May 2019 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[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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Re: [opensuse] Need help!
by Felix Miata 31 May '19

31 May '19

Doug McGarrett composed in private mail on 2019-05-30 22:25 (UTC-0400): ... Are you really in eastern time zone? Your timestamps suggest not. In KDE/Plasma the default panel/toolbar is at the bottom with a clock at the right end and the menu starter at the left end, just like upstream. If you don't like the default menu format, right click the starter, click Alternatives, and select the other option. One is much like recent Windows, the other like ancient Windows and ancient KDE. In the menu, YaST is in the System Section, Administrator Settings. To open yast from a shell prompt or using Alt-F2: yast opens the text mode version. yast2 opens the GUI version. Its menu/toolbar icons look like this: https://en.opensuse.org/images/6/6a/Yast-new.png Commands in Linux are nearly always case sensitive. In openSUSE, package names are commonly mixed case, but the commands themselves are almost always lower case only. That comes in handy, for making command aliases with "same" names but with one or more upper case character to distinguish it from installed app names. I only setup a printer about once every 10-15 years, so won't try to provide help how that's done in YaST or any other way. -- Evolution as taught in public schools is religion, not science. Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- 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] NoMachine install fails - 15.1
by James Knott 31 May '19

31 May '19

I just tried installing NoMachine! on openSUSE 15.1. It fails with an integrity check. It worked fine on 15.0. Anyone else experience this? https://www.nomachine.com/download/download&id=5 -- 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] Once again Alt-F2 # doesn't work - 15.1
by James Knott 30 May '19

30 May '19

Used to be, I could press Alt-F2 # to enter a command to get the man page for that command. It is once again broken. For example, if I try a command such as ls, nothing happens. If the command is fstab, then the man page opens in Firefox. But if the command is mount, something called Discover opens. I get different results, depending on the command I try to get the man page for. Why is something that used to work so reliably now so flakey? This is on a fresh install of 15.1. It also didn't work properly for me in 15.0. -- 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 Internet Access After 15.0 > 15.1
by Mark Misulich 29 May '19

29 May '19

Hi, I did a zypper dup from 15.0 to 15.1 this morning on my laptop. The process went without a hitch, but now that it is complete I can't connect to the internet anymore either with wifi or cable connection. I am using Leap 15.1 with KDE Plasma Version5.12.8, KDE Frameworks Version 5.55.0, and QT Version 5.9.7. I had a similar problem when I did a zypper dup from 42.3 to 15.0 some time ago, so I looked up what I did to resolve the problem then and tried it again. But it isn't working. Here are the two methods I tried: 1. -I switched network settings to wicked from Networkmanager -As root, I ran in terminal: netconfig update -f -I restarted the computer -I switched back to networkmanager Didn't fix the problem this time. 2. -In terminal as root, I ran: rm /etc/resolv.conf && rcnetwork restart Didn't work, so I tried separately: #rm /etc/resolv.conv #rcnetwork restart Didn't work. Anyone have a means to fix this problem? Thanks, 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] openSUSE 15.1 DVD torrent not found on tracker
by Adam Mizerski 29 May '19

29 May '19

I'm downloading and sharing openSUSE 15.1 DVD through torrent. It works quite well thanks to PEX (peer exchange), but tracker.opensuse.org reports error "torrent not found".

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