August 2022 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

missing kernel source for 5.18.12-lp154.5-default
by Boyd Lynn Gerber 16 Aug '22

16 Aug '22

Hello, I'm trying to get my VM Workstation 16 Pro working. I need the source to compile vmware-host-modules-workstation-16.2.4. I booted this kernel. Where may I get the source? All I have is 5.14.21-150400.24.18-default Regards, -- Boyd Gerber <gerberb(a)zenez.com> 801 849-0213 ZENEZ 1042 East Fort Union #135, Midvale Utah 84047

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NetworkManager
by Wolfgang Mueller 16 Aug '22

16 Aug '22

I have to computers, - "hewpac" with Leap 15.2 installed and - "azure" with Leap 15.4, both working under KDE and connected to the router via WiFi. For a long time, both worked under the so-called Wicked connection. But yesterday in the morning, this type of connection failed. Consequently I had to select NetworkManager for having them connected. After an hour, the NetworkManager connection of "azure" (Leap 15.4) failed, and since then it cannot be re-established any more. When i click the "Networks" mini-icon in the panel, four routers in the neighborhood are listed under "Available connections", but mine is not. What can I do for making it find my router again? Thank you in advance for your help. Best regards, Wolfgang

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Build libheif to support heif-convert of Apple .heic files to .jpg/.png (and enable open by Gimp)
by David C. Rankin 12 Aug '22

12 Aug '22

All, If you have ever been stuck with a native iPhone .heic file on Linux it is a pain in the .... However, you can simply rebuild the current source package for 15.4 (or 15.3, etc..): http://download.opensuse.org/source/distribution/leap/15.4/repo/oss/src/lib… using rpmbuild and the "--with x265" option to enable building with libde265-0 and libx265-199 (both from packman) which will build the heif-examples package that provides: /usr/bin/heif-convert /usr/bin/heif-enc /usr/bin/heif-info /usr/bin/heif-thumbnailer You will also need to install the corresponding -devel packages as well along with librav1e0 and rav1e-devel, and libaom3 and libaom-devel. The list of subpackages created using the x265 option are: gdk-pixbuf-loader-libheif heif-examples libheif-devel libheif1 The available gimp-plugin-heif, allows Gimp to open .heic files directly after you have build and installed the updated version. You will also need to create a *.heic *.HEIC file association for whatever desktop you are using in order to enable the rt-click context menu "Open with Gimp". Primary use I have is simply to convert the same .heic files I get sent. After the updated package is installed, it's as simple as: $ heif-convert file.heic file.jpg I hacked a spec together which worked swimmingly, to ask on the packaging list about handing a couple of conflicts only to find the conditional build in the current openSUSE srpm already provided a path. Hopefully this will save some other soul the same grief. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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[oS-en] Recovering dead text file
by Carlos E. R. 11 Aug '22

11 Aug '22

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, Yesterday I powered down the computer (not hibernated as usual). I was editing a text file with jstar (aka joe) and told it to save the file. But I failed somehow, because yesterday edit is not there, is lost. Not a big deal, I know what it was and can redo. If I try to edit the file again, it knows: Locked by cer(a)Telcontar.403. (S)teal lock, (I) edit anyway, (Q) cancel edit? I could just steal lock, but I'm curious whether I might recover the lost edit. Where is it, if it is somewhere? The edit command line is called: jstar howto I see in the last files of the home dir: lrwxrwxrwx 1 cer users 17 Aug 9 19:55 .#howto -> cer(a)Telcontar.403 - -rw------- 1 cer users 4707 Aug 10 12:01 .joe_state But those are not the edited file copy. And "cer(a)Telcontar.403" does not exist. It is not in tmp: cer@Telcontar:~> ls /tmp/j* ls: cannot access '/tmp/j*': No such file or directory cer@Telcontar:~> So, does jstar, aka joe, save a temporary file with the edit somewhere? There is a "JOE" file in home dir with old aborted edits, but it is dated 2007. - -- Cheers Carlos E. R. (from 15.3 x86_64 at Telcontar) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHoEARECADoWIQQZEb51mJKK1KpcU/W1MxgcbY1H1QUCYvOF4Rwccm9iaW4ubGlz dGFzQHRlbGVmb25pY2EubmV0AAoJELUzGBxtjUfV18oAnAxanSh2BLy7rvV009og iZ/apGGZAJ9qDr/ZMjfGIOgBqn7YFZlBbwWBZg== =ik6S -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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logrotate, systemd, stopped rotating a log
by joe a 11 Aug '22

11 Aug '22

Leap 15.3. Some time back got logrotate working to rotate fetchmail logs. Found that it seems to be no longer rotating that file. I noticed the logrotate.conf file is empty. Before delving any further I wanted to assure or disabuse myself of the notion that it matters not, as long as the proper configurations are in /etc/logrotate.d/def_for_my_log.

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skype unusable after latest update
by Constant Brouerius van Nidek 10 Aug '22

10 Aug '22

Using Skype for a very long time but this is the first time that it only shows two big frame of me and my contact. Not very nice and every effort to get it working with the big frame with my contact and myself in a small picture in the right side of the screen was unsuccessful. How to get a useful Skype back

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Re: skype unusable after latest update
by Adam Majer 10 Aug '22

10 Aug '22

Hi, This I don't know. I'm not sure what is the problem, but I think I've had similar thing few years ago when we had Skype. The solution was to use the web version with Google Chrome. You *may* get some additional diagnostic info what is going on if you try to launch it from command line and see what is printed there. - Adam PS. Please reply to list so that others can see and help you. I'm not an expert on Skype :-) On 8/10/22 14:21, Constant Brouerius van Nidek wrote: > TW, yes that what I am running. What causes the problem? Would an older > version of Skype be a solution >> https://web.skype.com/ >> >> And they support Google Chrome as browser, not Firefox or Chromium.

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upgrading *and* migrating
by David T-G 10 Aug '22

10 Aug '22

Hi, all -- It's long past time diskfarm:~ # cat /etc/os-release NAME="openSUSE Leap" VERSION="15.2" ID="opensuse-leap" ID_LIKE="suse opensuse" VERSION_ID="15.2" PRETTY_NAME="openSUSE Leap 15.2" ANSI_COLOR="0;32" CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:opensuse:leap:15.2" BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.opensuse.org" HOME_URL="https://www.opensuse.org/" to upgrade diskfarm. It is also, coincidentally, time to add a mirror drive, which of course one can't do on the running system. Soooo ... Can I *upgrade* my system to another partition, like one on the new mirror? Or how (rsync? cp -a? cpio? tar? ...) can I copy the old partition content to a new slice of slightly different size (around the RAID metadata) to then boot from it instead, and then update? [I actually have two identical slices on the drive and use dd to copy over as a backup before upgrading, but dd won't work here.] I am, of course, seeking the simplicity of an upgrade while retaining the security of falling back to the old installation if needed, all in the same timeframe as adding the mirror because, well, duh :-) TIA & HAND :-D -- David T-G See http://justpickone.org/davidtg/email/ See http://justpickone.org/davidtg/tofu.txt

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ntfs-3g versus ntfs3
by Simon Becherer 10 Aug '22

10 Aug '22

Hi, only for the record, sitting here for about a half day to figure out a problem using systemrescuecd version 9.0.2 and 9.0.4 making backup of a ntfs (windows 10 embeddend) drive: command is: mount -t ntfs3 /dev/sda2 /mnt/sda2 tar -c -v -j --ignore-failed-read -f /mnt/nfs/simon/Dokumente/sda2-lind-NEU.tar.bz2 sda2 2>/mnt/nfs/simon/Dokumente/sda2-lind-NEU-tar-error.txt will stop about 6.2gb with drop of iptables and other error messages / stuck of complete system. ================== ntfs-3g /dev/sda2 /mnt/sda2 tar -c -v -j --ignore-failed-read -f /mnt/nfs/simon/Dokumente/sda2-lind-NEU.tar.bz2 sda2 2>/mnt/nfs/simon/Dokumente/sda2-lind-NEU-tar-error.txt this will work. ============ so in my opinion, the "new" kernel ntfs driver is not ready to use. i do not know if this problems is known at linux kernel developer. have made about 10-20 tests, always same result. simoN -- www.becherer.de ----------------------------------------------- - Das ist die vorlaeufig endgueltige Version! - Herbert C. Maier Dipl.-Ing. (FH) -----------------------------------------------

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viewing local shtml pages in browser
by gumb 09 Aug '22

09 Aug '22

Once upon a time, in a land not far away, I created an Intranet site for my former company. This was back in the 2000s. It was a relatively simple static HTML site but certain page elements were pulled via Server Side Includes. I keep copies of that and other static HTML sites I created in local directories on my PC, not in a local server like /srv/www, there's no need, just in my home directory. I can still view all my other sites from there no problem in Firefox. I haven't looked at that Intranet site for a year or two, but now it doesn't work. Only the initial index.html page is plain HTML with no SSI, and fully viewable. All the other pages have an .shtml extension, so in the past I would have to forgo seeing certain non-loaded page elements in menus and title bars, and just navigate using the links in the main part of the view, which was good enough to still access all the main content. Now, clicking a link in Firefox from the index to any other page brings up a dialog box requesting which program I want to use to open the file. Firefox itself is the only suggestion and hence default option, so if I click OK it opens a new blank tab and throws up the dialog box again, and again, for eternity, without showing the page. The only two browsers I have installed on 15.4 are Firefox and Konqueror. I tried copying and pasting the URL into Konqueror, but when I hit Enter it just switches back to Firefox and presents the same dialog box. Indeed, I note that now Konqueror will only show pages on the web and doesn't want to show any local page, always directing me back to Firefox. This wasn't the case in the past. I've looked in Konqueror's settings and tried using the different view modes, e.g. KHTML, WebKit, but can't find a workaround there. I assume there's some security-based rationale for not showing these pages but I don't know at what level and whether I can override it. I've checked in Dolphin that shtml files are associated by default to open with Firefox. Anybody know a config option or other way to view such pages, or a browser which definitely still displays them? gumb

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