[opensuse]v11.0 Beta3 issues
Ok, I found the following issues when installing Beta 3 on my Thinkpad 390X: 1. No graphical installation at all. I selected 1024x768 and got a text install. 2. No installation patterns available(known bug I believe) 3. System complained that boot loader installation failed. When I tried to correct it, and then had to hit the back button, it finished and rebooted. Which leads to the next: 4. System rebooted instead of restarting the system without a reboot as it had done in Beta2. 5. Automatic config worked fine. Detected and setup sound and X properly. 6. Network Manager still doesn't show any wireless connections when using my atheros based cards. I also tried using my Linksys WPC54G v3 card and still no available connections. I know there are at least 6 connections available from another laptop sitting beside my thinkpad. Any suggestions? Thanx -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Larry Stotler wrote:
Ok, I found the following issues when installing Beta 3 on my Thinkpad 390X:
1. No graphical installation at all. I selected 1024x768 and got a text install. 2. No installation patterns available(known bug I believe) 3. System complained that boot loader installation failed. When I tried to correct it, and then had to hit the back button, it finished and rebooted. Which leads to the next: 4. System rebooted instead of restarting the system without a reboot as it had done in Beta2. 5. Automatic config worked fine. Detected and setup sound and X properly. 6. Network Manager still doesn't show any wireless connections when using my atheros based cards. I also tried using my Linksys WPC54G v3 card and still no available connections. I know there are at least 6 connections available from another laptop sitting beside my thinkpad.
Any suggestions? Thanx
Larry, For No. (6.) above, is madwifi installed during the 11.0 beta3 install? 23:35 Rankin-P35a~> rpm -q madwifi madwifi-0.9.3.99-36 (that 10.3, I haven't installed beta3 on the laptop yet) Also, if it is, how does your /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf compare to the 10.3 version? Just a few thoughts on the wireless issue. -- David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Wednesday 21 May 2008 09:04:22 pm Larry Stotler wrote:
Ok, I found the following issues when installing Beta 3 on my Thinkpad 390X:
1. No graphical installation at all. I selected 1024x768 and got a text install. 2. No installation patterns available(known bug I believe) 3. System complained that boot loader installation failed. When I tried to correct it, and then had to hit the back button, it finished and rebooted. Which leads to the next: 4. System rebooted instead of restarting the system without a reboot as it had done in Beta2. 5. Automatic config worked fine. Detected and setup sound and X properly. 6. Network Manager still doesn't show any wireless connections when using my atheros based cards. I also tried using my Linksys WPC54G v3 card and still no available connections. I know there are at least 6 connections available from another laptop sitting beside my thinkpad.
Any suggestions? Thanx
Have you put anything on bugzilla.novell.com ? That's a great way to get things done before the final release. When / If you already have please link here as I'd vote for some and interested in tracking some. Ben -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
"Larry Stotler" <larrystotler@gmail.com> writes:
Ok, I found the following issues when installing Beta 3 on my Thinkpad 390X:
1. No graphical installation at all. I selected 1024x768 and got a text install.
Did you try the "voice read-out"? That gives text install.
2. No installation patterns available(known bug I believe) 3. System complained that boot loader installation failed. When I tried to correct it, and then had to hit the back button, it finished and rebooted. Which leads to the next:
Please file a bugreport in our bugzilla (see also bugs.opensuse.org)
4. System rebooted instead of restarting the system without a reboot as it had done in Beta2. 5. Automatic config worked fine. Detected and setup sound and X properly. 6. Network Manager still doesn't show any wireless connections when using my atheros based cards. I also tried using my Linksys WPC54G v3 card and still no available connections. I know there are at least 6 connections available from another laptop sitting beside my thinkpad.
Thanks for testing Beta3, Andreas -- Andreas Jaeger, Director Platform / openSUSE, aj@suse.de SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany GPG fingerprint = 93A3 365E CE47 B889 DF7F FED1 389A 563C C272 A126
On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 1:59 AM, Andreas Jaeger <aj@suse.de> wrote:
Did you try the "voice read-out"? That gives text install.
Yep. That would be the case. I was curious about it, and then couldn't turn it off.
3. System complained that boot loader installation failed. When I tried to correct it, and then had to hit the back button, it finished and rebooted. Which leads to the next:
Please file a bugreport in our bugzilla (see also bugs.opensuse.org)
Let me see if I can reproduce it first. If so, then I will file a bug.
Thanks for testing Beta3,
No problem. Other than a few minor issues, it seems to be coming along really well. The speed of the installation is much better. I have noticed that the graphical YaST doesn't install, but that may be because I didn't install zypper. I will re-install and allow zypper to be installed. However, on such a slow system, up to v10.3 it was really slow. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 1:59 AM, Andreas Jaeger <aj@suse.de> wrote:
3. System complained that boot loader installation failed. When I tried to correct it, and then had to hit the back button, it finished and rebooted. Which leads to the next:
Please file a bugreport in our bugzilla (see also bugs.opensuse.org)
Ok, on re-installation it went fine with the GUI and I left zypper in. Also, the GUI YaST came up ok. Is zypper really a full requirement now?(evidently removing it keeps a lot of stuff from working.....*sigh* I hope it doesn't slow my system down. A P3/500 isn't the fastest.) Also, when I selected the repositories I wanted, the KDE and Mozilla repos failed. And is it necessary to have all those prompts to say yes to the PGP keys? Why not one dialog with a list of all of the keys at one time? That was kinda annoying to have to wait and select each one. Now it says: Error: The metadata cache needs to be rebuilt for the 'Main Repository (Non-OSS)' repository. You can run 'zypper refresh' as root to do this. The metadata cache needs to be rebuilt for the 'Main Repository (OSS)' repository. You can run 'zypper refresh' as root to do this. Error building the cache database: Can't provide /media.1/media : Can't create /media.1 Error building the cache database: Can't provide /media.1/media : Can't create /media.1 Repository 'Updates for 11.0' is invalid. Can;t provide /repodata/repomd.xml.asc : Can't create /repodata Please check if the URls defined for this repository are pointing to a valid repository. Problem loading data from 'Updates for 11.0' Resolvables from 'Updates for 11.0' not loaded because of error. I ran zypper refresh(which would be a bad thing for a new user to deal with) and then selected "check now". The updater now gave all the above errors in separate dialog boxes. Are the repositories working? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
"Larry Stotler" <larrystotler@gmail.com> writes:
On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 1:59 AM, Andreas Jaeger <aj@suse.de> wrote:
3. System complained that boot loader installation failed. When I tried to correct it, and then had to hit the back button, it finished and rebooted. Which leads to the next:
Please file a bugreport in our bugzilla (see also bugs.opensuse.org)
Ok, on re-installation it went fine with the GUI and I left zypper in. Also, the GUI YaST came up ok. Is zypper really a full requirement now?(evidently removing it keeps a lot of stuff from working.....*sigh* I hope it doesn't slow my system down. A P3/500 isn't the fastest.)
zypper is a requirement - and nothing like zmd. It's really fast and memory efficient: http://lizards.opensuse.org/2008/05/15/speed-and-memory-usage-of-zypp-in-110... On your system I would use "zypper up" instead of yast for updating software.
Also, when I selected the repositories I wanted, the KDE and Mozilla repos failed. And is it necessary to have all those prompts to say yes to the PGP keys? Why not one dialog with a list of all of the keys at one time? That was kinda annoying to have to wait and select each one.
File an enhancement request for that.
Now it says:
Error: The metadata cache needs to be rebuilt for the 'Main Repository (Non-OSS)' repository. You can run 'zypper refresh' as root to do this. The metadata cache needs to be rebuilt for the 'Main Repository (OSS)' repository. You can run 'zypper refresh' as root to do this. Error building the cache database: Can't provide /media.1/media : Can't create /media.1 Error building the cache database: Can't provide /media.1/media : Can't create /media.1 Repository 'Updates for 11.0' is invalid. Can;t provide /repodata/repomd.xml.asc : Can't create /repodata Please check if the URls defined for this repository are pointing to a valid repository. Problem loading data from 'Updates for 11.0' Resolvables from 'Updates for 11.0' not loaded because of error.
I ran zypper refresh(which would be a bad thing for a new user to deal with) and then selected "check now".
The updater now gave all the above errors in separate dialog boxes.
Are the repositories working?
I don't know what went wrong here - better file a bugreport, Andreas -- Andreas Jaeger, Director Platform/openSUSE, aj@suse.de SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany GPG fingerprint = 93A3 365E CE47 B889 DF7F FED1 389A 563C C272 A126
On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 2:47 AM, Andreas Jaeger <aj@suse.de> wrote:
zypper is a requirement - and nothing like zmd. It's really fast and memory efficient: http://lizards.opensuse.org/2008/05/15/speed-and-memory-usage-of-zypp-in-110...
On your system I would use "zypper up" instead of yast for updating software.
So, don't use YOU anymore?
I don't know what went wrong here - better file a bugreport,
I think someone else already did. On another note, how do I change the default background for tty01? That dotted backround is really hard on the eyes...... Thanx -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
"Larry Stotler" <larrystotler@gmail.com> writes:
On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 2:47 AM, Andreas Jaeger <aj@suse.de> wrote:
zypper is a requirement - and nothing like zmd. It's really fast and memory efficient: http://lizards.opensuse.org/2008/05/15/speed-and-memory-usage-of-zypp-in-110...
On your system I would use "zypper up" instead of yast for updating software.
So, don't use YOU anymore?
On a system with slow cpu and little memory, I would use zypper instead of YOU - but YOU benefits from the libzypp improvements as well, Andreas -- Andreas Jaeger, Director Platform/openSUSE, aj@suse.de SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany GPG fingerprint = 93A3 365E CE47 B889 DF7F FED1 389A 563C C272 A126
Larry Stotler wrote:
I think someone else already did. On another note, how do I change the default background for tty01? That dotted backround is really hard on the eyes...... Thanx
Hey, I like the dotted background, it's what we call aesthetically pleasing. You should be able to get the retro tty look by changing the "vga=<mode>" statement in the appropriate boot image entries of your grub menu.lst to "vga=normal" which would take effect on the next boot. Joe -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 12:04 AM, Larry Stotler <larrystotler@gmail.com> wrote:
6. Network Manager still doesn't show any wireless connections when using my atheros based cards. I also tried using my Linksys WPC54G v3 card and still no available connections. I know there are at least 6 connections available from another laptop sitting beside my thinkpad.
Ok, found out that if I use the connect to 'other networks option' with my Netgear WG511T card, it will then show a list of available networks. With my DLink DWL-G630, it shows none. I can connect only using the Netgear card. The cards use the same atheros driver. It still won't show a list of available networks by just clicking on the network manager icon with the right mouse button. My linksys card requires firmware, so that's not a card I intent to make use of. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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