June 2021 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

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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Main Update Repository' metadata error
by Boyd Lynn Gerber 27 Jun '21

27 Jun '21

Hello, Fort the last few days I'm getting this error Retrieving repository 'Main Update Repository' metadata ..........................[error] Repository 'Main Update Repository' is invalid. [download.opensuse.org-oss_4|http://download.opensuse.org/update/leap/15.2/o…] Valid metadata not found at specified URL History: - File './repodata/a668552c59a768c5d53985abf664bafdfcbe396d25c48332e2da41a4df17aea8-primary.xml.gz' not found on medium 'http://download.opensuse.org/update/leap/15.2/oss' - Can't provide ./repodata/a668552c59a768c5d53985abf664bafdfcbe396d25c48332e2da41a4df17aea8-primary.xml.gz Regards, -- Boyd Gerber <gerberb(a)zenez.com> 801 849-0213 ZENEZ 1042 East Fort Union #135, Midvale Utah 84047

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SD card errors - what to do?
by Dave Howorth 27 Jun '21

27 Jun '21

I've just had SD card errors for the first time and don't know what they mean exactly nor how to investigate further. The SD card was in a wildlife camera, which said there was an error. I thought it might have become full. I brought it back to my computer and put it in the card reader. Nothing shows up on screen (it normally opens a dialog box that offers to open my file manager when I insert an SD card). I see repeating blocks of messages in the journal: Jun 25 12:57:54 acer-suse kernel: sd 5:0:0:0: [sdc] tag#0 FAILED Result: hostbyte=DID_ERROR driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE Jun 25 12:57:54 acer-suse kernel: sd 5:0:0:0: [sdc] tag#0 Sense Key : Hardware Error [current] Jun 25 12:57:54 acer-suse kernel: sd 5:0:0:0: [sdc] tag#0 Add. Sense: No additional sense information Jun 25 12:57:54 acer-suse kernel: sd 5:0:0:0: [sdc] tag#0 CDB: Read(10) 28 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 08 00 Jun 25 12:57:54 acer-suse kernel: print_req_error: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 0 Jun 25 12:57:54 acer-suse kernel: Buffer I/O error on dev sdc, logical block 0, async page read I don't really know what these mean. I thought the normal failure mode for SD cards was to go read-only, so I'm a bit lost. Any suggestions to recover the images at least? Or is it totally dead?

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(Not quite) duplicate repositories?
by J Leslie Turriff 26 Jun '21

26 Jun '21

Following the link to "openSUSE Build Service repositories" | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/ I see many almost duplicate repositories in the list, differing in name only by the trailing : in its name. Some have older, some newer dates. What is going on here? How to decide which to use? (Example attached.) Leslie -- Distribution: openSUSE Leap 15.3 x86_64

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"connect: Network is unreachable"
by Wolfgang Mueller 26 Jun '21

26 Jun '21

Connected to the same router, there are two computers, called "se" (192.168.2.11) and "hp" (192.168.2.11) in my home network. Last Monday, I have installed Leap 15.3 on "se" and yesterday on "hp". Whereas "se" reaches any internet site, on "hp" some sites may reached and some not, in which case the error message "connect: Network is unreachable" appears. Both machines are connected to the same router by cable. Examples of sites I can reach: - https://www.google.de - https://en.wikipedia.org - https://dict.leo.org - https://elpais.com Examples of unreachable sites: - https://www.treccani.it - https://www.washingtonpost.com - https://www.dizionario.rai.it - http://www.ariannuccia.de (my own site) Thinking it is a firewall problem, I made sure that the firwall is switched off. But that did not help. Thank you in advance for your help. Best regards, Wolfgang

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ICC, printers and KDE
by Frans de Boer 25 Jun '21

25 Jun '21

LS, I keep getting the message " You need Gnome Color Management installed in order to calibrate devices" when I select Color Management in the System Setting under KDE. The thing is, colord as well as the gnome-color-manager are both installed. So, why does it not see the the latter program? Anybody experience with it? Regards, Frans. -- A: Yes, just like that A: Ja, net zo Q: Oh, Just like reading a book backwards Q: Oh, net als een boek achterstevoren lezen A: Because it upsets the natural flow of a story A: Omdat het de natuurlijke gang uit het verhaal haalt Q: Why is top-posting annoying? Q: Waarom is Top-posting zo irritant?

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Double click and Thunderbird
by Carlos E. R. 25 Jun '21

25 Jun '21

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, Since a few weeks back, when using Thunderbird (XFCE/Leap 15.2) I have a problem with the mouse: often a click is interpreted as double click or two clicks. For example, I hit "reply", and two identical reply windows are opened. That would be "two clicks". Or I click on a thread, and the entire thread is opened as a multitude of tabs. That would be a double click. On XFCE Settings, Mouse and Touchpad configuration, Behaviour, I have set the double click threasold to 501 mS, ie, half a second. No change. Maybe Thunderbird does its own separate mouse handling? What can I do? Someone else noticed this? My mouse is a logitech marble trackball. hwinfo says: Telcontar:~ # hwinfo --mouse 59: USB 00.1: 10503 USB Mouse [Created at usb.122] Unique ID: PsRb.FBtr+tYVKV1 Parent ID: k4bc.029GFTetOb3 SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.3/0000:03:00.0/usb1/1-13/1-13:1.1 SysFS BusID: 1-13:1.1 Hardware Class: mouse Model: "Holtek USB Keyboard" Hotplug: USB Vendor: usb 0x04d9 "Holtek Semiconductor, Inc." Device: usb 0x2020 "USB Keyboard" Revision: "1.01" Compatible to: int 0x0200 0x0001 "Generic USB Mouse" Driver: "usbhid" Driver Modules: "usbhid" Device File: /dev/input/event3 Device Files: /dev/input/event3, /dev/input/by-id/usb-CYKB13_USB_Keyboard-event-if01, /dev/input/by-path/pci-0000:03:00.0-usb-0:13:1.1-event Device Number: char 13:67 Speed: 1.5 Mbps Module Alias: "usb:v04D9p2020d0101dc00dsc00dp00ic03isc01ip02in01" Driver Info #0: XFree86 Protocol: explorerps/2 GPM Protocol: exps2 Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown Attached to: #62 (Hub) 61: USB 00.0: 10503 USB Mouse [Created at usb.122] Unique ID: Mwf_.z_8Swe_nwg5 Parent ID: 2XnU.BpLUUanApo2 SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:08.1/0000:29:00.3/usb5/5-3/5-3:1.0 SysFS BusID: 5-3:1.0 Hardware Class: mouse Model: "Logitech TrackMan Wheel" Hotplug: USB Vendor: usb 0x046d "Logitech, Inc." Device: usb 0xc404 "TrackMan Wheel" Revision: "2.20" Compatible to: int 0x0210 0x0023 Driver: "usbhid" Driver Modules: "usbhid" Device File: /dev/input/mice (/dev/input/mouse0) Device Files: /dev/input/mice, /dev/input/mouse0, /dev/input/event1, /dev/input/by-id/usb-Logitech_Trackball-event-mouse, /dev/input/by-path/pci-0000:29:00.3-usb-0:3:1.0-event-mouse, /dev/input/by-id/usb-Logitech_Trackball-mouse, /dev/input/by-path/pci-0000:29:00.3-usb-0:3:1.0-mouse Device Number: char 13:63 (char 13:32) Speed: 1.5 Mbps Module Alias: "usb:v046DpC404d0220dc00dsc00dp00ic03isc01ip02in00" Driver Info #0: Buttons: 3 Wheels: 1 XFree86 Protocol: explorerps/2 GPM Protocol: exps2 Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown Attached to: #64 (Hub) Telcontar:~ # (I have no idea about the first entry) - -- Cheers Carlos E. R. (from 15.2 x86_64 at Telcontar) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHoEARECADoWIQQZEb51mJKK1KpcU/W1MxgcbY1H1QUCYNRMCRwccm9iaW4ubGlz dGFzQHRlbGVmb25pY2EubmV0AAoJELUzGBxtjUfVfE0AmwYl/KHHmhHzGzR+k2kX G7qvV3VUAJoDZw/uu8t8gxNMQp9h1/4cJ9V5LQ== =CxFz -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Leap-15.3 splash screens
by Mark Hounschell 25 Jun '21

25 Jun '21

When I try to install a splash screen via "system settings / splash screen" I get an error: The installation of /tmp/KIbuMW-tranquil-1624535858364-3727.jpg failed, as the downloaded package does not contain any useful meta information, which means it is not a valid KPackage. Regards Mark

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out of date certificates in caches
by Marc Chamberlin 24 Jun '21

24 Jun '21

I just spent several days tracking down a problem on OpenSuSE 15.2 which I don't know who has the responsibility for reporting what failed, the operating system or the server/client applications. Anywise what happened was Certbot automatically updated some security certificates on one of my systems (Nova) and I wasn't aware of the consequences of it doing so. After that happened all of the sudden I lost the ability to connect to the services running on Nova. Autofs/Automount could not mount Samba shares from Nova, vncviewer could not connect to x11vnc service on Nova, ssh could not connect to sshd, knockd no longer opened ports, etc. None of the clients (except ssh but with a caveat) reported anything useful, just generalized crap like "No route to host" I hide a lot of the service's ports behind a port knock sequence which rendered the error messages from ssh invisible also. It was only when I directly opened the ssh port, on Nova, in firewalld and tried connecting that I finally learned what was going on. The cached certificates on my other systems were no longer valid and thus causing the failure. Only ssh actually offers a solution to the user to update the cached certificates with the new one from Nova. But again only if the server's port is not being handled by a portknocker. This was very difficult to track down and resolve! My question is, who should have the responsibility for detecting these out of date certificates, and offering a solution to the users when they are encountered? To my Object Oriented Design mind it seems the O.S. should have this responsibility and it should not be delegated to each individual client/server application. Maybe a distro is not the right place to start such a conversation, but I am only a poor user of OpenSuSE and not a member of any more centralized Linux group(s). After spending so much time tracking this down, I feel this is a deep design flaw in Linux itself but have no idea where to report it. Marc... -- *"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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logitech X230 speaker system
by Douglas McGarrett 23 Jun '21

23 Jun '21

This may be off topic, but I don't know where else to ask. Started to relocate my logitech x230 speaker system, which consists of a big woofer to sit on the floor, and two tweeters that can sit on your table or hang on the wall. This particular system is no longer made, unfortunately, and it is truly wide-band audio. Problem: I discovered that the acoustic sound tube inside the woofer enclosure has come unglued from the plastic port entrance device, and I can't get the plastic thing off the enclosure so as to fish out the sound tube and glue it back on to the port device. The box is otherwise sealed up--apparently glued together--and I can't get the plastic port device off the box so as to glue the sound tube back onto it and put the thing back together. So, looking for advice as to how to get the port device loose from the box without breaking it! (I have tried very hard to slip a knife under the edge of it, but with only about 40% success. I tried heating the plastic port with a hair-dryer, but I'm afraid to get it too hot and melting it! If they had better glued the sound tube onto it before installing the assembly inside the box, this mail wouldn't be written! If this is unclear, I will attempt to draw a picture and attach it to an email. --thanx--doug //

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