April 2011 - openSUSE GNOME - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse-gnome] package: gnome-video-arcade
by Nelson Marques 05 May '11

05 May '11

Hi all, A quick question, I've packaged gnome-video-arcade[1] from a git snapshot, which already supports GTK3. I need a project for this application which is basically a front-end for MAME (a multi system emulator) and was considering GNOME:Apps for it. This will raise a small problem, we need sdlmame on factory. This does sounds interesting for GNOME in openSUSE ? NM -- Nelson Marques /* As cicatrizes lembram-nos de onde estivemos, mas não ditam para onde vamos */ -- 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] For those wondering about GNOME 3 status in openSUSE...
by Vincent Untz 03 May '11

03 May '11

Hi, If you're wondering what's the status of GNOME 3 in openSUSE... Frédéric and Dominique have been working hard to prepare GNOME:STABLE:3.0 and make GNOME 3 available on 11.4. But this is not ready yet. Let me repeat it: this is not ready yet. There is no point in asking on irc, on forums, or on mailing lists when it will be ready (and really do not ask directly fcrozat or DimStar while they're working on it :-)) -- this is just slowing the efforts down. Instead, wait for the announcement or go check http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:GNOME_3.0 to see the current status. For people who still decide to use GNOME 3 now (yes, it's possible to get it working, but it requires some plumbing as the upgrade process can break your system): we don't accept bugs about it at the moment, especially "I can't login anymore" bugs. As for Factory, we'll merge things in GNOME:Factory very soon now. This means GNOME:Factory will likely be a bit broken for a few days. We'd love to have things already available, but unfortunately, it takes a bit more time than what we'd like :/ But we're nearly there and we mostly need to smooth out the upgrade process to make sure it doesn't break things for users. Thanks for your understanding. Cheers, Vincent -- Les gens heureux ne sont pas pressés. -- 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] Installing GNOME 3 on openSUSE 11.4
by Adam Tauno Williams 30 Apr '11

30 Apr '11

I added the GNOME 3 repository and followed the instructions found at <http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:GNOME_3.0> And now I'm stuck using IceWM because GNOME won't start. Attempting to log into GNOME fails with, and I quote: "Something went wrong". <ASIDE> Seriously? I'm a professional sys-admin for 15+ years... what a dumb $&@*&@@ message / dialog. How about indicating somehow in anyway at least a hint as to *what* happened? That message is stupid and lazy. </ASIDE> Anyway, I went and looked in ~/.xsession-errors and I see it appear to end with a "JS ERROR" exception relating to 'requiring Gkbd, version: none'. There is no package named *gkbd*, some searching about made me suspect this should be provided by "gir", but that package is installed. Any suggestions would be appreciated. -- 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:Factory users, be warned!
by Vincent Untz 28 Apr '11

28 Apr '11

Hello world, Dominique pressed the big red button, and now GNOME 3 is submitted for review to GNOME:Factory. This means that GNOME:Factory will likely be broken in many interesting ways for the next few days, until all packages gets in (and likely until all packages actually enter to Factory itself). So I strongly suggest to all people using GNOME:Factory to stop updating it in the short term :-) Cheers, Vincent -- Les gens heureux ne sont pas pressés. -- 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 3 & Dynamic WEP / Protected EAP / MSCHAPv2
by Nelson Marques 28 Apr '11

28 Apr '11

People, My University WiFi is done through Dynamic WEP / Protected EAP / MSCHAPv2. This has always worked fine with NetworkManager on GNOME2, but with GNOME3 after it's properly configured it just resets to WEP and keeps asking for password (and doesn't assume the Dynamic WEAP/PEAP/MSCHAPv2 configurations. I haven't opened a bug report before asking here as people might probably be aware of something that I might be missing.... -- Nelson Marques /* As cicatrizes lembram-nos de onde estivemos, mas não ditam para onde vamos */ -- 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:STABLE:3.0 repository is now available for openSUSE 11.4
by Frederic Crozat 28 Apr '11

28 Apr '11

Hi everyone, the wait is over, openSUSE GNOME team is pleased to announce GNOME:STABLE:3.0 repository is now open and can be used (but you must be running openSUSE 11.4). Everything is explained at http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:GNOME_3.0 including : * how to install GNOME 3 using 1-click install (or zypper ) * how to switch from my previous repository (home:fcrozat:gnome3, which will be soon phased out) to the new repository. This is important to continue receiving updates, for instance, if you installed live image on your system. Enjoy ! (For bug reports, please file a bug against openSUSE 11.4 and put [gnome3] in the summary of the bug) -- Frederic Crozat <fcrozat(a)novell.com> Novell -- 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] GNOME 3 and ATI
by Richard Brown 27 Apr '11

27 Apr '11

Hi, Looking at Phoronix, turns out Catalyst 11.4 for Linux was released today - am I right in thinking this is the equivalent to the fglrx packages in ATI's repo at www2.ati.com/suse/? If so, the packages in there (which is what I have been using) still have a builddate of 10/03/11 and are probably out of date now I'll be trying the v11.4 installer from AMD's site when I'm next at the machine in the hope that it'll work a little better Can't seem to find any changelogs for 11.4 yet though so this will be a shot in the dark Thanks for the help >>> Nelson Marques 04/27/11 8:52 PM >>> Hi, I've filled that bug report. I don't see a much brighter future on ATI since in the last times they lost 2 very important people that were working on the Linux drivers (further info searchable on Phoronix). It could be nice that someone from our X.org team could contact them regarding those issues with GNOME3. Unity suffered from a few problems with ATI proprietary drivers also, but according to it's changelogs they appeared to be fixed now. At least the radeon DRM driver is working OK for me, though with default settings it overheats a lot my laptop (easilly worked out by forcing the low energy setting profile on rc.local). I'm not really sure if GNOME devs can help with this particular issue. ATI/AMD should be releasing a new driver in the upcoming days following their monthly releases schedule, lets wait and see. I'm also looking forward to see if can have some joy in the future with G3 and ATI. NM On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 7:26 PM, Richard Brown wrote: > Hi All, > > > I'm having a heck of a time trying to get GNOME 3 running on a current generation iMac with its ATI Mobility 4670 graphics card > > > fglrx works but has some horrific issues with the activities bar (as covered here http://ati.cchtml.com/show_bug.cgi?id=99 ) and multiple monitors (no bug filed yet, but basically the second screen's output is horrifically corrupted) > > > The default radeon driver appears to be out of the question - kernel seems to lockup whenever the module is loaded. Some bugs floating about imply this is a kernel issue. This problem is so severe I need to add fglrx as an Add-On product during installation or else I can't get the install to continue after the file copy. > > > I've tried but I cant seem to get the radeonHD driver to work either - constantly complaining about No Screens Found. > > > I'm not having any issues on my nvidia or intel machines, really making me hate AMD/ATI now > > > Anyone got any ideas on how to get GNOME 3 working on this most frustrating bucket of bolts? > > > Ilmehtar from IRC here - finally got around to using these lists (Yes yes, I know, I took too long) > > Richard Brown > Systems Engineering Team Leader > City College Brighton and Hove > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org > For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+help(a)opensuse.org > > -- Nelson Marques /* As cicatrizes lembram-nos de onde estivemos, mas não ditam para onde vamos */ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+help(a)opensuse.org -- 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 3 and ATI
by Richard Brown 27 Apr '11

27 Apr '11

Hi All, I'm having a heck of a time trying to get GNOME 3 running on a current generation iMac with its ATI Mobility 4670 graphics card fglrx works but has some horrific issues with the activities bar (as covered here http://ati.cchtml.com/show_bug.cgi?id=99 ) and multiple monitors (no bug filed yet, but basically the second screen's output is horrifically corrupted) The default radeon driver appears to be out of the question - kernel seems to lockup whenever the module is loaded. Some bugs floating about imply this is a kernel issue. This problem is so severe I need to add fglrx as an Add-On product during installation or else I can't get the install to continue after the file copy. I've tried but I cant seem to get the radeonHD driver to work either - constantly complaining about No Screens Found. I'm not having any issues on my nvidia or intel machines, really making me hate AMD/ATI now Anyone got any ideas on how to get GNOME 3 working on this most frustrating bucket of bolts? Ilmehtar from IRC here - finally got around to using these lists (Yes yes, I know, I took too long) Richard Brown Systems Engineering Team Leader City College Brighton and Hove -- 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 3 issues
by Michael Hill 22 Apr '11

22 Apr '11

I installed openSUSE from the GNOME 3 Live CD (thanks, Frederic!), jumping ship from another distro where GNOME 3 isn't a priority. It's mostly terrific, but I'm having a few small issues. 1. How do I disable Automatic Login? It seems obvious, pulling up User Accounts with My Account in the myname pull-down, but the switch has no effect. The GDM login seems to be accessible only if I power on and then log out. 2. The Flash plug-in works in Firefox, but is simply missing in Epiphany. Is there a way to implicitly specify its use in Epiphany? Is swfdec-mozilla a reliable alternative? 3. Not a big deal, but my cheap and badly-supported (by HP) LaserJet 1020 is recognized but is not receiving print jobs. I followed the 11.3 howto for installing the proprietary driver, but no success. I recently upgraded the printer's firmware to work with my wife's iMac, but it isn't working there, either. When I plugged it into Ubuntu the first time, I was told a driver needed to be downloaded and everything happened automatically. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Mike -- 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 login error: xsession: login for LDAP user disabled
by Vang Le 19 Apr '11

19 Apr '11

Hello, I hope this mailing list is the correct place I can put my questions. I already described the problem here: http://forums.opensuse.org/english/get-technical-help-here/install-boot-log… Please kindly take a look and tell me what's wrong. Any suggestion/advice is much appreciated. Vang. -- 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] 5 questions (for the moment at least....)
by Basil Chupin 13 Apr '11

13 Apr '11

I just installed 11.4 with the gnome DE on a test-bed to see what it is like in anticipation of using gnome 3 (which my current distro, Ubuntu, will not be adopting). I installed 11.4 from the DVD, and it is the 32-bit version. (The installation is a stock-standard installation with all the latest upgrades as of a few hours ago.) I have 5 questions which I would be pleased to have answered: (1) I like to have a totally clean workspace/desktop and therefore put all the icons for the apps. I use on the top/bottom panels. In 11.4 I have done this for all the apps, I normally run except that the icons for TRASH and the HOME directory which cannot be deleted/moved to trash - the option is greyed out on the drop down menu. How does one get rid of these icons so as to have a totally clean workspace/desktop? (2) I use Mozilla Thunderbird (and Firefox). While there is the normal icon showing for Firefox there is no such icon for Thunderbird - all one is given is a blank 'page' as the icon. How does one get the appropriate icon for Thunderbird - which, by default in other distros, is automatically shown when one installs Thunderbird? (BTW, searching for, and finally finding such an icon in icons/hicolor/apps/48x48/ and selecting it does zilch, nothing, zero.) (3) I wanted to change the background for the desktop. I went to download a couple I liked from the website - but the damn images were blurred and unrecognisable when installed as the desktop background! What the....? How does one get a new backgrounds to be usable? (4) I have always set things up so that I have 6 desktops/workspaces - and I know which one I use for which application. For example, space #1 for Thunderbird, space #2 for Firefox, et al. Just before posting this message I had TB running in its usual workspace #1. There was a message in TB which had an URL link (in this mail list as a matter of fact mentioning the availability of gnome #3), clicked on the link and waited for FF to open -- but nothing happened. As usual I went to space #2 to look at FF - but there was nothing there! I won't go thru all the "variations on a theme" about this and what I tried but what I can state is that I had just prior to all this decided to try out the Desktop Effects (Control Center/Desktop Effects). With the Effects activated and starting Firefox in space #2 OVERWROTE Thunderbird which was started in space #1. Whatever you seem to start in a different workspace ends up in space #1. Deselecting Desktop Effects stops this nonsense. But this of course is not normal and the question therefore is: what haven't I installed/not configured so as to cause this ridiculous behaviour? (5) Is there an option, which I am not aware of, in openSUSE's update manager/software manager which will automatically select the best server for any upgrades/updates from one of my local mirrors? Downloading files from the (?)main server is a PITA -- the transfer rate is less than dial-up speed (although files from Packman came down at a most reasonable speed)? Thank you for attention. BC -- "I believe what I am programmed to believe." A robot in Futuruma -- 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] Is Gnome 3 for real?
by Basil Chupin 09 Apr '11

09 Apr '11

I know that gnome 3 is yet to be available on an official repository for openSUSE but I had at least considered that the URL provided by Andi Sugandi, http://blog.crozat.net/2011/03/gnome3-live-image-version-030-released.html?… in his post a couple of days ago, contained the working version of Gnome 3 for openSUSE. I now just hope that I had jumped-in prematurely and that what will become available thru the official site, suggested to be GNOME:STABLE:3.0 , will be what Gnome 3 should be, at least initially, on openSUSE. The way it is now (as installed from the above site given in the crozat blog) requires TWO (2x) mouse clicks to do anything![**] - RIGHT click on the Header 'menu' to get a drop down menu and then LEFT click to CLOSE an application! There are no 'minimize, maximize, close' buttons andywhere so that If I am reading a message in Thunderbird, instead of simply left clicking on the 'close' buttton I have to right-click on the header menu (I don't know what the official name is!) and then left click to close the message so as to get back to the list of messages to read! There are no separate workspaces/desktops: everything is always on the one workspace - even though I am allowed to create my (usual 6 individual workspaces). (OK, there is this "bug" in compiz I learnt about in another thread - but the bug is supposed to be for gnome 2.3x....but I don't know.) Wot a lot of stupidity! :-( *Please* don't tell me that this is what users of Windows 7 and the MAC operating systems have to do all the time when using their systems! [**] Not quite correct: a single click on (?)most items in the COMPUTER box (bottom, left - equivalent to Windows START) will at least open the selection to allow for something to be done. Surely this is NOT what normal users want done to their operating systems? :-( BC -- "I believe what I am programmed to believe." A robot in Futuruma -- 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 Shell Theme
by Steven Sroka 07 Apr '11

07 Apr '11

I don't know if this should go out to opensuse-factory as well, but I would like to make a suggestion about 12.1 coming out with Gnome 3. We should change the Gnome Shell theme to something more modern than our current Sonar one. I think the font is too rough and the icons are not too old-fashioned. We could use Gnome Shell's default theme or take a look at some of the themes below[1] or even use a Gnome 2 themes since they should all work[2]. This is only a suggestion from me since I personally don't know what the community as a whole thinks. [1] http://www.webupd8.org/2010/02/5-amazing-gnome-shell-themes-and-how-to.html http://www.techdrivein.com/2010/09/top-6-gnome-shell-themes-ever.html http://www.techdrivein.com/2010/08/elementary-ambiance-sonar-most.html [2] http://live.gnome.org/GNOME3Myths#My_current_GTK_and_Metacity_themes_won.27… -------------- Steven Sroka -- 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 3.0 is out?
by Marco Calistri 07 Apr '11

07 Apr '11

People, I saw that GNOME 3.0 is finally out and is available as Live Images or even as optional installation for some distros including OpenSUSE. It is real? How to do it in practice on 11.4? Cheers, -- Marco Calistri Everyone who comes in here wants three things: (1) They want it quick. (2) They want it good. (3) They want it cheap. I tell 'em to pick two and call me back. -- A sign on the back wall of a small printing company -- 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] 11.4 Gome system sounds disabled as default
by Marco Calistri 07 Apr '11

07 Apr '11

Dears, As per 11.2 I noticed again that 11.4 keeps on stay "mute" in terms of system sounds (login, logout, alerts,...) Differently by KDE 4.5 and 4.6 wherein such feature is enabled as default. Wonder if it is a design choice and if are planned changes. This is not an important issue nor a bug, but I guess that especially for newer users of openSUSE it would be better to have a more interactive desktop which responds with sounds to the user actions. Cheers, -- Marco Calistri Government subsidies can be critically analyzed according to a simple principle: You are smarter than the government, so when the government pays you to do something you wouldn't do on your own, it is almost always paying you to do something stupid. -- P.J. O'Rourke -- 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:Ayatana status [4th april, 2010]
by Nelson Marques 04 Apr '11

04 Apr '11

Dear all, All the dependencies and applications packages for GNOME:Ayatana's indicator stack are uploaded. A huge thanks to Dominique for giving some time to make this happen. From my own stuff, I've learned a lot during this, including: * Write and tune up spec files; * Creating and applying patches involving autotools and cmake; * Did my first 'backport' for one of the indicators (from libnotify 0.7.0 to 0.6.0, and it works); * Improved a lot my skills and know-how on how GNOME Team packages their software and methodology used; * Got to learn a few nice tricks about OBS, really very cool stuff; As the indicatores are nicely done now, I'm moving up to the missing applications (some require libappindicator support, which in 2 cases involve patching). It's not really that much and keeping things to the very minimum. Then we release and I continue my efforts on Unity, this time taking advantage of the new released 0.9.4 branch of Compiz and Dominique's packages. Thanks everyone for all the help I've got in mailing lists, #opensuse-gnome et al. I'm sure we'll take this initiative into good port. NM -- Nelson Marques /* As cicatrizes lembram-nos de onde estivemos, mas não ditam para onde vamos */ -- 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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