October 2022 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[oS-en] LibreOffice Base: is there a tutorial or doc for table views?
by Carlos E. R. 29 Oct '22

29 Oct '22

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, Is there there a tutorial or doc for LO table views? I can't find it. I have created a table view, and it displays empty, so obviously I need a read of something. (I have a view created in rekall which works in rekall, but not in LO) - -- Cheers Carlos E. R. (from 15.3 x86_64 at Telcontar) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHoEARECADoWIQQZEb51mJKK1KpcU/W1MxgcbY1H1QUCY1kZ9xwccm9iaW4ubGlz dGFzQHRlbGVmb25pY2EubmV0AAoJELUzGBxtjUfV5BAAmQFtdknhMl5JoBFO9abE /wtmzmOMAJ918hN0pu1syLpaZDRWKh4NUNsIRg== =3NX0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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startkde: Could not start kdeinit5. Check your installation.
by Marc Chamberlin 29 Oct '22

29 Oct '22

Hello - I have a recalcitrant computer running OpenSuSE 15.3 that is refusing to start the KDE/Plasma desktop. After login I get a dialog box saying "startkde: Could not start kdeinit5. Check your installation." Despite the fact that the KDE/Plasma desktop won't start, I can SSH into the system and everything else (processes, services) I want running do start up OK. In the file /var/log/warn I do see a couple of messages that are of concern, one in particular - > 2022-10-24T21:58:44.060159-07:00 nova ksplashqml[2832]: > QCoreApplication::arguments: Please instantiate the QApplication > object first > 2022-10-24T21:58:44.121497-07:00 nova startplasma-x11[2751]: > "/usr/lib64/libexec/kf5/start_kdeinit_wrapper" ("--kded", > "+kcminit_startup") exited with code 127 The startplasma-x11 error is the one I think I should be most concerned about. Google tells me that an exit with code 127 means there is a missing or unreadable file. I checked to see if "/usr/lib64/libexec/kf5/start_kdeinit_wrapper" exists and it does. > nova:/usr/lib64/libexec/kf5 # ll /usr/lib64/libexec/kf5/start_kdeinit* > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 10616 Aug 26 2021 > /usr/lib64/libexec/kf5/start_kdeinit > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 6376 Aug 26 2021 > /usr/lib64/libexec/kf5/start_kdeinit_wrapper start_kdeinit_wrapper is not a txt file so I am unable to inspect it any further. I also searched for a file called "kcminit_startup" and found it at > nova:/ # find /usr -name kcminit_startup -print > /usr/bin/kcminit_startup I also ran zypper up to make sure I had all the latest versions of software installed on this system, and I used YaST2 to find any package with files that had "kdeinit" in their provides or file lists and forced those packages to be updated as well. That is about as far as my debugging skills can take me, any kind gurus around who can help me get this beast going? Thanks as always, in advance. 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 OpenPGP electronic signature is added as an attachment. 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 OpenPGP 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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Thunderbird locks. [Was SUSE-SU-2022:3800-1: important: Security update for MozillaThunderbird]
by Carlos E. R. 27 Oct '22

27 Oct '22

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday, 2022-10-27 at 18:22 +0200, opensuse-security(a)opensuse.org wrote: Thunderbird goes to 120% CPU when reading some Usenet groups. It can not even repaint the window. Previous version did the same, but worse. Only solution is to kill it externally and restart it crossing fingers. LOG from local proxy: <7.7> 2022-10-27T21:44:55.490871+02:00 Telcontar leafnode 574 - - markinterest: sci.electronics.design touched ctime <7.7> 2022-10-27T21:44:55.490954+02:00 Telcontar leafnode 574 - - >221 user-agent: header (from article files) for postings 65631-67059: <7.7> 2022-10-27T21:45:08.509136+02:00 Telcontar leafnode 574 - - <ARTICLE 67034 <7.7> 2022-10-27T21:45:08.509565+02:00 Telcontar leafnode 574 - - markinterest: sci.electronics.design touched ctime <7.7> 2022-10-27T21:45:08.509648+02:00 Telcontar leafnode 574 - - >220 67034 <61b3fa93-8f7f-4231-afa8-7a67c9f31086n(a)googlegroups.com> article retrieved - text follows <7.7> 2022-10-27T21:45:11.317053+02:00 Telcontar leafnode 574 - - <GROUP rec.arts.tv <7.7> 2022-10-27T21:45:11.317154+02:00 Telcontar leafnode 574 - - marked group rec.arts.tv interesting <7.7> 2022-10-27T21:45:11.317224+02:00 Telcontar leafnode 574 - - markinterest: rec.arts.tv touched ctime <7.7> 2022-10-27T21:45:11.317278+02:00 Telcontar leafnode 574 - - >211 219323 3 219325 rec.arts.tv group selected <7.7> 2022-10-27T21:45:11.333349+02:00 Telcontar leafnode 574 - - <XOVER 3-219325 <7.7> 2022-10-27T21:45:11.333476+02:00 Telcontar leafnode 574 - - markinterest: rec.arts.tv touched ctime <7.7> 2022-10-27T21:45:11.562841+02:00 Telcontar leafnode 574 - - >224 Overview information for postings 3-219325: <7.7> 2022-10-27T21:45:51.316135+02:00 Telcontar leafnode 574 - - <XHDR newsgroups 3-219325 <7.7> 2022-10-27T21:45:51.316280+02:00 Telcontar leafnode 574 - - markinterest: rec.arts.tv touched ctime <7.7> 2022-10-27T21:45:51.316329+02:00 Telcontar leafnode 574 - - >221 newsgroups: header (from article files) for postings 3-219325: <7.7> 2022-10-27T21:45:53.729587+02:00 Telcontar leafnode 574 - - <XHDR user-agent 3-219325 <7.7> 2022-10-27T21:45:53.729703+02:00 Telcontar leafnode 574 - - markinterest: rec.arts.tv touched ctime <7.7> 2022-10-27T21:45:53.729746+02:00 Telcontar leafnode 574 - - >221 user-agent: header (from article files) for postings 3-219325: - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. (from openSUSE 15.3 x86_64 at Telcontar) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHoEARECADoWIQQZEb51mJKK1KpcU/W1MxgcbY1H1QUCY1rhfxwccm9iaW4ubGlz dGFzQHRlbGVmb25pY2EubmV0AAoJELUzGBxtjUfVeWkAoIXjyRiSs1pHOXMSJKBq udBMre+VAJ96FucaPsaDo/ctyVKhZ4AMEJqy/Q== =zuSX -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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How to delete obs page
by Klaus Vink Slott 25 Oct '22

25 Oct '22

Hi does any of you know: I received a friendly reminder if I could remove my project from Open Build Service as I have not used it for long. Indeed I have not and I have checked that others have now made packages for the same software. Problem now is that I cant find out how to delete it via the project page on build.opensuse.org. I found the "Actions on this page" and used "Request delete" but that just sends me another email request to delete it. Will the project still be deleted automatically in NN days - or will my own request to delete it now be counted as project activity, and upset the deletion :-( -- Regards Klaus

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flatpak errors
by Marc Chamberlin 24 Oct '22

24 Oct '22

Hi - I am getting a lot of flatpak errors on systems running OpenSuSE 15.3 with the KDE / Plasma desktop. > 2022-10-24T09:56:28.094560-07:00 nova systemd[2766]: Failed to open > "/var/lib/flatpak/exports/share/systemd/user", ignoring: Permission denied > 2022-10-24T09:56:29.075317-07:00 nova dbus-daemon[2785]: Cannot setup > inotify for '/var/lib/flatpak/exports/share/dbus-1/services'; error > 'Permission denied' > 2022-10-24T09:56:36.237487-07:00 nova at-spi-bus-laun[2922]: Unable to > open /var/lib/flatpak/exports/share/dconf/profile/user: Permission denied > 2022-10-24T09:56:36.770528-07:00 nova xdg-desktop-por[2958]: Unable to > open /var/lib/flatpak/exports/share/dconf/profile/user: Permission denied > 2022-10-24T09:56:36.924541-07:00 nova xdg-desktop-por[2934]: Unable to > open /var/lib/flatpak/exports/share/dconf/profile/user: Permission denied My investigation shows that the directory /var/lib/flatpak/exports does not exist - > nova:/var/log # cd /var/lib/flatpak > nova:/var/lib/flatpak # ls -al > total 12 > d--------- 3 root root 4096 Aug 17 2020 . > drwxr-xr-x 67 root root 4096 Mar 15 2022 .. > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Aug 17 2020 .changed > drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4096 Aug 17 2020 repo > I tried using zypper up and yast2 to replace all packages with "flatpak" in their description or name but no joy solving this. Any flatpak gurus around who can help me resolve these errors? Thanks, 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 OpenPGP electronic signature is added as an attachment. 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 OpenPGP 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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Adaptable Linux Platform v0.01 shows that the future of SLE is containerized
by David C. Rankin 23 Oct '22

23 Oct '22

Seems our worst fears are valid: https://www.theregister.com/2022/10/05/suse_alp_v001/?utm_source=daily&utm_… -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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[oS-en] Can not open an existing mysql database in Libre Office. [and Solved]
by Carlos E. R. 22 Oct '22

22 Oct '22

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I'm trying to open an existing mysql database using LO. I'm following the tutorial for 7.3 https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/images/9/99/GS7308-GettingStartedWithBa… https://nextcloud.documentfoundation.org/s/BimPSBPLf3TRbTR I click "Create Base Database". I get a window exactly as in the tutorial, "Figure 93: Step 2 of Database Wizard: Set up MySQL connection" (<https://nextcloud.documentfoundation.org/s/BimPSBPLf3TRbTR>) I enter database details. It matches "Figure 94: Step 3 of Database Wizard: Set up MySQL server data", except on the database name, which is mine, of course: Biblioteca Server: localhost Then I have to enter user name, password required, exactly as "Figure 95: Step 4 of Database Wizard: Set up user authentication" says. On first attempt, I always get an error on connection test. Now I try to repeat in order to post the error, but Base is not colaborating. So I click "next". I select "Yes, register the database for me" and "open the database for editing", then Finish. And this time it works, I can save. The previous time the "finish" window did not disapear, and LO crashed. So I was typing this as I went through the details, to ask you... But this time all is working. Heisenbug. - -- Cheers Carlos E. R. (from 15.3 x86_64 at Telcontar) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHoEARECADoWIQQZEb51mJKK1KpcU/W1MxgcbY1H1QUCY1KXRBwccm9iaW4ubGlz dGFzQHRlbGVmb25pY2EubmV0AAoJELUzGBxtjUfVu7kAniDcxgEecQfTm4CzmDtG uhYkfT+rAJ0YUStCdQzODkl07UjZ2uKGUfO3AQ== =y1X6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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devel:/languages:/python/15.3/ gone
by Roger Oberholtzer 22 Oct '22

22 Oct '22

The repository devel:/languages:/python/15.3/ seems to have gone away. However, 15.4 and Tumbleweed are there. Anyone know the reason? -- Roger Oberholtzer

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software.opensource.org search not working for 15.4 ?
by Mikhail Ramendik 17 Oct '22

17 Oct '22

Hello, So, I wanted to check out the kernel version in OpenSuse Leap 15.4. I go to https://software.opensuse.org/ , select Leap 15.4, enter "kernel"... and it finds nothing. For 15.2 it works. I tried other searches (plasma, mc, python, bash) with 15.4 selected. Still nothing. Is this system now deprecated and if it is, what replaces it?.. -- Yours, Misha Ramendik Unless explicitly stated, all opinions in my mail are my own and do not reflect the views of any organization

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[oS-en] Thunderbird nuisance
by Carlos E. R. 17 Oct '22

17 Oct '22

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, Often when I change folder in Thunderbird the highlight goes to the top of the folder, instead of the bottom (new posts are at the bottom). Is there a way to make it always go to the bottom, or at least the previous position? Also, when I go to a folder, it expands one thread. Can this be disabled, and start always with all threads collapsed? - -- Cheers Carlos E. R. (from openSUSE Leap 15.3 at Legolas) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHoEARECADoWIQQZEb51mJKK1KpcU/W1MxgcbY1H1QUCY0fuPxwccm9iaW4ubGlz dGFzQHRlbGVmb25pY2EubmV0AAoJELUzGBxtjUfVfCUAniHi03+E8p1pRQSsS1Tg VjqHeG1PAJ9I1OwSPOO14GsA7956S/opvTNwRw== =rPyN -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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