Re: WiFi flakiness after recent upgrades

2022-03-22 Thread Chris Rouch
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Re: F29 KDE weirdness

2019-01-18 Thread Chris Rouch
On Sun, 9 Dec 2018 at 06:31, Robert McBroom via users < users@lists.fedoraproject.org> wrote: > Upgraded to F29. On KDE desktop starting EMACS in a privileged command > window locks the system. Starting EMACS with sudo locks the system. On > XFCE4 normal EMACS access with privilege. > > Other file

Re: F29 KDE weirdness

2018-12-17 Thread Chris Rouch
On Wed, 12 Dec 2018 at 05:22, Robert McBroom via users < users@lists.fedoraproject.org> wrote: > On 12/11/18 3:34 PM, George Avrunin wrote: > > On Sat, 8 Dec 2018 23:29:35 -0500, Robert McBroom via users > > wrote: > > > >> Upgraded to F29. On KDE desktop starting EMACS in a privileged command >

Re: No Sound through headphones on an iMac

2012-08-20 Thread Chris Rouch
On 16 August 2012 23:57, Hugh Caley wrote: > Fedora 17 on a newer iMac, the sound is pretty much inaudible with > headphones plugged in, but the speakers seem to work fine with nothing > plugged into the headphone jack. > > I've check alsamixer and the Gnome3 Sound control panel, nothing seems to

Re: kde lcd weather station not working in Holland

2012-06-06 Thread Chris Rouch
On 5 June 2012 12:12, Jan Litwiński wrote: > Dnia wtorek, 5 czerwca 2012 11:55:31 Chris Rouch pisze: >> I used to use the kde plasma lcd weather station widget to show >> current weather at Schiphol (amsterdam airport), but although > search >> still returns results (from

kde lcd weather station not working in Holland

2012-06-05 Thread Chris Rouch
I used to use the kde plasma lcd weather station widget to show current weather at Schiphol (amsterdam airport), but although search still returns results (from wettercom and bbcukmet), selecting any of these displays no data. I get similar results with other dutch cities, and also for the few oth

Re: Fedora disimprovements: am I alone?

2012-03-22 Thread Chris Rouch
On 22 March 2012 12:56, Timothy Murphy wrote: > I wonder if I am alone in finding some of the developments in Fedora-16 > actually make life harder for the user? > > I'd take grub2 and systemctl as two examples. > In each case I've read the documentation and understand the motivation > behind thes

Re: Blinking wlan led after upgrading to 3.2.2-1 x64 fc16 kernel

2012-01-30 Thread Chris Rouch
On 28 January 2012 13:00, Stevo Slavić wrote: > Hello Fedora community, > > I've just upgraded fedora 16 x64 from 3.2.1-3 to 3.2.2-1 kernel, and wlan > led (on hp 8710p laptop) started blinking. It wasn't blinking for quite some > kernel updates. It's configured not to blink via line "options iwl_

Re: A cute CLI trick for emergencies

2011-12-07 Thread Chris Rouch
On 7 December 2011 09:43, Frank Murphy wrote: > On 07/12/11 06:19, Joe Zeff wrote: >> As part of getting my desktop working again, it'd help to be able to >> mount and unmount my flash drive from a command line, but I couldn't >> figure out how to work out just which device name to use.  A questio

creating a custom fedora spin

2011-06-10 Thread Chris Rouch
I want to create a customised fedora install image, with lots of rpms left out, lots of 3rd party ones added and some post install customisation. Up until F14 I've been using home grown scripts, but these seem to need revising with every release, so I want to start doing this the "official" way. I

Re: Network upgrade?

2011-06-10 Thread Chris Rouch
On 9 June 2011 22:26, Christopher Svanefalk wrote: > Hey guys, > > is it just me missing it, or have network install disks been scrapped > for the last few Fedora releases? I remember installing Fedora 10 from a > network boot CD back in the day, and to date I think it is the best > solution I eve

gpsd hotplug wrapper

2011-01-14 Thread Chris Rouch
I have a usb to serial adapter on my PC. From time to time I attach a Garmin etrex GPS to it and transfer data using gpsbabel. This all works well and has done for years. F14 (and probably older versions) includes gpsd. Possibly this works better - I've not tried it. I use KDE and kde depends on i

Re: fedora 14 & compiz

2011-01-10 Thread Chris Rouch
On 6 January 2011 15:59, Zoltan Hoppar wrote: > I have similar problem, when I close the lid, suspend is not working. > Possibly the same bug. (I have Probook 4515s) > > Zoltan > > 2011/1/6 Roger K. Wells : >> Hello, >> >> I recently turned on the Compiz desktop effects and suspend stopped >> work

Re: How to get f 12 -- *t*w*e*l*v*e*, twelve???

2010-10-18 Thread Chris Rouch
On 8 October 2010 00:07, Bill Davidsen wrote: > Beartooth wrote: >> >>       Every download site I've tried -- several, especially >> fedoraproject ones -- comes up on a search for F12, but the minute I >> click on a link, it sneaks in F13. >> >>       This is offensive. >> >>       How do overrid

regressions between kernel 2.6.32 and 2.6.33

2010-08-05 Thread Chris Rouch
I've recently noticed problems with the kde power management with f13 and as part of debugging this i've come to the conclusion there are serious (for me) regressions between kernel 2.6.32 and kernel 2.6.33. I have a fully up to date f13 laptop. If I boot the original f13 kernel (kernel-2.6.33.3-8

Re: fedora power management not working in f13/kde

2010-08-05 Thread Chris Rouch
On 4 August 2010 06:00, JB wrote: > JB yahoo.com> writes: > >> ... >> Hi, I forgot it. >> ... > I would do this as well. > You may lose some custom settings, but it appears it is effective (I removed > battery widget from my panel unintentionally and could not add it back via > panel's add widget

Re: fedora power management not working in f13/kde

2010-08-03 Thread Chris Rouch
On 3 August 2010 13:38, JB wrote: > JB yahoo.com> writes: > >> ... >> # yum reinstall upower >> ... > > Hi, I forgot it. > After reinstall (please do it even if it appears unnecessary ...; I recently > fixed my bluetooth by reinstalling multiple related packages): Doing that now > > note: l

Re: fedora power management not working in f13/kde

2010-08-03 Thread Chris Rouch
On 3 August 2010 12:21, JB wrote: > Chris Rouch gmail.com> writes: > >> ... >> > [jb localhost ~]$ ps aux |grep -i power >> > root      1439  0.0  0.3   6028  2364 ?        S    Aug01   0:04 >> > /usr/libexec/upowerd >> > ... >> Bingo! F

Re: fedora power management not working in f13/kde

2010-08-02 Thread Chris Rouch
On 2 August 2010 17:43, JB wrote: > Chris Rouch gmail.com> writes: > >> >> So I think this is a kde problem. >> > Hi, > have you looked into these in KDE: > computer-system settings-general-notifications-system > notifications-applications > even

Re: fedora power management not working in f13

2010-08-01 Thread Chris Rouch
On 1 August 2010 20:24, JD wrote: >  On 08/01/2010 11:15 AM, Chris Rouch wrote: >> .snip . >> I'm going to try it, just to rule out the kde components. But i've >> used gnome before and was forced to junk it for fvwm when it became >> too bloated

Re: fedora power management not working in f13

2010-08-01 Thread Chris Rouch
On 30 July 2010 00:16, Gordon Messmer wrote: > On 07/29/2010 01:17 AM, Chris Rouch wrote: >> I think this was working for f13 too until the last time i applied >> updates, though it may just be that i didn't test it. > > The first thing you should try is probably to

Re: fedora power management not working in f13

2010-08-01 Thread Chris Rouch
On 29 July 2010 16:32, JB wrote: > JB yahoo.com> writes: > >> >> Chris Rouch gmail.com> writes: >> >> > >> > I have a duel boot laptop. if i boot it into f12, using kde,  and pull >> > out the power cord, i get a popup message telling

Re: fedora power management not working in f13

2010-07-29 Thread Chris Rouch
On 29 July 2010 13:28, Ed Greshko wrote: > While I do agree with what you've said  The one thing that hasn't > been determined is if indeed the issue is the differences in settings > between F12 and F13 and jumping between the 2 versions.  The OP "thinks" > it was working before the last upda

Re: fedora power management not working in f13

2010-07-29 Thread Chris Rouch
On 29 July 2010 12:27, JB wrote: > Chris Rouch gmail.com> writes: > >> >> The home directory is >> shared between the two boots, so the configuration is the same. >> > Well, > that may be the problem ... > Unless you really have a specific reason to

fedora power management not working in f13

2010-07-29 Thread Chris Rouch
I have a duel boot laptop. if i boot it into f12, using kde, and pull out the power cord, i get a popup message telling me i've done so and the battery monitor icon changes. If i boot into f13, also kde, i get no indication at all when i pull out the cable. The home directory is shared between the

Re: Blue screen of death

2010-07-27 Thread Chris Rouch
On 27 July 2010 16:44, Alex wrote: > Hi, > > As if to say, "F"-you, the screen changed from my normal desktop, with > Firefox, Azureus, a few terminals, and a few VMs running, to a solid > blue screen with just the Fedora squiggly 'F' in the middle of the > screen, and the whole computer locked up

Re: F13 - Nvidia graphic driver - 3D acceleration problems

2010-07-26 Thread Chris Rouch
On 24 July 2010 18:40, wrote: > Hi all! > > I installed Fedora 13 x86_64 (Kernel 2.6.33.6-147.fc13.x86_64) and the nvidia > driver 265.35 with the .run file described in this guide: > > http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=234595 > > After the installation the driver and the 3D acceler

f13: nvidia / nouveau / kernel 2.6.33

2010-07-20 Thread Chris Rouch
I have a laptop with an nvidia GeForce 9200M GS card in it. Until recently I was running f12 and the rpmfusion rpms, without any problems. Now I have installed f13 and am having problems. If i use the rpmfusion kmod rpms (or the atrmps kmdls or the binary installation from nvidia) then i get prob

f13 kde sound issues

2010-07-20 Thread Chris Rouch
Whenever I do a fresh login, the kde sound mixer applet is muted regardless of what state i left it in before. Sometime at login I see a (rapidly disappearing) message from phonon that the sound card is invalid. Sound is working though and the sound mixer correctly controls the volume. If I select

Re: Still no kmod for new nvidia

2010-07-20 Thread Chris Rouch
On 19 July 2010 18:53, Michael Miles wrote: > Hello there > > > I have been waiting to see if a kmod comes available and there seems to > be the wrong one published by RPMfusion. > > The release is kmod 2.6.32.16-141 for 195-36.31-1 > The driver is 195-36.31-2 > > I am not sure if it miss labelled

Re: knetworkmanager not ready for prime time yet.

2010-07-19 Thread Chris Rouch
On 17 July 2010 21:59, Petrus de Calguarium wrote: > Chris Rouch wrote: > >> * it's not possible to set networking to connect automatically and be >> available for everyone >> * the wireless icon does not show the signal strength. at least not >> without a magni

Re: knetworkmanager not ready for prime time yet.

2010-07-19 Thread Chris Rouch
On 17 July 2010 21:43, Rex Dieter wrote: > Chris Rouch wrote: > > >> Is it possible to configure kde to use nm-applet instead? > > Yes, > > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/KDE/Using_nm_applet_instead_of_knetworkmanager Thanks. That mostly works - I had to move th

knetworkmanager not ready for prime time yet.

2010-07-17 Thread Chris Rouch
I use kde, and for f12 the networkmanager applet was nm-applet. For f13 this has been replaced by knetworkmanager for kde sessions. knetworkmanager has 2 problems for me * it's not possible to set networking to connect automatically and be available for everyone * the wireless icon does not show t

Re: Fedora 13 installation, does not boot

2010-07-17 Thread Chris Rouch
On 17 July 2010 15:57, Vincent Onelli wrote: > > Hello, > > I installed f13 on Dell dimension 8300 (with two HD 120GB for windows > end 320GB for Fedora) several time with 32 bit iso file downloaded from > 3 different place bit torrent, the iso file to install on dvd, and > another side 32 bit 3.1

f13 - frequent kacpi crashes

2010-07-17 Thread Chris Rouch
I'm running f13 on a laptop that is configured to lock the screen after the lid is closed. This used to work under f12, but has never worked under f13. Instead I see logs similar to the following in /var/log/messages: Jul 17 17:54:20 watson kernel: INFO: task kacpi_notify:23 blocked for more than

Re: f13: nouveau driver vs google earth

2010-07-17 Thread Chris Rouch
On 17 July 2010 14:11, Mike Chambers wrote: > On Sat, 2010-07-17 at 13:39 +0200, Chris Rouch wrote: >> I've just installed f13 on a laptop. I have an nvidia card, and no >> /etc/X11/xorg.conf. I can see from /var/log/Xorg.0.log that the >> nouveau driver has been

f13: nouveau driver vs google earth

2010-07-17 Thread Chris Rouch
I've just installed f13 on a laptop. I have an nvidia card, and no /etc/X11/xorg.conf. I can see from /var/log/Xorg.0.log that the nouveau driver has been loaded. However when I run googleearth I get a message on stdout Xlib: extension "XFree86-DRI" missing on display ":0.0". and googleearth com

Re: Anyone knows how to install VMware Server 2.0.2 on F13?

2010-07-14 Thread Chris Rouch
On 14 July 2010 13:40, Yanglong ZHU wrote: > The VMware's script vmware-config-tools.pl asks for > > What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your > running > kernel? [/usr/src/linux/include] > > I tried all other look like include directories, none worked except > /usr/

Re: kickstart problems with f13

2010-07-12 Thread Chris Rouch
On 10 July 2010 20:36, Chris Rouch wrote: > I have a heavily customised installation (lots of locally built rpms) > that i'm trying to install from kickstart and nfs. If I use a netinst > cdrom and pass the nfs location of the kickstart file without using > dhcp then this all wor

kickstart problems with f13

2010-07-10 Thread Chris Rouch
I have a heavily customised installation (lots of locally built rpms) that i'm trying to install from kickstart and nfs. If I use a netinst cdrom and pass the nfs location of the kickstart file without using dhcp then this all works well. But If I use pxe/dhcp/tftp instead, it gives me the "retriev

Re: "Invalid input device" after leaving the PC

2010-06-28 Thread Chris Rouch
On 28 June 2010 15:40, Mike Guilmot wrote: > Hi all, > > I've been struggling with this message for many months now. And I > don't know in which direction I should look to find the answer. > Sometimes I get this message on my fairly new Acer monitor (in Fedora > 13 but had it in F12 also). > It ne

Re: Disk monitor program

2010-04-15 Thread Chris Rouch
On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 6:10 AM, Chris Kottaridis wrote: > On my Fedora core 8 there is a system monitor tool and the resources tab > graphically shows CPU, memory and network usage. I'd like to get a > similar graph for disk I/O. > > Can the system monitor tool show disk I/O as well, haven't foun

Re: dealing with states of drowsiness, FC12, netbook

2010-04-15 Thread Chris Rouch
On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 7:11 PM, jack craig wrote: > Hi Folks, > > I admit to being new to mobile computers, laptops, netbooks, etc. > > there are more states on these systems that a desktop usually uses, > including sleep and hibernate. > > is there an URL somewhere that will tell me how to recog

kwin focus

2010-03-02 Thread Chris Rouch
I'm having real problems getting kwin to focus as i want it. Can somebody explain the difference between: focus follows mouse focus under mouse focus strictly under mouse and what the various focus stealing prevention levels actually do? what i'm trying to achieve is that any new windows on the

Re: Emacs has very large characters

2010-03-01 Thread Chris Rouch
On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 8:10 PM, Steven F. LeBrun wrote: > On 02/26/2010 02:35 PM, Vincent Onelli wrote: > > Hello, > I installed emacs from software that comes with Fedora 12, the > characters are so large that makes unusable. Any body know how to > correct it to a standard font? > > > > Emacs, b

Re: logwatch customizing?

2010-03-01 Thread Chris Rouch
Did you already copy it to the same directory under /etc/logwatch? Logwatch looks there for local changes. Regards, Chris On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 2:18 PM, Tom Horsley wrote: > I was formerly able to edit the file > >   /usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/dovecot > > to discard all the individu