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[opensuse-support] LaTeX compilation fails with 'mktexfmt [ERROR]: -user mode but path setup is -sys type, bailing out.' - Possible bug?
by Johannes Foerster 09 Nov '20

09 Nov '20

Dear reader, I want to clarify whether this is a bug I should report or just some minor issue I could not resolve on my own. I decided to do this according to [0]. The system I'm using is an installation of openSUSE Tumbleweed with the transactional-update role/pattern from the Kubic project. It is rather fresh - installation medium was the Tumbleweed NET variant 20201024 snapshot. > cat /etc/os-release NAME="openSUSE Tumbleweed" # VERSION="20201107" ID="opensuse-tumbleweed" ID_LIKE="opensuse suse" VERSION_ID="20201107" PRETTY_NAME="openSUSE Tumbleweed" ANSI_COLOR="0;32" CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:opensuse:tumbleweed:20201107" BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.opensuse.org" HOME_URL="https://www.opensuse.org/" DOCUMENTATION_URL="https://en.opensuse.org/Portal:Tumbleweed" LOGO="distributor-logo" I intended to use lualatex(1) from the TeXLive distribution. > latexmk --version Latexmk, John Collins, 17 Apr. 2020. Version 4.69a > lualatex --version This is LuaHBTeX, Version 1.12.0 (TeX Live 2020/TeX Live for SUSE Linux) Execute 'luahbtex --credits' for credits and version details. [snip] Though when I try to compile my document via latexmk(1) I recieve the following error message: mktexfmt [ERROR]: -user mode but path setup is -sys type, bailing out. and latexmk(1) aborts. The compilation fails. Then I did some research which returned [1-2]. Digging deeper I checked the output of the commands suggested in [2]#c4 (i.e. comment 4 of [2]): > kpsewhich language.dat /etc/texmf/tex/generic/config/language.dat > kpsewhich language.dat.lua /etc/texmf/tex/generic/config/language.dat.lua > kpsewhich language.def /etc/texmf/tex/generic/config/language.def > LANG=C sh -c 'find /usr/share/texmf/ -name language.dat.lua \ -or -name language.def \ -or -name language.dat | xargs ls -gl' lrwxrwxrwx 1 root 59 Aug 25 20:05 /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/language.dat -> ../../../../../../etc/texmf/tex/generic/config/language.dat lrwxrwxrwx 1 root 63 Aug 25 20:05 /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/language.dat.lua -> ../../../../../../etc/texmf/tex/generic/config/language.dat.lua lrwxrwxrwx 1 root 59 Aug 25 20:05 /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/language.def -> ../../../../../../etc/texmf/tex/generic/config/language.def > LANG=C ls -l /run/texlive/ ls: cannot access '/run/texlive/': No such file or directory The symptoms look all the same. Then I followed [2]c#13 and ran: > sudo -i # umask 0022 # mkdir /run/texlive # touch /run/texlive/run-{hypen,fmtutil.{language,refresh}} # /usr/share/texmf/texconfig/update I do not have the output of that anymore but it told me that my TeXLive installation was broken and I should try reinstalling certain texlive packages. I figured this might be due to the transactional role (Kubic) and did the same as above but now inside a shell on a rw snapshot via: # transactional-update -d shell This finished successfully. Bug after a reboot the symptoms were still the same. So this workaround did not fix it for me. Can anyone help me trying to fix it or give any suggestions? Is this a bug I should report? This would be my first. Any particular suggestions for reporting it? Thanks in advance and kind regards, Johannes References: [0] - https://en.opensuse.org/index.php?title=openSUSE:Submitting_bug_reports&old… [1] - https://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php/528778 [2] - https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1074128 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-support+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-support+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-support] Request: android-tools Package for openSUSE Leap 15.2 ff
by michael.kasimir＠gmx.de 08 Nov '20

08 Nov '20

Hi, I had started this request in January, 7th 2020: https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-support/2020-01/msg00023.html[1] which has been solved by Axel. After upgrading to Leap 15.2 now the problem is, there are no repos available. So, within this e-mail I would like to inquire, if the following package for openSUSE Leap 15.2 ff can be made available: 1) android-tools https://software.opensuse.org/download.html?project=hardware&package=androi… Unfortunately the offered packages are only available for openSUSE Tumbleweed. On the other hand, the second necessary package: 2) android-udev-rules https://software.opensuse.org/download.html?project=hardware&package=androi… is available in different versions as *.src.rpm source package for openSUSE Leap 15.2 ff. I would appreciate to get an answer about this question and any possible further assistance. With kind regards M -------- [1] https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-support/2020-01/msg00023.html

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[opensuse-support] Correct syntax for aria and usage of aria in Falkon
by Stakanov 06 Nov '20

06 Nov '20

a) In the CLI: When the aria2c -h says: k, Valori possibili: #basic, #advanced, #http, #https, #ftp, #metalink, #bittorrent, #cookie, #hook, #file, #rpc, #checksum, #experimental, #deprecated, #help, #all Predefinito: #basic Etichette: #basic, #help how do I have to write the command: k=#metalink or k = #metalink or k #metalink ? When the program says: -x, --max-connection-per-server=NUM The maximum number of connections to one server for each download. Valori possibili: 1-16 Predefinito: 1 Etichette: #basic, #http, #ftp same problem: does the shortening require an equal sign in addition to the -x? Or just -x space then N? [-xN -x=N or -x N] b) Usage as external download application in falkon: If I set: executable: aria argument: aria2c --split=4 --max-concurrent-downloads=1 %d Here: What is actually the right way to define "executable" here? With path, no path, just aria or aria2c? Is it possible to use shortening in Falkon or is it better to use explicit? Normally I think this is a kind of handover of these values to the CLI, so it would not matter. But I really do not know. Just to be able to understand if "something hangs". If you never used this and ask yourself "what the heck he is talking about": Falkon, menu "preferences", voice "download", here "external program manager. What I am trying to do: define Falkon as the default browser solution to download metalink downloads (as with FF this is a pita and sometimes you do not want to do all the copy and past stuff to the CLI). Las question c) is there a kind of "convention"for -h output of a program, that is always equal, in order to have no ambiguity? My problem is always the right syntax of shortening as opposed to explicit. Thank you in advance. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-support+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-support+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-support] microphone problems with https://meet.opensuse.org/ and others
by Carlos E. R. 03 Nov '20

03 Nov '20

Hi, I have microphone problems using https://meet.opensuse.org/ or https://meet2.opensuse.org/. It appears that meet uses something called "Monitor of HD-Audio Gener..." - I can not see the full name, and it does not allow me to change it. If I start on a new Firefox profile, it asks me what to use; the other choice is "HD-Audio Generic Analog ..." and the microphone works instantly. There are no cookies saved by "meet.opensuse.org", so I have no idea how to tell meet to change the microphone source. In fact, if I go go "https://meet.opensuse.org/" and use the cog wheel, it does allow me to see the other sound source, but it refuses to accept the click on it. I I go to firefox settings and clear the microphone permissions, on reloading "https://meet.opensuse.org/" I can select "HD-Audio Generic Analog ..." - apparently. Once I start a test meeting, it insists on using "Monitor of HD-Audio Gener..." (which fails). It shows both sources, but it does not allow me to change to the one that works. But, in the other Firefox profile, I can select the right one from the start and it works. As a last recourse, I delete all cookies. Does not work, insists on using the wrong microphone. How can I convince Jitsi (meet at opensuse) to use the correct microphone? -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.1 x86_64 at Telcontar)

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[opensuse-support] problem with KDE plasma slideshow
by George from the tribe 02 Nov '20

02 Nov '20

So I have now installed 15.2 on all 3 pcs that I regularly use... All overall very happy with the new system... On my desktop only, I have had some issues with the system slowing down and locking up. It seems to be related to plasma. My desktop has an nvidia graphics card and I run 3 monitors off of it. For background on the setup, I read somewhere, I think in the forums, something about disabling an Xorg file or something like that, so that the graphics driver it uses is the one that is part of the kernel? It had me do something that disabled making it point to nouveau or a proprietary nvidia driver, but I can't remember what I did. In any case, the system seems to work ok except that sometimes I seem to get these intermittent hangs. (If anyone can remember the link to the tutorial that described that procedure that would be great, because I am kicking myself now for not having bookmarked it.) So I decided to fully reset kde by removing the .config directory and set everything up again from scratch. I have run into a snag in the setup now. I like to set a slideshow for my desktop to pictures on my hard disk that I have taken. I noticed that when configuring the desktop, the new applet for 15.2 provides a thumbnail preview for every single picture that is added in when setting up a slideshow. This is where the snag hits, and I think I know why. If I add a directory that just has 30 or so pictures, or even up to 100 or so pictures, it is no big deal. The system finds all the pictures right away, makes thumbnails and puts the thumbnails in the preview pane, and within a couple of seconds everything is fine. The problem comes when I add one of my pictures directories that has thousands and thousands of pictures. Because the applet is built so that it won't let you out until it has retrieved thumbnails for every single picture in every subdirectory, it locks up plasma. For a long time. A really long time. I haven't found out how long because I have to kill X every time with ctrl-alt-double backspace after 15 minutes or so. It clearly doesn't need to put preview thumbnails for all 30,000 pictures in that little applet. Perhaps someone on the development team could modify the way it looks at that? Do I need to send this to KDE instead of noting it here? I haven't tried setting up a slideshow on my other 2 pcs, which are both laptops and neither one uses nvidia, so I don't know for sure if the problem is more with nvidia on my desktop or with the way the applet is coded. Thanks, George -- 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: 15.2 | Plasma 5 | Core i5 | 64 | 8GB -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-support+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-support+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-support] leap didn't make it
by Doug McGarrett 01 Nov '20

01 Nov '20

On a different computer, I installed leap, just to see what it offered. It got very little use, but was left in sleep mode until I tried to bring it up today. It came up, but it was unhappy-- things in the GUI didn't work. Rebooted. Came up black screen with mouse cursor in center. Long story short, nothing I tried, including rescue mode (or whatever it's called) brought back normal operation. Finally put install disk in and tried rescue, but it asks for login: and password: tried my username and my password from when the system worked, but it doesn't want that. If someone knows what it wants, I'll go on from there. otherwise, maybe just put the Windows drive back and forget it. --doug -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-support+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-support+owner(a)opensuse.org

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