Suse Linux problems

[G H]

Hello,
Im new to the list, figured Id say hello and mention
the reason I joined.

I Have SUSE 9.0 and have had a few difficultys installing the
slim server software. I did a google, looked over at the SUSE site and
cant get anywhere.

After installing the rpm with yast, then doing a netstat i see nothing for 9000
I tried slimserver.pl --deamon got only errors, I think SUSE does it different.
I tried to just dowload the tar and unpacked it, then slimserver.pl --start
no good.

If anyone has had a simmilar problem, or can direct me to a good FAQ
I would sure appreciate it.

Thanks
Glenn

[Joe Hartley]

On Sat, 11 Dec 2004 23:49:03 -0500
G H <hooper1 (AT) optonline (DOT) net> wrote:
> After installing the rpm with yast, then doing a netstat i see nothing for 9000
> I tried slimserver.pl --deamon got only errors, I think SUSE does it different.
> I tried to just dowload the tar and unpacked it, then slimserver.pl --start
> no good.

Are you running a firewall, like ipchains or iptables? You may need to
open up port 9000 in there if you are.

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[Niek Jongerius]

>> After installing the rpm with yast, then doing a netstat i see nothing
>> for 9000 I tried slimserver.pl --deamon got only errors, I think SUSE
>> does it different.
>> I tried to just dowload the tar and unpacked it, then slimserver.pl
>> --start no good.

The RPM is geared towards RedHat, SuSE cannot deal with the startup script
in the RPM. Attached is a SuSE startup script which works for me. Actions:

- Save the script as /etc/rc.d/slimserver
- Check the setting of SLIMSERVER_HOME (dunno where the RPM installs it).
- chmod 755 /etc/rc.d/slimserver
- ln -s /etc/rc.d/slimserver /etc/rc.d/rc5.d/S99slimserver
- /etc/rc.d/rc5.d/S99slimserver start

If this doesn't work, try the following from the slimserver directory (the
directory where "slimserver.pl" resides):

./slimserver.pl --daemon

(that's spelled "daemon", not "deamon") and post the errors on the list.

Regards, Niek.