May 2006 - openSUSE Factory - openSUSE Mailing Lists

can't update with RC3
by Glenn Holmer 04 May '06

04 May '06

169577 was closed with the comment that I should update "everything related to zypp". How can I do this? When I run zen-updater, I get "Dependency Resolution Failed", "There are no installable providers of zmd == 7.1.1.0-12 for patch zypp-1285-0.noarch[SUSE-Linux-10.1-Updates]". How can I resolve this to continue testing? The update URI (configured automatically at install time) is http://ftp-linux.cc.gatech.edu/pub/suse/suse/update/10.1/. -- Glenn Holmer (Linux registered user #16682) "I love virtuosity. I love danger." -Pierre Boulez, 2005

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K3B over SSH
by Carl-Daniel Hailfinger 04 May '06

04 May '06

Hi, has anyone successfully used k3b via X-Forwarding over SSH? Adding a few thousand files to an iso took over half an hour for me (latest k3b from factory). Regards, Carl-Daniel -- http://www.hailfinger.org/

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Tablet PCs: On-screen keyboard displayed when screen locked
by Andrew Lofthouse 03 May '06

03 May '06

All, I run SUSE 10.1 RC3 on a Tablet PC (HP TC4200). I think it works pretty well (thanks to the SUSE team for the great work that makes this possible!). I'm able to use the Wacom digitizer and pen so I can use the computer in Tablet mode quite well (although I haven't gotten the screen rotation via randr working yet). I've also noticed that with 10.1 xvkbd is displayed on the login screen when a Tablet PC is detected (although it is sometimes put behind the background image, so I can't get to it to log in...). When resuming from suspend to disk, though, I also have to enter a password to unlock the display. This requires using the keyboard. Is there a way to have xvkbd or another on-screen keyboard display itself along with the unlock dialog so I don't need a keyboard? Regards, ajl

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WLAN-PCCard/Cardbus with SL 10.1 RC2
by Thorolf Godawa 03 May '06

03 May '06

Hi, I'm trying to get running just a simple WLAN-connection with SL 10.1 RC2 (and older) but I have no success :-( Hardware is an IBM ThinkPad T22 and installation is a Gnome-system. First I tried two D-Link-Cardbus-Cards (DWL-G650, DWL-AG660) which are not recognized at all (possibly you're able to get them running with ndiswrapper or whatever, but it should run mostly out of the box with SL 10.1). Then I tried a SMC 2835W (Part-No. 99-012084-295) that looks quite good, the card is recognized, I can set my encryption and after putting the firmware into the correct directory (/lib/firmware/isl3890) it seems to work (Link-LED is on, ACT-LED sometimes). But I don't get an ip-connection, I tried it on two accesspoints (both FritzBox Phon/WLAN but with different configurations), without security, with WEP and with WPA-PSK but it's not working. The log tells me the following: -------------------------------------------------- Apr 28 22:14:21 lx-pc-gg kernel: pccard: CardBus card inserted into slot 0 Apr 28 22:14:21 lx-pc-gg syslog-ng[2288]: Changing permissions on special file /dev/xconsole Apr 28 22:14:21 lx-pc-gg syslog-ng[2288]: Changing permissions on special file /dev/tty10 Apr 28 22:14:21 lx-pc-gg kernel: PCI: Enabling device 0000:02:00.0 (0000 -> 0002) Apr 28 22:14:21 lx-pc-gg kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:00.0[A] -> Link [LNKA] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11 Apr 28 22:14:21 lx-pc-gg kernel: eth1: resetting device... Apr 28 22:14:21 lx-pc-gg kernel: eth1: uploading firmware... Apr 28 22:14:21 lx-pc-gg kernel: eth1: firmware version: 1.0.4.3 Apr 28 22:14:21 lx-pc-gg kernel: eth1: firmware upload complete Apr 28 22:14:22 lx-pc-gg kernel: eth1: interface reset complete Apr 28 22:14:22 lx-pc-gg kernel: eth1: islpci_close () Apr 28 22:14:22 lx-pc-gg ifup: Network interface is managed from NetworkManager Apr 28 22:14:22 lx-pc-gg ifup: NetworkManager will be advised to set up eth1 Apr 28 22:14:22 lx-pc-gg ifup: but it cannot be assured from here. Apr 28 22:14:22 lx-pc-gg kernel: eth1: resetting device... Apr 28 22:14:22 lx-pc-gg kernel: eth1: uploading firmware... Apr 28 22:14:22 lx-pc-gg kernel: eth1: firmware version: 1.0.4.3 Apr 28 22:14:22 lx-pc-gg kernel: eth1: firmware upload complete Apr 28 22:14:22 lx-pc-gg kernel: eth1: interface reset complete Apr 28 22:14:43 lx-pc-gg kernel: eth1: timeout waiting for mgmt response 250, triggering device ... -------------------------------------------------- Then I tried a Belkin 802.11b F5D6020 ver. 2 and an ARtem Onair ComCard 11, but they are not working too, log-file for both PC-Cards: -------------------------------------------------- Apr 28 22:33:28 lx-pc-gg kernel: pccard: PCMCIA card inserted into slot 0 Apr 28 22:33:28 lx-pc-gg kernel: cs: memory probe 0xa0000000-0xa0ffffff: excluding 0xa0000000-0xa00fffff Apr 28 22:33:28 lx-pc-gg kernel: pcmcia: registering new device pcmcia0.0 Apr 28 22:33:29 lx-pc-gg kernel: eth1: Atmel at76c50x. Version 0.98. MAC 00:30:bd:d3:4e:af Apr 28 22:33:29 lx-pc-gg kernel: eth1 renamed to eth2 Apr 28 22:33:29 lx-pc-gg ifup: Network interface is managed from NetworkManager Apr 28 22:33:29 lx-pc-gg ifup: NetworkManager will be advised to set up eth2 Apr 28 22:33:29 lx-pc-gg ifup: but it cannot be assured from here. Apr 28 22:33:29 lx-pc-gg kernel: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth2: link is not ready -------------------------------------------------- Apr 28 22:33:28 lx-pc-gg kernel: pccard: PCMCIA card inserted into slot 0 Apr 28 22:33:28 lx-pc-gg kernel: cs: memory probe 0xa0000000-0xa0ffffff: excluding 0xa0000000-0xa00fffff Apr 28 22:33:28 lx-pc-gg kernel: pcmcia: registering new device pcmcia0.0 Apr 28 22:33:29 lx-pc-gg kernel: eth1: Atmel at76c50x. Version 0.98. MAC 00:30:bd:d3:4e:af Apr 28 22:33:29 lx-pc-gg kernel: eth1 renamed to eth2 Apr 28 22:33:29 lx-pc-gg ifup: Network interface is managed from NetworkManager Apr 28 22:33:29 lx-pc-gg ifup: NetworkManager will be advised to set up eth2 Apr 28 22:33:29 lx-pc-gg ifup: but it cannot be assured from here. Apr 28 22:33:29 lx-pc-gg kernel: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth2: link is not ready Apr 28 22:36:00 lx-pc-gg kernel: pccard: card ejected from slot 0 Apr 28 22:36:00 lx-pc-gg ifdown: Network interface is managed from NetworkManager Apr 28 22:36:00 lx-pc-gg ifdown: NetworkManager cannot be advised to take down an interface. Apr 28 22:36:00 lx-pc-gg ifdown: Set up another interface instead. Apr 28 22:36:10 lx-pc-gg kernel: pccard: PCMCIA card inserted into slot 0 Apr 28 22:36:10 lx-pc-gg kernel: pcmcia: registering new device pcmcia0.0 Apr 28 22:36:10 lx-pc-gg kernel: orinoco 0.15rc3 (David Gibson <hermes(a)gibson.dropbear.id.au>, Pavel Roskin <proski(a)gnu.org>, et al) Apr 28 22:36:10 lx-pc-gg kernel: orinoco_cs 0.15rc3 (David Gibson <hermes(a)gibson.dropbear.id.au>, Pavel Roskin <proski(a)gnu.org>, et al) Apr 28 22:36:10 lx-pc-gg kernel: eth1: Hardware identity 0001:0001:0004:0002 Apr 28 22:36:10 lx-pc-gg kernel: eth1: Station identity 001f:0001:0008:000a Apr 28 22:36:10 lx-pc-gg kernel: eth1: Firmware determined as Lucent/Agere 8.10 Apr 28 22:36:10 lx-pc-gg kernel: eth1: Ad-hoc demo mode supported Apr 28 22:36:10 lx-pc-gg kernel: eth1: IEEE standard IBSS ad-hoc mode supported Apr 28 22:36:10 lx-pc-gg kernel: eth1: WEP supported, 104-bit key Apr 28 22:36:10 lx-pc-gg kernel: eth1: MAC address 00:02:2D:2E:1F:D2 Apr 28 22:36:10 lx-pc-gg kernel: eth1: Station name "HERMES I" Apr 28 22:36:10 lx-pc-gg kernel: eth1: ready Apr 28 22:36:10 lx-pc-gg kernel: eth1: index 0x01: Vcc 5.0, irq 4, io 0x0100-0x013f Apr 28 22:36:10 lx-pc-gg kernel: eth1 renamed to eth3 Apr 28 22:36:10 lx-pc-gg ifup: Network interface is managed from NetworkManager Apr 28 22:36:10 lx-pc-gg ifup: NetworkManager will be advised to set up eth3 Apr 28 22:36:10 lx-pc-gg ifup: but it cannot be assured from here. Apr 28 22:36:11 lx-pc-gg kernel: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth3: link is not ready -------------------------------------------------- Any ideas? Thanks a lot, -- Chau y hasta luego, Thorolf

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Local Network Install Source with RC3
by David Barker 03 May '06

03 May '06

Hello all, For all other RC's and Beta's I was able to create a local install point on SLES9 box and then use the mini ISO to do the install. However with RC3 when it gets to the package selection and partitioning screen it says that no catalog was found. My ISO have the correct MD5 and I have tried recreating the local installation point has anyone else seen this problem? P.S. Same problem with SLED 10 Beta 11 -- David Barker Master CNI, Master CNE, CLE, MCSE, CCNA

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new DVD idea
by tomhorsley＠adelphia.net 02 May '06

02 May '06

I think some mail I sent with this slipped through the cracks the other day, so I'm trying again. Here's my brand new idea for how to get DVD images with none of the ever increasing problems with signatures on files: SUSE doesn't want to distribute both DVD and CD iso images due to the impact on mirrors and network traffic, but what about this plan: Create the DVD with the same packages as the 5 CDs, organize the media as it is supposed to be organized, sign all the files correctly, etc. Then, remove all the actual .rpm files from the tree, and make an iso of just the DVD infrastructure that is left over. This will be a relatively small file that could easily be distributed with the CDs. Now, folks who want a DVD need only download the infrastructure iso, and the CD images, copying the .rpm files off the CDs back into the DVD tree, then they can make a new iso with the properly signed files from the DVD infrastructure image and the .rpm files recovered from the CD images. This should be a much simpler script to write than the current makeSUSEdvd and will actually have officially correct signatures on all the files to make all the installers happy. So how bout it? Can we get it in time for 10.2 testing? :-).

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Factory updated on our server...
by Andreas Jaeger 02 May '06

02 May '06

Factory is updated on our server again - and is synced out to the mirrors. We've seen a number of reports of about segmentation faults in YaST with the factory tree. There were two problems: * bad error handling in YaST * Wrong release in distversion in the content file The inst-source/content file should have "DISTVERSION 10.1-factory" instead of "DISTVERSION 10.1-factory-beta" (the extra minus was the problem). The second problem is fixed in the factory tree, the first one will be fixed soon. Therefore I advise to check that factory is updated before using the tree before installation. Andreas -- Andreas Jaeger, aj(a)suse.de, http://www.suse.de/~aj/ SUSE Linux Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany GPG fingerprint = 93A3 365E CE47 B889 DF7F FED1 389A 563C C272 A126

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delta is and bittorrent
by jdd 02 May '06

02 May '06

I think I know why deltaisos are used for RCx (quite small), but this is not that friendly for users. may be this will not be a problem in the furutre, if the net install is finally fixed :-) but just in case it's not, is it possible to have .bittorrent available for RC3 ISO (not delta) without having the isos on the server? many users will have them after some days and could share them in bittorrent 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

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Re: [opensuse-factory] makeSUSEdvd error
by houghi.org 02 May '06

02 May '06

On Tue, May 02, 2006 at 08:30:41AM +0200, Ulrich Windl wrote: > On 30 Apr 2006 at 22:24, houghi wrote: > > > LOCAL_KEY=$(gpg --fingerprint | grep ^pub | awk '{print $2}' | cut -d"/" -f2) > > LOCAL_KEY=$(gpg --fingerprint | awk '/^pub/ {print $2}' | cut -d"/" -f2) > > What if two keys match? 1) Please reply to the list. That way others can learn, answer and/or read as well. 2) First I want to have a working version with one key. After that I can look into details, like selecting a key, what defaults should be and what if there are more then one key. At this moment I am testing on a POC (Prrof Of Concept) principal. I test with 1 key only. Say if I do all the key selection first and it would not work, I would have no idea wether this is due to an error in the simple pgp stings, or because of the more advanced things. Also as long as there is no POC, there is no need to waste time on anything else, because it does not work. :-( kind regards, houghi -- http://houghi.org A website about a SUSE 9.1 experience

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Off-topic: Joke of the day
by Ulrich Windl 02 May '06

02 May '06

In syslog: kernel: novfs: module not supported by Novell, setting U taint flag. If the novfs (part of Novell Client) is not supported by Novell, by whom is it supported at all? If you replace "Novell" with "Linux community" ist's fine again. Regards, Ulrich

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