Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (4570 mails)

[Christoph Thiel <cthiel@xxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 2 Nov 2005, Gianluca wrote:

> Ok... this is a solution !!! But, if you open Yast for configuring a 
> smartlink-softmodem, then Yast downloads and installs automatically the 
> package km_smartlink-softmodem... but after that the modem doesn't works 
> because the package km_smartlink-softmodem has errors in the Makefile 
> and Yast can't creates the module slamr.ko !!! Then... or the bug is in 
> Yast (it should tell... "download nonGPL version of kernel") or is in 
> the km_smartlink-softmodem!!! I think that every person that know 
> nothing about kernel, module, packages and so on, should be able to 
> install smartlink modems by Yast!!!! So, somethings goes wrong... if I 
> can't install my modem by Yast!! is it right???? I don't know the Novell 
> policies about nonGPL packages (as smartlink-softmodem)... so, I don't 
> know if my problem arise because I installed a nonGPL package in the GPL 
> version of Suse (openSUSE)... but again... Yast have to tell me (if 
> openSUSE goal is to create a friendly OS)!!!

Alright, please file an enhancement request for YaST on 
bugzilla.novell.com then ;)


Regards
	Christoph