Re: Native Windows to qemu-kvm?

2022-10-25 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 10/24/22 22:08, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 10/24/22 21:26, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: On 10/24/22 21:09, Slade Watkins via users wrote: On 10/24/22 11:38 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: Is there a way to tape a native Windows hard drive and port it to qemu-kvm? Hm. Did a bit of digging..

Re: Native Windows to qemu-kvm?

2022-10-25 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 10/25/22 00:27, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: On 10/24/22 22:08, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 10/24/22 21:26, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: On 10/24/22 21:09, Slade Watkins via users wrote: On 10/24/22 11:38 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: Is there a way to tape a native Windows hard drive and

Re: Grub Background Image not Displayed in Grub Boot Menu

2022-10-25 Thread Tim via users
On Tue, 2022-10-25 at 09:10 +1100, Stephen Morris wrote: > I tried putting the image in /boot/grub2/backgrounds but even though > grub2-mkconfig picked it up and placed and entry for it in > /boot/grub2/grub.cfg it still did not display at boot. Has Fedora > actually disabled that functionality? I

Re: Mailing lists and Discourse

2022-10-25 Thread Tim via users
On Mon, 2022-10-24 at 20:44 -0400, Sam Varshavchik wrote: > I've been observing, from the sidelines, the devolution of mailing > lists, Usenet, and IRC into web-based discussion forums of various > flavors; getting the bar lowered to the level of Twooter, Spacebook, > and TokTik, and more of the sa

Re: Bugs in wine. Any alternatives?

2022-10-25 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Mon, 2022-10-24 at 20:06 -0700, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: > And yes I know that Wine is ransonware. I think that's uncalled for. WINE is free software. Does it encrypt your data and demand money to release it? poc ___ users mailing list -- users@

Re: Native Windows to qemu-kvm?

2022-10-25 Thread Sam Varshavchik
Samuel Sieb writes: On 10/24/22 21:26, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: On 10/24/22 21:09, Slade Watkins via users wrote: On 10/24/22 11:38 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: Is there a way to tape a native Windows hard drive and port it to qemu-kvm? Hm. Did a bit of digging... this is all I c

Re: Native Windows to qemu-kvm?

2022-10-25 Thread Sinthia Vicious
What did you mean by tape a windows hard drive? All you need to do is make partitions and you can have windows and linux run side by side on the same drive. There is no need for something as complicated as a virtual machine. I ran dual boot machines like this for decades before I heard of virtual m

Re: Native Windows to qemu-kvm?

2022-10-25 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Tue, 2022-10-25 at 06:51 -0400, Sam Varshavchik wrote: > Samuel Sieb writes: > > > On 10/24/22 21:26, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: > > > On 10/24/22 21:09, Slade Watkins via users wrote: > > > > On 10/24/22 11:38 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Is there a way to tape a n

Re: Mailing lists and Discourse

2022-10-25 Thread Wolfgang Pfeiffer
On Mon, Oct 24, 2022 at 08:44:20PM -0400, Sam Varshavchik wrote: I understand that the explanation for the migration away from mailing lists is that maintaining the mailing lists is a hassle and takes up too much resources. I'm suspicious of the veracity of that; [ ... ] I think it's also abou

Re: Mailing lists and Discourse

2022-10-25 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Tue, 2022-10-25 at 14:37 +0200, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote: > On Mon, Oct 24, 2022 at 08:44:20PM -0400, Sam Varshavchik wrote: > > > I understand that the explanation for the migration away from > > mailing > > lists is that maintaining the mailing lists is a hassle and takes > > up > > too much r

Re: Mailing lists and Discourse

2022-10-25 Thread Tim via users
On Mon, 2022-10-24 at 20:44 -0400, Sam Varshavchik wrote: > I understand that the explanation for the migration away from mailing > lists is that maintaining the mailing lists is a hassle and takes up > too much resources. I'm suspicious of the veracity of that; running a > mail server, and some ma

Re: Mailing lists and Discourse

2022-10-25 Thread wwp
Hello, On Tue, 25 Oct 2022 14:37:16 +0200 Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote: > On Mon, Oct 24, 2022 at 08:44:20PM -0400, Sam Varshavchik wrote: > > >I understand that the explanation for the migration away from mailing > >lists is that maintaining the mailing lists is a hassle and takes up > >too much r

Re: Mailing lists and Discourse

2022-10-25 Thread Wolfgang Pfeiffer
On Tue, Oct 25, 2022 at 01:53:38PM +0100, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: On Tue, 2022-10-25 at 14:37 +0200, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote: On Mon, Oct 24, 2022 at 08:44:20PM -0400, Sam Varshavchik wrote: > I understand that the explanation for the migration away from > mailing > lists is that maintaining

Re: Native Windows to qemu-kvm?

2022-10-25 Thread Go Canes
On Mon, Oct 24, 2022 at 11:39 PM ToddAndMargo via users wrote: > Is there a way to tape a native Windows hard > drive and port it to qemu-kvm? I'm sure there are several. My basic process when I have done this in the past - create a copy of the physical disk on an external drive - you could

Re: Mailing lists and Discourse

2022-10-25 Thread Neal Becker
On Tue, Oct 25, 2022 at 5:35 AM Tim via users wrote: > On Mon, 2022-10-24 at 20:44 -0400, Sam Varshavchik wrote: > > I've been observing, from the sidelines, the devolution of mailing > > lists, Usenet, and IRC into web-based discussion forums of various > > flavors; getting the bar lowered to th

Re: Mailing lists and Discourse

2022-10-25 Thread George N. White III
On Mon, Oct 24, 2022 at 9:44 PM Sam Varshavchik wrote: > Patrick O'Callaghan writes: > > > It appears that the gnome.org is hosted by RedHat, which is a member of > > the Gnome Foundation. That being the case, I would like to know if > > there is any danger (I use the word advisedly) of this list

Re: Mailing lists and Discourse

2022-10-25 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Tue, 2022-10-25 at 16:04 +0200, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote: > On Tue, Oct 25, 2022 at 01:53:38PM +0100, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > On Tue, 2022-10-25 at 14:37 +0200, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote: > > > On Mon, Oct 24, 2022 at 08:44:20PM -0400, Sam Varshavchik wrote: > > > > > > > I understand that

Re: Mailing lists and Discourse

2022-10-25 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Tue, 2022-10-25 at 17:24 +0100, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Tue, 2022-10-25 at 16:04 +0200, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote: > > On Tue, Oct 25, 2022 at 01:53:38PM +0100, Patrick O'Callaghan > > wrote: > > > On Tue, 2022-10-25 at 14:37 +0200, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote: > > > > On Mon, Oct 24, 2022 at

Re: Bugs in wine. Any alternatives?

2022-10-25 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 10/25/22 02:48, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: On Mon, 2022-10-24 at 20:06 -0700, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: And yes I know that Wine is ransonware. I think that's uncalled for. WINE is free software. Does it encrypt your data and demand money to release it? poc Wine is the bad side of th

Re: Native Windows to qemu-kvm?

2022-10-25 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 10/25/22 01:09, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 10/25/22 00:27, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: On 10/24/22 22:08, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 10/24/22 21:26, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: On 10/24/22 21:09, Slade Watkins via users wrote: On 10/24/22 11:38 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: Is there a way

Re: Native Windows to qemu-kvm?

2022-10-25 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 10/25/22 03:51, Sam Varshavchik wrote: Samuel Sieb writes: On 10/24/22 21:26, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: On 10/24/22 21:09, Slade Watkins via users wrote: On 10/24/22 11:38 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: Is there a way to tape a native Windows hard drive and port it to qemu-kvm?

Re: Native Windows to qemu-kvm?

2022-10-25 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 10/25/22 04:56, Sinthia Vicious wrote: What did you mean by tape a windows hard drive? All you need to do is make partitions and you can have windows and linux run side by side on the same drive. There is no need for something as complicated as a virtual machine. I ran dual boot machines lik

Re: Native Windows to qemu-kvm?

2022-10-25 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 10/25/22 07:23, Go Canes wrote: Also, before even starting, you should confirm the target machine has hardware support for virtualization, and that it is enabled. Oh poop. Did not think of that.Thank you! It is an OLD Windows 7 machine. There would be no support for virtualization.

Re: Bugs in wine. Any alternatives?

2022-10-25 Thread Tim via users
On Tue, 2022-10-25 at 10:55 -0700, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: > Wine is the bad side of the open source model. > Give the software away for free, then hold the > user for ransom if they want the bugs fixed. > Libre Office does the same thing. Fedroa > does not and spoils all of us. In the past

Re: Native Windows to qemu-kvm?

2022-10-25 Thread Tim via users
On Tue, 2022-10-25 at 12:18 -0700, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: > A customer approached me about a specialty application > (aircraft transponder tracking) that needs Linux. But > wanted to put it on an old computer with windows on > it. He asked if you could dual boot. I said yes, > but it is f

Re: Native Windows to qemu-kvm?

2022-10-25 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 10/25/22 13:41, Tim via users wrote: On Tue, 2022-10-25 at 12:18 -0700, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: A customer approached me about a specialty application (aircraft transponder tracking) that needs Linux. But wanted to put it on an old computer with windows on it. He asked if you could du

Re: Native Windows to qemu-kvm?

2022-10-25 Thread Greg Woods
A problem you could run into doing this is licensing. WIndows uses a variety of methods to detect if a valid product key is being run on multiple machines, which includes some checks on the hardware. Since a virtual machine is never going to have virtual hardware that exactly matches your PC, there

Re: Native Windows to qemu-kvm?

2022-10-25 Thread Go Canes
On Tue, Oct 25, 2022 at 3:29 PM ToddAndMargo via users wrote: > > On 10/25/22 07:23, Go Canes wrote: > > Also, before even starting, you should confirm the target machine has > > hardware support for virtualization, and that it is enabled. > > Oh poop. Did not think of that.Thank you! You ar

Re: Mailing lists and Discourse

2022-10-25 Thread Cameron Simpson
On 24Oct2022 22:36, Barry Scott wrote: I've been rebuilding a server recently with a fresh Ubuntu, and systemd has been a massive PITA. Gah! The idea's ok (parallel boot with dependencies and associated service up/down though a single daemon). We've all written them. But when it's going sour,

no sound

2022-10-25 Thread Michael Hennebry
I'm running gnome on F35. When I play a movie, I can see people talking, but cannot hear them talking. The sound icon on both gnome and on the movie players (plural) indicate I have sound. Technically I have sound. I have the 60-cycle hum that is the reason I rarely use this computer when I want s

Re: no sound

2022-10-25 Thread Michael Hennebry
On Tue, 25 Oct 2022, Michael Hennebry wrote: I'm running gnome on F35. When I play a movie, I can see people talking, but cannot hear them talking. The sound icon on both gnome and on the movie players (plural) indicate I have sound. Technically I have sound. I have the 60-cycle hum that is the

Re: no sound

2022-10-25 Thread Joe Zeff
On 10/25/2022 03:51 PM, Michael Hennebry wrote: Technically I have sound. I have the 60-cycle hum that is the reason I rarely use this computer when I want sound. Try using aplay to see if you can get anything to play. If not, I'd suspect that you have a hardware issue. _

Re: no sound

2022-10-25 Thread Michael Hennebry
On Tue, 25 Oct 2022, Michael Hennebry wrote: On Tue, 25 Oct 2022, Michael Hennebry wrote: I'm running gnome on F35. When I play a movie, I can see people talking, but cannot hear them talking. The sound icon on both gnome and on the movie players (plural) indicate I have sound. Technically I h

Re: RPMFusion Repositories not Activated at F36 Install Time

2022-10-25 Thread Stephen Morris
On 25/10/22 11:16, Jonathan Billings wrote: On Oct 22, 2022, at 21:56, Stephen Morris wrote: Hi,     As part of the install of F36 from the live CD I have, there is a question asking whether or not to install 3rd party repositories. I have done the install twice and replied to the message i

Re: Grub Background Image not Displayed in Grub Boot Menu

2022-10-25 Thread Stephen Morris
On 25/10/22 20:25, Tim via users wrote: On Tue, 2022-10-25 at 09:10 +1100, Stephen Morris wrote: I tried putting the image in /boot/grub2/backgrounds but even though grub2-mkconfig picked it up and placed and entry for it in /boot/grub2/grub.cfg it still did not display at boot. Has Fedora actua

Re: no sound

2022-10-25 Thread Michael Hennebry
On Tue, 25 Oct 2022, Joe Zeff wrote: On 10/25/2022 03:51 PM, Michael Hennebry wrote: Technically I have sound. I have the 60-cycle hum that is the reason I rarely use this computer when I want sound. Try using aplay to see if you can get anything to play. If not, I'd suspect that you have a

Re: no sound

2022-10-25 Thread Mike Wright
On 10/25/22 15:49, Michael Hennebry wrote: On Tue, 25 Oct 2022, Joe Zeff wrote: On 10/25/2022 03:51 PM, Michael Hennebry wrote: Technically I have sound. I have the 60-cycle hum that is the reason I rarely use this computer when I want sound. Try using aplay to see if you can get anything to

Re: Mailing lists and Discourse

2022-10-25 Thread Cameron Simpson
On 25Oct2022 17:26, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: As Pete point out earlier, that doesn't mean it keeps working exactly as it does now. Read his post for details. To be clear, I mean the post I pointed to in the head item of this thread, i.e. https://mail.gnome.org/archives/evolution-list/2022-Oc

Re: Native Windows to qemu-kvm?

2022-10-25 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 10/25/22 14:11, Greg Woods wrote: A problem you could run into doing this is licensing. WIndows uses a variety of methods to detect if a valid product key is being run on multiple machines, which includes some checks on the hardware. Since a virtual machine is never going to have virtual har

Re: Bugs in wine. Any alternatives?

2022-10-25 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 10/25/22 13:30, Tim via users wrote: On Tue, 2022-10-25 at 10:55 -0700, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: Wine is the bad side of the open source model. Give the software away for free, then hold the user for ransom if they want the bugs fixed. Libre Office does the same thing. Fedroa does not a

Re: Mailing lists and Discourse

2022-10-25 Thread Sam Varshavchik
Wolfgang Pfeiffer writes: On Mon, Oct 24, 2022 at 08:44:20PM -0400, Sam Varshavchik wrote: I understand that the explanation for the migration away from mailing lists is that maintaining the mailing lists is a hassle and takes up too much resources. I'm suspicious of the veracity of that; [ ..

Re: Bugs in wine. Any alternatives?

2022-10-25 Thread Tom Horsley
On Tue, 25 Oct 2022 17:37:46 -0700 ToddAndMargo via users wrote: > In the case of Wine, I really do need to have it working. > > UNLESS I can find a subsitute. You have any suggestions? I've have never once gotten anything at all to work under wine. That's why I run a windows virtual machine :-

[Suspected Spam]Re: Mailing lists and Discourse

2022-10-25 Thread Stephen J. Turnbull
Patrick O'Callaghan writes: > People who interact with the forum via email will still have their own > copies. And current email archives can be altered just as easily > (though I don't know of any that do so). I don't know anybody who regularly retro-mods their archives for reasons of taste,

Re: no sound

2022-10-25 Thread Michael Hennebry
On Tue, 25 Oct 2022, Mike Wright wrote: If you're getting hum there is a good chance one of your connectors is not seated properly or a cable is no good. I used to do sound. If there is hum you solve that first. That could also explain why there is no audio. Thanks much. 'Twas the connectio

Re: no sound

2022-10-25 Thread Joe Zeff
On 10/25/2022 04:49 PM, Michael Hennebry wrote: but do not understand why that would be indicative of a hardware issue. I suggested using aplay because it's a very basic program and doesn't try to do anything fancy. I figured that if it couldn't manage to produce sound, there was a good chan

Re: no sound

2022-10-25 Thread Joe Zeff
On 10/25/2022 08:18 PM, Michael Hennebry wrote: 'Twas the connection to the computer. I don't get back there very much. Movies talk to me now. On a side note, I go back a long way, and remember when most people were assuming that the issue had to be hardware, even when it was obvious (to me)

Re: no sound

2022-10-25 Thread Tim via users
On Tue, 2022-10-25 at 21:18 -0500, Michael Hennebry wrote: > From what I've read, aplay fred.mp3 should work. > I get noise. On the chance that you don't have mp3 support, try an ogg or wav file. -- uname -rsvp Linux 3.10.0-1160.76.1.el7.x86_64 #1 SMP Wed Aug 10 16:21:17 UTC 2022 x86_64 Boi

amdgpu kernel module won't load

2022-10-25 Thread Felix Miata
I have these installed: kernel-modules-5.18.19-200.fc36.x86_64 kernel-modules-5.19.16-200.fc36.x86_64 kernel-modules-5.19.17-200.fc36.x86_64 on: # inxi -Gxx Graphics: Device-1: AMD Kaveri [Radeon R7 Graphics] vendor: ASRock driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: GCN-2 ports: active: DP-1,DVI-D-1,H