October 2022 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

System keyboard settings across reboots
by Chris Coutinho 17 Oct '22

17 Oct '22

Hello, I am running Tumbleweed+Gnome+x11 on a Lenovo x1carbon Gen8 with a US Intl keyboard (including *AltGr* and *€* keys on the number row), and I'm confused about how my system keyboard settings are persisted across reboots. In short, my machine uses "US International" as it's system keyboard, but the behavior reverts to something else(?) that Yast thinks is US International but behaves differently from what my intended behavior is. I often use accents in Dutch (é, ú, ü), which I prefer to type by using an apostrophe followed by the letter ('+e => é). This is possible when using "US International" as my system keyboard; however, for some reason this setting is not respected between reboots. After I reboot, my machine reverts to a "simpler" keyboard setting where '+e => 'e instead of é, even though Yast still reports that my system keyboard is set to "us-intl". > $ sudo yast keyboard summary > Current Keyboard Layout: us-int The only way I've found to reset my preference is through the Yast Keyboard GUI and re-selecting "US International" after logging on. This raises some questions: 1. Why doesn't my keyboard preference persist across reboots? 2. What "intermediate" keyboard setting is my machine reverting to between me re-selecting US International? 3. What is the difference between the System Keyboard Setting using Yast, and the drop-down available in Gnome (see screenshot linked below)? https://paste.opensuse.org/51920502 best, Chris

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Advice on buying an old AMD FirePro graphics card
by Ianseeks 15 Oct '22

15 Oct '22

HI Not sure if this is the correct place to ask this. I'm currently using an old Nvidia card which sometimes makes horrible screaming noises when viewing videos. I've decided to go to AMD instead and looking at old cheap AMD Firepro cards (my system is old), I was just wondering if anyone has any experience of them on Tumbleweed and old Gigabyte (PCEe 2.0, AMD CPU) motherboards. What software do I have to install to get the open source AMD drivers I've got some Vulkan stuff already installed (not sure how as i've not used an AMD graphics card on this system) but there is lots of other software listed for Vulkan not installed. regards Ian -- opensuse:tumbleweed:20221008 Qt: 5.15.6 KDE Frameworks: 5.98.0 - KDE Plasma: 5.25.5 - kwin 5.25.5 kmail2 5.21.1 (22.08.1) - akonadiserver 5.21.1 (22.08.1) - Kernel: 6.0.0-1-default - xf86-video-nouveau: 1.0.17

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How do I get RPM from branched package on my Build Service?
by David C. Rankin 14 Oct '22

14 Oct '22

All/Devs, I branched keepassxc and made the changes needed to install it with KDE3 without deleting the original keepassx. The build succeeds on build service, but I can't find the rpm. The Download link goes to my repository, but clicking the link says the repo isn't available: https://software.opensuse.org//download.html?project=home%3Adrankinatty%3Ab… Checking the direct repository: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/drankinatty:/branches:/ It's not there yet either? In the past within a minute or two after building the package would be in my repo, but there seems to be a hiccup. This is why I usually just build locally with rpmbuild -- at least then I can find the darn rpm when the build is done. Currently the build is finished for the 2nd time after cleaning up a RPM Lint complaint about the changelog, but still I can't seem to find the rpm. The only reason I used buildservice this time is the 15.4 Backport update .srpm will not build locally due to: error: Failed build dependencies: pkgconfig(libpcsclite) is needed by keepassxc-2.7.1-bp154.3.3.1.x86_64 There is no libpcsclite package available that provide the .pc file. No -devel, no nothing, just the libs -- which is why I tried build-service which succeeds, but hides how it did it behind the magic curtain. (do I have to hack a .pc file on my own for 15.4?) Anyway -- where do I find the rpm I just build on build service? It succeeded, it's just not in my repo or anywhere else I can find it. What's the trick? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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DDNS providers
by Roger Oberholtzer 13 Oct '22

13 Oct '22

I am looking at setting up a system that will need a domain name and DDNS. I'm curious what the current state of these things are in openSUSE. I guess the main thing is support for an application that informs the DDNS service of the current IP address for the machine. Any preferences? Providers to avoid? -- Roger Oberholtzer

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How would you do this?
by Lew Wolfgang 12 Oct '22

12 Oct '22

Hi Folks, I'm anticipating a requirement where I'll have lots of data on a large RAID-6 partition. The data consists of many 7-GB files that were uploaded over several Ethernet channels. The files then need to be copied to individual "JBOD" disks plugged into the same chassis as the RAID-6 array. Alas, there is more data on the RAID-6 then will fit on one JBOD disk, so I've got to come up with a process that will copy the files to a disk, then stop when the disk is full, prompt the operator to unmount and remove the JBOD, then plug in another one, and mount to continue the process. Repeat until all the data are copied to as many JBOD's as it takes. I think I can convince tar to write to multiple volumes and prompt to change media, but I don't want to treat the JBOD's as character devices, or like a tape drive in other words. I'd like to take any one of the disks in a series and mount them on another host and read the files without having to load the other disks in that series. I'm thinking a fancy shell script is called for here. I bet that rsync should be leveraged to allow restarting from an aborted copy process. Any ideas? It seems to be a common requirement, maybe someone's done it already? Regards, Lew

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Re: Adaptable Linux Platform v0.01 shows that the future of SLE is containerized
by Carlos E. R. 10 Oct '22

10 Oct '22

On 2022-10-10 14:14, Roger Oberholtzer wrote: > On Mon, Oct 10, 2022 at 1:56 PM Carlos E. R. <> wrote: >> On 2022-10-10 13:50, Roger Oberholtzer wrote: >>> On Mon, Oct 10, 2022 at 1:44 PM Carlos E. R. <> wrote: >>> >>>>> So the first build has BTRFS and BTRFS is linked to transactional >>>>> updates. Did it say anywhere that support for your beloved ext4 >>>>> filesystem will be removed, did it say that a package manager will be >>>>> removed? >>>> >>>> Yes. >>> >>> Surely the ext4 thing is only for / and related OS related partitions? >>> Some other data disk must surely be able to be ext4. >> AFAIK, the basic system that is installed "the ALP way" is an image >> somehow cloned to the hard disk. It is a RO filesystem done in btrfs, so >> "/" is btrfs, no way out of this. Updates and additions/modifications go >> as snapshots to this initial image. > > That's now it has been for a while if you are using btrfs/snapper. I > think it's not a bad thing. It has worked very well for me when a > Tumbleweed update borked things. I have never had an issue with btrfs. Well, I simply do not want btrfs and snapshots. I prefer plain ext4 for "/". That's enough for me to start running away from ALPS. > Having said that, on our data collection disks (not the OS), we prefer > ext4. Old habits. And we can mount them directly on Windows (via > add-on software). I don't know of an alternative like that for btrfs. > > -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.3 x86_64 at Telcontar)

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How to get out of KDE
by Siard 10 Oct '22

10 Oct '22

Hi, I use mate and openbox in TW, and thought I'd have a look at KDE. So I installed KDE as described here: https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:KDE_install However, my display manager, lightdm, has now been replaced by KDE's display manager, SDDM I believe, with which I can only log into KDE. So I'm stuck with KDE! In YaST's sysconfig editor, Desktop > Display manager, everything is greyed out. In /etc/sysconfig/displaymanager, if I add 'DISPLAYMANAGER=lightdm', it has no effect. So how could I still log into a window manager other than KDE?

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T-Bird/pwd(?) issue
by bent fender 10 Oct '22

10 Oct '22

I frown on sensitive data like passwords being stored AT ALL, so MY method and THE method for any software on MY computer has to be MANUALLY input pwds EVERY time. With every app including any trace or form of kwallet tabooed in valiant Yast, and a brand new instance of T-Bird launched, I observed that AFTER supplying my usenet provider id and pwd I could get a list of groups from which I could select any to subscribe to. Fine, all is as it should be. Next comes the fubar, on a relaunch of T-Bird after a right click on my usenet server to do more subscribes all I get is 'Please Wait'. No dialog asking for the usenet provider id/pwd any more. I can only suspoect that my usenet provider giganews is waiting for an id/pwd that isn't coming while I'm wondering where the id/pwd dialog went. openSUSE Tumbleweed , Kernel=6.0.0-1-default on x86_64, DM=sddm, DE=KDE, ST=x11,grub2, GPT, BIOS-boot -- Oh Lord of the Keyrings on high, have I got bad news for you: the word trust is nowhere to be found in my security dictionary.

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[oS-en] Apps crashing.
by Carlos E. R. 10 Oct '22

10 Oct '22

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I have apps randomly crashing, and I suspect they are "hiting a limit". Currently I have: cer@Telcontar:~> ulimit -a core file size (blocks, -c) unlimited data seg size (kbytes, -d) unlimited scheduling priority (-e) 0 file size (blocks, -f) unlimited pending signals (-i) 128109 max locked memory (kbytes, -l) 64 max memory size (kbytes, -m) unlimited open files (-n) 2048 pipe size (512 bytes, -p) 8 POSIX message queues (bytes, -q) 819200 real-time priority (-r) 0 stack size (kbytes, -s) 8192 cpu time (seconds, -t) unlimited max user processes (-u) 4096 virtual memory (kbytes, -v) unlimited file locks (-x) unlimited cer@Telcontar:~> Files I have doubled about a week ago, when I noticed that opening several firefox instances would crash. max user processes I increased years ago, also because of firefox. Now it is happening to other apps, like gkrellm or thunar. See a coredump: <1.2> 2022-10-08T17:35:59.893333+02:00 Telcontar systemd-coredump 1129 - - Process 22105 (Thunar) of user 1000 dumped core.#012#012Stack trace of thread 22105:#012#0 0x00005558bb51b430 n/a (thunar + 0x4e430)#012#1 0x00005558bb52d4bd n/a (thunar + 0x604bd)#012#2 0x00007f3222910546 n/a (libgtk-3.so.0 + 0x353546)#012#3 0x00007f32227033b0 n/a (libgtk-3.so.0 + 0x1463b0)#012#4 0x00007f3220bb3180 g_hash_table_foreach (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x41180)#012#5 0x00007f322270328b n/a (libgtk-3.so.0 + 0x14628b)#012#6 0x00007f3222708b19 n/a (libgtk-3.so.0 + 0x14bb19)#012#7 0x00007f322299c51f n/a (libgtk-3.so.0 + 0x3df51f)#012#8 0x00007f3220eaae26 n/a (libgobject-2.0.so.0 + 0x13e26)#012#9 0x00007f3220ec740c g_signal_emit_valist (libgobject-2.0.so.0 + 0x3040c)#012#10 0x00007f3220ec795f g_signal_emit (libgobject-2.0.so.0 + 0x3095f)#012#11 0x00007f3222704d1a gtk_cell_area_apply_attributes (libgtk-3.so.0 + 0x147d1a)#012#12 0x00007f3222923f5d n/a (libgtk-3.so.0 + 0x366f5d)#012#13 0x00007f32229260c a n/a (libgtk-3.so.0 + 0x3690ca)#012#14 0x00007f322292c095 n/a (libgtk-3.so.0 + 0x36f095)#012#15 0x00007f32222edcb0 n/a (libgdk-3.so.0 + 0x2fcb0)#012#16 0x00007f3220bc1007 n/a (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x4f007)#012#17 0x00007f3220bc4624 g_main_context_dispatch (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x52624)#012#18 0x00007f3220bc49c0 n/a (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x529c0)#012#19 0x00007f3220bc4a4c g_main_context_iteration (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x52a4c)#012#20 0x00007f32211ce8fd g_application_run (libgio-2.0.so.0 + 0xdb8fd)#012#21 0x00005558bb4f72a2 n/a (thunar + 0x2a2a2)#012#22 0x00007f322058f29d __libc_start_main (libc.so.6 + 0x3529d)#012#23 0x00005558bb4f730a n/a (thunar + 0x2a30a)#012#012Stack trace of thread 22123:#012#0 0x00007f32206651c9 __poll (libc.so.6 + 0x10b1c9)#012#1 0x00007f3220bc4939 n/a (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x52939)#012#2 0x00007f3220bc4a4c g_main_context_iteration (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x52a4c)#012#3 0x00007f3207bf363d n/a (libdconfsettings.so + 0x963d)#012#4 0x00007f3220bedf5e n/a (libglib-2.0.so. 0 + 0x7bf5e)#012#5 0x00007f32209596ea start_thread (libpthread.so.0 + 0xa6ea)#012#6 0x00007f3220671a6f __clone (libc.so.6 + 0x117a6f)#012#012Stack trace of thread 22120:#012#0 0x00007f32206651c9 __poll (libc.so.6 + 0x10b1c9)#012#1 0x00007f3220bc4939 n/a (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x52939)#012#2 0x00007f3220bc4c82 g_main_loop_run (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x52c82)#012#3 0x00007f3221208c86 n/a (libgio-2.0.so.0 + 0x115c86)#012#4 0x00007f3220bedf5e n/a (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x7bf5e)#012#5 0x00007f32209596ea start_thread (libpthread.so.0 + 0xa6ea)#012#6 0x00007f3220671a6f __clone (libc.so.6 + 0x117a6f)#012#012Stack trace of thread 22119:#012#0 0x00007f32206651c9 __poll (libc.so.6 + 0x10b1c9)#012#1 0x00007f3220bc4939 n/a (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x52939)#012#2 0x00007f3220bc4a4c g_main_context_iteration (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x52a4c)#012#3 0x00007f3220bc4a91 n/a (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x52a91)#012#4 0x00007f3220bedf5e n/a (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x7bf5e)#012#5 0x00007f32209596ea start_thread (libpthrea d.so.0 + 0xa6ea)#012#6 0x00007f3220671a6f __clone (libc.so.6 + 0x117a6f) How can I find out which of the limits, in any, are being hit? Say, "ulimit -a" prints all the limits. Can I also print the current number used, somehow? man ulimit doesn't seem to say. There is also no entry in syslog about a limit being hit, one has to guess. - -- Cheers Carlos E. R. (from 15.3 x86_64 at Telcontar) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHoEARECADoWIQQZEb51mJKK1KpcU/W1MxgcbY1H1QUCY0GmFBwccm9iaW4ubGlz dGFzQHRlbGVmb25pY2EubmV0AAoJELUzGBxtjUfV7UsAn02y/CaKSawVEyTP2Wmt TNV59qTuAJ45vDQFXRtHi60VtfQeLH3szxInKw== =4SB4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Chromium vs. Firefox
by Nicolas Kovacs 08 Oct '22

08 Oct '22

Hi, After last night's update (Tumbleweed), Chromium starts every now and then, and Firefox works in the sense that chickens fly and horses swim. Which means I can't get any work done on my OpenSUSE workstation. Now what ? Niki -- Microlinux - Solutions informatiques durables 7, place de l'église - 30730 Montpezat Site : https://www.microlinux.fr Blog : https://blog.microlinux.fr Mail : info(a)microlinux.fr Tél. : 04 66 63 10 32 Mob. : 06 51 80 12 12

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