November 2012 - openSUSE Factory - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse-factory] A line in openSUSE:Factory: systemd-mini.spec and systemd.spec I don't understand
by Joop Boonen 06 Nov '12

06 Nov '12

Hi all, I saw a line in openSUSE:Factory: systemd-mini.spec and systemd.spec I don't understand. %if 0%{?bootstrap} Requires: this-is-only-for-build-envs %else Because of this line ARM Factory JeOS images aren't build any more due to: nothing provides this-is-only-for-build-envs needed by systemd-mini Is this Requirement in the spec file for a specific reason? Regards, Joop. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-factory] systemd and hardware clock
by Dr. Werner Fink 06 Nov '12

06 Nov '12

Hi, due several bug reports, I'm currently reading the code of systemd-195 as found in oS:Factory. I'm a bit surprised about some missing features and bottlenecks: * There is no --adjust functionality to handle systematic drift of the HW/RTC clock of the BIOS * There is no --badyear functionality for broken some Award BIOS * It ignores s390 as well as XEN clients * It does not provide --systohc functionality which had lead to several bug reports about the fact that the system clock is not written back to RTC at shutdown/reboot * It does not check for the SUSE /dev/shm/warpclock ... OK this does not cause a problem as settimeofday(2) with its timezone is sealed within the kernel after warpclock has been called in the initrd. I'm wondering how the timestamps of the root file system will be repaired if the timezone correction would not be done in the initrd. ... the question rises if we should try to implement this in the C source of systemd (src/shared/hwclock.c and src/timedate/timedated.c) or is there a way to avoid the systemd-timed service with a more complete but shell code script executed by a systemd service unit at boot as as at shutdown/reboot. Werner -- "Having a smoking section in a restaurant is like having a peeing section in a swimming pool." -- Edward Burr -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-factory] tp_smapi/hdaps(d) in openSUSE
by Dominik Schmidt 06 Nov '12

06 Nov '12

Hey opensuse-factory, everytime I decide to play neverball on my Thinkpad with the accelerometer as joystick, I'm overwhelmed by the amount of unofficial tp_smapi packages and really can't decide which one to take.. I feel there should be a package in the official repos... :D To give this a little more serious sense: tp_smapi is a kernel module for accessing the HDAPS ( http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Active_Protection_System ) system in Thinkpads which can be used to park the hard-drive when the laptop is moved (or especially to protect the disk when the laptop is falling down while it's running etc). In addition to that module the hdapsd daemon is needed. Is there any reason those two packages are not in any official repo? As long as that repo existed the module seems to have been in the :Contrib repo. Of course I'm not suggesting that simply anyone should add this but I'm volunteering to do the work :-) But I do need some hints where to start: 1.) Which devel repo would I submit the kernel module to? 2.) Which devel repo would I submit the daemon to? 3.) How do I correctly package kernel modules? As I said, there are a lot of packages already. This one looks fairly reasonable: https://build.opensuse.org/package/files?package=tp_smapi-kmp&project=home%… Could that be submitted as is? Best regards, Dominik -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-factory] KDE menus and gitorious
by Cristian Morales Vega 06 Nov '12

06 Nov '12

I created a merge request for desktop-data three weeks ago. It's just a minor patch that doesn't really fix anything but a warning from kbuildsycoca4. I'm not sure about how Gitorious works, maintainers are supposed to notice the "1" in the merge requests section or they receive an email notifying it? And since I'm on it. Since I updated my 11.3 system to KDE to 4.5 the "inline" part of the menu is not honored... Expected behavior? Known problem? -- 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: Nitrogen background setter for X windows
by Togan Muftuoglu 06 Nov '12

06 Nov '12

Hi, Shortly I will be submitting nitrogen from X11:Utilities to factory. Information regarding nitrogen is given below, and this package although not required can be used as wallpaper changer for awesome and sawfish windowmanagers which are on their route to factory (just waiting buildrequires for these two be in factory) Nitrogen is a background browser and setter for X windows. It is written in C++ using the gtkmm toolkit. It can be used in two modes: browser and recall. Some of the features are: * Multihead and Xinerama aware. * Recall mode to used via startup script. * Uses freedesktop.org standard for thumbnails. * Can set GNOME background. * Command line set modes for script use. * Inotify monitoring of browse directory. * Lazy loading of thumbnails - conserves memory . * "Automatic" set mode - determines best mode to set an image based on its size. * Display preview images in a tiled icon layout Togan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-factory] rtkit-daemon
by Constant Brouerius van Nidek 05 Nov '12

05 Nov '12

On my system I found the following erroor message: : Failed at step NAMESPACE spawning /usr/lib/rtkit/rtkit-daemon: No such file or directory How could I solve this error? -- Linux User 183145 using KDE4 on a Pentium IV , powered by openSUSE 12.3 Milestone 0 (i586) Kernel: 3.6.3-1-default KDE Development Platform: 4.9.2) 13:33pm up 0:37, 4 users, load average: 0.81, 0.74, 1.04 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-factory] today's update broke 12.3 m0
by Patrick Shanahan 05 Nov '12

05 Nov '12

12.3 m0 in VB update hung, rebooted after 30 min boots to grub rescue prompt with no help and does not accept any commands I try ??? repeatable -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA HOG # US1244711 http://wahoo.no-ip.org Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://linuxcounter.net -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-factory] Secure Boot again
by Greg Freemyer 05 Nov '12

05 Nov '12

All, I'd like to suggest that the openSUSE 12.3 boot/install media have the new Linux Foundation pre-boot Secure Boot utility as the first stage of booting. That is in addition to the already discussed plans for handling UEFI secure boot after the initial install. == details There is a new Linux Foundation pre-boot Secure Boot utility available. http://www.linuxfoundation.org/news-media/blogs/browse/2012/10/linux-founda… Interesting and I'm glad to see it, but it doesn't fundamentally change things for UEFI Secure Boot systems running openSUSE 12.3 and newer. But it does for non-compliant systems that don't have a way to disable Secure Boot during OS installs. As it strongly implies, a pre-boot loader is being created by the Linux Foundation and they are going through the process of getting it signed by an official Microsoft Key. That means all UEFI Secure Boot systems will see this new pre-boot loader as being properly signed. (The new pre-boot loader is going to require a human is at the keyboard before it advances to the boot sequence, so it is not a panacea, especially for servers.) Thus the mechanism to boot non-Microsoft signed media like the openSUSE install media becomes: - Disable Secure Boot in the bios, either one time or permanently OR - Boot via the new Linux Foundation pre-boot loader, confirm you are physically present, then continue boot process to non-signed CD/OS/etc. It seems the openSUSE 12.3 install/boot media should have the new pre-boot loader as the first stage of booting. That would also mean that people using those media won't have to disable secure boot in the bios during installs. It will make the install process much more seemless if the user doesn't have to go into the bios prior to doing the install. Greg -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-factory] Status of systemd vs sysvinit, xinetd, syslog
by Marcus Meissner 05 Nov '12

05 Nov '12

Hi, As development group maintainer I start to see requests (mostly from Cristian Rodriguez) that remove sysvinit, xinetd support completely from packages and also remove syslog dependencies. What is the current status? Is the total sysvinit removal and total xinetd removal now fact and the future plan? Ciao, Marcus -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner(a)opensuse.org

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Re: [opensuse-factory] Firefox 16.0.2 : Maximum number of clients reached : cannot connect to X server :0
by ellanios82 05 Nov '12

05 Nov '12

my System : Tumbleweed kdebase4-workspace-4.8.5-2.10.1.i586 _________________ Hello List, - new development : presently i am not able to start firefox at all : from Konsole, just get the message : ______________ /usr/bin/firefox Maximum number of clients reachedMaximum number of clients reachedError: cannot open display: :0 .................... what please can i try to Fix this ?? ......... best regards Ellan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner(a)opensuse.org

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