Fedora 30 - setting IP addresses

HI all, I had installed Fedora 30 and /etc/network-scripts/ is empty, there are no ifcfg-eth* files. In Fedora 29, I had set eth0 to be a dhclient interface by editing /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 (or /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-enp182s0f1) and setting BOOTPROTO=dhcp ... ONB

Fedora 30, BootLoaderSpec and generating entries under /boot/loader/entries

Hi all, I had installed Fedora 30, on a dual boot machine which has a second partition with Fedora 28. Fedora 30 comes by default with a new boot loader spec. I found under /boot/loader/entries/ the following: ls /boot/loader/entries/ ec1b8b7719964c8b9a1d8db430c63fd6-0-rescue.conf ec1b8b77199

Adding and removing a user in F28

Hi, all. On F28, when I am running useradd test10 A new folder is generated: /home/test10/ But when I run: userdel test10 this folder remains. This same is when adduser test11 and them userdel test11 /home/test11 remains. Is this an expected behaviour ? Is there a way to cause the home folder

Changing the LABEL of an iso9660 file system

Hello, I have a USB stick on which I had in the past an Ubunutu installatilon. When I run "e2label /dev/sdb" I get: e2label /dev/sdb e2label: Bad magic number in super-block while trying to open /dev/sdb /dev/sdb contains a iso9660 file system labelled 'Ubuntu-Server 17.04 amd64' Now, I did not n

Setting console font from terminal fails ("cannot open font file")

Hello all, I want to enlarge the fonts I am using in terminal (when logging as non root) on Fedora 28. I installed the terminus-fonts rpm on fedora 28 (dnf install terminus-fonts) When I try from a terminal (I mean not gnome-terminal, but the terminal you get into when logging in without GUI/X win

changing mount point of USB dongle on Fedora when using automount

Hello, Fedora users, How do I change the mount point of a USB dongle on Fedora when using automount ? When I insert a USB dongle, it is automounted under /run/media/root/4031-0655 I want it to be automounted on /mnt/sdb1 Regards, Kevin ___ users mailing

Copy on right click with gnome terminal

Hello, Fedora users, I am working with gnome-terminal under Fedora 27. I want to be able to select text with the right click of a mouse, and to paste it immediately when pressing the left button (not the middle button). I am used to this with apps like putty, mRmoteNG and others apps. There was a

Re: Setting biosdevname=0 netif.names=0 in Fedora 25 seems no to work

rick Laimbock wrote: > On 03-12-16 13:46, Kevin Wilson wrote: >> >> Hello, >> There is a way to avoid using the enp2s* naming conventions for >> ethernet cards and use eth* instead by adding >> biosdevname=0 netif.name

Setting biosdevname=0 netif.names=0 in Fedora 25 seems no to work

Hello, There is a way to avoid using the enp2s* naming conventions for ethernet cards and use eth* instead by adding biosdevname=0 netif.names=0 to the kernel command line. I used it in earlier Fedora distros, but with F25 it does not work. My Kernel command line now after adding "biosdevname=0 ne

Booting from SSD or not

Hi all, I have several machines in my lab, all of them running Fedora. Some of the have both SSD and non SSD drivers. Since the setup is dynamic (sometimes I transfer disks from machine to machine), there are cases that the SSD drive is one machine is disconnected/moved to a different machine, and

Re: parallel of grub2-mkconfig in older fedora release which has grub and not grub2

Hi, Thanks Todd. The thing is that now CentOS is installed and it is the current control and it indeed uses an older grub. So what do you suggest ? That I will reinstall Ubuntu on Fedora on the current machine so they will the "current control"? It is quite a hassle as there is no free partition fo

parallel of grub2-mkconfig in older fedora release which has grub and not grub2

Hello, On a machine with Fedora 23 grub2, I use "grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg" in order to update /boot/grub2/grub.cfg if there are changes in /etc/default/grub. Running this command also sees to it that if there are other installations of Linux on the machine, and if the respective part

Import pxssh failed in Fedora 24 (worked in Fedora 23 and earlier vresions)

Hi all, I ran a python 2 script which works fine for Fedora 23 and earlier, with python-2.7. It stopped to work on Fedoera 24 ; following are details: python Python 2.7.10 (default, Sep 8 2015, 17:20:17) [GCC 5.1.1 20150618 (Red Hat 5.1.1-4)] on linux2 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "lic

Re: Mounting (or preparing) LiveCD as a read-write

, 2016 at 7:42 AM, Mike Wright wrote: > On 04/16/2016 09:32 PM, Kevin Wilson wrote: >> >> Hi, >>> >>> 'loop' mount iso, change grub.config, save as new iso, install to usb. >> >> >> Thanks for the advice, but this seems not to work: >> &

Re: Mounting (or preparing) LiveCD as a read-write

"write protect" of the iso? Regards, Kevin On Sat, Apr 16, 2016 at 4:21 PM, g wrote: > > > On 04/16/16 07:40, Kevin Wilson wrote: >> Hi, >> Thanks, but this does not seem to solve the problem. >> Once I put the live on part 1, as suggested, it will be written

Re: Mounting (or preparing) LiveCD as a read-write

at 2:24 PM, g wrote: > > > On 04/16/16 05:27, Kevin Wilson wrote: >> Hello, >> After copying an ISO of fedora 23 x86_64 into a USB key with the dd >> command, everything is fine - I can boot with that USB >> key. >> However, there is one machine where I ha

Mounting (or preparing) LiveCD as a read-write

Hello, After copying an ISO of fedora 23 x86_64 into a USB key with the dd command, everything is fine - I can boot with that USB key. However, there is one machine where I have to use nosmp so that it will boot. There is some hw problem with this issue but this machine is only for simple tests so

Re: Missing node0 under /sys/devices/system/node

Thanks! Sorry for my ignorance, what is m/c? Rami On Thu, Mar 24, 2016 at 1:15 PM, Ron Leach wrote: > On 24/03/2016 08:16, Kevin Wilson wrote: >> >> >> Any idea what can be the reason for this ? >> > > I've been a bit concerned about this, too. I get

Missing node0 under /sys/devices/system/node

Hi all, On a Fedora 23 machine running the original kernel from distro, I see /sys/devices/system/node/node1 but I **do not** see /sys/devices/system/node/node0. On other Fedora 23 machines I do see **both** /sys/devices/system/node/node0 and /sys/devices/system/node/node1 Any idea what can be th

Finding the date on which a Fedora 23 was installed on a given machine

Hello all, Is there a way to find out the date on which a Fedora distro was installed on a given machine (assuming that the date was set correctly on the machine when it was installed)? Regards, Kevin -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription optio

Burning Fedora to iso

Hello, I want to install Fedora 22 on x86_63 I had downloaded the iso of workstation. I know I can burn it with k3b, I did this in the past with other releases. Is there a way I can burn it from the linux command line so the DVD can be bootable and so that I will be able to install from it ? for

Re: Disabling auditd on Fedora 22

Dan, Thanks a lot for your reply. In fact, I ran pm -e selinux-policy-targeted rpm -e selinux-policy And after reboot I got some message about freeze from systemd, I could not login (tried twice), so I reinstalled Linux on this machine. The question is: what do you mean by "If you disable SELinux".

Re: Disabling auditd on Fedora 22

Hi, Thanks Sam, Tom and Ranjan! Going further: In /etc/selinux/config I set SELINUX=disabled Which means that I do not use in fact SElinux, so it seems to me. So will it be OK to run: rpm -e selinux-policy-targeted rpm -e selinux-policy Regards, Kevin On Sat, Jun 20, 2015 at 3:26 AM, Ranjan

Disabling auditd on Fedora 22

Hi all, Will I miss something critical if I will disable auditd on Fedora 22 by "systemctl disable auditd" ? Regards, Kevin -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Con

Installing "Fedora KDE Plasma Desktop" spin, Fedora 22

Hi, Fedora users, I downloaded and burned on a DVD the following image: "Fedora KDE Plasma Desktop" from Fedora website: http://spins.fedoraproject.org/en/kde/ Now, I want to install it on my disk. However, when booting from the DVD, it starts a screen where I see "Live user" session (as default)

How to remove virbr0

Hi, I recently installed Fedora 20 on x86_64 machine . I also installed several packages on this machine. When I boot my Fedora 20 machine, "ifconfig -a" shows that there is virbr0 and it is up. It is probably due to some rpm/service which I installed. Any idea which rpm/service could it be ? is t

last updatedb

Hi, Is there a way to know when the last updatedb was performed on a system ? Regards, Kevin -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/c

Re: Fedora 22 - Switched to KDE on Fedora, still starts with GNOME

30, 2015 at 4:37 PM, bitlord wrote: > On Saturday, May 30, 2015 04:23:30 PM Kevin Wilson wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Thanks for you answers. >> >> First, dnf install @kde-desktop told me that it is already installed. >> >> Eventually I ran >> "dnf

Re: Fedora 22 - Switched to KDE on Fedora, still starts with GNOME

On Sat, May 30, 2015 at 10:33 AM, bitlord wrote: > On Sat, 30 May 2015 09:34:03 +0300 > Kevin Wilson wrote: > >> Hi, all, >> >> I had installed Fedora 22 on x86_64 machine. >> I had installed kde by "dnf install -y @kde". >> >> I had selected

Fedora 22 - Switched to KDE on Fedora, still starts with GNOME

Hi, all, I had installed Fedora 22 on x86_64 machine. I had installed kde by "dnf install -y @kde". I had selected kde by swithcdesk. I had rebooted and still it starts in GNOME. switchdesk from x windows shows that KDE is selected. I made another reboot, selecting "plasma" from the scroll opt

One of the configured repositories failed (Fedora 21 - x86_64) when running "docker build" on F21:

Hi, I have the follwing problem, running on Fedora 21, with docker-io-1.5.0-2.fc21.x86_64: I have this Dockerfile: cat Dockerfile FROM fedora MAINTAINER tester RUN yum -y update && yum clean all RUN yum -y install httpd When I am running docker build -t test . I get: Sending build context to Do

What are *.xz compressed kernel modules for (Fedora 21)

Hi, I have Fedora 21 (x86_64). Under /usr/lib/modules/3.17.4-302.fc21.x86_64/kernel, all the kernel module are in compressed form. (xz files). Under /usr/lib/modules/3.17.4-302.fc21.x86_64/kernel, the kernel modules are in the *.ko form What are the *.xz compressed kernel modules for ? In fedora

Re: fsck each time booting the system in Fedora 21

Jan 17, 2015 at 2:29 AM, Kevin Wilson wrote: >> It is ext4 on /work > > OK so it's not root, which means you can just umount it and run e2fsck > without booting from alternate media. > > I can't tell from the journal output, which appears incomplete as it > has no m

Re: fsck each time booting the system in Fedora 21

t, Jan 17, 2015 at 11:01 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 01/17/15 16:55, Kevin Wilson wrote: >> I should have mentioned also, that after fsck is completed, the >> following messages is displayed: >> Welcome to emergency mode! After logging in, type: >> "journalctl -xb&

Re: fsck each time booting the system in Fedora 21

t 10:46 AM, Kevin Wilson wrote: > Hello, > I had installed Fedora 21. Each time I boot the system, > fsck is running, which takes almost 5 minutes. > > What is the reason ? Can I avoid it ? > > > Regards, > Kevin -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsub

fsck each time booting the system in Fedora 21

Hello, I had installed Fedora 21. Each time I boot the system, fsck is running, which takes almost 5 minutes. What is the reason ? Can I avoid it ? Regards, Kevin -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/m

Re: Restarting windows manager under KDE (newbie)

>systemctl restart sddm.service Yup, this did the job in F21 @ home Kevin On Thu, Jan 8, 2015 at 7:48 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 01/08/15 13:40, Kevin Wilson wrote: >> I have F21 with KDE (installed by getting KDE defaults, (yum install >> @kde). How do I restart t

Restarting windows manager under KDE (newbie)

Hi, I have F21 with KDE (installed by getting KDE defaults, (yum install @kde). How do I restart the windows manager ? Regards, Kevin -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Co

F21 src rpm iso on Fedora mirrors - missing ?

Hello, Fedora users, I looked in the fedora mirror sites for DVD of F21 src rpms, and could not find. For F20 there were DVD of F21 src rpms on fedora mirrors. There are vailable single src rpms in Fedora mirror sites. For fedora 21, are these source rpms DVD not exist anymore on fedora mirrors

Re: F21 server and vesa

Hi, yum install -y @base-x solved it Thanks. On Thu, Dec 11, 2014 at 9:47 PM, Kevin Fenzi wrote: > On Thu, 11 Dec 2014 20:49:35 +0200 > Kevin Wilson wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> I installed F21 server, x86_64. >> >> Now, as expected from a server, it does

F21 server and vesa

Hello, I installed F21 server, x86_64. Now, as expected from a server, it does not contain kde or gnome. I know that server usually does not need to run XWindows applications. However, I need from time to time to use xwindows applications on the server, like some monitoring tools (wireshark and

Using journalctl to view kernel log

Hi, I am using journalctl -kf or journalctl -k to see kernel log messages. However, messages of "pr_debug" are not shown by this commands. Is there some way to view pr_debug kernel messages with journalctl -k ? regards, Kevin -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe

Re: Get rid of the message: session opened for user

gt; On 08/30/2014 08:58 AM, Kevin Wilson wrote: >> Hi, >> Thanks. I checked all three options Rick suggested and none of them >> worked. >> Does anybody know about a solution which works ? >> >> regards, >> Kevin >> >> >> On Thu, Aug 21

Re: Get rid of the message: session opened for user

Hi, Thanks. I checked all three options Rick suggested and none of them worked. Does anybody know about a solution which works ? regards, Kevin On Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 10:57 PM, Rick Stevens wrote: > On 08/21/2014 11:33 AM, Kevin Wilson issued this missive: > >> HI, >> Each

Get rid of the message: session opened for user

HI, Each time I ssh with a putty client from windows to Linux Fedora 20, I get the following messages in the /var/log/messages file: sshd[772]: pam_unix(sshd:session): session opened for user xxx by (uid=yyy) Is there a way to prevent this messages ? Regards, Kevin -- users mailing list users@li

Re: running a specified binary across reboots

Hi, Thanks a lot! Should it have #!/bin/bash as its first line ? Kevin On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 12:33 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 08/08/14 17:28, Kevin Wilson wrote: >> I want to run a binary of some Fedora application I wrote immediately >> after reboot. >> >> I know

running a specified binary across reboots

Hello, Fedora users, I want to run a binary of some Fedora application I wrote immediately after reboot. I know that as a workaround I can wrap it as a systemd daemon, but I prefer not to. In previous fedora distros, making it run across reboots was enabled by adding an entry in /etc/rc.local.

Apparmor on Fedora

Hi, I saw that there is apparmor support for Ubuntu and for openSuse. I could not find rpm packages for Fedora. Is it possible to use Apparmor on Fedora 20 by building from source code ? regards, Kevin -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription opt

Fedora 20 on i686 machine

Hi, I installed today Fedora 20 on i686 machine. When I ran uname -r I so that the kernel I have is: 3.11.10-301.fc20.i686 + PAE Is the PAE kernel for i686 the default one ? or maybe I missed something in the installation ? regards, Kevin -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To un

avoiding renaming of the wlan0 device

I have fedora 20, and when I connect a wireless usb nic, I get this messages: Jan 4 21:33:08 localhost kernel: [ 273.797184] ieee80211 phy0: rt2x00_set_chip: Info - Chipset detected - rt: 2573, rf: 0002, rev: 000a Jan 4 21:33:09 localhost kernel: [ 273.893135] usbcore: registered new interface

A question about chromium (not related to installation)

Hello, Following the question about chromium installation in F20 recently in this mailing list, but not related directly to it (and this is the reason that I post it as a separate thread): What are the benefits of using Chroimium over using google stable chrome on Fedora ? Especially, are there an

F20 and playing from firefox a Microsoft Media Server (MMS) file

Hello, I installed Fedora 20 on x86_64. I try to access with firefox a radio audio broadcast that was recorded and is on the site now. I see this message: "The following plugin is required: Microsoft Media Server (MMS) protocol source. Do you want to search for this now ? " I press yes and I get:

Fedora 20 installation on Lenovo N500 fails

Hello all, I tried to install Fedora 20 on Lenovo N500 laptop (x86_64) from a DVD. I verified the DVD media and also I had installed a desktop today with this DVD. When I try to install it on Lenovo N500 laptop (x86_64) it fails - it reboots. I tried several times. I also tried in text mode ("lin

Re: fdisk/dh -f do not show the SanDisk sdc of and SD reader

Hi, Update from the front: I tried the same SD reader on Ubuntu and I could not see it with fdisk -l. However, when I put the SD card in a different slot in this reader, it worked! I will try the same on Fedora and let you know... KW On Sat, Dec 7, 2013 at 3:13 AM, lee wrote: > Kevin Wil

Re: fdisk/dh -f do not show the SanDisk sdc of and SD reader

Running [~]# lsblk shows no sdc: NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT sda 8:00 232.9G 0 disk ââsda1 8:10 29.3G 0 part ââsda2 8:20 19.5G 0 part / ââsda3 8:30 146.5G 0 part ââsda4 8:40 1K 0 part ââsda5 8:50 9.8G 0 part ââsda6 8:60

Re: fdisk/dh -f do not show the SanDisk sdc of and SD reader

Hi inserting the card after the reader is plugged in did not change anything, still cannot read it. It is 2GB SD card of SanDisk. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code o

fdisk/dh -f do not show the SanDisk sdc of and SD reader

Hello, I have fedore 18. When I insert an SD reader with an sdc card (SanDisk), I get the following messages in syslog (however, fdisk -l or df -h do not show the sd device, only one hard disk sata device): Dec 6 20:02:51 a kernel: [ 85.667051] usb 1-10: new high-speed USB device number 4 using

libreswan on Feodra

Hi, I have installed libreswan 3.3-1 on fc18 from RPM. How do I start the libreswan service on Fedora ? I tried: systemctl status libreswan.service libreswan.service Loaded: error (Reason: No such file or directory) Active: inactive (dead) regards, Kevin -- users mailing list users@lists.f

gnome desktop - enters idle and requires password

Hello, I have fedora 18 with Gnome on a laptop. After some short time (few minutes) of inactivity it enters the idle state , and when clicking it asks for a password. Is there a way to make that time interval longer ? regards, Kevin -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscr

Re: disable ssdp

router has "Enable UPnP" option in "IP" settings. > > > 2013/7/5 Kevin Wilson >> >> Hello, >> I see that from time to time I get in fedora 18 this traffic: >> >> SSDP - Simple Service Discovery Protocol >> >> every 2-3

disanle ssdp

Hello, I see that from time to time I get in fedora 18 this traffic: SSDP - Simple Service Discovery Protocol every 2-3 minutes a couple of frames for address: 239.255.255.255. I tried to disable bluetooth with no help. google shows that this might be some upnp client, but I don't know how to

ping -R on Fedora 18 d does not work (firewalld problem?)

Hello, I try: ping -R www.google.com I get: PING www.google.com (173.194.113.112) 56(124) bytes of data. but the list of nodes does not appear, and I wait for more than 5 minutes. traceroute www.google.com gives immediately the list of nodes. This is fedora 18, iptables stopped (and flushed)

Re: Switching between languages in Fedora 18.

Hi, ... It is Mate... rgs, Kevin On Sat, May 11, 2013 at 6:55 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Sat, 2013-05-11 at 16:55 +0300, Kevin Wilson wrote: >> Hi all, >> I am trying to assign key to switching between >> languages on Fedora 18. >> With previous Fedora

Switching between languages in Fedora 18.

Hi all, I am trying to assign key to switching between languages on Fedora 18. With previous Fedora releases, 17 and down, I did it with "both shift keys". Now, when I go to "Regional and Language settings"->shortcuts, "Switch to next source" is defined as "Alt+1" Pressing "Alt+1" indeed change lan

Fax management sw for HP 4500 -G510n-z printer

Hi, I have HP 4500 -G510n-z printer what are fax management sw which are capable for sending/getting fax ? I saw on the web that efax is not so good and is limited to certain models. rgs, Kevin -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: ht

fuse mount after boot

Hello, I have fedora 18. After boot, running mount | grep fuse shows: gvfsd-fuse on /run/user/0/gvfs type fuse.gvfsd-fuse (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=0,group_id=0) fusectl on /sys/fs/fuse/connections type fusectl (rw,relatime) do I need the second mount (fusectl mount ) ? How can I disable

Re: F18 - restart the X server

Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 1:34 PM, Reindl Harald wrote: > > > Am 05.03.2013 12:32, schrieb Kevin Wilson: >> Hi, >> What is the shortcut for restarting the X server? >> In old fedora distros it was "alt + ctrl + left arrow". >> Now it does not work and ther

F18 - restart the X server

Hi, What is the shortcut for restarting the X server? In old fedora distros it was "alt + ctrl + left arrow". Now it does not work and there is no such shortcut in "System setting->keyboard->shortcuts". rgs, Kevin -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscr

Switch between languages in F18 (Panel keyboard indicator is missing)

Hi , all, I am working with Fedora 18 in fallback mode (classical mode) of gnome. I cannot set a panel keyboard indicator. There is no such option from the panel dialog. In older Fedora distributions there was such an option. Is there a way to achieve this ? rgs, Kevin -- users mailing list use

Re: UEFI support from command line

013 07:30 AM, Kevin Wilson wrote: >> Hi, >> Is there a way to know without entering BIOS, whether your machine supoports >> UEFI or not ? I would appreciate if someone with a machine with UEFI >> support will check whether when running "dmidecode" you see UEFI in th

Re: UEFI support from command line

Hi, What do you mean by telling "if UEFI is active you can't run dmidecode". What happens when you run "dmidecode" on a console of a machine where UEFI is active? do you get an an error ? rgs Kevin On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 11:41 PM, Bill Davidsen wrote: > Kevin Wilson

installing LXR on fedora 18/17

Hi all, Did anyone tried to install LXR on fedora 18/17? I am following the manual, and starting the httpd service with no errors. But browsing http://local/lxr does not show the lxr templates as expected. rgs, Kevin -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change su

Re: wakeup after pm-hibernate

Hi, The same is with my desktop - can only be waken up from suspend by the power-on button. kw On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 7:31 PM, Andras Simon wrote: > 2013/2/20, Jan Litwiński : > >> with pm-hibernate you can power on computer, with pm-suspend press any >> keyboard key > > Not necessarily. I have

Re: wakeup after pm-hibernate

Hi, I suspected this is the case. But is there a way (for the future) to register some button for wakeup event? And is is the same not with pm-hibernate but with pm-suspend ? rgs, Kevin On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 6:36 PM, Jan Litwiński wrote: > Dnia 2013-02-20, o godz. 18:12:09 > Kevin

wakeup after pm-hibernate

Hi, How should I wake up after pm-hibernate on Fedora 18 ? Is there some button/special combination of buttons I should use ? rgs, Kevin -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guide

Re: Bluetooth 4.0 support - for Fitbit

Hi, >Fitbit Unix thread on their forum Excuse me for my ignorance - can you give a link to this forum? rgs Kevin On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 8:20 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > to -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedorapr

Re: building ppp from src rpm failed in f17

Thanks. What do you mean by repeatable environment.? KW On Sun, Dec 16, 2012 at 9:37 PM, Matthew Miller wrote: > repeatable environment. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Gui

Re: building ppp from src rpm failed in f17

Dec 16, 2012 at 09:24:21PM +0200, Kevin Wilson wrote: >> Last one, really: >> suppose I want to build a source rpm. I do not >> want to run make install as I do want to keep my orig binaries. >> So what should I do ? >> this is in fact the reason that I tried >>

Re: building ppp from src rpm failed in f17

ere. But with ppp it failed. Is there a flag which tells rpbuild not to build but not to run make install ? rgs KW Do On Sun, Dec 16, 2012 at 8:38 PM, Reindl Harald wrote: > > > Am 16.12.2012 19:33, schrieb Kevin Wilson: >> Thanks for the advice. I am well aware of it. > >

Re: building ppp from src rpm failed in f17

Hi, Thanks for the advice. I am well aware of it. This machine is a testing machine with very little which is important and it is backed up and I intend to isntall there f18 in a month anyway. Forgive me my ignorance: quick question: does rpmbuild --rebuild includes running "make install"? I did no

Re: building ppp from src rpm failed in f17

Hello, rpmbuild --rebuild ppp-2.4.5-22.fc17.src.rpm WORKED for me; the executables were generated under /root/rpmbuild/BUILD/ppp-2.4.5 I don't know the difference between "rpmbuild -bb ppp.spec" or at least and "rpmbuild -bc ppp.spec". rgs Kevin On Sun, Dec 16, 2012 at 5:00 PM, Michael Schwendt

Re: building ppp from src rpm failed in f17

g an rpm out of it (in the standard way, as I described above). Why can't I rely on that there will be know errors and no manual intervention as needed in the ppp case ? rgs Kevin On Sun, Dec 16, 2012 at 12:50 PM, Heinz Diehl wrote: > On 16.12.2012, Kevin Wilson wrote: > >> ma

building ppp from src rpm failed in f17

Hello, I did the following on x86_64 fedora machine: - downloaded ppp-2.4.5-22.fc17.src.rpm ran: rpm -ivh ppp-2.4.5-22.fc17.src.rpm then rpmbuild -bp --target=x86_64 /root/rpmbuild/SPECS/ppp.spec then cd /root/rpmbuild/BUILD/ppp-2.4.5 ./configure make got this error: d chat; make all make[1]: En

How to connect fedora 17 to android with bluetooth

Hi, Status is: hciconfig on the fedora machine shows that the bt device is "UP RUNNING PSCAN" and has a valid BD address. I can make a bluetooth scan from Fedora (hcitools scan) and see the Android phone. On the other hand, scannning from Android does not find the fedora machine. Any advice on wh

Fedora 17, hostapd and avoiding DHCPDISCOVER requests

Hi, I am running hostapd on top of backfire (hostapd) on WRT54GL LinkSys device with b43 driver. I have very simple, minimalistic hostapd configuration. Now , I run on the LinkSys device: hostapd /etc/hostapd.conf and it starts OK. On a nearby Fedora 17 Linux machine I insert wifi USB card, and

Re: mount path for disk on key

Hi, Thanks! Why do you think that disk manager is better than static entry in /etc/fstab ? rgs, Kevin On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 12:52 AM, Mateusz Marzantowicz wrote: > On 17.09.2012 19:47, Kevin Wilson wrote: >> Hello, >> When I insert a disk on key into a desktop running >>

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Hello, When I insert a disk on key into a desktop running Fedora release 17 it is mounted under /run/media/root/B5A2-5890 Is there a way for setting a different path when inserting a disk on key into fedora 17 ? rgs, Kevin -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or cha

add a language in Ferdora 17

Hi I am trying to add a language in Ferdora, but the new language is not kept I go to System Settings Region and language Press "+" and select Dansih from the list. Then close the dialog window. After I open the dialog window again, the new language I added does not appear I tried the same with

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Gnome (gnome 3 i believe , whatever comes with F15) I forget how to check which version of gnome is it) On Sun, Jul 29, 2012 at 3:35 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 07/29/2012 08:14 PM, Kevin Wilson wrote: >> my application menu disappeared from the panel in fedora 15. >> what should

application menu disappeared - fedora 15

hi, my application menu disappeared from the panel in fedora 15. what should I do to restore it ? rgs, Kevin -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.or

Re: Fedora 18 and UEFI

Hi, Than a lot for your quick answer! kevin On Sat, Jul 7, 2012 at 11:07 AM, Frank Murphy wrote: > On 07/07/12 08:57, Kevin Wilson wrote: >> >> see >> http://lwn.net/Articles/503803 >> That this means that from F18 on, fedora will cost 99$ for every >> installa

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Hi, everyone, I have a question about UEFI in fedora 18: I see in lwn.net article: "Fedora's strategy is to enroll in Microsoft's developer program, which allows the project to purchase an approved $99 key through Verisign, a key which will be recognized by UEFI secure boot. The key will be used t

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Hi, I know that this is strongly discouraged; Yet, I am working in a closed WAN and I want to run VLC as root. How can I achieve it ? Is there a way (beside building VLC ?) rgs, Kevin. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin

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Hi, I have a laptop on which I have fedora 15. This laptop is not strong, so I prefer having gnome-3 fallback mode on it. I tried to create an application launcher on the desktop. when I click the right button, when the mouse is on the desktop, nothing happens. With Fedora 14, this opened the "crea

disabling automount of diskonkey on Fedora 15

Hi, Is there a way to disable automount of diskonkey on Fedora 15? Whenever I insert diskOnKey, it is automounted. I want to avoid it. How ? rgs, Kevin -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listi

"Add to Favorites" in gnome 3

Hi, I tried twice in fedora 15, gnome 3 , to add an application launcher to "favorites" of the side panel by right-click on an application launcher and select "dd To Favorites." An application launcher was indeed added to "favorites" of the side panel. However, after boot, the application launc

Re: Accessing MS Exchange 5.5 mailbox from Fedora 15

Hi, Thanks, can you/someone elaborate a bit ? what should I do to get mail with IMAP? rgs, kevin On Sat, Jul 16, 2011 at 8:14 PM, Steven Stern wrote: > On 07/16/2011 05:56 AM, Kevin Wilson wrote: >> Hello, >>  Is there a way to access MS Exchange 5.5 mail server from Fedora 15? &

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Hello, Is there a way to access MS Exchange 5.5 mail server from Fedora 15? I saw that for previous versions of Evolution there was a plugin called evolution-brutus plugin - for exchange 5.5 server but from what I found, this plugin is not available for fedora 15. I also tried with thunderbird,

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