Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (1002 mails)

[Stan Goodman <stan.goodman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 07/19/2011 08:31 PM, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
> * Stan Goodman<stan.goodman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>  [07-19-11 12:52]:
> > On 07/19/2011 06:37 PM, Karl-Heinz tm wrote:
> > > 1) do the X11 upgrade from the above repo;
> > That is where I am stuck at the moment. I have installed the new XOrg
> > repo, which has presented me with only source/debug package which I
> > assume I must compile. If so, how do I compile it?
> It is an opensuse repo which provides rpm files.  You install them, not
> compile them.
Sorry, this does not help me interpret what I see. After adding the new 
XOrg repo and searching YaST again for changes, I see only the three 
lines I have reported:
    xorg-x11-driver-video-debuginfo        v7.6.29.1 (also for 32bit)
    xorg-x11-driver-video-debugsource    v7.6.29.1

To be very brief, I do not know what to do with these lines, especially 
the first one, because I don't know what it is. Since the second one 
seems to be the source for the desired driver, I concluded that I should 
compile it. Now you tell me that it is not something to be compiled -- 
but don't add what it is instead, or what to do with it, or if there is 
nothing to do with these files, what the repo is for at all. Brevity, 
although the soul of wit, is not always adequate for communication.
> > > 2) upgrade the kernel e.g. from Tumbleweed;
> > I.e. visit one of the two URLs that Felix lists, and store its
> > content in /etc/zypp/repo.d? Then, by analogy with what I did for the
> > XOrg repo, install a new repo in YaST -- what URL?
> look for "tumbleweed" ....
That's very telegraphic, and I probably ought to be able to build the 
implied sentence around it. But my imagination seems to have deserted 
me. Part of the reason is that I failed to understand the connection (in 
the XOrg case) between the short file that I deposited in 
</etc/zypp/repos.d> and the URL of the repo. What I do understand is 
that we are trying to get a new driver and a now a new kernel from 
Tumbleweed. Is the URL for the kernel the same as that for the XOrg case?

> PLEASE, consider trimming your replies.
If I have not always been careful to trim, I apologize. As you know, 
when and where to trim is often a judgment, and is therefore subjective.

--
Stan Goodman
Qiryat Tiv'on
Israel

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