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Problem with Memtest??
by Michael D. Setzer II 16 Feb '16

16 Feb '16

Was just trying to run memtest on a fedora 23 machine and it fails?? It shows insmod bsd echo 'message...' knetbsd /elf-memtest86+5.01 When run, I see message, but then nothing. Changing to linux16 /memtest86+5.01 Seems to run like normal? Does show that memtest has a Jan 29th date, so not sure if something got broken, but hadn't actually tried running memtest since then till today?? +----------------------------------------------------------+ Michael D. Setzer II - Computer Science Instructor Guam Community College Computer Center mailto:mikes@kuentos.guam.net mailto:msetzerii@gmail.com Guam - Where America's Day Begins G4L Disk Imaging Project maintainer http://sourceforge.net/projects/g4l/ +----------------------------------------------------------+ http://setiathome.berkeley.edu (Original) Number of Seti Units Returned: 19,471 Processing time: 32 years, 290 days, 12 hours, 58 minutes (Total Hours: 287,489) BOINC@HOME CREDITS ABC 16613838.513356 | EINSTEIN 87525353.785695 ROSETTA 40117323.878181 | SETI 74413803.416125

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Google messed up :)
by JD 16 Feb '16

16 Feb '16

Downloaded google-earth-stable_current_x86_64.rpm from google and tried to install it, got # dnf install google-earth-stable_current_x86_64.rpm Last metadata expiration check performed 0:42:30 ago on Sun Feb 14 12:22:13 2016. Dependencies resolved. ================================================================================================================================================================ Package Arch Version Repository Size ================================================================================================================================================================ Installing: google-earth-stable x86_64 7.1.4.1529-0 @commandline 60 M Transaction Summary ================================================================================================================================================================ Install 1 Package Total size: 60 M Installed size: 194 M Is this ok [y/N]: y Downloading Packages: Running transaction check Transaction check succeeded. Running transaction test Error: Transaction check error: file /usr/bin from install of google-earth-stable-7.1.4.1529-0.x86_64 conflicts with file from package filesystem-3.2-32.fc22.x86_64 Error Summary ------------- ================================================================================================================================================================ But I know how to fix the rpm.

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Desktop Does Not Start Up
by Richard Ibbotson 14 Feb '16

14 Feb '16

Hi I did a dnf update on my F23 workstation. After rebooting to make sure that the updates were working properly I find that I can't get to the login screen. I see the blue Fedora logo for a split second. Then the command line appears with a message to do Ctrl-D or login as root. Nouveau drivers for the graphics card. I can login as root and use a text editor. After the failed X startup I can see the following error message on the screen Error getting authority: Error initialization authority: Could not connect: No such file or directory (g-io-error-quark, 1) If I have a look at the log in /home/user/.local/share/xorg it says... Fatal server error: xf86OpenConsole: Cannot open virtual console 1 (Permission denied. If I try startx as as a user or as root I can see.. for example... in /var/log/Xorg.0.log... dbus core: error connecting to system bus: org.freedesktop.Dbus.Error.FileNotFound (Failed to connect to socket /run/dbus/system_bus_socket: No such file or directory) Can anyone suggest how to fix this ? I can't send in lengthy logs due to the fact that I can't ssh into the machine or run a second or third console. Access to one console only. -- Richard Sheffield UK

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Desktop Does Not Start Up
by Richard Ibbotson 14 Feb '16

14 Feb '16

Hi I did a dnf update on my F23 workstation. After rebooting to make sure that the updates were working properly I find that I can't get to the login screen. I see the blue Fedora log for a split second. Then the command line appears with a message to do Ctrl-D or login as root. Nouveau drivers for the graphics card. I can login as root and use a text editor. After the failed X startup I can see the following error message on the screen Error getting authority: Error initialization authority: Could not connect: No such file or directory (g-io-error-quark, 1) If I have a look at the log in /home/user/.local/share/xorg it says... Fatal server error: xf86OpenConsole: Cannot open virtual console 1 (Permission denied. If I try startx as as a user or as root I can see.. for example... in /var/log/Xorg.0.log... dbus core: error connecting to system bus: org.freedesktop.Dbus.Error.FileNotFound (Failed to connect to socket /run/dbus/system_bus_socket: No such file or directory) Can anyone suggest how to fix this ? I can't send in lengthy logs due to the fact that I can't ssh into the machine or run a second or third console. Access to one console only. -- Richard Sheffield UK

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robots.txt
by JD 14 Feb '16

14 Feb '16

SOme websites which provide files for download, refuse wget They send a file robots.txt instead. In that file I see: User-agent: * Disallow: / Allow: /lang/* Allow: /$ So, I ask if anyone knows how to use wget to get those files without the use of FF ?

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Firefox 44 strops mousescrolling after update
by Ranjan Maitra 14 Feb '16

14 Feb '16

Hello, I have a pretty standard (I thought) optical mouse which has a wheel in the middle that I use for scrolling also. However, this mouse has stopped scrolling (continuously) in Firefox (only, from what I can tell, since the latest update) without clicking. The scrolling behaviour is fine on midori as well as in dillo. (In Firefox itself, the button works fine with the scroll fixed (and then the page goes up or down on its own depending on whether the cursor is above or below the compass-like crosshairs). Also, this is a laptop and two-finger scrolling on the touchpad works as intended (and as the middle-scroll button of the mouse without clicking is supposed to work.) It is possible that I changed something inadvertently in my settings without realizing to do so (and it is just an interaction effect with the update) but any suggestions on how I might fix it? I looked around the web but all of them point to older versions of Firefox when the setup was different and (while translatable) many options do not exist in "about:config" for instance. Many thanks and 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. ____________________________________________________________ FREE 3D MARINE AQUARIUM SCREENSAVER - Watch dolphins, sharks & orcas on your desktop! Check it out at http://www.inbox.com/marineaquarium

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Looking for "photo" program
by Timothy Murphy 14 Feb '16

14 Feb '16

There used to be a Unix program for copying text as it was typed. As I recall, the original program was called "photo", but then it changed its name, or another program took its place. (I think the program in fact copied all input and output.) Is there such a program today? (I actually want to save Firefox input and output.) -- Timothy Murphy gayleard /at/ eircom.net School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin

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Server x86_64 version 23 fails to install
by Yves Dorfsman 13 Feb '16

13 Feb '16

Hi I'm trying to install Fedora Server x86_64 version 23 from the DVD iso, via PXE and over NFS, and it fails with python errors: Traceback (most recent call last): file "/sbin/anaconda", line 49, in <modules> import pid File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/pid/__init__.py", line 8, in <module> import tempfile File "/usr/lib64/python3.4/tempfile.py", line 36, in <module> from random import Random as _Random File "/usr/lib64/python3.4/random.py", line 45, in <module> from hashlib import sha512 as _sha512 ImportError: cannot import name 'sha512' Pane is dead Any idea what's going here? -- http://yves.zioup.com gpg: 4096R/32B0F416

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Block connection in firewall -
by Bob Goodwin 13 Feb '16

13 Feb '16

I have been messing with a firewall file and added the following: config rule option src lan option src_ip 192.168.1.7 option dest wan option target REJECT It works to prevent internet access from that ip. However I can still ping 8.8.8.8 which leaves wondering if that is adequate isolation. Can that be improved on? I have never done anything with iptables and I am pushing my skill level in this but it is encouraging to have something actually work ... Any suggestions appreciated, Bob -- Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA http://www.qrz.com/db/W2BOD box10 FEDORA-23/64bit LINUX XFCE POP3

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F22 - audacity-freeworld crashed on opening an amr recording
by Robert Moskowitz 13 Feb '16

13 Feb '16

I have a couple Android recordings that I need to convert to wav, so I went to use my copy of audacity-freeworld to do the conversion. It crashed on opening the flie. I have the LAME files and haveworked with mp3 files fine in the past. I cannot find anything about problems on this. Anyone know anything about it or other methods to convert amr files?

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