Re: Installing bootloader to sba1

2013-09-09 Thread Ralf Corsepius
On 09/10/2013 07:59 AM, Clive Hills wrote: Difficult to know as you don't say what the 'third party tool' is. Well, this problem is independent of the "3rd party tool". On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 3:15 AM, Doctor Who mailto:whodoc...@gmail.com>> wrote: So does anyone know if this is possible

Re: Installing bootloader to sba1

2013-09-09 Thread Clive Hills
Difficult to know as you don't say what the 'third party tool' is. On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 3:15 AM, Doctor Who wrote: > So does anyone know if this is possible? > > > On Sun, Sep 8, 2013 at 8:30 AM, Doctor Who wrote: > >> I have a machine on which I want to install Fedora 19. During the >> in

Re: blackened screen 2

2013-09-09 Thread Joe Zeff
On 09/09/2013 09:39 PM, Martin S wrote: Back when I had to I could run the command "Xorg -configure" to get to the configuration part of X11. Don't know if it's the same now. As a matter of fact, you still can. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscri

Re: blackened screen 2

2013-09-09 Thread Martin S
On Monday, September 09, 2013 12:47:11 PM Richard Vickery wrote: > > A friend from SFU suggested that it might be an x11 config problem > > because everytime I boot up I clearly see the BIOS information. > > so, the next question is how do I configure the x11? Back when I had to I could run the

Re: Video Driver locking boot process

2013-09-09 Thread Kevin Martin
On 09/09/13 19:09, Jim wrote: > Fedora 18 > > Failed to start Wait for Plymouth Boot Screen to Quit. > Systemctl Status- Plymouth-quit-wait.service. > > > I'm sure it is the Video driver I installed using Fedora-utils. > > How can I disable this so I can get back into Desktop to use Fedora-util

Re: Installing bootloader to sba1

2013-09-09 Thread Doctor Who
So does anyone know if this is possible? On Sun, Sep 8, 2013 at 8:30 AM, Doctor Who wrote: > I have a machine on which I want to install Fedora 19. During the > install, I'm given the option to install a bootloader, but not 'where' > other than a disk (/dev/sda, /dev/sdb). I use a 3rd party t

Re: blackened screen 2

2013-09-09 Thread g
On 09/09/2013 02:42 PM, g wrote: On 09/09/2013 01:31 PM, Richard Vickery wrote: <> > Any Ideas on how else I might try to fix it? tho it maybe a bad screen as suggested, i would try booting a live cd/dvd, or, install cd/dvd from an earlier release than fedora 20, just to insure that it is

Video Driver locking boot process

2013-09-09 Thread Jim
Fedora 18 Failed to start Wait for Plymouth Boot Screen to Quit. Systemctl Status- Plymouth-quit-wait.service. I'm sure it is the Video driver I installed using Fedora-utils. How can I disable this so I can get back into Desktop to use Fedora-utils to uninstall the driver ? It is not the N

Re: What happened to my printer!?!

2013-09-09 Thread Rick Stevens
On 09/09/2013 02:49 PM, Alan Evans issued this missive: On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 2:34 PM, Rick Stevens wrote: Well, since it seems to be a Windows printer (e.g. a print spooler running on a Windows box), did they change the authentication at that end? Did you change the firewall settin

Re: tls

2013-09-09 Thread Patrick Dupre
> - Original Message - > From: Matthew J. Roth > Sent: 09/09/13 11:24 PM > To: Community support for Fedora users > Subject: Re: tls > > >>> Patrick Dupre wrote: > >>> > >>> ssh works fine. However, I have a possible explaination. > >>> This machine is behind a firewall and to be able t

Re: What happened to my printer!?!

2013-09-09 Thread Rick Stevens
On 09/09/2013 02:13 PM, Alan Evans issued this missive: Hello all, Sometime in the last couple of weeks, I lost my ability to print to the office printer. If I check (KDE) System Settings, the printer's status reads, "Paused - 'Unable to connect to CIFS host after (tried 3 times)'". Everybody el

Re: What happened to my printer!?!

2013-09-09 Thread Alan Evans
On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 2:34 PM, Rick Stevens wrote: > Well, since it seems to be a Windows printer (e.g. a print spooler > running on a Windows box), did they change the authentication at that > end? Did you change the firewall settings on your box so that Samba > stuff is blocked now? > The auth

Re: problem: system freezes.

2013-09-09 Thread Joe Zeff
On 09/09/2013 01:15 PM, William Mattison wrote: This problem has been occurring for a few weeks now, and was occurring when I had Fedora-18 also. I just now think I have the time to try to handle it. (I'm guessing this will take some doing!) My first thought is that it might be a memory issu

Re: tls

2013-09-09 Thread Matthew J. Roth
>>> Patrick Dupre wrote: >>> >>> ssh works fine. However, I have a possible explaination. >>> This machine is behind a firewall and to be able to make ssh, I >>> add to ask to have the ssh port open. Probably, the ftp port is >>> closed. Should I ask to have it open to use ssl/tls? >>> Is it port

What happened to my printer!?!

2013-09-09 Thread Alan Evans
Hello all, Sometime in the last couple of weeks, I lost my ability to print to the office printer. If I check (KDE) System Settings, the printer's status reads, "Paused - 'Unable to connect to CIFS host after (tried 3 times)'". Everybody else can still use this printer, and there have been no majo

Re: grub2 how to change menuentry's in 10_linux section of grub.cfg

2013-09-09 Thread jackson byers
Lee, thanks for your response. I don't understand what you are saying. how does "just running mkconfig" do what you want? I routinely use mkconfig but only after I have made a change in grub.d/40_custom Jack -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscriptio

Re: problem: system freezes.

2013-09-09 Thread Rick Stevens
On 09/09/2013 01:34 PM, linuxnuts...@videotron.ca issued this missive: On 09/09/2013 04:15 PM, William Mattison wrote: Good afternoon, This is Fedora-19 on a 64 bit quad-core i7; with an Nvidia GEFORCE GTX 660. I most recently updated Fedora last Wednesday, Sept. 04. At least once each day, t

Re: Native Nvidia Optimus and Fedora 19

2013-09-09 Thread Matthew Saltzman
On Mon, 2013-09-09 at 12:26 -0500, Bruno Wolff III wrote: > On Mon, Sep 09, 2013 at 16:47:38 +, >"Powell, Michael" wrote: > > > >Unfortunately, solely relying on the integrated Intel GPU is not an option > >for me :) > > The 3.12 kernel is supposed to have better optimus support, so may

Re: problem: system freezes.

2013-09-09 Thread Rick Stevens
On 09/09/2013 01:15 PM, William Mattison issued this missive: Good afternoon, This is Fedora-19 on a 64 bit quad-core i7; with an Nvidia GEFORCE GTX 660. I most recently updated Fedora last Wednesday, Sept. 04. At least once each day, the system just locks up with no advanced warning or sympto

Re: blackened screen 2

2013-09-09 Thread Richard Vickery
On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 12:45 PM, Richard Vickery wrote: > On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 11:44 AM, Richard Vickery > wrote: >> On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 11:39 AM, Kevin Martin wrote: >>> On 09/09/13 13:31, Richard Vickery wrote: Hi gang: I'm on F20. The only way I get a screen that anyone ca

Re: blackened screen 2

2013-09-09 Thread Richard Vickery
On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 11:44 AM, Richard Vickery wrote: > On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 11:39 AM, Kevin Martin wrote: >> On 09/09/13 13:31, Richard Vickery wrote: >>> Hi gang: >>> >>> I'm on F20. The only way I get a screen that anyone can see is not by >>> using the portable computer's screen, but plug

Re: problem: system freezes.

2013-09-09 Thread Rick Stevens
On 09/09/2013 01:28 PM, Rick Stevens issued this missive: On 09/09/2013 01:15 PM, William Mattison issued this missive: Good afternoon, This is Fedora-19 on a 64 bit quad-core i7; with an Nvidia GEFORCE GTX 660. I most recently updated Fedora last Wednesday, Sept. 04. At least once each day,

Re: problem: system freezes.

2013-09-09 Thread linuxnutster
On 09/09/2013 04:15 PM, William Mattison wrote: Good afternoon, This is Fedora-19 on a 64 bit quad-core i7; with an Nvidia GEFORCE GTX 660. I most recently updated Fedora last Wednesday, Sept. 04. At least once each day, the system just locks up with no advanced warning or symptoms. It just s

Re: free CA?

2013-09-09 Thread Mike Wright
09/09/2013 02:23 AM, j.witvl...@mindef.nl wrote: -Original Message- From: users-boun...@lists.fedoraproject.org [mailto:users-boun...@lists.fedoraproject.org] On Behalf Of Mike Wright Sent: Saturday, September 07, 2013 8:02 PM To: Fedora Users Subject: free CA? Hi all, Does anybody kno

Re: Turning off SELINUX

2013-09-09 Thread Darryl L. Pierce
On Thu, Sep 05, 2013 at 04:58:17PM -0500, Javier Perez wrote: > I know SELinux is not about encryption, it is about limiting access to the > system AFTER a breach has ocurred. (That is my understanding AFAIK, and > that is why I think it is a good idea). > My beef is given the NSA origin of this so

Re: blackened screen 2

2013-09-09 Thread g
On 09/09/2013 01:31 PM, Richard Vickery wrote: <> > Any Ideas on how else I might try to fix it? tho it maybe a bad screen as suggested, i would try booting a live cd/dvd, or, install cd/dvd from an earlier release than fedora 20, just to insure that it is not a driver problem. -- peace ou

Re: grub2 how to change menuentry's in 10_linux section of grub.cfg

2013-09-09 Thread Lee
FWIW, I ran into similar situation when I upgraded a kernel on another partition. I ended up just running mkconfig but I would have preferred to edit the files myself so i could tweak a few things. Terry On Sep 9, 2013 11:58 AM, "jackson byers" wrote: > from fedora docs: > > "Changes to grub.cfg

problem: system freezes.

2013-09-09 Thread William Mattison
Good afternoon, This is Fedora-19 on a 64 bit quad-core i7; with an Nvidia GEFORCE GTX 660.  I most recently updated Fedora last Wednesday, Sept. 04. At least once each day, the system just locks up with no advanced warning or symptoms.  It just stops responding to the trackball and keystrokes.

Re: blackened screen 2

2013-09-09 Thread Joe Zeff
On 09/09/2013 12:42 PM, g wrote: tho it maybe a bad screen as suggested, i would try booting a live cd/dvd, or, install cd/dvd from an earlier release than fedora 20, just to insure that it is not a driver problem. You also need to remember that F20 is still in testing, and that the appropria

Re: blackened screen 2

2013-09-09 Thread Tom Horsley
This certainly doesn't make my screen too dark to see, but it does make me think something is wrong with my eyes: Apparently the Intel video driver now defaults to some nonsensical color range restriction. I have to run this in a startup script: xrandr --output HDMI2 --set "Broadcast RGB" Full I

Re: blackened screen 2

2013-09-09 Thread Kevin Martin
On 09/09/13 13:31, Richard Vickery wrote: > Hi gang: > > I'm on F20. The only way I get a screen that anyone can see is not by > using the portable computer's screen, but plugging it into another > screen. I tried going into the "Power" control but it's already on > maximum brightness. Any Ideas o

grub2 how to change menuentry's in 10_linux section of grub.cfg

2013-09-09 Thread jackson byers
from fedora docs: "Changes to grub.cfg are enacted by editing etc/default/grub and files in the etc/grub.d directory, particularly 10_linux and 40_custom, and then running the grub2-mkconfig command with root privileges." BUT 10_linux in /etc/grub.d has no menuentry's, just a lot of coding I don

blackened screen 2

2013-09-09 Thread Richard Vickery
Hi gang: I'm on F20. The only way I get a screen that anyone can see is not by using the portable computer's screen, but plugging it into another screen. I tried going into the "Power" control but it's already on maximum brightness. Any Ideas on how else I might try to fix it? Thanks, Richard --

Re: Fedora/Redhat and perfect forward secrecy

2013-09-09 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 09.09.2013 18:12, schrieb Paul Wouters: > On Mon, 9 Sep 2013, Reindl Harald wrote: >>> I don't get it, either >> >> google "dhe versus ecdhe performance" >> >> http://vincent.bernat.im/en/blog/2011-ssl-perfect-forward-secrecy.html Let’s focus on the server part. Enabling DHE-RSA-AES128-SH

Re: blackened screen 2

2013-09-09 Thread Richard Vickery
On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 11:39 AM, Kevin Martin wrote: > On 09/09/13 13:31, Richard Vickery wrote: >> Hi gang: >> >> I'm on F20. The only way I get a screen that anyone can see is not by >> using the portable computer's screen, but plugging it into another >> screen. I tried going into the "Power" c

Re: Kernel 3.11 and Fedora 19...

2013-09-09 Thread Heinz Diehl
On 09.09.2013, Reindl Harald wrote: [bcache] > how could this feature turned on at default? > if you think about it you know it's impossible > why? because that would mean using a *random??* SSD as cache for *what* > devices? Compiling in bcache support *doesn't do anything*. You have to set up

Re: tls

2013-09-09 Thread Patrick Dupre
> - Original Message - > From: Matthew J. Roth > Sent: 09/09/13 04:55 PM > To: Community support for Fedora users > Subject: Re: tls > > Patrick Dupre wrote: > > > > ssh works fine. However, I have a possible explaination. > > This machine is behind a firewall and to be able to make ssh

Re: Native Nvidia Optimus and Fedora 19

2013-09-09 Thread Bruno Wolff III
On Mon, Sep 09, 2013 at 16:47:38 +, "Powell, Michael" wrote: Unfortunately, solely relying on the integrated Intel GPU is not an option for me :) The 3.12 kernel is supposed to have better optimus support, so maybe things will improve soon. http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_i

RE: Native Nvidia Optimus and Fedora 19

2013-09-09 Thread Powell, Michael
> I have been using an optimus laptop quite some time (Asus U45JC), with > a BIOS which doesn't have any switch related to optimus or the nvidia > graphics. I recompiled my kernel without nouveau and run the integrated > Intel graphics. After heavy trouble with gpu hangs, ILK seems to be > fixed in

Re: Fedora/Redhat and perfect forward secrecy

2013-09-09 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 09.09.2013 12:55, schrieb Florian Weimer: > On 09/09/2013 11:58 AM, Andrew Haley wrote: >> On 09/07/2013 12:52 AM, Gregory Maxwell wrote: >>> Regardless, I think that argument would be an ignorant one: >>> Approximately no one runs non-ECDH PFS on the web: it's insanely slow >>> and it breaks

Re: problems in installing Fedora 19

2013-09-09 Thread Richard Vickery
On Sat, Sep 7, 2013 at 3:40 AM, Walter Cazzola wrote: > Dear Fedora experts, > I was going to install the new Fedora 19 on a old desktop computer but > it hangs after "starting Live Fedora" message. I have tried both x64 and > x32 version without any luck. > > My computer is an Intel(R) Core(TM)2

Re: users Digest, Vol 115, Issue 16

2013-09-09 Thread Houge Langley
于 2013年09月07日 02:01, users-requ...@lists.fedoraproject.org 写道: > Re: Something compatible to MS Office on Fedora? You guys may try kingsoft office sute. You could download the rpm installer in http://community.wps.cn/download/ This software not open-source, but it's the best alternative. Totally c

Re: convert wmv files

2013-09-09 Thread Richard Vickery
On Sat, Sep 7, 2013 at 10:30 PM, g wrote: > > greets, > > what is needed to convert .wmv file to mp4 or what ever? > > > tia. > > -- > > peace out. > > in a world with out fences, who needs gates. > > sl6.3 linux > > tc.hago. > > g > . > A very convenient command called sox does the trick for me

Re: tls

2013-09-09 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 07.09.2013 21:14, schrieb Patrick Dupre: >>> Status: Resolving address of homere >>> Status: Connecting to 193.49.194.196:21... >>> Status: Connection attempt failed with "EHOSTUNREACH - No route to host". >>> Error: Could not connect to server >>> >>> ssh works fine. However, I have a possibl

Re: convert wmv files

2013-09-09 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 08.09.2013 08:07, schrieb Joe Zeff: > On 09/07/2013 10:30 PM, g wrote: >> greets, >> >> what is needed to convert .wmv file to mp4 or what ever? > > The program you want, oddly enough, is named convert. It's part of the > ImageMagic package. As it happens, I just > used it today to change

Re: tls

2013-09-09 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 07.09.2013 16:28, schrieb Patrick Dupre: > Hello, > > Thank. > Port 990, is the default (filezilla). says who? https://wiki.filezilla-project.org/SSL/TLS Client Setup For a client to connect to a server using SSL, then the host for that connection needs to be set to FTPS. In FileZilla clie

Re: Freedesktop.org vs. LibreOffice.org

2013-09-09 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 08.09.2013 20:56, schrieb Jonathan Ryshpan: > What is the connection, if any, between Freedesktop.org and LibreOffice.org? > I have found a small bug in Libre > Office Calc and have reported it to the Freedesktop bugzilla, where it is > languishing. Should it have been > submitted to Libre

Re: Kernel 3.11 and Fedora 19...

2013-09-09 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 07.09.2013 16:04, schrieb Marko Vojinovic: > On Sat, 7 Sep 2013 09:20:29 -0300 > Fernando Cassia wrote: > >> On Sat, Sep 7, 2013 at 9:16 AM, Heinz Diehl wrote: >>> >>> I'm not aware of such a feature added to 3.11. In case you mean >>> "bcache": it works as a block layer cache (similar to d

Re: tls

2013-09-09 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 07.09.2013 01:09, schrieb Patrick Dupre: >> - Original Message - >> From: Reindl Harald >> Sent: 09/07/13 12:48 AM >> To: Community support for Fedora users >> Subject: Re: tls >> >> Am 07.09.2013 00:43, schrieb Patrick Dupre: >>> I installed pure-ftpd on my machine to use the TLS proto

Re: tls

2013-09-09 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 07.09.2013 08:38, schrieb Rejy M Cyriac: > If you are using iptables for firewall, you could use the 'ip_nat_ftp' > and 'ip_conntrack_ftp' module if you are behind nat, or > 'ip_conntrack_ftp' module alone otherwise, for having the firewall ports > dynamically opened on demand. You specify th

Re: tls

2013-09-09 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 07.09.2013 00:43, schrieb Patrick Dupre: > I installed pure-ftpd on my machine to use the TLS protocle. > I followed the instructions given in: > http://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-configure-pureftpd-to-accept-tls-sessions-on-fedora-18 > > but I still cannot ftp by using ftps (filezilla) be ex

Re: Kernel 3.11 and Fedora 19...

2013-09-09 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 07.09.2013 00:07, schrieb Fernando Cassia: > A few questions considering the nice improvements [1] in Kernel 3.11 > > 1. Is there a kernel spec file for Fedora 19 that could be used to compile a > 3.11 kernel with the same build > parameters as the F19 one? not now > 2. Which kernel does F

Re: Fedora/Redhat and perfect forward secrecy

2013-09-09 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 06.09.2013 23:31, schrieb D. Hugh Redelmeier: > | From: Reindl Harald > | Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2013 11:38:21 +0200 > > | https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=3D319901 > | > | looks like Redhat based systems are the only remaining > | which does not support EECDHE which is a shame these

Re: tls

2013-09-09 Thread Matthew J. Roth
Patrick Dupre wrote: > > ssh works fine. However, I have a possible explaination. > This machine is behind a firewall and to be able to make ssh, I > add to ask to have the ssh port open. Probably, the ftp port is > closed. Should I ask to have it open to use ssl/tls? > Is it port 21? or 990? how

Re: convert wmv files

2013-09-09 Thread Richard Shaw
On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 8:43 AM, wrote: > winff works really nice if you want a gui interface > Yup... I looked at packaging it but they bundle several libraries and were not real interested in un-bundling them so I volunteered to setup a repository instead, it's linked on the main winff page. I

Re: convert wmv files

2013-09-09 Thread linuxnutster
On 09/08/2013 01:30 AM, g wrote: greets, what is needed to convert .wmv file to mp4 or what ever? tia. winff works really nice if you want a gui interface -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mail

Re: Turning off SELINUX

2013-09-09 Thread Tim
Allegedly, on or about 08 September 2013, g sent: > imagine how big sputnik would have been if the Russians had to use a > bunch of tubes and batteries :=D Apparently a captured Russian aircraft was found to be full of valve based equipment, to the bewilderment of those who caught it, wondering i

Re: Fedora/Redhat and perfect forward secrecy

2013-09-09 Thread Andrew Haley
On 09/07/2013 12:52 AM, Gregory Maxwell wrote: > Regardless, I think that argument would be an ignorant one: > Approximately no one runs non-ECDH PFS on the web: it's insanely slow > and it breaks clients. Hmm. Isn't non-ECDH PFS just straight integer (mod N) Diffie-Hellman? And that's what is in

RE: free CA?

2013-09-09 Thread J.Witvliet
-Original Message- From: users-boun...@lists.fedoraproject.org [mailto:users-boun...@lists.fedoraproject.org] On Behalf Of Mike Wright Sent: Saturday, September 07, 2013 8:02 PM To: Fedora Users Subject: free CA? Hi all, Does anybody know of a free CA (Certificate Authority) that is rec