 software list in Software - Management. Try zypper in yast2-qt and see what happens. Mark Post

Re: SLES 11 SP 1 - Ncurses version of YaST

2011-01-06 Thread David Stuart
Mark, galileo:/ # zypper in yast2-qt File '/content' not found on medium 'ftp://gali...@157.145.12.236/%2f' Abort, retry, ignore? [a/r/i/?] (a): I don't understand why it's giving me this error. There is a 'content' file in the '/' directory on the FTP Server. The 'source' is on my Win/XP

Re: SLES 11 SP 1 - Ncurses version of YaST

2011-01-06 Thread David Stuart
Mark, I don't understand what's going on. My SLES 11 SP1 system is successfully logging on to the FTP Server, and then it issues the following commands: (60) 1/6/2011 15:17:17 PM - galileo (157.145.216.103) 230 Logged on (60) 1/6/2011 15:17:17 PM - galileo (157.145.216.103) CWD

Re: SLES 11 SP 1 - Ncurses version of YaST

2011-01-06 Thread Mark Post
On 1/6/2011 at 06:23 PM, David Stuart david.stu...@ventura.org wrote: I'm wondering if our local proxy is getting in the way. Need to talk to the Security folks... If, from your Linux system, you execute env | grep -i proxy and anything shows up, that is possible. If you do need those

Re: SLES 11 SP 1 - Ncurses version of YaST

2011-01-06 Thread David Stuart
The problem was apparently related to the Proxy settings, somehow. The ftp to the 'repository' kept being routed through our local network proxy. I finally had to disable it altogether, reboot, and now things seem to be working better. Stay tuned, Dave Dave Stuart Prin. Info. Systems