December 2009 - openSUSE Factory - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse-factory] updated firmware v3.1 for ipw2200
by Stefan Seyfried 10 Dec '09

10 Dec '09

Hi, I updated the ipw-firmware package to contain the version 3.1 for ipw2200. There is no changelog for the firmware version (even the Intel guys could not get one when they announced this version in March), but the driver developers generally recommend to use the latest firmware. So I'd ask everyone using an intel 2200bg or 2945abg module to watch out if it changes anything to the worse for them once my submitrequest is accepted and goes into FACTORY. If we find out that the newer version causes regression, we might need to find a way of installing both and selecting one of them, but I would really like to avoid that. Have fun ;) seife -- Stefan Seyfried "A lonely little useless module - no-one needs it, and it needs no-one else either. How sad." -- okir -- 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: [opensuse-packaging] New osc 0.124 release
by Stefan Seyfried 10 Dec '09

10 Dec '09

Hi Adrian, 2009/12/10 Adrian Schröter <adrian(a)suse.de>: > > Hello, > > we put out the new osc version 0.124 release in the openSUSE:Tools project. could you please submitrequest it to Factory? Thanks! seife -- 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] DirectFB compat package
by Stefan Seyfried 09 Dec '09

09 Dec '09

Hi, For those running FACTORY on a machine having installed a particular M(edia)Player from packman, there is a problem since the 10.2 version there needs DirectFB < 1.2.9, but FACTORY now has 1.2.9 So to fix that, you can install DirectFB-compat-120 (i named it after the library version) from http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home://seife://testing/openSUSE_F… Note that I had to rpm -e --nodeps DirectFB rpm -hiv DirectFB-compat-120.*.rpm (probably because of not-perfect provides/obsoletes/whatever), but you hopefully only will need to do this once in this FACTORY cycle. Then I could do zypper up and get everything that did not get installed before (DirectFB-1.2.9, splashy, ....) because it would have broken MPlayer. Hope that helps someone. Oh - and I do *not* recommend anyone to add home:seife:testing as a regular repository ;) Have fun, seife -- Stefan Seyfried "Any ideas, John?" "Well, surrounding them's out." "Praktische Erfahrung ist viel Wert. Nur mal davon gehört zu haben, daß etwas nicht funktioniert, ist eine Sache - den GNOME Dateidialog selbst benutzt haben zu müssen, eine ganz andere." -- Steffen Winterfeldt I don't know why I dream this way The sky is purple and things are right every day I don't know, it's just this world's so far away But I won't fight, and I won't hate / Well not today "I personally just encourage people to switch to KDE. This 'users are idiots, and are confused by functionality' mentality of Gnome is a disease. [...]. Please, just tell people to use KDE." -- Linus Torvalds "[...] a 'enterprise desktop' should never be allowed to drive development. It is, by definition, boring and same-old, same-old." -- Linus Torvalds "You sure you software suspend guys haven't been hanging out with the IDE maintainers?" -- Rob Landley Never trust a computer you can't lift. You are storing 40 billion bits of information on a lump of metal and glass rotating at 10,000rpm and pushing into areas of quantum theory in order to store you data. It should be no suprise it might not be there a month later. -- Alan Cox "A lonely little useless module - no-one needs it, and it needs no-one else either. How sad." -- okir "Data security manager [...] presents new company security policy. It reads like a help text for a tax declaration" -- draht "I've never seen this before." "Its a blue light." "What does it do?" "Turns blue." "Mit Außerirdischen, die nicht weiter gekommen sind als Microsoft und Apple, will ich persönlich nichts zu tun haben." -- Prof. Harald Lesch -- 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] submitreq 26096 - Package GPicView (LXDE photo viewer)
by Andrea Florio 09 Dec '09

09 Dec '09

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi guys, i'm beginning to submit the first LXDE packages to factory. here some infos: bugowner : anubisg1 (me); the package is here (X11:lxde) since about 6 months yet, no bugs reported. The package is well test from various distros like fedora/mandriva/ubuntu and by me (daily use). upstream project is [1] the upstream bugtracker is here: [2] and no security issue found yet (a review from security team maybe still be needed ) i want to maintain this package into Factory because i want to provide the full LXDE desktop enviroment and this package is one the components. see openfate feature [3] and bugzilla enhacement here [4] Users will use it will be any LXDE user, and anyone needs a lightweight picture viewer License is GPLv2 Regards Andrea [1] http://lxde.org [2] http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=180858&atid=894869 [3] https://features.opensuse.org/307729 [4] https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=561145 - -- - ------------------------------------------ Andrea Florio QSI International School of Brindisi Sys Admin openSUSE-Education Administrator openSUSE Official Member (anubisg1) Email: andrea(a)opensuse.org Packman Packaging Team Email: andrea(a)links2linux.de Web: http://packman.links2linux.org/ Cell: +39-328-7365667 - ------------------------------------------ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.12 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAksfe0kACgkQyCZT87TFPug3lwCeN0kgJbIIVwK3Oq/9CB9k8MeD UigAniXWd3UnPHNRWB27gtCAec10PfMT =9la5 -----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] Product Creator image problems on system with multiple CD/DVD drives
by Jeromy Smith 08 Dec '09

08 Dec '09

I have created an image using Product Creator on openSUSE 11.2 that has a couple of add on sources (oss, non-oss, updates, nvidia). On a system with a single DVD drive, the installation completes successfully and in a timely manner. On a system with two drives, the installation takes a considerably longer time to complete. If I look at /var/log/YaST2/y2log, I can see that it is trying to mount the second drive continually throughout the install process. Is this behavior expected? Are there any install options that can make it ignore the second drive? Thanks, Jeromy -- 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] Should touchpad padding be disabled by default?
by Hans-Peter Holler 08 Dec '09

08 Dec '09

Hi, see https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=554884 _My_ solution for kde4: ~/.kde4/Autostart/touchpad.sh: synclient TapButton1=1 Hans-Peter -- 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] dropping BitTorrent (Mainline) package
by Jan Matejek 08 Dec '09

08 Dec '09

dear openSUSErs, for a long time we've been distributing the official BitTorrent (a.k.a. Mainline) client. And for some years we've been stuck with version 4.0.4, because we couldn't include DHT support (legal reasons). Now that it turns out that we can include DHT after all, it also turns out that mainline's source is closed since 2007 or something. There is still version 5.3 available under GPL, but i don't see much value in upgrading to version that is three years old. (and to be perfectly honest, i'm not even sure that our BitTorrent version still works) We now have better bittorrent clients for GUI (KTorrent, Transmission) as well as for console (rtorrent - not in the official distro, but can be found in OBS), so losing Mainline shouldn't be a problem. If you use bittorrent in headless environments, you might be interested in combining ncurses-based rtorrent with 'screen'. Deleterequest#25604 filed. May you rest in peace, BitTorrent. regards m. -- 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 KTTSD error
by Donn Washburn 08 Dec '09

08 Dec '09

Hey Group; I am getting after last nights "zypper up" and KDE error. "Starting KTTSD Failed" -- 73 de Donn Washburn 307 Savoy Street Email:" n5xwb(a)comcast.net " Sugar Land, TX 77478 LL# 1.281.242.3256 Ham Callsign N5XWB HAMs : " n5xwb(a)arrl.net " VoIP via Gizmo: bmw_87kbike / via Skype: n5xwbg BMW MOA #: 4146 - Ambassador " http://counter.li.org " #279316 -- 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 tmp files
by jdd 07 Dec '09

07 Dec '09

Hello, I notice that yast, option "backup" still uses /tmp as temporary place. Giving this backup can be very hudge, how is it possible to use an other place? is that worth a bugzilla? thanks jdd -- http://www.dodin.net http://valerie.dodin.org http://news.opensuse.org/2009/04/13/people-of-opensuse-jean-daniel-dodin/ -- 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: [opensuse-project] opensuse source?
by Rob OpenSuSE 07 Dec '09

07 Dec '09

Am including Factory list, perhaps in 11.3 a better way of making source available to end users, which avoids big load on Build Service and Mirrors is possible? On project list, a request was made for source by someone unfamiliar with openSUSE suggested an ISO; installing source rpm's with YaST is not working as it did in past for me, because only binary packages are held on most of the download.opensuse.org mirrors. 2009/12/4 Peter Pöml <poeml(a)cmdline.net>: > Am 04.12.2009 um 09:56 schrieb Karsten König: > >>> All of that is not doable via offering source rpms, so, maybe we can get >>> rid of src rpms at all later ... >> >> Currently osc/obs webfrontend is for novell accounts only, and also a >> seperate >> tool if one wants to really see the history of the package (osc) > > I agree, that's really bad. > >> So the srpms fill an important niche, people from upstream projects >> getting >> bugreports can simply go ahead, download the source rpm and check the >> .spec >> file for obvious mistakes in the building process and/or check the patches >> applied. >> >> Before dumping source rpms for saving space, which is somewhat >> questionable >> looking at the huge space and traffic the home: repositories generate, >> people >> need an anonymous read access, I don't think any other distribution forces >> something like this on external people. > > Source RPMs have a special drawback in the build service: they are published > as many times as there are build targets, with slight variations only. See > http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-buildservice/2009-06/msg00169.html > > Well, that's were 30-50% of the build service disk space goes! > > This is a similar percentage of space as the home: namespace. It is > significant :-) > > Excluding build service source RPMs from mirroring is an important > instrument to find fmirrors at all. So problems are : 1) source rpm's are changed and re-published over frequently by Build service 2) source rpm take huge diskspace and bandwidth, for something rarely required on installed system 3) obtaining the source to build and modify a package on end-user system (as required by GPL) is less obvious than it was in past Can we simply have seperate hosts in URI's for binary download, binary debug & source packages? What about a way to install all the source of used packages? Obtaining all the project source is handled by snail mail request for a (possibly chargeable) DVD. Rob -- 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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