August 2011 - openSUSE Testing - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Announcing Open Bugs Day on August 21
by Larry Finger 29 Aug '11

29 Aug '11

Despite the unavailability of a formal release of openSUSE 12.1 MS4, the Testing Core Team has decided to hold our third Open Bugs Day (OBD) on Sunday August 21 from 0:00 to 23:59 UTC. To ensure that all the testers are using the same code base, we are making Virtual Machines available on our server. For those people that wish to test on their own hardware, there will be KDE and Gnome virtual images available at http://www5.zq1.de/img/, and distribution snapshots available at http://mirror.zq1.de/opensuse/factory/iso/. The virtual images have been prepared with KVM and tested with VirtualBox, and are compressed to a little over 900 MB. Instructions for using them in a VirtualBox VM are posted at http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Open-Bugs-Day. The purpose of this OBD is to test the open bugs reported for oS 11.4 to see which of them are still affecting 12.1. As there are over 1300 open bugs for 11.4, we have a major job to do. If you have any time available on August 21, please join us. Use Channel #opensuse-testing on the Freenode IRC Network. irc://irc.freenode.net/opensuse-testing to get started. Larry Finger for the openSUSE Testing Core Team -- 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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11.3->12.1
by jdd 20 Aug '11

20 Aug '11

Hello, I have a problem upgrading an old 11.3 config to 12.1. I wonder if it's usefull to open a bugreport for such problem? It's the install I had before my present 11.4, so I can delete it without problem to make a new install, but then I wont anymore be able to follow a bug report :-) in short, I changed the repors and did a zypper dup. I can log in with init 1 or 3, not init 5 - startx fails as well (the screen blanks, the cursor blip on the upper left corner, but the computer is not really crashed, as a press on the power switch makes it close gracefully. the kde live cd factory (M3? M54?) don't boot neither (nor the install system) X logs stops with nv call (more only is usefull) thanks jdd -- http://www.dodin.net http://www.youtube.com/user/jdddodinorg http://jdd.blip.tv/ -- 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 August 20
by Larry Finger 20 Aug '11

20 Aug '11

This is a reminder that the Testing Core Team will be holding our 3rd Open Bugs Day on Sunday August 21, 2011 from 0:00 to 23:59 UTC, The web page describing the event is http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Open-Bugs-Day. To ensure that all the testers are using the same code base, we are making Virtual Machines available on our server. For those people that wish to test on their own hardware, there will be KDE and Gnome virtual images available at http://www5.zq1.de/img/, and distribution snapshots available at http://mirror.zq1.de/opensuse/factory/iso/. The virtual images have been prepared with KVM and tested with VirtualBox, and are compressed to a little over 900 MB. Instructions for using them in a VirtualBox VM are posted at http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Open-Bugs-Day. The purpose of this OBD is to test the open bugs reported for oS 11.4 to see which of them are still affecting 12.1. As there are over 1300 open bugs for 11.4, we have a major job to do. If you have any time available on August 21, please join us. Use Channel #opensuse-testing on the Freenode IRC Network. irc://irc.freenode.net/opensuse-testing to get started. We hope you will join the effort to help eradicate bugs and make 12.1 be the best release ever. Our next IRC meeting will be at 17:00 UTC, September 12 on Channel #opensuse-testing on the Freenode IRC Network. irc://irc.freenode.net/opensuse-testing. We will discuss our experiences with MS5. -- 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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New version of publicity announcement for 3rd OBD
by Larry Finger 18 Aug '11

18 Aug '11

The Testing Core Team has decided to hold our third Open Bugs Day (OBD) on Sunday August 21 from 0:00 to 23:59 UTC, despite the unavailability of a formal release of openSUSE 12.1 MS4. To ensure that all the testers are using the same code base, we are making Virtual Machines available on our server. For those people that wish to test on their own hardware, there will be KDE and Gnome virtual images, and distribution snapshots available. The virtual images have been prepared with KVM and tested with VirtualBox. The purpose of this OBD is to test the open bugs reported for oS 11.4 to see which of them are still affecting 12.1. As there are over 1300 open bugs for 11.4, we have a major job to do. If you have any time available on Sunday, please join us. Use Channel #opensuse-testing on the Freenode IRC Network. irc://irc.freenode.net/opensuse-testing to get started and to get the URL for the snapshots and images. Larry Finger for the openSUSE Testing Core Team -------------- Please send any comments. 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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test an install option
by jdd 13 Aug '11

13 Aug '11

hello :-) Could somebody test this at the next install try? https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=689485 I can't reinstall any day and I would like to iknow if this but is for me only or not if you need info, please use bugzilla to ask thanks jdd -- http://www.dodin.net http://www.youtube.com/user/jdddodinorg http://jdd.blip.tv/ -- 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 August 13
by Larry Finger 13 Aug '11

13 Aug '11

This is a reminder that the Testing Core Team will be holding our 3rd Open Bugs Day on August 21, 2011 from 0:00 to 23:59 UTC, The web page describing the event is http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Open-Bugs-Day. The emphasis will be on finding what open bugs found in 11.4 are still present in 12.1 MS4. Although there are no Media that indicate they are MS4, it is possible to upgrade an MS3 installation to what is the equivalent of MS4. The procedure is to delete all existing repos and select the repos at http://download.opensuse.org/factory/repo/oss http://download.opensuse.org/factory/repo/non-oss http://download.opensuse.org/factory/repo/debug The last one is optional. Once these repos are selected (and enabled), then do 'sudo zypper dup'. Although the result announces itself as MS3, it really is MS4. Our next IRC meeting will be at 17:00 UTC, August 15 on Channel #opensuse-testing on the Freenode IRC Network. irc://irc.freenode.net/opensuse-testing. We will discuss our experiences with MS4 and finish the planning for Open Bugs Day. -- 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 August 6
by Larry Finger 06 Aug '11

06 Aug '11

Sascha - This is a revised version. I got the wrong URL for the Open Bugs Day Web page. ================================ In last week's discussion of our upcoming Open Bugs Day to be held on August 21, 2011 from 0:00 to 23:59 UTC, I failed to supply the URL for the web page describing the event, which is http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Open-Bugs-Day. Our next IRC meeting will be at 17:00 UTC, August 15 on Channel #opensuse-testing on the Freenode IRC Network. irc://irc.freenode.net/opensuse-testing. We will discuss our experiences with MS4 and finish the planning for Open Bugs Day. -- 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 August 6
by Larry Finger 06 Aug '11

06 Aug '11

In last week's discussion of our upcoming Open Bugs Day to be held on August 21, 2011 from 0:00 to 23:59 UTC, I failed to supply the URL for the web page describing the event, which is http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Bug_Day. Our next IRC meeting will be at 17:00 UTC, August 15 on Channel #opensuse-testing on the Freenode IRC Network. irc://irc.freenode.net/opensuse-testing. We will discuss our experiences with MS4 and finish the planning for Open Bugs Day. -- 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 July 30
by Larry Finger 05 Aug '11

05 Aug '11

The Testing Core Team held an IRC meeting at 17:00 UTC, July 25 on Channel #opensuse-testing on the Freenode IRC Network. irc://irc.freenode.net/opensuse-testing. Our first agenda item was for discussion of our experiences with 12.1 MS3. The test of a patched plasmoid applet that fixes at least part of Bug #702461 was reported. The new version recognized the network devices; however, it was unable to make a wireless connection. Networking with a wire-connected device was OK. Wireless worked fine on a Gnome desktop. Another member of the TCT reported putting MS3 on a laptop and not having any problems. It seems that putting the 3.0-series of kernels on 12.1 has not caused any new problems other than the difficulty with 3.0-rc6 that delayed MS3. This matches my testing of the mainline kernels. Our second agenda item concerned our upcoming Open Bugs Day to be held on August 21, 2011 from 0:00 to 23:59 UTC. This date is 10 days after the scheduled release of 12.1 MS4. The emphasis will be on testing whether bugs reported for 11.4 are still in 12.1. They will be fixed if possible, or updated to reflect the fact that they still exist. All individuals interested in making 12.1 be an exceptionally good release are welcome. As we get closer to the date, more specific instructions will be posted. As usual, we will have special on-line tools to help you select a bug for investigation. In preparation for OBD, we discussed our plans for publicizing the event, and updated the web page for the event, which is at Our next IRC meeting will be at 17:00 UTC, August 15 on Channel #opensuse-testing on the Freenode IRC Network. irc://irc.freenode.net/opensuse-testing. We will discuss our experiences with MS4 and finish the planning for Open Bugs Day. -- 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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