Re: What's wrong with wine?

2014-07-27 Thread Edward M
On 07/27/14 13:40, Erik P. Olsen wrote: Hi, Whenever I run this msdos program using wine I get: [erik@epohost ~]$ wine W2K/"Program Files"/Baron/baron.exe modify_ldt: Invalid argument err:winediag:build_module Failed to create module for "krnl386.exe", 16-bit LDT support may be missing. err:mod

Re: Is this proof that systemd is completely broken?

2014-07-12 Thread Edward M
On 07/12/14 09:43, Kevin Fenzi wrote: So, I would encourage you to ask the systemd list: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel for a probably more detailed answer than you might get here. Or... file a bug if you think you have found one. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/enter_b

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-07 Thread Edward M
On 07/07/14 15:00, Heinz Diehl wrote: On 07.07.2014, Edward M wrote: It may become problematic once KDBUS merges into the mainline kernel. http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-May/019657.html This thread showcases once more the all-dominating and rude attitudes of

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-07 Thread Edward M
On 07/07/14 13:39, Heinz Diehl wrote: But keep in mind that there are alternatives. Thus, systemd isn't unavoidable. I'm permitting myself to mention that I've been using openrc on my Arch machine quite some time, and it works great.. It may become problematic once KDBUS merges into th

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-05 Thread Edward M
On 07/05/14 06:33, Adrian Sevcenco wrote: i am still not comfortable with all the options of journalctl and i am wondering how it will go when i will migrate my servers to centos 7.. Use Centos 6.x, it should be supported untill 2020. Probably by then systemd is replaced or improved

Re: iptable

2014-05-01 Thread Edward M
On 5/1/2014 3:33 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 05/02/14 06:24, Edward M wrote: On 5/1/2014 12:51 PM, Patrick Dupre wrote: How can I manage the iptable manually? There is no /etc/sysconfig/iptables Right now I need to turn on the port 5900 open for vnc Hello, Probably be of some

Re: iptable

2014-05-01 Thread Edward M
On 5/1/2014 12:51 PM, Patrick Dupre wrote: How can I manage the iptable manually? There is no /etc/sysconfig/iptables Right now I need to turn on the port 5900 open for vnc Hello, Probably be of some help: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_edit_iptables_rules -- users

Re: Small Home server - HDD/SDD

2014-04-29 Thread Edward M
On 4/29/2014 5:30 AM, Mark Haney wrote: My $0.02. IIRC, I don't think ZFS is supported (or fully supported at any rate) in linux. I just did some research into that and couldn't find anything recent about ZFS support for newer kernels. Granted, I could have just missed it. If you want to use ZF

Re: system-config-services

2014-04-27 Thread Edward M
On 4/27/2014 5:15 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 04/28/14 07:15, Edward M wrote: I believe system-config-services is obsolete because of systemd is the default, install systemd-ui from the repos. [root@meimei ~]# rpm -q system-config-services system-config-services-0.111.1-1.fc20.noarch

Re: system-config-services

2014-04-27 Thread Edward M
On 4/27/2014 3:31 PM, Patrick Dupre wrote: I do not know waht is going on. I get the permanent error messages, I rebooted seveal times but is it still there.!! fedora 20 last update system-config-services &ERROR:dbus.connection:Exception in handler for D-Bus signal: Traceback (most recent cal

Re: su

2014-04-27 Thread Edward M
On 4/27/2014 2:32 PM, Patrick Dupre wrote: After I changed the password, the glitch disappeared!! Did you try logging out, rebooting the system, to verify "su" still functions properly? if not, it may be a bug, if every settings are correct. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedorapr

Re: su

2014-04-27 Thread Edward M
On 4/27/2014 4:45 AM, Patrick Dupre wrote: After a fresh installation of fedora 20, I can only log 1 time as a su. After, it is refused for authentification error! Sounds like a SUID issue. verify if SUID is set for "su" to run with root privileges for common users. -- users mailing l

Re: Coding Practice [was Re: Serious OpenSSL vulnerability]

2014-04-26 Thread Edward M
On 4/26/2014 1:19 PM, Frantisek Hanzlik wrote: I consider Fedora 15+ as too problematic and stay at F14 yup...fedora version 19 or 20 bugs are far worse than a computer security breach. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: ht

Re: grub2-install ??

2014-04-21 Thread Edward M
On 4/20/2014 12:13 PM, Jim wrote: fedora 20 I installed Fedora 20 on /dev/sdb1 and after installation was completed it didn't select /dev/sdb1 and bootup . I have Windows on sda1 so i put a sdb in computer for Linux. Is the command, grub2-install /dev/sdb1 the correct command for booting Fe

Re: Dual Boot System

2014-04-16 Thread Edward M
On 4/16/2014 10:46 PM, Javier Perez wrote: It is not a bad idea per se. The thing is that the reason I installed Ubuntu is because at some time (I think it was Fedora 16 or 17, don't remember now) Fedora could not set the right resolution for my display, 1920x1080, but Ubuntu indeed could do i

Re: Dual Boot System

2014-04-16 Thread Edward M
On 4/16/2014 8:49 PM, Javier Perez wrote: Hi I need some advice here regarding partitioning my home system. My home system is a triple boot system: Windows 2K, Fedora 20 and Ubuntu 12.04 LTS I have three disks, one devoted to each operating system. The first disk has two partitions, one for th

Re: OT meaning of sad [was: Serious OpenSSL vulnerability]

2014-04-11 Thread Edward M
On 4/11/2014 2:37 PM, Tim wrote: Allegedly, on or about 11 April 2014, Bill Oliver sent: Just goes to show that no matter how hard you try not to offend, if someone wants to be offended badly enough, he or she can manage it. I think the mailing list is missing a sound track. Right now, it'd be

Re: Serious OpenSSL vulnerability

2014-04-09 Thread Edward M
On 4/9/2014 3:30 PM, eoconno...@gmail.com wrote: I gotta sayI'm so impressed with the way this issue has been handled by the developers here @ FedoraI've updated all three of my Fedora boxesand will sleep soundly knowing the vulnerability has been addressed by the best and brightest

Re: Serious OpenSSL vulnerability

2014-04-08 Thread Edward M
On 4/8/2014 2:55 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20140407.txt See also http://heartbleed.com/ and http://arstechnica.com/security/2014/04/critical-crypto-bug-in-openssl-opens-two-thirds-of-the-web-to-eavesdropping/ This is potentially very serious and can caus

Re: Installing Linux on a windows hd

2014-02-13 Thread Edward M
On 2/13/2014 2:28 AM, g wrote: On 02/13/2014 07:28 AM, Edward Mart wrote: On 2/12/2014 4:55 PM, g wrote: it is a good suggestion, but installing linux and keeping xp for games, etc and never putting it back on internet is also a better choice over upgrading until one those games or apps req

Re: Installing Linux on a windows hd

2014-02-12 Thread Edward M
On 2/12/2014 2:34 AM, Roger wrote: Dell 1520 laptop which when new, Dell required it have xp installed. As many have said windows xp eol is taking place in two months, and the laptop probably may require more ram to be added so it can be upgraded to either windows 7 or windows 8

Re: Playing commercial DVDs in Fedora 20 [SOLVED]

2014-02-05 Thread Edward M
On 2/3/2014 8:16 PM, g wrote: If it's bad then make it good. "bad" can be _good_. like, "bad ass software". like, "bad to the bone". "bad" as _good_ just depends on which side of the "big pond" you are from. For the eternal law is that there is no good without bad, no beauty witho

Re: font selection for chrome tabs

2014-01-23 Thread Edward M
On 1/22/2014 10:06 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 01/22/14 07:33, Edward M wrote: sorry...the links did not solved the issue. Thanks for trying thanks...now i don't feel like a luser I did locate the issue It is one of the google-droid fonts causing the pr

Re: font selection for chrome tabs

2014-01-21 Thread Edward M
On 1/21/2014 2:54 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 01/22/14 02:14, Edward M wrote: On 1/21/2014 5:34 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: Does anyone know how/where the fonts used in Google Chrome tabs are defined These two links may help: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/96810?hl=en

Re: font selection for chrome tabs

2014-01-21 Thread Edward M
On 1/21/2014 5:34 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: Does anyone know how/where the fonts used in Google Chrome tabs are defined These two links may help: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/96810?hl=en https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95416?hl=en&ref_topic=1678461 -- users

Re: email failure

2014-01-20 Thread Edward M
On Mon, 20 Jan 2014 11:00:33 -0800 (PST) Richard Vickery wrote: > > | > |-- > |[tim@localhost ~]$ uname -rsvp > |Linux 3.9.10-100.fc17.x86_64 #1 SMP Sun Jul 14 01:31:27 UTC 2013 > x86_64 > > Tim: > > "Man was born free, but everywhere he is in chains" Locke 1768(?) > > You are not slave to

error -1 Metadata file does not match checksum

2014-01-20 Thread Edward M
Hello, should i be concerned with the error message i received when I went to search for "calibre" within YUM repo. i got the following: [cru@localhost ~]$ yum search calibre Loaded plugins: langpacks, refresh-packagekit updates/20/x86_64/pkgtags| 775 kB 00:00

Re: irq 16 nobody cared (try booting with irqpoll option)

2014-01-19 Thread Edward M
On Sun, 19 Jan 2014 19:25:14 + Frank Murphy wrote: > On Sun, 19 Jan 2014 11:20:20 -0800 > Edward M wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > Periodically, when i first boot my fedora system it hangs on this > > message: > > > > [0.771697]

irq 16 nobody cared (try booting with irqpoll option)

2014-01-19 Thread Edward M
Hello, Periodically, when i first boot my fedora system it hangs on this message: [0.771697] irq 16: nobody cared (try booting with the irqpoll option) [0.771823] handlers: [0.771838] [] usb_hcd_irq [0.771859] Disabling IRQ #16 i need to reset system to get fedora boot now i would like to try

Re: Cinnamon desktop

2014-01-08 Thread Edward M
On 1/8/2014 10:35 PM, William Biggs wrote: My brother told me about Cinnamon desktop . I tryed it I like it but I do not want to install it along with gnome . Witch fedora spin has it as default desktop ? Unfortunately, according to the spins directory, it does not seem a cinnamon s

Re: dual boot test

2013-12-28 Thread Edward M
On 12/27/2013 5:31 PM, bruce wrote: At the basic level, if I could somehow run a cmd and somehow invoke a "os" install for the existing system, that would be great. IE, if I had an "image" that could be downloaded to get a complete refresh/reinstall that's what I'm looking for. So, starting from

Re: dual boot test

2013-12-27 Thread Edward M
On 12/27/2013 3:15 PM, bruce wrote: The principle reason for doing/testing dual boot is to have the ability to be able to do a remote reinstall for a fresh OS on a remote box. If you know of a way to accomplish that, I'm more than willing to hear it!! Everything I've seen regarding doing reinst

Re: Hardware may be failing - how to check it out

2013-12-25 Thread Edward M
On 12/25/2013 8:16 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: install the i386; lots of failures and bug reports on the x86_64 install attempts. Happy Holidays While back somebody brought me their system to take a look why they were having problems turned out their ram went bad, it would

Re: Question: any problems if apply only security updates.

2013-12-21 Thread Edward M
On Sun, 2013-12-22 at 00:22 +0100, Mateusz Marzantowicz wrote: > On 21.12.2013 23:06, Edward M wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I was wondering if my fedora system later in time will have > > any repercussions, if I only apply the security updates and not > > the en

Question: any problems if apply only security updates.

2013-12-21 Thread Edward M
Hello, I was wondering if my fedora system later in time will have any repercussions, if I only apply the security updates and not the entire updates from the catalog, by using the "yum --security update" command? -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subs

Re: f20 - gedit

2013-12-20 Thread Edward M
On Fri, 20 Dec 2013 15:21:23 -0800 Edward M wrote: > logged in as root using su -; CORRECTION: Sorry i typed it like this it my be confusing. I meant to say I logged in as root by typing su - -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription opti

Re: f20 - gedit

2013-12-20 Thread Edward M
On Thu, 19 Dec 2013 08:05:49 -0500 Robert Moskowitz wrote: > > On 12/19/2013 09:02 PM, Edward M wrote: > > On Thu, 19 Dec 2013 10:07:01 +0200 > > Ahmad Samir wrote: > > > >> On 18 December 2013 20:42, bitlord wrote: > >>> On Wed, 2013-12-18 at 12:

Re: f20 - gedit

2013-12-19 Thread Edward M
On Thu, 19 Dec 2013 10:07:01 +0200 Ahmad Samir wrote: > On 18 December 2013 20:42, bitlord wrote: > > On Wed, 2013-12-18 at 12:49 -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > >> Well here comes the questions on 'where is it now'. Of course > >> since I skipped f18 & f19, these may be 'old' issues > >>

Re: evince

2013-12-02 Thread Edward M
s. I just began using Sylpheed on Fedora the other day, well see how that goes. Thanks again for the reply and explanation. -- Edward M -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/m

Re: netflix

2013-11-30 Thread Edward M
ructions I found in fedora forums on how to setup netflix. http://fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?t=286230 -- Edward M -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code

Re: is something wrong with email server?

2013-11-28 Thread Edward M
On 11/28/2013 2:44 AM, Michael Schwendt wrote: No, AP's replies don't contain any "References:" or "In-Reply-To:" headers. -- Oh, ok. Was starting to a get little worried thinking the problem could be on my end instead. Thanks Ian and Michael:-) -- "Banks lend by creating credit. Th

is something wrong with email server?

2013-11-28 Thread Edward M
Just started reading emails and noticed AP's emails are scattered all over the place. Is there something wrong with fedora's email server that is scattering emails? -- "Banks lend by creating credit. They create the means of payment out of nothing." — Ralph M. Hawtrey, former Secretary of Trea

Re: Fedora vs RHEL

2013-04-15 Thread Edward M
On 4/15/2013 8:49 AM, Paul W. Frields wrote: not all you're getting, which is why Red Hat consistently talks about providing higher value in the subscription model than just bits. Rather, the value includes things like: * Certification on hardware * Ecosystem of applications certified on the pla

Re: Fedora vs RHEL

2013-04-14 Thread Edward M
On 4/14/2013 7:22 PM, Thomas Cameron wrote: Alternatively, you can get a self-support subscription for commercial use for $349: Give $349 to RedHat just for talking to myself(self- support):-); Using either centos or Oracle linux, one also gets self-support without a fee. -- It is

Re: Converting MKV videos to MP2 -4 ?

2013-03-31 Thread Edward M
On 3/31/2013 4:55 PM, Jim wrote: F18/Kde How can one convert MKV videos to MP2-4 ? What app will do it ? -- avidemux seems to be a great app. I've used it only in Gentoo, however it is also available for fedora at rpmfusion site. http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora

Re: Samsung laser drivers for Linux - thinking aloud

2013-02-18 Thread Edward M
On 2/18/2013 7:32 AM, Fernando Cassia wrote: Just thinking aloud, have to check what the license is. The Samsung web site displays a disclaimer/license notice that I quickly dismissed without actually reading what it says (don´t we all), previous to letting you download the file. My point is

Re: Network Issue with Fedora 17

2013-02-13 Thread Edward M
On 2/13/2013 3:35 AM, Santiago Oberto wrote: Greetings! I had a perfectly functioning Fedora 16. Yesterday I updated it to Fedora 17 using a DVD. The update run successfull. The problem is that after the update I have no network. No Wifi, no wired one... The router is working well since I c

Re: is there a way KDE kickoff Application launcher from closing

2013-02-10 Thread Edward M
On 2/8/2013 9:23 PM, doug wrote: On 02/08/2013 10:52 PM, Edward M wrote: Hello, Is there a way to keep the KDE's Kickoff Application launcher open, so it can let me select the apps I want to use then close it after i have selected those apps? It's not just Fedora. The latest v

is there a way KDE kickoff Application launcher from closing

2013-02-08 Thread Edward M
Hello, Is there a way to keep the KDE's Kickoff Application launcher open, so it can let me select the apps I want to use then close it after i have selected those apps? -- The Hegelian dialectic: A (thesis) against B (anti-thesis) equals C (synthesis). -- users mailing list users@lists.fed

Re: Removing nVidia

2013-02-04 Thread Edward M
On 2/4/2013 8:22 PM, Edward M wrote: On 2/4/2013 7:10 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: Will I need to do anything about the grub template? By grub template, you mean the files in /etc/grub.d, they are not intended to be edited, however, if you new to add custom menu entries, they have to be

Re: Removing nVidia

2013-02-04 Thread Edward M
On 2/4/2013 7:10 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: Will I need to do anything about the grub template? By grub template, you mean the files in /etc/grub.d, they are not intended to be edited, however, if you new to add custom menu entries, they have to be added to 40_custom file in /etc/grub.d

Re: Removing nVidia

2013-02-04 Thread Edward M
On 2/4/2013 4:49 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: ines in /boot/grub2/grub.cfg all refer to kmod-nvidia. (At least, I think they do, but I can't exactly check right now.) Is there anything special I'll need to do, either at boot or later to tidy this up? what may help is when the system has finish

Re: F18: Can I get paint and paste back?

2013-02-03 Thread Edward M
On 2/3/2013 1:16 PM, sean darcy wrote: Rebooted. Again Xorg.0.log finds the Emulate3Buttons option. But still doesn't work. Using xfce-4.10. Wonder if that's the problem? Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" may need to be add to 10-evdev.conf below "Emulate3button" opti

Re: Thunderbird newbie

2013-02-03 Thread Edward M
On 2/3/2013 9:54 AM, Edward M wrote: there is somewhere a icon which shows the menu in recent builds In Thunderbird 17.0.2 that would be a three horizontal lines button located on the top right side next to Search. I meant above Search -- users mailing list users

Re: Thunderbird newbie

2013-02-03 Thread Edward M
On 2/3/2013 9:38 AM, Reindl Harald wrote: there is somewhere a icon which shows the menu in recent builds In Thunderbird 17.0.2 that would be a three horizontal lines button located on the top right side next to Search. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsub

Re: Fedora 17: unable to login. Laptop keypad is locked

2013-02-02 Thread Edward M
On 2/2/2013 8:36 AM, santosh wrote: I am having dual boot Winxp / Fedora 17. In winxp everything is working fine. By mistake the "Shift key" was pressed for a long time, It displayed to activate "sticky key". I clicked on "Activate" button blindly. (As I was not aware of it) At that time keyb

Re: a list of Fedora 18 package names?

2013-01-24 Thread Edward M
On 1/23/2013 10:17 PM, Fernando Cassia wrote: That is a great idea too, although I´ll take Mr Greshko´s offer at the moment. Wonder if they index all packages or just the 214 they track? (for instance, OpenJDK is not included in the list of packages tracked by Distrowatch... Oh i thought y

Re: a list of Fedora 18 package names?

2013-01-23 Thread Edward M
On 1/23/2013 2:43 AM, Fernando Cassia wrote: I have tried googling "list of fedora packages" "f18" "fedora 18 packages list" and the like and couldn´t come up with such list. Why isn´t any such list of packages published for each release?. I´m sure that if someone does and such list is indexed b

Re: F18: notebook sometimes hangs up if switching between gnome3 desktop and TTY's

2013-01-23 Thread Edward M
On 1/23/2013 1:46 AM, Joachim Backes wrote: Sure. Kernel: 3.7.4-203.fc18.i686 (http://koji.fedoraproject.org/) is the most recent, and all other updates are applied (including updates-testing!) Correct...a snafu on my behalf:-[ -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsu

Re: F18: notebook sometimes hangs up if switching between gnome3 desktop and TTY's

2013-01-23 Thread Edward M
On 1/22/2013 11:01 PM, Joachim Backes wrote: Kernel: 3.7.4-203.fc18.i686 Have the latest updates been applied? it appears a newer kernel and xorg related updates were made available. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription opti

Re: Boot Fedora 18 from LiveCD ISO file

2013-01-21 Thread Edward M
On 1/21/2013 3:13 AM, Sergio Belkin wrote: } EOF But it fails, it says something like /dev/disk/by-label/Fedora-18-x86_64-Live-Desktop.is does not exist /dev/mapper/live-rw does not exist I haven't figured it out how to wirte the root option. Please could you help me? while back

Re: Fedora 17 / Solaris NFS Bug - With way more diagnostic information - Please Help

2012-12-30 Thread Edward M
On 12/30/2012 10:54 AM, Thomas Dineen wrote: I am running the original unedited nfs file: ; more /etc/sysconfig/nfs # sounds like old /etc/sysconfig/nfs file is messing up the NFS server. rpc.idmapd like stated on the article and howto in the following link. hope it helps:-) http:/

Re: where is gamma4scanimage?

2012-12-17 Thread Edward M
On 12/17/2012 4:02 PM, Frédéric Bron wrote: scanimage should come with gamma4scanimage but it does not. yum provides gamma4scanimage and yum search gamma4scanimage give nothing. Where can I find gamma4scanimage for F17? Frédéric I think the --gamma-table 0..255,.. option that is part of

Re: Getting to F18

2012-12-17 Thread Edward M
On 12/17/2012 12:03 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: No. There's one too many there. Everybody knows that there's only three, starting with, "Lions and tigers and bears, Oh My! Lions and tigers and bears!" Like, totally, fer sure. y'know.:-) -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To

Re: Fitbit on Fedora via Wine?

2012-12-17 Thread Edward M
On 12/17/2012 9:32 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: Has anyone tried the Fitbit application on Fedora via Wine? while back, found this article about fitbit and linux, may help:-) http://travelingtrainer.laubersolutions.com/2012/11/fitbit-and-linux.html -- users mailing list users@lists.fedorap

Re: Transfering files to a Samsung Galaxy III

2012-12-13 Thread Edward M
On 12/13/2012 8:14 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: Now it mounts as a drive everytime I plug it in. It is easy to copy my lessons I download on this notebook onto the Galaxy for listening. Slowly figuring this system out. it appears the USB mass storge option may still exist on android for

Re: Transfering files to a Samsung Galaxy III

2012-12-11 Thread Edward M
On 12/11/2012 1:45 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: I found the USB teather option. It was greyed out until I connected to my notebook. Then Fedora recognized the device. Got my mp4s into the movie directory and were able to view them with the player. All right, this phone might actually be usef

Re: Transfering files to a Samsung Galaxy III

2012-12-11 Thread Edward M
On 12/11/2012 12:46 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: I just got a Galaxy for my corporate phone. No instructions; Samsung GUI is taking a lot to learn, coming from a BB and Gnome! My first touch screen... Anyway, I have mp4 lessons on this system that I would want to view on the Galaxy. Is there

Re:grub2 confusing need to add simple setting[SOLVED]

2012-09-16 Thread Edward M
On 09/16/2012 02:22 PM, Mateusz Marzantowicz wrote: Try editing GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX in /etc/default/grub. Remember to update grub configuration with: grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg. this did the trick. thanks -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or

grub2 confusing need to add simple setting

2012-09-16 Thread Edward M
Hello, I have not needed to touch grub2 config files until now to add a simple setting and I am finding grub2 confusing. How do I add nomodeset in grub2. I miss the old grub:'( . Thanks -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options:

Re: update my fedora computers from my own server.

2012-08-31 Thread Edward M
On 08/31/2012 06:05 AM, G.Wolfe Woodbury wrote: Absolutely possible. I have an rsync'd locl mirror of Fedora on my main machine, an apache/httpd server share of it, and all my other fedora machines use the local mirror instead of going to the internet all the time. I have a large filesystem mou

Re: update my fedora computers from my own server.

2012-08-31 Thread Edward M
On 08/31/2012 02:47 AM, Reindl Harald wrote: no need for a full rsync install all the packages needed in your infrastructure on teh local repo-server, just update it and refresh your repos from yum-cache, i'm doing this since 2008 (Fedora 9) on all machines which are in the meantime upgraded to

Re: update my fedora computers from my own server.

2012-08-31 Thread Edward M
On 08/31/2012 02:47 AM, Frank Murphy wrote: I update all my Fedora boxes from the one location. No server as such. Just a shared /var/cache/yum on an NAS. I also use keepcache=1,, and tidy-cache. So I can "yum downgrade if necessary" Hello Frank, Thanks for the advice. this sounds very

Re: update my fedora computers from my own server.

2012-08-31 Thread Edward M
On 08/31/2012 02:44 AM, Fernando Cassia wrote: On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 11:35 PM, Edward M wrote: Hello, I'm wondering, if is possible to setup a fedora 17 rsync,etc server, download new fedora 17 bugs/security updates to it, then update my fedora 17 computers from my fedora 17 rsync

update my fedora computers from my own server.

2012-08-31 Thread Edward M
Hello, I'm wondering, if is possible to setup a fedora 17 rsync,etc server, download new fedora 17 bugs/security updates to it, then update my fedora 17 computers from my fedora 17 rsync, etc server, so this way i dont have to use the internet to update each one of them? -- users mailing

Re: Clean install keeping home folder intact

2012-08-22 Thread Edward M
Edward M wrote: > Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote: >> BUILDING a system?doesn't that mean like YEARS of studying >> C+?...Perl?and all the other programming languages out >> there?.yipe! Now THAT sounds TOO painful!.LoL!!! > > >No, that no

Re: Clean install keeping home folder intact

2012-08-22 Thread Edward M
Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote: > BUILDING a system?doesn't that mean like YEARS of studying > C+?...Perl?and all the other programming languages out > there?.yipe! Now THAT sounds TOO painful!.LoL!!! No, that not hard; Gentoo is my main desktop os and i run Fedora in vrutalbox.

Re: Weird freeze

2012-08-22 Thread Edward M
Joe Zeff wrote: > When I do, I'm going all the way to an x64 system Which processor are you interested in? I think AMD's FX-8120 3.1 GHz, 8 Core, for the price, is a sweet deal? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103961 -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org

Re: Another Question....

2012-08-20 Thread Edward M
Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote: > It's just that I'm concerned, the BIOS is showing as being from 2008, > and I wanted to keep it up to date along with everything else I've > updated. there's no real concern, just thought it'd be a good idea to > get it as close to the "present" as possible.is thi

Re: Failed Migration to Linux

2012-08-12 Thread Edward M
Mike Flannigan wrote: > I just figured out today when filling out the rebates that > I went WAY overboard on power supply. They snuck in a $100 > power supply on me - Cooler Master GX 750W Bronze. At least > it comes with a $25 rebate, so final cost is $75. I just > assumed it would be about $40

Re: Failed Migration to Linux

2012-08-11 Thread Edward M
Mike Flannigan wrote: > At least the Nvidia GeForce GTX560 Ti is showing up in > my Device Manager. I'm guessing there may be a hardware > problem of some kind, but I don't have a lot of other > evidence of that. curious, what type of power supply did you go with? the above video card requires a

Re: Moonlight/Silverlight addition for Linux Firefox?

2012-08-05 Thread Edward M
Paul Erickson wrote: > http://www.ctvolympics.ca/videos/channel/obs12/watch/waterpolo.html > > Will be interested in your experience. Hello, I get a blank, grey screen. I suspect the content is encoded with digital rights management (DRM) stuff. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedora

Re: Ubuntu's Unity desktop repo for fedora by opensuse

2012-07-19 Thread Edward M
Ed Greshko wrote: > On 07/20/2012 09:09 AM, Edward M wrote: >> hello, >> >> Interesting seeing opensuse producing Ubuntu's Unity desktop repo for >> fedora 17? >> >> >> http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/GNOME:/Ayatana/Fedora_17/ > htt

Ubuntu's Unity desktop repo for fedora by opensuse

2012-07-19 Thread Edward M
hello, Interesting seeing opensuse producing Ubuntu's Unity desktop repo for fedora 17? http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/GNOME:/Ayatana/Fedora_17/ -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/

Re: Can't boot Linux after motherboard change

2012-07-10 Thread Edward M
On 07/10/2012 04:09 PM, Paolo Galtieri wrote: The system is configured to boot both Windows 7 and Linux. If I boot Windows it comes up just fine and runs, but Linux wont. When I boot Windows the fans do not speed up as they do with Linu Sounds to me it is a BIOS bug. since it is a differ

Re: Fedora 17 - Only one kernel

2012-07-10 Thread Edward M
On 07/10/2012 02:31 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: On 07/10/2012 02:33 PM, Edward M wrote: just a suggestion:-) this thread appears is getting hijacked, may want to start your own thread. Actually, I only mentioned it as an example of needing a backup kernel. -- sorry, I misunderstood

Re: Fedora 17 - Only one kernel

2012-07-10 Thread Edward M
On 07/10/2012 02:15 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: On 07/10/2012 01:56 PM, Heinz Diehl wrote: I think you should compile a completely fresh 3.4.4. from kernel.org and report this onlinux-ker...@vger.kernel.org, if the problem persists. You could use the Fedora .config from /boot as a starting point, if you

Re: Matching message headers in mutt hooks

2012-07-08 Thread Edward M
On 07/08/2012 06:07 PM, Eddie G.O'Connor Jr-I wrote: (stuck trying to decide if I want to go the C, C#, C++ route...or the Python way)!.any tips there?... when I went to vist some people i knew from ixsystems, freebsd foundation, netbsd project couple months ago I brought up that i

Re: Matching message headers in mutt hooks

2012-07-08 Thread Edward M
On 07/08/2012 01:27 PM, Eddie G.O'Connor Jr-I wrote: If I may?...exactly what IS "mutt"?is it something I should concern myself with? mutt is a text based email client. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fed

Re: Hardware vendors

2012-07-08 Thread Edward M
On 07/08/2012 09:42 AM, Steven Stern wrote: Now that I'm done with Dell, I've priced out systems on Ohava, zareason, and System76. The quotes come out with insignificant dollar differences. Do you have any experience with these vendors? A few comments; 1) No, I don't want to assemble my own mac

Re: OT: mozilla quits thunderbird need recommendations

2012-07-07 Thread Edward M
On 07/07/2012 02:43 PM, Tom Horsley wrote: I have used claws-mail for years now, and find it pretty much perfect for me. -- Thanks for recommendation i will give it a look. I want to get a head start if i dont like the plan mozilla has for thunderbird:-) -- users mailing list users@l

OT: mozilla quits thunderbird need recommendations

2012-07-07 Thread Edward M
hello, read mozilla quits thunderbird dev and its future is uncertainly I am sure thunderbird will go on but i may not like the new model of doing things so i need some recommendations on email clients that comes close or exceeds thunderbird reference: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-5746

Re: Amarok not playing m4a

2012-07-07 Thread Edward M
On 07/07/2012 12:57 PM, andrea wrote: I cant play m4a files with amarok. They do not even appear in the list of files when browsing. It is configured to use gstreamer and I have the following plugins installed PackageKit-gstreamer-plugin-0.7.5-1.fc17.i686 gstreamer-plugins-bad-free-extras-0.10.

Re: And don't let the door hit you on the way out

2012-07-05 Thread Edward M
On 07/03/2012 04:10 PM, Robert Myers wrote: , and Fedora doesn't even aim at being a replacement for Windows. If seeking a linux windows look-alike then maybe zorin may be it? ¨Zorin OS is a multi-functional operating system specifically for Windows users who want to have easy and smooth

Re: Printer won't Print - Log file ,Troubleshoot.txt

2012-06-18 Thread Edward M
On 06/18/2012 12:37 PM, Jim wrote: All the setting for firewall, Selinux and printer driver are setup. If you send a print job it will tell you "Print job successfully sent". I was running the debug for Cups and it said in there that it could not find a Printer I think samsung gave up on

Re: Printer won't Print - Log file ,Troubleshoot.txt

2012-06-18 Thread Edward M
On 06/18/2012 12:11 PM, Jim wrote: This Samsung driver is the latest for the CLX-3170 Series and it works on another box on the same AP Network. okay,i will take a while guess because i do not know what you have you cofigured and tried out. so, have you tried configuring that system fire

Re: Printer won't Print - Log file ,Troubleshoot.txt

2012-06-18 Thread Edward M
On 06/18/2012 11:40 AM, Jim wrote: FOUND PROBLEM !! the Cups Server is not seeing/finding the Printer Samsung CLX-3170. The command lpoptions -d Samsung-CLX-3170 , would that help cups server to see printer ? sounds like a driver problem? Not sure if linux itself has the needed driver.

Re: OT: nvidia video for linux a good idea?

2012-06-18 Thread Edward M
On 06/18/2012 02:52 AM, Reindl Harald wrote: tends to make your ahrwdare unuseable if nvidia decides calling your card "legacy" resulting in no longer working with the next fedora-version with newer kernels or xorg versions there are no good reasons for binary drivers Ahh, now i fully under

OT: nvidia video for linux a good idea?

2012-06-18 Thread Edward M
Hi After viewing linus disagreeable remarks towards nvidia in a resentment way. made me wonder if nvidia linux support has been decreasing over the years and i should look into either amd,intel graphics instead or he is simply overreacting and nvidia support is not that bad? linus presenta

Re: FedoraProject Printer Howto Troubleshoot

2012-06-15 Thread Edward M
On 06/15/2012 05:11 PM, Jim wrote: There is a website on FedoraProject explaining howto troubleshoot a non working printer, does any know how I can find it ? i have this bookmarked is this it: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_debug_printing_problems -- users mailing list users@l

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