Re: battery life
On Thu, Sep 28, 2023 at 5:23 PM old sixpack13 wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 28, 2023 at 10:56:42AM -0400, Matt Morgan wrote: > > > > IIRC powertop shows the current status of things. > > - start powertop as root > - use the TAB key/shift+TAB key to move to tab "Tunables" and/or "Wakeup" > - use the cursor and enter key to switch the settings > > [trimmed a bit] I really appreciate this. But when I run Powertop, almost everything is marked as good. The few that were marked bad all had to do with power to USB devices upon suspend, which sounds like it wouldn't be relevant while the computer is running. In any case, I changed everything I could, and still the battery runs down at about 1%/minute, i.e. it lasts about 100 minutes. In any case, I learned something from your replies, so even though it hasn't helped with the computer, I'm glad I asked! So I think this is something else. I'll contact HP and see if they're willing to help. Best, Matt ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
Re: battery life
On Sun, Sep 10, 2023 at 3:17 PM old sixpack13 wrote: > ... > > > > What else can I do to get Fedora not to eat up the battery life so fast? > > > > one answer might be "powertop"; it's in the fedora repo's > Thank you--that was a great suggestion and seemed super promising, but when I ran it, it found almost nothing to change. Battery life is still really bad in Linux, fine in Windows. If anyone has any other suggestions, I sincerely appreciate it! Thanks, Matt ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
battery life
I have a new HP Victus laptop with Fedora 38 and Windows 11 installed. In Windows, the battery lasts all day--8+ hours. In Linux, it lasts about 2.5-3 hours. I installed TLP, which I remember from way back, although I don't know if that's what people do these days. In any case, it didn't help. What else can I do to get Fedora not to eat up the battery life so fast? Thanks, Matt ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
Re: F38 install issues
On Thu, Jul 13, 2023 at 2:33 PM Matt Morgan wrote: > > I have a new laptop, set up with Windows, that I'm trying to install F38 > on. I used the media writer to make a USB boot/install drive. It booted > fine, and I clicked to install to hard drive. > > I took about half of the 1TB SSD for Fedora, and told it to continue. Then > I left for a few minutes. When I came back, the computer had booted to the > USB drive again (it appeared). I removed the USB drive and rebooted again. > > The system booted to Windows with no indication of a grub boot menu. The > drive was missing the space I'd reclaimed, so clearly that worked, at least > partly. But nothing I do seems to get it to boot linux or drop me at a grub > menu. > > When I boot off the usb drive, it works, but I don't see any linux-related > files on the SSD. So basically it looks like the drive got partitioned, at > least partly, and the install didn't run. So I'm trying to run the install > again, but no combination of clicks is getting me what I want. > > 1) For "Installation Destination," I see "Error checking storage > configuration." I click on that, and it has the one device for me to > install to. At the bottom, it says "Error checking storage configuration." > When I "click for details," I get > > --- > The following erros were encountered when checking your storage > configuration. You can modify your storage layout or quit the installer. > > Failed to find a suitable stage 1 device: EFI System Partition must be > mounted on one of /boot/efi.; EFI System Partition cannot be of type None.; > EFI System Partition cannot be of type ntfs.; EFI System Partition must be > mounted on one of /boot/efi.; EFI System Partition cannot be of type ext4.; > EFI System Partition must e mounted on one of /boot/efi.; EFI System > Partition cannot be of type btrfs,; EFI System Partition must e mounted on > one of /boot/efi. > > > etc. I thought I'd follow up here and add that this computer had a bad motherboard. I got the computer replaced and the F38 install worked fine on the new one. Best, Matt ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
Re: WD BLUE SSD died. Not even seen in BIOS or via USB?
On Wed, Jul 12, 2023 at 6:53 PM Michael D. Setzer II via users < users@lists.fedoraproject.org> wrote: > Had the WD SSD just die in one of my 5 Home Fedora 37 > machines. Reply from WD is just it is out of warranty. > > Wondering if others are seeing this or it is just one bad drive. > According to Backblaze, almost 1% of SSD drives fail annually. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/03/new-data-tracks-failure-rates-of-13-ssd-models-going-back-up-to-4-years/ In their numbers, WD fares ok; they aren't worse than Seagate, Micron, Dell, Crucial. I have to admit, those numbers surprised me. They're not a lot better than failure rates for HDs. ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
F38 install issues
Hi. I haven't been here for a long time, which I guess is a testament to how well Fedora works these days. I have a new laptop, set up with Windows, that I'm trying to install F38 on. I used the media writer to make a USB boot/install drive. It booted fine, and I clicked to install to hard drive. I took about half of the 1TB SSD for Fedora, and told it to continue. Then I left for a few minutes. When I came back, the computer had booted to the USB drive again (it appeared). I removed the USB drive and rebooted again. The system booted to Windows with no indication of a grub boot menu. The drive was missing the space I'd reclaimed, so clearly that worked, at least partly. But nothing I do seems to get it to boot linux or drop me at a grub menu. When I boot off the usb drive, it works, but I don't see any linux-related files on the SSD. So basically it looks like the drive got partitioned, at least partly, and the install didn't run. So I'm trying to run the install again, but no combination of clicks is getting me what I want. 1) For "Installation Destination," I see "Error checking storage configuration." I click on that, and it has the one device for me to install to. At the bottom, it says "Error checking storage configuration." When I "click for details," I get --- The following erros were encountered when checking your storage configuration. You can modify your storage layout or quit the installer. Failed to find a suitable stage 1 device: EFI System Partition must be mounted on one of /boot/efi.; EFI System Partition cannot be of type None.; EFI System Partition cannot be of type ntfs.; EFI System Partition must be mounted on one of /boot/efi.; EFI System Partition cannot be of type ext4.; EFI System Partition must e mounted on one of /boot/efi.; EFI System Partition cannot be of type btrfs,; EFI System Partition must e mounted on one of /boot/efi. If I then go into "BLIVET GUI PARTITIONING" I do see a Btrfs volume, labeled "fedora_locahost-live," of 460GB. It has "home" and "root" subvolumes. It has no mountpoints for / and /home, but I can add them. Still, I guess it wants me to tell it where to put /boot? What do I do? For reference, when I look at the drive in BLIVET I see device type format size label mountpoint nvme0n1p1 partition efi 100MiB nvme0n1p2 partition 16MiB nvme0n1p3 partition ntfs491.34GiB nvme0n1p5 partition ext41024MiB fedora_localhost-live nvme0n1p4 partition ntfs662MiB So the overall picture I'm getting is that the first install didn't finish partitioning the drive (since I don't see anywhere for /boot) and didn't do any of the install. But a) I'm not really confident in that assessment b) I don't know what to do next, in any case. Is it nvwe0n1p2 where /boot was meant to go? Thanks, Matt ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
Re: Fedora trashes my NTFS drive
On Sat, Apr 23, 2022 at 11:16 AM Lily White wrote: > Hi, > > I have a NTFS flashdrive. When I plug it into Fedora, it reads and > writes normally. However, when plugged into M$ Windows, only an icon and > a not-so-informative ``Removable media'' is shown. > > When I try to reformat it with Windows Disk Management, another > not-so-informative error ``Windows cannot format the given drive'' is > shown. > > I then filled it with zeroes with a Chinese partition management program > (AoMei, if that is useful) and recreated NTFS on it. It worked on > Windows. However, after a plug into Fedora it was ruined again: Fedora > recognized it, but Windows did not. > > Results of `sudo fsck /dev/sdc1': > > - > fsck from util-linux 2.37.4 > Unsupported: replay_log() > Unsupported: check_volume() > Checking 256 MFT records. > Unsupported cases found. > ntfsck was unable to run properly. > - > > So I ran `ntfsfix` on it and the following output was produced: > > > Mounting volume... OK > Processing of $MFT and $MFTMirr completed successfully. > Checking the alternate boot sector... OK > NTFS volume version is 3.1. > NTFS partition /dev/sdc1 was processed successfully. > > > A rerun of fsck produced identical output. > > *Note that the drive was usable on Fedora throughout the process.* > > Any idea what's behind this? > -- > From LilyWhite with love > I haven't done this for a while, but I used to have a similar problem with Win7 and FAT drives; however, Win7 would always offer to repair the drive and it would be fine again. It happened only on one series of promotional flash drives I had bought in bulk, i.e. they were all the same type and probably from the same production run. So I don't have real suggestions, but a question: does this happen on all NTFS flashdrives, or just this one? Maybe it's the drive itself. ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure
Re: Dock & window switching issues in Fedora 35
On Sat, Jan 29, 2022 at 12:49 PM Todd Zullinger wrote: > Hi, > > Matt Morgan wrote: > > Hi. I recently upgraded to Fedora 35. I would like to change two > behaviors > > back to what I had before: > > > > 1) when I mouse up to the hot corner, the application dock is now at the > > bottom of the screen. How can I get the dock to position itself > vertically > > along the left side of the screen? I've tried a few gnome extensions but > > none I can find does that (except when floating the dock, which is not > what > > I want). > > I don't know about this, as I don't make use of the dock. > Hopefully someone else will know a way to do what you want. > > If there isn't an easier way to move the dock, maybe the > dash-to-dock extension could be useful? > > https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/307/dash-to-dock/ > > That doesn't look to be packaged for fedora, so you'd need > to install it from the extensions site or package it. :) > Thanks, yes, it's a good suggestion but not what I want. Is there a good reason the dock has been moved almost as far as possible from the most sensible hot corner? I thought the whole idea is that the top-left corner is fastest for most people to get to, and then the dock was right there. Why would it be on the bottom now? It defeats the purpose. > > > 2) When I alt-tab I can get an application list, but not a window list > > (e.g. if Thunderbird has two windows open, I see one entry for > Thunderbird, > > not two). I think I used to use an extension called "Alternate Alt-tab" > to > > change this, but that extension doesn't seem to be available for F35. > > The alt-tab extension isn't needed (and apparently hasn't > been for some time -- I only noticed that around f33 or f34, > as I used it as well). You can set alt-tab to switch > windows instead of applications. > > This can be done via the keyboard shortcuts UI, but I find > it's simpler to do via gsettings. I haven't updated to f35 > yet, but for f33 and f34, this is what I do (I don't expect > it has changed, but caveat emptor): > > gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings switch-applications "[]" > gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings > switch-applications-backward "[]" > gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings switch-windows > "['Tab', 'Tab']" > gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings switch-windows-backward > "['Tab', 'Tab']" > Thanks! I found it in the keyboard shortcuts settings and swapped them. > > > Bonus question: I can't find a weather extension for gnome anymore. The > one > > I used to use was called "OpenWeather," I think. Is there a substitute? > > I still see the openweather extension in the repos for f35: > > $ dnf -q list gnome-shell-extension-openweather | cat > Available Packages > gnome-shell-extension-openweather.noarch > 1-0.49.20210509gitd714eb1.fc35 updates > > Is it not available or not installable for you? > Oh, it's there, I just thought we didn't do that anymore and they were all in extensions.gnome.org. That's confusing. Anyway, thanks! I installed it. ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure
Dock & window switching issues in Fedora 35
Hi. I recently upgraded to Fedora 35. I would like to change two behaviors back to what I had before: 1) when I mouse up to the hot corner, the application dock is now at the bottom of the screen. How can I get the dock to position itself vertically along the left side of the screen? I've tried a few gnome extensions but none I can find does that (except when floating the dock, which is not what I want). 2) When I alt-tab I can get an application list, but not a window list (e.g. if Thunderbird has two windows open, I see one entry for Thunderbird, not two). I think I used to use an extension called "Alternate Alt-tab" to change this, but that extension doesn't seem to be available for F35. Bonus question: I can't find a weather extension for gnome anymore. The one I used to use was called "OpenWeather," I think. Is there a substitute? Thanks, Matt ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure
hidpi screens and terminal-based applications
I have a 3200x1800 pixel screen on my HP laptop. Everything running under Gnome is fine, even when I connect to an external monitor--something figures out automatically how to resize the windows/fonts. Great! But with Minecraft and Dwarf Fortress, the text-based parts display so small as to be unreadable. With Minecraft it's OK since you eventually get to the actual game. With Dwarf Fortress it's unplayable. Does anyone have a suggestion for this? FYI, I'm not very familiar with Dwarf Fortress, so if there's a way to fix this inside the game that would be great, too. Thanks, Matt ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UW5LPMTBFZGT2KM2WFPR7LYKPF3KKF6I/
Re: Fedora 25 not booting after update
On Mon, Sep 4, 2017 at 6:00 PM, stan wrote: > On Mon, 4 Sep 2017 13:48:00 -0400 > Matt Morgan wrote: > > > The last time I signed off of Fedora 25, I opted to install updates. > > I don't understand this. Updating the system requires that it be > running, in order to download the packages, and install them. Is this > some kind of GUI functionality? Did you power down the system during > the update? Have you successfully performed an update like this before? > I don't understand what it is either. I think it may have been new with F25. I don't believe I had ever used it before. > > > Now it boots to a minimal grub menu, with no listing of kernel > > choices. I'm sorry to say I haven't understood grub well for about 10 > > years. But I looked up some guides to using the menu (without > > success). > > This sounds like the boot record for grub on the drive was damaged. Or > the location it is pointing to in no longer valid. > > > > > If I type 'exit,' I am able to boot Windows, which is dual installed. > > But I guess Grub can't find a kernel to boot, and I suppose it can't > > find its own config? > > > > I tried things like > > > > boot (which said I needed to tell it a kernel to use first) > > linux (which I thought was a way to load a kernel, but I just get > > "error: command 'linux' not found") > > ls (which can see the partitions, but can't tell what fs they are > > using, for the most part). > > > > Seems like the ls is kind of the issue--with the exception of one ext2 > > partition (swap I guess) and one FAT (Windows), grub can't read the > > filesystems on the disk, so I can't tell it what kernel to boot. > > Something has damaged the filesystem from the sounds of it. I wonder > if it is just a coincidence that this happened during an update. > > > Can anyone provide any guidance? > > > > FYI, this is an HP Envy laptop, if that helps. > > Is it possible the drive has gone bad? > > Is there a way for you to boot a rescue CD or a live CD (or USB)? Then > you could run diagnostics / investigate from a running system. > Yes, I set up a F26 boot usb and just installed F26 on top of the existing root. It boots now; the grub options at boot are all messed up but I can work on that. Thanks for the good suggestions! ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org
Fedora 25 not booting after update
The last time I signed off of Fedora 25, I opted to install updates. Now it boots to a minimal grub menu, with no listing of kernel choices. I'm sorry to say I haven't understood grub well for about 10 years. But I looked up some guides to using the menu (without success). If I type 'exit,' I am able to boot Windows, which is dual installed. But I guess Grub can't find a kernel to boot, and I suppose it can't find its own config? I tried things like boot (which said I needed to tell it a kernel to use first) linux (which I thought was a way to load a kernel, but I just get "error: command 'linux' not found") ls (which can see the partitions, but can't tell what fs they are using, for the most part). Seems like the ls is kind of the issue--with the exception of one ext2 partition (swap I guess) and one FAT (Windows), grub can't read the filesystems on the disk, so I can't tell it what kernel to boot. Can anyone provide any guidance? FYI, this is an HP Envy laptop, if that helps. Thanks, Matt ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org
Re: I have lost the ability to resize windows with alt-middle click
On Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 12:45 PM, Gordon Messmer wrote: > On 08/14/2017 06:50 AM, Matt Morgan wrote: > >> Starting maybe a few days ago, holding Alt near the corner of a window >> and middle-clicking, which used to turn the cursor into a window-resizer, >> no longer does anything. I tried other variants (other buttons, the Super >> key) and none seem to do it. >> > > > I don't remember seeing this work with GNOME on Wayland. Just checked a > few things, and noticed that Alt+Mouse3 resize doesn't work but > Alt+Mouse1+Mouse2 (emulated middle) does resize. Odd, right? Also, GNOME > Tweak Tool has an option under "Windows" titled "Resize with > secondary-click" which allows resizing with Alt+Mouse2. > > Thanks! Yes, maybe it's been broken for longer than I thought. Sometimes my hands get worse and then I need it more. I'm on Gnome (thanks, Rick Stevens, for asking the relevant question) and Gordon, I turned on Alt+Mouse2 in the tweak tool--it works! ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org
I have lost the ability to resize windows with alt-middle click
Starting maybe a few days ago, holding Alt near the corner of a window and middle-clicking, which used to turn the cursor into a window-resizer, no longer does anything. I tried other variants (other buttons, the Super key) and none seem to do it. Any suggestions for how to get it back? This is F25 and I update regularly. Thanks, Matt ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org
Re: terminal hangs looking for missing commands
On Wed, Jun 14, 2017 at 5:54 PM, Cameron Simpson wrote: > On 14Jun2017 12:52, Matt Morgan wrote: > >> On a newish computer with F25, I see this at the command line when I type >> in a command that's not installed: >> >> [matt@envious ~]$ pv >> bash: pv: command not found... >> >> and then it just sits there until I ctrl-c or similar. I assume what's >> happening is it's trying to check for what package provides that command, >> but failing. >> >> Has anyone else seen this? What can I do about it? >> >> Apologies if this is a common error--it's resistant at least to the search >> terms I can think of. >> > > You can sometimes see external stuff by running this: > > (set -x; pv ) > > If this is entire bash-internal then it won't help, and if it happens in > bash's prompt logic it won't help, but this might: > > set -x; pv > > Sounds like others have named the offending thing; this is just debugging > help. > > Cheers, > Cameron Simpson > Thanks, everyone. Interesting that nobody had a fix for the (humorously named) PackageKit-command-not-found issue, i.e., all respondents were just happy trashing it. I work on new computers a lot and don't always keep track of what packages I install, so (although I agree it's weird and not a very unixy/linuxy way to do things) I actually wouldn't mind if it ever worked again! In the meantime, I have also trashed it. Best, Matt ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org
terminal hangs looking for missing commands
On a newish computer with F25, I see this at the command line when I type in a command that's not installed: [matt@envious ~]$ pv bash: pv: command not found... and then it just sits there until I ctrl-c or similar. I assume what's happening is it's trying to check for what package provides that command, but failing. Has anyone else seen this? What can I do about it? Apologies if this is a common error--it's resistant at least to the search terms I can think of. Thanks, Matt ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org
monitor restarting (from sleep) issue on F25, HP Envy
I just bought an HP Envy and installed F25 over the weekend. I have a few problems I did not have on the Dell XPS 13 it replaced. First, upon resuming from sleep, my external monitor doesn't wake up. The monitor says it's getting no input from the PC, and the Displays settings app doesn't show a second monitor. The only differences from before are a) the XPS 13 had a mini-displayport, and this one is HDMI b) this is a fresh install of F25, where the old computer was upgraded probably from F22. What can I do, any suggestions? Right now only rebooting seems to work. Thanks, Matt ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org
Re: headset/headphones popup
On Mon, Mar 13, 2017 at 10:58 AM, Matt Morgan wrote: > Since upgrading to Fedora 25 (Gnome), when I plug in my headset, my > computer now > > a) properly routes sound to the speakers and sets sound input to the > headset's microphone (yay) > b) asks me anyway, in a popup, what kind of thing I just plugged in (why?). > Nevermind, it's a problem with some new laptops and competing standards. http://voices.canonical.com/david.henningsson/2014/03/07/headset-jacks-on-newer-laptops/ ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org
headset/headphones popup
Since upgrading to Fedora 25 (Gnome), when I plug in my headset, my computer now a) properly routes sound to the speakers and sets sound input to the headset's microphone (yay) b) asks me anyway, in a popup, what kind of thing I just plugged in (why?). This popup doesn't seem useful, although there may be some benefit I haven't needed in 25 years and never thought of myself. Can I turn off the popup? This seems to happen to some people using Ubuntu, but I don't see answers online. Thanks, Matt ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org
Re: ATi Radeon issues
On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 8:44 AM, cen wrote: > Check which driver is being used: > > lspci -nnk | grep -i vga -A3 > > 01:00.0 VGA Compatible controller [0300]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Park [Mobility Radeon 5430/5450/5470] [1002:68e0] Subsystem: XFX Pine Group Inc. Caicos [Radeon HD 5450] [1682:304e] Kernel drive in use: radeon Kernel modules: radeon Thanks! > > Matt Morgan je 24. 02. 2017 ob 13:58 napisal: > > I just switched my son's computer to one that has a Radeon 5450. A low-end > card, but still it should be better than his old computer's Intel GMA 2500. > It's running the radeon open source driver and performance in minecraft > (the only app that's relevant) is worse than before. > > I couldn't just take the video card and put it in his old computer--it's a > small form-factor with no slots. > > This is Fedora 25, like it was before. The new computer has the same > processor as the old, though less RAM (5GB v. 8GB--unfortunately I was not > able to swap it over). > > I see lots of conflicting info online about whether the fglrx driver works > on newer kernels, and I don't want to do anything time-consuming to get it > to work. Is it easier than I think? Should I just buy a cheap NVIDIA card, > or will that be a hassle too? Or is the RAM the issue? > > All advice welcome. Thanks! > Matt > > > ___ > users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org > > > > ___ > users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org > > ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org
ATi Radeon issues
I just switched my son's computer to one that has a Radeon 5450. A low-end card, but still it should be better than his old computer's Intel GMA 2500. It's running the radeon open source driver and performance in minecraft (the only app that's relevant) is worse than before. I couldn't just take the video card and put it in his old computer--it's a small form-factor with no slots. This is Fedora 25, like it was before. The new computer has the same processor as the old, though less RAM (5GB v. 8GB--unfortunately I was not able to swap it over). I see lots of conflicting info online about whether the fglrx driver works on newer kernels, and I don't want to do anything time-consuming to get it to work. Is it easier than I think? Should I just buy a cheap NVIDIA card, or will that be a hassle too? Or is the RAM the issue? All advice welcome. Thanks! Matt ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org
Re: PC locked, but one screen is showing
On Fri, Dec 23, 2016 at 7:10 AM, Porfirio Andrés Páiz Carrasco < porfiriop...@fedoraproject.org> wrote: > 2016-12-23 2:46 GMT-06:00 Todor Petkov : > > Hello, > > > Hi, > > > I have the following situation: > > > > Laptop Lenovo T540p, attached to external monitor LG, and running > > Fedora25 with Mate desktop. > > > I'm using a desktop with only one monitor. > > > > After the recent upgrade from 24 to 25, after I press the combination > > for screen lock, the current monitor is being locked properly (blue > > background with the unlock dialogue). However, the other monitor is > > still showing its desktop. For example: > > After upgrading from Fedora 24 to 25, when the screen goes dark and > then locked after 5 minutes of inactivity I'm still able to see the > program that was in the forefront and how it refresh its normal > activities as if the screen were not locked, then if I move the mouse > or press any key the unlock dialogue appears. > > > On the external monitor I have a browser window, on the laptop monitor > > I have a chat client. The 'active' monitor is the external one (active > > means showing the active application). I press the lock keyboard > > combination, the external monitor is locked, but the laptop screen > > still shows the chat client. I can not click in it, it does not > > refresh (showing new messages), but it's still visible. If I press ESC > > several times, the "not locked" screen is refreshed and shows the > > unlock. > > > > Is this a known issue, can someone reproduce it? > > > I'm facing the same behavior in my Fedora 25 Mate Desktop upgraded > from Fedora 24 running on a desktop with one monitor. I'm not sure if > this is a new feature or a bug. > I'm seeing the same behavior as the OP in Gnome, on F25 upgraded from F22, on a Dell XPS13. The secondary display does not properly hide its content. It's inaccessible to the mouse or keyboard until I type my password, but I can see what's on it without having to login. I found this: https://ask.fedoraproject.org/en/question/98848/privacy-f25-screen-saver-lock-multi-monitor-fail/ which suggests the same thing happens in MATE when using the blank screensaver, and that the maintainer is aware; but I can't find anything suggesting that it's been reported for Gnome. Has anyone else found anything? If not I'll report it. Thanks, Matt ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org
Re: alt+tab program groups
On Fri, Jan 20, 2017 at 10:15 AM, Philippe LeCavalier < supp...@plecavalier.com> wrote: > Anyone else loose grouping by programs after upgrading? Where do I find > the setting for that? > I think grouping is still supposed to be the default, but maybe you have extensions installed that alter it? E.g., check for "Alternatetab" in Tweak tool (or on the Gnome extensions site) and see what it's trying to do, if anything. ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org
Re: closing lid of laptop
On Mon, Dec 19, 2016 at 12:12 PM, Paolo Galtieri wrote: > I have a question regarding what is supposed to happen when I close the > lid of a laptop. I always assumed that closing the lid would cause the > system to go into suspend mode and wake up when the lid was opened. What I > mean by suspend is that the system should be doing very little so as to not > consume battery. However, what I have observed with my laptop when I > upgraded to F25 is that the system is still active. I have an ssh session > into the laptop from another system and this session is still active after > I close the lid. So the question is what is supposed to happen when I > close my laptop's lid? > I'm not on F25 yet, but this is usually most easily controlled with Tweak Tool (gnome-tweak-tool). ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org
Shotwell rotated a video
I'm on F22. I recently used Shotwell to bring a bunch of photos and videos in from my Android phone. I shot one of the videos in portrait mode. Shotwell brought it in rotated 90 degrees, and wouldn't rotate it back--the "Rotate" option seems to be available only for still images, not videos. I can find discussion online regarding this fact--that Shotwell doesn't offer manual video rotation--but nothing about the initial rotation upon import. I was able to use mencoder to rotate it back, but with some loss of quality it seems. How do I get Shotwell not to do this--any ideas? Thanks, Matt -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/users@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: Fan/sleep/hibernation issues on Dell Optiplex 780 usff fedora 22
On Wed, Apr 27, 2016 at 11:48 AM, James Hogarth
wrote:
>
>
> On 27 April 2016 at 14:46, Matt Morgan wrote:
>
>> I have F22 on my son's Optiplex 780 ultra-small form factor. We seem to
>> have a variety of (maybe related) power management issues.
>>
>> First, the fan often goes full-speed and starts making lots of noise.
>> Usually this is when the computer is actually doing more work, like running
>> Minecraft. Sometimes it happens when watching Youtube videos. Since these
>> are the two main things he does with the computer, it pretty much always
>> happens eventually.
>>
>> Second, when this happens, and he then suspends the computer, the fan
>> stays on during suspend. It never quiets down. So I don't think the
>> computer is suspending properly.
>>
>> Third, if I hibernate the computer, the fan shuts off, but the computer
>> actually shuts down--when he returns from hibernation, he has to log in to
>> a new session, his apps have all shut down, etc.
>>
>> I used to use this computer (several years ago--it was probably F16,
>> maybe 18) and I don't recall these issues, so I believe they must be
>> fixable.
>>
>> I tried installing TLP, not expecting much from it on a desktop, but
>> figuring it wouldn't hurt, and it didn't appear to change anything.
>>
>> Any advice about where to start with this?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Matt
>>
>>
> Well on the hibernation side resuming from hibernate is currently broken
> in Fedora (all releases) but fortunately there's a trivial workaround to
> fix it.
>
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1206936
>
>
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Common_F24_bugs#Hibernation_doesn.27t_work_from_a_standard_install
>
>
Thanks! Either I did something wrong, or it didn't work. swapon -s gives
/dev/sda6, and after grubby I see a grub.cfg (in /boot/efi/EFI/fedora) that
has a "resume" entry like this:
linux16 /vmlinuz-4.4.6-201.fc22.x86_64
root=UUID=71f05257-0f3f-456c-a5b5-d2d60acb5cec ro /dev/sda6 resume=/dev/sda6
in the ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ### section.
Below is my whol grub.cfg, in case that helps.
Any other ideas?
Thanks,
Matt
---
#
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
#
# It is automatically generated by grub2-mkconfig using templates
# from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub
#
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
set pager=1
if [ -s $prefix/grubenv ]; then
load_env
fi
if [ "${next_entry}" ] ; then
set default="${next_entry}"
set next_entry=
save_env next_entry
set boot_once=true
else
set default="${saved_entry}"
fi
if [ x"${feature_menuentry_id}" = xy ]; then
menuentry_id_option="--id"
else
menuentry_id_option=""
fi
export menuentry_id_option
if [ "${prev_saved_entry}" ]; then
set saved_entry="${prev_saved_entry}"
save_env saved_entry
set prev_saved_entry=
save_env prev_saved_entry
set boot_once=true
fi
function savedefault {
if [ -z "${boot_once}" ]; then
saved_entry="${chosen}"
save_env saved_entry
fi
}
function load_video {
if [ x$feature_all_video_module = xy ]; then
insmod all_video
else
insmod efi_gop
insmod efi_uga
insmod ieee1275_fb
insmod vbe
insmod vga
insmod video_bochs
insmod video_cirrus
fi
}
terminal_output console
if [ x$feature_timeout_style = xy ] ; then
set timeout_style=menu
set timeout=5
# Fallback normal timeout code in case the timeout_style feature is
# unavailable.
else
set timeout=5
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
menuentry 'Fedora (4.4.6-201.fc22.x86_64) 22 (Twenty Two)' --class fedora
--class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os --unrestricted
$menuentry_id_option
'gnulinux-4.4.6-201.fc22.x86_64-advanced-71f05257-0f3f-456c-a5b5-d2d60acb5cec'
{
load_video
set gfxpayload=keep
insmod gzio
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='hd0,msdos3'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos3
--hint-efi=hd0,msdos3 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos3 --hint='hd0,msdos3'
8f50fa7d-425b-417b-9f7c-a8ce1f77fa46
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root
8f50fa7d-425b-417b-9f7c-a8ce1f77fa46
fi
linux16 /vmlinuz-4.4.6-201.fc22.x86_64
root=UUID=71f05257-0f3f-456c-a5b5-d2d60acb5cec ro /dev/sda6 resume=/dev/sda6
initrd16 /initramfs-4.4.6-201.fc22.x86_64.img
}
menuentry 'Fedora (4.4.6-200.fc22.x86_64) 22 (Twenty Two)' --class fedora
--class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os --unrestricted
$menuentry_id_option
'gnulinux-4.4.6-200.fc22.x86_64-advanced-71f05257-0f3f-456c-a5b
Fan/sleep/hibernation issues on Dell Optiplex 780 usff fedora 22
I have F22 on my son's Optiplex 780 ultra-small form factor. We seem to have a variety of (maybe related) power management issues. First, the fan often goes full-speed and starts making lots of noise. Usually this is when the computer is actually doing more work, like running Minecraft. Sometimes it happens when watching Youtube videos. Since these are the two main things he does with the computer, it pretty much always happens eventually. Second, when this happens, and he then suspends the computer, the fan stays on during suspend. It never quiets down. So I don't think the computer is suspending properly. Third, if I hibernate the computer, the fan shuts off, but the computer actually shuts down--when he returns from hibernation, he has to log in to a new session, his apps have all shut down, etc. I used to use this computer (several years ago--it was probably F16, maybe 18) and I don't recall these issues, so I believe they must be fixable. I tried installing TLP, not expecting much from it on a desktop, but figuring it wouldn't hurt, and it didn't appear to change anything. Any advice about where to start with this? Thanks, Matt -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/users@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: gnome
I'm not sure I understand your question, but gnome-tweak-tool has ways to alter the buttons on windows, and lots of other good stuff. Have you tried it? Matt On Mon, Apr 4, 2016 at 4:52 PM, Patrick Dupre wrote: > Hello, > > In gnome, I can control the maximize and minimize buttons (titlebar > button in windows), but these button (as well as the exit/close x button) > never appear the sub windows. > By click right on the mouse, on the title bar, I get a list of options. > However, I would like to have a direct access to the close option. > > Thank for your help. > > > === > Patrick DUPRÉ | | email: pdu...@gmx.com > Laboratoire de Physico-Chimie de l'Atmosphère | | > Université du Littoral-Côte d'Opale | | > Tel. (33)-(0)3 28 23 76 12 | | Fax: 03 28 65 82 44 > 189A, avenue Maurice Schumann | | 59140 Dunkerque, France > === > -- > users mailing list > users@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > http://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/users@lists.fedoraproject.org > Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org > -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/users@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: Run my windows dual-boot install in a window in f17
On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 3:54 AM, Marko Vojinovic wrote: > On Wednesday, 25. July 2012. 22.21.14 Claude Jones wrote: > > On 07/25/2012 10:01 PM, Matt Morgan wrote: > > > I have Windows actually installed on a separate partition. Can I run it > > > from inside Linux somehow? That is, without rebooting into Windows. I > > > looked at VirtualBox and Virtual Machine Manager (I'm completely new to > > > them) but it wasn't obvious that they could use a real installation of > > > Windows. > > > > You can't run your existing Windows installation 'inside Linux' as you > > ask. > > On the contrary, yes it can be done. Basically, you point VirtualBox to > your > physical partition which contains Windows, and let it boot from that. > > The only problem is that virtual hardware detected by Windows will be > different > from the host hardware it was installed on, and Windows will not like > that, so > some extra steps need to be done (creating another hardware profile in > Windows, > etc.). The OP should read all the details and caveats in the VirtualBox > documentation. > > Also, I've done this only with Windows XP, don't know if other versions are > supported or not. The OP didn't specify which Windows he is running. In > addition, there might or might not be architecture-based problems, > depending > on the 32/64bit installations of Windows, Linux and VirtualBox. > > HTH, :-) > Marko Thanks to all who responded! Wine is great but not in this case, for various reasons. And I can't probably reinstall from inside VirtualBox, as this is just the version of Windows XP that came pre-installed (OEM, that is) on the computer. So I'll give it a try, the hard way! -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Run my windows dual-boot install in a window in f17
I have Windows actually installed on a separate partition. Can I run it from inside Linux somehow? That is, without rebooting into Windows. I looked at VirtualBox and Virtual Machine Manager (I'm completely new to them) but it wasn't obvious that they could use a real installation of Windows. Thanks, Matt -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: NVidia GT520 and the rpmfusion how-to
On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 8:50 PM, Matt Morgan wrote: > On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 5:15 PM, Mauriat Miranda wrote: > >> On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 4:39 PM, Matt Morgan >> wrote: >> > I just plugged an NVidia GT520 into my Fedora 17 machine and I have two >> > monitors working with the nouveau driver with zero effort on my part. >> Yay. >> > But videos are jumpy so I want to try the proprietary driver. >> > >> > I went to the How-to that's been recommended on this list, at >> > >> > http://rpmfusion.org/Howto/nVidia >> > >> > Where the first task is to figure out which driver to install. The >> options >> > are "GeForce 6 and Newer," "GeForce 5 (FX Series)," and "GeForce 2 >> through >> > GeForce 4." >> > >> > You're supposed to see what lspci says to figure out which you have, >> but my >> > lspci output is a little obtuse: >> > >> > [matt@matt ~]$ lspci | grep VGA >> > 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Device 1040 (rev >> a1) >> > >> > Which one do I have? >> >> Most likely this is a relatively new piece of hardware, so you would >> select the "and Newer" category. > > > You were correct. I didn't realize how old the 6 series was. > > Ironically, with the proprietary driver Fedora doesn't see my second > monitor, and while videos play beautifully smoothly, people in them all > look very blue! Only in videos ... I don't see any other color issues. > Anyway, consider this one solved. > Here's more info on the blue people in videos issue. It is a flash problem. Someone at nvidia wrote a patch. See https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=137877&p=1 http://plagman.net/stuff/0001-vdpau_trace-WAR-Flash-quirks.patch Or changing flash's settings to disable hardware acceleration can work, too. I get nice 1080p playback without it, so I skipped the patch. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: NVidia GT520 and the rpmfusion how-to
On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 5:15 PM, Mauriat Miranda wrote: > On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 4:39 PM, Matt Morgan > wrote: > > I just plugged an NVidia GT520 into my Fedora 17 machine and I have two > > monitors working with the nouveau driver with zero effort on my part. > Yay. > > But videos are jumpy so I want to try the proprietary driver. > > > > I went to the How-to that's been recommended on this list, at > > > > http://rpmfusion.org/Howto/nVidia > > > > Where the first task is to figure out which driver to install. The > options > > are "GeForce 6 and Newer," "GeForce 5 (FX Series)," and "GeForce 2 > through > > GeForce 4." > > > > You're supposed to see what lspci says to figure out which you have, but > my > > lspci output is a little obtuse: > > > > [matt@matt ~]$ lspci | grep VGA > > 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Device 1040 (rev > a1) > > > > Which one do I have? > > Most likely this is a relatively new piece of hardware, so you would > select the "and Newer" category. You were correct. I didn't realize how old the 6 series was. Ironically, with the proprietary driver Fedora doesn't see my second monitor, and while videos play beautifully smoothly, people in them all look very blue! Only in videos ... I don't see any other color issues. Anyway, consider this one solved. Thanks, Matt -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
NVidia GT520 and the rpmfusion how-to
I just plugged an NVidia GT520 into my Fedora 17 machine and I have two monitors working with the nouveau driver with zero effort on my part. Yay. But videos are jumpy so I want to try the proprietary driver. I went to the How-to that's been recommended on this list, at http://rpmfusion.org/Howto/nVidia Where the first task is to figure out which driver to install. The options are "GeForce 6 and Newer," "GeForce 5 (FX Series)," and "GeForce 2 through GeForce 4." You're supposed to see what lspci says to figure out which you have, but my lspci output is a little obtuse: [matt@matt ~]$ lspci | grep VGA 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Device 1040 (rev a1) Which one do I have? Thanks, Matt -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
rEFIt and fedora 16 install
I've installed f16 on a macbook pro and understand that I might be able to get it to boot if I run gptsync from a rEFIt disc. But I cannot eject the install disc in order to burn the rEFIt disc. I found the eject menu but it doesn't seem to work. Any suggestions? Thanks, Matt -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
