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nc missing option -z
by Suvayu Ali 03 Nov '16

03 Nov '16

Hi, I used to use netcat to check if a particular host is up or if I have internet connection before I run a few scripts. I would use the -z option in particular. But now I see that has been removed: $ nc -z imap.gmail.com 993 && sync-my-email.sh ncat: invalid option -- 'z' Here is the excerpt from the old manual page: -z Specifies that nc should just scan for listening daemons, without sending any data to them. It is an error to use this option in conjunction with the -l option. Any ideas what happened to it? What can I use as replacement? Thanks for any ideas. -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free.

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Alternatives to Theme Font size changer Firefox plugin?
by Sam Varshavchik 28 Oct '16

28 Oct '16

The popular theme font size changer Firefox plugin, https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/theme-font-size-changer/, no longer supports Linux. The default Firefox font size is too small for people with poor eyesight. As far as I can tell, the only thing that official "Firefox themes" do is set a background image for the UI. As Benny Hill would say, biiiiiiiiiiiiig …deal. The top-ranked comment on that extension page suggests hacking "userChrome- example.css" in ~/.mozilla/firefox. $ find ~/.mozilla/firefox -name userChrome-example.css -print $ There goes that idea. Googling around the only other suggestion I found was to hack layout.css.devPixelsPerPx setting in about:config. All that did, apparently, was making the Firefox UI elements themselves bigger, but their font size – the menu and the URL bar – remained exactly the same. Anyone has other suggestions?

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F21: Thunderbird insists on calling Fedora list messages junk!
by William Mattison 13 Jul '16

13 Jul '16

Good afternoon, Most messages received from this fedora list are labelled junk by Thunderbird. This is even though I whitelisted "From" = "users-request(a)lists.fedoraproject.org". Actually, I have this problem both in my Fedora-21 and my windows-7 systems. Any ideas? Surely messages from this list are not junk! thanks, Bill.

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enp0s8 not configured notification popups every few minutes (annoying)
by Kenneth Wolcott 06 Jul '16

06 Jul '16

Hi; enp0s8 not configured notification popups every few minutes (annoying) I just installed Fedora Live 64-bit KDE as a VirtualBox Guest OS. I want to have two VirtualBox ethernet interfaces: One for the vm to "see" outwards (NAT Network) and Two for me to ssh into it (Host-only) so that I'm not forced to use the console. Every few minutes (it seems like every few seconds), I get a notification popup that states that enp0s8 is not configured and then a notification popup that it is being disabled. How do I configure my outgoing ethernet interface? I used to edit a file called something like /etc/network*/interface and then I could change the default DHCP setting to be static and the default disabled (off) setting to be enabled (on). How does one do that kind of stuff now? Is that a systemd thing? Thanks, Ken Wolcott

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how to set 24-hour clock (military time) on Fedora 20 in KDE?
by Kenneth Wolcott 04 Jul '16

04 Jul '16

Hi; I can't seem to find any way to change the Fedora 20 KDE time and date settings so that the time is displayed in the 24-hour format like military time. Is this not possible? Thanks, Ken Wolcott

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installing via VNC over ipv6
by Chris Murphy 29 Jun '16

29 Jun '16

This suggests installation using vnc over ipv6 is supported: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Anaconda/Features/Ipv6OnlyInstallation But when I use inst.vnc boot option, I get an text screen that says to connect to an ipv4 address, an ipv6 address isn't listed. When I go to a shell and use 'ip addr' there is a global ipv6 address, but no formatting for tigervnc I've come up with will connect, it won't connect: vncviewer.desktop[12590]: CConn: unable connect to socket: Invalid argument (22) If I boot Fedora 23 Server on this same hardware, the 'ip addr' address can be used successfully to ssh into the server, and also point a browser to https://[ipv6]:9090 to reach the Cockpit interface successfully. root 1744 0.0 0.9 251060 36468 pts/0 Sl+ 03:29 0:00 Xvnc :1 -depth 16 -br IdleTimeout=0 -auth /dev/null -once DisconnectClients=false desktop=Fedora rawhide installation on host 10.0.0.15 SecurityTypes=None rfbauth=0 I can't tell if -InTransports needs to explicitly specify ipv6 for it to work. But at this point I'm stumped and can't tell if it's user error or a bug. And netstat isn't on non-live media apparently so I don't have access to that while xvnc is running to see if it's listening over something other than just an ipv4 address. -- Chris Murphy

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F23 kickstart stalls
by CLOSE Dave 29 May '16

29 May '16

Trying to kickstart a Dell R630 with ten total Ethernet ports, I see this output. Starting installer, one moment... anaconda 23.19.10-1 for Fedora 23 started. * installation log files are stored in /tmp during the installation * shell is available on TTY2 * when reporting a bug add logs from /tmp as separate text/plain attachments 18:03:37 Not asking for VNC because of an automated install Starting automated install........................................................................................................................................................................................... The dots continue "forever". /tmp/ifcfg.log ends with a series of lines like this (where the last character varies from 0..9), 18:03:40:558 DEBUG ifcfg: IfcfFile.read /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth? /tmp/program.log ends with a series of lines like, 18:03:38.616 DEBUG program: Return code: 0 18:03:38.619 INFO program: Running... udevadm settle --timeout=300 The files in /tmp are not growing though it has been more than 20 minutes since the process started. On some attempts, the dots continue all night. Other identical machines have been successfully installed using the exact same procedure. Does anyone know the possible cause of this issue? -- Dave Close

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liveusb-creator gone?
by Timothy Murphy 04 May '16

04 May '16

Has liveusb-creator been replaced by Fedora Media Writer? I'm having difficulty installing Knoppix on a stick with the latter, although I had no problem installing an older version of Knoppix on the same USB stick with liveusb-creator some time ago. The copy now completes without error, but the stick is not seen as a bootable device, and re-booting my ThinkPad T510 ignores the USB stick, and goes to the usual kernel menu. I read that Fedora Media Writer is able to restore a USB stick to factory setting, but I see no way to do this. Any suggestions gratefully received. -- Timothy Murphy gayleard /at/ eircom.net School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin

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OT - but of relevance!! Secret Open Source - Is this legal
by JD 04 May '16

04 May '16

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/04/21/microsoft_open_source_practice/ Microsoft headhunters seek Linux folk for secret open source unit Recruiters target penguinistas for Azure sales joy

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can't switch from X to tty consoles
by maderios 03 May '16

03 May '16

Hi Sometimes with F23, after some hours, I can't switch from X to tty consoles (ex, with ctrl+alt+f2). Consoles are frozen, I can switch only to tty1, from which I started X with startx. All F23 kernel versions are concerned, now kernel-4.4.7. Same problem happens with xfce4, fluxbox or Enlightenment-0.20.x. I don't use any display manager like lightdm, gdm, etc... Any idea? -- Maderios

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