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PostPosted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 4:11 am 
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openSUSE 10.3 alpha3 arrived yesterday evening. It can be downloaded as usual from http://en.opensuse.org/Development_Version#Downloads . DVD images are only available as torrents, I'm currently seeding them at 7MB/s :-)

Please take a look at the most annoying generic bugs, as I'll list here only Pegasos specific ones: http://en.opensuse.org/Bugs:Most_Annoyi ... 0.3_Alpha3

One of the major changes in A3 is, that it uses 'libata' drivers instead of the old IDE drivers. 'pata_via', which is needed for Pegasos is a kind of broken. A fix is under way, but for now the following kernel parameter is needed:
Code:
brokenmodules=pata_via
For a CD/DVD install you need to type at the 'ok' prompt:
Code:
boot cd suseboot/inst32 brokenmodules=pata_via
to get started, other way the installer hangs.

If you do a network install, you need a few additional parameters, as there is an ugly bug in the linuxrc networking code. First, the port needs to be specified, eth0 is the VIA, eth1 is the Marvell port. The parameter for VIA is:
Code:
netdevice=eth0
One can use DHCP, or specify IP with:
Code:
hostip=192.168.5.52
And finally an installation source needs to be specified. Here is what I use for NFS install (I loop mount the DVD image on my EFIKA home server):
Code:
install=nfs://192.168.5.52/mnt/linux/a3/
I usually install from the network and copy suseboot/inst32 from the CD to /dev/hda1 on the Pegasos HDD, but it can also be tftp booted or from an USB stick. So, here is a complete sample command line:
Code:
boot cd suseboot/inst32 brokenmodules=pata_via netdevice=eth0 install=nfs://192.168.5.52/mnt/linux/a3/
For additional boot parameters, open http://en.opensuse.org/linuxrc

After the installer reboots, the system can be started with 'yaboot' (or inst32 again, if yaboot is not supported by an older firmware)

There is a crash bug just before sound/X/printer are configured, they can be set up later. The readeon driver has a problem, for details take a look at the most annoying bugs.

A3 can also be installed on an EFIKA, but needs a lot more workarounds. I'll write instructions rather when most of the problems are gone.

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PostPosted: Fri Apr 20, 2007 10:31 am 
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If anyone wants to test openSUSE 10.3-factory, please not now. Of course, if you have lot of time, happy to break into your half installed system, edit pam config files along the way, then you are very welcome to test it ;-)

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PostPosted: Tue May 15, 2007 1:15 am 
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Alpha4 is coming in a few days. The impatient can try the current factory which should be almost like Alpha4. It has already a well hidden preview of KDE4, which is also in Alpha stage. Unlike a few weeks ago, factory seems to be pretty stable now, no crashes, just minor annoyances and all the latest software.

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PostPosted: Wed May 16, 2007 11:10 pm 
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OK, Alpha4 is here. Instructions for Alpha3 apply also here, except that there are no crash bugs now :-) I prefer using 'factory', as that is now roughly equal to Alpha4 for a few days and has many more packages (xfce, kde4, etc.), but who want to download ISO images, I suggest the DVD, which is available only by torrent: http://download.opensuse.org/distributi ... pc.torrent

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PostPosted: Thu May 17, 2007 6:57 am 
Hi !

Did you try on Efika ?
Is the http://en.opensuse.org/Efika102 page up to date ?


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PostPosted: Thu May 17, 2007 8:27 am 
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That page is up to date - for 10.2, as its name tries to suggest it. For 10.3-factory the current situation is described above, except that it does not crash in the installer any more (which was not EFIKA/Pegasos specific).

Right now hw detection for EFIKA is practically non-existent, as it needs a heavy rewrite of hw detection routines in YaST/Linuxrc and developers are working to get SLES 10 SP1 out of door instead of adding any new features to YaST. It is expected to arrive with Alpha5. But if you have an already existing swap partition, installation of 'factory' is fairly easy, if you follow the instructions from above.

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PostPosted: Fri May 18, 2007 5:00 am 
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CD worked OK for me, but dependency solving using the DVD was disappointing. Once somebody is using detailed selection, it's worth to turn off 'automatic checking'. There will be a check at the end (which also takes ages).

As a side note: factory this morning became completely broken, with hundreds of unresolved dependencies. It's better to stay with the released CD / DVD.

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PostPosted: Fri May 18, 2007 5:14 am 
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That page is up to date - for 10.2, as its name tries to suggest it. For 10.3-factory the current situation is described above, except that it does not crash in the installer any more (which was not EFIKA/Pegasos specific).

Right now hw detection for EFIKA is practically non-existent, as it needs a heavy rewrite of hw detection routines in YaST/Linuxrc and developers are working to get SLES 10 SP1 out of door instead of adding any new features to YaST. It is expected to arrive with Alpha5. But if you have an already existing swap partition, installation of 'factory' is fairly easy, if you follow the instructions from above.
OK, thanks for your answer :-)


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PostPosted: Fri May 18, 2007 5:45 am 
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Ooops, I just realized, that EFIKA installation is described in another thread :-) It's http://www.powerdeveloper.org/forums/vi ... =7805#7805

The tutorial above is for Pegasos...

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PostPosted: Fri May 18, 2007 6:46 am 
thx


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