October 2023 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[SLE] RealPlayer G2 on SuSe 6.2
by yh＠ottawa.com 03 Apr '24

03 Apr '24

Yesterday, I finally got sound going on my Linux setup. I downloaded RealPlayer G2 and it worked beautifully. Today, RealPlayer run but no sound coming out. All other sound functions still work. I can still play my CD, have system sound BUT no sound when I run RealPlayer. /var/log/message said kernel: Sound: DMA (output) timed out - IRQ/DRQ config error? but KDE sound still work. I have re-installed RealPlayer 3 times now, still no sound when I run the RealPlayer. Any help is appreciated. Ying yh(a)ottawa.com -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/

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[oS-en] iotop complains of missing feature in kernel
by Carlos E. R. 18 Feb '24

18 Feb '24

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 cer@Telcontar:~> sudo /usr/sbin/iotop -o -d 3.3333 Total DISK READ : 1169.77 K/s | Total DISK WRITE : 12.79 K/s Actual DISK READ: 1168.61 K/s | Actual DISK WRITE: 48.84 K/s TID PRIO USER DISK READ DISK WRITE SWAPIN IO> COMMAND 2041 be/4 news 490.70 K/s 0.00 B/s ?unavailable? texpire 9622 be/4 cer 0.00 B/s 6.98 K/s ?unavailable? firefox --sm-client-id 27~-9abbeba61260 [LS Thread] 8039 idle cer 679.07 K/s 0.00 B/s ?unavailable? tracker-miner-fs-3 12912 be/4 cer 0.00 B/s 5.81 K/s ?unavailable? firefox --sm-client-id 27~beba61260 [IndexedDB #45] * * ... CONFIG_TASK_DELAY_ACCT not enabled in kernel, cannot determine SWAPIN and IO % cer@Telcontar:~> uname -a Linux Telcontar 5.14.21-150400.24.33-default #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Fri Nov 4 13:55:06 UTC 2022 (76cfe60) x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux cer@Telcontar:~> - -- Cheers Carlos E. R. (from 15.4 x86_64 at Telcontar) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHoEARECADoWIQQZEb51mJKK1KpcU/W1MxgcbY1H1QUCY850Sxwccm9iaW4ubGlz dGFzQHRlbGVmb25pY2EubmV0AAoJELUzGBxtjUfVjxsAnREQY/RUTyYZuN8ZczMy KHE36e4GAJ9E6Pia/flb5Of5gQuYU1S9i0oirA== =W0vq -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Creating a new user for a deamon
by Rowan Reid 15 Jan '24

15 Jan '24

I'm setting up a cron job for a analysis tool, I'm trying to use the SuSE tools where possible but YAST doent' allow you to create new user without a home I tried /dev/null is there a proper way to do this ? Rowan Reid Job Captain, Systems Administrator STUDIO 3 ARCHITECTS 909 982 1717

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Copy and Paste does not work while installing programs
by Per Inge Oestmoen 11 Dec '23

11 Dec '23

Hello all! I have four machines here, all with openSUSE Leap 15.4. With three of them there are no particular problems, but with the one I am using now there is a consistent, reproducible error: When I am installing a number of programs, I normally copy my password when installing the first in the row. Then, it is easy to paste in the same password for each successive installation. However, with this machine that is impossible. I copy the password, but after I have exited the dialog box the copied password is erased from memory and I have to type the password each time when doing the subsequent installations. Further; as long as I have the dialog box open the password copied is kept in memory and can be pasted into a document I made to test this, but when I close the dialog box in order to go to Yast2 the password is evidently erased since it then cannot be pasted into the document. It is gone, but on my other machines it is kept in memory and can be pasted into the dialog box. See the attached screen shot; that is where it happens. What configuration error have I inadvertently made, since the password is not kept in memory on this one machine? Sincerely, Per Inge Oestmoen, Norway

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keyboard becomes extremely slow
by mh＠mike.franken.de 26 Nov '23

26 Nov '23

Hi *, for some time now I have a problem with the keyboard on my notebook. It becomes extremely slow, i.e. only one or two keypresses are shown every 10 seconds. Special keyboard shortcuts like Alt-F4 or Ctrl-F5 are working as expected. Switching to a Linux console with Ctrl-Alt-[0-9] is still working, too. In the Linux console typing works without any problems then. Switching back to KDE again/still shows the problem. The only "solution" I found is to logout and login. For a while the keyboard then works as expected, until the same problem reoccurs. The intervals the problem shows up vary between once an evening to every 10 minutes. It happens in all programs one can type anything, i.e. OO Writer, graphical terminals or even dialog boxes of any kind. It happens with the internal notebook keyboard and also with an external USB keyboard. Machine: Type: Convertible System: Dell product: XPS 13 9310 2-in-1 v: N/A ´ openSUSE Tumbleweed 20230509 Any idea, what the reason might be and what to do against it? TIA. Bye. Michael.

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Hunting for bits
by Roger Oberholtzer 16 Nov '23

16 Nov '23

I am making an OEM installable image of Leap 15.5. One part is where you tell it what packages/patterns to install. Generally, this works fine. But I seem always to be missing a few things. One that drives me crazy is: Who defines the alias 'll' (ls -L) for bash? I see this for zfs (/etc/zshrc). But I do not see this for bash. At least it seems not to be defined anywhere in /etc. Anyone know which package contains this? -- Roger Oberholtzer

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[oS-en] Joe question.
by Carlos E. R. 02 Nov '23

02 Nov '23

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 When telling joe to reformat a paragraph, it uses two spaces after a stop: Aaaaa aaaaaa aaaaa bbbb ccccc ddddd aaaaa aaaaaa aaaaa bbbb ccccc ddddd aaaaa aaaaaa aaaaa bbbb ccccc ddddd aaaaa aaaaaa aaaaa bbbb ccccc ddddd aaaaa. Aaaaaa aaaaa bbbb ccccc ddddd aaaaa aaaaaa aaaaa bbbb ccccc ddddd aaaaa aaaaaa aaaaa bbbb ccccc ddddd aaaaa aaaaaa aaaaa bbbb ccccc ddddd aaaaa aaaaaa aaaaa bbbb ccccc ddddd aaaaa. Aaaaaa aaaaa bbbb ccccc ddddd aaaaa aaaaaa aaaaa bbbb ccccc ddddd I don't like this style. Is there a way to disable it? I want a single space. (google foo is fine, I just don't know how to phrase the question in "short") - -- Cheers Carlos E. R. (from openSUSE Leap 15.3 at Legolas) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHoEARECADoWIQQZEb51mJKK1KpcU/W1MxgcbY1H1QUCZT4yzBwccm9iaW4ubGlz dGFzQHRlbGVmb25pY2EubmV0AAoJELUzGBxtjUfVEpkAn2rf0cB9Q7RjTjO3GaMx S3zqOge9AJ0RNF4ILE1/aJ7OHBPzhUcE8KjWVA== =bf/U -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Python 1.5. repo is gone
by Roger Oberholtzer 31 Oct '23

31 Oct '23

This repo seems to have gone away: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/languages:/python/15.5 Now there is one for 15.6 instead. I'll guessing that this is a mistake? -- Roger Oberholtzer

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[oS-EN] How do I log out from Plasma? [solved]
by Carlos E. R. 31 Oct '23

31 Oct '23

It is ridiculous, but I don't see how to log out. In the application launcher, click at bottom left of the desktop, it says: Sleep, Hibernate, Restart, Shut down, Applications and Places. Ah, found it. There is a tiny arrow "<" at the right of the list, that I thought would hide the list, but pops up a tiny menu: "log out, lock, switch user". How come that "log out" is hidden that much, while power down is prominent? -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from openSUSE 15.5 (Laicolasse))

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[oS-EN] Virtual desktops in Plasma
by Carlos E. R. 31 Oct '23

31 Oct '23

Hi, Trying KDE after at least a decade with XFCE. I use many virtual workspaces, or virtual desktops in KDE parlance. I have 6 in this laptop. In XFCE, you can move around using [Ctrl][Alt][Cursor-Key]. In KDE that doesn't work. There is [Ctrl][F1], [Ctrl][F2], etc. It works up to F4, but F5 and F6 don't work. Why, is this a bug? Something else? There is another method, which is moving the mouse to the edge and insisting, in my case 250mS (setup in "Screen Edges"). -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from openSUSE 15.5 (Laicolasse))

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