ssh reverse tunnel as a service?

Hi, I have a fedora32 system behind a firewall without any access from the outside. I'd like to build a reverse ssh tunnel so I can get to it from my remote location while working remotely. I'm familiar with how remote ssh tunnels work, but can't quite get systemctl to create a proper service,

Re: Silencing auditd in fedora22

Hi, Since upgrading from fedora22, auditd is drowning /var/log/messages with useless information such as this: Jul 18 19:02:19 orion audit: pid=6002 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 msg='op=destroy kind=server fp=SHA256:b5:7b:76:df:38:16:f3:f5:cd:2f:67:54:9a:2e:68:15:ae:9c:40:50:4f:6d:81:4

Re: Silencing auditd in fedora22

Hi, Since upgrading from fedora22, auditd is drowning /var/log/messages with useless information such as this: Jul 18 19:02:19 orion audit: pid=6002 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 msg='op=destroy kind=server fp=SHA256:b5:7b:76:df:38:16:f3:f5:cd:2f:67:54:9a:2e:68:15:ae:9c:40:50:4f:6d:81:4

Re: Replacing cpu

Hi, So, I contacted the Ebay seller rakicomputers and reported the issue. The seller first told me something wrong with my laptop. So I replied that the old cpu still boots just fine - until it gets too hot and the it freezes or crash

Re: need grub experts

Hi, I cannot get a correct resolution for grub. Here is It is suppose to apply the 1280x1024 resolution to the console during the boot. But it is not the case! I get this resolution only with the grub first screen: fireworks image and the entry list. Are you talking about once the system ha

Re: Packages without updates during 20->21 upgrade

Hi, Following with solutions to many of these issues... I'm using fedup to upgrade from fedora20 to fedora21 before going to fedora22, and there appears to be a few packages that have no fedora21 equivalent: Packages without updates: aic94xx-firmware-30-6.fc20.noarch febootstrap-supermin

vbeinfo and grub2 resolution

Hi, I have a few fedora20 systems running on 1U rackmount servers with basic video cards. One of them is an MGA G200eW WPCM450 03:03.0 VGA compatible controller: Matrox Electronics Systems Ltd. MGA G200eW WPCM450 (rev 0a) Where can I find the current documentation on how to set a reasonable

Packages without updates during 20->21 upgrade

Hi, I'm using fedup to upgrade from fedora20 to fedora21 before going to fedora22, and there appears to be a few packages that have no fedora21 equivalent: Packages without updates: aic94xx-firmware-30-6.fc20.noarch febootstrap-supermin-helper-3.21-2.fc18.x86_64 gnupg-1.4.19-2.fc20.x86_

Re: GDM memory use

$ a=0; ps axfu | grep ^gdm| awk '{print $6}' | \ (while read x ; do a=$(( a + x )) ; done ; echo $a ) 400760 Does anyone else notice that gdm's session takes up 300-400MB of RAM? I typically defend GNOME, but this is kind of ridiculous. Is this really an accurate representation of the amoun

Install fails with /dev/mapper/live-rw does not exist

Hi, Trying to do an f22 Live Workstation install on my new Toshiba P50 laptop and the install fails with: [ 187.874987] localhost dracut-initqueue[471]: Warning: Could not boot. [ 187.891048] localhost systemd[1]: Received SIGRTMIN+20 from PID 472 (plymouthd). [ 187.893397] localhost dracut

Re: Differences between standard and rescue kernels

Hi, On 05/17/2015 11:31 PM, Alex Regan wrote: Hi, I installed fedora21 on an AMD x86_64 box then moved it to an Intel x86_64 box and it would no longer boot. It would get to the following: Switched to clocksource tsc then just sit there. Booting from the rescue kernel worked properly. What

Differences between standard and rescue kernels

Hi, I installed fedora21 on an AMD x86_64 box then moved it to an Intel x86_64 box and it would no longer boot. It would get to the following: Switched to clocksource tsc then just sit there. Booting from the rescue kernel worked properly. What is the difference between the standard default

Re: /boot on RAID1 with fedora21

On 05/17/2015 06:44 PM, Gordon Messmer wrote: On 05/15/2015 04:29 PM, Alex Regan wrote: However, on UEFI, /boot/efi on RAID is not supported. I'm not sure I understand all the reasons for that, but I'm actually going to be experimenting this weekend to see whether that works for a

Re: /boot on RAID1 with fedora21

Hi, On 05/15/2015 05:19 PM, Gordon Messmer wrote: On 05/15/2015 01:34 PM, Alex Regan wrote: What is the level of support for RAID1 on /boot? Is it now fully supported with fedora21? As far as I know, that's been supported for a long, long time. I don't remember a time when it wa

Re: /boot on RAID1 with fedora21

Hi, In the past, it's had a tendency to always put /boot only on /dev/sda, meaning if the first disk dies, the system becomes unable to boot. I have a software RAID for /boot working on CentOS 6 servers at work, so I would be very surprised if it could not also be done in Fedora. It

/boot on RAID1 with fedora21

Hi, What is the level of support for RAID1 on /boot? Is it now fully supported with fedora21? In the past, it's had a tendency to always put /boot only on /dev/sda, meaning if the first disk dies, the system becomes unable to boot. Forcing it to be on /dev/md0 or other RAID device has alway

Re: yum-cron: Updateinfo file is not valid XML

Hi, Updateinfo file is not valid XML: I've seen references to this error when searching, but it mostly relates to a bug from 2012. The file exists, and looks like XML, but there must be something wrong with yum's ability to parse it... Thanks for any ideas, Nobody has replied yet, so I wil

Re: grub2 boot failure when adding disks

Hi, On 05/07/2015 02:24 PM, Fred Smith wrote: On Thu, May 07, 2015 at 01:52:58PM -0400, Tom Horsley wrote: On Thu, 07 May 2015 13:42:01 -0400 Alex Regan wrote: Thanks for any ideas. I also had big problems when trying to boot after adding a new raid (which shouldn't have been involv

grub2 boot failure when adding disks

Hi, I'm having trouble reinstalling grub on a fedora20 system after adding two new disks in addition to the two that are already installed. It appears to install correctly, but after booting, only a single dot then a flashing cursor is printed. There are currently two RAID1 disks mirrored us

yum-cron: Updateinfo file is not valid XML

Hi all, After some recent update, I'm now receiving this error via email from a crontab for updating yum from yum-cron-daily: /etc/cron.hourly/0yum-hourly.cron: Updateinfo file is not valid XML: '/var/cache/yum/x86_64/20/updates/gen/updateinfo.xml', mode 'rt' at 0x11d1540> I've seen refere

Re: Assistance building a backup server

Hi, I currently have a 3TB backup system using five 1TB disks in RAID5. Restore times in case of disk failure are already exceedingly long, so I'd like to consider another method of providing redundancy, and would like suggestions. Five 1TB disks in a RAID5 should give you about 4TB usable sto

Assistance building a backup server

Hi, I have a fedora20 system acting as a backup server, and I've exceeded its capacity. I'd like to build a bigger one, probably using fedora21. I currently have a 3TB backup system using five 1TB disks in RAID5. Restore times in case of disk failure are already exceedingly long, so I'd like

Re: F21 partitioning circus

Hi, On 02/22/2015 06:43 PM, Chris Murphy wrote: On Sun, Feb 22, 2015 at 3:39 PM, Heinz Diehl wrote: On 22.02.2015, Chris Murphy wrote: Windows, OS X installers have maybe 2-3 total layouts between them. And their installers are completely, totally, bullet proof. They don't ever crash, or ask

Re: etc-shadow

Hi, On 02/22/2015 01:23 PM, Chris Murphy wrote: On Sat, Feb 21, 2015 at 11:58 PM, Matthew Miller mailto:mat...@fedoraproject.org>> wrote: > On Sat, Feb 21, 2015 at 06:07:18PM -0700, Chris Murphy wrote: >> I read this: >> http://www.aychedee.com/2012/03/14/etc_shadow-password-hash-formats/ >>

Replacement for rc.local

Hi, I have a set of commands that I need to run after my fedora21 desktop has completed booting. Should I just create a whole sysv init script in /etc/rc.d/init.d, or is there a more updated way using systemd without having to create a whole service around it? The commands I want to run are:

Re: Saving screenshots

On 01/24/2015 06:36 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 01/25/15 07:29, Alex Regan wrote: I'm having a problem with tigervnc and would like to take a screenshot of the error message to file a bug report. I know how to take screenshots, but where are they saved? If they're just in the cut bu

Saving screenshots

Hi, I'm having a problem with tigervnc and would like to take a screenshot of the error message to file a bug report. I know how to take screenshots, but where are they saved? If they're just in the cut buffer, what app can I use to paste them in to? I'd rather not have to install GIMP just f

Re: Installing Cinnamon on f21 fails with dependency problems

Hi, On 01/20/2015 01:34 AM, Michael Schwendt wrote: On Mon, 19 Jan 2015 18:00:29 -0500, Alex Regan wrote: Hi, I have a fedora21 workstation install with gnome3, and trying to replace the desktop with Cinnamon. Running 'yum groupinstall "Cinnamon Desktop"' results in

Re: Xorg display locks after idle time

Hi, I have a fedora21 box and periodically the display stops responding. The display on the monitor is blank, and trying to wake it again with the mouse or keyboard is not successful. I can VNC into the system, and while the screensaver is on with the clock in the center, the clock does continu

Xorg display locks after idle time

Hi, I have a fedora21 box and periodically the display stops responding. The display on the monitor is blank, and trying to wake it again with the mouse or keyboard is not successful. I can VNC into the system, and while the screensaver is on with the clock in the center, the clock does conti

Installing Cinnamon on f21 fails with dependency problems

Hi, I have a fedora21 workstation install with gnome3, and trying to replace the desktop with Cinnamon. Running 'yum groupinstall "Cinnamon Desktop"' results in the following # yum groupinstall "Cinnamon Desktop" [package list trimmed...] --> Running transaction check ---> Package blas.x86_64

Adding shortcut to desktop

Hi, I have a fedora21 desktop that I'm building for my father-in-law and have installed gnome-tweak-tool to enable icons on the desktop. Now, I'd like to add an icon on the desktop to automatically start a qemu instance of windows7. I'd even settle for an icon that opens virt-manager in such

Re: yum fails with pycurl version error

Hi, On 01/01/2015 04:38 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 01/02/15 02:47, Alex Regan wrote: Hi, A recent fedora20 update broke yum: # yum update There was a problem importing one of the Python modules required to run yum. The error leading to this problem was: pycurl: libcurl link-time version

yum fails with pycurl version error

Hi, A recent fedora20 update broke yum: # yum update There was a problem importing one of the Python modules required to run yum. The error leading to this problem was: pycurl: libcurl link-time version (7.29.0) is older than compile-time version (7.32.0) Please install a package which pro

OpenCL support for GPU and JtR

Hi, I'm trying to get OpenCL support installed for using john to test passwords. I've installed every package related to OpenCL listed in the current repository for fedora20, and it still doesn't recognize it. Is this a compiler issue? Is OpenCL fully support in fedora20? The config.log from