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GUI alternative to dnfdragora?
by ToddAndMargo 13 Apr '26

13 Apr '26

Hi All, Fedora 43 Anyone have a favorite GUI alternative to dnfdragora? (I use the command line, but that is above most of my low skill users.) Many thanks, -T

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rescue mode
by Patrick Dupre 13 Apr '26

13 Apr '26

Hello, When I try to boot in rescue mode from grub I get an error It seems that it comes from ($root)/initramfs-0-rescue-c60d544..... .img I get ../grub-core/fs/fshelp.c:257:file'/initramfs-0-rescue-c60d5400 .img' not found Indeed, I created an image by running rm /boot/*rescue* dnf reinstall kernel-core-6.19.11-100.fc42.x84_64 which creates /boot/vmlinuz-0-rescue-c60d544.... (without extension) I also ran dracut --kver 6.19.11-100.fc42.x84_64 --force which created initramfs-6.19.11-100.fc42.x86_64.img It does seem to be coherent. Anyway, I cannot boot in rescue mode =========================================================================== Patrick DUPRÉ | | email: pdupre(a)gmx.com ===========================================================================

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Wifi MAC address
by Dave Close 13 Apr '26

13 Apr '26

For ages, my laptop's wifi MAC address has been stable and set to the actual hardware address of the chip. After today's upgrade to kernel 6.19.11-200.fc43.x86_64, it seems to change every time I look. If I run 'systemctl restart NetworkManager', I get a new address. If I reboot, I get a new address. Here are the uncommented lines in the configuration files where $name is the SSID of my network and $hardwareMAC is the address of the chip. /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf [connection] wifi.cloned-mac-address=permanent /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/$name.nmconnection [connection] id=$name uuid={xxx...} type=wifi interface-name=wlan0 permissions=user:dave:; timestamp=1720328533 [wifi] 802-11-wireless.cloned-mac-address=$hardwareMAC *** I've also tried =permanent here. *** mode=infrastructure ssid=$name [wifi-security] auth-alg=open key-mgmt=wpa-psk psk-flags=1 psk={password} [ipv4] method=auto Am I doing something wrong or has NetworkManager been changed? -- Dave Close, Compata, Irvine CA "Life would be tragic dave(a)compata.com, +1 714 434 7359 if it weren't funny." dhclose(a)alumni.caltech.edu -- Stephen Hawking

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boot step by step
by Patrick Dupre 13 Apr '26

13 Apr '26

Hello, How can I start the modules one by one? I can enter in single user by adding init=/bin/bash Then I get a bash prompt which let enter command. How can I keep going in the boot sequence? =========================================================================== Patrick DUPRÉ | | email: pdupre(a)gmx.com ===========================================================================

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cannot boot
by Patrick Dupre 12 Apr '26

12 Apr '26

Hello, I am trying to fix the booting issue, but I could not find the clue. I can boot in single mode (init=/bin/bash). Every thing seems fine. but it fails with init=/lib/systemd/systemd When trying to boot, I get mounted sys-kernel-tracemsg.mount Finished kmod-static-mods.service modprobe(a)configs.service: deactivated sucssesfully dm-0 re-mounted 1ae..... Failed to start systemd-sysctl.service see 'systemctl status systemd-sydctl.service' Unfortunately, I cannot run this command In single user: System has not been booted with system as init system (PID 1). Can't operate I checked (with rpm -V) all the kernel-*.16.18.16... packages The modules seem correctly installed as well as initramfs and the links I trying with different options offered by grub2 (after grub2-mkconfig) This is weird. Something is escaping to me. =========================================================================== Patrick DUPRÉ | | email: pdupre(a)gmx.com ===========================================================================

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How do I get to a modern/working Dell laptop fan control?
by Fulko Hew 12 Apr '26

12 Apr '26

I was just forced to update from F39 (because of application compatibility issues), and so I've gone all the way to F34 yesterday. First my observation/rant: 1/ Whoever said it takes 30 to 40 minutes for an upgrade must be using a 10+ GHz CPU. mine is only a 4 core 2.7G CPU and it took 4+ hours to perform each upgrade (totalling 16+ hours) 3/ Sadly with the KDE and Wayland situation, this is the first time in my 30+ years of Unix graphical interfaces that upon login, all of my previous window positions and sizes are no longer restored on login. Put me on the list of those that say: "I don't think this is progress". Now for my BIG upgrade problem. When I got this laptop (Inspiron 5567) at the end of 2020, I saw that the CPU fan was not spinning. So I research it, and ended up installing software from COPR hernane/i8kutils and that got it working. Following the upgrade to F43, (F40 and F41 worked), but I see that the hername/i8kutils repo is not updated for F43, so I went looking. I found COPR uriesk/i8kutils which did have a version built for F43 so I disabled the repo for henane and enabled and installed the uriesk version. But it fails to enable the fan, and reports a number of issues. Before I collect and tell you my I've tried until now, can someone tell me how I was supposed to upgrade my system so that the fan continued to work? or suggest what I should check? Thanks Fulko

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Issue at boot
by Patrick Dupre 12 Apr '26

12 Apr '26

Hello, I am in trouble. After I made a cp -a of a root (lvm2) partition on a ext4 regular partition (sdb12), I cannot boot on the new partition (I add to delete the old partition!). I modified the fsat partition to only mount the / /dev/sdb12 / ext4 defaults 1 1 I tried .autorelabel, but not sure that it made it. It get fail to start systemd-journald.service (booting from anpther partition, I can make a chroot sdb12 partition) If I understand, from > [ OK ] Finished modprobe(a)loop.service - Load Kernel Module loop. > [FAILED] Failed to start systemd-journald.service - Journal Service. > See 'systemctl status systemd-journald.service' for details. > [FAILED] Failed to start systemd-modules-load.service - Load Kernel Modules. > See 'systemctl status systemd-modules-load.service' for details. > [FAILED] Failed to start systemd-network-generator.service - Generate Network Units from Kernel Command Line. > See 'systemctl status systemd-network-generator.service' for details. > [ OK ] Finished systemd-remount-fs.service - Remount Root and Kernel File Systems. > [ OK ] Finished systemd-udev-load-credentials.service - Load udev Rules from Credentials. > Starting readonly-root.service - Configure read-only root support... > Starting systemd-journald.service - Journal Service... > Starting systemd-sysctl.service - Apply Kernel Variables... > Starting systemd-tmpfiles-setup-dev-early.service - Create Static Device Nodes in /dev gracefully... > [FAILED] Failed to start systemd-sysctl.service - Apply Kernel Variables. > I guess that the modules are not called properly I also modified the /boot/grub2/grub.cfg (including the output of grub2-mkconfig) Let have a look on menuentry 'Fedora Linux 42 (Workstation Edition) (on /dev/sdb12)' --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'osprober-gnulinux-/vmlinuz-6.18.16-100.fc42.x86_64--8db0d3a7-71b9-4f12-ad8d-21a0c31342cf' { insmod part_msdos insmod ext2 set root='hd0,msdos2' if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos2 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos2 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos2 --hint='hd0,msdos2' 8e9e44c0-7501-46f5-bd58-b17a7712d632 else search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 8e9e44c0-7501-46f5-bd58-b17a7712d632 fi linux /vmlinuz-6.18.16-100.fc42.x86_64 root=/dev/sdb12 resume=UUID=cc01ef93-ef1c-4a18-9bbb-6339aa8a5e97 rd.lvm.lv=VolSys1/root nouveau.modeset=0 pci=noaer initrd /initramfs-6.18.16-100.fc42.x86_64.img } What could be wrong ? /lib/modules/6.18.16-100.fc42.x86_64/ seems correct 8db0d3a7-71b9-4f12-ad8d-21a0c31342cf is /dev/sdb12 hd0,msdos2 is /dev/sda2 and it is /boot (where is grub.cfg) 8e9e44c0-7501-46f5-bd58-b17a7712d632 is /dev/sda2 cc01ef93-ef1c-4a18-9bbb-6339aa8a5e97 is a swap partition Here is fsck Disk /dev/sda: 232.89 GiB, 250059350016 bytes, 488397168 sectors Disk model: Samsung SSD 850 Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disklabel type: dos Disk identifier: 0x9c5f71f5 Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type /dev/sda1 126976 66295807 66168832 31.6G 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sda2 * 66295808 68139007 1843200 900M 83 Linux /dev/sda3 68139008 201234431 133095424 63.5G 8e Linux LVM /dev/sda4 201234432 488396799 287162368 136.9G 5 Extended /dev/sda5 201236480 277448703 76212224 36.3G 83 Linux /dev/sda6 277450752 445386751 167936000 80.1G 8e Linux LVM /dev/sda7 445388800 488396799 43008000 20.5G 83 Linux Disk /dev/sdb: 931.51 GiB, 1000204886016 bytes, 1953525168 sectors Disk model: HGST HTS721010A9 Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes Disklabel type: dos Disk identifier: 0xb58683be Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type /dev/sdb1 * 63 2050047 2049985 1001M c W95 FAT32 (LBA) /dev/sdb2 2050048 14338047 12288000 5.9G 83 Linux /dev/sdb3 14338048 171624447 157286400 75G 83 Linux /dev/sdb4 171624448 1953525167 1781900720 849.7G 5 Extended /dev/sdb5 171626496 173060095 1433600 700M 83 Linux /dev/sdb6 173062144 316012543 142950400 68.2G 8e Linux LVM /dev/sdb7 316014592 377454591 61440000 29.3G 8e Linux LVM /dev/sdb8 377456640 463474687 86018048 41G 83 Linux /dev/sdb9 463476736 535152639 71675904 34.2G 83 Linux /dev/sdb10 535154688 679948287 144793600 69G 83 Linux /dev/sdb11 679950336 884750335 204800000 97.7G 8e Linux LVM /dev/sdb12 884752384 1057894399 173142016 82.6G 83 Linux /dev/sdb13 1057896448 1086556159 28659712 13.7G 83 Linux Disk /dev/zram0: 8 GiB, 8589934592 bytes, 2097152 sectors Units: sectors of 1 * 4096 = 4096 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes Disk /dev/mapper/VolSys2-usr_src: 17.65 GiB, 18954059776 bytes, 37019648 sectors Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes Disk /dev/mapper/VolSys2-usr_local: 9 GiB, 9663676416 bytes, 18874368 sectors Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes Disk /dev/mapper/VolSys2-root: 71 GiB, 76235669504 bytes, 148897792 sectors Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes Disk /dev/mapper/VolSys1-usr_local: 8.58 GiB, 9208594432 bytes, 17985536 sectors Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk /dev/mapper/VolSys1-root: 71.5 GiB, 76772540416 bytes, 149946368 sectors Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk /dev/mapper/VolSys0_ext-usr_src: 18 GiB, 19327352832 bytes, 37748736 sectors Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes Disk /dev/mapper/VolSys0_ext-tmp: 1 GiB, 1073741824 bytes, 2097152 sectors Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes Disk /dev/mapper/VolSys0_ext-iso--image: 10.29 GiB, 11051991040 bytes, 21585920 sectors Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes Disk /dev/mapper/VolSys0-root: 51.7 GiB, 55515807744 bytes, 108429312 sectors Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk /dev/mapper/VolSys0-usr_local: 11.75 GiB, 12620660736 bytes, 24649728 sectors Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes =========================================================================== Patrick DUPRÉ | | email: pdupre(a)gmx.com ===========================================================================

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Link to my p6 libraries?
by ToddAndMargo 12 Apr '26

12 Apr '26

Hi All, Fedora 43 rakudo-pkg-2026.3.0-01.x86_64 (A.K.A. Perl 6) I posted this over on Raku's group, but no one seems to know what happened, So I am thinking it is caused by something else. I have two folders I store my Raku (Perl 6) modules in: /home/linuxutil/p6lib where I store my modules used for Linux and /home/CDs/Windows/NtUtil/p6lib/ where I network share my Windows modules with my five qemu-kvm Windows virtual machines I upgraded to 2026.3.0-01 last week. Nothing worked in Linux, so I erased my Linux .precomp (precompiled binaries of my modules) and happy camping returned for several days. Then two days ago, my linux stuff stopping working again. On investigation, I found: ls -al /home/linuxutil/p6lib lrwxrwxrwx. 1 todd root 31 Nov 17 2024 p6lib.link -> /home/CDs/Windows/NtUtil/p6lib/ and /home/CDs/Windows/NtUtil/p6lib/ was erased. I have great backup, so no problem. What is with the link? Yours in Confusion, -T -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If I had a dime every time I didn't know what was going on, I'd be like, "Why is everyone giving me all these dimes?" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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duplex printing
by Tim 09 Apr '26

09 Apr '26

Hi, I have an old HP3015 office printer, and if I want to do duplex printing I have to turn the setting "on" on the printer, then I have to turn it off again on the printer when I don't want it. At no time does anything pay attention to the CUPs print settings regarding duplex. I at least expected to be able to turn the feature on at the printer, then use it when and if desired by adjusting the duplex settings when a print dialog pops up for what I'm printing (e.g. in LibreOffice, any PDF viewer, or a web browser). But, no, I can't do that. This turns out to be a major pain when printing multiple duplicates. You either waste a lot of paper, or a lot time as the printer does a page turn around to print blank back sides of each page. Anybody know what's going on, and a work around? -- uname -rsvp Linux 3.10.0-1160.119.1.el7.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Jun 4 14:43:51 UTC 2024 x86_64 (yes, this is the output from uname for this PC when I posted) 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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Tip: creating/restoring a portable grub boot menu
by ToddAndMargo 09 Apr '26

09 Apr '26

Hi All, I got it all figured out. And I wrote everything down. Thank you all for the help. This is the culmination of several years research. As this is rather long (365 lines), I am going to put it up on vpaste.net to avoid annoying the moderator. http://vpaste.net/UtCXG If the moderator wants it here, I will post it in a reply to this thread. -T

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