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November 21st, 2011 by Bruno Friedmann
AMD/ATI Catalyst 11.11 / fglrx 8.911 rpm are available
Call the 911 to rescue your gfx!
Quick Résumé about 11.11
Several of you has all kind of non feature (mostly called bugs) with Gnome3.2 and kde4 etc…
I will just copy/google translate/paste here the comment made by Sebastian Siebert on his blog
Okay, now that was a long night for me was.  I’ve researched intensively since yesterday evening after the problem of GNOME 3.2 and the XvBA hardware acceleration on openSUSE 12.1. Here, a blog reader has pointed out that the direct installation of the AMD Catalyst could solve the problem. However, I think the direct installation of anything since like AMD will move the existing files, and thus endangering the integrity of files. But I had to start somewhere and so did the RPM package and direct install AMD compared. I could detect no difference in principle, except that some files were installed in a different directory, where they had really nothing to be related. I could at first make any sense why the RPM installation failed. To me a very banal story is remembered. A specific search path ld.so.conf could possibly be kicked out in openSUSE 12.1. I have my current openSUSE 11.4 /etc/ld.so.conf compared with that of openSUSE 12.1 and lo and behold some search paths were removed. I have the necessary path to /usr/X11R6/lib/ or created and /usr/X11R6/lib64 in /etc/ld.so.conf.d/fglrx.conf for the fglrx driver, and lo and behold “vainfo” tells me that everything is in order. Now comes the interesting question: Is the problem fixed with GNOME 3.2 now? The answer: YES!  So, dear people, you invite the makerpm-ati-down script with the updated packaging script installs the driver as usual and have fun with the new openSUSE 12.1 and the AMD Catalyst driver.
All rpms are updated now
The 8.911 version are available from saturday November 19th
My advise is to firstly remove any existing version with zypper rm, then just zypper in the new version
Factory rpms are not available actually, Factory 12.2 has just change it’s version number in /etc/SuSE-release and thus is not detected for the moment.
The next version should see 12.2 supported (December). Anyway you have to debug radeon on factory please!
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Tags: 1, 11.11, 11.3, 11.4, 12., amd, ATI, fglrx, openSUSE, xorg
Posted in Base System, GNOME, KDE, Kernel | 10 Comments »
November 7th, 2011 by Stefan Schubert
WebYaST 0.3 is out
“We have doubled the speed and have halved the memory usage”
The latest version of WebYaST has many
improvements regarding speed, memory usage, usability and developing environment:
- Speed
Due a new caching mechanism the startup time of each module has been decreased to a maximum of 1-2 seconds. So the user is able now to click through WebYaST without any notable waiting time.
We have made a video which shows the speed improvement: WebYaST Comparison VideoFor more technical information have a look to: WebYaST Caching Howto
- Memory Usage
Former versions of WebYaST were split into a service and into an UI part. Each part has run in a own HTTP server. We have decided to bring these parts together in order to save one HTTP server which halves the memory usage.
One additional benefit is that the architecture of WebYaST has simplified a lot:
- Simplifying WebYaST architecture
Due the use of one HTTP WebYaST server only the development environment has been simplified very much:
- Setup an environment system is much more easier now. Even a setup based on the GIT repository is quite easy.
For more information have a look to : WebYaST Installation
- Writing an own WebYaST plugin has been reduced to a minimum effort. Everyone who has read a Ruby on Rails tutorial is now able to write a plugin.
You do not believe ? Then have a look to the Example plugin .
How to get:
- All needed packages can be downloaded from OBS
- The source code can be found in Github
Available for…
.Sadly it is too late for 12.1 but you can install the packages from the repository described above for 11.4 and 12.1
Posted in Desktop, Systems Management | 6 Comments »
November 5th, 2011 by Bruno Friedmann
superseeded by http://lizards.opensuse.org/?p=8224
The AMD/ATI Catalyst 11.10 / fglrx 8.902 is now available
Importants informations are contained is this post, so carefully read it!
linux.ioda.net is replaced by geeko.ioda.net
I decide to re-organize the openSUSE stuff on my servers, and then I create a dedicated host geeko.ioda.net for that. I firstly link all old links as alias or setup redirection to the new host.
So if you can’t change the old address immediately don’t worry until December 31st.
Like before the server is fully accessible by ipv4 & ipv6, powered by openSUSE distribution.
Server layout
Rsync services
For those of you who need to sync the repository (ATI or GIT) you can now proceed with rsync.
rsync://geeko.ioda.net/ati/ for amd/ati repository and rsync://geeko.ioda.net/git/ for the artwork/marketing stuff
Example for a mirror of fglrx for openSUSE 12.1
rsync -av -P --no-checksum --no-o --no-g --delete -h rsync://geeko.ioda.net/ati/openSUSE_12.1/ /Your_Best_Path_Storage/mirror/ati/openSUSE_12.1/
We need you!
Even if today I already change the main ATI wiki page there will have a lot of stuff outside which contain the old server address. If you can fix them each time you saw that error, it will help any potential users to get the right informations.
About the wiki, the page need also your love and contribution, look at the wiki team remark in the header. So if you feel comfortable with wiki syntax, your help in fixing SDB/ATI will be really appreciate.
- Are you a virtuose on the forums, please pick and paste those informations there!
- Are you a social network addict, please forward as much as you can!
- Are you a designer/artist, I need something great to the home page of geeko.ioda.net, contact me, let a comment
You are brave, and knows how to fix your computer? There a beta one click installer available (feedback welcome)
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Tags: 11.2, 11.3, 11.4, amd, ATI, fglrx, Kernel, xorg
Posted in Distribution, Factory, GNOME, KDE, Kernel, X.org | 17 Comments »
October 2nd, 2011 by Bruno Friedmann
A new version of amd/ati Catalyst 11.9 / fglrx 8.892 is available
I’ve rebuild and published the new rpms on October 1st
fglrx 8.892 Catalyst 11.9 in action
- 11.9 Quick review :
- There’s no full changelog for Linux, but Catalyst 11.9 installer (pdf). You can always look for supported chipset at 11.9 Release Notes
- Get the cheat-sheet 11.9 version
- Kernel supported up to 3.1x version
- Removed support of openSUSE 11.2, if you are still using it with Evergreen project, the repository still exist with older version
- Tested and working on stock 11.4 and kde 4.7.1
- Check that kernel module build correctly under factory
Sebastian Siebert (freespacer) : 11.9 article (German)
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Tags: 11.3, 11.4, 12.1, amd, ATI, Factory, fglrx
Posted in Base System, X.org | 3 Comments »
September 15th, 2011 by Petr Mladek
I’m happy to announce LibreOffice 3.4 packages for openSUSE. They are available in the Build Service LibreOffice:Stable project.
LibreOffice 3.4 provides many interesting features and fixes. The openSUSE packages are based on the LibreOffice 3.4.2 release but they include all fixes from the last 3.4.3 bugfix release. Please, look for more details about the openSUSE LibreOffice build on the wiki page.
The openSUSE LO team hopes that you will be happy with this release. Though, any software contains bugs and we kindly ask you to report bugs. It will help us to fix them in the future releases.
Other information and plans:
It took me quite some time to prepare the 3.4 update because the split build was not longer supported and I had to completely rework the packages.
We are going to prepare official maintenance update for openSUSE-11.3 and 11.4. You might expect it within next few weeks.
I am going further improve the build framework to be able to early provide LO-3.5 packages in the LibreOffice:Unstable project. You might expect something about Christmas, see the LibreOffice 3.5 schedule.
Posted in Desktop, OpenOffice.org | 2 Comments »
August 20th, 2011 by Bruno Friedmann
A new version of amd/ati Catalyst 11.8 / fglrx 8.881 is available
I’ve rebuild and published the new rpms today
Catalyst 11.8 - fglrx-8.881 in action
- 11.8 Quick review :
- There’s no full changelog for Linux, but Catalyst 11.8 installer (pdf). You can always look for supported chipset at 11.8 Release Notes
- Get the cheat-sheet 11.8 version
- Kernel supported up to 3.0x version
- Removed support of openSUSE 11.2, if you are still using it with Evergreen project, the repository still exist with older version
- Tested and working on stock 11.4 kde 4.6.0
- Tested and working on live usb stick 11.4 Gnome3 (GNOME_3.i686-1.3.0-Build1.3.iso + updates)
Contributing back
I’m refering about my previous post, and invite you to help back contributing to
Sebastian Siebert (freespacer) : 11.8 article (German)
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Tags: 11.3, 11.4, 12.1, amd, ATI, Factory, fglrx
Posted in Base System, X.org | Comments Off
August 15th, 2011 by Bruno Friedmann
Desktop Summit
Last minute team
Monday before Desktop Summit, I’ve just learned that we (as openSUSE/SUSE) will not have the SuseStudio kiosk.
Too bad, but Wednesday, I finally get confirmation from my customer, that the new hardware will not be delivered before Friday 12th. Ah ah good news. I will be able to go to Berlin. So I bought the last airplane ticket for Friday afternoon, and also the last bed at good price.
I will be a Berliner for a few days! And fill the blanks to maintain our booth up and welcoming
Somethings has to be done? sometimes has been done!
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Posted in Ambassadors, Boosters, Desktop, Distribution, Events, GNOME, KDE, Marketing, X.org, XFCE | Comments Off
August 1st, 2011 by Bruno Friedmann
New version of amd/ati Catalyst 11.7 / fglrx 8.872 available
I’ve rebuild and published the new rpms last wednesday, but didnt find the time to give some news here.
amd ccle control center
Please refer to my previous article where all the installation procedure is explained.
- Quick résumé :
- There’s no full changelog about them, but Catalyst 11.7 installer (pdf)
- Get the cheat-sheet 11.6 version
- Kernel supported up to 3.0x version
- Removed support of openSUSE 11.2, if you are still using it with Evergreen project, the repository still exist with older version
- Wrong (to my point of view) create an xorg.conf file which is unneeded if you work with /etc/xorg.conf.d/50-device.conf and have driver "fglrx" inside
Troubles?
Some instabilities could happen. In case of crash like no keyboard, mouse, and blackscreen on reboot. Try to shutdown properly your computer with the shutdown poweroff button (or remote ssh). On reboot, just add 3 at the end of grub line to restart in console mode.
Then with yast or zypper you can always remove the actual version and try the previous version available in the repos.
All credits to Sebastian Siebert (freespacer) : 11.7 article (German)
What about tumbleweed, factory?
Users have reported that version 8.861 of catalyst 11.6 compile correctly under Tumbleweed with 2.6.39 kernel and the driver is ready for kernel 3.0x, so until xorg change too much and then AMD support for the new version, installing the 11.4 version should work
For factory, I’ve build a repository (see previous article) that can be used, and fglrx build.
The new package are called SUSE121 & no more SUSEFACTORY.
Stats Numbers ?
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Unique IP |
Number of visits |
Pages |
Hits |
Bandwidth |
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Jan 2011 |
2355 |
6411 |
19688 |
35263 |
16.63 GB |
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Feb 2011 |
2906 |
7719 |
26383 |
41142 |
22.37 GB |
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Mar 2011 |
8055 |
21157 |
228494 |
258613 |
59.13 GB
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Apr 2011 |
10592 |
29129 |
418281 |
437416 |
76.87 GB
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May 2011 |
12511 |
36816 |
608350 |
626901 |
104.91 GB
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June 2011 |
12737 |
38244 |
592116 |
614006 |
131.19 GB
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July 2011 |
14436 |
42164 |
703390 |
723062 |
106.68 GB
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All proudly served by openSUSE powered server! zypper dup from 11.2 to 11.4 in 45minutes last month
Tags: 11.3, 11.4, 12., amd, ATI, Factory, fglrx
Posted in Base System, X.org | 3 Comments »
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