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[F23] cannot unlock a user with passwd - invalid shadow.lock
by Frédéric Bron 04 Dec '15

04 Dec '15

On fedora 23 the following command does not work anymore: $ passwd -u username Unlocking password for user username. passwd: Libuser error at line: 171 - Invalid contents of lock `/etc/shadow.lock'. passwd: Error (password not set?) What can I do to unlock this user? Frédéric

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"File too short"??
by Beartooth 04 Dec '15

04 Dec '15

I keep trying to do dnf update on F22, in order to be able to upgrade it to F23. But when it starts downloading files, it denies them: [....] (243/244): nss-3.21.0-1.1.fc22.i 433 kB/s | 871 kB 00:02 (244/244): pluma-data-1.12.0-1.f 487 kB/s | 2.7 MB 00:05 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2.9 MB/s | 822 MB 04:40 Delta RPMs reduced 750.4 MB of updates to 821.5 MB (-9.1% saved) Running transaction check error: Failed to dlopen /usr/lib64/rpm-plugins/selinux.so /lib64/ librpm.so.7: file too short error: Failed to dlopen /usr/lib64/rpm-plugins/systemd_inhibit.so /lib64/ librpm.so.7: file too short [....] (243/244): nss-3.21.0-1.1.fc22.i 433 kB/s | 871 kB 00:02 (244/244): pluma-data-1.12.0-1.f 487 kB/s | 2.7 MB 00:05 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2.9 MB/s | 822 MB 04:40 Delta RPMs reduced 750.4 MB of updates to 821.5 MB (-9.1% saved) Running transaction check error: Failed to dlopen /usr/lib64/rpm-plugins/selinux.so /lib64/ librpm.so.7: file too short error: Failed to dlopen /usr/lib64/rpm-plugins/systemd_inhibit.so /lib64/ librpm.so.7: file too short The downloaded packages were saved in cache till the next successful transaction. You can remove cached packages by executing 'dnf clean packages'. Traceback (most recent call last): File "/bin/dnf", line 36, in <module> main.user_main(sys.argv[1:], exit_code=True) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/dnf/cli/main.py", line 198, in user_main errcode = main(args) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/dnf/cli/main.py", line 84, in main return _main(base, args) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/dnf/cli/main.py", line 144, in _main ret = resolving(cli, base) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/dnf/cli/main.py", line 173, in resolving base.do_transaction(display=displays) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/dnf/cli/cli.py", line 228, in do_transaction super(BaseCli, self).do_transaction(display) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/dnf/base.py", line 558, in do_transaction self.transaction.populate_rpm_ts(self.ts) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/dnf/transaction.py", line 187, in populate_rpm_ts ts.addInstall(hdr, tsi, 'i') File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/rpm/transaction.py", line 72, in addInstall raise rpm.error("adding package to transaction failed") _rpm.error: adding package to transaction failed -- Beartooth Staffwright, Not Quite Clueless Power User Remember I know little (precious little!) of where up is.

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Disabling CPU throttling on fedora22
by Alex 04 Dec '15

04 Dec '15

Hi, I have a fedora22 SuperMicro system operating as a mail server that has no need to have the CPU throttled. I'm having trouble figuring out how to disable the throttling. There also doesn't appear to be any recent threads discussing this previously. It appears some are running at full speed while others are not: # cat /proc/cpuinfo |grep Hz model name : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2609 0 @ 2.40GHz cpu MHz : 1875.187 model name : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2609 0 @ 2.40GHz cpu MHz : 2188.687 model name : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2609 0 @ 2.40GHz cpu MHz : 2399.906 model name : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2609 0 @ 2.40GHz cpu MHz : 1475.812 model name : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2609 0 @ 2.40GHz cpu MHz : 2075.437 model name : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2609 0 @ 2.40GHz cpu MHz : 2340.750 model name : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2609 0 @ 2.40GHz cpu MHz : 1262.062 model name : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2609 0 @ 2.40GHz cpu MHz : 2111.812 I've searched for the programs I've used in the past, including cpuspeed and cpufreq-* but they appear to no longer exist. I've looked in /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpufreq/scaling_governor and all are set to "performance". What is the procedure for disabling CPU throttling permanently? Thanks, Alex

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Firefox and Fedora 23
by Jeffrey Ross 03 Dec '15

03 Dec '15

I think I'm running into this: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=439598 Whenever I restart firefox the language used for spelling reverts back to the previous value of English(Malawi) even though I change it to en-US. Also when restarting Firefox I get the message saying that I haven't restarted firefox in a while and it asks me if I want to reset my configuration. It doesn't matter if I say yet or no the message comes up next time I restart. Suggestions or am I better off switching to another browser (Chrome) or installing Firefox from a different location? Thanks, Jeff

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sound
by Patrick Dupre 02 Dec '15

02 Dec '15

Hello, I do not use much my speaker. It seems since I update from fc21 to fc22 I lost the sound! Actually, the test of the speakers is OK, but still no sound from an application. I have been to sound: application alsa plug-in is ON Output: the sound device is LineOut: Built-in Audio, I only have the choice of Analog Stereo Output. How can I fix the issue ? Thank. =========================================================================== Patrick DUPRÉ | | email: pdupre(a)gmx.com Laboratoire de Physico-Chimie de l'Atmosphère | | Université du Littoral-Côte d'Opale | | Tel. (33)-(0)3 28 23 76 12 | | Fax: 03 28 65 82 44 189A, avenue Maurice Schumann | | 59140 Dunkerque, France ===========================================================================

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Logwatch
by jarmo 02 Dec '15

02 Dec '15

How I can get rid of this: Redundant argument in sprintf at /usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/postfix line 1382, <> line 10 I see it every day in logwatch... Jarmo -- конец

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f23: How to capture the lid close event and ...
by Dario Lesca 02 Dec '15

02 Dec '15

... do some action, like execute a custom shell, independently from the desktop environment use? Many thanks for your suggestion. -- Dario Lesca (inviato dal mio Linux Fedora 23 Workstation)

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submitted RPMs and awaiting action?
by Ranjan Maitra 02 Dec '15

02 Dec '15

Hi, Some time ago, circa May 2015, there was a long thread called "Biting the Bullet" [1] where some others complained about the lack of pdftk on F21 and later. (This complaint also manifested itself sometime later.) In response, and with both general and more specific help from those more experienced, I was able to put together an RPM for pdf-stapler as an alternative to pdftk. I submitted to a black hole called Fedora packaging where there was some churn, some more suggestions (a few contradicting the other) which I duly implemented but no one actually able to move the process forward. However, it sits here: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1234210 unassigned. It has passed through rpmlint (no errors, only a few nonsensical spelling warnings) and whatever else it was supposed to pass as per packaging guidelines. So also is the case of sylfilter which I packaged separately, and no one has even bothered to comment on: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1265685 Now, I understand that quality control is an important part of the Fedora packaging which is what makes it a good product (and I am no great RPM-maker, witness my questions on the subject), and there is a dearth of enough people eligible to assign to, but surely, there must be some better way to handle new proposed packages. For instance, if automated setups clear a package, perhaps it would be better to move it to the top of the list or even clear it for testing and see what happens? Otherwise, there will be frustration and the pool of packagers will not grow. Not to mention that if packages sit like this this for months before being acted upon, then the original packager will have lost context and memory and moved on (certainly it would be frustrating and more onerous on him/her than it would be if it were acted upon sooner). Otherwise, people will move on. I don't need these packages because I have them for myself. Indeed, I could be more sloppy in creating these rpms (or not even bothering to do so), but the reason for putting this out is benefit to the community which has also benefited me/us. This is especially true for niche packages such as sylfilter, etc which may not even have much users who would be willing to test it. I have some experience with submitting packages for R. My experience there is that if it passes all the tests, it is by and large through, but if it does not (surprisingly, Macs are the killers in most cases), it is not, and feedback is fairly quick. Perhaps, it would be worthwhile to think about how to streamline the process. At this point, I am fully expecting the familiar notice for EOL eventually. Best wishes, Ranjan [1] https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/users/2015-May/460623.html -- Important Notice: This mailbox is ignored: e-mails are set to be deleted on receipt. Please respond to the mailing list if appropriate. For those needing to send personal or professional e-mail, please use appropriate addresses. ____________________________________________________________ FREE 3D EARTH SCREENSAVER - Watch the Earth right on your desktop! Check it out at http://www.inbox.com/earth

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Setting borders (left/rightbottom) on windows (F23/Gnome3.18)
by Jouk Jansen 02 Dec '15

02 Dec '15

Hi all, I would like to set finite (they now seem "zero"-sized) borders to all windows displayed on my F23/Gnome3.18 system. I already figured out how to change the colour of the title bar (so I already work with a tweaked version of the Radiance theme) Can someone point me to the right "border" parameters in the .css files that set the borders widths for the the left/right and bottom sides of the displayed windows. regards Jouk Pax, vel iniusta, utilior est quam iustissimum bellum. (free after Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 b.Chr.-46 b.Chr.) Epistularum ad Atticum 7.1.4.3) Touch not the cat bot a glove >------------------------------------------------------------------------------< Jouk Jansen joukj(a)hrem.nano.tudelft.nl Technische Universiteit Delft tttttttttt uu uu ddddddd Kavli Institute of Nanoscience tttttttttt uu uu dd dd Nationaal centrum voor HREM tt uu uu dd dd Lorentzweg 1 tt uu uu dd dd 2628 CJ Delft tt uu uu dd dd Nederland tt uu uu dd dd tel. 31-15-2782272 tt uuuuuuu ddddddd >------------------------------------------------------------------------------<

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After Mate upgrade panel disappears.
by Frank McCormick 01 Dec '15

01 Dec '15

DNF upgraded my Fedora 22 machine tonight....mostly the newest 1.12 version of Mate. Now my bottom panel has disappeared. HTOP says mate panel is loaded but nothing is visible on the screen. Any suggestion on how I can debug this latest improvement :) Thanks

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