September 2017 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Sorry SuSE: 9.1 is Waste of time and money!
by Terje J. Hanssen 17 May '24

17 May '24

I am sorry to conclude that my upgrade from SuSE 9.0 Pro to 9.1 Pro has been waste of time and money for me, so far. The same I have to say about the free SuSE "Installation support". The reason is that my SuSE 9.1 installation only detects 1 of my 3 SCSCI devices (as I wrote in another subject on this forum: http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-linux-e/2004-May/3254.html) Yamaha 4416S CDRW recorder detected HP DVD Writer 100i NOT detected Epson 1640SU scanner NOT detected It's rather stupid. I have installed 9.1 using the DVD disk just in the HP DVD drive, but after the installation of 9.1, the KDE/Konqueror /media/recorder cannot access it and YaST2 cannot install additional software from it. Only one "Cdrecorder" is found in My computer and that is the Yamaha 4416 drive, which the KDE/Konqueror file manager assign as /media/recorder11. I am sure 9.1 is the reason, as I hadn't this problems with 9.0. I have tried both an update and two several new installation of 9.1. Neither SJDS nor Windows on the same multiboot PC have problems to detect these devices. In my opinion SuSE should therefore debug 9.1 better and longer, and not leave the problems to the customers. I see SuSE notes on their web saying that they know SCSI scanners are not detected in 9.1. But regarding my HP DVD writer problem, the SuSE support (as usual) don't take the responsibility and argue that this problem (a combination of IDE disk and SCSI devices) isn't included in their free installation support! This sounds remarkable, and I have never had a modern PC of so simple model or configuration that it has fitted the limited rules for the free installation support. Terje J. Hanssen

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[opensuse] Project management software question for project managers
by Ted Byers 15 Apr '24

15 Apr '24

I am looking for project management software I can install on my Suse box. Alas, there are quite a number of prducts that claim to be suitable project management products, but I am hoping to obtain a little help separating the wheat from the chaffe. Basically, when I open the project management software, I want to be able to choose from among a number of projects that are under way, and then see the relation between a client's wish list and the functional requirements specs, and then how these specs relate to the UML diagrams that have been created, and from there, what tasks have been defined for each requirement and the identity of all persons involved, the developers and their managers, and the person who designed the code that supports the requirement. And with that, I want to be able to see the project's timeline, the related bugs, &c. I would even want to be able to open the source code files and examine the code that was actually written. Here is my wish list: 1) a web application that stores data in either PostgreSQL or MySQL. 2) easy integration with UML tool (or has it's own UML tool that supports round trip engineering) 3) resource management (e.g. computers, and development tools, that can be used, personelle assigned to each task) 4) documentation of relation between functional requirements specs to specific tasks and specific unit and integration tests. 5) time/effort tracking 6) bug tracking, including data relating the existance of the bug, and effort required to fix it, to the person who wrote the original code, the person who supervised him or her, and the person who designed the 'feature' in question, the time taken to complete the original task, and the technologies used (to imprrove accountability as well as to determine retraining and continuing education needs (people aren't disposable, so instead of taking a harsh aproach to problems identified, I prefer to use education as a corrective, but I can't design corrective instruction without knowing precisely what the need is). I also need to know if a developer has a higher than normal bug rate simply because he doesn't take enough time to ensure the job is done right, or because I haven't adequately trained him, or because of a poor choice of tools, or somethng else that may be my fault. 7) use of task effort tracking history to generate provisional effort/cost estimates from new project's functional requirements 8) easy integration with open source ERP products like OFBiz (which may make trakcing resources and manpower easier, as well as connect real production data to the enterprise's accounting systems) 9) easy integration with CMS products, like Wordpress (especally for production documentation, includng degin documentation and user guides and reference manuals) 10) easy integration with verion control systems such as subversion. If there is a decent product that supports all of this, great (and language used to implement it doesn't matter), but if I have to write code to add missing requirements, then I am limited to those implemented using Perl or Java (and running on Tomcat). I don't know PHP well enough, and I don't know Ruby at all; and I really don't want to think about implementing this sort of thing in C++ (though I could if absolutely necessary). If you have project management experience, and use tools that are available for Suse Linux, what software product(s) did you use, and with what result? While I await relies, I will continue to review web documentation for those products I have found so far, to see if any of them are a) suitable for use in production and b) to see to what extent they support the features I am after. I have seen a number of products so far in my search, that deserve to be nameless, because they provide no way to relate cost estimates to one's team's track record, or to the details of the design, and seem satisfied with production of a pretty gantt chart (which is why I have formed the view that there is a whole lots of chaffe in the set of applications that call themselves project menement software - I have yet to find anything that really has the potential of being labelled wheat). Thanks Ted -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[SLE] RealPlayer G2 on SuSe 6.2
by yh＠ottawa.com 03 Apr '24

03 Apr '24

Yesterday, I finally got sound going on my Linux setup. I downloaded RealPlayer G2 and it worked beautifully. Today, RealPlayer run but no sound coming out. All other sound functions still work. I can still play my CD, have system sound BUT no sound when I run RealPlayer. /var/log/message said kernel: Sound: DMA (output) timed out - IRQ/DRQ config error? but KDE sound still work. I have re-installed RealPlayer 3 times now, still no sound when I run the RealPlayer. Any help is appreciated. Ying yh(a)ottawa.com -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/

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Creating a new user for a deamon
by Rowan Reid 15 Jan '24

15 Jan '24

I'm setting up a cron job for a analysis tool, I'm trying to use the SuSE tools where possible but YAST doent' allow you to create new user without a home I tried /dev/null is there a proper way to do this ? Rowan Reid Job Captain, Systems Administrator STUDIO 3 ARCHITECTS 909 982 1717

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[opensuse] Kernel compilation the openSUSE way?
by Bjoern Voigt 28 Nov '21

28 Nov '21

I usually take the newest openSUSE kernel (from repository Kernel_stable). But since some month I have a DVB T2 HD card, which requires a patch (see https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=194171). So I need to compile kernels myself. I have a working compilation path. But the current path has 12 steps! It takes some time. I wonder, why it is so complicated to configure, compile and install a Kernel under openSUSE. Is there a better/easier/automated way to configure, compile and install a Kernel under openSUSE? I know this blog article. But the article uses Vanilla kernels and also needs 6 steps. With additional patches (4 steps), third-party modules (2 steps) and cleanup (1 step) the article would also need 13 steps: Compiling the Linux Kernel, the SUSE way https://www.suse.com/communities/blog/compiling-de-linux-kernel-suse-way/ This is my Kernel configuration, compilation and installation path: 1. Update kernel-source and kernel-default from Kernel_stable repository 2. Save kernel-source: cp -a /usr/src/linux-4.x.y-... /usr/src/linux-4.x.y-my 3. Apply my patches cd /usr/src/linux-4.x.y-my patch -b -p1 < ~myuser/.../my-kernel-patch.patch 4. Copy standard configuration: cd /usr/src/linux-4.x.y-my cp -v /boot/config-4.11.4-1.gcba98ee-default .config 5. Edit .config: remove CONFIG_LOCALVERSION, CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL, CONFIG_EXPERT remove some hardware-dependent settings 6. edit configuration interactively: Disable CONFIG_EXPERT and CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL, because otherwise "make binrpm-pkg" creates huge kernel binaries. make oldconfig [...] Local version - append to kernel release (LOCALVERSION) [] (NEW) -my1 * * Configure standard kernel features (expert users) * Configure standard kernel features (expert users) (EXPERT) [N/y/?] (NEW) Kernel debugging (DEBUG_KERNEL) [N/y/?] (NEW) make menuconfig Do some additional configuration. 7. Compile kernel (-j4 for four processor cores, ionice and nice to reduce the load, binrpm-pkg for RPM without source-RPM) make clean nice ionice -c idle make -j4 binrpm-pkg 8. Install the kernel RPM package rpm -Uvh /usr/src/packages/RPMS/x86_64/kernel-4.x.y_my1-....x86_64.rpm 9. Install necessary symbolic links for "dkms" cd /lib/modules/4.x.y-my1 ln -sv /usr/src/linux-4.x.y-my source ln -sv /usr/src/linux-4.x.y-my build 10. Update third-party modules (e.g. Nvidia driver): dkms install -m nvidia -v 375.66 -k 4.x.y-my1 11. Cleanup cd /usr/src/linux-4.x.y-my make clean 12. Select Grub configuration and reboot grub2-once --list | less grub2-once 2 reboot Greetings, Björn -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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Web Site Standards
by Bryan Tyson 25 Sep '21

25 Sep '21

On Wednesday 03 July 2002 03:38, Michael wrote: > I tried to visit this site. > http://www.bet365.com > The result upset me so much i sent them this. I sent the letter below, and I encourage everyone on the list to send a similar letter. ----------------------------------------- Subject: Create a Real Web Site Please From: Bryan S. Tyson <bryantyson(a)earthlink.net> To: webmaster(a)bet365.com When attempting to view your site using Konqueror 2.2.1 and Mozilla 0.9.4, both Linux web browsers, I was curtly informed that my browser is "incompatible." Your site, sir, is what is "incompatible." Stick with established standards and real html, not Microsoft proprietary "features." *************************************************** Powered by SuSE Linux 7.3 Professional KDE 2.2.1 KMail 1.3.1 This is a Microsoft-free computer Bryan S. Tyson bryantyson(a)earthlink.net ***************************************************

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Mount Windows NT(NTFS) drive as drive Z: for all users
by Keith Jacobs 25 Sep '21

25 Sep '21

We have an winNT server and need to auto mount a shared folder as if it were a windose mapped drive Z: on SuSE8 Could someone please explain how to do this and how to make sure it is set-up for every user everytime the system is booted. Thanks Regards Keith Jacobs New to Linux

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[opensuse] oS 13.1 : "gnome keyring socket is not owned with the same credentials as the user"
by ellanios82 11 Aug '19

11 Aug '19

Hello List am using Xfce : - in /var/log/warn : i see warning " The gnome keyring socket is not owned with the same credentials as the user login: /run/user/1000/keyring-4i77r7/control 2013-11-27T13:27:17.434100+02:00 su: gkr-pam: couldn't unlock the login keyring " ............... - any ideas how to fix ? thanks -- 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] Mapping and re-mapping Keyboard Keys
by Paul Groves 14 Mar '19

14 Mar '19

On 27/06/17 12:22, Paul Groves wrote: > > On 27/06/17 08:34, Aaron Digulla wrote: >> xmodmap -pke | less > > These keycodes do not seem to match the system. For example in the > output of this command it says: > > keycode 158 = XF86WWW NoSymbol XF86WWW > > I ran setkeycodes e020 158 > > When I press the e020 (Internet) button xev says I have pressed code > 166 (Back button). > > How on earth has this happened? I specified 158 not 166. What have I > done wrong? > > Just been emailed this link: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/49650/how-to-get-keycodes-for-xmod… To quote this article: Here you can see keycode 97 is unused on my system: |keycode 94 = less greater less greater bar brokenbar keycode 95 = F11 XF86Switch_VT_11 F11 XF86Switch_VT_11 keycode 96 = F12 XF86Switch_VT_12 F12 XF86Switch_VT_12 keycode 97 = keycode 98 = Katakana NoSymbol Katakana keycode 99 = Hiragana NoSymbol Hiragana | The keycode X uses and the keycode the kernel uses are OFF BY 8 for "historical reasons". So take 97 - 8 = 89 and use 89 with the setkeycodes command (again as root): So to make my vol - button work (xmodmap keycode 122 -8 = 114) setkeycodes e01e 114 This has worked! I have re-mapped apl the buttons apart from my hotkeys. >> No but there are lots of uncommon keycodes which you can use. For >> example, F13-F35 or KP_F1...KP_F4. > > In the output of the command xmodmap -pke | less there are no codes > for F13-F35 or KP_F1 etc > > I would like to set HK1 - HK4 to F13 - F16 How do I find the keycodes > for these buttons Still looking for the keycodes for F13-16 -- 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] 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] Big memory footprint: clamd
by Carlos E. R. 17 Dec '17

17 Dec '17

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, When I built my computer I put as much RAM as the board would allow, 8GiB. Today that is too little, but I can't add more. Telling 'mc' to sort by Resident memory, it shows: top - 22:44:32 up 28 days, 4:37, 4 users, load average: 0,26, 0,55, 1,02 Tasks: 521 total, 2 running, 517 sleeping, 0 stopped, 2 zombie %Cpu(s): 1,2 us, 0,6 sy, 0,0 ni, 97,3 id, 0,8 wa, 0,0 hi, 0,0 si, 0,0 st KiB Mem: 8174408 total, 7511580 used, 662828 free, 546440 buffers KiB Swap: 43744244 total, 1921984 used, 41822260 free. 3837656 cached Mem PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR SWAP S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND 20581 cer 20 0 3553104 1,266g 263636 0 R 4,088 16,24 3:52.94 firefox 3493 vscan 20 0 1376180 536972 10364 14548 S 0,000 6,569 11:27.15 clamd 19773 cer 20 0 1452508 309508 141740 0 S 0,000 3,786 0:05.72 soffice.bin 3874 root 20 0 1090892 226564 154380 217968 S 0,798 2,772 182:22.08 X 31344 cer 20 0 206044 87728 7404 1664 S 0,000 1,073 1:55.04 alpine 4176 cer 20 0 748016 56796 21004 17136 S 0,000 0,695 2:56.67 xfdesktop 20088 cer 20 0 829220 53820 4596 0 S 0,000 0,658 0:02.04 gnome-software 9835 cer 20 0 784100 40604 17784 36520 S 0,100 0,497 1:46.40 gnote 4207 cer 20 0 891040 38988 22504 18136 S 0,000 0,477 0:32.57 keepassxc ... The worst offender this moment is Firefox (Thunderbird is closed now). But the next is clamd (clamav, antivirus mail scanner daemon)! It is using more than LibreOffice! How can that be? It is iddle at the moment, doing nothing. What can be done to reduce its footprint? Instead of the daemon, I could call it from amavis, one process per mail. But this impacts scan speed. Could the daemon be started "on demand", and be killed a minute after the last email goes through? - -- Cheers Carlos E. R. (from 42.2 x86_64 "Malachite" at Telcontar) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iEYEARECAAYFAlmGMxIACgkQtTMYHG2NR9UeCgCeNA+LGMhfhjS84U4h7EeEwlbT RhkAoIldf2vOQVms3CwHLc87ybN7vVDs =KoWk -----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] Again, trying to find a suitable video editor.
by Carlos E. R. 02 Dec '17

02 Dec '17

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I simply can't find a suitable video editor that works. My goal is to extract the interesting parts of a TV recording. Ie, mark the start of the movie, the end, the commercials inside, and dump all that into a single file, perhaps recoding. One limitation is that movies here have two sound tracks, one in Spanish, and the other one in the original language, typically English. I want to keep both, obviously. I don't need any transition or effect, just a simple editor that allows me to remove unwanted sections. I have tried: pitivi - crashes on start LiVES - works for an hour at 100% CPU and can't load the file. dvbcut - says my mpeg file is not a video (and it certainly is!) tragtor - can convert, but not edit. openshot - almost. My video has two sound tracks, and this tool ignores the second track. cinelerra-cv - I can't make head or tails of it. I tell it to load a video file, it does, but then I don't see how to do anything. It doesn't even display the video. I may have to read the manual, but I dislike having to read a manual for a GUI. Still... kdenlive - Well... crashes too often. I can mark the cuts, but it does not display what I'm cutting. And only one sound track. HandBrake - no edit. Avidemux - one sound track only. Kino - abandonware. Lightworks ?? Shotcut - Segmentation fault on start. cer@Telcontar:~/Videos/Fusion/trabajo> shotcut QSqlDatabase: QSQLITE driver not loaded QSqlDatabase: available drivers: QMYSQL QMYSQL3 QSqlQuery::exec: database not open QSqlQuery::exec: database not open Database::Database(QObject*) Failed to get version. QSqlQuery::exec: database not open bool Database::upgradeVersion1() Failed to create thumbnails table. Database version is 0 Segmentation fault cer@Telcontar:~/Videos/Fusion/trabajo> Flowblade ?? I don't understand the tool. May need some reading. At least it runs. I would like something that would produce a command line to ffmpeg in a GUI. Then I could modify further the options. This would be ideal. tragtor works this way, but has no editor. - -- Cheers Carlos E. R. (from 13.1 x86_64 "Bottle" at Telcontar) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlbbJ80ACgkQtTMYHG2NR9UmagCeK8UbAAz5/lAjBvscdhzBuxtb WUQAn2jmzoy7810hldN4WwVWQktgVp2g =muqW -----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] Apache Start Up Problem
by Paul Groves 17 Nov '17

17 Nov '17

Hi All, I had a weird problem today. I noticed that after a reboot of my server, my owncloud instance on my desktop was complaining about an invalid certificate. I tried to 'open owncloud in browser' and was presented with my apache default page. So first thing I tried is restart the apache service. This fixed the problem. However, every time I reboot apache is not loading my configuration correctly and the problem repeats. It appears to be loading the default configuration file fine at boot but ignoring the other files. (including owncloud). But when I manually stop and start the service they load fine. Huh?? Any idea how I can diagnose what is causing this problem? What is the difference between the apache service loading at boot compared to manually starting the service? Thanks -- 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] Evolution default browser
by Christopher Myers 13 Nov '17

13 Nov '17

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 Hi all, I've got Evolution installed on oS Tumbleweed using KDE, and for some reason, it doesn't respect the fact that Firefox is my default browser - -- every link I try to click on opens in Chromium. Is there any way to change things around? I didn't see any option in the configuration for browser choice. I've googled around on and off for a couple of days now and haven't found anything useful. Thanks! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEzBAEBCgAdFiEE7GM/Dul8WSWn72odQ1nEo4DFCIUFAlm6k/QACgkQQ1nEo4DF CIWfBgf+K9LYvaYDDFUMJtRTMq+58e2lEP5GkXi7dKQhxhFkeKegwqnyo+fEfpvb RI1FT2aJAqBKsIZ5oZlxsGeJYcmp/+JO7AJ6Oa8XkWz02rmhgXjKPxqQgzQX87FM rNGqxOLXfcKu+CmcMERZswTQ/B/ZtA82eUls6Y5W7lIh2tAUbt2CnFP/6q5uM4wl pO2KNbcVJTTM2uEPSzEIBCQ/7jfZ9ogF+qIClPkn1UCmu3EqkLAhS+cdKzzJs+Cx pXyosNImtxW4FMl6W+m2NS08RCc69+U3Myr9aDe8q8/2fnM/HYApeezDsIpKkdnO t2Nr2WaxarbwUyqt15vTiNs0Q229jg== =joxc -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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[opensuse] I need more ram, but I can't.
by Carlos E. R. 17 Oct '17

17 Oct '17

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I need more ram than my 8GiB, but my board doesn't allow it. I use swap, but Leap is very slow when swapping; I have the feeling that it is slower than other releases. So I wonder if there is some type of small hard disk that can be used for fast swap. SSD? Would it wear out? SSD is typically slow at writing. A RAM based "disk"? No need for battery backup, unless to keep the format. Does it exist? - -- Cheers Carlos E. R. (from 42.2 x86_64 "Malachite" at Telcontar) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iEYEARECAAYFAlm/yMsACgkQtTMYHG2NR9WoeQCgkKbSLo1AZhJa29JhdYjE3myF HdsAn3dHyHmeqVDqNz08xUPhj712RDVz =S0mM -----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] root in extended partition (42.3)
by listreader 16 Oct '17

16 Oct '17

Leap 423 upgraded from 422. Old drive has been in use probably since 10x. Bios. Generic code is in the MBR. I have 423 / in an extended partition. Grub2 is in 423 /. All was good. I used Yast2-bootloader module to change an option (boot loader password, if it matters). I then exited normally (OK) and yast rewrote/reinstalled the bootloader. Next boot failed at a blinking cursor. I booted with Parted Magic and found that Yast had set the extended partition itself as the boot partition, rather than / which was 2 or 3 partitions deep into the extended. I fixed that and rebooted normally. I went into Yast2-bootloader and Boot Loader Location was still correctly set there as Boot from Root Partition, even though that is not what it apparently wrote to the bootloader. So, my question is, is this expected behaviour? I don't remember this happening in previous releases. Thanks. Ralph -- 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] Run command as another user
by Paul Groves 07 Oct '17

07 Oct '17

Hi, I need to be able to run a command as another user. I have worked out that I can run the following from one user to execute a command as the other (bob). su - bob -c command prompt for password enter password command runs as bob but, how can I run this on one line for use in a script? (so that I am not prompted for a password). something like; su - bob -c command -p bobspassword The user executing the script is not a sudoer so I cannot use; echo bobspassword | sudo -S -u bob command thanks Paul -- 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] how does a user create systemd timers?
by Per Jessen 03 Oct '17

03 Oct '17

I wrote: > What I find less easy is to tell when cronjob is going to fire > > a) at 30 minutes past every 3rd hour. > b) at 2,17,32,47 minutes past every hour > c) 10 past midnight on the 1st of the month. > d) Sunday at 04:00. > Just as I sent this off, somehow it reminded me of Andrei mentioning /var/spool/cron/tabs - just being curious - how does a user create systemd timers for himself? Is there some really simple answer to this that I have completely missed? -- Per Jessen, Zürich (13.1°C) http://www.hostsuisse.com/ - virtual servers, made 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] Lost graphical display after TW udate
by Oszkó Albert 28 Sep '17

28 Sep '17

Hi all, Please help me solve my problem, shortly described in the subject. Today I updated my Tumbleweed (with GNOME) on an ASUS K5001UX laptop. All went fine until reboot. I got an apparent command line login and a mouse cursor in the middler of the screen. The command line did not accept any input, the mouse cursor moves. I suspect this is the fault of the nouveau driver. Can I get back X without reinstalling the whole thing? Thanks Albert

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[opensuse] rootmail does not work, no matter what
by stakanov 28 Sep '17

28 Sep '17

I tried to fix this since I updated to 42.3. Is there a bug with rootmail not working in that version? I do see there is mail in rootmail, I did set correctly to receive rootmail, but I do not receive anything. Seccheck: nothing rkhunter: nothing. Now these two run (or should run) on a daily basis and should give a report via rootmail. Any suggestion on how to receive rootmail with kmail again? Permissions are set correctly, I checked. -- 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] WD Green AV HD: rsync read errors mapping
by Felix Miata 28 Sep '17

28 Sep '17

Running OS 13.1: 2017/08/27 03:38:05 [2308] building file list 2017/08/27 03:38:08 [2308] .d..t...... movie/ 2017/08/27 03:40:09 [2308] >f+++++++++ movie/bigBang0113-201312151700GDMX10wd.ts 2017/08/27 03:40:09 [2308] rsync: read errors mapping "/disks/esata/movie/bigBang0113-201312151700GDMX10wd.ts": Input/output error (5) 2017/08/27 03:42:30 [2308] >f+++++++++ movie/bigBang0220-201310061730GDMX10wd.ts 2017/08/27 03:42:30 [2308] rsync: read errors mapping "/disks/esata/movie/bigBang0220-201310061730GDMX10wd.ts": Input/output error (5) ... 2017/08/27 06:15:56 [2308] >f+++++++++ movie/CLO/closer0406-201306270230GDMX09.ts 2017/08/27 06:15:56 [2308] rsync: read errors mapping "/disks/esata/movie/CLO/closer0406-201306270230GDMX09.ts": Input/output error (5) ... 2017/08/27 06:24:14 [2308] >f+++++++++ movie/CLO/closer0411-201307180130GDMX09.ts 2017/08/27 06:24:14 [2308] rsync: read errors mapping "/disks/esata/movie/CLO/closer0411-201307180130GDMX09.ts": Input/output error (5) ... Above is from rsync log. Before interrupting the rsync and restarting it I logged output from hdparm and smartctl: http://fm.no-ip.com/Tmp/Hardware/Disk/hdpd-201207-fi965azbme-wd20eurs-os131… Similar logs from the first WD Green AV disk, first WD I ever bought: http://fm.no-ip.com/Tmp/Hardware/Disk/smart-wdAVGP3200AVVS.txt The smaller 320GB device I consider functional but unreliable, removed from SD DVR service shortly after the warranty expired and the DVR began producing inexplicable errors. The larger (disk of of current interest) has been in a satellite receiver that runs on a variation of Mips Linux Dreambox FOSSware using a 3.92 kernel, resulting in original creation of the files that error'd. I was able to delete the 4 uncopyable files, then restore them from backup. Smartctl -x reports from my few other WD disks all seem to have identical Reallocated_Sector_Ct, 200 200 140 Reallocated_Event_Count, 200 200 0 Current_Pending_Sector, 200 200 0 Offline_Uncorrectable 100 253 0 except for 200 173 0 on the bad 320 for current pending. Can anyone suggest what most likely caused the 4 files to be repeatedly uncopyable? Driver error or other error in the Dreambox software maybe? Before the 320 AV and the 2TB AV I had never ever purchased a WD disk, due to miserable experiences with used WD HDs that had come into my possession over the years. I was Quantum user for as long as it lasted, eventually switching to Seagate after nearly as bad experiences with Toshiba and Maxtor. -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (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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[opensuse] About relatime and lazytime
by Carlos E. R. 28 Sep '17

28 Sep '17

Hi, relatively recently, "lazytime" has been added as the default for mounts - from man mount: lazytime Only update times (atime, mtime, ctime) on the in-memory version of the file inode. This mount option significantly reduces writes to the inode table for workloads that perform frequent random writes to preallocated files. The on-disk timestamps are updated only when: - the inode needs to be updated for some change unrelated to file timestamps - the application employs fsync(2), syncfs(2), or sync(2) - an undeleted inode is evicted from memory - more than 24 hours have passed since the i- node was written to disk. I understand that using this option (which is the default) supersedes using "relatime". However, I noticed that most mounts, not all, are using both options: > Telcontar:~ # mount | grep relatime | grep lazytime > /dev/sdd2 on /data/storage_d type xfs (rw,relatime,lazytime,attr2,inode64,noquota) > /dev/sdb8 on /opt type xfs (rw,relatime,lazytime,attr2,inode64,noquota) > /dev/sdb10 on /data/storage_b type xfs (rw,relatime,lazytime,attr2,inode64,noquota) > /dev/sda13 on /data/storage_a type xfs (rw,relatime,lazytime,attr2,inode64,noquota) > /dev/sdc13 on /var/spool/news type reiserfs (rw,relatime,lazytime,user_xattr,acl) > /dev/sda12 on /data/vmware type xfs (rw,relatime,lazytime,attr2,inode64,noquota) > /dev/sdc14 on /data/homedvl type reiserfs (rw,relatime,lazytime,user_xattr,acl) > /dev/sdc7 on /usr/local type reiserfs (rw,relatime,lazytime,user_xattr,acl) > /dev/sdc12 on /usr/gamedata type reiserfs (rw,relatime,lazytime,user_xattr,acl) > /dev/sdc6 on /usr/src type reiserfs (rw,relatime,lazytime,user_xattr,acl) > /dev/sdc16 on /data/storage_c type xfs (rw,relatime,lazytime,attr2,inode64,noquota) > /dev/sdc5 on /home_aux type xfs (rw,relatime,lazytime,attr2,inode64,noquota) > /dev/sdc8 on /home1 type xfs (rw,relatime,lazytime,attr2,inode64,noquota) > /dev/md0 on /data/raid type xfs (rw,relatime,lazytime,attr2,inode64,logbsize=128k,sunit=256,swidth=512,noquota) > /dev/mapper/cr_cripta on /data/cripta type xfs (rw,relatime,lazytime,attr2,inode64,noquota) > /dev/sda7 on /other/test_a1 type reiserfs (rw,relatime,lazytime,user_xattr,acl) > Telcontar:~ # Mounts that only use relatime: > Telcontar:~ # mount | grep relatime | grep -v lazytime > sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime) > proc on /proc type proc (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime) > securityfs on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime) > devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,nosuid,noexec,relatime,gid=5,mode=620,ptmxmode=000) > cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/systemd type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,xattr,release_agent=/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-cgroups-agent,name=systemd) > pstore on /sys/fs/pstore type pstore (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime) > cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/pids type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,pids) > cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/cpu,cpuacct type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,cpu,cpuacct) > cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/memory type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,memory) > cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/freezer type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,freezer) > cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/net_cls,net_prio type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,net_cls,net_prio) > cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/hugetlb type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,hugetlb) > cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/devices type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,devices) > cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/blkio type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,blkio) > cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/cpuset type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,cpuset) > cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/perf_event type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,perf_event) > configfs on /sys/kernel/config type configfs (rw,relatime) > /dev/sde5 on / type ext4 (rw,relatime,data=ordered) > mqueue on /dev/mqueue type mqueue (rw,relatime) > debugfs on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw,relatime) > sunrpc on /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs type rpc_pipefs (rw,relatime) > hugetlbfs on /dev/hugepages type hugetlbfs (rw,relatime) > systemd-1 on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type autofs (rw,relatime,fd=35,pgrp=1,timeout=0,minproto=5,maxproto=5,direct) > nfsd on /proc/fs/nfsd type nfsd (rw,relatime) > /dev/sde4 on /boot type ext2 (rw,relatime,block_validity,barrier,user_xattr,acl) > /dev/sdc17 on /home type ext4 (rw,relatime,data=ordered) > binfmt_misc on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw,relatime) > tmpfs on /run/user/0 type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,size=817444k,mode=700) > tmpfs on /var/run/user/0 type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,size=817444k,mode=700) > tmpfs on /run/user/1000 type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,size=817444k,mode=700,uid=1000,gid=100) > tmpfs on /var/run/user/1000 type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,size=817444k,mode=700,uid=1000,gid=100) > gvfsd-fuse on /run/user/1000/gvfs type fuse.gvfsd-fuse (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=1000,group_id=100) > gvfsd-fuse on /var/run/user/1000/gvfs type fuse.gvfsd-fuse (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=1000,group_id=100) > fusectl on /sys/fs/fuse/connections type fusectl (rw,relatime) > Telcontar:~ # Ie, ext4 parttions use only relatime, and non real disk partitions. xfs and reiserfs use both relatime and lazytime. It is not my doing: > Telcontar:~ # grep relatime /etc/fstab > # default is "relatime", no need to add it (or atime,nodiratime) > #/dev/mapper/cr_storage_e /data/test xfs nofail,relatime,noauto 1 5 > Telcontar:~ # relatime Update inode access times relative to mod- ify or change time. Access time is only updated if the previous access time was earlier than the current modify or change time. (Similar to noatime, but it doesn't break mutt or other applications that need to know if a file has been read since the last time it was modified.) Since Linux 2.6.30, the kernel defaults to the behavior provided by this option (unless noatime was specified), and the strictatime option is required to obtain traditional semantics. In addition, since Linux 2.6.30, the file's last access time is always updated if it is more than 1 day old. Should I use "norelatime" manually on fstab entries? -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 42.2 x86_64 "Malachite" at Telcontar)

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[opensuse] rkhunter: update not working?
by Markus Egg 27 Sep '17

27 Sep '17

I tried to do the usual rkhunter --update with some older version version 1.4.0 on an older machine, but it is stuck and never returns. "Checking rkhunter version..." is also stuck http://rkhunter.sourceforge.net/ also seems to be down: "It's not just you! rkhunter.sourceforge.net looks down from here." [ http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/rkhunter.sourceforge.net ] What is going on there? BR ME -- 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] Strange disk activity
by Carlos E. R. 27 Sep '17

27 Sep '17

Hi, I noticed in the graph of disk activity in GKrellM that there was some constant but intermittent activity on /dev/sda. Like this: __|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__| It suddenly occurred to me that with GKrellM one can display a graph per partition! So I activated graphs for each one in /dev/sda and found the culprit: /dev/sda7. What do I have there? Well, nothing: Telcontar:~ # mount | grep sda7 /dev/sda7 on /other/test_a1 type reiserfs (rw,relatime,lazytime, user_xattr,acl) Telcontar:~ # It is a test partition of another system, nothing is active there: Telcontar:~ # cat /other/test_a1/etc/os-release NAME=openSUSE VERSION = 12.1 (Asparagus) VERSION_ID="12.1" PRETTY_NAME="openSUSE 12.1 (Asparagus) (x86_64)" ID=opensuse Telcontar:~ # I umounted it and the activity disappeared. Mounted it again and it kept silent. What was it? How can I find out the next time what is reading there? I see a similar intermitent activity on other partitions of disk /dev/sdc, on these partitions: /dev/sdc6 /dev/sdc7 /dev/sdc12 /dev/sdc14 /dev/sdc17 Telcontar:~ # mount | grep "sdc6\|sdc7\|sdc12\|sdc14\|sdc17" /dev/sdc17 on /home type ext4 (rw,relatime,data=ordered) /dev/sdc14 on /data/homedvl type reiserfs (rw,relatime,lazytime, user_xattr,acl) /dev/sdc7 on /usr/local type reiserfs (rw,relatime,lazytime, user_xattr,acl) /dev/sdc12 on /usr/gamedata type reiserfs (rw,relatime,lazytime, user_xattr,acl) /dev/sdc6 on /usr/src type reiserfs (rw,relatime,lazytime, user_xattr,acl) Telcontar:~ # So yes, it affects most of my reiserfs partitions (/var/spool/news is not affected). What is going on? -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 42.2 x86_64 "Malachite" at Telcontar)

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[opensuse] Leap 42.3 MIME Types in Dolphin
by Roger Oberholtzer 27 Sep '17

27 Sep '17

On my system, all files that do not have an explicit MIME type are listed in Dolphin as Type "Python File (no console)". This includes files with names like: cis.txt xx.repo noExtension The mime type it shows in the Properties->General->FileTypeOptions is text/plain. So that part is okay. But when listing a name for this, "Python File (no console)" is used. Anyone else see this? -- Roger Oberholtzer -- 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] SUSE Linux turns 25: From business distro leader to cloud power | ZDNet
by James Knott 26 Sep '17

26 Sep '17

"SUSE, one of the oldest Linux and open-source businesses, celebrated its 25th birthday while setting its eyes on its future in the cloud and software-defined infrastructure." http://www.zdnet.com/article/suse-linux-at-25/ -- 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] HD docking station
by Istvan Gabor 26 Sep '17

26 Sep '17

Hello: Does such thing work with openSUSE / linux? https://www.amazon.com/dp/B073H2HLRK I think it should work as a regular USB 3/2 device. What to look for when buying some? 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] xrandr info HDMI-1 disconnected
by C. Brouerius van Nidek 26 Sep '17

26 Sep '17

After an interesting read about the inner working of xrandr I started reading the manpage. Got the version of my xrandr and got further info about my system. And then I was lost in a swell of info and possibilities. My problem with monitors is following: I am using as my main monitor a Philips 196V3L, 18,5" 13766x768. For movies and such I would like to use my television set with a bigger screen via HDMI. The TV has one HDMI plug which is connected with a box from the TV provider. If I disconnect the tv from the tv box and plug it in on my motherboard I can use HDMI as my second monitor. That is not feasible for daily use. I found myself a HDMI cable with one HDMI connector and on the other end three colored (green, blue and red) video plugs. When I plug this cable into the HDMI plug of the motherboard and the three colored video plugs int the TV set I expected to receive a signal on the TV set. The television set is only showing the input "component" with these three plugs inserted. With xrandr I read HDMI-1 and -2 disconnected. Also DP1 and 2 are not connected. How can I force a connection with the HDMI cable and would that change anything? -- opensuse:tumbleweed:20170913 Qt: 5.9.1 KDE Frameworks: 5.37.0 kf5-config: 1.0 KDE Plasma: 5.10.5 plasmashell 5.10.5 Kernel: 4.13.1-1-default Linux User 183145 working on a Pentium IV . -- 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] some mp4 cannot be played "decoder profile above limits"
by Daniel Bauer 26 Sep '17

26 Sep '17

Hi everybody "Suddenly" the mp4-videos from my mobile phone cannot be played anymore, no matter what player I use: it only shows a black screen plus plays the sound, but no image. As for my small tests it only affects the mp4 from my samsung mobile that are larger than 10MB (9.8MB works, 11.2MB does not work, neither larger). But downloaded mp4, avi, etc. work normally even in GB size. I tried to start from commandline, and maybe the messages say something to somebody of you...: vlc 20161005_085414.mp4 VLC media player 2.2.6 Umbrella (revision 2.2.6-0-g1aae78981c) [000055aac07500c8] core libvlc: VLC wird mit dem Standard-Interface ausgeführt. Benutzen Sie 'cvlc', um VLC ohne Interface zu verwenden. [00007f236c0b6378] vdpau_avcodec generic error: decoder profile above limits: level 51 3840x2160 [00007f236c0c48b8] freetype spu text error: Breaking unbreakable line QObject::~QObject: Timers cannot be stopped from another thread I see a limit, but don't know where I can change this limit. Everything worked a few weeks ago with the same system, but meanwhile there were some updates and of course I have no idea which one changed that... Leap 42.3 KDE 5.8.7 Kernel 4.4.87-25 default Latest "zypper up" done 5 minutes ago. All "media-things" installed from packman. Any hints? Thanks! Daniel -- Daniel Bauer photographer Basel Barcelona https://www.patreon.com/danielbauer http://www.daniel-bauer.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] C++ Question
by Greg Freemyer 25 Sep '17

25 Sep '17

> > ask for help on getting the spec file right. Here or there is a packaging > mailing list. But at this basic level, here should be fine. > > Greg I forgot to say specfiles can get pretty complicated. I maintain the one for sleuthkit and it isn't too bad. Use it as an example of what you need to do as you hit stumbling blocks: https://build.opensuse.org/package/view_file/security:forensics/sleuthkit/s… 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] What's the recommended way to setup Bumblebee with the proprietary NVIDIA driver on Tumbleweed?
by Noah Davis 25 Sep '17

25 Sep '17

I've been using the nvidia-bumblebee package from the X11:Bumblebee repository for a while now and it's still on version 375.66. Is any of the info in <https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:NVIDIA_Bumblebee> out of date? I installed the driver from the official nvidia repository and tried to set it up with Bumblebee like that article suggested I do with Leap on Tumbleweed and I also tried to do it based on <https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Bumblebee>, but I had no luck. I went back to using the nvidia-bumblebee package. I'm using a GTX 960m, btw. -- 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 default mount options for vfat on flash drives
by Istvan Gabor 25 Sep '17

25 Sep '17

Hello: How can I change default (auto)mount options for vfat file system on removable flash disks (like sd cards) and pendrives? I would like to set options iocharset=winnt, time_offset=120 default when the drives are automatically mounted. I want this on openSUSE Leap 42.2 (KDE3 and KDE4 if it matters). 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] Black screen when plugging in VGA connector
by Carmen Bianca Bakker 25 Sep '17

25 Sep '17

Hi all, I have a Thinkpad X200 (Librebooted) that I'm faffing about with. Everything works as it ought, except I get some odd behaviour when I plug in a VGA connector. A moment after it is plugged in, the screen on the laptop goes black, except I can still see (and move) the cursor within the bounds of the laptop screen. The external monitor is also completely black. The cursor flickers a little bit. After I unplug the VGA connector, everything goes back to normal. This only happens when there is an actual monitor on the other end of the cable. Plugging in a loose cable does nothing. I haven't yet tried to connect to a different monitor. I have the output of `journalctl` during the behaviour here: http://susepaste.org/39924818 Particularly, this line sticks out to me: Sep 23 21:31:02 carmen-thinkpad kernel: [drm:intel_cpu_fifo_underrun_irq_handler [i915]] *ERROR* CPU pipe A FIFO underrun But it's not something I know how to interpret. I have tried: - Using IceWM instead of Gnome. - Using LightDM instead of GDM. - Using the VGA port on the dock instead of on the laptop. None of the above yielded positive results. Maybe someone can help me? Yours with gratitude, -- Carmen Bianca Bakker en eo fy nl

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[opensuse] Pulseaudio frustration
by Rodney Baker 25 Sep '17

25 Sep '17

Hi all. How do I *permanently* disable pulseaudio’s module-rtp-send and module-rtp-recv from loading at login time? I’m running tumbleweed. Every time I login to KDE (5), pulseaudio starts spamming the network with multicast rtp traffic, until module-rtp-send/recv are unloaded. I cannot disable rtp sending/receiving with paprefs (PulseAudio Preferences): NONE of the check-boxes in that app respond except for “Add virtual output device for simultaneous output on all local sound cards). I have uninstalled paprefs and pactl, deleted ~/.pulse and ~/.config/pulse (whilst logged out), logged in and out, reinstalled paprefs/pactl and logged out/in again. Still no dice. My user is a member of the following groups: lp, wheel, cdrom, users (this is the primary group for all users on my system), vboxusers, video,audio,pulse- access. Some of these may not be necessary. Yes, I’ve tried logged on as a different user - the only difference is that all the checkboxes that are checked when logged in as me are unchecked when logged in as the other user, but still none can be changed! Oh, yes - KDE is using the phonon-gstreamer backend, if that is relevant at all. The module-load lines for module-rtp-send/recv are commented out in /etc/ pulse/default.pa, so they’re not being loaded from there. I cannot find any other pulse configuration files that would be forcing the settings (but that doesn’t mean they don’t exist). Any clues on how to beat this recalcitrant beast into submission gratefully received. Regards, Rodney. ============================================================== Rodney Baker VK5ZTV rodney.baker(a)iinet.net.au CCNA #CSCO12880208 ============================================================== -- 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: Re: [opensuse] rootmail does not work, no matter what
by Dave Plater 25 Sep '17

25 Sep '17

-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Re: [opensuse] rootmail does not work, no matter what Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2017 09:17:42 +0200 From: Dave Plater <dplater.list(a)gmail.com> To: Per Jessen <per(a)computer.org> On 25/09/2017 08:44, Per Jessen wrote: > Dave Plater wrote: > >> I just tried to send mail from root to root and it failed, I have my >> user set up to receive root mail from first installation. > > I'm not sure (because I don't use that setting), but I think this is > just a line in /etc/aliases that directs root to your user account. > >> Note if logged in as root I enter mail, and there's no mail, it's >> reply is no mail for user davepl. > > Interesting. There must be more to it than a change of aliases. > >> I tried root root and no mail, root davepl, the mail arrives, davepl >> root I get a non delivery notification. Therefore the root account >> doesn't exist for receiving mail on my Leap:42.3 system. I suspect >> this is as a result of the setting for user to receive root mail. > > What does that NDR say ? > > > To: davepl@Arbuthnot Mailer-Daemon@Arbuthnot Subject: Re: Mail delivery failed: returning message to sender Nothing much, I thought I'd post this to try and ease Stakanov's pain. I've also received no system mail but that's of no consequence to me but once upon a time I used to be irritated by system mail on the command line and had thunderbird set up to receive it. Since 42.1 I've never had any system mail, I can't even remember how to delete the messages. I've never touched /etc/aliases but something does because at the end it states "You have mail in /var/spool/mail/davepl" Apart from this reference there isn't any other reference to davepl and it seems that root is set up to receive from all system users. Dave P Sent reply to Per by mistake -- 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] NVidia driver and Plymouth splash screen
by Bjarne Örn Hansen 25 Sep '17

25 Sep '17

Hi All, I've bumped into the fact, that Plymouth doesn't work with NVidia's driver. And before anyone asks me why I don't use nouvou ... then, it's too slow and occasionally I like to play a game or two. Isn't there a tweak to use, to get Plymouth working? // Bjarne -- 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] C++ Question
by Paul Groves 24 Sep '17

24 Sep '17

Hi All, Probably not the right place to ask but one of you may know the answer. I am learning C++ and my program uses system('program --arg1 --arg2'); to run a proprietary program. My question is how can I make this program a dependency so that it has to be installed before my program? I have noticed that ldd shows that some dependencies have already been added as dependencies to the binary once it is compiled. Thanks -- 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] Do you know what is this bay in my laptop?
by Carlos E. R. 24 Sep '17

24 Sep '17

Hi, Do you know what is this bay in my laptop? http://susepaste.org/24703726 I see the word "MDC", perhaps it is this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_daughter_card but there are no photos there to compare. (The photo is a bit out of focus, I should have used a tripod) -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 42.2 x86_64 "Malachite" at Telcontar)

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[opensuse] 42.3 install; python / pip gripe
by Michael Fischer 23 Sep '17

23 Sep '17

Well, just did the install, and overall, it went rather well. I was doing a fresh install, retaining /home over top of 42.1. One gripe, on which my notes from the 42.1 install saved me another hour of headache: If you're going to set python to version 2.7.13 (fine by me), you should follow the principle of least surprise and install python-pip (along with the obvious easy_install dependency) and set etc-alternatives to use that pip (version 7.1.2). Other than that, so far so good guys, and thanks. (since 6.2) Michael -- Michael Fischer michael(a)visv.net -- 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] How to protect Wine from opening malware?
by Bjoern Voigt 22 Sep '17

22 Sep '17

Doug wrote: > This is a bit OT for this list, but Björn seems to be the expert on > this. I'm using > PCLinuxOS, and I have two files called x-wine-extension-vbs.xml. One > is in a > subdirectory called /packages and one in a subdirectory called > /application. > > /application: > a note says "This XML file does not appear to have any style > information associated with it. The document tree is shown below." > > -<mime-type type="application/x-wine-extension-vbs"> > -<! > --Created automatically by update-mime-database. DO NOT EDIT! > !--> > <glob pattern="*.vbs"/> > <comment>VBScript Script File</comment> > </mime-type> > > > /packages: > a note says "This XML file does not appear to have any style > information associated with it. The document tree is shown below." > > > -<mime-info> > -<mime-type type="application/x-wine-extension-vbs"> > <glob pattern="*.vbs"/> > <comment>VBScript Script File</comment> > </mime-type> > </mime-info> > > If your system is like mine, please clarify just what you did to one > or both of these files. Do you found these two files in your HOME directory or in system directories? I found the two files application-x-wine-extension-vbs.xml and x-wine-extension-vbs.xml in my HOME directory. Personally I edited the file type x-wine-extension-vbs within the KDE settings tool systemsettings5 and deleted the *.vbs extension and the list of opening programs. As an alternative you can remove the two files in your HOME directory. If the files are stored in system's directories, removing them may not help, because updates with restore them. In this case you probably have to copy it to a specified location in your HOME directory and edit them. But the location is highly dependent on your system and I don't know the correct location. The error message "This XML file does not appear to have any style information associated with it. The document tree is shown below." comes from a browser or something similar. Please edit the files in a text edit. As the name *wine* says, Wine has probably created the files together with the MS Office installer. Greetings, Björn -- 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] Hard disk migration
by Carlos E. R. 22 Sep '17

22 Sep '17

Hi, I'm going to migrate my laptop rotating hard disk (500 GB) to an SSD. I hope to give new life to it this way. The machine is double boot Windows 10 / Leap 42.2, so I'm going to do image replication (dd_rescue), because otherwise Windows will not boot. So identical partition table. Caveats you can think of? What about sector size, 4K issues? -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 42.2 x86_64 "Malachite" at Telcontar)

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[opensuse] kernel version
by ken 22 Sep '17

22 Sep '17

This seems to be a state secret... because I've been unable to find the info: What is the current version number of opensuse stable? tnx -- 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] Is opensuse.org down again?
by Dave Plater 22 Sep '17

22 Sep '17

I've just finished fixing a bug and wanted to submit the package and 1) build.opensuse.org is unreachable 2) api.opensuse.org is unreachable 3) status.opensuse.org is unreachable 4) download.opensuse.org is unreachable Can anyone shed some light on what's happened this time? Thanks Dave P -- 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] Actual opensuse news
by Per Jessen 21 Sep '17

21 Sep '17

Knurpht - Gertjan Lettink wrote: > Op donderdag 21 september 2017 19:39:27 CEST schreef ellanios82: >> On 21/09/17 19:06, Wols Lists wrote: >> > www.opensuse.org should be a thriving hub of useful information >> > (even if it is only links pointing elsewhere), and not the >> > non-interactive marketing billboard it looks like it is to me. >> > >> > Cheers, >> > Wol >> >> +1 >> >> >> regards >> >> ... > OK, I guess that's volunteers to keep news.opensuse.org into a better > state than agreed upon ??? No programming involved, no knowledge of C. Gertjan, you guess wrong, I think. I have no idea what was "agreed upon", but if anything "openSUSE news" needs to be channelled first, not spread about in arbitrary blogs where only interested zeal... parties will read it. Douglas DeMaio is busy updating news.o.o: 20/9 - New Repository Caters to Tumbleweed’s Nvidia Users 14/9 - New KDE Applications, PulseAudio Arrive in Tumbleweed 13/9 - Design Selected for openSUSE.Asia Summit 13/9 - Are Governments Held Hostage? Why openSUSE Supports Public ... 24/8 - Catching up with Tumbleweed Snapshots 22/8 - Cast your Vote — openSUSE.Asia Summit 2017 Logo 22/8 - openSUSE Leap 42.3 Cloud Images Become Available It would have been good had someone posted "openSUSE to cease support for reiserfs in openSUSE 15", with appropriately detailed information. I didn't have the patience to look for the entry that announces the new openSUSE version numbering scheme, but I'm sure there is one. > What's keeping people from stepping away from critisizing the > community members that work their Q@##ses off and instead come up with > questions in the "Hey, can I help to improve this or that," . What is keeping people? As has been the case for years, finding someone to address such questions to is far from easy. Not to mention finding a list of things that need doing. Yes, a list is needed at first - until we can get people to commit and invest. Now, if someone were to volunteer to update news.o.o with the long overdue entry "openSUSE to cease support for reiserfs in openSUSE 15", where does she turn and where she get the pertinent information? Btw, there is an openSUSE news mailing list, with a total of 19 subscribers. I think the last non-spam posting was from Douglas in Feb 2015. -- Per Jessen, Zürich (11.5°C) -- 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] Actual opensuse news
by Richard Brown 21 Sep '17

21 Sep '17

On 21 September 2017 at 21:28, Roger Price <roger(a)rogerprice.org> wrote: > On Thu, 21 Sep 2017, Knurpht - Gertjan Lettink wrote: > >> OK, I guess that's volunteers to keep news.opensuse.org into a better >> state >> than agreed upon ??? No programming involved, no knowledge of C. > > > Please, we are talking about www.opensuse.org, not news.opensuse.org. > > Roger Anyone who wants to suggest changes to www.opensuse.org can send pull requests to https://github.com/openSUSE/landing-page Anyone who wants to suggest changes to https://www.opensuse.org/searchPage/ (which would make more sense as an information portal for existing users, as it is the default homepage on every opensUSE machine) can send pull requests to https://github.com/openSUSE/searchPage Anyone who doesn't do either of the above and continues to whine on an inappropriate mailingilst where the people responsible for the above aren't listening, are free to do so but should realise the futility of such an exercise. It is probably worth also considering that futile "discussions" (aka long threads with a preponderance of complaints with little benefit to anyone) do the reputation of this mailinglist as a support channel any favours. A negative reputation is likely to be factored in when the projects leadership and sysadmins next do their a regular infrastructure review. We all have a responsibility to ensure this mailniglist serves its intended purpose for the openSUSE Project. And in that ilk, this will be the last post I will be making to this list to provide information about ongoing developments or how to contribute something within openSUSE. This is not the appropriate venue for these discussions, the Projects have better established venues for such discussions. I will be keeping my posts on this list now strictly providing direct support for specific user questions (ie. not developer, tester, contributor questions) regarding the current openSUSE distributions. Regards, Richard -- 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] SEC_ERROR_INVALID_KEY FIREFOX and THUNDERBIRD 52.3 (64bit) issues
by Jide Ogunmekan 21 Sep '17

21 Sep '17

Hello all, I recently upgraded to Firefox 52.3 (and thunderbird too). Whenever I try to use google.com <http://google.com>, I get a "Secure Connection Failed -SEC_ERROR_INVALID_KEY". I would appreciate an insight or help to resolve this. I can reach google.com <http://google.com> and bing.com <http://bing.com> from other browsers, namely Opera and Chromium, but my primary browser is Firefox. I had to downgrade FF and TB to 49 to be able to use. Jide Ogunmekan -- 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] RIP ReiserFS thread
by Stevens 21 Sep '17

21 Sep '17

After reading (at times with great amusement) the thread on ReiserFS which has encompassed many subjects and made myriad valid points, I have decided that I will make no change here for a while. Actually, that is more due to my economic situation than the state of ReiserFS acceptance/rejection by future versions of whatever this distro will be called. Yes, I read all the posts and no, there has been no definitive answer to Anton's question about the future inclusion of reiserfs.ko and mkfs.reiser. There was a tonne of Facebook-ish crap slung back and forth and the exposure of the fact that ReiserFS ain't as dead as some would have like for it to be but there was also a tonne of very useful information so the thread was, IMHO, a net plus. I want to thank everyone who joined into the fray because that thread has been one of the most informative and, potentially beneficial, to me in a long time on this forum. So, with the exception of Anton's question, it seems that all the issues have been settled and this thread can finally be put to rest. Thanks, all. 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] How to protect Wine from opening malware?
by Bjoern Voigt 20 Sep '17

20 Sep '17

Today I got a malware mail with an *.7z attachment. I saved the attachment and opened the 7z archive with Ark for further investigation. The attachment contained a *.vbs Visual Basic Script file. It is mostly a downloader script which downloads malware from a Russian server. The problem: If I click on the file (instead of choosing "Preview" in context menu), Ark opens Wine with the malware VBS script. My Sophos on-access scanner blocked the attachment. My question: How I can configure KDE or Ark so, that it does not open some problematic file types, especially not with Wine? I also wonder about the insecure default settings. Greetings, Björn -- 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] Thunderbird and my ISP problem
by Carlos E. R. 20 Sep '17

20 Sep '17

Hi, I have a bad nuisance problem with Thunderbird and one of my accounts at my ISP, the one I use for this list. I'm reading email, and suddenly the entire inbox becomes empty. After a while, when a new email arrives, I click on it and the inbox repopulates with the entire list. Knowing this, I send an email to myself from my phone. I have done this 64 times. When the inbox goes empty, it is also empty to tools like fetchmail. There are also milder occurrences of the problem, when the inbox "blinks" and Thunderbird looses track of where it was reading. I have contacted my ISP, and they blame Thunderbird. They said (translated (with google, then hand corrected)): +++...................... We have been reviewing the behavior of the account and after analyzing it we have reached the following conclusion: At times when there is a massive access to the account, the connections are not performing correctly, the state is inconsistent, producing errors in the indexes that in turn cause the mail to not display correctly. According to standard RFC-2177 mail clients must send the IDLE command to the server when they are ready to accept new mail. However we observe that when many connections are opened at the same time, this does not happen. We also notice that connections are opened with the account "robin.lists" and "robin.lists2" at the same time, when "robin.lists" is an alias of "robin.lists2" and therefore the content to display is the same . If possible, change the maximum number of connections to the server to 1 in the configuration of your client (Thunderbird). ......................++- I have done the suggested change in account settings / Server Settings / Advanced: "maximum number of server connections to cache" to 1 (it was 5). But the problem is still happening, several times today. It is a royal nuisance. This account is under the name "robin.listas2@...", and has an alias "robin.listas@...". All authentication must be done with the former, I have no idea why Thunderbird may use the second as they say. I have no logs from them, of course (I asked). About this alias thing I can do nothing, unless it is a bug in Th that can be reported... :-? -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 42.2 x86_64 "Malachite" at Telcontar)

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[opensuse] Starting at 08:00, we're electing a new member for the Swiss federal council. (Bundesrat)
by Per Jessen 20 Sep '17

20 Sep '17

Members of the federal council are elected by the combined parliament, ie. the Ständerat (46 members, elected by the states) and the Nationalrat (200 members, elected by the people). This is one of the few events that require the presence of the combined parliament. In June, Didier Burkhalter announced he would be stepping down by the end of October, slightly early. To replace him, we have three candidates: Isabelle Moret, kt. Vaud, age 46, lawyer, MP. Ignazio Cassis, kt. Tessin, age 56, dr.med., MP. Surrendered his Italian citizenship to be eligible. Former field surgeon of 9th Mountain Rangers. Pierre Maudet, kt. Genf, age 39, lawyer, former Mayor of Geneva, currently Director of Police and Minister of Trade in Geneva. Cassis is tipped as a winner, but he's a little too right-wing for my taste. I think Pierre Maudet would be a good choice. Experienced in government and young. All three speak fluent German. -- Per Jessen, Zürich (10.3°C) http://www.dns24.ch/ - your free DNS host, made 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] Nvidia proprietary drivers on Leap 42.3
by Roger Oberholtzer 20 Sep '17

20 Sep '17

Prior to Leap 42.3 (maybe earlier), the nvidia driver RPMs for openSUSE seemed to be remade when a new kernel was released. IIRC, no compiling in the install system was needed. At least that is how I remember it. Now it seems that the driver is recompiled. On http://download.nvidia.com/opensuse/leap/42.3/x86_64/ I see drivers for kernel for 4.4.76_1. On my Leap 42.3 I am running 4.4.87-25-default. While this isn't generally a problem, I am including the drivers in some KIWI install images. Compiling the nvidia stuff seems to take a very long time. Am I missing something? Or perhaps remembering incorrectly? I know that keeping this driver in sync is not an automatic thing. -- Roger Oberholtzer -- 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] I just read of a new font designed for coding.
by Carlos E. R. 20 Sep '17

20 Sep '17

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 http://sourcefoundry.org/hack/ How would I go about installing it? Do we have an rpm? - -- Cheers Carlos E. R. (from 42.2 x86_64 "Malachite" at Telcontar) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iEYEARECAAYFAlm/w4oACgkQtTMYHG2NR9X9HACfWUcNrbQpI6cad3M84D0kVfmg ResAnjvmNMiP7rp+SA0/+FyqdHE1osVQ =w08s -----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] Configure IPSec VPN - KDE network manager
by James Knott 19 Sep '17

19 Sep '17

I'm trying to set up an IPSec VPN. In the past, with other systems, I have been able to use a preshared key, to configure the VPN. However, in the network manager, I can choose Certificate/private key, but it appears to also need certificate. Is there something I'm missing with this? Generally, you'd use a certificate or private key, not both. I'm trying to connect to pfSense. tnx jk -- 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] Killing ReiserFS
by Stevens 19 Sep '17

19 Sep '17

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"? -- 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] Update to fetchmsttfonts - is it really necesary to download the fonts again
by Carlos E. R. 19 Sep '17

19 Sep '17

Hi, I noticed an update to fetchmsttfonts. openSUSE-2017-1041 - Recommended update for fetchmsttfonts This update for fetchmsttfonts contains the following fixes: - fetchmsttfonts now uses sf.net automatic mirror selection (boo#1057119) - The cryptographic checksums of the downloaded fonts are now verified (boo#958651) References: 958651 (bugzilla) : add hash validation to fetchmsttfonts.sh 1057119 (bugzilla) : fetchmsttfonts seems to fail It seems it applies to the script. What I wonder is why the script has to actually run on computers that already have the fonts downloaded. It is a very slow process, so why run it again? -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 42.2 x86_64 "Malachite" (Minas Tirith))

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[opensuse] dhcpd on Leap 42.3
by Roger Oberholtzer 19 Sep '17

19 Sep '17

Has dhcpd been depreciated for Leap 42.3? I see that the Leap docs claim it is the one to use. But I do not see it for Leap 42.3 (as an official package). https://doc.opensuse.org/documentation/leap/reference/html/book.opensuse.re… https://software.opensuse.org/package/dhcpcd -- Roger Oberholtzer -- 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] komparator
by gumb 19 Sep '17

19 Sep '17

Anybody know of an alternative program to Komparator with very similar functionality? https://sourceforge.net/projects/komparator/ A GUI application with the ability to analyze two directories side by side, show missing files, newer files, duplicate files, compare MD5 checksums, copy from one pane to the other, and more. Note: This is not to be confused with the Kompare utility which shows the content of two text-based FILES side by side. And I'm not really after any of the myriad sync utilities unless they also perform the same *comparison* functions of Komparator. Syncing directories is not my principal concern, it's the more comprehensive side-by-side analysis that is particularly useful. It still works under my 42.2 install but hasn't been updated in years, and I fear given the desire of KDE to drop anything that hasn't been converted to Frameworks 5 it probably won't function come the Leap 15 release series. I use this program regularly - it's incredibly handy, particularly since I can feed it a URL via SSH to a folder on a network machine. gumb -- 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 42.3
by Robert Schweikert 18 Sep '17

18 Sep '17

Hi, Not even sure as to how to describe the issue or where to start looking. What is happening appears to be an issue with oom or process limits, but I have no idea how to nail this down. My work habbits have not changed, meaning compared to when I was running Leap 42.2 I have a many browser tabs open as before, a lot, and as many terminal and editor windows open as well, again, a lot of those. The symptoms I am seeing are - systemd-coredump process running off and on and when it runs it sucks up 100% cpu - I get "no more process" errors when trying to open a new terminal window - Rhythembox appears to be the mos frequent victim and it gets killed or dies dmesg does not have any "trace" information, but there is a message pointing to some kind of trouble: [178155.684433] Corrupted low memory at ffff880000004000 (4000 phys) = 002777f2 Anyway, the whole thing is annoying and I'd sure like to figure out what's going on. Thoughts? Thanks, Robert -- Robert Schweikert MAY THE SOURCE BE WITH YOU Distinguished Architect LINUX Team Lead Public Cloud rjschwei(a)suse.com IRC: robjo

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[opensuse] 'rather than being downloaded from third-party repositories that store packages developed by non-official sources"
by ellanios82 18 Sep '17

18 Sep '17

Python: Dave Platter kindly mentioned this : <https://arstechnica.co.uk/information-technology/2017/09/devs-unknowingly-u…> ... 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] cant log into other desktop
by Carl Spitzer 17 Sep '17

17 Sep '17

not sure what changed but my laptop being old is still runnint 11.4 I can only log in and use gnome none of the other desktops. what has become corrupted I cleaned out /tmp but nothing helps. CWSIV ____________________________________________________________ How To Remove Eye Bags & Lip Lines Fast (Watch) Fit Mom Daily http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3131/59b1da7a189c95a633196st02vuc -- 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] rename wlan1 to wlan0?
by Mikhail Ramendik 17 Sep '17

17 Sep '17

Hello, After changing my active wireless card, I found that while everything works, I have a wlan1 and no wlan0. How do I change the name of the interface to wlan0? Yast does not seem to offer a change in Network settings. Thanks! -- 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] logrotate
by Peter Suetterlin 17 Sep '17

17 Sep '17

Hi list, looking through my disk usage I realized /var/log uses 2GB :o and what do I see? woodstock:/var/log # ls -lh zypper.log -rw-r----- 1 root root 1.6G Sep 13 14:23 zypper.log why isn't it rotated/compressed? Ah: this is now handled by systemd instead of cron, and disabled by default :( woodstock:/var/log # systemctl status logrotate ● logrotate.service - Rotate log files Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/logrotate.service; static; vendor preset: disabled) Not sure if that is a sane choice for a TW system that typically has several 'zypper dup' per week. The 1.6GB is the logs from just one year... -- 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] "My Thinkpad, Nouveau and Me"
by Basil Chupin 17 Sep '17

17 Sep '17

I am the proud owner of a Thinkpad model T530 on which I boldly installed Leap 42.3. The installation naturally installed the nouveau driver for the graphics nVidia chip soldered onto the motherboard. However, I want to install a proper nVidia driver to replace the 'nooovooo' driver but I am totally perplexed about which driver I should use. I tried installing the latest 384.69 driver but somehow this did not go down well (no hassles with installing it on the Desktop...) and ended up having to re-install 42.3 from scratch. The chip on the Thinkpad has mysterious numbering on it such as GF108M, NVS 5400M and Ivybridge Mobile. I have looked up 'giggle' for info but I only got more confused. I know that there is one person on this list who is a guru re Thinkpads and I would dearly love to hear from him re my "problem" or from anyone else who may be of help to moi. All assistance gratefully accepted. BC -- You are NOT entitled to your opinion. You are entitled to your INFORMED opinion. Nobody is entitled to be ignorant. Harlan Ellison -- 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] google-chrome and keys
by Mikhail Ramendik 16 Sep '17

16 Sep '17

Hello, I can't get normal updating to work again, "trust relationship not present". So I ran zypper up and got: File 'repomd.xml' from repository 'google-chrome' is signed with an unknown key '1397BC53640DB551'. Continue? [yes/no] (no): I googled chrome keys and tried to get them in: wget https://dl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub # rpm --import linux_signing_key.pub I still get the same problem. How do I make zypper see the right key? -- 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] Reading LTO cartridge memory
by Paul Groves 16 Sep '17

16 Sep '17

Does anyone have a clue how to read the cartridge memory from an LTO tape? Surely there must exist a command to do such a thing. I want to add into my script the ability to read the serial number / cartridge usage to be included in my log files. Also, how do I set the barcode tag on the cartridge? I would also like to do this in a script. -- 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] software.opensuse.org/search appears to be down again
by Patrick Shanahan 16 Sep '17

16 Sep '17

<subject> -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA @ptilopteri http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member facebook/ptilopteri Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://linuxcounter.net Photos: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/piwigo paka @ IRCnet freenode -- 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] [kmtrace] no version for official update repo for 42.3
by Mikhail Kasimov 15 Sep '17

15 Sep '17

Hello! [1] https://software.opensuse.org/package/kmtrace ========================= TW: official release: 4.8.2 42.3: no version in official update repo 42.2: official release: 16.08.2 ========================= Is it correct, that 42.3 has no kmtrace package in official release repo? Thanks! -- 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] Yast2 firstboot configuration
by Roger Oberholtzer 14 Sep '17

14 Sep '17

I am looking all over for documentation of the possible contents of /etc/YaST2/firstboot.xml. I find many examples. But I seem not to google well enough to find a description of all the various modules that can be present. As an example of what I am trying to sort out: Older openSUSE firstboots supported the following: <module> <label>Host Name</label> <enabled config:type="boolean">true</enabled> <name>inst_hostname</name> </module> When I use this in Leap 42.3, I get an error that init_hostname has failed. I want to find out if it is still called that, and what options it supports. Sometimes I seem rather stupid... -- Roger Oberholtzer -- 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] vncviewer on Leap 42.3
by Roger Oberholtzer 14 Sep '17

14 Sep '17

I have been using vncviewer for years to access remote openSUSE desktops from my local openSUSE. I now have two machines running Leap 42.3, and I cannot connect. The password is correct. I get a popup that says: read: Connection reset by peer (104) The command on the server (started by xinetd) is: service x11vncservice { socket_type = stream protocol = tcp wait = no user = root server = /usr/bin/x11vnc server_args = -inetd -rfbauth /etc/vncpasswd -o /var/log/x11vnc.log -find -env FD_XDM=1 -shared -forever port = 5900 type = UNLISTED } /etc/vncpasswd has the password as generated with x11vnc, as I have always done. I connect with this: vncviewer -passwd /home/roger/.vncpasswd mercury:0 or even: vncviewer mercury:0 /home/roger/.vncpasswd has the password generated with x11vnc, as I have always done. And it says: TigerVNC Viewer 64-bit v1.6.0 Built on: ??-??-?? ??:?? Copyright (C) 1999-2015 TigerVNC Team and many others (see README.txt) See http://www.tigervnc.org for information on TigerVNC. Mon Aug 28 11:32:22 2017 CConn: connected to host mercury port 5900 Mon Aug 28 11:32:23 2017 CConnection: Server supports RFB protocol version 3.8 CConnection: Using RFB protocol version 3.8 CConnection: Choosing security type VncAuth(2) CConn: read: Connection reset by peer (104) I see only this in the log on the server (the display I want to connect to) Aug 28 11:23:32 mercury xinetd[29561]: START: x11vncservice from=10.2.10.41 Aug 28 11:23:32 mercury xinetd[29561]: EXIT: x11vncservice status=1 duration=0(sec) Aug 28 11:23:37 mercury xinetd[29561]: START: x11vncservice from=10.2.10.41 Aug 28 11:23:37 mercury xinetd[29561]: EXIT: x11vncservice status=1 duration=0(sec) Aug 28 11:28:25 mercury xinetd[29561]: START: x11vncservice from=10.2.10.41 Aug 28 11:28:26 mercury xinetd[29561]: EXIT: x11vncservice status=1 duration=1(sec) Aug 28 11:31:56 mercury xinetd[29561]: START: x11vncservice from=10.2.10.41 Aug 28 11:31:56 mercury xinetd[29561]: EXIT: x11vncservice status=1 duration=0(sec) I am using the same RPM packages as when this worked (except these are now for Leap 42.3): on the server: x11vnc xorg-x11-Xvnc on the client: tightvnc -- Roger Oberholtzer -- 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] Accessing/checking an Ext4 file system
by Basil Chupin 14 Sep '17

14 Sep '17

In days of old when unicorns gambolled in gay abandon in lush meadows and I wanted to check the state of the ext4 file system on my system I would, using the command line, issue the following commands (as root [I hate this word!]): # init 1 # mount -o remount,ro /dev/hdXY # e2fsck and this would inform me if the file system was alright or corrupted. The above now does not work and I get the error message, "<partition> is busy". What are the correct commands now, please, which replace those above? BC -- You are NOT entitled to your opinion. You are entitled to your INFORMED opinion. Nobody is entitled to be ignorant. Harlan Ellison -- 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] MPV suddenly starts in maximized window
by Peter Suetterlin 14 Sep '17

14 Sep '17

Hi, my video player mpv suddenly started maximizing the window when I start the program. I cannot find a related setting in /etc/mpv/mpv.conf, nor a window rule for kde/kwin :( System is up-to-date Tumbleweed (mpv-0.26.0-13.2, updated monday) Any suggestions what to look for are highly welcome... -- 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] Problem mount nfs share with SLES12
by Rejaine Monteiro 13 Sep '17

13 Sep '17

Hi, I am having a problem to mount an nfs share from a SLES11 server to a client SLES12 (SLES11 to SLES11 works fine) The server side is a SLES11 with the following export: /home/myfolder *(rw,no_subtree_check,no_root_squash,async) The client side is a SLES12 SP2 and when having mounted it gives the following error: # mount server:/home/myfolder /mnt mount.nfs: mount system call failed * No firewall enabled on the server or on the client and both are on the same network (no problem with dns, firewall, etc... ) Any tips? -- 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 supports FSFE's new "Public Money, Public Code" Campaign
by Richard Brown 13 Sep '17

13 Sep '17

Hi all, openSUSE rarely involves itself in political or broad advocacy campaigns, but the Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) have today launched a campaign which the openSUSE Board collectively feel very passionately about, and so we have pledged our support to their "Public Money, Public Code" campaign. The premise is nice & simple, that software developed and purchased using tax payers money should be "Public Code", as in covered under an Open Source license. If such a premise were to become policy of governments within Europe, this would bring clear benefits not only in the technical terms of accelerating the pace of innovation & simplifying discovery of security problems, but also in the financial aspect of saving taxpayers money. If you feel the same way I'd like to encourage you to sign the open letter at https://publiccode.eu Anything you can do to help spread the word and encourage support for this campaign would be greatly appreciated. The website also serves as a good source of additional information; There is also this press release: https://fsfe.org/news/2017/news-20170913-01 Spiegel Online also have an article (German only): http://spon.de/ae3Rs The campaign was also mentioned at oSC 17 earlier this year: https://youtu.be/jMdYxmjq0Vk?t=31m20s Thanks, Richard Brown openSUSE Chairman openSUSE Board -- 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] Kmail Not Displaying Messages
by Sudhir Anand 12 Sep '17

12 Sep '17

For the last couple of months Kmail running under Leap 42.3 does not display most messages. Only the top header is shown. I have applied the latest updates today. The alternative is launch Evolution in Leap. Under TW, Kmail displays messages correctly. Go figure!! Regards.

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[opensuse] Intel software repos
by Roger Oberholtzer 12 Sep '17

12 Sep '17

If you are interested in using some useful (and free) intel software, it is now available via repositories you can add via zypper. zypper add-repo https://yum.repos.intel.com/setup/intelproducts.repo See https://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/installing-intel-free-libs-and-py… for more details. I personally use the Integrated Performance Primitives. -- Roger Oberholtzer -- 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 Wiki
by Jason S. Evans 11 Sep '17

11 Sep '17

Hi all, First of all, do I need special permission to post to the OpenSUSE Wiki? I was wanting to create a page about the Kubic project but the wiki doesn't accept my userid/password but OBS and Bugzilla do without a problem. Best Regards, Jason -- 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] software search
by Roger Oberholtzer 11 Sep '17

11 Sep '17

I am guessing this is the result of the recent D.O.O issue, but should the software search be working? I get part of the page, but it seems all is not present: https://software.opensuse.org/search -- Roger Oberholtzer -- 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] Plasmashell and Firefox freezing if started within five minutes of log-in
by Matthias Bach 09 Sep '17

09 Sep '17

Hi all, Since todays set of updates for openSUSE Leap 42.3, which seems to have included kernels and Systemd updates, my plasmashell will fail to fully load after log-in. It shows the small working area handle in the upper corner but the main control bar is missing. Running `killall plasmashell && kstart plasmashell` will result in exactly the same if done withing roughly five minutes after log-in. Once about five minutes have passed plasmashell will come up fine after a restart and then work flawlessly. The same issue happens for Firefox. If started within the first five minutes after log-in the window will come up, but it won't load any tabs and I can't interact with it. Once roughly five minutes have passed I can start it and it works as usual. Also, konsole works basically, but it will sometimes freeze. Then only killing the window will recover it. This, too, vanishes after the (about) five minute mark. Has anybody observed anything similar after todays update? I have tried booting with the previous kernel version (4.4.79-19.1), but this did not make a difference. The only red lines I found in the Systemd journal is `eventfd() failed: Too many open files`. This however happens about twice per minute: Sep 08 00:43:28 eddie dbus[1730]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.RealtimeKit1' unit='rtkit-daemon.service' Sep 08 00:43:28 eddie systemd[1]: Started RealtimeKit Scheduling Policy Service. Sep 08 00:43:28 eddie systemd[1]: rtkit-daemon.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE Sep 08 00:43:28 eddie systemd[1]: rtkit-daemon.service: Unit entered failed state. Sep 08 00:43:28 eddie systemd[1]: rtkit-daemon.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. Sep 08 00:43:53 eddie dbus[1730]: [system] Failed to activate service 'org.freedesktop.RealtimeKit1': timed out Sep 08 00:43:53 eddie dbus[1730]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.RealtimeKit1' unit='rtkit-daemon.service' Sep 08 00:43:53 eddie systemd[1]: Starting RealtimeKit Scheduling Policy Service... Sep 08 00:43:53 eddie dbus[1730]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.RealtimeKit1' Sep 08 00:43:53 eddie systemd[1]: Started RealtimeKit Scheduling Policy Service. Sep 08 00:43:53 eddie rtkit-daemon[12934]: Successfully called chroot. Sep 08 00:43:53 eddie rtkit-daemon[12934]: Successfully dropped privileges. Sep 08 00:43:53 eddie rtkit-daemon[12934]: Successfully limited resources. Sep 08 00:43:53 eddie rtkit-daemon[12934]: eventfd() failed: Too many open files Sep 08 00:43:53 eddie rtkit-daemon[12934]: Demoting known real-time threads. Sep 08 00:43:53 eddie rtkit-daemon[12934]: Demoted 0 threads. Any hints on where I should look next to gain any insight to the problem would be highly appreciated. Solutions even more, of course. ;) Kind Regards, Matthias -- Dr. Matthias Bach www.marix.org „Der einzige Weg, die Grenzen des Möglichen zu finden, ist ein klein wenig über diese hinaus in das Unmögliche vorzustoßen.“ - Arthur C. Clarke

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[opensuse] postfix warning: group or other writable:
by ianseeks 09 Sep '17

09 Sep '17

These appear in the logs, are they something that needs attention on opensuse? I did a search and saw this list where they are working to correct it http://postfix.1071664.n5.nabble.com/Warning-group-or-other-writeable-td878… Postfix/postfix-script[1140]: warning: group or other writable: /etc/postfix/./ ssl/cacerts postfix/postfix-script[1142]: warning: group or other writable: /usr/lib/ postfix/./libpostfix-tls.so postfix/postfix-script[1143]: warning: group or other writable: /usr/lib/ postfix/./libpostfix-util.so postfix/postfix-script[1144]: warning: group or other writable: /usr/lib/ postfix/./libpostfix-dns.so postfix/postfix-script[1146]: warning: group or other writable: /usr/lib/ postfix/./libpostfix-global.so postfix/postfix-script[1147]: warning: group or other writable: /usr/lib/ postfix/./libpostfix-master.so -- opensuse:tumbleweed:20170823 Qt: 5.9.1 KDE Frameworks: 5.36.0 KDE Plasma: 5.10.4 kwin 5.10.4 kmail2 5.5.3 akonadiserver 5.5.3 Kernel: 4.12.8-1-default Nouveau: 1.0.15_1.2 -- 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] Set up two displays for virtual machine with Virt-Manager (Leap 42.3)
by sogal 08 Sep '17

08 Sep '17

Hi, I would like to add a second display in my Leap 42.3 VM (hypervisor is KVM on Leap 42.3). I use Virt-manager as graphical frontend. I have already found some information about that and tried to add a second "Video QXL" then use "Remote viewer". Here, in the toolbar > Display > Displays, I can see two entries (checkboxes) but the second remains uncheckable, hence no second display is available. As anyone tried successfully to do this ? Thanks in adavance for any help. Regards -- Sébastien 'sogal' POHER -- 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] Install Leap 42.3 on a USB booted disk?
by Markus Egg 07 Sep '17

07 Sep '17

Hello, my old trusted laptop from 2007 is capable of booting from a USB disk. I first build in the disk and made the first installation of Leap 42.3 (dual boot with Windows). Then I moved the HDD to a USB case and let the laptop boot to that USB connected disk. Everything looks fine. Question: if I go on with installation on the USB booted disk are there any caveats/bugs/peculiarities I have to pay attention to? Any no go's? After completion I want to move the USB booted HDD back to the laptop as main HDD . Is it possible to do that with a SSD (which is running as main disk in the laptop now) also? Thanks in advance. 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] Google Earth on Leap 42.3
by Roger Oberholtzer 07 Sep '17

07 Sep '17

Is anyone running Google Earth on Leap 42.3? I have installed it from http://dl.google.com/linux/earth/rpm/stable/x86_64 When I run it, the bit that should show the earth is in a small section in a corner of the app window. Maybe it is a display driver issue? I am using nouveau. I had initial difficulties with the Nvidia driver (installed from RPMs via the Nvidia repo) and had to uninstall it. I have not tried the latest version. But if others still have google-earth-ec issues with other drivers, then it may be a Google-earth issue. -- Roger Oberholtzer -- 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] DOO is much better today. Just curious about ...
by Roger Oberholtzer 07 Sep '17

07 Sep '17

When I access the following: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/rogeroberholtzer/openSUSE_L… I get this:: Resource is no longer available! The requested URL is no longer available on this server and there is no forwarding address. If you followed a link from a foreign page, please contact the author of this page. If you think this is a server error, please contact the webmaster. Error 404 download.opensuse.org Thu Sep 7 17:18:01 2017 Apache/2.2.34 (Linux/SUSE) This is my repo. Do I need to do anything to revive it? Or is it something that will soon resolve itself? -- Roger Oberholtzer -- 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] 42.3 Yast User and Group Management doesn't work.
by James Knott 07 Sep '17

07 Sep '17

I just tried to create a group in 42.3. When I start User and Group Management, the progress bar stops at 80%, step "Read users and groups" and stays there. This makes it impossible to manage groups & users. This is happening on 2 different computers. Any idea how to get past this? tnx jk -- 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] Is download.opensuse.org down?
by Dave Plater 07 Sep '17

07 Sep '17

Hi, I just tried to refresh my repositories and all the openSUSE ones failed so I tried to ping download.opensuse.org and no response. Is it unreachable for anyone else? Thanks Dave P -- 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] Disabled multimedia apps and libs Publishing
by Dave Plater 07 Sep '17

07 Sep '17

Hi, I've disabled publishing for the two main multimedia projects as per request on https://status.opensuse.org/incidents/18#update-20 This may make installation from these repos unreliable. Maybe other project maintainers should do the same. Dave P -- 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] DOO mirror trouble debilitating
by Felix Miata 07 Sep '17

07 Sep '17

https://status.opensuse.org/ continues to report major outage. :-( Can someone on 42.3 who is able to make zypper behave as expected using any specific mirror rather than DOO post the content of their OSS and Non-OSS .repo files from /etc/zypp/repos.d/ please? I started an upgrade from 42.1 to 42.3 on my main system late yesterday. It got almost done, then the mirrors went haywire. NAICT, the immediate problem has its roots in the "type" line in each .repo file. I saw something about this subject recently on one of the opensuse mailing lists, but have no idea which list or what the context was, and can't remember enough info for a search to find between zero and an infinite number of hits on lists.opensuse.org. Examining the content of these files, these are the possible types: yast2 rpm-md none For some inexplicable reason, the OSS and Non-OSS repos seem to require a different type than update or optional BS or Packman repos. All other repos host a valid .repo file, but not OSS or Non-OSS. RPM reports no package owns these files, so there's no way to find out what belongs in them. When after getting timeouts trying to use DOO, I try to change to use a specific mirror, I get these messages: Retrieving repository 'NonOSS' metadata .........................................................................[error] Repository 'NonOSS' is invalid. [NonOSS|http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/leap/42.3/repo/oss/] Valid metadata not found at specified URL Please check if the URIs defined for this repository are pointing to a valid repository. Skipping repository 'NonOSS' because of the above error. Retrieving repository 'OSS' metadata ............................................................................[error] Repository 'OSS' is invalid. [OSS|http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/leap/42.3/repo/oss/] Valid metadata not found at specified URL Please check if the URIs defined for this repository are pointing to a valid repository. Skipping repository 'OSS' because of the above error. :~( -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (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] Leap 42.3
by Robert Schweikert 06 Sep '17

06 Sep '17

On 09/06/2017 05:51 PM, Tyler McClanahan wrote: > Robert, > > You could be running into this bug here: > > https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1017652 > > If you are running GNOME, Running XFCE > I have this same issue. The indexer hangs on certain files. Do you see anything in your message logs that shows > "tracker" errors? Nothing with tracker: journalctl --all | grep tracker Anyway I killed the running tracker-* processes and do not appear to return, lets see if anything changes. Thanks, Robert -- Robert Schweikert MAY THE SOURCE BE WITH YOU Distinguished Architect LINUX Team Lead Public Cloud rjschwei(a)suse.com IRC: robjo

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[opensuse] Problem installing openSUSE Leap 42.3 on Acer Aspire ES 15 in dual boot with Windows
by Freek de Kruijf 06 Sep '17

06 Sep '17

At first I tried to install openSUSE Leap 42.3 with UEFI enabled in the BIOS. I was able to boot from an USB stick and installed it on the disk. However this system when booting only used the Windows boot system, so I never saw GRUB2. The Boot page in BIOS shows a list of devices to boot from, first the USB HDD, second the disk, third Windows Boot System, but with the USB device removed only Windows Boot System is used. Choosing Boot from Disk using the USB stick gives an error message, which I searched for with Google, but I did find, discussions, however not a solution. After that I went for Legacy BIOS and now I get the GRUB2 boot screen, however without the possibility to boot Windows. Changing back to UEFI in the BIOS gives me only Windows again. Changing to Legacy in BIOS gives me GRUB2 and only Leap. It is some kind of dual boot, but not the desired one. Any suggestions? -- fr.gr. member openSUSE Freek de Kruijf -- 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] Checking /
by Roger Oberholtzer 06 Sep '17

06 Sep '17

If one needs to have / checked, does openSUSE (13.1...) support making a file called /forcefsck so it happens on reboot? We have a user with a system that is reporting an I/O error on /var/log/messages. And the system is slow. At least KDE is slow. Having eliminated the obvious (no or little disk space), and seeing no process eating CPU time, and getting an I/O error when accessing the end of /var/log/messages, I am considering checking if the root fs has issues. -- Roger Oberholtzer -- 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] How to set up razor-agent in Leap?
by stakanov 05 Sep '17

05 Sep '17

I find plenty of advises how to configure razor-agent in /etc/spamassassin... like: sudo razor-admin -home=/etc/spamassassin/.razor -register sudo razor-admin -home=/etc/spamassassin/.razor -create sudo razor-admin -home=/etc/spamassassin/.razor -discover But this is not the configuration case in opensuse if you just run spamassasin on a userbase AFAIU. Can I use razor-agent in these conditions and were(??) to set it up. How to set it up? Just change the path from /etc/spamassassin to a pass in the respective userhome? And which spamassasin rule has to be set in kmail? And: can two users contemporaneously run it? 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] mysql-5.7.19-linux-glibc2.12-x86
by jp list 04 Sep '17

04 Sep '17

Hi There, I need to use MySQL community version 5.7.8 (or greater) because support Json as a type. I didn't find any package compiled for opensuse leap 42.3 So I am trying to running from the tar from MySQL web page but service it is failing when I try it to start it: xps:/usr/local/mysql-5.7.19-linux-glibc2.12-x86_64 # support-files/mysql.server start redirecting to systemctl start .service Starting MySQL.Logging to '/usr/local/mysql/data/xps.err'. The server quit without updating PID file (/usr/local/mysql/data/xps.pid). failed any clue ? I renamed config file of my mariadb intallation ... but looks like it's not related ... thank you in advance ! -- 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: WD Green AV HD: rsync read errors mapping
by Carlos E. R. 04 Sep '17

04 Sep '17

On 2017-09-03 23:35, L A Walsh wrote: > Anton Aylward wrote: >> ${DEITY} help us when we have to check out the half dozen or so 4T >> drives for a RAID array! >> > ---- > I caught my RAID controller doing similar -- a patrol-read where it was > doing all of them in the container in parallel. > > > > Carlos E. R. wrote: >> I also have the theory of not throwing away my disks the first time they >> have bad sectors. Allow remapping, then keep them under observation. If >> there are no more bad sectors (after long test, perhaps full dd >> writeover), I feel safe. If bad sectors keep appearing, then replace >> fast. >> > ---- > I've had the opposite practice -- the first time a drive starts remapping -- > replace it ASAP. Even if it is starting to fail, it will start to be slower > as more and more sectors are remapped and need to be have extra seeks. > > You can't rely on files being contiguous anymore (even when the the Os > reports them as contiguous) because the disk will still report them as > contig to the OS. > > Finally -- once a disk starts remapping, I'm almost certain that a > HW RAID controller will kick it out of an array because that disk won't > keep up with the other disks. Well, if the number of bad sectors keep growing, I also kick the disk out. I have disks in use that once developed a few bad sectors, but not any more. I kept using them for several years and there were no more incidents, till I retired them "because old age", or simply because they are too small. However, I don't use raid, the situation may be different there, because of the timing issues you mention. But notice that if the disk continues to grow bad sectors, I do not use it. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 42.2 x86_64 "Malachite" at Telcontar)

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[opensuse] google-chrome changed gpg signing key?
by ellanios82 03 Sep '17

03 Sep '17

am seeing : File 'repomd.xml' from repository 'google-chrome' is signed with an unknown key '1397BC53640DB551' 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] 42.3 - Konqueror doesn't open to home directory
by James Knott 01 Sep '17

01 Sep '17

Since updating to 42.3, I find Konqueror no longer opens to my home directory. I was finally able to get it to the point where it opens to a blank screen, but I still have to click on the home button, to show my home directory? Is there any way to fix this, so that it works properly? -- 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] root login to kde 4
by Istvan Gabor 01 Sep '17

01 Sep '17

Hello: I have openSUSE Leap 42.2 and kdm4 display manager. I would like to login to kde 4 session as root. (I have to unmount /home partition for maintaining, therefore I can't login as normal user and use su, kdesu etc, still I want to work in GUI.) If I try to login as root the login process starts but in a few moments it stops and it gives back the login window. I have set DISPLAYMANAGER_ROOT_LOGIN_LOCAL to yes in /etc/sysconfig/displaymanager file, DISPLAYMANAGER_SHUTDOWN is set to all, and PERMISSION_SECURITY is set to easy local in /etc/sysconfig/security file. I checked /usr/share/kde4/config/kdm/kdmrc file too. I did not have line AllowRootLogin, therefore I added AllowRootLogin=true line to [X-*-Core] session. This did not help, still cannot login as root. /var/log/messages shows: 2017-08-31T12:53:12.618924+02:00 linux kdm: :1[7197]: pam_unix(xdm:session): session opened for user root by (uid=0) 2017-08-31T12:53:12.626813+02:00 linux systemd[1]: Created slice User Slice of root. 2017-08-31T12:53:12.654821+02:00 linux systemd[1]: Starting User Manager for UID 0... 2017-08-31T12:53:12.667489+02:00 linux systemd-logind[1192]: New session 97 of user root. 2017-08-31T12:53:12.667732+02:00 linux systemd: pam_unix(systemd-user:session): session opened for user root by (uid=0) 2017-08-31T12:53:12.667920+02:00 linux systemd[1]: Started Session 97 of user root. 2017-08-31T12:53:12.739948+02:00 linux systemd[7220]: Reached target Sockets. 2017-08-31T12:53:12.740423+02:00 linux systemd[7220]: Reached target Paths. 2017-08-31T12:53:12.740718+02:00 linux systemd[7220]: Reached target Timers. 2017-08-31T12:53:12.741003+02:00 linux systemd[7220]: Reached target Basic System. 2017-08-31T12:53:12.741281+02:00 linux systemd[7220]: Reached target Default. 2017-08-31T12:53:12.741555+02:00 linux systemd[7220]: Startup finished in 74ms. 2017-08-31T12:53:12.741843+02:00 linux systemd[1]: Started User Manager for UID 0. 2017-08-31T12:53:12.877188+02:00 linux checkproc: checkproc: can not get session id for process 6964! 2017-08-31T12:53:12.916858+02:00 linux kdm: :1[7197]: pam_unix(xdm:session): session closed for user root 2017-08-31T12:53:15.923156+02:00 linux systemd-logind[1192]: Removed session 97. 2017-08-31T12:53:15.926077+02:00 linux systemd[1]: Stopping User Manager for UID 0... 2017-08-31T12:53:15.927075+02:00 linux systemd[7220]: Stopped target Default. 2017-08-31T12:53:15.927325+02:00 linux systemd[7220]: Stopped target Basic System. 2017-08-31T12:53:15.927524+02:00 linux systemd[7220]: Stopped target Timers. 2017-08-31T12:53:15.927674+02:00 linux systemd[7220]: Reached target Shutdown. 2017-08-31T12:53:15.927831+02:00 linux systemd[7220]: Stopped target Paths. 2017-08-31T12:53:15.928111+02:00 linux systemd[7220]: Stopped target Sockets. 2017-08-31T12:53:15.942576+02:00 linux systemd[7220]: Starting Exit the Session... 2017-08-31T12:53:15.949867+02:00 linux systemd[7220]: Received SIGRTMIN+24 from PID 7307 (kill). 2017-08-31T12:53:15.953240+02:00 linux systemd: pam_unix(systemd-user:session): session closed for user root 2017-08-31T12:53:15.956168+02:00 linux systemd[1]: Stopped User Manager for UID 0. 2017-08-31T12:53:15.961748+02:00 linux systemd[1]: Removed slice User Slice of root. How could I trace and fix this? Any help is appreciated. Thanks, Istvan ps: Please don not write that I should not log in to GUI as root, because it does not help to solve the problem. -- 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 42.3 wants nvidia
by Roger Oberholtzer 01 Sep '17

01 Sep '17

I was just going to do a 'zypper dup' on a Leap 42.3 system, and zypper now reports this: The following 4 NEW packages are going to be installed: nvidia-computeG04 nvidia-gfxG04-kmp-default nvidia-glG04 x11-video-nvidiaG04 I do not have any nvidia stuff installed. Also, the nvidia RPMS are for an older Leap kernel. I guess some other package is pulling this in. But no other packages look like they should do this. Except perhaps VirtualBox, which is getting updated. Strange. -- Roger Oberholtzer -- 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] Tar file Error - Urgent data recovery
by Paul Groves 01 Sep '17

01 Sep '17

I am having problems with extracting a tar file for a colleague. It was created with tar / gzip on opensuse 42.1 and a md5 checksum generated and stored on a NAS. The 42.1 box had a disk failure (which is why I keep advising everyone to use raid but they still do not listen until it goes wrong). So 42.3 has been installed on the new disk(s) which are now in raid (which would have avoided this problem had I been listened to in the first place). So first thing, I verified the md5 sum against the tar file which came back succesful. so I am using tar -xvzf /mnt/BACKUP/file.tar.gz to extract the file. But I keep getting the following error before extraction completes: gzip: stdin: Input/output error tar: Unexpected EOF in archive tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now The odd thing is it isn't happening on one file, it happens on a different one every time (but never gets to the end). How can I recover the data in this tar file? Is there a way to ignore this error and continue anyway? It is quite important to get this data back so I would really appreciate some help. -- 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] Google repos
by Roger Oberholtzer 01 Sep '17

01 Sep '17

Is the information on this page about Google repos correct? https://en.opensuse.org/Additional_package_repositories The link is to a web page and not to a repo: https://www.google.com/linuxrepositories/ I have found Chrome here: http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/rpm/stable/x86_64 And Earth here: http://dl.google.com/linux/earth/rpm/stable/x86_64 Maybe that is more useful info on the Additional_package_repositories page? -- Roger Oberholtzer -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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