Re: [opensuse-factory] kdar / backup software?

2007-09-28 Thread David Strozzi
If anyone needs a guinea pig for kdar, I'm game. ps - please cc: my email address besides the list, since I've been having trouble getting list postings. -Dave On 9/26/07, Dirk Mueller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wednesday, 26. September 2007, Jonathan D. Arnold / Daemon Dancing wrote: > > >

Re: [opensuse-factory] USB Live Images

2007-09-28 Thread Stephan Kulow
Am Freitag 28 September 2007 schrieb Stephan Binner: > Hello, > > from http://en.opensuse.org/Meetings/Status_Meeting_2007-08-01/transcript > > we're currently discussing if we provide USB live images too > > What was the result? There seems to be interest (see news.o.o comments). > You better a

Re: [opensuse-factory] USB Live Images

2007-09-28 Thread CyberOrg
Please ignore the earlier message, I misread the question. Apologies. -J - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [opensuse-factory] USB Live Images

2007-09-28 Thread CyberOrg
On 9/28/07, Stephan Binner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > from http://en.opensuse.org/Meetings/Status_Meeting_2007-08-01/transcript > > we're currently discussing if we provide USB live images too > > What was the result? There seems to be interest (see news.o.o comments). > Install kiw

[opensuse-factory] USB Live Images

2007-09-28 Thread Stephan Binner
Hello, from http://en.opensuse.org/Meetings/Status_Meeting_2007-08-01/transcript we're currently discussing if we provide USB live images too What was the result? There seems to be interest (see news.o.o comments). Bye, Steve

Re: [opensuse-factory] Optimizing the package manager

2007-09-28 Thread Kenneth Schneider
On Fri, 2007-09-28 at 18:01 +0200, Duncan Mac-Vicar Prett wrote: > On Friday 28 September 2007 15:40:18 Jonathan D. Arnold / Daemon Dancing > wrote: > > You could just ask whenever the YaST package manage UI comes up. Run some > > metric that checks the size and/or condition of the zypper database

Re: [opensuse-factory] Optimizing the package manager

2007-09-28 Thread Duncan Mac-Vicar Prett
On Friday 28 September 2007 15:40:18 Jonathan D. Arnold / Daemon Dancing wrote: > You could just ask whenever the YaST package manage UI comes up. Run some > metric that checks the size and/or condition of the zypper database and if > it is "too big", put up a dialog box that says "The Package Dat

Re: [opensuse-factory] Optimizing the package manager

2007-09-28 Thread Marcus Meissner
On Thu, Sep 27, 2007 at 10:35:22PM -0400, Kevin Valko wrote: > Saw this brilliant post from Marcus Meissner about speeding up the package > management stack (link: http://marcusmeissner.livejournal.com/13428.html ) > > I tried this myself, and saw a dramatic improvement. I've used openSUSE 10.3

Re: [opensuse-factory] Optimizing the package manager

2007-09-28 Thread Kevin Valko
> The biggest "?" is about operation time. This cleanup also takes lot of > time and is cpu and IO intensive. The right moment to do it is after heavy > database writting, that is refresh. Cron job also was suggested as an idea. > But consideer the cron job too random about "when" to do it, and al

Re: [opensuse-factory] short downtime of download.opensuse.org

2007-09-28 Thread Marcus Rueckert
On 2007-09-28 14:57:41 +0200, Marcus Rueckert wrote: > we will reboot the box in a few minutes. > it should not be down for a long time. > > *knocks on wood* Houston, back to normal, we have no problem. Thanks for your patience and for flying with openSUSE. darix -- openSUSE - SU

Re: [opensuse-factory] Thunderbird fails to load extra dictionaries in 10.3 RC2

2007-09-28 Thread Carlos E. R.
Carlos E. R. wrote: (Previously I sent to the wrong list) > Grant Croker wrote: > >> Are you downloading it using firefox? Perhaps that is assuming the XPI >> is for it and not Thunderbird. I have the es-ES dictionary installed ok >> and I have just been able to repeat the install process: > >

Re: [opensuse-factory] Optimizing the package manager

2007-09-28 Thread Jonathan D. Arnold / Daemon Dancing
Duncan Mac-Vicar Prett wrote: > On Friday 28 September 2007 04:35:22 Kevin Valko wrote: >> I'm really, really impressed with the improvements to package management >> for 10.3, and I think the vast majority of existing users will be as well. >> I'm just wondering if we can cut down potential probl

Re: [opensuse-factory] short downtime of download.opensuse.org

2007-09-28 Thread Florin Samareanu
i knocked for you and 10 minutes later still not up :) On Fri, 2007-09-28 at 14:57 +0200, Marcus Rueckert wrote: > download.opensuse.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTE

[opensuse-factory] short downtime of download.opensuse.org

2007-09-28 Thread Marcus Rueckert
hi, we will reboot the box in a few minutes. it should not be down for a long time. *knocks on wood* darix -- openSUSE - SUSE Linux is my linux openSUSE is good for you www.opensuse.org --

Re: [opensuse-factory] Dirty filesystem after Yast update of RC1 and halt + reboot.

2007-09-28 Thread nordi
Carlos E. R. wrote: Another thing is that as it downloads one file, installs it, downloads another, installs it... if it stops midway the system remains in an undefined state: for instance, not RC1, not RC2. There might be inconsistencies, too. It would be better to download everything, then i

Re: [opensuse-factory] Dirty filesystem after Yast update of RC1 and halt + reboot.

2007-09-28 Thread Carlos E. R.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 The Thursday 2007-09-27 at 09:27 +0200, Lukas Ocilka wrote: > Carlos E. R. wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I told Yast to update all updatables. It downloaded over a gigabit, it took > > the > > whole afternoon. It is a nuisance when it screeches over a net

Re: [opensuse-factory] Optimizing the package manager

2007-09-28 Thread Carlos E. R.
M9. wrote: > It is just an idea, but it might be done in the background, when the > system is not heavily used, and paused when the sytem is used, or is > that not an option? > If there could be a limitation to the cpu use of this action, nobody > would be anoyed if it happened during normal use..

Re: [opensuse-factory] Some 10.3 Bug Statistics

2007-09-28 Thread Michael Loeffler
Francis, On Thursday 27 September 2007 23:36, Francis Giannaros wrote: > Since the DVD9s are being sent off for shipping, I thought I'd > interest myself again by taking a look at some Bugzilla statistics > again. So why not share? :-) isn't that worth an article on news.opensuse.org? M > > Without

Re: [opensuse-factory] Optimizing the package manager

2007-09-28 Thread M9.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Duncan Mac-Vicar Prett schreef: > On Friday 28 September 2007 04:35:22 Kevin Valko wrote: >> I'm really, really impressed with the improvements to package management >> for 10.3, and I think the vast majority of existing users will be as well. >> I'm

Re: [opensuse-factory] Thunderbird fails to load extra dictionaries in 10.3 RC2

2007-09-28 Thread Grant Croker
On 28/09/07 00:58, Carlos E. R. wrote: > Hi, > > I only see the US language dictionary in Thunderbird. I tell it to download > another, and it does: it downloads and says it installs the Spanish > dictionary, > tells me to restart it, I do, but it doesn't appear. I redo several times, no > use. >

Re: [opensuse-factory] Optimizing the package manager

2007-09-28 Thread Duncan Mac-Vicar Prett
On Friday 28 September 2007 04:35:22 Kevin Valko wrote: > I'm really, really impressed with the improvements to package management > for 10.3, and I think the vast majority of existing users will be as well. > I'm just wondering if we can cut down potential problems in the default > install, witho