Re: Removing write protect from a seagate hard drive

2012-11-20 Thread Ed Greshko
On 11/21/2012 03:07 PM, JD wrote: > > On 11/20/2012 11:54 PM, Jens Neu wrote: >> On Wed, 21 Nov 2012 06:29:44 +0100, users-boun...@lists.fedoraproject.org >> wrote: >>> Is there a system util to use to issue >>> a command to a hard drive to remove >>> write protect? >> What kind of write protect d

Re: Removing write protect from a seagate hard drive

2012-11-20 Thread Joe Zeff
On 11/20/2012 11:07 PM, JD wrote: Since I try to mount it as root, and /dev/sdd1 has mode 600, permission is not the issue. So, it has to be a disk internal hardware state. What is your mount command. If there's an entry in fstab, give that as well, please. -- users mailing list users@lists.

Re: Removing write protect from a seagate hard drive

2012-11-20 Thread JD
On 11/20/2012 11:54 PM, Jens Neu wrote: On Wed, 21 Nov 2012 06:29:44 +0100, users-boun...@lists.fedoraproject.org wrote: Is there a system util to use to issue a command to a hard drive to remove write protect? What kind of write protect do you mean? I have never heard from a software write pr

Re: Removing write protect from a seagate hard drive

2012-11-20 Thread Jens Neu
On Wed, 21 Nov 2012 06:29:44 +0100, users-boun...@lists.fedoraproject.org wrote: > Is there a system util to use to issue > a command to a hard drive to remove > write protect? What kind of write protect do you mean? I have never heard from a software write protect in common hard disks. I've see

Removing write protect from a seagate hard drive

2012-11-20 Thread JD
Is there a system util to use to issue a command to a hard drive to remove write protect? I had thought hdparm might do it, but the man page makes no mention of such feature in hdparm. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin

Re: NM-dnsmasq: is this normal?

2012-11-20 Thread Ian Pilcher
On 11/20/2012 07:54 AM, Neal Becker wrote: > Nov 20 08:52:10 nbecker1 NetworkManager[571]: Activation (p3p1) Stage > 5 > of 5 (IPv4 Commit) complete. > Nov 20 08:52:10 nbecker1 dnsmasq[1388]: cannot access directory > /etc/NetworkManager/dnsmasq.d: No such file or directory > Nov 20 08:52:10 nb

Brightness Controls Do Not Work after Suspend-to-Disk

2012-11-20 Thread Chris Tyler
I have a Toshiba Z-830 (the Portege i7 version) which works fabulously under F17: 15 second boot, <2 second resume from RAM, all features working (except the fingerprint reader, for which I wait hopefully for a future driver). I recently configured hybrid suspend - suspend-to-RAM for 15 minutes fo

Re: Te curious case of DST

2012-11-20 Thread Suvayu Ali
On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 12:04:13PM -0800, Geoffrey Leach wrote: > On 11/20/2012 11:17:35 AM, Rick Stevens wrote: > > > > Do the machines dual boot Winblows? Winblows keeps the hardware clock > > in local time (rather than UTC like Linux). This can cause problems > > with timezones and DST. > > Ye

Re: What are these for?

2012-11-20 Thread Matthew Miller
On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 03:51:03PM +0100, lee wrote: > what is auditd for? The manpage doesn't tell me, and I can't find any > documentation about it telling me what the purpose is. Is there > anything that speaks against disabling it? This records secure log messages from the kernel, including

Re: What are these for?

2012-11-20 Thread lee
Michael Cronenworth writes: > lee wrote: >> what is auditd for? The manpage doesn't tell me, and I can't find any >> documentation about it telling me what the purpose is. Is there >> anything that speaks against disabling it? > > $ man auditd > >> >> Similar with mcelog: What do I need that f

F18: Fedora icon on gdm replaced by a fuzzy rectangle

2012-11-20 Thread Nick Urbanik
Dear Folks, I have installed Fedora 18 on seven machines using yum distro-sync, and am happy with the result. On my son's machine, however, gdm presents a fuzzy rectangular patch instead of the Fedora logo. This is also the case with the icons at the top right of the gdm screen, until you move

Re: Yumex Yum

2012-11-20 Thread Frank Murphy
On Tue, 20 Nov 2012 12:13:23 -0800 Joe Zeff wrote: > On 11/20/2012 12:02 PM, Frank Murphy wrote: > > Does yumex honour yum.conf keepcache=1 > > > > Yumex is just a GUI front end for yum. Why wouldn't it? I use a local.repo, and a recent kernel installed with yumex, is not there. Which does ha

Re: f17 gnome-shell-extension-weather

2012-11-20 Thread Aaron Konstam
On Tue, 2012-11-20 at 02:54 +0530, Arun SAG wrote: > On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 10:28:20AM -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > > The weather setup is not letting me change the city. It defaultedo such > > schema > > to Cambridge, GB and when I put in any city from its selection list, > > the OK button

Re: Te curious case of DST

2012-11-20 Thread Ranjan Maitra
On Tue, 20 Nov 2012 15:53:28 -0500 Tom Horsley wrote: > On Tue, 20 Nov 2012 12:04:13 -0800 > Geoffrey Leach wrote: > > > Yes it is dual-booted with Windoze. However, I have Linux running on > > local time for that reason. > > Doesn't matter. They both try to "fix" the clock the first time they

Re: Te curious case of DST

2012-11-20 Thread Tom Horsley
On Tue, 20 Nov 2012 12:04:13 -0800 Geoffrey Leach wrote: > Yes it is dual-booted with Windoze. However, I have Linux running on > local time for that reason. Doesn't matter. They both try to "fix" the clock the first time they are booted after the DST change. There is a flag you are supposed to

Re: Yumex Yum

2012-11-20 Thread Joe Zeff
On 11/20/2012 12:02 PM, Frank Murphy wrote: Does yumex honour yum.conf keepcache=1 Yumex is just a GUI front end for yum. Why wouldn't it? -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users

Re: Te curious case of DST

2012-11-20 Thread Geoffrey Leach
On 11/20/2012 11:17:35 AM, Rick Stevens wrote: > On 11/20/2012 10:37 AM, Geoffrey Leach issued this missive: > > On 11/19/2012 09:02:17 PM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > >> On Mon, 19 Nov 2012 20:28:39 -0800 Geoffrey Leach > > >> wrote: > >> > >>> Suddenly my two (count 'em) computers networked together

System pauses when replaying

2012-11-20 Thread Geoffrey Leach
Configuration. Host is a Puget Systems Echo I, built on the Intel DH77DF MB. It uses an Intel i7 3.1 GHz with 2 x Patriot Signature DDR3-1333 8GB. There is a 100MHz connection to a Silicon Dust dual tuner. What's going on. While the tuner is decoding and downloading OTA TV and mplayer is repla

Yumex Yum

2012-11-20 Thread Frank Murphy
Does yumex honour yum.conf keepcache=1 -- Regards, Frank -- 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_guidelines Have a question? As

Re: Te curious case of DST

2012-11-20 Thread Rick Stevens
On 11/20/2012 10:37 AM, Geoffrey Leach issued this missive: On 11/19/2012 09:02:17 PM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: On Mon, 19 Nov 2012 20:28:39 -0800 Geoffrey Leach wrote: Suddenly my two (count 'em) computers networked together and connected to the internet have been booting up in DST - i.e. one

Re: Te curious case of DST

2012-11-20 Thread Geoffrey Leach
On 11/19/2012 09:02:17 PM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > On Mon, 19 Nov 2012 20:28:39 -0800 Geoffrey Leach > wrote: > > > Suddenly my two (count 'em) computers networked together and > connected > > to the internet have been booting up in DST - i.e. one hour later > than > > the actual time. A pointer

Re: Looking for a new netbook

2012-11-20 Thread fred smith
On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 10:05:16AM -0500, fred smith wrote: > On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 09:02:02AM -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > > I have to do something about replacing or upgrading my Asus ee701. > > > > So I am looking for a netbook with: > > > > 7-9" screen > > 1Gb mem > > 16Gb storage > > 5

Re: Looking for a new netbook

2012-11-20 Thread fred smith
On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 09:02:02AM -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > I have to do something about replacing or upgrading my Asus ee701. > > So I am looking for a netbook with: > > 7-9" screen > 1Gb mem > 16Gb storage > 5hr battery > < $100 > > Asus 900? I can watch ebay and hopefully get one in

Re: Kate over a remote connection

2012-11-20 Thread Mark Haney
On 11/20/2012 08:47 AM, Reindl Harald wrote: alias kate='/usr/bin/kate --graphicssystem native' That did it. Thanks. -- Mark Haney Software Developer/Consultant AB Emblem ma...@abemblem.com Linux marius.homelinux.org 3.5.1-1.fc17.x86_64 GNU/Linux -- users mailing list users@lists.fedorapr

Looking for a new netbook

2012-11-20 Thread Robert Moskowitz
I have to do something about replacing or upgrading my Asus ee701. So I am looking for a netbook with: 7-9" screen 1Gb mem 16Gb storage 5hr battery < $100 Asus 900? I can watch ebay and hopefully get one in my price range. Dell 1012 is a bit big for my wants. Others? -- users mailing list u

Re: Kate over a remote connection

2012-11-20 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 20.11.2012 14:58, schrieb Jens Neu: >> (I know I can use vi, but unless someone can show me how >> to highlight perl and javascript code in vi, this is what I use) > > vi foo.pl, , syntax: on that does not change it to a aapplication like "kate" where you have on the left side the tree of op

Re: Kate over a remote connection

2012-11-20 Thread Gary Stainburn
On Tuesday 20 November 2012 13:58:36 Jens Neu wrote: > > (I know I can use vi, but unless someone can show me how > > to highlight perl and javascript code in vi, this is what I use) > > vi foo.pl, , syntax: on > > regards > Jens You could just add syntax on to /etc/vimrc -- Gary Stainburn Gro

Re: Kate over a remote connection

2012-11-20 Thread Jens Neu
(I know I can use vi, but unless someone can show me how to highlight perl and javascript code in vi, this is what I use) vi foo.pl, , syntax: on regards Jens -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailm

Re: Kate over a remote connection

2012-11-20 Thread Gary Stainburn
On Tuesday 20 November 2012 13:28:42 Mark Haney wrote: > Up until the latest version of Kate (3.8.5 with Qt v4.8.1 & KDE v4.8.5) > I've been able to use it over a remote LAN connection without any > trouble. (I know I can use vi, but unless someone can show me how to > highlight perl and javascrip

NM-dnsmasq: is this normal?

2012-11-20 Thread Neal Becker
Nov 20 08:52:10 nbecker1 NetworkManager[571]: Activation (p3p1) Stage 5 of 5 (IPv4 Commit) complete. Nov 20 08:52:10 nbecker1 dnsmasq[1388]: cannot access directory /etc/NetworkManager/dnsmasq.d: No such file or directory Nov 20 08:52:10 nbecker1 dnsmasq[1388]: FAILED to start up Nov 20 08:52:10

Re: Kate over a remote connection

2012-11-20 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 20.11.2012 14:28, schrieb Mark Haney: > Up until the latest version of Kate (3.8.5 with Qt v4.8.1 & KDE v4.8.5) I've > been able to use it over a remote LAN > connection without any trouble. (I know I can use vi, but unless someone can > show me how to highlight perl and > javascript code i

Kate over a remote connection

2012-11-20 Thread Mark Haney
Up until the latest version of Kate (3.8.5 with Qt v4.8.1 & KDE v4.8.5) I've been able to use it over a remote LAN connection without any trouble. (I know I can use vi, but unless someone can show me how to highlight perl and javascript code in vi, this is what I use) Now it's just dog slow.

Re: Grub boot menu after kernel update/install

2012-11-20 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 20.11.2012 12:18, schrieb Mateusz Marzantowicz: > I totally don't know about setting up and using grub password because > this kid of security method is IMHO outdated comparing to disk encryption it is not the reason to set it is prevent unauthorized users to boot whatever they like or chan

Re: Grub boot menu after kernel update/install

2012-11-20 Thread Mateusz Marzantowicz
On 20.11.2012 10:36, Reindl Harald wrote: > > Am 20.11.2012 09:04, schrieb Mateusz Marzantowicz: >> I know it's nothing serious but after installing/removing new kernel >> with yum my boot menu is totally messed up. >> >> What I mean here is that after clean install of Fedora (17/18) or after >> ru

Re: Hack attacks

2012-11-20 Thread Gary Stainburn
On Tuesday 20 November 2012 10:15:55 Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote: > And just how would someone "know" if they've been cracked?are there > alerts?...or is it really a matter of waiting for someone to contact you > telling you that they've gotten your IP address when doing a backtrace > from thei

Re: Hack attacks

2012-11-20 Thread Eddie G. O'Connor Jr.
On 11/19/2012 04:30 AM, Gary Stainburn wrote: On Monday 19 November 2012 06:18:03 Roger wrote: You are SOooo right, denial of responsibility is what happens! I am aware of instances recently where windows machines are obviously hacked and email addresses appropriated. It's no use telling the peo

Re: Wine + Netflix on Fedora 17

2012-11-20 Thread Eddie G. O'Connor Jr.
On 11/19/2012 03:47 AM, Konstantin Svist wrote: In case anyone is interested, it's now possible to get netflix running on patched wine. I've written out the way I did it on my machine, here: http://how-to.wikia.com/wiki/How_to_watch_Netflix_%28Watch_Instantly%29_in_Linux#Running_with_Wine For

Re: Grub boot menu after kernel update/install

2012-11-20 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 20.11.2012 09:04, schrieb Mateusz Marzantowicz: > I know it's nothing serious but after installing/removing new kernel > with yum my boot menu is totally messed up. > > What I mean here is that after clean install of Fedora (17/18) or after > running grub2-mkconfig there are only two "top lev

Grub boot menu after kernel update/install

2012-11-20 Thread Mateusz Marzantowicz
I know it's nothing serious but after installing/removing new kernel with yum my boot menu is totally messed up. What I mean here is that after clean install of Fedora (17/18) or after running grub2-mkconfig there are only two "top level" items in grub menu: 1. Fedora 2. Advanced options for Fedo