February 2011 - openSUSE Testing - openSUSE Mailing Lists

inofficial RC2.1
by Bernhard M. Wiedemann 02 Mar '11

02 Mar '11

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi testers, since there have been a number of post-RC2 changes, and I would hate to see that go out untested, I updated the repo at http://mirror.zq1.de/opensuse/distribution/11.4/repo/oss/ so that you can just "zypper up" to it from RC2. Older RCs would need a more careful zypper dup. DVD isos should now Just Work (tm) from USB :-(except checksumming) http://mirror.zq1.de/opensuse/factory/iso/openSUSE-DVD-x86_64-Build0017-Med… http://mirror.zq1.de/opensuse/factory/iso/openSUSE-DVD-i586-Build0017-Media… http://mirror.zq1.de/opensuse/factory/iso/openSUSE-NET-x86_64-Build0017-Med… http://mirror.zq1.de/opensuse/factory/iso/openSUSE-NET-i586-Build0017-Media… No fresh Live isos yet. This is sort of an inofficial RC2.1 changes for 11.4 http://lists.suse.com/archive/opensuse-commit/2011-02/date7.html http://lists.suse.com/archive/opensuse-commit/2011-02/date8.html firefox4-b12 is big there. Overall, there should not be new breakages. Ciao Bernhard M. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.15 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk1rbGMACgkQSTYLOx37oWRIkgCfSLCMRXNAjmCfV78pOapCdxSA LfwAoLG2tH9ynr7hpT7YC3sIvS6sZ0fQ =E/IL -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- 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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RC2 is out
by Bernhard M. Wiedemann 01 Mar '11

01 Mar '11

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi folks, RC2 is out http://software.opensuse.org/developer/ watch out for http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Most_annoying_bugs_11.4_dev (btw: there is no point adding the same old bugs to every dev release) Ciao Bernhard M. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.15 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk1nplQACgkQSTYLOx37oWSZtwCeKjPMDf9u6mqAj9YbrB9r2j54 38MAoNRhUBVcxr3FicmBUjup9JgkwChq =3yTy -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- 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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RC2 Disk not found
by Günther J. Niederwimmer 27 Feb '11

27 Feb '11

Hello, I do a zypper up zypper dup on my installation from RC1, afterward the system can't start? The System don't find the disk's "/" (mount by........) This is a Raid1 System ? -- 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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11.4 RC2 KDE LiveCD
by medwinz 27 Feb '11

27 Feb '11

Hi list, I try to install 11.4 RC2 KDE LiveCD in my netbook HP 311. But it seems something wrong with the installer, it is stop responding when the progress bar show 35%. Anyone confirm this issue? Meanwhile no problem installing DVD version of 11.4 RC2 in my other laptop. -- 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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openSUSE Testing Core Team IRC Meeting 2011-02-28 18:00 UTC
by Holger Sickenberg 27 Feb '11

27 Feb '11

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, the 23th openSUSE Testing Core Team IRC Meeting will be on: Monday, February 28th, 2011 at 18:00:00 UTC Please use the following link to find out what that means in your local timezone http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=2&day=28&year=20… We will meet in the Channel #opensuse-testing on the Freenode IRC Network. irc://irc.freenode.net/opensuse-testing Please send your topics to http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Testing_meeting Best wishes, Holgi -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iEYEARECAAYFAk1qNKAACgkQ539IWoEy06VaAACggYh90yEnN6S3iRWgwMdBjy2l nkgAnjAcpscJobOorxfyx22e0nz3ytnT =ir2K -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- 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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RC2 upgrade caused more bugs: Gnome/YaST2 bug
by Terje J. Hanssen 27 Feb '11

27 Feb '11

Hi list, 1) Previous 'zypper dup' from 11.4 M6 x86_64/Gnome to RC1 caused a GLib-GIO:ERROR on my machine. This bug is reported but it still arise in RC2 as follows: ~> su Password: # /sbin/yast2 sw_single ** GLib-GIO:ERROR:gdbusconnection.c:2279:initable_init: assertion failed: (connection->initialization_error == NULL) YaST got signal 6 at YCP file Wizard.ycp:707 /sbin/yast2: line 423: 30328 Aborted $ybindir/y2base $module "$@" "$SELECTED_GUI" $Y2_GEOMETRY $Y2UI_ARGS # exit ~> 2) Now neither clicking YaST2 modules on the control-center started from the menu does work - that is nothing happends - the surrounding pointer dies out. Starting YaST2 control-center with the same command in a Gnome terminal, reports that a MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE issue is the reason: ~> /usr/bin/xdg-su -c /sbin/yast2 ** (y2controlcenter-gnome:30236): WARNING **: key not found [/apps/yast-control-center/cc_actions_list] Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 keyCannot open display: Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 keyCannot open display: ^C ~> 3) Entering 'su -' to root makes it is possible to start individual yast2 modules directly. ~> su - Password: # /sbin/yast2 sw_single # But starting the YaST2 control-center first this way and from there click on the YaST2 modules causes the following error messages: # /sbin/yast2 ** (y2controlcenter-gnome:30512): WARNING **: tast ikke funnet [/apps/yast-control-center/cc_actions_list] Gtk-Message: (for origin information, set GTK_DEBUG): failed to retrieve property `GtkWidget::cursor-color' of type `GdkColor' from rc file value "((GString*) 0x90da20)" of type `GString' Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 keyxprop: unable to open display ':0.0' Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 keyWarning: This program is an suid-root program or is being run by the root user. The full text of the error or warning message cannot be safely formatted in this environment. You may get a more descriptive message by running the program as a non-root user or by removing the suid bit on the executable. xterm Xt error: Can't open display: %s # 4) Starting another application 'gedit' works, but also reports the corresponding Gtk-message: ~> su - Password: # gedit Gtk-Message: (for origin information, set GTK_DEBUG): failed to retrieve property `GtkWidget::cursor-color' of type `GdkColor' from rc file value "((GString*) 0xa24560)" of type `GString' # This is on a hp8710w/Intel/Nvidia machine with upgrade history since M4. On another machine, Asus/AMD/ATI with a shorter upgrade history since M6, it is possible to start YaST modules from Gnome/YaST2 control-center, but also here the Gtk-error message popup in a box. Can someone confirm this behaviour, possible other experiences using Gnome/GDM? Thanks, Terje J. Hanssen -- 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 for February 26
by Larry Finger 26 Feb '11

26 Feb '11

The Open-Bugs-Day sponsored by the Testing Core Team was a great success. Bernhard Wiedermann developed a special Web tool that allowed the participants to avoid getting in each other's way. This tool presented a list of open bugs from the Factory and 11.4 lists. For each such item, the user could skip the patch, take (reserve) it for themselves, or use a link to read the actual bug. Once a particular bug was taken, it was no longer presented to others. Bernhard had also prepared a number of virtual machines that teters could use to test if a given bug was still valid. Others used their own real or virtual machines for testing. There were a total of 219 bugs controlled by the tool. Of these, 176 were taken, and the bugzilla entry for 140 of there were modified. If we use a different statistic, there were 235 open bugs in the factory and 11.4 MX lists when we started. After the day was over, these were reduced to a total of 91, which makes the remaining open bugs a lot more obvious. By any measure, the effort was a success. The most-active participants, and the number of bugs taken are Rainer Hurtado Navarro (49), Bernhard Wiedemann (34), Pieter De Decker (24), Larry Finger (13), Terje J. Hanssen (11), Malvern Star (10), Karsten König (10), Michal Hucko (9), Refilwe Seete (8), John McInnes (8), and Jason Craig (8). Thanks to all that participated. Due to the success of Open-Bugs-Day, a second round is tentatively scheduled for April 2, 2011. There will be more on that later. OpenSUSE 11.4 RC2 has been released and testing is under way. So far, things have gone quite well for me on the 5 installations that I have done. Thus far, all have been updates, four from 11.4 RC1 and one from 11.3. The next IRC meeting of the TCT will be 18:00 on February 28, 2011. The primary agenda items will be a discussion of Open Bugs Day, and our experiences with RC2. -- 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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plea for testing kernel modesetting with RC2 / radeon
by Elmar Stellnberger 24 Feb '11

24 Feb '11

If you write me a reply on your test results for KMS on RC2 (whether it works or not) please include the following information (KMS: whether Xorg initializes graphics mode correctly): * your graphics card model including output of "hwinfo --gfxcard" * kernel (uname -r) * tested monitors + connectors/ports (HDMI, DVI, VGA, integrated) (if a problem exists also look into /var/log/Xorg.0.log whether there is a message like wrong EDID checksum (extended display identification record)) * actual result: (1) garbeled screen (pixelry/vertical colorful lines) - (2) black screen - (3) Xorg returns after unsuccessful attempts to set a graphics mode (more than one attempt may be useful) - (4) others usage hints: * boot into runlevel 3/5: kernel parameter "3" ("5" start Xorg/graphics surface is standard) as entered in Grub, or a manual "init 5", "init 3" from a text console * use "xinit" instead of "init 5" - just starting an Xorg with xterm is much faster than booting into KDE/gnome - and the test results tend to be cleaner (leave xterm by 'exit') - use 'twm &' or 'kwin &' to enable moving or resizing your xterm * view the log: 'less /var/log/Xorg.0.log' - use "/EDID" + [n]/[N] to search for EDID related messages * if Xorg is started you can of course switch back to text console by [Alt][Ctrl]-[F1]/[F2]/.. - [F7]/[F8] is Xorg (see also: fgconsole, chvt, xinit xterm -- vt08) -- 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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plea for testing kernel modesetting with RC2 / radeon
by Elmar Stellnberger 24 Feb '11

24 Feb '11

As the final release of openSuSE 11.3 is impending I would like to see graphics modesetting work. It will deter us a lot of users if Xorg can not enter graphics mode: unexperienced users are not capable of resolving such an issue. The mainline strategy I have followed lately is to keep UMS (user mode setting) still work for a while which would require FreeDesktop Bug 34544 to be resolved (https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34544) However this does already require setting appropriate kernel options (nomodeset, radeon.modeset=0). If you have an ATI graphics card please tell me your card model (f.i. ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2700) and whether Xorg has problems initializing graphics mode. Thereby I hope to be able to infringe the problem to devise a new solution strategy; note: you must use the radeon display driver (as used by default) for testing KMS (kernel mode setting) - radeonhd and fglrx support UMS. Also write me your kernel version as returned by 'uname -r'. If you should only experience problems with some monitors this may be due to the EDID (extended display identification record) as to be found in /var/log/Xorg.0.log. Then you can try to connect via an alternative connector (HDMI, DVI, VGA: all returning different EDIDs) or try to apply one of the two kernel patches supplied by Alex Deucher in this regard (perhaps you will see them in the final release). I plan to post additional information on deploying kernel patches and making commit requests at qa.elstel.com (This time simply use 'git apply --ignore-whitespaces xy.patch' on the kernel.src.rpm); see the thread at: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/process_bug.cgi to obtain the patches. If we all test it with RC2 then we will have comparable test results: very important as things with KMS have kept changing gradually since os11.2! Best Wishes & Thanks, Elmar P.S.: the links to the RC2 pre-release as already supplied by coolo: http://mirror.zq1.de/opensuse/distribution/11.4/repo/oss/ http://mirror.zq1.de/opensuse/factory/iso/openSUSE-DVD-i586-Build0002-Media… http://mirror.zq1.de/opensuse/factory/iso/openSUSE-DVD-x86_64-Build0002-Med… -- 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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release candidate of RC2
by Bernhard M. Wiedemann 23 Feb '11

23 Feb '11

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi Testers, RC2 is planned to be released on Friday, so coolo built some repos & isos today and I already pushed them onto my mirror at http://mirror.zq1.de/opensuse/distribution/11.4/repo/oss/ http://mirror.zq1.de/opensuse/factory/iso/openSUSE-DVD-i586-Build0002-Media… http://mirror.zq1.de/opensuse/factory/iso/openSUSE-DVD-x86_64-Build0002-Med… LiveCDs are still missing, but will hopefully be added later. The plan is to sync isos to public openSUSE-mirrors tomorrow, unless someone finds ship-stopper problems in those. So please test as soon as you can, file in bugzilla and write email if you find Bad Bugs(tm). First tests on openQA look promising http://openqa.opensuse.org/results/openSUSE-DVD-x86_64-Build0002 http://openqa.opensuse.org/results/openSUSE-DVD-i586-Build0002-gnome Ciao Bernhard M. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.15 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk1lWrkACgkQSTYLOx37oWRqagCg/mIlyJVdFzLgW1w3U7GA6DZg 3psAnR3h+VjkRrz4gCNZktvI6aZcskPV =w9Eb -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- 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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