Re: xf86EnableIOPorts: failed to set IOPL for I/O (Operation not permitted)

2018-06-18 Thread Alex
Hi, I noticed the problem apparently only exists with my current user. Starting as root does not have the same problem. I renamed ~/.local and Xorg now starts. Looks like some kind of weird compatibility issue between one version of some gnome program and another. I thought fedora was more resil

xf86EnableIOPorts: failed to set IOPL for I/O (Operation not permitted)

2018-06-18 Thread Alex
Hi, After installing all available updates for my f28 desktop this evening, Xorg now fails to start. Typing 'startx' from the command-line from multiuser just results in the above error message and a return to the terminal prompt. How do I troubleshoot this? I have no idea what package that was u

Re: KDE Applet Discover intrusion

2018-06-18 Thread Ed Greshko
On 06/19/18 03:33, Robert McBroom via users wrote: > On 06/18/2018 09:35 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: >> On 06/18/18 21:32, Robert McBroom wrote: >>> On 06/18/2018 12:55 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 06/18/18 12:27, Robert McBroom via users wrote: > The removable device icon on the kde taskbar gives t

Re: KDE Applet Discover intrusion

2018-06-18 Thread Robert McBroom via users
On 06/18/2018 09:35 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 06/18/18 21:32, Robert McBroom wrote: On 06/18/2018 12:55 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 06/18/18 12:27, Robert McBroom via users wrote: The removable device icon on the kde taskbar gives three options when a usb device in inserted, a couple of photo vie

Re: Package Manager Messages Centos 6.9

2018-06-18 Thread Rick Stevens
On 06/18/2018 03:15 AM, Ger van Dijck wrote: > > Hi All , > > > I have an Acer 2000S (i686) 32 Bits archiecture running under Centos 6. Ger, this is the Fedora list, not the CentOS list. Having said that, CentOS 6 is quite old and you should consider upgrading to CentOS 7. > Suddenly I get the

Re: Package Manager Messages Centos 6.9

2018-06-18 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 06/18/2018 03:15 AM, Ger van Dijck wrote: I have an Acer 2000S (i686) 32 Bits archiecture running under Centos 6. This is the Fedora Users mailing list. Suddenly I get the following massage : The package download failed. Could not contact source "beid-release" , so it wil be disabled.

Re: missing header files from /usr/include/rpc directory??

2018-06-18 Thread Michal Schorm
IMHO it would be most likely caused by this change: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/SunRPCRemoval -- Michal Schorm Associate Software Engineer Core Services - Databases Team Red Hat On Mon, Jun 18, 2018 at 4:18 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 06/18/18 22:13, Michael D. Setzer II wrote: > >

Re: missing header files from /usr/include/rpc directory??

2018-06-18 Thread Ed Greshko
On 06/18/18 22:13, Michael D. Setzer II wrote: > Upgraded a system from fedora 27 to fedora 28, and went to rebuild > busybox, and it fails with 3 header files missing? And you don't think telling the list what header files are being reported as missing is a bad idea? > > With Fedora 27 the dir

missing header files from /usr/include/rpc directory??

2018-06-18 Thread Michael D. Setzer II
Upgraded a system from fedora 27 to fedora 28, and went to rebuild busybox, and it fails with 3 header files missing? With Fedora 27 the directory contains a number of header files, but with fedora 28 it only contains netdb.h?? Fedora 27 shows glibc-headers as being the patchage that provides t

Re: KDE Applet Discover intrusion

2018-06-18 Thread Ed Greshko
On 06/18/18 22:01, Robert McBroom wrote: > On 06/18/2018 09:35 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: >> kde-open5 ~/Downloads > > It opens Discover > Hummm  That's not right. I don't know how kde-open5 decides what application to call.  You may want to ask on the KDE list.  Or, you may want to try using a b

Re: KDE Applet Discover intrusion

2018-06-18 Thread Robert McBroom via users
On 06/18/2018 09:35 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: kde-open5 ~/Downloads It opens Discover ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org

Re: KDE Applet Discover intrusion

2018-06-18 Thread Ed Greshko
On 06/18/18 21:32, Robert McBroom wrote: > On 06/18/2018 12:55 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: >> On 06/18/18 12:27, Robert McBroom via users wrote: >>> The removable device icon on the kde taskbar gives three options when a usb >>> device >>> in inserted, a couple of photo viewer programs and one called fi

Re: Failed to start Load Kernel Modules.

2018-06-18 Thread Ed Greshko
On 06/18/18 19:19, Sudhir Khanger wrote: > I get *Failed to start Load Kernel Modules* during the boot. > > Everytime Kernel is updated VirtualBox modules fail I have to reboot into the > new > Kernel, run the following commands and then it starts working. > > $ sudo akmods --force > $ sudo dracut

Failed to start Load Kernel Modules.

2018-06-18 Thread Sudhir Khanger
Hello, I get *Failed to start Load Kernel Modules* during the boot. Everytime Kernel is updated VirtualBox modules fail I have to reboot into the new Kernel, run the following commands and then it starts working. $ sudo akmods --force $ sudo dracut -v -f $ sudo grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/efi/EFI/fe

Package Manager Messages Centos 6.9

2018-06-18 Thread Ger van Dijck
Hi All , I have an Acer 2000S (i686) 32 Bits archiecture running under Centos 6. Suddenly I get the following massage : The package download failed. Could not contact source "beid-release" , so it wil be disabled. What does ths mean , and how can I correct it ? Regards, Ger van Dijck.

Re: lshw-gui -

2018-06-18 Thread George N. White III
On Mon, 18 Jun 2018 at 06:22, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 06/18/18 16:41, Bob Goodwin wrote: > > I don't have much hope there, the problem needs to be fixed before I > upgrade to F28 > > but I need to establish priorities at times. > > > > The last screen-full displayed on my monitor for [root@Box10 b

Re: lshw-gui -

2018-06-18 Thread Ed Greshko
On 06/18/18 16:41, Bob Goodwin wrote: > I don't have much hope there, the problem needs to be fixed before I upgrade > to F28 > but I need to establish priorities at times. > > The last screen-full displayed on my monitor for [root@Box10 bobg]# strace > lshw - Well, the last part of what you see

Re: lshw-gui -

2018-06-18 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 06/17/18 17:45, Ed Greshko wrote: All of this is moot anyway since what I really wanted was physical serial numbers so I could identify the drives, both the same model ... smartctl was the command I needed. Well, just hope that whatever is causing lshw to segfault isn't causing problems el