I upgrade my 11.1 to 12.1 and now when the computer boots up it goes to the login: and then starts a series of [insert a 3 digit number.seven digit number] SFW2-INext-ACC-TCP et al.
Someone tell me whats going on and how to cure it please?
On 2012-02-18 23:46, Nemetode wrote:
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> I upgrade my 11.1 to 12.1
Using what method exactly?
> and now when the computer boots up it goes to
> the login: and then starts a series of [insert a 3 digit number.seven
> digit number] SFW2-INext-ACC-TCP et al.
I have no idea of what you are talking about. Can you post photos? If not,
if it is text, copy the text entirely by hand.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 11.4 x86_64 “Celadon” at Telcontar)
On 2012-02-19 00:43, Carlos E. R. wrote:
> On 2012-02-18 23:46, Nemetode wrote:
>> and now when the computer boots up it goes to
>> the login: and then starts a series of [insert a 3 digit number.seven
>> digit number] SFW2-INext-ACC-TCP et al.
>
> I have no idea of what you are talking about. Can you post photos? If not,
> if it is text, copy the text entirely by hand.
Just a guess… it could be a login prompt, and then the kernel log would
start to be dumped into the same terminal, with the firewall lines. That
would be a bug, I think it can be cured with “klogconsole -r 10”, but I
have never tried it in 12.1.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 11.4 x86_64 “Celadon” at Telcontar)
HOW exactly did you “upgrade” from the very old and UNSUPPORTED 11.1 ( 11.4 is currently the only supported 11 ) to 12.1
What steps did you take ?
or is this a fresh clean new install of 12.1
Thats it Carlos!
The trouble is that this action carries on regardless and I cannot figure out how to do “klogconsole -r 10” action because I cannot get a command in edgewise (sic)
No I got it - I just typed in the “klogconsole -r 10” command while the screen was busy displaying all those reports and it killed it them stone-dead.
Many thanks Carlos! 
addendum: This still happens every time I reboot the machine but at least i know how to stop it though a permanent solution would be welcome!
On 2012-02-19 17:36, Nemetode wrote:
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> No I got it - I just typed in the “klogconsole -r 10” command while the
> screen was busy displaying all those reports and it killed it them
> stone-dead.
Yes, that’s the idea.
> Many thanks Carlos!
Welcome. However, you have a problem probably with the syslog daemon, that
is, I guess, dumping those messages to all opened terminals. Only emergency
level messages should do that. Or to tty 1 instead of tty 10
I had this problem with vmware server: for some unknown reason, when it
started messages that should go to tty 10 went to 1.
Yes, you can type commands regardless of what is written to it: the
keyboard is independent and it works. Thankfully!
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 11.4 x86_64 “Celadon” at Telcontar)
Next problem is that graphical interface (x-windows?) will not start up automatically - I’m stuck at the text login!
I really must pay more attention to linux other than updating the system every two or three years 
No I got it again - I looked around and added ‘x11failsafe’ to the boot menu!
Then discovered that I had lost my connection through the network to the internet
On 2012-02-20 12:56, Nemetode wrote:
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> Next problem is that graphical interface (x-windows?) will not start up
> automatically - I’m stuck at the text login!
The graphical system has changed a lot between 11.1 and 12.1. There is no
sax2, the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file is not created, but instead things are
supposed to run automagically. When they don’t, you have to act.
Things differ based on what graphical card you have, there are different
howtos for each.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 11.4 x86_64 “Celadon” at Telcontar)
Am 20.02.2012 13:46, schrieb Nemetode:
>
> Nemetode;2441850 Wrote:
>> Next problem is that graphical interface (x-windows?) will not start up
>> automatically - I’m stuck at the text login!
>>
>> I really must pay more attention to linux other than updating the
>> system every two or three years
>
> No I got it again - I looked around and added ‘x11failsafe’ to the boot
> menu!
>
Since you upgraded I would guess you have an old /etc/X11/xorg.conf, I
would rename it and see if it works (of course testing that makes only
sense without the x11failsafe).
You may also add the proprietary nvidia driver as a second step if you
are not satisfied with what you get as result.
> Then discovered that I had lost my connection through the network to
> the internet
>
Did you try to remove your old settings in yast and configure the
network again?
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PC: oS 11.4 (dual boot 12.1) 64 bit | Intel Core i7-2600@3.40GHz | KDE
4.6.0 | GeForce GT 420 | 16GB Ram
Eee PC 1201n: oS 11.4 64 bit | Intel Atom 330@1.60GHz | KDE 4.8.0 |
nVidia ION | 3GB Ram
Am 20.02.2012 13:58, schrieb Martin Helm:
> You may also add the proprietary nvidia driver as a second step if you
> are not satisfied with what you get as result.
>
Please ignore that I do not know how I came to the conclusion that you
have a nvidia card, have mixed some thredas here in my mind - sorry.
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PC: oS 11.4 (dual boot 12.1) 64 bit | Intel Core i7-2600@3.40GHz | KDE
4.6.0 | GeForce GT 420 | 16GB Ram
Eee PC 1201n: oS 11.4 64 bit | Intel Atom 330@1.60GHz | KDE 4.8.0 |
nVidia ION | 3GB Ram
I you have an nVidia GPU, take a look at this
HTH,
TS