Questions tagged [opensuse]
A general purpose operating system built on top of the Linux kernel, developed by the community-supported openSUSE Project.
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How do I install 32 bit package in a 64 bit SUSE machine using zypper?
If I have to install a package( 64-bit ) I use -
zypper install -y MozillaFirefox which is same as zypper install -y MozillaFirefox.x86_64 for a 64 bit machine.
If I use zypper install -y ...
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Replacing GNOME with KDE on openSUSE
I was on openSUSE Leap 15. I was using GNOME desktop environment. I installed KDE Plasma with this method:
https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:KDE_install
After installing KDE Plasma, I also upgraded my ...
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Install xorg-x11-font-utils for opensuse
how do i install the package xorg-x11-font-utils for opensuse? I need it for microsoft fonts from here https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/mscorefonts2/rpms/msttcore-fonts-installer-2.6-1.noarch....
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GTK apps don't respect compose key mappings
I have compose key set up on my openSUSE Tumbleweed (KDE) to map <apostrophe> + <c> to "ć" (U0107). I keep the rules in ~/.XCompose and all the programs respect them (e.g. Kate, Terminal, ...
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Can I enlarge a RAID partition?
I have an OpenSUSE 42.3 system with a RAID5 (mdadm) made out of four discs (2 2TB and 2 3TB). I'm growing the RAID by replacing the 2TB discs with larger ones. The 3TB discs have only 2TB partitions ...
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NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64 on OpenSuSE 15; Connected HDMI monitor not recognised with NVIDIA Quadro M1000M
My laptop has these graphic cards installed:
gessnerm@linux-syap:~/1/Vertica/supp> sudo lspci | grep -Ei 'vga|hdmi'
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation HD Graphics 530 (rev 06)
01:...
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Strange twitching of download bar in Chrome linux
I use Chrome browser in openSUSE 15 Leap with Gnome. Whenever I download any file in chrome, the download bar is moving around as in video on the link below:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/...
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Display day-of-week (Mon, Tues, etc) in Clock on budgie-desktop top panel
Using opensuse leap 15 with budgie-desktop, I'd like to see the day of the week in the clock displayed on the top panel. Because I'm the sort of person who sometimes really doesn't know what day it is....
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Local mirror repository for SUSE 12
I want to create a local SUSE repo mirror on my ubuntu 16.04 machine to allow native SUSE nodes to fetch patches from my own mirror.
I tried steps mentioned Here with opensuse-updates option but it ...
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Boot issues with opensuse 15 and vmware workstation 14 [duplicate]
i had installed the latest opensuse 15 using vmware workstation 14.1. i rebooted then ran update on the system and rebooted. the screen went black and did not respond. could not get it to comeback. it ...
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Slow Maxtor/Seagate external HDD
Recently I bought a new Maxtor M3 Portable external HDD with USB 3.0. During file transfers it had very slow writing speed, starting at 75 MB/s and decaying fastly to <1 MB/s.
What I tried:
using ...
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Is there a way to get package checksum using `zypper`?
How to get the checksum of the package when using zypper. I tried even the --xmlout option of zypper as
zypper --xmlout --no-refresh install -D -y --no-recommends MozillaFirefox.
Is there a way to ...
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Problem accessing the trash
When trying to open the trash bin in mate , it pop up a window:
This means
Error: Message recipient disconnected from message bus without replying
Please select another viewer and try again
the ...
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Limited connectivity?
I have a strange issue with Network Manager in OpenSUSE 15 Leap / GNOME 3.26.
So everything works fine actually, but after a while I get this X mark on wired connection in NM applet, but the ...
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Black Screen on VNC (SUSE Linux)
I used to be able to connect to my server using a VNC Client. However, now the window will open but is (and stays) black.
I can SSH to my server. I restarted vncserver with no effect. I used cat on ...
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Wake on lid open but don't suspend on lid close?
I am currently running GNOME on openSUSE on my laptop, there is the setting in the GNOME tweak tool to enable suspend on lid close, which works. However, I want to do the opposite, so that the ...
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Swap content between screens
I'm using Opensuse 15. I use two monitors a small one on the left and big one in front of me.
Sometimes I would like to change all the programs from my left screen to the other one and vice-versa ...
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OpenSuse15 -> iptables -> geoip “No chain/target/match by that name.”
Hi I use OpenSuse Leap 15 with xtables-addons installed.
If I want to only allow incoming connections at port 22/tcp from Germany. I tied this command:
iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 22 -m geoip ! ...
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Is it possible to render fonts the same way in openSUSE as in the former version?
I have installed the new Leap 15.0 XFCE, but the font rendering is completely different and it bothers me a lot. I checked every options and even though they all match, it still displays thicker fonts:...
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openSuse 15 Live does not open web pages
I recently tried to install openSuse 15 via the live system on my laptop. However, grub did not install correctly, thus I cannot boot neither Windows nor Linux.
Trying to create a boot partition ...
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Linux/OpenSuse USB fingerprint reader
I'm planning on buying a fingerprint reader, but what I've read, Opensuse/KDE doesn't really support them?
The fingerprint reader I have in mind is the "PQI Mini USB Fingerprint Reader".
I want it ...
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Unable to upgrade openSUSE Leap 42.2 to 42.3
I'm trying to upgrade from openSUSE Leap 42.2 to 42.3 using:
:~> cd /etc/zypp/repos.d
:~> sed -i 's/42.2/42.3/' *
:~> zypper refresh
:~> zypper dup
:~> reboot
After rebooting I get messages such ...
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Guest OS on VMware Player 14.1.2 doesn't recognize any network adapter or sound card
I installed VMware® Workstation 14 Player version 14.1.2 build-8497320 on openSUSE Leap 15 with kernel 4.12.14-lp150.12.4-default.
I downloaded a 90-day official Windows 10 VM image and opened/...
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Issues detecting CPU temperatures with Leap 15
I have been using lm-sensors/sensors ever since to monitor CPU core temperatures on various versions of OpenSUSE up to 42.3.
But since the switch to Leap 15 (kernel 4.12) I ran into issues, ...
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How do I remove these KDE applications?
I installed openSUSE Leap 15 on Hyper-V, choosing Gnome as desktop. When I look at the Applications menu I find these applications.
KDE Marble (listed under Education)
Plasma Look And Feel Explorer (...
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KEYEXPIRED on Opensuse repository
I am relatively new to Linux, so apologies if still learning. Running Ubuntu 16.04.4 LTS.
On running sudo apt update, the final lines are as follows:
W: GPG error: http://download.opensuse.org/...
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Setting MySQL/MariaDB data directory to a directory in `home`, how can I make sure the `/home` is mounted before mysql daemon starts at boot time
On openSUSE Leap 15, I install MariaDB by:
> sudo zypper in mariadb
Right after installing MariaDB and right before starting it, I add this line to /etc/my.cnf, to set the MariaDB data directory ...
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Are there any tools to monitor network requests at very low-level?
I would like to monitor the web/ftp requests made by Zypper when we install a package. But none of the suggested network monitoring tools seem to identify the requests made by Zypper.
So far, I've ...
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How does Zypper find the required packages in the repository?
When we use zypper install <package_name>, zypper installs the package along with its dependencies.
What exactly is happening in the background?
Are there any ways to obtain the URL of a ...
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Monitors not working correctly
I'm having this problem that when I boot into Linux my monitors stop working. Everything starts up fine. When I reach desktop then after couple of seconds my monitor just loses signal. It doesn't ...
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openSuse: how to get rid of annoying “Authentication Required” dialog from auto-update
This annoying dialog "Authentication Required" started to pop up recently, just after every login to KDE, demanding root password to refresh system repositories. After a minute or so it disappears on ...
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Apache SSL configuration Connection refused connect:errno=111
I am trying to configure SSL on an old opensuse server:
openSUSE 11.4 (x86_64)
VERSION = 11.4
CODENAME = Celadon
I enabled the apache SSL module:
apache2ctl -M
Loaded Modules:
core_module (static)
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Using Citrix ICA in Opensuse [closed]
Good evening,
I am relatively inexperienced Linux user and I am attempting to migrate from Kubuntu to Opensuse. Does anyone have experience or advice on setting up Citrix ICA webclient? I have done it ...
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numerical keypad not working on laptop
I just installed open SUSE tumbleweed in this hp 15-bs0xx, but the numerical keypad is not working as numerical, instead it moves the mouse cursor.
I have tested this in mate and xfce environments.
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Disable KDE pop-up when switching keyboard layouts
When I switch keyboard layouts in KDE (KDE Plasma 5.8 in OpenSUSE 42.3) using Ctrl-Alt-K, it not only changes the indicator in the bottom right, but it also displays a pop-up in the middle of the ...
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Web browser ephiphany fault
I just upgraded to the 3.29.1 version using yast, but when launching it trows the next message:
epiphany: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib64/epiphany/libephymisc.so:
undefined symbol: ...
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Manually adding SANE device address to work with GUI
I have a Samsung M2070W MFP and I want to make scanning over network functional in GUI programs such as simple-scan. I used the official driver installer (SANE driver smpf) and scanning over USB ...
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systemd btrfs mount times out
I am on OpenSuSE Tumbleweed and have the following disks:
/dev/sda1: /home (btrfs)
/dev/sdb1: /boot
/dev/sdb2: swap
/dev/sdb3: / (btrfs)
When I start my computer, systemd tries to mount my disks but ...
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Turn on cpu boost state
Is it possible to set boost cpu frequency on laptop (there is no any cpu settings in bios available)?
If I try set such "boost frequency" it successed, but frequency setting to maximum frequency in ...
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No sound from EasyCAP on OpenSuse Leap 42.3
I picked up an EasyCap but can't get any sound from it, video works fine.
if I do lsusb I find the device (ID eb1a:2861 eMPIA Technology, Inc.)
I also see the device in pavucontrol (and alsamixer), ...
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OpenSUSE Tumbleweed: The GUI fails to Start. Tumbleweed boots to CLI
I recently installed OpenSUSE Tumbleweed (KDE Plasma) and it worked fine for the first time. However, second time I start it, it stucked. The animated Tumbleweed logo appears and then it freezes to a ...
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The '0' key is not echoed back in ZSH [closed]
I have just noticed a weird issue with my OpenSUSE Tumbleweed installation.
Whenever I try to type a 0 (zero) at the console prompt, it doesn't seem to be recognized.
If I launch a program from the ...
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I have unmounted a partition, yet mkfs.ext4 says it won't run on a partition in use, why is that? [duplicate]
/dev/sda11 is a partition that I'd like install NixOS 18.03 on following this guide. The problem is that /dev/sda11 is unmounted, yet mkfs.ext4 is acting like it is still is mounted. I had it mounted ...
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openSUSE icons doesn't appear correctly
My openSUSE icons don't appear correctly in the openSUSE menu
I installed nautilus and my /usr/share/icons/ folder have these packages:
Output:
755 Adwaita
755 Breeze_Snow
755 DMZ
755 DMZ-AA
755 ...
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How to configure firewall on OpenSuse (Leap) to set up NAT redirection?
I need to set up a firewall configuration rule so any requests sent to a specific port for a specific destination address get (transparently to the connecting application) redirected to a specific ...
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Why do I get “Warning: Repository 'oss_update' appears to be outdated. Consider using a different mirror or server.”?
On WSL, I executed sudo zypper update, but I got this error message.
Loading repository data...
Warning: Repository 'oss_update' appears to be outdated. Consider using a different mirror or ...
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How can I automatically set the core dump size on a single user?
I am running OpenSUSE. I usually open the console with an interactive non-login shell bash, and frequently use tcsh after logon. I am writing some C code, compiling with gcc, and I'd like to have the ...
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openSUSE 42.3 does not start up from USB - black screen after loading kernel
I tried to install openSUSE on my desktop PC and load openSUSE 42.3 to my USB stick by using SUSE Studio Imagewriter (my laptop is running openSUSE). However, after a while the screen turns black and ...
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SDDM starts with wrong screen size on LG 27UD68-W 4K Monitor
SDDM starts with wrong screen size: according to startup the screen size is set to 3840x2160 which is supported by the monitor but not supported by the graphic card (starting X server with a higher ...
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Why should I put the source file name before library names on compiler command line?
As a user of OpenSUSE I am used to type:
gcc -lz myfile.c
I was surprised that on Ubuntu this command would fail with something like:
myfile.c:(.text+0x5): undefined reference to `zlibVersion'
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