Re: dragon (KDE app) not playing video, only sound

2022-08-28 Thread Anil F Duggirala
On Sunday, August 28, 2022 8:59:15 AM -05 Branko Grubić wrote: > Dragon uses some kde library which uses gstreamer (there are other > options but most distros use gstreamer) most likely in the backend, you > could try installing `gstreamer1-libav` package from rpmfusion and see > if it helps. That

Error notification after suspend

2022-08-28 Thread Anil F Duggirala
hello, I am getting an error notification after resuming from suspend. kernel:__common_interrupt: 5.33 No irq handler for vector Very funny other people with the same laptop have complained about this issue before. https://ask.fedoraproject.org/t/machine-never-recovers-from-suspend/15207 https://

dragon (KDE app) not playing video, only sound

2022-08-27 Thread Anil F Duggirala
hello, I had some issues playing videos online on my newly installed Fedora 36. I solved this by adding the rpmfusion repository and installing ffmpeg., Now, the Dragon player is playing a video only outputing sound, no video is shown. Ffprobe of the movie I want to watch outputs: Input #0, mov,mp

Re: Monitor id detection via HDMI is variable

2022-08-24 Thread Anil F Duggirala
On Wednesday, August 24, 2022 11:46:24 AM -05 Barry wrote: > Check dmesg for any messages about the video interface or monitor. > Are there any messages about edid? Hello Barry, I tried looking in dmesg but cannot find anything mentioning edid. I'm not sure this would help me. Detection appears t

Monitor id detection via HDMI is variable

2022-08-24 Thread Anil F Duggirala
hello, I am noticing that my new Dell S2421HS is detected and identified differently depending on when I connect it. If the monitor is connected when I boot up the laptop, the monitor is detected as "Dell Inc. DELL S2421HS". If the monitor is connected after logging in, it is detected as somethi

Re: how to change environment variable permanently

2022-06-24 Thread Anil F Duggirala
On Fri, 2022-06-24 at 07:36 -0800, Roger Heflin wrote: > Trick is add this around the path add.   > > If [ $path_add -ne 1 ] ; then > Path addition code > Path_add=1 > Fi Thanks for this Roger, I will try it and let you know, ___ users mailing list -- u

Re: how to change environment variable permanently

2022-06-24 Thread Anil F Duggirala
On Fri, 2022-06-24 at 11:49 -0300, George N. White III wrote: > > You can add your program to the GUI configuration to start it with an > icon, put a > symbolic link to the program in a directory that is already in the > PATH, such as > $HOME/bin, create a shell script that runs the program with

how to change environment variable permanently

2022-06-24 Thread Anil F Duggirala
hello, I would like to change the $PATH environment variable permanently, to be able to execute a program more quickly. I have tried adding a new line: export PATH=$PATH:/my/path , to my .bashrc . When I log in again, I see that $PATH is now: $PATH:/my/path/:/my/path, my directory has been appended

Re: What package do I need to install for my Nvidia card

2022-06-18 Thread Anil F Duggirala
On Sat, 2022-06-18 at 08:07 +0100, Barry wrote: > > Two things. The people working on this are on the rpmfusion lists you > might want to ask for information there. Thanks for your response Barry. I just sent an email to rpmfusion-us...@lists.rpmfusion.org , but it seems like that list is dead.

Re: What package do I need to install for my Nvidia card

2022-06-17 Thread Anil F Duggirala
So now I have noticed at boot time I am getting a message about "NVIDIA kernel module missing, falling back to Nouveau". I think I have Secure Boot enabled, could this be why it didn't work? I have now followed the instructions in: https://rpmfusion.org/Howto/Secure%20Boot And I think I went throu

Re: What package do I need to install for my Nvidia card

2022-06-17 Thread Anil F Duggirala
On Fri, 2022-06-17 at 09:15 -0500, Thomas Cameron wrote: > sudo dnf update -y # and reboot if you are not on the latest kernel > sudo dnf install akmod-nvidia # rhel/centos users can use kmod-nvidia > instead > sudo dnf install xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-cuda #optional for > cuda/nvdec/nvenc > support I

What package do I need to install for my Nvidia card

2022-06-17 Thread Anil F Duggirala
Hello, I have read part of the https://rpmfusion.org/Howto/NVIDIA guide to know how to install proprietary drivers for my Nvidia card. My laptop comes with a regular Intel Graphics card alongside an Nvidia Geforce GTX 960M card. I am on Fedora 36, Gnome (Wayland). I don't want to mess up my system

Re: laptop remains on after closing lid

2021-09-17 Thread Anil F Duggirala
On 9/8/21 16:07, Geoffrey Leach wrote: On Wed, 8 Sep 2021 15:22:10 -0500 Roger Heflin wrote: Have you considered the possibility that you have a loose connection between the lid and the motherboard? Yes, I have considered that. When I open the laptop again, it is smoking hot and the screen i

Re: laptop remains on after closing lid

2021-09-17 Thread Anil F Duggirala
On 9/8/21 15:22, Roger Heflin wrote: if you have ssh setup on the laptop you can ssh into the laptop remotely and/or ping it. If ping works or you can ssh into it it did not suspend. I have mine so that suspend is disabled when the lid is close but in place I have this script started up in rc.

Re: laptop remains on after closing lid

2021-09-17 Thread Anil F Duggirala
On 9/8/21 14:11, Joe Zeff wrote: When you leave your laptop on but closed, is it sitting on a hard surface, and is there adequate ventilation?  If not, you may want to prop up one side and/or shift it to someplace with better circulation. This won't eliminate the suspend issue, but it should he

laptop remains on after closing lid

2021-09-08 Thread Anil F Duggirala
Hello, I have been experiencing an issue on sporadic occasions. Having worked on my laptop, I close the lid and expect it to suspend. An hour later I open the lid, I see that it is on (not suspended) and am shown a black screen and the laptop is smoking hot (really hot). I hard shutdown turns

Re: slow startup process and dmesg times

2021-08-21 Thread Anil F Duggirala
On 6/29/21 10:23 AM, Qiyu Yan wrote: sudo systemctl disable NetworkManager-wait-online.service This should not cause any problem unless some services needs network to be accessible. Thank you Qiyu Yan, I did this and my bootup is much faster now, much faster. I still wonder why one would exp

Re: Light Night

2021-07-12 Thread Anil F Duggirala
I am succesfully using Night Light on F34, I am setting the activation times manually. Geoclue only makes sense if you are constantly traveling. ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.f

Re: slow startup process and dmesg times

2021-06-28 Thread Anil F Duggirala
On 6/28/21 10:27 AM, Roger Heflin wrote: Run: systemd-analyze blame Thanks very much Roger. I ran that and got 14.955s NetworkManager-wait-online.service  3.983s plymouth-quit-wait.service  1.726s systemd-udev-settle.service  1.128s fwupd.service (and so on ) It seems to be that the Netw

Re: slow startup process and dmesg times

2021-06-28 Thread Anil F Duggirala
On 6/28/21 11:12 AM, Chris Murphy wrote: [ 8.611345] psmouse serio1: Failed to enable mouse on isa0060/serio1 [ 17.872494] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlp2s0: link becomes ready I'm not sure exactly how it works, but NetworkManager-wait-online.service is intended to slow things down in case t

slow startup process and dmesg times

2021-06-27 Thread Anil F Duggirala
hello, I am looking at output from dmesg on my laptop and there appears to be a time when a process takes longer than what might be expected and I think this may be reducing my startup speed. My question is, is it normal for there to be a jump in time (timestamp) from 7 seconds to 18 seconds

Re: how to scale Gnome to user defined percentage

2021-06-17 Thread Anil F Duggirala
On 6/15/21 5:29 PM, George N. White III wrote: On Tue, 15 Jun 2021 at 18:46, Anil F Duggirala mailto:anilduggir...@fastmail.fm>> wrote: hello, I am struggling more than enjoying the high-DPI display on my new laptop. Gnome allows me to scale my display, to 200, 300, 400

how to scale Gnome to user defined percentage

2021-06-15 Thread Anil F Duggirala
hello, I am struggling more than enjoying the high-DPI display on my new laptop. Gnome allows me to scale my display, to 200, 300, 400 %. Is there an easy way to scale to 250% for example? Does scaling like this in Gnome affect peformance of displaying? thank you, ___

errors and weird touchpad behavior

2021-05-09 Thread Anil F Duggirala
hello, I am running Fedora 33 on a Dell XPS 9550. My touchpad appears to be working ok, except for the fact that doing actual clicks (pressing on the touchpad is not working), but that appears to be a problem with the touchpad (because it also is not working really on Windows). I am getting

Firefox tab switch looks bad in high-dpi scaled Gnome

2021-03-26 Thread Anil F Duggirala
hello, When switching tabs in Firefox on a high-dpi display that has been scaled (200%) in Gnome. The tabs appear on top of each other. All tabs are shown, but they are on top of each other in a cascade sort of layout. It looks really bad. Does anyone have any suggestions as to how to fix thi