January 2009 - openSUSE Factory - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Re: [opensuse-factory] Plan for 11.2?
by Rob OpenSuSE 15 Jan '09

15 Jan '09

2009/1/15 <pczanik(a)genesi-usa.com>: > Rob OpenSuSE írta: > Well, my main desktop machine is dual core with 4GB of RAM, still when I > upgrade it to the latest SuSE, the first thing I do is to remove / > disable unnecessary services. Even here it makes a marked difference. For 10.3, Coolo made an optimisation of start up, which involved letting YaST install the stuff needed, and set up scans. According to him, to the daemon start up is parallelised. If there is additional stuff to remove that speeds boot times, everyone will be pleased if it's moved to an on demand. An X terminal setup, has very much reduced software requirements, a lot of what you require on your desktop then becomes 'bloat'. The right optimisation goes much deeper than, just "turning off uncessary services". It would be wrong to inconvience the majority, by reduced default functionality in that case. > And while a few years ago one of the benefits of Linux was that it ran > on any old hardware, where Windows was not an option, this is not the > case any more. openSUSE is not Linux, it has always had suggested hardware that was much greater than typical embedded systems, because it is a general purpose server and desktop OS. -- 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] Squashfs
by Matt Sealey 15 Jan '09

15 Jan '09

I just noticed that while squashfs 3.4 kernel module is used on the -default kernel, the squashfs tools on both PowerPC and x86 repos are stuck at 3.2 neko@frodo:~> mksquashfs -version mksquashfs version 3.2-r2 (2007/01/15) Is there any particular reason for this? Is there an update planned? Also, more for the kernel guys.. is there any reason why the mkinitrd etc. stuff relies on cpio archives when the SUSE kernel is built with squashfs (granted as a module), all the rescue/install images are squashfs? It does not provide any remarkably better compression - in fact I tested 100k larger filesystem with mksquashfs 3.2 but then mksquashfs 3.2 refuses to use large block sizes so the compression is lower than it could be, also mksquashfs 3.4 supposes a 10% improvement and unsquashfs supposes a 40% improvement in speed in creation and extraction (we will ignore the kernel improvements as, they are in the kernel already).. .. But a few tests in performance usually always show that accessing a squashfs initrd mounted to RAM is faster than a cpio initrd in RAM. It also has a few extra little advantages here and there but I do not know if they are worth it, but I do know that managing squashfs filesystems is a billion times easier than pushing cpio archives around. Since squashfs is going to be in the kernel mainline at some point (it's in Linus' tree) and everyone and his dog makes squashfs initrds, are we going to see a move to it at some point and have the thing built in with more use of the format? -- Matt -- 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] Factory Repo
by Sascha 'saigkill' Manns 15 Jan '09

15 Jan '09

Hello Friends, since yesterday i have in my home Repo in my Factory Repo the Status "blocked". Does anyone know, when the Factory Packages builded? cu Sascha -- Sincereley yours Sascha Manns openSUSE Marketing Team (Weekly News) openSUSE Build Service Web: http://saschamanns.gulli.to Blog: http://lizards.opensuse.org/author/saigkill -- 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 Backup: User-Defined Scripts
by Lukas Ocilka 15 Jan '09

15 Jan '09

Hi, I've implemented a new feature "user-defined pre- and post-backup scripts" that allows you to call whatever you like right before and after the backup. There are several use-cases including database backup and uploading the resulting backup archive to a central server or to tape. See more at http://kobliha-suse.blogspot.com/2009/01/yast-backup-user-defined-scripts.h… Use it well ;) Bye Lukas -- Lukas Ocilka, YaST Developer (xn--luk-gla45d) ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ano, ano. Moudry rozkaz. Sam jsem nemel v tech gratulacich jasno.

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Re: [opensuse-factory] Plan for 11.2?
by Peter Czanik 15 Jan '09

15 Jan '09

Hello, Rob OpenSuSE írta: > You're the person pushing the hardware with 128MiB RAM and 1MB/s disk; > it's not suitable for a general default configuration. IMO it is nor > reasonable to expect openSUSE to customise the system to meet your > requirements. > Well, my main desktop machine is dual core with 4GB of RAM, still when I upgrade it to the latest SuSE, the first thing I do is to remove / disable unnecessary services. Even here it makes a marked difference. And while a few years ago one of the benefits of Linux was that it ran on any old hardware, where Windows was not an option, this is not the case any more. 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] System Ugrade: Previously Used Repositories
by Lukas Ocilka 15 Jan '09

15 Jan '09

Hi, I'd like to completely rewrite the $SUBJECT in installation and you have an opportunity to say how do you think it could look and what could it offer to do or how. I've filed a blog entry about the $SUBJECT at http://kobliha-suse.blogspot.com/2009/01/system-ugrade-previously-used.html Bye Lukas -- Lukas Ocilka, YaST Developer (xn--luk-gla45d) ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ano, ano. Moudry rozkaz. Sam jsem nemel v tech gratulacich jasno.

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Re: [opensuse-factory] Installation of 11.1 failed on existing software raid system
by Quentin Jackson 14 Jan '09

14 Jan '09

>>> peter nikolic <p.nikolic1(a)btinternet.com> 01/11/09 12:15 PM >>> On Saturday 10 January 2009, Quentin Jackson wrote: > > The > reason I did it at the top is that when you don't put > in front of every > line (an arduous task at the the best of times) people often miss the > comment altogether. > > I trust you will have a nice day and a prosperous new year. > > Regards, > > Q > > -- > Ken Schneider > SuSe since Version 5.2, June 1998 > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org > For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help(a)opensuse.org > > > -- > This message was scanned by ESVA and is believed to be clean. I hate to have to say this but every half decent mail client i have used automatically insert the quote charector for you , This is one of the reasons why so called web mail is a real PITA it's dumb and a pain Pete . Yeah I agree, I used to use evolution to Groupwise but that's another thing that stopped working properly in this release. Q -- SuSE Linux 10.3-Alpha3. (Linux is like a wigwam - no Gates, no Windows, and an Apache inside.) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help(a)opensuse.org -- This message was scanned by ESVA and is believed to be clean. -- 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] crypto consolidation
by Wolfgang Rosenauer 13 Jan '09

13 Jan '09

Hi, usage of different crypto libraries is quite cluttered over the openSUSE distribution (actually every Linux distribution). Those include: OpenSSL Mozilla's NSS GnuTLS libgcrypt This is caused by different things and can't be avoided but I'm still wondering about a few things: - is there a policy which framework to use if the upstream project offers more options? - if there is no policy yet should there be one? - would it make sense to join or introduce an own project like Fedora's http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraCryptoConsolidation Wolfgang -- 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] When is the cutoff for new packages in 11.2
by Greg Freemyer 13 Jan '09

13 Jan '09

All, I just came across a new package. It is very young in its development, but it may have some basic functionality by summer and I would love to see it in OS 11.2. It is a HSM (Hierarchical Storage Manager). http://code.google.com/p/fscops/ I'm not aware of a good GPL HSM in Linux currently. With SSDs coming on strong, by the fall it would be great to have the ability to bring heavy i/o files up to SSD for processing, then push them back to rotating disk for less intense activity. Greg -- Greg Freemyer Litigation Triage Solutions Specialist http://www.linkedin.com/in/gregfreemyer First 99 Days Litigation White Paper - http://www.norcrossgroup.com/forms/whitepapers/99%20Days%20whitepaper.pdf The Norcross Group The Intersection of Evidence & Technology http://www.norcrossgroup.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] Czech Packagers Meeting minutes 2009-01-06
by Petr Uzel 13 Jan '09

13 Jan '09

Czech Packagers Meeting minutes 2009-01-06 ========================================== Present: anicka, mkudlvasr, mseben, mvyskocil, nadvornik, pgjados, prusnak, puzel, sbrabec Minutes: puzel 1. Cleaning of openSUSE Build Service ---------------------------------------- We have discussed several proposals how to clean up openSUSE Build Service to make it easier to use for openSUSE users and contributors. One of the ideas was to organize an OBS cleaning event aimed at identifying high quality packages in home:* projects. We believe that better place for such packages would be some general repository or Contrib. It was suggested that OBS download statistics could be used to identify the home:* projects that are downloaded most and thus probably contain packages that are most useful to the community. Concerning the cleaning event, it has been decided to wait until Contrib has more packages and becomes more known to openSUSE community. Another idea was to identify duplicates in OBS and try to attract their maintainers to work in cooperation to prevent duplicate work. Pavol Rusnak has noted that when working on Contrib and looking at the list of packages, it is hard to figure out which packages are maintained by him. So the FATE#305625 has been filled. -- 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 mozilla-nspr for openSUSE:Factory
by Wolfgang Rosenauer 12 Jan '09

12 Jan '09

Hi, I'd have thought that Factory submissions are going through OBS and through the respective development project set for the package? Once again that wasn't the case for two packages mozilla-nspr and mozilla-nss where new packages were already waiting in the mozilla:Factory project for inclusion in Factory. Sorry, that happens far too often for me and I certainly won't always merge back the stuff to the package in the development project. Can someone official please enlighten me if it's ok to destroy other's work by bypassing the normal procedures? Yes, I'm really annoyed by that happening all the time. Wolfgang h_root schrieb: > Hello community, > > here is the log from the commit of package mozilla-nspr for openSUSE:Factory > checked in at Fri Jan 9 01:35:21 CET 2009. > > > -------- > --- GNOME/mozilla-nspr/mozilla-nspr.changes 2008-06-18 02:46:16.000000000 +0200 > +++ /mounts/work_src_done/STABLE/mozilla-nspr/mozilla-nspr.changes 2009-01-07 11:06:51.000000000 +0100 > @@ -1,0 +2,5 @@ > +Wed Jan 7 12:34:56 CET 2009 - XXX(a)suse.de > + > +- obsolete old -XXbit packages (bnc#437293) > + > +------------------------------------------------------------------- -- 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] how to sign a dud?
by Steffen Winterfeldt 12 Jan '09

12 Jan '09

On Fri, 9 Jan 2009, Nicolaus Millin wrote: > Steffen Winterfeldt schrieb: > > On Thu, 8 Jan 2009, Nicolaus Millin wrote: > > > <snip> > > > > No idea about the product creator but you can boot with 'linuxrc.debug=2' > > and will get the gpg messages on console 3. (Or log to a file with > > 'linuxrc.log=/foo'.) > > I get many lines and at the bottom of it > -----> > gpg: Signature made Thu Jan 8 19:56:00 2009 UTC using DSA key ID 99BB9231 > gpg: Can't check signature: No public key > <----- > > Installation works without problem if I use > > insecure=1 > > So I didn't sign linuxrc correctly or did not merge my key with the > keyring or did not create my key in a correct way? > > A "gpg --list-secret-keys info(a)xxxxxx.xx" gives > -----> > 1sec 1024D/99BB9231 2009-01-03 > uid Nicolaus Millin (VorKon) <info(a)xxxxxx.xx> > <----- > > Maybe I'm missing a self signature here as well? This key was created > from yast-product-creator. The key must be in '/installkey.gpg' in the initrd. Please check that it's there. Steffen -- 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] This seems ignorant.
by Fred A. Miller 12 Jan '09

12 Jan '09

Permission to access 'http://www.download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/KDE4:/UNSTABLE:/Desktop/…' denied. -- "I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around the banks will deprive the people of all property until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered." Thomas Jefferson, 1802 -- 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] tar.bz -> tar.bz2
by Günther J. Niederwimmer 11 Jan '09

11 Jan '09

Hello, can any tell me please, why some src Packages (postfix) now have a tar.bz file inside and not a tar.bz2 ? my mc can't open this files ;), now i have to rename or copy this Files :( -- 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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Re: [opensuse-factory] Installation of 11.1 failed on existing software raid system
by Quentin Jackson 10 Jan '09

10 Jan '09

>>> Ken Schneider <suse-list3(a)bout-tyme.net> 01/11/09 1:39 AM >>> Quentin Jackson pecked at the keyboard and wrote: > You may have the same bug as here? > > https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=461277 > > Top post I know, but groupwise doesn't middle post from the web client. > > > Q And your cursor keys are also broken? If not then it makes you too lazy to use them. Ken, thanks for your positive response, I shall remember that I have cursor keys next time, maybe next time you could remember that there are sometimes reasons that you may not understand before being so nasty, and even if my reasons are incorrect they were what I felt was correct at the time. The reason I did it at the top is that when you don't put > in front of every line (an arduous task at the the best of times) people often miss the comment altogether. I trust you will have a nice day and a prosperous new year. Regards, Q -- Ken Schneider SuSe since Version 5.2, June 1998 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help(a)opensuse.org -- This message was scanned by ESVA and is believed to be clean. -- 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] Installation of 11.1 failed on existing software raid system
by Quentin Jackson 10 Jan '09

10 Jan '09

You may have the same bug as here? https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=461277 Top post I know, but groupwise doesn't middle post from the web client. Q >>> Christoph-Erdmann Pfeiler <christoph-erdmann.pfeiler(a)gmx.de> 01/10/09 2:40 PM >>> Gentle readers, I've got a strange "unknown error" during an installation attempt as well as an update attempt of an existing openSuSE 11.0 system to 11.1. The previous update from 10.3 to 11.0 worked nearly flawlessly, exept for the Lilo installation, which required some online tweaking, id est reverting to the old version of lilo.conf with new kernel names. The technical update procedure was the same as described below. The Yast2 in the 11.0->11.1 update attempt, as well as the installation attempt reports an unknown error - could not access storage device message during his respective attempt to read the partition table. Please look into the appended y2log file for more information, as well fstab and mdadm.conf for information about my system. After the (graphical) error message, I accessed the text console tty2, where I could see that the md devices were not recognised. A manual mdadm --assemble --scan worked, but created somehow strange md devices, md126 and md127, the high numbers beeing really strange. These md devices could be mounted and showed their proper content, but could not be accesed by the updating or installing procedure of the YaST2 11.1. My boot environment is: - SuSE 11.1 PXE server, - linux and initrd from DVD1:/boot/i386/loader by tftp, - content of DVD by NFS The system does not posess a bootable CD or DVD drive! After PXE linux loading, kernel, initrd and file 1 to 6 loading, a complaint of a missing CD1 occurs. I've seen a complaint of a missing file 8 in a log - is this an additional driver file? After the initial error message, that no "CD1" is present, the text YaST2 allows the choice of NFS based installation, DHCP is selected, message "no driver update" is answered by [OK], the graphical user interface fails with the final error independent of choice "update" or "installation". The graphical interface stalls if "continue" is chosen and terminates if "cancel" is chosen. Thank You for Your patience reading until here, through this technical stuff! Thank You for any useful input! Yours sincerely Christoph-Erdmann Pfeiler -- This message was scanned by ESVA and is believed to be clean. -- 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] Installation of 11.1 failed on existing software raid system
by Christoph-Erdmann Pfeiler 10 Jan '09

10 Jan '09

Gentle readers, I've got a strange "unknown error" during an installation attempt as well as an update attempt of an existing openSuSE 11.0 system to 11.1. The previous update from 10.3 to 11.0 worked nearly flawlessly, exept for the Lilo installation, which required some online tweaking, id est reverting to the old version of lilo.conf with new kernel names. The technical update procedure was the same as described below. The Yast2 in the 11.0->11.1 update attempt, as well as the installation attempt reports an unknown error - could not access storage device message during his respective attempt to read the partition table. Please look into the appended y2log file for more information, as well fstab and mdadm.conf for information about my system. After the (graphical) error message, I accessed the text console tty2, where I could see that the md devices were not recognised. A manual mdadm --assemble --scan worked, but created somehow strange md devices, md126 and md127, the high numbers beeing really strange. These md devices could be mounted and showed their proper content, but could not be accesed by the updating or installing procedure of the YaST2 11.1. My boot environment is: - SuSE 11.1 PXE server, - linux and initrd from DVD1:/boot/i386/loader by tftp, - content of DVD by NFS The system does not posess a bootable CD or DVD drive! After PXE linux loading, kernel, initrd and file 1 to 6 loading, a complaint of a missing CD1 occurs. I've seen a complaint of a missing file 8 in a log - is this an additional driver file? After the initial error message, that no "CD1" is present, the text YaST2 allows the choice of NFS based installation, DHCP is selected, message "no driver update" is answered by [OK], the graphical user interface fails with the final error independent of choice "update" or "installation". The graphical interface stalls if "continue" is chosen and terminates if "cancel" is chosen. Thank You for Your patience reading until here, through this technical stuff! Thank You for any useful input! Yours sincerely Christoph-Erdmann Pfeiler /dev/md0 / reiserfs defaults 1 1 # acl,user_xattr # /dev/hdb2 /boot ext2 defaults 1 2 # /dev/hda1 /data1 auto noauto,user 0 0 # /dev/hda13 /data10 auto noauto,user 0 0 # /dev/hdc2 /data11 auto noauto,user 0 0 # /dev/hdd1 /data12 auto noauto,user 0 0 # /dev/hdd5 /data13 auto noauto,user 0 0 # /dev/hdd6 /data14 auto noauto,user 0 0 # /dev/hda5 /data2 auto noauto,user 0 0 # /dev/hda6 /data3 auto noauto,user 0 0 # /dev/hda7 /data4 auto noauto,user 0 0 # /dev/hda8 /data5 auto noauto,user 0 0 # /dev/hda9 /data6 auto noauto,user 0 0 # /dev/hda10 /data7 auto noauto,user 0 0 # /dev/hda11 /data8 auto noauto,user 0 0 # /dev/hda12 /data9 auto noauto,user 0 0 # /dev/hda2 swap swap pri=42 0 0 /dev/sdb5 swap swap pri=42 0 0 /dev/sdc5 swap swap pri=42 0 0 # /dev/hdb1 /windows/c vfat noauto,user 0 0 # /dev/hdc1 /windows/d vfat noauto,user 0 0 devpts /dev/pts devpts mode=0620,gid=5 0 0 proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 sysfs /sys sysfs noauto 0 0 # /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom subfs noauto,user,fs=cdfss,ro,procuid,nosuid,nodev,exec,iocharset=utf8 0 0 # /dev/sr0 /media/cdrom0 subfs noauto,user,fs=cdfss,ro,procuid,nosuid,nodev,exec,iocharset=utf8 0 0 # /dev/sr1 /media/cdrom1 subfs noauto,user,fs=cdfss,ro,procuid,nosuid,nodev,exec,iocharset=utf8 0 0 # /dev/sr2 /media/cdrom2 subfs noauto,user,fs=cdfss,ro,procuid,nosuid,nodev,exec,iocharset=utf8 0 0 # /dev/sr3 /media/cdrom3 subfs noauto,user,fs=cdfss,ro,procuid,nosuid,nodev,exec,iocharset=utf8 0 0 # /dev/sr4 /media/cdrom4 subfs noauto,user,fs=cdfss,ro,procuid,nosuid,nodev,exec,iocharset=utf8 0 0 # /dev/sr5 /media/cdrom5 subfs noauto,user,fs=cdfss,ro,procuid,nosuid,nodev,exec,iocharset=utf8 0 0 # /dev/sr6 /media/cdrom6 subfs noauto,user,fs=cdfss,ro,procuid,nosuid,nodev,exec,iocharset=utf8 0 0 # /dev/sr7 /media/cdrom7 subfs noauto,user,fs=cdfss,ro,procuid,nosuid,nodev,exec,iocharset=utf8 0 0 # /dev/hdd /media/cdrom8 subfs noauto,user,fs=cdfss,ro,procuid,nosuid,nodev,exec,iocharset=utf8 0 0 # /dev/fd0 /media/floppy subfs noauto,user,fs=floppyfss,procuid,nodev,nosuid,sync 0 0 # 172.16.17.31:/var/lib/YaST2/you/mnt /mnt/mnt nfs noauto,user,defaults 0 0 # /dev/cdrecorder /media/cdrecorder subfs noauto,user,fs=cdfss,ro,procuid,nosuid,nodev,exec,iocharset=utf8 0 0 /dev/md1 /home ext2 defaults 1 2 /dev/sdb1 /windows/c vfat rw 1 2 /dev/sdc1 /windows/d vfat rw 1 2 DEVICE partitions # DEV /dev/sdb6 /dev/sdc6 ARRAY /dev/md0 level=raid1 num-devices=2 UUID=3decccff:8cedaab8:e7e18d89:be41ea79 devices=/dev/sdb6,/dev/sdc6 ARRAY /dev/md1 level=raid1 num-devices=2 UUID=d369165f:be4fed61:16141679:e7cff21e devices=/dev/sda1,/dev/sdd1

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[opensuse-factory] RPMLINT Side updated
by Sascha 'saigkill' Manns 08 Jan '09

08 Jan '09

Hi Folks, I’m an new Packager in OpenSUSE BuildService, and i like this work. But if i would like to package for Factory, RPMLINT gives me any Errors or warnings. But these things to fix, are very difficult. Our Wiki Side for RPMLINT doesn’t contain many Error or Warningcodes. From my side, i can say, that it's not good to make rpmlint as standard in OBS, and we have not enough dokumentation :-( But yesterday i’ve found an Side, with other Errorcodes from RPMLINT. Today i imported these Codes to our Wikiside http://en.opensuse.org/Packaging/RpmLint. I think it is not possible to list all codes on the Side. But i wish, that the side includes more Codes in the future. No i would like to make an Call for contribution. If every Packager insert the codes, that he knows, we have an good library soon. And on this Moment i would like to make an request about helping- Thank you all for the hard Work. -- Sincereley yours Sascha Manns openSUSE Marketing Team (Weekly News) openSUSE Build Service Web: http://saschamanns.gulli.to Blog: http://lizards.opensuse.org/author/saigkill -- 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] how to sign a dud?
by Nicolaus Millin 08 Jan '09

08 Jan '09

Nicolaus Millin schrieb: > Peter Czanik schrieb: > >> Martin Schlander írta: > <snip> > >>> I think this is what you need: >>> http://en.opensuse.org/Secure_Installation_Sources http://sdprice.plus.com/quartzwiki/index.php/Create_SuSE_add_on_repository http://developer.novell.com/wiki/index.php/YaST_Product_Creator http://news.opensuse.org/2007/11/01/yast-tools-for-creating-installation-me… http://en.opensuse.org/Build_Service/System_Imaging might be helpful as well. > >> Does it mean, that if I want to sign my DUD, then I also need to provide >> a modified initrd? > > > Basically, yes. You have to add your key to '/installkey.gpg' in the initrd. > It was a requirement from our security guys that all files need to be > checked (bug 435685). As a consequence either your key is known in the > initrd or you explicitly turn off checking with 'insecure=1'. Is the publicly available documentation up to date with this? I have done SuSE Linux / openSUSE adapted DVDs since 10.1. Up to 11.0 remastering was not too difficult using some adapted scripts from makeSUSEdvd and the links mentioned above. Since 11.1 I do not seem to get the tools working correctly anymore. There is no problem in remastering an unchanged ISO, eg. openSUSE-11.1-DVD-i586.iso. Whenever I try to create a new installation DVD out of the iso rpms it doesn't work out. Apart from the makeSUSEdvd scripts I unsuccesfully tried yast-product-creator and always get this error after booting the DVD(-iso in VirtualBox): cd:/content: Invalid signature With yast-product-creator I created an GPG key and it seems to sign initrd and doing all the other things right. Any ideas what I am doing wrong? BTW: I am building on a 32bit openSUSE 11.1 and testing with VirtualBox 2.0.6. Thanks, Nico > > > Steffen > -- 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] Novell Bugzilla Update to 3.2 and a Guided Report Mode
by Andreas Jaeger 08 Jan '09

08 Jan '09

To make bug reporting easier, we will be updating Novell’s Bugzilla to the latest stable release (Bugzilla 3.2) with some additional features added by Novell. This update will take place on Saturday, January 10th, and Bugzilla will be unavailable from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. MST (that's 13:00 UTC to 17:00 UTC). One significant change is that we will have a new guided mode for reporting of bugs that is default for non-Novell accounts. The guided report mode is a feature of bugzilla itself that we just enable. It gives smart hints for reporting bugs including bad and good examples, makes the report more structured, suggests “hot” duplicate bugs and asks for reproducibility, expected and actual result. This should help to create better bug reports and thus help with better resolving of bugs. For those that use the unguided mode and want to use the guided mode (or the other way round), you can bookmark a template of the “New Bugreport” (see http://news.opensuse.org/2009/01/07/novell-bugzilla-update-to-32-and-a-guid… report-mode/ for details) . Once you’ve done this, manually edit the URL of the bookmark and append “?format=guided” (if you want guided mode) or remove it if you do not want it. You can then use this bookmark for easy access, I have created that way a bookmark for openSUSE 11.1 bug reports that has already some stuff filled in, e.g. set “Found By” to “Community User”. Note that the guided mode will only be available after the update of bugzilla! The changes for 3.2 in the upstream bugzilla are documented at the bugzilla side. In addition, a couple of bugs and enhancements in our bugzilla have been fixed. Please see further details at http://news.opensuse.org/2009/01/07/novell- bugzilla-update-to-32-and-a-guided-report-mode/ Btw. if you want to report a bug, please check also our guidelines at http://bugs.opensuse.org, 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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[opensuse-factory] how to sign a dud?
by Peter Czanik 08 Jan '09

08 Jan '09

Hello, I provide a driver update for EFIKA PPC users. Recently a new feature was introduced to the installer, which now checks for an .asc file for the dud. How can I create one? Using 'insecure=1' is a bit annoying workaround, just as getting questioned about it during installation... The file I'd like to sign is http://genesi.hu/dud.11.1.squash 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] Light at the end of the .... release ;-)
by Hans Witvliet 08 Jan '09

08 Jan '09

For those anticipating a parcel... I just received mine's this afternoon. It's been nice participating! Nice collector item in the box, specially in these dark times! Tnx agn, gesture is much appreciated. -- 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] Feedback on the Yast installserver module
by Birger Kollstrand 07 Jan '09

07 Jan '09

Stano asked for feedback on the Yast autoinstal module. Her it goes. I don't get it. It sets up a ftp/http/nfs share and that's it. I don't get any documentation except for the help buttons in the module and those does not give out much. In the normal "Help" function on the start menu there is nothing except standard KDE information.( in khelpcenter) Going in to yast i find the two SUSE documentation modules and add those susehelp_en-2007.08.22-80.46 and susehelp-2007.08.22-80.46. Should not those be installed by default? There were no susehelp modules installed. But still no suse help in khelpcenter even after restarting the app. No new items to index. now checking the/usr/share/doc/packages/susehelp/README. Adds Apache and folow "How to start: just point your browser to http://localhost/susehelp/" and gets a 404.... No information on how it's ment to be used on the booting client is given in the yast module. Do I need a boot disk? If so , then there definately should be a wizzard assisting with that. It definately does not set up a network boot as I was expecting. there is no atftp or tftp server set up. I would like to "Press F12 for network boot" and install from there. We use this at work in conjunction with autoyast and it's fabulous. but horribly hard to set up and maintain. I also checked in on the Autoyast yast module. That does still not set up anything but the autoyast file as far as I could find out. It does not have any tftp integration and no integration with the installserver as far as I can see. Sorry that I did not test teis earlier and I do not think it looks usable for anyone but hardcore users. Birger -- 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] A suse way to buil an rpm package from kernel source
by Daniele 05 Jan '09

05 Jan '09

Hi all, I think that we don't have such features, avaible in other distro. So I just filled an enhancement request to bugzilla (with some details..): https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=463446 If you think that can be useful, add your opinion/ideas there :) Bye. -- *** Linux user # 198661 ---_ ICQ 33500725 *** *** Home http://www.kailed.net *** *** Powered by openSUSE *** -- 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] Touchpad too sensitive
by z 04 Jan '09

04 Jan '09

2008/12/8 z <zoomer.gm(a)gmail.com>: > 2008/12/8 Javier Llorente <javier(a)opensuse.org>: >> On Sunday 07 December 2008 22:21:21 Felix Möller wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> >>> My touchpad is too sensitive on openSUSE 11.1 RC 1. I have >>> > >>> > played with >>> > >>> >>> xorg.conf without any luck yet. Any suggestions? Mine is a AlpsPS/2 >>> > >>> > ALPS >>> > >>> >>> GlidePoint according to hwinfo. >>> >> >>> >> are you using the synaptics driver? >>> > >>> > Yes, I am using the synaptics driver. >>> > >>> > Section "InputDevice" >>> > Driver "synaptics" >>> > Identifier "Mouse[1]" >>> > Option "AccelFactor" "0.1" >>> > EndSection >>> > >>> > Section "InputDevice" >>> > Driver "synaptics" >>> > Identifier "Mouse[3]" >>> > Option "AccelFactor" "0.1" >>> > >>> > Option "FingerHigh" "17" >>> > Option "FingerLow" "14" >>> > EndSection >>> >>> play a little with "AccelFactor", "FingerHigh", "FingerLow" there is a >>> ksynaptics too. >> >> OK. I will. Thanks :) >> >>> >>> But why do you have two tocuhpad sections in Xorg.conf? Was this generated >>> by Sax2? >> >> Yes, it was generated by SaX2. >> >>> >>> Then file a bug, two tochpads do not seem right ... >> >> Done. >> https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=457298 >> >>> >>> HTH >>> Felix Möller >> >> Greetings, >> Javier >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help(a)opensuse.org >> >> > > Hi all. > is it possible to tune synaptics acceleration from gui (yast\sax) ? > or is there are plans for accessing that option from gui? > it is rather wanted option for normal notebook users, cuz global mouse > sensitivity needs to be adjusted each time you want to switch from > touchpad to external mouse. > Hi all. is it possible to tune synaptics acceleration from gui (yast\sax) ? or is there are plans for accessing that option from gui? it is rather wanted option for normal notebook users, cuz global mouse sensitivity needs to be adjusted each time you want to switch from touchpad to external mouse. p.s. this message was sent to the list once? or twice? excuse me for latter, if so. -- 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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