http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/blog/twinreverb-430409/ LinuxQuestions.org offers a free Linux forum where Linux newbies can ask questions and Linux experts can offer advice. Topics include security, installation, networking and much more. en Wed, 22 May 2013 14:20:17 GMT vBulletin 60 https://lqo-thequestionsnetw.netdna-ssl.com/questions/images/misc/rss.jpg http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/blog/twinreverb-430409/ http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/blog/twinreverb-430409/opensuse-11-4-continued-3871/ Mon, 06 Jun 2011 00:58:31 GMT Today I continued with a fresh 11.4 DVD 32bit of OpenSUSE. During installation I found the option to go with a LVM encrypted (i.e. LUKS+LVM) so I... Today I continued with a fresh 11.4 DVD 32bit of OpenSUSE. During installation I found the option to go with a LVM encrypted (i.e. LUKS+LVM) so I went with that after deleting all partitions on the machine. (I found out after install that it chose 256bit encryption. A little overboard for a netbook, but I don't mind so much.

So I got it installed, copied stuff back over from my backup external hard drive, and proceeded.

Then the NetworkManager icon disappeared (segfault or whatever) for no apparent reason when I connected to my WPA2-PSK WAP. However, I found that running the keyboard sequence for disable/enable wifi fixed the problem.

I had to learn how to use OpenSUSE's contrib and PackMan (website) but once I did, I got BibleTime installed and it worked properly (a very big selling point for me for any distribution).

I then proceeded with installing the stuff I normally use, configuring security, and firewall. So far it worked fine without any hiccups.

So far the machine runs properly and I can't say anything bad about OpenSuSE 11.4. It works as advertised. It's secure and stable. I cannot vouch for how fast, especially because this is a netbook and 256bit fully encrypted is a bit high, but I am happy. I will report back as I test further. ]]> TwinReverb http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/blog/twinreverb-430409/opensuse-11-4-continued-3871/ http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/blog/twinreverb-430409/slacker-installs-opensuse-11-4-3870/ Sun, 05 Jun 2011 09:46:42 GMT So I figured I'd try OpenSUSE 11.4 on my netbook (Asus 900A) today, and write down my experience with it as I go.

First, when booting the installer, I noticed that during the configuration phase, when partitioning my hard drive, it picked some odd options (to me), like putting root and /home on extended partitions, etc. I thought to myself, no big deal, I'll custom partition with the root size it had decided (5GB). Well /dev/sda2 was already a LUKS but I told it I wanted to start over, so I added a 5GB root and then went to try to make /dev/sda2 an encrypted swap. It asked for a password so I backed up and tried to make the entire thing an encrypted LVM. It brought me back to partitioning saying it did not have the password for sda2 (which I had elected previously not to specify when I started this thing up). Oh well, so I went to a console, generated a LVM-inside-LUKS of my own, and rebooted the installation DVD.

On boot-up, this time I supplied the LUKS password, and it found my LVM. However, I had to tell it to create a partitioning scheme, and I had to go to "Custom: for experts". I found gladly that it had indeed found my LVs inside my LUKS, so I proceeded (using 512MB for swap and the rest as /home). I chose Xfce and proceeded. I then went to "software" and made sure only what I wanted was installed, choosing my familiar xchat, firefox, Terminal, mousepad, gimp, bibletime, thunar, audacious, skype, pidgin (those that were available at time of install). I did not (due to prior experience) bother trying to tell it no boot loader or LILO, and with the install options, it was replacing Slackware on that netbook (16GB internal SSD and 16GB LUKS SD card, not inserted at the time).

Then it told me that installation of libreoffice-ure failed and I tried to retry but I got a failure, so I ignored that package and kept on going. Then xorg-x11-libx11 failed and I knew something was wrong with the install media I had (got it from a Linux magazine) so I started downloading the real deal.

- To Be Continued - ]]> TwinReverb http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/blog/twinreverb-430409/slacker-installs-opensuse-11-4-3870/