[Swlug] Mint v Chromium

Tue Jun 21 21:31:04 UTC 2022

That was exceptionally interesting. The Bios is indeed old at v202 as opposed to v320(ish). I downloaded the update and put it on a memory stick then navigated through the Bios screen and selected the update via the update tool in the Bios. Up came a message that it was not a valid ufei bios. I tried putting the zipped file through then, thinking it might not like being unzipped and got the same message. 

Interestingly, checking the Bios it seems I have the e203MAS and all this time I thought I had an e203MA. It seems it just does not want to update the Bios. The only think I can think is maybe it needs one update at a time.

Rhys Sage

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Today's Topics:

  1. Re: Mint v Chromium (Colin Law)
  2. Re: Mint v Chromium (Rhys Sage)
  3. Re: Remote SWLUG on Jitsi tonight Tuesday 21 June 2022 at 7pm
      BST (Dick Bain)
  4. Re: Remote SWLUG on Jitsi tonight Tuesday 21 June 2022 at 7pm
      BST (Daniel Morris)
On Tue, 21 Jun 2022 at 16:55, Dave Hodgkinson via Swlug
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>
> You appear to have a slightly flaky disk:

Before assuming that it is the disc I advise checking for motherboard
firmware updates.

Colin

It seems the copy-link thing didn't work right. Here's the grep
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SXgZp2MEFIa0QYXDnkHOR4Vev32F-2OfQDWZsUNms2w/edit?usp=sharing

Rhys Sage

I will be late as my Linux mint is corrupted on the root fs gah
Dick

On Tue, 21 Jun 2022, 14:29 Daniel Morris via Swlug, <swlug at mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote:
> Hi Huw,
> 
> Most have been pretty flawless, apply any missing/current patches, set releasever=15.4, 'zypper ref; zypper dup'. I think I've one machine that I've updated from about 12.x or 13.1 (never get around to nuke & pave). I add the DVD iso as a local repo, slurping a WiFi hotspot or using my mobile's generous limit. Pretty much these instructions: https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:System_upgrade
> 
> One system had a bit of drama losing the connection, about 800 packages left to apply with 1100 done. Problem was zypper executable was hosed with
> "zypper: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib64/libzypp.so.1722: undefined symbol:...".  I just scp'd the libzypp and zypper packages from the DVD image over and applied with rpm, and they restarted the 'zypper dup'. It saved a 600 mile round-trip, or having to 'fess up to a colleague and do a rollback :)
> 
> Tumbleweed for a year was fun but just too much churn for my day-day, especially now with metered bandwidth.
> 
>  Daniel
> 
> On Tue, 21 Jun 2022 at 13:41, Huw Pearce via Swlug <swlug at mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote:
>> Hi Daniel,
>> 
>> Good to hear your openSUSE Leap upgrade to 15.4 went well. I have to 
>> have another go after following the instructions I found, that did not work.
>> 
>> My openSUSE Tumbleweed systems continue to update without any dramas and 
>> hopefully 'touch wood' continue to do so.
>> 
>> Kind regards,
>> 
>> Huw
>> 
>> On 21/06/2022 13:14, Daniel Morris via Swlug wrote:
>>> Avoid travel chaos tonight with a good old fashioned remote SWLUG 
>>> meeting, tonight, on Jitsi at 7pm. You can revel in the post-truth 
>>> 20-20 hindsight by reasoning this SWLUG is remote to:
>>>
>>> 1) Show your solidarity with striking transport workers amidst the 
>>> cost-of-living crisis
>>> 2) Stay safe (COFID is out to get you!)
>>> 3) 'Cos No Fridges are available for this time slot
>>> 4) Any other (il)legitimate reason - it is 2022 be creative, and Free!
>>>
>>> I'm going to be crowing about how easy openSUSE Leap 15.4 upgrades 
>>> have been, even when my ISP decided to stamp on the radio signals 
>>> mid-way through. And how OpenReach celebrated the Jubilee bank 
>>> holidays by ripping out the "legacy" June/July 2021 overhead fibre and 
>>> started afresh - still just the 40m of tree cutting left...
>>>
>>> Simply launch a web-browser and go to
>>>
>>> https://meet.jit.si/swlugmeetonline
>>>
>>> Or,
>>> https://jitsi.org/jitsi-meet/ and choose "Start a call" and enter 
>>> "swlugmeetonline" as the name.
>>>
>>>  Daniel
>>>
>> 
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No worries, thanks for the heads up! 

On Tue, 21 Jun 2022, 19:24 Dick Bain, <dick.bain at gmail.com> wrote:
> I will be late as my Linux mint is corrupted on the root fs gah
> Dick
> 
> 
> On Tue, 21 Jun 2022, 14:29 Daniel Morris via Swlug, <swlug at mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote:
>> Hi Huw,
>> 
>> Most have been pretty flawless, apply any missing/current patches, set releasever=15.4, 'zypper ref; zypper dup'. I think I've one machine that I've updated from about 12.x or 13.1 (never get around to nuke & pave). I add the DVD iso as a local repo, slurping a WiFi hotspot or using my mobile's generous limit. Pretty much these instructions: https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:System_upgrade
>> 
>> One system had a bit of drama losing the connection, about 800 packages left to apply with 1100 done. Problem was zypper executable was hosed with
>> "zypper: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib64/libzypp.so.1722: undefined symbol:...".  I just scp'd the libzypp and zypper packages from the DVD image over and applied with rpm, and they restarted the 'zypper dup'. It saved a 600 mile round-trip, or having to 'fess up to a colleague and do a rollback :)
>> 
>> Tumbleweed for a year was fun but just too much churn for my day-day, especially now with metered bandwidth.
>> 
>>  Daniel
>> 
>> On Tue, 21 Jun 2022 at 13:41, Huw Pearce via Swlug <swlug at mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote:
>>> Hi Daniel,
>>> 
>>> Good to hear your openSUSE Leap upgrade to 15.4 went well. I have to 
>>> have another go after following the instructions I found, that did not work.
>>> 
>>> My openSUSE Tumbleweed systems continue to update without any dramas and 
>>> hopefully 'touch wood' continue to do so.
>>> 
>>> Kind regards,
>>> 
>>> Huw
>>> 
>>> On 21/06/2022 13:14, Daniel Morris via Swlug wrote:
>>>> Avoid travel chaos tonight with a good old fashioned remote SWLUG 
>>>> meeting, tonight, on Jitsi at 7pm. You can revel in the post-truth 
>>>> 20-20 hindsight by reasoning this SWLUG is remote to:
>>>>
>>>> 1) Show your solidarity with striking transport workers amidst the 
>>>> cost-of-living crisis
>>>> 2) Stay safe (COFID is out to get you!)
>>>> 3) 'Cos No Fridges are available for this time slot
>>>> 4) Any other (il)legitimate reason - it is 2022 be creative, and Free!
>>>>
>>>> I'm going to be crowing about how easy openSUSE Leap 15.4 upgrades 
>>>> have been, even when my ISP decided to stamp on the radio signals 
>>>> mid-way through. And how OpenReach celebrated the Jubilee bank 
>>>> holidays by ripping out the "legacy" June/July 2021 overhead fibre and 
>>>> started afresh - still just the 40m of tree cutting left...
>>>>
>>>> Simply launch a web-browser and go to
>>>>
>>>> https://meet.jit.si/swlugmeetonline
>>>>
>>>> Or,
>>>> https://jitsi.org/jitsi-meet/ and choose "Start a call" and enter 
>>>> "swlugmeetonline" as the name.
>>>>
>>>>  Daniel
>>>>
>>> 
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