June 2021 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

multi-site private overlay networking (not? vpn)
by David T-G 29 Jun '21

29 Jun '21

Hi, all -- I would have called this a vpn, but after reading the recent [excellent] thread on what is or isn't vpn and what it can or can't do for one, maybe that's not the right term ... I have multiple sites A.comcast.net 192.168.a.0/24 B.att.net 192.168.b.0/24 C.localisp.net 192.168.c.0/24 ... that I would like to integrate into my own WAN and be able to see devices (machines, printers, etcetc) using the Internet as my transport medium. [NB that I don't have a proper router at most of these sites; I only have what the ISP gives me.] Better yet, when I'm on the road with a laptop I'd love to be able to connect into that and be part (just like remote office work). I was thinking that a host at each location, exposed through the firewall, would act as the local gateway and I could just route traffic across ... um, well ... that's where I run out :-) Is there any consumer-level software that will let me overlay a private network across multiple sites and encrypt the traffic between sites? And does each device in a site have two addresses (192.168.?.? and 172.16.?.?) or do I set each router's internal DHCP range to the larger network? Where do go to I learn about this stuff? :-) TIA again :-D -- David T-G See http://justpickone.org/davidtg/email/ See http://justpickone.org/davidtg/tofu.txt

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15.2 install report
by David T-G 29 Jun '21

29 Jun '21

Hi, all -- I've just run through a few installs and thought I'd send an update, pretty much for general news but also so that someone can tell me where I'm being an idiot. I downloaded the NET image and threw it on a USB stick and ran through the entire install configuration. Although it happily pulled down data to get set up, it couldn't figure out networking (on-board Ethernet) and failed to connect to repositories and died. Worse, there was no way to get back into the install process after manually bringing up the interface; I was stuck at the 80s-style screen (which I love; don't get me wrong :-) and unable to try again. So, fine, I also downloaded the DVD image and went through the whole setup again. This *appeared* to configure (including without limitation setting a static IP address) properly, but during the actual install failed to connect to a couple of repositories and so wasn't quite complete. Urgh. But I can ping! *grrr* I rebooted and found networking to be unavailable. I had to go into YaST, change over to wicked, and tell it to believe the static IP info it had there before I could get going. Odd. Networking appeared fine after that, and I was able to zypper grab a few packages, but did not come up on the next boot. This box again did the resume search on System\x20Reserved during boot; I really need to file that bug report. [This is an identical machine from the same refurb folks, so it's not surprising to see that it would be duplicated.] It takes less time to edit the boot line than to wait through it, so I've done that a few times now. By the way, according to /dev/disk/by-label, my sda1 swap volume *does* have that label, so my guess is that "format"ting for swap doesn't actually do so. Still, though, why it searches there or even specifies resume= is a question for the bug report ... On this last boot of the night, as noted above, I still have no networking, and poking at it this time does not appear effective. Hmmm. It's bedtime for me, and I'll hope to get back to this the next time I'm where it is. I'll certainly send updates -- and, now that I know I'm likely to see difficulties, take better notes. Maybe this is enlightening for others, though. Have a great night! :-D -- David T-G See http://justpickone.org/davidtg/email/ See http://justpickone.org/davidtg/tofu.txt

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15:3: Is there any delays in updates/patches due to SLE dependency compared to before (15.2)?
by cagsm 29 Jun '21

29 Jun '21

hello list is there actually any impact in delays or release handling of patches updates in leap 15.3 now that we have stronger(?) ties to SLE? are packages that are coming in from for example the SLE backports update repo such as todays chromium release having a larger delay than the situation on still leap 15.2? do we have different maintainers and people in charge for this package for example, or does it not really matter? I wondered about google chromium having released the chromium package on june 17th already to the public, see: <https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2021/06/stable-channel-update-for-des…> > https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2021/06/stable-channel-update-for-des… the package being shown as Name : chromium Version : 91.0.4472.114 Release : bp153.2.13.1 Architecture: x86_64 Install Date: Mon Jun 28 21:24:34 2021 Group : Unspecified Size : 346112298 License : BSD-3-Clause AND LGPL-2.1-or-later Signature : RSA/SHA256, Tue Jun 22 20:36:12 2021, Key ID 9c214d4065176565 Source RPM : chromium-91.0.4472.114-bp153.2.13.1.src.rpm Build Date : Tue Jun 22 20:24:39 2021 Build Host : lamb77 being compiled on june 22nd already, thats still 6 days in the past from today, as the release directories show the file date from today <https://download.opensuse.org/update/leap/15.3/backports/x86_64/?C=M;O=D> > https://download.opensuse.org/update/leap/15.3/backports/x86_64/?C=M;O=D <https://download.opensuse.org/update/leap/15.3/backports/x86_64/chromium-91…> > https://download.opensuse.org/update/leap/15.3/backports/x86_64/chromium-91… chromium-91.0.4472.114-bp153.2.13.1.x86_64.rpm 28-Jun-2021 13:10 96M The google chromium blog post and the changelog as well talking about WebGL exploited as one of the major reasons for this release, and exploits circulating in the wild and google being aware of it. Trying to find out if linux or more specific opensuse leap is actually fitting my needs with its updates and patches concept and time spans to actual availability. Having observed more desktop computing on the windows os side of things, the chromium and google chrome update were available on the original blog post release date, june 17th. Does opensuse or suse as the commercial company backing opensuse, and with its maybe heavier ties with leap now from 15.3 on, i am wondering if i am really protected to my needs, just looking at this chromium as an example here. ty.

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Create jpg
by James Knott 29 Jun '21

29 Jun '21

What's a good app for creating jpgs? I'm not a graphics person, so this is a bit out of my area. I currently have some photos in pdfs, but can scan them again into whatever app. tnx jk

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15.2 or 15.3 or other?
by David T-G 28 Jun '21

28 Jun '21

Hi, all -- I have a 15.1 desktop davidtg@gezebel:~> cat /etc/SUSE-brand openSUSE VERSION = 15.1 and a 15.2 disk farm diskfarm:~ # cat /etc/SUSE-brand openSUSE VERSION = 15.2 and am now about to build a 'net-facing small LAMP server. How stable have folks found 15.3? Should I go with that or stick with 15.2? In this life, I am absolutely anything but a bleeding-edge guy :-) TIA & HAND :-D -- David T-G See http://justpickone.org/davidtg/email/ See http://justpickone.org/davidtg/tofu.txt

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TPM2 auf Leap 15.3
by Gui Do 28 Jun '21

28 Jun '21

Hallo, mein Laptop läuft einwandfrei mit secure-boot und trusted-boot und hat auch einen TPM2-Chip eingebaut. Den würde ich gerne nutzen. Wenn ich ihn aber im BIOS aktiviere, startet der Rechner nach dem Boot-Menü nicht mit einer Fehlermeldung bzgl. tpm-error und dass der kernel zuerst gestartet werden müsse. Hat jemand schon TPM2 zum Laufen bekommen? Danke und Grüße, HAL

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Update Repository (Debug)
by Wolfgang Mueller 28 Jun '21

28 Jun '21

When I try to update my new Leap 15.3 system by invoking "zypper patch" or "zypper up", the following warning message appears: Repository 'Update Repository (Debug)' appears to be outdated. Consider using a different mirror or server. For suppressing the warning message, I have inactivated this repository in yast. But I am looking for a better solution. On the site http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/, I did not find anything appropriate. Is there a better site available? And if so, what is its URL? Thank you in advance. Best regards, Wolfgang

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Re: Sound card configuration problem
by Masaru Nomiya 28 Jun '21

28 Jun '21

Hello, In the Message; Subject : Sound card configuration problem Message-ID : <e03487f7-5aed-4af8-750b-72349cc4e028(a)ariannuccia.de> Date & Time: Mon, 28 Jun 2021 11:23:00 +0200 [WM] == Wolfgang Mueller <wm(a)ariannuccia.de> has written: WM> I recently installed Leap 15.3 on my computers "hp" and "se" WM> Configuring the sound cards by yast worked on "se" only, whereas on "hp" the WM> following error message appears: WM> ================================================================= WM> An error occurred during the installation of WM> GP107GL High Definition Audio Controller WM> The kernel module snd-hda-intel for sound support WM> could not be loaded. This can be caused by incorrect WM> module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters. WM> ================================================================== WM> The same for the other sound card, called "Cannon Lake PCH cAVS". WM> How can I correct the kernel module snd-hda-intel and provide correct module, WM> IO, or IRQ parameters? These will help you. https://github.com/spotify/linux/blob/master/Documentation/sound/alsa/ALSA-… https://github.com/spotify/linux/blob/master/Documentation/sound/alsa/HD-Au… Regards. --- ┏━━┓彡 Masaru Nomiya mail-to: nomiya @ galaxy.dti.ne.jp ┃＼／彡 ┗━━┛ "Three young men died for Rationalization. Yet, Margaret Bloody Thatcher LIVES!" 'Brassed Off'

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System sounds in Enlightenment
by Masaru Nomiya 28 Jun '21

28 Jun '21

To someone who's desktop is enlightenment. I can enjoy many multimedias on openSUSE 15.3 RC. audacious, mplayer, aplay, ffplay, mpd, vlc, xine, kodi.... But, I can't get any system sounds within the enlightenment, at all. It looks just like a PnP spec, so the developper told me that my pulseaudio is broken. I don't think so. In fact, I can enjoy multimedias. So, I'd like to ask the enlightenment user all. Are you getting the system sounds flawlessly? Thanks. --- ┏━━┓彡 Masaru Nomiya mail-to: nomiya @ galaxy.dti.ne.jp ┃＼／彡 ┗━━┛ Think. -- The IBM slogan --

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snapper config
by Roger Oberholtzer 27 Jun '21

27 Jun '21

I have Tumbleweed installed on a computer at home. I was planning on updating it. I do not want to take a chance with the /usr merge change, so I want to have a snapshot just in case. The strange thing is: snapper seems not to be configured. It is a full btrfs install with everything as the install defaults to. There is ample free space (> 100 GB). When I run snapper ls, I get: The config 'root' does not exist. Likely snapper is not configured. There is no /.snapshots dir, and there is nothing in /etc/snapper/configs. No idea why it is this way. How can I config snapper? I just want whatever the openSUSE install would have done. I googled a bit and the discussions are about where it seems snapper is set up (the files that I said do not exist do exist in the questions I have seen), but this complaint is made. I do not think that is my issue. As an aside, that's the 'drawback' of systems like SUSE where so much is done automatically. One no longer really knows the commands involved. It's not at all a complaint. Just an observation of how things have evolved. I used to know a lot more about what was happening under the hood. Now I just sit and enjoy the blinking lights! -- Roger Oberholtzer

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