Re: user and group added by a package
by François Patte
Le 08/02/2020 à 17:47, Doug H. a écrit :
> On Sat, 2020-02-08 at 10:44 +0100, François Patte wrote:
>> Bonjour,
>>
>> Sometimes when you install a package, the associated script create a
>> new
>> user or a new group. How can I see what is the package which added a
>> new
>> user or a new group.
>>
>> This is because rkhunter send warnings when a new user or a new group
>> is
>> created.
>
>
> I don't remember a time when such a user was not clear based on the
> name.
>
> So, maybe something like:
>
> grep -i <user> /var/log/dnf.log
Ok. This worked.
What I am now wondering is: why this package created an user when I
installed it and did not removed this user when I removed the package?
Anyway, thank you.
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4 years, 2 months
How did Calligra* get installed on my computer and how do I remove it ?
by linux guy
I have a bunch of Calligra apps installed on my computer. I don't remember
installing them. I want to remove them. I cannot figure out how and
where they got installed.
# dnf list Calligra\* <- shows none installed via dnf.
Last metadata expiration check: 1:32:44 ago on Thu 06 Feb 2020 04:48:41 PM
MST.
Available Packages
calligra.x86_64
3.1.0-15.fc31 fedora
calligra-core.x86_64
3.1.0-15.fc31 fedora
calligra-karbon.x86_64
3.1.0-15.fc31 fedora
calligra-karbon-libs.i686
3.1.0-15.fc31 fedora
calligra-karbon-libs.x86_64
3.1.0-15.fc31 fedora
calligra-l10n.noarch
3.1.0-15.fc31 fedora
calligra-libs.i686
3.1.0-15.fc31 fedora
calligra-libs.x86_64
3.1.0-15.fc31 fedora
calligra-okular-odpgenerator.i686
3.1.0-15.fc31 fedora
calligra-okular-odpgenerator.x86_64
3.1.0-15.fc31 fedora
calligra-okular-odtgenerator.i686
3.1.0-15.fc31 fedora
calligra-okular-odtgenerator.x86_64
3.1.0-15.fc31 fedora
calligra-sheets.x86_64
3.1.0-15.fc31 fedora
calligra-sheets-libs.i686
3.1.0-15.fc31 fedora
calligra-sheets-libs.x86_64
3.1.0-15.fc31 fedora
calligra-stage.x86_64
3.1.0-15.fc31 fedora
calligra-stage-libs.i686
3.1.0-15.fc31 fedora
calligra-stage-libs.x86_64
3.1.0-15.fc31 fedora
calligra-words.x86_64
3.1.0-15.fc31 fedora
calligra-words-libs.i686
3.1.0-15.fc31 fedora
calligra-words-libs.x86_64
3.1.0-15.fc31 fedora
calligraplan.x86_64
3.2.1-1.fc31 updates
calligraplan-libs.i686
3.2.1-1.fc31 updates
calligraplan-libs.x86_64
# rpm -qa installed | grep calligra
<returns nothing>
Yet my KDEStart->Applications->Office displays a bunch of Calligra apps and
they run !
The path properties in KDEStart are like this: org.kde.calligrasheets
appears to be in /usr/share/applications
$ which calligrasheets
/usr/bin/calligrasheets
Where and when did Calligra get installed ?
Thanks
4 years, 2 months
[OT] Newbies!
by Joe Zeff
Back before I retired, I spent a number of years doing tech support over
the phone. Most of my callers were inexperienced with computers, or at
best were only familiar with point-and-click. I'm used to hand holding
and talking people through baby steps, but I just ran across an all-time
low over at ask.fedora. Go to
https://ask.fedoraproject.org/t/activation-of-internet-connection-failed/...
scroll down to the first post by sideburns (my screen name there) and
read both my post and the reply. I'm not sure if I should laugh, weep,
or both.
4 years, 2 months
Re: password
by Patrick Dupre
===========================================================================
Patrick DUPRÉ | | email: pdupre(a)gmx.com
Laboratoire interdisciplinaire Carnot de Bourgogne
9 Avenue Alain Savary, BP 47870, 21078 DIJON Cedex FRANCE
Tel: +33 (0)380395988
===========================================================================
>
> On Thu, 2020-02-06 at 17:55 +0100, Patrick Dupre wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I made a fresh install. But for some reasons, I gave a password,
> > and this password is not recognize!
> > How can I reset the password?
> > It is the first boot, fedora asked a first user.
>
> If you can boot from an install disc it should allow you to set user
> and root passwords after mounting and chrooting.
OK, I boot on the install key, and then?
Mount the / partition and chroot / ?
or
I guess that I can edit /etc/passwd ?
> If you have already set a root password then you should be able to boot
> to single user with the root login and then use that to set the user
> pass. I know that *used* to work and hopefully it has not been blocked
> out in the current versions.
>
> --
> Doug H.
>
4 years, 2 months
X11 connection rejected
by Patrick Dupre
Hello,
On a machine I can ssh -X and run xclock for example, but
sudo system-config-users
gives
(process:5034): Gtk-WARNING **: 14:59:07.212: Locale not supported by C library.
Using the fallback 'C' locale.
X11 connection rejected because of wrong authentication.
system-config-users requires a currently running X server.
GtkWarning: 'could not open display'
Is there a solution?
Thanks
===========================================================================
Patrick DUPRÉ | | email: pdupre(a)gmx.com
Laboratoire interdisciplinaire Carnot de Bourgogne
9 Avenue Alain Savary, BP 47870, 21078 DIJON Cedex FRANCE
Tel: +33 (0)380395988
===========================================================================
4 years, 2 months
PINEBOOK Pro
by Geoffrey Leach
Anyone have experience with Fedora on the PINEBOOK Pro?
4 years, 2 months
Some things that would make Linux/KDE better for me...
by linux guy
I'm running Fedora 31/KDE and it is great. Fantastic, actually. Kudos to
the team that delivers and supports Fedora, release after release. Things
just keep getting better and better and the update process is so smooth and
easy. Especially compared to those other operating systems...
However, F31/KDE isn't perfect. Here are a few things that could be
better...
1) There is a bug that creates distortion in playing audio via HDMI
monitors. I frequently have to do a pulseaudio -k to reset things.
2) There is a bug when running dual monitors and the left monitor is
rotated and not the primary monitor. I have to start SystemSettings and
force a reinitialization every time I reboot.
3) There is a bug wherein the HDMI monitor I want my audio played on isn't
saved. It always wants to play on the first (left most) monitor. I have
to start pauvolume and select my primary monitor every time I reboot.
4) It would be really, really nice if KDE remembered which desktop an
application was on when you rebooted after doing a forced shutdown. For
example, sometimes I have 30 Firefox browsers open on various topics,
spread across 3 or 4 desktops, plus some PDFs in viewers and a few Konsole
sessions and a few Kwrite documents... and a large update comes along that
I need to apply that requires a reboot.
Generally I do a #dnf update followed by a #shutdown -r now.
When I reboot and login to a new session, Firefox allows me to restore all
my open browsers, but it doesn't remember which Desktop they were on... so
I have to manually sort them. Likewise Konsole sessions don't remember
what Desktop they were in, nor the path they were open to. Would be nice
if they did.
5) There is an unintended behavior whereby if I open a document fullsize on
one screen, it goes fullsize on any screen I move it to.
For example, I run a 22" monitor in portrait mode to the left of my primary
43" 4K monitor. I often fullscreen a document in the side monitor to
refer to while I am working on something on the primary monitor. If I
then drag the document from the side monitor to the primary 4K monitor, it
goes fullscreen there. And then I have to resize it. It would be nice if
it stayed the same size, pixel wise, when it moves from screen to screen.
6) My mouse doesn't move enough...
My desktop is very wide. A side 1920x1080 monitor running in portrait
beside a 4K monitor. I have my mouse speed/acceleration turned right up,
but I often run out of space on my mouse pad before I can move across or
even up and down my desktop. It would be nice if there was more
speed/acceleration so less hand movement was required.
Enough of the negative... how about some things I absolutely love about
Linux/Fedora/KDE Plasma...
1) Putting a panel anywhere I want ! When you've got this much screen real
estate, you need several of them.
2) Multiple desktops. OMG, I could never live without multiple desktops.
So nice to be able to sort tasks into desktops and then jump from desktop
to desktop to handle things.
3) The way task manager groups and displays apps in the panel. So nice...
but... I wish there was a way to sort and search instances within a task
list... like if I have 7 Firefox browsers open on a desktop, be able to
arrange them in a certain order (gmail at the bottom, for example) or find
all the browsers that have YouTube open in them. That sort of thing.
4) dnf update. Dnf in general. Has there ever been such a great package
manager ? I can remember complaining going from Yum to DNF, but I was
wrong !
I love how I'll get a desktop notification for updates, I can run dnf
update (when I want), view what is available, stop the update, update
select packages, etc. Updates work around me, I don't have to work around
updates. And the update process is unobtrusive, it can generally run in
the background without interrupting my work. (On a faster multicore
machine, anyway.)
5) Konsole. I love me some Konsole sessions. Especially the way you can
right click and open Dolphin in the directory you are working in from
Dolphin. And especially how you can open Konsole from Dolphin.
6) The stability.
I can start work on Monday and run all week without rebooting or even
logging out. My computer never freezes or stumbles or loses data. It's
fantastic. I never have to reboot and get organized again. I work. I go
away. I come back. And everything is just the way I left it.
7) The ability to mount just about any file system ever.
'nuff said.
I'll leave it at that. To say I am enjoying and appreciating
Linux/Fedora/KDE these days is an understatement.
LG
4 years, 2 months
30GB ZIF Hitachi drive in Creative Zen Vision M
by Max Pyziur
I have a Creative Zen Vision M that has a ZIF Drive (so it's described on
the Internet). It seems that iPods and competitors like the Creative Zen
Vision M had a disk drive falling into the general category of ZIF. About
a year ago, the device stopped working (wouldn't start).
However, when I plugged it in to recharge, the drive was definitely
spinning. Youtube has enough videos describing how to disassemble the
device, and Amazon has caddies for the drive so that you can plug it into
a USB port.
I got one of the caddies, placed the drive into it, connected the cable,
and the drive can be seen when doing lsusb. But its not mountable given
whatever instructions I have been able to find. I do get the following
descriptions when I issue
#> smartctl -i -d scsi -T permissive /dev/sdc
smartctl 7.1 2019-12-30 r5022 [x86_64-linux-5.4.15-200.fc31.x86_64] (local
build)
Copyright (C) 2002-19, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke,
www.smartmontools.org
=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Vendor: HTC42603
Product: 0G5CE00
User Capacity: 30,005,821,440 bytes [30.0 GB]
Logical block size: 512 bytes
scsiModePageOffset: response length too short, resp_len=4 offset=4
bd_len=0
> > Terminate command early due to bad response to IEC mode page
The size is 30GB.
Reading from the label on the disk:
Hitachi hard disk drive
Model: HTC426030G5CE00 (a match)
Attn Travelstar
30GB 4200 rpm APR-06
Is there a way to mount this drive in order to recover the data?
Much thanks,
Max Pyziur
pyz(a)brama.com
4 years, 2 months
