Lenovo IdeaPad S10-3t

2011-01-09 Thread CS DBA
Hi all; I'm thinking about buying a Lenovo IdeaPad S10-3t and running Fedora14 on it. Anyone know if it's compatible? Web searches seem to indicate that the wireless may be an issue. Any thoughts on if Fedora14 works well with this card: BCM 4313 BGN Wireless Thanks in advance... /Kevin --

Setting Primary Monitor with F14 - dual monitors

2011-05-20 Thread CS DBA
Hi All; I just installed Fedora 14 and generally everything works great. One nuisance I'd like to fix is per the primary monitor. If I boot up with dual monitors then Fedora places my task manager / menu bar, etc on the external monitor. I can use xrandr like this to fix it: xrandr --output L

Re: Setting Primary Monitor with F14 - dual monitors [Found Temporary Fix]

2011-05-20 Thread CS DBA
ever it does work for now... > On 05/20/11 10:46, CS DBA wrote: >> Hi All; >> >> I just installed Fedora 14 and generally everything works great. One >> nuisance I'd like to fix is per the primary monitor. >> If I boot up with dual monitors then Fedora places my

Fedora 14 Lock-ups (system freeze)

2011-05-23 Thread CS DBA
Hi All; I've been running Fedora 14 for several days now. I've had half a dozen instances of the system completely freezing. When this happens I have no mouse, no keyboard, nothing on the system works. I have to simply hold the power button and force a hard reset. I'm at a loss as to how to de

Re: F15 KDE can't find the way to setup wireless

2011-05-27 Thread CS DBA
click on the NetworkManager icon in the taskbar (near the right edge on the bottom of the screen). when not connected it shows as only a dot. It should bring up a dialog showing Interfaces and Connections. on the bottom left of this dialog there's an "enable wireless" checkbox. Check it and yo

Re: F15 Gnome desktop lockups anybody?

2011-05-27 Thread CS DBA
not sure if it's related, I had lockups in KDE on F14. Do you have an nvidia card? I installed the kmod-nvidia packages via yum, removed the newly created /etc/X11/xorg.conf (x wouldn't start with it in place) and removed the nouveau packages. I haven't had a single lock up / system freeze si

Yum and security

2011-06-15 Thread CS DBA
Hi All; We're having discussions within our company about standardizing on a Linux server OS so we can also standardize our methods & approaches to configuration, security, etc based on what type of server it is (web, database, etc). That said, we'll need to be able to manage updates in a very

KDE screen edge actions not working

2011-07-08 Thread CS DBA
Hi All; I found today that my screen edge settings for things like show all desktops, desktop grid, etc no longer work. I dont use it very often so I cannot say when it stopped working. The "maximize window by dragging to the top of the screen" does still work if I enable it (however I dislike

FATAL: shmat(id=4096103) failed: Cannot allocate memory

2011-12-13 Thread CS DBA
Hi All; I just installed Fedora 16, I was running fedora 14. I installed Postgresql from source and set SHMMAX to 2198066816 I set postgres to use 2GB for shared_buffers and I get this when I try to start: FATAL: shmat(id=4096103) failed: Cannot allocate memory The only real difference fro

Re: FATAL: shmat(id=4096103) failed: Cannot allocate memory

2011-12-13 Thread CS DBA
On 12/13/2011 06:51 PM, Reindl Harald wrote: Am 14.12.2011 02:45, schrieb CS DBA: Hi All; I just installed Fedora 16, I was running fedora 14. I installed Postgresql from source and set SHMMAX to 2198066816 I set postgres to use 2GB for shared_buffers and I get this when I try to start

Re: FATAL: shmat(id=4096103) failed: Cannot allocate memory

2011-12-14 Thread CS DBA
On 12/14/2011 06:02 AM, Craig White wrote: On Tue, 2011-12-13 at 18:45 -0700, CS DBA wrote: Hi All; I just installed Fedora 16, I was running fedora 14. I installed Postgresql from source and set SHMMAX to 2198066816 I set postgres to use 2GB for shared_buffers and I get this when I try to

Boot error: "*ERROR* failed to get supported _DSM functions"

2011-12-15 Thread CS DBA
Hi all; I see this (see below snippit from my latest /var/log/messages file) each time I boot (Fedora 15 x86_64, fully up to date, Thinkpad T410, i7 chip, 8G ram) Thoughts? Thanks in advance... Dec 15 10:48:16 Issac kernel: [2.932891] [drm] Initialized drm 1.1.0 20060810 Dec 15 10:48

process /usr/bin/virtuoso-t killed by signal 11

2011-12-17 Thread CS DBA
Hi all; I get this error every time I login, Fedora 15 x86_64, using KDE & kdm. process /usr/bin/virtuoso-t killed by signal 11 Thoughts? Thanks in advance... -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mai

Fedora 21 on mackbook air - no tilde key

2015-07-13 Thread CS DBA
Hi All; I've installed Fedora 21 KDE spin on a 2015 Macbook air. I installed the rpmfusion repos and enabled kmod-wl and kernel-devel packages to enable wireless support. At this point most everything works, the screen brightness keys, keyboard backlight keys, keyboard volume keys, etc all work.

Fedora 22 KDE spin, no wireless

2015-07-20 Thread CS DBA
All; I did a new install of Fedora 22 - the KDE spin on a macbook pro, Fedora 21 worked well on this laptop but with Fedora 22 I cannot get the wireless enabled, when I click the network icon in the system tray I only see the wired connection and it does not show the check box to enable/disable wi

Re: installing Fedora 21 or 22 on a MacBook Air 7,1

2015-07-29 Thread CS DBA
I installed Fedora 20 on a macbook air like this: 1) burned the KDE live dvd, 2) plugged the dvd player into the mac usb port 3) held down the option button while I boot the macbook 4) when it comes up with the boot options choose the Fedora DVD (it takes a few min before it shows up) 5) boot

Asus UX303LA - fedora 21 - external monitor via mini display port not recognized

2015-08-13 Thread CS DBA
All; I've installed Fedora 21 on an Asus UX303LA. Most everything works great but I cannot get it to recognize an external monitor via the mini display port. I checked dmesg and saw no change when I plug the monitor in. I also booted with the monitor plugged in but still no luck. Thoughts? Than

Kernel 4.1.4 breaks external display

2015-08-21 Thread CS DBA
Hi All; I'm running Fedora 21 on a Dell M3800 laptop, been working great. Updating to the latest kernel however breaks my external display i.e. I plug the external monitor in and nothing happens, previous to the update when I plug in the external monitor the system would auto configure the second

Re: Kernel 4.1.4 breaks external display

2015-08-21 Thread CS DBA
09:41 AM, CS DBA wrote: > Hi All; > > I'm running Fedora 21 on a Dell M3800 laptop, been working great. > Updating to the latest kernel however breaks my external display > i.e. I plug the external monitor in and nothing happens, previous to the > update when I plug in the e

Re: Kernel 4.1.4 breaks external display

2015-08-31 Thread CS DBA
Still no luck, any advice per debugging this? Thanks in advance On 08/21/2015 09:58 AM, CS DBA wrote: > Update: > > I'm actually updated to kernel 4.1.5-100, as opposed to the 4.1.4 > indicated in my subject line. > > Also when I plug in the external monit

Re: Kernel 4.1.4 breaks external display

2015-09-02 Thread CS DBA
On 08/31/2015 08:34 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 08/21/15 23:41, CS DBA wrote: >> I'm running Fedora 21 on a Dell M3800 laptop, been working great. >> Updating to the latest kernel however breaks my external display >> i.e. I plug the external monitor in and nothin

Re: Kernel 4.1.4 breaks external display

2015-09-04 Thread CS DBA
On 09/02/2015 08:00 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 09/03/15 09:06, CS DBA wrote: >> On 08/31/2015 08:34 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: >>> On 08/21/15 23:41, CS DBA wrote: >>>> I'm running Fedora 21 on a Dell M3800 laptop, been working great. >>>> Updating

Re: Kernel 4.1.4 breaks external display

2015-09-04 Thread CS DBA
I checked that as well, no luck actually I have 2 laptops with the same issue, a Dell M3800 and an ASUS zenbook, with kernel 4.1.x I have no external monitor capability On 09/04/2015 01:29 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 09/05/15 00:08, CS DBA wrote: >> No dice, the display section of t

Re: Kernel 4.1.4 breaks external display

2015-09-04 Thread CS DBA
Is 4.1.6 the latest for Fedora 22? I'm running Fedora 21 and a yum update gives me 4.1.5 On 09/04/2015 02:44 PM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > The Dell M3800 works fine for me with kernel 4.1.6. > > Ranjan > > On Fri, 4 Sep 2015 14:28:00 -0600 CS DBA wrote: > >> I

Re: Kernel 4.1.4 breaks external display

2015-09-04 Thread CS DBA
Are you running kmod-nvidia? Bumblebee? On 09/04/2015 02:59 PM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > Yes, it is. > > On Fri, 4 Sep 2015 14:50:09 -0600 CS DBA wrote: > >> Is 4.1.6 the latest for Fedora 22? I'm running Fedora 21 and a yum >> update gives me 4.1.5 >> >>

Re: Kernel 4.1.4 breaks external display

2015-09-08 Thread CS DBA
015 15:23:52 -0600 CS DBA > wrote: > > > Are you running kmod-nvidia? Bumblebee? > > > > > > On 09/04/2015 02:59 PM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > > > Yes, it is. > > > > > > On Fri, 4 Sep 2015 14:50:09 -0600 CS DBA > wrote: > > > > &

HD+ LED-backlit LCD screen washed out

2015-09-10 Thread CS DBA
Hi All; I've just installed Fedora 21 (KDE Spin) on a new Lenovo Thinkpad T450s with a HD+ LED-backlit LCD screen with the following video card: Intel HD Graphics 5500 Fedora is running great except the screen is washed out, colors are blah and its borderline hard to read. The following d

Re: HD+ LED-backlit LCD screen washed out

2015-09-10 Thread CS DBA
Will this fix the screen issue? On 09/10/2015 10:02 AM, Zoltan Hoppar wrote: Sure, use Fedora 22 KDE... 2015-09-10 17:40 GMT+02:00 CS DBA : Hi All; I've just installed Fedora 21 (KDE Spin) on a new Lenovo Thinkpad T450s with a HD+ LED-backlit LCD screen with the following video

Re: HD+ LED-backlit LCD screen washed out

2015-09-10 Thread CS DBA
vertical) it looks washed out. Thoughts? Thanks in advance On 09/10/2015 10:32 AM, John Pilkington wrote: On 10/09/15 17:16, CS DBA wrote: Will this fix the screen issue? I'd be a bit cautious. The KDE-fedora list isn't entirely happy with F22 at present. http://www.spinics

Re: HD+ LED-backlit LCD screen washed out - found a temporary solution

2015-09-10 Thread CS DBA
All, Just an FYI, I created a file: /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/99-xgamma.sh made it executable, and added this content: #!/bin/bash xgamma -gamma .7 It seems that setting overall gamma to 0.7 does wonders for the display On 09/10/2015 03:06 PM, CS DBA wrote: All; So I went ahead and

more external display woes...

2015-09-11 Thread CS DBA
All; I bought a new Lenovo X1 Carbon 3rd generation, installed Fedora 21 and neither the mini display port or the HDMI port work per an external display. Installed Fedora 22 as well but it has the same issue. Can someone help me debug this? Thanks in advance -- users mailing list users@lists.

Fedora 22 - no external monitor after kernel update

2015-09-11 Thread CS DBA
Hi All; I've just installed Fedora 22. The external monitor (Intel HD Graphics 5500) worked fine initially. Then I ran an update of all packages except for the kernel, external monitor still worked. Then I updated the kernel, going from 4.0.4 to 4.1.6 - now the external monitor does not work

Re: more external display woes... SOLVED (sort of)

2015-09-11 Thread CS DBA
F22 works until I update, closing this thread for a more appropriate one, sent a new email: Fedora 22 - no external monitor after kernel update On 09/11/2015 05:16 PM, CS DBA wrote: All; I bought a new Lenovo X1 Carbon 3rd generation, installed Fedora 21 and neither the mini display port

Re: more external display woes... SOLVED (sort of)

2015-09-16 Thread CS DBA
On 09/15/2015 11:46 PM, Robin Laing wrote: On 2015-09-11 20:44, CS DBA wrote: F22 works until I update, closing this thread for a more appropriate one, sent a new email: Fedora 22 - no external monitor after kernel update On 09/11/2015 05:16 PM, CS DBA wrote: All; I bought a new Lenovo

Linux on a Mac - restoring via rsync produces an unbootable laptop

2015-09-25 Thread CS DBA
Hi all; Recently I installed Fedora 21 on a macbook pro, it worked pretty well. I take regular backups via an rsync of the entire system to an external drive. After an update I had an issue I could not easily resolve so I restored the last rsync of the system. On other laptops this simply r

Laptop screen recommendations - Fedora 22 & KDE

2015-10-19 Thread CS DBA
Hi all; I'm currently running Fedora 22 on a Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Carbon (3rd gen). Fedora works well on it, my only complaint is that the screen has a built in anti glare filter and seems washed out, I'm not sure if this is the anti glare filter or if it's that Linux support for the Video car

Fedora 22 - Change login screen resolution?

2015-10-22 Thread CS DBA
Hi All; I'm playing around with Fedora 22 (KDE spin) on a macbook pro retina. I can login and change the screen resolution and it stays permanent. However the login screen is still tiny, anyone know how to change / scale the resolution of the login screen? Thanks in advance -- users mailin

Re: laptop external monitor

2015-10-27 Thread CS DBA
On 10/27/2015 06:20 AM, Paul Cartwright wrote: I am running f22 on a Dell laptop. I have a 23" monitor plugged in and I always use just the external monitor. Everytime I boot it reverts to 1024 X 680 and I have to go to the dispay settings, uncheck the box for both screens the same, turn off

Network Manager oddities

2015-11-04 Thread CS DBA
All; I'm running Fedora 22 (KDE Spin) on a Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Carbon. Fedora 22 is great, most everything just works out of the box! I owe much gratitude to the Fedora community! There is one issue I have not been able to fix, it's more of an annoyance than a problem. The network manager t

Scale grub resolution on a HiDef screen (Fedora 23)?

2015-11-13 Thread CS DBA
Hi All; I just received a new laptop, the Lenovo X1 Carbon with the 2560x1440 IPS screen. I installed the Fedora 23 KDE spin, changed the screen resolution in : System Settings --> Display and Monitor Then I was able to change the login screen resolution by adding an /etc/X11/xorg.conf file w

Re: Scale grub resolution on a HiDef screen (Fedora 23)?

2015-11-13 Thread CS DBA
On 11/13/2015 10:07 AM, CS DBA wrote: Hi All; I just received a new laptop, the Lenovo X1 Carbon with the 2560x1440 IPS screen. I installed the Fedora 23 KDE spin, changed the screen resolution in : System Settings --> Display and Monitor Then I was able to change the login scr

Re: Scale grub resolution on a HiDef screen (Fedora 23)?

2015-11-17 Thread CS DBA
On 11/13/2015 11:46 PM, Tim wrote: Allegedly, on or about 13 November 2015, CS DBA sent: GRUB_GFXMODE='1368x768x32; 1368x768x24; 1280x720x32; 1280x720x24; 800x600x32; 800x600x24; auto' Wild guess: Rather than give a list of compatible resolutions, try just listing a low resolutio

Re: Scale grub resolution on a HiDef screen (Fedora 23)?

2015-11-18 Thread CS DBA
On 11/17/2015 08:49 AM, CS DBA wrote: On 11/13/2015 11:46 PM, Tim wrote: Allegedly, on or about 13 November 2015, CS DBA sent: GRUB_GFXMODE='1368x768x32; 1368x768x24; 1280x720x32; 1280x720x24; 800x600x32; 800x600x24; auto' Wild guess: Rather than give a list of compatible r

rpmfusion updates-testing repos enabled in Fedora23

2015-12-18 Thread CS DBA
Hi All I recently did a fresh install on Fedora 23 on a laptop (Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Carbon 3rd edition) I followed up the install by installing the rpmfusion repos. I simply ran the command from the rpmfusion site to enable rpmfusion-free-updates and rpmfusion-nonfree-updates However today I

No second monitor - Fedora23 KDE spin

2016-01-04 Thread CS DBA
All; I'm running Fedora 23, KDE spin. I've fully updated my system. several updated back I could plug in a second monitor, go to system settings --> display and click on the second monitor to 'enable' it However a few updates back this functionality stopped working. Now I plug in the HDMI ca

Unexpected system error Notifications

2016-03-01 Thread CS DBA
All; I'm seeing this notification multiple times a day (from 5 - 30 minutes apart): Unexpected system error The system has encountered a problem and recovered. Name:kernel-core Version: 4.4.2.301.fc23.x86_64 Detected: 3 minutes ago Reported: cannot be reported The kernel lo

Re: Unexpected system error Notifications

2016-03-01 Thread CS DBA
On 03/01/2016 03:12 PM, Rick Stevens wrote: On 03/01/2016 02:06 PM, CS DBA wrote: All; I'm seeing this notification multiple times a day (from 5 - 30 minutes apart): Unexpected system error The system has encountered a problem and recovered. Name:kernel-core Version: 4.4.

Can't get amarok to play mp3's via GStreamer backend

2016-03-14 Thread CS DBA
I've installed a number of the gstreamer rpm's (running Fedora 23) as shown below. However amarok will not play mp3's unless I change the backend to vlc. Anyone know how to get it to work with the GStreamer backend? Thanks in advance... $ rpm -qa | grep -i gstreamer libnice-gstreamer1-0.1.1

Re: Can't get amarok to play mp3's via GStreamer backend

2016-03-14 Thread CS DBA
On 03/14/2016 11:52 AM, Greg Woods wrote: On Mon, Mar 14, 2016 at 11:39 AM, CS DBA <mailto:cs_...@consistentstate.com>> wrote: rpm -qa | grep -i gstreamer It's working for me, and here's what I have: gstreamer1-plugins-ugly-1.6.3-1.fc23.x86_64 gstreamer1-1.6.3-1.

Fedora on a Dell XPS 15?

2014-01-02 Thread CS DBA
Hi All; I'm looking for a replacement for my 15" macbook pro retina, I tried to switch to mac but Linux is just too good. Thinking of buying a Dell XPS 15 (specs below), anyone have any thoughts on if Fedora will run on this machine? Thanks in advance Specs: Note that this laptop has O

Fedora 20 install - can I revert to the old installer?

2014-01-03 Thread CS DBA
Hi All; Is there a way to install Fedora 20 and force it to use the old installer, which gave me more control per installing multiple GUI's, etc? Thanks in advance -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.or

Possible OT question

2014-01-07 Thread CS DBA
Hi All; Our company is hosting an upcoming "Open Data Summit" conference (opendatasummit.com) I've posted to a few relevant mailing lists, such as the PostgreSQL Announce list. Before I post here and potentially step over a line that I shouldn't I wanted to pose the question, would it be

Hi Res Screen help

2014-01-14 Thread CS DBA
Hi All; I've installed Fedora 20 on a Dell XPS 15 with a 3200x1800 screen It works well but I need a magnifying glass to see the text. I tried going into system settings for KDE and setting the default dpi which sort of works for appps but I still have a teeny tiny start menu and taskbar (and

Fedora on a Thinkpad W540

2014-02-06 Thread CS DBA
Hi All; I'm thinking about buying this beast: http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/thinkpad/w-series/w540/#techspecs With these specific options: Video Card: NVIDIA Quadro K1100M 2GB Internal drive: 128 GB Solid State Drive, Serial ATA3 Secondary Drive: 2nd 500GB HDD, 7200rpm with Bay Adapter

Re: Fedora on a Thinkpad W540

2014-02-07 Thread CS DBA
Unfortunately it's web order only... I can send it back if needed but some level of confidence before I pull the trigger would be nice... Thanks for the feedback On 2/7/14, 1:08 AM, poma wrote: Although the best way would be to download and burn a Live CD[1] of your choice, and then walk to

Development question

2014-02-07 Thread CS DBA
Hi All; It seems to me that the "marriage" that Microsoft & Apple enjoy per hardware designed for their software gives them a huge advantage. I see that the Linux community is quite good at coming up with drivers, software, etc for hardware after the fact. I wonder, what could be accomplishe

Re: Development question

2014-02-07 Thread CS DBA
On 2/7/14, 3:27 PM, Rick Stevens wrote: On 02/07/2014 01:54 PM, CS DBA issued this missive: Hi All; It seems to me that the "marriage" that Microsoft & Apple enjoy per hardware designed for their software gives them a huge advantage. I see that the Linux community is quite goo

Re: Development question

2014-02-07 Thread CS DBA
On 2/7/14, 5:17 PM, Doug wrote: On 02/07/2014 04:54 PM, CS DBA wrote: Hi All; It seems to me that the "marriage" that Microsoft & Apple enjoy per hardware designed for their software gives them a huge advantage. I see that the Linux community is quite good at coming u

NVIDIA Quadro K1100M 2GB and Fedora

2014-02-07 Thread CS DBA
Anyone running Fedora with this card: NVIDIA Quadro K1100M 2GB Does it work well? any gotcha's? Thanks in advance -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: htt

Intel Dual Band Wireless 7260AC with Bluetooth 4.0 with Fedora

2014-02-07 Thread CS DBA
Anyone using Fedora with this wireless card: Intel Dual Band Wireless 7260AC with Bluetooth 4.0 Works well? Thanks in advance -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of

Security Chip

2014-02-21 Thread CS DBA
Hi All; I just ordered a Lenovo Thinkpad W540, the specs list this: Security Chip 2 Security Chip Enabled I plan to run Fedora 20 on it. Is this something I should be concerned about? Can it be disabled in the bios? Thanks in advance... -- users mailing list users@lists.fe

Re: Security Chip

2014-02-21 Thread CS DBA
On 2/21/14, 11:54 AM, Robert P. J. Day wrote: On Fri, 21 Feb 2014, CS DBA wrote: Hi All; I just ordered a Lenovo Thinkpad W540, the specs list this: Security Chip 2 Security Chip Enabled I plan to run Fedora 20 on it. Is this something I should be concerned about? Can it be

Re: OT: bash question

2014-03-05 Thread CS DBA
On 03/05/2014 01:13 PM, Mike Wright wrote: Hi all, I need to extract the name of a parent directory, not the whole path. Combinations of dirname and cut didn't get me anywhere. Given this: (the ... indicates that I don't know the dir depth) /.../mydir/my.file How would I extract this: /..

Nvidia Support

2014-03-13 Thread CS DBA
Hi All; My shiny new Thinkpad W540 is due to arrive tomorrow. I'm preparing what I think I might need for the Fedora 20 install. Nvidia support question, the W540 is equipped with this card: NVIDIA Quadro K1100M 2GB Anyone have any thoughts on the best video packages that would support this

Screen Brightness Keys Not Working - Thinkpad W540 & Fedora 20

2014-03-14 Thread CS DBA
Hi All; Just setup a Thinkpad W540, most everything is working well. I did not install any nvidia drivers (kmod-nvidia, nvidia downloaded binaries, etc) just using the default driver - not sure if this has anything to do with it but Fn-F5 / Fn-F6 dont do anything... Thanks in advance -- u

No Sound keys - fedora 20 & Thinkpad W540

2014-03-14 Thread CS DBA
Hi All; Just setup a Thinkpad W540, most everything is working well. The sound keys dont work (Fn-F2 & Fn-F3) Thanks in advance for any tips -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/user

Slow wireless speeds - Fedora 20 - Intel Dual Band Wireless 7260A

2014-03-14 Thread CS DBA
Hi All; I have Fedora 20 running on a Thinkpad W540, the wireless works out of the box but seems real slow (less than 2mbps) Can anyone help me debug this or point me to the right package(s) to install? Thanks in advance -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe o

Re: Screen Brightness Keys Not Working - Thinkpad W540 & Fedora 20

2014-03-15 Thread CS DBA
On 3/15/14, 12:16 PM, Digimer wrote: On 15/03/14 01:44 PM, D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote: | From: CS DBA | Just setup a Thinkpad W540, most everything is working well. I hope you are aware that there is a BIOS bug that can cause Linux to brick the machine. As in: once it happens, the motherboard

Fedora 20 network issues

2014-03-16 Thread CS DBA
Hi all; I'm setting up Fedora 20 on a Lenovo W540, I'm seeing network issues : - The wireless connections seem unusually slow and I get disconnects often - The wired connection often will not connect at all The wireless card is : Intel Dual Band Wireless 7260AC However I'm not sure why this

Backup question

2014-03-16 Thread CS DBA
Hi All; I have an rsync script to backup my entire system each time before I run updates, as versions come & go I try and keep up with which top level directories to backup knowing that some like /proc are virtual... Here's my question: If I simply backup all directories (including ones lik

Re: Backup question

2014-03-16 Thread CS DBA
On 3/16/14, 12:33 PM, Matthew Miller wrote: On Sun, Mar 16, 2014 at 12:29:16PM -0600, CS DBA wrote: I have an rsync script to backup my entire system each time before I run updates, as versions come & go I try and keep up with which top level directories to backup knowing that some like /

Help debugging / correcting wireless speed issue

2014-03-16 Thread CS DBA
Hi All; I'm switching from Mac back to Fedora, my new Fedora laptop is a Lenovo W540 with this card: Intel Dual Band Wireless 7260AC I posted about issues earlier, which I've been able to resolve via a clean install. The wireless and wired connections connect immediately and behave as they

Re: Help debugging / correcting wireless speed issue

2014-03-16 Thread CS DBA
On 3/16/14, 4:45 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: On 03/16/2014 03:41 PM, CS DBA wrote: However, the Fedora laptop connected to my local access point shows a download speed of 1.63Mbps, while the mac, running the same test from the same site (http://speedtest.comcast.net) shows a download speed of

Re: Help debugging / correcting wireless speed issue

2014-03-16 Thread CS DBA
On 3/16/14, 7:50 PM, CS DBA wrote: On 3/16/14, 4:45 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: On 03/16/2014 03:41 PM, CS DBA wrote: However, the Fedora laptop connected to my local access point shows a download speed of 1.63Mbps, while the mac, running the same test from the same site (http://speedtest.comcast.net

Fedora21 on a macbook pro - willing to pay!!!

2015-01-01 Thread CS DBA
All; I want to run Fedora21 on a mid-2014 Macbook pro 13" retina... I can get the install done easy enough but I want all the buttons & such to work such as : - auto setting for the backlit keyboard - the mac keyboard keys for screen brightness - the mac 'show desktop' (F3) key - sound volume

Re: Fedora21 on a macbook pro - willing to pay!!!

2015-01-01 Thread CS DBA
On 1/1/15 1:15 PM, CS DBA wrote: All; I want to run Fedora21 on a mid-2014 Macbook pro 13" retina... I can get the install done easy enough but I want all the buttons & such to work such as : - auto setting for the backlit keyboard - the mac keyboard keys for screen brightness

how to run xrandr command at startup

2015-01-02 Thread CS DBA
Hi all; I want to run an xrandr command at startup. I Tried these solutions with no luck: 1) added command it to /etc/rc.d/rc.local (as a script with #!/bin/bash as the first line) created a soft link from /etc/rc.d/rc.local to /etc/rc.local systemctl start rc-local.service 2) added

Re: how to run xrandr command at startup

2015-01-02 Thread CS DBA
On 1/2/15 3:44 PM, CS DBA wrote: Hi all; I want to run an xrandr command at startup. I Tried these solutions with no luck: 1) added command it to /etc/rc.d/rc.local (as a script with #!/bin/bash as the first line) created a soft link from /etc/rc.d/rc.local to /etc/rc.local

Fedora 21 on a GIGABYTE P34Gv2-CF4 (NVIDIA GeForc GTX 860M)

2015-01-07 Thread CS DBA
All; I'm thinking about getting a GIGABYTE P34Gv2-CF4 with these specs: - 14.0” FHD 16:9 LED IPS Backlit Wide screen (1920x1080) Anti-Glare Matte Type Screen - 4th Generation Intel® Haswell Core™ i7-4710HQ (2.5GHz - 3.5GHz, 6MB Intel® Smart Cache) - NVIDIA® GeForce™ GTX 860M (4.0GB) GDDR5 PCI

display link driver?

2015-01-15 Thread CS DBA
All; anyone know how to get a displaylink usb monitor to work with Fedora 21? (Asus MB168B+) Thanks in advance -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: htt

Fedora 21 wrong IP address when using "Automatic" (DHCP)

2015-01-20 Thread CS DBA
Hi All; I have a laptop with a new Fedora 21 install, Our firewall is set to serve up (DHCP) addresses from 192.168.2.100 - 192.168.2.250 When I activate the physical internet (enp0s25) I get an address of 192.168.0.100 this I cannot connect to any other servers due to the subnet difference.

Re: Fedora 21 wrong IP address when using "Automatic" (DHCP)

2015-01-20 Thread CS DBA
On 1/20/15 1:06 PM, CS DBA wrote: Hi All; I have a laptop with a new Fedora 21 install, Our firewall is set to serve up (DHCP) addresses from 192.168.2.100 - 192.168.2.250 When I activate the physical internet (enp0s25) I get an address of 192.168.0.100 this I cannot connect to any other

allow ssh / scp to fedora 20 / 21

2015-01-21 Thread CS DBA
Hi All; How do I open ports & allow ssh / scp to a fedora 21 workstation ? I added port 22 to the public area but no luck thanks in advance -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users F

Re: Dell Inspiron 1525: Many Intel Graphics Problems, Resume from Suspend Broken

2015-01-21 Thread CS DBA
option about lid closure. > > On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 7:07 PM, CS DBA > wrote: >> weird, I'm runnng KDE and have several pulldown options for this... >> is there another area of gnome for 'system settings'? >> >> >> >> >> On 01/21/2015

Blank laptop screen after disconnecting projector

2015-01-22 Thread CS DBA
All; I recently installed Fedora21 (KDE Spin) on a new Dell M3800 Everything was working beautifully, one of the things I do on a regular basis is to rsync my hard drive (skipping the directories created at runtime) to a backup location I have been connecting & disconnection the laptop to/fr

Re: Blank laptop screen after disconnecting projector

2015-01-23 Thread CS DBA
The laptop was set to the main display the whole time On 1/22/15 10:58 PM, Eddie O'Connor wrote: Wonder if there's a "Set As Main Display" option? You could then set the laptop to be the primary always whether plugged into a monitor or not..hmmm On Jan 23, 20

L2TP over IPSEC ?

2015-02-18 Thread CS DBA
Hi All; anyone have any info on setting up a L2TP over IPSEC client vpn conection in Fedora 20 or 21? Thanks in advance -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Cond

Andriod tablet as a second monitor

2015-04-28 Thread CS DBA
All; Is it possible to use an andriod tablet as a second monitor? I'm running Fedora 21 on a Dell Precision Workstation 3800 Thanks in advance -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users

Latest update boots to blank screen (nvidia)

2011-08-24 Thread CS DBA
Hi All; I have an IBM Thinkpad with an Nvidia card ( nVidia Corporation GT218 [NVS 3100M] (rev a2) ) I currently have the nouveau driver black listed in my grub.conf setup: /rhgb quiet nouveau.modeset=0 rdblacklist=nouveau/ I did the update which installed/updated the following: ---> Packa

Re: Latest update boots to blank screen (nvidia)

2011-08-25 Thread CS DBA
On 08/24/2011 02:10 PM, CS DBA wrote: Hi All; I have an IBM Thinkpad with an Nvidia card ( nVidia Corporation GT218 [NVS 3100M] (rev a2) ) I currently have the nouveau driver black listed in my grub.conf setup: /rhgb quiet nouveau.modeset=0 rdblacklist=nouveau/ I did the update which

Re: Latest update boots to blank screen (nvidia)

2011-08-25 Thread CS DBA
On 08/25/2011 11:18 AM, linux guy wrote: > How did you roll back the update ? > > Thanks ! I have a couple of rsync scripts. I run the rsync_backup.sh before I apply ANY updates no matter how trivial. Then I can always run rsync_restore.sh to roll back. The only downside is that I have to have

Re: Latest update boots to blank screen (nvidia)

2011-09-06 Thread CS DBA
On 08/24/2011 02:10 PM, CS DBA wrote: Hi All; I have an IBM Thinkpad with an Nvidia card ( nVidia Corporation GT218 [NVS 3100M] (rev a2) ) I currently have the nouveau driver black listed in my grub.conf setup: /rhgb quiet nouveau.modeset=0 rdblacklist=nouveau/ I did the update which

Fedora 23 multiple CPU cooling/temp errors every day

2016-04-12 Thread CS DBA
Hi all; Daily I see anywhere from 10 - 50 or more of these alerts via abrt. I'm running Fedora 23 (KDE Spin) fully up to date on a Lenovo X1 carbon 3rd gen. In all the alerts I see that the trip temp was exceeded, and then dropped below the trip temp within 1 second. Below is a sample of the

Re: Fedora 23 multiple CPU cooling/temp errors every day

2016-04-13 Thread CS DBA
On 04/12/2016 04:04 PM, Chris Murphy wrote: On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 3:15 PM, Chris Murphy wrote: On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 2:41 PM, CS DBA wrote: Hi all; Daily I see anywhere from 10 - 50 or more of these alerts via abrt. I'm running Fedora 23 (KDE Spin) fully up to date on a Leno

Re: Fedora 23 multiple CPU cooling/temp errors every day

2016-04-13 Thread CS DBA
On 04/13/2016 10:25 AM, Chris Murphy wrote: On Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 8:55 AM, CS DBA wrote: Thanks for the feedback, I've installed thermald, added it to /etc/rc.d/rc.local and so far have not seen a single cpu temp alert. That package installs a systemd unit. It shouldn't be ne

SELINUX Problem (Firefox Create access on rawip_socket)

2016-05-09 Thread CS DBA
Hi All; I'm running Fedora 23 KDE Spin, After a recent firefox update (I'm now at Firefox 46.0.1) I've been getting these SELINUX alerts: The source process: 57656220436F6E74656E74 Attempted this access: create On this rawip_socket: The alert gives me 2 choices: 1) If I want to use the pl

Re: SELINUX Problem (Firefox Create access on rawip_socket)

2016-05-09 Thread CS DBA
On 05/09/2016 01:39 PM, Rick Stevens wrote: On 05/09/2016 12:19 PM, CS DBA wrote: Hi All; I'm running Fedora 23 KDE Spin, After a recent firefox update (I'm now at Firefox 46.0.1) I've been getting these SELINUX alerts: The source process: 57656220436F6E74656E74 Attemp

Re: SELINUX Problem (Firefox Create access on rawip_socket)

2016-05-09 Thread CS DBA
On 05/09/2016 04:36 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 05/09/2016 12:19 PM, CS DBA wrote: Thoughts? Is this a bug? Should I run the setsebool command to allow access? https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1230052 What plugins do you have installed? Flash? -- users mailing list users

Set system time to 24 hour format (military time)

2016-10-26 Thread CS DBA
Hi All; I'm running Fedora 24 (KDE Spin). How can I set the system time format to be 24 hour time? ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org