August 2023 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[oS-EN] Small Thunderbird nuisance
by Carlos E. R. 27 Aug '23

27 Aug '23

So I have in the top panel the list of messages on a thread on a mail list, collapsed or not. I hit "N" to go to the next new (unread) message. The message displays fine in the bottom panel, but the top panel doesn't center focus on the new current message. I have to search for it with the mouse, and the colour difference is very light, almost invisible. This worked previous to this update. Or. I have a collapsed thread, all messages unread. I select the thread with the mouse. No message displays in the bottom panel. I hit "N", and it opens the second message. Prior to this version, it opened the first post. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from openSUSE 15.5 (Laicolasse))

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Fwd: ACTION NEEDED: Understanding the current mood and trends among our contributors
by Carlos E. R. 26 Aug '23

26 Aug '23

This might be interesting to all. The survey is mostly intended for contributors, but the first line in it mentions users: «This is an informative survey to understand current mood and trends among our contributors and users..» So I have my doubts. -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: ACTION NEEDED: Understanding the current mood and trends among our contributors Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2023 12:53:21 +0000 From: Lubos Kocman via openSUSE Factory <factory(a)lists.opensuse.org> Reply-To: Lubos Kocman <lubos.kocman(a)suse.com> To: factory(a)lists.opensuse.org <factory(a)lists.opensuse.org> Hello openSUSE! In the past few weeks, a couple of different ideas have been proposed to define the future direction of the openSUSE Leap "successor" distribution. We've put together at the openSUSE ALP Leap Replacement Architecture meetings an informative survey to better understand the current mood and trends among our contributors and users. https://survey.opensuse.org/index.php?r=survey/index&sid=277484 We'd appreciate if get feedback from as many contributors as possible. ps. If you feel that you're both project as well as distribution contributor simply pick what you currently focus most at. Thank you very much in advance Best regards Lubos Kocman openSUSE Leap Release Manager

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[oS-EN] Silly question re laptop hardware (that uses Linux)
by Carlos E. R. 26 Aug '23

26 Aug '23

Hi Some months ago I bought a laptop. I customized it. One of the options was memory card reader. My surprise was when it finally came, that it is a microSD slot. Do some one know of an adapter to plug an SDHC/SDXC card (normal sized) into a microSD slot? How is that thing named (if it exists)? I tried Amazon, no hits. Filtering in Amazon is terrible, anyway. I have o travel with a card reader, multiple formats, it is a big with cable. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from openSUSE 15.5 (Laicolasse))

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Apache problem or systemd?
by bent fender 24 Aug '23

24 Aug '23

I have a directory for a copy of my web site (browser pointing to 127.1.1.0) where I test material before uploading to a commercial Hosted DNS server. Haven't done any edits for a while but tried one today ..only to run into this: ------------------------------------------------------- # systemctl status apache2.service ● apache2.service - The Apache Webserver Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/apache2.service; disabled; ... preset: disabled) Aug 17 22:14:23 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Starting The Apache Webserver... Aug 17 22:14:23 localhost.localdomain start_apache2[6217]: AH00558: httpd-prefork: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using localhost.localdomain. Set the 'ServerName' directi> Aug 17 22:14:23 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Started The Apache Webserver. ------------------------------------------------------- Why would I need a "fully qualified domain name" under 127.0.0.1? ----------------------------------- Access forbidden! You don't have permission to access the requested directory. There is either no index document or the directory is read-protected. If you think this is a server error, please contact the webmaster. Error 403 ------------------------------------ Lousy communications AGAIN, what directory? I requested 127.0.0.1 in my browser. BTW the entire tree to the directory is read-write by userMe, my primary group, and readable by all.

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At least some of the apparent belt-tightening is explained
by David C. Rankin 23 Aug '23

23 Aug '23

https://www.theregister.com/2023/08/18/suse_delisting/ I guess killing-off Leap is how SUSE plans to "deliver on our strategy with the new leadership team in place" -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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Kudos to Devs on 15.5 and the sane decision for a 15.6!
by David C. Rankin 22 Aug '23

22 Aug '23

Just a shout-out to the SUSE/openSUSE devs for making 15.5 and a future 15.6 a reality. SUSE, then openSUSE, now something in between has always put out solid releases that provide user-choice to the greatest extent possible. User-choice has always been the corner-stone of Linux. While microOS Aeon and Kalpa may make sense for enterprise, it to a large extent eliminates user-choice in favor of the immutable OS craze of loop-mounted everything. A traditional release preserves the hard won community that openSUSE enjoys and 15.6 will just ensure that continues into the future. Good job devs! -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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cpanel clone for openSUSE?
by jdd＠dodin.org 22 Aug '23

22 Aug '23

Hello, I have a professional hosting provider (o2switch) for most web services and an other (pcloud) for mass (2Tb) cloud storage. That said, not all is provided by these operators, for example agenda, notes and other cloud services of nextcloud are not built in pcloud, nor any service needing extra port opening like INN usenet server. I may also need house management server. so why I also have my own openSUSE server, since as long as I can remember. For some reasons not meaningful here, I have now a new server built on my ISP box/nat/server hardware, with openSUSE Tumbleweed. Until now I managed my server myself with yast and the CLI (no graphical interface here), but I aging and beginning to be lazy :-( With O2switch I have a complete cpanel/softaculous system I like a lot. I also tested Yunohost, but not only it's Debian based but very difficult to manage for any software not initially included (INN, pmwiki...). Most of the Cpanel clones I know of are Debian or Redhat oriented (webmin, floxlor...). Do you know of any cpanel clone openSUSE friendly? thanks jdd -- c'est quoi, usenet? http://www.dodin.org/wiki/pmwiki.php?n=Usenet.Usenet

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sudoers syntax
by jdd＠dodin.org 22 Aug '23

22 Aug '23

Hello, If I write in the sudoers file: jdd ALL=(ALL:ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL I can use any root command from my jdd account (through ssh). I would like to be only able to use "sudo -i" and I can't my goal is to be able to go full root if necessary, but not execute any other command to prevent environment (and others) problem how can I achieve this thanks jdd -- c'est quoi, usenet? http://www.dodin.org/wiki/pmwiki.php?n=Usenet.Usenet

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[oS-en] dovecot problem
by Carlos E. R. 20 Aug '23

20 Aug '23

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I notice this message (in my L15.5 laptop): 2023-08-13T14:05:41.043174+02:00 Laicolasse dovecot: imap(cer)<31114><85PAw8wCLJF/AAAB>: Error: fchown(/home/cer/Mail/.imap/INBOX, group=482(mail)) failed: Operation not permitted (egid=100(users), group based on /var/mail/cer - see http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Errors/ChgrpNoPerm) I read the link, but I don't understand what I should do. Change Group Operation Not Permitted imap(user): Error: chown(/home/user/mail/.imap/INBOX, group=12(mail)) failed: Operation not permitted (egid=1000(user), group based on /var/mail/user - see https://doc.dovecot.org/admin_manual/errors/chgrp_no_perm/) This means that Dovecot tried to copy /var/mail/user file’s group (mail) to the index file directory it was creating (/home/user/mail/.imap/INBOX), but the process didn’t belong to the mail group, so it failed. This is important for preserving access permissions with Shared mailboxes. Group copying is done only when it actually changes the access permissions; for example with 0600 or 0666 mode the group doesn’t matter at all, but with 0660 or 0640 it does. To solve this problem you can do only one of two things: * If the group doesn’t actually matter, change the permissions so that the group isn’t copied (e.g. chmod 0600 /var/mail/*, see Mbox Mailbox Format). * Give the mail process access to the group (e.g. mail_access_groups=mail setting). However, this is dangerous. It allows users with shell access to read other users’ INBOXes. I don't understand why I have to change the permissions of /var/mail/*. Why should dovecot copy the group? Just don't copy it. - -- Cheers Carlos E. R. (from 15.4 x86_64 at Telcontar) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHoEARECADoWIQQZEb51mJKK1KpcU/W1MxgcbY1H1QUCZNjLDxwccm9iaW4ubGlz dGFzQHRlbGVmb25pY2EubmV0AAoJELUzGBxtjUfVRDgAn3VMUDtPQTVYBZXtNOZH 9fxO34jUAJ9JehLPl4jEZIMunaMIoCf2N6PlqA== =q4i2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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XONAR STX-II sound card in Leap-15.5
by bent fender 20 Aug '23

20 Aug '23

I raised this here a while ago and received sympathy about an apparently problematic card as well as encouragment to do a bug report (which would be over my head). But I just took off into YastLand on a hunch and what do I find there if not a setup dialog. I'd been spoiled over the years by autodetection AND setup so it's now just back-to-the-ways-of-old with YAST, period. Works like a charm! Sidebar: I'm having a hsitload of issues with soundware ALL the time, see https://linuxmusicians.com/viewtopic.php?t=25728 A related question is "if I disable pulse does that truly and totally take it out of the equation until reboot"? How come the Pulse Audio Volume thingie continues breathing? Ref: "setup-pulseaudio --disable" TIA -- "The saddest sight, next to a battlefield lost, is a battlefield won" (actually: "Nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won".) Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, in a dispatch from Waterloo, 1815.

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