November 2019 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] Why is pdfchain not build for 15.0 Oss when it has been in Oss since before 42.3 - it's CRITICAL
by David C. Rankin 14 Nov '19

14 Nov '19

All, Devs Why is pdfchain no build for 15.0? It was there in 42.3. It's critical for anyone who needs to assemble pdf documents, such as faxes, exhibits, court filings, etc.. It is a wonderful gui that allows to you rotate and assemble many pdfs into a final document. I had a settlement and closing documents due by the 18th in Federal Court for the Sourthern Dist. of Texas and went to use pdfchain that was present before the zypper dup -- only to find out it is no longer on my system -- what?? It's something that was built and part of OSS, not some tangent repo. Can somebody go re-enable the build to add 15.0 and 15.1 to the build lists. This one caught me off guard. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. -- 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] Cannot install Leap-15.1 on HP laptop
by Wolfgang Mueller 13 Nov '19

13 Nov '19

Today I tried to install Leap-15.1 on my new HP Pavilion Gaming Laptop 15-cx0112ng, but in vain. (Despite its name, I have no intention to use the laptop for games.) After inserting a bootable USB stick made from openSUSE-Leap-15.1-NET-x86_64.iso, I switched on the laptop and selected "Installation". This was the system's response: - Loading kernel - Loading initial ramdisk ... ... ... - Loading base drivers...ok - Starting hardware detection... But then an "ok" never appeared. Three overlapping green bars slowly grew from the left to the right for showing the hardware detection's progress. But after their arrival at the right-hand end, nothing happened any more. I waited one more hour, but in vain. I repeated this attempt of installation twice, loosing a lot of time, but without obtaining a different result. Unfortunately the laptop has no CD/DVD drive. So, there is no alternative to the installation with a bootable USB stick. Any help is welcome! Thanks in advance, Wolfgang -- 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] wireless intermittent
by Dave Howorth 13 Nov '19

13 Nov '19

I'm a complete noob when it comes to wireless! I just turned wireless on on my openSUSE PC (Leap 15.0) in order to be able to control a TP-Link HS110 smart plug. But the wireless seems to be flaky on the PC and I have no idea why. I set it up in YaST - I use Wicked - and it seemed to work, then it stopped, then it worked, then it didn't etc. YaST now says: RTL8821AE 802.11ac PCIe Wireless Network Adapter (Not connected) MAC : 80:a5:89:34:b8:27 BusID : 0000:03:00.0 Device Name: wlan0 Started automatically at boot IP address assigned using DHCP but on my router's network management page I can see an IP address for my PC's WLAN interface (it's on a different net to the wired LAN) and part of the time it indicates a connection and part not. When it does the signal strength is -73 dBm. Is it telling me there's an actual connection problem (needs a better antenna) or is there some other possibility? How can I tell for sure? Oh there's a bunch of stuff in the log that probably helps if I knew what it meant: 2019-11-09T17:33:48.960206+00:00 acer-suse kernel: [9051579.222125] wlan0: Connection to AP 9a:9b:cb:9d:ab:52 lost 2019-11-09T17:33:52.240230+00:00 acer-suse kernel: [9051582.502761] wlan0: authenticate with 9a:9b:cb:9d:ab:52 2019-11-09T17:33:52.240242+00:00 acer-suse kernel: [9051582.503188] wlan0: send auth to 9a:9b:cb:9d:ab:52 (try 1/3) 2019-11-09T17:33:52.244205+00:00 acer-suse kernel: [9051582.509073] wlan0: authenticated 2019-11-09T17:33:52.244217+00:00 acer-suse kernel: [9051582.509992] wlan0: associate with 9a:9b:cb:9d:ab:52 (try 1/3) 2019-11-09T17:33:52.250061+00:00 acer-suse kernel: [9051582.515266] wlan0: RX AssocResp from 9a:9b:cb:9d:ab:52 (capab=0x1431 status=0 aid=6) 2019-11-09T17:33:52.250072+00:00 acer-suse kernel: [9051582.515519] wlan0: associated 2019-11-09T17:33:52.276592+00:00 acer-suse wickedd-dhcp4[1406]: wlan0: Request to acquire DHCPv4 lease with UUID 5fdb3c5d-1de5-0b00-a505-00000d000000 2019-11-09T17:33:55.580226+00:00 acer-suse kernel: [9051585.842867] wlan0: deauthenticated from 9a:9b:cb:9d:ab:52 (Reason: 34=DISASSOC_LOW_ACK) etc etc -- 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] TW : DOSEMU will not start : LOWRAM mmap: Invalid argument
by ellanios82 13 Nov '19

13 Nov '19

On 11/11/19 8:00 PM, Simon Becherer wrote: > Only another suggestion, > > have you tried dosemu with a new user? > (if there would be some conf files soemwhere at user, > they would not be overwritten if you uninstall and install > again) > and/or check if there are some conf files in etc or somewhere else. > check in yast the filelist of dosbox for locations where it could be > (man could help also) > > i have only installed dosbox here, an it is running at tumbleweed 20191011 > > simoN > - have made a new user : as new user , dosemu still refuses to start . . . thus , can not be a 'home' directory config. file that prevents dosemu from start - will continue to poke around in /etc & elsewhere , searching for cause ..... many 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] Certbot packages missing in OpenSuSE 15.1?
by Marc Chamberlin 13 Nov '19

13 Nov '19

Any idea what happened to the certbot and certbot-doc packages for OpenSuSE Leap 15.1? YaST is not showing these packages when I do a search for them... I will try and install these from the 15.0 repository but curious as to why they are missing in 15.1? Marc Chamberlin -- --... ...-- .----. ... -.. . .-- .- --... .--. -..- .-- -- .- .-. -.-. *Computers: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the user Marc. His mission: to explore strange new hardware. To seek out new software and new applications. To boldly go where no Marc has gone before! * -- 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] TW : DOSEMU will not start : LOWRAM mmap: Invalid argument
by ellanios82 12 Nov '19

12 Nov '19

TW : - after this morning's "zypper dup" , dosemu refuses to start , and leaves error message: /usr/bin/dosemu LOWRAM mmap: Invalid argument ..... - any ideas please 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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[opensuse] Linux desktop and enterprise virus and such security
by Roger Oberholtzer 11 Nov '19

11 Nov '19

I have been trying to get my openSUSE desktops to play nice in our company's increasingly draconian security system. Every time I think I have made progress, there is another obstacle. Case in point. Our company has decided that Cisco will be the security provider. This includes using Cisco routers and Cisco software. In software, they are using Cicso's ICE, Umbrella, and AMP. I have been working with IT to see how our openSUSE desktops can play along with this. Things looked hopeful. Until they provided me with the AMP package. It is a RPM designed for use on Red Hat systems. Of course, I had a peek around to see what was really Red Hat specific. With a hope that it was standard and could be run on openSUSE. So close. But there were two obstacles: 1. It likes to keep the virus database up-to-date. That is, of course, needed. Unfortunately, it uses a very old RPM version/library to manage installed packages. That version is not compatible with the newer version openSUSE uses. I think it could be possible to get around that. Not sure. But maybe. 2. It installs some drivers. This requires that the drivers match the operating system version. AMP only supports a very old kernel (3.10.0 in RHEL 7, which Red Hat seems to patch with security fixes). This is unfortunate. And it need not be done this way (NVIDIA also installs drivers - but their method supports more OS versions by install-time linking of modules for the current kernel). This is the show stopper. I see no way to get around this incompatibility. Also RHEL is not really a desktop release. It was originally released in Oct of 2015. I have no interest in working in an old desktop. I guess I don't have a real question. Other than why Linux is still being marginalized by major companies? Surely I'm not the only user in a corporate environment where the security tools are mandated company-wide. It's not enough to claim that you have installed something at least equivalent. They only trust what they have selected. AMP, as it turns out, seems to use ClamAV. But it adds an interface that allows corporate monitoring that all is working as expected. With almost 40000 people, I cannot blame the security guys for wanting this kind of information. I guess it would take convincing from companies like SUSE (or a consortium of Linux companies working as a single entity) to get Cisco to consider proper Linux desktop support (maintained by Cisco in their own OBS environment to allow packages for multiple distros?). The humorous thing is that with Red Hat's acquisition by IBM, I think IBM's security stuff will be the preferred solution for Red Hat users. Cisco will surely see a decrease in Red Hat sales. And from that decide that Linux is not worth the effort. Some days I just feel too old for all 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] openSUSE Project Name Change voted down 225 - 42
by David C. Rankin 11 Nov '19

11 Nov '19

Democracy works! (at least here -- Thank God) -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. -- 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 kernel after zypper dup from 42.3 has flaky usb-controller problems.
by David C. Rankin 11 Nov '19

11 Nov '19

All, I've watched this for the past couple of days since I updated to 15.0 from 42.3 with zypper dup. My usb controller has lost its mind and will just disconnect the mouse randomly -- then sometimes is reconnects moments later.... It's totally bizarre watching the mouse turn off, then suddenly turn back on (or other times require a manual disconnect and plug back in), e.g. below the mouse disconnects and then reconnects twice within 17 minutes of each other?? Nov 08 01:37:26 wizard kernel: usb 2-2: USB disconnect, device number 14 Nov 08 01:37:27 wizard kernel: usb 2-2: new low-speed USB device number 15 using xhci_hcd Nov 08 01:37:27 wizard kernel: usb 2-2: New USB device found, idVendor=045e, idProduct=0040 Nov 08 01:37:27 wizard kernel: usb 2-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=3, SerialNumber=0 Nov 08 01:37:27 wizard kernel: usb 2-2: Product: Microsoft 3-Button Mouse with IntelliEye(TM) Nov 08 01:37:27 wizard kernel: usb 2-2: Manufacturer: Microsoft Nov 08 01:37:27 wizard kernel: input: Microsoft Microsoft 3-Button Mouse with IntelliEye(TM) as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.7/0000:26:00.0/usb2/2-2/2-2:1.0/0003:045E:0040.000E/input/input37 Nov 08 01:37:27 wizard kernel: hid-generic 0003:045E:0040.000E: input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.10 Mouse [Microsoft Microsoft 3-Button Mouse with IntelliEye(TM)] on usb-0000:26:00.0-2/input0 Nov 08 01:37:27 wizard mtp-probe[22767]: checking bus 2, device 15: "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.7/0000:26:00.0/usb2/2-2" Nov 08 01:37:27 wizard mtp-probe[22767]: bus: 2, device: 15 was not an MTP device Nov 08 01:54:25 wizard kernel: usb 2-2: USB disconnect, device number 15 Nov 08 01:54:26 wizard kernel: usb 2-2: new low-speed USB device number 16 using xhci_hcd Nov 08 01:54:26 wizard kernel: usb 2-2: New USB device found, idVendor=045e, idProduct=0040 Nov 08 01:54:26 wizard kernel: usb 2-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=3, SerialNumber=0 Nov 08 01:54:26 wizard kernel: usb 2-2: Product: Microsoft 3-Button Mouse with IntelliEye(TM) Nov 08 01:54:26 wizard kernel: usb 2-2: Manufacturer: Microsoft Nov 08 01:54:26 wizard mtp-probe[22946]: checking bus 2, device 16: "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.7/0000:26:00.0/usb2/2-2" Nov 08 01:54:26 wizard kernel: input: Microsoft Microsoft 3-Button Mouse with IntelliEye(TM) as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.7/0000:26:00.0/usb2/2-2/2-2:1.0/0003:045E:0040.000F/input/input38 Nov 08 01:54:26 wizard kernel: hid-generic 0003:045E:0040.000F: input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.10 Mouse [Microsoft Microsoft 3-Button Mouse with IntelliEye(TM)] on usb-0000:26:00.0-2/input0 Nov 08 01:54:26 wizard mtp-probe[22946]: bus: 2, device: 16 was not an MTP device With 42.3 same box, same mouse, same port, this mouse would stay connected for weeks at a time without a hiccup. Within 30 minutes of upgrade to 15.0 via zypper dup, the mouse was doing tricks... Those are the complete log entries above. There is nothing in the journal between: Nov 08 01:37:27 wizard mtp-probe[22767]: bus: 2, device: 15 was not an MTP device Nov 08 01:54:25 wizard kernel: usb 2-2: USB disconnect, device number 15 (I just put a blank line in between to show the two separate events) The last journal entry before the 1:37.26 disconnect above was 7-minutes prior with: Nov 08 01:30:11 wizard systemd[1]: Started Backup RPM database. (definitely not related) Any ideas what to check? Anything that could have been on in 42.3 that now has a conflict with the 15.0 packages? ModemManager? upower? wicked? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. -- 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 Font Selection? What are teh defaults supposed to be?
by David C. Rankin 11 Nov '19

11 Nov '19

All, Among other changes from 42.3 to 15.0 was freetype version and default font selection. It appears there is some scheme that is choosing the first-available true-type for fc-match? What should the defaults be for: fc-match sans-serif fc-match serif fc-match monospace ?? (I get windows fonts for some strange reason and Yast->Fonts is using the defaults (no preferred families set)) Patching freetype-2.9 restored excellent lcdfilter rendering, so no complaints there, but what fonts should be the defaults? (It is driving FF nuts and I can't seem to hit on the right font to make things look like they did in 42.3) -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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