Re: root password prompts
On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 5:19 AM, Rahul Sundaram wrote: > On 05/27/2010 02:42 PM, Mike McCarty wrote: >> I'm aware of that information. >> >> Well, it seems that I was not clear enough in my statement. >> > > There is no lack of clarity. When people refer to sudo remembering > passwords, they are certainly referring to the functionality and not the > implementation details (which most people don't know and dont want to > know). While you might argue that the terminology is incorrect and you > are technically right, I don't see much of a gain in being nit picky > about it. If you think you can expoud on the implementation details and > get everyone to use a different terminology, I am afraid you are going > to end up being very frustrated. The boat has sailed on that long back. > > Rahul I disagree. Nit picking details in this industry is essential for progress and understanding. Defending flawed terminology that imply security holes when they don't exist is foolish. I would like to thank Mike for his explanations, I for one have learnt something today. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
Re: Turning off ipv6
On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 12:45 AM, Paul Allen Newell wrote: > Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: >> I prefer changing something in /etc/sysctl.conf because it's clearly >> where this kind of configuration change belongs. Changing ifcfg-eth0 may >> or may not work at the moment -- I'm guessing it probably does -- but >> it's a kludge that depends on the functioning of a specific script which >> in some future version could change. >> >> It's a judgment call based on many years experience of messing with >> systems and having the floor move under my feet :-) >> >> poc >> >> > poc: > > Interesting points, but not certain whether I agree. Given that the > "IPV6INIT=no" seems to be an accepted option in ifcfg-eth0, I am not > certain whether it is a "kludge". Actually, I picked up the info about > it from this list in 2008 while trying to figure out how to get my local > network behaving along with internet access and this was "the suggestion > du jour". Mind you, there were cavaets about issues on LANs, but I never > saw any problems and it certainly did the trick. And I can't understand > how LANs would not respect ifcfg-eth0 on each machine of the local net > (but I'm a newbie in that area, so my "understanding" may be ignorance). > i have the same gut reaction as poc, but I think that i can narrow it down to the fact that sysctl is switching it off at the kernel level, rather than disabling it for the code that sets up the interface. that said, if they both work, then use what ever floats your boat. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: Emacs has very large characters
On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 9:41 AM, Andrew Haley wrote: > On 03/01/2010 01:16 PM, Chris Rouch wrote: >> >> Or use the menus: Options->Set default font. > > That doesn't work. Try it, then C-x 5 2 . The new window is still > in the old font. curious, it works for me. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
Re: this table in html how
On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 5:51 AM, Vadkan Jozsef wrote: > http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/7735/tablehow.png > > i just can't write this table in html code.. :\ > > how can i make it? > 6 columns, top row each block spanning 3 columns, bottom each block spanning 2. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
Re: this table in html how
On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 5:20 PM, Roger wrote: > On 03/07/2010 10:00 PM, Andrew Parker wrote: >> On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 5:51 AM, Vadkan Jozsef >> wrote: >> >>> http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/7735/tablehow.png >>> >>> i just can't write this table in html code.. :\ >>> >>> how can i make it? >>> >> 6 columns, top row each block spanning 3 columns, bottom each block spanning >> 2. >> > Why not do it as css and forget tables Why don't you supply that solution? -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
Re: this table in html how
On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 12:17 AM, Roger wrote: > 6 columns, top row each block spanning 3 columns, bottom each block > spanning 2. >>> Why not do it as css and forget tables? >>> >>> Why don't you supply that solution? >>> > Send money and I will, I haven't got time to do it for free, busy > designing a new site- otherwise google and learn css. i don't have to google it, i'm already well aware of how much of a pain css is for this, and evidently so are you - no site redesign necessary with my solution. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
Re: Printer IDs in Fedora 13: your help is neeeded!
On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 6:18 PM, Gianluca Sforna wrote: > Hi all, > as you probably know, Fedora 13 has a new automatic printer driver > installation feature[1], but for the automatic printer driver > installation to work properly we need your Device IDs! Many IDs are > missing for current printers, and some existing IDs are incorrect. > > Everyone can help fix this by following the instructions in the test > day page.[2] You don't need a Rawhide installation to provide useful > feedback, just a nightly live image[3] will do. Alternatively, you can > also determine missing IDs with your own installation of Fedora 11 and > 12 by following the steps outlined in Tim Waugh's blog[4]. > > Thanks in advance for contributing > > Gianluca > > > [1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/AutomaticPrintDriverInstallation > [2] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Day:2010-03-25_Printing > [3] http://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/nightly-composes/desktop/ > [4] http://cyberelk.net/tim/2010/04/01/printer-device-ids-wanted/ > I followed [4], and got the following: Examining connected devices No Device IDs available. In [1] its states "Start with the relevant driver package for your printer *not* installed and the printer disconnected. " specifically for USB printers. I use two network printers and their drivers are installed. Does this matter? "lpinfo -l -v" does not list the printers I use, but does list others, but with no device IDs: Device: uri = socket://172.26.33.191 class = network info = HP LaserJet 4050 Series make-and-model = HP LaserJet 4050 Series device-id = location = Device: uri = socket://172.26.33.192 class = network info = Xerox WorkCentre 5638 v1 Multifunction System make-and-model = Xerox WorkCentre 5638 v1 Multifunction System device-id = location = machine location not set What would you like me to do? -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
Re: Printer IDs in Fedora 13: your help is neeeded!
On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 6:41 AM, Tim Waugh wrote: >> "lpinfo -l -v" does not list the printers I use, but does list others, >> but with no device IDs: >> >> Device: uri = socket://172.26.33.191 >> class = network >> info = HP LaserJet 4050 Series >> make-and-model = HP LaserJet 4050 Series >> device-id = >> location = >> Device: uri = socket://172.26.33.192 >> class = network >> info = Xerox WorkCentre 5638 v1 Multifunction System >> make-and-model = Xerox WorkCentre 5638 v1 Multifunction System >> device-id = >> location = machine location not set >> >> What would you like me to do? > > It might be that these printers support SNMP. You could try running the > snmp backend for them directly, like: > > /usr/lib/cups/backend/snmp 172.26.33.191 > > Ideally the 'lpinfo' command would have collected that information > already -- the reason it doesn't is that our default firewall drops > responses to SNMP broadcast queries (see bug #538675). Direct > (non-broadcast) queries are fine. > Not much from this, but I've run it from F12. Do you need results from the live cd? # /usr/lib/cups/backend/snmp 172.26.33.191 network socket://172.26.33.191 "HP LaserJet 4050 Series " "HP LaserJet 4050 Series " "" "" # /usr/lib/cups/backend/snmp 172.26.33.192 network socket://172.26.33.192 "Xerox WorkCentre 5638 v1 Multifunction System" "Xerox WorkCentre 5638 v1 Multifunction System" "" "machine location not set" The nw printers that I do use also don't yield much info. I have the firewall disabled, btw so it shouldn't have affected my previous response. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
Re: NetworkManager cannot connect automatically to hidden network. nm-applet shows *really* big icons
On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 10:56 AM, Joshua C. wrote: > After upgrading to f15 the nm-applet cannot automatically connect to > hidden wlan networks. It sees them and I can connect to them manually. > The "connect automatically" checkbox is clicked. > > Another problem is that the nm-applet looks really awkward. As you can > see from the attached screenshot the icons are *really* big. Maybe > this is connected to gtk or other graphical manager. Has anyone else > seen this problem on kde? Should I file a bug report? I get this on KDE too. I also get the icon on the system tray is blank. There is space for it and if I click on it I get the menu, but its not always there. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
Re: Setting Command line to 80 x 25 ascii mode
On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 6:07 PM, Sanjay Arora wrote: > Min > > On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 2:48 AM, stan wrote: >> >> > How do I get my non-graphic console (I think its a getty terminal) in >> > my display adapter's mode 0? >> >> As Tom said, you can't. His suggestion of setting the font will work, >> sort of, especially if you make the font bold. >> >> I asked this same question, 'How is it possible to set the console >> resolution to a different value than the GUI?', and a developer told me >> that it is not possible using nouveau (not sure about proprietary). >> What I did is run with the old xv driver for nvidia, and add nomodeset >> vga=0x317 on the kernel line in /boot/grub/menu.lst. 0x317 is >> 110x40, I think 0x315 is 80x25. >> >> Your video hardware might not be nvidia, but this should give you some >> ideas to try. >> >> In the GUI Ctl-Alt-Bksp will flip through the available resolutions >> (at least it does here). >> > > Mine is an Intel motherboard with integrated Intel graphics chipset. > vga=315 did not work...I tried that before vga=ask. What I am looking for is > at least some way to reduce the resolution of the console (even if I have to > reduce the resolution of the gui also)...maybe with a script run everytime > going into console to reduce the resolution and another to increase the > resolution back at the time of going into gui. > Problem at the moment is getting 80x25 moderegardless of what happens to > the gui. After the kernel is booted, screen simply does not go into low > resolution and the gui does not have options for that low resolution. > I am looking for a way to run several legacy applications, recompiled on > Linux and am willing to accept compromises. > Thanks. > Sanjay. > adding nomodeset to the kernel params on my laptop gives me 80x25 (and the GUI appropriately ugly) on F15 -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
Re: Any arguments for keeping Yum case-sensitive?
On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 1:59 AM, Joe Zeff wrote: > On 03/10/2011 04:38 PM, Fernando Cassia wrote: >> I´m certainly tired of dictators that decree when a given discussion >> has been going on "for far too long" and thinks his viewpoint is >> "obviously correct", > > I would agree with you on this, if on nothing else, if it weren't for > one thing: AFAICT, not one person on this list agrees with you. i do. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
Re: [F15] X server died unexpectedly
On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 3:07 AM, mike lan wrote: > I got "logged out " many times while working on KDE , looking at the logs "X > server died unexpectedly" , > switched to xcfe for now. wich works fine. Could this be you problem https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=720137 ? If so, "killall -9 X kdm" from a vt is the workaround that I use (every time I boot up). -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
Re: Second Monitor Configuration Confusion
On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 3:50 PM, Fedora User wrote: > > What on earth is the difference between "absolute" and "clone of?" > > Furthermore, and I am reasonably sure that this is a dumb question but I > have a brain freeze; Suppose I configure the second monitor above, how > would I get, say, mplayer to play a movie in that space? How do I get > the mouse up there? XRandR works on a logical display which is typically 8192 pixels by 8192 pixels. Each monitor placed anywhere within that range. Specifying "absolute [x/y]" mode for a port/monitor allows you to place your bottom left pixel of your monitor to any pixel within it's logical range. Specifying "clone of [port]" indicates that the bottom left pixel of that monitor is in the same place as the bottom left pixel of the monitor attached to [port]. This is useful for projectors, for example. If you want one monitor above the other, you can do it by specifying "absolute 0/0" for monitor-1 and "Above [monitor-1-port]" for monitor-2. You could specify an absolute position for monitor-2, but then you'd have to start plugging appropriate values for the position. Once you have done this, you can just drag windows between the monitors as you might expect/hope. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
