Re: Clearing DNS cache without rebooting

2022-12-09 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 12/9/22 16:10, Tim via users wrote: Are you supposed to remember which epson printer is which without any clues? Are they both going to get the same name? Will they self- modify one of their names? Will they always be the same ones in the same order? I despise things that make me play

Re: Is there an equivalent to 40_custom with EFI boot?

2022-12-09 Thread Felix Miata
Michael D. Setzer II composed on 2022-12-10 15:28 (UTC+1000): > Wondering if possible to add non-Fedora options to EFI boot menu with some > method similar to the 40_Custom. Thanks. ... > Also have this to run memtest since regular Fedora one doesn't seem to work?? > title memtest > find

Is there an equivalent to 40_custom with EFI boot?

2022-12-09 Thread Michael D. Setzer II via users
Wondering if possible to add non-Fedora options to EFI boot menu with some method similar to the 40_Custom. Thanks. I've maintained a project on Sourceforge going back to 2004, and it was originally a cd only boot option, but over years create usb and ability to boot directly from grub2 menu

Re: where did all of these *$!#!! icons come form

2022-12-09 Thread Geoffrey Leach
On Thu, 8 Dec 2022 18:00:36 -0600 Dave Ulrick wrote: > On 12/8/22 3:28 PM, Steven Usdansky via users wrote: > > Just a guess: you're displaying $HOME instead of $HOME/Desktop. > > Check ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs > > Also, to remove all icons from the XFCE desktop, open: > > Settings / Desktop

Re: Cockpit as root

2022-12-09 Thread Emmett Culley via users
On 12/9/22 11:07 AM, Joe Zeff wrote: On 12/09/2022 10:50 AM, Emmett Culley via users wrote: Yes, I can see root log in disabled by default.  How to I enable root login? Root login is disabled because the account doesn't have a password.  You can give it one during install, but it isn't

Re: Clearing DNS cache without rebooting

2022-12-09 Thread Sam Varshavchik
Tim via users writes: Previously, yours was: hosts: files mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] dns myhostname Which first tries the hosts file, then mdns, then aborts if nothing found (I believe, going by the comments in the rest of the file). The My read of nsswitch.conf's man page is that

Re: Clearing DNS cache without rebooting

2022-12-09 Thread Tom Horsley
On Sat, 10 Dec 2022 10:40:34 +1030 Tim via users wrote: > Which first tries the hosts file, then mdns, then aborts if nothing > found (I believe, going by the comments in the rest of the file). The > list of things in that line is illogical, to me. Why would have have > two more things listed

Re: Clearing DNS cache without rebooting

2022-12-09 Thread Tim via users
Tim via users wrote: >> Can you edit the "hosts:" line in the nsswitch.conf file? See if >> simplifying it helps? >> >> e.g. hosts: files dns >> >> Are you able to restart the network connection? Joe Zeff: > Done! After the edit, I disabled/enabled Networking. That did it. Not > sure why,

Re: Clearing DNS cache without rebooting

2022-12-09 Thread Joe Zeff
On 12/09/2022 04:26 PM, Tim via users wrote: Can you edit the "hosts:" line in the nsswitch.conf file? See if simplifying it helps? e.g. hosts: files dns Are you able to restart the network connection? Done! After the edit, I disabled/enabled Networking. That did it. Not sure why, but

Re: Clearing DNS cache without rebooting

2022-12-09 Thread Tim via users
Tim: >> It is resolving. It looks like you're having a web browser issue (not >> connecting, or something jamming in the cache). I'm guessing you've >> restarted your browsing during this situation. But have you tried >> flushing its cache, too? You can flush the cache without destroying >>

Re: Clearing DNS cache without rebooting

2022-12-09 Thread Joe Zeff
On 12/9/22 15:35, Tim via users wrote: It is resolving. It looks like you're having a web browser issue (not connecting, or something jamming in the cache). I'm guessing you've restarted your browsing during this situation. But have you tried flushing its cache, too? You can flush the cache

Re: Clearing DNS cache without rebooting

2022-12-09 Thread Joe Zeff
On 12/9/22 15:26, Jeffrey Walton wrote: The reasons are your own. But it's irrelevant given that you told us: I'm planning to reinstall with 37 very soon.[1] Even so, I'd like to get it corrected instead of just giving up until I upgrade. And, it will be a learning experience. Even at

Re: Clearing DNS cache without rebooting

2022-12-09 Thread Tim via users
Joe Zeff: > [joe@khorlia ~]$ cat /etc/resolv.conf > # Generated by NetworkManager > search zeff.us > nameserver 8.8.8.8 > nameserver 8.8.4.4 Looks normal. I'd expect the google DNS servers to be working well. > [joe@khorlia ~]$ cat /etc/nsswitch.conf > # > # /etc/nsswitch.conf > # > # An

Re: Clearing DNS cache without rebooting

2022-12-09 Thread Jeffrey Walton
On Fri, Dec 9, 2022 at 5:18 PM Joe Zeff wrote: > > On 12/09/2022 02:59 PM, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > > Yes, this. > > Do you know why I haven't upgraded before this? If not, you're not in a > position to decide when or if I upgrade. The reasons are your own. But it's irrelevant given that you

Re: Clearing DNS cache without rebooting

2022-12-09 Thread Joe Zeff
On 12/09/2022 02:59 PM, Jeffrey Walton wrote: Yes, this. Do you know why I haven't upgraded before this? If not, you're not in a position to decide when or if I upgrade. As I've said before, I will as soon as it's practical. ___ users mailing

Re: Clearing DNS cache without rebooting

2022-12-09 Thread Joe Zeff
On 12/09/2022 02:52 PM, Jonathan Billings wrote: There is no point debugging it any further. Upgrade your OS. When I can, I will, but it's not your place to give me orders. ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send

Re: Clearing DNS cache without rebooting

2022-12-09 Thread Jeffrey Walton
On Fri, Dec 9, 2022 at 4:53 PM Jonathan Billings wrote: > > On Dec 9, 2022, at 15:55, Joe Zeff wrote: > > Command not found, and dnf can't find it either. I should mention that for > > various reasons this box is still running F 25, although I'm planning to > > reinstall with 37 very soon. >

Re: Clearing DNS cache without rebooting

2022-12-09 Thread Jonathan Billings
On Dec 9, 2022, at 15:55, Joe Zeff wrote: > Command not found, and dnf can't find it either. I should mention that for > various reasons this box is still running F 25, although I'm planning to > reinstall with 37 very soon. You are running an OS that hasn’t seen any updates since 2017 (the

Re: Clearing DNS cache without rebooting

2022-12-09 Thread Joe Zeff
On 12/09/2022 02:38 PM, Tim via users wrote: What's in your /etc/resolv.conf and /etc/nsswitch.conf files? [joe@khorlia ~]$ cat /etc/resolv.conf # Generated by NetworkManager search zeff.us nameserver 8.8.8.8 nameserver 8.8.4.4 [joe@khorlia ~]$ cat /etc/nsswitch.conf # # /etc/nsswitch.conf

Re: Youtube Videos Don't Play in Fedora

2022-12-09 Thread Tim via users
On Fri, 2022-12-09 at 16:21 -0500, Tom Horsley wrote: > If you reinstalled, but kept your existing home partition, you may have > systemd "user" services disabled or masked that pipewire requires. > > One way to check this is to create a brand new user, login as new > user and see if (with all

Re: Clearing DNS cache without rebooting

2022-12-09 Thread Tim via users
On Fri, 2022-12-09 at 13:54 -0700, Joe Zeff wrote: > I should mention that for various reasons this box is still running F 25 Yes. That would have helped. What's in your /etc/resolv.conf and /etc/nsswitch.conf files? Do you have the "dig" tool installed, what results does it return (and in

Re: Clearing DNS cache without rebooting

2022-12-09 Thread Joe Zeff
On 12/09/2022 02:13 PM, José María Terry Jiménez wrote: Yes, it won't work in F25. Not guessing you used a so old release. This works for > F33 or something I think that I started out by stating that I was stuck on 25, but planning to upgrade RSN, because I know that Things Have Changed, and

Re: Youtube Videos Don't Play in Fedora

2022-12-09 Thread Tom Horsley
I tidbit I remember encountering with pipewire: If you reinstalled, but kept your existing home partition, you may have systemd "user" services disabled or masked that pipewire requires. One way to check this is to create a brand new user, login as new user and see if (with all the default for

Re: Clearing DNS cache without rebooting

2022-12-09 Thread Joe Zeff
On 12/09/2022 02:06 PM, Terry Polzin wrote: So in F36, dnf whatprovides */resolvectl I don't know about F25. As I'm running F25, not F36, how is this possibly relevant? ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an

Re: Clearing DNS cache without rebooting

2022-12-09 Thread José María Terry Jiménez
El 9/12/22 a las 21:54, Joe Zeff escribió: On 12/09/2022 12:58 PM, Jose Maria Terry Jimenez wrote: Did you tried? resolvectl flush-caches You can check dns cache size with: resolvectl statistics Command not found, and dnf can't find it either.  I should mention that for various reasons

Re: Clearing DNS cache without rebooting

2022-12-09 Thread Terry Polzin
So in F36, dnf whatprovides */resolvectl systemd-250.3-8.fc36.i686 : System and Service Manager Repo: fedora Matched from: Filename: /usr/bin/resolvectl Filename: /usr/share/bash-completion/completions/resolvectl systemd-250.3-8.fc36.x86_64 : System and Service Manager Repo

Re: Clearing DNS cache without rebooting

2022-12-09 Thread Joe Zeff
On 12/09/2022 01:48 PM, Tim via users wrote: Is there anything useful in here: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/systemd-resolved#Caching No. It's a very short paragraph followed by a large one dealing with VPN issues which aren't relevant for me.

Re: Clearing DNS cache without rebooting

2022-12-09 Thread Joe Zeff
On 12/09/2022 12:58 PM, Jose Maria Terry Jimenez wrote: Did you tried? resolvectl flush-caches You can check dns cache size with: resolvectl statistics Command not found, and dnf can't find it either. I should mention that for various reasons this box is still running F 25, although I'm

Re: Clearing DNS cache without rebooting

2022-12-09 Thread Tim via users
On Fri, 2022-12-09 at 12:47 -0700, Joe Zeff wrote: > Ever since last night, my desktop has been unable to resolve > slashdot.org, but other computers on my LAN can. I'm presuming that > there's something wrong with my DNS, so I'm trying to clear its cache, > but I can't find instructions on

Re: Clearing DNS cache without rebooting

2022-12-09 Thread Tim via users
On Fri, 2022-12-09 at 12:47 -0700, Joe Zeff wrote: > Ever since last night, my desktop has been unable to resolve > slashdot.org, but other computers on my LAN can. Is it the browser, or whole system, that can't resolve it? The dig or nslookup commands will be using the OS to resolve the

Re: Youtube Videos Don't Play in Fedora

2022-12-09 Thread Tim via users
Stephen Morris: >>> Pipewire doesn't work. It was videos not playing without audio >>> muted that started this thread. And from what I've seen on the net >>> there is potentially a lot of manual configuration required to get >>> pipewire to work, so my view on what I'm seeing is pipewire is not

Re: Clearing DNS cache without rebooting

2022-12-09 Thread Tom Horsley
On Fri, 9 Dec 2022 12:47:14 -0700 Joe Zeff wrote: > Suggestions? I've been there, the main problem is there are something like a dozen different services which may or may not be cacheing DNS information, and you have to figure out which ones are running and lookup how to make that one clear its

Re: Clearing DNS cache without rebooting

2022-12-09 Thread Jose Maria Terry Jimenez
El 9/12/22 a las 20:47, Joe Zeff escribió: Ever since last night, my desktop has been unable to resolve slashdot.org, but other computers on my LAN can.  I'm presuming that there's something wrong with my DNS, so I'm trying to clear its cache, but I can't find instructions on how to do this

Clearing DNS cache without rebooting

2022-12-09 Thread Joe Zeff
Ever since last night, my desktop has been unable to resolve slashdot.org, but other computers on my LAN can. I'm presuming that there's something wrong with my DNS, so I'm trying to clear its cache, but I can't find instructions on how to do this without rebooting. Suggestions?

Re: Cockpit as root

2022-12-09 Thread Joe Zeff
On 12/09/2022 10:50 AM, Emmett Culley via users wrote: Yes, I can see root log in disabled by default.  How to I enable root login? Root login is disabled because the account doesn't have a password. You can give it one during install, but it isn't required, so most people never realize

Re: Cockpit as root

2022-12-09 Thread Emmett Culley via users
On 12/9/22 9:19 AM, Peter Boy wrote: Am 09.12.2022 um 17:47 schrieb Emmett Culley via users : I am not able to login to cockpit, localhost:9090, as root. I can login as a normal user, but that isn't acceptable. Why would I even need cockpit as a normal user? By default, the root login

Re: Cockpit as root

2022-12-09 Thread Peter Boy
> Am 09.12.2022 um 17:47 schrieb Emmett Culley via users > : > > I am not able to login to cockpit, localhost:9090, as root. I can login as a > normal user, but that isn't acceptable. Why would I even need cockpit as a > normal user? By default, the root login is blocked. Therefore, you

Cockpit as root

2022-12-09 Thread Emmett Culley via users
I am not able to login to cockpit, localhost:9090, as root. I can login as a normal user, but that isn't acceptable. Why would I even need cockpit as a normal user? I have a fully updated Fedora instance. It may be related somehow to plasma as at the top of the login dialog I see "Fedora

Re: Youtube Videos Don't Play in Fedora

2022-12-09 Thread John Pilkington
You have repeated many times that removing pulseaudio would remove gnome-shell. Suggested workarounds have been 'rpm -e --nodeps pulseaudio' followed by 'dnf install pipewire' and the perhaps more mainstream 'dnf swap pipewire pulseaudio --allowerasing' Any comment? John P

Re: Youtube Videos Don't Play in Fedora

2022-12-09 Thread Stephen Morris
On 6/12/22 10:10, John Pilkington wrote: On 05/12/2022 22:31, Stephen Morris wrote: On 2/12/22 21:47, Tim via users wrote: On Fri, 2022-12-02 at 19:45 +1100, Stephen Morris wrote: I've disabled the pipewire service and the wireplumber service, but I still get issues where some videos will

Re: Youtube Videos Don't Play in Fedora

2022-12-09 Thread Stephen Morris
On 7/12/22 16:27, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 12/6/22 14:03, Stephen Morris wrote: On 6/12/22 11:02, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 12/5/22 14:19, Stephen Morris wrote: I tried replacing pipewire with pulseaudio by issuing "sudo dnf swap pipewire pulseaudio" but that failed because package "mutter"

Re: Youtube Videos Don't Play in Fedora

2022-12-09 Thread Stephen Morris
On 7/12/22 15:35, Tim via users wrote: On Wed, 2022-12-07 at 09:03 +1100, Stephen Morris wrote: Pipewire doesn't work. It was videos not playing without audio muted that started this thread. And from what I've seen on the net there is potentially a lot of manual configuration required to get