June 2011 - openSUSE Factory - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Re: [opensuse-factory] help us write the MS2 announcement!
by Ismail Doenmez 21 Jun '11

21 Jun '11

Hi; Am Tue 21 Jun 2011 07:59:42 PM CEST schrieb Steven Sroka <sroka.steven(a)gmail.com>: > I don't think anymore attention is necessary. Adobe is coming out with a > native 64-bit version of Flash Player this year. > > It used to be called Flash Square. > I also _believe_ Flash Square is dead and Flash Incubator is its' > replacement[0]. > http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashplatformruntimes/incubator/ > > I could be wrong about Flash Incubator though. I'll post this on another > thread to find out if this is true, and if nspluginwrapper is worth the > time/effort. > > [0] http://forums.adobe.com/thread/857025 As far as I know they'll release an 64bit version for Linux which won't be officially supported. nspluginwrapper is very very welcome in that sense. Regards. -- Ismail Dönmez - openSUSE Booster SUSE LINUX Products GmbH Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany GF: Jeff Hawn, Jennifer Guild, Felix Imendörffer, 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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Re: [opensuse] Re: [opensuse-factory] The road to systemd for openSUSE 12.1
by Ken Schneider - openSUSE 21 Jun '11

21 Jun '11

On 06/20/2011 10:41 AM, Dr. Werner Fink pecked at the keyboard and wrote: > On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 10:21:43AM -0400, Ken Schneider - openSUSE wrote: >> On 06/20/2011 04:40 AM, Dr. Werner Fink pecked at the keyboard and wrote: >>> On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 07:43:12PM +0200, Kay Sievers wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I'd like to know what the big vendors are thinking about this. >>>>> Introducing risks due lazy/snooty systemd developers can not be >>>>> a reason to ignore well-founded and common rules how to handle >>>>> big severs. >>>> >>>> Most of the 'lazy/snooty systemd developers' work for the biggest >>>> vendors. :) >>> >>> Does this mean that IBM will enforce that /usr and >>> other useful partitions will be only avaiable by >>> using initramfs? >>> >> >> WHY? You don't need /usr on a separate partition anymore. > > I'm aware that a separate /usr is only optional. Personal I do not > use a separate /usr partition. Nevertheless I know customers using > such /usr partition to minimize downtime due e.g. file system problems. Wouldn't it be better to fix the real problem instead? > >> I was first exposed to UNIX in 1988. Back then the largest harddrives >> were not big enough to fit the whole operating system let alone user >> login info plus any user data. There was no choice but to split some >> directories off onto a separate drives (partitions). >> >> Let's get our heads out of the sand and our asses and get with modern times. > > Hmmm, I'm not speaking about my personal system setup. On my own > privat system I've /, /var, /tmp, /boot, and /home on different > partitions, that is / and /boot on a 64G SSD and the rest on > a 1TB SATA III. > >> The only directories I see as being beneficial on a separate >> partition are the "tmp" directories which can fill a drive rather >> quickly if not watched. > > Again, this is also you're personal setup just as my personal > setup ... but IMHO we should like not to ignore other setups. No, this is my personal opinion not how my system is setup. I only ever use three partitions /(xfs), /boot(ext2) and swap. > > > Werner > -- 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

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Fwd: [opensuse-factory] disable autologin as default
by Ista Zahn 20 Jun '11

20 Jun '11

Ugg, sent to the wrong list. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Ista Zahn <istazahn(a)gmail.com> Date: Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 11:38 AM Subject: Re: [opensuse-factory] disable autologin as default To: opensuse(a)opensuse.org On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 10:28 AM, Ken Schneider - openSUSE <suse-list3(a)bout-tyme.net> wrote: > On 06/20/2011 08:13 AM, phanisvara das pecked at the keyboard and wrote: >> >> On Mon, 20 Jun 2011 15:28:06 +0530, Stefan Seyfried >> <stefan.seyfried(a)googlemail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hm, maybe I should finally use YaST instead of "useradd" to add a new >>> user >>> So I don't understand what the whining in this thread is all about... >> >> >> it's about if those who want auto-login have to click an extra option >> during install, or the other ones. highly important matter, of course... >> > > NO! The OP asked how to turn it off on a system that came pre-installed with > openSUSE. He did not ask for other peoples opinion on why it is one way or > another. Well, no actually that is not what the OP asked. The OP posted a feature request asking that the installer default should be changed, not how to change it after the fact. If the question had been how to change it, the answer would have simply been YaST --> User and Group Administration --> Expert Options --> Login Settings uncheck "Auto login". phani got it right, it's about who should have to click a (few) button(s)... Having said that, there is a problem with the autologin system, and that is that the kde config tools do not work. In my view this is the actual problem. We can say "if you don't like the default, change it" and that is fine. But then we see a big fat setting dialog in kde system settings that says "enable auto-login" that DOES NOTHING, which leads to a great deal of confusion about how one is actually supposed to change this behavior. I believe that is what needs to be fixed. - Ista > > -- > 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 > > -- Ista Zahn Graduate student University of Rochester Department of Clinical and Social Psychology http://yourpsyche.org -- 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] 2 questions concerning a recent kernel and hostname
by Donn Washburn 20 Jun '11

20 Jun '11

Group; 1. Over the past 15 years I have downloaded and compiled about every kernel basic and git from www.kernel.org and gotten them to work. I have changed the CPU to match this one and the default name using make menuconfig. I have tried over and over recently with no luck and openSuSE. Using oldconfig and /proc/config.gz as .config and make menuconfig. Both work just fine but mkinitrd fails - even though the modules are built and installed in /lib/modules/. Both openSuSE supplied kernel source and kernel.org kernels fail and have even cause this system to need reloading from scratch. 2. I have gone through all gyrations looking for why at a login I get no hostname but (none). And Apache2 complains about (none) at boot time. The happened before and was fixed in 11.4 one of alpha/beta versions but it is again broken -- 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 Skype:n5xwbg BMWMOA #: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] New package shorewall
by Togan Muftuoglu 18 Jun '11

18 Jun '11

Hi, I would like to introduce shorewall to Factory. The package has been available for quite a time now at the devel project security:netfilter. The purpose of having shorewall in factory will enable the enduser to another tool for configuring a iptables based firewall, so in that aspect it is not different for having various email clients, or web browsers, therefore will enable the user freedom of choosing a frontend for iptables. The upstream package is in continuous development with active support including mailling-lists and IRC Below you will find information regarding shorewall. Hope it will get into factory. Thanks Togan Muftuoglu What is Shorewall? ================== The Shoreline Firewall, more commonly known as “Shorewall”, is high-level tool for configuring Netfilter. You describe your firewall/gateway requirements using entries in a set of configuration files. Shorewall reads those configuration files and with the help of the iptables, iptables-restore, ip and tc utilities, Shorewall configures Netfilter and the Linux networking subsystem to match your requirements. Shorewall can be used on a dedicated firewall system, a multi-function gateway/router/server or on a standalone GNU/Linux system. Shorewall does not use Netfilter's ipchains compatibility mode and can thus take advantage of Netfilter's connection state tracking capabilities. License =========== This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of Version 2 of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation. Homepage ========== http://www.shorewall.net Mailing lists ============== https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/shorewall-users https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/shorewall-devel IRC ============= irc.freenode.net #shorewall Author ======== Thomas M. Eastep Features * Uses Netfilter's connection tracking facilities for stateful packet filtering. * Can be used in a wide range of router/firewall/gateway applications . + Completely customizable using configuration files. + No limit on the number of network interfaces. + Allows you to partition the network into zones and gives you complete control over the connections permitted between each pair of zones. + Multiple interfaces per zone and multiple zones per interface permitted. + Supports nested and overlapping zones. * Supports centralized firewall administration. +Shorewall installed on a single administrative system. May be a Windows™ PC running Cygwin™ or an Apple MacIntosh™ running OS X. + Centrally generated firewall scripts run on the firewalls under control of Shorewall-lite. * QuickStart Guides (HOWTOs) to help get your first firewall up and running quickly * A GUI is available via Webmin 1.060 and later (http://www.webmin.com) * Extensive documentation is available in both Docbook XML and HTML formats. * Flexible address management/routing support (and you can use all types in the same firewall): + Masquerading/SNAT. + Port Forwarding (DNAT). + One-to-one NAT. + Proxy ARP. + NETMAP. + Multiple ISP support (Multiple Internet Links from the same firewall/gateway) * Blacklisting of individual IP addresses and subnetworks is supported. * Operational Support. + Commands to start, stop and clear the firewall + Supports status monitoring with an audible alarm when an “interesting” packet is detected. + Wide variety of informational commands. * VPN Support. + IPSEC, GRE, IPIP and OpenVPN Tunnels. + PPTP clients and Servers. * Support for Traffic Control/Shaping. * Wide support for different GNU/Linux Distributions. + RPM and Debian packages available. + Includes automated install, upgrade and uninstall facilities for users who can't use or choose not to use the RPM or Debian packages. + Included as a standard part of LEAF/Bering (router/firewall on a floppy, CD or compact flash). * Media Access Control (MAC) Address Verification. * Traffic Accounting. * Bridge/Firewall support * IPv6 Support * Works with a wide range of Virtualization Solutions: + KVM + Xen + Linux-Vserver + OpenVZ + VirtualBox Cons ============================================ * Many packages provide a configuration file that describes which ports need to be opened to run a specific service, ie postfix,vsftpd. But shorewall does not recognize these service files. * SuSEfirewall2 is integrated with YaST2 enabling a gui interface for the firewall configuration where as shorewall lacks this interface -- 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] Mirrors dropping Factory ? feature to have more mirrors ?
by Bruno Friedmann 17 Jun '11

17 Jun '11

Dear users, watch, readers. I've found that one of my favorite mirror, allowing rsync which is great for my local infra. Has totally drop openSUSE_Factory or factory related things. If I really can understand why download.o.o/repositories/home: is not synchronize I would be happy to see more mirrors for openSUSE_Factory. The missing mirror where openSUSE doesn't have so much place (compared to D & U) mirrors.switch.ch The mirror that has loose Factory things ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de/opensuse/repositories/ And you around the world, did you have trouble ? How can we push mirrors to (re)adopt our beloved Geeko ? Admin, board, can we have numbers ? place/bandwidth needed by mirrors Where should we store that informations (if it doesn't exist) ps : reply only to ml, I'm already subscribed like you. -- Bruno Friedmann Ioda-Net Sàrl www.ioda-net.ch openSUSE Member & Ambassador GPG KEY : D5C9B751C4653227 irc: tigerfoot -- 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] SR#67624 is being reviewed for 2 months
by Togan Muftuoglu 17 Jun '11

17 Jun '11

Hi, About two months ago I received a message from darix regarding siproxd package of the network:telephony project asking me to fix a couple of issues as the package was not building for factory and he cannot push the package to factory. I have done that and submitted a request #67624 Now after two months the package is still in review process 67624 State:review By:toganm When:2011-04-16T08:00:13 submit: home:toganm:branches:network:telephony/siproxd -> network:telephony Review by User is new: mjerris Review by User is new: kamailio Ths current package in factory is 0.7 and as we are in the milestone phases wouldn't it be better to have such issues resolved in order to have an up to date distro Thanks Togan -- 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] LibreOffice and the slideshow into the installer
by Kim Leyendecker 17 Jun '11

17 Jun '11

Dear devs! I did a fresh installation of openSUSE 11.4 today, and I saw, that the slideshow still says, that openSUSE ships OpenOffice.org as the default office-suite. I don´t know, if it be changed in 12.1 M1, but if not, is their any chance to keep that in mind *before* the next release is done? It´s just annoying to see that OpenOffice.org is default, and LibreOffice is really shipped as prefered. Remember: if this still exists, please change it, if not forget about my mail ;-) kind regards -kdl PS: I hardly believe that it´s still so. The last change into the copyright of the "openSUSE installer" is: v.3.5.10 (c) 1996-2010 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH Maybe this should be more recent too? -- 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 abi-compliance-checker
by Dave Plater 17 Jun '11

17 Jun '11

I've packaged the "abi-compliance-checker" as used by the Linux foundation's "LSB Infrastructure program". http://ispras.linuxfoundation.org/index.php/ABI_compliance_checker I was wondering which devel project it should live in? Sorry I forgot an important point : home:plater abi-compliance-checker is where the package is. Thanks Dave P -- 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 abi-compliance-checker
by Dave Plater 17 Jun '11

17 Jun '11

I've packaged the "abi-compliance-checker" as used by the Linux foundation's "LSB Infrastructure program". http://ispras.linuxfoundation.org/index.php/ABI_compliance_checker I was wondering which devel project it should live in? Thanks Dave P -- 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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