Changing the default video device
by Patrick O'Callaghan
I have an onboard IGPU (Intel i915) and an external Nvidia GTX card,
both connected to a single monitor via an HDMI switch. The proprietary
Nvidia driver from RPMfusion is installed and loaded, according to
lsmod.
Since installing F33 the system always comes up on the i915. On earlier
versions I was able to select which one to use by default, but it's
been a while since I did this and don't remember what the procedure
was. How can I force Fedora to use the Nvidia?
Note that I sometimes blacklist the Nvidia to Fedora and reboot to be
able to use GPU passthrough on a Windows VM. This works except that the
display resolution changes when I switch back to Fedora, even though
it's the same physical monitor (on F32 it never had this issue).
However right now I'm just trying to use the Nvidia on Fedora with no
passthrough.
I'm using KDE with X11 and have experimented with the Display settings
widget, but got nowhere, so I suspect it may be something more basic.
poc
3 years, 4 months
External screen turns off after suspend (i3wm) after upgrading from
fc31 to fc33
by Tobias Girstmair
Hello users@,
I've upgraded my thinkpad from fc31 to 33 a few weeks ago, and since
then I'm having problems with my external monitor.
First, how things used to work: I keep my laptop in its dock, on which I
have plugged in an VGA monitor through a KVM. When I undocked (or
unplugged the display), i3 kept the output on and all workspaces on the
display they were, so when I docked back in, the setup is unmodified.
Same thing happened when suspending: on resuming, the external display
is still recognized and workspaces stayed put.
But since upgrading to Fedora 33, whenever I suspend the computer (or
unplug it from the dock), the external display gets removed from the
available outputs and all workspaces move over.
Looking at bodhi, the i3 version stayed the same, so I suspect this
might be an X (configuration?) change in between the Fedora versions.
(xorg-x11-server was upgraded from 1.20.6 to 1.20.9, so maybe that's the
culprit?)
Any help tracking this issue down is greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
tobi
I have looked in /var/log/Xorg.0.log, and it has detected the absence of
the display (but I don't have an old fc31 log to compare against):
> <unplugging>
> [155121.055] (II) intel(0): Enabled output DP2-3
> [155121.055] (II) intel(0): Disabled output DP2-1
> [155121.055] (II) intel(0): Disabled output DP2-2
> <plugging back in>
> [155129.654] (II) intel(0): Enabled output DP2-1
> [155129.657] (II) intel(0): Enabled output DP2-2
> [155129.660] (II) intel(0): Enabled output DP2-3
> [155129.821] (II) intel(0): Enabled output DP2-3
> [155129.823] (II) intel(0): Enabled output DP2-3
i3-dump-log shows that i3 then moves the workspaces over; it didn't do
that in the past AFAICT.
> 23/11/20 22:01:30 - handlers.c:handle_screen_change:436 - RandR screen change
> 23/11/20 22:01:30 - handlers.c:handle_screen_change:446 - root geometry reply: (0, 0) 3840 x 1080
> 23/11/20 22:01:30 - randr.c:randr_query_outputs_15:570 - Querying outputs using RandR 1.5
> 23/11/20 22:01:30 - randr.c:randr_query_outputs_15:591 - 1 RandR monitors found (timestamp 155310223)
> 23/11/20 22:01:30 - randr.c:randr_query_outputs_15:672 - name eDP1, x 0, y 0, width 1920 px, height 1080 px, width 310 mm, height 170 mm, primary 1, automatic 1
> 23/11/20 22:01:30 - randr.c:randr_query_outputs:842 - Active RandR output found. Disabling root output.
> 23/11/20 22:01:30 - randr.c:randr_query_outputs:856 - output 0x55bcb38a0ca0 / eDP1, position (0, 0), checking for clones
> 23/11/20 22:01:30 - randr.c:randr_disable_output:951 - Output DP2-3 disabled, re-assigning workspaces/docks
> 23/11/20 22:01:30 - randr.c:randr_disable_output:973 - Getting rid of current = 0x55bcb38850a0 / 2 (empty, unfocused)
3 years, 5 months
fedora on amd ryzen 7
by Amadeus W.M.
My trustworthy dell precision 7400 has finally died - although I may be
able to resurrect it. I'm looking into building a new pc, and I'm
considering an AMD Ryzen 7 processor, with the appropriate motherboards
and peripherals.
Does fedora run on that, and are there any known issues? Most of the work
I do is programming, so I need the development suite - gcc/g++, gdb,
emacs, etc. I'm not looking for a processor recommendation, just want to
know what to expect with fedora on amd.
Thanks!
3 years, 5 months
Sound problems on Tiger Lake
by alan＠clueserver.org
I have a brand new HP Spectre X360 14 with a Tiger Lake processor. I have
Fedora 33 installed on it as a dual boot. Sound works fine under Windows,
but not under Fedora.
Anyone know the status of this? I have seen some information that claims
that it will be supported in kernel 5.10.0, but the release candidate 4
does not work either. It does load kernel modules for sound, they just
don't do anything.
Here is the information from lspci.
0000:00:1f.3 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation Tiger Lake-LP
Smart Sound Technology Audio Controller (rev 20)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 87f6
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 32, IRQ 207
Memory at 603f290000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Memory at 603f000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1M]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: sof-audio-pci
Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel, snd_sof_pci
Anyone have more information on this issue?
If there is code that needs testing, I am willing to run it on this machine.
Q: Why do programmers confuse Halloween and Christmas?
A: Because OCT 31 == DEC 25.
3 years, 5 months
Re: How to attract Zero cost Microsoft Office
by George N. White III
SPAM message -- reported to abuse(a)gmail.com
On Fri, 4 Dec 2020 at 16:44, Jhon Maccuine <jhonmaccuine(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Microsoft Office is essential for just about any Windows users,
> nonetheless it costs money.
> [...]
--
George N. White III
3 years, 5 months
Hibernate resume failed on kernel 5.9
by Sreyan Chakravarty
Hi,
I have upgraded to the latest 5.9 kernel on Fedora 32.
But after upgrading I am getting the following error when I am resuming
from hibernation:
: PM: Loading and decompressing image data (771034 pages)...
: PM: Image loading progress: 0%
: PM: Image loading progress: 10%
: PM: Image loading progress: 20%
: PM: Image loading progress: 30%
: PM: Image loading progress: 40%
: PM: Image loading progress: 50%
: PM: Image loading progress: 60%
: PM: Image loading progress: 70%
: PM: Image loading progress: 80%
: PM: Image loading progress: 90%
: PM: Invalid LZO compressed length
: PM: hibernation: Read 3084136 kbytes in 14.04 seconds (219.66 MB/s)
: PM: Error -1 resuming
: PM: hibernation: Failed to load image, recovering.
: PM: hibernation: Basic memory bitmaps freed
: OOM killer enabled.
: Restarting tasks ... done.
: PM: hibernation: resume failed (-1)
systemd-hibernate-resume[934]: Could not resume from
'/dev/disk/by-uuid/03aef3ba-dca1-4cba-a3f5-36c5c0fe948e' (253:4).
systemd[1]: systemd-hibernate-resume@dev-disk-by\x2duuid-03aef3ba\x2ddca1\x2d4cba\x2da3f5\x2d36c5c0fe948e.service:
Succeeded.
systemd[1]: Finished Resume from hibernation using device
/dev/disk/by-uuid/03aef3ba-dca1-4cba-a3f5-36c5c0fe948e.
I don't even know how to reproduce this error.
It happens at spurious times, mostly when my system is shut down for a long
period of time, like two hours.
Should I file a bug? Or is this a problem with my system ?
--
Regards,
Sreyan Chakravarty
3 years, 5 months
Ryzen for newbies
by David
I can not offer Mr. Amadeus any advice.
But I am happy with my B550 motherboard. Not overjoyed, just happy.
Mine is the Gigabyte Vision D and I chose it because it has a large chipset
heatsink and slightly away from the graphics-card slot
Things you might give up are the front Type "C" USB port.
I do not think I got the wi-fi working, but I was using ethernet.
For my needs, the Ryzen 5 was sufficient. I do not have anyone to impress
by spending more.
Look at the number of SATA ports you need.
My next motherboard will have three NVMe, and a riser-card for more NVMe.
SATA is so 2019. LOL !
I do not yet see any noticeable benefit to the new faster NVMe over 2019
versions of NVMe, nor RAM faster than 3200, but I do plan to splurge on all
that someday.
On a totally different note, Linux container on my cheap Chromebook works
good. ( Please do not shoot the messenger. LOL ! )
David Locklear
3 years, 5 months
Stop GDM showing notifications?
by Tom Horsley
Can I run dconf-editor for a different user? (user gdm), or
find some other magical way to disable the notifications
that pop up while logging in?
In particular there is a persistently annoying notification
that my mouse battery is low. I'm fairly certain it is really
the keyboard battery it is talking about, but the dadgum keyboard has
a red light that comes on when it actually needs charging,
the gnome check is totally bogus and starts weeks before the
keyboard actually needs to be charged.
3 years, 5 months
Discover
by Kostas Sfakiotakis
Greetings ,
As am browsing the internet category ( for example ) looking if there is
anything interesting ( usually there are a lot ) i find that
programs like Viber,Skype, Anydesk are offered to be installed although
there are alread installed on my computer . Well up
to a point at least Discover seems to know which programs are already
installed on my computer and just offer the option to remove
them , BUT in some cases it would seem that it makes mistakes . Have i
forgotten to configure / update something ( possibly a
database Discover is looking ) ??? Is simpy Discover making a few
mistakes every now and then as to which programs are already
installed or am Discover is unaware of the software installed and am
simply supposed to do the thing myself ??
If i may ask , who tells Discover what is already installed and what not
?? Am i correct to assume that Discover offers a wast
range of programs in various categories regardless of the way they are
packaged ( rpm or otherwise ) ??
Am using Fedora 33 upgraded from Fedora 32 ( which was upgraded from
Fedora 31 ) .
Kind Regards,
Kostas
3 years, 5 months
