Re: tar a flash drive

2019-09-04 Thread John Harris
On Tuesday, September 3, 2019 10:03:21 PM MST ToddAndMargo via users wrote: > Hi All, > > I have a flash drive with about four partitions on is. > Lets call it /dev/sdc. > > Can I tar sdc or am I stuck with tarring the partitions? > > Any drawback to this? If you were to `tar` it, you'd be

Re: NFS and Firewalld -

2019-08-31 Thread John Harris
On Saturday, August 31, 2019 1:09:58 AM MST Tom H wrote: > On Thu, Aug 29, 2019 at 5:40 AM John Harris wrote: > > > > > > > NFS over UDP is faster than NFS over TCP. > > > When using nfsv3, yes. But nfsv4 is tcp-only. nfsv4 is also slower than nfsv3, and isn

Re: NFS and Firewalld -

2019-08-28 Thread John Harris
On Wednesday, August 28, 2019 3:06:50 AM MST Tom H wrote: > On Wed, Aug 28, 2019 at 9:21 AM Ed Greshko wrote: > > > > [root@f30-k ~]# firewall-cmd --zone=home --add-port=111/udp --permanent > > [root@f30-k ~]# firewall-cmd --zone=home --add-port=20048/udp --permanent > > > Is there a reason

Re: NFS and Firewalld -

2019-08-28 Thread John Harris
On Wednesday, August 28, 2019 12:20:13 AM MST Ed Greshko wrote: > That may not be sufficient depending on the zone an interface is assigned. Correct. See below. firewall-cmd --add-service=nfs --zone=$ZONE firewall-cmd --add-service=nfs --zone=$ZONE --permanent -- John M. Harris, Jr. Splentity

Re: NFS and Firewalld -

2019-08-28 Thread John Harris
On Tuesday, August 27, 2019 2:45:42 PM MST Bob Goodwin wrote: > My NFS problems continue. The hard drive was replaced, Fedora 30 > installed and NFS is configured. I think the configuration is good, I > followed the instructions anyway. > > Firewlld appears to be a new stumbling block and I

Re: GNOME Software don’t find Chrome

2019-08-26 Thread John Harris
On Monday, August 26, 2019 8:17:47 AM MST Fast OS wrote: > I think needs a clear step by step documentation to enable and install third > party repo / apps. I didn’t figure out how to do it in GS. > https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/gnome-software-dont-find-chrome/2876 > >

Re: Need a statement on Fedora's purpose

2019-04-04 Thread John Harris
On Thursday, April 4, 2019 4:37:01 PM EDT Thomas Dineen wrote: > GentlePeople: > > I that you haven't observed this by now! > > Proposed statement on Fedora's purpose: > > "Fedora has no purpose it only exists!" > > Thomas Dineen > > I seem to recall some comical "purpose" for Fedora,

Re: Need a statement on Fedora's purpose

2019-04-04 Thread John Harris
On Thursday, April 4, 2019 2:09:37 PM EDT Matthew Miller wrote: > On Sat, Mar 30, 2019 at 08:39:16AM +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: > > > An extreme case of this would be F29 going from the 4.X kernel to the 5.X > > kernel. > > Note that this isn't *really* an extreme case — there's no bigger >

Re: Gnome settings -> Online accounts and tor hidden services

2019-02-15 Thread John Harris
On Friday, February 15, 2019 3:37:58 PM EST Robin Lee wrote: > On Fri, 2019-02-15 at 08:55 -0500, John Harris wrote: > > > On Friday, February 15, 2019 4:13:19 AM EST Robin Lee wrote: > > > > > On Thu, 2019-02-14 at 20:59 -0800, Samuel Sieb wrote: > > > >

Re: Gnome settings -> Online accounts and tor hidden services

2019-02-15 Thread John Harris
On Friday, February 15, 2019 4:13:19 AM EST Robin Lee wrote: > On Thu, 2019-02-14 at 20:59 -0800, Samuel Sieb wrote: > > > On 2/14/19 11:12 AM, Robin Lee wrote: > > > > > I wonder if there's away to configure a Nextcloud account in Online > > > Accounts or otherwise that would connect to a

Re: JS script from the command line?

2019-02-12 Thread John Harris
On Tuesday, February 12, 2019 11:04:13 PM EST ToddAndMargo via users wrote: > On 2/12/19 8:00 PM, John Harris wrote: > > > On Tuesday, February 12, 2019 10:13:55 PM EST ToddAndMargo via users > > wrote: > > >> Hi All, > >> > >> > >> >

Re: JS script from the command line?

2019-02-12 Thread John Harris
On Tuesday, February 12, 2019 10:13:55 PM EST ToddAndMargo via users wrote: > Hi All, > > Any of you guys know how to read a JS Script from a web > site from the command line? > > Many thanks, > -T Well, what do you mean by `read`? Viewing the source in an editor? -- John M. Harris, Jr.

Re: on screen keyboard?

2019-02-05 Thread John Harris
On Tuesday, February 5, 2019 5:22:20 PM EST Samuel Sieb wrote: > On 2/5/19 2:18 PM, John Harris wrote: > > > `onboard` is DE independent. ☺ > > > But it doesn't do what he's looking for. You can configure `onboard` to highlight keys that are pressed, but I'm afraid it wo

Re: on screen keyboard?

2019-02-05 Thread John Harris
On Tuesday, February 5, 2019 4:54:02 PM EST Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Tue, 2019-02-05 at 11:15 -0800, Samuel Sieb wrote: > > > On 2/5/19 9:33 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > > > > That's not what I'm saying. As with most of these widgets onboard is > > > for typing using the screen

Re: on screen keyboard?

2019-02-05 Thread John Harris
On Tuesday, February 5, 2019 12:33:51 PM EST Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Tue, 2019-02-05 at 10:56 -0500, John Harris wrote: > > > `onboard` ☺ > > > > > That's not what I'm saying. As with most of these widgets onboard is > for typing using the screen inste

Re: Email address

2019-02-05 Thread John Harris
On Tuesday, February 5, 2019 2:46:24 PM EST ergodic wrote: > Please change my email address from g...@embarqmail.com to > g@embarqmail.com You're going to have to do that yourself. -- John M. Harris, Jr. Splentity https://splentity.com/ signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed

Re: on screen keyboard?

2019-02-05 Thread John Harris
On Tuesday, February 5, 2019 6:20:27 AM EST Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Mon, 2019-02-04 at 19:58 -0800, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: > > > Hi All, > > > > Anyone have a favorite on screen keyboard that will operate > > under Xfce? > > > > I have been using Florence, but it seems to not be

Re: on screen keyboard?

2019-02-04 Thread John Harris
On Monday, February 4, 2019 10:58:59 PM EST ToddAndMargo via users wrote: > Hi All, > > Anyone have a favorite on screen keyboard that will operate > under Xfce? > > I have been using Florence, but it seems to not be supported > anymore and crashes a lot. > > Many thanks, > -T >

Re: Fedora Project Slack Workspace

2019-02-04 Thread John Harris
On Monday, February 4, 2019 1:58:58 PM EST Thomas S. Clayborne wrote: > I understand and share your concerns, however my goal in this is to reach > and help those looking for it, regardless of my ideals about software. If you're looking for support via a chat service, we're on Freenode in #fedora

Re: Fedora Project Slack Workspace

2019-02-04 Thread John Harris
On Monday, February 4, 2019 1:52:49 PM EST Thomas S. Clayborne wrote: > Hi all, I recently joined the QA group, and I wanted to put a feeler out for > setting up a Fedora slack workspace. > There's currently a Slack group for the FEDORA repository management tool, > more on that here,

Re: tablets?

2019-01-23 Thread John Harris
Additionally, my daily driver is a Lenovo X200 Tablet. It's a really nice machine in my opinion, perhaps you'd like it as well. -- John M. Harris, Jr. Splentity https://splentity.com/ signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: tip: cd previous directory

2019-01-23 Thread John Harris
On Wednesday, January 23, 2019 6:58:09 AM EST ToddAndMargo via users wrote: > On 1/23/19 3:25 AM, John Harris wrote: > > > On Wednesday, January 23, 2019 2:36:06 AM EST ToddAndMargo via users > > wrote: > > >> On 1/22/19 11:15 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: > >

Re: tablets?

2019-01-23 Thread John Harris
On Tuesday, January 22, 2019 10:54:18 PM EST ToddAndMargo via users wrote: > Hi All, > > Any sign of Fedora on a tablet? > > -T Yes, but it depends on what you're going for. For example, I toyed around with Fedora on a Bay Trail tablet a few years ago, and it was fine after a few patches. Not

Re: tip: cd previous directory

2019-01-23 Thread John Harris
On Wednesday, January 23, 2019 5:36:40 AM EST Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Tue, 2019-01-22 at 22:55 -0800, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: > > > Hi All, > > > > I just discovered this. To cd back to the previous directory > > > > > > cd - > > > > > > What a time saver! > > > This

Re: tip: cd previous directory

2019-01-23 Thread John Harris
On Wednesday, January 23, 2019 2:36:06 AM EST ToddAndMargo via users wrote: > On 1/22/19 11:15 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: > > > On 1/23/19 3:12 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: > > > >> You don't understand what I said. I meant "previous" directory, > >> not directory before the current direcorty.

Re: F29 KDE weirdness

2019-01-18 Thread John Harris
On Friday, January 18, 2019 5:27:47 PM EST Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > TRAMP? https://www.gnu.org/software/tramp/ -- John M. Harris, Jr. Splentity https://splentity.com/ signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. ___ users

Re: F29 KDE weirdness

2019-01-18 Thread John Harris
On Friday, January 18, 2019 4:52:45 AM EST Chris Rouch wrote: > On Sun, 9 Dec 2018 at 06:31, Robert McBroom via users < > > users@lists.fedoraproject.org> wrote: > > Upgraded to F29. On KDE desktop starting EMACS in a privileged command > > window locks the system. Starting EMACS with sudo locks

Re: f29 auto logging out?

2019-01-13 Thread John Harris
Dan, I've been trying to reproduce this, but I can't find any setting that will actually *log out* the user, rather than just locking the session. -- John M. Harris, Jr. Splentity https://splentity.com/ signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: f29 auto logging out?

2019-01-11 Thread John Harris
On Friday, January 11, 2019 5:18:33 PM EST Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > What you see above is your entire message. When using HyperKitty > please remember to quote some context to enable readers to know what > you're talking about without having to look back in the thread, as has > been

Re: f29 auto logging out?

2019-01-10 Thread John Harris
On Thursday, January 10, 2019 5:15:56 PM EST Dan wrote: > I have a fresh F29 install that is hooked up to a TV to display a dashboard. > I will often come in in the morning and I will see the dashboard, but as > soon as I touch the mouse or the keyboard, I am logged out automatically > and need

Re: Smallest Fedora box to use as gateway/firewall/VPN

2019-01-10 Thread John Harris
On Thursday, January 10, 2019 2:45:39 PM EST Rick Stevens wrote: > It's compatibility with _existing_ software that's in question here. Is > Fedora stable? Well, most of the time. Not always. Upgrades sometimes > screw the boot environment or corrupt the initrd or any of may other > issues. Kernel

Re: Smallest Fedora box to use as gateway/firewall/VPN

2019-01-10 Thread John Harris
On Thursday, January 10, 2019 1:59:56 PM EST Tom Horsley wrote: > On Thu, 10 Jan 2019 13:43:11 -0500 > John Harris wrote: > > > > Fedora is always in a stable > > condition at release. > > > I can't count the number of times moving to the next > fedora r

Re: Smallest Fedora box to use as gateway/firewall/VPN

2019-01-10 Thread John Harris
On Thursday, January 10, 2019 1:16:11 PM EST Rick Stevens wrote: > If I may offer my $0.02, Fedora on production systems is not a great > idea. We manage well over 2000 servers each in two data centers. The > vast majority (>85%) are CentOS-based because of its relative stability. > The remainder

Re: Smallest Fedora box to use as gateway/firewall/VPN

2019-01-09 Thread John Harris
On Wednesday, January 9, 2019 3:01:33 PM EST Samuel Sieb wrote: > If you're suggesting to run Fedora off a USB port, then remember that > they also usually only have max 32MB of RAM as well. :-) 32-64 MiB, but that's fine. More than enough. You just can't use one of the standard images. --

Re: Smallest Fedora box to use as gateway/firewall/VPN

2019-01-09 Thread John Harris
On Wednesday, January 9, 2019 2:36:53 PM EST Samuel Sieb wrote: > I use Fedora for desktops, laptops, and servers in various places, but > in this case, Fedora is not suitable to run on a wifi router. In a lot > of cases, there is only 8MB of flash to store the OS, or if you're > really lucky

Re: Smallest Fedora box to use as gateway/firewall/VPN

2019-01-09 Thread John Harris
On Wednesday, January 9, 2019 9:05:56 AM EST Chris Adams wrote: > It's the difference between using a multitool and a purpose-built tool. > Sure, your Leatherman or Gerber can strip wires and screw in a switch, > but a good pair of wire strippers and assorted size screwdrivers will > usually be

Re: Smallest Fedora box to use as gateway/firewall/VPN

2019-01-09 Thread John Harris
On Wednesday, January 9, 2019 7:48:24 AM EST wwp wrote: > True, but you may also fail at upgrading (see the users ML) and it > means possibly fail every 6 months ;-). You cannot be serious in > recommending Fedora for a server in production, just because it has > up-to-date software without

Re: Smallest Fedora box to use as gateway/firewall/VPN

2019-01-09 Thread John Harris
On Wednesday, January 9, 2019 4:33:25 AM EST Terry Barnaby wrote: > 1. Fedora is big and bloated for small/low powered hardware that can be > used for this task and low energy usage is important in my opinion for > 24/7 systems. I've successfully run Fedora (certainly not the images published,

Re: Smallest Fedora box to use as gateway/firewall/VPN

2019-01-09 Thread John Harris
On Wednesday, January 9, 2019 3:14:25 AM EST Terry Barnaby wrote: > I know you asked for Fedora, but a standard, low cost router, running > OpenWRT, https://openwrt.org/, would likely be better for the tasks you > mention. OpenWRT is a minimal Linux system with the ability to install > extra

Re: Where is wireshark-qt?

2019-01-06 Thread John Harris
On Monday, January 7, 2019 1:39:42 AM EST John Harris wrote: > On Monday, January 7, 2019 1:20:06 AM EST Ed Greshko wrote: > > On 1/7/19 2:17 PM, John Harris wrote: > > > That's wild, I have > > > > > > > > > > > > wireshark-cli-2

Re: Where is wireshark-qt?

2019-01-06 Thread John Harris
On Monday, January 7, 2019 1:20:06 AM EST Ed Greshko wrote: > On 1/7/19 2:17 PM, John Harris wrote: > > > That's wild, I have > > > > > > > > wireshark-cli-2.6.5-1.fc29.x86_64 > > wireshark-2.6.5-1.fc29.x86_64 > > > > > > > > insta

Re: Where is wireshark-qt?

2019-01-06 Thread John Harris
On Monday, January 7, 2019 1:14:31 AM EST Ed Greshko wrote: > On 1/7/19 2:09 PM, John Harris wrote: > > > There is absolutely no GUI whatsoever. tshark works just fine, of course. > > > Oh, I have a GUI with > > wireshark-2.6.5-1.fc29.x86_64 > wireshark-cli-2.6.

Re: Where is wireshark-qt?

2019-01-06 Thread John Harris
On Monday, January 7, 2019 1:06:58 AM EST Ed Greshko wrote: > On 1/7/19 1:58 PM, John Harris wrote: > > > I noticed, but that doesn't really answer the question. It honestly just > > adds to the confusion. > > > What functionality are you missing without wire

Re: Where is wireshark-qt?

2019-01-06 Thread John Harris
On Monday, January 7, 2019 12:55:43 AM EST Ed Greshko wrote: > On 1/7/19 1:46 PM, John Harris wrote: > > > Anyone know what happened to wireshark-qt? I looked at the devel list and > > was only able to find wireshark-gtk being dropped, with the possible > >

Where is wireshark-qt?

2019-01-06 Thread John Harris
Anyone know what happened to wireshark-qt? I looked at the devel list and was only able to find wireshark-gtk being dropped, with the possible renaming of wireshark-qt. -- John M. Harris, Jr. Splentity https://splentity.com/ signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.