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new hardware?
by Todd Chester 31 Oct '20

31 Oct '20

Hi All, Just a refresher. If I add a new piece of presumably supported hardware to my computer, do I need to run some kind of scan to add it to the fray? Or does a reboot take care of that? -T

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Offtopic - rpm-distros
by David 31 Oct '20

31 Oct '20

This is my final post on this offtopic discussion, so email me privately, please. Does Fedora have an off-topic list for Fedorans to talk about anything ? I fixed the problem that I was having with the rpm-distro, OpenMandriva. They apparently only have two mirrors for the install I was using, and one of those is possibly dead, and the install defaulted to the dead one. It went unnoticed, I think because most of their users are in France and Italy. Along the way, their forum members, figured out my problem, but I ended up finding two articles on their wiki to help me change the mirror to the correct one. $ sudo dnf --refresh install om-mirror-selector $ sudo om-mirror-selector.sh -m So now I have 4 functional operating systems on my computer on separate drives: Fedora Rawhide, Fedora 33, OpenMandriva Alpha, and OpenMandriva Cooker with zen kernel ( znver1 ) built using clang. Their leader, Bero, said their server was down yesterday, so I guess that didn't help. They apparently have a team of at least 10 developers using Element as their chat forum. They were helpful. They have one guy doing a mass-rebuild this week. OpenMandriva uses Calamares installer, defaults to ext4, and KDE Plasma 5.19 depending on the release you install. The funny thing is that I still feel like a Linux novice, as there are hundreds of things that I have no grasp of: gaming, virtual-machines, samba, actual practical use of the software, like gnucash, but especially troubleshooting, and especially with troubleshooting wi-fi, and printer problems, zero knowledge of perl, rust, python, bash, and only know a few terminal commands, etc. Cheers, David Locklear

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Re: new hardware?
by J.Witvliet＠mindef.nl 31 Oct '20

31 Oct '20

Did you install hardware to a running machine? Not all hardware can appreciate that.... If it is an USB-device, you might have to trigger the udev-rules. From: "Todd Chester via users" <users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org<mailto:users@lists.fedoraproject.org>> Date: Friday, 30 October 2020 at 10:21:03 To: "fedora" <users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org<mailto:users@lists.fedoraproject.org>> Cc: "Todd Chester" <ToddAndMargo(a)zoho.com<mailto:ToddAndMargo@zoho.com>> Subject: new hardware? Hi All, Just a refresher. If I add a new piece of presumably supported hardware to my computer, do I need to run some kind of scan to add it to the fray? Or does a reboot take care of that? -T _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave(a)lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org Dit bericht kan informatie bevatten die niet voor u is bestemd. Indien u niet de geadresseerde bent of dit bericht abusievelijk aan u is toegezonden, wordt u verzocht dat aan de afzender te melden en het bericht te verwijderen. De Staat aanvaardt geen aansprakelijkheid voor schade, van welke aard ook, die verband houdt met risico's verbonden aan het elektronisch verzenden van berichten. This message may contain information that is not intended for you. If you are not the addressee or if this message was sent to you by mistake, you are requested to inform the sender and delete the message. The State accepts no liability for damage of any kind resulting from the risks inherent in the electronic transmission of messages.

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brasero versus k3b?
by Tom Horsley 30 Oct '20

30 Oct '20

I needed to write an iso image to a DVD-R. I run brasero and it claims there is no drive on the system. I run k3b in the same login session, and it works fine. Does brasero only work if I'm running a full gnome session with the 10,487 gnome daemons in the background? (I'm running a custom fvwm session, not gnome).

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Re: running import command does not work correctly (SOLVED using SHIFT+PRINT using wayland)
by olivares33561＠protonmail.com 30 Oct '20

30 Oct '20

Sent from ProtonMail, encrypted email based in Switzerland. ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ On Friday, October 30, 2020 3:36 PM, Matthew Miller <mattdm(a)fedoraproject.org> wrote: > On Fri, Oct 30, 2020 at 08:32:49PM +0000, olivares33561(a)protonmail.com wrote: > > > Thank you for your reply. I can take a screenshot with [Print Screen] Key. > > But how can I select an area? and create an image? in Wayland. Otherwise I > > have to logout and use Xorg then to be able to use import command. > > Hit the overview key and type "shortcuts" to bring up the keyboard shortcuts > configuration. Scroll down to the "screenshots" section and see if you have > a key configured for "Save a screenshot of an area to Pictures". > > Alternately, you can run "screenshot" directly from the overview, and that > will bring up a little app which lets you choose the whole screen, a window, > or a selected area. > > Dear Sir, I followed your advice and using SHIFT + PRINT keys I can select an area and save to ~/Pictures/ directory. Thank you very much for your help. Best Regards, Antonio

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running import command does not work correctly
by olivares33561＠protonmail.com 30 Oct '20

30 Oct '20

Dear kind Fedora users, I installed imagemagick to be able to use import and display commands. I used to be able to run $ import picture.jpg or $ import picture.png and capture an area of the screen or window. Now if I try to run that command nothing happens or freezes the computer and i have to reboot. How can I capture part of a window? import command does not appear to work like it used to. IS there an other command that can do the job? Running default Gnome btw on [olivares@localhost ~]$ uname -a Linux localhost.localdomain 5.8.16-200.fc32.x86_64 #1 SMP Mon Oct 19 14:17:16 UTC 2020 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux [olivares@localhost ~]$ cat /etc/fedora-release Fedora release 32 (Thirty Two) [olivares@localhost ~]$ Regards, Antonio Sent from ProtonMail, encrypted email based in Switzerland.

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Firefox slow after recent update
by S Bob 30 Oct '20

30 Oct '20

Hi; I've noticed firefox is noticeably slower after the last update. Anyone else seeing this? Any easy fixes? Thanks in advance

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Problem with CLI upgrade 32 -> 33
by Beartooth 30 Oct '20

30 Oct '20

I go through the usual sequence (twice on one machine, once on another), and end up with : No match for group package "powerpc-utils" No match for group package "lsvpd" No match for group package "PackageKit-Qt" No match for group package "grub2" No match for group package "coolkey" No match for group package "gstreamer-plugins-good" No match for group package "kexec-tools-anaconda-addon" No match for group package "isdn4k-utils" No match for group package "fedora-release-notes" No match for group package "dnf-yum" No match for group package "authconfig" No match for group package "gnome-icon-theme-symbolic" No match for group package "system-config-users" No match for group package "mate-icon-theme-faenza" No match for group package "tabish-eeyek-fonts" No match for group package "grub2-efi" No match for group package "PackageKit-Qt-devel" No match for group package "shim" No match for group package "exaile" No match for group package "paratype-pt-sans-fonts" Error: Problem: package qgis-3.12.1-4.fc33.x86_64 requires libQt5Core.so. 5(Qt_5.14.2_PRIVATE_API)(64bit), but none of the providers can be installed - package qgis-3.12.1-4.fc33.x86_64 requires libQt5Sql.so. 5(Qt_5.14.2_PRIVATE_API)(64bit), but none of the providers can be installed - problem with installed package qgis-3.12.1-4.fc32.x86_64 - qt5-qtbase-5.14.2-5.fc32.x86_64 does not belong to a distupgrade repository - qgis-3.12.1-4.fc32.x86_64 does not belong to a distupgrade repository (try to add '--skip-broken' to skip uninstallable packages) Of course I did try --skip-broken, but that failed, too. Is it me?? -- Beartooth Staffwright, Not Quite Clueless Power User Remember I know little (precious little!) of where up is.

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Grub default kernel is oldest in Fedora 33
by Anil Felipe Duggirala 30 Oct '20

30 Oct '20

hello I am running F33 and after install, I believe a newer linux kernel was installed. Now when booting Grub shows two options of kernels to boot from, namely: kernel-5.8.15-301.fc33.x86_64 kernel-5.8.16-300.fc33.x86_64 However, the default (first highlighted) option is kernel-5.8.16-300.fc33.x86_64, and I am currently booting from that. Is that the behavior you would expect? Shouldn't I be booting from the most up to date kernel installed? thank you,

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printers listed after deletion
by antonio montagnani 30 Oct '20

30 Oct '20

I deleted a network printer and then I reinstalled (by Hplip, by cups, by system-config-printer, for testing) and while in Hplip, Cups or system-config-printer I get only one printer in the list, if I print from Firefox, Thunderbird for example I have in the list also the deleted printers that were installed with different names. Why? -- Antonio Montagnani Linux Fedora 33 (Workstation) Fujitsu

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