rpmbuild download source?

Hi all, Is there a way to get rpmbuild to download the source from the Source: URL in a spec file, rather than needing it in the SOURCES dir? Thanks, -c -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/list

RE: Playing .mov files in Fedora

Avidemux should handle a mov file as long as you have the Gstreamer packages installed Gstreamer good and Gstreamer ugly Both can be found in RPMFusion Michael From: users-boun...@lists.fedoraproject.org [mailto:users-boun...@lists.fedoraproject.org] On Behalf Of Jim Sent: Thursday, Fe

Re: DBUS, xhost, etc: remote control of amarok

On 16 February 2011 21:02, Greg Woods wrote: > I am running Gnome and Amarok is a KDE app, so maybe there is some other > KDE-related service that needs to be started? Anybody been able to make > something like this work? I ssh into a box from across the room to change the volume in kmix with thi

Re: trying to add a wireless driver -live spin

On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 2:50 PM, Richard Shaw wrote: > On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 4:07 PM, Joshua Andrews > wrote: > > Thank you. > > > > I got it going with 'uname -r' found the kernel and down loaded rpms from > > rpmfusion. > > > > Now if I can figure out the persistent overlay and write a scrip

Re: trying to add a wireless driver -live spin

On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 4:07 PM, Joshua Andrews wrote: > Thank you. > > I got it going with 'uname -r' found the kernel and down loaded rpms from > rpmfusion. > > Now if I can figure out the persistent overlay and write a script to install > everything  when I boot the drive. > > I'm not sure if I

Re: freenx server question (paging Craig)

On 02/16/2011 07:31 PM, Claude Jones wrote: > I've installed and configured freenx and it works. I'd like to use > shared key authentication, but I'm not sure I understand how it's > supposed to work. I've spent a couple of days reading howtos and > documentation, but I believe there's a gap in my

Re: trying to add a wireless driver -live spin

Thank you. I got it going with 'uname -r' found the kernel and down loaded rpms from rpmfusion. Now if I can figure out the persistent overlay and write a script to install everything when I boot the drive. I'm not sure if I have to mount the overlay or what. running from live spin now -- ha

Re: DBUS, xhost, etc: remote control of amarok

On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 12:58 PM, Greg Woods wrote: > Thanks for the suggestion, but I tried that and it didn't help. Even if > it did, my script being run via ssh would have had no way of knowing > what the correct value of this variable should be. I hard coded it for > the test, but next time, a

Re: DBUS, xhost, etc: remote control of amarok

On Wed, 2011-02-16 at 16:37 -0500, Tom Horsley wrote: > On Wed, 16 Feb 2011 14:02:18 -0700 > Greg Woods wrote: > > > Anybody been able to make > > something like this work? > > I haven't tried it, but there will probably be an environment variable > named DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS in the X session

Re: Playing .mov files in Fedora

On Thursday 17 February 2011 20:18:18 Jim wrote: > On 02/17/2011 03:06 PM, Marko Vojinovic wrote: > > On Thursday 17 February 2011 19:36:27 Jim wrote: > >> Fedora 14 /KDE > >> > >> I have video.mov file I want to play in Fedora. > >> > >> MoviePlayer, VLC, Xine, DragonPlayer will not play it, how

Re: trying to add a wireless driver -live spin

On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 12:13 PM, Joshua Andrews wrote: > I am running a usb spin on a dell inspiron but the wireless, broadcom, > doesn't > work. > I'd like to be able to insmod the proper module but without network, no yum > to > install kmod-wl. > I could install kernel-devel and build the modu

Re: Playing .mov files in Fedora

On 02/17/2011 03:06 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: > On 02/17/2011 11:45 AM, Michael Cronenworth wrote: >> Jim wrote: >>> I have used Autoten to Download All Codecs . >> You should contact the author of Autoten. This list is for Fedora >> software only. > Autoten (First written for F 10, and updated for each

Re: Playing .mov files in Fedora

On 02/17/2011 03:06 PM, Marko Vojinovic wrote: > On Thursday 17 February 2011 19:36:27 Jim wrote: >> Fedora 14 /KDE >> >> I have video.mov file I want to play in Fedora. >> >> MoviePlayer, VLC, Xine, DragonPlayer will not play it, how can I Convert >> to another format , using what App ? > Run "mpl

trying to add a wireless driver -live spin

I am running a usb spin on a dell inspiron but the wireless, broadcom, doesn't work. I'd like to be able to insmod the proper module but without network, no yum to install kmod-wl. I could install kernel-devel and build the module if I even knew which kernel package was used for the spin. Is th

Re: Playing .mov files in Fedora

On 02/17/2011 03:00 PM, Fred Erickson wrote: > On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 10:36 AM, Jim wrote: >> Fedora 14 /KDE >> >> I have video.mov file I want to play in Fedora. >> >> MoviePlayer, VLC, Xine, DragonPlayer will not play it, how can I Convert >> to another format , using what App ? >> >> I have us

Re: Playing .mov files in Fedora

On Thursday 17 February 2011 19:36:27 Jim wrote: > Fedora 14 /KDE > > I have video.mov file I want to play in Fedora. > > MoviePlayer, VLC, Xine, DragonPlayer will not play it, how can I Convert > to another format , using what App ? Run "mplayer video.mov" in a terminal, copy-paste all of its o

Re: Playing .mov files in Fedora

On 02/17/2011 11:45 AM, Michael Cronenworth wrote: > Jim wrote: >> I have used Autoten to Download All Codecs . > > You should contact the author of Autoten. This list is for Fedora > software only. Autoten (First written for F 10, and updated for each succeeding version.) is written and maintain

Re: Playing .mov files in Fedora

On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 10:36 AM, Jim wrote: > Fedora 14 /KDE > > I have video.mov file I want to play in Fedora. > > MoviePlayer, VLC, Xine, DragonPlayer will not play it, how can I Convert > to another format , using what App ? > > I have used Autoten to Download All Codecs . My Fedora 14 Movie

Re: Playing .mov files in Fedora

On 02/17/2011 02:45 PM, JD wrote: Have you tried sudo yum install libquicktime libmpeg3 ?? On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 11:36 AM, Jim > wrote: Fedora 14 /KDE I have video.mov file I want to play in Fedora. MoviePlayer, VLC, Xine, DragonPlayer will not p

Re: Playing .mov files in Fedora

Have you tried sudo yum install libquicktime libmpeg3 ?? On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 11:36 AM, Jim wrote: > Fedora 14 /KDE > > I have video.mov file I want to play in Fedora. > > MoviePlayer, VLC, Xine, DragonPlayer will not play it, how can I Convert > to another format , using what App ? > > I h

Re: Playing .mov files in Fedora

Jim wrote: > I have used Autoten to Download All Codecs . You should contact the author of Autoten. This list is for Fedora software only. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Gui

Re: CR-48 Gobi 2000 Support

Derek Tracy wrote: > I am looking for a decent guide on the correct way to roll your own > Fedora kernel, basically I just want to patch the qcserial.c file along > with the other Fedora patches and compile. Any idea where I could find > such documentation (kinda new to Fedora was a Gentoo/Funtoo

Playing .mov files in Fedora

Fedora 14 /KDE I have video.mov file I want to play in Fedora. MoviePlayer, VLC, Xine, DragonPlayer will not play it, how can I Convert to another format , using what App ? I have used Autoten to Download All Codecs . -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change

Re: encrypted partition configuration on kickstart

On 17 February 2011 18:01, dabicho wrote: > Well, I manually changed the passphrase of one partition and allright, > after a reboot I was asked for a password twice, so it looks like it > is indeed using the same passphrase for all partitions. > > Is that the intended behaviour for the kickstart?

Re: WiFi: why not a diagram showing access points?

On 02/17/2011 04:43 AM, Timothy Murphy wrote: > they replied each time that the line was fine, > and "the problem lies between modem and computer" > (a phrase they seem to like). A convenient cop-out IMAO. I did tech support for a major ISP for over seven years and we were always expected to h

Re: encrypted partition configuration on kickstart

On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 10:24 AM, Bruno Wolff III wrote: > On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 10:11:37 -0600, >  dabicho wrote: >> >> That's ok. And I thought it would work that way, but what I am seeing is >> this: >> >> If I encrypt root ( / ) (as well as other partitions, each with a >> different passph

Re: CR-48 Gobi 2000 Support

I am looking for a decent guide on the correct way to roll your own Fedora kernel, basically I just want to patch the qcserial.c file along with the other Fedora patches and compile. Any idea where I could find such documentation (kinda new to Fedora was a Gentoo/Funtoo user). What times would yo

Re: WiFi: why not a diagram showing access points?

On 02/17/2011 09:02 AM, Tim wrote: > On Thu, 2011-02-17 at 11:23 +1030, Tim wrote: >> Ever been annoyed by visitors with mobile phones? Keep a metal >> biscuit tin handy to seal them into. ;-) > > Addendum: Seeing as nobody took the bait... Yes, it was intentional > that I didn't say whether yo

Re: WiFi: why not a diagram showing access points?

On Thu, 2011-02-17 at 11:23 +1030, Tim wrote: > Ever been annoyed by visitors with mobile phones? Keep a metal > biscuit tin handy to seal them into. ;-) Addendum: Seeing as nobody took the bait... Yes, it was intentional that I didn't say whether you seal the visitors, or their phones, into t

Re: WiFi: why not a diagram showing access points?

On Thu, 2011-02-17 at 13:43 +0100, Timothy Murphy wrote: > Just to keep the story up-to-date, > a third modem/router from TI (Telecom Italia) > seems to have solved the problem completely; > the connection has held up for a day so far. > > The history is a little puzzling to me. > The connection

Re: Window Management under Compiz

On Tue, 2010-12-28 at 15:45 -0600, Aaron Konstam wrote: > How do you get the window to be chosen when you move the cursor to it > under compiz? > -- > === > There are three ways to get something done: (1) Do it yourself. (2) Hire

Solved - Problems with yum.repos.d

On 02/17/2011 09:00 AM, Rahul Sundaram wrote: > On 02/17/2011 02:15 PM, Michael Schwendt wrote: >> Notice the quoted string in the last line of the Python exception. >> It refers to ' [playonlinux]\n' which has a leading space character >> before the section header. Remove that one in the .repo fil

Re: backing up shadow files with rsync?

On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 4:45 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > Ironically, the NAS disk that failed was a 1TB Seagate unit. OTOH I've > (touch wood) had good results with WD Caviar Black disks. My experience also. I've had a few Seagate Barracuda disks die on me in just the last couple of months. I

Re: WiFi: why not a diagram showing access points?

On 02/16/2011 11:09 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > On 02/16/2011 11:42 PM, Robert Nichols wrote: >> On 02/16/2011 09:54 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: >>> On 02/16/2011 07:56 PM, Tim wrote: On Wed, 2011-02-16 at 15:54 +0100, Timothy Murphy wrote: > But I'm not in a built-up area. > I do se

Re: Problems with yum.repos.d

On 02/17/2011 02:15 PM, Michael Schwendt wrote: > Notice the quoted string in the last line of the Python exception. > It refers to ' [playonlinux]\n' which has a leading space character > before the section header. Remove that one in the .repo file and try > again. Yum's repo loader is not smart e

Re: encrypted partition configuration on kickstart

On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 18:55:28 -0600, dabicho wrote: > I thought that uppon boot I would be asked for each passphrase in > turn, however I am asked only for one passphrase, without any > indication as to whichone, and that being the passphrase for the first > partition defined ( / ), and that

Re: WiFi: why not a diagram showing access points?

On Thu, 2011-02-17 at 13:43 +0100, Timothy Murphy wrote: > Sadly, I've come to the conclusion that the ADSL modem > is just another neuron in the brain, > and its failure is tantamount to a minor stroke ... just an FYI - ADSL is the most common used technology in the US by the telephone compan

Re: backing up shadow files with rsync?

On Thu, 2011-02-17 at 18:14 +1030, Tim wrote: > On Wed, 2011-02-16 at 20:48 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > You pays your money and you takes your choice. If you want every > > backup of your 10GB home directory to take up another 10GB of space, > > go for it. Most people don't actually want

Re: WiFi: why not a diagram showing access points?

On 02/17/2011 03:01 AM, Tim wrote: > On Wed, 2011-02-16 at 22:54 -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote: >> We often mention at the 802 wireless sessions (both 802.11 and 802.15) >> how amazing it is that this stuff works at all! > I feel much the same. It's all well and good when you're not sharing > airs

Re: WiFi: why not a diagram showing access points?

Timothy Murphy wrote: > I'm having terrible problems with my modem/router at the moment. > The WiFi connection on my Thinkpad laptop drops every 10 minutes or so. > I have to restart the network service to get the connection back. Just to keep the story up-to-date, a third modem/router from TI (T

Re: backing up shadow files with rsync?

On 02/17/2011 02:44 AM, Tim wrote: > On Wed, 2011-02-16 at 20:48 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: >> You pays your money and you takes your choice. If you want every >> backup of your 10GB home directory to take up another 10GB of space, >> go for it. Most people don't actually want that. They ass

OT: 'Kill Switch' Internet bill - take notice and act

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/internetprivacy/2011-02-15-kill-switch_N.htm JB -- 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_guid

Re: Problems with yum.repos.d

On Wed, 16 Feb 2011 19:54:32 -0500, Jim wrote: > F14 > > What is is wrong with this repos ? > > [playonlinux] > name=PlayOnLinux Official repository > baseurl=http://rpm.playonlinux.com/fedora/yum/base > enable=1 > gpgcheck=0 > gpgkey=http://rpm.playonlinux.com/public.gpg > > > Error message;

Re: WiFi: why not a diagram showing access points?

On Wed, 2011-02-16 at 22:54 -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > We often mention at the 802 wireless sessions (both 802.11 and 802.15) > how amazing it is that this stuff works at all! I feel much the same. It's all well and good when you're not sharing airspace with anybody, but in a crowded locati