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Re: [opensuse-support] new TW install quesion

by Patrick Shanahan

* Doug <dmcgarrett(a)optonline.net> [06-30-20 18:38]: > > > On 6/28/2020 4:14 PM, tomas.kuchta.lists(a)gmail.com wrote: > > On Sat, 2020-06-27 at 08:15 -0400, Felix Miata wrote: > > > Doug composed on 2020-06-26 21:10 (UTC-0400): > > > > > > > I have down-loaded OS-TW today (26 June) and burned it to DVD. I want to ADD > > > > it to a Windows > > > > system on a new computer. I have partitioned the SSD as follows: > > > > P1 EFS sys fat32 > > > > P2 Microsoft reserved > > > > p3 Basic data ntfs > > > > P5 / ext4 46 GiB boot,esp > > > > P6 /home ext 234 GiB > > > > P7 linux swap 27 GiB > > > > p4 ntfs Basic data parttion (windows) > > > > > > What created the list above, you and your keyboard? ESP means > > > > > > EFI System Partition > > > > > > An ESP partition always has to be VFAT. So, your "P5" cannot be ESP, and most > > > likely has no use for a boot flag. > > OK, here's the picture: (see attachment--I can't paste the damn picture > using Windows!) That should obviate my typos. > --doug NO, you do not send 500k to everyone on the list. Show some basic courtesy. -- (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, 5 months

Re: help with rename

by Doug McGarrett

On 2/5/21 1:58 PM, Patrick Shanahan wrote: > * Doug McGarrett <dmcgarrett(a)optonline.net> [02-05-21 13:50]: >> >> On 2/5/21 3:34 AM, Bengt Gördén wrote: >>> On 2021-02-05 07:26, Doug McGarrett wrote: >>>> Someone who has used Linux for years may expect >>>> to have that combination. >>> There is also "Discover". From the info: >>> >>> Discover is a graphical software manager for the KDE Plasma desktop It >>> helps users to find software they might want easily and quickly. >>> >>> By allowing to navigate a software library by search, categories, >>> top lists along with detailed application information including >>> screenshots and reviews, users can more quickly find applications >>> that suit their needs. >>> >>> >>> It's probably already installed on your system. If not: >>> >>> zypper install discover >>> >>> >>> >> OK, you're right. Discover does list a batch of apps. Except that the files >> listed are not in any rational order, >> I suppose one could say that it takes the place of synaptics. Maybe. >> >> But while I'm at it, some other useful commands have been eliminated for no >> apparent reason-- >> one that comes to mind right away is whereis and I had thought of another >> but now it slips what's left of my mind! Oh, well. . . . > whereis is still there but perhaps you neglected to install it. it is > provided by util-linux-2.36.1-1.1.x86_64 Please tell me how to install that. Thanx--doug >

3 years, 10 months

Re: [opensuse-support] Cannot complete registration with openSUSEforums

by Doug McGarrett

On 6/13/20 6:20 AM, Knurpht-openSUSE wrote: > Op zaterdag 13 juni 2020 06:42:29 CEST schreef Doug McGarrett: >> On 6/6/19 1:03 PM, Carlos E. R. wrote: >>> On 06/06/2019 18.38, JigsTheorem wrote: >>>> Hi all >>>> >>>> I have a problem with Leap 15.1 and went to sign up with openSUSE forums. >>>> I >>>> received a validation email, which contained neatly ordered garbage but >>>> no >>>> validation code. The sender of this email is the webmaster from >>>> microfocus, >>>> but an email to that address just bounces. I have since discovered that >>>> openSUSE and microfocus are no longer associated. >>>> >>>> So, given that the validation process is broken, how do I get signed up >>>> to the forums? >>> Can you register to Bugzilla, or our wiki? It is the same login for all. >> OT: I was subscribed to (I think) this list, or some general questions >> list, >> but I forget the email address, and I can't look it up on the computer >> since >> the computer crashed badly and the disk cannot be accessed at the moment >> --the machine will not boot into a system. I will have to reinstall TW on >> some computer, and I need to get some questions answered before I do. >> Thanx for your assistance! >> --doug (dmcgarrett(a)optonline.net) > Don't reuse an old thread. If you have a question, I don't see one in your > post. > The question: is this the general question/answer list, at opensuse-support(a)opensuse.org? I don't remember a long email address like that. I know Knurpht was on that list that I was using. So if this is not that list, what is the email address of the list I should be using? Thanx--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, 6 months

Re: [opensuse-support] cpu temperature

by Patrick Shanahan

* Doug McGarrett <dmcgarrett(a)optonline.net> [09-06-20 19:02]: > > > On 9/6/20 5:47 PM, Carlos E. R. wrote: > > On 06/09/2020 22.27, Doug McGarrett wrote: > > > On 9/6/20 3:41 PM, Carlos E. R. wrote: > > > > On 06/09/2020 21.35, Doug McGarrett wrote: > > > > > > > > > Does anyone have a suspicion as to what else might cause a sudden > > > > > suspension of function? > > > > > > > > Not till you get a view of console 10 with some message, or > > > > perchance if there is something in the logs. Look for the word > > > > "panic". If you are lucky, the kernel might had have time to > > > > write something. > > > > > > > What log should I look in? Can you give me a name, or names? > > > > 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 > > > > > Don't know what you mean by "console 10" > > > > I told you today in another post. Press ctrl-alt-F10 when it happens. > > That's console number 10. > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-support+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org > To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-support+owner(a)opensuse.org so maybe no syslog invocation, ie: all systemd-journal tell him how to find "panic" in the journal. -- (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] cpu temperature

by Doug McGarrett

On 9/8/20 2:50 PM, Patrick Shanahan wrote: > * Doug McGarrett <dmcgarrett(a)optonline.net> [09-08-20 14:12]: >> >> On 9/7/20 12:49 PM, Doug McGarrett wrote: >> >> https://github.com/olmeca/lgrep >> >> lgrep >> >> "A variation on grep, targeting log files" >> >> "lgrep is a variation on grep, developed specifically for efficient >> searching through application log files. Though most of the time an >> entry in a log file consists of one line, sometimes it spans >> multiple lines. A log entry usually consists of some metadata (e.g >> date, time, code reference) and a message. Sometimes the message >> part takes up multiple lines, e.g. if it contains a whole JSON >> object or a whole stack trace." >>> >> I already have the lgrep that I installed as above. If I install lv, then I >> will have >> two, possibly different, lgreps? Sounds too confusing to me! > > > yes, and you *really* need neither. better > zypper -v rm lgrep > > and be back where you were. > note: must happen as "root" and must be typed as presented here. Answer > "yes". > > doug@linux1:~> su - > Password: > linux1:~ # zypper -v rm lgrep > Verbosity: 2 > Non-option program arguments: 'lgrep' > Initializing Target > Reading installed packages... > Force resolution: Yes > 'lgrep' not found in package names. Trying capabilities. > No provider of 'lgrep' found. > Resolving package dependencies... > Force resolution: Yes > > Nothing to do. > linux1:~ # > --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

Re: printer paper size

by Kenneth Schneider

In the pop up window it asks for a user name also. Are you using the “root” login name and “root’s” password as has been suggested? It appears not. Close your browser window to clear the “cached” login info and try again. Ken Schneider > On Feb 3, 2021, at 12:12 AM, doug mack <dmcgarrett(a)optonline.net> wrote: > > >> On 2/2/2021 5:57 AM, Axel Braun wrote: >> Am Dienstag, 2. Februar 2021, 11:52:47 CET schrieb Carlos E. R.: >>> On 02/02/2021 08.27, Axel Braun wrote: >>>> Am Dienstag, 2. Februar 2021, 01:59:36 CET schrieb Doug McGarrett: >>>>> OK, if that's the case, how do I find out what the epson wants to see >>>>> for a definition? >>>>> It certainly did not want to see any of the definitions I tried. >>>> Maybe I issed something, but if you fire up the CUPS menu (localhost:631) >>>> , >>>> select the printer -> maintenance -> change default values, there are >>>> drop- >>>> down menus for each value.... >>> You missed that he gets not authorized. >> Thank you Carlos - root does either not work? > > Just about the first thing I tried was to change the paper size in CUPS, but CUPS doesn't like my ONLY password-- > > I use the same pw for logging in and for root access. Then trying every combination I could think of in poptions, > > nothing was accepted. This might become moot: I have evidence of being hacked. (I am not running Linux for > > this message, because of that. I have run Avast on this Windows partition, and it is happy. [I'm not]) > > --doug > > > -- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus >

3 years, 10 months

Re: google-earth

by DennisG

On 12/28/20 9:57 PM, Doug McGarrett wrote: > > > On 12/28/20 8:13 PM, Patrick Shanahan wrote: >> * Doug McGarrett <dmcgarrett(a)optonline.net> [12-28-20 20:11]: >>> On 12/28/20 5:11 PM, Axel Braun wrote: >> [...] >>>> Answer the questions from Stakanov, that helps in analyzing the issue >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> >>> Can't find the Stakanov questions. Please repeat them. Thanx--doug >>> _______________________________________________ >> List Archives: >> https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/support@lists.opensuse.org >> ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ >> ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ >> >> really Doug, help yourself please. >> > I was completely unaware of the list archives. I will save the address > you have provided. > It does not seem to provide the names of other contributors to a > theme, only the > originator. At any rate, these seem to be the Stakonov questions, and > I will answer to > the best of my ability: > > What DE are you using? What application launcher are you using? What > product (TW or Leap) are you using. If leap what version of Leap. > <https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/support@lists.opensuse.org/thread/…>I > am using the KDE desktop. I don't know what "application launcher," > unless you mean the choices that come up when you click on the smiling > black ball at the corner of the desktop. The apps I use frequently I > have put on the desktop as icons.Two of them are only able to be > placed on the panel. Google Earth can be coaxed into the menu, but > does not appear on it spontaneously. I am using Tumbleweed, with the > upgrade from just before Christmas. > <https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/support@lists.opensuse.org/thread/…> > --doug I just installed google-earth on the 15.2/Plasma 5.12.18 machine I ref'd in my prev msg. After installation the app is in my Application Menu (aka your black ball, apparently) and it copies to the desktop like other apps. So the problem is not the google-earth install. Nor KDE, at least not my version. --dg

3 years, 11 months

Re: [opensuse-support] cpu temperature

by Lew Wolfgang

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 -- 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] Re: trying Leap

by Patrick Shanahan

* Doug McGarrett <dmcgarrett(a)optonline.net> [09-23-20 16:42]: > > > On 9/23/20 11:04 AM, Atri Bhattacharya wrote: > > Hi Doug, > > > > On Tue, 2020-09-22 at 23:54 -0400, Doug McGarrett wrote: > > > On 9/22/20 10:19 PM, Darryl Gregorash wrote: > > > > 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. > > Yeah, that's a pretty cryptic message that it displays. Anytime the > > YaST2 Software Management Module complains that it being "blocked by > > ruby.ruby2.X" when it is launched, what it means is that there is > > already another instance of YaST2 software management window open. > > Perhaps you didn't already close the previous YaST2 window you launched > > ? I opened a bug here: > > <https://github.com/yast/yast-yast2/issues/1102>, > > to improve that message. In most cases you don't need to "kill" > > anything, just close that other YaST2 window that is open and hit > > "Retry" on this one. > > > > Cheers, > > > Finally a letter that didn't tell me I'm too old/stupid/etc. to use Linux. no one has been telling you that. You have failed to follow instruction or have failed to understand the instructions and applied incorrectly attempts to accomplish things in manners that no one understands. -- (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

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

by gumb

On 19/11/2020 04:34, Doug McGarrett wrote: > > > 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 You don't mention which desktop environment you are using. But assuming, since you mention Konsole and Kate, you are on Plasma Desktop, you have probably removed either a spacer or the Task Manager from the panel. Right-click on the clock on the panel and click 'Edit Panel...'. If you don't already have the Task Manager installed, go to 'Add Widgets' and install it. Otherwise, click on the 'Add Spacer' item, and then drag the new item using its positioning handles to place it to the left of your System Tray. Then close the Configure Desktop thing at the top of the screen using the cross. gumb

4 years

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