[svlug] SuSE 8.2 - Yast2 Installation module + Jpilot + Winex3 broken

[James Leone]

Hi,

I had a few issues with SuSE 8.2 come up, so I am going to pass this 
information along:

> support+20030423420001195 at suse.de wrote:
>
>  >Dear Mr Leone,
>  >
>  >Many thanks for your enquiry to SuSE Installation Support.
>  >
>  >You wrote:
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  >>After upgrading from SuSE 8.1 Professional to SuSE 8.2 Professional,
> I cannot
>  >>install applications with the Yast2 contol center module "Install or
> remove
>  >>applications."
>  >>
>  >>If I have any of my drives or shares mounted, and they are close to
> full, all
>  >>I see is "Abandon all changes?" It makes no difference if I choose 
> ok or
>  >>cancel, the message reappears. The message prevents me from
> installing any
>  >>package at all.
>  >>
>  >>
>  >
>  >Please email the output of the following commands:
>  >
>  >  cat /etc/fstab
>  >  df -h
>  >
>  > 

I had sent him more information that was relevant.  The drives were not 
the issue, I was able to unmount them, / was not full.  The behavior 
only slightly changed in that I was not immediately asked to abandon 
changes, but instead when I clicked on the autocheck dependencies box.


>
> Hi.
>
> I just worked the problem with getting Yast2 to work last night. This
> took a lot of time, so I ask that you please share these two solutions
> with your customers.
>
> I was able to duplicate and solve the problem by installing and
> uninstalling QT3.1.2 7268746 and other QT3.1.2 applications.
>
> Please Note that QT3.1.1 7395661 is shipped with SuSE Linux 8.2
>
>
>
> Note that anyone that used SuSE's LinuKS service will have this problem.
> Here is the link:
>
> http://www.suse.com/us/private/download/linuks/i386/update_for_8_2/base.html 
>
>
> My best suggestion is to get on this quickly. Most of your upgrade
> installations, or people that use APT will have this problem.
>
> *************************************************************************************************** 
>
>
> Now there was another problem that I found a solution for.
>
> Jpilot could not find fonts when started up.
>
> This happens in SuSE 8.2 if Windows fonts are merely placed in the
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local directory.
>
> *************************************************************************************************** 
>
>
> Here is a third solution related to Transgaming's Winex:
>
> > Hello, I have SuSE 8.2 with glibc 3.3
> >
> > gcc (GCC) 3.3 20030226 (prerelease) (SuSE Linux)
> >
> > Winex report the following message when I try to start 
> /mnt/media/cdrom/setup.exe
> >
> > wine: lstat /home/slovin/.transgaming/wineserver-linux/socket : No 
> such file or directory
> >
> >
> > Any clue?
> >
> > [ reply ]
> >
> >
> > Re: SuSE 8.2 and glibc 3.3
> > by natix on Tuesday April 22, 2003 @ 12:31PM
> >
> >
> > So has this problem been solved? Because I am having the same 
> problem with SuSe 8.2
> >
> > [ reply ]
> >
> >
> > Re: SuSE 8.2 and glibc 3.3
> > by eNTi on Monday April 21, 2003 @ 9:04AM
> >
> >
> > glibc 3.3, gcc 3.3?????????????
> >
> > [ reply ]
> >
> >
> > Re: SuSE 8.2 and glibc 3.3
> > by sourcexx on Monday April 21, 2003 @ 10:34AM
> >
> >
> > lol .. i guess it's 232 ... try '-use-pthreads yes' works fine here ...
>
>
> Please pass this information on to other people.
>
> Thank you,
>
>
> James Leone

James Leone