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[opensuse] Leap + Tumbleweed + boot partition
by Stephen Berman 06 Jul '19

06 Jul '19

I bought a computer with Leap 15.0 preinstalled on an SSD, and I also wanted to install Tumbleweed on the disk. For reasons detailed below, I did this without installing a bootloader for Tumbleweed, but since Tumbleweed is frequently updated, including grub2, I think it would be better to install the bootloader in Tumbleweed. Due to my lack of knowledge, I would be grateful for advice on how to do that safely. Some specifics follow about the disk and what I did to install Tumbleweed. The SSD had three partitions: /boot, / (root) and swap. I shrank the root partition (formatted as ext4) and added a btrfs partition for Tumbleweed. I first left /boot and swap as is, but the Tumbleweed installer said there was no bootable partition (I don't remember the exact wording, something like no BIOS boot table). I then tried deleting the /boot partition and adding it again, selecting "BIOS Boot" as the partition ID, but the installer still said there was no bootable partition. I also tried different file systems to format /boot -- originally it was FAT and I also tried XFS and ext3 -- but that made no difference. So finally, I left the /boot partition unchanged but unmounted it and proceeded with the installation. At the summary I then changed the boot setup to prevent any boot loader being installed and any changes made to the MBR. The installer said I might end up with an unbootable system, but I went ahead anyway. The installation completed and on rebooting the boot screen showed only Leap 15.0 as before, but after running grub2-mkconfig in Leap, Tumbleweed was found and I could boot it and it seems to be fine. The disk has GPT with protective MBR. As noted the /boot partition is formatted as FAT and also contains a directory efi, which is populated in the running Leap, which mounts /boot/efi, but in the running Tumbleweed, where /boot is not a separate partition, after mounting the partition Leap sees as /boot/efi, the efi directory is empty (in the running Tumbleweed). I do not plan to install any MS-Windows system, but I do plan to install other Linux-based systems besides Tumbleweed, and possibly a *BSD system. How can I install the bootloader in Tumbleweed -- either from the currently installed Tumbleweed or by reinstalling it -- without risking making both Tumbleweed and Leap unbootable? If that requires deleting the existing /boot partition and add it anew, is it necessary, given the systems I plan to install, to have the efi directory, and if so, do I just have to make /boot/efi a mountpoint, and if not, what else to I need to do to make sure it exists and gets populated as required (if it's required)? And if the efi directory is not needed, what would be the recommended file system for the boot partition? I also have a question concerning having a separate /boot partition shared by Leap, Tumbleweed and any other systems I install: in each system the directory /boot contains versioned files of the kernel, config, etc., but there are also symlinks vmlinuz and initrd pointing to the latest version installed in the system; if Leap and Tumbleweed (and other Linux-based systems) populate the same /boot directory, the last one installed would override existing symlinks, so I don't see how this can work. Is it possible for different systems to use the same /boot directory, installed on a separate partition, and if not, where do the files used for booting different systems need to go, when a separate /boot partition is used? Thanks, Steve Berman -- 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 exclude sites from Zypper?
by Anton Aylward 04 Jun '19

04 Jun '19

I mean site not repository. I know, because in the past, I can download at speed in excess of 6megabytes/sec from some sites 9and, lets face it, from YouTube and other streaming sites), and still can if I sftp/wget/cURL from specific ones, but the supposed smarts or mirrorbrain are selecting sites that, while they may be electrically closer, are delivering less than 1% of that, often even less, sometimes single digit byes/sec. Other than firewalling out specific sites, and somehow getting zypper to deal with that error (but I'm not sure how), how can I tell the mirrorbrain selection that I don't want "the closest and mostest"? Who knows, perhaps Estonia is faster than Waterloo? Currently downloading a new kernel at between 88 and 32 kiloBITS/sec -- A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting frowned upon? -- 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 15.1 / openvpn - stricter requirements on the server
by Per Jessen 04 Jun '19

04 Jun '19

Just a heads-up, maybe we have some openvpn users here? In leap 15.1 we ship openvpn 2.4.5 - this version has a stricter set of checks on the server setup. I don't think there is a way around rebuilding the pki infrastructure - generate a new CA with sha256 signature, then re-issue all client certificates. -- Per Jessen, Zürich (6.7°C) http://www.hostsuisse.com/ - dedicated server rental 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] What happened to Aramok?
by James Knott 02 Jun '19

02 Jun '19

In 15.0 and earlier, I used Aramok for my music player. However, I can't seem to find it. Where is it? 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] Annoying features in Amarok
by James Knott 02 Jun '19

02 Jun '19

Since installing the latest Amarok on 15.1, I've noticed a couple of annoying "features". First, I now get a pop up message with the song title. Since I'm not deaf, I really don't need a pop up telling me what song is starting. The other, more serious "feature" is it stops playing after several songs. I have been using Amarok for a few years and not experienced these before. Any ideas? I have gone into the settings and turned off anything I could find about notifications, but they still happen. -- 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] Need help!
by Doug McGarrett 01 Jun '19

01 Jun '19

Hope this is the right place to ask questions! I've come to OpenSuse Thunderbird after losing my PCLOS computer to some kind of glitch, and I don't like the latest version that PCLOS is putting out now--a lot of apps that I have used on a regular basis are gone, along with a lot of libs that I would need to get the apps back, but the libs are not available. I wanted to stay with an rpm system to have at least something familiar, but I'm running into some real questions that I can't answer. 1: Where is the equivalent of the Synaptic Package Manager? There must be a list of everything available on the repo, and from which any one or more can be downloaded and installed. I want to put an icon on the desktop that will lead me to that, whatever it is called in this OS. 2. Why can't I install any printers? I have provided my password TWICE, but then it comes up forbidden? If I open CUPS and provide a password, will I have to install a long string of instructions to install a printer? If so, where should the printer info (ppd from the manufacturer) be stored? (I have the instructions to install printers in PCLOS--- in a typed-in instruction, and are they going to work? I will change the source file for the ppd as required here.) I'm sure that there will be other things that come up. I hope this is the right place to ask them, and I thank any and all who come to my rescue! --doug -- 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] Need help!
by DennisG 31 May '19

31 May '19

On 5/31/19 2:32 PM, DennisG wrote: > On 5/31/19 10:27 AM, Doug McGarrett wrote: > >> ... > > Sometimes it takes some searching and experimenting to nail down the > printer. The openprinting.org site is terrific for locating print > drivers/info, it indicates that the WP-4530 driver is epson-201113w. > Check to see if YaST recognizes that, but I suspect you may need to > install the epson-inkjet-printer-escpr package first. The Epson site > indicates your printer is supported under Linux, and it has an .rpm > you can download/install but it is much better to get it through YaST. > And there is this remark in a post from one of the guys on this list (via google) . . . I have a really nice Epson WP-4530, which works perfectly, has good long-life ink, and does everything, including color, two-side printing, FAX, scan, and copy and has usable manual controls for scanning, FAX, etc., as well as being usable from the computer in Linux or Windows. Also btw, you might also want to check forums.opensuse.org. Installation questions are dealt with there all the time (this list certainly has equal if not more expertise, but the topics tend to be more intermediate/advanced). --dg -- 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] opening legacy file
by Istvan Gabor 31 May '19

31 May '19

Hello: I have an old, some kind of text file I would like to open in openSUSE. According to the file's date it was created in 1997 and the lack of an extension suggests that it was created on an Apple Mac OS. It probably was made by MS Word for Mac. If I open the file with kwrite or hex viewer it contains lots of gibberish and recognizable valid text parts. The first 8 characters in kwrite with iso8859-1 encoding are: ± EXPW In the hex viewer: 0000:0000 | 01 00 B1 00 | ..±.EXPW How could I find an application that opens the file correctly? I can send the file itself in private mail. 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] pngquant - PNG compressor
by David C. Rankin 31 May '19

31 May '19

Six months or so ago, Felix and I discussed utilities that did a good job of png compression. pngquant does an excellent job, but there were no packages for opensuse. I finally got around to packaging it. Description: pngquant is a PNG compressor that significantly reduces file sizes by converting images to a more efficient 8-bit PNG format with alpha channel (often 60-80% smaller than 24/32-bit PNG files). If you are interested: Build Service Project: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/home:drankinatty/pngquant RPMS 13.1 through Tumbleweed http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/drankinatty/ (pick your release) pngquant-2.12.2-3.1.x86_64.rpm It is a cli utility, total installed size ~120k (with man1 man page) -- 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] TW with xfce4 : kgpg
by ellanios82 31 May '19

31 May '19

TW with xfce4 : kgpg : presently am unable start kgpg & get error "kgpg: error while loading shared libraries: libkabc.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory" - where to look find missing libraries? 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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