Firefox and flash-plugin on F20
by Kevin Cummings
I have a strange happening.
On my F19.x86_64 home server, I have both firefox-34.0-1.fc19.x86_64 and
the latest Adobe flash-plugin-11.2.202.468-release.x86_64 installed.
About:plugins shows that it is the correct plugin, and all seems to work
as expected.
On my F20.x86_64 laptop, again, I have both firefox-38.0.5-1.fc20.x86_64
and the latest Adobe flash-plugin-11.2.202.468-release.x86_64 installed.
About:plugins however shows that version 11.2.202.466 is the current
installed version of the flash plugin being used by firefox.
A quick look at my systems shows that there are only 2 libflashplayer.so
files:
/usr/lib64/flash-plugin/libflashplayer.so
/usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so
And a quick check of both of them shows:
strings /usr/lib64/flash-plugin/libflashplayer.so | grep 11.2.202
FlashPlayer_11_2_202_468_FlashPlayer
LNX 11,2,202,468
11.2.202.468
drm/%s/%s/%s/11.2.202.468%s
So, if the file in the location that firefox about:plugins shows that it
is 11.2.202.468, then why does firefox say it is:
Shockwave Flash
File: libflashplayer.so
Path: /usr/lib64/flash-plugin/libflashplayer.so
Version: 11.2.202.466
State: Enabled (STATE_VULNERABLE_UPDATE_AVAILABLE)
Shockwave Flash 11.2 r202
This is weird!
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Kevin J. Cummings
kjchome(a)verizon.net
cummings(a)kjchome.homeip.net
cummings(a)kjc386.framingham.ma.us
Registered Linux User #1232 (http://www.linuxcounter.net/)
8 years, 9 months
Lost images in Firefox -
by Bob Goodwin
This morning's DNF update did the following:
> Upgrading:
> bash x86_64 4.3.39-3.fc22
> updates 1.6 M
> file-roller x86_64 3.16.3-1.fc22
> updates 911 k
> file-roller-nautilus x86_64 3.16.3-1.fc22
> updates 35 k
> libwsman1 x86_64 2.4.15-1.fc22
> updates 130 k
> openjpeg2 x86_64 2.1.0-5.fc22
> updates 108 k
> perl-CGI noarch 4.21-1.fc22
> updates 203 k
> perl-threads x86_64 1:2.02-1.fc22
> updates 57 k
> policycoreutils x86_64 2.3-17.fc22
> updates 810 k
> policycoreutils-python x86_64 2.3-17.fc22
> updates 444 k
> stunnel x86_64 5.17-1.fc22
> updates 133 k
> tigervnc-license noarch 1.4.3-8.fc22
> updates 31 k
> tigervnc-server-minimal x86_64 1.4.3-8.fc22
> updates 1.0 M
> xen-libs x86_64 4.5.1-1.fc22
> updates 490 k
> xen-licenses x86_64 4.5.1-1.fc22
> updates 92 k
>
> Transaction Summary
> ==============================================================================================================================================
> Upgrade 14 Packages
I notice that I no longer have images when viewing fox news, not all a
bad thing, but sometimes I want to see one. More important I can't see
any weather radar displays, discovered that this afternoon after I heard
a crash of thunder ... I restarted with no add-ons but that made no
difference. I have another F-22 computer that was not updated this
morning and it works normally.
My question is which of the updates has made this change and can I undo it?
Bob
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Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA
http://www.qrz.com/db/W2BOD
box10 FEDORA-22/64bit LINUX XFCE
8 years, 9 months
iptables with logging vs denyhosts
by dcw
I have been using denyhosts for almost a year. To date I have only
prevented one person logging in and that is ME ( I used the wrong login
name).
Also, I know of no successful break-ins.
My iptables is as follows:
-P INPUT DROP
-P FORWARD DROP
-P OUTPUT ACCEPT
-N block
-A INPUT -j block
-A FORWARD -j block
-A block -i wifi_card -p tcp -m tcp --dport 12123 -j ACCEPT
-A block -i Nic_external -p tcp -m tcp --dport 12123 -j ACCEPT
-A block -i Nic_enternal -j ACCEPT
-A block -m conntrack --ctstate RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
-A block -i lo -m conntrack --ctstate NEW -j ACCEPT
-A block -j DROP
First, I think that the above will keep the bad guys out, Is that a true
statement?
Sencondly, I have added a LOG rule just above the DROP rule and I have
been monitoring it for about 1 1/2 weeks. As each entry is logged I have
been adding it to /etc/hosts.deny. Currently there are 4318 ip adresses
in the file and the number of packets that have been logged is 51592.
Denyhosts is for stopping ssh attempts and nothing else as I understand it.
Having over 4300 lines in /etc/hosts.deny causes almost no delay in
logging in remotely.
Am I being to paranoid about keeping the bad guys out or is the iptable
above completely adequate?
I would very much like to here your opinion on this,
David
8 years, 9 months
TB - Sort add-on
by JD
Looked for an add-on that will sort a folder by date (not for display
purposes)
but to physically re-organize a floder's messages so that they are
sorted from oldest
to most recent.
Any info on that?
8 years, 9 months
mailto links under google-chrome in XFCE (Fedora 21)
by Frank McCormick
Does anyone know how to setup Google-Chromes handling of mailto links
in webpages ?
I have run the xfce default handlier application, which has
Google-Chrome as my preferred webbrowser and Thunderbird
as my mail reader.
Everytime I click a mailto link either nothing happens, or I get the
message failed to run MailReader (input/output error)...not much
help.
I have checked the mimelist and it has set links up this way:
[Default Applications]
text/html=userapp-google-chrome-AGO0MX.desktop
x-scheme-handler/http=exo-web-browser.desktop
x-scheme-handler/https=exo-web-browser.desktop
x-scheme-handler/about=exo-web-browser.desktop
x-scheme-handler/mailto=exo-mail-reader.desktop
application/x-extension-eml=mozilla-thunderbird.desktop
the xfce4.helpers file contains this:
MailReader=thunderbird
TerminalEmulator=xfce4-terminal
WebBrowser=google-chrome
FileManager=Thunar
There is a link in /usr/bin to thunderbird.
In the mime list the x-scheme-handlers for mailto
is exo-mail-reader.desktop, which runs MailReader
I don't understand any of this---apparently xfce changed
the way these things are handled in the latest release.
Can someone clear away the fog ?
Thanks
8 years, 9 months
Thunderbird question
by JD
Many emails in my Inbox no longer display.
I mean I can see the emails listed in chronological order from oldest at top
to newest at bottom. But many older emails simply do not display when I
click
on the email in the list.
I have exited TB and restarted it to no avail.
8 years, 9 months
F22: rebooting to emergency mode
by Craig Goodyear
I have done a fresh install of Fedora 22 on the same computer 4 times.
Each time, after using the system from 1 day to 3 days and having
successfully rebooted several times, a reboot results in being started
in emergency mode. This computer was running Fedora 21 since its release
without any problems. I am using an ASUS P9X79 Deluxe motherboard.
At the emergency mode console the following is displayed in yellow:
Ignoring BGRT: invalid status 0 (expected 1)
ata16.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x6
ata16.00: irq_stat 0x40000001
ata16.00: cmd a0/01:00:00:00:01/00:00:00:00:00/a0 tag 1 dma 16640 in
Inquiry 12 01 00 00 ff 00res 00/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask
0x3 (HSM violation)
Running journalctl -xb has the following lines in red:
Jun 30 14:48:15 mac.localdomain kernel: Ignoring BGRT: invalid status 0
(expected 1)
Jun 30 14:48:15 mac.localdomain kernel: ata16.00: exception Emask 0x0
SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x6
Jun 30 14:48:15 mac.localdomain kernel: ata16.00: irq_stat 0x40000001
Jun 30 14:48:15 mac.localdomain kernel: ata16.00: cmd
a0/01:00:00:00:01/00:00:00:00:00/a0 tag 1 dma 16640 in
Inquiry 12 01 00 00 ff 00res 00/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask
0x3 (HSM violation)
Jun 30 14:48:32 mac.localdomain kernel: EDAC sbridge: ECC is disabled.
Aborting
Jun 30 14:48:32 mac.localdomain kernel: EDAC sbridge: Couldn't find mci
handler
I have tried installing to a new hard disk. I have tried a different
video card. I have run fsck on the hard disk after booting a live image.
No errors were found. Nothing I have tried has changed the result.
Where do I start in order to determine the cause of this problem?
8 years, 9 months
frequency-info question
by JD
First, the command and it's output:
# cpupower -c all frequency-info
analyzing CPU 0:
driver: acpi-cpufreq
CPUs which run at the same hardware frequency: 0
CPUs which need to have their frequency coordinated by software: 0
maximum transition latency: 10.0 us.
hardware limits: 1.20 GHz - 2.67 GHz
available frequency steps: 2.67 GHz, 2.67 GHz, 2.53 GHz, 2.40 GHz,
2.27 GHz, 2.13 GHz, 2.00 GHz, 1.87 GHz, 1.73 GHz, 1.60 GHz, 1.47 GHz,
1.33 GHz, 1.20 GHz
available cpufreq governors: conservative, userspace, powersave,
ondemand, performance
current policy: frequency should be within 1.20 GHz and 2.67 GHz.
The governor "userspace" may decide which speed to use
within this range.
current CPU frequency is 2.67 GHz (asserted by call to hardware).
boost state support:
Supported: yes
Active: yes
2200 MHz max turbo 2 active cores
2400 MHz max turbo 1 active cores
analyzing CPU 1:
driver: acpi-cpufreq
CPUs which run at the same hardware frequency: 1
CPUs which need to have their frequency coordinated by software: 1
maximum transition latency: 10.0 us.
hardware limits: 1.20 GHz - 2.67 GHz
available frequency steps: 2.67 GHz, 2.67 GHz, 2.53 GHz, 2.40 GHz,
2.27 GHz, 2.13 GHz, 2.00 GHz, 1.87 GHz, 1.73 GHz, 1.60 GHz, 1.47 GHz,
1.33 GHz, 1.20 GHz
available cpufreq governors: conservative, userspace, powersave,
ondemand, performance
current policy: frequency should be within 1.20 GHz and 2.67 GHz.
The governor "userspace" may decide which speed to use
within this range.
current CPU frequency is 2.67 GHz (asserted by call to hardware).
boost state support:
Supported: yes
Active: yes
2200 MHz max turbo 2 active cores
2400 MHz max turbo 1 active cores
analyzing CPU 2:
driver: acpi-cpufreq
CPUs which run at the same hardware frequency: 2
CPUs which need to have their frequency coordinated by software: 2
maximum transition latency: 10.0 us.
hardware limits: 1.20 GHz - 2.67 GHz
available frequency steps: 2.67 GHz, 2.67 GHz, 2.53 GHz, 2.40 GHz,
2.27 GHz, 2.13 GHz, 2.00 GHz, 1.87 GHz, 1.73 GHz, 1.60 GHz, 1.47 GHz,
1.33 GHz, 1.20 GHz
available cpufreq governors: conservative, userspace, powersave,
ondemand, performance
current policy: frequency should be within 1.20 GHz and 2.67 GHz.
The governor "userspace" may decide which speed to use
within this range.
current CPU frequency is 2.67 GHz (asserted by call to hardware).
boost state support:
Supported: yes
Active: yes
2200 MHz max turbo 2 active cores
2400 MHz max turbo 1 active cores
analyzing CPU 3:
driver: acpi-cpufreq
CPUs which run at the same hardware frequency: 3
CPUs which need to have their frequency coordinated by software: 3
maximum transition latency: 10.0 us.
hardware limits: 1.20 GHz - 2.67 GHz
available frequency steps: 2.67 GHz, 2.67 GHz, 2.53 GHz, 2.40 GHz,
2.27 GHz, 2.13 GHz, 2.00 GHz, 1.87 GHz, 1.73 GHz, 1.60 GHz, 1.47 GHz,
1.33 GHz, 1.20 GHz
available cpufreq governors: conservative, userspace, powersave,
ondemand, performance
current policy: frequency should be within 1.20 GHz and 2.67 GHz.
The governor "userspace" may decide which speed to use
within this range.
current CPU frequency is 2.67 GHz (asserted by call to hardware).
boost state support:
Supported: yes
Active: yes
2200 MHz max turbo 2 active cores
2400 MHz max turbo 1 active cores
=========================
So, question:
How can current frequency be 2.67GHz, but
turbo ferequency for one cpu running be 2.4GHz?
How can that be turbo???
8 years, 9 months
Youtube-dl warning message
by JD
Downloading a tracks from youtube, I often get this warning
message:
WARNING: You have requested formats incompatible for merge. The formats
will be merged into mkv
However the resulting mkv file neither shows the vid nor do I hear the
audio.
The player is latest mplayer.
$ youtube-dl --version
2015.05.10
Does mkv need any special codecs that I do not have?
8 years, 9 months