Re: Help with TL-WN823N on Fedora

2021-10-25 Thread Richard Ryniker
One factor that makes dnf difficult when poor network communication causes downloads to time out is whatever partial file data has been read is discarded. Dnf starts a new download for the failed file from a different server. If that new download times out, whatever has been received is

Re: problems upgrading from Fedora 33 to Fedora 34

2021-05-01 Thread Richard Ryniker
Qiyu Yan wrote on Sat, 01 May 2021 14:40:34 +0800: It not the last installed becomes the dafault, but the one with highest version nummber. And unluckily, there is a kernel downgrade with the upgrade from f33 to f34. That explains it. The recent F34 update to the 5.11.16-300 kernel

Re: problems upgrading from Fedora 33 to Fedora 34

2021-04-30 Thread Richard Ryniker
If no F34 kernal is installed, something went awry during the offline upgrade. Perhaps try the upgrade again, to learn whether this is a consistent failure? One of my systems has a /boot filesystem that is too small. Before I can install a new kernel, I have to manually remove an older kernal

Re: problems upgrading from Fedora 33 to Fedora 34

2021-04-30 Thread Richard Ryniker
After upgrade from F33 to F34, the newly-installed kernel was not the default to boot. I had to explicitly select the F34 kernel in lieu of an older F33 kernel at boot time. This was a surprise for me (I expected the last kernal installed to become the default), but it may not be germane in your

Re: pipewire and high-res audio

2021-04-06 Thread Richard Ryniker
Lukas Ruzicka wrote on Tue, 6 Apr 2021 09:44:22 +0200: >what happened when you tried to reload the services (or restarting >computer)? Ah, the Power-On-Reset panacea. Cures many ills, and cured this one nicely. Both prior to pipewire (F33) and with pipewire (F34), it is possible to obtain 192

pipewire and high-res audio

2021-04-05 Thread Richard Ryniker
Questions: 1. How can pipewire be configured for 192000 Hz audio output? 2. Are these problems with abrt at this time of Final Freeze a reason for concern, or normal for the release process? 3. Does the message "Can't find packages for 33 debuginfo files"? below signify some

Re: [Proposal] The dual head set-up criterion

2021-03-30 Thread Richard Ryniker
Should multiple displays be a release-blocking criterion? I can imagine a desire to ship a new release on-schedule because of significant, content that works fine, but with multiple display support deferred for an update because upstream problems are likely to take a while to fix. I am

Re: wi-fi question

2021-03-27 Thread Richard Ryniker
> Upgrading: grub2-efi-x64-1:2.06~rc1-3.fc35.x86_64 > 159/498 > warning: /boot/grub2/grubenv created as > /boot/grub2/grubenv.rpmnew > > Upgrading: grub2-efi-x64-1:2.06~rc1-3.fc35.x86_64

Re: Is the Fedora 35 repo having troubles?

2021-03-24 Thread Richard Ryniker
Adam Williamson wrote on Wed, 24 Mar 2021 13:01:58 -0700: >You may have a bad systemd build with name resolution issues. Try >creating a file /etc/systemd/resolved.conf.d/nocache.conf with this >content: > >[Resolve] >Cache=no > >and restarting systemd-resolved.service, it may help. This worked

Re: Is the Fedora 35 repo having troubles?

2021-03-24 Thread Richard Ryniker
Also happens with F34: Errors during downloading metadata for repository 'fedora-modular': - Curl error (7): Couldn't connect to server for https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=fedora-modular-34=x86_64 [] Error: Failed to download metadata for repo 'fedora-modular': Cannot prepare

Re: newbie question - Fedora 34

2021-03-23 Thread Richard Ryniker
>In my opinion, a good review would be to install on hardware and show >actual real-world work being done with Fedora 34, such as a drawing in >FreeCAD, and how the system differs from Manjaro Gnome 40, Gnome OS, >Ubuntu 20.10, etc. Perhaps for the actual release, but this sounds premature for a

Re: F34 problem reporting problem

2021-03-19 Thread Richard Ryniker
I filed: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1940944 for gnome-abrt to document the cpio problem during extraction of debuginfo from a downloaded file. ___ test mailing list -- test@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to

Re: F34 problem reporting problem

2021-03-18 Thread Richard Ryniker
Tried again after a few hours. Still trouble with the retrace server, but local analysis was able to say I experienced the already-reported https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1937073 Temporary unavailability of the server sounds plausible for the original problem. There are

F34 problem reporting problem

2021-03-18 Thread Richard Ryniker
Up-to-date F34 (18Mar21) originally installed from Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-34-20210316.n.0.iso tries to report error and says: --- Running report_uReport --- Failed to upload uReport to the server 'https://retrace.fedoraproject.org/faf' Error: curl_easy_perform: Couldn't connect to

Re: Fedora 34 Change: Route all Audio to PipeWire (System-Wide Change)

2020-11-23 Thread Richard Ryniker
The key appears to be: >possible to switch between implementations. This will also allow for an >easy rollback. Provided this works easily (it should be an explicit part of the test activity) it is reasonable to accept some instability or missing function in the PipeWire facility in order to

Re: ifdown access denied

2020-04-26 Thread Richard Ryniker
Root is pretty much allowed to do everything. If root cannot change your network operation, something indeed appears to be awry. If you cannot figure out what, re-install Fedore will probably set things straight. If not, at least you will have found a well-defined starting point that others

Re: ifdown access denied

2020-04-26 Thread Richard Ryniker
Try: nmcli general permissions I suspect network-scripts is the "old way" and with Network Manager you need something else to specify who may do what with respect to network connections. ___ test mailing list -- test@lists.fedoraproject.org To

Re: criterion proposal: prevent services timing out on system shutdown

2020-03-17 Thread Richard Ryniker
>When the UPS says the battery is exhausted, must shutdown now, it's more >than just an aggravation. It should not be. Worst case should be similar to abrupt power failure. (Real case: I pull the wrong plug out of my power strip, disconnecting my server instead of the device I intended to move.)

Re: criterion proposal: prevent services timing out on system shutdown

2020-03-17 Thread Richard Ryniker
I think failure to shut down promptly should not be a "blocker" event. Is shutdown in three minutes instead of three seconds an aggravation for the user who wants to use a new kernal or another operating system? Yes. Does unreasonable time to shut down indicate lack of quality in Fedora? Of

Killer Wi-Fi 6 AX1650i

2020-02-10 Thread Richard Ryniker
I am happy to see the 5.6.0-0.rc0.git5.1.fc32.x86_64 kernel recently deployed to Rawhide supports the "Killer Wi-Fi 6 AX1650i 160MHz Wireless Network Adapter (201NGW)" in my Dell XPS 13 laptop. The earlier 5.5 kernels did not initialize and use this wireless hardware.

Rawhide selinux problem

2020-01-26 Thread Richard Ryniker
After an update of my Rawhide system yesterday, it refused to boot. A change to /etc/selinux/config to set SELINUX=permissive avoids the problem. This may be a one-off situation due to my particular sequence of updates, unless others have similar troubles. The system log for the failing boot

gsd-power fault in Rawhide

2020-01-23 Thread Richard Ryniker
With up-to-date (23 January 2020) Fedora Rawhide on a Dell XPS-13 7390 laptop machine, after resumption from suspend, or switching from an alternate colsole back to the graphical console, I see the expected graphical login screen. After I enter the correct password, I see a dark screen (or

gimp segfault

2020-01-07 Thread Richard Ryniker
Can anyone report success to run gimp in Rawhide? I see its splash screen, a few messages about initialization, then a segfault. Full stack trace at: http://ryniker.org/Fedora/gimp_stack_trace GNU Image Manipulation Program version 2.10.14 git-describe: GIMP_2_10_12-511-ga4f55d6c7e C

Dell 7390 laptop.

2020-01-07 Thread Richard Ryniker
For the first time, Fedora will boot on my Dell laptop: Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-Rawhide-20200101.n.0.iso The kernel identifies the machine thus: DMI: Dell Inc. XPS 13 7390 2-in-1/06CDVY, BIOS 1.1.3 11/10/2019 and Dell identifies it with Service Tag 8NMBZY2. CPU info: vendor_id :

Re: Mystery empty file

2019-06-06 Thread Richard Ryniker
>Are either of those using EFI with secure boot? According to the bug >report, that's the trigger. I believe you are right. To my surprise, after inspection of the BIOS displays in the machine that does allow data access, I find no mention at all of secure boot capability. The machine that

Re: Mystery empty file

2019-06-06 Thread Richard Ryniker
This seems to depend on kernel version. On one F30 system it works: [root@yoga ryniker]# uname -r 5.0.17-300.fc30.x86_64 [root@yoga ryniker]# ls -l /sys/kernel/debug/usb/devices -r--r--r--. 1 root root 0 May 30 09:59 /sys/kernel/debug/usb/devices [root@yoga ryniker]# cat

Re: Mystery empty file

2019-06-06 Thread Richard Ryniker
I think you will find the file is not truly empty. /sys is not an actual file system, merely an interface to kernel information. There is no directory structure that records the length or other attributes of a file, as is the case for data on real media such as disks. If you read the

Re: rawhide net install image doesn't work with bios partitions

2019-05-28 Thread Richard Ryniker
Chris Murphy wrote on Mon, 27 May 2019 22:27:16 -0600: >Dual Fedora's isn't officially supported. The installer almost always >steps on the previous Fedora's bootloader making it unbootable, in >favor of a new bootloader for the new Fedora installation. This deserves some attention. I expect

Re: F26 doesn't wake up after updates

2017-07-16 Thread Richard Ryniker
I have found some problems with resume from suspended state to be much improved after I switched to "GNOME on xorg". It is too soon to conclude they will not recur, but several days have passed without difficulty. F26 up-to-date on a Lenovo Yoga 3 11-inch laptop, model name 80J8.

Re: New Blocker Criterion Proposal: Same default packages for all arches

2017-05-12 Thread Richard Ryniker
>> In an extreme situation, a release could be nearly impossible due to >> dependency cycles. > >You'd need to provide specific examples for "extreme" as this has not >happened in recent Fedora history (at least back to F-21) I cannot cite an historical example. With more than a thousand

Re: New Blocker Criterion Proposal: Same default packages for all arches

2017-05-10 Thread Richard Ryniker
I agree with you that Firefox is an important resource that Fedora should deliver, but think a criterion that failure to supply the same default package set for all (blocking) architectures will do more harm than good. Release criteria should focus on the quality of what is delivered in a

Re: again F25 on USB Flash medium - with legacy ok - only problem with EFI -Anaconda

2016-10-18 Thread Richard Ryniker
>install F25 Beta in legacy mode on an 64GB flash medium. And surprise it >works. I think this suggests there is some configuration or BIOS problem with EFI and USB in your machine. Both Chris Murphy and I performed successful EFI installations, he with Apple and I with Samsung hardware. It may

Re: Installation validation test change proposal: merge USB tests into 'default boot and install', add more environment columns

2016-10-11 Thread Richard Ryniker
>an optical specific Live Workstation spin Sounds like the proper category: will not block a regular Fedora release, will not consume test resources for primary Fedora deliverables, and will provide a focus for those with some stake in optical media. While lack of community to support an

Re: Fedora on usb connected media

2016-10-01 Thread Richard Ryniker
Might this be a clue (from your anaconda log)? 13:10:26,938 INFO anaconda: Running post-installation scripts 13:10:26,938 INFO anaconda: Running kickstart %%post script(s) 13:10:29,210 ERR anaconda: Error code 1 running the kickstart script at line 33 13:10:29,210 INFO anaconda: All

Re: Fedora on usb connected media

2016-09-30 Thread Richard Ryniker
Works for me. I used a Samsung 940X laptop and a Sandisk 80GB USB3 external SSD. This is a UEFI machine, and I installed using manual partitioning to re-use partitions on the external device, which contained an old Fedora 23 system. My purpose here was to preserve an encrypted /home partition.

25_Alpha-2 installation to VM: boot loader install failed

2016-09-14 Thread Richard Ryniker
The target VM has two virtual IDE drives, sda (8 GB) for / and sdb (0.5GB) for /boot. Installation proceded normally until time to install the bootloader, which failed. Pop-up window said bootloader installation failed, and I chose to continue anyway in order to acquire as much log information

Re: 'dnf system-upgrade reboot' doesn't do anything

2016-09-03 Thread Richard Ryniker
I seem to have touched a sore spot on Mr. Murphy, and apologize if I have unintentionally irritated him. If he is the designer of the offline update mechanism, and I correctly perceive the implications of his explanation, then I do scold him for failure to mitigate the damage that might occur to a

Re: 'dnf system-upgrade reboot' doesn't do anything

2016-09-01 Thread Richard Ryniker
I am unhappy with the suggestion that the semantics of kernel parameters may depend on some notion about how "temporary" they are. If a kernel parameter is specified, it is present; if not specified, it is absent. It is proper to design parameter syntax and default values to favor common usage.

Re: fedora-bookmarks prevents installation of curent updates in F24

2016-06-07 Thread Richard Ryniker
The following worked for me: dnf erase astronomy-bookmarks (This also erased firefox.) dnf upgrade dnf install firefox (This also installed astronomy-bookmarks) -- test mailing list test@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe:

Re: criterion proposal: upgrading across 2 releases

2015-11-25 Thread Richard Ryniker
>A month is a pretty long time in Fedora development True, but a month is only available if the problem is reported on day 1. If it takes a week or two for a user to report a problem, that interval lessens the remaining time to EOL. On the other hand, there is no prohibition against a fix after

Re: criterion proposal: upgrading across 2 releases

2015-11-25 Thread Richard Ryniker
>It's not like dnf-system-upgrade would magically stop working when N-2 >reaches EOL, so honestly, overall, I just don't really see the problem >you're describing Like most of Fedora, dnf-system-upgrade gets limited testing before release. When N is released, a large number of users who did not

Re: criterion proposal: upgrading across 2 releases

2015-11-25 Thread Richard Ryniker
System-upgrade across two releases raises an interesting End-of-Life policy issue. If system-upgrade from N-2 to N is so important it will block release of N until it works, how do we explain why it is no longer important after four weeks when N-2 reaches End of Life? Four weeks is little time

Re: criterion proposal: upgrading across 2 releases

2015-11-24 Thread Richard Ryniker
On Tue, 24 Nov 2015 10:46:55 -0800, Adam Williamson wrote: > We have never really gone to any lengths to test or support N-1 upgrades > with 3rd party repositories or non-repo software either. That's a > different question. >From a user's perspective, the value of system-upgrade depends on its

Re: criterion proposal: upgrading across 2 releases

2015-11-24 Thread Richard Ryniker
On Tue, 24 Nov 2015 07:52:47 -0500, Stephen Gallagher wrote: > I've upgraded several family members directly from Fedora 21 to Fedora 23 > in the last week with no issues whatsoever (of course, I also curate > their repository selection, so they don't end up with incompatible > packages). Aye,

Re: criterion proposal: upgrading across 2 releases

2015-11-23 Thread Richard Ryniker
I believe a failure to upgrade from N-2 to N should not block the N release. The reason is limited resources, both for tests and for changes to fix problems. These resources are more valuable applied to the N release than to something two releases in the past. If someone wants to test a

Re: Grub Error in F23 Release? Grub stops in OS selection for Windows for ever.

2015-11-05 Thread Richard Ryniker
When you change from the GRUB default boot item, the timer stops and no default boot occurs. You must use a key to tell GRUB to boot the current selection. -- test mailing list test@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test

Re: comment to F23 Final RC10 - still card reader problem

2015-10-31 Thread Richard Ryniker
I think you may be the victim of GNOME's "Do what you maybe probably want." attitude. This is something you might be able to configure to your taste, given sufficient knowledge about what specifications to change. I have a Lenovo machine with a Realtec card reader: [ryniker@lenovo ~]$ lspci |

Re: Weird effect of mount command in F23

2015-10-20 Thread Richard Ryniker
>> I do not like to sacrifice well-defined, predictable behavior for >> convenience > >Convenience is what users need! > >> but others may argue this default behavior serves the >> greater good. > >What is the *greater good*? I think the perceived "good" is that users can load a disk and have a

Re: Weird effect of mount command in F23

2015-10-20 Thread Richard Ryniker
I suspect you suffer from software that wants to help you and "Do the right thing." If you try to mount a device with no media, mount might simply fail (no media present). Instead, at least for optical drives, it presumes the desired media might be available in the tray and requests the device

Re: Alpha Criterion Discussion: Desktop Backgrounds

2015-08-07 Thread Richard Ryniker
Auto Freeze Exeception seems too complicated an answer to this question. Either continue to call new background a blocker, or decide it is desirable but not a blocking issue. If lovely new art is not available, some generic Fnn background could be used then replaced by an update after release,

Re: Testing request: gdm-on-Wayland on hybrid graphics laptops (esp. Macbooks)

2015-05-14 Thread Richard Ryniker
Fedora-Live-Workstation-x86_64-22-TC3.iso installed without problems using an external USB drive on my Macbook Pro with 15-inch Retina Display. I logged on using GNOME with Wayland for the user created during installation - no problem. That said, the system appears fragile, and network

F22 MacBook Pro woe

2015-04-16 Thread Richard Ryniker
I was pleased to see Fedora-Live-Workstation-x86_64-22_Beta-2 boot on my Apple MacBook Pro 15 with retina display. Install to disk completed after some fragility relating to my USB flash drive installation target. Wrote zeros to the first MByte of the flash drive, then Fedora would partition,

Re: How to install Gnome Desktop on F21 Server ?

2015-04-14 Thread Richard Ryniker
Try: yum grouplist hidden ids -- test mailing list test@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test

Re: why are so much gdm processes are running?

2015-04-11 Thread Richard Ryniker
It is interesting to note a difference from F21, where the login processes are true daemons in the sense they have no controlling terminal. Now, for example, joachim.bac...@rhrk.uni-kl.de reports: ps -u gdm PID TTY TIME CMD 1243 ?00:00:00 systemd 1244 ?00:00:00

Re: Fedora 22 Workstation Beta Release Candidate 1

2015-04-09 Thread Richard Ryniker
Works OK on my Macbook Pro: i7-4850HQ processor with Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200 plus Nvidia GT-750M graphics processor. -- test mailing list test@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test

Re: Heads up - Anaconda 22.17 will enforce 'good' passwords

2015-02-01 Thread Richard Ryniker
we also have no data about the prevalence of weak passwords or attacks on default-configured Fedora systems On my firewall system, /var/log/secure is larger than 300 megabytes (less than one month of data), most of it reports of failed login attempts to root. I am very careful about passwords on

Re: Heads up - Anaconda 22.17 will enforce 'good' passwords

2015-01-31 Thread Richard Ryniker
Recapitiulation: A security problem was recognized because the ssh daemon is enabled by default on Fedora systems: with a weak root password, a remote attacker might easily obtain unlimited access. The direct solution would seem to be a change to the ssh daemon to prohibit root login in its

Re: Heads up - Anaconda 22.17 will enforce 'good' passwords

2015-01-28 Thread Richard Ryniker
Super simple passwords will no longer be allowed... increased security is worth it. No, you just made installation more bothersome - the user will then have to set the passwords he wants after installation is complete. It is good to warn about a weak password, but I feel I know better than you

Re: i845G - X locks up machine

2014-10-13 Thread Richard Ryniker
Might this be an effect caused by removal of an old graphics driver? https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/devel/2014-May/199459.html -- test mailing list test@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test

Re: [Test-Announce] naming schemes

2014-09-08 Thread Richard Ryniker
a naming scheme that doesn't suck. Please consider it desirable to implement a scheme with file names that, in lexical order, list oldest version first (or last). Newest version somewhere in the middle is a bad design. -- test mailing list test@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe:

Re: Leaving the project

2014-05-20 Thread Richard Ryniker
Thank you for years of work to improve Fedora. All Fedora users benefit to some extent from your efforts. as WG's slowy turn into tiny little empires fighting amongst themselves for components directions and maintenance... Fedora (and linux in general) is growing larger. As this happens,

Re: swap partition problems - Re: [Bug 1006304] BootLoaderError: failed to set new efi boot target

2014-01-08 Thread Richard Ryniker
And no manpage for blkid. There is a man page for blkid. It is part of: util-linux-2.24-2.fc20.x86_64 If the man page is missing, perhaps other missing pieces contribute to the problem. For example, swapon is also in util-linux. -- test mailing list test@lists.fedoraproject.org To

Re: Criterion revision proposal: KDE default applications

2013-12-20 Thread Richard Ryniker
Kamil Paral kpa...@redhat.com wrote on Fri, 20 Dec 2013 05:00:24 -0500 The bandwidth problem should be solved by a simple program: a. you run it on computer A (lacking bandwidth) - it gathers the list of installed packages and exports a file b. then you run it on computer B (good bandwidth) -

Re: xserver fails to resume from suspend (f20)

2013-12-20 Thread Richard Ryniker
So strange as it may seem - it appears that it has to be shut for more than a short time to fail. Might it be a hibernation issue? After some period of time, perhaps your machine wants to move from suspend to hibernate. -- test mailing list test@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe:

Re: Criterion revision proposal: KDE default applications

2013-12-14 Thread Richard Ryniker
The defining characteristic of the Live images is that they run without installation on a user's disks. Beyond that, they have the capability to install a minimal Fedora system to a local disk. Once the size limit for a live image is increased beyond the capacity of a CD (or other common media),

Re: Criterion revision proposal: KDE default applications

2013-12-14 Thread Richard Ryniker
On Sat, 14 Dec 2013, at 11:25:40 -0800 Adam Williamson awill...@redhat.com wrote: One thing they've floated as an idea is to have a separate 'installation environment' you could boot into from the live images - so you could either boot into 'try it out' live mode, or 'install it'

Re: [Test-Announce] 2013-10-16 at 16:00 UTC - F20 Beta Blocker Bug Review #4

2013-10-16 Thread Richard Ryniker
Unnecessary private designation for a bug report might be due to https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1011916 which complains that a bug reporter has to decide about private status before possibly sensitive information in the report can be examined. -- test mailing list

Re: redhat-lsb-core issues in rawhide

2013-10-16 Thread Richard Ryniker
The usbmuxd problems reported by yum in your post are likely unrelated to the lsb issue. I have a similar usbmuxd problem in F20 Beta TC4. After installation, during the first yum update I noticed a message about a usbmuxd scriptlet error. This message vanished among messages from hundreds of

ELAN touchpad USB issues

2013-10-16 Thread Richard Ryniker
I installed F20 Beta TC4 (KDE) on a Samsung Book 9 plus with no serious difficulty, but touchpad operation is sometimes erratic and I see this in syslog: Oct 16 02:47:18 localhost kernel: [3.407835] usb 2-7: unable to read config index 0 descriptor/start: -71 Oct 16 02:47:18 localhost

Re: Gnome 3.10: Network UI missing from new system status area

2013-10-03 Thread Richard Ryniker
Well, a statically configured network interface might be expected to just work. With dynamic configuration, there must be successful contact with a DHCP server, and the server must be willing to assign an IP address and possibly provide other information (gateway, nameserver, host name) to the

Re: environment group 'KDE Plasma Workspaces'

2013-09-18 Thread Richard Ryniker
No, they're arch-specific. (geode is 32-bit x86, omap is ARM.) That makes sense. Should yum understand this better? I mean, should the group list specify architecture dependencies: some packages are needed for one architecture, others needed for a different architecture? As things stand, I do

Re: environment group 'KDE Plasma Workspaces'

2013-09-17 Thread Richard Ryniker
These packages still exist, and haven't been removed or renamed as far as I can tell. Yum does not appear able to find them... do you think this is a local problem? [root@lenovo ryniker]# yum list updates Loaded plugins: langpacks, refresh-packagekit [root@lenovo ryniker]# yum repolist

Re: environment group 'KDE Plasma Workspaces'

2013-09-16 Thread Richard Ryniker
I still find the (maybe my own peculiar) F20 situation confusing. For example: [root@lenovo ryniker]# yum -v group install kde-desktop-environment Not loading blacklist plugin, as it is disabled Loading langpacks plugin Loading refresh-packagekit plugin Not loading whiteout plugin, as

Re: environment group 'KDE Plasma Workspaces'

2013-09-16 Thread Richard Ryniker
just fixed that in comps too, thanks! Interested in others? Group: base-x Mandatory Packages: -xorg-x11-drv-geode -xorg-x11-drv-omap Group-Id: printing Mandatory Packages: -ghostscript-cups -- test mailing list test@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe:

Re: environment group 'KDE Plasma Workspaces'

2013-09-13 Thread Richard Ryniker
Still bizarre; works for you, not for me. Today: [root@lenovo ryniker]# yum distro-sync full Loaded plugins: langpacks, refresh-packagekit No packages marked for distribution synchronization [root@lenovo ryniker]# yum groupinstall KDE Plasma Workspaces Loaded plugins: langpacks,

Re: environment group 'KDE Plasma Workspaces'

2013-09-13 Thread Richard Ryniker
There is both a group and environment with: nameKDE Plasma Workspaces/name I presume you mean this is a repository problem. I tried yum clean all and that did not help, even though I understand this will reload all metadata (like group information) from the repository. Or do you mean I may

F20 anaconda progress bar

2013-09-11 Thread Richard Ryniker
On my last installation (TC4) anaconda's blue progress bar stalled at approximately 40% while thousands of packages were installed. I suspect this is Working as Designed. There is a continuing display of package names as they are installed, as well as counts of installed packages and total

F20 alpha TC1 problems

2013-08-27 Thread Richard Ryniker
This is recorded in my system journal (booting the iso install image from a USB flash drive): Aug 26 16:11:38 localhost kernel: ACPI Warning: \_SB_.PCI0.P0P1.PEGP._DSM: Argument #4 type mismatch - Found [Integer], ACPI requires [Package] (20130517/nsarguments-95) Aug 26 16:11:38 localhost

Re: F20 alpha TC1 problems

2013-08-27 Thread Richard Ryniker
Makes sense... the kernel is tainted after an oops. I was distracted by thoughts about software with dubious provenance. The first kernel oops (that taints the kernel) is documented here: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1001806 -- test mailing list test@lists.fedoraproject.org To

Re: systemd depends so heavily on a files it can not reboot

2013-07-08 Thread Richard Ryniker
Sounds like an unfortunate situation that should be addressed by use of a Live system, which can repair or salvage data from the afflicted file systems. If repair is possible, job done. If not possible, solution is to re-install the operating system. Rather than invest serious effort to make

Re: No mail received from redhat (fedora)

2013-06-25 Thread Richard Ryniker
Yeah, you have some sort of problem (configuration issue?) with your MTA: 2013-06-22 14:52:17 1UqSv3-0001aS-Kb = ryni...@ryniker.ods.org U=ryniker P=local S=863 2013-06-22 14:52:18 1UqSv3-0001aS-Kb ** c...@omen.com R=dnslookup T=remote_smtp: SMTP error from remote mail server after RCPT

Re: bootloader very slow installation --Fedora 19 Final Test Compose 2 (TC2)

2013-06-08 Thread Richard Ryniker
Might it be possible to defer construction of the yum database until Firstboot? Just want to make it clear this is something to consider for F20. I think it is too late to make this sort of change in F19. -- test mailing list test@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe:

Re: su starts behaving oddly sometimes on F19

2013-05-17 Thread Richard Ryniker
Does SELinux affect the problem? -- test mailing list test@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test

Re: Dealing with critical bugs in final releases

2013-04-21 Thread Richard Ryniker
I think new builds is a bad idea, a response to a worst-case event that hopefully never happens. If the quality assurance process that generated multiple alpha, beta, and release candidate builds has failed, another try to fix one more bug will have less complete testing: it is too likely to add

Re: F18 partitioning LVM Question....

2012-12-30 Thread Richard Ryniker
True, a usage scenario can often be devised to manifest the worst aspects of any allocation scheme. There are many other factors that can have so much influence that I suspect the number of partitions and volume groups may have little to do with actual performance. Disk device caching and

Re: F18 partitioning LVM Question....

2012-12-29 Thread Richard Ryniker
How does having two PVs on the same spindle increase latency? Longer seeks - from one PV to the other - instead of two writes into the same PV. -- test mailing list test@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test

Re: Help needed in F18: firefox disappears from the gnome3 favorites bar each time when logging out

2012-12-29 Thread Richard Ryniker
I do not see this behavior; F18 updated to current level (without updates-testing). The firefox icon remains in my Favorites bar through logout-login, and through reboot. Default Gnome desktop. -- test mailing list test@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe:

Re: Configure Mount Point doesn't appear to work

2012-12-20 Thread Richard Ryniker
Swap is a bit odd. I don't see it as being any more or less odd than any other mount point. It's either manual partitioning or not. Swap is indeed odd. An unusual swap partition on an F18 target installation disk can scuttle anaconda... https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=886243 --

Re: dracut whines...

2012-12-12 Thread Richard Ryniker
It has been reported... https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=849476 -- test mailing list test@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test

Re: Anaconda crashes trying to install Inkscape

2012-12-11 Thread Richard Ryniker
Mateusz Marzantowicz mmarzantow...@osdf.com.pl wrote on Tue, 11 Dec 2012 07:15:57 +0100 Maybe there should be two groups of packages: important (core or whatever) that must be installed and other (not important) that might fail to install? I think it better to start over with a minimal install

dracut whines...

2012-12-11 Thread Richard Ryniker
F18 TC1 x86-64 install DVD displays some complaints (the following indented lines appeared on the console, but I copied them later from /var/log/boot.log): [ OK ] Started Show Plymouth Boot Screen. [ OK ] Reached target Basic System. dracut-pre-pivot[457]: cp:

Re: Reclaim disk space doesn't reuse existing swap, should it?

2012-12-07 Thread Richard Ryniker
Probably not. There are too many possibilities to make reasonable any default except do what the user explicitly says is desired. The usual problems are hot-swap devices (USB, ESATA, etc.) that may be present during installation but not later, and swap spaces intended for other operating systems

Re: Reclaim disk space doesn't reuse existing swap, should it?

2012-12-07 Thread Richard Ryniker
John Reiser jrei...@bitwagon.com wrote on Fri, 07 Dec 2012 07:30:50 -0800 NO! NO! NO! Do NOT format any partition, including swap partitions, except when explicitly requested. I want to share _some_ swap partitions, but running mkswap destroys the UUID and/or label which other /etc/fstab depend

Re: TC7 bootloader installation

2012-11-03 Thread Richard Ryniker
we should make this possible via a command line parameter rather than a UI option; it's an 'advanced' option that's only of use to multiboot pokemoners (you know...gotta catch 'em all) and is a 'dangerous' option for anyone who doesn't understand it - if you pick it when you don't know what you're

Re: F18 at-spi* deps

2012-10-26 Thread Richard Ryniker
Frank Murphy frankl...@gmail.com wrote on Fri, 26 Oct 2012 08:33:25 +0100: So you agree, it's unneccessary. For me to need at-spi*. Point made. I think the point was at-spi is part of GTK, but this part is not something it is reasonable to package separately, such as a language package or some

Re: Upstream first? [Was: Re: The future of how to debug pages]

2012-09-26 Thread Richard Ryniker
On 09/26/2012 10:37 AM, Kamil Paral wrote: I personally split maintainers in the distribution into three categories. 1. Packager 2, Maintainer 3. Upstream maintainer Is this an argument for an additional Fedora package class? At present, it seems there are two well-defined types:

Re: Release criterion proposal: upgrade methods

2012-09-25 Thread Richard Ryniker
Upgrade installation is a bizarre beast, because the result is not well defined. Yes, a newer set of packages is installed, but a new install does that. The reason upgrade is so seductive is the notion all one's configuration and personalization is carried into the upgraded system, whereas a new

Re: Release criterion proposal: upgrade methods

2012-09-24 Thread Richard Ryniker
The installer must be able to successfully complete an upgrade installation from a clean, fully updated default installation (from any official install medium) of the previous stable Fedora release via any officially supported upgrade mechanism. The upgraded system must meet all release criteria.

Re: Release criterion proposal: upgrade methods

2012-09-24 Thread Richard Ryniker
I think we could link to https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Upgrading to define 'supported/recommendation upgrade mechanism' OK, but to illustrate the problem with indirect references: the Upgrading page you cite above says to read

Re: Release criterion proposal: upgrade methods

2012-09-24 Thread Richard Ryniker
You have convinced me, Adam. How much does it contribute to release quality if excellent test criteria are perfectly validated, but the documentation the end-user reads says Fedora does something different? To that user, what he sees is clearly a fault. QA may not be explicitly requested to vet

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