Installation problems: Suse 10.1, Scalix 11 Beta

[tarwin]

I'm a total linux newbie and was having a lot of trouble trying to get the install to work.

First thing was it kept telling me sendmail and postgresql was missing. Postresql was easily fixed (YaST install) but I did get a little confused when it came to sendmail. When I went to install this I was warned that Postfix was already installed. Eventually I just got it to uninstall Postfix and that was fine.

The other problem was that network check kept failing. The main part of the message was somewhat like what follows.

Network check failed - IP address '127.0.0.2' associated with host name 'linux1.xxx' in DNS does not match machines IP address.

For the life of me I had no idea how to fix this! /etc/hosts.conf etc - no idea!

I found that if I added an Alias for the network device it then all works (at least let me install Scalix, not sure if I can run it yet).

I'm guessing part of my problems are that I'm getting a DHCP from a Windows Small Business Server, which might also be serving DNS, which means that maybe the linux box is never registering itself properly with the DNS server or something (as I said I'm a total Linux newbie, and pretty much know squit about networks).

If anyone wants to give their two cents it would be interesting. I'll post more when I know if I've got it all set up properly.

[chris]

Hi Tarwin,

no worries, we all start sometime.

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Eventually I just got it to uninstall Postfix and that was fine.

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Network check failed - IP address '127.0.0.2' associated with host name 'linux1.xxx' in DNS does not match machines IP address.

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I'm guessing part of my problems are that I'm getting a DHCP from a Windows Small Business Server, which might also be serving DNS, which means that maybe the linux box is never registering itself properly with the DNS server or something (as I said I'm a total Linux newbie, and pretty much know squit about networks).

Uninstalling postfix was exactly right.

Edit the text file /etc/hosts, remove the line that includes 127.0.0.2

Add a line of the form:

ip-addr hostname.domainname hostname

changing each value to your IP, the hostname of your server, and your domainname.

It would be best to turn off DHCP for your scalix server. To do this, first go into DHCP management on the SBS and reserve an IP (just pick one you can remember) for your linux server. You can find the MAC addr using the linux command ifconfig. Then using YaST you can apply this ip-addr permanently to the network interface you are using.

Hope this helps,

Chris

[tarwin]

Thanks.

I'll try those things in a few days (have to leave it as is at the moment). Just some more comments on my journey so far, in case they help someone else.

I couldn't get web interface to work right away, and after searching the forums found: http://www.scalix.com/community/viewtopic.php?t=3372 (which I should have seen straight away, I know, I know), and got the web admin etc working.

My linux box still can't be accessed externally (a domain, but I'll fix that later), and am going to have to work out how to get all this stuff working externally but it's been a pretty good ride so far.

As soon as I try the above, I'll give more feedback.

Again, thanks for all the help, I hope this helps someone else too.

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You can follow my continueing journey here: http://www.scalix.com/community/viewtopic.php?t=4441