How to start vmware openSUSE in text mode

For dev/test purpose, text mode is enough for openSUSE, just remote login from ssh session, so would be great to start openSUSE in text mode. 1) change default run level to 3 in /etc/inittab 2) have to re-create softlink for default.target manually # ll /etc/systemd/system/default.target /etc/systemd/system/default.target -> /lib/systemd/system/runlevel5.target # rm …

Install Jython on openSUSE

1) download jython installer jar from http://www.jython.org/ 2) install jython in /usr/local in console mode without GUI /usr/local # java -jar jython-installer-2.5.3.jar –console Welcome to Jython ! You are about to install Jython version 2.5.3 (at any time, answer c to cancel the installation) For the installation process, the following …

Install jdk 7 on openSUSE

1) download jdk 7 rpm from http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk7-downloads-1880260.html dreamcloud-opensuse:/home/oldhorse/Downloads # cd /root/Downloads/ dreamcloud-opensuse:~/Downloads # ls .directory jdk-7u21-linux-x64.rpm 2) install jdk rpm using zypper dreamcloud-opensuse:~/Downloads # zypper in jdk-7u21-linux-x64.rpm -y Loading repository data… Reading installed packages… ‘-y’ not found in package names. Trying capabilities. No provider of ‘y’ found. Resolving package dependencies… …

hgfs not work for opensuse 12.1

Not too surprise seems hgfs never worked on new released opensuse, same story for opensese 12.1 latest stable version. hgfs error linux-sr1k:/etc/udev/rules.d # modprobe vmhgfs FATAL: Error inserting vmhgfs (/lib/modules/3.1.0-1.2-desktop/weak-updates/updates/vmhgfs.ko): Invalid argument linux-sr1k:/etc/udev/rules.d # dmesg |grep -i hgfs [ 4469.514470] vmhgfs: no symbol version for VMCIDatagram_Send [ 4469.514918] vmhgfs: Unknown …

Install citrix client on opensuse 11.3

It’s straightforward to install ICA client on opensuse 11.3. download citrix client for linux rpm package from here. install rpm # rpm -i ICAClient-11.100-1.i386.rpm setup ICA client manager # cd /usr/lib/ICAClient # ./wfcmgr & by default is in Network section Server Location: type in Citrix server IP address click right …

opensuse vmware interface

interface not up Sometimes interface not up in opensuse vmware guest after image moved or copied. linux:~ # ifconfig -a eth3      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:0C:29:DA:FE:8F BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 …

opensuse 11.3 apache+php+mysql setup

This is quick guide to setup web dev environment on opensuse 11.3. 1) install apache, php and mysql packages through Yast2 apache: apache2, apache2-mod_php5 php: php5, php5-mysql mysql: mysql-community-server, mysql-community-server-client 2) setup apache # rcapache2 status Checking for httpd2:                                          unused means apache installed but not started yet, # cd /srv/www/htdocs …

opensuse 11.3 vmware post installation

The opensuse 11.3 finally released out by July 15, 2010. I used opensuse vmware as desktop alternative in my laptop, quickly test on KDE SC 4.4.4 installation on vmware workstation 7. The installation is faster than 11.2 since it didn’t ask you any question, kind of silent installation on default …