July 2010 - openSUSE Testing - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Reports for the Weekly News
by Sascha 'saigkill' Manns 14 Nov '10

14 Nov '10

Hello Testing Team, i'm Sascha from the openSUSE Weekly News. So we're added your Team in our "Status Updates" Section. So i would like to propose, that you can send an Weekly Report to the List, so we (the Community) can see, what happend. Is this possible? -- Sincerely yours Sascha Manns openSUSE Community & Support Agent openSUSE Marketing Team Blog: http://saigkill.wordpress.com Web: http://www.open-slx.de (openSUSE Box Support German) Web: http://www.open-slx.com (openSUSE Box Support English) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-testing+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-testing+help(a)opensuse.org

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Team reports & other stuff
by Sascha 'saigkill' Manns 30 Jul '10

30 Jul '10

Hello Mates, i would like to invite you to publish your weekly review in our Weekly News. Maybe you have seen, that we have a special place for team reports there. You can send news, suggestions and other stuff to: own- submit(a)opensuse.org. Thanks a löt for your work, :-) -- Sincerely yours Sascha Manns open-slx GmbH openSUSE Community & Support Agent openSUSE Marketing Team Blog: http://saigkill.wordpress.com Web: http://www.open-slx.de (openSUSE Box Support German) Web: http://www.open-slx.com (openSUSE Box Support English)

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Re: [opensuse-factory] Problem with openSUSE 11.3 for systems with Broadcom BCM4312
by medwinz 12 Jul '10

12 Jul '10

On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 11:57 PM, Greg KH <gregkh(a)suse.de> wrote: > On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 11:42:09PM +0700, medwinz wrote: >> To activate wlan I use broadcom-wl package from OBS. > > Why is this package in obs? The license for the wl driver does not > allow it to be redistributed, please delete it from OBS before people > get in big trouble... > I'm afraid I can't, I don't create that package :-) Usually I use one from Packman but there are many user package it, see [1] & [2] Maybe OBS Admin can delete such packages. [1] http://software.opensuse.org/search?p=1&baseproject=ALL&q=broadcom-wl. [2] http://software.opensuse.org/search?q=broadcom-wl-kmp&baseproject=ALL&lang=… -- medwinz ======================= http://medwinz.blogsome.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-testing+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-testing+help(a)opensuse.org

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Re: [opensuse-factory] Problem with openSUSE 11.3 for systems with Broadcom BCM4312
by Larry Finger 12 Jul '10

12 Jul '10

On 07/12/2010 11:57 AM, Greg KH wrote: > On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 11:42:09PM +0700, medwinz wrote: >> To activate wlan I use broadcom-wl package from OBS. > > Why is this package in obs? The license for the wl driver does not > allow it to be redistributed, please delete it from OBS before people > get in big trouble... In my mind, even having it on Packman is a violation of the Broadcom license. I think the only legal way to run Broadcom wl is to download the source from Broadcom's site and compile it on your own machine! Larry -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-testing+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-testing+help(a)opensuse.org

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Re: [opensuse-factory] Problem with openSUSE 11.3 for systems with Broadcom BCM4312
by Larry Finger 12 Jul '10

12 Jul '10

On 07/11/2010 11:42 AM, medwinz wrote: > On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 11:09 PM, Larry Finger > <Larry.Finger(a)lwfinger.net> wrote: >> On 07/11/2010 07:37 AM, Lars Müller wrote: >>> >>> On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 11:56:31PM -0500, Larry Finger wrote: >>>> >>>> There is an uncorrectable problem with kernel 2.6.34 for some >>>> Netbook computers with Broadcom BCM4313 802.11b/g wireless devices. >>>> As this is the kernel in openSUSE 11.3, some users will be affected. >>>> The driver problem is fixed in kernel 2.6.35; however, the fix is >>>> too invasive to be backported to 2.6.34. >>>> >>>> The main problem with this bug is that the system freezes with no >>>> clue as to why it happens. It will happen for NET CD, DVD, and Live >>>> CD media. The workaround to prevent the freeze is simple; however, >>>> it will need to be distributed to users. What is the best way to >>>> make this information available to users? Sample text for the >>>> workaround follows: >>> >>> Time to create http://en.opensuse.org/Bugs:Most_Annoying_Bugs_11.3 >>> >>> Or branch it from >>> http://en.opensuse.org/Bugs:Most_Annoying_Bugs_11.3_dev >>> >>> I'm not sure if "to branch" is the right wording in wiki sprech. >>> >>> a) Don't limit the article to netbook computers. Even other systems >>> using this hardware will suffer from the issue. >> >> It seems that the particular "feature" that shows this issue is limited to >> Netbook motherboard design where the wireless chip is built in. If there is >> a separate PCIe card, then the problem does not occur. >>> >>> b) Suggest the easier solutions first. Getting a 2.6.35 based kernel >>> for 11.3 might be the harder way for the majority of users. >> >> Thanks for the suggestion. >> >>> The "For either of the latter two options, your wireless will break >>> whenever your kernel is updated." I suggest to change into a "might >>> break". The kernel update approach tries to circumvent this as good as >>> possible. Here one of the kernel dudes might jump in and point us to >>> the backround of the story. >> >> I am one of the b43 dudes, in fact, I found the fix once I got my hands on a >> unit with the problem. Unfortunately, it was too late for 2.6.34 and too >> invasive for 2.6.34.Y. The only hope would be to put this patch in the >> openSUSE collection, but that will may not be possible. >> > > Just a quick report. I downloaded 11.3 GM candidates for i586 (Build > 0702) and installed it on HP Mini 311 (Intel Atom N280, with WLAN > Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g (rev 01) and Nvidia Ion). > > Installation went ok. And like RC2, it stop on reboot when calling > b43-pci-bridge. > As workaround I should mount the root partition to other openSUSE > installation and add a blacklist file for broadcom for bcm43xx, ssb, > b43. Reboot to 11.3 went ok after that and installation continue. To > activate wlan I use broadcom-wl package from OBS. Rather than mounting from another installation, just add "brokenmodules=ssb" to the boot line. As a side effect, ssb will be added to the blacklist automatically. The fix for this problem has been submitted to the 2.6.34.Y stable tree. Once there, it will be propagated to openSUSE. The next kernel upgrade for 11.3 should fix the problem. Larry -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-testing+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-testing+help(a)opensuse.org

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No Meeting today
by Holger Sickenberg 12 Jul '10

12 Jul '10

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11.3 NET without kernel BUG
by Günther J. Niederwimmer 11 Jul '10

11 Jul '10

Hello, can I found a NET iso x86_64 without the Kernel Bug on any repositories? On my Systems it is not possible to install 11.3 :(. dm_raid Problem! -- mit freundlichen Grüßen / best Regards, Günther J. Niederwimmer -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-testing+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-testing+help(a)opensuse.org

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Weekly News Item for July 10
by Larry Finger 10 Jul '10

10 Jul '10

Sascha, Below is my report for this week's news. Larry ============================================ For general news about the openSUSE Testing Core Team, please see http://tinyurl.com/24n8ufe and the links within it. The Team held its regular IRC meeting last Monday to report our experiences with RC2. Of the bugs we have been tracking, many have been fixed, and we did not find any new ones that could be considered "show stoppers". From our experiences, it appears that 11.3 will be a high-quality release. Stephan Kulow has identified the build for the iso images that are likely to be the official 11.3 release. The NET and DVD images for i586 and x86_64 architectures have been made available to our Team, and we will be testing over the weekend. So far, I have installed on an HP netbook using the NET CD, without finding any important bugs. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-testing+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-testing+help(a)opensuse.org

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Availability of some 11.3 GM builds
by Larry Finger 09 Jul '10

09 Jul '10

Hi, The openSUSE 11.3 GM candidates for i586 and x86_64 DVD (Build0702) and those for NET install (Build0701) are available for downloading from Bernhard Wiedermann's server. The Live CD images have not yet been pushed to the mirrors. To keep from overloading Bernhard's bandwidth, we are not publicizing the URL, but you can write me to get it if you want to do some early testing. The installation test runs are reported to look good. I will be installing from the NET install disks shortly. Larry -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-testing+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-testing+help(a)opensuse.org

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Fail to install 11.3 RC2 in HP Mini 311
by medwinz 07 Jul '10

07 Jul '10

Hello list, I try to install 11.3 RC2 in HP Mini 311, Intel Atom N280, with Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g. Using KDE Live CD, YaST stop at 41%. Try ctrl+alt+f1 to see what happen in the text mode cannot work also. Try to install it from DVD, Installation went ok. But when I reboot it, the boot process stop after loading b43-pci-bridge. I can see it when selecting failsafe in grub. In 11.2, it use broadcom-wl, dmesg give me [ 11.479048] wl 0000:03:00.0: PCI INT A -> Link[AX3A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16 [ 11.479075] wl 0000:03:00.0: setting latency timer to 64 Is there a solution to blacklist b43-pci-bridge and use broadcom-wl for this wlan, or do I miss something here? regards, -- medwinz ======================= http://medwinz.blogsome.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-testing+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-testing+help(a)opensuse.org

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