March 2008 - openSUSE Factory - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse-factory] modules gobble disk space with built kernel
by Felix Miata 14 Jul '08

14 Jul '08

/lib/modules/(stock2.6.21kernel)# du -s 60804 . /lib/modules/(my2.6.21kernel)# du -s 538292 . That's a 785% increase in space consumed by my modules over stock modules. Does that happen for anyone building their own Factory kernel? Can a more normal space consumption be made to happen by a mere mortal kernel building novice like myself? What I did was: 1-apply the patch from http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7513 2-zcat /proc/config.gz > .config 3-make menuconfig to add smbfs and change the CONFIG_LOCALVERSION 4-make 5-make modules_install 6-INSTALL_PATH=/boot make install 7-fix the resulting broken /boot/grub/menu.lst -- "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!" 2 Corinthians 5:17 NIV Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://mrmazda.no-ip.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-factory] AIGLX
by Francis Giannaros 30 May '08

30 May '08

Users tend to ask about AIGLX quite a bit. Why do we not have this enabled by default, where possible? Xgl is nice and a lot of people prefer it (including myself), but a lot of people prefer using AIGLX too. Having it enabled by default where possible of course also provides the possibility of switching between compiz/kwin/metacity easier too. If not setting it up by default, perhaps we could consider having a script similar to gnome-xgl-switch for setting it up a little more easily for users. Any thoughts? Regards, -- Francis Giannaros http://francis.giannaros.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-factory] FYI: Freetype is broken in FACTORY
by Andreas Jaeger 30 May '08

30 May '08

FYI: Current freetype in FACTORY is broken, use the version from Alpha4 instead of updating, Andreas -- Andreas Jaeger, aj(a)suse.de, http://www.suse.de/~aj/ 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

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[opensuse-factory] no automagic reboot?
by Peter Czanik 28 May '08

28 May '08

Hello, Is there any way to disable the automatic reboot at the end of installation? I know, I have ten seconds to cancel it, but it is quite boring to wait for it :-) If there isn't (and I could not find anything related on http://en.opensuse.org/linuxrc ), then I'll add a feature request for it. Background: I have a PPC machine, where the installer does not install a bootable kernel. Right now all I can do is to boot inst32, go through all of the linuxrc menus up to the point where I can start an installed OS. Then once installation is finished, then go to the command line and run: mkzimage --vmlinux /boot/vmlinux --initrd /boot/initrd --cmdline root=/dev/sdaX --output /boot/zImage (or just mkzimage --vmlinux /boot/vmlinux --initrd /boot/initrd --output /boot/zImage , as most users prefer to add boot parameters at firmware level, and it would also make scripting of it simpler). Of course, the ideal situation would be, if Olaf did not oppose this solution, and it was done automagically on each kernel install/upgrade. But until that I would like to do this before rebooting the machine and without needing to catch that 10 seconds, so going through linuxrc menus could be avoided and the real kernel could be used. BTW: this is especially problematic now, due to https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=373569 Bye, CzP --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-factory] Feature request: open-vm-tools as part of the release
by Sunny 16 May '08

16 May '08

Hi, I always try new test releases in a VMware virtual machines. The current opensuse 11.0 alpha 2 fails to compile the supplied vmware-tools modules, as the VMware package does not support 2.6.24 kernels. VMWare have open-sourced the tools here: http://open-vm-tools.sourceforge.net/ I have tried to build from these sources, and the modules build OK and integrated in 10.0 alpha2. So, I suggest that an rpm is build out of these sources, and included as standard with any opensuse release, so it can flawlessly be used in virtual machines. Is there a better place than this mailing list to post such a feature request? Like bugzilla, or something else? Cheers -- Svetoslav Milenov (Sunny) Even the most advanced equipment in the hands of the ignorant is just a pile of scrap. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-factory] dvd rest
by Stephan Kulow 09 Apr '08

09 Apr '08

Hi, Since 10.3 I only put on the DVDs what's listed in a pattern. For 10.3 I didn't dare to do too many changes, so I left most of the 10.2 packages in a REST-DVD pattern. But I want to get rid of this mass of unlisted packages, so here is the list of remaining packages. These are not Alpha3 and I would like some people to review the list for packages that should be on Beta1. So please review the list and give: package name, reason it should be on medium, pattern/topic to list it in Greetings, Stephan -- SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg)

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[opensuse-factory] Latest Factory Installation YAST observations:
by Bryen 09 Apr '08

09 Apr '08

(Using Factory boot.iso dated 01/18/08) 1. I noticed that during installation, pop-up dialog boxes requiring user action show up in the upper left corner. Took me a while to notice it, as I kept clicking "Next" with no results. Wouldn't it be better to have this pop up in the center of the screen? 2. During partition operations, I would go into fstab options. When done, it would not go back to the primary partition window. I finally realized I needed to alt+tab to get to that window to click done before returning to the main installer window. 3. When all is said and done, I log into my new system just fine with no problems. However, when rebooting, the system goes to the second phase of Installer and says the last installation attempt had failed. I've found that if I ignore this, it will still boot into the system normally and I can log in there. Subsequent reboots do not present this error again. If I do not ignore the message and proceed to re-answer the questions (which strangely enough are already populated with my previous answers) then the error is repeated upon each reboot until I ignore the error. Then it goes away. -- ---Bryen--- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-factory] Novell openSUSE license
by Volker Kuhlmann 09 Apr '08

09 Apr '08

Right at the start of the installation one is presented with a long piece of legalese, called the "Novell Pre-Release Software License Agreement", on the CD as EULA.txt. This hole piece reads like Billy couldn't have written it better. I at least find that offensive. Without reading the rest of the drivel (I know what my rights under the GPL are, and the really good thing is, Novell can do nought about it), it says right at the start: THE SOFTWARE MAY NOT BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED, OR FURTHER DISTRIBUTED WITHOUT PRIOR WRITTEN AUTHORIZATION FROM NOVELL. I wonder what e.g. the FSF has to say about that. As the "legal department" is pretty quick when it comes to what software can be included in openSUSE, can't they use their collective brains to come up with something that is fair, appropriate, or at least not in danger of attracting legal proceedings? Volker -- Volker Kuhlmann is list0570 with the domain in header http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not CC list postings to me. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-factory] Support of new AMD 780G Chipset
by Andreas van dem Helge 08 Apr '08

08 Apr '08

Is the new ATI 780G chipset supposed to work (sound, RAID, LAN & graphics) under any current OpenSuSE alpha? If not what needs to be done to have that support added before final release? --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-factory] OBS / Factory status ...
by Adrian Schröter 02 Apr '08

02 Apr '08

Hi, JFYI, we do face a number of problems atm: 1) All packages get currently re-compiled due to a change in the algorithm to schedule packages. This should avoid unnecessary builds later on and make the system faster. 2) openSUSE:Factory got the new lzma based rpm package compression earlier this week. As a result, you do currently need a factory installation to be able to use osc build or the build script to build for Factory. We do work on a new build script release for older release to be able to build for Factory/11.0 again. Furthermore this leads to the need of new build hosts. You do currently see setup errors when trying to build for factory. We work on new worker images atm. Unfortunatly, I am unsure about the quality of the kernel/xen in Factory. We may solve further problems with that or getting new ... Yes, we could have done this with a bit better preperation, sorry about that. bye adrian -- Adrian Schroeter SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) email: adrian(a)suse.de --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help(a)opensuse.org

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