Re: su - Authentication failure - reinstall fedora ?

2014-08-31 Thread Tim
On Sun, 2014-08-31 at 14:43 -0600, Chris Murphy wrote: > For now, longer is better. Diceware is recommending 6 word > passphrases. I prefer passphrases, too. They're easier to remember, albeit harder to type. And a large proportion of computer users hate typing, or are just plain crap at it. I

Re: su - Authentication failure - reinstall fedora ?

2014-08-31 Thread Joe Zeff
On 08/31/2014 01:43 PM, Chris Murphy wrote: For now, longer is better. Diceware is recommending 6 word passphrases. I may have mentioned here that I occasionally house sit for a friend who lives in Studio City. (Some of you might recognize his name, but I'm not interested in name dropping.)

Re: su - Authentication failure - reinstall fedora ?

2014-08-31 Thread Chris Murphy
On Aug 30, 2014, at 8:46 PM, Tim wrote: > > That sound like the typical USB keyboard problem, that the BIOS can read > the USB keyboard quite early, but the next thing cannot. Once the > computer has booted it has drivers loaded to read the USB keyboard, and > it works. I had to change some US

Re: su - Authentication failure - reinstall fedora ?

2014-08-30 Thread Tim
On Sat, 2014-08-30 at 19:50 +0300, Angelo Moreschini wrote: > I tried to use the "single-user-mode" but I had problem. > Typing "e" from the interactive menu (to choose the OS) I get the > message: > *[0.00] tsc: FAST TSC CALIBRATION FAILED.* Can usually be ignored. It's related to an, alle

Re: su - Authentication failure - reinstall fedora ?

2014-08-30 Thread Tod Merley
gt; > My computer is dual boot with Windows XP and I am not sure how >> > uninstall Grub (how to manage the MBR when to the computer start) >> > before to uninstall Fedora... Some time ago I tried to fix this >> > problem using Windows in recovery mode (command fixboot)

Re: su - Authentication failure - reinstall fedora ?

2014-08-30 Thread Angelo Moreschini
o reinstall also Windows XP (further that Fedora).. > > > > Can I have an advice how to arrange the dual boot on my computer, > > before to uninstall Fedora?? > > > > Thank you regards > > > > Angelo > > > > > > > Hi you do not have to

Re: su - Authentication failure - reinstall fedora ? Correction!

2014-08-30 Thread KW
On 08/30/2014 02:05 AM, Ahmad Samir wrote: > On 30/08/14 12:00, KW wrote: >> Please disregard my last email about single user mode. You should use >> the rescue mode offered on the Fedora 20 Install CD/USB. >> >> Here are those instructions: >> >> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_reset_a_root

Re: su - Authentication failure - reinstall fedora ? Correction!

2014-08-30 Thread Ahmad Samir
On 30/08/14 12:00, KW wrote: Please disregard my last email about single user mode. You should use the rescue mode offered on the Fedora 20 Install CD/USB. Here are those instructions: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_reset_a_root_password That page has been edited recently by the syste

Re: su - Authentication failure - reinstall fedora ? Correction!

2014-08-30 Thread KW
Please disregard my last email about single user mode. You should use the rescue mode offered on the Fedora 20 Install CD/USB. Here are those instructions: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_reset_a_root_password On 08/30/2014 01:13 AM, Angelo Moreschini wrote: > Hi, > after that I installed

Re: su - Authentication failure - reinstall fedora ?

2014-08-30 Thread KW
dora).. > > Can I have an advice how to arrange the dual boot on my computer, > before to uninstall Fedora?? > > Thank you regards > > Angelo > > > Hi you do not have to reinstall Fedora to reset the super user or root account password. You need to boot

su - Authentication failure - reinstall fedora ?

2014-08-30 Thread Angelo Moreschini
Hi, after that I installed fedora 20, I am not able to get the login as su. When I try to sign me as super user, I always get the answer "Authentication failure". I don't think that I really type wrong the password that I set at install time:* I typed it twice*. Rather I think that they are some f

Reinstall Fedora

2011-11-14 Thread Benjamin
Hallo fedora-people! I have encountered problems with the preupgrade. So i want to reinstall f16. What is the safest way to do that? Best, Benjamin. <>-- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/li

Re: How to reinstall Fedora without formatting all disks in system

2011-05-24 Thread Mike Chambers
On Tue, 2011-05-24 at 06:28 -0700, Joe Zeff wrote: > My personal suggestion is to install preupgrade and let it take you to F > 13, or even F 14 now. (It's generally safe to skip one version when > doing this.) Then, when F 15 comes out, do the same thing one more time > and all should be wel

Re: How to reinstall Fedora without formatting all disks in system

2011-05-24 Thread Joe Zeff
On 05/24/2011 05:26 AM, John Nissley wrote: > I am running fedora 12 on two computers I have. It is time to upgrade > for obvious reasons and I want to do a clean install of Fedora 15 when > it becomes available in a few days. My personal suggestion is to install preupgrade and let it take you to

Re: How to reinstall Fedora without formatting all disks in system

2011-05-24 Thread Richard Shaw
On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 7:26 AM, John Nissley wrote: > I am running fedora 12 on two computers I have.  It is time to upgrade > for obvious reasons and I want to do a clean install of Fedora 15 when > it becomes available in a few days.  Both computers have multiple disks > with a relativity small

Re: How to reinstall Fedora without formatting all disks in system

2011-05-24 Thread Christof Damian
On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 14:26, John Nissley wrote: > I am running fedora 12 on two computers I have.  It is time to upgrade > for obvious reasons and I want to do a clean install of Fedora 15 when > it becomes available in a few days.  Both computers have multiple disks > with a relativity small d

Re: How to reinstall Fedora without formatting all disks in system

2011-05-24 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Tue, 2011-05-24 at 07:26 -0500, John Nissley wrote: > I am running fedora 12 on two computers I have. It is time to upgrade > for obvious reasons and I want to do a clean install of Fedora 15 when > it becomes available in a few days. Both computers have multiple disks > with a relativity s

How to reinstall Fedora without formatting all disks in system

2011-05-24 Thread John Nissley
I am running fedora 12 on two computers I have. It is time to upgrade for obvious reasons and I want to do a clean install of Fedora 15 when it becomes available in a few days. Both computers have multiple disks with a relativity small disk that the operating system is on and then some fairly