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[opensuse] Re: [opensuse-factory] xorg-x11-server in TW
by Olaf Hering 02 Mar '17

02 Mar '17

Am Thu, 2 Mar 2017 11:22:18 -0500 schrieb Anton Aylward <opensuse(a)antonaylward.com>: > Its asking me to downgrade over 500 packages right now. This would be an interesting case study for a Friday discussion... Olaf

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[opensuse] A hopefully stupid hardware question - power led?
by Greg Freemyer 02 Mar '17

02 Mar '17

All, I've got a PC that has power-on LED around the power button. I swear it used to be on when the PC was on and off when it was off. Now it seems the LED is almost always off (and maybe it is always off). Most of the time I don't care, but if I'm shutting down for some reason, I can't always tell when power down is done. Is there a bios setting to control that on some MBs? I just realized it could be the connector came loose. I don't recall when I last saw the light on. It's not something I look at most of the time, even though I sit 3 feet from it. fyi: AsRock X99 Extreme4 is my MB. Thanks 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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Fwd: [opensuse] Very basic dd question
by Greg Freemyer 02 Mar '17

02 Mar '17

On Wed, Mar 1, 2017 at 6:59 PM, Stevens <fred-n-sandy(a)myrhinomail.com> wrote: > > > > On 03/01/2017 01:58 PM, Anthony Youngman wrote: >> >> >> Has he got VirtualBox or similar? Can you copy the images to a laptop >> hard-drive? Can you mount the images in VirtualBox? >> >> Actually, it's just struck me - linux has no trouble loopback-mounting a >> disk image - can you mount those images in linux and just copy the files >> out of it? If all you want to do is recover the disk contents, with >> those drives you could almost certainly just mount them in linux, burn >> the contents to a CD, and let him recover the stuff off that! >> >> Cheers, >> Wol >> > > Wol (and others), it isn't a matter of just wanting to have the files. That data we have, more or less. No, it is a bit of a conundrum, to wit: > (please follow without condemnation) > - friend has some old IBM laptops from Win 3.11 and Win 95 era > - 2 of these are used by him for very specific purpose that seems not to work with any other hardware/software combination > - This project is not to recover data or to fix drives, it is to take blank drives and essentially make them copies of those that boot and run so his other hardware will work just like the 2 working laptops > - Due to the driver requirements of those antique OS, (and lack thereof in his junkbox) basically only a cloned drive will boot and run > - I, of course, said Oh, yeah, I can do that, then the fun started. > - Said friend lives several miles from here, so any changes done here have to wait until our paths cross. Not difficult but not quick, either. > > I might also add that the original drives are around 1GB with less than 170MB of data and the spare drives range from 176MB to 1GB AND my gparted will NOT resize a working FAT16 drive (maybe won't any other, either but don't know). > > I want to thank everyone who has chimed in with suggestions. Some have been spot on and have worked great. I will try just copying the first 170MB or so of the image and we shall see how that works. I'll report back whenever I find out. > > =================== > If you're having fun, go for it. If you want to just get the job done, believe it or not, you can still buy new IDE drives. Here's a IDE SSD! https://www.amazon.com/Zheino-Solid-State-Drive-Laptop/dp/B00QWZQ43Y/ref=pd… $43 Or a mSata adapter for a IDE slot: https://www.amazon.com/Andiny-MSATA-44PIN-Converter-Adapter/dp/B01N5D2N0W/r… $8, but you have to buy a mSata card ($50 for a cheap one I think) Or you can just get an old fashened rotating drive: https://www.amazon.com/Generic-40GB-Inch-Laptop-Drive/dp/B00BD30MZG/ref=sr_… $19, free shipping if you buy 2. And I assume you can get used IDE drives on eBay. That $19 drive should actually work, even with a very old laptop. Greg -- 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] Re: [opensuse-factory] Re: Tumbleweed snapshot 20170227: two serious problems I encountered
by Olaf Hering 01 Mar '17

01 Mar '17

Am Wed, 1 Mar 2017 16:28:57 -0500 schrieb Anton Aylward <opensuse(a)antonaylward.com>: > I'm spending too much time dealing with these problems! Thats why I said: download the installer linux+initrd (curl works?), create custom.cfg and fix the system using "upgrade=1". Olaf

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

01 Mar '17

Am Wed, 1 Mar 2017 09:56:20 -0500 schrieb Anton Aylward <opensuse(a)antonaylward.com>: > # zypper up Tumbleweed installations are maintained with plain 'zypper dup', note the missing 'd'. There is a conversation about this every other week. > Of course without a working zypper I'm not sure what I can do about > any of this. Boot the Tumblweed installer with the 'upgrade=1' kernel cmdline option. At some point it asks for the repositories to be used. Adjust them manually, there is a checkbox for it. In the list enable the existing repositories as needed, perhaps also adjust the priorities for certain repos in case desired packages are provided by more than one repository. There is a knob to upgrade either installed packages or do the upgrade based on patterns. Pay attention to the bootloader settings in case a non-standard setup has to be used. Good luck. Olaf

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[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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