Comments on: openSUSE 12.3 Milestone 2 released

By: yjcoshc

yjcoshc — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 07:51:36 +0000

Can the 12.3 install LLDB from the repos? I tried to build it from source on my computer but I failed.

By: Nikos

Nikos — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 10:43:17 +0000

Seems to me you are having problems with the KDE version numbering ;-). After 4.9 comes 4.10 (that is why there are dots..)

BTW I love 12.2…and hope 12.3 gets even better. Keep up the good work.

By: Rudi Pittman

Rudi Pittman — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 19:01:15 +0000

I have to agree that I hope 12.3 is better than 12.2….I have a pc in front office that basically just acts as a nas and cacheing proxy server…..ran fine on 12.1….now the pc has slowed to a crawl….bootup takes alot longer than initially and even getting to the gui desktop is a chore…memory and cpu seem fine so no idea why it just sits there. They need to provide a “downgrade to previous release” option.

By: Paul M

Paul M — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 16:13:59 +0000

as a long time user of openSuse, since version 8 I think, I have generally been very satisfied with the distro.
Apart from the push to kde4 when kde4 wasn’t really ready (but kde4 would never have had the push it needed without a mainstream distro adopting it), and then the temporary problems changing from knetworkmanager to plasmoid, things have generally gone well.

There’s a HUGE amount of work that goes into a distro and openSuse has drawn together a large pool of talent. I try and help in my own small way with bug reports and feedback, but most especially to be forgiving of small problems and appreciate all the things that work well!

Thanks to all who contribute!

By: Chika

Chika — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 18:40:02 +0000

You have a point. I’ve spent a fair amount of time trying to get openSUSE 12.2 to work how I want it to rather than the way the installation thinks I want it to (I’ve got a test install on a VirtualBox which uses a bunch of packages including HAL from 11.4 running under 12.2 but it’s a heck of a kludge as far as I can see!). I was glad to see that it was delayed to iron out bugs, but I still find the whole plasma idea is too “Windows 3.1-ish”. Honestly! Compare a screenshot of the two! I’ve had a go of KDE4.9 on Mint too but it’s no better, really (not to mention that I also gave Cinnamon a whirl – whatever I might think of GNOME 3, that wasn’t for me either).

When I then saw that it was possible to run KDE3 still, I jumped at the idea only to find that the latest setup had dumped Hal, which worked well, and tried to use udisk2 (there was even a boast about this feature for KDE3 on this site at the time of release which even had the nerve to say that “even KDE4 doesn’t have this yet” like it’s something to be proud of!), which is a steaming heap of crap. I can’t recall the last time I needed to open a konsole to dismount a removable drive because the GUI couldn’t do it!

A real shame because I’m happy with the rest of the system improvements (I’m in two minds about GRUB2 but I can live with it, though the changes in the system that brought me to encounter “systemctl” for the first time having grown up with chkconfig/system/init.d was definitely a “wtf” moment – over-engineered and under-documented, thank you very much!) but the overall effect drove me to drop back to 11.4 which, as I’ve said elsewhere, is a tough act to follow. And before anyone asks “did I ask on the KDE3 mailing list”, yes I did. I’m still waiting for an answer.

I really hope that 12.3 is in better shape on release than 12.2 was.

By: Shrivathsa Acharya

Shrivathsa Acharya — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 18:23:34 +0000

Hi, I have installed 12.3 M2 on my test server today. My test server serves 3 things
1. Samba (Ldap as user Back End)
2. Ldap
3. PHP & Web server.

While configuring LDAP, I have gone ahead without TLS both on Server & LDAP client. Neatly taken ( unlike Open Suse 12.2 – which was very messy ). Added New users. But not able to login to LDAP accounts. Not appearing in KDM and Not able to login on manual entry.

Also I have checked SSSD Status in System Services where it was showing ‘ yes* ‘. When I type
‘service sssd restart ‘ It was showing error. when i checked systemctl, following was the error

sssd.service – System Security Services Daemon
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/sssd.service; enabled)
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Wed, 2013-01-02 23:51:43 IST; 1min 2s ago
Process: 3041 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/sssd -D -f (code=exited, status=4)
CGroup: name=systemd:/system/sssd.service

Jan 02 23:51:43 Chinnu.Chittara.int systemd[1]: Starting System Security Services Daemon…
Jan 02 23:51:43 Chinnu.Chittara.int sssd[3041]: nscd socket was detected. Nscd caching capabilities may conflict with SSSD for users and groups. It is recommended not to run nscd in parallel with SSSD, unle… nsswitch maps.
Jan 02 23:51:43 Chinnu.Chittara.int sssd[3041]: ldb: module version mismatch in src/ldb_modules/memberof.c : ldb_version=1.1.14 module_version=1.1.12
Jan 02 23:51:43 Chinnu.Chittara.int sssd[3041]: ldb: failed to initialise module /usr/lib64/ldb/memberof.so : Unavailable
Jan 02 23:51:43 Chinnu.Chittara.int systemd[1]: Failed to start System Security Services Daemon.
Jan 02 23:51:43 Chinnu.Chittara.int systemd[1]: Unit sssd.service entered failed state

Could you please tell me what exactly is the concern???

By: Barsoianu Radu

Barsoianu Radu — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 07:00:05 +0000

Could you please update xorg.conf with the apropiate mouse configs ? As you can see many gamers are comming to linux, but it is impossible for us even to install it since normal clicks don’t work (especially for cyborg rat mouse but not limited to those). Most of them have been solved in your forums, please update the x config so they can be used in the install program

By: sajan johnson

sajan johnson — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 00:24:37 +0000

Installed opensuse 12.3 M2 on a USB drive with pendrivelinux. But the Live USB is not booting on the UEFI enabled Laptop ( HP G7 AMD A8 ). Is the UEFI boot is not supported in Opensuse? Any idea.I have booted sucessfully with Ubuntu and Mint in the same way but no luck with Opensuse.

By: Andri Surjandono

Andri Surjandono — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 05:17:58 +0000

apakah dapat meng_Upgrade dari openSUSE 11.4 KE 12.3 ? dan apa ada masalah untuk (upgrade) instal netbeans 7.2.

By: james smith

james smith — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 03:29:24 +0000

Suse used to be my favourite distribution, I have used it for more than 6 years but the display problems in 12.2 forced me to look for an alternative…… eagerly waiting for stable release. I have lost faith in beta releases after 12.2 release.