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mailman on Fedora
by Sjoerd Mullender 14 Oct '22

14 Oct '22

What's the deal with maintaining mailing lists on Fedora these days? For years I've used mailman (first mailman2, now mailman3) on Fedora to administer mailing lists. In mailman3, you also need postorius to provide a web interface to users and hyperkitty to provide mail archive support. On Fedora 35, mailman2 isn't available anymore, so that's when I switched to mailman3. The original Fedora 35 did not have postorius, but that became available later. Hyperkitty on the other hand is not available on fedora 35. I use an rpm that I built myself. On Fedora 36, mailman3 can be installed, but both postorius and hyperkitty (there it is in the repository) cannot. They both depend on a too old version of django. On Fedora 37 (I know, not released yet, so any complaints should go to the testing list) none of the packages can be installed since they all depend on python 3.10 and F37 will come with 3.11. The packages are actually the unmodified F36 packages. Do people use mailman3 on Fedora? If so, how? Should I invest time in getting it to work in a python virtual environment? And how would that work with SELinux? This very mailing list (users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org) is managed with mailman3, but does the system on which it runs run Fedora? -- Sjoerd Mullender

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Fedora on a Mac Book Pro
by Terry Polzin 04 Oct '22

04 Oct '22

I've come across a circa 2011 Mac Book Pro. It appears to be in decent condition save for the power adapter which appears to have been chewed by a pet, so it doesn't flame on. Has anyone had success installing fedora on one of these? Just curious before I put money into a power adapter, I'm guessing someone ran the battery flat (its probably shot anyway) and didn't pursue getting a new power adapter. Thanks, Terry

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shortwave internet radio building process for AArch64 severe issues
by Mgr. Janusz Chmiel 03 Oct '22

03 Oct '22

This will be really programmers adventure. And it will not be so simple like building Tuner Internet radio. So I would like to plea for help The most advancet packagers or builders from this community. Because Shortwave support live Internet radio stream recording, it would be more than useful to have The opportunity to build it also for AArch64 architecture with no need to use flatpak or similar repositoryes, which allready contain this Internet radio multipurposing app. I must warn you, tthat building will be really big adventure for The most elite builders or packages among us. I will write The build proggress in this thread and I will be patiently asking for help, if some error will appear, which will get building in stuck. I Am hoping, that somebody among us will success in this informatic science adventure with Me. Sure, I will not be passive. I will do my best to build myself. Lets start with this proces. https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/Shortwave I will be using. Termux version 118, Fedora version 35, AArch64 Cpu architecture. I can not use Gnome-builder, because it call some systém calls which are incompatible with Android kernel and userspace variant of Fedora. Problems with connection to systém bus.

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can dnf exclude all kernel related packages when upgrading or installing packages
by Mgr. Janusz Chmiel 01 Oct '22

01 Oct '22

Dear advanced users and developers, Because Redhad elite programmers allow users to run their chroot Fedora containers for AArch64 architecture, I Am using Fedora 35 on Termux with Android 8.0. For obvious reason, all kernel related Fedora packages are redundand for Me in this scenario. I would like to know, if is it possible to exclude all kernel related Fedora packages when installing new packages or when upgrading The systém by typing Dnf upgrade –refresh When I upgrade kernel reated packages for more than for The first time, Proot, special C app which simulates real Linux file systém hiearchi on Android crash. Or unfortunately, Dnf and also Yum do not allow users to skip or exclude kernel related packages? Thank you very much for your answer.

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Just noticed strange thing in rkhunter report.
by Michael D. Setzer II 30 Sep '22

30 Sep '22

Gives a warning about gawk in /usr/libexec?? In /usr/libexec awk is a directory with two files versus a file?? ls -l | grep awk drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 4096 Jun 6 16:36 awk lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 3 Sep 18 01:19 gawk -> awk # ls awk -l total 32 -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 15944 Jul 22 2021 grcat -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 15928 Jul 22 2021 pwcat Looks like the link of gawk -> awk is recent 9/18, but awk being a directory goes back to June, and files in it go back to Jul 2021?? Is this normal or is something off. Looked at 5 machines I have with Fedora 35 at home, and all have the same files and dates. Thanks. Sure someone knows. +------------------------------------------------------------+ Michael D. Setzer II - Computer Science Instructor (Retired) mailto:mikes@guam.net mailto:msetzerii@gmail.com Guam - Where America's Day Begins G4L Disk Imaging Project maintainer http://sourceforge.net/projects/g4l/ +------------------------------------------------------------+

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help me with tuner radio building process
by Mgr. Janusz Chmiel 30 Sep '22

30 Sep '22

Dear users and developers, My name is Janusz Chmiel. I Am visually impaired advanced Linux user with no sight at all. I Am currently using Fedora version 36 on X64 CPu architecture. I have issues with running Tuner radio app available on Flatpak. It randomly causes severe kernel crash so kernel must auto recover from crash state automatically. The crash randomly occur if I Am typing The station name fast to The editable field inside Tuner radio GUI. I Am sure, that this crash will never occur if I will compile and build Tuner radio myself and I will not depend on Flatpak repository. App is very accessible and it allow fast Internet radios searching and playing. GUi is much more simple than while using Shortwave. Shortwave is also available on Flatpak. I need to find several components and I can not simply find them by using dnf and default set Fedora repositoryes. Here are packages list and those packages can be find on Ubuntu or Debian distributions. Please who of us know how to find repositoryes with all required components for Fedora? Tuner is available here. https://github.com/louis77/tuner Here are The required components. libgtk-3-dev libgee-0.8-dev libgranite-dev libgstreamer1.0-dev libgstreamer-plugins-bad1.0-dev libsoup2.4-dev libjson-glib-dev libgeoclue-2-dev libgeocode-glib-dev Unfortunately, some components are not The part of Fedora repository, or its name differs from Debian or Ubuntu packages name. Thank you very much for your help. With kindness regards. Janusz Chmiel

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Fedora 37 CoreOS Test Week is happening NOW!
by Sumantro Mukherjee 29 Sep '22

29 Sep '22

Hey Folks, F37 CoreOS Test week starts today and will run for a week! As most of you might know, CoreOS will come forth in this cycle as an "Edition". This opens us with more requirements for testing and ironing out bugs well ahead of time. This test week aims to serve community members an opportunity to get together and explore everything from the FCOS itself to the documentation! The wiki[0] has the details, all that's required to be known. The test day app[1] is where the testers can submit the test results. [0] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Day:Fedora_37_CoreOS_2022-09-29 [1] https://testdays.fedoraproject.org/events/143 Thanks -- //sumantro Fedora QE TRIED AND PERSONALLY TESTED, ERGO TRUSTED

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Firefox have gone haywire ?
by lejeczek 28 Sep '22

28 Sep '22

Hi guys Since two updates/versions back my Firefox goes haywire on some websites - does anybody else see it too? Amazon Prime (UK) Video menu/graphics is malformed - https://photouploads.com/image/Mny6 - and it's only Firefox. thanks, L.

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how to totally turn off lightning diods on internal notebook keyboard
by Mgr. Janusz Chmiel 27 Sep '22

27 Sep '22

Dear users, Please, does somebody of us know, if there is any chance to totally turn off lightning diodes, which are producing light on internal notebook keyboard? Because at night, diodes are always automatically turned on even if I enable dim functionality on Mate power manager. At day, diodes are not producing light at all except signal diodes for Capslock. Or unfortunately, I must accept this feature as is, because it is even impossible to turn it totally off even by using UEFI setup? I AM afraid that some diodes could burn by this feature and I Am afraid that my notebook can stop to be operable at all if those diodes will be burnet out. My microwave owen has stopped to work totally when lightning diode have been burned out. Internal insurance have been burned out and microwave owen have been unusable, no function at all. And I Am afraid, that The same issue can occur if lightning diode on keyboard will be burned out. Thank you very much for your answer.

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fedora35 has fixed all sound issues tipical not only for fedora distribution
by Mgr. Janusz Chmiel 26 Sep '22

26 Sep '22

Some programmers has done their best to fix all sound issues which were typical for some integrated sound chips on laptops. So now. Skype perfectly work with The microphone even if user uses wired headset connected to The input output one connector in this audio subsystem. Previously it have been necessary to shut down The laptop, connect analog wired headset with The microphone or even ordinary analog head phones to The connector and start Fedora or also other Linux distributions. If user have connected The device to The connector when The system have been allready booted, sound output have not been directed to The device. Only build in amplifier has worked. Now, it is allready The past. I must compare this new feature with Ubuntu. If Ubuntu still lack this feature, Redhad elite developers were The first one, who has solved this sound rebus. Very well done. Unfortunately, sound quality while making Skype calls related to microphone controll can not be compared with Android or with Windows. But it is problem of non standardized Linux distros and various versions of Pulseaudio and kernel device drivers. May be, that once a pone time, also microphone support in Skype will be solved. It would be necessary to enable 20 DB auto boost and suppress The possible back feetback if hardware do not automatically eliminate it.

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