some newbie hardware feedback

For newbies pondering a build of a new computer with Ryzen platform. ( to run Fedora, of course, or at least an rpm-based Linux distro ) If not interested, please hit delete button now. If you want more details than what is below, then please message me privately, meaning please do not respond

Re: Bluetooth adapter not working on Fedora 32

On Wed, 7 Oct 2020 at 14:32, Paul Smith wrote: > Thanks, Tom. I had already tried that, but the button simply does not > move! Please, see a screenshot: > > > https://drive.google.com/file/d/14FrZIxJnEDqUyF8GmwiwUUt3p9SlcG5K/view?usp=sharing > > Paul > That is an audio device, so only useful

[389-users] Re: OS err 12 - Cannot allocate memory

> On 7 Oct 2020, at 17:39, Jan Kowalsky wrote: > > Hi all, > > suddenly one of our ldap-servers crashed and don't restart. > > When restarting dirsrv we find in logs: > > libdb: BDB2034 unable to allocate memory for mutex; resize mutex region > mmap in opening database environment failed

Re: TOR browser.

On 2020-10-08 01:29, Ger van Dijck wrote: > > On 10/5/20 9:43 PM, Ger van Dijck wrote: >> >> On 10/5/20 4:05 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: >>> On 2020-10-05 21:46, Ger van Dijck wrote: I updated with dnf the tor browser and cannot launch it anymore : Message  " the application encountered a 

Re: tar and cores?

On 06Oct2020 22:10, Samuel Sieb wrote: >On 10/6/20 10:02 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: >>How would I use this in place of `tar czvf xxx`? > >Add "-I pigz" to the command. >tar cvf myfile.tgz -I pigz files to pack Well, today I've learnt a new thing. Thanks! - Cameron Simpson

Re: tar and cores?

On 06Oct2020 16:32, ToddAndMargo wrote: >I am noticing that > >tar czvf x > >is only using one of my cores (and pretty much all of >the core). > >Is there a way to get it to use more than one core? It is writing data serailly. In what way do you think using another core would help? Last

Re: What happened to 'env'?

On 07Oct2020 11:07, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: >On Tue, 2020-10-06 at 15:45 -0700, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: >> I start all my Raku programs with >> 1: #!/usr/bin/env raku > >Why? If you aren't adding options to 'env', surely this is the same as >using '/usr/bin/bash'. No, this is a standard

Re: Bluetooth adapter not working on Fedora 32

Thanks to all who tried to help me! The device is the following: https://www.ebay.com/itm/2-in-1-5-0-Audio-USB-Bluetooth-Transceiver-Transmitter-Receiver-Adapter-Wireless/163945014115?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649 The USB connection is not necessary -- it is only

Re: Bluetooth adapter not working on Fedora 32

On 10/7/20 12:52 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 10/7/20 10:08 AM, Paul Smith wrote: I have just bought a bluetooth adapter (receiver and trasnmitter) to work on Fedora 32. I have switched the adapter to transmitter mode, and I have plugged it into a USB entry of my computer. When I go to the XFCE

Re: Bluetooth adapter not working on Fedora 32

On 10/7/20 10:08 AM, Paul Smith wrote: I have just bought a bluetooth adapter (receiver and trasnmitter) to work on Fedora 32. I have switched the adapter to transmitter mode, and I have plugged it into a USB entry of my computer. When I go to the XFCE bluetooth manager, it says Is it a

Re: Slow down problem

On 2020-10-06 18:06, Tim via users wrote: I wonder how much more robust USB is than parallel? USB 1 never really worked very well with printers. Since USB 2, I have not had printer problems with the USB bus. My printer's USB 1 bus really stinks ___

Re: Slow down problem

On 2020-10-06 15:50, George N. White III wrote: On Tue, 6 Oct 2020 at 14:02, Roger Heflin > wrote: And on top of what George says, it might be best to make sure the printer is on the same breaker/120Leg as the computer. If the computer is on a UPS and

Re: Slow down problem

On 2020-10-05 14:47, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: Hi All, It looks like my original eMail with embedded picture is going to get bounced, so this one substitutes links to the images.  Sorry for the extra work of having to click on the links. My slow down problem is back.  And I FINALLY have

Re: Bluetooth adapter not working on Fedora 32

The noise on the headphones, just disappeared after having switched off and on the bluetooth adapter. Paul On Wed, Oct 7, 2020 at 7:33 PM Paul Smith wrote: > > Thanks, Matti. The adapter is the following: > >

Re: Bluetooth adapter not working on Fedora 32

Thanks, Matti. The adapter is the following: https://www.ebay.com/itm/2-in-1-5-0-Audio-USB-Bluetooth-Transceiver-Transmitter-Receiver-Adapter-Wireless/163945014115?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649 The mysterious thing is that the adapter is now working with my

Re: Bluetooth adapter not working on Fedora 32

Paul Smith kirjoitti 7.10.2020 klo 20.08: Dear All, I have just bought a bluetooth adapter (receiver and trasnmitter) to work on Fedora 32. What is the make and model of the adapter? It could be that, much like USB WLAN adapters, USB bluetooth adapters suffer from a common lack of drivers

Re: Bluetooth adapter not working on Fedora 32

Thanks, Tom. I had already tried that, but the button simply does not move! Please, see a screenshot: https://drive.google.com/file/d/14FrZIxJnEDqUyF8GmwiwUUt3p9SlcG5K/view?usp=sharing Paul On Wed, Oct 7, 2020 at 6:16 PM Tom Horsley wrote: > > On Wed, 7 Oct 2020 18:08:27 +0100 > Paul Smith

Re: TOR browser.

On 10/5/20 9:43 PM, Ger van Dijck wrote: On 10/5/20 4:05 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 2020-10-05 21:46, Ger van Dijck wrote: I updated with dnf the tor browser and cannot launch it anymore : Message " the application encountered a problem and could not continue " Installed on the system :

Re: Firefox stability?

in my own case it was: media.hardware-video-decoding.force-enabled    true on my ThinkPad with Ryzen 4500U On 28/09/2020 13:41, lejeczek via users wrote: > I started to get frequent tabs crashes from the moment I > recently moved to new laptop. > Lenovo E14 Gen 2 with Ryzen 4500U has Firefox tab

Re: Bluetooth adapter not working on Fedora 32

On Wed, 7 Oct 2020 18:08:27 +0100 Paul Smith wrote: > Any help would be greatly appreciated! Is there a on/off button in the top corner on the screen where it says "no adapter found"? Try turning it on (even though you think that must be utterly pointless since it can't find the adapter :-).

Bluetooth adapter not working on Fedora 32

Dear All, I have just bought a bluetooth adapter (receiver and trasnmitter) to work on Fedora 32. I have switched the adapter to transmitter mode, and I have plugged it into a USB entry of my computer. When I go to the XFCE bluetooth manager, it says "No bluetooth adapters found". I did run

[389-users] Re: OS err 12 - Cannot allocate memory

libdb: BDB2034 unable to allocate memory for mutex; resize mutex region mmap in opening database environment failed trying to allocate 50 bytes. (OS err 12 - Cannot allocate memory) One observation: this is a mmap() call failure, not an ordinary "OOM" situation. Some googling suggests

Re: What happened to 'env'?

Most of the ridiculous environment embedded functions come from the "environment-modules" package, which seems to have reached its claws into all kinds of stuff. If I try to remove it, I get this list: Dependencies resolved.

Re: What happened to 'env'?

On Wed, 2020-10-07 at 14:57 +0200, Tom H wrote: > On Wed, Oct 7, 2020 at 2:00 PM Patrick O'Callaghan > wrote: > > On Wed, 2020-10-07 at 12:56 +0200, Tom H wrote: > > > On Tue, Oct 6, 2020 at 11:35 PM Patrick O'Callaghan > > > wrote: > > > > For as long as I can remember, the shell builtin 'env'

Re: What happened to 'env'?

On Wed, Oct 7, 2020 at 2:00 PM Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Wed, 2020-10-07 at 12:56 +0200, Tom H wrote: >> On Tue, Oct 6, 2020 at 11:35 PM Patrick O'Callaghan >> wrote: >>> For as long as I can remember, the shell builtin 'env' has been >>> useful for listing all the current environment

Re: tar and cores?

ToddAndMargo via users kirjoitti 7.10.2020 klo 8.22: And will they untar with `tar xzvf `? While it's less useful for decompression, you can use pigz for that as well: tar -xf -I unpigz -- Terveisin / Regards, Matti Pulkkinen ___ users

Re: What happened to 'env'?

On Wed, 2020-10-07 at 12:56 +0200, Tom H wrote: > On Tue, Oct 6, 2020 at 11:35 PM Patrick O'Callaghan > wrote: > > For as long as I can remember, the shell builtin 'env' has been > > useful for listing all the current environment variables. > > > > Not any more. There's another command called

[389-users] Re: OS err 12 - Cannot allocate memory

Hi, Tuning of DBD #mutex is not possible and BDB uses a default value based on #hash buckets. This error is quite rare and I have no explanation why it happened in your deployment. Could you share the DB tuning entry (cn=config,cn=ldbm database,cn=plugins,cn=config). Also looking at the

Re: What happened to 'env'?

On Tue, Oct 6, 2020 at 11:35 PM Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > For as long as I can remember, the shell builtin 'env' has been > useful for listing all the current environment variables. > > Not any more. There's another command called env which does something > different, and the builtin no

Re: What happened to 'env'?

On Tue, 2020-10-06 at 15:45 -0700, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: > On 2020-10-06 14:35, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > For as long as I can remember, the shell builtin 'env' has been useful > > for listing all the current environment variables. > > > > Not any more. There's another command called

Re: What happened to 'env'?

On Tue, 2020-10-06 at 14:55 -0700, Samuel Sieb wrote: > On 10/6/20 2:35 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > For as long as I can remember, the shell builtin 'env' has been useful > > for listing all the current environment variables. > > It's not a builtin: > # builtin env > -bash: builtin: env:

[389-users] OS err 12 - Cannot allocate memory

Hi all, suddenly one of our ldap-servers crashed and don't restart. When restarting dirsrv we find in logs: libdb: BDB2034 unable to allocate memory for mutex; resize mutex region mmap in opening database environment failed trying to allocate 50 bytes. (OS err 12 - Cannot allocate memory)

Re: tar and cores?

On 2020-10-06 22:38, Ed Greshko wrote: On 2020-10-07 13:22, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: On 2020-10-06 22:10, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 10/6/20 10:02 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: How would I use this in place of `tar czvf xxx`? Add "-I pigz" to the command. tar cvf myfile.tgz -I pigz