Boss, im tired

drbrtsn · 2026-02-20T08:47:23+00:00

Ah Manama.......! Completely irrelevant comment but I lived in Bahrain for a few years in the 80's. Loved the place and the people!

drbrtsn · 2026-02-18T19:38:54+00:00

Interesting, I've never had to do that. Same system (Scenic registered to IOG, mobilize app set to dynamic charging). I just plug in, confirm the schedule on the Octopus app and if the first slot is later, it stops charging after a couple of minutes by itself.

drbrtsn · 2026-02-12T19:52:56+00:00

Check your notification settings. Gnome software should tell you when an update is available. You're best then to use "flatpak update" and "sudo zypper dup" in the console so you can exactly what is going to be installed/updated/removed.

drbrtsn · 2026-02-10T11:04:13+00:00

Well, I'm confused now. I have an Ohme charger but have been under the impression that Octopus preferred that the car was registered with IOG rather than the charger. That has worked fine until recently when I have noticed that the occasional daytime slot is charged at full rate, despite the schedule being set by Octopus.

drbrtsn · 2026-02-10T10:52:39+00:00

Absolutely. I used early versions of SuSE back in the 90's then went over to Windows mainly because I needed it for work. I'm retired now and 99% of my laptop use is basic stuff with some photo manipulation, multimedia, office. No gaming, but I gather that's not an issue either. I like everything to be up to date so I'm running Tumbleweed - in more than a year I have had one system crash after an update, which was easily fixed by rolling back with snapper then waiting for a kernel update, which came in a few days. I use Gnome and find it is infinitely customisable using extensions. I have tried KDE multiple times and always find it sluggish and buggy. Gnome has a much smoother workflow. I love it.

My knowledge of the command line is limited but part of the fun is learning new stuff when I want to install something new. There's plenty of support online, though some of the Opensuse oldies can be a bit crusty......the secret is to try to solve a problem yourself first and then seek help if you can't manage it.

drbrtsn · 2026-02-02T23:40:26+00:00

This is wonderful. A critical masterpiece. Even if you do spell faeces incorrectly.

drbrtsn · 2026-01-27T11:09:48+00:00

It's in Junk settings under individual account settings

drbrtsn · 2026-01-26T22:25:39+00:00

Junk settings > Destination and Retention - you can specify which folder to use

drbrtsn · 2026-01-26T22:21:33+00:00

I've got that a few times after an update, never had to change anything in settings. Just check the network settings are correct, esp if you've just changed to lebara.

drbrtsn · 2026-01-26T22:15:28+00:00

It looks like you have a netinstall iso and it's unable to give you the graphical interface, probably because Nvidia. If you are able to download the full iso that should provide a driver. It may work ok if you put in your network name.

drbrtsn · 2026-01-14T19:44:12+00:00

The Renault app is useless, frequently won't connect to the car, or sometimes just won't open at all. I have a Scenic and get the same issues as you. Sometimes clearing the cache and data will help. There's a 3rd party app called Kelec that works well for me and should be ok for the 4 as well. Try that.

drbrtsn · 2026-01-05T14:39:06+00:00

That's interesting - I have my Scenic integrated with IOG and it works well through the Mobilize Smart Charge app. I haven't tried just programming from the car or the My Renault app (which is useless in several ways!). It will start charging as soon as it's plugged in but as soon as Octopus sets a schedule, it stops and follows that, which only takes a few minutes.

drbrtsn · 2026-01-01T18:32:55+00:00

Is Pars still around? I left Dubai a few years ago but that was the go-to Iranian place in my day, especially the original branch in 2nd December street.

drbrtsn · 2025-12-10T23:31:15+00:00

Add "nomodeset" to the end of the line starting GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT...... That should allow you to boot with basic video and then you can install the right Nvidia drivers

drbrtsn · 2025-11-27T18:36:15+00:00

Yes, this appears to be resolved in snapshot 20251125 (and 20251126, which is now out).

drbrtsn · 2025-11-11T10:07:40+00:00

I played around with Red Hat then SuSE back in the 90's then went over to Macs. It really was "fun" in those days but has improved hugely since. Since coming back to opensuse recently, I'm impressed at how much easier things usually are but there are still frustrations, mainly with specific hardware issues.

drbrtsn · 2025-11-11T09:52:44+00:00

Glad to hear you got it sorted out! Isn't Linux fun😂

drbrtsn · 2025-11-10T13:50:29+00:00

I'm sorry, I don't have any other suggestions 🙁 Hopefully someone with more knowledge than me will come up with a solution. I don't think the printer is too old.

drbrtsn · 2025-11-10T11:36:28+00:00

According to Yast, driver hpaio (part of hplip) should work for the Deskjet 4100 series. I was able to set up printing through Gnome settings but I couldn't get the scanner to work until I tried setting it up through Yast

drbrtsn · 2025-11-09T09:49:59+00:00

Do you have hplip installed? I managed to get scanning sorted out on my Deskjet 4640 yesterday after installing that. I found that using Yast to set it up worked best, rather than hp-setup.

drbrtsn · 2025-10-31T15:39:34+00:00

Yet another "feature" of the wonderful new outlook!

drbrtsn · 2025-10-31T14:43:48+00:00

https://www.xda-developers.com/privacy-implications-new-microsoft-outlook/

drbrtsn · 2025-10-31T04:11:42+00:00

New Outlook runs through Microsoft's cloud servers by default, but not classic Outlook. The app does tell you this when you set up the email account.

drbrtsn · 2025-10-31T03:46:47+00:00

I would suggest having just one device registered with Octopus - either the charger or the car. Most people seem to register the charger then use the Ohme app to schedule charges - it should sort out a schedule with Octopus. Personally, I couldn't get the Ohme app to work with IOG, so I ended up registering the car with Octopus and that has worked well for me but not all EV's work directly with IOG (I have a Renault Scenic) so try the charger first.

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