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Re: [opensuse] Howto build matching 32-bit package on x86_64?
by David C. Rankin 31 Dec '16

31 Dec '16

On 12/29/2016 01:52 AM, David C. Rankin wrote: > On 12/29/2016 12:25 AM, Andrei Borzenkov wrote: >>> Devs, >>> >>> I can easily build 64-bit packages from the leap sources via srpm install, >>> (modify sources/spec), then 'rpmbuild -bb specfile.spec'. But howto (what) to >>> specify as the --target to create the associated foo-32-bit.rpm? >> Normally "--target i386" should suffice (pick your flavor - i486, i586, ...) >> > > Andrei, > > I get all the way to linking against harfbuzz, then run into an error: > > /usr/lib64/gcc/x86_64-suse-linux/4.8/../../../../x86_64-suse-linux/bin/ld: > skipping incompatible > /usr/lib64/gcc/x86_64-suse-linux/4.8/../../../libharfbuzz.so when searching > for -lharfbuzz > /usr/lib64/gcc/x86_64-suse-linux/4.8/../../../../x86_64-suse-linux/bin/ld: > cannot find -lharfbuzz > collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status > > I've searched for a 32-bit version (and 32-bit devel) version of the > package, but cannot find one. Does one exist under another name? > Andrei, I branched the package to my obs account and triggered a build for leap 42.2. I assumed that since leap 42.2 provided the libfreetype6-32bit package that this would be build by the obs build by default -- I was wrong. The build produced: freetype2-2.6.3-5.1.src.rpm freetype2-devel-2.6.3-5.1.x86_64.rpm libfreetype6-2.6.3-5.1.x86_64.rpm but it did not produce the libfreetype6-32bit package. How do I generate this 32-bit package. On my local build, it is not generated by adding --target i386 due to the failure to find a 32-bit version of harfbuzz. I don't know what I would need to do on obs to generate this package. However, it is generated for OSS, so I'm a bit confused how to build it? Anybody know what is required to tell obs to generate a corresponding 32-bit package on leap 42.2. E.g. libfreetype6-32bit-2.6.3-5.1.x86_64.rpm ?? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] filesystems not mounting under 42.1
by John Young 31 Dec '16

31 Dec '16

I have a weird problem. I have an HP DL980 that had been running openSUSE 13.2. I upgraded it to openSUSE Leap 42.1 and that seemed to go OK, but when I try to boot the machine, the boot fails and I end up in emergency mode. In looking around in emergency mode, I notice that /boot and /var do not get mounted. Both partitions are there and I can run fsck on them without problems. If I have an entry in /etc/fstab for /boot, for example, that looks like this: LABEL=boot /boot ext4 acl,user_xattr 1 2 and issue the command in emergency mode "mount /boot", the system comes back with a prompt, but does NOT mount the filesystem. If I change the entry in /etc/fstab to be: /dev/sda1 /boot ext4 acl,user_xattr 1 2 the filesystem also does not mount at boot time, but when I get into emergency mode, I can manually mount the file with the command "mount -va /boot". This works for both /boot and /var. If I mount the filesystems manually and issue the command "systemctl default", the system comes up fine, but I am confused why the system does not automatically mount those filesystems. Any ideas?? -- JY ------------------------------------------------------------ John E. Young NASA LaRC B1148/R226 Analytical Mechanics Associates, Inc. (757) 864-8659 "All ideas and opinions expressed in this communication are those of the author alone and do not necessarily reflect the ideas and opinions of anyone else." -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Re: user-system vs. suse's system
by L A Walsh 31 Dec '16

31 Dec '16

Anton Aylward wrote: > I don't see a reason why we shouldn't have a tree for stuff that is > specific to Suse. ---- I told the perl maintainer ages ago, that if they couldn't deal with the system perl being upgraded, then maybe they should have a dist-perl that is needed for crippled packages that can't be recompiled (like standard perl packages, as in CPAN), that can be recompiled for a new perl. The maintainer basically said that the system perl was for opensuse, and users were not suppose to upgrade it, even for bug-fixes that didn't change the call-API. I even contacted the perl devs who confirmed that minor version changes (5.20.0, 5.20.1, 5.20.2) in perl were "guaranteed" not to change the API, and modules for one minor version should "just work" in other minor versions. However, they don't on opensuse, because version numbers are hard coded into modules and perl causing wide spread breakage when perl is upgraded. If they had the modules build to allow recompilation as other perl-cpan modules, it wouldn't be an issue in most cases -- even when major versions changed. But trying to get some to change is like pulling teeth. Similar issue is the dependency hell, in many or most cases created by hard-linking libraries rather than doing run-time dynamic loading. Gvim has been that way (don't know about latest gvim). On windows (and on my machine at one point (not sure about now unless I test it!)), gvim tries to load python.so, perl.so, etc... and dynamically activates its ability to call those libs if they are present -- Versus -- opensuse just rolling over and dying. I usually tried to keep gvim on root, to help fix problems, but without /usr, (where all the interps were), it wouldn't start. Thing is, I needed gvim as an editor -- not as a script-host. Yet due to bad-SW-build practices, it wasn't usable. :-( A LOT of Opensuse products could be made alot more resilient by using run-time lib-loading and dynamic configuration. It's not a new idea. SGI did it 15-20 years ago, and dynamic GUI configuration was done based on available features on **Plato** back in the 70's! Do we ever learn? A large number of today's programmers didn't come out of a Computer Science curriculum and were self taught. While they know the most important and most needed stuff to stay employed, they usually don't care about "history" and thus are doomed to repeat mistakes and problems solved 40-50 years ago. :-( Thus SW doesn't really progress (and I've seen signs of it going *backward*). While CS used to design computer programs to be "user-friendly", now, because most programmers can't be bothered to learn how to do that, the demand is that *users*, be computer-adapted. Plegh. Even Gates idea of 3D desktop paradigms, intro'd as Vista and Win7 rolled out, have back-stepped, as Win10 went for a 1980's GUI. Everything is being dumbed down so users can be more easily controlled and doled out hand-helds w/all their info in the cloud that they pay monthly for -- w/no privacy. Lovely. I like the Win7 Aero, but it's not even an option above Win7. Bill G was so happy demonstrating some of its early features, and now...its being all rearchitected to run on the lowest end hardware. Plegh! ... I think I've gone off on tangents again....*sigh* -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Re: filesystems not mounting under 42.1
by John Young 30 Dec '16

30 Dec '16

OK. This is really odd. I found some error messages that say that the system is timing out waiting for logical volumes. Why does the system now think these filesystems are logical volumes instead of regular local partitions??? # grep LOGICAL_VOLUME messages Dec 30 09:36:18 fe systemd[1]: Expecting device LOGICAL_VOLUME swap... Dec 30 09:37:48 fe systemd[1]: Timed out waiting for device LOGICAL_VOLUME swap. Dec 30 10:38:07 fe systemd[1]: Timed out waiting for device LOGICAL_VOLUME boot. Dec 30 10:38:21 fe systemd[1]: Timed out waiting for device LOGICAL_VOLUME var. Dec 30 10:38:50 fe systemd[1]: Timed out waiting for device LOGICAL_VOLUME swap. Dec 30 12:58:35 fe systemd[1]: Timed out waiting for device LOGICAL_VOLUME boot. Dec 30 12:58:47 fe systemd[1]: Timed out waiting for device LOGICAL_VOLUME var. Dec 30 12:59:12 fe systemd[1]: Timed out waiting for device LOGICAL_VOLUME swap. Any ideas?? -- JY ------------------------------------------------------------ John E. Young NASA LaRC B1148/R226 Analytical Mechanics Associates, Inc. (757) 864-8659 "All ideas and opinions expressed in this communication are those of the author alone and do not necessarily reflect the ideas and opinions of anyone else." -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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Re: [opensuse] Why is Firefox so bad in 42.2?
by sdm 30 Dec '16

30 Dec '16

On 12/29/2016 06:26 AM, Aaron Digulla wrote: > Check the page"about:config" (just pasteabout:config in the location > bar). Firefox will then monitor its own performance and tell you which > pages and add on eat most CPU/memory. about:config doesn't monitor Firefox's own performance. I think you meant: about:performance -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] setting up a server with raid
by jdd 30 Dec '16

30 Dec '16

Hello, (I'm pretty new to raid, read the raid wiki but not sure to understand...) finally, after some tests, I try the following config: * one partition on each (three) disks, raw around 1Tb * Raid 1 on the three partitions * lvm with one group in the 1Tb raid * three partitions in lvm: swap (2Gb), root (50Gb) and /data (the rest) from what I read grub should boot - at least yast install didn't complain and is installing now. I did this to have only one raid array for all the three partitions. I let aside gpt, because I don't have uefi on this computer and don't want to trick grub to boot gpt I know there is a special raid setup to boot, and hope yast takes care of that + last minute :-( problem It's the first time I use lvm. Yast obliged me to create a lvm group before the partitions and now it can't create it for "error -4017" may be it's only a warning, because I could clic on "continue" and the install is running I will see if it boots... thanks jdd -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Why is Firefox so bad in 42.2?
by James Knott 30 Dec '16

30 Dec '16

While it's never been a blazing performer, Firefox in Leap 42.2 is *REALLY* bad. It often takes far too long to load pages, compared to Chromium or Seamonkey. In fact, it's so bad I get very poor performance on speedtest.net, if it even runs at all. I just tried on the Xfinity speedtest site and got these results on Chromium: http://results.speedtest.xfinity.com/result/1457254644.png But the test didn't even run on Firefox. With the regular speedtest site & Chromium, I get: http://www.speedtest.net/result/5913287179 But with Firefox I get a message box "PAGE ERROR - Error fetching resource". Firefox is also visibly slower doing other things. Why is it now so much worse than before and other browsers? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Moved tbird settings to leap 42.2, now enigmail attempts to launch 'pinentry-curses' never displayed?
by David C. Rankin 29 Dec '16

29 Dec '16

All, I moved my thunderbird settings to my leap 42.2 install. Now when attempting to send a signed or encrypted e-mail, tbird launches 'pinentry-curses' in the background (which takes 100% CPU) but never shows the pin entry dialog. I end up having to cancel whatever I'm doing, and in some cases 'kill -9 pinentry-curses'. My question is "Does anybody know what setting to tweak to tell enigmail to use the correct pinentry dialog?" Or, is the best bet to dump enigmail and reinstall? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] backup android file system
by Istvan Gabor 29 Dec '16

29 Dec '16

Hello: Unfortunately I sent the message before finishing it. Here is the complete message. Is it possible to backup a whole android file system to an openSUSE linux computer? The net is full of sites explaining how to do android tablet or phone backup to PC but those mostly apply to backing up some of the data only. I would like to make a copy of the whole file system of a cell phone to my openSUSE computer. I would like: -backup/copy the whole file system -use cable connection (USB, service cable?) between android device and computer, not network or BlueTooth If this is not doable, what is closest possible solution? The device in question is a Samsung Galaxy Express GT-I8730 with Android 4.1.2. Thanks in advance, Istvan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] How to get Btrfs settings?
by Vojtěch Zeisek 29 Dec '16

29 Dec '16

How to get Btrfs settings and properties, e.g. if COW is enabled or not? 'btrfs subvolume show' or 'btrfs subvolume list' don't show such information... -- Vojtěch Zeisek Komunita openSUSE GNU/Linuxu Community of the openSUSE GNU/Linux https://www.opensuse.org/ https://trapa.cz/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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