Re: Want to help a friend with a desktop problem

2015-08-07 Thread Fred Smith
On Fri, Aug 07, 2015 at 09:03:51PM -0600, jd1008 wrote: > > > On 08/07/2015 08:41 PM, Fred Smith wrote: > >On Fri, Aug 07, 2015 at 08:23:40PM -0600, jd1008 wrote: > >> > >>On 08/07/2015 06:53 PM, Fred Smith wrote: > >>>On Fri, Aug 07, 2015 at 06:34:09PM -0600, jd1008 wrote: > On 08/07/2015 05

Re: Want to help a friend with a desktop problem

2015-08-07 Thread jd1008
On 08/07/2015 08:41 PM, Fred Smith wrote: On Fri, Aug 07, 2015 at 08:23:40PM -0600, jd1008 wrote: On 08/07/2015 06:53 PM, Fred Smith wrote: On Fri, Aug 07, 2015 at 06:34:09PM -0600, jd1008 wrote: On 08/07/2015 05:14 PM, Fred Smith wrote: On Fri, Aug 07, 2015 at 03:15:57PM -0600, jd1008 wro

Re: backup snapshot

2015-08-07 Thread Michael D. Setzer II
Not a snapshot, but there are various programs that can do a bare image of the system and it works with Windows and LInux. They can be done at the partition level or the entire disk. I am the current maintainer of the G4L project, and there is also GNU and Clonezilla that can do similar things.

Re: Want to help a friend with a desktop problem

2015-08-07 Thread Fred Smith
On Fri, Aug 07, 2015 at 08:23:40PM -0600, jd1008 wrote: > > > On 08/07/2015 06:53 PM, Fred Smith wrote: > >On Fri, Aug 07, 2015 at 06:34:09PM -0600, jd1008 wrote: > >> > >>On 08/07/2015 05:14 PM, Fred Smith wrote: > >>>On Fri, Aug 07, 2015 at 03:15:57PM -0600, jd1008 wrote: > On 08/07/2015 01

Re: dnf update vs Software Udpates

2015-08-07 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 10:23 PM, Andreas M. Kirchwitz > > However, if somebody runs "dnf upgrade" on the command shell then > he clearly wants the latest updates. Right now! No caching or other > magic involved. That's the whole point of running "dnf upgrade" > manually, otherwise the user woul

Re: dnf update vs Software Udpates

2015-08-07 Thread Andreas M. Kirchwitz
Suvayu Ali wrote: >> I hope this will be done *fast*, because I have to "clean all" >> *everytime* checking for updates. Otherwise, no updates are shown, even >> though they exist. This is a major bug. > > I'm sorry but "clean all" is not necessary at all! "clean metadata" or > "clean expire-cac

Re: Want to help a friend with a desktop problem

2015-08-07 Thread jd1008
On 08/07/2015 06:53 PM, Fred Smith wrote: On Fri, Aug 07, 2015 at 06:34:09PM -0600, jd1008 wrote: On 08/07/2015 05:14 PM, Fred Smith wrote: On Fri, Aug 07, 2015 at 03:15:57PM -0600, jd1008 wrote: On 08/07/2015 01:45 PM, Paul Cartwright wrote: On 08/07/2015 03:24 PM, jd1008 wrote: So, some

Re: Want to help a friend with a desktop problem

2015-08-07 Thread Fred Smith
On Fri, Aug 07, 2015 at 06:34:09PM -0600, jd1008 wrote: > > > On 08/07/2015 05:14 PM, Fred Smith wrote: > >On Fri, Aug 07, 2015 at 03:15:57PM -0600, jd1008 wrote: > >> > >>On 08/07/2015 01:45 PM, Paul Cartwright wrote: > >>>On 08/07/2015 03:24 PM, jd1008 wrote: > So, something changed, that h

Re: backup snapshot

2015-08-07 Thread Chris Murphy
On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 1:56 PM, Diogene Laerce wrote: > Hi, > > After a sad experience with a system update, I would like to ask > if there is a software on Fedora or more generally on Linux > which would allow me to make a complete snapshot of the system ? > > Something as easy of use as the snap

Re: Want to help a friend with a desktop problem

2015-08-07 Thread jd1008
On 08/07/2015 05:14 PM, Fred Smith wrote: On Fri, Aug 07, 2015 at 03:15:57PM -0600, jd1008 wrote: On 08/07/2015 01:45 PM, Paul Cartwright wrote: On 08/07/2015 03:24 PM, jd1008 wrote: So, something changed, that has disabled the cntrl-alt-f keys. Any clues how to restore it? right click on

Re: Want to help a friend with a desktop problem

2015-08-07 Thread Fred Smith
On Fri, Aug 07, 2015 at 03:15:57PM -0600, jd1008 wrote: > > > On 08/07/2015 01:45 PM, Paul Cartwright wrote: > >On 08/07/2015 03:24 PM, jd1008 wrote: > >> > >>So, something changed, that has disabled the cntrl-alt-f keys. > >> > >>Any clues how to restore it? > >right click on menu icon->preferen

Re: Want to help a friend with a desktop problem

2015-08-07 Thread Gordon Messmer
On 08/07/2015 12:24 PM, jd1008 wrote: She does not recall what key sequences she pushed, but now, Cntrl-Alt-F[23456...] no longer work. I tried it on her computer under her login, and it does not work. Creating another account and login in with that account, it works. Any clues how to restore

Re: Want to help a friend with a desktop problem

2015-08-07 Thread Paul Cartwright
On 08/07/2015 05:15 PM, jd1008 wrote: >> > For Mate DT, what icon are you referring to? > > I have > > System -> Preferences -> Hardware -> Keyboard > > There nothing there about shortcuts. > -- I have Mate installed, but I am currently using enlightenment.. I never messed with keyboard shortcuts

Re: backup snapshot

2015-08-07 Thread Gordon Messmer
On 08/07/2015 12:56 PM, Diogene Laerce wrote: Hi, After a sad experience with a system update, I would like to ask if there is a software on Fedora or more generally on Linux which would allow me to make a complete snapshot of the system ? Something as easy of use as the snapshot feature in Vir

Re: Want to help a friend with a desktop problem

2015-08-07 Thread jd1008
On 08/07/2015 01:45 PM, Paul Cartwright wrote: On 08/07/2015 03:24 PM, jd1008 wrote: So, something changed, that has disabled the cntrl-alt-f keys. Any clues how to restore it? right click on menu icon->preference->keybord shortcut For Mate DT, what icon are you referring to? I have Sys

Re: Want to help a friend with a desktop problem

2015-08-07 Thread Joe Zeff
On 08/07/2015 01:03 PM, jd1008 wrote: She does not want to use any other DT. If she's not willing to try a different DE, even for testing, I have no other suggestions to make. Good Luck. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https:

Re: Want to help a friend with a desktop problem

2015-08-07 Thread jd1008
On 08/07/2015 01:45 PM, Paul Cartwright wrote: On 08/07/2015 03:24 PM, jd1008 wrote: So, something changed, that has disabled the cntrl-alt-f keys. Any clues how to restore it? right click on menu icon->preference->keybord shortcut You might look at the solutions offered on this link: htt

Re: Want to help a friend with a desktop problem

2015-08-07 Thread jd1008
On 08/07/2015 01:37 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: On 08/07/2015 12:24 PM, jd1008 wrote: Creating another account and login in with that account, it works. Does the new account also use Mate? Yes. So, something changed, that has disabled the cntrl-alt-f keys. It sounds like something's remapped

backup snapshot

2015-08-07 Thread Diogene Laerce
Hi, After a sad experience with a system update, I would like to ask if there is a software on Fedora or more generally on Linux which would allow me to make a complete snapshot of the system ? Something as easy of use as the snapshot feature in VirtualBox would be great.. But near would do as we

Re: Want to help a friend with a desktop problem

2015-08-07 Thread Paul Cartwright
On 08/07/2015 03:24 PM, jd1008 wrote: > > > So, something changed, that has disabled the cntrl-alt-f keys. > > Any clues how to restore it? right click on menu icon->preference->keybord shortcut -- Paul Cartwright Registered Linux User #367800 and new counter #561587 -- users mailing list users

Re: Want to help a friend with a desktop problem

2015-08-07 Thread Joe Zeff
On 08/07/2015 12:24 PM, jd1008 wrote: Creating another account and login in with that account, it works. Does the new account also use Mate? So, something changed, that has disabled the cntrl-alt-f keys. It sounds like something's remapped them, but I don't use Mate and wouldn't know wha

Want to help a friend with a desktop problem

2015-08-07 Thread jd1008
She is running mate desktop. She does not recall what key sequences she pushed, but now, Cntrl-Alt-F[23456...] no longer work. I tried it on her computer under her login, and it does not work. Creating another account and login in with that account, it works. So, something changed, that has di

Re: Firefox zero day

2015-08-07 Thread Matthew Miller
On Fri, Aug 07, 2015 at 08:48:56PM +0300, Alchemist wrote: > > Firefox released a fix yesterday, and I don't see the latest > > Firefox after a yum update on Fedora 21. Should I be leaving the > > repo and getting a binary directly, or is this coming soon? > Stable request still pending + some time

Re: koji vs firefox 40 - non workie

2015-08-07 Thread Alchemist
2015-08-07 20:57 GMT+03:00 Aleksandar Kostadinov : > Secure Connection Failed > > An error occurred during a connection to koji.fedoraproject.org. SSL peer > was unable to negotiate an acceptable set of security parameters. (Error > code: ssl_error_handshake_failure_alert) > > The page you are

koji vs firefox 40 - non workie

2015-08-07 Thread Aleksandar Kostadinov
Secure Connection Failed An error occurred during a connection to koji.fedoraproject.org. SSL peer was unable to negotiate an acceptable set of security parameters. (Error code: ssl_error_handshake_failure_alert) The page you are trying to view cannot be shown because the authenticity of

Re: Firefox zero day

2015-08-07 Thread Alchemist
2015-08-07 20:42 GMT+03:00 Benjamin Smith : > Firefox released a fix yesterday, and I don't see the latest Firefox after > a > yum update on Fedora 21. Should I be leaving the repo and getting a binary > directly, or is this coming soon? > > > http://www.computerworld.com/article/2966015/web-brows

Firefox zero day

2015-08-07 Thread Benjamin Smith
Firefox released a fix yesterday, and I don't see the latest Firefox after a yum update on Fedora 21. Should I be leaving the repo and getting a binary directly, or is this coming soon? http://www.computerworld.com/article/2966015/web-browsers/mozilla-issues-quick-fix-for-firefox-zero-day-bug.h

Re: Strange wheel behaviour of MX Master in GTK3

2015-08-07 Thread Gérard Milmeister
On Fri, 2015-08-07 at 14:48 +0100, John Austin wrote: > This is better than it was for me last week when gedit/evolution/?? > jumped to the end of the screen for the first action > when focus returned. > > Try adding GDK_CORE_DEVICE_EVENTS=1 > > alias gedit='GDK_CORE_DEVICE_EVENTS=1;gedit -s' >

Re: Strange wheel behaviour of MX Master in GTK3

2015-08-07 Thread Ed Greshko
On 08/07/15 21:48, John Austin wrote: > If I knew how to set GDK_CORE_DEVICE_EVENTS=1 > at login so it was inherited by all processes I would!? Assuming you're using bash as your login shell, adding export GDK_CORE_DEVICE_EVENTS=1 to your ~/.bashrc should do the trick. -- If I wanted a blog or

Re: Strange wheel behaviour of MX Master in GTK3

2015-08-07 Thread John Austin
On Fri, 2015-08-07 at 14:48 +0100, John Austin wrote: > On Fri, 2015-08-07 at 15:28 +0200, Gérard Milmeister wrote: > > Hi, > > > > The new Logitech MX Master works fine in general. > > However there is a problem with the scroll wheel, > > and it seems to be limited to software using GTK3. > > For

Re: Strange wheel behaviour of MX Master in GTK3

2015-08-07 Thread John Austin
On Fri, 2015-08-07 at 15:28 +0200, Gérard Milmeister wrote: > Hi, > > The new Logitech MX Master works fine in general. > However there is a problem with the scroll wheel, > and it seems to be limited to software using GTK3. > For example, in Firefox, when the window loses focus > and gains it aga

Strange wheel behaviour of MX Master in GTK3

2015-08-07 Thread Gérard Milmeister
Hi, The new Logitech MX Master works fine in general. However there is a problem with the scroll wheel, and it seems to be limited to software using GTK3. For example, in Firefox, when the window loses focus and gains it again, the first wheel action does not behave as expected, but scrolls a whol

Re: Apple Macbook pro retina 2015 Fedora status

2015-08-07 Thread Cheng Rk
Hi jeandet, In my case with MacBookPro11,2 the thunderbolt just works fine, both Ethernet and VGA adapter, with kernel-4.1.0;But WiFi doesn't stably work with WPA2 Enterprise, with corporate environment PEAP CHAPv2 Authentication. the laptop just hangs once or twice a week, and sometimes shows c