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Re: Create virt F20 on new physical /dev/sda -> OK; boot live > F20 on /dev/sda now fails
by Philip Rhoades 31 May '14

31 May '14

Tim, > Date: Sat, 31 May 2014 13:35:38 +0930 > From: Tim <ignored_mailbox(a)yahoo.com.au> > To: users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org > Subject: Re: Create virt F20 on new physical /dev/sda -> OK; boot live > F20 on /dev/sda now fails > Message-ID: <1401509138.1661.5.camel(a)fluffy.lan.cameratim.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > On Sat, 2014-05-31 at 11:40 +1000, Philip Rhoades wrote: >> but now for going from F19 to F20 and booting on the new F20 the >> process stops at: >> >> [OK] Reached target Paths >> [OK] Reached target Basic System > > I encountered the same stalling point, but with an ordinary install. > > Out of the two or three recent bouts of install grief, this one was due > to the device numbering. During install, thanks to booting from a DVD, > the install thought that the system root was /dev/sde instead > of /dev/sda, and configured things like that. Check your kernel line > in > the boot menu for the wrong device name, and either correct it, or use > the UUID of the drive partition, instead. > > Oddly enough the next entry in my grub.cfg file was for a recovery boot > mode, and that one had used the UUID, instead of the wrong device name. > > I'm not impressed with the current install routine, and that was just > one of the things about it that annoyed me. Ah . . well spotted - I should have seen that - thanks! > George Orwell's '1984' was supposed to be a warning against tyranny, > not > a set of instructions for supposedly democratic governments. A great (but sad) sig! Regards, Phil. -- Philip Rhoades GPO Box 3411 Sydney NSW 2001 Australia E-mail: phil(a)pricom.com.au

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error running gedit from cli after recent updates
by Pravin Singh 31 May '14

31 May '14

Good day I get the following error after running gedit from the commandline after a recent update. it works but gives the error I tried removing and re-installing but error persists. From the gui its fine. simple work around I use gedit filename 2>/dev/null which hides the error.? (gedit:2401): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_tree_view_get_cell_area: assertion 'gtk_widget_get_realized (GTK_WIDGET (tree_view))' failed (gedit:2401): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_window_get_origin: assertion 'GDK_IS_WINDOW (window)' failed 3.14.4-200.fc20.x86_64 gnome desktop GTk+ Adwaita could someone please help explain/ fix error yours sincerely Pravin -- *Dr P Singh* *S**enior Lecturer* *Mathematics* *UKZN* fax 086 637 8639 tel 031 2607686

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Update broke OpenJDK
by Oliver Ruebenacker 31 May '14

31 May '14

Hello, I just had a yum update of OpenJDK, and as a result, the "java" command simply does nothing, regardless of arguments. Best, Oliver -- Oliver Ruebenacker Founder at Relomics Consulting <http://www.relomics.com> Be always grateful, but never satisfied.

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Thunderbolt support?
by Henrik Frisk 31 May '14

31 May '14

Hi, I'm seeing different things about thunderbolt support and Linux. Anyone have any experience? Specifically I would like to connect a PCIe thunderbolt expansion unit to my MBP running Fedora 20. It is my impression it will not work... Best, /Henrik

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Create virt F20 on new physical /dev/sda -> OK; boot live F20 on /dev/sda now fails
by Philip Rhoades 30 May '14

30 May '14

People, For the last few versions of Fedora (x86_64) I have been going through this process: - install a new SATA drive as /dev/sda - boot to the previous Fedora now on /dev/sdb - create a new virtual system using the latest Fedora on the new physical drive on /dev/sda - get the new virtual Fedora on /dev/sda as ready as possible - then re-boot to the new live system on /dev/sda This process has been working fine for the last few versions but now for going from F19 to F20 and booting on the new F20 the process stops at: [OK] Reached target Paths [OK] Reached target Basic System I can still do a live boot on /dev/sdb and run the new F20 as a virt machine using physical drive /dev/sda OK but it was a nice process to reduce down time to be able to get the new Fedora as ready as possible as a virtual machine and then reboot it as the live machine. Has something changed that stops me doing this now? Thanks, Phil. -- Philip Rhoades GPO Box 3411 Sydney NSW 2001 Australia E-mail: phil(a)pricom.com.au

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f20 first boot screens on a 1280x768 video
by Robert Moskowitz 30 May '14

30 May '14

OK, this is really with Fedora-arm 20, but it is still first boot. The system I am installing on physically has a hdmi p1080 video, but via an hdmi/vga adapter (that still supports p1080) goes through a KVM that only supports 1024x1024 to a 16:9 monitor so all I get is 1024x768. This is not a problem, operationally, but first boot is not smart for screen sizing. Thus on the set root password screen (and I am assuming the create user screen) the OK button is not visible. What is the keystroke to accept what I entered? thanks

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replacement for seamonkey?
by lee 30 May '14

30 May '14

Hi, are we going to need a replacement for seamonkey which comes without restrictions management, and will there be one in Fedora? -- Fedora release 20 (Heisenbug)

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input devices
by lee 29 May '14

29 May '14

Hi, what would be the device for a Kensington Slimblade which is connected to a PS/2 port with an USB-->PS/2 adapter? The device doesn`t seem to appear anywhere when connected like that. And what are virtual keyboards for, and why do I supposedly have two power buttons? ,---- | ~ $ xinput --list | ⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)] | ⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)] | ⎜ ↳ Kensington Kensington Slimblade Trackball id=8 [slave pointer (2)] | ⎣ Virtual core keyboard id=3 [master keyboard (2)] | ↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard id=5 [slave keyboard (3)] | ↳ Power Button id=6 [slave keyboard (3)] | ↳ Power Button id=7 [slave keyboard (3)] | ↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard id=9 [slave keyboard (3)] | ~ $ `---- There is only one power button, and it is not at the keyboard. -- Fedora release 20 (Heisenbug)

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Installing with F20 installer report (and failure)
by lee 29 May '14

29 May '14

This is a bit long: installation on a laptop: boot live system and select install to disk The screen brightness is adjustable by only two steps and the screen is way too bright at almost maximum. The built-in dedicated graphics card is not used but not switched off, either. The resulting power drain would make it impossible to complete the installation on battery power. Language selection is confusing because you have to discover the Continue button, which is located out of sight far off at the right edge of the screen. Tapping on the scratchpad doesn`t have any effect (should simulate a mouse click). Scrolling with two fingers doesn`t work, either. At least the scratchpad is working (fortunately, it does have buttons). Keyboard selection should be a step within language selection rather than an extra step. Network configuration doesn`t have any way to enter the IP address. Installation Destination ... The disks show up, but how the hell do I create a software raid-1 from them?? There are no options to do anything like that. Well, I`ve selected the disks now, which is pretty weird and confusing. I want to create a raid and not select them. Why is the Done button so inconveniently placed at the left top of the screen? Why not out of sight like the Continue button, or better, under the "Add a disk" button ... The installer claims I have 659.36GB of free space, which is incorrect. The disks I have selected are shown as 715.40GB each (which is about right), which makes 1430.8GB and not 659.36GB. Why is LVM a default "Partition scheme" (whatever that means)? I have no use for lvm. Let`s say "I want more space" ... and "Standard Partition" (whatever that is) and "Encrypt my data and set a passphrase later". Continue and I`m asked for a passphrase! That was supposed to happen LATER, not NOW ... So enter a passphrase ... Now I can either "Cancel" or "Save Passphrase". Seriously? Where is my passphrase saved? I suppose I could as well write it on a sticker and glue it to the monitor ... Hm, ok delete all partitions. Now I could begin the installation. But how do I install on software raid-1?? Why can`t I do that and partition the disks after I deleted all partitions? Is the installation now going to proceed without partitions? So select a destination again ... and to review/modify the partitions. Now it`s asking me a passphrase again --- wasn`t that saved? There are dots in the entry fields, so which passphrase is it using? Better enter that again ... and save it to where ever :( Now I can apparently create mount points. Why would I create mount points before making a raid and before creating partitions?? Why can`t I just press the + key rather having to click the + button? I don`t like this installer ... Hm, now I can only create a mount point but no raid :( It says at the bottom that two storage devices are selected, which looks like a link. And when I click on it, it shows two disks in a window, one of them is marked as "Boot". Why can`t change that? I don`t want to boot from that disk ... So perhaps let`s make two small partitions to be mounted as /boot, one of which is going to be a mirror of the other. Perhaps the installer then finally lets me create a raid-1 ... Hmm ... let`s make that 512M ... There we go, finally I can say that this partition is supposed to be RAID --- which probably doesn`t work anyway, but since it`s allowed, I make it RAID-1 with ext4. + swap 64GB: Is that going to be on the raid or what? It says sda2, so apparently not :( Now fiddle around to get the swap on the raid ... which seems actually easy to do, same as with /boot. + /usr, 16GB, RAID, ext4, encrypt Now why does the swap partition displayed after /usr rather than before it where I put it??? Anyway ... + /usr/local, 8GB, RAID, ext4, encrypt --- why does the cursor disappear when pressing the Tab key rather going into the "Capacity" field? Why does nothing happen when I press Return after entering "8G"? Strange, the available disk space on the left disk is decreasing while the it stays the same on the right one. Where is it going to put the raid? + /var, 512GB, RAID, ext4, encrypted + /home, 8GB, RAID, ext4, encrypted That`s ok so far, I`m done. ... WOW! The settings I made are going to destroy devices! They don`t only destroy data and partitions, they actually destroy devices. Should I accept that? Let`s see ... Hm, why is it asking me for the passphrase again? At least typing it so many times helps me to remember it. But now there is an error with checking the storage configuration. Hm. Ah, hm, I don`t have defined a root partition. Modify Storage Layout ... Ugh. Do I seriously have to start all over again?? :(((( Great, I must enter the passphrase again ... What was it saved for earlier? Or wasn`t it? But at least I don`t need to start over with the partitioning :) + /, 8GB, RAID, ext4, encrypted --- that the Tab key doesn`t work is really annoying ... Done, destroy devices, enter passphrase again --- this now annoys me, too. There is no way to tell what passphrase is going to be used because the entry fields are full of dots, so you have to enter it all the time. Either omit the dots or don`t keep asking. If not asking, add a button to change the passphrase. Finally I can begin the installation. This took about an hour so far. And so far, this installer is WAYYYY better than the Fedora ones I`ve seen before. Lots of thanks goes to the developers! But only so far. The installation finished, and I can`t boot. Only thing I`m getting is a dot at the top left of the screen and a blinking cursor underneath. Now what? Enter the passphrase? That doesn`t have any effect. Have some devices been destroyed? -- Fedora release 20 (Heisenbug)

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Moving Fedora system to new disk
by Timothy Murphy 29 May '14

29 May '14

I'm planning on moving the Fedora-20 system on my laptop to a new hard disk (500GB instead of 80GB). I've partitioned the new disk. When I copy partitions from the old disk to the new one with "cp -a" (running under a Fedora Live CD) I get a lot of messages of the form diff: a/bin/acroread: No such file or directory diff: b/bin/acroread: No such file or directory All the messages concern symbolic links. I see in "man cp" that "cp -a" included "--no-dereference never follow symbolic links in SOURCE" Does this mean cp is not an appropriate way to copy partitions? I thought of using dd, but the partitions are not the same size, and I was not sure if this would cause problems. Any suggestions gratefully received. -- Timothy Murphy e-mail: gayleard /at/ eircom.net School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland

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