mingw confusion, is it another wine ?
Hi Guys I have ofcourse googled but that did not help much. Mingw seems to be something made by the gnu(gnu is not Unix) guys. It seems to be windows for Linux, and that's were my confusion starts....
View ArticleLEAP 15.1 Virtualbox Virtualization repo 6.1.4 build 530 - no resize of windows
For those of you running OpenSUSE Virtualbox 6.1.4 and have updated to 530.x versions. No guest can be resized. the guest seem to run the latest version fine - the host not. I have had to go back to...
View ArticleLEAP 15.1 Problem (maybe) with grub2 update
Leap 51.1 kde nvidia video card I just did zypper up and apparently a new version of grub2 was installed along with a kernel update and a lot of other things. I was watching the update and saw a series...
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LEAP 15.1 X fails to start after latest kernel and nvidia update
Hi all, My gf has an AlienWare with a GTX1080 that refused to startx lately. Sometimes it started, sometimes it didn't. Work around was to start Linux without graphical mode by adding the 3 in the grub...
View ArticleTUMBLEWEED ghostscript crashes: complains about openjpeg
I have a bunch of scripts that make maps by using routines contained in the package Generic Mapping Tools (GMT). These normally create output as postscript files, which I then convert to pdf using...
View ArticleTUMBLEWEED Qtcurve5 problem
I have a small problem with QtCurve5, in practice if I use this theme on Plasma in Tumbleweed, the single click even if selected no longer works, everything becomes double click, can someone verify if...
View ArticleLEAP 15.2 lsblk, why should extended use of lsblk require root permissions.
I am using the output of lsblk for an application. It is located within /usr/bin as: -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 138104 Apr 7 00:27 lsblk <==== the one from Fedora, Centos,Redhat, Ubuntu, Arch (Universal...
View ArticleLEAP 15.1 VLC crashing when playing mp4
I have LEAP 15.1 installed with no error, but when i opened VLC it does not reproduce mp4 videos, it crashes and closes. I did install vlc-codecs and update VLC from VLC repositories. Same problem, VLC...
View ArticleTUMBLEWEED Cannot detect Brother multifunction scanner on network
Hello all, I'm really interested in giving OpenSUSE a try (currently Tumbleweed; Leap 15.1 is a bit dated, but I'm looking forward 15.2), but I'm having a problem... I can't scan from my networked...
View ArticleLEAP 15.1 openSUSE Leap 15.1 - Firefox lädt keine Seiten mehr
Hallo Gemeinde, Mein System, openSUSE 15.1, auf einem Lenovo T6,1 mit Nvidia Grafikkarte. Seit Dienstagnachmittag habe ich ein seltsames Phänomen, nachdem ein normales System Update durchlaufen ist,...
View ArticleTUMBLEWEED files disappear / reappear in my /opt folder - happening on 2...
I have a strange issue. I had some apps that I had loaded without a package manager and put them in the /opt folder. I did this on 2 machines. I created .desktop files and everything worked good. I...
View ArticleLEAP 15.2 Is there a way to index files without baloo choking system?
The process of indexing all files requires a lot of I/O, and can have adverse effects on system responsiveness. Is there some sort of "nice" option for baloo that causes the process it to reduce the...
View ArticleTUMBLEWEED Adding lines and text to .png image file
I have an .png image file of a survey plan which I need to mark up to show a boundary line on the plan. I then need to be able to save and send the marked plan by email. What is best tool for doing...
View ArticleTUMBLEWEED Monitor doesn't stay in standby when using a DP cable
Having another little issue with my new monitor. I switched the connection from a HDMI cable to a DP one, as there are a few improvements to using DisplayPort instead. This introduces a small annoyance...
View ArticleLEAP 15.1 Spacebar opens the first file that has the search word
Hi, I experience unusual behavior of spacebar in specific applications. When I open a folder in an application using Ctrl+O (or open folder icon), open search bar using Ctrl+F and type the file name,...
View ArticleLEAP 15.1 Libre Office no longer prints after updates this week.
I attempted to print from LibreOffice Writer 6.4.2.2 - this worked last month but today I got an error and it showed "cups-pki-invalid" in the printer window. I can print from Firefox, Leafpad and...
View ArticleLEAP 15.1 Huion H1060P graphic tablet
Huion H1060P graphic tablet don't works in my openSuse. Digimend seems having Linux drivers for this tablet here: https://digimend.github.io/drivers/ but it's not clear to me how to install in...
View ArticleLEAP 15.1 Can't run a GTK and python3 based application Cozy
Hi! I would really love to use this application https://software.opensuse.org/package/cozy I've installed it and tried to run it from a KDE start menu, but it won't start. I tried to run it from...
View Article[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:0479-1: moderate: Security update for bluez
openSUSE Security Update: Security update for bluez ______________________________________________________________________________ Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2020:0479-1 Rating: moderate References:...
View ArticleLEAP 15.1 Nvidia optimus on Leap with bbswitch
Hello, Is there any working tutoria for optimus laptops for Leap? How to make this fully working with bbswitch? With suse-prime, cards are changing but Nvidia is all time ON in background which make it...
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