June 2018 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] opensuse mailing list site ridiculousness
by Istvan Gabor 17 Jun '18

17 Jun '18

Hello: I tried to open openSUSE mailing lists in an older firefox, 24.8.1 ESR at http://lists.opensuse.org/ which redirects to https://lists.opensuse.org/ and the browser can't open the page, instead give an error message: "The connection was interrupted The connection to lists.opensuse.org was interrupted while the page was loading. The site could be temporarily unavailable or too busy. Try again in a few moments. If you are unable to load any pages, check your computer's network connection. If your computer or network is protected by a firewall or proxy, make sure that Firefox is permitted to access the Web." I guess the problem might be an authentication/key/certificate error. (Newer seamonkey can open the page). First I don't really get why looking at a mailing list page requires an https connection at all. I can imagine that some want secure connection to the mailing list site but automatic redirection should not occur. Third, many https site just work with this old firefox. https://software.opensuse.org/ doesn't open either. https://www.opensuse.org/ works. This should be fixed. 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] openSUSE on 2 in 1 device
by Vojtěch Zeisek 17 Jun '18

17 Jun '18

Hello, as my old ASUS Transformer Android tablet is slowly decaying, I'm thinking about its replacement. I'd prefer some "standard" device with x86_64 architecture which could serve as notebook and which would have detachable keyboard to work as tablet for reading etc. I don't wont Android anymore. So far I like Lenovo Miix 320 https://www3.lenovo.com/us/en/tablets/windows-tablets/miix-series/-Miix-320… HP X2 210 G2 https://store.hp.com/us/en/mdp/hp-x2-210--1 ASUS Transformer Mini T102HA https://www.asus.com/2-in-1-PCs/ASUS-Transformer-Mini-T102HA/ Acer One 10 https://www.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/series/acerone10 I'd prefer to buy it without Windows (impossible, I'm afraid) and use it only with Linux, preferable with openSUSE TW. Does anyone have some experience with this? Would anyone recommend different comparable device (up to ~450 €)? What are Your experiences with touch screen usability? I prefer KDE (Well, will it run on 4 GB RAM?), but I don't mind some another (I just don't like GNOME). I wonder how convenient is touchscreen on simple tasks like web browsing, reading, etc. More specifically, how do applications like Firefox LO Writer, Okular, etc. work on touchscreen? Does screen rotation work well? Last but not least, I'd prefer certain quality of construction - durability, display quality, etc. I don't wish any plastic crap which would break up easily. On the other hand, I don't care about sound or webcam. V. -- Vojtěch Zeisek Komunita openSUSE GNU/Linuxu Community of the openSUSE GNU/Linux https://www.opensuse.org/ https://trapa.cz/

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[opensuse] Leap 15.0 and Amarok problems
by Andrei Verovski 17 Jun '18

17 Jun '18

Hi ! I encountered numerous problems with Amarok from SuSE repo: 1) It always throws annoying error: This object could not be created for the following reason: Could not find requested component Which cannot be dismissed in any way. The only meaningful debug message so far is: QWidget::setMinimumSize: (Media Sources dock/BrowserDock) Negative sizes (200,-1) are not possible 2) Which gstreamer plugins required for Amarok in order to play flac? There are gstreamer-plugins 1.12.5 "good", "bad", "ugly" - which ones? Thanks 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] "Speaker" icon on Firefox
by James Knott 16 Jun '18

16 Jun '18

I often play music with Amarok. On the task bar, it has an icon for a speaker, as might be expected. However, this icon now appears on Firefox. If I display the list of Firefox windows, each one has the same icon, even on sites that don't have any audio. Is this a new "feature"? It doesn't appear with other browsers. -- 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] Plasma - how to set digital clock plasmoid font size?
by David C. Rankin 16 Jun '18

16 Jun '18

All, How can I change the font size of the digital clock plasmoid in the taskbar? Apparently, in the past there was a pointSize parameter in the file: /usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.digitalclock/contents/ui/DigitalClock.qml I have tried changing: font.pixelSize: 1024 to font.pixelSize: 512 hoping to 1/2 the font size, but no joy. Is there any way to do this? The font is huge (and this is with a small narrow font), e.g. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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[opensuse] Leap 15 and rhythmbox
by don fisher 16 Jun '18

16 Jun '18

I am having troubles with rhythmbox. The application opens, and I can select a track to play. But none of the buttons work. I receive an error message: Unable to grab media player keys: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.Dbus.Error.ServiceUnKnown: The name org.gnome.SettingsDaemon was not provided by any .service files I do not have Gnome installed. And I do not know what this means. Please help. Don -- 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] dd to copy a partition?
by Lew Wolfgang 16 Jun '18

16 Jun '18

Hi Folks, One of my acolytes reported that she used dd to copy one disk partition to another partition on the same disk, as in: dd if=/dev/sda1 of=/dev/sda2 She said it failed, but was a little fuzzy about exactly what happened (I wasn't there), just that the destination partition appeared to be "empty" after the operation. I don't know how she made that determination. I've been doing UNIX stuff for a long time but I never would have thought to use dd in this fashion. Maybe instinct? But assuming that the two partitions are exactly the same size, what could possibly go wrong? I think she was using 42.3, probably with ext4. Definitely not btrfs, if that matters. 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] kde4 policykit: authentication required
by Istvan Gabor 16 Jun '18

16 Jun '18

Hello: This occurs in openSUSE 13.1 with KDE4 Platform Version 4.11.5. I have a disk partition in the fstab file like this: /dev/disk/by-id/ata-......-part8 /mnt/partition8 ext3 noauto,users 1 2 According to this normal users should be able to mount the partition. It works if I mount the partition in konsole by "mount /mnt/partition8". If I try to mount the partition in krusader file manager by right click/mount I get a window with an error message: "Authentication is required to mount ............ (/dev/sda8) An application is attempting to perform an action that requires privileges. Authentication is required to perform this action. Password for root: " In dolphin there is no option to mount the partiton. It seems KDE4 or krusader ignores what is set in fstab and requires root password. Why is this and how to fix? I know openSUSE 13.1 is old and but it still should work. 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] Leap 15.0: how to get the penguin boot screen
by Darryl Gregorash 15 Jun '18

15 Jun '18

I followed the steps at https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Animated_penguin_GRUB_splash_screen (first it was necessary to install gfxboot which wasn't installed at installation), and verified that /boot/message does indeed show "penguin=100". Clearly, there is something I still need to do that isn't mentioned in that URL, because I still see the default boot screen. This is the first time I've ever played with anything to do with the boot process, so any help is greatly appreciated. -- 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] 15.0 KDE desktop goes wonkey
by James Knott 15 Jun '18

15 Jun '18

One thing I've noticed since upgrading to 15.0 is the KDE desktop goes wonkey (please pardon the technical jargon) where the icon images on the task bar seem to enlarge the image, within the same size icon. Text also gets bigger. Sometimes it also affects the desktop icons. The only way to clear it is to log out. Has anyone else seen 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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