February 2020 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] brother multifunction printer install
by gumb 27 Mar '20

27 Mar '20

Having seen a few posts here and elsewhere of late from satisfied Linux users of Brother printers, after using HP for the last 15 years and my current one dying a death only partly brought on by my fist, I decided this week to buy a Brother DCP-J572DW. I've unboxed it, done the initial standalone setup and selected my wifi network. Now I need to install the drivers that I've downloaded from Brother's website but Jesus pancakes, it wants to pull in a lot of 32-bit crap. In addition to the four rpms, Brother also provide a setup script. Before going through this I thought I'd just do a search to see if others have done it this way or some other way. Mistake. Now I'm just overloaded with possibles. On the openSUSE subreddit, some posts suggest this script stalls looking for the libusb-0.1-4 package. One user suggests it's seeking the 32-bit version of that too, and another user reports success after installing that. There's also the suggestion any user might need to be added to the lp group. Other posts suggest ignoring the script and using zypper/yast to install the rpms. Here's the list of packages set to be installed: https://susepaste.org/55221c2c I know it's only a bunch of files that use a relatively small amount of disk space, but having a spanking new PC running a fresh Leap install and a spanking new printer, I didn't want my software selection to be dragged back a decade. Have any other users here had success setting up full print/scan functions without installing all these dependencies, on a similar Brother inkjet? Brother's website also mentions needing to open the following ports: incoming UDP Port 54925 outgoing TCP Port 54921 but a lot of the references are to versions of openSUSE 10.x or 11.x. It all seems very out-of-date and might it be different now with firewalld? gumb -- 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] Theme(s) for Thunderbird and Firefox
by Basil Chupin 11 Mar '20

11 Mar '20

A short while ago I saw Firefox on a Windows machine and was most impressed by seeing the pages BLACK with text and pix from websites displayed in their proper colours (ie as they normally appear on a "normal" FF with its all white background colour). Well, if you prefer not to have your eyes staring at a white background all the time then you can (in the Tools>Addons) the theme called DARK READER. Also, the same applies to Thunderbird -- you can have the same black background to look at which is more comfortable on the eyes. The theme fo TB is called DEEP DARK. FYI. BC -- All things are possible, except skiing through a revolving door. -- 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] Leap 15.1 - Nvidia Graphics driver = grub2 does not boot anymore - help very appreciated
by Michael Hamilton 05 Mar '20

05 Mar '20

On Monday 24 February 2020, stakanov wrote: > I have the problem of a machine with a broken Grub post Nivida driver update. > This is nothing new that Nvidia is crap, but I find myself in the situation > that I will have to coach over the phone how to repair the grub to a user with > limited knowledge (no way to go down to Italy right now, for obvious reason) > and honestly: never did the procedure and have no idea about it. > > The error message: after booting into the /sda1/gub-efi fat partition the > system stalls with: > Minimal BASH-like line editing is supported. > For the first word, TAB lists possible command completions. > Anywhere else TAB lists possible device or file completions. > > So, what do I have to do and what do I need? Thank you. > > (The user currently should have only a installation DVD. So I suppose - > without knowing it - that this shall be a case for live usb or for a rescue > disc? Else?) > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > ________________________________________________________ > Ihre E-Mail-Postfächer sicher & zentral an einem Ort. Jetzt wechseln und alte E-Mail-Adresse mitnehmen! https://www.eclipso.de > > > In my notes I saved this message from the past. The suggestion gets the broken root mounted and then suggests using yast to reestablish grub: Re: [opensuse] Boot problem after latest TW dup Date: Today 01:19:10 From: "Knurpht@openSUSE" <knurpht(a)opensuse.org> (opensuse.org) > ... Boot from an install medium, escape to a console by Ctrl-Alt-F2 In the bit below replace sdX# by the /dev/sdX# entry where your root fs is located, f.e. /dev/sda2 Then do: mount /dev/sdX# /mnt mount --bind /dev /mnt/dev mount --bind /proc /mnt/proc mount --bind /sys /mnt/sys chroot /mnt yast This worked for me last time (ext4 rootfs). There might be a simpler way, but it go me up and running. Once bootable, I often resolved nvidia X11 issues by just deinstalling then reinstalling the relevant nvidia driver. Generally I've had no issues with nvidia except when I've switched the hardware and need new drivers. I don't find it to be the cause of many woes (tried Radian once for a short while a decade ago, thought it was worse). Michael -- 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] switched fabric using qla2xxx pci card (fwd)
by Paul Neuwirth 05 Mar '20

05 Mar '20

Hello group, I am trying to evaluate use of fibre channel switched fabric. But I am not able to get it working (openSUSE Leap 15.1). I would appreciate, if anybody knows something or where to find (working) instructions. All instructions I found refer to old/or proprietary drivers/methods (kernel 2.6 or older). I use following hardware: -HP branded (AE312 - 60001) QLogic Corp. ISP2432 4G HBA PCIe -IBM branded (2005-B16) Brocade 200E 16 Port FC switch -DS14MK2 Disk Shelf All of those products are EOS and I am not able to get proprietary drivers or firmware updates. According to switch config everything looks fine, I even put all devices into one zone. According to switch configuration, all the targets should be accessible by the initiators: https://www.swabian.net/extern/opensuse/fcaccessibility.png Having set up following options for qla2xxx module ql2xmaxqdepth=16 qlport_down_retry=10 ql2xloginretrycount=30 ql2xextended_error_logging=1 I get plenty of messages I do not understand, but it contains matching WWPN's of the fabric: [ 1050.235686] qla2xxx [0000:01:00.0]-28d9:2: Async-gnlist WWPN 22:09:00:0a:33:0c:45:d6 [ 1050.235688] qla2xxx [0000:01:00.0]-28da:2: Async-gnlist - OUT WWPN 22:09:00:0a:33:0c:45:d6 hndl 0 [ 1050.235692] qla2xxx [0000:01:00.0]-28d9:2: Async-gnlist WWPN 22:09:00:0a:33:0c:47:4c [ 1050.235693] qla2xxx [0000:01:00.0]-28d9:2: Async-gnlist WWPN 22:09:00:0a:33:0c:46:e5 [ 1050.235694] qla2xxx [0000:01:00.0]-28d9:2: Async-gnlist WWPN 22:0d:00:0a:33:48:14:36 [ 1050.235695] qla2xxx [0000:01:00.0]-28d9:2: Async-gnlist WWPN 22:09:00:0a:33:0c:47:3b [and many more] I uploaded the dmesg output from rmmod && modprobe: https://www.swabian.net/extern/opensuse/fcdmesg.txt some information about used firm/software: HBA (shown on boot): HPAE312A PCI Fibre Channel ROM BIOS Version 3.29 Subsystem Vendor ID 103C Copyright (C) QLogic Corporation 1993-20 Firmware Version 8.01.02 Switch: > version Kernel: 2.4.19 Fabric OS: v5.1.0b Made on: Fri May 26 23:48:35 2006 Flash: Sun Dec 3 12:44:30 2006 BootProm: 4.5.3 Switch > zoneinfo [...] Effective configuration: cfg: testzoning zone: fc_zone1 22:08:00:0a:33:0c:45:b4 22:08:00:0a:33:0c:45:d5 22:08:00:0a:33:0c:45:d6 22:08:00:0a:33:0c:45:dd 22:08:00:0a:33:0c:45:de 22:08:00:0a:33:0c:45:e1 22:08:00:0a:33:0c:46:e2 22:08:00:0a:33:0c:46:e5 22:08:00:0a:33:0c:47:3b 22:08:00:0a:33:0c:47:49 22:08:00:0a:33:0c:47:4c 22:08:00:0a:33:12:62:aa 22:08:00:0a:33:12:64:33 22:08:00:0a:33:12:64:3f 22:0c:00:0a:33:48:14:36 22:0c:00:0a:33:48:14:37 50:01:43:80:04:c5:9e:55 50:01:43:80:04:c5:9e:57 22:0a:00:0a:33:0c:45:d5 22:09:00:0a:33:0c:45:d5 22:0a:00:0a:33:0c:45:b4 22:09:00:0a:33:0c:45:b4 22:09:00:0a:33:0c:45:d6 22:0a:00:0a:33:0c:45:d6 22:09:00:0a:33:0c:45:dd 22:0a:00:0a:33:0c:45:dd 22:0a:00:0a:33:0c:45:de 22:09:00:0a:33:0c:45:de 22:0a:00:0a:33:0c:45:e1 22:09:00:0a:33:0c:45:e1 22:0a:00:0a:33:0c:46:e2 22:09:00:0a:33:0c:46:e2 22:09:00:0a:33:0c:46:e5 22:0a:00:0a:33:0c:46:e5 22:0a:00:0a:33:0c:47:3b 22:09:00:0a:33:0c:47:3b 22:0a:00:0a:33:0c:47:49 22:09:00:0a:33:0c:47:49 22:0a:00:0a:33:0c:47:4c 22:09:00:0a:33:0c:47:4c 22:0a:00:0a:33:12:62:aa 22:09:00:0a:33:12:62:aa 22:09:00:0a:33:12:64:33 22:0a:00:0a:33:12:64:33 22:09:00:0a:33:12:64:3f 22:0a:00:0a:33:12:64:3f 22:0d:00:0a:33:48:14:36 22:0e:00:0a:33:48:14:36 22:0d:00:0a:33:48:14:37 22:0e:00:0a:33:48:14:37 50:01:43:80:04:c5:9e:54 50:01:43:80:04:c5:9e:56 1,16 1,17 1,18 1,19 > switchShow switchName: fcsw1 switchType: 34.0 switchState: Online switchMode: Native switchRole: Principal switchDomain: 1 switchId: fffc01 switchWwn: 10:00:00:05:1e:03:d8:ae zoning: ON (testzoning) switchBeacon: OFF Area Port Media Speed State ============================== 16 0 id N2 Online L-Port 9 public, 7 private 17 1 id N2 Online L-Port 6 public, 10 private 18 2 id N4 Online F-Port 50:01:43:80:04:c5:9e:56 19 3 id N4 Online F-Port 50:01:43:80:04:c5:9e:54 20 4 id N4 No_Light 21 5 id N4 No_Light 22 6 id N4 No_Light 23 7 id N4 No_Light 24 8 id N4 No_Light 25 9 id N4 No_Light 26 10 id N4 No_Light 27 11 id 2G No_Light 28 12 id N4 No_Light 29 13 id N4 No_Light 30 14 id N4 No_Light 31 15 id N4 No_Light Thank you and regards, Paul -- 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] OS LEAP on a USB stick
by David T-G 05 Mar '20

05 Mar '20

Hi, all -- I have a media server stuffed full of hard drives, and I have to date been using Knoppix with a Casper partition on a USB drive to run it. The idea was that 1) replacing the boot media should be easy (and I clone the stick to another every once in a while) and 2) upgrading should be easy (by just whipping up a fresh stick with the latest version and comparing my persistence partition files with the new fresh versions) while 3) maintenance should be simple. It's worked well enough so far, but ... I'm about to bring another server in-house, and I maybe want just a bit more than Knoppix, although I still won't have disk slots to spare. I need the simple stability of LEAP, which will of course get updates regularly anyway, and wonder about running on a thumb drive in the same way. This one will run MySQL/Maria, probably run a web server, and will handle email and need at least a basic forwarding MTA if not the real thing. I imagine that I'd want to run without swap (*gasp* yes, that discussion again ;-) and figure I'm stuck with content changes right in the live OS rather than in an overlay volume. Does that sound right, or is there a LEAP live image (no, I haven't gone looking yet) that can UNIONFS on top in the same way? TIA & HANW :-D -- David T-G See http://justpickone.org/davidtg/email/ See http://justpickone.org/davidtg/tofu.txt -- 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 with root on nfs share
by Daniel Spannbauer 03 Mar '20

03 Mar '20

Hello, anybody got sorted out how to start a Leap system with the root filesystem on a nfs share? How did you bild the initrd? Regards Daniel -- Daniel Spannbauer Systemadministration marco Systemanalyse und Entwicklung GmbH Tel +49 8333 9233-27 Fax -11 Rechbergstr. 4-6, D 87727 Babenhausen Mobil +49 171 4033220 http://www.marco.de/ Email ds(a)marco.de Geschäftsführer Martin Reuter HRB 171775 Amtsgericht München -- 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] Housekeeping functions
by Ianseeks 01 Mar '20

01 Mar '20

Hi For ordinary lazy users like me who are not interested in or capable of system admin as a daily chore, should there not be the possibility of a section in Yast2 or Systemsettings where some standard user friendly housekeeping functions (e.g. flushing tmp folders, vacuuming journals etc) could be activated/configured to run at startup/shutdown rather than have to scour the net for solutions. For many like me, the computer should be doing more work with stuff that could be automated. I've just hit the "system disk full" message when running "zypper", it would have been better if a "disk getting full" message was displayed at login so i could have dealt with it. Any thoughts? regards Ian -- opensuse:tumbleweed:20200214 Qt: 5.14.1 KDE Frameworks: 5.67.0 - KDE Plasma: 5.18.0 - kwin 5.18.0 kmail2 5.13.2 (19.12.2) - akonadiserver 5.13.2 (19.12.2) - Kernel: 5.5.2-1-default - xf86-video-nouveau: 1.0.15 -- 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] paste.opensuse TITSUP? cli paste reports OK, but site says 404
by David C. Rankin 01 Mar '20

01 Mar '20

All, Is paste.opensuse on the fritz? Pasting from the CLI reports success: https://paste.opensuse.org/16156664 https://susepaste.org/ is up, but trying to use the site to post results in 404 when you press [Create] Something is rotten in Denmark... -- 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] freezes on 15.1/KDE
by Daniel Bauer 29 Feb '20

29 Feb '20

Hi, since yesterday I have some freezes of approx. 20 seconds: the mouse pointer disappears or stays unmovable, the keyboard doesn't react. The rest of the computer seems to run normally (gkrellm shows movement, radio continues playing). This began yesterday. Today I updated the system and rebooted, same problem. As I don't know much about systems I typed "dmesg" and what fell into my eyes are the following messages: [ 1561.359808] perf: interrupt took too long (2502 > 2500), lowering kernel.perf_event_max_sample_rate to 79750 [ 2054.192856] perf: interrupt took too long (3446 > 3127), lowering kernel.perf_event_max_sample_rate to 58000 [ 3561.599163] perf: interrupt took too long (4317 > 4307), lowering kernel.perf_event_max_sample_rate to 46250 [ 7297.201895] perf: interrupt took too long (5417 > 5396), lowering kernel.perf_event_max_sample_rate to 36750 Where can I search, and for what? Any hints? Thank you! Daniel openSuse 15.1 KDE-Plasma 5.12.8 KDE-Fameworks: 5.55.0 Qt: 5.9.7 Kernel: 4.12.14-lp151.28.36-default Inten I7, 24GB Ram -- Daniel Bauer photographer Basel Málaga https://www.patreon.com/danielbauer https://www.daniel-bauer.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] setup delay on network and browsers problem
by jdd＠dodin.org 29 Feb '20

29 Feb '20

I have no idea of the reason of the problem, but since some weeks, my Leap 15.1 computer (three of them, actually) get a long time to connect to the net. same with wifi or ethernet. Looks like a dhcp problem (all are setup as dhcp, but they IP never changes) like 20-30s after I can type on the keyboard. In the mean time, all my applications launch, Firefox, Chromium, Falkon, Thunderbird. then all send error messages "server not found". I have to stop them and relaunch them to get the web. this "problem" with Firefox is very old, but since recently I had rarely to launch it before connection. any idea? thanks jdd -- http://dodin.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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