Re: Slow....And STILL Slow!?....

2019-10-12 Thread Łukasz Posadowski
Data Wed, 9 Oct 2019 23:52:28 -0400 "Eddie O'Connor" napisał(a): > So, after upgrading the RAM in my Lenovo ThinkPad T-420 I thought I'd > get faster performance. But even with two 8GB sticks?it's running > even SLOWER?! Is there something I've done wrong? It's got a 320GB > 7200RPM hard driv

Re: open ssh

2019-10-12 Thread Ed Greshko
On 10/13/19 5:53 AM, Tom Horsley wrote: On Sat, 12 Oct 2019 22:48:19 +0100 Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: And that the file /etc/nssswitch.conf contains a line similar to: Just be aware that file is overwritten by authselect with whatever values will cause the most headaches :-). Would "chattr +

Re: upgrade to f30: how to recover lost Thunderbird data? [SOLVED]

2019-10-12 Thread Ed Greshko
On 10/13/19 10:50 AM, Tim via users wrote: Even that mayn't help. If, when you log in, your session automatically starts something to do with Thunderbird, it's messing things up for you. In my case, there's Evolution's alarm notify (the calendar) that's auto started for me, and I don't even use

Re: upgrade to f30: how to recover lost Thunderbird data? [SOLVED]

2019-10-12 Thread Tim via users
Tim: >> Just triple-checking: Exiting the program in the usual may not be >> enough Bill: Just to be really really safe, I'll reboot (before my step 1)! Even that mayn't help. If, when you log in, your session automatically starts something to do with Thunderbird, it's messing things up for

Re: Time to refresh my hardware

2019-10-12 Thread Tim via users
On Sat, 2019-10-12 at 08:42 -0400, Sam Varshavchik wrote: > but it's still overkill for me, with their liquid-cooled setup. If you're considering multi-processor things for lots of actual computing, then I'd say cooling is going to be a consideration. A newer system with all that is probably goin

Re: Time to refresh my hardware

2019-10-12 Thread Michael Schwendt
On Wed, 09 Oct 2019 23:53:39 -0400, Sam Varshavchik wrote: > And Nvidia's proprietary driver is another thing I'd rather not deal with. > it seems that most vendors ship new Nvidia chipsets that x.org lists as not > supported. One issue with Nvidia chipsets is that Fedora works fine without t

Re: open ssh

2019-10-12 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 10/12/19 2:50 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 10/13/19 2:48 AM, Samuel Sieb wrote: Summary: In a default setup, host name resolution is, in order of priority: /etc/hosts/, mdns, and dns. The order is controlled by the contents of /etc/nsswitch.conf.  The defaults are as discribed. I was trying

Re: open ssh

2019-10-12 Thread Tom Horsley
On Sat, 12 Oct 2019 22:48:19 +0100 Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > And that the file /etc/nssswitch.conf contains a line similar to: Just be aware that file is overwritten by authselect with whatever values will cause the most headaches :-). ___ users mail

Re: open ssh

2019-10-12 Thread Ed Greshko
On 10/13/19 2:48 AM, Samuel Sieb wrote: Just a couple of comments Summary: In a default setup, host name resolution is, in order of priority: /etc/hosts/,  mdns, and dns. The order is controlled by the contents of /etc/nsswitch.conf.  The defaults are as discribed. You probably don't want

Re: open ssh

2019-10-12 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Sat, 2019-10-12 at 11:48 -0700, Samuel Sieb wrote: > The easiest method is to use mdns, otherwise known as Bonjour on Macs > and probably some other names. Use "hostnamectl set-hostname myname" to > set a unique name on each computer. Make sure "avahi-daemon" is running > (should be). Make

Re: Time to refresh my hardware

2019-10-12 Thread George N. White III
On Sat, 12 Oct 2019 at 16:10, Samuel Sieb wrote: > On 10/12/19 5:42 AM, Sam Varshavchik wrote: > > George N. White III writes: > > > >> https://www.titancomputers.com/Titan-W299-Intel-Core-i9-SkyLake-Series-3D-CAD-p/w299.htm > > > https://www.titancomputers.com/Titan-W299-Intel-Core-i9-SkyLake-S

Re: Time to refresh my hardware

2019-10-12 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 10/12/19 5:42 AM, Sam Varshavchik wrote: George N. White III writes: https://www.titancomputers.com/Titan-W299-Intel-Core-i9-SkyLake-Series-3D-CAD-p/w299.htm>https://www.titancomputers.com/Titan-W299-Intel-Core-i9-SkyLake-Series-3D-CAD-p/w299.htm offers Fedora on Core i9 workstations.   T

Re: Time to refresh my hardware

2019-10-12 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 10/12/19 5:19 AM, Sam Varshavchik wrote: Samuel Sieb writes: If you don't mind saying, what country are you in?  Would you be comfortable with building the system yourself?  You will probably find it difficult to get the combination you want otherwise. USA. I'm ok building everything toget

Re: open ssh

2019-10-12 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 10/12/19 7:25 AM, Angelo Moreschini wrote: /Thank you for your answers which provided me with useful basics on how Linux establishes DNS./ /However, even reading other documentation, I am still not clear what mechanisms for which a computer becomes accessible in the LAN through its name:/

Re: upgrade to f30: how to recover lost Thunderbird data? [SOLVED]

2019-10-12 Thread home user
(responding to Tim) > Just triple-checking: Exiting the program in the usual may not be enough Just to be really really safe, I'll reboot (before my step 1)! > I'm not sure about Thunderbird, but many mail programs are often like that. > You end up using some command like "evolution --quit"

Re: upgrade to f30: how to recover lost Thunderbird data?

2019-10-12 Thread sixpack13
> > Calendar data exported. > Paths to filters recorded. > Address book saved. > > * 6 of my e-mail accounts are free yahoo > accounts; in Thunderbird they > are imap. > * 1 of my accounts is a comcast account; in Thunderbird it's imap. > That's all: 7 altogether. > All are set up to *not* save

Re: Time to refresh my hardware

2019-10-12 Thread George N. White III
On Sat, 12 Oct 2019 at 09:43, Sam Varshavchik wrote: > George N. White III writes: > > > https://www.titancomputers.com/Titan-W299-Intel-Core-i9-SkyLake- > > Series-3D-CAD-p/w299.htm> > https://www.titancomputers.com/Titan-W299-Intel- > > Core-i9-SkyLake-Series-3D-CAD-p/w299.htm > > > > offers Fe

Re: open ssh

2019-10-12 Thread Angelo Moreschini
*Thank you for your answers which provided me with useful basics on how Linux establishes DNS.* *However, even reading other documentation, I am still not clear what mechanisms for which a computer becomes accessible in the LAN through its name:* *There are two important files: etc / hosts, etc /

Re: Time to refresh my hardware

2019-10-12 Thread Sam Varshavchik
George N. White III writes: https://www.titancomputers.com/Titan-W299-Intel-Core-i9-SkyLake- Series-3D-CAD-p/w299.htm>https://www.titancomputers.com/Titan-W299-Intel- Core-i9-SkyLake-Series-3D-CAD-p/w299.htm offers Fedora on Core i9 workstations.   They only sell the high end i9's in a case

Re: Time to refresh my hardware

2019-10-12 Thread Sam Varshavchik
Robert G (Doc) Savage via users writes: On Wed, 2019-10-09 at 22:08 -0400, Sam Varshavchik wrote: > My C++ compiles are getting longer. It's time to get new hardware, > but I'm > having some difficulty finding Fedora-friendly hardware, that's > slightly > above average grade, such as dual CPU an

Re: Time to refresh my hardware

2019-10-12 Thread Sam Varshavchik
Samuel Sieb writes: On 10/11/19 6:27 PM, Sam Varshavchik wrote: My requirements are not very stringent. Onboard video and audio will do, as long as it works out of the box with x.org, and has reasonable compositing and can keep up with full screen video playback. Dual 1GB NIC, a pair of SA

Re: Time to refresh my hardware

2019-10-12 Thread George N. White III
On Fri, 11 Oct 2019 at 22:27, Sam Varshavchik wrote: > Tim via users writes: > > > On Wed, 2019-10-09 at 22:08 -0400, Sam Varshavchik wrote: > > > My C++ compiles are getting longer. It's time to get new hardware, > > > but I'm having some difficulty finding Fedora-friendly hardware, > > > that's