users May 2026

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Shutdown
by Patrick Dupre 17 May '26

17 May '26

Hello, Yesterday, I had to make a hard shutdown, because the machine was not responding probably because the memory was full. I did not get any alert. Is there any way to recover an hand on the machine in that case? This would have let me kill processes to recover memory room. Thank =========================================================================== Patrick DUPRÉ | | email: pdupre(a)gmx.com ===========================================================================

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zenity error
by ToddAndMargo 16 May '26

16 May '26

Hi All, Fedora 44 Xfce 4.20 zenity-4.2.2-1.fc44.x86_64 How do I get rid of this irritation zenity error? (zenity:44057): Gdk-WARNING **: 14:28:59.531: Cannot get portal org.freedesktop.host.portal.Registry version: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NameHasNoOwner: Could not activate remote peer 'org.freedesktop.portal.Desktop': startup job failed (zenity:44057): Gdk-WARNING **: 14:28:59.585: Cannot get portal org.freedesktop.portal.Inhibit version: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NameHasNoOwner: Could not activate remote peer 'org.freedesktop.portal.Desktop': startup job failed Yours in Frustration, -T

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google-chrome-stable not starting
by Max Pyziur 15 May '26

15 May '26

Greetings, Following the recent F44 upgrade, google-chrome-stable isn't starting for me. When I run it from the command-line, I get the following set of errors: [14730:14730:0511/080334.819083:ERROR:ui/ozone/platform/wayland/host/wayland_connection.cc:202] Failed to connect to Wayland display: No such file or directory (2) [14730:14730:0511/080334.819132:ERROR:ui/ozone/platform/wayland/ozone_platform_wayland.cc:282] Failed to initialize Wayland platform [14730:14730:0511/080334.819158:ERROR:ui/aura/env.cc:246] The platform failed to initialize. Exiting. I came across the following webpage troubleshooting the error: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=313353 It seems that the error is tied to the use of the xfce desktop (which I use). Any expectations of a fix? Or are there other remedies for making google-chrome-stable and xfce to work together? Thank you, Max pyz(a)brama.com

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Python / MatPlotLib error - reporting wayland problem
by Max Pyziur 15 May '26

15 May '26

Greetings, Post F44 upgrade, I have another challenge. I maintain a large database using PostgreSQL. Most of the updates and reporting are via Python/MatPlotLib scripts. In generating a chart of a timeseries, I am now getting the following error: Failed to create wl_display (No such file or directory) qt.qpa.plugin: Could not load the Qt platform plugin "wayland" in "" even though it was found. qt.qpa.theme.gnome: dbus reply error: [ "org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NameHasNoOwner" ] "Could not activate remote peer 'org.freedesktop.portal.Desktop': startup job failed" qt.qpa.theme.gnome: dbus reply error: [ "org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NameHasNoOwner" ] "Could not activate remote peer 'org.freedesktop.portal.Desktop': startup job failed" Despite the error message, the script executes correctly delivering an appropriate chart. Given that my google-chrome-stable problem appears to have a wayland problem, I'm wondering if the two aren't related. Many thanks for any and all advice. Max pyz(a)brama.com

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f44 server netinstall fails
by Robert McBroom 15 May '26

15 May '26

F44 server netinstall fails to complete. Tried letting the automatic drive allocation on a sufficiently large partition. A /boot and /root partitions were created and 16G copied to the /root. Errored. Would not report the error. The files in /boot seem to be complete but will not load. Tried using a custom configuration Similar results. Trying the DVD iso.

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texlive: gentium.sty on F44?
by Ranjan Maitra 15 May '26

15 May '26

Hello, I have a bunch of files that use gentium.sty in LaTeX. After the upgrade to F44, I find that the file is no longer found. (I upgraded using the dnf plugin.) sudo dnf provides */gentium.sty Updating and loading repositories: Repositories loaded. No matches found. If searching for a file, try specifying the full path or using a wildcard prefix ("*/") at the beginning. Is gentium.sty no longer available on texlive? Is it possible to get it somewhere? Is there another font which is close to gentium? Many thanks for any help, and best wishes, Ranjan

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slow response
by Patrick Dupre 14 May '26

14 May '26

Hello, I am attaching this screen shot generated by htop. Under this circumstance the system is slow. Indeed, I do not understand the swapping. It seems that the system is still swapping, while there is room in RAM if I understand. Thank for your ideas. =========================================================================== Patrick DUPRÉ | | email: pdupre(a)gmx.com ===========================================================================

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External mouse not working
by Robert Moskowitz 14 May '26

14 May '26

I worked really hard getting this Lenovo x260 w F44 ready for this morning. I am at the AUVSI conference downtown Detroit and set up my notebook and plugged in my Veratim mini mouse that I used for years on earlier Lenovos and Fedora. At home I only used my KVM, so this is my first use of a "real" usb mouse. I plug the mouse in. The red LED lights up and turns off and no working mouse. I have tried this both on battery and AC. No mouse. So I am stuck using the Lenovo touchpad and "eraser head" (ignoring the crud term for this when IBM came out with it) mouse. When I get home, I will try other meese, but what might I look for in errors indicating why the mouse is not working? Thanks

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F44 tripwire
by Robert Moskowitz 14 May '26

14 May '26

New in my cron emails I see: Subject: Anacron job 'cron.daily' on lx260 /etc/cron.daily/tripwire-check: **** Error: Tripwire database for lx260 not found. **** **** Run "/etc/tripwire/twinstall.sh" and/or "tripwire --init". **** ===================== ok... # /etc/tripwire/twinstall.sh bash: /etc/tripwire/twinstall.sh: No such file or directory and # tripwire --init ### Error: File could not be opened. ### Filename: /etc/tripwire/tw.cfg ### No such file or directory ### Configuration file could not be read. ### Exiting... Looks like I may actually need to read the manual????

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rkhunter?
by Robert Moskowitz 14 May '26

14 May '26

What is this running with my cron stuff? This is the first night of my cron jobs... Date: Mon, 11 May 2026 03:42:13 -0400 From: Super User <root(a)lx260.localdomain> To: root@localhost Subject: rkhunter Daily Run on lx260 User-Agent: s-nail v14.9.25 --------------------- Start Rootkit Hunter Update --------------------- [ Rootkit Hunter version 1.4.6 ] Checking rkhunter data files... Checking file mirrors.dat [ No update ] Checking file programs_bad.dat [ No update ] Checking file backdoorports.dat [ No update ] Checking file suspscan.dat [ No update ] Checking file i18n/cn [ No update ] Checking file i18n/de [ No update ] Checking file i18n/en [ No update ] Checking file i18n/tr [ No update ] Checking file i18n/tr.utf8 [ No update ] Checking file i18n/zh [ No update ] Checking file i18n/zh.utf8 [ No update ] Checking file i18n/ja [ No update ] ---------------------- Start Rootkit Hunter Scan ---------------------- Warning: Checking for prerequisites [ Warning ] The file of stored file properties (rkhunter.dat) does not exist, and +should be created. To do this type in 'rkhunter --propupd'. Warning: WARNING! It is the users responsibility to ensure that when the +'--propupd' option is used, all the files on their system are known to be genuine, and +installed from a reliable source. The rkhunter '--check' option will compare the current +file properties against previously stored values, and report if any values differ. +However, rkhunter cannot determine what has caused the change, that is for the user to +do. Warning: The command '/usr/bin/egrep' has been replaced by a script: +/usr/bin/egrep: a /usr/bin/sh script, ASCII text executable Warning: The command '/usr/bin/fgrep' has been replaced by a script: +/usr/bin/fgrep: a /usr/bin/sh script, ASCII text executable Warning: User 'postfix' has been added to the passwd file. Warning: Changes found in the group file for group 'mail': User 'postfix' has been added to the group Warning: Group 'postdrop' has been added to the group file. Warning: Group 'postfix' has been added to the group file. Warning: Suspicious file types found in /dev: /dev/shm/lttng-ust-wait-8-1000: data /dev/shm/lttng-ust-wait-8: data ----------------------- End Rootkit Hunter Scan ----------------------- and Date: Mon, 11 May 2026 03:42:13 -0400 (EDT) From: Anacron <root(a)lx260.localdomain> To: root(a)lx260.localdomain Subject: Anacron job 'cron.daily' on lx260 /etc/cron.daily/tripwire-check: **** Error: Tripwire database for lx260 not found. **** **** Run "/etc/tripwire/twinstall.sh" and/or "tripwire --init". **** ================ Will see what tonight brings....

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