February 2021 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] Project management software question for project managers
by Ted Byers 29 May '24

29 May '24

I am looking for project management software I can install on my Suse box. Alas, there are quite a number of prducts that claim to be suitable project management products, but I am hoping to obtain a little help separating the wheat from the chaffe. Basically, when I open the project management software, I want to be able to choose from among a number of projects that are under way, and then see the relation between a client's wish list and the functional requirements specs, and then how these specs relate to the UML diagrams that have been created, and from there, what tasks have been defined for each requirement and the identity of all persons involved, the developers and their managers, and the person who designed the code that supports the requirement. And with that, I want to be able to see the project's timeline, the related bugs, &c. I would even want to be able to open the source code files and examine the code that was actually written. Here is my wish list: 1) a web application that stores data in either PostgreSQL or MySQL. 2) easy integration with UML tool (or has it's own UML tool that supports round trip engineering) 3) resource management (e.g. computers, and development tools, that can be used, personelle assigned to each task) 4) documentation of relation between functional requirements specs to specific tasks and specific unit and integration tests. 5) time/effort tracking 6) bug tracking, including data relating the existance of the bug, and effort required to fix it, to the person who wrote the original code, the person who supervised him or her, and the person who designed the 'feature' in question, the time taken to complete the original task, and the technologies used (to imprrove accountability as well as to determine retraining and continuing education needs (people aren't disposable, so instead of taking a harsh aproach to problems identified, I prefer to use education as a corrective, but I can't design corrective instruction without knowing precisely what the need is). I also need to know if a developer has a higher than normal bug rate simply because he doesn't take enough time to ensure the job is done right, or because I haven't adequately trained him, or because of a poor choice of tools, or somethng else that may be my fault. 7) use of task effort tracking history to generate provisional effort/cost estimates from new project's functional requirements 8) easy integration with open source ERP products like OFBiz (which may make trakcing resources and manpower easier, as well as connect real production data to the enterprise's accounting systems) 9) easy integration with CMS products, like Wordpress (especally for production documentation, includng degin documentation and user guides and reference manuals) 10) easy integration with verion control systems such as subversion. If there is a decent product that supports all of this, great (and language used to implement it doesn't matter), but if I have to write code to add missing requirements, then I am limited to those implemented using Perl or Java (and running on Tomcat). I don't know PHP well enough, and I don't know Ruby at all; and I really don't want to think about implementing this sort of thing in C++ (though I could if absolutely necessary). If you have project management experience, and use tools that are available for Suse Linux, what software product(s) did you use, and with what result? While I await relies, I will continue to review web documentation for those products I have found so far, to see if any of them are a) suitable for use in production and b) to see to what extent they support the features I am after. I have seen a number of products so far in my search, that deserve to be nameless, because they provide no way to relate cost estimates to one's team's track record, or to the details of the design, and seem satisfied with production of a pretty gantt chart (which is why I have formed the view that there is a whole lots of chaffe in the set of applications that call themselves project menement software - I have yet to find anything that really has the potential of being labelled wheat). Thanks Ted -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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Sorry SuSE: 9.1 is Waste of time and money!
by Terje J. Hanssen 17 May '24

17 May '24

I am sorry to conclude that my upgrade from SuSE 9.0 Pro to 9.1 Pro has been waste of time and money for me, so far. The same I have to say about the free SuSE "Installation support". The reason is that my SuSE 9.1 installation only detects 1 of my 3 SCSCI devices (as I wrote in another subject on this forum: http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-linux-e/2004-May/3254.html) Yamaha 4416S CDRW recorder detected HP DVD Writer 100i NOT detected Epson 1640SU scanner NOT detected It's rather stupid. I have installed 9.1 using the DVD disk just in the HP DVD drive, but after the installation of 9.1, the KDE/Konqueror /media/recorder cannot access it and YaST2 cannot install additional software from it. Only one "Cdrecorder" is found in My computer and that is the Yamaha 4416 drive, which the KDE/Konqueror file manager assign as /media/recorder11. I am sure 9.1 is the reason, as I hadn't this problems with 9.0. I have tried both an update and two several new installation of 9.1. Neither SJDS nor Windows on the same multiboot PC have problems to detect these devices. In my opinion SuSE should therefore debug 9.1 better and longer, and not leave the problems to the customers. I see SuSE notes on their web saying that they know SCSI scanners are not detected in 9.1. But regarding my HP DVD writer problem, the SuSE support (as usual) don't take the responsibility and argue that this problem (a combination of IDE disk and SCSI devices) isn't included in their free installation support! This sounds remarkable, and I have never had a modern PC of so simple model or configuration that it has fitted the limited rules for the free installation support. Terje J. Hanssen

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[SLE] RealPlayer G2 on SuSe 6.2
by yh＠ottawa.com 03 Apr '24

03 Apr '24

Yesterday, I finally got sound going on my Linux setup. I downloaded RealPlayer G2 and it worked beautifully. Today, RealPlayer run but no sound coming out. All other sound functions still work. I can still play my CD, have system sound BUT no sound when I run RealPlayer. /var/log/message said kernel: Sound: DMA (output) timed out - IRQ/DRQ config error? but KDE sound still work. I have re-installed RealPlayer 3 times now, still no sound when I run the RealPlayer. Any help is appreciated. Ying yh(a)ottawa.com -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/

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Creating a new user for a deamon
by Rowan Reid 15 Jan '24

15 Jan '24

I'm setting up a cron job for a analysis tool, I'm trying to use the SuSE tools where possible but YAST doent' allow you to create new user without a home I tried /dev/null is there a proper way to do this ? Rowan Reid Job Captain, Systems Administrator STUDIO 3 ARCHITECTS 909 982 1717

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[opensuse] Memtest & UEFI
by James Knott 26 May '22

26 May '22

In openSUSE 15.1, memtest, as installed, would not work with UEFI. Has this been fixed in 15.2? There is a version on the memtest website that will work with it. 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] Bug in usb drivers? "Not enough bandwidth for new device state"
by Markus Egg 28 Feb '22

28 Feb '22

SuSE Tumbleweed with newest updates and upgrades. 5.7.1-1-default #1 SMP Wed Jun 10 11:53:46 UTC 2020 (6a549f6) x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Just recently started to give error messages when plugging in e.g. USB Headsets, Arduino Uno into some Exsys USB 3.0 hub. This was working fine in Tumbleweed before and in e.g. SuSE 13.1. The error message is e.g.: [...]usb 2-1.4.3: new full-speed USB device number 10 using xhci_hcd [...]usb 2-1.4.3: New USB device found, idVendor=2341, idProduct=0043, bcdDevice= 0.01 [...]usb 2-1.4.3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=220 [...]usb 2-1.4.3: Manufacturer: Arduino (www.arduino.cc) ...serialnumber... [...]kernel: usb 2-1.4.3: Not enough bandwidth for new device state. [...]kernel: usb 2-1.4.3: can't set config #1, error -28 This error message started on Jun 04, after making an update (zypper up) on June 3rd. A USB3.0 stick is working on the Exsys Hub. The Arduino is working on some other USB 3.0 Port of another hub. Regression? Any hints how to get this away? Found only another occurrence of this bug: http://opensuse92.rssing.com/chan-20813128/all_p1407.html Best regards -- 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] 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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Web Site Standards
by Bryan Tyson 25 Sep '21

25 Sep '21

On Wednesday 03 July 2002 03:38, Michael wrote: > I tried to visit this site. > http://www.bet365.com > The result upset me so much i sent them this. I sent the letter below, and I encourage everyone on the list to send a similar letter. ----------------------------------------- Subject: Create a Real Web Site Please From: Bryan S. Tyson <bryantyson(a)earthlink.net> To: webmaster(a)bet365.com When attempting to view your site using Konqueror 2.2.1 and Mozilla 0.9.4, both Linux web browsers, I was curtly informed that my browser is "incompatible." Your site, sir, is what is "incompatible." Stick with established standards and real html, not Microsoft proprietary "features." *************************************************** Powered by SuSE Linux 7.3 Professional KDE 2.2.1 KMail 1.3.1 This is a Microsoft-free computer Bryan S. Tyson bryantyson(a)earthlink.net ***************************************************

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Mount Windows NT(NTFS) drive as drive Z: for all users
by Keith Jacobs 25 Sep '21

25 Sep '21

We have an winNT server and need to auto mount a shared folder as if it were a windose mapped drive Z: on SuSE8 Could someone please explain how to do this and how to make sure it is set-up for every user everytime the system is booted. Thanks Regards Keith Jacobs New to Linux

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Problem with software raid and Tumbleweed
by Markus Egg 15 Sep '21

15 Sep '21

Hello, I got Tumbleweed Snapshot20210115 and wanted to install it on a rather old machine with a software raid1 (UEFI raid). On this raid some Windows 10 is already existing. The installer of Tumbleweed Snapshot20210115 does not recognize this software raid1. It only shows single harddiscs and no raid volume. An older snapshot 20190704 is able to see that software raid1 but I cannot do any zypper dup with that one (this version was running previously before some hardware crash). Any help for that - either a snapshot which can handle software raid1 or some way to set zypper dup running again with the older snapshot? BR and thanks in advance Markus

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Upgrade from Leap 15.1 to 15.2 Desktop Failure
by Jim Flanagan 30 Jun '21

30 Jun '21

Greetings, Just did an upgrade from my stable Leap 15.1 install to 15.2. I downloaded the DVD and did the upgrade from booting that. It asked me if I wanted to used the online repos as I have an internet connection so I said OK. Everything seemed to go well and booting into my KDE desktop. But clicking the gecko start menu gives an error. "Error loading QML file:file///sur/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.kicker/contents/ui/main.qml:27:1: module "org.kde.plasma.private.kicker: is not installed" The system is running and I see my desktop widgets doing their thing. But I can't do anything. I can get to tty1 and login as root but I don't know what to do from there. I tried running yast in tty1 but get errors when I try software management. This system was first installed with Leap 15.0, upgraded to 15.1, now to a partially broken 15.2. Any suggestions most welcome. Jim F

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[opensuse] libc segfaults attaching an iPad
by Dave Howorth 26 Mar '21

26 Mar '21

I just tried to attach an iPad to my openSUSE 15.0 system, via USB. I think I've done it before, but this time it fails. Dmesg has: [9787970.148053] usb 3-9: new high-speed USB device number 96 using xhci_hcd [9787970.302089] usb 3-9: New USB device found, idVendor=05ac, idProduct=12a2 [9787970.302091] usb 3-9: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3 [9787970.302092] usb 3-9: Product: iPad [9787970.302093] usb 3-9: Manufacturer: Apple Inc. [9787970.302094] usb 3-9: SerialNumber: c4088xxxxxserialxredacted [9787971.044264] ipheth 3-9:4.2: Apple iPhone USB Ethernet device attached [9787991.101146] pool[16789]: segfault at 0 ip 00007f6ada593ef1 sp 00007f6ad6203bd8 error 4 in libc-2.26.so[7f6ada43a000+1b1000] Anybody have any idea what the problem is? Thanks, Dave -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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packman down?
by tooth pik 07 Mar '21

07 Mar '21

is the packman repository down? moving servers? having a bad day? my failing url is http://packman.inode.at/suse/openSUSE_Leap_15.2/ when i disable it and then try to add anew using yast, community, it is no longer listed as an option

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Leap 15.2 KDE file associations
by Roger Oberholtzer 05 Mar '21

05 Mar '21

On a recent Leap 15.2 install, I seem not to be able to get KDE to remember file associations. More specifically, which application to run for the file. If I select a file in Konqueror, and then select an application in the dialog Konqueror provides, and click the box that says to remember this, when I click again on that same file, it once again asks which application to use. It never remembers the association. It does run the application after I select it. But never again unless I select the application again. When I say that the association should be remembered, I get the status window saying that something is being updated. There is no error. In the X log, I see this when the association is selected and being remembered: kbuildsycoca4 running... So if there is an error, it is not presented anywhere I see. Has anyone else seen this? -- Roger Oberholtzer

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SOT: iPhones compatibility
by Jeffrey Taylor 01 Mar '21

01 Mar '21

I've been using Android phones and downloading pictures, etc. has worked fine. What is people's experience with US iPhones? TIA, Jeffrey

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Reinstalling 15.2 with a list of packages
by Werner LEMBERG 28 Feb '21

28 Feb '21

Folks, triggered by my desktop problems reported in previous mails, I wonder how can I save the list of currently installed packages so that a complete reinstallation (i.e., not using `zypper dup`) of 15.2 makes use this list? Werner

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passwords
by Doug McGarrett 28 Feb '21

28 Feb '21

Using Thunderbird for email. Is the password it requires a function of Thunderbird or of the internet supplier? It is becoming obnoxious and since I have only a dog in my house with me, I really don't need the damn password for email, and If I could eliminate it, I would. (And if so, how?) --doug

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Dell support for Linux
by ken 28 Feb '21

28 Feb '21

It's only taken decades, but we finally see official, almost completely unhedged support for Linux from a major hardware vendor. They even have the word "Linux" in their domain name: https://linux.dell.com/

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users-leave@lists.opensuse.org
by mauro 28 Feb '21

28 Feb '21

On 23/02/21 10:23, Simon Lees wrote: > On 2/23/21 12:42 AM, mauro wrote: >> Are the lists policies published somewhere? (if the moderation involves >> something different from usual things > > Currently all moderators are really doing is approving or rejecting > emails from non list members (mostly rejecting because we get a tonne of > spam) "my" moderator did something very different: he acted as the list owner, impersonating the list owner he promised to look after my problem and then puff! he disappeared. As a list member I think I deserve an explanation, for I won't accept to submit to such a wrong moderation

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Re: OpenVPN 2.5.0?
by James Knott 26 Feb '21

26 Feb '21

On 2021-02-25 9:13 a.m., Masaru Nomiya wrote: > So, I asaked Prof. Google. He taught me the 15.2's files at; > > https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/stroeder:/network/openSUSE… > > I got the file, openvpn-2.5.1-lp152.193.1.src.rpm, then tried to > compile along with checking dependency problem, etc. > > With my environment, I could compile without difficulties or problems. > > Then, I installed. It works fine. > > How about this method? It doesn't work for me. What are you running the server on? Mine's on pfsense.

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annoying message on KDE desktop screen
by Werner LEMBERG 26 Feb '21

26 Feb '21

Folks, I've recently done an update from 15.1 to 15.2 using `zypper dup`. Since then I see an annoying message on the middle of my KDE desktop screen: Erstellung des Ein-/Ausgabemoduls nicht möglich. Socket für Ein-/Ausgabemodul für „desktop“ kann nicht gestartet werden. I guess an English translation is roughly Can't create in/out module. Socket for in/out module for 'desktop' can't be started. My next step was to switch to the newest KDE version following the instructions from https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:KDE_repositories However, I still get this message. For testing purposes, I called dbus-launch dolphin and get the following output on the console – dolphin shows no files in its window. kf.kio.core: KIO Connection server not listening, could not connect kf.kio.core: couldn't create slave: "Socket für Ein-/Ausgabemodul für „tags“ kann nicht gestartet werden." kf.kio.core: "Erstellung des Ein-/Ausgabemoduls nicht möglich. Socket für Ein-/Ausgabemodul für „tags“ kann nicht gestartet werden." kf.kio.core: "Erstellung des Ein-/Ausgabemoduls nicht möglich. Socket für Ein-/Ausgabemodul für „tags“ kann nicht gestartet werden." kf.kio.core: KIO Connection server not listening, could not connect kf.kio.core: couldn't create slave: "Socket für Ein-/Ausgabemodul für „trash“ kann nicht gestartet werden." kf.kio.core: "Erstellung des Ein-/Ausgabemoduls nicht möglich. Socket für Ein-/Ausgabemodul für „trash“ kann nicht gestartet werden." kf.kio.core: KIO Connection server not listening, could not connect kf.kio.core: couldn't create slave: "Socket für Ein-/Ausgabemodul für „file“ kann nicht gestartet werden." ... Do you have any idea how I could fix this? Werner

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Question about zypper updates on TW
by Felix Meessen 25 Feb '21

25 Feb '21

I'm on Tumbleweed. Does zypper dup reload the current status of my repositories with newer packages, or do I have to run zypper ref first? Or is that what the man page means by "auto-refresh", and in that case, how do I configure that? The info I found online is conflicting. Wiki says zypper dup is enough, but it also says I get a notification about new packages, which I don't. I'm guessing that's only valid for Leap, but not sure about this either. Thanks.

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Re: OpenVPN 2.5.0?
by James Knott 25 Feb '21

25 Feb '21

On 2021-02-25 9:13 a.m., Masaru Nomiya wrote: > Hello, > > In the Message; > > Subject : Re: OpenVPN 2.5.0? > Message-ID : <22814b55-cf1e-0a53-bf77-04e0e5bd34ca(a)jknott.net> > Date & Time: Thu, 25 Feb 2021 07:49:00 -0500 > > [JK] == James Knott <james.knott(a)jknott.net> has written: > > JK> On 2021-02-25 6:31 a.m., Masaru Nomiya wrote: > JK> > JK> OpenVPN 2.5.0 has been available for a few months. When will it be available > JK> > JK> for 15.2 Leap? > JK> > > JK> > There existed a bug in v2.5.0. > JK> > It was fixed and released v2.5.1. > JK> > It works fine for me. > > > JK> Yes, I know 2.5.1 out. I run pfsense for my firewall and it was recently > JK> updated, with OpenVPN updated to 2.5.0. With it, I cannot get > JK> the VPN to work. > JK> It connects when my notebook is on the LAN side, but not the WAN side of the > JK> firewall. I was hoping an updated client would fix that. Any > JK> idea when 2.5.1 will be available for 15.2? > > I thought, v2.5.0 wasn't of no use, so using v2.4.9, v2.4.10. > > I made openvpn-2.5.1-lp152.test.src.rpm based on fedora's > openvpn-2.5.1-1.fc34.src.rpm, then built & installed. > > Of course, I don't recommend this method, v2.5.1 has good taste in > network connection though. > > So, I asaked Prof. Google. He taught me the 15.2's files at; > > https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/stroeder:/network/openSUSE… > > I got the file, openvpn-2.5.1-lp152.193.1.src.rpm, then tried to > compile along with checking dependency problem, etc. > > With my environment, I could compile without difficulties or problems. > > Then, I installed. It works fine. > > How about this method? > > Regards and Good night. > > I see there's an RPM for 2.5.1 here: https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/stroeder:/network/openSUSE… I'll have to give it a try. tnx

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OpenVPN 2.5.0?
by James Knott 25 Feb '21

25 Feb '21

OpenVPN 2.5.0 has been available for a few months. When will it be available for 15.2 Leap? tnx jk

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Mayday - gnupg lost my secret keys! Still shown in private-keys-v1.d/ What to check?
by David C. Rankin 24 Feb '21

24 Feb '21

All, This is a first for me. I was in tbird (68) and enigmail reported not being able to find the secret key to open my Drafts. Huh?? So I open konsole and did: gpg --list-secret-keys --keyid-format LONG And before rebooting it showed my 6 keys with "not found" shown after the key number. But after reboot, now gpg --list-secret-keys --keyid-format LONG shows NOTHING? Oh, this is bad. Using ls -al to look in ~/.gnupg/private-keys-v1.d/ There are 13 .key files there. There is also a ~/.gnupg/openpgp-revocs.d/ file -- ironically from 2/23/2017, but I don't see that being an issue. There are ~/... backup? files in ~/.gnupg, e.g. -rw------- 1 david david 3651976 Feb 22 17:56 pubring.gpg -rw------- 1 david david 3645612 Feb 22 17:56 pubring.gpg~ -rw-r--r-- 1 david david 66740 Feb 23 05:36 pubring.kbx -rw-r--r-- 1 david david 64241 Feb 23 05:06 pubring.kbx~ I have not Checking the running processes to make sure the agent is running I see two processes: /usr/bin/ssh-agent /usr/bin/gpg-agent --sh --daemon --keep-display /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc and /usr/bin/gpg-agent --sh --daemon --keep-display /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc I guess one is for ssh and one for the normal gpg keyring? What has happened and what to check?? I have a number of drafts I need to access in Thunderbird and enigmail thinks my keys are gone and attempting to list the keys above, so does gpg. Help? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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