January 2020 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] How Much Swap for 512-GB of RAM?
by Lew Wolfgang 20 Jan '20

20 Jan '20

Hi Folks, Back in the old daze we used to allocate swap space three times as large as the installed RAM as a rule of thumb. But I've got two new servers with 512-GB of ECC RAM and now I'm wondering, How Much Swap? The motherboard has two-each 1-TB NVMe M.2 PCIe modules, it's tempting to use one for the operating system and the second for swap. Data will be stored on hardware RAID6 arrays and so aren't a part of this calculation. Any thoughts? 1-TB of swap on one M.2 for .5-TB of RAM? 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] Windows 10 apparently destroyed my bootloader
by Marc Chamberlin 19 Jan '20

19 Jan '20

I have a dual boot system for both OpenSuSE 15.1 and Windows 10 and it looks like some freaking Windows update has destroyed my bootloader (I believe it was EFI Grub 2 but I am not sure) Anywise now my system will only boot up Windows 10 and I no longer have the option to boot up OpenSuSE. What is the best way to restore the boot loader on my system so I can get the GRUB menu back to select what operating system I want to boot up? Thanks for any advise and help... Marc -- --... ...-- .----. ... -.. . .-- .- --... .--. -..- .-- -- .- .-. -.-. *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] dmesg stops reporting
by Patrick Shanahan 18 Jan '20

18 Jan '20

openSUSE Tumbleweed (current) why does dmesg stop reporting after boot is complete? dmesg -T |tail [Fri Jan 17 10:41:04 2020] [drm] Initialized nvidia-drm 0.0.0 20160202 for 0000:03:00.0 on minor 0 [Fri Jan 17 10:41:21 2020] logitech-hidpp-device 0003:046D:1028.0008:HID++ 1.0 device connected. [Fri Jan 17 10:41:30 2020] Bluetooth: RFCOMM TTY layer initialized [Fri Jan 17 10:41:30 2020] Bluetooth: RFCOMM socket layer initialized [Fri Jan 17 10:41:30 2020] Bluetooth: RFCOMM ver 1.11 [Fri Jan 17 10:41:31 2020] snd_hda_codec_hdmi hdaudioC1D1: HDMI: invalid ELD data byte 12 [Fri Jan 17 10:55:05 2020] perf: interrupt took too long (2507 > 2500), lowering kernel.perf_event_max_sample_rate to 79750 [Fri Jan 17 11:15:34 2020] nvidia-uvm: Loaded the UVM driver in 8 mode, major device number 239 [Fri Jan 17 11:23:16 2020] perf: interrupt took too long (3137 > 3133), lowering kernel.perf_event_max_sample_rate to 63750 [Fri Jan 17 14:17:51 2020] perf: interrupt took too long (3926 > 3921), lowering kernel.perf_event_max_sample_rate to 50750 it is now Jan 17 20:53:xx -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA @ptilopteri http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member facebook/ptilopteri Photos: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/piwigo paka @ IRCnet freenode -- 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] find --prune problem
by Carlos E. R. 17 Jan '20

17 Jan '20

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 DONDE="/" LISTADO_FIND="encontrarscript_listado_ficheros" find "$DONDE" -type f \ -prune -o -path '/var/spool/news' \ -prune -o -path '/var/run/udev/links' \ -prune -o -path '/var/run/user' \ -prune -o -path '/var/run/systemd' \ -prune -o -path '/var/lib/ntp/proc' \ -prune -o -path '/proc' \ -prune -o -path '/sys' \ -prune -o -path '/run' \ -prune -o -path '/run/udev/links' \ -prune -o -path '/var/run/vmblock-fuse' \ -prune -o -path '/data/My_Book/Backup' \ -prune -o -path '/mnt/BookTelcontar' \ -prune -o -path '/data/waterhoard/backup' \ > $LISTADO_FIND Yet when it runs it spits: find: ‘/data/waterhoard/backup/partimag/AmonLanc/etc/apache2/ssl.key’: Permission denied find: ‘/data/waterhoard/backup/partimag/AmonLanc/etc/cups/ssl’: Permission denied find: ‘/data/waterhoard/backup/partimag/AmonLanc/etc/news’: Permission denied find: ‘/data/waterhoard/backup/partimag/AmonLanc/etc/polkit-1/rules.d’: Permission denied find: ‘/data/waterhoard/backup/partimag/AmonLanc/etc/ppp’: Permission denied So prune is not doing what I thought it would do. How can I tell find to not search those directories? - -- Cheers Carlos E. R. (from 15.1 x86_64 at Telcontar) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHoEARECADoWIQQZEb51mJKK1KpcU/W1MxgcbY1H1QUCXiIBCRwccm9iaW4ubGlz dGFzQHRlbGVmb25pY2EubmV0AAoJELUzGBxtjUfVclcAnRU/YZBbAbIp+6E+5AZV eOVh6AFBAJ9Mi9i1/BtBFz8fb7yimW2YG6z9Rg== =itHc -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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[opensuse] Any progress on susepaste reporting failed when it actually succeeds?
by David C. Rankin 17 Jan '20

17 Jan '20

This came up a month or so back, susepaste reports that it failed on the command line, but the paste actually succeeds. I believe it was a curl issue at the time and there was a recommendation on changing the script from http to https to make curl happy. Well, it still continues to report failure even though the paste succeeds, e.g. $ pst "ptr2array-3" ptr2array3.c c Dec 25 02:38:00 - "ptr2array-3" ptr2array3.c Paste failed :-( expires: Wed Jan 22 02:38:02 CST 2020 Paste happily made it: https://paste.opensuse.org/70684135 but I still get the "Paste failed :-(" message. http/https makes no difference. Any suggestions? (also... to you and your's this holiday!) -- 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] network bridge error, "systemd-udevd[1596]: Could not generate persistent MAC address for br0: No such file or directory" ?
by PGNet Dev 17 Jan '20

17 Jan '20

I'm running opensuse leap 15.1 with linux kernel 5.4.11 as a Xen 4.13 Dom0/server. I set up a br0 on boot in dom0, cat /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-br0 NAME='br0' BRIDGE='yes' STARTMODE='auto' BOOTPROTO='static' BRIDGE_PORTS='eno1' BRIDGE_STP='on' BRIDGE_MAXAGE='6' BRIDGE_HELLOTIME='1' BRIDGE_FORWARDDELAY='4' IPV6INIT='no' IPV6_AUTOCONF='no' IPADDR0='10.0.0.1/24' NETWORK='' BROADCAST='' REMOTE_IPADDR='' USERCONTROL='no' LINK_REQUIRED=no on boot, the bridge is up/running, ifconfig br0 br0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 inet 10.0.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 10.0.0.255 inet6 fe80::ec4:7aff:fe48:9a7e prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x20<link> ether 0c:c4:7a:48:9a:7e txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet) RX packets 1016 bytes 62007 (60.5 KiB) RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0 TX packets 1079 bytes 194809 (190.2 KiB) TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0 and I have net access. checking dmesg, ... [ 24.105004] bridge: filtering via arp/ip/ip6tables is no longer available by default. Update your scripts to load br_netfilter if you need this. [ 24.115723] Bridge firewalling registered [ 24.116849] systemd-udevd[1596]: link_config: autonegotiation is unset or enabled, the speed and duplex are not writable. !! [ 24.116895] systemd-udevd[1596]: Could not generate persistent MAC address for br0: No such file or directory [ 24.171982] min_free_kbytes is not updated to 7819 because user defined value 65536 is preferred [ 24.312535] br0: port 1(eno1) entered blocking state [ 24.312536] br0: port 1(eno1) entered disabled state [ 24.312578] device eno1 entered promiscuous mode [ 29.034678] e1000e: eno1 NIC Link is Up 1000 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: None [ 29.034714] br0: port 1(eno1) entered blocking state [ 29.034715] br0: port 1(eno1) entered listening state [ 33.288229] br0: port 1(eno1) entered learning state [ 37.384229] br0: port 1(eno1) entered forwarding state [ 37.384244] br0: topology change detected, propagating ... reading udevd: Could not generate persistent MAC address for $name: No such file or directory #3374 https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/3374 i created /etc/udev/rules.d/01-net-setup-link.rules SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add|change", ENV{INTERFACE}=="br-*", PROGRAM="/bin/sleep 0.5" but that has no effect on the dmesg systemd-udevd error -- 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] urgent desaster recover - need to revive a system or reinstall, still have access to etc and config files
by cagsm 16 Jan '20

16 Jan '20

Hi fellow lists participants, I have a hardware breakdown of an old HDD, and I need to revive a system/functionality really quick. I am a noob unfortunately when it comes to backuping/restore suse in simple ways especially with keeping config, users etc. I can still read kind of okay the old /etc/ and basically the root partition. I have already a new SSD at hand so I could quickly setup a clean leap 15.1 but how to make use of old config files instead of configuring all over again. especially keeping network interfaces information, some dhcp server config, some usernames. Cloning/rescuing the whole old HDD currently is estimated via clonezilla for another 3hours or more, so thats why I am wondering if i could just make use of the /etc/ folder and maybe others you guys hint that I would need. Can leap 15.1 installer make use of /etc/ and other dirs when they would be present even if the system would be incomplete Thanks for urgent help. -- 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] Printer under Leap 15.1
by Wolfgang Mueller 15 Jan '20

15 Jan '20

I run Leap 15.1 and need a new printer. It should be a simple black and white laser printer, used be one person only and also having the functionalities of a photocopier and a flat bed scanner. What about connecting it via Bluetooth, or is it better to use a cable? Any recommendations? Thanks in advance and best regards, 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] A Problem of Permission, Groups and Backintime
by stakanov 15 Jan '20

15 Jan '20

Good day to everyone. I have a comprehension problem of permissions, groups and "back in time". Following situation: user A permissions 700 user B permissions 700 both users belong to group "users" now: A (and only A!) should be able to backup the data of A and B. This to avoid confusion of the user and make sure he/she it does not log out the user before the process of backup has finished. The account A is also an account were no "surfing" or "games" and so on are taking place, thus it is somewhat more valuable than B. Backintime should be configured to run residential. It should recognize when the external disk for backup is attached by the user and should do then a backup (if criteria are met in terms of time and changes). B should not be able to do this. Thus when (while user in B) a hdd is attached, the resident process should not start the backup. (This is the desired setup). Both user should stay however in the situation of 700 to each other (as I cannot exclude that in future there will be a third account that shall not have access rights to neither A nor B. One though I have was that I could define a group e.g. backintime so to be able to use backintime you would be necessarily a member of it. But that does not resolve me the problem of different access rights for A and B for what is the functionality of backintime. I do not think that I could make that new user without being part of "users" because I suppose a lot of scripts are taking for granted that you are part of users. Am I mistaken here? And how would I have to define access rights? If I give backintime root access, this would be unnecessarily wide as it should not run as root, it only hat to do a backup of the two home directories. So in short: how to define two users A and B in order to give A access to the files to B in order to backup them, not give that rights to B, not to work as root. And maintain (if possible - at least for B) the mutual no access thing). So if necessary A can be able to read B. B shall not be able to read A. Any new user created should have access neither to A nor B. Was that clear of did I loose you completely here? _________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ Ihre E-Mail-Postf�cher sicher & zentral an einem Ort. Jetzt wechseln und alte E-Mail-Adresse mitnehmen! https://www.eclipso.de -- 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] Language dictionaries
by Doug McGarrett 14 Jan '20

14 Jan '20

This may be OT, but I don't know where to direct it otherwise: I had, up until a few days ago, an icon that led me to Langenscheidts dictionary that allowed a word in either language to be translated into the other. It now seems to be gone. (In this case, German.) Is this an internet problem, or is Langengsheidts gone from the net--or perhaps out of business? I'd like to know. How does one find out? --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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