Re: user creation during installation

On 08/19/2013 10:27 PM, Javier Perez wrote: What happens here if the directory already exist, will it be erased? Or will the installer use the existing directory? It will ask you if you want to use the existing directory or create a new one. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.o

user creation during installation

What happens if I am installing over an existing system. I have a directory on its own /home partition /home/username During installation it ask to set an Administrator user. One of the options is "Create a home directory for this user" What happens here if the directory already exist, will it

Re: Set default video application -

On 19 August 2013 23:42, Suvayu Ali wrote: > On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 07:54:05PM +0200, poma wrote: > > On 19.08.2013 17:24, Suvayu Ali wrote: > > > > > > As you can see, you have to repeat this for all file types. It would > be > > > simpler if you could just say 'video/*', but I don't think you

Re: Set default video application -

On 19.08.2013 23:42, Suvayu Ali wrote: > On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 07:54:05PM +0200, poma wrote: >> On 19.08.2013 17:24, Suvayu Ali wrote: >>> >>> As you can see, you have to repeat this for all file types. It would be >>> simpler if you could just say 'video/*', but I don't think you can. >>> >>> I

Re: Something simple re: a new partition under lvm.

On Mon, 2013-08-19 at 20:15 -0500, Javier Perez wrote: > I think there are some conceptual issues that you should understand > and I do not feel you are clear on them yet. (Or maybe I am the one > not clear) > > First of all, there is no "last 50Gb" on a LLV scheme. When you create > and use LLV,

Re: Mouse button debouncing

On 08/19/2013 08:54 PM, g wrote: > > > hi to poc and all respondents of his thread, > > On 08/19/2013 06:36 PM, Tim wrote: > <> > >> /snip/ > > you all need to do what i did years ago. > > i bought a thumb type logitech trackman marble and i have enjoy the critter > and cursoring ever sense

Re: Something simple re: a new partition under lvm.

I think there are some conceptual issues that you should understand and I do not feel you are clear on them yet. (Or maybe I am the one not clear) First of all, there is no "last 50Gb" on a LLV scheme. When you create and use LLV, you are surrendering disk management to the LLV manager in exchange

Re: BASH and wildcard expansion

On Tue, 20 Aug 2013, Suvayu Ali wrote: On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 05:18:40PM -0500, Bill Oliver wrote: # Filename format _MM_DD--HHMM.zip filename="$log_year-$log_month-$log_day--*.zip" filelist=`ls $filename` Please don't do this. A much better solution is: filelist=($log_year-$log_mont

Re: Mouse button debouncing

hi to poc and all respondents of his thread, On 08/19/2013 06:36 PM, Tim wrote: <> I've resoldered it several times, and that fixes it until the next accident. I just don't see the point in forking out $30 for another mouse, that will probably be even worse (the build quality seems awful, th

Re: Set default video application -

On 19/08/13 11:24, Suvayu Ali wrote: On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 10:08:19AM -0400, Bob Goodwin ~ Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: How xdg-mime would be used to change this is not obvious to me after reading the man page. It is actually not trivial! I do not think the mimetype argument to xdg-mime takes

Re: Mouse button debouncing

Allegedly, on or about 19 August 2013, Patrick O'Callaghan sent: > I have a Logitech Bluetooth mouse which I'm fairly sure has a hardware > problem. The left button frequently issues two click events in rapid > succession when pressed only once. Has it always been that way? I've got a mouse that'

Re: BASH and wildcard expansion

On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 05:18:40PM -0500, Bill Oliver wrote: > > # Filename format _MM_DD--HHMM.zip > filename="$log_year-$log_month-$log_day--*.zip" > > filelist=`ls $filename` Please don't do this. A much better solution is: filelist=($log_year-$log_month-$log_day--*.zip) See:

Switch between speakers and headphones with PulseAudio (was Re: HDA jack retasking)

On 08/19/2013 01:10 AM, Raman Gupta wrote: > Next problem: getting PulseAudio to recognize that I have both > headphones plugged in (to the retasked jack) as well as regular > speakers, and switch between them at command. > > PulseAudio shows two output Ports: "Analog Output" as well as > "Headpho

Re: BASH and wildcard expansion

On Mon, 19 Aug 2013, Mark Haney wrote: I've hit a problem I can't quite figure out which a bash script I'm writing.   I'm trying to copy backup files in the format 2013-August-18--1123.zip to an NFS share.  I want to have the script copy the file with just the date.  In bash I've setup vars th

Re: Mouse button debouncing

On 19/08/13 21:22, David G. Miller wrote: Patrick O'Callaghan gmail.com> writes: I have a Logitech Bluetooth mouse which I'm fairly sure has a hardware problem. The left button frequently issues two click events in rapid succession when pressed only once. Is there a way to tell X that two suc

Re: BASH and wildcard expansion

On 19Aug2013 15:15, Mark Haney wrote: | Let me try again. I want to copy a file with a filename like | 2013-August-18--1123.zip to another folder. However, because the last 4 | digits of the filename won't always be the same, I want to be able to | search in a bash script for '2013-August-18--*.

Re: Set default video application -

On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 07:54:05PM +0200, poma wrote: > On 19.08.2013 17:24, Suvayu Ali wrote: > > > > As you can see, you have to repeat this for all file types. It would be > > simpler if you could just say 'video/*', but I don't think you can. > > > > If someone knows an easier way to add a c

Re: HD to SSD question. THANKS.

On 18/08/13 22:57, Erik P. Olsen wrote: I plan to swap the HD on my laptop with an SSD of same size. Will it work OK if I dd the HD to an external HD, swap the HD with the SSD and dd the contents back to the SSD? I believe I can use knoppix to the process. Thanks to everybody for providing suc

Re: HD to SSD question.

On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 09:24:14PM +0200, Heinz Diehl wrote: > On 19.08.2013, Mihai T. Lazarescu wrote: > > > It appears that CFQ can sense and adapt to SSD and has little > > if any loss to other I/O schedulers: > > > http://www.velobit.com/storage-performance-blog/bid/126135/Effects-Of-Linux-

Re: Something simple re: a new partition under lvm.

On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 10:59:46PM +0200, Mateusz Marzantowicz wrote: > pvscan, pvscreate, vgscan, vgcreate, lvscan, lvcreate These days, vgcreate followed by lvcreate is sufficient. - vgcreate automatically performs pvcreate if it needs to - scans shouldn't normally be needed Alasdair -- use

Re: Something simple re: a new partition under lvm.

On 19.08.2013 22:34, Bill Case wrote: > Hi; > > There used to be a gui for lvm commands. It seems to have disappeared. > I have browsed the man pages. It seems to involve more risk and > learning than I want at the moment. > > What I want to do is simple. I have a freshly installed Fedor 19 on

Something simple re: a new partition under lvm.

Hi; There used to be a gui for lvm commands. It seems to have disappeared. I have browsed the man pages. It seems to involve more risk and learning than I want at the moment. What I want to do is simple. I have a freshly installed Fedor 19 on a 500 Gig drive. Anaconda install lvm. I want to a

Re: Mouse button debouncing

Patrick O'Callaghan gmail.com> writes: > > I have a Logitech Bluetooth mouse which I'm fairly sure has a hardware > problem. The left button frequently issues two click events in rapid > succession when pressed only once. Is there a way to tell X that two > such events in under some threshold sh

Re: BASH and wildcard expansion

On 08/19/2013 12:51 PM, Mark Haney wrote: I can (and am) using the date command in a variable. But, the filename is not just backup-08-18-2013.zip, which isn't a problem to do. The problem is the filename is variable /outside/ the date. For example: backup-08-18-2013--1215.zip. I can VAR the

Re: BASH and wildcard expansion

I can (and am) using the date command in a variable. But, the filename is not just backup-08-18-2013.zip, which isn't a problem to do. The problem is the filename is variable /outside/ the date. For example: backup-08-18-2013--1215.zip. I can VAR the date parts, but that '1215' part I need to w

Re: HD to SSD question.

On 18.08.2013 22:57, Erik P. Olsen wrote: > I plan to swap the HD on my laptop with an SSD of same size. Will it > work OK if I dd the HD to an external HD, swap the HD with the SSD and > dd the contents back to the SSD? I believe I can use knoppix to the > process. > If I were you I'd go with fr

Re: AMD

On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 3:51 PM, Fred Smith wrote: > > AMD video chips, OTOH, are not (IMHO) as well supported. Today with AMD APUs (CPU+GPU in a single chip) the support can only improve http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=amd_a10_6800k&num=1 ..and according to Larabel things loo

Re: BASH and wildcard expansion

On 08/19/2013 12:15 PM, Mark Haney wrote: How can I do that in a bash script. I can probably use find, but this seems much simpler and/or quicker than finding one file. Are you looking for files with today's date, or with a specific date? In the former case, you can use the date command to pu

Re: HD to SSD question.

On 19.08.2013, Mihai T. Lazarescu wrote: > It appears that CFQ can sense and adapt to SSD and has little > if any loss to other I/O schedulers: > http://www.velobit.com/storage-performance-blog/bid/126135/Effects-Of-Linux-IO-Scheduler-On-SSD-Performance They only tested bandwidth, not latency.

Re: BASH and wildcard expansion

Let me try again. I want to copy a file with a filename like 2013-August-18--1123.zip to another folder. However, because the last 4 digits of the filename won't always be the same, I want to be able to search in a bash script for '2013-August-18--*.zip'. I.e. match all files with '2013-August-18

Re: BASH and wildcard expansion

On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 1:56 PM, Mark Haney wrote: > I've hit a problem I can't quite figure out which a bash script I'm writing. > I'm trying to copy backup files in the format 2013-August-18--1123.zip to an > NFS share. I want to have the script copy the file with just the date. In > bash I've

Re: AMD

On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 2:07 AM, Richard Vickery wrote: > > the salesman suggested that other customers > have said that Linux has issues with AMD If you trust what any salesman says you have problems... ;) Using an AMD Fusion APU based tablet from MSI here. And AMD developers are regular contr

Re: BASH and wildcard expansion

On 08/19/2013 11:56 AM, Mark Haney wrote: # Filename format _MM_DD--HHMM.zip filename=$log_year"-"$log_month"-"$log_day"--"/*".zip" I think that's supposed to be "\*" but ICBW. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.

Re: BASH and wildcard expansion

Around 07:56pm on Monday, August 19, 2013 (UK time), Mark Haney scrawled: > I've hit a problem I can't quite figure out which a bash script I'm > writing. I'm trying to copy backup files in the format > 2013-August-18--1123.zip to an NFS share. I want to have the script copy > the file with just

Re: HD to SSD question.

On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 06:30:06PM +0200, Heinz Diehl wrote: > Don't forget to switch to the deadline elevator, it works a > lot better than cfq in combination with non-rotational drives. It appears that CFQ can sense and adapt to SSD and has little if any loss to other I/O schedulers: https

Re: AMD

On Sun, 18 Aug 2013 22:07:46 -0700 Richard Vickery wrote: > > In considering a new computer, one of those under consideration is an > AMD chip with Windoze; the salesman suggested that other customers > have said that Linux has issues with AMD. Do we have issues with this > chip? Since I haven't

BASH and wildcard expansion

I've hit a problem I can't quite figure out which a bash script I'm writing. I'm trying to copy backup files in the format 2013-August-18--1123.zip to an NFS share. I want to have the script copy the file with just the date. In bash I've setup vars that get the current date: # Date variables lo

Re: AMD

On Sun, Aug 18, 2013 at 10:07:46PM -0700, Richard Vickery wrote: > Hi Gang, > > In considering a new computer, one of those under consideration is an > AMD chip with Windoze; the salesman suggested that other customers > have said that Linux has issues with AMD. Do we have issues with this > chip?

Re: AMD

Gentle People: I have several AMD systems with various Fedora versions without problems. A way bigger issue as stated previously is that of drivers. Thomas Dineen On 8/19/2013 10:57 AM, Michael Cronenworth wrote: On 08/19/2013 12:07 AM, Richard Vickery wrote: In considering a new

Re: AMD

On 08/19/2013 12:07 AM, Richard Vickery wrote: > In considering a new computer, one of those under consideration is an > AMD chip with Windoze; the salesman suggested that other customers > have said that Linux has issues with AMD. Do we have issues with this > chip? Since I haven't read anything a

Re: AMD

On 19.08.2013 19:31, Heinz Diehl wrote: > There are some issues with all chips, Windows or Linux. That said, AMD CPUs > have been working for me a very long time, without anything serious. I'm > not aware of one single issue why you shouldn't buy an AMD CPU. Just go > ahead and jump :-) > Pleas

Re: AMD

On Sun, 2013-08-18 at 22:07 -0700, Richard Vickery wrote: > Hi Gang, > > In considering a new computer, one of those under consideration is an > AMD chip with Windoze; the salesman suggested that other customers > have said that Linux has issues with AMD. Do we have issues with this > chip? Since

Re: Set default video application -

On 19.08.2013 17:24, Suvayu Ali wrote: > On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 10:08:19AM -0400, Bob Goodwin ~ Zuni, Virginia, USA > wrote: >> >> How xdg-mime would be used to change this is not obvious to me after reading >> the man page. > > It is actually not trivial! I do not think the mimetype argument t

Re: AMD

On 19.08.2013, Richard Vickery wrote: > In considering a new computer, one of those under consideration is an > AMD chip with Windoze; the salesman suggested that other customers > have said that Linux has issues with AMD. Do we have issues with this > chip? There are some issues with all chips

AMD

Hi Gang, In considering a new computer, one of those under consideration is an AMD chip with Windoze; the salesman suggested that other customers have said that Linux has issues with AMD. Do we have issues with this chip? Since I haven't read anything at least in a long time I have the opinion tha

Re: cron.weekly

Am 18.08.2013 12:40, schrieb Frank Murphy: > By default what day does cron.weekly run. looking in /etc/anacrontab i would say "at none" if you need specific cronjobs place them in /etc/crontab or /etc/cron.d/ #period in days delay in minutes job-identifier command 7 25

Re: Set default video application -

On Sat, Aug 17, 2013 at 3:19 PM, Bob Goodwin ~ Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: > > This is F-19/64 XFCE. > > How do I change the default video application to VLC. No matter what I have > done it insists on HandBrake. I want to change that ... > > Bob > > -- > > http://www.qrz.com/db/W2BOD > Would the

Re: HD to SSD question.

On 19.08.2013, Erik P. Olsen wrote: > I plan to swap the HD on my laptop with an SSD of same size. Will it work OK > if I dd the HD to an external HD, swap the HD with the SSD and dd the > contents back to the SSD? Technically it would work, but you'll most probably encounter a huge performance

Re: Mouse button debouncing

grits poc, On 08/19/2013 09:00 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: I have a Logitech Bluetooth mouse which I'm fairly sure has a hardware problem. The left button frequently issues two click events in rapid succession when pressed only once. Is there a way to tell X that two such events in under som

Re: Set default video application -

On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 10:08:19AM -0400, Bob Goodwin ~ Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: > > How xdg-mime would be used to change this is not obvious to me after reading > the man page. It is actually not trivial! I do not think the mimetype argument to xdg-mime takes a glob. This makes it more diff

Re: Set default video application -

On 19/08/13 07:31, Suvayu Ali wrote: If you prefer a graphical way, just right click the file in thunar and update the "open with" field in the properties menu. Hope this helps, -- Suvayu Yes certainly, that worked! But I expected a box for "always do this," there was none. It always defa

Mouse button debouncing

I have a Logitech Bluetooth mouse which I'm fairly sure has a hardware problem. The left button frequently issues two click events in rapid succession when pressed only once. Is there a way to tell X that two such events in under some threshold should count as one? I've Googled and other people hav

Re: Set default video application -

On 19.08.2013 13:31, Suvayu Ali wrote: > On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 03:33:02AM -0400, Bob Goodwin ~ Zuni, Virginia, USA > wrote: >> >> But I did find that changing the File Manager icon to point to "thunar" >> instead of "thunar settings" does what I want. I don't recall setting that >> to thunar set

Re: Set default video application -

On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 03:33:02AM -0400, Bob Goodwin ~ Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: > > But I did find that changing the File Manager icon to point to "thunar" > instead of "thunar settings" does what I want. I don't recall setting that > to thunar settings? Not sure what's going on there but it i

Re: Set default video application -

On 19/08/13 00:47, Jatin K wrote: On Sunday 18 August 2013 03:49 AM, Bob Goodwin ~ Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: This is F-19/64 XFCE. How do I change the default video application to VLC. No matter what I have done it insists on HandBrake. I want to change that ... Bob may be this [1] can h