June 2008 - openSUSE Factory - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse-factory] OpenSuse 11.0 final timezone
by Michael Steinhauser 18 Jun '08

18 Jun '08

I updated to 11.0 final on a x86_64 laptop an a desktop-pc. On both i have stored local time. Now my system-time shows always two hours later. When i set the time and reboot, it is again set to the wrong time. I can only fix it, when i sync the time with ntp on startup. Because i have on both machines windows, i can't set the time to utc. Is this known asnd how ca it be fixed? I had this problem since 11.0 Beta. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] Updating in general ?
by Carlos E. R. 18 Jun '08

18 Jun '08

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Content-ID: <alpine.LSU.1.00.0806181437200.28317(a)nimrodel.valinor> El 2008-06-18 a las 14:18 +0200, Erik jakobsen escribió: You forgot to email to the list. > Carlos E. R. skrev: >> >> Everything! :-) >> >> I rsync to an external HD. >> >> And I print the partition table, too, and fstab. >> > Ok fine Carlos... > > Do you have made scripts using rsync, that I can see. Nothing complicated: DESTINO=/mnt/usb/usb_sg60/uno # --progress OPTIONS="--archive --acls --xattrs --hard-links --del --stats --human-readable " DESTINO=/mnt/usb/usb_sg60/dos PREVIO=/mnt/usb/usb_sg60/uno mount /mnt/usb/usb_sg60 MOUNT=`mount | grep /mnt/usb/usb_sg60` if ! test -n "$MOUNT" ; then echo "*** ERROR: No se pudo montar el dispositivo de respaldo en usb, abortando" echo echo $MOUNT exit fi function backup_sistema() { QUE=$1 echo "--->> $QUE" if ! test -d $DESTINO"/system$QUE" ; then mkdir $DESTINO"/system$QUE" fi nice rsync $OPTIONS --link-dest=$PREVIO/system --exclude=/usr/local \ $QUE $DESTINO/system/ echo -e "-------===========------- $QUE\n" } function backup_casa() { QUE=$1 echo "--->> $QUE" if ! test -d "$DESTINO/casa$QUE/" ; then mkdir "$DESTINO/casa$QUE/" fi nice rsync $OPTIONS --link-dest=$PREVIO/casa --exclude=/usr/local \ $QUE $DESTINO/casa/ echo -e "-------===========------- $QUE\n" } backup_casa "/home/cer" backup_casa "/root" backup_sistema "/etc" backup_sistema "/var" backup_sistema "/svr" backup_sistema "/bin" backup_sistema "/sbin" backup_sistema "/usr" backup_sistema "/opt" backup_sistema "/lib" backup_sistema "/boot" df -h /mnt/usb/usb_sg60/ umount /mnt/usb/usb_sg60 play /usr/share/sounds/au/gong.au One of many possible methods. The complexity is because I have partitions that are for "data" that is not involved during upgrade (is backed up separately), or because some partitions are "test" paritions for other operating systems or versions , or because it doesn't make sense to backup an encripted partition as clear data. So I list one by one the directories I want to backup. > About the part table and fstab. > > Why that as they are to be found in the backup :-) ? Not in paper :-) I have the files backed up, but I print them. The info may come handy when restoring, specially so if you have to rebuild something. Ah, the partition table is the output of fdisk command, it is not a file. One of the problems with upgrading, is that Yast not always mounts everything needed. It some times forgets a partition. Having the printed list helps finding that particular problem before it is too late. - -- Saludos Carlos E.R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4-svn0 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFIWQJJtTMYHG2NR9URAhDQAJ4ybVLhTZFw42H3BNreWQBWcOu4eQCgj5Bh Rq4JaiVKiUEiWQZVE4DWR9s= =z49L -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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[opensuse-factory] Updating in general ?
by Erik jakobsen 18 Jun '08

18 Jun '08

Hi. Maybe it' has been written many times before, but I haven't seen it. Next time I want to upgrade from 10.3 to 11.0 Is it possible, and how to do it ?. Erik --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] su - returns "invalid password" after zypper dup
by Sid Boyce 18 Jun '08

18 Jun '08

Just a heads up in case anyone meets this problem. It has only occurred on one out of 6 boxes and happened twice recently on a factory update and on the 11.0 update yesterday. "rpm -Uvh --nodeps --force coreutils--6.11-9.1.x86_64.rpm" fixed it, for some reason something in zypper on this box misbehaved for just this RPM. 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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[opensuse-factory] Let's drop Add-On Products from Control Center
by Lukas Ocilka 18 Jun '08

18 Jun '08

Hi there, We still have too many icons in the Software group in YaST Control Center. For openSUSE, there is only one add-on product known (Language Add-On) and it more or less copies the functionality of languages~view of Package manager. Currently, all repositories can be managed directly from the Package manager (so also "the one" add-on too). In (not only) my opinion, we could safely drop the desktop file for Add-On Products module or move it to some other (!required && !recommended) package just for those who really want it. The YaST Add-On Product module seems to only confuse openSUSE users as they sometimes consider YaST Repositories module being the same. Any objections against not having the Add-On Product icon in Software (by default)? Thx && Bye Lukas -- Lukas Ocilka, YaST Developer (xn--luk-gla45d) ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ano, ano. Moudry rozkaz. Sam jsem nemel v tech gratulacich jasno.

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[opensuse-factory] ugly crash bug
by Peter Czanik 18 Jun '08

18 Jun '08

Hello, An ugly crash bug remained in RC3 (and mostlikely in RC4, download is not yet complete, but I can't see it in ChangeLog): https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=395040#c10 This means, that if somebody uses detailed package selection during installation, it will crash on PPC... 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] regarding upgrades from older suse/opensuse versions with remote/network access only
by ab 17 Jun '08

17 Jun '08

hello list, what i am still looking for over many years is a good and reliable way to remotely (ssh/network only) upgrade a distant suse/opensuse box. will it with the help of the current zypper development and all whats involved, be possibble to remotely upgrade such older opensuse versions without physically inserting cd/dvd media and such? i have read various discussions on the net, but i am still confused about whats really currently possible and what not. there is this network booting method with this alternate kernel described at <http://en.opensuse.org/Network_Install> has helped me in the past, but this is not always possible at places i am using opensuse, as some of these sites need ppp connection to the internet (pppoe with xdsl for example) and thats not really a supported network type during this network booting stage. only simple ethernet network interface cards seem to be possible without too much hassle. its sometimes even pretty hard with multiple network interface cards present at the destination to assign the ips and so on to the proper network card. anyways, so i am looking for simple and good methods to remotely upgrade older suse installations, or also for the future of the opensuse project. will the situation get better with the ongoing zypper development (zypper dup, whatever....)? i read something about "unsolvable" library issues during setup from the current system, needing to replace libraries and stuff thus making it impossible to do this from the system itself running/live. in the past i have also read some things about apt for suse being some way to do upgrades, and if i recall correctly the debian folks also support distribution upgrades from inside their systems, being able to completely upgrade their entire system via ssh/network. any pointers and information regarding this upgrade topic, current development and hints would be really appreciated. 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] packman repository and zypper mirror "system"
by ¡ElCheVive! 17 Jun '08

17 Jun '08

Hi folks! anyone knows if the packman repository use the mirror system that the new zypper use? For "new system" I mean the one that you point, for example, the OSS repository and if chooses the best mirror automaticaly.... I want to know because I'm writing a tutorial for newbies on how to get the system installed via LiveCD the most translated possible, and with the "basics" repositories installed....(OSS, Non-OSS, Update and Packman for instance) One think I note is that the official repos, added by default, doesn't get its cache, even doing "Refresh All Enabled". The workaround is or remove it and add it again or doing "zypper ref --force" regards, Luiz Fernando --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] applydeltaiso rc1-gm for ppc dvd iso image fails - images or content corrupted?
by ab 17 Jun '08

17 Jun '08

hello, is there anything wrong with the delta for ppc dvd iso image? i have the rc1 ppc dvd iso image and also the rc1-gm delta for ppc dvd iso. i have md5sum checked these two iso files. when i applydeltaiso oldname deltaname newname.iso it starts with the conversion, works for a while and prints out packages being applied and so on. eventually it fails and prints some corruption and the md5sum of the new file being wrong. i have tried this twice. also the checking of the hashsums. i am trying to apply on a x86 i386 system running opensuse 11.0 rc1 factory (something from the last two weeks or so). is there anything wrong with any of these files? or can i only apply the deltaiso on a running ppc platform. thanks for any hints. cheers. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] applydeltaiso rc1-gm for ppc dvd iso image fails - images or content corrupted?
by ab 17 Jun '08

17 Jun '08

please stop answering posts in private, but post to the mailinglist thats what its for, after all :( so everybody can profit from the knowledge and answers. thank you. Salvatore brigaglia wrote: >> eventually it fails and prints some corruption and the md5sum of the new >> file being wrong. > I also had some problem applying the deltaiso. Googling around i found > that i had to update some packages like deltarpm-3.4-78.1 amd > rpm-4.4.2-244.1 and everything worked. > I found those rpms on the coolo repo: > http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/coolo/openSUSE_10.3 well the rpm code changed somewhere during the evolution of 11.0, but that was quite a while ago, wasnt it? it was because of this new compression scheme and lzma payload stuff, right? well the weird stuff is, that the x86 and x64-86 and other delta stuff from rc1 to goldmaster all went fine. so i wonder why the ppc delta doesnt work. or did rpm and related packages change once more since rc1 during the last few weeks? weird :( --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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