Re: UUID for USB devices

2011-10-27 Thread Ed Greshko
On 10/28/2011 07:25 AM, Geoffrey Leach wrote: > Under Fedora 14 the following procedure worked for discovering the UUID > for a USB device. > > Insert device > Look in /dev/disk/by-label for device > Use file cmd to find device assigned > Look in /dev/disk/by-uuid for the UUID assigned (link to sa

Re: UUID for USB devices

2011-10-27 Thread Bruno Wolff III
On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 16:25:37 -0700, Geoffrey Leach wrote: > Under Fedora 14 the following procedure worked for discovering the UUID > for a USB device. > > Insert device > Look in /dev/disk/by-label for device > Use file cmd to find device assigned > Look in /dev/disk/by-uuid for the UUID

Compliment to the devs

2011-10-27 Thread Roelof 'Ben' Kusters
Well done devs! I have a friend, whose Thai wife has never really used computers. She's learning it now. He had me dualboot his computer with Windoze and F15; many people do. We are both used that most people don't give F15 - or Linux - a moment's thought, as they don't know how to use it. H

Re: Openfoam

2011-10-27 Thread David Gaden
Looks like I'm not going to be much help. >1. The build from source documentation is pretty bad. The "System >Requirements" need to be broken up between build requirements and >runtime requirements. I.e, do I need or -devel... It has... I don't know the full list. The distro install instructio

Re: OT? want to connect my router to a wireless network

2011-10-27 Thread Pete Travis
On Oct 27, 2011 6:41 PM, "Genes MailLists" wrote: > > On 10/27/2011 08:01 PM, Dave Stevens wrote: > > I have a Linksys wrt54G V8 wireless 4-port router. I need to connect > > to a wireless access point through this router's radio and then share > > the connection to the wired units in my office. I

Re: OT? want to connect my router to a wireless network

2011-10-27 Thread Genes MailLists
On 10/27/2011 08:01 PM, Dave Stevens wrote: > I have a Linksys wrt54G V8 wireless 4-port router. I need to connect > to a wireless access point through this router's radio and then share > the connection to the wired units in my office. It would also be nice > if I could set up the router to

Re: Persistent WIFI connection

2011-10-27 Thread Genes MailLists
On 10/27/2011 07:03 PM, Weydson Lima wrote: > I do have that option enabled. I guess my solution is to have a script > that runs periodically to check for my device's wifi?! I googled a lot > about that but couldn't find anyone that implemented something > similar. > Also - obvious point, but b

OT? want to connect my router to a wireless network

2011-10-27 Thread Dave Stevens
I have a Linksys wrt54G V8 wireless 4-port router. I need to connect to a wireless access point through this router's radio and then share the connection to the wired units in my office. It would also be nice if I could set up the router to be a repeater for the incoming wifi connection. F

UUID for USB devices

2011-10-27 Thread Geoffrey Leach
Under Fedora 14 the following procedure worked for discovering the UUID for a USB device. Insert device Look in /dev/disk/by-label for device Use file cmd to find device assigned Look in /dev/disk/by-uuid for the UUID assigned (link to same device) Alas, that no longer works. Anyone have an up-t

Re: Not a good month for computer pioneers

2011-10-27 Thread g
On 10/27/2011 10:52 PM, Fernando Cassia wrote: <> > PS: Anyone knows what is former Borland founder Philippe Kahn up to lately? > I miss Borland products... from the time they kicked the s... out of the > competition (Quattro Pro, and the Paradox database). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip

Re: Persistent WIFI connection

2011-10-27 Thread Weydson Lima
I do have that option enabled. I guess my solution is to have a script that runs periodically to check for my device's wifi?! I googled a lot about that but couldn't find anyone that implemented something similar. --- Weydson Lima weys...@gmail.com On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 3:56 PM, Christoph Wic

Re: Persistent WIFI connection

2011-10-27 Thread Christoph Wickert
Am Mittwoch, den 26.10.2011, 21:39 -0700 schrieb Weydson Lima: > Hey there, > > I have a portable 4G device which is my main device to connect to the > Internet. Whenever I return home with my device I have to manually > connect all my Fedora boxes to my 4G device as they are not able to > connect

Re: Not a good month for computer pioneers

2011-10-27 Thread Fernando Cassia
On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 19:16, Joe Zeff wrote: > On 10/27/2011 03:10 PM, Alan Evans wrote: > > First Jobs, then Ritchie, now McCarthy... Al Gore should be watching his > back... > > > No, Gore has nothing to worry about. > Only the good die young. > > :-) I personally care most about James Go

Re: Not a good month for computer pioneers

2011-10-27 Thread Joe Zeff
On 10/27/2011 03:10 PM, Alan Evans wrote: > First Jobs, then Ritchie, now McCarthy... Al Gore should be watching his > back... No, Gore has nothing to worry about. Only the good die young. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https:

Re: Not a good month for computer pioneers

2011-10-27 Thread Alan Evans
On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 1:44 PM, Aaron Konstam wrote: > In case you missed it, John McCarthy died at 84. I guess you don't have > to lisp to know about him:-) First Jobs, then Ritchie, now McCarthy... Al Gore should be watching his back... -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To un

Not a good month for computer pioneers

2011-10-27 Thread Aaron Konstam
In case you missed it, John McCarthy died at 84. I guess you don't have to lisp to know about him:-) -- === There's no time like the pleasant. === Aaron Konstam t

Re: chrome quit, won't restart

2011-10-27 Thread Steven Stern
On 10/27/2011 03:30 PM, jackson byers wrote: > $ uname -r > 2.6.35.14-97.fc14.i686.PAE > > > chrome suddenly quit; no response to clicks on icon > > trying manually: > > $ /opt/google/chrome/google-chrome & > [2] 4311 > $ [4311:4311:95679337296:ERROR:process_singleton_linux.cc(250)] Failed > //

Re: chrome quit, won't restart

2011-10-27 Thread Soham Chakraborty
Possibly for the read only FS, I think - Read-only file system is mentioned in the error messages. When you rebooted, a FSCK was done on the system and things got well. -Soham On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 2:00 AM, jackson byers wrote: > $ uname -r > 2.6.35.14-97.fc14.i686.PAE > > > chrome suddenly

chrome quit, won't restart

2011-10-27 Thread jackson byers
$ uname -r 2.6.35.14-97.fc14.i686.PAE chrome suddenly quit; no response to clicks on icon trying manually: $ /opt/google/chrome/google-chrome & [2] 4311 $ [4311:4311:95679337296:ERROR:process_singleton_linux.cc(250)] Failed to unlink /home/byers/.config/google-chrome/SingletonLock: Read-only fi

Re: Drawer in xfce?

2011-10-27 Thread Sjoerd Mullender
On 2011-10-27 20:25, Beartooth wrote: > > I'm running xfce on an expendable laptop (under F16, in case that > matters) which can also boot into gnome. How do I add a drawer or three > to a panel? Right click on the item in the panel and choose Properties. Then add items to the list. --

Drawer in xfce?

2011-10-27 Thread Beartooth
I'm running xfce on an expendable laptop (under F16, in case that matters) which can also boot into gnome. How do I add a drawer or three to a panel? -- Beartooth Staffwright -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://adm

Re: UEFI installation is non-functional in F16B - grub/grub2

2011-10-27 Thread Zoltan Hoppar
Confirmed. I have an HP Probook 4515s. Zoltan 2011/10/26 Christopher Svanefalk : > I tried installing F16 Beta on my system (an HP Probook 4510s), and as a > result it would not boot at all. I managed to work around it by first > installing F14 and then upgrading via Preupgrade. > > On Tue, Oct 2

Re: Openfoam

2011-10-27 Thread Richard Shaw
On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 10:20 AM, David Gaden wrote: > (First post, am I doing it right?) Well I can read it so I guess so! :) > I saw you guys were looking at OpenFOAM, and Richard attempted a build but > gave up.  I suspect this was bad timing - the guys at OpenCFD just patched > their reposi

Re: Openfoam

2011-10-27 Thread David Gaden
(First post, am I doing it right?) I saw you guys were looking at OpenFOAM, and Richard attempted a build but gave up. I suspect this was bad timing - the guys at OpenCFD just patched their repository to accommodate the DSO linking changes (i.e. yesterday). Also, as an (independent) OpenFOAM

Re: Persistent WIFI connection

2011-10-27 Thread Genes MailLists
On 10/27/2011 12:39 AM, Weydson Lima wrote: > Hey there, > > I have a portable 4G device which is my main device to connect to the > Internet. Whenever I return home with my device I have to manually > connect all my Fedora boxes to my 4G device as they are not able to > connect automatically. Wha