Seem to have screwed my F25......

Evening all, I thought it would be a Good Idea to "improve" my Fedora system if I added an SDD. I put it in, plugged it in & it seemed to work - sort of What I now have is a selection window from grub which has 2 new versions of F25 Workstation (on sda), then an F19, also on sda, followed

Re: XP-332

On 09/12/16 02:23, users-requ...@lists.fedoraproject.org wrote: This information is from PCLOS, but it may also apply to your setup. It applies specifically to an Epson WP-4530 all-in-one. In order to make the scanner work, there is a file in /etc/sane.d named dll.conf. That file is a list of a

Re: Epson XP_332

On 25/11/16 07:44, users-requ...@lists.fedoraproject.org wrote: From: Greg Woods Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2016 22:12:53 -0700 To: freddog...@yahoo.co.uk, Community support for Fedora users On Thu, Nov 24, 2016 at 2:42 PM, DB mailto:freddog...@yahoo.co.uk>> wrote: I've recentl

Epson XP-332

Good evening all! I've recently bought an Epson all-in-one & am having a pile of difficulty to get it to work properly. a) Connected via USB, it appears to work. b) Connected via wifi, it'll print but not scan. c) operating via Oracle VirtualBox it does not get recognised, Does anyone have an

Re: Question for Fedora users of Garmin nuvi GPS

On 07/09/2014 04:58 PM, users-requ...@lists.fedoraproject.org wrote: Subject: Re: Question for Fedora users of Garmin nuvi GPS From: Patrick O'Callaghan Date: Wed, 09 Jul 2014 14:26:05 +0100 To: users@lists.fedoraproject.org On Tue, 2014-07-08 at 21:32 -0500, Steven Ulrick wrote: >Hello, Eve

Re: Naughty question: copy Windows XP under Fedora?

On 01/20/2014 12:44 PM, users-requ...@lists.fedoraproject.org wrote: Subject: Re: Naughty question: copy Windows XP under Fedora? From: Frank Murphy Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2014 10:34:57 + To: users@lists.fedoraproject.org CC: gayle...@eircom.net On Mon, 20 Jan 2014 11:29:07 +0100 Timothy Murph

Re: Fedora's audience

On 12/04/2013 11:14 PM, users-requ...@lists.fedoraproject.org wrote: Subject: Fedora's audience From: Beartooth Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2013 18:25:02 + (UTC) Hi all, Going on 72, worked with computors(!) before they became computers (started 1963) using Fedora since FC6, both on desktop & lapto

screen-lock doesn't appear to work properly F18, F19 KDE

Good evening all - at least, it is evening here in Austria! My 2nd machine is a Toshiba Equium A60-692, with a (massive!) 40GB harddrive & a (minute!) 750MB RAM. It used to work fine, then I tried to fedup from F17 to F18.. Most of the time it would work fine, as long as I kept the mouse

Re: Clams

On 09/09/2012 02:00 PM, users-requ...@lists.fedoraproject.org wrote: Sound advice indeedand slowly but surely I'm getting the hang of itbut like..what you just described would have been for me?.a TOTAL re-installation of EVERYTHING!..I wonder if there's a "manual" with all the

Problem while upgrading 15--16 with yum

Hi all, Hope someone can help me (again!!). I'm trying to upgrade my desktop from F15 to F16 using yum --releasever=16 distro-sync (with an added --skip-broken) (same as I did on my laptop without problems) & after several minutes of lists of packages to be updated, the system comes to a sc

Re: How do I get half my KDE panel back????

On 02/05/2012 01:00 PM, users-requ...@lists.fedoraproject.org wrote: Subject: Re: How do I get half my KDE panel back From: Ed Greshko Date: Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:26:45 +0800 To: Community support for Fedora users On 02/05/2012 06:18 PM, DB wrote: > What I'd like, is to move i

Re: How do I get half my KDE panel back????

On 02/05/2012 12:16 AM, users-requ...@lists.fedoraproject.org wrote: > Please can someone tell me a) what this left-hand part of the panel is > called It's called the task manager widget. Thanks, it's good to know what things are called!! > b) how to get it back??? Unlock widgets (if t

How do I get half my KDE panel back????

Hi guys & gals, Sorry to bother you with what must be a dead simple thing, but which is bigger than me at the moment! I'm using F15 KDE, & until a week or so ago I had in the right hand part of my Panel the icons for the programs I most use & in the left-hand half, were tags (right titlee??)

Re: Problems reading files after writing them to DVD

On 04/14/2011 04:34 PM, users-requ...@lists.fedoraproject.org wrote: > Subject: > Re: Problems reading files after writing them to DVD > From: > Burkhard Plache > > I had the same problem (Fedora 14 up-to-date, using Brasero), > and blamed it on my CD/DVD burner. Hmm. > - Burkhard > > On Thu, Apr

Re: Cannot do KDE Graphic login

On 04/14/2011 02:00 PM, users-requ...@lists.fedoraproject.org wrote: > Subject: > Re: Cannot do KDE Graphic login > From: > Gabriel Ramirez > Date: > Thu, 14 Apr 2011 05:00:36 -0500 > Hi, > > My /var/log/yum.log shows: > > Feb 21 20:55:53 Updated: xorg-x11-server-common-1.9.4-1.fc14.i686 > Feb 21

Re: Cannot do KDE Graphic login

On 04/14/2011 01:30 AM, Chris Smart wrote: > On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 11:23 PM, DB wrote: >> >> The nearest I can do to a "normal boot" is to start in init 3 to the cli, >> which gives in /var/log/Xorg.0.log: >> >> Everything is normal down to the la

Re: Cannot do KDE Graphic login

On 04/13/2011 02:01 PM, Chris Smart wrote: > On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 9:58 PM, DB wrote: >> Answer to both: NO! >> >> (MB has an ATI chip onboard) >> > > Hmm... if you boot normally, what does the X log say? > /var/log/Xorg.0.log > > -c > Hi Chris

Cannot do KDE Graphic login

Hi all, Yet again a problem! I've been running F14 64 bit now for about a month, mainly without problem... until yesterday afternoon. I did a yumex update, installed a few apps, then poof... stuck! Firstly, trying to reboot, it shows the F14 blue screen with the acorn thingy in the middl

Re: My DVD reader doesn't always load....

Sorry all, forgot to change the title! Mea maxima culpa!! On 03/31/2011 09:09 PM, users-requ...@lists.fedoraproject.org wrote: > DB yahoo.co.uk> writes: > >> > >> > Hi all, >> > >> > I appear to have a problem with my DVD reader (Gigabyte Tec

My DVD reader doesn't always load....

Hi all, I appear to have a problem with my DVD reader (Gigabyte Technology 16x16 DVD rw/r). When I put a dvd in the tray, sometimes the DVD title comes up in the "recent device" window, sometimes nothing. When "nothing" comes up, sometimes the tray is locked & I can't get the disc out again.

Re: My "swap" space seems to have vanished....

Martin Airs, > Community support for Fedora users > <mailto:users-requ...@lists.fedoraproject.org?subject=unsubscribe> > <mailto:users-requ...@lists.fedoraproject.org?subject=subscribe> > >> > On Friday 18 Mar 2011 14:46:23 DB wrote: >>> >

My "swap" space seems to have vanished....

Hi All, Just gone wild & updated my system to a 64 bit monster, installed F14 without problem BUT When I look at SystemManager, it lists that there is no swap space & no swap space available... I remember setting Swap in an extended partition, then df tells me: df Filesystem

Re: KRandRtray ??

On 02/07/2011 04:42 PM, users-requ...@lists.fedoraproject.org wrote: > Subject: > Re: KRandRtray ?? > From: > Rex Dieter > Date: > Mon, 07 Feb 2011 09:17:33 -0600 > > To: > users@lists.fedoraproject.org > > > DB wrote: > >> > I have the feeling wha

Re: KRandRtray ??

On 02/06/2011 12:23 AM, users-requ...@lists.fedoraproject.org wrote: > Subject: > Re: KRandRtray ?? > From: > Rex Dieter > Date: > Sat, 05 Feb 2011 16:08:48 -0600 > > To: > users@lists.fedoraproject.org > > > Jim wrote: > >> > F14/ KDE-4 >> > >> > KRandRTray, how does it work ? >> > >> > As Use

Re: Thoughts of a user

On 12/26/2010 11:36 AM, users-requ...@lists.fedoraproject.org wrote: > Subject: > Thoughts of a user > > 2) Wifi: It may be a sore point, but there is no ease of installing > (newer) machines with built in wifi cards. While I understand that all > those things are built for functionality with Windo

Re: About programing, a general question

> > Back in the day, we used paper tape for our NC machinery. Lots of it. > > -- cmg > & how often did that either break or get snarled up, just coz the humidity had dropped We suggested that Field Engineers should inspect all the young lady operators for *nasty* nylon clothing & remove it.

Re: About programing, a general question

On 12/17/2010 01:10 PM, users-requ...@lists.fedoraproject.org wrote: > Subject: > Re: About programing, a general question > From: > Parshwa Murdia > Date: > Fri, 17 Dec 2010 17:40:11 +0530 > > To: > Community support for Fedora users > > > On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 4:24 PM,

Re: F13 & my printer does not work....

On 11/30/2010 11:15 AM, Tim Waugh wrote: > On Tue, 2010-11-30 at 11:00 +0100, DB wrote: >> Strange thing is that under previous Fedoras, I had to fight to get the >> scanner recognised, this time, the scanner is recognised& working, but >> I can't get any of

F13 & my printer does not work....

Hi All, Yet again I'll be very grateful for any help you can give me. I just upgraded to F13 on my 2 systems & on both of them, I seem to be unable to print. The 2 machines are a) my desktop uname -ar Linux Fedora-Blue 2.6.34.7-61.fc13.i686.PAE #1 SMP Tue Oct 19 04:24:06 UTC 2010 i686 i6

Re: keyboard locale configuration

On 23/10/10 15:41, users-requ...@lists.fedoraproject.org wrote: > I use the Irish keyboard in Gnome, and all is well, including when I > start a terminal. > > However if I press CTRL-ALT-Fn to get a console, I get the "wrong" > keys, for example, if I press '\' I get '<'. These are the contents of

Re: Help with VirtualBox??????

On 30/09/10 00:35, Germán A. Racca wrote: > On Wed, 2010-09-29 at 15:23 +0200, DB wrote: >> On 28/09/10 00:49, users-requ...@lists.fedoraproject.org wrote: >>> The version of VirtualBox from the fedora repos does not include USB >>> access. >>> >>> 1) U

Re: Help with VirtualBox??????

On 28/09/10 00:49, users-requ...@lists.fedoraproject.org wrote: > The version of VirtualBox from the fedora repos does not include USB > access. > > 1) Uninstall VirtualBox-OSE. > 2) Then copy the repo from here > http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/rpm/fedora/virtualbox.repo > to yum.repos.d

Help with VirtualBox??????

Hi All, Just loaded VirtualBox on my antique system - very pleasantly surprised how easily eveything (almost!) seems to have gone must be a problem waiting to bite me! Anyway, reason for going down this path is to be able to use Photbook software which runs on everything - so long as it's

Re: can't set Okular as helper pdf app in Firefox

On 02/06/10 14:42, users-requ...@lists.fedoraproject.org wrote: Subject: can't set Okular as helper pdf app in Firefox From: Claude Jones Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2010 08:42:12 -0400 To: Community support for Fedora users This is Fedora 13 with the KDE desktop and all the latest updates: When I cli

Re: Cpu usage by X (with more info) -even more

On 04/05/10 21:28, users-requ...@lists.fedoraproject.org wrote: Subject: Cpu usage by X (with more info) From: DB Date: Tue, 04 May 2010 18:34:34 +0200 To: Community support for Fedora users Hi All! Anyone able to give me an idea where to look.. Sometimes when I start my desktop

Cpu usage by X (with more info)

Hi All! Anyone able to give me an idea where to look.. Sometimes when I start my desktop, System Monitor tells me that "X" is running at max CPU %-age. Other times, "X" is 4th or 5th in the list (I selected the CPU column to put the highest users on top), using 1 or 2 %. So, my question t

Cpu usage by X

Hi All! Anyone able to give me an idea where to look.. Sometimes when I start my desktop, System Monitor tells me that "X" is running at max CPU %-age. Other times, "X" is 4th or 5th in the list (I selected the CPU column to put the highest users on top), using 1 or 2 %. So, my question t

Re: Thunderbird & Okular question

On 01/31/2010 06:20 PM, users-requ...@lists.fedoraproject.org wrote: On Sun, 2010-01-31 at 12:30 +0100, DB wrote: > In Thunderbird, I have set my default for pdf attachments to Okular. > Everytime I try to open a pdf attachment, I get a dialog asking me if > I want to save the a

Thunderbird & Okular question

Afternoon All, Seeing all the post about not being able to open "latest pdf", I have a question. In Thunderbird, I have set my default for pdf attachments to Okular. Everytime I try to open a pdf attachment, I get a dialog asking me if I want to save the attachment. When I save it, I the

Subject:,Re: QTParted - normal behaviour or BZ?

at, 30 Jan 2010 16:35:00 -0800 To: Community support for Fedora users On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 2:58 PM, DB wrote: > Question: is it correct/normal behaviour for an app just to vanish, > rather than to give an error indication? Should it be BZed? It*does* give an error messa

QTParted - normal behaviour or BZ?

Evening All, Just tried to run QTParted on my F11-KDE desktop. If I click on the internal Linux formatted HDD, all is well. If I click on my external HDD (still NTFS), QTParted starts to look at the drive, then vanishes. Tried running it from Konsole & got the message that QTParted is not ye

Re: A question to rsync....

On 01/29/2010 02:57 AM, users-requ...@lists.fedoraproject.org wrote: Subject: Re: A question to rsync From: Cameron Simpson Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:11:23 +1100 To: Community support for Fedora users On 28Jan2010 23:32, DB wrote: | If I rsync from my desktop to my laptop, all appears

A question to rsync....

Good evening all, The saga continues! If I rsync from my desktop to my laptop, all appears to be well, but if I use a script to copy files from desktop to external HDD, the owner & group all get changed to 'root'. part of my script follows: > D=`date +%Y_%m_%d` > M=/media/Fed_Backups_plus/Fed_

Re: Boot Issues:

On 01/28/2010 04:50 AM, users-requ...@lists.fedoraproject.org wrote: Subject: Boot Issues: From: Jeff Maxwell Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:23:08 -0500 To: users@lists.fedoraproject.org After installing the latest upgrades including Kernel updates, I have the following message when rebooting: F

Re: Anyone know how to rsync or ssh to an ftp site? (Follow on to Tar Oddity)

On 01/26/2010 06:32 PM, Athmane Madjoudj wrote: > On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 9:12 PM, DB wrote: > >> Evening All, >> >> After many trials& tribulations, I've finally got my laptop running F12 >> - got caught by the "yumex kernel upgrade" prob

Re: Anyone know how to rsync or ssh to an ftp site? (Follow on to Tar Oddity)

On 01/23/2010 01:24 AM, users-requ...@lists.fedoraproject.org wrote: As Patrick O'Callaghan has pointed out, the target site must be running an rsync daemon for you to connect with your rsync client. Fortunately this is usually rather simple to determine: $ rsyncrsync://ftp.target.site

Anyone know how to rsync or ssh to an ftp site? (Follow on to Tar Oddity)

Evening All, After many trials & tribulations, I've finally got my laptop running F12 - got caught by the "yumex kernel upgrade" problem - still can't get ark to read consistently from my external disc -even after running cpu test for 2 days & memtest for 80 hours without error & getting a clea