Re: Disable Caps Lock -

2019-06-28 Thread Paul Allen Newell
On 6/28/19 5:15 PM, Tim via users wrote: On Fri, 2019-06-28 at 16:46 -0700, stan via users wrote: I find myself missing the tab key and hitting the caps lock key pretty regularly There used to be, and may still be, a feature that beeped when the caps lock was pressed. At least you got an ear

Re: here is a challenge

2019-06-28 Thread Jack Craig
gentlemen, thx for your time to reply. after 5 hrs, i Just NOW, 11pm, got both up. i had been using a usb kbd that apparently didnt like the unify dongle. i wanted to add mx master 2s, but that started a real PITA. at the moment both are working so i gotta bed down fast before they break again..

Re: here is a challenge

2019-06-28 Thread fred roller
Go-to local thrift store and get a wired keyboard for a Buck. Or, connect ssh if set up. On Fri, Jun 28, 2019, 10:34 PM Jack Craig installing a wireless mouse, i disconnected my usb wireless keyboard. > without kybd how to reenable kybd? > > i can login tty... > > any good ideas? > __

Re: here is a challenge

2019-06-28 Thread Ed Greshko
On 6/29/19 12:45 PM, Jack Craig wrote: > installing a wireless mouse, i disconnected my usb wireless keyboard. > without kybd how to reenable kybd? > > i can login tty... > > any good ideas? What wireless technology is your keyboard using?  All of my Logitech USB keyboards use a "Unifying Receive

here is a challenge

2019-06-28 Thread Jack Craig
installing a wireless mouse, i disconnected my usb wireless keyboard. without kybd how to reenable kybd? i can login tty... any good ideas? ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedorap

Re: Disable Caps Lock -

2019-06-28 Thread Tim via users
On Fri, 2019-06-28 at 16:46 -0700, stan via users wrote: > I find myself missing the tab key and hitting the caps lock key > pretty regularly There used to be, and may still be, a feature that beeped when the caps lock was pressed. At least you got an early warning, that way, if you accidentally

Re: Disable Caps Lock -

2019-06-28 Thread Tim via users
On Fri, 2019-06-28 at 13:25 -0700, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: > I have been know to pry off the cap over the key. A bit drastic, but > it works. I know someone who inserted some dry spaghetti in the space under the keycap, so it couldn't be pressed down. Effective, and undoable.

Re: Disable Caps Lock -

2019-06-28 Thread Tim via users
On Fri, 2019-06-28 at 12:24 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote: > What can I use instead of "Shift_L" to make it simply do nothing? Which desktop do you use? On Gnome/Mate there's a keyboard preference GUI configurator, in the Layouts tab, click on the Options button, then find the Caps Lock behaviour sect

Re: Migrating RAID1 to new system

2019-06-28 Thread Cameron Simpson
On 28Jun2019 11:03, Alex wrote: I have an older fedora install that I need to upgrade. It has 8 Intel SSD 520 Series 240GB disks in there now, mounted on root using an LSI SAS 9260-8i controller. There is about 1.3TB usable space. I need to upgrade it to add more space. If I bought eight 512GB

Re: Disable Caps Lock -

2019-06-28 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 6/28/19 7:46 PM, stan via users wrote: No kidding. You've inspired me to look at what I could change that key to. I rarely use it, and I'm thinking of altering it to another tab, since I use tab completion a lot because it saves me so much typing, and I find myself missing the tab key and

Re: Disable Caps Lock -

2019-06-28 Thread stan via users
On Fri, 28 Jun 2019 14:43:55 -0400 Bob Goodwin wrote: > Yes I found that does it and is a lot better than inadvertently > trying to enter a password in all caps. No kidding. You've inspired me to look at what I could change that key to. I rarely use it, and I'm thinking of altering it to anoth

Re: Disable Caps Lock -

2019-06-28 Thread Cameron Simpson
On 28Jun2019 14:26, Bob Goodwin wrote: I found a solution, /usr/bin/xmodmap -e 'keycode 66=NoSymbol' renders the Caps Lock key inoperative, it seems to do nothing at all. I use: clear lock add control = Caps_Lock to turn in into an additional control key. Cheers, Cameron Simpson

Re: Disable Caps Lock -

2019-06-28 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 6/28/19 4:25 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: If you are using qemu-kvm, sometimes the Windows machines will figure out a way to turn the cap locks back on your host machine.  (I have been know to pry off the cap over the key.  A bit drastic, but it works.) _ . No, in this case no VM

Re: Disable Caps Lock -

2019-06-28 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 6/28/19 11:43 AM, Bob Goodwin wrote: On 6/28/19 2:31 PM, stan via users wrote: I think using NoSymbol instead of Shift_L will do nothing if you want that. ___ Yes I found that does it and is a lot better than inadvertently trying to enter a passw

Re: grub2 set root

2019-06-28 Thread Tom H
On Fri, Jun 28, 2019 at 6:30 PM Patrick Dupre wrote: >> On Wed, Jun 26, 2019 at 4:06 PM Patrick Dupre wrote: >>> >>> How can I understand this: >>> set >>> root='lvmid/W6k0N8-5JlY-Xntk-w8Yi-Ss1F-I0IY-VzPRU3/vE133D-nAZ8-ltwF-2o4x-H6Cs-a9l5-19IRw4' >> >> lvmid / W6k0N8-5JlY-Xntk-w8Yi-Ss1F-I0IY-VzP

Re: Disable Caps Lock -

2019-06-28 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 6/28/19 2:31 PM, stan via users wrote: I think using NoSymbol instead of Shift_L will do nothing if you want that. ___ Yes I found that does it and is a lot better than inadvertently trying to enter a password in all caps. Thanks. -- Bob Goodwi

Re: Disable Caps Lock -

2019-06-28 Thread stan via users
On Fri, 28 Jun 2019 12:24:25 -0400 Bob Goodwin wrote: > J am a poor typist and usually disable Caps Lock in a script with: > /usr/bin/xmodmap -e 'keycode 66=Shift_L' > > That no longer works as it should in Fedora-30 for whatever reason, > now it just locks Caps Lock on and all I can get is cap

Re: Disable Caps Lock -

2019-06-28 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 6/28/19 12:24 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote: . J am a poor typist and usually disable Caps Lock in a script with: /usr/bin/xmodmap -e 'keycode 66=Shift_L' That no longer works as it should in Fedora-30 for whatever reason, now it just locks Caps Lock on and all I can get is caps unless I hold a

Re: Got the message - Re: F30 - Grub error message

2019-06-28 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 6/28/19 1:31 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 6/28/19 6:18 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: The error message is: error: ../../include/grub/misc.h:323:overflow is detected. After this flashes on the screen, the screen is then blanked with just a flashing cursor.  This stays for some real measurable

Re: Got the message - Re: F30 - Grub error message

2019-06-28 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 6/28/19 6:18 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: The error message is: error: ../../include/grub/misc.h:323:overflow is detected. After this flashes on the screen, the screen is then blanked with just a flashing cursor.  This stays for some real measurable time (probably still less than a minute b

Re: Hplip.

2019-06-28 Thread Tim Evans
On 6/28/19 12:09 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: On 6/28/19 11:52 AM, Tim Evans wrote: On 6/28/19 11:24 AM, Ger van Dijck wrote: Hi all , It seems the whole world has problems with this piece of beautiful software . Hp-setup functionates fine : After the setup run HP-check and be sure that

Re: F30 - Grub error message

2019-06-28 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 6/28/19 2:36 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: On 6/28/19 2:16 AM, Samuel Sieb wrote: That message means that you are booting in legacy mode, not EFI mode. So probably another BIOS setting set strangely?   This unit has a Lenovoe EDU series sticker.  It may have "special" defaults in the BIOS f

Re: Disable Caps Lock -

2019-06-28 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 6/28/19 12:52 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: What desk GUI do you use? . I use XFCE, have used it for a number of years ... -- Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA http://www.qrz.com/db/W2BOD box83 FEDORA-30/64bit LINUX XFCE Fastmail POP3 ___ users ma

Re: Disable Caps Lock -

2019-06-28 Thread Robert Moskowitz
What desk GUI do you use? On 6/28/19 12:24 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote: . J am a poor typist and usually disable Caps Lock in a script with: /usr/bin/xmodmap -e 'keycode 66=Shift_L' That no longer works as it should in Fedora-30 for whatever reason, now it just locks Caps Lock on and all I can get

Disable Caps Lock -

2019-06-28 Thread Bob Goodwin
. J am a poor typist and usually disable Caps Lock in a script with: /usr/bin/xmodmap -e 'keycode 66=Shift_L' That no longer works as it should in Fedora-30 for whatever reason, now it just locks Caps Lock on and all I can get is caps unless I hold a Shift key which is inconvenient to say the

Re: Hplip.

2019-06-28 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 6/28/19 11:52 AM, Tim Evans wrote: On 6/28/19 11:24 AM, Ger van Dijck wrote: Hi all , It seems the whole world has problems with this piece of beautiful software . Hp-setup functionates fine : After the setup run HP-check and be sure that the scanner is detected . All I have ever g

Re: Hplip.

2019-06-28 Thread Tim Evans
On 6/28/19 11:24 AM, Ger van Dijck wrote: Hi all , It seems the whole world has problems with this piece of beautiful software . Hp-setup functionates fine : After the setup run HP-check and be sure that the scanner is detected . All I have ever gotten from hp-setup is: $ hp-setup HP L

Re: grub2 set root

2019-06-28 Thread Patrick Dupre
> > On Wed, Jun 26, 2019 at 4:06 PM Patrick Dupre wrote: > > > > How can I understand this: > > set > > root='lvmid/W6k0N8-5JlY-Xntk-w8Yi-Ss1F-I0IY-VzPRU3/vE133D-nAZ8-ltwF-2o4x-H6Cs-a9l5-19IRw4' > > lvmid / W6k0N8-5JlY-Xntk-w8Yi-Ss1F-I0IY-VzPRU3 / > vE133D-nAZ8-ltwF-2o4x-H6Cs-a9l5-19IRw4 > > lvmi

Re: Booting impossible

2019-06-28 Thread Patrick Dupre
I am curious. Checking in the info --boot-directory=DIR' Install GRUB images under the directory 'DIR/grub/' It means that in your example, it will be installed in /boot/efi/EFI/fedora/grub while the default is /boot On my machine there is not /boot/grub (inly a /boot/grub2) and no /boot/efi/

Hplip.

2019-06-28 Thread Ger van Dijck
Hi all , It seems the whole world has problems with this piece of beautiful software . Hp-setup functionates fine : After the setup run HP-check and be sure that the scanner is detected . When upgrading I never had any problems ; When I had to do a new install very often the scanfunct

Migrating RAID1 to new system

2019-06-28 Thread Alex
Hi, I have an older fedora install that I need to upgrade. It has 8 Intel SSD 520 Series 240GB disks in there now, mounted on root using an LSI SAS 9260-8i controller. There is about 1.3TB usable space. I need to upgrade it to add more space. If I bought eight 512GB SSDs, how do I calculate how mu

Re: grub2 set root

2019-06-28 Thread Tom H
On Wed, Jun 26, 2019 at 4:06 PM Patrick Dupre wrote: > > How can I understand this: > set > root='lvmid/W6k0N8-5JlY-Xntk-w8Yi-Ss1F-I0IY-VzPRU3/vE133D-nAZ8-ltwF-2o4x-H6Cs-a9l5-19IRw4' lvmid / W6k0N8-5JlY-Xntk-w8Yi-Ss1F-I0IY-VzPRU3 / vE133D-nAZ8-ltwF-2o4x-H6Cs-a9l5-19IRw4 lvmid / VG UUID / LV UUI

Re: Booting impossible

2019-06-28 Thread Tom H
On Wed, Jun 26, 2019 at 1:24 PM Patrick Dupre wrote: >> >> grub2-install --boot-directory=/boot /dev/sda > > This is what I do not understand: > --boot-directory=/boot is the default > then > grub2-install /dev/sda --boot-directory=/boot/efi/EFI/fedora

Re: Booting impossible

2019-06-28 Thread Tom H
On Tue, Jun 25, 2019 at 9:10 PM stan via users wrote: > > re-install the shim and grub-efi. e.g. > dnf reinstall grub2-efi shim-ia32 shim-x64 dnf reinstall grub2-efi-x64 shim-x64 No need for shim-ia32 on x64. ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedor

Re: Booting impossible

2019-06-28 Thread Tom H
On Tue, Jun 25, 2019 at 8:11 PM Patrick Dupre wrote: > > The situation is becoming worst and worst. > I tried an grub2-install /dev/sda > Now, I cannot boot at all. > I just enter in to a grub menu from here I am stuck. "grub2-install /dev/sda" isn't good on EFI. On Fedora, you need: grub2-inst

Re: Manually installed grub (no bls) doesn't update entries automatically on kernel install or removal.

2019-06-28 Thread Sergio Cipolla
Thanks, Tom. Currently it seems grub uses /etc/default/grub to generate grub.cfg, as usual, but I had a look at /boot/loader/entries/.conf and the nouveau driver blacklisting (for I installed the proprietary driver) is there. So probably the boot loader uses both files. As such, until the works

Re: How to find out which wifi card

2019-06-28 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 6/28/19 9:30 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 6/28/19 9:21 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: On 6/27/19 7:09 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 6/28/19 6:10 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: I am hoping it is a config problem.  If not I have an rtl card that is in an x120e 'hanger queen' that I can use instead. Well

Re: Manually installed grub (no bls) doesn't update entries automatically on kernel install or removal.

2019-06-28 Thread Tom Horsley
On Fri, 28 Jun 2019 12:32:34 - Sergio Cipolla wrote: > Anybody knows anything about it? Can I set something so 'grub2-mkconfig -o > /boot/grub/grub.cfg' is called again automatically on kernel install or > removal? I'm guessing you may need grubby-deprecated described here: https://fedorap

Re: How to find out which wifi card

2019-06-28 Thread Ed Greshko
On 6/28/19 9:21 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > > > On 6/27/19 7:09 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: >> On 6/28/19 6:10 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: >>> I am hoping it is a config problem.  If not I have an rtl card that is >>> in an x120e 'hanger queen' that I can use instead. >> Well, if the rtl card connects

Re: How to find out which wifi card

2019-06-28 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 6/27/19 7:09 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 6/28/19 6:10 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: I am hoping it is a config problem.  If not I have an rtl card that is in an x120e 'hanger queen' that I can use instead. Well, if the rtl card connects fine and the broadcom with the same configuration doesn't

Got the message - Re: F30 - Grub error message

2019-06-28 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 6/26/19 12:04 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 6/26/19 6:39 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: All I can see for the brief time it is on the screen are the words in a path of grub and I think loader I do not see any messages in /var/log/messages that include 'grub' that look anything like an error.

Manually installed grub (no bls) doesn't update entries automatically on kernel install or removal.

2019-06-28 Thread Sergio Cipolla
I have a legacy BIOS. I didn't install grub through anaconda, instead I installed it manually (as per https://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?313824 ) to a partition so as to be able to use the Windows boot loader. All went well. I noticed grub was installed the traditional way (not the n

Re: F30 - Grub error message

2019-06-28 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 6/28/19 2:16 AM, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 6/27/19 5:53 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: On 6/27/19 5:49 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: # efibootmgr -v EFI variables are not supported on this system. It is interesting that the older x120e does support this. Though it may be that the BIOS on this x1

Re: color printer

2019-06-28 Thread Patrick Dupre
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