March 2008

[opensuse-factory] No SMB authentication during install
by Sunny 07 Mar '08

07 Mar '08

I'm just trying a new network install from factory (alpha 2plus?). The diff I see with 11 alpha 2 from the dvd is, that when it comes to the stage to enter a system user, the dvd install had the option to use SMB authentication method. The factory install offers only local /etc/passwd. I think this is a "downgrade". Any ideas why the SMB was removed? Cheers -- Svetoslav Milenov (Sunny) Even the most advanced equipment in the hands of the ignorant is just a pile of scrap. -------------------… [View More]

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[opensuse-factory] Curl (and thus zypper) and proxy auto configuration scripts
by Dominique Leuenberger 06 Mar '08

06 Mar '08

Hello, in our company, for Internet Explorer, Firefox and the like, we have setup a proxy autoconfiguration script (proxy.pac) to have centralized management of how browsers connect and what proxy they use, including possible exception rules. Can such a PAC also be used by curl? So far I did not find anything that seems to work (in fact it might be a bit to complex for curl, as a PAC is a JS file... and thus ajavascript engine would be required). But it would be very handy to have this … [View More]

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[opensuse-factory] Installation: lightweight VNC server
by Lukas Ocilka 06 Mar '08

06 Mar '08

Hi, I just went through the new installation images searching for any huge binaries or libraries (or any other big files). I've found that we use Xvnc server (for remote installation). Only the binary takes 3.8 MB (of course, installation image is compressed). I'm asking here because FACTORY users have often broad knowledge of several alternatives. Don't you know any 'better' and smaller (binary size, memory consumptions, less libraries) than the current Xvnc? Ideally we have it in build … [View More]

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[opensuse-factory] (resent) Mastered openSUSE 11.0 Alpha2plus
by Stephan Kulow 06 Mar '08

06 Mar '08

[This is what I just announced to our internal community, please take it as an extended status report for Factory] Hi, As Alpha2 is already a month ago and we need more testing before publishing Alpha3, I decided to master a snapshot - and call it (out of tradition) Alpha2plus. This release won't be published (of course everyone can do Factory installations and will get the same snapshot), it's merely to have a fixed snapshot with a name. It also has many bugs still, but ever since hackweek … [View More]

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[opensuse-factory] 11.0 default filesystems again
by Sid Boyce 05 Mar '08

05 Mar '08

Not wishing to reopen old flames and wounds, but in the last 2 days I have had problems with ext3. On this 11.0 Alpha2 box I have /dev/sdb1 as / (JFS) 500G SATA /dev/sdb2 /boot (reiserfs) /dev/sda1 /ftp (ext3) 320G SATA Suddenly there was a system freeze that needed a hard reset and when booting, after the grub selection, a black screen appeared. I had to boot from 11.0 Alpha2 CD and run fsck. The ext3 partition was the one with the problem and it took ages to get through. The fsck for … [View More]

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[opensuse-factory] YaST Backup is using a new .process SCR agent
by Lukas Ocilka 05 Mar '08

05 Mar '08

Hi, I would like to announce that YaST Backup package [0] has been changed to use the new ag_process [1] instead of the obsolete ag_background [2]. Less technically it means that the layer that communicates with the backup scripts under the UI has been replaced with another. Er, was it really 'less technically' ;)? If (you use YaST Backup) { Please; Check that the new version does the same as the old one before; // It might be also a bit faster now. // It may contain nuts! } … [View More]

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[opensuse-factory] Upper Limit RAM?
by Stefan Kunze 05 Mar '08

05 Mar '08

Is there an Upper Limit for RAM in Opensuse? I just had a customer with Opensuse 10.3 and 64 GB ! of RAM. he reported a extremely slow performance. The computer used Xeon processsors (i don't know the exact motherboard) and a single hard drive ( 2 GB Swap Partition). Its of course an 64-bit Architecture. The memory setup was 16 Slot x 4 GB module. Is there any blatant reason (other then too much RAM) for this. I assume that it will be maybe a topic for the future , thats why i am asking over … [View More]

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[opensuse-factory] Question about udev
by Sid Boyce 05 Mar '08

05 Mar '08

I end up with interface names such as "wlan0_rename_re". Used rescue to rm /proc and /sys, followed by "md proc sys", also renamed "wlan0_rename_re" to "wlan0", yet udev keeps giving me "wlan0_rename_re". I couldn't find any reference in /dev. What's the way to fix this? "yast2 lan" only ever gives me a choice of "WEP" and I need "WPA-PSK". I hand edited the sysconfig file and got it to work, but upgrading to dhcpcd-1.3.22pl4-308/309 results in a buffer overflow on 3 boxes so far..... … [View More]

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[opensuse-factory] [status report] openSUSE distribution, week 10
by Stephan Kulow 04 Mar '08

04 Mar '08

Hi, Since Hackweek I'm waiting for a build to make Alpha2+ out of it, but unfortunately there were several reasons why this did not work out yet. Right now factory will start yast in gdb for some weired "bash reason" and will crash while creating users. Both issues were FIXED today, so possibly I have something tomorrow. I do not plan to publish this release though as it will just be a snapshot, but we'll use it internally to test and improve installation. The overall status of Factory is … [View More]

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[opensuse-factory] IcedTea (Java 1.7) and Juniper VPN Software
by Dominique Leuenberger 04 Mar '08

04 Mar '08

Hello, For the transition to Java 1.7 (IcedTea) I tried on factory to connect to our Corp VPN. With Java 6 plugin for firefox, this worked so far. Unfortunately, with the new Java 1.7, the website only tells me that there is no JRE installed. The verification on java.sun.com, to check if java is installed, works and it detects Java 1.7 being there. Where can I report this (hopefully somewhere else than Juniper..) Dominique --------------------------------------------------------------------… [View More]

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