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Interesting mount problem - F40
by Frank Bures 24 Jun '24

24 Jun '24

Hi, I have a small SSD that I use for /boot and /boot/efi partitions - /dev/sda I boot from /dev/sda I have another small SSD that I use as a dd backup of /dev/sda - /dev/sdg After update to a new kernel, I dd the /dev/sda to /dev/sdg so that in case of a failure I could boot from /dev/sdg. This scenario worked perfectly till several weeks ago. What is happening now is that the machine boots from /dev/sda, but then mounts /dev/sdg for its /boot and /boot/efi. So in df I see /dev/sdg instead of /dev/sda that the machine booted from. I solved the problem by editing /etc/fstab and pointing /boot and /boot/efi to the relevant /dev/sda[1-2] instead of the original UUID. Question: is this solution OK or have I done something wrong? Is there a better way of solving this? Thanks Frank -- <listfrank1(a)gmail.com>

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Risc-v computer with Fedora on it?
by Ryan Bach 24 Jun '24

24 Jun '24

I can't wait until this is real.

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Firefox foul ups
by Steve Underwood 23 Jun '24

23 Jun '24

Is anyone else having problems with Firefox on FC39 with XFCE recently? After rock solid operation for a long time, in the last 2 or 3 weeks the UI has been fouling up every day or two when I do some seemingly mundane operation in Firefox. A couple of times Firefox has crashed after a few seconds. The foul ups sometimes only affect the Firefox windows, and other windows still work OK. Sometimes the whole desktop fouls up, and I have to switch to a text only screen and kill Firefox. That restores normal desktop operation for all the other windows. Steve

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crond
by Patrick Dupre 23 Jun '24

23 Jun '24

Hello, I have a backup launched by cron.weekly However, since F40, after it has run a first time and ended, another backup is started. This messed up the backup. When starting, the first crond sent (ps -aux | grep -i backup | mail -s Backup root(a)localhost.localdomain) root 19672 0.0 0.0 228476 3136 ? S 12:29 0:00 /bin/sh /etc/cron.weekly/backup.cron root 19673 0.0 0.0 227904 2248 ? S 12:29 0:00 sed 1i\ /etc/cron.weekly/backup.cron:\ root 19683 0.0 0.0 227752 2276 ? S 12:30 0:00 grep -i backup root 19684 0.0 0.0 238028 5352 ? S 12:30 0:00 mail -s Backup root(a)localhost.localdomain and at thz end backup ended at Sat Jun 22 02:55:58 PM CEST 2024 /dev/sda10, /dev/sdb8 and /dev/sdc6 OK and the second one root 29787 0.0 0.0 228476 3260 ? S 14:55 0:00 /bin/sh /etc/cron.weekly/backup.cron.saved root 29788 0.0 0.0 227904 2176 ? S 14:55 0:00 sed 1i\ /etc/cron.weekly/backup.cron.saved:\ root 29798 0.0 0.0 227752 2208 ? S 14:55 0:00 grep -i backup root 29799 0.0 0.0 238028 5428 ? S 14:55 0:00 mail -s Backup root(a)localhost.localdomain Here is the /etc/crontab SHELL=/bin/bash PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin MAILTO=root # For details see man 4 crontabs # Example of job definition: # .---------------- minute (0 - 59) # | .------------- hour (0 - 23) # | | .---------- day of month (1 - 31) # | | | .------- month (1 - 12) OR jan,feb,mar,apr ... # | | | | .---- day of week (0 - 6) (Sunday=0 or 7) OR sun,mon,tue,wed,thu,fri,sat # | | | | | # * * * * * user-name command to be executed #22 23 * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.daily #30 12 * * 3,6 root run-parts /etc/cron.weekly 30 12 * * 6 root run-parts /etc/cron.weekly # cron.weekly is actually run by anacron #*/12 * * * * /home/root/bin/periodic.sh and the /etc/anacrontab # See anacron(8) and anacrontab(5) for details. SHELL=/bin/sh PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin MAILTO=root # the maximal random delay added to the base delay of the jobs RANDOM_DELAY=35 # the jobs will be started during the following hours only START_HOURS_RANGE=3-22 #period in days delay in minutes job-identifier command 1 5 cron.daily nice run-parts /etc/cron.daily #7 25 cron.weekly nice run-parts /etc/cron.weekly @monthly 45 cron.monthly nice run-parts /etc/cron.monthly Is there a conflict between cron and anacron ? This machine is turned on and off usually on a daily basis, but not necessary. Thank for your lights =========================================================================== Patrick DUPRÉ | | email: pdupre(a)gmx.com ===========================================================================

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Fedora F40 Won't Power Off
by Stephen Morris 22 Jun '24

22 Jun '24

Hi, Ever since a couple of updates ago, from KDE, when I select "Shutdown" KDE displays a black screen (it used to be that you could press the escape key and it would show you the apps that were closing down so you could see which apps were causing shutdown/reboot lag, but that doesn't seem to be working at the moment) but never physically powers off the pc, even if I leave it running all day/all night. Has anyone else seen this issue or know what I can look for to identify why? I have just put on an update that has installed kernel 6.9.4, I haven't done a restart yet to see if that rectifies the issue. regards, Steve

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Touch Screen and WiFi cards
by ToddAndMargo 22 Jun '24

22 Jun '24

Hi All, I customer gave me a laptop he inherited to see what could be done with it. It works really nicely, so I need to send him over recommendations. 1) does these really thin laptops have their wifi cards soldered in or can they be replace? (I can usually replace regular laptop WiFi cards.) I presume Intel's WiFi cards have good Fedora support? 2) does Fedora support touch screens? Many thanks, -T -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Computers are like air conditioners. They malfunction when you open windows ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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How to replicate my windows GlobalProtect VPN on Fedora 40
by Sbob 21 Jun '24

21 Jun '24

All; I am working with a client that has me working on a (ugh) windows laptop. I have slowly gotten everything I might need to access working from my linux laptop running Fedora 40, with one exception, the GlobalProtect VPN. Is there a way that I can grab whatever config info I might need from the windows laptop and setup a local VPN that will connect from my Fedora 40 laptop? Thanks in advance

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Join Us for Accessibility Test Week 2024-06-19 through 2024-06-25
by Sumantro Mukherjee 21 Jun '24

21 Jun '24

Hey Folks! We are excited to invite you to participate in the Accessibility Test Week, a key event in our Fedora Week of Diversity, happening from June 19-25, 2024. This event underscores our commitment to making Fedora accessible to all, ensuring that our latest features can be utilized by everyone, regardless of ability. You can head over to the wiki [0] to learn about the Test Week. The test results can be submitted In the Test Days App [1], please don't hesitate to contact me if you have any questions. Your participation is crucial to our mission of inclusivity and diversity. Let’s work together to make Fedora an accessible and welcoming environment for all. Thank you for your support and engagement! [0] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Day:2024-06-19_Fedora_41_A11Y [1] https://testdays.fedoraproject.org/events/190 -- //sumantro Fedora QE TRIED AND PERSONALLY TESTED, ERGO TRUSTED

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system policy preventing wifi scan
by Michael D. Setzer II 19 Jun '24

19 Jun '24

I've got a number of Fedora machines that have wifi and have had no issues with being able to work with connecting to various wifis. But had done a setup for my brothers one notebook with Fedora 40, and it would come up with a message that system policy was requiring authentication?? It would have a pop up screen come up like 10 or more times showing his user id, but box to enter password work not allow entry?? Then eventually, the last one would have cursor appear, and would have to enter the password into each of the pop up windows?? Eventually found this solution. In /etc/polkit-1/localauthority/50-local.d#/etc/polkit-1/localauthority/5 0-local.d creating the file with contents 47-allow-wifi-scans.pkla [Allow Wifi Scan] Identity=unix-user:* Action=org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.wifi.scan ResultAny=yes ResultInactive=yes ResultActive=yes The notebook I'm using has no such file, and it has always worked. So confused why brothers machine had issues? His is the only user on machine. Only thing different, is his had Fedora 39 installed cleanly a while ago, while mine has had many updates over years? This solution worked, but was there a better one? Thanks. +------------------------------------------------------------+ Michael D. Setzer II - Computer Science Instructor (Retired) mailto:mikes@guam.net mailto:msetzerii@gmail.com mailto:msetzerii@gmx.com Guam - Where America's Day Begins G4L Disk Imaging Project maintainer http://sourceforge.net/projects/g4l/ +------------------------------------------------------------+

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MariaDB?
by ToddAndMargo 19 Jun '24

19 Jun '24

Hi All, As far as I know, I am not using MySQL, now replaced with MariaDB on my system. Do I need it for anything? # dnf remove mariadb Dependencies resolved. ================================================================================ Package Arch Version Repository Size ================================================================================ Removing: mariadb x86_64 3:10.5.23-1.fc39 @updates 18 M Removing dependent packages: kf5-akonadi-server-mysql x86_64 23.08.5-2.fc39 @updates 3.2 k mariadb-backup x86_64 3:10.5.23-1.fc39 @updates 24 M mariadb-gssapi-server x86_64 3:10.5.23-1.fc39 @updates 20 k mariadb-rocksdb-engine x86_64 3:10.5.23-1.fc39 @updates 11 M mariadb-server x86_64 3:10.5.23-1.fc39 @updates 69 M mariadb-server-utils x86_64 3:10.5.23-1.fc39 @updates 798 k Removing unused dependencies: mariadb-cracklib-password-check x86_64 3:10.5.23-1.fc39 @updates 17 k mysql-selinux noarch 1.0.10-1.fc39 @updates 49 k perl-DBD-MariaDB x86_64 1.22-6.fc39 @fedora 376 k Transaction Summary ================================================================================ Remove 10 Packages Freed space: 123 M Is this ok [y/N]: Many thanks, -T -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Computers are like air conditioners. They malfunction when you open windows ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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