September 2006 - openSUSE Factory - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Re: [opensuse-factory] openSUSE 10.2 Features and Roadmap
by Terje J. Hanssen 17 Nov '06

17 Nov '06

Missing Xen: Maybe this is not the right place, but I really miss Xen on the announced Features and Roadmap for openSUSE 10.2. The "Status of Xen3 on SUSE Linux 10.0", which is the only and latest I still can see, is http://en.opensuse.org/Xen3_Status_and_Updates The last line in that table, "Other Operating System support on top of Xen and VT not tested" is especially of interest to follow up now. XenSource is also just releasing their XenEnterprise with support Linux guest operating systems with Windows support following before the end of 2006 in alignment with the broad availability of Intel and AMD server systems designed to support Xen. XenEnterprise is promises to make it very easy for an organization to install, configure, manage and monitor virtualized Windows and Linux operating systems running across multiple physical servers. What I really wish is that openSUSE 10.2 will offer some smaller "Xen workstation" solution that with YaST tools can ease the installation, configuration and administration of Xen and typical and actual i.e Ubuntu Linux and Windows XP as additional guest operating systems on Intel-VT and AMD-V workstations. If this features is possible to include, I think it will further power openSUSE 10.2 ? Regards, 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] Banshee 0.11 in openSUSE 10.2?
by Peter Flodin 10 Nov '06

10 Nov '06

Another Novell project Banshee, the iTunes-like audio player and media device synchroniser, has recently released version 0.11. http://www.banshee-project.org/Releases/0.11.0 This release has substantial improvements over the 0.10.x version, my favourite, which is podcasting support through an improved official plugin, which I have been using in the CVS version. I have two questions: 1. Will it be in openSUSE 10.2? 2. Are there rpms for SUSE somwhere? I am surprised that a Novell sponsored project doesn't have Suse RPMS as part of it's download. The openSUSE buildservice needs some internal marketing perhaps... Pflodo Peter Flodin --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] No new koffice packages for x86_64
by Warren Stockton 02 Oct '06

02 Oct '06

I noticed that factory includes the 1.6RC version of koffice for i586 but the x86_64 koffice version is still 1.5.2 Is there a problem with the x86_64 builds or was this intentional? --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] feasibility of porting opensuse to SPARC
by Justin Haygood 01 Oct '06

01 Oct '06

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 What is the feasibility of porting OpenSUSE to UltraSPARC? I'm considering doing it as a hobby project to have OpenSUSE on my old Sun Ultra2 (it works great, minus the old OS) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFHtJOVNg2nHvclOMRApuBAJ9LjGu5dZ73v1NxZzBfNUuTHnELUQCaA1xF DhTkOiY2Eyjq1ZiK1/D+iv8= =C2HK -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] sshd problems?
by Anders Norrbring 30 Sep '06

30 Sep '06

Am I just stupid, or is there some kind of problem in the factory sshd? I tried to connect from my client, which said "connection closed" before even asking for a password. The /var/log/messages shows this: sshd did not receive identification string from UKNOWN I've never seen that at all before. -- Anders Norrbring Norrbring Consulting

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[opensuse-factory] Building and packaging
by Anders Norrbring 30 Sep '06

30 Sep '06

So, it seems like y2pmsh will be completely dropped.. What would be replacing the y2pmbuild tool for building and packaging? -- Anders Norrbring Norrbring Consulting

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[opensuse-factory] [Rkhunter-users] Rootkit Hunter announces release 1.2.9
by Boyd Lynn Gerber 30 Sep '06

30 Sep '06

Hello, I received this email today. I hope whe can get it in factory and released with OpenSUSE 10.2 -- Boyd Gerber <gerberb(a)zenez.com> ZENEZ 1042 East Fort Union #135, Midvale Utah 84047 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2006 05:14:22 +0200 (CEST) From: unspawn <unspawn(a)rootshell.be> To: <rkhunter-announce(a)lists.sourceforge.net>, <rkhunter-users(a)lists.sourceforge.net> Subject: [Rkhunter-users] Rootkit Hunter announces release 1.2.9 Lectori Salutem The Rootkit Hunter project team is happy to finally announce the release of 1.2.9. For download please see: http://sourceforge.net/projects/rkhunter/ >From the changelog: New: - Added support for RHEL WS/AS/ES 3, Taroon update 8 - Added support for Fedora Core 5 - Added support for SuSE 10 - Added check for packet capturing applications (see rkhunter.conf for whitelisting) - Added check for processes using deleted files (see rkhunter.conf for whitelisting) - Enabled netstat check for AIX - Enabled backdoor check for SunOS - Enabled logfile specification and checks That's not all, please see the changelog for details. >From the FAQ: Q: What's up with Rootkit Hunter? I haven't seen any updates in *ages*! A: In the second quarter (IIRC) of 2006 the founder of Rootkit Hunter (abbrev.: RKH) found out the hard way maintaining FOSS can be difficult when RL commitments overrule. Management of the project (read: responsability ;-p) was taken over by unSpawn and a project group comprising of developers and testers was formed. The Rootkit Hunter project team is committed to making sure development continues. My sincere thanks to all who made this project and this release possible: the Rootkit Hunter project team, all contributors and testers, all RKH users, those who kept nagging us for a release, Linuxquestions.org (most of the team's homebase), Sourceforge for unfaltering support and Michael Boelen for providing RKH and relinquishing control. Te salutatem, unSpawn ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Rkhunter-users mailing list Rkhunter-users(a)lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rkhunter-users --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] Multi-threaded PCI device probing now in FACTORY kernel
by Greg KH 29 Sep '06

29 Sep '06

I've recently added the ability to do multi-threaded PCI device probing to the latest kernel builds that have already shown up in the FACTORY tree. To enable this, on the kernel boot line add the following: pci_multithread_probe=1 Note, here's the warning that I give to anyone who wants to try this option out: Enable this option if you want the PCI core to spawn a new thread for every PCI device that is probed. This can cause a huge speedup in boot times on multiprocessor machines, and even a smaller speedup on single processor machines. But it can also cause lots of bad things to happen. A number of PCI drivers can not properly handle running in this way, some will just not work properly at all, while others might decide to blow up power supplies with a huge load all at once, so use this option at your own risk. It is very unwise to use this option if you are not using a boot process that can handle devices being created in any order. A program that can create persistant block and network device names (like udev) is a good idea if you wish to use this option. Again, you have been warned about this, but I would like to hear about any success or failure reports for people trying this out. I do know that some video-for-linux devices (like DVB ones), do not play well with this system, and if you have more than one PCI sound card in your machine, it can confuse the ordering of them. Also, some SATA drive controllers don't like this option at all, and just refuse to be found entirely (ata_piix is known for this), preventing you to boot from those machines at times. I've heard some odd rumors that the intel wireless drivers don't like this either, but I can't duplicate this on my machines, although I don't have a dual-core box to test it out on... Have fun! greg k-h --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] List of current patterns
by Andreas Jaeger 29 Sep '06

29 Sep '06

I've made today a list of the current defined patterns - factory will have them on sunday at latest - and their grouping together. There are requirements between patterns, e.g. the kde pattern requires kde_bases and a couple of other patterns, the laptop pattern gets selected automatically if we figure out that installation is on a laptop - and then kde_laptop/gnome_laptop is added depending on whether gnome/kde are installed as well. So, this is not the complete picture of patterns but a high-level overview. Note also that the CDs will not contain all the patterns, e.g. the non-oss patterns are only on the add-on CD and the same applies definitely to some of the devel patterns. On the others I'm still checking. What are we missing? Any suggestions for improvement? Btw. for openSUSE 10.2 there's a bugzilla component "Pattern" that you can always report bugs against if something is broken. But currently I prefer an open discussion on the mailing list so that everybody can comment directly. Base Technologies ================= 32bit: 32Bit Runtime Environment (only on ppc64, x86-64) 64bit: 64Bit Runtime Environment (only on ppc) apparmor: Novell AppArmor base: openSUSE Base System console: Console Tools laptop: Laptop x86: x86 Runtime Environment (only on ia64) yast2_basis: YaST System Administration Graphical Environments ====================== gnome: GNOME Desktop Environment kde: KDE Desktop Environment xfce: XFCE Desktop Environment x11: X Window System fonts: Fonts KDE Desktop =========== kde_admin: KDE Administration Tools kde_basis: KDE Base System kde_development: KDE Development kde_edutainment: KDE Edutainment kde_games: KDE Games kde_help: KDE Help System kde_imaging: KDE Graphics kde_internet: KDE Internet kde_laptop: KDE Laptop kde_multimedia: KDE Multimedia kde_office: KDE Office kde_system: KDE System kde_utilities: KDE Utilities kde_xgl: KDE Desktop Effects GNOME Desktop ============= gnome_admin: GNOME Administration Tools gnome_basis: GNOME Base System gnome_development: GNOME Development gnome_games: GNOME Games gnome_imaging: GNOME Graphics gnome_laptop: GNOME Laptop gnome_multimedia: GNOME Multimedia gnome_office: GNOME Office gnome_utilities: GNOME Utilities gnome_xgl: GNOME Desktop Effects Desktop Functions ================= games: Games imaging: Graphics xml: XML and LaTeX Editing Tools Server Functions ================ dhcp_dns_server: DHCP and DNS Server directory_server: Directory Server (LDAP) file_server: File Server gateway_server: Internet Gateway lamp_server: Web and LAMP Server mail_server: Mail and News Server misc_server: Misc. Server network_admin: Network Administration print_server: Print Server xen_server: Xen Virtual Machine Host Server Non-OSS Software ================ non_oss: Misc. Non Open Source Packages non_oss_java: Java Environment Development =========== basis-devel: Basis Development devel_C_C++: C/C++ Development devel-kernel: Linux Kernel Development devel_mono: .NET Development devel_perl: Perl Development devel_python: Python Development devel_qt4: Qt4 Development devel_rails: Rails Development devel_ruby: Ruby on Rails Development devel_web: Web Development devel_yast: YaST Development Cheers, 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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[opensuse-factory] RFC: Web Development Pattern
by Andreas Jaeger 29 Sep '06

29 Sep '06

Here's a pattern for "Tools and libraries for web application development". Please comment and help to improve, Cheers, Andreas Must have (if pattern is selected this is mandatory): LAMP-Pattern Optional (if pattern is selected this gets installed but can be removed by the user): NONE Optional (if pattern is selected this does not get installed but can be done by the user): html-dtd iso_ent latex2html perl-CGI-Application perl-HTML-Clean perl-HTML-FillInForm perl-HTML-Format perl-HTML-SimpleParse perl-HTML-Tagset perl-HTML-Template perl-HTML-Template-Expr perl-HTML-Template-JIT perl-HTML-Tree perl-HTTP-DAV perl-HTTPS-Daemon perl-Pod-HtmlPsPdf php5 php5-bcmath php5-bz2 php5-calendar php5-ctype php5-curl php5-dba php5-dbase php5-devel php5-dom php5-exif php5-fastcgi php5-filepro php5-ftp php5-gd php5-gettext php5-gmp php5-iconv php5-imap php5-ldap php5-mbstring php5-mcrypt php5-mhash php5-mysql php5-ncurses php5-odbc php5-openssl php5-pear php5-pgsql php5-shmop php5-snmp php5-sockets php5-sysvsem php5-sysvshm php5-tidy php5-wddx php5-xsl php5-zlib tidy xhtml-dtd xmlcharent apache2-devel apache2-worker apache2-mod_tidy build tomcat5 tomcat5-admin-webapps tomcat5-webapps selfhtml selfphp zope zope3 zope-mysql 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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