can dnf exclude all kernel related packages when upgrading or
installing packages
by Mgr. Janusz Chmiel
Dear advanced users and developers,
Because Redhad elite programmers allow users to run their chroot Fedora containers for AArch64 architecture, I Am using Fedora 35 on Termux with Android 8.0. For obvious reason, all kernel related Fedora packages are redundand for Me in this scenario.
I would like to know, if is it possible to exclude all kernel related Fedora packages when installing new packages or when upgrading The systém by typing
Dnf upgrade –refresh
When I upgrade kernel reated packages for more than for The first time, Proot, special C app which simulates real Linux file systém hiearchi on Android crash.
Or unfortunately, Dnf and also Yum do not allow users to skip or exclude kernel related packages?
Thank you very much for your answer.
1 year, 6 months
Just noticed strange thing in rkhunter report.
by Michael D. Setzer II
Gives a warning about gawk in /usr/libexec??
In /usr/libexec awk is a directory with two files versus a
file??
ls -l | grep awk
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 4096 Jun 6 16:36 awk
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 3 Sep 18 01:19 gawk -> awk
# ls awk -l
total 32
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 15944 Jul 22 2021 grcat
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 15928 Jul 22 2021 pwcat
Looks like the link of gawk -> awk is recent 9/18, but awk
being a directory goes back to June, and files in it go back
to Jul 2021??
Is this normal or is something off.
Looked at 5 machines I have with Fedora 35 at home, and
all have the same files and dates.
Thanks. Sure someone knows.
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1 year, 6 months
help me with tuner radio building process
by Mgr. Janusz Chmiel
Dear users and developers,
My name is Janusz Chmiel. I Am visually impaired advanced Linux user
with no sight at all.
I Am currently using Fedora version 36 on X64 CPu architecture.
I have issues with running Tuner radio app available on Flatpak. It
randomly causes severe kernel crash so kernel must auto recover from
crash state automatically. The crash randomly occur if I Am typing The
station name fast to The editable field inside Tuner radio GUI. I Am
sure, that this crash will never occur if I will compile and build Tuner
radio myself and I will not depend on Flatpak repository. App is very
accessible and it allow fast Internet radios searching and playing.
GUi is much more simple than while using Shortwave. Shortwave is also
available on Flatpak.
I need to find several components and I can not simply find them by
using dnf and default set Fedora repositoryes.
Here are packages list and those packages can be find on Ubuntu or
Debian distributions.
Please who of us know how to find repositoryes with all required
components for Fedora?
Tuner is available here.
https://github.com/louis77/tuner
Here are The required components.
libgtk-3-dev libgee-0.8-dev libgranite-dev libgstreamer1.0-dev libgstreamer-plugins-bad1.0-dev libsoup2.4-dev libjson-glib-dev libgeoclue-2-dev libgeocode-glib-dev
Unfortunately, some components are not The part of Fedora repository, or
its name differs from Debian or Ubuntu packages name.
Thank you very much for your help.
With kindness regards.
Janusz Chmiel
1 year, 6 months
how to totally turn off lightning diods on internal notebook keyboard
by Mgr. Janusz Chmiel
Dear users,
Please, does somebody of us know, if there is any chance to totally
turn off lightning diodes, which are producing light on internal
notebook keyboard?
Because at night, diodes are always automatically turned on even if I
enable dim functionality on Mate power manager.
At day, diodes are not producing light at all except signal diodes for
Capslock.
Or unfortunately, I must accept this feature as is, because it is even
impossible to turn it totally off even by using UEFI setup?
I AM afraid that some diodes could burn by this feature and I Am afraid
that my notebook can stop to be operable at all if those diodes will be
burnet out.
My microwave owen has stopped to work totally when lightning diode have
been burned out. Internal insurance have been burned out and microwave
owen have been unusable, no function at all.
And I Am afraid, that The same issue can occur if lightning diode on
keyboard will be burned out.
Thank you very much for your answer.
1 year, 7 months
fedora35 has fixed all sound issues tipical not only for fedora
distribution
by Mgr. Janusz Chmiel
Some programmers has done their best to fix all sound issues which were
typical for some integrated sound chips on laptops.
So now.
Skype perfectly work with The microphone even if user uses wired headset
connected to The input output one connector in this audio subsystem.
Previously it have been necessary to shut down The laptop, connect
analog wired headset with The microphone or even ordinary analog head
phones to The connector and start Fedora or also other Linux distributions.
If user have connected The device to The connector when The system have
been allready booted, sound output have not been directed to The device.
Only build in amplifier has worked.
Now, it is allready The past.
I must compare this new feature with Ubuntu. If Ubuntu still lack this
feature, Redhad elite developers were The first one, who has solved this
sound rebus.
Very well done.
Unfortunately, sound quality while making Skype calls related to
microphone controll can not be compared with Android or with Windows.
But it is problem of non standardized Linux distros and various versions
of Pulseaudio and kernel device drivers.
May be, that once a pone time, also microphone support in Skype will be
solved.
It would be necessary to enable 20 DB auto boost and suppress The
possible back feetback if hardware do not automatically eliminate it.
1 year, 7 months
No sound after update
by andreas.fournier＠runbox.com
Today I updated the software on my Fedora 36 and now there is no sound.
I used Gnome Software to update. Neither VLC nor Firefox produces
sound. In Settings -> Sound -> Output there are two values under Output
Device, both saying HDMI/DisplayPort - Built-in Audio. No difference
between them, when using the Test functionality both stay silent.
Any advice?
1 year, 7 months
ed2k-ovmf missing "4M version"
by Sam Varshavchik
It seems that Win10 guest VMs are now choking after Microsoft did …something
to reject the current OVMF firmware.
This entire discussion, pretty much, is way over my head:
https://github.com/tianocore/edk2/discussions/3221
As best as I can make things out:
There is an alternative OVMF firware called "4M" firmware that works.
The edk2-ovmf package contains files named OVMF_CODE.secboot.fd and
OVMF_VARS.secboot.fd which are blacklisted by Microsoft.
Debian and other distributions apparently ship "OVMF_CODE_4M" and
"OVMF_VARS_4M" firmware which is still good. People have reported success
extracting those images and repointing their qemu VM configuration to them.
I don't grasp the underlying issue well enough to be able to file something
intelligent in Bugzilla, in order to update Fedora packaging. I'm hoping
that someone else here has enough domain knowledge to create a bug that
points the ed2k packagers in the right direction. I tried looking at the
SRPM, and I did not see anything in there that I could understand.
1 year, 7 months
wired headset and its integrated media controlling buttons issue
by Mgr. Janusz Chmiel
Dear elite developers, dear users in this mailing list,
Please, who of us know, if it would be possible to extend sound
devices support so wired headsets with The integrated buttons on The
microphone would be supported by not only Fedora distribution?
My dream is, that those wired headsets with buttons on The microphne
could be used as A alternate media controlling system on Mate desktop
environment.
But I do not know, if Alsa, Pulseaudio and The similar sound subsystems
support this technology. Or if it is impossible to implement at all?
I know, that The majority of users are using bluetooth devices. But
wired headsets have also its advantages.
Sure, if kernel device drivers would had to be reprogrammed from
scratch, I Am aware, that nobody will invest such plenty of time to
support wired headsets and their media controlling integrated buttons.
Mate can not grab such media keys as A keyboard code, so I can not
simply assign those media codes myself.
I Am very sorry for this non standard question.
With The deepest appreciation to all members of this mailing list.
Mgr. Janusz Chmiel
1 year, 7 months
