Re: Strane UUID problem

On 20.03.2015, Chris Murphy wrote: > If /dev/sda uses MBR, it doesn't really have a UUID, it might have a > serial number. It's MBR, and it didn't have a UUID before. > I think think needs more troubleshooting, rather > than bringing out the hammer before the problem is identified. > Feel free

checkboxes in f21 gnome apps

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gnucash and keyring in fedora 21

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Re: hdparm problem

On 03/20/2015 03:41 PM, Chris Murphy wrote: Not applicable. I advise staying on the rails. On Mar 20, 2015 3:22 PM, "jd1008" > wrote: On 03/20/2015 03:19 PM, Chris Murphy wrote: sudo hdparm --user-master u --security-set-pass Eins /dev/sdX su

Re: hdparm problem

Not applicable. I advise staying on the rails. On Mar 20, 2015 3:22 PM, "jd1008" wrote: > > > On 03/20/2015 03:19 PM, Chris Murphy wrote: > >> sudo hdparm --user-master u --security-set-pass Eins /dev/sdX >> >> sudo time hdparm --user-master u --security-erase Eins /dev/sdX >> OR >> sudo time hdp

Re: hdparm problem

On 03/20/2015 03:19 PM, Chris Murphy wrote: sudo hdparm --user-master u --security-set-pass Eins /dev/sdX sudo time hdparm --user-master u --security-erase Eins /dev/sdX OR sudo time hdparm --user-master u --security-erase-enhanced Eins /dev/sdX Just copy and paste it. Two commands are neede

Re: hdparm problem

sudo hdparm --user-master u --security-set-pass Eins /dev/sdX sudo time hdparm --user-master u --security-erase Eins /dev/sdX OR sudo time hdparm --user-master u --security-erase-enhanced Eins /dev/sdX Just copy and paste it. Two commands are needed. Just two. Not three. Not one. -- users maili

Re: hdparm problem

On 03/20/2015 02:13 PM, jd1008 wrote: It made no difference :( If nothing else, the test took very little time and completely eliminated a possibility. Thanx for letting us know. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin

Re: hdparm problem

On 03/20/2015 02:59 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: On 03/20/2015 01:49 PM, jd1008 wrote: Unfortunately, manpage says: -m Get/set sector count for multiple sector I/O on the drive. I have no need for this, and I do not see how it helps my situation where I cannot set the master password. Yes,

Re: hdparm problem

On 03/20/2015 02:55 PM, Rick Stevens wrote: On 03/20/2015 01:11 PM, jd1008 wrote: It seems that setting the master password is not possible. Why is that? Could it be that the command itself has been hacked NOT to change the master password? Time to take a look at the source code :) Yup. I

Re: hdparm problem

On 03/20/2015 01:49 PM, jd1008 wrote: Unfortunately, manpage says: -m Get/set sector count for multiple sector I/O on the drive. I have no need for this, and I do not see how it helps my situation where I cannot set the master password. Yes, I understand that. What you don't understa

Re: hdparm problem

On 03/20/2015 01:11 PM, jd1008 wrote: On 03/20/2015 01:32 PM, Rick Stevens wrote: I've never used this stuff, Joanne, but I know people who have, which is why I suggested you have the user password set (the "--set-security-password" command defaults to "--user-master u"). You may have to spec

Re: hdparm problem

On 03/20/2015 02:29 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: On 03/20/2015 01:24 PM, jd1008 wrote: Forget it!!! Either you are mixing things up or making them up. I have all my messages in the sent folder. I never used -m argument. I'm not saying that you did; I was saying that there is an option m, and it nee

Re: hdparm problem

On 03/20/2015 02:24 PM, Chris Murphy wrote: Is the drive in question in any kind of enclosure? If it is, there's a good chance using ATA Secure Erase will either not work, or will brick the drive. There are many craptastic bridge chipsets out there. Otherwise this might help. http://mackonsti

Re: hdparm problem

On 03/20/2015 01:24 PM, jd1008 wrote: Forget it!!! Either you are mixing things up or making them up. I have all my messages in the sent folder. I never used -m argument. I'm not saying that you did; I was saying that there is an option m, and it needs a dash in front of it. The quote was fr

Re: hdparm problem

> http://mackonsti.wordpress.com/2011/11/22/ssd-secure-erase-ata-command And just to quality that source, I use it all the time, so I know it works. Both SSD and HDD. -- Chris Murphy -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://adm

Re: hdparm problem

On 03/20/2015 02:19 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: On 03/20/2015 01:12 PM, jd1008 wrote: On 03/20/2015 02:05 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: On 03/20/2015 12:53 PM, jd1008 wrote: Maybe you are using some other version??? My hdparm is # rpm -q hdparm hdparm-9.45-1.fc21.x86_64 From your earlier message: > -m

Re: hdparm problem

Is the drive in question in any kind of enclosure? If it is, there's a good chance using ATA Secure Erase will either not work, or will brick the drive. There are many craptastic bridge chipsets out there. Otherwise this might help. http://mackonsti.wordpress.com/2011/11/22/ssd-secure-erase-ata-c

Re: hdparm problem

On 03/20/2015 01:12 PM, jd1008 wrote: On 03/20/2015 02:05 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: On 03/20/2015 12:53 PM, jd1008 wrote: Maybe you are using some other version??? My hdparm is # rpm -q hdparm hdparm-9.45-1.fc21.x86_64 From your earlier message: > -m Get/set multiple sector count Man - get

Re: hdparm problem

On 03/20/2015 02:05 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: On 03/20/2015 12:53 PM, jd1008 wrote: Maybe you are using some other version??? My hdparm is # rpm -q hdparm hdparm-9.45-1.fc21.x86_64 From your earlier message: > -m Get/set multiple sector count Man - get a clue You are quoting yourself!!

Re: hdparm problem

On 03/20/2015 01:32 PM, Rick Stevens wrote: I've never used this stuff, Joanne, but I know people who have, which is why I suggested you have the user password set (the "--set-security-password" command defaults to "--user-master u"). You may have to specify "--user-master m --set-security-p

Re: hdparm problem

On 03/20/2015 12:53 PM, jd1008 wrote: Maybe you are using some other version??? My hdparm is # rpm -q hdparm hdparm-9.45-1.fc21.x86_64 From your earlier message: > -m Get/set multiple sector count -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription op

Re: hdparm problem

On 03/20/2015 12:48 PM, jd1008 wrote: Who is Joanne???! Why do you assume my name Joanne? There is a Joanne Dow on this list; it was probably just a frain bart on the poster's part. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admi

Re: hdparm problem

On 03/20/2015 12:48 PM, jd1008 wrote: On 03/20/2015 01:32 PM, Rick Stevens wrote: I've never used this stuff, Joanne, but I know people who have, which is why I suggested you have the user password set (the "--set-security-password" command defaults to "--user-master u"). You may have to spec

Re: hdparm problem

On 03/20/2015 01:36 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: On 03/20/2015 12:25 PM, jd1008 wrote: Man page says only choices are u and m Does not mention a - preceding either one. Look at the usage you quoted, and I snipped. It lists -m, but not simply m. In fact, I don't know off-hand of a command tha

Re: hdparm problem

On 03/20/2015 01:32 PM, Rick Stevens wrote: I've never used this stuff, Joanne, but I know people who have, which is why I suggested you have the user password set (the "--set-security-password" command defaults to "--user-master u"). You may have to specify "--user-master m --set-security-p

Re: Strane UUID problem

On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 10:49 AM, Heinz Diehl wrote: > Hi, > > F21, fully updated, no longer boots cleanly. After to tries, I found the > culprit: > > suddenly, the physical device (/dev/sda) has got a UUID, and it's the same as > the one /home has. So no wonder that /home can't be mounted. I have

Re: hdparm problem

On 03/20/2015 12:25 PM, jd1008 wrote: Man page says only choices are u and m Does not mention a - preceding either one. Look at the usage you quoted, and I snipped. It lists -m, but not simply m. In fact, I don't know off-hand of a command that allows you to specify an option without

Re: hdparm problem

On 03/20/2015 12:04 PM, jd1008 wrote: On 03/20/2015 11:24 AM, Rick Stevens wrote: hdparm --user-master m --set-security-pass It is belching the usage at me: # hdparm --user-master m --set-security-pass thepassword /dev/sdc hdparm - get/set hard disk parameters - version v9.45, by Mark Lord

Re: hdparm problem

On 03/20/2015 01:18 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: On 03/20/2015 12:04 PM, jd1008 wrote: On 03/20/2015 11:24 AM, Rick Stevens wrote: hdparm --user-master m --set-security-pass It is belching the usage at me: # hdparm --user-master m --set-security-pass thepassword /dev/sdc Have you tried using -m i

Re: hdparm problem

On 03/20/2015 12:04 PM, jd1008 wrote: On 03/20/2015 11:24 AM, Rick Stevens wrote: hdparm --user-master m --set-security-pass It is belching the usage at me: # hdparm --user-master m --set-security-pass thepassword /dev/sdc Have you tried using -m instead of just m? HTH, HAND. -- users mail

Re: hdparm problem

On 03/20/2015 11:24 AM, Rick Stevens wrote: hdparm --user-master m --set-security-pass It is belching the usage at me: # hdparm --user-master m --set-security-pass thepassword /dev/sdc hdparm - get/set hard disk parameters - version v9.45, by Mark Lord. Usage: hdparm [options] [device ..

Re: Which scanning application for colour-profiled scanner?

On Fri, 20 Mar 2015, Tim Waugh wrote: Hi, I've used gnome-color-manager to generate an ICC profile for my scanner using an IT8.7/2 target I ordered. The next step, obviously, is to scan something. I was trying to work out how to set up xsane to use the profile I'd generated, but I'm having tro

Which scanning application for colour-profiled scanner?

Hi, I've used gnome-color-manager to generate an ICC profile for my scanner using an IT8.7/2 target I ordered. The next step, obviously, is to scan something. I was trying to work out how to set up xsane to use the profile I'd generated, but I'm having trouble working it out. I also saw a note

Re: hdparm problem

On 03/20/2015 10:14 AM, jd1008 wrote: On 03/20/2015 09:54 AM, jd1008 wrote: On 03/20/2015 09:51 AM, jd1008 wrote: The command and error message are: # time hdparm --verbose --user-master m --security-erase-enhanced thepassword /dev/sdc security_password="thepassword" /dev/sdc: Issuing SE

Re: Strane UUID problem

On 20.03.2015, Heinz Diehl wrote: > Looks like a serious problem with nilfs-tools. s/tools/utils; -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproje

Re: Strane UUID problem

On 20.03.2015, jd1008 wrote: > uuid is the way to go!!! But not on the top-level physical device. No way in h*ll should /dev/sda have any UUID. What happened was that systemd tried to mount /dev/sda on /home rather than /dev/sda4, which of course can't work.. -- users mailing list users@list

Re: Strane UUID problem

On 20.03.2015, Ron Morse wrote: > I don't know about removing a UUID, but you can assign a new one with > GParted. Yes. But I was curious what could have assigned a UUID to /dev/sda. And I found it. Making a nilfs2 partition on /home the evening before, lsblk -f reported the same UUID for /de

Re: hdparm problem

On 03/20/2015 09:54 AM, jd1008 wrote: On 03/20/2015 09:51 AM, jd1008 wrote: The command and error message are: # time hdparm --verbose --user-master m --security-erase-enhanced thepassword /dev/sdc security_password="thepassword" /dev/sdc: Issuing SECURITY_ERASE command, password="thepa

Re: Strane UUID problem

On 03/20/2015 12:49 PM, Heinz Diehl wrote: > Hi, > > F21, fully updated, no longer boots cleanly. After to tries, I found the > culprit: > > suddenly, the physical device (/dev/sda) has got a UUID, and it's the same as > the one /home has. So no wonder that /home can't be mounted. I have not the >

Re: Strane UUID problem

On 03/20/2015 10:49 AM, Heinz Diehl wrote: Hi, F21, fully updated, no longer boots cleanly. After to tries, I found the culprit: suddenly, the physical device (/dev/sda) has got a UUID, and it's the same as the one /home has. So no wonder that /home can't be mounted. I have not the slightest

Re: Strane UUID problem

I don't know about removing a UUID, but you can assign a new one with GParted. Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 20, 2015, at 10:49 AM, Heinz Diehl wrote: > > Hi, > > F21, fully updated, no longer boots cleanly. After to tries, I found the > culprit: > > suddenly, the physical device (/dev/sda)

Strane UUID problem

Hi, F21, fully updated, no longer boots cleanly. After to tries, I found the culprit: suddenly, the physical device (/dev/sda) has got a UUID, and it's the same as the one /home has. So no wonder that /home can't be mounted. I have not the slightest clue what could have given /dev/sda a UUID. So

Re: hdparm problem

On 03/20/2015 09:51 AM, jd1008 wrote: The command and error message are: # time hdparm --verbose --user-master m --security-erase-enhanced thepassword /dev/sdc security_password="thepassword" /dev/sdc: Issuing SECURITY_ERASE command, password="thepassword", user=master outgoing cdb: 85 08

hdparm problem

The command and error message are: # time hdparm --verbose --user-master m --security-erase-enhanced thepassword /dev/sdc security_password="thepassword" /dev/sdc: Issuing SECURITY_ERASE command, password="thepassword", user=master outgoing cdb: 85 08 0e 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 40 ec 0

Re: is there a bt mouse that auto-connects on linux?

I've found the bluetooth devices that come with a dongle which emulates a USB device to be much more useful than the ones with a dongle that is "native" bluetooth. You don't need any bluetooth software on linux to be working at all, so there is much less source for troubles :-). If it is a keyboar

Re: is there a bt mouse that auto-connects on linux?

On 03/20/2015 08:15 AM, Paul Cartwright wrote: On 03/20/2015 07:55 AM, Neal Becker wrote: After buying a logitech bt mouse, and finding it won't auto-connect of F21 (kde), I'm planning to return that and try something else. Is there another that is known to work? Something smallish for a noteb

Re: is there a bt mouse that auto-connects on linux?

On 03/20/2015 08:50 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Fri, 2015-03-20 at 07:55 -0400, Neal Becker wrote: >> After buying a logitech bt mouse, and finding it won't auto-connect of F21 >> (kde), I'm planning to return that and try something else. Is there another >> that is known to work? Somet

Re: is there a bt mouse that auto-connects on linux?

On Fri, 2015-03-20 at 07:55 -0400, Neal Becker wrote: > After buying a logitech bt mouse, and finding it won't auto-connect of F21 > (kde), I'm planning to return that and try something else. Is there another > that is known to work? Something smallish for a notebook. I have a Sondstrom mouse

Re: is there a bt mouse that auto-connects on linux?

On 03/20/2015 07:55 AM, Neal Becker wrote: > After buying a logitech bt mouse, and finding it won't auto-connect of F21 > (kde), I'm planning to return that and try something else. Is there another > that is known to work? Something smallish for a notebook. > I use a Logitech BT keyboard. Was a

Re: Constant DHCPREQUEST

Maybe it's looking for the autoconfig file wpad.dat and not finding it. dhcpd.conf option local-pac-server code 252 = text; option local-pac-server "http://wpad.example.com:80/wpad.dat";; Bill On 3/18/2015 12:51 PM, Gary Stainburn wrote: Hi folks, While looking at my network I've spo

is there a bt mouse that auto-connects on linux?

After buying a logitech bt mouse, and finding it won't auto-connect of F21 (kde), I'm planning to return that and try something else. Is there another that is known to work? Something smallish for a notebook. -- Those who fail to understand recursion are doomed to repeat it -- users mailing

Re: Issue with GOG native games and opengl?

On 03/19/2015 05:07 PM, Bruno Wolff III wrote: > On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 08:44:17 +0800, > Ed Greshko wrote: >> On 03/17/15 08:38, Bruno Wolff III wrote: >>> The game works in current f21, but not rawhide. I suspect this is >>> due to mesa or nouveau versions rather than a bug. >> >> Are you sayi