On 31/05/2019 16.27, Doug McGarrett wrote:
On 5/31/19 2:58 AM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
First things first: what openSUSE release have you installed, and how? There is Leap 42.3 Leap 15.0 and Leap 15.1, and Tumbleweed.
The Tumbleweed version was downloaded 19 May 2019. I don't know what that version would be called. The desktop is KDE, and I have followed the instructions to make the applications selection look like the ancient Windows or the older PCLOS.
Ok. In my opinion, Tumbleweed is not the best release for you. It needs more work. It is the newest, where things first appear, where errors first appear as well. You then have to investigate why something doesn't work as expected. In my opinion, you should be using Leap 15.1. Depends on your expectations, but you are probably in time to change it.
Second: What desktop have you installed? There is Plasma (aka KDE), there is Gnome, there is XFCE, and a few others that I forget their names.
Each one will manage your mouse correctly for you. In the case of gnome, there is one "gsynaptics".
Or are you, by any chance, deity forbid, trying to install openSUSE packages over PCLOSS? No help that road, as nobody has done that before.
I shrank the Windows partitions and created two blank data partitions and one swap, then installed Tumbleweed and let it select where to put things. I suspect that it used the larger partition for the boot / and the smaller for data, which seems the wrong way , but for now I'm leaving things the way they are.
Ok, please open a terminal (konsole), and type: df -h paste the result here. That will tell us what partitions you have and their sizes, better than a description :-)
Using Thunderbird email program, and it automatically double-spaces everything.
I can see that! I wondered why you were doing that. So old Th does that? I have no idea why. here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUJyZEmD_vE It is a video, gosh. But short. Don't thank me, I googled "thunderbird double line spacing" :-D There are texts in the search that give the same info. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1120795 Explains why. News to me.
2. Why can't I install any printers? I have provided my password TWICE,
but then it comes up forbidden? If I open CUPS and provide a password, will I have to install Just start up YaST, which will ask for the *root* password, and then follow your nose to the printer module :-)
Did that, but I'm over my head. The connection is the network connection, an RJ45 port on the computer that goes to the router, and all the printers (3) are connected to the router. I told YAST that one of the printers is an Epson WP4530, and it brought up a list of Epson printers, but the WP4530 is not on it, and apparently it can't find the Epson, which is my usual color printer and scanner.
Ah, a networked computer. Often you have to tell the wizard the IP of the printer as it often fails to find them.
I haven't tried the two HPs--the usual letter-size LaserJet Pro, M201dw, the other an 11" x 17" color printer and scanner, HP OfficeJet Pro, 7740. I would not use the 7740 for general work, it's only for the B-size output. Obviously the network is functioning, since I can email over it and use Firefox, etc. YAST offers several connections, but I don't know which one is the RJ45.
ip addr in a terminal will tell what connections you have. Or you mean while searching for a printer? It can be confusing. Wait, a book: https://doc.opensuse.org/ Choose the one you like. Chapter 8 https://doc.opensuse.org/documentation/leap/startup/html/book.opensuse.start... Go directly to 8.4 https://doc.opensuse.org/documentation/leap/startup/html/book.opensuse.start... 8.4 Network Printers It will probably be "socket". At least HPs are there.
When I try to probe for the printers, it finds nothing, and I see a message that there is no print queue.
Yeah, just tell it the IP manually. There is, however, a long delay till it searches first and then you can type the address.
I will have to find a way to make Thunderbird quit double-spacing! I could not make any headway with KPrint at all, that's why thunderbird, which I don't particularly care for. (Don't know if I'd prefer KPrint, since I can't install it.)
Wait, Thunderbird just does email, and KPrint handles the printer. They are not related. Do I miss something? :-?
Sorry that I'm such a dunce, but I'm snowed here!
Don't worry. Just be patient, replies can take some hours to come ;-) -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.0 x86_64 at Telcontar)