August 2009 - openSUSE Factory - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Re: [opensuse-factory] Palm Pilot module
by Fred A. Miller 06 Aug '09

06 Aug '09

Greg KH wrote: > On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 11:29:11AM -0400, Fred A. Miller wrote: >> Greg KH wrote: >>> On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 01:06:53AM -0400, Fred A. Miller wrote: >>>> Donn Washburn wrote: >>>>> On 07/29/2009 08:30 PM, Donn Washburn wrote: >>>>>> Hey group; >>>>>> >>>>>> In the past my Palm device was spotted right off by SuSE after >>>>>> installing a custom /etc/udev/rules.d file. >>>>>> Now it is not even spotted by hwinfo --usb. This brings me to my >>>>>> question. (Senior Moment) - What was the kernel module need to have >>>>>> this device seen? Something like "joliet". >>>>>> >>>>> Got it - visor and usbserial >>>>> >>>>> It is amassing how quickly a old brain comes around >>>> Sometimes. Where do I find "visor" and "usbserial" as Yast doesn't find >>>> them for 11.1? >>> They are kernel modules, not separate packages. >>> >>>> I get the error(s): >>>> >>>> 01:04:20 Starting the KPilot daemon ... >>>> 01:04:20 Daemon started. >>>> 01:04:20 Daemon status is `.kde.kpilot.daemon was not provided by any >>>> .service files' >>>> 01:04:22 Trying to open device /dev/pilot... >>>> 01:04:22 Cannot open Pilot port: [/dev/sr0]. >>>> >>>> Do you or anyone else know how to fix this? >>> press sync on your device first. >> Tried that and still get: >> >> HotSync Log >> >> 11:25:55 Starting the KPilot daemon ... >> 11:25:55 Daemon started. >> 11:25:55 Daemon status is `.kde.kpilot.daemon was not provided by any >> .service files' >> 11:25:55 Trying to open device /dev/pilot... >> 11:25:55 Cannot open Pilot port: [/dev/sr0]. >> 11:25:59 Trying to open device /dev/pilot... >> 11:25:59 Cannot open Pilot port: [/dev/sr0]. >> 11:26:04 Trying to open device /dev/pilot... >> 11:26:04 Cannot open Pilot port: [/dev/sr0]. > > Looks like kpilot needs to be configured to use the proper device node > (usually /dev/ttyUSB1 or so.) But note, it's usually better to just use > the libusb version of the pilot-link tools these days, no need to touch > the kernel drivers at all. That works much better, as the visor kernel > driver is pretty much unmaintained due to a lack of hardware (yes, it's > my code, but without hardware, I can't test it anymore...) > > Try asking on a kpilot mailing list, > > good luck, Thanks.....I'm going to need it! ;) You are correct...the system does see it, and as /dev/ttyUSB1, which of course is in /dev, bu then, neither is pilot. :( Even though the system does see it, NO software will. Thanks for trying, Fred -- Liberals ALWAYS, ALWAYS consider socialist dogma more important than telling the truth! -- 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] RPM 4.4.2.3 vs 4.7.0
by Pavol Rusnak 06 Aug '09

06 Aug '09

Hi! There is still rpm 4.4.2.3 in Factory and upstream is already at 4.7.0. Will we try to update the package for 11.2 to the newest version we can afford? Thanks for the answer! -- Best Regards / S pozdravom, Pavol RUSNAK SUSE LINUX, s.r.o openSUSE Community Multiplier Team Lihovarska 1060/12 PGP 0xA6917144 19000 Praha 9, CR prusnak[at]suse.cz http://www.suse.cz -- 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] Drop Sun Java 1.5.0 from Factory/11.2
by Michal Vyskocil 06 Aug '09

06 Aug '09

Hi all, I propose a drop of java-1_5_0-sun from openSUSE Factory/11.2. The EOSL date [1] of 1.5.0 ends on October 30 this year. That means Sun will stop release a public available updates of it (there's some extended support period, but just for those who has a contract with Sun). So we will be able support it just a few months after 11.2 release (and only if Sun will release an update of it) and then Sun will stop deliver public available updates for it. If there's any user who wants/needs it in openSUSE please let me know. I think that we can estabilish something like Java:sun5 OBS project and keep this package here. But I'll not maintain it. [1] http://java.sun.com/products/archive/eol.policy.html Best regards Michal Vyskocil

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[opensuse-factory] backward/forward binary compatibility checker
by Andrey Ponomarenko 06 Aug '09

06 Aug '09

Colleagues, I'm software engineer from Institute for System Programing of Russian Academy of Sciences and we are developing a free lightweight tool for checking backward/forward binary compatibility of shared C/C++ libraries in OS Linux. It checks interface signatures and data type definitions in two library versions (headers and shared objects) and searches ABI changes that may lead to incompatibility. We have released 1.1 version of this tool and we'd like you to consider its usefulness for your project. The wiki-page with the latest release of binary compatibility checker is http://ispras.linux-foundation.org/index.php/ABI_compliance_checker Andrey Ponomarenko -- 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] Why don't we change to cdrtools ?
by Joerg.Schilling＠fokus.fraunhofer.de 06 Aug '09

06 Aug '09

>I have just verified that bug 226019 is still a problem. With cdrecord from >home:/hennichodernich/ on 11.1 I am not able to burn a cd, unless I kill >hald-addon-storage. I could reproduce it with all LG devices that I tested. >This particular device was 'DVDRAM GSA-U10N '. This bug is a Linux kernel bug - it needs to be fixed in the Linux kernel. Cdrecord powerless if the Linux kernel reports wrong DMA sizes. If killing hald helps, then this is a really obscure side effect. BTW cdrecord does not try to do more than 62 KB of DMA by default. If you have one of the problematic USB chips that use a driver that does not allow to do more than 32 kB DMA, you always may specify ts=32k with cdrecord, cdda2wav or readcd. >Also, cdrecord from that package is installed with suid root. I am quite sure >that our security team won't like it. The solutuion used by cdrecord is no security problem as cdrecord is carefully audited. There are other security problems on suse that result from the fact that the security issue that allowed non-root applications to send SCSI commands have not beed fixed correctly. Jörg -- EMail:joerg@schily.isdn.cs.tu-berlin.de (home) Jörg Schilling D-13353 Berlin js(a)cs.tu-berlin.de (uni) joerg.schilling(a)fokus.fraunhofer.de (work) Blog: http://schily.blogspot.com/ URL: http://cdrecord.berlios.de/private/ ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/schily -- 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] Why don't we change to cdrtools ?
by Dominique Leuenberger 06 Aug '09

06 Aug '09

----- Original Message ----- >From: Joerg Schilling <Joerg.Schilling(a)fokus.fraunhofer.de> > >Thank you for giving me the OK for mentioning Suse as OSS hostile company on my >web pages. > >Be prepared for being sued because of the copyright violations. And I thought OSS (mainly the GPL) was based on copyleft rather than copyright. -- 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] Sound - starting from scratch?
by Greg Freemyer 06 Aug '09

06 Aug '09

All, I've tinkered way too much with the sound on my workstation at work. It totally died a month or so ago and I'm finally wanting to work on it again. Is there a way I can totally blow it away and start from scratch with autodetect / autoconfigure etc? Thanks Greg -- Greg Freemyer Head of EDD Tape Extraction and Processing team Litigation Triage Solutions Specialist http://www.linkedin.com/in/gregfreemyer Preservation and Forensic processing of Exchange Repositories White Paper - <http://www.norcrossgroup.com/forms/whitepapers/tng_whitepaper_fpe.html> 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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Re: [opensuse-factory] Why don't we change to cdrtools ?
by Dominique Leuenberger 05 Aug '09

05 Aug '09

----- Original Message ----- >From: Philipp Thomas <Philipp.Thomas2(a)gmx.net> >Received: 8/5/09 10:31 PM >On Wed, 05 Aug 2009 21:00:25 +0200, you wrote: > >>And I thought OSS (mainly the GPL) was based on copyleft rather than copyright. > >At least in german law you *never* loose your copyright. You can >transfer the right of commercial exploitation but unlike anglo-saxton >law you can't sell the copyright itself. > >Only the GPL is based on copyleft, there are lots of other OSS >licenses that retain the copyright. See the BSD license for a >prominent example. But GPL is exactly what cdrtools was licensed under at the time it was forked. That's the whole point of it. -- 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] Why don't we change to cdrtools ?
by Joerg.Schilling＠fokus.fraunhofer.de 05 Aug '09

05 Aug '09

Robert Schweikert <rjschwei(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Has suse really no interest to satisfy their customers? > > I would think that the community has an interest in satisfying it's > users. However, there is a cost associated with every choice and these > costs have to be weight. The costs from distributing buggy software like the fork are of course hight than using the bug free original software. > > What is the reason for being unfriendly to a very active OSS author? > > Well, lets just say that the door swings both ways. When one party > threatens to sue the other party the originator of the threat should > probably not expect to be welcome with open arms. Correct, suse started to be unfriendly to me many years ago when some people at suse started ton introduce bugs into cdrtools and the annoyed users from suse did send their complaints to me instead of sending them to suse. For this reason, this is a good time to start being friendly.... Jörg -- EMail:joerg@schily.isdn.cs.tu-berlin.de (home) Jörg Schilling D-13353 Berlin js(a)cs.tu-berlin.de (uni) joerg.schilling(a)fokus.fraunhofer.de (work) Blog: http://schily.blogspot.com/ URL: http://cdrecord.berlios.de/private/ ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/schily -- 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] Adobe Reader 9.1.2
by Dominique Leuenberger 05 Aug '09

05 Aug '09

Hi everybody, So far we still have Adobe Reader 8.1.5 in our NON OSS repositories, even though Adobe released already version 9.1.2 [1] (for Linux that is). do we have any chance to have this updated? Anything I can help on it? We'll probably have much better luck with security fixes on this branch, should there be any (hmm. I don't think conditional is a proper grammar form for this sentence...). Dominique [1] http://get.adobe.com/reader/thankyou/?installer=Reader_9.1.2_English_for_Li… -- 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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