June 2022 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Network Manager
by Wolfgang Mueller 13 Jun '22

13 Jun '22

I tried to install the Network Manager in the following way: Yast > System > Network Settings > Global Options > Network Setup Method > ( Wicked Service | Network Manager | Network Services Disabled ) After selecting "Network Manager" and clicking "ok", the following warning message appeared in a small pop-up window: Applet needed NetworkManager is controlled by desktop applet (KDE plasma widget and nm-applet for GNOME). Be sure it's running and if not, start it manually. How and where can I get the KDE plasma widget mentioned in the previous message and how do I install and start it? How do I program the Network Manager? Thanks in advance for your help? Wolfgang

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Change install method
by James Knott 13 Jun '22

13 Jun '22

For years, I have been copying the full ISO to a USB stick for installation. I just realized I should now be using the NET install image, because my Internet speed is faster than USB 2! Until a couple of years ago, my download bandwidth was 75 Mb or less. It's now officially 500 Mb, but actually around 900 Mb. USB 2 tops out 480, assuming appropriate hardware.

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Zypper DL hang
by bent fender 12 Jun '22

12 Jun '22

It often happens that some package download hangs at some % which forces the user into retry/abort/ignore. Sometimes the same file(s) will hang for a day or two, or weeks. Why do they make the list at all if they don't download proper? Retry seldom fixes the problem, aborting was not the purpose behind launching zypper, and ignore just skips the download. Then comes the misleading message "Installation has completed with error" which SHOULD be "Installation aborted due to incomplete download". Maybe the options should include "abort, skip, redo-depends and keep truckin'"? Right now it's these 2: @ 64%: libx264-161-32bit-0.161+git20200912.d198931a-2.34.x86_64.rpm @ 65%: transcode-1.1.7-11.46.x86_64.rpm

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External hard drive failing?
by Jeffrey Taylor 12 Jun '22

12 Jun '22

I have a Verbatim external USB 3.0 hard drive. For the second time in a month, my laptop running Leap 15.3, fails to recognize when it's plugged in. The light on the drive lights up when it's plugged in, sothe drive recognizes the laptop. The laptop is a Lenovo T520. The ports are USB 2.0. Rebooting the laptop does not help. Shutting the laptop for an hour does help. Any of this sound familiar? Is USB port failing? Probably not, same thing happens regardless of which port the hard drive is plugged into. Hard drive failing or something in the kernel messing up? TIA, Jeffrey

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[Leap 15] Anyone using ProtonVPN with openSUSE?
by Bob Williams 12 Jun '22

12 Jun '22

Has anyone successfully setup ProtonVPN with openSUSE? If so, can they point me to an idiot's guide, please? Proton supply a desktop app for Fedora and other RPM based distributions, but not for openSUSE. My system is a fully up-to-date Leap 15.4. openvpn is installed. I've tried installing the CLI NetworkManager scripts (eg. ch-uk-01.protonvpn.com.udp) with the following settings Gateway: 185.159.157.12 Connection type: Password CA Certificate: ~/.local/share/networkmanagement/certificates/ch-uk-01.protonvpn.com.udp/ca.crt Username: my proton username copied from my Proton account settings Password: my proton password copied from my Proton account settings IPv4 Method: Automatic IPv6 Method: Automatic However, nothing happens when I click on Connect in NetworkManager. Thank you Bob -- Bob Williams

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Fwd: After installing Leap 15.4, zypper and YaST can't see repositories.
by Darryl Gregorash 11 Jun '22

11 Jun '22

Felix Miata posted this message to the Support list yesterday. So can we please cease all the talk about broken this or that, or even (gasp) some possible conspiracy at o.o to baffle mere mortals. The mirrors are largely broken, so be patient until they are fixed. Go directly to the best mirror for your location (you can get the list on the get.o.o page) and download matching ISO and checksum files. Perhaps someone from the oS admin team would be so kind as to post here and in Support when the mirror problems have been fixed? -------- Forwarded Message -------- J Leslie Turriff composed on 2022-06-10 19:47 (UTC-0500): ... Based on what I've seen on IRC opensuse-admin today, going back many hours, they have been trying to sort out complicated mirror and redirection problems. -- 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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Leap 15.4 offline image fails check
by James Knott 11 Jun '22

11 Jun '22

After downloading the ISO and sha256sum files, I checked the integrity, but it failed. > sha256sum -c openSUSE-Leap-15.4-DVD-x86_64-Media.iso.sha256 sha256sum: openSUSE-Leap-15.4-DVD-x86_64-Media.iso: No such file or directory openSUSE-Leap-15.4-DVD-x86_64-Media.iso: FAILED open or read sha256sum: WARNING: 1 listed file could not be read I then copied the ISO to a USB stick, using SUSE Studio Imagewriter and booted the image to do media check, but it failed.

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Re: SMS vs whatever
by Per Jessen 11 Jun '22

11 Jun '22

jdd(a)dodin.org wrote: > Le 28/05/2022 à 17:54, Patrick Shanahan a écrit : > >> nothing is free (of charge) but hidden within (THE plan). but yes, >> sms does not incur *additional* charges on most accounts now, but did >> in the past. >> > > still do :-( Not for about ten years. (in my case). > I can phone for free to my LA living daugther, but If I send her a > SMS, I'm charged :-(, whats'app, messenger are free :-( Okay, so intercontinental SMS'es have a price :-) I can also come up with exceptions to prove the rule, equally far fetched. Specifically wrt SMS, in my business we have been using it for 15+ years for sending critical system alerts. Apart from having to change the setup, if I can post secure messages to Telegram/Discord/Matrix from the command line (from a script), I might have a look. (provided those services are as reliable as the telcos). -- Per Jessen, Zürich (18.9°C) Member, openSUSE Heroes

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Why does "zypper up" show updates that will NOT be installed, but "zypper dup" omits them?
by David C. Rankin 11 Jun '22

11 Jun '22

All, After 15.4 was official, I went with a zypper up for updates today and was presented with: The following 31 package updates will NOT be installed: desktop-data-openSUSE icewm icewm-default icewm-lang icewm-theme-branding keepassxc keepassxc-lang libKF5Cddb5 libKF5Kipi32_0_0 libKF5MediaWiki5 libavcodec57 libavformat57 libavutil55 libkcddb libkcddb-lang libpostproc54 libpython2_7-1_0 libswresample2 libvlc5 libvlccore9 patterns-devel-python-devel_python3 pdftk python-rpm-generators python-rpm-macros python3-dbus-python vlc vlc-codec-gstreamer vlc-lang vlc-noX vlc-qt vlc-vdpau (there were 16 packages to update) Trying, I gave another "zypper dup" and it omitted the "updates will NOT be installed:" list, but provided the same 16 packages to update. Why the "updates will NOT be installed:" list with "zypper up" and not with "zypper dup"? Will the "updates will NOT be installed:" just get bigger and bigger with time? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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Connection refused
by Wolfgang Mueller 11 Jun '22

11 Jun '22

Yesterday I upgraded one of my computers to Leap 15.4. Everything works fine except for problems with the network. When I try to connect to it from outside by ssh, it answers: ssh: connect to host az port 22: Connection refused At first I thought it was a firewall problem. So, I stopped firewalld and changed the start mode to "manual" in yast. But that did not help. How can I allow connections from outside again? Thank you in advance, Wolfgang

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