Re: First NFS entry in fstab not mounting at boot

2010-05-16 Thread Chris Kloiber
Although I am not familiar with nfsv4, for nfsv3 'defaults' could be a pretty major performance problem. I typically use rw,hard,intr,rsize=8192,wsize=8192, In this case you might even want to add _netdev. _netdev The filesystem resides on a device that requires network access (u

Gnome Power Manager not installed correctly

2010-05-16 Thread tlcoons
I recently installed fedora 12 on an external usb hd. I received the error message gnome power manager not installed correctly. I reinstalled fedora and received the same error message. The desktop freezes up and after reboot it still freezes up. Thanks. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedo

Gnome Power Manager not installed correctly

2010-05-16 Thread tlcoons
I recently installed fedora 12 on an external usb hd. I received the error message gnome power manager not installed correctly. I reinstalled fedora and received the same error message. The desktop freezes up and after reboot it still freezes up. Thanks. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedor

Re: SSH tunnel for ssh traffic

2010-05-16 Thread Cameron Simpson
On 16Apr2010 01:24, Matt Domsch wrote: | On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 04:12:20PM +0200, Christoph H?ger wrote: | > I need to ssh to some remote VM that sit in a private LAN. For any other | > service (e.g. RDP) I'd use ssh tunneling just normal. | > But what do I do for ssh traffic? Since ssh is not ho

Re: First NFS entry in fstab not mounting at boot

2010-05-16 Thread g
BadMagic wrote: > Basically, whichever entry goes first, doesn't get mounted. > I can manually mount it after I've logged in like: > If I repeat the top entry like: are the drives are spun down and at rest when you first try to mount? 'man nfs' for timeout setting info in fstab. are you co

Re: how to 'rip apart' a rpm.

2010-05-16 Thread Todd Zullinger
Genes MailLists wrote: > Whilst I agree we should be as careful w root as possible - if > someone is willing to install a binary rpm as root - how is that > more secure than building the source to the same package? One of the main concerns I have with building is broken Makefiles. Say you're rebui

Re: First NFS entry in fstab not mounting at boot

2010-05-16 Thread birger
Have you tried the bg mount option? It should background any mount that fails and retry periodically. man nfs -- birger Typed on my cellphone so any non-conformity with regard to posting rules can be blamed on my mailer -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or ch

Re: how to 'rip apart' a rpm.

2010-05-16 Thread Todd Zullinger
r...@dwf.com wrote: > I want to look at the individual files in a src rpm. How do I 'rip > it apart' ?? Many folks have pointed out rpm2cpio if you want to extract the contents. I prefer to use rpmdev-extract, from rpmdevtools. It saves me from remembering the cpio options. Graphical tools lik

Re: First NFS entry in fstab not mounting at boot

2010-05-16 Thread birger
The chkconfig line within the rc script only specifies the default priorities. Turning the service off and on again will correctly change the actual priority to the current default. Chkconfig also has a resetpriorities option that does the same ting. I would not change the script. If you want to

Re: First NFS entry in fstab not mounting at boot

2010-05-16 Thread Robert Nichols
On 05/16/2010 11:14 AM, Sam Sharpe wrote: > On 16 May 2010 16:33, Sam Sharpe wrote: >> So, check that your "netfs" service on the clients runs before >> NetworkManager - it should, but as my Laptop shows, it may not be. > > typo - netfs should run *after* NetworkManager netfs _does_ start after N

Re: First NFS entry in fstab not mounting at boot

2010-05-16 Thread Tom Horsley
On Sun, 16 May 2010 19:32:15 +0100 Sam Sharpe wrote: > but there is usually a reason why something is a > particular priority and hence changing it is not necessarily a good > idea. I once examined my system when trying to figure out how to write an init script and found virtually none of the scr

Re: First NFS entry in fstab not mounting at boot

2010-05-16 Thread Sam Sharpe
On 16 May 2010 18:37, Genes MailLists wrote: > On 05/16/2010 12:18 PM, BadMagic wrote: >> >> True - I'll try it. >> >> I tried changing the order as Sam suggested: >> >> [...@samlap ~ ]$ sudo chkconfig --del NetworkManager >> [...@samlap ~ ]$ sudo chkconfig --add NetworkManager >> [...@samlap ~ ]$

Re: First NFS entry in fstab not mounting at boot

2010-05-16 Thread Genes MailLists
On 05/16/2010 12:18 PM, BadMagic wrote: > > True - I'll try it. > > I tried changing the order as Sam suggested: > > [...@samlap ~ ]$ sudo chkconfig --del NetworkManager > [...@samlap ~ ]$ sudo chkconfig --add NetworkManager > [...@samlap ~ ]$ sudo chkconfig NetworkManager on > [...@samlap ~

Re: fc12 encrypted file system

2010-05-16 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Sun, 2010-05-16 at 11:59 -0400, Genes MailLists wrote: > SANC's have a place .. but they need to be careful they don't overdo it. SANC? poc -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/user

Re: First NFS entry in fstab not mounting at boot

2010-05-16 Thread BadMagic
On 05/17/2010 02:01 AM, Genes MailLists wrote: > On 05/16/2010 10:38 AM, BadMagic wrote: > >>> One solution is to use autofs ... it will mount on demand and >>> therefore that problem -should- just go away (if thats the problem) >>> >>> gene/ >>> >>> >> That may work but I'd rather

Re: First NFS entry in fstab not mounting at boot

2010-05-16 Thread Sam Sharpe
On 16 May 2010 16:33, Sam Sharpe wrote: > So, check that your "netfs" service on the clients runs before > NetworkManager - it should, but as my Laptop shows, it may not be. typo - netfs should run *after* NetworkManager FWIW, If I'm right about the cause, then switching to "network" rather than

Re: First NFS entry in fstab not mounting at boot

2010-05-16 Thread Genes MailLists
On 05/16/2010 10:38 AM, BadMagic wrote: >>One solution is to use autofs ... it will mount on demand and >> therefore that problem -should- just go away (if thats the problem) >> >> gene/ >> > > That may work but I'd rather find out why it isn't working when it > should be. > > This i

Re: fc12 encrypted file system

2010-05-16 Thread Genes MailLists
SANC's have a place .. but they need to be careful they don't overdo it. Now we are so far off topic we need to self critique and stop (humor noted ;-) > > But don't top-post :-) > -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admi

Re: First NFS entry in fstab not mounting at boot

2010-05-16 Thread Sam Sharpe
On 16 May 2010 16:18, BadMagic wrote: > On 05/17/2010 12:43 AM, Mike Chambers wrote: >> On Mon, 2010-05-17 at 00:20 +1000, BadMagic wrote: >> >>> On 05/17/2010 12:16 AM, Tim wrote: >>> On Sun, 2010-05-16 at 22:05 +1000, BadMagic wrote: > Basically, whichever entry goes first, do

Re: First NFS entry in fstab not mounting at boot

2010-05-16 Thread BadMagic
On 05/17/2010 12:43 AM, Mike Chambers wrote: > On Mon, 2010-05-17 at 00:20 +1000, BadMagic wrote: > >> On 05/17/2010 12:16 AM, Tim wrote: >> >>> On Sun, 2010-05-16 at 22:05 +1000, BadMagic wrote: >>> >>> Basically, whichever entry goes first, doesn't get mounted.

Re: fc12 encrypted file system

2010-05-16 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Sun, 2010-05-16 at 07:14 +0200, j.halifax . wrote: > I do support Tim's point of view. Me too, in spades. But don't top-post :-) poc -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guid

Re: First NFS entry in fstab not mounting at boot

2010-05-16 Thread Mike Chambers
On Mon, 2010-05-17 at 00:20 +1000, BadMagic wrote: > On 05/17/2010 12:16 AM, Tim wrote: > > On Sun, 2010-05-16 at 22:05 +1000, BadMagic wrote: > > > >> Basically, whichever entry goes first, doesn't get mounted. > >> > > Are the clients connecting to the network using network manager? > >

Re: First NFS entry in fstab not mounting at boot

2010-05-16 Thread BadMagic
On 05/17/2010 12:37 AM, Sam Sharpe wrote: > On 16 May 2010 13:05, BadMagic wrote: > > >> In my /etc/fstab, I've got 3 NFS entries: >> >> fs1:/data/unix /unixnfs defaults0 0 >> fs1:/data/windows /windows nfs defaults0 0 >> fs2:/storage1 /backup nfs

Re: First NFS entry in fstab not mounting at boot

2010-05-16 Thread BadMagic
On 05/17/2010 12:22 AM, Genes MailLists wrote: > On 05/16/2010 10:20 AM, BadMagic wrote: > >> On 05/17/2010 12:16 AM, Tim wrote: >> >>> On Sun, 2010-05-16 at 22:05 +1000, BadMagic wrote: >>> >>> Basically, whichever entry goes first, doesn't get mounted. >

Re: First NFS entry in fstab not mounting at boot

2010-05-16 Thread Sam Sharpe
On 16 May 2010 13:05, BadMagic wrote: > In my /etc/fstab, I've got 3 NFS entries: > > fs1:/data/unix     /unix        nfs     defaults    0 0 > fs1:/data/windows  /windows     nfs     defaults    0 0 > fs2:/storage1      /backup      nfs     defaults    0 0 > > In this order,  'fs1:/data/unix' wo

Re: First NFS entry in fstab not mounting at boot

2010-05-16 Thread Genes MailLists
On 05/16/2010 10:20 AM, BadMagic wrote: > On 05/17/2010 12:16 AM, Tim wrote: >> On Sun, 2010-05-16 at 22:05 +1000, BadMagic wrote: >> >>> Basically, whichever entry goes first, doesn't get mounted. >>> >> Are the clients connecting to the network using network manager? >> Perhaps the netw

Re: First NFS entry in fstab not mounting at boot

2010-05-16 Thread BadMagic
On 05/17/2010 12:16 AM, Tim wrote: > On Sun, 2010-05-16 at 22:05 +1000, BadMagic wrote: > >> Basically, whichever entry goes first, doesn't get mounted. >> > Are the clients connecting to the network using network manager? > Perhaps the network isn't up at the time the first mount is atte

Re: First NFS entry in fstab not mounting at boot

2010-05-16 Thread Tim
On Sun, 2010-05-16 at 22:05 +1000, BadMagic wrote: > Basically, whichever entry goes first, doesn't get mounted. Are the clients connecting to the network using network manager? Perhaps the network isn't up at the time the first mount is attempted, but is by the time the next two are. -- [...@lo

Re: First NFS entry in fstab not mounting at boot

2010-05-16 Thread BadMagic
On 05/16/2010 10:28 PM, Tom Horsley wrote: > On Sun, 16 May 2010 22:05:09 +1000 > BadMagic wrote: > > >> Does anyone know what's going on? >> > I don't know what is going on, but I had a problem where > the first DNS lookup I'd ever do would almost always fail > (I'm running named as a lo

Re: Can Windows and Linux co-exist?

2010-05-16 Thread Genes MailLists
On 05/16/2010 09:27 AM, Sam Sharpe wrote: > Try these links: > > http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/windows-installation.html <- > MySQL is fully Supported on Windows > http://openvpn.se/ <- Windows GUI for OpenVPN > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_LDAP_software <- LDAP protocol is > cro

Re: Can Windows and Linux co-exist?

2010-05-16 Thread Sam Sharpe
On 16 May 2010 13:59, Timothy Murphy wrote: > > I've been trying for some time to set up > a home LAN based on a Linux (CentOS) server, > with both Linux and Windows clients. > > It seems to me that this is the best hope > for the future growth of Linux, > and that the fanatical rejection of all t

Can Windows and Linux co-exist?

2010-05-16 Thread Timothy Murphy
I've been trying for some time to set up a home LAN based on a Linux (CentOS) server, with both Linux and Windows clients. It seems to me that this is the best hope for the future growth of Linux, and that the fanatical rejection of all things Windows is in fact counter-productive. As I see it,

Re: First NFS entry in fstab not mounting at boot

2010-05-16 Thread Roberto Ragusa
Tom Horsley wrote: > On Sun, 16 May 2010 22:05:09 +1000 > BadMagic wrote: > >> Does anyone know what's going on? > > I don't know what is going on, but I had a problem where > the first DNS lookup I'd ever do would almost always fail > (I'm running named as a local DNS server). So Badmagic shoul

Would like to configure second local terminal.

2010-05-16 Thread Chris Kloiber
I'm a tad short on hardware for a second box at home for the moment. I do however have enough for 2 complete sets of Keyboard Video and Mouse, and my system is quadcore with 4GB ram. I'd like to configure the system to have two completely independent terminals (sound I don't care about) But I h

Re: First NFS entry in fstab not mounting at boot

2010-05-16 Thread Tom Horsley
On Sun, 16 May 2010 22:05:09 +1000 BadMagic wrote: > Does anyone know what's going on? I don't know what is going on, but I had a problem where the first DNS lookup I'd ever do would almost always fail (I'm running named as a local DNS server). I made a silly little "system service" script to sta

Re: Uodate confusion.

2010-05-16 Thread Rahul Sundaram
On 05/10/2010 07:57 PM, Aaron Konstam wrote: > Today I saw the standard octagon symbol on my top panel indicating > updates being available. I clicked on the icon and saw a display saying > no updates were available. But the octagon symbol did not disappear. Out > of curiosity I ran yum upgrade and

Re: security update fails

2010-05-16 Thread Rahul Sundaram
On 05/10/2010 09:06 PM, Len J wrote: > File not found: > > Error Type: > Error Value: Error getting repository data for installed, repository > not found > File : /usr/share/PackageKit/helpers/yum/yumBackend.py, line 3125, > in Try a yum update instead. Rahul -- users mailing list users@list

Re: RAM shows less

2010-05-16 Thread Bill Davidsen
Jatin K wrote: > On Wednesday 12 May 2010 04:41 AM, Bill Davidsen wrote: >> Jatin K wrote: >> >>> On Tuesday 11 May 2010 05:27 PM, Roberto Ragusa wrote: >>> Jatin K wrote: > Dear All > > I've a new Dell Inspiton 1564 laptop with 1GB graphics card and 4GB >

First NFS entry in fstab not mounting at boot

2010-05-16 Thread BadMagic
Hi, Im running Fedora Core 12 x86_64 on my computer. # uname -a Linux apollo.foo-unix.ARPA 2.6.32.11-99.fc12.x86_64 #1 SMP Mon Apr 5 19:59:38 UTC 2010 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux I have 2 NFS servers in my garage: fs1 - an x86 box running FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE fs2 - a Sun E450 running Solaris

Re: Removing shutdown menu item

2010-05-16 Thread Troels Arvin
Tim wrote: >> In the "general" area, I've un-checked can_hibernate and can_suspend. >> And in the "ui" area, I've un-checked "show_actions_in_menu". I changes >> nothing, however: I still get a working shutdown panel menu item. > > Have you logged out and back in again after making the change? Ye

Re: How to enable KDE Netbook Plasma on Fedora 13?

2010-05-16 Thread Sawrub
On 05/16/2010 01:27 PM, Valent Turkovic wrote: > Great, didn't know it is there, everybody writes how great it is and > doing reviews but not in single one nobody mentioned how to turn it on > :( > > Is it possible to have this choice during login GDM/KDM screen? So > that some users can login into

Re: How to enable KDE Netbook Plasma on Fedora 13?

2010-05-16 Thread Valent Turkovic
Great, didn't know it is there, everybody writes how great it is and doing reviews but not in single one nobody mentioned how to turn it on :( Is it possible to have this choice during login GDM/KDM screen? So that some users can login into regular KDE and some into Netbook version? On Sun, May 1