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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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NLD 10 presentation videos
by Jens Siebert 06 Feb '06

06 Feb '06

Hi there, osnews.com has a news article on a presentation of the next Novell Linux Desktop with some videos which present the new features of the GNOME desktop used in NLD (http://www.linuxedge.org/?q=node/55). According to the current Novell Linux roadmap, Suse Linux 10.1 will be the basis for NLD 10 so the question is if we will see such features in one of the next Suse Linux versions too? Greetings Jens Siebert

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10.1 beta3 - a couple of initial observations
by Per Jessen 05 Feb '06

05 Feb '06

I'm installing to a machine with one IDE-drive with the following partitioning: /dev/hda1 - formatted for jfs, meant for /boot /dev/hda2 - swap /dev/hda3 - formatted for jfs, meant for / /dev/hda4 - exiting jfs for with existing /home The initial partioning proposal ignores /dev/hda1 and /dev/hda3, not unexpectedly, and proposes a setup that uses hda4 as an extended partition with hda5 and hda6. I delete hda5 and hda6, then attempt to edit hda4 in order to have it mounted at /home. The dialogue only allows me to change the cylinder boundaries of hda4. Also, when I hit "cancel" on this dialogue, it still warns me that I have changed the boundaries etc. ... - though I clearly haven't. To be able to instruct the installation to mount hda4 on /home, I had to reload the partition-table. I don't know if this is intended behaviour. Boot loader: The initial proposal for a GRUB setup contains an entry for a XEN kernel, whereas the proposal for a LILO setup does not. I haven't played with XEN at all, so I don't know if it's meant to be in the boot-menu or not. Installation summary (or whatever it is called): It's the screen with the main items listed: System, Bootloader, Software, Default runlevel etc. It seems to be lacking keyboard-shortcuts for the tabs "Overview" and "Expert". /Per Jessen, Zürich

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Firefox plugins: where are they now, in 10.1beta3?
by Silviu Marin-Caea 05 Feb '06

05 Feb '06

Before 10.1 the firefox plugins were symlinks in the firefox/plugins directory. Now, in that directory (/usr/lib/firefox/plugins) there is only the null plugin. Yet, about:plugins shows flash, acrobat, java. How are they located now, in 10.1? I ask because I have a problem with not displaying PDFs from firefox in beta3. In about:plugins there's dragon egg and acrobat reader. But I still don't get any .pdf displayed in browser. I'd like to remove dragon egg/acrobat and see what happens. In any case, it's still a bug.

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missing packages
by Hans-Peter Jansen 05 Feb '06

05 Feb '06

Hi, I'm missing certain packages in beta3, is that intentional? At the moment, it's - cyrus-imapd - gkrellm - eric3 - ksteak Hopefully, they will find there way into final, or should I be worried? Pete

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Can't Install SUSE 10.1_b3 on Vmware (host OS is SUSE 10.0)
by James PEARSON 04 Feb '06

04 Feb '06

Hello all I have tried to install SUSE 10.1 b3 three times under Vmware (VmwareWorkstation-5.5.1-19175) but the install process always gets stuck at the last second to last screen : “Hardware Configuration / Use the following configuration / Analyzing your system”. Regardless of the length of time I leave the install process running, things have just ground to a halt – there's 0 CPU activity :( I posted a photo at “http://perso.wanadoo.fr/j.pearson/Can't_Install_10.1_b3.png” Vmware runs fine on my system. SUSE 10.1_b2 (and other OS) installed and ran fine. For info host OS : SUSE 10 (Linux linux 2.6.13-15.7-smp #1 SMP Tue Nov 29 14:32:29 UTC 2005 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux). What exactly has changed between SUSE 10.1_b2 and SUSE 10.1_b3 which could explain this? Any help or comments would be appreciated. TIA James

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installation hangs after partition selection
by Glenn Holmer 04 Feb '06

04 Feb '06

I've been unable to install either beta 2 or beta 3 (on several machines) because the installer hangs after I select partitions. There have been no comments on the issue page, and I raised it to blocker/P2 after beta 3. Does this relate to other known issues? I'm thinking it may have to do with XFS... https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=146060 -- ====================================================== Glenn Holmer (Linux registered user #16682) ====================================================== "Greater coherence cannot be achieved. Not even the Netherlanders have managed this." -Anton Webern ======================================================

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Reiser4 dropped?
by Marcel Hilzinger 03 Feb '06

03 Feb '06

According to https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=140935 reiser4 has been dropped for 10.1. I can understand, that you drop unmaintained code from the kernel, but I can not understand, why you drop new features. -- Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Marcel Hilzinger Linux New Media AG Süskindstr. 4 D-81929 München Tel: +49 (89) 99 34 11 0 Fax: +49 (89) 99 34 11 99

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Default fond in Konsole
by Silviu Marin-Caea 03 Feb '06

03 Feb '06

I find it too thin and difficult to read. What's your opinion? Would it be better if the font were bold by default? I have a 17" LCD 1280x1024

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Virtual beta testing
by Volker Kuhlmann 03 Feb '06

03 Feb '06

Suppose one has access to a computer resonably well endowed in the CPU and disk departments, running SUSE 10.0. By far most of the beta testing could be done inside something like vmware. However, vmware is out of rea$$ of the average home user. What are the options? Xen, qemu, seperate disk partition to install into, ...? Can someone who has played with Xen, qemu, etc give a quick rundown for this purpose? Given a limited bandwidth which would make it at least 2 days to download all the selected packages, the above ability of doing this in some container running on a standard desktop box in the background would be a prerequisite. This would save having to download all the CDs in advance (and therefore a lot of unused volume). Is it possible to burn the downloaded used packages to DVD to test a non-virtual installation as well? Thanks, Volker -- Volker Kuhlmann is possibly list0570 with the domain in header http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not CC list postings to me.

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