December 2017 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] zypper addrepo - http:// vs. https://
by Per Jessen 10 Apr '18

10 Apr '18

I'm sure someone has a quick explanation: a) zypper addrepo 'https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Virtualization:containers/openSU…' This fails: Download (curl) error for 'https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Virtualization:containers/openSU…': Error code: Bad URL Error message: Protocol http not supported or disabled in libcurl b) zypper addrepo 'https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Virtualization:/containers/openS…' Works fine. (notice the extra slash between 'Virtualization:' and 'container'. c) zypper addrepo 'http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Virtualization:containers/openSUS…' d) zypper addrepo 'http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Virtualization:/containers/openSU…' Both work fine. -- Per Jessen, Zürich (9.1°C) http://www.cloudsuisse.com/ - your owncloud, hosted in Switzerland. -- 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] Which distros for ReiserFS?
by Stevens 03 Apr '18

03 Apr '18

On the odd chance that I was ignored for possibly hijacking a thread, I shall start a new one but copy and paste my comments in hope of an answer: (re: Killing ReiserFS) I have been following this thread with some interest because of having been running ReiserFS since before he turned homicidal. I have had zero, count that ZERO, problems in all that time so I read with some dismay the effort to actively kill its usage in this whatever-you-call-it distro. I think that the more relevant question to ask is not "can we keep this file system around, pretty please" but "what distros are allowing its use by not actively trying to kill it"? I have used opensuse since before Mandrake went away, which has been a while and, although I don't really want to change distros, I am not married to suse (or leap, or whatever). I feel that what we have here with opensuse/leap is an example of the classic "swing" cartoon which shows the stages of project development from sales, engineering, installation and what the customer actually wanted. My need is not as complex as some and for that ReiserFS works quite well. So, my question remains, "If not suse/leap, then who"? Hopefully someone will know what distros allow the freedom to use whichever FS one wishes without running afoul of the FS nazis. -- 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] Package search web page does not work for me
by Carlos E. R. 15 Feb '18

15 Feb '18

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I go to: <https://software.opensuse.org/search> and search for any package, say "meld". I get a list of hits. I click on one: meld Visual diff and merge tool Show 1 Development packages and I get this error: <https://software.opensuse.org/package/meld> Error :codecs is not a valid locale I have been getting that error for some days. However, on a new user I don't get any error, it works. I do not have "codecs" as locale: cer@Telcontar:~> set | grep codec __git_mergetools_common=$'diffuse diffmerge ecmerge emerge kdiff3 meld opendiff\n\t\t\ttkdiff vimdiff gvimdiff xxdiff araxis p4merge bc codecompare\n' cer@Telcontar:~> locale | grep codec cer@Telcontar:~> - -- Cheers Carlos E. R. (from 42.2 x86_64 "Malachite" at Telcontar) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iEYEARECAAYFAln06z8ACgkQtTMYHG2NR9U3lgCgjdg/rLggwxeTlT1Dh2qaCp03 bocAn3DlEbzUMiMOhh0uvItf/j6c/7Z7 =vPYi -----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] systemd unit file ignores minidlna default configuration
by Bob Williams 03 Jan '18

03 Jan '18

For some time I have been successfully running a minidlna server which streams music to a Bose Soundtouch device over WiFi. However, it stopped working a few weeks ago, and the SoundTouch device could only find an empty folder. After several re-writes of /etc/minidlna.conf without success, searching for other versions of minidlna.conf in non-default locations, I finally tracked the culprit down to /usr/lib/systemd/system/minidlna.service: [Unit] Description=MiniDLNA UPnP-A/V and DLNA media server After=var-run.mount nss-lookup.target network.target remote-fs.target [Service] Type=forking PIDFile=/var/run/minidlnad.pid ExecStartPre=/usr/sbin/minidlnaconfig EnvironmentFile=-/var/lib/minidlna/rescan.conf ExecStart=/usr/sbin/minidlnad $RESCAN -P /var/run/minidlnad.pid -f /var/lib/minidlna/minidlna.conf [0] [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target So the unit file was forcing minidlna to use the configuration file in /var/lib/minidlna/minidlna.conf rather than the default /etc/minidlna.conf! /var/lib/minidlna/minidlna.conf pointed to media_dir=/mnt and was recreated at start-up, so even editing the media_dir= line didn't work. Changing line [0] to include "-f /etc/minidlna.conf" got things working again - and just in time for Christmas. ;-) I have no idea how this got changed, but I wonder if anyone else has come across anything similar? Bob -- Bob Williams System: Linux 4.4.103-36-default Distro: openSUSE 42.3 (x86_64) Desktop: KDE Frameworks: 5.32.0, Qt: 5.6.2 and Plasma: 5.8.7 -- 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] Why is Leap 42.2 missing /usr/include/sys/random.h?? (and no getrandom in linux/random.h)
by David C. Rankin 03 Jan '18

03 Jan '18

All, getrandom() was added with the 3.17 kernel, yet Leap 42.2 does not contain a prototype in /usr/include/linux/random.h and does not include /usr/include/sys/random.h at all. Anybody know why?? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. -- 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] 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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