Re: memtest86

On 09/26/14 13:32, Tim wrote: > As far as I can recall, that has never put an entry into grub. You have > to, after the rpm installation, run a memtest setup program, to > have /that/ make an entry in the grub config file. Yes, you actually run "memtest-setup" which runs and then reminds you to

Re: Mplayer failure message

Allegedly, on or about 23 September 2014, jd1008 sent: > So, what's causing VD_FFMPEG failure? Dunno. > The video/audio plays just fine. Nothing unusual in that. > Just curious about the failure message. Mplayer often tries various things, according to its preferences, before it finds a comb

Re: memtest86

Allegedly, on or about 25 September 2014, jd1008 sent: > Installed latest memtest86 > and also updated to latest kernel > but grub.cfg still has no entry for me > to boot memtest86. > I thought installing it would have created > the grub entry, as it had done before long > ago when I was running fc

Re: Shellshock: how does it actually work?

On 26 September 2014 07:50, Matthew Miller wrote: > http://fedoramagazine.org/shellshock-how-does-it-actually-work/ > > My attempt to explain this in some satisfying detail, but also in an > understandable way. Let me know how that went. :) > > Good. Where's that 'like'-button? :) -- Hiisi. Reg

Re: Level of discourse: how we can be more effective (and, systemd)

Hi On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 1:41 PM, Tom Rivers wrote: > Encouraging people to voice their views on Fedora issues and giving people > advice on how a particular piece of Fedora operates so they can avoid > problems seem to be very much a part of what this list is about. > Sure but that wasn't wa

Re: Shellshock: how does it actually work?

On 09/25/2014 11:50 PM, Matthew Miller wrote: > http://fedoramagazine.org/shellshock-how-does-it-actually-work/ > > My attempt to explain this in some satisfying detail, but also in an > understandable way. Let me know how that went. :) > Your test doesn't work on pclos kde 32: [root@linux1 doug

George Orwell got it right

http://www.zdnet.com/australias-spy-agency-to-get-power-to-tap-unlimited-devices-734031/?s_cid=e551&ttag=e551&ftag=TRE7ed2633 So it starts! Roger -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: Heads up: possible BASH security vulnerability

I don't know what to think. I have tried all of the bash tests mentioned so far and bash shell indicates they all fail as explained in the reports. Therefore my shell in Ubuntu 14.04 must be already patched. Why is mine ok yet others have not yet patched? Has Linux not yet released the update?

Shellshock: how does it actually work?

http://fedoramagazine.org/shellshock-how-does-it-actually-work/ My attempt to explain this in some satisfying detail, but also in an understandable way. Let me know how that went. :) -- Matthew Miller Fedora Project Leader -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or c

Re: Machine on a deadlock

On 09/25/2014 08:02 PM, Doug wrote: It seemed to me that the machine ran a bit slow at this point, altho everything seemed to be working, so I did a normal restart and then everything was hunky-dory. It's too late now, but you could have used top to find out what, if anything, was slowing it

Re: Heads up: possible BASH security vulnerability

On 25 Sep 2014 at 19:45, Dave Stevens wrote: Date sent: Thu, 25 Sep 2014 19:45:52 -0700 From: Dave Stevens To: Community support for Fedora users , Edik Landaveri Subject:Re: Heads up: possible BASH security vulnerabilit

Re: Machine on a deadlock

On 09/25/2014 08:36 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: > On 09/25/2014 10:38 AM, Doug wrote: >> use lower case, but hold alt+ctrl+printscreen > > You may need to experiment. My old mobo would only respond if you used the > correct alt and ctrl keys. When I tried it earlier today, I used the keys on the right

Re: Heads up: possible BASH security vulnerability

Quoting Edik Landaveri : #Thu Sep 25 19:11:30 PDT 2014 Debian already released a patch GNU bash, version 4.3.25(1)-release-(x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) I assume Red Hat already have their hands into a patch as well. Just have to wait. I posted a CentOS patch three hours ago, I assume that came fro

memtest86

Installed latest memtest86 and also updated to latest kernel but grub.cfg still has no entry for me to boot memtest86. I thought installing it would have created the grub entry, as it had done before long ago when I was running fc16. Does anyone have the grub entry to share? -- users mailing list

Re: Heads up: possible BASH security vulnerability

#Thu Sep 25 19:11:30 PDT 2014 Debian already released a patch GNU bash, version 4.3.25(1)-release-(x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) I assume Red Hat already have their hands into a patch as well. Just have to wait. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription opt

Re: Heads up: possible BASH security vulnerability

On 09/24/2014 03:56 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > http://arstechnica.com/security/2014/09/bug-in-bash-shell-creates-big-security-hole-on-anything-with-nix-in-it/ > > From the article: > > The vulnerability affects versions 1.14 through 4.3 of GNU Bash. [...] > To check your system, from a comman

Re: Machine on a deadlock

On 09/25/2014 03:11 PM, Paul Smith wrote: Thanks for all answers. Does alt+ctrl+printscreen work when the keyboard itself is also frozen? Maybe. If the kernel is stuck in a non-inturuptable state, no. If the keyboard is still running, it should work as long as it's not a hardware issue.

Re: Machine on a deadlock

On 09/25/2014 10:38 AM, Doug wrote: use lower case, but hold alt+ctrl+printscreen You may need to experiment. My old mobo would only respond if you used the correct alt and ctrl keys. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://a

Re: Machine on a deadlock

On 09/25/2014 10:29 AM, Doug wrote: I should have said, hold alt+ctrl+print-screen and type r e i s b. It's tricky to hold the three keys, but it can be done. I just tried it. Use lower case letters. And FYI, I think that the last one is for rebooting. I'd suggest trying this at least once w

Re: Regular font for human beings to learn to write

On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 7:16 PM, Orange Paranoid wrote: > I need a regular font resembling how a human being writes in the real > world. Beginners learning the English language need such a font. > > My requirement is in this video: > http://youtu.be/BnA8dkN0ROU > > I didn't watch the video, too m

Re: Machine on a deadlock

On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 6:38 PM, Doug wrote: > I have a machine running Fedora 19, which is experiecning a deadlock. > What can I do to remedy this situation? I have tried > > CRTL + ALT + F3 > > to get a login prompt to issue the reboot command, but the keyboard > seem

SELinux and the bash exploit.

https://danwalsh.livejournal.com/71122.html -- 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.or

Re: Heads up: possible BASH security vulnerability

On 09/25/14 22:51, Paul W. Frields wrote: If you keep an eye on the RSS feed for http://fedoramagazine.org you should see an update when the additional CVE-2014-7169 vulnerability has packages available. For fc20: Here is a list of

Re: Heads up: possible BASH security vulnerability

On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 10:28:49PM +0300, jarmo wrote: > Thu, 25 Sep 2014 13:11:01 -0600 > jd1008 kirjoitti: > > > > Thanx Ian. > > I wonder if the BSD sh has the same vulnerability. > > > > Quick updates > > http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=580601 There is more context i

Re: Heads up: possible BASH security vulnerability

On 09/24/2014 08:27 PM, Chris Adams wrote: > Once upon a time, jd1008 said: >> So, is this one of the ways javascripts exec bash to install malware >> or do other nasty stuff? > This has nothing to do with Javascript. It is probably more serious to > servers, such as web servers, than to desktop

Re: Heads up: possible BASH security vulnerability

Thu, 25 Sep 2014 13:11:01 -0600 jd1008 kirjoitti: > Thanx Ian. > I wonder if the BSD sh has the same vulnerability. > Quick updates http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=580601 -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: h

Re: Problem in F20 with vfat filesystem on some sdhc card

On 09/25/2014 05:23 AM, Joachim Backes wrote: Hi all, 1. I created a vfat FS on a 32 GB SD-HC card mkfs.vfat /dev/sdd1). No errors 2. mount /dev/sdd1 /mnt 3. copy some huge file (about 17 GB) to /mnt with the cp cmd: cp bigfile /mnt This runs for some secs, but then fails w

Re: Heads up: possible BASH security vulnerability

On 09/25/2014 01:50 AM, Ian Malone wrote: On 25 September 2014 01:36, jd1008 wrote: On 09/24/2014 06:27 PM, Chris Adams wrote: Once upon a time, jd1008 said: So, is this one of the ways javascripts exec bash to install malware or do other nasty stuff? This has nothing to do with Javascript

Re: Machine on a deadlock

On 09/25/2014 12:45 PM, Doug wrote: > On 09/25/2014 06:00 AM, Paul Smith wrote: >> On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 10:39 AM, Doug wrote: I have a machine running Fedora 19, which is experiecning a deadlock. What can I do to remedy this situation? I have tried CRTL + ALT + F3

Re: Machine on a deadlock

On 09/25/2014 11:41 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Thu, 2014-09-25 at 07:28 -0700, Joe Zeff wrote: >> On 09/25/2014 02:39 AM, Doug wrote: > >>> I don't know if this works in your distro, but in PCLOS, you can hold >>> ALT + Print Screen and type R E I S B. If it works, you'll wind up in >>

Re: Machine on a deadlock

On 09/25/2014 06:00 AM, Paul Smith wrote: > On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 10:39 AM, Doug wrote: >>> I have a machine running Fedora 19, which is experiecning a deadlock. >>> What can I do to remedy this situation? I have tried >>> >>> CRTL + ALT + F3 >>> >>> to get a login prompt to issue the reboot com

Re: Problem in F20 with vfat filesystem on some sdhc card

On Thu, 2014-09-25 at 13:23 +0200, Joachim Backes wrote: > 3. copy some huge file (about 17 GB) to /mnt with the cp cmd: No, can't do that on vfat, no matter how big the physical media or filesystem is. The maximum file size is 4GB. You need to use something like ntfs or ext4. poc -- users mail

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Re: Machine on a deadlock

On Thu, 2014-09-25 at 13:08 +0100, Paul Smith wrote: > On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 12:13 PM, Paul Smith wrote: > >>> I have a machine running Fedora 19, which is experiecning a deadlock. > >> > >> Is it actually deadlocked or do you just mean it's frozen? Can you reach > >> it via an ssh session? Does

Re: Machine on a deadlock

On Thu, 2014-09-25 at 07:28 -0700, Joe Zeff wrote: > On 09/25/2014 02:39 AM, Doug wrote: > >> > > > I don't know if this works in your distro, but in PCLOS, you can hold > > ALT + Print Screen and type R E I S B. If it works, you'll wind up in > > a run-level and you can type start x and be back

Re: Heads up: possible BASH security vulnerability

On 09/24/2014 07:27 PM, Chris Adams wrote: > On a client system, there are some potential routes to exploiting this > as well. For example, I think the DHCP and PPP clients will run > external scripts to configure things (such as DNS, NTP, etc.), using > environment variables to pass information,

Re: Machine on a deadlock

On 09/25/2014 02:39 AM, Doug wrote: > I don't know if this works in your distro, but in PCLOS, you can hold ALT + Print Screen and type R E I S B. If it works, you'll wind up in a run-level and you can type start x and be back to the system. This is the Magic Sysrq Key, https://en.wikipedia

Re: f21 workstation(gnome) ping fedora servers every 300seconds

For people interested in this, there is a "upstream" bug report on gnome bugzilla [1] about making this optional. [1] - https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=737362 -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject

Re: Problem in F20 with vfat filesystem on some sdhc card

Den 2014-09-25 13:23, Joachim Backes skrev: > > Hi all, > > 1. I created a vfat FS on a 32 GB SD-HC card > > mkfs.vfat /dev/sdd1). > >No errors > > 2. mount /dev/sdd1 /mnt > > 3. copy some huge file (about 17 GB) to /mnt with the cp cmd: ^ You can

Re: [Fedora] Heads up: possible BASH security vulnerability

Once upon a time, Walter Cazzola said: > I was wondering if it could be a good workaround to link /bin/sh to tcsh > instead of bash. I'm not using bash at all but probably something in the > system is so do you know some contraindication on a system with apache > and SVN servers? /bin/sh must be

Re: Machine on a deadlock

On Thu, 2014-09-25 at 13:08 +0100, Paul Smith wrote: > Is it safe to use the physical power button to shutdown the machine? My systems, over many years, have survived many ungracefull poweroffs. Unlike Windows, which could be quite self destructive about it. Mind you, I don't have databases runni

Re: Machine on a deadlock

On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 12:13 PM, Paul Smith wrote: >>> I have a machine running Fedora 19, which is experiecning a deadlock. >> >> Is it actually deadlocked or do you just mean it's frozen? Can you reach >> it via an ssh session? Does it respond to pings? > > Thanks, Patrick . Perhaps, the correc

Problem in F20 with vfat filesystem on some sdhc card

Hi all, 1. I created a vfat FS on a 32 GB SD-HC card mkfs.vfat /dev/sdd1). No errors 2. mount /dev/sdd1 /mnt 3. copy some huge file (about 17 GB) to /mnt with the cp cmd: cp bigfile /mnt This runs for some secs, but then fails with: FAT-fs (sdd1): error, fat_free_clusters: dele

Re: Machine on a deadlock

On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 12:05 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: >> I have a machine running Fedora 19, which is experiecning a deadlock. > > Is it actually deadlocked or do you just mean it's frozen? Can you reach > it via an ssh session? Does it respond to pings? Thanks, Patrick . Perhaps, the corr

Re: Machine on a deadlock

On Thu, 2014-09-25 at 10:29 +0100, Paul Smith wrote: > I have a machine running Fedora 19, which is experiecning a deadlock. Is it actually deadlocked or do you just mean it's frozen? Can you reach it via an ssh session? Does it respond to pings? poc -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproj

Re: Machine on a deadlock

On Thu, 2014-09-25 at 05:39 -0400, Doug wrote: > I don't know if this works in your distro, but in PCLOS, you can hold > ALT + Print Screen and type R E I S B. Magic system request keys need to be enabled, beforehand. -- tim@localhost ~]$ uname -rsvp Linux 3.16.2-201.fc20.i686 #1 SMP Mon Sep 1

Re: Machine on a deadlock

On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 10:39 AM, Doug wrote: >> I have a machine running Fedora 19, which is experiecning a deadlock. >> What can I do to remedy this situation? I have tried >> >> CRTL + ALT + F3 >> >> to get a login prompt to issue the reboot command, but the keyboard >> seems to be also locked.

Re: [Fedora] Heads up: possible BASH security vulnerability

> On Wed, 24 Sep 2014, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > >> >> http://arstechnica.com/security/2014/09/bug-in-bash-shell-creates-big-security-hole-on-anything-with-nix-in-it/ >> >> From the article: >> >> The vulnerability affects versions 1.14 through 4.3 of GNU Bash. [...] >> To check your system, fro

Re: Machine on a deadlock

On 09/25/2014 05:29 AM, Paul Smith wrote: > Dear All, > > I have a machine running Fedora 19, which is experiecning a deadlock. > What can I do to remedy this situation? I have tried > > CRTL + ALT + F3 > > to get a login prompt to issue the reboot command, but the keyboard > seems to be also lo

Machine on a deadlock

Dear All, I have a machine running Fedora 19, which is experiecning a deadlock. What can I do to remedy this situation? I have tried CRTL + ALT + F3 to get a login prompt to issue the reboot command, but the keyboard seems to be also locked. Thanks in advance, Paul -- users mailing list users

Re: Regular font for human beings to learn to write

I'm not sure there is the right source for your computer. So let see in your different posts is a complex, multifactorial problem and therefore has no simple or trivial solution. I agree that a careful font selection for preparing printed materials you use in class can help. But there are also oth

Re: Regular font for human beings to learn to write

Hi! :) I am sure that kids have been taught in one way or another on how to write the English letters from a to z. However, the reality I face is that after learning for two, three or four years, the apparently weak kids have difficulty spelling very simple words. Then, I start to look for solutio

Re: [Fedora] Heads up: possible BASH security vulnerability

Dear Experts, I was wondering if it could be a good workaround to link /bin/sh to tcsh instead of bash. I'm not using bash at all but probably something in the system is so do you know some contraindication on a system with apache and SVN servers? Thanks Walter On Wed, 24 Sep 2014, Patrick O'Cal

Re: Heads up: possible BASH security vulnerability

On 25 September 2014 01:36, jd1008 wrote: > > On 09/24/2014 06:27 PM, Chris Adams wrote: >> >> Once upon a time, jd1008 said: >>> >>> So, is this one of the ways javascripts exec bash to install malware >>> or do other nasty stuff? >> >> This has nothing to do with Javascript. It is probably mor

Re: Heads up: possible BASH security vulnerability

On 25 Sep 2014 01:44, "Chris Adams" wrote: > > > As far as I know, that would require some other security vulnerability > first (at which point bash security is moot). > -- Heads up people the first patch was incomplete... This is now being tracked under: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/