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[opensuse-factory] [Fwd: [opensuse-offtopic] Some things for the SUSE team to pay attention to!]
by Basil Chupin 16 Apr '08

16 Apr '08

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [opensuse-offtopic] Some things for the SUSE team to pay attention to! Date: Sat, 05 Apr 2008 23:09:44 -0400 From: Fred A. Miller <fmiller(a)lightlink.com> Reply-To: fmiller(a)lightlink.com To: opensuse-offtopic <opensuse-offtopic(a)opensuse.org> The following is from another elist.....honest and accurate comments. Why is Ubuntu/Kubuntu so popular? It just works. Fred ------------------------------------ >>> Does anyone here know what package I need to install to get KDE 4 >>> > >> on SuSE >>> > >> 10.2? >> > > >> > > Select "gnome." That will let you skip over KDE 4 to KDE 5! ;-) > > > > Funny...........not! ;) You'll see KDE4, "gold" release," for openSUSE > > 10.3 before all that long....after that, maybe 10.2. In fact, I can't > > say for sure that you will see it any time soon......don't know. I'd > > upgrade to 10.3 if I were you David. I made a mistake, I am running 10.3. My brain is going and going these days. ;-) Kubuntu is my main enviroment, and I love it. I'm just checking out SuSE on an extra partition to see if it would be any better than kubuntu as far as ease of use. So far getting my wireless on my laptop working with SuSE wasn't too hard, but kubuntu is 1 click. With SuSE all the how-to's I read everyone is still suggesting using ndiswrapper which involves cleaning up all the bcmxx stuff first then hunting down the drivers to use with ndiswrapper, installing ndiswrapper and finally configuring ndiswrapper, but with kubuntu it just downloads the firmware automatically and wireless works. I experimented with this, I found out where Kubuntu is getting that firmware and downloaded it and extracted it in /lib/firmware on SuSE and the wireless card instantly worked. Maybe SuSE should look into something like that. So far the way I see other suse users getting their bcmxx wireless working on SuSE makes me feel sorry for them. If only they knew that all they had to do was download 1 file and stick it in their firmware folder they would be set and ready to go. I wish I could tell *EVERY* bcmxx suse user about this. Another thing is apt. Oh boy do I miss apt when working in SuSE. I know there's probably an equivilent for SuSE, like YUM or such, but I don't know how to use it as good as I do apt. Anyway I'm rambling on and on. Back to my original question, the reason I asked about installing KDE 4 on SuSE was to again see how easy it was to upgrade KDE on SuSE. So far the instructions on SuSE's website was only adding the repository. So I did that, no problem. The problem is that as far as I can tell, using the software installer, I still have to hunt down the KDE core packages just to get a working KDE desktop and on top of that, most people, including me have no idea which package(s) is the core package(s). I chose a few packages in yast that I thought were the core packages to get a minimal kde 4 desktop, but I don't know if they were the correct packages because I logged out and there was no entry for KDE 4, so I suspect 1 of 2 things, 1. I either didn't install the correct packages or 2. I installed the correct packages, but SuSE does not automatically put an entry in the menu on the login screen. If the latter is the case, I would have no clue where to even start to add a menu entry. and if I did have to manually add it, that would be another show stopper for me with SuSE. With apt, I just installed the kde4-desktop and it installed everything for a working desktop, logged out chose kde 4 and logged in. It's that simple. Is this possible with SuSE? If so, what package would that be, because I can't seem to find the kde-desktop package in YaST. --- "Security" in Windows comes from patching a sieve. --- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-offtopic+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-offtopic+help(a)opensuse.org -- I'm dangerous when I know what I'm doing. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] smpppd default install
by Stefan Kunze 15 Apr '08

15 Apr '08

Just a short question from the support perspective if it is not to late. Up to Opensuse 10.2 kinternet and smpppd were installed by default. A common use case is the use of ISDN and DSL Modems (unfortunately still very common especially in Germany). In 10.3 these packages were not installed by default and this caused a lot of problems for a considerable amount of Opensuse Users. Would it be possible to include kinternet and smpppd again by default? Stefan --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: commit banshee-1
by Dominique Leuenberger 15 Apr '08

15 Apr '08

>>> On 15/04/2008 at 15:15, h_root <root(a)Hilbert.suse.de> wrote: > Hello community, > Hi, Just out of curiosity: why were the commit messages changed? The one below is just a simple example, but it applies to all of them). Until recently, the diff was added to the message, until a certain limit. I liked this quiet a lot and it allowed but it was removed. Now, only the commit message / changelog is shown. Dominique > here is the log from the commit of package banshee-1 > checked in at Tue Apr 15 15:15:20 CEST 2008. > > > -------- > --- GNOME/banshee-1/banshee-1.changes 2008-04-11 03:09:02.000000000 +0200 > +++ /mounts/work_src_done/STABLE/banshee-1/banshee-1.changes 2008-04-15 > 14:19:43.982391000 +0200 > @@ -0,0 +1,5 @@ > +------------------------------------------------------------------- > +Tue Apr 15 14:19:26 CEST 2008 - coolo(a)suse.de > + > +- disable parallel build to fix build > + > > Packages directly triggered for rebuild: > - banshee-1 (abockover(a)novell.com) > - collect-desktop-files (ke(a)novell.com) > maintainers: ke(a)novell.com > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Comparing GNOME/banshee-1 (Old) > and /mounts/work_src_done/STABLE/banshee-1 (New) > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > > > Remember to have fun... > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] yast2-ca-management
by Günther J. Niederwimmer 15 Apr '08

15 Apr '08

Hello, is there any place to find a detailed docu for this module ? I will understud and test / working with this module ;) in the moment only the "servercert" is working ? -- mit freundlichen Grüßen / best Regards Günther J. Niederwimmer --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] Some pkgs not present...
by Oddball 15 Apr '08

15 Apr '08

Hi, Reading installed packages... 3 Problems: Problem: nothing provides glib2-branding needed by glib2-2.16.3-3.x86_64 Problem: nothing provides libkcal2 needed by kdepim3-3.5.9-32.x86_64 Problem: aalib-1.4.0-429.x86_64 requires libncurses.so.5()(64bit), but this requirement cannot be provided Problem: nothing provides glib2-branding needed by glib2-2.16.3-3.x86_64 Solution 1: do not install glib2-2.16.3-3.x86_64 Choose the above solution using '1' or skip, retry or cancel [1/s/r/C]: -- Enjoy your time around, Oddball (Now or never...) OS: Linux 2.6.25-rc8-12-default x86_64 Current user: oddball@AMD64x2-sfn1 System: openSUSE 11.0 (x86_64) Alpha3 KDE: 4.00.68 (KDE 4.0.68 >= 20080402) "release 6.4" --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] Wifi OK using iwl3945 on T60 Thinkpad
by James PEARSON 14 Apr '08

14 Apr '08

Hello all The following is just info because I raised a bug [368513] concerning the fact that my Wifi didn't work using iwl3945 module from the Alpha2 DVD on my T60 Thinkpad... ###### I downloaded the boot.iso and burnt it to a CD and did a network install of Factory this weekend on my T60 Thinkpad. user@newkid:~> md5sum boot*iso acb87483b456da3cf1ff586eaf597c84 boot.iso The network install went fine (I used a eth0 connection and not a wlan0 connection!). Once factory was installed I ran yast2/network and configured the wireless network dmesg are below : Writing back config space on device 0000:03:00.0 at offset 1 (was 100102, writing 100106) iwl3945: iwlwifi-3945-1.ucode firmware file req failed: Reason -2 iwl3945: Could not read microcode: -2 I then installed the "iwl3945-ucode-2.14.1.5.41.rpm" Once I installed the "iwl3945-ucode-2.14.1.5.41.rpm" which contained the required iwlwifi-3945-1.ucode file the wifi (WPA) connection worked OK when I manually selected my "named" wireless connection via KNetworkManager. Regards James --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] Dependency poblems with today's update on x86_64
by Markus Koßmann 14 Apr '08

14 Apr '08

24 Problems: Problem: nothing provides libpoppler-qt4.so.3()(64bit) needed by kde4-okular-4.0.3-6.1.x86_64 Problem: nothing provides libpoppler-glib.so.3()(64bit) needed by evince-2.22.1.1-3.x86_64 Problem: nothing provides glib2-branding needed by glib2-2.16.3-3.x86_64 Problem: nothing provides libgweather.so.1()(64bit) needed by gnome-applets-2.22.1-3.x86_64 Problem: nothing provides libgweather.so.1()(64bit) needed by gnome-panel-2.22.1.1-2.x86_64 Problem: nothing provides libgweather.so.1 needed by gnome-panel-32bit-2.22.1.1-2.x86_64 Problem: nothing provides libkcal2 needed by kdepim3-3.5.9-32.x86_64 Problem: nothing provides libgweather1 = 2.22.1.1 needed by libgweather-2.22.1.1-4.x86_64 Problem: nothing provides libpoppler3 = 0.8.0 needed by libpoppler-devel-0.8.0-3.x86_64 Problem: nothing provides libpoppler.so.3()(64bit) needed by libpoppler-qt2-0.8.0-3.x86_64 Problem: nothing provides libgweather1 = 2.22.1.1 needed by libgweather-2.22.1.1-4.x86_64 Problem: nothing provides libgweather.so.1()(64bit) needed by gnome-applets-2.22.1-3.x86_64 Problem: nothing provides glib2-branding needed by glib2-2.16.3-3.x86_64 Problem: nothing provides glib2-branding needed by glib2-2.16.3-3.x86_64 Problem: nothing provides glib2-branding needed by glib2-2.16.3-3.x86_64 Problem: nothing provides glib2-branding needed by glib2-2.16.3-3.x86_64 Problem: nothing provides glib2-branding needed by glib2-2.16.3-3.x86_64 Problem: nothing provides glib2-branding needed by glib2-2.16.3-3.x86_64 Problem: nothing provides glib2-branding needed by glib2-2.16.3-3.x86_64 Problem: nothing provides libpoppler-glib.so.3()(64bit) needed by evince-2.22.1.1-3.x86_64 Problem: aalib-1.4.0-429.x86_64 requires libncurses.so.5()(64bit), but this requirement cannot be provided Problem: ncurses-devel-5.6-77.x86_64 requires ncurses = 5.6-77, but this requirement cannot be provided Problem: tack-5.6-77.x86_64 requires ncurses = 5.6-77, but this requirement cannot be provided Problem: libcurl4-32bit-7.18.1-6.x86_64 requires libcares.so.2, but this requirement cannot be provided I'am using ftp5.gdwg.de as server for the repos and all packages seem be be updated if you look at the file date. So it looks like that there are building errors ( missing or wrong provides) at least for ncurses,libgweather,libpoppler . --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] SWFDEC in factory: 0.6.0 with security bug
by Rafał Miłecki 14 Apr '08

14 Apr '08

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[opensuse-factory] Not being able to startx as non-root wanted?
by Felix-Nicolai Müller 14 Apr '08

14 Apr '08

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, is it a wanted behavior to not be able to startx as a regular user? See http://picpaste.com/pics/x_1.1207944290.png Cheers Felix -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4-svn0 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFH/8SgaQ44ga2xxAoRAqT/AJ9pC//BpT3wiszlds+AE11/xnxyRgCgrn3E AU9vwf2qmBoJHg/rllPMeSw= =tntX -----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] booting factory boot.iso produces kernel panic
by Per Jessen 13 Apr '08

13 Apr '08

I was trying to install 10.3 on a Compaq server, but the installation kept getting hung up. I thought I might as well try out the factory install, so I retrieved the boot.iso image. However, when booting that, it consistently ends with a kernel panic. Including when I use 'apm=off acpi=off noapic i8042.nomux maxcpus=0 vga=normal'. I'll try to capture the kernel output over a serial console, but I was wondering whether to report it as a bug or just bring it up here? /Per Jessen, Zürich -- http://www.spamchek.com/ - your spam is our business. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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