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thunderbird forgets location in a folder
by fedora＠eyal.emu.id.au 16 Nov '23

16 Nov '23

fc38 tb 115.4.1 I sort my mail into many folders, using message filters. When I select a folder, the list of messages is focused somewhere in the past, nowhere near the last item I opened (normally the latest). I have to scroll down to bring the message into view, and it is usually highlighted (so TB knows but hides it). I want the last message to be selected (shown in the right message body pane) when I open a folder. -- Eyal at Home (fedora(a)eyal.emu.id.au)

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clock applet not showing weather
by Tim 16 Nov '23

16 Nov '23

Lately, across several different Linux installs the MATE's clock applet that shows the time and date on the title bar has been unable to show the local weather. Looking in the journal I see lots of this, which I presume is related: clock-applet[9632]: Failed to get METAR data: 308 Permanent Redirect. It still does that even if I switch off the options to show temperature and weather. Something I consider quite odd. Does anybody else see the same thing? Not knowing the URL that the thing uses, I can't manually have a look at it to see what's happening. -- uname -rsvp Linux 3.10.0-1160.102.1.el7.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Oct 17 15:42:21 UTC 2023 x86_64 Boilerplate: All unexpected mail to my mailbox is automatically deleted. I will only get to see the messages that are posted to the mailing list.

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tigervnc won't remove
by ToddAndMargo 16 Nov '23

16 Nov '23

Hi All, How do I fix this? Many thanks, -T # rpm -qa tiger\* tigervnc-license-1.13.1-6.fc38.noarch tigervnc-icons-1.13.1-6.fc38.noarch tigervnc-1.13.1-6.fc38.x86_64 # dnf remove tigervnc-1.13.1-6.fc38.x86_64 tigervnc-icons-1.13.1-6.fc38.noarch tigervnc-license-1.13.1-6.fc38.noarch Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/dnf", line 61, in <module> from dnf.cli import main File "/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/dnf/__init__.py", line 30, in <module> import dnf.base File "/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/dnf/base.py", line 29, in <module> import libdnf.transaction File "/usr/lib64/python3.12/site-packages/libdnf/__init__.py", line 14, in <module> from . import conf File "/usr/lib64/python3.12/site-packages/libdnf/conf.py", line 10, in <module> from . import _conf ImportError: librpm.so.9: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

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Re: Can't log in to graphical workstation
by Jonathan Ryshpan 16 Nov '23

16 Nov '23

On Wed, 2023-11-15 at 22:26 +1000, Michael D. Setzer II wrote: > Now I understand, it is the local graphic login that is not working? > 1. Did you install the server install on tis machine or the > workstation one? > Think the server installation doesn't install the gui by default. > Did that once to see what it did, and without the gui it was not > usefull. > 2. In you login to a terminal window. run systemctl status gdm and see > what it reports. Since I run kde, the display manager is actually sddm, and systemctl gives very interesting info. Some research shows that a package is missing, namely plasma-workspace-x11. Installing it cures things. The problem actually arose in Fedora 38 (I have no idea how.); I upgraded to Fedora 39 to see if this would cure the problem, but since plasma- workspace-x11 was missing from 38, it stayed missing in 39. $ systemctl status sddm.service ● sddm.service - Simple Desktop Display Manager Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/sddm.service; enabled; preset: enabled) Drop-In: /usr/lib/systemd/system/service.d └─10-timeout-abort.conf Active: active (running) since Wed 2023-11-15 03:09:44 PST; 8h ago Docs: man:sddm(1) man:sddm.conf(5) Main PID: 1125 (sddm) Tasks: 2 (limit: 9302) Memory: 20.1M CPU: 71ms CGroup: /system.slice/sddm.service └─1125 /usr/bin/sddm Nov 15 03:09:44 OaklandWeather.localdomain systemd[1]: Started sddm.service - Simple Desktop Display Manager. Nov 15 03:09:45 OaklandWeather.localdomain sddm[1125]: Unable to find autologin session entry "plasma" Nov 15 03:09:45 OaklandWeather.localdomain sddm[1125]: Autologin failed! Nov 15 03:09:45 OaklandWeather.localdomain sddm[1125]: The configured theme "01-breeze-fedora" doesn't exist, using the embedded theme instead Nov 15 03:09:45 OaklandWeather.localdomain sddm-helper[1164]: pam_unix(sddm-greeter:session): session opened for user sddm(uid=988) by (uid=0) Nov 15 10:46:36 OaklandWeather.localdomain sddm[1125]: Invalid session "" -- Many Thanks - Jonathan Ryshpan <jonrysh(a)pacbell.net> Trust everyone -- But cut the cards.

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Can't log in to graphical workstation
by Jonathan Ryshpan 15 Nov '23

15 Nov '23

I am not able to log in as a graphical user on one of my workstations. The login screen works normally, except that: * The "Session" box is empty * The "Layout" box reads "??zz" (?? is blue) When I type my password and hit return, nothing happens. I can run a terminal session (CTRL+ALT F2) OK, but $startx fails. This started to happen on Fedora 38. I (foolishly) upgraded to Fedora 39, which only made things worse: I can no longer log in to the machine remotely via ssh. Currently running Fedora 39 with all upgrades installed. Any ideas on what's going on or how to investigate? -- Sincerely Jonathan Ryshpan <jonrysh(a)pacbell.net> The most perilous moment for a bad government is when it seeks to mend its ways.” --Alexis de Tocqueville

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Problem with updating powerdevil and libddcutil from F38
by Jeffrey Walton 15 Nov '23

15 Nov '23

Hi Everyone, I'm trying to upgrade a KDE-based workstation from F38 to F39. I delayed the upgrade to ensure this workstation would remain available. The delay allowed a problem with powerdevil and libddcutil to creep in. It is causing `dnf update` and `dnf update --refresh` to fail. I use only Fedora repos. I don't have any third party repos enabled, like RPM Fusion. I see a couple of other specific questions about powerdevil and libddcutil from F38, but I don't see a clear path forward. How do I fix the problem? Thanks in advance. ----- $ sudo dnf update Package manager: /bin/dnf Fedora 38 - x86_64 8.7 MB/s | 83 MB 00:09 Fedora 38 OpenH264 (from Cisco) - x86_64 5.6 kB/s | 2.5 kB 00:00 Fedora Modular 38 - x86_64 2.3 MB/s | 2.8 MB 00:01 Fedora 38 - x86_64 - Updates 9.8 MB/s | 35 MB 00:03 Fedora Modular 38 - x86_64 - Updates 2.5 MB/s | 2.1 MB 00:00 Metadata cache created. Last metadata expiration check: 0:00:04 ago on Wed 15 Nov 2023 06:12:54 AM EST. Dependencies resolved. Problem: package powerdevil-5.27.9-2.fc38.x86_64 from @System requires libddcutil.so.4()(64bit), but none of the providers can be installed - cannot install both libddcutil-2.0.0-1.fc38.x86_64 from updates and libddcutil-1.4.1-1.fc38.x86_64 from @System - cannot install both libddcutil-2.0.0-1.fc38.x86_64 from updates and libddcutil-1.4.1-1.fc38.x86_64 from fedora - cannot install the best update candidate for package libddcutil-1.4.1-1.fc38.x86_64 - problem with installed package powerdevil-5.27.9-2.fc38.x86_64 ================================================================================ Package Architecture Version Repository Size ================================================================================ Skipping packages with conflicts: (add '--best --allowerasing' to command line to force their upgrade): libddcutil x86_64 2.0.0-1.fc38 updates 319 k Transaction Summary ================================================================================ Skip 1 Package $ sudo dnf update --best --allowerasing Fedora 38 - x86_64 11 MB/s | 83 MB 00:07 Fedora 38 OpenH264 (from Cisco) - x86_64 1.4 kB/s | 2.5 kB 00:01 Fedora Modular 38 - x86_64 3.4 MB/s | 2.8 MB 00:00 Fedora 38 - x86_64 - Updates 4.0 MB/s | 35 MB 00:08 Fedora Modular 38 - x86_64 - Updates 1.8 MB/s | 2.1 MB 00:01 Error: Problem: The operation would result in removing the following protected packages: plasma-desktop (try to add '--skip-broken' to skip uninstallable packages) $ sudo dnf update --best --allowerasing --skip-broken Last metadata expiration check: 0:00:24 ago on Wed 15 Nov 2023 06:14:00 AM EST. Error: Problem: The operation would result in removing the following protected packages: plasma-desktop

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Re: Can't log in to graphical workstation
by Jonathan Ryshpan 15 Nov '23

15 Nov '23

On Wed, 2023-11-15 at 20:15 +1000, Michael D. Setzer II wrote: > Note sure what graphic login you are referring to? > I have used tigervnc up to Fedora 38, but found that there are > issues with 39, so have switch to TurboVNC. The "graphic login" is the plain ordinary login screen that appears when the computer starts up. -- Sincerely Jonathan Ryshpan <jonrysh(a)pacbell.net> Those who have put out the eyes of the people reproach them for their blindness. -- Milton

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FC39 Upgrade failure - Kernel not in grub
by Robin Laing 15 Nov '23

15 Nov '23

Hello, I did an upgrade today from from FC37 to FC39 and all went well except that the kernel is NOT in grub. All the apps are now FC39 but no option to boot with the FC39 kernel. I tried to reinstall the kernel to see if it would be picked up by grub that that didn't work either. RPM shows that the kernel is installed. How do I progress from here? Robin

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copy/paste nedit -> geany
by Patrick Dupre 14 Nov '23

14 Nov '23

Hello, I cannot make a copy/paste from nedit to geany editors. How could I bypass this glitch? Thanks =========================================================================== Patrick DUPRÉ | | email: pdupre(a)gmx.com ===========================================================================

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Strange problem with phpmyadmin after recent dnf upate??
by Michael D. Setzer II 14 Nov '23

14 Nov '23

Failed to set session cookie. Maybe you are using HTTP instead of HTTPS to access phpMyAdmin. Had been using firefox to access phpMyAdmin on a system to update databases. Just now get the above error message. Have found that if I run firefox from root user rather than my user it works fine and connects and allows same processes that I was able to do? So, what might have changed. Recall seeing firefox upgrade, but tried with Chrome and same error message? +------------------------------------------------------------+ 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/ +------------------------------------------------------------+

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