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Managing dual boot
by Patrick Dupre 25 Apr '25

25 Apr '25

Hello, I have a machine with a dual fedora boot on 2 drives (with grub2) I daily maintain one (say A on /dev/sda4), and occasionally the other one (say B on /dev/sdc5). The problem is when I update B, grub is not update properly, i.e., I cannot boot on B with the new kernel. Hence, I run grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg on both machines But it is not enough I tried grub2-install /dev/sda But I get Installing for x86_64-efi platform. grub2-install: error: This utility should not be used for EFI platforms because it does not support UEFI Secure Boot. If you really wish to proceed, invoke the --force option. Make sure Secure Boot is disabled before proceeding. What is the correct procedure? dnf reinstall shim-* grub2-* Thank =========================================================================== Patrick DUPRÉ | | email: pdupre(a)gmx.com ===========================================================================

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rdp server with 2FA?
by ToddAndMargo 14 Apr '25

14 Apr '25

Hi All, Is there an RDP server that runs on Fedora and that has multi-factor authentication? And that runs well. Many thanks, -T

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firefox after update
by Roger Wells 13 Apr '25

13 Apr '25

Hi, Updated F41 via "software" icon on desktop today, 28Mar2025, which I do each week at this time Now firefox doesn't launch. Running from command line: firefox env: ‘firefox-wayland’: No such file or directory Run from desktop icon: icon swirls for about 15 seconds then disappears. what happened?

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WinFsp in Windows server 2025 STD
by ToddAndMargo 06 Apr '25

06 Apr '25

Hi All, Anyone know how to get WinFsp to work in Widows Server 2025 STD? https://github.com/winfsp/winfsp/releases/download/v2.1B2/winfsp-2.1.24255.… does not install VirtioFsSvc Many thanks, -T

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I need help with xRDP
by ToddAndMargo 03 Apr '25

03 Apr '25

Hi All, Fedora 41 Xfce 4.12 I am trying to set up xRDP with Xfce. When I log into xRDP from mstsc.exe (Windows 10), I am prompted (session = Xorg) from my user name and password. After entering it, I get a blue screen that eventually times out with Can't create session for user todd -X server could not be started. What am I doing wrong? -T This is the instructors I am following: Install Xrdp Server to connect to Fedora Desktop Xfce from the Windows Remote Desktop feature. References: https://www.server-world.info/en/note?os=Fedora_41&p=desktop&f=6 https://www.reddit.com/r/debian/comments/1hzuvww/how_to_switch_from_gnome_t… https://idroot.us/install-xrdp-centos-8/ [1] Install and Start Xrdp Server. # dnf -y install xrdp # systemctl enable --now xrdp # systemctl start xrdp [2] vi /etc/xrdp/xrdp.ini Replace the port with a masked port For example: port=Not_3389 comment out all of [Xvnc] and [X11rdp] uncomment all of [Xorg] [Xorg] name=Xorg lib=libxup.so username=ask password=ask ip=127.0.0.1 port=-1 code=20 ; Frame capture interval (milliseconds) h264_frame_interval=16 rfx_frame_interval=32 normal_frame_interval=40 # systemctl restart xrdp [3] If Firewalld is running, allow RDP port. # firewall-cmd --add-port=[port_you_chose]/tcp # firewall-cmd --runtime-to-permanent # firewall-cmd --reload [4] vi /etc/xrdp/startwm.sh # test -x /etc/X11/Xsession && exec /etc/X11/Xsession # exec /bin/sh /etc/X11/Xsession exec /usr/bin/xfce4-session chmod 755 /etc/xrdp/startwm.sh # systemctl restart xrdp [5] Connect from Windows clients. <Win><R> mstsc.exe An example on Windows 11. --> Open Start Menu --> [Windows Tool] --> [Remote Desktop Connection]

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follow-up: searching a directory sub-tree.
by home user 01 Apr '25

01 Apr '25

Good evening, Well, I though it was solved. But something is still awry.... ----- bash.3[ShiPin]: time grope -ob9LHPEaKY Western/.Organ/organ_dir.txt real 0m0.043s user 0m0.010s sys 0m0.016s bash.4[ShiPin]: time Grope -ob9LHPEaKY Western/.Organ/organ_dir.txt real 7m15.297s user 1m49.880s sys 0m46.325s bash.5[ShiPin]: alias | grep rope alias Grope='~/myroot/testprogs/Grope' alias grope='~/myroot/testprogs/grope' bash.6[ShiPin]: cat ~/myroot/testprogs/Grope grep -rile $1 bash.7[ShiPin]: cat ~/myroot/testprogs/grope grep -rilIe $1 bash.8[ShiPin]: ----- The results are correct. But notice that the case sensitive search took over 7 1/4 MINUTES; the case INsensitive search took less than 1/20 second. That's a nearly 4 orders of magnitude difference! I would think that the case INsensitive search would involve more processing, and so should take longer. What's going on?

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problems adding a new printer to HP Device Manager
by Robert Moskowitz 01 Apr '25

01 Apr '25

I just set up an HP 9125e ink jet. What a job. The tools expect dumb networks and it took me hours to figure out how to get things setup. But it is done now. I got through their Android setup program and got the printer's ethernet working as I want. On my F41 system with Xfce, I have the printer showing in Printer Setup and can print to it. But I cannot get HP Device Manager to find the thing. I tried both the DNS name I have for it and the direct IPv4. Any tips? thanks

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[Fedora Test Days] Fedora 42 KDE Test Week 2025-03-31
by Sumantro Mukherjee 30 Mar '25

30 Mar '25

Hey Folks, As many of you may know, KDE is becoming a blocking deliverable in this release we are hosting The KDE test week[0]. You can still submit the results here[1]. KDE is very important for our community members and testing this way ahead of time helps us find bugs and eliminate them!! Thanks for testing! [0] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Day:2025-03-31_F42_KDE_Test_Week [1] https://testdays.fedoraproject.org/events/213 -- //sumantro Fedora QE TRIED AND PERSONALLY TESTED, ERGO TRUSTED <https://redhat.com/trusted>

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RAT program for Fedora?
by ToddAndMargo 30 Mar '25

30 Mar '25

Hi All, A while back I asked about Remote Access Tools (RAT's) that were Fedora friendly. Someone recommend an open source version that you could self host or pay someone to host for you. Anyone remember what that was or have any other suggestions? AnyDesk only supports X11 and refuses to support Wayland. HelpWire support Wayland abut does not have unattended Linus support (and is really buggy at the moment). TeamViewer is way too expensive. Many thanks, -T

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changing my email address
by François Patte 30 Mar '25

30 Mar '25

Bonjour, This is my second email regarding this subject... I don't know how I can change my email address. Following the link added at the end of each mail coming from this list: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines#Unsubscribing The 3.17 Unscribing point has also a link : https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Which returns "Page not found" What can I do, me, who is a mere mortal? I don't want to unsubsribe, I only want to change my address. Thank you for helping. -- François Patte UFR de mathématiques et informatique Laboratoire CNRS MAP5, UMR 8145 Université Paris Descartes 45, rue des Saints Pères F-75270 Paris Cedex 06 Tél. +33 (0)6 7892 5822 http://www.math-info.univ-paris5.fr/~patte

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upstream for qemu-kvm?
by ToddAndMargo 30 Mar '25

30 Mar '25

Hi All, Anyone know where "upstream" is for qemu-kvm. I'd like to post an RFE. Many thanks, -T

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qemu-kvm running machine at host shutdown/reboot?
by ToddAndMargo 29 Mar '25

29 Mar '25

Hi All, What happens to a running qemu-kvm virtual machine when the host shuts down or reboots? Does the hypervisor issue a shutdown to the VM? Or freeze and save the vm? Or just cut the vm's leg off? Many thanks, -T

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searching a directory sub-tree.
by home user 29 Mar '25

29 Mar '25

Good afternoon, I'm trying to search a directory sub-tree for a specific string. I use this: find . -type f -print | xargs grep -l [string] /dev/null (but without the brackets). This often works. But it sometimes fails when the search string contains "printable" characters other than letters and digits. Examples of both: bash.32[.Organ]: find . -type f -print | xargs grep -l D-_qS_3KXBA /dev/null ./organ_dir.txt bash.33[.Organ]: find . -type f -print | xargs grep -l -ob9LHPEaKY /dev/null grep: conflicting matchers specified bash.34[.Organ]: find . -type f -print | xargs grep -l "-ob9LHPEaKY" /dev/null grep: conflicting matchers specified bash.35[.Organ]: bash.35[.Organ]: bash.35[.Organ]: bash.36[.Organ]: find . -type f -print | xargs grep -l '-ob9LHPEaKY' /dev/null grep: conflicting matchers specified bash.37[.Organ]: How do I get this to work even when the search string includes (especially starts with) printable characters other than digits and letters?

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Dongle USB
by Patrick Dupre 28 Mar '25

28 Mar '25

Hello, 4 months ago, I could used my LTE USB Dongle because I could not connect to 192.168.1.1. There has no reason for that. Anyway, I decided to buy a new Dongle. But I am facing the same issue. lsusb is fine. Could it be an issue with fedora? after an update? I already tried to use a previous kernel. Thank. =========================================================================== Patrick DUPRÉ | | email: pdupre(a)gmx.com ===========================================================================

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Re: command line smtp mailer
by R. G. Newbury 27 Mar '25

27 Mar '25

From: ToddAndMargo <ToddAndMargo(a)zoho.com> > Anyone have a favorite command line outbound (smtp) > email program that is easy to use? > > I'd like to be able to put everything on the command > line and not have configuration files to deal with. > > I have looked at mailx (snail) and msmtp, but > am a bit overwhelmed by them I use sendEmail, as follows: sendEmail -f ToddAndMargo@gozo -t "${address of recipient}" -u "${subject}" -m "${message}" -a "${attachment-filename}" -s smtp.zoho.com:587 -xu ToddAndMargo(a)zoho.com -xp [internal password of the sender's account] -f from email address -t to email address> > Many thanks, > -T -u subject -m message -a added attachment, if any -s sender smtp account port -xu sender's email account at zoho.com -xp password Easily scripted and can send multiple emails individually when fed from a list file (...while read line...). All entries are scriptable, so different recipients can receive different subject,message and attachments as desired R. Geoffrey Newbury

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Evolution Functionality
by Stephen Morris 26 Mar '25

26 Mar '25

Hi, I have a query about the functionality of Evolution as a mail package. Does Evolution support the tagging of outgoing mails as "organisation-sensitive" and hence generate the appropriate mail headers, and conversely, when an email comes in with mail headers specifying a sensitivity level does Evolution tag the mail appropriately? Does Evolution, when using IMAP, provide the functionality to leave the mails on the server or mirror them locally if desired? Does Evolution, when setting up the mail interface, provide the functionality to auto configure the mail server definitions or do you have to set them up manually? I'm trying to test some mail sensitivity issues at work and Thunderbird doesn't support that functionality. regards, Steve

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QEMU-GA
by ToddAndMargo 26 Mar '25

26 Mar '25

Hi All, Fedora 41 qemu-kvm-9.1.3-2.fc41.x86_64 Windows Server 2025 STD virto-win-0.1.240.1 I am constantly getting this error in my Windows System log. Googling tells me what it is but not how to fix it. But does tell me that if if crashes, it could crash the OS. A timeout was reached (45000 milliseconds) while waiting for the QEMU-GA service to connect. You guys have any words of wisdom? Many thanks, -T Windows Server: first the expense, the ooo and the aaahhh and the excitement, then the crashing, the screaming, the running in terror, the early morning panic phone calls.

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VM keeps steeling my USB backup drives
by ToddAndMargo 25 Mar '25

25 Mar '25

Hi All, How do I tell qemu-kvm that I do not want a particular virtual machine to constantly steal my USB3 backup drives when I insert them. I have to go into the VM console and unhook them. And every time. I tried removing the USB device, but it won't let me. I wonder if I could remove it from the XML code. What is the right way to do this? Many thanks, -T -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If I had a dime every time I didn't know what was going on, I'd be like, "Why is everyone giving me all these dimes?" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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Tracer Messages
by Stephen Morris 25 Mar '25

25 Mar '25

Hi, Having run tracer after a system update how do I determine what it is referring to with the following messages: You should restart: * These applications manually: DiscoverNotifier Isolated Web Co Privileged Cont RDD Process Socket Process Utility Process Web Content WebExtensions Additionally, there are: - 1 processes requiring restart of your session (i.e. Logging out & Logging in again) regards, Steve

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command line smtp mailer?
by ToddAndMargo 24 Mar '25

24 Mar '25

Hi All, Anyone have a favorite command line outbound (smtp) email program that is easy to use? I'd like to be able to put everything on the command line and not have configuration files to deal with. I have looked at mailx (snail) and msmtp, but am a bit overwhelmed by them Many thanks, -T

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kernel 6.13.x usb wifi problems
by Robert McBroom 24 Mar '25

24 Mar '25

Have two usb wifi adapters using Realtek chips that were noted to be supported in the recent kernels. One is now seen but the other is not. Both show in the list from lsusb Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0bda:8812 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8812AU 802.11a/b/g/n/ac 2T2R DB WLAN Adapter Bus 001 Device 005: ID 0bda:b812 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL88x2bu [AC1200 Techkey] The RTL88x2bu adapter connects. TheRTL8812AU is not on the network list. It connected with the kernel 6.12.x series using a driver src from .git and dkms. What does it mean that the RTL8812AU device is seen but not enabled?

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Compatibility of USB Wi-Fi Adapter with Fedora
by Paul Smith 23 Mar '25

23 Mar '25

Dear Fedora Community, Has anyone tested or had any experience using the following USB Wi-Fi adapters with Fedora? Product links: https://shorturl.at/zZNN7 and https://shorturl.at/O622X The listing claims it's "driver-free" and compatible with various Windows systems, but there's no mention of Linux support. I would like to know whether it works out of the box on Fedora, or if additional drivers or configuration steps are required. Any insights would be appreciated. Best regards, Paul

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virt-manager wants password for a user's account
by toddandmargo 23 Mar '25

23 Mar '25

Hi All, Fedora 41 virt-manager-5.0.0-1.fc41.noarch When I start virt-manager, it wants the password for the user's account that I initially created during the install of FC41. How do I get it to ask for the root's password instead? Many thanks, -T

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[Fedora 42] CoreOS Test Week
by Sumantro Mukherjee 22 Mar '25

22 Mar '25

Mark your calendars for the upcoming Fedora 42 CoreOS Test Week, which will take place from March 24 to 28, 2025! The test week is an opportunity for the community to test FCOS based on Fedora 42 content before it is released as part of the `testing` and `stable` streams. Your contributions will make a significant impact on the quality and stability of Fedora CoreOS (FCOS). To get started we will first host a virtual in-person prep video session this Friday, March 21'st at 14:30 UTC (10:30 EDT) to discuss some of the details related to the test week. On March 26'th at 16:30 UTC (12:30 EDT) we will host the main session, where you can drop in, ask questions, and get help from members of the Fedora CoreOS team! If you want to participate in the Test Week, check out the Fedora Wiki page for details and log your results in the Test Day page. * Fedora Project Wiki: [Test Day: Fedora 42 CoreOS]( https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Day:Fedora_42_CoreOS) * Test Day Results: [Fedora 42 CoreOS Test Day]( https://testdays.fedoraproject.org/events/211) * FCOS GitHub Tracker: [F42: Fedora CoreOS Test Week · Issue #1885 ]( https://github.com/coreos/fedora-coreos-tracker/issues/1885) * Pagure.io QA Ticket: [Issue #805: F42 Fedora CoreOS test week 24-03-2025 - 28-03-2025](https://pagure.io/fedora-qa/issue/805) * Fri Mar 21 Prep Meeting Link: https://meet.google.com/grs-ewth-nrw * Wed Mar 26 Meeting Link: https://meet.google.com/hze-qdgc-uyj * Wed Mar 26 Notes Doc: [Fedora CoreOS 42 Test Week - HackMD]( https://hackmd.io/19OpguDrTRCRlXUe4AQEtw) We hope to see you online! -- //sumantro Fedora QE TRIED AND PERSONALLY TESTED, ERGO TRUSTED <https://redhat.com/trusted>

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php scripts in html files
by François Patte 22 Mar '25

22 Mar '25

Bonjour, I can't get working a php script in an html file: the same file: <!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="fr_FR"> <head> <meta charset="utf-8" /> </head> <body> <h1><?php echo 'toto' ;?></h1> </body> </html> returns "toto" in toto.php and nothing in toto.html I tried many things: .htaccess with AddHandler application/x-httpd-php .htm .html AddType application/x-httpd-php .html Or modify some lines in /etc/httpd/conf.d/php.conf (FilesMatch, etc.) Nothing had any success... I run f40 with httpd and php from the distro. Thanks for any help. -- François Patte UFR de mathématiques et informatique Laboratoire CNRS MAP5, UMR 8145 Université Paris Descartes 45, rue des Saints Pères F-75270 Paris Cedex 06 Tél. +33 (0)6 7892 5822 http://www.math-info.univ-paris5.fr/~patte

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