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openSUSE is a free and open source operating system based on the Linux kernel.

openSUSE is a Linux-based operating system. The project is developed and maintained by Novell.

It is a -based distribution. Its default Desktop Environment is .

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How to properly end a KDE session from shell without root privileges

I am accessing the machine (OpenSuse 11 with KDE) over NX. I cannot use the Alt-Ctrl-Del shortcuts as it is captured by my system. The regular logoff button just ends the NX session without ending the KDE session. I cant call kdm restart as I have…
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Can't unlock linux user account

I've got a Linux box (OpenSuSE 11.3) with a locked-out user account. I logged in as the root account to unlock it with passwd -u , but I get a message 'Cannot unlock the password for !' I tried changing the password to something new via…
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Setup a Docker container to work with a local database

I'm trying to setup a Docker container to work with a local database. The image is this one https://hub.docker.com/r/tuxgasy/dolibarr/ and it suggests to also create a mariadb container, and link it to that. I would like to configure the Dolibarr…
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Why does YaST now show lines as lqqqqqqqqqqqqqqq?

Today my YaST started rendering lines like this: It makes it difficult to read.. Any idea what this is about and how I can fix it? I tried rebooting, no dice. Edit -- here's my PuTTY config: Character set is UTF-8
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zypper: How to list different available versions of a package?

I want to get a list of all available versions of a package, the same list that you can see in Yast, but using zypper. OpenSuse 13.1, zypper 1.9.16
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Quickly change audio device in KDE

I recently switched to OpenSUSE (with KDE) from Windows, and I'm still going through the learning curve. I switch fairly frequently between using my headphones with built-in microphone, and using my monitor's built-in speakers and my webcam's…
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Need to find which drives are mirrored within RAID-10 array

I have a home media server running on openSUSE 12.2. I'm using eight 2TB drives in a RAID-10 configuration. I deliberately bought two different types of drives: four Seagate Barracuda Green and four Western Digital Red. My goal is to configure…
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How to disable SuSEfirewall2?

How can I disable SuSEfirewall2 from the shell (without yast)? We use OpenSuSE 12.3 I tried it: workdevel123:~ # systemctl disable SuSEfirewall2.service But I think this is not the solution: workdevel123:~ # systemctl is-enabled…
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Is it possible to prevent creation of .directory files?

I'm on OpenSuse 12.3 and I wonder if there's a way to prevent creation of .directory files (preferably under some specific directory) The question arose for the need of a "clean" directory. I'm compiling something and the source directory must be…
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Hooking Linux machine to secondary router/ISP: how to setup routing correctly?

Abstract: I have (I presume routing) issues when adding a secondary ISP to my existing network setup: incoming traffic through Router1 is not answered, but local traffic and incoming through Router0 is working fine. How can I keep the parts that…
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sudo: Sorry, user root is not allowed to execute

This command fails on OpenSuSE 11.4: root@host# sudo -S -u "coreapp_customer1_d" -g "coreapp_customer1_d" /bin/bash -l -c "mkdir -p /home/coreapp_customer1_d/.ssh" with this message: Sorry, user root is not allowed to execute '/bin/bash -l -c…
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Boot GRUB2 to GRUB or GRUB2 on another disk

I've got a couple of distributions installed, Gentoo with GRUB2, and openSUSE with some other version of GRUB. OpenSUSE manages it's kernel entries, and I don't want to have to update my main Gentoo GRUB2 config to copy changes after updating. …
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How do I move a Linux installation between partitions?

I got a new HDD and want to move an existing Linux installation (more specific: OpenSUSE 11.1) from a partition on the old HDD to a partition on the new HDD. My plan is: boot using a boot CD (let's say it's the OpenSUSE boot CD) EDIT As suggested…
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How to remove Linux software RAID MD device?

I'm trying to install openSUSE 12.3 on the new server. It is this machine. There are 2 HDDs connected to the SAS controller. What I want to achieve is a NON-RAID configuration where 1.HDD is used for swap and root partitions and 2.HDD will contain…
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Unable to use cloned VM, OpenSUSE, VirtualBox

I've cloned a VM and now while booting it I see a message: Trying manual resume from /dev/sda1 Invoking userspace resume from /dev/sda1 resume: libgcrypt version: 1.5.0 Trying manual resume from /dev/sda1 invoking in-kernel resume from…
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