July 2020 - openSUSE Support - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse-support] [Tumbleweed] How often should I update?
by Bob Williams 07 Jul '20

07 Jul '20

I've just switched from Leap to Tumbleweed on my Entroware laptop. So far so good. One question - how often should I run 'zypper dup'? Are updates announced anywhere? TIA Bob -- Bob Williams System: Linux 5.3.18-lp152.20.7-default Desktop: KDE Frameworks: 5.71.0, Qt: 5.12.7 and Plasma: 5.18.5 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-support+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-support+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-support] adding missing apps via YAST or zypper, etc.
by Doug McGarrett 06 Jul '20

06 Jul '20

I need some instruction as to how to find out what's in the various "approved" repos that can be accessed from YAST or zypper or whatever is correct for the files. I am finding that certain very common apps appear to be missing from the latest OpenSUSE Tumbleweed--for instance, Artha. That's just one. I have a list of apps most of which ran on a year-old version of this program. They may be available, but only if I can find them! (I would prefer using "approved" files before looking elsewhere for the necessary rpm.) Can some kind soul point me in the right direction for finding what's hidden in the various files accessible to this system, please? --doug -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-support+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-support+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-support] zypper "--no-allow-downgrade"?
by ksusup＠trixtar.org 06 Jul '20

06 Jul '20

>From 'man zypper': --allow-downgrade, --no-allow-downgrade Whether to allow downgrading installed resolvables. To me '--no-allow-downgrade' means that a downgrade is NOT to be considered an option But when I issue the following: zypper dup --no-allow-downgrade I get a couple of dozen 'problems' like: Problem: problem with installed package libply-boot-client5-0.9.5+git20200418+14e91cc-1.1.x86_64 with a list of possible solutions: Solution 1: downgrade of libply-boot-client5-0.9.5+git20200418+14e91cc-1.1.x86_64 to libply-boot-client5-0.9.5+git20190908+3abfab2-4.1.x86_64 Solution 2: keep obsolete libply-boot-client5-0.9.5+git20200418+14e91cc-1.1.x86_64 I'm a little confused... First of all how does a downgrade come up at all given the initial command switch? Seems to me that ignoring any repo package that requires a downgrade would be the zypper behavior. In the above case it would mean an automatic 'keeping' of the installed version. Second, how does a newer version become obsolete in favor of an older one? Which version is presently on the repo, was it backleveled to the 'downgrade' version?? TKS -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-support+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-support+owner(a)opensuse.org

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Re: [opensuse-support] Resolved: Re: zypper "--no-allow-downgrade"?
by Carlos E. R. 05 Jul '20

05 Jul '20

On 05/07/2020 21.58, ksusup(a)trixtar.org wrote: > On Sun, 5 Jul 2020 19:36:01 +0200 > "Carlos E. R." <robin.listas(a)telefonica.net> wrote: > >> On 05/07/2020 18.58, ksusup(a)trixtar.org wrote: >>> >>> thanks to Atri & Neil.... >>> >>> What threw me is that not using the downgrade-nixing switch zypper asks me for the DVD 'openSUSE-20200214-0' which in this case is unreadable (not the first time that this happens for some reason). So I removed it as a repo source with Yast and all went well. TW being a live or hot repo structure I wonder why the DVD was in the repo list at all, technically it becomes obsolete minutes after installation. Even if available the on-line repos would be prioritised I think. So the issue is resolved, remains the question of why the DVD's become unreadable, it's THE reason I had looked into trying to stop downgrades in the first place? >> >> It was there because you failed to remove it after installation. > > the only remove prompt I remember was to pull the DVD from the drive :-) There is no prompt. You are the administrator of a Linux system and you should know what to do >:-) If you think it should happen automatically, open a Bugzilla. But I do not see how that removal could happen automatically. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.1 x86_64 at Telcontar)

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[opensuse-support] slicer for medical scanner
by jdd＠dodin.org 05 Jul '20

05 Jul '20

Hello, is there any openSUSE version of this software, I can't install it from the links provided in the web site https://www.slicer.org/ this is to read results of a medical scanner (knee for my purpose), but scanner or slice are too regular word to be really searchable :-( thanks jdd -- http://dodin.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-support+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-support+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-support] Leap 15.2 kcmshell5 kcmdf
by JJM de Faber 04 Jul '20

04 Jul '20

Why o why is the module kcmshell5 kcmdf with every release removed and replaced after some weeks ???? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-support+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-support+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-support] new install
by Doug McGarrett 04 Jul '20

04 Jul '20

Well, I got there. This version of OS-TW--2020.0702--seems to be a little more obscure than the year-old one I had before the machine crashed. I don't even see a listing in the application Launcher for YAST, but when I find out how to get that and put its icon on the desktop, I need a tutorial as to how to find out what's in it and how to use it. F'rinstance: I'm told that Master PDF Editor exists in YAST somewhere-- how do I find it? As to other applications that I found fairly quickly in the year-old version, I'm looking for the Dolphin-like file-manager that runs in a root environment, (I don't remember what it was called,) for the Find Files app, and other things that don't come to mind at the moment. And yes, the nay-sayers that told me my partitioning would make Suse unhappy were correct. I let it do it's thing, and I haven't looked in gparted (how do I find that, also?) to see what it did. So thanx for the guidance along the way--this afternoon I bit the bullet and said "now is the time" even tho I was unable to do a Windows recovery--it didn't like my NTFS-formatted flash drives--two of them! So right now, I don't even nw if Windows is still there! --doug PS: How to I make Thunderbird single-space? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-support+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-support+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-support] new TW install quesion
by Doug 03 Jul '20

03 Jul '20

I have down-loaded OS-TW today (26 June) and burned it to DVD. I want to ADD it to a Windows system on a new computer. I have partitioned the SSD as follows: P1 EFS sys fat32 P2 Microsoft reserved p3 Basic data ntfs P5 / ext4 46 GiB boot,esp P6 /home ext 234 GiB P7 linux swap 27 GiB p4 ntfs Basic data parttion (windows) I had OpenSuse installed before, but on a computer that went to computer heaven--or hell? --and had no trouble with dual booting, but in this case, the new computer came with no Windows disk or microsoft key, so if I louse it up, there will be a problem getting software, and I would like to keep the Windows part, even tho severely attenuated, and I'm not sure the new software supports dual boot. If the partitioning scheme could be better, I can still modify it, if necessary--like is there too much space for P5? I doubt that I will use up P6, ao I don't really need the space. (I have stuck with ext4 since other Linux systems use it and can read files written to that FS.) There has been some correspondence on the net that says that after update, the system won't boot. Is this going to be a problem with this version? Please advise. --doug -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-support+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-support+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-support] [Leap 15] Cannot upgrade pip3 on 15.2
by Bob Williams 03 Jul '20

03 Jul '20

Since upgrading to Leap 15.2, I've seen the following error :~> sudo pip3 install pip --upgrade Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/pip3", line 11, in <module> load_entry_point('pip==10.0.1', 'console_scripts', 'pip3')() File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 484, in load_entry_point return get_distribution(dist).load_entry_point(group, name) File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 2725, in load_entry_point return ep.load() File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 2343, in load return self.resolve() File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 2349, in resolve module = __import__(self.module_name, fromlist=['__name__'], level=0) File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pip/_internal/__init__.py", line 42, in <module> from pip._internal import cmdoptions File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pip/_internal/cmdoptions.py", line 16, in <module> from pip._internal.index import ( ImportError: cannot import name 'FormatControl' I am not a python expert, so I don't know if this is a bug, or just a missing python module. Can anyone advise, please? -- Bob Williams System: Linux 5.3.18-lp152.19-default Desktop: KDE Frameworks: 5.71.0, Qt: 5.12.7 and Plasma: 5.18.5 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-support+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-support+owner(a)opensuse.org

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Re: [opensuse-support] Zoom works; Skype doesn't
by Robin Klitscher 01 Jul '20

01 Jul '20

On 2020-06-27 12:26, Tomas Kuchta wrote: > Cannot advice on the camera's video. > > The sound - can in most cases be resolved by: pavucontrol. > That is the default/native pulse audio config app. > > Give pavucontrol a try - hope it helps. > > Tomas > Thanks. I'd tried that and sadly it didn't. Something seems to be blocking all audio devices from working in Skype, though they do work with other apps. Weird. -- Robin K Wellington "Harbour City" New Zealand -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-support+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-support+owner(a)opensuse.org

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