Re: Progress?

On 8/3/11 12:35 PM, Stuart McGraw wrote: > On 08/02/2011 08:15 PM, James McKenzie wrote: >> On 8/1/11 11:46 PM, Ian Malone wrote: >> [...] >>> Constructive criticism and suggestions are far more useful than just >>> enumerating grievances. >> Amen said the

Re: Progress?

On 8/1/11 11:46 PM, Ian Malone wrote: > On 1 August 2011 17:52, Stuart McGraw wrote: >> On 08/01/2011 03:31 AM, Fernando Cassia wrote: >>> >>> On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 04:14, Gilboa >>> Davaramailto:gilb...@gmail.com>> wrote: >>> >>> ... Because if you were actually trying to be constructive,

Re: What are the 94 printable characters from the 128 characters of ASCII table?

On 7/24/11 10:41 PM, Gregory Woodbury wrote: > > > On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 12:52 AM, yudi v > wrote: > > No it's not my homework, just curious. > I looked at that link before posting. > what confused me was the DEL key code. Usually the first 32 > charact

Re: More RAM not recognized -

On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 8:39 AM, Alan Cox wrote: > On Fri, 29 Jul 2011 17:06:58 +0200 > Michael Schwendt wrote: > >> On Fri, 29 Jul 2011 10:38:15 -0400, BG (Bob) wrote: >> >> > >> >     This Dell DM4700 came with 2-256 mb strips, some time ago I added >> >     2-1 gb strips for a total of 2.5 gb.

Re: What are the 94 printable characters from the 128 characters of ASCII table?

On Sun, Jul 24, 2011 at 9:52 PM, yudi v wrote: > No it's not my homework, just curious. > > I looked at that link before posting. > > what confused me was the DEL key code. Usually the first 32 characters are > control characters but the wiki article clubs DEL with the control > characters where a

Re: installing picasa

On 7/20/11 2:41 PM, Richard Shaw wrote: > On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 4:30 PM, Robert Vargas wrote: >> Hello, >> >> Can anyone help me. >> I'am trying to install google picasa3.0 without wine. >> I downloaded 3.0 and it opens for a second or two then disappers ? > You didn't say what version of Fedora

Re: Gnome 3 ~ Windows 8?

On 7/17/11 2:49 AM, Tim wrote: > On Sat, 2011-07-16 at 11:23 +, JB wrote: >> Many "what about" questions that would have to be asked ! > Like how do you keep on working when the cloud has evaporated? (Your > host goes out of business, or screws up their computers, or gets hacked, > or...) > Mo

Re: Gnome 3 ~ Windows 8?

On 7/16/11 1:25 PM, JB wrote: > Roelof 'Ben' Kusters bentrein.com> writes: > >> Change is gonna happen. And it's gonna destroy the status quo. >> If you ask me, it's very urgent that that happens, because - next to a >> whole new - perhaps Matrix like - approach to social interaction, it will >>

Re: Gnome 3 ~ Windows 8?

On 7/15/11 4:55 AM, Heinz Diehl wrote: > I for myself have been a big Gnome fan over a lot of years, and have > been using it both at home and at work. I also have been a big LXDE > and xmonad fan, which runs on all of my laptops. Not a big thing for > me, I'll drop F15, and when F16 comes out,

Re: Gnome 3 ~ Windows 8?

On 7/15/11 6:31 AM, Aaron Konstam wrote: > On Thu, 2011-07-14 at 14:18 -0700, James McKenzie wrote: > >>> I agree with you that Gnome2 is dead but someone has to explain why >> a >>> feature like holding the ALT key is necessary to power off in the >> Use

Re: kernel bug

On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 6:57 AM, Reindl Harald wrote: > > > Am 15.07.2011 15:53, schrieb James McKenzie: >> On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 5:15 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan >> wrote: >>> On Fri, 2011-07-15 at 12:24 +0200, admin lewis wrote: >>>> Hi, >>&

Re: kernel bug

On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 5:15 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Fri, 2011-07-15 at 12:24 +0200, admin lewis wrote: >> Hi, >> where I have to post for a kernel bug ? >> thanks lewis. > > Instead posting it, report it to Bugzilla: http://bugzilla.redhat.com If it truly is a Kernel bug, should it n

Re: Gnome 3 ~ Windows 8?

On 7/13/11 11:36 AM, Tim wrote: > I see the sense in pushing the boundaries for high end computing. I > don't see the sense in making low end computing require high end > hardware. What's low end computing? Email, web browsing, not playing > video games. It's just gross inefficiency to require

Re: Gnome 3 ~ Windows 8?

On 7/14/11 3:38 PM, Ralf Corsepius wrote: > On 07/14/2011 09:53 PM, James McKenzie wrote: >> On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 11:01 PM, Frantisek Hanzlik >> wrote: >>> Tim wrote: >> Now, back to what I said earlier. YOU, the Linux user, have a CHOICE >> of desktop/

Re: Gnome 3 ~ Windows 8?

On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 1:41 PM, Aaron Konstam wrote: > On Thu, 2011-07-14 at 12:53 -0700, James McKenzie wrote: >> On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 11:01 PM, Frantisek Hanzlik >> wrote: >> > Tim wrote: >> >> I don't...  They all (Linux too) seem to be headin

Re: Gnome 3 ~ Windows 8?

ts to be continued for us older 'power users' and new desktops to be introduced for those who need/desire those features. I did not like what happened when Windows95 introduced the 'Start' button feature. Over the years, I grew used to this. I still think that the idea i

Re: Gnome 3 ~ Windows 8?

On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 10:32 AM, Tim wrote: > On Wed, 2011-07-13 at 09:54 -0500, Mike Chambers sent: >> Without intending a flamewar > > Hmmph...  Then goes ahead and does something that's likely to do so. > Statements, like that, are similar to:  With all due respect... > And:  I don't mean to b

Re: Need Support For Hardware & Live Usb Issue + Bugs version 0.1

_info] *ERROR* MUX INFO CALL > FAILED > [ 2.563680] [drm:intel_drm_platform_mux_info] *ERROR* MUX INFO CALL > FAILED What kind and model of video card is installed in the system you are creating the boot USB from and what is in the Dell? Looks like a video mismatch AND a video card NOT supported by the open source ATI video driver. James McKenzie -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines

Re: Fedora Security and the Uverse 3800HGV-B router

On 7/1/11 9:14 PM, JD wrote: > > Common people! JAVASCRIPT being executed by your > browser on your system is a HUGE WIDE OPEN SECURITY HOLE!!! > You do have the option of turning it off, you know. That is one thing every security expert knows about and disables in a major way. James -- user

Re: f15 sync slow after couple of days

On 7/1/11 4:06 PM, Rich Emberson wrote: > When I first start my machine, a sync takes less than a second > and compiling a small Java project takse 34 seconds. > > After running for two days, a sync takes 25 to 30 seconds (and running > sync just after a sync still takes that long) > and compilin

Re: About Fedora bugs

esign/build/code/etc. then they should be looking and asking one of the three categories above if they can or should assist. Big mistake is diving in without asking first. Been there, done that. Do not make the assumption, as corrected above, that everything in Fedora is under Fedora's c

Re: gnu linux update question

On 6/28/11 8:24 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 06/29/2011 11:18 AM, James McKenzie wrote: >> I was referring to /proc/ when that user did not 'own' the >> process. I'm under the impression that this is/was part of the security >> 'features' of Fedor

Re: gnu linux update question

On 6/28/11 8:04 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 06/29/2011 10:51 AM, Genes MailLists wrote: >> On 06/28/2011 10:13 PM, James McKenzie wrote: >>> On 6/28/11 6:37 PM, Genes MailLists wrote: >>>> Works fine as root. >>> Usually ordinary users are prohibited from ac

Re: gnu linux update question

, e: > continue > found_match = False > for fn in get_open_files(pid): > > Works fine as root. Usually ordinary users are prohibited from accessing /proc/ from what I remember. That is why root works and joe-blow does not. James McKenzie -- users mai

Re: [OT] Spelling... [was: Re: where is gnomebreakpad]

try to embed Cyrillic into a Latin document just to see what would happen. BTW, someone decided that French was the language to use, and we are an English only shop. Led to interesting spelling 'errors' which were not. James McKenzie -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject

Re: cannot boot to F14

these options will help. Again, this is NOT a Fedora > issue. Some BIOS's are old >appened in the history of PC > configurations (I remember the old 32MB boot issue...) > > >James McKenzie > > James, > You came in late to this thread. > > In fact his problem

Re: where is gnomebreakpad

On 6/26/11 4:47 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: > On 06/26/2011 10:16 AM, James McKenzie wrote: >> (and both of you are very valuable to the project and you both >> have brought in a great deal of good information, now folks may question >> it.) > And, because of the way I'v

Re: cannot boot to F14

ese options will help. Again, this is NOT a Fedora issue. Some BIOS's are old enough that they cannot boot from newer media. And this is not the first time this has happened in the history of PC configurations (I remember the old 32MB boot issue...) James McKenzie -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines

Re: where is gnomebreakpad

lish to have a 'did to, did not' kind of fight and it diminishes your value to others (and both of you are very valuable to the project and you both have brought in a great deal of good information, now folks may question it.) Very respectfully, James McKenzie -- users mailin

Re: Firefox 5.0

o go FF5. I > was just reading that FF5 is considered the security update of FF4, so ... > Just to note, there was only one update for FF4, 4.0.1. Something like what happened with MS-DOS (for those who remember, DOS 4.0 bombed a bunch of hard drives, actually destroyed a bunch of data.) BTW, FF5

Re: sound problem

problem with Dell E6400s (I had one do the same thing with WindowsVista 64 bit.) James McKenzie -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedo

Re: Adieu, Fedora

On 6/14/11 10:20 AM, Jon Ingason wrote: > 2011-06-13 04:26, James McKenzie skrev: > And before MacOX, there was Lisa and before Lisa was Star ;-) > > But that was lng ago! > Lisa bombed, it was the first major failure for Apple. Never heard of Star (and if it was anything lik

Re: Adieu, Fedora

duct=U3 Cruzer Micro On my XP installation this is EXACTLY what shows up when I plug in my USB drive. No other labels but what the device is. Some folks would love to see "Mikey's USB Thingie" but that is not what is written in hardware at the first glance and is only picked up

Re: Adieu, Fedora

On Sun, Jun 12, 2011 at 9:06 PM, Phil Savoie wrote: > On 12/06/2011 11:12 PM, David wrote: >> I see. Now I understand you completely. Since Linux is user supported. I >> am sure that the developers would welcome any tutorials that you would >> write and provide. That is the way the Linux works. >>

Re: Adieu, Fedora

On 6/12/11 8:15 PM, Genes MailLists wrote: > On 06/12/2011 10:26 PM, James McKenzie wrote: > >> Marketing is what is it is all about. You could make the best gizmo in >> the business, but if you cannot get folks to use it, you just wasted >> your time and alot of some

Re: Adieu, Fedora

On 6/12/11 7:42 PM, David wrote: > On 6/12/2011 10:31 PM, James McKenzie wrote: >> On 6/12/11 7:17 PM, David wrote: >>> On 6/12/2011 10:06 PM, James McKenzie wrote: >>>> On 6/12/11 6:36 PM, David wrote: >>>>> On 6/12/2011 8:48 PM, Tom Horsley wro

Re: Adieu, Fedora

On 6/12/11 7:37 PM, David wrote: > On 6/12/2011 10:22 PM, John Aldrich wrote: >> On Sun June 12 2011, David wrote: >>> On 6/12/2011 8:48 PM, Tom Horsley wrote: >>>> On Sun, 12 Jun 2011 17:20:39 -0700 >>>> >>>> James McKenzie wrote: >>&

Re: Adieu, Fedora

e by the Victory Trap company. Why? Because the damn thing works. And that is what a majority of the Desktop users want. They don't care if they have to hit the 'Big Red Button' two or three times a day. When the thing starts, they want to use it. Not play with it al

Re: Adieu, Fedora

ort over many years, are you sure that > it is actively > supported and new bugs fixed in this release version you have chosen? > > Squeeze (Debian six) was just recently released and they still support Debian four. Much like RedHat has a ten year policy that they will support. RedHat

Re: Adieu, Fedora

On 6/12/11 7:17 PM, David wrote: > On 6/12/2011 10:06 PM, James McKenzie wrote: >> On 6/12/11 6:36 PM, David wrote: >>> On 6/12/2011 8:48 PM, Tom Horsley wrote: >>>> On Sun, 12 Jun 2011 17:20:39 -0700 >>>> James McKenzie wrote: >>>> >>&

Re: Adieu, Fedora

On 6/12/11 7:08 PM, nomnex wrote: > On Sun, 12 Jun 2011 17:07:10 -0700 > James McKenzie wrote: > > > > The last comment comes from a OSX Mac user. if I recall, you can only > re-size the windows using the bottom left side on Mac, not to confuse > the user-base=>BIG

Re: Adieu, Fedora

On 6/12/11 6:54 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 06/13/2011 08:48 AM, Tom Horsley wrote: >> On Sun, 12 Jun 2011 17:20:39 -0700 >> James McKenzie wrote: >> >>> We need >>> to make Linux as easy, if not easier to use than the other 'junk' out >>> t

Re: Adieu, Fedora

On 6/12/11 6:36 PM, David wrote: > On 6/12/2011 8:48 PM, Tom Horsley wrote: >> On Sun, 12 Jun 2011 17:20:39 -0700 >> James McKenzie wrote: >> >>> We need >>> to make Linux as easy, if not easier to use than the other 'junk' out >>> t

Re: Adieu, Fedora

work around legal requirements that we don't have to deal with. One day, I will install CentOS 6 on one of the Macs that I have here and then continue computing, which is what I like doing. James McKenzie -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscri

Re: Adieu, Fedora

o do not have the skills we do. We can choose to use other desktop/windowing systems and be happy. All of the grumbling I've read did not and cannot stop RedHat from adopting Gnome 3 or KDE 4 as the primary desktop for Fedora and RHEL. That is and will remain a fact of life.

Re: Adieu, Fedora

ot abandoned the SOHO environment, I would still be using it today. Could not and still cannot find anything as bullet proof. I ran a BBS on it that had an uptime messured in YEARS. Cannot say that for Linux/UNIX/MacOSX. However, I have found the desktop wars amusing to say the least. James M

Re: Default browser problem -

On 6/12/11 9:22 AM, Bob Goodwin wrote: > On 12/06/11 11:11, James McKenzie wrote: >> On 6/12/11 7:51 AM, Bob Goodwin wrote: >>>F-15 and Firefox simply do not work as I want them to so I >>>installed Google Chrome to try it. >>> >>&

Re: Default browser problem -

of the default > browser, Chrome. Did you change the hypertext Application from Firefox to Chrome? James McKenzie -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http:/

Re: Unable to fix label of /run: read-only file system.

On 6/12/11 2:12 AM, Joshua C. wrote: > 2011/6/12 James McKenzie: > >> You can't. The filesystem is marked as RO. Is this a CD/DVD media? If >> it is NOT, you have to mount the media as Read-Write so that the label >> can be updated. >> >> James. > N

Re: OT: allow ordinary user to read /var/log/audit/audit.log

On 6/11/11 11:37 PM, Hiisi wrote: > On 12 June 2011 04:14, James McKenzie wrote: >> On 6/9/11 10:58 AM, Hiisi wrote: > <--SNIP--> >>> Any other suggestions? >> You could always make the file world-read. That means EVERYONE can read >> the file. You just do

Re: Unable to fix label of /run: read-only file system.

On 6/11/11 3:03 AM, Joshua C. wrote: > Hi > > I'm greeted with "Unable to fix label of /run: read-only file system." > every time I boot the system. After relabelling the system several > times and upgrading to the lastes selinux-policy (-29.fc15) I still > get this. There's though no obvious impac

Re: git patch comments

On 6/8/11 2:52 PM, Michael Cronenworth wrote: > Turns into: > Git comment - bullet 1 - bullet 2 > This is how git formats the text when it sends the bug in. I've done this myself and was surprised when formatting I applied disappeared. If you want the latter, you'll have to inform the git folks

Re: OT: allow ordinary user to read /var/log/audit/audit.log

On 6/9/11 10:58 AM, Hiisi wrote: > On 9 June 2011 19:45, James McKenzie wrote: >> On 6/9/11, Hiisi wrote: > <--SNIP--> >> What group owns the log file. It may be as simple as adding the group >> to the sudoers file with the /var/log directory. > Thanks, Jame

Re: OT: allow ordinary user to read /var/log/audit/audit.log

On 6/9/11, Hiisi wrote: > Hi, list! > Sorry for off-topic. I want to give certain users to execute some > commands to configure web-server. Here's what I have in /etc/sudoers > for user 'hospes': > Cmnd_Alias HOSPES = /sbin/service, /sbin/chkconfig, > /usr/sbin/setsebool, /sbin/restorecon, /usr/sb

Re: test message ...

BTW, these types of messages are discouraged... James McKenzie -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines

Re: Real benefits of RHEL over Fedora?

.6 at my workplace and we are looking to move to 6.x as soon as it is approved. James McKenzie -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines

Re: Real benefits of RHEL over Fedora?

g that, then I would go with CentOS. James McKenzie -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines

Re: What did I do wrong?

On 6/5/11 11:19 AM, JB wrote: > James McKenzie gmail.com> writes: > >> ... >>> Well, it looks like you are firmly in the non-GNOME 3 camp >> I'm firmly in the 'If you want a GUI, go and get it' camp. If I wanted >> Windows, I would buy it.

Re: problem with fedora when booting

ing in your grub.conf? What model and manufacturer of the Video Card you are using? Please bottom post here, that is the way we do things. Questions? Read the mailing list guidelines. James McKenzie -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines

Re: What did I do wrong?

On 6/5/11 10:52 AM, JB wrote: > James McKenzie gmail.com> writes: > >> On 6/5/11, david grant david-grant.com> wrote: >> >>> F15, Gnome 3 and Mouse Pointer Size >>> ... >> You realistically should be asking these questions AS WELL AS EVERYONE >

Re: What did I do wrong?

be a real great release package. If I want Gnome 3, I'll look for it and get it. James McKenzie -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines

Re: Why on the Earth GNOME Shell hiding Shutdown & Restart options

On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 11:04 PM, Fernando Cassia wrote: > On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 15:20, Alan Evans wrote: >> The most obstinate wing has been driving GNOME for a very long time >> now. For a good laugh, just browse the gnome-devel archives. > > 15 years ago, in IBM OS/2 Warp, changing the mouse

Re: Why on the Earth GNOME Shell hiding Shutdown & Restart options

> Start with the Wine nOObs that are moving to Linux for 'security'. They want that Windows look and feel... The good part is that those of us that don't want it, don't have to have it either. James McKenzie -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or

Re: F15B: Wireless Unavailable

On 5/22/11 7:01 PM, Steven F. LeBrun wrote: > I recently bought a new Dell XPS 15R laptop and installed Fedora 15 > Beta on it. I have been having trouble getting the wireless adapter > to work. > > After downloading and installing the latest Intel Wireless WiFi > driver/firmware iwlwifi-6000g2

Re: Protected WLAN

On 5/22/11 4:00 PM, Tim wrote: > On Sun, 2011-05-22 at 08:40 -0700, JD wrote: > Usually, well encrypted connections are hacked by: Guessing stupidly > chosen passwords or stealing them (copying written notes, implanting > trojans, asking someone to login to something and hoping they'll use the > s

Re: bios update

ateful. > > Craig > > +1. We need more advocates like Matt. [Sidebar] Is it still possible to purchase a Dell computer with Linux pre-installed? James McKenzie -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedor

Re: Protected WLAN

On 5/21/11 6:01 PM, JD wrote: > On 05/21/11 17:45, James McKenzie wrote: >> On 5/20/11 3:54 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: >>> On Fri, 2011-05-20 at 14:20 +, g wrote: >>> I know it extremely well, having taught it in undergrad CS courses. >>> >> M

Re: Protected WLAN

ose fault is it? And I'll still be looking at a handcuff surprise... James McKenzie -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines

Re: Protected WLAN

#x27;ll have to investigate further. I may not be able to publish what I find due to security constraints unless the information is public knowledge. I know of no restrictions on publishing the WPA-2 standards though. James McKenzie -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubsc

Re: Protected WLAN

ng, 168+ bit, key and keeping it secure. Thus, the key to securing your Wireless network is a combination of using very strong cryptography and very good physical security (knowing who is connected and why and who is connected to your wired+wireless router physically.) James McKenzie -- users mailin

Re: Protected WLAN

n your windows and do all the right things. It takes a determined thief to break in. Then you know you have something that someone wants... The first part of security is knowing what NOT TO do, not what TO do. James McKenzie -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To

Re: Protected WLAN

here is a field to type a desired >> MAC >> somewhere in the network settings... >> >> Best, :-) >> Marko >> > Too much bluster here. > Show us any credible publication > that claims wpa2-ps/AES has been easily cracked > or even cracked at all. > JD: As far as I can discover, it has not been. DES has and 3DES is in danger of being broken (however it offers many permutations of the two/three key combination.) James McKenzie -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines

Re: Protected WLAN

On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 11:35 AM, Michael Cronenworth wrote: > James McKenzie wrote: >> True.  Bet you have a lock on every door to your house as well. >> Turning off the SSID is a deterent.  Make them go somewhere else. >> Same with door locks.  If I want to get into your

Re: Protected WLAN

ver, if you live in the 'big city' you are going to find hundreds of unsecured wireless connections, or poorly secured ones. If I'm out in the woods, the pickings are slim and you just might want to take the effort to break in. Same if you have valuable data. TJX learned the lesson

Re: Protected WLAN

computer. She got her front door broken down and he got 170 years and had to pay for a new door. The only places that I know of that have unsecured networks are coffee shops and maybe the occassional food establishment. Other than that, lock the damn door and secure it. Adding MAC

Re: Protected WLAN

2011/5/17 Misha Shnurapet : > 18.05.2011, 02:11, "James McKenzie" : >> The next step is MAC restricting and a lot more.  However, just >> employing security and hidden SSID is a great start.  Most people do >> not do this. > > I won't use a white

Re: Protected WLAN

st cases if they see WPA2. > > *Some android devices, don't like hidden wireless* True. The next step is MAC restricting and a lot more. However, just employing security and hidden SSID is a great start. Most people do not do this. James McKenzie -- users mailing list users@lists.fedora

Re: Quicktime Demuxer Plugin for Firefox

[Cancel] [Save File] >> >> >> from which i would say, forget about that site as it is an ms windows only >> site. unless you can run an ms system from a virtual memory program. >> >> >> hth. > Great detective work! :) > Well, if

Re: Comparison of Desktop Environments in F15?

hat is true. Like many here, I wish that the GNOME folks had forked off GNOME3 and left GNOME2 available. However, the source should be available to all and you are always free to maintain/update/make 'better' this software yourself. That is another advantage of FOSS projects. James

Re: Comparison of Desktop Environments in F15?

it behind, sometimes for the perceived safety of Linux. Well, give them what they want and let those of us who know how to break and fix Linux to a more fun and functional interface. James McKenzie >> Best, :-) >> Marko >> -- users mailing list users@lists.fedo

Re: Networking problem

On 5/14/11 8:42 PM, JD wrote: > On 05/14/11 19:41, Kevin J. Cummings wrote: >> On 05/14/2011 10:09 PM, JD wrote: >>> On 05/14/11 18:45, James McKenzie wrote: >>>> On 5/14/11 6:40 PM, JD wrote: >>>>> On 05/14/11 18:24, Joe Zeff wrote: >>>>&g

Re: Networking problem

On 5/14/11 7:41 PM, Kevin J. Cummings wrote: > On 05/14/2011 10:09 PM, JD wrote: >> On 05/14/11 18:45, James McKenzie wrote: >>> On 5/14/11 6:40 PM, JD wrote: >>>> On 05/14/11 18:24, Joe Zeff wrote: >>>>> On 05/14/2011 01:27 PM, JD wrote: >>>&g

Re: Networking problem

gt; And as I had stated earlier, I even stopped iptables on the > fedora pc, which puts it also in promiscuous mode (I assume). > Still these two machines refuse to talk. > Can you use traceroute to communicate between the two of them? James McKenzie -- users mailing list users@lists.fedor

Re: Best FOSS alternative for skype?

On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 9:22 AM, Tim wrote: > On Wed, 2011-05-11 at 08:32 -0700, James McKenzie wrote: >> Would any of us go to a major computer manufacturing company and >> DEMAND the same thing that we DEMAND of software?  That is:  Give me >> your latest/greatest for f

Re: Best FOSS alternative for skype?

ng with government.  It's all branches, and >> only branches.  No roots, no trunk, no flowers, no fruit.  Just >> sticks... >> >> > Aye!! Sticks that we are stuck with :) All planted in a document our 'Government' continues to ignore: The US Constitution. H

Re: Best FOSS alternative for skype?

On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 10:03 AM, Joe Zeff wrote: > On 05/11/2011 08:32 AM, James McKenzie wrote: >> There iS No Such Thing As A Free Lunch (TSNTAAFL). > > And that is Yet Another Way to mangle a perfectly good acronym: There > *Ain't* No Such Thing As A Free Lunch (TANSTAA

Re: Best FOSS alternative for skype?

thing out there like it. Not in the Linux world nor the Windows world. People will continue to use it in both worlds. James McKenzie -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines

Re: wvdial does not disconnect after ctrl-c

On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 10:58 AM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > On Tue, 10 May 2011 10:10:37 -0500 James McKenzie > wrote: > >> On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 7:00 AM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: >> > Hi, >> > >> > I have been using wvdial (briefly) and I have a strange ou

Re: wvdial does not disconnect after ctrl-c

-15 2024 if that fails kill -9 2024 as root This should disconnect you. James McKenzie -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines

Re: Install Fedora on an android tablet or an iPad?

e who are not happy with Windows and the repeated problems they have encountered. Progress on the Wine project has helped immensely in this effort as well. I do expect to see a growth aspect as people move from Windows with its inherent problems to a much more stable workstation platform, Linux.

Re: ecryptfs and password

On 5/7/11 12:54 PM, Bill Davidsen wrote: > James McKenzie wrote: >> On 5/1/11 5:18 PM, Bill Davidsen wrote: >>> Gregory Hosler wrote: >>>> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >>>> Hash: SHA1 >>>> >>>> On 04/25/2011 09:48 AM, Dig

Re: Fedora14 is filling up my HDD without a reason

b. du -s /var/cache/yum or du -h /var/cache/yum will tell you how much space yum is taking up. Yes, you can brute force cleaning of that directory using rm but it is best to use the yum clean all command. James McKenzie -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To u

Re: [OT] Need Some Help Here...

ce > > And we are left none the wiser. > You can lead a horse to water, even force its head under it, drown it, and it will still not drink. Some people are like that. Super-thick is what we call them in the Security world. Fun to watch them, not fun to work with them. James McKenzie C

Re: Mounting apple .dmg files in fedora

On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 10:55 AM, Richard Shaw wrote: > On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 12:40 PM, James McKenzie > wrote: >> On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 10:08 AM, JD wrote: >>> I tried to mount an Apple .dmg file like so: >>> >>> mount -t hfs  -o loop ximg.dmg /mnt/d

Re: Mounting apple .dmg files in fedora

ev update for it, > at least according to yum. Apple .dmg files are compressed High Performance File System files (hpfs), not hfs. I don't know if Fedora can or even should mount them James McKenzie -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription opti

Re: howto boot from usb iso?

That allows booting iso > images everywhere This explains what is being seen. I need to get one of these for my old Thinkpad if this allows booting from a system that does not natively boot from USB. James McKenzie -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscript

Re: howto boot from usb iso?

't understand, is this USB key shows up as 2 devices. > > /dev/sr1 (101M) iso9660 This appears to be the live-USB boot > /dev/sdc (16G) unallocated space That is the remaining space on the device. Can you boot from USB on your device? There should be a MBR on the device as well... J

Re: ecryptfs and password

rity, or if it just > shows > how little the average user knows about security in the first place. False security is worse than no security at all. Never store a passphrase on a readable device. It should be stored in the brain, just like passwords and such. BTW, this wo

Re: Anyone using a USB wireless dongle as access point on fedora?

desks using Wi-Fi > because management is too cheap or lazy to install proper > networking... > > Then the entire corporate network security depends on the strength of WPA2... > Ask TJX about the WAP gap and what kind of fun it can create. James McKenzie -- users mailing list users@lists.

Re: Anyone using a USB wireless dongle as access point on fedora?

of those transmissions > provide identifying information. > The SSID is broadcast from the client to the AP. You would have to be sniffing at the same time that a connection is being made. WPA2 is supposed to 'suppress' this information... James McKenzie -- users mailing

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