February 2009 - openSUSE Factory - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse-factory] Status Distribution
by Stephan Kulow 12 Feb '09

12 Feb '09

Hi, As you've read elsewhere, we enabled build-compare in openSUSE:Factory. So far we didn't sync out a full build, but it should finish soonish. After that we will have the first real life test how much it helps ;) But I'm afraid we're currently not green in factory, we have 72 failing packages for i586, many caused by updating Qt to 4.5 and GNOME to 2.25.5 You can check where you can help here: http://tinyurl.com/dakem5 And the most important fact: we're still not having a final schedule for 11.2, I let you know as soon as this changes. Greetings, Stephan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-factory] Cannot change grub video mode setting
by Larx 12 Feb '09

12 Feb '09

Hello, It might be related to a new harddisk I have added to my system, but I can't grub make to use the correct vga mode any longer sinced about this time. (I'm talking about 64bit openSUSE Factory here.) Usually my vga mode is 31A, which is as it is defined in YaST and in all grub config files I know of. Even the grub output claims that this video mode is passed on to the kernel. However, about two lines later the kernel starts and at once complains that it doesn't know what to do with the vga mode 1F. I have to selected the vga mode 31A manually, then everything boots as expected. I don't have the slightest idea where this 1F is coming from, I simply can't get rid of it!?!??!?!?!?!? mkinitrd, grub-install, yast2 bootloader with all different places I could write the bootloader to - the wrong vga mode 1F stays. device-map is hd1 - /dev/disk/by-id/ata-Maxtor (new drive, containing Windows) hd0 - /dev/disk/by-id/ata-SAMSUNG (old drive, containing the SuSE installation working flawlessly before YaST2 proposed me a new grub config in order to boot the new Windows drive, too) menu.lst entry of the defective section is title openSUSE 11.2 Alpha 0 - 2.6.27.10-2 root (hd0,0) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27.10-2-default root=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-SAMSUNG resume=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-SAMSUNG splash=silent showopts vga=31a initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.27.10-2-default /etc/grub.conf reads setup --stage2=/boot/grub/stage2 --force-lba (hd0) (hd0,0) setup --stage2=/boot/grub/stage2 --force-lba (hd0,0) (hd0,0) setup --stage2=/boot/grub/stage2 --force-lba (hd0,0) (hd0,0) quit (Why so many entries?) One more remark: The newly added Windows-harddisk already contained a working windows partition, so Windows has not fiddled around with the bootloader, it is all YaST2's problem :(. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-factory] issues with command-not-found speed
by Anicka Bernathova 09 Feb '09

09 Feb '09

Hello! Yesterday I have found out that from time to time, when I type a typo, it takes a huge amount of time until a "command of found message" appears and I can continue my work. Now I am able to reproduce it every time on my rc1 machine: > time sl bash: sl: command not found real 0m1.289s user 0m0.228s sys 0m0.040s Typing "echo 1 >/proc/sys/vm/drop_caches" enables me to reproduce it every time (not doing it means that it happens at random). I am quite sure that our command-not-found package is to blame. I do not know how come it is that slow (I have only some five repositories defined) but it kind of drives me mad. So first - could you tell me a way to disable this functionality? (Commenting out the last line in /etc/bash_command_not_found does not seem to help.) And then, are there any known issues like that? I would like to see this problem fixed but I am afraid we might find out that we simply cannot do any better with Python. If our users like it, we should probably rewrite it to C then :-( Anicka -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-factory] Different build behaviour for Factory
by Adrian Schröter 09 Feb '09

09 Feb '09

Hello, A significant change, how we build openSUSE:Factory and all repos building against it have just made effective. This change has the effect that we will not publish packages anymore when they have effective not changed. So it should be way more comfortable to follow up Factory. The same message, a bit more verbose can be found here: http://news.opensuse.org/2009/02/05/more-efficient-factory-development/ However, this is new stuff, so we might have introduced new problems, even though we hope to have implemented this on the save side. But early in the Alpha phase of 11.2 is a good point of time to test this :) We may activate this compare check also in 11.1 and before builds later, but lets first look how good it works for factory :) bye adrian -- Adrian Schroeter SUSE Linux Products GmbH email: adrian(a)suse.de -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-factory] Porting yast modules to 11.0
by Gabriel 09 Feb '09

09 Feb '09

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 Hi, I would like to backport the partitioner module from factory to 11.0, as it has a change I want. Is it enough to compile the single module only?, and how is its name? I looked at http://svn.opensuse.org/svn/yast/trunk/ but couldn't find it with the name "disk". - -- Kind regards. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEAREIAAYFAkmOBXcACgkQNHr4BkRe3pLdwwCfZ/BiBOJEcqW8Rjh26nZe8OYk R6UAoIL2T0YRRwDDN8OaxLJlMQG7Gdtu =8im/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-factory] There is a Sun Java plugin for x86_64
by Silviu Marin-Caea 04 Feb '09

04 Feb '09

The new java 1.6 update 12 features for the first time :-) a web browser java plugin for x86_64. Is it going to be packaged for 11.1? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-factory] Plan for 11.2?
by Birger Kollstrand 04 Feb '09

04 Feb '09

Hi, I'm wondering if there is a plan for the 11.2 distribution? It's not when it's available but more what Novell want's to achieve with it. There are several important areas that I would like to help out with: 1. vastly reduced size of the core distro and easy setup for addons. Take out all but core KDE (and Gnome, but I'm a KDE'er so....). 2. mobility. Moving between networks, WLAN, LAN, GPRS , Bluetooth ++. Suspend/Resume, auto setup of VPN when moving outise the home LAN. Roaming profile/autosyncing of data with server with Unison , iFolder or similar. 3. syncing data with mobile phones 4. VPN client and server config. If so, choose one VPN server variant and support it 100%. (I like OpenVPN :-) ) 5. Home. Easy home server setup in one Yast module for useability. Fileserver, printer server, music server, movie server, picture server. 6. Connectivity from different types of clients, especially Upnp and DLNA compatibility. Windows, Mac and Linux client access to printer and file of cource and also wizards or simmilar to aid users in getting connected on the client machines. (Yes this might involve windows/mac/openSolaris SW) 7. media syncing with hanheld devices like iPod's, media phones, Creative ZEN. Also conversion of media to the hanhelds preferred format without the user needing to set up a complex structure. 8. officially supported game archive, maybe also with commercial games available like Opera/flash etc. is now available. 9. availability on new platforms. Specific focus on netbooks. 10. Default media made for USB key as well as DVD. 11. a standard yast module for server setup of net install of machines. This will aid in testing when there is a lot of machine variants to test. Easy restore to original config would be good also. (All server based :-) ) I have 15+ different computeres that I can test with , but it's to much work going back and forth now so I just use 2. Of course, if I do not make any sense (which often happens) I will be glad to discuss the points. And again, these are all parts I will gladly assist in testing. If some of it is made in Python I will try to assist with code also, but be warned. It's better to keep me as tester! Kind Regards Birger -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-factory] status distribution week 5
by Stephan Kulow 04 Feb '09

04 Feb '09

Hi, The Factory LiveCDs are no longer in my private acount, but are now published automatically once they built: http://download.opensuse.org/factory/iso/ Right now only x86_64 finished, but you can monitor the progress in the openSUSE:Factory:Live OBS project. Otherwise there is little progress to report atm. Factory works flawless though, which is the good news :) We enabled some security checks, so some more failures are currently in openSUSE:Factory, but nothing to worry about in the current state. Greetings, Stephan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-factory] Nomad and Kwin4 vs Compiz
by Stefan Bruens 03 Feb '09

03 Feb '09

Hi, are there any plans to support Kwin4 (at least at the xrdp server side) instead of compiz> Switching between compiz and kwin4 is just no option for the normal user. How much is the "remote compositing" tied into compiz, is there a list of requests done by the wm/cm on the xrdp side and how these get interpreted on the xserver side? Which parts of the wm/cm are done on the xrdp side, and which are done on the xserver side? Thanks, Stefan -- Stefan Brüns / Bergstraße 21 / 52062 Aachen phone: +49 241 53809034 mobile: +49 151 50412019

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[opensuse-factory] design question
by Robert Lewis 02 Feb '09

02 Feb '09

After installing a package why not ask if the user wants to install or remove more packages before bringing up the YaST2 Writing the system configuration? This would save a lot of time and make things faster when multiple uses of Software Management is going to happen I would think. Cheers, Bob -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help(a)opensuse.org

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