May 2024 - users - Fedora mailing-lists

/boot too small
by Patrick Dupre 04 Jun '24

04 Jun '24

Hello, During an update, I get Error Summary ------------- Disk Requirements: At least 7MB more space needed on the /boot filesystem. How can I fix it without currently resizing /boot? Thank drwx------. 5 root root 4096 May 14 08:36 grub2 lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 45 Mar 7 13:24 symvers-6.7.7-100.fc38.x86_64.xz -> /lib /modules/6.7.7-100.fc38.x86_64/symvers.xz -rw-------. 1 root root 81850041 Mar 7 13:24 initramfs-6.7.7-100.fc38.x86_64.img -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 269378 Mar 1 01:00 config-6.7.7-100.fc38.x86_64 -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 8851783 Mar 1 01:00 System.map-6.7.7-100.fc38.x86_64 -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 14794568 Mar 1 01:00 vmlinuz-6.7.7-100.fc38.x86_64 lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 45 Feb 13 17:38 symvers-6.7.4-100.fc38.x86_64.xz -> /lib /modules/6.7.4-100.fc38.x86_64/symvers.xz -rw-------. 1 root root 81905180 Feb 13 17:37 initramfs-6.7.4-100.fc38.x86_64.img -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 269327 Feb 5 01:00 config-6.7.4-100.fc38.x86_64 -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 8850577 Feb 5 01:00 System.map-6.7.4-100.fc38.x86_64 -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 14806856 Feb 5 01:00 vmlinuz-6.7.4-100.fc38.x86_64 lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 46 Jan 25 13:39 symvers-6.6.13-100.fc38.x86_64.xz -> /li b/modules/6.6.13-100.fc38.x86_64/symvers.xz -rw-------. 1 root root 42503616 Jan 25 13:39 initramfs-6.6.13-100.fc38.x86_64.img -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 266375 Jan 20 01:00 config-6.6.13-100.fc38.x86_64 -rw-------. 1 root root 8786049 Jan 20 01:00 System.map-6.6.13-100.fc38.x86_64 -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 14676712 Jan 20 01:00 vmlinuz-6.6.13-100.fc38.x86_64 -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 147744 Jan 7 01:00 memtest86+x64.bin drwx------. 4 root root 4096 Jun 20 2023 efi drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 4096 Jun 20 2023 extlinux -rw-------. 1 root root 103940590 Jul 21 2022 initramfs-0-rescue-c60d54440c4d444a9eb5a084a65edf40.img -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 11802352 Jul 21 2022 vmlinuz-0-rescue-c60d54440c4d444a9eb5a084a65edf40 drwxr-xr-x. 3 root root 4096 Jul 21 2022 loader drwx------. 2 root root 16384 Jul 21 2022 lost+found =========================================================================== Patrick DUPRÉ | | email: pdupre(a)gmx.com ===========================================================================

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Please stop hijacking /etc/resolv.conf
by Sam Varshavchik 04 Jun '24

04 Jun '24

I updated from F39 to F40. I used to have: /etc/resolv.conf -> /run/NetworkManager/no-stub-resolv.conf Everything got messed up because the update hijacked this symlink again: lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 39 May 29 09:44 /etc/resolv.conf -> ../run/systemd/resolve/stub-resolv.conf I was confident that F39 did not have systemd-resolved installed, it must've been pulled into the update. I repeated the experiment on two other F39 systems today. I confirmed that neither one of them had systemd-resolved installed. F40 pulled it in, and the package's scriptlet clobbered /etc/resolv.conf It would be real nice if someone finally STOPed this repeated hijacking of /etc/resolv.conf, and breaking network connectivity, is this too much to ask? Although this was fairly simple to fix, this kind of behavior does not improve systemd's existing reputation.

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Can Fedora REPLACE Android on Smart Phones?
by Philip Rhoades 31 May '24

31 May '24

People, I have messed around with Android ROMs in the past - mostly for fun - now I would like Fedora running on my old Pixel2XL, which is currently running the last available Lineage ROM available for it. I have been experimenting with proot and chroot - but these things just create Fedora containers - has anyone installed Fedora as the host OS on phones other than Pine64|Pinephone|Pine64 PinePhone Pro|Pine64 Pinetab (1 and 2)|Purism Librem 5|Oneplus 6 ? Thanks, Phil. -- Philip Rhoades PO Box 896 Cowra NSW 2794 Australia E-mail: phil(a)pricom.com.au

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SELinux is preventing key.dns_resolve from setattr access on the key labeled kernel_t.
by Go Canes 30 May '24

30 May '24

I have been getting the following SElinux alert: SELinux is preventing key.dns_resolve from setattr access on the key labeled kernel_t. Is it safe to create a rule to ignore this? Known issue?

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vdagent drag and drop question
by ToddAndMargo 30 May '24

30 May '24

Hi All, Host: Fedora 39 $ rpm -qa spice\* spice-server-0.15.1-3.fc39.x86_64 spice-glib-0.42-3.fc39.x86_64 spice-gtk3-0.42-3.fc39.x86_64 spice-vdagent-0.22.1-6.fc39.x86_64 VM: Windows 11 23H2 Virtio-win-driver-installer 0.1.240 Virtio-win-guest-tools 0.1.240 I can drag and drop a file from my Linux host to a qemu-kvm Windows 11 virtual machine but I can not do it in reverse What am I doing wrong, this time? -T -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Computers are like air conditioners. They malfunction when you open windows ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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2 installations on the same PC - Add partition in Ftab
by soles.g 29 May '24

29 May '24

Hello: I need help with two topics: a) install two Fedora40. Therefore I have two EFI and that creates 'problems' Is there anything I can do so the PC doesn't get 'confused'...? b) I would like to mount a partition from Ftab... ├─sda7 ext4 1.0 from fedora_37 8ff104f3-ee9g-41be-9b2e-2b97d88f17cb 83.3G 51% /run/media/soles_40/from fedora_37 /dev/sda7: LABEL="from fedora_37" UUID="8ff104f3-ee9g-41be-9b2e-2b97d88f17cb" BLOCK_SIZE="4096" TYPE="ext4" PARTUUID="2ef79c09-c5a1-5943-0722-10f22g41633e" When I mount it... the mount command tells me: /dev/sda7 on /run/media/soles_40/from fedora_37 type ext4 (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,seclabel,errors=remount-ro,uhelper=udisks2) Do I write that in Ftab...? I write in Spanish and 'san' Google translates. Thank you... Claudia Ah! and I know VERY little about computers... ;-)

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size of fedora 40 live
by Patrick Dupre 29 May '24

29 May '24

Hello, Could somebody tell the size of the iso image of fedora 40 workstation live? I need to known before download. Thanks =========================================================================== Patrick DUPRÉ | | email: pdupre(a)gmx.com ===========================================================================

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Trying to get drupal running
by Ryan Bach 29 May '24

29 May '24

This is what I have but it isn't working: <VirtualHost *:80> ServerAdmin admin(a)example.net ServerName drupal.example.net DocumentRoot /home/ryan/drupal <Directory /home/ryan/drupal> Allowoverride all </Directory> </VirtualHost>

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Kernel 6.9 Test Week is underway
by Sumantro Mukherjee 29 May '24

29 May '24

Hey Folks, We are currently running the Kernel 6.9 Test Week[0] and this is an awesome opportunity to come and contribute to Fedora! If you are interested and have some spare time, feel free to join us and submit reports here[1] [0] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Day:2024-05-26_Kernel_6.9_Test_Week [1] https://testdays.fedoraproject.org/events/187 -- //sumantro Fedora QE TRIED AND PERSONALLY TESTED, ERGO TRUSTED

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MS Bitlocker Blue Screen on Reboot
by Tim Evans 28 May '24

28 May '24

Woke up yesterday to terminal messages about /var/log being read-only; all graphical apps (Thunderbird, Chrome) had crashed. So, I decided to reboot. Background first: this is a new (3-months-old) PC. It came with two disks, an NVME with Windows 11 pre-installed and an empty second HDD. I DID NOT boot the system in Windows when it arrived. Instead, I popped in a Fedora 39 Live thumbdrive, hit the BIOS hot key, and booted from the thumbdrive, then installed F39. Again, the system has never, ever, booted into Windows. Which means I have no Bitlocker recovery key, nor any means to access it. Contacting Microsoft won't do any good, since the system was never registered. (I will have to try Dell.) F39 install was successful, and I've been using the system ever since. Normal grub bootup, offering Fedora kernels, rescue boot, and Windows. So, getting back to yesterday, I went to reboot the system, and it came up with the blue MS Bitlocker screen, asking for the Bitlocker Recovery key. Have never seen this before. Then, I noted the "skip this drive" button on the Bitlocker screen, which brought up a second screen, with an alternative devices button. Clicking this reveals a "Fedora" button. Clicking it brings up the normal grub boot screen and away we go into Fedora. Repeating the reboot gets the same results. I have to click through the Bitlocker screens to get to a Fedora boot. Not a big, big deal, but this prevents any sort of unattended reboot from being possible. Suggestions for restoring the normal boot process, please? Thanks.

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long shot/off topic
by bruce 28 May '24

28 May '24

Hi. This is off topic from OS issues!! so be cool. Trying to find if anyone knows of a "php/laravel" guru who's willing to be a tutor via phone in the US? If you do, or you know of a place one can find these resources, let me know off the thread. thanks ps. I've tried local colleges, some of the tutor websites, etc..

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getting out of bridge mode
by Michael Hennebry 28 May '24

28 May '24

I'm running F38 with an Arris router provided by Midcontinent. The connection is by ethernet cable. Somehow the router got into bridge mode which turns off wifi. I've tried to login to turn off bridge mode. No go. I eventually get a popup saying the operation timed out. After dismissing the popup, I get another popup saying that the reason was that the router connection was lost. ping 8.8.8.8 succeeds. How do I figure out what is going on? What do I do about it? Power cycling has not helped. How many young goats do I need? -- Michael hennebry(a)mail.cs.ndsu.NoDak.edu "SCSI is NOT magic. There are *fundamental technical reasons* why it is necessary to sacrifice a young goat to your SCSI chain now and then." -- John Woods

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Re: OT: SFTP with lftp
by Jonathan Billings 27 May '24

27 May '24

On May 21, 2024, at 05:01, Frederic Muller <fred(a)cm17.com> wrote: > I thought someone here could help me out. I am using lftp to automate some file copy on Ubuntu 20.04. The originating server is switching to SFTP and I have about a week for testing. It works fine by default with F40. > > On ubuntu it seems by default lftp is not compiled with sftp support as I didn't get any trace of libssl.so using ldd. > > I then removed it, compiled a new version with sftp support, checked with ldd for libssl.so and got it but it is still not working. Any idea what could be the problem then, or how to further troubleshoot? > By “SFTP” do you mean FTP over SSL/TLS, or the OpenSSH “sftp” backend which runs over the SSH protocol? Two completely different protocols. I suspect that lftp just calls out to the OpenSSH sftp binary if it uses SSH. -- Jonathan Billings

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After f39 upgrade sddm broken on 1 system
by Go Canes 27 May '24

27 May '24

I recently upgraded 5 systems from f38 to f39. 4 of the 5 are fine, but on 1 sddm is broken. There is no text and sometimes the areas that should be text are a pinkish-purple color. I googled and saw suggestions about locale and dejavu fonts, but as near as I can tell this system has the EN locale and dejavu fonts installed. journalctl does show some interesting errors: [...] sddm-greeter[1367]: QOpenGLShader::link: error: Exceeded max nr indirect texture lookups (5/4) [...] sddm-greeter[1367]: shader compilation failed: [...] sddm-greeter[1367]: QOpenGLShader::link: error: Exceeded max nr indirect texture lookups (5/4) [...] sddm-greeter[1367]: QOpenGLShaderProgram::uniformLocation(matrix): shader program is not linked [...] sddm-greeter[1367]: QOpenGLShaderProgram::uniformLocation(textureScale): shader program is not linked [...] sddm-greeter[1367]: QOpenGLShaderProgram::uniformLocation(color): shader program is not linked [...] sddm-greeter[1367]: QOpenGLShaderProgram::uniformLocation(alphaMin): shader program is not linked [...] sddm-greeter[1367]: QOpenGLShaderProgram::uniformLocation(alphaMax): shader program is not linked [...] sddm-greeter[1367]: QOpenGLShaderProgram::uniformLocation(fontScale): shader program is not linked [...] sddm-greeter[1367]: QOpenGLShaderProgram::uniformLocation(vecDelta): shader program is not linked Any suggestions as to what to check for?

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Can't Boot 6.8.* Kernels
by Garry T. Williams 26 May '24

26 May '24

I have one system that fails to boot any 6.8 kernel. The failure is that the boot sequence halts with a single message on the console: Booting `Fedora Linux (6.8.9-200.fc39.x86_64) 39 (KDE Plasma)' and the console cursor simply blinks two blank lines down from this message. The last kernel that will boot on this system is 6.8.10-300.fc40.x86_64. I have two other Fedora systems that do not have any problem booting the 6.8 kernels. This leads me to believe that something on this particular system is causing the problem. Any ideas? garry@vfr$ sudo dmidecode -t system [sudo] password for garry: # dmidecode 3.5 Getting SMBIOS data from sysfs. SMBIOS 3.0.0 present. Handle 0x0001, DMI type 1, 27 bytes System Information Manufacturer: Dell Inc. Product Name: Precision Tower 3420 Version: Not Specified Serial Number: HQ83ND2 UUID: 4c4c4544-0051-3810-8033-c8c04f4e4432 Wake-up Type: Power Switch SKU Number: 06C7 Family: Precision Handle 0x0005, DMI type 12, 5 bytes System Configuration Options Option 1: Default string Handle 0x0006, DMI type 15, 35 bytes System Event Log Area Length: 4 bytes Header Start Offset: 0x0000 Header Length: 2 bytes Data Start Offset: 0x0002 Access Method: Indexed I/O, one 16-bit index port, one 8-bit data port Access Address: Index 0x046A, Data 0x046C Status: Invalid, Not Full Change Token: 0x00000000 Header Format: No Header Supported Log Type Descriptors: 6 Descriptor 1: End of log Data Format 1: OEM-specific Descriptor 2: End of log Data Format 2: OEM-specific Descriptor 3: End of log Data Format 3: OEM-specific Descriptor 4: End of log Data Format 4: OEM-specific Descriptor 5: End of log Data Format 5: OEM-specific Descriptor 6: End of log Data Format 6: OEM-specific Handle 0x0008, DMI type 32, 20 bytes System Boot Information Status: No errors detected garry@vfr$ sudo dmidecode -t bios # dmidecode 3.5 Getting SMBIOS data from sysfs. SMBIOS 3.0.0 present. Handle 0x0000, DMI type 0, 24 bytes BIOS Information Vendor: Dell Inc. Version: 2.15.0 Release Date: 03/25/2020 Address: 0xF0000 Runtime Size: 64 kB ROM Size: 16 MB Characteristics: PCI is supported PNP is supported BIOS is upgradeable BIOS shadowing is allowed Boot from CD is supported Selectable boot is supported EDD is supported 5.25"/1.2 MB floppy services are supported (int 13h) 3.5"/720 kB floppy services are supported (int 13h) 3.5"/2.88 MB floppy services are supported (int 13h) Print screen service is supported (int 5h) 8042 keyboard services are supported (int 9h) Serial services are supported (int 14h) Printer services are supported (int 17h) ACPI is supported USB legacy is supported BIOS boot specification is supported Function key-initiated network boot is supported Targeted content distribution is supported UEFI is supported BIOS Revision: 2.15 Handle 0xF032, DMI type 13, 22 bytes BIOS Language Information Language Description Format: Long Installable Languages: 2 en|US|iso8859-1 <BAD INDEX> Currently Installed Language: en|US|iso8859-1 -- Garry T. Williams

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Need system to run 24/7
by Robert McBroom 26 May '24

26 May '24

This thread has been on before but I lost it. I need my system to run long simulations without my intervention. It keeps going to a reboot intermittently. The program has recovery that all is not lost with a shutdown but the time getting back to check on the system. Don't remember the setting to tell fedora what to do for always on systems.

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Kernel 6.9 Test Week 2024-05-26 to 2024-06-02
by Sumantro Mukherjee 26 May '24

26 May '24

Hey All, I would like to invite all of you to participate in the Kernel 6.9 Test week is happening from 2024-05-26 to 2024-06-02. It's fairly simple, head over to the wiki [0] and read in detail about the test week and simply run the test case mentioned in[1] and enter your results. As usual, the Fedora QA team will hangout at #fedora-test-day(a)libera.chat for questions and discussion. https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Day:2024-05-26_Kernel_6.9_Test_Week https://testdays.fedoraproject.org/events/187 -- //sumantro Fedora QE TRIED AND PERSONALLY TESTED, ERGO TRUSTED

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F40: strange network issue after upgrade of laptop from F39
by Ranjan Maitra 25 May '24

25 May '24

Hi, I have a strange issue after upgrading a laptop (Dell XPS 13, 2013 edition). That is that I am connected (whether through WiFi or ethernet cable) to a university network which claims after the upgrade that the laptop is no longer registered. I went through the registration process again through the browser (and was told: why are you registering this machine again, it is registered, simply restart the network/reboot) but the problem does not go away. I upgraded a desktop on the same ethernet switch and this problem did not go show up there (I am using that to write this email). I should mention that the network on this upgraded laptop works fine when I take the laptop home and connect. So what could be the problem? I have not had such an issue with installations and upgrades for 40.5 versions of Fedora (the 0.5 is for RH9 that I think I used mid-2003 to late 2003 before Fedora Core 1). How do I troubleshoot this? Many thanks in advance for any suggestions, and best wishes, Ranjan

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F40: strange network issue after upgrade of laptop from F39
by R. G. Newbury 24 May '24

24 May '24

On 2024-05-23 19:20, users-request(a)lists.fedoraproject.org wrote: > F40: strange network issue after upgrade of laptop from > F39 > To:users@lists.fedoraproject.org > Message-ID:<088547fa-c5dd-49f3-86a0-a09dba72a773(a)sieb.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed > > On 5/23/24 3:32 PM, Ranjan Maitra via users wrote: >> I have a strange issue after upgrading a laptop (Dell XPS 13, 2013 edition). That is that I am connected (whether through WiFi or ethernet cable) to a university network which claims after the upgrade that the laptop is no longer registered. I went through the registration process again through the browser (and was told: why are you registering this machine again, it is registered, simply restart the network/reboot) but the problem does not go away. I upgraded a desktop on the same ethernet switch and this problem did not go show up there (I am using that to write this email). > What are they using to identify the computer? > What is happening with the networking that isn't working? No DHCP > response, no network traffic, etc. Ignore the browser for the moment. Go into Network Connections and see if your install is cloning a random MAC address. I *suspect* that the registration "feature" may be checking against the MAC address, while the browser passes through the SSID + password only. Just a guess but I have had the same problem with my android cellphone getting a DHCP-served address instead of the expected static IP due to a random MAC address. Geoff

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audit features
by Billy Kay 22 May '24

22 May '24

Hi, I've used FreeIPA on and off with various versions. Currently we are using ipa-server-common-4.10.0-8. With the environment growing larger and having more engineers working with the setup, I would like have some way to audit / track of changes in everything from user, user groups, HBAC and sudo rules. I wonder if anyone has experience with auditing the changes. Any suggestion how to archive this? Thanks Billy

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This list's search engine not working?
by HaJo Schatz 22 May '24

22 May '24

Ever since I stumbled across this list, I seem to have major difficulties searching the archives. Say I want to see my posts to the list (they all have the same footer as below), I believe I could go to http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/ and enter "HaJo" as a search string. Searching in all sections, I get 0 results. Does the search engine ignore me by some reason? BTW -- I've been posting since about June, and when showing the archives sorted by author, I do find my posts. OK, not the most helpful to search for my own posts, but I do have the same issue when searching for given topics. Any other search engine out there indexing this list reliably? Google shows 0 hits on a "site:www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/" search... -- HaJo Schatz <hajo(a)hajo.net> http://www.HaJo.Net PGP-Key: http://www.hajo.net/hajonet/keys/pgpkey_hajo.txt

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google-chrome-stable update fails today on gpg keys
by Neal Becker 22 May '24

22 May '24

Today's dnf update fails with: The GPG keys listed for the "google-chrome" repository are already installed but they are not correct for this package. Check that the correct key URLs are configured for this repository.. Failing package is: google-chrome-stable-121.0.6167.184-1.x86_64 GPG Keys are configured as: https://dl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub

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[Rawhide Test Day] Podman 5.1 Test Day 2024-05-23
by Sumantro Mukherjee 22 May '24

22 May '24

Hey Folks! We will be testing Fedora 41 with the new update in Podman 5.1. To ensure a smooth transition, the Podman team and the Quality team of Fedora have decided to host a test day[1]. The idea is for users to test Podman 5.1 on a Fedora Rawhide machine and submit results in the Test Day App[2]. If you have spare cycles or use Podman as a daily driver, it will be great to have some folks try out and report bugs right away. We will want more Karmas on[3] and any following builds for Podman 5.1 [1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Day:2024-05-23_Podman_5.1 [2] https://testdays.fedoraproject.org/events/188 [3] https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2024-7d9e4ee012 -- //sumantro Fedora QE TRIED AND PERSONALLY TESTED, ERGO TRUSTED

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Fedora 40 and Python 3.11 artifacts?
by Jeffrey Walton 22 May '24

22 May '24

Hi Everyone, I'm trying to work around the Selenium packaging problem detailed at <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2278096>. When following c1, I noticed I have Python 3.11 and 3.12 paths: # ls /usr/lib/python3.1* python3.11/ python3.12/ This machine has been dnf-system-upgraded multiple times. It is currently on Fedora 40. Fedora 40 uses Python 3.12. It looks like Python 3.11 is an old artifact: # ls /usr/lib/python3.11/site-packages/lvmdbusd # I think it is safe to delete the Python 3.11 directory. But I am not a Python expert. Is it safe to delete the Python 3.11 directory? Thanks in advance.

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My Fedora 40 experiences
by Stephen Morris 22 May '24

22 May '24

I used dnf to system-upgrade to F40, which downloaded all the relevant packages, and then I rebooted through dnf. The restart updated all the packages and automatically rebooted when it was finished. When the grub menu was displayed after the reboot it was obvious that the upgrade did not update the grub config as there was no entry to boot off the F40 installed kernel. I booted to the display manager which I think is still gdm, and the first thing I noticed there was the "plasma on xorg" selection had been removed but the "Gnome on xorg" and "Gnome Classic on xorg" were still there. I selected the "Plasma" entry and booted into Plasma. Having loaded Plasma I then went into the system entries menu and went through all the options again, and it was obvious from this that the display options I had configured with F39 had been wiped with F40. I configured the display settings again and set the new HDR option as I have a HDR monitor. After the configuration changes I rebuilt the grub menus using grub2-mkconfig to get a boot entry for the new kernel, and rebooted. With the reboot from the new kernel, and for that matter any of the older kernels, I got a message that the nvidia driver was not found and it was falling back to the nouveau driver, I don't know how as the nvidia driver was black listed in the grub menus. From the display manager I loaded Plasma as I did after the first upgrade boot, and Plasma displayed a black screen and never went any further, irrespective of how long I left it for, and the only way I could get out of that state was to use the physical reset button on the computer. On reboot, if I selected "Gnome" or "Gnome on Xorg", gnome would start up quite happily, but logging out and starting Plasma would still hang the computer. So rebooting again to the display manager login screen, I used ctrl+alt+F2 to switch to a terminal login process. Logging into the terminal the first thing I did was use mokutil to check the uefi status and it told me that uefi was disabled even though it was enabled in the bios. I checked whether the signing key was enrolled and it was, but the system wasn't using the nvidia driver even though it was installed, and a reinstall of kmod-nvidia and akmod-nvidia did nothing to alleviate the issue. So I uninstalled the kmod-nvidia module, and did a force re-enroll of the uefi signed key (potentially with a new key), and then rebooted to go through the mokutil enrolment required at boot. This did not resolve the Plasm start issue, so I loaded Gnome. Once in Gnome I started Firefox Nightly to do some net searches to see if I could find a solution, and the one thing that did happen at this point was the boot did not display the "falling back to nouveau" message, but the start of firefox displayed a message that a gpu couldn't be found on pci. Looking for a resolution to this I found an entry about, as part of installed nvidia drivers, to ensure the gpu firmware was also installed. So I did a dnf install nvidia-gpu-firmware which was then installed as it hadn't been already. After installing the firmware I rebooted and started Plasma, which successfully started without issues, and when I checked the video driver it was finally using the nvidia driver. This was a lot of work to resolve, and is the worst experience I've had with any fedora system upgrade. regards, Steve

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Re: Tomcat
by Rahul Sadotra 21 May '24

21 May '24

Hi Michael, --- Michael Folin <michael.folin(a)donator.se> wrote: > how do I install Tomcat i fedora? > can't find it during the installation > If you mean during the installation of Fedora Core itself, then I don't think Tomcat is provided with Fedora Core (please feel free to correct me if I'm wrong). This means you will probably need to download Apache Jakarta Tomcat (either binaries, or the source which you'll need to build) and install it. Hope this helps. All the best, Rahul ___________________________________________________________ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun! http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

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OT: SFTP with lftp
by Frederic Muller 21 May '24

21 May '24

Hi! I thought someone here could help me out. I am using lftp to automate some file copy on Ubuntu 20.04. The originating server is switching to SFTP and I have about a week for testing. It works fine by default with F40. On ubuntu it seems by default lftp is not compiled with sftp support as I didn't get any trace of *libssl*.so using ldd. I then removed it, compiled a new version with sftp support, checked with ldd for libssl.so and got it but it is still not working. Any idea what could be the problem then, or how to further troubleshoot? Thank you. Fred

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This OS version ... dracut (Init ramfs) is past its end-of-support date
by Frédéric 20 May '24

20 May '24

Hi, I get this strange message when I boot: [ ↑↑ ] This OS version (Fedora Linux 38 (Thirty Eight) dracut-059-5.fc38 (Init ramfs)) is past its end-of-support date (2024-05-14). Is it because F38 is past end of support or is it just related to dracut? Thanks

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firefox/google problem
by olivares33561 20 May '24

20 May '24

Dear fellow fedora users, Using firefox latest one, olivares@fedora:~/Downloads/kerTeX/Documents/Documents/mptmp$ rpm -qa firefox firefox-126.0-5.fc40.x86_64 I try to login to google account, I get error message: `` 400. That’s an error. The server cannot process the request because it is malformed. It should not be retried. That’s all we know.'' I did not get this before, anything I could try to get past this error? It worked before without problems. Best Regards, Antonio Sent from ProtonMail, encrypted email based in Switzerland. Sent with Proton Mail secure email.

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Updated 3 machines from 39 to 40, but on 4th machine get this error at end??
by Michael D. Setzer II 19 May '24

19 May '24

Error: Transaction test error: file /usr/share/gir-1.0/GLib-2.0.gir conflicts between attempted installs of glib2-devel-2.80.2-1.fc40.i686 and glib2-devel-2.80.2-1.fc40.x86_64 # rpm -qa | grep glib2-devel glib2-devel-2.78.6-1.fc39.x86_64 glib2-devel-2.78.6-1.fc39.i686 Don't know if other 3 machines had these installed or not? Thanks for any recommendations?? +------------------------------------------------------------+ 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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F40 Sendmail "Connection Refused"
by Tim Evans 19 May '24

19 May '24

I have sendmail (sendmail-8.18.1-1.fc40.x86_64) on my three home systems, its purpose being handling of LOCAL-ONLY mail. That is, output from cron jobs, local backup scripts, and the like. (I review these messages using good-ole command-line 'mailx'.) External mail is handled by my hosting provider's server, to which I connect with Thunderbird via IMAP. Two of the three systems are handling local mail correctly. One, however, is failing with: # mailq /var/spool/mqueue (3 requests) -----Q-ID----- --Size-- -----Q-Time----- ------------Sender/Recipient----------- 44HBtEsB003461 5910 Fri May 17 07:55 MAILER-DAEMON (Deferred: Connection refused by kestrel.mynetworksettings.co) <root(a)kestrel.tkevans.com> journalctl reports pretty much the same error message. This began with the upgrade to F40 yesterday Haven't dealt with sendmail.cf settings in many, many years, but don't think there is misconfig there, as all three systems have identical /etc/mail/sendmail.cf files. What stands out here is the reference to "kestrel.mynetworksettings.co". NOTE: ".co" not ".com". Where does this come from, and what do I need to do to reset it to the actual local domain name? Thanks.

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Any idea how to solve: upgrade to F40 results in Cisco VPN not finding required libraries
by Ranjan Maitra 18 May '24

18 May '24

I have Cisco VPN version cisco-secure-client-linux64-5.0.05040 which is what is the current version released by our workplace. The complete upgrade to Fedora 40 from Fedora 39 appears to have resulted in: You are missing the required libraries for the authentication method you requested. whenever I try to use the VPN and basically I can not connect. Any suggestions as to how to get around this problem? Many thanks in advance! Best wishes, Ranjan

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nmcli -d ??
by ToddAndMargo 17 May '24

17 May '24

Hi All, In CentOS 8, I have the following command: # nmcli -d example output: DEVICE TYPE STATE CONNECTION ens3 ethernet disconnected ens3 lo loopback unmanaged --- But under Fedora 39, the same command gives me # nmcli -d Error: Option '-d' is unknown, try 'nmcli -help'. I really like the output that CentOS gives. Is there a way to get it back? Not finding anything under --help or search.brave.com Many thanks, -T -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Computers are like air conditioners. They malfunction when you open windows ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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What have I used too big a hammer on?
by Tom Horsley 17 May '24

17 May '24

Yesterday there were a couple of hours long xfinity cable outages and I decided to try to connect over 5G via my phone's hotspot and the built in wireless on my computer's motherboard. It could connect, but I couldn't see anything on the internet, I suspect because I beat NetworkManager into submission with too big a hammer on my normal network setup where it kept not using my internal LAN DNS, so my big hammer was to edit /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf in in the mail section add [main] dns=none Then remove the /etc/resolv.conf symlink and replace it with a fixed content file with my local search and dns server so I can lookup names for all my local stuff. So, my question is: How to override DNS the same way, but only for my hardwired ethernet connection, while allowing me to disable that connection and use my hotspot in time of comcast outage? Heck, it would be even better if I could use both at the same time, the local ethernet to get to other computers in the house and the hotspot to access the internet (but I have a feeling my brain might never be able to wrap around that).

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postfix fails to start on boot
by Alex 17 May '24

17 May '24

Hi, I have a fedora38 server with postfix-3.7.9 (although this problem has existed for a long time) that fails to start because I believe the server has multiple interfaces. ifconfig shows just the primary ethernet interface, but "ip addr" shows the rest. There are five total interfaces in this multi-instance postfix config. Here are the related boot messages from journalctl -xb0: postfix[1360]: egrep: warning: egrep is obsolescent; using grep -E postfix[1371]: fatal: parameter inet_interfaces: no local interface found for 130.250.NNN.197 postfix[1374]: fatal: parameter inet_interfaces: no local interface found for 130.250.NNN.198 postfix[1375]: fatal: parameter inet_interfaces: no local interface found for 130.250.NNN.199 postfix[1376]: fatal: parameter inet_interfaces: no local interface found for 130.250.NNN.200 postfix[1379]: fatal: parameter inet_interfaces: no local interface found for 130.250.NNN.201 Each of the IPs correspond to a different postfix instance. After the system boots, I can start postfix successfully with just "service postfix start". Is it perhaps trying to start before networking is available? This would be odd because the problem has persisted for quite a while, and I would have thought something like that would have been fixed long ago. Perhaps related to the difference between ifconfig and ip? Where is the egrep coming from? I don't see it in the systemd file: # ls -l /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/postfix.service lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 39 Jan 24 2023 /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/postfix.service -> /usr/lib/systemd/system/postfix.service

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boot fails to mount after fc39 upgrade
by Alex 15 May '24

15 May '24

Hi, I just upgraded my fc38 desktop to fc39 using the regular "dnf upgrade" method, as I've done forever. However, this time boot fails with messages related to failed dependencies and it being unable to mount any partitions other than boot and root. I managed to get networking working so I can copy off some of the config. Here's what's mounted when it fails: Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on devtmpfs 4.0M 0 4.0M 0% /dev tmpfs 32G 0 32G 0% /dev/shm tmpfs 13G 2.1M 13G 1% /run efivarfs 192K 155K 33K 83% /sys/firmware/efi/efivars /dev/sdc4 1.8T 40G 1.7T 3% / /dev/loop1 6.9M 6.9M 0 100% /var/lib/snapd/snap/dalfox/227 /dev/loop0 104M 104M 0 100% /var/lib/snapd/snap/core/16928 tmpfs 32G 0 32G 0% /tmp /dev/sdc2 974M 352M 555M 39% /boot /dev/sdc1 599M 7.5M 592M 2% /boot/efi I can mount my home directory manually, so it's not a problem with the disk. I also tried replacing the UUID in /etc/fstab with the actual device name and rebooting, but that didn't help either. I've also tried booting into the previous fc38 kernel that I know booted properly. I'm used to seeing the ext4 kernel module installed with lsmod, but it seems that's not needed anymore? There's also a message about selinux relabeling - I've also disabled selinux on boot using security=0 so I don't think that's the problem. Here are a few of the "fail" messages from "journalctl -xb 0" May 15 15:31:23 fedora systemd[1]: Mounting home-alex.mount - /home/alex... May 15 15:31:23 fedora mount[928]: mount: /home/alex: mount failed: Invalid argument. May 15 15:31:23 fedora systemd[1]: home-alex.mount: Mount process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE May 15 15:31:23 fedora systemd[1]: Dependency failed for local-fs.target - Local File Systems. May 15 15:31:23 fedora systemd[1]: Dependency failed for selinux-autorelabel-mark.service - Mark the need to relabel after reboot. May 15 15:31:23 fedora systemd[1]: selinux-autorelabel-mark.service: Job selinux-autorelabel-mark.service/start failed with result 'dependency'. May 15 15:31:23 fedora systemd[1]: local-fs.target: Job local-fs.target/start failed with result 'dependency'. May 15 15:31:23 fedora systemd[1]: local-fs.target: Triggering OnFailure= dependencies. Here's my /etc/fstab. I've commented out all the secondary mount points other than my home directory after they all failed too. # cat /etc/fstab|grep -Ev '^$|#' UUID=39b42604-3f56-4537-b738-b79656379920 / ext3 defaults 1 1 UUID=ca677379-15de-4b51-8728-e1c5591874fb /boot ext4 defaults 1 2 UUID=E6F8-57A9 /boot/efi vfat umask=0077,shortname=winnt 0 2 UUID=e8add1bc-a807-4547-8177-52768f24bd25 none swap defaults 0 0 UUID=e9be12f8-7d21-4992-9018-d5032124264d /home/alex ext4 defaults,group,user,exec 0 0

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Fedora 39/40 hangs on boot after system update
by Meikel 15 May '24

15 May '24

Hi folks, I have an ASUS N550JK laptop running Fedora XFCE. I didn't use it for some months. It was running Fedora 39 XFCE. Today I did an update. After the update it hangs on boot. Because I removed "rhgb quiet" from GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX I can see messages while the system boots. It seems that it hangs after a message like ... nouveau ... Enabling HDA controller As "nouveau" seems to be a driver for the graphic card and I can also see that the update probably installed a newer kernel 6.8.9-200.fc39.x86_64 I did a reboot with choosing an older kernel 6.6.9-200.fc39.x86_64 from boot menu. With this older kernel the system is able to boot without problems. Then I did an upgrade to Fedora 40 XFCE because I hoped that this could fix the problem. But with Fedora 40 I have the same problem. On starting with the now very new kernel 6.8.9-300.fc40.x86_64 it hangs on boot with the same message ... nouveau ... Enabling HDA controller If I start Fedora 40 with the older kernel 6.6.9-200.fc39.x86_64 from boot menu then the system boots without problems. For providing you some information about the hardware, I did run sudo dmidecode but this gives very very much information. Here is only a short snippet with some basic information: System Information Manufacturer: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. Product Name: N550JK Version: 1.0 SKU Number: ASUS-NotebookSKU Family: N To find something about the graphic card I did run dmesg | grep nouveau and in the very first line I can see that it seems to be a NVIDIA GM107 (117110a2): [ 2.426287] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: NVIDIA GM107 (117110a2) [ 2.442106] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: bios: version 82.07.2a.00.02 [ 2.526832] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: fb: 2048 MiB DDR3 [ 2.526889] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: bus: MMIO read of 00000000 FAULT at 022554 [ PRIVRING ] [ 3.197385] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: VRAM: 2048 MiB [ 3.197387] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: GART: 1048576 MiB [ 3.197389] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: Pointer to TMDS table not found [ 3.197390] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: DCB version 4.0 [ 3.198239] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: MM: using COPY for buffer copies [ 3.198466] [drm] Initialized nouveau 1.4.0 20120801 for 0000:01:00.0 on minor 1 [ 3.198535] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: [drm] No compatible format found [ 3.198537] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: [drm] Cannot find any crtc or sizes [ 52.988052] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Enabling HDA controller [ 59.107580] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Enabling HDA controller [ 59.227433] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: bus: MMIO read of 00000000 FAULT at 619444 [ PRIVRING ] [ 97.171565] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Enabling HDA controller [ 97.288155] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: bus: MMIO read of 00000000 FAULT at 619444 [ PRIVRING ] I do not want to manually choose the kernel each time when I boot the computer. What can I do? Regards, Meikel

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plocate?
by Geoffrey Leach 15 May '24

15 May '24

New install of Fedora 40. It is unclear what program should be run to create plocate.db.

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2 sets of backups with Backups?
by Frederic Muller 15 May '24

15 May '24

Hi! I currently do weekly backups with Backups and Duplicity> I was thinking to add another batch job of daily backup, faster, for specific files and folders that are updated daily. Unfortunately Backups doesn't seem to give the options for 2 batches, or selecting single files. How would you do about that then? I have a NAS to which I plan to copy those files. Thank you for your help. Fred

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qemu guest converted via v2v has no network
by Sbob 15 May '24

15 May '24

Hi; I have just installed Fedora 40 and all the kvm/qemu/libvirt bits I can run virt-manager and install a new guest and when I start the guest it comes up automatically with a valid network / ip address I also converted a fedora 38 vm that has a gui interface and it also works fine However, I have several ALMA 8 VMWare vm's and I am able to convert them like this: # virt-v2v -i vmx /data/vmware/Alma-HA-DR-Data3/Alma-HA-DR-Data3.vmx -o libvirt -of qcow2 -os default -n default where the original VMware folder is at /data/vmware/Alma-HA-DR-Data3 It converts and I can start the guest but it has no network, I see the standard network device but it has no ip address, trying to bring it up with the following command has no effect: # ifconfig enp1s0 up The guest NIC details (in the guest details ) show this: Network source: Virtual network 'default' :NAT Device model: virtio Mac address: 00:0c:29:4f:14:c3 IP Address: Unknown Link State: active The guest NIC details xml tab shows this: <interface type="network"> <mac address="00:0c:29:4f:14:c3"/> <source network="default" portid="35431ccd-cdd2-4cde-b2ec-8310b912e188" bridge="virbr0"/> <target dev="vnet5"/> <model type="virtio"/> <alias name="net0"/> <address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x01" slot="0x00" function="0x0"/> </interface> Thanks in advance for any advice

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Can an vsFTP server get swamped?
by ToddAndMargo 14 May '24

14 May '24

Hi All, I have a customer with four Windows workstations that backup with Cobian Reflector to a local Fedora vsFTP server vsftpd-3.0.5-6.fc40.x86_64 Every so often, Cobian errors out with: ERR 2024-05-12 21:38:58 An error occurred while uploading the file "C:\Users\accounting\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\boteqaxu.default-1441211636453\storage\default\https+++shop.nordstrom.com\cache\morgue\44\{a7c30849-26e1-400f-9127-3cc779dc912c}.final" to "/MyDocsBackup/backup1/Mozilla 2024-05-12 21;31;27 (Full)/Firefox/Profiles/boteqaxu.default-1441211636453/storage/default/https…": Only one usage of each socket address (protocol/network address/port) is normally permitted 192.168.202.10:10098 But if I re-run the task, it goes through without issue. By chance if several of the workstations start backing up at the same time, can the vsFTP server get swamped? Is there a way to increase vsFTP's sockets? P Many thanks, -T

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Re: statistics on Fedora and RHEL usage
by ToddAndMargo 13 May '24

13 May '24

On 5/12/24 06:22, Michael D. Setzer II wrote: > Watching thread, and wondering why you are looking at AnyDesk > if they don't want to support Fedora? Not sure if they have a > special feature you are looking at? Haven't used that Program at > all, but seems to be a remote desktop program. > > I've used TightVNC, TigerVNC, and currently using TurboVNC. > > TigerVNC is the somewhat default version for Fedora, but I've > currently had good results with the TurboVNC with the XFCE > desktop myself. Hi Michael, I am providing remote support for many of my customers. They are mostly Windows users. I wish I had more Linux customers, but it is what it is. I would not have a job if not for Windows poor quality. I first used Go To Assist, but dropped them for their lack of Linux support and ignoring bug and enhancement reports. I also did not care for having to run it out of a Windows virtual machine. I looked at Team Viewer, but they are very, very expensive and "Woke" as well, which means they are no longer hiring based on merit and their product(s) will/are deteriorating because of it. The reason for AnyDesk and such is that it get around firewalls/routers. If a customer calls, there is no way I would be able to coach then through installing a port forward on their firewall/router which are required for the various VNC's. I am lucky if most of my customers know how to use their keyboards. (I still have to assist them with finding the "Win" and "Esc" keys. Sometimes even the "Enter" key.) I landed on Any desk because it is reasonably priced, supports Linux, is quite snappy (fast), is able to get around several technical problems with Go To Assist, their tech support is responsive, they take bug reports. Although, if the report is specifically Fedora, the second tier sends you back their supported linux spins. They support CentOS and RHEL. So I am currently installing a Virtual Machine of CentOS to reproduce any issues, so second tier can not weasel out of it. Any Desk's RHEL rpm works rather well (except for the lightdm issue) in Fedora and certainly gets around a ton of issues that Go To Assist plagued me with. AnyDesk's Multi Factor Authentication is rather easy to set up too. I prefer Red Hat's FreeOTP (Cell phones) and Fedora's Keysmith for such. -T

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statistics on Fedora and RHEL usage
by ToddAndMargo 13 May '24

13 May '24

Hi All, Anyone know of a source that gives the number of users of Fedora vs CentOS vs RHEL? -T -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Computers are like air conditioners. They malfunction when you open windows ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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[Testdays] Call for Fedora Linux 41 testing events
by Sumantro Mukherjee 13 May '24

13 May '24

Hi Fedora users, developers, and friends! It's time to start thinking about Test Days for Fedora 41. For anyone who isn't aware, a Test Day is an event usually focused around IRC for interaction and a Wiki page for instructions and results, with the aim being to get a bunch of interested users and developers together to test a specific feature or area of the distribution. You can run a Test Day on just about anything for which it would be useful to do some fairly focused testing in 'real time' with a group of testers; it doesn't have to be code, for instance, we often run Test Days for l10n/i18n topics. For more information on Test Days, see https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA/Test_Days . Anyone who wants to can host their own Test Day, or you can request that the QA group helps you out with organization or any combination of the two. To propose a Test Day, just file a ticket in fedora-qa pagure - here's an example https://pagure.io/fedora-qa/issue/624 . For instructions on hosting a Test Day, see https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA/SOP_Test_Day_management . You can see the schedule at https://pagure.io/fedora-qa/issues?tags=test+days . There are many slots open right now. Consider the development schedule, though, in deciding when you want to run your Test Day - for some topics you may want to avoid the time before the Beta release or the time after the feature freeze or the Final Freeze. We normally aim to schedule Test Days on Thursdays; however, if you want to run a series of related Test Days, it's often a good idea to do something like Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday of the same week (this is how we usually run the X Test Week, for instance). If all the Thursday slots fill up but more people want to run Test Days, we will open up Tuesday slots as overflows. And finally, if you really want to run a Test Day in a specific time frame due to the development schedule, but the Thursday slot for that week is full, we can add a slot on another day. We're flexible! Just put in your ticket the date or time frame you'd like, and we'll figure it out from there. If you don't want to run your own Test Day, but you are willing to help with another, feel free to join one or more of already accepted Test Days: GNOME Test Day* i18n Test Day* Kernel Test Week(s)* Upgrade Test Day* IoT Test Week* Cloud Test Day* Fedora CoreOS Test Week* And don't be afraid, there are a lot of more slots available for your own Test Day! [*] These are the test days we run generally to make sure everything is working fine, the dates get announced as we move into the release cycle. If you have any questions about the Test Day process, please don't hesitate to contact me or any member of the Fedora QA team on test at lists.fedoraproject.org or in #fedora-qa on IRC. Thanks! -- //sumantro Fedora QE TRIED AND PERSONALLY TESTED, ERGO TRUSTED

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Question on $FileCreateMode for imjournal
by Mark C. Allman 13 May '24

13 May '24

I'm seeing this line in /var/log/messages: imjournal: filecreatemode is not set, using default 0644 [v8.2312.0-1.fc40 try https://www.rsyslog.com/e/2186 ] From the page https://www.rsyslog.com/doc/configuration/action/rsconf1_filecreatemode.html, I see that I need to set $FileCreateMode. OK. Where? * I created a conf file in /etc/rsyslog.d/ with "$FileCreateMode 0600." No impact. * I edited (temporarily) /etc/rsyslog.conf and inserted the above line both before, after and (as a last resort) both before and after the imjournal module load. No impact. Where should this variable be set and what's the correct syntax? I also sent this to the rsyslog list but I thought I'd throw it out here as well. Thanks, -- *Mark C. Allman, PMP, CSM, SSM*

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How to list Apache (httpd) virtual servers
by Ian Pilcher 12 May '24

12 May '24

I am trying to list the virtual servers in my Apache httpd configuration on Fedora 38. My internet searches keep turning up references to using either apachectl or apache2ctl with the -S option, but neither one seems to work on Fedora. # apachectl -S apachectl: The "-S" option is not supported. # dnf provides '*/apache2ctl' Last metadata expiration check: 3:35:44 ago on Sun 12 May 2024 01:13:05 PM CDT. bash-completion-1:2.11-9.fc38.noarch : Programmable completion for Bash Repo : fedora Matched from: Filename : /usr/share/bash-completion/completions/apache2ctl So how is one supposed to do this on Fedora? -- ======================================================================== If your user interface is intuitive in retrospect ... it isn't intuitive ========================================================================

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How to change fail2ban timeout during reboot in F40?
by Frank Bures 12 May '24

12 May '24

Hi, I was a target of an attack resulting in 1600 banned IP address by fail2ban. When I reboot, f2b tries to unban those IPs but it ultimately times out and a large number of IPs becomes orphaned. They stay in firewalld, but f2b does not know about them anymore. And indeed root@ryzen:/etc/systemd/system# systemctl show fail2ban.service -p TimeoutStopUSec TimeoutStopUSec=45s How do I increase the 45s timeout to something more suitable? I was not able to find where in the system is that value set. Thanks Frank -- <listfrank1(a)gmail.com>

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My fedora 40 experiences
by Tom Horsley 12 May '24

12 May '24

Things I noticed after installing fedora 40. Nothing too bad, got everything working OK after a few fixes. No sound at all, not even any sound devices listed. Poking around in google I eventually found the advice to do this: rm -rf ~/.local/state/wireplumber reboot That worked. I can watch videos now and hear the soundtrack. No working printer. Apparently the stuff I've been copying from release to release no longer works. Had to remove the printer definition completely and let it notice it and reinstall from scratch. It now works but the annoying new ipp-usb stuff causes a delay of about 10 seconds between clicking "print" and hearing the printer power up (it was previously instantaneous before this "improvement"). Various systemd config files I used to edit to change settings are now apparently installed as %ghost files, so they don't actually exist. Eventually created directories /etc/systemd/journald.conf.d/ /etc/systemd/system.conf.d and /etc/systemd/user.conf.d and created some local .conf files in those directories to just override the handful of settings I normally changed. The gcc compiler now defaults to the same fanatical insistence on proper forward references and such that used to be so sloppy in old C code, so various C programs I always rebuild didn't compile till I fixed the source ( I figure there is probably an option to make gcc as dumb as it used to be, but I might as well fix the code). My custom sddm theme didn't work. Had to copy new format theme directory and make similar customizations. The bogofilter tool changed format databases. Had to discover the bogomigrate-berkeley tool in the list of files in the bogofilter rpm to fix that and salvage years worth of spam filter training. Haven't noticed any other problems yet, I seem to be able to use fedora 40 now just like I used fedora 39.

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What is Castor ? Att.Jonathan Billings.
by Ger van Dijck 12 May '24

12 May '24

Hi, A bit late Jonathan but here is my answer. After upgrade to Fedora 40 all runs perfect , but the login prompt looks as follows : [root@castor GervanDijck] # Suddenly the router a Fritz-Box 7490 detects the Name Castor with IP192.168.178.29 (not connectebel) with a MAC number and the connection is WLAN. I just do not understand it : What does it represent ? Ger van Dijck.

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Fedore CoreOS and secondary disk
by Earl Ramirez 12 May '24

12 May '24

Good day, all, I have been trying to add a second disk to CoreOS and can't seem to figure this out. The secondary disk is specified in the butane config but the part that I need guidance with is how do I bring up the server with two disks. #### Sample disk config from butane #### disks: - device: /dev/disk/by-id/coreos-boot-disk wipe_table: false partitions: - number: 4 label: root size_mib: 8192 resize: true - device: /dev/disk/by-id/wwn-0x50014e2eb507fcdf wipe_table: true partitions: - number: 1 label: var size_mib: 0 start_mib: 0 type_guid: 0657fd6d-a4ab-43c4-84e5-0933c84b4f4f filesystems: - path: /var device: /dev/disk/by-partlabel/var format: xfs wipe_filesystem: false with_mount_unit: true ## ## Any suggestions or directions you can point me to be able to get the secondary disk going for Fedora CoreOS? Thanks in advance -- Kind Regards, Earl A. Ramirez 2024-05-12T10:02:02 (CEST +0200)

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Fedora 40 Disappearing sound
by Tom Horsley 11 May '24

11 May '24

Just got completely switched over to Fedora 40 and was dismayed to discover gnome-control-center reporting no sound devices at all. Not the onboard built in sound, and not the HDMI sound I wanted. After much googling, I found this web page: https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/f40-regression-internal-audio-output… And the suggestion in there worked. rm -rf ~/.local/state/wireplumber reboot So I don't have to switch back to fedora 39 :-).

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Samba AD - KDC listening only on IPv6 localhost [::1]:464
by pavel.lisy＠gmail.com 11 May '24

11 May '24

Hello I want to configure Samba AD on Fedora 39. I have 2 DC replicating correctly. When I try to connect another computer as samba member with: sudo realm join OFFICE.COMPANY.COM it fails with this error * Trying to set computer password with Kerberos kvě 03 14:15:14 smbmem41.office.company.com realmd[315828]: ! Couldn't set password for computer account: SMBMEM41$: Cannot contact any KDC for requested realm kvě 03 14:15:14 smbmem41.office.company.com realmd[315828]: adcli: joining domain office.company.com failed: Couldn't set password for computer account: SMBMEM41$: Cannot contact any KDC for requested realm kvě 03 14:15:14 smbmem41.office.company.com realmd[315828]: process exited: 315924 kvě 03 14:15:14 smbmem41.office.company.com realmd[315828]: ! Failed to join the domain after investigation I've found there is problem with krb5kdc not listening on public IP on port 464 https://forums.opensuse.org/t/access-denied-between-windows-member-samba-ad… listening on IPv6 localhost [::1]:464 only sudo ss -tupln | grep 464 udp UNCONN 0 0 [::1]:464 [::]:* users:(("kdc[master]",pid=209134,fd=38)) tcp LISTEN 0 10 [::1]:464 [::]:* users:(("kdc[master]",pid=209134,fd=37)) I've tried to change configuration in file: /var/lib/samba/private/kdc.conf [kdcdefaults] kdc_listen = 0.0.0.0 kdc_tcp_listen = 0.0.0.0 kpasswd_listen = 127.0.0.1:464 192.168.95.111:464 kadmind_listen = 127.0.0.1 192.168.95.111 kdc_ports = 88 kdc_tcp_ports = 88 #kadmind_port = 464 restrict_anonymous_to_tgt = true when I change "kdc_tcp_listen" or "kadmind_listen" listening IPs are changing but change of "kpasswd_listen" directive make no difference. Is it bug in fedora samba package or I'm doing something wrong? Pavel

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OT: live spins for RHEL and/or CentOS?
by ToddAndMargo 10 May '24

10 May '24

Hi All, Please forgive a bit off topic. AnyDesk is having issue with light DM under Fedora 38 - 40. The keyboard becomes inactive (probably sent somewhere else). AnyDesk works fine if the user is already logged into to his GUI. AnyDesk support won't help as they do not support Fedora. They only support RHEL and CentOS. (Telling them RHEL is based on prior versions fall on deaf ears.) SO I am having trouble finding an XFCE or MATE spin of either RHEL or CentOS to install in a Virtual Machine to get them to support me and take the issue. But I can't find such a spin. Any ideas? -T -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Computers are like air conditioners. They malfunction when you open windows ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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Who moved my journald.conf?
by Tom Horsley 09 May '24

09 May '24

I have a bunch of journal setting I normally change in /etc/systemd/journald.conf. In fedora40 there doesn't appear to be such a file. Where are journal settings configured these days?

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Cleanup after Failed dnf Upgrade
by Tim Evans 09 May '24

09 May '24

Command-line dnf upgrade (F39->F40) failed yesterday, barfing on a missing GPG key for Fedora 40, leaving 2.5GB of rpms sitting in /var/lib/dnf/system-upgrade. 'dnt clean' does not remove these. Is it safe to manually clear out this subdirectory? (FWIW, I tried the now-recommended GUI software app's "upgrade" and it ran the upgrade without error, but all this cruft is still sitting there.) Thanks.

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virt-viewer vs virt-manager for sound
by Ranbir 09 May '24

09 May '24

Hi, I'm successfully using virt-viewer to display a Fedora 40 KVM running on my Fedora 40 host. The one problem I have is that sound from the KVM only works in virt-manager and not in virt-viewer. If I passthrough my headset to the KVM, sound works fine in virt- viewer. Otherwise, I don't hear anything from my speakers, unless I use virt-manager. Is there a plugin or some configuration parameter I'm missing that would make sound work in virt-viewer without having to passthrough my headset? -- Ranbir

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Fedora 40 and nouveau
by John Pilkington 07 May '24

07 May '24

Both my old HP boxes have F40 up-to-date. Both are connected to an HDMI tv and vga monitor, but the one dual-booted with Windows has a fixed 800x600 screen size that appears only on the HDMI screen but lacks HDMI audio. I reinstalled the (Fedora provided) nouveau driver on both boxes before these reboots. The boot lines shown give rrunning systems. Most variants that I have tried freeze sooner or later. I still have no idea of how to pre-specify the devices that I want to use. John P {{{ The same packages are on both boxes: [john@HPFed ~]$ [john@HPFed ~]$ rpm -qa | grep -i nouveau nouveau-firmware-340.32-12.fc40.noarch xorg-x11-drv-nouveau-1.0.17-7.fc40.x86_64 [john@HPFed ~]$ [john@HPFed ~]$ [john@HPFed ~]$ [john@HPFed ~]$ rpm -qa | grep -i nvidia nvidia-gpu-firmware-20240410-1.fc40.noarch [john@HPFed ~]$ =============== This box works acceptably for me, but may not provide hardware acceleration or deinterlace. [john@HPFed ~]$ [john@HPFed ~]$ [john@HPFed ~]$ sudo dmesg | grep -i nouveau [sudo] password for john: [ 0.000000] Command line: BOOT_IMAGE=(hd0,msdos1)/vmlinuz-6.8.8-300.fc40.x86_64 root=/dev/mapper/fedora-root ro rd.driver.blacklist=nvidia modprobe.blacklist=nvidia nouveau-drm.modeset=1 rd.lvm.lv=fedora/swap rd.lvm.lv=fedora/root rhgb quiet [ 0.080150] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=(hd0,msdos1)/vmlinuz-6.8.8-300.fc40.x86_64 root=/dev/mapper/fedora-root ro rd.driver.blacklist=nvidia modprobe.blacklist=nvidia nouveau-drm.modeset=1 rd.lvm.lv=fedora/swap rd.lvm.lv=fedora/root rhgb quiet [ 6.251690] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: vgaarb: deactivate vga console [ 6.259071] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: NVIDIA GK208B (b060b0b1) [ 6.471713] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: bios: version 80.28.a6.00.35 [ 6.478430] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: fb: 1024 MiB DDR3 [ 7.506681] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: VRAM: 1024 MiB [ 7.506687] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: GART: 1048576 MiB [ 7.506691] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: TMDS table version 2.0 [ 7.509397] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: MM: using COPY for buffer copies [ 7.519874] [drm] Initialized nouveau 1.4.0 20120801 for 0000:01:00.0 on minor 0 [ 7.717489] fbcon: nouveaudrmfb (fb0) is primary device [ 7.864230] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: [drm] fb0: nouveaudrmfb frame buffer device [ 26.289099] snd_hda_intel 0000:01:00.1: bound 0000:01:00.0 (ops nv50_audio_component_bind_ops [nouveau]) [john@HPFed ~]$ [john@HPFed ~]$ [john@HPFed ~]$ [john@HPFed ~]$ [john@HPFed ~]$ sudo dmesg | grep -i nvidia [ 0.000000] Command line: BOOT_IMAGE=(hd0,msdos1)/vmlinuz-6.8.8-300.fc40.x86_64 root=/dev/mapper/fedora-root ro rd.driver.blacklist=nvidia modprobe.blacklist=nvidia nouveau-drm.modeset=1 rd.lvm.lv=fedora/swap rd.lvm.lv=fedora/root rhgb quiet [ 0.080150] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=(hd0,msdos1)/vmlinuz-6.8.8-300.fc40.x86_64 root=/dev/mapper/fedora-root ro rd.driver.blacklist=nvidia modprobe.blacklist=nvidia nouveau-drm.modeset=1 rd.lvm.lv=fedora/swap rd.lvm.lv=fedora/root rhgb quiet [ 6.259071] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: NVIDIA GK208B (b060b0b1) [ 26.293617] input: HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=3 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.1/sound/card1/input11 [ 26.293770] input: HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=7 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.1/sound/card1/input12 [ 26.293969] input: HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=8 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.1/sound/card1/input13 [ 26.294042] input: HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=9 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.1/sound/card1/input14 [john@HPFed ~]$ =================== Dual-boot giving HDMI 800x600 window only and no HDMI audio. john@FedWin4c1:~$ john@FedWin4c1:~$ john@FedWin4c1:~$ sudo dmesg | grep -i nouveau john@FedWin4c1:~$ john@FedWin4c1:~$ john@FedWin4c1:~$ john@FedWin4c1:~$ sudo dmesg | grep -i nvidia [ 0.000000] Command line: BOOT_IMAGE=(hd2,gpt2)/vmlinuz-6.8.8-300.fc40.x86_64 root=/dev/mapper/fedora_localhost--live-root ro rd.driver.blacklist=nvidia modprobe.blacklist=nvidia nomodeset resume=/dev/mapper/fedora_localhost--live-swap rd.lvm.lv=fedora_localhost-live/root rd.lvm.lv=fedora_localhost-live/swap rhgb quiet rd.driver.blacklist=nvidia modprobe.blacklist=nvidia nomodeset [ 0.000000] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=(hd2,gpt2)/vmlinuz-6.8.8-300.fc40.x86_64 root=/dev/mapper/fedora_localhost--live-root ro rd.driver.blacklist=nvidia modprobe.blacklist=nvidia nomodeset resume=/dev/mapper/fedora_localhost--live-swap rd.lvm.lv=fedora_localhost-live/root rd.lvm.lv=fedora_localhost-live/swap rhgb quiet rd.driver.blacklist=nvidia modprobe.blacklist=nvidia nomodeset [ 20.370975] input: HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=3 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.1/sound/card1/input9 [ 20.371114] input: HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=7 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.1/sound/card1/input10 [ 20.371229] input: HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=8 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.1/sound/card1/input11 [ 20.371315] input: HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=9 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.1/sound/card1/input12 john@FedWin4c1:~$ }}}

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libvirt / kvm bridged network question
by Sbob 07 May '24

07 May '24

All; I am moving from VMWare to KVM / libvirt / vitr machine manager In VMWare I could tell a VM to use a bridged network and then the IP of that VM was accessible from other servers I have seen setup guides on the web and they all seem to suggest that I need one additional IP interface on my KVM server for each bridged ip I want. Is this true? Is there some way to easily replicate the way VMWare does it so I can just tell a VM to use an IP that is accessible from another server? Thanks in advance

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Any clue what I did to nouveau?
by Tom Horsley 06 May '24

06 May '24

This is just curiosity since I fixed it by installing nvidia drivers from rpmfusion, but here's what happened: When I installed fedora 40 workstation, I saw that the nouveau drivers (for the first time in years) had correctly decided to run at the native 3840x2160 resolution of the TV I use as a monitor. I figured I'd give them a chance this time. I installed a bazillion or so packages (OK 4400 :-) to get the new f40 to have the same packages as f39. The next time I rebooted into fedora40, nouveau was now insisting that 800x600 and 1024x768 were the only two resolutions available. Any idea what I might have installed to make nouveau forget how to support the proper screen resolution? Whatever it was has no effect on nvidia, installing nvidia and rebooting got me back to 3840x2160 with no other actions required by me.

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Strange messages from DNF
by Robert McBroom 06 May '24

06 May '24

The last update had something happen. What is happening with dracut? Anyone see such? 88x2bu.ko.xz: Running module version sanity check. - Original module - No original module exists within this kernel - Installation - Installing to /lib/modules/6.8.8-300.fc40.x86_64/extra/ depmod..... dkms autoinstall on 6.8.8-300.fc40.x86_64/x86_64 succeeded for 8812au 88x2bu dkms: autoinstall for kernel 6.8.8-300.fc40.x86_64 Done. dracut-install: ERROR: installing '/etc/fcoe/cfg-*' dracut[E]: FAILED: /usr/lib/dracut/dracut-install -D /var/tmp/dracut.S7Deba/initramfs -a /etc/fcoe/cfg-* dkms: running auto installation service for kernel 6.8.8-300.fc40.x86_64 dkms: autoinstall for kernel 6.8.8-300.fc40.x86_64 Done. Running scriptlet: selinux-policy-targeted-40.17-1.fc40.noarch 137/137 Running scriptlet: kernel-modules-6.8.8-300.fc40.x86_64 137/137 Running scriptlet: passt-selinux-0^20240426.gd03c4e2-1.fc40.noarch 137/137 Running scriptlet: swtpm-selinux-0.8.1-7.fc40.noarch 137/137 Running scriptlet: ed-1.20.1-1.fc40.x86_64 137/137 Creating group 'gnome-remote-desktop' with GID 959. Creating user 'gnome-remote-desktop' (GNOME Remote Desktop) with UID 959 and GID 959. Creating group 'passim' with GID 958. Creating user 'passim' (Local Caching Server) with UID 958 and GID 958. Failed to add existing group "input" to temporary group file: Invalid argument /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/gnome-remote-desktop-tmpfiles.conf:2: Failed to resolve user 'gnome-remote-desktop': No such process /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/gnome-remote-desktop-tmpfiles.conf:3: Failed to resolve user 'gnome-remote-desktop': No such process /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/sphinx.conf:1: Failed to resolve user 'sphinx': No such process I don't use gnome

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Fedora 40 - KeePass fails to run
by John List 06 May '24

06 May '24

Hi, Just an FYI that KeePass is failing to run on my recently upgraded Fedora 40 machine. I'm not sure of the correct place to report the issue. [image: image.png] John

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F40 Live image boot failure
by Sam Varshavchik 05 May '24

05 May '24

With all the talk of Wayland, I followed up on the idea of downloading an F40 Live image and seeing if it boots on my existing hardware. Well, it did boot on two out of three laptops that are currently running F39. On a 2013-era Thinkpad W520 it immediately fails with a: error: ../../grub-core/disk/efi/efidisk.c:531:invalid buffer alignment -1112264040 error: ../../grub-core/loader/i386/efi/linux.c:258:you need to load the kernel first. Press any key to continue... Although my plans are to use dnf system-upgrade, this looks like a kernel issue to me. It is unclear to me whether the issue lies with the Fedora Live image, or if there's something on this laptops that just blows the kernel from high orbit, whether it'll boot from the USB stick or its existing hard drive. So: would anyone care to put forward an informed opinion?

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Grub2 is not updated / grub2-probe: error: cannot find a device for / (is /dev mounted?)
by Javier Perez 05 May '24

05 May '24

Hi. Since Kernel 6.8 it looks like grub.conf is not being updated. The files are installed but grub.cfg is not updated. During installation I see this error: ---- Running scriptlet: kernel-modules-core-6.8.8-200.fc39.x86_64 49/49 Running scriptlet: kernel-core-6.8.8-200.fc39.x86_64 49/49 /usr/sbin/grub2-probe: error: cannot find a device for / (is /dev mounted?). grub2-probe: error: cannot find a device for / (is /dev mounted?). No path or device is specified. Usage: grub2-probe [OPTION...] [OPTION]... [PATH|DEVICE] Try 'grub2-probe --help' or 'grub2-probe --usage' for more information. Running scriptlet: kernel-modules-6.8.8-200.fc39.x86_64 ------ If I manually add the entry to grub.cfg it appears and runs, but it is weird that grub is not updating as it used to. Currently I am using kernel 6.7.10 This is my fstab [root@pepewin ~]# cat /etc/fstab # /etc/fstab # Created by anaconda on Thu May 28 01:32:34 2015 # # Accessible filesystems, by reference, are maintained under '/dev/disk' # See man pages fstab(5), findfs(8), mount(8) and/or blkid(8) for more info # UUID=292bd418-8a67-4840-bf12-9478e961867d / btrfs subvol=root 0 0 UUID=fc7cfca3-47ee-4810-a8d0-5e1fee6d4ad0 /boot ext4 defaults 1 2 UUID=6092-A870 /boot/efi vfat umask=0077,shortname=winnt 0 0 UUID=d091ba56-916e-468e-9880-9e9e6fec46da /home btrfs subvol=home 0 0 UUID=d091ba56-916e-468e-9880-9e9e6fec46da /var btrfs subvol=var 0 0 #UUID=4823bca7-1f7a-4a3f-aa12-fcc03782fe7a swap swap defaults 0 0 UUID=e713a195-a515-4f57-be8c-bf96f370a41e swap swap defaults 0 0 -- This is my lsblk [root@pepewin ~]# lsblk -f NAME FSTYPE FSVER LABEL UUID FSAVAIL FSUSE% MOUNTPOINTS sda ├─sda1 ext2 1.0 3fe06597-c852-4d91-80d9-834351d59a81 ├─sda2 swap 1 b084858d-1ad6-4657-a14c-ae99503924d2 └─sda3 ext4 1.0 8136cc0b-298b-46a0-8693-8756a59fbb05 sdb ├─sdb1 ext2 1.0 4c212f1f-e567-4612-a9b1-edb18055af89 ├─sdb2 ext4 1.0 _Fedora-16-x86_6 7905aa06-92ff-49c2-a51f-ed9553340a1d ├─sdb3 swap 1 0f17d854-5f2f-4d57-ad13-c6afb7d933d7 ├─sdb4 ├─sdb5 ext4 1.0 48473866-4bda-46d0-87f6-9d10040825b2 ├─sdb6 ext4 1.0 /home 7a089743-da14-4d09-ad56-38ee4ba69943 ├─sdb7 ext4 1.0 c17f9aa7-d8dc-4e46-a9a9-590f53085fb6 └─sdb8 swap 1 d9c98608-6ef3-4ec2-a59c-963b76affeac sdc ├─sdc1 vfat FAT16 6092-A870 492.2M 1% /boot/efi ├─sdc2 ext4 1.0 fc7cfca3-47ee-4810-a8d0-5e1fee6d4ad0 103.1M 72% /boot ├─sdc3 btrfs Fedora 292bd418-8a67-4840-bf12-9478e961867d 19.3G 69% / └─sdc4 swap 1 swap2 e713a195-a515-4f57-be8c-bf96f370a41e [SWAP] sdd ├─sdd1 swap 1 4823bca7-1f7a-4a3f-aa12-fcc03782fe7a └─sdd2 btrfs My_Data d091ba56-916e-468e-9880-9e9e6fec46da 633.6G 66% /home /var sde sdf sdg sdh sr0 zram0 [SWAP] [root@pepewin ~]# sda and sdb are just old drives I have left in place, sometimes I look up info in there. sdc and sdd are my regular system. I did not mind staying for a while in kernel 6.7.10 because I am using an old nvidia driver (470) but it seems like they solve the problem with kernel 6.8 already so I should be able to start using it normally I tried to google-fu the answer but I found a lot of references and recipies in ubuntu, gentoo, archlinux that I am not sure if they are applicable to my case. ------------------------------ /\_/\ |O O| pepebuho(a)gmail.com ~~~~ Javier Perez ~~~~ While the night runs ~~~~ toward the day... m m Pepebuho watches from his high perch.

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Help needed: disabling system wide the Caps lock key in GNOME/Xwayland
by Joachim Backes 04 May '24

04 May '24

Hi gys, I'm running F38 with *Gnome/X-Wayland*, and in my environment I do not need (hate it) the *Caps Lock* key.Question: How to realize the disabling system wide, and how to get it working again? Regards Joachim Backes -- Fedora release 38 (Thirty Eight) 6.4.7-200.fc38.x86_64 Joachim Backes<joachim.backes(a)rhrk.uni-kl.de> https://www-user.rhrk.uni-kl.de/~backes/

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can I clone from a usb flash drive to an NVMe drive?
by ToddAndMargo 03 May '24

03 May '24

Hi All, I am making up a USB flash from of Fedroa 40 MATE for a customer to play with. If he likes it, can I clonezilla clone it over to his brand new NVMe drive (gpart it to expand the extents)? -T -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Computers are like air conditioners. They malfunction when you open windows ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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Fail2ban is failing
by Patrick O'Callaghan 03 May '24

03 May '24

F40 fully updated. # systemctl status fail2ban × fail2ban.service - Fail2Ban Service Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/fail2ban.service; enabled; preset: disabled) Drop-In: /usr/lib/systemd/system/service.d └─10-timeout-abort.conf Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Fri 2024-05-03 11:56:20 BST; 29min ago Duration: 30.380s Docs: man:fail2ban(1) Process: 19362 ExecStartPre=/bin/mkdir -p /run/fail2ban (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Process: 19364 ExecStart=/usr/bin/fail2ban-server -xf start (code=exited, status=255/EXCEPTION) Main PID: 19364 (code=exited, status=255/EXCEPTION) CPU: 172ms May 03 11:55:50 Bree systemd[1]: Starting fail2ban.service - Fail2Ban Service... May 03 11:55:50 Bree systemd[1]: Started fail2ban.service - Fail2Ban Service. May 03 11:56:20 Bree systemd[1]: fail2ban.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=255/EXCEPTION Also: # fail2ban-client status sshd 2024-05-03 12:28:41,129 fail2ban [22672]: ERROR Failed to access socket path: /var/run/fail2ban/fail2ban.sock. Is fail2ban running? I updated to 1.0.2-13 from updates-testing. Made no difference. For completeness: # fail2ban-client -t OK: configuration test is successful Any thoughts? I've been using f2b for a while and it has worked so far. My configuration hasn't changed in any way. poc

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How to increase size of /boot partition
by richard emberson 03 May '24

03 May '24

Just today I upgraded from 39 to 40 but there was an issue: dnf told me I needed some 800k more space in my /boot partition to proceed. I had two kernels in /boot so I dnf removed those associated with the older of the two kernels. I then successfully upgraded. I fear the next time I do a dnf update which includes a new kernel I will be told, again, that there is not enough space in my /boot partition. So, how can I increase the size of the /boot partition? Many partitions, like /tmp, are bigger than they need to be. Here is what how the /sda disk is organized. $ lsblk NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINTS sda 8:0 0 223.6G 0 disk ├─sda1 8:1 0 250M 0 part /boot ├─sda2 8:2 0 105.5G 0 part │ └─luks-a2ebb2b0-527d-47f3-83ef-e5908805f31d │ 253:3 0 105.5G 0 crypt /ssd ├─sda3 8:3 0 97.7G 0 part │ └─luks-35719a97-5898-4420-9a56-1576ffdc6db3 │ 253:1 0 97.7G 0 crypt / ├─sda4 8:4 0 1K 0 part ├─sda5 8:5 0 9.8G 0 part │ └─luks-5ee2ed8e-4bdf-43e1-adb0-34a70610a77f │ 253:2 0 9.8G 0 crypt /tmp └─sda6 8:6 0 9.8G 0 part └─luks-03c06df8-f9b9-4f0d-847e-79a7ed527888 253:0 0 9.8G 0 crypt [SWAP] $ df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/dm-1 96G 22G 70G 25% / devtmpfs 4.0M 0 4.0M 0% /dev tmpfs 16G 0 16G 0% /dev/shm tmpfs 6.3G 1.8M 6.3G 1% /run /dev/sda1 237M 179M 42M 82% /boot /dev/dm-2 9.5G 260K 9.0G 1% /tmp /dev/dm-3 104G 193M 99G 1% /ssd /dev/dm-4 1.9T 1.2T 630G 66% /home /dev/dm-5 1.7T 903G 736G 56% /data1 /dev/dm-6 20G 12G 6.9G 63% /var tmpfs 3.2G 152K 3.2G 1% /run/user/1000 Thanks for any help give. I realize one way is to backup /home and then reinstall Fedora but 1) that seems like a lot of work, 2) it would mean that the machine in question would then have to use Wayland rather than Xorg and 3) with Wayland I could not use xfce4. Richard

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F40 and breaking file command change
by Jeffrey Walton 03 May '24

03 May '24

Hi Everyone, The file command changed at F40, and it includes some breaking changes. One of my scripts stopped working as expected after the F40 upgrade. The script looks something like this: if wget -q -O "${file}.tmp" \ "${ftc_website}/DNC_Complaint_Numbers_${file}" && \ file "${file}.tmp" | grep -q 'CSV text'; then ;; Success ;; Do some interesting stuff fi This part is now failing: file "${file}.tmp" | grep -q 'CSV text' It appears the file command changed the output label or text from 'CSV text' to 'CSV ASCII text'. 'CSV text' has been used for years. There may be other changes lurking in the updated file command. The issue was reported at < https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2278228>. Jeff

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My nvidia F40 update journey
by Neal Becker 02 May '24

02 May '24

Not as bad perhaps as some of your experiences, because I'm using nvidia GPU for M/L on a remote server and not for desktop display. After update the nvidia driver is not loaded. Tried rebooting a couple of times since sometimes akmod seems to need this. Manually loading the driver modprobe nvidia I get an error message that there is no driver in /lib/modules,... Finally I manually run depmod -a Then reboot again. Now nvidia driver is loaded and nvidia-smi reports success. My question is: Why did I need to manually run depmod -a?

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System upgrades. Where is the / filesystem?
by John Pilkington 02 May '24

02 May '24

Hi all: I have two old systems (with old nVidia graphics), recently upgraded from f38 to f39 and both at present using nouveau. One was OK-ish, the other had screen-recognition and HDMI-audio issues, and I thought it might be worth trying the more-mainstream f40. Now the main problem is with the previously OK (single-boot) box, which reports after the download and dnf-testing that "At least 446 MB more space (is) needed on the / filesystem". Google (fedoraforum) has a suggestion of trimming the journalctl log, but neither that nor any other space-clearing actions that I have tried has made any difference. KDiskFree shows multi-GB space on all except current /boot and a hopefully inactive remnant of another, much older/boot with a different mount point. Both of those have sizes around 450 MB and free space around 150 MB. TTBOMK only the current 6.8.7 f39 kernel and its rescue version are installed. Suggestions? Thanks. John P

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Upgrade to Fedora 40 errors on freerdp
by Ranbir 02 May '24

02 May '24

I'm trying to upgrade to Fedora 40, but I'm running into an odd error: Error: Problem: package freerdp-2:2.11.2-1.fc39.x86_64 from @System requires libwinpr(x86-64) = 2:2.11.2-1.fc39, but none of the providers can be installed - libwinpr-2:2.11.2-1.fc39.x86_64 from @System does not belong to a distupgrade repository - problem with installed package freerdp-2:2.11.2-1.fc39.x86_64 The odd part is that both packages are available in Fedora 40. Has anyone else encountered this? Thanks, -- Ranbir

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Unwanted dialogs when starting Dolphin file manager
by Klaus-Peter Schrage 02 May '24

02 May '24

On a fresh install of Fedora 40 KDE Plasma, after opening Dolphin, two windows pop up: "Online Accounts", asking "+ Add New Account" "Authentication Dialog", asking for a password What happened before: I had been struggling for a while to automount a smb sare via /etc/fstab (in fact, the share is on a thumb drive attached to our router, mainly used to receive scanned documents from a network MFC). There seemed to be a race condition in systemd between smb3 mounting and the network being up fully. I finally got it figured out. Here is the corresponding line in /etc/fstab (the game changer was adding the last option: x-systemd.automount): //fritz.box/NAS/FUSB/Scanordner /mnt/Scanordner smb3 vers=3.1.1,uid=1000,credentials=/root/mount_smb3.conf,x-systemd .automount Now the"Authentication Dialog" pops up, even though the password is given in the credentials file, and after the share being mounted r/w. Nothing severe happens when I simply shut the dialog, I can access the share as well. The other dialog "Online Accounts" is even more strange to me. I'd simply like to prevent both windows from popping up ...

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Some apps dump core after resuming
by Patrick O'Callaghan 02 May '24

02 May '24

F40, Wayland, Plasma 6 On resuming from hibernation, several KDE apps (Konsole, qBittorrent and Dolphin) dump core. In each case, there is a slew of messages preceding the dump: May 02 09:35:00 Bree kwin_wayland[166169]: kwin_core: Could not find any suitable output for a layer surface May 02 09:35:00 Bree plasmashell[166433]: qt.qpa.wayland: Creating a fake screen in order for Qt not to crash May 02 09:35:00 Bree plasmashell[166433]: qml: The backend got an unknown wallpaper provider type. The wallpaper will now fall back to the default. Please ch> May 02 09:35:00 Bree kscreenlocker_greet[291406]: qt.qpa.wayland: Creating a fake screen in order for Qt not to crash May 02 09:35:00 Bree kwin_wayland[166169]: kwin_core: Could not find any suitable output for a layer surface May 02 09:35:01 Bree plasmashell[166433]: qml: The backend got an unknown wallpaper provider type. The wallpaper will now fall back to the default. Please ch> May 02 09:35:01 Bree kernel: [drm] scheduler comp_1.2.1 is not ready, skipping May 02 09:35:01 Bree kernel: [drm] scheduler comp_1.2.0 is not ready, skipping May 02 09:35:01 Bree kernel: [drm] scheduler comp_1.0.1 is not ready, skipping May 02 09:35:01 Bree kernel: [drm] scheduler comp_1.1.1 is not ready, skipping May 02 09:35:01 Bree kernel: [drm] scheduler comp_1.2.1 is not ready, skipping May 02 09:35:01 Bree kernel: [drm] scheduler comp_1.2.0 is not ready, skipping May 02 09:35:01 Bree kernel: [drm] scheduler comp_1.0.1 is not ready, skipping May 02 09:35:01 Bree kernel: [drm] scheduler comp_1.1.1 is not ready, skipping May 02 09:35:01 Bree kernel: [drm] scheduler comp_1.2.1 is not ready, skipping etc. etc. A Google search seems to associate the [drm] issue with an AMD GPU bug (I have an RTX580) but as it only happens with these apps I'm sceptical. It never used to happen with F39 (using X11). I posted a less detailed report on the Fedora KDE list a few days ago, but didn't get any useful feedback. poc

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F40 hibernation issue
by Patrick O'Callaghan 01 May '24

01 May '24

I've changed nothing since upgrading to F40 a week ago, yet I now find these errors in the journal: Apr 30 01:02:39 Bree systemd[1]: Reached target sleep.target - Sleep. Apr 30 01:02:39 Bree systemd[1]: Starting hibernate-preparation.service - Enable swap file and disable zram before hibernate... Apr 30 01:02:42 Bree systemd[1]: dev-zram0.swap: Deactivated successfully. Apr 30 01:02:42 Bree systemd[1]: hibernate-preparation.service: Deactivated successfully. Apr 30 01:02:42 Bree systemd[1]: Finished hibernate-preparation.service - Enable swap file and disable zram before hibernate. Apr 30 01:02:42 Bree systemd[1]: hibernate-preparation.service: Consumed 2.698s CPU time. Apr 30 01:02:42 Bree systemd[1]: Starting systemd-hibernate.service - System Hibernate... Apr 30 01:02:42 Bree systemd[1]: Stopping systemd-zram-setup(a)zram0.service - Create swap on /dev/zram0... Apr 30 01:02:42 Bree systemd-sleep[90707]: Failed to find location to hibernate to: Operation not permitted <------------------ Apr 30 01:02:42 Bree systemd[1]: systemd-hibernate.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE Apr 30 01:02:42 Bree systemd[1]: systemd-hibernate.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. Apr 30 01:02:42 Bree systemd[1]: Failed to start systemd-hibernate.service - System Hibernate. Apr 30 01:02:42 Bree systemd[1]: Dependency failed for hibernate.target - System Hibernation. Apr 30 01:02:42 Bree systemd[1]: hibernate.target: Job hibernate.target/start failed with result 'dependency'. Apr 30 01:02:42 Bree systemd-logind[1061]: Operation 'hibernate' finished. ...skipping... And the system is not hibernating. /dev/zram0 exists and is configured: # swapon NAME TYPE SIZE USED PRIO /SWAP/swapfile file 48G 0B -2 /dev/zram0 partition 8G 512K 100 poc

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FIX - Fedora 40 RoundCube Internal Error 500
by Tom Rivers 01 May '24

01 May '24

Hello! For anyone running RoundCube on Fedora 40, it evidently now requires the following package to be installed: php-endroid-qrcode I upgraded from Fedora 39 a few days ago and found I could no longer access it - I just got a blank page. By simply installing the aforementioned package it started working. Tom

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