Re: Two issues - one frustrating

On Tue, 19 Nov 2024 07:56:07 -0800 Paolo Galtieri wrote: > I run the MATE desktop and since F40 I see a strange problem with > mate-terminal.  I have MATE configured to remember running > application on logout so they are restarted when I login.  At the > time I logout my mate-terminals are 24x8

Re: CentOS - what to use now that CentOS 7 is EOL

On Thu, 31 Oct 2024 09:59:56 -0400 Jeffrey Walton wrote: > > I use Fedora Server in place of CentOS. I made the switch years ago. > It was too frustrating trying to run a modern LAMP stack with a modern > Wiki on RHEL or CentOS due to the antique software. The old software is bad enough, but the

Re: Enscript header variables

On Wed, 11 Jan 2023 13:34:40 -0500 Terry Polzin wrote: > Does anyone have a reference for enscript header variables? URL to > documentation would be3 appreciated. > > Thanks in advance, The man page for enscript has a section “FANCY HEADERS” which seems to have what you’re looking for:

Re: Grub Background Image not Displayed in Grub Boot Menu

On Sun, 23 Oct 2022 14:43:27 +1100 Stephen Morris wrote: > Hi, >     I have the following default config file in /etc/default/grub, > and I have issued the grub2-mkconfig command to update > /boot/grub2/grub.cfg which confirms that it found the background > image, and when I look at /boot/grub2/

Re: VDQ : Ffx updates

On Mon, 10 Oct 2022 14:40:26 - (UTC) Beartooth wrote: > I run dnf clean all, followed by dnf upgrade, on all my > machines, all on F36, daily. (I don't necessarily reboot, even if > there's a kernel change. Should I?) > > Nevertheless, Firefox demands its own updates, including i

Re: 32-->36?

On Sat, 30 Jul 2022 20:01:48 -0400 Tom Horsley wrote: > Although why anyone would want to use fedora for a long term server > is a separate question :-). (CentOS or Ubuntu LTS comes to mind). Software. RHEL provides only a small fraction of the packages available in Fedora. Even worse, RH disa

Re: Is there an officially Fedora supported replacement for the old rc.local? - still an issue

On Fri, 22 Jul 2022 13:56:13 -0600 Joe Zeff wrote: > On 7/22/22 13:34, James Szinger wrote: > > I first encountered UNIX after years of using VMS, IBM mainframes, > > and a plethora of personal computers. They ALL had editors better > > than vi. Who writes an editor where

Re: Is there an officially Fedora supported replacement for the old rc.local? - still an issue

On Wed, 20 Jul 2022 18:43:05 +0100 Barry wrote: > At Berkeley university they liked emacs but on the VAX 11/780 only > one user could be supported on BSD. The problem was found to be the > I/O rate from single char input and echoing. > > In response to the need to support 30 students on the VAX

Re: are there typical ways Fedora tends to break?

On Fri, 15 Jul 2022 14:41:09 -0400 Chris Murphy wrote: > What portion of the failures are early boot failures? (Defined as > bootloader, kernel, or early initramfs failures. But excludes being > landed at a dracut prompt.) One thing that Fedora Linux REALLY needs is the file /usr/share/doc/grub2

Re: are there typical ways Fedora tends to break?

On Sat, 16 Jul 2022 15:00:45 -0600 Joe Zeff wrote: > On 7/16/22 13:55, James Szinger wrote: > > I find Gnome 3 unusable, so I use Mate instead of Workstation. > > When I read a description of what Gnome 3 would be, I started hunting > around and ended up with Xfce,

Re: are there typical ways Fedora tends to break?

On Fri, 15 Jul 2022 14:41:09 -0400 Chris Murphy wrote: > Hi, > > I have a request for list regulars. > > The Fedora Workstation working group is curious if there's any pattern > or categorization how Fedora installations typically break. i.e. the > installation is successful, the system has bee

Re: A simple question

On Sat, 16 Jul 2022 12:55:25 -0600 Joe Zeff wrote: > Recently, my laptop died and I had to buy a new one. Now, I'd like > to take a look at what hardware is inside. I know that there used to > be a program to show you all of the hardware, but it's been so long > since I needed it that I can't r

Re: cpan build perl-PDL-Graphics-PLplot

On Sat, 16 Jul 2022 15:32:57 +0200 Patrick Dupre wrote: > However, I cannot see any distribution offering > perl-PDL-Graphics-PLplot. > Nevertheless, this package is still active > https://metacpan.org/pod/PDL::Graphics::PLplot It has many failures on CPAN Testers:

Re: Problems with Borg backup on F36

On Mon, 16 May 2022 20:56:10 +0100 Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Mon, 2022-05-16 at 18:20 +0200, Markus Schönhaber wrote: > > 16.05.22, 17:45 +0200, Patrick O'Callaghan: > > > > > I updated to F36 a few days ago and everything seemed to go > > > smoothly > > > until I noticed my regular nigh

Re: font longevity questions.

On Sat, 14 May 2022 11:21:32 +0930 Tim via users wrote: > On Fri, 2022-05-13 at 07:48 -0300, George N. White III wrote: > I'd briefly looked at LaTex, decided it was more pain that is worth > for *me* to learn, but lots of people provide that same advice. > Having been down the road, before, of u

Re: First 5 minutes with f36

On Fri, 13 May 2022 00:45:50 + olivares33561 via users wrote: > I am running Gnome and had a command in ~/.bash_profile to compose > setxkbmap -compose ralt key > > to put a ñ I used ~ and n but it does not work anymore :(. What is > the magic incantanation? I am using Tom's technique copy

Re: Perl is now failing for me

On Mon, 21 Feb 2022 00:22:13 -0800 Samuel Sieb wrote: > On 2/20/22 21:00, Fulko Hew wrote: > > Thanks for pointing out that app, but I fail to see how having me > > make an RPM for a > > Fedora-unsupported module avoids the problem of incompatibilities > > between newer > > Fedora sources packag

Re: Picking a new laptop

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

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: Network bridge with network-scripts

On Tue, 25 Jan 2022 01:48:24 +0100 Peter Boy wrote: > If you want your VMs to have access to the public network, then you > have to share the host's public interface. The most convenient option > is mac-vlan and to avoid a bridge. You don’t need to configure the > host interface, but just the VMs

Re: python3dist(sphinx-math-dollar)

On Sat, 22 Jan 2022 07:48:47 -0500 Jonathan Billings wrote: > On Jan 22, 2022, at 06:35, Dorian ROSSE > wrote: > > > > Have you tried 'pip3 install python3dist ' ? > > I never suggest Fedora users run ‘pip’ as root, except when in a > virtualenv, dockerfile or some contained environment. >

Re: Interactive task scheduling (system) ? How do I run a list of tasks consecutively on a server ?

On Fri, 21 Jan 2022 11:31:25 -0700 linux guy wrote: > Is there anything simpler than Torque ? There is the standard UNIX batch command. It is about as simple as can be. Certainly much simpler than the VMS and MVS batch systems back in the day. There also seem to be several Node.JS batch que

Re: ocatve

On Thu, 20 Jan 2022 13:00:56 +0100 Patrick Dupre wrote: > When I run octave with > > pkg load symbolic > and > syms x > I > get > Symbolic pkg v2.9.0: Traceback (most recent call last): > File "", line 28, in [cut] > It seems that it is an identified bug, due to sympy Is there a Fedora bugzi

Re: OT: Linux kernel version in fiber modem

On Sat, 25 Dec 2021 03:15:50 -0800 Jonathan Ryshpan wrote: > On a whim I opened up the: >Legal Disclaimer Open Source Licenses > in the management page for my fiber modem (ATT installed 2021/03/30) > and discovered that the kernel is rather old: >linux kernel - Version 3.4.11 > There are

Re: stream TO airplay/sonos

On Tue, 23 Nov 2021 09:31:50 -0600 SternData wrote: > Unfortunately, I can't find any "raop" support in the Fedora repos. > Thanks very much for getting me this far. It is in pulseaudio-module-zeroconf. Jim ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedor

Re: Fedora image on flash drive bootable both UEFI and Legacy

On Tue, 2 Nov 2021 20:19:10 +0100 "Petr Menšík" wrote: > I would like to have my flash drive prepared with recent Live image. I > know how to write image to an usb drive and how to boot it. > > However, I carry 64GB large disk on my keys and I would like to have > two things: > > - bootable live

Re: Using python to get a list of repositories, including RHEL

On Mon, 01 Nov 2021 21:52:33 - "Philip Kauffman" wrote: > My goal is to use a python script to get all a systems repositories > in a data structure (list,dict,whatever). I've gotten most of the way > there with the below which is able to get all repositories in > /etc/yum.repos.d/*.repo. Howev

Re: Today's dnf update hangs on papirus-icon-theme-20210901-2.fc35?

On Mon, 1 Nov 2021 14:15:14 -0400 Neal Becker wrote: > Just to followup, after dnf removing papirus-icon-theme (which I > didn't need), dnf update completes normally. > > On Mon, Nov 1, 2021 at 1:30 PM Neal Becker > wrote: > > > > dnf seems to just hang on this update, using 100% cpu: > > > > p

Re: DNF update installing unwanted GRUB packages

On Tue, 5 Oct 2021 13:40:51 -0500 Ian Pilcher wrote: > I use systemd-boot, so I try to avoid having unneeded GRUB packages > installed. When I run dnf update, grub2-tools-efi and > grub2-tools-extra get installed, even though they aren't required by > any of my other installed packages. > > I a

Re: libvirt virsh define {vm_dumpxml.xml} does not work

On Mon, 9 Aug 2021 00:42:08 +0200 Peter Boy wrote: > In the process to migrate from CentOS 8 to Fedora I saved the > definition of various VMs using "virsh dumpxml vm_id > vm_id.xml“ > > According to the manual I can restore using "virsh define vm_id.xml“ > > But I get > Error: Can’t check Q

Re: OT: ink jet printers

On Wed, 7 Jul 2021 07:55:21 +0200 Peter Boy wrote: > > Am 07.07.2021 um 00:33 schrieb James Szinger : > > > > On Tue, 6 Jul 2021 09:57:47 -0600 > > Greg Woods wrote: > > > >> Question #2 is, are any of the all-in-one laser printers any good > >

Re: OT: ink jet printers

On Tue, 6 Jul 2021 09:57:47 -0600 Greg Woods wrote: > Well, not completely OT because I do need one that will work on > Fedora. > > I have found a number of ink jet all-in-ones that work well on > Fedora, from Epson, HP, and Brother. The problem is that I don't use > the printer all that much, a

Re: conflict between mythtv and rtl-sdr

On Mon, 28 Jun 2021 09:18:59 -0500 Roger Heflin wrote: > It looks like the prior udev rule put the dvb adapters in video. > Since their are both video and radio devices maybe "video" should > really be renamed as "dvb" and/or maybe the rtl package should simply > add itself to video and not use i

Re: Tor killed my other browsers; Name or service not known; uninstalling does not help

On Fri, 25 Jun 2021 17:33:04 -0400 Tom Horsley wrote: > On Fri, 25 Jun 2021 14:20:30 -0700 > ToddAndMargo via users wrote: > > > Kernel 5.12.12-300 breaks host resolution > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1976371 > > Very weird that the kernel could break name resolution since t

Re: How to kickstart a workstation installation?

On Wed, 14 Apr 2021 10:33:27 -0500 Thomas Cameron wrote: > > How the heck do I kickstart a workstation? Preferably from the > F33-Everything DVD image so I can set up Xfce. Check out the --kickstart option to livecd-iso-to-disk. The last tiem I did this I used a command like: livecd-iso-t

Re: Any Jython users out there? Please speak up!

On Fri, 12 Mar 2021 22:53:32 +0100 Miro Hrončok wrote: > Being a Pythonista myself, I don't know any Jython users running > Fedora. If you use Jython on Fedora, please let me know how you > install Jython: If it is from the Fedora package or from elsewhere, > e.g. trough maven or downloading the i

Re: installing wine on F33 wants to downgrade packages

On Fri, 23 Oct 2020 15:06:39 -0700 Samuel Sieb wrote: > Except that I would expect the 32-bit and 64-bit packages would be > going in the same updates, so it shouldn't be possible to get only > one of them. But maybe that's not the case. It’s complicated and one of the tricky bits of running a

Re: installing wine on F33 wants to downgrade packages

On Fri, 23 Oct 2020 13:44:07 -0700 Samuel Sieb wrote: > On 10/23/20 1:08 PM, Anil Felipe Duggirala wrote: > > I am looking to install wine on my new Fedora 33 laptop. When doing > > 'dnf install wine' I am getting: > > Since Fedora 33 hasn't been released yet, I expect someone will tell > you

Re: Network printer

On Mon, 17 Aug 2020 01:18:36 +0300 Matti Pulkkinen wrote: > My expectation based on a previous bad experience with a Samsung > printer (and various horror stories I've heard online) was that Linux > support in printers would range from abysmal to just plain terrible, > but it seems there are actu

Re: Radeon 5700 XT: Wayland/X11 not using amdgpu

On Thu, 2 Jul 2020 15:03:44 -0400 Braden McDaniel wrote: > > On Jul 2, 2020, at 2:04 PM, James Szinger > > wrote: > > > > On Wed, 1 Jul 2020 23:09:29 -0700 > > Samuel Sieb wrote: > >> There is no amdgpu X driver. > > > > Yes there is

Re: Radeon 5700 XT: Wayland/X11 not using amdgpu

On Wed, 1 Jul 2020 23:09:29 -0700 Samuel Sieb wrote: > There is no amdgpu X driver. Yes there is. It's xorg-x11-drv-amdgpu. It's not installed by default the last time I looked. Jim ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscri

Re: Graphing/Charting software in Linux - recommendations?

On Thu, 4 Jun 2020 09:38:56 -0400 (EDT) Max Pyziur wrote: > I mostly use Python/MatPlotLib for my graphing charting needs for a > bunch of self-built, production-oriented things I require. > > However, once in a while I need to assemble something ad-hoc, and I > generally revert to MS Excel bec

Re: Driver for Epson Photo Printer

On Mon, 25 May 2020 15:11:46 -0600 "S.Bob" wrote: > I just ordered this printer: > >  Epson SureColor P900 17" Photo Printer > > Any thoughts on where I can get a driver for it to print large > photos? Or even the driver for it's predecessor the P800? Gutenprint lists support for the P800 as e

Re: AAUGH! More "helpful" software!

On Tue, 28 Apr 2020 13:12:35 -0400 Tom Horsley wrote: > Bingo! I used "systemctl --root=/mnt/sysroot" to mask both > packagekit-offline-update and packagekit before booting the > first time after the reinstall, and rebooted with no messages > about installing updates. (And no gnome notifications a

Re: Kickstart Fedora 30 (aarch64) on Raspberry Pi 3 B+

On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 11:13 PM Felix Geschwindner via users wrote: > > Fedora on RPI is AMAZING and I'm working on a project to automate > provisioning for a Raspberry Pi cluster. This would add a ton of CI > capabilities and convenience. It would also take the edge of the nuisance > that RPI

Re: Nonexistent service to disable: zz-fortune

On Mon, Apr 15, 2019 at 1:05 AM Frank Elsner wrote: > without changes to my configuration suddenly all logwatch cron jobs show up > the error message >Nonexistent service to disable: zz-fortune > > Why this? What has happend? How to make logwatch work again? It seems that zz-f

Change GDM background

How do I change the desktop background for the GDM login screeen? I don't see anything in custom.conf. Is there some gconf magic? Thanks, Jim -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users

Re: F13/F14 on an iPad ?

On Fri, 22 Oct 2010 11:16:55 -0600 Linuxguy123 wrote: > On Fri, 2010-10-22 at 10:10 -0600, James Szinger wrote: > > I also agree that attempting > > to install Fedora on an iPad is not a good idea. > > And why is that ? You've heard of Yellow Dog Linux ? You

Re: F13/F14 on an iPad ?

On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 8:10 AM, Michael Cronenworth wrote: > I would have little interest > in it anyway as the device is overpriced. Typical of a Mac product. > > You're better off buying a tablet laptop and installing Fedora on that. > Example: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N

Re: upgrade gcc on fedora core 4

On Thu, 9 Sep 2010 15:38:39 +0200 Rossella Noschese wrote: > I've a question. At work we have a fedore core 4 release on a 64-bit > machine. We need now to upgrade the compiler. We have GNU Fortran 95 > (GCC 4.0.0 20050519 (Red Hat 4.0.0-8)). We need at least gcc version > 4.1.2 20071124 (Red Hat

Re: outdated ssl cert

On Sat, 16 Jan 2010 11:58:03 -0600 Steven Stern wrote: > Because I have a hard time remembering how to generate self-signed > certs, I set the expiration date for 5 years the last time I had to > create them. > There is a Fedora package for gnomint, a GUI which makes it easy to set yourself up