Re: Fedora Present and Future: a Fedora.next 2014 Update (Part I,?“Why?”)

On 03/31/2014 09:01 PM, Robin Laing wrote: I use a basic /home on the root drive with each users directory mounted to their username mount point. So each user has their own partition? Do you also use LVM so that you can create/resize or remove them as needed? That's an interesting idea. --

KDE desktop icons disappear regularly

Every second time I run KDE, the icons on the desktop are not there and the desktop is empty. Why? I am speaking of icons that are shortcuts to launch applications. KDE graphical component are still there. Frédéric -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscr

Re: Fedora helps with taxes :-).

Quoting Tom Horsley : My tax software has endless lists of financial institutions it can import data from, and none of them are ever any of my financial institutions :-). So over the years, I've developed the habit of downloading the PDF tax forms so I can at least cut & paste the correct numbe

Re: Is it irrelevant what users of FOSS think? (Re: Fedora Present and Future: a Fedora.next 2014 Update (Part I, "Why?"))

Hi On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 11:24 PM, Robin Laing wrote: > When a feature that is used is broken, even to the point an application > crashes, and the fix requires the new version, then it is in issue in the > usability of Fedora. This has been my biggest complaint over the years. I > am findin

Re: How do I select which monitor kdm will display login on?

On 2014-03-09 06:48, Adrian Sevcenco wrote: On 03/09/2014 01:20 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 03/09/14 17:17, Robin Laing wrote: Hello, I have a dual monitor, well, one monitor and one projector that I have configured for presentations. System is using F20. Presently when I start the computer, kd

Re: Steam on Fedora

On 2014-03-26 11:03, Paul Cartwright wrote: On 03/26/2014 09:17 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: For more information visit https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=9938-EYZB-7457. A glance at the above URL reveals that the problem is probably due to Steam being a 32-bit binary and I

Re: Fedora Present and Future: a Fedora.next 2014 Update (Part I,?“Why?”)

On 2014-03-28 14:23, Max wrote: On 03/25/2014 02:24 PM, Chris Murphy wrote: On Mar 25, 2014, at 2:41 AM, lee wrote: Chris Murphy writes: Partitioning took me about three hours with the installer of F19, with a very simple setup and not even data to preserve and neither RAID, nor encryption

Re: Fedora Present and Future: a Fedora.next 2014 Update (Part I,?“Why?”)

On 2014-03-28 10:54, Bill Davidsen wrote: Paul Cartwright wrote: On 03/26/2014 01:32 AM, Robin Laing wrote: I`m not an expert with Fedoras installers in any way. This is simply my "user experience". Maybe the "user experience" the installer provides should be different. It is hidden. I do

Re: Is it irrelevant what users of FOSS think? (Re: Fedora Present and Future: a Fedora.next 2014 Update (Part I, "Why?"))

On 2014-03-28 03:20, Rahul Sundaram wrote: Hi On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 12:09 AM, Robin Laing wrote: On 2014-03-26 03:12, Suvayu Ali wrote: It is Fedora policy to not do that: I know this and I don't like it when there is a b

Re: Fedora helps with taxes :-).

Thanks for the tip. -- 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: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guid

Re: Fedora Scrolling Lag

On 04/01/14 08:30, c. marlow wrote: > writing back... I ran RPMFUSION and rebooted no errors... The boot > screen is weird now its a blue bar that turns white as it goes across > the screen to the FEDORA 20 writing on the left in dark blue. then the > screen went black with a _ for about 10 sec. fl

Re: Fedora Scrolling Lag

On Tue, 2014-04-01 at 11:29 +1100, Roger wrote: > On 01/04/14 10:56, Ed Greshko wrote: > > On 04/01/14 07:31, c. marlow wrote: > >> ah Ok then Roger thats something I havent done yet... Install the Nvidia > >> drivers... I guess I am using whatever came with this fresh install > >> how do I see wh

Re: Fedora Scrolling Lag

On Mon, 2014-03-31 at 19:26 -0500, c. marlow wrote: > On Mon, 2014-03-31 at 17:50 -0500, c. marlow wrote: > > Fresh Install of Fedora 20 installed last night. > > > > When browsing Facebook and I use the mouse wheel to scroll down, Firefox > > pauses before it jumps down ( meaning it pauses for a

Re: Fedora Scrolling Lag

On 01/04/14 10:56, Ed Greshko wrote: On 04/01/14 07:31, c. marlow wrote: ah Ok then Roger thats something I havent done yet... Install the Nvidia drivers... I guess I am using whatever came with this fresh install how do I see what I have and how do I go about installing them? Fedora doesn't s

Re: Fedora Scrolling Lag

On Mon, 2014-03-31 at 17:50 -0500, c. marlow wrote: > Fresh Install of Fedora 20 installed last night. > > When browsing Facebook and I use the mouse wheel to scroll down, Firefox > pauses before it jumps down ( meaning it pauses for a few sec before it > finally gets the command that I scrolled

Re: Fedora Scrolling Lag

On Tue, 2014-04-01 at 07:56 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 04/01/14 07:31, c. marlow wrote: > > ah Ok then Roger thats something I havent done yet... Install the Nvidia > > drivers... I guess I am using whatever came with this fresh install > > how do I see what I have and how do I go about install

Re: Fedora Scrolling Lag

On Tue, 2014-04-01 at 07:56 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 04/01/14 07:31, c. marlow wrote: > > ah Ok then Roger thats something I havent done yet... Install the Nvidia > > drivers... I guess I am using whatever came with this fresh install > > how do I see what I have and how do I go about install

Re: Fedora Scrolling Lag

On 04/01/14 07:31, c. marlow wrote: > ah Ok then Roger thats something I havent done yet... Install the Nvidia > drivers... I guess I am using whatever came with this fresh install > how do I see what I have and how do I go about installing them? Fedora doesn't ship with, or support the nVidia dr

Re: Fedora Scrolling Lag

On Tue, 2014-04-01 at 10:01 +1100, Roger wrote: > > Fresh Install of Fedora 20 installed last night. > > > > When browsing Facebook and I use the mouse wheel to scroll down, Firefox > > pauses before it jumps down ( meaning it pauses for a few sec before it > > finally gets the command that I scro

Re: Fedora Scrolling Lag

On Tue, 2014-04-01 at 10:01 +1100, Roger wrote: > > Fresh Install of Fedora 20 installed last night. > > > > When browsing Facebook and I use the mouse wheel to scroll down, Firefox > > pauses before it jumps down ( meaning it pauses for a few sec before it > > finally gets the command that I scrol

Re: Fedora Scrolling Lag

Fresh Install of Fedora 20 installed last night. When browsing Facebook and I use the mouse wheel to scroll down, Firefox pauses before it jumps down ( meaning it pauses for a few sec before it finally gets the command that I scrolled down and the page finally goes down) I am using Fedora 20 Mat

Fedora helps with taxes :-).

My tax software has endless lists of financial institutions it can import data from, and none of them are ever any of my financial institutions :-). So over the years, I've developed the habit of downloading the PDF tax forms so I can at least cut & paste the correct numbers with no transcription

Fedora Scrolling Lag

Fresh Install of Fedora 20 installed last night. When browsing Facebook and I use the mouse wheel to scroll down, Firefox pauses before it jumps down ( meaning it pauses for a few sec before it finally gets the command that I scrolled down and the page finally goes down) I am using Fedora 20 Mat

Re: Fedora and Garamond (LaTeX) fonts

On Mon, 31 Mar 2014 13:18:52 -0600 Aradenatorix Veckhom Vacelaevus wrote: > Well when I work with typography I preffer to use xelatex for compile > instead of latex or pdflatex. I don't use lualatex yet because in Spanish > we have yet some issues with the correct hyphenation. > > Whe need to m

Re: Fedora and Garamond (LaTeX) fonts

Well when I work with typography I preffer to use xelatex for compile instead of latex or pdflatex. I don't use lualatex yet because in Spanish we have yet some issues with the correct hyphenation. Whe need to measure and make proofs with fonts. If you need to use mathematical symbols then we need

Re: Fedora and Garamond (LaTeX) fonts

On Mon, 31 Mar 2014 12:56:30 -0600 Aradenatorix Veckhom Vacelaevus wrote: > Well, actually ebgaramond is one of many options available for print and > save money and paper. You need to learn a little bit of typometry. One of > the best books for learn about all this is The Elements of Typographic

Re: Fedora and Garamond (LaTeX) fonts

Well, actually ebgaramond is one of many options available for print and save money and paper. You need to learn a little bit of typometry. One of the best books for learn about all this is The Elements of Typographic Style I hope you can check it and learn more, learn about more families and can t

Re: Fedora and Garamond (LaTeX) fonts

Hi Aradenatorix! On Mon, 31 Mar 2014 11:14:05 -0600 Aradenatorix Veckhom Vacelaevus wrote: > Well, perhaps the problem is not with the Garamond font in fact. > > You should take care about few typographical details, one of those is about > the boldface. As you should know, the boldface is an in

Re: video shimmer [Case closed, but not solved]

On Mon, 31 Mar 2014 12:14:39 -0400 Claude Jones wrote: > My old IOGear KVM... Yep. I've tried several KVM switches over the years for one reason or another, and the IOGear I had (till it died) was the only one that ever worked reliably. One thing you can do on linux these days that could help wi

Re: Fedora and Garamond (LaTeX) fonts

Well, perhaps the problem is not with the Garamond font in fact. You should take care about few typographical details, one of those is about the boldface. As you should know, the boldface is an invention from the 19th century, and the fashion of the boldfaces still goes on. But Garamond, or the

Re: video shimmer [Case closed, but not solved]

On 03/31/2014 09:14 AM, Claude Jones wrote: My old IOGear KVM which cost half of what I'd paid for the new one, is back in the mix, and works perfectly. I'd call it solved: bad hardware. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://a

Re: death key combo

On 03/29/2014 01:30 PM, Mike Wright issued this missive: 03/28/2014 12:47 PM, Rick Stevens wrote: On 03/28/2014 11:29 AM, Mike Wright issued this missive: Hi all, f18 Just had an inexplicable (to me) event occur. Accidentally typed "ctrl-alt-l" which caused a logout from my runlevel 5, but d

Re: video shimmer [Case closed, but not solved]

On 3/31/2014 7:34 AM, Claude Jones wrote: On 03/31/2014 04:24 AM, Tim wrote: Allegedly, on or about 30 March 2014, Claude Jones sent: >Being an old TV guy, I did just what you suggested. I >tried swapping ports on the switch first, to see if the problem moved. >It didn't, so I swapped the cable

Re: Fedora and Garamond (LaTeX) fonts

On Mon, 31 Mar 2014 17:14:02 +0200 Andras Simon wrote: > 2014-03-31 6:50 GMT+02:00, Ranjan Maitra : > > Hi, > > > > I have been trying my luck at using Garamond fonts in LaTeX with > > Fedora. From the repo, I found > > > > texlive-ebgaramond-svn30741.0.15__2013_05_22_-4.fc20.noarch > > > > and i

Re: kernel-3.13.7-200.fc20.x86_64 update: wifi "No buffer space available" error.

On 31.03.2014 16:29, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Mon, 2014-03-31 at 06:00 -0700, Stub wrote: >> This does not occur when I boot with >> kernel kernel-3.13.6-200.fc20.x86_64; wifi is then stable. >> >> I'm afraid some bad wifi or network stuff came with the new kernel >> update! > > You should

Re: Fedora and Garamond (LaTeX) fonts

2014-03-31 6:50 GMT+02:00, Ranjan Maitra : > Hi, > > I have been trying my luck at using Garamond fonts in LaTeX with > Fedora. From the repo, I found > > texlive-ebgaramond-svn30741.0.15__2013_05_22_-4.fc20.noarch > > and installed it. I got LaTeX to compile my document, however, I am > unable to

Re: kernel-3.13.7-200.fc20.x86_64 update: wifi "No buffer space available" error.

On 31.03.2014 15:00, Stub wrote: > Hi, > > My F20 PC currently has two kernels installed: > > kernel-3.13.6-200.fc20.x86_64 and kernel-3.13.7-200.fc20.x86_64. > > > With the latest kernel my wifi connection constantly breaks, while the > NetworkManager still indicates a connected wifi; this ha

Re: kernel-3.13.7-200.fc20.x86_64 update: wifi "No buffer space available" error.

On Mon, 2014-03-31 at 06:00 -0700, Stub wrote: > This does not occur when I boot with > kernel kernel-3.13.6-200.fc20.x86_64; wifi is then stable. > > I'm afraid some bad wifi or network stuff came with the new kernel > update! You should report it to Bugzilla. poc -- users mailing list users@

Re: Linux-compatible (micro) SD card

On Sun, Mar 30, 2014 at 08:46:42PM -0700, Geoffrey Leach wrote: > I need to acquire a micro-SD card. Having been burned by compatibility > problems once already, I thought I'd ask. Is there anywhere a list of SD > specs that are supported by the current kernel? Gee, I've never had a problem, I'm

kernel-3.13.7-200.fc20.x86_64 update: wifi "No buffer space available" error.

Hi, My F20 PC currently has two kernels installed: kernel-3.13.6-200.fc20.x86_64 and kernel-3.13.7-200.fc20.x86_64. With the latest kernel my wifi connection constantly breaks, while the NetworkManager still indicates a connected wifi; this happens with two different USB wifi gadgets. While

Re: video shimmer

On 03/31/14 06:34, Claude Jones wrote: <<>> There's no way to do that. These are custom cables that have single/special D-Sub connectors on one end that pick up the > video and vga signals, and breakout cables on the other end > for plugging into the connections on the computer. The strange >

Re: fedup f19->f20 not working

2014-03-30 21:26 GMT-03:00 Joe Zeff : > On 03/30/2014 05:15 PM, Martín Marqués wrote: >> >> Well, 0.8.0-3 doesn't work. Upgrading to 0.8.0-4 (which was in testing >> at that moment) fixed something, because it just worked. > > > Don't forget to give it karma, if you haven't already. Looking a bodh

Re: video shimmer

Allegedly, on or about 31 March 2014, Claude Jones sent: > I was only trying a replacement because of a different issue I'm > having with some strange interference between my phone and my computer > wiring. (When I sit down at my desk, the device that picks up my > handset and switches to my headse

Re: video shimmer

On 03/31/14 03:28, Tim wrote: Allegedly, on or about 30 March 2014, g sent: giving thought to Tim's suggestion and results of your show, >> i will make a suggestion. use high quality video cables. >> cables that are 100% shielded. even better yet, double >> shielded cables. Some /alleged/ v

Re: video shimmer

On 03/31/2014 04:24 AM, Tim wrote: Allegedly, on or about 30 March 2014, Claude Jones sent: >Being an old TV guy, I did just what you suggested. I >tried swapping ports on the switch first, to see if the problem moved. >It didn't, so I swapped the cables out next. That ended up clearing >95% of

Re: Chrome keeps going crazy

On 03/30/2014 10:34 PM, Max wrote: On 03/30/2014 09:54 PM, John Aldrich wrote: I keep a half dozen tabs open in Chrome at most times, and sometimes when I open another tab, it seems like Chrome goes crazy and the system almost hangs. Usually I'm able to get to a console prompt and kill all Chr

Re: mouse wheel doesn't scroll

Allegedly, on or about 30 March 2014, John Aldrich sent: > I've had this problem under previous versions of Fedora and the trick > then was always to edit the XF86config file, but now that we're not > USING that, how do I get my scroll wheel back? I've never had it not work. Tell the list what t

Re: video shimmer

Allegedly, on or about 30 March 2014, g sent: > giving thought to Tim's suggestion and results of your show, i > will make a suggestion. use high quality video cables. cables that > are 100% shielded. even better yet, double shielded cables. Some /alleged/ video cables are just unshielded wires b

Re: video shimmer

Allegedly, on or about 30 March 2014, Claude Jones sent: > Being an old TV guy, I did just what you suggested. I > tried swapping ports on the switch first, to see if the problem moved. > It didn't, so I swapped the cables out next. That ended up clearing > 95% of the problem up. There's still the