Re: Off topic: Does anybody know how to read a .ptx (E-Transcript)
document file?
by vendor＠billoblog.com
On 2017-06-27 11:02, fred roller wrote:
> This link will get you the win10 .iso image to burn, should be free of
> charge.
>
> https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10ISO
>
> Virtual software on Fedora is free of charge. For simple programs you
> should not need a stand alone system. If, however, you do need a full
> system then there are plenty of refirbs for cheap.
>
> -- Fred
Cool! I just downloaded and installed it. It installed without a hitch
with Virtualbox, though Microsoft insisted I create an account -- which
I've never done before. I didn't know that Win 10 was free from
Microsoft.
It's funny, I started using Linux back 20 years ago or so. Back then,
you always had to have a copy of Windows on your box because there was
always *something* that wouldn't work or run or whatever. Over the
years, I've slowly used Windows less and less, and this last time I
installed, I didn't bother making my machine dual boot -- I never "have"
to go to Windows, except for font issues in presentations and such for
compatibility at meetings. My brother-in-law was having problems with
his laptop the other day and asked me to help him.
It was running Windows 10. I turned it on and could hardly recognize
it. I didn't know where anything was. It took me over two hours of
reading tutorials and doing searches to make enough sense of things and
get him going (after all, tasks are tasks no matter what your OS is...)
. And even then I still don't know how to do a number of system things
that I used to be able to do as late as Windows 7. I told myself I
really ought to get a book on Windows 10 administration and get on the
ball, but my eyes just glazed over. I thought systemd was adding too
much complexity and too many layers of BS. It's got nothing on
Microsoft. Windows 10 seems pretty opaque to me.
But there it is, sitting in a window. Thanks for the link.
billo
6 years, 10 months
virtualbox and kernel 4.11.3-202.fc25.x86_64
by François Patte
Bonjour,
I installed the last kernel (4.11.3-202.fc25.x86_64) today and there are
no more virtualbox modules for this kernel:
kmod-VirtualBox-5.1.20-1.fc25.x86_64 is empty and so systemd complains
at boot time that virtualbox modules cannot be loaded....
What is this issue?
Thank you.
--
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
6 years, 10 months
Thunderbird needs update
by SternData
There's a bug in TB 52.2.0 that causes TB to lose track of imap accounts
and download stuff again and again, when it's not crashting.
"Problems with Gmail (folders not showing, repeated email download,
etc.) introduced in version 52.2.0."
This is supposed to be fixed in 52.2.1. Unfortunately, it's not yet in
updates or updates-testing.
--
-- Steve
6 years, 10 months
github/rupy project help!
by bruce
I know. Way off base. I'm trying to find a resource to fix restore a
github app. The app's Github url is.
--- lockitron - https://github.com/lockitron
I've placed requests on different sites. So thought I'd post here to
see if anyone might have thoughts on where I can post as well.
Basically I'm willing to shell out some $$$ to anyone who can get this
up/running. I've posted to CL, ycombinator(obs) different freelance
sites, couple of IRC channels, etc.
If you know of other places I can mention it, let me know.
thanks guys!
6 years, 10 months
ACPI errors revisited
by John Pilkington
A few weeks ago I started seeing error lines on a black screen at the
start of the f25 boot process, but only recently have I found them in
dmesg and examined them.
[ 0.110117] ACPI BIOS Error (bug): \_SB.PCI0._OSC: Excess arguments -
ASL declared 5, ACPI requires 4 (20170119/nsarguments-189)
[ 0.110213] ACPI Error: [CAPD] Namespace lookup failure,
AE_ALREADY_EXISTS (20170119/dsfield-211)
[ 0.110262] ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed
[\_SB.PCI0._OSC] (Node ffff961f970b8820), AE_ALREADY_EXISTS
(20170119/psparse-543)
[ 0.110320] acpi PNP0A08:00: _OSC failed (AE_ALREADY_EXISTS);
disabling ASPM
[ 0.110329] acpi PNP0A08:00: [Firmware Info]: MMCONFIG for domain
0000 [bus 00-3f] only partially covers this bridge
Their first appearance followed an MB battery change. Nothing seemed
broken, and I took little notice. But now I see the date 20170119,
which implies something in software. google found
https://lkml.org/lkml/2017/4/10/1232, 'PCI IRQ allocation broken' - with
undesirable effects.
That's linked to
https://bugzillakernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=195319
which is marked as a duplicate of BZ 195311 and closed.
Perhaps coincidentally, one of my pci devices (onboard audio)
unexpectedly got disabled when I changed a video card. Details on the
rpmfusion list. The audio is working again after a BIOS edit, but I'm
still seeing the errors above in dmesg. The BIOS manual suggests that
ACPI will override the BIOS setting. I'm confused.
John P
6 years, 10 months
No X after booting F25
by Stephen Davies
Since upgrading to F25, I no longer get a graphical login page.
I have run systemctl set-default graphical.target and runlevel5.target and
default.target both point to graphical.target but I still get the
non-graphical login.
6 years, 10 months
network manager freezes
by Gary Hodder
Hi,
trying to install fedora 26 on a new laptop but freezes when it gets to
the network manager.
Is there a way to disable network manager when installing from a live
cd?
Its the xfce spin.
Thanks
Gary.
6 years, 10 months
