July 2007 - openSUSE Factory - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse-factory] libzypp: what to test on alpha6
by Duncan Mac-Vicar Prett 19 Jul '07

19 Jul '07

Repository handling - Repositories can now be added either via yast, zypper or just copying a .repo file to /etc/zypp/repos.d - a .repo file added by hand could have more than one repository defined inside. - Mixing of hand repo operations with API repo operations in all combinations should succeed. We have testcases for this but still more can be find. We cover cases like, add a repo file with 2 repositories by hand, then delete one with zypper, and the other one should still be in the same file without loosing attributes. - Cache, cache size, adding and removing. adding repos, removing, adding (mixing hand operations with app operations), thousand times, the db size should not increase too much, neither stay constant (some things like names survive cache deletion because removing unused ones is a expensive operation ) Known to be somehow broken right now, but should be tested in the next alphas: - Media handling, this is the most broken part. - patches with scripts and delta rpms - Disk usage calculation (should) be broken. -- Duncan Mac-Vicar Prett Novell :: SUSE R&D, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] package management in next alpha/10.3
by Duncan Mac-Vicar Prett 19 Jul '07

19 Jul '07

Hi community, The next alpha6 of openSUSE 10.3 will contain lot of changes in the package management code. I will try to summarize what is new so you can help us testing. The integration can bring some regressions, so please test it and help us to fix the remaining bugs during the betas. What were the goals: * no more refresh and parsing during startup. * more compatibility with tools like yum and smart * more speed for the common use case: install a package Before ZYpp did not make difference between launching the sources and refreshing them. This was quite annoying, and turned into needing network access for any operation requiring launching the sources first, like deleting, adding, searching. How does it work now? * Repositories now have a unique (in your system) alias. * Adding a repository is just a matter of copying [a .repo file ][1] (like those provided by the build service) to /etc/zypp/repos.d directory. If you use zypper or YaST it will create them for you, and perform additional checks. * Download of metadata happens during refresh. Also in this operation a binary cache is created. * deleting a repository is just a matter of deleting its .repo file, or doing it via zypper/YaST (they take additional checks like vacuum the cache). * YaST was just adapted and is still WIP, so in some places the old semantics could be still used (like refreshing repos even if it is not needed). * The binary cache allow to start up zypper and install packages in a much faster way. Caching the metadata is slow. But you do it once per refresh, and the data is stored preparsed in the cache. This allows to launch small repos in fraction of a second, and big repos in seconds later. No more parsing files in each startup. * Before lot of memory was used because most of the GUI data (descriptions, etc) was read into memory. Now all attributes (except resolvable information, for which we need indexes) is loaded on demand from the cache. * refresh operation uses now much less memory. One one object is kept in memory at time while writing the cache. For the developers: * Lot of testcases. We can do more aggressive development without breaking basic stuff. * Lot of redesign, to be able to implement new features. * We build with cmake now You expect for the future (post 10.3): * Integrate search with the cache, so no need to launch the resolvables and loop for searching * solving some queries from the cache? [1]: http://en.opensuse.org/Standards/RepoInfo -- Duncan Mac-Vicar Prett Novell :: SUSE R&D, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] HP Printers problem 10.3 Alpha5plus x86_64
by Sid Boyce 19 Jul '07

19 Jul '07

Everything was working on 10.3 Alpha4plus, setup using "hp-setup". I hadn't tried printing again until 10.3 Alpha5plus. Jobs get queued but not printed. A test print to either Photosmart C4180 or DeskJet 840C from http://localhost:631 causes either printer status to go from green to yellow -- message: DeskJet_840C (Default Printer) "open device failed; will retry in 30 seconds..." Same happens for Photosmart. From /var/log/cups/error_log. I shall file a bug report later. I [19/Jul/2007:03:14:03 +0100] Started filter /usr/lib64/cups/filter/foomatic-rip (PID 3843) for job 44. I [19/Jul/2007:03:14:03 +0100] Started backend /usr/lib64/cups/backend/hp (PID 3844) for job 44. I [19/Jul/2007:13:35:58 +0100] Started filter /usr/lib64/cups/filter/pstops (PID 17469) for job 45. I [19/Jul/2007:13:35:58 +0100] Started filter /usr/lib64/cups/filter/foomatic-rip (PID 17470) for job 45. I [19/Jul/2007:13:35:58 +0100] Started backend /usr/lib64/cups/backend/hp (PID 17471) for job 45. I [19/Jul/2007:13:35:58 +0100] Job 44 was canceled by "root". I [19/Jul/2007:13:35:58 +0100] Job 45 was canceled by "root". I [19/Jul/2007:13:36:53 +0100] commptr="" I [19/Jul/2007:13:36:53 +0100] Started "/usr/lib64/cups/cgi-bin/printers.cgi" (pid=17475) I [19/Jul/2007:13:38:11 +0100] commptr="?op=set-as-default&printer_name=Photosmart_C4100" I [19/Jul/2007:13:38:11 +0100] Started "/usr/lib64/cups/cgi-bin/admin.cgi" (pid=17476) E [19/Jul/2007:13:38:11 +0100] CUPS-Set-Default: Unauthorized I [19/Jul/2007:13:38:14 +0100] commptr="?op=set-as-default&printer_name=Photosmart_C4100" I [19/Jul/2007:13:38:14 +0100] Started "/usr/lib64/cups/cgi-bin/admin.cgi" (pid=17477) E [19/Jul/2007:13:38:14 +0100] CUPS-Set-Default: Unauthorized I [19/Jul/2007:13:38:14 +0100] Saving printers.conf... I [19/Jul/2007:13:38:14 +0100] Saving classes.conf... I [19/Jul/2007:13:38:14 +0100] Default destination set to "Photosmart_C4100" by "root". I [19/Jul/2007:13:38:19 +0100] commptr="?OP=redirect&URL=/printers/Photosmart_C4100" I [19/Jul/2007:13:38:19 +0100] Started "/usr/lib64/cups/cgi-bin/admin.cgi" (pid=17479) I [19/Jul/2007:13:38:19 +0100] commptr="" I [19/Jul/2007:13:38:19 +0100] Started "/usr/lib64/cups/cgi-bin/printers.cgi" (pid=17480) I [19/Jul/2007:13:38:36 +0100] commptr="?op=print-test-page" I [19/Jul/2007:13:38:36 +0100] Started "/usr/lib64/cups/cgi-bin/printers.cgi" (pid=17482) I [19/Jul/2007:13:38:36 +0100] Adding start banner page "none" to job 46. I [19/Jul/2007:13:38:36 +0100] Adding end banner page "none" to job 46. I [19/Jul/2007:13:38:36 +0100] Job 46 queued on "Photosmart_C4100" by "guest". I [19/Jul/2007:13:38:36 +0100] Started filter /usr/lib64/cups/filter/pstops (PID 17483) for job 46. I [19/Jul/2007:13:38:36 +0100] Started filter /usr/lib64/cups/filter/foomatic-rip (PID 17484) for job 46. I [19/Jul/2007:13:38:36 +0100] Started backend /usr/lib64/cups/backend/hp (PID 17485) for job 46. I [19/Jul/2007:13:38:39 +0100] commptr="" I [19/Jul/2007:13:38:39 +0100] Started "/usr/lib64/cups/cgi-bin/printers.cgi" (pid=17497) I [19/Jul/2007:13:38:50 +0100] commptr="" I [19/Jul/2007:13:38:50 +0100] Started "/usr/lib64/cups/cgi-bin/printers.cgi" (pid=17499) I [19/Jul/2007:13:39:01 +0100] commptr="" I [19/Jul/2007:13:39:01 +0100] Started "/usr/lib64/cups/cgi-bin/printers.cgi" (pid=17500) I [19/Jul/2007:13:39:04 +0100] commptr="" I [19/Jul/2007:13:39:04 +0100] Started "/usr/lib64/cups/cgi-bin/printers.cgi" (pid=17501) I [19/Jul/2007:13:39:15 +0100] commptr="" I [19/Jul/2007:13:39:15 +0100] Started "/usr/lib64/cups/cgi-bin/printers.cgi" (pid=17502) I [19/Jul/2007:13:39:26 +0100] commptr="" I [19/Jul/2007:13:39:26 +0100] Started "/usr/lib64/cups/cgi-bin/printers.cgi" (pid=17503) I [19/Jul/2007:13:39:28 +0100] commptr="" I [19/Jul/2007:13:39:28 +0100] Started "/usr/lib64/cups/cgi-bin/printers.cgi" (pid=17504) I [19/Jul/2007:13:39:39 +0100] commptr="?op=set-as-default&printer_name=DeskJet_840C" I [19/Jul/2007:13:39:39 +0100] Started "/usr/lib64/cups/cgi-bin/admin.cgi" (pid=17505) E [19/Jul/2007:13:39:39 +0100] CUPS-Set-Default: Unauthorized I [19/Jul/2007:13:39:39 +0100] Saving printers.conf... I [19/Jul/2007:13:39:39 +0100] Saving classes.conf... I [19/Jul/2007:13:39:39 +0100] Default destination set to "DeskJet_840C" by "root". I [19/Jul/2007:13:39:44 +0100] commptr="?OP=redirect&URL=/printers/DeskJet_840C" I [19/Jul/2007:13:39:44 +0100] Started "/usr/lib64/cups/cgi-bin/admin.cgi" (pid=17506) I [19/Jul/2007:13:39:44 +0100] commptr="" I [19/Jul/2007:13:39:44 +0100] Started "/usr/lib64/cups/cgi-bin/printers.cgi" (pid=17507) I [19/Jul/2007:13:39:50 +0100] commptr="?op=print-test-page" I [19/Jul/2007:13:39:50 +0100] Started "/usr/lib64/cups/cgi-bin/printers.cgi" (pid=17508) I [19/Jul/2007:13:39:50 +0100] Adding start banner page "none" to job 47. I [19/Jul/2007:13:39:50 +0100] Adding end banner page "none" to job 47. I [19/Jul/2007:13:39:50 +0100] Job 47 queued on "DeskJet_840C" by "guest". I [19/Jul/2007:13:39:50 +0100] Started filter /usr/lib64/cups/filter/pstops (PID 17509) for job 47. I [19/Jul/2007:13:39:50 +0100] Started filter /usr/lib64/cups/filter/foomatic-rip (PID 17510) for job 47. I [19/Jul/2007:13:39:50 +0100] Started backend /usr/lib64/cups/backend/hp (PID 17511) for job 47. I [19/Jul/2007:13:39:53 +0100] commptr="" I [19/Jul/2007:13:39:53 +0100] Started "/usr/lib64/cups/cgi-bin/printers.cgi" (pid=17521) I [19/Jul/2007:13:40:03 +0100] commptr="" I [19/Jul/2007:13:40:03 +0100] Started "/usr/lib64/cups/cgi-bin/printers.cgi" (pid=17522) I [19/Jul/2007:13:40:14 +0100] commptr="" I [19/Jul/2007:13:40:14 +0100] Started "/usr/lib64/cups/cgi-bin/printers.cgi" (pid=17524) I [19/Jul/2007:13:40:17 +0100] Job 47 was canceled by "root". I [19/Jul/2007:13:40:25 +0100] commptr="" I [19/Jul/2007:13:40:25 +0100] Started "/usr/lib64/cups/cgi-bin/printers.cgi" (pid=17526) I [19/Jul/2007:13:40:46 +0100] Job 46 was canceled by "root". Regards Sid. -- Sid Boyce ... 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[opensuse-factory] packages.sk
by Peter Czanik 19 Jul '07

19 Jul '07

Hello, Spent some time debugging it, so I share my experience: I use a local http server as installation source for factory. After yesterday's sync I found, that installation sources are broken, packages.sk is not available. It turned out, that it's a symlink, and 'AllowSymLinks' is missing from my apache configuration. This brings up a few questions: - the symlink was here since May. Why did not cause it any problem earlier? - why do I need packages.sk at all, when my installation is English and / or Hungarian? This is a wasted 5 MB of RAM, especially on low RAM machines, which I test. Just checked, over 400MB of swap is used, while earlier alpha releases used under 300MB. The best was around Alpha3 from this point of view, if I recall well... Bye, CzP --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] /usr/bin/kdeinit4
by Donn Washburn 19 Jul '07

19 Jul '07

Hey Group; I was doing some "locate" when I found "kdeinit4" under /usr/bin. However, there are no file to go with it so it dies. I tried "startx kdeinit4. and it bombs (no surprise). This is SuSE 10.3Alpha 5 with the stock KDE 3.5.7 (as I remember) -- 73 de Donn Washburn 307 Savoy Street Email: " n5xwb(a)hal-pc.org " Sugar Land, TX 77478 LL# 1.281.242.3256 Ham Callsign N5XWB HAMs : " n5xwb(a)arrl.net " VoIP via Gizmo: bmw_87kbike / via Skype: n5xwbg BMW MOA #: 4146 - Ambassador " http://counter.li.org " #279316 Did you know? The transistor was invented by three white men. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] Modules to include in initrd for ATI SB600 chipset
by Juan Erbes 17 Jul '07

17 Jul '07

I have a motherboard MSI K9A PLATINUM with a Athlon64 X2 5200, and I can't install any version of Suse or Opensuse beause the install program do'nt detects dthe har disk. The install program will load the ahci module, but it's buggy, and the bios is set to "Native IDE" I changed the setting to ahci, but do'nt works. I triyed to use the sata disk from my old computer with OSS 10.3 alpha5 32 bits, but I could'nt lograte to mount and load the system. I added to the initrd the modules atiixp, pata_atiixp and sata_sil. The bios is set to "Native IDE". How appear the disk? as ide or scsi? How I need to name the patitions?. In my old computer the roor partition appear as /dev/sda2. I have installed a Asus dvd ide burner as first ide device. What modules I must to include in initrd? Thanks --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] fingerprint reader support
by Carlos F Lange 16 Jul '07

16 Jul '07

Is there a plan to include fingerprint reader support in 10.3? According to Thinkwiki there is a thinkfinger driver and Fedora has a libbiometrics RPM implementing it. -- Carlos FL Who is General Failure, and why is he reading my disk? --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] MNG error previously mentioned
by Donn Washburn 15 Jul '07

15 Jul '07

Hey Group; SuSE 10.3 Alpha 5 and it was in Alpha 4 also I have tracked it down to a problem coming from KDE. From .xsession this "MNG error 11" showed up and it goes for pages of lines. Does the "profile" mean a ".profile" file. ".profile" exist Any clues? (II) Module already built-in No profile for user 'donn' found /etc/X11/xim: Checking whether an input method should be started. /etc/X11/xim: user environment variable LANG=en_US.UTF-8 sourcing /etc/sysconfig/language to get the value of INPUT_METHOD INPUT_METHOD is not set or empty (no user selected input method). Trying to start a default input method for the locale en_US.UTF-8 ... There is no default input method for the current locale. startkde: Starting up... kbuildsycoca running... KMenuBase::setProperty( "frameShadow", value ) failed: property invalid, read-only or does not exist KMenuBase::setProperty( "frameShape", value ) failed: property invalid, read-only or does not exist QObject::connect: No such signal Kicker::settingsChanged(SettingsCategory) QObject::connect: (sender name: 'kicker') QObject::connect: (receiver name: 'animtt') MNG error 4: Encountered unexpected end-of-file; chunk vpAg; subcode 0:0 MNG error 11: Function is invalid at this point; chunk vpAg; subcode 0:0 MNG error 11: Function is invalid at this point; chunk vpAg; subcode 0:0 MNG error 11: Function is invalid at this point; chunk vpAg; subcode 0:0 MNG error 11: Function is invalid at this point; chunk vpAg; subcode 0:0 MNG error 11: Function is invalid at this point; chunk vpAg; subcode 0:0 MNG error 11: Function is invalid at this point; chunk vpAg; subcode 0:0 MNG error 11: Function is invalid at this point; chunk vpAg; subcode 0:0 MNG error 11: Function is invalid at this point; chunk vpAg; subcode 0:0 MNG error 11: Function is invalid at this point; chunk vpAg; subcode 0:0 -- 73 de Donn Washburn 307 Savoy Street Email: " n5xwb(a)hal-pc.org " Sugar Land, TX 77478 LL# 1.281.242.3256 Ham Callsign N5XWB HAMs : " n5xwb(a)arrl.net " VoIP via Gizmo: bmw_87kbike / via Skype: n5xwbg BMW MOA #: 4146 - Ambassador " http://counter.li.org " #279316 Did you know? The transistor was invented by three white men. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] Java 6
by Glenn Holmer 14 Jul '07

14 Jul '07

What are the plans for Java 6 in openSUSE 10.3? Will it be included? Will the user be able to choose between Java 5 and Java 6 at install time? Will there be an easy way to switch between versions once the install is complete? How about Tomcat 6? -- "Mozilla, unlike emacs, is not an operating system." Glenn Holmer (Q-Link: ShadowM) http://www.lyonlabs.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: Results of survey on use of proprietary software in openSUSE
by Andreas Jaeger 12 Jul '07

12 Jul '07

Michael Löffler wrote on opensuse-announce: > Hi, > > the survey we did on proprietary software can be found here: > http://en.opensuse.org/UX#Surveys > > It shows that we ship on the media some software which is hardly used (e.g. > PlanMaker, SEPsesam etc.). Software which is hardly used we don't neet to > ship on our media. Therfor my suggestion is to drop some software totally and > offer some software only via ftp. To be discussed on opensuse-project. > > Best > Michael > > PS: The question on TexLive was confusing. TexLive is open source but we > wanted to know the use of it as it needs meanwhile so much space. So, Michael and myself *propose* the following actions: * Remove ARCAD completely since it does not work at all on x86-64 (see bug #248873) * Offer software that reached either > 80% on "Never" or less than 15 % on "Often" + "Very often" only via *ftp* with 10.3. The following software would be affected: Planmaker SEPsesam TextMaker TeXlive Moneyplex falls also under this role, due to its usecase we suggest to leave it on the media. What do you think? Andreas -- Andreas Jaeger, Director Platform/openSUSE, aj(a)suse.de SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany GPG fingerprint = 93A3 365E CE47 B889 DF7F FED1 389A 563C C272 A126

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