January 2008 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] Firefox 3 beta 2
by Greg Freemyer 15 Mar '08

15 Mar '08

I see in the build service there is MozillaFirefox-2.9.92-8.1.x86_64.rpm Anyone know what that is in laymens terms. And if not Firefox 3 Beta 2, is anyone experimenting with it under 10.3 Suse yet? Greg -- Greg Freemyer Litigation Triage Solutions Specialist http://www.linkedin.com/in/gregfreemyer First 99 Days Litigation White Paper - http://www.norcrossgroup.com/forms/whitepapers/99%20Days%20whitepaper.pdf The Norcross Group The Intersection of Evidence & Technology http://www.norcrossgroup.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] SLES, openSuSE and release cycles... what's the plan?
by Frank Steiner 06 Mar '08

06 Mar '08

Hi, I tried to figure out (via the SLES support) when SLES 11 will be released. The answer was that SLES 11 will likely (not guaranteed) have a common code base with opensuse 11.1 and thus should appear in spring 2009 or so. More detailed information couldn't be given due to legal issues. Maybe I can get some general statements about this topic from some openSuSE and SLES developers here, I don't know where else to discuss this. So far, SLES was supposed to be released in a 2-year-cycle, from 8 to 10 it was even less (22 months). With the information from the support I wonder if this 2-year period is still targeted at or not. It looks like opensuse 11.0 will take very long according to the schedule. To keep the 2-year-cycle for SLES, SLES11 would have to share the code base with openSuSE 11.0 (and even then it would be short due to the 2-3 months delay between the SuSE and the SLES version in the past). When sharing with openSuSE 11.1 and assuming the same long development cycle for 11.1 as for 11.0, SLES 11 would indeed appear sometime in spring 2009. Thus, being closer to a 3-year-cycle than to a 2-year. Maybe the decision about SLES 11 and the code base for it hasn't been made yet, but I would like to know what's the general plan for the future. Will Novell try to keep the 2-year release cycle for SLES? If not, we must consider switching to sth. else :-( 2 years is already hard for servers that we use for software development, webservices and things like that. The repositories make it possible to stay with one SLES for 2 years, but after that we need a fresh, up-to-date installation with all the lastest tomcat stuff etc. (and yes, Crispin, of course I'm also worrying about our "SLES for servers, same SuSE codebase for clients" setup that we discussed once in the past ;-) Although I'm able to work around this now with a combined SLES+SLED installation :-)) cu, Frank -- Dipl.-Inform. Frank Steiner Web: http://www.bio.ifi.lmu.de/~steiner/ Lehrstuhl f. Bioinformatik Mail: http://www.bio.ifi.lmu.de/~steiner/m/ LMU, Amalienstr. 17 Phone: +49 89 2180-4049 80333 Muenchen, Germany Fax: +49 89 2180-99-4049 * Rekursion kann man erst verstehen, wenn man Rekursion verstanden hat. * -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] AHCI / NCQ problem
by Nick Zeljkovic 06 Mar '08

06 Mar '08

Hi, Im having problems activating NCQ on Asus P5B-MX , Seagate Barracuda ST3250410AS (250GB) with Opensuse 10.3 installed. Before installation Ive set in BIOS Enhanced IDE configuration for S-ATA mode (from my understanding that enables advanced features like NCQ), installed the system no problem. After first boot Ive noticed ahci driver wasnt loaded, only ata_piix, so Ive edited /etc/sysconfig/kernel and added ahci before ata_piix driver, rebuilt initrd, edited modprobe.conf and replaced ata_piix occurrences with ahci. Original line: # ata_piix can't handle ICH6 in AHCI mode install ata_piix /sbin/modprobe ahci 2>&1 |:; /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install ata_piix My line: # ata_piix can't handle ICH6 in AHCI mode install ahci /sbin/modprobe ahci 2>&1 |:; /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install ahci After reboot I saw ahci loaded under libata but after ata_piix libata | ata_piix, ahci and actually used was ata_piix despite being loaded first. Ive then: # dmesg|grep NCQ And got a line back like: ata3.00: ATA-7, 321672960 sectors: LBA48 NCQ (depth 0/32) # echo 31 > /sys/block/sda/device/queue_depth resulted in permission denied. (as I found on linux-ata FAQ) Further reading on linux-ata FAQ says: If the line containing the sector count and maximum UDMA speed does not mention NCQ, your drive does not support it. Im puzzled since I have UDMA showing on: # dmesg|grep ata3 Which displays all disk info, and NCQ (depth 0/32) would mean NCQ is present but disabled. >From what I can see disk should support NCQ and I was informed by person who sold it to me that it was NCQ ready. (I specifically wanted NCQ disk). I dont know if Im making a mistake somewhere or disk just doesnt support it. Im in for some help please! P.S. Yes Ive rebooted ;) -- Best regards, Nick Zeljkovic -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] photo-cd fs
by Robert W Best 02 Mar '08

02 Mar '08

Hi, I got a photo-cd that SuSE 10.3 recognises as UDF Volume but cannot read. The error message does not help me: mount: block device /dev/sr0 is write-protected, mounting read-only mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on/dev/srO, missing codepage or helper program, or other error In some cases useful info is found in syslog-try demesg/tail or so Using Windows XP I can extract the *.jpg photo's and transfer them to SuSE to view. But is it possible, using SuSE, to analyse the UDF variety and/or rip the *.jpg files from the photo-CD? Robert -- http://rwbest.no.sapo.pt/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] pptp vpn and windows
by Martin Hochreiter 28 Feb '08

28 Feb '08

Hi! I am running a pptpd server with the require-mppe-128 optin and a loaded ppp_mppe kernel module. If I set the "Dataencryption required" in the Windows XP VPN Setup Dialog, I got an error "the locale computer does not support the encryption type ..." Could anyone help me? lg martin -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Will there be a LTS version of OpenSuse?
by Johannes Nohl 28 Feb '08

28 Feb '08

Saying LTS I mean Long Term Support as ubuntu people do. I know there's SEL but I'm asking for the open Suse. I'm configuring a new webserver right now. And I'm seriosly thinking about waiting for the next ubuntu LTS. I always ran the machines longer than two years. Often the contract duration for the dedicated hardware is two years yet. And although upgrading worked so far for me there were always small changes which you couldn't see in advance, like postfix complaining about file permissions. I really enjoy OpenSuse but a life cycle of two years is - except for desktops - to short. Not every release has to be supported long term but what about every third? Couldn't the life cycle be 4.5 years? Am I the only one thinking like this? Johannes -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] "Linux expert" LinkedIn professional group
by Francesco Principe 22 Feb '08

22 Feb '08

If you use OpenSuse in your work time please submit request to access at "Linux expert" LinkedIn professional group. We intend to create a collector of skills. Is not-for-profit, the group will share, in absolute freedom, informations, experiences and proposals of cooperation. To register you must go to url: Http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/49301/38EB61177420 You must have a registration, also free, to LinkedIn. Cul8r in the group, Francesco. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] amavisd warning failure?
by Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) 19 Feb '08

19 Feb '08

Hi, Looking at the Alt-Ctrl-F10 tty I see that anavis is warning that 'all primary virus scanners failed, considering backups' What should I do to rectify this problem i.e. I assume update amavisd, but how, at least via YAST? Tnx Hylton -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Display oddity when upgrading from 10.0 to 10.3
by jfweber＠gilweber.com 18 Feb '08

18 Feb '08

Hello, everyone. I am writing using my wife's account on the SuSE list. I recently upgraded my desktop from 10.0 to 10.3 (clean install). Now when I view images (for example, a powerpoint slide, or a .jpg) what previously had displayed as a perfect rectangular landscape image instead shows as almost a square (and in some cases actually is a square). The page size setting in Powerpoint is correctly set at the default and I confirmed that it is the same as on another computer (SuSE 10.0) that displays properly, so that's not the problem. I have looked everywhere in Powerpoint and in Gwenview for a setting (e.g., aspect ratio) that might be off but have not found anything that changes the aspect ratio or any other setting so that what is now appearing as a square or nearly a square will instead display as a proper rectangle. I also looked at various images on my 10.0 laptop which displays properly and copied those images to the 10.3 desktop. When viewed on the desktop the image (e.g., a screen shot) is squished. :o( Any ideas on how to get this 10.3 pooter to display images correctly? Many thanks for your wise suggestions. Gil (husband of j -- the blonde 1) -- j I'm out of my mind - but feel free to leave a message .... -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] openSUSE contributor survey
by janfst＠student.matnat.uio.no 15 Feb '08

15 Feb '08

Hello, My name is Jan Fredrik Stoveland, and I am a masters student at the University of Oslo writing a thesis on firm-sponsored open source communities. openSUSE is the main case for the study. I have been granted permission to send you this email by the openSUSE management, and I hope you do not mind receiving it. I would like to ask all active members of this mailinglist to participate in a brief, anonymous electronic survey targeted at active contributors in the openSUSE community. So if you regularly post messages on this list to help other users, I would appreciate if you participate in the survey. Other users may participate too. The research is funded by the University, and is independent of any commercial interests. The link to the survey is here: https://nettskjema.uio.no/answer.html?fid=38823&lang=en The questions in the survey concern your current engagement in the openSUSE community, your reasons for participating in the community and your affiliation with Novell. I expect the survey will take you maximum 10 minutes to complete, unless you find any questions difficult to answer. What do you get in return for doing this? The results from the survey will be published on opensuse.org, and the thesis with other interesting findings about your community will be published around May next year. Hopefully this will be of interest to you. But first of all I hope you will contribute for the sake of research itself. Thank you very much for your help! Jan Fredrik Stoveland Student of Sociology and Informatics University of Oslo, Norway -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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