I finally got cockpit to run by deleting the cockpit-* user and group.
But now I have problems using it.
The GUI is very non-responsive in Chromium and Firefox. If I am in administrative mode, for example, the page will not refresh. Clicking on the left-column items usually does nothing. I have to use the arrow keys to move from menu to menu.
SELinux seems to be blocking Cockpit from doing its things:
Maybe Iām confused. Iāve been watching the other Cockpit thread from the OP.
I have never gone thru all the trouble to get Cockpit running on Leap 15.6 and 16. I simply run Discover, then install (one-click) the Cockpit Client, and thatās it. No services to install or enable, and no additional packages via YaST or Myrlyn . Am I missing something (?)
Is @jarome installing this way to administer remote machines?
Two screenshots below for 15.6 and 16.
You can see a Cockpit running, alongside proof there are no additional packages or services running.
(yes, itās my understanding if youāre gonna use Cockpit to admin remote machines, you have to do that).
@aggie that would be the Flatpak versionā¦ I use that here as can connect to multiple systems with it, I only installed to test. Likewise the OP is on a M1 ARM Mac with Parallels and ARM architectureā¦
I am just trying to replace Yast2 on my local machine. Remote settings of system stuff scares me, frankly. Cockpit was installed in the ARM alpha dist that I installed.
Discover will not install software since it says no internet (a known bug apparently).
How do I install cockpit client with zypper?
Look at the first screenshot ā¦ is that what youāre referring to?
If yes, that is an erroneous error message because of some simple bug that hasnāt been fixed yet.
That message ONLY shows up if you are on the Home tab. Notice the second screenshot, showing us the Updates to be installed - if there really is a ācanāt connect to Internetā issue, those update would have the error too. If I click back to the Home tab, that erroneous error message will show up again.
Erroneous error that shows up for everyone on Leap 16
See the first screenshot - Installed works here ā¦ as a matter of fact, I clicked on EVERY tab just now, and no error message ā¦ the ONLY error I get is when I click on the Home tab (previously shown).
The focus in this thread is about Cockpit, plus a suggestion to install the Flatpak version of Cockpit (Cockpit is the main subject matter), vs using the lower-level (rpm-oriented) install. The Cockpit-Client via Flatpak is a quick install.
Not sure where the ārpm discussionā is in here ā¦ use Myrlyn for the rpm stuff.
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Installed tab shows the proper content - no errors:
You may want to read the bugreport and what was written (and may have a second look on your screenshots). Discover on Leap 16 ONLY shows flatpaks and no RPMs.
I wanted to point out that your claim that only the home tab is affected is not correct. ATM Discover on Leap 16 is not usable as it was in Leap 15.6 (and prior) due to the fact that it canāt see RPMs (as explained in the bugreport).
I installed Tumbleweed in parallels on my Mac Studio. Parallels Tools would not install (but they do on LEAP 16). So it is kinda unusable. But cockpit was not in the default install, and I could not find it. After the install, Myrlyn installed cockpit (I selected most of them) and it ran in a browser window. I did not see the GUI issues I saw with Leap 16 beta.
Back to LEAP 16-beta. I was unable to install cockpit client:
localhost:~ # zypper install flatpak
Refreshing service 'openSUSE'.
Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...
'flatpak' is already installed.
No update candidate for 'flatpak-1.16.0-160000.1.40.aarch64'. The highest available version is already installed.
Resolving package dependencies...
Nothing to do.
localhost:~ # flatpak --user install org.cockpit_project.CockpitClient
Looking for matchesā¦
error: No remote refs found for āorg.cockpit_project.CockpitClientā
Do I need to add a repository?
What do I need to uninstall to use flatpak only?
So on new installation, the cockpitclient installed. How do I run it? Still in a browser on 9090?
And also, as an aside, why do firefox windows have a big black border?
I did it as root, and then again as myself. But I donāt think that the flatpak version of cockpit is installed. myrlyn shows no cockpit things are installed.
How do I start cockpitclient?
As root, or as me?
Root worked, but just one line for login. Root pwd did not work.
As me, it complained:
jar@leap16beta:~> flatpak run org.cockpit_project.CockpitClient
error: app/org.cockpit_project.CockpitClient/aarch64/master not installed
