users April 2025

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list/email -- toppost -- off topic..
by bruce 26 Apr '25

26 Apr '25

Hey.. long time lurker. every now and then a thread will evolve, with multiple inputs over time. in some cases, someone will "say" -- don't top post! I'm using gmail, so recently, I had a few spare mins, and decided to check out.. can gmail permit the insertion of "content/comments" within a email thread.. as opposed to hitting "reply" and letting the app place the comment wherever it does. quick search, didn't find anything yet, so thought I'd post here as well. Any solutions to this that you guys have seen/implemented? thanks

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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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need help with LC_TIme
by ToddAndMargo 25 Apr '25

25 Apr '25

Hi All, I am to set a custom LC_TIME LC_TIME='en_GB.UTF-8' /usr/bin/krusader from: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/aix/7.1?topic=ff-lc-time-category-locale-defini… I am after yyyy mm dd HH:MM (24 hour format) For example: 2025-06-10 23:51 Many thanks, -T

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Curious messages from dnf
by Robert McBroom 24 Apr '25

24 Apr '25

Get the following at the end of "dnf update" of f41 ----- >>> Running trigger-install scriptlet: systemd-0:256.12-1.fc41.x86_64 >>> Finished trigger-install scriptlet: systemd-0:256.12-1.fc41.x86_64 >>> Scriptlet output: >>> Failed to connect to user scope bus via machine transport: No medium found >>> Failed to connect to user scope bus via machine transport: No medium found >>> >>> Running trigger-post-uninstall scriptlet: systemd-0:256.12-1.fc41.x86_64 >>> Finished trigger-post-uninstall scriptlet: systemd-0:256.12-1.fc41.x86_64 >>> Scriptlet output: >>> Failed to connect to user scope bus via machine transport: No medium found >>> >>> Running trigger-post-uninstall scriptlet: systemd-0:256.12-1.fc41.x86_64 >>> Finished trigger-post-uninstall scriptlet: systemd-0:256.12-1.fc41.x86_64 >>> Scriptlet output: >>> Failed to connect to user scope bus via machine transport: No medium found >>> Complete! -------------------- what is user scope bus via machine transport: ???

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remote wayland display
by Samuel Sieb 24 Apr '25

24 Apr '25

I mentioned it deep in a thread so it wasn't very visible. There's a program called "waypipe" for viewing wayland applications from a remote computer. I tested it out and it is amazing how well it works compared to X11 forwarding. I will definitely be using this going forward.

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dns question
by François Patte 24 Apr '25

24 Apr '25

Bonjour, I am wondering why some dns servers are available and some other are not if I set them in resolv.conf (or other dns config files)? For instance this can be seen using dig: dig @8.8.8.8 sci-hub.se returns: ; <<>> DiG 9.18.28 <<>> @8.8.8.8 sci-hub.se ; (1 server found) ;; global options: +cmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 40528 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1 ;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION: ; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 512 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;sci-hub.se. IN A ;; ANSWER SECTION: sci-hub.se. 33 IN A 186.2.163.219 ;; Query time: 31 msec ;; SERVER: 8.8.8.8#53(8.8.8.8) (UDP) ;; WHEN: Wed Apr 23 19:11:41 CEST 2025 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 55 And dig @80.67.169.12 sci-hub.se returns: ;; communications error to 80.67.169.12#53: host unreachable ;; communications error to 80.67.169.12#53: timed out ;; communications error to 80.67.169.12#53: timed out ; <<>> DiG 9.18.28 <<>> @80.67.169.12 sci-hub.se ; (1 server found) ;; global options: +cmd ;; no servers could be reached while this server is working (and is a dns server): ping 80.67.169.12 PING 80.67.169.12 (80.67.169.12) 56(84) octets de données. 64 octets de 80.67.169.12 : icmp_seq=1 ttl=52 temps=25.9 ms 64 octets de 80.67.169.12 : icmp_seq=2 ttl=52 temps=25.3 ms 64 octets de 80.67.169.12 : icmp_seq=3 ttl=52 temps=26.1 ms 64 octets de 80.67.169.12 : icmp_seq=4 ttl=52 temps=26.0 ms

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tip: lxdm setup
by ToddAndMargo 23 Apr '25

23 Apr '25

Hi All, I do adore lxdm (I've had issues with lightdm.) I finally wrote down how to set lxdm up. -T lxdm: installing Note: you can <ctrl><alt>f2> to open a command prompt as root if needed. [1] if lightdm is installed: # systemctl disable lightdm # dnf remove lightdm [2] install lxdm: # dnf install lxdm --allowerasing # systemctl enable lightdm [3] edit lxdm.conf for a) any autologins and b) desired session (default does not always catch it) Mate: session=/usr/bin/mate-session Xfce: session=/usr/bin/startxfce4 # vi /etc/lxdm/lxdm.conf [base] ## uncomment and set autologin username to enable autologin # autologin=todd autologin=todd ## default session or desktop used when no systemwide config # session=/usr/bin/startlxde session=/usr/bin/startxfce4 [4] reboot [5] if lxdm does not auto start but does start from # systemctl start lxdm run the following: # systemctl set-default graphical.target # systemctl enable -f lxdm reboot

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How to select text-based "system-upgrade reboot" progress indication?
by Ron Flory 22 Apr '25

22 Apr '25

Hi- Am just now getting around to upgrading a secondary HP laptop from FC39 -> FC40. The post-reboot upgrade process for FC40 appears to display a sterile windoze-style GUI progress-indication now. It initially sat there at 0% for a long, LONG time, which scared the [bleep] out of me. I don't launch my Linux systems into GUI-mode by default, preferring text-mode until/if I decide to manually 'startx' - so the new silent upgrade process (with no indication of progress) probably looks slick to new users, but is a loss-of-functionality from a developer point of view. Is there a way to request the upgrade process revert to the (comforting) noisy/verbose text-based mode? Thanks- ron

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... VS Ubuntu
by lejeczek 22 Apr '25

22 Apr '25

Hi guys. might be interesting - https://www.phoronix.com/review/fedora-42-ubuntu-2504-zen5 L.

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Fedora 42 hp-setup; hp-gui plug-in download
by Terry Polzin 22 Apr '25

22 Apr '25

Fresh install of XFCE desktop from live image. Can't download hplip plugin for Laserjet 3600n, messages indicate either permissions or checksum failure.

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