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Re: Output text color (was dnf list color bad) (Samuel Sieb) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Sun, 5 Jul 2020 11:43:01 -0700 > From: Samuel Sieb <samuel@xxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: Output text color (was dnf list color bad) > To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Message-ID: <d4be6549-3280-da0d-903f-bff1585845d8@xxxxxxxx> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed > > On 7/5/20 10:52 AM, Beartooth wrote: >> On Sun, 05 Jul 2020 12:59:10 -0400, Todd Zullinger wrote: >> [....] >>> I'm pretty sure those are in /etc, not /etc/dnf. If they're in the >>> latter, can you confirm that and check what package provides them (rpm >>> -qf /etc/dnf/DIR_COLORS*)? I don't see anything providing them. >> >> You're right. My bad. They're in /etc. And I get # rpm -qf /etc/ >> dnf/DIR_COLORS* >> error: file /etc/dnf/DIR_COLORS*: No such file or directory > > But this is the wrong file anyway. The configuration for dnf colors is > in /etc/dnf/dnf.conf. See "man dnf.conf" for details, see the section > under "[MAIN] OPTIONS - COLORS". > >> Am I remembering wrong? Istr that I could tell a given machine >> *once* that I want to see dot files, and it would *always* display them. > > I don't know how you would do that. Maybe there's a config for ls or > you can add "-a" to the ls alias. > >>> After you edit it, you must source /etc/profile.d/colorls.sh to pick up >>> the changes. >> >> "source" is a verb?? Sorry -- you lost me. What does it mean? > > There's a bash command called "source" that executes the script file in > the current context. That means that any environment variables that are > set will stay in effect. > >>> You can also copy the proper DIR_COLORS* file to your home dir to avoid >>> having a clean install overwrite your changes in /etc. The paths which >>> the colorls.sh script uses are: >>> >>> $HOME/.dir_colors.$TERM $HOME/.dircolors.$TERM $HOME/.dir_colors >>> $HOME/.dircolors >>> >>> The first one found is used. >> >> Sigh. The curse of the autodidact strikes again. I know that >> "HOME" in all upper case has a standard meaning, and I suppose "TERM" >> must, too. But I can never remember what it is, nor where to look it up. > > Those are environment variables. "HOME" contains the current home > directory and "TERM" contains the name of the current terminal emulation. > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sun, 05 Jul 2020 21:01:11 +0200 > From: Robin Lee <robinlee@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Bootable USB and a Windows ISO-file > To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Message-ID: > <06f83eb8b1df03e25b0dbd10876b74fb40ddb015.camel@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > I'm trying to do a very simple task on my Fedora 32 desktop but somehow > I can't make it happen. > > I've downloaded a Windows installer ISO-file from microsoft.com that I > put on a USB-stick and tried to install Windows on physical machine, > but it won't boot from the USB. It shows up in the BIOS boot menu, but > it won't boot. > > I've tried to install the same ISO-file in Boxes and that went fine. > I've tried both Brasero and Disk Image Writer, I've tried two different > USB-sticks and two different physical target machines. > > What am I doing wrong? Or is this nefarious scheming by Linux to stop > people from experimenting with alternative operating systems? > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sun, 5 Jul 2020 12:21:07 -0700 > From: Samuel Sieb <samuel@xxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: Bootable USB and a Windows ISO-file > To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Message-ID: <fdbec98f-6201-af8c-2350-eef4d576e163@xxxxxxxx> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed > > On 7/5/20 12:01 PM, Robin Lee wrote: >> I've downloaded a Windows installer ISO-file from microsoft.com that I >> put on a USB-stick and tried to install Windows on physical machine, >> but it won't boot from the USB. It shows up in the BIOS boot menu, but >> it won't boot. >> >> I've tried to install the same ISO-file in Boxes and that went fine. >> I've tried both Brasero and Disk Image Writer, I've tried two different >> USB-sticks and two different physical target machines. > > Boxes will make it a DVD drive, not USB. > > Isn't Brasero only for writing to optical media? Anyway, I would just > use dd to write it to the flash drive. > > In a terminal (change sdc to whatever your flash drive is): > sudo dd if=windows.iso of=/dev/sdc bs=1M status=progress > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sun, 05 Jul 2020 21:48:03 +0200 > From: Robin Lee <robinlee@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: Bootable USB and a Windows ISO-file > To: Community support for Fedora users <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Message-ID: > <27bead4367d17c11fa3805c3255d0bdff2570f07.camel@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > On Sun, 2020-07-05 at 12:21 -0700, Samuel Sieb wrote: >> On 7/5/20 12:01 PM, Robin Lee wrote: >> > I've downloaded a Windows installer ISO-file from microsoft.com >> > that I >> > put on a USB-stick and tried to install Windows on physical >> > machine, >> > but it won't boot from the USB. It shows up in the BIOS boot menu, >> > but >> > it won't boot. >> > >> > I've tried to install the same ISO-file in Boxes and that went >> > fine. >> > I've tried both Brasero and Disk Image Writer, I've tried two >> > different >> > USB-sticks and two different physical target machines. >> >> Boxes will make it a DVD drive, not USB. >> >> Isn't Brasero only for writing to optical media? Anyway, I would >> just >> use dd to write it to the flash drive. >> >> In a terminal (change sdc to whatever your flash drive is): >> sudo dd if=windows.iso of=/dev/sdc bs=1M status=progress > > Same result. > > Also tested creating a bootable USB-stick with a Centos ISO-file. No > problem. > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sun, 5 Jul 2020 12:51:18 -0700 > From: Samuel Sieb <samuel@xxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: Bootable USB and a Windows ISO-file > To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Message-ID: <aa25c71f-54b1-bfd8-988b-6f66ef9747fc@xxxxxxxx> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed > > On 7/5/20 12:48 PM, Robin Lee wrote: >> On Sun, 2020-07-05 at 12:21 -0700, Samuel Sieb wrote: >>> On 7/5/20 12:01 PM, Robin Lee wrote: >>>> I've downloaded a Windows installer ISO-file from microsoft.com >>>> that I >>>> put on a USB-stick and tried to install Windows on physical >>>> machine, >>>> but it won't boot from the USB. It shows up in the BIOS boot menu, >>>> but >>>> it won't boot. >>>> >>>> I've tried to install the same ISO-file in Boxes and that went >>>> fine. >>>> I've tried both Brasero and Disk Image Writer, I've tried two >>>> different >>>> USB-sticks and two different physical target machines. >>> >>> Boxes will make it a DVD drive, not USB. >>> >>> Isn't Brasero only for writing to optical media? Anyway, I would >>> just >>> use dd to write it to the flash drive. >>> >>> In a terminal (change sdc to whatever your flash drive is): >>> sudo dd if=windows.iso of=/dev/sdc bs=1M status=progress >> >> Same result. >> >> Also tested creating a bootable USB-stick with a Centos ISO-file. No >> problem. > > Maybe that file can't be booted from usb. Are there any instructions > from Microsoft about how to do it? I know I have done it a couple of > times in the past. > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sun, 5 Jul 2020 19:58:09 -0000 (UTC) > From: Beartooth <Beartooth@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: Output text color (was dnf list color bad) > To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Message-ID: <rdtbch$2i6$3@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > On Sun, 05 Jul 2020 11:43:01 -0700, Samuel Sieb wrote: > [....] >> But this is the wrong file anyway. The configuration for dnf colors is >> in /etc/dnf/dnf.conf. See "man dnf.conf" for details, see the section >> under "[MAIN] OPTIONS - COLORS". > > Well, as /etc/dnf/dnf.conf I see only this: > > [main] > gpgcheck=1 > installonly_limit=3 > clean_requirements_on_remove=True > best=False > skip_if_unavailable=True > > I'll make a separate post for the rest, with effusive thanks for > the clarifications. > -- > Beartooth Staffwright, Not Quite Clueless Power User > Remember I know little (precious little!) of where up is. > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sun, 5 Jul 2020 13:01:44 -0700 > From: Samuel Sieb <samuel@xxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: Output text color (was dnf list color bad) > To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Message-ID: <d3739daf-bf3f-42cb-845f-caf6aa64bdfe@xxxxxxxx> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed > > On 7/5/20 12:58 PM, Beartooth wrote: >> On Sun, 05 Jul 2020 11:43:01 -0700, Samuel Sieb wrote: >> [....] >>> But this is the wrong file anyway. The configuration for dnf colors is >>> in /etc/dnf/dnf.conf. See "man dnf.conf" for details, see the section >>> under "[MAIN] OPTIONS - COLORS". >> >> Well, as /etc/dnf/dnf.conf I see only this: > > If you want to override the default values, you need to add them there > as described in the man page. > >> I'll make a separate post for the rest, with effusive thanks for >> the clarifications. > > Ok, if you can't figure it out, then I'll reply there. > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Fedora Code of Conduct: > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > ------------------------------ > > End of users Digest, Vol 197, Issue 34 > ************************************** > _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
