March 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54925 outgoing TCP Port 54921 but a lot of the references are to versions of openSUSE 10.x or 11.x. It all seems very out-of-date and might it be different now with firewalld?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] An enterprise SSD flaw
by Stevens 26 Mar '20

26 Mar '20

https://www.engadget.com/2020-03-25-hpe-ssd-bricked-firmware-flaw.html An enterprise SSD flaw will brick hardware after exactly 40,000 hours Several HPE models are affected Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has warned that certain SSD drives could fail catastrophically if buyers don't take action soon. Due to a firmware bug, the products in question will be bricked exactly 40,000 hours (four years, 206 days and 16 hours) after the SSD has entered service. "After the SSD failure occurs, neither the SSD nor the data can be recovered," the company warned in a customer service bulletin. This type of issue would be terrible for consumers, but it's catastrophic for the enterprises that buy such drives. According to HPE's product description, they're designed for "big data analytics, cloud computing, active archiving, database applications and data warehousing." HPE sold them as standalone drives, but also as part if its HPE ProLiant, Synergy and other storage products. https://www.engadget.com/2020-03-25-hpe-ssd-bricked-firmware-flaw.html -- 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] Serious problem with screensaver in leap-15.1
by Josef Wolf 25 Mar '20

25 Mar '20

Hello all, With several freshly installed opensuse-leap-15.1 systems with KDE, I have the problem that the screen saver won't lock the screen while a different virtual terminal is active. I have searched the net, but was not able to find something similar. How to reproduce: I have configured the screen saver to 1 minute and require the password after 5 seconds. While the screen saver in not active, simply press CTL-ALT-F2 to activate the second virtual terminal and wait for several minutes. When switching back to the desktop, the expected situation would be that the screen saver is active and only the password screen is visible. The actual behavior is when switching back, all the open applications (possibly showing confidential data) are visible for about one second. Then the screen starts to dim. And due to the setting of 5 seconds for password requirement, one can stop the screen saver just by typing some key or moving the mouse. I feel like this is a serious problem. Below are two outputs from journalctl. The first shows a failed lock. The second shows a successful lock due to virtual terminals were not switched. Any hints how to track the root of the problem or how to get the desired behaviour? Fail: Mar 11 08:53:19 raven.inka.de ksmserver[2476]: lock called Mar 11 08:53:19 raven.inka.de ksmserver[2476]: Lock window Id: 23068918 Mar 11 08:53:19 raven.inka.de ksmserver[2476]: CreateNotify: 23068918 Mar 11 08:53:19 raven.inka.de ksmserver[2476]: CreateNotify: 111149059 Mar 11 08:53:19 raven.inka.de kscreenlocker_greet[13048]: Qt: Session management error: networkIdsList argument is NULL Mar 11 09:02:19 raven.inka.de org_kde_powerdevil[2518]: powerdevil: Kbd backlight brightness value: 0 Mar 11 09:04:37 raven.inka.de org_kde_powerdevil[2518]: powerdevil: ACTIVE SESSION PATH CHANGED: "/org/freedesktop/login1/session/_33" Mar 11 09:04:37 raven.inka.de org_kde_powerdevil[2518]: powerdevil: Current session is now active Mar 11 09:04:38 raven.inka.de ksmserver[2476]: CreateNotify: 113246211 Mar 11 09:04:38 raven.inka.de kcminit[13164]: Initializing "kcm_input" : "kcminit_mouse" Mar 11 09:04:38 raven.inka.de kcminit[13164]: kcm_input: Using X11 backend Mar 11 09:04:38 raven.inka.de ksmserver[2476]: CreateNotify: 113246212 Mar 11 09:04:38 raven.inka.de kwin_x11[2479]: qt.qpa.xcb: QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 22505, resource id: 113246212, major code: 18 (ChangeProperty), minor code: 0 Mar 11 09:04:38 raven.inka.de ksmserver[2476]: CreateNotify: 111149063 Mar 11 09:04:38 raven.inka.de ksmserver[2476]: CreateNotify: 111149075 Mar 11 09:04:38 raven.inka.de ksmserver[2476]: CreateNotify: 111149084 Mar 11 09:04:38 raven.inka.de ksmserver[2476]: CreateNotify: 111149086 Mar 11 09:04:38 raven.inka.de kscreenlocker_greet[13048]: kf5.kpackage: No metadata file in the package, expected it at: "/usr/share/wallpapers/openSUSEdefault/contents/images/" Mar 11 09:04:38 raven.inka.de kscreenlocker_greet[13048]: kf5.kpackage: No metadata file in the package, expected it at: "/usr/share/wallpapers/openSUSEdefault/contents/images/" Mar 11 09:04:38 raven.inka.de kscreenlocker_greet[13048]: kf5.kpackage: No metadata file in the package, expected it at: "/usr/share/wallpapers/openSUSEdefault/contents/images/" Success: Mar 11 09:10:04 raven.inka.de ksmserver[2476]: lock called Mar 11 09:10:04 raven.inka.de ksmserver[2476]: Lock window Id: 23068923 Mar 11 09:10:04 raven.inka.de ksmserver[2476]: CreateNotify: 23068923 Mar 11 09:10:04 raven.inka.de ksmserver[2476]: CreateNotify: 111149059 Mar 11 09:10:04 raven.inka.de kscreenlocker_greet[13234]: Qt: Session management error: networkIdsList argument is NULL Mar 11 09:10:04 raven.inka.de ksmserver[2476]: CreateNotify: 111149063 Mar 11 09:10:04 raven.inka.de ksmserver[2476]: CreateNotify: 111149075 Mar 11 09:10:04 raven.inka.de ksmserver[2476]: CreateNotify: 111149084 Mar 11 09:10:05 raven.inka.de ksmserver[2476]: CreateNotify: 111149086 Mar 11 09:10:05 raven.inka.de kscreenlocker_greet[13234]: kf5.kpackage: No metadata file in the package, expected it at: "/usr/share/wallpapers/openSUSEdefault/contents/images/" Mar 11 09:10:05 raven.inka.de kscreenlocker_greet[13234]: kf5.kpackage: No metadata file in the package, expected it at: "/usr/share/wallpapers/openSUSEdefault/contents/images/" Mar 11 09:10:05 raven.inka.de kscreenlocker_greet[13234]: kf5.kpackage: No metadata file in the package, expected it at: "/usr/share/wallpapers/openSUSEdefault/contents/images/" Mar 11 09:10:05 raven.inka.de kscreenlocker_greet[13234]: kf5.kpackage: No metadata file in the package, expected it at: "/usr/share/wallpapers/openSUSEdefault/contents/images/" Mar 11 09:10:05 raven.inka.de kscreenlocker_greet[13234]: kf5.kpackage: No metadata file in the package, expected it at: "/usr/share/wallpapers/openSUSEdefault/contents/images/" Mar 11 09:10:05 raven.inka.de kscreenlocker_greet[13234]: kf5.kpackage: No metadata file in the package, expected it at: "/usr/share/wallpapers/openSUSEdefault/contents/images/" Mar 11 09:10:05 raven.inka.de kscreenlocker_greet[13234]: kf5.kpackage: No metadata file in the package, expected it at: "/usr/share/wallpapers/openSUSEdefault/contents/images/" Mar 11 09:10:05 raven.inka.de kscreenlocker_greet[13234]: kf5.kpackage: No metadata file in the package, expected it at: "/usr/share/wallpapers/openSUSEdefault/contents/images/" Mar 11 09:10:05 raven.inka.de kscreenlocker_greet[13234]: kf5.kpackage: No metadata file in the package, expected it at: "/usr/share/wallpapers/openSUSEdefault/contents/images/" Mar 11 09:10:05 raven.inka.de ksmserver[2476]: CreateNotify: 111149098 Mar 11 09:10:05 raven.inka.de ksmserver[2476]: CreateNotify: 111149100 Mar 11 09:10:05 raven.inka.de ksmserver[2476]: MapNotify: 111149098 Mar 11 09:10:05 raven.inka.de kscreenlocker_greet[13234]: kf5.kpackage: No metadata file in the package, expected it at: "/usr/share/wallpapers/openSUSEdefault/contents/images/" Mar 11 09:10:05 raven.inka.de kscreenlocker_greet[13234]: kf5.kpackage: No metadata file in the package, expected it at: "/usr/share/wallpapers/openSUSEdefault/contents/images/" Mar 11 09:10:05 raven.inka.de kscreenlocker_greet[13234]: kf5.kpackage: No metadata file in the package, expected it at: "/usr/share/wallpapers/openSUSEdefault/contents/images/" Mar 11 09:10:05 raven.inka.de kscreenlocker_greet[13234]: kf5.kpackage: No metadata file in the package, expected it at: "/usr/share/wallpapers/openSUSEdefault/contents/images/" Mar 11 09:10:05 raven.inka.de kscreenlocker_greet[13234]: kf5.kpackage: No metadata file in the package, expected it at: "/usr/share/wallpapers/openSUSEdefault/contents/images/" Mar 11 09:10:05 raven.inka.de kscreenlocker_greet[13234]: kf5.kpackage: No metadata file in the package, expected it at: "/usr/share/wallpapers/openSUSEdefault/contents/images/" Mar 11 09:10:05 raven.inka.de ksmserver[2476]: CreateNotify: 111149102 Mar 11 09:10:05 raven.inka.de kscreenlocker_greet[13234]: UdevQt: unable to create udev monitor connection Mar 11 09:10:05 raven.inka.de kscreenlocker_greet[13234]: Connecting to deprecated signal QDBusConnectionInterface::serviceOwnerChanged(QString,QString,QString) -- Josef Wolf jw(a)raven.inka.de 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[opensuse] Re: [opensuse-support] Configure webcam (using android phone as wifi webcam)
by Ianseeks 24 Mar '20

24 Mar '20

On Tuesday, 24 March 2020 15:56:27 GMT ITwrx wrote: > On 3/24/20 8:54 AM, Ianseeks wrote: > > On Monday, 23 March 2020 13:12:01 GMT ITwrx wrote: > >> On 3/23/20 5:22 AM, Ianseeks wrote: > >>> HI > >>> > >>> I'm at a loss how to configure this - i'm sure there used to be a webcam option in system settings or yast - can't find it any more. > >>> > >>> Using "IP Webcam" on the phone and it gives a IP address and port but where do you configure it on TW? I've tried webcamoid (takes desktop image and redisplays it recursively in its window) and wxcam (uses /dev/video0). > >>> > >>> if there a simple way to configure a wifi device as a webcam. Couldn't find anything relevant with a search. Sure i'm having a senior moment here > >>> > >>> regards > >>> > >>> Ian > >>> > >> well "webcam" and "ip webcam" are likely two different things. wxcam is > >> made for connecting to a webcam (uses devices connected with video4linux > >> 1 or 2 via usb). I haven't checked into camoid. An "ip webcam" probably > >> means the android device has an rtsp server running and is publishing a > >> stream on the ip and port it gave you. You will want to capture that > >> stream to watch it. I use the terminal and bash scripts for my ip cams. > >> You can try a command like this: ffplay > >> 'rtsp://username:password@192.168.1.5:554' -analyzeduration 0.1 -x 960 > >> -y 520 -window_title front_cam > >> > >> > >> > > Thanks, that didn't work for me. > > I'm trying to get it to be seen as a "webcam" device so video conferencing software can see it as a valid device. > > > Looking here: > https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pas.webcam&hl=en_US i > see that app uses motion jpeg, not rtsp. IIRC, that's probably not going > to be great for video conferencing. It would probably be simpler to just > get a usb webcam that works with the v4l driver and use that. > > yep, a physical webcam would be best. Thanks for the help. I'll try a few of the other andriod ones that use rtsp -- opensuse:tumbleweed:20200322 Qt: 5.14.1 KDE Frameworks: 5.68.0 - KDE Plasma: 5.18.3 - kwin 5.18.3 kmail2 5.13.3 (19.12.3) - akonadiserver 5.13.3 (19.12.3) - Kernel: 5.5.9-1-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] Trouble installing openSUSE-Tumbleweed
by George R Goffe 24 Mar '20

24 Mar '20

Hi, I've been trying to install several versions of Tumbleweed on my system here and each has failed. Miserably. I'm using the latest developer version of VirtualBox, VirtualBox-6.1.97-136454-Linux_amd64.run. I have a log file from the VB Manager. The VM appears to have vaporized. I'm getting NO indications except for "Aborted" in the VM entry in the VB Manager. I even tried Leap with the same results. I have started this install effort with a VM with 2GB Memory defined. This last attempt I upped the memory to 4GB. ALL with the same results. The last I saw of this VM was what you'd see when you poke "Install". Packages were downloading and being installed I think. My host is a Fedora Core 33 x86_64 (Rawhide) system with 8 cores running at approximately 2.4ghz. I am following generally the same installation procedure I used a few months ago with an earlier version of Tumbleweed which DID work. Can someone give me some hints/tips/suggestions please? Best regards, George... -- 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] Trouble installing openSUSE-Tumbleweed
by Per Jessen 24 Mar '20

24 Mar '20

George R. Goffe wrote: > On 3/24/20 12:17 AM, Per Jessen wrote: >> >> that sounds like a network problem - maybe too many people watching >> Netflix? :-) You should have plenty of good download mirrors >> accessible from California though. At most I would perhaps expect to >> see slow(er) downloads, but repeated timeouts is unusual. > > "my" provider is Comcast. That ought to be fine. >> My only guess is a network problem. Where do you get the ISO image >> from? If I try downloading the ISO from a mirror over your way, I get >> miserable rates, 10-20kb/s - which is to be expected. >> > I get my images from https://download.opensuse.org/ (host > download.opensuse.org Yes, but that is only a redirector, you will then be directed to a site "closer" to your location. From your IP, I see the following mirrors: http://mirror.us.leaseweb.net http://sjc.edge.kernel.org http://mirror.sfo12.us.leaseweb.net http://sfo-korg-mirror.kernel.org http://suse.mobile-central.org They should all be fine, and when you can download the ISO (even though the NET ISO is fairly small), your connection is also fine. > download.opensuse.org has address 195.135.221.134 > download.opensuse.org has IPv6 address 2620:113:80c0:8::13) > > Does the installer use ipv6 or ipv4? Whichever is available, preferably IPv6. > My firewall/router seems to only > support ipv4. Is there a way to direct the installer to use ipv4? When you only have IPv4, that will be used. -- 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] apache2: ERR_CONTENT_LENGTH_MISMATCH (unexpectedly closed the connection)
by Daniel Bauer 23 Mar '20

23 Mar '20

Hi, when trying to access a file that isn't a .php or .txt file in /srv/www/htdocs/... from another device in the same local net (192.168.1.x) I get in chrome browser: This page isn't working 192.168.1.38 unexpectedly closed the connection ERR_CONTENT_LENGTH_MISMATCH in apache2 log everything seems fine: 192.168.1.34 - - [21/Mar/2020:11:34:44 +0100] "GET /Entwicklung/karls/logo_small.png HTTP/1.1" 200 4002 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 8.1.0; DRA-L21) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/70.0.3538.110 Mobile Safari/537.36" there is nothing related in apache2 error.log I can access and display an "index.php" on the same location, also a "x.txt"-file in a subfolder of this location, but no .js, .png, .mp3 files - they all produce the error above, even when smaller in bytes than the .php file I can access /all/ files from a browser on the same machine where apache is running. The errors occur only when accessing from another device in the same wifi-net What could that be? -- 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] script for making screenshots
by Istvan Gabor 23 Mar '20

23 Mar '20

Hello: I would like to make screenshots of a window at every 3 minutes. Not the full display, only one specific application window. I have KDE3 desktop. How could I write a script to do it? I use ksnapshot manually for taking screenshots of windows. Is it possible to control it from a script? 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] TP-Link WA-901N AP
by Per Jessen 23 Mar '20

23 Mar '20

> On 2020-03-22 04:55 AM, Per Jessen wrote: >> Two of our access points are TP-Link TL WA901 and WA801 - they both >> support 4 SSIDs with VLANs. We have assigned a separate VLAN for the >> guest SSID. > > As I mentioned in another note, routers might provide only guest > SSIDs, which only allow access to the Internet. Access points can use > VLANs to connect as needed to the network. > > BTW, I also have a TP-Link WA-901N AP. It has a bug in it which > allows multicasts to leak from the main LAN to the VLAN. This makes > it impossible for me to use another SSID, as the IPv6 router > advertisements leak from the LAN to the guest VLAN, which results in > the devices getting addresses in the wrong network. Mine is version 2 > and I don't know if that has been fixed in later versions. The exact number I have is TL-WA901ND. I see: Firmware Version: 3.16.9 Build 150408 Rel.38268n Hardware Version: WA901ND v4 00000000 > When I called their support, the first level insisted that was > normal. However, 2nd level agreed it was a problem, but there was no > fix forthcoming. <anecdote> 12-15 years ago, I had an issue with a Zyxel ADSL router - I wanted it to log messages to my syslog daemon, which it had the options for. It just didn't work. I kept harrassing the local support, and managed to make someone reproduce the problem. In the end I got a firmware package which fixed the problem, but it was never made public :-) </anecdote> -- Per Jessen, Zürich (6.9°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] Thunderbird format
by Doug McGarrett 23 Mar '20

23 Mar '20

Is there some way to make Thunderbird extend the input line on composing to about twice what it is now? I think it is about 140 characters, but I have room on the page for about twice that, and I think it used to be possible, but I can't find a way to do that now. I tried to find the version of Thunderbird, with rpm -q thunderbird: linux-4qnb:~ # rpm -q thunderbird package thunderbird is not installed Wha? I'm writing this on Thunderbird! In the "About" window, it says that the version is 68.5.0 (64 bit) Thanx for any assistance--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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