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go - puts package repository under $HOME - should go under $HOME/.config
by David C. Rankin 11 Sep '24

11 Sep '24

Devs, Why does installing go add another entire directory under $HOME. Shouldn't this go under $HOME/.config? Moreover, why create it by default? After all the hard work that has been done to prevent the sprawl in $HOME and moving all config/support files to $HOME/.config, this seems like a step backwards. Can this go somewhere else (no pun intended...) -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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Bonded ethernet network
by Roger Oberholtzer 10 Sep '24

10 Sep '24

If one bonds a number of NIC, is it a requirement that they be connected to the network via a switch? Say that you connect two computers to each other, with 4 NIC on one computer directly connected to 4 NIC on the other. On each these are bonded (called a Team on Windows). I know that if you do use a switch, it must support Static Link Aggregation. But is a switch required to make this work at all? -- Roger Oberholtzer

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[oS-EN] Screensaver problem
by Carlos E. R. 09 Sep '24

09 Sep '24

Hi, I have been observing for weeks that the screensaver + sleep display feature in XFCE was not triggering. And I just noticed that after I closed all firefox windows, it triggers again. My hypothesis is that firefox, which has several opened tabs with youtube windows, is blocking the screensaver. Notice that they are videos not running currently: they are all finished or paused in mid play for continuing at another time. Yet they seem to inhibit the screensaver. (system is as per signature) -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from Telcontar, using openSUSE Leap 15.5)

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Build server repos times two
by Bill Merriam 09 Sep '24

09 Sep '24

I find https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/server:/mail/openSUSE_Leap_15.6/ and I find https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/server:/mail/15.6/ Both of them report "Valid metadata not found at specified URL". How much beer must I drink before I no longer have this problem?? bill

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Nvidia G04 driver - TW 6.10.8 kernel needs update.
by David C. Rankin 09 Sep '24

09 Sep '24

All G04 Nvidia Users, Before updating TW to the 6.10.8 kernel, don't forget to update the nvidia G04 driver (patched driver available in): https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/wkazubski:/G03/openSUSE_Tu… the driver itself hasn't change but needed to be rebuilt against current packages. Otherwise 640x480 looks really really bad... -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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[oS-EN] Found firefox feature tab unload
by Carlos E. R. 07 Sep '24

07 Sep '24

Hi, I just discovered a "new" firefox feature. I have a low power tiny computer which I use as server and to display videos. It often runs a firefox window with maybe five tabs, each on one youtube link that I follow, so to easily watch the next video in the series when I am on the mood. Problem: each tab eats a significant amount of CPU power. Solution: open a tab with "about:unloads" and click the "unload" button several times, to unload from memory the tabs using most resources. The computer went to maybe 5% instead of 25% cpu. Tabs that are "unloaded" by this are actually unloaded, they are blanked. So no cpu, and no ram. I assume that clicking on a tab awakes it again. Not tried yet. Yes, it does. But you have to click reload on "about:unloads" so that the awakened tab is listed again in the tab running the list And the reloaded tab remembers it was in mid-play, I mean, remembers the position. On my main computer releasing memory is not important. What interests me is freezing the cpu usage of tabs. Do you know something for that? Previously I tried this addon: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/play-or-pause-tab-menu-item/ Doesn't quite work, it just pauses the play, but the tab still eats cpu. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from Telcontar, using openSUSE Leap 15.5)

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Why do I have to repeatedly - zypper rm openSUSE-repos-MicroOS openSUSE-repos-MicroOS-NVIDIA ??
by David C. Rankin 06 Sep '24

06 Sep '24

Devs, I removed the cdn repos, but next time I check they are back?? Once I remove those packages they should not automatically reinstall themselves. What is going on? I just had to remove them again today and fix all the .rpmsave problems in /etc/zypp/repos.d/ I shouldn't have to blacklist these packages. Does this need a bug report? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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YaST .../wizard/style.qss - font-size: 10.5pt makes the interface much more readable (like installation.qss)
by David C. Rankin 05 Sep '24

05 Sep '24

All, YaST gui in TW for software management had fonts that made it look awkward. I picked around and found the .qss theme files and the installation.qss contains: * { font-family:"Source Sans 3",sans; font-size: 10.5pt } But the default style.qss has no font size and the fonts are much larger. I suspect if you have current KDE or have the Gtk version installed on a Gtk desktop then current desktop theming may provide a font size setting for YaST, but for other desktops, YaST Software Management just appears to have big fonts. If you are faced with the same issue, just edit the .qss file of your choosing in /usr/share/YaST2/theme/current/wizard/ and add the 4 lines above. I find the 10.5 font size about right. (you can try all themes by pressing [Shift + F3] and choosing from the list) -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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nvidia g05 or nouveau in TW Live/Install?
by bent fender 05 Sep '24

05 Sep '24

My nvidia gt640 video card is temporarily re-installed after the AMD card went kaput. The TW install and Live DVD's both boot but end up with a black screen after the last HDMI symbol appears. The DVD continues reading but the prog is unaware that I can't see anything. I thought that the installers and Live media could work with any card. What are my options to recover the installation and use it with this card UFN?

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Repo: http://mirror.fcix.net/opensuse/tumbleweed/repo/ 0.0 - 2.0 KiB/s
by David C. Rankin 04 Sep '24

04 Sep '24

Devs, all, I've been stuck doing a "zypper se eigen" for 30 minutes waiting for repositories to update. The problematic repo on Tumbleweed is the default "openSUSE-*-0.repo" that has baseurl=http://mirror.fcix.net/opensuse/tumbleweed/repo/ Here is the current thoughput: $ bwm-ng v0.6.3 (probing every 0.500s), press 'h' for help input: /proc/net/dev type: rate | iface Rx Tx Total = <snip> KB/s wlo1: 0.00 KB/s 0.00 KB/s 0.00 KB/s br0: 0.00 KB/s 0.00 KB/s 0.00 KB/s - total: 0.00 KB/s 0.00 KB/s 0.00 KB/s A few minutes later: $ bwm-ng v0.6.3 (probing every 0.500s), press 'h' for help input: /proc/net/dev type: rate / iface Rx Tx Total = <snip> wlo1: 0.22 KB/s 0.18 KB/s 0.40 KB/s br0: 0.00 KB/s 0.00 KB/s 0.00 KB/s - total: 0.22 KB/s 0.18 KB/s 0.40 KB/s Is there any system that monitors mirrors and kicks them out when they can't serve packages? Finally after what seems like forever I get: Repository 'openSUSE-20240704-0' is invalid. [openSUSE-20240704-0|http://mirror.fcix.net/opensuse/tumbleweed/repo/oss/] Valid metadata not found at specified URL History: - Timeout exceeded when accessing 'http://mirror.fcix.net/opensuse/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/762ac4531c45ef…'. Also, where does the "openSUSE-*-0.repo" come from on TW? I didn't add it. It seems duplicative of "download.opensuse.org-oss.repo" where both have baseurls looking for .../tumbleweed/repo/oss/ -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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