Re: Shortcuts using Super key not working and I am sad

On 8/19/2022 9:20 PM, Ranbir wrote: Hi All, My Super (i.e. Windows) key no longer works for any of the Super key based shortcuts. I don't know why. The shortcut hasn't been changed (it's the same). Has anyone else run into this? Which area of the keyboard do I pound with a hammer to resovle t

Re: OT: RGB mechanical keyboard

On 9/3/21 4:06 PM, Chris Adams wrote: Once upon a time, Douglas McGarrett said: If you can find an IBM model M keyboard somewhere, you'll never look for another. They haven't been made in years, AFAIK, but The original IBM keyboard team got spun off with Lexmark, and then s

Re: OT: RGB mechanical keyboard

On 9/3/21 10:08 AM, Frederic Muller wrote: Hi! This is a bit borderline but since I guess everybody is using a PC here (or a MAC...) you probably have a keyboard too... I recently (less than a year) got a mechanical keyboard (Logitech G512 - liked the 512 number...) and it's been complicat

Re: installing Fedora: says empty disk is almost full

On 9/1/2021 11:39 PM, Tim via users wrote: If you create a partition and format it (whatever filesystem you format it with), the Linux installer sees that space as used and unavailable (whether, or not, there is any data in that partition), and will want to use something else to install to. Ne

Re: installing Fedora: says empty disk is almost full

On 9/1/21 4:58 AM, Tim via users wrote: On Wed, 2021-09-01 at 01:23 -0400, Douglas McGarrett wrote: I have added /dev/sda, a new Samsung 465 GiB ssd (ordinary type) to the system. I formatted it to ext4 using GParted, and it's empty except for 8.38 GiB at the beginning that GParted must

installing Fedora: says empty disk is almost full

Hello. I'm a potential new user, but I'm having trouble with the install. I have Windows and Leap on one of the new on-board drives, and I have added /dev/sda, a new Samsung 465 GiB ssd (ordinary type) to the system.  I formatted it to ext4 using GParted, and it's empty except for 8.38 GiB at the

Re: Windows 11 VMs

> On July 17, 2021 at 11:03 PM Samuel Sieb wrote: > > > On 2021-07-17 6:01 p.m., mcgarrett wrote: > > > >> On July 16, 2021 at 6:36 AM Patrick O'Callaghan > >> wrote: > >> > >> > >> On Thu, 2021-07-15 at 16:47 -0700, Sam

Re: Windows 11 VMs

> On July 16, 2021 at 6:36 AM Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > > On Thu, 2021-07-15 at 16:47 -0700, Samuel Sieb wrote: > > On 7/15/21 3:47 PM, mcgarrett wrote: > > > Is there some app that will tell you if your mobo (or cpu) has the > > > tpm? > >

Re: Windows 11 VMs

> On July 14, 2021 at 8:13 PM Chris Adams wrote: > > > Once upon a time, Stephen Morris said: > > I thought the TPM was in the cpu, because someone I work with was > > indicating it was in the cpu, and in my motherboard's bios the > > activation/deactivation of the fTPM is in the cpu configura

Re: OT: ink jet printers

> On July 14, 2021 at 4:48 PM Robin Laing wrote: > > > On 06/07/2021 09:57, Greg Woods wrote: > > Well, not completely OT because I do need one that will work on Fedora. > > > > I have found a number of ink jet all-in-ones that work well on Fedora, > > from Epson, HP, and Brother. The problem

Re: Windows 11 VMs

> On July 13, 2021 at 6:59 PM Ed Greshko wrote: > > > On 14/07/2021 06:49, mcgarrett wrote: > >> On July 6, 2021 at 5:29 PM Patrick O'Callaghan > >> wrote: > >> > >> > >> On Tue, 2021-07-06 at 15:01 -0400, mcgarrett wrote: > &g

Re: OT: ink jet printers

> On July 10, 2021 at 5:38 PM Richard England wrote: > > > On 7/6/21 8:57 AM, Greg Woods wrote: > > Well, not completely OT because I do need one that will work on Fedora. > > > /snip/ Question #2 > > is, are any of the all-in-one laser printers any good and work (all > > functions) with Fe

Re: Windows 11 VMs

> On July 6, 2021 at 5:29 PM Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > > On Tue, 2021-07-06 at 15:01 -0400, mcgarrett wrote: > > From the mail, it appears that a software TPM should solve the > > problem on older computers, > > but it occurs to me that you mi

Re: Windows 11 VMs

> On July 6, 2021 at 1:34 AM "Stephen J. Turnbull" wrote: > > > Tim writes: > > > I reckon the default thought of most people who're suddenly faced with > > a computer failing a security test is not going to be that something > > has changed on them without authority, but that something has

Re: Windows 11 VMs

> On July 3, 2021 at 7:55 PM Tom Horsley wrote: > > > On Sat, 3 Jul 2021 19:46:01 -0400 (EDT) > mcgarrett wrote: > > > What is a TPM, and does it come with the win 11 package, or must it be > > obrained elsewhere? > > It is a piece of hardware that either

Re: Windows 11 VMs

> On July 3, 2021 at 6:38 AM Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > > On Fri, 2021-07-02 at 23:02 -0700, Samuel Sieb wrote: > > On 2021-07-02 4:03 p.m., Samuel Sieb wrote: > > > On 2021-07-02 9:02 a.m., Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > > > Since Microsoft is going to require a TPM module for their new >

Re: suspend doesn't lock

On 4/21/21 2:31 AM, FUNG Chi Chuen Sampson wrote: On most keyboards, near the left ALT key, there is a key with a "Windows" logo on it. It is called "Meta" or "Super" key in Linux. Super+L means press "Super" key and the "L" key at the same time. _

Re: Third level choosers for keyboard keys.

On 4/15/21 8:07 PM, AV wrote: On Thu, 2021-04-15 at 16:27 -0700, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 4/15/21 4:15 PM, AV wrote: On Thu, 2021-04-15 at 09:30 -0700, Samuel Sieb wrote: It it doesn't work for you, maybe your keyboard layout doesn't have any keys in those levels. I have tried it on a desktop

Re: Blue Griffon

On 4/5/21 8:14 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: On 4/3/21 5:12 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: Hi All, Any sign of RPM's for Blue Griffon? If not, how about a good substitute? Many thanks, -T Oops, I missed that it is payware.  Never mind I don't know what Blue Griffon is, but I beli

Re: Compose Key

On 3/30/21 4:54 PM, David wrote: Sorry for the confusion in my recent post. Fedora 34 WS along with Gnome 40 ships with the "Compose Key" disabled.  I chose to enable it, following Mr. Miller's advice from a previous post ( related to Gnome 40 Tweaks ) and his suggestion, to set the CAPS-

Re: Compose Key

On 3/30/21 12:09 AM, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 3/29/21 2:19 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: On Mon, 2021-03-29 at 15:46 -0500, David wrote: Thank you Mr. Matthew Miller, It's easier to know what your post is about if it's written as a reply rather than a new message, like this one in fact. That'

Re: Using a Windoze application

On 3/1/21 11:33 PM, Geoffrey Leach wrote: I have a Windows 10 application on a USB stick. I need to run it occasionally on a laptop that does not have Windows, but does have fedora 32. I could, of course, install Windows, fiddle the partitions, then install Fedora. Lots of work for something t

Re: Virtual background for Zoom video

On 2/5/21 7:49 AM, Phil Edwards wrote: Apparently, the Windows version of the Zoom client will happily do virtual backgrounds without the need for a green screen (providing your hardware meets the minimum requirements). But then if we were Windows users, we wouldn't be here would we? Unfort

Re: Mail Reader -

On 1/24/21 10:59 PM, Tim via users wrote: On Sun, 2021-01-24 at 14:19 -0500, Bob Goodwin wrote: I really think it is silly ti use those generic names in the menu. I should change them all to something meaningful like the application name. There's some logic to it. I found the opposite proble

Re: New parallel port card won't work

On 11/1/20 2:45 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: On 2020-11-01 00:08, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 10/31/20 11:50 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: On 2020-10-31 23:36, Samuel Sieb wrote: If I do the modprobe will above, lpt1 (lp0) shows up in both printer admin and CUPS.  Otherwise not. Why do

Re: Offtopic - rpm-distros

On 10/30/20 8:32 PM, David wrote: This is my final post on this offtopic discussion, so email me privately, please. Does Fedora have an off-topic list for Fedorans to talk about anything ? I fixed the problem that I was having with the rpm-distro, OpenMandriva.    They apparently only have tw

Re: sort of Firefox related

On 9/20/20 4:36 AM, Tim via users wrote: On Sat, 2020-09-19 at 21:00 -0500, David wrote: I am not up to date on the general consensus of using flatpaks in September of 2020. I have no problem with flatpaks. Now I have to set up all my web-stuff settings again. Why would anybody want to use

Re: advice on writing tablet for use with Fedora

On 9/5/20 6:58 PM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: On Sat, 5 Sep 2020 19:30:12 -0300 "George N. White III" wrote: On Sat, 5 Sep 2020 at 17:26, Ranjan Maitra wrote: Dear friends, With online instruction for large classes continuing into the near future, I am looking at writing tablets and wondering

Re: turn on the camera

On 9/5/20 7:37 AM, Patrick Dupre wrote: Thank for the suggestion. Unfortunately, I do not see any difference fn+f6 does not seem to  generate the right sequence *Sent:* Saturday, September 05, 2020 at 1:28 PM *From:* "George N. White III" *To:* "Community support for Fedora users" *Subject:* 

Re: I need a PDF editor that is Dynamic XFA friendly

On 8/20/20 7:15 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 2020-08-21 06:50, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: Hi All, I need PDF Editor that is Dynamic XFA friendly. And example file would be: https://tax.nv.gov/uploadedFiles/taxnvgov/Content/Forms/Sales_and_Use_Tax_Return_07-01-11(1)1(2).pdf PDF Studio has no

Re: Any subs for Libreoffice?

On 8/13/20 6:43 PM, Doug McGarrett wrote: On 8/13/20 1:48 AM, Todd Chester via users wrote: On 2020-08-12 16:16, Doug McGarrett wrote: Please tell me the difference between Free Office and SoftMaker Standard. std is version 2021 Free is version 2018

Re: Network printer

On 8/16/20 1:34 PM, Matti Pulkkinen wrote: Doug H. kirjoitti 16.8.2020 klo 19.00: Depends on the printer. What make/model? None yet. I haven't decided whether I'll buy one yet. I don't want one that'll only work on one computer at a time, but at the same time I don't want to set up a print

Re: Any subs for Libreoffice?

On 8/13/20 1:48 AM, Todd Chester via users wrote: On 2020-08-12 16:16, Doug McGarrett wrote: Please tell me the difference between Free Office and SoftMaker Standard. std is version 2021 Free is version 2018 ___ I have decided to install the

Re: Any subs for Libreoffice?

On 8/13/20 1:48 AM, Todd Chester via users wrote: On 2020-08-12 16:16, Doug McGarrett wrote: Please tell me the difference between Free Office and SoftMaker Standard. std is version 2021 Free is version 2018 Thank you.  --doug ___ users

Re: Any subs for Libreoffice?

On 8/12/20 7:23 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 2020-08-13 07:16, Doug McGarrett wrote: Please tell me the difference between Free Office and SoftMaker Standard. I am going to install one or the other on my new computer running Linux You could use a google search to find https

Re: Any subs for Libreoffice?

On 8/12/20 7:16 PM, Doug McGarrett wrote: On 8/12/20 4:13 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: On 2020-08-11 16:13, Doug McGarrett wrote: On 8/11/20 4:53 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: On 2020-08-11 12:31, Doug McGarrett wrote: I like Softmaker Office I am seeing a 30 day trial

Re: Any subs for Libreoffice?

On 8/12/20 4:13 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: On 2020-08-11 16:13, Doug McGarrett wrote: On 8/11/20 4:53 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: On 2020-08-11 12:31, Doug McGarrett wrote: I like Softmaker Office I am seeing a 30 day trial (.rpm's, yippee) but no free ve

Re: Any subs for Libreoffice?

On 8/11/20 8:23 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 8/11/20 4:59 PM, Doug McGarrett wrote: I have tried to copy and paste some received printed copy into Libre Office and it seems like I always get some big black rectangular objects in the copied file. One reason I don't use it. What does that

Re: Any subs for Libreoffice?

On 8/11/20 7:26 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 8/11/20 3:39 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: LO is just obscure, full of bugs, and difficulty use.   I have a customer that has never used either M$0 or LO.  So no "I can't learn anything new": an ideal test. So I put him on LO.  He is writing up a b

Re: Any subs for Libreoffice?

On 8/11/20 5:55 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: On 2020-08-11 14:42, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: On 2020-08-11 13:53, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: On 2020-08-11 12:31, Doug McGarrett wrote: I like Softmaker Office I am seeing a 30 day trial (.rpm's, yippee) but no free ve

Re: Any subs for Libreoffice?

On 8/11/20 4:53 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: On 2020-08-11 12:31, Doug McGarrett wrote: I like Softmaker Office I am seeing a 30 day trial (.rpm's, yippee) but no free version ___ It's been a while since I looked at the website. It

Re: Any subs for Libreoffice?

On 8/11/20 7:07 AM, jtagcat via users wrote: You might want to try out the notebookbar . It wouldn't solve all your problems, but might prove to be more familiar. On 11.08.20 07:11, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: Hi All, I just

Re: Interfaces

On 6/9/20 12:01 PM, Tom Horsley wrote: I don't know about GUIs in general, but I do know that only one icon means anything to anyone :-). They invented the envelope icon to mean mail, and everyone recognized it, so they set off the dynamite in the icon factory and exploded cryptic icons all ove

Re: Hourly Error Message of Unknown Provenance

On 6/8/20 6:55 PM, jdow wrote: The latest one is a java based exploit that hits both Linux and Windows. It was announced within the past week. CERT is a good place to go looking for exploits. Running as root for system maintenance makes sense. Running as root routinely day after day is asking

Re: Driver for Epson Photo Printer

On 5/26/20 1:19 PM, Tom Horsley wrote: If it is a network printer you could run a windows virtual machine and print from there (maybe USB pass-through would also work for a direct connection). I know I gave up long ago on a working scanner for linux and do all my scanning (fortunately not a lo

Re: OT: is it possible to increase the volume in an mp4 file

On 4/2/20 12:03 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 2020-04-02 11:44, Ranjan Maitra wrote: I apologize for this OT question but I have just finished recording an hour-long masterpiece for my class. However, the volume appears to be really low. I don't know why this happened, but long story short, I rea

Re: 24 hour time again -

On 12/24/2019 06:58 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote: On 2019-12-24 18:40, Ed Greshko wrote: What is LC_TYPE?. Something from my subconscious apparently ... LC_TIME="C" works and I get 24 hour time after rebooting. Thank you I'd like to have 24 hour time also but this theme has confused me. If

Re: Wifi systens -

On 10/01/2019 03:52 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote: On 10/01/19 13:39, SternData wrote: I'm using a Netgear Orbi system. There's a base unit that is also an access point, then satellite units. The satellites have a "private" 5GHz channel for talking to the base. . I think that is the one she read abo

Re: Fool mouse with minecraft

On 08/05/2019 10:10 AM, Tom Horsley wrote: On Mon, 5 Aug 2019 08:36:12 -0400 Robert Moskowitz wrote: So far, 8 months into ownership, I have not needed to clean the trackball, but it is easy to take out. I've used these for years simply because I like them better, but after a long time (a f

Re: Final on enlarging swap - I really needed more memory

On 08/04/2019 07:32 PM, Tim via users wrote: On Sun, 2019-08-04 at 12:16 -0400, Robert Moskowitz wrote: All last week I ran with 4GB real memory and a total of 8GB swap. I was using all the real memory and pretty much 4GB of swap with poor performance. I think I'd consider 4 gig of RAM a ba

Re: Fool mouse with minecraft

On 08/04/2019 07:27 PM, Tim via users wrote: On Sun, 2019-08-04 at 19:28 +0200, Frédéric wrote: it seems simpler than that. We tested another mouse and it worked much better. So it's probably the wire that has false contact. Mice do wear out. The cable, the connections, are subject to metal

Re: quick (I hope) e-mail security question.

On 07/13/2019 05:58 PM, home user via users wrote: I just received a message from [sender]@gmail.com but the last line in the message is a bluish line saying "Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android" I do know someone named [sender] but the from address is not what I have for that person, thoug

Re: Opening Files With Root Privilege?.....

On 07/12/2019 03:47 PM, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote: Hello all, There was a time when you could go to the terminal and type in "sudo nautilus" and you'd get the file system to open with root powers so that you could do things and manipulate files. This seems to have been removed / stopped / ta

Re: Email Client

On 6/11/19 8:06 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 6/12/19 4:13 AM, Doug McGarrett wrote: I find that it is difficult if not impossible to make Thunderbird mark every incidence of mail from a particular address as junk and reject it. Really? Message Filters don't work properly for you? I'll

Re: Email Client

On 6/10/19 7:24 PM, Temlakos wrote: On 6/10/19 5:42 PM, Douglas G Mckendrick via users wrote: Evening all, I'm after setting up an email client, I've tried thunderbird for my gmail account, but I get a google complaint about the client not being secure enough.  Is there another recommended e