Re: Strange laptop behavior #2

2024-08-23 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 8/23/24 2:53 PM, Paolo Galtieri wrote: Folks,  I previously sent a message regarding my laptop powering off unexpectedly.  Here is an update.  Power came back on, but I cannot login to my laptop.  When I try to login to the mate gui it replies with power failure and authentication failure.

Re: OT: UEFI settings for DDR5 RAM

2024-08-23 Thread Tim via users
On Fri, 2024-08-23 at 11:26 -0400, Neal Becker wrote: > I ran across this article that has some good info: > https://www.xda-developers.com/6-bios-settings-every-new-pc-builder-needs-to-know-about I have a bit of an issue with overly simplistic statements like this: "Secure Boot, one of the most

Re: Strange laptop behavior #2

2024-08-23 Thread Tim via users
George N. White III: > Some UPS software blocks non-root logins after sending a "shutdown now" > message > when UPS battery capacity is low. If the battery has died, it may continue > to broadcast > shutdown messages after power is restored. I think some UPS systems and > software > can stay

Re: Unexpected laptop behavior

2024-08-23 Thread Tim via users
On Fri, 2024-08-23 at 12:18 -0700, Paolo Galtieri wrote: > I normally run my laptop on AC power. I also have it plugged into a > UPS. Today the power went out. The power applet on the mate desktop > reported I had 7298 hours of laptop run time and 5 minutes of UPS. > The laptop then powered its

Re: Secondary SSH

2024-08-23 Thread Dave Close
I wrote: >I have several local machines that, while working, I frequently use ssh >to do something on a different machine. While on that second machine, >I may even use ssh to do something on a third machine. All of this >works exactly as it should. > >If I use JuiceSSH on my Android phone to cont

Re: Strange laptop behavior #2

2024-08-23 Thread George N. White III
On Fri, Aug 23, 2024 at 6:54 PM Paolo Galtieri wrote: > Folks, > I previously sent a message regarding my laptop powering off > unexpectedly. Here is an > update. Power came back on, but I cannot login to my laptop. When I try > to login to the > mate gui it replies with power failure and aut

Re: Unexpected laptop behavior

2024-08-23 Thread George N. White III
On Fri, Aug 23, 2024 at 4:19 PM Paolo Galtieri wrote: > I normally run my laptop on AC power. I also have it plugged into a UPS. > Today the power went > out. The power applet on the mate desktop reported I had 7298 hours of > laptop run time and 5 > minutes of UPS. The laptop then powered its

Re: Secondary SSH

2024-08-23 Thread Dave Close
Jeffrey Walton wrote: >At this point, I would visit each machine and: > > mkdir -p ~/.ssh > chown -R dclose:dclose ~/.ssh > chmod -R o-rwx ~/.ssh That would be guaranteed to cause failure. For example, my private keys cannot have 0777 permissions! -- Dave Close, Compata, Irvine CA "Yo

Strange laptop behavior #2

2024-08-23 Thread Paolo Galtieri
Folks, I previously sent a message regarding my laptop powering off unexpectedly. Here is an update. Power came back on, but I cannot login to my laptop. When I try to login to the mate gui it replies with power failure and authentication failure. If I enter ctrl-alt-F1, login as root I can lo

Re: Secondary SSH

2024-08-23 Thread Jeffrey Walton
On Fri, Aug 23, 2024 at 5:44 PM Dave Close wrote: > > I have several local machines that, while working, I frequently use ssh > to do something on a different machine. While on that second machine, > I may even use ssh to do something on a third machine. All of this > works exactly as it should. >

Secondary SSH

2024-08-23 Thread Dave Close
I have several local machines that, while working, I frequently use ssh to do something on a different machine. While on that second machine, I may even use ssh to do something on a third machine. All of this works exactly as it should. If I use JuiceSSH on my Android phone to contact one of my lo

Unexpected laptop behavior

2024-08-23 Thread Paolo Galtieri
I normally run my laptop on AC power. I also have it plugged into a UPS. Today the power went out. The power applet on the mate desktop reported I had 7298 hours of laptop run time and 5 minutes of UPS. The laptop then powered itself off. Can someone tell me what I might have have misconfigured

Fedora 40: the last three kernels fail

2024-08-23 Thread Walter H. via users
These three kernels kernel-6.10.4-200.fc40.x86_64 kernel-6.10.5-200.fc40.x86_64 kernel-6.10.6-200.fc40.x86_64 won't start my VM properly, ends in a black screen, where I can see mouse moventments, and that was it ... no login, nothing; kernel-6.10.3-200.fc40.x86_64 works fine using LXDM Thank

Re: OT: UEFI settings for DDR5 RAM

2024-08-23 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Fri, 2024-08-23 at 11:26 -0400, Neal Becker wrote: > > I ran across this article that has some good info: > https://www.xda-developers.com/6-bios-settings-every-new-pc-builder-needs-to-know-about Yes, I had actually read that before asking. Anyway, it's working now. poc -- ___

Re: OT: UEFI settings for DDR5 RAM

2024-08-23 Thread Neal Becker
On Tue, Aug 20, 2024 at 6:14 AM Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Tue, 2024-08-20 at 15:36 +0930, Tim via users wrote: > > On Mon, 2024-08-19 at 22:02 +0100, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > > The overclocking options start at 5400, so I don't think that's it. > > > The > > > DRAM spec is 5200 and I

Re: Reboot timeout

2024-08-23 Thread Tim via users
On Fri, 2024-08-23 at 12:30 +0200, Roberto Ragusa wrote: > Unfortunately somebody thinks that showing a useless spinning logo > is more "elegant" than letting the user understand what's (mis)happening. > People do not even know they have to press esc to see things. Doesn't have that cool hacker vi

Re: Reboot timeout

2024-08-23 Thread Felix Miata
Ralf Corsépius composed on 2024-08-23 14:01 (UTC+0200): > schrieb George N. White III: >> If you want to "see things", remove the `rhgb quiet` from the kernel >> command-line. > Also, consider to set the plymouth-theme to "detail" > (cf. man plymouth-set-default-theme) Or take the green route,

Re: Hibernation vs Secure Boot

2024-08-23 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Thu, 2024-08-22 at 11:31 +0100, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Wed, 2024-08-21 at 11:34 +0100, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > I keep getting this in the journal: > > > > Lockdown: systemd-logind: hibernation is restricted; see man > > kernel_lockdown.7 > > > > and a glance at the man page rev

Re: Reboot timeout

2024-08-23 Thread Ralf Corsépius
Am 23.08.24 um 1:32 PM schrieb George N. White III: If you want to "see things", remove the `rhgb quiet` from the kernel command-line. Also, consider to set the plymouth-theme to "detail" (cf. man plymouth-set-default-theme) Ralf -- ___ users maili

Re: Reboot timeout

2024-08-23 Thread George N. White III
On Fri, Aug 23, 2024 at 7:31 AM Roberto Ragusa wrote: > On 8/22/24 15:18, Thomas Cameron wrote: > > > You probably already know this but... When the system is shutting down, > if you hit > > the escape key, it will change from graphical to text mode. You should be > able to see > > what it's hung

Re: boot stops before startx....

2024-08-23 Thread George N. White III
On Fri, Aug 23, 2024 at 12:09 AM home user via users < users@lists.fedoraproject.org> wrote: > > Barry's comment made me more comfortable doing the upgrade from the older > kernel, so it would > not be deleted. The upgrade worked. Thank-you John. By the way, no need > for the testing repo. > I

Re: Reboot timeout

2024-08-23 Thread Roberto Ragusa
On 8/22/24 15:18, Thomas Cameron wrote: You probably already know this but... When the system is shutting down, if you hit the escape key, it will change from graphical to text mode. You should be able to see what it's hung doing while shutting down. Unfortunately somebody thinks that showin