Re: Migration to Leap 16

On 7/1/26 9:06 AM, Lew Wolfgang wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>
> I've been procrastinating with the migration from Leap 15.6 to 16, but
> I'm motivated now to take the plunge.
>
> Have migrations using the opensuse-migration-tool been going well?
>
> I played a bit with the migration tool last November, but the current one
> looks a bit more polished.  Is this the time?

It's done!  I'm migrated to Leap 16.  Thanks to those who replied 
in-list and
privately.  I used the migration-tool.

There were a couple of problems but they're all sorted out now with the
help of ChatGPT.

First problem was Virtualbox failing.  This was traced to kvm being loaded
in the kernel.  This fixed the problem:

sudo modprobe -r kvm_amd
sudo modprobe -r kvm

Then, to make the change permanent:

echo "blacklist kvm_amd" | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-kvm.conf
echo "blacklist kvm" | sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-kvm.conf
sudo dracut -f
sudo reboot

I'm now using the Leap 16 rpm from the VirtualBox web site.

Second problem regarded virtual desktops and the various apps not staying
in their desktops across logins.  They would all pile up on one virtual 
desktop.
That was traced to a Wayland problem, switching to X11/Plasma fixed the 
issue.

So I'm up and happily running now.  And ChatGPT has asked me for my opinion
of Leap 16, interestingly enough.

BTW, ChatGPT said:  "My recommendation for your workflow: switch KDE 
back to
X11 on Leap 16. Wayland is improving, but for heavy multi-desktop session
restoration, X11 is still the practical choice."

Regards,
Lew