Fedora download and application
by Nikkita K. Miles
New to Fedora OS use.
Have windows 7 currently on laptop
Want to install Fedora
Need suggestion on best Fedora product to use
Need suggestion on how to begin
Need complete step thru process
Real new to conversion process
Thanks
Nikkita
8 years, 9 months
Using journalctl
by Alex
Hi all,
I've used journalctl to do some really basic things, but I'm trying to
use it to view the former /var/log/maillog, and haven't been able to
figure out how.
I understand I can use it to search for a specific priority, but
haven't figure out how to show only today's mail.* facility logs,
using the short form hostname. I also understand you can view logs for
a specific process or pid, but that's also not what I want.
Ideas greatly appreciated. A FAQ or general usage doc would really be
appreciated (beyond just the man page). It just seems like a lot more
typing than just "tail -f /var/log/maillog" when that's all I need.
Thanks,
Alex
8 years, 9 months
How to NetworkManager
by René Harder Olsen
How to make a new mobilbroadband connection in Network Manager, I can't
find any WAN connection in Network Manager it only offers the following
options VPN,Binding,Hold,Bridge and Vlan and I don't believe that's
right for what I am trying to do.
Sorry for my bad English.
Any help would be appreciated
Thanks
René
8 years, 9 months
Strange booting problem
by JD
Laptop: Dell Latitude E6510.
OS: F20 with all updates
Grub installed on sda.
Power up ,and after bios's internal works, I do not get the grub menu.
All I get is an empty screen with the underscore cursor blinking at
upper left corner.
Reboot.
Press F12 to get the BIOS boot menu.
Select Internal HDD
Boots just fine.
8 years, 9 months
F22 unusable - system freezes on login
by Matthew Woehlke
(First try apparently got eaten; apologies if this is a duplicate.)
I just installed F22 (KDE spin) from scratch on a new Dell M6800. The
Live CD seemed to run okay, but when I try to boot the installed OS, it
(almost¹) invariably freezes when I try to log in. The machine is
effectively unusable as a result.
Has anyone else encountered this? Can anyone recommend a course of
diagnostics? I'm unable to even get the machine into a state that would
allow remote login (over ssh anyway, and I don't know offhand how to set
up serial login), and I've not seen anything in /var/log/messages that
might indicate a problem.
(¹ *Once and only once* I was able to log in, but the system froze as
soon as I tried to run an application. Also, I can log in in single-user
mode, but this isn't good for much but running dnf and fiddling with
enabled services. I *have* applied all updates as of a few hours ago to
no effect.)
--
Matthew
8 years, 9 months
Awk and sort (of text files)
by JD
Hi,
I have text files made of paragraphs of text, separated by
blank lines.
Each "paragraph" is information about a different item.
In need to sort these paragraphs based on the first line
of each paragraph.
Need some hints how to accomplish this.
Thanx.
8 years, 9 months
Re: Fedora 22 - syslog rotating but old files being updated! - SOLVED but still weird . .
by Philip Rhoades
People,
> Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2015 22:45:07 +1000
> From: Philip Rhoades <phil(a)pricom.com.au>
> To: users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org
> Subject: Re: Fedora 22 - syslog rotating but new old files being
> updated!
> Message-ID: <88453a7e34270bb00bd64187b4eca863@localhost>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed
>
> Ed,
>
> Thanks!
Following up my last post - things ARE getting rotated now - but after
watching the logs for a few days:
I see the syslog file are being rotated at 3:25am
(/var/lib/logrotate.status) but my crontab file has:
02 4 * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.daily
and there is nothing in crontab with a 3:25am on it . . what is going
on?
Thanks,
Phil.
>> Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2015 17:28:40 +0800
>> From: Ed Greshko <ed.greshko(a)greshko.com>
>> To: users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org
>> Subject: Re: Fedora 22 - syslog rotating but new old files being
>> updated!
>> Message-ID: <558D1B48.4070407(a)greshko.com>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
>>
>> On 06/26/15 13:32, Philip Rhoades wrote:
>>> People,
>>>
>>> After I move from F21 to F22 (fresh install) and changing the
>>> frequency of logrotates to "daily", I notice that the new syslog logs
>>> (ie those without the date appended) are not being changed and the
>>> files from the date of the last reboot are the ones that continue to
>>> be updated! eg:
>>>
>>> eg:
>>>
>>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jun 26 03:33 /var/log/cron
>>> -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 35220 May 16 18:01 /var/log/cron-20150514
>>> -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 6006 Jun 17 18:10 /var/log/cron-20150617
>>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 275974 Jun 21 03:47 /var/log/cron-20150621
>>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 725768 Jun 26 15:31 /var/log/cron-20150624
>>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jun 24 03:15 /var/log/cron-20150625
>>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jun 25 03:27 /var/log/cron-20150626
>>> -rw------- 1 root root 0 Jun 26 03:33 /var/log/maillog
>>> -rw-------. 1 root root 0 Apr 16 09:15
>>> /var/log/maillog-20150514
>>> -rw-------. 1 root root 0 May 14 14:45
>>> /var/log/maillog-20150617
>>> -rw------- 1 root root 605403 Jun 21 03:34
>>> /var/log/maillog-20150621
>>> -rw------- 1 root root 1844346 Jun 26 15:31
>>> /var/log/maillog-20150624
>>> -rw------- 1 root root 0 Jun 24 03:15
>>> /var/log/maillog-20150625
>>> -rw------- 1 root root 0 Jun 25 03:27
>>> /var/log/maillog-20150626
>>> -rw------- 1 root root 553261 Jun 21 01:31 /var/log/maillog.t
>>> -rw------- 1 root root 0 Jun 26 03:33 /var/log/messages
>>> -rw-------. 1 root root 2060072 May 16 18:02
>>> /var/log/messages-20150514
>>> -rw-------. 1 root root 1830620 Jun 17 18:13
>>> /var/log/messages-20150617
>>> -rw------- 1 root root 4738203 Jun 21 03:47
>>> /var/log/messages-20150621
>>> -rw------- 1 root root 3275905 Jun 26 15:30
>>> /var/log/messages-20150624
>>> -rw------- 1 root root 0 Jun 24 03:15
>>> /var/log/messages-20150625
>>> -rw------- 1 root root 0 Jun 25 03:27
>>> /var/log/messages-20150626
>>> -rw------- 1 root root 0 Jun 26 03:33 /var/log/secure
>>> -rw-------. 1 root root 16180 May 16 18:01 /var/log/secure-20150514
>>> -rw-------. 1 root root 8410 Jun 17 18:13 /var/log/secure-20150617
>>> -rw------- 1 root root 127116 Jun 21 03:47 /var/log/secure-20150621
>>> -rw------- 1 root root 118816 Jun 26 00:14 /var/log/secure-20150624
>>> -rw------- 1 root root 0 Jun 24 03:15 /var/log/secure-20150625
>>> -rw------- 1 root root 0 Jun 25 03:27 /var/log/secure-20150626
>>> -rw------- 1 root root 0 Jun 26 03:33 /var/log/spooler
>>> -rw-------. 1 root root 0 Apr 16 09:15
>>> /var/log/spooler-20150514
>>> -rw-------. 1 root root 0 May 14 14:45
>>> /var/log/spooler-20150617
>>> -rw------- 1 root root 0 Jun 17 18:10
>>> /var/log/spooler-20150621
>>> -rw------- 1 root root 0 Jun 21 03:44
>>> /var/log/spooler-20150624
>>> -rw------- 1 root root 0 Jun 24 03:15
>>> /var/log/spooler-20150625
>>> -rw------- 1 root root 0 Jun 25 03:27
>>> /var/log/spooler-20150626
>>>
>>> Any suggestions about why this is happening?
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Just asked/answered earlier today.... I'll repeat....
>>
>> This is due to the known bug in the logrotate file for rsyslog/syslog.
>>
>> Edit /etc/logrotate.d/syslog and make sure the postrotate line has
>> "rsyslogd.pid" and not "syslogd.pid"
>>
>> You can either allow things to sort themselves out, or running the
>> "kill" command as shown will fix it.
>>
>> The only caveat is that the permissions on the new files will be
>> rw-r--r-- due to the umask. You can fix that manually if you wish.
>
>
> --
> Philip Rhoades
>
> PO Box 896
> Cowra NSW 2794
> Australia
> E-mail: phil(a)pricom.com.au
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2015 08:49:07 -0500
> From: Ranjan Maitra <maitra.mbox.ignored(a)inbox.com>
> To: Community support for Fedora users <users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org>
> Subject: F22 LiveCD fails on older Dell E6400s
> Message-ID: <20150626084907.0d23fe2664e5ed6aa695e5a0(a)inbox.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>
> Hello,
>
> I get the following behavior using the Workstation (and possibly
> other) LiveCD when I try to run a F22 livecd on two Dell E6400s (the
> same appears to be true for some other machines, as per the post):
>
> https://ask.fedoraproject.org/en/question/69051/why-do-i-get-the-oh-no-so...
>
> I have not tried the workaround this morning, but perhaps the LiveCDs
> should be considered for respinning with the updates, as is being
> suggested, with this BZ fix? So that beginners or those not
> well-versed in fedora/linux do not get their first obstacle in the
> most basic of steps before trying out Fedora (not possible to even
> have the LiveCD come up):
>
>
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1228011
>
>
> Many thanks and best wishes,
> Ranjan
>
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> Message: 3
> Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2015 10:00:05 -0600
> From: jd1008 <jd1008(a)gmail.com>
> To: users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org
> Subject: Re: Firefox scrollbar problem
> Message-ID: <558D7705.9080709(a)gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed
>
>
>
> On 06/26/2015 05:21 AM, Philip Heron wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I've noticed since F22 I can't grab the Firefox scrollbar with the
>> mouse pointer when it's on the very right of the bar. I have to move
>> it in a pixel or two in before it works. It's like there's a thin
>> inactive border around it.
>>
>> Someone else noticed it too:
>> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1232399
>>
>> Anyone know a workaround? No other programs on F22 seem to have this
>> problem, even Thunderbird.
>>
>> -Phil
> Only workaround I had found was to create and use a new profile.
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 4
> Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2015 10:51:08 -0600
> From: jd1008 <jd1008(a)gmail.com>
> To: Fedora Community Users Support <users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org>
> Subject: (OT): Question about the laptop's lcd screen
> Message-ID: <558D82FC.6040703(a)gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed
>
> Del Latitude E6501 (15.6") matte screen, has a resolution of 1366x768.
>
> Have been asked by a friend to replace it with a matte 15.6" with
> resolution
> of 1920x1080.
> I have no problem helping as I can open the screen and do the
> replacement.
> Q: Would the higher resolution require a different cable to connect it
> to the motherboard?
> Q: Would the graphics processor even be able to run it at 1920x1080?
>
> The display model# my friend wants is
> LG model LP156WF1 TP B1
>
> I found this blog that says it is "doable" ;-)
>
> http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/e6510-1366x768-to-1920x1080-direc...
>
> Hoping that someone on the list has encountered or done this before.
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 5
> Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2015 10:22:33 -0700
> From: Gordon Messmer <gordon.messmer(a)gmail.com>
> To: Community support for Fedora users <users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org>
> Subject: Re: Firefox scrollbar problem
> Message-ID: <558D8A59.8030400(a)gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed
>
> On 06/26/2015 04:21 AM, Philip Heron wrote:
>> I've noticed since F22 I can't grab the Firefox scrollbar with the
>> mouse pointer when it's on the very right of the bar. I have to move
>> it in a pixel or two in before it works. It's like there's a thin
>> inactive border around it.
>> Anyone know a workaround? No other programs on F22 seem to have this
>> problem, even Thunderbird.
>
> I don't know about a workaround, but it's probably worth noting that
> (unless I'm confused) Firefox in F22 has been ported to GTK3, and
> Thunderbird has not.
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 6
> Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2015 11:44:14 -0600
> From: jd1008 <jd1008(a)gmail.com>
> To: users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org
> Subject: Re: Firefox scrollbar problem
> Message-ID: <558D8F6E.8000901(a)gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed
>
>
>
> On 06/26/2015 11:22 AM, Gordon Messmer wrote:
>> On 06/26/2015 04:21 AM, Philip Heron wrote:
>>> I've noticed since F22 I can't grab the Firefox scrollbar with the
>>> mouse pointer when it's on the very right of the bar. I have to move
>>> it in a pixel or two in before it works. It's like there's a thin
>>> inactive border around it.
>>> Anyone know a workaround? No other programs on F22 seem to have this
>>> problem, even Thunderbird.
>>
>> I don't know about a workaround, but it's probably worth noting that
>> (unless I'm confused) Firefox in F22 has been ported to GTK3, and
>> Thunderbird has not.
> Well, if the OP has gtk3 and it's deps installed, then the
> OP still should not be having this issue, unless the port has a bug.
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 7
> Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2015 17:34:07 -0400
> From: Sam Varshavchik <mrsam(a)courier-mta.com>
> To: Community support for Fedora users <users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org>
> Subject: Re: Firefox scrollbar problem
> Message-ID: <cone.1435354447.983614.31234.1004(a)monster.email-scan.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; Format="flowed";
> DelSp="yes"
>
> Gordon Messmer writes:
>
>> I don't know about a workaround, but it's probably worth noting that
>> (unless
>> I'm confused) Firefox in F22 has been ported to GTK3, and Thunderbird
>> has
>> not.
>
> This seems to explain why Firefox's scrollbar acquired the obnoxious
> behavior of the left mouse button click resulting in the scroll
> position
> jumping directly to the click point, instead of advancing only by a
> single
> page. It's now necessary to use the right mouse button to do the same
> thing
> that the left mouse button used to do.
>
> Oh well, just another Gnome "usability improvement": force you to use
> the
> right mouse button to do what the left mouse button did for at least a
> decade, if not more.
>
>
8 years, 9 months
Fedora 20 and Centos7 - install with sw RAID5 complete but won't boot
by Gary Stainburn
I'm trying to build a new server using 3xSeagate Baracuda ST3000DM001 3TB
drives and RAID5. I tried initially using a F20 DVD but have also downloaded
Centos 7 and tried that with the same effect.
I set up /boot /boot/efi and swap as standard partitions.
I then set up / /home and /var/bacula as RAID5 with 200GB 200GB and whatever
is left as the file sizes.
The installation and filesystem selection is all done through the installation
GIU. I then complete the installation without incident. However, after
rebooting the PC just sits there saying
Varifying DMI Pool Data..........
which I#'m guessing is the end of the POST. The HDD light is on but nothing
happens until it times out and tries to boot from DVD.
The Mobo is a Gigabyte GA-G41MT-D3/SI with a BIOS date of 2010-12-31.
Any ideas why it won't boot? Is it a mobo issue, or something wrong with the
disk configs?
8 years, 9 months
need grub experts
by François Patte
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Bonjour,
I cannot get a correct resolution for grub. Here is my /etc/defaul/grub:
<--------------------
GRUB_TIMEOUT="10"
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR="$(sed 's, release .*$,,g' /etc/system-release)"
GRUB_DEFAULT="0"
#GRUB_SAVEDEFAULT="true"
GRUB_DISABLE_SUBMENU="true"
GRUB_TERMINAL_OUTPUT="gfxterm"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="rd.md.uuid=81f15cb5:748fb5c1:42bef1a6:1ea1ce47
rd.lvm.lv=fedora/usr rd.md.uuid=4a28174a:f38b4938:233f85f7:6ce585a8
rd.lvm.lv=fedora/racine rd.md.uuid=9f878179:a58f5c78:f645e22e:d7d3c896
rd.lvm.lv=systeme/swap rhgb quiet"
GRUB_DISABLE_RECOVERY="true"
GRUB_GFXMODE="1280x1024x32"
GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX="keep"
GRUB_BACKGROUND="/boot/grub2/themes/system/fireworks.png"
#GRUB_THEME="/boot/grub2/themes/system/theme.txt"
export GRUB_COLOR_NORMAL="light-gray/black"
export GRUB_COLOR_HIGHLIGHT="magenta/black"
GRUB_FONT="/boot/grub2/unicode.pf2"
<-------------------------
So, as far as I read the grub doc, because of
GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX="keep"
It is suppose to apply the 1280x1024 resolution to the console during
the boot. But it is not the case! I get this resolution only with the
grub first screen: fireworks image and the entry list.
What is missing in my config?
Strangely, I have a "custom file": /etc/grub.d/40_custom, to boot a
debian install:
<-------------------------------
menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, avec Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64' --class
debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
load_video
set gfxpayload=keep
insmod gzio
insmod mdraid09
insmod part_msdos
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(mduuid/eb8b5efe5a8f9369e940a0f383d63ad1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root
17e0b155-4d77-4769-b568-723329c5f656
echo 'Chargement de Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 ...'
linux /vmlinuz-3.2.0-4-amd64
root=/dev/mapper/debian-deb--racine ro quiet
echo 'Chargement du disque mémoire initial ...'
initrd /initrd.img-3.2.0-4-amd64
}
<-----------------------------------------
In that case, the "set gfxpayload=keep" instruction succeeds to give
the correct resolution during the debian boot.
Thanks for any help and suggestion.
- --
François Patte
UFR de mathématiques et informatique
Laboratoire CNRS MAP5, UMR 8145
Université Paris Descartes
45, rue des Saints Pères
F-75270 Paris Cedex 06
Tél. +33 (0)1 8394 5849
http://www.math-info.univ-paris5.fr/~patte
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8 years, 9 months
Re: GDM Login issue in F22
by Amitakhya Phukan
On Thu, Jul 2, 2015 at 2:09 PM, Amitakhya Phukan <aphukan(a)fedoraproject.org>
wrote:
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 2, 2015 at 9:23 AM, Joe Zeff <joe(a)zeff.us> wrote:
>
>> On 07/01/2015 08:51 PM, Amitakhya Phukan wrote:
>>
>>> Recently I have seen that whenever I boot up my system, F22, it goes to
>>> a text prompt (I assume all processes for runlevel 5 are complete) and
>>> displays "Please enter root password to continue" and then after around
>>> 30-40 seconds, it displays the GDM. I am at a loss as to what is causing
>>> this and I don't know where to start debugging this issue.
>>>
>>
>> Have you looked at /var/log/boot.log, and if so, is there anything
>> interesting there?
>>
>
> I am looking into it. I am not finding anything interesting there. It even
> doesn't record the messages in the same order as is displayed.
>
> Also, another funny thing I have seen. While in GNOME session, if I hit
> ctrl-F1, it goes for screen lock. ctrl-f2 has no effect. I can get tty only
> on ctrl-f3 and on. Has there been any change yet ?
>
> Here is a screenshot btw. Hope this can tell you something.
>
> I don't know what exactly to search in the logs.
>
Sorry ... the attachment was too big. Here is the link --
http://pasteboard.co/1EzS7zzH.jpg
>
>
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>
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> Best regards,
> Amitakhya Phukan
>
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Best regards,
Amitakhya Phukan
8 years, 9 months