Apps Not Executing

OK.. another weird issue... none of the users can run none SUSE specific
applications. Azureus, iTunes (via crossover office 5), etc... I created a
generic user to test whether or not this was profile related. As user "foo"
I stil was unable to run programs I downloaded. Any ideas? Should I
reinstall SUSE?

- Donald Ade

Donald Ade <dade@venom3dinc.com> wrote in
news:0Lfaf.1711$NC.392@prv-forum2.provo.novell.com:

> Azureus, iTunes (via crossover office 5), etc... I created a
> generic user to test whether or not this was profile related. As user
> "foo" I stil was unable to run programs I downloaded. Any ideas?

What is the exact error when you try to execute the apps? What are the
rights and ownerships off the apps set to? Are these installed through
RPMs for SuSE or manually?

Uwe

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Uwe Buckesfeld wrote:

> Donald Ade <dade@venom3dinc.com> wrote in
> news:0Lfaf.1711$NC.392@prv-forum2.provo.novell.com:
>
>> Azureus, iTunes (via crossover office 5), etc... I created a
>> generic user to test whether or not this was profile related. As user
>> "foo" I stil was unable to run programs I downloaded. Any ideas?
>
> What is the exact error when you try to execute the apps? What are the
> rights and ownerships off the apps set to? Are these installed through
> RPMs for SuSE or manually?
>
> Uwe
>

error message(s): KDEInit will not luanch.
All setting, rights and privilages are defualt from a vanilla (i.e. plain)
install. Crossover office 5 was installed via RPM but all windows apps are
installed under /home/user/.cxoffice.
Any apps that can be run from its own folder, like Azureus, If it resides in
my home directory, it wont run. But If I move it to /opt directory then it
runs no problem. I would rather not do that unless the app is critical for
use. MY "/" directory and my /home directory are different Hard drives.
When I initially set it up this way (circa suse linux 9.1) every thing
worked fine. I did a fresh install of Suse 10 (after a failed 9.3 upgrade)
and little issues are starting to pop up.

Donald Ade <dade@venom3dinc.com> wrote in
news:EnIaf.835$bk5.704@prv-forum2.provo.novell.com:

> Any apps that can be run from its own folder, like Azureus, If it
> resides in my home directory, it wont run. But If I move it to /opt
> directory then it runs no problem.

Ahain, rights and ownerships of the files?

Uwe

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Uwe Buckesfeld wrote:

> Donald Ade <dade@venom3dinc.com> wrote in
> news:EnIaf.835$bk5.704@prv-forum2.provo.novell.com:
>
>> Any apps that can be run from its own folder, like Azureus, If it
>> resides in my home directory, it wont run. But If I move it to /opt
>> directory then it runs no problem.
>
> Ahain, rights and ownerships of the files?
>
> Uwe
>

yuip all mine, full rights it has to be a hard drive thing, / is its own
hard drive. /home is also its own hard drive. On my laptop (single hard
drive) everything works.

Donald Ade <dade@venom3dinc.com> wrote in
news:_Uybf.676$u%.393@prv-forum2.provo.novell.com:

> yuip all mine, full rights it has to be a hard drive thing, / is its
> own hard drive. /home is also its own hard drive. On my laptop (single
> hard drive) everything works.

I'm out, sorry.

Uwe

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Donald Ade wrote:

> yuip all mine, full rights it has to be a hard drive thing, / is its own
> hard drive. /home is also its own hard drive. On my laptop (single hard
> drive) everything works.

/home doesn't happen to be mounted with the "noexec" option, does it?

M

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Matt Gibson wrote:

> Donald Ade wrote:
>
>> yuip all mine, full rights it has to be a hard drive thing, / is its own
>> hard drive. /home is also its own hard drive. On my laptop (single hard
>> drive) everything works.
>
> /home doesn't happen to be mounted with the "noexec" option, does it?
>
> M
>

I think the system snookered me.

/etc/fstab

/dev/hdb1 /data1 auto user,acl,user_xattr 0
0
/dev/hde5 /home auto user,noacl,user_xattr 0
0

login script

mount: you didn't specify a filesystem type for /dev/hdb1
I will try type reiserfs
/dev/hdb1 on /data1 type reiserfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,acl,user_xattr)
mount: you didn't specify a filesystem type for /dev/hde5
I will try type reiserfs
/dev/hde5 on /home type reiserfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,noacl,user_xattr)

Donald Ade wrote:

> Matt Gibson wrote:
>
>> Donald Ade wrote:
>>
>>> yuip all mine, full rights it has to be a hard drive thing, / is its own
>>> hard drive. /home is also its own hard drive. On my laptop (single hard
>>> drive) everything works.
>>
>> /home doesn't happen to be mounted with the "noexec" option, does it?
>>
>> M
>>
>
> I think the system snookered me.
>
> /etc/fstab
>
> /dev/hdb1 /data1 auto user,acl,user_xattr
> 0 0
> /dev/hde5 /home auto user,noacl,user_xattr
> 0 0
>
> login script
>
> mount: you didn't specify a filesystem type for /dev/hdb1
> I will try type reiserfs
> /dev/hdb1 on /data1 type reiserfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,acl,user_xattr)
> mount: you didn't specify a filesystem type for /dev/hde5
> I will try type reiserfs
> /dev/hde5 on /home type reiserfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,noacl,user_xattr)


I keep modifying /etc/mtab but it keeps reverting back. arrrgggg.

Donald Ade adjusted his/her tinfoil beanie to post:


>> I think the system snookered me.
>>
>> /etc/fstab
>>
>> /dev/hdb1 /data1 auto
>> user,acl,user_xattr 0 0
>> /dev/hde5 /home auto
>> user,noacl,user_xattr 0 0
>>
>> login script
>>
>> mount: you didn't specify a filesystem type for /dev/hdb1
>> I will try type reiserfs
>> /dev/hdb1 on /data1 type reiserfs
>> (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,acl,user_xattr) mount: you didn't specify a
>> filesystem type for /dev/hde5
>> I will try type reiserfs
>> /dev/hde5 on /home type reiserfs
>> (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,noacl,user_xattr)
>
>
> I keep modifying /etc/mtab but it keeps reverting back. arrrgggg.


Donald,

You cannot edit mtab, mtab is a "virtual" file that is created to show
what filesystems are mounted, it dynamically changes with every boot or
individual mounting.

because you have not specified the actual fs the system tries to guess
what it is and assigns default values for the partition, you need to
edit fstab by hand and specify the filesystem and perms.

Something along the lines of this one from my fstab:

/dev/sdc5 /home reiserfs acl,user_xattr 1 2

HTH


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