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Re: GRUB prompt after F29 to F30 upgrade
by Rich Emberson 02 May '19

02 May '19

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_popula… 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_popula… > 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_popula… > >> > >> > >> 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 >

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issues with F30 Live USB stick
by Greg Woods 02 May '19

02 May '19

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

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Eclipse and Fedora 30 upgrade issue
by Matthew Saltzman 02 May '19

02 May '19

Is there a workaround for the issue where the Fedora 30 upgrade decides that all of Eclipse is not compatible with Fedora 30 and removes the complete collection of Eclipse packages? If it's best to wait until the issue is resolved before upgrading, will GNOME Software automatically update my downloaded upgrade packages? If not, how to make sure that update happens before the install? Thanks. -- Matthew Saltzman School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences Clemson University mjs AT clemson DOT edu

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GRUB prompt after F29 to F30 upgrade
by Chris Murphy 02 May '19

02 May '19

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_popula… It's worth going through all the Common Bugs. -- Chris Murphy

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Re: (fedora) Re: Printing problems after upgrade to F30
by Jouk Jansen 02 May '19

02 May '19

berend.de.schouwer wrote on 2-MAY-2019 10:55:14.20 >On Thu, 2019-05-02 at 09:23 +0200, Jouk Jansen wrote: >> berend.de.schouwer wrote on 1-MAY-2019 16:37:59.62 >> >> > On Wed, 2019-05-01 at 11:48 +0200, Jouk Jansen wrote: >> > > If I try to reconfigure the printer via cups and indicate that >> > > the >> > > printer >> > > is to be shared, I get the message that sharing is not possible >> > > for a >> > > Kerberos-printer. On this system I never configured Kerberos. So >> > > what >> > > is >> > > happening here? >> > I've got an identical problem. I've filed a bug report here: >> > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1700791 >> > I think it was caused by: >> > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1662408 >> > I don't think it's triggered by "Shared"; but rather by >> > "AuthInfoRequired" that changes from None or Username,Password to >> > Negotiate. >> > To work around it, here's what I did: >> > - move /usr/lib/cups/backend/smb to /usr/lib/cups/backend/smb.real >> > - write a script /usr/lib/cups/backend/smb to replace it: >> > #!/bin/sh >> > cat - | /usr/lib/cups/backend/smb.real "${@}" >> > Remember to make it executable. You'll notice this just calls >> > smb.real. The actual change is that this script exits with 0, so >> > Cups >> > never sees an error. Suddenly it doesn't trigger AuthInfoRequired, >> > and >> > actually prints. >> > NOTE: this will be overwritten every time cups is upgraded. The >> > workaround can be smarter if you change DeviceURI to something else >> > (say smbworks://) and create a script accordingly. >> > I do this at work for a printer that has every non-SMB port >> > firewalled. >> >> If I do the smb.real trick, I'm able to change the "Shared" and the >> "AuthInfoRequied" >> but even now I cannot print. In the "gnome-control=center" the jobs >> end up >> "paused". I get a pop-up-bubbel in my gnome session telling me that >> "credentials are required". I thought they should be picked up from >> the > DeviceURL. >They should, they do for me. >Old jobs are still stuck in paused. >You can see DeviceURI in the logs. You may need to change loglevel in >cupsd.conf to debug, because it can be a security risk to log >passwords. I raised the loglevel even to debug2, but I see no trace at all of the calls to smb when I do "journalctl -e" I see traces of the job I send but all of them with the uri ipp://localhost... I see no errors there. >>You can also try modifying the script to: >>#!/bin/sh >>/usr/bin/logger -t "${0}[${$}]" "Called with [${@}]" >>/usr/bin/logger -t "${0}[${$}]" "DEVICE_URI=[${DEVICE_URI}]" >cat - | /usr/lib/cups/backend/smb.real "${@}" Entering these lines in the script, gave me nothing: no trace of the logs when running "journalctl -e" How can I check if samba is called correctly? regards Jouk Pax, vel iniusta, utilior est quam iustissimum bellum. (free after Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 b.Chr.-46 b.Chr.) Epistularum ad Atticum 7.1.4.3) Touch not the cat bot a glove >------------------------------------------------------------------------------< Jouk Jansen joukj(a)hrem.nano.tudelft.nl Technische Universiteit Delft tttttttttt uu uu ddddddd Kavli Institute of Nanoscience tttttttttt uu uu dd dd Nationaal centrum voor HREM tt uu uu dd dd Lorentzweg 1 tt uu uu dd dd 2628 CJ Delft tt uu uu dd dd Nederland tt uu uu dd dd tel. 31-15-2782272 tt uuuuuuu ddddddd >------------------------------------------------------------------------------<

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I say thanks for a new release !
by sixpack13 02 May '19

02 May '19

anyone ?! ;-)

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IcedTeaWeb: (/usr/bin/javaws): how to run it from firefox with -noupdate option?
by Dario Lesca 02 May '19

02 May '19

When I open this URL from Firefox http://jws.agenziaentrate.it/jws/dichiarazioni/2018/FEL18.jnlp IcedTeaWeb start correctly. But only after 10/15 minutes (!!) the application start and open it. This is not acceptable. I discovered that this problem happens even if I launch the procedure by hand /usr/bin/javaws http://jws.agenziaentrate.it/jws/dichiarazioni/2018/FEL18.jnlp This is the command used from firefox (I see with "ps -fea|grep java"). After some try, I also discovered that if I run javaws with -noupdate option /usr/bin/javaws -noupdate http://jws.agenziaentrate.it/jws/dichiarazioni/2018/FEL18.jnlp the application start and open immediately. It's possible to set this options so that firefox use it? Someone can help me to resolve this issue? Many thanks -- Dario Lesca (inviato dal mio Linux Fedora 29 Workstation)

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Re: (fedora) Re: Printing problems after upgrade to F30
by Jouk Jansen 02 May '19

02 May '19

berend.de.schouwer wrote on 1-MAY-2019 16:37:59.62 >On Wed, 2019-05-01 at 11:48 +0200, Jouk Jansen wrote: >> >> If I try to reconfigure the printer via cups and indicate that the >> printer >> is to be shared, I get the message that sharing is not possible for a >> Kerberos-printer. On this system I never configured Kerberos. So what >> is >> happening here? >I've got an identical problem. I've filed a bug report here: >https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1700791 >I think it was caused by: >https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1662408 >I don't think it's triggered by "Shared"; but rather by >"AuthInfoRequired" that changes from None or Username,Password to >Negotiate. >To work around it, here's what I did: >- move /usr/lib/cups/backend/smb to /usr/lib/cups/backend/smb.real >- write a script /usr/lib/cups/backend/smb to replace it: >#!/bin/sh >cat - | /usr/lib/cups/backend/smb.real "${@}" >Remember to make it executable. You'll notice this just calls >smb.real. The actual change is that this script exits with 0, so Cups >never sees an error. Suddenly it doesn't trigger AuthInfoRequired, and >actually prints. >NOTE: this will be overwritten every time cups is upgraded. The >workaround can be smarter if you change DeviceURI to something else >(say smbworks://) and create a script accordingly. >I do this at work for a printer that has every non-SMB port firewalled. If I do the smb.real trick, I'm able to change the "Shared" and the "AuthInfoRequied" but even now I cannot print. In the "gnome-control=center" the jobs end up "paused". I get a pop-up-bubbel in my gnome session telling me that "credentials are required". I thought they should be picked up from the DeviceURL. Jouk Pax, vel iniusta, utilior est quam iustissimum bellum. (free after Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 b.Chr.-46 b.Chr.) Epistularum ad Atticum 7.1.4.3) Touch not the cat bot a glove >------------------------------------------------------------------------------< Jouk Jansen joukj(a)hrem.nano.tudelft.nl Technische Universiteit Delft tttttttttt uu uu ddddddd Kavli Institute of Nanoscience tttttttttt uu uu dd dd Nationaal centrum voor HREM tt uu uu dd dd Lorentzweg 1 tt uu uu dd dd 2628 CJ Delft tt uu uu dd dd Nederland tt uu uu dd dd tel. 31-15-2782272 tt uuuuuuu ddddddd >------------------------------------------------------------------------------<

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spamprobe
by Scott van Looy 02 May '19

02 May '19

Hi, I recently recovered my home partition from some corruption. Most of everything is working OK but my spamprobe database appears not to be I use spam probe in a procmail recipe, from their examples in the man page: :0 SCORE=| /bin/spamprobe train :0 wf | formail -I "X-SpamProbe: $SCORE" :0 a: *^X-SpamProbe: SPAM spam And procmail is hanging on “spamprobe,train”, timing out and failing to deliver the message. I moved my existing spamprobe database away and created a new one and it all works as expected, but without any of my previous data from the old DB. So, two questions: What format does spamprobe use for the db and is it repairable somehow? Alternatively - I set this up about 750,000 years ago, I can see spamprobe hasn’t been updated in years, is there a better solution to set up spam filtering on fedora? I run my own mail server and I currently use RBLs and spamassassin Regards, Scott

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systemd scriptlet error?
by Tom Horsley 01 May '19

01 May '19

My very first update on my newly installed fedora 30 workstation: Running scriptlet: systemd-241-8.git9ef65cb.fc30.x86_64 284/284 warning: %triggerin(systemd-241-8.git9ef65cb.fc30.x86_64) scriptlet failed, exit status 65 Error in <unknown> scriptlet in rpm package systemd I can only hope it isn't important :-).

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