December 2006 - openSUSE Factory - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse-factory] ifolder server on 10.3
by Ted Bullock 08 Jun '07

08 Jun '07

Will the ifolder server be available as a package in the 10.3 release or will it remain as an external package? -Ted Bullock --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] tiny-nvidia-installer removed from factory
by Jonh Arson 14 Feb '07

14 Feb '07

I wasn't what you can call happy when i found out this little software was removed from factory (and even less so when after reopening it 3 or 4 time the bug was marked as private). No real explanation given. This was by far the easiest and quickest way to get the Nvidia driver up and running and i demand explanation. WONTFIX, build it in the BS. WTF! there is no use to the package if its not right on the cd ... Now if you don't wanna include it in the default selection this is totally understandable, but why totally rip the package off ? --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] rug / zypper comparision
by Dominique Leuenberger 08 Jan '07

08 Jan '07

Hi, I'm getting with this to the factory list as I don't want to bother 'regular user support' in the opensuse-ML. Everybody nowadays is talking about how much better zypper would be compared to rug/zmd. Can somebody just in short tell me where the advantage is? Ok: it does not use the zm-daemon, but this one is running quiet nice in 10.2 (didn't have to many probs yet.. or I'm not aware of them...) On the other hand, with zypper, I always have to su just to install a single package. That's something I like about rug for example: I can add a catalog as su, subscribe to it, and from there my users are allowed to grab packages. Without knowing the su password. But they are not allowed to install an rpm using rug (at least that was what my test showed me: it's ok to INstall from a subscribed catalog, but nor from a local rpm) And in overall, rug feels 'faster' for me compared to zypper. This especially as zypper, whenever I do something like zypper lu or zypper se, refreshes the catalogs. There seems to be no caching at all or it's not working for me. and this makes zypper quiet slow. rug OTOH just gives me the requested output. The fact, that an update can happen on a repo just in the time between the last refresh, is quiet low. I admit, in some cases this lead to unresolvable dependencies. So: I'm looking forward to hear some other statements, maybe corrections. Dominique --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] opensuse-updater - fetching online metadata
by Peter Buschbacher 03 Jan '07

03 Jan '07

Hello! Just installed the flash update via opensuse-updater on 10.2 with zen-free packagemanagement. Now one question: Is it necessary to download all the metadata-stuff for several Broadband-minutes, while the Applet already has the information, that there is ONE update available? If yes: Is there a clever way to get rid of this necessity for future releases? If no: Any chance to change this behaviour before or for the next release? Tschüss -s Peter --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] cciss driver
by Kenneth Schneider 02 Jan '07

02 Jan '07

Received the 10.2 boxed set and thought I would install today. Hardware: HP ML330G3 server with Smart Array 532 controller setup as a raid 5 disk. When the install got to the reading the HD I got the following error: "The partitioning on disk /dev/cciss/c0d0 is not readable by the partitioning tool parted, which is used to change the partition table. You can use the partitions on disk /dev/cciss/c0d0 as they are. You can format them and assign mount points to them, but you cannot add, edit, resize or remove partitions from the disk with this tool." What tool can I use then if not parted? What other choices do I have to install 10.2? It seems rather lame that when the driver is loaded it properly shows the disk layout, and I am guessing that the driver works properly, but I can't install because the current tool of choice has a problem. The partitions also do not show up as a choice unless I use the check box to show all partitions and then I'm not sure of what I am looking at as there is nothing that remotely represents the partition names of the disk. Should I report this to bugzilla or am I just SOL (s**t outa luck) and it will never support disks using the cciss driver? Replacing the controller is _NOT_ an option unless you are willing to pay for the replacement. Another problem I ran into. When I cancel the install and dropped down to the text mode install I tried to view kernel system messages and received the following error: "Sorry, linuxrc crashed at address 0xb7d64dee linuxrc has been restarted in manual mode." Currently running 10.0 without problems. Ken Schneider --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] nVidia GeForce Go 6150 on Suse 10.2 x86_64
by Digvijoy Chatterjee 02 Jan '07

02 Jan '07

Hi, I am trying to run OpenSuse-10.2 for x86_64 with an nVIDIA GeForce Go 6150 graphics card, right now i do not have any nvidia drivers installed and the graphics is suboptimal. nVidias latest version of the driver for x86_64( 1.0-9746 ) does not have GeForce Go 6150 in the list of supported cards for linux drivers. Is there anything I can do to run this card at 1280x800(as it does in windows ) , instead of the bloated 800x600 (i guess) its running now. Thanks Digz --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] Re: hows the LTSP work going?
by James Tremblay 31 Dec '06

31 Dec '06

On Saturday 30 December 2006 16:43, Richard Bos wrote: > Hi James, > > On Sat, Dec 30, 2006 at 04:13:57PM -0500, James Tremblay wrote: > > Mr. Bos, > > call me Richard please. > > > I was wondering how things were going with 10.3 and LTSP5? > > Bad. That's not because suse does not work on it. I investigated > some things about what is it 2 weeks ago, and my conclusion is > that ltsp5 is just not ready. It's even worse it is not even > available! By that I mean, they (ltsp involved developers) can > not point to the software, that we should use..... Nor is there > a lot of documentation available. SOme docu has been made after > I asked some questions.... > > My advice to suse would be to not pick up ltsp5 for suse-10.3! > Yes, you read that correctly: my advice to suse is indeed > negative. > > I'm sorry to say this, but that's the way it is. BTW a good > altenative may be http://www.openslx.org. As that will allow > for wireless clients and as well as bandwidtyh requiring apps > like google earth, voip clients, beryl and the like. > The drawback is that it is all in German, but on the positive > side it is already prepared to be integrated with suse. > > Sorry, for the confusion message.... Richard, I hope that this doesn't mean an abandonment of the effort, as I see it if Ubuntu can build this in and is doing it at a developmental level i.e. making it work without the benefit of someone else doing all the hard lifting. Then our team should be able to not only duplicate Ubuntu's work, but best it. I have heard the complaint, about SUSE, that we take from the community more than we give. I for one see it the other way, and this could be a shinning example! I believe that if we do this and do it better than anybody else we can gain a lot of ground in the area of school adoption and therefor overall adoption. I read a lot of articles and group minutes concerning education and I can tell you that SUSE isn't in the conversation, this is because of all that RedHat has done to support K12LTSP and schools in general. I want to turn this around as fast as possible and adding LTSP5 to the distro would be a huge first step. The next step would be to beat out Ubuntu in it's efforts to take over from RedHat, which they are doing with LTSP5 and Edubuntu at a quick pace. If Mark Shuttlesworth can put together an effective support structure they will succeed. Articles like this: http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/linux_terminal_server are everywhere . We need to include this and we need press about it being the easiest solution available. Novell has the support structure and the business power, what we need are the solutions. I think the plans I have laid out regarding the inclusion of educational administrative software will make it even more pallatable for schools. SuSE is IMHO the best , what it needs is more compelling reasons to use it! Sorry about the soapbox. I am just getting tired of hearing "why are you on SUSE we are all on k12LTSP and the SME-esmith server, it's so easy to use." I have a school district less than 5 miles from my office that hosts http://k12opensource.org/software.html do they even mention Novell or OpenSUSE? No! They are also responsible for educating other school district's in my state by providing the "professional development" for our area.Which means they teach the installation and configuration of these products. They get their lead from a guy named David Trask who is teaching these products all over New England. We can do better! With LTSP5, Centre, Moodle, OpenBiblio we can make OpenSUSE the distribution of choice for Schools worldwide! Please reconsider your recommendation and help further this cause, James --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] link-local missing
by Sid Boyce 31 Dec '06

31 Dec '06

On two upgrades from Beta2 (x86 and x86_64) to GM "netstat -r" displays link-local and on the one fresh install of 10.2 (x86_64) link-local is absent. I can't find anywhere in /etc/sysconfig or /etc/init.d where it is created. Regards Sid. -- Sid Boyce ... Hamradio License G3VBV, Licensed Private Pilot Emeritus IBM/Amdahl Mainframes and Sun/Fujitsu Servers Tech Support Specialist, Cricket Coach Microsoft Windows Free Zone - Linux used for all Computing Tasks --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] gcc install using yast2 on 10.2 x86_64 freezes machine
by Digvijoy Chatterjee 31 Dec '06

31 Dec '06

Hi , I recently installed OpenSuse 10.2 on my x86_64 , i was trying to add the following packages using yast2 - gcc, g++, sysstat, 3 out of 3 times my machine hanged and the only option was to hard reboot it , didnt find anything usefull in /var/log/messages , inline is the last snapshot of the y2log...after which i had to hard reboot...(btw I am able to install other packages using yast2)..the linux-kernel-headers install and then the freeze... 2006-12-30 21:24:58 <0> digz-AMD(4475) [media] MediaCD.cc(attachTo):471 next 0 last -1 2006-12-30 21:24:58 <0> digz-AMD(4475) [media] MediaCD.cc(detectDevices):340 Found 1 cdrom drive udis 2006-12-30 21:24:58 <0> digz-AMD(4475) [media] MediaCD.cc(detectDevices):370 Found /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_serial_HA97_078668: cdrom</dev/hda[3,0]> 2006-12-30 21:24:58 <0> digz-AMD(4475) [media] MediaCD.cc(attachTo):538 count 0 2006-12-30 21:24:58 <0> digz-AMD(4475) [media] MediaCD.cc(attachTo):620 Using a system mounted media /dev/hda attached on /media/SU1020.001 2006-12-30 21:24:58 <0> digz-AMD(4475) [media] MediaCD.cc(attachTo):724 0 0 2006-12-30 21:24:58 <1> digz-AMD(4475) [media] Mount.cc(~Mount):45 ~Mount() 2006-12-30 21:24:58 <1> digz-AMD(4475) [media] Mount.cc(~Mount):52 ~Mount() end 2006-12-30 21:24:58 <0> digz-AMD(4475) [media] MediaHandler.cc(checkAttached):504 Forced check of the mount table 2006-12-30 21:24:58 <0> digz-AMD(4475) [media] MediaHandler.cc(checkAttached):529 Found media device cdrom</dev/hda[3,0]> in the mount table as /dev/hda 2006-12-30 21:24:58 <1> digz-AMD(4475) [media] MediaHandler.cc(attach):637 Attached: cd:///?devices=/dev/hda attached; localRoot "/media/SU1020.001" 2006-12-30 21:24:58 <0> digz-AMD(4475) [media] MediaHandler.cc(provideFile):994 provideFile(/media.1/media) 2006-12-30 21:25:01 <0> digz-AMD(4475) [media] MediaManager.cc(checkDesired):113 checkDesired(1): desired (report by N4zypp6source10SourceImpl8VerifierE) 2006-12-30 21:25:03 <0> digz-AMD(4475) [media] MediaHandler.cc(provideFile):994 provideFile(/suse/x86_64/linux-kernel-headers-2.6.18.2-3.x86_64.rpm) 2006-12-30 21:25:04 <1> digz-AMD(4475) [source] SourceProvideFile.cc(provideFile):141 sourceProvideFile at /media/SU1020.001/suse/x86_64/linux-kernel-headers-2.6.18.2-3.x86_64.rpm 2006-12-30 21:25:04 <1> digz-AMD(4475) [source] PackageProvider.cc(providePackage):98 provided Package [S1:1][package]linux-kernel-headers-2.6.18.2-3.x86_64 at /media/SU1020.001/suse/x86_64/linux-kernel-headers-2.6.18.2-3.x86_64.rpm 2006-12-30 21:25:04 <1> digz-AMD(4475) [wfm] SlideShowCallbacks.ycp:253 Pkg Builtin called: TargetUsed 2006-12-30 21:25:04 <1> digz-AMD(4475) [wfm] SlideShowCallbacks.ycp:253 Pkg Builtin called: TargetCapacity 2006-12-30 21:25:04 <1> digz-AMD(4475) [YCP] SlideShow.ycp:1318 Installing linux-kernel-headers-2.6.18.2-3.x86_64.rpm -- Linux Kernel Headers 2006-12-30 21:25:04 <1> digz-AMD(4475) [rpm] RpmDb.cc(doInstallPackage):1805 RpmDb::installPackage(/media/SU1020.001/suse/x86_64/linux-kernel-headers-2.6.18.2-3.x86_64.rpm,0) 2006-12-30 21:25:04 <0> digz-AMD(4475) [zypp] ExternalProgram.cc(start_program):172 Executing 'rpm' '--root' '/' '--dbpath' '/var/lib/rpm' '-U' '--percent' '--' '/media/SU1020.001/suse/x86_64/linux-kernel-headers-2.6.18.2-3.x86_64.rpm' 2006-12-30 21:25:04 <0> digz-AMD(4475) [zypp] ExternalProgram.cc(start_program):283 pid 4577 launched 2006-12-30 21:25:13 <0> digz-AMD(4475) [zypp] ExternalProgram.cc(checkStatus):336 pid 4577 successfully completed 2006-12-30 21:25:14 <1> digz-AMD(4475) [YCP] SlideShow.ycp:978 src #0: [29181587] 2006-12-30 21:25:14 <0> digz-AMD(4475) [source] SourceImpl.cc(releaseFile):741 releaseFile(/suse/x86_64/linux-kernel-headers-2.6.18.2-3.x86_64.rpm, 1) 2006-12-30 21:25:14 <0> digz-AMD(4475) [source] SourceImpl.cc(releaseFile):741 releaseFile(/media/SU1020.001/suse/x86_64/linux-kernel-headers-2.6.18.2-3.x86_64.rpm, 1) 2006-12-30 21:25:14 <1> digz-AMD(4475) [source] PackageProvider.cc(providePackage):77 provide Package [S1:1][package]plotutils-2.5-25.x86_64 2006-12-30 21:25:14 <1> digz-AMD(4475) [source] SourceProvideFile.cc(provideFile):99 sourceProvideFile [1]/suse/x86_64/plotutils-2.5-25.x86_64.rpm{2.4 M|sha1-1a568a090037af989a37fb547f27832a8fd6b46b} 2006-12-30 21:25:14 <0> digz-AMD(4475) [source] SourceImpl.cc(provideJustFile):510 Going to try provide file /suse/x86_64/plotutils-2.5-25.x86_64.rpm from 1 2006-12-30 21:25:14 <0> digz-AMD(4475) [media] MediaManager.cc(checkDesired):116 checkDesired(1): desired (cached) any help will be appreciated , Thanks Digz --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] Problems with Intel 965 X300 based graphics
by Birger Kollstrand 28 Dec '06

28 Dec '06

Hi , We just finished a systems for the family with a MSI G965M mainboard. The board installed well but came up with a VESA driver in stead of "i810". Yast seems not to be able to identify the graphics controller (X3000). Is there some information that I can collect to input to a bug report on Yast on this? I understand that this chip is supported in Xorg 7.2. I changed the driver to i810 in the xorg.conf file and from the Xorg.0.log it loads the driver and it detects the 965 gfx chip. Although I did change the Xorg.conf file manually and set the driver to i810, the graphics performance does not seem to be great, so as a second request, it would be nice if someone could share their xorg.conf file with me to compare. (I get around 900 in glxgears) Regards Birger --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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