On Tue, Nov 08, 2022 at 12:59:52AM -, Jake D wrote:
> I am still getting emails. Unsure if you have actioned this yet.
I have, I can confirm you are not subscribed anymore.
So, you should likely not get this (or any other emails from the list).
If you still do, can you forward directly to m
I am still getting emails. Unsure if you have actioned this yet.
I have had someone else tell me to use this Pagure website when I was trying to
close my Ask Fedora site too, and as I said there: despite repeated attempts my
login details do not work to log into that page, which appears to be an
Astounding that in the face of someone telling you "You are not helping", your
conclusion is to decide you are helpful, pat yourself on the back for it, and
declare they have an 'attitude problem'. The lack of anything resembling
self-awareness is almost comical, and I'm starting to understand
On Mon, Nov 07, 2022 at 03:23:00AM -, Jake D wrote:
...snip...
>
> Now, can anyone tell me how to close a HyperKitty account? Or is that also
> too much to ask?
Theres no seperate HyperKitty account, it's just a Fedora account used
to login there.
I've gone ahead and unsubscribed you from
On Sun, Nov 6, 2022, at 5:15 PM, Jake D wrote:
> If any new users come looking, my (and his) advice was/is: Don't use Fedora.
I think this is a very good thread to have in the archive. I don't think it
shows that you should not use Fedora. I think it clearly shows that the
community is ready and
On Mon, 2022-11-07 at 02:02 -0500, Felix Miata wrote:
> Most using email for reading and responding rather than the
> HyperKitty web
> interface to the list probably have no ideas about how to "close a
> HyperKitty
> account". I have no idea whether I have any such account. My
> subscriptions to
>
Joe Zeff composed on 2022-11-06 21:57 (UTC-0700)
> Jake D wrote:
>> Now, can anyone tell me how to close a HyperKitty account? Or is that also
>> too much to ask?
> All you need to do is read the footer that the list puts at the bottom
> of every message and you will know how to unsubscribe fr
On 11/06/2022 08:23 PM, Jake D wrote:
Now, can anyone tell me how to close a HyperKitty account? Or is that also too
much to ask?
All you need to do is read the footer that the list puts at the bottom
of every message and you will know how to unsubscribe from the list.
__
> On Nov 6, 2022, at 20:16, Jake D wrote:
>
> (I doubt the OP will read this, but in case other new users do…)
I dont really have a choice! For some reason every single reply is still being
emailed directly to me
> I’m part of the Fedora community and while I’ve largely stayed in the
> perip
On Nov 6, 2022, at 20:16, Jake D wrote:
>
> If any new users come looking, my (and his) advice was/is: Don't use Fedora.
>
> I think the reasons for that are abundantly clear already. I'm not going to
> waste his time further.
>
> I dont really even want to waste my time further, but I can'
If any new users come looking, my (and his) advice was/is: Don't use Fedora.
I think the reasons for that are abundantly clear already. I'm not going to
waste his time further.
I dont really even want to waste my time further, but I can't seem to delete my
hyperkitty account. That seems to b
On Sun, 06 Nov 2022 12:13:44 -
"Jake D" wrote:
[snip]
> many also having been lured onto Fedora ...), and thus I was put in
> touch with one of the course tutors.
>
> I copied my first post through to him, and in about 10 minutes and
> two emails of plain, easy language, it was fixed. I d
On Sun, Nov 6, 2022 at 8:13 AM Jake D
wrote:
> Well, an update.
>
> [...] I was put in touch with one of the course tutors.
>
> I copied my first post through to him, and in about 10 minutes and two
> emails of plain, easy language, it was fixed. I didn't write down the exact
> commands as I was
Well, an update.
When I left this discussion, it had taken what I would describe diplomatically
as an ...unhelpful turn. People were either repeatedly insisting that I "just
reinstall" despite my explanations why this was not practical; lecturing me
about panic psychology and/or their opinions
On Fri, Oct 28, 2022 at 5:01 PM Chris Murphy
wrote:
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 28, 2022, at 2:31 PM, Jake D wrote:
> > Hello all.
> >
> > I need some help.
>
>
> My opinion: This is probably easier in a live discussion on IRC or Matrix.
> There's just too much back and forth required.
>
> But the absolute
On Sun, 30 Oct 2022 12:11:57 -0400
Felix Miata wrote:
Thank you.
> stan via users composed on 2022-10-30 07:23 (UTC-0700):
>
> >> Finally, I build /boot/grub2/custom.cfg from scratch that uses
> >> volume LABELs and symlinks to kernels and initrds, and customize
> >> /etc/grub.d/ to cause its e
stan via users composed on 2022-10-30 07:23 (UTC-0700):
>> Finally, I build /boot/grub2/custom.cfg from scratch that uses volume
>> LABELs and symlinks to kernels and initrds, and customize
>> /etc/grub.d/ to cause its entries to head Grub's menu.
> I think this means that if you update any of th
On Fri, 28 Oct 2022 18:31:41 -
"Jake D" wrote:
> I have an internal drive that used to successfully dual boot windows
> and a LUKS-encrypted F36 installation with BTRFS.
>
> I also had some spare unpartitioned space, which I used to fully
> install some other linux distros (including another
On 10/30/22 07:23, stan via users wrote:
On Sat, 29 Oct 2022 18:38:53 -0400
Felix Miata wrote:
stan via users composed on 2022-10-29 11:55 (UTC-0700):
I hadn't even looked into creating a new partition under
/boot/efi/EFI with a unique name, and what would be required for
it to work. Is it
On Sat, 29 Oct 2022 18:38:53 -0400
Felix Miata wrote:
> stan via users composed on 2022-10-29 11:55 (UTC-0700):
>
> >> I hadn't even looked into creating a new partition under
> >> /boot/efi/EFI with a unique name, and what would be required for
> >> it to work. Is it really as simple as changi
stan via users composed on 2022-10-29 11:55 (UTC-0700):
>> I hadn't even looked into creating a new partition under /boot/efi/EFI
>> with a unique name, and what would be required for it to work. Is it
>> really as simple as changing GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR= in /etc/default/grub,
>> and everything else
On Sat, 29 Oct 2022 11:39:00 -0700
stan via users wrote:
> On Sat, 29 Oct 2022 14:09:26 -0400
> Felix Miata wrote:
>
> > stan via users composed on 2022-10-29 09:21 (UTC-0700):
> >
> > > UEFI only allows a single
> > > version of fedora (or any OS) to boot without some alterations
> > > that
On Sat, 29 Oct 2022 14:09:26 -0400
Felix Miata wrote:
> stan via users composed on 2022-10-29 09:21 (UTC-0700):
>
> > UEFI only allows a single
> > version of fedora (or any OS) to boot without some alterations that
> > are complicated
>
> Besides making GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR= in /etc/default/gru
stan via users composed on 2022-10-29 09:21 (UTC-0700):
> UEFI only allows a single
> version of fedora (or any OS) to boot without some alterations that are
> complicated
Besides making GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR= in /etc/default/grub a unique string and
applying
the change, what are those alterations?
On Fri, 28 Oct 2022 18:31:41 -
"Jake D" wrote:
> I seem to have got myself in a bit of a mess and I’ve having trouble
> finding documentation that I can apply directly to my case . This is
> my first time on Linux so I’m not familiar with much of the
> terminology or background of these syste
On Sat, Oct 29, 2022, at 1:18 AM, Tim via users wrote:
> Here's some more advice you probably won't like: Multi-booting (any
> computer, any OS) can be a pain, and it may be best to only attempt
> that after you've learnt how a system works. Your safest approach to
> learning a new system is t
On Sat, Oct 29, 2022, at 12:54 AM, Slade Watkins via users wrote:
> On 10/28/22 4:27 PM, Jake D wrote:
>> I really can't believe that these Linux systems are so fragile and the ONLY
>> option is to start over
>
> Wanted to hop in here real fast and say:
> Pop!_OS, which is my primary distro (wit
On Fri, Oct 28, 2022, at 7:09 PM, Jake D wrote:
> No, it's not a troll.
>
> Thank-you for your otherwise completely irrelevant , unsolicited and
> entirely unhelpful opinion piece. I'm sorry for not realising Windows
> upsets you so much and is therefore inferior, and for daring to ask if
>
On Fri, Oct 28, 2022, at 5:53 PM, Jonathan Billings wrote:
> It sounds like you only wiped the /boot partition, which should be
> fairly easy to get back.
But /boot/grub2 and /boot/loader/entries are on /boot so the real grub.cfg and
BLS snippets are gone, which are trivial to create if you
On Fri, Oct 28, 2022, at 4:27 PM, Jake D wrote:
>> My opinion: This is probably easier in a live discussion on IRC or Matrix.
>> There's
>> just too much back and forth required.
>
> Are these different forums? I just googled 'Fedora matrix 'and I'm
> getting a lot of very varied hits
https:/
On Fri, Oct 28, 2022, at 4:21 PM, Jake D wrote:
>> HyperKitty is a web front-end for what is really a mailing list. Most
>> people here access the list via a standard mailer rather than the web
>> interface, which (IMHO) gives better results, including proper quoting.
>
> I 'm not really sure wha
On 10/28/22 21:54, Slade Watkins via users wrote:
On 10/28/22 4:27 PM, Jake D wrote:
I really can't believe that these Linux systems are so fragile and the ONLY
option is to start over
Wanted to hop in here real fast and say:
Pop!_OS, which is my primary distro (with Fedora being my secondary
On Fri, 2022-10-28 at 23:09 +, Jake D wrote:
> No, it's not a troll.
It does appear otherwise.
> Thank-you for your otherwise completely irrelevant , unsolicited and
> entirely unhelpful opinion piece.
NB: I responded to you in EXACTLY the same way as your opening post.
Go back and read
On 10/28/22 4:27 PM, Jake D wrote:
> I really can't believe that these Linux systems are so fragile and the ONLY
> option is to start over
Wanted to hop in here real fast and say:
Pop!_OS, which is my primary distro (with Fedora being my secondary),
has the option to go into recovery (has a small
On 10/28/22 16:07, Jake D wrote:
Case in point being you own choice to ignore my request to clarify the scatter-shot of
previously mentioned commands, in favor of going on a tangent about how "well, all
my laptops work", as if all you're really interested in is invalidating me for
asking in
> Well the good news is that if it is booting to a grub prompt, it is most
> likely not a
> problem with the EFI volume, because it is booting into grub. You just need
> to regenerate
> the contents of the /boot volume, which most importantly needs a kernel, an
> initrd and
> some grub configu
No, it's not a troll.
Thank-you for your otherwise completely irrelevant , unsolicited and entirely
unhelpful opinion piece. I'm sorry for not realising Windows upsets you so much
and is therefore inferior, and for daring to ask if Linux has similar recovery
functionality, after being told th
> That's funny. Randomly delete some system files and the boot partition
> and ask a new user to fix it. Good luck. Almost always, even for not
> new users, any serious windows problem is solved by reinstalling the system.
This is demonstrably not true, but also not relevant and I have no i
On Fri, 2022-10-28 at 20:27 +, Jake D wrote:
> I really can't believe that these Linux systems are so fragile and
> the ONLY option is to start over, is there nothing like Resotre
> Points in windows?
Hmm, hahaha, is this a troll?
Was there anything ever more self-destructive than Windows?
On Oct 28, 2022, at 14:32, Jake D wrote:
>
> Hello all.
>
> I need some help.
>
> Firstly: Please forgive the formatting - I'm new to this medium and not sure
> what the accepted conventions are, the HyperKitty interface is ...very basic.
> Also please forgive the length, I just don't know
On 10/28/22 13:14, Jake D wrote:
Then you're probably done. This much damage is difficult to repair
without some knowledge about what you're doing. I'm curious about all
the issues you were having because that's unusual. Did you ask here
about those issues?
Thats disappointing. I didnt reali
On Fri, 2022-10-28 at 20:21 +, Jake D wrote:
>
> > HyperKitty is a web front-end for what is really a mailing list.
> > Most
> > people here access the list via a standard mailer rather than the
> > web
> > interface, which (IMHO) gives better results, including proper
> > quoting.
>
> I 'm n
On Fri, Oct 28, 2022 at 3:31 PM Jake D wrote:
> > Stab in the dark - within the chroot jail maybe it knows about the
> > mounted *tree* but it doesn't know about the mounts themselves? In
> > other words, by doing the mounts outside of the chroot, you are
> > updating /etc/mnttab in the "Live USB
> My opinion: This is probably easier in a live discussion on IRC or Matrix.
> There's
> just too much back and forth required.
Are these different forums? I just googled 'Fedora matrix 'and I'm getting a
lot of very varied hits
> But the absolute easiest thing to do is mount the encrypted bt
> HyperKitty is a web front-end for what is really a mailing list. Most
> people here access the list via a standard mailer rather than the web
> interface, which (IMHO) gives better results, including proper quoting.
I 'm not really sure what a "standard mailer" is or what you mean by 'mailing
> Do you have any initramfs files in /boot?
Not at present, Like I said, it was wiped
> Yes. You need to find out which kernel version(s) you have installed in
> order to run the following command.
I'm sorry, which command? dnf upgrade kernel? Is that also inside chrrot ?
> First try "dnf u
On Fri, Oct 28, 2022, at 2:31 PM, Jake D wrote:
> Hello all.
>
> I need some help.
My opinion: This is probably easier in a live discussion on IRC or Matrix.
There's just too much back and forth required.
But the absolute easiest thing to do is mount the encrypted btrfs, make a
backup of the
On 10/28/22 12:26, Jake D wrote:
What does "ls -l /dev/mapper/fedora_crypt" show?
Do I run this from...'within' the 'chroot' thing, or just in the live USB after
i do 'luks open'?
within the chroot.
That's one of the possible places for it to write the files. Did it
find the right place
On Fri, 2022-10-28 at 18:31 +, Jake D wrote:
> Firstly: Please forgive the formatting - I'm new to this medium and
> not sure what the accepted conventions are, the HyperKitty interface
> is ...very basic.
HyperKitty is a web front-end for what is really a mailing list. Most
people here acces
> Stab in the dark - within the chroot jail maybe it knows about the
> mounted *tree* but it doesn't know about the mounts themselves? In
> other words, by doing the mounts outside of the chroot, you are
> updating /etc/mnttab in the "Live USB" environment, but /etc/mnttab in
> the chroot environ
> What does "ls -l /dev/mapper/fedora_crypt" show?
Do I run this from...'within' the 'chroot' thing, or just in the live USB after
i do 'luks open'?
> That's one of the possible places for it to write the files. Did it
> find the right place? If not, you'll have to specify the file yourself.
On Fri, Oct 28, 2022 at 2:32 PM Jake D wrote:
> I’ve managed to chroot (a very dumb word) thru a LiveUSB session, with the
> following commands:
>
> >>cryptsetup luksOpen /dev/nvme0n1p6 fedora_crypt
> >>mount /dev/mapper/fedora_crypt /mnt/ -t btrfs -o subvol=root
> >>mount /dev/mapper/fedora_cryp
On 10/28/22 11:31, Jake D wrote:
I’ve managed to chroot (a very dumb word) thru a LiveUSB session, with the
following commands:
It's better not to call things dumb without understanding. It's short
for CHange ROOT, which does what it says.
cryptsetup luksOpen /dev/nvme0n1p6 fedora_crypt
m
Hello all.
I need some help.
Firstly: Please forgive the formatting - I'm new to this medium and not sure
what the accepted conventions are, the HyperKitty interface is ...very basic.
Also please forgive the length, I just don't know how to make it shorter
without losing potentially relevant
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