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x11vnc failed on OpenSuSE 15.4
by Marc Chamberlin 26 Jul '22

26 Jul '22

Hi - I recently ported my x11vnc.service file from my OpenSuSE15.3 system to my new OpenSuSE15.4 system. It ran fine under 15.3 but now in the 15.4 system the x11vnc service fails to start. My x11vnc.service file is as follows - [Unit] Description=X11VNC Service After=multi-user.target [Service] Type=simple ExecStart=/usr/bin/x11vnc -display :0 -auth /home/marc/.Xauthority -forever -loop -noxdamage -repeat -rfbauth /etc/vncpasswd -o /var/log/x11vnc.log -rfbport 5900 -noipv6 -shared ExecStop=/usr/bin/x11vnc -R stop Restart=on-failure RestartSec=2 User=root Group=root [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target ------------------------------------ The x11vnc.log file shows the following - darkstar:/var/log #more x11vnc.log 17/07/2022 13:25:25 passing arg to libvncserver: -rfbauth 17/07/2022 13:25:25 passing arg to libvncserver: /etc/vncpasswd 17/07/2022 13:25:25 passing arg to libvncserver: -rfbport 17/07/2022 13:25:25 passing arg to libvncserver: 5900 17/07/2022 13:25:25 x11vnc version: 0.9.16 lastmod: 2019-01-05 pid: 30003 17/07/2022 13:25:25 XOpenDisplay("") failed. 17/07/2022 13:25:25 Trying again with XAUTHLOCALHOSTNAME=localhost ... 17/07/2022 13:25:25 17/07/2022 13:25:25 *** XOpenDisplay failed. No -display or DISPLAY. 17/07/2022 13:25:25 *** Trying ":0" in 4 seconds. Press Ctrl-C to abort. 17/07/2022 13:25:25 *** 1 2 3 ------------------------------------ So what changed with x11vnc between 15.3 and 15.4 and how do I get this working again? Thanks in advance for helping me! Marc C -- *"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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klogconsole gone
by Mark Hounschell 25 Jul '22

25 Jul '22

klogconsole - Tells the kernel to what terminal it should copy messages #'klogconsole -r 7' sends kernel messages to vt7. In leap-15 klogconsole was in the util-linux package. The command is now gone. How does one do this now? Regards Mark

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mount from tumbleweed to a win 98 shared folder
by Simon Becherer 24 Jul '22

24 Jul '22

Hi, in a local network from tumbleweed, i must have one or two times a year (or less) access to a windows 98 system running at a mechanical machine (no way to update). up to maybe last year (maybe the year before) this line was ok inside my automount file: plasma_c -fstype=cifs,username=yyyyyyyy,password=xxxxxx,uid=1000,gid=100,vers=1.0,sec=lanman,servern=yyyyyyy ://192.168.0.4/C i know sambafilesystem has disabled, oder meanwhile maybe drop unsecure lanman and maybe other things. so i got a error: kernel: Use of the less secure dialect vers=1.0 is not recommended unless required for access to very old servers kernel: CIFS: VFS: Use of the less secure dialect vers=1.0 is not recommended unless required for access to very old servers kernel: bad security option: lanman kernel: CIFS: VFS: bad security option: lanman is there a way to still access win98 from actual cifs/samba ???? man mount.cifs say: sec=arg Security mode. Allowed values are: • none - attempt to connection as a null user (no name) • krb5 - Use Kerberos version 5 authentication • krb5i - Use Kerberos authentication and forcibly enable packet signing • ntlm - Use NTLM password hashing • ntlmi - Use NTLM password hashing and force packet signing • ntlmv2 - Use NTLMv2 password hashing • ntlmv2i - Use NTLMv2 password hashing and force packet signing • ntlmssp - Use NTLMv2 password hashing encapsulated in Raw NTLMSSP message • ntlmsspi - Use NTLMv2 password hashing encapsulated in Raw NTLMSSP message, and force packet signing i tried ntlm: kernel: bad security option: ntlm kernel: CIFS: VFS: bad security option: ntlm then i tried none and i tried to do not use the "sec=...": kernel: CIFS: Attempting to mount \\192.168.0.4\C kernel: CIFS: VFS: cifs_mount failed w/return code = -13 ok, this could be, because in wind98 a username and password is set. did anybody know how to disable username and password in win98 (if this could work) or get access to the win98 shared folder with actual cifs/samba with the username/password on the win98 side ? and yes, google is not my friend, i found nothing useful. simoN -- www.becherer.de ----------------------------------------------- - Das ist die vorlaeufig endgueltige Version! - Herbert C. Maier Dipl.-Ing. (FH) -----------------------------------------------

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local mirror setup - no new rsync files
by Klaus Vink Slott 23 Jul '22

23 Jul '22

Can anybody spot what I am doing wrong? I have been banging my head in the wall for a couple of days now, I must have overlooked something obvious: I hacked this together: > #!/bin/bash > TDIR=/mirror > while read REPO > do > mkdir -p $TDIR/$REPO > /usr/bin/rsync -rlptyH --exclude-from=$TDIR/dontfetch.lst rsync.opensuse.org::opensuse-full/opensuse/$REPO/ $TDIR/$REPO --delay-updates --delete-delay -hi --stats > echo "Last fetch completed at $(date +'%Y%m%d-%H%M%S')" > $TDIR/$REPO/LastUpdated.txt > done < <(zypper repos --uri -E | cut -f7 -d'|' | cut -f4- -d'/' | grep '15.3/' | sed 's:/*$::') the last zypper statement generates the following list: > ~> echo $(zypper repos --uri -E | cut -f7 -d'|' | cut -f4- -d'/' | grep '15.3/' | sed 's:/*$::') > distribution/leap/15.3/repo/oss update/leap/15.3/backports distribution/leap/15.3/repo/non-oss distribution/leap/15.3/repo/oss update/leap/15.3/sle update/leap/15.3/oss update/leap/15.3/non-oss and > localadm@mirror:~> cat /mirror/dontfetch.lst > ARCHIVES.gz > aarch64/ > ppc/ > ppc64le/ > s390x/ > src Problem is that after the initial download ~ 4 days ago, it does not see any new files. Latest example: On a host not using my local mirror: > ~> rpm -qa | grep 'glibc-2.31-150300' > glibc-2.31-150300.37.1.x86_64 but on my mirror dont get any glibc > 31 > ~> find /mirror -name "glibc-2.31-150300*" > /mirror/update/leap/15.3/sle/x86_64/glibc-2.31-150300.20.7.x86_64.rpm > /mirror/update/leap/15.3/sle/x86_64/glibc-2.31-150300.26.5.x86_64.rpm > /mirror/update/leap/15.3/sle/x86_64/glibc-2.31-150300.26.5.x86_64.slsa_provenance.json > /mirror/update/leap/15.3/sle/x86_64/glibc-2.31-150300.26.5_150300.31.2.x86_64.drpm > /mirror/update/leap/15.3/sle/x86_64/glibc-2.31-150300.31.2.x86_64.slsa_provenance.json > /mirror/update/leap/15.3/sle/x86_64/glibc-2.31-150300.9.12.1.x86_64.rpm -- Regards Klaus

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Getting started with Wine
by Siard 21 Jul '22

21 Jul '22

Having only a few 32-bit Windows applications, I installed wine-32bit in TW. But whatever I try with wine, I get these errors: $ wine ./<program>.exe err:environ:read_nls_file failed to load /usr/bin/../share/wine/nls/locale.nls err:environ:read_nls_file failed to load /usr/bin/../share/wine/nls/l_intl.nls wine: could not exec wineserver Has anybody succeeded in getting wine to work in TW?

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Tumbleweed + KDE: scripts for post-install configuration and upgrade
by Nicolas Kovacs 18 Jul '22

18 Jul '22

Hi, I've been a happy user of OpenSUSE Leap since 15.1, but it looks like Tumbleweed gets all the love, so I decided to give it a spin. Here's my post-install configuration script to turn a vanilla Tumbleweed + KDE installation into a full-blown Linux desktop with all the bells and whistles: https://gitlab.com/kikinovak/opensuse I've also included a script to upgrade OpenSUSE Leap to Tumbleweed, and I've tested it successfully on Leap 15.2, 15.3 and 15.4. Check out the detailed README on the page and post your requests and suggestions here. Cheers from the burning South of France, Niki -- Microlinux - Solutions informatiques durables 7, place de l'église - 30730 Montpezat Site : https://www.microlinux.fr Blog : https://blog.microlinux.fr Mail : info(a)microlinux.fr Tél. : 04 66 63 10 32 Mob. : 06 51 80 12 12

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15.4 Gimp - Howto Open .heic files? Installed heif plugin -- still won't work?
by David C. Rankin 18 Jul '22

18 Jul '22

All, How do I open .heic files with gimp? The heif plugin is supposed to do it, but after installing, gimp doesn't recognize the format. All I really need to do is convert the damn things to .jpg, but openSUSE doesn't offer libheif-examples which contains heif-convert that does the job. I've built from github, but get an error: $ heif-convert IMG_6267.heic IMG_6267.jpg File contains 1 image Could not decode image: 0: Unsupported feature: Unsupported codec It is using the proper libheif: $ ldd ~/bin/heif-convert linux-vdso.so.1 (0x00007ffc2c8d5000) libheif.so.1 => /home/david/tmp/libheifbld/libheif/libheif.so.1 (0x00007fbb14ab1000) libjpeg.so.62 => /usr/lib64/libjpeg.so.62 (0x00007fbb1480a000) libpng16.so.16 => /usr/lib64/libpng16.so.16 (0x00007fbb145c7000) libz.so.1 => /lib64/libz.so.1 (0x00007fbb143b0000) libstdc++.so.6 => /usr/lib64/libstdc++.so.6 (0x00007fbb13f9d000) libm.so.6 => /lib64/libm.so.6 (0x00007fbb13c52000) libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib64/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x00007fbb13a39000) libc.so.6 => /lib64/libc.so.6 (0x00007fbb13644000) libaom.so.3 => /usr/lib64/libaom.so.3 (0x00007fbb12e80000) libdav1d.so.5 => /usr/lib64/libdav1d.so.5 (0x00007fbb12afd000) /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00007fbb14de5000) libpthread.so.0 => /lib64/libpthread.so.0 (0x00007fbb128da000) libdl.so.2 => /lib64/libdl.so.2 (0x00007fbb126d6000) Anybody have a way to either make gimp work of convert these files in 15.4? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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Can't log into the forums
by Jon Cosby 17 Jul '22

17 Jul '22

I created a new account, but I can't log into the forums. I keep getting directed back to the idp portal. My credentials are accepted there, and I can log into the bug tracker. Who can I contact about this? Jon Cosby

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WiFi fails to authenticate several times.
by Jeffrey Taylor 17 Jul '22

17 Jul '22

I am using NetworkManager. When my laptop is opened after being suspended, it takes several minutes for the WiFi interface to come up. 'journalctl -f' reports several failed attempts to connect to the WiFi network: ul 17 08:48:27 viajero NetworkManager[1440]: <info> [1658065707.1758] device (wlan0): state change: prepare -> config (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed') Jul 17 08:48:27 viajero NetworkManager[1440]: <info> [1658065707.1762] device (wlan0): Activation: (wifi) access point 'Bearhouse' has security, but secrets are required. Jul 17 08:48:27 viajero NetworkManager[1440]: <info> [1658065707.1762] device (wlan0): state change: config -> need-auth (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed') Jul 17 08:48:27 viajero NetworkManager[1440]: <info> [1658065707.1765] sup-iface[0x55a80ad74130,wlan0]: wps: type pbc start... Jul 17 08:48:27 viajero NetworkManager[1440]: <info> [1658065707.2047] device (wlan0): supplicant interface state: ready -> disabled Jul 17 08:48:27 viajero NetworkManager[1440]: <warn> [1658065707.2060] device (wlan0): no secrets: No agents were available for this request. Jul 17 08:48:27 viajero NetworkManager[1440]: <info> [1658065707.2060] device (wlan0): state change: need-auth -> failed (reason 'no-secrets', sys-iface-state: 'managed') Jul 17 08:48:27 viajero NetworkManager[1440]: <warn> [1658065707.2074] device (wlan0): Activation: failed for connection 'Bearhouse' Jul 17 08:48:27 viajero NetworkManager[1440]: <info> [1658065707.2077] device (wlan0): state change: failed -> disconnected (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed') I don't understand what is going on here, too many moving parts. What agent is missing? Sometimes the error message mentions authentication taking too long. Fixes and explanation is welcome, Jeffrey

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laptop battery charging stategy (Plasma)
by gumb 17 Jul '22

17 Jul '22

I've heard and read many a time over recent years that the way batteries should be charged has changed. I've always been someone who lets devices run right down as low as I can before charging them back up to 100%. With one or two exceptions, this strategy still seems to work remarkably well for me, regardless of what others say. My previous Nokia phone would run for days under each charge, my current Android one goes five days or more between charges (I'm a light phone user), but conscious of this continual hounding from random people who may or may not be tech-inclined, and having both a laptop and a phone that offer flexi-charging options, I decided maybe I should change that strategy. So following a similar setting I just made on the Android phone, I set the Flexi-charging option in my Clevo laptop BIOS. It only allows adjustments in increments of 10%, so I set the lower Start point to 50% and the upper Stop point to 90%. Though I have a laptop, I almost always use it sat at my desk with it plugged in and hooked up to a bigger monitor and other peripherals. I like the versatility of taking my main PC with me on the odd occasion I go and stay with friends or family, but I don't frequent cafés with wifi because I'm not a hipster, and I'm terribly uncomfortable having the laptop on my lap or anywhere else. So for most of its life, it is plugged in being constantly topped up to 100%. Once or month or so I try to unplug it and use it on battery to let the battery drain and refill. When I do that, the laptop invariably throws a fit and suddenly warns about critical battery level even though it's still at about 45%, and switches off within a few seconds. I get these weird messages in my notifications: Message from syslogd@linux at Jul 3 15:34:04 ... kernel:[ 87.166486][ C0] Uhhuh. NMI received for unknown reason 20 on CPU 0. Message from syslogd@linux at Jul 3 15:34:04 ... kernel:[ 87.166498][ C0] Do you have a strange power saving mode enabled? Message from syslogd@linux at Jul 3 15:34:04 ... kernel:[ 87.166500][ C0] Dazed and confused, but trying to continue I don't think there's anything strange about my power-saving settings, it seems more likely the continual charging fools something in the subsystem as regards the actual charge level. Using flexi-charging is supposed to make battery reporting LESS accurate, but it's clearly already problematic. And usually, once I plug the laptop back in, the charge level shows back at 45%. So now having changed the BIOS setting, I see in Plasma (5.24) that the battery icon shows permanently in the system tray, because it's being constantly topped up... to 90%. I thought maybe what would happen is that it would decharge to 50% and then the charging would kick in and bring it back to 90%. I don't know if that would be better or worse, I can't see as hundreds of charge cycles will help, and in any case there's no options to set it to behave any differently, that would require additional software. Some of you must have a similar setup. What have your results been like with whatever charging strategy you use? I've had this laptop three years now and according to the Plasma Info Centre the battery health is at 94%, so it hasn't weathered badly. Should I abandon this experiment and disable the flexi-charging? The battery is replaceable anyway so if I really needed maximum battery life one day on this machine I could get another one. gumb

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