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Re: [opensuse] ZFS on SuSE-anyone, Distributed File System...
by Verner Kjærsgaard 16 Aug '24

16 Aug '24

Michael Folsom skrev: > Hi: > > Quick question - what are the advantages of ZFS over XFS? > > I'm not trying to start a flame war but as a happy XFS user wonder > what ZFS has to offer> > > Later - > > > Mike > > On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 2:35 PM, Verner Kjærsgaard <vk(a)os-academy.dk> wrote: >> Hi list, >> >> - has anyone tried SUN's ZFS on SuSE? Can it be done, is it at all feasible? >> >> - or another Distributed file system. I may need a file system, that will allow me to add storage ad hoc. >> >> Any hints, links? >> >> As always, thanks! >> >> -- >> -------------------------------------------- >> Med venlig hilsen/best regards >> Verner Kjærsgaard >> Novell Certified Linux Professional 10035701 >> www.os-academy.dk +45 56964223 >> -- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org >> > I really don't know, if any? Are they not two different beasts? I tried looking for info about XFS, any good links, homepage? -- -------------------------------------------- Med venlig hilsen/best regards Verner Kjærsgaard Novell Certified Linux Professional 10035701 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] boot32.efi for 64 bits processor and Leap
by jdd 16 Aug '24

16 Aug '24

Hello, We see more and more often very small but powerfull computers, atom multicore 64 bits, but with UEFI 32 bits firmware. I have one now ("It Works TW891" paid 129€ - 32Gb ssd + 2Gb ram, runs almost perfectly windows 10 32bits or Debian 64bits). these computers can be installed with 64 bits distros, but they need absolutely a 32 bits loader. Right now I on ly know of the hybrid debian 32/64bits dvd to be able to install. Notice that *only the loader* have to be 32bits, the generic name being boot32.efi copying a generic loader to the Leap EFI folder allows booting, and probably installing (I couldn't make all the tests), but the generic one gives only a grub prompt, not handy. Could it be possible to add to the Leap isos this 32 bits loader? only this one have to be 32bits, AFAIK nothing else have to be changed. thanks jdd -- 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 make sure that each vNIC in guest is always associated with a correct VLAN?
by Martin T 14 Aug '24

14 Aug '24

Hi, I have six virtual bridges in xen host machine and following virtual machine configuration file section defining the vifs: vif = [ 'bridge=br10', 'bridge=br20', 'bridge=br30', 'bridge=br40', 'bridge=br50', 'bridge=br60' ] This means that in the guest(openSUSE Leap 42.1) I have six vNICs(eth0 - eth5). Can I be sure that eth0 is always connected to br10, eth1 to br20, etc? Or should I specify a MAC address for each vNIC created like this: vif = [ 'bridge=br10, mac=00:14:5E:11:C6:F1', 'bridge=br20, mac=00:14:5E:11:C6:F2', 'bridge=br30, mac=00:14:5E:11:C6:F3', 'bridge=br40, mac=00:14:5E:11:C6:F4', 'bridge=br50, mac=00:14:5E:11:C6:F5', 'bridge=br60, mac=00:14:5E:11:C6:F6' ] .. and then configure udev rules which make sure that interface associated with MAC 00:14:5E:11:C6:F1 and br10 is always named eth0, interface associated with MAC 00:14:5E:11:C6:F2 and br20 is always named eth1, etc? Or maybe there is a better way using /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-* files? thanks, Martin -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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Bad blocks on a ReiserFS volume. How to retrieve files?
by Silviu Marin-Caea 14 Aug '24

14 Aug '24

I have a large hard-disk (120 GB) on which some blocks went bad. Now, it cannot be mounted. Attached is what debugreiserfs says. What can I do; I'm newbie to reiserfs architecture. I thought that ReiserFS keeps copies of the superblock or something, like ext2/3 does. reiserfsck says "error occured looks like hardware problem. bread cannot read block 13271040". That's the actual number it displays. PS I have asked the same question on the reiserfs-list, but it's extremely low traffic. Maybe someone here knows more. Thank you Filesystem state: consistency is not checked after last mounting Reiserfs super block in block 16 on 0x1642 of format 3.6 with standard journal Count of blocks on the device: 29945160 Number of bitmaps: 914 Blocksize: 4096 Free blocks (count of blocks - used [journal, bitmaps, data, reserved] blocks): 29154954 Root block: 14969 Filesystem is NOT clean Tree height: 4 Hash function used to sort names: "r5" Objectid map size 10, max 972 Journal parameters: Device [0x0] Magic [0x34ae2c74] Size 8193 blocks (including 1 for journal header) (first block 18) Max transaction length 1024 blocks Max batch size 900 blocks Max commit age 30 Blocks reserved by journal: 0 Fs state field: 0x0 sb_version: 2 inode generation number: 35482 UUID: 48d29ced-fe37-4c68-adf8-32ace9f2be45 LABEL: Set flags in SB: ATTRIBUTES CLEAN

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[opensuse] LABEL : using tune2fs to create swap partition label
by ellanios82 10 Jul '24

10 Jul '24

Hello List . what please is correct syntax to create label for swap partition : - am getting error : " tune2fs: No such file or directory while trying to open swap Couldn't find valid filesystem superblock " .............. thanks -- 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] 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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On one computer, xfce4-panel is using 1.4 GB.
by Carlos E. R. 01 Jul '21

01 Jul '21

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 View of top, sorting by memory: top - 13:27:09 up 12 days, 9:30, 5 users, load average: 5.12, 3.70, 2.15 Tasks: 408 total, 4 running, 404 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie %Cpu(s): 14.3 us, 7.3 sy, 0.0 ni, 24.6 id, 53.5 wa, 0.0 hi, 0.3 si, 0.0 st KiB Mem : 7995344 total, 857392 free, 5739144 used, 1398808 buff/cache KiB Swap: 9446396 total, 9354748 free, 91648 used. 1616044 avail Mem PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR SWAP S %CPU TIME+ COMMAND 3971 cer 20 0 1702692 1.122g 12312 0 S 0.000 1:13.24 xfce4-panel <===== 5154 cer 20 0 3924304 1.033g 33148 0 S 0.000 69:28.87 WebExtensions 4021 cer 20 0 4299592 922428 129636 0 S 8.125 552:36.75 firefox 5103 cer 20 0 3893680 398436 102932 0 R 25.62 2938:04 Web Content 19778 cer 20 0 2644216 355808 57124 0 S 3.125 1470:05 kodi-x11 18478 cer 20 0 3141844 335740 101772 0 S 0.625 42:10.54 Web Content 19741 cer 20 0 3250292 228088 39508 0 S 0.625 163:18.54 Web Content I'm very surprised by the high memmory usage of xfce4-panel. 1.2 Gigs? Process tree (ps -fx): PID TTY STAT TIME COMMAND ... 2429 ? Sl 0:00 /usr/bin/sddm 2432 tty7 Ssl+ 304:20 \_ /usr/bin/X -nolisten tcp -auth /run/sddm/{cb0ab23f-eda4-4c5d-bf88-a9504ffda949} -background none -noreset -displayfd 17 -seat seat0 vt7 3819 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/lib/sddm/sddm-helper --socket /tmp/sddm-auth567d414c-8028-40ca-97ed-a8779b3d8335 --id 1 --start startxfce4 --user cer 3835 ? Sl 0:04 \_ xfce4-session 3888 ? Ss 0:04 \_ /usr/bin/ssh-agent /usr/bin/gpg-agent --sh --daemon --keep-display /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc 3889 ? Ss 0:34 \_ /usr/bin/gpg-agent --sh --daemon --keep-display /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc 3945 ? Sl 88:42 \_ xfwm4 --display :0.0 --sm-client-id 27ef593e4-abdd-45de-87e1-06f1cda34cda 3971 ? Sl 1:13 \_ xfce4-panel --display :0.0 --sm-client-id 2c36722ba-067e-4ae0-8417-a8245488ea39 <====== 3986 ? Sl 2:39 | \_ /usr/lib/xfce4/panel/wrapper-2.0 /usr/lib64/xfce4/panel/plugins/libwhiskermenu.so 1 16777223 whiskermenu Whisker Menu Show a menu to easily access installed applications 3991 ? Sl 18:15 | \_ /usr/lib/xfce4/panel/wrapper-1.0 /usr/lib64/xfce4/panel/plugins/libmultiload.so 15 16777224 multiload Multiload A system load monitor that graphs processor, memory, and swap space use, plus network and disk activity. 3992 ? Sl 20:09 | \_ /usr/lib/xfce4/panel/wrapper-2.0 /usr/lib64/xfce4/panel/plugins/libpulseaudio-plugin.so 6 16777225 pulseaudio PulseAudio Plugin Adjust the audio volume of the PulseAudio sound system 3993 ? Sl 0:28 | \_ /usr/lib/xfce4/panel/wrapper-2.0 /usr/lib64/xfce4/panel/plugins/libxfce4powermanager.so 13 16777226 power-manager-plugin Power Manager Plugin Display the battery levels of your devices and control the brightness of your display 3995 ? Sl 0:02 | \_ /usr/lib/xfce4/panel/wrapper-2.0 /usr/lib64/xfce4/panel/plugins/libsystray.so 7 16777227 systray Notification Area Area where notification icons appear 3982 ? Sl 0:00 \_ Thunar --sm-client-id 2dfa4a24a-8d69-4a3d-a93d-5f51febf0e5e --daemon cer@Isengard:~> uptime 13:32:22 up 12 days 9:36, 5 users, load average: 4.56, 4.13, 2.81 How can it be? - -- Cheers Carlos E. R. (from 15.2 x86_64 at Telcontar) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHoEARECADoWIQQZEb51mJKK1KpcU/W1MxgcbY1H1QUCYEoO1xwccm9iaW4ubGlz dGFzQHRlbGVmb25pY2EubmV0AAoJELUzGBxtjUfVhFwAn0XgAg1KtZqP1FSQdgAK OQ5hNRhGAKCSL32uSBCbbYc4QxjjPAdXo4HtzQ== =8ukM -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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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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Leap 15.3 RC Gnome and Tumbleweed XFCE: Logitech Marble Mouse not working (40-libinput.conf missing)
by Peter McD 27 Jun '21

27 Jun '21

Hi, I have been using a Logitech Marble Mouse trackball and a Logitech optical mouse with Leap 15.2/KDE for quite a while. Trackball left-hand-mapping, and an optical mouse right-hand-mapping (one computer, two users) I left the the optical-mouse-setting as it came with the system, and added for the trackball the configuration below. Works the way I like it. /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/40-libinput.conf in Leap 15.2/KDE-Plasma ---------------------------------------------------------------- Section "InputClass" Identifier "Marble Mouse" MatchProduct "Logitech USB Trackball" MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*" Driver "libinput" # default button assignments. # Option "ButtonMapping" "1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9" # right-hand-mapping # Option "ButtonMapping" "1 8 3 4 5 6 7 2 9" # left-hand-mapping Option "ButtonMapping" "3 8 1 4 5 6 7 2 9" Option "ScrollMethod" "button" # Option "ScrollButton" "8" Option "ScrollButton" "9" # Option "MiddleEmulation" "on" # use instead Buttonmapping "3 8 1 ... 9" EndSection ---------------------------------------------------------------- But not so with Leap 15.3 RC Gnome or with the current Tumbleweed XFCE. It seems that /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ is not used except for a keyboard-configuration file in Tumbleweed XFCE. It is still there in Leap 15.3 RC KDE-Plasma. How could I get the trackball functionality in Tumbleweed XFCE? Peter

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Packman and certificates
by Roger Oberholtzer 02 Jun '21

02 Jun '21

If I download a package from Packman and install it directly, I get this warning: libvo-amrwbenc0-0.1.3-pm151.1.4.x86_64 (Plain RPM files cache): Signature verification failed [4-Signatures public key is not available] Of course if I add the repository this is all managed. But if I want to just install the RPM direct, is there a package with the certificates that I can install so this message is not given? -- Roger Oberholtzer

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supported fingerprint sticks
by suse＠a-domani.nl 31 May '21

31 May '21

Hi all, We are looking for a fingerprint-protected usb-stick. I noticed: two luxwallet devices, and on their site they clain (...) that those are linux-compatible. URL: https://www.luxwallet.nl/product-categorie/usb-opslag/vingerafdruk-usb/ However, one must first initialize them, with windows-only software. I've got lot of rubbish and junk here, but no W10. I tried wine, but all i got was: "No U: drive", nothing else :-( Anyone around here who got them working? (or other recommendable devices? read/write is OK, bootable would be perfect.) Kind Regards, Hans.

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Compositing crashing KWin on Login
by Matthias Bach 29 May '21

29 May '21

Hi all, For a while now I have this weird issue where, when logging into KDE after system boot, KDE is in a weirdly broken state: compositing is disabled (no wobbly windows, only half my windows are restored (curiously, Firefox always is, Konsole is always missing), and the desktop itself is not being drawn, resulting in remnants of moved windows staying on it. This happens when using the official NVIDIA driver from the openSUSE-NVIDIA repository on a GTX 1060. I have been using this same set-up for years but the issue only popped up a couple months ago without me knowingly changing anything. It also survived the move from Leap 15.2 to Leap 15.3 Beta / RC. Only my main user seems to be affected by this. Two test users I use irregularly don't seem to show the same behaviour. When going to the compositing settings in that state, I get a message that compositing crashed KWin and OpenGL detection has thus been disabled, see the German-language screenshot attached. Reactivating the detection and either doing a logout / login or running "kwin_x11 --replace" will result in compositing working again. I also have a slight impression that this is more likely to happen when there is disk activity while initiating the login. But this might also be a red herring. Does anybody have any hints what log files might help to home in on the issue causing this? I have a suspicion that I have some non-default configuration, that I am not aware of, that either directly causes this or exposes some underlying bug that is otherwise not triggered. Kind Regards, Matthias -- Dr. Matthias Bach www.marix.org „Der einzige Weg, die Grenzen des Möglichen zu finden, ist ein klein wenig über diese hinaus in das Unmögliche vorzustoßen.“ - Arthur C. Clarke

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Re: Moving from Freenode to Libera.Chat
by Carlos E. R. 27 May '21

27 May '21

On 27/05/2021 13.37, Richard Brown wrote: > On Thu, 2021-05-27 at 13:31 +0200, Per Jessen wrote: >> Carlos E. R. wrote: >> >>> Again. Pidgin requires the password BEFORE a connection is >>> established. >> >> If nothing else, this is going off-topic here - FWIW, it worked just >> fine with konversation. No userid, no password, but there was a >> third >> step to verify my email address. > > Indeed - please can we relocate the "Carlos doesn't know how to connect > to IRC" portion of this thread to the Support list please? As long as somebody helps me there... Connection doesn't work: https://susepaste.org/81396729 -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.2 x86_64 at Telcontar)

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We knew there was something funny about the new Tbirds and gpg ...
by David C. Rankin 27 May '21

27 May '21

Icarus moment: Mozilla Thunderbird was saving OpenPGP keys in plaintext after encryption snafu Cockup has since been patched in latest release 6 Comments https://go.reg.cx/tdml/dfd67/60d51c7f/70bba22e/3ZNf Gives me the shivers about ever updating.... -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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IRC moving from freenode to libera
by Per Jessen 27 May '21

27 May '21

... continued from factory. Carlos, you have the wrong server specified. It is 'irc.libera.chat', not 'libera.chat'. -- Per Jessen, Zürich (14.6°C) Member, openSUSE Heroes.

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bind mount and yast partitioner
by Marc Chamberlin 27 May '21

27 May '21

Hello, I am running a number of OpenSuSE systems on my SOHO network at home and I keep hitting a small but annoying problem that I wonder if there is a better workaround/solution to. This occurs on all versions of OpenSuSE - 15.0, 15.1, and 15.2. I am not running 15.3 yet. All systems are x64 architecture. I want to access the complete file systems of each computer via samba and autofs, which means I want to be able to access the "root" directory / on each system. Some years ago Samba stopped me from designating / as a samba shared directory and exporting it. (I don't understand why except from Googling it appears someone decided that to allow /, to be exported as a Samba share, was a security problem. I get so annoyed at all the layers of security and obfuscation so have not tried to track down what is exactly going on with Samba and the "root" / directory. Please don't try to dissuade me and tell me about the security risks of making the "root" / directory available for mounting, this is a SOHO network and I solely control all the computers on it.) I know Samba will allow me to define a share for the "root" / directory but it doesn't seem to work, at least autofs will not recognize/mount it and still reports the directory does not exist if I try to cd into it. So to work around this I do a bind mount of / as /slash and samba then allows me to export /slash as a samba share. In my various configuration files I use the name "slash" as the name of the exported Samba share and I create a directory /slash so that my configuration files will work regardless of whether /slash is a bind mount or not. At least that is what I think I am doing. The config line in fstab looks like this - / /slash none bind smb.conf has the following definitions for the root directory - [slash] available = Yes browseable = Yes comment = Root directory inherit acls = Yes path = / read only = No create mask = 0755 force user = root autofs configuration for mounting the root directory / typically looks like the following, only names of the remote host changes. slash -fstype=cifs,rw,dir_mode=0777,file_mode=0777,credentials=/etc/smb1.auth ://bigbang/slash This works fine for autofs and most tools that work on the host or across network file systems. All except, that is, the YaST2 partitioner. For some unknown reason it picks up the bind mount /slash and automagically reassigns all my mount points to be under /slash. So for example if I tell it to mount my home partition at /home the partitioner will reassign my mount point to be at /slash/home. More importantly, the partitioner reassigns / to be mounted as /slash. Then if I want to make any further change to partitions and save those changes, the partitioner will complain that the mount point for / is undefined and it wants to force me to define a / mount. The only workaround I have found is to remove the bind mount from fstab and then reboot. After reboot I can then use the YaST partitioner to make the changes I want, since because without the bind mount the partitioner now sees all the mount points of different partitions as subdirectories under / and not under /slash/. But without the bind mount defined in fstab, tools like autofs will no longer mount the "root" / directory though I do not grok why. So again I have to add back in the bind mount to fstab so that Samba shares will again work, and again I have to reboot. I have tried restarting all the appropriate services individually, such as nmb, smb, autofs, and network but no joy getting the the remote host's "root" / dir to remount, so I resort to rebooting the systems (a PITA) and that does the trick... Perhaps I am missing some magic trick or there is a better way to accomplish what I want to do, which ideally is to configure Samba to really share the "root" / directory. Sorry this is complicated and will be difficult to grok, it is for me! Any help would be much appreciated, I would love to once and for all resolve this irritant because I have to rediscover these issues and their resolutions each time something like autofs breaks or I want to use the partitioner. Thanks, Marc

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php7 zmq (ZeroMQ) for LEAP 15.2, anyone?
by Adam Tauno Williams 26 May '21

26 May '21

Anyone know where I can find a php7-zmq package for LEAP 15.2? I'd struck out in the usual places and it doesn't want to build from PECL/phpize. This is the last dependency to forward port an application of an old server. :( -- Adam Tauno Williams <mailto:awilliam@whitemice.org> GPG D95ED383 Systems Administrator, Python Developer, LPI / NCLA

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email of bugzilla of opensuse
by Stakanov 26 May '21

26 May '21

I am receiving my bugzilla reply mail on a historical freenet account that recently does not work well anymore (freenet causes me dns problems, no idea why). I tried to change the email to this one (disroot) but no luck up to now, even in my account settings no way to change the original historical email to something valid and new. Does anybody know a procedure to have this done? I have seen not further indication.

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Why can't the process "sync" be killed?
by Carlos E. R. 25 May '21

25 May '21

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 It is just a fact, it can not. Situation. The system is running the process "texpire", which is part of leafnode package, an nntp proxy server. texpire simply looks at every posts and deletes those that are old according to certain rules. This is very intensive on the disk, looking at 1.2 million files. It runs for half an hour. If during that process I issue a "sync", it does not succeed till texpire ends. It can not be killed. Telcontar:~ # time sync ^C^C^C On another terminal: Telcontar:~ # killall sync Telcontar:~ # killall sync Telcontar:~ # killall -9 sync Telcontar:~ # killall -9 sync Telcontar:~ # It has to run till completion. - -- Cheers Carlos E. R. (from 15.2 x86_64 at Telcontar) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHoEARECADoWIQQZEb51mJKK1KpcU/W1MxgcbY1H1QUCYHN4lRwccm9iaW4ubGlz dGFzQHRlbGVmb25pY2EubmV0AAoJELUzGBxtjUfV1sMAn2cBZmEwd/2LPAIbwlZA xOYqhSPeAJ9JEDEbDbVTBxs9Ec7oK20KZpqWkQ== =Rcb3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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named - writeable file 'master/2001.db8.1234.1': already in use: /etc/named.d/enidan-reverse.conf:40
by Per Jessen 24 May '21

24 May '21

I run a named with multiple views (four) - in such a setup, you cannot have independent / out-of-view zones so each view includes common zones, such as 'enidan-reverse' (just reverse zones). For the reverse ipv6 zone, we want to do dynamic updates - hence we have 'allow-update { localhost; };' for that zone. Previously, named or named-checkconf did not complain, but I am attempting an upgrade to 15.2 and the new named-checkconf complains. Plenty of hits with google, but no solutions other than disabling the checkconf. Some people suggest adding 'DISABLE_ZONE_CHECKING=yes' to /etc/sysconfig/named, but that variable is not supported in our named setup. For now, I need the named update more than the dynamic ipv6 updates, so I'll probably just disable it, but surely there is a way out of this? -- Per Jessen, Zürich (16.6°C) http://www.dns24.ch/ - your free DNS host, made in Switzerland.

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Automatically install debuginfo/debugsource packages?
by Niklas Haas 24 May '21

24 May '21

Hello, I do a lot of debugging, and I generally find it annoying to have to wait for debuginfo to become available. I'm used to distros such as Gentoo where I can globally enable debuginfo for all packages, and never have this problem ever again. I know that in recent times, openSuSE has started shipping gdb with the annoying `libdebuginfod` which attempts solving this problem but fails spectacularly. As such, I don't consider it a solution, for a number of reasons that are besides the point. (To anybody finding this email via google: comment out /etc/profile.d/debuginfod.sh to disable it) What I _want_ to have happen is for `zypper in <package>` to automatically pull in `<package>-debuginfo` where available. Is there any way at all to accomplish this? Thanks, Niklas P.s.: It's possible with some parsing of the `zypper packages -i` output to construct a command line that installs `<package>-debuginfo` for all installed packages. However, this still has annoying shortcomings: 1. Uninstalling packages doesn't auto-clean the (no longer needed) debuginfo packages, thus causing them to continue littering the system over time. 2. This has to be re-run periodically in order to keep up with newly installed packages.

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Leap 15.2 repositories down?
by Bruce Ferrell 24 May '21

24 May '21

I'm seeing timeout problems with the installation and update repositories Anyone know what's going on?

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bluetooth with Nokia N9 smartphone
by Peter Münster 23 May '21

23 May '21

Hi, I would like to connect my N9 to my desktop for making phone calls and listening to music coming from the N9. How could I achieve this please? Sometimes after pairing I get music but no phone, and sometimes phone but no music. It seems to be related to these messages: kernel: Bluetooth: hci0: SCO packet for unknown connection handle 0 TIA for any help, -- Peter

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unsubscribe opensuse users
by Hans-Peter Heubach 22 May '21

22 May '21

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Leap 15.1 repositories
by Jeffrey Taylor 22 May '21

22 May '21

Before I update to 15.2, I'd like my 15.1 installation to be up to date. Two of the repositories warn they are out of date. I've tried switching from http to https, and several other suggestions. Could someone with a 15.1 installation post here or e-mail me off list with URIs for their official repositories, i.e.: Main Repository (OSS) Main Repository (NON-OSS) Main Update Repository Main Update Repository (NON-OSS) Thank you, Jeffrey

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Re: The most non destructive way to prepare a SSD for openSUSE
by L A Walsh 21 May '21

21 May '21

On 2021/05/16 18:57, -pj wrote: > I was recently informed that using dd (dubbed - data-destroyer) can > seriously shorten a SSD devices lifespan. ---- dd is not a data-destroyer. It is a very useful tool in many circumstances. Of course many tools can be mis-used. Maybe sudo find / -type f -delete or a dos/win fav: format C: Not sure what happens with sudo cat /dev/zero >/dev/rootfs It is handy to have the rootfs so readily identified...*cough* > > 1. What is the most effective non destructive way to erase or prepare a > SSD drive for an openSUSE (LEAP or TDE) installation? ---- Just put it in your drive and create a new partition table. No unnecessary writes. > > I am wondering now about USB flash drive devices. > > 2. Does the use of "dd" on USB flash drives kill the limited lives on > these devices in a similar manner also? ---- ???!!... Depends on what you do with "dd". Why would you need or want to use 'dd' unless you want to transfer a disk image. Usually you want to xfer files so 'dd' wouldn't even come into the picture. > > 3. Does the use of "dd" on a mechanical drive have less of a negative > lifespan effect than that of it's effects on SSD or USB devices? --- Um...less of a negative effect? Well, since magnetic media isn't known to be very degraded by multiple r/w ops, it would probably generate less wear. But if you use 'dd' to copy a boot-disk-img which you want to use on a flash-drive, 'dd' could be less harmful, than formatting the flash drive, then copying all the files from some mounted source to the target media. Just don't do unnecessary R/W's on media not designed for it (maybe some flash drives). FWIW, I would tell you I've not had any flash drives/ssd's fail, but to do so might invite unnecessary risk due to some carelessness -- like removing the wrong data disk from a RAID5. I don't know where you got the idea that 'dd' was more dangerous than other i/o, but if you are using to zero out or write other test patterns then you are doing unnecessary I/O -- and that's not the fault of 'dd'. FWIW, dd with the right parameters will give you the fastest r/w speeds. I often use it to test my network R/W speeds with CIFS/SMB... I do frequent i/o speed testing reading + writing on Win from/to two files in my linux home directory. Writing to the devices avoids any physical disk-speed interactions so I just get the protocol transport speed. It varies alot based on how the ethernet connection is tuned. Ishtar:law> /bin/ls -lgG ~/{null,zero} crwxrwxrwx 1 1, 3 Dec 24 2018 /home/law/null crwxrwxrwx 1 1, 5 Jun 15 2015 /home/law/zero which is drive 'H:' on my Win machine: /h> /bin/ls -lgG /h/{null,zero} -rwxrwxrwx 1 0 Dec 24 2018 /h/null -rwxrwxrwx 1 0 Jun 15 2015 /h/zero /h> bin/iotest Using bs=16.0M, count=64, iosize=1.0G R:1073741824 bytes (1.0GB) copied, 2.27302 s, 451MB/s W:1073741824 bytes (1.0GB) copied, 3.02209 s, 339MB/s

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Mailing list Web archive barely usable any more - nginx backend timeout error
by cagsm 21 May '21

21 May '21

Hello suse infrastructure staff, the webpages for the mailing list archives are often not loading at all and nginx backend timeout being shown. is this due to hello kitty system or lack of capacity or higher load with the newer web archive technology putting load onto the whole system? ty

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The most non destructive way to prepare a SSD for openSUSE:
by -pj 21 May '21

21 May '21

I was recently informed that using dd (dubbed - data-destroyer) can seriously shorten a SSD devices lifespan. 1. What is the most effective non destructive way to erase or prepare a SSD drive for an openSUSE (LEAP or TDE) installation? I am wondering now about USB flash drive devices. 2. Does the use of "dd" on USB flash drives kill the limited lives on these devices in a similar manner also? 3. Does the use of "dd" on a mechanical drive have less of a negative lifespan effect than that of it's effects on SSD or USB devices? -Best Regards :|

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need help with displaymanager weirdness
by Mathias Homann 20 May '21

20 May '21

Hi guys, all of a sudden my displaymanager isn't starting properly anymore... Yesterday morning all was fine, since yesterday afternoon display- manager.service doesn't start properly after boot anymore. All I get is a black screen, and a mouse pointer. Then, I restart X with ctrl-alt-backspace, or login through ssh or from a text console and restart the display-manager.service, and all is well. I already checked - the xdm and sddm packages have not changed since some time in the first two weeks in APRIL. A bit more detail: I'm running 15.2 with the KDE/Plasma repositories from OBS active and prioritized so that they always override the stock repos. I'm using nis and autofs to get the user home directories. I used systemctl edit to make sure that display manager gets started only after the networks, nis, and autofs are all up & running. There is nothing suspicious in the journal, or in /var/log/Xorg.0.log... and like i said, once I restart the displaymanager all is fine. Anyone got any ideas? Cheers MH -- Mathias Homann Mathias.Homann(a)openSUSE.org OBS: lemmy04 Jabber (XMPP): lemmy(a)tuxonline.tech IRC: [Lemmy] on freenode and ircnet (bouncer active) telegram: https://telegram.me/lemmy98 keybase: https://keybase.io/lemmy gpg key fingerprint: 8029 2240 F4DD 7776 E7D2 C042 6B8E 029E 13F2 C102

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Firewall configuration, confused.
by Gustav Degreef 20 May '21

20 May '21

Hello, I read with great interest the entire recent thread "Possible malware?" and tried to make sure that I set my firewall (firewalld) to block all ssh connections from outside my home LAN. My ISP provides access via cable modem and I set up my own router. There are 3-4 laptops running opensuse 15.x (and 2 android phones) on my home network (adresses configured with DHCP) and I log in periodically via ssh (as user, not root) to the other computers to fix various issues. Via the yast2 firewall configuration I set only the "public", "internal" and "home" zones to have ssh as an allowed service. The "external" and other zones do not have ssh allowed. I read quite a few articles on the firewall configuration, but I am not sure that I set it right. Is there anything else I should do? Thanks, Gustav.

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Bugzilla mailing list help
by Christoph Feck 19 May '21

19 May '21

Hello, could someone please help to unsubscribe from the "opensuse-bugs" mailing list? I tried sending mail to opensuse-bugs-leave as well as to opensuse-bugs+unsubscribe, but except for a moderation mail, I got no answer. Note that I am receiving all opensuse-bugs mails twice, so maybe I am registered somewhere I am not really aware of. Christoph Feck

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firefox quantum frustration
by Istvan Gabor 18 May '21

18 May '21

Hello: I use firefox browser only occasionally, because Pale Moon fits my requirements much better. Unfortunately Pale Moon is becoming unusable for a number of web sites, including youtube. Therefore I installed the newest ESR version of firefox, 78.10.x esr. Apart from that I don't like it very much it loads youtube and some other sites smoother than Pale Moon. But there are some "features" I cannot accomodate to, and would like to change if possible. 1. How could I restore the old selection behavior in the url bar, that is: one click inserts the cursor into the url, two clicks selects all. I don't want to use three clicks. I found a hack here: https://blog.tusooa.xyz/2020/10/01/Fix-firefox-address-bar-clickSelectsAll-… I applied it to my omni.ja, and it changes selection behavior except the selected by double click text is not put in the primary selection list, and can not be pasted with the middle mouse click. I would appreciate if someone could help me to restore that behavior too. 2. I really miss a button that clears the url bar, so that I could use a middle click to paste text into the address bar without selecting and deleting before pasting. 3. Is it possible to restore multiple tab rows while they remain rearrangeable? I found some css hacks to restore multi row tab bar, but then the tabs cannot be rearranged. 4. How could I get rid of the annoying update notification popup? I do know these are not opensuse specific questions, but this list has experienced users who might help solve these issues. Thank you in advance, Istvan

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Microsoft Teams
by James Knott 18 May '21

18 May '21

Has anyone successfully used Microsoft Teams on 15.2/KDE? I have tried both with a browser and installing the Teams app, but neither works. I hate to have to use Windows to run it. I have no problems with Skype, Meet or Jitse, just Teams. tnx jk

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on 15.3: dmesg asks for more priviliges? root needed? 15.2 works as normal user
by cagsm 18 May '21

18 May '21

on a 15.2 to 15.3 dup-ed system, dmesg and dmesg -e suddenly ask for priviliges or deny functionality without being root. why? bug? ty.

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sftp and mxc with rsa key
by jdd＠dodin.org 18 May '21

18 May '21

Hello, I have connection between my computer and my server using rsa key. It works perfectly with no password for ssh, scp, sftp... but it don't works for "mc" in sftp mode (I have to give the -very long- password) any clue? thanks jdd -- http://dodin.org

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15.2: latest dracut update, then reboot attempt, system doesnt come back up
by cagsm 17 May '21

17 May '21

some remote 15.2 system, applied the dracut [1] and some sed update and tiny bits. attemtpted reboot. system wouldnt come back up. need to embark on a journey now to visit that system just for yet another failed boot attempt of my suse experience. :( [1] <https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/updates@lists.opensuse.org/thread/…>

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dup error when trying to update TW
by Simon Connah 12 May '21

12 May '21

Hi, I have the following error when I try and update TW at the moment. Is this just one of those instances where you wait for a couple of days for it to fix itself or is my system missing something? Problem: Mesa-vulkan-device-select-32bit-21.0.2-275.3.x86_64 requires libvulkan_intel-32bit = 21.0.2, but this requirement cannot be provided deleted providers: libvulkan_intel-32bit-21.0.2-275.3.x86_64 Solution 1: Following actions will be done: keep obsolete libvulkan_intel-32bit-21.0.2-275.3.x86_64 keep obsolete libvulkan_radeon-32bit-21.0.2-275.3.x86_64 Solution 2: deinstallation of steam-1.0.0.70-1.2.x86_64 Solution 3: install steam-1.0.0.70-1.2.i586 despite the inferior architecture Solution 4: break Mesa-vulkan-device-select-32bit-21.0.2-275.3.x86_64 by ignoring some of its dependencies Simon.

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Thunderbird NNTP permission denied error.
by -pj 11 May '21

11 May '21

Opening the Thunderbird mail client today I was greeted with the following message. A news (NNTP) error occured: Permission denied: To much connection time. 1. I have been having some on again off again issues with the Eternal September Newsgroup server. I will send a message and get a notice that the message can not be sent. I have ended up sending messages message multiple times. Possibly causing distress to the specific group users. Eternal September Server Settings: Server Name > new.eternal-september.org > Port > 119 Eternal September Security Settings: Security Settings > Connection security > none I have added Newsgroup "news.aioe.org" and with this Newsgroup server test messages seem to be sent without error. The test messages sent through "news.aioe.org" do not seem to show in the Eternal September (news.eternal-september.org) mailbox promptly though. This seems to happen intermittently. Obviously due to my lack of experience this could be a settings issue of some nature on my end. I wanted to get your opinions on some possible solutions that I may be able to try to implement here. -Regards

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Update error
by Marc Chamberlin 11 May '21

11 May '21

Hi - I am running OpenSuSE 15.2 x64 on my laptop with the KDE Plasma desktop. I got an update notification yesterday for a security update for VLC but when I try to install it I get an error message - vlc-codecs-3.0.11.1-pm152.2.11.2.x86_64 requires vlc-noX = 3.0.11.1, but this requirement cannot be provided If the Packman repository is needed to resolve this issue then I have another problem to resolve. If I try to enable and use the Packman repository I get the following error - An error occurred during repository initialization. SKIP request: User-requested skipping of a file History: - Permission to access 'http://packman.inode.at/suse/openSUSE_Leap_15.2/repodata/repomd.xml' denied. What do I need to do to resolve these problems? Thanks in advance for any advice. Marc C. -- *"The Truth is out there" - Spooky* -- *_ _ . . . . . . _ _ . _ _ _ _ . . . . _ . . . . _ _ . _ _ _ . . . . _ _ . _ . . _ . _ _ _ _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . * Computers: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the user Marc. His mission: to explore strange new hardware. To seek out new software and new applications. To boldly go where no Marc has gone before! (/This email is digitally signed. My public key for sending encrypted email to me can be found at - https://keys.openpgp.org/search?q=marc@marcchamberlin.com or just ask me for it and I will send it to you as an attachment. If you don't understand, no worries, just ignore it and/or ask me to explain it further./)

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I am thinking of buying Raspberry Pi 4 Model B 8GB with 7 or 10 inch touch screen display in June 2021
by Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming 09 May '21

09 May '21

Subject: I am thinking of buying Raspberry Pi 4 Model B 8GB with 7 or 10 inch touch screen display in June 2021 Good day from Singapore, I am thinking of buying Raspberry Pi 4 Model B 8GB with 7 or 10 inch touch screen display in June 2021. Raspberry Pi 4 Model B - 8GB (Latest) - Price SGD$120 https://sg.cytron.io/c-raspberry-pi/c-raspberry-pi-main-board/c-raspberry-p… Raspberry Pi 7 Inch Touch Screen Display With SmartiPi Case - Price SGD$147 https://sg.cytron.io/c-raspberry-pi/c-raspberry-pi-display/c-display-for-rp… Do you think it is a good match? I want to use my Raspberry Pi like a regular laptop or desktop computer. Would a 7 inch touch screen display be too small for my use case? I don't want to strain my eyes looking at a small display. However, if I get a 10 inch touch screen display, I can't find one with a supporting base. I can't find a 10 inch touch screen display with a supporting base which could allow the screen to stand vertically. Finally, does your Linux distribution support Raspberry Pi 4 Model B 8 GB? Can I do 4K Ultra HD video editing on the Raspberry Pi 4 Model B 8 GB? Like adding watermarks, and cutting away unwanted 4K scenes. Is there a good 4K video editing software for Linux? I am looking forward to your reply. Thank you very much. Mr. Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming, 43 years old as of 9th May 2021, is a TARGETED INDIVIDUAL living in Singapore. He is an IT Consultant with a System Integrator (SI)/computer firm in Singapore. He is an IT enthusiast. -----BEGIN EMAIL SIGNATURE----- The Gospel for all Targeted Individuals (TIs): [The New York Times] Microwave Weapons Are Prime Suspect in Ills of U.S. Embassy Workers Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/01/science/sonic-attack-cuba-microwave.html ******************************************************************************************** Singaporean Targeted Individual Mr. Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming's Academic Qualifications as at 14 Feb 2019 and refugee seeking attempts at the United Nations Refugee Agency Bangkok (21 Mar 2017), in Taiwan (5 Aug 2019) and Australia (25 Dec 2019 to 9 Jan 2020): [1] https://tdtemcerts.wordpress.com/ [2] https://tdtemcerts.blogspot.sg/ [3] https://www.scribd.com/user/270125049/Teo-En-Ming -----END EMAIL SIGNATURE-----

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Why can't HP1109W print in leap 15.2
by Carl Spitzer {L Juno} 09 May '21

09 May '21

Oops accidently sent in html and made message too large. 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['requesting-user-name'], 'uri-security-supported': ['none'], 'which-jobs-supported': ['completed', 'not-completed', 'aborted', 'all', 'canceled', 'pending', 'pending-held', 'processing', 'processing-stopped']}} Page 5 (<troubleshoot.CheckPPDSanity.CheckPPDSanity object at 0x7f93c4b7e0f0>): {'cups_printer_ppd_defaults': {'General': {'ColorModel': 'Gray', 'InputSlot': 'Auto', 'MediaType': 'Plain', 'OutputMode': 'Normal', 'PageRegion': 'Letter', 'PageSize': 'Letter'}}, 'cups_printer_ppd_valid': True, 'missing_pkgs_and_exes': ([], [])} Page 6 (<troubleshoot.LocalOrRemote.LocalOrRemote object at 0x7f93c4b7ee80>): {'printer_is_remote': False} Page 7 (<troubleshoot.DeviceListed.DeviceListed object at 0x7f93c4b7eeb8>): {'cups_device_dict': {'device-class': 'direct', 'device-id': 'MFG:Hewlett-Packard;MDL:HP LaserJet ' 'Professional P1109w;CLS:PRINTER;DES:HP ' 'LaserJet Professional ' 'P1109w;SN:000000000W484RBVPR1a;', 'device-info': 'HP LaserJet Professional P1109w USB ' '000000000W484RBVPR1a HPLIP', 'device-make-and-model': 'HP LaserJet Professional ' 'P1109w'}} Page 8 (<troubleshoot.PrinterStateReasons.PrinterStateReasons object at 0x7f93c4b9b780>): {'printer-state-message': 'ready to print', 'printer-state-reasons': ['none']} Page 9 (<troubleshoot.VerifyPackages.VerifyPackages object at 0x7f93c4b9b9e8>): {'packages_verification': {'cups': ['..?...... c /etc/cups/cups-files.conf', '..?...... c ' '/etc/cups/cups-files.conf.default', 'S.?....T. c /etc/cups/cupsd.conf', '..?...... c /etc/cups/cupsd.conf.default', '..?...... c /etc/cups/snmp.conf', '..?...... c /etc/cups/snmp.conf.default', '..?...... /usr/lib/cups/backend/dnssd', '..?...... /usr/lib/cups/backend/ipp', '..?...... /usr/lib/cups/backend/lpd', '..?...... /usr/sbin/cupsd'], 'foomatic': ['package foomatic is not installed'], 'gutenprint': ['..?...... ' '/usr/lib/cups/backend/gutenprint52+usb'], 'hpijs': ['package hpijs is not installed'], 'hplip': ['..?...... ' '/usr/lib/cups/backend/hpfax'], 'system-config-printer': []}} Page 10 (<troubleshoot.Locale.Locale object at 0x7f93c467fdd8>): {'printer_page_size': 'Letter', 'system_locale_lang': 'en_US', 'user_locale_ctype': 'en_US', 'user_locale_messages': 'en_US'} ____________________________________________________________ Choose to be safer online. Opt-in to Cyber Safety with NortonLifeLock. Plans starting as low as $6.95 per month.* https://store.netzero.net/account/showService.do?serviceId=nz-nLifeLock&utm…

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Working with KDE Wallet System: Storing Network Manager passphrase:
by -pj 09 May '21

09 May '21

I am interested in your thoughts about using the 'KDE Wallet system' or at least reviewing more about it. I see that if I proceed to setup with KMail there is an option to use the KDE wallet system also. Activating the machines wireless capability through: > System Settings > Network > Connections > Wi-Fi Security > Password > Store Password for this user only (encrypted) (entered password) > Apply > Exit (top right) > Powercycled. No passphrase appears stored. KDE Desktop > 'Wi-Fi password dialog window - KDE Daemon' asks for password again....no connection. I notice that I can set password and store password for all users (not encrypted). Powercycle...no problem...password remembered. Except. 1. Where is the location of this none encrypted password file? If I decide to go this route (it's known to work). How to revert on this - remove this stored password for all users once this step is performed? 2. Any idea on as to why: > Store Password for this user only (encrypted) (entered password) > Apply > Exit (top right) > Powercycled. < Does not seem to store passphrase? 3. Could I ask for a preferred link in regards to openSUSE for the KDE Wallet system (Using TDE here). It seems this is basically a subtle nuance nevertheless it seems to exist that is why I am asking. -Wishes

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how can i limit my screen resolution?
by Mathias Homann 08 May '21

08 May '21

Hey guys, I just got me a new laptop, so now I need to limit my screen resolution. ...the new laptop has a 14" 4K display, I really don't need 3840x2160 on that little screen - FullHD should be more than enough, expecially when that means better performance in games. I know I can switch the resolution on a per user basis in Plasma or Gnome, but how can I limit the whole thing to "only" 1920x1080? As in, even gdm/sddm runs at that resolution? Back in the olden days I'd put that in /etc/X11/xorg.conf or somewhere like that, but nowadays that file doesn't exist and everything's autodetected... Any suggestions? Cheers MH -- Mathias Homann Mathias.Homann(a)openSUSE.org Jabber (XMPP): lemmy(a)tuxonline.tech IRC: [Lemmy] on freenode and ircnet (bouncer active) telegram: https://telegram.me/lemmy98 keybase: https://keybase.io/lemmy gpg key fingerprint: 8029 2240 F4DD 7776 E7D2 C042 6B8E 029E 13F2 C102

4 5

add group cdrom for K3b?
by -pj 08 May '21

08 May '21

Hi, I installed K3b on my 32 bit and 64 bit (TDE) computers and decided to test how the application performed. Settings > Configure K3b > Devices > Displays the following error: * Optical Devices In order to give K3b full access to the writer device the current user needs be added to a group cdrom. The Permission helper that could do this for you was not enabled during build. Please rebuild the package with the Permission helper enabled or contact your distribution. * K3b was able on both machines (32 and 64 bit TDE) to complete the burning of an .iso and verify without incident. I attached a screenshot of the error message here. > https://susepaste.org/26598876 1. How can I enable this permission helper that is spoke of? 2. How should I go about adding a cdrom group? I am not seeing the capability in (YaST > Control Center > Security and Users > User and Group Management >) most likely I am missing something about how to use this particular module. 3. Do I need to uninstall K3b and reinstall again (once a group cdrom is added)? 4. Will removing K3b and the dependencies of K3b through YaST Software Manager create potential dependency problems? 5. I was looking at this YaST CD-ROM Drives module page: > https://en.opensuse.org/YaST_CD-ROM_Drives Most likely I am missing something in the YaST - User and Group Management section. Is there a preferred openSUSE Wiki Portal on this topic of adding groups and users through YaST? I looked at this information briefly and it refers to a CD-ROM Drives module: > https://en.opensuse.org/YaST_CD-ROM_Drives < Seems to be not relevant most likely. What are your thoughts on this matter? -Regards

4 8

How to Hold/Lock a specific kernel in place openSUSE TW?
by -pj 08 May '21

08 May '21

I recently attempted to Hold/Lock a specific kernel in place on openSUSE TW. My hardware is 32 bit so I am currently inhibited by having to load a specific kernel-release (a newer release is not allowing the computer to boot). See the following link if you are interested in more details on the filed bug report: -> https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1185542 I edited the following file with Kate text editor /etc/zypp/zypp.conf scrolled down to line 554 and edited the following entry to: multiversion.kernels = latest,running,5.11.16-1-pae " Keep the last two kernels and the one currently running. multiversion.kernels = latest,running,5.11.16-1-pae " I saved the edited file and closed Kate. I then opened /etc/zypp/zypp.conf and verified that in fact the entry I created had been saved. Then I powercycled the computer (maybe twice I am not certain-most likely only once). Needless to say that the boot menu has no more listing for "kernel-5.11.16-1-pae". There were 2 listing's for kernel-5.12.series (both unbootable). I have been reviewing the following link concerning this: > https://documentation.suse.com/sles/12-SP4/html/SLES-all/cha-tuning-multike… 1. I really would like to ask as to if the reason for failing to hold the "kernel-5.11.16-1-pae" was/is this because of the fact I edited the zypp.conf file's entry incorrectly by adding the "kernel-flavor" suffix (5.11.16-1-pae <-Not Entering-> 5.11.16-1) instead? 2. What is the best way to Hold/Lock the running kernel? 3. is YaST2 sometimes used for this task? Thanks :|

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Forcing a specific kernel to be installed on openSUSE TW:
by -pj 08 May '21

08 May '21

I followed the following instructions (listed below) in an attempt to install a specific kernel on my laptop computer which I downloaded from the following webpage: > https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/tiwai:/kernel:/5.11/standa… Completing the Instructions below. I powercycled the laptop and it loaded into the bootmenu now listing multiple kernels -BUT- not kernel-default-5.11.16-1.1.ge06d321.i586.rpm (Which I intended to be installed). I have tried entering the following in Konsole's - bash terminal command line as root user (su -)as follows: localhost:~ # zypper install --oldpackage kernel-default-5.11.16-1.1.ge06d321.i586 Loading repository data... Reading installed packages... Resolving package dependencies... The following NEW package is going to be installed: kernel-default-5.11.16-1.1.ge06d321 The following package requires a system reboot: kernel-default-5.11.16-1.1.ge06d321 1 new package to install. Overall download size: 72.4 MiB. Already cached: 0 B. After the operation, additional 215.3 MiB will be used. Note: System reboot required. Continue? [y/n/v/...? shows all options] (y): y Retrieving package kernel-default-5.11.16-1.1.ge06d321.i586 (1/1), 72.4 MiB (215.3 MiB unpacked) kernel-default-5.11.16-1.1.ge06d321.i586.rpm: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 Signature, key ID f6e74bf5: NOKEY V3 RSA/SHA256 Signature, key ID f6e74bf5: NOKEY Looking for gpg key ID F6E74BF5 in cache /var/cache/zypp/pubkeys. Repository kernel-default-5.11.16-1.1.ge06d321.i586.rpm does not define additional 'gpgkey=' URLs. kernel-default-5.11.16-1.1.ge06d321.i586 (kernel-default-5.11.16-1.1.ge06d321.i586.rpm): Signature verification failed [4-Signatures public key is not available] Abort, retry, ignore? [a/r/i] (a): 1. How can I correct this "Signature verification failed [4-Signatures public key is not available]" message? ===================================Instructions=============================== >> And, I have the rpms from a commercial package--I can (and do) install >> them from the command line. These will >> never be in the repos. > > Very bad idea to use commercial packages with Tumbleweed, that is asking for trouble. I will explain, again, how you do this. 1) Create a directory, for example /home/doug/extrarepository/ 2) Copy all the rpms from that commercial thing into that directory. 3) start yast as root in graphic mode: su - yast2 4) Start the "Software repository" module 5) Click the button "Add repository" 6) on the list that appears, click "Local directory", then [next]. 7.0) On "repository name" put whatever you like. 7.1) On path to directory, you write the path (/home/doug/extrarepository/). 7.2) Click on "Plain rpm directory" 7.3) [NEXT] It thinks for a while, and if all goes well, you click [OK]. Now, you have created your own private repository for external packages. Next, install those packages. 1) On YaST, click "Software management module 2) On view, select "repositories". 3.0) On repositories, you will see a list of repositories on the left panel. Select the repository you created. 3.1) On the right panel, you will see the list of packages in that repository. If it is empty, exit YaST, run "zypper refresh --force" and try yast2 again. 3.2) select the package, solve the dependencies if needed, accept and finish. Done. ======================================================================================================

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libdvdcss source package in repository?
by -pj 08 May '21

08 May '21

Hi, I have added the following repository with YaST: > Software Repositories > Add > HTTP > Next > Repository Name - libdvdcss2 > URL of the Repository - https://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/misc/packman/suse/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/Essenti… Priority 99 (Default) Both Enabled and Autorefresh are both ticked/checkmarked. The Name is listed as libdvdcss2 also. Clicked OK to exit. Then opened Software Managment > Repositories > libdvdcss2 > Empty (no contents) I passed the following command in Konsole: zypper se -s libdvd Loading repository data... Reading installed packages... S | Name | Type | Version | Arch | Repository --+------------------+------------+-----------+--------+------------------------ | libdvdcss | srcpackage | 1.4.2-1.3 | noarch | libdvdcss2 | libdvdnav-devel | package | 6.1.0-1.6 | i586 | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss i | libdvdnav4 | package | 6.1.0-1.6 | i586 | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss | libdvdread-devel | package | 6.1.1-1.6 | i586 | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss i | libdvdread8 | package | 6.1.1-1.6 | i586 | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss lines 1-10/10 (END) It appears a source package of libdvdcss is in fact installed on the machine. Is this the package that the above repository contains? Is it best to install both of the following packages libdvdcss and libdvdcss2? I would like to compile the above listed package but I am curious as to if I have done a step incorrectly up to this point. I am also of course wondering if it would be best to install package libdvdcss2 as well. I do notice by using VLC that the same dvd medium I previously tried "Plays the same movie as before with no libdvdcss instance installed". Switching to a different dvd medium results in no playback at all. The drive is certainly activated when the VLC media play key is clicked. I verified with "lsblk" I have the correct block device selected also. Suggestions on this would be a great help. Regards :|

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libdvdcss2 not required for DVD playback anymore?
by -pj 06 May '21

06 May '21

I was working with my Compaq nc-6400 laptop yesterday (openSUSE TW) and I installed the "Packman Essentials" repository also "libdvdcss2" from the following links I have documented. Packman Essentials -> "https://en.opensuse.org/Additional_package_repositories" I am seeing now that the openSUSE TW portal located here "https://en.opensuse.org/Portal:Tumbleweed" has maybe a better link for "Packman Essentials" under the "Multimedia Codecs" section. Than what I have been using currently. My main question here is perhaps the following: Is the "libdvdcss2" repository needed for DVD playback anymore? libdvdcss2 -> https://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php/523474-Multimedia-Guide-for-open… I ended up removing the "libdvdcss2" repository (for some reason) then (I am not sure if it was necessary) Powercycled the laptop. VLC media player loaded the movie DVD perfectly with no notable problems/issues detected. How can this be? I made certain and saw with "zypper lr" that there is absolutely no "libdvdcss2" repository left on the computer. Is it not necessary anymore for DVD/CD playback? At this time the computer is unbootable due to a bug in the "5.12.0-1-pae kernel" but ugh I would like to get your thoughts even if brief on this maybe. Thanks

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zypper dup question
by J Leslie Turriff 06 May '21

06 May '21

I'm getting ready to upgrade my desktop (TDE) to the newest stable release, using zypper dup. Should I include --solver-focus=Update or leave it to the --solver-focus=Job default? Leslie -- openSUSE Leap 15.2 x86_64

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Prior snapshots of openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Rescue-CD-i686-Current.iso.mirrorlist
by -pj 05 May '21

05 May '21

Hi, I see on reviewing the link below the "Current-Snapshot". Is there a list of prior openSUSE i686 Rescue-Cd snapshots that can be downloaded? https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/iso/openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Rescue-CD-… -Regards

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Re: make boot disk from install disk--how?
by Carlos E. R. 05 May '21

05 May '21

On 30/04/2021 08.28, Doug McGarrett wrote: > On 4/29/21 5:57 PM, Carlos E. R. wrote: >> On 29/04/2021 22.27, Doug McGarrett wrote: >>> On 4/28/21 8:32 AM, Carlos E. R. wrote: >>>> On 28/04/2021 01.28, Doug McGarrett wrote: >> >> ... >> >>> I cannot get the screen you show in the picture. When I start the >>> system, I get a note that says >>> type startx, and then I get a blue-green screen with a caracature of >>> a mouse and two icons for file-system and home. >> >> I suspect you did not download the correct image. It is this: >> >> <https://download.opensuse.org/distribution/leap/15.2/live/openSUSE-Leap-15.…> >> >> >> Best put it on an USB stick. Instructions here: >> >> For usb stick: <https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Live_USB_stick> >> >> If you have to use Windows, then: >> >> <https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Create_a_Live_USB_stick_using_Windows> >> >> >> >> Then, just boot the stick: >> >> Booting: <https://susepaste.org/14418492> >> >> It goes directly to this, but can take a while, without touching any >> key: <https://susepaste.org/18739074> >> >> Just double click on the partition you want to mount and use it normally: >> >> <https://susepaste.org/37117851> >> >> >> After much messing around I got the new file on a usb stick and tried >> to boot it. No luck. > Messages: invalid magic number you need to load the kernel first How exactly did you put the image on the USB? > It's almost 2;30 in the morning. I've been at this for a week. I know > you and some others are trying to help > but I guess I'm just too stupid. And too sleepy. I don't even know what > the messages mean--I thought > the download was supposed to be bootable, like the other one. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.2 x86_64 at Telcontar)

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anyone seen this prob? root can't read manpages?
by L A Walsh 05 May '21

05 May '21

I ran into this some time ago, and thought it was solved, but am having probs looking up manpages while running as root: Ishtar:/Media/Library> cd Ishtar:law> sudo man ls No manual entry for ls Ishtar:law> man ls |wc # really is there! 241 925 7864 Ishtar:law> sudo man -w ls No manual entry for ls Ishtar:law> man -w ls /usr/share/man/man1/ls.1.gz Ishtar:law> llg /usr/share/man/man1/ls.1.gz -rwxrwsr-x 1 man man 3112 Mar 2 2015 /usr/share/man/man1/ls.1.gz* Ishtar:law> llg -d /usr/share/man/man1/ drwxrwsr-x 3 man man 139264 May 3 09:04 /usr/share/man/man1/ Ishtar:law> llg -d /usr/share/man/ drwxrwsr-x 32 man man 4096 Apr 17 03:22 /usr/share/man/ ('llg' shows user+group which I normally have suppressed)

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Fwd: Reporting saved kernel logs on system that stalls during boot?
by -pj 05 May '21

05 May '21

My apologies, this message was intended for the list. :| -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Re: Reporting saved kernel logs on system that stalls during boot? Date: Tue, 4 May 2021 19:12:13 -0500 From: -pj <pj.world(a)gmx.com> To: Carlos E. R. <robin.listas(a)telefonica.net> On 5/4/21 3:26 PM, Carlos E. R. wrote: > On 04/05/2021 22.07, -pj wrote: >> I am wondering if it would be possible to maybe get a couple of pointers >> on what to do next as far as a bug report. I don't know if it is correct >> to ask more questions in Bugzilla at this point. >> >> First off the bug report is here: -> >> https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1185542 >> >> My computer was able to boot fine with kernel 5.11.16-1-pae >> >> I was asked to install kernel-default for testing purposes >> 5.12.1-1.g9bb8944-default which I did. kernel-default failed to boot. >> >> So now 3 kernels are installed/listed in the bootmenu as follows. >> >> 1. 5.12.1-1.g9bb8944-default >> 2. 5.12.0-2-pae >> 3. 5.12.0-1-pae >> >> kernel 5.11.16-1-pae <- Is now gone. Computer is unable to boot to >> splash screen with any of the 3 above listed kernels. It makes >> little/some sense since in /etc/zypp/zypp.conf - line 554 >> multiversion.kernel the kernel 5.11.16-1-pae must have been removed <- I >> do not understand though because when I installed KOTD the 5.11.16-1-pae >> was the running kernel. >> >> Quoting the bug report now as per Comment #7 is as follows: >> "OK, thanks, then it's a generic problem of 32bit Intel kernel. >> Feel free to uninstall kernel-default again. >> >> Now, we need more details about the crash. Any chance that you have the >> relevant kernel Oops or panic in the saved kernel logs? Or if not, try >> to boot without quiet boot option, and check whether you get the stack >> traces on screen, and take a picture. That's often helpful as a start.". >> >> What does the kernel Oops or saved kernel logs mean? I have the openSUSE >> https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Report_a_YaST_bug#How_can_I_setup_network_… >> >> >> >> 1. Is this y2logs? What is the best way to retrieve these logs that are >> needed? > > No. Those are the YaST logs. > > > > You first run: > > journalctl --list-boots > > For this to work, the directory "/var/log/journal/" must exist. If it > doesn't, create it, for the next time. Great..I see here: -> https://doc.opensuse.org/documentation/leap/reference/html/book-opensuse-re… "section 11.1:". Which is the best way to perform this step (due to having kernels that are not allowing boot to Splash screen or desktop)? Will I need to create a Rescue-CD perhaps so that I can check for this "/var/log/journal" directory? I do see "C: Command Line E: Edit Entry" at the bottom left corner of the "boot menu" screen. 1. Is it best in my reply here to snip off the remainder (bottom portion) of this message before sending? Thanks. > > > Then select which of the listed boots you want. Then, request the log > for that session: > > journalctl -b 2 > > If that is the one you need, then: > > journalctl -b 2 > somefilename.log > > and attach it to the bugzilla. > > > Alternatively, you may have "/var/log/boot.msg" for the current boot > and "/var/log/boot.omsg" for the previous boot. > > > However, as the boot crashed, there will be nothing. You have instead > to remove "quiet" and take a photo with your camera. > >> >> 2. I do not want to install the operating system again as it will not >> help the situation at all most likely. >> >> 3. Sometimes I do get stack traces on the screen and am not booting with >> quiet boot option I believe. >> >> 4. I decided to take a photo of the "stack traces" and I have attached >> the image to this email. > > Don't. Upload to susepaste.org, or upload to bugzilla. > > >

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Send direct if response from Rankin wanted.
by David C. Rankin 04 May '21

04 May '21

All, After nearly 20 years on this list, seem my ISP has fsck'ed up its mail servers and I am no longer getting list messages, according to Per due to a 521 service not available from my ISP. (WTF?) Any way, I do get direct mails and I do get an occasional mail from the list. Just understand I'm not ignoring the list. I've asked a(a)o.o for log entries so I can prove to my ISP they have a problem -- terrible service now... Joy... -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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Re: printer bomb?
by Doug McGarrett 04 May '21

04 May '21

On 5/4/21 1:41 AM, Doug McGarrett wrote: > Sent here because you all have a great deal of experience and I am > known to you, even tho the OS machine is off line at present. > > About a week ago I attempted to download a PDF and print it. I tried a > couple of times to print it from two different Linux computers running > two different Linux systems. Since then neither my Epson nor my HP > printers work, altho I did get a short period of output from the HP, but > now it is ng again. > The printers say they're ready, but the systems say they're not. > > [root@localhost ~]# lprm - > [root@localhost ~]# lpq > HP-LaserJet-Pro-M201-M202 is not ready > no entries > > On laptop: > lprm - > lpq > Epson WP-4530 Series is not ready > > WARNING: The destination that brought this about is here: > > 0081dd867a979b89ecf0(a)members.ebay.com > > Also: > > "Instruction Manual Download Link from eBay - > yesterdaystractprartsinc" > > This outfit wanted to sell me a CD of the instruction manual, so I > agreed, since > I do want the information, and a CD came, but now I'm afraid to run it! > > If this is truly a printer bomb, probably some government agency should > be alerted. However, the expression "printer bomb" does not register on > Firefox. > > BTW: The manual I wanted has nothing to do with tractors; it is a ham > radio. > > --doug > > >

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How to gather "saved kernel logs" information for bug report?
by -pj 04 May '21

04 May '21

I am wondering if it would be possible to maybe get a couple of pointers on what to do next as far as a bug report. I don't know if it is correct to ask more questions in Bugzilla at this point. First off the bug report is here: -> https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1185542 My computer was able to boot fine with kernel 5.11.16-1-pae I was asked to install kernel-default for testing purposes 5.12.1-1.g9bb8944-default which I did. kernel-default failed to boot. So now 3 kernels are installed/listed in the bootmenu as follows. 1. 5.12.1-1.g9bb8944-default 2. 5.12.0-2-pae 3. 5.12.0-1-pae kernel 5.11.16-1-pae <- Is now gone. Computer is unable to boot to splash screen with any of the 3 above listed kernels. It makes little/some sense since in /etc/zypp/zypp.conf - line 554 multiversion.kernel the kernel 5.11.16-1-pae must have been removed <- I do not understand though because when I installed KOTD the 5.11.16-1-pae was the running kernel. Quoting the bug report now as per Comment #7 is as follows: "OK, thanks, then it's a generic problem of 32bit Intel kernel. Feel free to uninstall kernel-default again. Now, we need more details about the crash. Any chance that you have the relevant kernel Oops or panic in the saved kernel logs? Or if not, try to boot without quiet boot option, and check whether you get the stack traces on screen, and take a picture. That's often helpful as a start.". What does the kernel Oops or saved kernel logs mean? I have the openSUSE https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Report_a_YaST_bug#How_can_I_setup_network_… 1. Is this y2logs? What is the best way to retrieve these logs that are needed? 2. I do not want to install the operating system again as it will not help the situation at all most likely. 3. I do get stack traces on the screen and am not booting with quiet boot option I believe. 4. I decided to take a photo of the "stack traces" and I have attached the image to this email. 5. The 32 bit computer does have 4 gigabytes of memory installed. <- Do not know if that was necessary to say. :| I would really appreciate your input as I am quite inexperienced with this situation. I think it would be really neat to get some of the bugs fixed for 32 bit TW for the: Dual Core model: Intel T2400 bits: 32 type: MCP arch: M Yonah rev: 8 cache: L2: 2 MiB flags: nx pae sse sse2 sse3 vmx bogomips: 7314 Speed: 997 MHz min/max: 1000/1833 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 997 2: 997 -Best Regards

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Literature specified for SUSE used in openSUSE:
by pj.world＠gmx.com 04 May '21

04 May '21

Hi, I just reviewed a page of literature specified for SUSE, it's concerning "15 Installing Multiple Kernel Versions". In the top right corner the page states the following. Applies to SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 https://documentation.suse.com/sles/12-SP4/html/SLES-all/cha-tuning-multike… I was asked to complete a survey which I agreed to do so. it asked about my use of SUSE products which I ticked "no" to (since openSUSE was not allowed). It was interesting to me because the documentation really was quite good and informative for my openSUSE TW version. Is it looked down/frowned on to be using openSUSE and/or occasionally reading SUSE related documents if a websearch shows? They seem to somewhat touch base very closely in a way between the two of the distributions. I am not sure yet about if SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop is more closely related to openSUSE Leap 15.2 than TW. I'm just quite curious about this. Thanks

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Dealing with proprietary Apple iPhone
by pj.world＠gmx.com 04 May '21

04 May '21

Hello, I am trying to open Apple iPhone 'File.HEIC' types. I discovered by installing GIMP 2.10.24 on my openSUSE TW computer (all updated-to current), that I can now open and then export an HEIC image-file into a format now readable (by Okular and Gwenview) through Dolphin. I saved this particular testing file to the pc previously. I didn't know before that by installing and using Gimp that I could then export the "HEIC" file types. I don't own an iPhone it's actually a aquaintance's. (So it's not super easy to do the mounting of the device for testing). I followed an article here a bit and did have success in mounting the phone previously (Per login Instance basis, not permanent across powercycle). https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/linux-iphone-6s-ios-11.html Do some users have opinions on how to go about mounting an iPhone more easily? How far off or difficult is it to make openSUSE able to mount iPhones more easily or what is the preferred method now? What is the preferred app for viewing these "HEIC" file types? For instance taking photos with iPhone then using the pc to more easily create adds for selling items online. I wanted to include some software information also if that could help. System Information: Software KDE Plasma Version: 5.21.4 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.81.0 QT Version: 5.15.2 Kernel Version: 5.12.0-1-default OS Type: 64-bit Graphics Platform: X11 Thanks -pj

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Re: Dealing with proprietary Apple iPhone
by Carlos E. R. 04 May '21

04 May '21

On 04/05/2021 01.47, -pj wrote: > On 5/2/21 1:42 PM, Carlos E. R. wrote: >> On 02/05/2021 14.17, pj.world(a)gmx.com wrote: >> > On 5/1/21 4:35 PM, Carlos E. R. wrote: ... >> >> Reading the netiquette page is enough; the others, well, are extra >> information. >> > Yes, there is alot of information to learn from that page no doubt. Yep. ... >> Just see how the other people are doing it. Takes a bit of practice, I >> know. Just try :-) >> >> >> Top posting style reminds us of Microsoft ;-) > I am seeing how this works a little bit now. I am confused by the > various colours of the vertical lines on the left. > Blue/Magenta/etc..etc... I hope this will get better for me since now I > am seeing how I am trying not to toppost. :-| You are doing it very well :-) >> Something else you could do is, that in Thunderbird, Account settings, >> is "define your name". It doesn't have to be your full name, it can >> also be an alias. Just how do you want us to call you. Then your mail >> address will appear like: >> >> "Some Name" adress(a)host.domain >> >> >> Also the first line of the replies, instead of saying: >> >> On 02/05/2021 14.17, adress(a)host.domain wrote: >> >> will say: >> >> On 02/05/2021 14.17, Some Name wrote: > I thank you for that suggestion. I followed that. I think this is the > first time I am trying not to toppost. Good :-) About the forgetting to post to the list, do you see in Thunderbird a row of big buttons that say: [Reply][Reply List][Forward] ... Just use the one that say "Reply List" :-) -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.2 x86_64 at Telcontar)

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Re: Dealing with proprietary Apple iPhone
by -pj 03 May '21

03 May '21

I apologize, this message was intended for the list. On 5/3/21 6:47 PM, -pj wrote: > > On 5/2/21 1:42 PM, Carlos E. R. wrote: >> On 02/05/2021 14.17, pj.world(a)gmx.com wrote: >> > On 5/1/21 4:35 PM, Carlos E. R. wrote: >> >> On 01/05/2021 23.27, pj.world(a)gmx.com wrote: >> >> ... >> >> >> See here for the long explanation: >> >> >> >> <https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Mailing_list_netiquette> >> >>> By the way I spent quite a bit of time yesterday reading the netiquette >>> and pressed on to http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html >>> and >>> https://tldp.org/HOWTO/Unix-and-Internet-Fundamentals-HOWTO/intro.html >>> but it's slow going. I really don't care at this point since it's >>> difficult enough times to keep my head up. If i'm not supposed to be >>> able to post here anymore so be it. I don't get along with people very >>> well that's why I stay alone. >>> >>> So best wishes to all. >> >> Reading the netiquette page is enough; the others, well, are extra >> information. >> > Yes, there is alot of information to learn from that page no doubt. >> Every group of people mix and interact following a set of rules, that >> can be written or "just known". People that don't adhere are often >> singled out. And a different group of people may have different >> rules, so it is a good idea when you join a new mail list to observe >> how they write and do the same ;-) >> >> >> All we are asking is that you don't reply above the previous email >> leaving it intact, but below, as I am doing it now, and deleting >> superfluous text from the previous email. It is easy to do, and it is >> the ancient usage in internet mail lists and places such as Usenet or >> Fidonet. It facilitates us understanding things without sending long >> emails with old text we already have. >> >> Just see how the other people are doing it. Takes a bit of practice, >> I know. Just try :-) >> >> >> Top posting style reminds us of Microsoft ;-) > I am seeing how this works a little bit now. I am confused by the > various colours of the vertical lines on the left. > Blue/Magenta/etc..etc... I hope this will get better for me since now > I am seeing how I am trying not to toppost. :-| >> Something else you could do is, that in Thunderbird, Account >> settings, is "define your name". It doesn't have to be your full >> name, it can also be an alias. Just how do you want us to call you. >> Then your mail address will appear like: >> >> "Some Name" adress(a)host.domain >> >> >> Also the first line of the replies, instead of saying: >> >> On 02/05/2021 14.17, adress(a)host.domain wrote: >> >> will say: >> >> On 02/05/2021 14.17, Some Name wrote: > I thank you for that suggestion. I followed that. I think this is the > first time I am trying not to toppost. >> >>

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How to do this?
by Lew Wolfgang 03 May '21

03 May '21

Hi Folks, I've got a little problem here that I bet someone here could handle. I've got a couple of thousand zip files that some knuckle-headed package created that have to be unpacked for inspection. They're named with a long date-time group with the .zip extension, as in Fri-Apr-30-185859-PDT-2021-logfile.zip Alas, they all unpack to the same filename: logfile So what's the easiest way to unzip them all and add the date-time string to the resultant logfile name so that they all don't unpack to the same filename and step on each other. Awk maybe? A clever pipeline with xargs? Or? Regards, Lew

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google borked
by Dave Howorth 02 May '21

02 May '21

I generally use google with javascript disabled, to reduce their ability to track me. I noticed today that their site no longer displays correctly. If I disable their CSS as well and scroll down past lots of junk oversize icons etc, I eventually can see some search results. Even better, the search results are direct links with no google redirection embedded. So good news, but mostly bad news. Does anybody know anything about what is going on? And is anybody aware of any tools to make such google results usable again? Yes, the likes of duckduckgo or startpage give me some functionality, but not as much as I had yesterday with google + noscript. :(

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su with xauth and display
by Richmond 01 May '21

01 May '21

How does opensuse automatically set the xauth and DISPLAY when using su? I'd like to do the same thing with debian. Also, I remember long ago there used to be a way to run an x-server in an x-window. I think it was called zephyr but this seems to be an entirely different thing now. Does anyone remember or know a way?

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Stealthy Linux backdoor malware spotted after three years of minding your business??
by David C. Rankin 01 May '21

01 May '21

openSUSE devs, Don't know if the powers that be are up on this, but quite alarming and I still can't figure out how to test for it. Apparently corrupt versions of systemd-daemon and gvfsd-helper have been used -- for years. https://www.theregister.com/2021/04/29/stealthy_linux_backdoor_malware_spot… Any body got more on this? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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Recognized but unusable hp 1109w printer on Leap 15.2 up to date
by Carl Spitzer {L Juno} 01 May '21

01 May '21

Setup in yast or hplip both see and recognize printer but all text pages and attempts to use this printer fail. I have followed the usual methods and was able to install another older printer which works to a degree random out of paper faults on older printer. I tried different usb ports and still no go. I have no idea what to try next. The ppd files are installed. On another system with drive issues this printer did work. netcat: connect to localhost port 631 (tcp) failed: Connection refused cwsiv@localhost:~> sudo zypper install cups-filters No update candidate for 'cups-filters-1.25.0-lp152.1.8.x86_64'. The highest available version is already installed. localhost:/ # find . -iname hplip ./usr/share/doc/packages/hplip ./usr/share/cups/model/manufacturer-PPDs/hplip ./usr/share/hplip localhost:/ # find /usr/share/ -iname "*ppd.*" | grep "1102" /usr/share/cups/model/manufacturer-PPDs/hplip-plugin/hp-laserjet_professional_p_1102w.ppd.gz /usr/share/cups/model/manufacturer-PPDs/hplip-plugin/hp-laserjet_professional_p1102.ppd.gz localhost:/ # find /usr/share/ -iname "*ppd.*" | grep "1109" /usr/share/cups/model/manufacturer-PPDs/hplip-plugin/hp-laserjet_professional_p1109w.ppd.gz /usr/share/cups/model/manufacturer-PPDs/hplip-plugin/hp-laserjet_professional_p1109.ppd.gz i never selected printer shared. This is exclusive to one machine. No such nonsense with the other printer which is also hp. Server Not Exporting Printers Allthough one or more printers are marked as being shared this print server is not exporting shared printers to the network. Enable the publish shared printers connected to this system opetion in the server settings using the printing administration tool. To start this too select Sustem --> Administration --> Print Settings from the main menu. cat troubleshootApril27.txt | grep "not installed" 'foomatic': ['package foomatic is not installed'], 'hpijs': ['package hpijs is not installed'], lpinfo -v | grep ":/" file cups-pdf:/ direct usb://HP/LaserJet%20Professional% 20P1109w?serial=000000000W484RBVPR1a direct hp:/usb/HP_LaserJet_Professional_P1109w?serial=000000000W484RBVPR1a cat /var/log/messages | grep 1109w | grep 04-27 2021-04-27T07:01:27.980284-07:00 localhost kernel: [386843.058859] usb 2-1: Product: HP LaserJet Professional P1109w 2021-04-27T07:01:28.216481-07:00 localhost python3: io/hpmud/musb.c 2282: hpmud_make_usb_uri() uri=hp:/usb/HP_LaserJet_Professional_P1109w?serial=000000000W484RBVPR1a bytes_read=67 2021-04-27T07:01:28.244634-07:00 localhost /hp-firmware: hp-firmware[12210]: error: Device hp:/usb/HP_LaserJet_Professional_P1109w?serial=000000000W484RBVPR1a does not support or require firmware download. 2021-04-27T07:01:28.793284-07:00 localhost colord[1403]: CdMain: failed to emit DeviceAdded: failed to register object: An object is already exported for the interface org.freedesktop.ColorManager.Device at /org/freedesktop/ColorManager/devices/sysfs_Hewlett_Packard_HP_LaserJet_Professional_P1109w 2021-04-27T07:01:28.901215-07:00 localhost udev-configure-printer: MFG:Hewlett-Packard MDL:HP LaserJet Professional P1109w SERN:- serial:000000000W484RBVPR1a 2021-04-27T07:01:35.910650-07:00 localhost udev-configure-printer: URI match: usb://HP/LaserJet%20Professional% 20P1109w?serial=000000000W484RBVPR1a 2021-04-27T07:01:35.910979-07:00 localhost udev-configure-printer: URI match: hp:/usb/HP_LaserJet_Professional_P1109w?serial=000000000W484RBVPR1a 2021-04-27T07:01:35.911140-07:00 localhost udev-configure-printer: URI of detected printer: usb://HP/LaserJet%20Professional% 20P1109w?serial=000000000W484RBVPR1a, normalized: laserjet professional p1109w serial 000000000w484rbvpr1a 2021-04-27T07:01:35.911456-07:00 localhost udev-configure-printer: URI of detected printer: hp:/usb/HP_LaserJet_Professional_P1109w?serial=000000000W484RBVPR1a, normalized: laserjet professional p1109w serial 000000000w484rbvpr1a 2021-04-27T07:01:35.911668-07:00 localhost udev-configure-printer: URI of print queue: hp:/usb/HP_LaserJet_Professional_P1109w?serial=000000000W484RBVPR1a, normalized: laserjet professional p1109w serial 000000000w484rbvpr1a 2021-04-27T07:01:35.911833-07:00 localhost udev-configure-printer: Queue ipp://localhost/printers/HP-LaserJet-Professional-P1109w has matching device URI 2021-04-27T07:01:35.911959-07:00 localhost udev-configure-printer: Re-enabled printer ipp://localhost/printers/HP-LaserJet-Professional-P1109w ____________________________________________________________ Choose to be safer online. Opt-in to Cyber Safety with NortonLifeLock. Get Norton 360 with LifeLock starting at $9.95/month.* https://store.netzero.net/account/showService.do?serviceId=nz-nLifeLock&utm…

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boot fail on 15.3 rc zypper dup
by jdd＠dodin.org 01 May '21

01 May '21

Just a word to say that I did a zypper dup to update my 15.3 home server. probably to Rc version, given the date. At the end it asked to reboot, what I did, but the reboot didn't succeed, ended with a file not found grub error, a "mod" file missing (don't remember which) I could reboot on the usb pen with 15.3 image, in rescue mode and chroot in actual 15.3, use yast to rewrite the grub system and now it works nothing very special, just a warning jdd -- http://dodin.org

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Signing off for now.
by Per Jessen 01 May '21

01 May '21

I have finished sticking needles into my Office365 voodoo dolls, someone in Seattle will have been writhing in pain. I know, I known, but it feels _really_ good. I am about to go watch "Line of Duty", I'm totally hooked. At openSUSE, tonight someone crashed the galera cluster, unfortunately nothing much I can do. It seems to be myself and cboltz "on duty". In between, I've been listening to David Gilmour playing old Pink Floyd stuff, I can never tire of that. Now just finishing Nena playing "Irgendwie irgendo irgendwann" to be followed by "Leuchtturm". -- Per Jessen, Zürich (7.3°C) http://www.dns24.ch/ - free dynamic DNS, made in Switzerland.

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