fc29 : how to use libva as non-root ?
by sean darcy
I've installed libva and the intel driver:
rpm -qa | grep libva | sort
libva-2.4.1-1.fc29.x86_64
libva-devel-2.4.1-1.fc29.x86_64
libva-intel-driver-2.3.0-2.fc29.x86_64
libva-intel-hybrid-driver-1.0.2-14.fc29.x86_64
libva-utils-2.4.0-1.fc29.x86_64
I've got a cpu that should support it - Gen 9:
cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 94
model name : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E3-1245 v5 @ 3.50GHz
stepping : 3
microcode : 0xc6
but:
$ vainfo
libva info: VA-API version 1.4.1
X Error of failed request: BadRequest (invalid request code or no such
operation)
Major opcode of failed request: 154 (DRI2)
Minor opcode of failed request: 1 (DRI2Connect)
Serial number of failed request: 11
Current serial number in output stream: 11
Works for root:
sudo vainfo
error: XDG_RUNTIME_DIR not set in the environment.
X11 connection rejected because of wrong authentication.
error: can't connect to X server!
libva info: VA-API version 1.4.1
libva info: va_getDriverName() returns 0
libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib64/dri/i965_drv_video.so
libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_1_4
libva info: va_openDriver() returns 0
vainfo: VA-API version: 1.4 (libva 2.4.0)
vainfo: Driver version: Intel i965 driver for Intel(R) Skylake - 2.3.0
vainfo: Supported profile and entrypoints
............
ls -l /usr/lib64/dri/i965_drv_video.so
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 8157632 Feb 14 03:16
/usr/lib64/dri/i965_drv_video.so
Any help appreciated.
sean
4 years, 11 months
how to always get menu in grub?
by Tom Horsley
I could spend the rest of the weekend trying to follow
the "logic" in all of the /etc/grub.d files, or
maybe I could ask and find someone who already
knows:
How the devil do I make grub on fedora 30 *always*
show the damn menu and *always* timeout for 5
seconds? (Instead of trying to be "helpful" :-).
4 years, 11 months
update to F30 seems to have failed
by Neal Becker
I just attempted update f29->f30 using
sudo dnf system-upgrade download --refresh --releasever=30
After reboot
sudo dnf system-upgrade reboot
The system got to
running transaction
But then seemed to hang. I waited about 15 minutes. The laptop fan was not
running, indicating it was not using cpu. Alt-F2 etc would not switch
consoles, so I could not get a bash shell to check. The only thing that
responded is, on any keypress, it would repaint the screen with the list of
packages to be installed etc. So it wasn't dead. But I don't think it was
making any progress either. This is a fast machine with SSD, so I wouldn't
expect to wait too long to see something happen.
4 years, 11 months
install boot hangs, or has no mouse with noacpi
by S. Bob
Installing Fedora 30,
LG Gram 17 laptop
if I use no boot parameters the install hangs after "Started Journal
Service"
If I use acpi=off it boots but I have no mouse once I get to the
graphical screen, if I use noacpi I get the same behavior (no mouse).
Thoughts?
4 years, 11 months
New LG Gram 17, trying to boot Fedora live CD, won't boot
by S. Bob
Hi All;
I have a new LG Gram 17 laptop. Burned a Fedora 29 live CD, when I boot
it hangs on these 2 messages:
(1 of 2) A start job is running for Journal Service
(2 of 2) A start job is running for for er-live\x2drw.device
Eventually the Journal service fails then it starts over.
Here are the Bios settings:
USB Legacy Mode -- Enabled
UEFI Boot -- Enabled
Legacy OS Boot -- Enabled
TPM -- Disabled
Secure Boot -- Disabled
The laptop will not boot off the live cd unless I have Legacy OS Boot
enabled
Thoughts? Can anyone help me debug this?
4 years, 11 months
rpmfusion nvidia drivers and BLS?
by Tom Horsley
I have theoretically disabled the BLS stuff
(so I can boot fedora 30 with the configfile
command from an older grub that knows nothing
of the BLS support in the configfile).
This worked, but now I wonder about the state
of the rpmfusion nvidia drivers and what they
can deal with when changing kernel options
(to blacklist nouveau).
How much trouble are folks using the nvidia binaries
in with the new grub stuff?
4 years, 11 months
new Ask Fedora site
by Matthew Miller
Hi everyone! We have a new questions-and-help centered forum at
https://ask.fedoraproject.org/ and I invite you to try it out.
(This is based on the Discourse software, same as
https://discussion.fedoraproject.org but with a different site mission.)
This mailing list isn't going anywhere, but as the world marches on we need
new ways to reach out and interact with people. The previous AskBot site had
some strengths but overall wasn't as successful as I'd like it to be. So,
we're trying something new. Take a look, tell us what you think, and,
hopefully, stay around and participate.
--
Matthew Miller
<mattdm(a)fedoraproject.org>
Fedora Project Leader
4 years, 11 months
Fedora 30 chuckle for the day
by Tom Horsley
Looking at services on fedora 30 I didn't recognize
from fedora 29, I did an rpm -q -i to tell me about
the new tpm2-abrmd.service:
tpm2-abrmd is a system daemon implementing the TPM2 access broker (TAB) and
Resource Manager (RM) spec from the TCG.
I haven't had such a laugh since my old IBM 360 days
when I looked up error code IEC020I to find it means:
TCP erropt = ABE and/or no SYNAD exit specified.
4 years, 11 months
Re: GRUB prompt after F29 to F30 upgrade
by Rich Emberson
This morning I got the dreaded grub prompt on boot.
Took me 3 hours to understand what
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Common_F30_bugs#GRUB_boot_menu_is_not_popu...
was talking about. I did a bunch of searching and trying things out before
I hit upon
the configfile grub command.
Note that
grub> configfile /grub2/grub.cfg.rpmsave
as shown in the common bugs is not appropriate on my machine, there was no
/grub2 (see below).
grub> insmod ext2
grub> insmod luks
grub> insmod xfs
grub> ls
(hd0) (hd0,msdos1) (hd0,msdos3) (hd0,msdos5)
# note: under (hd0,msdos1) is /boot
# note: under (hd0,msdos3) is encrypted /
# note: under (hd0,msdos5) is encrypted /home
# note: cryptomount -a does not work!!!
grub> cryptomount hd0,msdos3
grub> insmod lvm
grub> ls
(crypto0) (hd0) (hd0,msdos1) (hd0,msdos3) (hd0,msdos5)
# note: did not need to decrypt / for this to work...
grub> configfile (hd0,1)/grub/grub.cfg.rpmsave
# got old boot menu :-)
# boot into F29
# after boot...
> su
....
# /sbin/grub2-install /dev/sda
# /sbin/reboot
# reboot into F30
# good as new...
On Thu, May 2, 2019 at 10:33 AM richard emberson <emberson.rich(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
> I got the dreaded grub prompt on boot this morning
> Took me 3 hours to understand what
>
>
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Common_F30_bugs#GRUB_boot_menu_is_not_popu...
> was talking about. I did a bunch of searching and trying things out
> before I hit upon
> the configfile grub command.
> Note that
> grub> configfile /grub2/grub.cfg.rpmsave
> as shown in the common bugs is not appropriate on my machine, there was
> no /grub2 (see below).
>
> grub> insmod ext2
> grub> insmod luks
> grub> insmod xfs
> grub> ls
> (hd0) (hd0,msdos1) (hd0,msdos3) (hd0,msdos5)
> (thunderbird:3111): libnotify-WARNING **: 10:29:55.823: Failed to
> connect to proxy
> # note: under (hd0,msdos1) is /boot
> # note: under (hd0,msdos3) is encrypted /
> # note: under (hd0,msdos5) is encrypted /home
> # note: cryptomount -a does not work!!!
> grub> cryptomount hd0,msdos3
> grub> insmod lvm
> grub> ls
> (crypto0) (hd0) (hd0,msdos1) (hd0,msdos3) (hd0,msdos5)
> # note: did not need to decrypt / for this to work...
> grub> configfile (hd0,1)/grub/grub.cfg.rpmsave
>
> # got old boot menu :-)
> # boot into F29
>
> # after boot...
> > su
> ....
> # /sbin/grub2-install /dev/sda
> # /sbin/reboot
>
> # reboot into F30
> # good as new...
>
>
>
> On 5/2/19 7:59 AM, David Dusanic wrote:
> > Am 01.05.19 um 00:03 schrieb Chris Murphy:
> >> Just a heads up that this can be an issue, but I'm not sure how common
> >> it is. It applies to BIOS (not UEFI) firmware, and for systems that
> >> originally had Fedora 20 or older installed and also never had
> >> 'grub2-install' issued since then. Therefore it can be prevented just
> >> by running 'grub2-install' before commencing the Fedora 30 upgrade.
> >>
> >>
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Common_F30_bugs#GRUB_boot_menu_is_not_popu...
> >>
> >>
> >> It's worth going through all the Common Bugs.
> >>
> >
> > I am not entirely sure about this issue and now I have read all the
> > posts about it and this Grub 'lesson' is just not getting into me.
> >
> > So far the upgrade went fine as usual in my case. And now why I am
> > replying here. My legacy boot has Grub and instead of booting into the
> > newest Fedora 30 kernel it boots by default into an older one from
> > Fedora 29. I never saw this before. So I have to catch up before the
> > Grub prompt automatically selects the second kernel in the boot menu.
> >
> > Anybody experiencing this?
> >
>
> --
> Quis custodiet ipsos custodes
>
4 years, 11 months
issues with F30 Live USB stick
by Greg Woods
I created an F30 Live USB stick, but it won't boot properly. What happens
is that it drops into emergency mode (dracut). Prior to this, journal
messages from dracut-initqueue appear on the screen, the same message
repeating every few seconds for a minute or so, then it drops into
emergency mode. The repeating message is:
dracut--initqueue timeout -- starting timeout scripts
Then it just says "Warning: could not boot" and drops into emergency mode.
I did verify that my download of
"Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-30-1.2.iso" is good (the calculated
sha256sum matches the checksum from the download site). I created the stick
using "unetbootin" which has always worked for me with previous Fedora
releases. I tried rerunning "unetbootin" to recreate the on-stick OS, but
the result was the same. I tried the stick on a Dell laptop and on a
desktop based on the ASUS Z87 motherboard, same result.
Anybody else seen this? Has anyone successfully created an F30 Live USB
stick?
Thanks,
--Greg
4 years, 11 months
