Cannot open package header

2012-01-16 Thread getoskey
Installation stops with: PackageHeader1:NetworkManager-gnome-0.9.2-1.fc16.i686 RPM Cannot open Downloaded and burned twice from http://mirrors.servercentral.net Installation stopped with same message for both discs. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or cha

f16 - Brain dead wireless network manager

2012-01-16 Thread Robert Moskowitz
f16 and gnome 3 Now I know a little bit about 802.11. I am currently at the IEEE 802 wireless interim meeting in Jacksonville, FL. Most of my time is in 802.15.9 (I am the chair), but I still attend 802.11 sessions. That is I know something about the guts of 802.11 setup... So here I am s

file /run/sm-client.pid does not exist

2012-01-16 Thread Robert Moskowitz
F16 I see this message frequently in /var/log/messages: Jan 16 22:24:07 lx120e systemd[1]: PID 14668 read from file /run/sm-client.pid does not exist. Your service or init script might be broken. What does this mean and what do I do about it??? -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproje

Re: libreoffice paper size magic.

2012-01-16 Thread fred smith
On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 09:24:06PM -0500, Tom Horsley wrote: > Spent all evening googling and stracing libreoffice, etc. > Finally found how to make the miserable thing default > to Letter rather than A4 paper size on startup, so I > thought I'd let other Fedora users know :-). > > step 1: > > yu

libreoffice paper size magic.

2012-01-16 Thread Tom Horsley
Spent all evening googling and stracing libreoffice, etc. Finally found how to make the miserable thing default to Letter rather than A4 paper size on startup, so I thought I'd let other Fedora users know :-). step 1: yum install libpaper step 2: echo Letter > /etc/papersize That's it. Finally

Re: Update regarding HDMI frustration

2012-01-16 Thread Marko Vojinovic
On Monday 16 January 2012 16:49:38 Fedora User wrote: > On Mon, 16 Jan 2012 05:45:17 + > Marko Vojinovic wrote: > > I missed the earlier thread about this. Would something on the lines > > of > > > > xrandr --output LVDS1 --mode 1366x768 --output HDMI1 --mode 1920x1080 > > --right- of LVDS1 >

Re: F-16/64 bit no sound -

2012-01-16 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 16/01/12 18:35, Steve Snyder wrote: Make sure that the user you're testing as is a member of the "audio" group. E.g..: usermod -G audio myidentity That appears to have enabled the sound circuits although that was not set in F-15/32. In F-16 it makes a big difference so

Re: F-16/64 bit no sound -

2012-01-16 Thread Steve Snyder
On Monday, January 16, 2012 6:22pm, "Bob Goodwin" said: > On 16/01/12 16:40, Steve Snyder wrote: >> On Monday, January 16, 2012 4:27pm, "Bob Goodwin" >> said: >>> On 15/01/12 15:56, Bob Goodwin wrote: I have two hard drives, only one available sata connection.

Re: F-16/64 bit no sound -

2012-01-16 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 16/01/12 16:40, Steve Snyder wrote: On Monday, January 16, 2012 4:27pm, "Bob Goodwin" said: On 15/01/12 15:56, Bob Goodwin wrote: I have two hard drives, only one available sata connection. F-15 on the first drive has sound and works as expected with tha

Re: OT: bash script - unexpected exit

2012-01-16 Thread Frantisek Hanzlik
Andre Speelmans napsal(a): >> You shouldn't rely on cat or for to read a file line by line, but instead do >> this: >> >> while read line; do >> commands >> done < hosts > > I would pick this form myself, but why should one not rely on cat? It > seems to me a viable (even if useless use of cat)

Re: Utility to print .cdr files?

2012-01-16 Thread Lucélio Gomes de Freitas
Hi fRiends, Em 15-01-2012 10:04, Richard Shaw escreveu: > 2012/1/15 Lucélio Gomes de Freitas : >> Hi fiends, > I think you meant friends? :) Yes, sorry for my poor english. > >> I received and have only to print a ".cdr" file crated by "Corell draw". >> >> Any help with the right utility? I can't

Re: Mounting a partition within a dd image of a windows drive

2012-01-16 Thread Gordon Messmer
On 01/16/2012 06:53 AM, Bryn M. Reeves wrote: Run "kpartx -a /dev/loop0". You can also run "kpartx -a" on the file itself, and skip manually setting up the loop device. If you have a loop device set up already, "partprobe" is the other tool that will reload the partition table. -- users ma

Re: OT: bash script - unexpected exit

2012-01-16 Thread Dave Ihnat
On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 09:25:30PM +0100, Andre Speelmans wrote: > I was not trying, the OP had a script that did a: > cat file | while read line; do something done > > Matthew commented that you should not rely on cat for reading a file > line by line and I was curious as to why not. ... I'm not

Re: OT: bash script - unexpected exit

2012-01-16 Thread Cameron Simpson
On 16Jan2012 19:57, Hiisi wrote: | On 16 January 2012 20:50, Kevin Martin wrote: | > put a 'set -x' in there so you can see what's happening during the execution.  It would be interesting to know what $line is getting | > set to.  You may be surprised. | > | > Kevin | | Thanks for you help, Kev

Re: Update regarding HDMI frustration

2012-01-16 Thread Fedora User
On Mon, 16 Jan 2012 05:45:17 + Marko Vojinovic wrote: > > I missed the earlier thread about this. Would something on the lines > of > > xrandr --output LVDS1 --mode 1366x768 --output HDMI1 --mode 1920x1080 > --right- of LVDS1 Probably not and I was trying to clone LVDS1. After considerable

Re: F-16/64 bit no sound -

2012-01-16 Thread Steve Snyder
On Monday, January 16, 2012 4:27pm, "Bob Goodwin" said: > On 15/01/12 15:56, Bob Goodwin wrote: >> >>I have two hard drives, only one available sata connection. >>F-15 on the first drive has sound and works as expected with >>that drive plugged in. The new inst

Re: Stuck and Frustrated : Try to get from Live CD to Desktop system Fedora 16.

2012-01-16 Thread Aaron Konstam
On Mon, 2012-01-16 at 09:58 -0700, stan wrote: > On Mon, 16 Jan 2012 05:50:09 -0500 > William Case wrote: > > > What should I be doing? > > You don't say what you've tried, but, from memory, I think all you > have > to do is > chroot /mnt/Sysimage > I can't remember if the Sysimage is supposed t

Re: F-16/64 bit no sound -

2012-01-16 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 15/01/12 15:56, Bob Goodwin wrote: I have two hard drives, only one available sata connection. F-15 on the first drive has sound and works as expected with that drive plugged in. The new install of F-16 on the second drive has no sound, Alsa reports

Re: Question on shredding a terebyte drive

2012-01-16 Thread mike cloaked
On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 5:47 PM, Tim wrote: > On Thu, 2009-09-03 at 09:23 +1000, Roger wrote: >> I've found over time that formatting with ext3 tends to remove most >> hidden partitions > > I don't see how it can do that.  Formatting creates a file system within > a partition.  If you want to do s

Re: OT: bash script - unexpected exit

2012-01-16 Thread JD
On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 1:25 PM, Andre Speelmans wrote: > On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 8:55 PM, JD wrote: >> What exactly were you trying to accomplish using cat? > > I was not trying, the OP had a script that did a: > cat file | while read line; do something done > > Matthew commented that you should

Re: OT: bash script - unexpected exit

2012-01-16 Thread Andre Speelmans
On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 8:55 PM, JD wrote: > What exactly were you trying to accomplish using cat? I was not trying, the OP had a script that did a: cat file | while read line; do something done Matthew commented that you should not rely on cat for reading a file line by line and I was curious a

Re: OT: bash script - unexpected exit

2012-01-16 Thread JD
On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 11:27 AM, Andre Speelmans wrote: >> You shouldn't rely on cat or for to read a file line by line, but instead do >> this: >> >> while read line; do >>   commands >> done < hosts > > I would pick this form myself, but why should one not rely on cat? It > seems to me a viable

Re: Wireless driver of Dell inspiron mini 1018

2012-01-16 Thread JD
On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 11:14 AM, Danishka Navin wrote: > On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 11:39 PM, JD wrote: >> >> On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 10:58 AM, Danishka Navin >> wrote: >> > >> > I have installed driver for rtl8192ce on  Dell inspiron mini 1018. >> > >> > I could not 'on' the wireless. >> > >> >

File Manager with Folder/File Tree for XFCE

2012-01-16 Thread Oliver Ruebenacker
Hello, I'm running XFCE under F16 and I am looking for a light-weight file manager that can show both files and folders as a single tree (apparently, Thunar can't). Can you recommend any? Thanks! Take care Oliver -- Oliver Ruebenacker, Computational Cell Biologist Virtual Cell

Re: OT: bash script - unexpected exit

2012-01-16 Thread Andre Speelmans
> You shouldn't rely on cat or for to read a file line by line, but instead do > this: > > while read line; do >   commands > done < hosts I would pick this form myself, but why should one not rely on cat? It seems to me a viable (even if useless use of cat) option. Is there something totally wron

Re: Question on shredding a terebyte drive

2012-01-16 Thread Tim
On Thu, 2009-09-03 at 09:23 +1000, Roger wrote: > I've found over time that formatting with ext3 tends to remove most > hidden partitions I don't see how it can do that. Formatting creates a file system within a partition. If you want to do something to a partition, you need to use a function t

Re: Wireless driver of Dell inspiron mini 1018

2012-01-16 Thread Danishka Navin
On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 11:46 PM, Terry Polzin wrote: > On Mon, 2012-01-16 at 23:28 +0530, Danishka Navin wrote: > > I have installed driver for rtl8192ce on Dell inspiron mini 1018. > > > > I could not 'on' the wireless. > > > > Here is the dmesg and rfkill list http://fpaste.org/Oqmv/ > > > >

Re: OT: bash script - unexpected exit

2012-01-16 Thread Matthew Mosesohn
You shouldn't rely on cat or for to read a file line by line, but instead do this: while read line; do commands done < hosts Matthew Mosesohn "Мир тесен." - Original Message - From: "Hiisi" To: "Community support for Fedora users" Sent: Monday, January 16, 2012 12:08:45 PM Subjec

Re: Wireless driver of Dell inspiron mini 1018

2012-01-16 Thread Terry Polzin
On Mon, 2012-01-16 at 23:28 +0530, Danishka Navin wrote: > I have installed driver for rtl8192ce on Dell inspiron mini 1018. > > I could not 'on' the wireless. > > Here is the dmesg and rfkill list http://fpaste.org/Oqmv/ > > log file; http://fpaste.org/4Ev5/ > > > -- > Danishka Navin > htt

Re: Wireless driver of Dell inspiron mini 1018

2012-01-16 Thread Danishka Navin
I found a key (f2) but not sure weather it works. :( btw, bluetooth is on (right now i am away from that system but i could check it tomorrow morning. is it possible to turn on the turns the radio (transceiver) using alternative method? On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 11:39 PM, JD wrote: > On Mon, Ja

Re: Wireless driver of Dell inspiron mini 1018

2012-01-16 Thread JD
On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 10:58 AM, Danishka Navin wrote: > > I have installed driver for rtl8192ce on  Dell inspiron mini 1018. > > I could not 'on' the wireless. > > Here is the dmesg and rfkill list http://fpaste.org/Oqmv/ > > log file; http://fpaste.org/4Ev5/ > > Do you have a physical switch

Wireless driver of Dell inspiron mini 1018

2012-01-16 Thread Danishka Navin
I have installed driver for rtl8192ce on Dell inspiron mini 1018. I could not 'on' the wireless. Here is the dmesg and rfkill list http://fpaste.org/Oqmv/ log file; http://fpaste.org/4Ev5/ -- Danishka Navin http://danishkanavin.blogspot.com http://twitter.com/danishkanavin http://www.flickr.

Re: Somewhat OT: Windows won't boot after update

2012-01-16 Thread Emilio Lopez
>> After a "Windows Update", Windows 7 Won't boot anymore. I have no idea >> why >> and how can I restore it. > There is a "Windows 7 Restore CD" which could solve that, but surely > this will remove grub completely. > > Emilio. >> This is a OEM edition... I'm not talking about the restore CD th

Re: OT: bash script - unexpected exit

2012-01-16 Thread Hiisi
On 16 January 2012 20:57, Hiisi wrote: > On 16 January 2012 20:50, Kevin Martin wrote: >> put a 'set -x' in there so you can see what's happening during the >> execution.  It would be interesting to know what $line is getting >> set to.  You may be surprised. >> >> Kevin > > Thanks for you help,

Re: OT: bash script - unexpected exit

2012-01-16 Thread Hiisi
On 16 January 2012 20:50, Kevin Martin wrote: > put a 'set -x' in there so you can see what's happening during the execution. >  It would be interesting to know what $line is getting > set to.  You may be surprised. > > Kevin Thanks for you help, Kevin. It doesn't display anything during first l

Re: Stuck and Frustrated : Try to get from Live CD to Desktop system Fedora 16.

2012-01-16 Thread stan
On Mon, 16 Jan 2012 05:50:09 -0500 William Case wrote: > What should I be doing? You don't say what you've tried, but, from memory, I think all you have to do is chroot /mnt/Sysimage I can't remember if the Sysimage is supposed to be SysImage, etc. You should do a ls /mnt to see what the corr

Re: OT: bash script - unexpected exit

2012-01-16 Thread Kevin Martin
On 01/16/2012 10:29 AM, Hiisi wrote: > Hi, list. > Sorry for OT. I like this list and really appreciate your help. Please > excuse me if this post irritates you. > I want to write a bash script that will do some work on a LAN. Here's > the script (at least I execute it on Fedora machine ): > #!/b

OT: bash script - unexpected exit

2012-01-16 Thread Hiisi
Hi, list. Sorry for OT. I like this list and really appreciate your help. Please excuse me if this post irritates you. I want to write a bash script that will do some work on a LAN. Here's the script (at least I execute it on Fedora machine ): #!/bin/sh set -e cat hosts | while read line do

Stuck and Frustrated : Try to get from Live CD to Desktop system Fedora 16.

2012-01-16 Thread William Case
Hi: I used to be able to get from a rescue disk to my system with a chroot command. Been trying all morning to get from my live cd into my desktop root to make repairs. I have tried every thing I can think of. My system is tantalizingly close. I can see it, but I can't get to it. What shoul

Re: When is EOL not EOL

2012-01-16 Thread Aaron Konstam
On Sun, 2012-01-15 at 18:46 -0600, Aaron Konstam wrote: > I was surprised when my EOL F14 displayed an icon for updating. And > gnome-chrome was installed. > > So are we at EOL for F14. > -- I am sorry I confused everyone. I was really kidding. I know Google-chrome did no come from a fedora repo

Re: Somewhat OT: Windows won't boot after update

2012-01-16 Thread John Aldrich
Quoting Sergio Belkin : 2012/1/16 Emilio Lopez > After a "Windows Update", Windows 7 Won't boot anymore. I have no idea why > and how can I restore it. There is a "Windows 7 Restore CD" which could solve that, but surely this will remove grub completely. Emilio. -- This is a OEM edition.

Re: Somewhat OT: Windows won't boot after update

2012-01-16 Thread Sergio Belkin
2012/1/16 Emilio Lopez > > After a "Windows Update", Windows 7 Won't boot anymore. I have no idea > why > > and how can I restore it. > > There is a "Windows 7 Restore CD" which could solve that, but surely > this will remove grub completely. > > Emilio. > -- > This is a OEM edition... -- -- S

Re: Mounting a partition within a dd image of a windows drive

2012-01-16 Thread Bryn M. Reeves
On 01/14/2012 07:33 PM, JD wrote: > fdisk -l /dev/loop0 > > and it shows there is 1 partition: > > /dev/loop0p1 etc . etc. > Run "kpartx -a /dev/loop0". This will create device-mapper linear devices that map the partitions contained within the image. You will find them in /dev/mapper na

Re: Logitech MX Revolution Mouse Problems, wheel button

2012-01-16 Thread Anthony R Fletcher
On 16 Jan 2012 at 06:24:07, John Horne wrote: > On Sun, 2012-01-15 at 10:19 -0500, William M. Quarles wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I recently installed Fedora 15 after a long respite from Fedora 14, for > > the first time in x86_64, and I was excited to see that I could finally > > use the wheel butto

Re: F16: how to use MTP to transfer to Android Galaxy Nexus

2012-01-16 Thread Emilio Lopez
> I'm trying to transfer files from F16 to my Galaxy Nexus You can use a ssh ftp client in your android, to connect to Fedora. If you have no wifi, but a laptop, you can create a wifi ad-hoc connection in your Fedora, and connect android to it. Emilio. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedorapro

Re: Somewhat OT: Windows won't boot after update

2012-01-16 Thread Emilio Lopez
> After a "Windows Update", Windows 7 Won't boot anymore. I have no idea why > and how can I restore it. There is a "Windows 7 Restore CD" which could solve that, but surely this will remove grub completely. Emilio. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change sub

Re: Samsung printer won't print

2012-01-16 Thread Tim Waugh
On Sat, 2012-01-14 at 16:29 +, mike cloaked wrote: > It is possible that although the OP has a printer that is not > in the splix support list that adding in the id at the appropriate > part of the config would allow it to work with the existing files? It > would need to be tested of course!

Re: Logitech MX Revolution Mouse Problems, wheel button

2012-01-16 Thread John Horne
On Sun, 2012-01-15 at 10:19 -0500, William M. Quarles wrote: > Hi, > > I recently installed Fedora 15 after a long respite from Fedora 14, for > the first time in x86_64, and I was excited to see that I could finally > use the wheel button on my MX Logitech Revolution mouse as the "middle" > bu

Re: flash drive reporting wrong size, how to fix?

2012-01-16 Thread Ian Malone
On 15 January 2012 22:23, Pete Travis wrote: > On Jan 15, 2012 2:17 PM, "Ian Malone" wrote: >> >> On 15 January 2012 19:59, Joe Zeff wrote: >> > On 01/15/2012 11:45 AM, Ian Malone wrote: >> >> >> >> The only reason I >> >> haven't got a new one yet is 2GB ones are hard to find these days. >> >

Re: Booting a computr in EFI mode.

2012-01-16 Thread John Austin
On Sun, 2012-01-15 at 18:38 -0600, Aaron Konstam wrote: > On Mon, 2012-01-16 at 09:28 +1000, david walcroft wrote: > > On 01/15/2012 07:07 PM, Frank Murphy wrote: > > > On 15/01/12 00:41, david walcroft wrote: > > >>> No unless you install as "new", instead of upgrade. > > >>> > > >>> http://www.l

Re: sudoers file

2012-01-16 Thread Frank Murphy
On 11/01/12 23:58, Kaushal Shriyan wrote: Hi, Any documentation to set up sudoers file apart from man sudoers ? Regards, Kaushal This link gives an example, with comments as to what each user may need to do. http://www.gratisoft.us/sudo/sample.sudoers -- Regards, Frank Murphy UTF_8 Enco