December 2017 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] Q: Start MATE Instead of KDE-Plasma
by Andrei V 02 Jan '18

02 Jan '18

Hi ! I have installed MATE (along with KDE-Plasma), and now would like to auto-start MATE. sysconfig -> Window manager -> Default_WM - marco instead of kde-plasma sysconfig -> Display manager -> DISPLAYMANAGER -> sddm However, I'm still booted into KDE. What to do else to start MATE instead of KDE ? Thanks in advance. Andrei -- 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] flash player plugin interrupts, high CPU usage
by Istvan Gabor 01 Jan '18

01 Jan '18

Hello: There's a radio stream I listen to frequently and is available as flash stream. In Leap 42.2 using default openSUSE firefox version (52.2.0) and flash player plugin from packman (28.0.0.126) the stream suffers from interrupts, sometimes lasting 2-4 seconds. During these interrupts the desktop hangs, eg the mouse cursor cannot be moved. 'top' command indicates that plugin-container uses > 100% CPU. I have two other systems, openSUSE 13.1 and openSUSE 13.2 where I can listen to the same stream without any issue, no hangs, no interrupts. The interrupts occur only in Leap 42.2. How can I trace and possibly fix it? I don't know what to look for. Can it be a graphics driver issue? I use nvidia proprietary driver with the following packages installed: vidia-computeG03-340.104-11.1.x86_64 nvidia-glG03-340.104-11.1.x86_64 x11-video-nvidiaG03-340.104-11.1.x86_64 nvidia-gfxG03-kmp-default-340.104_k4.4.27_2-11.1.x86_64 Thanks, Istvan -- 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] kodi
by Dave Howorth 31 Dec '17

31 Dec '17

I just installed kodi but I'm having trouble making it work. I have several questions: (1) it doesn't seem to handle the mouse and keyboard well. Moving the mouse seems to change keyboard focus sometimes, and it 's not clear to me when I can use the keyboard and when the mouse. There seems to be no consistency. What's the UI model? (2) It comes up full screen. Is there any way to persuade it to be a window? (3) I have a directory with some audio files that VLC is happy to play. I imported the top-level directory into kodi and it sees the sub-directory structure but it sees the leaf directories where the audio files are as empty. What am I doing wrong? I installed it because I understand it is a popular and easy to use program but so far, very much not so. -- 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] Compossing a foto
by Carlos E. R. 30 Dec '17

30 Dec '17

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I have a bunch of sky photos with stars and some shooting stars (of 639 photos taken, 13 contain shooting stars, Geminids). I have seen photographs compossed of automatically joining several such photos so that you see one photo with a dozen(s) shooting stars. How can I do that, in Linux? (If not in Linux, then Windows) The application I understand superposes several photos matching the stars one on top of the other (as dots) and the landscape, and then the shooting stars are seen as several lines. - -- Cheers Carlos E. R. (from 42.2 x86_64 "Malachite" at Telcontar) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iEYEARECAAYFAlpExqwACgkQtTMYHG2NR9Wx4wCeIQwmWno8jYCRWUt8xFSE9wAK GD8AoIdqA5L24gZPtzhcwKn70MZ0e+VX =S928 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- 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] IPv6 Rogue Router Security Issue
by Lew Wolfgang 30 Dec '17

30 Dec '17

Hi Folks, There seems to be a flurry of IPv6 talk going on, maybe this is time for me to bring up the rogue router problem again? I asked about this a couple of times over the years but could never find anyone to comment on it. First, here's the RFC that describes the problem: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6104 Rogue routers have affected me personally at a customer's site. This is a large, professionally managed, dual-stacked network with a number of v4 class B addresses and thousands of hosts. Subnets seem to be /20 CIDR in size, so there are plenty of "neighbors" on any given subnet. I've encountered the situation where misconfigured Windows systems will advertise themselves as an IPv6 router. They then happily accept traffic and drop it all silently on the floor. This problem doesn't seem to bother other Windows boxes too much, but it absolutely kills SSH connections. SSH preferentially tries IPv6 port 22, which when sent to a dumb Windows box results in very long hangups and connection failures. My workaround for my cohort of Linux desktops and servers was to disable IPv6 for both ssh and sshd. This will work for as long as the host network supports dual stacks, but eventually? Then there's the issue of intentional MITM attacks using this vector. If a bad actor has physical access to a subnet, or has compromised a host on that subnet, your goose is cooked. This link mentions some mitigations, but they're quite technical and may require hardware support. https://community.infoblox.com/t5/IPv6-Center-of-Excellence/Holding-IPv6-Ne… So, what is the threat to a home IPv6 user who has WiFi and an Internet of Things with minimal/non-existent security? I personally feel safer behind a nice natted IPv4 firewall with ACL rules between my copper and WiFi subnets. I just feel that I have more control of the situation with a simpler network. Has SUSE addressed this issue? Tell me I don't have to worry about it! Regards, 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] Blue background printing Web pages
by Jeffrey L. Taylor 30 Dec '17

30 Dec '17

Often when I print a Web page, there is a blue background under much of it. This makes it hard to read and is using up my ink. Unchecking Background Graphics does not get rid of it. Any thoughts? -- 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] Ripping PS1 Games to ISO
by Paul Groves 30 Dec '17

30 Dec '17

Hi, So I am trying to backup my ps1 games to ISO files. I specifically need ISO to use with an emulator. I am unable to find any toolk e.g. k3b, brasero etc. to do this because PS1 games are a mixed mode disc and none of these tools appear to be compatible. So I have found this script: https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/ju4m5/how_do_i_rip_a_ps1_cd_using_d… Which successfully generated a bin and cue file but I cannot seem to convert said bin/cue to iso I must be doing something wrong here because I have tried 6 games with the same error. Can anyone enlighten me? Below is the output from bchunk. I cannot find much information about this error online. Is there an alternative to bchunk perhaps? bchunk -v -p pmw.bin pmw.cue pmw.iso binchunker for Unix, version 1.2.0 by Heikki Hannikainen <hessu(a)hes.iki.fi> Created with the kind help of Bob Marietta <marietrg(a)SLU.EDU>, partly based on his Pascal (Delphi) implementation. Support for MODE2/2352 ISO tracks thanks to input from Godmar Back <gback(a)cs.utah.edu>, Colas Nahaboo <Colas(a)Nahaboo.com> and Matthew Green <mrg(a)eterna.com.au>. Released under the GNU GPL, version 2 or later (at your option). Reading the CUE file: ... ouch, no space after track number. -- 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] Correct setup for avr-gcc/avr-libc
by Simon Heimbach 30 Dec '17

30 Dec '17

Hello everyone! Since a couple of weeks my avr-toolchain installation is broken. It started with an update that resulted in a file-conflict between avr-insight and avr-libc. I choose avr-libc as I couldn't remember having ever had installed insighed. Now avr-gcc/avr-ld complains about the object-file for the microcontroller: /opt/cross/lib/gcc/avr/5.4.0/../../../../avr/bin/ld: cannot find crtatmega32u2.o I have installed several versions of cross-avr-gcc from this repo: CrossToolchain:avr I have also tried to install everything from source with no success. Actually the file does exist here: /usr/avr/sys-root/lib/avr35. And even when I force link it, I get the same error message. Can anyone point me how to solve this issue? Many thanks in advance! Simon -- 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] LVM devices not being recognized by kdump initrd
by Jason Voorhees 29 Dec '17

29 Dec '17

Hello guys: I'm running suse 12 in a HP Proliant DL580 G9 server which is currently having some strange issues. I've recently configured kdump (using YaST and Low+High mem values) but I'm unable to make it work. Everytime I try to execute a SysRq (echo c > /proc/sysrq-trigger9 to make my system crash and kdump to get started, I get an error like this: Starting Setup Virtual Console... [OK] Started Setup Virtual Console. Starting Dracut Emergency Shell... Warning: /dev/mapper/3600508b1001c0dff3dd8a8f270cec052_part1 does not exist Warning: /dev/mapper/vg00-lvcrash does not exist Warning: /dev/mapper/vg00-lvroot does not exist Warning: /dev/mapper/vg00-lvswap does not exist Warning: /dev/mapper/vg00-lvswap02 does not exist Warning: /dev/vg00/lvcrash does not exist Warning: /dev/vg00/lvroot does not exist Warning: /dev/vg00/lvswap does not exist Warning: /dev/vg00/lvswap02 does not exist Warning: Boot has failed. To debug this issue add "rd.shell rd.debug" to the kernel command line. [FAILED] Failed to start Dracut Emergency Shell. See "systemctl status dracut-emergency.service" for details. [OK] Started dracut initqueue hook. [OK] Reached target Initrd Root File System. [OK] Starting Reload Configuration from the Real Root... [OK] Reached target Remote File Systems (Pre). [OK] Reached target Remote File Systems. [OK] Started Reload Configuration from the Real Root. [OK] Reached target Initrd File Systems. Those Warning messages refer to LVM and/or multipath devices not being recognized. It seems that kdump initrd file does not contain the appropriate kernel modules or maybe some internal script is failing to recognize my LVM devices. My volume group vg00 resides in a local disk (no SAN), however the underlying disk appears in the output of "multipath -ll" command as if it were a SAN disk. Take a look at this: 3600508b1001c0dff3dd8a8f270cec052 dm-0 HP,LOGICAL VOLUME size=1.6T features='1 queue_if_no_path' hwhandler='0' wp=rw `-+- policy='service-time 0' prio=1 status=active `- 0:1:0:0 sda 8:0 active ready running What I've tried so far: 1. Uncompress kdump initrd file to see if dm-mod and dm-multipath modules are included. I confirm that those modules exist inside such ramdisk file. 2. Add (then remove) root_no_dm=1 and root_no_mpath=1 to /etc/sysconfig/kdump followed by a "mkdumprd -f" and "rckdump restart". I had no luck, my vg00 is not recognized yet. 3. Rebuild the kdump initrd by runnnig "mkdumprd -f -i lvm2" trying to force lvm2 module to be included. No luck. I wonder if you can help me, maybe give me some ideas or similar experieces you've had before. Thanks in advance for your time. -- 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] mouse pointer in seamonkey 2.49
by Istvan Gabor 28 Dec '17

28 Dec '17

Hello: I have installed seamonkey 2.49.1 in openSUSE Leap 42.2. The fonts and the mouse pointer look different than in other applications. I guess it is because seamonkey 2.49 uses gtk3. How can I set gtk3 fonts and mouse pointer theme in openSUSE Leap 42.2? I use KDE3 if it does matter, but KDE4 packages are also installed. Thanks, Istvan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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