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Questions tagged [opensuse]
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Why are there capital letters in openSUSE packages?
In Ubuntu, Debian and Fedora, the package is called python3-sphinx. On openSUSE, the package is called python3-Sphinx. Same with python3-prettytable versus python3-PrettyTable. I find those capital letters hard to remember and hard to get right. Why…
Martin Ueding
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DIY: how to make double-layer install DVD?
Facts:
online repo (official) is more than 20GB -- I have access to it
downloadable DVD is for single layer disks -- I have access to it
boxed openSUSE DVD is double layer -- I do NOT have access to it
Is it possible and if yes -- how -- to make…
greenoldman
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OpenSUSE boot menu delay
On OpenSUSE boot up, it waits on below menu for a long time. How can I shorten the wait time?
I tried to modify /etc/config/grub file to change GRUB_TIMEOUT value. But this option doesn't control the wait time of this menu and it's for the next menu…
aleung
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fancontrol service not starting after rebooting open suse linux
I switched to openSuse (Leap 42.2) from ubuntu.
When I using Ubuntu, I used lm_sensors and fancontrol because my cpu fan was not rotating a little. Those program ran programs without any issuue on Ubuntu.
Afeter switching to openSuse I had same…
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how can I increase my reiserfs volume /dev/sdax
I am using SUSE 11, which is on VM. There are 3 partitions on an extended partition of 850GB named /dev/sda5, /dev/sda6, /dev/sda7. There is no space available on the disk. Now I want to increase the size of /dev/sda5 as its space is full. The thing…
Vamshi K
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Why is eth0 starts only manually in new Suse 12.3?
I have upgraded from 12.2 to 12.3 but my eth0 device starts only manually with ifconfig eth0 192.168.92.11 and route add default gw 192.168.1.1. I have networkmanager installed but I cannot find it. How can I fix this?
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How do I re-enable login on Opensuse Tumbleweed after accidentally disabling login in YAST?
I disabled login in YAST, users, thinking I was enabling auto-login, and now when I get the login window on boot my password is invalid. So I cannot boot Tumbleweed to re-enable login (catch 22). How I can boot into Opensuse?
My system is a Thinkpad…
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how to install libXScrnSaver on opensuse 42.3 tumbleweed
I'm trying to install libXScrnSaver on opensuse 42.3 tumbleweed.
I couldn't install successfully becuase of below error.
rajkumar@linux-7owj:~> sudo rpm -i Downloads/slack-3.0.5-0.1.fc21.x86_64.rpm
[sudo] password for root:
warning:…
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Can't install Discord app on Opensuse 42.3?
I'm trying install the Discord app on Opensuse 42.3.
I downloaded the tar.gz and extracted its contents. I then make the discord.desktop file executable by running the command sudo chmod +x ./Discord/discord.desktop.
Then I double click the…
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File /var/log/messages Doesn't Exist - openSUSE
I use openSUSE Leap 42.3 and there is no file /var/log/messages. How is that possible? I have seen that in this file are logs regarding my system.
Edit
Trying to install rsyslog I get
sudo zypper install rsyslog
Loading repository data...
Reading…
Adam
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Can't Play Online Videos on Firefox - openSUSE Leap 42.3
I installed openSUSE Leap 42.3 and I can't play online videos using Firefox. Although YouTube videos work fine Twitch videos don't.
What is the problem? How do I fix it?
Adam
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How can I add a program to my start menu?
I use suse 12 with very few programs but when I install Komodo it doesn't add itself to my start menu? Why is some program in my start menu and others not?
Micromega
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openSUSE not starting up after failed update
More than failed it was a partial update, when I was updating there was a power failure and my laptop shutdown (battery is broken). Now when I try switching my system on, it shows the chameleon and then it just shows a small cursor at the top left…
Aadi Droid
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OpenSUSE - installing libqt4-devel
I've got a minimal no-gui installation of OpenSuse 11.4 (x64). I'm trying to build CutyCapt which requires libqt4-devel. When I try to install it with the Yast, I get the following:
libqt4-develop-4.7.1-7.1.x86_64 requires Mesa-devel, but this…
Brad Robinson
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booting stops at "[OK] Reached Target Graphical Interface" after uninstalling NVidia drivers
I've installed drivers from nVidia Graphics Drivers repo in OpenSuse 13.1. The drivers didn't work well so I've uninstalled them. After this X-Windows would not start at all, with the last message:
[OK] Reached Target Graphical Interface
What…
marcin
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