Re: NFS client names not mapping

2022-02-01 Thread Tim via users
On Tue, 2022-02-01 at 22:38 +, Barry wrote: > I thought that mDNS that Avahi implements only uses multicast on the > LAN. You could set up multicast across multiple LAN segments. > > How does that end up getting answers from the internet? > Especially when all ISPs block multicast it seems.

Re: Picking a new laptop

2022-02-01 Thread R. G. Newbury
On 2022-02-01 10:22 a.m., users-requ...@lists.fedoraproject.org wrote: Subject: Re: Picking a new laptop I recommend Lenovo. I have been using Thinkpads for about 20 years. Presently using an X61 and a T60, both of which are over 10 years old and quite usable. The X61 just needs a new battery a

Re: Rclone issue with Google Drive

2022-02-01 Thread Ed Greshko
On 02/02/2022 07:32, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: The current version of Rclone from the Fedora repo is 1.57.0. What isn't clear until you look more closely is that this is a development version. It identifies itself as: rclone: Version "v1.57.0-DEV" The upshot is that when connecting to Google D

Rclone issue with Google Drive

2022-02-01 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
The current version of Rclone from the Fedora repo is 1.57.0. What isn't clear until you look more closely is that this is a development version. It identifies itself as: rclone: Version "v1.57.0-DEV" The upshot is that when connecting to Google Drive the authentication token expires after 7 days

Re: Picking a new laptop

2022-02-01 Thread Richard Shaw
I have an HP ENVY x360 with Ryzen 5 4500U that has been working great. Early on I had some weird issues where the mouse / trackpad would work during login, but not once the desktop loaded. Rebooting fixed it. But with the 5.15+ kernels I have had zero issues. It's got enough HP to play Tomb Raide

Re: NFS client names not mapping

2022-02-01 Thread Barry
> On 1 Feb 2022, at 18:59, Tim via users wrote: > > If it doesn't already know the IP, then your computer can end up trying > to query public servers outside your LAN for the answers. I thought that mDNS that Avahi implements only uses multicast on the LAN. You could set up multicast across mu

Re: Picking a new laptop

2022-02-01 Thread Jonathan Billings
On Feb 1, 2022, at 07:18, Neal Becker wrote: > I believe both lenovo and dell ship laptops with linux installed. I know that Dell ships some laptops with Ubuntu, but I don’t follow too closely because we use RHEL. I have tested several models and many of the non-nvidia GPU models work great. N

Re: audio problem

2022-02-01 Thread Wolfgang Pfeiffer
On Tue, Feb 01, 2022 at 07:25:19PM +0100, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote: 3: Trying mplayer with verbose status messages, with somethl. that: mplayer -ao -msglevel all= Sorry, correction again: the '-ao' option above, without specifying some driver, does not make sense: so here's the correct comma

Re: audio problem

2022-02-01 Thread stan via users
On Tue, 1 Feb 2022 14:43:48 +1100 Eyal Lebedinsky wrote: > I am on f34 5.15.16-100.fc34.x86_64 > > This problem started recently (a few weeks, maybe a little longer?). > > Initially I noticed audio hiccups when playing mythtv recordings. At > times there was also video noise but not always. >

Re: DNF reports missing dependency; RPM doesn't

2022-02-01 Thread Todd Zullinger
Ian Pilcher wrote: > From the what the actual ... department: > > $ sudo dnf install libsavl-0.0-0.fc35.x86_64.rpm > Last metadata expiration check: 2:44:13 ago on Tue 01 Feb 2022 10:04:49 AM > CST. > Error: >Problem: conflicting requests > - nothing provides /usr/sbin/ldconfig neede

Re: Picking a new laptop

2022-02-01 Thread Tim via users
On Tue, 2022-02-01 at 09:28 -0400, George N. White III wrote: > I recommend looking for a model from a couple years ago -- long > enough for user reports of any issues to be findable by Google. That's a bit of a difficult thing to do. Unless a supplier has been saddled with unsold stock, you can

Re: NFS client names not mapping

2022-02-01 Thread Tim via users
On Mon, 2022-01-31 at 21:52 +1030, Tim via users wrote: > ".arpa" is owned, and they're able to set rules about its usage (so > home.arpa was possible). Trying to set up a new top level domain, > such as .home, would require getting a plethora of organisations to > agree to something new, and requ

DNF reports missing dependency; RPM doesn't

2022-02-01 Thread Ian Pilcher
From the what the actual ... department: $ sudo dnf install libsavl-0.0-0.fc35.x86_64.rpm Last metadata expiration check: 2:44:13 ago on Tue 01 Feb 2022 10:04:49 AM CST. Error: Problem: conflicting requests - nothing provides /usr/sbin/ldconfig needed by libsavl-0.0-0.fc35.x86_64

Re: audio problem

2022-02-01 Thread Wolfgang Pfeiffer
On Tue, Feb 01, 2022 at 07:25:19PM +0100, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote: 2: I'd try to switch off power-management (Careful! Haven't tried that so far) for sound, e.g.: echo "0" > /sys/module/snd_hda_intel/parameters/power_save or just finding the module that is powering the sound device on/

Re: audio problem

2022-02-01 Thread Wolfgang Pfeiffer
It does not seem to be a hardware problem, because you wrote to have the same issue with another plugged in soundcard (I think you called it some "usb dongle")? Not necessarily in this order: 1: I'd try to boot the system with another kernel, or, as someone else already wrote: try a live

Re: Picking a new laptop

2022-02-01 Thread James Szinger
On Tue, 1 Feb 2022 10:27:57 -0500 Neal Becker wrote: > My 'Ctrl-A' and 'Ctrl-E' work just fine (ctrl mapped to capslock > where the unix gods intended).. Alt is meta. What do you mean by "I > wish there were a Linux > desktop that did that and used the Command key the right way also."? Not for

Re: Picking a new laptop

2022-02-01 Thread Kevin Becker
On Tue, 2022-02-01 at 09:28 -0400, George N. White III wrote: > > I recommend looking for a model from a couple years ago -- long > enough for user reports of any issues to be findable by Google. > > At present, large organizations are replacing relatively new laptops > that won't run Windows 1

Re: Picking a new laptop

2022-02-01 Thread Neal Becker
My 'Ctrl-A' and 'Ctrl-E' work just fine (ctrl mapped to capslock where the unix gods intended).. Alt is meta. What do you mean by "I wish there were a Linux desktop that did that and used the Command key the right way also."? On Tue, Feb 1, 2022 at 9:21 AM James Szinger wrote: > I have had goo

Re: Picking a new laptop

2022-02-01 Thread Dorian ROSSE
For Ubuntu I use a Lenovo ThinkPad X250 fourteen inch after some line of command it froze but get a new life it leaves to froze (maybe because I put it in a DMZ), I don't receive often update but it run very fast I was bought for replace an IBM laptop become too much older after Ubuntu leave pr

Re: Picking a new laptop

2022-02-01 Thread James Szinger
I have had good results from ThinkPads over the years. The newest addition is an E595 which "just works" with Fedors 35 and was relatively affordable. Business-class laptops and desktops also tend to be designed with service in mind, so they can be fixed. Another family member has an older HP Sp

Re: Picking a new laptop

2022-02-01 Thread Robert Moskowitz
I have been using Lenovo for years and versions of Fedora.  I want the eraserhead mouse. Currently I have an x140e which is quad core.  Nice. I have replaced the stock HD with a 500GB SSD to lengthen battery life and such. Recently I upgraded to beyond spec 16GB memory and it is working just

Re: Picking a new laptop

2022-02-01 Thread ja
On Tue, 2022-02-01 at 09:28 -0400, George N. White III wrote: > On Tue, 1 Feb 2022 at 08:17, Neal Becker wrote: > > I believe both lenovo and dell ship laptops with linux installed. > > > > > They do, but sometimes they use very new chips and drivers that > aren't yet available for other distro

Re: Picking a new laptop

2022-02-01 Thread George N. White III
On Mon, 31 Jan 2022 at 18:17, wrote: > I'm still trying to get my current laptop running again, but I'm probably > going to need to get a new one. If nothing else, this one doesn't really > have enough memory and it's maxed out. > > Right now, I'm also trying to get Xubuntu loaded onto my sister

Re: Picking a new laptop

2022-02-01 Thread George N. White III
On Tue, 1 Feb 2022 at 08:17, Neal Becker wrote: > I believe both lenovo and dell ship laptops with linux installed. > They do, but sometimes they use very new chips and drivers that aren't yet available for other distros, so you may be stuck with the vendor-supported distro until drivers become

Re: Picking a new laptop

2022-02-01 Thread Neal Becker
I believe both lenovo and dell ship laptops with linux installed. On Mon, Jan 31, 2022 at 6:37 PM Geoffrey Leach wrote: > H ... well how's about a company that designs *for* Linux? > Star Labs https://starlabs.systems/ is a UK company that sells direct. > I have their Starlite laptops and ha

Re: qemu-kvm and bluetooth question

2022-02-01 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 2/1/22 00:24, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 1/31/22 17:40, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: Fedora 35 qemu-kvm-6.1.0-10.fc35.x86_64 Will qemu-kvm map a usb/blue tooth transceiver through to Windows 11? You can pass through USB devices, so it should work. Thank you! _

Re: audio problem

2022-02-01 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 1/31/22 21:41, Eyal Lebedinsky wrote: On 01/02/2022 15.57, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: Try VLC.  Let us know. As I said I did use vlc (actually cvlc) first. Also, what is your CPU % usage.  htop or equivalent i7-9700, 32GB, mostly idle top says:     PID USER  PR  NI    VIRT 

Re: qemu-kvm and bluetooth question

2022-02-01 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 1/31/22 17:40, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: Fedora 35 qemu-kvm-6.1.0-10.fc35.x86_64 Will qemu-kvm map a usb/blue tooth transceiver through to Windows 11? You can pass through USB devices, so it should work. ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.f