Re: gnome max-out during sign-in in Firefox.

2019-07-30 Thread home user via users
I've submitted Mozilla bug #1570092 to deal with this problem. ___ 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/proje

Re: gnome max-out during sign-in in Firefox.

2019-07-28 Thread Tim via users
Tim: >> After dealing with some alleged "tech support," >> sometimes you want to reboot the person. Bill: > H > I could read that in more than one way! > :} Exactly! > Modem reboots/resets are a pain. Gotta hold a teeny, recessed button > in for 30+ seconds; or unplug the modem, remove

Re: gnome max-out during sign-in in Firefox.

2019-07-28 Thread home user via users
> After dealing with some alleged "tech support," > sometimes you want to reboot the person. H I could read that in more than one way! :} Modem reboots/resets are a pain. Gotta hold a teeny, recessed button in for 30+ seconds; or unplug the modem, remove the battery, put the battery b

Re: gnome max-out during sign-in in Firefox.

2019-07-28 Thread home user via users
> You have the nvidia drivers installed from, probably, rpmfusion. ... I understand. Thank-you, Ed. Bill. ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduc

Re: gnome max-out during sign-in in Firefox.

2019-07-28 Thread Tim via users
Tim (from my tag line): >> Next time your service provider asks you to reboot your equipment, >> ask them to reboot theirs, first. Bill: > Do you really want the service provider to reboot their equipment?! > :) After dealing with some alleged "tech support," sometimes you want to reboot the pers

Re: gnome max-out during sign-in in Firefox.

2019-07-27 Thread Ed Greshko
On 7/28/19 12:00 PM, home user via users wrote: > By the way, what is all that activity just after "dnf upgrade" completes? You have the nvidia drivers installed from, probably, rpmfusion.  So, every time an upgrade installs a new kernel there will be activity after the upgrade as the akmod pro

Re: gnome max-out during sign-in in Firefox.

2019-07-27 Thread home user via users
> I assume that the > https://paste.fedoraproject.org/paste/IUlWCabjTPra7laQna9xHg > log is unfiltered. correct. > I presume that you did a reboot, soon after. When I do my weekly "dnf upgrade", I am logged in as root, and the only things that I explicitly have running are xeyes, ksysguard, an

Re: gnome max-out during sign-in in Firefox.

2019-07-27 Thread Ed Greshko
On 7/28/19 7:34 AM, Tim via users wrote: > There > may be an issue from something without gnome in the name, and we can't > see what the disabled repo was. Oh, I can answer that. The new version of akmod-nvida installs the kmod after a kernel install in a different way than in the past.  The dis

Re: gnome max-out during sign-in in Firefox.

2019-07-27 Thread Tim via users
Hi Bill, On Fri, 2019-07-26 at 14:16 -0600, home user via users wrote: > (Tim: dnf history) > I put the relevant part of the dnf log here: > "https://paste.fedoraproject.org/paste/IUlWCabjTPra7laQna9xHg";. > Firefox was upgraded. I did not see "gnome" anywhere in the log. > If something undernea

Re: gnome max-out during sign-in in Firefox.

2019-07-27 Thread home user via users
Good morning, (responding to Samuel and Fred) Ctrl-Alt-F2 and Ctrl-Alt-F3 both work. From there I am able to kill Firefox. That seems brings the system load back to typical. Alt-F1 returns me to the Gnome graphical session. The others do not. (responding to Ed) > If the issue did surface af

Re: gnome max-out during sign-in in Firefox.

2019-07-27 Thread Ed Greshko
On 7/27/19 4:16 AM, home user via users wrote: > > -bash.5[~]: dnf history gnome | more > No transaction which manipulates package 'gnome' was found. > ID | Command line | Date and time    | Action(s)  | > Altered > --

Re: gnome max-out during sign-in in Firefox.

2019-07-26 Thread Fred Smith
On Fri, Jul 26, 2019 at 02:16:15PM -0600, home user via users wrote: > (replying to all responders) > > Actually, the first thing that catches my attention is that when I > go to the password entry box, the system fans really surge. This > suggests to me the CPUs are working at or near capacity.

Re: gnome max-out during sign-in in Firefox.

2019-07-26 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 7/26/19 1:16 PM, home user via users wrote: (Fred: CTRL-ALT-F2 or CTRL-ALT-F3) Does going into this mode kill the session I was in before?  If no, how do I get back?  If yes, how do I get back to normal operation without rebooting? It doesn't kill your session. You are switching to a diff

Re: gnome max-out during sign-in in Firefox.

2019-07-26 Thread home user via users
(replying to all responders) Actually, the first thing that catches my attention is that when I go to the password entry box, the system fans really surge. This suggests to me the CPUs are working at or near capacity. I also see top and ksysguard repeatedly freezing for several seconds. (Fr

Re: gnome max-out during sign-in in Firefox.

2019-07-26 Thread Ed Greshko
On 7/26/19 10:24 AM, home user via users wrote: > While trying to sign on to a financial institution's web site Oh I also wonder about the authentication process page.  Is there a space on the page for both username and password?  If so, does the problem exist if you pick a random (invalid) user

Re: gnome max-out during sign-in in Firefox.

2019-07-25 Thread Ed Greshko
On 7/26/19 1:01 PM, Tim via users wrote: > On Thu, 2019-07-25 at 20:24 -0600, home user via users wrote: >> How do I determine what the problem is? >> This problem did not occur before today's "dnf upgrade". The last >> patching before today was last Thursday. > You can try "dnf history" to see

Re: gnome max-out during sign-in in Firefox.

2019-07-25 Thread Tim via users
On Thu, 2019-07-25 at 20:24 -0600, home user via users wrote: > How do I determine what the problem is? > This problem did not occur before today's "dnf upgrade". The last > patching before today was last Thursday. You can try "dnf history" to see what had changed recently, and see if anything

Re: gnome max-out during sign-in in Firefox.

2019-07-25 Thread Fred Smith
On Thu, Jul 25, 2019 at 08:24:07PM -0600, home user via users wrote: > (f29; gnome; Firefox 68.0; all patched late this morning) > > While trying to sign on to a financial institution's web site, when > I start to enter the password, the cpu suddenly gets extremely busy > and stays that way. I ha

gnome max-out during sign-in in Firefox.

2019-07-25 Thread home user via users
(f29; gnome; Firefox 68.0; all patched late this morning) While trying to sign on to a financial institution's web site, when I start to enter the password, the cpu suddenly gets extremely busy and stays that way. I had to hit the power button. Upon booting up again, I launched ksysguard, an