Yum default settings and the cache

2012-07-22 Thread John Maclean
According to the docs from man yum... "keepcache Either `1' or `0'. Determines whether or not yum keeps the cache of headers and packages after successful installation. Default is '1' (keep files)" A fresh install of f17 shows grep cache /etc/yu

Re: kill a dead process

2012-06-11 Thread John Maclean
pkill -f name-of-process That normally works if you know the name of the thing in the first place Regards, John On 11 Jun 2012, at 18:39, Mike Wright wrote: > Hi all, > > I bought a Memorex external CD/DVD + SDHC but the CD/DVD part works once and > becomes unresponsive. I've tried openi

Re: Password issues

2012-06-08 Thread john maclean
On 06/09/2012 06:21 AM, Roelof 'Ben' Kusters wrote: Hi There, Just a rant, nothing more. I know the solution. I like Linux (Fedora in particular) because my computer doesn't tell me what I can and can not do - I tell the computer what to do. Today, I decide to change my own user password int

Re: Minimal desktop install option

2012-06-02 Thread john maclean
On 06/03/2012 02:34 AM, Tommy Pham wrote: Hi, How do I go about requesting another install option "Minimal Desktop"? I'm finding myself removing a lot of packages after Graphical desktop install. TIA, Tommy "Base" or something like that -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To

Re: F16 rocks !

2012-03-16 Thread John Maclean
+1 (F16+XFCE)^awesome = ^_^ Sent from mah BlackBerry -Original Message- From: Roger Sender: users-boun...@lists.fedoraproject.org Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2012 14:22:31 To: Reply-To: Community support for Fedora users Subject: Re: F16 rocks ! On 16/03/12 09:36, linux guy wrote: > I have

Re: VLC as a root

2012-01-15 Thread John Maclean
On 01/15/2012 04:54 PM, Kevin Wilson wrote: 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. Why? -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsub

alternatives to revisor or "fixes" for creating fedora remixes

2011-12-21 Thread John Maclean
Hi Chaps, First post so do tell me to move onto another list if this is not the right place. I wanted to start using revisor but kept facing the "/anaconda/-runtime not installed" error. Have not got around to overcoming this err just yet. So what else do people use nowadays to create thier