May 2010 - openSUSE GNOME - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse-gnome] KSuseInstall equivalent for Gnome
by Rastislav Krupanský 21 Jun '10

21 Jun '10

Hi. Lubos Lunak wrote KsuseInstall - http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-kde/2010-03/msg00138.html for KDE desktop. Can we expect some equivalent for Gnome also? -- S pozdravom / Best regards, Rasto -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-gnome] gstreamer speex support
by Alan McGovern 31 May '10

31 May '10

I was just trying to use speex in gstreamer on opensuse 11.2 and apparently it's not packaged. I need it for good quality calls in empathy supposedly, so it'd be great if we packaged it by default. I believe it should be in gstreamer-good but we don't have it in ours. Is that right or did I just miss the required package? Thanks Alan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-gnome] openSUSE at GNOME Asia, Taipei summit?
by Andreas Jaeger 31 May '10

31 May '10

I'm forwarding the following request: > This is Emily Chen, GNOME Foundation member and organizer of GNOME.Asia > Summit. Currently, we are planning and organizing the third GNOME.Asia > Summit 2010, which will be co-hosted with COSCUP , August 14 -15 2010 in > Taipei. GNOME.Asia is the main GNOME conference in Asia, and COSCUP is the > biggest open source conference in Taiwan every year. I would be very happy > to see OpenSUSE joining our efforts in Taiwan this year. > [...] > We are calling for papers now, we would like to invite people from > OpenSUSE comuunity to give presentations and show the latest > technologies to this conference. If any of you is interested, please follow the call for participation here: http://pockey.dao2.com/2010/05/coscup-gnome-asia-2010-call-for-participants/ If you like to contact Emily directly, tell me and I bring you together, Andreas -- Andreas Jaeger, Program Manager openSUSE, aj(a){novell.com,opensuse.org} Twitter: jaegerandi | Identica: jaegerandi SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany GPG fingerprint = 93A3 365E CE47 B889 DF7F FED1 389A 563C C272 A126

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[opensuse-gnome] Tomboy vs Gnote
by Rastislav Krupanský 28 May '10

28 May '10

Hi. I´m just wanna ask, why we have Tomboy when it consumes roughly three times what Gnote[1] requires in terms of memory[2] and it´s slower than Gnote? What about start thinking about replacing Tomboy by Gnote? [1] http://live.gnome.org/Gnote [2] http://trmanco.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/gnote.png -- S pozdravom / Best regards, Rasto -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-gnome] Gnome Update Applet
by Karl Eichwalder 27 May '10

27 May '10

It's on my agenda to update the section about the Update Applet of the openSUSE Start-Up Guide. I guess with the avent of packagekit most things have changed... This is the old text, slightly updated (my comments or questions are prefixed with '>'): Text of the openSUSE Start-Up Guide starts here: -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- cut here -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Using the GNOME Update Applet ----------------------------- The update applet resides in the notification area of your panel. Its icon changes depending on the availability and relevance of patches and the status of the update. The applet is started by default, choose Computer > More Applications > System > Update System. > At least with our test packages, the appearance of the icon does not > seem to change. NOTE: Icon visibility By default, the update applet icon is only visible in the notification area, if patches are available. > This seems to be true Open box with a globe The update is busy (for example checking for updates or installing software). Red Star with Exclamation Mark Security patches are available. Orange Star with an Up Arrow Important patches are available. Yellow Star with a Down Arrow Trivial patches are available. Yellow Triangle with Exclamation Mark An error has occurred. > Is it still to work that way? Maybe, there are bugs hidden? Installing Patches The Software Update Applet offers two modes for installing patches: the simple in- stallation mode will automatically install all security patches. Important or trivial patches can be installed with the detailed mode, which lets you also choose which patches to install. > Are these modes gone with gnome-packagekit? If things are still meant > to work that way, how can I configure it that way? Using > gconf-editor? > I guess all you can do these days (11.3), is to uncheck (disable) > updates that you do not want to install. Procedure 3.8 Installing Patches: Simple Mode 1 Whenever new patches are available, a notification message listing the updates available will appear. Click on Install only security updates to start the instal- lation of all security patches available. 2 Enter the root password in the authentication screen and proceed with Au- thenticate. Procedure 3.9 Installing Patches: Detailed Mode 1 Whenever new patches are available, a notification message listing the updates available will appear. Click on Install all updates to open the Software Update window. If you have already closed the notification message, you can also left click the Software Update icon and choose Show Updates. 2 An overview of number of patches in different categories is shown. To see a detailed list of all patches with descriptions, click Review. A description, version number, repository, and (if available) a link to bugzilla, the Novell bug tracking system. Select or de-select a patch by clicking its checkbox. By default, all patches are pre-selected. 3 Click Install to start the patch installation. 4 Enter the root password in the authentication screen and proceed with Au- thenticate. You will be prompted for the root password after having proceeded with Apply Up- dates or Update System. The update performs the installation of the patches. After having finished the installation, choose whether to Install More Updates or Close the Software Update Viewer. -- Karl Eichwalder R&D / Documentation SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nuernberg) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-gnome] Starting NetworkManager from Gnome main menu?
by Karl Eichwalder 26 May '10

26 May '10

According to the openSUSE manual (Start-Up) you could start the "Network Connections" dialog from the Gnome main menu, if you click on the "Network:" entry in the right pane while NM is running. Now (tested on M7) the Yast network configuration is called. Is this intended bahavior? If yes, I'd like to change the manual. -- Karl Eichwalder R&D / Documentation SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nuernberg) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-gnome] GNOME 2.30 Stable for daily use?
by Anshul Jain 25 May '10

25 May '10

Hi all, Is GNOME 2.30 stable enough for daily use? I've been reading on how GNOME has become snappier and Evolution 2.30 has undergone a lot of changes for the good :) I'd appreciate some advise on upgrading my GNOME 2.28 to 2.30. Regards Anshul -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-gnome] GDM 11.2 went broken
by Marco Calistri 24 May '10

24 May '10

Dear list-memebers, Following my latest post titled: Re: [opensuse-gnome] 11.2 Gnome update VS STABLE:2.28, I regrettably have to ask some guidance about recovering my GDM, since it suddenly get broken. Latest changes I made immediately before the broke have been: 1) Reverting from G:S:2.28 to update repo and ran a zypper dup 2) Rebooting the system by maintaining "gdm" and "gnome" respectively into /etc/sysconfig/displaymanager and /etc/sysconfig/windowmanager, noticed very high CPU/MEM load up to 99%/50% from gconfd-2 running endlessly 3) No way to see the gdm-greeter after long await 4) As per recent logs, I believe there is something wrong with GConf or better with policy-kit: GConf: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.). 5) Actually the sole workaround to get the gdm greeter and Gnome desktop is to edit /etc/sysconfig/displaymanager and changing the line "gdm" into "kdm", doing this I can login into Gnome perfectly. Wonder if somebody can suggest me some ways to cure to the problem. I've also thought as last resource to uninstall completely GNOME and install it back again. TKS, -- Marco Calistri <amdturion> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-gnome] Cutting GDM dependencies
by Guido Berhoerster 24 May '10

24 May '10

Hello, we've recently encountered some problems with the LXDM login manager and it has turned out that the codebase is not really mature yet and suffers from some IMO rather fundamental quality problems which need to be addressed upstream (see. eg bnc#584573). It would therefore be desirable to have GDM as a fallback for users who encounter problems with LXDM or even to possibly switch to it as the default login manager for the 11.3 release. The problem is that GDM currently depends on most of the Gnome desktop through its dependency on gnome-panel and gnome-session. The indirect dependencies could be drastically reduced by putting the libgnome-panel-2 library and the core runtime files of gnome session in separate subpackages of gnome-panel and gnome-session and by making gdm depend on these subpackages only. It is pretty late, but would it be possible to reorganize the three packages like this? Experimental versions of the three packages can be found in home:gberh:gdm. -- Guido Berhoerster -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+help(a)opensuse.org

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Re: [opensuse-gnome] 11.2 Gnome update VS STABLE:2.28
by Marco Calistri 23 May '10

23 May '10

Il giorno dom, 23/05/2010 alle 23.23 +0200, Vincent Untz ha scritto: > Le dimanche 23 mai 2010, à 18:13 -0300, Marco Calistri a écrit : > > Il giorno dom, 23/05/2010 alle 22.51 +0200, Vincent Untz ha scritto: > > > Hrm, gdm is the same in both G:S:2.28 and the 11.2 updates. > > > > Apparently no properly the same: > > > > http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/GNOME:/STABLE:/2.28/openSUSE_11.2… > > > > is hosting: gdm-2.28.2-1.10.x86_64.rpm 20-Mar-2010 > > > > While: > > > > http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.2/rpm/x86_64/ > > > > is hosting: gdm-2.28.2-0.1.3.x86_64.rpm 21-Jan-2010 > > Sure, the release number is different, but the packaging is the same. > The release number is different because it's two different projects, > that's all. > Ooops! What a surprise! BTW how we can imagine, since packaging is the same, by reinstalling the pkgs from G:S:2.28 the result is the same and gdm stucks. Log reports: May 23 18:54:12 linux-turion64 gdm-simple-greeter[2851]: WARNING: could not get gconf key '/apps/gdm/simple-greeter/recent-layouts': Contatto col server di configurazione non riuscito; tra le possibili cause la necessità di abilitare il supporto TCP/IP per ORBit o la presenza di un vecchio blocco NFS causato da un crash del sistema. Consultare http://www.gnome.org/projects/gconf/ per ulteriori informazioni (dettagli - 1: Impossibile inviare il messaggio al demone GConf: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.). May 23 18:54:27 linux-turion64 gdm-simple-greeter[2851]: GLib-GObject-CRITICAL: g_param_spec_flags: assertion `G_TYPE_IS_FLAGS (flags_type)' failed May 23 18:54:27 linux-turion64 gdm-simple-greeter[2851]: GLib-GObject-CRITICAL: g_object_class_install_property: assertion `G_IS_PARAM_SPEC (pspec)' failed May 23 18:57:25 linux-turion64 gdm-simple-greeter[2851]: WARNING: Failed to register client: Disconnection or out-of-memory May 23 18:57:25 linux-turion64 gdm-simple-greeter[2851]: WARNING: Unable to register client with session manager May 23 19:00:34 linux-turion64 gdm[3117]: WARNING: GdmDisplay: display lasted 0,471664 seconds > (please reply to the mailing list -- it lets other people jump in) > Sorry Vincent: I was a bit inattentive! > Vincent > Marco -- opensuse 11.2 - Linux 2.6.31.12-0.2-default x86_64 AMD Turion(tm) 64 Mobile Technology MK-36 - GeForce Go 6150 Gnome 2.28.2 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+help(a)opensuse.org

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[Fwd: Re: [opensuse-gnome] 11.2 Gnome update VS STABLE:2.28]
by Marco Calistri 23 May '10

23 May '10

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[opensuse-gnome] 11.2 Gnome update VS STABLE:2.28
by Marco Calistri 23 May '10

23 May '10

Hi, Some confusion in my mind about which repo contains the latest pkg version among official update 11.2 repository and /repositories/GNOME:/STABLE:/2.28/openSUSE_11.2 ?? I ran a dist-upgrade disabling the STABLE:/2.28 repo and then I've got a problem with gdm login which stuck and never starts. So I'm currently using kdm into /etc/sysconfig/displaymanager as temporary solution. I believed that update repository was the ultimate pkg updates source, but perhaps I am wrong in this case. TKS and BR, -- opensuse 11.2 - Linux 2.6.31.12-0.2-default x86_64 AMD Turion(tm) 64 Mobile Technology MK-36 - GeForce Go 6150 Gnome 2.28.2 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-gnome] GNOME Team Meeting
by Andrew Wafaa 18 May '10

18 May '10

Ladies & Germs it has been far too long since the GNOME Team actually put their heads together and talked about what is going on in the garden. As such regular meetings are re-starting, but with a slight difference - it will be monthly on the 3rd Tuesday of each month at 1400UTC, for localised times please see[0]. That means the next meeting will be held this Tuesday, 18th May 2010, in the garden (otherwise known as #opensuse-gnome on Freenode). The Agenda is pretty simple and can be added to on the wiki[1]. For those curious it will kind of follow the lines of: 1. openSUSE GNOME Status 1.1 Packaging 1.2 Bugs 1.3 Q & A 2. Upstream GNOME Status 2.1 What's New 2.2 Bugs 2.3 Q & A 3. General Q & A So please come buy the garden, pull up a chair and crack a cold one open. Join in the fun and add anything you need to the agenda. 0 - http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?day=18&month=5&year=20… 1 - http://en.opensuse.org/GNOME/Meetings/20100518 -- Andrew Wafaa IRC: FunkyPenguin. PGP: 0x3A36312F openSUSE: Get It, Discover It, Create It at http://www.opensuse.org

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[opensuse-gnome] GNOME Team Meeting
by Andrew Wafaa 12 May '10

12 May '10

OK peeps we've gone *way* too long without getting our heads together, and to be honest we are really letting the side down! So as such I would like to propose we get back on the band wagon and have our regular head banging session again. I would like to propose we do it slightly differently to what we had in the past, and as such I would like to see us do a regular meeting once a month. Should we feel the need for additional meetings then we can schedule them in, but the main team meeting would be monthly. I would like to suggest the following for the agenda: 1. openSUSE GNOME Status 1.1 Packaging 1.2 Bugs 1.3 Q & A 2. Upstream GNOME Status 2.1 What's New 2.2 Bugs 2.3 Q & A 3. General Q & A As for time and date, well I don't think we will ever be able to satisfy everyone, but by doing it monthly we have a much better chance of people adding their items to he agenda to be discussed. As such I would like to look at the 3rd Tuesday of each month at 1400UTC. So please speak up now and say if you have any issues or amendments to my fine idea! I will give people until 2200UTC tonight to let me know. Regards, Andy -- Andrew Wafaa IRC: FunkyPenguin. PGP: 0x3A36312F openSUSE: Get It, Discover It, Create It at http://www.opensuse.org

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[opensuse-gnome] Maintainer of Tracker-> Please update to 0.8.2
by Anshul Jain 11 May '10

11 May '10

Hi, To the maintainer of Tracker, can you please update the version to 0.8.2. This has a significant fix regarding memory leakage (it was fixed in 0.8.1). More details at:- http://mail.gnome.org/archives/tracker-list/2010-April/msg00061.html Regards Anshul -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-gnome] 11.2 gadmin-openvpn custom config. problems
by Marco Calistri 06 May '10

06 May '10

Hi all, Wonder why also root can't modify the server.conf file of this openvpn Gtk-Gui: whenever I attempt to execute modifications, both from interface or even directly into the conf file, by vi editor, then rebooting the gadmin-openvpn results in preserving the previous configuration. Same configuration changes unavailability is perceived also from the server.conf tab of gadmin: if you change some fields from Yes to No or vice versa, then these fields back to previous status. Regards, -- Marco Calistri <amdturion> Never put off till run-time what you can do at compile-time. -- D. Gries -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-gnome] Re: [obs submit-request 37739] GNOME:Apps/pidgin: declined by MBoman
by Andreas Jaeger 03 May '10

03 May '10

On Monday 03 May 2010 15:02:53 mboman(a)novell.com wrote: > State of submit-request #37739 was changed by MBoman: > > new -> declined > > Comment: > Untested and not approved Magnus, I tested it myself successfully. ;) What do you mean with not approved? Since empathy will be (correct?) the default for 11.3, I'd like to discuss the topic with the complete team. What does this mean for moving forward? As band-aid, we could add something to the release notes to point out to users the problems with empathy on Groupwise. > https://build.opensuse.org/request/diff/37739 > > Source > project: home:a_jaeger:branches:openSUSE:Factory > package: pidgin > revision: 2 > > Target: > project: GNOME:Apps > package: pidgin Andreas -- Andreas Jaeger, Program Manager openSUSE, aj(a){novell.com,opensuse.org} Twitter: jaegerandi | Identica: jaegerandi SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany GPG fingerprint = 93A3 365E CE47 B889 DF7F FED1 389A 563C C272 A126

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[opensuse-gnome] Evolution MAPI for GNOME 2.28
by Anshul Jain 03 May '10

03 May '10

Hi all, Is there a functional evolution-mapi connector plugin available for GNOME/Evolution 2.28? The one thats available in the GNOME/Evolution repo has some dependency issue related to openchange. Mandriva and Ubuntu have some functioning MAPI connectors readily available in their repos. Its surprising that Opensuse doesn't have one. Regards Anshul -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+help(a)opensuse.org

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