Re: "watch" and quotes problem?

Hi, ToddAndMargo wrote: > > $ watch -n 2 "ls -al /lin-bak | grep -i OurStuff.tar | awk '{print $9, $5}'" > > watch: failed to parse argument: 'ls -al /lin-bak | grep -i OurStuff.tar | > > awk '{print ,  }'': Invalid argument The problem is that the '-quotes, $9 and $5 are in "-quotes. The '-quote

Re: AMD GPU not used by Fedora 31

On 5/2/20 5:55 AM, Roger Heflin wrote: You will want these commands: sudo "echo ON > /sys/kernel/debug/vgaswitcheroo/switch" sudo "echo DIS > /sys/kernel/debug/vgaswitcheroo/switch" that will run the redirect under the sudo. Nopes. These commands fail with the error: sudo: echo ON > /sys/ke

Re: AMD GPU not used by Fedora 31

On 5/2/20 2:41 AM, Samuel Sieb wrote: But it doesn't give you any benefit.  For the window manager and most application, you would never notice the difference.  It might even be slower using the AMD gpu because of all the copies back and forth. That might actually explain why running "time tr

Re: AMD GPU not used by Fedora 31

On 5/2/20 2:36 AM, Samuel Sieb wrote: I use Thunderbird for my personal email and Evolution for work (Exchange server).  In Thunderbird, I can press CTRL-SHIFT-L and it will send to the list address and not the individual sender. Sir, you have converted me into a Thunderbird user. It is aweso

Re: Fedora questions.

  Thank you. It works, but I can’t add icons to the desktop for example icon to firefox. And now there are my experiences. Maybe they will be useful for other people. If it matters, I use xorg instead of wayland session, because wayland has problems with accessibility with orca screenreader. For ex

Re: AMD GPU not used by Fedora 31

On 5/2/20 12:57 AM, Sreyan Chakravarty wrote: On 5/2/20 2:36 AM, Samuel Sieb wrote: I use Thunderbird for my personal email and Evolution for work (Exchange server).  In Thunderbird, I can press CTRL-SHIFT-L and it will send to the list address and not the individual sender. Sir, you have co

Re: AMD GPU not used by Fedora 31

On 5/2/20 12:55 AM, Sreyan Chakravarty wrote: But the root question remains: What do I do with extra hardware ? Is there no pragmatic use under Linux ? Nothing to do with Linux, it's whatever you find a use for. For just general desktop use it's not really useful. In Windows there is gamin

Re: AMD GPU not used by Fedora 31

On 2020-05-02 18:04, Samuel Sieb wrote: > On 5/2/20 12:57 AM, Sreyan Chakravarty wrote: >> >> On 5/2/20 2:36 AM, Samuel Sieb wrote: >>> I use Thunderbird for my personal email and Evolution for work (Exchange >>> server).  In Thunderbird, I can press CTRL-SHIFT-L and it will send to the >>> list

Re: AMD GPU not used by Fedora 31

Right click on any folder, Properties, Retention Policy. Also read this: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1113291 Mike On 5/2/20 2:58 AM, users-requ...@lists.fedoraproject.org wrote: Sir, you have converted me into a Thunderbird user. It is awesome. Let me know if the quoting is c

Re: Fedora 32: python2-gobject and python2-gobject-base are missing

On Fri, 2020-05-01 at 18:07 -0400, Tom Horsley wrote: > On Fri, 01 May 2020 22:54:38 +0100 > Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > > I've been running Calibre with Python 3 plugins for some time now. Of > > course they may not be the plugins you use. > > When I get around to installing fedora 32 I'll pr

Re: Fedora questions.

I use mate without compiz. Marco is the default WM, so when I boot into mate, I just remove all of the compiz-related files. ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedo

Re: usb issue

On Sat, 2 May 2020 at 00:13, ToddAndMargo via users < users@lists.fedoraproject.org> wrote: > Hi All, > > I just installed > Fedora-Xfce-Live-x86_64-32-1.6.iso > > on a customer's old laptop. The laptop previously had > Windows XP installed on it. So many things had gone > wrong that it was

Re: usb issue

On Sat, 2 May 2020 at 09:16, George N. White III wrote: > On Sat, 2 May 2020 at 00:13, ToddAndMargo via users < > users@lists.fedoraproject.org> wrote: > >> Hi All, >> >> I just installed >> Fedora-Xfce-Live-x86_64-32-1.6.iso >> >> on a customer's old laptop. The laptop previously had >> Wi

Re: "watch" and quotes problem?

On Sat, 2 May 2020 at 00:15, ToddAndMargo via users < users@lists.fedoraproject.org> wrote: > Hi All, > > I want to run the following command > > ls -al /lin-bak | grep -i OurStuff.tar | awk '{print $9, $5}' > > with a "watch" on it > > How do I get past the embedded quotes issue with > > $ watch

Re: AMD GPU not used by Fedora 31

Hi. On Sat, 02 May 2020 13:16:37 +0530 Sreyan Chakravarty wrote: > On 5/2/20 5:55 AM, Roger Heflin wrote: >> You will want these commands: >> sudo "echo ON > /sys/kernel/debug/vgaswitcheroo/switch" >> sudo "echo DIS > /sys/kernel/debug/vgaswitcheroo/switch" > These commands fail with the error:

ODP: Re: Fedora questions.

Is it enough to do sudo dnf remove compiz? Or should I remove it in different way.___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproje

Opera Browser and Opera Mail under Fedora 32.

Hi all, I upgraded Fedora31 to Fedora32 and suddenly missed Opera Mail and Opera Browser. Question : Is there a way (rpm) to install  Opera under F32 ? I had a solution under F31 : For the Browser I did install Opera stable and for the Mail agent I did install very long ago a older versi

Re: Opera Browser and Opera Mail under Fedora 32.

On 2020-05-02 22:14, Ger van Dijck wrote: > I upgraded Fedora31 to Fedora32 and suddenly missed Opera Mail and Opera > Browser. > > > Question : Is there a way (rpm) to install  Opera under F32 ? > > > I had a solution under F31 : For the Browser I did install Opera stable and > for the Mail agen

Re: Fedora 32: python2-gobject and python2-gobject-base are missing

On Fri, 01 May 2020 22:54:06 +0200 Dario Lesca wrote: > Il giorno ven, 01/05/2020 alle 11.15 -0700, stan via users ha scritto: > > protected_packages > > This method cause a problem: > >$ sudo dnf update >Last metadata expiration check: 0:53:56 ago on Fri May 1 21:53:49 >2020. >

What are pcscd and sys_nice??

Upon trying to open a 5-line URL at NYT, I just got an alert saying, "SELinux is preventing pcscd from using the sys_nice capability." I tried searching, and got nothing specific to SELinux nor Fedora; what I did find is way over my head. -- Beartooth Staffwright, Not Quite Cl

Re: What are pcscd and sys_nice??

On 2020-05-02 23:07, Beartooth wrote: > Upon trying to open a 5-line URL at NYT, I just got an alert > saying, "SELinux is preventing pcscd from using the sys_nice capability." > > I tried searching, and got nothing specific to SELinux nor Fedora; > what I did find is way over my head

Re: AMD GPU not used by Fedora 31

On Fri, 01 May 2020 20:12:05 - "Sreyan Chakravarty" wrote: > > On Mon, 27 Apr 2020 16:33:54 - > > "stan" ; wrote: > > Check at the website of the builder of your laptop, and > > maybe ask them if it is possible. That's the simplest solution. No > > dice? > I can try but most probab

Re: What's that?

On Wed, 22 Apr 2020 17:59:51 +0800 Ed Greshko wrote: > On 2020-04-22 16:48, Frank Elsner wrote: > > Hi community, > > > > I've found the following strangeness on my regulary updated Fedora 31: > > > > file /boot/System.map-5.4.14-200.fc31.x86_64 is not owned by any package > > file /boot/.vmlinuz-5

Re: minor gnome annoyance

Tom Horsley wrote: > They finally got rid of the "you have to scroll the screen all the > way up from the bottom" to get out of the lock screen. > > Now it says click or hit any key. > > If you hit a key, it does get you out of the lock screen, but that > key also winds up being passed to the pas

ConfigDate -

. I installed "ConfigDate" add-on in Thunderbird but can not find the configuration menu? Primarily I want to set it to provide the senders time and offset. Not critical but I always use that option and find of interest. The only options  see are disable and remove ... How can I do that?  Thi

Re: minor gnome annoyance

On Sat, 2 May 2020 11:50:16 -0400 Todd Zullinger wrote: > The added text hint is the new(-ish) part. It would be nice if that said type your password instead of type any key :-). ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe sen

Old Red Hat bugzilla pwd

In course of trying to repair mate-panel on a Thinkpad, I hit a bug that might could deserve notice (I seem to have gotten the whole machine downgraded somehow.) -- and discovered that I still have an RH- bgz account for my public address (the one I use here). I haven't had occa

Re: Old Red Hat bugzilla pwd

On Sat, 2 May 2020 17:07:48 - (UTC) Beartooth wrote: > Is there a way I can > legitimate myself and have that password (or if need be, the whole old > account) deleted If you click on "Login" it should bring up a dialog with a "forgot password" checkbox you can use to reset the password to

Re: Lost Mate-panel

On Fri, 01 May 2020 14:03:10 -0700, Samuel Sieb wrote: > On 5/1/20 1:16 PM, Beartooth wrote: >> Since the upgrade reboot, when I KVM to the Thinkpad, I see blank >> flashing panels on each monitor. There is no terminal emulator >> anywhere. >> I've tried a couple times to reboot it to rescue

How to turn of Intel VGA controller?

I am running Fedora 31 on an HP Envy 17t laptop with a NVIDIA MX250 gpu. I have installed the NVIDIA driver downloaded from NVIDA, and it seems to have installed just fine. I have installed CUDA, as far as I can tell. I am trying to use the GPU rendering capabilities of Blender, a 3D modeling p

Re: What's that?

On 5/2/20 8:43 AM, Frank Elsner wrote: On Wed, 22 Apr 2020 17:59:51 +0800 Ed Greshko wrote: On 2020-04-22 16:48, Frank Elsner wrote: Hi community, I've found the following strangeness on my regulary updated Fedora 31: file /boot/System.map-5.4.14-200.fc31.x86_64 is not owned by any package fi

Re: usb issue

On 2020-05-02 05:16, George N. White III wrote: On Sat, 2 May 2020 at 00:13, ToddAndMargo via users mailto:users@lists.fedoraproject.org>> wrote: Hi All, I just installed      Fedora-Xfce-Live-x86_64-32-1.6.iso on a customer's old laptop.  The laptop previously had Windo

Re: "watch" and quotes problem?

On 2020-05-02 05:36, George N. White III wrote: On Sat, 2 May 2020 at 00:15, ToddAndMargo via users mailto:users@lists.fedoraproject.org>> wrote: Hi All, I want to run the following command ls -al /lin-bak | grep -i OurStuff.tar | awk '{print $9,  $5}' with a "watch" on it

Re: How to turn of Intel VGA controller?

On 5/2/20 11:08 AM, William Oliver wrote: I am running Fedora 31 on an HP Envy 17t laptop with a NVIDIA MX250 gpu. I have installed the NVIDIA driver downloaded from NVIDA, and it seems to have installed just fine. I have installed CUDA, as far as I can tell. I am trying to use the GPU renderi

Re: Lost Mate-panel

On 5/2/20 10:30 AM, Beartooth wrote: On Fri, 01 May 2020 14:03:10 -0700, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 5/1/20 1:16 PM, Beartooth wrote: Since the upgrade reboot, when I KVM to the Thinkpad, I see blank flashing panels on each monitor. There is no terminal emulator anywhere. I've tried a couple

Re: Old Red Hat bugzilla pwd

On 2020-05-02 10:23, Tom Horsley wrote: On Sat, 2 May 2020 17:07:48 - (UTC) Beartooth wrote: Is there a way I can legitimate myself and have that password (or if need be, the whole old account) deleted If you click on "Login" it should bring up a dialog with a "forgot password" checkbox y

Re: Old Red Hat bugzilla pwd

On 5/2/20 1:21 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: On 2020-05-02 10:23, Tom Horsley wrote: On Sat, 2 May 2020 17:07:48 - (UTC) Beartooth wrote: Is there a way I can legitimate myself and have that password (or if need be, the whole old account) deleted If you click on "Login" it should bri

Re: How to turn of Intel VGA controller?

On Sat, 2 May 2020 at 15:08, William Oliver wrote: > I am running Fedora 31 on an HP Envy 17t laptop with a NVIDIA MX250 gpu. I > have installed the NVIDIA driver downloaded from NVIDA, and it seems to > have installed just fine. I have installed CUDA, as far as I can tell. > > > I am trying to u

Re: How to turn of Intel VGA controller?

On Sat, 2020-05-02 at 17:48 -0300, George N. White III wrote:On Sat, 2 May 2020 at 15:08, William Oliver wrote: > > I am running Fedora 31 on an HP Envy 17t laptop with a NVIDIA MX250 > > gpu. I have installed the NVIDIA driver downloaded from NVIDA, > > and it seems to have installed just fine.

Re: How to turn of Intel VGA controller?

On Sat, 2020-05-02 at 13:00 -0700, Samuel Sieb wrote: > > Depending on how the hardware is setup, you might not be able to > disable > the Intel one. (See the other very long thread here that has been > discussing that same issue for an AMD setup.) Do you have a right- > click > option to run

Re: usb issue

On Sat, 2020-05-02 at 12:35 -0700, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: > On 2020-05-02 05:16, George N. White III wrote: > > On Sat, 2 May 2020 at 00:13, ToddAndMargo via users > > > users@lists.fedoraproject.org>> > > wrote: > > > > Hi All, > > > > I just installed > > Fedora-Xfce

Re: Old Red Hat bugzilla pwd

On 2020-05-02 13:39, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 5/2/20 1:21 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: On 2020-05-02 10:23, Tom Horsley wrote: On Sat, 2 May 2020 17:07:48 - (UTC) Beartooth wrote: Is there a way I can legitimate myself and have that password (or if need be, the whole old account) delete

Re: Lost Mate-panel

On Fri, 01 May 2020 20:16:29 +, I Beartooth wrote: [] > > Do I go looking for a live distro that may let me mount the Thpd's > hard drive and try to fix the panels somehow? > > Do I just call it a total loss and install F 32 from a freshly > downloaded iso on a thumb d

Re: usb issue

On 2020-05-02 14:02, Louis Lagendijk wrote: On Sat, 2020-05-02 at 12:35 -0700, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: On 2020-05-02 05:16, George N. White III wrote: On Sat, 2 May 2020 at 00:13, ToddAndMargo via users > wrote: Hi All, I just installed Fedora-Xfce-Live-x86_64-32-1.

Re: How to turn of Intel VGA controller?

On 5/2/20 1:54 PM, William Oliver wrote: On Sat, 2020-05-02 at 17:48 -0300, George N. White III wrote:On Sat, 2 Are you using an Intel driver? https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Intel_graphics discusses pros and cons of various drivers with Intel graphics. There are firmware options that may

Re: How to turn of Intel VGA controller?

On Sat, 2020-05-02 at 14:15 -0700, Samuel Sieb wrote: > > > As I mentioned in the other thread, if you disable the Intel driver > and > you don't have a hardware mux, you're going to fallback to a very > slow > framebuffer for graphics. > ___ > I wa

Re: Lost Mate-panel

On 5/2/20 2:08 PM, Beartooth wrote: I downloaded Fedora Mate Live 32 -- and could neither remember nor find the name of Fedora's thumb drive software. So I burned an old- fashioned DVD. And I now have the Thinkpad back behind the KVM switch and booted from the DVD. So I can read this list

Re: usb issue

On 5/2/20 2:12 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: I was going to send her a powered hub if that ever became an issue. I carry this one with me https://www.startech.com/Cards-Adapters/USB-3.0/Hubs/4-port-usb-3-hub~HB30C3A1CFS But it is USB3. That seems like it would be a very useful test to

[Solved for blender] Re: How to turn of Intel VGA controller?

On Sat, 2020-05-02 at 17:22 -0400, William Oliver wrote: > > I was afraid of that. I guess I'll reinstall my Windows image and > see > if I can set it from there. > > billo > In case anybody cares, this is a blender issue not a Fedora or HP issue. The version of blender you get from dnf/yum i

Re: usb issue

On 2020-05-02 14:26, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 5/2/20 2:12 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: I was going to send her a powered hub if that ever became an issue. I carry this one with me https://www.startech.com/Cards-Adapters/USB-3.0/Hubs/4-port-usb-3-hub~HB30C3A1CFS But it is USB3. That seem

Re: [Solved for blender] Re: How to turn of Intel VGA controller?

On 5/2/20 3:20 PM, William Oliver wrote: On Sat, 2020-05-02 at 17:22 -0400, William Oliver wrote: I was afraid of that. I guess I'll reinstall my Windows image and see if I can set it from there. billo In case anybody cares, this is a blender issue not a Fedora or HP issue. The version of

Re: [Solved for blender] Re: How to turn of Intel VGA controller?

On 2020-05-03 06:44, Samuel Sieb wrote: > On 5/2/20 3:20 PM, William Oliver wrote: >> On Sat, 2020-05-02 at 17:22 -0400, William Oliver wrote: >>> >>> I was afraid of that.  I guess I'll reinstall my Windows image and >>> see >>> if I can set it from there. >>> >>> billo >>> >> >> In case anybody c

Re: [Solved for blender] Re: How to turn of Intel VGA controller?

On 5/2/20 3:58 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 2020-05-03 06:44, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 5/2/20 3:20 PM, William Oliver wrote: On Sat, 2020-05-02 at 17:22 -0400, William Oliver wrote: I was afraid of that.  I guess I'll reinstall my Windows image and see if I can set it from there. billo In case a

Re: [Solved for blender] Re: How to turn of Intel VGA controller?

On Sun, 2020-05-03 at 06:58 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: > > Do you know if nouveau supports cuda? I seem to recall that it > doesn't > Maybe cuda support is disabled by in the Fedora package for that > reason? > > > That shouldn't be an issue. By default, GPU use is turned off. You have to go t

Re: [Solved for blender] Re: How to turn of Intel VGA controller?

On 5/2/20 4:15 PM, William Oliver wrote: On Sun, 2020-05-03 at 06:58 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: Do you know if nouveau supports cuda? I seem to recall that it doesn't Maybe cuda support is disabled by in the Fedora package for that reason? That shouldn't be an issue. By default, GPU use is tu

Re: [Solved for blender] Re: How to turn of Intel VGA controller?

On 2020-05-03 07:15, William Oliver wrote: > On Sun, 2020-05-03 at 06:58 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: >> Do you know if nouveau supports cuda? I seem to recall that it >> doesn't >> Maybe cuda support is disabled by in the Fedora package for that >> reason? >> >> >> > That shouldn't be an issue. By d

Re: [Solved for blender] Re: How to turn of Intel VGA controller?

On 2020-05-03 07:54, Ed Greshko wrote: > I suppose, for testing, I'll download from the blender site and try it? Well, I just download the tar file, extracted and ran. And, it detected my GPU just fine. GeForce GTX 660 (Display) So, it would seem the disable CUDA was intentional on Fedora Proje

Re: [Solved for blender] Re: How to turn of Intel VGA controller?

On 2020-05-03 07:14, Samuel Sieb wrote: > Is CUDA the NVidia specific one?  I guess I'm thinking of opencl. Yes, CUDA is nVidia. -- The key to getting good answers is to ask good questions. ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To un

Re: [Solved for blender] Re: How to turn of Intel VGA controller?

On 2020-05-03 07:58, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 2020-05-03 07:54, Ed Greshko wrote: >> I suppose, for testing, I'll download from the blender site and try it? > Well, I just download the tar file, extracted and ran. > > And, it detected my GPU just fine. > > GeForce GTX 660 (Display) > > So, it would s

fedora 32 install success

Finally got around to rsyncing my fedora 32 virtual machine image to a spare partition on my desktop and editing all the stuff pointing at the wrong UUID and such. Almost worked the first time, but it hung in the initial boot. Chrooting into the image and running dracut to update the initramfs fix

Re: fedora 32 install success

On 2020-05-03 09:15, Tom Horsley wrote: > (Aside: Is the default gnome background designed to > drive away first time users? They could easily leap > to the conclusion that the rest of the distro will > be as awful as that background) You observation was discussed, late in the game, on the devel l

Re: [Solved for blender] Re: How to turn of Intel VGA controller?

On 5/2/20 5:23 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 2020-05-03 07:58, Ed Greshko wrote: On 2020-05-03 07:54, Ed Greshko wrote: I suppose, for testing, I'll download from the blender site and try it? Well, I just download the tar file, extracted and ran. And, it detected my GPU just fine. GeForce GTX 660

Re: [Solved for blender] Re: How to turn of Intel VGA controller?

On 2020-05-03 09:22, Samuel Sieb wrote: > On 5/2/20 5:23 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: >> On 2020-05-03 07:58, Ed Greshko wrote: >>> On 2020-05-03 07:54, Ed Greshko wrote: I suppose, for testing, I'll download from the blender site and try it? >>> Well, I just download the tar file, extracted and ran.

homed

Reading this article, I am beginning to really detest systemd Why does it have to hang its tentacles on the home directory? https://www.techrepublic.com/article/linux-home-directory-management-is-about-to-undergo-major-change/ If we continue like this, soon Linux will have a "Registry" and "R

Re: minor gnome annoyance

On Sat, 2020-05-02 at 11:50 -0400, Todd Zullinger wrote: > Or just type your password, which causes the lock screen to > go away and the password input to be filled in. Having to > manually do anything first is more of an annoyance to me. I would temper that advice with a bit of caution, *start*

Re: homed

On 5/2/20 9:29 PM, Javier Perez wrote: Reading this article, I am beginning to really detest systemd Why does it have to hang its tentacles on the home directory? https://www.techrepublic.com/article/linux-home-directory-management-is-about-to-undergo-major-change/ That sounds like it coul

Re: minor gnome annoyance

On 5/2/20 9:47 PM, Tim via users wrote: On Sat, 2020-05-02 at 11:50 -0400, Todd Zullinger wrote: Or just type your password, which causes the lock screen to go away and the password input to be filled in. Having to manually do anything first is more of an annoyance to me. I would temper that

Re: homed

On 2020-05-03 12:53, Samuel Sieb wrote: > On 5/2/20 9:29 PM, Javier Perez wrote: >> Reading this article, I am beginning to really detest systemd >> Why does it have to hang its tentacles on the home directory? >> >> https://www.techrepublic.com/article/linux-home-directory-management-is-about-

Re: homed

I wonder about that "encryption". They are encrypting MY home directories with a key that I do not know. I imagine it will be somewhat associated to my login password, but still, what could go wrong? On Sun, May 3, 2020 at 12:40 AM Ed Greshko wrote: > On 2020-05-03 12:53, Samuel Sieb wrote: >

Re: Opera

I think I recall a fuzzy memory of installing Opera using a third-party repo called "UnitedRPM."It did not work for me. That was probably at least six months ago. ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to

Re: Opera

On 2020-05-03 14:13, David wrote: > I think I recall a fuzzy memory of installing Opera using a third-party repo > called "UnitedRPM."    It did not work for me.  That was probably at least > six months ago. Why don't you use their official repo? sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/opera.repo

Re: Opera

Thank you. I have never heard of that. I do not have a reason to switch from Firefox though. I have tinkered briefly with Web and IceCat. Does Opera and Brave work good on wayland ? ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscrib