networkmanager (plasmoid ) does not work at all - why ?

hello dear Linux-community,

i have installed a opensuse 13.2.

the issue; i cannot get the network plasmoid up and running …

Passwort: 
linux-a9sq:/home/martin/.kde4/share/config #  iwconfig
wlp4s0    IEEE 802.11bgn  ESSID:off/any  
          Mode:Managed  Access Point: Not-Associated   Tx-Power=off   
          Retry short limit:7   RTS thr=2347 B   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          
enp5s0    no wireless extensions.

lo        no wireless extensions.

linux-a9sq:/home/martin/.kde4/share/config # rfkill list
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
        Soft blocked: no
        Hard blocked: yes
linux-a9sq:/home/martin/.kde4/share/config # 



btw. i ve probably some other issues here left - that

Apparently i have a lot of (hundreds) of Akonadi resources. i tried to remove the unneeded ones, in “kcmshell4 akonadi” or “Configure Desktop”->“Personal Informations”->“Configure Akonadi Resources” or by just deleting the corresponding config files in ~/.kde4/share/config/ (akonadi_*).

see here
http://pastebin.ca/3385038

but - hmm i guess that there something went wrong - i probably have deleted tooo much Akonadi ressources…

any idea why the networkmanager plasmoid does not work
i only have wired (ethernet) internet.

Have you checked Network Settings in Yast? Are you configured to use “NetworkManager” or to use “wicked”?

Also check “Configure Desktop” → “Startup and Shutdown”
and look at the services manager (sorry, I don’t remember the exact name). Make sure that the network service is set to run at startup. Then check the system tray, and make sure that the network applet is checked to show.

hello dear Nrickert,

many many thanks for the quick reply.

well - unfortunatly i cannot start YAST - guess that the system is somehow unable to

  • start yast

  • start libreoffice

  • there are some kind of bugs

hmmm - guess that this has to do with the “akonadi files”?

is this possible - how to proceed

Was this a clean install or upgrade? Can you show us your configured repos?

zypper lr -d

hello - many thanks for the reply

this was neither a fresh installation - nor a clean upgrade / update.

on this notebook the old opensuse version runs - opensuse 13.2

in a few dayy i want to upgrade to opensuse Leap 42.1

here the overview on repos


martin@linux-a9sq:~> zypper lr -d
#  | Alias                     | Name                               | Aktiviert | GPG-Überprüfung | Aktualisieren | Priorität | Typ    | URI                                                                          | Dienst
---+---------------------------+------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+---------------+-----------+--------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------
 1 | All_of_Packman            | Packman                            | Ja        | (r ) Ja         | Nein          |   99      | rpm-md | http://packman.inode.at/suse/openSUSE_12.3/                                  |       
 2 | openSUSE-13.2-0           | openSUSE-13.2-0                    | Ja        | ( p) Ja         | Nein          |   99      | yast2  | cd:///?devices=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-TSSTcorp_CDDVDW_SN-S083C_m1L3456789KLMNOP |       
 3 | repo-debug                | openSUSE-13.2-Debug                | Nein      | ----            | Ja            |   99      | NONE   | http://download.opensuse.org/debug/distribution/13.2/repo/oss/               |       
 4 | repo-debug-update         | openSUSE-13.2-Update-Debug         | Nein      | ----            | Ja            |   99      | NONE   | http://download.opensuse.org/debug/update/13.2/                              |       
 5 | repo-debug-update-non-oss | openSUSE-13.2-Update-Debug-Non-Oss | Nein      | ----            | Ja            |   99      | NONE   | http://download.opensuse.org/debug/update/13.2-non-oss/                      |       
 6 | repo-non-oss              | openSUSE-13.2-Non-Oss              | Ja        | ( p) Ja         | Ja            |   99      | yast2  | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/13.2/repo/non-oss/                 |       
 7 | repo-oss                  | openSUSE-13.2-Oss                  | Ja        | ( p) Ja         | Ja            |   99      | yast2  | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/13.2/repo/oss/                     |       
 8 | repo-source               | openSUSE-13.2-Source               | Nein      | ----            | Ja            |   99      | NONE   | http://download.opensuse.org/source/distribution/13.2/repo/oss/              |       
 9 | repo-update               | openSUSE-13.2-Update               | Ja        | (r ) Ja         | Ja            |   99      | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/update/13.2/                                    |       
10 | repo-update-non-oss       | openSUSE-13.2-Update-Non-Oss       | Ja        | (r ) Ja         | Ja            |   99      | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/update/13.2-non-oss/                            |       
martin@linux-a9sq:~> 





see also



martin@linux-a9sq:~> lsblk 
NAME        MAJ:MIN RM   SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sda           8:0    0 465,8G  0 disk 
├─sda1        8:1    0     4G  0 part [SWAP]
├─sda2        8:2    0   102M  0 part /boot
├─sda4        8:4    0     1K  0 part 
├─sda5        8:5    0    10G  0 part /
└─sda6        8:6    0 389,6G  0 part /home
sr0          11:0    1  1024M  0 rom  
mmcblk0     179:0    0   7,4G  0 disk 
└─mmcblk0p1 179:1    0   7,4G  0 part 
martin@linux-a9sq:~>

Your first repo (the packman repo) appears to be for opensuse 12.3 instead of for 13.2. That’s going to cause problems.

hello dear nrickert

many many thanks for the reply.

i will check this - i will try to fix it
should i remove this -

note: i have to remove it via terminal - since i am not able to start yast
how to remove it via terminal… !?

and besides this; what should i check also!?
note; can the above mentioned error also stop the system from starting libreoffice.
libreoffice does not start also,

i first try to remove the repo youmention - i need to try it via terminal - can you give me a tipp how to do this

love to her from you

greetings

Yes.
Or replace the URL with 13.2, you can e.g. edit the text file in /etc/zypp/repos.d/ manually.

Afterwards run “zypper dup” to update your system.

note: i have to remove it via terminal - since i am not able to start yast
how to remove it via terminal… !?

Either by modifying/removing the repo files in /etc/zypp/repos.d/ directly, or via zypper (see “zypper mr --help” and “zypper rr --help”).

But what happens when you run “sudo yast” in the terminal?
Those huge number of akonadi processes should only affect starting graphical applications, not text-mode yast.

Do you still have those?
You should reboot after removing the akonadi resource configs to quit the running processes, as I told you in your other thread.
Does it help if you just kill all processes with “akonadi” in the name?

If not, you have a completely different problem.

Akonadi should not affect NetworkManager anyway.

and besides this; what should i check also!?
note; can the above mentioned error also stop the system from starting libreoffice.
libreoffice does not start also,

Again, what error message do you get?

helllo dear Nrickert and wolfi123

first of all - many thanks for your continued help.

i finally did it -


packmann repo deleted 

see the following results:


# | Alias                     | Name                               | Aktiviert | GPG-Überprüfung | Aktualisieren | Priorität | Typ    | URI                                                                          | Dienst
--+---------------------------+------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+---------------+-----------+--------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------
1 | openSUSE-13.2-0           | openSUSE-13.2-0                    | Ja        | ( p) Ja         | Nein          |   99      | yast2  | cd:///?devices=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-TSSTcorp_CDDVDW_SN-S083C_m1L3456789KLMNOP |       
2 | repo-debug                | openSUSE-13.2-Debug                | Nein      | ----            | Ja            |   99      | NONE   | http://download.opensuse.org/debug/distribution/13.2/repo/oss/               |       
3 | repo-debug-update         | openSUSE-13.2-Update-Debug         | Nein      | ----            | Ja            |   99      | NONE   | http://download.opensuse.org/debug/update/13.2/                              |       
4 | repo-debug-update-non-oss | openSUSE-13.2-Update-Debug-Non-Oss | Nein      | ----            | Ja            |   99      | NONE   | http://download.opensuse.org/debug/update/13.2-non-oss/                      |       
5 | repo-non-oss              | openSUSE-13.2-Non-Oss              | Ja        | ( p) Ja         | Ja            |   99      | yast2  | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/13.2/repo/non-oss/                 |       
6 | repo-oss                  | openSUSE-13.2-Oss                  | Ja        | ( p) Ja         | Ja            |   99      | yast2  | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/13.2/repo/oss/                     |       
7 | repo-source               | openSUSE-13.2-Source               | Nein      | ----            | Ja            |   99      | NONE   | http://download.opensuse.org/source/distribution/13.2/repo/oss/              |       
8 | repo-update               | openSUSE-13.2-Update               | Ja        | (r ) Ja         | Ja            |   99      | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/update/13.2/                                    |       
9 | repo-update-non-oss       | openSUSE-13.2-Update-Non-Oss       | Ja        | (r ) Ja         | Ja            |   99      | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/update/13.2-non-oss/                            |       
martin@linux-a9sq:~> 


aferwards;
while running zypper dup

180 Pakets were queuing up to be refreshed …



Die folgenden 181 Pakete werden aktualisiert:
  apache2-mod_php5 apache2-prefork bind-utils cups-filters-foomatic-rip cups-filters-ghostscript curl dhcp-client flash-player flash-player-kde4 gnome-online-accounts gpg2 grub2-snapper-plugin
  java-1_7_0-openjdk java-1_7_0-openjdk-headless java-1_8_0-openjdk java-1_8_0-openjdk-headless java-1_8_0-openjdk-plugin kaddressbook kaffeine kde4-kgreeter-plugins kdebase4-runtime
  kdebase4-workspace kdebase4-workspace-ksysguardd kdebase4-workspace-liboxygenstyle kdelibs4 kdelibs4-core kdepim4 kdm kmail kmix knotes kontact korganizer krb5 kwin libcurl4 libdcerpc0
  libdcerpc0-32bit libdcerpc-binding0 libdcerpc-binding0-32bit libgensec0 libgensec0-32bit libgoa-backend-1_0-1 libgudev-1_0-0 libhogweed2 libkde4 libksuseinstall1 libldap-2_4-2
  libldap-2_4-2-32bit libldb1 libmysqlclient18 libmysqlclient_r18 libmysqld18 libndr0 libndr0-32bit libndr-krb5pac0 libndr-krb5pac0-32bit libndr-nbt0 libndr-nbt0-32bit libndr-standard0
  libndr-standard0-32bit libnetapi0 libnetapi0-32bit libnm-glib4 libnm-glib-vpn1 libnm-util2 libotr5 libpdb0 libpdb0-32bit libpolkit0 libregistry0 libreoffice libreoffice-base
  libreoffice-base-drivers-mysql libreoffice-calc libreoffice-calc-extensions libreoffice-draw libreoffice-filters-optional libreoffice-icon-theme-galaxy libreoffice-icon-theme-hicontrast
  libreoffice-icon-theme-oxygen libreoffice-icon-theme-sifr libreoffice-impress libreoffice-kde4 libreoffice-l10n-de libreoffice-l10n-en libreoffice-mailmerge libreoffice-math
  libreoffice-pyuno libreoffice-writer libreoffice-writer-extensions libsamba-credentials0 libsamba-credentials0-32bit libsamba-hostconfig0 libsamba-hostconfig0-32bit libsamba-util0
  libsamba-util0-32bit libsamdb0 libsamdb0-32bit libsmbclient0 libsmbclient-raw0 libsmbclient-raw0-32bit libsmbconf0 libsmbconf0-32bit libsmbldap0 libsmbldap0-32bit libsoftokn3 libssh2-1
  libtevent-util0 libtevent-util0-32bit libvdpau_nouveau libvdpau_r600 libvdpau_radeonsi libwbclient0 libwbclient0-32bit libwebkitgtk-3_0-0 libwebkitgtk3-lang libwicked-0-6 mariadb
  mariadb-client mariadb-errormessages mariadb-tools Mesa Mesa-libEGL1 Mesa-libGL1 MozillaFirefox MozillaFirefox-translations-common mozilla-nss mozilla-nss-certs NetworkManager nscd
  openldap2-client openssh openssh-helpers openssl openvpn php5 php5-bz2 php5-ctype php5-dom php5-gd php5-iconv php5-json php5-mbstring php5-mcrypt php5-mysql php5-pdo php5-sqlite
  php5-tokenizer php5-xmlreader php5-xmlwriter php5-zip php5-zlib phpMyAdmin plasma-nm plasma-nm-openvpn plasma-nm-pptp plasma-nm-vpnc polkit samba samba-32bit samba-client samba-client-32bit
  samba-libs samba-libs-32bit socat systemd systemd-32bit systemd-logger systemd-presets-branding-openSUSE systemd-sysvinit tigervnc typelib-1_0-Polkit-1_0 udev wicked wicked-service xdm
  xf86-input-wacom xf86-video-mach64 xorg-x11-server xorg-x11-Xvnc                                                                                                                              
                                                                             

this steo ended up with the following lines:

…[fertig]
( 5/189) Installation of: kernel-desktop-3.16.7-35.1 …[Fehler]
Installation of kernel-desktop-3.16.7-35.1 failed:
error: Subprocess failed. Error: RPM failed: installing package kernel-desktop-3.16.7-35.1.x86_64 needs 12MB on the /boot filesystem

well - i guess that we are very very close to some bottlenecks… that i have on this notebook…

What is aimed: i want to have a stable sytem with opensuse 13.2 - to be able to store all the data on extern hdd.

on a sidenote: do i need to have a linux filesytem on the extern hdd ?

at the moment i have not.

what do i have to do now - guess that there some thing goes wrong with the system…

Is “/boot” a separate partition?

If not, then it is part of the root file system and you probably just need to cleanup “btrfs” snapshots. If it is a separate file system, you might need to clean up some old kernels.

hello dear Nrickert,

thanks for answering so quick

does this help here- guess


martin@linux-a9sq:~> lsblk 
NAME        MAJ:MIN RM   SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sda           8:0    0 465,8G  0 disk 
├─sda1        8:1    0     4G  0 part [SWAP]
├─sda2        8:2    0   102M  0 part /boot
├─sda4        8:4    0     1K  0 part 
├─sda5        8:5    0    10G  0 part /
└─sda6        8:6    0 389,6G  0 part /home
sr0          11:0    1  1024M  0 rom  
mmcblk0     179:0    0   7,4G  0 disk 
└─mmcblk0p1 179:1    0   7,4G  0 part 
martin@linux-a9sq:~>

do i need to check more thinngs
how to do a cleanup -

To summarize, “/boot” is a separate partition, and is 102M in size.

That’s a bit tight on space, though it should be enough. I think it was with opensuse 12.3 that I ran into problems. But the size of the “initrd” files tor 13.2 is a bit smaller.

What happens is that the kernel takes a chunk of space, and the corresponding “initrd” file takes a chunk of space.

When a new kernel is installed, the old one is not deleted. But if there are already two kernels, then after a third kernel is installed, the oldest kernel is supposed to be deleted. But there is a period of time where there are three kernels. That should still fit in 102M. But sometimes the cleanup of old kernels isn’t working properly. I’m guessing that’s the problem you are having.

Maybe give the output of

ls -l /boot

so that we can see.

And another question. Are you able to use Yast Software Management? Or is there still too much broken for that?

“rfkill” says that your wireless device is “Hard blocked” !!!

If you use a notebook there may be a switch somewhere which will allow you to switch WLAN on/off.

Best regards

susejunky