Re: Bash: how do I read a file into a variable and keep the line feeds?

2025-06-25 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 6/25/25 2:51 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: On Tue, 2025-06-24 at 23:22 -0700, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: $ rpm -qa bash bash-5.2.26-3.fc40.x86_64 I only update him every two years Really? So he is not receiving updates, including security updates, while his system is EOLed?

Re: Bash: how do I read a file into a variable and keep the line feeds?

2025-06-25 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 6/24/25 11:41 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 6/24/25 11:35 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: Bingo!  Thank you! $ x=$(cat abc.txt); echo $x a b c d $ x=$(cat abc.txt); echo "$x" a b c d But your original post had the quotes in the command, so it's a different issue the

Re: Bash: how do I read a file into a variable and keep the line feeds? -- SOLVED

2025-06-25 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 6/24/25 11:25 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 6/24/25 11:22 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: On 6/24/25 11:12 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: When I tested it, echo wrote out the text exactly as it was in the original file, so I don't know what's going on with yours.  Are you using bash?

Re: Bash: how do I read a file into a variable and keep the line feeds?

2025-06-24 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 6/24/25 11:25 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 6/24/25 11:22 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: On 6/24/25 11:12 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: When I tested it, echo wrote out the text exactly as it was in the original file, so I don't know what's going on with yours.  Are you using bash?

Re: Bash: how do I read a file into a variable and keep the line feeds?

2025-06-24 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 6/24/25 11:12 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: When I tested it, echo wrote out the text exactly as it was in the original file, so I don't know what's going on with yours.  Are you using bash? On this customer's machine $ rpm -qa bash bash-5.2.26-3.fc40.x86_64 I only update him every two years

Re: Bash: how do I read a file into a variable and keep the line feeds?

2025-06-24 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 6/24/25 11:06 PM, Michael D. Setzer II via users wrote: On 24 Jun 2025 at 22:23, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: Date sent: Tue, 24 Jun 2025 22:23:49 -0700 To: Community support for Fedora users Subject:Bash: how do I read a file into a

Re: Bash: how do I read a file into a variable and keep the line feeds?

2025-06-24 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 6/24/25 10:46 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 6/24/25 10:23 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: Hi All, In my bash script, I want to load a file into a variable and keep the line feeds.     x=$(cat filename) remove all the line feeds. I want $x to be exactly the same as filename. This is where

Bash: how do I read a file into a variable and keep the line feeds?

2025-06-24 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
Hi All, In my bash script, I want to load a file into a variable and keep the line feeds. x=$(cat filename) remove all the line feeds. I want $x to be exactly the same as filename. This is where I would be using this: echo "$x" | mailx -s "$Subject" $Cmd $To I get mailed one

Re: Issues with latest winehq-devel and wine-devel

2025-06-21 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 6/20/25 10:03 AM, Michael D. Setzer II via users wrote: On one system - Fedora 42 after upgrading to 10.9 it would fail running wine with anything notepad, cmd, and winecfg without using WINEDEBUG=+heap. but other systems with 10.9 worked fine with Fedora 42 and Fedora 41. Then after upgradin

Re: Community support?

2025-06-17 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 6/17/25 11:21 AM, Marco Moock wrote: Am 17.06.2025 um 10:54:57 Uhr schrieb ToddAndMargo via users: My "From:" address always comes back as "Community support for Fedora users". Is this on purpose? If not, is there a way to get my name on it instead? The address is bei

Community support?

2025-06-17 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
My "From:" address always comes back as "Community support for Fedora users". Is this on purpose? If not, is there a way to get my name on it instead? -- ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...

Re: waterfox rpms?

2025-06-16 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 6/16/25 10:43 PM, Tim via users wrote: On Mon, 2025-06-16 at 09:55 -0700, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: What format do you prfefer? Re: SOLVED - waterfox rpms? SOLVED Re: - waterfox rpms? Re: waterfox rpms? = SOLVED Or just anywhere? Don't type things in front of RE

Re: local network

2025-06-16 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 6/16/25 3:24 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 6/16/25 2:38 PM, Patrick Dupre via users wrote: On 6/16/25 2:11 PM, Patrick Dupre via users wrote: OK, Now it is working with Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags   MSS Window irtt Iface 0.0.0.0 192.1

Re: local network

2025-06-16 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 6/14/25 11:28 AM, Patrick Dupre via users wrote: Hello, I tried to fix a small issue that I have. PC A is connected to internet through a USB port. This PC A has 2 RJ45 cards, connected to 2 PC: B and C. Both interface are in shared to other computers The problem is this one. I use /etc/host

Re: waterfox rpms?

2025-06-16 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 6/16/25 3:59 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: A widespread convention is to add "- SOLVED" to the subject line when the solution has been found. What format do you prfefer? Re: SOLVED - waterfox rpms? SOLVED Re: - waterfox rpms? Re: waterfox rpms? = SOLVED Or just anywhere? -T -- _

Re: waterfox rpms?

2025-06-15 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 6/15/25 3:33 PM, Jeffrey Walton wrote: On Sun, Jun 15, 2025 at 4:51 PM ToddAndMargo via users wrote: On 6/14/25 11:43 AM, Jeffrey Walton wrote: On Sat, Jun 14, 2025 at 2:12 PM ToddAndMargo via users wrote: On 6/13/25 6:55 PM, Todd Zullinger wrote: [...] Hi Todd, And thank you

Re: waterfox rpms?

2025-06-15 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 6/14/25 12:22 PM, Todd Zullinger wrote: ToddAndMargo via users wrote: All the information necessary to assist me with my question was provided in my initial post and subsequent posts. Somewhere you got lost or confused. Would you like me to go over each of your points above and explain

Re: waterfox rpms?

2025-06-15 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 6/14/25 11:43 AM, Jeffrey Walton wrote: On Sat, Jun 14, 2025 at 2:12 PM ToddAndMargo via users wrote: On 6/13/25 6:55 PM, Todd Zullinger wrote: [...] Hi Todd, And thank you for all your assistance. All the information necessary to assist me with my question was provided in my

Re: waterfox rpms?

2025-06-14 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 6/13/25 6:55 PM, Todd Zullinger wrote: ToddAndMargo via users wrote: On 6/13/25 5:51 PM, Todd Zullinger wrote: ToddAndMargo via users wrote: On 6/13/25 3:28 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: Open SUSE pulled a "NOTTRUSTED". [...] 2) if so, what is the workaround? # dnf instal

Re: waterfox rpms?

2025-06-13 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 6/13/25 5:51 PM, Todd Zullinger wrote: ToddAndMargo via users wrote: On 6/13/25 3:28 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: Open SUSE pulled a "NOTTRUSTED". [...] 2) if so, what is the workaround? # dnf install waterfox-6.5.9-4.1.x86_64.rpm Not sure why you're installing it

Re: waterfox rpms?

2025-06-13 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 6/13/25 5:51 PM, Todd Zullinger wrote: ToddAndMargo via users wrote: On 6/13/25 3:28 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: Open SUSE pulled a "NOTTRUSTED". [...] 2) if so, what is the workaround? # dnf install waterfox-6.5.9-4.1.x86_64.rpm Not sure why you're installing it

Re: waterfox rpms?

2025-06-13 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 6/13/25 3:28 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: On 6/13/25 3:00 PM, Todd Zullinger wrote: Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: On Fri, 2025-06-13 at 14:19 -0700, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: Found where I got them from from an old note of mine (hawkeye116477). But I can't seem to g

Re: waterfox rpms?

2025-06-13 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 6/13/25 3:00 PM, Todd Zullinger wrote: Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: On Fri, 2025-06-13 at 14:19 -0700, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: Found where I got them from from an old note of mine (hawkeye116477). But I can't seem to get the dnf command correct # dnf config-manager add-r

Re: waterfox rpms?

2025-06-13 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 6/13/25 2:08 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: On Fri, 2025-06-13 at 13:55 -0700, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: Hi All, It is time for me to upgrade my waterfox and waterfox classic. Problem: I installed them so long ago I forgot where I got their rpm's from? Really? rpm -

waterfox rpms?

2025-06-13 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
Hi All, It is time for me to upgrade my waterfox and waterfox classic. Problem: I installed them so long ago I forgot where I got their rpm's from? -T -- ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le

new printer message?

2025-06-11 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
Hi All, Fedora 41 This just popped up when cups needed to be restarted. https://imgur.com/nc6ek3c.png It listed the pending jobs and what was wrong with them (filter failed) I like it. Is it something new? Is there a way to start it with cups crashing? -T -- ___

Re: gparted

2025-06-07 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 6/7/25 12:04 PM, Patrick Dupre via users wrote: Hello, After ssh -X on a remote machine If I tried to run sudo gparted I get X11 connection rejected because of wrong authentication. while I can sudo on this machine. It it specific to gparted ? Thank. =

Re: iso from usb stick

2025-06-05 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 5/26/25 8:55 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: On 5/26/25 7:26 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: Hi All, I have an Windows 11 ISO I burned to a 8GB USB stick.  The burning process removed a bunch of hardware silliness. The stick is only about 5BG used. Is there a way to make an ISO out of

Re: List available packages in a repo

2025-06-04 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 6/4/25 7:13 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: The man page for dnf5 says: list List installed or available packages. However it doesn't appear to give any more detail, and if I try it: $ dnf list --available fedora.repo Updating and loading repositories: Repositories loa

Re: iso from usb stick

2025-05-31 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 5/30/25 8:33 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 5/30/25 7:33 PM, Tim via users wrote: On Fri, 2025-05-30 at 06:52 -0700, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: I have a functioning/bootable USB drive.  I want to make an ISO out of it but do not want the extra space included that dd gives I think you'd

Re: iso from usb stick

2025-05-30 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 5/30/25 12:47 AM, Oliver Ava wrote: To install an ISO from a USB stick, you’ll need to use a tool like Rufus or BalenaEtcher to make the USB bootable—just copying the ISO file won’t work. Once that’s done, restart your computer and use the boot menu (usually F12 or Esc during startup) to sel

Re: iso from usb stick

2025-05-26 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 5/26/25 10:15 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 5/26/25 10:07 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: On 5/26/25 9:45 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 5/26/25 9:42 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: On 5/26/25 8:55 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: mkisofs -o /home/kvm/myImage.iso -R -J -input-charset utf-8

Re: iso from usb stick

2025-05-26 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 5/26/25 9:45 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 5/26/25 9:42 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: On 5/26/25 8:55 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: mkisofs -o /home/kvm/myImage.iso -R -J -input-charset utf-8 ./ CCCOMA_X64FRE_EN-US_DV9 File ./CCCOMA_X64FRE_EN-US_DV9/sources/install.wim is larger than

Re: iso from usb stick

2025-05-26 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 5/26/25 8:55 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: mkisofs -o /home/kvm/myImage.iso -R -J -input-charset utf-8 ./ CCCOMA_X64FRE_EN-US_DV9 File ./CCCOMA_X64FRE_EN-US_DV9/sources/install.wim is larger than 4GiB-1. # mkisofs -V "W11 24H2 Rufus" -allow-limited-size -o /home/kvm/m

Re: iso from usb stick

2025-05-26 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 5/26/25 7:26 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: Hi All, I have an Windows 11 ISO I burned to a 8GB USB stick.  The burning process removed a bunch of hardware silliness. The stick is only about 5BG used. Is there a way to make an ISO out of the stick and only get the used space (dd get

iso from usb stick

2025-05-26 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
Hi All, I have an Windows 11 ISO I burned to a 8GB USB stick. The burning process removed a bunch of hardware silliness. The stick is only about 5BG used. Is there a way to make an ISO out of the stick and only get the used space (dd get everything)? Many thanks, -T -- __

Re: dev null placement?

2025-05-24 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 5/24/25 4:56 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: On Sat, 2025-05-24 at 04:47 -0700, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: Hi All, I still get all the trash with this: echo $msg | /usr/bin/mailx $smtp -s $IAm" Disk Status" -r $From $To 2>&1 > /dev/nul I think I am putting the

Re: dev null placement?

2025-05-24 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 5/24/25 6:02 AM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: On 5/24/25 6:00 AM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: On 5/24/25 5:15 AM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: On 5/24/25 5:10 AM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: On 5/24/25 4:56 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: On Sat, 2025-05-24 at 04:47

Re: dev null placement?

2025-05-24 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 5/24/25 6:00 AM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: On 5/24/25 5:15 AM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: On 5/24/25 5:10 AM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: On 5/24/25 4:56 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: On Sat, 2025-05-24 at 04:47 -0700, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: Hi All, I still get al

Re: dev null placement?

2025-05-24 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 5/24/25 5:15 AM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: On 5/24/25 5:10 AM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: On 5/24/25 4:56 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: On Sat, 2025-05-24 at 04:47 -0700, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: Hi All, I still get all the trash with this: echo $msg | /usr/bin/mailx

Re: dev null placement?

2025-05-24 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 5/24/25 5:10 AM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: On 5/24/25 4:56 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: On Sat, 2025-05-24 at 04:47 -0700, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: Hi All, I still get all the trash with this: echo $msg | /usr/bin/mailx $smtp -s $IAm" Disk Status" -r $From  $To

dev null placement?

2025-05-24 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
Hi All, I still get all the trash with this: echo $msg | /usr/bin/mailx $smtp -s $IAm" Disk Status" -r $From $To 2>&1 > /dev/nul I think I am putting the `2>&1 > /dev/nul` in the wrong place. What am I doing wrong? Many thanks, -T -- ___ users m

Re: dvd contents show in chinese

2025-05-21 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 5/21/25 8:13 PM, Amadeus WM via users wrote: On Wed, 21 May 2025 00:18:14 -0700, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: On 5/19/25 10:28 AM, Amadeus WM via users wrote: I'm going through some cd/dvds with data going back to my graduate school years and when I put them in the dvd drive they get

Re: dvd contents show in chinese

2025-05-21 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 5/19/25 10:28 AM, Amadeus WM via users wrote: I'm going through some cd/dvds with data going back to my graduate school years and when I put them in the dvd drive they get auto mounted fine under /run/media/user, except that the directory contents are listed in Chinese (I think). If I umount

Re: sub for dump/restore?

2025-05-11 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 5/11/25 7:16 AM, Michael Schwendt wrote: It's even easier than that, because for a very, very long time you can extract a src.rpm package with "rpm -i ...". No need to use rpm2cpio. Cool. Thank you! "/usr/bin/file-roller" works too. -- ___ users

Re: sub for dump/restore?

2025-05-10 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 5/10/25 4:41 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: On Fri, 2025-05-09 at 23:20 -0700, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: On 5/9/25 9:06 PM, Dave Close wrote: francis.montag...@inria.fr wrote: No: du rounds up: echo > one du -m one 1 one That is correct, not rounde

Re: is xroach safe?

2025-05-10 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 5/10/25 1:18 AM, Tim wrote: Another desktop toy I remember was Meko. It was a kitten that'd chase your mouse pointer around. Then sit down and clean itself when the mouse was idle, and fall asleep. I have a rather large monitor. I can't find my mouse at times. I just installed oneko and

Re: is xroach safe?

2025-05-10 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 5/10/25 12:23 AM, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 5/10/25 12:09 AM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: Hi All, Yes, I am or was 12 years old at one time. Any way to tell if this is infected or just a fun game?  (I used it years ago on Solaris. Total fun.) https://fedora.pkgs.org/41/rpm-sphere-x86_64

is xroach safe?

2025-05-10 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
Hi All, Yes, I am or was 12 years old at one time. Any way to tell if this is infected or just a fun game? (I used it years ago on Solaris. Total fun.) https://fedora.pkgs.org/41/rpm-sphere-x86_64/xroach-12.6.97-2474.1.x86_64.rpm.html Many thanks, -T -- __

Re: sub for dump/restore?

2025-05-09 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 5/9/25 9:06 PM, Dave Close wrote: francis.montag...@inria.fr wrote: No: du rounds up: echo > one du -m one 1 one That is correct, not rounded. 'echo' creates a file with one byte, a newline (0x0a). Actually, it creates a file that is allocated 4096 bytes. $ echo > on

Re: sub for dump/restore?

2025-05-09 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 5/9/25 1:15 AM, francis.montag...@inria.fr wrote: On Fri, 09 May 2025 01:03:31 -0700 ToddAndMargo via users wrote: On 5/9/25 12:47 AM, francis.montag...@inria.fr wrote: du -m .. "-m" is 1 M blocks. Your return answer could have a round to zero error is less that 1M blocks

Re: sub for dump/restore?

2025-05-09 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 5/9/25 1:15 AM, francis.montag...@inria.fr wrote: On Fri, 09 May 2025 01:03:31 -0700 ToddAndMargo via users wrote: On 5/9/25 12:47 AM, francis.montag...@inria.fr wrote: du -m .. "-m" is 1 M blocks. Your return answer could have a round to zero error is less that 1M blocks

Re: sub for dump/restore?

2025-05-09 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 5/9/25 12:47 AM, francis.montag...@inria.fr wrote: du -m .. "-m" is 1 M blocks. Your return answer could have a round to zero error is less that 1M blocks "--block-size=1 " is better as it will catch everything -- ___ users mailing list -- users@

Re: sub for dump/restore?

2025-05-09 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 5/9/25 12:47 AM, francis.montag...@inria.fr wrote: Hi. On Thu, 08 May 2025 22:28:43 -0700 ToddAndMargo via users wrote: With borg, I backed up three file and restored them (somewhere else). ... So the checksum was equivalent, but I lost my sparseness. ... As a test, now that dump

Re: sub for dump/restore?

2025-05-09 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 5/9/25 12:50 AM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: On 5/9/25 12:47 AM, francis.montag...@inria.fr wrote: Hi. On Thu, 08 May 2025 22:28:43 -0700 ToddAndMargo via users wrote: With borg, I backed up three file and restored them (somewhere else). ... So the checksum was equivalent, but I lost

Re: dump/restore ftruncate?

2025-05-08 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 4/13/25 8:18 AM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: On 4/9/25 1:16 AM, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 4/9/25 12:06 AM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: On 4/8/25 10:43 PM, Jeffrey Walton wrote: On Tue, Apr 8, 2025 at 8:10 PM ToddAndMargo via users wrote: Hi All, Fedora 41 dump-0.4-0.57.b47.fc41.x86_64

Re: sub for dump/restore?

2025-05-08 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 5/4/25 3:53 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: Hi All, I have two servers affected by: restore: : ftruncate: Invalid argument https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2359295 This is pretty critical to me.  And pretty much anyone using dump/restore.   The maintainer seems to be ignoring

Re: du sparse vs sha256sum confusion

2025-05-08 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 5/8/25 5:43 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 5/8/25 5:22 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: On 5/8/25 4:57 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 5/8/25 4:54 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: Fedora 41 borgbackup-1.4.1-1.fc41.x86_64 In my testing an hot to write up I made myself of borg backup, I found

Re: du sparse vs sha256sum confusion

2025-05-08 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 5/8/25 4:57 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 5/8/25 4:54 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: Fedora 41 borgbackup-1.4.1-1.fc41.x86_64 In my testing an hot to write up I made myself of borg backup, I found something confusing. I backed up three file and restored them (somewhere else). The sha256sum

du sparse vs sha256sum confusion

2025-05-08 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
Hi All, Fedora 41 borgbackup-1.4.1-1.fc41.x86_64 In my testing an hot to write up I made myself of borg backup, I found something confusing. I backed up three file and restored them (somewhere else). The sha256sum matched the originals but the du's did not. What am I missing? Many thanks, -T

Re: du size question

2025-05-08 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 5/8/25 12:26 AM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote:   -b, --bytes    equivalent to '--apparent-size --block-size=1' I read that in the man page. I did not realize what it meant. And it is "obvious". Mumble Mumble. -- _

Re: du size question

2025-05-08 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 5/8/25 12:08 AM, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 5/7/25 11:37 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: On 5/7/25 9:43 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 5/7/25 8:55 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: So bytes or KB?  If I specify --bytes on the line, I get the apparent file size.  I am after the sparse size

Re: du size question

2025-05-07 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 5/7/25 9:43 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 5/7/25 8:55 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: So bytes or KB?  If I specify --bytes on the line, I get the apparent file size.  I am after the sparse size. Apparent size defaults to KB. If you don't specify the units, there are various possibil

Re: du size question

2025-05-07 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 5/7/25 7:35 PM, Chris Adams wrote: Once upon a time, ToddAndMargo said: Hi All, Du sparse file question: $ du KVM-W10.raw KVM-W11.raw SparceFile 47_745_732 KVM-W10.raw 50_635_356 KVM-W11.raw 0SparceFile is that KB or just B? (Man p

du size question

2025-05-07 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
Hi All, Du sparse file question: $ du KVM-W10.raw KVM-W11.raw SparceFile 47_745_732KVM-W10.raw 50_635_356KVM-W11.raw 0 SparceFile is that KB or just B? (Man page is no help.) Many thanks, -T -- ___

Re: sub for dump/restore?

2025-05-07 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 5/7/25 4:16 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: On 5/7/25 3:13 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: On Tue, 2025-05-06 at 20:51 -0700, ToddAndMargo via users wrote:   This caught my attention: the ability to mount the archive in your file system https://borgbackup.readthedocs.io/en/stable/

Re: sub for dump/restore?

2025-05-07 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 5/7/25 3:13 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: On Tue, 2025-05-06 at 20:51 -0700, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: This caught my attention: the ability to mount the archive in your file system https://borgbackup.readthedocs.io/en/stable/usage/mount.html# Anyone have any experience wi

Re: sub for dump/restore?

2025-05-07 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 5/7/25 4:00 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: I am allergic to incremental backups -- they make me swear when it comes time to recover things. If you are wondering about that last statement, think of customers how refuse up upgrade any of their equipment until it comes down around their

Re: sub for dump/restore?

2025-05-07 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 5/7/25 3:13 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: On Tue, 2025-05-06 at 20:51 -0700, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: This caught my attention: the ability to mount the archive in your file system https://borgbackup.readthedocs.io/en/stable/usage/mount.html# Anyone have any experience wi

Re: sub for dump/restore?

2025-05-06 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 5/5/25 8:29 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: On 5/4/25 3:53 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: Hi All, I have two servers affected by: restore: : ftruncate: Invalid argument https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2359295 This is pretty critical to me.  And pretty much anyone using

Re: sub for dump/restore?

2025-05-06 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 5/6/25 12:59 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: If you use btrfs, you can easily do differential (but full) backups whenever you want.  And they are directly mountable and restorable. I am using ext4 everywhere. What do you mean by "differential (but full)"? -- __

Re: sub for dump/restore?

2025-05-06 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 5/6/25 2:20 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: On Mon, 2025-05-05 at 20:29 -0700, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: On 5/4/25 3:53 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: Hi All, I have two servers affected by: restore: : ftruncate: Invalid argument https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=23

Re: sub for dump/restore?

2025-05-06 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 5/6/25 2:18 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: On Mon, 2025-05-05 at 19:58 -0700, toddandmargo via users wrote: On Mon, 05 May 2025 14:19:05 -0700 Patrick O'Callaghan wrote --- > Dump/restore is an ancient set of commands from the days of reel-to- > reel tap

Re: sub for dump/restore?

2025-05-05 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 5/4/25 3:53 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: Hi All, I have two servers affected by: restore: : ftruncate: Invalid argument https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2359295 This is pretty critical to me.  And pretty much anyone using dump/restore.   The maintainer seems to be ignoring

Re: sub for dump/restore?

2025-05-05 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 5/5/25 3:08 PM, Will McDonald wrote: On Mon, 5 May 2025 at 18:54, ToddAndMargo via users mailto:users@lists.fedoraproject.org>> wrote: On 5/5/25 3:59 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Sun, 2025-05-04 at 15:53 -0700, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: >> Hi Al

Re: sub for dump/restore?

2025-05-05 Thread toddandmargo via users
On Mon, 05 May 2025 14:19:05 -0700 Patrick O'Callaghan wrote --- > Dump/restore is an ancient set of commands from the days of reel-to- > reel tape drives, and is designed for backup of entire volumes. There > are several superior backup systems around now, but for an existing >

Re: sub for dump/restore?

2025-05-05 Thread toddandmargo via users
On Mon, 05 May 2025 16:25:51 -0700 Will McDonald wrote --- > On Mon, 5 May 2025 at 23:53, ToddAndMargo via users > wrote: > > I have two servers affected by: > > > > restore: : ftruncate: Invalid argument > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_

Re: sub for dump/restore?

2025-05-05 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 5/4/25 3:53 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: Hi All, I have two servers affected by: restore: : ftruncate: Invalid argument https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2359295 This is pretty critical to me.  And pretty much anyone using dump/restore.   The maintainer seems to be ignoring

Re: sub for dump/restore?

2025-05-05 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 5/5/25 3:59 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: On Sun, 2025-05-04 at 15:53 -0700, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: Hi All, I have two servers affected by: restore: : ftruncate: Invalid argument https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2359295 This is pretty critical to me. And pretty

sub for dump/restore?

2025-05-04 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
Hi All, I have two servers affected by: restore: : ftruncate: Invalid argument https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2359295 This is pretty critical to me. And pretty much anyone using dump/restore. The maintainer seems to be ignoring this. Is there an ext4 sub for dump/restore that i

secondary clipboard only one letter?

2025-04-30 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
Hi All, Fedora 41 I notice that when I have one of more xfreerdp sessions and and AnyDesk session open, my secondary clipboard ( - ) starts only copying one letter. It is very frustrating. By chance is there a setting to increase the buffer size of the secondary clipboard so it can handle more

Re: Curse the login screen!

2025-04-27 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 4/27/25 10:35 PM, Tim wrote: And "systemctl status display-manager" says it's using GDM. I copied that one down! Thank you! -- ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.

Re: Curse the login screen!

2025-04-27 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 4/27/25 3:08 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: On Sun, 2025-04-27 at 11:21 -0700, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: On 4/27/25 10:48 AM, Beartooth via users wrote: On Wed, 23 Apr 2025 16:26:33 -0700, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: Hi Beartooth, from the command line, run: $ rpm -qa \*dm

Re: Curse the login screen!

2025-04-27 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 4/27/25 12:28 PM, Beartooth via users wrote: On Sun, 27 Apr 2025 11:21:39 -0700, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: On 4/27/25 10:48 AM, Beartooth via users wrote: On Wed, 23 Apr 2025 16:26:33 -0700, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: Hi Beartooth, from the command line, run: $ rpm -qa \*dm and

Re: Curse the login screen!

2025-04-27 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 4/27/25 10:48 AM, Beartooth via users wrote: On Wed, 23 Apr 2025 16:26:33 -0700, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: Hi Beartooth, from the command line, run: $ rpm -qa \*dm and report back what pops up~# rpm -qa \*dm Hi Todd! I get libblockdev-dm-3.3.0-3.fc42.x86_64 mdadm

Re: need help with LC_TIme

2025-04-25 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
Hi there, I am to set a custom LC_TIME LC_TIME='en_GB.UTF-8' /usr/bin/krusader from: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/aix/7.1?topic=ff-lc-time-category-locale-definition-source-file-format I am after mm dd HH:MM (24 hour format) For example: 2025-06-10 23:51 ChatGPT is your friend f

need help with LC_TIme

2025-04-24 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
Hi All, I am to set a custom LC_TIME LC_TIME='en_GB.UTF-8' /usr/bin/krusader from: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/aix/7.1?topic=ff-lc-time-category-locale-definition-source-file-format I am after mm dd HH:MM (24 hour format) For example: 2025-06-10 23:51 Many thanks, -T -- _

Re: remote wayland display

2025-04-24 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 4/24/25 2:47 AM, Barry Scott wrote: On 23 Apr 2025, at 23:58, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: On 4/23/25 1:50 PM, Neal Becker wrote: but lately I'm using xpra 1) does it open an independent session from the console use? 2) does it open to the session on the console? 3) does it

Re: remote wayland display

2025-04-23 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 4/23/25 1:50 PM, Neal Becker wrote: but lately I'm using xpra 1) does it open an independent session from the console use? 2) does it open to the session on the console? 3) does it have multi-factor authentication (QR tabs,etc.) 4) will it co-exist with Wayland? 5) how much of your hair

Re: Curse the login screen!

2025-04-23 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 4/20/25 1:25 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 4/20/25 12:34 PM, Beartooth via users wrote: My spouse & I live in our own house, just the two of us, and such visitors as appear are adult friends. We've been running Fedora since it was RedHat7, with never a login screen. Nor has that absence ever

tip: lxdm setup

2025-04-23 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
Hi All, I do adore lxdm (I've had issues with lightdm.) I finally wrote down how to set lxdm up. -T lxdm: installing Note: you can f2> to open a command prompt as root if needed. [1] if lightdm is installed: # systemctl disable lightdm # dnf remove lightdm [2] install lxdm:

Re: remote wayland display

2025-04-23 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 4/23/25 12:51 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: I mentioned it deep in a thread so it wasn't very visible.  There's a program called "waypipe" for viewing wayland applications from a remote computer.  I tested it out and it is amazing how well it works compared to X11 forwarding.  I will definitely be

Post Upgrade Upgrade Cleanups?

2025-04-18 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
Hi All, Anything in this guys Post Upgrade Upgrade Cleanups recommendations you would NOT do? I noticed he wisely left of the accursed `dnf autoremove`. Never never never ever do that again! https://ostechnix.com/upgrade-to-fedora-linux-42-from-fedora-41/#Fedora_Post-Upgrade_Cleanup_Optional_bu

Re: FC41->FC42 GUI?

2025-04-16 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 4/16/25 1:19 PM, Paolo Galtieri wrote: I run MATE desktop and I followed the instructions listed here: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/quick-docs/upgrading-fedora-offline/ and all went well on 3 systems. Paolo So far I have updates two of my four compute using the Command line method

Re: Fedora 42 Desktop Options: XFCe is not offered

2025-04-15 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 4/15/25 1:27 PM, Kevin Fenzi wrote: On Tue, Apr 15, 2025 at 02:23:41PM -0400, Max Pyziur wrote: Greetings, So far, I've upgraded one of my laptops. I've been using XFCe and prefer to use it. On finishing the upgrade and getting the login screen, only Gnome and Gnome Classic are offere

Re: FC41->FC42 GUI?

2025-04-15 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 4/15/25 12:44 PM, Bob Marčan via users wrote: On Tue, 15 Apr 2025 11:23:17 -0700 "ToddAndMargo via users" wrote: Is there a GUI to upgrade from FC41 to FC42 for Xfce and MATE? -- Yes. Open terminal and follow instructions on https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/quick-docs

Re: Fedora 42 Desktop Options: XFCe is not offered

2025-04-15 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 4/15/25 11:23 AM, Max Pyziur wrote: Greetings, So far, I've upgraded one of my laptops. I've been using XFCe and prefer to use it. On finishing the upgrade and getting the login screen, only Gnome and Gnome Classic are offered. Checking for installed rpms, xfce rpms have been upgraded. How c

Re: FC41->FC42 GUI?

2025-04-15 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 4/15/25 11:23 AM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: Is there a GUI to upgrade from FC41 to FC42 for Xfce and MATE? Does this help? https://fedoraproject.org/spins/xfce/download -- ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe

FC41->FC42 GUI?

2025-04-15 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
Is there a GUI to upgrade from FC41 to FC42 for Xfce and MATE? -- ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/pr

Re: sealert?

2025-04-15 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 4/13/25 10:51 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: Hi All, Fedora 41 setroubleshoot-server-3.3.35-4.fc41.x86_64 Any of you guys having problems getting    /usr/bin/sealert -b to open? Any way to get this info from the command line? Many thanks, -T Found this awesome command line SELinux

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