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Alternatives to Theme Font size changer Firefox plugin?
by Sam Varshavchik 28 Oct '16

28 Oct '16

The popular theme font size changer Firefox plugin, https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/theme-font-size-changer/, no longer supports Linux. The default Firefox font size is too small for people with poor eyesight. As far as I can tell, the only thing that official "Firefox themes" do is set a background image for the UI. As Benny Hill would say, biiiiiiiiiiiiig …deal. The top-ranked comment on that extension page suggests hacking "userChrome- example.css" in ~/.mozilla/firefox. $ find ~/.mozilla/firefox -name userChrome-example.css -print $ There goes that idea. Googling around the only other suggestion I found was to hack layout.css.devPixelsPerPx setting in about:config. All that did, apparently, was making the Firefox UI elements themselves bigger, but their font size – the menu and the URL bar – remained exactly the same. Anyone has other suggestions?

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Taskbar Panel in Plasma Won't Autohide
by Stephen Morris 10 Oct '16

10 Oct '16

Hi, I am trying to get the Taskbar Panel to autohide, but when I click on the options button in the panel, the left, right and center options are permanently highlighted but seem to function in terms of moving the indicator that reflects which option is active. Also the 'Always Visible', 'Auto Hide', 'Windows can Cover' and 'Windows go Below' options are also permanently highlighted but selecting the 2nd or 3rd option does nothing. It appears these options are highlighted because the colour scheme I am using, which is forget-me-not thinks they are push buttons. Does anyone know why these don't work anymore in Fedora 23? I am using Breeze for the Windows Style and Windows Decorations themes. regards, Steve

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F21: Thunderbird insists on calling Fedora list messages junk!
by William Mattison 13 Jul '16

13 Jul '16

Good afternoon, Most messages received from this fedora list are labelled junk by Thunderbird. This is even though I whitelisted "From" = "users-request(a)lists.fedoraproject.org". Actually, I have this problem both in my Fedora-21 and my windows-7 systems. Any ideas? Surely messages from this list are not junk! thanks, Bill.

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Chrome blocks hibernation
by Patrick O'Callaghan 08 Jul '16

08 Jul '16

This is weird. A few days ago I found that my desktop system (F23 fully updated) would no longer hibernate. A glance at "journal -xe" showed a bunch of lines like: Jun 14 00:50:51 bree audit[12591]: SECCOMP auid=1000 uid=1000 gid=1000 ses=1 subj=unconfined_u:unconfined_r:unconfined_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 pid=12591 comm="chrome" exe="/opt/google/chrome/chrome" sig=0 arch=c000003e syscall=273 compat=0 ip=0 Jun 14 00:50:51 bree kernel: audit: type=1326 audit(1465861851.266:7800): auid=1000 uid=1000 gid=1000 ses=1 subj=unconfined_u:unconfined_r:unconfined_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 pid=12591 comm="chrome" exe="/opt/google/chrome/chrome" sig=0 arch=c00 Jun 14 00:50:59 bree audit[12599]: SECCOMP auid=1000 uid=1000 gid=1000 ses=1 subj=unconfined_u:unconfined_r:unconfined_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 pid=12599 comm="chrome" exe="/opt/google/chrome/chrome" sig=0 arch=c000003e syscall=273 compat=0 ip=0 Jun 14 00:50:59 bree kernel: audit: type=1326 audit(1465861859.424:7801): auid=1000 uid=1000 gid=1000 ses=1 subj=unconfined_u:unconfined_r:unconfined_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 pid=12599 comm="chrome" exe="/opt/google/chrome/chrome" sig=0 arch=c00 Jun 14 00:51:07 bree audit[12603]: SECCOMP auid=1000 uid=1000 gid=1000 ses=1 subj=unconfined_u:unconfined_r:unconfined_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 pid=12603 comm="chrome" exe="/opt/google/chrome/chrome" sig=0 arch=c000003e syscall=273 compat=0 ip=0 Jun 14 00:51:07 bree kernel: audit: type=1326 audit(1465861867.128:7802): auid=1000 uid=1000 gid=1000 ses=1 subj=unconfined_u:unconfined_r:unconfined_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 pid=12603 comm="chrome" exe="/opt/google/chrome/chrome" sig=0 arch=c00 Jun 14 00:51:20 bree audit[12608]: SECCOMP auid=1000 uid=1000 gid=1000 ses=1 subj=unconfined_u:unconfined_r:unconfined_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 pid=12608 comm="chrome" exe="/opt/google/chrome/chrome" sig=0 arch=c000003e syscall=273 compat=0 ip=0 Jun 14 00:51:20 bree kernel: audit: type=1326 audit(1465861880.130:7803): auid=1000 uid=1000 gid=1000 ses=1 subj=unconfined_u:unconfined_r:unconfined_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 pid=12608 comm="chrome" exe="/opt/google/chrome/chrome" sig=0 arch=c00 Jun 14 00:52:09 bree audit[12646]: SECCOMP auid=1000 uid=1000 gid=1000 ses=1 subj=unconfined_u:unconfined_r:unconfined_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 pid=12646 comm="chrome" exe="/opt/google/chrome/chrome" sig=0 arch=c000003e syscall=273 compat=0 ip=0 Jun 14 00:52:09 bree kernel: audit: type=1326 audit(1465861929.397:7804): auid=1000 uid=1000 gid=1000 ses=1 subj=unconfined_u:unconfined_r:unconfined_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 pid=12646 comm="chrome" exe="/opt/google/chrome/chrome" sig=0 arch=c00 Jun 14 00:52:25 bree audit[12662]: SECCOMP auid=1000 uid=1000 gid=1000 ses=1 subj=unconfined_u:unconfined_r:unconfined_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 pid=12662 comm="chrome" exe="/opt/google/chrome/chrome" sig=0 arch=c000003e syscall=273 compat=0 ip=0 Jun 14 00:52:25 bree kernel: audit: type=1326 audit(1465861945.701:7805): auid=1000 uid=1000 gid=1000 ses=1 subj=unconfined_u:unconfined_r:unconfined_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 pid=12662 comm="chrome" exe="/opt/google/chrome/chrome" sig=0 arch=c00 Jun 14 00:52:25 bree audit[12667]: SECCOMP auid=1000 uid=1000 gid=1000 ses=1 subj=unconfined_u:unconfined_r:unconfined_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 pid=12667 comm="chrome" exe="/opt/google/chrome/chrome" sig=0 arch=c000003e syscall=273 compat=0 ip=0 Jun 14 00:52:25 bree kernel: audit: type=1326 audit(1465861945.768:7806): auid=1000 uid=1000 gid=1000 ses=1 subj=unconfined_u:unconfined_r:unconfined_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 pid=12667 comm="chrome" exe="/opt/google/chrome/chrome" sig=0 arch=c00 and when I killed Chrome then hibernation worked again. So one question is: what is the magic incantation to stop these alarms from Chrome? However another question is how is this even possible? A process with normal user privileges can prevent the system from hibernating? Is this right? poc

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enp0s8 not configured notification popups every few minutes (annoying)
by Kenneth Wolcott 05 Jul '16

05 Jul '16

Hi; enp0s8 not configured notification popups every few minutes (annoying) I just installed Fedora Live 64-bit KDE as a VirtualBox Guest OS. I want to have two VirtualBox ethernet interfaces: One for the vm to "see" outwards (NAT Network) and Two for me to ssh into it (Host-only) so that I'm not forced to use the console. Every few minutes (it seems like every few seconds), I get a notification popup that states that enp0s8 is not configured and then a notification popup that it is being disabled. How do I configure my outgoing ethernet interface? I used to edit a file called something like /etc/network*/interface and then I could change the default DHCP setting to be static and the default disabled (off) setting to be enabled (on). How does one do that kind of stuff now? Is that a systemd thing? Thanks, Ken Wolcott

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NetworkManager drops config on link down
by Chris Adams 05 Jul '16

05 Jul '16

I have a USB ethernet adapter on my desktop system that I use when configuring new equipment (servers, routers, switches, etc.). I have a variety of pre-set configs in NM, like 192.168.0.x, 10.0.0.x, etc. Often while configuring something, I need to reboot it, which drops the link. NM "helpfully" de-configures the interface, and I have to wait for link to return and re-select the right config (because NM won't let me select a config for an interface that is link-down). Is there a way to disable this "helpfulness", so that for this USB ethernet interface, once I select a config, it stays configured (even if the link drops)? This is frustrating behavior in many cases. -- Chris Adams <linux(a)cmadams.net>

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bluetooth applet
by Frank Elsner 04 Jul '16

04 Jul '16

Hi, today I discovered that I can't enable bluetooth via the Blueman Applet. When I click on "Turn Bluetooth On" nothing happend. What might be the reason? I should note that I upgraded the Fedora 23 before I discoverd the problem. --Frank Elsner

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how to set 24-hour clock (military time) on Fedora 20 in KDE?
by Kenneth Wolcott 04 Jul '16

04 Jul '16

Hi; I can't seem to find any way to change the Fedora 20 KDE time and date settings so that the time is displayed in the 24-hour format like military time. Is this not possible? Thanks, Ken Wolcott

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httpd fails to start
by David A. De Graaf 03 Jul '16

03 Jul '16

On a newly installed F24 I have a /home/... directory with a collection of movie files - *.m4v and such, that I want to googlecast to a TV for viewing. I've configured a private httpd setup to display this directory listing when the local machine name is entered in the address line of google-chrome, and when a file is clicked, it plays and can be "cast" to the TV. Neat! However, when the machine boots (quiet, without rhgb) the messages include [FAILED] Failed to start The Apache HTTP Server. See 'systemctl status httpd.service' for details. and, sure enough, httpd isn't running. journalctl -b shows this: Jun 27 10:33:17 garfield httpd[1100]: (99)Cannot assign requested address: AH00072: make_sock: could not bind to address 192.168.10.99:80 Jun 27 10:33:17 garfield httpd[1100]: no listening sockets available, shutting down Jun 27 10:33:17 garfield httpd[1100]: AH00015: Unable to open logs ... Jun 27 10:33:17 garfield systemd[1]: httpd.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE Jun 27 10:33:17 garfield systemd[1]: Failed to start The Apache HTTP Server. Jun 27 10:33:17 garfield systemd[1]: httpd.service: Unit entered failed state. Jun 27 10:33:17 garfield systemd[1]: httpd.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. It can be started manually later, readily enough, with systemctl start httpd but that's a PITA. So, why could httpd not "make_sock: could not bind to address 192.168.10.99:80" Could it just be that the network isn't up yet? Why isn't httpd more patient and persistent? This seems like yet another systemd problem. Can anyone suggest how to fix this? -- David A. De Graaf DATIX, Inc. Hendersonville, NC dad(a)datix.us www.datix.us "Flint must be an extremely wealthy town: I see that each of you bought two or three seats." -Victor Borge, playing to a half-filled house in Flint, Mich.

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Intel Core i5-6200U laptop issue
by Richard Shaw 02 Jul '16

02 Jul '16

I recently upgraded my wife's laptop to an Acer with a fairly stock i5-6200U system using the UFEI boot (that was an adventure) About a month ago I started getting strange issues. Not lockups per se but it seems that the drive is somehow going into read only. Since that's the case after it starts nothing is getting written to disk (includes journal entries). Also the virtual terminals are useless: https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-L6zfYtxT5y8/V283nqZgbEI/AAAAAAAABys/jhiE… Interestingly enough, a program already open will kind of work but any attempt to launch a new program from gnome shell fails. Because of the lack of log entries this has been extremely difficult to troubleshoot. Any ideas? Thanks, Richard

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