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Chromium freeworld - heavy cpu load
by lejeczek 11 Sep '22

11 Sep '22

Hi guys. Do you use Chromium Freeworld - I use this one hoping I get full HW acceleration with it. Recently I get relatively high CPU load with it and I wonder if it is only me? (about 12 windows with a few tabs each, also other apps up & running at the same time) I think it's happening since 5.19 kernels and in case hardware matters - I'm on Lenovo's Thinkpad E14 gen2 with AMD, which laptop I gave firmware update recently. many thanks, L.

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keyboard setting
by Patrick Dupre 08 Sep '22

08 Sep '22

Hello, I have: localectl status System Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8 VC Keymap: fr-oss X11 Layout: fr,us X11 Variant: oss, However, since the last update, when I logout, the default keyboard is "en". I have to select "fr", to login. =========================================================================== 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 | | Room# D114A ===========================================================================

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Is it possible to convert a live image on a USB to a running system on that same USB
by Terry Polzin 07 Sep '22

07 Sep '22

To be clear, I don't want to install a disk device. Basically I need a procedure to - Remove the livecd user and disable auto login. - Keep grub intact on the USB and write it's updates there. I'm perfectly happy booting the USB via the BIOS. I am currently testing with the XFCE-live image. Thanks for any pointers.

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Duplex Printer Problem
by Jonathan Ryshpan 07 Sep '22

07 Sep '22

Whenever I try to print from Okular, a box with this message appears: There are conflicts in duplex settings. Do you want to fix them? And printing is in fact funky: the options for double sided printing: Okular->Print->Options are strange. The option "Long Side Printing" is selected (though greyed out); the option "Off" is selectable, but if selected, no other option can be selected afterward. Firefox doesn't allow control of duplex printing using its native print dialog, but duplex can be controlled using the system dialog. Does anyone know what's going on or how to fix it. Printer: HP Color Laserjet M255dw Cups Version: cups-2.4.2-4.fc36.x86_64 System Info: Operating System: Fedora Linux 36 KDE Plasma Version: 5.25.4 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.97.0 Qt Version: 5.15.5 Kernel Version: 5.19.4-200.fc36.x86_64 (64-bit) Graphics Platform: X11 Processors: 8 × Intel® Core™ i7-4790K CPU @ 4.00GHz Memory: 15.5 GiB of RAM Graphics Processor: Mesa Intel® HD Graphics 4600 Manufacturer: ASUS -- Sincerely Jonathan Ryshpan <jonrysh(a)pacbell.net> Three percent exceeds 2 percent by 50 percent, not by 1 percent. --Edward Denison

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"Dummy output" instead of sound card options, was working, now gone.
by Ted Roche 05 Sep '22

05 Sep '22

Dell Precision M6800 worked fine for a year. Some recent change has caused the sound cards to disappear. Hitting the volume control buttons on my (Logitech K350 or laptop built-in) keyboard or digging through the settings of my Gnome desktop for Sound shows that "Dummy Output" is my only option. While its opinion of me isn't wrong, I could use some help getting this working. It had been working well for years, upgraded in place to Fedora 35. It was working after the big dnf system-upgrade, but sound disappeared after a later update. Internal laptop speakers make no noise, plugging headset into the headset jack shows no dialog for "you just plugged something in" nor makes sound. Basic troubleshooting pointers on what to search for would be appreciated. Machine: Dell Precision M6800: i7, 16Gb RAM, dual 1TB 5400rpm hdds, intel video and AMD FirePro M6100 graphics. Current kernel: Linux jupiter.in.tedroche.com 5.19.4-100.fc35.x86_64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Thu Aug 25 17:41:09 UTC 2022 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux lspci -v shows: 00:03.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor HD Audio Controller (rev 06) Subsystem: Dell Device 05cd Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 41 Memory at f7d34000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2 Capabilities: [60] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit- Capabilities: [70] Express Root Complex Integrated Endpoint, MSI 00 Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset High Definition Audio Controller (rev 04) Subsystem: Dell Device 05cd Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 42 Memory at f7d30000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2 Capabilities: [60] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+ Capabilities: [70] Express Root Complex Integrated Endpoint, MSI 00 Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel

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fstab: systemd still uses the old version
by Robert Nichols 05 Sep '22

05 Sep '22

I have added a line to /etc/fstab: /dev/mapper/imgs /mnt/imgs ext4 noauto,noexec,nodev 0 0 I have run "systemctl daemon-reload" After a reboot, the command "mount /mnt/imgs" still returns the message: Mount: (hint) your fstab has been modified, but systemd still uses the old version; use 'systemctl daemon-reload' to reload. This is Fedora 36, fully updated. What am I missing? -- Bob Nichols "NOSPAM" is really part of my email address. Do NOT delete it.

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StrongCryptoSettings3 Setting Test Day
by Sumantro Mukherjee 05 Sep '22

05 Sep '22

Hey All, We have a bunch of test days coming up, we are currently running StrongCryptoSettings3 test day. I will be keeping this open for community members to come and test. It's fairly simple, just run the commands you find in[0] and your output should correspond to [1] This is an *unconventional* test day which means, two things 1. You must try out any exotic VPN, git work flow, chat apps and see if they work 2. Anything which will use OpenSSL will be affected and any corner case should be possibly tested! The first set of quick command execution will be easy. The test day matrix will be open for the time being and it will be great to have this tested! [0] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Day:2022-09-05_StrongCryptoSettings3#Ho… [1] https://pagure.io/fedora-qa/issue/707#comment-813926 -- //sumantro Fedora QE TRIED AND PERSONALLY TESTED, ERGO TRUSTED

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Looking for a GPU that "just works" - Is RX550 a good choice?
by Ian Pilcher 04 Sep '22

04 Sep '22

I'm currently using an old ATI FirePro V4900 to run my 3 displays - 1x 2K and 2x 1920x1200. I've been seeing glitches in some Gtk applications for a while now (running on Plasma X11), and I'm getting pretty tired of them.[1] This card uses the old radeon driver, so I'm thinking that it might be time to bite the bullet and move to something a bit more modern. I do not do any gaming. I simply want to be able to run my preferred desktop (Plasma) with compositing and a few effects turned on. NVIDIA is out, because of the "just works" requirement, so I'm looking at AMD options. Is the RX550 a good choice for my use case? Thanks! [1] The glitch takes the form of the contents of new windows not being shown, only the frame. It only seems to happen with Gtk apps, primarily Thunderbird. I've tried futzing around with the Xorg acceleration settings, and I've been able to reduce but not eliminate the problem. -- ======================================================================== Google Where SkyNet meets Idiocracy ========================================================================

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following thunderbird upgrade to 102, it takes over 1h of 100% CPU to start
by Eyal Lebedinsky 04 Sep '22

04 Sep '22

f36, just updated and received thunderbird-librnp-rnp-102.2.0-1.fc36.x86_64 from thunderbird-91.12.0-1.fc36.x86_64 tb brings up the expected display but no input is accepted. The process is shown as running with 100% CPU PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND 72149 eyal 20 0 4075036 772700 223612 R 100.3 2.4 5:26.57 thunderbird It will not refresh(*) the panel and will start responding after about 1h. [later] I see the panel was refreshed after 50m but input was still not accepted and the display will not refresh. It resolved after 70m. After this is seems to be OK, I can read mail etc. To be sure, I made a copy of the profile where I deleted all the .msf files and observed the same thing. I tried this a few times. It is not just a one-off post-upgrade process. After it recovers and works, if I shut tb down and launch it then it repeats the problem. There are not too many emails here, maybe a few tens of thousand totaling just over 1GB (a few mailing lists). My main mail client is on another machine, still running tb 91, and not showing this problem. Searching the 'net I did not find a relevant report, where should I look? BTW, after reading the release notes, seeing the structural changes, I wonder if it is at all possible to downgrade to v91? TIA (*) "not refreshed" means the panel is not painted after minimize/restore, showing only a border. -- Eyal Lebedinsky (fedora(a)eyal.emu.id.au)

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Help building custom kernel RPM.
by Sharpened Blade 04 Sep '22

04 Sep '22

I want to build a custom kernel with some modules and patches added, and package this as an rpm to install. I have tried adding it like building the kernel from the git source, but it doesnt have the modules. I think it might have to do with the .spec file. I added the patches to the rpm, and I modified the source tarball so it has the modules added. I ran ``` dnf install -y fedora-packager git curl pesign ncurses-devel libkcapi libkcapi-devel libkcapi-static libkcapi-tools libbpf fedpkg rpmdevtools dwarves rpmdev-setuptree cd ~/rpmbuild/SOURCES koji download-build --arch=src kernel-${FEDORA_KERNEL_VERSION} rpm -Uvh kernel-${FEDORA_KERNEL_VERSION}.src.rpm cd /root/rpmbuild/SPECS dnf -y builddep kernel.spec cp /path/to/driver /path/to/kernel source tarbal from spec/drivers/staging tar -cJf ~/rpmbuild/SOURCES/kernel-version.tar.xz /path/to/kernel/src rpmbuild -bb --with baseonly --without debug --without debuginfo --target=x86_64 kernel.spec ``` I know that I install some extra useless dependencies. When I do the same process to the kernel sources, but instead use make to build the vanilla kernel git, the modules are built. I noticed this https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/KernelStagingPolicy, but I dont know if it is related. The necessary drivers are in drivers/staging, and I added the sources to the spec file. Can someone please help me make this modifications into a kernel rpm.

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I am trying to build a custom kernel rpm and need help.
by Sharpened Blade 01 Sep '22

01 Sep '22

I have a few custom (out-of-tree) drivers and patches, and I want to add them to a rpm package for the kernel, how can I do that. The drivers have to go in the staging folder, but they dont seem to get built by the spec file.

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[Call To Action] Fedora 37 Pre-Beta Release Validation
by Sumantro Mukherjee 01 Sep '22

01 Sep '22

Hey Fedorans, We are running a Fedora 37 Pre-Beta Release Validation[0] Test Week! Come help test the Pre-Beta image and fill up matrixes in here[1]. If you have any questions, reach out to #fedora-test-day on libera or test list! [0] https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/f37-pre-beta-release-validation/ [1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Current_Summary -- //sumantro Fedora QE TRIED AND PERSONALLY TESTED, ERGO TRUSTED

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/etc/grub2.cfg Flagged a Potenially missing
by Stephen Morris 01 Sep '22

01 Sep '22

Hi, /etc/extlinux.conf is flagged as missing, the file is displayed in red and the link is shown in white text on a red background. As mentioned in another thread on this list that file actually is missing. /etc/grub2.cfg and /etc/grub2-efi.cfg both of which point to the same file also display the same way as /etc/extlinux.conf, but in this case the file pointed to actually does exist, and is linking to /boot/grub2/grub.cfg, which I regularly write to with sudo and grub2-mkconfig, but I have also found that I need to use sudo to browse /boot/grub2. Is it normal for links to be flagged as missing when sudo is required to list the contents of the directory and why is sudo required to list the contents of /boot/grub2 when I don't need sudo to list the contents of /boot? /boot/efi seems to be in the same situation. regards, Steve

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