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XWayland to Xorg
by Amadeus W.M. 29 Dec '16

29 Dec '16

How do I switch from XWayland back to Xorg in F25? I'm running graphical.target and no login. Oh, and I need to do that remotely, via ssh. Thanks!

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Remind, tkremind -
by Bob Goodwin 29 Dec '16

29 Dec '16

I have been using the "remind" calendar program for a long time and I am now having trouble reading the screen. It provides a calendar page for the month showing all 31 days on that page like a conventional printed calendar. Can anyone tell me how to make the font bold and a little larger? Better yet would be to also change it to white text on black. Any suggestions would be appreciated, Bob -- Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA http://www.qrz.com/db/W2BOD box10 FEDORA-25/64it LINUX XFCE Fastmail POP3

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New kernels won't boot
by David A. De Graaf 29 Dec '16

29 Dec '16

My trusty old IBM T30 laptop will no longer boot with the latest kernel-4.7.9-200.fc24.i686 kernel-4.8.4-200.fc24.i686 kernel-PAE-4.8.4-200.fc24.i686 It will still boot kernel-4.7.7-200.fc24.i686 The grub2 menu is displayed, and after selecting the 4.7.7-200 kernel there's a 2-3 sec delay with blinking cursor, then I'm prompted for the encryption passphrase for the /home filesystem. Then the voluminous messages (from removing the rhgb boot option) scroll forth and bootup proceeds normally. However, If I choose any of the newer kernels, the blinking cursor remains forever; no prompt for the encryption passphrase occurs; the keyboard is totally non-responsive. Power cycling is required to recover. Things I've tried: - dnf remove <the "bad" kernel>, and reinstall it. - Rebuild initramfs-4.8.4-200.fc24.i686.img with dracut. The new file is only one byte bigger, probably due to a different date, and still won't boot. - Added the secret 'dis_ucode_ldr' boot option, as revealed in https://www.reddit.com/r/Fedora/comments/4qrl1k/kernel_46_wont_boot_how_can… but this seemed aimed at newer IBM laptops, and indeed, had no effect on my T30. - Updated the BIOS. The T30 has two components: the BIOS and the EC (Embedded Controller). My BIOS was up to date at version 2.10 but the EC was v. 1.03, while v. 1.07 was available. Sadly, updating to EC v. 1.07 did not alleviate the problem. Any thoughts, shared experience, commiserations, suggestions? What can be so different about these newer kernels? -- David A. De Graaf DATIX, Inc. Hendersonville, NC dad(a)datix.us www.datix.us

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F25 install old computer delayed after fsck
by Mayavimmer 29 Dec '16

29 Dec '16

I am trying to install F25 KDE 64 bit on an old HP Proliant with 2GB RAM and a 2005 BIOS currently used in production (don't look at me, look at the boss instead). The install is very very slow and took more than a half hour to fsck the 2TB raid 1 disks. I only initially want to install it on a free 20GB ext4 partition, no raid. Cannot unplug the 2TB disks. Is there a way to avoid the useless half hour fsck?

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3.3 gigs in /var/cache/PackageKit/24/metadata after dnf system-upgrade
by Schlaegel 29 Dec '16

29 Dec '16

I followed the instructions in the Fedora 25 Installation Guide and the DNF system upgrade document, using `sudo dnf system-upgrade download --refresh --releasever=25` and then the `sudo dnf system-upgrade reboot` command. I then worked through an issue with the stock repositories and packages causing my Nvidia graphics to lock up, and I eventually had a working system. After a month of updates, I started seeing warnings about the size of the var partition. Somehow /var/cache/PackageKit/24/metadata is still there and very large. I tried `sudo pkcon refresh force -c -1` but I still have 3.3 gigs in PackageKit's Fedora 24 directory. What would be a good course of action? I'm reluctant to use root to just delete the files, assuming that they are in some PackageKit database somewhere. Is there another step that should be added to the DNF system upgrade document to have this directory cleaned?

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gfortran
by Patrick Dupre 29 Dec '16

29 Dec '16

Hello, I have a program (c) calling a routine compiled by f95 In the c program I have a loop (calling the fortran routine) that I wanted to paralleled by #pragma omp parallel for At the execution, I get: Disk file read error number 5002 Type <enter> to exit program All files have been compiled and linked with the option -fopenmp Any idea? 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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Gigabyte GeForce GT 740
by François Patte 28 Dec '16

28 Dec '16

Bonjour, I have to replace my graphic card and as the previous one was an nvidia which has perfectly worked for 15 years, I want to remain with this brand. Is the Gigabyte GeForce GT 740 ok to work under last version of fedora? Thank you. -- François Patte UFR de mathématiques et informatique Laboratoire CNRS MAP5, UMR 8145 Université Paris Descartes 45, rue des Saints Pères F-75270 Paris Cedex 06 Tél. +33 (0)1 8394 5849 http://www.math-info.univ-paris5.fr/~patte

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fedora25 mate - samsung scx4623f - no xsane backends - frontends
by Johan Scheepers 28 Dec '16

28 Dec '16

good day, Installed fedora25 - fully updated -installed xsane from repo - samsung scx4623f - works fine on various othet linux installed distros - multi boot setup. No detection by xsane scanner - xsane from repo but no front or backends on system - unable to locate any installable software. Kindly assist to get scanner working. Printer works fine. Thanks. Johan.

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Fedora 25 GUI Problem
by Georgi Tsanov 28 Dec '16

28 Dec '16

My issue: I installed fedora 25 a few days ago alongside windows7. I had no problems with fedora i did an update, installed nvidia drivers and all the apps i need made the necessary configurations and everything was okey. Today (2-3 days after the installation) when i rebooted from my windows7, went into GRUB menu, selected fedora25, typed my HDD encryption password, and instead of showing up the GUI login screen I get a blank(black) screen (while my monitor is running not sleeping). When i press Ctrl+alt+F2 I can open log in as a root/user but still no GUI, I can only terminal commands. Here are some of the commands i have tried and did not work(not in this particular order) "startx", "systemctl set-default graphical-target", "dnf install gdk". Am using fedora for the first time and basically have been using only ubuntu for a couple of months on my laptop so am quite the newbie. Wil be thankful is someone can solve my unsolveable issue! Hardware i am using: CPU - AMD Athlon(tm) X4 860K Quad Core Processor 3.70 GHz RAM - 8GB Graphics Card - Nvidia GeForxe GTX 960 Windows is installed on my SSD (250 GB) Fedora isinstalled on my HDD (1TB) Thanks in advance!

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Screen rapidly blanking on and off
by Ted Roche 28 Dec '16

28 Dec '16

I've run into a problem with my Dell Inspiron where the screen blanks every second, unless I'm typing or moving the mouse. Spinning the mouse around the screen will keep the screen lit, while typing will blank between keystrokes, and I'm a fair 70 wpm typist. This ia Fedora 23 64 bit installation, and I've seen the problem on all three of the current kernel installs, Linux jupiter.in.tedroche.com 4.7.4-100.fc23.x86_64 #1 SMP Thu Sep 15 18:48:53 UTC 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux 4.7.4, 4.7.5, and 4.7.6. Nothing in the logs stands out and unusual. Suggestions on what I might look at to troubleshoot ths? -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com

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