Dnf install skypeforlinux.
by Ger van Dijck
Hay All,
When I try to install skypeforlinux 8.108.0.205-1.x86_64.rpm I get the
message Certificate and Primery key invalid and both seem to be not alive.
Question : How can the keys become valid and alive ?
Question : Is this a Microsoft problem ?
Regards,
Ger van Dijck.
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6 months
strange problem, may be related to ssh
by fedora＠eyal.emu.id.au
Since the middle of the night on 7/Nov, uploading files with ssh is problematic.
My SMTP server requires SSL/TLS security, and uploading files to the same site requires sftp.
So both run over ssh.
I have a few scripts that run from cron and send me mail when required.
They also upload some files for other people and for me when I am away from home.
Now here is the problem. Small files pass though just fine. Using sftp I measured
that files up to 1300 bytes upload, but anything larger hangs. Large mail is also blocked,
queued as seen in mailq:
(timeout writing message to xxxx.xxxx.net.au.: Connection timed)
It seems that after some time (often hours) things resolve.
Rebooting the machine also allows the mail through.
Scripts that upload larger files (using lftp) hang for hours.
Now I tested the same from a laptop over 4G and it does not show any of these problems.
So it is probably not at the receiving end (I also asked them).
All they see is occasional timeouts on mail and ssh (from me).
I cannot figure what can do this. Small files upload OK larger ones hang???
I said earlier "middle of the night" because I was not at my computer then and
nothing of note that I could see, but the problems started showing in the logs.
There is still the possibility of my ISP fiddling with the modem remotely (in the
past they did it around this time). I am chasing them.
One thing that can help now is a way to un-hang the uploads without having to reboot.
I do not know where to even look.
Some details:
The modem uses 4G for wireless internet.
I used a laptop wired to my server, then wired to the modem, then connected to my WiFi ap
(which is wired to the modem) and all hang on large(ish) uploads.
Only when I connected the laptop to my phone (as a WiFi ap) things worked well.
BTW, one thing I did was disable ipv6 but the problem persists.
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6 months
find files
by Patrick Dupre
Hello,
I wish to run
find . -newermt '1 Sep 2023'
I get a list of files, among them there are files that I which to exclude
like
./._sync_9922e9acef00.db
./._sync_9922e9acef00.db-wal
./._sync_9922e9acef00.db-shm
I guess that I can exclude the files ./.sync*
How can I do this?
Thank
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Patrick DUPRÉ | | email: pdupre(a)gmx.com
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6 months
Solution: OVMF 4M-based VMs broken after updating to F39
by Sam Varshavchik
I had an EFI VM that was configured to use
/usr/share/edk2/ovmf-4m/OVMF_CODE.secboot.fd as its bootloader in F38.
The edk2-ovmf package in F39 no longer installs it. This results in an error
message starting any VM that uses OVMF 4M images.
The /usr/share/edk2/ovmf-4m directory no longer exists, and
/usr/share/edk2/ovmf had the following contents in F39:
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 3678208 Oct 10 20:00 OVMF_CODE_4M.qcow2
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 1484 Oct 10 20:00 OVMF_CODE_4M.secboot.pcr
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 3678208 Oct 10 20:00 OVMF_CODE_4M.secboot.qcow2
There was nothing with "4M" and ".fd" in it,
So, I manually edited the XML VM config, but neither
OVMF_CODE_4M.secboot.qcow2 nor OVMF_CODE_4M.secboot.pcr worked. Attempting
to boot OVMF_CODE_4M.secboot.qcow2 appeared to be the most promising
approach except that it failed with a cryptic error message referencing
qcow2 format and the flash file.
My existing flash file was:
/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/nvram/WINDOWS10-EFI_VARS.fd
After doing some digging I found the solution:
qemu-img convert -f raw -O qcow2 WINDOWS10-EFI_VARS.fd WINDOWS10-EFI_VARS.qcow2
This converted the emulated nvram storage file, apparently, from raw block
format to qcow2. With that, the VM started successfully. For reference, my
final settings were:
<loader readonly="yes" secure="yes" type="pflash"
format="qcow2">/usr/share/edk2/ovmf/OVMF_CODE_4M.secboot.qcow2</loader>
<nvram template="/usr/share/edk2/ovmf/OVMF_VARS_4M.secboot.qcow2"
format="qcow2">/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/nvram/WINDOWS10-EFI_VARS.qcow2</nvram>
There used to be release notes packaged with each release that were called
"Common F# bugs", or something like that. They listed common upgrade issues.
Not sure where it is these days, a brief search didn't find them. This
should be mentioned there, wherever it is…
6 months, 1 week
Upgrade Fedora 38 to Fedora 39 . Install problem with FFmeg.
by Ger van Dijck
Hay Fedora users,
I upgraded Fedora 38 to Fedora 39 0n a Dell laptop N3701 ( more than 10
years old !) without problems.
Great !!!!!
and Fedora39 runs perfectly : More Great !!!!
On this machine I use Windows 10 Professional (unprotected mode / bios and
uefi discrepancies) and all runs fine.
While upgrading I had one problem : I had to allowerasing ffmpeg : dnf
advised to use skip-broken.
When I want to install (dnf install ffmpeg) there seem to be problems.
Please advise me.
Regards,
Gedr van Dijck.
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6 months, 1 week
Is AnyDesk any good?
by ToddAndMargo
Hi All,
I currently subscribe to Go To Assist to provide
remote support to my customers.
Go To Assist has a lot of problems. They refuse to
support Linux. They do not take bug reports. They
do not take enhancement requests from users. It
is incredibly difficult to get low skill users
logged in. It never gets any better.
Anyway, I found Any Desk as an alternative.
I hate to drop Go To Assist if an
alternative does not work at least as well,
as I have a $490/yr subscription rate as I was
part of their beta program. If I drop and go
back, I am back at the $1000/yr price
So anyway, before I start demoing Any Desk, I
though I'd ask you guys what you used for
remote support.
https://anydesk.com/en
Many thanks,
-T
6 months, 1 week
screwed up fonts or something
by ToddAndMargo
Hi All,
Fedora 38
Getting ready to upgrade my main computer to FC39, I did hte following
commands
# rpm --rebuilddb
# rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest
# dnf --enablerepo=* update --refresh
# reboot and repeat the above update until no updates registered
# dnf autoremove
Okay, now both krusader and smplayer seems to have long
all their text, except for the first letter and any
numbers. Capitol letters seems to come out.
This is krusader:
https://imgur.com/acSu6x4.png
How in the world do I fix this?
Many thanks,
-T
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6 months, 1 week
Power management
by Celso Viana
Hi all,
I set Fedora 38 Workstation's power mode to performance, but if any
user doesn't login the computer hibernates. How do I change this
behavior so that the computer does not go to sleep if there is no user
logged in?
Thanks
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http://www.bsdcounter.org
Palmas/TO
6 months, 1 week
Re: Power management
by Iosif Fettich
Hi,
merely out of curiosity, I asked your question on ChatGPT. Here's the answer:
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To prevent Fedora from going to sleep when no user is logged in, you can modify
the power settings and systemd configurations. Here are the steps to change
this behavior:
1. Open Terminal: Open a terminal on your Fedora system.
2. Check the Current Power Settings:
To see the current power settings, you can use the following command:
bash
gsettings list-recursively org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power
This will show you the current values and settings for power management.
3. Modify Power Settings:
To change the behavior when no user is logged in, you can set the
sleep-inactive-ac-timeout and sleep-inactive-battery-timeout values to -1,
which effectively disables sleep. Run the following commands:
bash
gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power sleep-inactive-ac-timeout
-1
gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power
sleep-inactive-battery-timeout -1
4. Check Systemd Configuration:
You should also check your systemd configuration to ensure that it's not
overriding your power settings. Run the following command to display the
current settings:
bash
sudo systemctl show sleep.target
Look for a line that starts with InactiveExitTimestamp. If it's set to yes, it
means the system will go to sleep when no user is logged in. To disable this,
run the following command:
bash
sudo systemctl mask sleep.target suspend.target hibernate.target
hybrid-sleep.target
5. Reboot: After making these changes, it's a good idea to reboot your
system to ensure that the new settings take effect.
After following these steps, your Fedora system should no longer go to sleep
when no user is logged in, even when the power mode is set to "performance."
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Seems quite ok to me...
Best regards,
Iosif Fettich
6 months, 1 week
