Calibre and Python

2020-08-26 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
Since F32 now has Python 3 as the default, I find that some Calibre plug-ins no longer work, though Calibre itself is fine. For the moment, I'm running it in an F31 VM to get round this, but there must be a better way. I expect it involves environment variables but am too lazy to experiment, so if

Re: Calibre and Python

2020-08-26 Thread George N. White III
On Wed, 26 Aug 2020 at 07:42, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > Since F32 now has Python 3 as the default, I find that some Calibre > plug-ins no longer work, though Calibre itself is fine. For the moment, > I'm running it in an F31 VM to get round this, but there must be a > better way. I expect it i

Re: Calibre and Python

2020-08-26 Thread Tom Horsley
On Wed, 26 Aug 2020 11:42:20 +0100 Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > I'm running it in an F31 VM to get round this Yep, me too. Seemed simplest. I use the VM only when I need a plugin, for normal use I run the python3 version on f32. ___ users mailing list -

Re: ssh reverse tunnel as a service?

2020-08-26 Thread Tom Horsley
On Tue, 25 Aug 2020 21:22:43 -0400 Alex Regan wrote: > Hi, I have a fedora32 system behind a firewall without any access from > the outside. I'd like to build a reverse ssh tunnel so I can get to it > from my remote location while working remotely. I do this, but I don't run it as a service, I

Re: Calibre and Python

2020-08-26 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Wed, 2020-08-26 at 08:29 -0300, George N. White III wrote: > On Wed, 26 Aug 2020 at 07:42, Patrick O'Callaghan > wrote: > > > Since F32 now has Python 3 as the default, I find that some Calibre > > plug-ins no longer work, though Calibre itself is fine. For the moment, > > I'm running it in an

Re: ssh reverse tunnel as a service?

2020-08-26 Thread Garry T. Williams
On Tuesday, August 25, 2020 9:22:43 PM EDT Alex Regan wrote: > Hi, I have a fedora32 system behind a firewall without any access > from the outside. I'd like to build a reverse ssh tunnel so I can > get to it from my remote location while working remotely. I'm > familiar with how remote ssh tunnels

Re: ssh reverse tunnel as a service?

2020-08-26 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 8/26/20 8:07 AM, Garry T. Williams wrote: On Tuesday, August 25, 2020 9:22:43 PM EDT Alex Regan wrote: Hi, I have a fedora32 system behind a firewall without any access from the outside. I'd like to build a reverse ssh tunnel so I can get to it from my remote location while working remotely.

Re: VideoConference Package?

2020-08-26 Thread Ranjan Maitra
Hi, So, I wanted to dig up this old thread because a couple of weeks ago, I found an open source project on github for MS Teams called teams-for-linux at https://github.com/IsmaelMartinez/teams-for-linux which I have found is smaller than the dud made available by MS, and works reasonably well a

Re: ssh reverse tunnel as a service?

2020-08-26 Thread Jamie Fargen
On Tue, Aug 25, 2020 at 9:23 PM Alex Regan wrote: > Hi, I have a fedora32 system behind a firewall without any access from > the outside. I'd like to build a reverse ssh tunnel so I can get to it > from my remote location while working remotely. I'm familiar with how > remote ssh tunnels work, bu

Re: VideoConference Package?

2020-08-26 Thread Robin Laing
On 30/03/2020 08:01, Tom Horsley wrote: On Mon, 30 Mar 2020 15:50:01 +0200 Andras Simon wrote: FWIW I've been using Teams from chrome on Fedora 30 for like two weeks now for classes (audio, video, chat and screen sharing), and, touch wood, it's been very stable. I can easily believe the web i

anyone using pulseaudio on F32??

2020-08-26 Thread Jack Craig
now i got it working, i wonder if anyone else out there is using PA ?? anyone?? tia, jackc... ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://do

Re: anyone using pulseaudio on F32??

2020-08-26 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 8/26/20 3:37 PM, Jack Craig wrote: now i got it working, i wonder if anyone else out there is using PA ?? anyone?? That's a strange question. Who wouldn't be using it? It's the default sound system. You would have to go to great lengths to not be using it. _

Re: anyone using pulseaudio on F32??

2020-08-26 Thread Ed Greshko
On 2020-08-27 06:37, Jack Craig wrote: > now i got it working, i wonder if anyone else out there is using PA ?? > > anyone?? > Sure, it is the default.  I can't recall when it became the default, but it has been for some time now. -- The key to getting good answers is to ask good questions. __

Re: anyone using pulseaudio on F32??

2020-08-26 Thread Tom Horsley
On Wed, 26 Aug 2020 15:37:15 -0700 Jack Craig wrote: > now i got it working, i wonder if anyone else out there is using PA ?? I've never known there was a way to avoid it. That's why I'm using it. Every once in a while, for no apparent reason, it will decide my default audio shouldn't be HDMI any

Re: VideoConference Package?

2020-08-26 Thread Ranjan Maitra
On Wed, 26 Aug 2020 16:31:12 -0600 Robin Laing wrote: > On 30/03/2020 08:01, Tom Horsley wrote: > > On Mon, 30 Mar 2020 15:50:01 +0200 > > Andras Simon wrote: > > > >> FWIW I've been using Teams from chrome on Fedora 30 for like two weeks now > >> for classes (audio, video, chat and screen sharin

Re: anyone using pulseaudio on F32??

2020-08-26 Thread Ranjan Maitra
On Wed, 26 Aug 2020 15:41:03 -0700 Samuel Sieb wrote: > On 8/26/20 3:37 PM, Jack Craig wrote: > > now i got it working, i wonder if anyone else out there is using PA ?? > > > > anyone?? > > That's a strange question. Who wouldn't be using it? It's the default > sound system. You would have to

Re: anyone using pulseaudio on F32??

2020-08-26 Thread Jack Craig
On Wed, Aug 26, 2020 at 4:10 PM Ranjan Maitra wrote: > > > That's a strange question. Who wouldn't be using it? It's the default > > sound system. You would have to go to great lengths to not be using it. > not entirely true, i chased sound related expertise for a bit, thenn dove in and flew

Re: ssh reverse tunnel as a service?

2020-08-26 Thread Cameron Simpson
On 26Aug2020 17:00, Jamie Fargen wrote: >/etc/autossh/ipaddress-port >OPTIONS=-i /path/to/private/key -M 10985 -o "PubkeyAuthentication=yes" -o >"PasswordAuthentication=no" -o "StrictHostKeyChecking=no" -tt -R >6667:localhost:22 r...@ip.ad.dr.ess Just a general remark about remote ssh forwards. U

Re: Calibre and Python

2020-08-26 Thread Cameron Simpson
On 26Aug2020 08:29, George N. White III wrote: >For both Windows and macOS Calibre runs in a qemu VM, so it >should be possible to construct a lighter VM for F32 based on the >Windows and macOS examples. Calibre is a native Python 2.7 PyQt5 app on MacOS. It does _not_ run in a VM. The Python 2.

Re: VideoConference Package?

2020-08-26 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 8/26/20 4:07 PM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: On Wed, 26 Aug 2020 16:31:12 -0600 Robin Laing wrote: Web interface works but not the best but I find Microsoft products not the best. I find that the layout and organization is frustrating and it took me two days to find out where the email (outlook)

Re: anyone using pulseaudio on F32??

2020-08-26 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 8/26/20 4:10 PM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: I generally like PA, but it has a quirk with Zoom (likely the latter is to blame). Starts Zoom at around 50% of the audio. I miss quite a bit before I realize that I am the one who can fix my faint sound issue. FWIW, I use the official Zoom client for Fe

Re: anyone using pulseaudio on F32??

2020-08-26 Thread Ranjan Maitra
On Wed, 26 Aug 2020 17:37:57 -0700 Samuel Sieb wrote: > On 8/26/20 4:10 PM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > > I generally like PA, but it has a quirk with Zoom (likely the latter is to > > blame). Starts Zoom at around 50% of the audio. I miss quite a bit > > before I realize that I am the one who can fi

Re: VideoConference Package?

2020-08-26 Thread Jonathan Billings
On Aug 26, 2020, at 20:31, Samuel Sieb wrote: > > Did you read the description of the project? It's just a wrapper for the > Teams web interface, not really an application. Unfortunately, that description applies to a good many apps these days. -- Jonathan Billings __

laptop freezes when screen is blank (when closing the lid)

2020-08-26 Thread Jan-Erik Wichmann
Hi, I have some problem with my laptop freezing when the screen is blank. Basically every time I lock the screen (or close the lid) my laptop freezes and cannot be woken up anymore. The screen will stay black regardless of which buttons I press. The only way to recover is to press and hold the po

Re: laptop freezes when screen is blank (when closing the lid)

2020-08-26 Thread Ed Greshko
On 2020-08-27 10:24, Jan-Erik Wichmann wrote: > I have some problem with my laptop freezing when the screen is blank. > Basically every time I lock the screen (or close the lid) my laptop freezes > and cannot be woken up anymore. > The screen will stay black regardless of which buttons I press. >

OT: Command-line tool on Fedora 32 to remove a small portion of mp4

2020-08-26 Thread Ranjan Maitra
Hi, I am writing to ask if there is a way to remove a small portion of a mp4 file. Basically, the file is my lecture (has both audio and video recorded using simplescreenrecorder) and I want to remove a portion of the mp4 (from the 14:30 to the 15:50 time-points) of an mp4. The mp4 itself is cur

Re: OT: Command-line tool on Fedora 32 to remove a small portion of mp4

2020-08-26 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 8/26/20 7:43 PM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: I am writing to ask if there is a way to remove a small portion of a mp4 file. Basically, the file is my lecture (has both audio and video recorded using simplescreenrecorder) and I want to remove a portion of the mp4 (from the 14:30 to the 15:50 time-po

launch applications always in the same position/same monitor

2020-08-26 Thread Frederic Muller
Hi! I'm looking for the above mainly for Thunderbird (which a web search didn't give me much) but would be happy to do with other apps, under GNOME 3. Any idea if this is even possible? Thank you. Fred ps: I mentioned same monitor as actually when switching 1 monitor orientation from landscape

Re: OT: Command-line tool on Fedora 32 to remove a small portion of mp4

2020-08-26 Thread Tim via users
On Wed, 2020-08-26 at 21:43 -0500, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > I am writing to ask if there is a way to remove a small portion of a > mp4 file. Basically, the file is my lecture (has both audio and video > recorded using simplescreenrecorder) and I want to remove a portion > of the mp4 (from the 14:30 t

Re: OT: Command-line tool on Fedora 32 to remove a small portion of mp4

2020-08-26 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 8/26/20 8:35 PM, Tim via users wrote: On Wed, 2020-08-26 at 21:43 -0500, Ranjan Maitra wrote: I am writing to ask if there is a way to remove a small portion of a mp4 file. Basically, the file is my lecture (has both audio and video recorded using simplescreenrecorder) and I want to remove a

Re: launch applications always in the same position/same monitor

2020-08-26 Thread Ed Greshko
On 2020-08-27 11:30, Frederic Muller wrote: > Hi! > > I'm looking for the above mainly for Thunderbird (which a web search > didn't give me much) but would be happy to do with other apps, under > GNOME 3. > > Any idea if this is even possible? > > Thank you. > > Fred > > ps: I mentioned same monito

Re: laptop freezes when screen is blank (when closing the lid)

2020-08-26 Thread laolux laolux
> HandleLidSwitch=ignore well, that's a crude workaround. It does permit me to carry around my laptop for short distances, but longer walks are no good because it will continue to be powered on and the fans need to get fresh air. So still looking for a solution which solves the underlying issue

Re: laptop freezes when screen is blank (when closing the lid)

2020-08-26 Thread Ed Greshko
On 2020-08-27 12:07, laolux laolux wrote: >> HandleLidSwitch=ignore > well, that's a crude workaround. It does permit me to carry around my laptop > for short distances, but longer walks are no good because it will continue to > be powered on and the fans need to get fresh air. > > So still looki

Re: OT: Command-line tool on Fedora 32 to remove a small portion of mp4

2020-08-26 Thread Ranjan Maitra
On Wed, 26 Aug 2020 20:03:57 -0700 Samuel Sieb wrote: > On 8/26/20 7:43 PM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > > I am writing to ask if there is a way to remove a small portion of a mp4 > > file. Basically, the file is my lecture (has both audio and video > > recorded using simplescreenrecorder) and I want

Re: laptop freezes when screen is blank (when closing the lid)

2020-08-26 Thread laolux laolux
Thanks for your suggestions. hibernate is not supported (as expected) and suspend reliably crashes the system. I think my issues come from the screen locking: When I lock my screen, I can unlock it within about 2 seconds. If I leave my screen locked for about 10 seconds or more, then I can never

Re: laptop freezes when screen is blank (when closing the lid)

2020-08-26 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 8/26/20 7:24 PM, Jan-Erik Wichmann wrote: I have some problem with my laptop freezing when the screen is blank. Basically every time I lock the screen (or close the lid) my laptop freezes and cannot be woken up anymore. The screen will stay black regardless of which buttons I press. The only

Re: laptop freezes when screen is blank (when closing the lid)

2020-08-26 Thread laolux laolux
> What is the graphics device? If NVidia, are you using the proprietary > drivers? The graphics card is from intel: VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation UHD Graphics 620 (rev 07) > Is this a recent problem? Did it used to work? Have you tried booting > an earlier kernel version or

Re: laptop freezes when screen is blank (when closing the lid)

2020-08-26 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 8/26/20 11:12 PM, laolux laolux wrote: in Gnome settings, under Power, turn off the screen blanking and under Privacy->Screen Lock, disable screen lock. Does closing the lid work now? Closing the lid is fixed with @Ed Greshko's help of setting HandleLidSwitch=ignore in etc/systemd/logind.con

Re: launch applications always in the same position/same monitor

2020-08-26 Thread Thomas Klein
> I'm looking for the above mainly for Thunderbird (which a web search > didn't give me much) but would be happy to do with other apps, under > GNOME 3. > > Any idea if this is even possible? Hi, there's a gnome extension that is more or less capable of doing this: https://extensions.gnome.org/ex