January 2010 - openSUSE Factory - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse-factory] System freeze with kernel 2.6.31.8 and ralink rt2860/rt2870 on 11.2
by Marcel Hilzinger 11 Jan '10

11 Jan '10

Sorry for posting this on factory, but maybe several opensuse 11.2 users are reading as well. With the recently updated kernel 2.6.31.8 and rt2860/2870 opensuse freezes just after login if you choose automatical wlan setup. If you are using a manual setup, it will freeze when trying to connect. Bugreport: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=568446 As a workaround until there is a fix , you might want to downgrade to kernel 2.6.31.5, if you are using one of the affected wlan-drivers/chips: zypper install kernel = 2.6.31.5 Best regards, Marcel -- Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Marcel Hilzinger Linux New Media AG, Putzbrunner Str. 71, 81739 München, Germany Tel: +49 89 99 34 110, Fax: +49 89 99 34 1199 mhilzinger(a)linuxnewmedia.de - http://www.linuxnewmedia.de ---------------------------------------------------------- Linux New Media, the Pulse of Open Source: Lawrence, KS - Málaga Manchester - München - São Paulo - Warszawa ---------------------------------------------------------- Sitz der Gesellschaft: Putzbrunner Str. 71, 81739 München Amtsgericht München: HRB 129161 Vorstand: Brian Osborn, Hermann Plank Aufsichtsratsvorsitzender: Rudolf Strobl -- 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] new package candidates for Factory
by Wolfgang Rosenauer 11 Jan '10

11 Jan '10

Hi, I have two new packages which are candidates for Factory. I haven't done submitreqs yet because I would like to have some feedback first. The packages are mozldap - mozldap-tools (depends on svrcore) The Mozilla LDAP C SDK is a set of libraries that allow applications to communicate with LDAP directory servers. These libraries are derived from the University of Michigan and Netscape LDAP libraries. They use Mozilla NSPR and NSS for crypto. License: GPLv2+ | LGPLv2.1+ | MPLv1.1 Project URL: https://wiki.mozilla.org/LDAP_C_SDK svrcore - libsvrcore0 => Secure PIN handling using NSS crypto svrcore provides applications with several ways to handle secure PIN storage e.g. in an application that must be restarted, but needs the PIN to unlock the private key and other crypto material, without user intervention. svrcore uses the facilities provided by NSS. License: GPLv2+ | LGPLv2.1+ | MPLv1.1 Project URL: https://wiki.mozilla.org/LDAP_C_SDK mozldap is already shipped in openSUSE as part of MozillaThunderbird and SeaMonkey. Currently I don't know of any other "users" of that library in Factory but there is third party software outside which uses it and another user will most likely be added to Contrib soon => 389-ds So if these would be added to Factory it would be possible to use it from Thunderbird and Seamonkey instead of shipping it multiple times. There is a risk though that necessary updates to Thunderbird or Seamonkey would need a version update of the system library as well. We still could avoid it by readding the internal libraries if needed though. The API itself seems to be pretty mature. Any feedback if we should add that to Factory and if so do we rip it out of Thunderbird and SeaMonkey? I really would like to hear some thoughts about it. 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] Reason OOO wont't write
by Donn Washburn 11 Jan '10

11 Jan '10

Hey Group; What is the reason that one directory in my saved OOO3 directory and "ls -l" directory is ????? ?? ??. Is this another problem caused by some very useless security of my files. I brought up OOO3 edited the files then wanted to save them only to find OOO3 can not write them. Matter of fact it is hung and will not even close. -- 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] Ethereal/Wireshark device
by Donn Washburn 10 Jan '10

10 Jan '10

Hey Group; I have 2 Ethernet devices in the machine and the slow forcedeth device is handling this email. Concerning Wireshark by openSuSE and the forcedeth device known as eth0 - What is the device like /dev/eth0 to use. Eth0 doesn't exist. What device does Wireshare use. I am atemping to track a IP or URL number/name which Wiresharp used to do. -- 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] KDE4 is not shutting down on exit
by Donn Washburn 10 Jan '10

10 Jan '10

Hey Group; Why is it that KDE4 will not exit using Start>Leave>Logout in both 30 seconds and Yes not allow KDE4 to exit? The only way to kill it is via "kill -9 "#### Nor does it change and save any "Configure Desktop" changes. Yes I have tried removing /home/me/.kde4. KDE4 recreated a fresh .kde4 which seems OK. -- 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] AIX box running Linux?
by Donn Washburn 08 Jan '10

08 Jan '10

Has anyone attempted to run a old IBM AIX box on openSuSE. I think it is an AS 400 with a PowerPC CPU. How much trouble is to get this running openSuSE. I am not sure of the iSeries Model -- 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] GRUB2 / FATE 308497
by Jeff Mahoney 06 Jan '10

06 Jan '10

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi everyone - Occasionally I take a break from kernel hacking. Recently, I was working on improving the reiserfs support in grub so that it doesn't take forever to load when there is a journal with outstanding transactions that need to be replayed. The thing is that the grub 0.97 code is truly awful. Every file system implementation has to implement strangely chosen primitives and, outside of the code itself, has 32k in memory which it has to manage itself and not exceed. This is the crux of the reiserfs /boot performance issue in bnc#538795. On top of that, the upstream grub developers refuse to accept fixes or features against 0.97, forcing distributors to carry patches around forever. The good news is that GRUB2 lifts a whole lot of restrictions. It's modular in design, has a cleaner implementation, and has native support for more file systems. It supports LVM and MD RAID volumes. It supports DMRAID volumes (though I'm not sure how well here). The upstream development community is interested in maintaining it. The bad news is that it's a boot loader. There may be bugs lurking in there. That are tough to track down and leave you with an unbootable system. So who wants to help test? :) - -Jeff - -- Jeff Mahoney SUSE Labs -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.12 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAksee5UACgkQLPWxlyuTD7LfzgCeNNBHRMuyP8scWJrOfSjFkXiV fZkAoJoT9lBFwPxlzRRoA5UFjKzDMhUu =i06N -----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] screensaver
by Donn Washburn 06 Jan '10

06 Jan '10

Again openGL screen savers are missing. This happened before but was fixed on a update. I was looking for Euphoria. Is it not working on anyone else's system? openSuSE 11.3 NVidia factory file.run -- 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] Latest OOO
by Donn Washburn 05 Jan '10

05 Jan '10

Hey Group; I opened two previously saved spreadsheet documens. To save them I hit the loppy disk icon next to he folder icon. The save blue bar cast at the bottom makes it about 75% then hangs. This is with he Open Office from openSuSE recently downloaded/upgraded. Furthermore. did it save both sheets or not. I do note neither will close via "X" or File>Close -- 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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Re: [opensuse-factory] kde "backport"
by Martin Schlander 04 Jan '10

04 Jan '10

Søndag den 3. januar 2010 18:48:36 skrev jdd: > Use of build service is still confusing for users. Should be very > clear what is experimental and what is stable (including stable for > the application developpers and not supported by openSUSE). Easily confused users, would/should normally just use the "Community Repositories" YaST module, where there's a limited set of repos with nice descriptions - and refrain from experimenting with OBS repos they don't understand. > do understand well if I say that such "backport" do *not* change any > other app in the distro than the one asked for? (IE, for example, > don't change kde version?) More or less, that's the point of a backport, it's backported to work with the released distro. But there can be exceptions, for example I remember a backport of Amarok which required a newer taglib. But packages in the kde:backports repo will never make huge obtusive changes - that's why the repo is in "Community Repositories" - and factory/unstable KDE isn't. -- 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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