November 2023 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

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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refresh error
by Frank McCormick 26 Nov '23

26 Nov '23

Saw this continuing error when zypper was refreshing repositories: Problem retrieving files from 'repo-src-oss'. Download (curl) error for 'https://mirrorcache-us-east.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/src-oss/repodata/r…': Error code: Connection failed Error message: Could not resolve host: downloadcontent2.opensuse.orgsource I wonder whether this is just a temporary problem or whether the mirror url has changed ? Thanks

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how to clear dolphin password after failed sftp login?
by Daniel Bauer 25 Nov '23

25 Nov '23

Hi, I use dolphin to manage my files on my web-server and connect with sftp://user@url Then (only the first time after boot) a dialog appears to enter my password. Dolphin remembers the password until I reboot my machine. So far perfect. The problem occurs when I enter a wrong password. Then dolphin shows a red line "connection failed", but there is no way (...I found no way...) to make dolphin show me the password dialog again to enter the correct password. Even worse: it seems that dolphin tries several times with the wrong password, so many times, that my server blocks the ssh login for some hours. I tried to log out/log in here on the local machine, but dolphin still tries with that wrong password. It seems I'd have to shutdown and boot again so that dolphin forgets. How can I clear dolphins password memory so that it shows me the password dialog again, without rebooting? Can you help me? Thanks! -- Daniel Bauer photographer Basel Málaga Twitter: @Marsfotografo (often explicit nudes) https://www.patreon.com/danielbauer https://www.daniel-bauer.com (nudes)

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App to check out - broot (interface like MC - lite, but configurable and capable)
by David C. Rankin 22 Nov '23

22 Nov '23

All, I stumbled upon broot, a MC type app for the shell (written in Rust) that I first dismissed, but then gave a try. The interface is clean and simple, many many commands, the ability to operate on search results (with, e.g. find..) as a directory itself, so you have full broot options/commands available for each file in the results. A handy file preview [ctrl + rt-arrow] (even graphics formats [very low res]). I didn't find it in a package search with zypper, but somebody has to be building it in build-service. https://github.com/Canop/broot -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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Re: [oS-EN] ooooooooooooo...
by mrmazda＠earthlink.net 22 Nov '23

22 Nov '23

From: Carlos E. R. on: Nov 21, 2023 18:11 -0200 > 2023-11-21T17:37:17.227851+01:00 Laicolasse kernel: [18656.941426][ C0] Uhhuh. NMI received for unknown reason 2c on CPU 0.> 2023-11-21T17:37:17.227866+01:00 Laicolasse kernel: [18656.941429][ C0] Do you have a strange power saving mode enabled? > 2023-11-21T17:37:17.227867+01:00 Laicolasse kernel: [18656.941431][ C0] Dazed and confused, but trying to continue I see these a lot on really old computers that see little use, usually with no more than 2 kernel threads. Sometimes they cause the BIOS to beep. Because they are so old, I simply ignore it, as I've found no merit in attempting to do anything about them. -- 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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[oS-EN] ooooooooooooo...
by Carlos E. R. 21 Nov '23

21 Nov '23

Hi, Something very strangejust happened to me. I woke up from siesta, made tea, I woke my laptop from hibernation, I started to reply to a message in Thunderbird, and suddenly it got stuck on the 'o'. The letter 'o' was written repeateadly, non stop, to the message. Not a mechanical problem, but a software problem, I think. The mouse would not move. Pressing the "o" did nothing. Not ctrl-alt-backspace. I had to push and hold the power button. The "o" was not stuck when I entered the encryption password. I notice now that the touchpad does not respond while I keep pressed a letter key. There was some error in the log just on restore from hibernation, but I have been seeing it for months, I think: > 2023-11-21T17:37:12.520191+01:00 Laicolasse dns-dnsmasq.sh[19028]: <debug> dns settings written to /var/run/dnsmasq-forwarders.conf > 2023-11-21T17:37:12.597514+01:00 Laicolasse Sistema: Logging the current external IP= 82.158.243.233 > 2023-11-21T17:37:14.333503+01:00 Laicolasse auth: gkr-pam: unable to locate daemon control file > 2023-11-21T17:37:14.333648+01:00 Laicolasse auth: gkr-pam: stashed password to try later in open session > 2023-11-21T17:37:14.333699+01:00 Laicolasse auth: pam_kwallet5(dovecot:auth): pam_kwallet5: pam_sm_authenticate > 2023-11-21T17:37:15.274511+01:00 Laicolasse auth: gkr-pam: unable to locate daemon control file > 2023-11-21T17:37:15.274646+01:00 Laicolasse auth: gkr-pam: stashed password to try later in open session > 2023-11-21T17:37:15.274701+01:00 Laicolasse auth: pam_kwallet5(dovecot:auth): pam_kwallet5: pam_sm_authenticate > 2023-11-21T17:37:17.227851+01:00 Laicolasse kernel: [18656.941426][ C0] Uhhuh. NMI received for unknown reason 2c on CPU 0. > 2023-11-21T17:37:17.227866+01:00 Laicolasse kernel: [18656.941429][ C0] Do you have a strange power saving mode enabled? > 2023-11-21T17:37:17.227867+01:00 Laicolasse kernel: [18656.941431][ C0] Dazed and confused, but trying to continue > 2023-11-21T17:37:17.825371+01:00 Laicolasse bluetoothd[1733]: src/profile.c:record_cb() Unable to get Hands-Free Voice gateway SDP record: Host is down > 2023-11-21T17:37:18.535726+01:00 Laicolasse chronyd[1587]: Selected source 65.20.99.74 (2.opensuse.pool.ntp.org) > 2023-11-21T17:37:22.909903+01:00 Laicolasse systemd[1]: NetworkManager-dispatcher.service: Deactivated successfully. > 2023-11-21T17:37:38.331303+01:00 Laicolasse systemd[1]: blueman-mechanism.service: Deactivated successfully. > 2023-11-21T17:38:04.804125+01:00 Laicolasse systemd[1]: snapperd.service: Deactivated successfully. > 2023-11-21T17:38:23.631820+01:00 Laicolasse chronyd[1587]: Selected source 162.159.200.123 (2.opensuse.pool.ntp.org) > 2023-11-21T17:43:36.479812+01:00 Laicolasse kernel: [19036.192099][T19122] r8169 0000:03:00.0 eth0: Link is Down > 2023-11-21T17:48:33.624266+01:00 Laicolasse xfce4-screensaver-dialog: gkr-pam: unlocked login keyring > 2023-11-21T17:48:33.625726+01:00 Laicolasse xfce4-screensaver-dialog: pam_kwallet5(xfce4-screensaver:auth): pam_kwallet5: pam_sm_authenticate > 2023-11-21T17:48:33.625802+01:00 Laicolasse xfce4-screensaver-dialog: pam_kwallet5(xfce4-screensaver:auth): pam_kwallet5: we were already executed > 2023-11-21T17:48:33.640622+01:00 Laicolasse xfce4-screensaver-dialog: gkr-pam: unlocked login keyring > 2023-11-21T17:48:33.640770+01:00 Laicolasse xfce4-screensaver-dialog: pam_warn(xfce4-screensaver:account): function=[pam_sm_acct_mgmt] flags=0 service=[xfce4-screensaver] terminal=[:0.0] user=[cer] ruser=[<unknown>] rhost=[<unknown>] > 2023-11-21T17:48:33.641350+01:00 Laicolasse xfce4-screensaver-dialog: pam_kwallet5(xfce4-screensaver:setcred): pam_kwallet5: pam_sm_setcred > 2023-11-21T17:55:14,637678790+01:00 - Booting the system now ================================================================================ Linux Laicolasse 5.14.21-150500.55.36-default #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Tue Oct 31 08:37:43 UTC 2023 (e7a2e23) x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux > 2023-11-21T17:55:25.652476+01:00 Laicolasse systemd[1]: Queued start job for default target Graphical Interface. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from openSUSE 15.5 (Laicolasse))

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[oS-EN] Curious problem with one Firefox window
by Carlos E. R. 19 Nov '23

19 Nov '23

Hi, I have a curious problem with Firefox. I use several profiles with Firefox, for different purposes. For example, my default profile denies Amazon cookies, so I use a different profile for Amazon. Thus, Amazon can not track my normal activities. I even use another profile for doing Amazon searches, without login, so that I'm not pestered with emails later about the products I searched for, or what they think might interest me. Now, notice those two profiles: https://paste.opensuse.org/pastes/0ea7011d46dd Top is the Amazon Firefox window, bottom is the Amazon search. Do you notice the difference? The Amazon Search window doesn't have a tittle, and the buttons on the right for minimize, maximize, etc, are different. In fact, it has one less. And it has rounded corners. How come? I have no idea how to make this Firefox Window appear like the rest. This is in XFCE (Leap 15.5), but AFAIR, it also happened in KDE. Can't confirm at the moment. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from openSUSE 15.5 (Laicolasse))

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[oS-EN] Where is Firefox Pocket button?
by Carlos E. R. 19 Nov '23

19 Nov '23

Hi, For years I have been using the "Pocket" button in firefox, but in this laptop it is gone. https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/pocket/ https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/save-web-pages-later-pocket-firefox https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/disable-or-re-enable-pocket-for-firefox about:config - extensions.pocket.enabled should be true. And it is. It says: +++-------------------------- *Restore the Pocket toolbar button* If you removed the Pocket button from the toolbar and you later want to bring it back: Click the menu button Fx89menuButton, then click More tools and select Customize Toolbar… Drag and drop the Pocket button from the customization panel into your toolbar. --------------------------++- Well, the icon is not there. Has openSUSE done something to remove it so I can not enable it, perhaps? -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from openSUSE 15.5 (Laicolasse))

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Odd Leap 15.5 behavior after zypper up
by Lew Wolfgang 18 Nov '23

18 Nov '23

Hi Folks, I performed a "zypper up" today, there's a new kernel bug. After zypper's successful completion I did a "shutdown -r now". After the reboot I logged in as myself to kde and as the various programs started to load the machine froze. This was a complete freeze where even the numlock keyboard key wouldn't toggle. I could log in as a different user though. Looking through /var/log/messages I found a block of hundreds of ^@ characters at the crash time. So I started to search around and found an old ~/.kde4 directory. I moved it to .kde4.save and that fixed the problem! No more freezes. This smells a bit like something funny in an old config file that caused a buffer overrun or something. Possibly a security threat? Think it's worth reporting? Regards, Lew

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cups 2 printersetup for one printer
by Simon Becherer 17 Nov '23

17 Nov '23

Hi, since years i use 2 (or more) printer setups in cups to use one printer. -> for different "standard" settings lets say its a color printer, but to save money often i like to print black and white. so i define a printer with the a ppd file and same printer adress twice, one with color settings one with settings black and white. so i have not to click and search all the printer settings to set up this 2 main settings. instead if i like to print color, i use the "color printer, or the foto-setting-printer or the black-and-white printer. since years i have used this with different printers "hp" and "qms" was working. since about a year i own a "sharp mx3060" i do not know if cups has changed anything or if its the printer. but it did not work any more. i have 2 stored ppd's inside etc/cups/ppd/... "sharp_mx-306N-sw" (black and white) "sharp_mx-306N" (colorsettings) but after i print something in one or the other, it changed settings for both. not inside the ppd file (it has always the same timestamp and is not changed since setup the printer), but somwhere else. the etc/cups/printers.conf show the "2" printers </Printer> <Printer SHARP_MX-3060N> PrinterId 6 UUID urn:uuid:959c4210-b868-3eea-7a36-b457b2df28a9 AuthInfoRequired none Info SHARP MX-3060NPCL_PS Location oben MakeModel Sharp MX-3060N PS, 1.2 DeviceURI ipp://192.168.0.11/ipp State Idle StateTime 1700126750 ConfigTime 1656701711 Type 8401116 Accepting Yes Shared No JobSheets none none QuotaPeriod 0 PageLimit 0 KLimit 0 OpPolicy default ErrorPolicy stop-printer Attribute marker-colors \#00FFFF,#FF00FF,#FFFF00,#000000 Attribute marker-levels 50,91,27,96,0,53,53,53,87,77,77,77,66,-1 Attribute marker-low-levels 1,1,1,1 Attribute marker-high-levels 100,100,100,100 Attribute marker-names cyan,magenta,yellow,black Attribute marker-types toner,toner,toner,toner Attribute marker-change-time 1700126750 </Printer> <DefaultPrinter SHARP_MX-3060N-sw> PrinterId 7 UUID urn:uuid:2ab5b068-ec17-3277-58a9-b8c1a50cbfa9 AuthInfoRequired none Info SHARP MX-3060NPCL_PS Location oben MakeModel Sharp MX-3060N PS, 1.2 DeviceURI ipp://192.168.0.11/ipp State Idle StateTime 1700201877 ConfigTime 1656710353 Type 8401116 Accepting Yes Shared No JobSheets none none QuotaPeriod 0 PageLimit 0 KLimit 0 OpPolicy default ErrorPolicy stop-printer Attribute marker-colors \#00FFFF,#FF00FF,#FFFF00,#000000 Attribute marker-levels 50,91,27,96,0,53,53,53,87,77,77,77,66,-1 Attribute marker-low-levels 1,1,1,1 Attribute marker-high-levels 100,100,100,100 Attribute marker-names cyan,magenta,yellow,black Attribute marker-types toner,toner,toner,toner Attribute marker-change-time 1700201877 </DefaultPrinter> so the question ist, where is cups storing actual printer settings, (color or bw, duplex or singele page......) (somewhere in the home directroy?) and why did this 2 printerques interfer each other? simoN -- www.becherer.de

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