April 2018 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] chromium or chrome?
by David T-G 19 Apr '18

19 Apr '18

Hi, all -- I've been using Chromium because it's what was available, but I've noticed that it seems to really crush my laptop (details if anyone is interested; maybe I could also be doing something better). I just found that, yes, Linux Chrome does exist, so now I wonder which I'd prefer. Any discussions on the merits of each? I also use FireFox, but I like having two browsers as options, so I hope the answer isn't "they both stink; just use FFox". And I hope the answer also isn't "forget them all and use this other one" ;-) TIA & HAND :-D -- David T-G See http://justpickone.org/davidtg/email/ See http://justpickone.org/davidtg/tofu.txt -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Grub2 netboot: net variables undefined :(
by Peter Suetterlin 18 Apr '18

18 Apr '18

Hi List, I'm using grub2 to set up pxe netboot for UEFI following this blog: https://github.com/openSUSE/kiwi/wiki/Setup-PXE-boot-with-EFI-Using-GRUB2 with some changes (we use http instead of tftp, as the latter is dead slow and the initrd is huge). In principle everything works. However, grub does not automatically set up the network. I have to do this manually using 'net_bootp'. But as the computer has three ports, one of them unconnected, this runs into a timeout that slows things down. So I would like to net_bootp $net_default_interface However, this variable is not set :(( Does anyone have an idea what is missing? Are those variables transfered via some module that I forgot to include, is there a bug in the grub used, or has it to do with hardware? At the moment I'm hardcoding the interface, which is sort-of OK as all affected computers have the same hardware. For reference here's my grub.cfg and the create command line. I'm doing this from a Leap 42.3 system (grub2-2.02-7.1). grub2-mkstandalone -d /usr/lib/grub2/x86_64-efi -O x86_64-efi \ --fonts="unicode" -o bootx64.efi boot/grub/grub.cfg grub.cfg: set timeout=2 menuentry 'Linux diskless' --class os { insmod net insmod efinet insmod tftp insmod http insmod gzio insmod part_gpt insmod efi_gop insmod efi_uga set net_default_server=10.0.2.32 net_bootp efinet1 echo 'Loading Linux ...' linux (http)/boot/linux echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...' initrd (http)/boot/initrd } -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] jstest Vibration
by Paul Groves 18 Apr '18

18 Apr '18

HI Everyone, I have been using jstest to test game controllers (which I repair). It is a great tool because it displays each button and analog input and I can see if they are working properly. However I am wondering how to test the vibration on these game controllers. The USB adapters are all vibration compatible (and the vibration works on this same PC in the various emulators I use). Surely there is a command or script to turn on the vibration? Does anyone know of such a thing? Thanks -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Leap-15 kernel related anomaly
by Mark Hounschell 17 Apr '18

17 Apr '18

We have several out of kernel drivers. They build and run fine on the 4.12 kernel that comes on Leap-15. However when we build and run a vanilla kernel from kernel.org and try to build our drivers against it, the build fails. ./include/linux/kernel.h:6:10: fatal error: stdarg.h: No such file or directory #include <stdarg.h> ^~~~~~~~~~ compilation terminated. The vanilla kernel is built and installed like has been done forever via: #make -j# #make modules_install install I figured out what I had to do to get these out of kernel modules to compile. I have to explicitly include "-I/usr/lib64/gcc/x86_64-suse-linux/7/include/". Even the nvidia driver had to have this explicit include added to its Makefile. I have no idea how the kernel handles this but Leap-15 seems to have prohibited it from happening correctly in all but against the 4.12 Leap-15 kernel. I suspect this is not intentional. I also suspect it is a bug somewhere. Never in the history of using opensuse have we had to explicitly make this include in an out of kernel driver. Nobody else has either. Regards Mark -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] KDE/Plasma5 Compositor regression
by John Andersen 17 Apr '18

17 Apr '18

Since fairly recent versions of Plasma 5 (all from Opensuse repositories) going back sometime earlier this year, I've noticed an annoying regression on in the compositor on my hardware. I use to be able to run with all the bling turned on, wobbly windows, transparency, several different effects, fades, zooms, etc - almost all the features offed by KDE. Most of that stuff still works, but now menus, both KDE main menu, as well as application menues get filled with squiggly lines. Attaching an example of a pull-down menu in Tbird. If I then mouse down through the options, each line will become clear as the cursor pointer crosses it. All other compositing effects seem to work the same as they did say last year. KDE previously worked perfectly with all compositing features that your video card was capable of, after many years of effort getting that to work. I thought my video card was failing. Only full solution: I toggled off compositing (Alt-shift 12), and this squiggle fill goes away instantly. (I can also log in with compositing turned off of course.) Equipment: Older ATI RV515 M45 Mobility Radeon X1400. Using the Community drivers. Seen on Leap 42.2 problem started sometime early 2018. Persists in Leap 15 (kernel 4.12.14-6-lp150.8-default) Kde Plasma 5.12.4 Attached small image, lets see if it sneaks through the list server, or if I have to susepaste it, -- After all is said and done, more is said than done.

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[opensuse] Leap 15 Beta - Kudos for packaging Fluxbox (it's what I'm using now on 15)
by David C. Rankin 16 Apr '18

16 Apr '18

Good job devs, I had pulled the 42.3 srpm for fluxbox and built it for Leap 15 beta. Just attempted a zypper dup (--no-recommends) and we now have an openSUSE version of Fluxbox, e.g. Problem: problem with installed package fluxbox-1.3.7-6.6.x86_64 Solution 1: install fluxbox-1.3.7-lp150.1.7.x86_64 (with vendor change) (no vendor) --> openSUSE Solution 2: keep obsolete fluxbox-1.3.7-6.6.x86_64 Choose from above solutions by number or skip, retry or cancel [1/2/s/r/c] (c): 1 Problem: problem with installed package fluxbox-styles-upstream-1.3.7-6.6.noarch Solution 1: install fluxbox-styles-upstream-1.3.7-lp150.1.7.noarch (with vendor change) (no vendor) --> openSUSE Solution 2: keep obsolete fluxbox-styles-upstream-1.3.7-6.6.noarch Choose from above solutions by number or skip, retry or cancel [1/2/s/r/c] (c): 1 That's nice :) -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Do I need to do anything special for SSD in Leap 42.3?
by David C. Rankin 16 Apr '18

16 Apr '18

All, I was checking the opensuse articles on SSD and most are 11.2 - 11.4 timeframe, and the latest is non-official. https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:SSD_performance https://sites.google.com/site/easylinuxtipsproject/ssd-in-opensuse https://lizards.opensuse.org/2015/02/06/ssd-configuration-for-opensuse/ All the prior articles discuss putting noatime in fstab, moving tmpfs to ram, disabling browser cache, and setting vm.swappiness=1. They also talk about running fstrim on each boot and putting it in boot.local. What do we do for trim? I've checked systemd trim.service and timer are disabled? Is these customization still needed on Leap 42.3 or does the setup now recognize SSD and make the needed changes? I don't swap (I have one, it's just never used - 8G of RAM). So do we need to enable fstrim service and fstimer? What says the brain-trust? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Silverlight / moonlight / pipelight
by Roger Oberholtzer 16 Apr '18

16 Apr '18

My company has an internal web site that requites sliverlight in the browser. I have not used this site in a while. But I need to now. When it offered to install something for Linux, it sent me to http://www.go-mono.com/moonlight/redirector.html?=4.0.50401.0, and that failed (URL was not in the server). I looked around for openSUSE and saw references to pipelight. But I do not see any packages anymore (except in a user's project - and those are either broken or disabled). I see that there are mono packages. But it is unclear which packages are needed to get silverlight functionality. The mono site suggests installing mono-devel, but there is no such package in OBS. Is there any support for silverlight on Linux anymore? Specifically Leap 42.3. And Mozilla (but that's flexible). -- Roger Oberholtzer -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] driver for Canon Color imageCLASS MF733Cdw driver
by don fisher 16 Apr '18

16 Apr '18

Sorry, somehow I got this message linked to another. Also, my distribution is OpenSUSELeap 4.3 as opposed to 4.2 referenced. I have purchased a Canon Color imageCLASS MF733Cdw laser printer for my OpenSUSELeap 4.2 distribution. 1. Using YAST/hardware/printer/add, I get No connections, try 'Detect More' message. 2. A Canon MF731C/733C UFRII is found at the IP address I assigned. 3. Under 'Find and Assign a Driver' the message no matching driver found is presented. At the Canon site I found a driver for linux linux-UFRII-drv-v350-usen.tar.gz I could find nothing under opensuse search tool that matched. If this is appropriate, how to I install the above tar file? I hope this description is complete enough. Don -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Leap-15 Beta 187.1
by Mark Hounschell 15 Apr '18

15 Apr '18

I've been testing this for a while now. Looking pretty good. This afternoon it says I have 1244 packages to upgrade. Do I dare? Thanks Mark -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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