March 2017 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] Re: Aw: Re: [opensuse-factory] Re: Tumbleweed snapshot 20170227: two serious problems I encountered
by Anton Aylward 01 Mar '17

01 Mar '17

On 01/03/17 11:33 AM, Axel Braun wrote: >> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 01. März 2017 um 17:29 Uhr >> Von: "Anton Aylward" <opensuse(a)antonaylward.com> >> My problem now is that zypper won't work. >> It won't work if I use "up'. >> It won't work if I use "dup". >> It won't work if I use "info" > > Does rpm still work? That means you could at least install a fixed zypper version, and then continue as usual Nice idea. I've just tried zypper with a fixed repository, bypassing the proxy mechanism: # zypper up -r http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/opensuse/distribution/leap/42.2/repo/oss/ Repository 'http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/opensuse/distribution/leap/42.2/repo/oss/' not found by its alias, number, or URI. Apparently I don't understand the syntax. It advises using 'zypper repos' but that just produces the same result as 'zypper lr'. -- A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting frowned upon? -- 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] Very basic dd question
by Stevens 01 Mar '17

01 Mar '17

I ask this kinda stupid question only because I really don't want to experiment with my only running computer. A friend has a bunch of very old Windows crap and wanted to know if I could "clone" a couple of his drives so he gave me 2 good drives and several "target" drives - all laptop ide, I think - anyway, I have one usb adapter that I can use, so the question is will the following work to clone a drive? dd if= /dev/sdb (the usb drive) of=/user/[my user home]/temp/bck If so, what would I need to tell it to make a bootable clone? Just reverse the commands? The drive is 540MB so space isn't an issue... And yes, disk partitioning software does see the usb drive and when it is plugged in the system allows me to open it in Dolphin. Thanks, Fred -- 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] A positive article that highlights Tumbleweed without making a big deal about it
by Greg Freemyer 01 Mar '17

01 Mar '17

All, I found this article positive: http://www.zdnet.com/article/how-my-new-laptop-illustrates-one-of-the-best-… Mostly because it treats Tumbleweed as just another distro choice and not something exotic. In particular, the author first found his touchpad to be working under linux while using Tumbleweed. Greg -- Greg Freemyer -- 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 42.2 - missing uucp package
by mh＠mike.franken.de 01 Mar '17

01 Mar '17

Hi *, is there any reason why Taylor uucp is no longer part of Leap 42.2, while Leap 42.1 contained it? I rely heavily on uucp, *because* it is an ancient protocol and nearly nobody (especially hackers) cares about it. Would be great, if someone could include it in Leap 42.2. TIA. Bye. Michael. -- Michael Hirmke -- 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] oSC17 IRC Meeting - Week 4
by ddemaio 01 Mar '17

01 Mar '17

Hi all, We will have a half hour meeting tonight at 1700 UTC on the openSUSE-project IRC Channel on freenode to discuss the following topics for the openSUSE Conference. Status Keynote T-Shirts Design Videos Sponsors TSP Posters cya there. v/r Doug Links for previous meetings Week 1 - https://community.opensuse.org/meetings/opensuse-project/2017/opensuse-proj… Week 2 - http://community.opensuse.org/meetings/opensuse-project/2017/opensuse-proje… Week 3 - http://community.opensuse.org/meetings/opensuse-project/2017/opensuse-proje… -- 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] HP printer Leap 42.2
by michael norman 01 Mar '17

01 Mar '17

My HP D2300 usb printer has worked for many years. It is attached to one of my two pcs and shared between the two. This worked fine up to 13.2 but I cannot get 42.2 to share the printer. Sharing fails in Yast whereas it worked up to 13.2, when I try to sahre it using the CUPS interface I am not offered adminstrator settings (I always used my root password for this hitherto) so cannot change the settings to share the printer. All of this works on Linux Mint 18.1 fwiw. Is there a known fix for this ? M -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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