DNF update

2016-10-07 Thread jarmo
3RD time happened, when doing "dnf update" XFCE crashed and had log in again. I know, there is bug somewhere and people have been told to do update in virtual console. Ok, twice I did in in console running in X. But now I used virtual console and when returned back into X, it crashed and had to lo

kde plasmashell eating cpu - FC24 all updates on INTEL Q6700

2016-10-07 Thread Andy Paterson
I have just discovered (one of?) the reasons plasmashell was eating so much cpu and memory on my system. I have dual monitors and in circa FC20 I could get a panel on both screens then something happened (and I suspect I tried apparently unsuccessfully to restore a panel to one of the screens)

Re: Reverting to nouveau

2016-10-07 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Fri, 2016-10-07 at 11:38 -0500, geo.inbox.ignored wrote: > as for nvidia site, check to see if you can find a more proper driver at; > >   http://www.nvidia.com/download/index.aspx That's where the drivers come from, via RPMfusion. > as for 'on all the time', i agree about your saving power.

Re: Reverting to nouveau

2016-10-07 Thread geo.inbox.ignored
On 10/07/2016 10:35 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Fri, 2016-10-07 at 09:22 -0500, geo.inbox.ignored wrote: >> you do not mention if problem system is a desktop or laptop, tho such >> may not matter. > > It's desktop with an added Nvidia card. > >> in following your thread, there are a coupl

Re: Reverting to nouveau

2016-10-07 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Fri, 2016-10-07 at 09:22 -0500, geo.inbox.ignored wrote: > you do not mention if problem system is a desktop or laptop, tho such > may not matter. It's desktop with an added Nvidia card. > in following your thread, there are a couple things that i wonder about. > >  1- did problem start after

Re: Developing Android apps under Fedora/KDE

2016-10-07 Thread Tom Horsley
On Fri, 07 Oct 2016 15:33:09 +0100 Timothy Murphy wrote: > But does the above mean that you cannot download the necessary files > over WiFi (say with KDE Connect), or simply that you don't recommend it? Nah, it is just personal preference. I found it more convenient to download them via a web bro

Re: Developing Android apps under Fedora/KDE

2016-10-07 Thread Timothy Murphy
Tom Horsley wrote: > You can certainly install them with a USB connection and > adb commands though rather than downloading them over > wifi. Thanks for the clarification. But does the above mean that you cannot download the necessary files over WiFi (say with KDE Connect), or simply that you do

Re: Reverting to nouveau

2016-10-07 Thread geo.inbox.ignored
On 10/07/2016 05:11 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: <<<>>> > I understand that, however the issue isn't that Steam doesn't work, but > that some FPS-type games are too laggy to be usable, i.e. the problem > is performance rather than function. I may look into it at some point > but for now I've j

Re: Developing Android apps under Fedora/KDE

2016-10-07 Thread Tom Horsley
On Fri, 07 Oct 2016 15:04:43 +0100 Timothy Murphy wrote: > Is developer.android.com the official Android site > as they claim to be? Eg is it supported by google? Yep, that's the official google site. They have their own tutorials out there as well to guide you through developing example apps wit

F23: KDE menu launch SSH inside konsole fails after update

2016-10-07 Thread Gary Stainburn
I don't know when it stopped working working, but it was recently. Unfortunately, with almost daily updates I don't know what's caused it. I have menu entried within my KDE which start a ssh command inside a konsole. This has worked fine for as long as I can remember (F9 or before) However, now

Re: Developing Android apps under Fedora/KDE

2016-10-07 Thread Timothy Murphy
Tom Horsley wrote: =>> As I said, I would be very grateful for any knowledgeable adivice >> on this topic. > > You don't want that e-word development environment not to be named. > There is a brand new android GUI development environment just > for android: https://developer.android.com/studio/in

Re: Developing Android apps under Fedora/KDE

2016-10-07 Thread Tom Horsley
On Fri, 07 Oct 2016 14:02:13 +0100 Timothy Murphy wrote: > As I said, I would be very grateful for any knowledgeable adivice > on this topic. You don't want that e-word development environment not to be named. There is a brand new android GUI development environment just for android: https://deve

Developing Android apps under Fedora/KDE

2016-10-07 Thread Timothy Murphy
I have an old smartphone (Samsung Galaxy S2), unlocked, and I'm thinking of trying to write simple apps for it on my Fedora-24 laptop. I'm fairly familiar with Java (and Eclipse) (Long ago I wrote a program modifying TeX web2c to output Java). I haven't found a reasonably authoritative article o

Re: Reverting to nouveau

2016-10-07 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Thu, 2016-10-06 at 21:17 -0700, Samuel Sieb wrote: > On 10/06/2016 03:27 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > > > On Thu, 2016-10-06 at 06:33 -0300, George N. White III wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > I don't have a problem with Steam. As long as I use the Nvidia drivers > > > > it works perfectly

Re: Taskbar Panel in Plasma Won't Autohide

2016-10-07 Thread Stephen Morris
On 06/10/16 09:07, Rick Stevens wrote: On 10/05/2016 02:37 PM, Stephen Morris wrote: On 07/07/16 08:24, Stephen Morris wrote: On 23/05/16 07:25, Ed Greshko wrote: On 05/23/16 04:10, Stephen Morris wrote: Thanks Ed. Do you know what the kde list url is, I might try that to see if they have a

Re: Boot normally, but give me a root shell

2016-10-07 Thread Richard W.M. Jones
On Fri, Oct 07, 2016 at 09:19:55AM +0200, Ahmad Samir wrote: > On 6 October 2016 at 23:55, Richard W.M. Jones wrote: > > > > Is there a way to get Fedora to boot into a root shell, without > > requiring a password? > > > > NOTE: I'm not interested in "emergency" shells and this is not for > > reco

Re: Boot normally, but give me a root shell

2016-10-07 Thread Ahmad Samir
On 6 October 2016 at 23:55, Richard W.M. Jones wrote: > > Is there a way to get Fedora to boot into a root shell, without > requiring a password? > > NOTE: I'm not interested in "emergency" shells and this is not for > recovering a system. > > I want the (specialized, non-networked) system to boot