Installing the Novell Client for OpenSUSE 10.2 onto OpenSUSE 10.3
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By Charlie Silverman
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Posted: 21 Nov 2007 |
Problem:
Installing the Novell Client for OpenSUSE 10.2 onto OpenSUSE 10.3
Solution:
The Novell Client for OpenSUSE 10.2 will install on OpenSUSE 10.3 with a few hacks.
- Download the client and run the install. You will get a number of failures starting with the novell-xtier-base installation. This fails because the install was expecting a certain version of binutils and OpenSUSE 10.3 has a newer version.
- From a root console, type the following:
cd /usr/lib ln -s libbfd-2.17.50.20070726-14.so libbfd-2.17.50.0.5.so
- Force installation of the novell-xtier-base RPM to ignore the dependency failure:
cd /media/cdrom (or wherever you have the installation image mounted) cd suse/i586 rpm -U --nodeps novell-xtier-base-3.1.5-6.23.i586.rpm
- Run the install again using the ncl_install script from the installation media. The install should complete without further error.
- You will need to add the /opt/novell/ncl/bin directory to your path in order for the login utility to find all of the programs needed to process login scripts. Edit the /etc/bash.bashrc file and add the following line to the end:
- Log out and back in for the changes to the bash.bashrc to take effect.
PATH=$PATH:/opt/novell/ncl/bin
The client should now be working correctly and your login script should process as normal.
Environment:
OpenSUSE 10.3 (x86) with the Novell Client 2.0 for OpenSUSE 10.2
Reader Comments
- I get an error about loading kernel module novfs.
- Superb, just what I was looking for. Thanks, works a treat.
- Quick note for GNOME users - you'll need to install the kdelibs3 package before starting the installation.
- This document is incomplete. After following the steps in this document and rebooting the PC I get an error about NOVFS not being installed correct.y.
- Still remain this bug, but no one wants to resolve ???? https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=345179#c1
- I also had a novfs problem. To fix it, I searched to OSS repo for novfs and installed the novfs-kmp-default, which I then had to make a symlink to under /lib/modules/2.6.22.x-x.x-default/weak-updates for my current kernel.
- Thanks! I also needed to compile the novfs kernel module and reboot before it worked.
- error about not correct installed novfs kernel module
- You also need to have gcc and kernel-sources installed in order to compile the novfs module.
- Kernel still crashes when dismounting filesystems on shutdown
- novfs error: make sure kernel-source is installed first then follow directions... works perfectly!!
- spot on! been wanting to sort this out for months!! thunks!
- Thank you very much, it worked for me. I couldn't install NCL by means of YaST - there were too many dependence problems, so I just extracted the rpms from the ISO file (I mounted the ISO file before) and installed everything by means of rpm --nodeps . The NCL works, indeed, that's the best point. Finally, I have a real problem at machine stopping : (please read the attached boot.msg file) > Stopping novell novfs daemon... > /etc/init.d/novfsd: line 122: 5962 Segmentation fault umount $NOVFS_MOUNT_PATH 2> /dev/null > Cannot umount /var/opt/novell/nclmnt > novfs not unloaded > failed My laptop goes until the "Turning off swap" message, but can't stop at all. So... what can I do ?
- use usr/lib64 for your symlink if you have the x64 version
- add to opensuse 11
- Thanks for solution. Best regards
- This works essentially. Just a pitfall : it's impossible to shutdown the computer properly, since the novfs service refuses ti stop ! So I have to disconnect the power, which is quite bad.
- works as well for openSUSE 11.0 (only had adjust the soft link to match the installed version of libbfd). Many Thanks Charlie!
- also works fine on OpenSuse 11.0
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