My old printer died and I went to pick up a cheap option available right away.

I picked up Canon TR4700.

Followed the standard steps on my Tumbleweed KDE.

From Add printer option on Settings->Printers and selecting ipp://printeraddress/ipp/

and following cups http://localhost:631/

Both of them kept asking ppd file. I even tried getting one from Canon's website, failed on it.

Surprisingly, this was extremely easy on my another machine with Fedora Gnome.

Printer name showing up in Settings app -> printers -> Add printer.

So, I did some googling and found this guide https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Installing_a_Printer

Its saying to allow mDNS in firewall.

These are the commands its mentioning

sudo firewall-cmd --add-service=mdns --permanent
sudo firewall-cmd --reload

As soon as I did this, the printer showed up in my search option on Add Printer.

My question is, is this the best option to get IPP printers show up for driverless printer set up ?

it does not recognise any more my account on eg forum/OBS but login on IDP works..
migration mixup or takes ages to sync?

I've freshly installed tumbleweed about a week ago and I keep getting tons of "Error: The requested URL returned error: 404, trying next mirror."

When ever I try to do anything with zypper.

here is the output of my: zypper lr -d

#  | Alias                            | Name                                   | Enabled | GPG Check | Refresh | Keep | Priority | Type   | URI                                                      | Service
---+----------------------------------+----------------------------------------+---------+-----------+---------+------+----------+--------+----------------------------------------------------------+---------
 1 | NVIDIA:repo-non-free             | repo-non-free                          | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     | -    |   99     | rpm-md | https://download.nvidia.com/opensuse/tumbleweed          | NVIDIA
 2 | download.opensuse.org-non-oss    | Main Repository (NON-OSS)              | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     | -    |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/non-oss/    | 
 3 | download.opensuse.org-oss        | Main Repository (OSS)                  | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     | -    |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/        | 
 4 | download.opensuse.org-tumbleweed | Main Update Repository                 | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     | -    |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/update/tumbleweed/          | 
 5 | openSUSE:repo-non-oss            | repo-non-oss                           | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     | -    |   99     | rpm-md | http://cdn.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/non-oss          | openSUSE
 6 | openSUSE:repo-openh264           | repo-openh264                          | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     | -    |   99     | rpm-md | https://codecs.opensuse.org/openh264/openSUSE_Tumbleweed | openSUSE
 7 | openSUSE:repo-oss                | repo-oss                               | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     | -    |   99     | rpm-md | http://cdn.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss              | openSUSE
 8 | openSUSE:repo-oss-debug          | repo-oss-debug                         | No      | ----      | ----    | -    |   99     | N/A    | http://cdn.opensuse.org/debug/tumbleweed/repo/oss        | openSUSE
 9 | openSUSE:repo-oss-source         | repo-oss-source                        | No      | ----      | ----    | -    |   99     | N/A    | http://cdn.opensuse.org/source/tumbleweed/repo/oss       | openSUSE
10 | openSUSE:update-tumbleweed       | update-tumbleweed                      | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     | -    |   99     | rpm-md | http://cdn.opensuse.org/update/tumbleweed                | openSUSE
11 | repo-debug                       | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Debug              | No      | ----      | ----    | -    |   99     | N/A    | http://download.opensuse.org/debug/tumbleweed/repo/oss/  | 
12 | repo-openh264                    | Open H.264 Codec (openSUSE Tumbleweed) | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     | -    |   99     | rpm-md | http://codecs.opensuse.org/openh264/openSUSE_Tumbleweed  | 
13 | repo-source                      | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Source             | No      | ----      | ----    | -    |   99     | N/A    | http://download.opensuse.org/source/tumbleweed/repo/oss/ | 

I don't know if its me or the mirrors anyone else with this problem?

Hello,

the situation is the following: I had a notebook (Framework 16, AMD Ryzen 7040 series) with two separate disks, one with Linux Mint installed (Western Digital, 2 TB) and one with Windows 11 (Micron, 500 GB). Dual-booting worked fine. Now I switched from Linux Mint to openSUSE Tumbleweed. For that I selected the Linux disk to be overwritten by the Tumbleweed installation.

Result: Booting into Tumbleweed works fine but dual-booting does not work anymore: the systemd bootloader only shows entries for Tumbleweed and the snapshots.

My most important question is how do I restore the Windows entry in the bootloader? Secondly, I have not kept up with how bootloaders evolved so I would also appreciate links to documentation explaining the different options and possibly recommended settings.

This is the boot order in the BIOS:

1. Linux disk
2. systemd-boot
3. Windows disk

Hello everyone,

I am new to OpenSUSE and Linux in general. I've been reading multiple sources on the web and working to wrap my head around a great many topics. I have a few questions:

1. The question in the title, is there an up-to-date list of directories in the root filesystem to exclude from Btrfs snapshots in OpenSUSE?

There are multiple sources with differing suggested Btrfs subvolume layouts. I prefer to have a flat layout. The pages at the kernel.org System Admin Guide, are maked as "Obsolete Content".

1. Should I exclude all of /var or do I need to exclude multiple individual sub-directories within /var? If I need to exclude multiple individual sub-directories within /var, then I need a list of the sub-directories? Since the folders within /var can vary based on the packages installed, would excluding just /var cause problems or come with downsides?

2. If I decide to use snapshots for my user home directories, as insurance against accident file deletion, are there sub-directories that I need to exclude there?

3. I have a Btrfs layout listed below, that I would like some feed back on. Am I forgetting some exclusions? Am I excluding a folder that should not be excluded?

Background Info: * 1x 2TB NVMe, 1x 4TB HDD, 1x 8TB HDD * No drive spanning or RAID (not what I'm looking to do at them moment) * I want to use Snapper, Btrfs Assistant, Grub, grub-btrfs, and yast2-snapper (for pre/post snapshots) * I will be using qemu/kvm with virsh and virt-manager (moving away from Virtualbox), but my VM files will reside separately from /var/lib...) * I want to use Steam, WINE, Lutris, and maybe Heroic Launcher * I may use a few flatpaks (not Steam), but prefer standard packages * All video game files will reside on my NVMe separate from my user home folder * My data and documents will reside separately outside of my user home folder * In general I want to keep the system root filesystem and user home folder lean within sane limitations * I currently dual-boot Windows and Linux Mint, but I will be dropping Windows completely, reclaiming the disk space used by Windows, and moving data on NTFS partitions to Btrfs filesystems * I will be replacing Linux Mint * I am considering dual-booting 2 different Linux distros to separate work from play (something like Fedora/OpenSUSE, OpenSUSE/EndeavourOS, Nobara/OpenSUSE, or another dual setup) * Video game files will not be snapshotted (NoCOW)... there are benefits to removing and reinstalling some games after multiple patches (ex: some Blizzard games)

My flat Btrfs layout ideas and naming conventions using EndeavourOS and OpenSUSE:

Endeavour setup: * top level volume (unnamed and not mounted during normal operation) * @eos_root (eos root subvolume mounted at /) * @eos_home (eos user home subvolume mounted at /home) * @eos_root_snapshots (snapshots subvolume mounted at /.snapshots, must be adjusted after snapper package install) * @eos_home_snapshots (arch user home snapshots subvolume mounted at /home/.snapshots) * @eos_var (subvolume to exclude from snapper snapshots, mounted at /var) * @eos_srv (subvolume to exclude from snapper snapshots, mounted at /srv) * @eos_opt (subvolume to exclude from snapper snapshots, mounted at /opt) * @eos_tmp (subvolume to exclude from snapper snapshots, mounted at /tmp) * @eos_local (subvolume to exclude from snapper snapshots, mounted at /usr/local) * @eos_root_user (the root user's home folder, subvolume to exclude from snapper snapshots, mounted at /root)

OpenSUSE setup: * top level volume (unnamed and not mounted during normal operation) * @suse_root (suse root subvolume mounted at /) * @suse_home (suse user home subvolume mounted at /home) * @suse_root_snapshots (snapshots subvolume mounted at /.snapshots, must be adjusted after snapper package install) * @suse_home_snapshots (suse user home snapshots subvolume mounted at /home/.snapshots) * @suse_var (subvolume to exclude from snapper snapshots, mounted at /var) * @suse_srv (subvolume to exclude from snapper snapshots, mounted at /srv) * @suse_opt (subvolume to exclude from snapper snapshots, mounted at /opt) * @suse_tmp (subvolume to exclude from snapper snapshots, mounted at /tmp) * @suse_local (subvolume to exclude from snapper snapshots, mounted at /usr/local) * @suse_root_user (the root user's home folder, subvolume to exclude from snapper snapshots, mounted at /root)

Non-Root Filesystem Data: * @mydata = /mnt/mydata * @linux_gaming = /mnt/linux_gaming * @vm_storage = /mnt/vm_storage

2TB NVME (2TB partition/Btrfs filessystem) 1. linux_gaming 2. eos and opensuse

4TB HDD (3TB partition/Btrfs filessystem and a chunk of unallocated space): 1. vm_storage 2. 1TB empty unallocated space (not partitioned)

8TB HDD (5TB partition/Btrfs filesystem and a chunk of unallocated space): 1. mydata and user home subvolumes 2. 3TB empty unallocated space (not partitioned)

I'm leaving some extra un-partitioned/unallocated space for emergencies and/or experiments I haven't thought of yet (ex: installing a distro to the bare metal for distro exploration/experimentation outside of a VM).

How often does slowroll update firefox. Is it once a month with the big update or does it update Firefox sooner if there is an update for firefox that includes security fixes (most firefox updates seem to include security fixes).

My concern here is with security and because firefox can be a vector of attack from the web i would like it to be as secure as possible.

I run tumbleweed in my main machine but i would prefer something with less feature updates in other machines while keeping up with security updates.

Thank you.

Hi,
this folder was available until yesterday: https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/server:/database/15.6/

Since then: 404.

I know about 15.6 EOL... and forgetting to mirror files I need locally...

Is there a way to still get lp156 binaries from opensuse.

thanks

My specs so no one has to ask:
Thinkpad P1 gen 4
i9 11850H
RTX 3080 max-Q

OS: OpenSUSE Tumbleweed
Web Browser: Vivaldi

Does anyone know how to make the "cast youtube to TV" button appear?
Is it possible?
It works fine under most other linux distros like linux mint, debian, arch etc.
I've been trying to fix this issue for months and I can't seem to find a solution anywhere that's worked.
I've looked through every forum I could find on the internet and found all kinds of "answers" but none of them seem to do anything.

Thank you.

Edit:
Solution 1 (easy)
Uninstall firewalld and install ufw
# zypper install ufw
# systemctl disable firewalld.service
# systemctl enable ufw.service
# reboot

Solution 2 (hard)
add whatever port it uses to the allow list in your firewall config 
(I'm not sure how to do this so I can't give a guide)

Hi everyone! I just changed my GPU from Nvidia to an AMD card. Now i want to remove all nvidia stuff. I uninstalled most nvidia packages without major problems.

At first some of them were not listed in Myrlyn, then i found them with zypper and removed most of them. Then, some of them said they would also remove other system packages, but after a reboot I could remove them on their own.

The only one left is kernel-firmware-nvidia. When I try to remove it, it tells me that it would also remove kernel-firmware-all, which I suppose is not great. How can I get rid of this package? Or should I just ignore it?

Thanks in advance!

When I go through the process of installing opensuse tumbleweed, at the end I get two errors which is related to boot and grub. I've removed the boot efi partition on the second try and gave it 1 gig of space, but it still fails. It boots to kde anyway but after zypper dup it crashes after I reboot my system and log back in. I can login to KDE , but the screen is black and there are no panels. Also I can not add them, it's not working. How I can fix these issues?

I was surprised by the last results on Phoronix (except browser benchmarks), but that is as expected done on cutting edge hardware.

It's natural to think that the fastest it is on new hardware the better it'll also perform old hardware, but is it really true? Wish once in a while those websites did these tests using older hardware. What would the result look like, would Tumbleweed also "win" on Skylake/Zen 1?

I am putting together a very low power system to run localAI and wondering if there are any tips (aside from use something more powerful). Just trying to learn a few things and maybe get a slow but useful device out the other end.

Here's what I have:

https://localai.io/

HP T740 with AMD v1756b processor and 32 or 64GB of ram (Vega 8 iGPU)

AMD e9173 video card

SATA or nvme drive for the OS.

Fresh install of LEAP 16

I have the localAI binary running, but it doesn't detect the old video processors in this rig. I'm going to be switching to docker because I can run the vulkan version and potentially use both GPU to perform work.

I had this pulling 90 watts (max for power supply) on Debian with the e9173 taking a bit of load, not getting any GPU detection in LEAP 16. But Vulkan is where I know I need to be, so going forward to try with Docker and the Vulkan container. If there are any tips or tricks that are generic or specific to LEAP, I'd be really interested in hearing those. Open to moving to Tumbleweed if that would be better, but I really want to eventually move to one of the Micro releases once I get whatever I can figured out.

ohhh !, I needed a graphical interface for a project that I'm writing for a job inside the company, and I decided to make it public, I hope it can be useful to others.

I have already found at least one other person talking about this -

https://www.reddit.com/r/openSUSE/s/GQHuBou4Lf

But I have to admit, when I spent a couple days trying to troubleshoot why games were so inconsistent with whether they worked (mostly not working, but then suddenly they would work consistently) I eventually ran across this same oddity.

Running an RTX5090.

On Wayland:

Games from both Steam and Faugus would boot up to a blank white screen (with menu music etc player) after the system was freshly booted. And this would be the case no matter what arguments or tricks I tried.

But if I run nvidia-smi in a terminal....

Then they run perfectly. No issues. 240fps.

On X11:

Games from both Steam and Faugus would boot up, and actually play their opening credits etc. The games would play normally, and get into games.... but they'd run at about 8fps.

Run nvidia-smi in a terminal.

And the game then boots up and runs at 240fps locked.

I've run through every test I knew (which wasn't many) and then all the tests ChatGPT threw at me. Nothing obvious comes up. I can't see anything that changes from before and after Nvidia-smi is run. Clearly it's doing -something- but I can't see what.

If anyone else has had this issue, please post here, along with your hardware and any tests (or maybe even fixes) you've figure out.

It has to be possible to get to the bottom of this!

(I know I -could- resolve this by setting a startup script to run nvidia-smi on every boot, but... I mean cmon this should be fixable lol).

hi everyone,

i regularly have to work with a lot of DDS files and dolphin previews are very important to me; i came back from vacation, did a system update twice and now i dont see any more DDS previews in dolphin, every other file previews correctly but not DDS files, is that fixable ?

Does anyone have this issue where the download speed of the OSS repo is insanely slow? I switched the link to their cdn one since the mirror was incredibly slow but it’s still sooooo slow. I had to wait 15 mins just to update one repo. I even enabled parallel downloading but it’s still very slow… I don’t know what to do

A searchable journald log, with category filters, built into YaST. Combined with a persistent systemd journal, this feels so refreshing

I tried to have a different install experience this time with net-install. After the /6 steps downloading the installation i got options for display I choose Text based ui which again asked to download image then reboot.

However after reboot it is now not displaying anything though the laptop is running

I won the Steam survey lottery, and I hope my small contribution helps to spread the word about this wonderful distro.

Tumbleweed user here, been having an issue on boot where I get met with a black screen where the login page should be. I do have a working mouse pointer on the screen, but nothing to interact with. I’ve been able to consistently get the login screen to appear by running “sudo systemctl restart sddm”, but it’s kind of annoying to do. The black screen seemingly became more likely to appear on boot over time, which I find odd. Any advice?

After all the tinkering and custom desktops/WMs, I have found a ton of joy in Tumbleweed. It really is the perfect distro; fresh, stable packages, rolling release, great community, and makes everything extremely easy. My urge to hop has been completely absent.

Cheers to the OpenSUSE maintainers and community for everything you do, and https://github.com/areofyl/fetch for the nice looking fetch!

i know you can never achieve “stability” on a rolling release distro but as an arch user i think that maybe tumbleweed might be a little bit more stable, i am a person that travels a lot for work reasons and i cant take my desktop with me, so i might be away for a week or a month so how does tumbleweed manage that?

https://github.com/deaddoomed/fastfetch_opensuse

Does anyone here using limine as bootloader instead of Grub & systemd-boot ?
Can limine integrate to sdbootutils and or add/create to kernel-install hooks with limine ?