Re: What sets QT_IM_MODULE in F33?

2021-03-27 Thread Robert G. (Doc) Savage via users
On Sat, 2021-03-27 at 07:19 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 26/03/2021 16:55, Robert G. (Doc) Savage via users wrote: > > Using Fedora 33 with MATE desktop... > > > > I'm working with the developer of a very handy RPN calculator app > > called rpCalc to figure out wh

What sets QT_IM_MODULE in F33?

2021-03-26 Thread Robert G. (Doc) Savage via users
Using Fedora 33 with MATE desktop... I'm working with the developer of a very handy RPN calculator app called rpCalc to figure out why it doesn't work for my regular user 'doc' but works perfectly for a newly created user 'test'. The developer strongly suspects a Qt5 setting. We have narrowed our

Re: Can't burn a CentOS 7.9 DVD

2021-03-13 Thread Robert G. (Doc) Savage via users
On Sat, 2021-03-13 at 13:38 -0700, Joe Zeff wrote: > On 3/13/21 11:19 AM, Robert G. (Doc) Savage via users wrote: > > THANK YOU. Yours is precisely the answer I was looking for. That > > iso > > file should never have been released as part of the general > > distributi

Re: Can't burn a CentOS 7.9 DVD

2021-03-13 Thread Robert G. (Doc) Savage via users
On Fri, 2021-03-12 at 18:19 -0700, Chris Murphy wrote: > On Fri, Mar 12, 2021 at 3:49 PM Robert G. (Doc) Savage via users > wrote: > > > > The checksums are perfect. What I am probably looking for is anyone > > who CAN burn that iso to a blank DVD-R or DVD+R. If Braser

Re: Can't burn a CentOS 7.9 DVD

2021-03-13 Thread Robert G. (Doc) Savage via users
On Fri, 2021-03-12 at 15:28 -0800, Paul Allen Newell wrote: > > > On 3/12/21 2:55 PM, George N. White III wrote: > > > > I had same problem with 7.9.2009. I used a DVD-R DL with k3b and it > worked. Paul, If by DVD-R DL you mean "dual layer", that's an 8.5GB media. I just tried using k3B wi

Re: Can't burn a CentOS 7.9 DVD

2021-03-13 Thread Robert G. (Doc) Savage via users
On Sat, 2021-03-13 at 02:26 +, Anthony F McInerney wrote: > > On Fri, 12 Mar 2021 at 22:49, Robert G. (Doc) Savage via users > wrote: > > On Fri, 2021-03-12 at 16:22 -0500, Terry Polzin wrote: > > > Did you check the checksums?  Bad download? > > > >

Re: Can't burn a CentOS 7.9 DVD

2021-03-12 Thread Robert G. (Doc) Savage via users
On Fri, 2021-03-12 at 16:22 -0500, Terry Polzin wrote: > Did you check the checksums?  Bad download? > > On Fri, Mar 12, 2021 at 4:15 PM Robert G. (Doc) Savage via users > wrote: > > Is the CentOS-7-x86_64-DVD-2009.iso really too big to burn on a > > DVD-R? Brasero under

Can't burn a CentOS 7.9 DVD

2021-03-12 Thread Robert G. (Doc) Savage via users
Is the CentOS-7-x86_64-DVD-2009.iso really too big to burn on a DVD-R? Brasero under Centos 7.9 and Fedora 33 both say a 4.7GB blank disk isn't big enough. --Doc Savage     Fairview Heights, IL ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To u

Re: can't upgrade from fedora 31 to Fedora 32

2021-03-01 Thread Robert G. (Doc) Savage via users
Paolo, This is a common problem. Upgrade scripts frequently stumble when packages from external repositories are installed. These can usually be individually uninstalled manually (dnf erase ) before running the upgrade script. Keep a list of the manually removed packages and try re-installing

Re: Any recent progress toward Fedora support for Raspberry Pi 4?

2021-01-13 Thread Robert G. (Doc) Savage via users
On Tue, 2021-01-12 at 09:51 -0500, Jonathan Billings wrote: > On Mon, Jan 11, 2021 at 03:46:12PM -0600, Robert G. (Doc) Savage via > users wrote: > > With 8 GB the Pi4 finally has enough memory to be a fairly > > satisfactory > > workstation. By "headless server&quo

Re: Any recent progress toward Fedora support for Raspberry Pi 4?

2021-01-11 Thread Robert G. (Doc) Savage via users
On Mon, 2021-01-11 at 13:03 -0500, Jonathan Billings wrote: > > Probably worth following htis thread: > > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/a...@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/BTCBRUNAFMUBM2NW23QH5NQ5IT3X6CN6/ > > I'm currently running the 4GB variant of the Raspberry Pi 4 with the >

Any recent progress toward Fedora support for Raspberry Pi 4?

2021-01-11 Thread Robert G. (Doc) Savage via users
I have a Pi4 with 8G of RAM sitting in the corner of my desk gathering dust waiting for a chance to run Fedora/ARM64. Officially it's not supported: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures/ARM/Raspberry_Pi#Supported_Hardware >From time to time I hear rumors of upstream efforts to bring the P

Re: vncserver program disappered on FC32??

2020-12-28 Thread Robert G. (Doc) Savage via users
On Mon, 2020-12-28 at 07:17 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 28/12/2020 06:04, Robert G. (Doc) Savage via users wrote: > > Here's the environment: > > > > Bulk storage server for whole home > > - 45drives.com Storinator > > - 1 of 3 payload bays populat

Re: vncserver program disappered on FC32??

2020-12-27 Thread Robert G. (Doc) Savage via users
On Sun, 2020-12-27 at 12:14 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 27/12/2020 11:39, Robert G. (Doc) Savage via users wrote: > > Snapshot:  I want to build and use a 240 GB  C7.9 VM from my F33 > > laptop using NFS storage from a C8.3 server > > > > Reality: You can't ge

Re: vncserver program disappered on FC32??

2020-12-26 Thread Robert G. (Doc) Savage via users
On Thu, 2020-12-24 at 13:47 -0500, Matthew Miller wrote: > On Thu, Dec 24, 2020 at 12:30:19PM -0600, Robert G. (Doc) Savage via > users wrote: > > The primary mission of the server is mass storage (19 TB ZFS). > > Direct > > console (MATE) and ssh connections meet tho

Re: vncserver program disappered on FC32??

2020-12-24 Thread Robert G. (Doc) Savage via users
On Thu, 2020-12-24 at 13:07 -0500, Matthew Miller wrote: > On Thu, Dec 24, 2020 at 11:29:02AM -0600, Robert G. (Doc) Savage via > users wrote: > > what alternative VNC can folks recommend in its place? I seriously > > need > > one to support development of virtual mac

Re: nvme crash

2020-12-24 Thread Robert G. (Doc) Savage via users
On Mon, 2020-12-14 at 20:19 +1100, Eyal Lebedinsky wrote: > > > On 14/12/2020 13.20, Chris Murphy wrote: > > On Sun, Dec 13, 2020 at 4:42 PM Eyal Lebedinsky > > wrote: > > > > > > I am not sure which list this should go to, so I am starting > > > here. > > > > > > I run f32 fully updated > > >

Re: Book for Fedora & one for bash

2020-12-24 Thread Robert G. (Doc) Savage via users
On Sat, 2020-12-19 at 08:36 -0400, George N. White III wrote: > On Fri, 18 Dec 2020 at 15:55, Kostas Sfakiotakis > wrote: > > > > Can someone suggest a good book for Fedora ( well at least with > > systemd > > ) and one for bash a relatively recent one but please not just for > > bash > > scrip

Re: problem with NVMe disk at install

2020-12-24 Thread Robert G. (Doc) Savage via users
On Wed, 2020-12-23 at 09:46 -0500, C Linus Hicks wrote: > On Wed, 2020-12-23 at 02:55 -0700, Chris Murphy wrote: > > > > > > On Tue, Dec 22, 2020, 11:10 AM François Patte > > wrote: > > > Bonjour, > > > > > > I want to install fedora 33 on NVMe SSD disks and I have 2 such > > > devices > > > b

Re: vncserver program disappered on FC32??

2020-12-24 Thread Robert G. (Doc) Savage via users
On Wed, 2020-12-23 at 18:15 +1000, Michael D. Setzer II via users wrote: > On 22 Dec 2020 at 23:04, Samuel Sieb wrote: > > Subject:Re: vncserver program disappered on FC32?? > To: Community support for Fedora users > > From:   Samuel Sieb > Da

Re: vncserver program disappered on FC32??

2020-12-22 Thread Robert G. (Doc) Savage via users
On Wed, 2020-09-16 at 16:54 -0400, Ben Cotton wrote: > It looks like what happened is that the upstream project removed that > wrapper script. This kind of update probably shouldn't have been > submitted for Fedora 32, but now that it's in the wild, I've opened a > bug[1] to request the package mai

Re: brasero versus k3b?

2020-10-30 Thread Robert G. (Doc) Savage via users
On Sun, 2020-10-25 at 06:09 -0500, Richard Shaw wrote: > On Sat, Oct 24, 2020 at 6:30 PM Tom Horsley > wrote: > > I needed to write an iso image to a DVD-R. I run brasero and > > > > it claims there is no drive on the system. I run k3b in the > > > > same login session, and it works fine. Does b

Re: Parallel port card?

2020-10-06 Thread Robert G. (Doc) Savage via users
On Tue, 2020-10-06 at 10:26 -0700, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: > On 2020-10-05 23:04, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: > > Hi All, > > Anyone know of a good quality (not star tech) parallelport adapter > > that is Fedroa 32 friendly? > > Many thanks,-T > > Anyone have any experience with these guys

Re: Relating to Rawhide

2020-07-28 Thread Robert G (Doc) Savage via users
David, I recently purchased a new Pi 4 w/8GB in a CanaKit. That kit contains absolutely everything I needed to stand up a Pi 4b w/8GB and 32-bit Rasbpian/Debian (10) - with the exception of an HDMI flat panel monitor. The red & white plastic USB keyboard and mouse in the kit are as cheesey as t

Network Manager Wait Online service fails to start

2020-07-13 Thread Robert G (Doc) Savage via users
I've started playing with DashBoard on F32. When I saw this error under Services, I wondered if it might be a factor in a WiFi problem. Has anyone else run into this? If so, how did you resolve it? --Doc SavageFairview Heights, IL Network Manager Wait OnlineStatusFailed to startAutomatically

Re: nfs mount problem -

2020-06-24 Thread Robert G (Doc) Savage via users
Speaking from personal experience, I always forget to set the firewalls to allow NFS traffic on both sides of the link. --Doc Savage Fairview Heights, IL -Original Message- From: Bob Goodwin Reply-To: Community support for Fedora users To: Fedora List Subject: nfs mount problem - D

Re: Restart F32 WiFi on ThinkPad P72

2020-05-31 Thread Robert G (Doc) Savage via users
-Original Message- From: Tim via users Reply-To: Community support for Fedora users To: users@lists.fedoraproject.org Cc: Tim Subject: Re: Restart F32 WiFi on ThinkPad P72 Date: Mon, 01 Jun 2020 11:26:29 +0930 On Sun, 2020-05-31 at 12:17 -0700, Samuel Sieb wrote: > It has nothing to do

Re: Restart F32 WiFi on ThinkPad P72

2020-05-31 Thread Robert G (Doc) Savage via users
-Original Message- From: Ed Greshko Reply-To: Community support for Fedora users To: Fedora Subject: Re: Restart F32 WiFi on ThinkPad P72 Date: Sun, 31 May 2020 16:30:30 +0800 On 2020-05-31 15:56, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 2020-05-31 15:51, Samuel Sieb wrote: > > On 5/31/20 12:40 AM, Ed Gr

Re: Restart F32 WiFi on ThinkPad P72

2020-05-31 Thread Robert G (Doc) Savage via users
-Original Message- From: George N. White III Reply-To: Community support for Fedora users To: Community support for Fedora users Subject: Re: Restart F32 WiFi on ThinkPad P72 Date: Sun, 31 May 2020 09:08:07 -0300 On Sun, 31 May 2020 at 05:31, Ed Greshko wrote: > I looked back in the th

Re: Restart F32 WiFi on ThinkPad P72

2020-05-29 Thread Robert G (Doc) Savage via users
On Thu, 2020-05-28 at 00:37 -0700, Samuel Sieb wrote: > On 5/27/20 3:46 PM, Robert G (Doc) Savage via users wrote: > > Is that the only references to rfkill? Did the log start at boot up? > Try searching also for "KILL", it's likely in the wifi device > initializa

Re: Restart F32 WiFi on ThinkPad P72

2020-05-29 Thread Robert G (Doc) Savage via users
On Thu, 2020-05-28 at 00:37 -0700, Samuel Sieb wrote: > On 5/27/20 3:46 PM, Robert G (Doc) Savage via users wrote: > > Here's what "journalctl -b" tells me: > > > > May 27 16:48:50 tiger.protogeek.org rfkill[14554]: unblock set for > > all >

Re: Restart F32 WiFi on ThinkPad P72

2020-05-27 Thread Robert G (Doc) Savage via users
On Thu, 2020-05-28 at 10:29 +0930, Tim via users wrote: > On Thu, 2020-05-28 at 07:14 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: > > Now I have to be distracted looking for a better theme. :-) > > Isn't that what Microsoft does? > > Gives you pointless user-configuration toys for the look of your > desktop, to di

Re: Restart F32 WiFi on ThinkPad P72

2020-05-27 Thread Robert G (Doc) Savage via users
On Wed, 2020-05-27 at 14:39 -0700, Samuel Sieb wrote: > On 5/27/20 2:02 PM, Robert G (Doc) Savage via users wrote: > > On Wed, 2020-05-27 at 11:37 -0700, Samuel Sieb wrote: > > > On 5/27/20 11:08 AM, Robert G (Doc) Savage via users wrote: > > > > On Wed, 2020-05-

Re: Restart F32 WiFi on ThinkPad P72

2020-05-27 Thread Robert G (Doc) Savage via users
On Wed, 2020-05-27 at 11:37 -0700, Samuel Sieb wrote: > On 5/27/20 11:08 AM, Robert G (Doc) Savage via users wrote: > > On Wed, 2020-05-27 at 10:07 -0700, Samuel Sieb wrote: > > > On 5/27/20 9:06 AM, Robert G (Doc) Savage via users wrote: > > > > After closing the

Re: Restart F32 WiFi on ThinkPad P72

2020-05-27 Thread Robert G (Doc) Savage via users
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Restart F32 WiFi on ThinkPad P72

2020-05-27 Thread Robert G (Doc) Savage via users
After closing the lid on my P72 laptop last week and moving it to the livig room, I could not resume F32 when I raised the lid. I had to hard power cycle it, and after bootup I was unable to connect to my WiFi router. The router is fine, and WiFi works fine in the dual-booted Windows 10. But I can'

Re: How do you Dual boot with Intel RST - Optane ?

2020-05-09 Thread Robert G (Doc) Savage via users
On Sat, 2020-05-09 at 09:30 -0400, sean darcy wrote: > On 5/9/20 1:38 AM, Robert G (Doc) Savage via users wrote: > > On Thu, 2020-05-07 at 10:49 -0400, sean darcy wrote: > > > My new laptop has Windows 10 installed with the Intel > > > rapid Storage Technology (optane)

Re: How do you Dual boot with Intel RST - Optane ?

2020-05-08 Thread Robert G (Doc) Savage via users
On Thu, 2020-05-07 at 10:49 -0400, sean darcy wrote: > My new laptop has Windows 10 installed with the Intel > rapid Storage Technology (optane) system chip. Windows is on an > nvme > drive. > > FC31 is on a SATA ssd. > > BIOS allows me to choose AHCI or RST. I must use AHCI to boot the > FC31

Re: Problems and errors upgrading F31 to F32 [Solved]

2020-05-06 Thread Robert G (Doc) Savage via users
On Wed, 2020-05-06 at 18:47 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 2020-05-06 18:36, Robert G (Doc) Savage via users wrote: > > On Wed, 2020-05-06 at 12:14 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: > > > On 2020-05-06 12:04, Robert G (Doc) Savage via users wrote: > > > > Ed, > > > >

Re: Problems and errors upgrading F31 to F32

2020-05-06 Thread Robert G (Doc) Savage via users
On Wed, 2020-05-06 at 12:14 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 2020-05-06 12:04, Robert G (Doc) Savage via users wrote: > > Ed, > > > > Running "dnf info " against each of the packages listed as a > > Problem returns either: > > > > Repository

Re: Problems and errors upgrading F31 to F32

2020-05-05 Thread Robert G (Doc) Savage via users
On Wed, 2020-05-06 at 09:56 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 2020-05-06 09:44, Robert G (Doc) Savage via users wrote: > > I've upgraded from F29 > F30 and F30 > F31 without a hint of a > > problem. Now I'm seeing a crapload of errors trying to upgrade F31 > >

Problems and errors upgrading F31 to F32

2020-05-05 Thread Robert G (Doc) Savage via users
I've upgraded from F29 > F30 and F30 > F31 without a hint of a problem. Now I'm seeing a crapload of errors trying to upgrade F31 > F32: # dnf system-upgrade download --releasever=32Before you continue ensure that your system is fully upgraded by running "dnf --refresh upgrade". Do you want to con

Re: New Laptop - Fedora compatibility

2020-03-30 Thread Robert G (Doc) Savage via users
On Mon, 2020-03-30 at 17:36 -0600, S.Bob wrote: > Hi All; > > > I just ordered a Lenovo Thinkpad P73 with the following specs; > > Just curious if anyone sees any compatibility red flags that I > missed: > > > DIMM Memory 64GB(32+32) DDR4 2666 SoDIMM > Display 17.3FHD IPS AG 300N > Fin

Re: Mouse controls for Fedora [SOLVED]

2020-03-09 Thread Robert G (Doc) Savage via users
On Mon, 2020-03-09 at 11:44 +0100, Bob Marcan wrote: > On Mon, 09 Mar 2020 00:16:56 -0500 > "Robert G (Doc) Savage via users" > wrote: > > > > > From what I've found so far, the pairing software is available only > > for > > Windows. O

Re: Mouse controls for Fedora [SOLVED]

2020-03-08 Thread Robert G (Doc) Savage via users
On Mon, 2020-03-09 at 01:02 +0100, sixpack13 wrote: > On 08.03.20 19:41, Fred Smith wrote: > > On Sun, Mar 08, 2020 at 01:16:13PM -0500, Robert G (Doc) Savage via > > users wrote: > ... > > > Logitech mice have the reputation of doing that when the switch > >

Mouse controls for Fedora

2020-03-08 Thread Robert G (Doc) Savage via users
I'm been using a Logitech M705 wireless mouse with my Fedora laptop for a long time. Recently it seems to have developed an unwanted "double- click" behavior when the left button is depressed. This is particularly objectionable when I'm trying to select a single e-mail in Evolution, or after select

Re: NetworkManager and PEERDNS=no

2020-02-16 Thread Robert G (Doc) Savage via users
On Sun, 2020-02-16 at 19:22 -0700, Joe Zeff wrote: > On 02/16/2020 06:55 PM, Robert G (Doc) Savage via users wrote: > > U-verse does not allow the user to change the Primary DNS address > > on the > > residential gateway's DHCP configuration page. It is hard-coded to &

Re: NetworkManager and PEERDNS=no

2020-02-16 Thread Robert G (Doc) Savage via users
On Sun, 2020-02-16 at 14:43 -0700, Joe Zeff wrote: > On 02/16/2020 02:39 PM, Robert G (Doc) Savage via users wrote: > > AT&T U-verse customers are forced to use the DNS service in their > > residential gateway, which would be fine for IPTV and VOIP > > sessions. > &

Re: NetworkManager and PEERDNS=no

2020-02-16 Thread Robert G (Doc) Savage via users
I would like to know the answer to this also, but probably for a different reason. AT&T U-verse customers are forced to use the DNS service in their residential gateway, which would be fine for IPTV and VOIP sessions. However, if I want to install a Raspberry Pi device running Pi-Hole as my primar

OT: Whatever happened to pricewatch.com

2020-02-08 Thread Robert G (Doc) Savage via users
Apologize in advance for this non-Fedora post. Not even Google seems to know the answer. For years pricewatch.com has been my preferred comparison shopping web site for all softs of IT harware. Then some time in December 2019 it seems to have gone off the air. # nslookup pricewatch.com Serv

Re: Long pauses using Evolution

2020-01-16 Thread Robert G (Doc) Savage via users
On Thu, 2020-01-16 at 11:05 +, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Wed, 2020-01-15 at 23:24 -0600, Robert G (Doc) Savage via users > wrote: > > I'm having persistent problems with Evolution fetching and reading > > Pop > > mail from a local ISP. Every time I conn

Re: Long pauses using Evolution

2020-01-16 Thread Robert G (Doc) Savage via users
On Thu, 2020-01-16 at 17:59 +, Anthony F McInerney wrote: > On Thu, 16 Jan 2020 at 05:24, Robert G (Doc) Savage via users < > users@lists.fedoraproject.org> wrote: > > I'm having persistent problems with Evolution fetching and reading > > Pop mail from a local I

Long pauses using Evolution

2020-01-15 Thread Robert G (Doc) Savage via users
I'm having persistent problems with Evolution fetching and reading Pop mail from a local ISP. Every time I connect to a different folder, set a filter, or click on send/receive, there's a 24-26 second pause before the result is displayed. I see the same pauses with existing, already downloaded mail

Re: Completely replacing F31 Ethernet package(s)? [RESOLVED]

2020-01-11 Thread Robert G (Doc) Savage via users
On Sat, 2020-01-11 at 19:28 -0800, Samuel Sieb wrote: > On 1/11/20 7:24 PM, Robert G (Doc) Savage via users wrote: > > If you believe that 11-dhclient should be allowed getattr access on > > the > > hostname file by default. > > Then you should report this as a bug. &

Re: Completely replacing F31 Ethernet package(s)? [RESOLVED]

2020-01-11 Thread Robert G (Doc) Savage via users
On Sat, 2020-01-04 at 22:16 -0800, Samuel Sieb wrote: > On 1/1/20 7:20 PM, Robert G (Doc) Savage via users wrote: > > It would seem that "something" happened to the file(s) that provide > > RJ45 Ethernet connectivity maybe as far back as F29. I can get a > > WiFi

Re: Completely replacing F31 Ethernet package(s)?

2020-01-04 Thread Robert G (Doc) Savage via users
On Sat, 2020-01-04 at 22:30 -0800, Samuel Sieb wrote: > On 1/4/20 9:56 PM, Robert G (Doc) Savage via users wrote: > > # nmcli connection > > > > ... > > > > eth0: unavailable > > > > "Intel Ethernet" > > > >

Re: Completely replacing F31 Ethernet package(s)?

2020-01-04 Thread Robert G (Doc) Savage via users
On Sun, 2020-01-05 at 12:48 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 2020-01-05 12:34, Robert G (Doc) Savage via users wrote: > > On Fri, 2020-01-03 at 21:34 -0800, Samuel Sieb wrote: > > > On 1/3/20 9:14 PM, Robert G (Doc) Savage via users wrote: > > > > It has been my under

Re: Completely replacing F31 Ethernet package(s)?

2020-01-04 Thread Robert G (Doc) Savage via users
On Fri, 2020-01-03 at 21:34 -0800, Samuel Sieb wrote: > On 1/3/20 9:14 PM, Robert G (Doc) Savage via users wrote: > > It has been my understanding that only one network mode could be > > active > > qt one time. On my old W700 laptop I could use the RJ45 connection >

Re: Strange that no Fedora 30 updates since Dec 24?

2020-01-03 Thread Robert G (Doc) Savage via users
On Sat, 2020-01-04 at 08:33 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 2020-01-04 08:16, Robert G (Doc) Savage via users wrote: > > On Fri, 2020-01-03 at 14:53 -0500, Ben Cotton wrote: > > > We had an issue with the package infrastructure[1]. The Infra > > > team > > >

Re: Completely replacing F31 Ethernet package(s)?

2020-01-03 Thread Robert G (Doc) Savage via users
On Sat, 2020-01-04 at 08:34 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 2020-01-04 08:10, Robert G (Doc) Savage via users wrote: > > When using WiFi, the eth0 port is down. This is normal operation. > > Why do you think this is "normal"? Have you configured your system > for

Re: Strange that no Fedora 30 updates since Dec 24?

2020-01-03 Thread Robert G (Doc) Savage via users
On Fri, 2020-01-03 at 14:53 -0500, Ben Cotton wrote: > We had an issue with the package infrastructure[1]. The Infra team > has > been working on it, and it seems like they fixed the issue earlier > today. They are now working on getting the updates out. > > [1] https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastruc

Re: Completely replacing F31 Ethernet package(s)?

2020-01-03 Thread Robert G (Doc) Savage via users
On Thu, 2020-01-02 at 09:06 -0400, George N. White III wrote: > On Wed, 1 Jan 2020 at 23:21, Robert G (Doc) Savage via users < > users@lists.fedoraproject.org> wrote: > > It would seem that "something" happened to the file(s) that provide > > > > RJ45 Et

Completely replacing F31 Ethernet package(s)?

2020-01-01 Thread Robert G (Doc) Savage via users
It would seem that "something" happened to the file(s) that provide RJ45 Ethernet connectivity maybe as far back as F29. I can get a WiFi connection, but not an RJ45 eth0 DHCP connection. This happens in my home and at a nearby computer store, so it's not my DHCP server. When booted up to WiFi, co

Re: Time to refresh my hardware

2019-10-14 Thread Robert G (Doc) Savage via users
On Sat, 2019-10-12 at 08:22 -0400, Sam Varshavchik wrote: > Robert G (Doc) Savage via users writes: > > > On Wed, 2019-10-09 at 22:08 -0400, Sam Varshavchik wrote: > > > My C++ compiles are getting longer. It's time to get new > > > hardware, > > >

Re: Time to refresh my hardware

2019-10-11 Thread Robert G (Doc) Savage via users
On Wed, 2019-10-09 at 22:08 -0400, Sam Varshavchik wrote: > My C++ compiles are getting longer. It's time to get new hardware, > but I'm > having some difficulty finding Fedora-friendly hardware, that's > slightly > above average grade, such as dual CPU and spinning rust (I haven't > gotten >

Restoring virtual machine images

2019-09-15 Thread Robert G (Doc) Savage via users
I had a major crash on my F30 laptop a couple of weeks ago. I was able to boot to emergency mode and use ddrescue to make forensic copies of all four partitions to an external drive. After re-installing F30 I can't seem to get five VMs copied back and working. Is a metadata file for the Virtual Ma

Re: DHCP fails on wired Ethernet after F29-F30 upgrade

2019-05-26 Thread Robert G. (Doc) Savage via users
any more. --Doc On Sat, 2019-05-25 at 23:15 -0700, Samuel Sieb wrote: > On 5/25/19 10:32 PM, Robert G. (Doc) Savage via users wrote: > > The wired Ethernet never comes up, but as soon as I unplug it the > > WiFi > > port's DHCP connection resumes perfectly. > > &g

DHCP fails on wired Ethernet after F29-F30 upgrade

2019-05-25 Thread Robert G. (Doc) Savage via users
I've been running F30 on my Lenovo P72 laptop since upgrading to the beta. I had all sorts of SELinux problems until I reset the contexts. Now there's one last problem I haven't been able to fix and that's the wired Ethernet port. Whenever I connect to it, the NetworkManager applet loops and loops

Two package dependency problems in F30 during updates.

2019-03-13 Thread Robert G. (Doc) Savage via users
sh-jax-rs-api-2.1.5-3.fc30.noarch and glassfish-jax-rs-api-2.0.1-8.fc30.noarch - cannot install both glassfish-jax-rs-api-2.0.1-8.fc30.noarch and glassfish-jax-rs-api-2.1.5-3.fc30.noarch Does this look untangleable to anyone? v/r Robert G. (Doc) Savage Fairview Heights IL

Re: F29 support for Intel Rapid Storage Technology (RST)

2019-02-22 Thread Robert G. (Doc) Savage via users
On 12/03/2018 Rick Stevens wrote: > Yes, Doc, I get it. Having never done this myself, I can only suggest > things. I believe you'll need to run "mdadm --auto-detect -v" to see > if > it can find the RST RAID metadata. If it finds the RST data, it > should > create a container device that represe

Re: LibreOffice envelope bug?

2014-06-05 Thread Robert G. (Doc) Savage
-Original Message- From: Ed Greshko Reply-to: Community support for Fedora users To: Community support for Fedora users Subject: Re: LibreOffice envelope bug? Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2014 08:01:07 +0800 On 06/06/14 07:17, Robert G. (Doc) Savage wrote: > Trying to use LibreOffice to comp

LibreOffice envelope bug?

2014-06-05 Thread Robert G. (Doc) Savage
Trying to use LibreOffice to compose and print #6 3/4 envelopes. Insert -> Envelope -> Format tab -> Size #6 3/4 (Personal) Envelope -> Insert File -> Print preview shows a Size #8 (Monarch) Envelope format, which is the menu selection just above #6 3/4 (Personal) Envelope in the Format tab list.

Re: Can't stand Gnome3, I think it's time for Fedora to move on

2013-12-02 Thread Robert G. (Doc) Savage
On Fri, 2013-11-22 at 00:06 -0500, Rahul Sundaram wrote: > HI > > > On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 9:16 PM, inode0 wrote: > > > Why shouldn't it matter to him? Who should it matter to? > > > I already indicated why it shouldn't matter to him because what he > prefers is alrea

F19 x86_64 Live DVD

2013-07-09 Thread Robert G. (Doc) Savage
The downloaded iso image for the Live DVD passes CHECKSUM just fine, but the DVD won't boot on my ThinkPad W700. The error message says "No valid operating system". Both Installation DVD and NetInstall CD will boot just fine. Does this sound familiar to anyone? --Doc Savage Fairview Heights IL

Re: Architectural CAD

2012-10-28 Thread Robert G. (Doc) Savage
On Sun, 2012-10-28 at 16:33 -0400, Doug wrote: > On 10/28/2012 03:06 PM, Mark LaPierre wrote: > > On 10/28/2012 01:56 PM, Robert G. (Doc) Savage wrote: > >> Can anyone suggest an architectural CAD package comparable to AutoCAD > >> for use in preparing layered drawings

Architectural CAD

2012-10-28 Thread Robert G. (Doc) Savage
Can anyone suggest an architectural CAD package comparable to AutoCAD for use in preparing layered drawings for residential remodeling? --Doc Savage Fairview Heights, IL -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproje

Re: transaction error updating python-qpid

2012-06-29 Thread Robert G. (Doc) Savage
On Mon, 2012-06-25 at 16:18 -0500, Robert G. (Doc) Savage wrote: > On Sun, 2012-06-17 at 23:44 +0200, Reindl Harald wrote: > > > > Am 17.06.2012 23:42, schrieb Robert G. (Doc) Savage: > > > Transaction Check Error: > > > file /usr/bin/qpid-python-test from ins

Re: transaction error updating python-qpid

2012-06-25 Thread Robert G. (Doc) Savage
On Sun, 2012-06-17 at 23:44 +0200, Reindl Harald wrote: > > Am 17.06.2012 23:42, schrieb Robert G. (Doc) Savage: > > Transaction Check Error: > > file /usr/bin/qpid-python-test from install of > > python-qpid-0.16-1.fc17.noarch conflicts with file from package &g

transaction error updating python-qpid

2012-06-17 Thread Robert G. (Doc) Savage
Ran into a transaction error trying to update python-qpid to 0.16-1 on my F17 laptop yesterday: # yum -y update --skip-broken Here are the qpid packages I have installed: $ rpm -qa | grep qpid | sort python-qpid-0.14-1.fc17.noarch python-qpid-qmf-0.14-1.fc17.2.

Re: back button in firefox?

2012-06-16 Thread Robert G. (Doc) Savage
On Sat, 2012-06-16 at 08:49 -0500, Kevin Martin wrote: > On 06/15/2012 11:37 PM, David wrote: > > On 6/16/2012 12:32 AM, Kevin Martin wrote: > >> On 06/15/2012 03:19 PM, Tom Horsley wrote: > >>> I've tried a new profile and no extensions and still see the > >>> weirdness with the back button. > >>>

Re: Reference Documents

2011-10-02 Thread Robert G. (Doc) Savage
On Sun, 2011-10-02 at 17:30 -0400, Mark LaPierre wrote: > Hey guys, > > Can anyone help me find a good reference on SEL? I would like to learn > everything there is to know about the subject. > > I could also use a good reference on video acceleration. Mark, I only know of one SE Linux book i

Looking for Live-multi.iso generation script

2011-10-02 Thread Robert G. (Doc) Savage
At about this time last year an enterprising group released the Fedora-14-Live-multi.iso. With a little tweaking I was able to install this 5.2GB iso image onto a bootable 8GB thumb drive. That and a Helix3 forensic thumb drive were "must haves" in my toolkit. The Live-multi effort seems to have g

Re: hostname issues

2011-09-03 Thread Robert G. (Doc) Savage
On Sat, 2011-09-03 at 19:28 -0300, Leonardo wrote: > hello everyone, > > i had to add the chosen name for my machine on /etc/hosts manually. > That name was chosen during installation. Such problem caused strange > bugs on jboss and glassfish, maybe others servers which relies to the > name machin

Re: recovering data after electricity failure (F12).

2011-06-10 Thread Robert G. (Doc) Savage
On Sat, 2011-06-11 at 10:49 +1000, Nermin Celik wrote: > Hello, > > I've F12 installed on my PC. > An electricity cut happened while running a program on the terminal > line. A general electricity cut nothing to do with PC hardware > failure. Hence PC restarted itself after electricity was back

Re: looking for rpm/yum database utility

2011-06-03 Thread Robert G. (Doc) Savage
On Fri, 2011-06-03 at 18:37 -0700, JD wrote: > On 06/03/11 18:25, Robert G. (Doc) Savage wrote: > > Is there a utility for either rpm or yum that can read its corresponding > > database and report which repo an installed package came from? > > > > --Doc Savage

looking for rpm/yum database utility

2011-06-03 Thread Robert G. (Doc) Savage
Is there a utility for either rpm or yum that can read its corresponding database and report which repo an installed package came from? --Doc Savage Fairview Heights, IL -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproje

Re: Yum update from Fedora 14 -> 15 WARNING!

2011-05-30 Thread Robert G. (Doc) Savage
On Mon, 2011-05-30 at 22:13 +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote: > On 05/30/2011 09:44 PM, Robert G. (Doc) Savage wrote: > > Frank, > > > > Will this work on an old 32-bit Thinkpad that's maxed out with 512MB of > > RAM? Installing from DVD fails. > > You can try u

Re: Yum update from Fedora 14 -> 15 WARNING!

2011-05-30 Thread Robert G. (Doc) Savage
On Mon, 2011-05-30 at 09:34 +0100, Frank Murphy wrote: > the Subject: yum update > > to recover try: > 1: boot from dvd\bootcd. > > rescue installed system > when ready: > > yum --releasever=15 distro-sync --skip-broken > Frank, Will this work on an old 32-bit Thinkpad that's maxed out with

Re: Fedora server use on AMD64 platform (processor is AMD Phenom II X4 B55)

2011-05-09 Thread Robert G. (Doc) Savage
On Mon, 2011-05-09 at 13:10 -0700, Braja Kishore Chattaraj wrote: > I had a general question about the use of Fedora as a server on a > AMD64 platform (chip spec is on subject line). Could you please let me > know how to install Fedora as a server as there are no links on the > Fedora page for a se

Re: Adding new software on F15 beta

2011-04-22 Thread Robert G. (Doc) Savage
On Fri, 2011-04-22 at 17:00 -0400, fred smith wrote: > I don't seem to be able to find an "add new software" app on F15 beta,... > is it missing, or just hidden, or given a funny name? > > Thanks! Fred, Since F15 Beta is still under development, you should pose this question to the "other" list:

RE: How to change screen resolution

2011-03-08 Thread Robert G. (Doc) Savage
On Tue, 2011-03-08 at 15:44 +, Triadi Krisnawan wrote: > Hi gents, > > I've tried using gtf utility and copy the two lines to xorg.conf file > and tried restart the machine, no changes happened. > I've also tried to change the "_" with just a space and still not > working. > > I did notice th

RE: How to change screen resolution

2011-03-05 Thread Robert G. (Doc) Savage
On Sat, 2011-03-05 at 21:35 +, Triadi Krisnawan wrote: > Hi Doc, > > Thanks for the info. > I think I could take off the first posibility because it was working > fine before with higher resolution 4 weeks ago. But after I rebooted > the machine went to lower resolution (1024x768) and started

Re: How to change screen resolution

2011-03-05 Thread Robert G. (Doc) Savage
On Sat, 2011-03-05 at 18:37 +, Triadi Krisnawan wrote: > Dear Experts, > > My machine is using Fedora. The current resolution display is > 1024x768_60Hz and it shows flickerring every now and then. > I know that the max screen resolution can handle is 1280x1024_60Hz but > I cant change it by

Re: Do I have libbigloo* drivers linked incorrectly?

2011-02-27 Thread Robert G. (Doc) Savage
On Sun, 2011-02-27 at 19:56 -0700, stan wrote: > On Sun, 27 Feb 2011 20:04:59 -0600 > "Robert G. (Doc) Savage" wrote: > > Each of these loops takes a noticeable amount of time -- especially on > > this old 32-bit system. Thirty-two iterations of this loop add > >

Do I have libbigloo* drivers linked incorrectly?

2011-02-27 Thread Robert G. (Doc) Savage
Lately every time I update my system I see umpteen cycles of messages complaining about a group of files that are "not a symbolic link": /sbin/ldconfig: /usr/lib/libbigloosrfi27_es-3.4a.so is not a symbolic link /sbin/ldconfig: /usr/lib/libbigloocrypto_es-3.4a.so is not a symbolic link /sbin/ldcon

Re: Trouble Installing Fedora 14 on VMware 7.1.3

2011-02-15 Thread Robert G. (Doc) Savage
On Tue, 2011-02-15 at 06:12 -0700, Chris Kottaridis wrote: > I have VMWorkstation 7.1.3 installed on my Windows 7 box and a Fedora > Core 14 box. When I try to create a VM machine and install Fedora 14 > X86_64 I get the following error: > > >The following problem occurred on line 65 of kickstart

Re: yum vs. rpm to install occasional products

2011-01-30 Thread Robert G. (Doc) Savage
On Sun, 2011-01-30 at 10:00 -0500, Jerry Feldman wrote: > I recently installed Oracle-XE using yum --nogpgcheck localinstall > oracle...rpm. No problem except that I screwed up the configuration. My > coworker told me that I should use rpm(8) because the installation > manual specified it rather th

Re: Printer marker levels -

2011-01-28 Thread Robert G. (Doc) Savage
On Fri, 2011-01-28 at 11:04 -0500, Bob Goodwin wrote: > I am plagued with the cryptic message: > > Printer "Brother-HL-5140": ";marker-supply-low". > > > This seems to have begun recently, perhaps with the installation of > F-14, I'm not certain? If I knew what it means I might

Re: rescue mode

2011-01-26 Thread Robert G. (Doc) Savage
On Wed, 2011-01-26 at 13:22 -0700, Petrus de Calguarium wrote: > OK. Thanks to both of you. Yes, I had feared that this might be the only way. > > I didn't want to have to download 700MB just to be able to reinstall grub, > but > I guess that is the only way. > > I don't have an installation di

Re: rescue mode

2011-01-26 Thread Robert G. (Doc) Savage
On Wed, 2011-01-26 at 10:57 -0700, Petrus de Calguarium wrote: > Which disk would I download to get into rescue mode on F14 x86_64? > > All I need to do is reinstall grub, after (hopefully) repairing a broken > Windows XP that I have not been able to boot for a year because of having > gotten a

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