Boot problems/errors

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Linux/Unix Newbie

Host: Win7 Intel P4 3.20 Ghz , 3 GB RAM (1.5 GB allocated for guest)

Guest – NecSel 3.0 (OpenSuse) installed as a VM (VMware Tools not installed) hard drive – 12GB, RAM 1.5 GB. It is taking about 13 min from initial boot to login screen appears. Is this an unusually long time to boot?
During boot I get several error messages & failed warnings as per below. I’d appreciate if someone might be able to advise if any of these errors can be eliminated. If they can please advise how & specific syntax to be used.

  1. Udev [1445]: udev: missing sysfs features; please update the kernel or disable the kernels config_sys_deprecated option; udev may fail to work correctly.

  2. Show console: Warning: the ioctl TIOCGDEV is not known by the Kernel

  3. Loading drivers, configuring devices: Udev [1654]: udev: missing sysfs features; please update the kernel or disable the kernels config_sys_deprecated option; udev may fail to work correctly.
    udev: missing sysfs features; please update the kernel or disable the kernels config_sys_deprecated option; udev may fail to work correctly

  4. piix4_SMBUS 0000:00:07.3 Host SMBus controller not enabled

  5. set system time to the current hardware clock … failed

  6. FATAL: Module DM_mod not found

  7. Failed features boot.clock

No Logging

It appears that NetSec is not logging anything, I checked using LogFactor 5 or Chainsaw. Please advise if I should be using different or how to enable logging.

Thanks in advance for any help you can give me.

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Not normal

What is NecSel 3.0? Some sort of appliance? From Google is t appears to be some sort of laser projection system.

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NetSecl 3.0 is an build Opensuse & hardened with Grsecurity. It is an opensuse 11.2 build. NetSecL Project - Index

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I’d say you had a better chance for an answer there. It certainly is not normal for OpenSuse to take 13 min to boot. On my machine I get to login in about 20 secs. But since I doubt if any but possible a few that frequent here would have any experience at all with this modified form.

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On 2010-10-03 09:06, gogalthorp wrote:
>
> I’d say you had a better chance for an answer there. It certainly is
> not normal for OpenSuse to take 13 min to boot. On my machine I get to
> login in about 20 secs. But since I doubt if any but possible a few
> that frequent here would have any experience at all with this modified
> form.

Concur.

It seems to me like a borked installation, but I know nothing about that “netsec”.

–
Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 11.2 x86_64 “Emerald” at Telcontar)

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It’s not, NetSecL is a distro for network security “solutions”. It’s based on openSUSE, but we cannot tell what they did to it. I suggest you find help in their forums.

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OP used NecSel in the origianl post not NetSecL. Which does turn out to be a laser projection system not an OS. Tends to confuse things when the name is not right.

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The Udev (1,3) is a problem, and the DM_module but the rest are minor. I don’ t know but I guess either or both Udev or the fatal DM_module are responsible for your missing logs.
Check your vendor manual because based on OpenSuSe is not the same as OpenSuSe.

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That is a major problem. No udev, no workie.

Here’s what I would suggest: if netsecl (?) is based on openSUSE 11.2, wipe out the VM and install 11.2 first to eliminate any virtual-hardware issues that 11.2 would have. If 11.2 installs fine, it must be something with the netsecl distribution.