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Subject:    Re: "Verifying shim SBAT data failed" after 15.5 update
From:       "Carlos E. R." <robin.listas () telefonica ! net>
Date:       2024-05-19 1:31:02
Message-ID: e904566e-6de6-48c7-a7a0-bfb3865e42e6 () telefonica ! net
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On 2024-05-19 01:59, Bob Rogers wrote:
>     From: "Carlos E. R." <robin.listas@telefonica.net>
>     Date: Sun, 19 May 2024 00:18:10 +0200
> 
>     On 2024-05-18 19:58, Bob Rogers wrote:
> 
>     > After "zypper dup" and extensive subsequent updates, I tried it anyway
>     > (thanks, Andrei, Marcus), and it seemed to work temporarily, but then
>     > failed again.  (I would be happy keeping "secure boot" permanently off
>     > in the BIOS, but part of the immediate problem is that the battery is
>     > thoroughly dead, so the BIOS keeps forgetting.  I am getting a new
>     > battery today, but it would be nice to kill this useless pseudo-security
>     > rigmarole once and for all.)
> 
>     I have not read the entire thread, but I noticed this part. If the
>     battery is dead, and the BIOS clock dies, a computer hits security
>     problems as soon as it hits things dated today. Specifically, security
>     certificates fail. Web browsing and downloading things become a pain.
> 
> The clock kept resetting to 8-Jan-24, which was annoying, but nothing
> failed quite so catastrophically as the problems you mention.  (When the
> power went off because the cord jiggled, emacs refused to recover
> something from its autosave file because it thought the autosave was too
> old, but that was easily worked around.)  And the new battery has
> arrived, so this will soon cease to be an issue, but thanks for the
> warning.

Jan-24 is not that bad - when I had that kind of problem there was a 
time difference of a decade. Ok, good that you have the battery problem 
solved, one thing less to look at.

-- 
Cheers / Saludos,

		Carlos E. R.
		(from 15.5 x86_64 at Telcontar)


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