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[opensuse] Unstable wifi on 42.2
by Mikhail Ramendik 08 Nov '17

08 Nov '17

Hello, I have Leap 42.2. After some update relatively recently (or possibly after a change of VDSL provider and therefore of access point/router) wifi became unstable. It is an old-ish 2.4 GHz card that uses the rt2800pci driver. It is working, but after some time, pings to the access point/router become very slow (up to 3 seconds!) and packet loss appears. Network connectivity is noticeably flaky (slow loads, extrtemely laggy games, etc). The output of the dmesg command contains the following kind of messages periodically: [ 8488.700135] cfg80211: World regulatory domain updated: [ 8488.700139] cfg80211: DFS Master region: unset [ 8488.700140] cfg80211: (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp), (dfs_cac_time) [ 8488.700141] cfg80211: (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (N/A, 2000 mBm), (N/A) [ 8488.700142] cfg80211: (2457000 KHz - 2482000 KHz @ 20000 KHz, 92000 KHz AUTO), (N/A, 2000 mBm), (N/A) [ 8488.700143] cfg80211: (2474000 KHz - 2494000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (N/A, 2000 mBm), (N/A) [ 8488.700144] cfg80211: (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 80000 KHz, 160000 KHz AUTO), (N/A, 2000 mBm), (N/A) [ 8488.700145] cfg80211: (5250000 KHz - 5330000 KHz @ 80000 KHz, 160000 KHz AUTO), (N/A, 2000 mBm), (0 s) [ 8488.700146] cfg80211: (5490000 KHz - 5730000 KHz @ 160000 KHz), (N/A, 2000 mBm), (0 s) [ 8488.700147] cfg80211: (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 80000 KHz), (N/A, 2000 mBm), (N/A) [ 8488.700147] cfg80211: (57240000 KHz - 63720000 KHz @ 2160000 KHz), (N/A, 0 mBm), (N/A) [ 8489.835461] wlan0: authenticate with 70:50:af:cc:3b:02 [ 8489.851029] wlan0: send auth to 70:50:af:cc:3b:02 (try 1/3) [ 8489.853331] wlan0: authenticated [ 8489.854916] wlan0: associate with 70:50:af:cc:3b:02 (try 1/3) [ 8489.858363] wlan0: RX AssocResp from 70:50:af:cc:3b:02 (capab=0x1411 status=0 aid=2) [ 8489.858433] wlan0: associated [ 8490.006569] SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT IN=wlan0 OUT= MAC=00:0e:2e:e5:df:23:70:50:af:cc:3b:01:08:00 SRC=192.168.1.254 DST=192.168.1.10 LEN=308 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x0 0 TTL=64 ID=0 PROTO=UDP SPT=67 DPT=68 LEN=288 What can I do to fix or diagnose this? -- Yours, Mikhail Ramendik Unless explicitly stated, all opinions in my mail are my own and do not reflect the views of any organization -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] subscribe
by Jide Ogunmekan 07 Nov '17

07 Nov '17

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[opensuse] 42.3: Packman xpaint 2.10.2-2.1 fails
by Roger Price 07 Nov '17

07 Nov '17

I used YaST to install xpaint-2.10.1-2.1.x86_64 from the Packman repository, but when I try to run it, I get X Error of failed request: BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation) Major opcode of failed request: 12 (X_ConfigureWindow) Value in failed request: 0x0 Serial number of failed request: 5895 Current serial number in output stream: 8794 There is no corresponding ticket at https://sourceforge.net/p/sf-xpaint/bugs/?source=navbar and I cannot find a support mailing list. Has anyone gotten xpaint to work with 42.3? Roger -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] another WD Green AV-GP HD failure
by Felix Miata 07 Nov '17

07 Nov '17

Last I reported one of these was for a 2TB model in August 2017. This one is a 320GB model WD3200AVVS shipped in a DVDR manufactured in 2011, the exact same model I had fail in a sister DVDR 3 years ago. The HD check function of the DVDR reported HD hours in use >20000. The HD was manufactured a month before the DVR, so both are more than 5 years old. When DVDR is powered up and not intentionally recording, it constantly buffers up to the last 6 hours of the currently tuned channel or input source for replay or permanent saving. These DVRDs use the HD in a proprietary manner, so backup and restore like we do with PC files is not possible. It can write to/from DVD, but only in real time, which makes backup and restore impractical other than by removing the disk from the DVDR and imaging it, useless for anything saved since making the last image. The DVDR froze trying to play a recording, so I shut it down, pulled the HD out, and made an image of it thus: ddrescue -d /dev/sdc dvdrfile.img dvdrfile.logfile Rescued size while running was 10MB less than total size. Average rate was 49894kB/s. Errsize: 67072B. Errors: 81. Rescued: 320072MB. ipos/opos 314588MB. Runtime: 106min. The man page, like most man pages, is minimalist WRT examples. <https://www.linux.com/learn/intro-to-linux/2017/3/gnu-ddrescue-best-damaged…> like <https://www.gnu.org/software/ddrescue/manual/ddrescue_manual.html> suggests 3 retries. I tried again adding -r5, but errsize only improved by 3 X 512. Should I try again using -r12 or more, or with other options? Or with dc3dd, or something else? Should I try again after dropping its temperature in the refrigerator or freezer? Is more improvement pointless to hope for? Excerpt from smartctl -x: SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 16 Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds: ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAGS VALUE WORST THRESH FAIL RAW_VALUE 1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate POSR-K 200 200 051 - 906 3 Spin_Up_Time POS--K 154 153 021 - 3266 4 Start_Stop_Count -O--CK 099 099 000 - 1529 5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct PO--CK 200 200 140 - 0 7 Seek_Error_Rate -OSR-K 200 200 000 - 0 9 Power_On_Hours -O--CK 072 072 000 - 20906 10 Spin_Retry_Count -O--CK 100 100 000 - 0 11 Calibration_Retry_Count -O--CK 100 100 000 - 0 12 Power_Cycle_Count -O--CK 099 099 000 - 1518 192 Power-Off_Retract_Count -O--CK 200 200 000 - 39 193 Load_Cycle_Count -O--CK 200 200 000 - 1529 194 Temperature_Celsius -O---K 102 084 000 - 41 196 Reallocated_Event_Count -O--CK 200 200 000 - 0 197 Current_Pending_Sector -O--CK 198 198 000 - 131 198 Offline_Uncorrectable ----CK 100 253 000 - 0 199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count -O--CK 200 200 000 - 0 200 Multi_Zone_Error_Rate ---R-- 100 253 000 - 0 ||||||_ K auto-keep |||||__ C event count ||||___ R error rate |||____ S speed/performance ||_____ O updated online |______ P prefailure warning -- "Wisdom is supreme; therefore get wisdom. Whatever else you get, get wisdom." Proverbs 4:7 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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Re: [opensuse] Being critical vs being negative
by ellanios82 06 Nov '17

06 Nov '17

On 06/11/17 20:06, Brian K. White wrote: > On 11/6/2017 9:11 AM, ellanios82 wrote: >> On 02/11/17 14:34, Carlos E. R. wrote: >>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >>> Hash: SHA1 >>> >>> >>> >>> On Monday, 2017-10-30 at 22:30 +0200, ellanios82 wrote: >>>> On 30/10/17 22:10, Wols Lists wrote: >>>>> I get the impression it was old hands being booted off. >>>> >>>> ~ guess "Linda" knew a thing or two >>> >>> And she contributed. >>> >>> - -- Cheers, >>> Carlos E. R. >> >> - perhaps it's timely to request Linda's reinstatement >> >> ........ >> regards >> >> > > I'd say me too please, but in fact I think Linda mostly just got swept > up in the waves I was making myself. > > I did not and still do not respect Richard Brown the slightest little > bit, so I fully expected him to swing his ban stick at me. But I feel > bad that he banned Linda too at the same time. I was mouthing off at > him because he deserved it and I wanted it on the record and I don't > care what he does to me, but she never did. > > Her only crime was asking questions that he didn't want to have to > answer or admit having only poor or no answers to. Banning someone for > that was just yet another proof of his poor character. > > So yes, please stand up for Linda. > - Good , Good .......... regards -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] openSUSE merits a better home page
by Roger Price 06 Nov '17

06 Nov '17

openSUSE merits a better home page than the current one [https://www.opensuse.org/] A recent article in Linux.com [4] explains << Initially openSUSE’s mission statement was to “encourage use of Linux & Open Source everywhere.” But, that’s no longer the heart and soul of openSUSE. OpenSUSE has evolved beyond just a Linux distribution project. They now cater to a totally different audience -- developers and sysadmins. So, openSUSE board members drafted a new mission statement: “Openly engineered tools to change your world.” ... >> << “... What we do essentially is engineering - we help in building packages, we help in testing and we help in delivering them. We care about the process.” said Brown. “At the same time everything that we do is a tool, OpenQA is a testing tool, OBS is a packaging tool, YaST is system management tool, even our distributions Leap and Tumbleweed are tools.” >> Now that openSUSE recognizes that it's main audience is a world of developers and sysadmins, the home page should show this with a style suitable for developers and sysadmins. The home page should be precise and unashamedly technical with just sufficient graphics; no twirling logos, no large pastel coloured rectangles. The home page should also be a tool, providing a crisp statement from the Chairman of the Board on why openSUSE+Yast is the best distribution of them all, and clear links to all the other tools from the top of the page. See Debian [1], DNS24 [2] and openBSD [3] for succinct examples of what can be done. Roger [1] http://www.debian.org [2] http://www.dns24.ch [3] https://www.openbsd.org/ [4] https://www.linux.com/blog/event/open-source-summit-na/2017/6/opensuse-leap…

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[opensuse] tumbleweed and vim question
by Lew Wolfgang 06 Nov '17

06 Nov '17

Hi Folks, Okay, I'm ignorant, and my friend Google hasn't been of any help. I installed the latest tumbleweed this afternoon and was dismayed to see that the default vim behavior has changed. First, searching for a string by hitting "/" and entering the string was funky. Then cutting and pasting into an open vim screen in the "insert" mode using the left and right mouse buttons did surprising things. Pasting from the clipboard using the "edit/paste" drop down menu worked, but that's very cumbersome and is contrary to how I've been doing this for 35-years. Rather than giving up and learning how to use Windows 10, is there a way to configure tumbleweed's vim to emulate the old vi syntax? Thanks, Lew -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Change with Virtual Desktops?
by Markus Egg 05 Nov '17

05 Nov '17

Hello, in SuSE 42.3 with KDE/Plasma I am missing the "Different widgets for each desktop" setting in the config of the virtual desktops. Where did this go? Afair it enabled e.g. different colors for the different virtual desktops/working areas. BR Markus -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Leap 15: will leap 15 receive an updated GPG (2.1.x)?
by stakanov 04 Nov '17

04 Nov '17

As we have now: gpg (GnuPG) 2.0.24 which does not support the update of secret key (expired subkeys) that would be sensible IMO. Should one as for it or is it already planned? Thank you. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Confused about mailing lists
by stakanov 04 Nov '17

04 Nov '17

Sorry for asking. On what list one has to asks questions about Leap 15. Thank you. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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