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no non-GPL kernel modules any more :-(
by Andreas Vetter 07 Feb '06

07 Feb '06

How is this with the non-gpl kernel modules? Novell/SUSE will no longer provide them. So what is a user supposed to do, when he needs e.g. atheros wlan driver? Is there a howto for making a xxx-kmp.rpm? I still don't understand, what these xxx-kmp.rpms are good for.

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Fonts: "fc-cache -f"
by Silviu Marin-Caea 07 Feb '06

07 Feb '06

I have installed fontconfig-2.3.93.20060131-1. However, I have noticed that SuSEconfig gives this warning. It doesn't go away after running fc-cache -f. I don't know if it's a known bug. Creating cache files for Xft .FC: dircache for /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts is invalid or outdated, consider running "fc-cache -f" as root! FC: dircache for /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts is invalid or outdated, consider running "fc-cache -f" as root! FC: dircache for /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts is invalid or outdated, consider running "fc-cache -f" as root!

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Major bug in Beta3: Fontconfig
by Andreas Jaeger 07 Feb '06

07 Feb '06

It might be that X11 apps just crash, which is a bug in fontconfig. A first fix in the fixed-rpm package on ftp.opensuse.org. The current packages are on ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/m17n/10.1 - use both fontconfig and fonts-config. The packages in m17n are updated as soon are bugs fixed - and contain also additional optimizations. Please report bugs against them in bugzilla and help us getting fontconfig fast and usable! thanks for testing - and thanks to the fontconfig gurus for fixing! Andreas -- Andreas Jaeger, aj(a)suse.de, http://www.suse.de/~aj/ SUSE Linux Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany GPG fingerprint = 93A3 365E CE47 B889 DF7F FED1 389A 563C C272 A126

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subfs dropped in 10.1 Beta 2
by houghi 07 Feb '06

07 Feb '06

Hello all, During the IRC meeting from 2006-01-24 it was announced that subfs has been dropped. IRC log and minutes can be found at http://www.opensuse.org/2006-01-24-status-meeting and the timestap for the subfs issue begins at 19:47 >From the minutes: - subfs has been dropped and will be replaced by hal plus gnome-volume-manager (under GNOME) and some binary for KDE. non-KDE and non-GNOME users have to mount manually. They cant even put a line into /etc/fstab, so that a user can mount it. There was a consens that this is unacceptable. Action Item houghi: - start discussion about subfs replacement in non KDE/GNOME systems on opensuse-factory Questions that arise: - Should this be accepted or should it be delayed till a complete solution is given? - As the question came from an FAQ about having subfs disables, is there perhaps a better solution for everybody. Easy disableling subfs for those who want it and enabled for those who want that. - What are the implications of reversing the decision? What are the implications of going on as it is? Any other solutions or comments are welcome as well. Also bear in mind that some people might login over ssh and do not even have a windowmanager. houghi -- Lost interest? It's so bad I've lost apathy.

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syslog-ng -> firewall
by Günther J. Niederwimmer 07 Feb '06

07 Feb '06

Hello, is this a known Problem, syslog-ng don't split the firewall Log in a single File ? In /etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf it is separate Entry for Firewall ?? -- mit freundlichen Grüßen / best Regards, Günther J. Niederwimmer

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RAID1 problems in Beta3
by Liviu Damian 07 Feb '06

07 Feb '06

Hi, Yesterday I tried to install Beta3 on a system having a software RAID1 and LVM. LVM works fine, RAID1 doesn't :-( I was upgrading a 10.0 system. I made a DVD from the 5CDs and I began to install it. Everything was fine. RAID was recognized, LVM also, no problem with upgrading from 10.0 to 10.1 Beta3, only a manual intervention for packages from community repositories (something normal). At the first reboot, unfortunately I got these: md: md0 stopped /init: line 479: 736 segmentation fault /sbin/mdadm -- assemble --scan $mdconf rootfs: major=9 minor=0 devn=2304 /dev/md0: unknown volume type /init: line 512: =: command not found Mounting root /dev/md0 mount: unknown filesystem type '' umount: /dev: device is busy umount: /dev: device is busy Kernel panic - not syncing: Attemted to kill init! After this, I tried to make a clean install. I formated the raid and install it again, again with no problems. At the first reboot, the same problem (the first reboot means before you set the root password, user accounts, networking, etc). Is this a known problem or should I report it to bugzilla? Cheers, -- Liviu Damian Phone: +40741226993 Blog: http://liviudm.blogspot.com

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10.1 and dmraid
by Markus Koßmann 07 Feb '06

07 Feb '06

Is 10.1 intended to have dmraid support during installation ?

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Can I have two installation sources during installation?
by Andreas Vetter 06 Feb '06

06 Feb '06

Can I have two installation sources during installation? E.g. inst-source and inst-source-extra, or CD and Packman -- Andreas Vetter Fakultaet fuer Physik und Astronomie Universitaet Wuerzburg

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Confusing wording for network setup method
by Silviu Marin-Caea 06 Feb '06

06 Feb '06

During installation, at network setup, there's the Use traditional method (Enable) and Use Network Manager (Enable) I find it terribly confusing with the "enable" thing. I always have to stop and think what does it mean and what will it do. I suggest a more specific link instead of just "enable". Like this: Now using traditional method (Enable Network Manager) and Now using Network Manager (Enable traditional method) Will add to bugzilla

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Re: 2.6.16 serious consequences / GPL_EXPORT_SYMBOL / USB drivers of major vendor excluded
by Andreas Klein 06 Feb '06

06 Feb '06

Hi, this also affects the smartlink-modem: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=144600 On Sun, 5 Feb 2006, Greg KH wrote: > On Fri, Feb 03, 2006 at 05:24:10PM +0100, s.schmidt(a)avm.de wrote: > > on January 15th / major change in USB subsystem and GPL_EXPORT_SYMBOL > > declaration > > Greg Kroah-Hartman added a Patch to kernel 2.6.15-git12, which > > substantially changed the USB system. > > Have you asked Greg why he did this? > > Have you asked what the other alternatives are? > > You do know about usbfs/libusb that allows you to write USB drivers in > userspace that can go at the full speed of the USB bus? Why not redo > your code to take advantage of this? If you do that, the extra bonus is > that your drivers will also work on the BSDs and possibly Windows with > no changes needed (I think libusb works on Windows...) > > > This mail is not intended to provoke a discussion of open vs closed source. > > The only intention of this mail is to make you aware of the consequences of > > such a decision. > > I was not aware of your drivers, but now that you have informed me of > them, I am willing to work with you to figure out how to resolve this > issue. > > thanks, > > greg k-h > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo(a)vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > -- Andreas Klein Andreas.C.Klein(a)physik.uni-wuerzburg.de

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