Compiz and Desktop Wall

2010-03-30 Thread Fred Williams
After a fresh install of F12, and enabling the 3D graphics correctly, I activated Compiz and the desktop wall - however, unlike usual, using the scrollwheel on the desktop doesn't scroll through the different workspaces. There's probably something I've overlooked in the Compiz control panel, or mor

Re: midori in LXDE/F-12 spin

2010-03-22 Thread Fred Williams
On 22 March 2010 11:05, Alan Cox wrote: > > I'll be more than happy to use any GNOME alternative there is, but for > > NM I don't think there is an alternative. Suggestions are welcome > > though, not only for NM but also for other packages. > > Moblin uses conman which is also worth looking at a

Re: bruteforce protection howto

2010-03-20 Thread Fred Williams
On 21 March 2010 00:25, Craig White wrote: > On Sat, 2010-03-20 at 23:17 +0100, Vadkan Jozsef wrote: > > Two pc's: > > > > 1 - router > > 2 - logger > > > > Situation: someone tries to bruteforce into a server, and the logger > > get's a log about it [e.g.: ssh login failed]. > > > > What's the b

Re: Rolling Release Model(s), Fedora Discussion

2010-03-16 Thread Fred Williams
On 16 March 2010 16:59, John Austin wrote: > On Tue, 2010-03-16 at 08:58 -0700, Konstantin Svist wrote: > > On 03/16/2010 02:37 AM, John Austin wrote: > > > I look forward to a clean start every six months > > > 20 minute install - pleasure getting it back to how I like it !! > > > > > > John > >

Re: Rolling Release Model(s), Fedora Discussion

2010-03-15 Thread Fred Williams
On 15 March 2010 20:51, Konstantin Svist wrote: > On 03/15/2010 01:33 PM, Antonio Olivares wrote: > > Would Fedora users accept a rolling release model? IT would be nice to > setup an internet poll to see what many Fedora users have to say? > > > > I would love a "rolling release" versionless sy

Re: How to Install Nvidia Driver in Fedora12?

2010-03-14 Thread Fred Williams
2010/3/15 Marcel Rieux > 2010/3/14 Marcel Rieux : > > 210/3/14 严晶涛 : > > > >> My classmate has bought a computer with GT220. > >> When I download Nvidia Driver,use init 3 to run it. > >> but it prompt that cannot find nvidia.ko.. > >> I have searched Google,and changed menu.lst,added nouveau.mode

Flash support

2010-03-13 Thread Fred Williams
I've been trying to put up with using Gnash in place of the normal adobe-flash plugin, but there's a lot of flash applets I've found that just don't seem to work with it, across many sites, and I'm back looking for FireFox-compatible alternatives to both Gnash and adobe's flash. I'd rather avoid ha

Re: flush-8:48?

2010-03-13 Thread Fred Williams
On 13 March 2010 21:15, Tom Horsley wrote: > So I'm rsyncing my old (beginning to give errors) usb backup > drive to my shiny new backup drive, and I see a usb-storage > process getting a lot of time. A name like that makes sense > I suppose, but there is also this flush-8:48 process. > Anyone kn

Re: Dependencies problem while upgrading

2010-03-13 Thread Fred Williams
On 13 March 2010 20:59, Marcel Rieux wrote: > On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 3:17 AM, Chris > wrote: > > On 12 March 2010 21:58, Marcel Rieux wrote: > >> On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 4:16 PM, Aaron Konstam > wrote: > >> > >>> I just went through this.. yum --skip-broken seemed to allow me to > >>> install

Re: NVIDIA downgrade with new kernel 2.6.32.9-70

2010-03-13 Thread Fred Williams
On 13 March 2010 19:03, Amiga5 wrote: > Nvidia release 195.36 has been removed from repo > You will have to settle with 190.53 for new kernel 2.6.32 9-70 > > One problem I have noticed DO NOT UPDATE WITH YUM > Use system update > > The proper kernel mods will be installed properly > NOT SO WI

Re: Comments on the fastestmirror plugin

2010-03-12 Thread Fred Williams
On 12 March 2010 16:42, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Fri, 2010-03-12 at 14:21 +0000, Fred Williams wrote: > > On 12 March 2010 14:08, Patrick O'Callaghan > > wrote: > > The yum fastestmirror plugin (yum-plugin-fastestmirror) claims > > t

Re: Comments on the fastestmirror plugin

2010-03-12 Thread Fred Williams
On 12 March 2010 14:08, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > The yum fastestmirror plugin (yum-plugin-fastestmirror) claims to > evaluate the speed of a bunch of repo mirrors and use the fastest one > relative to the user's location. > > However AFAIK what it *actually* does is make a test connection to

Re: Fedora 12 installing

2010-03-09 Thread Fred Williams
On 9 March 2010 21:14, Andres Felipe Acosta Gil wrote: > I downloaded the disc image and burned it in a DVD, then i booted Fedora, > but the screen turns dark and the dvd stops, should i download the fedora > image and burn it again?? or what else should i do?? > > -- > Andres Acosta > > -- > user

Re: Fedora 12: Cannot boot with kernel-2.6.32.9-67.fc12.x86_64

2010-03-08 Thread Fred Williams
On 8 March 2010 09:30, Steven P. Ulrick wrote: > Hello Everyone > The good news is that in my 10+ years using Linux, I am almost certain that > I have never had a kernel that would not boot... > > Last night I ran "yum update" and it pulled in > kernel-2.6.32.9-67.fc12.x86_64. When I attempted t

Re: this table in html how

2010-03-07 Thread Fred Williams
On 7 March 2010 23:41, Andrew Parker wrote: > On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 5:20 PM, Roger wrote: > > On 03/07/2010 10:00 PM, Andrew Parker wrote: > >> On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 5:51 AM, Vadkan Jozsef > wrote: > >> > >>> http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/7735/tablehow.png > >>> > >>> i just can't write th

Re: What's your fave--Gnome or KDE

2010-03-06 Thread Fred Williams
On 6 March 2010 16:24, n2xssvv.g02gfr12930 wrote: > On 03/06/2010 03:52 PM, Fred Williams wrote: > > > > On 6 March 2010 15:50, Temlakos > <mailto:temla...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > > In looking over the reviews of Fedora 12, I was shocked that a big &g

Re: What's your fave--Gnome or KDE

2010-03-06 Thread Fred Williams
On 6 March 2010 15:56, Temlakos wrote: > On 03/06/2010 10:52 AM, Fred Williams wrote: > > > On 6 March 2010 15:50, Temlakos wrote: > >> In looking over the reviews of Fedora 12, I was shocked that a big piece >> of the possible Fedora 12 experience is missing: KDE.

Re: What's your fave--Gnome or KDE

2010-03-06 Thread Fred Williams
On 6 March 2010 15:50, Temlakos wrote: > In looking over the reviews of Fedora 12, I was shocked that a big piece > of the possible Fedora 12 experience is missing: KDE. > > I just discovered KDE. I don't know why I didn't use it sooner than > this. Now is it just my brand-new hardware, or the ma

SELinux Troubleshooter

2010-03-04 Thread Fred Williams
First time posting to here, so forgive me any slight mistakes. In the past, where I've been inexperienced with an SELinux setup, I kept telling the troubleshooter to ignore alerts, rather than doing something about them and having them bother me often. I thought that did something. Well, now I've a