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vncserver program disappered on FC32??
by Michael D. Setzer II 30 Dec '20

30 Dec '20

Have two machines running Fedora 32, and just noticed with the latest update of tigervnc-server the vncserver is GONE? Did a downgrade on both machines, and it is back and running just fine. The one machine had rebooted, and therefor wasn't able to load the server. The other machine still had the server running from before the upgrade, so was able to vnc into it. The file from the /usr/bin director was just no longer there. Tried a reinstall, and still no file. Only the downgrade option restored it?? Not sure on how to report this. Didn't notice it until trying to vnc into machine that had rebooted? The dnf whatprovides shows that the program is included, so not sure what kind of error is in the latest update?? Thanks and be Safe... +------------------------------------------------------------+ Michael D. Setzer II - Computer Science Instructor (Retired) mailto:mikes@guam.net mailto:msetzerii@gmail.com Guam - Where America's Day Begins G4L Disk Imaging Project maintainer http://sourceforge.net/projects/g4l/ +------------------------------------------------------------+

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Policy regarding opt-out telemetry and privacy
by Olivier Lemasle 17 Nov '20

17 Nov '20

Hi all, I'm packaging Open Policy Agent [1] (OPA) for Fedora. However, with version 0.20.0, OPA added a telemetry service, enabled by default, reporting to a OPA-managed service the OPA version, a UUID and the build architecture (cf changelog [2] and privacy information [3]) I didn't find any Fedora policy regarding this kind of opt-out telemetry, so I asked the Fedora Packaging Commitee for advice [4]. I got advised to ask Fedora community on this mailing list. So do you think it is ok to package OPA as is, or should I patch it to make telemetry opt-in by disabling it by default in the Fedora package? More globally, what do you think should be done in Fedora packages when an upstream project includes a telemetry service? Thank you & regards, -- Olem [1] https://www.openpolicyagent.org/ [2] https://github.com/open-policy-agent/opa/releases/tag/v0.20.0 [3] https://www.openpolicyagent.org/docs/latest/privacy/ [4] https://pagure.io/packaging-committee/issue/991

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New parallel port card won't work
by ToddAndMargo 09 Nov '20

09 Nov '20

Hi All, Here we go again. I now have a Siig JJ-E01211-S1 Single Parallel Port PCIe Card https://stage.siig.com/products/it-products/serial-parallel/parallel/pcie/s… System Requirements: ... Linux kernel 2.6 and later version Works with Linux but not supported And Printer Admin and CUPS do not find it. Troubleshooting: 1) connected a USB to Parallel converter card. Printer work fine 2) boot off of Fedora-Xfce-Live-x86_64-33-1.2.iso. Printer admin still can't find the card. 3) With # modprobe -r lp # modprobe -r parport_pc # modprobe parport_pc io=0x378 irq=11 # modprobe lp the card does show up and you can print to it, but the jobs instantly disappear and nothing shows on the printer's status screen What next? -T Here is some data on the card # udevadm info --attribute-walk /dev/lp0 Unknown device "/dev/lp0": No such device # lspci -nn | grep -i moschip 01:00.0 Parallel controller [0701]: MosChip Semiconductor Technology Ltd. MCS9900 Multi-I/O Controller [9710:9900] # lspci -vv -s 01:00.0 01:00.0 Parallel controller: MosChip Semiconductor Technology Ltd. MCS9900 Multi-I/O Controller (prog-if 03 [IEEE1284]) Subsystem: Device a000:2000 Control: I/O- Mem- BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx- Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx- Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 11 Region 0: I/O ports at e010 [disabled] [size=8] Region 1: I/O ports at e000 [disabled] [size=8] Region 2: Memory at ac001000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=4K] Region 5: Memory at ac000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=4K] Capabilities: [50] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+ Address: 0000000000000000 Data: 0000 Capabilities: [78] Power Management version 3 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=375mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot+,D3cold+) Status: D0 NoSoftRst+ PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME- Capabilities: [80] Express (v1) Legacy Endpoint, MSI 00 DevCap: MaxPayload 512 bytes, PhantFunc 0, Latency L0s <1us, L1 <2us ExtTag- AttnBtn- AttnInd- PwrInd- RBE+ FLReset- DevCtl: CorrErr- NonFatalErr- FatalErr- UnsupReq- RlxdOrd+ ExtTag- PhantFunc- AuxPwr- NoSnoop+ MaxPayload 128 bytes, MaxReadReq 512 bytes DevSta: CorrErr+ NonFatalErr- FatalErr- UnsupReq+ AuxPwr- TransPend- LnkCap: Port #1, Speed 2.5GT/s, Width x1, ASPM L0s L1, Exit Latency L0s <64ns, L1 <1us ClockPM+ Surprise- LLActRep- BwNot- ASPMOptComp- LnkCtl: ASPM Disabled; RCB 64 bytes Disabled- CommClk- ExtSynch- ClockPM+ AutWidDis- BWInt- AutBWInt- LnkSta: Speed 2.5GT/s (ok), Width x1 (ok) TrErr- Train- SlotClk- DLActive- BWMgmt- ABWMgmt- Capabilities: [100 v1] Virtual Channel Caps: LPEVC=0 RefClk=100ns PATEntryBits=1 Arb: Fixed- WRR32- WRR64- WRR128- Ctrl: ArbSelect=Fixed Status: InProgress- VC0: Caps: PATOffset=00 MaxTimeSlots=1 RejSnoopTrans- Arb: Fixed- WRR32- WRR64- WRR128- TWRR128- WRR256- Ctrl: Enable+ ID=0 ArbSelect=Fixed TC/VC=ff Status: NegoPending- InProgress- VC1: Caps: PATOffset=00 MaxTimeSlots=1 RejSnoopTrans- Arb: Fixed- WRR32- WRR64- WRR128- TWRR128- WRR256- Ctrl: Enable- ID=0 ArbSelect=Fixed TC/VC=00 Status: NegoPending- InProgress- Capabilities: [800 v1] Advanced Error Reporting UESta: DLP- SDES- TLP- FCP- CmpltTO- CmpltAbrt- UnxCmplt- RxOF- MalfTLP- ECRC- UnsupReq- ACSViol- UEMsk: DLP- SDES- TLP- FCP- CmpltTO- CmpltAbrt- UnxCmplt- RxOF- MalfTLP- ECRC- UnsupReq- ACSViol- UESvrt: DLP+ SDES+ TLP- FCP+ CmpltTO- CmpltAbrt- UnxCmplt- RxOF+ MalfTLP+ ECRC- UnsupReq- ACSViol- CESta: RxErr- BadTLP- BadDLLP- Rollover- Timeout- AdvNonFatalErr+ CEMsk: RxErr- BadTLP- BadDLLP- Rollover- Timeout- AdvNonFatalErr+ AERCap: First Error Pointer: 00, ECRCGenCap- ECRCGenEn- ECRCChkCap- ECRCChkEn- MultHdrRecCap- MultHdrRecEn- TLPPfxPres- HdrLogCap- HeaderLog: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Computers are like air conditioners. They malfunction when you open windows ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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Any better gnome-system-monitor?
by ToddAndMargo 08 Nov '20

08 Nov '20

Hi All, I have been using gnome-system-monitor, but it does not show CPU usages when CPU's are tied up with system interrupts. htop does, but it is not GUI based. Anyone have a favorite GUI that will give me accurate CPU usage? Many thanks, -T

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The (bad) state of Qt on GNOME / Wayland
by mario futire 07 Nov '20

07 Nov '20

I am developing a Qt app in Fedora 31 using the default GNOME wayland session and I am very sorry to see the state of Qt in this configuration. 1) qt creator crashes often (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1773356) the crash report tool does not seem to help 2) drag & drop does not work in Qt creator (and in no other Qt app) (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1774762 and https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-80303) 3) main window geometry cannot be restored when the application restarts (https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-80612) I think GNOME / Wayland / Qt it is just not ready and should not be offered as the default desktop session for Fedora. If I force Qt to use X11 emulations, things are much better. Probably Qt is responsible (but in the bug reports someone says that KDE / Wayland works well), and GNOME is not Qt, but there are so many Qt apps, that sending new users to a non working environment re-enforces the fact that "just works" is not true in Linux. Regards

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how to install zoom client.
by home user 04 Nov '20

04 Nov '20

Good morning, (f-29) (background) Last week, I was to participate in a "Zoom" meeting for a charity that I'm involved in. I have the needed software on my rarely-used windows-7 box. But I could not complete the windows-7 login (some problem with a windows-7 service). I've since found there is a "Zoom" client for Fedora. "dnfdragora" does not find anything for it. But I found a web page that I hope has what I need. I've downloaded the package ("zoom_x86_64.rpm"), and I've downloaded a "Public Key" ("package-signing-key.pub"). The web site from which I've downloaded these also has a line: Key fingerprint: [some 40 hex digit number] (4 questions) 1. Do the 2 files need to be in a specific place to do the install? If yes, where? 2. Do I need to be "root" to do the install? 3. What do I do with the "Key fingerprint"? 4. How do I do the install (preferably using "dnf")? thanks, Bill.

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Install Fedora -
by Bob Goodwin 02 Nov '20

02 Nov '20

There must be some other way to install fedora than using "mediawriter?" I want to install a copy of fedora-33 on another drive and I would like to try a different method if someone can suggest one. Google has not helped ... -- Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA FEDORA-32/64bit LINUX XFCE Fastmail POP3

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FC33 won't upgrade
by ToddAndMargo 01 Nov '20

01 Nov '20

Hi All, My Fedora Test Virtual Machine (qemu-kvm) won't upgrade to 33 from, 32. I say it is upgrading then boot almost immediately back into FC32. # rpm --rebuilddb # rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest # dnf --enablerepo=* update --refresh --disablerepo=brave* # dnf install python3-dnf-plugin-system-upgrade # dnf system-upgrade download --refresh --releasever=33 --allowerasing --best --disablerepo=brave* # rpm --import /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-33-primary # dnf system-upgrade -v reboot --debugsolver And I forgot how to use --debugsolver to see what is going wrong. -T

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systemd-resolved + adguard?
by Neal Becker 01 Nov '20

01 Nov '20

Since updating to f33 today, adguard stopped working. Any thoughts on how to configure a system to take advantage of both systemd-resolved and adguard (or similar)? Thanks, Neal

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F32 => F33 Error: Transaction test error: [unseen space]
by Beartooth 31 Oct '20

31 Oct '20

Running ]# dnf system-upgrade download --refresh --releasever=33 --allowerasing gets me a transaction test error saying At least 674MB more space needed on the / filesystem. But gparted shows /dev/sda with 111.79 GB including 87.94 GB unused, and /dev/sdb1 with 1.8 TB, and only 4 MB used. Partitioning seems simple till I have to use it, and then immediately bewilders me. What do I have to do?? -- Beartooth Staffwright, Not Quite Clueless Power User Remember I know little (precious little!) of where up is.

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