systemd tmp.mount vs. just /etc/fstab
by Robert Nichols
If I want to use a tmpfs for /tmp, I can just enable the systemd tmp.mount unit and get the default size limit of 1/2 of memory. If I want to reduce that limit, I either have to fiddle with a systemd override or else put a line in /etc/fstab just as in the days before systemd, and the systemd unit will respect the size option there.
But, that line in /etc/fstab can do the job on its own, so what's the point of enabling the tmp.mount unit?
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1 year, 2 months
how to create a Fedora 37 LiveCD without a desktop environment and
with window manager
by Ranjan Maitra
Dear friends,
I have been trying to build a LiveCD with a DE and with a window manager. Specifically, I was thinking that I could have startx go into starting the window manager. However, I can not quite figure out how to handle this. Does anyone have experience with doing this?
The notes available on LiveCD at https://github.com/livecd-tools/livecd-tools only discuss a minimal LiveCD or a full-fledged one, and indeed the minimal configuration there does not even do anything (I only get Troubleshoot). But in any case, that is not the point.
Any suggestions on how I can use startx instead of a login display manager?
Many thanks,
Ranjan
1 year, 2 months
Start Screen Saver but Don't Lock Screen
by Jonathan Ryshpan
How can I set my system up to start a screen saver after (say) 20
minutes, but never lock the screen?
System info:
Operating System: Fedora Linux 37
KDE Plasma Version: 5.26.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.103.0
Qt Version: 5.15.8
Kernel Version: 6.1.11-200.fc37.x86_64 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 2 × Intel® Pentium® CPU G2030 @ 3.00GHz
Memory: 7.6 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: Mesa Intel® HD Graphics 2500
Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
Product Name: Inspiron 660s
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Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack ... in everything
That's how the light gets in.
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1 year, 2 months
nmcli problems
by Bill Cunningham
Well I was finally able to get the right cli option into the cli to
activate the wifi and I got no wifi found. Wifi was showing up with the
rest of the connections, I tried another command and got this,
STATE CONNECTIVITY WIFI-HW WIFI WWAN-HW WWAN
disconnected none missing enabled missing enabled
Something is not right, I have no idea what to do. Is this a systemd
issue? What does this mean?
B
1 year, 2 months
Switching nvidia GPU cards - can multiple driver versions co-exist?
by Jon LaBadie
After about 12 years of service my GPU card is starting
to act up. It seems to shut down so no video on my
monitor, even the virtual consoles. System is up and
functioning as I can access it via ssh. Sometimes this
state is accompanied by the fan running at high speed
though the card is not overheating.
The old card uses nvidia's 470 series of drivers while
its replacement will use the 525 series.
Can I pre-install the 525 packages so they are present
when I reboot after I install the new hardware? I.e.
can both series be installed without consequence?
Thanks,
jon
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1 year, 2 months
VPN routing differences
by Tibor Attila Anca
Hi,
Fedora 37 is amazing, thanks for the work! There is a small thing
however, that bothers me.
For a few services of my company I need VPN (openconnect). With the
required packages network-manager (recent GNOME on updated Fedora 37) is
able to establish the vpn connection, but it would not change routing in
a proper way. Neither Firefox nor Edge (why I use this, read below) find
the address of a specific service within the vpn-network. Connection is
however established.
I also can use the cisco-client. This sets everything fine, however,
Firefox keeps asking for login credentials in a loop, so that the system
locks my account and I have to contact the admins to unlock it. That is
why I use Edge...
Now, these are two different questions, but the first on is more
important.
Thanks
Tibor
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1 year, 2 months
port 3780 UDP?
by ToddAndMargo
Hi All,
Fc37
What is this all about (iptables)?
Feb 17 17:17:36 rn6 kernel: dsl-out Everything Else IN= OUT=eno2
SRC=192.168.250.10 DST=225.0.0.50 LEN=36 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=1
ID=30677 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=33445 DPT=3780 LEN=16
over and over
$ grep -i 3870 /etc/services
ovsam-d-agent 3870/tcp # hp OVSAM HostAgent Disco
ovsam-d-agent 3870/udp # hp OVSAM HostAgent Disco
Inquiring minds want to know!
Many thanks,
-T
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1 year, 2 months
Adobe Acrobat Can't Find the pdf File When Trying to Display an Email
Attachment in Thunderbird Daily
by Stephen Morris
Hi,
I have Adobe Acrobat Reader DC installed in F37 via Snap. When I
click on a pdf attachment in Thunderbird Daily I get a prompt asking if
I want to view it in the Ocular default or save the attachment. If I
click "OK" to display it in Ocular it displays fine.
When I click on the Drop Down in the prompt and select "Other" to
display the pdf in something other than Ocular I am not shown Acrobat in
the list, but if I look at "KDE System Settings->Applications->File
Associations->application->pdf" Adobe Acrobat is shown as the third
entry in the list of applications. If I move Adobe Acrobat to the top
then the prompt from Thunderbird shows Adobe Acrobat as the default as
expected.
With the prompt now asking if I want to view the pdf in Acrobat, if
I click on "OK" Acrobat is launched but produced the error "There was an
error opening this document. This file cannot be found". If I edit the
pdf association entry for Acrobat and add "%U" into the empty Arguments
text box, in the same way it is specified for the Ocular entry, Acrobat
still produces the error message that it can't find the file.
Has the snap process not installed Acrobat correctly, or is the
file argument for Acrobat not "%U", or is there something else at play here?
regards,
Steve
1 year, 2 months
F37 broke netupstools
by Sam Varshavchik
After updating F37 nut is unhappy, spewing this every couple of seconds:
Nov 21 06:48:28 monster.email-scan.com nut-server[1735]: Can't connect to
UPS [nutdev1] (usbhid-ups-nutdev1): No such file or directory
Interestingly enough, the XFCE desktop's panel has a widget that shows the
UPS and its charged status.
Today's project is to figure out what's broken, does anyone happen to know
what's up with this, and save me some time?
1 year, 2 months
update conflits
by Patrick Dupre
Hello,
Now for a certain time, I get the following message.
Should I try to force the update?
Skipping packages with conflicts:
(add '--best --allowerasing' to command line to force their upgrade):
lua-libs x86_64 5.4.4-1.fc36 fedora 217 k
lua-libs x86_64 5.4.4-7.fc36 updates 131 k
qt5-qtbase x86_64 5.15.8-2.fc36 updates 3.5 M
qt5-qtwebengine x86_64 5.15.12-1.fc36 updates 53 M
Skipping packages with broken dependencies:
python3-qt5-base x86_64 5.15.6-10.fc36 updates 3.2 M
qt5-qtwebengine-freeworld
x86_64 5.15.12-1.fc36 rpmfusion-free-updates 45 M
Thank.
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