May 2021 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

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 Two of the repositories warn they are out of date.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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