P.S.: Once I verify all the kernel stuff I'll push the data from the
laptop up to the Smolt repository. This is a fairly new model (six
months) and I think openSUSE 12.1 will be the first to support it out
of the box. Ubuntu 11.10 saw the touchpad just fine but barfed on the
WiFi!
On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 11:27 PM, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky
I can verify that the "zypper update" from RC1 to RC2 worked on my laptop this afternoon, although my configuration is hardly vanilla - I have the Packman repo, the GNOME apps, Mozilla and LibreOffice repos and a couple of "factory" kernel repos enabled. But the machine *is* operational and the patched kernel is required because it's got an Elantech touchpad. At some point I have to check if the standard RC2 kernel works with the Elantech - I've lost track of the status of those patches since I'm up and running.
On the NVidia desktop things are a little less fun. The GNOME RC2 LiveCD booted and installed just fine, and the nouveau driver gives me a barely usable 1024x768 screen. I haven't tried using the proprietary NVidia driver yet - previous attempts with it on 12.1 were unsuccessful. I'll make an attempt at the NVidia again tomorrow.
On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 11:11 PM, Bernhard M. Wiedemann
wrote: Hi,
openSUSE-12.1-RC2 is released
repo for zypper update is at http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/12.1/repo/oss/
isos are in http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/12.1-RC2/iso/ or avaiable over http://software.opensuse.org/developer/ news article: http://news.opensuse.org/2011/11/03/are-you-ready-for-rc2/
Most important at this stage are major bugs that must be fixed before the final Gold Master (GM) release.
If I understood it correctly, everything that can be fixed after GM with an update can not be a ship-stopper.
Things that must work for updates (booting, NetworkManager/ifup, zypper/yast/Apper) should get extra testing.
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