November 2018 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] zypper dup : updatedb gets stuck
by ellanios82 04 Nov '18

04 Nov '18

a week ago , upon completion of doing my weekly "zypper dup" , running "updatedb" got stuck and continued running `forever` - same today : "updatedb" got stuck ....... 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] Scanner settings?
by James Knott 04 Nov '18

04 Nov '18

I have an Epson scanner and have been using it for years with sane. However, the software that comes with openSUSE does not have any means to save settings. So, every time I want to scan a document, I have to select source and then choose mode, resolution and set the boundaries, even though I use the same settings virtually every time I scan. Is there any way to save those settings? Perhaps a better app? I have Skanlite installed, but it has the same issue. 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] no X after switch to EFI boot / NVIDIA
by Paul Neuwirth 03 Nov '18

03 Nov '18

Hello, sorry I could not do much recherche.. It's hard without X. Maybe someone has a clue, why Xorg does not launch after switch from BIOS boot to EFI boot.. Thank you for any hint.. maybe it's also obvious for someone... First symptom, I have a different console font (I did never use kms before..). I tried to enable or disable modesetting (nomodeset / drm-nvidia.modesetting=0).. There are two nvidia cards installed.. maybe it is a resource conflict, that did not appear at BIOS boot. Maybe I have some incompatible packages installed... rpm -qa | grep -iE "nv-|nvidia|nouv" nvidia-glG04-390.87-lp150.10.2.x86_64 xf86-video-nv-2.1.21-lp150.1.7.x86_64 x11-video-nvidiaG04-390.87-lp150.10.2.x86_64 nvidia-computeG04-390.87-lp150.10.2.x86_64 php7-iconv-7.2.5-lp150.2.15.1.x86_64 nvidia-gfxG04-kmp-default-390.87_k4.12.14_lp150.11-lp150.10.1.x86_64 libvdpau_nouveau-18.0.2-lp150.17.2.x86_64 Mesa-dri-nouveau-18.0.2-lp150.17.2.x86_64 xf86-video-nouveau-1.0.15-lp150.1.9.x86_64 libdrm_nouveau2-32bit-2.4.91-lp150.1.2.x86_64 unoconv-0.7-lp150.1.8.noarch libdrm_nouveau2-2.4.96-lp150.245.1.x86_64 the output of x.org: https://www.swabian.net/extern/problemnvidia/xsession some important lines: (EE) [drm] Failed to open DRM device for (null): -2 (EE) [drm] Failed to open DRM device for (null): -2 the dmesg output: https://www.swabian.net/extern/problemnvidia/dmesg when I try to start the displaymanager.service I get instantly: [ 99.473246] resource sanity check: requesting [mem 0x000c0000-0x000fffff], which spans more than PCI Bus 0000:00 [mem 0x000c0000-0x000dffff window] [ 99.473347] caller _nv001169rm+0xe3/0x1d0 [nvidia] mapping multiple BARs Thank you for any help Paul Neuwirth -- 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] Epson L805 , anybody?
by Radule Šoškić 03 Nov '18

03 Nov '18

Hi, Any experiences with Epson L805 on this list? Compatibility, qualty, economy - pro et contra, please. Currently, I know there is some level of support for Linux (generic driver and utility SW available at http://download.ebz.epson.net/dsc/search/01/search/searchModule) It's all very new (25.10.2018). It seems that CISS/ITS technology takes economy to next level comparing to older ink-jets and lasers, and that's what attracted me. But I would like to get some real-life comments from real users, if any. TIA and best regards, Radule Soskic N��r��y隊Z)z{.�ﮞ˛��m�)z{.��+�:�{Zr�az�'z��j)h��Ǿ� ޮ�^�ˬz��

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[opensuse] python question
by George from the tribe 02 Nov '18

02 Nov '18

I am looking to get started on learning python. Any python programmers out there? My number 1 question is, what is your preferred IDE? I am looking at a medium sized project (for my experience) and I expect I will need some good troubleshooting tools that also give syntax help. I have read that Eclipse is a really good IDE for python, even though it is mostly used for java, and that PyDev adds lots of features to Eclipse. But there are other recommendations also. Anyone have any thoughts on what you have used and prefer? Advantages and disadvantages? -- George Box: 42.3 | KDE Plasma 5.8 | AMD Phenom IIX4 | 64 | 32GB Laptop #1: TW | Plasma 5.13 | AMD FX 7TH GEN | 64 | 32GB Laptop #2: 15.0 | KDE Plasma 5.8 | Core i5 | 64 | 8GB -- 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] eric the python IDE
by George from the tribe 02 Nov '18

02 Nov '18

So as I am starting my education in python, something comes up here that tells me I need to know more about how opensuse packages things... On my bigger laptop in which I am running tumbleweed, I see that eric6 is available from the regular repositories as an official release. However, in leap 15, only eric5 is available. Eric6 has not yet made it into the official repositories. On the opensuse package search, I can see that eric6 is available as an "experimental" package (and it is one version higher than the tumbleweed version of eric6 - tumbleweed has released eric6-18.09, but the experimental packages have released eric6-18.10. There are also 2 "community" packages available for eric6 - one is 18.09 and the other is 18.10. Then there are also some builds of eric6 that are available from the build service that didn't show up in the package search. So I am trying to decide what would be better - to download someone's community version they have made available, or the experimental package? Thoughts out there - what do you all prefer in situations like this? Do you all prefer a community package that a user has put together, or do you prefer something that comes from opensuse? What also would be your reasons for your preference? -- George Box: 42.3 | KDE Plasma 5.8 | AMD Phenom IIX4 | 64 | 32GB Laptop #1: TW | Plasma 5.13 | AMD FX 7TH GEN | 64 | 32GB Laptop #2: 15.0 | KDE Plasma 5.8 | Core i5 | 64 | 8GB -- 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] [SOLVED] LibreOffice Calc 6.1.x Scrolling Crash
by Andrei Verovski 01 Nov '18

01 Nov '18

Hi, Today made a spreadsheet with a several 3D bar graphs and found that scrolling in LibreOffice Calc results in sudden application shutdown without any error message and loss of unsaved changes in document. Tested on different Linux distributions (SuSE Leap 15.0 and SuSE Tumblweed) and various hardware (nVidia GeForce and Intel GMA). Crashes were so often that app could be considered close to unusable in this particular case. After some tweaking problem was solved. Tools -> Options -> LibreOffice -> View -> Graphics Output / Use anti-aliasing should be off. Changing hardware acceleration option within LibreOffice doesn't affect this crash. More quick tips on my blog: http://www.vacuum-tube.eu/wp/?p=399 -- 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] Questions about name resolving using /etc/hosts
by Marc Chamberlin 01 Nov '18

01 Nov '18

I am running OpenSuSE Leap 42.3 on a machine with 2 NICs. I am also running a Bind DNS server on the same system. I did an experiment in order to assign a unique hostname to each of the NIC interface cards by simply editing my /etc/hosts file as shown below: (sorry, I am not sure how to format this for a newsgroup.) bigbang:/etc # cat /etc/hosts 127.0.0.1 localhost # added for each nic 192.168.10.100 bigbangInternal.mydomainname.com bigbangInternal 10.10.10.100 bigbangExternal.mydomainname.com bigbangExternal ::1 localhost ipv6-localhost ipv6-loopback fe00::0 ipv6-localnet ff00::0 ipv6-mcastprefix ff02::1 ipv6-allnodes ff02::2 ipv6-allrouters ff02::3 ipv6-allhosts My host.conf file is configured to look at the hosts file first when resolving names: bigbang:/etc # cat /etc/host.conf ## file comments deleted for brevity... order hosts, bind multi on My nsswitch.conf file is also configured to look at the hosts file first when resolving names: bigbang:/etc # cat /etc/nsswitch.conf ## file comments deleted for brevity... passwd: compat group: compat hosts: files mdns_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] dns networks: files dns services: files protocols: files rpc: files ethers: files netmasks: files netgroup: files nis publickey: files bootparams: files automount: files nis aliases: files After editing the /etc/hosts file I flushed the name service cache: bigbang:/etc # systemctl restart nscd.service and when I test things out I get the following "surprising" results which appear at first glance to show that the name resolving order specified in nsswitch.conf is not being honored. But something else even deeper is going on as well that really has me baffled: bigbang:/etc # ping bigbangInternal ping: unknown host bigbangInternal ??? I didn't expect that! bigbang:/etc # getent hosts 127.0.0.1 localhost 192.168.10.100 bigbangInternal.mydomainname.com bigbangInternal 10.10.10.100 bigbangExternal.mydomainname.com bigbangExternal that looks good... bigbang:/etc # getent hosts localhost ::1 localhost ??? I am a bit surprised by this as I did not enable IPv6 addresses in YaST bigbang:/etc # getent hosts bigbangInternal bigbang:/etc # getent hosts bigbangInternal.mydomainname.com ??? no response! why not? bigbang:/etc # getent hosts 10.10.10.100 10.10.10.100 mydomainname.com ??? huh? Why did I get my dns domain name? bigbang:/etc # getent hosts 192.168.10.100 ??? no response! My guess is that these attempts to resolve these names and ip addresses is being done by my bind dns server and not by looking things up in the /etc/hosts file. But I don't understand why given that I am specifying that the order of lookup is to be done first via the /etc/hosts file and then by the bind dns server if the lookup in the hosts file fails. What am I missing and/or not understanding? Thanks in advance for any guidance/clues as to why I am seeing these results. Marc... -- Linux Counter -- 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] ls or find on directories with millions of files ?
by Per Jessen 01 Nov '18

01 Nov '18

This might be file system dependent, I'm not sure. I've been doing some tidying up and got stuck on a few directories with millions of files in them. 3+ million per directory. Doing a 'find' takes a very long time and also essentially chokes the system. I ended up writing a small utility using getdents() instead, much faster and the system remains operational. I was just wondering if e.g. 'find' or 'ls' had some options that would limit the scope ? (not mtime etc). -- Per Jessen, Zürich (5.9°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] Why am I now presented with 3 FULL Nvidia Licenses on Upgrade?
by David C. Rankin 01 Nov '18

01 Nov '18

All, What changed? Why are we now presented with the Nvidia license for every nvidia component to upgrade the drivers? Over and over again I was presented wit the following 3 times just to be able to update: (Use arrows or pgUp/pgDown keys to scroll the text by lines or pages.) In order to install 'nvidia-computeG04', you must agree to terms of the following license agreement: License For Customer Use of NVIDIA Software IMPORTANT NOTICE -- READ CAREFULLY: This License For Customer Use of NVIDIA Software ("LICENSE") is the agreement which governs use of the software of NVIDIA Corporation and its subsidiaries ("NVIDIA") downloadable herefrom, including computer software and associated printed materials ("SOFTWARE"). By downloading, installing, copying, or otherwise using the SOFTWARE, you agree to be bound by the terms of this LICENSE. If you do not agree to the terms of this LICENSE, do not download the SOFTWARE. RECITALS Use of NVIDIA's products requires three elements: the SOFTWARE, the hardware on a graphics controller board, and a personal computer. The SOFTWARE is protected by copyright laws and international copyright treaties, as well as other intellectual property laws and treaties. The SOFTWARE is not sold, and instead is only licensed for use, strictly in accordance with this document. The hardware is protected by various patents, and is sold, but this agreement does not cover that sale, since it may not necessarily be sold as a package with the SOFTWARE. This agreement sets forth the terms and conditions of the SOFTWARE LICENSE only. 1. DEFINITIONS 1.1 Customer. Customer means the entity or individual that downloads the SOFTWARE. 2. GRANT OF LICENSE 2.1 Rights and Limitations of Grant. NVIDIA hereby grants Customer the following non-exclusive, non-transferable right to use the SOFTWARE, with the following limitations: 2.1.1 Rights. Customer may install and use one copy of the SOFTWARE on a single computer, and except for making one back-up copy of the Software, may not otherwise copy the SOFTWARE. This LICENSE of SOFTWARE may not be shared or used concurrently on different computers. 2.1.2 Linux/FreeBSD Exception. Notwithstanding the foregoing terms of Section 2.1.1, SOFTWARE designed exclusively for use on the Linux or FreeBSD operating systems, or other operating systems derived from the source code to these operating systems, may be copied and redistributed, provided that the binary files thereof are not modified in any way (except for unzipping of compressed files). 2.1.3 Limitations. No Reverse Engineering. Customer may not reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble the SOFTWARE, nor attempt in any other manner to obtain the source code. No Separation of Components. The SOFTWARE is licensed as a single product. Its component parts may not be separated for use on more than one computer, nor otherwise used separately from the other parts. No Rental. Customer may not rent or lease the SOFTWARE to someone else. 3. TERMINATION This LICENSE will automatically terminate if Customer fails to comply with any of the terms and conditions hereof. In such event, Customer must destroy all copies of the SOFTWARE and all of its component parts. Defensive Suspension. If Customer commences or participates in any legal proceeding against NVIDIA, then NVIDIA may, in its sole discretion, suspend or terminate all license grants and any other rights provided under this LICENSE during the pendency of such legal proceedings. 4. 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If any provision of this LICENSE is inconsistent with, or cannot be fully enforced under, the law, such provision will be construed as limited to the extent necessary to be consistent with and fully enforceable under the law. This agreement is the final, complete and exclusive agreement between the parties relating to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes all prior or contemporaneous understandings and agreements relating to such subject matter, whether oral or written. Customer agrees that it will not ship, transfer or export the SOFTWARE into any country, or use the SOFTWARE in any manner, prohibited by the United States Bureau of Export Administration or any export laws, restrictions or regulations. This LICENSE may only be modified in writing signed by an authorized officer of NVIDIA. Do you agree with the terms of the license? [yes/no] (no): yes -- David C. 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