August 2021 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

1-click install on remote server
by David T-G 30 Aug '21

30 Aug '21

Hi, all -- I have a desktop with KDE, and over in the closet I have a server. Conveniently, when I run yast2 in my xterm running an ssh session to the server, I get the YaST GUI up on my desktop screen; yay. But ... Is there a way to run the 1-click install remotely in much the same fashion? If I click on my desktop workstation, of course, it tries to install here, but I want it there. Can I download the 1-click content and run YaST on it, maybe? TIA & HAND :-D -- David T-G See http://justpickone.org/davidtg/email/ See http://justpickone.org/davidtg/tofu.txt

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Re: access windows partition
by Carlos E. R. 29 Aug '21

29 Aug '21

On 29/08/2021 20.14, Bill Swisher wrote: > >> An external disk, formatted exfat, perhaps, would work very nicely to >> exchange files between OSes or computers. > > I stick to ntfs, it works better across different things. As an > example, my TV's don't work with exfat but do with ntfs. That is true, I have one tv tuner, brand new, that doesn't do exfat :-( However, the exfat support in Linux I think is better than ntfs. It is documented by M$, maybe even opened. >> Small, rotating rust disks, can be purchased quite cheap nowdays. > > I carry 2 with me when I travel. A 2TB and a 5TB. The small one for > music and videos, plugs into the USB connector on a TV, and the larger > one for the latest, encrypted, backups. I have another set that's > off-site. For travel I prefer SSD, more robust to vibrations. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from oS Leap 15.2 x86_64 (Minas Tirith))

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openSUSE 15.3 KDE & Polkit without root
by Ciro Iriarte 29 Aug '21

29 Aug '21

Hello!, I need to use VMware Remote Console in 15.3 with KDE with users that don't hold root password. Currently kdesu asks for the root password while launching it, if I cancel the prompt it starts fine so I assume it's related to optional features like USB devices access. The users accessing this machine cannot be given root, I can setup sudo at most if needed. Reading around found some references to polkit (I'm clueless about it) and changing the "elevation" method for kdesu from su to sudo in a user profile (I need it system wide). Can anyone provide some guidance on the best way to solve this? Regards, CI.-

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cups print problem
by Istvan Gabor 28 Aug '21

28 Aug '21

Hello: This occurs in openSUSE Leap 15.1 with its default cups version (CUPS 2.2.7). I have a HP Laserjet P3015 printer attached to the computer via USB cable. The print queue setup is OK and many times printing occurs without any problem. But occasionally the printer completely freezes when I try to print something. I could not find out yet what causes the printer freezes. When the printer is frozen it doesn't print and even does not respond to any of its buttons. When this occurs the print job is halted and is stored in the print queue: > lpstat -o laserjet-3847 unknown 80896 Tue 10 Aug 2021 11:15:14 AM CEST > lpstat -p printer laserjet now printing laserjet-3847. enabled since Tue 10 Aug 2021 11:15:14 AM CEST Processing page 1... Here is my problem (apart from the printer freeze): If I restart (switch off and on) the printer, the print job is waiting quite long before printed. Eventually it gets printed but is takes several minutes. I would expect that after restarting the printer the print job is printed immediately. How could I achieve that? In /etc/cups/printers.conf file the ErrorPolicy is set to retry-job for the printer: <Printer laserjet> ... ErrorPolicy retry-job </Printer> Thanks in advance, Istvan

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Thunderbird on 15.3
by Frans de Boer 28 Aug '21

28 Aug '21

LS, I am still using Leap 15.2 due to all the negative messages about 15.3. However, currently Thunderbird under 15.2 is now so old, that it won't work anymore with data processed under Tumbleweed (they used to share the same data directory - just to avoid double the data and maintenance effort). Has anybody experience with this setup using leap 15.3 and Tumbleweed? 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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bad checksum file for openSUSE-Leap-15.3-DVD-x86_64-Current.iso
by Marc Chamberlin 28 Aug '21

28 Aug '21

Hello - Dunno if anyone cares to pay attention to a small detail but the sha256 checksum file at https://download.opensuse.org/distribution/leap/15.3/iso/openSUSE-Leap-15.3… references the wrong file. It is a small fix, just change the name to include the "Current" in the reference name since that is in the name of the associated iso download file. I didn't check but it might be wise to check other checksum files as well. 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 and the electronic signature is attached. If you know how, you can use my public key to prove this email indeed came from me and has not been modified in transit. My public key, which can be used for sending encrypted email to me also, 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 all this geek speak, no worries, just ignore this explanation and ignore the signature key attached to this email (it will look like gibberish if you open it) and/or ask me to explain it further if you like./)

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Videos no longer play
by James Knott 28 Aug '21

28 Aug '21

After updating to Leap 15.3, some videos stopped working. For example I can no longer play videos from CNN in Firefox, Seamonkey or Chromium, though I can in Edge. On the other hand, Youtube videos are fine. I have looked in Software Management for both codecs and mime for any clues, but nothing. Packman repository is enabled. This is with KDE. Any ideas? tnx jk

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Thunderbird
by Douglas McGarrett 27 Aug '21

27 Aug '21

The other day Thunderbird went bananas again and refused to accept any password, old or new. Looking on Firefox, there is a "cure" for this problem, BUT IT ONLY WORKS IN WINDOWS! It will continue to work OK in Linux AFTER you open Windows and follow instructions: In Thunderbird: Options > Security > Passwords Click on Saved Passwords Click on Show Passwords There will be two lines--mailbox incoming and mailbox outgoing. Highlight these lines (must do one at a time) and click Remove Close > click on OK to save options. Close and reopen Thunderbird. It will prompt for a password--I think it has to be a new one. Once you have done the above, and opened T/B in Windows, you will be able to open it in Linux, using the same password you just entered in Windows. AFAIK, it will now work the same on any computer you have, in either system, but have not tried it yet. --doug

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goodbye
by mcgarrett 27 Aug '21

27 Aug '21

After the lightning bolixed up all the computers, I bought a cheap refurb that had Windows10 Home on it. I decided to make a partition for OpenSUSE Leap 15.3. I used gparted to shrink windows and make a partition for Leap 15.3. I downloaded the latest version and installed it. It seems to have wiped out Windows and created for itself something that must be related to hell. Most of the apps that I could download and install on a version from last Fall are gone and unfindable, When I placed the few that I could find on the desktop, when I rebooted they were gone. So was Windows.The only thing I could do that remained was to get rid of the ugly stock desktop and replace it with something pleasant. I have used Linux for almost 20 years, and I really don't understand Windows, on a partially working machine, or want to, but I'm having to use it until I find a new Linux. WHAT HAVE YOU DONE? It's like KDE is GONE! The folks here on the mailing lists have been more than helpful to me, and I am grateful to them, but now I will have to find something--probably Mint with a KDE overlay--that I can live with. I will really miss the root version of Dolphin. Written from a badly damaged Windows computer (that has a usable Leap 15 on it) but still reads and sends mail on an ugly app from optimum.net. (Claws mail I never got to work.) --doug

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dracut runs mkinitrd after simple application installation
by George from the tribe 25 Aug '21

25 Aug '21

I am running Tumbleweed on a new laptop and just ran into something interesting. I wanted to install gparted to use as a utility, and so after setting up the install, it looks like dracut ran my system through mkinitrd. Just curious as to why - I have both Gnome and KDE installed on my system, but I did not expect this. I don't think gparted executes anything that has to do with the boot sequence, right?

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