lets start with mentioning that I am a very satisfied user of a fileserver with a OpenSuSe 11.1 environment, implemented in october-november 2009. The server has the following charateristics:
Hardware Core AMD Semprom LE-1250 on Gigabyte GA-MA74GM-S2H Mobo
1 GB memory
2,5 inch 360 GB systemdisk
3x 1TB data disks in RAID 5 configuration
Functionality used
Software raid (RAID 5)
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Having just executed a 11.2 to 11.3 upgrade (KDE), in which I preserved /home from 11.2 to preserve my data and settings, I now wonder if there is a "Best Practice" on how to setup the environment, anticipating future upgrades.Currently, for applications I frequently use and wish to launch from the desktop, I open /usr/share/applications (using Dolphin) and drag the application to my Desktop Folder, choosing the "Copy To:" option.After the recent update, my Desktop Folder files remain those from 11.2 or earlier.It seems now a better practice would be to populate the Desktop Folder with links back to /usr/share/ applications, so that changes would be implemented the the link to a newer file. That would be easily implemented by choosing the "Link To:" option when dragging.
View 1 Replies View RelatedI compiled and install a binary source using "make" and "make install", but after I done that I think it's kind a messy not to build it in package. Therefore I tried to uninstall it and make a package out of it.
Questions:
1. How do I uninstall a compiled binary from "make install"? Some suggested to do it manually. How do I do it cleanly so that I won't miss any spot?
2. I understand that makepkg is used to build a package. I have the binary compressed in tar.gz format and have some difficulties to understand the man page for makepkg since I'm not familiar with "make". How do I build it using makepkg, what is the proper step?
Was running 10.10 64-bit on Thinkpad X201. I mistakenly clicked on upgrade this morning (really meant to just do a plain old update)... I tried to stop the process, but nothing that I did could get me out of the upgrade loop... so I eventually was forced to go ahead. Machine boots into 11.04; however, keyboard and mouse doesn't work. I have an external keyboard/mouse combo and that will intermittently work, but questionable. I was able to turnoff Unity; however, Classic doesn't seem to work with either external keyboard or laptop builtin.
My root and home are on separate partitions. I have a very fresh copy of home backed up on a separate drive. I don't have a recent backup of root. If I could get Natty working with Classic (including minimize/maximize) I'd be OK...I'd be also OK with going back to 10.10 if I could do it without too much pain. Meanwhile, I'm using another machine with Windows 7 so that I can at least do some work and come back to resurrecting my machine after I've had a bit of a timeout..
I had a working setup of opensuse 11.0, dual booting using grub installed on the home partition. I tried to install 11.3 from the coverdisc of linux format (LXFDVD136). It took 5 goes before the install succeeded. Mostly stopping at the "boot installed system" stage. I put 11.3 on a formatted partition in the same place as 11.0, and put grub there too.
The system will not boot without assistance. I have to use a supergrub disc and tell it which partition to boot. If I use boot linux from supergrub I get the Grub error message 15 file not found. Supergrub CAN find windows and it boots with the win command. Automatic and yast initiated attempts to check for software upgrades are blocked by the application with pid 4587.
just recently installed 11.2. WOrking good. Would like to upgrade to KDE 4.3.5. However, when I do, I get all these messages. Im using the one click installer.kdebase4-nsplugin-4.3.1-5.6.3.x86_64 requires kdebase4 = 4.3.1, but this requirement cannot be provided
[ ] do not install kdebase4-4.3.5-3.3.x86_64
[ ] break kdebase4-nsplugin by ignoring some of its dependencies
[ ] Following actions will be done:
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i want to upgrade to 11.2, however, i am very cautious about losing my files. there are files on this system which i absolutely can not afford to lose, and they are only on this system. which method of upgrade will be the best, best as in safest.
View 9 Replies View RelatedI am currently running several boxes using 11.2. I know it's near its end of life so I want to upgrade but I am reluctant to try to jump straight into 11.4.Is there an 11.3 install dvd available so that I can do an upgrade 11.2 to 11.3 and wait for 11.4 to mature a bit more?
View 4 Replies View RelatedWhen I want upgrade and/or install any package from software.opensuse.org I've got error, "Couldn't find XML file" or anything same this.
View 4 Replies View RelatedIs it possible to use the upgrade feature of 11.3 to upgrade from 11.0?
View 9 Replies View RelatedIs there a procedure to upgrade from openSUSE 11.2 Gnome Edition to openSUSE 11.3 Milestone 2 Gnome Edition?
View 4 Replies View RelatedI've OpenSuse 11.1 installed desktop with firefox. When ever I'm trying to open graphics website (Like You tube etc.) it ask me to install LATEST VERSION of JRE (JDK)How I can install it?
View 1 Replies View RelatedIt's time to bite the bullet before I run out of security update support in December. I also have a sda that is starting to show signs of possibly failing soon when I run smartctl -H. What I want to do is mirror my existing sda with pmagic and upgrade to 11.3. How much trouble will I have going the upgrade route over doing a clean install and trying to import all my Thunderbird/firefox etc data to it with 11.3 and KDE 4.X?
View 4 Replies View RelatedI have followed this article SDB:System upgrade - openSUSE to upgrade from 11.2 to 11.3 using the CLI. After installing I cannot boot into my GUI. I am using an NVIDIA card 7800. It will attempt to got to the log on screen, but will remain in a black scree with just mouse activity. Not sure what the issue is.
View 9 Replies View RelatedI am running 11.2 and just noticed that 11.3 is out. can i upgrade from 11.2 to 11.3?
View 3 Replies View RelatedI have a VPS with SUSE 11 64-bit installed on it.This as it turns out is 11.1.On looking at the repository it has none listed, so getting updates is kinda hard. I added the 11.1 repository, or what I thought was it, but it tells me it can't update as it needs an x64 installation.I've tried changing the repositories to 11.2, but get the same message, that it needs an x64 installation.I'm aware it's best to upgrade with a fresh install off DVD, but this is something I can't do with a VPS.
1) Is it possible to upgrade to 11.2 or 11.3 from 11.1 .. I know it's not overly advised, but is there a way to do it?
2) What's the actual requirements for these or what repositories should I be pointing to? Because, I'm already on 64-bit, so I don't get why they wouldn't work.
3) Is there any issues with staying on 11.1? And if I do, then what repositories should I be using?
I have been using OpenSuse 10.3 for years. Now decided to upgrade to 11.3 (current latest).My current box connected and configured with so many peripherals and software:
1) DLink wireless router,
2) HP Printer (networked),
3) Cannon scanner through USB,
4) Zoiper VOIP telephony application,
5) etc. etc.
my question is whether it is recommended to upgrade straightforward from 10.3 to 11.3 ? Is there any known issues that I might be encountered after upgrade installation (e.g. loosing any previous data, configuration etc.).
With upgrade from 10.2 to 11.3. I burned the iso and chose upgrade option (because when I installed last time it didn't set up the boot management properly to boot into winxp, so I eventually had to reinstall windows).
Upgrade seemed to work ok, but when it first booted it couldn't load the filesystems properly. I mostly fixed this by editing fstab. Now it boots fully into runlevel 5 and congratualtes me, but I'm left at the command line with no GUI (i use Gnome).
I'm currently running opensuse 11.3 with Gnome and I downloaded the 11.4 iso yesterday and was considering doing an over-the-top upgrade. But I've been browsing through the forums and it looks like a lot of people have been having issues with 11.4.
So what is the general consensus on 11.4 so far? Is it recommended to stay with 11.3? If I do try to upgrade, what types of "gotcha's" am I likely to experience.
And since 11.4 comes with LibraOffice but 11.3 has OpenOffice, will it automatically remove the old and install the new or should I manuualy uninstall OO first?
I have 2 machines running 11.1, but using 2 diff KDE repo sets . . .
On the first, I am using /KDE:/43:/openSUSE_11.1 as listed under the KDE 4.3.x section of the KDE repo's page. The installed KDE version is 4.3.3-3 but yesterday this repo was updated to 4.3.4-1. The corresponding repo for 11.2 now also has 4.3.4-1.
On the second, I am using /KDE:/KDE4:/Factory:/Desktop/openSUSE_11.1. Installed is 4.3.3-128, the most current. This is the same version as in the corresponding 11.2 repo.
IIRC (and I very well may not) for those of us who wanted to go to 4.2 (and later, 4.3) it was first advised to use the /KDE:/KDE4:/Factory set, but later it was advised to switch to the /KDE:/43:/ set.
In any event, since 4.3.3 is officially released by KDE and considered stable while 4.3.4 is not, it would appear the upgrade path should use /KDE:/KDE4:/Factory/11.2 (which is counter-intuitive to me, given the "factory" nomenclature; on the other hand, the "43:" section is not accurately described, so perhaps that's the problem).
ok after pouring over the internet for the last three days i give up and im asking for help i just did a live upgrade on my suse box taking it from 11.1 to 11.2 and fallowed all the steps in the doc it all went fine except after it was finished i can no longer access the internet
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dracula:~ # ping google.com
ping: unknown host google.com
dracula:~ # ping 4.2.2.2
PING 4.2.2.2 (4.2.2.2) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 4.2.2.2: icmp_seq=1 ttl=57 time=12.3 ms
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so i know the internet will pass throw it but it will not reslove the hostnames in links ping or zypper
I want to upgrade suse9.3 to openSUSE10.3.I tried, but after reboot, i got kernel panic. upgrade from 9.3 to 10.3
View 1 Replies View RelatedIs it a big deal to upgrade to KDE 4.4? I am using 11.2.
View 7 Replies View RelatedI eventually got round to moving my AMDX4 machien from 11.1 to 11.2. I have done this to a coupl eof other similar machines so was not expecting any problems.
However I now have a problem. In runlevel 5 I have an xdm logon screen, but neither the keyboard or mouse work. I can ssh in from another machine and changing to runlevel 3 i have a keybopard and can log in. But sax2 does not respond to keyboard or mouse, so the machine is not really usable.
What package should I reinstall? Or what else can I do?
PS Not attempting to run gnome, kde or dfce; plain fvwm and X
I would like to upgrade from PHP 5.0.x to PHP5.2.13. My box is Suse 9.3.(Pleask 9.5.2).
View 2 Replies View RelatedI have tried to 'rpm -ivh' the 2.6.34-8 image to the 2.6.31-5 on my Suse 11.2. Without any luck, rpm goes fine, however at the next bootup, then udev is about to be initialized, the machine goes down (don't see any message).
But if I install the MileStone 7 of 11.3 on the same machine, it works just fine.
Are there any scripts/howtos I have to follow if I upgrade from 2.6.31 to 2.6.34?
I have two disks, one with 11.2 installed, the other has 11.3 RC2.The upgrade process worked perfectly with 11.3 RC2.With 11.2 upgrade, after the first reboot, I get nothing but a text screen (TTY1). Failsafe mode gives me a black screen. What's the difference? Both disks in the same computer.
View 4 Replies View Relatedjust did an upgrade of my Sony Vaio laptop from 11.2 to 11.3 all seemed to be going smoothly got to where it boots for the first time and it got to the splash screen and hung rebooted and tried the failsafe mode it chugged along telling me each step it was going through till it said it was starting NFS Client Services it hung, but the cursor was still blinking and the keyboard was still responsive so I waited and I waited and, well, you know finally it said nfs connection timed out and it hung again and hung again the 11.2 system was auto-mounting 3 nfs shares so I waited some more this took about 10 minutes but it eventually timed out and booted and ran fine 11.3 looks nice!
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On my desktop PC I have openSUSE 11.2 installed but this os as screwed up. For example: the mouse's left button not reacting at all not in GNOME nor KDE. So I fought to upgrade to 11.3 but my question is how can I do it without losing my data and settings. I have there a TexLive working environment and I don't sure I will able to do it again on new installation.
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on my 11.2 box. Apparently it did ok, but I can't see any change. How can I check if I have 11.3 now?