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[opensuse] Project management software question for project managers
by Ted Byers 15 Apr '24

15 Apr '24

I am looking for project management software I can install on my Suse box. Alas, there are quite a number of prducts that claim to be suitable project management products, but I am hoping to obtain a little help separating the wheat from the chaffe. Basically, when I open the project management software, I want to be able to choose from among a number of projects that are under way, and then see the relation between a client's wish list and the functional requirements specs, and then how these specs relate to the UML diagrams that have been created, and from there, what tasks have been defined for each requirement and the identity of all persons involved, the developers and their managers, and the person who designed the code that supports the requirement. And with that, I want to be able to see the project's timeline, the related bugs, &c. I would even want to be able to open the source code files and examine the code that was actually written. Here is my wish list: 1) a web application that stores data in either PostgreSQL or MySQL. 2) easy integration with UML tool (or has it's own UML tool that supports round trip engineering) 3) resource management (e.g. computers, and development tools, that can be used, personelle assigned to each task) 4) documentation of relation between functional requirements specs to specific tasks and specific unit and integration tests. 5) time/effort tracking 6) bug tracking, including data relating the existance of the bug, and effort required to fix it, to the person who wrote the original code, the person who supervised him or her, and the person who designed the 'feature' in question, the time taken to complete the original task, and the technologies used (to imprrove accountability as well as to determine retraining and continuing education needs (people aren't disposable, so instead of taking a harsh aproach to problems identified, I prefer to use education as a corrective, but I can't design corrective instruction without knowing precisely what the need is). I also need to know if a developer has a higher than normal bug rate simply because he doesn't take enough time to ensure the job is done right, or because I haven't adequately trained him, or because of a poor choice of tools, or somethng else that may be my fault. 7) use of task effort tracking history to generate provisional effort/cost estimates from new project's functional requirements 8) easy integration with open source ERP products like OFBiz (which may make trakcing resources and manpower easier, as well as connect real production data to the enterprise's accounting systems) 9) easy integration with CMS products, like Wordpress (especally for production documentation, includng degin documentation and user guides and reference manuals) 10) easy integration with verion control systems such as subversion. If there is a decent product that supports all of this, great (and language used to implement it doesn't matter), but if I have to write code to add missing requirements, then I am limited to those implemented using Perl or Java (and running on Tomcat). I don't know PHP well enough, and I don't know Ruby at all; and I really don't want to think about implementing this sort of thing in C++ (though I could if absolutely necessary). If you have project management experience, and use tools that are available for Suse Linux, what software product(s) did you use, and with what result? While I await relies, I will continue to review web documentation for those products I have found so far, to see if any of them are a) suitable for use in production and b) to see to what extent they support the features I am after. I have seen a number of products so far in my search, that deserve to be nameless, because they provide no way to relate cost estimates to one's team's track record, or to the details of the design, and seem satisfied with production of a pretty gantt chart (which is why I have formed the view that there is a whole lots of chaffe in the set of applications that call themselves project menement software - I have yet to find anything that really has the potential of being labelled wheat). Thanks Ted -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[SLE] RealPlayer G2 on SuSe 6.2
by yh＠ottawa.com 03 Apr '24

03 Apr '24

Yesterday, I finally got sound going on my Linux setup. I downloaded RealPlayer G2 and it worked beautifully. Today, RealPlayer run but no sound coming out. All other sound functions still work. I can still play my CD, have system sound BUT no sound when I run RealPlayer. /var/log/message said kernel: Sound: DMA (output) timed out - IRQ/DRQ config error? but KDE sound still work. I have re-installed RealPlayer 3 times now, still no sound when I run the RealPlayer. Any help is appreciated. Ying yh(a)ottawa.com -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/

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Creating a new user for a deamon
by Rowan Reid 15 Jan '24

15 Jan '24

I'm setting up a cron job for a analysis tool, I'm trying to use the SuSE tools where possible but YAST doent' allow you to create new user without a home I tried /dev/null is there a proper way to do this ? Rowan Reid Job Captain, Systems Administrator STUDIO 3 ARCHITECTS 909 982 1717

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"This video cannot be played"
by Douglas McGarrett 27 May '22

27 May '22

I have received a number of messages from various sources with a video attached, but across the face of what must be the first screen, is the message, "This video cannot be played." I'm curious--what kind of video is being sent that cannot be player, and why? --doug

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[opensuse] Memtest & UEFI
by James Knott 26 May '22

26 May '22

In openSUSE 15.1, memtest, as installed, would not work with UEFI. Has this been fixed in 15.2? There is a version on the memtest website that will work with it. tnx jk -- 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 install on USB-C disk on a laptop
by Cyrus 18 Mar '22

18 Mar '22

Hello!, I have a work machine I cannot reinstall (comes with Windows), Latitude 5420. Given it has only one M2 slot, I'm exploring using a Sabrent nano USB-C external disk to run opensuse from it, but I'm wondering if it will work properly in a laptop scenario (suspend/resume). Can anybody share their experience with similar setups?. Regards, Cyrus.-

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[opensuse] Bug in usb drivers? "Not enough bandwidth for new device state"
by Markus Egg 28 Feb '22

28 Feb '22

SuSE Tumbleweed with newest updates and upgrades. 5.7.1-1-default #1 SMP Wed Jun 10 11:53:46 UTC 2020 (6a549f6) x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Just recently started to give error messages when plugging in e.g. USB Headsets, Arduino Uno into some Exsys USB 3.0 hub. This was working fine in Tumbleweed before and in e.g. SuSE 13.1. The error message is e.g.: [...]usb 2-1.4.3: new full-speed USB device number 10 using xhci_hcd [...]usb 2-1.4.3: New USB device found, idVendor=2341, idProduct=0043, bcdDevice= 0.01 [...]usb 2-1.4.3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=220 [...]usb 2-1.4.3: Manufacturer: Arduino (www.arduino.cc) ...serialnumber... [...]kernel: usb 2-1.4.3: Not enough bandwidth for new device state. [...]kernel: usb 2-1.4.3: can't set config #1, error -28 This error message started on Jun 04, after making an update (zypper up) on June 3rd. A USB3.0 stick is working on the Exsys Hub. The Arduino is working on some other USB 3.0 Port of another hub. Regression? Any hints how to get this away? Found only another occurrence of this bug: http://opensuse92.rssing.com/chan-20813128/all_p1407.html Best regards -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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Audio problem Leap-15.3
by Mark Hounschell 09 Feb '22

09 Feb '22

On a machine I did a "zypper dup" to update from 15.2 to 15.3, the 15.3 does not have sound at bootup. Sound card is: # lspci | grep -i audio 16:00.4 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Starship/Matisse HD Audio Controller The 15.2 works fine. 15.2: #dmesg | grep -i audio [ 0.502138] ACPI: Added _OSI(Linux-Lenovo-NV-HDMI-Audio) [ 9.892740] snd_hda_codec_realtek hdaudioC0D0: ALC1150: SKU not ready 0x00000000 [ 9.894094] snd_hda_codec_realtek hdaudioC0D0: autoconfig for ALC1150: line_outs=1 (0x14/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0) type:line [ 9.894980] snd_hda_codec_realtek hdaudioC0D0: speaker_outs=0 (0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0) [ 9.895870] snd_hda_codec_realtek hdaudioC0D0: hp_outs=1 (0x1b/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0) [ 9.896760] snd_hda_codec_realtek hdaudioC0D0: mono: mono_out=0x0 [ 9.897662] snd_hda_codec_realtek hdaudioC0D0: dig-out=0x1e/0x0 [ 9.897662] snd_hda_codec_realtek hdaudioC0D0: inputs: [ 9.897663] snd_hda_codec_realtek hdaudioC0D0: Front Mic=0x19 [ 9.897664] snd_hda_codec_realtek hdaudioC0D0: Rear Mic=0x18 [ 9.897664] snd_hda_codec_realtek hdaudioC0D0: Line=0x1a [ 9.912613] input: HD-Audio Generic Front Mic as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:08.1/0000:16:00.4/sound/card0/input4 [ 9.913543] input: HD-Audio Generic Rear Mic as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:08.1/0000:16:00.4/sound/card0/input5 [ 9.914476] input: HD-Audio Generic Line as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:08.1/0000:16:00.4/sound/card0/input6 [ 9.915416] input: HD-Audio Generic Line Out as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:08.1/0000:16:00.4/sound/card0/input7 [ 9.916344] input: HD-Audio Generic Front Headphone as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:08.1/0000:16:00.4/sound/card0/input8 On 15.3: #dmesg | grep -i audio [ 0.132048] ACPI: Added _OSI(Linux-Lenovo-NV-HDMI-Audio) [ 5.112574] hdaudio hdaudioC0D0: Unable to bind the codec Yet when I go into Yast and reconfigure the card, the sound works until a reboot happens. What am I missing? Mark

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[oS-en] Leap 15.3: can't mount /home
by Carlos E. R. 03 Feb '22

03 Feb '22

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Unknown filesystem 'reiserfs' :-/ - -- Cheers Carlos E. R. (from 15.2 x86_64 at Telcontar) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHoEARECADoWIQQZEb51mJKK1KpcU/W1MxgcbY1H1QUCYcvG+hwccm9iaW4ubGlz dGFzQHRlbGVmb25pY2EubmV0AAoJELUzGBxtjUfVeQcAn1pPUk98DaNg71a+xWkt aO8+J/NUAJ9+K6U01YofXopVhWGaPh6VIt2Ygw== =nhEU -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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[oS-en] Reiserfs ongoing problem
by Carlos E. R. 02 Feb '22

02 Feb '22

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I have a problem with my one remaining reiserfs partition on rotating rust. The problem I initially detected was that telling the machine to hibernate sometimes appeared to stall, and I had to force a power off (via physical power switch) to recover. In fact, I found out later, the kernel was simply syncing one partition, and this operation would take half an hour, which it is absurd. Later I found out that it was only one partition affected, and this partition was (is) reiserfs. Then I guessed that the slow operation was syncing the metadata (the time stamps) of the news (nntp) spool. Traditionally a news server touches (and use) the access timestamp each time a post is read, affecting one file per read. With the default mount options used nowdays this modification stays in RAM for long, many hours. So, the cronjob that scans the news spool now also calls sync on that filesystem, and when hibernating I call sync in advance. This improved things, but not completely. Thus I finally resorted to moving the news spool only to another reiserfs partition created on an SSD disk, which usually syncs in seconds, instead of half an hour. So I thought, problem solved. But later on I noticed that the sync operation prior to hibernating on the old reiserfs partition still takes long, but only on some days - even if nothing writes there now. This is astonishing. Look, last Monday: Telcontar:~ # hibernate 2021-12-13 04:26:18+01:00 Checking news to send 2021-12-13 04:26:22+01:00 Syncing rm: cannot remove '/var/lib/news/bin/cronscriptparafetchnews.enabled': No such file or directory 2021-12-13 06:06:09+01:00 synced. Now screensaver xscreensaver-command: no screensaver is running on display :0.0 touch /var/lib/news/bin/cronscriptparafetchnews.enabled Telcontar:~ # An hour and a half to sync a not used partition! (I know it is only one partition because I monitor it with gkrellm) Hibernation script: date --rfc-3339=seconds echo Checking news to send /var/lib/news/bin/cronscriptparaenviarnewspendientes date --rfc-3339=seconds echo Syncing rm /var/lib/news/bin/cronscriptparafetchnews.enabled strace -o /tmp/hibernate.strace sync date --rfc-3339=seconds echo "synced. Now screensaver" xscreensaver-command -lock sleep 3 #sudo chvt 10 #sleep 1 sudo /usr/local/sbin/beep sleep 1 #systemctl hibernate sudo /usr/bin/systemctl hibernate The structure of the mount is this: Telcontar:~ # mount | grep sdc9 /dev/sdc9 on /data/Lareiserfs type reiserfs (rw,relatime,lazytime,user_xattr,acl) /dev/sdc9 on /usr/src type reiserfs (rw,relatime,lazytime,user_xattr,acl) /dev/sdc9 on /home/cer/terrasync type reiserfs (rw,relatime,lazytime,user_xattr,acl) /dev/sdc9 on /data/homedvl type reiserfs (rw,relatime,lazytime,user_xattr,acl) /dev/sdc9 on /usr/share/flightgear type reiserfs (rw,relatime,lazytime,user_xattr,acl) Telcontar:~ # The first one is the actual mount, the rest are bind mounts - fstab: LABEL=c_data_reiser /data/Lareiserfs reiserfs acl,user_xattr,barrier=flush,lazytime 1 3 /data/Lareiserfs/gamedata/flightgear /usr/share/flightgear none bind 0 0 /data/Lareiserfs/gamedata/terrasync /home/cer/terrasync none bind 0 0 /data/Lareiserfs/data_homedvl /data/homedvl none bind 0 0 /data/Lareiserfs/usr_src /usr/src none bind 0 0 Now I have added entries to my hibernate script to sync each reiserfs bind mount separately, find out which one it is, if any. - -- Cheers Carlos E. R. (from 15.2 x86_64 at Telcontar) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHoEARECADoWIQQZEb51mJKK1KpcU/W1MxgcbY1H1QUCYbiC3Bwccm9iaW4ubGlz dGFzQHRlbGVmb25pY2EubmV0AAoJELUzGBxtjUfVNQ0An0UB/PrQobQOFtt1bA5b ll35Ej7FAJ9E6b3Mh88V1OcIbudlN0SwdavIhw== =hvzD -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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How to connect via WiFi
by Wolfgang Mueller 22 Jan '22

22 Jan '22

My new computer is an HP 15s-eq2147 FHD RYZ5-5 16GB 512 SSD DOS It has no cable connection to the internet, but only access via WiFi. Installing Leap 15.3 was no problem, but so far I did not manage to establish a WiFi connection. Using Yast, I set up a wicked service with fixed address, getting this list: Device Name: wlan0 Configured with address 192.168.2.16/24 (acer.ariannuccia.zz) Starting automatically on cable connection I find it somewhat absurd that a cable connection is required even for WiFi. Since I have no cable connection, I am looking for a work around. Any idea? The "Authentication Mode" offers these 5 options: No Encryption WEP - Open WEP - Shared Key WPA-EAP ("enterprise") WPA-PSK ("home") On my router (192.168.2.1) there are these "Encryption type": Unencrypted (not recommended) WPA2 (very secure) WPA / WPA2 (secure) WPA (secure) For avoiding problems with the correspondence of these methods, I have selected "No Encryption" on my computer and "Unencrypted (not recommended)" on my router. But the connection does not work. Any attempt to ping the router from the new computer is rejected with the reply: connect: Network is unreachable Any help would be welcome. Thank you in advance and best regards, Wolfgang

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[oS-en] disk imaging code question
by Carlos E. R. 19 Jan '22

19 Jan '22

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I use this bash code (script) to image partitions - I arrived there with help here: function hacer() { echo echo "Doing partition $1 ($2) on $3" echo "copying, compressing, and calculating md5..." mkfifo mdpipe dd if=/dev/$1 status=progress bs=16M | tee mdpipe | pigz > $3.gz & # Try using "--fast" next time md5sum -b mdpipe | tee -a md5checksum_expanded wait rm mdpipe echo "$3" >> md5checksum_expanded echo "Verifying..." pigz --test $3.gz echo echo "·········" } Used this way: time hacer sda1 "5S" "sda1_WINBOOT" time hacer sda2 "250M" "sda2_WINDOWS" (the current directory is on the destination disk, external rotating rust via USB2) This works fine. Now, I noticed something. On gkrellmn I observe, as the script runs, that the reads on the source disk (ssd, in this case) and the writes to the destination disk alternate, are not simultaneous. And it took 5 hours to image perhaps 300gigs; of course, the destination is on USB2, and the CPU is old, but that alternation doesn't help. Could that be improved somehow? Short of writing my own binary code to implement it all... Never coded with parallelization, so that would not be trivial. - -- Cheers Carlos E. R. (from 15.2 x86_64 at Telcontar) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHoEARECADoWIQQZEb51mJKK1KpcU/W1MxgcbY1H1QUCYccnxxwccm9iaW4ubGlz dGFzQHRlbGVmb25pY2EubmV0AAoJELUzGBxtjUfV+DEAn0qKBQv/D0k/pGQFYl6a w5+FjD23AJ0fsJs7A+zehwK0a5S/nHEJuP3bMw== =+rL4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Troubles installing OpenSuSE 15.3 on a HP Spectre laptop
by Marc Chamberlin 06 Jan '22

06 Jan '22

Hello - I have an HP Spectre laptop that came with Windows 10 installed on it. It has a 1Tb SSD drive with almost 800Gb of unallocated space. I want to install OpenSuSE 15.3 x64 on this laptop as part of a dual boot system. I have done this many times in the past on other desktops and laptops but this time I am running into a couple of unexpected problems that is preventing the installation. I created an UEFI USB installation disk from the ISO file that I downloaded from the OpenSuSE downloads website. In the BIOS I turned off "Secure Boot" and set the boot order to allow booting first from USB devices. I did not have to choose whether to use "Legacy Booting" as there is no option in the BIOS for it. The installation of OpenSuSE starts off OK and I had no apparent problem with setting up the network WiFi connection. The installation process does not allow me to manually test and/or check to see if the network really got set up OK. The first problem occurs when the installation process gets to where it is attempting to read the list of Online Repositories. Here I get a warning message "Unable to download list of repositories or no repositories defined." No reason why is given and all I can do about it is to click the OK button and move on. Maybe the WiFi network connection is not working after all? I dunno how to check it at this point in the installation process. Sigh... Next I select for a System Role to use "Desktop with KDE Plasma" and when I click on Next I get a far more serious error message - "An error was found in one of the devices in the system. The information displayed may not be accurate and the installation may fail if you continue." The "Details..." button shows - "cannot delete MdContainer" and again I can only choose "OK" to dismiss this rather useless error message. I got no idea what an MdContainer" is! Google searches suggests it has to do with docker containers but that doesn't help me either as I don't grok much about docker and have never use it. The best discussion about this error, that I found, was at https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/523095/opensuse-leap-15-1-install-… But the solution appears to be to delete and remove Windows 10 and the partitions it resides in. NOT what I want to do, I want a dual boot system with both OS's. Another suggestion was to contact HP Support which I have done but they seem to be taking a very long time to respond, so I am turning to this forum to see if anyone here can provide and/or guide me to a solution. FYI If I continue on, with the installation process, I reach a dead-end at the point where one is suppose to set up the disk partitions for OpenSuSE. The partitioner does not allow me to access or change anything within the SSD drive. Any attempt to do so, I get told the device is busy. Thanks in advance for any suggestions or solutions offered, much appreciated as always... Marc... -- *"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 and the electronic signature is attached. If you know how, you can use my public key to prove this email indeed came from me and has not been modified in transit. My public key, which can be used for sending encrypted email to me also, can be found at - https://keys.openpgp.org/search?q=marc@marcchamberlin.com or just ask me for it and I will send it to you as an attachment. If you don't understand all this geek speak, no worries, just ignore this explanation and ignore the signature key attached to this email (it will look like gibberish if you open it) and/or ask me to explain it further if you like./)

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When/How to update tumbleweed
by Payam Firouztala 05 Jan '22

05 Jan '22

For the longest time I was depending on https://review.tumbleweed.boombatower.com to figure out when it was safe to update tumbleweed and which release to update to. That site has not been updated due to an issue with the mailing list where the site got its information. So for people who use tumbleweed, how do you know when is a good time to update? What command do you use? I know there is snap and that I can roll back if something breaks, but obviously would rather not go through that. Thanks and Happy New Year!

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no more usb keyboard and mouse
by jdd＠dodin.org 05 Jan '22

05 Jan '22

Hello, since the very last update with "zypper up --recommand", my openSUSE Leap 15.3 do not anymore accept external keyboard or mouse. however, booting windows 10 (!!!), and rebooting immediately (no need to login) restore the mouse/keyboard usual working the usb keyboard works as expected in grub menu booting the previous snapshot do not makes any better this was since 48 hours and right now still no new update may I fill a bug report? thanks jdd -- http://dodin.org http://valeriedodin.com

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file manager used to save in chrome
by George from the tribe 05 Jan '22

05 Jan '22

In the latest update in 15.2, something changed in the way I save files downloaded from the internet when in Chrome, or a Chrome based browser like Brave. It used to use Dolphin file manager, and that is much more convenient, because it requires less clicks to change the file name. Now it switched to the file manager that Gnome uses - I guess its Nautilus. I don't use Gnome very much, but I have it installed and sometimes go into it if there is something I need it for, so I have to keep the gnome base packages on my system. So how do you set Chrome so that it opens up the Dolphin file manager when you want to save a file from the internet? -- George Box: 15.2 | Plasma 5 | AMD Phenom IIX4 | 64 | 32GB Laptop #1: 15.2 | Plasma 5 | AMD FX 7TH GEN | 64 | 32GB Laptop #2: TW | Plasma 5 | Core i7 | 64 | 16GB

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badblocks replacement successor for huge disks?
by cagsm 04 Jan '22

04 Jan '22

just figured that badblocks tool was having 32bit value issues for sector numbers of sata hdd disks. just what is the replacement or successor for badblocks? apparently people been discussing this even some upstream bugreport at redhat, but the information give was, that badblocks been actually invented for like floppy disks. have never heard of anything else than badblocks so far. how to check largeish huge hdd media? any quick resolution of this problem? did i miss a tool ever since badblocks? ty. <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1306522> <https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=764636> <https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/152171/badblocks-only-takes-32-bit…>

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Installing 15.3
by Dave Howorth 31 Dec '21

31 Dec '21

I'd like to [finally] install 15.3. I want to install it separate to my existing system so I can revert to my existing system in the event of problems. I'm having trouble finding a clear set of instructions. I've found https://doc.opensuse.org/documentation/leap/startup/html/book-startup/art-o… and https://doc.opensuse.org/documentation/leap/startup/html/book-startup/cha-i… but they both start with the assumption that I've already got an installation image. I don't! So searching elsewhere I've found https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Download_help and that suggests (among many other suggestions just to confuse me!) https://download.opensuse.org/distribution/leap/15.3/iso/ but that seems to have an enormous number of possibilities. I can figure out some of it: DVD vs NET and x86_64 vs other architectures and .iso vs .iso.sha256 but I'm lost about other aspects. What's Media vs Current all about? And what's 15.3 vs 15.3-2? And what's Build24.5? Is there a single place that actually documents how to install 15.3 from start to end?

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Opera has lost ability to print to pdf
by Carl Spitzer 31 Dec '21

31 Dec '21

Version:81.0.4196.31 Opera is up to date Update stream:Stable System:openSUSE Leap 15.2 (x86_64; MATE) This is sudden. Weeks ago I was able to print to pdf my work schedule. Yesterday no. I just ran update this morning after some issues with the main repository being down. According to Opera the latest is version 82 but only in Debian or DEB. Not sure why it has lost ability when print to pdf works in other browsers. A Bug report has been reported. CWSIV

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Help! chroot seems to have changed, I can't recover my system Solved
by Dave Plater 30 Dec '21

30 Dec '21

Hi my problem was caused by a system that was only half updated from 15.2 to 15.3. I was eventually able to chroot into my hard drives root from a tty console in the installation system after I had failed to update for the third time. Then I was able to do a zypper dup, force reinstall the kernel and I was able to boot by boot installed system and hunt down the remaining Leap 15.2 packages. Thanks Dave P

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[oS-en] 20 second delay to start a program.
by Carlos E. R. 29 Dec '21

29 Dec '21

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I see this in a small laptop upgraded this afternoon to 15.3. I open an ssh session to it, as root, then run: Legolas:~ # meld /etc/ssh/sshd_config.rpmnew /etc/ssh/sshd_config & [1] 1864 Legolas:~ # [1]+ Done meld /etc/ssh/sshd_config.rpmnew /etc/ssh/sshd_config Legolas:~ # The program takes 20 seconds to appear, there is a timeout in the log <3.6> 2021-12-24 22:42:07 Legolas dbus-daemon 1029 - - [session uid=0 pid=1029] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.portal.Desktop' unit='xdg-desktop-portal.service' requested by ':1.38' (uid=0 pid=1864 comm="/usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/meld /etc/ssh/sshd_confi") <3.6> 2021-12-24 22:42:07 Legolas systemd 542 - - Starting Portal service... <3.6> 2021-12-24 22:42:07 Legolas dbus-daemon 1029 - - [session uid=0 pid=1029] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.impl.portal.desktop.gtk' unit='xdg-desktop-portal-gtk.service' requested by ':1.39' (uid=0 pid=1870 comm="/usr/lib/xdg-desktop-portal ") <3.6> 2021-12-24 22:42:07 Legolas systemd 542 - - Starting Portal service (GTK+/GNOME implementation)... <3.6> 2021-12-24 22:42:07 Legolas xdg-desktop-portal-gtk 1891 - - Unable to init server: Could not connect: Connection refused <1.4> 2021-12-24 22:42:07 Legolas xdg-desktop-por 1891 - - cannot open display: <3.5> 2021-12-24 22:42:07 Legolas systemd 542 - - xdg-desktop-portal-gtk.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE <3.4> 2021-12-24 22:42:07 Legolas systemd 542 - - xdg-desktop-portal-gtk.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. <3.3> 2021-12-24 22:42:07 Legolas systemd 542 - - Failed to start Portal service (GTK+/GNOME implementation). <3.6> 2021-12-24 22:42:33 Legolas dbus-daemon 1199 - - [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.hostname1' unit='dbus-org.freedesktop.hostname1.service' requested by ':1.133' (uid=0 pid=1864 comm="/usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/meld /etc/ssh/sshd_confi") <3.6> 2021-12-24 22:42:33 Legolas systemd 1 - - Starting Hostname Service... (program closed about here) <3.6> 2021-12-24 22:42:34 Legolas dbus-daemon 1199 - - [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.hostname1' <3.6> 2021-12-24 22:42:34 Legolas systemd 1 - - Started Hostname Service. <1.4> 2021-12-24 22:42:57 Legolas xdg-desktop-por 1870 - - Failed to create settings proxy: Error calling StartServiceByName for org.freedesktop.impl.portal.desktop.gtk: Timeout was reached <3.6> 2021-12-24 22:43:04 Legolas systemd 1 - - systemd-hostnamed.service: Succeeded. <1.4> 2021-12-24 22:43:22 Legolas xdg-desktop-por 1870 - - Failed to create file chooser proxy: Error calling StartServiceByName for org.freedesktop.impl.portal.desktop.gtk: Timeout was reached <1.4> 2021-12-24 22:43:22 Legolas xdg-desktop-por 1870 - - No skeleton to export <3.4> 2021-12-24 22:43:37 Legolas systemd 542 - - xdg-desktop-portal.service: start operation timed out. Terminating. <3.4> 2021-12-24 22:43:37 Legolas systemd 542 - - xdg-desktop-portal.service: Failed with result 'timeout'. <3.3> 2021-12-24 22:43:37 Legolas systemd 542 - - Failed to start Portal service. <4.5> 2021-12-24 22:44:07 Legolas dbus-daemon 1029 - - [session uid=0 pid=1029] Failed to activate service 'org.freedesktop.portal.Desktop': timed out (service_start_timeout=120000ms) <4.5> 2021-12-24 22:44:07 Legolas dbus-daemon 1029 - - [session uid=0 pid=1029] Failed to activate service 'org.freedesktop.impl.portal.desktop.gtk': timed out (service_start_timeout=120000ms) <3.6> 2021-12-24 22:49:56 Legolas smartd 1245 - - Device: /dev/sda [SAT], SMART Usage Attribute: 194 Temperature_Celsius changed from 72 to 73 - -- Cheers Carlos E. R. (from 15.2 x86_64 at Telcontar) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHoEARECADoWIQQZEb51mJKK1KpcU/W1MxgcbY1H1QUCYcZCPhwccm9iaW4ubGlz dGFzQHRlbGVmb25pY2EubmV0AAoJELUzGBxtjUfVnboAnjdWssB5KF1TFiBYArC3 5vO7zSvIAKCYIXeJuzjiFkpKWXH8/pzP/gACyA== =wFK5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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[oS-en] I managed to bork booting on a laptop, twice.
by Carlos E. R. 28 Dec '21

28 Dec '21

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On my old laptop (classic BIOS, not UEFI) I have a separate /boot partition, created 2009, say. It has become too small, 190 MB. So I had to enlarge it somehow... or wait, perhaps remove it. Yes, I decided it was no longer needed and that I could get rid of it. Apparently years ago the "/" partition was reiserfs and I migrated it to ext4. The partition layout was this: minas-tirith:~ # lsblk --output NAME,KNAME,RA,RM,RO,SIZE,TYPE,FSTYPE,LABEL,PARTLABEL,MOUNTPOINT,UUID,PARTUUID,WWN,MODEL,ALIGNMENT NAME KNAME RA RM RO SIZE TYPE FSTYPE LABEL PARTLABEL MOUNTPOINT UUID PARTUUID WWN MODEL ALIGNMENT sda sda 128 0 0 489.1G disk 0x500a075117eea2e5 Crucial_C 0 ├─sda1 sda1 128 0 0 199M part ntfs SYSTEM B456B22956B1EC6C b4e583dd-01 0x500a075117eea2e5 0 ├─sda2 sda2 128 0 0 158.7G part ntfs D89260D89260BD1E b4e583dd-02 0x500a075117eea2e5 0 ├─sda3 sda3 128 0 0 12.5G part crypto f9ef602f-61ee-4a77-807b-12a92879e1eb b4e583dd-03 0x500a075117eea2e5 0 ├─sda4 sda4 128 0 0 1K part b4e583dd-04 0x500a075117eea2e5 0 ├─sda5 sda5 128 0 0 6G part swap Swap [SWAP] 675034b5-72ee-4db7-b8a4-d3cb197f9aad b4e583dd-05 0x500a075117eea2e5 0 ├─sda6 sda6 128 0 0 196.1M part ext2 Boot /boot 5b08978a-8461-4ecd-8049-bca31bbad2e6 b4e583dd-06 0x500a075117eea2e5 0 ├─sda7 sda7 128 0 0 30G part ext4 Root / 7d8f7fc8-df18-474b-be96-e43862cf3289 b4e583dd-07 0x500a075117eea2e5 0 ├─sda8 sda8 128 0 0 251.1G part reiser Home /home 434bcaab-addc-4efe-abd9-eeee576793c7 b4e583dd-08 0x500a075117eea2e5 0 └─sda9 sda9 128 0 0 7G part ext4 Other /other c0863c21-5df9-4040-9ad8-1f3f8b99424e b4e583dd-09 0x500a075117eea2e5 0 sr0 sr0 512 1 0 1024M rom hp_CDDVDW 0 minas-tirith:~ # minas-tirith:~/bin # fdisk -l /dev/sda Disk /dev/sda: 489.1 GiB, 525112713216 bytes, 1025610768 sectors Disk model: Crucial_CT525MX3 Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disklabel type: dos Disk identifier: 0xb4e583dd Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type /dev/sda1 * 2048 409599 407552 199M 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT /dev/sda2 409600 333279231 332869632 158.7G 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT /dev/sda3 950562816 976771071 26208256 12.5G 83 Linux /dev/sda4 333284490 950549984 617265495 294.3G f W95 Ext'd (LBA) /dev/sda5 333284553 345863384 12578832 6G 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sda6 345863448 346265009 401562 196.1M 83 Linux /dev/sda7 346265073 409175549 62910477 30G 83 Linux /dev/sda8 409175613 935850509 526674897 251.1G 83 Linux /dev/sda9 935852032 950548479 14696448 7G 83 Linux Partition table entries are not in disk order. minas-tirith:~/bin # The MBR is "Syslinux ALTMBR", hardpointing to partition numer 4, the extended. The boot record there would load grub residing in /dev/sda6 which would load the kernel, and done. Ok, so I moved /boot partition over to /old.boot, and copied files over to /boot directory. Called YaST boot loader module, changed timeout to force it writing, and rebooted. Text grub, loading initrd, and hang. I then used an external rescue disk to mount sda7, chroot, run mkinitrd, run "grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg", run YaST boot loader module again... After a few attempts, the rescue disk no longer boots on its own (big text black display with cursor blinking on top left corner, instead of grub menu), and the internal disk boots in text mode grub, but it boots (and has an entry for the external hard disk, which also works that way). So, I have now two boot systems to repair (same computer, internal disk and external via USB2). [correction: external disk is booting now] Both are running Leap 15.2: I had to eliminate the /boot too small problem before attempting to upgrade to 15.3. Today, I had planned. I need more eyes... bootinfoscript says: Boot Info Script 0.76 [13 April 2017] Last git commit: Also search for grub2 custom.cfg on FAT Commit date: 2017-04-23T05:49:05Z ============================= Boot Info Summary: =============================== => Syslinux ALTMBR (4.06 and higher) with boot partition 0x04 is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda. --> internal disk => Syslinux GPTMBR (4.04-5.01) is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdb. --> external disk sda1: __________________________________________________________________________ File system: ntfs Boot sector type: Windows 8/2012: NTFS Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block. Operating System: Boot files: /bootmgr /Boot/BCD sda2: __________________________________________________________________________ File system: ntfs Boot sector type: Windows 7/2008: NTFS Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block. Operating System: Boot files: /bootmgr /boot/BCD /Windows/System32/winload.exe sda3: __________________________________________________________________________ File system: crypto_LUKS Boot sector type: Unknown Boot sector info: sda4: __________________________________________________________________________ File system: Extended Partition Boot sector type: Grub2 (v1.99-2.00) Boot sector info: Grub2 (v2.00) is installed in the boot sector of sda4 and looks at sector 396060737 of the same hard drive for core.img. core.img is at this location and looks for (,msdos7)/boot/grub2. It also embeds following components: modules ------------------------------------------------------- fshelp ext2 part_msdos biosdisk ------------------------------------------------------- - --> Question: (,msdos7) is /dev/sda7? I'm confused now. It should be sda7 to be correct. If it points to sda6, it is not correct, old boot partition. sda5: __________________________________________________________________________ File system: swap Boot sector type: - Boot sector info: sda6: __________________________________________________________________________ File system: ext2 Boot sector type: - Boot sector info: Operating System: Boot files: /grub2/grub.cfg /boot/grub2/grub.cfg /grub2/custom.cfg /boot/grub2/custom.cfg /grub2/i386-pc/core.img /boot/grub2/i386-pc/core.img - --> this partition is now mounted at /old.and.separate.boot, not /boot. But I have not erased content yet. sda7: __________________________________________________________________________ File system: ext4 Boot sector type: - Boot sector info: Operating System: openSUSE Leap 15.2 Boot files: /boot/grub2/grub.cfg /boot/grub2/custom.cfg /etc/fstab /boot/grub2/i386-pc/core.img sda8: __________________________________________________________________________ File system: reiserfs Boot sector type: - Boot sector info: Operating System: Boot files: sda9: __________________________________________________________________________ File system: ext4 Boot sector type: Grub2 (v1.99-2.00) Boot sector info: Grub2 (v2.00) is installed in the boot sector of sda9 and looks at sector 945088400 of the same hard drive for core.img. core.img is at this location and looks for (,msdos9)/boot/grub2. It also embeds following components: modules ------------------------------------------------------- fshelp ext2 part_msdos biosdisk ------------------------------------------------------- Operating System: openSUSE Leap 15.0 Beta Boot files: /boot/grub2/grub.cfg /etc/fstab /boot/grub2/i386-pc/core.img sdb1: __________________________________________________________________________ File system: BIOS Boot partition Boot sector type: - Boot sector info: sdb2: __________________________________________________________________________ File system: ext4 Boot sector type: Grub2 (v1.99-2.00) Boot sector info: Grub2 (v2.00) is installed in the boot sector of sdb2 and looks at sector 9141768 of the same hard drive for core.img. core.img is at this location and looks for (,gpt2)/boot/grub2. It also embeds following components: modules ------------------------------------------------------- fshelp ext2 part_gpt biosdisk ------------------------------------------------------- Operating System: openSUSE Leap 15.2 Boot files: /boot/grub2/grub.cfg /etc/fstab /boot/grub2/i386-pc/core.img sdb3: __________________________________________________________________________ File system: swap Boot sector type: - Boot sector info: sdb4: __________________________________________________________________________ File system: crypto_LUKS Boot sector type: Unknown Boot sector info: ============================ Drive/Partition Info: ============================= .... The rest, here: <https://paste.opensuse.org/97794560> Correction! The external hard disk is now booting correctly. I did nothing to it, just power it off and on, remove and insert USB cable again. I did run YaST module on the internal hard disk once more, prior to obtaining data. The internal hard disk still produces a grub menu in text mode. - -- Cheers Carlos E. R. (from 15.2 x86_64 at Telcontar) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHoEARECADoWIQQZEb51mJKK1KpcU/W1MxgcbY1H1QUCYctUYhwccm9iaW4ubGlz dGFzQHRlbGVmb25pY2EubmV0AAoJELUzGBxtjUfV7NEAoIIbWpf7/zBMnrdwxVdw 9iGN4e9vAJ9Ga2LkN4XK9+MGhdne7DxJW7YiSw== =LMR7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Compare package lists of yast2?
by Markus Egg 27 Dec '21

27 Dec '21

Hello, is there an easy way to compare the exported package list of yast2 meaning the list of 2 different machines? xmldiff is a nightmare. BR

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Bubble infos not shown -> ?
by Markus Egg 26 Dec '21

26 Dec '21

Hello, does anybody know, why XFCE may not show the bubble infos e.g. when connecting to internet ? I do have another machine with Leap 15.2 where this information is shown. Where can I config this? Which rpms might be missing? Thanks in advance. BR

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Help! chroot seems to have changed, I can't recover my system
by Dave Plater 24 Dec '21

24 Dec '21

Hi, I had to change over to a new hard drive,500G to 1T, I changed my partitioning scheme slightly to include a separate home and opt partition and merged two data partitions into one. I also changed to a gpt partition table to remove the need for an extended partition I got this Leap:15.3 system up and running fine except for a root ext4 partition error that popped up when I had a power outage. This made me remember how tolerant the xfs file system was to crashes so i decided to copy the root partition contents to a backup and create an xfs root partition. Wrong move, I'd forgotten that grub2 and xfs don't like each other and the system was unbootable. Ok backup root again and create an ext3 boot partition before the root partition and perform the mount --bind on sys proc and dev then chroot into root partition then use yast2 bootloader on it. Fine except "chroot /mnt" no longer appears to work, it says: "chroot: failed to run command ‘/bin/bash’: Permission denied" I've googled this but I can't understand any of the solutions and tutorials which I don't really have time for, I need to get back to work. Thanks Dave Plater

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A Professor needing information about repositories.
by Hugo Napoli 24 Dec '21

24 Dec '21

Have a good day, dear community. I am an Uruguayan teacher and technician who has been using several distros for years ( and counting :D ) and wants to learn some particular things about Linux repositories. Just for the pleasure of saying it, my system of daily use has been (and is, and will be) openSUSE for 14 years :D :D :D I have been talking with one of the repo maintainers and with some users of the Mageia community with the intention of being able to finish writing a manual of disclosure level on repositories that tries to be an important reference for students, and that in turn will remain for the community. What I am interested to know fits better in the following questions, so, I have taken the liberty of write this questions, hoping that some mates could answer little by little the ones that they want. Here I go, and thanks beforehand! I) Are http repos more insecure than the https ones? II) Where is there a list of "https" repos of every http repo in the case of openSUSE? III) In which cases is NOT advisable to add all (and only) https repos for openSUSE? IV) Can a replica or clone of an official repository server represent a threat? V) What modifications does opensuse introduce in its Linux kernel to adapt it to the system? VI) In which cases is it advisable to add the kernel.org repo to use the intact Linux kernel? I apologize if this is not the list for this type of topic. In that case, I can delete the thread and post it in another list. Big hug!

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[oS-en] [curio] [OT] CLI weather report
by Carlos E. R. 24 Dec '21

24 Dec '21

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Run in a terminal: curl wttr.in Found on Usenet, alt.os.linux Apparently, "curl wttr.in/your_zip" works. If you don't enter it, it geolocates your IP. - -- Cheers Carlos E. R. (from 15.2 x86_64 at Telcontar) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHoEARECADoWIQQZEb51mJKK1KpcU/W1MxgcbY1H1QUCYcTNkhwccm9iaW4ubGlz dGFzQHRlbGVmb25pY2EubmV0AAoJELUzGBxtjUfV7aQAn3ddsGrkdGzIw87fVOdh 8avvtxCzAJ4i9hNbmUav66+gkFgvOh8c7HQIfw== =/koS -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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[oS-en] What means this?
by Carlos E. R. 23 Dec '21

23 Dec '21

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 My log is being spammed by these two messages: <0.6> 2021-12-22T14:23:10.886668+01:00 Telcontar kernel - - - [34111.261316] IPv4: Redirect from 192.168.1.1 on eth0 about 192.168.2.1 ignored <0.6> 2021-12-22T14:23:10.886682+01:00 Telcontar kernel - - - [34111.261316] Advised path = 192.168.1.14 -> 192.168.2.1 <0.6> 2021-12-22T14:23:11.879169+01:00 Telcontar kernel - - - [34112.251659] IPv4: Redirect from 192.168.1.1 on eth0 about 192.168.2.1 ignored <0.6> 2021-12-22T14:23:11.879183+01:00 Telcontar kernel - - - [34112.251659] Advised path = 192.168.1.14 -> 192.168.2.1 192.168.2.1 belongs to a new virtual machine running in VBox, network in bridge mode. System is still 15.2 (on both). What should I do? - -- Cheers Carlos E. R. (from 15.2 x86_64 at Telcontar) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHoEARECADoWIQQZEb51mJKK1KpcU/W1MxgcbY1H1QUCYcMnqxwccm9iaW4ubGlz dGFzQHRlbGVmb25pY2EubmV0AAoJELUzGBxtjUfVbzkAnj1jML0siEmJ9O5BcR8r bw8d6kBGAJ48meWbLG+vj2Bj3FULUX9GzROjiQ== =2iCA -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Re: KDE development
by Chuck Davis 23 Dec '21

23 Dec '21

Is there anyone here doing KDE development? I have installed everything in the C++ development pattern and the KDE Frameworks pattern but KDevelop cannot find the header imports for the simplest "Hello World" program. I'm interested in taking a serious look at developing for Plasma. Using Tumbleweed. Where do I go to get started? Thanks for some direction. Feel free to use private email to take it off the list.

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has some 15.3 update patch just been pulled - libz1-1.2.11-3.24.1.x86_64 nonretrievable all of a sudden
by cagsm 23 Dec '21

23 Dec '21

suddenly, on different machines with 15.3, interactive zypper up first the repo refreshed, then it started downloading bits eventually it arrives at libz1-1.2.11-3.24.1.x86_64 printing not found on the main download bouncer Retrieving: libudev1-32bit-246.16-7.28.1.x86_64.rpm ......................................................................................[done] Retrieving package libz1-1.2.11-3.24.1.x86_64 (7/17), 62.3 KiB (108.1 KiB unpacked) Retrieving delta: ./x86_64/libz1-1.2.11-3.21.1_3.24.1.x86_64.drpm, 9.8 KiB Retrieving: libz1-1.2.11-3.21.1_3.24.1.x86_64.drpm ..................................................................................[not found] File './x86_64/libz1-1.2.11-3.21.1_3.24.1.x86_64.drpm' not found on medium 'http://download.opensuse.org/update/leap/15.3/sle/' Abort, retry, ignore? [a/r/i/...? shows all options] (a): ----- had at least two machines with this happening. another zypper refresh and another zypper up only left some libz devel stuff but not this main(?) libz package any more? been pulled? ty

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[oS-en] Can't boot freshly installed 15.3 system.
by Carlos E. R. 23 Dec '21

23 Dec '21

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I can't boot freshly installed 15.3 system (with current updates as of today). I get (hand copied): error: bad shim signature. error: you need to load the kernel first. Press any key to continue. Details: It is a new external hard disk, via USB3 (tried also USB2) on a laptop that has internally Leap 15.2 and Windows, both booting normally. On this external hard disk I installed 15.3 (UEFI mode). The UEFI boot menu does not display this disk at all. The efibootmgr man page doesn't say how to add a new entry: CREATING A NEW BOOT OPTION An OS installer would call efibootmgr -c. This assumes that /boot/efi is your EFI System Partition, and is mounted at /dev/sda1. This creates a new boot option, called "Linux", and puts it at the top of the boot order list. Options may be passed to modify the default behavior. The default OS Loader is elilo.efi. 3. What are those options to modify the behaviour??? It is an example section with no examples!!! So, instead I boot 15.2 (with current updates as of yesterday), start yast boot manager, and tell it to probe the disk for other systems. It does find 15.3, and the error I posted above is precissely what happens when using that probed entry. No matter if I select failsafe. Legolas:~ # lsblk --output NAME,KNAME,RA,RM,RO,PARTFLAGS,SIZE,TYPE,FSTYPE,LABEL,PARTLABEL,PTTYPE,MOUNTPOINT,UUID,PARTUUID,WWN,MODEL,ALIGNMENT /dev/sdbNAME KNAME RA RM RO PARTFLAGS SIZE TYPE FSTYPE LABEL PARTLABEL PTTYPE MOUNTPOINT UUID PARTUUID WWN MODEL ALIGNMENT sdb sdb 512 0 0 1.8T disk gpt 0x3e41425341383144 Basic 0 ├─sdb1 sdb1 512 0 0 512M part vfat gpt 513E-8E77 564d9061-ccb2-4f48-8810-6c5aae67e99f 0x3e41425341383144 0 ├─sdb2 sdb2 512 0 0 10G part swap Erebor3_swap gpt 575a03c8-5afa-4c38-91f4-9f5ad8fb60d5 a1aa1b82-1229-459c-9bbd-f67b868fa24f 0x3e41425341383144 0 ├─sdb3 sdb3 512 0 0 20G part ext4 Erebor3_main gpt 932d5cf7-031c-45a4-bc62-86ab4a160680 aa63ecdd-fc48-4aa9-9dee-370b0c3d563a 0x3e41425341383144 0 └─sdb4 sdb4 512 0 0 1.8T part crypto_LUKS gpt 3804e2da-f4a4-4c26-9121-d763dd8f736e 76d6cf0f-beb2-4d80-b6e2-90ab018a7e50 0x3e41425341383144 0 Legolas:~ # Legolas:/data/Erebor # tree boot/efi/ boot/efi/ └── EFI ├── boot │ ├── MokManager.efi │ ├── bootx64.efi │ └── fallback.efi └── opensuse ├── MokManager.efi ├── boot.csv ├── grub.cfg ├── grub.efi ├── grubx64.efi └── shim.efi 3 directories, 9 files Legolas:/data/Erebor # Isengard:~ # efibootmgr BootCurrent: 0001 Timeout: 6 seconds BootOrder: 0001,0004,0005,0002,0003,0000,0006,0007,0008 Boot0000 Windows Boot Manager Boot0001* main-os-secureboot Boot0002* UEFI: IP4 Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller Boot0003* UEFI: IP6 Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller Boot0004* UEFI: KINGSTON SMS200S3120G, Partition 1 Boot0005* UEFI OS Boot0006* UEFI:CD/DVD Drive Boot0007* UEFI:Removable Device Boot0008* UEFI:Network Device Isengard:~ # What next? - -- Cheers Carlos E. R. (from 15.2 x86_64 at Telcontar) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHoEARECADoWIQQZEb51mJKK1KpcU/W1MxgcbY1H1QUCYZ+p+Bwccm9iaW4ubGlz dGFzQHRlbGVmb25pY2EubmV0AAoJELUzGBxtjUfVSu8An1eUXSo9hzVbT1CAQbcG 01Zo2RCBAJ94uDwYfbYvAUusxN795dF2IiNPng== =ykb9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Amarok playlists
by James Knott 22 Dec '21

22 Dec '21

I recently added a 2nd playlist to Amarok for Christmas music. However, I've noticed that it does not limit to items in the selected play list. Is there anyway around this? It seems to me that when one and only one playlist is selected, it shouldn't play from another. KDE on 15.3. tnx jk

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postfix: default or nil
by jdd＠dodin.org 16 Dec '21

16 Dec '21

Hello, In an other thread I asked to see what postfix options are made empty/nil by adding in the file the option name followed by only " = " In fact there are more than I expected. Is it better to let the file as is, or to comment out these lines to get back postfix default? for example I notice "relayhost = " several options are listed in main.cf, I'm unsure to what is done if the option is not listed in the file practically, I didn't find a way (without breaking all the install) to list *default* options (that is what is done if the option is written nowhere :-() comm -23 <(postconf -n) <(postconf -d) (settings that *differ* from built-in defaults) gives relayhost = but, if I remove (rename) main.cf and stop postfix, # postconf -n | grep relayh postconf: fatal: open /etc/postfix/main.cf: No such file or directory that's ok, but: postconf man page: -d Print main.cf default parameter settings instead of actual settings # postconf -d | grep relayh address_verify_relayhost = $relayhost(...) relayhost = (...) so "relayhost =" should be the default, is the comm line wrong?? thanks jdd (confused) -- http://dodin.org http://valeriedodin.com

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cleanfeed? (on usenet INN server)
by jdd＠dodin.org 16 Dec '21

16 Dec '21

Hello :-) I'm installing an usenet server. The doc I found for peering asks me to install "cleanfeed" https://news.aioe.org/documentation/how-to-setup-a-feed-with-aioeorg/ I don't find it on openSUSE, but it is on fedora https://rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/search.php?query=cleanfeed is there an openSUSE clone/replacement? is it safe to use fedora one? thanks jdd -- http://dodin.org http://valeriedodin.com

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OT yet I need help
by Togan Muftuoglu 16 Dec '21

16 Dec '21

Hi, Although it is OT as it has nothing to do with openSUSE, I need help in finding an email address for quadmetrics.com regarding so called OPT-OUT of the never ending daily network scans as I am sure like me no one has opted in unvoluntarily. So far I am empty handed their registar gandi.net pointed out AWS but the IP belong to CARINET and most probably other names. So rather then dealing with each one them I would rather find an email adress. Yes I have tried abuse@ but that is bouncing back. Thanks

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postfix config
by jdd＠dodin.org 16 Dec '21

16 Dec '21

Hello, I noticed that in postfix config, a blank option mean that the default is no more used. that is, for example, alias_maps = *remove* the default (lmdb:/etc/aliases) is there a way (with postconf, for example) to list only such empty line? lines with no option set in main.conf. I don't find this :-( By the way it seems that "postconf -n" do not really display non default values, but values that are written down in the config file, even if they are identical to default values thanks jdd -- http://dodin.org http://valeriedodin.com

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postfix aliases
by jdd＠dodin.org 16 Dec '21

16 Dec '21

Hello, My new postfix install do not seems to read the /etc/alases file (of course I have run newaliases) mostly default install with openSUSE doc https://en.opensuse.org/Mail_server_HOWTO only for local delivery (no dovecot) if I send a mil to jdd, with jdd: root the mail still come in jdd mail box any idea? thanks jdd -- http://dodin.org http://valeriedodin.com

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Firefox crashes after update
by Jos van Kan 13 Dec '21

13 Dec '21

After a recent update of Leap 15.3 firefox crashes every couple of minutes. Anybody else experiencing this? Regards, Jos -- Jos van Kan registered Linux user #152704

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Black X screen after last TW upgrade (nvidia)
by Peter Suetterlin 09 Dec '21

09 Dec '21

Hi, I just did an upgrade of my Laptop (Lenovo T460p) to latest TW 20211203. I'm running it with the G05 driver from the nvidia repo, which worked before. I'd been offline here for a while (almost a month), so it was a large update, and I can't put the finger on a specific release. Symptom is, the screen stays black on VT7. X is running, sddm is running, just no display. Other VTs do work. I checked the logfile, but there's nothing obviously wrong. I.e., no EE or related WW entries... So far I had tried deleting the cache files from sddm (had been an issue at some point, I remembered), and (based on some trouble posts from September) tried kernel parameter "nomodeset nvidia-drm.modeset=1". Neither did help :( Any hints where to look? Pit

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cookie transfer
by Istvan Gabor 07 Dec '21

07 Dec '21

Hello: Is there a way to export/import (practically transfer) SELECTED cookies form one firefox (or palemoon) profile to another one? I would like to transfer webpage settings between profiles. I don't want to transfer all cookies, only selected ones. Thanks, Istvan

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smartctl
by mcgarrett 07 Dec '21

07 Dec '21

I have been beating my head against smartctl for over two hours now. I cannot seem to get the command "long" accepted, as the various tutorials explain. When I try to insert it, I get an error, like this: linux1:~ # smartctl long /dev/nvme0n1 smartctl 7.0 2019-05-21 r4917 [x86_64-linux-5.3.18-57-default] (SUSE RPM) Copyright (C) 2002-18, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org ERROR: smartctl takes ONE device name as the final command-line argument. You have provided 2 device names: long /dev/nvme0n1 (It doesn't like "short" either.) And my typing is getting worse! It doesn't help that my drive is called /dev/nvme0n1. As I mentioned earlier, the lightning strike has damaged something in this, my main computer, and I'm trying to find out what. For those who missed the earlier post, the only thing I can connect to here is the internet. I cannot see the printers or the laptop machine, and nmap basically doesn't work. I started this quest at 11:30 PM and it's now 3:30 AM. I'm going to bed! --doug

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gtk2 application start delays 25 seconds
by Istvan Gabor 06 Dec '21

06 Dec '21

Hello: This occurs in openSUSE Leap 15.3 (64 bit). Gtk2 applications start with a 25 seconds delay. That is, it takes exactly 25 seconds the application window to appear. This behavior has been reported previously in other distros, eg: In 20.04.1 all gtk2 apps starts 25 seconds https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1891245 I installed appmenu-gtk2-module and libcanberra-gtk-module but it did not solve the problem. How can I fix this in Leap 15.3? Thanks, Istvan

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2774 packages? really? seriously?
by Mathias Homann 06 Dec '21

06 Dec '21

Hi, I need to create a pdf file from a .md text. pandoc wants pdflatex - ok. mathias@mio:~/work/git-infrastructure.as.code> cnf pdflatex The program 'pdflatex' can be found in the following package: * texlive-latex-bin-bin [ path: /usr/bin/pdflatex, repository: zypp (download.opensuse.org-oss) ] Zum Installieren versuchen Sie: sudo zypper install texlive-latex-bin-bin mathias@mio:~/work/git-infrastructure.as.code> sudo zypper install texlive-latex-bin-bin Repository-Daten werden geladen... Installierte Pakete werden gelesen... Paketabhängigkeiten werden aufgelöst... Die folgenden 1163 empfohlenen Pakete wurden automatisch gewählt: [...] Die folgenden 2774 NEUEN Pakete werden installiert: [...] 2774 neue Pakete zu installieren. Gesamtgröße des Downloads: 1,27 GiB. Bereits im Cache gespeichert: 0 B. Nach der Operation werden zusätzlich 1,9 GiB belegt. TWO THOUSAND SEVENHUNDRED SEVENTY FOUR packages, almost TWO gigabytes of software? Seriously? why is the whole text stuff even packaged with all those subpackages when you have to install them all, no matter what? /rant off MH -- Mathias Homann Mathias.Homann(a)openSUSE.org telegram: https://telegram.me/lemmy98 irc: [lemmy] on freenode and ircnet obs: lemmy04 gpg key fingerprint: 8029 2240 F4DD 7776 E7D2 C042 6B8E 029E 13F2 C102

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Any advice for leap on mobile desktop zen3 ryzen5000 based hardware?
by cagsm 05 Dec '21

05 Dec '21

List, newbie with desktop linux usage. Pondering about going for linux on mobile desktop. Some amd zen3 based ryzen5000 mobile based hardware. only integrated gpu apu stuff no discrete gfx chip, only embedded into the cpu/apu hardware. Any best practices? wifi, bluetooth, power saving power efficiency, some nvme disk or something. Any full disk full system encryption good? The system will probably be uefi based no classic bios available I guess. Should I already go for leap 15.4 at its early stage? Any hints in general? TY.

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Re: Re: Re: Thunderbird
by dmcgarrett＠optonline.net 03 Dec '21

03 Dec '21

------ Original Message ------ From: robin.listas(a)telefonica.net To: users(a)lists.opensuse.org Sent: Wednesday, December 1, 2021 7:21 PM Subject: Re: Re: Thunderbird -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 El 2021-12-01 a las 17:09 -0000, dmcgarrett(a)optonline.net escribió: Please remember to send your mails to the list, not to me in private. > ------ Original Message ------ > From: robin.listas(a)telefonica.net > To: users(a)lists.opensuse.org > Sent: Wednesday, December 1, 2021 4:30 AM > Subject: Re: Thunderbird > > On 01/12/2021 06.55, dmcgarrett(a)optonline.net wrote: ... > Somewhjere on the list there were some lines about installing with yast2--it > crashed before I could search in it. > > I am hopelessly lost. I need to COMPLETELY get rid of all traces of > Thunderbird and then send me to a site > where I can download a version that will install with no b.s. No old > passwords to delete, no existing file to > louse it up, whatever will make it work. --PLEASE-- > OR tell me how to get KWallet to work so I can install KMail. > thanx--doug First: You must learn how to install anything with YaST. Don't install things your way, because that breaks things. YaST does not crash. You have done something to it. Alternatively, do: zypper install MozillaThunderbird Second. There is nothing wrong with Thunderbird, and all versions behave the same. So, you must install Thunderbird with YaST or zypper, and then remove the data directory I told you, before starting Thunderbird. That will make it start from scratch. What is the name and location of the data directory, and does it include the password(s)? - -- Cheers Carlos E. R. (from openSUSE 15.2 (Legolas)) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHoEARECADoWIQQZEb51mJKK1KpcU/W1MxgcbY1H1QUCYagRpBwccm9iaW4ubGlz dGFzQHRlbGVmb25pY2EubmV0AAoJELUzGBxtjUfVC9YAn0plK9Kwps1ER2TySXBR +6b+dl6IAJ4kTooJUJ4zwGfkYe4twN3LV27Eiw== =okAd -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Re: Re: Thunderbird
by Carlos E. R. 02 Dec '21

02 Dec '21

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 El 2021-12-01 a las 17:09 -0000, dmcgarrett(a)optonline.net escribió: Please remember to send your mails to the list, not to me in private. > ------ Original Message ------ > From: robin.listas(a)telefonica.net > To: users(a)lists.opensuse.org > Sent: Wednesday, December 1, 2021 4:30 AM > Subject: Re: Thunderbird > > On 01/12/2021 06.55, dmcgarrett(a)optonline.net wrote: ... > Somewhjere on the list there were some lines about installing with yast2--it > crashed before I could search in it. > > I am hopelessly lost. I need to COMPLETELY get rid of all traces of > Thunderbird and then send me to a site > where I can download a version that will install with no b.s. No old > passwords to delete, no existing file to > louse it up, whatever will make it work. --PLEASE-- > OR tell me how to get KWallet to work so I can install KMail. > thanx--doug First: You must learn how to install anything with YaST. Don't install things your way, because that breaks things. YaST does not crash. You have done something to it. Alternatively, do: zypper install MozillaThunderbird Second. There is nothing wrong with Thunderbird, and all versions behave the same. So, you must install Thunderbird with YaST or zypper, and then remove the data directory I told you, before starting Thunderbird. That will make it start from scratch. - -- Cheers Carlos E. R. (from openSUSE 15.2 (Legolas)) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHoEARECADoWIQQZEb51mJKK1KpcU/W1MxgcbY1H1QUCYagRpBwccm9iaW4ubGlz dGFzQHRlbGVmb25pY2EubmV0AAoJELUzGBxtjUfVC9YAn0plK9Kwps1ER2TySXBR +6b+dl6IAJ4kTooJUJ4zwGfkYe4twN3LV27Eiw== =okAd -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Re: Thunderbird
by Carlos E. R. 01 Dec '21

01 Dec '21

On 01/12/2021 06.55, dmcgarrett(a)optonline.net wrote: > > > > ------ Original Message ------ > From: robin.listas@... > To: users(a)lists.opensuse.org > Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2021 8:20 PM > Subject: Re: Thunderbird > > On 01/12/2021 01.29, dmcgarrett(a)optonline.net wrote: >>> It looks like there is a version of T/Bird now for 15.3: >>> >> >>> https://opensuse.pkgs.org/15.3/mozilla-x86_64/MozillaThunderbird-91.3.2-lp1… > >>> >>> but I can't get to a place where it will install. Brain fog, I guess. >>> Please help! >>> >>> (Have rm'd the old T'Bird and with luck it's gone.) >> >> >> Just STOP right there and don't break your system further. >> >> Now, go back to YaST package manager, and install again Thunderbird >> the way it was: > > >> cer@Telcontar:~> su - >> Password: >> Telcontar:~ # yast2 sw_single & >> [1] 19586 >> Telcontar:~ # >> >> >> Then, click on the search box and enter Thunderbird and install it. >> >> >> >> Once you are back to the point you were, follow the instructions I >> gave you this morning. > > Well, I did reinstall T'B, but I can't find the instructions you say you > sent this morning. Maybe lost in this horrible mail prog. > I've got exactly the same thing(s)--mostly doesn't accept p/w, even tho > reinstall asked for new one. Sometimes can't find user-name, > even tho it's always been dmcgarrett. <https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/users@lists.opensuse.org/message/I…> I copy the paragraph for you again: +++················ I highly suspect that your problem is not with Thunderbird, but with that stupid mail server / provider of yours. Thunderbird should: - Ask ONCE for the master password once you open the program the first time. - Ask ONCE in life for the password of your mail account the first time it tries to use it. Once for receiving, once for sending. - If the SERVER says the password is wrong, Thunderbird will ask for that server or account password, and will ask a thousand times till you give it right - ie, the server says it is right. You can hit cancel or ESC, probably. - Once the SERVER accepts the password you typed, Thunderbird will save it and never ask for it again in life. Ok, certainly there are easy ways to delete the entire Thunderbird thing, but you don't need to do that. Just create a new mail account for your mail provider. Just give it a different name than the one it has now. Thunderbird can have dozens of accounts defined. ················++- >> >> And if you really want to restart thunderbird from scratch, remember that this is not Windows. You >> MUST NOT uninstall Thunderbird, but delete your Thunderbird data directory. > I would do that if I knew where it was or what it is called. Or is > it already too late for that? No, it is not late. Just look below, how it is seen in my computer: > cer@Telcontar:~> ls .thunderbird/ > Crash Reports Pending Pings Quitados appreg cvimpkkb.Testing dcvgs9m1.default installs.ini profiles.ini zcguwcwo.sequndus > cer@Telcontar:~> > > Simply delete the directory .thunderbird/, that's all. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.2 x86_64 at Telcontar)

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Thunderbird
by dmcgarrett＠optonline.net 01 Dec '21

01 Dec '21

It looks like there is a version of T/Bird now for 15.3: https://opensuse.pkgs.org/15.3/mozilla-x86_64/MozillaThunderbird-91.3.2-lp1… but I can't get to a place where it will install. Brain fog, I guess. Please help! (Have rm'd the old T'Bird and with luck it's gone.) If I can get it working again you won't have to read email from this awful system! Thanx--doug

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