Re: Lost PSWD - How to recover

2011-09-11 Thread Adalbert Prokop
Am 11.09.2011 14:43, schrieb Zadikim Yisrael: Hello Zadkim, > The school needed a server. I choose Samba. In the process I forgot > the pswd. How to retrieve pswd? Do you mean the root password? You cannot "recover" it, you will have to set a new one. Boot into the sigle user mode, type "pas

Re: any way to control disk order?

2011-09-08 Thread Adalbert Prokop
Am 02.09.2011 05:31, schrieb mcforum: Hi! > things like hddtemp where you have to give it args like /dev/sda /dev/sdb. I > don't suppose there is any available mechanism for forcefully inducing the > kernel to enumerate removable drives last? . I do not know of such mechanism,

Re: Network scripts question -

2011-08-06 Thread Adalbert Prokop
Am 31.07.2011 21:36, schrieb Bob Goodwin: Hi Bob! > I can ssh from box6 to box9 but not from box9 to box6. Either one > will ping the other, stopping the fire wall does not have any effect. - Is ssh on box6 running? (# service sshd status) - On which port? (look in /etc/ssh/sshd_config)

Re: Buttonless Touchpads

2011-07-04 Thread Adalbert Prokop
Am 03.07.2011 20:48, schrieb Chris Tyler: > Questions: > - Is there a better driver (or group of settings) available? > - Is there any way to generate left- and middle-clicks on this type of > touchpad at this point in time? Difficult to say for sure. You may have luck with the synaptics driver.

Re: how to uninstall preload?

2010-07-20 Thread Adalbert Prokop
#x27;yum -y remove preload' A simple su -c "rpm -e preload" will also work. -- viele Grüße Adalbert Prokop -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines

Reposync for different fedora version

2010-07-17 Thread Adalbert Prokop
Hello everybody! I have a F12 box and want to create a repository mirror for F13. I use reposync, since I do not need a complete mirror with x different package versions, only the latest. I've created a separate copy of yum.conf and yum.repos.d where I've replaced all occurrences of $releasever w

Re: Why is ntp connecting with my wireless router?

2010-05-15 Thread Adalbert Prokop
Am 15.05.2010 10:58, schrieb Scott Sibley: Hi! > I just decided to check netstat, and noticed ntp connected to my router. > Any reason for this? What do you mean by that? Is your router running a NTP service and some of your workstations are using it? Most likely your router is advertising the s

Re: Where is OpenOffice in Fedora 13 ?

2010-05-10 Thread Adalbert Prokop
Am 10.05.2010 18:12, schrieb Jesse Palser: > Why is OpenOffice not a default program ? Because not everyone needs it. Besides, it's a rather large package, so it is safer to postpone the installation and leave the final decision to the user. If you use the default DVD installation media you ca

Re: Where to put local Latex *.sty files under Fedora11

2010-05-03 Thread Adalbert Prokop
Am 03.05.2010 17:30, schrieb r...@dwf.com: > There used to be a place to put local *.sty files for Latex so that they > would > be found. Under the current latex under Fedora11 I cant figure out where > that directory might be and am having to copy them into the directory > with the *.tex file

Re: Help with a Bash script

2010-04-08 Thread Adalbert Prokop
Am 08.04.2010 17:06, schrieb Michael Thompson: Hi! > I'm quite new to Bash scripting, and just need a little pointer on how > to go through a file, and execute commands there in until the end of the > file is reached. Well, if your list of commands already is a script, then including it would b

Re: update help

2010-04-01 Thread Adalbert Prokop
Am 01.04.2010 18:53, schrieb Olaniyi Moluga: Hi! > Thanks a lot I really appreciate but upgrading had been a problem > because whenever I run a yum update I still get similar errors. I can image that. :) But still, those "errors" can be safely ignored, if yum finally succeeds. If in the end you

Re: update help

2010-04-01 Thread Adalbert Prokop
Am 01.04.2010 10:21, schrieb Olaniyi Moluga: Hello! > [r...@localhost olaniyi]# yum -y update > > Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit > > http://linux.mirrors.es.net/fedora/updates/10/i386/repodata/repomd.xml: > [Errno 4] IOError: > > Trying other mirror. > > http://ftp.linux.cz/pub/linux/fed

Re: cleaning /tmp directory

2010-03-31 Thread Adalbert Prokop
Am 31.03.2010 16:51, schrieb Tim: Hi! > On Wed, 2010-03-31 at 15:58 +0200, Adalbert Prokop wrote: >> There is no need to reinvent the wheel. Fedora comes with tmpwatch, >> which does exactly what you want - scans /tmp (and possibly other >> directories) and deletes unuse

Re: How to Update Firefox with Fedora 12 and use Firefox's "Check for Updates"?

2010-03-31 Thread Adalbert Prokop
Am 31.03.2010 16:23, schrieb Michael Bullington: Hi! > I am very angry that I am unable to update Firefox manually using > Firefox because the "Check for Updates" menu option from Firefox is > dimmed out. That's the case because using the firefox's internal update mechanizm would make the infor

Re: cleaning /tmp directory

2010-03-31 Thread Adalbert Prokop
Am 31.03.2010 15:52, schrieb Maurizio Marini: Hi! > i need a cron script that cleans every day crap into /tmp > I have there a lot of temp files but i dunno which ones can be safely wiped, > and it is very time comsuming job, too. > Any script written by someone of you will be very apreciated :)

Re: HELP - cp

2010-03-26 Thread Adalbert Prokop
Am 26.03.2010 11:14, schrieb Kelvin Chan: Hi Kelvin, > I encounter a problem as I copy folder with all files to a usb disk. > > command>> > Kelotus:/ Kelotus$ cp -R Documents dev/disk1s1/www > > result>> > cp: dev/disk1s1/www: Not a directory > or > cp: /dev/disk1: Resource busy > > > Kelotus

Re: "No more mirrors are available" popup box

2010-03-21 Thread Adalbert Prokop
Am 18.03.2010 14:10, schrieb Gregory Hosler: Hi! > I have a local repository configured in my yum repos, so this > applet/deamon/cron > job is not finding any mirrors (which it shouldn't even be looking for, in > this > case). > > The window icon is the same as the [System] -> [Administration]

Re: iptables config problem in Fedora 11

2010-03-17 Thread Adalbert Prokop
Am 09.03.2010 16:20, schrieb Edward. S. P. Leong: Hi Edward! > When running the following function ( they are good for working in FC9 ) : > modprobe ip_tables > modprobe ip_nat_ftp > modprobe ip_conntrack > modprobe ip_conntrack_ftp > > error output : > []# modprobe ip_tables > WARNING: Deprecat

Re: rt2860 and Fedora 12 x64?

2010-03-16 Thread Adalbert Prokop
Am 15.03.2010 22:22, schrieb Kevin Martin: Hi! > I've installed a wireless nic that is rt2860 based. I've downloaded, > compiled, and installed the latest rt2860koa "driver" on my Fedora 12 > x64 machine. I also have a rt2860 WLAN card in my netbook (Eee PC 1000H) and it works just fine with de