October 2006 - openSUSE Factory - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse-factory] SPAM: no Tomcat?
by Glenn Holmer 29 Oct '06

29 Oct '06

I'm not finding Tomcat (http://tomcat.apache.org) in 10.2 beta1. Is this just an oversight, or is it not included this time? -- Glenn Holmer (Q-Link: ShadowM) http://www.lyonlabs.org/commodore/c64.html --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] Multimedia: Which external repositories to use?
by Alex 29 Oct '06

29 Oct '06

I know it's a bit OT, but as a factory user I'm kind of wondering which packages to use for optimal multimedia experience on OpenSUSE factory. And yes, I'm within the legal boundaries of the country where I live ;). I'd rather use only the factory packages, as all the "usual suspects" (Guru, Packman) are still at 10.1. Do I see it right, however, that using the following should still be used from external repositories, even if at 10.1 level there: mjpegtools / libmusicbrainz / libtunepimp / xine / kaffeine / amarok (this one mainly because of the dependancies on other packages) Is there any list on the wiki where an exhaustive list of "potially patent encumbered and therefore crippled" packages is given? I only found some general information, and would e.g. never have thought that something like libtunepimp is also crippled. I guess just a simple list without giving hints where to get unencumbered packages would be legally OK? --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] Factory source for Internet installation
by Terje J. Hanssen 28 Oct '06

28 Oct '06

Normally I've used to download the non-OSS dvd iso and burn the DVD for installation. Now I though to try the Internet installation according to http://en.opensuse.org/Development_Version#Internet_Installation First I downloaded and burned the DVD-i386-mini.iso on a CDR. But what is the correct ftp address to enter according to # 4. Point the YaST installer to the installation repository (by pressing F3 and then F4) I tried to enter FTP, but what is the full path to the factory to be entered in the server field? (the rpm location didn't look to work http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-OSS-factory/inst-source/suse/i…) Terje J. Hanssen --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] Font Rendering in Beta1
by Randall R Schulz 28 Oct '06

28 Oct '06

Hi, I went ahead and did an upgrade. It appeared to come off without incident. I'm not pleased that Firefox was switched out from under me when the themes and extensions are not yet ready. The new TabMix Plus gloms all my windows into a single, overloaded window when it restores a session, e.g. This is quite onerous. Presumably it's a bug that the extension's author will fix before the final release is made. What's more troubling is the fact that something has changed with font rendering and it's a degradation. With identical font configuration (in the KDE Control Center), my 10.0 installation is clearly superior in an A-B comparison. This was not so under Alpha5, where they were indistinguishable. Does anyone know what might be different in this configuration? Fonts that rendered very clearly under Alpha5 now show unmistakable artifacts that considerably reduce their legibility and attractiveness. Is it possible the hint interpreter has been disabled and the simple-minded anti-aliasing has been substituted? If so, I'll go on record saying that this is a bad idea, since the TrueType hinting is far superior to anti-aliasing. Randall Schulz --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] 10.1 problem with xscreensaver
by jdd 28 Oct '06

28 Oct '06

I may have found a bug of the kde screen saver. when the "k" menu is open, the screen saver don't start and the computer is never protected. I'll try it on beta 1 and report jdd -- http://www.dodin.net http://dodin.org/galerie_photo_web/expo/index.html http://lucien.dodin.net http://fr.susewiki.org/index.php?title=Gérer_ses_photos --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] How-To: Alpha5 -> Beta1 Upgrade
by Randall R Schulz 28 Oct '06

28 Oct '06

Hi, I've never done an upgrade installation before on any of my SuSE installations. This time, because I installed Alpha5 on a brand new machine that is not (yet) mission critical, I was thinking of trying an upgrade. My question is: How do I do this? Do I use the YaST "System Update" from the running system? Do I boot from the Beta1 DVD and install over the existing system? Something else? Pointers to information resources are welcome, of course. Thanks. Randall Schulz --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] installing beta1 over nfs?
by Per Jessen 28 Oct '06

28 Oct '06

I've set up my usual scheme for installing over NFS, which is to loop-mount the 5 CD-isos and export those mount-points for NFS. However, with beta1, I'm not getting very far: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=215692 Is anyone else doing installs over NFS? /Per Jessen, Zürich -- ENIDAN Technologies GmbH - managed email-security. Is _your_ business under attack? http://www.spamchek.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] beta 1, second glance :-)
by jdd 28 Oct '06

28 Oct '06

going back and forth from/to the option menu is now pretty fast (was very long, with redetection), very fine there is an error in the french text of the page "internet test". The text say: "les tests suivants _ont été réalisés_", this mean "the test has been done". Obviously at this time no test take place, so the phrase should be "are to be done", that is "vont être réalisés". installing sources works, but is pretty long. This should be said when the option is asked for (recommended, but may take as long as 30 minutes) on the while, an error occured (factory-debug not found) at the first automatic start, on the login page, the keyboard is in QWERTY mode (I had problems with my dummy root passwd). It may be noted than no user account was asked for and than so the only account available was root one. after starting I got an open kde menu (but my cat runned on the keyboard, so this may have buffered keys :-) and a kde crash window, with no desktop icons at all I asked for a reboot and got an extremely fast one (evidently a soft reboot) and the usual "bomb" root desktop (the first was the usual user blue) at the first cold start (normal switch off the computer, then on again), yast say the install failed (no notice before). The computer started howeverb ut still in qwerty. Yast and kde _are_ in french mode... the computer is a celeron 600 with lot of ram (450Mb) and a 4Gb HDD thats all for today :-) jdd -- http://www.dodin.net http://dodin.org/galerie_photo_web/expo/index.html http://lucien.dodin.net http://fr.susewiki.org/index.php?title=Gérer_ses_photos --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] anyone could successfully launch a http web server on openSUSE 10.2 B1 ?
by Alexey Eremenko 27 Oct '06

27 Oct '06

hi all ! I could not launch apache server on the new BETA version... the bug details are here: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=215992 any idea? or a workaround? --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] Why "patterns" were born in openSUSE ? and UI idea.
by Alexey Eremenko 27 Oct '06

27 Oct '06

hi all ! Sorry for the stupid question, but I really want to know the direction of this idea. Generally, I believe in order to make newbies feel "at home", so they could learn Linux easier. Advanced ppl don't really need patterns (but it saves time even to advanced ppl)... I have opened a discussion about his topic: do we need to add "every" package to pattern to make it full, or just keep patterns *compact* ? This idea was used by RedHat from the ancient ages... Also in RedHat when a user selects a pattern so packages are "must-have" and are auto-selected while others are not. Do we wanna keep their principle ? =============================================== I have a better idea of organizing patterns UI: Ability to make one of 4 choices on each pattern, perhaps with a radio button. A. Unselected pattern (if user does not choose) B. Default Selected pattern. (if user chooses pattern, but doesn't touch the packages) C. Custom selected pattern. (if user chose pattern, and selected/deselected some packages - this must be shown) D. Fully selected pattern.(if user chose this with a radio button, or if he manually chose *every* package in this pattern) This idea is based on the concept that *every* package is included in at least 1 pattern. =============================================== Generally I like the patterns idea. -Alexey Eremenko. 27.10.2006. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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