Re: run script in xfce -

2018-10-19 Thread Ed Greshko
On 10/20/18 8:50 AM, Bob Goodwin wrote: > On 10/19/18 18:27, Ed Greshko wrote: >> I think you want your script to open up a separate window with a list of >> files in a >> directory when you double-click >> a launcher. >> >> I didn't use the same directory since I don't have it.  But I created som

Re: run script in xfce -

2018-10-19 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 10/19/18 18:27, Ed Greshko wrote: I think you want your script to open up a separate window with a list of files in a directory when you double-click a launcher. I didn't use the same directory since I don't have it.  But I created some file in /tmp starting with 2018.  And I use this form

Re: run script in xfce -

2018-10-19 Thread Ed Greshko
On 10/20/18 5:03 AM, Bob Goodwin wrote: > . > I have a bash script that runs in a user terminal but I can't get it to run > from an xfce > launcher icon. I usually set up one without any trouble but this refuses to > work as > expected. > > This is what I have, the commented line works but  the o

Re: Using external USB DVD/CD drive to burn disk

2018-10-19 Thread Rick Stevens
On 10/19/18 12:34 PM, Max Pyziur wrote: > On Fri, 19 Oct 2018, Rick Stevens wrote: > >> On 10/19/18 10:48 AM, Max Pyziur wrote: >>> On Fri, 19 Oct 2018, Rick Stevens wrote: > > [deleted for the sake of brevity ] > You said an external DVD/CD drive. Are you certain it has burn capacity

Re: run script in xfce -

2018-10-19 Thread Joe Zeff
On 10/19/2018 03:03 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote: . I have a bash script that runs in a user terminal but I can't get it to run from an xfce launcher icon. I usually set up one without any trouble but this refuses to work as expected. This is what I have, the commented line works but  the one before

run script in xfce -

2018-10-19 Thread Bob Goodwin
. I have a bash script that runs in a user terminal but I can't get it to run from an xfce launcher icon. I usually set up one without any trouble but this refuses to work as expected. This is what I have, the commented line works but  the one before it is simpler, either way the result is th

Re: Using external USB DVD/CD drive to burn disk

2018-10-19 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 10/19/18 1:16 PM, Max Pyziur wrote: Greetings, Problem #2, I have a Toshiba external USB DVD/CD drive. When plugged into my laptop, it lights up, and I can pop open the drive by pressing the external button. However working in Brasero or the command line, I can't find anyway to burn t

Re: Using external USB DVD/CD drive to burn disk

2018-10-19 Thread Max Pyziur
On Fri, 19 Oct 2018, Rick Stevens wrote: On 10/19/18 10:48 AM, Max Pyziur wrote: On Fri, 19 Oct 2018, Rick Stevens wrote: [deleted for the sake of brevity ] You said an external DVD/CD drive. Are you certain it has burn capacity (is it a DVD-RW/CD-RW drive)? If you can post the model numbe

Re: Troubleshooting video on Fedora 28

2018-10-19 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 10/19/18 11:50 AM, Max Pyziur wrote: No panic; everything is backedup; and there is redundancy. And you can pull the hard drive out to get the data anyway. ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to user

Re: Troubleshooting video on Fedora 28

2018-10-19 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 10/19/18 11:39 AM, Max Pyziur wrote: Much thanks. I'm not a gamer; the most exciting stuff that I do w video output is cruise Google Earth occasionally, along with some fave Youtube videos. To that end, do you, or anyone else, have recommendations on video cards in the five & dime category

Re: Troubleshooting video on Fedora 28

2018-10-19 Thread Max Pyziur
On Fri, 19 Oct 2018, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 10/19/18 9:04 AM, Max Pyziur wrote: I can ssh into the desktop and use it that way. Since the system is running, it would be interesting to see what the kernel is finding. What is the output of "lspci | grep -i vga"? If you run "sudo journalctl -

Re: Troubleshooting video on Fedora 28

2018-10-19 Thread Max Pyziur
On Fri, 19 Oct 2018, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 10/19/18 10:17 AM, Rick Stevens wrote: If it doesn't work, try getting a cheap video card and try that. I wouldn't go crazy on the video...some nVidia-based cards are cheap at $50USD or so and would probably be as good as the one built-in to the mobo.

Re: Troubleshooting video on Fedora 28

2018-10-19 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 10/19/18 9:04 AM, Max Pyziur wrote: I can ssh into the desktop and use it that way. Since the system is running, it would be interesting to see what the kernel is finding. What is the output of "lspci | grep -i vga"? If you run "sudo journalctl -b", are there any log messages about initi

Re: Troubleshooting video on Fedora 28

2018-10-19 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 10/19/18 10:17 AM, Rick Stevens wrote: If it doesn't work, try getting a cheap video card and try that. I wouldn't go crazy on the video...some nVidia-based cards are cheap at $50USD or so and would probably be as good as the one built-in to the mobo. But if it's for a computer running Fedor

Re: Using external USB DVD/CD drive to burn disk

2018-10-19 Thread Rick Stevens
On 10/19/18 10:48 AM, Max Pyziur wrote: > On Fri, 19 Oct 2018, Rick Stevens wrote: > >> On 10/19/18 10:16 AM, Max Pyziur wrote: >>> >>> Greetings, >>> >>> Problem #2, I have a Toshiba external USB DVD/CD drive. >>> >>> When plugged into my laptop, it lights up, and I can pop open the drive >>> by

Re: Using external USB DVD/CD drive to burn disk

2018-10-19 Thread Terry Polzin
Post lsusb o/p too may be helpful. On Fri, Oct 19, 2018 at 1:48 PM Max Pyziur wrote: > On Fri, 19 Oct 2018, Rick Stevens wrote: > > > On 10/19/18 10:16 AM, Max Pyziur wrote: > >> > >> Greetings, > >> > >> Problem #2, I have a Toshiba external USB DVD/CD drive. > >> > >> When plugged into my lap

Re: Using external USB DVD/CD drive to burn disk

2018-10-19 Thread Max Pyziur
On Fri, 19 Oct 2018, Rick Stevens wrote: On 10/19/18 10:16 AM, Max Pyziur wrote: Greetings, Problem #2, I have a Toshiba external USB DVD/CD drive. When plugged into my laptop, it lights up, and I can pop open the drive by pressing the external button. However working in Brasero or the comm

Re: Using external USB DVD/CD drive to burn disk

2018-10-19 Thread Rick Stevens
On 10/19/18 10:16 AM, Max Pyziur wrote: > > Greetings, > > Problem #2, I have a Toshiba external USB DVD/CD drive. > > When plugged into my laptop, it lights up, and I can pop open the drive > by pressing the external button. > > However working in Brasero or the command line, I can't find anyw

Re: Troubleshooting video on Fedora 28

2018-10-19 Thread Rick Stevens
On 10/19/18 10:13 AM, Max Pyziur wrote: > On Fri, 19 Oct 2018, Rick Stevens wrote: > >> On 10/19/18 9:04 AM, Max Pyziur wrote: >>> >>> Greetings, >>> >>> I'm troubleshooting the video output on my F28 desktop. It's a prosaic >>> system (Shuttle shoebox type of computer), basic video, not a gamer.

Using external USB DVD/CD drive to burn disk

2018-10-19 Thread Max Pyziur
Greetings, Problem #2, I have a Toshiba external USB DVD/CD drive. When plugged into my laptop, it lights up, and I can pop open the drive by pressing the external button. However working in Brasero or the command line, I can't find anyway to burn the iso image that I downloaded. Much tha

Re: Troubleshooting video on Fedora 28

2018-10-19 Thread Max Pyziur
On Fri, 19 Oct 2018, Rick Stevens wrote: On 10/19/18 9:04 AM, Max Pyziur wrote: Greetings, I'm troubleshooting the video output on my F28 desktop. It's a prosaic system (Shuttle shoebox type of computer), basic video, not a gamer. I've had several of those. On today's bootup, I get no vid

Re: Update to: Increasingly frequent problem with: "Unexpected system error"; kernel-core; 4.16.15-300.fc28.x86_64; cannot be reported - related to Chrome and probably YouTube

2018-10-19 Thread Rick Stevens
On 10/18/18 6:45 PM, Philip Rhoades wrote: > People, > > As an update to this post: > >   > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/XBSEUU5J4G7UCGNMQC54UQEOVCKICZYL > > > - it looks like it might be a hardware problem after all.  After > updating to: >

Re: Troubleshooting video on Fedora 28

2018-10-19 Thread Rick Stevens
On 10/19/18 9:04 AM, Max Pyziur wrote: > > Greetings, > > I'm troubleshooting the video output on my F28 desktop. It's a prosaic > system (Shuttle shoebox type of computer), basic video, not a gamer. I've had several of those. > On today's bootup, I get no video output. Using an F28 Dell Laptop

Troubleshooting video on Fedora 28

2018-10-19 Thread Max Pyziur
Greetings, I'm troubleshooting the video output on my F28 desktop. It's a prosaic system (Shuttle shoebox type of computer), basic video, not a gamer. On today's bootup, I get no video output. Using an F28 Dell Laptop, I tested the cable (works), and tested the monitor (works). Plugged the

Re: DNF upgrade strongswan -

2018-10-19 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 10/19/18 06:07, Ed Greshko wrote: Are you using an IPSec VPN with StrongSwan capabilities?  I'm guessing "no".  Since if you were, you'd know it. So, you don't "need" it. . Yes, I don't need it then ... Even if you did, you'd just wait until the problem was sorted by the Fedora folks and

Re: DNF upgrade strongswan -

2018-10-19 Thread Ed Greshko
On 10/19/18 5:39 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote: > Recently I've been seeing notices about "strongswan" during updates, this > morning's is > the most impressive. Is this something I need? If so what to do to satisfy  > this? Are you using an IPSec VPN with StrongSwan capabilities?  I'm guessing "no".  S

DNF upgrade strongswan -

2018-10-19 Thread Bob Goodwin
. Recently I've been seeing notices about "strongswan" during updates, this morning's is the most impressive. Is this something I need? If so what to do to satisfy this? this is an Fedora 27 system updated every morning. [root@Box10 bobg]# dnf upgrade --exclude firefox --exclude thunderbird La