Re: Is there a way to list a package contents without installing it?

2010-04-06 Thread Ralf Corsepius
On 04/07/2010 08:32 AM, Renich Bon Ciric wrote: > I know that: > > rpm -ql > > will list it's contents... but I dunno if yum has this functionality. > > Anyone? > repoquery is what you are looking for. The syntax is similar to rpmquery/rpm -q repoquery -ql Ralf -- users mailing list users@lis

Is there a way to list a package contents without installing it?

2010-04-06 Thread Renich Bon Ciric
I know that: rpm -ql will list it's contents... but I dunno if yum has this functionality. Anyone? -- Renich Bon Ciric http://www.woralelandia.com/ # Facebook http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=674792460 # introbella (band) http://www.introbella.com/ # Smolt uuid (pub_3e18efc2-dee4-459

Re: KDE problems.

2010-04-06 Thread Ed Greshko
On 04/07/2010 01:42 PM, George R Goffe wrote: > Howdy, > > I suppose this should be sent to the KDE folks but I'm not sure. > > I'm a recent convert (shudder) to KDE 4.x and am looking for a way to > do what I used to do with KDE 3.x. > I don't quite understand why you'd shudder. I moved to KDE 4.

KDE problems.

2010-04-06 Thread George R Goffe
Howdy, I suppose this should be sent to the KDE folks but I'm not sure. I'm a recent convert (shudder) to KDE 4.x and am looking for a way to do what I used to do with KDE 3.x. I have 2 questions: 1) Is there a conversion document that collects all this configuration information in one plac

Re: Changing host name

2010-04-06 Thread Ed Greshko
> > On 04/06/2010 05:52 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: > >>> On Tue, 2010-04-06 at 23:47 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: >>> >>> I believe Patrick may have missed the part about your using "system-control-network"...if that is of any value. >>> Not really, given that he didn't say

Re: Audio with CRON works - not AT?

2010-04-06 Thread Philip Rhoades
Rick, On 2010-04-07 02:50, Rick Stevens wrote: > On 04/06/2010 07:52 AM, Philip Rhoades wrote: >> People, >> >> When I put: >> >> 40 21 * * * root /usr/bin/mplayer -ao alsa >> /home/phil/audio/vincent_van_gogh.mp3 >> >> in /etc/crontab - it works but if use "at" for any time and enter: >> >> /usr

Re: eSATA removable drive

2010-04-06 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
| From: Rick Stevens | The problem is that the controller you've plugged into (the one on | the motherboard) is not designed for "hotswap" devices. It's expecting | a hard-installed drive and thus doesn't have the eject support NOR does | it have necessary power supply glitch protection since i

Re: Changing host name

2010-04-06 Thread Rick Stevens
On 04/06/2010 05:52 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: >> >> On Tue, 2010-04-06 at 23:47 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: >> >>> I believe Patrick may have missed the part about your using >>> "system-control-network"...if that is of any value. >> Not really, given that he didn't say he was using s-c-n but something >>

Re: eSATA removable drive

2010-04-06 Thread Rick Stevens
On 04/06/2010 02:08 PM, D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote: > | From: John Austin > > | Hi > | > | I have used hotplug hard drives for some time but never used eject > > What do you do to safely remove the disk? Surely unmount and swapoff, > as applicable, but how do you tell the system that the actual driv

Re: USB Bluetooth Recommendations

2010-04-06 Thread Richard Shaw
On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 4:53 PM, Fedora User wrote: > Fedora 12 > Application=Connect mobile  phone to laptop. > > Any suggestions on what is known to work would be appreciated. I'm not sure of the exact model as my USB dongle came with my HP printer but I've gotten it to work with gammu and my Mo

Re: Changing host name

2010-04-06 Thread Ed Greshko
> > On Tue, 2010-04-06 at 23:47 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: > >> I believe Patrick may have missed the part about your using >> "system-control-network"...if that is of any value. > Not really, given that he didn't say he was using s-c-n but something > called the "network control applet" in Gnom

Re: Compiler package

2010-04-06 Thread Euplycidus Aerofram
Chris, You are the man. E On Apr 6, 2010, at 7:40 PM, Chris Tyler wrote: > On Tue, 2010-04-06 at 19:32 -0500, Euplycidus Aerofram wrote: >> I just bought a stripped down Fedora VM from an ISP, and I've been >> hunting and pecking to get gcc, make, glibc, and the other 5,000 >> little dependa

Re: Compiler package

2010-04-06 Thread Craig White
On Tue, 2010-04-06 at 19:32 -0500, Euplycidus Aerofram wrote: > I just bought a stripped down Fedora VM from an ISP, and I've been > hunting and pecking to get gcc, make, glibc, and the other 5,000 > little dependancies installed. Here's the question: > > Is there a single binary package/rpm t

Re: Compiler package

2010-04-06 Thread Chris Tyler
On Tue, 2010-04-06 at 19:32 -0500, Euplycidus Aerofram wrote: > I just bought a stripped down Fedora VM from an ISP, and I've been > hunting and pecking to get gcc, make, glibc, and the other 5,000 > little dependancies installed. Here's the question: > > Is there a single binary package/rpm t

Compiler package

2010-04-06 Thread Euplycidus Aerofram
I just bought a stripped down Fedora VM from an ISP, and I've been hunting and pecking to get gcc, make, glibc, and the other 5,000 little dependancies installed. Here's the question: Is there a single binary package/rpm that has all this neatly put together? Regards, E -- users mailing

Re: Changing host name

2010-04-06 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Tue, 2010-04-06 at 23:47 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: > I believe Patrick may have missed the part about your using > "system-control-network"...if that is of any value. :-) Not really, given that he didn't say he was using s-c-n but something called the "network control applet" in Gnome. Since I

Re: Printer IDs in Fedora 13: your help is neeeded!

2010-04-06 Thread Bruno Wolff III
On Wed, Apr 07, 2010 at 00:18:00 +0200, Gianluca Sforna wrote: > > 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 determin

Re: VirtualBox crashs system when starting VM

2010-04-06 Thread Patrick Bartek
--- On Sun, 4/4/10, Clemens Eisserer wrote: > > Are you using Virtualbox or Virtualbox OSE. I am using > Virtualbox 3.1.6 > > downloaded from Sun with Windows XP with the 2.6.32.10 > kernel. I've had > > no problems with Virtualbox. > > I am using the version distributed by Fedora (so I guess >

Re: USB Bluetooth Recommendations

2010-04-06 Thread Jim
On 04/06/2010 05:53 PM, Fedora User wrote: > Fedora 12 > Application=Connect mobile phone to laptop. > > Any suggestions on what is known to work would be appreciated. > > Thanks > I have a Droid phone that I can connect to bluetooth, using SSHD. With a Droid App. called ConnectBot And also

Re: USB Bluetooth Recommendations

2010-04-06 Thread Sam Varshavchik
Fedora User writes: Fedora 12 Application=Connect mobile phone to laptop. Any suggestions on what is known to work would be appreciated. Are you certain that this is the only way you can tether to your phone? Modern phones also offer a mini or a micro USB jack. Just for giggles, I plugged

Printer IDs in Fedora 13: your help is neeeded!

2010-04-06 Thread Gianluca Sforna
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

Re: USB Bluetooth Recommendations

2010-04-06 Thread Tom Horsley
On Tue, 6 Apr 2010 17:53:32 -0400 Fedora User wrote: > Fedora 12 > Application=Connect mobile phone to laptop. > > Any suggestions on what is known to work would be appreciated. > > Thanks I've got a little old D-Link DBT-120 adapter that worked (in some sense of the word) the last time I trie

Re: eSATA removable drive

2010-04-06 Thread John Austin
On Tue, 2010-04-06 at 17:08 -0400, D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote: > | From: John Austin > > | Hi > | > | I have used hotplug hard drives for some time but never used eject > > What do you do to safely remove the disk? Surely unmount and swapoff, > as applicable, but how do you tell the system that

USB Bluetooth Recommendations

2010-04-06 Thread Fedora User
Fedora 12 Application=Connect mobile phone to laptop. Any suggestions on what is known to work would be appreciated. Thanks -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http:

Re: eSATA removable drive

2010-04-06 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
| From: John Austin | Hi | | I have used hotplug hard drives for some time but never used eject What do you do to safely remove the disk? Surely unmount and swapoff, as applicable, but how do you tell the system that the actual drive is going away? That's what I use "eject" for in several cas

Re: Strange msgs from restore;

2010-04-06 Thread John Austin
On Tue, 2010-04-06 at 11:20 -0700, George R Goffe wrote: > Howdy, > > Thanks to all who responded, these responses are DEFINITELY > appreciated. > > I tried everything suggested with no change in behavior. I would like > to try the "new" version of dump/restore but am unable to locate the > code.

Re: [Fwd: Re: CD/DVD automount in Fedora 12]

2010-04-06 Thread Andrew Junev
Hello François, Wednesday, April 7, 2010, 12:37:01 AM, you wrote: >>> Immediately after boot, check for soft link: >>> >>> /dev/dvd -->> /dev/sr0 >>> >>> (dvd, crrom, cdrw, dvdrw, whatever... at least one) >> >> >> $ ls -l /dev/cdr* >> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 2010-04-06 19:31 /dev/cdrom1 -> sr0

[Fwd: Re: CD/DVD automount in Fedora 12]

2010-04-06 Thread François Patte
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 - Message original Sujet : Re: CD/DVD automount in Fedora 12 Date : Tue, 06 Apr 2010 20:27:44 +0200 De : François Patte Pour : Andrew Junev Références : <1326724431.20100405193...@a-j.ru> <4bbad3c0.1090...@mi.parisdescartes.fr> <1

illuminated keyboard issue

2010-04-06 Thread Gerhard Magnus
I'm running FC11 with a gnome desktop on a box dual booting Windows XP. I recently acquired a sunbeam illuminated keyboard that works fine with the machine in Windows mode -- the keyboard lighting toggles on and off with the scroll lock key. But this doesn't work when I'm running FC11. Is there som

Re: Changing host name

2010-04-06 Thread Kevin Martin
> As far as I know ::1 is only valid as a local address for ipv6. > You need the ip_address of the machine in the hosts file. > > > -- > === > There Is No Cabal. > ==

Re: eSATA removable drive

2010-04-06 Thread John Austin
On Tue, 2010-04-06 at 15:23 -0400, D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote: > I have an eSATA external hard drive case. I want to hotplug / unplug it. > > My system is Fedora 11. > > I added an external eSATA port on my desktop computer by adding a bracket > (with an internal cable connected to one of the ord

Re: Changing host name

2010-04-06 Thread Aaron Konstam
On Tue, 2010-04-06 at 16:20 +0100, Michael Thompson wrote: > On 06/04/2010 16:05, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > On Tue, 2010-04-06 at 15:51 +0100, Michael Thompson wrote: > > > >> When I change the hostname on my fedora 12 box, from the installation > >> default of localhost.localdomain, the n

Re: Changing host name

2010-04-06 Thread Aaron Konstam
On Tue, 2010-04-06 at 15:51 +0100, Michael Thompson wrote: > When I change the hostname on my fedora 12 box, from the installation > default of localhost.localdomain, the network dies until it is reset back. > > I'm changing the hostname by the Network control applet in Gnome, and > have checked

eSATA removable drive

2010-04-06 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
I have an eSATA external hard drive case. I want to hotplug / unplug it. My system is Fedora 11. I added an external eSATA port on my desktop computer by adding a bracket (with an internal cable connected to one of the ordinary SATA sockets on the motherboard.) The SATA controller is an intel

Re: Severe problems with radeonHD 3470 and dual head conf

2010-04-06 Thread François Cami
Hello Peter, On Mon, 05 Apr 2010 14:41:33 +0200 Peter Boy wrote: > I bought a new box with an ATI Radeon HD 3470 (it is one of the rare > graphic boards with 2 DVI and passive cooling). > > Installing F12 it automatically configures xinerama mode (better > spanning) as desired. But: > > -

Re: Strange msgs from restore;

2010-04-06 Thread George R Goffe
Howdy, Thanks to all who responded, these responses are DEFINITELY appreciated. I tried everything suggested with no change in behavior. I would like to try the "new" version of dump/restore but am unable to locate the code. I tried using the rawhide repo and installing dump but that didn't wor

Re: recommend hardware firewall

2010-04-06 Thread Michael Miles
Lots of great stuff here Thanks everyone. Why use Windows when you can use Fedora On 04/06/2010 09:18 AM, Bruno Wolff III wrote: > On Tue, Apr 06, 2010 at 11:57:14 -0400, >Kwan Lowe wrote: > >> I'm putting together an Atom-based system for just this purpose. Power >> consumption is no

Re: Audio with CRON works - not AT?

2010-04-06 Thread Rick Stevens
On 04/06/2010 07:52 AM, Philip Rhoades wrote: > People, > > When I put: > > 40 21 * * * root /usr/bin/mplayer -ao alsa > /home/phil/audio/vincent_van_gogh.mp3 > > in /etc/crontab - it works but if use "at" for any time and enter: > > /usr/bin/mplayer -ao alsa /home/phil/audio/vincent_van_gogh.mp3 >

Re: Strange msgs from restore;

2010-04-06 Thread Rick Stevens
On 04/06/2010 02:50 AM, Dave Mitchell wrote: > On Sun, Apr 04, 2010 at 10:46:59PM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: >> Dump/restore is a very poor tool to use unless the drives are identical. > > Huh? Yeah, huh? Dump/restore is filesystem-oriented. It doesn't give a tinker's cuss what the underlying st

Does anybody use gnome-do?

2010-04-06 Thread Paolo Galtieri
I was playing around with gnome-do today and I find it totally useless. I tried is to look up totem. So I entered totem in the search pane. The match it found was for a URL from my Firefox history: http://www.ccieflyer.com/ Because the website contained the following text **Welcome* to t*h*

Re: recommend hardware firewall

2010-04-06 Thread Bruno Wolff III
On Tue, Apr 06, 2010 at 11:57:14 -0400, Kwan Lowe wrote: > > I'm putting together an Atom-based system for just this purpose. Power > consumption is not as low as a $50 router (and probably never could > be), but I'm adding three NICs (1 dual, 1 single port) so that I can > create a DMZ and LAN

Re: Changing host name

2010-04-06 Thread Kevin Martin
On 04/06/2010 09:51 AM, Michael Thompson wrote: > When I change the hostname on my fedora 12 box, from the installation > default of localhost.localdomain, the network dies until it is reset back. > > I'm changing the hostname by the Network control applet in Gnome, and > have checked that /etc/s

Re: Changing host name

2010-04-06 Thread Ed Greshko
> > "On 10:51:14 am Michael Thompson said" > >> When I change the hostname on my fedora 12 box, from the installation >> default of localhost.localdomain, the network dies until it is reset back. >> >> I'm changing the hostname by the Network control applet in Gnome, and >> have checked that /e

Re: recommend hardware firewall

2010-04-06 Thread Kwan Lowe
On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 11:33 AM, Bruno Wolff III wrote: > Remember that there are also power costs. The $50 routers don't draw as much > power as an old repurposed general purpose machine is going to. They also > come with wireless support. > > Depending on what you are going to do with the firew

Re: Changing host name

2010-04-06 Thread ka1ifq
"On 10:51:14 am Michael Thompson said" > When I change the hostname on my fedora 12 box, from the installation > default of localhost.localdomain, the network dies until it is reset back. > > I'm changing the hostname by the Network control applet in Gnome, and > have checked that /etc/sysconfig/n

Re: Changing host name

2010-04-06 Thread Ed Greshko
> > When I change the hostname on my fedora 12 box, from the installation > default of localhost.localdomain, the network dies until it is reset back. > > I'm changing the hostname by the Network control applet in Gnome, and > have checked that /etc/sysconfig/network and it lists the following > >

Re: Amarok 2.3: how to change playlist order

2010-04-06 Thread Rex Dieter
Andrea wrote: > Can you choose where to drop them? In which position of the playlist? > I cant. Yes, works fine here. Once I hover, there's a horizontal bars that appears at that spot in the playlist. When I let go of the mouse button, my dragged item appears there. -- Rex -- users mailing

Re: Changing host name

2010-04-06 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Tue, 2010-04-06 at 16:40 +0100, Michael Thompson wrote: > On 06/04/10 16:30, Marvin Kosmal wrote: > > OK > > > > I don't think anyone thinks you are stupid... > > > > Just people trying to be helpful.. > > > > Every time I post.. I get great answers and help. > > > > YMMV > > > > Marvin >

Re: Changing host name

2010-04-06 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Tue, 2010-04-06 at 16:20 +0100, Michael Thompson wrote: > On 06/04/2010 16:05, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > On Tue, 2010-04-06 at 15:51 +0100, Michael Thompson wrote: > > > >> When I change the hostname on my fedora 12 box, from the installation > >> default of localhost.localdomain, the ne

Re: Changing host name

2010-04-06 Thread Michael Thompson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 06/04/10 16:30, Marvin Kosmal wrote: > OK > > I don't think anyone thinks you are stupid... > > Just people trying to be helpful.. > > Every time I post.. I get great answers and help. > > YMMV > > Marvin :) Guess I should of put a smillie o

Re: CD/DVD automount in Fedora 12

2010-04-06 Thread Andrew Junev
Hello François, Tuesday, April 6, 2010, 10:25:04 AM, you wrote: >> This is a strange question, perhaps... How do I _enable_ CD-ROM >> automount on Fedora 12 machine? > 2 tests: > Immediately after boot, check for soft link: /dev/dvd -->> /dev/sr0 > (dvd, crrom, cdrw, dvdrw, whatever... at l

Re: recommend hardware firewall

2010-04-06 Thread Bruno Wolff III
On Mon, Apr 05, 2010 at 19:45:08 -0700, Michael Miles wrote: > I do plan on an upgrade to a better router > > So if I wanted to create a separate machine and put 3 or 4 good lan > adapters on a amd xp 1500 > install fedora 12 and use it as a firewall only, would probably be a > good alternati

Re: Changing host name

2010-04-06 Thread Marvin Kosmal
OK I don't think anyone thinks you are stupid... Just people trying to be helpful.. Every time I post.. I get great answers and help. YMMV Marvin On 4/6/10, Michael Thompson wrote: > On 06/04/2010 16:05, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: >> On Tue, 2010-04-06 at 15:51 +0100, Michael Thompson wrot

Re: Changing host name

2010-04-06 Thread Michael Thompson
On 06/04/2010 16:05, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Tue, 2010-04-06 at 15:51 +0100, Michael Thompson wrote: > >> When I change the hostname on my fedora 12 box, from the installation >> default of localhost.localdomain, the network dies until it is reset >> back. >> > "localhost" is assume

Re: Amarok 2.3: how to change playlist order

2010-04-06 Thread Andrea
On 06/04/10 14:45, Rex Dieter wrote: > Andrea wrote: > >> On 02/04/10 15:40, Andrea wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> In Amarok 2.3 Fedora 11 I don't seem to be able to rearrange the order of >>> songs in the playlist. >>> >>> On the right side of the screen there is the playlist of songs currently >>> playe

Re: Changing host name

2010-04-06 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Tue, 2010-04-06 at 15:51 +0100, Michael Thompson wrote: > When I change the hostname on my fedora 12 box, from the installation > default of localhost.localdomain, the network dies until it is reset > back. "localhost" is assumed always to exist and to be bound to 127.0.0.1 (see http://en.wikip

Audio with CRON works - not AT?

2010-04-06 Thread Philip Rhoades
People, When I put: 40 21 * * * root /usr/bin/mplayer -ao alsa /home/phil/audio/vincent_van_gogh.mp3 in /etc/crontab - it works but if use "at" for any time and enter: /usr/bin/mplayer -ao alsa /home/phil/audio/vincent_van_gogh.mp3 - at the designated time I hear a click as though something h

Changing host name

2010-04-06 Thread Michael Thompson
When I change the hostname on my fedora 12 box, from the installation default of localhost.localdomain, the network dies until it is reset back. I'm changing the hostname by the Network control applet in Gnome, and have checked that /etc/sysconfig/network and it lists the following NETWORKING=yes

Re: Is KDE dead ? Was Re: Stable Release Updates

2010-04-06 Thread Petrus de Calguarium
Clemens Eisserer wrote: > overall > its sad quality has become so bad. I am using KDE4 and it is light years in advance of kde3. Presently, I have an updates-testing installation of KDE-4.4.2. KDE has been absolutely phenomenal now for at least 18 months, with only the kde-4.0 and 4.1 strains

Re: Looking for a monitor driver

2010-04-06 Thread Mike McCarty
Dave Higton wrote: > I'd suggest that the assumptions are well out of date and should be > re-thought. They tend to make the display invisible because it's > out of the range of some modern monitors. Who uses 640 * 480 > nowadays? Who uses CRT monitors nowadays? (The "safety" issue, > I believe

Re: Amarok 2.3: how to change playlist order

2010-04-06 Thread Daniel B. Thurman
On 04/06/2010 06:21 AM, Andrea wrote: > On 02/04/10 15:40, Andrea wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> In Amarok 2.3 Fedora 11 I don't seem to be able to rearrange the order of >> songs in the playlist. >> >> On the right side of the screen there is the playlist of songs currently >> played. >> When I try to

Re: Amarok 2.3: how to change playlist order

2010-04-06 Thread Rex Dieter
Andrea wrote: > On 02/04/10 15:40, Andrea wrote: >> Hi, >> >> In Amarok 2.3 Fedora 11 I don't seem to be able to rearrange the order of >> songs in the playlist. >> >> On the right side of the screen there is the playlist of songs currently >> played. When I try to drag and drop one of them in a

Re: Amarok 2.3: how to change playlist order

2010-04-06 Thread Andrea
On 02/04/10 15:40, Andrea wrote: > Hi, > > In Amarok 2.3 Fedora 11 I don't seem to be able to rearrange the order of > songs in the playlist. > > On the right side of the screen there is the playlist of songs currently > played. > When I try to drag and drop one of them in a different place not

Re: recommend hardware firewall

2010-04-06 Thread Tim
On Tue, 2010-04-06 at 14:06 +0300, Doron Bar Zeev wrote: > why would that be different from linux with iptables? BSD uses a different rule technique. Well it did, the last time I had a look at it (quite some time ago). I seem to recall it was regarded as being better. -- [...@localhost ~]$ una

Re: recommend hardware firewall

2010-04-06 Thread Doron Bar Zeev
> I know this is a fedora list but OpenBSD with PF will work very well as > a router out the box and well worth a look at (even if it's just for > research purposes) > > I know this is not to the discussion but I wanted to know, why would that be different from linux with iptables? -- users mailin

Re: recommend hardware firewall

2010-04-06 Thread Michal
On 06/04/2010 03:45, Michael Miles wrote: > On 04/05/2010 05:40 PM, Mail Lists wrote: >>Lots of good comments here. >> >> I have seen a befsx (newer than the befsr) which could not keep up >> with a cable internet connection - reduced d/l by 20% or so. This was a >> nominal 30 Mb/s d/l and

Re: Strange msgs from restore;

2010-04-06 Thread Dave Mitchell
On Sun, Apr 04, 2010 at 10:46:59PM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > Dump/restore is a very poor tool to use unless the drives are identical. Huh? -- All wight. I will give you one more chance. This time, I want to hear no Wubens. No Weginalds. No Wudolf the wed-nosed weindeers. -- Life of Brian