Re: EXTERNAL: Re: What to do about a GUI application not appearing in Gnome Software?

2021-02-15 Thread Wells, Roger K. via users
On 2/15/21 4:50 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 16/02/2021 05:22, Matti Pulkkinen wrote: >> I noticed that RStudio doesn't show up in Gnome Software's search on >> F33 Workstation. My understanding is that graphical applications should >> be installable through Gnome Software, but I'm not sure whether

Re: EXTERNAL: Re: errors during update.

2021-01-15 Thread Wells, Roger K. via users
here too On 1/14/21 6:13 PM, sixpack13 wrote: > same here > ___ > users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org > Fedora Code of Conduct: >

Re: EXTERNAL: Firefox Clear History not clickable / F33

2020-10-28 Thread Wells, Roger K. via users
On 10/28/20 4:38 AM, Michael Schwendt wrote: > This is with default Fedora 33 Workstation x86_64. > > Firefox > History > Clear Recent History > Time range to clear > > The combobox can be clicked to show the drop-down list, but none of the > shown items can be selected with a mouse-click. Using

Re: EXTERNAL: Re: Gnome shell doesn't like my mouse

2020-09-17 Thread Wells, Roger K. via users
On 9/17/20 2:54 PM, George N. White III wrote: On Wed, 16 Sep 2020 at 13:29, Jerome Lille mailto:jerome.li...@ownbay.net>> wrote: Hi I've noticed in system log the following message popping up from time to time. gnome-shell[4119]: libinput error: event5 - Kingsis mouse: client bug: event

Re: EXTERNAL: Re: Mouse right-click works intermittently

2020-08-22 Thread Wells, Roger K. via users
On 8/22/20 9:13 AM, Paul Smith wrote: > On Sat, Aug 22, 2020 at 2:02 PM Tom Horsley wrote: >>> I actually have had the same issue using GNOME for quite some times, >>> even changed my mouse thinking it was the culprit. So yes maybe it's a >>> generic issue? >> I recently switched to a wireless

Re: EXTERNAL: Re: Fedora Zoom? -

2020-08-03 Thread Wells, Roger K. via users
On 8/3/20 1:28 PM, Richard Shaw wrote: On Mon, Aug 3, 2020 at 11:53 AM Kevin Becker mailto:ke...@kevinbecker.org>> wrote: Zoom is available for Fedora as a flatpak via flathub I've used the rpm zoom provides with good results. same here, and I use it quite often. Thanks, RIchard

Re: EXTERNAL: Re: printing probblems

2020-04-22 Thread Wells, Roger K. via users
On 4/22/20 8:36 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 2020-04-22 20:30, Angelo Moreschini wrote: >> Did you install the printer using hp-setup? >> >> After I reisnalled cups (using sudo yum install cups) >> I didn't install the printer (tha it is auto detected) > Have you considered deleting the printer? > >

Re: EXTERNAL: Re: alacarte in fc32

2020-04-07 Thread Wells, Roger K. via users
On 4/7/20 1:25 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: > On 4/7/20 3:08 AM, Saša Janiška wrote: >> Hello, >> >> what has happened with Alacarte (menu editor for GNOME) in fc32? >> >> Will it become available eventually? > > No, it was retired. What takes it's place? >

Re: EXTERNAL: Re: What does mktime return????

2019-12-18 Thread Wells, Roger K. via users
On 12/18/19 10:24 AM, Walter H. wrote: Hello, I tried your programme on my system (other linux distribution), and got the same result; even on windows the same results; but this is interesting # date --date="Dec 1 00:00:00 2019" +"%s" 1575154800 # date --date="Nov 30 23:59:59 2019" +"%s"

Re: EXTERNAL: Re: sshd on F31 : strange problem with login with keys's

2019-11-28 Thread Wells, Roger K. via users
On 11/26/19 8:32 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 2019-11-26 20:27, Jouk Jansen wrote: >> I'm trying to setup an ssh-server on F31 which logs a user in without a >> password, but with a key-exchange. I generated all the keys and placed them >> in the right locations. It still asks for the password. >>

Re: EXTERNAL: Re: 24 hour time in Thunderbird -

2019-11-16 Thread Wells, Roger K. via users
On 11/16/19 11:27 AM, Stephen Perkins wrote: < Well that's another failed attempt at fixing my problem, I am not comfortable in French although it does work for me, it changes the theme in places to a blavk on white < display that I need a magnifier to read? I also need an English spell

Re: EXTERNAL: Re: F30: latest kernel no external monitor

2019-09-20 Thread Wells, Roger K. via users
On 9/20/19 4:44 AM, Gianluca Cecchi wrote: On Fri, Aug 23, 2019 at 10:30 AM Gianluca Cecchi mailto:gianluca.cec...@gmail.com>> wrote: On Mon, Aug 19, 2019 at 1:54 PM Gianluca Cecchi mailto:gianluca.cec...@gmail.com>> wrote: Hello, executed "dnf update" after about 15 days of inactivity. Updates

Re: EXTERNAL: F30, XFCE google-earth-pro problem

2019-05-20 Thread Wells, Roger K. via users
On 5/20/19 9:28 AM, ja wrote: > I have a newly installed F30, XFCE system. > > google-earth-pro will run from a terminal (user fred) but has a 50 second > startup and closedown time. Observing exactly this but on gnome 3.32.2. It began with an upgrade from F29 to F30 and is observed on either

Re: EXTERNAL: Re: issues with F30 Live USB stick

2019-05-02 Thread Wells, Roger K. via users
On 5/2/19 1:01 PM, Ulf Volmer wrote: > On 02.05.19 18:32, Greg Woods wrote: > >> Anybody else seen this? Has anyone successfully created an F30 Live USB >> stick? > Just use dd to write the iso directly to the USB device. Assuming, you > USB drive is sdb: > > sudo dd

Re: EXTERNAL: Re: Tip: VLC and zero length files

2019-01-02 Thread Wells, Roger K. via users
On 1/2/19 4:57 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 1/3/19 1:18 AM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: >> VLC 5.0.3 >> Fedora 29, x64 >> Xfce 4.13 >> >> Heads up: if you read a zero length *.mp4 file with VLC, the error >> windows will pop up, start to shimmer, eventually kill VLC, >> and you will get Logged out

Re: EXTERNAL: Re: ssh between el7 and fc28 boxes

2018-12-03 Thread Wells, Roger K.
On 12/3/18 2:47 PM, Tom Horsley wrote: > ssh -v -v -v user@remote > > Is often a good command to use. It tells you everything > it is trying so you can see what all it failed on. > > I've never had any problems with CentOS 7 and new fedora > systems though. They talk to each other just fine for

Re: EXTERNAL: libreoffice (f29) insert image pdf (filter not found)

2018-11-21 Thread Wells, Roger K.
On 11/21/18 8:10 AM, Neal Becker wrote: > I have libreoffice suite installed on F29. When I try to insert an image > into a writer doc (pdf), I get the rather non-informative message "Image > Filter not found". > > Something is very broken with this F29 installation. I'm sure this worked > on

Re: EXTERNAL: just saying thanks for the reliability of fedora system upgrades

2018-11-03 Thread Wells, Roger K.
On 11/3/18 3:58 PM, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > other than the aforementioned VPN issue, i have to say, i've become > used to casually saying, "sure, system upgrade my laptop to the next > official release of fedora." man, that's convenient. > > rday > +1 -- Roger Wells, P.E. leidos 221 Third St

Re: EXTERNAL: Re: printing from thunderbird broken

2018-09-12 Thread Wells, Roger K. via users
On 9/12/18 4:44 PM, sixpack13 wrote: > can't confirm. > printing from TB is as usual. same here uname -r 4.17.19-200.fc28.x86_64 thunderbird-60.0-1.fc28.x86_64 > rpm -qa|grep -iE 'thunder|cups'|sort > > cups-2.2.6-19.fc28.x86_64 > cups-client-2.2.6-19.fc28.x86_64 >

Re: EXTERNAL: Re: web browser that will support java plugin(openjdk/icedtea)

2018-06-01 Thread Wells, Roger K.
On 06/01/2018 02:25 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: > On 06/01/2018 09:08 AM, None via users wrote: >> In light of many changes is there a web browser Fedora supported that >> honors the java plugins. The new firefox does not support java like >> it used to . Firefox-esr will soon deprecate the java

Re: EXTERNAL: Re: Dual screen

2018-03-23 Thread Wells, Roger K.
On 03/23/2018 10:24 AM, fred roller wrote: First I have heard of it tbh.  However, similar results when I have lost power to a second screen.  Sounds like screen lock is losing connection with the second screen. hih, Fred On Fri, Mar 23, 2018 at 8:19 AM, Patrick Dupre

Re: EXTERNAL: Re: how to prevent google-chrome from starting full screen in gnome3?

2018-03-02 Thread Wells, Roger K.
On 03/02/2018 07:51 AM, Amadeus WM wrote: On Fri, 02 Mar 2018 07:40:10 -0500, Ted Roche wrote: "Metro" and "Chrome" are window modes for Microsoft Windows 8. This doesn't apply to Gnome3 on Fedora. I believe that Chrome starts in the window condition it was last in: if you close Chrome in

Re: EXTERNAL: gedit/editor with autosave

2018-02-05 Thread Wells, Roger K.
On 02/05/2018 03:00 PM, Alex wrote: Hi, I used gedit frequently for note taking on a fedora27 system. The latest kernels have been quite unstable for me here (plug in a USB stick and the whole thing crashes, for example), taking down all my unsaved notes with it. Is there a simple, lightweight

Re: EXTERNAL: Re: Testers for LCD Panel Self Refresh on laptops with Intel graphics wanted

2018-02-01 Thread Wells, Roger K.
On 02/01/2018 10:21 AM, Ian Pilcher wrote: On 02/01/2018 05:34 AM, Hans de Goede wrote: If you can spare 10 minutes, please see my blogpost for how to test this and send me a mail with the info request in the blogpost: https://hansdegoede.livejournal.com/18653.html Should this testing be done

Re: EXTERNAL: Re: Scroll Bars with Arrows Wanted

2018-01-24 Thread Wells, Roger K.
On 01/24/2018 04:49 PM, fred roller wrote: On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 4:41 PM, Ahmad Samir > wrote: On 24 January 2018 at 22:36, Tom Horsley > wrote: > When the arrows

Re: EXTERNAL: cheese and webcam

2018-01-17 Thread Wells, Roger K.
On 01/17/2018 04:47 PM, Paolo Galtieri wrote: Since upgrading to F27 my logitech web cam no longer works. Here are the errors I see uvcvideo: Failed to set UVC probe control : -110 (exp. 26). Failed to query (GET_CUR) UVC control 4 on unit 1: -110 (exp. 4). I used cheese but it shows

Re: EXTERNAL: Re: Libreoffice 100% CPU usage

2018-01-12 Thread Wells, Roger K.
On 01/12/2018 04:12 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 01/12/18 13:37, Alessio Ciregia wrote: Just now I've spotted that any Libreoffice program is reported by top command as using 100% of CPU time (and in fact the fans of the laptop are spinning furiously). I'm on F27 x86_64, and this happens even with

LUKS question

2017-12-12 Thread Wells, Roger K.
I have existing systems with un-encrypted disks. I have tried unsuccessfully to encrypt them using LUKS. Has anyone out there been able to encrypt an existing system (after the fact, so to speak)? TIA -- Roger Wells, P.E. leidos 221 Third St Newport, RI 02840 401-847-4210 (voice) 401-849-1585

Re: EXTERNAL: This morning's update & bluetooth

2017-10-16 Thread Wells, Roger K.
On 10/14/2017 04:58 AM, Matthias Runge wrote: On Fri, Oct 06, 2017 at 03:00:40PM +, Frank Elsner wrote: On Fri, 6 Oct 2017 10:10:11 -0400 Wells, Roger K. wrote: [ ... ] Also just discovered: Network drives (cifs) that were in use are no longer mountable on the 4.13.4-200 kernel

Re: EXTERNAL: This morning's update & bluetooth

2017-10-06 Thread Wells, Roger K.
On 10/06/2017 09:45 AM, Wells, Roger K. wrote: Computer is Thinkpad x260 Uname -a: Linux rwells-x260 4.13.4-200.fc26.x86_64 #1 SMP Thu Sep 28 20:46:39 UTC 2017 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Just updated from 4.12.14 I was using two Bluetooth devices, mouse & speaker, when I sta

This morning's update & bluetooth

2017-10-06 Thread Wells, Roger K.
Computer is Thinkpad x260 Uname -a: Linux rwells-x260 4.13.4-200.fc26.x86_64 #1 SMP Thu Sep 28 20:46:39 UTC 2017 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Just updated from 4.12.14 I was using two Bluetooth devices, mouse & speaker, when I started the update. After the update neither would connect.

Re: EXTERNAL: Re: No Flash in Firefox 56?

2017-10-04 Thread Wells, Roger K.
On 10/04/2017 11:21 AM, M A Young wrote: On Wed, 4 Oct 2017, Juan Orti Alcaine wrote: My Firefox has been upgraded to version 56 (F26) and I cannot use flash pages any more. I have the addon installed and in click-to-play mode, but I just get an empty space. Is it a bug? I though flash is

Re: EXTERNAL: Re: Issues burning files to DVD -- Fedora 26

2017-08-23 Thread Wells, Roger K.
On 08/23/2017 02:51 PM, Terry Polzin wrote: On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 2:45 PM, Zoltan Hoppar > wrote: Looks like my installation is also broken, not only the dvd writer part, something really messed up by dnf. But... No clue why

Re: EXTERNAL: Re: F25 -> F26 printer problems

2017-08-11 Thread Wells, Roger K.
On 08/11/2017 03:10 PM, Wells, Roger K. wrote: On 08/11/2017 02:35 PM, Alessio Ciregia wrote: On Aug 11, 2017 16:08, "Wells, Roger K." <wel...@leidos.com <mailto:wel...@leidos.com>> wrote: hello, I use two printers, an HP4630 & Xerox 6655, both on net

Re: EXTERNAL: Re: F25 -> F26 printer problems

2017-08-11 Thread Wells, Roger K.
On 08/11/2017 02:35 PM, Alessio Ciregia wrote: On Aug 11, 2017 16:08, "Wells, Roger K." <wel...@leidos.com <mailto:wel...@leidos.com>> wrote: hello, I use two printers, an HP4630 & Xerox 6655, both on networks. They have been in use with no issues fro

F25 -> F26 printer problems

2017-08-11 Thread Wells, Roger K.
hello, I use two printers, an HP4630 & Xerox 6655, both on networks. They have been in use with no issues from F24 upgraded to F25. Now with F25 upgraded to F26 there are some issues. The machine is Thinkpad x260, running with Gnome desktop (3.24.2-1). uname -a: Linux rwells-x260

Re: EXTERNAL: Re: Adobe Acrobat & F26

2017-07-18 Thread Wells, Roger K.
On 07/18/2017 04:51 PM, Tom Horsley wrote: On Tue, 18 Jul 2017 21:56:24 +0200 antonio montagnani wrote: same here. ldd /usr/bin/acroread not a dynamic executable am I missing something?? what does "file /usr/bin/acroread" say? If it is a shell script, you may need to make a copy

Re: EXTERNAL: Re: Network dies on laptop lid closure

2017-07-18 Thread Wells, Roger K.
On 07/18/2017 02:42 PM, William Oliver wrote: On Tue, 2017-07-18 at 13:24 -0400, Wells, Roger K. wrote: 8/2017 11:08 AM, Sylvia Sánchez wrote: Hello, If you're going to install another desktop to test configuration I would suggest Cinnamon or Xfce. Gnome 3 has very few options, so you might

Re: EXTERNAL: Re: Network dies on laptop lid closure

2017-07-18 Thread Wells, Roger K.
On 07/18/2017 11:08 AM, Sylvia Sánchez wrote: Hello, If you're going to install another desktop to test configuration I would suggest Cinnamon or Xfce. Gnome 3 has very few options, so you might not be able to test much. FWIW On my Thinkpad X260, Fedora 25 (fully updated), Gnome3 adding