[news.eclipse.technology.linuxtools] Re: OProfile on openSUSE 11.1

[Mikael Steen Springer <mikael.springer@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Kent Sebastian wrote:
> Mikael Steen Springer wrote:
>> Kent Sebastian wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> Just to be sure, did you run the install script (install.sh) in the
>>> org.eclipse.linuxtools.oprofile.core_0.1.0.200901141551/natives/linux/scripts
>>>
>>> directory? I imagine this extra non-standard step is going to cause a
>>> lot of problems for users of this plugin..
>>>
>>
>> Yes I did but this failed because of the consolehelper dependency. I'm
>> on openSUSE 11.1 and consolehelper does not seem to be available for
>> this distro and no one has responded to my question on the forum either.
>> I guess I could build and install it myself but I would rather not do
>> that since I don't know if it would break anything else. You use it for
>> root access, is that correct?
>>
>>     /Micke.
> 
> Ah yes, a bug has been filed for this, and it's going to be a top
> priority for 0.2. It is indeed for root access, since oprofile requires
> root for any of its commands.
> 
> In the mean time, you can try what Axel suggested here
> https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=265355#c1, and simply
> symlink opcontrol in the
> org.eclipse.linuxtools.oprofile.core_0.1.0.200901141551/natives/linux/scripts
> directory to /usr/bin/opcontrol. Let me know if this works for you.
> 
> Also, what forums are you referring to?
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -Kent

I posted a consolehelper question on the official openSUSE forum. I'll
try Axels method with the symlink and I'll let you know how it works.
Good to hear the consolehelper "problem" is prioritized.

	Regards, Micke.