April 2018 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Re: [opensuse] Leap 15 as Vmware Host
by John Andersen 20 Apr '18

20 Apr '18

On 04/20/2018 12:56 PM, James PEARSON wrote: > I also run VB on Leap 15 with no problems what so ever. However rather than using the version > proposed by defaut I installed a more recent version from a different repository. It gets updated > super often. I am impressed. I'd like to know what that "different repository" is. I have licenses for Workstation, and version 12.5, but moving to V14.x is going to cost me $100, and with Leap's old kernel I can't be sure this will actually run. I've had to patch VM modules for a while now, the last kernel you could assure they worked with was 4.4 (LTS), and even getting it to run under Leap 42 was a pain in the ass every time opensuse or vmware pushed any upgrade. -- After all is said and done, more is said than done. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] HP Laser Jet Pro M477fdw works great so far
by don fisher 20 Apr '18

20 Apr '18

This is an amendment to the thread I started on the Canon Color imageCLASS MF733Cdw printer. AS I mentioned previously, I gave up on the Canon finding no viable Opensuse support. The HP Laser Jet Pro M477fdw installed without any problems. I have only tested printing and scanning so far, but both appear to work better than I had expected. The image I have attached is from a scan of an Channel advertisement by Keira Knightley, a favorite. Sorry for the size of the attachment. Image taken with Xsane defaults at a resolution of only 200 dpi. Thanks again for previous help. Don

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[opensuse] email client - very specific requirement
by Istvan Gabor 19 Apr '18

19 Apr '18

Hello: Is there any GUI email client which doesn't allow drag and drop between mailboxes/folders? Background: I have a user who needs to access different IMAP mailboxes at different providers. He's been using seamonkey mail client for >10 years. He is good in reading and writing messages but a little bit clumsy and occasionally drags/drops messages or complete folders from one folder to another one or from one mailbox to another one without even noticing it and messing up things. In my opinion this could only be prevented if draggin/dropping was disabled in the client. Is it possible to disable drag and drop in semaonkey mail? (Even if it requires rebulding). Or is there any GUI email client which doesn't offer drag and drop in its user interface? Thanks in advance, 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] multiple drm-kmp packages installed - leftovers - trash - remove?
by cagsm 19 Apr '18

19 Apr '18

Hi, leap 42.3 with kernel updates constantly coming in. I kind of remove older kernel-default-xxxx packages when the new kernel proved as a success. there was even some cleanup script or something that removes or purges old kernel packages when there are too many. now I wonder what those drm-kmp-default-xxxxx packages are exactly about, why there are so many and why they not getting cleaned up just the same? do I need them all? do I need them at all? why are they not being cleaned up as well? can I remove all but the highest build latest number? drm-kmp-default-4.9.33_k4.4.79_4-5.2.x86_64 drm-kmp-default-4.9.33_k4.4.120_45-10.2.x86_64 drm-kmp-default-4.9.33_k4.4.126_48-13.3.x86_64 drm-kmp-default-4.9.33_k4.4.76_1-3.2.x86_64 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] socks5 and ssh in firefox
by gumb 19 Apr '18

19 Apr '18

Though I've been using ssh in a basic way I've never until now looked into how to run something like Firefox on a remote machine residing in another country so as to get around country-specific annoyances. So I found this page: https://calomel.org/firefox_ssh_proxy.html and followed the instructions, went into the Firefox network settings on my local machine and chose SOCKS Host, put in 127.0.0.1 and port 8080, and checked the box for Proxy DNS when using SOCKS v5, but I see that by default, in the box 'No Proxy for' it already has localhost, 127.0.0.1 Wouldn't keeping that there defeat the object? Do I need to remove that? I tried removing it, then opened a terminal and did as suggested: ssh -C2qTnN -D 8080 {remote_machine} I see that by going to http://whatsmyip.org/ the remote IP address is shown and from testing a couple of sites, all seems to work as I need it to, but since I'll be wanting to do this occasionally and switch back and forth in the Firefox network settings, I don't understand if I should always remove that line in 'No Proxy for'? -- 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] chromium or chrome?
by David T-G 19 Apr '18

19 Apr '18

Hi, all -- I've been using Chromium because it's what was available, but I've noticed that it seems to really crush my laptop (details if anyone is interested; maybe I could also be doing something better). I just found that, yes, Linux Chrome does exist, so now I wonder which I'd prefer. Any discussions on the merits of each? I also use FireFox, but I like having two browsers as options, so I hope the answer isn't "they both stink; just use FFox". And I hope the answer also isn't "forget them all and use this other one" ;-) TIA & HAND :-D -- David T-G See http://justpickone.org/davidtg/email/ See http://justpickone.org/davidtg/tofu.txt -- 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] Grub2 netboot: net variables undefined :(
by Peter Suetterlin 18 Apr '18

18 Apr '18

Hi List, I'm using grub2 to set up pxe netboot for UEFI following this blog: https://github.com/openSUSE/kiwi/wiki/Setup-PXE-boot-with-EFI-Using-GRUB2 with some changes (we use http instead of tftp, as the latter is dead slow and the initrd is huge). In principle everything works. However, grub does not automatically set up the network. I have to do this manually using 'net_bootp'. But as the computer has three ports, one of them unconnected, this runs into a timeout that slows things down. So I would like to net_bootp $net_default_interface However, this variable is not set :(( Does anyone have an idea what is missing? Are those variables transfered via some module that I forgot to include, is there a bug in the grub used, or has it to do with hardware? At the moment I'm hardcoding the interface, which is sort-of OK as all affected computers have the same hardware. For reference here's my grub.cfg and the create command line. I'm doing this from a Leap 42.3 system (grub2-2.02-7.1). grub2-mkstandalone -d /usr/lib/grub2/x86_64-efi -O x86_64-efi \ --fonts="unicode" -o bootx64.efi boot/grub/grub.cfg grub.cfg: set timeout=2 menuentry 'Linux diskless' --class os { insmod net insmod efinet insmod tftp insmod http insmod gzio insmod part_gpt insmod efi_gop insmod efi_uga set net_default_server=10.0.2.32 net_bootp efinet1 echo 'Loading Linux ...' linux (http)/boot/linux echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...' initrd (http)/boot/initrd } -- 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] jstest Vibration
by Paul Groves 18 Apr '18

18 Apr '18

HI Everyone, I have been using jstest to test game controllers (which I repair). It is a great tool because it displays each button and analog input and I can see if they are working properly. However I am wondering how to test the vibration on these game controllers. The USB adapters are all vibration compatible (and the vibration works on this same PC in the various emulators I use). Surely there is a command or script to turn on the vibration? Does anyone know of such a thing? 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] Leap-15 kernel related anomaly
by Mark Hounschell 17 Apr '18

17 Apr '18

We have several out of kernel drivers. They build and run fine on the 4.12 kernel that comes on Leap-15. However when we build and run a vanilla kernel from kernel.org and try to build our drivers against it, the build fails. ./include/linux/kernel.h:6:10: fatal error: stdarg.h: No such file or directory #include <stdarg.h> ^~~~~~~~~~ compilation terminated. The vanilla kernel is built and installed like has been done forever via: #make -j# #make modules_install install I figured out what I had to do to get these out of kernel modules to compile. I have to explicitly include "-I/usr/lib64/gcc/x86_64-suse-linux/7/include/". Even the nvidia driver had to have this explicit include added to its Makefile. I have no idea how the kernel handles this but Leap-15 seems to have prohibited it from happening correctly in all but against the 4.12 Leap-15 kernel. I suspect this is not intentional. I also suspect it is a bug somewhere. Never in the history of using opensuse have we had to explicitly make this include in an out of kernel driver. Nobody else has either. Regards Mark -- 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] KDE/Plasma5 Compositor regression
by John Andersen 17 Apr '18

17 Apr '18

Since fairly recent versions of Plasma 5 (all from Opensuse repositories) going back sometime earlier this year, I've noticed an annoying regression on in the compositor on my hardware. I use to be able to run with all the bling turned on, wobbly windows, transparency, several different effects, fades, zooms, etc - almost all the features offed by KDE. Most of that stuff still works, but now menus, both KDE main menu, as well as application menues get filled with squiggly lines. Attaching an example of a pull-down menu in Tbird. If I then mouse down through the options, each line will become clear as the cursor pointer crosses it. All other compositing effects seem to work the same as they did say last year. KDE previously worked perfectly with all compositing features that your video card was capable of, after many years of effort getting that to work. I thought my video card was failing. Only full solution: I toggled off compositing (Alt-shift 12), and this squiggle fill goes away instantly. (I can also log in with compositing turned off of course.) Equipment: Older ATI RV515 M45 Mobility Radeon X1400. Using the Community drivers. Seen on Leap 42.2 problem started sometime early 2018. Persists in Leap 15 (kernel 4.12.14-6-lp150.8-default) Kde Plasma 5.12.4 Attached small image, lets see if it sneaks through the list server, or if I have to susepaste it, -- After all is said and done, more is said than done.

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