# Suse Studio test drive not working.. **URL:** \ **Category:** SUSE Studio / Studio Express\ **Created:** [June 1, 2012, 9:16am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/suse-studio-test-drive-not-working/22697 "2012-06-01T09:16:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![System1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/51bf81/32.png) [@System1](https://forums.suse.com/u/System1)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2012, 9:16am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/suse-studio-test-drive-not-working/22697/1 "2012-06-01T09:16:02Z")
hello 🙂 i wanted to do some things with Suse studio, but when i use the “TEST DRIVE” it give me:[color=blue] > [/color] > Connection timed outTestdrive needs Flash enabled and access to[color=blue] > ports 843 and 5900 - 5908 > (You may have an issue with a Flash blocker, a firewall, or a > proxy) > [/color] i turned my firewall off, and i have flash plugin,i used tor,and i tried to Google about it but nothing worked, any ideas? thanks. ## – _Opensuse 12.1 Gnome_lol! to be or not to be.. Mhannysabbagh’s Profile: [http://forums.opensuse.org/member.php?userid=57731](http://forums.opensuse.org/member.php?userid=57731) View this thread: [http://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php?t=475760](http://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php?t=475760) ---
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On Fri, 01 Jun 2012 06:16:02 +0000, Mhannysabbagh wrote: [color=blue] > i turned my firewall off, and i have flash plugin,i used tor,and i tried > to Google about it but nothing worked, any ideas?[/color] Try disabling tor. I don’t know (a) that it works over a tor connection, and (b) if the tor folks perhaps block it for some reason. Jim – Jim Henderson openSUSE Forums Administrator Forum Use Terms & Conditions at [http://tinyurl.com/openSUSE-T-C](http://tinyurl.com/openSUSE-T-C) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2012, 5:07pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/suse-studio-test-drive-not-working/22697/3 "2012-06-01T17:07:46Z")
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Agreed. I doubt it blocks it explicitly, but I would not be surprised if the connection required you to be on the IP address from which you clicked the ‘Test Drive’ button or the SUSE Studio login. The reason I believe this is possible is that if you enable networking for the virtual machine you are REQUIRED to access it (SSH for example) from the IP address that showed up earlier in the session (to keep arbitrary stinkers from accessing test-driven VMs before the owners do). TOR’s purpose is to randomize your connections, so it’s likely you’ve never had the same IP twice when going to SUSE Studio and if there is a similar restriction on Test Drive in general then that’s likely the issue. Good luck. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.18 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - [http://enigmail.mozdev.org/](http://enigmail.mozdev.org/) iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJPyMyyAAoJEF+XTK08PnB5dyoP/jyYT4UiOczdCTQ12l10BRf9 y4Pt3tov4/0L4Dzmg/3bgu+f0TAb3kqq5K1Dr6p/C74SN3JUC9M/FGRxOWq67/x0 oU8C89DGg3RTYSZqUhoRa0T7jDaJFj3c1ncmfx5Bz1ehZe0fyJCiMgatAP6Q/6NW AU0xZAKrcP4JSXthhrpWY7d/fc7J8UIsBEBBFj5yqGz/I5qayqiMqP6TCLpViFwv ZkT0od2XoEmFVKOKwzwD7a1bXmf1gATdqlmlqOWSTQ8/C419ANk6AJJU4r/10kCG sEnMLyxICydoawBqfT/fQSWpm1/kJc/V4eA0U1u/EeV1DiW4QyDlS+qpkIne9KbZ aq7uQVj1wOv8ubpvt4cAMEoSTnIJUD/fhpMS7R1K8+C8LZ5Jmt05PsUeroWBsEk8 52L0mCKourSgQbLWc8HX/4uP94Sgyl6l/QUDo47EWnwL8m0zrm0Nrr4cWznKMu64 mkrd5GYLhCQ8gaqbtN8z8RKWLIkq3E4MHGUrCIyUNc+bXdk6YE1FA4QWfNXDuOrG juQ9ge3m36WayFGVCokP9eLW+YoxqOTkb/zWVTuAEqSAby0KSPsy9ZxCTb5bHVmh K/dW9YEK0WZ3SHoXPjyrtm/7cRQLqQcAhaXU7CwZI257wichzLSFddYjalusYcGe Sj/pCl+WlNjKWpTcWB+t =xeTp -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2012, 5:28pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/suse-studio-test-drive-not-working/22697/4 "2012-06-01T17:28:05Z")
On 2012-06-01 16:07, ab wrote:[color=blue] > Agreed. I doubt it blocks it explicitly, but I would not be surprised > if the connection required you to be on the IP address from which you > clicked the ‘Test Drive’ button or the SUSE Studio login. The reason I > believe this is possible is that if you enable networking for the > virtual machine you are REQUIRED to access it (SSH for example) from the > IP address that showed up earlier in the session (to keep arbitrary > stinkers from accessing test-driven VMs before the owners do). TOR’s > purpose is to randomize your connections, so it’s likely you’ve never > had the same IP twice when going to SUSE Studio and if there is a > similar restriction on Test Drive in general then that’s likely the issue.[/color] I’m curious. Would then this be a problem for those people that are on ADSL, and which provider changes forcibly their IP now and then? – Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 11.4 x86\_64 “Celadon” at Telcontar) ---
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thanks for replying. i tried to disable tor and to change my browser and same thing, i run OpenSuse 12.1 on my hard-disk and not on a virtual-box or vmware..etc, i also tried to use Windows 7 from another computer in my house and same thing… thanks. ## – _Opensuse 12.1 Gnome_lol! to be or not to be.. Mhannysabbagh’s Profile: [http://forums.opensuse.org/member.php?userid=57731](http://forums.opensuse.org/member.php?userid=57731) View this thread: [http://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php?t=475760](http://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php?t=475760) ---
**Author:** ![malcolmlewis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/malcolmlewis/32/11375_2.png) [@malcolmlewis](https://forums.suse.com/u/malcolmlewis)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2012, 5:38pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/suse-studio-test-drive-not-working/22697/6 "2012-06-01T17:38:02Z")
[QUOTE=Carlos E. R.]On 2012-06-01 16:07, ab wrote:[color=blue] > Agreed. I doubt it blocks it explicitly, but I would not be surprised > if the connection required you to be on the IP address from which you > clicked the ‘Test Drive’ button or the SUSE Studio login. The reason > I believe this is possible is that if you enable networking for the > virtual machine you are REQUIRED to access it (SSH for example) from > the IP address that showed up earlier in the session (to keep > arbitrary stinkers from accessing test-driven VMs before the owners > do). TOR’s purpose is to randomize your connections, so it’s likely > you’ve never had the same IP twice when going to SUSE Studio and if > there is a similar restriction on Test Drive in general then that’s > likely the issue.[/color] I’m curious. Would then this be a problem for those people that are on ADSL, and which provider changes forcibly their IP now and then? [/QUOTE] Hi But the change of your ip address is highly unlikely during a session (which is what tor does), the change normally happens on a ADSL router disconnect. – Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890) openSUSE 12.1 (x86\_64) Kernel 3.1.10-1.9-desktop up 0:28, 3 users, load average: 0.01, 0.07, 0.09 CPU Intel i5 CPU M520@2.40GHz | Intel Arrandale GPU ---
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On Fri, 01 Jun 2012 14:28:05 +0000, Carlos E. R. wrote: [color=blue] > I’m curious. Would then this be a problem for those people that are on > ADSL, and which provider changes forcibly their IP now and then?[/color] If your IP address changed during a session, yes, you’d lose your connection to the testdrive instance. Jim – Jim Henderson openSUSE Forums Administrator Forum Use Terms & Conditions at [http://tinyurl.com/openSUSE-T-C](http://tinyurl.com/openSUSE-T-C) ---
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On Fri, 01 Jun 2012 14:36:02 +0000, Mhannysabbagh wrote: [color=blue] > thanks for replying. > i tried to disable tor and to change my browser and same thing, i run > OpenSuse 12.1 on my hard-disk and not on a virtual-box or vmware…etc, i > also tried to use Windows 7 from another computer in my house and same > thing…[/color] I’ve just built an appliance and started testdrive, and I’m also seeing the same error message - at least initially. I waited a few seconds past it, and the VM came up. So, the next question would be this - which node does it say you’re connecting to? (For example, the testdrive I just started is at the URL [http://node47.susestudio.com/testdrive/start/](http://node47.susestudio.com/testdrive/start/)[…] - node47 is what I’d be looking to know if I asked myself this question). Jim – Jim Henderson openSUSE Forums Administrator Forum Use Terms & Conditions at [http://tinyurl.com/openSUSE-T-C](http://tinyurl.com/openSUSE-T-C) ---
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i use ADSL connection… and i connect to node48 when using test drive…sometimes i have an empty “test drive” session as here: [http://img04.arabsh.com/uploads/image/2012/06/01/0e34424d65f304.png](http://img04.arabsh.com/uploads/image/2012/06/01/0e34424d65f304.png) thanks. ## – _Opensuse 12.1 Gnome_lol! to be or not to be.. Mhannysabbagh’s Profile: [http://forums.opensuse.org/member.php?userid=57731](http://forums.opensuse.org/member.php?userid=57731) View this thread: [http://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php?t=475760](http://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php?t=475760) ---
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On Fri, 01 Jun 2012 15:46:02 +0000, Mhannysabbagh wrote: [color=blue] > i use ADSL connection… and i connect to node48 when using test > drive…sometimes i have an empty “test drive” session as here: > [http://img04.arabsh.com/uploads/image/2012/06/01/0e34424d65f304.png](http://img04.arabsh.com/uploads/image/2012/06/01/0e34424d65f304.png) > > thanks.[/color] It occurs to me that the plugin used is flash - you might try backreving to the previous version in YaST’s software manager. It could be that the most recent version (which has known issues) is crashing and causing an issue here. Jim – Jim Henderson openSUSE Forums Administrator Forum Use Terms & Conditions at [http://tinyurl.com/openSUSE-T-C](http://tinyurl.com/openSUSE-T-C) ---
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ok, i have installed flash 11.1 from Yast and same thing.. 😮 ## – _Opensuse 12.1 Gnome_lol! to be or not to be.. Mhannysabbagh’s Profile: [http://forums.opensuse.org/member.php?userid=57731](http://forums.opensuse.org/member.php?userid=57731) View this thread: [http://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php?t=475760](http://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php?t=475760) ---
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On Fri, 01 Jun 2012 17:46:03 +0000, Mhannysabbagh wrote: [color=blue] > ok, i have installed flash 11.1 from Yast and same thing… :O[/color] Not sure at this point - you might click the ‘forum’ link from the SUSE Studio page and post to the folks there - the team that manages the systems follows that forum/mailing list (it’s a little bit of both) and can get more detailed on this issue with you. Jim – Jim Henderson openSUSE Forums Administrator Forum Use Terms & Conditions at [http://tinyurl.com/openSUSE-T-C](http://tinyurl.com/openSUSE-T-C) ---
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On 2012-06-01 16:38, malcolmlewis wrote: [color=blue] > Hi > But the change of your ip address is highly unlikely during a session > (which is what tor does), the change normally happens on a ADSL router > disconnect.[/color] I experience them midsession. – Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 11.4 x86\_64 “Celadon” at Telcontar) ---
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On 2012-06-01 16:56, Jim Henderson wrote:[color=blue] > On Fri, 01 Jun 2012 14:28:05 +0000, Carlos E. R. wrote: > [color=green] > > > I’m curious. Would then this be a problem for those people that are on > > ADSL, and which provider changes forcibly their IP now and then?[/color] > > If your IP address changed during a session, yes, you’d lose your > connection to the testdrive instance.[/color] And no procedure to recover, perhaps? – Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 11.4 x86\_64 “Celadon” at Telcontar) ---
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On Fri, 01 Jun 2012 21:23:08 +0000, Carlos E. R. wrote: [color=blue] > On 2012-06-01 16:56, Jim Henderson wrote:[color=green] > > > On Fri, 01 Jun 2012 14:28:05 +0000, Carlos E. R. wrote: > > [color=darkred] > > > > > I’m curious. Would then this be a problem for those people that are on > > > ADSL, and which provider changes forcibly their IP now and then?[/color] > > > > If your IP address changed during a session, yes, you’d lose your > > connection to the testdrive instance.[/color] > > And no procedure to recover, perhaps?[/color] Restart the test drive. That’s the recovery. Jim – Jim Henderson openSUSE Forums Administrator Forum Use Terms & Conditions at [http://tinyurl.com/openSUSE-T-C](http://tinyurl.com/openSUSE-T-C)