I’m posting this from a Quality Inn in Gallup, NM. We’re on our way to Golden, CO for Thanksgiving. I may post more on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, though, here are some space policy suggestions for the incoming administration from Jeff Greason.
— Jeff Greason (@JeffGreason) November 23, 2024
When I rebooted my computer into Fedora this morning, it’s not talking to my right monitor. I don’t think it’s a hardware issue, because the BIOS sees both monitors, but when it boots, the monitor says it’s not getting a signal. When I go into settings to look at the display(s), the OS thinks that it only has one monitor. Any ideas?
[Afternoon update]
Apparently it was due to a kernel update. I backed up to the previous kernel and it seems to be working now.
[November 4th update]
Well, I’ve updated kernels several times, and this weekend I upgraded from Fedora 40 to Fedora 41. The problem persists. The OS is clearly having trouble seeing the second monitor. Do I need to replace the video card? How should I diagnose this?
[Bumped]
[Veterans’ Day update]
Well, I got no response from the Fedora Forum. This is what I get when I ixni:
System:
Kernel: 6.11.6-300.fc41.x86_64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc
v: 2.43.1-2.fc41
Console: pty pts/0 Distro: Fedora Linux 41 (Workstation Edition)
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: Micro-Star model: X570-A PRO (MS-7C37) v: 3.0
serial: UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: H.K0 date: 04/27/2023
CPU:
Info: 6-core model: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 2
rev: 0 cache: L1: 384 KiB L2: 3 MiB L3: 32 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 3596 min/max: 550/4208 boost: enabled cores: 1: 3596
2: 3596 3: 3596 4: 3596 5: 3596 6: 3596 7: 3596 8: 3596 9: 3596 10: 3596
11: 3596 12: 3596 bogomips: 86403
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Graphics:
Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Caicos [Radeon HD 6450/7450/8450
/ R5 230 OEM] vendor: XFX Pine driver: radeon v: kernel arch: TeraScale-2
bus-ID: 2e:00.0 temp: 62.0 C
Display: unspecified server: X.Org v: 24.1.4 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.4
driver: X: loaded: radeon unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa dri: r600
gpu: radeon resolution: 1920×1080~60Hz
API: OpenGL v: 4.5 vendor: mesa v: 24.2.6 glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes
renderer: AMD CAICOS (DRM 2.50.0 / 6.11.6-300.fc41.x86_64 LLVM 19.1.0)
API: EGL Message: EGL data requires eglinfo. Check –recommends.
Audio:
Device-1: C-Media CMI8738/CMI8768 PCI Audio driver: snd_cmipci v: kernel
bus-ID: 2a:00.0
Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Caicos HDMI Audio [Radeon HD
6450 / 7450/8450/8490 OEM R5 230/235/235X OEM] vendor: XFX Pine
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 2e:00.1
Device-3: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Starship/Matisse HD Audio
vendor: Micro-Star MSI X570-A PRO driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
bus-ID: 30:00.4
API: ALSA v: k6.11.6-300.fc41.x86_64 status: kernel-api
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.2.6 status: off
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Micro-Star MSI X570-A PRO driver: r8169 v: kernel port: d000
bus-ID: 27:00.0
IF: enp39s0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac:
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 2.05 TiB used: 1.08 TiB (52.5%)
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Patriot model: Viper M.2 VPN100
size: 238.47 GiB temp: 27.9 C
ID-2: /dev/sda vendor: Western Digital model: WD20EZAZ-00L9GB0
size: 1.82 TiB temp: 31 C
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 231.3 GiB used: 38.79 GiB (16.8%) fs: btrfs
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3
ID-2: /boot size: 973.4 MiB used: 515.7 MiB (53.0%) fs: ext4
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
ID-3: /boot/efi size: 598.8 MiB used: 19.3 MiB (3.2%) fs: vfat
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1
ID-4: /home size: 1.79 TiB used: 1.04 TiB (58.0%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1
Swap:
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 8 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 52.2 C mobo: N/A gpu: radeon temp: 62.0 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
Memory: total: 32 GiB available: 31.26 GiB used: 21.5 GiB (68.8%)
Processes: 479 Uptime: 5h 22m Init: systemd target: graphical (5)
Packages: 16 note: see –rpm Compilers: gcc: 14.2.1 Shell: Bash v: 5.2.32
inxi: 3.3.36
I’ve seen some people say that they solved the problem by upgrading Nvidia drivers, but would that work for a Radeon? Or should I upgrade Radeon drivers? Which one?
Actually, I’m at DFW waiting for a flight to West Palm Beach. Then I’m driving up to the Cape for the Space Settlement Summit, where I expect to have some interesting conversations about the impact of the election on space. So probably light posting for a few days.
I’ll be back home on Sunday. Disport yourselves not inappropriately in comments.
[Update a few minutes later, before boarding]
Glenn Reynolds has some observations about the election, Elon, and space.
We’re driving up to the Bay Area today for the Foresight workshop on space. I’ll have my laptop, so I may check in on Sunday.
We’re driving up to Utah today, and then up to Idaho Falls tomorrow, to take care of business in Jackson, and do a little tour of Yellowstone and Grand Teton. I’ll have the laptop with me, but don’t know how much blogging I’ll be doing. It’s the closest thing we’ve had to a vacation this year (not counting the visit to Florida last month, which was more family).
[Tuesday-morning update]
Spent the night in Richfield, UT. We occasionally stop here on our way to/from Denver from LA, because it’s a motel we like, and it’s a good halfway point. Heading up to Idaho Falls, ID today, to spend three days.
I’m getting messages like this, addressed to no one I’ve ever heard of, from someone I’ve never heard of, subject: “Out of Office”
"Thank you for your email! Please note that I will be out of the office (without access to phone or email) until August 26, 2024, and will respond to your email as soon as possible following my return. If you have a question regarding the CAP, CAPS or Clergy Care programs, or if you would like to complete an intake, please call our office at 905-528-0353. If you are in crisis and need to talk to someone, please consider reaching out to COAST at 905-972-8338, or calling 911. Thank you. Take care, Tom
I (and likely many others) must be on BCC. Any ideas what this is about?
[Update a while later]
I just got a reply to it from some other annoyed person asking to be removed from the distribution list. I haven’t done so, because I’m afraid it’s a phishing expedition to see if my email is real.
I changed my hostname. Upon reboot, neither Brave or Chrome will open. There is no obvious change to my /home directory. Any ideas?
[Update a while later]
After browsing on my laptop, I found the problem (that others have had). After deleting the lockfile in my .config directory that was pointing to the old hostname, they fired right up (Brave uses the Chrome codebase).
We’re flying to Miami this morning, then taking the Bright Line to Orlando for a few days. Tomorrow is my brother’s birthday, and Thursday is graduation for my niece (his daughter) who is becoming a physician’s assistant. Friday we have a tour of SpaceX at the Cape. So blogging may be light.
I’m attending AIAA ASCEND tomorrow through Thursday (ad in left column). I’ll take the laptop, but not sure how much time I’ll have to blog. It’s a very busy schedule, with multiple sessions in parallel.
I missed my 7AM flight to LA from Vegas this morning, because I’m a dumbass, and went to the wrong concourse, and by the time I figured it out, it was too late to get to the right one (Note to self: in the future, look at your boarding pass). They put me on standby for the next flight that was scheduled for 1130 (and all flights are 100% full, because they’re still trying to recover from the CRWD update that had the same effect as a cyberattack). At 10, they rescheduled the flight for 1936. So I’ve now been here for ten hours, with a couple to go before I board. If I board. If not, I’ll go back to the hotel I’ve been staying and try for the 7AM flight tomorrow that I missed today.
So how’s your day going? Besides Biden ending his campaign. Or someone writing a letter ostensibly from him saying that he’s ending his campaign, without really explaining why. I wonder if he knows that he’s ending his campaign? Anyway, as Joe would say, anyway.
Thoughts from Mark Steyn.
[Monday-evening update]
Sorry for the lack of update. Yes, I caught a (slightly) earlier flight and got home last night.
[Bumped]