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please help: did I just ruin my ssd? mkfs.ext4: invalid blocks
by Daniel Bauer 27 Jul '21

27 Jul '21

Hello, I have a new ssd, I encrypted a partition and installed reiserfs (did that on my 15.1 system). Plugging it to my pad with 15.3 I saw that it canot handel it, and searching I found that Opensuse decided to make my backups worthless. So I plugged it again to the 15.1. used fdisk to delete the partition. made a new partition in fdisk. Wet to yast, clicked to istall an encrypted ext4 system. As after the last click the window disappeared without further notice I assumend it was done and unplugged the ssd. Received a nice message, that a process was iterrupted (and I thanked a lot to the highly itelligent programmer who closes a window without any hint about a still running process...). Ok, wanted to repeat. But Yast says it cannot istall ext4 because some cr_xxx is already here. So again fdisk, delete partition, make a new one, back to Yast, same error. So I wet the manual way (the ssd partition is sdg1): dd_rescue -m 2M /dev/urandom /dev/sdg1 cryptsetup -v --key-size 256 luksFormat /dev/sdg1 my_cryptkey-file cryptsetup luksOpen /dev/sdg1 cr_sdg1 mkfs.ext4 /dev/mapper/cr_sdg1 /dev/mapper/cr_sdg1 here I get: mkfs.ext4: invalid blocks '/dev/mapper/cr_sdg1' on device '/dev/mapper/cr_sdg1' Did I do an error? How can I get my ssd back into a virgin state, to begin from scratch? I need urgent help, because I go to travel tomorrow and must take those ssd with me, working on 15.3... Thank you very much for your help. Daniel -- Daniel Bauer photographer Basel Málaga https://www.patreon.com/danielbauer https://www.daniel-bauer.com

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What is this? (re zypper)
by Carlos E. R. 26 Jul '21

26 Jul '21

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 Hi, using Leap 15.2, I get this result using zypper, which I have never seen: minas-tirith:~ # zypper se nvme Retrieving repository 'OBS: graphics' metadata ................................................................................[done] Building repository 'OBS: graphics' cache .....................................................................................[done] Loading repository data... Reading installed packages... S | Name | Summary | Type - --+-------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------+----------- | nvme-cli | NVM Express user space tools | package | nvme-cli | NVM Express user space tools | srcpackage | nvme-cli-regress-script | A small script to test the nvme binary for regressions | package | nvmetcli | Command line interface for the kernel NVMe nvmet | package For an extended search including not yet activated remote resources you may run 'zypper search-packages' at any time. Do you want to run 'zypper search-packages' now? [yes/no/always/never] (no): yes <================ Could not search for the package: SUSE::Connect::UnsupportedOperation: Package search is not supported by the registration proxy: Alternatively, use the web version at https://scc.suse.com/packages/ No package found minas-tirith:~ # Extended search? And a SUSE URL, not openSUSE? What is this? - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. (from openSUSE Leap 15.2 x86_64 (Minas Tirith)) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iJIEAREIADoWIQQt/vKEw5659AgM/X2NrxRtxRYzXAUCYPqxNxwccm9iaW4ubGlz dGFzQHRlbGVmb25pY2EubmV0AAoJEI2vFG3FFjNcBu4A/R27ifofhwrmW45QCief 2hwTuM7HPUxSwsulsxiCd4hjAP0SYUH2X/uqR52+0n1nTDL+b9TPbyPoMYazs2bm wqBcaQ== =WOpN -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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KDE connect issues?
by Markus Feilner 25 Jul '21

25 Jul '21

Anybody else suffering from KDEconnect connection problems? My phones and PCs can't connect anymore since a few weeks. I am browsing, searching, looking and am helpful for any advice/link. Thanks! -- Best Regards - Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Markus Feilner, Feilner IT - 20 years of open services - ------------------------- Agile Recursive Documentation: – Document it or it didn't happen! – ------------------------- Digitale Souveränität, Nachhaltigkeit, Dokumentation Linux, Security, Strategy, Politics, Journalism, Networking. https://www.feilner-it.net, 93059 Regensburg Wöhrdstr. 10, +49 170 302 7092 (+Signal) PGP: 40A3C306F96133067C11CFD9A958A906268C9F0A http://www.feilner-it.net/files/MFpub.asc Xing: http://www.xing.com/profile/Markus_Feilner LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markusfeilner @mfeilner: Matrix, Jabber, Skype, Twitter, Diaspora, ...

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clawsmail problem
by mcgarrett 23 Jul '21

23 Jul '21

Recently installed ClawsMail since Thunderbird now refuses to accept any password from me. Problem: When trying to receive mail, get failure message: ERROR: Connection to pop.DESKTOP-R7/M9UON:110 failed. Can anyone tell me how to fix that, please? --doug

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OT(?): viewing virtualbox or qemu VM on another host
by David T-G 23 Jul '21

23 Jul '21

Hi, all -- This is probably a VM-ish question rather than a SuSE-ish question, but since I'm running OpenSuSE I figured I could ask here to get started :-) I want to create a VM on host X and view it from my host Y desktop. All of the examples I've seen show someone working locally. Can either of these tools support running the VM "there" but viewing and interacting with it "here"? If not, is there another simple and free hypervisor that will fill the bill? I'm not particularly in love with either, not least since I have no experience; they just seem to be at the top of everyone's "virtualization for dummies" lists. I just want to run a few simple VMs, but I have neither the disk space nor the extra RAM on my little desktop to do so -- and I don't particularly want to have to get up and go to the coat^Wserver closet any time I have to access them. TIA & HAND :-D -- David T-G See http://justpickone.org/davidtg/email/ See http://justpickone.org/davidtg/tofu.txt

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removing Claws--another failure
by mcgarrett 20 Jul '21

20 Jul '21

I guess the lightning got me this time. YAST message: An error occurred during repository initialization. [https-download.opensuse.org-e14d6223|https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/SUSE:/SLE-15-SP1:/GA/pool/] Valid metadata not found at specified URL History: - [https-download.opensuse.org-e14d6223|https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/SUSE:/SLE-15-SP1:/GA/pool/] Repository type can't be determined. Is this fixable or must I reinstall the whole system? Agh! --doug

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video rotation
by jdd＠dodin.org 19 Jul '21

19 Jul '21

Hello, When, I use my smartphone (Xiaomi Redmi Notes 9S) vertically, the resulting video file have an internal tag "rotation" that validates this orientation. but often, beginning and ending of the video are unusable (for example wrong orientation at the beginning corrected after some seconds), so I have to cut the bad part. I use avidemux in copy mode, extremely fast. but (2) avidemux remove the rotation tag and the resulting video is now horizontal I know how to rotate a video with handbrake or ffmpeg, but with recoding, long and quality loss prone. How can I just keep the rotation tag or add it to the final video? THANKS JDD -- http://dodin.org

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Firefox refuses to open some links, some times.
by Carlos E. R. 19 Jul '21

19 Jul '21

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Firefox refuses to open some links, some times. I try to open this link I got on an email - it happens with several sites, this is just an example. https://youtu.be/qkZDn9O954U Nothing opens. I close the tab, open another tab, try again. I get a popup - see attached photo. If I clicl on "open with firefox", then I get the youtube page, but the video doesn't load - after all, it is a local file "file:///tmp/mozilla_cer0/watch" of html type. After opening a new tab several times and pasting the link, finally it opens. I am using UBlock, but also happens with Add Block Plus, or if I click disable on the current page. Most times it simply works, but a few times I hit a link that FF simply refuses to open, no message. Using Leap 15.2 and stock FF. - -- Cheers Carlos E. R. (from 15.2 x86_64 at Telcontar) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHoEARECADoWIQQZEb51mJKK1KpcU/W1MxgcbY1H1QUCYOQ11Bwccm9iaW4ubGlz dGFzQHRlbGVmb25pY2EubmV0AAoJELUzGBxtjUfVylYAn0MOgeWM2DOhX5n/8QWp LBai51iUAJ9e/E6vd/sb5UPVmEWo6gAzRdLXhw== =xxuc -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Re: OffTopic: (sorry)..Re: I told you...
by Alec Destry 18 Jul '21

18 Jul '21

----- Original Message ----- From: "Lew Wolfgang" <wolfgang(a)sweet-haven.com> To: <users(a)lists.opensuse.org> Sent: Sunday, July 18, 2021 9:56 AM Subject: Re: OffTopic: (sorry)..Re: I told you... > On 7/18/21 5:17 AM, L A Walsh wrote: >> On 2021/06/30 13:56, Carlos E. R. wrote: >>> >>> The right wing boss of Madrid closes down 2141 hospital beds till >>> October first, while patients in the waiting list has increased in 13000 >>> people. >>> >>> I told you. The right wing intentionally makes the health service works >>> badly. Then they create private hospitals instead. >> The right-wing (Republicans) in the US have been doing this for years. >> > > < snip of biased political content > > > Wouldn't this be better discussed on the offtopic list? We'd have a > lot of fun debating all the fine points without offending anyone. > > Anyone wishing to join can send an email to: > > offtopic-join(a)lists.opensuse.org > > Regards, > Lew > "Wouldn't this be better discussed on the offtopic list? We'd have a lot of fun debating all the fine points without offending anyone." --> I'll second that.

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I told you...
by Carlos E. R. 18 Jul '21

18 Jul '21

The right wing boss of Madrid closes down 2141 hospital beds till October first, while patients in the waiting list has increased in 13000 people. I told you. The right wing intentionally makes the health service works badly. Then they create private hospitals instead. https://www.elsaltodiario.com/coronavirus/ayuso-cierra-mas-de-2000-camas-es… Meanwhile, Madrid is vaccinating 24 hours a day. Yes, nights too. They have a million vaccines not used. And, they are going to use private companies next to inject them. They are that inept. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from openSUSE 15.2 (Legolas))

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