March 2024 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Mozilla's GUI (non)conformity
by Ben T. Fender 01 May '24

01 May '24

I use Plasma & XFCE depending on the booted distro and most non-KDE apps konform at least to some extent with the KDE desktop when KDE is used examples being Pan, Sylpheed, gftp and even nedit. The ONE set that is almost always problematic is anything Mozilla, Firefox in this particular case. I cannot change the title bar from black which just makes it impossible to distinguish from darker wallpapers, there being no way to select something with a contrasting window border either. How can I fix this?

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Missing window frames on XFCE after update
by Robert Schweikert 01 May '24

01 May '24

Hi, I had to shutdown my machine due to impending power outage. Clever me I figured I'd update before shutdown to pick up whatever was new. Well, whatever is new since my last update on openSUSE Leap 15.5 messed up my XFCE settings. When I start a new application there are no window frames and everything starts in the upper left hand corner. Alt-Tab is not working to switch between apps Since there are no window frames I cannot move windows around. And there is only 1 workspace, albeit the workspace settings dialog shows that there should be 4, which is what I had setup prior to system shutdown. Any ideas? Thanks, Robert -- Robert Schweikert MAY THE SOURCE BE WITH YOU Distinguished Engineer LINUX rjschwei(a)suse.com IRC: robjo

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a bit OT: how to GIMP:open as layers from dolphin
by Daniel Bauer 01 May '24

01 May '24

Hello, In Gimp I can select various files and open them as layers. I would love to be able to do this from dolphin: select files -> open as -> layers in Gimp. Is this possible somehow? How? Thanks for hints, if possible. Daniel -- Daniel Bauer photographer Basel Málaga Twitter: @Marsfotografo (often explicit nudes) https://www.patreon.com/danielbauer https://www.daniel-bauer.com (nudes)

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[oS-EN] [Leap 15.6 Alpha] Laicolasse - Beta
by Carlos E. R. 01 May '24

01 May '24

Hi, After a kernel Oops when attempting to connect via WiFi, on the next boot Network Manager is gone. How do I put it back in the panel? Using XFCE. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from openSUSE 15.6 Beta (Laicolasse))

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1st microOS fails boot
by bent fender 01 May '24

01 May '24

snapshot of realsnapshot opened w. gimp on my TW splashma6 DT: https://imgur.com/vb1wwCR.png it's about permission denied for swap? /etc/fstab: https://paste.opensuse.org/pastes/6dff150c46fd mOS is on partition 17, I wanted to test Audacity # fdisk -l Disk /dev/sda: 931.51 GiB, 1000204886016 bytes, 1953525168 sectors Disk model: Samsung SSD 860 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: gpt Disk identifier: 2CB71AC7-D2DB-4B81-A559-02802643D197 Device Start End Sectors Size Type /dev/sda1 2048 2099199 2097152 1G Linux filesystem /dev/sda2 1348483072 1350580223 2097152 1G BIOS boot /dev/sda3 4196352 16779263 12582912 6G Linux swap /dev/sda4 16779264 16781311 2048 1M Linux filesystem /dev/sda5 16781312 16783359 2048 1M Linux filesystem /dev/sda6 16783360 16785407 2048 1M Linux filesystem /dev/sda7 16785408 16787455 2048 1M Linux filesystem /dev/sda8 16787456 16789503 2048 1M Linux filesystem /dev/sda9 16789504 16791551 2048 1M Linux filesystem /dev/sda10 16791552 593508351 576716800 275G Linux filesystem /dev/sda11 593508352 761280511 167772160 80G Linux filesystem /dev/sda12 761280512 929052671 167772160 80G Linux filesystem /dev/sda13 929052672 1096824831 167772160 80G Linux filesystem /dev/sda14 1096824832 1264596991 167772160 80G Linux filesystem /dev/sda15 1350580224 1518352383 167772160 80G Linux filesystem /dev/sda16 1518352384 1686124543 167772160 80G Linux filesystem /dev/sda17 1686124544 1853896703 167772160 80G Linux filesystem Partition table entries are not in disk order. Disk /dev/sdb: 1.82 TiB, 2000398934016 bytes, 3907029168 sectors Disk model: WDC WD20EZBX-00A Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes Disklabel type: gpt Disk identifier: 6EED7FA9-4976-4436-9309-71A2D6371B80 Device Start End Sectors Size Type /dev/sdb1 2048 3907029134 3907027087 1.8T Linux filesystem Disk /dev/sdd: 3.64 TiB, 4000787030016 bytes, 7814037168 sectors Disk model: WDC WD4004FZWX-0 Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes Disklabel type: gpt Disk identifier: 5B4D1C05-A8F3-4016-8848-C666C8A320C3 Device Start End Sectors Size Type /dev/sdd1 2048 7814037134 7814035087 3.6T Linux filesystem

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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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xz security alert and CVE-2024-3094
by Ana Guerrero 06 Apr '24

06 Apr '24

Hi, If you're using an up-to-date Tumbleweed, please make sure to update as soon as possible your system. The latest versions of "xz" (5.6.0 and 5.6.1) contained malicious code ( refer to CVE-2024-3094 ) and the package in Tumbleweed has been reverted back to version 5.4. After reading this mail, please update your system and ensure you're downgrading xz to the version *5.6.1.revertto5.4. *This version despite**itsname is version 5.4. Last step is reboot your system. Hopefully we'll have soon more detailed information about this CVE. Have a nice weekend! Ana from the openSUSE release team.

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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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Unable to change e-mail on buildservice - had to use portal?
by David C. Rankin 03 Apr '24

03 Apr '24

Per, all, Is there are reason we cannot update e-mail on buildservice? I tried, but ended up having to use the portal that had a very odd interface: https://idp-portal.suse.com/univention/self-service/#page=profiledata I recall that info being modifiable in buildservice before (or am I just senile?) It would have been set back in July 2008 according to keepassxc? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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[oS-EN] AppStream
by Carlos E. R. 01 Apr '24

01 Apr '24

Hi, On the openSUSE package search page, https://search.opensuse.org/packages/ (which has no entry for Leap 15.5 yet) I get a button named [AppStream Install]. Clicking there nothing happens. The URL is: appstream://com.github.louis77.tuner Obviously, FF doesn't know what to do with that, and doesn't even say I don't know what this is. The wiki page on it: https://en.opensuse.org/AppStream Doesn't provide useful information, like how to install such a package on Leap or what to do with FF. I have done this on another computer, but I'm not on that location and don't have my notes on it. Google wants to teach me on how to create them, which is not what I want. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from Elesar, using openSUSE Leap 15.5)

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[oS-en] Problem with VLC
by Carlos E. R. 31 Mar '24

31 Mar '24

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I like to watch youtube videos using VLC instead of Firefox on a certain machine, because with FF the CPU goes to 100% and video stutters on full screen, while with VLC it keeps at low power. But lately it doesn't work for me in the machine I typically do this (it works on my desktop machine). I tried with two videos: yt-dlp "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPrCcTI7mZY" yt-dlp https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xovjFeP2kEQm (the first one in Spanish, the second in English) cer@Isengard:~/tmp> vlc Was\ it\ a\ false\ flag\ operation？\ \[xovjFeP2kEQ\].webm VLC media player 3.0.20 Vetinari (revision 3.0.20-0-g6f0d0ab126b) [000055a75b4c4540] main libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface. [00007fce30007740] gl gl: Initialized libplacebo v4.208.0 (API v208) libva info: VA-API version 1.16.0 libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib64/dri/iHD_drv_video.so libva info: va_openDriver() returns -1 libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib64/dri/i965_drv_video.so libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_1_13 failed to open /usr/lib64/dri/hybrid_drv_video.so Not using hybrid_drv_video.so libva info: va_openDriver() returns 0 [00007fce2c051370] vaapi generic error: profile(19) is not supported [00007fce30007740] gl gl: Initialized libplacebo v4.208.0 (API v208) cer@Isengard:~/tmp> The audio plays, the video doesn't (just one frame and it stops). I see that it can not find or load /usr/lib64/dri/i965_drv_video.so and /usr/lib64/dri/hybrid_drv_video.so. What package has them? Isengard:~ # l /usr/lib64/dri/i965_drv_video.so - -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 8187384 May 8 2022 /usr/lib64/dri/i965_drv_video.so* Isengard:~ # So this one is there. Not the other: Isengard:~ # locate hybrid_drv_video.so Isengard:~ # This machine has been recently upgraded (offline method) to Leap 15.5. Isengard:~ # inxi -GSaz --vs inxi 3.3.23-00 (2022-10-31) System: Kernel: 5.14.21-150500.55.52-default arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 7.5.0 parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.14.21-150500.55.52-default root=UUID=0d457df1-b43d-4587-aa5a-6c919bcbedb8 showopts splash=verbose resume=/dev/disk/by-label/Swap verbose mitigations=auto Desktop: Xfce v: 4.18.1 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.34 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm v: 4.18.0 dm: SDDM Distro: openSUSE Leap 15.5 Graphics: Device-1: Intel Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx Integrated Graphics vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-8 process: Intel 14nm built: 2014-15 ports: active: HDMI-A-3 empty: DP-1, DP-2, DP-3, HDMI-A-1, HDMI-A-2 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:22b1 class-ID: 0300 Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.4 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.5 compositor: xfwm v: 4.18.0 driver: X: loaded: intel dri: iris gpu: i915 display-ID: localhost:11.0 screens: 1 Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.00x11.22") s-diag: 582mm (22.93") Monitor-1: HDMI-A-3 mapped: DVI-D-0 model: Samsung T22C350 built: 2012 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 92 gamma: 1.2 size: 531x298mm (20.91x11.73") diag: 547mm (21.5") ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 720x400 API: OpenGL v: 4.5 Mesa 22.3.5 renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 15.0.7 128 bits) direct render: Yes Isengard:~ # - -- Cheers Carlos E. R. (from 15.4 x86_64 at Telcontar) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHoEARECADoWIQQZEb51mJKK1KpcU/W1MxgcbY1H1QUCZgR9Axwccm9iaW4ubGlz dGFzQHRlbGVmb25pY2EubmV0AAoJELUzGBxtjUfVk/sAnRVA5uouVzDMLTebuY2I uM2mJdygAKCDEISAZ8boP08SYDveh2JHTQuoBA== =C6Rx -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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available micro packages list?
by bent fender 31 Mar '24

31 Mar '24

I want to try Leap or Tumbleweed MICRO but without every one of these packages it would not be timely yet. Is there a list of already available flatpacks? qjckctl qsynth rosegarden audacity kdenlive simplescreenrecorder vlc sonic-visualiser hydrogen ZAFS-dssi yoshimi Another question, since TW is NOT a stable system but MICRO is advertised as an extremenly stable one, how are we to think of TW-Micro?

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Updating openSUSE Tumbleweed:
by -pj 31 Mar '24

31 Mar '24

Hi, I have an HP-Mini-311 32 bit laptop with openSUSE Tumbleweed installed. The machine has not been started for over a year. Today I started the machine. zypper --download-only Results in many many problems. hostnamectl The snapshot is :> 20220612 Can I get your insight on what you recommend in doing? The goal for me is to get the machine back up to date if possible. -Thanks

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No Login, no Graphics after update to Tumbleweed 20230211-0
by Peter Maffter 30 Mar '24

30 Mar '24

Hello, after the update the screen only shows a '-'. All the usual other tty screens that you get with e.g. STRG-ALT-F1 are also gone. I can connect to the PC via ssh from my Ubuntu Laptop and check what is going on. I am using an old GTX 570 on that PC. Previously when the G06 stuff was installed instead of updating the needed G04 stuff, I was able to install NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-390.157.run manually and the login and XFCE worked. But now even that fails. :-( Any pointers? Is that the beginning of the things that are named in Subject "Nvidia 390x driver users - glibc 2.37 will bring bad news" ? I do have strange output about signature and verification: 2023-02-13T00:08:13.628957+01:00 machine4 kernel: [ 3.411047][ T527] nvidia: loading out-of-tree module taints kernel. 2023-02-13T00:08:13.628957+01:00 machine4 kernel: [ 3.411690][ T527] nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel. 2023-02-13T00:08:13.628958+01:00 machine4 kernel: [ 3.412304][ T527] Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint 2023-02-13T00:08:13.628958+01:00 machine4 kernel: [ 3.418769][ T527] nvidia: module verification failed: signature and/or required key missing - tainting kernel 2023-02-13T00:08:13.628963+01:00 machine4 kernel: [ 3.426827][ T538] tg3 0000:0d:00.0 eth0: Tigon3 [partno(BCM57781) rev 57785100] (PCI Express) MAC address 00:25:22:e6:5d:d3 2023-02-13T00:08:13.628964+01:00 machine4 kernel: [ 3.427483][ T538] tg3 0000:0d:00.0 eth0: attached PHY is 57765 (10/100/1000Base-T Ethernet) (WireSpeed[1], EEE[1]) 2023-02-13T00:08:13.628964+01:00 machine4 kernel: [ 3.428122][ T538] tg3 0000:0d:00.0 eth0: RXcsums[1] LinkChgREG[0] MIirq[0] ASF[0] TSOcap[1] 2023-02-13T00:08:13.628965+01:00 machine4 kernel: [ 3.428740][ T538] tg3 0000:0d:00.0 eth0: dma_rwctrl[00000001] dma_mask[64-bit] 2023-02-13T00:08:13.628965+01:00 machine4 kernel: [ 3.482616][ T527] nvidia-nvlink: Nvlink Core is being initialized, major device number 241 2023-02-13T00:08:13.628966+01:00 machine4 kernel: [ 3.488784][ T527] nvidia 0000:01:00.0: vgaarb: changed VGA decodes: olddecodes=io+mem,decodes=none:owns=io+mem 2023-02-13T00:08:13.628971+01:00 machine4 kernel: [ 3.489637][ T527] NVRM: loading NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 390.157 Wed Oct 12 09:19:07 UTC 2022 (using threaded interrupts) 2023-02-13T00:08:13.628972+01:00 machine4 kernel: [ 3.499362][ T527] nvidia-modeset: Loading NVIDIA Kernel Mode Setting Driver for UNIX platforms 390.157 Wed Oct 12 09:15:25 UTC 2022 2023-02-13T00:08:13.628972+01:00 machine4 kernel: [ 3.505733][ T527] [drm] [nvidia-drm] [GPU ID 0x00000100] Loading driver 2023-02-13T00:08:13.628973+01:00 machine4 kernel: [ 3.506428][ T527] [drm] Initialized nvidia-drm 0.0.0 20160202 for 0000:01:00.0 on minor 1 Update openSUSE Tumbleweed 20230211-0 -> 20230212-0 did not help either. Boot to the recover modes of 6.1.10-1 or 6.1.8-1 does not help . 6.1.8-1 recovery at least says that "Failed to start X Display Manager" and gives the F1,F2,...ttys. but when I install NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-390.157.run the F1,F2, ttys are also gone. Please help. Thanks in advance BR Pete

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[oS-en] XFS deprecated V4 format
by Carlos E. R. 27 Mar '24

27 Mar '24

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I see this message in the log: <0.4> 2024-03-27T11:19:01.689438+01:00 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 11.438732][ T1003] xfs filesystem being mounted at /data/storage_d supports timestamps until 2038 (0x7fffffff) <0.4> 2024-03-27T11:19:01.689443+01:00 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 11.776572][ T1100] XFS (sdb8): Deprecated V4 format (crc=0) will not be supported after September 2030. <0.4> 2024-03-27T11:19:01.689447+01:00 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 12.131326][ T1100] xfs filesystem being mounted at /opt supports timestamps until 2038 (0x7fffffff) <0.4> 2024-03-27T11:19:01.689448+01:00 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 12.145886][ T1109] xfs filesystem being mounted at /data/storage_b supports timestamps until 2038 (0x7fffffff) <0.4> 2024-03-27T11:19:01.689455+01:00 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 12.504884][ T1122] xfs filesystem being mounted at /data/vmware supports timestamps until 2038 (0x7fffffff) <0.4> 2024-03-27T11:19:01.689469+01:00 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 13.168725][ T1151] xfs filesystem being mounted at /data/storage_a supports timestamps until 2038 (0x7fffffff) <0.4> 2024-03-27T11:19:01.689474+01:00 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 13.617318][ T1169] xfs filesystem being mounted at /home1 supports timestamps until 2038 (0x7fffffff) <0.4> 2024-03-27T11:19:01.689475+01:00 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 14.049870][ T1178] xfs filesystem being mounted at /data/raid supports timestamps until 2038 (0x7fffffff) <0.4> 2024-03-27T11:19:01.689476+01:00 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 14.090641][ T1071] XFS (sdc14): ENOSPC reserving per-AG metadata pool, log recovery may fail. <0.4> 2024-03-27T11:19:01.689477+01:00 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 14.096721][ T1071] xfs filesystem being mounted at /data/storage_c supports timestamps until 2038 (0x7fffffff) <0.4> 2024-03-27T11:19:01.689480+01:00 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 14.353864][ T1070] xfs filesystem being mounted at /home_aux supports timestamps until 2038 (0x7fffffff) <0.4> 2024-03-27T11:19:01.689481+01:00 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 27.234836][ T1220] xfs filesystem being mounted at /data/cripta supports timestamps until 2038 (0x7fffffff) Do we have a recommended procedure for this? This is Leap 15.5 - -- Cheers Carlos E. R. (from 15.4 x86_64 at Telcontar) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHoEARECADoWIQQZEb51mJKK1KpcU/W1MxgcbY1H1QUCZgQHUxwccm9iaW4ubGlz dGFzQHRlbGVmb25pY2EubmV0AAoJELUzGBxtjUfVj1kAoI2N2tEphsNcsOe7+rB4 8Qp/fjY2AJ9UUcbFYYbqbA3AeUe7KAfXolPp1Q== =EyKm -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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dup to 20240325 sdbootutil-1 scriptlet failed - Can't determine root subvolume
by Michael Hamilton 27 Mar '24

27 Mar '24

I got an error on dup to 20240325. Is this something that I need to fix? I'm using ext4 for root, maybe that's a factor. After the dup, the system rebooted OK. Last few lines of the dup where the error occured: %transfiletriggerin(sdbootutil-1+git20240321.04bfbac-1.1.x86_64) script output: Error: Can't determine root subvolume warning: %transfiletriggerin(sdbootutil-1+git20240321.04bfbac-1.1.x86_64) scriptlet failed, exit status 1 Running post-transaction scripts ............................................................................................................ [done] There are running programs which still use files and libraries deleted or updated by recent upgrades. They should be restarted to benefit from the latest updates. Run 'zypper ps -s' to list these programs. Thanks, Michael

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Ooops!
by Fred 27 Mar '24

27 Mar '24

Never play computer when tired. It said, 40 updates available, so I said ok and went back to my surfing. A bit later I checked and it said, reboot is needed, so I did but the #$%^#! system wouldn't come back up. So I then began trying to remember how to roll back updates. Then I thought about my system install flash drive, unplugged the one with my movies and, for some unknown reason I hit the reset again and POOF! It booted up. Stupid system was trying to boot to a media drive but gave no error about no boot block or anything. Note to self: don't admin while tired.

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Re: dup to 20240325 sdbootutil-1 scriptlet failed - Can't determine root subvolume
by Michael Hamilton 27 Mar '24

27 Mar '24

On Wednesday 27 March 2024, Masaru Nomiya wrote: > Hello, > > In the Message; > > Subject : dup to 20240325 sdbootutil-1 scriptlet failed - Can't > determine root subvolume Message-ID : > <202403271731.41702.michael(a)actrix.gen.nz> > Date & Time: Wed, 27 Mar 2024 17:31:41 +1300 > > [MH] == Michael Hamilton <michael(a)actrix.gen.nz> has written: > > MH> I got an error on dup to 20240325. Is this something that I need > to fix? MH> I'm using ext4 for root, maybe that's a factor. After the > dup, the system MH> rebooted OK. > > MH> Last few lines of the dup where the error occured: > > MH> %transfiletriggerin(sdbootutil-1+git20240321.04bfbac-1.1.x86_64) > script MH> output: > MH> Error: Can't determine root subvolume > MH> warning: > %transfiletriggerin(sdbootutil-1+git20240321.04bfbac-1.1.x86_64) MH> > scriptlet failed, exit status 1 > MH> Running post-transaction > MH> scripts > ........................................................................ >.................................... MH> [done] > MH> There are running programs which still use files and libraries > deleted or MH> updated by recent upgrades. They should be restarted to > benefit from the MH> latest updates. Run 'zypper ps -s' to list these > programs. > > Since subvolume is specific to BtrFS and you are an ext4 FS user, you > can ignore this error message. OK thanks. Given I don't use sdboot, the message didn't seem relevant, but because it was a message related to the boot setup it was a little unsettling. > > Best Regards. > > --- > ┏━━┓彡 Masaru Nomiya mail-to: nomiya @ > lake.dti.ne.jp ┃＼／彡 > ┗━━┛ "To hire for skills, firms will need to implement robust and > intentional changes in their hiring practices ― and change is > hard." > > -- Employers don’t practice what they preach on skills-based > hiring--

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Screen is flickering
by Jon Cosby 27 Mar '24

27 Mar '24

My screen is flickering in Leap 15.5/GNOME. It lasts one or two seconds and doesn't seem to happen when the mouse and keyboard are active. Other than that, it seems random. I have an Intel CometLake-S GT2 graphics card and an HP Pavilion 27xw monitor. The screen resolution and refresh rate are set to the defaults: 1920, 16:9 and 60%. This has been going on for awhile, maybe since installing 15.5. Any suggestions to help me troubleshoot this? Thanks. Jon Cosby

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kde5/6: recent files/recent applications
by mh＠mike.franken.de 26 Mar '24

26 Mar '24

Hi *, the problem already existed in kde5, but continued in kde6: The menues for "recent files" and "recent applications" stay empty in the start menu, in dolphin and other apps. In .local/share/RecentDocuments/ all the desktop icons for recent files are still existing. The list is updated whenever I open a new document, but nevertheless the "recent files" menu remains empty. As for "recent applications" I can't even find a folder, where they would be stored. I found a few, mostly very old postings on the net, but no fitting answer. Anyone any idea? TIA. Bye. Michael.

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[oS-en] How to stitch scanned papers?
by Carlos E. R. 24 Mar '24

24 Mar '24

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 How to stitch scanned papers? I have a map that is larger than my scanners, so I took 3 partial scans. I want to stitch them into one single png file. Google says to use Hugin. I can't. The thing insists in asking about type of lenses and panosphere mode. Heck, it is flat paper, not a camera! Is there something that works? - -- Cheers Carlos E. R. (from 15.4 x86_64 at Telcontar) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHoEARECADoWIQQZEb51mJKK1KpcU/W1MxgcbY1H1QUCZf4CTRwccm9iaW4ubGlz dGFzQHRlbGVmb25pY2EubmV0AAoJELUzGBxtjUfV4UsAn2fSMLKpcrfXtMUJsMDL u/TC41qjAJwLESLK8sJW6FMmX/Ud5VsIsiy/qg== =WpcP -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Re: Again: error with kernel 6.8.1-1 when compiling nVidia
by Peter Maffter 23 Mar '24

23 Mar '24

Am 23/03/2024 um 02:51 schrieb Masaru Nomiya: > Hello, > > Also, treat me as spammers! > > In the Message; > > Subject : Again: error with kernel 6.8.1-1 when compiling nVidia (was: Re: Again: kernel-default-6.2.1-1.1 / 20230304-0 breaks nVidia) > Message-ID : <b7aabbdb-55be-489d-9974-b4fd01698615(a)yahoo.de> > Date & Time: Sat, 23 Mar 2024 01:16:44 +0100 > > [PM] == Peter Maffter via openSUSE Users <users(a)lists.opensuse.org> has written: > > [...] > PM> nvidia-drm-drv.c : line 661: > > PM> static const struct drm_ioctl_desc nv_drm_ioctls[] = { > PM> #if defined(NV_DRM_ATOMIC_MODESET_AVAILABLE) > PM> DRM_IOCTL_DEF_DRV(NVIDIA_GEM_IMPORT_NVKMS_MEMORY, > PM> nv_drm_gem_import_nvkms_memory_ioctl, > PM> DRM_UNLOCKED), <------------------------------! > PM> #endif /* NV_DRM_ATOMIC_MODESET_AVAILABLE */ > > How about this? > > static const struct drm_ioctl_desc nv_drm_ioctls[] = { > #if defined(NV_DRM_ATOMIC_MODESET_AVAILABLE) > DRM_IOCTL_DEF_DRV(NVIDIA_GEM_IMPORT_NVKMS_MEMORY, > nv_drm_gem_import_nvkms_memory_ioctl, > DRM_RENDER_ALLOW|DRM_UNLOCKED), > #endif /* NV_DRM_ATOMIC_MODESET_AVAILABLE */ See my last post: /usr/src/kernel-modules/nvidia-390.157-default/nvidia-drm/nvidia-drm-drv.c:661:23: error: ‘DRM_UNLOCKED’ undeclared here (not in a function); did you mean ‘VM_LOCKED’? 661 | DRM_UNLOCKED), | ^~~~~~~~~~~~ "DRM_RENDER_ALLOW|DRM_UNLOCKED" would not help because DRM_UNLOCKED was thrown out of the code. BR

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Re: KDE Megarelease 6
by Chuck Davis 23 Mar '24

23 Mar '24

There have been numerous complaints about the update to Plasma 6. I believe many of them can be avoided by logging on to IceWM and doing the zypper dup operation. Then reboot and things appear to be normal. YMMV but it's worth a try. You can select the IceWM @ the normal KDE logon in the lower left corner. Hope this helps somebody avoid the mess....

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[oS-en] Can someone help me with imapfilter?
by Carlos E. R. 22 Mar '24

22 Mar '24

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I was told recently about this tool. It uses lua language to do filtering operations on a remote imap server. I have some rules that work, and one that doesn't. I'm following the examples here: https://github.com/lefcha/imapfilter/blob/master/samples/config.lua -- Get messages with the specified "Sender" header, which are older than -- 30 days. results = account1.INBOX:contain_field('sender', 'owner@announce-list') * account1.INBOX:is_older(30) -- Move messages to the "announce" mailbox inside the "lists" folder. results:move_messages(account1['lists/announce']) I have in ~/.imapfilter/config.lua: - -- define and name the account gmx_l = IMAP { server = 'imap.gmx.com', username = '...', password = '...', ssl = 'tls1' } - -- define the operation on the named account. Non_OT_GX_L = gmx_l.INBOX:contain_field('List-Id:', '<users.lists.opensuse.org>') * gmx_l.INBOX:is_older(2) Non_OT_GX_L:move_messages(gmx_l['temp_g']) The purpose is to find emails that contain the header List-Id: <users.lists.opensuse.org> AND are older than 2 days. Then it moves them to a folder named 'temp_g' But it is moving 148 mails, many of which have a different List-Id header, or no such header at all. I don't know what is going on, or where to ask (not on github, nobody answers there). It is a very intersting tool, but it is useless to me if it misbehaves like this. I have a log of the transaction with the server - actually, 3 servers, but the one that has problems is marked with "(7)", so I had to trim a bit the text here for clarity): S (7): * OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 CHILDREN ENABLE ID IDLE LIST-EXTENDED LIST-STATUS LITERAL- MOVE NAMESPACE SASL-IR SORT SPECIAL-USE THREAD=ORDEREDSUBJECT UIDPLUS UNSELECT WITHIN AUTH=LOGIN AUTH=PLAIN] IMAP server ready H migmx106 28.0 IMAP-1MwxIx-1q... C (7): 100A NOOP S (7): 100A OK NOOP completed C (7): 100B CAPABILITY S (7): 100B OK CAPABILITY completed C (7): 100C LOGIN "...(a)gmx.es" * S (7): 100C OK LOGIN completed C (7): 100D CAPABILITY S (7): 100D OK CAPABILITY completed C (7): 100E NAMESPACE S (7): 100E OK NAMESPACE completed C (7): 1016 SELECT "INBOX" S (7): 1016 OK [READ-WRITE] SELECT completed C (7): 1017 UID SEARCH ALL HEADER List-Id: "<users.lists.opensuse.org>" S (7): 1017 OK UID SEARCH completed C (7): 1018 UID SEARCH ALL BEFORE 19-Mar-2024 S (7): 1018 OK UID SEARCH completed C (7): 1019 UID COPY 185711:185858 "temp_g" S (7): 1019 OK [COPYUID 1629482218 185711:185858 63249:63396] UID COPY completed C (7): 101A UID STORE 185711:185858 +FLAGS.SILENT (\Deleted) S (7): 101A OK UID STORE completed C (7): 101B EXPUNGE S (7): 101B OK EXPUNGE completed 148 messages moved from robin.listas@gmx.es@imap.gmx.com/INBOX to robin.listas@gmx.es@imap.gmx.com/temp_g. C (7): 101C LOGOUT S (7): 101C OK LOGOUT completed C (6): 101D LOGOUT S (6): 101D OK Logout completed (0.000 + 0.000 secs). C (5): 101E LOGOUT S (5): 101E OK 73 good day (Success) and a separate internal log - I have to check the lines those with "(7)" in them, and trim the others for clarity: 1016 SELECT "INBOX" getting response (7): * 7116 EXISTS * 0 RECENT * FLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen \Draft $Forwarded $label1 $label3 $label4 Junk NonJunk hecho list-ot maldito non-ot nonjunk os-ot ot) * OK [PERMANENTFLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Draft \Deleted \Seen $Forwarded $label1 $label3 $label4 Junk NonJunk hecho list-ot maldito non-ot nonjunk os-ot ot \*)] Unlimited * OK [UNSEEN 8] Message 8 is first unseen * OK [UIDNEXT 185859] Predicted next UID * OK [UIDVALIDITY 1534365692] UIDs valid 1016 OK [READ-WRITE] SELECT completed sending command (7): 1017 UID SEARCH ALL HEADER List-Id: "<users.lists.opensuse.org>" getting response (7): * SEARCH 181019 181023 181025 181026 181027 ... 1017 OK UID SEARCH completed sending command (7): 1018 UID SEARCH ALL BEFORE 19-Mar-2024 getting response (7): * SEARCH 138431 138767 139261 139337 139395 139403 139498 ... getting response (7): 170492 170493 170494 170495 170496 170497 170498 ... getting response (7): ... 5308 185309 185310 185311 185312 ... 1018 OK UID SEARCH completed conversion: 'temp_g' -> 'temp_g' sending command (7): 1019 UID COPY 185711:185858 "temp_g" getting response (7): 1019 OK [COPYUID 1629482218 185711:185858 63249:63396] UID COPY completed sending command (7): 101A UID STORE 185711:185858 +FLAGS.SILENT (\Deleted) getting response (7): 101A OK UID STORE completed sending command (7): 101B EXPUNGE getting response (7): * 6969 EXPUNGE * 6969 EXPUNGE * 6969 EXPUNGE ... * 6969 EXPUNGE * 6968 EXISTS 101B OK EXPUNGE completed sending command (7): 101C LOGOUT getting response (7): * BYE Server logging out 101C OK LOGOUT completed Ideas? I'm thinking that it is possibly a bug on the gmx imap server. - -- Cheers Carlos E. R. (from 15.4 x86_64 at Telcontar) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHoEARECADoWIQQZEb51mJKK1KpcU/W1MxgcbY1H1QUCZfyHYRwccm9iaW4ubGlz dGFzQHRlbGVmb25pY2EubmV0AAoJELUzGBxtjUfV5OsAn2Q5GuoocPmVxJR8NVYD mK2D0QnmAJ9GHQyQNeOmlt+2wn4FPsiv8ioZIw== =UVJD -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Audacity VS 'locale'?
by Ben T. Fender 22 Mar '24

22 Mar '24

Audacity is refusing to launch (AGAIN) on both Slowroll AND Tumbleweed, looks like maybe because of 'LOCALE' (AGAIN) ..but why does a freakin' wave editor need 'locale' at all and why do I keep running into locale problems on opensuse (no issues on Artix, Devuan, Slackware, AvLinux)? https://paste.opensuse.org/pastes/d108bcf3f42e

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3rd-party app messing with initrd
by Michael Fischer 22 Mar '24

22 Mar '24

For $WORK, I was asked to install a new VPN software (Zscaler). Like many such things, the "linux support" is a mixed bag - it seems to assume that one is running certain systemd things, and a gnome desktop (which I am not). Suffice it to say, the "expected behavior" didn't happen, so I went digging in /var/log, and found the install log... which showed that a) the installer was clever enough to zypper install a bunch of packages b) it called dracut to re-write an initrd. This seems more than a little "rude" to do on a system. I uninstalled the package, but I see that the initrd symlink in /boot/ still points to the same (new) initrd. total 79792 drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 16384 Dec 31 1969 efi -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1725 Aug 26 2020 boot.readme -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 13881401 Nov 25 2020 vmlinux-5.3.18-lp152.1.g0adb0e0-default.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 228245 Nov 25 2020 config-5.3.18-lp152.1.g0adb0e0-default -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4605329 Nov 25 2020 System.map-5.3.18-lp152.1.g0adb0e0-default -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 484 Nov 25 2020 sysctl.conf-5.3.18-lp152.1.g0adb0e0-default -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 432948 Nov 25 2020 symvers-5.3.18-lp152.1.g0adb0e0-default.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9015160 Nov 25 2020 vmlinuz-5.3.18-lp152.1.g0adb0e0-default -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 228385 Dec 5 2020 config-5.3.18-lp152.57-default -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4605295 Dec 5 2020 System.map-5.3.18-lp152.57-default -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 484 Dec 5 2020 sysctl.conf-5.3.18-lp152.57-default -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 432948 Dec 5 2020 symvers-5.3.18-lp152.57-default.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 13883322 Dec 5 2020 vmlinux-5.3.18-lp152.57-default.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9035952 Dec 5 2020 vmlinuz-5.3.18-lp152.57-default lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 39 Dec 18 2020 vmlinuz -> vmlinuz-5.3.18-lp152.1.g0adb0e0-default lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 38 Dec 18 2020 initrd -> initrd-5.3.18-lp152.1.g0adb0e0-default -rw------- 1 root root 12654088 Mar 22 09:48 initrd-5.3.18-lp152.1.g0adb0e0-default -rw------- 1 root root 12647860 Mar 22 09:48 initrd-5.3.18-lp152.57-default drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Mar 22 10:18 grub2 FWIW, I see $ uname -a Linux concorde 5.3.18-lp152.57-default #1 SMP Fri Dec 4 07:27:58 UTC 2020 (7be5551) x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux though the vmlinuz-5.3.18-lp152.1.g0adb0e0-default shows 'Nov 25 2020' as the date. (yeah, this is a 15.2 system... not in a rush to update). I haven't tried a reboot yet, but IF it fails, my notion is to boot into the "rescue" (vmlinuz-5.3.18-lp152.57-default) kernel, and redo the initrd. If I have to go that route, could someone detail the appropriate commands to do such? Many TIA. Michael -- Michael Fischer michael(a)visv.net

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plasma6 - Se7en theme
by mh＠mike.franken.de 21 Mar '24

21 Mar '24

Hi *, I'd like to use the Se7en theme, that is available for plasma6 from the KDE store (https://store.kde.org/p/1407086). I tried to install it via systemsettings. The installation didn't fail, according to systemsettings the theme is installed, but it is not available - and it can't be found on disk in ./.local/share/plasma/desktoptheme. Any idea, what might be wrong here? System is openSUSE Tumbleweed 20240314 with plasma6 and X11. TIA. Bye. Michael.

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[oS-en] What is the typical size of the /usr/lib/sysimage/rpm/Packages file?
by Carlos E. R. 21 Mar '24

21 Mar '24

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 What is the typical size of the /usr/lib/sysimage/rpm/Packages file? (aka /var/lib/rpm/Packages) Mine is big: - -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1.3G Mar 13 04:47 Packages I wonder if it is too big. (Using Leap 15.5) - -- Cheers Carlos E. R. (from 15.5 x86_64 at Telcontar) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHoEARECADoWIQQZEb51mJKK1KpcU/W1MxgcbY1H1QUCZfiNVRwccm9iaW4ubGlz dGFzQHRlbGVmb25pY2EubmV0AAoJELUzGBxtjUfV/QUAn2cCqgime6XisgIBcWLv JNiOiT0TAKCMp7EQ2gK8L13zQ7gMsK90may9Xg== =6MSZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Off Topic.
by Bill Swisher 21 Mar '24

21 Mar '24

If there is a HandBrake wizard about could you contact me via email? I have a, somewhat, complicated problem with HandBrakeCLI and the support forum won't allow me to create an account to ask them. -- Try not to have a good time ... This is supposed to be educational. -- Charles Schulz

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kde6 for leap?
by cagsm 21 Mar '24

21 Mar '24

Users, the new KDE 6 release, is this feasibly for next leap? ty

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chromium and h.264 codec in 15.5
by Frank Steiner 21 Mar '24

21 Mar '24

Hi, I'm a little confused about the h.264 codec and chromium in 15.5. I can play the video from https://html5videoplayer.net/html5video/mp4-h-264-video-test/ in both chromium-119.0.6045.199-bp155.1917.5.x86_64 and firefox-esr-115.6.0-lp155.1.1.x86_64. But when I try to join a webex meeting with chromium, it tells me "Video and shared content not supported by browser settings Activate the H.264 video codec in your browser settings so people can see your video and shared content and you can see other videos and shared content." Firefox works fine. chromium also says "not supported" on https://mozilla.github.io/webrtc-landing/pc_test_no_h264.html while Firefox says "supported". I've installed chromium-ffmpeg-extra from packman and added rpms from http://codecs.opensuse.org/openh264/openSUSE_Leap/x86_64/ but it doesn't change anything. Is there anything else I can try to get webex running in chromium? Thanks! cu, Frank -- Dipl.-Inform. Frank Steiner Web: http://www.bio.ifi.lmu.de/~steiner/ Lehrstuhl f. Bioinformatik Mail: http://www.bio.ifi.lmu.de/~steiner/m/ LMU, Amalienstr. 17 Phone: +49 89 2180-4049 80333 Muenchen, Germany Fax: +49 89 2180-99-4049 * Rekursion kann man erst verstehen, wenn man Rekursion verstanden hat. *

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Slowroll repos and updating
by Ben T. Fender 21 Mar '24

21 Mar '24

I load a fresh Tumbleweed, go into Yast and delete every single repo. Then I 'begin' the routine linked here and quoted below... https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Slowroll rm /etc/zypp/repos.d/* ...which in essence dumps any existing repo but when I reload Yast they're all back there! If I then continue with the ritual I end up with 14 mostly TW repos and trying to do 'zyopper up' get me a warning about tumbleweed needing 'zypper dup'. As for 'zypper up', it will use 14 repos, mostly Tumbleweed! Not sure if this was the intent :-) ----------------------------------------- zypper ar --refresh http://cdn.opensuse.org/slowroll/repo/oss/ base-oss zypper ar --refresh http://cdn.opensuse.org/slowroll/repo/non-oss/ base-non-oss zypper ar --refresh -p 80 http://cdn.opensuse.org/update/slowroll/repo/oss/ update zypper ar --refresh --disable http://cdn.opensuse.org/slowroll/repo/src-oss/ base-src-oss zypper ar --refresh --disable https://download.opensuse.org/debug/slowroll/repo/oss/ base-oss-debug zypper ar --refresh http://codecs.opensuse.org/openh264/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/ h264 zypper ar --refresh -p 70 http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/misc/packman/suse/openSUSE_Slowroll/Essentials/ packman

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read-only filesystem
by Roger Oberholtzer 20 Mar '24

20 Mar '24

I have a strange (to me) situation on a Tumbleweed system with btrfs filesystems. Due to issues updating to KDE6, I had to rollback. And the rollback did not really roll back. So I snapper rm'd the various pre/post items so that the snapshot before the attempted update was the default one. It is now sorted so that it boots into the snapshot that I want. All of the file systems are mounted rw. I see this in the mount command. There are no ro file systems (except /boot/uefi). However, when I try to write to most of the file systems, it complains that they are read-only. At the mount level, they are not mounted read-only. So it must be the case that somewhere there is a flag that the file systems are read-only. I've only encountered this at the mount level. I tried a mount -oremount,rw on them, and it completes without a complaint. But there is no change. And as the mount command lists that they are rw, this is no surprise. I am bnot mounting into a read-only snapshot. Or at least I am not choosing that when booting. It is just the default snapshot that is being used. Where else other than via mount can a file system be made read-only? And how to correct that? -- Roger Oberholtzer

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Spam Filter Testing
by Masaru Nomiya 16 Mar '24

16 Mar '24

Please ignore

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packman repo fit
by bent fender 16 Mar '24

16 Mar '24

It happens that a "zypper dup" ends with a stalling download. Right now I have this Retrieving: Mesa-gallium-23.3.6-1699.369.pm. 1.x86_64.rpm ..............<51%>==============[- (2.4 KiB/s)] And if I do nothing but come back in 50 years time it will still be exactly the same. I tried "zypper ref", "zypper clean --all" nothing seems to work. The one thing that does is to go into Yast-Software and lock the package and then come back to do zypper before Yast again to unlock it (until the next time). It seems like THIS 'whaaaaatever' happens invariably with the packman repo and very ofgtyen with Mesa-xyz. Anyone know exactly WHAT the cause is, I can't even TRY countermeasures without knowing what it is. TIA

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plasmoids and kde 6
by Stakanov 15 Mar '24

15 Mar '24

will plasmoids still exist on kde6 or have they been abolished? It is clear to me that there will be a period of transition but kde6 does not seem to have the menu points (right click) "join plasmoid" at all. Anybody knows? thank you

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Lost all multimedia playing
by Albert Oszkó 10 Mar '24

10 Mar '24

Hi, I thought I put on some music while scanning old photos. I did not succeed: the loudspeaker icon on the tray is crossed, and says there isn't any application that plays or records sound. No vlc, no smplayer, no youtube, nothing. I tried the tips found on the the net, but none of them worked (or i would not write this letter). I have Tumbleweed with KDE Any help is welcome Thanks, Albert

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Proot and android and dbus-broker question while using openSUSE Tumbleweed
by Mgr. Janusz Chmiel 08 Mar '24

08 Mar '24

Dear advanced Opensuse users and developers, I Am running several Linux distributions on my Android devices. I would like to ask somebody of us, if Dbus-broker does support Android kernel system calls? So Dbus-broker can be used even in userspace mode when Android and not real Linux kernel is being used. Why I want to use dbus-broker on my Android devices? Because The Dbus-broker speed up interprocess communication. Especially when reading long list of E-mail messages while working with many thousants of E-mail messages while using Seamonkey E-mail client. Please could someone of us try to invent The commands, which could be executed to allow Dbus-broker work on Android kernel? I Am using Termux and Proot special C binary, which uses Btrace to change and retranslate system calls and folders name to allow to run Linux on Android. Sure. There are plenty of limitations, which are being caused by The difference between real Linux kernel and Android kernel. It is not possible to use Qemu on cheap Android phones. Only expensive Pixel phones support Kqemu hardware virtualisation directly on their CPU level. But those expensive models of Android devices are out of my scope. Running Qemu and real Linux kernel does have sense only for developers, who want to run less intensive tasks. I can not boot Opensuse and run Mate and Orca while using Qemu in user mode. Rooting phones is not easy and it can corrupt phones firmware. Proot is The best available alternative. So if someone of us could describe how to start dbus-broker on Android, I will be very positively impressed. I have been able to use Orca, Mate desktop and Tuner Internet radio while using The latest available Opensuse packages for AArch64 architecture. Unfortunately, using Seamonkey is very very slow. So I Am hoping, that Dbus-broker will speed it up. Normal Dbus work normally.

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cups 2 printersetup for one printer
by Simon Becherer 08 Mar '24

08 Mar '24

Hi, since years i use 2 (or more) printer setups in cups to use one printer. -> for different "standard" settings lets say its a color printer, but to save money often i like to print black and white. so i define a printer with the a ppd file and same printer adress twice, one with color settings one with settings black and white. so i have not to click and search all the printer settings to set up this 2 main settings. instead if i like to print color, i use the "color printer, or the foto-setting-printer or the black-and-white printer. since years i have used this with different printers "hp" and "qms" was working. since about a year i own a "sharp mx3060" i do not know if cups has changed anything or if its the printer. but it did not work any more. i have 2 stored ppd's inside etc/cups/ppd/... "sharp_mx-306N-sw" (black and white) "sharp_mx-306N" (colorsettings) but after i print something in one or the other, it changed settings for both. not inside the ppd file (it has always the same timestamp and is not changed since setup the printer), but somwhere else. the etc/cups/printers.conf show the "2" printers </Printer> <Printer SHARP_MX-3060N> PrinterId 6 UUID urn:uuid:959c4210-b868-3eea-7a36-b457b2df28a9 AuthInfoRequired none Info SHARP MX-3060NPCL_PS Location oben MakeModel Sharp MX-3060N PS, 1.2 DeviceURI ipp://192.168.0.11/ipp State Idle StateTime 1700126750 ConfigTime 1656701711 Type 8401116 Accepting Yes Shared No JobSheets none none QuotaPeriod 0 PageLimit 0 KLimit 0 OpPolicy default ErrorPolicy stop-printer Attribute marker-colors \#00FFFF,#FF00FF,#FFFF00,#000000 Attribute marker-levels 50,91,27,96,0,53,53,53,87,77,77,77,66,-1 Attribute marker-low-levels 1,1,1,1 Attribute marker-high-levels 100,100,100,100 Attribute marker-names cyan,magenta,yellow,black Attribute marker-types toner,toner,toner,toner Attribute marker-change-time 1700126750 </Printer> <DefaultPrinter SHARP_MX-3060N-sw> PrinterId 7 UUID urn:uuid:2ab5b068-ec17-3277-58a9-b8c1a50cbfa9 AuthInfoRequired none Info SHARP MX-3060NPCL_PS Location oben MakeModel Sharp MX-3060N PS, 1.2 DeviceURI ipp://192.168.0.11/ipp State Idle StateTime 1700201877 ConfigTime 1656710353 Type 8401116 Accepting Yes Shared No JobSheets none none QuotaPeriod 0 PageLimit 0 KLimit 0 OpPolicy default ErrorPolicy stop-printer Attribute marker-colors \#00FFFF,#FF00FF,#FFFF00,#000000 Attribute marker-levels 50,91,27,96,0,53,53,53,87,77,77,77,66,-1 Attribute marker-low-levels 1,1,1,1 Attribute marker-high-levels 100,100,100,100 Attribute marker-names cyan,magenta,yellow,black Attribute marker-types toner,toner,toner,toner Attribute marker-change-time 1700201877 </DefaultPrinter> so the question ist, where is cups storing actual printer settings, (color or bw, duplex or singele page......) (somewhere in the home directroy?) and why did this 2 printerques interfer each other? simoN -- www.becherer.de

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acpi journalctl errors:
by -pj 08 Mar '24

08 Mar '24

Hi, I am attempting to operate openSUSE Tumbleweed on this machine (fully updated). I and have discovered acpi errors in journalctl output. These errors are shown as follows: > Thinkcentre-M57p:/etc/udev/rules.d # journalctl -p3 -b > Mar 06 18:06:06 paul-Thinkcentre-M57p kernel: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Failure creating named object [\_SB.PCI0._OSC.CAPB], AE_ALREADY_EXISTS (20230628/dsf> > Mar 06 18:06:06 paul-Thinkcentre-M57p kernel: ACPI Error: AE_ALREADY_EXISTS, CreateBufferField failure (20230628/dswload2-477) > Mar 06 18:06:06 paul-Thinkcentre-M57p kernel: ACPI Error: Aborting method \_SB.PCI0._OSC due to previous error (AE_ALREADY_EXISTS) (20230628/psparse-529) > Mar 06 18:06:06 paul-Thinkcentre-M57p kernel: platform INT0800:00: failed to claim resource 0: [mem 0xff800000-0xffffffff] > Mar 06 18:06:06 paul-Thinkcentre-M57p kernel: acpi INT0800:00: platform device creation failed: -16 > Mar 06 18:06:23 paul-Thinkcentre-M57p kernel: I do hope the journalctl output above is displayed correctly. I chose to 'paste as quotation' the journalctl output using Thunderbird mail client here. I have also attempted adding the 'acpi=off' parameter to /etc/default/grub then updated grub/bootloader resulting in *no graphical target* is reached after powercycling the machine. What is displayed is TTY login - which I can login and then remove the "acpi=off" parameter. My brief searching of this on the web has not yielded results explaining anything related to failing to load into SDDM or KDE. Do you think these acpi warnings could have something to do with: Hibernating the machine results in a proper hibernation *but* does not shut completely down (2 seconds then instantly powers up again) - goes through boot - grub - login again... What is going on here what are your thoughts about this?

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Attempting to Hibernate, powercycles machine instead::
by -pj 07 Mar '24

07 Mar '24

Hello, A question for you is that currently attempting to 'Hibernate' (tried twice), the machine goes through the process...halts/poweroff *completely* for about a second. All signs of PSU and display features turn off.... then suddenly powers up at bios menu. After entering the LUKS passphrase some boot information is displayed. pertaining to the prior "Hibernate" attempt (I believe). Here is some journalctl output on this: Thinkcentre-M57p:/> journalctl -b -1 | grep "hibernate" Feb 17 13:15:48 Thinkcentre-M57p systemd[1]: systemd-hibernate-resume.service: Deactivated successfully. - I recently created a PS2.Keyboard.service to try allow for 'suspend' to work with my PS/2 connector style keyboard in an attempt to mitigate the i8042 controller bug. The machine seems to work well now when suspend is envoked. - I have increased the swap partition and swap on the system to 15.5G . # swapon NAME TYPE SIZE USED PRIO /dev/dm-1 partition 15.5G 2.3G -2 Thinkcentre-M57p:/> lsblk NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINTS fd0 2:0 1 4K 0 disk sda 8:0 0 931.5G 0 disk ├─sda1 8:1 0 8M 0 part └─sda2 8:2 0 931.5G 0 part └─Lenovo_M57p-openSUSE_Tumbleweed 254:0 0 931.5G 0 crypt ├─system-swap 254:1 0 15.5G 0 lvm [SWAP] └─system-root 254:2 0 916G 0 lvm /var /usr/local /srv /root /opt /home /boot/grub2/x86_64-efi /boot/grub2/i386-pc /.snapshots / sdb 8:16 1 1.9G 0 disk └─luks-fd28e551-c765-461e-aab0-a2c49bb786b9 254:3 0 1.9G 0 crypt /run/media/paul/WORLDWIDE1 sr0 11:0 1 1024M 0 rom - Do you know what is going on here by preventing "hibernate' feature from functioning completely? -Regards

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[oS-en] What can cause NM to choose the worse WiFi signal available?
by Carlos E. R. 07 Mar '24

07 Mar '24

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I was trying to watch a video, old laptop connected to the sitting room TV, but VLC was having trouble, then NFS having trouble, not mounting the share, then sshfs also having trouble... (with a reboot in the middle, and an update yesterday). Then I notice that NM applet indicate an horrible signal level. This is daft, the laptop sits 2 metres away from the house router with a perfect signal, yet it connects to the other WiFi on the house level above, terrible signal. Why would it do that? The machine is still on Leap 15.4, but has been running perfect for months. I just hibernated after each video session, no trouble, NFS working reliably. I just did run an update yesterday, and NFS was not automatically up after reboot. Did not occur to me to check the WiFi. Why would NFS not switch over automatically to a much better signal? - -- Cheers Carlos E. R. (from 15.5 x86_64 at Telcontar) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHoEARECADoWIQQZEb51mJKK1KpcU/W1MxgcbY1H1QUCZeeWGhwccm9iaW4ubGlz dGFzQHRlbGVmb25pY2EubmV0AAoJELUzGBxtjUfVDfMAnR8zCF6izRnBWA2D0/pM SNqquvPrAKCRHmk8SorhoQPVyrr0QubMOyRvSg== =6kwQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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strange problem with BT in KDE Plasma: bluez claims "file transfer succeded" but does not save, now does not even connect. Seems broken.
by Stakanov 03 Mar '24

03 Mar '24

Connecting from my smartphone with BT to bluez, I can send files with "share", the BT bluez of my PC says transfer running, transfer succeeded, but the it claims "cannot save files" and now file is saved indeed. I have no explanation, the directory is the home directory of the user with a dedicated BT download directory, I checked permissions and did chmod on it to make sure all files and the directory have the correct permissions. That was yesterday, now it is even worse (yesterday I detached and reattached the BT dongle) so it shows connected, even the battery remaining on the smartphone but.... the sending process remains 0 and no notice in KDE appears. After a while it interrupts. No idea why it did not save yesterday, why it does not receive the files today...... Does anybody has and Android smartphone and tried to use BT file transfer on KDE Plasma to tell me if it is known to be broken?

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Testing Nvidia Quadro K600 Kepler GPU (memory)
by -pj 03 Mar '24

03 Mar '24

Hey, I was just made aware that memtest_vulkan does not support testing for the Nvidia Kepler based GPU’s. https://github.com/GpuZelenograd/memtest_vulkan/issues/34 Can you inform me of how better to test this Nvidia Kepler GPU’s onboard memory with possibly a program or what should I consider doing at this point to verify the integrity of the video cards onboard memory?

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Working with smartctl in (CLI):
by -pj 02 Mar '24

02 Mar '24

Hi there. I am doing some work with 'smartctl' in (CLI) Konsole environment. When I pass 'smartctl -t long /dev/sda' the following is displayed: smartctl 7.4 2023-08-01 r5530 [x86_64-linux-6.7.6-1-default] (SUSE RPM) Copyright (C) 2002-23, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org === START OF OFFLINE IMMEDIATE AND SELF-TEST SECTION === Sending command: "Execute SMART Extended self-test routine immediately in off-line mode". Drive command "Execute SMART Extended self-test routine immediately in off-line mode" successful. Testing has begun. Please wait 10 minutes for test to complete. Test will complete after Fri Mar 1 16:32:28 2024 CST Use smartctl -X to abort test. Thinkcentre-M57p:~> I do not understand why this dumps back to prompt so quickly (in the Konsole instance). Ok, it is because "smartctl" sends the test off to the drives firmware. Is the "smartctl" application running? I cannot see a process output by reviewing 'ps -aux' either. How can I see the test status? Yes, I have been reviewing 'man smartctl' as shown below. Thinkcentre-M57p:~> ps -aux | grep "smartctl" root 9367 0.0 0.0 6432 3200 pts/2 S+ 15:54 0:00 man smartctl pj 11326 0.0 0.0 6592 2176 pts/4 S+ 16:41 0:00 grep --color=auto smartctl Thinkcentre-M57p:~> I review the test results with passing '# smartctl -iA -d ata -T verypermissive /dev/sda' *but* I want to know how to view the entire log file of the test though like I can see when 'GSmartControl' 'extended test' is run in (GUI). In 'smartctl' 'man page' it has '-l TYPE' but no type displays the full robust log from what I can see in 'GSmartControl' so far in my mind. Can you tell me more about what is going on here and how to review the full log? -Thanks

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please help me to run mate and orca on android 11 phone
by Mgr. Janusz Chmiel 01 Mar '24

01 Mar '24

Dear users, I Am visually impaired user with o sight at all. And fortunately, i have been allready able to run several Linux distributions on Android phone. Those distributions are: Ubuntu, Debian, Arch Linux. I could run Orca screen reader and Mate desktop environment with Orca screen reader. i could even able to use Seamonkey Internet suite and I have been even able to build and run Tuner Internet radio and all Libreoffice office apps. So I want to run The Mate desktop environment by typing dbus-run-session mate-session & But Orca screen reader refuse to start with The following errors. Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/orca", line 282, in <module> sys.exit(main()) ^^^^^^ File "/usr/bin/orca", line 279, in main return orca.main() ^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/usr/lib/python3.11/site-packages/orca/orca.py", line 843, in main if not _settingsManager.isAccessibilityEnabled(): ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/usr/lib/python3.11/site-packages/orca/settings_manager.py", line 369, in isAccessibilityEnabled rv = _proxy.Get('(ss)', 'org.a11y.Status', 'IsEnabled') ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/usr/lib64/python3.11/site-packages/gi/overrides/Gio.py", line 349, in __call__ result = self.dbus_proxy.call_sync(self.method_name, arg_variant, ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ gi.repository.GLib.GError: g-dbus-error-quark: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.a11y.Bus was not provided by any .service files (2) I have installed Mate by typing zypper in patterns-mate-mate I Am getting also other error from mate when pressing ALT+f2. Error is related to mate-menu. Thank you very much for your advices and help. With The deepest possible appreciation. Janusz Chmiel

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