November 2021 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

file manager used to save in chrome
by George from the tribe 05 Jan '22

05 Jan '22

In the latest update in 15.2, something changed in the way I save files downloaded from the internet when in Chrome, or a Chrome based browser like Brave. It used to use Dolphin file manager, and that is much more convenient, because it requires less clicks to change the file name. Now it switched to the file manager that Gnome uses - I guess its Nautilus. I don't use Gnome very much, but I have it installed and sometimes go into it if there is something I need it for, so I have to keep the gnome base packages on my system. So how do you set Chrome so that it opens up the Dolphin file manager when you want to save a file from the internet? -- George Box: 15.2 | Plasma 5 | AMD Phenom IIX4 | 64 | 32GB Laptop #1: 15.2 | Plasma 5 | AMD FX 7TH GEN | 64 | 32GB Laptop #2: TW | Plasma 5 | Core i7 | 64 | 16GB

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[oS-en] Can't boot freshly installed 15.3 system.
by Carlos E. R. 23 Dec '21

23 Dec '21

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I can't boot freshly installed 15.3 system (with current updates as of today). I get (hand copied): error: bad shim signature. error: you need to load the kernel first. Press any key to continue. Details: It is a new external hard disk, via USB3 (tried also USB2) on a laptop that has internally Leap 15.2 and Windows, both booting normally. On this external hard disk I installed 15.3 (UEFI mode). The UEFI boot menu does not display this disk at all. The efibootmgr man page doesn't say how to add a new entry: CREATING A NEW BOOT OPTION An OS installer would call efibootmgr -c. This assumes that /boot/efi is your EFI System Partition, and is mounted at /dev/sda1. This creates a new boot option, called "Linux", and puts it at the top of the boot order list. Options may be passed to modify the default behavior. The default OS Loader is elilo.efi. 3. What are those options to modify the behaviour??? It is an example section with no examples!!! So, instead I boot 15.2 (with current updates as of yesterday), start yast boot manager, and tell it to probe the disk for other systems. It does find 15.3, and the error I posted above is precissely what happens when using that probed entry. No matter if I select failsafe. Legolas:~ # lsblk --output NAME,KNAME,RA,RM,RO,PARTFLAGS,SIZE,TYPE,FSTYPE,LABEL,PARTLABEL,PTTYPE,MOUNTPOINT,UUID,PARTUUID,WWN,MODEL,ALIGNMENT /dev/sdbNAME KNAME RA RM RO PARTFLAGS SIZE TYPE FSTYPE LABEL PARTLABEL PTTYPE MOUNTPOINT UUID PARTUUID WWN MODEL ALIGNMENT sdb sdb 512 0 0 1.8T disk gpt 0x3e41425341383144 Basic 0 ├─sdb1 sdb1 512 0 0 512M part vfat gpt 513E-8E77 564d9061-ccb2-4f48-8810-6c5aae67e99f 0x3e41425341383144 0 ├─sdb2 sdb2 512 0 0 10G part swap Erebor3_swap gpt 575a03c8-5afa-4c38-91f4-9f5ad8fb60d5 a1aa1b82-1229-459c-9bbd-f67b868fa24f 0x3e41425341383144 0 ├─sdb3 sdb3 512 0 0 20G part ext4 Erebor3_main gpt 932d5cf7-031c-45a4-bc62-86ab4a160680 aa63ecdd-fc48-4aa9-9dee-370b0c3d563a 0x3e41425341383144 0 └─sdb4 sdb4 512 0 0 1.8T part crypto_LUKS gpt 3804e2da-f4a4-4c26-9121-d763dd8f736e 76d6cf0f-beb2-4d80-b6e2-90ab018a7e50 0x3e41425341383144 0 Legolas:~ # Legolas:/data/Erebor # tree boot/efi/ boot/efi/ └── EFI ├── boot │ ├── MokManager.efi │ ├── bootx64.efi │ └── fallback.efi └── opensuse ├── MokManager.efi ├── boot.csv ├── grub.cfg ├── grub.efi ├── grubx64.efi └── shim.efi 3 directories, 9 files Legolas:/data/Erebor # Isengard:~ # efibootmgr BootCurrent: 0001 Timeout: 6 seconds BootOrder: 0001,0004,0005,0002,0003,0000,0006,0007,0008 Boot0000 Windows Boot Manager Boot0001* main-os-secureboot Boot0002* UEFI: IP4 Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller Boot0003* UEFI: IP6 Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller Boot0004* UEFI: KINGSTON SMS200S3120G, Partition 1 Boot0005* UEFI OS Boot0006* UEFI:CD/DVD Drive Boot0007* UEFI:Removable Device Boot0008* UEFI:Network Device Isengard:~ # What next? - -- Cheers Carlos E. R. (from 15.2 x86_64 at Telcontar) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHoEARECADoWIQQZEb51mJKK1KpcU/W1MxgcbY1H1QUCYZ+p+Bwccm9iaW4ubGlz dGFzQHRlbGVmb25pY2EubmV0AAoJELUzGBxtjUfVSu8An1eUXSo9hzVbT1CAQbcG 01Zo2RCBAJ94uDwYfbYvAUusxN795dF2IiNPng== =ykb9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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smartctl
by mcgarrett 07 Dec '21

07 Dec '21

I have been beating my head against smartctl for over two hours now. I cannot seem to get the command "long" accepted, as the various tutorials explain. When I try to insert it, I get an error, like this: linux1:~ # smartctl long /dev/nvme0n1 smartctl 7.0 2019-05-21 r4917 [x86_64-linux-5.3.18-57-default] (SUSE RPM) Copyright (C) 2002-18, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org ERROR: smartctl takes ONE device name as the final command-line argument. You have provided 2 device names: long /dev/nvme0n1 (It doesn't like "short" either.) And my typing is getting worse! It doesn't help that my drive is called /dev/nvme0n1. As I mentioned earlier, the lightning strike has damaged something in this, my main computer, and I'm trying to find out what. For those who missed the earlier post, the only thing I can connect to here is the internet. I cannot see the printers or the laptop machine, and nmap basically doesn't work. I started this quest at 11:30 PM and it's now 3:30 AM. I'm going to bed! --doug

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gtk2 application start delays 25 seconds
by Istvan Gabor 06 Dec '21

06 Dec '21

Hello: This occurs in openSUSE Leap 15.3 (64 bit). Gtk2 applications start with a 25 seconds delay. That is, it takes exactly 25 seconds the application window to appear. This behavior has been reported previously in other distros, eg: In 20.04.1 all gtk2 apps starts 25 seconds https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1891245 I installed appmenu-gtk2-module and libcanberra-gtk-module but it did not solve the problem. How can I fix this in Leap 15.3? Thanks, Istvan

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zypper and certificate issue
by Roger Oberholtzer 30 Nov '21

30 Nov '21

I have trouble refreshing the status of a couple repositories on my pretty much up-to-date Tumbleweed system. The problem is with packman, as well as M17N:/fonts/openSUSE_Tumbleweed and windows:/mingw:/win64/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/. So it is both for some openSUSE and some non-openSUSE repos. Some external repos work, and some openSUSE work. The message is generally this: Repository 'MinGW64' is invalid. [mingw64|https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/windows:/mingw:/win6 /openSUSE_Tumbleweed/] Valid metadata not found at specified URL History: - Download (curl) error for 'https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/windows:/mingw:/win64/openSUSE_T…': Error code: Curl error 60 Error message: SSL certificate problem: unable to get local issuer certificate - Can't provide ./repodata/526857fc123d7384947e093f8293170c026ad9f736e350bedeb65fd292475760-primary.xml.gz So I have some sort of a certificate problem. If I run zypper search ca-certificates, It says: S | Name | Summary | Type --+----------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+-------- i | ca-certificates | Utilities for system wide CA certificate installation | package | ca-certificates-cacert | CAcert root certificates | package i | ca-certificates-mozilla | CA certificates for OpenSSL | package | ca-certificates-mozilla-prebuilt | Pre-built CA certificates for OpenSSL | package | ca-certificates-steamtricks | Provides /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt | package It does not help to delete and redefine the repository. Do I need to install ca-certificates-cacer? I Googled this, and the only solution I saw was for SUSE, using the SUSEConnect --cleanup command. Which I do not have on Tumbleweed. -- Roger Oberholtzer

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Re: KWallet--how?
by Carlos E. R. 30 Nov '21

30 Nov '21

On 30/11/2021 03.55, dmcgarrett(a)optonline.net wrote: I had to edit your post to know who said what. That mail client you use is terrible. >> Don't use instructions for windows. > The instructions I found--this was a couple of months ago, and different > of course, said it only works > in Windows, and it did. Once you get T'Bird working in one spot, it > works everywhere. > >> I don't think you will be happier with KMail. > > I was happy with T]Bird until it lost its mind again. > >> Look. Open Thunderbird. >> Edit / Preferences. >> Search for "passw" (there is a search box, top-right). > >> You will see a button for "Saved passwords", click that. Search then >> for the one or ones you want and simply delete them. Or remove all. You >> can also display them. Once done, close that dialog, and verify that you >> have defined a Master Password. If not, do create it now. > > >> Or is it the master password the one you forgot? > > Up to now, I didn't use a master password. > I erased the only password it showed. I was not using a master p/w, but > now I have added one. It still asks for > a password (after entering the master password) and it still refuses to > use a password I was using, and it still asks for and ignores any new > password I enter. And one of its complaints along the way--it didn't > know my > mail server, altho it is in the program somewhere and showed it along > the way. > >> I don't know if there is a way to regenerate a forgotten master >> password, but my guess is, you have to first erase all existing >> passwords, then try disable "use a master password". > >> Otherwise, I would create a new Thunderbird profile and start over. > Well, I'm certainly willing to do that. How can I get rid of everything > that's there and start over? Is there an omnibus command like zap > thunderbird? > Probably not! (I don > t want to start the OS over! > Thanx for the input--still beating on this terrible optimum routine. I highly suspect that your problem is not with Thunderbird, but with that stupid mail server / provider of yours. Thunderbird should: - Ask ONCE for the master password once you open the program the first time. - Ask ONCE in life for the password of your mail account the first time it tries to use it. Once for receiving, once for sending. - If the SERVER says the password is wrong, Thunderbird will ask for that server or account password, and will ask a thousand times till you give it right - ie, the server says it is right. You can hit cancel or ESC, probably. - Once the SERVER accepts the password you typed, Thunderbird will save it and never ask for it again in life. Ok, certainly there are easy ways to delete the entire Thunderbird thing, but you don't need to do that. Just create a new mail account for your mail provider. Just give it a different name than the one it has now. Thunderbird can have dozens of accounts defined. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.2 x86_64 at Telcontar)

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Re: Swapping ThinkPad drive
by Carlos E. R. 28 Nov '21

28 Nov '21

On 26/11/2021 04.50, James Knott wrote: > On 2021-11-25 9:39 p.m., Carlos E. R. wrote: >> That's the one. On BIOS it lists disks, but on UEFI it lists "bootable >> oses", not partitions, that have entries in the EFI partition(s). > > No, even when I set for UEFI only, I still only see drives Weird. >> I don't know when UEFI machines started, but 10 years ago it would be >> a primitive form, if any. > > There was an update in 2013. > >> Well, you have to add Windows there. Look at the entries in your old >> disk EFI partition. > > The old disk was legacy, not UEFI. Ah! I forgot that. Sure, you need to install Windows using UEFI. Or ask in a Windows forum how to migrate a Windows install from traditional booting to UEFI booting, whether that is possible. It might. > > I guess I'll have to forget about UEFI on this computer. :-( > I don't know. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.2 x86_64 at Telcontar)

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[opensuse] Kernel compilation the openSUSE way?
by Bjoern Voigt 28 Nov '21

28 Nov '21

I usually take the newest openSUSE kernel (from repository Kernel_stable). But since some month I have a DVB T2 HD card, which requires a patch (see https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=194171). So I need to compile kernels myself. I have a working compilation path. But the current path has 12 steps! It takes some time. I wonder, why it is so complicated to configure, compile and install a Kernel under openSUSE. Is there a better/easier/automated way to configure, compile and install a Kernel under openSUSE? I know this blog article. But the article uses Vanilla kernels and also needs 6 steps. With additional patches (4 steps), third-party modules (2 steps) and cleanup (1 step) the article would also need 13 steps: Compiling the Linux Kernel, the SUSE way https://www.suse.com/communities/blog/compiling-de-linux-kernel-suse-way/ This is my Kernel configuration, compilation and installation path: 1. Update kernel-source and kernel-default from Kernel_stable repository 2. Save kernel-source: cp -a /usr/src/linux-4.x.y-... /usr/src/linux-4.x.y-my 3. Apply my patches cd /usr/src/linux-4.x.y-my patch -b -p1 < ~myuser/.../my-kernel-patch.patch 4. Copy standard configuration: cd /usr/src/linux-4.x.y-my cp -v /boot/config-4.11.4-1.gcba98ee-default .config 5. Edit .config: remove CONFIG_LOCALVERSION, CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL, CONFIG_EXPERT remove some hardware-dependent settings 6. edit configuration interactively: Disable CONFIG_EXPERT and CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL, because otherwise "make binrpm-pkg" creates huge kernel binaries. make oldconfig [...] Local version - append to kernel release (LOCALVERSION) [] (NEW) -my1 * * Configure standard kernel features (expert users) * Configure standard kernel features (expert users) (EXPERT) [N/y/?] (NEW) Kernel debugging (DEBUG_KERNEL) [N/y/?] (NEW) make menuconfig Do some additional configuration. 7. Compile kernel (-j4 for four processor cores, ionice and nice to reduce the load, binrpm-pkg for RPM without source-RPM) make clean nice ionice -c idle make -j4 binrpm-pkg 8. Install the kernel RPM package rpm -Uvh /usr/src/packages/RPMS/x86_64/kernel-4.x.y_my1-....x86_64.rpm 9. Install necessary symbolic links for "dkms" cd /lib/modules/4.x.y-my1 ln -sv /usr/src/linux-4.x.y-my source ln -sv /usr/src/linux-4.x.y-my build 10. Update third-party modules (e.g. Nvidia driver): dkms install -m nvidia -v 375.66 -k 4.x.y-my1 11. Cleanup cd /usr/src/linux-4.x.y-my make clean 12. Select Grub configuration and reboot grub2-once --list | less grub2-once 2 reboot Greetings, Björn -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[oS-en] eth0 trouble
by Carlos E. R. 28 Nov '21

28 Nov '21

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, Yesterday I wanted to update my small laptop (on Leap 15.2), and I connected it to the ethernet cable, but the laptop did not recognize it. If run "rcnetwork restart" it would appear, but would not connect to anything. At first I thought "dns trouble", but then I found that a ping 8.8.8.8 failed as well. I left it at that and switched ti WiFi, and performed the update, hoping that would cure the problem. Today I rebooted, with a newer kernel, and the cable connected from the start. After opening the desktop (I'm using Network Manager), I observed ini gkrellm that the interface eth0 was appearing and disapearing every minute or so. After a while, it became stable. It is not the cable, moving it has no effect. Message log: <https://susepaste.org/51821193> (I see the interface is going on and off again, in the log) Obviously, I have tried another cable, connected to another port of the switch. Same trouble. The switch led is solid green, but the computer does not see it. "rcnetwork restart" makes it appear with the correct IP, but a ping to the router (by number) fails. In fact, after removing the cable completely and issuing the command again, ifconfig reports that eth0 keeps the same address, but wlan has no address, and I can no longer connect to it. Ping to router from machine fails. Manually telling NM to dissconnect the ethernet (which cable was removed minutes ago) allows the wifi to work again. Second part of messages log: <https://susepaste.org/63312588> What is going on? This laptop worked previously, days ago. With the same cables. Another laptop works fine with one of those cables. - -- Cheers Carlos E. R. (from 15.2 x86_64 at Telcontar) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHoEARECADoWIQQZEb51mJKK1KpcU/W1MxgcbY1H1QUCYZ4p/Bwccm9iaW4ubGlz dGFzQHRlbGVmb25pY2EubmV0AAoJELUzGBxtjUfV3pAAn3ji0olpKPHiklGVVp/5 sPFsVbO9AKCV/fG9rlt9K0khax47qv2dswWz4g== =5vrF -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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[oS-en] time rarity
by Carlos E. R. 27 Nov '21

27 Nov '21

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I was running a backup job, and I timed it. The output is weird: (here some other times out of the screen, about 3 minute total) real 161m35.208s user 216m2.220s sys 36m30.599s real 10m27.555s user 14m33.090s sys 2m37.550s real 11m7.647s user 14m39.255s sys 1m55.313s total real 184m27.589s user 247m7.060s sys 41m20.225s Now, how can be the "real" time less than the user time? I don't remember seeing it before. It is happening on a new 15.2 install. Perhaps the sum of times on the two cores of the machine? In case the job is relevant, it is this: function hacer() { echo echo "Haciendo la particion $1 ($2) en $3" echo "copiando, comprimiendo, y calculando md5..." mkfifo mdpipe dd if=/dev/$1 status=progress bs=16M | tee mdpipe | pigz > $3.gz & md5sum -b mdpipe | tee -a md5checksum_expanded wait rm mdpipe echo "$3" >> md5checksum_expanded echo "Verificando..." pigz --test $3.gz echo echo "·········" } echo time hacer sda3 "161M" "sda3__Windows" echo time hacer sda4 "10M" "sda4__LENOVO" echo time hacer sda6 "11M" "sda6__LENOVO_PART" - -- Cheers Carlos E. R. (from 15.2 x86_64 at Telcontar) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHoEARECADoWIQQZEb51mJKK1KpcU/W1MxgcbY1H1QUCYaFeeRwccm9iaW4ubGlz dGFzQHRlbGVmb25pY2EubmV0AAoJELUzGBxtjUfVZN8An3+T7XOnkPIYam64elLm zJIX5os5AJ9KGI+o0AZluPSZH1PhNsq5ds+JiQ== =MLSm -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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