Best video card with native drivers?
by Alex
Hi,
I have about $300 to spend on a new video controller for my desktop.
I'm using f33 with Xwayland and GNOME. I currently have two 27"
monitors and plan to get a third 32" 4K in the coming months. I have
an i7-8700 3.2Ghz on an Asus PRIME Z370-A with 64GB.
https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards-Components/Motherboards/All-series/P...
I use my desktop for basic photo editing, playing videos, and basic
office/browser work. What recommendations do you have? Here's my
requirements:
- native open source drivers
- supports at least three monitors
- PCIe x16
- support for 4K
- HDMI output
- audio not necessary
What other specs should I consider? I currently have an old Radeon
HD-5770 but I'm starting to find playing video within a browser is
less than fluid.
$ lspci -k | grep -A 2 -E "(VGA|3D)"
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
[AMD/ATI] Juniper XT [Radeon HD 5770]
Subsystem: PC Partner Limited / Sapphire Technology Device e147
Kernel driver in use: radeon
Thanks,
Alex
3 years, 2 months
seahorse keys manager
by Angelo Moreschini
Hi.
after I regularly installed "seahorse key-manager",
the window that appear when I launch it, have not the "main menu" on the
top of his window:
this menu is showed (and appears) in the instruction and in the explanation
of this application.
I can yet use "seahorse", but only pushing the button with a "big sign plus
(+).." (on the up left corner of the window).
I am not sure (because I am not accustom to use the seahorse application)
but I can think that my installation (without the main menu on the top of
the window ) don't give me the full control of usage of the program..
Can I know the reason that my installation have not the main menu?
(I made plus than one installation of the program , alter uninstalled the
previous)
<the version is seahorse 3.36.2>
This lack (of the menu) give limitation to usage of the program ?
Thank you for a kind answer
regards
Angelo
3 years, 2 months
dnf update of wine shows error??
by Michael D. Setzer II
010c:err:process:exec_process failed to load
L"C:\\windows\\syswow64\\rundll32.exe" error c0000018
wine: configuration in L"H:\\.wine" has been updated.
Just ran dnf update and it installed updates to wine.
Then ran wine notepad to test, and noticed this error
come up??
+------------------------------------------------------------+
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/
+------------------------------------------------------------+
3 years, 2 months
grubby fatal error can't find theme??
by Michael D. Setzer II
Wondering if others are seeing this?
Seen dnf install new kernels, and notice the grubby fatal
error message?
Afterwards, the new kernel seems to be installed, and
shows at top of the grub menu, but it is not the default
kernel, but the previous kernel remains the default.
Can run grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg
and it runs fine, and makes the new kernel the default
with no problem?
Is something in grubby broken. I've seen this on a
number of systems.
Just wondering.
+------------------------------------------------------------+
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/
+------------------------------------------------------------+
3 years, 2 months
javaws jnlp applications?
by Alex
Hi,
I have a fedora33 install with
icedtea-web-2.0.0-pre.2.alpha13.patched1.fc33.x86_64 and would like to
use it to connect to an older SuperMicro IPMI system.
The problem is that it apparently only supports TLS1.0
Sat Mar 06 19:16:54 EST 2021 [DEBUG ]
net.adoptopenjdk.icedteaweb.resources.initializer.BaseResourceInitializer:
failed to determine best URL: java.lang.RuntimeException: All
callables completed exceptionally:
- javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: The server selected protocol
version TLS10 is not accepted by client preferences [TLS13, TLS12]
- javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: The server selected protocol
version TLS10 is not accepted by client preferences [TLS13, TLS12]
I read that I could disable the minimum encryption allowed, but it
references a file named java.security, which is part of java-1.8.0,
not icedtea-web, so doesn't apply. Is there an equivalent file
included with icedtea-web that I can adjust for this temporarily?
Or another javaws application I can use for this?
3 years, 2 months
What is the "compositor"?
by Jonathan Ryshpan
What is the function of the "compositor"? In KDE, controls for it are
available at:
System Settings -> Display and Monitor -> Compositor
There's no useful documentation that I can find in System Settings or
on the web; it seems to have something to do with visual effects:
transparency, shadowing, and possibly others. Any info would be
interesting.
Thanks - jon
3 years, 2 months
Intercept keyboard on a specified program
by Paul Smith
Dear All,
I am trying to intercept a program that I would specify so that I can
do something like: if I write, on the specified program,
br + TAB
expand that to "Best regards".
I know about AutoKey
https://github.com/autokey/autokey
but I would like to create my own, since AutoKey is a bit buggy.
Thanks in advance,
Paul
3 years, 2 months
Ethernet port "bounce" command?
by Doug H.
I am having an odd problem with my ethernet port. I assume this came
with a dnf update but that was some weeks ago so I can't help figure
out what update might have done it. When first discovered I think I
found that booting from an older kernel did not fix it. I assume that
the physical interface is not the problem since a physical "bounce"
always fixes it and it shows no other problems. To explain that...
The trouble is that the ethernet port will not come out of the "no-
carrier" state no matter how much I mess with the various commands that
are supposed to effect it.
The simple fix is to physically unplug and replug the cable. When it is
not working (each reboot) there are not lights on. The physical
"bounce" lights up the LEDs and it comes right up.
So, I am asking for something to add to rc.local that does the same
thing.
I use a wifi adapter for my main/Internet connection. This port is just
used for a wired link to my Raspberry Pi.
The command that seems like it *should* work:
sudo mii-tool --reset enp5s0
But that does not fix it.
Info:
The below is taken while it is working...
sudo lspci -v
05:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 02)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. M3A78 Series Motherboard
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
I/O ports at e800 [size=256]
Memory at faeff000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=4K]
Memory at faee0000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=64K]
Expansion ROM at fbef0000 [disabled] [size=64K]
Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3
Capabilities: [50] MSI: Enable- Count=1/2 Maskable- 64bit+
Capabilities: [70] Express Endpoint, MSI 01
Capabilities: [b0] MSI-X: Enable+ Count=2 Masked-
Capabilities: [d0] Vital Product Data
Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
Capabilities: [140] Virtual Channel
Capabilities: [160] Device Serial Number 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-
00
Kernel driver in use: r8169
Kernel modules: r8169
nmcli
enp5s0: connected to Ether link to Pi
"Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411"
ethernet (r8169), 00:26:18:3A:2A:1B, hw, mtu 1500
inet4 192.168.11.4/24
route4 192.168.11.0/24
inet6 fe80::226:18ff:fe3a:2a1b/64
route6 fe80::/64
This does kill and then fix it when working, thus proving that this
module is being used:
sudo rmmod r8169
sudo modprobe r8169
ip link
4: enp5s0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel
state UP mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
link/ether 00:26:18:3a:2a:1b brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
--
Doug H.
3 years, 2 months
Problem with installing Xnee
by Paul Smith
Dear All,
I am trying to install Xnee from
https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/spot/xnee/
but I am getting the following problem:
-----------------------------
# dnf install xnee
Copr repo for xnee owned by spot 738 B/s | 341 B 00:00
Errors during downloading metadata for repository
'copr:copr.fedorainfracloud.org:spot:xnee':
- Status code: 404 for
https://download.copr.fedorainfracloud.org/results/spot/xnee/fedora-33-x8...
(IP: 13.225.242.51)
Error: Failed to download metadata for repo
'copr:copr.fedorainfracloud.org:spot:xnee': Cannot download
repomd.xml: Cannot download repodata/repomd.xml: All mirrors were
tried
Ignoring repositories: copr:copr.fedorainfracloud.org:spot:xnee
Last metadata expiration check: 1:41:03 ago on Thu 04 Mar 2021 09:36:52 AM WET.
No match for argument: xnee
Error: Unable to find a match: xnee
#
-----------------------------
Any ideas?
Thanks in advance,
Paul
3 years, 2 months