September 2020 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] Help - Howto Recover SD Card (at least any jpegs still on the card)?
by David C. Rankin 23 Sep '20

23 Sep '20

All, I have a trail-cam with a 16G card that I use to monitor the predators coming into the yard so I can keep the cats from getting eaten (long story). This month when I pulled the card, it can't be recognized in any of my readers (Linux or the kids Windows boxes) It is seen and the full 16G is recognized, but blkid reports no filesystem on it. No clue what happened, lightning, low-battery, who knows. But now that leaves me with the problem of how best to try and recover what I can. Do I just image all 16G with dd_rescue and then use a scanner that will recognize the jpeg headers and try a recovery that way. What tool? Instead of dd_rescue, can I just open the device as a raw file and read the number of bytes reported? If I'm just going to scan through it, then I don't see why a dd_rescue write to an image would help. (other than it's multiple attempts to read from each memory location) However, I'm not worried if I miss an image or two because one of the header bytes wasn't read or I get a few off colored pixels. Anybody run into a similar issue and find a decent way to recover what is recoverable? -- 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] Updated mozilla-nss mozilla-nspr caused tearing in FF w/hdw accel with Nvidia driver? Downgrade fixes
by David C. Rankin 23 Sep '20

23 Sep '20

All, This is a strange problem I've never seen before. It seems the most recent updates from the mozilla repo for mozilla-nss or mozilla-nspr case problems with the G04 Nvidia driver if force hardware acceleration is enable in firefox. After updates and restarting firefox I check checkering or tearing withing the firefox window. The kenel says xdi 31 -- which is application or driver issue. Downgrading the two packages seems to have solve this. (with Firefox 68.12 esr on 15.0) The downgrade and versions involved are: # rpm -Uvh --oldpackage mozilla-nspr-4.27-lp150.1.1.x86_64.rpm mozilla-nss-3.55-lp150.2.1.x86_64.rpm Preparing... ################################# [100%] Updating / installing... 1:mozilla-nspr-4.27-lp150.1.1 ################################# [ 25%] 2:mozilla-nss-3.55-lp150.2.1 ################################# [ 50%] Cleaning up / removing... 3:mozilla-nss-3.56-lp150.1.1 ################################# [ 75%] 4:mozilla-nspr-4.28-lp150.1.1 ################################# [100%] Force hardware access re-enable in firefox and all is good. I doubt nss has anything to do with it, likely the nspr is the culprit. The issue is only within the firefox window. Nothing else was effected. -- 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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Re: [opensuse] printing problems--again
by DennisG 23 Sep '20

23 Sep '20

On 9/19/20 2:49 PM, Doug McGarrett wrote: > > > On 9/19/20 3:14 AM, Carlos E. R. wrote: >> >> On 19/09/2020 09.03, Ianseeks wrote: >>> On Saturday, 19 September 2020 05:31:27 BST Doug McGarrett wrote: >>>> OpenSuse TW. No lectures, please, I'm committed to this. >>>> I have been trying to install at least my epson all-mode printer, >>>> but things seem to be getting worse, not better. I finally got it >>>> to print, but it is printing code, not what it should print. It >>>> prints probably the entire driver routine, I don't know what it is! >>>> I had to turn off the printer to get it to stop wasting paper. And >>>> the error log is about the size of a book. >>>> >>>> I'd like to de-install this printer, and start from scratch, but >>>> I don't know just where to begin. As I mentioned once before, if I >>>> can only have one printer working, it has to be this one, so that I >>>> can have color and I can scan. iow, IF I can get this to work, I >>>> will then try to install the HP laserjet. (That worked, once, until >>>> I "installed" the epson--then nothing worked. >>>> >>>> T IA--doug >>>> >>>> >>> Have you tried Yast/Hardware/Printers? you can add/delete etc from >>> there. >>> >> >> Unless he had to install separately files from Epson, or proprietary >> drivers. > I will look more carefully at the Yast system--I did not notice a > delete command. > > It turns out that SUSE has an Epson driver for this printer. I have > downloaded the > Epson driver, but I have not used it, since I found that it's in the > s/w already. The > Epson drivers, whether my download or the original system ones, are in > > file:///opt/epson-inkjet-printer-201113w/ppds/Epson > file:///etc/cups/epson-inkjet-printer-201113w/ppds/Epson > file:///usr/share/cups/model/manufacturer-PPDs/epson > > If one of these instances is the original system version, I would not > want to > delete it, but I don't know which it might be. > --doug > OpenSUSE. SUSE is the commercial, enterprise system. You say you have downloaded the Epson driver but "not used it." What about the .rpm discussed in a previous thread? Or the install.sh script? So you are saying that you absolutely unequivocally did not install any printer software for that WP-4530 except via YaST/Printer??? And btw, did you try installing the epson-inkjet-printer-escpr package? Your current and earlier (but different) problem symptoms suggest having installed the wrong driver or you are missing a piece (like maybe this package). It appears (from your difficult to decipher posts) that YaST actually sees the device and you installed a driver for it. If there was no driver installed, nothing would happen. That something spits out at all indicates that the print file is being received by the printer. Printing garbage happens for example when a postscript driver is used when the printer only understands a proprietary printer language - as is the case with Epson printers that use the ESC/P-R language (that's what the above epson package is for). I think in one of your earlier posts you also said something about YaST offering print drivers but none matched your printer, right? So then, what did you install? What did YaST "recommend" (that will be shown in the suggested drivers list), and is this what you installed? You also stated earlier that the YaST driver name did not match the printer. Often manufacturers will use a single driver for a given family of printers. E.g., my F4180 uses the F4000 driver. So sometimes the driver name is not an exact match. It's even possible that it could be a generic driver like ghostscript. The manufacturer provided drivers included with openSUSE will all be found in directories under /usr/share/cups/model/. The epson directory located here that you cite above has driver files but there are also epson drivers in all 3 directories under the OpenPrintingPPDs directory, all of these come with the system too. Under /etc/cups is where YaST/Print puts the .ppd driver file. That file is pulled from a compressed .gz file under /usr/share/cups/model. It's possible there could also be a .ppd file put there via a separate installation method. /opt/your epson directory Opt is typically used by 3rd parties. I would be surprised if YaST put Epson files there, but I suppose it's possible. More likely to have been created by something else you used to install with. As far as deleting the printer: The "Delete" button is right there on the YaST/Printer face page, next to "Add" and "Edit". To reinstall, click on Add and let YaST find the printer. If it isn't shown yet, click on Detect More. Or try the Connection Wizard, it is very good. --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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Re: [opensuse] opensuse 15.2 lost password
by Carl Spitzer {L Juno} 23 Sep '20

23 Sep '20

On Tue, 2020-09-15 at 22:16 -0400, Anton Aylward wrote: > On 15/09/2020 21:33, Carl Spitzer {L Juno} wrote: > > I have gone and dome something dumb and lost the paper with the root > > password. > > In the old days a Knoppix disk could be used to boot a system and remove > > the password indicator. > > Thus clearing the root password and allowing a new one to be set. > > > > Is this still true? > > > > /etc/passwd > > root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash > > [--] - [--] [--] [-----] [--------] [--------] > > | | | | | | | > > | | | | | | +-> 7. Login shell > > | | | | | +----------> 6. Home directory > > | | | | +--------------------> 5. GECOS > > | | | +--------------------------> 4. GID > > | | +-------------------------------> 3. UID > > | +-----------------------------------> 2. Password > > +----------------------------------------> 1. Username > > Password. In older Linux systems, the user’s encrypted password was > > stored in the /etc/passwd file. On most modern systems, this field is > > set to x, and the user password is stored in the /etc/shadow file. > > > See PASSWD(5) for the above. > Then SHADOW(5) > > The shadow file has 9 fields. again separated by colons > Like the above, the first is the username. > The second is the encrypted password. > You can ignore the rest, they are to do with date/change and expiry. > > Like the old system, you can blank out the password field to remove it. So now I must clear both /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow? CWSIV ____________________________________________________________ Sponsored by https://www.newser.com/?utm_source=part&utm_medium=uol&utm_campaign=rss_tag… Party Seriously Messes Things Up for One High School http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3131/5f6a97cd31d8c17cc4239st02vuc1 She Claimed Politician Was a Pedophile, Now Owes $625K http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3131/5f6a97cd555f017cc4239st02vuc2 Bloomberg Helps Cover Fines So Florida Felons Can Vote http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3131/5f6a97cd792e317cc4239st02vuc3 -- 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] Sound out in only one user
by Carl Spitzer {L Juno} 23 Sep '20

23 Sep '20

On Mon, 2020-09-14 at 08:59 +0930, Simon Lees wrote: > Hi > > On 9/13/20 4:42 AM, Carl Spitzer {L Juno} wrote: > > DV6000 system with gnome2 and opensuse 11.4 > > That is a really old and really unsupported version of the OS > > > Not sure why sound is out. Sound works in test user and other os. > > Without moving all dot directories and dot files I am not sure where to > > look. > > I tried moving .gconf .gconfd .gnome2 and .gnome2_private still no > > sound. > > it also messed up evolution. > > I have checked the online suse references apparently no one documented a > > sudden sound loss. > > > > So which dot file or dot directory is the culprit? > > Maybe none, back then you may have still needed your users in the > "Audio" group the way this is done has changed multiple times and I > don't remember which would have been correct for 11.4 but the one we use > now certainly didn't exist yet. Evolution was not open at the time so could not have changed the sound. I did it the clumsy way I moved all dot files and directories not related to evolution. Sound returned but I still do not know which one is responsible. So Ill restore them one at a time to test which caused the sound outage. There is no documentation on this issue so I am on my own. -- Carl Spitzer ___ _ / (_) | | () o | __, ,_ | | /\ _ _|_ __ _ ,_ | / | / | |/ / \|/ \_| | / / _|/ / | \___/\_/|_/ |_/|__/ /(__/|__/ |_/|_/ /_/ |__/ |_/ /| /| \| \| ____________________________________________________________ Sponsored by https://www.newser.com/?utm_source=part&utm_medium=uol&utm_campaign=rss_tag… Party Seriously Messes Things Up for One High School http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3131/5f6a97a785ec217a678c9st03vuc1 She Claimed Politician Was a Pedophile, Now Owes $625K http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3131/5f6a97a7a9a7a17a678c9st03vuc2 Bloomberg Helps Cover Fines So Florida Felons Can Vote http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3131/5f6a97a7cea1a17a678c9st03vuc3 -- 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] system logs out user
by Istvan Gabor 22 Sep '20

22 Sep '20

Hello: I've got this very strange problem. The system is openSUSE Leap 42.2, login manager is kdm4, used sessions are KDE3. Usually 2 users are logged in at the same time, one at vt7-KDE3 session, the other at vt8-KDE3 session. The problem is: - first, user1 logs in at vt7, but does not start any application (only logs in) - next, user2 logs in at vt8 and starts to work at vt8. Screen shows user2's session (vt8) - after a short time (1-2min) the desktop switches to vt7, where the login screen is shown. This occurs because the system logs out user1 from vt7 and switches the screen to vt7 by interrupting user2's work at vt8. vt8 session is still usable, user2 can switch back to it (eg by pressing alt+ctrl+F8). This is very annoying. What could be the reason of this behavior, what should I check and change to prevent it? Thanks, Istvan ps: I use kdm4 instead of kdm3 because in Leap 42.2 kdm3 is buggy. If kdm3 is used, switching between graphical and text modes (init 3, init 5) does not work. -- 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] Finding gir1.2-ecal-2.0 & gir1.2-ical-3.0
by Adam Tauno Williams 22 Sep '20

22 Sep '20

Where can I find the equivalents to the packages gir1.2-ecal-2.0 & gir1.2-ical-3.0 for openSUSE? I am attempting to use https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/3569/task-widget/ -- Adam Tauno Williams <mailto:awilliam@whitemice.org> GPG D95ED383 OpenGroupware Developer <http://www.opengroupware.us/> -- 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] KDE+15.2+QEMU and tick border
by Frans de Boer 22 Sep '20

22 Sep '20

LS, I observed a difference between TW and 15.2 and using QEMU. While using TW, the QEMU window - running W10 - has no borders on the left and right side. So, I can use the full horizontal resolution. I can't use F11 - full screen - because of the behavior of screens when using Citrix Receiver as I still want to switch desktops. Then, when using 15.2 there are tick borders on the right and left side of the QEMU window. With 15.2 I have too selected top-left Menu -> More Actions -> No border, to reduce the mentioned borders a bid. There are still borders. I used the same script to start QEMU 5.1 under TW and 15.2, as well as the same W10 image . So, the only difference is the OS and used libraries. Being somewhat older on 15.2. And, yes I use breeze with no borders for applications. Any suggestion how to get rid of these real estate eating borders? --- Frans. -- A: Yes, just like that A: Ja, net zo Q: Oh, Just like reading a book backwards Q: Oh, net als een boek achterstevoren lezen A: Because it upsets the natural flow of a story A: Omdat het de natuurlijke gang uit het verhaal haalt Q: Why is top-posting annoying? Q: Waarom is Top-posting zo irritant? -- 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] replacement for lost freedb.org
by Carl Spitzer {L Juno} 21 Sep '20

21 Sep '20

http://gnudb.org/ http://gnudb.org/howto.php has anyone tried this. I found it by accident when looking into this cdex2 capable programs. I also found a long lost friend grip from SuSE 10.0 days which was the easiest to use music ripping software I have found. -- Carl Spitzer ___ _ / (_) | | () o | __, ,_ | | /\ _ _|_ __ _ ,_ | / | / | |/ / \|/ \_| | / / _|/ / | \___/\_/|_/ |_/|__/ /(__/|__/ |_/|_/ /_/ |__/ |_/ /| /| \| \| ____________________________________________________________ Sponsored by https://www.newser.com/?utm_source=part&utm_medium=uol&utm_campaign=rss_tag… Murkowski: 'My Position Has Not Changed' on Court Vacancy http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3131/5f67a79479fdc279306aast04duc1 Woman Shooting Snapchat Video Falls Out Into Traffic http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3131/5f67a7949e038279306aast04duc2 The Scenario in Which Kelly Could Stop Trump's Pick http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3131/5f67a794c2282279306aast04duc3 -- 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] NVIDIA driver with no connected display
by Roger Oberholtzer 21 Sep '20

21 Sep '20

I have a couple systems on which I want to run some software that does GLX operations on images. These seem to rely on the X server having access to a GPU. Without this, they do their operations very very slowly. I have a very decent NVIDIA GPU (GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER) installed in all systems. In my own applications that are specifically compiled to use an NVIDIA GPU (no X server involved), all works great. nvidia-smi correctly shows that my application is using the GPU. The problem I am having with other applications (e.g., nona, a part of hugin) is that it seems that the NVIDIA driver is not loading. In this case, the system does not have a display attached. For my own apps that use the GPU direct, this is no problem. It uses libcuda only. No X. For the problem apps, since the nvdia driver is not loading, the X driver it falls back on does not do GPU. Is it a requirement for the nvidia proprietary drivers that a display be connected? I have googled this, but all discussions are about connected displays not being found or used. This is on Leap 15.1 and NVIDIA 440.82 drivers. If a display is required, could it perhaps be defined in a config file so the nvidia driver loads? We have a cluster of computers like this and we do not want to hook up a display just for 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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