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A general purpose operating system built on top of the Linux kernel, developed by the community-supported openSUSE Project.

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Mount root filesystem from initramfs

It's a common scenario. For whatever reason, the initramfs (OpenSUSE, in case it matters) has failed to find the root filesystem, so it drops you into a rescue shell. I know perfectly well what device needs to be mounted though. My question: What is…
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KDE: how to get rid of IBus keyboard selector

Please, how to get rid of IBus service/IBus panel when running KDE? This Gnome(?) keyboard layout manager (?) can get into conflict with the layout set natively in KDE Settings. I need to switch often between CZ and UK keyboard and IBus makes it…
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How can I start a systemd service only after mysql has started?

I am working on a project which is a mono EmailServer. I have tried adding a service to the systemd so that it starts up automatically during boot but I am having a problem. I have created the script and added to…
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How can I list all files which have been installed by an ZYpp/Zypper package?

How can I use zypper to list the locations of installed files for a given package?
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How do I find a package that provides a given file in OpenSuSE?

I am thinking on some like Contents-.gz on Debian. A network service were also okay. Does it exist? Simple elaboration: For example, we need a binary named exampletool, which we know very good from other distributions or operation systems. We…
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How to use zypper in bash scripts for someone coming from apt-get?

I have a few questions about moving from apt-get to zypper in bash scripts. What is the equivalent of this? sudo apt-get install curl --assume-yes (where curl could be any package) I found the Zypper Cheat Sheet - openSUSE. Very nice! But I would…
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Clear all Snapper snapshots

OpenSUSE (among other distributions) uses snapper to take snapshots of btrfs partitions. Some people think the default snapshot intervals take up too much space too quickly, but whether or not you believe that, there are times when you want to clear…
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where is log file of Gnome 3?

I've just installed gnome3 on openSUSE 11.4 following these instructions but when from kdm I try to load gnome3, it just shows me a page saying that it cannot load and it doesn't give me any further information about what is the problem. Where…
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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 server. Reading installed packages... Nothing to…
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How to check from a command line that network is reachable?

I want to send a growl to myself after SuSE server finishes the boot process. I got this message socket_sendto(): unable to write to socket [101]: Network is unreachable in. How can I check from command line if the network is reachable and wait in…
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How can I copy/paste data to and from the Windows clipboard to an OpenSuse clipboard using VNC?

I am connecting to a remote OpenSuse computer using VNC from Windows. On other Linuces that I've used over VNC, I can copy text between the remote machine and the local Windows machine using the clipboard. In this case, I can seem to connect the…
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What is the proper way to create a bootable image of my system?

Wouldn't it be nice if I could just get my system set up right after I install it, with all of the themes and programs and SDKs that I want, and then just save that snapshot? Like a backup, except I'd be able to boot that image and install it on…
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Specifying DNS settings to override those of DHCP

Every 6 months or so I cannot access the DNS on whatever router I'm using. usually have to add the nameserver by hand to the /etc/resolv.conf file. I've tried adding Google free DNS to the file and it changes nothing. What can I do to not have to…
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Setting DISPLAY in systemd service file

I'm trying to learn systemd services by trying to start xclock as a service; the service file is below [Unit] Description=clock [Service] Environment=DISPLAY=:0 ExecStart=/usr/bin/xclock [Install] WantedBy=graphical.target Any ideas what's wrong…
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How do I install a system-wide SSL certificate on openSUSE?

I have a PEM certificate that I just downloaded from a webserver. I want to install it system-wide so I can curl the server without it complaining about a missing certificate. I tried putting the file in /etc/ssl/certs, but nothing happened.
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