OpenSUSE Leap 15 not booting Windows 10 (UEFI, GRUB)

With a recent installation of Leap 15, somehow the EFI folder for Microsoft was wiped - or it was never in the correct location to start with.

The link below worked best - unfortunately you do need to use a Windows installation disk to get to the rescue option.

Just one point to be added: the  "\Microsoft\Boot\" folders were not present in the EFI partition and thus the "bcdboot c:\Windows /l en-US /s b: /f All" command failed.

Use mkdir to create the directories. All else should work.


https://www.tenforums.com/bsod-crashes-debugging/24959-bsod-boot-0xc0000034.html

OpenSUSE Leap 15 "Keyring did not unlock"

Surprisingly, the keyring feature is a borrow from gnome.

After logging in (not auto-login), a pop-up would appear with the error "...keyring did not unlock..." I enter the same password as for logging in and then all is well - just a nuisance. To fix it:

zypper in seahorse

Run seahorse...select the folder Login and right click.
Unlock
Right click again and choose "Change password" (I just set it to the same as my log in password.
Log out and back in to test.

Hopefully this is a permanent fix.

Linux copy command

I always battle to get this right - copying from everything from a folder to the directory containing the folder...that sounds weird...here is an example:

/srv/www/htdocs/htdocs_old/

As you can guess - I want everything from htdocs_old to be moved to htdocs itself. And the command is so easy - that's why I am saving it here:

cp -r * ..

Which translates to "copy" "recursively" "everything in current directory" to "directory preceding it".

A patchy start

Getting Apache 2.4 on OpenSUSE Leap 15 to display directory structure with a clean install:

I kept getting "Permission denied". This is what solved it:

1. Create .htaccess files for each directory
2. Edit /etc/apache2/default-server.conf
3. Edit /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
4. Ensure folders have appropriate permissions

Gigaset Factory Reset

All Gigaset Hansets are reset to factory default by the following:
• Switch off handset
• Hold down the keys 1, 4, 7 and switch the handset on
• “Service” will be displayed
• Enter 4 6 8 5 4 6 3
• The handset switches off

 http://me.go-unified.com/access-hidden-menu-of-siemens-gigaset-cordless-devices/

Proxy refresh

Challenge:
Licensing requires Internet access - however, after some time of inactivity the port used to refresh the license file is closed. Opening Internet Explorer and loading the URI to the home page of the license provider also open the cloud connection.

Solution:
Automate opening the web page (URI) at regular intervals by means of a powerShell scipt

Content of script:
curl https://test.com -Proxy 'http://10.22.19.2:8080' -UseDefaultCredentials -UseBasicParsing

Invoke-WebRequest -Uri 'http://test.com' -Proxy 'http://10.22.19.23:8080' -ProxyUseDefaultCredentials -UseBasicParsing

Run command:
powershell.exe -file C:\scripts\proxy_refresh.ps1

Automation was accomplished using the free version of 'System Scheduler' from Splinterware.
https://www.splinterware.com/products/scheduler.html

AC Win HiPath Attendant Console and Ds-Win with incoming calls

The problem experienced was that whilst an operator is searching the directory (DS-Win), the AC Win Attendant Console would automatically be focused on when a new call appeared.

The manual says such behaviour is not possible, but maybe mine is a bit out of date. The following will disable such functionality.

1. Start menu -> AC Win Configuration -> Section = SBCWinUI -> GetFocusOnRingingCall = 0

2. AC Win Console -> Administration -> Enter Admin password -> Call Control Window Settings: Untick the box "Restore Minimized HiPath..." box.