Re: WHY !!! ?

2013-09-14 Thread Tim
Allegedly, on or about 14 September 2013, Jim sent: > The flash-drives that are Partition and formatted fat32 are being > changed to Read-Only file system , moving back and forth in Fedora 18 > PC and Laptop. Drives going bad? -- [tim@localhost ~]$ uname -rsvp Linux 3.9.10-100.fc17.x86_64 #1 S

Re: GNOME Classic & Extensions

2013-09-14 Thread Tim
Allegedly, on or about 14 September 2013, Jorge Fábregas sent: > - a workspace extension so that I could see all the workspaces on the > bottom right hand. Right now, with the classic session, I have to > click twice: activate pop-up & then choose the desired workspace. > Again, I'm looking some

Re: installiing joomla

2013-09-14 Thread Roger
Ok I've been doing some experimenting with set up Drupalwise, If I download the file to /Downloads, cd /user then mkdir drupal, extract from /Downloads to /user/drupal/ all as user, I get correct ownerships and permissions. Then sudo cp -R drupal-7.23 to /var/www/html/ it retains user defaults

Re: GNOME Classic & Extensions

2013-09-14 Thread Jorge Fábregas
On 09/14/2013 09:06 PM, "Germán A. Racca" wrote: > Take a look at this extension: > https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/721/gnome-shell-open-terminal/ Thank you Germán. I just posted how I solved that particular one but I'm glad to know there was also an extension for that! Best regards, Jorge

Re: GNOME Classic & Extensions

2013-09-14 Thread Germán A. Racca
On 09/14/2013 11:38 AM, Jorge Fábregas wrote: Hi Jorge, Hi, I'm running Fedora 19 & GNOME Classic Session and wondered if there was any extension for: - add "Open in Terminal" when you right-click on the desktop (like GNOME 2 used to) Take a look at this extension: https://extensions.gnom

Re: GNOME Classic & Extensions

2013-09-14 Thread Jorge Fábregas
On 09/14/2013 10:38 AM, Jorge Fábregas wrote: > - add "Open in Terminal" when you right-click on the desktop (like GNOME > 2 used to) Found it: yum install nautilus-open-terminal That works when browsing folders within Nautilus as well as right-click on the Desktop. -- Jorge -- users mailing

Re: WHY !!! ?

2013-09-14 Thread Sam Varshavchik
Jim writes: The flash-drives that are Partition and formatted fat32 are being changed to Read-Only file system , moving back and forth in Fedora 18 PC and Laptop. So the only way I can get around the problem is to format two different Flash Drives to ext4. Any one got any ideals as to why

Re: Fedup from 18 to 19, now Nautilus won't open

2013-09-14 Thread Temlakos
On 09/14/2013 08:03 PM, Richard Shaw wrote: Ok, I had a successful fedup from 18->19 but now when I click on Files nothing happens. If I try to open something else, like Home (I have Gnome managing the desktop) then I'll get a pop-up saying: Opening "Home". You can stop this operation by click

Fedup from 18 to 19, now Nautilus won't open

2013-09-14 Thread Richard Shaw
Ok, I had a successful fedup from 18->19 but now when I click on Files nothing happens. If I try to open something else, like Home (I have Gnome managing the desktop) then I'll get a pop-up saying: Opening "Home". You can stop this operation by clicking Cancel but it never does anything, just sit

WHY !!! ?

2013-09-14 Thread Jim
The flash-drives that are Partition and formatted fat32 are being changed to Read-Only file system , moving back and forth in Fedora 18 PC and Laptop. So the only way I can get around the problem is to format two different Flash Drives to ext4. Any one got any ideals as to why this is happen

Re: installiing joomla

2013-09-14 Thread Roger
On 09/14/2013 10:51 PM, Tim wrote: Allegedly, on or about 14 September 2013, Roger sent: There is some belief that /var/www/html is sacrosanct. More to the point is that you don't let a world-accessible server have write access to files, willy-nilly. Likewise if it's not actually "world" acces

Re: mail from the command line ??

2013-09-14 Thread bruce
the process that i described works pretty much as i expect if i substitue gmail - smtp.gmail.com:587 and the required/updated user/passwd... so it appears to be a yahoo issue. either I don't have the correct smtp port (I think I do), or some other attribute is screwed up. -bruce On Sat, Sep 14

Re: mail from the command line ??

2013-09-14 Thread Dave Ihnat
On Sat, Sep 14, 2013 at 05:01:31PM -0500, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > I think he may want to use EHLO foo.bar.com instead of "HELO > foo.bar.com" to see the security options. That was my comment about "requires authentication", and the pointer to directions there. The most important point I want

Re: mail from the command line ??

2013-09-14 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
On 09/14/2013 04:57 PM, Dave Ihnat wrote: > On Sat, Sep 14, 2013 at 04:42:29PM -0400, bruce wrote: >> as a test, I have mailx (also have sendmail) > Of course, you can always do it the way we used to--still do for some > testing: > > #telnet localhost 25 > 220 foo.bar.com ESMTP Sendmail 8.1

Re: mail from the command line ??

2013-09-14 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 09/14/2013 03:42 PM, bruce wrote: > as a test, I have mailx (also have sendmail) > > based on a couple of websites/articles, I've created the following. > > /root/.mailrc > set smtp-use-starttls > set nss-config-dir=~/.mozilla/firefox/kbatbh5m.defa

Re: mail from the command line ??

2013-09-14 Thread Dave Ihnat
On Sat, Sep 14, 2013 at 04:42:29PM -0400, bruce wrote: > as a test, I have mailx (also have sendmail) Of course, you can always do it the way we used to--still do for some testing: #telnet localhost 25 220 foo.bar.com ESMTP Sendmail 8.14.4/8.14.4/Debian-2ubuntu2; Mon 16 Sep 2013 16:00

Re: Which RPM is zxcat in ?

2013-09-14 Thread Aaron Gray
On 14/09/2013, Steven Stern wrote: > On 09/14/2013 02:12 PM, Aaron Gray wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I am wondering what package zxcat is in please ? >> >> Many thanks in advance, >> >> Aaron >> > Do you mean xzcat? It looks like "yum install xz" will do it. Yep, yep, thanks a lot ! Aaron > > $ yum pro

Re: mail from the command line ??

2013-09-14 Thread bruce
as a test, I have mailx (also have sendmail) based on a couple of websites/articles, I've created the following. /root/.mailrc set smtp-use-starttls set nss-config-dir=~/.mozilla/firefox/kbatbh5m.default/ set ssl-verify=ignore set smtp=smtp://smtp.mail.yahoo.com:465 set smtp-auth=login set smtp-a

Re: HDMI to USB

2013-09-14 Thread Jim
On 09/14/2013 03:34 PM, poma wrote: On 14.09.2013 20:56, Jim wrote: On 09/14/2013 02:51 PM, poma wrote: On 14.09.2013 19:34, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: On 09/14/2013 12:17 PM, Jim wrote: Can you convert a HDMI port to a USB port with a adapter cable ? What are you trying to do? If you are tr

Re: installiing joomla

2013-09-14 Thread Matthew J. Roth
Reindl Harald wrote: > > it's not a matter of the distribution set permissions wise and only > allow the apache user write access where it is really needed > > teh document root is *not* such a place > temp/cache folders of a web-application are For clarification, can the temp/cache folders be s

Re: Which RPM is zxcat in ?

2013-09-14 Thread poma
On 14.09.2013 21:21, Steven Stern wrote: > On 09/14/2013 02:12 PM, Aaron Gray wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I am wondering what package zxcat is in please ? >> >> Many thanks in advance, >> >> Aaron >> > Do you mean xzcat? It looks like "yum install xz" will do it. > https://github.com/zxcat Cool cat! :)

Re: HDMI to USB

2013-09-14 Thread poma
On 14.09.2013 20:56, Jim wrote: > On 09/14/2013 02:51 PM, poma wrote: >> On 14.09.2013 19:34, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: >>> On 09/14/2013 12:17 PM, Jim wrote: Can you convert a HDMI port to a USB port with a adapter cable ? >>> What are you trying to do? If you are trying to use a USB output

Re: Which RPM is zxcat in ?

2013-09-14 Thread Steven Stern
On 09/14/2013 02:12 PM, Aaron Gray wrote: > Hi, > > I am wondering what package zxcat is in please ? > > Many thanks in advance, > > Aaron > Do you mean xzcat? It looks like "yum install xz" will do it. $ yum provides "*/xzcat" Loaded plugins: langpacks, refresh-packagekit perl-IO-Compress-Lz

Which RPM is zxcat in ?

2013-09-14 Thread Aaron Gray
Hi, I am wondering what package zxcat is in please ? Many thanks in advance, Aaron -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-c

Re: HDMI to USB

2013-09-14 Thread Jim
On 09/14/2013 02:51 PM, poma wrote: On 14.09.2013 19:34, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: On 09/14/2013 12:17 PM, Jim wrote: Can you convert a HDMI port to a USB port with a adapter cable ? What are you trying to do? If you are trying to use a USB output to drive a HDMI input, then you are talking a

Re: HDMI to USB

2013-09-14 Thread poma
On 14.09.2013 19:34, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > > On 09/14/2013 12:17 PM, Jim wrote: >> Can you convert a HDMI port to a USB port with a adapter cable ? > > What are you trying to do? If you are trying to use a USB output to > drive a HDMI input, then you are talking about a USB video "card" >

Re: installiing joomla

2013-09-14 Thread Matthew J. Roth
Please ignore my first reply. I accidentally hit 'Send' before it was complete. Reindl Harald wrote: > > www-data is *debian* because on Redhat the user/groups is named "apache" > if you use google add your distribution to the search string! Please explain how the specific user Apache is runnin

Re: installiing joomla

2013-09-14 Thread Matthew J. Roth
Reindl Harald wrote: > > www-data is *debian* because on Redhat the user/groups is named "apache" > if you use google add your distribution to the search string! Please explain how the specific user Apache is running as is relevant. Is it only an indicator of the distribution the example is base

Re: GNOME Classic & Extensions

2013-09-14 Thread poma
On 14.09.2013 20:04, Xinyun Zhou wrote: … > or use Gnome in a mode and learn to think in the new Gnome 3 way. There … Actually there is nothing new under the sun. If you follow the design, you'll get it. What Jorge is seeking are an extension for an extension. :) Oh dear. poma -- users mailin

Re: GNOME Classic & Extensions

2013-09-14 Thread poma
On 14.09.2013 19:43, Jorge Fábregas wrote: > I did install MATE (just to try it) and loved it (felt incredibly like > home) but I don't want to live in the past forever :) I want to give > GNOME 3 a try, albeit with the Classic Mode (just as a transition), > hoping GNOME Shell gets better because

Re: GNOME Classic & Extensions

2013-09-14 Thread Xinyun Zhou
On Sat, 2013-09-14 at 13:43 -0400, Jorge Fábregas wrote: > On 09/14/2013 01:31 PM, Xinyun Zhou wrote: > I did install MATE (just to try it) and loved it (felt incredibly like > home) but I don't want to live in the past forever :) I want to give > GNOME 3 a try, albeit with the Classic Mode (just

Re: GNOME Classic & Extensions

2013-09-14 Thread Jorge Fábregas
On 09/14/2013 01:31 PM, Xinyun Zhou wrote: > Well, if you are looking for something like the old days, why don't just > use gnome 2 based desktops like MATE, which may save you a lot of time > to find the features you want and make them work. I did install MATE (just to try it) and loved it (felt

Re: HDMI to USB

2013-09-14 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 09/14/2013 12:17 PM, Jim wrote: > Can you convert a HDMI port to a USB port with a adapter cable ? What are you trying to do? If you are trying to use a USB output to drive a HDMI input, then you are talking about a USB video "card" with a HDMI ou

Re: mail from the command line ??

2013-09-14 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 09/14/2013 11:00 AM, bruce wrote: > Hi. > > Really basic question here, and I've seen 100s of articles on this > > if you want to send a test email from the commandline, using an > external smtp for validation/authentication, what's the "best" app

Re: GNOME Classic & Extensions

2013-09-14 Thread Xinyun Zhou
On Sat, 2013-09-14 at 10:38 -0400, Jorge Fábregas wrote: > Hi, > > I'm running Fedora 19 & GNOME Classic Session and wondered if there was > any extension for: > > - add "Open in Terminal" when you right-click on the desktop (like GNOME > 2 used to) > > - a workspace extension so that I could se

HDMI to USB

2013-09-14 Thread Jim
Can you convert a HDMI port to a USB port with a adapter cable ? -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: ht

Re: installiing joomla

2013-09-14 Thread Matthew J. Roth
Tim wrote: > > You should NOT change ownership of /var/www/http to Apache, never do > that. That's a VERY BAD THING!! Anyone who advises you to do that > is not to be trusted (whether it's because they're being malicious, or > simply that they don't know what they're talking about). That al

Re: mail from the command line ??

2013-09-14 Thread poma
On 14.09.2013 18:00, bruce wrote: > Hi. > > Really basic question here, and I've seen 100s of articles on this > > if you want to send a test email from the commandline, using an > external smtp for validation/authentication, what's the "best" app to > use? Mail, Nail, Sendmail, etc.. > > I've s

mail from the command line ??

2013-09-14 Thread bruce
Hi. Really basic question here, and I've seen 100s of articles on this if you want to send a test email from the commandline, using an external smtp for validation/authentication, what's the "best" app to use? Mail, Nail, Sendmail, etc.. I've seen different articles/people saying different thing

GNOME Classic & Extensions

2013-09-14 Thread Jorge Fábregas
Hi, I'm running Fedora 19 & GNOME Classic Session and wondered if there was any extension for: - add "Open in Terminal" when you right-click on the desktop (like GNOME 2 used to) - a workspace extension so that I could see all the workspaces on the bottom right hand. Right now, with the classic

Re: Fedora 19 & User Locale

2013-09-14 Thread Jorge Fábregas
On 09/14/2013 09:21 AM, Jorge Fábregas wrote: > I'll open a bugzilla. There was one already so I added a comment: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1001196 -- Jorge -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedora

Re: Fedora 19 & User Locale

2013-09-14 Thread Jorge Fábregas
On 09/14/2013 03:46 AM, Frank Murphy wrote: > You need to use: localectl > localectl --help > should get you started Hi Frank, Yes, I know about that command but that's mainly to change it system-wide. I already specified the locale in the new location, /etc/locale.conf, therefore all users shou

Re: installiing joomla

2013-09-14 Thread Tim
Allegedly, on or about 14 September 2013, Roger sent: > There is some belief that /var/www/html is sacrosanct. More to the point is that you don't let a world-accessible server have write access to files, willy-nilly. Likewise if it's not actually "world" accessible, but still widely accessible w

Re: ssh portforwarding, running test client/server over tunnel

2013-09-14 Thread Cameron Simpson
On 13Sep2013 19:58, bruce wrote: | Trying to setup a quick test to create a ssh tunnel between A and B, | and running a test nc server over the ssh connection on port 7100.. | | As far as I can tell, it should be a matter of setting up the port | forwarding between A and B and then running the te

Re: Fedora 19 & User Locale

2013-09-14 Thread Frank Murphy
On Sat, 14 Sep 2013 08:38:56 +0100 Frank Murphy wrote: Forgot the link: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Locale#Setting_per_user_locale -- Regards, Frank "When in doubt PANIC!" I check for new mail app. 20min www.frankly3d.com -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubs

Re: Fedora 19 & User Locale

2013-09-14 Thread Frank Murphy
On Fri, 13 Sep 2013 20:03:20 -0400 Jorge Fábregas wrote: > Hi, > > On a newly installed Fedora 19 system I changed /etc/locale.conf to > LANG="en_US.iso88591" You need to use: localectl localectl --help should get you started -- Regards, Frank "When in doubt PANIC!" I check for new mail ap

[OT] Google Earth - Fedora ALL - Reports

2013-09-14 Thread poma
On 14.09.2013 05:25, Fred Smith wrote: > On Sat, Sep 14, 2013 at 12:51:04AM +0200, poma wrote: >> On 13.09.2013 23:28, Fred Smith wrote: >> >>> OK, here's a version number for you: >>> >>> The Acer system WORKS FINE with a version whose HELP/ABOUT screen contains: >>> GoogleEarth 5.2.1.1586 >>>