currently perusing some linux courseware i'll be delivering later
this month, and i'm fascinated by the early claim that the "more" and
"less" commands can be used interchangeably. i don't recall that
*ever* being the case, given that more is part of util-linux, and less
is a separate package, a
On 18 February 2018 at 02:07, fred roller wrote:
[...]
> Normally, any PC to Monitor adjustments will be in the Display settings or
> some such. Someone more knowledgeable could even tell you some of the
> advance stuff in config files, monitor profile, and such. The monitor
> itself should have
Allegedly, on or about 17 February 2018, stan sent:
> Using monitors with different resolutions and dot pitches
> at the same time must play havoc with font selection.
Modern monitors (LCDs, etc), only work at one resolution, their native
ones. If you don't drive the pixels with a 1:1 ratio of gr
On Sat, 17 Feb 2018 17:18:59 -0800
Joe Zeff wrote:
> Do you happen to remember the program's name? If so, it would be a
> great help to anybody who needs it.
In thinking about this a little more, I wonder if fred doesn't have the
right of it. Using monitors with different resolutions and dot
On Sat, 17 Feb 2018 17:18:59 -0800
Joe Zeff wrote:
> Do you happen to remember the program's name? If so, it would be a
> great help to anybody who needs it.
It's a package, not a program, and it turns out to be freetype. They
switched default font rendering, and turned off hinting.
Here is
Hi, Anne,
I have a question: does the boot completes and you reach the login screen ?
( or terminal if you are in non x mode) ? Or are you dropped to some sort
of dracut or a maintenace mode ? Generally, as one of the replies mentions,
there are sometimes errors messages that you can ignore.
Rega
On 02/17/2018 04:06 PM, stan wrote:
There was a conversation here about 6 months ago about the introduction
of a different level of font hinting and a different font optimizer that
many people found problematic. That is probably where your
problem, and your solution, lies.
Do you happen to rem
On Sat, 17 Feb 2018 14:58:22 -0800
Joe Zeff wrote:
> On 02/17/2018 02:51 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
> > It is going to be in a log file. So, you look or don't look. Up
> > to you. Go to /var/log and see how many other logs are generated
> > that you never look at and contain stuff most people won't
| The Hardware of the PC does not let me access to any monitor
configuration.
| It seems that every thing is automatic (It is a recent Asus Motherboard).
Normally, any PC to Monitor adjustments will be in the Display settings or
some such. Someone more knowledgeable could even tell you some of th
On Sat, 17 Feb 2018 22:25:19 +0100
"Patrick Dupre" wrote:
> The Hardware of the PC does not let me access to any monitor
> configuration. It seems that every thing is automatic (It is a recent
> Asus Motherboard).
This doesn't seem right. Have you checked on their website?
> The new monitor sa
On 02/17/2018 02:51 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
It is going to be in a log file. So, you look or don't look. Up to you. Go to
/var/log and see how many other logs are generated that you never look at and
contain
stuff most people won't understand.
I'm not saying that it shouldn't be done, just th
Joe Zeff wrote:
> On 02/17/2018 02:32 PM, Todd Zullinger wrote:
>> If that's accepted, I or someone else can work on adding the
>> same V=1 to the make command for the other nvidia-*-kmod
>> packages.
>
> The question is, how many people would want to see the extra output or know
> what to do with
On 02/18/18 06:41, Joe Zeff wrote:
> On 02/17/2018 02:32 PM, Todd Zullinger wrote:
>> If that's accepted, I or someone else can work on adding the
>> same V=1 to the make command for the other nvidia-*-kmod
>> packages.
>
> The question is, how many people would want to see the extra output or know
On 02/17/2018 02:32 PM, Todd Zullinger wrote:
If that's accepted, I or someone else can work on adding the
same V=1 to the make command for the other nvidia-*-kmod
packages.
The question is, how many people would want to see the extra output or
know what to do with it? I know people who'd hav
On 02/18/18 06:32, Todd Zullinger wrote:
> Thanks for sending me on a fun hunt Ed.
I sure am glad you did it. I was too lazy. Figured it works for vbox it
"must" be
the same for nVidia. :-) :-)
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Ed Greshko wrote:
> On 02/18/18 05:12, François Patte wrote:
>> Le 17/02/2018 à 20:31, Ed Greshko a écrit :
>>> On 02/18/18 02:10, François Patte wrote:
returns that virtualbox drivers (vboxdrv, vboxnetflt, vboxnetadp,
vboxpci) and nvidia driver were not compiled with a retpoline compiler
On 02/17/18 23:48, François Patte wrote:
>> Do you have any modules, such as a Wifi driver, that you've built yourself?
> No!
Well, vbox and nVidia do qualify. :-) See my other response.
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On 02/18/18 05:12, François Patte wrote:
> Le 17/02/2018 à 20:31, Ed Greshko a écrit :
>> On 02/18/18 02:10, François Patte wrote:
>>> returns that virtualbox drivers (vboxdrv, vboxnetflt, vboxnetadp,
>>> vboxpci) and nvidia driver were not compiled with a retpoline compiler
>>>
>>> As these mo
Hello,
The Hardware of the PC does not let me access to any monitor configuration.
It seems that every thing is automatic (It is a recent Asus Motherboard).
The new monitor says that it is running with a resolution 1920x1080@60Hz.
I guess that it may be correct if I check on the pictures,
Le 17/02/2018 à 20:31, Ed Greshko a écrit :
> On 02/18/18 02:10, François Patte wrote:
>> returns that virtualbox drivers (vboxdrv, vboxnetflt, vboxnetadp,
>> vboxpci) and nvidia driver were not compiled with a retpoline compiler
>>
>> As these modules are compiled on board with gcc using akmod
On Mon, Feb 12, 2018 at 10:16 AM, Илья Коскин wrote:
> Hello everybody. Here is my problem. I have two computers, both with fedora
> workstation 27, both with selinux disabled, both fully updated. Both have the
> same configuration of samba:
> [global]
> usershare max shares = 5
>
On 02/18/18 02:10, François Patte wrote:
> returns that virtualbox drivers (vboxdrv, vboxnetflt, vboxnetadp,
> vboxpci) and nvidia driver were not compiled with a retpoline compiler
>
> As these modules are compiled on board with gcc using akmod, I suppose
> that gcc is not a retpoline compiler
Le 17/02/2018 à 18:11, Wolfgang Pfeiffer a écrit :
> On Sat, 17 Feb 2018 13:25:06 +0100
> François Patte wrote:
>
>> Le 17/02/2018 à 12:59, Ed Greshko a écrit :
>>> On 02/17/18 18:12, François Patte wrote:
I just updated f27 and the new installed kernel
(4.15.3-300.fc27.x86_64), sends
On Sat, 17 Feb 2018 13:00:23 +
Anne Wilson wrote:
> Hi. After a long time away from Linux I'll be asking some newby-type
> questions, so I'll apologise from the start.
>
> I have just installed the KDE Spin of FC27 to a four-year-old Lenovo
> G510 laptop, with a 120GB drive installed. Drin
On Sat, 2018-02-17 at 17:33 +, Anne Wilson wrote:
> On 17/02/2018, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> > Try 'journalctl -k -b' to see kernel
> > messages since the most recent boot
>
> (Fabricated quote, as I never received your message in TBird. Sorted
> now, I think.)
>
> Hi, Patrick. Tried tha
On 17/02/2018, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> Try 'journalctl -k -b' to see kernel
> messages since the most recent boot
(Fabricated quote, as I never received your message in TBird. Sorted
now, I think.)
Hi, Patrick. Tried that, resulting:
mce: [Hardware Error]: CPU 0: M
mce: [Hardware Error]:
On Sat, 17 Feb 2018 13:25:06 +0100
François Patte wrote:
> Le 17/02/2018 à 12:59, Ed Greshko a écrit :
> > On 02/17/18 18:12, François Patte wrote:
> >> I just updated f27 and the new installed kernel
> >> (4.15.3-300.fc27.x86_64), sends these messages at boot time:
> >>
> >> kernel: Spectre V2
... also, look to the Accessibility settings of the OS. Tell it you are
hard of sight, this will help with global settings across the OS and should
make most of the adjustments you are looking for in the rest of your
software.
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On Sat, Feb 17, 2018 at 9:37 AM, Patrick Dupre wrote:
>
>
>
> ===
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Le 17/02/2018 à 14:32, Ed Greshko a écrit :
> On 02/17/18 20:25, François Patte wrote:
>>> [egreshko@acer vulnerabilities]$ cat spectre_v2
>>> Mitigation: Full generic retpoline
>> this one gives:
>>
>> Mitigation: Full generic retpoline - vulnerable module loaded
>>
>> But does not give the module
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On Sat, 2018-02-17 at 13:00 +, Anne Wilson wrote:
> Hi. After a long time away from Linux I'll be asking some newby-type
> questions, so I'll apologise from the start.
>
> I have just installed the KDE Spin of FC27 to a four-year-old Lenovo
> G510 laptop, with a 120GB drive installed. Dring
On 02/17/18 20:25, François Patte wrote:
>> [egreshko@acer vulnerabilities]$ cat spectre_v2
>> Mitigation: Full generic retpoline
> this one gives:
>
> Mitigation: Full generic retpoline - vulnerable module loaded
>
> But does not give the module name!!
Do you have any modules, such as a Wifi dri
I run dual screen on my laptop. If memory serves; 3 things may have an
impact. First set your new monitor to 1600 x 1200 and see if it clears up,
I seem to remember something about the ratio having an affect on resolution
1.33:1 vs 1.5:1 respectively for your monitors. If this is the case then
t
Hi. After a long time away from Linux I'll be asking some newby-type
questions, so I'll apologise from the start.
I have just installed the KDE Spin of FC27 to a four-year-old Lenovo
G510 laptop, with a 120GB drive installed. Dring bootup I'm seeing
messages about hardware failures. They don't
Hello,
I have 2 monitors (Samsung)
One is old (11 years) with a resolution 1600 x 1200 (primary)
and the other one, I just bought it, resolution 1920 x 1080 (secondary)
But they look very different.
The old one, display very sharp characters, the new one display very rough
characters.
This effect
Le 17/02/2018 à 12:59, Ed Greshko a écrit :
> On 02/17/18 18:12, François Patte wrote:
>> I just updated f27 and the new installed kernel
>> (4.15.3-300.fc27.x86_64), sends these messages at boot time:
>>
>> kernel: Spectre V2 : Mitigation: Full generic retpoline
>> kernel: Spectre V2 : System may
On 02/17/18 18:12, François Patte wrote:
> I just updated f27 and the new installed kernel
> (4.15.3-300.fc27.x86_64), sends these messages at boot time:
>
> kernel: Spectre V2 : Mitigation: Full generic retpoline
> kernel: Spectre V2 : System may be vulnerable to spectre v2
>
> What do they mean a
Bonjour,
I just updated f27 and the new installed kernel
(4.15.3-300.fc27.x86_64), sends these messages at boot time:
kernel: Spectre V2 : Mitigation: Full generic retpoline
kernel: Spectre V2 : System may be vulnerable to spectre v2
What do they mean and what to do? Waiting for next kernel upda
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