no more java

2014-01-24 Thread Frédéric Bron
alternative --config java gives: 1 /usr/java/jdk1.7.0_17/jre/bin/java 2 /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.5.0-gcj/bin/java *+ 3 /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.7.0-openjdk-1.7.0.60-2.4.4.0.fc20.x86_64/jre/bin/java only 2 works. What happened? I did not change anything myself. Must come f

errors with yum, what's appening?

2014-01-24 Thread Frédéric Bron
When I run yum update, this is the type of error I get. What should I do to come back to a normal situtation? Mise à jour : selinux-policy-3.12.1-119.fc20.noarch 6/96 warning: %post(selinux-policy-3.12.1-119.fc20.noarch) scriptlet failed, e

Re: errors with yum, what's appening?

2014-01-24 Thread Frédéric Bron
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Common_F20_bugs#RPM_scriptlets_fail_during_updates > > After following the instructions there, it may still be necessary to > reinstall some packages (e.g. because of the Java problems you've > noticed) and to clean up duplicates (with package-cleanup tool). Thank

Re: errors with yum, what's appening?

2014-01-24 Thread Frédéric Bron
> Thanks, this looked to be useful. However, I still do not have java > working. I reinstalled java-1.7.0-openjdk. The package > java-1.7.0-openjdk-1.7.0.60-2.4.4.1.fc20.x86_64 is installed. > > However the link in alternative is > /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.7.0-openjdk-1.7.0.60-2.4.4.0.fc20.x86_64/jre/bi

running F20 but still have F17, F18, F19 packages installed, why?

2014-01-25 Thread Frédéric Bron
I am running F20. I first installed F18 I guessed or F17, I do not remember well and used fedup to update my installation. However, when I can see that packages with .fc17 .fc18 and .fc19 in there name are still installed (see below). Is that normal? Frédéric # yum list installed|grep "\(fc17\|f

No sound after fedup to F20

2014-01-25 Thread Frédéric Bron
I am under KDE and I can see the sound icon which is not disabled. Internal analog stereo audio is at 100% but no sound when I listen to mp3 in VLC or in DragonPlayer or anything else. I upgraded from F18 using fedup and everything was fine apart from this. What can I do to find what's the issue?

Re: running F20 but still have F17, F18, F19 packages installed, why?

2014-01-25 Thread Frédéric Bron
I ran 'yum distro-sync --setopt=deltarpm=0' and got 2 downgrades which is fine as now 'yum check' does not report any error anymore. The downgrade where: python-urlgrabber and xorg-x11-drv-modesetting. Thanks, Frédéric -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change su

Re: errors with yum, what's appening?

2014-01-25 Thread Frédéric Bron
> I guess you'd need to reinstall java-1.7.0-openjdk-headless, this the > package that sets the alternatives as part of its postinstall scripts. I already tested that but the package seems corrupted according to https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1056187 Frédéric -- users mailing list u

Re: Convert a pdf

2014-01-25 Thread Frédéric Bron
pdftk A=long.pdf cat A51-60 output short.pdf Frédéric -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedor

Re: errors with yum, what's appening?

2014-01-25 Thread Frédéric Bron
> IIUC, the alternatives/symlinks are broken on your installation because they > weren't updated when java-1.7.0-openjdk-1.7.0.60*-2.4.4.1.fc20.x86_64 were > updated due to the selinux bug; if you now have the fixed selinux package, > reinstalling java-1.7.0-openjdk-headless should fix the issue as

Re: no more java

2014-01-27 Thread Frédéric Bron
Thanks. However the issue has been solved by: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1056187 Cheers, Frédéric -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http:

Re: How to make of use of GNUPLOT in Linux for plotting graphs by taking inputs from files?

2014-02-06 Thread Frédéric Bron
> How to make of use of GNUPLOT in Linux for plotting graphs by taking input > from files? Data in one file represents X-axis and other file data represents > Y-axis. Can anyone help me out? This is off topic for this list but: it is not possible. You have first to merge file1 and file2 like thi

Re: Duplicate words | uniq\sort?

2014-02-16 Thread Frédéric Bron
> I have 554 words in the following file one word per line. > Some words are repeated up to 3 times. > > words.list > > If I try "cat words.list | uniq -u" > It dumps all repeated words, I need one copy of all words. uniq removes duplicates only if they are adjacent: "Note: 'uniq' does not detect

Re: F20 KDE Synaptics tapping not working - SOLVED

2014-03-17 Thread Frédéric Bron
> In that tab, make sure the checkbox 'Enable tapping' is checked (and > mine was, fwiw). At the bottom of that tab there's a section labeled > 'Buttons'. You have to assign the buttons to particular taps. In F20 > KDE, the taps are all assigned NONE. Once I went in and set 'One > Finger' means

Re: Review of best photo managers?

2014-03-24 Thread Frédéric Bron
> I'd like to do some basic photo management on my fedora20 box. gwenview is really good, does everything you wrote I think + knows how to manage colors with icc profiles. Frédéric -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fe

KDE desktop icons disappear regularly

2014-03-31 Thread Frédéric Bron
Every second time I run KDE, the icons on the desktop are not there and the desktop is empty. Why? I am speaking of icons that are shortcuts to launch applications. KDE graphical component are still there. Frédéric -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscr

Re: KDE desktop icons disappear regularly

2014-04-01 Thread Frédéric Bron
> Did you a) configure KDE to start from a saved session (System > Settings->Startup and Shutdown->Session Management->Restore Manually > Saved Session), and b) save the session configuration you want > (Kickoff->Leave->Save Session). No, I have "start with an empty session". > Also, note that th

Fails installing fedora 23 with KDE

2015-11-20 Thread Frédéric Bron
Hi, I brurnt a DVD of the Live KDE fedora 23. But when the system is loaded, I get only a nice background (blue with some 45° features). In the top left corner, there is like a small white icon with 3 gray horizontal lines. However, nothing else, no menu, no right click menu. How can I install F23

Re: Fails installing fedora 23 with KDE

2015-11-20 Thread Frédéric Bron
Sorry, the menu finally came but it was so slow that I thought it would never come. In particular, when asked to reboot after installation, I was unable to reach any menu to reboot so I had to turn the computer off. 2015-11-20 11:24 GMT+01:00 Frédéric Bron : > Hi, > I brurnt a DVD of the Li

[SDDM] non US keyboard layout

2015-11-20 Thread Frédéric Bron
How can I have SDDM use my French keyboard layout instead of the US one? It is impossible to type a password like this. Thanks, Frédéric -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora

Fedora 23 with KDE: black screen when logout

2015-11-20 Thread Frédéric Bron
I get a black screen when I logout from my Plasma session. What's wrong with F23 with KDE, nothing works as before? Are we obliged to use Gnome? Frédéric -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listi

Re: [SDDM] non US keyboard layout

2015-11-20 Thread Frédéric Bron
same issue when I switch to a terminal screen with Ctrl+Alt+F2, I get it in US layout, not in French. Never has such an issue before this version. Frédéric 2015-11-20 15:55 GMT+01:00 Frédéric Bron : > How can I have SDDM use my French keyboard layout instead of the US one? > It is impossi

Re: [SDDM] non US keyboard layout

2015-11-20 Thread Frédéric Bron
> Haven't you removed the US keyboard layout? where from? Frédéric -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines

Re: [SDDM] non US keyboard layout

2015-11-20 Thread Frédéric Bron
only French here... it works fine in my session. I does not work before I enter KDE. I will try to reinstall F23 with gnome and install all KDE programs I love (okular, gwenview, dolphin...) Frédéric 2015-11-20 20:52 GMT+01:00 Erik P. Olsen : > On 2015-11-20 at 20:41:35 Frédéric Bron wr

Re: [SDDM] non US keyboard layout

2015-11-20 Thread Frédéric Bron
> If you not setted up French keyboard when you installed fedora on anaconda > keyboard config as defauld and without elimimating English Keyboard > distribution, the tty keyboard layout default will be English, if you want > to set French as your default for X11 keyboard and for tty as well may su

Re: [SDDM] non US keyboard layout

2015-11-20 Thread Frédéric Bron
> If you know that you want KDE instead of Gnome, why not install the KDE > Spin: https://spins.fedoraproject.org/en/kde/ instead of installing a DE you > don't want, then adding the one you prefer later? because the KDE live DVD does not work properly (stops doing anything during minutes then res

Re: Fedora 23 with KDE: black screen when logout

2015-11-20 Thread Frédéric Bron
> Did you wait long enough? I have noticed that it can > take a while before the display manager is relaunched > (in my case gdm), although it has gotten pretty smooth > in the recent past. more than 1 minute. Frédéric -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change

[F23] cannot unlock a user with passwd - invalid shadow.lock

2015-12-03 Thread Frédéric Bron
On fedora 23 the following command does not work anymore: $ passwd -u username Unlocking password for user username. passwd: Libuser error at line: 171 - Invalid contents of lock `/etc/shadow.lock'. passwd: Error (password not set?) What can I do to unlock this user? Frédéric -- users mailing l

Re: [F23] cannot unlock a user with passwd - invalid shadow.lock

2015-12-04 Thread Frédéric Bron
in fact, I just had to delete the .lock file. I do not understand why it was there. Thanks, Frédéric -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraprojec

Howto reduce the size of /tmp as tmpfs?

2016-11-18 Thread Frédéric Bron
/tmp uses 8 Gb, that is half of my RAM. Then my RAM is fully occupied as soon as I open Plasma+Firefox+Thunderbird. But /tmp is used at 1% only. Can I reduce it to 4Gb? I do not see any entry in /etc/fstab (have F24). Thanks, Frédéric ___ users mailing l

Re: Howto reduce the size of /tmp as tmpfs?

2016-11-18 Thread Frédéric Bron
> While tmpfs does utilize RAM it will actually move contents to swap in the > event RAM is > actually needed. So that's normal that my RAM looks full (in top) and the swap and /tmp are empty. This means that I still have about 8Gb free RAM available, right? I am happy then. Thanks, Frédéric

acpi: Failed to set initial power state

2016-12-11 Thread Frédéric Bron
Hi, Each time I start F24, I get the following type of messages: [1.193285] acpi: PNP0C0B:00: Failed to set initial power state [1.21...] acpi: PNP0C0B:01: Failed to set initial power state [1.22...] acpi: PNP0C0B:02: Failed to set initial power state [1.24...] acpi: PN

nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: Pointer to (TMDS|flat panel) table invalid

2016-12-11 Thread Frédéric Bron
Hi, Each time I start Fedora 24, I get this message: [2.248025] nouveau :01:00.0: priv: HUB0: 10ecc0 (1a40822c) [2.909904] nouveau :01:00.0: DRM: Pointer to TMDS table invalid [2.909908] nouveau :01:00.0: DRM: Pointer to flat panel table invalid What does that m

Kernel not configured for semaphores

2016-12-11 Thread Frédéric Bron
Hi, Each time I turn off Fedora 24, I get the following message about 50 times printed in the console: Kernel not configured for semaphores (System V IPC). Not using udev synchronisation code. device-mapper: remove ioctl on fedora_alpha-root failed: Device or resource busy Command failed What d

Re: Kernel not configured for semaphores

2016-12-11 Thread Frédéric Bron
> It means you should follow this bugzilla > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1359352 thanks but I do not see any workaround. Probably just wait for an update. Frédéric ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscri

Re: Kernel not configured for semaphores

2016-12-11 Thread Frédéric Bron
> What I am seeing on several machines, is larger series of the error message > above rushing through very rapidly (<< 1sec) upon each shutdown on several > machine, but so far I have not been experiencing shutdown hangers. same for me. Most of the time, no hang. I experienced hanging just one tim

Re: Kernel not configured for semaphores

2016-12-11 Thread Frédéric Bron
> FWIW, in my case the shutdown is delayed until those messages pop up and then > the shutdown > happens quite quickly. It may, as noted in the bugzilla, have to do with the > installation > of the VirtualBox bits in my case. No virtualbox for me. Frédéric _

Re: Does anyone have hdmi out working on Dell XPs 15 L502x with Fedora 25?

2016-12-12 Thread Frédéric Bron
Hi, I have Dell - XPS 15 9550. Works nicely on fedora 24. I can output the screen to a TV with an HDMI cable. At first this creates an additionnal screen next to the one of the laptop but I can also duplicate laptop display to the HDMI TV. I have not installed the nvidia proprietary drivers and the

Re: Unintended consequences F24->F25: vim, you used to be my friend ...

2016-12-15 Thread Frédéric Bron
> In the upgrade from F24->F25, vim went from release 7.4.X to 8.0.x. did you try :help version8? by the way, it's been upgraded also in F24. Frédéric --- Frédéric Bron (frederic.b...@m4x.org) Villa des 4 chemins, Centre Hosp

Re: Cannot install fedora 25 on my new Dell XPS with "raid on" option

2017-01-15 Thread Frédéric Bron
> after several attempts to install F25 workstation, I figured out why the > fedora live is not able to work on my new laptop. > My laptop has Windows 10 pre-installed and... > - if the SATA option is set to "RAID ON", Windows 10 is happy but F25 live is > not able to see the SSD > - if the SATA

How to install all games with dnf?

2017-01-18 Thread Frédéric Bron
How to install all games with dnf? I tried both: $ dnf group install with-optional games and $ dnf group install games but my children still complain they do not have all the games they had before I reinstalled the system. Cheers, Frédéric ___ users ma

[F25, KDE] very very slow internet connexion

2017-01-31 Thread Frédéric Bron
I experience very very slow internet connexions, in particular when on google web sites. Mostly I use firefox but occasionnaly konqueror. Is there anything I could do to determine if it comes from fedora, firefox or my internet provider? $ ping www.google.com 64 bytes from wk-in-x93.1e100.net (2a0

Re: [F25, KDE] very very slow internet connexion

2017-01-31 Thread Frédéric Bron
Thanks, I will try all what was said: - traceroute - longer ping - host -v will report later when it comes back slow. Cheers ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org

Re: [F25, KDE] very very slow internet connexion

2017-02-08 Thread Frédéric Bron
This morning, here is what I have: $ ping www.google.com ping: www.google.com: Name or service not known $ traceroute www.google.com www.google.com: Name or service not known Cannot handle "host" cmdline arg `www.google.com' on position 1 (argc 1) $ host -v www.google.com Trying "www.google.com"

Re: [F25, KDE] very very slow internet connexion

2017-02-08 Thread Frédéric Bron
9.8 ms 64 bytes from arn09s11-in-x04.1e100.net (2a00:1450:400f:807::2004): icmp_seq=5 ttl=48 time=81.4 ms 2017-02-08 9:31 GMT+01:00 Frédéric Bron : > This morning, here is what I have: > $ ping www.google.com > ping: www.google.com: Name or service not known > > $ traceroute www.goog

Re: [F25, KDE] very very slow internet connexion

2017-02-09 Thread Frédéric Bron
> That's nice, but you didn't say what you did to "get it working again". I did nothing! Frédéric ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org

Epson Stylus SX525WD: scanner resolution can only be 75, 300, 1200 and 2400

2012-12-15 Thread Frédéric Bron
I have F17 installed (3.6.9-2.fc17.x86_64). I installed the Epson driver for my printer from http://download.ebz.epson.net/: yum install epson-inkjet-printer-workforce-635-nx625-series-1.0.1-1lsb3.2.rpm yum install iscan-data-1.15.0-1.noarch.rpm yum install iscan-2.28.1-3.ltdl7.rpm 1. the scanner

Re: Epson Stylus SX525WD: scanner resolution can only be 75, 300, 1200 and 2400

2012-12-17 Thread Frédéric Bron
> Educated guess: The list is what's actually supported by the software > and the scanner. Putting in *any* value probably doesn't reflect what > the scanner actually does, and probably is the software converting the > scanned data into the resolution that you think you've picked. My Epson scann

Re: where is gamma4scanimage?

2012-12-17 Thread Frédéric Bron
> I think the --gamma-table 0..255,.. option that is part of scanimage > command > may need to be use? > it is listed in scanimage man page. hope that helps:-) I have seen that but it is rather teddious to use and gamma4scanimage is supposed to derive the table given some rather

many crashes of X server, what should I investigate?

2013-01-01 Thread Frédéric Bron
I run F17 with regular updates. I have many crashes of the X server: - freezing when switching between user - freezing when starting a session Many times, Ctrl+Alt+Backspace does not work, also Ctrl+Alt+F[1-9] does not work either so that I cannot even start a terminal session to see what happens.

Re: many crashes of X server, what should I investigate?

2013-01-01 Thread Frédéric Bron
>> I have many crashes of the X server: >> - freezing when switching between user >> - freezing when starting a session > > What kind of machine are you running F17 on? What processor? How much > memory? What video card? I have a laptop with: Processor Intel® Core I7 - I7-2760QM - 2.40 GHz / 3.

Re: many crashes of X server, what should I investigate?

2013-01-03 Thread Frédéric Bron
It just froze again after user switch. I could connect from another computer via ssh. What happens is that the X server is taking 100% of CPU while doing nothing. Here is the result of top: top - 10:24:48 up 2:23, 5 users, load average: 0.96, 0.63, 0.44 Tasks: 296 total, 2 running, 294 sleepi

Re: many crashes of X server, what should I investigate?

2013-01-05 Thread Frédéric Bron
> You also have the integrated Intel gfx stuff. > Did you try using that instead of nvidia? There could be an option > in your BIOS to modify. > > (hardware similar to yours, everything fine for me on F16 and Intel gfx) You mean that I should not use the nvidia card but the Intel one integrated in

Re: many crashes of X server, what should I investigate?

2013-01-11 Thread Frédéric Bron
I have looked at the BIOS and found no option to activate the Intel video card instead of the NVidia one. Yesterday, the X server crashed after closing a game (Extreme Tux racer in full screen mode) -> black screen + CPU at 100%. -> had to hard power off. Now the fan is blocked at maximum speed and

F17: fan at max speed after X crash, what can I do?

2013-01-11 Thread Frédéric Bron
When quiting Extreme Tux Racing from full screen mode (on NVidia card+nvidia proprietary driver), the screen became black and CPU ran at 100%. I had to hard power off the computer. But since then, the fan is always at max speed making such a noise! how can I come back to normal? Best wishes, Frédér

Re: many crashes of X server, what should I investigate?

2013-01-12 Thread Frédéric Bron
> The first thing that springs to mind is: Had the first overheating > cooked the CPU heatsink goo, and now the chip can't cool down properly. I manage to go back to normal by unplugging the power unit and removing the battery pack. It is probably a bug in the BIOS. I am looking for an update. Ho

texlive in F18: \usepackage{pslatex} -> kpathsea: Running mktexmf ptmr7t - I can't find file `ptmr7t'

2013-01-19 Thread Frédéric Bron
pslatex seems to come corrupted in F18. This simple document does not compile: \documentclass{article} %\usepackage[T1]{fontenc} \usepackage{pslatex} \begin{document} abcde \end{document} kpathsea: Running mktexmf ptmr7t ! I can't find file `ptmr7t'. <*> ...:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input pt

Re: texlive in F18: \usepackage{pslatex} -> kpathsea: Running mktexmf ptmr7t - I can't find file `ptmr7t'

2013-01-19 Thread Frédéric Bron
> FWIW, I got around the error you reported by doing the following > over-kill. > > yum install texlive*font* Thanks. In fact it comes with texlive-times. In my real document, I also needed: texlive-vmargin texlive-fancyhdr texlive-marvosym texlive-helvetic texlive-pst-tools texlive-symbol

[F18] keepassx auto type pastes rubbish

2013-01-19 Thread Frédéric Bron
I use keepassx to store my passwords. I have set Ctrl+Shift+K to open the auto-type window where I can select the password entry that is then auto-typed in the fields (using firefox 18.0-1.fc18). F18 comes with keepassx version: keepassx.x86_64 0.4.3-6.fc18 @fedora. It pastes only rubbish when usin

Re: Keyboard and mouse freezes with F18

2013-01-20 Thread Frédéric Bron
> I'm having a problem with F18 (updated from F17 using fedup and > distro-sync). > The problem appears after a long period of inactivity (but only some of > the time). I have the screensaver turned off and power management set to > dim the monitor but not power it down. The screen is lit but keybo

Re: F18 sound issue

2013-01-26 Thread Frédéric Bron
> In KDE, if you bring up "System Settings" and then go to > "Multimedia-->Phonon" and then look at all the various "Audio Playback" > categories you should see a number of entries. HDMI should be down in the > list to give it less preferential treatment. I have done that but it always comes b

Re: F18 sound issue

2013-01-26 Thread Frédéric Bron
>> New strange thing: I have just plugged my camcorder and obtained the >> following message in a popup window: >> "KDE a détecté qu'un ou plusieurs périphériques internes ont été enlevés. >> Voulez-vous que KDE oublie ces périphériques de façon permanente ? >> Voici la liste des périphériques que

Re: How to do backups to an external disk inside emergency mode

2013-01-27 Thread Frédéric Bron
> I would like to mount my home directory and also an external disk to > do all necessary backups. How can I accomplish that? I think the best would be that you boot on a live CD if you have one (whatever version). Then you can just run a terminal as root and access all data, mount any USB disk an

Re: Configuring KDM instead of LightDM

2013-02-02 Thread Frédéric Bron
> I've installed the LXDE spin. But now I want to use KDM instead > LightDM, because I find it more configurable. The thing is that I've > installed KDM but I can't find with what tool I will set it properly. In > previous versions, it was with System Settings, but now I can't find

fresh install of F18: gimp segfaults

2013-02-08 Thread Frédéric Bron
on x86_64, HP Pavilion G6-2255sf. what can I do? I have tried "yum reinstall gimp" but same issue. Thanks, Frédéric -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedorapro

Re: fresh install of F18: gimp segfaults

2013-02-08 Thread Frédéric Bron
>> I have tried "yum reinstall gimp" but same issue > yum upgrade I have already the latest built: 2.8.2 What's the difference between upgrade and update? I always use update. Frédéric -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admi

Re: fresh install of F18: gimp segfaults

2013-02-08 Thread Frédéric Bron
> i meant the complete OS and if this is also on > teh latest uüdates it is not a "fresh install" > by definition OK after fresh install, I have of course done "yum update" but not "upgrade" >> What's the difference between upgrade and update? > upgrade > Is the same as the update command with t

Re: fresh install of F18: gimp segfaults

2013-02-08 Thread Frédéric Bron
> strace -o trace.lst gimp Below is the end of the trace (full log attached). Does it help? inotify_add_watch(8, "/usr/share/kde-settings/kde-profile/default/share/config", IN_MODIFY|IN_ATTRIB|IN_CLOSE_WRITE|IN_MOVED_FROM|IN_MOVED_TO|IN_CREATE|IN_DELETE|IN_DELETE_SELF|IN_MOVE_SELF|IN_UNMOUNT

Re: fresh install of F18: gimp segfaults

2013-02-09 Thread Frédéric Bron
> I'd next try to move off any ~/.gimp* directories. It looks like gimp > is croaking while reading/processing resource and config files. Removed that but still the same segfault. > If that doesn't do anything then try to rename resource files that gimp > seems to find, e.g., ~/.kde/share/config

Re: fresh install of F18: gimp segfaults

2013-02-10 Thread Frédéric Bron
gimp now works again. Do not known what made this happen. Thanks for help. Frédéric -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guide

new kernel 3.7.7 prevents booting

2013-02-15 Thread Frédéric Bron
Just updated to kernel 3.7.7 -> boot stops at Started Sendmail Mail Transport Agent written multiple times then FAILED have to fall back to 3.7.6. regards, Frédéric -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/ma

Re: new kernel 3.7.7 prevents booting

2013-02-15 Thread Frédéric Bron
> Just updated to kernel 3.7.7 -> boot stops at Started Sendmail Mail > Transport Agent written multiple times then FAILED > have to fall back to 3.7.6. more info: I can also read: Failed to start Wait for Plymouth Boot Screen to Quit see 'systemctl status plymouth-quit-wait.service' for details [

Re: new kernel 3.7.7 prevents booting

2013-02-16 Thread Frédéric Bron
> Is the machine actually *frozen*, or is it just not going into graphical mode? > I'm having that problem as well, using the proprietary nvidia driver. With > nouveau, the last kernel that let me run graphically was 3.6.11 (for nouveau > the > machine actually freezes up completely, I can't ssh o

Re: new kernel 3.7.7 prevents booting

2013-02-16 Thread Frédéric Bron
> Have you tried booting run level 3? Have tried to edit the grub command but wasn't successful. How to do that? But yes, it is probably an issue with the graphical interface because I can switch to a terminal console with Ctrl+Alt+F2. Frédéric -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org

Re: new kernel 3.7.7 prevents booting

2013-02-16 Thread Frédéric Bron
new nvidia driver for 3.7.7 kernel has just arrived, problem solved. It would be nice to automatically prevent kernel updates when nvidia driver cannot be updated. Frédéric -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraprojec

Re: new kernel 3.7.7 prevents booting

2013-02-16 Thread Frédéric Bron
> the last 4 years i did not use any binary driver even > with nvidia and ATI cards and since 2 years i am buying > SandyBrdige/IvyBdrige and use the on-chip graphcis unit > which is well supported and fast enough for 90% of usecases When I installed F18, I wanted to try the "nouveau" driver but t

Re: new kernel 3.7.7 prevents booting

2013-02-16 Thread Frédéric Bron
>> That is why you should be using akmod-nvidia from rpmfusion instead of >> kmod-nvidia. The binaries will be rebuilt automatically and you won't have >> this situation. >> > Not true in this case. There is a bug in the nvidia installer script that > causes the installation to fail when it can't

Re: Problem upgrading nvidia in Fedora-19

2013-07-18 Thread Frédéric Bron
> A version conflict is making it impossible to upgrade my system to the > latest kernel and/or native nvidia drivers. Usually these conflicts > clear up after a few days, when the repositories come into sync but this > one has been around for quite a while. I had the same issue and got fed up wi

Re: Yum + Java

2013-08-02 Thread Frédéric Bron
> So what exactly does the comment/warning mean? > And what should one do about it? see: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=991340 Frédéric -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo

use of suspend leads to random unwanted shutdown

2013-08-15 Thread Frédéric Bron
Since I use F19, I have toubles with suspend. I do not know if it is really related to F19 because I do not use suspend very often when at home but more often on holidays... What happens: If I use suspend some time and until I turn off the computer completely (i.e. not by using suspend), when the c

Re: use of suspend leads to random unwanted shutdown

2013-08-15 Thread Frédéric Bron
Sorry, attached is the messages log. Frédéric 2013/8/15 Frédéric Bron : > Since I use F19, I have toubles with suspend. I do not know if it is > really related to F19 because I do not use suspend very often when at > home but more often on holidays... > What happens: > If I use su

Re: use of suspend leads to random unwanted shutdown

2013-08-16 Thread Frédéric Bron
>> If I use suspend some time and until I turn off the computer >> completely (i.e. not by using suspend), when the computer is on, it is >> susceptible to shutdown automatically at any time. > > Check your cooling fans spin up again when it wakes up. looks fine. The processor temperature goes up

Re: convert wmv files

2013-09-07 Thread Frédéric Bron
> what is needed to convert .wmv file to mp4 or what ever? try that: http://www.radioactivepages.com/asfbin.aspx I have done it recently under windows but it says it works also on linux. Frédéric -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: ht

F19 suddenly very unstable

2013-11-15 Thread Frédéric Bron
Hi, My F19 has suddenly become very unstable. After about 10 minutes of running with KDE, the opened windows start to be closed automatically. I even cannot stop the machine. I have access to the fedora menu but its rendering is very odd and clicking on shutdown does not do anything. I cannot go to

Re: F19 suddenly very unstable

2013-11-18 Thread Frédéric Bron
> > My F19 has suddenly become very unstable. After about 10 minutes of > > running with KDE, the opened windows start to be closed automatically. > > I even cannot stop the machine. I have access to the fedora menu but > > its rendering is very odd and clicking on shutdown does not do > > anything

fedup to F20 but did not switch from kdm to sddm

2013-12-26 Thread Frédéric Bron
I ran fedup from F19 to F20 without any trouble. I was excited to discover sddm but kdm came back as before. I then installed sddm with yum but kdm still came. I the tried $ system-switch-displaymanager sddm but got that answer: The graphical display manager sddm is not supported yet. How am I sup

FC20 + kernel 3.18.5 + nvidia does not work

2015-02-10 Thread Frédéric Bron
Be careful before upgrading. I get the following error in Xorg.0.log: [ 8.095] (EE) NVIDIA: Failed to initialize the NVIDIA kernel module. Please see the [ 8.095] (EE) NVIDIA: system's kernel log for additional error messages and [ 8.095] (EE) NVIDIA: consult the NVIDIA README

Re: FC20 + kernel 3.18.5 + nvidia does not work

2015-02-12 Thread Frédéric Bron
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Forbidden_items?rd=ForbiddenItems#NVIDIA_Proprietary_Graphics_Drivers > > http://rpmfusion.org/FAQ#I_have_a_problem_with_one_of_the_non-free_drivers_.28AMD.2C_Broadcom.2C_nVidia.2C_29_--_can_you_fix_it_please.3F I know that and I am not expecting any help from

Re: FC20 + kernel 3.18.5 + nvidia does not work

2015-02-12 Thread Frédéric Bron
> [egreshko@meimei ~]$ uname -r > 3.18.5-101.fc20.x86_64 > > [egreshko@meimei ~]$ rpm -qa | grep -i nvidia > kmod-nvidia-304xx-3.18.5-101.fc20.x86_64-304.123-1.fc20.25.x86_64 > xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-304xx-304.123-1.fc20.x86_64 > xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-304xx-libs-304.123-1.fc20.x86_64 > kmod-nvidia-304xx

Re: kernel-core-3.18.9-200.fc21.x86_64 fails to boot

2015-03-16 Thread Frédéric Bron
> Installed the latest stable kernel using yum. On booting, a few seconds > after the splash screen, I get a solitary blinking cursor. > Rebooting with the previous version (3.18.8-201) works fine. > Video is an Nvidia GT630 using the kmod-nvidia driver. for me, I always have to run 'yum update' t

[F20, KDE] color profile applied 1 s and then disappears

2014-07-17 Thread Frédéric Bron
I installed a color profile for my LCD monitor. When I start KDE, the correct profile is applied but 1second later, it is disabled. I see that because the background picture changes dramatically. Why? Frédéric -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscriptio

Re: [F20, KDE] color profile applied 1 s and then disappears

2014-07-22 Thread Frédéric Bron
Hi, thanks for help, >> I installed a color profile for my LCD monitor. > > Where did it come from? I measured it with a colorimeter using argyllcms. > What do you get for? > colormgr get-devices ... Object Path: /org/freedesktop/ColorManager/devices/xrandr_Chi_Mei_Optoelectronics_corp__fred

Re: CPU fan running at full speed

2014-07-24 Thread Frédéric Bron
I had this one time. The only way I found to stop it was to turn the computer off, unplug it and remove the battery for some time. Otherwise, just rebooting of switching off and on was not enough. It took me a while to think to do that and it was just horrible to always have the fan at full speed.

Re: [F20, KDE] color profile applied 1 s and then disappears

2014-07-28 Thread Frédéric Bron
> Make sure there's no non-free process clearing the gamma ramps. The > non-free driver just isn't very XRANDR 1.3 compliant, and I only test > with the nouveau driver. Yes, this is the issue. With nouveau, it works and with the nvidia proprietary driver, it does not. However, the nouveau driver i

Is it possible to have finger print authentication in F18?

2013-02-20 Thread Frédéric Bron
I have a fingerprint reader and F18. The fingerprint reader does not seem to be installed automatically with F18. What should I do? What packages should I install? My reader is: Bus 002 Device 004: ID 147e:1001 Upek TCS5B Fingerprint sensor I found that with yum but that's a lot and I do not know

Re: Is it possible to have finger print authentication in F18?

2013-02-21 Thread Frédéric Bron
>> I have a fingerprint reader and F18. The fingerprint reader does not >> seem to be installed automatically with F18. > > Check whether your hardware is supported at all > http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/fprint/libfprint/Supported%20devices It's not. One year ago, I installed ubuntu and

Re: Is it possible to have finger print authentication in F18?

2013-02-21 Thread Frédéric Bron
> Are you sure you want to use F.P.? > I tried it several years ago, i ditched it because too many false negatives. I agree it is just for fun! But I had not many false negatives when I tried it with ubuntu. Frédéric -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change sub

[F18] Cannot mount SD card

2013-02-22 Thread Frédéric Bron
When I plug my SD card, nothing happens. dmesg gives what's written below. On another computer, I have installed kernel-modules-extra. Any link with that? I am also going to update the kernel to 3.7.9. Frédéric [12658.129346] scsi 7:0:0:0: Direct-Access CanonMP610 series 1050 PQ: 0 ANSI:

Re: [F18] Cannot mount SD card

2013-02-23 Thread Frédéric Bron
> I had a similar problem with fedora 18, and got it fixed by installing the > package kmod-staging to enable the experimental driver for the realtek > rts5139 controller. It seems we don't have the same controller; I installed kmod-staging but it did not help. Thanks for the suggestion, Frédéric

nepomuk-core

2013-02-24 Thread Frédéric Bron
I have lot's of errors with nepomuk-core. For example: Process /usr/bin/nepomukservicestub was killed by signal 11 (SIGSEGV) or Process /usr/bin/nepomukserver was killed by signal 11 (SIGSEGV) Can I safely ignore such errors? Is this program useful? I understood it is used for indexing files but

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