openSUSE-11.1 beta2 experience/bugs

[snakedriver]

Originally Posted by snakedriver

Lee,

I used the Vbox-ose rpm on the DVD/server and it's working fine although I haven't installed winxp.

However, I see no usb in the machine devices -- which is part & parcel with the OSE version. I'll delete those rpms and install the "all distribution AMD64" which I have had no problem getting all my usb devices working before (Linux_Downloads - VirtualBox) of course I have an x86-64 AMD. It's a little more work, but worth it to me.

That worked fine once again; usb devices are there; I may still have to edit fstab to have full functionality though we'll see after I install winxp.

[snakedriver]

Originally Posted by snakedriver

Packman & vlc 11.0 next

I have some dependency problems using the 11.0 Packman repo in 11.1; can't install Mplayer, etc. It all leads back to DirectFB versions being different. Yeah, I have tried some work arounds. I guess we will have to wait until the rpm builders turn on 11.1 repo or start building all those myself on 11.1 (although one could get functionality building just xine and find out if checkinstall is working; I may just do that when I have time).

[oldcpu]

Originally Posted by snakedriver

I have some dependency problems using the 11.0 Packman repo in 11.1; can't install Mplayer, etc. It all leads back to DirectFB versions being different. Yeah, I have tried some work arounds. I guess we will have to wait until the rpm builders turn on 11.1 repo or start building all those myself on 11.1 (although one could get functionality building just xine and find out if checkinstall is working; I may just do that when I have time).

I have not tried to build any multimedia packages for 11.1 beta2 (yet). I may not have time to do so (typically I like to custom build something simple like xmms to play audio while I test various features). I'm currently in the midst of packing (we move to a new apartment on 26-Oct), and between now and the upcoming apartment move, I have a business trip out of country to France, and another trip out of continent (to the USA). There were also some hiccups at work, requiring technical support (taking up some of my time).

But thus far, based on my early glimpse of this beta version of 11.1, and assuming "nomachine" package a version of nx for 11.1, then I am reasonably hopeful I will be able to upgrade my mother's PC to 11.1 kde-3.5.10 in Jan-2009, and she will be "set" until 2011 before I need to upgrade her PC again.

[snakedriver]

Originally Posted by snakedriver

or start building all those myself on 11.1 (although one could get functionality building just xine and find out if checkinstall is working; I may just do that when I have time).

Well, I did it & it's working (previously I was getting the xine is depreciated output)

Go to SourceForge.net: xine - a free video player & get the latest xine

I had previously installed all the Packman libxine rpms, so, I thought all my dependencies would be met.

untar the file; cd to that new folder; read "install.txt" and see it's a simple
./configure
make
make install

OK, I
cd /pathto/xine_folder
"./configure"
then
"make"
and make runs for a number of minutes & throws a dependency error; need libfaad something. So, I "make clean"

Now I go to Yast & sure enough there is a libfaad0; I install it.

Now, back in the xine folder
"./configure"
then
"make"
Number of warnings; no errors

Now wanting to produce an rpm, I do:
"checkinstall"
it fails (I had previously read that it was broken & sure enough!!!)

OK, I:
su to root
"make install"
again, no errors; xine is installed.

I try to compile Kaffeine and run into dependency errors although I previously had the Kaffeine rpm installed (blows my mind).
so, I go to Packman's site and get the latest Kaffeine; try to install it from the CLI and find that it too has dependencies.

Go to Yast and install libxine1 and libxine1-codecs
Now, I can install the downloaded Kaffeine (from Packman)

Slip in my old beatup test DVD & it works
(Heck of a strange work-around though)
Good to get back to compiling; I was getting rusty

Have fun...

[snakedriver]

I downloaded the latest Nvidia beta driver NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-177.67-pkg2.run and installed it manually from runlevel 3. Working like a champ with my old 7600GT.

I think I have decided that when the LiveCDs come out tomorrow, I'm gonna make a new clean install KDE4.1 only and keep this current install oriented toward KDE3.5.10 -- that way, I can play twice as much & have twice as much fun

[snakedriver]

This morning I installed winxp in the downloaded AMD64 (all) Vbox 2.0.2. With the addition of the Vbox tools addon, it's super (& really full screen).

BTW, usb howto is here: 11.0, VirtualBox-1.6.2 non-OSE and USB Success - openSUSE Forums. Did that & have all my usb devices up

Have fun...

[oldcpu]

Originally Posted by snakedriver

I have some dependency problems using the 11.0 Packman repo in 11.1; can't install Mplayer, etc. It all leads back to DirectFB versions being different. Yeah, I have tried some work arounds. I guess we will have to wait until the rpm builders turn on 11.1 repo or start building all those myself on 11.1 (although one could get functionality building just xine and find out if checkinstall is working;

As an iterim, I set up xmms to play mp3 in 11.1 beta2, but I did not go as far as setting up xine.

[kobolds]

today I did a fresh install . No problem found in installation . I manage to install my nvidia driver ,vbox , mplayer without any problem .

some strange issue I found .
1. why is network manager not auto load ?
2. a prompt that come out (xmessage) when I do changes in yast .
3. unsolved bug in partition manager during the installation . the resize still not working . the solution is click the rescan . hope someone fix this . been around since alpha .


beta2 is great

[turble]

Those using the legacy Nvidia driver (173.14.12) on Beta2 will find that it will fail to compile on install, this is down to changed methods in the 2.6.27 kernel. To workaround this you have to extract the source (sh ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-173.14.12-pkg2.run -x) and apply a patch first. The patch I used is based on one I found from a Gentoo user and it works fine for me.

diff -Naur NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-173.14.12-pkg2/usr/src/nv/nv-linux.h NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-173.14.12-pkg2_patched/usr/src/nv/nv-linux.h
--- NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-173.14.12-pkg2/usr/src/nv/nv-linux.h	2008-07-18 02:42:29.000000000 +0100
+++ NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-173.14.12-pkg2_patched/usr/src/nv/nv-linux.h	2008-10-06 00:37:49.000000000 +0100
@@ -104,7 +104,10 @@
 #endif
 
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
+#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(2, 6, 27)
+#else
 #include <asm/semaphore.h>
+#endif
 #include <linux/completion.h>
 #include <linux/highmem.h>
 
@@ -665,13 +668,21 @@
 #if defined(preempt_disable)
     preempt_disable();
 #endif
+    #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(2, 6, 27)
+    ret = smp_call_function(func, info, 1);
+    #else
     ret = smp_call_function(func, info, 1, 1);
+    #endif
     func(info);
 #if defined(preempt_enable)
     preempt_enable();
 #endif
 #else
+    #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(2, 6, 27)
+    ret = on_each_cpu(func, info, 1);
+    #else
     ret = on_each_cpu(func, info, 1, 1);
+    #endif
 #endif
     return ret;
 }
diff -Naur NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-173.14.12-pkg2/usr/src/nv/nv.c NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-173.14.12-pkg2_patched/usr/src/nv/nv.c
--- NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-173.14.12-pkg2/usr/src/nv/nv.c	2008-07-18 02:42:29.000000000 +0100
+++ NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-173.14.12-pkg2_patched/usr/src/nv/nv.c	2008-10-06 00:34:26.000000000 +0100
@@ -1296,14 +1296,22 @@
             if (get_cpu() == cpu)
                 __nv_setup_pat_entries(NULL);
             else
+                #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(2, 6, 27)
+                smp_call_function(__nv_setup_pat_entries, hcpu, 1);
+                #else
                 smp_call_function(__nv_setup_pat_entries, hcpu, 1, 1);
+                #endif
             put_cpu();
             break;
         case CPU_DOWN_PREPARE:
             if (get_cpu() == cpu)
                 __nv_restore_pat_entries(NULL);
             else
+                #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(2, 6, 27)
+                smp_call_function(__nv_restore_pat_entries, hcpu, 1);
+                #else
                 smp_call_function(__nv_restore_pat_entries, hcpu, 1, 1);
+                #endif
             put_cpu();
             break;
     }
diff -Naur NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-173.14.12-pkg2/usr/src/nv/os-interface.c NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-173.14.12-pkg2_patched/usr/src/nv/os-interface.c
--- NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-173.14.12-pkg2/usr/src/nv/os-interface.c	2008-07-18 02:42:29.000000000 +0100
+++ NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-173.14.12-pkg2_patched/usr/src/nv/os-interface.c	2008-10-06 00:40:16.000000000 +0100
@@ -48,7 +48,11 @@
 #endif
     local_bh_disable();
     atomic_set(&os_smp_barrier, 1);
+    #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(2, 6, 27)
+    ret = smp_call_function(ipi_handler, NULL, 0);
+    #else
     ret = smp_call_function(ipi_handler, NULL, 1, 0);
+    #endif
 #endif
     return (ret == 0) ? RM_OK : RM_ERROR;
 }
@@ -704,7 +708,9 @@
     U032 sig
 )
 {
+    #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE <= KERNEL_VERSION(2, 6, 26)
     return kill_proc(pid, sig, 1) ? RM_ERR_OPERATING_SYSTEM : RM_OK;
+    #endif
 }
 
 /*******************************************************************************/

[kobolds]

Originally Posted by turble

Those using the legacy Nvidia driver (173.14.12) on Beta2 will find that it will fail to compile on install, this is down to changed methods in the 2.6.27 kernel. To workaround this you have to extract the source (sh ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-173.14.12-pkg2.run -x) and apply a patch first. The patch I used is based on one I found from a Gentoo user and it works fine for me.

diff -Naur NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-173.14.12-pkg2/usr/src/nv/nv-linux.h NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-173.14.12-pkg2_patched/usr/src/nv/nv-linux.h
--- NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-173.14.12-pkg2/usr/src/nv/nv-linux.h	2008-07-18 02:42:29.000000000 +0100
+++ NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-173.14.12-pkg2_patched/usr/src/nv/nv-linux.h	2008-10-06 00:37:49.000000000 +0100
@@ -104,7 +104,10 @@
 #endif
 
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
+#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(2, 6, 27)
+#else
 #include <asm/semaphore.h>
+#endif
 #include <linux/completion.h>
 #include <linux/highmem.h>
 
@@ -665,13 +668,21 @@
 #if defined(preempt_disable)
     preempt_disable();
 #endif
+    #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(2, 6, 27)
+    ret = smp_call_function(func, info, 1);
+    #else
     ret = smp_call_function(func, info, 1, 1);
+    #endif
     func(info);
 #if defined(preempt_enable)
     preempt_enable();
 #endif
 #else
+    #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(2, 6, 27)
+    ret = on_each_cpu(func, info, 1);
+    #else
     ret = on_each_cpu(func, info, 1, 1);
+    #endif
 #endif
     return ret;
 }
diff -Naur NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-173.14.12-pkg2/usr/src/nv/nv.c NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-173.14.12-pkg2_patched/usr/src/nv/nv.c
--- NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-173.14.12-pkg2/usr/src/nv/nv.c	2008-07-18 02:42:29.000000000 +0100
+++ NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-173.14.12-pkg2_patched/usr/src/nv/nv.c	2008-10-06 00:34:26.000000000 +0100
@@ -1296,14 +1296,22 @@
             if (get_cpu() == cpu)
                 __nv_setup_pat_entries(NULL);
             else
+                #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(2, 6, 27)
+                smp_call_function(__nv_setup_pat_entries, hcpu, 1);
+                #else
                 smp_call_function(__nv_setup_pat_entries, hcpu, 1, 1);
+                #endif
             put_cpu();
             break;
         case CPU_DOWN_PREPARE:
             if (get_cpu() == cpu)
                 __nv_restore_pat_entries(NULL);
             else
+                #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(2, 6, 27)
+                smp_call_function(__nv_restore_pat_entries, hcpu, 1);
+                #else
                 smp_call_function(__nv_restore_pat_entries, hcpu, 1, 1);
+                #endif
             put_cpu();
             break;
     }
diff -Naur NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-173.14.12-pkg2/usr/src/nv/os-interface.c NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-173.14.12-pkg2_patched/usr/src/nv/os-interface.c
--- NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-173.14.12-pkg2/usr/src/nv/os-interface.c	2008-07-18 02:42:29.000000000 +0100
+++ NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-173.14.12-pkg2_patched/usr/src/nv/os-interface.c	2008-10-06 00:40:16.000000000 +0100
@@ -48,7 +48,11 @@
 #endif
     local_bh_disable();
     atomic_set(&os_smp_barrier, 1);
+    #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(2, 6, 27)
+    ret = smp_call_function(ipi_handler, NULL, 0);
+    #else
     ret = smp_call_function(ipi_handler, NULL, 1, 0);
+    #endif
 #endif
     return (ret == 0) ? RM_OK : RM_ERROR;
 }
@@ -704,7 +708,9 @@
     U032 sig
 )
 {
+    #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE <= KERNEL_VERSION(2, 6, 26)
     return kill_proc(pid, sig, 1) ? RM_ERR_OPERATING_SYSTEM : RM_OK;
+    #endif
 }
 
 /*******************************************************************************/

i download NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-177.78-pkg2.run and compile without any problem. it work fine without any crash