September 2006 - openSUSE Factory - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Re: [opensuse-factory] Discussion about starting BETA process earlier - by end of sep 2006
by Dominique Leuenberger 08 Sep '06

08 Sep '06

>>> Reply on 08-09-2006 17:24:03 <<<> Hi all ! > > I would like to ask to start the BETA process of openSUSE 10.2 earlier. > > Alpha4 now is stable enough to be almost BETA - a few fixes here and > there and we are BETA-ready. I think it is not-needed to waste another > month of time to get to Alpha5 and then BETA1. > > > I suggest, that, because we have almost-stable distro now, start the > BETA process by end of this month (Sep, 2006), instead of end of next > month, and make feature freeze earlier. > So our BETA process will last 1 month longer, and in the end deadline > (Dec,2006) we (Novell+Community) will be able to deliver a better and > more stable OS for day-to-day use. > > I want openSUSE 10.2 to be better tested than previous OSes: SUSE > Linux 10.0 and 10.1. > > What do you think? I agree. As far as I understand you, the release date should remain the same, just the time for real BUG fixing should be bigger. Only the feature freeze will be earlier. What influences will this have on the planned updates of packets? I mean - Kernel 2.6.18 (is in RC at the moment) - FireFox 2 - k3b 1.0 - Gnome 2.16 (ok, that one is released. I don't see a problem) Will they still be integrated if released upstream AFTER the feature freeze (which in fact would be WRONG). For the kernel this might be ok, as 2.6.18 can be considered as a bugfix of 2.6.18-RC5, but for other things? For k3b for example: I had some mail contact with the author regarding cdrecod / cdrkit. Most probable he will start to support both of them of course slightly shifting a schedule due to the new upcoming license issues. But otherwise, I think everybody agrees that we better spend time on bug fixing with what we have now instead of adding fancy features until the last moment and not having time to test it completely. Dominique

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[opensuse-factory] Failed to initialize catalog. Try again?
by Felix Miata 08 Sep '06

08 Sep '06

Last 3 tries to ftp install wednesday and today this happened, using ftp.cise.ufl.edu and mirrors.kernel.org. -- "Wisdom is supreme; therefore get wisdom. Though it cost all you have, get understanding. Esteem her, and she will exalt you; embrace her, and she will honor you." Proverbs 4:7-8 NIV Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://mrmazda.no-ip.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] New libzypp documentation at http://en.opensuse.org/Libzypp
by Martin Vidner 08 Sep '06

08 Sep '06

Hi, Thanks to Martin Kudlvasr we have transferred the documentation for libzypp from an internal site to opensuse.org. I have put the most useful links to http://en.opensuse.org/Libzypp, to sections http://en.opensuse.org/Libzypp#Catalogs and http://en.opensuse.org/Libzypp#Development (There are some unsorted links left in http://en.opensuse.org/Libzypp/Main_page. I hope there are no orphaned pages but if yes, they are all located under Libzypp/ ) Enjoy -- Martin Vidner, YaST developer http://en.opensuse.org/User:Mvidner --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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Re: [opensuse-factory] Minimal RAM requirement
by Dominique Leuenberger 08 Sep '06

08 Sep '06

>>> Reply on 08-09-2006 15:13:25 <<<> Andreas Jaeger wrote: > > > 7. gnome-main-menu (probably required in SLED10 or 10.2) > > > > > > Eats about 180MB of virtual memory. > > > > I consider this a bug worth filing in bugzilla. > > > > > Proposed solution: Use standard GNOME menu. > > Seems to be already fixed and released as a hotfix: > https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=177414 > Please, don't all the time post links to 'secret' bugs. -> You are not authorized to access bug #177414 It's so annoying to see this message when you want to get more information, as suggested by someone. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] Workaround for USB mouse bug - chaotic mouse
by Silviu Marin-Caea 08 Sep '06

08 Sep '06

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=203609 I have added a comment to the bug. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] GDK applications are crashing on Itanium (IA-64)
by Émeric Maschino 08 Sep '06

08 Sep '06

Hi, When clicking on Control center or Preferred applications from the GNOME desktop, I get nothing. Starting control-center and application-browser from a shell displays the following message on the console: Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_display_get_name: assertion `GDK_IS_DISPLAY (display)' failed aborting... Is there anybody out there experiencing the same issue? FYI, the X mode isn't started at boot time although I'm in runlevel 5. I must manually enter /opt/gnome/sbin/gdm as root to start up GDM. Perhaps is there an initialization problem with the display preventing GDK_IS_DISPLAY (display) to succeed? All this with up-to-date openSUSE 10.2 Alpha 4: - gnome-main-menu-0.6.2-4 - control-center2-2.15.92-4 - gdk-pixbuf-0.22.0-95 If a bug report report will be appreciated, against which component should I report this problem? Cheers, Émeric

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[opensuse-factory] gnome-screensaver doesn't recognize password!
by Émeric Maschino 08 Sep '06

08 Sep '06

Hi, With today's updates, I cannot wake up my GNOME session once the screensaver has been started: the connexion dialog box tells me that my password is incorrect. And I'm sure it's absolutely correct since I log in my GNOME session with the exact same password (obviously).This is with gnome-screensaver-2.15.7-3 on an Itanium workstation (IA-64 architecture). I hadn't this problem with previous gnome-screensaver release (don't remember the version though). Is there anybody out there experiencing the same issue? Cheers, Emeric

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[opensuse-factory] Burning the internet install ISO for 10.2 alpha 4
by Keith Goggin 08 Sep '06

08 Sep '06

Hi, I've downloaded and burnt the X86 boot disk for internet install (openSUSE10.2 Alpha 4). The disk verified ok but the boot process hasn't recognised the install media. I've used a re-writable CD does that matter? Thanks for any advise --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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-10.2-Alpha3_Alpha4-x86_64-CD5.delta.iso on ftp.gwdg.de broken ?
by Markus Koßmann 07 Sep '06

07 Sep '06

Noticed that ftp.gwdg.de allready has the openSUSE-10.2-Alpha4 directory open and populated. The openSUSE-10.2-Alpha3_Alpha4-x86_64-CD5.delta.iso has only 8.4 MB, which seemed too small for me. So I downloaded it and checked the md5sum 01237374b19454cfb7f1051229584346 is right according MD5SUMS. But applying the delta to my openSUSE-10.2-Alpha3-x86_64-CD5.iso (MD5SUM f0cd3467a6b1afebdd0c66112a7b2ff2 ) fails with : [...] FreeNX.noarch: verbatim copy free-ttf-fonts.noarch (bzip): applying delta gtkdoc.noarch (bzip): applying delta gtksourceview-sharp2.noarch (bzip): applying delta ikvm.noarch (bzip): applying delta indata read 334 bytes failed So it seems to me, that the upstream of ftp.gwdg.de provides a broken openSUSE-10.2-Alpha3_Alpha4-x86_64-CD5.delta.iso. That should be fixed ASAP --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] GNOME 2.16
by Dominique Leuenberger 07 Sep '06

07 Sep '06

List, I would say quiet good news for our openSUSE 10.2: Gnome 2.16 isofficially released and came out of the beta. When reading the change log, there is a lot of 3D stuff (like wobbling windows, exploding windows) mentioned. After reading all this, there remains the question about the usage of XGL and AIGLX... is there any sense to keep this projects up? - What exactly brings XGL as advantage over the new features of Gnome 2.16 by itself (except the cube for the desktops)? - Will the 3D features of metacity be activated in the openSUSE distribution (as they have to be activated on compile time?) Regards, Dominique

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