August 2007 - openSUSE Factory - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse-factory] "Sorry, repository failed checksum test"
by Felix Miata 11 Aug '07

11 Aug '07

"If you really trust your repository, you may continue in an insecure mode" This has been happening at the very start of attempted HTTP installs on more than one mirror for more than two days. -- " It is impossible to rightly govern the world without God and the Bible." George Washington 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] AHCI not working after Upgrade from 10.3 Alpha5 to 10.3 Beta1
by Andreas Hoffmann 11 Aug '07

11 Aug '07

Hi all, I have a problem with my installation of SuSE 10.3. I installed the Alpha5 version as the 10.2 version wasn't running on my System with the following chipset (due to problems with the AHCI drivers) Northbridge AMD 690V; Southbridge AMD SB600; I/O Chip: ITE IT8716. My Mainboard is a Gigybyte MA69VM-S2. The 10.3 Alpha5 Version was runninng and installing great on this system, but the 10.3 Beta1 don't run at all anymore. I updated the Alpha5 Installation doing a Factory Update with the new DVD from yast2 which worked fine, but after the reboot, to activate the newly installed kernel, the system cannot boot up again, it hangs with the following error messages: ata1: port is slow to respond, please be patient (Status 0xd0) ata1: softreset failed (device not ready) Those messages repeat for 3 times then it tries to fall back to 1.5 Gbps but also no success. Then the other 4 sata Ports are also probed like this and also give the same errors too. After this I tried a clean Install of 10.3 Beta 1 from the KDE CD which isn't working as the system hangs while loading the AHCI drivers during installation, the same as I observed with 10.2. What can I try to resolve(or to work around) the problem? Greetings Andreas --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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-10.3-Beta1-DVD-x86_64.iso Install
by Keith Goggin 11 Aug '07

11 Aug '07

Installation on my AMD64/ASUS M2A-VM paused while loading the AHCI driver and ultimately failed with the messages:- "Could not find the openSUSE installation source - activating manual setup program" and "No repository found". Ralf Vogt reported the same in Bug 299010 - openSUSE 10.3 installation, and so far the response from Matej Horvath was "Please attach your Yast Logs". There are no yast logs, the installation has barely begun and certainly nothing has yet been written to disk! This problem was NOT present in Alpha7 so what has changed and why? The roadmap for Alpha7 states "Milestone: Feature and version freeze for the base system" clearly this has not happened, why? What is the point of testing if you guys keep moving the goal posts? --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] Call for testing: Alpha7 Live CDs
by Stephan Kulow 11 Aug '07

11 Aug '07

Hi! With openSUSE 10.3 we want to try something different: have live CDs available already during beta phase, so as a start I created live CDs of the installation set of the i386 GNOME CD and i386 KDE CD (the final version might come with a live installer if it works out). So please give these a try: http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/10.3-Alpha7/iso/cd/openSUSE-10.3-… http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/10.3-Alpha7/iso/cd/openSUSE-10.3-… Report problems in this thread - this is a very first try of 10.3 live CDs, so we better wait for the beta with bugs :) Greetings, Stephan --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] Combining "Add Internet Repos.." and "Include Add-on...Media"
by Francis Giannaros 11 Aug '07

11 Aug '07

Today I was thinking about whether it's possible to combine "Add Internet Repositories Before Installation" and "Include Add-On Products from Separate Media" options. Reasons: * "Include Add-On Products from Separate Media" just doesn't imply that you can also add external repositories; Internet Repositories aren't really thought of as "Media" * In both cases you're adding extra repositories, so it seems pretty sensible to combine them. The "Add Internet Repo..." screen could just contain an "Add" button, which brings up the Repo Adding Screen. Then it could just be one tick-box saying "Add Internet Repositories or Add-On Products from Separate Media Before Installation" Thoughts? Regards, -- Francis Giannaros http://francis.giannaros.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] Alpha7 - first Impressions
by Peter Buschbacher 10 Aug '07

10 Aug '07

Hi all. This Weekend I gave Alpha7 a try, after reading Stephans workaround for the vmware-related bug. First of all I like the green theme for beeing colorful but unostentatious. Installation worked fine, just a black screen which was blinking with some boot-like messages while hardware-configuration made me a little unsecure. But maybe that had something to do with the missing networkadapter, I addded to the vmx while pausing the installation. And I had no Problems with the most annoying bug. hd was recognized after first and later reboots. I used a 10G growable virtual disk, split into files (IDE 0:1)with xp as host. Clock is set to UTC. So the KDE clock does not show local time though in kontrolcenter Timezone is Berlin/Germany. Where should that behaviour be fixed? Then I wanted to test the softwaremanagement tools. Here I got opposed to some bugs or at least strange behaviour. 1. To me it´s not clear what's the concept of having two yast2-Modules doing nearly the same like "Additional Product Repositories" and "Software Repositories". If the new one should help new users, they have to find this one first. Maybe it just needs a better name. - And the order of the Icons in Yast2 Control Center -> Software seem quiet random to me in the moment.- For this purpose I like the solution of Kubuntu with an easy Installation Tool directly in the menu and the more powerful, less usable one in the system-undermenu. Anyway, at the moment the new Repo-Manager just did not add any repo when I tried. 2. After adding a factory repository (type:YAST) in the old "Software Repositories"-GUI I wanted to close the window, but it did not close. There were 3 minutes of busy mouse-cursor blinking before a popup message told me "Building repository * cache". The progress bar stays at 0% for 4 more minutes then changes for a minute to 12% then window disappears. It should be the first priority to inform the user about a lengthy operation, and not to leave him alone with a roaring fan and a nervous mouse arrow. 3. Software Management (yast2 sw_single): I'd like to have one permanent pop-up for all relevant messages during the start of sw_single. The blinking of dozens(?) of windows that I anyway can't read makes me nervous. I want the software to calm me down especially in case of error, and then give me some hint about what to do. "Warning: There was an error in repository initialization" doesn't meet that. I want to know which repo, ( what error,) and what I can do about it. By the way I like the new way to enable/disable a repo and to choose if it should be refreshed with the checkboxes. What do you like in the upcoming release? Also very good that its now possible to give humanreadable names for the repos. Not so good - its no more possible to just paste the whole url in one field. You have to have 'Server name' and 'Directory on Server'. What for? I would like it even more if I could change the visual order of the repos in this screen. Seeing forward to see opensuse10.3 with usable a.n.d. powerful Software-Management. cheers Peter Buschbacher --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 10.3 beta1 download?
by Terje J. Hanssen 10 Aug '07

10 Aug '07

According to DesktopLinux.com the openSUSE 10.3 beta1 was released on LinuxWorld August 7. The download page still contains Alpha 7. When will Beta1 become available? http://desktoplinux.com/news/NS7931889340.html Rgds, 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] bow out of this beta test?
by Frank-Michael Fischer 10 Aug '07

10 Aug '07

Seems it will be the first time, I won't be able to participate in an (open)SUSE beta test. My test computer has the ASUS M2N-MX motherboard. The "noapic" boot parameter needed for 32bit kernels isn't the biggest problem, the nVidia Corporation MCP61 Ethernet (rev a2) interface (perfectly supported under 32bit openSUSE 10.2) is neither recognized nor functions with manually loaded "forcedeth" driver. Meaning the test box has no network available, making testing basically impossible. Until my motherboard gets supported then, FMF --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] Beta1 MD5SUM
by Herbert Graeber 09 Aug '07

09 Aug '07

I have downloaded openSUSE-10.3-Alpha7_Beta1-DVD-i386.delta.iso. The MD5SUM matches the one listed in the MD5SUMS file and applied without problems on openSUSE-10.3-Alpha7-DVD-i386.iso. But the MD5SUM of the resulting openSUSE-10.3-Beta1-DVD-i386.iso (6523c15858b624af3475a26eadfa09a1) differs from the sum listed in MD5SUMS.of.DVDs (596167b087703eb5bcf46e157b9e90ee). Herbert --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] YaST FACTORY Update
by Sid Boyce 08 Aug '07

08 Aug '07

Confusing as it says it can't update from an existing 10.3 to another, e.g trying to go from Alpha6 to Alpha7. Did a 10.2 YOU on another box, but it doesn't appear there as an option. What's it for, feature not yet working perhaps? 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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