Re: dnf system-upgrades wants to remove the running kernel

2016-11-24 1:42 GMT+01:00, Jon LaBadie : > On Wed, Nov 23, 2016 at 10:25:30PM +0100, Andras Simon wrote: >> 2016-11-23 21:30 GMT+01:00, Matthew Miller : >> > On Wed, Nov 23, 2016 at 09:20:23PM +0100, Andras Simon wrote: >> >> The same: it wants to remove

"Solar" plymouth theme is broken in 25, should not be enabled

One of my usual post-Fedora upgrade rituals is to reset the default plymouth theme back to solar. There's a long-standing bug with system upgrades always resetting the plymouth theme to the default "charge". That bug is somewhere in Bugzilla, gathering dust. Well, having done this again, I

Re: dnf system-upgrades wants to remove the running kernel

On Wed, Nov 23, 2016 at 10:25:30PM +0100, Andras Simon wrote: > 2016-11-23 21:30 GMT+01:00, Matthew Miller : > > On Wed, Nov 23, 2016 at 09:20:23PM +0100, Andras Simon wrote: > >> The same: it wants to remove that old kernel. But after booting again > >> the latest kernel

Re: Google chrome gets deadlocked on F25

On Wed, 2016-11-23 at 20:12 +, Paul Smith wrote: > On Wed, Nov 23, 2016 at 6:39 PM, Matthew Miller > wrote: > > > Dear All, > > > I have > > > google-chrome-stable-54.0.2840.100-1.x86_64 > > > running on F25, but it deadlocks so often. Any solutions? > > > Thanks in

Re: F24 to F25 upgrade: Gnome: Can only login as root

The Red Hat Bugzilla number referred to above is Bug 1332847. ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org

Re: F24 to F25 upgrade: Gnome: Can only login as root

I've solved the problem. It has to do with using either Wayland versus Xorg. I search for Gnome bugs relating to logging in and found one that said to edit /etc/gdm/custom.conf. From the script fragment below, uncomment the line below to force the login screen to use Xorg, save and reboot

Re: Desktop icons on Fedora 25??

On 11/23/2016 12:57 PM, Christopher wrote: Ultimately, I think the blame goes to Gnome 3 designers, if you need somebody to blame. I believe it was their decision to drive people away from desktop icons. (Probably because people tend to fill it with junk, uglifying an otherwise elegant desktop

Laptop finger scanner no longer activated after upgrading to F25

After upgrading to Fedora 25, the fingerprint reader no longer gets activated. The laptop boots to lightdm, which merely prompts for my password, without activating the fingerprint reader. Additionally, starting virt-manager to access my virtual machines no longer activates the

Re: dnf system-upgrades wants to remove the running kernel

2016-11-23 21:30 GMT+01:00, Matthew Miller : > On Wed, Nov 23, 2016 at 09:20:23PM +0100, Andras Simon wrote: >> The same: it wants to remove that old kernel. But after booting again >> the latest kernel and starting the upgrade, dnf wanted to erase the >> old kernel, not

Re: Ktorrent problem

On Tue, 2016-11-22 at 15:02 -0700, jd1008 wrote: > Well, I don't know. > When I ask ktorrent to quit, it OUGHT to mean cease and desist (i.e. > stop) all operations. > If that is NOT what it does, then it is a flaw. You still haven't said *how* you were attempting to quit the program. The

Re: Fedora mobile app

Sudhir D: >> We have fedora mobile app that is intended to keep you closer to latest >> happenings in the fedora land. Try it out >> (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fedoraqa.fedora) and >> give feedback. Joe Zeff: > Why does it need to be able to modify or delete your photos,

Re: Desktop icons on Fedora 25??

On Wed, Nov 23, 2016 at 2:09 PM Joe Zeff wrote: > On 11/23/2016 02:25 AM, Saša Janiška wrote: > > Fedora 25 uses Wayland by default, in order to have desktop icons you > > should start (from GDM), Xorg session. > > Wayland doesn't use desktop icons??? No. As I understand it,

Re: Fedora mobile app

On Wed, Nov 23, 2016 at 2:13 PM Joe Zeff wrote: > On 11/23/2016 02:55 AM, Sudhir D wrote: > > > > > > We have fedora mobile app that is intended to keep you closer to latest > > happenings in the fedora land. Try it out > >

Re: F24 to F25 upgrade: Gnome: Can only login as root

On Wed, 2016-11-23 at 14:46 +, jharb...@comcast.net wrote: > Yes,after logging in as root, using a terminal, I can login to my home > directory. Being unable to login as yourself to the graphical user interface (GUI), but able to login to the command line interface, and root being able to

Re: dnf system-upgrades wants to remove the running kernel

On Wed, Nov 23, 2016 at 09:20:23PM +0100, Andras Simon wrote: > The same: it wants to remove that old kernel. But after booting again > the latest kernel and starting the upgrade, dnf wanted to erase the > old kernel, not the newest, running one. So I let it. > Now I'm sitting here with fingers

Re: dnf system-upgrades wants to remove the running kernel

2016-11-23 20:10 GMT+01:00, Terry Polzin : > What happens if you boot an older kernel and then try the upgrade to F24? The same: it wants to remove that old kernel. But after booting again the latest kernel and starting the upgrade, dnf wanted to erase the old kernel, not the

Re: Google chrome gets deadlocked on F25

On Wed, Nov 23, 2016 at 6:39 PM, Matthew Miller wrote: >> Dear All, >> I have >> google-chrome-stable-54.0.2840.100-1.x86_64 >> running on F25, but it deadlocks so often. Any solutions? >> Thanks in advance, > > Can you describe the deadlock situation? Does it happen in

Re: Amazing!

On Wed, 23 Nov 2016 11:43:11 -0800 Gordon Messmer wrote: > Maybe you're thinking of another distro? Maybe I am. I install bazillions of them on virtual machines for testing our software on different releases :-). ___ users mailing list --

Re: Amazing!

On 11/23/2016 11:27 AM, Tom Horsley wrote: I've always had to edit PermitRootLogin to say "yes" in every release that I can remember till now. It was always something like "prohibit-password" before, but now the installed sshd_config file actually says "yes":-). # grep PermitRoot

Re: Amazing!

On Wed, 23 Nov 2016 10:34:18 -0800 Gordon Messmer wrote: > I'm not aware of any release of a Red Hat derived system that defaults > to disallowing root logins by default. I've always had to edit PermitRootLogin to say "yes" in every release that I can remember till now. It was always something

Re: Fedora mobile app

On 11/23/2016 02:55 AM, Sudhir D wrote: We have fedora mobile app that is intended to keep you closer to latest happenings in the fedora land. Try it out (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fedoraqa.fedora) and give feedback. Why does it need to be able to modify or delete

Re: dnf system-upgrades wants to remove the running kernel

What happens if you boot an older kernel and then try the upgrade to F24? On Wed, Nov 23, 2016 at 2:07 PM, Andras Simon wrote: > 2016-11-23 19:38 GMT+01:00, Matthew Miller : > > On Wed, Nov 23, 2016 at 07:12:42PM +0100, Andras Simon wrote: > >> I'm

Re: Desktop icons on Fedora 25??

On 11/23/2016 02:25 AM, Saša Janiška wrote: Fedora 25 uses Wayland by default, in order to have desktop icons you should start (from GDM), Xorg session. Wayland doesn't use desktop icons??? ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To

Re: dnf system-upgrades wants to remove the running kernel

2016-11-23 19:38 GMT+01:00, Matthew Miller : > On Wed, Nov 23, 2016 at 07:12:42PM +0100, Andras Simon wrote: >> I'm trying to upgrade to F24 from F23. >> # dnf system-upgrade download --releasever=24 >> Last metadata expiration check: 0:10:02 ago on Wed Nov 23 18:52:12

Re: upgrading nodejs fails

On Wed, 23 Nov 2016, arnaud gaboury wrote: On Wed, Nov 23, 2016 at 3:16 PM Max Pyziur wrote: On Wed, 23 Nov 2016, arnaud gaboury wrote: > I am upgrading my box to F25 from F24. > > First I ran # dnf upgrade --refresh , but some packages did not

Re: 24 -> 25 requirements

On Wed, Nov 23, 2016 at 01:30:52PM -0500, Matthew Miller wrote: > Unfortunately, an update to RPM got pushed out to F24 and hasn't hit > F25 yet, resulting in this temporary bug. (Ironically, would have been > fine on a *not* fully-updated system.) Update: Adam from QA tells me that Release

Re: Google chrome gets deadlocked on F25

On Wed, Nov 23, 2016 at 06:28:26PM +, Paul Smith wrote: > Dear All, > I have > google-chrome-stable-54.0.2840.100-1.x86_64 > running on F25, but it deadlocks so often. Any solutions? > Thanks in advance, Can you describe the deadlock situation? Does it happen in any particular circumstance,

Re: dnf system-upgrades wants to remove the running kernel

On Wed, Nov 23, 2016 at 07:12:42PM +0100, Andras Simon wrote: > I'm trying to upgrade to F24 from F23. > # dnf system-upgrade download --releasever=24 > Last metadata expiration check: 0:10:02 ago on Wed Nov 23 18:52:12 2016. > Error: cannot install both kernel-PAE-4.5.5-300.fc24.i686 and >

Re: Amazing!

On 11/23/2016 08:54 AM, Tom Horsley wrote: For the first time in years, I can ssh in as root on fedora 25 without having to modify the sshd_config to allow it. What happened? Did the security geeks lose a bet or something? I'm not aware of any release of a Red Hat derived system that defaults

Re: 24 -> 25 requirements

On Wed, Nov 23, 2016 at 06:45:18PM +0100, Frank Elsner wrote: > package rpm-python-4.13.0-1.fc24.i686 requires rpm = 4.13.0-1.fc24, but none > of the providers can be install. > package rpm-python3-4.13.0-1.fc24.i686 requires rpm = 4.13.0-1.fc24, but none > of the providers can be instald > (try

Google chrome gets deadlocked on F25

Dear All, I have google-chrome-stable-54.0.2840.100-1.x86_64 running on F25, but it deadlocks so often. Any solutions? Thanks in advance, Paul ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to

Re: 24 -> 25 requirements

It worked for me also. On Wed, Nov 23, 2016 at 12:48 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Wed, 2016-11-23 at 18:45 +0100, Frank Elsner wrote: > > Hallo, > > > > fully updated F24 system. > > > > dnf system-upgrade download --refresh --releasever=25 > > gives > > > >

dnf system-upgrades wants to remove the running kernel

I'm trying to upgrade to F24 from F23. # dnf system-upgrade download --releasever=24 Last metadata expiration check: 0:10:02 ago on Wed Nov 23 18:52:12 2016. Error: cannot install both kernel-PAE-4.5.5-300.fc24.i686 and kernel-PAE-4.7.10-100.fc23.i686 (try to add '--allowerasing' to command line

Re: upgrading nodejs fails

On Wed, Nov 23, 2016 at 3:16 PM Max Pyziur wrote: > On Wed, 23 Nov 2016, arnaud gaboury wrote: > > > I am upgrading my box to F25 from F24. > > > > First I ran # dnf upgrade --refresh , but some packages did not upgarde. > All these packages are nodejs ones. > > Below is the

Re: 24 -> 25 requirements

On Wed, 2016-11-23 at 18:45 +0100, Frank Elsner wrote: > Hallo, > > fully updated F24 system. > > dnf system-upgrade download --refresh --releasever=25 > gives > > package rpm-python-4.13.0-1.fc24.i686 requires rpm = 4.13.0-1.fc24, but none > of the providers can be install. > package

24 -> 25 requirements

Hallo, fully updated F24 system. dnf system-upgrade download --refresh --releasever=25 gives package rpm-python-4.13.0-1.fc24.i686 requires rpm = 4.13.0-1.fc24, but none of the providers can be install. package rpm-python3-4.13.0-1.fc24.i686 requires rpm = 4.13.0-1.fc24, but none of the

Re: F25: Howto remove wayland from Fedora Workstation (gnome)

On Wed, Nov 23, 2016 at 06:06:36PM +0100, Dario Lesca wrote: > ... Or finally disable it > Wayland Do not work great like Xorg, and I do not have time to wait for > all bugs are removed On the login screen, click the little gear. Choose "GNOME on X11". -- Matthew Miller

Re: Amazing!

Sent from my Verizon 4G LTE Droid On Nov 23, 2016 11:54 AM, Tom Horsley wrote: > > For the first time in years, I can ssh in as root > on fedora 25 without having to modify the sshd_config > to allow it. What happened? Did the security > geeks lose a bet or something? >

Re: grub recovery

There are reasons why most of the old e-mail list forums are now locked down and managed. Simply too much of the advise is hostile. On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 2:06 PM, jd1008 wrote: > > > On 11/22/2016 10:35 AM, Pete Travis wrote: > >> >> On Nov 20, 2016 4:55 PM, "jd1008"

F25: Howto remove wayland from Fedora Workstation (gnome)

... Or finally disable it Wayland Do not work great like Xorg, and I do not have time to wait for all bugs are removed Thanks -- Dario Lesca (inviato dal mio Linux Fedora 24 Workstation) ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To

Amazing!

For the first time in years, I can ssh in as root on fedora 25 without having to modify the sshd_config to allow it. What happened? Did the security geeks lose a bet or something? ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe

Re: F24 to F25 upgrade: Gnome: Can only login as root

On Wed, 2016-11-23 at 09:53 -0500, fred roller wrote: > who owns the user account after upgrade? > > ls -l /home Please follow standard practice and quote the relevant part of whatever message you are replying to. Forcing your readers to look for some previous message in the thread in order to

[SOLVED] Re: problem upgrading from 24 to 25

No joy. Dnf won't let me install the F25 rpmfusion nonfree because it requires that 25 is installed. It's a Catch-22. So, I just removed rpmfusion nonfree as a repository, and it upgraded fine. I vaguely remember something like this with 24 as well -- having to remove some third party

Re: F24 to F25 upgrade: Gnome: Can only login as root

On Wed, Nov 23, 2016 at 02:46:33PM -, jharb...@comcast.net wrote: > Yes,after logging in as root, using a terminal, I can login to my > home directory. You might try `restorecon -Rv /home` (as root) to reset SELinux contexts. I don't see why this would have been damaged during an upgrade,

Re: F24 to F25 upgrade: Gnome: Can only login as root

who owns the user account after upgrade? ls -l /home ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org

Re: F24 to F25 upgrade: Gnome: Can only login as root

Yes,after logging in as root, using a terminal, I can login to my home directory. ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org

Re: F24 to F25 upgrade: Gnome: Can only login as root

Please see the above reply to user fedora. ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org

Re: upgrading nodejs fails

On Wed, 23 Nov 2016, arnaud gaboury wrote: I am upgrading my box to F25 from F24. First I ran # dnf upgrade --refresh , but some packages did not upgarde. All these packages are nodejs ones. Below is the error I get when trying to upgrade one package, nodejs: # dnf upgrade nodejs

Re: Installing F25 with KDE

On 11/23/16 18:27, GianPiero Puccioni wrote: > > > What is the difference between installing F25 with KDE from the KDE spin and > installing > from the netinst CD and choosing KDE interface? The latter is what I > normally do as it gives me the latest packages from the start. Yes, the latter

Fedora mobile app

Hi All, We have fedora mobile app that is intended to keep you closer to latest happenings in the fedora land. Try it out (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fedoraqa.fedora) and give feedback. Cheers, Sudhir ___ users mailing list

Installing F25 with KDE

Hi, What is the difference between installing F25 with KDE from the KDE spin and installing from the netinst CD and choosing KDE interface? The latter is what I normally do as it gives me the latest packages from the start. Thanks, GiP -- GianPiero Puccioni |Istituto dei

Re: Desktop icons on Fedora 25??

"Michael D. Setzer II" writes: > Update seemed to go thru with no issues, but did notice that there are > no desktop icons?? Checked the gnome-tweak-tools, and it is set to > show them, and the files are still in the desktop folder?? Anyone know > why that would not show.

fc25 ypbind/nis fails

Hi, has anybody managed to get ypbind working with f25? If so, how? ypbind used to work with fc25 prereleases[1,2], but with the post fc25-release update to ypbind-1.38-6.fc26.x86_64, ypbind fails at system startup/when booting. Ralf [1] ypbind-1.38-5.fc24.x86_64 [2] nss_nis is installed

Desktop icons on Fedora 25??

Saw that Fedora 25 was released, so did a fedup update on one of my classroom machines to show students in my Saturday Linux course. Update seemed to go thru with no issues, but did notice that there are no desktop icons?? Checked the gnome-tweak-tools, and it is set to show them, and the

upgrading nodejs fails

I am upgrading my box to F25 from F24. First I ran # dnf upgrade --refresh , but some packages did not upgarde. All these packages are nodejs ones. Below is the error I get when trying to upgrade one package, nodejs: # dnf upgrade nodejs . Running transaction check