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[opensuse] OpenSUSE weekly News #97 out!
by Sascha 'saigkill' Manns 14 Nov '09

14 Nov '09

We are pleased to announce: Issue 97 of openSUSE Weekly News is out! [0] In this week's issue: * openSUSE 11.2 Released! * Launch Party Locations * KDE.NEWS/Will Stephenson: Introducing KDE 4 KNetworkManager * Joe Brockmeier: Microblogging with Choqok in openSUSE 11.2 * h-online/Thorsten Leemhuis: Kernel Log: Coming in 2.6.32 (Part 2) – Graphics For a list of available translations see this page: http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/97/Translations [0] http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/97 Have a lot of fun! -- Sincerely yours Sascha Manns openSUSE Member openSUSE Ambassador openSUSE Marketing Team openSUSE Build Service Web: http://saschamanns.gulli.to Blog: http://saigkill.wordpress.com ClaimID: http://claimid.com/saigkill -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Where can the new 11.2 release be downloaded?
by Stan Goodman 14 Nov '09

14 Nov '09

Searching for it on the 'Net shows only RC2 and Factory. Where can I get the new general release from Novell or reliable mirrors? -- Stan Goodman Qiryat Tiv'on Israel -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] 11.1 - Alsa problem with USB WebCam
by Marco Calistri 14 Nov '09

14 Nov '09

Hi, I'm having problems, attempting to use the embedded microphone of a Philips SPC530NC webcam. No sound is picked up by the mic and system log is reporting: "ALSA pcm_lib.c:1708: capture write error (DMA or IRQ trouble?)" I googled a bit and seems this be an unresolved bug for the moment. Anybody have some hint on matter? Tks, -- opensuse 11.1 - Linux 2.6.27.37-0.1-default x86_64 AMD Turion(tm) 64 Mobile Technology MK-36 - GeForce Go 6150 Gnome 2.26.3

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Re: SV: [opensuse] Disastrous 11.2 installation
by Patrick Shanahan 14 Nov '09

14 Nov '09

* Anton Aylward <anton.aylward(a)rogers.com> [11-14-09 10:35]: > Patrick Shanahan said the following on 11/14/2009 10:16 AM: > > * Anton Aylward <anton.aylward(a)rogers.com> [11-14-09 10:11]: > >> I don't know if its the burner or the reader, but ... > >> > >> Why should I care if ... > >> > >> Since the ISO image on on a server here, surely I can do an 'network > >> upgrade'? Surely? > >> > >> However I'm having trouble finding that info on the wiki. > >> > >> That's *UPGRADE* > >> > >> And yes I know about Wagon. > > > > I beleve that it *has* been mentioned here once or twice that that > > process is: zypper dup > > > > of course the proper repos must be enabled, and that *is* mentioned in > > the wiki. > > No, Patrick, NOT that TYPE of network upgrade. > I know about all that (manual) resetting of the repositories and then > running 'zypper dup'. :^) > If I have the DVD I can upgrade from that, surely? ?From? that or ?to? that? > Why should I need to **MANUALLY** reset all the repos when ... to upgrade *to* the DVD, set it as a repo (the only repo) and go. > Look: If I could burn the DVD and my reader worked I cold just drop the > DVD in, boot and do an upgrade. No need to edit repositories. > > So why can't I upgrade from the DVD **IMAGE** ?? > > Surely the DVD **IMAGE** contains what's in the repos? > Was there a particular reason to take the conversation *offlist*? -- Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA HOG # US1244711 http://wahoo.no-ip.org Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://counter.li.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] postgresql fails to start
by auxsvr＠gmail.com 14 Nov '09

14 Nov '09

Hi, Has anyone else noticed that certain services (postgres, beagleindex) fail to start, because the corresponding password entry in /etc/shadow is "!", i.e. login not allowed? This is on 11.2, upgraded from 11.1. Kind regards, Peter -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Digikam problem / question
by ka1ifq 14 Nov '09

14 Nov '09

I just did an upgrade to 11.1 after an hd crash (had 11.0). When I try and run digikam (digikam/ kde3 0.9.4)it does not recognise my camera ( Sony DSC- S90 ), ( also not even seen as a plugged in device, again it was ok in 11.0 ) before I picked something close and it ran without problems. What should I look at first?? I am downloading 11.2 to try on another machine and will test the camera there just in case... Thanks, Mike -- 2.6.27.37-0.1-default GNU/Linux -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] 11.2 + winbind + NetworkManager
by Ciro Iriarte 14 Nov '09

14 Nov '09

A coworker is testing 11.2 with ActiveDirectory integration and it works fine. The issue arises when you try to change the IP address using NetworkManager, everything hangs. It's like winbind can't reconnect to AD. I still didn't have a chance to check the logs, could it be that winbind needs to be restarted after IP change? Regards, CI.- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Picture Tutorial: Installing OpenSUSE 11.2 x86_64 Linux as a PV DomU (Xen 3.5-unstable Pv-Ops Dom0 Kernel 2.6.31.5)
by Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) 14 Nov '09

14 Nov '09

Hi, There are 4 picture galleries with a total of 176 png image screenshots. Picture Tutorial 1 of 4: Installing OpenSUSE 11.2 x86_64 Linux as a PV DomU (Xen 3.5-unstable Pv-Ops Dom0 Kernel 2.6.31.5) Link: http://enmingteo.wordpress.com/2009/11/13/picture-tutorial-1-of-4-installin… Picture Tutorial 2 of 4: Installing OpenSUSE 11.2 x86_64 Linux as a PV DomU (Xen 3.5-unstable Pv-Ops Dom0 Kernel 2.6.31.5) Link: http://enmingteo.wordpress.com/2009/11/13/picture-tutorial-2-of-4-installin… Picture Tutorial 3 of 4: Installing OpenSUSE 11.2 x86_64 Linux as a PV DomU (Xen 3.5-unstable Pv-Ops Dom0 Kernel 2.6.31.5) Link: http://enmingteo.wordpress.com/2009/11/13/picture-tutorial-3-of-4-installin… Picture Tutorial 4 of 4: Installing OpenSUSE 11.2 x86_64 Linux as a PV DomU (Xen 3.5-unstable Pv-Ops Dom0 Kernel 2.6.31.5) Link: http://enmingteo.wordpress.com/2009/11/13/picture-tutorial-4-of-4-installin… -- Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) Dip(Mechatronics) BEng(Hons)(Mechanical Engineering) Alma Maters: (1) Singapore Polytechnic (2) National University of Singapore My Primary Blog: http://teo-en-ming-aka-zhang-enming.blogspot.com My Secondary Blog: http://enmingteo.wordpress.com My Youtube videos: http://www.youtube.com/user/enmingteo Email: space.time.universe(a)gmail.com Mobile Phone (Starhub Prepaid): +65-8369-2618 Street: Bedok Reservoir Road Country: Singapore -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Audio snippets in Firefox?
by j.e.perry＠cox.net 14 Nov '09

14 Nov '09

I'm trying to brush up on my Russian (my daughter-in-law is Russian, and is teaching her children to talk in her language). All the language sites have speech snippets in .au and .wav formats. Firefox and Konqueror both want to open an application (kaffeine, vlc, or mplayer, depending on which is associated) for each snippet. I'm sure I remember clicking on such snippets and just hearing the sounds under Windows, and I seem to remember in the distant past having heard them under linux, too. What kind of plugin or whatever do I need to install and configure? Thanks for any help. John Perry -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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Re: [opensuse] HP Mini 110-1037NR or varienty
by Ruben Safir 14 Nov '09

14 Nov '09

On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 06:36:14PM -0700, clarkt(a)cnsp.com wrote: > What is the bios version? F17 is the current but I installed the MS2 > version of 11.2 from a usb stick with F6 with no problems. > Have you tried to copy the install iso to a usb stick? You can copy the > image using > dd if=<iso image> of=/dev/<sdx of the usb stick>. If you have the dvd > image you will need an 8Gb stick. > > Put the stick in the mini and when you boot, hit f9 and select the usb > stick to boot from. > > Let me know if this works. I tried that because it was such a PIA all the instructions to make a stick, but it takes more to make it bootable. You still need to get grub on the thing, I believe, thorugh syslinux. I think the net install, however, was fundementally sound except that the loaded kernel on the reboot from the initial installation process, doesn't work. Because it I boot from the old 11.2 RC2 factory build which is bootable from the stick, the system boots the new installed OS, although there are other future issues to deal with like the wifi card, and sound...but one problem at a time and at this point the problem that the initd image is failing. Evidently, some believe there is a bug in the new kernels with APCI. Ruben > > Clark > > > clarkt(a)cnsp.com wrote: > >> The Packman repository. http://ftp.skynet.be/pub/packman/suse/factory/ > >> > >> > >> > >>> On Wed, Nov 04, 2009 at 06:01:59AM -0700, clarkt(a)cnsp.com wrote: > >>> > >>>> In 11.1, you will not have wireless or ethernet without getting the wl > >>>> driver from Packman or the ath1c driver. In 11.2 the ath1c driver is > >>>> part > >>>> of the kernel, but you still have to get the wl driver from Packman. > >>>> Sound works on my 1025. > >>>> > >>>> Clark > >>>> > >>>> > > > > Well, now that the 11.2 version is released I thought I'd ty to install > > that and I did a net install from a mounted opensuse iso on my > > webserver. It is still having fundamental difficulties, starting with > > this: > > > > I've installed 11.2 opensuse on my HP mini 110 and the installed inird > > kernet doesn't load, although it works for the install ram disk. I get an > > error message on boot > > > > > > "failed to get NUMA memory information > > from SRAT table"... then the screen over writes itself and I can't > > remember the rest. The system then loads up but it stalls on loading the > > devices after udev is loaded...it just sits there. I've worked on this for > > a while and I believe it is a bug at this point in the installation > > process. > > > > I tried to rewrite the initrd with mkinitrd, but that failed to work. > > I could obviously copy the book disk initrd ... but... > > > > I could use a fix. > > > > > >>>>> Anyone have any information on the HP Minis and openSUSE. > >>>>> > >>>>> I tried to install 11.0 from my flash drive and the ethernet, wifi > >>>>> and > >>>>> sound is down. I'm downloading the DVD for 11.1 and will try to > >>>>> > >>>> install > >>>> > >>>>> that. Its the Mini 110 model 110-1037NR > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>> Ah - thanks for the definitve help. What is packman? > >>> > >>> -- > >>> http://www.mrbrklyn.com - Interesting Stuff > >>> http://www.nylxs.com - Leadership Development in Free Software > >>> So many immigrant groups have swept through our town that Brooklyn, > >>> like > >>> Atlantis, reaches mythological proportions in the mind of the world - > >>> RI > >>> Safir 1998 > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org > > > > > -- http://www.mrbrklyn.com - Interesting Stuff http://www.nylxs.com - Leadership Development in Free Software So many immigrant groups have swept through our town that Brooklyn, like Atlantis, reaches mythological proportions in the mind of the world - RI Safir 1998 http://fairuse.nylxs.com DRM is THEFT - We are the STAKEHOLDERS - RI Safir 2002 "Yeah - I write Free Software...so SUE ME" "The tremendous problem we face is that we are becoming sharecroppers to our own cultural heritage -- we need the ability to participate in our own society." "> I'm an engineer. I choose the best tool for the job, politics be damned.< You must be a stupid engineer then, because politcs and technology have been attached at the hip since the 1st dynasty in Ancient Egypt. I guess you missed that one." © Copyright for the Digital Millennium -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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