How to force removal of protected package?
by Jeffrey Walton
Hi Everyone,
I had a dnf-system-upgrade go sideways. It was due, in part, due to a
Python3 install in /usr/local. The other part had to do with the
machine going to sleep while I was ssh'd into the machine. I now want
to get rid of GNOME and use the machine from the command line.
$ sudo dnf group remove gnome-desktop
Warning: Module or Group 'gnome-desktop' is not installed.
Dependencies resolved.
Nothing to do.
Complete!
$ sudo dnf group remove @gnome-desktop
Warning: Module or Group '@gnome-desktop' is not installed.
Dependencies resolved.
Nothing to do.
Complete!
$ sudo dnf group remove gnome-desktop-environment
Warning: Module or Group 'gnome-desktop-environment' is not installed.
Dependencies resolved.
Nothing to do.
Complete!
$ sudo dnf remove gnome*
Error:
Problem: The operation would result in removing the following protected package
s: gnome-shell
(try to add '--skip-broken' to skip uninstallable packages)
I've read the dnf(8) man page, but I don't see how to remove a
protected package.
How do I force the removal of a protected package?
Thanks in advance.
6 months
libvirt-designer* ???
by ToddAndMargo
Fedora 39
I use qemu-kvm virtual machines all the time.
Do I need these fc38 (not 39) packages still?
# dnf reinstall libvirt-designer* --releasever=39
Last metadata expiration check: 3:41:31 ago on Wed 15 Nov 2023 11:45:16
PM PST.
Installed package libvirt-designer-0.0.2-19.fc38.x86_64 (from fedora)
not available.
Installed package libvirt-designer-devel-0.0.2-19.fc38.x86_64 (from
fedora) not available.
Installed package libvirt-designer-devel-doc-0.0.2-19.fc38.x86_64 (from
fedora) not available.
Installed package libvirt-designer-libs-0.0.2-19.fc38.x86_64 (from
fedora) not available.
Installed package libvirt-designer-vala-0.0.2-19.fc38.x86_64 (from
fedora) not available.
Error: No packages marked for reinstall.
Many thanks,
-T
6 months
redhat-lsb-submod-security ???
by ToddAndMargo
Hi All,
I am in the process of purging all the fc38 packages
from my fc39 install.
What is "redhat-lsb-submod-security"?
And do I need it on fc39? No other package is
dependent on it.
Many thanks,
-T
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6 months
netcdf
by ToddAndMargo
Hi All,
Fedora 39
netcdf-4.9.0-5.fc38.x86_64 (Note the "38")
What is "netcdf" and why would I need it in fc39?
Many thanks,
-T
# dnf remove netcdf --releasever=39
Dependencies resolved.
======================================================================================================================
Package Architecture Version
Repository Size
======================================================================================================================
Removing:
netcdf x86_64 4.9.0-5.fc38
@fedora 2.4 M
Removing dependent packages:
netcdf-cxx x86_64 4.2-32.fc39
@fedora 135 k
vtk x86_64 9.2.6-7.fc39
@fedora 102 M
Removing unused dependencies:
SuperLU x86_64 6.0.0-1.fc39
@fedora 470 k
armadillo x86_64 10.8.2-5.fc39
@fedora 102 k
blosc x86_64 1.21.4-2.fc39
@fedora 122 k
cfitsio x86_64 4.3.0-1.fc39
@fedora 1.8 M
cgnslib-libs x86_64 4.4.0-2.fc39
@fedora 814 k
gdal-libs x86_64 3.7.3-1.fc39
@updates 26 M
geos x86_64 3.12.0-2.fc39
@fedora 3.5 M
libGLEW x86_64 2.2.0-5.fc39
@fedora 748 k
libgeotiff x86_64 1.7.1-9.fc39
@fedora 359 k
libgta x86_64 1.2.1-10.fc39
@fedora 70 k
libharu x86_64 2.4.3-3.fc39
@fedora 1.7 M
libkml x86_64 1.3.0-45.fc39
@fedora 1.2 M
libqhull_r x86_64 1:7.2.1-13.fc39
@fedora 383 k
librttopo x86_64 1.1.0-12.fc39
@fedora 505 k
libspatialite x86_64 5.0.1-23.fc39
@fedora 14 M
ogdi x86_64 4.1.0-11.fc39
@fedora 796 k
openslide x86_64 3.4.1-24.fc39
@fedora 242 k
proj x86_64 9.2.1-2.fc39
@fedora 4.2 M
proj-data noarch 9.2.1-2.fc39
@fedora 8.4 M
proj-data-at noarch 9.2.1-2.fc39
@fedora 15 M
proj-data-au noarch 9.2.1-2.fc39
@fedora 118 M
proj-data-be noarch 9.2.1-2.fc39
@fedora 949 k
proj-data-br noarch 9.2.1-2.fc39
@fedora 1.0 M
proj-data-ca noarch 9.2.1-2.fc39
@fedora 100 M
proj-data-ch noarch 9.2.1-2.fc39
@fedora 2.1 M
proj-data-de noarch 9.2.1-2.fc39
@fedora 75 M
proj-data-dk noarch 9.2.1-2.fc39
@fedora 13 M
proj-data-es noarch 9.2.1-2.fc39
@fedora 1.0 M
proj-data-eur noarch 9.2.1-2.fc39
@fedora 1.0 M
proj-data-fi noarch 9.2.1-2.fc39
@fedora 288 k
proj-data-fo noarch 9.2.1-2.fc39
@fedora 1.5 k
proj-data-fr noarch 9.2.1-2.fc39
@fedora 1.9 M
proj-data-is noarch 9.2.1-2.fc39
@fedora 5.5 M
proj-data-jp noarch 9.2.1-2.fc39
@fedora 420 k
proj-data-mx noarch 9.2.1-2.fc39
@fedora 554 k
proj-data-nc noarch 9.2.1-2.fc39
@fedora 1.5 M
proj-data-nl noarch 9.2.1-2.fc39
@fedora 874 k
proj-data-no noarch 9.2.1-2.fc39
@fedora 6.4 M
proj-data-nz noarch 9.2.1-2.fc39
@fedora 14 M
proj-data-pt noarch 9.2.1-2.fc39
@fedora 431 k
proj-data-se noarch 9.2.1-2.fc39
@fedora 2.2 M
proj-data-sk noarch 9.2.1-2.fc39
@fedora 1.2 M
proj-data-uk noarch 9.2.1-2.fc39
@fedora 4.8 M
proj-data-us noarch 9.2.1-2.fc39
@fedora 319 M
proj-data-za noarch 9.2.1-2.fc39
@fedora 296 k
xerces-c x86_64 3.2.3-9.fc39
@fedora 3.6 M
Transaction Summary
======================================================================================================================
Remove 49 Packages
Freed space: 860 M
6 months
LightDM and MATE
by ToddAndMargo
No to ask to silly a questions, but does the USB
spin of MATE use LightDM?
Many thanks,
-T
6 months
thunderbird forgets location in a folder
by fedora＠eyal.emu.id.au
fc38
tb 115.4.1
I sort my mail into many folders, using message filters.
When I select a folder, the list of messages is focused somewhere in the past, nowhere near the last item I opened (normally the latest).
I have to scroll down to bring the message into view, and it is usually highlighted (so TB knows but hides it).
I want the last message to be selected (shown in the right message body pane) when I open a folder.
--
Eyal at Home (fedora(a)eyal.emu.id.au)
6 months
clock applet not showing weather
by Tim
Lately, across several different Linux installs the MATE's clock applet
that shows the time and date on the title bar has been unable to show
the local weather.
Looking in the journal I see lots of this, which I presume is related:
clock-applet[9632]: Failed to get METAR data: 308 Permanent Redirect.
It still does that even if I switch off the options to show temperature
and weather. Something I consider quite odd.
Does anybody else see the same thing?
Not knowing the URL that the thing uses, I can't manually have a look
at it to see what's happening.
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uname -rsvp
Linux 3.10.0-1160.102.1.el7.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Oct 17 15:42:21 UTC 2023 x86_64
Boilerplate: All unexpected mail to my mailbox is automatically deleted.
I will only get to see the messages that are posted to the mailing list.
6 months
tigervnc won't remove
by ToddAndMargo
Hi All,
How do I fix this?
Many thanks,
-T
# rpm -qa tiger\*
tigervnc-license-1.13.1-6.fc38.noarch
tigervnc-icons-1.13.1-6.fc38.noarch
tigervnc-1.13.1-6.fc38.x86_64
# dnf remove tigervnc-1.13.1-6.fc38.x86_64
tigervnc-icons-1.13.1-6.fc38.noarch tigervnc-license-1.13.1-6.fc38.noarch
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/dnf", line 61, in <module>
from dnf.cli import main
File "/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/dnf/__init__.py", line 30, in
<module>
import dnf.base
File "/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/dnf/base.py", line 29, in
<module>
import libdnf.transaction
File "/usr/lib64/python3.12/site-packages/libdnf/__init__.py", line
14, in <module>
from . import conf
File "/usr/lib64/python3.12/site-packages/libdnf/conf.py", line 10,
in <module>
from . import _conf
ImportError: librpm.so.9: cannot open shared object file: No such file
or directory
6 months
Re: Can't log in to graphical workstation
by Jonathan Ryshpan
On Wed, 2023-11-15 at 22:26 +1000, Michael D. Setzer II wrote:
> Now I understand, it is the local graphic login that is not working?
> 1. Did you install the server install on tis machine or the
> workstation one?
> Think the server installation doesn't install the gui by default.
> Did that once to see what it did, and without the gui it was not
> usefull.
> 2. In you login to a terminal window. run systemctl status gdm and see
> what it reports.
Since I run kde, the display manager is actually sddm, and systemctl
gives very interesting info. Some research shows that a package is
missing, namely plasma-workspace-x11. Installing it cures things. The
problem actually arose in Fedora 38 (I have no idea how.); I upgraded to
Fedora 39 to see if this would cure the problem, but since plasma-
workspace-x11 was missing from 38, it stayed missing in 39.
$ systemctl status sddm.service
● sddm.service - Simple Desktop Display Manager
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/sddm.service; enabled;
preset: enabled)
Drop-In: /usr/lib/systemd/system/service.d
└─10-timeout-abort.conf
Active: active (running) since Wed 2023-11-15 03:09:44 PST; 8h ago
Docs: man:sddm(1)
man:sddm.conf(5)
Main PID: 1125 (sddm)
Tasks: 2 (limit: 9302)
Memory: 20.1M
CPU: 71ms
CGroup: /system.slice/sddm.service
└─1125 /usr/bin/sddm
Nov 15 03:09:44 OaklandWeather.localdomain systemd[1]: Started
sddm.service - Simple Desktop Display Manager.
Nov 15 03:09:45 OaklandWeather.localdomain sddm[1125]: Unable to find
autologin session entry "plasma"
Nov 15 03:09:45 OaklandWeather.localdomain sddm[1125]: Autologin failed!
Nov 15 03:09:45 OaklandWeather.localdomain sddm[1125]: The configured
theme "01-breeze-fedora" doesn't exist, using the embedded theme instead
Nov 15 03:09:45 OaklandWeather.localdomain sddm-helper[1164]:
pam_unix(sddm-greeter:session): session opened for user sddm(uid=988) by
(uid=0)
Nov 15 10:46:36 OaklandWeather.localdomain sddm[1125]: Invalid session
""
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Many Thanks - Jonathan Ryshpan <jonrysh(a)pacbell.net>
Trust everyone -- But cut the cards.
6 months
Can't log in to graphical workstation
by Jonathan Ryshpan
I am not able to log in as a graphical user on one of my workstations.
The login screen works normally, except that:
* The "Session" box is empty
* The "Layout" box reads "??zz" (?? is blue)
When I type my password and hit return, nothing happens.
I can run a terminal session (CTRL+ALT F2) OK, but $startx fails.
This started to happen on Fedora 38. I (foolishly) upgraded to Fedora
39, which only made things worse: I can no longer log in to the machine
remotely via ssh. Currently running Fedora 39 with all upgrades
installed.
Any ideas on what's going on or how to investigate?
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Sincerely Jonathan Ryshpan <jonrysh(a)pacbell.net> The most perilous
moment for a bad government is when it seeks to mend its ways.” --Alexis
de Tocqueville
6 months
