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go from sata to nvme
by jdd＠dodin.org 07 Apr '23

07 Apr '23

Hello, I just cloned a sata ssd to a nvme disk of same size on an other computer. Windows boots, but openSUSE don't (I have Tumbleweed and 15.3 on this disk). I get to the grub menu but stop soon after What could be the simpler way to fix this? try from grub console or recovery disk? I suspect either an UID or device name problem in fstab thanks jdd -- mon serveur usenet: dodin.fr.nf c'est quoi, usenet? http://www.dodin.org/wiki/pmwiki.php?n=Usenet.Usenet

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susepaste command no longer respects syntax and does not show in Recents when logged in
by David C. Rankin 07 Apr '23

07 Apr '23

All, admin(a)o.o, Woes continue with the updated paste.opensuse.org. Many many times I simply use the susepaste command line to post C files to share. Before the new updates to the site, there was never a problem with syntax highlight not working and the "Reply" option was always provided and the paste appeared in "Recent Pastes" Just a few minutes ago I posted: https://paste.opensuse.org/pastes/63b21f6108e with the link in a comment on StackOverflow. The command to post was: susepaste -n "David C Rankin" -t "Pico MPU6050" -e 40320 -f c < mpu6050.c The link takes you to the paste, but I see: - No Syntax Highlight - No Ability for a visitor to "Reply" to the paste and - The pasted does not appear as one of "My Pastes" when logged in and it is not shown in the "Recents" list - viewing the entire page. The only thing shown in "My Pastes" is an earlier image paste https://paste.opensuse.org/pastes/7c80e743d044 related to an earlier question on this list about KDE Ark and lzma support. Why doesn't the MPU6050 paste show with C syntax highlight after being specified with -f c, and why is there no ability for visitors to "reply" to the paste anymore. Also, why doesn't it shown in the Recents list? As additional tests I added the -k option with the open-connect key I have in my paste.o.o account. I posted: https://paste.opensuse.org/15d9f5def036 susepaste -n "David C Rankin" -k heoix...<my key> -t "Robert Jenkins' 96 bit Mix Function" -e 40320 -f c < mix-seed-ctg-compare.c | tee -a "$HOME/suse/pastes" (has syntax highlight - yay, maybe it was -k required?) And I posted: https://paste.opensuse.org/1930e130a358 susepaste -n "David C Rankin" -k heoix...<my key> -t "96 Bit Mix Function w/Compile String" -e 40320 -f c < mix-seed-ctg-compare.c | tee -a "$HOME/suse/pastes" (NO syntax highlight - WTF? It's the same source with an additional c-comment) Neither are shown in "My Pastes" and neither have the ability for users to "Reply"? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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[oS-en] Problem with /etc/resolv.conf
by Carlos E. R. 06 Apr '23

06 Apr '23

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 My resolv.conf file on new laptop contains: Laicolasse:~ # cat /etc/resolv.conf ### /etc/resolv.conf is a symlink to /run/netconfig/resolv.conf ### autogenerated by netconfig! # # Before you change this file manually, consider to define the # static DNS configuration using the following variables in the # /etc/sysconfig/network/config file: # NETCONFIG_DNS_STATIC_SEARCHLIST # NETCONFIG_DNS_STATIC_SERVERS # NETCONFIG_DNS_FORWARDER # or disable DNS configuration updates via netconfig by setting: # NETCONFIG_DNS_POLICY='' # # See also the netconfig(8) manual page and other documentation. # ### Call "netconfig update -f" to force adjusting of /etc/resolv.conf. search Laicolasse.valinor nameserver 80.58.61.254 nameserver 80.58.61.250 Laicolasse:~ # It is not reading those variables: Laicolasse:~ # grep "NETCONFIG_DNS_STATIC_SEARCHLIST\|NETCONFIG_DNS_STATIC_SERVERS\|NETCONFIG_DNS_FORWARDER\|NETCONFIG_DNS_POLICY" /etc/sysconfig/network/config NETCONFIG_DNS_POLICY="auto" NETCONFIG_DNS_FORWARDER="resolver" NETCONFIG_DNS_FORWARDER_FALLBACK="yes" NETCONFIG_DNS_STATIC_SEARCHLIST="valinor valinor" # When the NETCONFIG_DNS_FORWARDER variable is set to "resolver", NETCONFIG_DNS_STATIC_SERVERS="127.0.0.1" Laicolasse:~ # On my older laptop, it works: Legolas:~ # cat /etc/resolv.conf ### /etc/resolv.conf is a symlink to /run/netconfig/resolv.conf ### autogenerated by netconfig! # # Before you change this file manually, consider to define the # static DNS configuration using the following variables in the # /etc/sysconfig/network/config file: # NETCONFIG_DNS_STATIC_SEARCHLIST # NETCONFIG_DNS_STATIC_SERVERS # NETCONFIG_DNS_FORWARDER # or disable DNS configuration updates via netconfig by setting: # NETCONFIG_DNS_POLICY='' # # See also the netconfig(8) manual page and other documentation. # ### Call "netconfig update -f" to force adjusting of /etc/resolv.conf. search valinor Legolas.valinor nameserver 127.0.0.1 Legolas:~ # Calling that program does nothing. What am I missing? Maybe I have to write it up in the Network Manager config. I put in the wifi connection I am using [ipv4] dns=127.0.0.1; then wifi off, wifi on. Does not work. Then, I edit the information using the Netowrk Manager GUI. Now I get: ### Call "netconfig update -f" to force adjusting of /etc/resolv.conf. search Laicolasse.valinor nameserver 80.58.61.254 nameserver 80.58.61.250 nameserver 127.0.0.1 Laicolasse:~ # Which is not valid, it is still using the two servers from Telefónica. The GUI says "add", I want to replace. (the problem is that this way it is it not using dnsmasq!) The only way out I see is editing my own resolv file :-/ Done, it works. Will it survive a reboot? I guess not. :-( - -- Cheers Carlos E. R. (from 15.4 x86_64 at Telcontar) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHoEARECADoWIQQZEb51mJKK1KpcU/W1MxgcbY1H1QUCZCtggRwccm9iaW4ubGlz dGFzQHRlbGVmb25pY2EubmV0AAoJELUzGBxtjUfVuU8AoJFdHVJv1rwvz1gR6PV1 /F2fcOhXAKCLZ9rIW3g/CWGzSxvdSIgDRv9vxQ== =p8Vq -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Re: [oS-en] Problem with /etc/resolv.conf, with intention of using dnsmasq
by kschneider bout-tyme.net 06 Apr '23

06 Apr '23

I suggest you read info on the following website to understand what (and how) the ‘search’ directive is used. It’s clearly not the way you are trying to use it. <https://www.baeldung.com/linux/etc-resolv-conf-file> [Linux-Featured-Image-12-k.png] The /etc/resolv.conf File | Baeldung on Linux<https://www.baeldung.com/linux/etc-resolv-conf-file> baeldung.com<https://www.baeldung.com/linux/etc-resolv-conf-file> Ken Schneider

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make[1]: *** No rule to make target '.kernel_signing_key.pem', needed by 'certs/signing_key.x509'. Stop.
by Per Jessen 06 Apr '23

06 Apr '23

Building a kernel is not as easy as it used to be :-) On my raspi2, I'm trying to build a kernel (5.14.21) - using source from the leap 15.4 repo. It looks like $SUBJ is caused by a missing certificate for signing modules - I would like to just disable all of that, but which option is it? Andrei, any pointers? -- Per Jessen, Zürich (9.9°C) Member, openSUSE Heroes (2016 - present) We're hiring - https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Heroes

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Re: coreutils 9.2 - breaking change in cp and mv
by Robert Webb 06 Apr '23

06 Apr '23

[Since this reply msg by me (rw) is opinion/rant, I didn't think it belongs in the Factory list, so am posting it to Users.] On Wed, 05 Apr 2023 23:16:46 +0200, mh(a)mike.franken.de wrote (to factory(a)lists.opensuse.org) > On Montag, 3. April 2023 12:00:22 CEST Dominique Leuenberger wrote: >> ==== coreutils ==== >> Version update (9.1 -> 9.2) >> Subpackages: coreutils-lang > [...] >> * 'cp -n' and 'mv -n' now exit with nonzero status if they skip >> their action because the destination exists, and likewise for 'cp >> - i', 'ln -i', and 'mv -i' when the user declines. (POSIX >> specifies this for 'cp -i' and 'mv -i'.) > [...] > > be warned: > This might break lots of Makefiles and other scripts. > cp -n and mv -n return 1, if *any* file to copy or move exists in the > destination. I'm not sure, why this was introduced, because using -n > originally should avoid a non zero return status. I say, let them break. The functionality defined for the '-n' (--no-clobber) option before was broken. It was: "Do not overwrite an existing file; silently do nothing instead." That does not allow a script or makefile to detect whether the copy or move succeeded completely. If it doesn't succeed, it should return error status. The change is too bad for the scripts and makefiles written for the old functionality, but most of them using '-n' were probably carelessly written, and were bugs waiting to happen. Seeing an error will give people an opportunity to fix it. I was happy when first becoming aware of a new --no-clobber option for these utilities, until noticing that no proper result status was returned. That made it unusable for my scripts and makefiles, and so, mine won't break from the change. "It usually does what you want" is not good enough. BTW, the '-t' and '-T' options were a welcome addition to make the behavior of cp, mv, and ln, more deterministic. In scripts, one of those two should always be used. -- Robert Webb

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The latest shim from Leap 15.4 disallows shim from Tumbleweed and possibly other distributions
by Andrei Borzenkov 06 Apr '23

06 Apr '23

https://forums.opensuse.org/t/after-a-shim-update-yesterday-no-longer-able-… https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1209985 To explain. There is relatively new standard SBAT which makes it possible to "mass blacklist" EFI binaries supporting it. In rough overview, each binary carries a "generation" number which is increased when vulnerability is fixed. System has SbatLevel EFI variable which lists minimal accepted generations. Any binary which has smaller generation is rejected (by shim). What is important is that shim also verifies itself when starting. That is the general theory. Now comes implementation - there is no tool to manage SbatLevel variable directly - it is written by shim itself! At best you can select between two different values ("previous" and "latest") or reset this variable to some initial value. What "previous" and "latest" contain is entirely up to shim developers/maintainers. Initial value is empty. What happened now was the following 1. Leap 15.4 shim fixed some CVE and increased its own generation 2. Current Leap shim automatically enforces "latest" content of SbatLevel during installation which now requires at least shim generation 2 3. shim in Tumbleweed on one hand supports SBAT, on the other hand it has too old generation and so refuses to run. It also means that once you booted current Leap 15.4 shim at least once, you can no more to boot any installation image that includes shim new enough to understand SBAT but old enough to have generation 1 (like current Ubuntu shim :) ) with Secure Boot enabled. It will simply turn system off after showing error message. It is possible to mitigate it by using mokutil --set-sbat-policy previous *before* updating to the new shim. In this case new shim will set embedded previous policy that does only lists grub2. Initial policy after reset (empty, only header): sbat,1,2021030218 Policy after rebooting into new shim with "previous" set: sbat,1,2022052400 grub,2 Policy after rebooting with new shim after default installation (implicit "latest"): sbat,1,2022111500 shim,2 grub,3 As you see, even "previous" adds minimal grub requirement which may block grub from other distributions (all to protect you of course :) ). What is *NOT* possible is to tell shim to leave SbatLevel the hell alone on *my* system. Frankly the implementation looks like security theater to me, but I am not security expert ...

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Zypper up kann amavisd-new und perl-razor-agents nicht updaten
by Joerg Rohrer 05 Apr '23

05 Apr '23

Hallo Liste Wie im subject geschrieben bekomme ich den amavisd-new perl-razor-agents nicht upgedatet. z.Zt ist amavis aus dem OS Repo installiert, warum auch immer. Habe bis anhin gedacht es kommt aus dem Mail repo. Postfix und cyrus stammen aus dem mail repo. habe das mal umgestellt weil cyrus nach dem update von 15.3 zu 15.4 einfach de-installiert wurde. Leider bekomme ich beim versuch zypper dup --from "Email services (15.4)" folgendes. Scheint dass das Paket perl(Net::LibIDN2) ist nirgends zu finden ist. Möchte mir den mailer nicht wieder zerschiessen darum frage ich mal hier:) Loading repository data... Reading installed packages... Computing distribution upgrade... 4 Problems: Problem: nothing provides 'perl(Net::LibIDN2)' needed by the to be installed amavisd-new-2.13.0-lp154.172.1.noarch Problem: problem with the installed libclucene-contribs-lib1-2.3.3.4-1.31.x86_64 Problem: problem with the installed libclucene-core1-2.3.3.4-1.31.x86_64 Problem: problem with the installed libclucene-shared1-2.3.3.4-1.31.x86_64 Problem: nothing provides 'perl(Net::LibIDN2)' needed by the to be installed amavisd-new-2.13.0-lp154.172.1.noarch Solution 1: deinstallation of amavisd-new-2.12.2-lp154.171.4.noarch Solution 2: keep obsolete amavisd-new-2.12.2-lp154.171.4.noarch Solution 3: break amavisd-new-2.13.0-lp154.172.1.noarch by ignoring some of its dependencies Choose from above solutions by number or skip, retry or cancel [1/2/3/s/r/c/d/?] (c): zypper lr -u # | Alias | Name | Enabled | GPG Check | Refresh | URI --+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+---------+-----------+---------+------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 | repo-${releasever}-non-oss | openSUSE-15.4 Non-OSS | Yes | (r ) Yes | No | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/leap/15.4/repo/non-oss/ 2 | repo-${releasever}-oss | openSUSE-15.4 OSS | Yes | (r ) Yes | No | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/leap/15.4/repo/oss/ 3 | repo-${releasever}-update-non-oss | openSUSE-15.4 Updates Non-OSS | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes | http://download.opensuse.org/update/leap/15.4/non-oss/ 4 | repo-${releasever}-update-oss | openSUSE-15.4 Updates OSS | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes | http://download.opensuse.org/update/leap/15.4/oss/ 5 | repo-backports-debug-update | Update repository with updates for openSUSE Leap debug-> | No | ---- | ---- | http://download.opensuse.org/update/leap/15.4/backports_debug/ 6 | repo-backports-update | Update repository of openSUSE Backports | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes | http://download.opensuse.org/update/leap/15.4/backports/ 7 | repo-sle-debug-update | Update repository with debuginfo for updates from SUSE-> | No | ---- | ---- | http://download.opensuse.org/debug/update/leap/15.4/sle/ 8 | repo-sle-update | Update repository with updates from SUSE Linux Enterpr-> | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes | http://download.opensuse.org/update/leap/15.4/sle/ 9 | server_mail | Email services (15.4) | Yes | (r ) Yes | No | https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/server:/mail/15.4/ zypper se -s amavis Loading repository data... Reading installed packages... S | Name | Type | Version | Arch | Repository ---+----------------------------+------------+---------------------+--------+------------------------------------------------------------- | amavisd-milter | package | 1.7.2-150400.9.3.1 | x86_64 | Update repository with updates from SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 | amavisd-milter | package | 1.7.2-lp154.5.12 | x86_64 | Email services (15.4) | amavisd-milter | srcpackage | 1.7.2-150400.9.3.1 | noarch | Update repository with updates from SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 | amavisd-milter | srcpackage | 1.7.2-lp154.5.12 | noarch | Email services (15.4) | amavisd-milter-debuginfo | package | 1.7.2-lp154.5.12 | x86_64 | Email services (15.4) | amavisd-milter-debugsource | package | 1.7.2-lp154.5.12 | x86_64 | Email services (15.4) i+ | amavisd-new | package | 2.12.2-lp154.171.4 | noarch | (System Packages) v | amavisd-new | package | 2.13.0-lp154.172.1 | noarch | Email services (15.4) v | amavisd-new | package | 2.12.1-150400.1.4 | noarch | openSUSE-15.4 OSS v | amavisd-new | package | 2.11.1-150000.6.6.1 | x86_64 | Update repository with updates from SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 | amavisd-new | srcpackage | 2.13.0-lp154.172.1 | noarch | Email services (15.4) | amavisd-new | srcpackage | 2.11.1-150000.6.6.1 | noarch | Update repository with updates from SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 i | amavisd-new-docs | package | 2.12.2-lp154.171.4 | noarch | (System Packages) v | amavisd-new-docs | package | 2.13.0-lp154.172.1 | noarch | Email services (15.4) v | amavisd-new-docs | package | 2.12.1-150400.1.4 | noarch | openSUSE-15.4 OSS v | amavisd-new-docs | package | 2.11.1-150000.6.6.1 | x86_64 | Update repository with updates from SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 grüsse jörg

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raspberry pi / leap 15.4 / blacklisting modules
by Per Jessen 05 Apr '23

05 Apr '23

Context - I have a Raspi (raspi1) running Leap 15.0, controlling some SK6812 LEDs. Has been working very well since 15.0, but I thought it was probably time to consider an upgrade. I have a 2nd Raspi (raspi2) now running 15.4. I am having trouble getting access to the GPIO I need, and I noticed that 15.4 has a lot more miscellaneous modules being loaded. I don't seem to be able to prevent loading modules with this: /etc/modprobe.d/99-local.conf blacklist this-or-that In my limited understanding, this ought to prevent this-or-that from being loaded, but it doesn't. Any thoughts? -- Per Jessen, Zürich (6.3°C) Member, openSUSE Heroes (2016 - present) We're hiring - https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Heroes

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Re: [oS-en] Problem with /etc/resolv.conf, with intention of using dnsmasq
by Bob Rogers 05 Apr '23

05 Apr '23

From: "Carlos E. R." <robin.listas(a)telefonica.net> Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2023 04:09:10 +0200 On 2023-04-05 01:28, Bob Rogers wrote: > From: "Carlos E. R." <> > Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2023 00:43:52 +0200 > > . . . > > It says: > > # Defines the DNS merge policy as documented in netconfig(8) manual page. > # Set to "" to disable DNS configuration. > > Then, what DNS does it write to the resolv file? > > It doesn't; this is leaves resolv.conf untouched by the automatic stuff. > (You were saying how it would be "far simpler" to write it yourself.) No. The resolv file lives in ram, in a tmpfs. Something creates it on every boot. What? Never mind what. If you use this recipe to disable the "what", then you can delete the symlink to /var/run/netconfig/resolv.conf. Then make /etc/resolv.conf an ordinary file (sorry, I did forget to mention these steps), and the system will leave it alone, and it will persist between boots. -- Bob

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leap 15.4 raspi jeos - default userid/pwd ?
by Per Jessen 04 Apr '23

04 Apr '23

It supposed to be root:linux, but that doesn't work. Any ideas ? -- Per Jessen, Zürich (11.4°C) Member, openSUSE Heroes (2016 - present) We're hiring - https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Heroes

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[oS-en] Instant message client?
by Carlos E. R. 03 Apr '23

03 Apr '23

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, Do we have some instant message client? Something that can send a text message to a mobile phone, from a script? Say whatsapp, signal, telegram... :-? - -- Cheers Carlos E. R. (from 15.4 x86_64 at Telcontar) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHoEARECADoWIQQZEb51mJKK1KpcU/W1MxgcbY1H1QUCZCFgzhwccm9iaW4ubGlz dGFzQHRlbGVmb25pY2EubmV0AAoJELUzGBxtjUfVsjEAn3Ssx4aen17N/zV55ccI AZ8IwlKOAJ4403ez85yFtAbNu2cGXAAeA6yjPQ== =TouZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Re: four or maybe six modules
by Per Jessen 01 Apr '23

01 Apr '23

gebser(a)mousecar.com wrote: > It's been a very long time since I messed with modules. And I never > enjoyed running insmod or modprobe and then-- probably-- having to run > rmmod... and that was back when there were four or maybe six modules > to deal with. Now we have > > # lsmod|wc -l > 177 Here only 71 with the latest TW (i586). Only 59 on a Raspi. On the openSUSE mailing list server, only 40. There are also times when modules are loaded unnecessarily. I think even the 2.2 series kernel had more than four or five modules :-) Much will depend on what you do with your Linux systems, how many you have and how varied they are. How much you dabble with the hardware. -- Per Jessen, Zürich (15.7°C) Member, openSUSE Heroes (2016 - present) We're hiring - https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Heroes

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[oS-en] Hardware "bug" on Lenovo L14 Gen 3 AMD laptop.
by Carlos E. R. 01 Apr '23

01 Apr '23

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 When the machine is sleeping 8aka suspend to ram), if I connect or disconnect the mains, the machine awakes, even if the lid is closed (Leap 15.5). Andrei posted some reading material that mentioned inhibiting some events from waking the machine, so I definitely have to explore that. But just mentioning the issue here so it is known. - -- Cheers Carlos E. R. (from 15.4 x86_64 at Telcontar) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHoEARECADoWIQQZEb51mJKK1KpcU/W1MxgcbY1H1QUCZCgsKxwccm9iaW4ubGlz dGFzQHRlbGVmb25pY2EubmV0AAoJELUzGBxtjUfVL4wAn0X/vCRjfEKW0J1dFqc7 f41yXlgKAJ9RmiEeE0FcINsxU3gSI0wqi0Rppw== =b6mH -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Re: Heads up: removing the mkinitrd wrapper
by Per Jessen 01 Apr '23

01 Apr '23

Carlos E. R. wrote: > On 2023-03-30 18:42, Per Jessen wrote: >> Carlos E. R. wrote: >> >>> Or, copy the old script to /usr/local/sbin, unless that is not >>> advisable. >> >> Or - oh horror - move with the times. > > I think I'm entitled to be recognized as an old fart by now :-p I'm sure you are, but does that prevent you from moving with the times? >> I still think the main point is that you don't actually dabble with >> building initrds yourself, you are happy to follow instructions to do >> so, when needed. In the future, no one is going to direct you to run >> mkinitrd, so what is the point of having an alias. > > Per, > > You may have read from me and Andrei the multiples scenarios in which > people have to run mkinitrd manually. I have been in most of them. No, I have totally missed that. I thought you were talking about having to create initrds manually. For the last couple of years, I have not been in a single situation where I _had_ to run mkinitrd. dracut was very useful though. -- Per Jessen, Zürich (16.2°C) Member, openSUSE Heroes (2016 - present) We're hiring - https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Heroes

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Re: [oS-EN] Question on full disk encription
by David C. Rankin 01 Apr '23

01 Apr '23

On 3/28/23 08:01, cagsm wrote: > On Tue, Mar 28, 2023 at 12:42 PM Carlos E. R. > <robin.listas(a)telefonica.net> wrote: >> new laptop here, and I decided to install Leap 15.4 with full disk >> encryption, no LVM (a feature I wanted to have for years, so I'm happy). >> It asks for the password twice (contrary to my customs, I'm using plymouth). >> It asks once before grub loads. Well, ok, there is no separate /boot, so >> it has to read "/" which is encrypted. Nice. >> But after selecting the boot entry in grub, it asks again. Once, despite >> being 3 partitions ("/", "/boot" and swap). Ok. > > doesnt the official opensuse pages state about the situation about > double entry of passphrases. i have double passphrase questionaire as > well with 15.4 fresh install via the propsed partition setup on a > notebook. btrfs or something and the snapshot filesystem stuff and > all. not expert though > >> <https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Encrypted_root_file_system#Avoiding_to_type_the…> The page says: <quote> Warning: Do this only if you have an encrypted root partition **that includes /boot** (no separate /boot partition)! The key added to the initrd can be used to decrypt your root partition, therefore having the initrd on an unencrypted /boot partition would defeat encrypting your root partition. </quote> How do you handle the case of a separate /boot partition? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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leap 15.5 install - keyboard question
by Per Jessen 31 Mar '23

31 Mar '23

I'm just starting a test installation, and I used X mode by mistake - the machine had a former life and X was enabled by default (.ssh/config). In the YaST GUI (which looks really good, btw), I change locale to UK English, then keyboard to US English. It's just our normal setting, muscle memory. While YaST was doing whatever, I switched to a libreoffice document and realised the keyboard had changed. Presumably to US English. I'll wait and see if it switches back, but is this change to be expected? When we do a "normal" install without X, changing the keyboard layout only takes effect for the system being installed. -- Per Jessen, Zürich (14.9°C) Member, openSUSE Heroes (2016 - present) We're hiring - https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Heroes

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[oS-EN] Machine for disk encryption password happens too fast.
by Carlos E. R. 31 Mar '23

31 Mar '23

Hi, New machine (Lenovo L14 Gen3). Full disk encryption using discrete partitions with the same password ("/", "/home", swap). On boot, the Lenovo logo flashes instantly and the prompt for the disk encryption key pops fast. At this point, ctr-alt-del is ignored. There is no time nor message to press F1 for bios config or F12 for boot menu. I have to press and hold the power button for 4 seconds to power off, then power up again, and start pressing F1 or F12 fast, so that it is read. Slow pressing doesn't work. Press F1 and hold doesn't work. Question: Is it possible to insert a delay? -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from Telcontar, using openSUSE Leap 15.4)

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With all the talk about WiFi lately
by joe a 30 Mar '23

30 Mar '23

Another FYI from Mr. Sunshine: https://www.theregister.com/2023/03/30/wifi_spec_ambiguity_leak/?td=rt-3a

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Re: Heads up: removing the mkinitrd wrapper
by Per Jessen 30 Mar '23

30 Mar '23

Simon Becherer wrote: > Am 30.03.23 um 18:42 schrieb Per Jessen: >> Carlos E. R. wrote: >> >>> Or, copy the old script to /usr/local/sbin, unless that is not >>> advisable. >> >> Or - oh horror - move with the times. >> >> I still think the main point is that you don't actually dabble with >> building initrds yourself, you are happy to follow instructions to do >> so, when needed. In the future, no one is going to direct you to run >> mkinitrd, so what is the point of having an alias. >> >> > well, the instructions you will google will lack 1 or 2 years... Some of them will, no doubt. Others might just say "rebuild your initrd". If Carlos is at that point - googling, having to apply his own imagination, read a man page - he'll work it out. > and you will somtimes face a bug for the workaround you will > nee to do yourselfe a mkinitrd. example: > https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1181768 Certainly, that will always remain. I build my own initrds all the time. http://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1206781 > but this mails here will move away from the original post/problem, > so maybe we should stop or go to another list. I very much agree. -- Per Jessen, Zürich (16.3°C) What is "querulant" in Englisch?

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Fwd: 20230326 last snapshot to contain i586 in the main repo
by Andrei Borzenkov 30 Mar '23

30 Mar '23

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar(a)opensuse.org> Date: Tue, Mar 28, 2023 at 2:00 PM Subject: 20230326 last snapshot to contain i586 in the main repo To: <factory(a)lists.opensuse.org> Another heads-up to the i586 users, Snpashot 20230326 is the last snapshot that will carry i586 binaries in the main repositories. If you are running a 32-bit installation of Tumbleweed, make sure to check your repositories and have them point to the correct locations: OSS: http://download.opensuse.org/ports/i586/tumbleweed/repo/oss/ NON-OSS: http://download.opensuse.org/ports/i586/tumbleweed/repo/non-oss/ Update: http://download.opensuse.org/ports/i586/update/tumbleweed/ Starting with Snapshot 0328, the i586 binaries will no longer be shipped in the main repository. Cheers, Dominique

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[oS-EN] Questions on Gnome classic
by Carlos E. R. 30 Mar '23

30 Mar '23

Hi, I'm trying gnome classic - what I use normally is XFCE, so the normal gnome is way too different for my taste. The classic seems more comfortable to me. I expected after a reboot to get the same desktop, but no. I had to restart the terminal and gkrellm. When closing, I did not see a tick or something to save the session. Is it somewhere else? When I press [Alt][F2] to type a command, it doesn't autocomplete (XFCE does). Is it a setting somewhere? -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from Elesar, using openSUSE Leap 15.4)

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El Reg Smiles on 15.5 Beta - good press
by David C. Rankin 30 Mar '23

30 Mar '23

The Register, Has done a test-drive of the 15.5 Beta and provided good ink regarding the experience. Though it hasn't fully kicked the tires, the install was "impeccable". Also noteworthy is the increasing traffic seen by SUSE/openSUSE as user apparently shy away from Ubuntu's "containerized" snappy offering (are you listening SUSE?) Good press is -- good press. https://www.theregister.com/2023/03/28/opensuse_is_thriving_and_leap/ -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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[oS-en] /etc/resolv.conf
by Carlos E. R. 30 Mar '23

30 Mar '23

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 New machine with 15.4 Name solving not working (after playing with YaST networking module). /etc/resolv.conf was empty. I restarted network nmcli off nmcli on and /etc/resolv.conf was populated, but incorrectly: Laicolasse:~ l /etc/resolv.conf g lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 26 Mar 27 19:13 /etc/resolv.conf -> /run/netconfig/resolv.conf Laicolasse:~ # cat /etc/resolv.conf ### /etc/resolv.conf is a symlink to /run/netconfig/resolv.conf ### autogenerated by netconfig! # # Before you change this file manually, consider to define the # static DNS configuration using the following variables in the # /etc/sysconfig/network/config file: # NETCONFIG_DNS_STATIC_SEARCHLIST # NETCONFIG_DNS_STATIC_SERVERS # NETCONFIG_DNS_FORWARDER # or disable DNS configuration updates via netconfig by setting: # NETCONFIG_DNS_POLICY='' # # See also the netconfig(8) manual page and other documentation. # ### Call "netconfig update -f" to force adjusting of /etc/resolv.conf. search valinor Laicolasse:~ # See that there is no DNS entry. However: Laicolasse:~ # nmcli eth0: connected to eth0 "Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411" ethernet (r8169), F4:A8:0D:7A:49:01, hw, mtu 1500 ip4 default inet4 192.168.2.17/16 route4 0.0.0.0/0 route4 192.168.0.0/16 inet6 fe80::f6a8:dff:fe7a:4901/64 route6 fe80::/64 lo: unmanaged "lo" loopback (unknown), 00:00:00:00:00:00, sw, mtu 65536 DNS configuration: servers: 80.58.61.254 80.58.61.250 interface: eth0 Use "nmcli device show" to get complete information about known devices and "nmcli connection show" to get an overview on active connection profiles. Consult nmcli(1) and nmcli-examples(7) manual pages for complete usage details. Laicolasse:~ # As you see, the DNS information is there. Just not in etc/resolv.conf where it is needed. How do I make it go there? (machine is currently running text mode) - -- Cheers Carlos E. R. (from 15.4 x86_64 at Telcontar) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHoEARECADoWIQQZEb51mJKK1KpcU/W1MxgcbY1H1QUCZCIgORwccm9iaW4ubGlz dGFzQHRlbGVmb25pY2EubmV0AAoJELUzGBxtjUfV358An1d73/buBx7T2sU7+Y44 DuFnqrkwAJ9WfZ3Vn4uHxz3WrjXD1Iw1RNcgqA== =+amE -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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SuSE Linux/openSUSE boxes to give away
by Axel Braun 30 Mar '23

30 Mar '23

Hi, I have a bunch of SuSE Linux/openSUSE boxes to give away: https://paste.opensuse.org/pastes/73af85a65ee3 Except 2 they are complete with book and media. Boxes are for free if you cover the transport - fully free if you pick them up. If you are interested, drop me a mail Cheers Axel

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System rollback
by Roger Oberholtzer 29 Mar '23

29 Mar '23

A colleague did a zypper dup of his Tumbleweed system a bit ago. Seems it borked his system. So he is using a read-only snapshot. I want to help him revert to the state before the backup. He has a standard Tumbleweed layout (initially installed in November, so surely using the current preferred layout). He has made no changes to the system since then. I have read the information related to this here: https://doc.opensuse.org/documentation/leap/reference/html/book-reference/c… Which is pretty good. Before I follow the advice contained there, I am just asking if this is what one should do: 1. Boot with a recent read-only snapshot. We are using the one just before the current non-functioning one. 2. Run: snapper rollback 3. Reboot into the default image That's it? If so, seems too easy. Which makes me suspicious... -- Roger Oberholtzer

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Tumbleweed: Problems with YapStocks Widget in Plasma. Did we change something particular in Tumbleweed with QT?
by Stakanov 28 Mar '23

28 Mar '23

file:///home/entropy/.local/share/plasma/plasmoids/com.librehat.yapstocks/ contents/ui/main.qml:92:5: Type MainPage unavailable file:///home/entropy/.local/share/plasma/plasmoids/com.librehat.yapstocks/ contents/ui/MainPage.qml:109:9: Type PriceChart unavailable file:///home/entropy/.local/share/plasma/plasmoids/com.librehat.yapstocks/ contents/ui/PriceChart.qml:23:1: module "QtCharts" is not installed I was aware of this issue in the past, but normally installing QTCharts did solve. I tried with the qt6 version of charts, did not help, then did a QT5 version install parallel to it but the error persists. This widget worked flawlessly for years now, I am somewhat puzzled about what may have changed, must have been very recently. Any suggestion?

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Leap 15.4 on Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 Pro R5H/16/512 14 - graphics, trackpad, mouse problems
by Per Inge Oestmoen 27 Mar '23

27 Mar '23

Problems with Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 Pro R5H/16/512 14! I have the above machine, but cannot get the graphics, trackpad and mouse to work properly. The problem is that with kernel version 5.14.21-150400.24.46-default (64-bit) the trackpad and mouse works with no problem. However, the screen resolution is limited to 800x600. The screen's native resolution is 2880×1800. Then, I tried to upgrade the kernel, with the kernels found here: https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Kernel:/stable:/Backport/standar… When I upgrade to one of these kernels, I get 2880×1800. But, there is a big "but" here: The mouse and trackpad do not work properly. The cursor just jumps unpredictably over the screen. As a result, both the mouse and the trackpad become unusable. I then had to go back to the 5.14.21-150400.24.46-default which was installed when I installed Leap 15.4. Then the trackpad (and mouse if I choose to attach it) both work properly again. However, I am then stuck with a very coarse 800x600 screen resolution, which is certainly not functional. There is no way to change the resolution, as far as I can see. So what do I do in order to make the Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 Pro R5H/16/512 14 work with Linux? Is there a known kernel which will do the trick, or is there a way to change the resolution (and also get the correct color depth)? I assume that the correct kernel will solve the situation, but where is it to be found? Here is my machine. You can see the technical data of the machine in detail: http://www.coldsiberia.net/technics/20230318_224141_2000.jpg Sincerely, Per Inge Oestmoen, Norway

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Re: New package xfce4-docklike-plugin
by Liam Proven 25 Mar '23

25 Mar '23

On Sat, 25 Mar 2023 at 17:46, Manfred Hollstein <mhollstein(a)t-online.de> wrote: > > Hi there, > > I'd like to request acceptance of the new package included with our > Xfce4 distribution: > > <https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/1074344> > > Citing from its home page: > > A modern, minimalist taskbar for Xfce. > > Docklike Taskbar behaves similarly to many other desktop environments > and operating systems. Wherein all application windows are grouped > together as an icon and can be pinned to act as a launcher when the > application is not running. Commonly referred to as a dock. > > You can find all details about this new package at the following URL: > > <https://docs.xfce.org/panel-plugins/xfce4-docklike-plugin/start> > > The only thing which I believe is missing there is the hint that you > need a (new) Xfce panel to which you add the new docklike-plugin > allowing you to easily access all your terminal related windows and/or > add your preferred applications you are usually working with. > > HTH, cheers. I 100% endorse this. It's an excellent little plugin that makes Xfce, already by far my favourite desktop on openSUSE, Debian, Fedora etc., far more versatile as well as much more modern-looking. -- Liam Proven ~ Profile: https://about.me/liamproven Email: lproven(a)cix.co.uk ~ gMail/gTalk/FB: lproven(a)gmail.com Twitter/LinkedIn: lproven ~ Skype: liamproven IoM: (+44) 7624 277612: UK: (+44) 7939-087884 Czech [+ WhatsApp/Telegram/Signal]: (+420) 702-829-053

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Repositories problems
by Frank McCormick 25 Mar '23

25 Mar '23

Can someone help me to sort out which repositories I should have enabled on Tumbleweed. This is a followup to problems I posted the other day relative to that huge update. It was suggested at that time I remove certain repositories which I did using YAST. Today I noticed when I do a refresh, then a zypper dup I get this: desktop-tumbleweed frank ~> sudo zypper ref Repository 'Main Repository (NON-OSS)' is up to date. Repository 'Main Repository (OSS)' is up to date. Repository 'Main Update Repository' is up to date. Repository 'Double Commander (openSUSE_Tumbleweed)' is up to date. Repository 'libdvdcss repository' is up to date. Repository 'X11:Utilities' is up to date. Repository 'graphics' is up to date. Repository 'Base:System' is up to date. Repository 'X11:lxde' is up to date. Repository 'openSUSE:Tumbleweed' is up to date. Repository 'openSUSE-20221228-0' is up to date. Repository 'openh264' is up to date. Repository 'Packman' is up to date. Repository 'openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Source' is up to date. Repository 'vivaldi' is up to date. All repositories have been refreshed. desktop-tumbleweed frank ~> sudo zypper dup Loading repository data... Warning: Repository 'openSUSE:Tumbleweed' metadata expired since 2023-03-24 06:25:41 EDT. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Warning: Repository metadata expired: Check if 'autorefresh' is turned on (zypper lr), otherwise manualy refresh the repository (zypper ref). If this does not solve the issue, it could be that you are using a broken mirror or the server has actually discontinued to support the repository. Reading installed packages... Warning: You are about to do a distribution upgrade with all enabled repositories. Make sure these repositories are compatible before you continue. See 'man zypper' for more information about this command. Computing distribution upgrade... Nothing to do. These are the repositories I have enabled according to zypper: desktop-tumbleweed frank ~> zypper repos Repository priorities in effect: (See 'zypper lr -P' for details) 90 (raised priority) : 2 repositories 99 (default priority) : 13 repositories # | Alias | Name | Enabled | GPG Check | Refresh ---+--------------------------------------+----------------------------------------+---------+-----------+-------- 1 | download.opensuse.org-non-oss | Main Repository (NON-OSS) | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes 2 | download.opensuse.org-oss | Main Repository (OSS) | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes 3 | download.opensuse.org-tumbleweed | Main Update Repository | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes 4 | home_Alexx2000 | Double Commander (openSUSE_Tumbleweed) | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes 5 | http-opensuse-guide.org-38a6533d | libdvdcss repository | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes 7 | https-download.opensuse.org-6a0df1c6 | graphics | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes 9 | https-download.opensuse.org-8feb7d1a | X11:lxde | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes 6 | https-download.opensuse.org-34a895cf | X11:Utilities | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes 8 | https-download.opensuse.org-88275063 | Base:System | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes 10 | https-download.opensuse.org-d98d69c0 | openSUSE:Tumbleweed | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes 11 | openSUSE-20221228-0 | openSUSE-20221228-0 | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes 12 | openh264 | openh264 | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes 13 | packman | Packman | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes 14 | repo-source | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Source | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes 15 | vivaldi | vivaldi | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes desktop-tumbleweed frank ~> The Vivaldi and Double Commander repos are for app I use regularly. Is the repository which apparently is not refreshing one that should be removed ? Thanks for any and all help.

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repo problems
by Frank McCormick 25 Mar '23

25 Mar '23

The YAST version of my repo list is here: https://paste.opensuse.org/pastes/1a53f68cdab5 Thanks

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FYI
by joe a 25 Mar '23

25 Mar '23

May mean nothing. https://www.theregister.com/2023/03/23/suse_announces_new_ceo_arriving/

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This morning dup on Tumbleweed is strange.
by Frank McCormick 24 Mar '23

24 Mar '23

Attempted a zypper dup on my installation this morning. I got this error messagage on one of the repositories. Warning: File 'repomd.xml' from repository 'openSUSE:Factory' is unsigned. Note: Signing data enables the recipient to verify that no modifications occurred after the data were signed. Accepting data with no, wrong or unknown signature can lead to a corrupted system and in extreme cases even to a system compromise. Note: File 'repomd.xml' is the repositories master index file. It ensures the integrity of the whole repo. Warning: We can't verify that no one meddled with this file, so it might not be trustworthy anymore! You should not continue unless you know it's safe. File 'repomd.xml' from repository 'openSUSE:Factory' is unsigned, continue? [yes/no] (no): Retrieving repository 'openSUSE:Factory' metadata ................................................................................................[error] Repository 'openSUSE:Factory' is invalid. [http-download.opensuse.org-fa10a0de|http://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/] Valid metadata not found at specified URL History: - Signature verification failed for repomd.xml - Can't provide /repodata/repomd.xml Please check if the URIs defined for this repository are pointing to a valid repository. Warning: Skipping repository 'openSUSE:Factory' because of the above error. Then zypper told me it was going to upgrade 2063 packages!! It didn't seem reasonable to me so I aborted the upgrade. What should I have done ? Has anyone else experienced this? Thanks

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yet another "I have a strangeness with zypper" thread. Protocol error.... with TW zypper dup.
by Stakanov 23 Mar '23

23 Mar '23

My zypper dup command complains a lot about: - Download error (curl) for 'https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/ oss/x86_64/libX11-xcb1-1.8.4-1.2.x86_64.rpm': Error code: Curl error 92 Error message: HTTP/2 stream 1 was not closed cleanly: PROTOCOL_ERROR (err 1) A new attempt will be made... Eventually then the package will go through and the issue will repeat shortly after with some other package. This lengthens of course the procedure remarkably. One system needed the whole night to do the dup. This with TW on bare metal. My TW instance running on that machine that is KVM had a lot of curl error 55 (canceled after 5 attempts). Now my question is: does the mirror have an issue, does my modem have an issue, or do I have an issue on my local machine with some setup? By guessing I would say the mirror does have a problem with upholding the connection (maybe for server overload) or my internetprovider has a problem with the quality delivered? But you may point me to what is the cause here. Just to be sure that I can or cannot do something about it. I did have a dup of > 3200 packages, but I think this could be normal (maybe some rebuild that forced to update all....

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Re: if some automated p2p method of rsync existed
by Per Jessen 23 Mar '23

23 Mar '23

Carlos E. R. wrote: > This could be improved if some automated p2p method of rsync existed > to propagate the updates also from mirror to mirror. It has to be > invented, AFAIK. Somewhat offtopic, but never mind. It's been too long without a good rant :-) Nothing needs to be "invented", there are various technologies/solutions that could be applied. Distributed filesystems, some sort of internet multicast, maybe super sparrow, content distribution networks. The main hurdle - virtually regardless of which solution - is the mirror operator. She is generally happy to volunteer some Terabytes of disk space, some network bandwidth and 20mins for setting up an rsync cron-job. Some mirror operators (if you are listening here, you know who you are) are certainly very cooperative and more than happy to help out, but to most, running an openSUSE mirror is not a priority. Insignificant hurdles, in comparison - openSUSE Heroes. -- Per Jessen, Zürich (16.8°C) Member, openSUSE Heroes (2016 - present) We're hiring - https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Heroes

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Lost the plasma X11 session option.
by Boyd Lynn Gerber 23 Mar '23

23 Mar '23

Hello, I rebooted my macgine after a kenel update and now no KDE X11 options abailable in Desktop Session choices. Any ideas on how to get back the KDE X11 op[tion? Regards, -- Boyd Gerber <gerberb(a)zenez.com> 801 849-0213 ZENEZ 1042 East Fort Union #135, Midvale Utah 84047

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[oS-en] Can't trigger Firefox remotely
by Carlos E. R. 23 Mar '23

23 Mar '23

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I used this tiny script, run in my desktop machine, to open firefox in my "mediaserver" and display a youtube there: cer@Telcontar:~> cat /home/cer/bin/IsengardFirefox #!/bin/bash ssh cer(a)isengard.valinor "DISPLAY=:0 firefox $1 $2 $3" cer@Telcontar:~> Both machines have been upgraded to 15.4 since then, and now the script fails: cer@Telcontar:~> IsengardFirefox https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-4S7cdo3tY Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 keyNo protocol specified Error: cannot open display: :0 cer@Telcontar:~> This is a solution we concocted on this thread: Archived-At: <https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/users@lists.opensuse.org/message/2…> Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2022 14:01:49 +0200 (CEST) From: "Carlos E. R." <robin.listas(a)telefonica.net> To: oS-en <users(a)lists.opensuse.org> Subject: [oS-en] How can I fire up firefox on another computer using ssh? Why doesn't it work now? Verbose try: cer@Telcontar:~> IsengardFirefox https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-4S7cdo3tY OpenSSH_8.4p1, OpenSSL 1.1.1l 24 Aug 2021 SUSE release 150400.7.25.1 debug1: Reading configuration data /home/cer/.ssh/config debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config debug1: /etc/ssh/ssh_config line 20: Applying options for * debug1: Connecting to isengard.valinor [192.168.1.16] port 22. debug1: Connection established. debug1: identity file /home/cer/.ssh/id_rsa type 0 debug1: identity file /home/cer/.ssh/id_rsa-cert type -1 debug1: identity file /home/cer/.ssh/id_dsa type 1 debug1: identity file /home/cer/.ssh/id_dsa-cert type -1 debug1: identity file /home/cer/.ssh/id_ecdsa type -1 debug1: identity file /home/cer/.ssh/id_ecdsa-cert type -1 debug1: identity file /home/cer/.ssh/id_ecdsa_sk type -1 debug1: identity file /home/cer/.ssh/id_ecdsa_sk-cert type -1 debug1: identity file /home/cer/.ssh/id_ed25519 type -1 debug1: identity file /home/cer/.ssh/id_ed25519-cert type -1 debug1: identity file /home/cer/.ssh/id_ed25519_sk type -1 debug1: identity file /home/cer/.ssh/id_ed25519_sk-cert type -1 debug1: identity file /home/cer/.ssh/id_xmss type -1 debug1: identity file /home/cer/.ssh/id_xmss-cert type -1 debug1: Local version string SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_8.4 debug1: Remote protocol version 2.0, remote software version OpenSSH_8.4 debug1: match: OpenSSH_8.4 pat OpenSSH* compat 0x04000000 debug1: Authenticating to isengard.valinor:22 as 'cer' debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT sent debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT received debug1: kex: algorithm: curve25519-sha256 debug1: kex: host key algorithm: ecdsa-sha2-nistp256 debug1: kex: server->client cipher: chacha20-poly1305(a)openssh.com MAC: <implicit> compression: none debug1: kex: client->server cipher: chacha20-poly1305(a)openssh.com MAC: <implicit> compression: none debug1: kex: curve25519-sha256 need=64 dh_need=64 debug1: kex: curve25519-sha256 need=64 dh_need=64 debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_ECDH_REPLY debug1: Server host key: ecdsa-sha2-nistp256 SHA256:IL.... debug1: Host 'isengard.valinor' is known and matches the ECDSA host key. debug1: Found key in /home/cer/.ssh/known_hosts:65 debug1: rekey out after 134217728 blocks debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS sent debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS received debug1: rekey in after 134217728 blocks debug1: Skipping ssh-dss key /home/cer/.ssh/id_dsa - not in PubkeyAcceptedKeyTypes debug1: Skipping ssh-dss key carloser(a)cvs.sf.net - not in PubkeyAcceptedKeyTypes debug1: Skipping ssh-dss key carloser(a)shell.sf.net - not in PubkeyAcceptedKeyTypes debug1: Skipping ssh-dss key carloser(a)cf.sf.net - not in PubkeyAcceptedKeyTypes debug1: Will attempt key: /home/cer/.ssh/id_rsa RSA SHA256:domyQmwzSv4RGTBnyqQtTl5MSxLX9JYfyFL5sMqDEYE agent debug1: Will attempt key: cer@nimrodel RSA SHA256:lD... agent debug1: Will attempt key: /home/cer/.ssh/id_ecdsa debug1: Will attempt key: /home/cer/.ssh/id_ecdsa_sk debug1: Will attempt key: /home/cer/.ssh/id_ed25519 debug1: Will attempt key: /home/cer/.ssh/id_ed25519_sk debug1: Will attempt key: /home/cer/.ssh/id_xmss debug1: SSH2_MSG_EXT_INFO received debug1: kex_input_ext_info: server-sig-algs=<ssh-ed25519,sk-ssh-ed25519@openssh.com,ssh-rsa,rsa-sha2-256,rsa-sha2-512,ssh-dss,ecdsa-sha2-nistp256,ecdsa-sha2-nistp384,ecdsa-sha2-nistp521,sk-ecdsa-sha2-nistp256@openssh.com,webauthn-sk-ecdsa-sha2-nistp256@openssh.com> debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_ACCEPT received debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey debug1: Next authentication method: publickey debug1: Offering public key: /home/cer/.ssh/id_rsa RSA SHA256:domy... agent debug1: Server accepts key: /home/cer/.ssh/id_rsa RSA SHA256:domy... agent debug1: Authentication succeeded (publickey). Authenticated to isengard.valinor ([192.168.1.16]:22). debug1: channel 0: new [client-session] debug1: Requesting no-more-sessions(a)openssh.com debug1: Entering interactive session. debug1: pledge: network debug1: client_input_global_request: rtype hostkeys-00(a)openssh.com want_reply 0 debug1: Remote: /home/cer/.ssh/authorized_keys:8: key options: agent-forwarding port-forwarding pty user-rc x11-forwarding debug1: Remote: /home/cer/.ssh/authorized_keys:8: key options: agent-forwarding port-forwarding pty user-rc x11-forwarding debug1: Sending command: DISPLAY=:0 firefox https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-4S7cdo3tY Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 keyNo protocol specified Error: cannot open display: :0 debug1: client_input_channel_req: channel 0 rtype exit-status reply 0 debug1: client_input_channel_req: channel 0 rtype eow(a)openssh.com reply 0 debug1: channel 0: free: client-session, nchannels 1 Transferred: sent 2884, received 3088 bytes, in 0.6 seconds Bytes per second: sent 4834.0, received 5175.9 debug1: Exit status 1 cer@Telcontar:~> - -- Cheers Carlos E. R. (from 15.4 x86_64 at Telcontar) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHoEARECADoWIQQZEb51mJKK1KpcU/W1MxgcbY1H1QUCZBBB1Bwccm9iaW4ubGlz dGFzQHRlbGVmb25pY2EubmV0AAoJELUzGBxtjUfVXzAAnRC+uQwNE4NhAqs47gfd USocx779AJ9GBbjI+NpGbW+dytHvX8jo7CSyLQ== =8iiA -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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[oS-en] Speed testing rotating rust
by Carlos E. R. 22 Mar '23

22 Mar '23

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 read test: Telcontar:/data/storage_b/copias_usb_drives # hdparm -tT /dev/sde ; hdparm -tT /dev/sde ; hdparm -tT /dev/sde1 ; hdparm -tT /dev/sde1 /dev/sde: Timing cached reads: 27628 MB in 2.00 seconds = 13836.78 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 358 MB in 3.01 seconds = 119.01 MB/sec /dev/sde: Timing cached reads: 27426 MB in 2.00 seconds = 13737.03 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 390 MB in 3.00 seconds = 129.96 MB/sec /dev/sde1: Timing cached reads: 27798 MB in 2.00 seconds = 13921.69 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 390 MB in 3.01 seconds = 129.52 MB/sec /dev/sde1: Timing cached reads: 27474 MB in 2.00 seconds = 13759.55 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 388 MB in 3.00 seconds = 129.26 MB/sec Telcontar:/data/storage_b/copias_usb_drives/20230321 Seagate 2TB - Para_Pili # Read test with dd: Telcontar:/data/storage_b/copias_usb_drives # time dd if=/dev/zero of=dummy bs=1GiB count=1 oflag=direct 1+0 records in 1+0 records out 1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB, 1.0 GiB) copied, 6.54187 s, 164 MB/s real 0m6.545s user 0m0.005s sys 0m0.149s Telcontar:/data/storage_b/copias_usb_drives # Ok, that is normal. Write test: Telcontar:/data/storage_b/copias_usb_drives/mnt # time dd if=/dev/zero of=dummy bs=1GiB count=1 oflag=direct ; l -h dummy 1+0 records in 1+0 records out 1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB, 1.0 GiB) copied, 0.533335 s, 2.0 GB/s real 0m0.536s user 0m0.000s sys 0m0.152s - -rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1.0G Mar 22 20:01 dummy* Telcontar:/data/storage_b/copias_usb_drives/mnt # time dd if=/dev/zero of=dummy bs=1GiB count=10 oflag=direct ; l -h dummy 10+0 records in 10+0 records out 10737418240 bytes (11 GB, 10 GiB) copied, 27.5384 s, 390 MB/s real 0m27.542s user 0m0.000s sys 0m1.501s - -rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10G Mar 22 20:02 dummy* Telcontar:/data/storage_b/copias_usb_drives/mnt # time dd if=/dev/zero of=dummy bs=1GiB count=20 oflag=direct ; l -h dummy 20+0 records in 20+0 records out 21474836480 bytes (21 GB, 20 GiB) copied, 142.6 s, 151 MB/s real 2m22.604s user 0m0.000s sys 0m3.054s - -rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20G Mar 22 20:04 dummy* Telcontar:/data/storage_b/copias_usb_drives//mnt # I don't understand how the write can be that fast. It is a cheap Seagate external 2.5 rotating rust thing. It can not have a huge internal ram cache, and the oflag=direct should disable the kernel buffer. mount: /dev/sde1 on /data/storage_b/copias_usb_drives/mnt type fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=0,group_id=0,allow_other,blksize=4096) Telcontar:~ # file -s /dev/sde1 /dev/sde1: DOS/MBR boot sector, code offset 0x52+2, OEM-ID "NTFS ", sectors/cluster 8, Media descriptor 0xf8, sectors/track 63, heads 255, hidden sectors 64, dos < 4.0 BootSector (0x80), FAT (1Y bit by descriptor); NTFS, sectors/track 63, sectors 3907024064, $MFT start cluster 786432, $MFTMirror start cluster 2, bytes/RecordSegment 2^(-1*246), clusters/index block 1, serial number 0a8b67aebb67aba00; containsMicrosoft Windows XP/VISTA bootloader BOOTMGR Telcontar:~ # - -- Cheers Carlos E. R. (from 15.4 x86_64 at Telcontar) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHoEARECADoWIQQZEb51mJKK1KpcU/W1MxgcbY1H1QUCZBtTahwccm9iaW4ubGlz dGFzQHRlbGVmb25pY2EubmV0AAoJELUzGBxtjUfVjY4An03d/kCDX4klF97pvgV9 IBwCZBmzAJsHCeVWel4ux388OyAKjns2kPCZvw== =MUlt -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Problem Running ADB fastboot tools on TW
by Stakanov 22 Mar '23

22 Mar '23

Host is Tumbleweed. Java is: entropy@localhost:~> java --version openjdk 11.0.18 2023-01-17 OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 11.0.18+0-suse-3.1-x8664) OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 11.0.18+0-suse-3.1-x8664, mixed mode) entropy@localhost:~> Now when trying to simply click on it, it gives a window with the uncompressed jar file (which is not what I want, and yes, I have made it executable after downloading. When telling TW to run the jar file with java (e.g. in a terminal to get output of what goes wrong here), it complains as follows: Errore: impossibile trovare o caricare la classe principale .home.entropy.bin.XiaomiADBFastbootTools.jar Causato da: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: /home/entropy/bin/ XiaomiADBFastbootTools/jar what do I do wrongly, what is my problem here. Anybody having experience with starting this program is highly welcome to comment. Thank you in advance.

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TW update: unexpected file sizes
by Pit Suetterlin 21 Mar '23

21 Mar '23

Hi list, just did a DUP on my TW laptop (i.e., to TW20230318) and got two complaints about file size mismatches: Downloaded data exceeded the expected filesize '14.6 KiB' of 'http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/science/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/noarc…'. Downloaded data exceeded the expected filesize '151.5 KiB' of 'http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/science/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/noarc…'. Their "master"(Printrun-common-2.0.0~rc7.1599393390.c451359-24.151.x86_64.rpm) seems OK. Anyone else seen this? Cache/Mirror issue? Or something serious to report (where?)

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[oS-EN] Something is changing the EFI boot order on me.
by Carlos E. R. 19 Mar '23

19 Mar '23

Hi, I did a maintenance routine update (Leap 15.4), and on reboot, the machine did not boot the main system, but the auxiliary one. I couldn't boot the main one from its grub menu, another error. On entry, I run "efibootmgr -v" and I see that the "main-os" entry was not in the "BootOrder". So I edit it back, and reboot. I also did an update of this auxiliary system, which is running 15.2. So I get to boot the "main" system, then I reboot again, and choose in the "bios" to boot the auxiliary system to let it purge kernels. I run again "efibootmgr -v", by chance, and see that the order is, again, altered (sorry about line wrap): > Andor:~ # efibootmgr -v > BootCurrent: 0001 > Timeout: 1 seconds > BootOrder: 0003,0000,0001 > Boot0000* main-os-secureboot HD(1,GPT,800b649f-a2e3-4dad-b2bf-b7ecc5ef11d8,0x800,0xfa000)/File(\EFI\MAIN-OS\SHIM.EFI) > Boot0001* auxiliary-secureboot HD(1,GPT,800b649f-a2e3-4dad-b2bf-b7ecc5ef11d8,0x800,0xfa000)/File(\EFI\AUXILIARY\SHIM.EFI) > Boot0003* UEFI OS HD(1,GPT,800b649f-a2e3-4dad-b2bf-b7ecc5ef11d8,0x800,0xfa000)/File(\EFI\BOOT\BOOTX64.EFI)..BO > Andor:~ # Who has put first the entry number 3? It can not boot, it contains an ancient BOOTX64.EFI. So I put it back: Andor:~ # efibootmgr --bootorder 0000,0001,0003 BootCurrent: 0001 Timeout: 1 seconds BootOrder: 0000,0001,0003 Boot0000* main-os-secureboot Boot0001* auxiliary-secureboot Boot0003* UEFI OS Andor:~ # I will now send this email, hope to boot "main-os" and check again the boot order. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from Andor, using openSUSE Leap 15.2)

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[oS-en] tracker-extract 25206 - - Locale 'LANG' is not set, defaulting to C locale
by Carlos E. R. 19 Mar '23

19 Mar '23

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I get literally thousands of that message spamming my logs. Googling a bit, I decided to edit /etc/xdg/autostart/tracker-miner-fs-3.desktop: I changed: Exec=/usr/lib/tracker-miner-fs-3 to: Exec=LANG=en_US.UTF-8 /usr/lib/tracker-miner-fs-3 But this did not work (I'm unsure the syntax is correct, anyway, with two '=' symbols. I have the file "/etc/xdg/autostart/tracker-extract.desktop" only in backups from 2018 or 2017, but not in the current system. Where can I change the LANG for "tracker-extract" to try eliminate that nuisance message? (Yes, my user does have LANG set) This is on Leap 15.4. The complete sequence seems to be this: <3.6> 2023-03-19T16:47:03.165293+01:00 Telcontar dbus-daemon 6597 - - [session uid=1000 pid=6597] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.Tracker3.Miner.Extract' <3.6> 2023-03-19T16:47:45.077197+01:00 Telcontar dbus-daemon 6597 - - [session uid=1000 pid=6597] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.Tracker3.Miner.Extract' unit='tracker-extract-3.service' requested by ':1.65' (uid=1000 pid=8348 comm="/usr/lib/tracker-miner-fs-3 ") <1.4> 2023-03-19T16:47:45.221328+01:00 Telcontar tracker-extract 25667 - - Locale 'LANG' is not set, defaulting to C locale <3.6> 2023-03-19T16:47:45.221430+01:00 Telcontar dbus-daemon 6597 - - [session uid=1000 pid=6597] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.Tracker3.Miner.Extract' <3.6> 2023-03-19T16:48:22.990217+01:00 Telcontar dbus-daemon 6597 - - [session uid=1000 pid=6597] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.Tracker3.Miner.Extract' unit='tracker-extract-3.service' requested by ':1.65' (uid=1000 pid=8348 comm="/usr/lib/tracker-miner-fs-3 ") <1.4> 2023-03-19T16:48:23.118752+01:00 Telcontar tracker-extract 25688 - - Locale 'LANG' is not set, defaulting to C locale <3.6> 2023-03-19T16:48:23.118870+01:00 Telcontar dbus-daemon 6597 - - [session uid=1000 pid=6597] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.Tracker3.Miner.Extract' <3.6> 2023-03-19T16:49:53.256461+01:00 Telcontar dbus-daemon 6597 - - [session uid=1000 pid=6597] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.Tracker3.Miner.Extract' unit='tracker-extract-3.service' requested by ':1.65' (uid=1000 pid=8348 comm="/usr/lib/tracker-miner-fs-3 ") and this one: <1.4> 2023-03-19T16:48:23.118752+01:00 Telcontar tracker-extract 25688 - - Locale 'LANG' is not set, defaulting to C locale goes to /var/log/warn. - -- Cheers Carlos E. R. (from 15.4 x86_64 at Telcontar) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHoEARECADoWIQQZEb51mJKK1KpcU/W1MxgcbY1H1QUCZBcwYxwccm9iaW4ubGlz dGFzQHRlbGVmb25pY2EubmV0AAoJELUzGBxtjUfV3/4AoI73kAiJjA1Dty2+X9+h GveNNxx7AJ9/XkqEov0wlYZ8+z+QFdKZMFlcNQ== =Dii6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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[oS-en] [Rant] Why so many debug messages are going to the /var/log/warn log file?
by Carlos E. R. 19 Mar '23

19 Mar '23

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Why so many debug messages are going to the /var/log/warn log file? For example: <1.3> 2023-03-09T21:28:27.225193+01:00 Telcontar xsane - - - io/hpmud/model.c 532: no hp_HP_Color_LaserJet_CP1515n attributes found in /usr/share/hplip/data/models/models.dat <1.3> 2023-03-09T21:28:27.228248+01:00 Telcontar xsane - - - io/hpmud/model.c 543: no hp_HP_Color_LaserJet_CP1515n attributes found in /usr/share/hplip/data/models/unreleased/unreleased.dat Well, it is a printer only, but xsane is looking to see if it has a scanner and not finding it. Why is that so huge a problem that I have to be warned about it? I don't care. The programmer might want to see it, but users have no need to see it. Yet it has priority 3. It should be a debug message. For the programmer. #define KERN_EMERG "<0>" /* system is unusable */ #define KERN_ALERT "<1>" /* action must be taken immediately */ #define KERN_CRIT "<2>" /* critical conditions */ #define KERN_ERR "<3>" /* error conditions */ #define KERN_WARNING "<4>" /* warning conditions */ #define KERN_NOTICE "<5>" /* normal but significant condition */ #define KERN_INFO "<6>" /* informational */ #define KERN_DEBUG "<7>" /* debug-level messages */ There are many more. <1.4> 2023-03-09T23:11:37.426440+01:00 Telcontar tracker-extract 24161 - - Locale 'LANG' is not set, defaulting to C locale <1.4> 2023-03-09T23:20:54.003175+01:00 Telcontar tracker-extract 24897 - - Locale 'LANG' is not set, defaulting to C locale <1.4> 2023-03-09T23:21:36.812011+01:00 Telcontar tracker-extract 24927 - - Locale 'LANG' is not set, defaulting to C locale <1.4> 2023-03-09T23:22:05.421592+01:00 Telcontar tracker-extract 24950 - - Locale 'LANG' is not set, defaulting to C locale <1.4> 2023-03-09T23:22:43.379085+01:00 Telcontar tracker-extract 24973 - - Locale 'LANG' is not set, defaulting to C locale <1.4> 2023-03-09T23:23:08.342804+01:00 Telcontar tracker-extract 24991 - - Locale 'LANG' is not set, defaulting to C locale <1.4> 2023-03-09T23:25:31.775909+01:00 Telcontar tracker-extract 25112 - - Locale 'LANG' is not set, defaulting to C locale <1.4> 2023-03-09T23:26:15.878323+01:00 Telcontar tracker-extract 25144 - - Locale 'LANG' is not set, defaulting to C locale Why is that a warning, and spamming the WARNING log? <1.4> 2023-03-09T21:45:20.910119+01:00 Telcontar krusader 17147 - - QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath: Please instantiate the QApplication object first <1.4> 2023-03-09T21:45:21.655721+01:00 Telcontar krusader 17147 - - 21:45:21.655-warning default unknown@0 # QWidget::insertAction: Attempt to insert null action <1.4> 2023-03-09T21:45:21.657776+01:00 Telcontar krusader 17147 - - 21:45:21.657-warning default unknown@0 # QWidget::insertAction: Attempt to insert null action <1.4> 2023-03-09T21:45:21.666504+01:00 Telcontar krusader 17147 - - 21:45:21.666-warning kf.i18n unknown@0 # Trying to convert empty KLocalizedString to QString. <1.4> 2023-03-09T21:53:41.223609+01:00 Telcontar tracker-extract 17950 - - Locale 'LANG' is not set, defaulting to C locale <1.4> 2023-03-09T22:20:14.013742+01:00 Telcontar krusader 6836 - - 22:20:14.012-warning kf.kio.widgets unknown@0 # Failed to check which JobView API is supported "The name org.kde.kuiserver was not provided by any .service files" Ditto. 1.4> 2023-03-09T19:07:32.113665+01:00 Telcontar tumblerd 4988 - - Name org.freedesktop.thumbnails.Cache1 lost on the message dbus, exiting. <1.4> 2023-03-09T19:07:32.113782+01:00 Telcontar tumblerd 4988 - - Name org.freedesktop.thumbnails.Manager1 lost on the message dbus, exiting. <1.4> 2023-03-09T19:07:32.113857+01:00 Telcontar tumblerd 4988 - - Name org.freedesktop.thumbnails.Thumbnailer1 lost on the message dbus, exiting. There are so many messages going as WARNINGS that the truly important ones are ignored. Sometimes I write a rule on rsyslog to clear some, but there are so many! if $syslogfacility == 1 and $syslogseverity == 4 and $programname == 'tracker-extract' \ and $msg contains "Locale 'LANG' is not set, defaulting to C locale" \ then -/var/log/pruned.warn & stop Maybe I should filter out entire programs: if $syslogfacility == 1 and $syslogseverity == 4 and ($programname == 'tracker-extract' or $programname == 'kglobalaccel5' or $programname == 'tumblerd' or $programname == 'krusader') \ then -/var/log/pruned.warn & stop This is like shouting WOLF! every day. When the wolf comes, nobody listens. - -- Cheers Carlos E. R. (from 15.4 x86_64 at Telcontar) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHoEARECADoWIQQZEb51mJKK1KpcU/W1MxgcbY1H1QUCZAphHRwccm9iaW4ubGlz dGFzQHRlbGVmb25pY2EubmV0AAoJELUzGBxtjUfVZgAAoJMABOTAlYBMsczWniyX 0Y329uOeAJ9izLcUwLTMKE/KrerMkzRF/qPMBA== =OfdZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Copying /home
by Mark Misulich 18 Mar '23

18 Mar '23

Hi, I'm trying to copy my home files from one computer to another using rsync. I had already copied some files from home to the new computer with a usb stick, and want to update the information to include all additions to files on the old computer to the new computer. The two computers are linked via cat5 through my my router. I'm going to switch my computer for a newer build, the one I'm using as the source is around 15 years old so I want to transfer all my stored data in /home in the old computer to /home in the new computer. I'm asking the list to look over the bash commands that I've researched to make sure I've got it right. $ ssh lxmark(a)xxx.xxx.x.x (enter) then yes then enter pasword for user on the destination computer $ rsync -av /home/mark/ lxmark@xxx.xxx.x.x:/home/lxmark Thanks, Mark

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update problem with imlib2
by Frank McCormick 18 Mar '23

18 Mar '23

I am a relatively new user of Tumbleweed so I am unfamiliar with the best course in this update problem. zypper dup gives me this: Computing distribution upgrade... Problem: the to be installed imlib2-devel-1.11.0-80.1.x86_64 requires 'libImlib2-1 = 1.11.0', but this requirement cannot be provided not installable providers: libImlib2-1-1.11.0-80.1.i586[https-download.opensuse.org-6a0df1c6] libImlib2-1-1.11.0-80.1.x86_64[https-download.opensuse.org-6a0df1c6] Solution 1: install imlib2-devel-1.10.0-1.3.x86_64 from vendor openSUSE replacing imlib2-devel-1.10.0-79.9.x86_64 from vendor obs://build.opensuse.org/graphics Solution 2: install libImlib2-1-1.11.0-80.1.x86_64 from vendor obs://build.opensuse.org/graphics replacing libImlib2-1-1.10.0-1.3.x86_64 from vendor openSUSE Solution 3: keep obsolete imlib2-devel-1.10.0-79.9.x86_64 Solution 4: break imlib2-devel-1.11.0-80.1.x86_64 by ignoring some of its dependencies Choose from above solutions by number or cancel [1/2/3/4/c/d/?] (c): What's the best move in this situation. I had the same problem earlier but forget what I chose and as a result my taskbar tint2 started showing blank squares instead of the proper icons and the .xsession-errors file was filled with errors. Thank for any help Frank

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Buggy kernel update?
by James Knott 18 Mar '23

18 Mar '23

Today, both my computers got a kernel update and both are dead in the water, unless I boot a previous kernel. This is on a desktop system, with Gigabyte mom board and a ThinkPad. They lock up immediately after the boot menu, requiring killing the power to clear. Has anyone else noticed this? BTW, in the twenty odd years I've been running Linux, this is the first time I had to resort to using a previous kernel.

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yesterday's X issue - xauth is all that is needed.
by Per Jessen 17 Mar '23

17 Mar '23

This issue has been gnawing at me all day. It seems to me that Carlos' use case is so straight forward, it should Just Work (R), i.e. without magical incantations and mysterious work-arounds :-) xauth is all that is needed. I admit I have not yet fully grasped exactly what's going on: I have two systems - destination = toshiba1 with Leap 15.2 and KDE origin = office68 with Leap 15.3 and KDE When physically logged in on toshiba1: In: xauth generate :0 . Out: Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 key Check results with "xauth list", there ought to be a new line with toshiba1/unix:0 MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 <hexkey> Physically logged in on office68: ssh toshiba1 xauth list grab the hexkey, paste it here: xauth add :0 . hexkey With this, I can start an xclock from office68 on toshiba1 thus: ssh toshiba1 DISPLAY=:0 xclock I can also start e.g. okular, kmines, kicad, but firefox doesn't seem to quite work. At least I was unable to connect to an existing instance - when I tried with "--new-instance", I got a pop up about needing a new profile. Closing down the running firefox (on toshiba1), and it worked fine. By default, the generated key expires after 60 seconds of inactivity, but there is a timeout option. Just trying that out now. -- Per Jessen, Zürich (9.4°C) Member, openSUSE Heroes (2016 - present) We're hiring - https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Heroes

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Problem with update because of apparent conflict with telegram dependencies
by Stakanov 16 Mar '23

16 Mar '23

entropy@localhost:~> sudo LC_ALL=en sudo zypper dup Loading repository data... Reading installed packages... Warning: You are about to do a distribution upgrade with all enabled repositories. Make sure these repositories are compatible before you continue. See 'man zypper' for more information about this command. Computing distribution upgrade... 2 Problems: Problem: problem with the installed libswresample4-5.1.2-16.2.x86_64 Problem: nothing provides 'this-is-only-for-build-envs' needed by the to be installed ffmpeg-5-mini-libs-5.1.2-10.1.x86_64 Problem: problem with the installed libswresample4-5.1.2-16.2.x86_64 Solution 1: deinstallation of libswresample4-5.1.2-16.2.x86_64 Solution 2: keep obsolete libswresample4-5.1.2-16.2.x86_64 Solution 1: deinstallation of libswresample4-5.1.2-16.2.x86_64 so if we try we get: Problem: nothing provides 'this-is-only-for-build-envs' needed by the to be installed ffmpeg-5-mini-libs-5.1.2-10.1.x86_64 Solution 1: install libavutil57-5.1.2-10.1.x86_64 from vendor openSUSE replacing libavutil57-5.1.2-16.2.x86_64 from vendor http:// packman.links2linux.de Solution 2: deinstallation of telegram-desktop-4.6.5-3.1.x86_64 Solution 3: keep obsolete libavutil57-5.1.2-16.2.x86_64 Solution 4: break ffmpeg-5-mini-libs-5.1.2-10.1.x86_64 by ignoring some of its dependencies so, or you get into dependency hell from the packman side or you have a problem with telegram. I refrain for now from a bug report (as I have no membership of factory since they do not wish people to post there. Good, posting it here. If you try with 1: Computing distribution upgrade... 2 Problems: Problem: the to be installed libpostproc56-5.1.2-pm1599.17.1.x86_64 requires 'libavutil57 = 5.1.2-pm1599.17.1', but this requirement cannot be provided Problem: nothing provides 'this-is-only-for-build-envs' needed by the to be installed ffmpeg-5-mini-libs-5.1.2-10.1.x86_64 Problem: the to be installed libpostproc56-5.1.2-pm1599.17.1.x86_64 requires 'libavutil57 = 5.1.2-pm1599.17.1', but this requirement cannot be provided not installable providers: libavutil57-5.1.2-pm1599.17.1.i586[packman] libavutil57-5.1.2-pm1599.17.1.x86_64[packman] Solution 1: install libpostproc56-5.1.2-10.1.x86_64 from vendor openSUSE replacing libpostproc56-5.1.2-16.2.x86_64 from vendor http:// packman.links2linux.de Solution 2: do not install libavutil57-5.1.2-10.1.x86_64 Solution 3: break libpostproc56-5.1.2-pm1599.17.1.x86_64 by ignoring some of its dependencies and so on and so forth.

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Bug 1203600 fixed or not?
by Philippe Andersson 16 Mar '23

16 Mar '23

Hello List, Bug 1203600 - tar extract fails with Unexpected inconsistency when making directory (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1203600) was supposedly fixed in tar package version 'tar-1.34-150000.3.22.3', but we still see the same symptoms (in a "real life" scenario -- we're not using the reproducer) with tar-1.34-150000.3.31.1.x86_64 (= latest one) on a SLES 15 SP4 system. Should I re-open the bug, or is this regression already known and tracked somewhere else? Thanks in advance for any pointers. Ph. A. -- *Philippe Andersson* Unix System Administrator IBA Particle Therapy | Tel: +32-10-475.983 Fax: +32-10-487.707 eMail: pan(a)iba-group.com <http://www.iba-worldwide.com> Disclaimer | Use of IBA e-communication<https://iba-worldwide.com/disclaimer> The contents of this e-mail message and any attachments are intended solely for the recipient (s) named above. This communication is intended to be and to remain confidential and may be protected by intellectual property rights. Any use of the information contained herein (including but not limited to, total or partial reproduction, communication or distribution of any form) by persons other than the designated recipient(s) is prohibited. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free. Ion Beam Applications does not accept liability for any such errors. Thank you for your cooperation.

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TW20230312: No (wired) network with kernel 6.2.2
by Pit Suetterlin 16 Mar '23

16 Mar '23

Hi list, I just DUPed my laptop to the latest TW (20230312), and was left without (wired) network :( From the journal: Mar 14 13:09:35 woodstock.pitnet NetworkManager[950]: <info> [1678795775.3538] manager: (eth0): new Ethernet device (/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/6) Mar 14 13:09:35 woodstock.pitnet kernel: e1000e 0000:00:1f.6 eth0: (PCI Express:2.5GT/s:Width x1) 50:7b:9d:cf:13:43 Mar 14 13:09:35 woodstock.pitnet kernel: e1000e 0000:00:1f.6 eth0: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection Mar 14 13:09:35 woodstock.pitnet kernel: e1000e 0000:00:1f.6 eth0: MAC: 12, PHY: 12, PBA No: 1000FF-0FF Mar 14 13:09:35 woodstock.pitnet NetworkManager[950]: <info> [1678795775.3881] device (eth0): state change: unmanaged -> unavailable (reason 'managed', sys-iface-state: 'external') Mar 14 13:09:35 woodstock.pitnet systemd-networkd[826]: eth0: Link UP Mar 14 13:09:38 woodstock.pitnet systemd-networkd[826]: eth0: Gained carrier Mar 14 13:09:38 woodstock.pitnet kernel: e1000e 0000:00:1f.6 eth0: NIC Link is Up 10 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: None Mar 14 13:09:38 woodstock.pitnet kernel: e1000e 0000:00:1f.6 eth0: 10/100 speed: disabling TSO Mar 14 13:09:38 woodstock.pitnet kernel: IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready Mar 14 13:09:38 woodstock.pitnet NetworkManager[950]: <info> [1678795778.9629] device (eth0): carrier: link connected Mar 14 13:09:38 woodstock.pitnet NetworkManager[950]: <info> [1678795778.9633] device (eth0): state change: unavailable -> disconnected (reason 'carrier-changed', sys-iface-state: 'managed') Mar 14 13:09:38 woodstock.pitnet NetworkManager[950]: <info> [1678795778.9642] device (eth0): Activation: starting connection 'Wired connection 1' (44d9a1e3-ba1a-3cd2-b746-b172b9ac4f84) Mar 14 13:09:38 woodstock.pitnet NetworkManager[950]: <info> [1678795778.9643] device (eth0): state change: disconnected -> prepare (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed') Mar 14 13:09:39 woodstock.pitnet NetworkManager[950]: <info> [1678795779.0713] device (eth0): state change: prepare -> config (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed') Mar 14 13:09:39 woodstock.pitnet NetworkManager[950]: <info> [1678795779.0723] device (eth0): state change: config -> ip-config (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed') Mar 14 13:09:39 woodstock.pitnet NetworkManager[950]: <info> [1678795779.0727] dhcp4 (eth0): activation: beginning transaction (timeout in 45 seconds) Mar 14 13:09:39 woodstock.pitnet systemd-networkd[826]: eth0: Lost carrier What? 10Mbps? What happened there? Booting with the previous kernel (6.1.12) everything works Mar 14 13:14:00 woodstock.pitnet kernel: e1000e 0000:00:1f.6 eth0: NIC Link is Up 1000 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: None Anyone else having issues with the network, or hints what has changed?

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Bugzilla down?
by David C. Rankin 16 Mar '23

16 Mar '23

All, When I click "Login" to Bugzilla -- nothing happens (nothing). Is it on the fritz tonight? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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Leap 15.4 mailx quite dated
by David C. Rankin 15 Mar '23

15 Mar '23

Devs, mailx is a fantastic command line mailer, but the version for 15.4 is more than a DECADE out of date, e.g. $ mailx -V 12.5 7/5/10 Uhhh, that's July 2010 folks? Why are we not using the s-nail package which still enjoys active development? E.g. $ mailx -V mail v14.9.24, 2022-03-26 (built for Linux) At least that's only 11 months old, not 13 years... -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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Test
by Peter Suetterlin 15 Mar '23

15 Mar '23

Sorry for the noise. But since some days I'm no longer receiving my own posts from the list - this is a test with changed settings...

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Re: JOB | Linux: on-premises, automation, vm (Edinburgh)
by David C. Rankin 14 Mar '23

14 Mar '23

On 3/7/23 05:21, James Tobin wrote: > Hello, I'm working with a global platform that is looking to hire > someone to fulfill a position in Edinburgh that is similar to that of > a systems administrator or devops engineer where you will run and > mentor a small on-premises data center infrastructure team. VM and > automated deployment of servers is critical. Consequently, I had > hoped that some members of this list may like to discuss further. I > can be contact using "JamesBTobin (at) Gmail (dot) Com". Kind regards, > James Well ... at least James was smart enough to look in the right places, and should also drop by the Unix & Linux and Server Fault StackExchange sites. https://unix.stackexchange.com/ https://serverfault.com/ -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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[oS-en] How to turn off wifi on terminal (not nmcli) [and solved]
by Carlos E. R. 13 Mar '23

13 Mar '23

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I have just upgraded my miniserver to 15.3. The wifi has turned automatically off, and I don't remember how to turn it off in the CLI. The command has rotated out of the command history. Problem is this noise: 0.4> 2023-03-05T21:10:26.569573+01:00 Isengard kernel - - - [ 3646.480233] IPv4: martian source 192.168.255.255 from 192.168.1.16, on dev wlan0 <0.4> 2023-03-05T21:10:26.569578+01:00 Isengard kernel - - - [ 3646.480247] ll header: 00000000: ff ff ff ff ff ff 4c cc 6a 61 50 a1 08 00 <0.4> 2023-03-05T21:10:26.569580+01:00 Isengard kernel - - - [ 3646.481572] IPv4: martian source 192.168.255.255 from 192.168.1.16, on dev wlan0 <0.4> 2023-03-05T21:10:26.569583+01:00 Isengard kernel - - - [ 3646.481584] ll header: 00000000: ff ff ff ff ff ff 4c cc 6a 61 50 a1 08 00 <0.4> 2023-03-05T21:10:28.409398+01:00 Isengard kernel - - - [ 3648.321785] IPv4: martian source 192.168.255.255 from 192.168.1.16, on dev wlan0 <0.4> 2023-03-05T21:10:28.409440+01:00 Isengard kernel - - - [ 3648.321791] ll header: 00000000: ff ff ff ff ff ff 4c cc 6a 61 50 a1 08 00 I tried: Isengard:~ # iw dev wlan0 disconnect command failed: Operation not permitted (-1) Isengard:~ # It is not network manager. sengard:~ # nmcli radio wifi off Error: NetworkManager is not running. Isengard:~ # iw dev wlan0 [tab][tab] doesn't work. Google search fails. Insist of using the GUI, or NM, or turning it ON. google "turn off wifi on terminal opensuse" FOUND IT! Isengard:~ # ifdown wlan0 wlan0 device-ready Isengard:~ # - -- Cheers Carlos E. R. (from 15.4 x86_64 at Telcontar) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHoEARECADoWIQQZEb51mJKK1KpcU/W1MxgcbY1H1QUCZAT5uxwccm9iaW4ubGlz dGFzQHRlbGVmb25pY2EubmV0AAoJELUzGBxtjUfVkygAoJE3eVF+PRjDPHnwMD0A VpIIl8MdAJ9a5/l3CaQCq86BlkTnFo3qW+eFTg== =m97E -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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How to remove duplicates (all but installed ver) from /var/cache/zypp/packages ?
by David C. Rankin 13 Mar '23

13 Mar '23

All, We have touched on this before, years ago, 10/11.x days, but the opensuse package name format and variations have changed a bit. What I want to do is find /var/cache/zypp/packages -type f -name "*rpm" | sort --version-sort all the rpm files in /var/cache/zypp/package and remove all duplicates leaving the currently installed rpm version in /var/cache using awk to split path/rpmname and then outputting the record while last == current to pipe to xargs rm -f (which seems to work fine and I'm not worrying about rpm names containing the '\n' character which would necessitate creating and processing records with a nul-character at the end, e.g. -print0 and xargs -0) How to best do that? So long as find ... | sort --verison-sort will give the rpms in version sort order, piping to a short awk script and then to xargs will do. I did this on a few zypp/package dirs by hand, but now I want to automate processing the entire cache for those repos that have --keep-packages set. But before I spend an hour or so testing and tweaking is the a standard way to discard all but installed from /var/cache -- that would keep me from reinventing the wheel? (I have additional repos like devel-gcc, etc.. so package names can have +gitxxx as a version number suffix -- if that makes a difference) -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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[oS-EN] Linux Command Library
by Carlos E. R. 10 Mar '23

10 Mar '23

This might be an interesting tool. Almost 5000 manual pages, lots of recipes. https://linuxcommandlibrary.com/ -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from Telcontar, using openSUSE Leap 15.4)

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Plantronics USB headset and mute button
by mh＠mike.franken.de 10 Mar '23

10 Mar '23

Hi *, I use a Plantronics USB headset, which has volume buttons (level up/down, mute). Pressing the mute button, the headset says "open mic on"/"open mic off". As for applications like Citrix workspace app or Microsoft Teams the mute state was synched, so that the app also shows a mic symbol, that was crossed out or not. If such an app was connected, the red led at the USB plug also showed the state of the mute button; if it was red, the headset's micro was muted. I could either press the headset's mute button or the virtual mute button in the app with the same result. Starting today, this sync stopped working. As for the GUI itself everything works as usual - "open mic on"/"open mic off" and level up and down. But the apps don't get the mute state any longer. To really mute or unmute the mic I have to klick the virtual button in the app, pressing the physical mute button of the headset has no effect. Also the red led does not show the mute state any longer. The only change from yesterday was the installation of the latest Tumbleweed snapshot 20230307, but as for the history it contains no package that could have such an effect - at least not obvious for me. I tried switching between pulseaudio and pipewire to no avail. Any idea, what might have caused this and what to do to get the desired state back? TIA. Bye. Michael.

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[oS-en] find problem
by Carlos E. R. 10 Mar '23

10 Mar '23

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I trying to find png files created recently in my home. So I do: cer@Telcontar:~> find * -name "*.png" -newermt 2023-01-01 find: ‘Backups Discos/Disco Seagate Basic 2TB para backup de Legolas/Seagate Basic/Seagate’: Permission denied p.png cer@Telcontar:~> Can I make it not print the error? If I try: find -L . -name "*.png" -newermt 2023-01-01 there are so many errors that I can not read the results. - -ignore_readdir_race doesn't do it. cer@Telcontar:~> find -L . -name "*.png" -path ./.dosemu/ -prune -ignore_readdir_race -newermt 2023-01-01 ind: ‘./.dosemu/drives/d/tmp/systemd-private-2d6e8e36b0594f8bbdd30cba975d2743-upower.service-y7EoBi’: Permission denied find: ‘./.dosemu/drives/d/tmp/systemd-private-2d6e8e36b0594f8bbdd30cba975d2743-rtkit-daemon.service-2odVpf’: Permission denied find: ‘./.dosemu/drives/d/tmp/BootInfo-JQ12X6Q3’: Permission denied find: ‘./.dosemu/drives/d/tmp/BootInfo-bzvrn7Gi’: Permission denied find: ‘./.dosemu/drives/d/tmp/systemd-private-2d6e8e36b0594f8bbdd30cba975d2743-power-profiles-daemon.service-UnAvYi’: Permission denied find: ‘./.dosemu/drives/d/tmp/systemd-private-2d6e8e36b0594f8bbdd30cba975d2743-geoclue.service-aQ0lfj’: Permission denied find: ‘./.dosemu/drives/d/tmp/systemd-private-2d6e8e36b0594f8bbdd30cba975d2743-ntpd.service-Mr8llh’: Permission denied ^C Prune is not working. Of course I know I'm doing it wrong, but man doesn't say how to do it: -prune True; if the file is a directory, do not descend into it. If -depth is given, then -prune has no effect. Be- cause -delete implies -depth, you can- not usefully use -prune and -delete together. For example, to skip the directory src/emacs and all files and directories under it, and print the names of the other files found, do something like this: find . -path ./src/emacs -prune -o -print That's all it says, and no more examples. - -- Cheers Carlos E. R. (from 15.4 x86_64 at Telcontar) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHoEARECADoWIQQZEb51mJKK1KpcU/W1MxgcbY1H1QUCY/5KoBwccm9iaW4ubGlz dGFzQHRlbGVmb25pY2EubmV0AAoJELUzGBxtjUfVPGUAn1vQdZOD+mlK4YrHtFLp pJyObyQUAJ94m76QZiFjZhQ9y52HGMhB1Odcsg== =s+fF -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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ssh and named/bind
by Marc Chamberlin 09 Mar '23

09 Mar '23

Hello - I am running an OpenSuSE 15.3 x64 system where I am also running a NAMED server for my network. > quasar:/etc/named.d # named -v > BIND 9.16.6 (Stable Release) <id:25846cf> > quasar:/etc/named.d # ssh -V > OpenSSH_8.4p1, OpenSSL 1.1.1d 10 Sep 2019 Apparently recently something has changed which is now breaking SSH's ability to connect to a URL with upper case letters in the host name. (I connect and use SSH within a port knocking script which has worked for many years, so I know it is not caused by something I am doing, but by a change that has occurred within either SSH or NAMED.) Internet and Googling searches seem to imply that Bind (NAMED) is now resolving URL's in a case sensitive fashion. https://kb.isc.org/docs/aa-01113 and I suspect this change has just now caught up with me. But, I don't know if the fault lies entirely with Bind/NAMED. SSH appears to be mangling URLs, changing upper case letters within a URL, to lower case before asking a name server to resolve them. (IMHO this is extremely bad behavior on SSH's part because it is destroying user supplied data, something a program should never do!) Here is an example of what I am seeing that leads me to this conclusion - > ssh marc(a)darkstarINT.mydomain.com > ssh: connect to host darkstarint.mydomain.com port 22: No route to host Notice SSH changed the upper case "INT" in the host name "darkstarINT" to a lower case "int" in the query. I checked the log file at /var/log/named/named and indeed saw the query for the URL, from SSH, was all lower case. The message "No route to host" is misleading (probably because of bad error handling) and just means SSH was unable to get an IP address from the DNS server for the URL host name, that it mangled. Doing some further Googling, I found some references to using an ACL declaration in the NAMED configuration files, but I am unable to find any easy/clear guidance or examples on how to do this. Does anyone here know either how to keep SSH from converting a URL, that it is querying, to stop this horrid conversion of a URL to all lower case, or how to get NAMED to handle queries in a case insensitive manner? (perhaps using the ACL declaration that I found some references to.) If not, does anyone know of a better forum I could ask? Links to documentation, with examples, would also be appreciated, after hours of searching I was not able to find anything helpful. I know I could go through all my NAMED configuration files and and either add duplicate zones or use CNAME perhaps to add in all lower case equivalent host names but that seems like a huge burden and a bunch of extra maintenance overhead. Thanks and as always appreciate thoughts, ideas, and the time it takes to write a reply... Marc... -- *"The Truth is out there" - Spooky* *_ _ . . . . . . _ _ . _ _ _ _ . . . . _ . . . . _ _ . _ _ _ . . . . _ _ . _ . . _ . _ _ _ _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . * Computers: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the user Marc. His mission: to explore strange new hardware. To seek out new software and new applications. To boldly go where no Marc has gone before! (/This email is digitally signed and the OpenPGP electronic signature is added as an attachment. If you know how, you can use my public key to prove this email indeed came from me and has not been modified in transit. My public key, which can be used for sending encrypted email to me also, can be found at - https://keys.openpgp.org/search?q=marc@marcchamberlin.com or just ask me for it and I will send it to you as an attachment. If you don't understand all this geek speak, no worries, just ignore this explanation and ignore the OpenPGP signature key attached to this email (it will look like gibberish if you open it) and/or ask me to explain it further if you like./)

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Enlarging BTFS filesystem on Tumbleweed.
by Frank McCormick 08 Mar '23

08 Mar '23

I want to enlarge the file system on my Tumbleweed partition and even after Googling the situation, I feel the whole procedure is definitely above my pay grade :) I have a 500 gig main drive split into various partitions. Disk /dev/sda: 447.13 GiB, 480103981056 bytes, 937703088 sectors Disk model: KINGSTON SA400S3 Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disklabel type: dos Disk identifier: 0xf73048ad Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type /dev/sda1 * 2048 489330687 489328640 233.3G 83 Linux /dev/sda3 489334782 937699691 448364910 213.8G 5 Extended /dev/sda5 489334784 712566783 223232000 106.4G 83 Linux /dev/sda6 712568832 933502975 220934144 105.3G 83 Linux /dev/sda7 933505024 937699691 4194668 2G 82 Linux swap / Solaris Tumbleweed is on sda6, Debian Sid on sda1 using ext4, Fedora is on sda5 also with ext4 with swap space on sda7. I would like to delete Fedora from sda5 and enlarge sda6 to include that space . I'm planning KVM in Tumbleweed with a version of Fedora. What is the best way to go about this? I know partition work can only be done with the disk not mounted so it appears I'd have to boot from an external utility. If possible I'd like suggestions on the best way to proceed. From what I've read a BTRFS file system can only be enlarged from the front and not from the rear? All help appreciated. Thanks

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sudo env for a special group
by mh＠mike.franken.de 08 Mar '23

08 Mar '23

Hi, I'd like to have a few extras variables in a sudo session for a special user or group. I created a new file "mygroup" in /etc/sudoers.d/ with these contents: Defaults exempt_group = mygroup Defaults:%mygroup env_keep="PERL5LIB DISPLAY XAUTHORITY" Is this the correct way to do this? Thx! Bye. Michael.

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[oS-en] How to see nfsserver exports actually being used?
by Carlos E. R. 07 Mar '23

07 Mar '23

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, "showmount -e" lists exports from an nfs server. How can I see what clients are actually mounting, this moment, something and what? I tried: Telcontar:~ # showmount -a All mount points on Telcontar: *.valinor:/Grande/nfs 127.0.0.1:/data/storage_c/repositorios_zypp 192.168.1.129:/data/storage_c/repositorios_zypp 192.168.1.129:/data/storage_c/repositorios_zypp/11_3/packages 192.168.1.12:/ 192.168.1.12:/Grande/nfs 192.168.1.14:/ Telcontar:~ # But that information is false. - -- Cheers Carlos E. R. (from 15.4 x86_64 at Telcontar) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHoEARECADoWIQQZEb51mJKK1KpcU/W1MxgcbY1H1QUCZAS9Exwccm9iaW4ubGlz dGFzQHRlbGVmb25pY2EubmV0AAoJELUzGBxtjUfVJqsAnjkRYvO9+NZwVkErdoVx W1dhH+mrAJ47YmbT0yt4rCwJ0YTC+KxJVmHBXA== =rnnm -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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JOB | Linux: on-premises, automation, vm (Edinburgh)
by James Tobin 07 Mar '23

07 Mar '23

Hello, I'm working with a global platform that is looking to hire someone to fulfill a position in Edinburgh that is similar to that of a systems administrator or devops engineer where you will run and mentor a small on-premises data center infrastructure team. VM and automated deployment of servers is critical. Consequently, I had hoped that some members of this list may like to discuss further. I can be contact using "JamesBTobin (at) Gmail (dot) Com". Kind regards, James

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How to configure Postfix when relayhost only offers GSSAPI and NTLM
by Freek de Kruijf 06 Mar '23

06 Mar '23

My new provider offers on port 587 "250-AUTH GSSAPI NTLM" I am trying to configure my postfix using as relayhost this smtp server. Using kmail I am able to simply provide the username, an email address, and a password. However I have a script that has to send an email. I use mailx to do that, which sends the message to postfix and postfix should send it to the server of my provider. My previous provider offered LOGIN an PLAIN, for which it apparently was easy to configure Postfix. I configured both NTLM and GSSAPI as mechanisms in Postfix. In /etc/postfix/ sasl_passwd the username and password are configured. Error messages in /var/log/mail: postfix/smtp[14307]: warning: SASL authentication failure: GSSAPI Error: No credentials were supplied, or the credentials were unavailable or inaccessible (No Kerberos credentials available (default cache: KEYRING:persistent:51)) postfix/smtp[14307]: 92C8D101152: to=<xxxxx(a)yyyyy.nl>, relay=smtp.yyyyy.nl[212.113.64.zz]:587, delay=16453, delays=16453/0.02/0.14/0, dsn=4.7.0, status=deferred (SASL authentication failed; cannot authenticate to server smtp.delta.nl[212.113.64.82]: generic failure) -- fr.gr. member openSUSE Freek de Kruijf

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Finding recent work directories
by Robert Webb 04 Mar '23

04 Mar '23

Since I often get side-tracked and forget what I was doing, I wrote a script to find directories with recent (or otherwise selected) files in them. That makes a better list than sorting directories by their own modification times. This script, 'finddirs_by_latest_file', allows to restrict the search with extra find expression terms, but I usually just run the second script below, 'fblf100', which invokes finddirs_by_latest_file to make two lists; for the latest 5 and 100 days (or whatever time periods given). Excuse all the script boilerplate. Carlos, this may help you find your router config info. --<cut>------------------------------------------------------------------ #!/bin/sh # finddirs_by_latest_file.sh 2022-06-30 rw # # Outputs a list of directories of found files, sorted by the time of # their most recently modified file, and prefixed by a file count. #-----<lib/s/template-errx-getopts.sh>----------------------------------- CMD=finddirs_by_latest_file VERSION=0.1 export LC_COLLATE='C' Cmd=`basename "$0"` umsg() { #------<USAGE>--------------------------------------------------------- printf 'usage: %s %s\n' \ "$Cmd" '[--sdir] [find_options] <find_starting_point>... [find_expression]' \ '' '' \ 'The' 'find_expression, if any, is prepended to an implied:' \ ' -type f' '-exec...' } errmsg() { # usage: errmsg [msg_line ...] test 1 -le "$#" || return 0 printf "${Cmd}: %s\\n" "$@" >&2 } usage() { # for output to stderr, and error exit: usage [msg_line ...] # for normal exit: usage help if [ x"$*" = x'help' ] ;then umsg ;exit else errmsg "$@" ;umsg >&2 ;exit 2 fi } errx() { # usage: errx <exitcode> [msg_line ...] if expr x"${1-}" : x'[1-9][0-9]*$' > /dev/null ;then ExCode="$1" ;shift else ExCode=3 ;set -- "$@" "$BUG: errx(): missing exit code" fi errmsg "$@" ;exit "$ExCode" } BUG="error: software bug" errxbug() { errx 3 "$BUG: $@" } exists() { # usage: exists <path> test -e "${1:?'exists(): null or missing arg'}" || test -h "$1" # test -f "${1:?'exists(): null or missing arg'}" || test -d "$1" \ # || test -h "$1" || test -b "$1" || test -c "$1" || test -p "$1" } #------------------------------------------------------------------------ # Option defaults SORT_BY_DIR_f=false #XXX HACK: '--sdir' option is only recognized when it is first if [ x"${1-}" = x'--sdir' ] ;then SORT_BY_DIR_f=true shift fi GOPTSTRING='hV' while getopts ":$GOPTSTRING" OPT ;do case "$OPT" in #----- h) usage help ;; V) printf 'RW %s %s\n' "$CMD" "$VERSION" ;exit ;; :) usage "missing argument for option: ${OPTARG}" ;; \?) usage "invalid option: ${OPTARG}" ;; *) errxbug "getopts optstring: option: ${OPT}" ;; esac done shift `expr $OPTIND - 1` if [ x"$SORT_BY_DIR_f" = x'true' ] ;then sort_by() { sort -k 3 -k 2,2n ;} else # sort by time, then by dir (default) sort_by() { sort -k 2,2n -k 3 ;} fi #------------------------------------------------------------------------ W=' *[^ ][^ ]* ' # find files: stat <seconds_since_Epoch> <path> # sed: truncate last path component (to parent dir), use '.' if empty, # or '/' if at root # sort by dir, then by recent to old # uniq: most recent of each dir. prefix with file count # sort by time, then by dir (unless '--sdir' option: sort by dir) # sed: remove seconds field export TMPDIR=~/tmp TEMPF=`mktemp --tmpdir "$CMD.XXXXXXXXXX.temp"` \ && trap 'rm -f -- "$TEMPF"' EXIT \ || exit find -H "$@" -type f -exec stat -c '%Y %n' {} + > "$TEMPF" || exit sed -e ' s+^$'"$W"'$[^/]*$+\1.+ t s+^$'"$W"'/$[^/]*$+\1+ t s+^$'"$W"'.*$/[^/]*$+\1+ ' "$TEMPF" \ |sort -k 2 -k 1,1nr \ |uniq -c -f 1 \ |sort_by \ |sed -e 's+'"$W"'+ +2' --<cut>------------------------------------------------------------------ --<cut>------------------------------------------------------------------ #!/bin/sh # fblf100 2021-12-07 rw TOP=~ usage() { printf 'usage: fblf100 [#_by_time_days [#_by_path_days]]' >&2 exit 2 } { printf '=== %s days, in order\n' "${1:-5}" finddirs_by_latest_file "$TOP" -mtime -"${1:-5}" \ || usage printf '\n=== %s days, sorted\n' "${2:-100}" finddirs_by_latest_file --sdir "$TOP" -mtime -"${2:-100}" \ || usage } \ |less --<cut>------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Robert Webb

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So much for all the "Secure Boot" hype...
by David C. Rankin 03 Mar '23

03 Mar '23

Interesting thread: https://www.theregister.com/2023/03/01/blacklotus_malware_eset/ While that article regard windows, the same would likely apply to the unified kernel image if the system is hijacked before it loads. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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Enlarging BTFS filesystem on Tumbleweed.
by Frank McCormick 03 Mar '23

03 Mar '23

I want to enlarge the file system on my Tumbleweed partition and even after Googling the situation, I feel the whole procedure is definitely above my pay grade :) I have a 500 gig main drive split into various partitions. Disk /dev/sda: 447.13 GiB, 480103981056 bytes, 937703088 sectors Disk model: KINGSTON SA400S3 Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disklabel type: dos Disk identifier: 0xf73048ad Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type /dev/sda1 * 2048 489330687 489328640 233.3G 83 Linux /dev/sda3 489334782 937699691 448364910 213.8G 5 Extended /dev/sda5 489334784 712566783 223232000 106.4G 83 Linux /dev/sda6 712568832 933502975 220934144 105.3G 83 Linux /dev/sda7 933505024 937699691 4194668 2G 82 Linux swap / Solaris Tumbleweed is on sda6, Debian Sid on sda1 using ext4, Fedora is on sda5 also with ext4 with swap space on sda7. I would like to delete Fedora from sda5 and enlarge sda6 to include that space . I'm planning KVM in Tumbleweed with a version of Fedora. What is the best way to go about this? I know partition work can only be done with the disk not mounted so it appears I'd have to boot from an external utility. If possible I'd like suggestions on the best way to proceed. From what I've read a BTRFS file system can only be enlarged from the front and not from the rear? All help appreciated. Thanks

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Video Borked Again
by Mark Misulich 03 Mar '23

03 Mar '23

Hi, I am running Tumbleweed with KDE plasma version 5.27.1, KDE Frameworks version 5.103.0, QT version 5.15.8, kernel version 6.2.0-1-default (64 bit), Graphics Platform X11. My graphics controller is: VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation GP108 [GeForce GT 1030] [10de:1d01] (rev a1) (pro g-if 00 [VGA controller]) I previously had problems with video and reported in January on the list that I had an old graphics card and ran nouveau as the video driver. Since then I upgraded the graphics card to an Nvidia GT 1030 and now use nvidia G05 as the video driver. I did a zypper dup on two computers I tend, that both run Tumbleweed. In the update kernel 6.2.0-1 was installed, and afterwards neither computer will boot to graphics display. I found that I could still boot to normal graphic display with the previous kernel 6.1.12-1.1. I also found that I can still boot up to graphic display with the 6.2.0-1 kernel in recovery mode. But I don't think the computer is using the Nvidia drivers in recovery mode, the screen doesn't look the same. I've tried to reinstall all the nvidia kernel drivers, but it hasn't changed anything and allowed the 6.2.0-1 kernel to boot normally to graphics display. Here's a link to a paste of the /.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log https://paste.opensuse.org/pastes/9ba3a24b019c Hopefully it is a start for the list to figure out what happened in order to advise me how to fix this. Regards, Mark

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[oS-en] What means this error? (systemd)
by Carlos E. R. 02 Mar '23

02 Mar '23

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, Lately I'm seeing a lot of these: <3.6> 2023-03-01T22:56:13.184610+01:00 Telcontar systemd 1 - - Reloading. <3.3> 2023-03-01T22:56:13.490948+01:00 Telcontar systemd 5495 - - /usr/lib/systemd/system-generators/systemd-fstab-generator failed with exit status 1. <3.5> 2023-03-01T22:56:13.547410+01:00 Telcontar systemd 1 - - /usr/lib/systemd/system/rpc-statd.service:14: PIDFile= references a path below legacy directory /var/run/, updating /var/run/rpc.statd.pid → /run/rpc.statd.pid; please update the unit file accordingly. <3.6> 2023-03-01T22:57:03.897124+01:00 Telcontar systemd 1 - - Reloading. <3.3> 2023-03-01T22:57:04.182654+01:00 Telcontar systemd 5579 - - /usr/lib/systemd/system-generators/systemd-fstab-generator failed with exit status 1. <3.5> 2023-03-01T22:57:04.239124+01:00 Telcontar systemd 1 - - /usr/lib/systemd/system/rpc-statd.service:14: PIDFile= references a path below legacy directory /var/run/, updating /var/run/rpc.statd.pid → /run/rpc.statd.pid; please update the unit file accordingly. <3.6> 2023-03-01T22:57:44.853856+01:00 Telcontar systemd 1 - - Reloading. <3.3> 2023-03-01T22:57:45.151554+01:00 Telcontar systemd 5626 - - /usr/lib/systemd/system-generators/systemd-fstab-generator failed with exit status 1. <3.5> 2023-03-01T22:57:45.215647+01:00 Telcontar systemd 1 - - /usr/lib/systemd/system/rpc-statd.service:14: PIDFile= references a path below legacy directory /var/run/, updating /var/run/rpc.statd.pid → /run/rpc.statd.pid; please update the unit file accordingly. <3.6> 2023-03-01T22:58:29.288683+01:00 Telcontar systemd 1 - - Reloading. <3.3> 2023-03-01T22:58:29.552762+01:00 Telcontar systemd 5682 - - /usr/lib/systemd/system-generators/systemd-fstab-generator failed with exit status 1. <3.5> 2023-03-01T22:58:29.610571+01:00 Telcontar systemd 1 - - /usr/lib/systemd/system/rpc-statd.service:14: PIDFile= references a path below legacy directory /var/run/, updating /var/run/rpc.statd.pid → /run/rpc.statd.pid; please update the unit file accordingly. <3.6> 2023-03-01T22:58:35.053561+01:00 Telcontar systemd 1 - - Reloading. <3.3> 2023-03-01T22:58:35.345362+01:00 Telcontar systemd 5712 - - /usr/lib/systemd/system-generators/systemd-fstab-generator failed with exit status 1. <3.5> 2023-03-01T22:58:35.407234+01:00 Telcontar systemd 1 - - /usr/lib/systemd/system/rpc-statd.service:14: PIDFile= references a path below legacy directory /var/run/, updating /var/run/rpc.statd.pid → /run/rpc.statd.pid; please update the unit file accordingly. That file is: [Unit] Description=NFS status monitor for NFSv2/3 locking. DefaultDependencies=no Conflicts=umount.target Requires=nss-lookup.target rpcbind.socket Wants=rpc-statd-notify.service After=network.target nss-lookup.target rpcbind.socket PartOf=nfs-utils.service [Service] Environment=RPC_STATD_NO_NOTIFY=1 Type=forking PIDFile=/var/run/rpc.statd.pid <========= ExecStart=/usr/sbin/rpc.statd What is wrong? Can I do something about it? - -- Cheers Carlos E. R. (from 15.4 x86_64 at Telcontar) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHoEARECADoWIQQZEb51mJKK1KpcU/W1MxgcbY1H1QUCY//Lwhwccm9iaW4ubGlz dGFzQHRlbGVmb25pY2EubmV0AAoJELUzGBxtjUfVi0AAoIsCQX+pfmFaleXyh2zG CIS5vT/4AJ0R2pLEDnTo8TiS8eFQRPsStMshqQ== =Dug+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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[oS-en] Obtaining external IP
by Carlos E. R. 02 Mar '23

02 Mar '23

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I use "checkip.dyndns.org" to obtain my router external IP in scripts. I don't have yet IPv6, but my question is, can someone that does have IPv6 test it and find out if it writes the IPv6 address? And if not, is there an alternative query site to find that one, suitable for scripts? Thank you. - -- Cheers Carlos E. R. (from 15.4 x86_64 at Telcontar) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHoEARECADoWIQQZEb51mJKK1KpcU/W1MxgcbY1H1QUCY/38TRwccm9iaW4ubGlz dGFzQHRlbGVmb25pY2EubmV0AAoJELUzGBxtjUfVa4kAnjweCuxlWfZDdORk9Bl4 F7XpudX9AJ9SGHWhJiSffQlE/lGlAoYk/E7K4w== =KzjU -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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A little bit weird - /etc/resolv.conf is not being populated
by Per Jessen 01 Mar '23

01 Mar '23

>From the mythv thread - I have just repeated this issue, on Leap 15.1. (I know its EOL, but I don't have a choice). a) after rebuilding the initrd, the first boot - just the standard template in /etc/resolv.conf, no nameserver. firewalld is running. b) 2nd reboot, no changes. Still an empty /etc/resolv.conf. The wicked lease information is from last night. c) stopped and disabled firewalld, 3rd reboot. Now the lease info was updated and so was /etc/resolv.conf. Weird stuff. d) enabled firewalld and rebooted. Empty /etc/resolv.conf. I would try this out on 15.4 and 15.5, but NFS installations don't work. I guess I could do a zypper dup. Anyone have any suggestion as to how or why firewalld might interfere with the populating of /etc/resolv.conf ?? Surely that's crazy. -- Per Jessen, Zürich (1.5°C) Member, openSUSE Heroes (2016 - present) We're hiring - https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Heroes

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systemd override requires= ?
by Per Jessen 28 Feb '23

28 Feb '23

I'll just throw this out here, I'm still researching - I have a service unit that has: Requires=mysql.service I'm trying to override this to "Requires=" (i.e. nothing) with a drop-in, but I'm not having any luck. I keep getting: mythbe2:/etc/systemd/system # systemctl start mythbackend Failed to start mythbackend.service: Unit mysql.service not found. I can override it to something different, but how do I just remove it ? -- Per Jessen, Zürich (1.0°C) Member, openSUSE Heroes (2016 - present) We're hiring - https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Heroes

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packman leap 15.4 - no mythtv ?
by Per Jessen 27 Feb '23

27 Feb '23

having finally managed to boot 15.4 from nfs root, I started looking for mythtv. It was available from packman up until 15.3, but I can't find it for leap 15.4 ? I'm looking for mythtv-backend, later probably also mythtv-frontend. -- Per Jessen, Zürich (13.5°C) Member, openSUSE Heroes (2016 - present) We're hiring - https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Heroes

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Excellent printer compatibility: Brother MFC-L3770CDW
by Stakanov 26 Feb '23

26 Feb '23

Since a lot of users come and ask advice on printers, having found one working really well with Leap and TW, I wanted to share this experience about a multifunction printer with print/scan/fax function. The Brother MFC-L3770CDW has an automatized feed, double sided copying/fax and is fitting for mid size volumes (small home office, club, smaller organizations). The volume is limited by the price of the cartridges, for high volume there are better solutions. TW / Leap: very good compatibility with the driver installation following the following howto of opensuse: https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Brother_How_to_setup_a_Networked_Printer_Scanner The machine performs extremely well and if you own a voip to isdn gateway you can also use it as a well working fax offering standard/fine/superfine/foto . Within the selection of scanners the multfunction printer is visible with all features, printer and fax also. This is true for Leap 15.4 and TW. So if you need a LED printer with excellent print quality, colour and b/w as well as automated feed, scan of multiple also double side pages and compatible to a 100 % as it seems with your opensuse machines, this is my advice. The only drawbacks are a slightly higher price for cartridges than e.g. some Lexmark and a slightly lower speed for doublesided scan jobs. As these run without your presence (at least if the pages do not have a paper jam) the latter point should be negligible for private and SOHO users. The printer/scanner has also a normal "scanner" field for use with oversized or rigid document. I would not recommend it for photos where, at least for me, a nice flatbed scanner is till the best high resolution solution. I hope this is the right group for such a message and that I do not cause high blood pressure to some, for the terrible loss of bits and bites. But as people regularly ask for advice, well this is mine. Regards, S.

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Re: Wireless mouse pressing scroll wheel doesn't paste
by David C. Rankin 25 Feb '23

25 Feb '23

On 2/24/23 21:54, Jeffrey Taylor wrote: > Oops, didn't do enough homework or the wrong homework. The middle > button/scrollwheel doesn't click. Scroll down and up still work. Solution: new > mouse, use 3 button emulation, or switch mice with my wife who hates the > scrollwheel and has it disabled on her computer. Glad you have it sorted. (helpful note: do not "Top-Post" when replying to the list - even to yourself :) -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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Wireless mouse pressing scroll wheel doesn't paste
by Jeffrey Taylor 25 Feb '23

25 Feb '23

I think this happened when I updated from Leapt 15.4 to 15.5. I used to be able to click and hold the left button to copy text and press middle button (scroll wheel) to paste. This is on XFCE. I find plenty of pages telling how to disable this and the middle button emulation on 2 button mice but not how to enable on a 3 button mouse. TIA, Jeffrey

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SSH connection with publickey no longer works
by Freek de Kruijf 24 Feb '23

24 Feb '23

Hi, I have a Tumbleweed system which makes a backup each night to a Leap 15.4 system, both use aarch64 architecture. I use publickey for authentication, which worked until recently. Both are up-to-date with the latest updates. On the Tumbleweed system I have: # ls -l .ssh/id_* -rw------- 1 root root 1381 21 feb 12:34 .ssh/id_dsa -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 608 21 feb 12:34 .ssh/id_dsa.pub On the Leap 15.4 system I have: rpi4-154:~ # ls -l .ssh/authorized_keys -rw------- 1 root root 2962 feb 21 12:39 .ssh/authorized_keys with the content of id_dsa.pub. The start of the content is: ssh-dss AAAAB3NzaC1kc3MAAACBAIxtorhRWGDeP6L01o83+LgSL9DYcYAXozXtl1cknkfbO To test the way the connection is made I give the command: ssh -v -p xx root@<leap_14.4> Which gives me debug output. After negotiation for the ssh connection the output shows the start of the publickey negotiation, which immediately starts with: debug1: Skipping ssh-dss key /root/.ssh/id_dsa - corresponding algo not in PubkeyAcceptedAlgorithms A few lines further on I have: debug1: kex_input_ext_info: server-sig-algs=<ssh-ed25519,sk-ssh- ed25519@openssh.com,ssh-rsa,rsa-sha2-256,rsa-sha2-512,ssh-dss,ecdsa-sha2- nistp256,ecdsa-sha2-nistp384,ecdsa-sha2-nistp521,sk-ecdsa-sha2- nistp256@openssh.com,webauthn-sk-ecdsa-sha2-nistp256@openssh.com> in which ssh-dss is present. It goes on with: debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_ACCEPT received debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,password,keyboard- interactive debug1: Next authentication method: publickey But then a number of "debug1: Trying private key: /root/.ssh/id_*" where id_dsa is not present. It continues with: debug1: Next authentication method: keyboard-interactive So it asks for a password and authorization with publickey no longer works. Previously I tried "ssh-keygen -t ecdsa" which did not work either and the one that I used, which worked, was of the type rsa. Any ideas? Bug? -- fr.gr. member openSUSE Freek de Kruijf

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Leap 15.5 - looking good
by Per Jessen 23 Feb '23

23 Feb '23

Apart from my own fat fingers, the pxe install of 15.5 is going well. currently less than 200 of 900 packages left. context - pxe+ssh install, from local mirror, root+home filesystem is jfs. Okay, all done before I finished typing. Slightly exotic - I'm trying to boot with lilo, and I can't even run lilo. "No such file or directory". (booted installer, chroot into new system with bind mounts): discompi8:/ # lilo -V bash: /sbin/lilo: No such file or directory discompi8:/ # l /sbin/lilo -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 186896 May 16 2020 /sbin/lilo* discompi8:/ # strace lilo -V execve("/sbin/lilo", ["lilo", "-V"], 0x7ffc8e28c2e8 /* 40 vars */) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) strace: exec: No such file or directory +++ exited with 1 +++ Granted, I have probahly not installed anything on real iron with lilo in two-three years or more, I must be missing something. -- Per Jessen, Zürich (12.8°C) Member, openSUSE Heroes (2016 - present) We're hiring - https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Heroes

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TW does break
by Per Jessen 22 Feb '23

22 Feb '23

Patrick Shanahan wrote: > * Carlos E. R. <robin.listas(a)telefonica.net> [02-20-23 04:54]: >> Well, often when TW breaks because the developers have done some >> change that users don't know about, the only place to possibly ask is >> the factory list, as devs and packagers are the only people that may >> know what is going on. Users ask in the users or support list, and >> nobody knows for days, because devs don't read there. > > please cite examples of "when TW breaks" One of my TW systems broke only just three weeks ago. After a 'dup', the initrd was not re-built correctly, the system did not boot up. No need to solicit support, although I screwed up when trying to boot a rescue system - I picked 64bit instead of 32bit :-) > your continuing ranting about TW being unstable is FUD! Maybe not quite - TW _does_ break, there are simply way too many things that are not being tested in openQA. Not a criticism, just a fact. > and factory is not the *only* place to seek > help with TW difficulties, it is *not* the place. True, most of the time it is the wrong place for a user-only to seek support. The thing with TW is - it is for users who have a penchant for tinkering and who don't mind spending the time. In my limited opinion of course. I keep TW on two uncritical systems, if they happen not to work for a week or two, it doesn't matter. -- Per Jessen, Zürich (10.1°C) Member, openSUSE Heroes (2016 - present) We're hiring - https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Heroes

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ClamAV 0.103.8, 0.105.2 and 1.0.1 patch versions published
by joe a 22 Feb '23

22 Feb '23

Is a Leap package available? I find there is a Suse site for security patches by did not find one for openSuse or Leap.

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paste.o.o no longer remembers fields, instead uses comic names?
by David C. Rankin 21 Feb '23

21 Feb '23

All, The paste.opensuse.org interface changed and now the fields are no longer remembered between pastes and the "Recents" page does not show my recent pastes, but instead shows pastes beginning 2 months ago (presuming when the new paste backend started). The old paste site would remember your name and last title -- which was very convenient and likely resulted from the old site using normal forms/fields. The old "Recents" page would also reflect my pastes instantly -- mandatory for times I would click off the page and needed to find the paste URL again. A listing of 2+ month old pastes isn't very useful. The new site seems to be some containerized jumbled together ruby-on-rails site. Who do we send these paste oddities too? cc'ing to a.o.o, but who else, if anyone? cc: admin(a)opensuse.org (and Henne -- though I think that is ml only) -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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The more I hear about ALP, the less I like the idea, openSUSE should keep leap
by David C. Rankin 20 Feb '23

20 Feb '23

I hope this synopsis appearing in The Register today is wrong about what ALP is: <quote> ... SUSE's next-generation OS, codenamed Advanced Linux Platform or ALP, aims to increase reliability by moving beyond simple snapshots by making the root file system read-only. The only way to install software, including updates, is during a reboot, using a new command, transactional-update ... If you have a cluster of hosts running lots of containers, this should not be too intrusive ... It's less convenient for a non-clustered machine ... </quote> https://www.theregister.com/2023/02/16/bulletproof_linux/ Sounds more like Alf, that furry creature with a long nose that had a citcom that was so annoying you couldn't watch it. Sounds like attempting to install software on ALP will be about the same... How many users on this list are reading this e-mail on a cluster? Apparently, ALP will be a cluster .... -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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networkmanager creates interface "lo" (probably local?)
by Stakanov 19 Feb '23

19 Feb '23

what is the meaning of the "lo" interface that appeared on my networkmanager. I also looked what is about wicked but for some reasons wicked seems gone? Not really understanding, I did not see any update that required to uninstall wicked. Anybody knows what is the use of "lo" and what is going on?

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Tumbleweed: can't log into display server
by Martin /Nightowl/ Byttebier 19 Feb '23

19 Feb '23

Hello, System OpenSUSE Tumbleweed x86_64 latest version NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti using the latest driver installed the hard way. After a hard crash of the system I can't log into the graphical server anymore. I don't know if this is relevant but after the crash I loged into W10 to restore the NTFS partition (shared use with Tumbleweed) and I did W10 updates and a bios update. I then try to reboot into Tumbleweed but I ended up with a prompt. startx returns me xauth: file /root/.serverauth.2222 dos not exist xauth: (argv):1: bad dispaly name "dell-desk:0" in list command xauth: (stdin):1: bad display name "dell-deskt:0" in "add" command ... .. (EE)VGA Arbitration: Cannot restore default device. (EE) Server terminated with error (1) ... xinit: giving up xinit unable to connect to x server: connection refused xinit: server error Xorg.0.log file can be found here. https://paste.opensuse.org/pastes/faf392c33771 Any idea how to fix this? Martin -- UTSI: http://users.telenet.be/tos4ever/utsi.htm Atari FTP-site: ftp://kurobox.serveftp.net:3021 Running openSUSE Leap 15.4 / KDE 5.24.4

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yast roundcube 1.5.3 | should I do a manual composer update?
by Admin Beckspaced 19 Feb '23

19 Feb '23

Hello there, i'm running opensuse leap 15.4 recently installed roundcube 1.5.3 (LTS) via Yast. out of curiosity I did a composer update --dry-run in the roundcubemail install directory composer showed me quite some available updates. see below Should I do the composer update? Or should I just leave things like it is? And wait for opensuse to push a new roundcube rpm update if necessary? I'm worried that running the composer update will break things with roundcube? On the other side I see quite a lot of available updates? What's the best approach? thanks & greetings Ralf cx20:/srv/www/roundcubemail # sudo -u wwwrun composer update --dry-run Loading composer repositories with package information Info from https://repo.packagist.org: #StandWithUkraine Updating dependencies Lock file operations: 0 installs, 17 updates, 5 removals - Removing paragonie/random_compat (v2.0.21) - Removing phpdocumentor/reflection-common (1.0.1) - Removing phpdocumentor/type-resolver (0.3.0) - Removing symfony/polyfill-php70 (v1.19.0) - Removing webmozart/assert (1.9.1) - Upgrading doctrine/instantiator (1.0.5 => 1.5.0) - Upgrading guzzlehttp/promises (1.5.1 => 1.5.2) - Upgrading masterminds/html5 (2.7.5 => 2.7.6) - Upgrading pear/net_ldap2 (v2.2.0 => v2.2.1) - Upgrading pear/net_sieve (1.4.5 => 1.4.6) - Upgrading pear/net_smtp (1.10.0 => 1.10.1) - Downgrading phpdocumentor/reflection-docblock (3.2.2 => 2.0.5) - Downgrading phpspec/prophecy (v1.10.3 => v1.5.0) - Downgrading phpunit/php-timer (1.0.9 => 1.0.8) - Upgrading ralouphie/getallheaders (2.0.5 => 3.0.3) - Downgrading sebastian/diff (1.4.3 => 1.4.1) - Downgrading sebastian/environment (1.3.8 => 1.3.7) - Upgrading symfony/polyfill-ctype (v1.19.0 => v1.27.0) - Upgrading symfony/polyfill-intl-idn (v1.19.0 => v1.27.0) - Upgrading symfony/polyfill-intl-normalizer (v1.19.0 => v1.27.0) - Upgrading symfony/polyfill-php72 (v1.19.0 => v1.27.0) - Upgrading symfony/yaml (v2.8.52 => v3.4.47) Installing dependencies from lock file (including require-dev) Package operations: 19 installs, 9 updates, 2 removals - Removing symfony/polyfill-php70 (v1.19.0) - Removing paragonie/random_compat (v2.0.21) - Upgrading symfony/polyfill-php72 (v1.19.0 => v1.27.0) - Upgrading symfony/polyfill-intl-normalizer (v1.19.0 => v1.27.0) - Upgrading symfony/polyfill-intl-idn (v1.19.0 => v1.27.0) - Upgrading ralouphie/getallheaders (2.0.5 => 3.0.3) - Upgrading guzzlehttp/promises (1.5.1 => 1.5.2) - Upgrading pear/net_ldap2 (v2.2.0 => v2.2.1) - Installing symfony/polyfill-ctype (v1.27.0) - Upgrading masterminds/html5 (2.7.5 => 2.7.6) - Upgrading pear/net_sieve (1.4.5 => 1.4.6) - Upgrading pear/net_smtp (1.10.0 => 1.10.1) - Installing phpdocumentor/reflection-docblock (2.0.5) - Installing phpunit/php-token-stream (1.4.12) - Installing symfony/yaml (v3.4.47) - Installing sebastian/version (1.0.6) - Installing sebastian/global-state (1.1.1) - Installing sebastian/recursion-context (1.0.5) - Installing sebastian/exporter (1.2.2) - Installing sebastian/environment (1.3.7) - Installing sebastian/diff (1.4.1) - Installing sebastian/comparator (1.2.4) - Installing phpunit/php-text-template (1.2.1) - Installing doctrine/instantiator (1.5.0) - Installing phpunit/phpunit-mock-objects (2.3.8) - Installing phpunit/php-timer (1.0.8) - Installing phpunit/php-file-iterator (1.4.5) - Installing phpunit/php-code-coverage (2.2.4) - Installing phpspec/prophecy (v1.5.0) - Installing phpunit/phpunit (4.8.36) Package phpunit/php-token-stream is abandoned, you should avoid using it. No replacement was suggested. Package phpunit/phpunit-mock-objects is abandoned, you should avoid using it. No replacement was suggested.

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RAM requirements Podman/containers versus KVM
by Bill Merriam 18 Feb '23

18 Feb '23

Long ago I started running VM's with XEN. At that time each VM (I think) used its own copy of the kernel and related resources. I could only run a few VM's before I ran out of RAM. Because of that I ran lots of services in the same VM. Enter KVM, then my VM's shared a kernel and my RAM requirements fell. Now I run only one major service (DNS, database, etc) in each VM. Now along comes Podman and containers. If I move to running each service in its only container what does that do to my RAM (and CPU) requirements. How many copies of the kernel and its resource will I be running? I think maybe I can use the host's kernel in a container or use a different one. I am less concerned about disk space usage, but can I share some part of the root file system between containers? Can someone tell me where to find a discussion of this?? Thanks. Bill

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libopenblas and digikam on tumbleweed
by jdd＠dodin.org 17 Feb '23

17 Feb '23

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1208416 for the record, a bug I could solve by myself jdd -- mon serveur usenet: dodin.fr.nf c'est quoi, usenet? http://www.dodin.org/wiki/pmwiki.php?n=Usenet.Usenet

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use of locate/mlocate
by joe a 17 Feb '23

17 Feb '23

Today I (re)discovered "locate", which was not installed by default apparently. Nice tool. Looking for some directories that, I am given to believe begin with "@" sign. Not sure I took the correct meaning from their missive, but, if it is so, how to "escape" the @ sign to be seen/located?

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offlineimap?
by joe a 16 Feb '23

16 Feb '23

Had been using offlineimap to automate feeding/teaching BAYES for spasmsassin. Seems to have "gone missing". Trying to reinstall, from tarball. Seems to have worked, but, it did not install as the author claimed by invoking "zypper in offlineimap" Told me myserver:~ # zypper in offlineimap Loading repository data... Reading installed packages... 'offlineimap' not found in package names. Trying capabilities. No provider of 'offlineimap' found. Resolving package dependencies... Nothing to do. So I compiled and ran it resulting in from offlineimap import imaputil, imaplibutil, OfflineImapError File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/offlineimap/imaplibutil.py", line 22, in <module> import rfc6555 ImportError: No module named rfc6555 Anyone using it and have enlightenment?

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Re: [My Build Service Project Deleted -- WTF??] was Re: [research] Leap 15.4 mailx quite dated
by David C. Rankin 15 Feb '23

15 Feb '23

On 2/15/23 03:20, Roger Oberholtzer wrote: >> I need my drankinatty build service project restored ASAP. > I have a little script that downloads all my OBS stuff to local > storage. I even maintain that in our software's source repository. > Just in case... > > What I really need to do is set up a local OBS as well. Also just in case... Well, I was able to get my build-service project restored. What a pain in the .... When I clicked to create a new home project it gave me the option to restore the old project with that same name. Thank god it worked. However, this whole unnecessary rigamaroll means I wasted the time I had to look at s-nail tonight, so it will have to wait until I have time tomorrow or the next day... Stop messing with build-service accounts, chasing down what happened and working to restore deleted accounts just drains focus and effort away from actual work that could be done to benefit openSUSE, instead of energy spent fixing and admin screw-up... -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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Re: [oS-EN] Trying to listen to internet radio stations
by Carlos E. R. 15 Feb '23

15 Feb '23

Hum. Your mail software handles quoting incorrectly. On 2022-12-29 08:41, Fred wrote: >> >>> On Wed, 28 Dec 2022 18:14:15 +0100 >>> Carlos E. R. wrote: >>> >>>> Can you suggest some other software that actually works? >> > Hey, Carlos - why beat yourself up trying to get some program to run when you can use your browser and run: > https://www.radio.net/ and let them do all the work? Well, I did not know about it. It has a search of stations near me, but it distributes the 60 stations in 3 pages, which makes search by name impossible. And the station I want, a major national network, is not listed. And apparently, it doesn't have a button to search by text, just in case it is not considered to be near me. Clicking at random, the strange symbol at the top left is clickable and offers to do a search, and does find the network I want, but not the station in my region. I can not search inside the results, because it distributes them in 10 pages. Yes, the one I want is in the second page, I was lucky. Well, it works, once I know its quirks. I will have to try this page in the laptop, find out how much CPU it uses. [...] On my puny laptop, it uses 100% CPU on its two cores, using a new Firefox profile. I will have to kill adds and retry. [...] Add blockplus added. CPU load reduced to 50..60% on two cores. Well, that's the main reason I do not use the station own web browser site, either. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.4 x86_64 at Telcontar)

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snapcraft.
by joe a 15 Feb '23

15 Feb '23

Who know of these snapcraft people? Competent? "safe"?

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new on Tumbleweed :-)
by jdd＠dodin.org 12 Feb '23

12 Feb '23

Hello, I recently switched from 15.3 to Tumbleweed fresh install. No major problem so far, but some little changes. for example I don't know how to get on Chromium the upper line usual in kde plasma, where I use extensively the "more actions", "special applications parameters" to fix a dedicated desktop for here Chromium as I do for Firefox, Thunderbird and so on thanks jdd -- mon serveur usenet: dodin.fr.nf c'est quoi, usenet? http://www.dodin.org/wiki/pmwiki.php?n=Usenet.Usenet

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Tumbleweed - initrd rebuilt, but reboot not suggested?
by Per Jessen 11 Feb '23

11 Feb '23

I really don't dabble much with Tumbleweed, so this might be a stupid question. On my newly dup'ed system "office24", I just ran another zypper dup - the output is here: https://files.jessen.ch/office24.zypperdup.txt When the initrd is being rebuilt, surely a reboot should be suggested/recommended or is that not standard practice? -- Per Jessen, Zürich (7.2°C) Member, openSUSE Heroes (2016 - present) We're hiring - https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Heroes

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Nvidia 390x driver users - glibc 2.37 will bring bad news
by David C. Rankin 09 Feb '23

09 Feb '23

Nvidia 390x driver users, Hopefully the opensuse dev wizards can pull a rabbit out of their proverbial hats before glibc 2.37 drops. Otherwise things look very grim for all cards that rely on the driver. Short version - Nvidia only provided updates for the 390x driver through the end of 2022. The issue is the binary parts supplied with the nvidia driver and the parts you manually compile must be build with the same glibc versions. With Nvidia no longer providing updates to the binary parts -- glibc version drift is a foregone eventuality. See https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=283327 for the demise of the old cards on Arch -- which may also provide a heads-up for the creative devs here :) -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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PHP-FPM and php.ini include_path mystery
by Admin Beckspaced 08 Feb '23

08 Feb '23

Dear opensuse list users, I already sent this email to the horde users mailing list. But I just thought that opensuse list might for sure also be a good place to perhaps receive some hints or insights on this topic. I'm running an opensuse 15.4 box with PHP-FPM 7.4.33 (yes I know it's EOL) Horde is 5.2.23 with IMP 6.2.27 PEAR Horde is installed at /usr/share/php7/PEAR/ php.ini sets the include path = ".:/usr/share/php7:/usr/share/php7/PEAR" as far as I know the delimiter : separates the different include paths so I have 3 paths . the current directoy /usr/share/php7 /usr/share/php7/PEAR and from what I remember PHP automatically tries to look for included files in all those 3 include paths. PHP looks first in the current directory for the file. Then the second path /usr/share/php7 and after that the third path /usr/share/php7/PEAR If I run Horde & IMP with the default php.ini include path I receive a Fatal Error Class 'PEAR_Config' not found If I then set a different path order via php-fpm pool configuration the fatal error is gone I move the PEAR path before the php7 path php_value[include_path] = ".:/usr/share/php7/PEAR:/usr/share/php7" But I still don't get it. Isn't PHP supposed to look at all given include_path one after the other? If anyone could share some insights I would be more than grateful 😄 thanks & greeetings Becki

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Mesa in the packman repos vs. mesa in tumbleweed
by Stakanov 08 Feb '23

08 Feb '23

Problem with zypper dup that sometimes have hick-ups with two conflicting Mesa versions available. Why is there a MESA version in the packman repos if opensuse provides one too? To be clear I am talking about the Tumbleweed repos. I recall some graphic card reason, but it is a recall that comes remotely and long time ago. So since this recently caused me some trouble because of shifting repo here and there I wanted to understand. Someone can maybe educate me on this. I do not think that patent rights can be an issue here. I just have to decide which Mesa should I use and I do not have any base for discrimination between the two. Thank you in advance. P.S. this is a re-invoice of the very message. The first and second vanished, possibly due to a spam filter.

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test
by Stakanov 07 Feb '23

07 Feb '23

test because my messages are not getting through on this list

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[oS-EN] M$ has a cross-platform PowerShell
by Carlos E. R. 07 Feb '23

07 Feb '23

Can be installed on Windows, Linux, and macOS. <https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/scripting/overview?view=powers…> Interesting move. Can be used over ssh. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from Telcontar, using openSUSE Leap 15.4)

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missing font ??
by Michael Spartana 06 Feb '23

06 Feb '23

HI, ok well I'm getting this error when starting xemacs Missing charsets in String to Fontset conversion google shows many errors of this variety and either a missing font or an xlib error..... so I was hoping someone here would know..... mike

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transmission quits
by Albert Oszkó 04 Feb '23

04 Feb '23

Hi all, I use Transmission to handle torrent files (in KDE, TW). Today I had a big "zypper dup", nearly 500 items were downloaded. After restart Transmission unexpectedly quits after a few seconds. Ktorrent is dead, I cannot even import an existing torrent file into it. I tried it also in Xfce, with the same result. Interestingly, in IceWM Transmission does not exit. Please help me identify the reason . I saw during dup some files were removed. So I uninstalled and reinstalled Transmission, without any positive result. Thanks for your help, Albert

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[oS-EN] [rant] Wasting time.
by Carlos E. R. 04 Feb '23

04 Feb '23

Hi, as is my routine for years, but today on a secondary computer (alternate location), I open a folder of documents in "mc", select the february.odt file, hit enter, and start editing. Damn! They have changed how to position photos, no anchor to page. Must be a new Libre Office Writer version. After wasting a quarter of an hour fighting how the thing thinks it should place the images, instead of simply obeying me, I decide to ask here. What version am I using... go to help, look about... it is Abiword! Why the heck is 'mc' opening a LO file with Abiword when LO is installed? I look in 'mc', do not find .odt in the extension file... so unininstall Abiword. Get out of my way. But now on open the document it Maximizes to the entire display, and refuses to unmaximize and resize. I can do so with Calc, but not with Writer. The word "resize" is greyed out even after "unmaximize". How the heck can I unmaximize the document? I can not work this way! Ok, go to XFCE settings, change the theme to some other one, and now it works again. But a while later, I open another document with Write, and again it is stuck on maximize, and theme change does not work this time. A new manner occurs to me. Click and hold on the tittle bar and drag down... and it is gone. I can not find the window. I right-click on the "thing" on the display panel, and manage to tell it to move to an empty workspace. Now I see the window: 2 mm wide, 30 mm high rectangle. WTF!? After fiddling with it for a minute or two, I manage to resize it to something sensible and move back to my workspace. Has my computer being possessed by some ghost? -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from Elesar, using openSUSE Leap 15.4)

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I cursor
by Marc Chamberlin 04 Feb '23

04 Feb '23

Hi, I am running OpenSuSE 15.3 and 15.4 with the KDE/Plasma desktop. My eyes are not as good as they once were, and one of the things that bugs me a lot is the I bar cursor (also called the I beam cursor I think) Is there any way to get rid of it and substitute the regular arrow cursor for it? I don't see the I cursor very well and am constantly losing track of it, requiring lots of mouse movements before I find it again. Marc...

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sound issue (was: Dropping yast2-sound)
by Per Jessen 03 Feb '23

03 Feb '23

Carlos E. R. wrote: > On 2023-01-26 19:31, Patrick Shanahan wrote: >>> >>>> Many people have been doing that, uninstall-reinstall for years and >>>> years. >>> >>> Can't say I'm one of them. >> >> but you have heard of many people uninstall/reinstall as a solutin? Not exactly, but maybe I'm not moving in the right circles :-) Overall, I don't subscribe to such band-aid "solutions", especially not when it ought to be easy to diagnose the problem. (sound is hardly black magic any more). > Google it. That presumes I am interested :-) > Examples: > ><https://www.gamedev.net/forums/topic/339562-sound-only-works-after-restarti…> SuSE 9.3, from 2005 ... almost twenty years old. Seriously? ><https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/165696/restarting-all-sound-servic…> openSUSE 12.3 - 8 years old? Instead of trawling through the archives of time, maybe post some config data and some dmesg output (related to your sound module). -- Per Jessen, Zürich (-0.4°C) Member, openSUSE Heroes (2016 - present) We're hiring - https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Heroes

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CIFS and sym links
by Roger Oberholtzer 03 Feb '23

03 Feb '23

If I create a link on a Windows NTFS disk (on Windows via mklink /d), that link shows up correctly on Linux when the disk is mounted via CIFS. For example: l--------- 1 rst root 0 Feb 2 10:41 ProgramFiles -> Program Files I can follow the link as expected. That's nice. However, if try to create a sym link on Linux (ln -s) on that CIFS volume, I get: ln: failed to create symbolic link 'qq': Operation not supported Is it truly not supported? Or is it some option I need to learn about that enables this? I have not checked how a Linux disk mounted in Windows acts in this respect. That's a later exploration. -- Roger Oberholtzer

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Tumbleweed: after reinstall of system: creation of connection KVM fails with error message.
by Stakanov 02 Feb '23

02 Feb '23

particularity: I have the /var/lib/libvirt installed on a RAID 1 on separate hardware. entropy@linux:~> lsblk NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINTS sda 8:0 0 119,2G 0 disk └─md126 9:126 0 119,2G 0 raid1 └─md126p1 259:0 0 119G 0 part /boot/efi sdb 8:16 0 119,2G 0 disk └─md126 9:126 0 119,2G 0 raid1 └─md126p1 259:0 0 119G 0 part /boot/efi sdc 8:32 0 3,6T 0 disk └─sdc1 8:33 0 3,6T 0 part └─md0 9:0 0 3,6T 0 raid1 /var/lib/libvirt sdd 8:48 0 7,3T 0 disk └─sdd1 8:49 0 7,3T 0 part └─md1 9:1 0 7,3T 0 raid1 └─md1p1 259:1 0 7,3T 0 part /home sde 8:64 0 7,3T 0 disk └─sde1 8:65 0 7,3T 0 part └─md1 9:1 0 7,3T 0 raid1 └─md1p1 259:1 0 7,3T 0 part /home sdf 8:80 0 232,9G 0 disk └─sdf1 8:81 0 232,9G 0 part └─md127 9:127 0 232,9G 0 raid1 /var /usr/local /root /srv /boot/grub2/x86_64-efi /boot/grub2/i386-pc /opt / sdg 8:96 0 3,6T 0 disk └─sdg1 8:97 0 3,6T 0 part └─md0 9:0 0 3,6T 0 raid1 /var/lib/libvirt sdh 8:112 1 0B 0 disk sdi 8:128 1 0B 0 disk sdj 8:144 1 0B 0 disk sdk 8:160 1 0B 0 disk sr0 11:0 1 1024M 0 rom normally I did not have any problem in setting up a new system after a reinstall. But now I get: Socket creation for '/var/run/libvirt/virtqemud-sock' failed: No such file or directory Libvirt URI is: qemu:///system Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/connection.py", line 925, in _do_open self._backend.open(cb, data) File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtinst/connection.py", line 171, in open conn = libvirt.openAuth(self._open_uri, File "/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/libvirt.py", line 147, in openAuth raise libvirtError('virConnectOpenAuth() failed') libvirt.libvirtError: Socket creation for '/var/run/libvirt/virtqemud-sock' failed: No such file or directory I am puzzled. Has there been a change in directories of KVM, between var and run? What do I have to do to recover my images that are currently in /var/lib/ libvirt?

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Mesa in packman repos
by Stakanov 02 Feb '23

02 Feb '23

Stupid question of today: why is there a MESA version in the packman repos if opensuse provides one too? To be clear I am talking about the Tumbleweed repos. I recall some graphic card reason, but it is a recall that comes remotely and long time ago. So since this recently caused me some trouble because of shifting repo here and there I wanted to understand. Someone can maybe educate me on this. I do not think that patent rights can be an issue here. Thank you in advance. P.S. this is a re-invoice of the very message. The first vanished, maybe you should check that spamfilter recognize your registered members?

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tw pxe install - usessh no longer works?
by Per Jessen 02 Feb '23

02 Feb '23

After upgrading my TW test system last night, it failed to mount the root filesystem. This morning I wanted to start up the TW installer to investigate. It didn't work, the network wasn't properly initiated - I stumbled over this in the kernel messages, see paste. https://paste.opensuse.org/pastes/93a4c6fe0cb2 "Unknown kernel command line parameters ..." ?? I am booting this: http://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/boot/x86_64/loader/linux http://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/boot/x86_64/loader/initrd with this PXE setup : label tw64 kernel install/tumbleweed.64bit.kernel append initrd=install/tumbleweed.64bit.initrd usessh=1 sshpassword=1234 noresume net.ifnames=0 install=http://opensuse.herrliberg/tumbleweed/repo/oss (the append line folded, but should be seen as a single line). This was worked for ages and ages (approx). -- Per Jessen, Zürich (5.1°C) Member, openSUSE Heroes (2016 - present) We're hiring - https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Heroes

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caching DNS
by joe a 01 Feb '23

01 Feb '23

Looking into installing a "caching DNS" server on openSUSE Leap 15.3, mainly to play nice with the anti SPAM "black list" providers, which are currently rejecting requests "blocked due to usage of an open resolver". Rumor has it that installing a "properly configured caching DNS server" is the fix du jour. Never done this. Never. Honest. Is "BIND" still they way to go?

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Re: Mesa in packman repos
by David C. Rankin 01 Feb '23

01 Feb '23

On 1/31/23 01:27, Andrei Borzenkov wrote: > openSUSE, Fedora and probably others disabled support for hardware > acceleration for several formats (h264, h265, vc1) which is also > upstream Mesa default. That would be the difference in the switches in the .spec -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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opensuse Leap 15.4 parallel / multiple PHP versions possible?
by Admin Beckspaced 31 Jan '23

31 Jan '23

Dear users, I'm running opensuse Leap 15.4 currently with PHP version 7.4.x as PHP-FPM with apache event Is it possible to run multiple PHP versions with opensuse? e.g. PHP version 7.x and 8.x in parallel You define the sethandler in vhost config for the PHP version needed Is something like this possible with opensuse leap 15.4? I see this a lot for ubuntu, debian. Can anyone provide some links to tutorials, howtos for opensuse? thanks & greetings Becki

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Mesa in packman repos
by Stakanov 31 Jan '23

31 Jan '23

Stupid question of today: why is there a MESA version in the packman repos if opensuse provides one too? To be clear I am talking about the Tumbleweed repos. I recall some graphic card reason, but it is a recall that comes remotely and long time ago. So since this recently caused me some trouble because of shifting repo here and there I wanted to understand. Someone can maybe educate me on this. I do not think that patent rights can be an issue here. Thank you in advance.

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[oS-en] Hibernation failure: what means this:
by Carlos E. R. 30 Jan '23

30 Jan '23

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Jan 30 11:30:35 Telcontar kernel: OOM killer enabled. Jan 30 11:30:35 Telcontar kernel: Restarting tasks ... done. Jan 30 11:30:35 Telcontar kernel: PM: hibernation: resume failed (-16) <=== ? (Leap 15.4) - -- Cheers Carlos E. R. (from 15.4 x86_64 at Telcontar) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHoEARECADoWIQQZEb51mJKK1KpcU/W1MxgcbY1H1QUCY9euHRwccm9iaW4ubGlz dGFzQHRlbGVmb25pY2EubmV0AAoJELUzGBxtjUfV+QYAn2BNz8gdjl3RlP3Jxk/F SGdEcBZeAKCKbIbcbQC24bT1DQgYqig/jLEuog== =vWby -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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MS Teams
by Roger Oberholtzer 30 Jan '23

30 Jan '23

I know that Teams for Linux is EOL and is now a web app. (Sigh.) But after a recent Tumbleweed upgrade, Teams is no linger working. I have tried the suggestions here: https://en.opensuse.org/Microsoft_Teams, which worked in the past. But no success. Anyone running Teams on an up-to-date Tumbleweed? -- Roger Oberholtzer

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Re: Video Borked
by Mark Misulich 30 Jan '23

30 Jan '23

Hi, that's the answer. I took out the Nvidia packages described and rebooted, and now things work again. lspci -k | grep -EA3 'VGA|3D|Display' shows that nouveau is once again the video driver. I'm not sure why those Nvidia packages were installed while doing an update, but now that they are gone everything is back to normal. I tend to two computers that had the same issue after updating, this remedy fixed them both. Many thanks, Mark Mark Misulich <munguanaweza(a)gmail.com> 12:22 PM (1 hour ago) to users On Sun, Jan 29, 2023 at 12:22 PM Mark Misulich <munguanaweza(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > Masaru Nomiya came up with the answer. I took out the Nvidia packages > he described and rebooted, and now things work again. lspci -k | grep > -EA3 'VGA|3D|Display' shows that nouveau is once again the video > driver. I'm not sure why those Nvidia packages were installed while > doing an update but now that they are gone everything is back to > normal. I tend to two computers that had the same issue after > updating, this remedy fixed them both. > Many thanks, > Mark > > On Sat, Jan 28, 2023 at 11:29 PM Masaru Nomiya <nomiya(a)galaxy.dti.ne.jp> wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > In the Message; > > > > Subject : Video Borked > > Message-ID : <55b6f665b830665c601141e13b4d5e0200de09ee.camel(a)gmail.com> > > Date & Time: Fri, 27 Jan 2023 09:15:08 -0500 > > > > [MM] == lxmark <munguanaweza(a)gmail.com> has written: > > > > MM> Hi, > > MM> I'm running Tumbleweed on my desktop computer, and after I did an > > MM> update I've lost ability to boot up to graphics mode. The computer > > MM> boots to a text prompt mark@localhost:~> only. > > [...] > > > > Finally, I am able to boot up to graphics mode under the　nouveau. > > > > The ponit was to uninstall thesefiles; > > > > kernel-firmware-nvidia > > kernel-firmware-nvidia-gsp-G06 > > > > These seem to be files required by Nvidia driver 525.85.05, but I > > don't know exactly what they are. > > > > Regards. > > > > --- > > ┏━━┓彡野宮賢 mail-to: m.nomiya+suse @ gmail.com > > ┃＼／彡 > > ┗━━┛ "Three young men died for Rationalization. > > Yet, Margaret Bloody Thatcher LIVES!" > > 'Brassed Off'

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Re: hardware
by Chuck Davis 29 Jan '23

29 Jan '23

I wanted to see what cpu a box had in it this a.m. and am distressed to discover the nice hardware profile we used to have (in YaST) is gone. What are we supposed to do now to find out what hardware is in a box? Thanks for direction....

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Re: hardware
by David C. Rankin 29 Jan '23

29 Jan '23

On 1/28/23 11:28, Chuck Davis wrote: > I wanted to see what cpu a box had in it this a.m. and am distressed to > discover the nice hardware profile we used to have (in YaST) is gone. What > are we supposed to do now to find out what hardware is in a box? > > Thanks for direction.... Gah... Just: $ cat /proc/cpuinfo -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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Video Borked
by lxmark 29 Jan '23

29 Jan '23

Hi, I'm running Tumbleweed on my desktop computer, and after I did an update I've lost ability to boot up to graphics mode. The computer boots to a text prompt mark@localhost:~> only. It won't boot to graphics if I wait, nor will it go to graphics if I input startx. It will boot to graphics if I switch to root (su), then input startx, but it only goes to a black screen with a cursor arrow visible that I can move with the mouse, and never boots to full graphics. If I try to boot the current kernel (6.1.8.1) in recovery mode it won't boot to graphics. If I boot the previous kernel it will only boot to the user@localhost prompt. If I boot the previous kernel (6.1.7.1) in recovery mode it will boot to graphics desktop, but I think that it might be using a driver such as vesa because the rendering is not sharp nor in the right adjustment to the size of the screen. If I type lspci -k | grep -EA3 'VGA|3D|Display' in konsole I get the output 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation G92 [GeForce 9800 GT] (rev a2) Subsystem: PNY Device 0719 Kernel modules: nouveau, nvidia_drm, nvidia 03:00.0 IDE interface: JMicron Technology Corp. JMB368 IDE controller Comparing that output to the output I get on another computer that booted normally, also running Tumbleweed, I got: 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation G92 [GeForce 9800 GT] (rev a2) Subsystem: PNY Device 0719 Kernel Driver: Nouveau Kernel modules: noveau, nvidia_drm, nvidia From what little I understand about this, I gather that opensuse is supposed to autoload nouveau during boot because something went wrong during a routine update. It seems that isn't happening, but maybe my understanding is incorrect. In any event, I need help to fix this. Thanks, Mark

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[oS-en] Black firefox.
by Carlos E. R. 28 Jan '23

28 Jan '23

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, It happened to me 3 or 4 times. Suddenly, when I switch to Firefox, the window is black. All firefox windows of the same profile (another profile that was running stays unaffected), in all the workspaces. I could go and close windows one by one, but on restart it would be impossible to restart all of them. I have to close all of them at one go so that restore previous sesion works. So the only thing to do is "killall firefox". And not always works. I did: cer@Telcontar:~> kill 6793 cer@Telcontar:~> kill 6793 bash: kill: (6793) - No such process <=== the parent process of all of them - no dice cer@Telcontar:~> killall firefox cer@Telcontar:~> killall firefox firefox: no process found cer@Telcontar:~> killall firefox firefox: no process found <=== but I could see it was still running. cer@Telcontar:~> killall firefox firefox: no process found cer@Telcontar:~> killall /usr/lib64/firefox/firefox cer@Telcontar:~> killall /usr/lib64/firefox/firefox /usr/lib64/firefox/firefox: no process found <=== now it worked. cer@Telcontar:~> Of course, this also killed my other running profile (or instance, if you will). Is there a better way? Maybe a kill command that automatically finds and kill all siblings at a single go? Anybody has seen this problem? - -- Cheers Carlos E. R. (from 15.4 x86_64 at Telcontar) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHoEARECADoWIQQZEb51mJKK1KpcU/W1MxgcbY1H1QUCY9QZ5Rwccm9iaW4ubGlz dGFzQHRlbGVmb25pY2EubmV0AAoJELUzGBxtjUfVdC0AnR5NKeo6LI7ZjBrzVxgp lIgw5K0GAJ0da7bTrsOmkuzj1yz94gpyB0MkWw== =c1NF -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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update repository
by Michael Spartana 27 Jan '23

27 Jan '23

Hi, I'm on tumbleweed, and it's seems like a long that Update Repository has had any updates.....are we still using it? using zypper....the other repositories seem fine... mike

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[oS-EN] Rebellious mouse
by Carlos E. R. 26 Jan '23

26 Jan '23

Hi, At this secondary location I have a rebellious mouse. It is a Logitech M90. A simple thing, a red LED pointing to the table and some sensor that decodes movement directly. No ball. With cable. It doesn't work well on the table (smooth white PVC), so I put it on a paper. One of those with millilitre lines for science graphs. Well, sometimes it moves and then stops, like if the ghost ball would be dirty and not moving well the ancient wheels inside, stuck. So I bang the mouse against the table as if to dislodge the dirt (there is none) from the non existing ball and wheels, and the funny thing is, it works again. What could be really be causing this? Leap 15.4, XFCE. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from Elesar, using openSUSE Leap 15.4)

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[oS-EN] New monitor when sent to sleep doesn't awake
by Carlos E. R. 26 Jan '23

26 Jan '23

Hi, I have a new monitor on this old machine at a secondary location. Got it cheap, a returned item to a shop. An LG 22MP410, connected to my old machine with Nvidia graphics. The problem is that (apparently) when the desktop sends the display to sleep for inactivity, pressing a key doesn't wake it up. Nor disconnecting both cables. What works is pressing the menu key of the monitor. I am using XFCE desktop on Leap 15.4. Screensaver is disabled. Power Manager / Display is set to - Blank after 10 minutes - put to sleep after 10 minutes - Switch off after 30 minutes. But it is all deactivated! (I had it deactivated for the previous display, decades old hardware, that would hang the machine on sleep. I will try to activate it and see). Hum... Now that I write this, I'm suspecting that it was "powered off". But this thing doesn't have a power on/off switch! It has a... tiny "joystick" in a recess under the bottom edge. It can be pressed, which activates the menu, and moved to the sides as a cursor key. I found it by blind touching everywhere this morning. The papers don't mention it. Maybe it went to sleep because the monitor, not the computer, decided so... no, that is set to 4 hours. It was the computer. Elesar:~ # hwinfo --gfxcard 18: PCI 100.0: 0300 VGA compatible controller (VGA) [Created at pci.386] Unique ID: VCu0.on6Ysc6JyT1 Parent ID: H0_h.3kPMz12AcD0 SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:06.0/0000:01:00.0 SysFS BusID: 0000:01:00.0 Hardware Class: graphics card Model: "nVidia G96C [GeForce 9500 GT]" Vendor: pci 0x10de "nVidia Corporation" Device: pci 0x0640 "G96C [GeForce 9500 GT]" SubVendor: pci 0x1462 "Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI]" SubDevice: pci 0x1573 Revision: 0xa1 Driver: "nouveau" Driver Modules: "nouveau" Memory Range: 0xfd000000-0xfdffffff (rw,non-prefetchable) Memory Range: 0xd0000000-0xdfffffff (ro,non-prefetchable) Memory Range: 0xfa000000-0xfbffffff (rw,non-prefetchable) I/O Ports: 0x9c00-0x9c7f (rw) Memory Range: 0x000c0000-0x000dffff (rw,non-prefetchable,disabled) IRQ: 32 (2267233 events) I/O Ports: 0x3c0-0x3df (rw) Module Alias: "pci:v000010DEd00000640sv00001462sd00001573bc03sc00i00" Driver Info #0: Driver Status: nouveau is active Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe nouveau" Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown Attached to: #30 (PCI bridge) Primary display adapter: #18 Elesar:~ # hwinfo --monitor 31: None 00.0: 10002 LCD Monitor [Created at monitor.125] Unique ID: rdCR.uluPkDjUuA7 Parent ID: VCu0.on6Ysc6JyT1 Hardware Class: monitor Model: "LG ELECTRONICS LG FULL HD" Vendor: GSM "LG ELECTRONICS" Device: eisa 0x5bfb "LG FULL HD" Serial ID: "" Resolution: 720x400@70Hz Resolution: 640x480@60Hz Resolution: 640x480@75Hz Resolution: 800x600@60Hz Resolution: 800x600@75Hz Resolution: 1024x768@60Hz Resolution: 1024x768@75Hz Resolution: 1280x1024@75Hz Resolution: 1152x864@75Hz Resolution: 1280x1024@60Hz Resolution: 1920x1080@60Hz Size: 480x270 mm Year of Manufacture: 2016 Week of Manufacture: 1 Detailed Timings #0: Resolution: 1920x1080 Horizontal: 1920 2008 2052 2200 (+88 +132 +280) +hsync Vertical: 1080 1084 1089 1125 (+4 +9 +45) +vsync Frequencies: 148.50 MHz, 67.50 kHz, 60.00 Hz Driver Info #0: Max. Resolution: 1920x1080 Vert. Sync Range: 56-75 Hz Hor. Sync Range: 30-85 kHz Bandwidth: 148 MHz Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown Attached to: #11 (VGA compatible controller) Elesar:~ # Elesar:~ # inxi -G Graphics: Device-1: NVIDIA G96C [GeForce 9500 GT] driver: nouveau v: kernel Display: server: X.Org 1.20.3 driver: loaded: nouveau unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz OpenGL: renderer: NV96 v: 3.3 Mesa 21.2.4 Elesar:~ # inxi CPU: Quad Core Intel Core2 Quad Q9550 (-MCP-) speed: 2841 MHz Kernel: 5.14.21-150400.24.38-default x86_64 Up: 4h 47m Mem: 4667.4/7942.3 MiB (58.8%) Storage: 232.89 GiB (14.7% used) Procs: 301 Shell: Bash inxi: 3.3.07 Elesar:~ # -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from Elesar, using openSUSE Leap 15.4)

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Brasero showing twice in gnome software (Installed)
by Pete Thorsen Jr. 26 Jan '23

26 Jan '23

Hi, I've installed Brasero from the gnome software application, which said that it was installed from the opensuse repo. When I click on the “Installed” tab of the gnome software application, it indicates that Brasero is installed twice. Originally, I wrote to the Brasero folks about this. They said that they couldn't do anything about it. I wrote to the Gnome folks, I never heard back from anyone. Now I am writing here hoping to clean up this bug. One of the Brasero devs replied to me and said, “Your distro provides the PackageKit back-end from which the information comes.” Hopefully, someone here can pass along this information to get it looked at and fix it so that only one instance appears in the Installed software tab of the gnome software application. Thanks in advance, Pete

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Cut and paste
by Marc Chamberlin 25 Jan '23

25 Jan '23

I have noticed an intermittent problem on my OpenSuSE 15.3 and 15.4 x64 systems running KDE/Plasma desktop and I wonder if others are seeing it also and what can be done to fix it. Cut/Copy and Paste does not always work. Particularly noticeable in Firefox and Thunderbird, though Kate, Emacs, LibreOffice and other apps as well, display the problem. I select a string of characters from somewhere, even within an app itself, like Thunderbird, right click the mouse to Copy or Cut the selection, then try an paste it either somewhere back in the app itself, or in some other app, and the paste operation fails. It acts and if there is nothing to paste and the paste menu item remains grayed out and unusable. Sometime Ctrl V works and sometimes not. I usually double check what's in the the Clipboard KDE/Plasma to make sure that what I tried to Copy or Cut is at the top of the clipboard app, and it always is. Kinda annoying and sometimes it is impossible to get the Cut/Copy and Paste to work at all. Sometimes it does work and I have no idea why or what causes the Cut/Copy and Paste to work in some cases and not in others. Any ideas? Thanks in advance as always.... Marc...

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KDE bug fix inquiry
by Marc Chamberlin 24 Jan '23

24 Jan '23

This is probably the wrong group to ask, but I will start here and then follow any pointers to where I should ask my question... I am running Leap 15.4 with the KDE/Plasma desktop. There is a bug, reported and fixed/resolved - https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=453280 which is bugging me now. This was resolved last year (June) and I am wondering when this fix will show up in an update for my system? It is annoying to have to log out and log back in whenever this problem shows up on my systems, so I thought I would ask and hopefully get an update soon that fixes it. Marc... -- *"The Truth is out there" - Spooky* *_ _ . . . . . . _ _ . _ _ _ _ . . . . _ . . . . _ _ . _ _ _ . . . . _ _ . _ . . _ . _ _ _ _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . * Computers: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the user Marc. His mission: to explore strange new hardware. To seek out new software and new applications. To boldly go where no Marc has gone before! (/This email is digitally signed and the OpenPGP electronic signature is added as an attachment. If you know how, you can use my public key to prove this email indeed came from me and has not been modified in transit. My public key, which can be used for sending encrypted email to me also, can be found at - https://keys.openpgp.org/search?q=marc@marcchamberlin.com or just ask me for it and I will send it to you as an attachment. If you don't understand all this geek speak, no worries, just ignore this explanation and ignore the OpenPGP signature key attached to this email (it will look like gibberish if you open it) and/or ask me to explain it further if you like./)

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[oS-en] new syslog noise about usb
by Carlos E. R. 23 Jan '23

23 Jan '23

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Leap 15.4 Today, I was getting a lot of these new messages in the log (I did an update yesterday): <1.4> 2023-01-23T12:24:34.810643+01:00 Telcontar tracker-extract 12239 - - Locale 'LANG' is not set, defaulting to C locale <3.6> 2023-01-23T12:24:34.810796+01:00 Telcontar dbus-daemon 6603 - - [session uid=1000 pid=6603] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.Tracker3.Miner.Extract' <0.4> 2023-01-23T12:24:39.931135+01:00 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 1419.750050][ C10] [drm] Fence fallback timer expired on ring gfx <0.4> 2023-01-23T12:24:40.439134+01:00 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 1420.262039][ C10] [drm] Fence fallback timer expired on ring gfx <0.4> 2023-01-23T12:24:40.471128+01:00 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 1420.294034][ C11] [drm] Fence fallback timer expired on ring sdma0 <0.4> 2023-01-23T12:24:40.951290+01:00 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 1420.774202][ C10] [drm] Fence fallback timer expired on ring gfx <0.4> 2023-01-23T12:24:40.986395+01:00 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 1420.806033][ C11] [drm] Fence fallback timer expired on ring sdma0 <0.4> 2023-01-23T12:24:41.467291+01:00 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 1421.286047][ C10] [drm] Fence fallback timer expired on ring gfx <0.4> 2023-01-23T12:24:41.979281+01:00 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 1421.798197][ C10] [drm] Fence fallback timer expired on ring gfx <0.4> 2023-01-23T12:24:42.491121+01:00 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 1422.310037][ C10] [drm] Fence fallback timer expired on ring gfx <0.4> 2023-01-23T12:24:42.651117+01:00 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 1422.470030][ C5] [drm] Fence fallback timer expired on ring sdma1 <0.4> 2023-01-23T12:24:43.003273+01:00 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 1422.822197][ C10] [drm] Fence fallback timer expired on ring gfx <0.4> 2023-01-23T12:24:43.511303+01:00 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 1423.334196][ C10] [drm] Fence fallback timer expired on ring gfx <0.4> 2023-01-23T12:24:43.916745+01:00 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 1423.739516][ T395] usb 3-2: Device not responding to setup address. <0.4> 2023-01-23T12:24:49.891122+01:00 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 1429.710009][ C10] [drm] Fence fallback timer expired on ring gfx <0.4> 2023-01-23T12:24:50.399123+01:00 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 1430.218010][ C10] [drm] Fence fallback timer expired on ring gfx <0.4> 2023-01-23T12:24:50.427147+01:00 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 1430.250010][ C11] [drm] Fence fallback timer expired on ring sdma0 <0.4> 2023-01-23T12:24:50.955118+01:00 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 1430.774008][ C10] [drm] Fence fallback timer expired on ring gfx <0.4> 2023-01-23T12:24:53.755131+01:00 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 1433.574774][ T395] usb 3-2: Device not responding to setup address. <0.3> 2023-01-23T12:24:53.963281+01:00 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 1433.782006][ T395] usb 3-2: device not accepting address 32, error -71 <0.6> 2023-01-23T12:24:54.159124+01:00 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 1433.978002][ T395] usb 3-2: new low-speed USB device number 33 using xhci_hcd <0.4> 2023-01-23T12:24:59.935122+01:00 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 1439.753975][ C10] [drm] Fence fallback timer expired on ring gfx <0.4> 2023-01-23T12:25:03.783959+01:00 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 1443.606710][ T395] usb 3-2: Device not responding to setup address. <0.4> 2023-01-23T12:25:09.623152+01:00 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 1449.445966][ C10] [drm] Fence fallback timer expired on ring gfx <0.4> 2023-01-23T12:25:09.623170+01:00 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 1449.445968][ C5] [drm] Fence fallback timer expired on ring sdma0 <0.4> 2023-01-23T12:25:10.143119+01:00 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 1449.961947][ C10] [drm] Fence fallback timer expired on ring gfx <0.4> 2023-01-23T12:25:10.175409+01:00 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 1449.993945][ C5] [drm] Fence fallback timer expired on ring sdma0 <0.4> 2023-01-23T12:25:13.624717+01:00 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 1453.446974][ T395] usb 3-2: Device not responding to setup address. <0.3> 2023-01-23T12:25:13.835118+01:00 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 1453.653946][ T395] usb 3-2: device not accepting address 33, error -71 <0.3> 2023-01-23T12:25:13.835132+01:00 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 1453.654249][ T395] usb usb3-port2: unable to enumerate USB device usb trouble, and drm trouble. The only things connected to the usb now are in the back of the computer, thus the keyboard, mouse, and other things that should be disconnected. In fact, response at the keyboard stalled, but now seems normal and messages have stopped. Ideas? No, keyboard stalling again, new messages: <1.4> 2023-01-23T12:30:19.882428+01:00 Telcontar tracker-extract 12711 - - Locale 'LANG' is not set, defaulting to C locale <3.6> 2023-01-23T12:30:19.882531+01:00 Telcontar dbus-daemon 6603 - - [session uid=1000 pid=6603] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.Tracker3.Miner.Extract' <0.3> 2023-01-23T12:30:29.799125+01:00 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 1769.617886][ T395] usb 3-2: device descriptor read/64, error -110 <0.6> 2023-01-23T12:30:29.911120+01:00 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 1769.730163][ T395] usb usb3-port2: attempt power cycle <0.6> 2023-01-23T12:30:30.399127+01:00 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 1770.217854][ T395] usb 3-2: new low-speed USB device number 36 using xhci_hcd <0.4> 2023-01-23T12:30:36.059120+01:00 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 1775.877858][ C10] [drm] Fence fallback timer expired on ring gfx <0.4> 2023-01-23T12:30:36.571120+01:00 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 1776.389858][ C10] [drm] Fence fallback timer expired on ring gfx <0.4> 2023-01-23T12:30:36.855129+01:00 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 1776.677862][ C5] [drm] Fence fallback timer expired on ring sdma0 <0.4> 2023-01-23T12:30:37.083124+01:00 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 1776.901858][ C10] [drm] Fence fallback timer expired on ring gfx <0.4> 2023-01-23T12:30:37.599121+01:00 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 1777.417864][ C10] [drm] Fence fallback timer expired on ring gfx <0.4> 2023-01-23T12:30:38.107212+01:00 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 1777.926139][ C10] [drm] Fence fallback timer expired on ring gfx <0.4> 2023-01-23T12:30:38.619390+01:00 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 1778.438142][ C10] [drm] Fence fallback timer expired on ring gfx <0.4> 2023-01-23T12:30:39.127407+01:00 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 1778.950135][ C10] [drm] Fence fallback timer expired on ring gfx <0.4> 2023-01-23T12:30:39.643394+01:00 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 1779.462155][ C10] [drm] Fence fallback timer expired on ring gfx <0.4> 2023-01-23T12:30:40.024784+01:00 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 1779.847416][ T395] usb 3-2: Device not responding to setup address. <0.4> 2023-01-23T12:30:46.015303+01:00 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 1785.833890][ C10] [drm] Fence fallback timer expired on ring gfx <0.4> 2023-01-23T12:30:46.527119+01:00 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 1786.345877][ C10] [drm] Fence fallback timer expired on ring gfx <0.4> 2023-01-23T12:30:47.043303+01:00 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 1786.862061][ C10] [drm] Fence fallback timer expired on ring gfx <0.4> 2023-01-23T12:30:49.860021+01:00 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 1789.682597][ T395] usb 3-2: Device not responding to setup address. <0.3> 2023-01-23T12:30:50.070655+01:00 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 1789.889885][ T395] usb 3-2: device not accepting address 36, error -71 <0.6> 2023-01-23T12:30:50.275127+01:00 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 1790.093893][ T395] usb 3-2: new low-speed USB device number 37 using xhci_hcd <0.4> 2023-01-23T12:30:56.031128+01:00 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 1795.849892][ C10] [drm] Fence fallback timer expired on ring gfx <0.4> 2023-01-23T12:30:56.535353+01:00 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 1796.358114][ C10] [drm] Fence fallback timer expired on ring gfx <0.4> 2023-01-23T12:30:57.047311+01:00 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 1796.870071][ C10] [drm] Fence fallback timer expired on ring gfx <0.4> 2023-01-23T12:30:57.559295+01:00 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 1797.382062][ C10] [drm] Fence fallback timer expired on ring gfx <0.4> 2023-01-23T12:30:58.079114+01:00 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 1797.897895][ C10] [drm] Fence fallback timer expired on ring gfx <0.4> 2023-01-23T12:30:59.903115+01:00 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 1799.722583][ T395] usb 3-2: Device not responding to setup address. <0.4> 2023-01-23T12:31:05.791119+01:00 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 1805.609906][ C10] [drm] Fence fallback timer expired on ring gfx <0.4> 2023-01-23T12:31:06.303299+01:00 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 1806.121910][ C10] [drm] Fence fallback timer expired on ring gfx <0.4> 2023-01-23T12:31:06.335293+01:00 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 1806.153908][ C5] [drm] Fence fallback timer expired on ring sdma0 <0.4> 2023-01-23T12:31:06.815304+01:00 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 1806.633908][ C10] [drm] Fence fallback timer expired on ring gfx <0.4> 2023-01-23T12:31:06.847122+01:00 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 1806.665906][ C5] [drm] Fence fallback timer expired on ring sdma0 <0.4> 2023-01-23T12:31:07.327297+01:00 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 1807.145928][ C10] [drm] Fence fallback timer expired on ring gfx <0.4> 2023-01-23T12:31:07.359280+01:00 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 1807.177907][ C5] [drm] Fence fallback timer expired on ring sdma0 <0.4> 2023-01-23T12:31:07.839119+01:00 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 1807.658088][ C10] [drm] Fence fallback timer expired on ring gfx <0.4> 2023-01-23T12:31:08.350096+01:00 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 1808.169912][ C10] [drm] Fence fallback timer expired on ring gfx <0.4> 2023-01-23T12:31:08.863136+01:00 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 1808.681913][ C10] [drm] Fence fallback timer expired on ring gfx <0.4> 2023-01-23T12:31:09.371133+01:00 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 1809.189930][ C10] [drm] Fence fallback timer expired on ring gfx <0.4> 2023-01-23T12:31:09.743116+01:00 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 1809.562870][ T395] usb 3-2: Device not responding to setup address. <0.3> 2023-01-23T12:31:09.951127+01:00 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 1809.769916][ T395] usb 3-2: device not accepting address 37, error -71 <0.3> 2023-01-23T12:31:09.951142+01:00 Telcontar kernel - - - [ 1809.770222][ T395] usb usb3-port2: unable to enumerate USB device I'll probably try booting an older kernel. [...] Did so. Another problem: system stalled at the "reached boot target" message, but did not power off nor reboot. Now using: 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 I don't see noise in the log, the keyboard responds normally. cer@Telcontar:~> rpm -q kernel-default kernel-default-5.14.21-150400.24.33.2.x86_64 kernel-default-5.14.21-150400.24.38.1.x86_64 cer@Telcontar:~> - -- Cheers Carlos E. R. (from 15.4 x86_64 at Telcontar) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHoEARECADoWIQQZEb51mJKK1KpcU/W1MxgcbY1H1QUCY85y2Bwccm9iaW4ubGlz dGFzQHRlbGVmb25pY2EubmV0AAoJELUzGBxtjUfVuEYAn2nir8ELdOju4kibZ6yI cKW8jQ9zAJ0a4l7tDhMORxCsxMKVdlJ4q+eH7g== =uAXm -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Technical question: does the current grub in Tumbleweed (the current boot loader) understand md/v1.x metadata?
by Stakanov 22 Jan '23

22 Jan '23

Or do I have to create my boot raid with --metadata 0.90 as setting? Thank you.

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Re: Mdadm: can I resize the partition of a mdam if I have only one primary partition per disk and RAID 1? In yast?
by David C. Rankin 22 Jan '23

22 Jan '23

On 1/19/23 14:19, Stratos Zolotas wrote: > I suppose something like > > mdadm --grow --size max /dev/md0 I would not grow to max, but "max - 300M". A replacement 8T drive may not have exactly the same "max" size preventing syncing to the new drive. It is always recommended to leave 1/4 to 1G unused for this reason. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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[heroes] what changed today that I can't use SeaMonkey 2.53.14 for the forums?
by Felix Miata 21 Jan '23

21 Jan '23

Now the site is headed by: [quote] Unfortunately, your browser is unsupported. Please switch to a supported browser to view rich content, log in and reply.[/quote] It won't let me login. I can't switch to 2.53.15 yet, because Buc's alternate version[1] that supports iso 8601 is not yet available. [1] https://buc.fedorapeople.org/seamonkey/download/ -- 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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Mdadm: can I resize the partition of a mdam if I have only one primary partition per disk and RAID 1? In yast?
by Stakanov 20 Jan '23

20 Jan '23

I have a mdam md0 with two hdd 4 TB. They are in use as /home I now have two HDD with 8TB. I normally work with mdam in CLI. I did up to now a planed degrading of the secondary disk of the md0. Then a hot remove. Then I added the first 8TB. with other words: silversurfer:~ # mdadm --manage --set-faulty /dev/md0 /dev/sde1 mdadm: set /dev/sde1 faulty in /dev/md0 silversurfer:~ # mdadm --manage /dev/md0 -r /dev/sde1 mdadm: hot removed /dev/sde1 from /dev/md0 You have new mail in /var/mail/root silversurfer:~ # mdadm --manage /dev/md0 -a /dev/sdg1 mdadm: added /dev/sdg1 It does now sync the data with the 4 TB (hence creating a 4TB on a 8TB disc. Rest of the disk is empty, no other partitions. I will then declare failed the first 4 TB disk, hence hot remove and add 8TB. (here md0 /dev/sdb1) This will again sync 4TB on 8TB disk. Now, one the sync is done, is it possible to expand (e.g. in yast partition manager) the 4TB to the max capacity of the disc, although it is a Raid? How would I proceed and if it is not possible, how would I manage to expand a RAID1? Current status: entropy@silversurfer:~> lsblk NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINTS sda 8:0 0 232,9G 0 disk └─sda1 8:1 0 232,9G 0 part └─md127 9:127 0 232,9G 0 raid1 /usr/local /boot/grub2/x86_64-efi /srv /opt /var /root /boot/grub2/i386-pc /.snapshots / sdb 8:16 0 3,6T 0 disk └─sdb1 8:17 0 3,6T 0 part └─md0 9:0 0 3,6T 0 raid1 /home sdc 8:32 0 298,1G 0 disk ├─sdc1 8:33 0 1K 0 part └─sdc5 8:37 0 298,1G 0 part /boot/efi sdd 8:48 0 447,1G 0 disk ├─sdd1 8:49 0 232,9G 0 part │ └─md127 9:127 0 232,9G 0 raid1 /usr/local │ /boot/grub2/x86_64-efi │ /srv │ /opt │ /var │ /root │ /boot/grub2/i386-pc │ /.snapshots │ / ├─sdd2 8:50 0 100G 0 part /var/tmp ├─sdd3 8:51 0 50G 0 part /tmp └─sdd4 8:52 0 64,2G 0 part [SWAP] sde 8:64 0 3,6T 0 disk └─sde1 8:65 0 3,6T 0 part sdf 8:80 0 1,8T 0 disk └─sdf1 8:81 0 1,8T 0 part └─md126 9:126 0 1,8T 0 raid1 ├─md126p1 259:0 0 200G 0 part └─md126p2 259:1 0 1,6T 0 part /var/lib/libvirt sdg 8:96 0 7,3T 0 disk └─sdg1 8:97 0 7,3T 0 part └─md0 9:0 0 3,6T 0 raid1 /home sdh 8:112 0 7,3T 0 disk └─sdh1 8:113 0 1,8T 0 part └─md126 9:126 0 1,8T 0 raid1 ├─md126p1 259:0 0 200G 0 part └─md126p2 259:1 0 1,6T 0 part /var/lib/libvirt sdi 8:128 1 0B 0 disk sdj 8:144 1 0B 0 disk sdk 8:160 1 0B 0 disk sdl 8:176 1 0B 0 disk sr0 11:0 1 1024M 0 rom Thanks in advance

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It seems that I need a 6.1.x kernel, Leap 15.4
by Darryl Gregorash 19 Jan '23

19 Jan '23

Are the kernels at http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Kernel:/stable/standard/ suitable for use in Leap 15.4? Background: It seems that ASUS removed all WMI support from its motherboards with the X570/B550/TRX40 chipset (apparently as a result of AMD doing so so for the X670/B650 chips (?) ), and that broke temperature/fan speed monitoring on those boards. The lack of WMI support means the NCT6775 module is loaded on these systems, but previously, that driver attempted to read/write directly to the ACPI table, which according to this discussion: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=204807# (see especially comment 37) is rather bad thing to allow. The patch to NCT6775 was only accepted into the kernel beginning with ver 6.1.2, and has not yet been backported to the 5.14 kernel. Therefore, to regain temp/fan speed monitoring, I need to install that kernel or later (ver 6.1.7 was just released on download.o.o today).

7 17

Tumbleweed in Microsoft Store
by Roger Oberholtzer 18 Jan '23

18 Jan '23

When installing WSL on Windows, one has a choice to install a Linux distro. SLED15 and an earlier one are amongst the distros available. But no openSUSE distros are available at that level. They are available in the Store. But not direct in Windows at the command line. I'm curious why SLED is the only one available directly. Political? Tumbleweed is available via the store. Here's where it gets interesting: on a company managed Windows PC, they can control what you can get from the Store. In my company at least, Tumbleweed is not on the list. I bet this is the case for many corporate users. So they select a distro from those that are immediately available. For SUSE I guess it is good if an SLED is selected. I get that. But from a openSUSE perspective, the situation is less good. -- Roger Oberholtzer

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rename files
by Simon Becherer 18 Jan '23

18 Jan '23

Hi, i have to rename hunderts of files: 792041_100029699.mi 792090_100029501.mi . . . to 792041.mi 792090.mi . . . i tried: rename ??????_*.mi ??????.mi *.mi rename: ??????_.mi: kein Zugriff: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden as you see, no sucess. (first file is gone, all others stay as they are) is there a easy way to do this (without writing a script)? simoN -- www.becherer.de ----------------------------------------------- - Das ist die vorlaeufig endgueltige Version! - Herbert C. Maier Dipl.-Ing. (FH) -----------------------------------------------

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Does openSUSE package perl-rename anywhere?
by David C. Rankin 17 Jan '23

17 Jan '23

All, Simon's question brought up another -- the substitution he wanted to do would be trivial with perl-rename using a regex substitution. However after using zypper to search for "perl-rename", "rename", etc.. nothing but gprename appears. Does opensuse package perl-rename? If so where? Both the rename from util-linux and perl-rename can be installed side-by-side, simply using "perl-rename" as the executable name for it to prevent name collision (or better letting the user choose under the alternatives structure) -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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[oO-en] Restarting ntpd on return from hibernation.
by Carlos E. R. 16 Jan '23

16 Jan '23

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I want to restart ntpd on return from hibernation. Main reason is to make sure that the pool of servers is correct (can be days later than the previous time), and to ensure correct time, not knowing what ntpd does on hibernation (nothing is logged, so it probably does nothing). So I wonder what is the correct way of achieving this. I'm doing it via a script in "/etc/pm/sleep.d/07time": +++······················· !/bin/bash . /usr/lib/pm-utils/functions . /root/ThingsNeededForBoot/MyScriptDefinitions DATE=`date --rfc-3339=seconds` case "$1" in thaw|resume) $LOGGER -t pm-utils -p daemon.notice "restarting remote clock syncing after hibernating/suspend." systemctl restart ntpd.service ;; *) ;; esac exit $? ·······················++- It works. But I wonder if there is a better way using systemd "somehow". - -- Cheers Carlos E. R. (from 15.4 x86_64 at Telcontar) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHYEARECADYWIQQZEb51mJKK1KpcU/W1MxgcbY1H1QUCY78iPhgcY2FybG9zLmUu ckBvcGVuc3VzZS5vcmcACgkQtTMYHG2NR9Vz3gCdEbmrJaAYsluBLdTc6WbkxVy/ nsQAn1RUTUx1b83Ihb6il0frpCAPQ7l/ =YAY8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Firewalld and port knocks
by Marc Chamberlin 15 Jan '23

15 Jan '23

Hi - I am running an OpenSuSE 15.4 x64 using Firewalld with iptables as the backend. firewall-cmd -V 0.9.3 I also use Knockd and port knocks to open and close various ports on this system. (and yes I understand the drawbacks of using port knocking!) The trouble is, Firewalld is blocking the knocks and preventing the knockd.service daemon from hearing them. Looking through log files, the only thing I see of serious interest is this error message, I get when I turn debug on, in the firewalld.log file - 2023-01-09 13:24:28 DEBUG1: Applying policy (zone_ANY_public) derived from zone 'public' 2023-01-09 13:24:28 DEBUG1: Applying policy (zone_public_ANY) derived from zone 'public' 2023-01-09 13:24:28 DEBUG1: Applying used policies 2023-01-09 13:24:28 DEBUG1: Applying policy 'allow-host-ipv6' 2023-01-09 13:24:28 DEBUG1: modprobe: FATAL: Module nf_nat_netbios_ns not found in directory /lib/modules/5.14.21-150400.24.38-default 2023-01-09 13:24:28 DEBUG1: Setting policy to 'ACCEPT' 2023-01-09 13:24:28 DEBUG1: GetAll('org.fedoraproject.FirewallD1') 2023-01-09 13:24:28 DEBUG1: config.icmptype.0.GetAll('org.fedoraproject.FirewallD1.config.icmptype') Google provides zero results when I use it to search for "nf_nat_netbios_ns" and YaST2 does not come up with anything either. I don't know if these two issues are related or not, but I need to get Firewalld to allow the knockd.service daemon to hear the knocks. If I stop the Firewalld service, then all works well as far as the knockd.service daemon is concerned and it does hear the knocks then. There is one other thing I see in the firewalld.log file that "looks" ominous, but I have no idea what it means to Overload a zone and whether that is a good thing or a bad thing - 2023-01-09 13:24:28 DEBUG1: Loading zone file '/usr/lib/firewalld/zones/drop.xml' 2023-01-09 13:24:28 DEBUG1: Loading zone file '/usr/lib/firewalld/zones/external.xml' 2023-01-09 13:24:28 DEBUG1: Loading zone file '/usr/lib/firewalld/zones/home.xml' 2023-01-09 13:24:28 DEBUG1: Loading zone file '/usr/lib/firewalld/zones/internal.xml' 2023-01-09 13:24:28 DEBUG1: Loading zone file '/usr/lib/firewalld/zones/nm-shared.xml' 2023-01-09 13:24:28 DEBUG1: Loading zone file '/usr/lib/firewalld/zones/public.xml' 2023-01-09 13:24:28 DEBUG1: Loading zone file '/usr/lib/firewalld/zones/trusted.xml' 2023-01-09 13:24:28 DEBUG1: Loading zone file '/usr/lib/firewalld/zones/work.xml' 2023-01-09 13:24:28 DEBUG1: Loading zone file '/etc/firewalld/zones/block.xml' 2023-01-09 13:24:28 DEBUG1: Overloads zone 'block' ('/usr/lib/firewalld/zones/block.xml') 2023-01-09 13:24:28 DEBUG1: Setting zone of interface 'eth2' to 'block' 2023-01-09 13:24:28 DEBUG1: Loading zone file '/etc/firewalld/zones/cameras.xml' 2023-01-09 13:24:28 DEBUG1: Setting zone of interface 'eth3' to 'cameras' 2023-01-09 13:24:28 DEBUG1: Loading zone file '/etc/firewalld/zones/dmz.xml' 2023-01-09 13:24:28 DEBUG1: Overloads zone 'dmz' ('/usr/lib/firewalld/zones/dmz.xml') 2023-01-09 13:24:28 DEBUG1: Loading zone file '/etc/firewalld/zones/docker.xml' 2023-01-09 13:24:28 DEBUG1: Overloads zone 'docker' ('/usr/lib/firewalld/zones/docker.xml') 2023-01-09 13:24:28 DEBUG1: Setting zone of interface 'docker0' to 'docker' 2023-01-09 13:24:28 DEBUG1: Loading zone file '/etc/firewalld/zones/drop.xml' 2023-01-09 13:24:28 DEBUG1: Overloads zone 'drop' ('/usr/lib/firewalld/zones/drop.xml') 2023-01-09 13:24:28 DEBUG1: Loading zone file '/etc/firewalld/zones/external.xml' 2023-01-09 13:24:28 DEBUG1: Overloads zone 'external' ('/usr/lib/firewalld/zones/external.xml') 2023-01-09 13:24:28 DEBUG1: Setting zone of interface 'eth1' to 'external' 2023-01-09 13:24:28 DEBUG1: Loading zone file '/etc/firewalld/zones/home.xml' 2023-01-09 13:24:28 DEBUG1: Overloads zone 'home' ('/usr/lib/firewalld/zones/home.xml') 2023-01-09 13:24:28 DEBUG1: Loading zone file '/etc/firewalld/zones/internal.xml' 2023-01-09 13:24:28 DEBUG1: Overloads zone 'internal' ('/usr/lib/firewalld/zones/internal.xml') 2023-01-09 13:24:28 DEBUG1: Setting zone of interface 'eth0' to 'internal' 2023-01-09 13:24:28 DEBUG1: Loading zone file '/etc/firewalld/zones/nm-shared.xml' 2023-01-09 13:24:28 DEBUG1: Overloads zone 'nm-shared' ('/usr/lib/firewalld/zones/nm-shared.xml') Thanks in advance for helping me with these questions/issues! Marc... -- *"The Truth is out there" - Spooky* *_ _ . . . . . . _ _ . _ _ _ _ . . . . _ . . . . _ _ . _ _ _ . . . . _ _ . _ . . _ . _ _ _ _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . * Computers: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the user Marc. His mission: to explore strange new hardware. To seek out new software and new applications. To boldly go where no Marc has gone before! (/This email is digitally signed and the OpenPGP electronic signature is added as an attachment. If you know how, you can use my public key to prove this email indeed came from me and has not been modified in transit. My public key, which can be used for sending encrypted email to me also, can be found at - https://keys.openpgp.org/search?q=marc@marcchamberlin.com or just ask me for it and I will send it to you as an attachment. If you don't understand all this geek speak, no worries, just ignore this explanation and ignore the OpenPGP signature key attached to this email (it will look like gibberish if you open it) and/or ask me to explain it further if you like./)

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[oS-en] Strange networking problem.
by Carlos E. R. 15 Jan '23

15 Jan '23

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hii, Mi ISP has replaced my router, and suddenly, all the machines behind the switches do not work. I power cycled router and switches. hgu router | \--------------- laptop (with full connection) | Switch 8 ports |\ | -- chromecast (without internet connection, does not work) || Switch 16 ports | | | | \ ---- desktop computer (partial connectivity) | | | | | | | Several computers, printer, etc. - From the laptop, when connected directly to the router, I have full connectivity. If I connect the laptop to the first switch: - I get IP from the router via DHCP. - I can't ping the router or connect to its web at 192.168.1.1 or outside. - I can connect to the desktop computer On the desktop computer: - I cannot ping the router nor connect to router config web at 192.168.1.1 or outside. - I can connect to the laptop and any other machine, except the router. On the router, I can see the map of all computers. On the switches, all LEDs are green. Since I can connect from the laptop to the desktop (and vice versa) via ssh, it means that all cabling and switches are working perfectly. There is connection from the computers to the router, as they get IP address by DHCP. - From the laptop, connected directly to the router, I can ping the switches. But I can't connect to the router configuration through the switch, ping 192.168.1.1, or connect to the internet. The router is blocking these connections, somehow. laptop: cer@Legolas:~> ip addr 1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000 link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00 inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever inet6 ::1/128 scope host valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever 2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP group default qlen 1000 link/ether 1c:83:41:1b:d8:33 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff altname enp3s0 inet 192.168.1.127/16 brd 192.168.255.255 scope global noprefixroute eth0 valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever inet6 fe80::f8a0:12a3:7a65:18ab/64 scope link noprefixroute valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever 3: wlan1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state DOWN group default qlen 1000 link/ether 86:8e:bd:76:ea:47 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff permaddr a0:d3:7a:a5:1d:4c altname wlp2s0 cer@Legolas:~> ip route default via 192.168.1.1 dev eth0 proto static metric 100 192.168.0.0/16 dev eth0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.1.127 metric 100 cer@Legolas:~> cer@Legolas:~> route Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface default router.valinor 0.0.0.0 UG 100 0 0 eth0 192.168.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.0.0 U 100 0 0 eth0 cer@Legolas:~> Desktop: cer@Telcontar:~> ip addr 1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000 link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00 inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever inet6 ::1/128 scope host valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever 2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP group default qlen 1000 link/ether 00:d8:61:a1:5a:bd brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff altname enp34s0 inet 192.168.1.14/16 brd 192.168.255.255 scope global eth0 valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever inet6 fe80::2d8:61ff:fea1:5abd/64 scope link valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever cer@Telcontar:~> ip route default via 192.168.1.1 dev eth0 192.168.0.0/16 dev eth0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.1.14 cer@Telcontar:~> cer@Telcontar:~> route Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface default router.valinor 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0 192.168.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 eth0 cer@Telcontar:~> When I connect the laptop via dhcp, I get: Legolas:~ # route Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface default router.valinor 0.0.0.0 UG 100 0 0 eth0 192.168.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.0.0 U 100 0 0 eth0 Legolas:~ # ip addr 1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000 link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00 inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever inet6 ::1/128 scope host valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever 2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP group default qlen 1000 link/ether 1c:83:41:1b:d8:33 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff altname enp3s0 inet 192.168.2.6/16 brd 192.168.255.255 scope global dynamic noprefixroute eth0 valid_lft 43170sec preferred_lft 43170sec inet6 fe80::830d:8dec:3a05:4af3/64 scope link noprefixroute valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever 3: wlan1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state DOWN group default qlen 1000 link/ether 86:8e:bd:76:ea:47 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff permaddr a0:d3:7a:a5:1d:4c altname wlp2s0 Legolas:~ # - -- Cheers Carlos E. R. (from openSUSE Leap 15.3 at Legolas) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHoEARECADoWIQQZEb51mJKK1KpcU/W1MxgcbY1H1QUCY8GVExwccm9iaW4ubGlz dGFzQHRlbGVmb25pY2EubmV0AAoJELUzGBxtjUfVn04AnRIp+0JMrp+zmqKEVqph AgKqY6gSAKCNrmaNOrJ/sEHENzVVFRCzvkyh8Q== =MZdT -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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stop team restarting
by jdd＠dodin.org 14 Jan '23

14 Jan '23

Hello, I have every month to attend a meeting using microsoft team. I do so by clicking on a link provided. For this I had to install the team linux client. I use 15.3/kde it works without problem, but... at any session login team start again: at start it adds itself to the autologin system of kde, I can see it in the kde setup. I can also remove it fir there, but it come back each time I use team... is there a way to forgive team to write it's autoload system? thanks jdd -- mon serveur usenet: dodin.fr.nf c'est quoi, usenet? http://www.dodin.org/wiki/pmwiki.php?n=Usenet.Usenet

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Upgrading motherboard
by Marc Chamberlin 13 Jan '23

13 Jan '23

Hi - I am about to embark on a new adventure and am going to install/upgrade a new motherboard, with new processor, on-board graphics, and memory. (The old one is about 15 years old, dating back to the Pentium 2 core processor days.) I want to keep my OpenSuSE 15.4 x64 system and all the custom application configurations as is. Is there any hiccups or other roadblocks I should prep my system for, before doing this massive hardware change-over? I just want to make this adventure go as smooth as possible and looking for advice from the schools of hard knocks! Thanks as always, in advance... Marc.. -- *"The Truth is out there" - Spooky* *_ _ . . . . . . _ _ . _ _ _ _ . . . . _ . . . . _ _ . _ _ _ . . . . _ _ . _ . . _ . _ _ _ _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . * Computers: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the user Marc. His mission: to explore strange new hardware. To seek out new software and new applications. To boldly go where no Marc has gone before! (/This email is digitally signed and the OpenPGP electronic signature is added as an attachment. If you know how, you can use my public key to prove this email indeed came from me and has not been modified in transit. My public key, which can be used for sending encrypted email to me also, can be found at - https://keys.openpgp.org/search?q=marc@marcchamberlin.com or just ask me for it and I will send it to you as an attachment. If you don't understand all this geek speak, no worries, just ignore this explanation and ignore the OpenPGP signature key attached to this email (it will look like gibberish if you open it) and/or ask me to explain it further if you like./)

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VirtualBox Quits
by Robin Klitscher 13 Jan '23

13 Jan '23

openSUSE Leap 15.4 KDE Plasma Version: 5.26.4 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.101.0 Qt Version: 5.15.7 Kernel Version: 5.14.21-150400.24.38-default (64-bit) VirtualBox 7.0.4. I'd been running Windows 10 as guest for several years, successful and solid. Recently upgraded to Windows 11 as guest, also successfully. Now, all of a sudden and for no reason I can account for, VBox flatly refuses to run. I can't even start it to re-install guest(s). Calling it from a commandline produces this (sorry about the line wrap): Qt WARNING: QObject::connect: No such signal UITabBar::currentChanged(int) Qt WARNING: QObject::connect: No such signal UITabBar::tabMoved(int,int) Qt WARNING: QObject::connect: No such signal UITabBar::tabBarClicked(int) Qt WARNING: QObject::connect: No such signal UITabBar::tabBarDoubleClicked(int) /usr/bin/VirtualBox: line 70: 15387 Segmentation fault (core dumped) LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/usr/lib/virtualbox${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:+:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH}" /usr/lib/virtualbox/VirtualBox6 $@ Is there anything (simple!) I can do about that? -- Robin K Wellington "Harbour City" New Zealand

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Lost KDE network manager after update
by James Knott 12 Jan '23

12 Jan '23

Last night, several packages were updated on my ThinkPad E520. Today, I see I no longer have a network manager nor WiFi. Was there a package that might have caused this? Any idea on how I can restore network manager? tnx jk BTW, WiFi still works in Windows 10, so it's not a hardware issue.

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Multiple Instances of Linux Malware Distributed via PyPi in Last 30 Days
by David C. Rankin 10 Jan '23

10 Jan '23

All, I'm not sure how openSUSE looks at packages or libraries obtained from PyPi, but I've followed a couple of fairly shocking stories in the past two weeks alone related to python malware distributed via packages obtained from PyPi. The Register summarizes in: https://www.theregister.com/2023/01/09/pypi_aws_malware_key/?utm_source=dai… with PyTorch story on Jan 5: https://www.theregister.com/2023/01/04/pypi_pytorch_dependency_attack/?utm_… I don't do a lot with python, other than keep up with it and marvel at how the includes and libraries have grown like weeds in a vacant lot for Python3. I know enough to know that pulling libraries via PyPi is an often used and convenient way to handle dependencies. That raises the question - is there anything specific, or any tool openSUSE has looked at that may help prevent pulling in bad dependencies that are infected? (other than discourage this manner of obtaining python code?) -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

3 3

SpamAssassin problem
by Carlos E. R. 09 Jan '23

09 Jan '23

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 El 2023-01-07 a las 14:54 +0100, Carlos E. R. escribió: > El 2023-01-07 a las 13:01 +0100, Per Jessen escribió: >> Carlos E. R. wrote: ... > Anyway, grepping on /var/log/mail-202301*.xz doesn't find "spamhaus" or > "open resolver", so that is not my problem. But it is! I just looked in my spam folder, which contains only 8 emails after that long processing, and one of them has: Date: 30 Nov 2022 02:40:30 -0800 From: opensuse.org <no-reply(a)opensuse.org> To: opensuse-project(a)opensuse.org Subject: (8) Incoming mails are pending ... Content analysis details: (7.4 points, 5.0 required) pts rule name description - ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- 0.0 RCVD_IN_ZEN_BLOCKED_OPENDNS RBL: ADMINISTRATOR NOTICE: The query to zen.spamhaus.org was blocked due to usage of an open resolver. See https://www.spamhaus.org/returnc/pub/ [195.135.221.145 listed in zen.spamhaus.org] - -0.4 RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED RBL: Sender listed at https://www.dnswl.org/, medium trust [195.135.221.145 listed in list.dnswl.org] - -1.9 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayes spam probability is 0 to 1% [score: 0.0000] - -0.0 SPF_PASS SPF: sender matches SPF record 0.0 SPF_HELO_NONE SPF: HELO does not publish an SPF Record 0.5 URI_NOVOWEL URI: URI hostname has long non-vowel sequence 0.5 MIME_HTML_ONLY BODY: Message only has text/html MIME parts 0.2 HTML_MESSAGE BODY: HTML included in message 0.1 RCVD_IN_SBL RBL: Received via a relay in Spamhaus SBL [84.21.172.201 listed in zen.spamhaus.org] 3.3 RCVD_IN_SBL_CSS RBL: Received via a relay in Spamhaus SBL-CSS 0.8 RDNS_NONE Delivered to internal network by a host with no rDNS - -1.0 MAILING_LIST_MULTI Multiple indicators imply a widely-seen list manager 2.7 GOOG_REDIR_NORDNS Google redirect to obscure spamvertised website + no rDNS 2.5 URIBL_DBL_SPAM Contains a spam URL listed in the Spamhaus DBL blocklist [URIs: w3s.link] 0.0 URIBL_ZEN_BLOCKED_OPENDNS ADMINISTRATOR NOTICE: The query to zen.spamhaus.org was blocked due to usage of an open resolver. See https://www.spamhaus.org/returnc/pub/ [URIs: ipfs.io, w3s.link] 0.0 URIBL_BLOCKED ADMINISTRATOR NOTICE: The query to URIBL was blocked. See http://wiki.apache.org/spamassassin/DnsBlocklists#dnsbl-block for more information. [URIs: w3s.link] Ok, so the score is zero, which in a way does not affect me, but I'm wasting time doing such queries. spamhaus and URIBL. This must be affecting any openSUSE user that uses SA in default configuration. - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. (from openSUSE 15.4 x86_64 at Telcontar) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHoEARECADoWIQQZEb51mJKK1KpcU/W1MxgcbY1H1QUCY7l8HRwccm9iaW4ubGlz dGFzQHRlbGVmb25pY2EubmV0AAoJELUzGBxtjUfVtcgAoIYeW78zX5Zv89hreiG0 7Q1R5UThAJ4xVKEUrzagvvWWbczk9SPLZNMMNA== =ypOx -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Does anybody experience time out when retriving POP3 via Akonadi recently?
by Stakanov 09 Jan '23

09 Jan '23

I have a problem with a provider were I am using POP3 with Kontact/Akonadi. Operating System: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20230105 KDE Plasma Version: 5.26.4 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.101.0 Qt Version: 5.15.7 Kernel Version: 6.1.2-1-default (64-bit) Graphics Platform: X11 Processors: 4 × AMD FX(tm)-4300 Quad-Core Processor Memory: 31.3 GiB of RAM Graphics Processor: AMD Radeon Pro W5500 Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. Akonadi and Kontact are 5.22.0 The issue presents one day yes, one day no. I contacted also the provider but I would like to know if anybody experience the "POP3 server socket timeout during operation" problem too. Thank you.

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Fancy climbing into ALP over New Year's? Fresh preview versions of SUSE's distro and NetBSD 10 are here
by J Leslie Turriff 08 Jan '23

08 Jan '23

This may or may not clarify the direction that SuSE is taking: https://www.theregister.com/2022/12/23/new_preview_versions_of_suses/ Leslie -- Platform: Linux Distribution: openSUSE Leap 15.4 x86_64

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[oS-en] Question about dnsmasq + bind
by Carlos E. R. 08 Jan '23

08 Jan '23

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I wrote in /etc/dnsmasq.conf server=/valinor/192.168.1.16 with the intention that queries on that domain are sent to another local machine. When using dig, the output doesn't show the query going out: cer@Telcontar:~> dig minas-tirith.valinor ; <<>> DiG 9.16.33 <<>> minas-tirith.valinor ;; global options: +cmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 52223 ;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1 ;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION: ; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 4096 ; COOKIE: 6e6f1dc5bde493460100000063bb05c29c04986062a34595 (good) ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;minas-tirith.valinor. IN A ;; ANSWER SECTION: minas-tirith.valinor. 86400 IN A 192.168.1.129 ;; Query time: 3 msec ;; SERVER: 127.0.0.1#53(127.0.0.1) ;; WHEN: Sun Jan 08 19:04:50 CET 2023 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 93 cer@Telcontar:~> However, if I comment out the line: #server=/valinor/192.168.1.16 then the host is not found: cer@Telcontar:~> host -v minas-tirith.valinor Trying "minas-tirith.valinor" Host minas-tirith.valinor not found: 3(NXDOMAIN) Received 38 bytes from 127.0.0.1#53 in 0 ms Received 38 bytes from 127.0.0.1#53 in 0 ms cer@Telcontar:~> dig minas-tirith.valinor ; <<>> DiG 9.16.33 <<>> minas-tirith.valinor ;; global options: +cmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 649 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1 ;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION: ; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 4096 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;minas-tirith.valinor. IN A ;; Query time: 0 msec ;; SERVER: 127.0.0.1#53(127.0.0.1) ;; WHEN: Sun Jan 08 19:04:15 CET 2023 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 49 cer@Telcontar:~> So it is working, but dig doesn't show the query being done to another machine in my LAN. Why? What have I misunderstood? Is there a command or method that will trace where the question is being sent? - -- Cheers Carlos E. R. (from 15.4 x86_64 at Telcontar) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHoEARECADoWIQQZEb51mJKK1KpcU/W1MxgcbY1H1QUCY7sHvhwccm9iaW4ubGlz dGFzQHRlbGVmb25pY2EubmV0AAoJELUzGBxtjUfVFw8AniZFLj6kXQZe0KzbEoRg 6hk7w85bAJ4tFXmctxx2hk0fU+rvMAmZkVtgQw== =0poo -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

1 0

gui program can't resolve hostname
by Istvan Gabor 07 Jan '23

07 Jan '23

Hello: I have an openSUSE Leap 15.1 system where the VoIP program IHU (I hear you) works.I also have another Leap 15.1 installation where the program doesn't work, it exits with error, it can't resolve any hostame. It can't resolve either localhost or any valid hostname in the network. It works if I use direct IP address. Command line tools ping and host can resolve hostnames. How could I trace what causes the error? It must be some difference in some configuration or the installed packages between the two 15.1 systems. The IHU program is:ihu-0.6.0-lp151.2.6.x86_64. I use networkmanager for networking.This is how the program runs:1. using IP address:> ihu --nogui --call 127.0.0.1Starting IHU without GUI...Press CTRL-C to terminateMon Dec 26 19:11:48 2022 - Contacting 127.0.0.1...Warning: Mon Dec 26 19:11:48 2022 - CALL to 127.0.0.1 (127.0.0.1)Mon Dec 26 19:11:48 2022 - Closing communication...Mon Dec 26 19:11:50 2022 - 127.0.0.1 rejected the call.Warning: Mon Dec 26 19:11:50 2022 - HANG UP with 127.0.0.1: 0 bytes received, 6 bytes sent2. using localhost> ihu --nogui --call localhostStarting IHU without GUI...Press CTRL-C to terminateError: can't resolve localhostABORTED.Error: can't resolve localhost> ping localhostPING localhost (127.0.0.1) 56(84) bytes of data.64 bytes from localhost (127.0.0.1): icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.042 ms64 bytes from localhost (127.0.0.1): icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.038 ms64 bytes from localhost (127.0.0.1): icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=0.051 ms64 bytes from localhost (127.0.0.1): icmp_seq=4 ttl=64 time=0.035 ms> host localhostlocalhost has address 127.0.0.1localhost has IPv6 address ::1localhost mail is handled by 1 localhost.Any suggestion would be appreciated.Thanks,Istvan

10 19

Note - Pico/embedded builders: cross-arm-none-eabi-binutils-2.39 new warning RWX LOAD section warning
by David C. Rankin 05 Jan '23

05 Jan '23

All, and those that use cross-arm-none-eabi-binutils to build for Raspberry Pico, etc. The new version of ld in binutils will emit a warning about a LOAD segment with RWX permissions, e.g. /usr/lib64/gcc/arm-none-eabi/10/../../../../arm-none-eabi/bin/ld: warning: rtos-blink.elf has a LOAD segment with RWX permissions This is a known issue, see: https://github.com/raspberrypi/pico-sdk/issues/1029 The warning can be disabled as specified in the thread: # in pico-sdk/src/rp2_common/pico_standard_link/CMakeLists.txt target_link_options(pico_standard_link INTERFACE "LINKER:--no-warn-rwx-segments") # or for a specific executable in a local CMakeLists.txt target_link_options(hello_world PRIVATE "LINKER:--no-warn-rwx-segments") Updates tonight from the current user builds for cross-arm-none-eabi-binutils finally brought it in for openSUSE. I doubt many will see this, just thought I would pass it along for those tinkering with embedded systems using openSUSE as the build platform to save you a few minutes searching. (and if you haven't played with the $4 pico, this little thing with the dual-core RP2040 processor running at 133MHz, 2M flash memory, 26 GPIO pins, etc -- it's a whole lot of fun if you like that kind of thing... For $2 more you can get the Pico_w with Wifi :) (and no, I have no involvement with the company, just an openSUSE tinkerer...) -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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wicked ifup -> device-not-running <>- ip up -> working
by Simon Becherer 03 Jan '23

03 Jan '23

Hi, i updated a not so often used laptop (last update done 01/2022 to the actual tumbleweed 20221228 after restarting i have no network adapters UP if it is working, it looks like this: ================================================ wicked ifstatus all lo up link: #1, state up type: loopback config: compat:suse:/etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-lo leases: ipv4 static granted leases: ipv6 static granted addr: ipv4 127.0.0.1/8 [static] addr: ipv6 ::1/128 [static] enp3s0 enslaved link: #2, state up, mtu 1500, master bond0 type: ethernet, hwaddr 18:67:b0:b9:a6:58 config: compat:suse:/etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-enp3s0 wlp2s0 up link: #3, state up, mtu 1500 type: wireless, state established, ssid XAuaLiwaru9835, WPA2-PSK+WPA-PSK config: compat:suse:/etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-wlp2s0 bond0 up link: #4, state up, mtu 1500 type: bond, mode active-backup, hwaddr 18:67:b0:b9:a6:58 config: compat:suse:/etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-bond0 leases: ipv4 static granted addr: ipv4 192.168.0.23/24 [static] route: ipv4 default via 192.168.0.99 [static] ==================================== it is configured that if cable (enp3s0) is plugged in, it will use cable, and if not plugged in it will switch to whireless (wlp2s0) ==================================== if its not working (before starting manually) it has the status: "device-not-running" for enp3s0 wlp2s0 and bond0 ==================================== after playing around i found out that the command: ip link set enp3s0 up ip link set wlp2s0 up will bring the network cards UP, but this i have to enter manually, AND wicked ifup enp3s0 wicked ifup wlp2s0 will NOT bring the network cards UP. (therefore wicked will during boot hang and run out of time, then boot continues ========================================== here from boot: Dez 29 21:54:08 becherer7 systemd[1]: Starting wicked AutoIPv4 supplicant service... Dez 29 21:54:08 becherer7 systemd[1]: Starting wicked DHCPv4 supplicant service... Dez 29 21:54:08 becherer7 systemd[1]: Starting wicked DHCPv6 supplicant service... Dez 29 21:54:08 becherer7 systemd[1]: Started wicked DHCPv6 supplicant service. Dez 29 21:54:08 becherer7 systemd[1]: Started wicked DHCPv4 supplicant service. Dez 29 21:54:08 becherer7 systemd[1]: Started wicked AutoIPv4 supplicant service. Dez 29 21:54:08 becherer7 systemd[1]: Starting wicked network management service daemon... Dez 29 21:54:08 becherer7 systemd[1]: Started wicked network management service daemon. Dez 29 21:54:08 becherer7 systemd[1]: Starting wicked network nanny service... Dez 29 21:54:08 becherer7 systemd[1]: Started wicked network nanny service. Dez 29 21:54:08 becherer7 systemd[1]: Starting wicked managed network interfaces... Dez 29 21:54:38 becherer7 wicked[1227]: lo up Dez 29 21:54:38 becherer7 wicked[1227]: enp3s0 device-not-running Dez 29 21:54:38 becherer7 wicked[1227]: wlp2s0 device-not-running Dez 29 21:54:38 becherer7 wicked[1227]: bond0 device-not-running Dez 29 21:54:38 becherer7 systemd[1]: Finished wicked managed network interfaces. ================================================= and here when i try manually using wicked: Dez 29 22:19:14 becherer7 wickedd-nanny[1226]: device wlp2s0: call to org.opensuse.Network.Interface.waitLinkUp() failed: General failure Dez 29 22:19:14 becherer7 wickedd-nanny[1226]: wlp2s0: failed to bring up device, still continuing Dez 29 22:19:19 becherer7 wickedd-nanny[1226]: device enp3s0: call to org.opensuse.Network.Interface.waitLinkUp() failed: General failure Dez 29 22:19:19 becherer7 wickedd-nanny[1226]: enp3s0: failed to bring up device, still continuing =================================================== what is wrong here? before update, always the network was running after boot. NOW its only running after i hack in the "ip link....." command. did anybody have me an info how i could start the network again, during boot, AND why did the "wicked ifup..." will not work?? is this a bug? or a configuration problem? some other systems i have updated did not show this problem. they are also running wicked. but did not have a wifi inside (using a bridge and an enslaved network-adapter). regards, simoN -- www.becherer.de

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No directory ownership on CIFS mount
by gumb 02 Jan '23

02 Jan '23

I have some directories that seem to be missing ownership. The files within them are all attributed to an owner but some (not all) of the directories themselves have an 'empty' owner, at least when viewed within Dolphin file manager. I've already run this command, as root, from the top-level directory: > chown -R 4242:fbox_cifs media/ but this doesn't enforce user 4242 as the owner of all the directories, only the files within them. How can I correct this? I'll send more detail if necessary but maybe there's a simple solution without me having to post several more paragraphs. gumb

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mail formatting test 1 - formatted text
by Istvan Gabor 31 Dec '22

31 Dec '22

This is only a test message to see how the list shows it. Formatted text.Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Proin orci mauris, dictum id justo vitae, tempus efficitur velit. Etiam a dictum lacus, et pharetra justo. Phasellus ut accumsan nisi.Vestibulum lorem nisl, cursus non felis sed, iaculis consequat tortor. Nulla vestibulum dignissim interdum. Morbi condimentum justo non ante ullamcorper, vel tristique sem commodo.

5 4

Re: PHP Fatal erro: Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function mysql_connect() RESOLVED.
by David C. Rankin 31 Dec '22

31 Dec '22

On 12/30/22 04:24, Philip van der Matten wrote: > hello Boyd, >> extension=mysqlnd >> extension=mysqli >> extension=pdo_mysql > > Uncommenting this fixed it for me, upgrading openSUSE Pi4 from 15.3 to 15.4 > Thanks! Good deal, That makes sense. The old "mysql" extension was deprecated long ago moving to "mysqli" and more predominantly "pdo_mysql" now. I am not familiar with "mysqlnd". All extensions provide the same functionality as far as providing access to your databases -- they just do it differently. I've used mysqli and pdo_mysql and between the two have found mysqli closer to the old mysql, but also found I prefer the pdo_mysql interface a bit more. It's dead-bang simple after you make friends with it. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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PHP Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function mysql_connect()
by Boyd Lynn Gerber 30 Dec '22

30 Dec '22

Hello, OpenSUSE Leap 15.4 PHP 8.0.10, I needed to upgrade to PHP 8 becuase on my wordpress sites I needed php 7.2.30 or greater. PHP 7.4.25 is was installed. In my /etc/php7/apache2/php.ini files I had extension=mysqli extension=pdo_mysql All my wordpress sites worked and phpinfo displayed mysqli Sadly after upgrading to PHP 8 It isn't found. Pastebin will not allow the contents of In my https://www.zenez.com/cgi-bin/phpinfo.php Pastebin’s SMART filters have detected potentially offensive or questionable content in your Paste. The content you are trying to publish has been deemed potentially offensive or questionable by our filters, because of this you’re receiving this warning. This Paste can only be published with the visibility set to "Private". I have in my /etc/php8/apache2/php.ini extension=mysqli extension=pdo_mysql Just as before but in the php7 directory. My system has /usr/lib64/php8/extensions/mysqli.so But all my wordpress sites which haven't changed are getting this erro. PHP Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function mysql_connect() in ... Obvioulsy, my system isn't loading the extiontion. Note one my apache2handler php8 isn't found, but in /etc/sysconfig/apache2, I have APACHE_MODULES="suexec authz_host actions alias auth_basic authn_file authz_groupfile authz_user autoindex cgi dir env include log_config mime negotiation setenvif status userdir asis cache headers imagemap logio proxy proxy_http rewrite ssl perl wsgi-python3 itidy socache_shmcb wsgi wordpress proxy_wstunnel authn_core version authz_core mailman reqtimeout php8-fpm apache2-mod_php proxy_fcgi php php8" PHP Additional files parsed does have /etc/php8/conf.d/mysqli.ini which has ; comment out next line to disable mysqli extension in php extension=mysqli.so So it should be loaded. Any ideas on how to resolve the issue? Thanks in advance. Regards, -- Boyd Gerber <gerberb(a)zenez.com> 801 849-0213 ZENEZ 1042 East Fort Union #135, Midvale Utah 84047

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[oS-en] Small disaster in XFCE session after routine update
by Carlos E. R. 29 Dec '22

29 Dec '22

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Using Leap 15.4. All the xfce4-terminal from all the desktops got piled on desktop number 1. These were installed today - I don't see any xfce thing: cer@Telcontar:~> rpm -q -a --queryformat "%{INSTALLTIME}\t%{INSTALLTIME:day} \ > %{BUILDTIME:day} %-30{NAME}\t%15{VERSION}-%-7{RELEASE}\t%{arch} \ > %25{VENDOR}%25{PACKAGER} == %{DISTRIBUTION} %{DISTTAG}\n" \ > | sort | cut --fields="2-" | tee rpmlist | less -S cer@Telcontar:~> Thu Dec 29 2022 Fri Oct 15 2021 gpg-pubkey f3f033b1-616983de (none) (none)home:Dead_Mozay OBS Project <home:Dead_Mozay@build.opensuse.org> == (none) (none) Thu Dec 29 2022 Fri Jun 04 2021 gpg-pubkey edf0d733-60ba6e55 (none) (none)devel:languages:python OBS Project <devel:languages:python@build.opensuse.org> == (none) (none) Thu Dec 29 2022 Fri Dec 23 2022 python-gobject2 2.28.7-lp154.5.2 x86_64 obs://build.opensuse.org/devel:languages:python (none) == devel:languages:python:backports / 15.4 (none) Thu Dec 29 2022 Fri May 13 2022 gpg-pubkey 780504e9-627e93df (none) (none)X11 OBS Project <X11(a)build.opensuse.org> == (none) (none) Thu Dec 29 2022 Thu May 12 2022 granite-common 5.4.0-bp154.1.235 x86_64 openSUSEhttps://bugs.opensuse.org == SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP4 (none) Thu Dec 29 2022 Thu May 12 2022 granite-lang 5.4.0-bp154.1.235 noarch openSUSEhttps://bugs.opensuse.org == SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP4 (none) Thu Dec 29 2022 Thu May 12 2022 libgranite5 5.4.0-bp154.1.235 x86_64 openSUSEhttps://bugs.opensuse.org == SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP4 (none) (^^^ manual installation before, trying to install streamtuner2) Thu Dec 29 2022 Mon Aug 15 2022 tuner 1.5.1-lp154.5.1 x86_64 obs://build.opensuse.org/X11 https://www.suse.com/ == X11:Pantheon:Apps / openSUSE_Leap_15.4 (none) Thu Dec 29 2022 Mon Aug 15 2022 tuner-lang 1.5.1-lp154.5.1 noarch obs://build.opensuse.org/X11 https://www.suse.com/ == X11:Pantheon:Apps / openSUSE_Leap_15.4 (none) (^^^ manual installation before) (update install follows) Thu Dec 29 2022 Wed Nov 24 2021 gpg-pubkey c47098ac-619d7dd0 (none) (none)home:sbradnick OBS Project <home:sbradnick@build.opensuse.org> == (none) (none) Thu Dec 29 2022 Thu Dec 22 2022 libvlccore9 3.0.18-pm154.2.5.1 x86_64 http://packman.links2linux.de packman(a)links2linux.de == Essentials / openSUSE_Leap_15.4 (none) Thu Dec 29 2022 Thu Dec 22 2022 libvlc5 3.0.18-pm154.2.5.1 x86_64 http://packman.links2linux.de packman(a)links2linux.de == Essentials / openSUSE_Leap_15.4 (none) Thu Dec 29 2022 Fri Dec 23 2022 MozillaThunderbird 102.6.1-150200.8.99.1 x86_64 SUSE LLC <https://www.suse.com/> https://www.suse.com/ == SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 (none) Thu Dec 29 2022 Mon Dec 19 2022 libsqlite3-0 3.39.3-150000.3.20.1 x86_64 SUSE LLC <https://www.suse.com/> https://www.suse.com/ == SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 (none) Thu Dec 29 2022 Mon Dec 19 2022 libsqlite3-0-32bit 3.39.3-150000.3.20.1 x86_64 SUSE LLC <https://www.suse.com/> https://www.suse.com/ == SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 (none) Thu Dec 29 2022 Tue Dec 13 2022 libsystemd0 249.12-150400.8.16.1 x86_64 SUSE LLC <https://www.suse.com/> https://www.suse.com/ == SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 (none) Thu Dec 29 2022 Tue Dec 13 2022 libsystemd0-32bit 249.12-150400.8.16.1 x86_64 SUSE LLC <https://www.suse.com/> https://www.suse.com/ == SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 (none) Thu Dec 29 2022 Tue Dec 13 2022 libudev1 249.12-150400.8.16.1 x86_64 SUSE LLC <https://www.suse.com/> https://www.suse.com/ == SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 (none) Thu Dec 29 2022 Tue Dec 13 2022 libudev1-32bit 249.12-150400.8.16.1 x86_64 SUSE LLC <https://www.suse.com/> https://www.suse.com/ == SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 (none) Thu Dec 29 2022 Mon Dec 19 2022 sqlite3 3.39.3-150000.3.20.1 x86_64 SUSE LLC <https://www.suse.com/> https://www.suse.com/ == SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 (none) Thu Dec 29 2022 Tue Dec 13 2022 systemd 249.12-150400.8.16.1 x86_64 SUSE LLC <https://www.suse.com/> https://www.suse.com/ == SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 (none) Thu Dec 29 2022 Tue Dec 13 2022 systemd-container 249.12-150400.8.16.1 x86_64 SUSE LLC <https://www.suse.com/> https://www.suse.com/ == SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 (none) Thu Dec 29 2022 Mon Dec 19 2022 vim-data-common 9.0.1040-150000.5.31.1 noarch SUSE LLC <https://www.suse.com/> https://www.suse.com/ == SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 (none) Thu Dec 29 2022 Tue Dec 13 2022 systemd-32bit 249.12-150400.8.16.1 x86_64 SUSE LLC <https://www.suse.com/> https://www.suse.com/ == SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 (none) Thu Dec 29 2022 Tue Dec 13 2022 systemd-doc 249.12-150400.8.16.1 x86_64 SUSE LLC <https://www.suse.com/> https://www.suse.com/ == SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 (none) Thu Dec 29 2022 Mon Dec 19 2022 vim 9.0.1040-150000.5.31.1 x86_64 SUSE LLC <https://www.suse.com/> https://www.suse.com/ == SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 (none) Thu Dec 29 2022 Mon Dec 19 2022 vim-data 9.0.1040-150000.5.31.1 noarch SUSE LLC <https://www.suse.com/> https://www.suse.com/ == SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 (none) Thu Dec 29 2022 Mon Dec 19 2022 sqlite3-devel 3.39.3-150000.3.20.1 x86_64 SUSE LLC <https://www.suse.com/> https://www.suse.com/ == SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 (none) Thu Dec 29 2022 Tue Dec 27 2022 libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0 2.38.3-150400.4.25.1 x86_64 SUSE LLC <https://www.suse.com/> https://www.suse.com/ == SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 (none) Thu Dec 29 2022 Tue Dec 13 2022 systemd-devel 249.12-150400.8.16.1 x86_64 SUSE LLC <https://www.suse.com/> https://www.suse.com/ == SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 (none) Thu Dec 29 2022 Tue Dec 13 2022 systemd-network 249.12-150400.8.16.1 x86_64 SUSE LLC <https://www.suse.com/> https://www.suse.com/ == SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 (none) Thu Dec 29 2022 Tue Dec 27 2022 libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18 2.38.3-150400.4.25.1 x86_64 SUSE LLC <https://www.suse.com/> https://www.suse.com/ == SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 (none) Thu Dec 29 2022 Tue Dec 27 2022 libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0 2.38.3-150400.4.25.1 x86_64 SUSE LLC <https://www.suse.com/> https://www.suse.com/ == SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 (none) Thu Dec 29 2022 Tue Dec 27 2022 typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_0 2.38.3-150400.4.25.1 x86_64 SUSE LLC <https://www.suse.com/> https://www.suse.com/ == SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 (none) Thu Dec 29 2022 Tue Dec 27 2022 webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles 2.38.3-150400.4.25.1 x86_64 SUSE LLC <https://www.suse.com/> https://www.suse.com/ == SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 (none) Thu Dec 29 2022 Tue Dec 27 2022 libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37 2.38.3-150400.4.25.1 x86_64 SUSE LLC <https://www.suse.com/> https://www.suse.com/ == SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 (none) Thu Dec 29 2022 Tue Dec 13 2022 udev 249.12-150400.8.16.1 x86_64 SUSE LLC <https://www.suse.com/> https://www.suse.com/ == SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 (none) Thu Dec 29 2022 Tue Dec 27 2022 webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles 2.38.3-150400.4.25.1 x86_64 SUSE LLC <https://www.suse.com/> https://www.suse.com/ == SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 (none) Thu Dec 29 2022 Tue Dec 13 2022 systemd-sysvinit 249.12-150400.8.16.1 x86_64 SUSE LLC <https://www.suse.com/> https://www.suse.com/ == SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 (none) Thu Dec 29 2022 Tue Dec 27 2022 WebKit2GTK-4.0-lang 2.38.3-150400.4.25.1 noarch SUSE LLC <https://www.suse.com/> https://www.suse.com/ == SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 (none) Thu Dec 29 2022 Tue Dec 27 2022 WebKit2GTK-4.1-lang 2.38.3-150400.4.25.1 noarch SUSE LLC <https://www.suse.com/> https://www.suse.com/ == SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 (none) Thu Dec 29 2022 Tue Dec 27 2022 typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_0 2.38.3-150400.4.25.1 x86_64 SUSE LLC <https://www.suse.com/> https://www.suse.com/ == SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 (none) Thu Dec 29 2022 Thu Dec 22 2022 libvlc-gtk0 0.6.8.20160609.6575c25-pm154.2.5 x86_64 http://packman.links2linux.de packman(a)links2linux.de == Multimedia / openSUSE_Leap_15.4 (none) Thu Dec 29 2022 Thu Dec 22 2022 vlc-noX 3.0.18-pm154.2.5.1 x86_64 http://packman.links2linux.de packman(a)links2linux.de == Essentials / openSUSE_Leap_15.4 (none) Thu Dec 29 2022 Tue Dec 13 2022 systemd-coredump 249.12-150400.8.16.1 x86_64 SUSE LLC <https://www.suse.com/> https://www.suse.com/ == SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 (none) Thu Dec 29 2022 Tue Dec 13 2022 systemd-lang 249.12-150400.8.16.1 noarch SUSE LLC <https://www.suse.com/> https://www.suse.com/ == SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 (none) Thu Dec 29 2022 Thu Dec 22 2022 vlc-codec-gstreamer 3.0.18-pm154.2.5.1 x86_64 http://packman.links2linux.de packman(a)links2linux.de == Essentials / openSUSE_Leap_15.4 (none) Thu Dec 29 2022 Mon Dec 26 2022 kodi 19.5-pm154.1.1 x86_64 http://packman.links2linux.de packman(a)links2linux.de == Multimedia / openSUSE_Leap_15.4 (none) Thu Dec 29 2022 Mon Dec 26 2022 kodi.binary-addons 19.5-pm154.1.1 x86_64 http://packman.links2linux.de packman(a)links2linux.de == Multimedia / openSUSE_Leap_15.4 (none) Thu Dec 29 2022 Mon Dec 26 2022 kodi.binary-addons-audiodecoder.timidity 19.5-pm154.1.1 x86_64 http://packman.links2linux.de packman(a)links2linux.de == Multimedia / openSUSE_Leap_15.4 (none) Thu Dec 29 2022 Thu Dec 22 2022 vlc-codecs 3.0.18-pm154.2.5.1 x86_64 http://packman.links2linux.de packman(a)links2linux.de == Essentials / openSUSE_Leap_15.4 (none) Thu Dec 29 2022 Thu Dec 22 2022 vlc-opencv 3.0.18-pm154.2.5.1 x86_64 http://packman.links2linux.de packman(a)links2linux.de == Essentials / openSUSE_Leap_15.4 (none) Thu Dec 29 2022 Thu Dec 22 2022 vlc 3.0.18-pm154.2.5.1 x86_64 http://packman.links2linux.de packman(a)links2linux.de == Essentials / openSUSE_Leap_15.4 (none) Thu Dec 29 2022 Thu Dec 22 2022 vlc-qt 3.0.18-pm154.2.5.1 x86_64 http://packman.links2linux.de packman(a)links2linux.de == Essentials / openSUSE_Leap_15.4 (none) Thu Dec 29 2022 Thu Dec 22 2022 vlc-vdpau 3.0.18-pm154.2.5.1 x86_64 http://packman.links2linux.de packman(a)links2linux.de == Essentials / openSUSE_Leap_15.4 (none) Thu Dec 29 2022 Thu Dec 22 2022 vlc-lang 3.0.18-pm154.2.5.1 noarch http://packman.links2linux.de packman(a)links2linux.de == Essentials / openSUSE_Leap_15.4 (none) Thu Dec 29 2022 Wed Dec 28 2022 wine-32bit 8.0~rc1-lp154.1520.6 x86_64 obs://build.opensuse.org/Emulators https://www.suse.com/ == Emulators:Wine / 15.4 (none) Thu Dec 29 2022 Wed Dec 28 2022 wine 8.0~rc1-lp154.1520.6 x86_64 obs://build.opensuse.org/Emulators https://www.suse.com/ == Emulators:Wine / 15.4 (none) - -- Cheers Carlos E. 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[oS-EN] Trying to listen to internet radio stations
by Carlos E. R. 29 Dec '22

29 Dec '22

Hi, I am trying "gradio", a gtk based app to listen to internet radio. But it doesn't have a list of stations! It is impossible to listen to anything. I install "girl", a gnome radio program. It has a map of the world to click on which country you want to see stations, but it doesn't react. It has a button named "internet radio stations" which pops a long list of stations, unsorted, apparently from all over the world. There is no search thing to search by a name. Then I installed "radiotray-ng". It has a list sorted by categories, none from Spain that I can see. Can you suggest some other software that actually works? -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from Elesar, using openSUSE Leap 15.4)

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mail formatting test 2 - formatting removed
by Istvan Gabor 28 Dec '22

28 Dec '22

This is only a test message to see how the list shows it. Text formatting removed.Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Proin orci mauris, dictum id justo vitae, tempus efficitur velit. Etiam a dictum lacus, et pharetra justo. Phasellus ut accumsan nisi.Vestibulum lorem nisl, cursus non felis sed, iaculis consequat tortor. Nulla vestibulum dignissim interdum. Morbi condimentum justo non ante ullamcorper, vel tristique sem commodo.

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[oS-en] Last kernel update killed touchpad
by Carlos E. R. 26 Dec '22

26 Dec '22

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, The last kernel update to Leap 15.4 killed my touchpad in Lenovo Yoga 300 laptop; however, the touchscreen works. I see a coredump, dunno if related. I'll try to copypaste with thick fingers. <1.2> 2022-12-21 01:36:30 Legolas systemd-coredump 3588 - - Process 3527 (play) of user 0 dumped core.#012#012Found module /usr/lib64/libopencore-amrwb.so.0.0.3 with build-id: af2c77cbc2d613793145a06ff7277860690548fb#012Found module /usr/lib64/libopencore-amrnb.so.0.0.3 with build-id: 50011cbe48c6fb0309c40cffddd0716ae8f54fa3#012Found module linux-vdso.so.1 with build-id: 20756f94f36650bbd5daf01b70a20ca9c844b10c#012Found module libasound_module_pcm_pulse.so with build-id: 8393798cd5d356072eb354a9edcfb08b5c15cb6e#012Found module libgpg-error.so.0 with build-id: 7703a2c38d4dc0cb40e4b1943f4d3dea9d7b1cae#012Found module libgcrypt.so.20 with build-id: 7fd83e6ed2cf2bbe1bf8a7ebe1811a45d8109e3a#012Found module libcap.so.2 with build-id: 99405ab6633a66ccf29924793bf6ae8d8212ac9e#012Found module liblz4.so.1 with build-id: ef9ad25a65c1623b33a365c00c3bc781492e7eaf#012Found module libzstd.so.1 with build-id: f6d9025f2bc2a278acc6ac774636449e3d96aa1c#012Found module liblzma.so.5 with build-id: 2d656 c3bd393d5f9e95fdbbfe4fbbdc19e0cf0ba#012Found module libXau.so.6 with build-id: 7f7563c2e3af15370c200ce7ac1707fb085eb610#012Found module libsystemd.so.0 with build-id: f65ab6f1ae0d5348476b75c4530e77fb7ba6c1de#012Found module libxcb.so.1 with build-id: 20583630b867511565bcc4a09fe53cd8126628c4#012Found module librt.so.1 with build-id: 01c8bbece9ab82c415c837c843450997a9edbadc#012Found module libspeex.so.1 with build-id: 605a9599058674d58a6596f755243b8668f22d28#012Found module libdbus-1.so.3 with build-id: 50 Sorry, can't get a proper paste, tomorrow I can try via ssh or something. Ideas for investigation? - -- Cheers Carlos E. R. (from openSUSE Leap 15.4 at Legolas) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHoEARECADoWIQQZEb51mJKK1KpcU/W1MxgcbY1H1QUCY6JYgRwccm9iaW4ubGlz dGFzQHRlbGVmb25pY2EubmV0AAoJELUzGBxtjUfVcO8AniYin0XwCN+dBXl5YxU0 p1hvwIG9AJ4/wsvWR0qrRwL2skN4zKA5B7cCXg== =wfH0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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[oS-en] Boot failure after uupgrade of old laptop to Leap 15.4
by Carlos E. R. 23 Dec '22

23 Dec '22

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I upgraded my old laptop to Leap 15.4 from 15.3, using the offline method (boot dvd/usb, choose upgrade) and it doesn't boot. Instead of the Grub screen I get a black display with a big cursor blinking at the top left. The machine is BIOS, not UEFI, and the disk is MBR type. The MBR has syslinux that boots partition 4, the extended "container" partition, which contains Grub in its boot sector. I booted a rescue USB (Leap 15.1 rescue image), updated bootinfoscript, and obtained the report. I removed the sdb parts to reduce confussion, as sdb is the rescue USB stick. I need a second pair of eyes, I do not see what could be wrong. The full details are linked here: <https://paste-test.opensuse.org/pastes/7430db137da9> - -- Cheers Carlos E. R. (from 15.4 x86_64 at Telcontar) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHoEARECADoWIQQZEb51mJKK1KpcU/W1MxgcbY1H1QUCY6WkQxwccm9iaW4ubGlz dGFzQHRlbGVmb25pY2EubmV0AAoJELUzGBxtjUfVmN0AoJC/kQ6ka5ZdrMr4+9Ca 3uww9wEnAJ449ED1lirASJkkuXn4Q8DAEtn9fA== =TR6d -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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xscreensaver and sonar
by Marc Chamberlin 23 Dec '22

23 Dec '22

Anyone know how to get the xscreensaver app sonar to work (ping and show results) on 15.4 x64? I had done the recommended setup - cd/usr/lib64/xscreensaver chown root.root sonar chmod +s sonar ll sonar -rwsr-sr-x 1 root root 137208 Jul 5 05:22 sonar but no joy getting it to ping other hosts on my network and showing the results on the screensaver. The line from my .xscreensaver in my home dir looks like this - GL: sonar -root \n\ -- *"The Truth is out there" - Spooky* -- *_ _ . . . . . . _ _ . _ _ _ _ . . . . _ . . . . _ _ . _ _ _ . . . . _ _ . _ . . _ . _ _ _ _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . * Computers: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the user Marc. His mission: to explore strange new hardware. To seek out new software and new applications. To boldly go where no Marc has gone before! (/This email is digitally signed. My public key for sending encrypted email to me can be found at - https://keys.openpgp.org/search?q=marc@domesweetdome.us.com or just ask me for it and I will send it to you as an attachment. If you don't understand, no worries, just ignore it and/or ask me to explain it further./)

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OT - "open source" firewalls and hardware.
by joe a 22 Dec '22

22 Dec '22

Flame retardant thermal ware in place. In the Dim Time, I used IPCop for a few years. When support for that faded, I opted for a hardware unit provided by a vendor I was a "partner" with. They discontinued that platform and will not support it in the future. I'm facing pursuing upgrading with them or returning to the open source playground on either existing hardware or an APU1 or APU2 type box. Suggestions? Pointers to current "best in class" information?

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[oS-en] YaST conflict on updating Leap 15.4
by Carlos E. R. 22 Dec '22

22 Dec '22

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, #### YaST2 conflicts list - generated 2022-12-22 13:47:27 #### the installed gio-branding-openSUSE-42.1-lp154.5.3.noarch requires 'libgio-2_0-0 = 2.70.4', but this requirement cannot be provided [ ] deinstallation of gio-branding-openSUSE-42.1-lp154.5.3.noarch [ ] do not install patch:openSUSE-SLE-15.4-2022-4601-1.noarch [ ] break gio-branding-openSUSE-42.1-lp154.5.3.noarch by ignoring some of its dependencies #### YaST2 conflicts list END ### gio-branding-openSUSE - openSUSE definitions of default settings and applications This package provides openSUSE defaults for settings stored with GSettings and applications used by the MIME system. gio-branding-openSUSE - openSUSE definitions of default settings and applications /etc/gnome_defaults.conf /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/20_openSUSE-branding.gschema.override /usr/share/licenses/gio-branding-openSUSE /usr/share/licenses/gio-branding-openSUSE/COPYING 4 files total libgio-2_0-0 is being updated from 2.70.4-150400.1.5 to 2.70.5-150400.3.3.1 - -- Cheers Carlos E. R. (from 15.4 x86_64 at Telcontar) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHoEARECADoWIQQZEb51mJKK1KpcU/W1MxgcbY1H1QUCY6RUDRwccm9iaW4ubGlz dGFzQHRlbGVmb25pY2EubmV0AAoJELUzGBxtjUfVxJ0AnA9YuGx7ezUBqHnm+H5d MUKJSvtLAJ9Iqo/XRPhNcOaEfZpYFb/ZJjICKQ== =iqIP -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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[oS-en] Weird root password not recognized on tty1
by Carlos E. R. 22 Dec '22

22 Dec '22

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I just rebooted my old laptop. As part of the procedure I need to login first on tty1 as root. It refused my password, many times. Then I logged as user, no problem, tried to "su -", password rejected. Then I switched to tty2, and loged as root first time, no problem. I am absolutely sure I type the password correctly. I use the same password in many places, including that laptop before rebooting. Then I logged in the graphical session as user, no problem. After a minute I tried again in tty1 as root, no problem. What is going on? That laptop is still on Leap 15.3, preparing to upgrade to 15.4 - -- Cheers Carlos E. R. (from 15.4 x86_64 at Telcontar) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHoEARECADoWIQQZEb51mJKK1KpcU/W1MxgcbY1H1QUCY6RahBwccm9iaW4ubGlz dGFzQHRlbGVmb25pY2EubmV0AAoJELUzGBxtjUfVMbUAnjk/LaAYOLt/n6NEM0P8 m6hg3IY3AJ4+nXP8nIMRHB+OAiFpbboAFBr8rA== =scd7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Can't install via PXE
by Daniel Spannbauer 22 Dec '22

22 Dec '22

Hello, I try to install a new machine via PXE. We did this many times before, but now we've got new hardware and it doesn't work anymore. But I don't know why.... The new hardware has a MSI MPG B550 mainboard, network chipset needs a r8169 driver. The machine boots fine (as allways) but after loading the initrd it stops with a "can't mount root fs" and a kernel panic. The config for the pxelinux looks like: label 15.4 kernel 15.4/boot/x86_64/loader/linux append initrd=15.4/boot/x86_64/loader/initrd ramdisk_size=65536 splash=silent showopts BrokenModules=+gma500_gfx install=nfs://10.3.1.2/tftpboot/15.4 Also tried it with "insmod=r8169", but it doesn't help. Any Idea what's going on here? How can I get more infos? When the kernel panics, I can't go backwards to inspect the log... Regards Daniel -- Daniel Spannbauer Systemadministration marco Systemanalyse und Entwicklung GmbH Tel +49 8333 9233-27 Fax -11 Rechbergstr. 4-6, D 87727 Babenhausen Mobil +49 171 4033220 https://www.marco.de Email ds(a)marco.de Geschäftsführer Martin Reuter, Torsten Lukas HRB 171775 Amtsgericht München

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[oS-en] aa-logprof updates
by Carlos E. R. 21 Dec '22

21 Dec '22

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 aa-logprof view show show this after todays update to Leap 15.4: - --- /etc/apparmor.d/usr.bin.locate 2022-05-07 23:25:01.000000000 +0200 +++ /tmp/tmp6ir2_lnw 2022-12-21 01:50:42.058949419 +0100 @@ -1,9 +1,11 @@ - -# Last Modified: Fri Apr 13 22:23:29 2018 - -#include <tunables/global> +# Last Modified: Wed Dec 21 01:50:42 2022 +include <tunables/global> /usr/bin/locate { - - #include <abstractions/base> - - #include <abstractions/nameservice> + include <abstractions/base> + include <abstractions/nameservice> + + capability setgid, /usr/bin/locate mr, /var/lib/mlocate/mlocate.db r, ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ /tmp/tmp0w_dv5gg lines 1-18/18 (END) - -- Cheers Carlos E. R. (from openSUSE Leap 15.4 at Legolas) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHoEARECADoWIQQZEb51mJKK1KpcU/W1MxgcbY1H1QUCY6JZUBwccm9iaW4ubGlz dGFzQHRlbGVmb25pY2EubmV0AAoJELUzGBxtjUfVjqgAoI1Rk9nMf+COYaEbKNUO mMGA/m6WAJ9tosiFO9n373vHSxl/+dP+Flf1ow== =J05v -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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openSUSE OBS mystery.
by Roger Oberholtzer 19 Dec '22

19 Dec '22

If one goes to this place: https://build.opensuse.org/package/binaries/devel:tools/ElectricFence/openS… and selects to download, say, the x64 src RPM: https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/tools/openSUSE_Tumbleweed… firefox says this: ftp.gwdg.de has a security policy called HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS), which means that Firefox can only connect to it securely. You can’t add an exception to visit this site. Why is that site even involved? Is it a mirror for OBS? And if so, shouldn't it have the same access setup for this access? -- Roger Oberholtzer

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Networking with runlevel 1
by Jeffrey Taylor 19 Dec '22

19 Dec '22

Is it possible to start NetworkManager and perhaps other services to have network access from runlevel 1? TIA, Jeffrey

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Handbrake on new Leap 15.4 install
by Jeffrey Taylor 19 Dec '22

19 Dec '22

I have Leap 15.4 newly installed. HandBrakeGUI from packman repository doesn't seem to recognize any of the details of an MPEG file from Zoom. I can't clip the video using the seconds limits. VLC is installed from Packman and can play the video. That required install VLC and vlc-codecs from Packman. Am I missing codecs or something else from Packman? TIA, Jeffrey

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Re: Leap 15.4 hangs on Terminate Plymouth boot screen
by David C. Rankin 17 Dec '22

17 Dec '22

On 12/14/22 13:00, Jeffrey Taylor wrote: > After updating from 15.3 to 15.4 with "zypper dup", I can boot into runlevel 1 > and run startx. Runlevels 2, 3, and the default (multi-user GUI) hang at the > message in the title. Adding plymouth.enable at the end of the linux line in > grub changes nothing. Any ideas or resources to debug? This is a Lenovo T520. > > TIA, Jeffrey I have had this problem more times than I can remember on my laptop with a Nvidia card in it. Solution - nuke plymouth (my choice): # rpm -e plymouth-dracut plymouth-scripts plymouth-branding-openSUSE plymouth-plugin-script plymouth plymouth-plugin-label-ft or kernel pass the kernel parameter on the kernel command line: "plymouth.enable=0" You will never hang-on-shutdown again.... -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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Leap 15.4 hangs on Terminate Plymouth boot screen
by Jeffrey Taylor 17 Dec '22

17 Dec '22

After updating from 15.3 to 15.4 with "zypper dup", I can boot into runlevel 1 and run startx. Runlevels 2, 3, and the default (multi-user GUI) hang at the message in the title. Adding plymouth.enable at the end of the linux line in grub changes nothing. Any ideas or resources to debug? This is a Lenovo T520. TIA, Jeffrey

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Researchers smell a cryptomining Chaos RAT targeting Linux systems
by David C. Rankin 16 Dec '22

16 Dec '22

All, Something I hadn't heard of, but worth keeping an eye on: https://www.theregister.com/2022/12/13/cryptoming_chaos_rat_targets_linux/?… Courtesy of El Reg -- again... -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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Re: Leap 15.4 hangs on Terminate Plymouth boot screen
by Felix Miata 14 Dec '22

14 Dec '22

Jeffrey Taylor composed on 2022-12-14 16:37 (UTC-0600): > Tried escape after grub menu and enter after hang. Nothing happens. > Changing the kernel parameters as suggested does not change the end result. No kernel messages constituting clues appeared during boot? Did you wait a short while before trying ENTER? Like David, I don't have Plymouth installed. I've heard that there are configurations that require it, but never experienced same. During installation, I taboo it. Its primary function seems to be to emulate Windows boot, which is to say, hide boot messages with a graphic screen until login becomes possible. Have you tried waiting a few minutes before giving up? Certain types of hangs will clear of their own accord if you wait long enough, often 90 seconds, but I've run across problems what will take more than 13 minutes before a dracut or emergency shell appears to report trouble. Can you do journalctl -b -1 after runlevel 1 boot to find persistent journal reporting errors? If not, you may need to enable persistence in /etc/systemd/journald.conf, and create directory /var/log/journal, then attempt reboot at least once before finding a prior boot journal to examine. Booted to runlevel 1, is there ample freespace on /? -- 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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15.4 - How to make Mic work with Discord -- fine with Audacity and arecord??
by David C. Rankin 14 Dec '22

14 Dec '22

All, Here is a strange issue. Never use discord, but needed to tonight. I can't get it to use my microphone. Audacity and arecord have no issue at all using the mic. The details are: $ arecord -L null Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture) speexrate Rate Converter Plugin Using Speex Resampler upmix Plugin for channel upmix (4,6,8) default:CARD=PCH HDA Intel PCH, 92HD81B1X5 Analog Default Audio Device sysdefault:CARD=PCH HDA Intel PCH, 92HD81B1X5 Analog Default Audio Device front:CARD=PCH,DEV=0 HDA Intel PCH, 92HD81B1X5 Analog Front output / input Audacity sees the mic without problems. For arecord, I specify -D front to tell it to use CARD=PCH,DEV=0. Discord on the other hand lists no audio devices in "Voice & Video" settings. The "INPUT DEVICE" and "OUTPUT DEVICE" are non-selectable -- but it thinks the mic is working (I can mute/unmute it) and I hear the other party on discord just fine. Anybody run into this? Any fix? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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Re: 15.4 - How to make Mic work with Discord -- fine with Audacity and arecord??
by David C. Rankin 13 Dec '22

13 Dec '22

On 12/13/22 03:29, Andrei Borzenkov wrote: >> ALSA works for everything else, so why not discord? >> > You pretend you do not know the answer? Because nobody cared enough to > implement it. Damn windows apps.... -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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Repo errors, SuSE 15.3x64
by Marc Chamberlin 13 Dec '22

13 Dec '22

Anyone know why, or can fix, the following error I am getting when I try to use the YaST2 software manager? I have had to disable them in order to use YaST software manager... Thanks up front, Marc An error occurred during repository initialization. [https-download.opensuse.org-a997148c|https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/SUSE:/SLE-15-SP1:/GA/pool/] Valid metadata not found at specified URL History: - [https-download.opensuse.org-a997148c|https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/SUSE:/SLE-15-SP1:/GA/pool/] Repository type can't be determined. An error occurred during repository initialization. [https-download.opensuse.org-35be7872|https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/SUSE:/SLE-15-SP2:/GA/pool/] Valid metadata not found at specified URL History: - [https-download.opensuse.org-35be7872|https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/SUSE:/SLE-15-SP2:/GA/pool/] Repository type can't be determined. An error occurred during repository initialization. [https-download.opensuse.org-c89bd434|https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/SUSE:/SLE-15-SP3:/GA/pool/] Valid metadata not found at specified URL History: - [https-download.opensuse.org-c89bd434|https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/SUSE:/SLE-15-SP3:/GA/pool/] Repository type can't be determined. An error occurred during repository initialization. [https-download.opensuse.org-47086a9e|https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/SUSE:/SLE-15-SP4:/GA/pool/] Valid metadata not found at specified URL History: - [https-download.opensuse.org-47086a9e|https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/SUSE:/SLE-15-SP4:/GA/pool/] Repository type can't be determined. -- *"The Truth is out there" - Spooky* *_ _ . . . . . . _ _ . _ _ _ _ . . . . _ . . . . _ _ . _ _ _ . . . . _ _ . _ . . _ . _ _ _ _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . * Computers: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the user Marc. His mission: to explore strange new hardware. To seek out new software and new applications. To boldly go where no Marc has gone before! (/This email is digitally signed and the OpenPGP electronic signature is added as an attachment. If you know how, you can use my public key to prove this email indeed came from me and has not been modified in transit. My public key, which can be used for sending encrypted email to me also, can be found at - https://keys.openpgp.org/search?q=marc@marcchamberlin.com or just ask me for it and I will send it to you as an attachment. If you don't understand all this geek speak, no worries, just ignore this explanation and ignore the OpenPGP signature key attached to this email (it will look like gibberish if you open it) and/or ask me to explain it further if you like./)

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15.4 - Why can't I lsattr on /run/netconfig/resolv.conf?
by David C. Rankin 11 Dec '22

11 Dec '22

All, This is strange, I can't list extended attributes on the real resolv.conf, e.g. # lsattr /run/netconfig/resolv.conf lsattr: Operation not supported While reading flags on /run/netconfig/resolv.conf or the same thing with realpath, e.g. # lsattr "$(realpath /etc/resolv.conf)" lsattr: Operation not supported While reading flags on /run/netconfig/resolv.conf I don't do a lot with extended attributes, but there are times I want to check or set them. Does the file have to previously have had the 'e' option set? If so, the man page for chattr say 'e' cannot be removed by chattr, so how would one set and remove the 'e' attribute if you no longer wanted extended attributes on the file? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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Linux in space (off-off-topic, but SCNR)
by Daniel Bauer 10 Dec '22

10 Dec '22

Astronauts use Linux because you can’t open windows in space. (source: https://twitter.com/engineers_feed) -- Daniel Bauer photographer Basel Málaga https://www.patreon.com/danielbauer https://www.daniel-bauer.com

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Trouble with Logitech Z906 Sound
by Robin Klitscher 06 Dec '22

06 Dec '22

System: openSUSE Leap 15.4; KDE Plasma 5.26.4; KDE Frameworks 5.100.0; Qt 5.15.7; Kernel 5.14.21-150400.24.33-default (64-bit); Graphics X11 Motherboard Gigabyte Z490 VISION G with sound card inbuilt. Problem: Recently purchased a Logitech Z906 5.1 sound system, but I'm having various problems in connecting it properly to the inbuilt sound card which is identified in Yast as Comet Lake PCH cAVS. Some things work; some don't. The principal difficulty is that it won't connect using the Logitech-recommended three TRS "six-channel direct" connectors. When I try to use them as the source for input to the Z906, the System Settings audio module identifies the connection as digital SPDIF, which it isn't, and all I get is silence. I can't check the alternative digital optical or digital coaxial connectors because the motherboard inbuilt device doesn't have them. The only way I can connect successfully is by using a single stereo TRS plug from the motherboard unit's Line Out socket with a conversion cable to two RCA stereo plugs at the Z906 end. That produces 5.1 sound on the face of it, but won't be taking full advantage of the capabilities of the Z906. I say it works, but it does so only in that it produces sound from each of the 5.1 speakers, even though the Audio module in System Settings shows only the Front Left and Front Right units. So, obviously, something's not right. Is there a sound system guru somewhere who can help me establish a working connection in this system between the motherboard sound unit and the Z906 using Logitech's supplied six-channel direct connectors? -- Robin K Wellington "Harbour City" New Zealand

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remote desktop between machines with private IP addresses
by Roger Oberholtzer 05 Dec '22

05 Dec '22

I have a situation where a user has a computer that they only have a private IP address for (ISP assigned). My computer is at work and also has a private IP address. Using TeamViewer, I can access the remote computer's desktop. My question is: is there an open source program that can accomplish the same thing? I suspect that TeamViewer works because it has a server that can be contacted and, I assume, set up a tunnel or whatever it does. I don't have such a server with a public IP address. This is something that I only do occasionally. So I don't want to buy a bunch of TeamViewer licenses if I do not need to. Any ideas? -- Roger Oberholtzer

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Suse Tumbleweed: VirtualBox 7.0.4-2.1: none of the virtual machines starts up
by Peter Maffter 05 Dec '22

05 Dec '22

Tried to start one of my virtual machines, that were all working with Virtualbox 6.1.X, but it got stuck in the black boot screen. Same for all other virtual machines, that were working on the previous 6.1.X versions. Does anybody have a solution for this on Suse Tumbleweed? Is there a way to install the old 6.X-rpm? Is there some build instruction for building older versions from source? I was looking on the Oracle page and they seem to be Suse 15.3/15.4 oriented. BR

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rtmp for Leap 15.4
by Damon Register 03 Dec '22

03 Dec '22

I am trying to get librtmp installed on my Leap 15.4 system. It is not available in Yast with the default repositories. With a little help from Google I found here https://software.opensuse.org/package/librtmp1 which says there is no official package but lists 3 community packages. I tried the first one (plex) but it failed to find most of the repositories that the installation was wanting. Do any of you have experience in getting rtmp on Leap? If so, did you use any of the three community packages mentioned above or some other method? Damon Register

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whom to vote for? make opensuse great and modern again
by cagsm 03 Dec '22

03 Dec '22

List, seriously, whom to vote for when I am not happy with current opensuse proceedings. Whole -v1 -v2 and more deal is pretty frustrating. Also ancient versioned packages being shipped in current 'flagship' release. please do tell me why the ddclient on maintenance hangs for like 5months and not being released: <https://build.opensuse.org/project/show/openSUSE:Maintenance:17573> why? when? this still makes the currently available ddclient package on the normal repos: Information for package ddclient: --------------------------------- Repository : Networking services and related tools (15.4) Name : ddclient Version : 3.9.1-lp154.84.1 like almost three years old: > <https://github.com/ddclient/ddclient/releases/tag/v3.9.1> I have not found yet? overlooked? the real technical reason for this whole -v1 abandonment discussion. was it because opensuse is trying to modernize and virtualize more of its core components or its whole os architecture on the inside or what is it *exactly* what the opensuse builders need from higher (more) cpu instruction sets beyond the first generation of when amd introduced its x86-64 (stop calling it intel). also nobody, *noone* produced a reliable and immediately usable package for current leap users to exactly check their cpu architecture for ABI level eligbility. that inxi stuff is bugged and all those other scripts apparently as well (awk on cpuinfo etc as far as I have read). i have plenty of AMD systems, not even only the first generation when amd started the x64 world, but even phenom II x6 1090T and such stuff. why would anyone want to ditch that kind of cpu? apparently all not eligible for -v2 readyness. or is it? please provide a sane and safe and valid and proven way to sort our cpu and platforms into the actual proper bins and baskets of these major abi levels. thanks. speaking of modern stuff, opensuse refuses to go down the software patents trap and ships like barely any codecs etc at all, so i wonder how any of you guys browses twitter on opensuse. opensuse and corporate folks speaking about how they can not break the law, and then pointing to freelance people at packman, let them break the law or fuss with the government and prosecution. cool way to get rid of trouble. thats at least how i see this in the public and this is the message that arrives on my premises. the only place i can use for videos is youtube for example as they offer streams in non nightmared codecs and encodings. plays nicely. thanks google. wonder when the rest of the industry, twitter was just a small (large encumbent) example as about how pretty much everybody else seems to just not care. or the internet is a corporates world more and more by every day. so speaking about needing modern cpu and instructions set, how about bringing the opensuse distribution up to par or modernize it on every other aspect, not starting with abandoning for no reason various cpu that re-started and advanced a whole era (x64) on the pc world. isnt opensuse just still a generic distribution to be meant for desktop and average users? so why not allowing people to use it on the very platform that expanded into a great new future with the extend 64bit instructionset introduced back then by amd in the first place. some other package that keeps me worrying strongly, is openssh. the guys also back longer time ago, introduced some key exchange (no techie here) or means to hinder quantum crypto attacks by adversaries collecting all your even encrypted streams of data they can get hold of. but I see no urgency or need at opensuse that leap would ship a decently recent openssh layer. am I misunderstanding this situation with the possibility and probability of attacking ssh or is opensuse just way too reluctant to ship like current software. not even cutting edge. but not like year old dated stuff? > <https://www.openssh.com/releasenotes.html>, check for: NTRU, post quantum i just read that leap 15.5 code deadline is like only a few weeks around the corner, january 2023. i do wonder what openssh we will get there and what and if ddclient manages to become shipped in a not-three-year-old version? what the heck :/ I remember, i used to buy and pay for suse distribution in the old days, not enterprise or such stuff, but back when you would get a shirnk wrapped package and printed manual, some CDs and DVD or so later on. book retailer and sofware shop. that kind of days. i seemed to be quite attached or admiring and excited about (open)suse and linux back in the days. I am kind of having lost that momentum...? returning to the question: who is able to lead and keep opensuse (leap) relevant for normal desktop and home users, i need to know whom to vote for. make opensuse great again. so what now? who wants my vote? ty

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[oS-en] Filtering email problem in Thunderbird.
by Carlos E. R. 03 Dec '22

03 Dec '22

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I am having a problem with mail filtering in Thunderbird (102.5.0 (64-bit)), that started after upgrading this machine to 15.4. The filter is defined as: postmaster(a)outlook.com (EN) Apply filter Before Junk Classification Getting New Mail Match all of the following From is: postmaster(a)outlook.com Subject begins with: Undeliverable: Actions: move message to daemon_l folder on Tesa (L) (an imap folder) Another, almost identical filter: postmaster(a)outlook.com (ES) Apply filter Before Junk Classification Getting New Mail Match all of the following From is: postmaster(a)outlook.com Subject begins with: No se puede entregar: Actions: move message to daemon_l folder on Tesa (L) (an imap folder) But now I see posts like this one moved to that imap folder (daemon_l): Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2022 13:56:10 +0100 (CET) From: "Carlos E. R." <robin.listas(a)telefonica.net> To: oS-en <users(a)lists.opensuse.org> Subject: [oS-en] What is the meaning of the moon in YaST Message-ID: <e92f609c-a28a-c161-2f14-e7cd381cda34(a)telefonica.net> User-Agent: Alpine 2.26 (LSU 649 2022-06-02) No way it can match the filters, but none the less, that email was moved. And if I move it back to the inbox, it is moved back to daemon_l. Happened twice. The filter log contains entries like these, which are correct: [2022-12-01, 13.26.08 GMT+1] Applied filter "My emails on tesa lists" to message from "Carlos E. R." <robin.listas(a)telefonica.net> - x86-64-v2 at 2022-12-01, 13.25.02 GMT+1 thread watched [2022-12-01, 13.26.08 GMT+1] Applied filter "My emails on tesa lists" to message from "Carlos E. R." <robin.listas(a)telefonica.net> - x86-64-v2 at 2022-12-01, 13.25.02 GMT+1 marked as read [2022-12-01, 13.56.33 GMT+1] Applied filter "postmaster(a)outlook.com (EN)" to message from <postmaster(a)outlook.com> - Undeliverable: [oS-en] What is the meaning of the moon in YaST at 2022-12-01, 13.56.30 GMT+1 moved message id = d62f158a-9af1-490f-aea9-34deffa75e11(a)DB9P251MB0401.EURP251.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM to imap://robin.listas2@imap.telefonica.net/daemon_l [2022-12-01, 13.56.33 GMT+1] Applied filter "postmaster(a)outlook.com (EN)" to message from <postmaster(a)outlook.com> - Undeliverable: [oS-en] What is the meaning of the moon in YaST at 2022-12-01, 13.56.30 GMT+1 moved message id = d62f158a-9af1-490f-aea9-34deffa75e11(a)DB9P251MB0401.EURP251.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM to imap://robin.listas2@imap.telefonica.net/daemon_l The filters exists on two machines. I have stopped the second thunderbird, just in case, but it seems not to have an effect. - -- Cheers Carlos E. R. (from 15.4 x86_64 at Telcontar) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHoEARECADoWIQQZEb51mJKK1KpcU/W1MxgcbY1H1QUCY4iyyhwccm9iaW4ubGlz dGFzQHRlbGVmb25pY2EubmV0AAoJELUzGBxtjUfVcHAAnixOmxZu2n/11rs334Qu yg8L1UdfAJ9VcUAEpWszZS9l9Wtpsl5Rp2EjXg== =doLn -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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phishing?
by jdd＠dodin.org 03 Dec '22

03 Dec '22

Hello, I just received a mail stating: "Your 8 important incoming emails are stuck on the opensuse.org Email server." a link sent me to the "https://ipfs.io" server that asked me for credentials, see screenshot https://www.cjoint.com/doc/22_11/LKEldUzfzvk_Screenshot-20221130-115948.png I find this very suspect what do you think? (source of the mail available) thanks jdd -- mon serveur usenet: dodin.fr.nf c'est quoi, usenet? http://www.dodin.org/wiki/pmwiki.php?n=Usenet.Usenet

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Re: whom to vote for? make opensuse great and modern again
by Ianseeks 03 Dec '22

03 Dec '22

On Friday, 2 December 2022 13:09:03 GMT cagsm wrote: > List, > > seriously, whom to vote for when I am not happy with current opensuse > proceedings. Whole -v1 -v2 and more deal is pretty frustrating. yep, not ideal having to upgrade our systems - ok if you have loads of cash though. > Also ancient versioned packages being shipped in current 'flagship' release. > please do tell me why the ddclient on maintenance hangs for like > 5months and not being released: > > <https://build.opensuse.org/project/show/openSUSE:Maintenance:17573> > why? when? > this still makes the currently available ddclient package on the normal > repos: Information for package ddclient: > --------------------------------- > Repository : Networking services and related tools (15.4) > Name : ddclient > Version : 3.9.1-lp154.84.1 > > like almost three years old: > > <https://github.com/ddclient/ddclient/releases/tag/v3.9.1> > > I have not found yet? overlooked? the real technical reason for this > whole -v1 abandonment discussion. was it because opensuse is trying to > modernize and virtualize more of its core components or its whole os > architecture on the inside or what is it *exactly* what the opensuse > builders need from higher (more) cpu instruction sets beyond the first > generation of when amd introduced its x86-64 (stop calling it intel). > > also nobody, *noone* produced a reliable and immediately usable > package for current leap users to exactly check their cpu architecture > for ABI level eligbility. that inxi stuff is bugged and all those > other scripts apparently as well (awk on cpuinfo etc as far as I have > read). > > i have plenty of AMD systems, not even only the first generation when > amd started the x64 world, but even phenom II x6 1090T and such stuff. > why would anyone want to ditch that kind of cpu? apparently all not > eligible for -v2 readyness. or is it? please provide a sane and safe > and valid and proven way to sort our cpu and platforms into the actual > proper bins and baskets of these major abi levels. thanks. > > speaking of modern stuff, opensuse refuses to go down the software > patents trap and ships like barely any codecs etc at all, so i wonder > how any of you guys browses twitter on opensuse. opensuse and > corporate folks speaking about how they can not break the law, and > then pointing to freelance people at packman, let them break the law > or fuss with the government and prosecution. cool way to get rid of > trouble. thats at least how i see this in the public and this is the > message that arrives on my premises. > > the only place i can use for videos is youtube for example as they > offer streams in non nightmared codecs and encodings. plays nicely. > thanks google. wonder when the rest of the industry, twitter was just > a small (large encumbent) example as about how pretty much everybody > else seems to just not care. or the internet is a corporates world > more and more by every day. > > so speaking about needing modern cpu and instructions set, how about > bringing the opensuse distribution up to par or modernize it on every > other aspect, not starting with abandoning for no reason various cpu > that re-started and advanced a whole era (x64) on the pc world. isnt > opensuse just still a generic distribution to be meant for desktop and > average users? so why not allowing people to use it on the very > platform that expanded into a great new future with the extend 64bit > instructionset introduced back then by amd in the first place. > > some other package that keeps me worrying strongly, is openssh. the > guys also back longer time ago, introduced some key exchange (no > techie here) or means to hinder quantum crypto attacks by adversaries > collecting all your even encrypted streams of data they can get hold > of. but I see no urgency or need at opensuse that leap would ship a > decently recent openssh layer. am I misunderstanding this situation > with the possibility and probability of attacking ssh or is opensuse > just way too reluctant to ship like current software. not even cutting > edge. but not like year old dated stuff? > > > <https://www.openssh.com/releasenotes.html>, check for: NTRU, post quantum > > i just read that leap 15.5 code deadline is like only a few weeks > around the corner, january 2023. i do wonder what openssh we will get > there and what and if ddclient manages to become shipped in a > not-three-year-old version? what the heck :/ > > > I remember, i used to buy and pay for suse distribution in the old > days, not enterprise or such stuff, but back when you would get a > shirnk wrapped package and printed manual, some CDs and DVD or so > later on. book retailer and sofware shop. that kind of days. i seemed > to be quite attached or admiring and excited about (open)suse and > linux back in the days. I am kind of having lost that momentum...? > > > > > returning to the question: who is able to lead and keep opensuse > (leap) relevant for normal desktop and home users, i need to know whom > to vote for. > > make opensuse great again. so what now? who wants my vote? > ty opensuse:tumbleweed:20221201 Qt: 5.15.7 KDE Frameworks: 5.100.0 - KDE Plasma: 5.26.4 - kwin 5.26.4 kmail2 5.21.3 (22.08.3) - akonadiserver 5.21.3 (22.08.3) - Kernel: 6.0.10-1- default - kernel-firmware-radeon 20221130

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[oS-en] What is the meaning of the moon in YaST
by Carlos E. R. 02 Dec '22

02 Dec '22

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi When I open the YaST software manager I see at the top right corner, a moon crescent or wanning (Leap 15.4) What is its meaning? - -- Cheers Carlos E. R. (from 15.4 x86_64 at Telcontar) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHoEARECADoWIQQZEb51mJKK1KpcU/W1MxgcbY1H1QUCY4ikahwccm9iaW4ubGlz dGFzQHRlbGVmb25pY2EubmV0AAoJELUzGBxtjUfVjKcAn1yNZKpq4mv/gnYPZzYJ YdyoTzdHAJ9bUnEvw4OcnRF3SCRXLCeVydPkXw== =2tXb -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Thunderbird - New Address Book Missing Most Admin Functionality, No Export
by David C. Rankin 30 Nov '22

30 Nov '22

All, Does anyone have a solution for exporting your thunderbird address book from tbird 102+? I've used thunderbird 102 with 15.4 and didn't really have many complaints at all -- until I tried using the addressbook. The new web-ish interface lacks the ability to copy an e-mail with name and lacks any ability to backup or export your addressbook to any usable format. I have 20 years of contact information in the addressbook -- that I presume was converted from Mork format to the new address book format when it changed sometime around ver. 79. Today I had reason to copy a few e-mail from it, and then went to export/backup as I've done in the past. However, addressbook is no longer a stand-alone UI and is now implemented as a web-page style tab in tbird. So I open it and right-click the address seeking to bring up the context menu with "copy" and "copy with name" entries. The first would copy the raw e-mail address, the latter would copy the formal e-mail with, e.g. "John Q. Public" <jpublic(a)domain.tld>. The context menu contains no ability to copy any e-mail address or anything else for that matter. Moreover, it is difficult to manually copy the raw e-mail due to attempts to select the address dragging it instead of allowing selection. Only by carefully moving the mouse while watching for the cursor change from pointer to I-beam can you even select the e-mail to manually copy it. Then I wanted to export my address book (to ldif at least as in the past), but the new and improved address book has no export function at all. In fact this prompted a search of all of thunderbird to find out where the export feature was and to my great disappointment the only option that exists is to export the entire profile as a .zip file... WTF?? Hell, if I wanted to that I'd just tar --zstd the profile. So if you rely on the tbird addressbook be aware it is now nothing but a crippled rewrite lacking most of the administrative, or backup features it has traditionally had since version 1.X 20 years ago. That said, does anyone know how to manually export backup from the new .sqlite mess? What was a very efficient and concise Mork address book format, e.g. -rw-r--r-- 1 david david 163980 May 13 2022 abook.mab (I'm guessing this last save was immediately before my 15.4 install) is now an unholy sqlite mess: -rw-r--r-- 1 david david 1048576 Nov 24 03:21 abook-1.sqlite -rw-r--r-- 1 david david 196784 Nov 29 12:48 abook-1.sqlite-wal -rw-r--r-- 1 david david 1048576 Sep 17 04:05 abook-1.v3.sqlite -rw-r--r-- 1 david david 589824 Nov 29 00:47 abook-2.sqlite -rw-r--r-- 1 david david 0 Nov 29 00:53 abook-2.sqlite-wal -rw-r--r-- 1 david david 589824 Sep 17 04:05 abook-2.v3.sqlite -rw-r--r-- 1 david david 786432 Nov 18 22:16 abook-3.sqlite -rw-r--r-- 1 david david 0 Nov 29 00:53 abook-3.sqlite-wal -rw-r--r-- 1 david david 786432 Sep 17 04:05 abook-3.v3.sqlite -rw-r--r-- 1 david david 262144 Sep 20 04:36 abook-4.sqlite -rw-r--r-- 1 david david 0 Nov 29 00:53 abook-4.sqlite-wal -rw-r--r-- 1 david david 262144 Sep 17 04:05 abook-4.v3.sqlite -rw-r--r-- 1 david david 327680 Oct 30 04:18 abook-5.sqlite -rw-r--r-- 1 david david 0 Nov 29 00:53 abook-5.sqlite-wal -rw-r--r-- 1 david david 327680 Sep 17 04:05 abook-5.v3.sqlite -rw-r--r-- 1 david david 851968 Nov 24 03:21 abook-6.sqlite -rw-r--r-- 1 david david 0 Nov 29 00:53 abook-6.sqlite-wal -rw-r--r-- 1 david david 851968 Sep 17 04:05 abook-6.v3.sqlite -rw-r--r-- 1 david david 262144 Sep 20 04:36 abook.sqlite -rw-r--r-- 1 david david 0 Nov 29 00:53 abook.sqlite-wal -rw-r--r-- 1 david david 262144 Sep 17 04:05 abook.v3.sqlite (total sqlite size 8454320 bytes, as 5055% increase) All of the different sqlite file seem to be actively used as they are all saved recently. Apparently the is one sqlite file for each category of e-mail address now (reply-to saved, any group of addresses, by account, etc..). So even a manual sqlite query is unlikely without knowing which sqlite file has what you want or looping over each sqlite file -- are you kidding me? Anybody run across a solution for this Mozilla created cluster-fsck? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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raid on hpz230
by jdd＠dodin.org 28 Nov '22

28 Nov '22

Hello, A visitor asked me last week how to install linux as double boot on a windows 10 *raid* hpz230. the raid is a firmware raid, not a software one, present on the motherboard. on the spot I was not able to make openSUSE to see the raid 1 two disks presents on the system. YaST-install sees two disks, but can't configure the free space (locked obviously by the raid software). However, these computers are SLES/SLED compatible http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c04487632.pdf however, I don't see any suse/linux specific data on the raid config page https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c02815117 any clue? (I don't have the computer at hand, but I expect the user to come again soon) thanks jdd -- mon serveur usenet: dodin.fr.nf c'est quoi, usenet? http://www.dodin.org/wiki/pmwiki.php?n=Usenet.Usenet

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[oS-en] I get hundreds of these error messages in the log
by Carlos E. R. 27 Nov '22

27 Nov '22

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I upgraded my small laptop to 15.4 (DVD offline upgrade method). Soon after, I noticed hundreds of these messages: <1.4> 2022-11-27 20:25:04 Legolas tlp 22942 - - >>> Invoke 'systemctl mask systemd-rfkill.socket' to correct this. <1.4> 2022-11-27 20:25:05 Legolas tlp 22972 - - Warning: systemd-rfkill.socket is not masked, radio device switching may not work as configured. <1.4> 2022-11-27 20:25:05 Legolas tlp 22972 - - >>> Invoke 'systemctl mask systemd-rfkill.socket' to correct this. <1.4> 2022-11-27 20:25:15 Legolas tlp 23005 - - Warning: systemd-rfkill.socket is not masked, radio device switching may not work as configured. <1.4> 2022-11-27 20:25:15 Legolas tlp 23005 - - >>> Invoke 'systemctl mask systemd-rfkill.socket' to correct this. <1.4> 2022-11-27 20:25:16 Legolas tlp 23037 - - Warning: systemd-rfkill.socket is not masked, radio device switching may not work as configured. I read <https://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php/522060-I-don-t-know-if-TLP-is-wo…>, but I do not have tlp enabled: Legolas:~ # systemctl status tlp.service ○ tlp.service - TLP system startup/shutdown Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/tlp.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled) Active: inactive (dead) Docs: https://linrunner.de/tlp Legolas:~ # I also read <https://github.com/linrunner/TLP/issues/552> So, what are those messages about? Desktop is XFCE. - -- Cheers Carlos E. R. (from 15.3 x86_64 at Telcontar) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHoEARECADoWIQQZEb51mJKK1KpcU/W1MxgcbY1H1QUCY4O9uBwccm9iaW4ubGlz dGFzQHRlbGVmb25pY2EubmV0AAoJELUzGBxtjUfVca8AmwaGZcbMnInw3gK7ii9r qId2xPnIAKCCLUyjlSTtVtdFV0YnvW/sCONt0A== =fN5L -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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raid on hpz230
by jdd＠dodin.org 24 Nov '22

24 Nov '22

Hello, A visitor asked me last week how to install linux as double boot on a windows 10 *raid* hpz230. the raid is a firmware raid, not a software one, present on the motherboard. on the spot I was not able to make openSUSE to see the raid 1 two disks presents on the system. YaST-install sees two disks, but can't configure the free space (locked obviously by the raid software). However, these computers are SLES/SLED compatible http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c04487632.pdf however, I don't see any suse/linux specific data on the raid config page https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c02815117 any clue? (I don't have the computer at hand, but I expect the user to come again soon) thanks jdd -- mon serveur usenet: dodin.fr.nf c'est quoi, usenet? http://www.dodin.org/wiki/pmwiki.php?n=Usenet.Usenet

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nVidia rollback?
by Robin Klitscher 24 Nov '22

24 Nov '22

Leap 15.4; Plasma 5.26.3; Frameworks 5.100.0; Qt 5.15.7 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650; desktop X11 not Wayland. I have a serious problem after an update that included the G06 nvidia drivers, from 525.53-15.1 to 525.53-16.1. The Plasma desktop comes up, but among several other things the windows have no titlebar or borders with all that that entails, click-to-focus doesn't work, and the four virtual desktops I normally use are absent. Overall the system is barely usable, and then only with difficulty. An attempt to re-instate the virtual desktops results in an error message that there was a problem requesting information from the compositor, and it's tempting to think that the problem might lie with the G06 driver update, though I guess it could be many other things beyond my ken. But I can't find a way of testing this by rolling back the nvidia packages. Is there one, or am I cast until there's another update??? -- Robin K Wellington "Harbour City" New Zealand

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Leap 15.4 jpg png tiff trouble
by Jos van Kan 23 Nov '22

23 Nov '22

Yesterday I upgraded from 15.3 to 15.4 from a usb stick. That went smoothly enough, but there is something strange afoot wrt the handling of some graphics files, in particular jp(e)g, png and tiff files. They are displayed as empty folders in the file manager (tested in Plasma X11, Icewm and Gnome) and gwenview cannot open them. They can be opened by Okular and Gimp and properly processed, so it is only a minor nuisance. Yet I would like to know what could possibly cause this and repair this. They are properly recognized by the CLI command "file". Any suggestions are welcome. Regards, -- Jos van Kan registered Linux user #152704

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Replacing Nvidia with AMD Radeon (decided to start Radeon config)
by Ianseeks 22 Nov '22

22 Nov '22

Hi I removed the nvidia board and installed my new old HD6570 and booted up but it just drops to a cli login with an error about SP5100-tco (nvidia also displays this message so i've assumed its not important). It first blew out with an error to say i had to enable a BIOS setting for Virtualisation which I did and it cleared that error. I've also put "radeon.cik_support=1 radeon.si_support=1" on the kernel parameters via yast but still no joy. The Radeon software is installed and running according to the logs, i've checked journalctl for Radeon errors but no joy. What simple thing have I missed as I'm a bit out of my depth here? regards and thanks Ian -- opensuse:tumbleweed:20221119 Qt: 5.15.7 KDE Frameworks: 5.100.0 - KDE Plasma: 5.26.3 - kwin 5.26.3 kmail2 5.21.3 (22.08.3) - akonadiserver 5.21.3 (22.08.3) - Kernel: 6.0.8-1-default - xf86-video-nouveau: 1.0.17

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Moving Home
by Mark Misulich 22 Nov '22

22 Nov '22

Hi, I recently bought a 1TB hard drive to add in to my computer. My drives will be dev/sda, a SSD which presently contains Leap 15.4 / and /home. dev/sdb is a standard drive, which contains Win 10 and Win XP. The third drive will be /dev/sdc, which will be the new 1TB drive. I want to move the Leap 15.4 /home from the SSD drive (dev/sda) to the 1TB drive (dev/sdc). I think the way to do this is as follows, but I'm asking the list to check this out to make sure I've got it correct. #fdisk -l (to identify the disks and make sure I've got the correct discs planned out) Then I will create a partition on /dev/sdc and format it. #mount /dev/sdc1 /mnt (Once I've made and formatted the partition on the new drive, I will need to mount it.) #cd /mnt (to see if I can change directories to the new filesystem) #ls -ahl (to see what is in the new filesystem) #rm -rf lost+found (remove the lost+found directory) #cp -rp /home/* /mnt (copy the home directory to the new filesystem on the new harddrive) #ls (to find out that everything is copied) #mv /home /home.orig (rename old home directory) #mkdir /home (make a new home directory) #cd / #umount /dev/sdc1 #mount /dev/sdc1 /home/ (to mount the new home directory) #cd / #cd ~ #pwd #ls #cd /home #ls #cd (my home name) #ls #ls -a (to make sure everything that is supposed to be in /home is there) #cp /etc/fstab /etc/fstab.org #gedit /etc/fstab Add a line at the bottom of the file to mount the new /home directory Type the name of the partition at the start of the line, and then press Tab. (dev/sdc1) Type the mount point, /home, and press Tab. Type the filesystem description ext4, and press Tab. Type defaults for the mount options, and press Tab. Type the digit 0 for the filesystem dump option, and press Tab. Type the digit 0 for the filesystem check option. It should look like this when done: /dev/sdc1 /home ext4 defaults 0 0 Then save the file. Then #reboot now Then once rebooted #df /dev/sdc1 (check that it's mounted on /home) If everything is good, then: #cd / #rm -rf home.org/ Look good? Thanks Mark

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firewalld routing problem
by Marc Chamberlin 17 Nov '22

17 Nov '22

Hello gurus! I am running an OpenSuSE 15.3 system and using it as a gateway between the internet and my internal network of computers. This is a SOHO system which I administer myself. Internal security is not something I have to worry about since my wife and I are the only users. I have set up this gateway computer, which I call Quasar, with one internet facing NIC card, and one internal network facing NIC (192.168.10.100). On the internet facing NIC I used Yast2 to configure it with one "main" public IP address and 4 additional public IP addresses. Each of these external IP addresses I want to route to/from different systems on my internal network. So for example the following table shows what I want (with actual public IP addresses obscured) - IP address 200.xxx.xxx.10 <--------- routed to/from --------> 192.168.10.100 (this is for quasar, the gateway computer itself with the interface name simply eth0) IP address 200.xxx.xxx.11 <--------- routed to/from --------> 192.168.10.51 (this is for bigbang and the interface name is eth0:bigbangExt) IP address 200.xxx.xxx.12 <--------- routed to/from --------> 192.168.10.21 (this is for nova and the interface name is eth0:novaExt) IP address 200.xxx.xxx.13 <--------- routed to/from --------> 192.168.10.31 (this is for darkstar and the interface name is eth0:darkstarEx) etc. I have been trying to set these routes up with firewalld, but so far no joy getting it to work. Examples to the 2 main approaches I have tried are shown below. First, I configured a sejparate zone for each of the external IP address, so for example for the computer I call bigbang, I configured a zone called bigbangExt and assigned the interface eth0:bigbangExt to it. I then configured the IP Port Forwarding data such that there is an entry for each port I wanted to configure and forward to bigbang. The xml file for this configuration is shown here - quasar:/etc/firewalld/zones # cat bigbangExt.xml <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <zone> <service name="apache2"/> <service name="apache2-ssl"/> <service name="http"/> <service name="https"/> <service name="smtp"/> <service name="smtps"/> <service name="smtp-submission"/> <service name="imap"/> <service name="imaps"/> <service name="pop3"/> <service name="pop3s"/> <protocol value="icmp"/> <protocol value="tcp"/> <protocol value="udp"/> <masquerade/> <forward-port port="9000-9001" protocol="tcp" to-port="9000-9001" to-addr="192.168.10.51"/> <forward-port port="465" protocol="tcp" to-port="465" to-addr="192.168.10.51"/> <forward-port port="587" protocol="tcp" to-port="587" to-addr="192.168.10.51"/> <forward-port port="25" protocol="tcp" to-port="25" to-addr="192.168.10.51"/> <forward-port port="110" protocol="tcp" to-port="110" to-addr="192.168.10.51"/> <forward-port port="995" protocol="tcp" to-port="995" to-addr="192.168.10.51"/> <forward-port port="993" protocol="tcp" to-port="993" to-addr="192.168.10.51"/> <forward-port port="10000" protocol="tcp" to-port="10000" to-addr="192.168.10.51"/> <forward-port port="80" protocol="tcp" to-port="80" to-addr="192.168.10.51"/> <forward-port port="143" protocol="tcp" to-port="143" to-addr="192.168.10.51"/> <interface name="eth0:bigbangExt"/> </zone> SURPRISINGLY to me at least, this did not work. For example, if I bring up a web browser and connect directly to the internal IP address 192.168.10.51 I will get the appropriate web page displayed. But if I connect to the external public IP address 200.xxx.xxx.11 it's no joy! So, for my second attempt, I tried using Direct Configuration in firewalld. Since I cannot do a copy/paste from firewalld, I will just show the configuration file - direct.xml, when set up just to do routing for bigbang - quasar:/etc/firewalld # cat direct.xml <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <direct> <rule ipv="ipv4" table="nat" chain="PREROUTING" priority="0">-d 200.xxx.xxx.11 -i eth0:bigbangExt -j DNAT --to-destination 192.168.10.51</rule> <rule ipv="ipv4" table="nat" chain="POSTROUTING" priority="0">-s 192.168.10.51 -j SNAT --to-source 200.xxx.xxx.11</rule> <rule ipv="ipv4" table="filter" chain="FORWARD" priority="0">-s 192.168.10.51/32 -j ACCEPT</rule> <rule ipv="ipv4" table="filter" chain="FORWARD" priority="0">-d 192.168.10.51/32 -j ACCEPT</rule> </direct> However, again no joy! I am not getting routing from the external interface/IP addresses as I want/expect. I looked through the log files and iptables listings and I could not see anything obviously wrong, but then again my ability to grok iptables lists is somewhat limited. (I am by no means an expert on iptables!) I have reached the end of my ability to debug and figure out what I am doing wrong, so need some help from firewalld and iptables gurus to help me get over this hump. As always, many thanks in advance for any and all forms of assistance! MarcC -- *"The Truth is out there" - Spooky* -- *_ _ . . . . . . _ _ . _ _ _ _ . . . . _ . . . . _ _ . _ _ _ . . . . _ _ . _ . . _ . _ _ _ _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . * Computers: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the user Marc. His mission: to explore strange new hardware. To seek out new software and new applications. To boldly go where no Marc has gone before! (/This email is digitally signed. My public key for sending encrypted email to me can be found at - https://keys.openpgp.org/search?q=marc@domesweetdome.us.com or just ask me for it and I will send it to you as an attachment. If you don't understand, no worries, just ignore it and/or ask me to explain it further./)

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Updates mess with thunderbird translations (yes/no buttons)
by Karl Sinn 10 Nov '22

10 Nov '22

Hi, in thunderbird, when one uses the keyboard shortcut "n" to navigate to the next unread message and the next unread message is in another folder a window opens asking for confirmation to actually go to the next folder. Now my system is entirely configured for the German language settings and should therefor label the buttons with Ja/Nein. Now I realized a few times that when I run updates, they mess with these buttons, they then appear in English language as Yes/No while the rest of thunderbird (as far as I can tell) still uses German language. Depending on the update I have different language on these buttons... Two questions: - How can I set that back? - Is there a way to prevent this? thanks, Karl

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TW firewall and zeroconf / smb3 on TrueNAS
by Stakanov 09 Nov '22

09 Nov '22

I have two machines running, a TW (most recent always) and a trueNAS (FreeBSD based). I have in the TrueNAS running a jail with miniDLNA to stream movies via the network (to a smart TV but also to a PC). I also have put the pools with samba on a share with appropriate permissions. I did allow in firewall of TW (via yast): upnp, zeroconf, samba client. Now guess what, if I am running the dolphin to search the network for services, he does not see on TW neither upnp services nor zeroconf not even samba. When I do instead stop the firewall and search, all appears and works. This is true also after reboot - just in case anybody suggested it. Are the yast allowances to the FW still working or has all to be edited via some config file / table? Thank you.

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Mess of locales in TW
by Stakanov 06 Nov '22

06 Nov '22

while trying to find out how to fix sudo in the "newly intended way" (communication is as usually woefully flawed by hubris in thinking that problems will go away by posting a "notice" on some exotic email list, very funny, just that as a toxic side note, SCNR), I have now an issue in TW that I do not even marginally understand. My system is set up locale IT. So all should be in Italian.......should it? a) while writing the update requests, the system does inform as expected in Italian. Then it switches to .... German???? And finally it gives the warning for dup in English. Provided I am a user of many languages on this system, for personal means. But the users are all set up in Italian. No user is setup in German (but the geographical "time zone" is set to Berlin because I am in Germany currently, does the German thing comes from that? > Alcuni programmi in esecuzione utilizzano ancora file e librerie rilevati e > aggiornati da upgrade recenti. Riavviarli per trarre vantaggio dagli ultimi > aggiornamenti. Eseguire 'zypper ps -s' per visualizzare l'elenco di questi > programmi. > > entropy@silversurfer:~> sudo zypper dup > [sudo] password di entropy: > »entropy« ist nicht in der sudoers-Datei. > > Dieser Vorfall wurde an den Administrator gemeldet. > entropy@silversurfer:~> su - > Password: > silversurfer:~ # zypper dup > Loading repository data... > Reading installed packages... > Warning: You are about to do a distribution upgrade with all enabled > repositories. Make sure these repositories are compatible before you > continue. See 'man zypper' for more information about this command. > Computing distribution upgrade... > Nothing to do. > silversurfer:~ # exit > logout > entropy@silversurfer:~> sudo zypper dup > [sudo] password di entropy: > Riprovare. > [sudo] password di entropy: > »entropy« ist nicht in der sudoers-Datei. > > Dieser Vorfall wurde an den Administrator gemeldet. > entropy@silversurfer:~> Try to make me understand why my system is so much about "inclusion". Thank you very much, grazie tante (e quelli con l'idea del avviso per sudo senza spiegazioni specialmente un "Grazia, Graziella, e grazie al..."), Danke vielmals.

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[oS-en] I'm finally getting things done with LibreOffice Base
by Carlos E. R. 04 Nov '22

04 Nov '22

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 After several years, I'm finally progressing with LibreOffice Base. I have a catalogue of my books in MySQL, done with the application Rekall (KDE3). The app is not maintained, so I have been trying for years to migrate to something else, the obvious one LibreOffice Base. It is more difficult that Microsoft Base, which I learned to use without documentation in a month back in 1998. It appears that the trick is that to write to my table I have to use a form, not a table. See what I have (created by the wizard, then modified): <https://susepaste.org/56891822> Top is the table as is, and in the subform below are the controls. See the first row, with a "0_test" book selected. The same book is displayed below. The data Autor, SegundoAutor and TercerAutor display the numbers 1, 2, 3, corresponding to an auxiliary table of authors. The entries below in white background show the text, the names of the first author, second and third, selectable from the list. This has been the hurdle for years (true, I have not dedicated intense study to it). (In Rekall, or in Office, I get the name of the authors directly in the main table. It knows how to handle the relationship automatically, r/w. It was trivial). The simple detail that remains now is to join the label "Autor 1" to the control below, so that when I click there in design view both move as a single object. I have not seen this in the tutorial: Getting Started Guide 7.3 Chapter 8, Getting Started with Base Relational databases in LibreOffice <https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/images/9/99/GS7308-GettingStartedWithBa…> This has been done automatically somehow by the wizard in all the controls it has created. But I do not know how to replicate, and it should be trivial. Somebody knows? - -- Cheers Carlos E. R. (from 15.3 x86_64 at Telcontar) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHoEARECADoWIQQZEb51mJKK1KpcU/W1MxgcbY1H1QUCY1Wh+Rwccm9iaW4ubGlz dGFzQHRlbGVmb25pY2EubmV0AAoJELUzGBxtjUfV4wkAmwf+UHoVx8oCqJVs5mPa VOrEXyzwAJ9KelawLONAPhjSYzf3qOEV0P4Eiw== =C+Op -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Server-side mail folders problem with Thunderbird
by Philippe Andersson 03 Nov '22

03 Nov '22

Hello list, Last week, I switched to using OAuth2 (aka "Modern Authentication") from Thunderbird to access my company's Office365 mailbox over IMAP. Everything went swell for 2 days. Over the week-end, I applied the (Leap 15.3) online update for Thunderbird (to v102.4.0), and this morning all my server-side folders were gone. The Inbox itself could still be accessed, and the local folders have no issue. I then reverted to the earlier version of TB (v102.2.2), and after some fiddling, I could get some of the server-side folders to reappear and to resynch, but: - even though the messages are listed in those folders, the message contents won't display if I select one of them (status says "loading") forever - sent messages aren't copied to the "sent items" folder -- there as well, it waits forever Has anyone else here been confronted with a similar behaviour? TIA Ph. A. -- *Philippe Andersson* Unix System Administrator IBA Particle Therapy | Tel: +32-10-475.983 Fax: +32-10-487.707 eMail: pan(a)iba-group.com <http://www.iba-worldwide.com> Disclaimer | Use of IBA e-communication<https://iba-worldwide.com/disclaimer> The contents of this e-mail message and any attachments are intended solely for the recipient (s) named above. This communication is intended to be and to remain confidential and may be protected by intellectual property rights. Any use of the information contained herein (including but not limited to, total or partial reproduction, communication or distribution of any form) by persons other than the designated recipient(s) is prohibited. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free. Ion Beam Applications does not accept liability for any such errors. Thank you for your cooperation.

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