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Fedora – Recent F40 update breaks QT Applications.. and a Nasty Workaround..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on April 3, 2024 by RGApril 4, 2024

I have recently been involved in bug reports etc for a new problem in Fedora 40, where a recent update has effectively broken all QT applications, resulting in KDE not functioning, and even # make xconfig is broken. The Fedora bug report is here:  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2272758 The problem is: # kwrite Illegal instruction (core dumped) # kate Illegal … Continue reading →

Posted in Bug, Fedora, fix, gcc, Hacks, KDE, Linux, Opinion, Plasma Desktop, Workaround | Tagged fedora 40, hack, illegal instruction, qt broken, temporary fix, workaround | 1 Reply

Fedora – F38 – ‘Old’ RPMs Gotcha, and Workaround..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on February 27, 2023 by RGFebruary 27, 2023

Testing Fedora 38, and found a problem with some ‘legacy’ RPMs.. Fedora 38 now strictly enforces SHA256 for all RPMs and older/third-party ones still using SHA1 now throw an error: # rpm -q webmin error: rpmdbNextIterator: skipping h# 2316 Header V4 DSA/SHA1 Signature, key ID 11f63c51: BAD Header SHA1 digest: OK package webmin is not installed But…: … Continue reading →

Posted in Fedora, Hacks, Opinion, Workaround | Tagged bad, fedora 38, old rpm gotcha, rpm downgrade, sha1, sha256, workaround | Leave a reply
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