Re: randomization

2023-05-25 Thread Bill C
I believe entropy is somehow obtained from the hardware. On Fri, May 26, 2023, 12:18 AM Michael Hennebry < henne...@web.cs.ndsu.nodak.edu> wrote: > On Thu, 25 May 2023, Chris Adams wrote: > > > There's also /dev/urandom (which should never "run out" of randomness), > > but IIRC they're the basica

Re: Encryption for internet storage

2023-04-21 Thread Bill C
mon wrote: > >> 2023-04-20 19:41 UTC+02:00, Bill C : > >>> Yes but I am afraid too of encrypting something and then losing the > key. > >>> Something that isn't going away, we all have that issue. > >> > >> If you store these files unencrypted

Re: Encryption for internet storage

2023-04-20 Thread Bill C
Yes but I am afraid too of encrypting something and then losing the key. Something that isn't going away, we all have that issue. On Thu, Apr 20, 2023, 1:15 PM Barry wrote: > > > > On 20 Apr 2023, at 18:06, Bill C wrote: > > > >  > > I do som uploadin

Re: Encryption for internet storage

2023-04-20 Thread Bill C
I use Google. I hate anything to do with Microsoft. It is, just someone else's computer. On Thu, Apr 20, 2023, 1:12 PM Jeffrey Walton wrote: > On Thu, Apr 20, 2023 at 1:06 PM Bill C wrote: > > > > I do som uploading to online storage providers but I concerned about > se

Encryption for internet storage

2023-04-20 Thread Bill C
I do som uploading to online storage providers but I concerned about security. Does anyone who does this use any particular type of security or encryption. ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...

Re: Taking better advantage of BTRFS

2023-02-24 Thread Bill C
the EXT2 /boot partition? It is >> > no longer required, as the boot process has been able to use BTRFS for >> years now. >> > . . . (snipped) > > > On 2023-02-24 09:38, Bill C wrote: > > Ending of ext? Hopefully never. They are like the fats, old reliable, an

Re: Taking better advantage of BTRFS

2023-02-24 Thread Bill C
Ending of ext? Hopefully never. They are like the fats, old reliable, and over course featureless or simple imo. On Fri, Feb 24, 2023, 9:31 AM John Mellor wrote: > Ok, I'm anticipating a firestorm of BS responses on this, but here goes > anyway. > > We've now had BTRFS as the default filesystem

Re: nmcli problems

2023-02-21 Thread Bill C
M George N. White III wrote: > On Tue, Feb 21, 2023 at 12:56 PM Bill C wrote: > >> This thing is an antenna that plugs into the USB port >> > > It also includes a radio. These units may need to load vendor firmware for > use, and do require a specific driver, which ma

Re: nmcli problems

2023-02-21 Thread Bill C
This thing is an antenna that plugs into the USB port On Tue, Feb 21, 2023, 7:20 AM George N. White III wrote: > On Tue, Feb 21, 2023 at 4:47 AM Barry wrote: > >> >> >> On 21 Feb 2023, at 03:42, Bill Cunningham wrote: >> >> On 2/20/2023 5:29 PM, George N. White III wrote: >> [...] >> >> The th

Re: nmcli problems

2023-02-20 Thread Bill C
The kernel is 6.1 with the F37 version the driver should be a ralink. Rt28 or so.. On Mon, Feb 20, 2023, 5:29 PM George N. White III wrote: > On Sun, Feb 19, 2023 at 9:58 PM Bill Cunningham > wrote: > >> Well I was finally able to get the right cli option into the cli to >> activate the wifi an

Re: connecting using wireless usb

2023-02-15 Thread Bill C
I am using a chip made by ralink. I believe the drivers are all there. As for what else is needed by kernels nowadays IDK. I might have to reinstall everything with a basic desktop or workstation install. The thing with the minimal install with the network iso is are you going to get all you need.

Re: Why does Fedora 38 get updates so much faster than Fedora Rawhide?

2023-02-15 Thread Bill C
Interesting. I have had similar questions myself. On Wed, Feb 15, 2023, 2:32 PM Kevin Fenzi wrote: > On Wed, Feb 15, 2023 at 06:47:49PM +1030, Tim via users wrote: > > On Wed, 2023-02-15 at 03:47 +, Reon Beon via users wrote: > > > Is it because of all the openqa testing on Rawhide? > > > >

Re: Kernel drivers RT2870

2023-02-14 Thread Bill C
2023, at 19:12, Bill C wrote: > > When I use these tools I get nothing. I ran insmod, that would not install > anything. I was thinking there are a bunch of dependencies needed. I must > need to install more packages or I will try the live workstation later. > > > I have alwa

Re: Kernel drivers RT2870

2023-02-13 Thread Bill C
When I use these tools I get nothing. I ran insmod, that would not install anything. I was thinking there are a bunch of dependencies needed. I must need to install more packages or I will try the live workstation later. On Mon, Feb 13, 2023, 7:29 AM Ralf Corsépius wrote: > > > Am 13.02.23 um 04

Re: Kernel drivers RT2870

2023-02-13 Thread Bill C
Ok, I see. That looks like them. Do you just use insmod? On Mon, Feb 13, 2023, 7:29 AM Ralf Corsépius wrote: > > > Am 13.02.23 um 04:35 schrieb Bill Cunningham: > > IDK if anyone is familiar with this series of legacy products/drivers or > > I am not familiar with these drivers, but AFAIS, they

Re: Whither mtools

2023-01-03 Thread Bill C
M tools works for me too. I always install it. On Tue, Jan 3, 2023, 9:30 PM Geoffrey Leach wrote: > On Tue, 3 Jan 2023 17:20:23 -0800 > Samuel Sieb wrote: > > > On 1/3/23 16:36, Geoffrey Leach wrote: > > > I was unable to find the mtools rpm. It apparently existed at one > > > point as mtools-4

Re: Whither mtools

2023-01-03 Thread Bill C
Well I use dnf install mtools On Tue, Jan 3, 2023, 9:30 PM Geoffrey Leach wrote: > On Tue, 3 Jan 2023 17:20:23 -0800 > Samuel Sieb wrote: > > > On 1/3/23 16:36, Geoffrey Leach wrote: > > > I was unable to find the mtools rpm. It apparently existed at one > > > point as mtools-4.0.42-1.fc37.x86_

Re: mingw32 directories, possible bug?

2023-01-01 Thread Bill C
Osinfo-db-tools and libosinfo are listed. IDK what they are for, but that is what rpm says. No other rpms listed. On Sun, Jan 1, 2023, 1:42 PM wrote: > > Hi. > > On Sun, 01 Jan 2023 13:03:26 -0500 Bill C wrote: > > > So is it ok to remove these directories? Or the rpms? I

Re: mingw32 directories, possible bug?

2023-01-01 Thread Bill C
I don't have any gui systems installed, it just looks like clutter to me these directories. I don't use mingw, but, something else might That's the thing. I will try this. On Sun, Jan 1, 2023, 1:42 PM wrote: > > Hi. > > On Sun, 01 Jan 2023 13:03:26 -0500 Bill C

Re: mingw32 directories, possible bug?

2023-01-01 Thread Bill C
I will check this out. Thanks. Rpm -qa |grep mingw32 returned nothing. On Sun, Jan 1, 2023, 12:48 PM George N. White III wrote: > On Sat, Dec 31, 2022 at 9:58 PM Bill Cunningham > wrote: > >> I reinstalled my system and one reason was to take a look at these >> directories that are odd. I choos

Re: mingw32 directories, possible bug?

2023-01-01 Thread Bill C
So is it ok to remove these directories? Or the rpms? I don't use mingw at all. On Sun, Jan 1, 2023, 12:48 PM George N. White III wrote: > On Sat, Dec 31, 2022 at 9:58 PM Bill Cunningham > wrote: > >> I reinstalled my system and one reason was to take a look at these >> directories that are odd

Re: mingw32 directories, possible bug?

2022-12-31 Thread Bill C
Ok they are /usr/i686-w64-mingw32 and the same only with x86_64-mingw32 and such. I used rpm -qa | grep mingw and got nothing. So there's no package installed on my system called "mingw" anything. Possibly ming is installed though. On Sat, Dec 31, 2022, 9:21 PM Samuel Sieb wrote: > On 12/31/22 1

Re: backup/restore

2022-12-31 Thread Bill C
Is there a way to add a backup restore method to, for example, the fedora net install. That might be what I need. On Sat, Dec 31, 2022, 1:42 AM Barry wrote: > > > > On 30 Dec 2022, at 22:08, Bill Cunningham wrote: > > > > In visiting the backup subject from some time ago, I have found that > f

Re: housekeeping

2022-12-30 Thread Bill C
t 12:57 -0500, Bill C wrote: > > I usually use 'rm -rf /temp/*' and have been warned against it. I > > haven't seen any problems I know of happening because of this. > > Owing to how file unlinking works in UNIX/Linux systems, if a process > has a temporary file o

Re: housekeeping

2022-12-30 Thread Bill C
I see. Of course I meant/tmp/* On Fri, Dec 30, 2022, 1:11 PM Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Fri, 2022-12-30 at 12:57 -0500, Bill C wrote: > > I usually use 'rm -rf /temp/*' and have been warned against it. I > > haven't seen any problems I know of happenin

Re: housekeeping

2022-12-30 Thread Bill C
Bashrc is a file I know of but I am not familiar with and have never edited. I usually use 'rm -rf /temp/*' and have been warned against it. I haven't seen any problems I know of happening because of this. On Fri, Dec 30, 2022, 11:25 AM Felix Miata wrote: > stan via users composed on 2022-12-30

Re: Dvdauthor and dvdbackup

2022-12-18 Thread Bill C
When I say acceptable size I mean an MP4. On Sun, Dec 18, 2022, 2:14 PM Bill C wrote: > I notice a DVD, or ISO that has special features usually is converted to a > much smaller acceptable size with just a feature. Something is being done > there, I hope that makes sense. > >

Re: Dvdauthor and dvdbackup

2022-12-18 Thread Bill C
I notice a DVD, or ISO that has special features usually is converted to a much smaller acceptable size with just a feature. Something is being done there, I hope that makes sense. On Sun, Dec 18, 2022, 3:39 AM Tim via users wrote: > On Sat, 2022-12-17 at 23:27 -0500, Bill C wrote: > >

Re: Dvdauthor and dvdbackup

2022-12-18 Thread Bill C
wrote: > On Sat, 2022-12-17 at 23:27 -0500, Bill C wrote: > > I tried to copy just the "feature" vobs and such from a DVD iso > > using dvdbackup and I didn't know if anything needed to be done using > > dvdauthor. I have kind of given up on the iso to MP4 idea

Re: Dvdauthor and dvdbackup

2022-12-17 Thread Bill C
On Sat, Dec 17, 2022, 11:25 PM Bill C wrote: > I tried to copy just the "feature" vobs and such from a DVD iso using > dvdbackup and I didn't know if anything needed to be done using dvdauthor. > I have kind of given up on the iso to MP4 idea, though I know it can be >

Re: need perm. fix for monitor/display problem.

2022-12-17 Thread Bill C
I'd there a difference in dnf upgrade and dnf distro-sync? There's a dnf update too. I usually erase a /var/cache/dnf to clean data. On Sat, Dec 17, 2022, 1:01 PM Tom Horsley wrote: > On Sat, 17 Dec 2022 10:45:38 -0700 > home user wrote: > > > For some time now, I've seen another process/user "m

Re: 127.0.0.53 question

2022-12-16 Thread Bill C
Is that Dnsmasq like bind? The only thing I've ever cared to run would be something like rsync and ssh as far as servers. On Sat, Dec 17, 2022, 1:44 AM ToddAndMargo via users < users@lists.fedoraproject.org> wrote: > On 12/16/22 22:11, Samuel Sieb wrote: > > On 12/16/22 21:18, ToddAndMargo via us

Re: 127.0.0.53 question

2022-12-16 Thread Bill C
It's called the loopback address. The private class of ip is not nonroutable. On Fri, Dec 16, 2022, 11:10 PM Bill C wrote: > 127.0.0.1 is reserved for your machine. There are series of private > addresses in each ip class. 127 series and 192.168 series. They will not > work on t

Re: 127.0.0.53 question

2022-12-16 Thread Bill C
.0.0.1:631>. > > > > So what exactly is the last field in 127.0.0.xxx? > > > > Yours in confusion, > > -T > > > On 12/16/22 19:54, Bill C wrote: > > Up to 255 > > > > Are they the port number? Or is the > "53" a c

Re: 127.0.0.53 question

2022-12-16 Thread Bill C
Up to 255 On Fri, Dec 16, 2022, 10:31 PM ToddAndMargo via users < users@lists.fedoraproject.org> wrote: > Hi All, > > I am use to seeing 127.0.0.1, but now I am seeing > things like 127.0.0.53. > > This is used with my caching named server on > port 53. > > So I figured that the last digit was th

Re: need perm. fix for monitor/display problem.

2022-12-15 Thread Bill C
As far as updates, I always use distro-sync. I am not sure how that differs from dnf upgrade. On Thu, Dec 15, 2022, 10:27 PM home user wrote: > On 12/15/22 3:04 PM, Felix Miata wrote: > > home user composed on 2022-12-15 14:03 (UTC-0700): > > > >> ... > > installonly_limit= determines how many k

Re: Clearing DNS cache without rebooting

2022-12-13 Thread Bill C
This is an interesting thread. Is there a group on networking or servers. I am going to enjoy this. :) On Tue, Dec 13, 2022, 9:16 PM Mike Wright wrote: > On 12/13/22 13:11, Tom Horsley wrote: > > On Wed, 14 Dec 2022 07:16:43 +1030 > > Tim via users wrote: > > > >> I have a server PC running 24/

Re: genisoimage source

2022-12-12 Thread Bill C
Init rd sorry. On Mon, Dec 12, 2022, 4:26 PM Bill C wrote: > I honestly was never into dnf. I always liked yum and didn't see a > problem. I of course don't like systemd either and find it unnecessarily > complicated and space consuming. United would be better imo but who am

Re: genisoimage source

2022-12-12 Thread Bill C
2022 16:09:06 -0500 > Bill C wrote: > > > But is there a src.rpm installed and not showing? > > Another weird thing about source rpms is they don't go in the rpm > database. It would be less confusing if they didn't call them "rpm"s. >

Re: genisoimage source

2022-12-12 Thread Bill C
Sun, Dec 11, 2022, 8:54 PM Samuel Sieb wrote: > On 12/11/22 17:49, Bill C wrote: > > Well, more than anything look at it. I notice a lot of attempt to avoid > > C++ name mangling. That's about it. Maybe get ideas about code. Not > > really do anything 😁 > > rp

Re: genisoimage source

2022-12-11 Thread Bill C
Well, more than anything look at it. I notice a lot of attempt to avoid C++ name mangling. That's about it. Maybe get ideas about code. Not really do anything 😁 On Sun, Dec 11, 2022, 8:27 PM Samuel Sieb wrote: > On 12/11/22 16:37, Bill C wrote: > > Ok. Might anyone have any sugg

Re: genisoimage source

2022-12-11 Thread Bill C
Thanks perfect. On Sun, Dec 11, 2022, 7:38 PM Todd Zullinger wrote: > Bill Cunningham wrote: > > On 12/11/2022 6:51 PM, Tom Horsley wrote: > >> For source rpms you need to setup a ~/.rpmmacros file to tell it > >> where to put the unpacked source, then a command like > > The default is ~/rpmbuil

Re: genisoimage source

2022-12-11 Thread Bill C
Ok. Might anyone have any suggestions? Maybe docs.fedoraptject.org. That's all I can think of right off the bat. My email client seems to be giving me some trouble tonight. On Sun, Dec 11, 2022, 6:53 PM Tom Horsley wrote: > On Sun, 11 Dec 2022 18:29:26 -0500 > Bill Cunningham wrote: > > > cdrkit

Re: dump/restore?

2022-12-11 Thread Bill C
You might want to look into qemu img, in using these files, qcows is indeed a sparse file. These can save into a small file, but when expanded fill up your drive with nothing. Qemu-img converts these files I guess. Maybe a qcows user can help. On Sun, Dec 11, 2022, 11:08 AM ToddAndMargo via users

Re: dump/restore?

2022-12-11 Thread Bill C
I will say, not looking at the bug report and not being to familiar with qcows, you might be running into a sparse file situation. Like I say, I don't have the bug report in front of me right now. Restoring data without meta data will get you into this. As a side note, I also like fsarchiver and th

Re: vlc and mp4 or mkv

2022-12-03 Thread Bill C
Not for me for some reason. IDK about codecs or what but there's errors. On Sat, Dec 3, 2022, 8:20 PM Jack Craig wrote: > ffmpeg works fine for me, ... > > On Sat, Dec 3, 2022 at 1:50 PM Bill Cunningham > wrote: > >> idk if anyone is having this problem or not, but creating a mp4 or mpg >> usin

Re: Mailing lists and Discourse

2022-10-26 Thread Bill C
Yes, I certainly see what you mean. It's a shame too. Usenet has been around for a very long time. I despise these Facebook type things. So much foolishness. On Wed, Oct 26, 2022, 1:46 PM Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote: > On Mon, Oct 24, 2022 at 08:44:20PM -0400, Sam Varshavchik wrote: > > > >I've been