December 2022 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Handbrake on new Leap 15.4 install
by Jeffrey Taylor 19 Dec '22

19 Dec '22

I have Leap 15.4 newly installed. HandBrakeGUI from packman repository doesn't seem to recognize any of the details of an MPEG file from Zoom. I can't clip the video using the seconds limits. VLC is installed from Packman and can play the video. That required install VLC and vlc-codecs from Packman. Am I missing codecs or something else from Packman? TIA, Jeffrey

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Re: Leap 15.4 hangs on Terminate Plymouth boot screen
by David C. Rankin 17 Dec '22

17 Dec '22

On 12/14/22 13:00, Jeffrey Taylor wrote: > After updating from 15.3 to 15.4 with "zypper dup", I can boot into runlevel 1 > and run startx. Runlevels 2, 3, and the default (multi-user GUI) hang at the > message in the title. Adding plymouth.enable at the end of the linux line in > grub changes nothing. Any ideas or resources to debug? This is a Lenovo T520. > > TIA, Jeffrey I have had this problem more times than I can remember on my laptop with a Nvidia card in it. Solution - nuke plymouth (my choice): # rpm -e plymouth-dracut plymouth-scripts plymouth-branding-openSUSE plymouth-plugin-script plymouth plymouth-plugin-label-ft or kernel pass the kernel parameter on the kernel command line: "plymouth.enable=0" You will never hang-on-shutdown again.... -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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Leap 15.4 hangs on Terminate Plymouth boot screen
by Jeffrey Taylor 17 Dec '22

17 Dec '22

After updating from 15.3 to 15.4 with "zypper dup", I can boot into runlevel 1 and run startx. Runlevels 2, 3, and the default (multi-user GUI) hang at the message in the title. Adding plymouth.enable at the end of the linux line in grub changes nothing. Any ideas or resources to debug? This is a Lenovo T520. TIA, Jeffrey

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Researchers smell a cryptomining Chaos RAT targeting Linux systems
by David C. Rankin 16 Dec '22

16 Dec '22

All, Something I hadn't heard of, but worth keeping an eye on: https://www.theregister.com/2022/12/13/cryptoming_chaos_rat_targets_linux/?… Courtesy of El Reg -- again... -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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Re: Leap 15.4 hangs on Terminate Plymouth boot screen
by Felix Miata 14 Dec '22

14 Dec '22

Jeffrey Taylor composed on 2022-12-14 16:37 (UTC-0600): > Tried escape after grub menu and enter after hang. Nothing happens. > Changing the kernel parameters as suggested does not change the end result. No kernel messages constituting clues appeared during boot? Did you wait a short while before trying ENTER? Like David, I don't have Plymouth installed. I've heard that there are configurations that require it, but never experienced same. During installation, I taboo it. Its primary function seems to be to emulate Windows boot, which is to say, hide boot messages with a graphic screen until login becomes possible. Have you tried waiting a few minutes before giving up? Certain types of hangs will clear of their own accord if you wait long enough, often 90 seconds, but I've run across problems what will take more than 13 minutes before a dracut or emergency shell appears to report trouble. Can you do journalctl -b -1 after runlevel 1 boot to find persistent journal reporting errors? If not, you may need to enable persistence in /etc/systemd/journald.conf, and create directory /var/log/journal, then attempt reboot at least once before finding a prior boot journal to examine. Booted to runlevel 1, is there ample freespace on /? -- Evolution as taught in public schools is, like religion, based on faith, not based on science. Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata

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15.4 - How to make Mic work with Discord -- fine with Audacity and arecord??
by David C. Rankin 14 Dec '22

14 Dec '22

All, Here is a strange issue. Never use discord, but needed to tonight. I can't get it to use my microphone. Audacity and arecord have no issue at all using the mic. The details are: $ arecord -L null Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture) speexrate Rate Converter Plugin Using Speex Resampler upmix Plugin for channel upmix (4,6,8) default:CARD=PCH HDA Intel PCH, 92HD81B1X5 Analog Default Audio Device sysdefault:CARD=PCH HDA Intel PCH, 92HD81B1X5 Analog Default Audio Device front:CARD=PCH,DEV=0 HDA Intel PCH, 92HD81B1X5 Analog Front output / input Audacity sees the mic without problems. For arecord, I specify -D front to tell it to use CARD=PCH,DEV=0. Discord on the other hand lists no audio devices in "Voice & Video" settings. The "INPUT DEVICE" and "OUTPUT DEVICE" are non-selectable -- but it thinks the mic is working (I can mute/unmute it) and I hear the other party on discord just fine. Anybody run into this? Any fix? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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Re: 15.4 - How to make Mic work with Discord -- fine with Audacity and arecord??
by David C. Rankin 13 Dec '22

13 Dec '22

On 12/13/22 03:29, Andrei Borzenkov wrote: >> ALSA works for everything else, so why not discord? >> > You pretend you do not know the answer? Because nobody cared enough to > implement it. Damn windows apps.... -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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Repo errors, SuSE 15.3x64
by Marc Chamberlin 13 Dec '22

13 Dec '22

Anyone know why, or can fix, the following error I am getting when I try to use the YaST2 software manager? I have had to disable them in order to use YaST software manager... Thanks up front, Marc An error occurred during repository initialization. [https-download.opensuse.org-a997148c|https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/SUSE:/SLE-15-SP1:/GA/pool/] Valid metadata not found at specified URL History: - [https-download.opensuse.org-a997148c|https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/SUSE:/SLE-15-SP1:/GA/pool/] Repository type can't be determined. An error occurred during repository initialization. [https-download.opensuse.org-35be7872|https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/SUSE:/SLE-15-SP2:/GA/pool/] Valid metadata not found at specified URL History: - [https-download.opensuse.org-35be7872|https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/SUSE:/SLE-15-SP2:/GA/pool/] Repository type can't be determined. An error occurred during repository initialization. [https-download.opensuse.org-c89bd434|https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/SUSE:/SLE-15-SP3:/GA/pool/] Valid metadata not found at specified URL History: - [https-download.opensuse.org-c89bd434|https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/SUSE:/SLE-15-SP3:/GA/pool/] Repository type can't be determined. An error occurred during repository initialization. [https-download.opensuse.org-47086a9e|https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/SUSE:/SLE-15-SP4:/GA/pool/] Valid metadata not found at specified URL History: - [https-download.opensuse.org-47086a9e|https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/SUSE:/SLE-15-SP4:/GA/pool/] Repository type can't be determined. -- *"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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15.4 - Why can't I lsattr on /run/netconfig/resolv.conf?
by David C. Rankin 11 Dec '22

11 Dec '22

All, This is strange, I can't list extended attributes on the real resolv.conf, e.g. # lsattr /run/netconfig/resolv.conf lsattr: Operation not supported While reading flags on /run/netconfig/resolv.conf or the same thing with realpath, e.g. # lsattr "$(realpath /etc/resolv.conf)" lsattr: Operation not supported While reading flags on /run/netconfig/resolv.conf I don't do a lot with extended attributes, but there are times I want to check or set them. Does the file have to previously have had the 'e' option set? If so, the man page for chattr say 'e' cannot be removed by chattr, so how would one set and remove the 'e' attribute if you no longer wanted extended attributes on the file? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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Linux in space (off-off-topic, but SCNR)
by Daniel Bauer 10 Dec '22

10 Dec '22

Astronauts use Linux because you can’t open windows in space. (source: https://twitter.com/engineers_feed) -- Daniel Bauer photographer Basel Málaga https://www.patreon.com/danielbauer https://www.daniel-bauer.com

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