April 2020 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] Atavistic Gtk+ font rendering - last few days - taller/shorter?
by David C. Rankin 21 Apr '20

21 Apr '20

All, Maybe my eyes are just getting old, but on the past boot after the Nvidia update (I'm not sure what else came in with it), I noticed the fonts in Gtk+ apps were rendering a pixel or two *taller* than normal. The width remained the same. It was just as if the font glyphs were stretched up enough to notice. It was most notable in apps like Tbird where you have both bold and regular fonts side-by-side like with unread/read mail subject lines in the message list window. After reboot today after a dozen or so KDE3 updates, all is back to normal. (kudos to the openSUSE devs with the continue KDE3 tweaks -- that desktop is in the best shape it has ever been -- system and desktop all fully loaded in less than 250K of RAM) Nothing like having a fully-capable desktop that just works -- no surprises :) The KDE fonts were never impacted, only the Gtk+ fonts (I didn't check, but it could have to do with the kcontrol setting of "Use my KDE fonts in Gtk applications" that may have seen a regressing in the builds over the past few days). Regardless, it is back to normal now, but it was curious enough I thought I would pass it along in case anyone else noticed the difference. I doubt it was KDE3 specific -- but may have been. -- 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] java 8 on tumbleweed
by Roger Oberholtzer 21 Apr '20

21 Apr '20

I am trying to install Java 8 from Oracle on Tumbleweed. My wife wants to update the software in her bike (seriously). I get this: # rpm -i jre-8u251-linux-x64.rpm warning: jre-8u251-linux-x64.rpm: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 Signature, key ID ec551f03: NOKEY Unpacking JAR files... plugin.jar... javaws.jar... deploy.jar... rt.jar... jsse.jar... charsets.jar... localedata.jar... update-alternatives: error: alternative javaws can't be slave of java: it is a slave of libjavaplugin.so.x86_64 warning: %post(jre1.8-1.8.0_251-fcs.x86_64) scriptlet failed, exit status 2 I didn't see any clear instructions for when this happens. I tried uninstalling the existing jre 1.8, but that did not help. I'm also curious why the jre 8 install is making a reference to jre 1.8. Tha is/was the previous one. So maybe that is where the reference comes from. I's so long since I fiddled with Java... Anyone seen this? -- Roger Oberholtzer -- 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] Plasma5 no longer available on login
by Darryl Gregorash 21 Apr '20

21 Apr '20

I had to restart the desktop today because of a minor problem with menus. Now, Plasma is no longer an option at login. The default session is now IceWM, which is a loathsome thing, to say the least (no offence intended to anyone who actually likes it). /usr/share/xsessions/plasma5.desktop seems to have disappeared from my system in an update on April 12 -- the last appearance of plasma5.desktop in any snapshot is dated April 7, and I have not logged out/in since the last kernel update about 23 days ago. I checked the Plasma5 packages for any occurrence of "plasma5.desktop", thinking a forced refresh would restore the file. However, that file is is not in any of these packages. How do I get Plasma5 back as my default window manager, and make sure this does not happen again? -- 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 Clear Local Nameserver Cache when other LAN IPs change?
by David C. Rankin 20 Apr '20

20 Apr '20

All, This seems like it should be something that I know of the top of my head, but I must not. On leap 15.0 on my laptop, I had updated a few other boxes on the LAN. (over ssh) Upon reboot the IP for the host I had updated changed local server on LAN running ISC dhcpd and bind. (I'm not sure what prompted the change, but it seems like something Linux 5.6.5 related in the way the DHCID TXT string is calculated by the client based on the MAC? - that's for another day) The updated host and server were both happy with what the new IP was for the updated hosts (simple nslookup confirmed that), but my Leap 15.0 laptop still had the old IP cached somewhere (nscd?) and was unable to reconnect to the remote updated hosts after they were rebooted (I could connect with ssh -Y NEWIP just fine) So the problem was my laptop still holding the old IPs in cache somewhere. What do I restart or how can I flush the cache so my laptop has the new IP for the client so name resolution works from my laptop? (restart nscd?, some nsswitch command? -- that's where I got stuck) I don't have any other caching daemon running other than what Leap starts by default. So what is the magic utility I need? (RTFM answers are fine as long as which 'M' is identified `:)` -- 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] Rsync over SSH with diffie-hellman-group1-sha1
by Paul Groves 19 Apr '20

19 Apr '20

Hi all. I have a question regarding SSH options with Rsync. I have an old NAS which I want to use to rsync some very large files to. I set up a user and a folder on the NAS. I can connect easily via sftp, although I need to specify an algorithm as follows. I need to use the following command. This works great and I can transfer files fine. sftp -oKexAlgorithms=+diffie-hellman-group1-sha1 paul@nas1:/mnt/array1/backup However, I cannot work out how to specify the the diffle-hellman-group1-sha1 on the rsync command. Can anyone shed some light on this please? So far I have the following: ~$ rsync -va /data paul@nas1:/mnt/array1/backup Unable to negotiate with 192.168.0.9 port 22: no matching key exchange method found. Their offer: diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha1,diffie-hellman-group1-sha1 rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (0 bytes received so far) [sender] rsync error: unexplained error (code 255) at io.c(235) [sender=3.1.3] Thanks 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] update errors
by Doug McGarrett 18 Apr '20

18 Apr '20

I'm getting a series of "Software Updates 18 minutes ago" "Update Error" "Signature verification for Repository Education failed" What can I do to eliminate this error, whatever it is? (running Tumbleweed) Thanx for corrective action! --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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[opensuse] Problem with zypper dup
by don fisher 18 Apr '20

18 Apr '20

I have an Alienware 7 that contains revision of Nvidia graphics hardware that never behaved well under 43.2. I have an old Leap 15.0 disk and I was going to try to upgrade it to the current version, which I believe to be 15.1. First I tried to perform a zypper up of the 15.0 system, but it always hangs on the question about the Nvidia License. Both yes or no responses yield no action. So I thought I would perform a zypper dup, going to 15.1, and see if anything was better. This also hangs on the question of the Nvidia license. Is there any tick to entering the response so that the operation will continue? I receive a response that there is a file in /var/tmp/TempFile.7pktXW. The the system hangs there. If I enter a 'q' for quit, I am returned to the same point. Thanks, Don -- 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] Seamonkey version
by James Knott 17 Apr '20

17 Apr '20

I'm running Seamonkey v2.49.4. In checking for updates, I see that is the latest version for OpenSUSE, but 2.53.1 is available for Fedora. Why isn't that version available for OpenSUSE? 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] gnus and gmail
by Richmond 17 Apr '20

17 Apr '20

This is a bit of a long shot, but is anyone using gnus with gmail and found that it stopped working recently? I haven't changed anything. I am using 2fa and an app password. I know that google said they were going to shun less secure apps, but they seem to have postponed that, and it wasn't due until June anyway. -- 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] Pfeifer's Proposal on [opensuse-announce] for "Closing the Leap Gap"
by David C. Rankin 17 Apr '20

17 Apr '20

All, I'm not sure who all follows the [opensuse-announce] list here but Gerald Pfeifer posted a proposal under the thread "[opensuse-announce] Bringing Leap and SUSE Linux Enterprise closer together - a proposal" that is worth a read for all openSUSE advocates. It makes a great deal of sense if it will result in a reduction time spent between the two project essentially maintaining similar aspects of the distro. All above my openSUSE pay-grade, but worth staying abreast of things that could impact the distro as early as 15.2 -- especially when it looks like it could be a good impact. -- 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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