Re: VPN routing differences

On Thu, Feb 2, 2023, at 5:53 AM, Tibor Attila Anca wrote: > The most significant difference (for me) is the output of resolvectl. With > Network-Manager vpn I get this in the section Global: > > Global >Protocols: LLMNR=resolve -mDNS -DNSOverTLS DNSSEC=no/unsupported > resolv.conf mode: s

Re: WSL

At some point a few years ago I paid for Whitewater Foundry's Fedora Remix for WSL. It worked reasonably well and I don't recall any particular issues with it but for my purposes, if I'm using WSL, it seems preferable to "go with the flow" and use ubuntu as that seems to be what the WSL crew expec

Re: Picking a new laptop

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: openvpn-client@nbecker8 won't start

> On Dec 21, 2021, at 5:13 PM, Jonathan Billings wrote: > > On Dec 21, 2021, at 14:03, Kevin Becker wrote: >> >> Probably selinux. I have these notes for configuring a commercial VPN >> provider to work. >> >> sudo ausearch -c 'openvpn

Re: openvpn-client@nbecker8 won't start

On Tue, 2021-12-21 at 11:40 -0500, Neal Becker wrote: > I had a drive crash on a server running F34.  After replacing the > drive and installing F35, I can't get openvpn-client@nbecker8 to > start.  journalctl says: > Dec 21 11:26:14 nbecker8 openvpn[80875]: Options error: In > [CMD-LINE]:1: Error

Re: accessing a fedora box (latest fedora 35) from Windows using PuTTY/WinSCP only possible with userid/password

> On Nov 20, 2021, at 9:24 AM, Walter H. via users > wrote: > > /var/log/secure shows this: > Nov 20 15:11:33 lxfedora sshd[2584]: userauth_pubkey: key type ssh-rsa not in > PubkeyAcceptedAlgorithms [preauth] > > so the question is: what is the default value of this > 'PubkeyAcceptedAlgori

Re: Expired Fedora Webpage Cert?

On Wed, 2021-07-28 at 08:43 -0700, Doug H. wrote: > On Wed, Jul 28, 2021, at 8:28 AM, Jonathan Billings wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 28, 2021 at 11:06:47AM -0400, John Mellor wrote: > > > Is it just me, or is the web page cert expired this morning at > > > https://askbot.fedoraproject.org/ ? > > > > Loo

Re: Strange VPN behaviour

On Thu, 2021-05-20 at 12:59 +, Anca, Tibor wrote: > Am Donnerstag, dem 20.05.2021 um 19:33 +0800 schrieb Ed Greshko: > > Does > > > > host host.name.de 192.168.3.33 > > > > Return the IP address you expect? > Yes. But it also returns: > > Host xyz not found: 3(NXDOMAIN) Are you trying to u

Re: Strange VPN behaviour

> On May 19, 2021, at 5:52 PM, Anca, Tibor wrote: > > > I i use openconnect (which I prefer, because it keeps my network printer > available), it doenst do almost anything with resolve.conf. It only adds > a search entry, no dns, nothing. In this case I have to enter the ip > address of the ser

Re: UniFi Public Key Authentication

On Apr 26, 2021, at 9:56 PM, Kevin Becker wrote: > > > It turns out the one thing that had slipped my mind was the updated crypto > policy in Fedora 33. Running "update-crypto-policies --set DEFAULT:FEDORA32” > solved the issue for now. The next step is to figure out

Re: UniFi Public Key Authentication

> On Apr 26, 2021, at 5:20 PM, Jack Craig wrote: > > have you googled 'linux ssh how to login without password' ?? Weirdly that query didn’t return anything specific to Fedora guests (and only Fedora guests) not being able to use public key authentication to a specific subset of hosts while

UniFi Public Key Authentication

I'm at a bit of a loss on this one so I thought I'd see if anyone has any other suggestions. My home network is all Ubiquity UniFi gear.  I have a USG-3P router, a few switches and one AP.  There is a UniFi controller app that centrally handles the configuration of the devices, including managing

Re: M2 on laptop

On Thu, 2021-04-08 at 18:11 -0600, Greg Woods wrote: > > Dell likes to configure the SSD as a RAID in the BIOS. Even though > their Windows installation is not using it as a RAID device.  When it > is set to  RAID in the BIOS, Linux cannot see it. For Linux to run, > it must be set to AHCI mode. I

Re: Windows 10 + F33 + SSD + RAID

sense. > On Jan 29, 2021, at 10:44 PM, Greg Woods wrote: > > > > On Fri, Jan 29, 2021 at 6:25 PM Kevin Becker <mailto:ke...@kevinbecker.org>> wrote: > I had the same issue and this article worked for me. > > https://support.thinkcritical.com/kb/articles/s

Re: Windows 10 + F33 + SSD + RAID

I had the same issue and this article worked for me.   https://support.thinkcritical.com/kb/articles/switch-windows-10-from-raid-ide-to-ahci On Fri, 2021-01-29 at 14:12 -0800, Paolo Galtieri wrote: > Folks, >    I have a new dell laptop.  I tried to install Fedora 33 on it, but > it > failed t

Re: USB to LAN -

On Dec 10, 2020, at 10:19 AM, Bob Goodwin wrote: > > Mow I have the external mybook drive connected to the NFS USB but don't know > how to mount the USB external drive on the NFS. Usually an icon should pop up > on the screen but there is no monitor connected to the NFS, only SSH from > this d

Re: F33 setting search domain permanently

On Thu, 2020-12-03 at 12:58 +0100, p...@uni-bremen.de wrote: > In F33 the name resolution is done via systems-resolved by default, > not NetworkManager (and systemd-resolve was the origin of this > thread, if I remember correctly). And /etc/resolve.conf is now a > symbolic link managed by systemd.

Re: F33 setting search domain permanently

On Wed, 2020-12-02 at 13:10 +0100, Jouk Jansen wrote: > Hi All, > > I would like to set the search domian permanently. I can set it with >   resolvectl domain device domain.nl > but after a restart the definition is gone. How do I set it > permanently? There are probably multiple ways to do it, b

Re: Waterfox?

On Fri, 2020-11-20 at 16:30 -0800, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: > For instance, I have both a home and a business Amazon > account.  Switching back and forth between the two > is a YUGE pain in the   Especially since the > cookies and such still get mixed up even when I log > out and into anot

Re: FYI: f33 crypto change ramifications

On Tue, 2020-11-03 at 10:31 -0500, Tom Horsley wrote: > The default crypto policy changed once again in fedora 33, > which I didn't notice till I started trying to use rsync to > update my web pages on hostgator (which, by default, uses rsa > keys). > > Kept asking for my password even though I ha

Re: X Org Server is abandonware

https://i0.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/facebook/000/019/304/old.jpg On Tue, 2020-10-27 at 10:25 -0500, Roger Heflin wrote: > I think it is simple, in my experience your assertions are right on > the money.  They can't be bothered to learn it and/or they aren't > good > enough to learn it.  If it is

Re: Network printer

On Sun, 2020-08-16 at 18:55 -0400, Fred Smith wrote: > > I have or have had 3 brother printers here, of three widely diverse > generations. > they all worked fine on Linux. the oldest one, when I initially > connected it up > I used USB, and Linux (an old CentOS, probably 4.x, could I but > remem

Re: NVME drive is not detected

You can fix your Windows install to work with AHCI. I did this on my Dell XPS 13 and the only issue I had was it triggered a bitlocker recovery. After entering the recovery key it's been all good. https://support.thinkcritical.com/kb/articles/switch-windows-10-from-raid-ide-to-ahci On Thu, 2020-0

Re: Issue w Zoom - "sharing screen"

When last I tried, screensharing didn't work with Wayland in the flatpak version. If I logged in with X instead, screensharing worked fine. On Mon, 2020-08-03 at 14:33 -0400, Max Pyziur wrote: > Greetings, > Since we're discussing Zoom, one problem that I've had is sharing a > screen while I'm pre

Re: Fedora Zoom? -

Zoom is available for Fedora as a flatpak via flathub On Mon, 2020-08-03 at 11:51 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote: > I have a request from the VA to do a video interview rather than the > usual secure text messages. > "Do you have the ability to do a video appointment (you would need a > computer with a

Re: second call for enlightenment...

Was it ever working or is this a newly installed system? If it had been working, I'd try rebooting to an older kernel. On Fri, 2020-07-24 at 05:52 -0700, Jack Craig wrote: > hi all, > > > > my new hp elitedesktop loaded w F32 is randomly freezing. > > not finding log errors, what is the commu

Re: Printing failure -

Has it ever worked in Fedora 32? There was a bug where mDNS was removed from nsswitch.conf when I upgraded to F32 that broke printing for me until I added it back. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1811935 On Tue, 2020-07-21 at 12:13 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote: > Earlier today I discover

Re: I need current network interface documentation

You still need to type "sudo" you just don't need to enter your password for sudo commands for a few minutes. It doesn't make all commands run as root. On Fri, 2020-07-03 at 23:55 -0700, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: > On 2020-07-03 21:59, Samuel Sieb wrote: > > > ow in the world is that not a se

Re: Audacity: "Error opening recording device"

to time when I come across other poeple with the same issue. On Tue, 2020-06-30 at 10:54 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 2020-06-30 09:47, Kevin Becker wrote: > > I have the same issue on my laptop. I removed the Gnome Software > > version, which didn't necessarily appear to be a

Re: Audacity: "Error opening recording device"

I have the same issue on my laptop. I removed the Gnome Software version, which didn't necessarily appear to be a flatpak as it didn't say it was from flathub.org. Nevertheless, the version I get from a terminal DNF install seems to have the same issue for me. Everything else in the system that

Re: OT: WSL2

I work in a primarily Windows-based environment but I have a lot of leeway in choosing and configuring my work computer. I used a MacBook Air for many years, giving me access to MS Office and other commercial software while still having a nice unix terminal. When it came time for a new laptop, I

Re: boot/grub

My system has two efi boot partitions on separate drives. I rarely boot to Windows and I wanted it on its own completely separate drive. I configured a default in the firmware settings and then for a while I would choose an alternate when I needed to by hitting a key to bring up the efi boot menu

Re: Restart F32 WiFi on ThinkPad P72

I haven't followed this thread at all but this is a common feature on many laptops. There is often a BIOS setting for it. I didn't find the manual for the P72 in a quick search but the P71 manual turned up this BIOS option: Wireless Auto Disconnection Values: Disabled, Enabled Descriptions: Enab

Re: Fedora 30 EOL

When is this thread scheduled for EOL? On Sat, 2020-05-30 at 18:44 +0200, Michael Schwendt wrote: > On Sat, 30 May 2020 11:14:22 -0500, Roger Heflin wrote: > > You really need to understand the devs actual motivations. And > > yourare attributing things to Fedora devels that are being funded > >

Re: [NOT SOLVED] Audacity can't play audio on Fedora 32

On Tue, 2020-05-26 at 21:48 +0530, Sreyan Chakravarty wrote: > > I've never heard of anyone using Audacity to play audio. No doubt > > there > > is a way to do that, but that isn't its function. It's an audio > > editor, > > not an audio player. I'm surprised it can even play audio streams > > as >

Re: CUPS print test page -

Is your printer configured using an IP address or is it just being discovered via mDNS? I had an issue with my F32 upgrade that the mdns4_minimal entry was removed from /etc/nsswitch.conf that broke printing for me. On Sat, 2020-05-16 at 21:36 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote: > I had a printer problem

Re: Captcha's are out of control

I use SimpleNote and the login page says "protected by reCAPTCHA" but there is no captcha to solve. Nevertheless, the first login attempt always says I failed the captcha (that I didn't do) and the next one lets me in. So maybe they've just streamlined it to skip the theater of failing to identif

Re: Calc to excel -

Excel 2016 for macOS will open ODS files. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/file-formats-supported-in-excel-for-mac-f9970726-bb98-489c-afe2-6d876873945a?ui=en-us&rs=en-us&ad=us On Sun, 2020-05-10 at 09:46 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote: > Is there a fedora scheme for making an LibreOffice c

Re: Fedora 32 user rejected

I believe useradd with no parameters won’t create a home directory. I prefer adduser. > On May 7, 2020, at 6:21 PM, Geoffrey Leach wrote: > > New installation of Fedora 32 > > Root login works > > useradd foo > passwd foo > > work as expected; in particular the password is verified > > "sw

Re: F32, mDNS, and nsswitch.conf

I waited until the final release before upgrading. But it's good to know this is actually a bug and has already been found. Thanks. On Wed, 2020-05-06 at 13:03 +0200, francis.montag...@inria.fr wrote: > Hi. > On Tue, 05 May 2020 19:48:22 -0400 Kevin Becker wrote: > > It turns

Re: F32, mDNS, and nsswitch.conf

had to move the mdns entry further back in the list to make it work, but that was a few years ago and probably on ubuntu. I never had to mess with it in Fedora until now. On Tue, 2020-05-05 at 19:55 -0400, Tom Horsley wrote: > On Tue, 05 May 2020 19:48:22 -0400 > Kevin Becker

F32, mDNS, and nsswitch.conf

I've been using Fedora on my laptop for a few years now, and on a newly built desktop for since just last summer. I've never had an issue upgrading, but I only recently became aware of the recommended post- install steps. https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/quick-docs/dnf-system-upgrade/ So thi

Re: Run firefox across ssh?

Even if you install an X server, the native Firefox is not going to use it to render. You may be able to compile a version to work but it will take more than just having X. On Thu, 2020-04-30 at 22:37 +0100, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Thu, 2020-04-30 at 10:11 -0600, S.Bob wrote: > > I have

Re: selinux/ssh -- basic question

On Mon, 2020-03-23 at 06:50 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 2020-03-23 04:36, Samuel Sieb wrote: > > On 3/22/20 1:19 PM, bruce wrote: > > >on the remote VM, I want to create a user "bob". I also want > > > to modify the remote to ssh into the VM as bob, using sshkeys > > > do I have to have a loc

Re: F31: recommended best way to send postfix traffic through Cisco's AnyConnect VPN

On Sat, 2020-03-21 at 09:05 -0500, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > Where do you find this checkbox? I have looked at all the GUI options > but can not find it. Btw, NetworkManager in the Connection > Information recognizes both the interfaces. It should be on the IPV4 (and IPV6) tab for the specific VPN c

Re: F31: recommended best way to send postfix traffic through Cisco's AnyConnect VPN

I use openconnect to connect to my workplace Cisco AnyConnect VPN regularly. We don't require 2-factor auth but it looks like openconnect supports it. https://dmoerner.wordpress.com/2015/11/04/howto-openconnect-vpn-with-duo-multifactor-authentication/ I leave our default split-tunnelling configur

Re: Using Steam with Fedora

I installed Steam via flatpak with no issues. On Sat, 2020-03-14 at 17:02 -0400, Ranbir wrote: > On Fri, 2020-02-21 at 17:31 +, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > Has anyone done this successfully on Fedora? There are any number > > ofGoogle hits on similar themes, but mainly focussed on Ubuntu, >

Re: Reasons for staying on a old version ( Re: Prepping for upgrade)

Could we all just try to stop with the "clever" snarky nonsense and keep the list positive and on topic? If you dislike fedora, then feel free to try something else. If you have constructive criticism, share it. If you just want to bicker and argue about who killed who then maybe take it to anot

Re: Alternatives to remina

I haven't used to for connecting to another Fedora machine but it is what I use for connecting to Windows boxes. On Sat, 2020-02-15 at 15:29 -0800, Samuel Sieb wrote: > On 2/15/20 11:28 AM, Patrick Dupre wrote: > > In the past I used to use remina to take control of a remote > > machine. > > What

Re: DVD Backup

ect.org Cc: "stan" Sent: 2/12/2020 11:14:22 PM Subject: Re: DVD Backup On Wed, 12 Feb 2020 22:13:29 -0500 Kevin Becker wrote: I haven't had the need to copy a DVD in over a decade and the last time I did it was probably under OS X, possibly even Windows, using some commercial

DVD Backup

I haven't had the need to copy a DVD in over a decade and the last time I did it was probably under OS X, possibly even Windows, using some commercial tool. But recently my stepfather came to me with a DVD that had been made from a home video that he wanted several copies of. It is not copy prote

Re: Kid filter?

I've used this tool to generate hosts files for a large number of semi- unamaged PCs at my work. They are in remote offices and have no real infrastructure to set up proxy servers. https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts On Thu, 2020-01-16 at 00:03 -0800, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: > Does anyo

Re: Access to cbs.com failing with error 2002 or 2004??

I have an account and get an error that the video is currently unavailable. I am able to stream the latest Short Trek episode with no problem though. On Fri, 2020-01-10 at 01:36 +0100, sixpack13 wrote: > On 10.01.20 01:26, Michael D. Setzer II via users wrote: > > > On 09.01.20 16:11, Michael D. S

Re: Gnome-keyring-daemon keeps logging every second

Are you running nextcloud by any chance? https://askubuntu.com/questions/1188683/gnome-keyring-daemon-spams-system-journal > On Dec 4, 2019, at 11:45 AM, Robin Lee wrote: > >> asked to register item /org/fre

Re: Firefox issues with Fedora 31?

I just upgraded my main machine to Fedora 31 this weekend and have the same tab issue. I'm using Gnome. I don't seem to have any trouble with drop down menus though. My laptop has been running Fedora 31 since it was released but I rarely detach tabs there so I can't say if it is working (it's no