Lots of mirror errors on yum

2010-09-02 Thread Edmon Begoli
Hi, When I recently run yum install on my virtual Fedora 13 (my test machine) I get into lots of 404 http errors on mirrors. I suspect that this has to do something with this Fedora not being as frequently updated as my physical one, so I would like to know if there is something I can do with my

Re: Fedora 13 - single pixel for GUI login screen so unable to login to Gnome/Xfce

2010-06-24 Thread Edmon Begoli
/disable_user_list false Is there an easy way to change this "disable_user_list" setting from the command line? On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 9:25 AM, Edmon Begoli wrote: > I upgraded from Fedora 12 to Fedora 13 and now, when my computer boots, > I get a login screen but the actual log

Re: Fedora 13 - single pixel for GUI login screen so unable to login to Gnome/Xfce

2010-06-24 Thread Edmon Begoli
I found a "bandaid" fix for my problem, so I want to share. sudo vi /etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults/%gconf-tree.xml Find line: and change "true" value to "false" like in the example below: Edmon On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 10:28 AM, Edmon Begoli wrote: > I see

Fedora 13 - single pixel for GUI login screen so unable to login to Gnome/Xfce

2010-06-24 Thread Edmon Begoli
I upgraded from Fedora 12 to Fedora 13 and now, when my computer boots, I get a login screen but the actual login box with user accounts is a one pixel wide. I tried to log in from the other machine, and I found my user accounts intact but the graphical login is squeezed-unusable. Does anyone hav

Fedora 12 - how to run laptop with closed lid

2010-06-16 Thread Edmon Begoli
Hi, I have a Dell Latitude 830 laptop with Fedora 12. I never move it, so I want to be able to close to lid and just use monitor, but my OS shuts down automatically. Is there a way to enable this and if so, please tell me how I am using Xfce but I could switch to Gnome. Thank you, Edmon -- use

Fedora Hard Disk Encryption and FIPS 140-2 Compliance

2010-05-24 Thread Edmon Begoli
Does anyone know if Fedora's HD encryption is, or could it be, compliant with US NIST requirement for hard disk encryption included in NIST FIPS 140-2? http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/STM/cmvp/#05 Thanks. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription optio

Re: Xfce theme switching caused Xfce to crash and now it would not to start - any suggestions for reset or re-config to default

2010-05-06 Thread Edmon Begoli
Xfce to crash and now it would not to start - any suggestions for reset or re-config to default On Wednesday 05 May 2010 10:21 AM, Edmon Begoli wrote: Does anyone have a suggestion how to reset Xfce (ver. 4 of Fedora 12) so it would start again. I was switching themes to check them out and some

Xfce theme switching caused Xfce to crash and now it would not to start - any suggestions for reset or re-config to default

2010-05-05 Thread Edmon Begoli
Does anyone have a suggestion how to reset Xfce (ver. 4 of Fedora 12) so it would start again. I was switching themes to check them out and some setting cause Xfce to crash, and now Xfce is kicking me out to the login. I can only log in with Gnome or command line interface. Is there are a restore

Best Laptop Experience with Fedora

2010-04-26 Thread Edmon Begoli
Hi, I am thinking of buying a Laptop to run Fedora 12/13/ ... on it. I am member of the Fedora project and I want to have a laptop only for development and testing of the code, packages and new releases on it. So far I had mixed luck with wireless cards/drivers and video cards, so I want to ask