May 2006 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

What will be done with bugreports in Bugzilla?
by Kang-Jin Lee 30 May '06

30 May '06

Hi, I am curious about what will be done with bugs listed in Bugzilla. At the moment, it shows over 900 open bugs. Are the developers working on fixing all these bugs or have they already moved to development of next release, fixing just security related bugs in current release? Thanks kj

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Brute Force fix for Yast Updater and Zen for Newbies like myself
by Ralph Ellis 29 May '06

29 May '06

I thought that I would include a few thoughts on the Suse 10.1 struggle to get the updater functions working. By now everyone knows about the file fixes on the Suse web site: ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/people/aj/10.1-packagemanagement-update-test/10.1-x8… ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/people/aj/10.1-packagemanagement-update-test/10.1-i3… I have only used Suse Linux casually for about 18 months and I could not figure out how to use any of the more automated ways to install these updates because of all of the related dependencies on developer libraries. In the end, I had to fall back on the Genghis Khan brute force method of software install. I downloaded all of these files into a subdirectory and one by one manually typed in the rpm commands to install them with the following syntax rpm -Uhv --force --nodeps filename.rpm After doing all of the files, I also did: rpm rebuilddb This worked. Yast online update is fine. I still get some error messages from Zen but I don't need to use it now that Yast is functioning without a hitch. A brute force install like this comes with some risks of messing up your system so be sure to do a full system backup before you attempt this approach. I have both a Suse Linux system backup and a disk imaging program from Acronis so I knew that if anything went wrong, I could recover. If the more experienced users in the group had a more elegant way to install these updates to get the updater working, I would be interested to hear them. I always hesitate doing an install like this without significant safeguards to protect the system. When you have a square peg to put in a round hole - get a bigger hammer. Ralph Ellis

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Problems installing Suse 10. "No hard disk found"
by Jostein Berntsen 29 May '06

29 May '06

Hi, I have got a brand new HP nx9420 laptop, and I am trying to install Suse 10.0 on this PC. I have used the instlux program, which I installed in XP to create a Grub boot. When I boot into the Suse installation menu, and chooses the FTP server, Yast is loaded. But after the accept license screen there is an error message: "No hard disk found", and I can't proceed with the installation. I have added acpi=off to the grub menu.lst, and selected the ide=generic module in the installation menu, but same messages. What can I do to get this working? Thanks. - Jostein -- Jostein Berntsen <jbernts(a)broadpark.no>

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monitor settings
by Frits Wüthrich 29 May '06

29 May '06

On my dual boot system with WinXP and SuSE10.0, I have replaced my monitor, as it was losing it's contrast. I already disposed of it. Now connecting newer monitors, I get the message from these monitors, that they are out of range when I want to boot up SuSE10.0 I can boot up WinXP, and also SuSE in safe mode. How do I change my SuSE setting during this safe mode so I can boot up SuSE again? I don't know where I can find the settings for that. Thanks in advance, Frits Wüthrich

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ipv6?
by Paul Kaplan 29 May '06

29 May '06

How can I tell if ipv6 is running in 10.1 and how can I turn it off if it is? TIA Paul

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Xgl on legacy nvidia cards
by James Watkins 29 May '06

29 May '06

Hi all, Just for a laugh I thought I'd try and get Xgl/compiz going on my old Riva TNT2. After a lot of faffing about getting the nvidia driver patched, I managed to start Xgl. Shortly after logging in everything slows up to a near halt, however, there doesn't seem to be much CPU activity or excessive memory usage. Bear in mind that I hadn't started compiz at this point (in fact I couldn't get it going at all but that's another story) so I wasn't using any of the fancy effects. Essentially Xgl was struggling to do with hardware acceleration what Xorg was doing perfectly well before in software. So, has anyone got an idea why I'm seeing this poor performance, or failing that, I'm sure there's someone who could clear up my misunderstanding of how Xgl actually works. Thanks for any pointers, James. PS - I'm using opensuse 10.1

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'Server' SuSE version recommendations?
by Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) 29 May '06

29 May '06

I am investigating promoting a desktop box I have here to be a local server however it currently dualboots between Win XP and SuSE 10.0. The 'server'(Box A) will host many things including mail, file storage,WINE and printserver functions. It does not have a working internet cnx but has a network card connecting it via a switch to another machine(Box B) that I currently use that does have an internet connection. Box B will be set as the dialup gateway,firewall,IDS/IPS and proxy. I was/am hoping to use SuSE 10.1 as the 'server' OS but many of the threads I have seen so far, find fault with the latest software release from Novell. Given that this is for a minimal budget location(home) environment, and anybody doesn't want grief from the system whilst still maintaining maximum usefulness, what Suse or other version would you install? Ideas?

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richiesta
by lorenzovaleri＠libero.it 29 May '06

29 May '06

please you do not send more email to me

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IA-64
by LDB 29 May '06

29 May '06

I have tried to install SLES 9 on an intel IA-64 server. When yast starts up the whole installation freezes. This happens no matter what options I pass to the kernel. Any ideas or is there another list tailored to IA64? Thanks, LDB

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Re: [SLE] ipv6? -- IPv6 is actually a dream (and there's common FUD)
by Bryan J. Smith 29 May '06

29 May '06

On Sun, 2006-05-28 at 09:40 +0200, Per Jessen wrote: > Support for using IPv6 addresses everywhere - configuration etc. Okay, there's a _lot_ of "FUD" out there about IPv6. Why? Because people have _never_ used it. IPv6 was designed for _less_administration_, and it _is_. First off, every IPv6 system has an automatically configured LINK LOCAL address. It's FE80::/64, with the lower 64-bits being based on the 48-bit IEEE802 MAC address. E.g., my Ethernet MAC is: 00:E0:4C:09:20:45 My IPv6 LINK LOCAL address is: fe80::2e0:4cff:fe09:2045/64 ^^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^^ MAC Address ^^^^ fe80::/64 (LINK LOCAL subnet) If "LINK LOCAL" sounds familiar, it's because the IPv6 concept was backported to IPv4 as well -- 169.254/16. *BUT* in IPv6, you _always_ have a "LINK LOCAL" address. I.e., the _local_, layer-2 IPv6 address is _always_ "LINK LOCAL." If you have a routed IPv6 address, then you have a _second_ IPv6 address on a system. IPv6 was _purposely_ designed for 3 "context" IPs: - LINK LOCAL (layer-2) - SITE LOCAL (layer-3, internal -- deprecated, see below), NOW PRIVATE - INTERNET Many _large_ and even _medium_ size enterprises are using IPv6 LINK LOCAL and PRIVATE addresses. Why? Because it solves a _lot_ of issues. Traditionally, interconnected enterprises use 1:1 NAT to hide their schemes and avoid IPv4 address conflicts (i.e., I've worked in large, interconnected defense and financial firms) -- but IPv6 handles it _much_ better. > Really? I wasn't aware of that. I though it worked the other way round. Huh? _Every_ Linux distribution that enables IPv6 by default _also_ has the system come up with a IPv4 address. > So, if I were to get an IPv6 range from my provider First off, you need to go research how IPv6 works. You _can_ use IPv6 _internally_, and then NAT/PAT IPv6 to IPv4 for the Internet. If you are interconnecting enterprises, IPv6 typically _eliminates_ the requirement for 1:1 IPv4 NAT. Secondly, you have LINK LOCAL (layer-2) and PRIVATE (layer-3) addresses. There _are_ reserved IPv6 ranges for private use. LINK LOCAL is an absolute _dream_ to have on the same subnet. > (there are some providers here that offer it), Why are you talking "providers"? I'm _not_ talking about "providers"! Anytime someone like myself talks of IPv6, _why_ do people think the Internet? Oh, that's right, because they have _never_ used IPv6. ;-> IPv6 is a _dream_ for enterprises! It was _not_ merely designed to address the Internet, it was designed and _chosen_ by the IETF _because_ it solves many issues for _enterprises_internally_! > there's no reall need to worry? Worry about what? > Would people on plain IPv4 networks have access to e.g. my mail-server > on IPv6 or would I need to provide some sort of gateway? IPv4 maps into IPv6 and IPv6 maps into IPv4. Again, _read_ up on IPv6 -- don't assume and spread FUD. > Currently, I occasionally see AAAA records returned for some Swiss hosts > - these I don't have access to without a IPv6-4 tunnel or something. > (fortunately, they also have IPv4 addresses). We *ARE* using IPv6 in the US at Fortune 100 companies, as well as organizations that connect to them. Even if only the Internet2 is IPv6 publicly, IPv6 is very, very _common_ in the US. It's one of the reasons why I'm pushing _hard_ to make IPv6 knowledge _standard_ in the next round of LPI exam updates. -- Bryan J. Smith Professional, technical annoyance mailto:b.j.smith@ieee.org http://thebs413.blogspot.com ----------------------------------------------------------- Americans don't get upset because citizens in some foreign nations can burn the American flag -- Americans get upset because citizens in those same nations can't burn their own

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