October 2021 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] Kernel compilation the openSUSE way?
by Bjoern Voigt 28 Nov '21

28 Nov '21

I usually take the newest openSUSE kernel (from repository Kernel_stable). But since some month I have a DVB T2 HD card, which requires a patch (see https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=194171). So I need to compile kernels myself. I have a working compilation path. But the current path has 12 steps! It takes some time. I wonder, why it is so complicated to configure, compile and install a Kernel under openSUSE. Is there a better/easier/automated way to configure, compile and install a Kernel under openSUSE? I know this blog article. But the article uses Vanilla kernels and also needs 6 steps. With additional patches (4 steps), third-party modules (2 steps) and cleanup (1 step) the article would also need 13 steps: Compiling the Linux Kernel, the SUSE way https://www.suse.com/communities/blog/compiling-de-linux-kernel-suse-way/ This is my Kernel configuration, compilation and installation path: 1. Update kernel-source and kernel-default from Kernel_stable repository 2. Save kernel-source: cp -a /usr/src/linux-4.x.y-... /usr/src/linux-4.x.y-my 3. Apply my patches cd /usr/src/linux-4.x.y-my patch -b -p1 < ~myuser/.../my-kernel-patch.patch 4. Copy standard configuration: cd /usr/src/linux-4.x.y-my cp -v /boot/config-4.11.4-1.gcba98ee-default .config 5. Edit .config: remove CONFIG_LOCALVERSION, CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL, CONFIG_EXPERT remove some hardware-dependent settings 6. edit configuration interactively: Disable CONFIG_EXPERT and CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL, because otherwise "make binrpm-pkg" creates huge kernel binaries. make oldconfig [...] Local version - append to kernel release (LOCALVERSION) [] (NEW) -my1 * * Configure standard kernel features (expert users) * Configure standard kernel features (expert users) (EXPERT) [N/y/?] (NEW) Kernel debugging (DEBUG_KERNEL) [N/y/?] (NEW) make menuconfig Do some additional configuration. 7. Compile kernel (-j4 for four processor cores, ionice and nice to reduce the load, binrpm-pkg for RPM without source-RPM) make clean nice ionice -c idle make -j4 binrpm-pkg 8. Install the kernel RPM package rpm -Uvh /usr/src/packages/RPMS/x86_64/kernel-4.x.y_my1-....x86_64.rpm 9. Install necessary symbolic links for "dkms" cd /lib/modules/4.x.y-my1 ln -sv /usr/src/linux-4.x.y-my source ln -sv /usr/src/linux-4.x.y-my build 10. Update third-party modules (e.g. Nvidia driver): dkms install -m nvidia -v 375.66 -k 4.x.y-my1 11. Cleanup cd /usr/src/linux-4.x.y-my make clean 12. Select Grub configuration and reboot grub2-once --list | less grub2-once 2 reboot Greetings, Björn -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[oS-en] Firefox will not start.
by Carlos E. R. 20 Nov '21

20 Nov '21

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 In one machine, running Leap 15.2, Firefox does not display. It runs, asks what profile to start, but never opens. I have just updated the machine. I can open it in safe mode. It asks if I want to refresh the profile, I say yes, and it opens. It keeps my tabs. Add ons are gone (there was only one, an add blocker). I close it and try to start it normally, but does not. I have to kill it. Gone through this three or four times. What is going on? How do I find out? Video is Intel. I try to create a new profile. Dialog pops up, says to click next, but the buttons are half way out the bottom of the window and I can not read them. I try to rename the resulting profile, but does not obey the keys to type a new name. I manage to delete it. Create new profile again, this time the next key displays properly. I have to hit it twice. Try to rename it, impossible. Nevertheless, that new profile fails to display, I have to kill it. Trying to downgrade firefox from 91 to 78. Says I have to create a new profile because bookmarks have been migrated :-( (does it create a backup of the profile when it migrates?) But at least it runs. Maybe I can find the list of opened tabs somewhere in the old profile. - -- Cheers Carlos E. R. (from 15.2 x86_64 at Telcontar) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHoEARECADoWIQQZEb51mJKK1KpcU/W1MxgcbY1H1QUCYXPxdxwccm9iaW4ubGlz dGFzQHRlbGVmb25pY2EubmV0AAoJELUzGBxtjUfVZtkAn1cF01TyQETBA+WHlnMM 7izFejg8AJ9lsH6V51WuSm04YgtrHdNw3Hw7Bg== =+io4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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firefox scrollbar
by Istvan Gabor 03 Nov '21

03 Nov '21

Hello: The scrollbars' properties (color, background color, width) are really important things in scrollable windows, normally they are controlled by the window theme. I've recently installed firefox 91.2.0esr and its scroll bars are not like the used theme's scrollbar. They are hard to see, changing color depending on visited site and so thin that it is hard to move the cursor over them. I guess this is a new firefox "improvement", because the previous firefox esr (78) uses the theme's scrollbar. Is there a way to make firefox use the theme defined scrollbars? Thanks, Istvan

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openSUSE 15.3 & cyrus-imapd
by Joerg Rohrer 01 Nov '21

01 Nov '21

Hello List Updated my system yesterday from 15.2 to 15.3. Basically the update went just fine, buuuut all cyrus-imapd binaries are gone!!! Thought I've read the release notes and understood under Point: 3.2.1 Berkeley DB removed from packages So, is in SUSE Terms cyrus-sasl = cyrus-imapd. If so, bad luck for me and I'm sorry for my ignorance. If not, wasn't it worth spend one sentence in the release note that cyrus-imapd will be removed as well? And even better all cyrus-sasl thingy's are still available/installed on my system. And yes there are still people out using openSUSE as a mailserver WITH cyrus. Second question i have. Is it save to use the "sle" repostitories showing up after the updates since I have no intention to make a sles server out of my openSUSE. # | Alias | Name | Enabled | GPG Check | Refresh | URI --+-----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------+-----------+---------+------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 | repo-${releasever}-non-oss | openSUSE-15.3 Non-OSS | Yes | (r ) Yes | No | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/leap/15.3/repo/non-oss/ 2 | repo-${releasever}-oss | openSUSE-15.3 OSS | Yes | (r ) Yes | No | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/leap/15.3/repo/oss/ 3 | repo-${releasever}-update-non-oss | openSUSE-15.3 Updates Non-OSS | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes | http://download.opensuse.org/update/leap/15.3/non-oss/ 4 | repo-${releasever}-update-oss | openSUSE-15.3 Updates OSS | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes | http://download.opensuse.org/update/leap/15.3/oss/ 5 | repo-backports-debug-update | Update repository with updates for openSUSE Leap debuginfo packages from openSUSE Backports | No | ---- | ---- | http://download.opensuse.org/update/leap/15.3/backports_debug/ 6 | repo-backports-update | Update repository of openSUSE Backports | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes | http://download.opensuse.org/update/leap/15.3/backports/ 7 | repo-sle-debug-update | Update repository with debuginfo for updates from SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 | No | ---- | ---- | http://download.opensuse.org/debug/update/leap/15.3/sle/ 8 | repo-sle-update | Update repository with updates from SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes | http://download.opensuse.org/update/leap/15.3/sle/ Thank you and best regards J.

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mysql upgrade failure
by Marc Chamberlin 31 Oct '21

31 Oct '21

Hello - I have ran into a problem that maybe someone else has hit and knows a solution for it. I recently upgraded my OpenSuSE 15.2 x64 version to OpenSuSE 15.3 x64 and installed all additional updates and patches that were suggested for 15.3. Most of the upgrade succeeded, all except Mariadb. Google has not been helpful either. My understanding of Mariadb is that after a new install of a new version it is suppose to automagically update and fix the databases from the older version, when the server is restarted, but I think this is failing. I found the upgrade log file for Mariadb and it appears to be reporting some kind of corruption has occurred. This is preventing the mariadb (mysql) server from even starting, so it is not possible to use queries to find and repair the database. - > bigbang:/var/tmp/mysql-protected.lBP2YQ # more log_upgrade_run.err > 2021-10-31 12:11:36 0 [Note] InnoDB: !!! innodb_force_recovery is set > to 1 !!! > 2021-10-31 12:11:36 0 [Note] InnoDB: Uses event mutexes > 2021-10-31 12:11:36 0 [Note] InnoDB: Compressed tables use zlib 1.2.11 > 2021-10-31 12:11:36 0 [Note] InnoDB: Number of pools: 1 > 2021-10-31 12:11:36 0 [Note] InnoDB: Using crc32 + pclmulqdq instructions > 2021-10-31 12:11:36 0 [Note] mysqld: O_TMPFILE is not supported on > /tmp (disabling future attempts) > 2021-10-31 12:11:36 0 [Note] InnoDB: Using Linux native AIO > 2021-10-31 12:11:36 0 [Note] InnoDB: Initializing buffer pool, total > size = 134217728, chunk size = 134217728 > 2021-10-31 12:11:36 0 [Note] InnoDB: Completed initialization of > buffer pool > 2021-10-31 12:11:36 0 [ERROR] InnoDB: corrupted TRX_NO 5f737461748dea16 > 2021-10-31 12:11:36 0 [Note] InnoDB: Retry with innodb_force_recovery=5 > 2021-10-31 12:11:36 0 [ERROR] InnoDB: Plugin initialization aborted > with error Data structure corruption > 2021-10-31 12:11:36 0 [Note] InnoDB: Starting shutdown... > 2021-10-31 12:11:36 0 [ERROR] Plugin 'InnoDB' init function returned > error. > 2021-10-31 12:11:36 0 [ERROR] Plugin 'InnoDB' registration as a > STORAGE ENGINE failed. > 2021-10-31 12:11:36 0 [Note] Plugin 'FEEDBACK' is disabled. > 2021-10-31 12:11:36 0 [ERROR] Unknown/unsupported storage engine: InnoDB > 2021-10-31 12:11:36 0 [ERROR] Aborting On a hunch, I decided to install the OpenSuSE OSS repository for 15.2 and this allowed me to drop back and install version 10.4.13-lp152.1.1 of the mariadb server, client, errormessages, and tools packages. (OpenSuSE 15.3 wants to install version 10.5.12-3.9.1 of these mariadb packages.) And lo and behold the previous 10.4.13-lp152.1.1 package works fine! So what gives? Any idea why the upgraded version of mariadb packages are failing to upgrade and support my databases? As I said I have tried Googling for an answer but no joy finding one. A lot of the proposed solutions, Google found, assume the mariadb server is up and running (hump!) so the example solutions given, use mysql queries and commands to fix corrupt databases and tables. I should also point out that AFAIK most, if not all of my database structures are using InnoDB and not the older MYISAM structures (although the mysql database itself appears to have both). I did make a mysql backup of all the databases but without the ability to start the mariadb server I don't know how to make use of this backup file to reconstruct all the databases and their tables etc. Thanks in advance for any and all advice on how to upgrade my mariadb server. Marc Chamberlin -- *"The Truth is out there" - Spooky* -- *_ _ . . . . . . _ _ . _ _ _ _ . . . . _ . . . . _ _ . _ _ _ . . . . _ _ . _ . . _ . _ _ _ _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . * Computers: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the user Marc. His mission: to explore strange new hardware. To seek out new software and new applications. To boldly go where no Marc has gone before! (/This email is digitally signed. My public key for sending encrypted email to me can be found at - https://keys.openpgp.org/search?q=marc@domesweetdome.us.com or just ask me for it and I will send it to you as an attachment. If you don't understand, no worries, just ignore it and/or ask me to explain it further./)

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Qt software compile problem
by Gustav Degreef 31 Oct '21

31 Oct '21

Hello folks, I am trying to compile a Qt program which is not available in ANY opensuse repo, that I can find. It is called Hello Speech example and it is used to control QtSpeech. Hello Speak Example is used to control the rate, rhythm, voice etc from QtSpeech. I got the software comes from git. The instructions on compiling the package are to run "qmake--qt5" followed by "make". When I run qmake-qt5, I get the following message: "Project ERROR: Unknown module(s) in QT: texttospeech" there was no other output at all. I searched for this and found a post (Ubuntu forum) with a similar build problem and same error message. It seems to indicate where the problem lies (some edits by me): reply ..."You state that you are using Qt 5.9 but the error message shows include directories to qt4..." op ..." Issue was that build was taking qt4 libs instead of Qt5, Fixed by adding |qt5-default| package" I am running opensuse 15.3 new install (not updated from 15.2, etc.). I installed the base development and kernel develpment softwae patterns via yast. I also ran: zypper install libqt5-qtbase-devel Which installed a bunch of packages. Am I missing some Qt5 packages? Any help would be appreciated, thanks. Gustav

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comparing installed package list from a specific repo between two systems
by Istvan Gabor 30 Oct '21

30 Oct '21

Hello: I have two openSUSE 15.1 installations and would like to compare their installed packages from a given repo, let's say from packman. I would like to use diff program to compare the lists of installed packages. I can produce an installed package list of the packman repo using: zypper pa -ir <packman> > list.txt The problem with this approach is that the column widths are different depending on the installed packages' names and therefore I cannot use diff to compare the lists. (All lines will be different.) Is there a way to configure zypper how to format its output? Or is there any option that makes the output usable for diff? Other solutions are also welcome. Thanks, Istvan

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vpn
by Douglas McGarrett 30 Oct '21

30 Oct '21

Two of my credit cards were hacked last month, so I would like to install and use a vpn to purchase items on the 'net. I downloaded and printed out a paper called YaST VPN module. It says to install the latest stable version us zypper: sudo zypper install yast2-vpn. I did that, and after a page full of error messages, it says: The following NEW package is going to be installed: ` yast2-vpn 1 new package to install. Overall download size: 32.1 KiB. Already cached: 0 B. After the operation, additional 110.0 KiB will be used. Continue? [y/n/v/...? shows all options] (y): y Retrieving package yast2-vpn-4.3.0-1.98.noarch (1/1), 32.1 KiB (110.0 KiB unpacked) Retrieving: yast2-vpn-4.3.0-1.98.noarch.rpm ............................................................[done] Checking for file conflicts: ...........................................................................[done] (1/1) Installing: yast2-vpn-4.3.0-1.98.noarch ..........................................................[done] I then invoked /usr/sbin/yast2 vpn and got a "VPN Gateway and Client page which asked me to name the vpn, so I called it newvpn. The page recognizes Connection name: newvpn. At this point, I don't know how to g further. Will some kind soul please help? --doug

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can't copy many files
by Douglas McGarrett 30 Oct '21

30 Oct '21

I am tearing what little hair I still have! I have ~38 GiB of photos in a directory on the main drive. I need to copy these to a flash drive. I have a 128 GiB flash drive. I can only copy about 4 or 5 photos to the flash drive. (I am trying to do this with Dolphin as a source and File Manager as the destination.) After it copies about 5 files, it will not copy any more. Directory shows 14 MiB on the disk. (I have previously cleared the flash with gParted and told it to be fat32-- I need the flash to be readable on a Windows machine.) It is now showing in gParted as sda *and* sdb, with different sizes used, but no where near the full size of 128 GiB. This is not the only flash drive I have seen this problem with, but it's the only one I have that *should* be big enough to hold all the photos. ( I need to send them to an insurance company.) Failure message is "Could not write to /run/media/root/9458-DC92/insurance_pix/9:1_balun.jpg." I can't even try this on another computer without downloading all the files from the camera again. ( I will if necessary, but I don't understand the failure mode.) --doug

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/dev/mapper/
by Istvan Gabor 27 Oct '21

27 Oct '21

Hello: Still my new openSUSE Leap 15.3 installation. Doing a df -h my root partition (the only partition at the moment) is listed as /dev/mapper/WDC.....-part2. Is this the normal way in Leap 15.3 or I enabled some service which does this? How could I get back the old /dev/sdx way? Thanks, Istvan

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