users March 2024

users@lists.fedoraproject.org

61 participants
45 discussions

Uh-oh...
by Dave Ihnat 02 Apr '24

02 Apr '24

Didn't see this go by, but it looks hot enough to risk a repeat posting. From a friend: It appears there's been a very serious effort to backdoor sshd on Linux via the xz compression/decompression system. https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/29/4 If you have anything running very recent Linux, it's worth investigating whether you're affected. IBM Red Hat says, if you're running Fedora 40 or Fedora Rawhide: > PLEASE IMMEDIATELY STOP USAGE OF ANY FEDORA > RAWHIDE INSTANCES for work or personal activity. The identity that did this got to the point of being not only an xz maintainer but a Linux kernel contributor, and contributed to a number of other Open Source projects as well over the course of years. The identity may have been compromised to do this, or may have been created to do this, and may have used other contributions to build rapport or to compromise more projects as well. I looked at the detection script available at the URL in the posting. It's harmless at worst (don't know yet if it can detect anything). Caveat Utilitor, -- Dave Ihnat

9 14

After having updated nvidia drivers, cannot start obs
by Paul Smith 31 Mar '24

31 Mar '24

Dear All, I am getting the following error message when trying to start OBS Studio: info: Initializing OpenGL... libEGL warning: DRI2: failed to authenticate MESA: error: ZINK: failed to choose pdev libEGL warning: egl: failed to create dri2 screen error: Unable to create EGL context: EGL_BAD_ATTRIBUTE error: Failed to create context! error: device_create (GL) failed error: Failed to initialize video. Your GPU may not be supported, or your graphics drivers may need to be updated. This error began after: Packages Altered: Upgrade mplayer-1.5.1-0.12.20240317svn.fc39.x86_64 @rpmfusion-free-updates Upgraded mplayer-1.5.1-0.8.20230811svn.fc39.x86_64 @@System Upgrade mplayer-common-1.5.1-0.12.20240317svn.fc39.x86_64 @rpmfusion-free-updates Upgraded mplayer-common-1.5.1-0.8.20230811svn.fc39.x86_64 @@System Upgrade akmod-nvidia-3:550.67-1.fc39.x86_64 @rpmfusion-nonfree-updates Upgraded akmod-nvidia-3:550.54.14-2.fc39.x86_64 @@System Upgrade nvidia-modprobe-3:550.67-1.fc39.x86_64 @rpmfusion-nonfree-updates Upgraded nvidia-modprobe-3:550.54.14-1.fc39.x86_64 @@System Upgrade nvidia-persistenced-3:550.67-1.fc39.x86_64 @rpmfusion-nonfree-updates Upgraded nvidia-persistenced-3:550.54.14-1.fc39.x86_64 @@System Upgrade nvidia-settings-3:550.67-1.fc39.x86_64 @rpmfusion-nonfree-updates Upgraded nvidia-settings-3:550.54.14-1.fc39.x86_64 @@System Upgrade xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-3:550.67-1.fc39.x86_64 @rpmfusion-nonfree-updates Upgraded xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-3:550.54.14-1.fc39.x86_64 @@System Upgrade xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-cuda-3:550.67-1.fc39.x86_64 @rpmfusion-nonfree-updates Upgraded xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-cuda-3:550.54.14-1.fc39.x86_64 @@System Upgrade xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-cuda-libs-3:550.67-1.fc39.x86_64 @rpmfusion-nonfree-updates Upgraded xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-cuda-libs-3:550.54.14-1.fc39.x86_64 @@System Upgrade xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-kmodsrc-3:550.67-1.fc39.x86_64 @rpmfusion-nonfree-updates Upgraded xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-kmodsrc-3:550.54.14-1.fc39.x86_64 @@System Upgrade xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs-3:550.67-1.fc39.x86_64 @rpmfusion-nonfree-updates Upgraded xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs-3:550.54.14-1.fc39.x86_64 @@System Upgrade xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-power-3:550.67-1.fc39.x86_64 @rpmfusion-nonfree-updates Upgraded xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-power-3:550.54.14-1.fc39.x86_64 @@System Could you please help me? Thanks in advance, Paul

6 7

XFCE panel Bluetooth applet
by Javier Perez 28 Mar '24

28 Mar '24

Hi I think there used to be an applet on the tray of the XFCE desktop for managing bluetooth. Did I dream it? -- ------------------------------ /\_/\ |O O| pepebuho(a)gmail.com ~~~~ Javier Perez ~~~~ While the night runs ~~~~ toward the day... m m Pepebuho watches from his high perch.

2 2

Kernel 6.8 Test Week 2024-03-24 to 2024-03-31
by Sumantro Mukherjee 27 Mar '24

27 Mar '24

Hey All, I would like to invite all of you to participate in the Kernel 6.8 Test week is happening from 2024-03-24 to 2024-03-31. It's fairly simple, head over to the wiki [0] and read in detail about the test week and simply run the test case mentioned in[1] and enter your results. As usual, the Fedora QA team will hangout at #fedora-test-day(a)libera.chat for questions and discussion. [0] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Day:2024-03-24_Kernel_6.8_Test_Week [1] https://testdays.fedoraproject.org/events/184 -- //sumantro Fedora QE TRIED AND PERSONALLY TESTED, ERGO TRUSTED

2 1

[Now Playing] Toolbx Test Day 2024-03-27
by Sumantro Mukherjee 27 Mar '24

27 Mar '24

Hey Folks, Toolbx is now a blocker and pre-installed app for Fedora Workstation. The advent of Podman 5[0] can have a few complications with Toolbx's primary deliverables and workflow. To ensure a smooth transition, we are inviting testers to install latest version of Toolbx and Podman 5 in F40 and report issues[1]. The wiki[2] has all the necessary details. Join us and make Fedora better! [0] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Podman5 [1] https://github.com/containers/toolbox [2] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Day:2024-03-27_Toolbx -- //sumantro Fedora QE TRIED AND PERSONALLY TESTED, ERGO TRUSTED

1 0

VDQ finding dnf names
by Beartooth 26 Mar '24

26 Mar '24

I normally have two or three browsers open. Most have been installed for so long I no longer remember what dnf calls them. My wife, who also runs F39, has been having trouble with the ones she has, and I have yet to get around to trying to diagnose them. Today as a stopgap I tried to install some others for her, using dnf. It couldn't find brave, falcon, opera, nor vivaldi. VERY Dumb Question : How do I look up what it calls them? -- Beartooth Staffwright, Not Quite Clueless Power User Remember I know little (precious little!) of where up is.

9 13

Questions about virtiofs
by Frank Bures 26 Mar '24

26 Mar '24

Hi, I have several separate file systems, amongst them /home on btrfs and media depository /archives on xfs (RAID-5). I am running Win11 guest in QEMU on F39 host. I installed winfsp in the guest and I can access my /home in Win11 guest. However, if I "Add Hardware" in Virtual HW details and create another virtiofs from /archives, I cannot see the file systems in Win11 guest. Is that a known limitation (only one virtiofs mounted at the time), or am I doing something wrong? Neither of /var/log/libvirt/qemu/win11-fs0-virtiofsd.log /var/log/libvirt/qemu/win11-fs1-virtiofsd.log indicate any obvious errors. They are in fact identical. Question 2: I do not see existing soft links in /home on Win11 guest. Is that intentional? Thanks Frank -- <listfrank1(a)gmail.com>

1 1

Re: Window focus in F40
by Joachim Backes 26 Mar '24

26 Mar '24

On 26.03.24 17:44, Joachim Backes wrote: > Hi, > > I'm running F40 with wayland. Is there any command wich is setting the > behaviour the window focus to the mouse pointer automatically when > hovvering above a group of windows? > > Fedora release 40 (Forty) > 6.8.1-300.fc40.x86_64 > > Joachim Backes <joachim.backes(a)rhrk.uni-kl.de> > https://www-user.rhrk.uni-kl.de/~backes/ > -- Fedora release 40 (Forty) 6.8.1-300.fc40.x86_64 Joachim Backes <joachim.backes(a)rhrk.uni-kl.de> https://www-user.rhrk.uni-kl.de/~backes/

1 0

Fedora 40 Beta - Gnome Remote Desktop RDP
by Winfried de Heiden 26 Mar '24

26 Mar '24

Hi all, Most likely, today Fedora 40 Beta will be released. Well, I couldn't wait, so I already downloaded it yesterday. (yes you can....) Fedora 40 will include Gnome 46 with a cool new feature: Remote Login with RDP. (https://release.gnome.org/46/) However, it does not seem to work in Fedora 40-Beta; I guess because there is still an old Gnome 45 packakge included: cat /etc/redhat-release; rpm -qi gnome-remote-desktop Fedora release 40 (Forty) Name : gnome-remote-desktop Version : 45.1 Release : 4.fc40 Architecture: x86_64 Install Date: Thu 21 Mar 2024 01:53:17 AM CET Group : Unspecified Size : 1051401 License : GPL-2.0-or-later Signature : RSA/SHA256, Wed 24 Jan 2024 05:33:01 PM CET, Key ID 0727707ea15b79cc Source RPM : gnome-remote-desktop-45.1-4.fc40.src.rpm Build Date : Wed 24 Jan 2024 04:52:48 PM CET Build Host : buildhw-x86-02.iad2.fedoraproject.org Packager : Fedora Project Vendor : Fedora Project URL : https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-remote-desktop Bug URL : https://bugz.fedoraproject.org/gnome-remote-desktop Summary : GNOME Remote Desktop screen share service Description : GNOME Remote Desktop is a remote desktop and screen sharing service for the GNOME desktop environment. Didn't the new nome-remote-desktop make it to Fedora 40-Beta? Can it be expected to be included in the final release? I'm eager to test. Cheers, Winny

2 1

xDSL + network-scripts connection not working in Fedora 39
by Franta Hanzlík 25 Mar '24

25 Mar '24

After upgrading my gateway x86_64 Linux box to F39, my VDSL connection to internet does not work, although I have all the necessary packages (network-scripts, ppp, rp-pppoe) installed. And it all worked correctly on the previous F37 system. After some investigation the cause was clear - network-scripts ifup-ppp runs adsl-start - and this script not exist in rp-pppoe-4.0-2.fc39.x86_64 package, but was in older rp-pppoe-3.15-4.fc37.x86_64.rpm (as symlink to pppoe-start - which now also is not in the rp-pppoe-4.0 package. It seem as in F39 also is not pppoe.service systemd unit - which would also be a possible solution for an xDSL connection. About NetworkManager - I read that it can not do system-wide VPN - which I also need (net-to-net OpenVPN connection). Is there any reasonable xDSL connection solution in this F39 distro? (For now I downgrade rp-pppoe-4.0-2.fc39 to rp-pppoe-3.15-4.fc38, but it is probably not very promising (the network-scripts package seems be deprecated)) -- Thanks, Franta Hanzlik

2 5