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Re: [opensuse-support] trying Leap

by Patrick Shanahan

* Doug McGarrett <dmcgarrett(a)optonline.net> [09-22-20 23:56]: > > On 9/22/20 10:19 PM, Darryl Gregorash wrote: > > On 2020-09-22 6:56 p.m., Doug McGarrett wrote: > > /snip/ > > Wanted to find Thunderbird--with Darryl help, found and installed it, and am > using it right now. > > > It's in the main repository, package name MozillaThunderbird. > > > > The easiest way to find packages you need is to use the search function > > in YaST > > That worked once. I found and installed KFind. Tried to "find" another app, > and was stymied by > > a program called ruby.ruby. Was told I need to close it. I didn't open it, > and I don't know what it does. What part of Daryyl's instruction, "The easiest way to find packages you need is to use the search function in YaST", did you not understand? > Tried killall on the pid number provided, but nothing happened. (This > happened to me on TW also.) perhaps you should quit using a computer. -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA @ptilopteri http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member facebook/ptilopteri Photos: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/piwigo paka @ IRCnet freenode -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-support+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-support+owner(a)opensuse.org

4 years, 2 months

Re: [opensuse-support] kfind

by Patrick Shanahan

* Ralph <suselist(a)cableone.net> [08-29-20 19:50]: > On Sat, 29 Aug 2020 19:09:39 -0400 > Doug McGarrett <dmcgarrett(a)optonline.net> wrote: > > > On 8/29/20 5:11 PM, Carlos E. R. wrote: > > > On 29/08/2020 22.01, Doug McGarrett wrote: > > > > Why from Internet, when kfind is available in the official > > > Tumbleweed repos? > > > > > > I don't know how to find or use Tumbleweed repos. Please clue me > > > in. It would save me trouble, > > and maybe save my questions. > > With all respect, if you do not know how to find/use a repo you are not > ready for TW. TW is not really the right thing for beginners. Instead, > install Leap 15.2. Then read the Start Up Guide and other available > documentation and learn some basic openSUSE before jumping to TW. we have beat that drum, but ... -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA @ptilopteri http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member facebook/ptilopteri Photos: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/piwigo paka @ IRCnet freenode -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-support+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-support+owner(a)opensuse.org

4 years, 3 months

Re: [opensuse-support] files list?

by Patrick Shanahan

* Doug McGarrett <dmcgarrett(a)optonline.net> [09-01-20 14:11]: > > On 9/1/20 5:26 AM, Carlos E. R. wrote: > > On 01/09/2020 06.47, Doug McGarrett wrote: > > > Is there an app that will give one a list of all the available files > > > in a repo? > > > > A web browser. > > > > > If so, how are the repos named, so as to determine which repo one is > > > looking at? > > > > The URL in the browser tells the name. > > > > http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/ > > There are a number of listed files that are almost identical, frinstance: > > hamradio > > hamradio: > > And it turns out that neither of these is installable by zypper. What gives? perhaps because they are directories that lead to repositories, not repositories themselve, ie: <address><repo.filename>.repo which you would then include in zypper, /etc/zypp/repos.d/<repo.filename>.repo then update the db zypper ref then list the files zypper sf -s -r <repo.filename> -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA @ptilopteri http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member facebook/ptilopteri Photos: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/piwigo paka @ IRCnet freenode -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-support+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-support+owner(a)opensuse.org

4 years, 3 months

Re: [opensuse-support] kfind

by Doug

On 08/29/2020 08:28 PM, Ralph wrote: > On Sat, 29 Aug 2020 20:16:29 -0400 > Doug McGarrett <dmcgarrett(a)optonline.net> wrote: > >> On 8/29/20 7:49 PM, Ralph wrote: >>> On Sat, 29 Aug 2020 19:09:39 -0400 Replaced kfind with YAST version. Problem solved. /snip/ >> >> >> I have been using TW for over a year. Hopefully there is some >> documentation for it; if so, where? >> (See my comments below.) > > > I run Leap 15.1, not TW, but you can get all the current Leap (15.2) > documentation at: https://doc.opensuse.org/ > > Can't help you with Thunderbird as I use Claws Mail. > > Ralph > Thanx, Ralph. I found the stuff you mentioned, and it should be a big help. Also, I found on the boot-up screen there is an info box that I have been ignoring--who ever reads the directions?--and I opened it up and found a bunch of stuff, probably including some or all of what you have pointed me to. I looked at the file you recommended and printed out a lot of it. I'll put it all in a losse-leaf for constant reference. THANK YOU! --doug -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-support+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-support+owner(a)opensuse.org

4 years, 3 months

[opensuse-support] Re: apps piling up in panel

by Doug McGarrett

On 11/18/20 8:51 PM, Patrick Shanahan wrote: > * Doug McGarrett <dmcgarrett(a)optonline.net> [11-18-20 20:35]: >> Two or three times recently--as recent as this afternoon--a whole batch of >> apps, the icons >> of which live in the panel, or systray, have piled up at the left-hand side. >> They don't overlap, >> but they are all directly to the right of the normal (what I consider >> normal) icons, which are the >> smiling ball, desktop1, system settings, YaST, Konsole terminal, and Kate. >> All the other >> icons --15, plus the time/date, have moved to the left. What is causing >> this, and how can >> I make it stop? (I have moved them back a couple of times, but they no >> longer stay put.) >> System is OS-TW, up to date as per 1114. (I think it also occurred before >> this update.) > just mouse click on the desktop and the "icons" will go back to where they > previously were. you do have the icon locations locked.... > That's the first I heard of locking the icon locations, so naturally I do not have them locked. How does one accomplish that? In the meantime, mouse-clicking on the panel does nothing. Sounds like this has happened to others? --doug

4 years

Re: KWallet--how?

by Axel Braun

Hello Doug, Am Montag, 29. November 2021, 04:20:27 CET schrieb dmcgarrett(a)optonline.net: .... > defeated trying to install that. Trying it cold didn't work, so I just > tried https://duckduckgo.com/?q=short+guide+for+pam_kwallet&ia=web, from > benediktg, ran sudo > zypper pam_kwallet, and very carefully modified the three files it > requests--/etc/pam.d//passwd, /etc/pam.d/login, and /etc/pam.d/sddm. I > checked the "new" versions > carefully, and I'm really pretty sure they agree with those posted. I > put an icon on the desktop that's called "KWallet/Manager," by > selecting it from the bowling ball, but > when I click on the icon, nothing happens. > Any helpful advice welcome. Look like you have broken the installed kwallet somehow. Revert your changes to the last working state, ideally the initial setup. When you call Kwallet the first time it asks for a pgp key, or alternatively 'classic encryption' using a password. If you enter an empty password here, KWallet is basically invisible. I guess thats what you are looking for? (I wanted to write 'disabled' but I'm not sure if it is just silent or not) > PS--this mail routine from optimum.com is NOT user-friendly, in my > humble opinion. Yes, the line-break is is nightmare and your mail is hard to read Best Axel

3 years

Re: KWallet--how?

by Carlos E. R.

On 29/11/2021 04.20, dmcgarrett(a)optonline.net wrote: > I'm going somewhat crazier than usual trying to use Thuderbird Mail > because Thunderbird has blown up again, lost my password, won't let me > put in a new one, the > on-line instructions for fixing it (using Windows) Don't use instructions for windows. > don't seem to work > anymore--I think they've "updated" it. I want to use KMail, but it wants > KWallet, and I have been I don't think you will be happier with KMail. Look. Open Thunderbird. Edit / Preferences. Search for "passw" (there is a search box, top-right). You will see a button for "Saved passwords", click that. Search then for the one or ones you want and simply delete them. Or remove all. You can also display them. Once done, close that dialog, and verify that you have defined a Master Password. If not, do create it now. Or is it the master password the one you forgot? I don't know if there is a way to regenerate a forgotten master password, but my guess is, you have to first erase all existing passwords, then try disable "use a master password". Otherwise, I would create a new Thunderbird profile and start over. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.2 x86_64 at Telcontar)

3 years

Re: [opensuse-support] Thunderbird printing previous responses in pale blue

by Patrick Shanahan

* Doug McGarrett <dmcgarrett(a)optonline.net> [10-08-20 19:23]: > > > On 10/8/20 4:49 PM, Patrick Shanahan wrote: > > * Bengt Gördén <bengan(a)bag.org> [10-08-20 16:28]: > > > On 2020-10-08 00:45, Doug McGarrett wrote: > > > > Just very recently, received emails by Thunderbird that are quoting a > > > > previous email are printing the quote in a light blue text that is hard > > > > to read. Can this be fixed, and if so, how? > > > > Thanx. > > > Hi Doug, > > > > > > It can be changed. Go to: > > > > > > Edit->Preferences->General->Plain text messages > > isn't that where changes were made to make them print light blue? > > > Not by me! --doug then you *must* have someone else admin'ing your computer. -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA @ptilopteri http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member facebook/ptilopteri Photos: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/piwigo paka @ IRCnet freenode -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-support+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-support+owner(a)opensuse.org

4 years, 2 months

Re: [opensuse-support] cpu temperature

by Patrick Shanahan

* Doug McGarrett <dmcgarrett(a)optonline.net> [09-07-20 14:31]: > > > On 9/6/20 10:34 PM, Lew Wolfgang wrote: > > On 9/6/20 7:20 PM, Doug McGarrett wrote: > > > > > > > > > On 9/6/20 8:02 PM, Lew Wolfgang wrote: > > > > On 9/6/20 4:06 PM, Patrick Shanahan wrote: > > > > > * Doug McGarrett <dmcgarrett(a)optonline.net> [09-06-20 19:02]: > > > > > > > > > > > > On 9/6/20 5:47 PM, Carlos E. R. wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Lew told you in his post. It is the same file where it has been for > > > > > > > decades: /var/log/messages > > > > > > ran "locate messages" and there is no file in /var/log/ > > > > > > or anywhere that > > > > > > looks like it is related to the os. All related to some > > > > > > application file or other. > > > > > > --doug > > > > > > > > so maybe no syslog invocation, ie: all systemd-journal > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > tell him how to find "panic" in the journal. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Good point, what version of Leap are you running, Doug? If you're > > > > not sure you can "cat /etc/os-release". > > > As someone else pointed out, the system is not Leap, it's Tumbleweed. > > > > Ah, I missed that. Some older releases of openSUSE didn't run > > syslog by default, which would explain why /var/log/messages was > > missing. Leap 15.2 does run it by default, I don't know about > > Tumbleweed. > > journalctl should be there in any case. > > > > > > > > > > > > > Can you try "journalctl | |grep -i panic" as root and see what happens? > > > > > > > locate does not find cournalctl > > > > You don't need to "locate" journalctl, it's a program that lives in > > /usr/bin. > > > > You should find it by doing "which journalctl", or just typing > > "journalctl", > > assuming your paths are set correctly. > > > > Regards, > > Lew > > > linux1:/home/doug # journalctl | lgrep -i panic > If 'lgrep' is not a typo you can use command-not-found to lookup the package > that contains it, like this: > cnf lgrep > linux1:/home/doug # journalctl | grep -i panic > (return to linux1) > Had to install lgrep: > linux1:/home/doug # zypper install lv > Retrieving package lv-4.51-149.12.x86_64 (1/1), 424.8 KiB (620.2 KiB > unpacked) > Retrieving: lv-4.51-149.12.x86_64.rpm .................................................................................................[done] > > Checking for file conflicts: ..........................................................................................................[done] > (1/1) Installing: lv-4.51-149.12.x86_64 ...............................................................................................[done] > linux1:/home/doug # journalctl | lgrep -i panic > linux1:/home/doug # > > No panic anywhere. > Ran memtest overnite. All clean. Doug, it is *not* "lgrep" but "| grep", the verticle line ie: the pipe character. You MUST read and FOLLOW directions as presented. -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA @ptilopteri http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member facebook/ptilopteri Photos: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/piwigo paka @ IRCnet freenode -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-support+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-support+owner(a)opensuse.org

4 years, 3 months

[opensuse-support] Re: apps piling up in panel

by Patrick Shanahan

* Doug McGarrett <dmcgarrett(a)optonline.net> [11-20-20 14:06]: > > > On 11/20/20 3:17 AM, Ianseeks wrote: > > On Thursday, 19 November 2020 20:09:36 GMT Patrick Shanahan wrote: > > > * Bengt Gördén <bengan(a)bag.org> [11-19-20 14:02]: > > > > On 2020-11-19 19:30, Ianseeks wrote: > > > > > > > > > /snip/ > I've got the "'task manager" or what I believe is the task manager, back and > working. The icons > at the right hand end of the panel are back where they belong. AFAIK, they > will still wander, > but whatever causes that seems obscure. I was hoping for a simple cure, but > AFAIK, the > problem is not fixed, and I will have to either live with the items all > piled up on the left, > or move them back to the right whenever they decide to wander. Thank you all > for your > assistance. Consider this thread closed but not fixed. except the "task manager" panel is not where the images are being displayed. and unless you follow the provided instructions, you *will* live the the "icons" "wandering". you are really displaying a disturbing lack of attention. -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA @ptilopteri http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member facebook/ptilopteri Photos: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/piwigo paka @ IRCnet freenode

4 years

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