Re: VDQ : Ffx updates

2022-10-11 Thread Tim via users
stan: >> You can fix this by going into edit->settings->general If you page >> down, near the bottom there will be a setting to allow or disable >> automatic updates. Beartooth: > I tried that. Clicking on ">>" and scrolling got me to > edit->settings->general (as did clicking on the

Re: VDQ : Ffx updates

2022-10-11 Thread Joe Zeff
On 10/11/22 18:51, Samuel Sieb wrote: The same thing applies to any running software, so it's really easiest to do a reboot unless you're just updating specific applications. That's why I like needs-restarting. If you only need to restart one or two programs, you can do that quicker than a

Re: ethernet bridge with one interface?

2022-10-11 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 10/11/22 12:03, Jon LaBadie wrote: The only significant difference is the network interface. Under VBox the Windows VM had its own static LAN IP address. The VBox configuration called it a network (or ethernet) bridge.  I don't recall ever creating the bridge so it was either Long ago or VBox

Re: VDQ : Ffx updates

2022-10-11 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 10/10/22 07:40, Beartooth wrote: I run dnf clean all, followed by dnf upgrade, on all my machines, all on F36, daily. (I don't necessarily reboot, even if there's a kernel change. Should I?) Nevertheless, Firefox demands its own updates, including its own reboot, whensoever

Re: Qemu-kvm and Windows-11 22H2 upgrade problems

2022-10-11 Thread Slade Watkins via users
On Tue, Oct 11, 2022 at 01:44:34PM -0700, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: > > For starters, my qemu-kvm virtual machine would > not run 22H2, but I finally manually configured > it and solved the issue. The symptom was that > the VM could not boot off the 22H1 ISO and > solving that solved the new

Re: VDQ : Ffx updates

2022-10-11 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Tue, 2022-10-11 at 12:34 -0600, Joe Zeff wrote: > On 10/11/22 11:38, James Szinger wrote: > > It seems that within the past month or so, Firefox gained the > > ability > > to detect if a dependency has been updated.  If so, it insists on > > restarting.  I presume this is to stop using the old,

Re: Win11_22H2_English_x64.iso won't boot

2022-10-11 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 10/10/22 02:20, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: Hi All, Fedora 36 qemu-kvm-7.1.0-3.fc36.x86_64 Any of you guys figure out a way to get     Win11_22H2_English_x64.iso to boot on qemu-kvm? Mine freezes at the start of the annoy balls. ISO is available from::    

Re: Qemu-kvm and Windows-11 22H2 upgrade problems

2022-10-11 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 10/6/22 04:45, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: Hi All, Fedora 36 qemu-kvm-6.2.0-15.fc36.x86_64 Windows 11 Pro Any of you guys having troubles upgrading Windows-11 build 21H2 to 22H2 on qemu-kvm? I am upgrading from the ISO:     https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download /windows11

Re: Qemu-kvm and Windows-11 22H2 upgrade problems

2022-10-11 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
Well, it about killed me, but I figured it out. For starters, my qemu-kvm virtual machine would not run 22H2, but I finally manually configured it and solved the issue. The symptom was that the VM could not boot off the 22H1 ISO and solving that solved the new 22H2 boot method and the SAFE_OS

Re: ethernet bridge with one interface?

2022-10-11 Thread Emmett Culley via users
On 10/11/22 12:03 PM, Jon LaBadie wrote: I've run a M$ Windows VM under VirtualBox for seemingly decades.  My nearly only reason was to continue using Quicken for family finances.  Please, no comments about alternatives, that is for another discussion The latest incarnation, Win8 was on a

ethernet bridge with one interface?

2022-10-11 Thread Jon LaBadie
I've run a M$ Windows VM under VirtualBox for seemingly decades. My nearly only reason was to continue using Quicken for family finances. Please, no comments about alternatives, that is for another discussion The latest incarnation, Win8 was on a Fedora 34 system. It It no longer boots

Re: VDQ : Ffx updates

2022-10-11 Thread Joe Zeff
On 10/11/22 11:38, James Szinger wrote: It seems that within the past month or so, Firefox gained the ability to detect if a dependency has been updated. If so, it insists on restarting. I presume this is to stop using the old, buggy, and insecure shared libraries that have been updated. You

Re: VDQ : Ffx updates

2022-10-11 Thread James Szinger
On Mon, 10 Oct 2022 14:40:26 - (UTC) Beartooth wrote: > I run dnf clean all, followed by dnf upgrade, on all my > machines, all on F36, daily. (I don't necessarily reboot, even if > there's a kernel change. Should I?) > > Nevertheless, Firefox demands its own updates, including

Re: VDQ : Ffx updates

2022-10-11 Thread Beartooth
On Tue, 11 Oct 2022 18:18:03 +0200, Andras Simon wrote: > 2022-10-11 18:09 UTC+02:00, Beartooth : >> On Mon, 10 Oct 2022 17:14:56 +0200, Andras Simon wrote: >> >>> If he did install it outside of Fedora, wouldn't it be better to >>> uninstall it and install the Fedora version? That way he would

Re: VDQ : Ffx updates

2022-10-11 Thread Andras Simon
2022-10-11 18:09 UTC+02:00, Beartooth : > On Mon, 10 Oct 2022 17:14:56 +0200, Andras Simon wrote: > >> If he did install it outside of Fedora, wouldn't it be better to >> uninstall it and install the Fedora version? That way he would get >> regular updates along with the rest of his packages. > >

Re: VDQ : Ffx updates

2022-10-11 Thread Beartooth
On Mon, 10 Oct 2022 17:14:56 +0200, Andras Simon wrote: > If he did install it outside of Fedora, wouldn't it be better to > uninstall it and install the Fedora version? That way he would get > regular updates along with the rest of his packages. I've been running Ffx since it was iirc

Re: VDQ : Ffx updates

2022-10-11 Thread Tim via users
On Tue, 2022-10-11 at 08:24 -0300, George N. White III wrote: > I used to teach “practicals” for workshops using the software in > question. Spending the first couple sessions on linux basics made the > remaining sessions flow more efficiently. You can’t cover very much > in a few hours, so the

Re: Getting Wifi 5 Ghz AC1200Mbs Wireless USB adapter to work on Fedora 35?

2022-10-11 Thread Roger Heflin
I got one of those working for a while, but it is a disaster to keep working. Every few kernel versions it stops working and you have to find fixed code and download and compile it to get it working again. Then a few kernels later it happens again. When it worked it worked better that the

Re: VDQ : Ffx updates

2022-10-11 Thread George N. White III
On Tue, Oct 11, 2022 at 6:31 AM Tim via users wrote: > On Tue, 2022-10-11 at 08:38 +0100, Barry wrote: > > I guess this is a hang over from yum days. The problem I assume is > > how to update to the latest packages? > > > > With yum the yum clean all is required to get the latest meta data > >

Re: VDQ : Ffx updates

2022-10-11 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Tue, 2022-10-11 at 08:38 +0100, Barry wrote: > > > > On 10 Oct 2022, at 22:23, Tim via users > > wrote: > > > > I wonder if you're thinking you need to do "clean all" to solve a > > problem that's actually caused by not rebooting after crucial > > updates. > > I guess this is a hang over

Re: VDQ : Ffx updates

2022-10-11 Thread Tim via users
On Tue, 2022-10-11 at 08:38 +0100, Barry wrote: > I guess this is a hang over from yum days. The problem I assume is > how to update to the latest packages? > > With yum the yum clean all is required to get the latest meta data > for the yum update. > Today you can use dnf update —refresh to get

Re: VDQ : Ffx updates

2022-10-11 Thread Barry
> On 10 Oct 2022, at 22:23, Tim via users wrote: > > I wonder if you're thinking you need to do "clean all" to solve a > problem that's actually caused by not rebooting after crucial updates. I guess this is a hang over from yum days. The problem I assume is how to update to the latest