May 2021 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

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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