February 2021 - openSUSE Support - openSUSE Mailing Lists

zypper and YaST can't see the Packman repository
by J Leslie Turriff 24 Feb '21

24 Feb '21

Now that I've upgraded to Leap 15.2, I'm trying to re-add the Packman repository, but when I try to refresh it, zypper tells me | █ zypper ref -r Packman | Retrieving repository 'Packman' metadata ................................................................................................. [error] | Repository 'Packman' is invalid. | [Packman| https://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/misc/packman/suse/openSUSE_Leap_15.2/] Valid metadata not found at specified URL | History: | - [|] Error trying to read from 'https://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/misc/packman/suse/openSUSE_Leap_15.2/' | - Timeout exceeded when accessing 'https://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/misc/packman/suse/openSUSE_Leap_15.2/content'. | | Please check if the URIs defined for this repository are pointing to a valid repository. | Skipping repository 'Packman' because of the above error. | Could not refresh the repositories because of errors. After removing and re-adding Packman (using cut-and-paste from https://en.opensuse.org/Additional_package_repositories) several times with the same results, I tried using YaST's Software Repositories tool. Using the Add button and selecting Community Repositories, YaST tells me | Unable to download list of repositories | or no repositories defined (see attached) However, I'm able to browse to https://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/misc/packman/suse/openSUSE_Leap_15.2/ and view its contents. I also tried disabling privoxy, but that didn't help. Is there some sort of cache entry that needs to be purged? I've never seen this before. Leslie --

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Review Article: How to Install OpenSUSE Leap 15.2
by TrendOceans 23 Feb '21

23 Feb '21

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huge zypper cache never cleaned up?
by Maximilian Trummer 22 Feb '21

22 Feb '21

I just noticed that my zypper cache in /var/cache/zypp/ is almost 45 GiB in size on one machine. Now I could clean this myself of course, but I wondered if there is no service that does this automatically. regards

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scanner is detected wrong
by Pal 22 Feb '21

22 Feb '21

Hello, I've upgraded my system to Leap 15.2 from 15.1 and my scanner cannot be used since then. It is a Mustek BearPaw 2400 CUPlus which is supported by Sane and I use it on OpenSUSE in the last 15 years w/o problems. Backend file is still on its place (I upgraded with zypped dup), scanner is visible with lsusb after system is booted up and it can be also seen in yast scanner section. It can be used to scan one page with xsane but after that it doesn't work anymore and says device is not available. It also cannot be listed with lsusb nor in yast modul. Can you please help what to check.

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printer again
by Doug McGarrett 17 Feb '21

17 Feb '21

I managed to get all the print queues cleared, with some difficulty. I used YaST to remove a second HP printer, so there is less confusion. I don't know why it got there in the first place. Now there is just one, not working. I wrote a little one-sentence file in Kate and told it to print to the LaserJet. Nothing happened--no light came on in the printer or anything. Then checked on the terminal. linux1:~ # lpstat linux1:~ # lpq -a Rank Owner Job File(s) Total Size 1st doug 289 Untitled 10240 bytes linux1:~ # lprm -P HP_LaserJet_Pro_M201dw linux1:~ # lpq -a no entries I think lpstat should have shown the existence of the queue, as lpq -a did. I then cleared the queue with lprm -P, as you can see, and the queue is gone, but no output resulted. I then went to a laptop with a Linux system (not OS-TW) on it and repeated the exercise, which shows the LaserJet working fine. What now? --doug

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Hacked!
by doug mack 16 Feb '21

16 Feb '21

This is probably off-topic, but I have evidence that my machine has been hacked. When trying to access CUPS I get a message that says in effect that it is a security issue and does not complete. This hack probably occurred in the last 3 or 4 days, and I apologize for any messages sent to the list from the Linux partition-- I may have sent one or two before finding the situation. I am writing this from Windows (ugh!) after running Avast Security on this partition. There is no AV software on the Linux partition, and I am having a terrible time trying to get and install something along this line. The closest I came is Eset, which requires a 32-bit lib, which I have found, and downloaded, but I'm not sure how to install it. (This is a 32-bit lib on a 64-bit file, somehow. Eset will not let me proceed without this.) If someone would like to assist, I will open the Linux system, write down as best I can what I am trying to do and then post it here in Windows, so as not to send any malware to the list. --doug PS: This version of Thunderbird is driving me crazy! -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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Brace for impact: Snapshot 20210212 is a full rebuild based on glibc 2.33
by Dominique Leuenberger / DimStar 16 Feb '21

16 Feb '21

Dear Tumbleweed users, At the moment, Tumbleweed snapshot 20210212 is being synced out to the mirrors; the public announcement of the snapshot being available will (estimated) be at around 12pm CET. I want to inform you upfront of a few specialties: * The snapshot is going to be large, in the number of packages to 'update' (mostly rebuild counters) and thus also megabytes. * The snapshot is the first to be based on glibc 2.33 https://sourceware.org/pipermail/libc-alpha/2021-February/122207.html While testing this snapshot, a few things were broken (which delayed publishing a bit). There are, however, still two issues known which you should be aware of: * NIS integrated system administrators might want to check out https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1182247 - the nss_compat module does not load additional modules, which means you might have to adjust the nsswitch.conf to make 'nis' an explicit setting. * Especially on 32bit systems we had seen a bunch of sandboxing features not behaving as expected. This currently (still) affects libqt5-qtwebengine. An additional fix is currently being published in parallel into the update channel (http://download.opensuse.org/update/tumbleweed/) In case you see rendering issues (kmail for example) make sure to have this update included. The other fixes (OpenSSH, chromium) which we had seen in prior testings are already included in snapshot 20210212 and should not be of concern. As usual, if you see new bugs appearing, please verify if somebody else already filed them in bugzilla.opensuse.org and, if not already present, file the bugs yourself. Cheers, Dominique

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Cascade of dialog frames when moving a window
by Ianseeks 15 Feb '21

15 Feb '21

HI Since the latest opensuse tumbleweed update, if i move a small window around , it leaves a trail of its image behind and it does not disappear until i close the window. Does anyone know what this effect is called so i can possibly track down a config option that the latest update configured? regards Ian -- opensuse:tumbleweed:20210208 Qt: 5.15.2 KDE Frameworks: 5.78.0 - KDE Plasma: 5.20.5 - kwin 5.20.5 kmail2 5.16.2 (20.12.2) - akonadiserver 5.16.2 (20.12.2) - Kernel: 5.10.12-1-default - xf86-video-nouveau: 1.0.17

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Re: printer again
by Doug McGarrett 15 Feb '21

15 Feb '21

On 2/14/21 4:51 PM, Doug McGarrett wrote: > > > On 2/14/21 1:29 PM, Axel Braun wrote: >> Am Sonntag, 14. Februar 2021, 19:25:11 CET schrieb DennisG: >>> I saw that an ESET NOD32 update fixed this problem for some. Maybe try >>> that, or just uninstall it. >> Thanks for the hint, Dennis >> A good proof that a 'virus scanner' on Linux does more harm than good. >> Snakeoil, so to say >> /Ax > I am trying to uninstall eset, but no luck! Here is the listing from > /home/doug/Downloads: > > linux1:/home/doug/Downloads # ls -la es* > -rwxr--r-- 1 doug users 124441008 Feb 3 19:06 > eset_nod32av_64bit_en(1).linux > > Here is what happens: > > linux1:/home/doug/Downloads # zypper rm eset_nod32av_64bit_en\(1\).linux > Reading installed packages... > 'eset_nod32av_64bit_en(1).linux' not found in package names. Trying > capabilities. > No provider of 'eset_nod32av_64bit_en(1).linux' found. > Resolving package dependencies... > Nothing to do. > > Nevertheless, it is installed, fersure! Pieces of it all over the > place! Now what? Must I hunt down > every instance and delete it piecemeal, orr Found reason and fixed it. eset is gone.--doug > > > > >

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start over
by Doug McGarrett 15 Feb '21

15 Feb '21

This began as "printer again" and I mentioned a number of crashes. I have decided to start over, i.e., loading a new version of OpenSUSE-TW. I obviously would like to save as much of my own files and apps as possible. I've never done this before, so I don't know what I have to do. gparted shows some Windows partitions, then /dev/nvme0n1p6 as ext4 / and /dev/nvme0n1p7 as ext4 /home mount point shows as /run/media/doug/4640427543C81F7S The / and /home are formatted ext4, and I want to keep this formatting. It does appear that my own stuff is in /home, but is this just the CONTENTS of the apps, or the entire installed app? That is, do I have to look up and install all the apps over again? I have an outboard H/D with nothing on it, which gparted calls /dev/sda1, formatted ntfs at present. I want to copy the entire /home directory to this, and then copy it back to the cleaned up and reinstalled system. Should I leave the ntfs format, or should I change it? If so, to what? ext4? What should I be doing to get all this done, neatly and cleanly? Before you go: There MAY be a problem with the eset AV program. Is this something (which I paid for) that I have to eliminate, and if so, what can I replace it with? It seemed that before I went for eset I tried to install something free, but unsuccessfully. Sorry for the long post, but you folks have been a big help to this newbie to OpenSUSE, and I hope you will do so again. Thank you! --doug

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