Kernel entries are not updated in grub menu
by Suvayu Ali
Hi,
For a while now kernel updates doesn't update the grub menu on my system. However I could always manually update using `grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub2.cfg`. But lately I can't even do that! I have already tried running `grub2-switch-to-blscfg`, but I don't think that does anything. I tried that because the comments in the config file says menus are now automatically generated from BLS config files in '/boot/loader/entries', which seems to be in order for me, there are conf files for all the installed kernels. I can't figure out where to go from here. I'm on F30, booting with BIOS. Any thoughts?
TIA,
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Suvayu
Open source is the future. It sets us free.
1 year, 9 months
Fresh install of Fedora 30 boots to flashing underscore
by Steven Ulrick
Hello, Everyone
I just booted the live DVD of Fedora Workstation 30. I chose to install to
harddrive. It appeared to install fine, but it boots to nothing but a black
screen with a flashing underscore character. So, where do I go from here? I
have been successfully running Fedora 27 on this same system for quite a
while. Again, this is NOT an attempted upgrade from Fedora 27.
Steven P. Ulrick
1 year, 9 months
selinux - help - directory policy syntax
by Robin Laing
Hello,
I have searched documentation but I cannot find the answer to my question.
I want to modify a policy to allow a more localized directory for
creating thumbnails for videos and such. Presently the policy
"thumb_exec_t" is set for "thumb_home_t"
I cannot find out in anything I have searched what the syntax
description for the two directories under this policy.
/home/[^]+/\.cache/thumbnail(/.*)?
/home/[^]+/\.thumbnail(/.*)?
So, does the [^] mean the "user" home directory?
Does the + mean this directory? or something else?
There was a bug report about not being able to create thumbnails in the
current directory where the thumbnail program is run. Ideally that is
what I would like or a related directory. I want to create a large
number of thumbnails which would be more than the /home/{user} directory.
Is there a document that describes this syntax?
Some of the links off of the https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SELinux
don't work either.
Robin
1 year, 9 months
VLC stopped launching
by Robert Moskowitz
I have been looking at a couple mp4 videos transferred from my son's phone.
I successfully opened 3 of them with vlc, closed vlc and renamed them.
Then for the fourth, vlc stopped launching.
Well I guess it is really not launching, as I see the vlc icon on the
panel. It is not responding. It won't close. It won't let me open a
file. It won't quit.
How can I find its process number to try and kill it or any better way
to get its attention?
thanks
1 year, 9 months
somethings gone wrong with last qt updates
by sixpack13
Hallo
I compile homebrewed vanilla kernels and configure them via "make xconfig".
I guess the F30 updates since last friday [1] damaged something regarding qt (???).
all menue options in the output of the above command are gone and the upper panel is nearly completey blank, without any font !
I checked against another kernel which was working some days before, now I get the same above error, so I guess the bug is NOT in the kernel tree (qconf ...).
please, could someone check this ?
and/or any hint ?
[1]
I guess something with the following updates is gone wrong (NOT sure, though):
adwaita-qt4
adwaita-qt5
qt-settings
1 year, 9 months
Using bind for a local caching name server, is this configuration
correct?
by stan
I switched DNS from my ISP to free dns services on the web to avoid
tracking and data being sold. I started seeing a lot of "looking up
xyz.com" in the browser, so I decided to set up bind as a locally
caching name server. However, even though it seems to be configured
the way it is supposed to be, I am still seeing those messages, even
when I hit back in the browser, so for pages I just visited that I
think should be cached.
Here is my /etc/named.conf.
//
// named.conf
//
// Provided by Red Hat bind package to configure the ISC BIND named(8)
DNS // server as a caching only nameserver (as a localhost DNS resolver
only). //
// See /usr/share/doc/bind*/sample/ for example named configuration
files. //
options {
listen-on port 53 { 127.0.0.1; };
// listen-on-v6 port 53 { ::1; };
forwarders { 1.1.1.1; 9.9.9.9; };
directory "/var/named";
dump-file "/var/named/data/cache_dump.db";
statistics-file "/var/named/data/named_stats.txt";
memstatistics-file "/var/named/data/named_mem_stats.txt";
secroots-file "/var/named/data/named.secroots";
recursing-file "/var/named/data/named.recursing";
allow-query { localhost; 192.168.0.0/24; };
allow-query-cache { localhost; 192.168.0.0/24; };
/*
- If you are building an AUTHORITATIVE DNS server, do NOT
enable recursion.
- If you are building a RECURSIVE (caching) DNS server, you
need to enable recursion.
- If your recursive DNS server has a public IP address, you
MUST enable access control to limit queries to your legitimate
users. Failing to do so will cause your server to become part
of large scale DNS amplification attacks. Implementing BCP38
within your network would greatly reduce such attack surface
*/
recursion yes;
dnssec-enable yes;
dnssec-validation yes;
dnssec-lookaside auto;
managed-keys-directory "/var/named/dynamic";
pid-file "/run/named/named.pid";
session-keyfile "/run/named/session.key";
/* https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/CryptoPolicy */
include "/etc/crypto-policies/back-ends/bind.config";
};
logging {
channel default_debug {
file "data/named.run";
severity dynamic;
};
};
zone "." IN {
type hint;
file "named.ca";
};
include "/etc/named.rfc1912.zones";
include "/etc/named.root.key";
Would I be better off using something like privoxy or squid? I saw
something on the web about squid not working for https addresses, which
is problematic since the movement is to everything https. Is this a
concern?
1 year, 9 months
Caja and Files - not all files appearing
by Max Pyziur
Greetings,
While reviewing the contents of a directory using Caja, I saw that not all
files were appearing that were visible when reviewing the list of files
from the command line.
I've moved/copied those files that are not visible in Caja's pane to other
directories (say, /var/tmp), and they are still not visible.
Is this a bug or a setting? In particular, I wanted to edit a Python
script using gedit, and I couldn't find it using gedit. While I can easily
open it using vim.
Suggestions? Views? Opinions?
Thanks!
Max
pyz(a)brama.com
1 year, 9 months
open with options???
by ToddAndMargo
Hi All,
Xfce 4.13, Fedora 30
In my various file managers (Thunar, Krusader), when I right
click on a file and select Open With, I get a list of
programs.
How do I remove items from this list, especially the
repeats?
Many thanks,
-T
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When you say, "I wrote a program that
crashed Windows," people just stare at
you blankly and say, "Hey, I got those
with the system, for free."
-- Linus Torvalds
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1 year, 9 months