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Re: RH Linux 5.2, Kernel 2.0.36, SCSI Disks => VM? + Nostalgia . .
by Philip Rhoades 04 Oct '16

04 Oct '16

Samuel, On 2016-10-02 11:54, users-request(a)lists.fedoraproject.org wrote: > From: Samuel Sieb <samuel(a)sieb.net> > Subject: Re: RH Linux 5.2, Kernel 2.0.36, SCSI Disks => VM? + > Nostalgia . . > To: Community support for Fedora users <users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org> > Message-ID: <71798836-ed8e-75ef-54d1-125d478f6ea4(a)sieb.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed > > On 09/30/2016 02:40 AM, Philip Rhoades wrote: >> It was a little strange but pleasant looking at all this very old >> stuff >> - knowing with hindsight how the users, lists and sites developed >> after >> their modest beginnings. I guess I got a bit nostalgic and decided to >> continue to keep the box (it is the only old box I have that can >> accommodate the old Adaptec ISA board) but it occurred to me that it >> would be an interesting exercise to try and virtualise the system - is >> this possible? - could I create an image from the old 2GB SCSI boot >> disk >> and run it as a virtual machine somehow? > > > Shouldn't be a problem. The only issue would be whether the installed > OS has a driver for the emulated scsi drive. Do you mean if the host OS has a driver ie F25? > If you used the emulated > IDE instead, you would need to mount the image (or drive) locally and > edit the fstab to change the /dev/sd* entries to /dev/hd*. Not sure why I would need to be emulating IDE . . > I expect the > bootloader would be LILO Correct. > which I think uses BIOS calls to load the OS, > so that should work. OK, I am still at a loss as to how to proceed . . I had assumed that I would need to do a dd of the old SCSI drive with it's 6 partitions and create an image that I could move to my F25 workstation and from there work out how to load into virt-manager or something . . Thanks, Phil. -- Philip Rhoades PO Box 896 Cowra NSW 2794 Australia E-mail: phil(a)pricom.com.au

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Re: PSA: Do not run 'dnf update' inside GNOME, KDE or any other graphical desktop on Fedora 24
by stan 04 Oct '16

04 Oct '16

On Tue, 04 Oct 2016 08:51:07 -0700 Adam Williamson <adamwill(a)fedoraproject.org> wrote: > I'm working with the reporter right now to investigate and hopefully > get this fixed, but in the meantime - and this is in fact our standard > advice anyway, but it bears repeating - DON'T RUN 'dnf update' INSIDE > A DESKTOP. I think I can confirm this advice. I always run dnf manually from the command line, in a VT logged in as root. And I can run X while doing this and I've never had a dnf update issue. I don't use the graphical update tools, and always have PackageKit disabled to prevent duplicate downloads of updates.

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Re: PSA: Do not run 'dnf update' inside GNOME, KDE or any other graphical desktop on Fedora 24
by Patrick O'Callaghan 04 Oct '16

04 Oct '16

On 4 October 2016 at 16:51, Adam Williamson <adamwill(a)fedoraproject.org> wrote: > Running the update process inside a desktop just gives it all the more > opportunity to crash somehow. If the terminal app crashes, the update > crashes. If the desktop crashes, the update crashes. > > I don't want to get in the KDE folks' bad graces, but this likely could > also affect KDE's graphical update system, so I'd advise against using > that for the present too. > Maybe I've just been lucky but I run dnf on a daily basis in a Konsole terminal window (under KDE) and have never seen this kind of problem. I don't use the graphical updater(s). poc

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Good article on systemd
by Sam Varshavchik 04 Oct '16

04 Oct '16

Pretty much says everything there is to say about systemd, in one compact article: https://www.agwa.name/blog/post/how_to_crash_systemd_in_one_tweet

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Re: RH Linux 5.2, Kernel 2.0.36, SCSI Disks => VM? + Nostalgia . .
by EGO-II.1 04 Oct '16

04 Oct '16

It's interesting indeed to see if this works.....please keep us posted as to how this turns out! On Oct 4, 2016 8:04 AM, Tom Horsley <horsley1953(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > On Tue, 04 Oct 2016 21:49:55 +1100 > Philip Rhoades wrote: > > > work out how to load into virt-manager or something > > If you DD the whole disk to a file, then that file will > be in the correct format for a "raw" disk image. > > If you then go into virt-manager and create a new VM and > select the "use existing disk image option" that comes up > in there somewhere, it might work. > > The tricky bit is most likely to be selecting a disk > driver for the VM to emulate which the OS in the > image knows how to talk to. > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave(a)lists.fedoraproject.org

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Create a symbolic link to run firefox 49 ..
by Angelo Moreschini 04 Oct '16

04 Oct '16

Hi, I updated Firefox to version 49, and now I can run it clicking on the program name from a "nautilus" window. But It is difficult for me, now, to create a symbolic link in order to run firefox using the graphical environment of gnome. This is because it *(already) **exists **a file "/ usr / bin / firefox" file that is not' a link, but instead it is '**a scrip*t: - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - #!/bin/bash # # The contents of this file are subject to the Netscape Public # License Version 1.1 (the "License"); you may not use this file # except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of # the License at http://www.mozilla.org/NPL/ # # Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS # IS" basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or # implied. See the License for the specific language governing # rights and limitations under the License. # # The Original Code is mozilla.org code. # # The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Netscape # Communications Corporation. Portions created by Netscape are # Copyright (C) 1998 Netscape Communications Corporation. All # Rights Reserved. # # Contributor(s): # ## ## Usage: ## ## $ firefox ## ## This script is meant to run a mozilla program from the mozilla ## rpm installation. ## ## The script will setup all the environment voodoo needed to make ## mozilla work. ….................. ….................. - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - probably (indeed it is sure) in my case it need to modify this script, in order to run graphically firefox by gnome But I have not idea how to do this. Any help to solve my problem will be 'appreciated. Thank you Angelo

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Odd behaviour for GREP
by Philip Rhoades 04 Oct '16

04 Oct '16

People, On F25 x86_64 as user "fedora" with default environment I get: grep Cock application.html.erb Provider for the National Disability Insurance Trial Site in Kwinana/ Cockburn</a> grep Cock * grep: *: No such file or directory grep Cock a* grep: a*: No such file or directory grep Cock *erb grep: *erb: No such file or directory The same commands for root work as expected . . but I cannot see anything in .bash[rc | _profile] that would make a difference - I can send the diffs if people think I am missing something . . Any ideas? Thanks, Phil. -- Philip Rhoades PO Box 896 Cowra NSW 2794 Australia E-mail: phil(a)pricom.com.au

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Weird Disk Usage Monitor messages
by Scott van Looy 04 Oct '16

04 Oct '16

Hi, I’ve just started receiving low disk space warnings from my server. "Inodes: /dev/sda8 (/home) is 98% full -- 3.7M of 3.8M used, 99K remain” But df -h "/dev/sda8 60G 53G 3.9G 94% /home” Does anyone have any idea what could be up? Scott Latest version of Fedora, all up to date.

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wscat gone
by Aleksandar Kostadinov 04 Oct '16

04 Oct '16

Hello, I don't see wscat in fedora 24, why is it gone?

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rpmbuild: compiles without error but does not install
by Ranjan Maitra 03 Oct '16

03 Oct '16

Hi, I have had issues with batti for quite a while, and I came across battray as a replacement (and it works). So, I was trying to put it together as a rpm and perhaps and get it approved for Fedora. I have created the following spec file available here: https://paste.fedoraproject.org/442597/50173214 It compiles without error. However, when I try to install the rpm using $sudo dnf install ../RPMS/noarch/battray-2.2-1.fc24.noarch.rpm I get: Last metadata expiration check: 0:15:05 ago on Mon Oct 3 08:21:04 2016. Error: nothing provides /bin/python3 needed by battray-2.2-1.fc24.noarch (try to add '--allowerasing' to command line to replace conflicting packages) The addition of '--allowerasing' does not change anything other than to remove the suggestion. Any suggestions as to what is wrong with my spec file? Best wishes, Ranjan -- 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.

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