May 2010 - openSUSE Factory - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse-factory] [11.2] KDE-4.4.x Factory and kupdateapplete
by Michael Schueller 19 May '10

19 May '10

Hello List Since i have upgradet to KDE 4.4.x on openSUSE 11.2 the packagekit Module for the kupdateapplete is not working anymore. There are no users anymore defined in the KDE Systemettings to be allowed to Update the System, and it is not possible to add them again because the "Add User" Buttom is even not working. This is really bad, because in this way only root is allowed to do security updates with yast or zypper. Is there a way to fix that ? Thanks Michael -- 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] opensuse 11.3 (m6) and mobile compatibility
by Andrea Florio 19 May '10

19 May '10

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi people, i got today, for the first time, some of the famous usb modem like huawei ones (and not only). i got them coz i am supposed to write something about linux compatibility. on suse 11.2 i'm quite happy, after upgrade usb_modeswitch (from 0.9.6 into OSS to 1.1.2) to latest version (into hardware OBS repo) i had ALL of them working just plug and play. i thought that with suse 11.3 it would be even easier... you know, more recent kernel, more recent packages, more recent everything... instead... well instead, not only none of the worked, but looks their support has been even dropped... usb_modeswitch is not even into factory repo (why???) so... the question is... any reason to drop that important hardware support? someone just forgot to submit requestes or what else? (i am ready to take care of that package and others needed to provide that support on suse 11.3, IMHO it's a MUST HAVE) Regards Andrea - -- - ------------------------------------------ Andrea Florio QSI International School of Brindisi Sys Admin CISCO CCNA Certified 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 v2.0.15 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkvy/EoACgkQyCZT87TFPuhnbQCfViAc3US5sHiG+1llFvQZP2kY 8PQAn3QYFgKgunvhQYKhYlxjD/U3trvr =Brl6 -----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] System cleaner
by Rastislav Krupanský 19 May '10

19 May '10

Hi. What i can read from experiences by people on the forums, BleachBit [1] is very useful system cleaner and users appreciate it. It speeds up system even, when users erase unnecessary stuff after some time of using. For openSUSE is available in Packman repo, but i want´to ask why is not distributed in oss repo(it´s distributed under GPL) and eventually could it be possible distribute BleachBit(or another system cleaner) on the LiveCD´s? Is any free space on the LiveCD´s? [1] http://bleachbit.sourceforge.net/ -- S pozdravom / Best regards, Rasto -- 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] Status: distribution
by Stephan Kulow 19 May '10

19 May '10

Hi, M7 is approaching and it looks good so far. As discussed I reverted the patterns back to sysvinit and !tmpwatch yesterday. Part of the 11.3 branding is in the distribution, but it's not yet complete. Greetings, Stephan -- 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] Searching for Nvidia rpm for 11.3 testing
by Roman Bysh 18 May '10

18 May '10

Dear Fellow Listmates, I am inquiring if there is an Nvidia rpm for testing for openSUSE 11.3 Milestone 6. Can I download from a location? Many Thanks, Roman -- 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] Fwd: Best installation choice for a new Intel DH55HC MB?
by Greg Freemyer 18 May '10

18 May '10

All, I have a new 64-bit Intel MB (DH55HC) and the OS 11.1 DVD is failing to install. I'm trying with a USB-based DVD drive and the install sequence is failing to see the repo on the DVD. I want to try either 11.2 or Milestone 6. I don't have a 64-bit DVD downloaded for either. Should both work with this MB? If so, I'll download a 64-bit version or 11.2, but if this MB is too new, I'll try M6. Thanks Greg -- 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] SaX2: Dead or alive ?
by Stefan Dirsch 18 May '10

18 May '10

Hi I'm wondering whether our openSUSE community is interested into using and therefore fixing sax2. Currently there are two open issues. Both are kind of fatal and make the program more or less useless, especially the first one. #596454 - SaX2 fails to write xorg.conf/aborts when starting test #596470 - 'sax2 -a' never terminates In case nobody of our openSUSE community is interested into addressing that issue I'm afraid SaX2 needs to die already with openSUSE 11.3. Deadline for a fix would be the deadline for Milestone 7, i.e. about Sun May 16. And please remember the future development of SaX2 has already been discussed. http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-factory/2009-12/msg00017.html So this doesn't necessarily need to be done again. ;-) Best regards, Stefan Public Key available ------------------------------------------------------ Stefan Dirsch (Res. & Dev.) SUSE LINUX Products GmbH Tel: 0911-740 53 0 Maxfeldstraße 5 FAX: 0911-740 53 479 D-90409 Nürnberg http://www.suse.de Germany ----------------------------------------------------------------- SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) ----------------------------------------------------------------- -- 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] 11.3 Product Highlights
by Martin Schlander 17 May '10

17 May '10

Now that the countdown for 11.3 has begun[1], I needed something that my counter button could link to, so I've begun work on the product highlights page for 11.3[2]. Please add stuff there if you're aware of "product highlights" in 11.3, that I have not already mentioned there. [1] http://en.opensuse.org/Countdown [2] http://en.opensuse.org/Product_highlights_11.3 -- 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] repositories for debug packages
by Stefan Quandt 17 May '10

17 May '10

Hi, every here and then I run into the following: 1) KDE app crashes 2) Famous crash manager pops up and offers installation of missing debug symbols 3) Installation of missing debug symbols fails 4) crash manager offers certain links for info about debug repositories but it turns out there is no such info. 5) user frustrated while devs keep believing their barely tested applications are fairly usable How do I get proper debug debug packages on a factory installation? Why does the crash manager not find them? -- 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 install report
by Bernhard M. Wiedemann 17 May '10

17 May '10

Hello, I am planning to run regular (e.g. daily to weekly) semi-automatic tests of current factory .isos to increase installability/testability of those and milestone releases for testers, thus increasing overall quality. Todays score is poor. Out of 5 tested .isos only the i586-NET got past the install stage and even then hung during the printer configuration phase, so 0.5/5 would be a fair total. I run this on KVM with a self-made perl script generating keyboard-input and capturing pictures (currently 2/sec). As a nice side-effect, there can now be seen compact ogg-theora-videos of the current boot/install having 6x speed at http://www3.zq1.de/bernhard/mirror/opensuse/video/ You might also notice the predicted remaining time on the NET-install to jump up and down. Also the "Loading Installation System" part of the NET-boot is suspiciously long at 100%... and does not have a size given. If you are interested in those scripts, you can get them from http://www3.zq1.de/bernhard/git/autoinst/ but they are nowhere near perfect, yet. have a lot of fun -- Bernhard M. Wiedemann software engineer -- 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] Countdown
by Alexis Guéganno 16 May '10

16 May '10

Hi all ! i've found this site : http://counter.opensuse.org/ where we're supposed to see a countdown... and where the counter seems to be blocked on 62 days. What am i doing wrong? ^_^ quite basic question... unusual here :p Thanks, Alexis. -- Les objets quantiques sont complètement dingues, mais au moins ils le sont tous de la même façon. -- 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: [Flightgear-users] OpenGL graphics context
by Donn Washburn 16 May '10

16 May '10

Hey Group; After downloading and compiling everything needed for Flightgear to work and the following error show up. I have installed NVidia's .run. which required adding --ignoreABI in /etc/X11/initd/xserverrc. Guess what? as root glxgears fails. # glxgears glxgears: Error: glXCreateContext failed And fgfs still fails after everything was recompiled. as root even> # fgfs Error: Unable to create OpenGL graphics context. Error: Unable to create OpenGL graphics context. Segmentation fault Notice the word "context" in both errors. Does anyone know if it is xorg, openSuSE or KDE4 problem that is causing Flightgear not to work -- 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] rsyslogd eats 100% CPU
by Sascha 'saigkill' Manns 15 May '10

15 May '10

Hello Mates, i´m driving Milestone 6. ATM rsyslogd eats 100% CPU. top means: 2620 root 20 0 119m 452 260 S 89 0.0 521:08.19 rsyslogd Is this a know bug who fixed in Milestone 7? Have a nice day... -- Sincerely yours Sascha Manns open-slx GmbH openSUSE Community & Support Agent openSUSE Marketing Team Blog: http://saigkill.wordpress.com Web: http://www.open-slx.de (openSUSE Box Support German) Web: http://www.open-slx.com (openSUSE Box Support English)

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[opensuse-factory] 11.3 ntp, eject and theme
by jdd 15 May '10

15 May '10

Hello :-) I just made a fresh install of the 11.3 M6 live kde disk on my computer (before I only had done that on VirtualBox). I can see some very small problems. Are they well known or may I go to Bugzilla? * two small problems with ntp (install time). ** the ntp pool is not given as default. I had to give my own known server (ntp.cict.fr), and time was taken from it ** after that the time was correct. However when going to the summary screen, the time was off by two hours (UTC time?). I could then go back to ntp setup, make refresh and all was ok. * Just before the reboot, my cd was ejected... but I really did the boot from an USB flash key, so the ejected reader was not the good one. Not really a problem * the aspect / theme is identical to 11.2. Is that on purpose and to be changed later or is this to be kept for final? Not than I don't like it, it's simply confusing not to know at first glance that you have a new distro * I couldn't find any empty terminal in this install (I wanted to look at the YaST logs for ntp debugging), but nothing free from F1 to F12 anyway fast install. Easy creation of the live USB key with dd. Good :-)) thanks jdd -- http://www.dodin.net http://www.facebook.com/pages/I-support-the-Linux-Documentation-Project/372… http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-fan-page-of-Claire-Dodin/106485119372062?… -- 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] USB or selinx
by Donn Washburn 15 May '10

15 May '10

/dev/sda7 is / (root) I have a USB<>IDE /dev/sdc1 which was cleaned with fsck.ext3 this evening. It is a 74Gig WD drive. My question is based on what used to be a reasonable "cp -R" from (/dev/sdc1)/media/sdc1 of flightgear data/* which took two or three minutes to copy to (/sda7)/usr/lib/FlightGear. Under M6 the red "write" LED is continuously on during a copy which seem wrong. Also it has been busy for over 1 hr. and only copied about 10 percent of the Data. Is this a USB or security problem -- 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] RFC: to upstart or not
by Stephan Kulow 15 May '10

15 May '10

Hi, I made upstart an optional replacement for sysvinit to a) test if it works good enough b) prove that it has no influence on the boot time b) is done and a) is kind of done. It works, and it only sometimes shows problems - that I have no time to debug as debugging it involves rebooting and it's about impossible to debug other people's machines reboot remotely. Additionally to that, upstart takes more memory than sysvinit's init and it makes it harder for people to adminstrate 11.3 and older systems in parallel. If upstart was the obvious future, I wouldn't care too much - but systemd[1] at least opens doubts that this will be the case. So I would to reduce the feature to "provide upstart" and set it to done and change the patterns back to sysvinit. Oppinions? If someone really wants upstart badly, he has to provide a patch as a reply to comment#38 in the feature though ;) [1] http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/systemd.html [2] https://features.opensuse.org/305690 -- 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] graphing query
by doiggl＠velocitynet.com.au 15 May '10

15 May '10

Hello, I wondering if you could help. Im trying to produce a Bandwidth Usage graph of eth0 like this graph http://mirror.aussiehq.net.au/ Have you the steps or tutorial to do this. Ive installed a procuct called cacti to do this [http://en.opensuse.org/Cacti] Thanks for your help. Cheers Glenn -- 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] Status of Contrib
by Karsten König 14 May '10

14 May '10

Hello, I was wondering if there is a definite decision about how to go on forward with the seperation of Contrib and mainline Factory. If I remember correctly Contrib was the place to submit stuff to as normal contributor to openSUSE, now Factory is open for everybody to submit stuff, based on reputation, skills and whatnot. So what's the future of Contrib now, this looks like a limbo state to me. Also does openSUSE try to be as inclusive as debian now (everything in one big repository) or seperate atleast into Factory and Contrib? Or even further with repositories like network:utilities, games, GNOME:Extra, KDE:Community etc. which currently have a 'rolling release' way of life. I can't come up with a big weighing pro for any of the possibilities, but I just can't say what model is currently followed. Karsten -- 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] xorg.conf
by Donn Washburn 14 May '10

14 May '10

Hey Group; Enlight of all of the xorg xorg.conf changes. Or the lack of needing a xorg.conf file is there another config file planned for the latest nouveau or xorg so that NVidia's file.run can be used. It is needed to enable 3D and speed up the display so that programs like Flightgear can work. -- 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] Setting classpath
by Sid Boyce 13 May '10

13 May '10

On 13/05/10 11:01, Bernhard Walle wrote: > Hi! > > Please reply to the list, not as personal mail. > Apologies, don't know what happened, I intended it to go to the list. I know it's shell dependent. I did ". ~/.bashrc" followed by "echo $CLASSPATH" in the same shell and it just returned the prompt. Only after the reboot did it report the CLASSPATH and as expected on all tabs in konsole. I shall watch out for this in future in case the tools are not working properly - e.g:- a couple of us have had a similar problem with a USB device in Ubuntu and Kubuntu 10.04 that was only cured by a reboot - very unusual as udevadm indicated everything was OK. Regards Sid. > Am 13.05.2010 10:08, schrieb Sid Boyce: >> On 13/05/10 07:05, Bernhard Walle wrote: >>> Am 13.05.10 05:48, schrieb Ken Schneider - openSUSE: >>>> On 05/12/2010 10:00 PM, Sid Boyce pecked at the keyboard and wrote: >>>>> I have the following in ~/.bashrc and wonder if it's correct. "echo >>>>> $CLASSPATH" only returns the prompt. >>>>> export >>>>> PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/mybin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/lib64/jvm/java-1.6.0-sun-1.6.0/jre/bin:/opt/netbeans/bin:/opt/arm-2009q3/bin >>>>> >>>>> export JAVA_HOME="/usr/lib64/jvm/java-1.6.0-sun-1.6.0" >>>>> export CLASSPATH=/usr/lib64/jvm/java-1.6.0-sun-1.6.0 >>>>> Regards >>>>> Sid. >>>> >>>> Perhaps you need the quotes like you do with the JAVA_HOME variable >>> >>> No. >> >> I expected "source ~/.bashrc" to have set it up on the fly, but I had to >> do a reboot for it to take effect - that's very odd in the Linux/Unix >> world. > > It works only in the shell in which you sourced the .bashrc. And all > processes (including terminals and shells) that inherit from that shell. > >> One other thing I noticed, there is no classes.zip file, perhaps not >> needed in the current versions of java? > > Did you check the -devel package? The -devel package is the JDK, the > other is only the JRE. AFAIR the classes.zip is only part of the JDK, > isn't it? > > > > Regards, > Bernhard > -- 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] NFS problems
by Stefan Quandt 13 May '10

13 May '10

Hi, after a nightly download to a NFS connected device this morning my problems started with kget not properly starting. So I left my KDE session and restarted it. Several applications properly started and then the whole desktop froze without even showing a mouse poiinter. Now the most important: After a reset my system did not came up any more: The boot process reproducable hangs after loading the NFS module. I do not suspect this being a kernel problem. So the question is what is triggered after loading the NFS module that can cause this freeze? -- 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] Setting classpath
by Sid Boyce 13 May '10

13 May '10

I have the following in ~/.bashrc and wonder if it's correct. "echo $CLASSPATH" only returns the prompt. export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/mybin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/lib64/jvm/java-1.6.0-sun-1.6.0/jre/bin:/opt/netbeans/bin:/opt/arm-2009q3/bin export JAVA_HOME="/usr/lib64/jvm/java-1.6.0-sun-1.6.0" export CLASSPATH=/usr/lib64/jvm/java-1.6.0-sun-1.6.0 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] Watch out PHP changes
by Cristian Rodríguez 12 May '10

12 May '10

Hi: In the next security updates as well in openSUSE factory PHP no longer release the lock of previously locked files, neither automagically at shutdown nor at stream closing so (broken) code like: <?php $fp = fopen('foo.txt','wb'); flock($fp, LOCK_EX); /* write or do whatever with the locked file... */ fclose($fp); ?> Will no longer "unlock" the file in question. This is an upstream change to provide a sane/correct behaviour from now on but it might cause subtle issues. So, you have to explicetely flock($fp,LOCK_UN); before closing the file. Just keep an eye on this. Cheers. Cristian. -- 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] Import mount points shows incorrect info when doing net install & wrong keyboard
by pearson44j 11 May '10

11 May '10

Hello # 1 I did a net install tonight using the openSUSE-NET-x86_64-Build0598-Media.iso in VMware with no problems. Later I did a fresh install on an existing v11.3 (_64) which had 6 hard drives - when I tried to import the existing mount points I recieved a message 'No previous system with mount points was detected' The previous system was Linux MSI 2.6.34-rc5-6-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT 2010-04-22 21:18:20 +0200 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux When I went into the 'Available Storage' window during the installation I could only see disks sda and sdb I was expecting to see disks /dev/sda to /dev/sdf # 2 When I install I always select Language = US ; Keyboard = FR During the installation Yast2 always uses a querty (ie US keyboard) instead of a azerty keyboard throughout the entire installation process. As I recall - a bug was raised a while back for a similar problem (the difference being that the installation parameters in the ticket were Language = US ; Keyboard = DE). This bug still needs fixing. Hope that helps Regards James -- 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] Milestoneupdate
by Sascha 'saigkill' Manns 11 May '10

11 May '10

Hello Mates, atm i have installed M6. If M7 comes out, what is the best way to do the Update? Maybe zypper dup? -- Sincerely yours Sascha Manns open-slx GmbH openSUSE Community & Support Agent openSUSE Marketing Team Blog: http://saigkill.wordpress.com Web: http://www.open-slx.de (openSUSE Box Support German) Web: http://www.open-slx.com (openSUSE Box Support English)

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