May 2024 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

a bit OT: how to GIMP:open as layers from dolphin
by Daniel Bauer 26 May '24

26 May '24

Hello, In Gimp I can select various files and open them as layers. I would love to be able to do this from dolphin: select files -> open as -> layers in Gimp. Is this possible somehow? How? Thanks for hints, if possible. Daniel -- 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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Unable to start KDE Plasma X11 desktop
by Marc Chamberlin 25 May '24

25 May '24

I have a misbehaving laptop that no longer can bring up the KDE Plasma X11 desktop. On booting up, it reaches the KDE login prompt but after entering my credentials, it flashes a set of commands (too fast to read) and then goes back to the KDE login prompt. The credentials are correct and this happens no matter whether it is another user or root logging in. In searching through log files (messages, boot.log, warn etc.) the only clue that I found in in the Xorg.0.log file where I observed this very suspicious bit of nonsense. I would be happy to present the entire log but it is rather long, if that would be more helpful. Apr 19 03:26:25│modprobe[448]│modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'nvidia': Key was rejected by service │ │Apr 19 03:26:27│modprobe[475]│modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'nvidia': Key was rejected by service │ │Apr 19 10:26:29│kernel │input: HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=3 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.1/sound/card1/input21 │ │Apr 19 10:26:29│kernel │input: HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=7 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.1/sound/card1/input22 │ │Apr 19 10:26:29│kernel │input: HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=8 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.1/sound/card1/input23 │ │Apr 19 10:26:29│kernel │input: HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=9 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.1/sound/card1/input24 │ │Apr 19 10:26:32│modprobe[637]│modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'nvidia': Key was rejected by service │ │Apr 19 10:26:33│modprobe[955]│modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'nvidia': Key was rejected by service │ │ Duck duck go is not being helpful in trying to grok what it means to have a key rejected by a service. Any ideas? Thanks, Marc --

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Debugging Thunderbird Connections?
by Lew Wolfgang 24 May '24

24 May '24

Hi Folks, I'm having issues with Thunderbird on Leap 15.5 when connecting to a smtp server. TB returns a rather unhelpful error message. Is there any way to turn on a debug mode in TB? I unfortunately don't have access to the logs on the server side. There's always tcpump and wireshark, but there must be an easier way. Regards, Lew

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bad chromium update
by Werner LEMBERG 24 May '24

24 May '24

Folks, what is going on with the recent Chromium update for Leap 15.5? It was a big jump: 122.0.6261.128-bp155.2.75.1 -> 124.0.6367.201-bp155.2.78.1 (from the 'Update repository of openSUSE Backports') and the new version is at the border of being completely unusable! Many tabs ether crash very quickly, or don't react, even for such innocuous pages like the German Wikipedia. Is it only me who experiences this? For me it was necessary to revert to the previous version. I wouldn't have expected that users of Leap 15.5 are treated as guinea pigs – this should be the priviledge of the Tumbleweed people :-) Werner

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Best 3D level based racing game on PC.
by Wisoky Salma 23 May '24

23 May '24

[Drift Boss](https://drift-boss.pro) is a famous drifting game. In the game, you will have the opportunity to control your car on endless roads full of difficult turns and collisions. The game sounds simple but it takes a lot of practice to be able to drift well around corners. Join the game now to prove that you are the best racer and score the most points.

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"Verifying shim SBAT data failed" after 15.5 update
by Bob Rogers 19 May '24

19 May '24

I have an old HP Envy (not sure how old but it has a Windows 8 sticker on the bottom) with 15.5 beta (because I've been lazy about doing a "zypper dup") on which I just did an update, the first since 26-Apr, so I got a new kernel. When I attempted to reboot, I got "Verifying shim SBAT data failed: Security Policy Violation" and the system shut down immediately. I learned that the solution is turning off secure boot, but now I can't even get into the BIOS; is the only message I see after booting, even if I press DEL at the same time as the power button, with or without CTL and ALT. Does anybody have any other suggestions? I'd even consider wiping the disk and doing a fresh installation . . . if I could get it to boot into anything else. -- Bob Rogers http://www.rgrjr.com/

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Change minicom terminal type
by James Knott 17 May '24

17 May '24

For some reason, minicom likes to default to VT102 (I haven't worked with any DEC gear in 35 years). Is there anyway to change to ANSI? According to what I found on the 'net, adding "pu rtscts Yes" to the minirc.dfl file is supposed to make it default to ANSI, but that doesn't seem to work. Even real DEC terminals could be configured to run ANSI. Suggestions? tnx jk

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Sorry SuSE: 9.1 is Waste of time and money!
by Terje J. Hanssen 17 May '24

17 May '24

I am sorry to conclude that my upgrade from SuSE 9.0 Pro to 9.1 Pro has been waste of time and money for me, so far. The same I have to say about the free SuSE "Installation support". The reason is that my SuSE 9.1 installation only detects 1 of my 3 SCSCI devices (as I wrote in another subject on this forum: http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-linux-e/2004-May/3254.html) Yamaha 4416S CDRW recorder detected HP DVD Writer 100i NOT detected Epson 1640SU scanner NOT detected It's rather stupid. I have installed 9.1 using the DVD disk just in the HP DVD drive, but after the installation of 9.1, the KDE/Konqueror /media/recorder cannot access it and YaST2 cannot install additional software from it. Only one "Cdrecorder" is found in My computer and that is the Yamaha 4416 drive, which the KDE/Konqueror file manager assign as /media/recorder11. I am sure 9.1 is the reason, as I hadn't this problems with 9.0. I have tried both an update and two several new installation of 9.1. Neither SJDS nor Windows on the same multiboot PC have problems to detect these devices. In my opinion SuSE should therefore debug 9.1 better and longer, and not leave the problems to the customers. I see SuSE notes on their web saying that they know SCSI scanners are not detected in 9.1. But regarding my HP DVD writer problem, the SuSE support (as usual) don't take the responsibility and argue that this problem (a combination of IDE disk and SCSI devices) isn't included in their free installation support! This sounds remarkable, and I have never had a modern PC of so simple model or configuration that it has fitted the limited rules for the free installation support. Terje J. Hanssen

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Preferred way to install Skype on Tumbleweed?
by -pj 17 May '24

17 May '24

Hi, I am wondering if there is a preferred way to install Skype on openSUSE Tumbleweed with KDE Plasma V6. I can see that there is a Skype Flatpak available in Discover but it errors right towards the end of installation indication. After asking for root password 3 times during the installation process. The error message is -> Aborted due to failure (Flatpak system operation Deploy not allowed for user. Is there a procedure required before Flatpaks can be used with openSUSE Tumbleweed? Is this a KDE related bug? Suse Paste of error screen is -> https://paste.opensuse.org/pastes/e61f6369fade One can enable Snaps I guess -> https://snapcraft.io/install/skype/opensuse <- Do you recommend this or not? This is from the openSUSE Build Service and can you recommend this? https://software.opensuse.org/download/package?package=skype&project=home%3… If I use a binary package is that a better option? Maybe using Kopete or Pidgin would essentially be better. I would have to read up on them some. -Thanks

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How to Disable KDE User Halt and Reboot Buttons?
by Lew Wolfgang 11 May '24

11 May '24

Hi Folks, I've searched a bit but haven't found a satisfying answer to my issue. The problem occurs when a non-root user connects to a server using xrdp. This user then has full authorization to halt/reboot the server using the KDE halt or reboot buttons, not exactly an ideal situation. So how can I disable remote xrdp-connected users from rebooting or halting the server? This would also stop users from rebooting/halting the server when directly sitting at the console, which may not exist anyway. Regards, Lew

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