July 2022 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Server & desktop estate management
by Nicolas Kovacs 04 Jul '22

04 Jul '22

Hi, My question is not really specific to OpenSUSE, but here goes. On the latest count, I'm managing about a hundred installations: root servers, local servers, desktop PCs and laptops. Some of these are in our local school, some for a handful of companies all over France and even some in Belgium and Switzerland. Root servers are mostly Scaleway rentals in France. And then the inevitable desktops managed for friends and families. Over the years I've been using various methods to keep track of all these installations, notably specificities like BIOS configuration details, exotic hardware, extra applications besides those I usually install, etc. In the beginning it was just a simple text file per machine, then I moved on to the CherryTree note-taking application, but I'm still not satisfied with the current solution. Usually computer estate management software like GLPI or OSTicket can be relatively complex. I prefer to stick to the KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid) principle. So I'm curious: what methods do you use to keep an overview over your installations ? In a nutshell, the sort of file or series of files where you can get all the relevant information about an installation in a quick glance ? Thanks & cheers from 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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SOLVED Sane forgot genesys driver - a link from 2006 helped
by Markus Feilner 03 Jul '22

03 Jul '22

hi, my scanner was gone today. I mean it's literally here besides me, but my Tumbleweed had forgotten about it. Maybe because I don't use it that frequently. I had to add the line "genesys" (no quotes!) in /etc/sane.d/dll, which was empty, then Yast could configure it. Without that, Yast would complain: failed to configure genesys. This seems like an old mistake popping up again. Thanks to my former colleagues I could fix that on my system: https://www.linux-community.de/fragen/problem-mit-sane-genesys-genesys-konn… -- Best Regards - Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Markus Feilner, Feilner IT - 20 years of open services - https://nitter.net/mfeilner ------------------------- Digital sovereignty in three words: "Exit Strategy First!" Digitale Souveränität in Drei Worten. ------------------------- Digitale Souveränität, Nachhaltigkeit, Dokumentation Linux, Security, Strategy, Politics, Journalism, Networking. https://www.feilner-it.net, 93059 Regensburg Wöhrdstr. 10, +49 170 302 7092 (+Signal) PGP: 40A3C306F96133067C11CFD9A958A906268C9F0A http://www.feilner-it.net/files/MFpub.asc Xing: http://www.xing.com/profile/Markus_Feilner LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markusfeilner @mfeilner: Matrix, Jabber, Skype, Twitter, Diaspora, ...

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15.4 Install/Remove java-11-openjdk-javadoc leaves dangling symlinks??
by David C. Rankin 03 Jul '22

03 Jul '22

All, Is this a bug that needs reporting? On 15.4 I installed (zypper in) and removed (zypper rm) java-11-openjdk-javadoc. After removal dangling links were left at: # l /etc/alternatives/javadocdir lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 38 Jul 2 19:23 /etc/alternatives/javadocdir -> /usr/share/javadoc/java-11-openjdk/api and # l /usr/share/javadoc/java lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 28 Jul 2 19:23 /usr/share/javadoc/java -> /etc/alternatives/javadocdir Is it a bug? I certainly think the links should have been unlinked on package removal. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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15.4 - Thunderbird 90.10 - filters sorting mail into arbitrary folders
by David C. Rankin 02 Jul '22

02 Jul '22

All, I just got a shock today with Thunderbird 91.10 on 15.4. First indication something was whacked was 1/2 the mail from the linux-kernel list was in junk. Then checking the linux-raid folder I found all the messages from Simon on the factory list there. Has anyone else seen filter oddness or corruption on the current Thunderbird? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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sharp multifunction mx3060n printer
by Simon Becherer 02 Jul '22

02 Jul '22

Hi, not a specific opensuse question, but i try to ask first here: anybody using a sharp mx3060n (network) printer? i bought one used machine, printing fine, with the ppd file from sharp. (throwing away my more than 20 year old qms-minolta desklaser(s) 6100 - anybody need spare-parts or color toner?) but what is a good way to use the scanner and maybe the fax functionality? as i understood, scanner is able to scan to a network drive or the internal harddisk, and the internal harddisk could somehow used as a network drive. maybe its also possible to fax something if copy to that drive. but i have not understand how to set it up (printerside) or if there is a better way, so that i could use xane to scan direct from opensuse. (my preferred approach) regards, simoN -- www.becherer.de

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[oS-EN] Thunderbird trouble
by Carlos E. R. 01 Jul '22

01 Jul '22

Hi, After an update yesterday on this laptop (Leap 15.3) I'm seeing this messages, continuously, on the log: > <1.4> 2022-06-29 08:26:44 Legolas - 24006 - - ###!!! [Parent][DispatchAsyncMessage] Error: PClientManager::Msg_ExpectFutureClientSource Processing error: message was deserialized, but the handler returned false (indicating failure) > <1.4> 2022-06-29 08:26:44 Legolas - 24006 - - IPDL protocol error: Handler returned error code! > <1.4> 2022-06-29 08:26:44 Legolas - 24006 - - ###!!! [Parent][DispatchAsyncMessage] Error: PClientManager::Msg_ForgetFutureClientSource Processing error: message was deserialized, but the handler returned false (indicating failure) > <1.4> 2022-06-29 08:26:58 Legolas - 24006 - - IPDL protocol error: Handler returned error code! > <1.4> 2022-06-29 08:26:58 Legolas - 24006 - - ###!!! [Parent][DispatchAsyncMessage] Error: PClientManager::Msg_ExpectFutureClientSource Processing error: message was deserialized, but the handler returned false (indicating failure) > <1.4> 2022-06-29 08:26:58 Legolas - 24006 - - IPDL protocol error: Handler returned error code! > <1.4> 2022-06-29 08:26:58 Legolas - 24006 - - ###!!! [Parent][DispatchAsyncMessage] Error: PClientManager::Msg_ForgetFutureClientSource Processing error: message was deserialized, but the handler returned false (indicating failure) > <1.4> 2022-06-29 08:28:32 Legolas - 24006 - - IPDL protocol error: Handler returned error code! > <1.4> 2022-06-29 08:28:32 Legolas - 24006 - - ###!!! [Parent][DispatchAsyncMessage] Error: PClientManager::Msg_ExpectFutureClientSource Processing error: message was deserialized, but the handler returned false (indicating failure) > <1.4> 2022-06-29 08:28:39 Legolas - 24006 - - IPDL protocol error: Handler returned error code! > <1.4> 2022-06-29 08:28:39 Legolas - 24006 - - ###!!! [Parent][DispatchAsyncMessage] Error: PClientManager::Msg_ForgetFutureClientSource Processing error: message was deserialized, but the handler returned false (indicating failure) > <1.4> 2022-06-29 08:28:56 Legolas - 24006 - - IPDL protocol error: Handler returned error code! > <1.4> 2022-06-29 08:28:56 Legolas - 24006 - - ###!!! [Parent][DispatchAsyncMessage] Error: PClientManager::Msg_ExpectFutureClientSource Processing error: message was deserialized, but the handler returned false (indicating failure) > <1.4> 2022-06-29 08:28:57 Legolas - 24006 - - IPDL protocol error: Handler returned error code! > <1.4> 2022-06-29 08:28:57 Legolas - 24006 - - ###!!! [Parent][DispatchAsyncMessage] Error: PClientManager::Msg_ForgetFutureClientSource Processing error: message was deserialized, but the handler returned false (indicating failure) > cer@Legolas:~> ps afxu | grep 24006 > cer 24006 17.9 31.6 4422280 1244816 tty2 Sl+ 07:55 6:48 | | \_ /usr/lib64/thunderbird/thunderbird-bin > cer 24087 0.0 1.4 2588284 57256 tty2 Sl+ 07:55 0:01 | | \_ /usr/lib64/thunderbird/thunderbird-bin -contentproc -childID 1 -isForBrowser -prefsLen 1 -prefMapSize 329614 -jsInit 285636 -parentBuildID 20220525135609 -appdir /usr/lib64/thunderbird 24006 tab > cer 24159 0.0 1.3 2574900 52292 tty2 Sl+ 07:56 0:01 | | \_ /usr/lib64/thunderbird/thunderbird-bin -contentproc -childID 2 -isForBrowser -prefsLen 2167 -prefMapSize 329614 -jsInit 285636 -parentBuildID 20220525135609 -appdir /usr/lib64/thunderbird 24006 tab > cer 27607 0.0 0.0 10248 764 pts/12 S+ 08:33 0:00 | | \_ grep --color=auto 24006 > cer@Legolas:~> How do I stop that? -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from openSUSE 15.3 (Legolas))

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