Re: Chromium and Fedora 20.

2013-12-27 Thread Erik P. Olsen
On 28/12/13 00:51, Steven Rosenberg wrote: On Fri, Dec 27, 2013 at 1:34 PM, Erik P. Olsen wrote: There is no chromium repo for fedora 20. Will there be no chromium packaged for fedora 20 and on? There was no Chromium browser in F19 either. You can install Chrome from Google using their repo.

Reverse E-Mail Blockage.....

2013-12-27 Thread Eddie G. O'Connor Jr.
Hello you Ferdorans! (FedorIANS?...) I have a question,.nowwe all know that there's ways to block unwanted email from your system using Message Filters, and they work by blocking a certain domain or email address and prevent them from hitting your Inbox, I would like to know if anyone k

Re: gnome-terminal in F20 defaults to / for the initial directory

2013-12-27 Thread Sam Varshavchik
Michael Schwendt writes: On Fri, 27 Dec 2013 16:35:27 -0500, Sam Varshavchik wrote: > > Bug report #? > > 1046980. Is that with or without SELinux enforcing mode? If with SELinux, is it reproducible also with SELinux permissive mode? Some programs enter fs root, if something is wrong with /hom

Re: failed to ..

2013-12-27 Thread Patrick Dupre
> - Original Message - > From: Chris Murphy > Sent: 12/28/13 03:04 AM > To: Community support for Fedora users > Subject: Re: failed to .. > > On Dec 27, 2013, at 6:55 PM, "Patrick Dupre" wrote: > > > the cp -a /boot_cloned and /boot_clone (when partition not active). > > I don't foll

Re: relabel

2013-12-27 Thread Patrick Dupre
Hello Chris, > > > > I am back with you. > > Thinking about your suggestion. > > How did you clone it? Did you use cp? Did you use rsync? What was the exact > command? > > > > I generate a file: /boot/grub2/grub.cfg > > Did you use chroot at all? Yes I did That is, did you mount the clone's

Re: failed to ..

2013-12-27 Thread Chris Murphy
On Dec 27, 2013, at 6:55 PM, "Patrick Dupre" wrote: > the cp -a /boot_cloned and /boot_clone (when partition not active). I don't follow this. You used cp /dev/sda /dev/sdb? Device to device? Or you specified directories to copy? I've had cp -a of directories not work, in particular it misses

Re: relabel

2013-12-27 Thread Chris Murphy
On Dec 27, 2013, at 6:45 PM, "Patrick Dupre" wrote: > Hello Chris, > > I am back with you. > Thinking about your suggestion. How did you clone it? Did you use cp? Did you use rsync? What was the exact command? > I generate a file: /boot/grub2/grub.cfg Did you use chroot at all? That is, di

Re: failed to ..

2013-12-27 Thread Patrick Dupre
> - Original Message - > From: Chris Murphy > Sent: 12/28/13 02:33 AM > To: Community support for Fedora users > Subject: Re: failed to .. > > On Dec 27, 2013, at 6:02 PM, "Patrick Dupre" wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > After I clone a / partition I cannot boot it. > > Exactly how did y

Re: relabel

2013-12-27 Thread Patrick Dupre
Hello Chris, I am back with you. Thinking about your suggestion. I generate a file: /boot/grub2/grub.cfg and a file initramfs but these files are on the clone. If I understand (I guess) the point in generating a new initramfs, I do not see the point in generating a new grub.cfg file since it is no

Re: failed to ..

2013-12-27 Thread Chris Murphy
On Dec 27, 2013, at 6:02 PM, "Patrick Dupre" wrote: > Hello, > > After I clone a / partition I cannot boot it. Exactly how did you clone it? Did you update fstab and rebuild the initramfs? Chris Murphy -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscriptio

Re: dual boot test

2013-12-27 Thread bruce
Chris. At the basic level, if I could somehow run a cmd and somehow invoke a "os" install for the existing system, that would be great. IE, if I had an "image" that could be downloaded to get a complete refresh/reinstall that's what I'm looking for. So, starting from the start, how can I get ther

Re: dual boot test

2013-12-27 Thread Chris Murphy
On Dec 27, 2013, at 5:49 PM, bruce wrote: > Pete. > > The 1st OS will be the os that gets run, it's the "master".. However > if I detect that it's hacked, I want to be able to reinstall the OS. What if the drive dies? What method are you going to use to get back up and running as soon as poss

failed to ..

2013-12-27 Thread Patrick Dupre
Hello, After I clone a / partition I cannot boot it. I get 3 errors: failed to start create static modes in /dev failed to start journal service failed to open pack file: permission denied. The last one seems to be the more serious one. However, it may due to the previous ones. Thank for your he

Re: dual boot test

2013-12-27 Thread Pete Travis
On Dec 27, 2013 5:49 PM, "bruce" wrote: > > Pete. > > The 1st OS will be the os that gets run, it's the "master".. However > if I detect that it's hacked, I want to be able to reinstall the OS. > > Noramlly, you'd do that with a cd, and do it manually, but if you > don't have access to the box, th

Re: dual boot test

2013-12-27 Thread Marko Vojinovic
On Fri, 27 Dec 2013 19:49:42 -0500 bruce wrote: > My approach is to have a 2nd minimal system/OS that has the only > function to invoke a complete/fresh netinstall to restore/refresh the > OS on the 1st system. How exactly (step by step, please) do you intend to invoke the netinstall from the ins

Re: dual boot test

2013-12-27 Thread bruce
Hi again Chris! I owe you OJ/Beer/Pizza! With regards to creating the 3 partitions, umm.. using the Installation GUI, where does that happen? I can't seem to find it on the Create Custom Layout Page. Am I looking at the wrong/right place? thanks On Fri, Dec 27, 2013 at 7:54 PM, Chris Murphy w

Re: dual boot test

2013-12-27 Thread Chris Murphy
On Dec 27, 2013, at 5:44 PM, bruce wrote: > Chris.. > > > I already gave you the proper grub.conf 2nd entry. That's what you got > wrong and why it won't boot. It's pointing to the wrong root which is > what I said from the beginning. > <<< > > Right, but I'm not sure what I need to corre

Re: dual boot test

2013-12-27 Thread bruce
Pete. The 1st OS will be the os that gets run, it's the "master".. However if I detect that it's hacked, I want to be able to reinstall the OS. Noramlly, you'd do that with a cd, and do it manually, but if you don't have access to the box, then what? My approach is to have a 2nd minimal system/O

Re: dual boot test

2013-12-27 Thread bruce
Chris.. I already gave you the proper grub.conf 2nd entry. That's what you got wrong and why it won't boot. It's pointing to the wrong root which is what I said from the beginning. <<< Right, but I'm not sure what I need to correct in the Install GUI for the 2nd OS Install process in order t

Re: dual boot test

2013-12-27 Thread Pete Travis
On Dec 27, 2013 4:15 PM, "bruce" wrote: > > Hi Chris. > > Thanks fo.r the reply > . > The principle reason for doing/testing dual boot is to have the > ability to be able to do a remote reinstall for a fresh OS on a remote > box. If you know of a way to accomplish that, I'm more than willing to >

Re: dual boot test

2013-12-27 Thread Chris Murphy
On Dec 27, 2013, at 5:30 PM, Chris Murphy wrote: > > On Dec 27, 2013, at 4:40 PM, bruce wrote: > >> Hi Chris. >> >> Thanks fo.r the reply >> . >> The principle reason for doing/testing dual boot is to have the >> ability to be able to do a remote reinstall for a fresh OS on a remote >> box.

Re: dual boot test

2013-12-27 Thread Chris Murphy
On Dec 27, 2013, at 4:40 PM, bruce wrote: > Hi Chris. > > Thanks fo.r the reply > . > The principle reason for doing/testing dual boot is to have the > ability to be able to do a remote reinstall for a fresh OS on a remote > box. If you know of a way to accomplish that, I'm more than willing to

Re: dual boot test

2013-12-27 Thread Edward M
On 12/27/2013 3:15 PM, bruce wrote: The principle reason for doing/testing dual boot is to have the ability to be able to do a remote reinstall for a fresh OS on a remote box. If you know of a way to accomplish that, I'm more than willing to hear it!! Everything I've seen regarding doing reinst

Re: Chromium and Fedora 20.

2013-12-27 Thread Steven Rosenberg
On Fri, Dec 27, 2013 at 1:34 PM, Erik P. Olsen wrote: > There is no chromium repo for fedora 20. Will there be no chromium packaged > for fedora 20 and on? There was no Chromium browser in F19 either. You can install Chrome from Google using their repo. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedorap

Re: dual boot test

2013-12-27 Thread bruce
Hi Chris. Thanks fo.r the reply . The principle reason for doing/testing dual boot is to have the ability to be able to do a remote reinstall for a fresh OS on a remote box. If you know of a way to accomplish that, I'm more than willing to hear it!! Everything I've seen regarding doing reinstall

Re: dual boot test

2013-12-27 Thread bruce
Hi Chris. Thanks fo.r the reply . The principle reason for doing/testing dual boot is to have the ability to be able to do a remote reinstall for a fresh OS on a remote box. If you know of a way to accomplish that, I'm more than willing to hear it!! Everything I've seen regarding doing reinstall

Re: gnome-terminal in F20 defaults to / for the initial directory

2013-12-27 Thread Michael Schwendt
On Fri, 27 Dec 2013 16:35:27 -0500, Sam Varshavchik wrote: > > Bug report #? > > 1046980. Is that with or without SELinux enforcing mode? If with SELinux, is it reproducible also with SELinux permissive mode? Some programs enter fs root, if something is wrong with /home. -- users mailing list u

Re: System mail (Fedora 20)

2013-12-27 Thread Frank Murphy
On Fri, 27 Dec 2013 14:01:42 -0800 Mike Wright wrote: > Sorry for the delay. I was checking out claws-mail... > > What I was looking for is how to tell crond to use mailx instead of > sendmail. You don't need to. it was always the mail command that done it. (iirc) http://dsl.org/cookbook/coo

Re: dual boot test

2013-12-27 Thread Chris Murphy
Do over, missing new line: hidemenu title Centos (2.6.32-431.e16.x86_64) root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinux-2.6.32-431.e16.x86_64 ro root=/dev/mapper/VolGroup-lv_root rd_NO_LUKS LANG=en_US.UTF-8 rd_NO_MD rd_LVM_LV=VolGroup/lv_swap SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 rd_LVM_LV=VolGroup/lv_root KEYBOARDTYPE=

Re: dual boot test

2013-12-27 Thread Chris Murphy
On Dec 27, 2013, at 1:48 PM, bruce wrote: > Hi Chris, > > For my tests right now, I'm simply trying to get dual Centos up/running, OK but why do it the hard way, instead of putting one of them in a VM? Or better, Fedora 20, and put two CentOS and another Fedora each in their own VM? In that

Re: System mail (Fedora 20)

2013-12-27 Thread Mike Wright
12/27/2013 02:30 AM, Frank Murphy wrote: On Thu, 26 Dec 2013 08:17:37 -0800 Mike Wright wrote: Where does one specify that mailx should be used? Thanx Do you mean within claws-mail? Sorry for the delay. I was checking out claws-mail... What I was looking for is how to tell crond to use

Re: gnome-terminal in F20 defaults to / for the initial directory

2013-12-27 Thread Sam Varshavchik
Rahul Sundaram writes: « HTML content follows » HI On Fri, Dec 27, 2013 at 2:23 PM, Sam Varshavchik wrote: Rahul Sundaram writes: Hi On Fri, Dec 27, 2013 at 12:02 PM, Sam Varshavchik wrote:    Because it's par for the course Not in this case.  You have specific beha

Chromium and Fedora 20.

2013-12-27 Thread Erik P. Olsen
There is no chromium repo for fedora 20. Will there be no chromium packaged for fedora 20 and on? -- Erik -- 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://fedor

Re: dual boot test

2013-12-27 Thread bruce
Hi Chris, For my tests right now, I'm simply trying to get dual Centos up/running, Based on what you've said, there are errors in what I'm trying to accomplish. You wouldn't have a few mins to walk me through this would you. I'm convinced that this is doable, and that whatever mistakes I've made

Re: gnome-terminal in F20 defaults to / for the initial directory

2013-12-27 Thread Rahul Sundaram
HI On Fri, Dec 27, 2013 at 2:23 PM, Sam Varshavchik wrote: > Rahul Sundaram writes: > > Hi >> >> On Fri, Dec 27, 2013 at 12:02 PM, Sam Varshavchik wrote: >>Because it's par for the course >> >> Not in this case. You have specific behavior which doesn't match anyone >> else. You should cre

Re: fedup to F20 but did not switch from kdm to sddm

2013-12-27 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi On Fri, Dec 27, 2013 at 12:56 PM, poma wrote: > On 27.12.2013 16:45, Rahul Sundaram wrote: > > > Do you like riddles? I am not a big fan of them. If you want to clarify > > something, do so directly > > But it is directly! Haha > Again, what is your point? > However maybe you're right,

Re: dual boot test

2013-12-27 Thread Chris Murphy
On Dec 27, 2013, at 12:34 PM, bruce wrote: > Hi - I know I should probably post to centos, but I'm testing this > with centos, and then with fedora. CentOS 6 uses grub legacy. Fedora uses grub2. They are completely different, FYI. > set the boot to be on sda1 - as 500M In grub legacy that's

Re: dual boot test

2013-12-27 Thread bruce
update:: forgot to list the Display/Device page from the GUI/Install OS process LVM Volume Groups VolGroup 237972 lv2_apps 5000 /apps2 lv2_backup 5000 /backup2 lv2_home5000 /home2 lv2_root 1 / lv_apps 1 /apps lv_backup 1 /backup lv_home 1 /

Re: f20 - acrobat reader where are thou?

2013-12-27 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 12/27/2013 02:37 PM, Dan Thurman wrote: On 12/27/2013 11:35 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: On 12/27/2013 02:22 PM, Dan Thurman wrote: On 12/27/2013 11:10 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: On 12/27/2013 01:56 PM, Dan Thurman wrote: On 12/27/2013 10:24 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: On 12/27/2013 0

Re: f20 - acrobat reader where are thou?

2013-12-27 Thread Dan Thurman
On 12/27/2013 11:35 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: On 12/27/2013 02:22 PM, Dan Thurman wrote: On 12/27/2013 11:10 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: On 12/27/2013 01:56 PM, Dan Thurman wrote: On 12/27/2013 10:24 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: On 12/27/2013 01:12 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: On 12/27/2

Re: f20 - acrobat reader where are thou?

2013-12-27 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 12/27/2013 02:22 PM, Dan Thurman wrote: On 12/27/2013 11:10 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: On 12/27/2013 01:56 PM, Dan Thurman wrote: On 12/27/2013 10:24 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: On 12/27/2013 01:12 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: On 12/27/2013 12:54 PM, Tom Horsley wrote: On Fri, 27 Dec

dual boot test

2013-12-27 Thread bruce
Hi - I know I should probably post to centos, but I'm testing this with centos, and then with fedora. I'm trying to basically do a dual boot test, that will allow me to dual boot into 2 different versions of centos, although, in this case, I'm using the centos 6.5 image. I went through the proces

Re: Freezing mouse cursor in 19

2013-12-27 Thread Frank McCormick
On 26/12/13 06:13 PM, Frank McCormick wrote: On 26/12/13 04:26 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: On 12/26/2013 01:16 PM, Frank McCormick wrote: The mouse cursor remains in one place but as I move the mouse around I can see that it's hovering over other things. So it's only the pointer that stops moving, wh

Re: gnome-terminal in F20 defaults to / for the initial directory

2013-12-27 Thread Sam Varshavchik
Rahul Sundaram writes: Hi On Fri, Dec 27, 2013 at 12:02 PM, Sam Varshavchik wrote: Because it's par for the course Not in this case.  You have specific behavior which doesn't match anyone else.  You should create a new user and check.  If you can still reproduce it, file a bug report.

Re: f20 - acrobat reader where are thou?

2013-12-27 Thread Dan Thurman
On 12/27/2013 11:10 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: On 12/27/2013 01:56 PM, Dan Thurman wrote: On 12/27/2013 10:24 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: On 12/27/2013 01:12 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: On 12/27/2013 12:54 PM, Tom Horsley wrote: On Fri, 27 Dec 2013 12:46:17 -0500 Robert Moskowitz wrote:

Re: f20 - acrobat reader where are thou?

2013-12-27 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 12/27/2013 01:30 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: On 12/27/2013 01:18 PM, Tom Horsley wrote: On Fri, 27 Dec 2013 13:12:14 -0500 Robert Moskowitz wrote: but step 3 of 3 is coming up blank. What do I do with this .bin file? I didn't download the .bin file. They had an rpm choice available when

Re: f20 - acrobat reader where are thou?

2013-12-27 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 12/27/2013 02:03 PM, Dan Thurman wrote: On 12/27/2013 10:57 AM, Dan Thurman wrote: On 12/27/2013 10:30 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: On 12/27/2013 01:18 PM, Tom Horsley wrote: On Fri, 27 Dec 2013 13:12:14 -0500 Robert Moskowitz wrote: but step 3 of 3 is coming up blank. What do I do with

Re: f20 - acrobat reader where are thou?

2013-12-27 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 12/27/2013 01:56 PM, Dan Thurman wrote: On 12/27/2013 10:24 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: On 12/27/2013 01:12 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: On 12/27/2013 12:54 PM, Tom Horsley wrote: On Fri, 27 Dec 2013 12:46:17 -0500 Robert Moskowitz wrote: I downloaded and installed: adobe-release-i386-1

Re: f20 - acrobat reader where are thou?

2013-12-27 Thread Dan Thurman
On 12/27/2013 10:57 AM, Dan Thurman wrote: On 12/27/2013 10:30 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: On 12/27/2013 01:18 PM, Tom Horsley wrote: On Fri, 27 Dec 2013 13:12:14 -0500 Robert Moskowitz wrote: but step 3 of 3 is coming up blank. What do I do with this .bin file? I didn't download the .bin f

Re: f20 - acrobat reader where are thou?

2013-12-27 Thread Gordon Ewasiuk
Have you tried "sh ./adobebinary.bin" ? On Fri, Dec 27, 2013 at 1:30 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > > On 12/27/2013 01:18 PM, Tom Horsley wrote: > >> On Fri, 27 Dec 2013 13:12:14 -0500 >> Robert Moskowitz wrote: >> >> but step 3 of 3 is coming up blank. What do I do with this .bin file? >>> >>

Re: f20 - acrobat reader where are thou?

2013-12-27 Thread Dan Thurman
On 12/27/2013 10:30 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: On 12/27/2013 01:18 PM, Tom Horsley wrote: On Fri, 27 Dec 2013 13:12:14 -0500 Robert Moskowitz wrote: but step 3 of 3 is coming up blank. What do I do with this .bin file? I didn't download the .bin file. They had an rpm choice available when I

Re: f20 - acrobat reader where are thou?

2013-12-27 Thread Dan Thurman
On 12/27/2013 10:24 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: On 12/27/2013 01:12 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: On 12/27/2013 12:54 PM, Tom Horsley wrote: On Fri, 27 Dec 2013 12:46:17 -0500 Robert Moskowitz wrote: I downloaded and installed: adobe-release-i386-1.0-1.noarch.rpm I don't know where you found

Re: f20 - acrobat reader where are thou?

2013-12-27 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 12/27/2013 01:18 PM, Tom Horsley wrote: On Fri, 27 Dec 2013 13:12:14 -0500 Robert Moskowitz wrote: but step 3 of 3 is coming up blank. What do I do with this .bin file? I didn't download the .bin file. They had an rpm choice available when I downloaded it. can't find it. I get to http:

Re: f20 - acrobat reader where are thou?

2013-12-27 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 12/27/2013 01:12 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: On 12/27/2013 12:54 PM, Tom Horsley wrote: On Fri, 27 Dec 2013 12:46:17 -0500 Robert Moskowitz wrote: I downloaded and installed: adobe-release-i386-1.0-1.noarch.rpm I don't know where you found that, adobe.com download flash-plugin via yum

Re: f20 - acrobat reader where are thou?

2013-12-27 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 12/27/2013 01:17 PM, Mike Wright wrote: 12/27/2013 09:46 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: OK, where did it go? I downloaded and installed: adobe-release-i386-1.0-1.noarch.rpm From this I get: adobe-linux-i386.repo This gave me flash-plugin and in the past AdobeReader but now no reader. I

Re: f20 - acrobat reader where are thou?

2013-12-27 Thread Tom Horsley
On Fri, 27 Dec 2013 13:12:14 -0500 Robert Moskowitz wrote: > but step 3 of 3 is coming up blank. What do I do with this .bin file? I didn't download the .bin file. They had an rpm choice available when I downloaded it. With an rpm you can just say yum install AdbeRdrwhatever.rpm and it will au

Re: f20 - acrobat reader where are thou?

2013-12-27 Thread Mike Wright
12/27/2013 09:46 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: OK, where did it go? I downloaded and installed: adobe-release-i386-1.0-1.noarch.rpm From this I get: adobe-linux-i386.repo This gave me flash-plugin and in the past AdobeReader but now no reader. I did a google search and came up empty. Any tip

Re: f20 - acrobat reader where are thou?

2013-12-27 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 12/27/2013 12:54 PM, Tom Horsley wrote: On Fri, 27 Dec 2013 12:46:17 -0500 Robert Moskowitz wrote: I downloaded and installed: adobe-release-i386-1.0-1.noarch.rpm I don't know where you found that, adobe.com download flash-plugin via yum path. but adobe doesn't seem interested in sup

Re: fedup to F20 but did not switch from kdm to sddm

2013-12-27 Thread poma
On 27.12.2013 16:45, Rahul Sundaram wrote: > Do you like riddles? I am not a big fan of them. If you want to clarify > something, do so directly But it is directly! Haha However maybe you're right, and since you like links here's just one for you, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LanCLS_hIo4 :)

Re: f20 - acrobat reader where are thou?

2013-12-27 Thread Tom Horsley
On Fri, 27 Dec 2013 12:46:17 -0500 Robert Moskowitz wrote: > I downloaded and installed: adobe-release-i386-1.0-1.noarch.rpm I don't know where you found that, but adobe doesn't seem interested in supporting yum any longer. The best you can do these days is go to the adobe.com site and follow the

f20 - acrobat reader where are thou?

2013-12-27 Thread Robert Moskowitz
OK, where did it go? I downloaded and installed: adobe-release-i386-1.0-1.noarch.rpm From this I get: adobe-linux-i386.repo This gave me flash-plugin and in the past AdobeReader but now no reader. I did a google search and came up empty. Any tips? -- users mailing list users@lists.fedorap

Re: gnome-terminal in F20 defaults to / for the initial directory

2013-12-27 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi On Fri, Dec 27, 2013 at 12:02 PM, Sam Varshavchik wrote: > Because it's par for the course > Not in this case. You have specific behavior which doesn't match anyone else. You should create a new user and check. If you can still reproduce it, file a bug report. Rahul -- users mailing lis

Re: gnome-terminal in F20 defaults to / for the initial directory

2013-12-27 Thread Sam Varshavchik
Michael Schwendt writes: On Fri, 27 Dec 2013 10:01:25 -0500, Sam Varshavchik wrote: > > I used gnome-tweak-tool to enable desktop icons, then copied a > > gnome-terminal.desktop file from another account, had to mark it as > > trusted, and double-clicking it starts a new terminal with default p

Re: gnome-terminal in F20 defaults to / for the initial directory

2013-12-27 Thread Michael Schwendt
On Fri, 27 Dec 2013 10:01:25 -0500, Sam Varshavchik wrote: > > I used gnome-tweak-tool to enable desktop icons, then copied a > > gnome-terminal.desktop file from another account, had to mark it as > > trusted, and double-clicking it starts a new terminal with default path > > being $HOME. > > We

Re: fedup to F20 but did not switch from kdm to sddm

2013-12-27 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi On Fri, Dec 27, 2013 at 9:31 AM, poma wrote: > > > It seems to me that both of you are not able to comprehend one full > sentence. :) > It seems even experienced users suffer from superficiality. > Oh dear! > Do you like riddles? I am not a big fan of them. If you want to clarify somethin

Re: gnome-terminal in F20 defaults to / for the initial directory

2013-12-27 Thread Sam Varshavchik
Michael Schwendt writes: On Fri, 27 Dec 2013 08:44:47 -0500, Sam Varshavchik wrote: > And now, in F20, Gnome found more ways to break traditional desktops, by > finding a way to have gnome-terminal open in / instead of the home > directory, when it gets launched from a desktop icon. It doesn't

Re: gnome-terminal in F20 defaults to / for the initial directory

2013-12-27 Thread Michael Schwendt
On Fri, 27 Dec 2013 08:44:47 -0500, Sam Varshavchik wrote: > And now, in F20, Gnome found more ways to break traditional desktops, by > finding a way to have gnome-terminal open in / instead of the home > directory, when it gets launched from a desktop icon. It doesn't do that here. I used g

Re: fedup to F20 but did not switch from kdm to sddm

2013-12-27 Thread poma
On 27.12.2013 11:17, Rahul Sundaram wrote: > Hi > > > On Fri, Dec 27, 2013 at 4:59 AM, poma wrote: > >> >> Which one will be ready, "The graphical display manager"(stdout) or "new >> destop manager"(Frédéric)? :) >> > > The answer is in the link I provided and you trimmed it out. It seems to

Re: Copy game to USB stick -

2013-12-27 Thread davidschaak1
Yvw. Might be able to do something similar with another file manager. There are progs for wine that gets around some copy protection schemes. One was called no-cd. Haven't played video games since Janes boughtout Micropose. Gl Dave Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone powered by Mobilicity

Re: gnome-terminal in F20 defaults to / for the initial directory

2013-12-27 Thread Sam Varshavchik
Michael Schwendt writes: On Thu, 26 Dec 2013 22:02:29 -0500, Sam Varshavchik wrote: > * Hit the top right corner with the pointer. Doesn't work. Hit it again. The > favourites bar slides in from the right. Yay. Pressing the Meta-key (aka "Super"-key or "Windows"-key) is a more convenient wa

Re: Copy game to USB stick -

2013-12-27 Thread Frank Murphy
On Fri, 27 Dec 2013 08:23:05 -0500 "Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA" wrote: > > Can someone recommend a procedure for copying a Windows game cd to > a USB flash drive with my Fedora 20 system. My grandson has a new > HP computer and game however he has no CD drive to install it with. > I would

Re: Copy game to USB stick -

2013-12-27 Thread Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA
On 27/12/13 08:29, davidscha...@mobilicity.blackberry.com wrote: My phone doesn't allow for bottom posting. Sorry. Personal preference for doing what you want would be mounting the usb stick without opening in file manager and opening a split window in konqueror. Once navigate to the cdrom, d

Re: Copy game to USB stick -

2013-12-27 Thread davidschaak1
My phone doesn't allow for bottom posting. Sorry. Personal preference for doing what you want would be mounting the usb stick without opening in file manager and opening a split window in konqueror. Once navigate to the cdrom, duplicate the structure of the cdrom on the stick. Unless there is a

Copy game to USB stick -

2013-12-27 Thread Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA
Can someone recommend a procedure for copying a Windows game cd to a USB flash drive with my Fedora 20 system. My grandson has a new HP computer and game however he has no CD drive to install it with. I would gain some status if I can come to the rescue! Thanks, Bob -- http://www.qrz.com/d

Re: gnome-terminal in F20 defaults to / for the initial directory

2013-12-27 Thread Michael Schwendt
On Thu, 26 Dec 2013 22:02:29 -0500, Sam Varshavchik wrote: > * Hit the top right corner with the pointer. Doesn't work. Hit it again. The > favourites bar slides in from the right. Yay. Pressing the Meta-key (aka "Super"-key or "Windows"-key) is a more convenient way, also just to get to the Ac

Re: System mail (Fedora 20)

2013-12-27 Thread Frank Murphy
On Thu, 26 Dec 2013 08:17:37 -0800 Mike Wright wrote: > Where does one specify that mailx should be used? > > Thanx > Do you mean within claws-mail? -- Regards, Frank www.frankly3d.com -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: htt

Re: Tool to convert a video DVD for YouTube uploading

2013-12-27 Thread Jon Ingason
2013-12-27 00:28, Paul Smith skrev: > On Thu, Dec 26, 2013 at 11:15 PM, John Wendel wrote: >> Give Handbrake a try. It produces mp4 or mkv output with great quality and >> the output will be much smaller than your VOB files. > > Thanks, John. Is handbrake in Fedora repos? It seems not. > > Paul

Re: fedup to F20 but did not switch from kdm to sddm

2013-12-27 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi On Fri, Dec 27, 2013 at 4:59 AM, poma wrote: > > Which one will be ready, "The graphical display manager"(stdout) or "new > destop manager"(Frédéric)? :) > The answer is in the link I provided and you trimmed it out. Rahul -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe

Re: fedup to F20 but did not switch from kdm to sddm

2013-12-27 Thread poma
On 27.12.2013 06:28, Rahul Sundaram wrote: > Hi > > > On Fri, Dec 27, 2013 at 12:19 AM, Frédéric Bron wrote: > >> I ran fedup from F19 to F20 without any trouble. >> I was excited to discover sddm but kdm came back as before. >> I then installed sddm with yum but kdm still came. >> I the tried >

Re: Tool to convert a video DVD for YouTube uploading

2013-12-27 Thread Tim
On Thu, 2013-12-26 at 23:11 +, Paul Smith wrote: > By uploading the VOB files, the quality of the image is better > compared to the AVI counterparts. The less you convert a file, the better it will be. Most video compression schemes are lossy (data is permanently discarded), and compressions