Re: Cannot download updates

2010-06-16 Thread Mike Williams
On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 12:57 AM, Michael Smith wrote: > I am new to this and want some help/ideas.  I recently installed Fedora > 12 and now cannot download updates. Please be more specific. What did you try. What happened? Usually I get updates using yum, like this: yum -y update Mike --

Re: FYI - Just a heads up for the Unreal Gamers

2010-06-16 Thread Sam Sharpe
On 16 June 2010 01:30, Paul Otheim wrote: >  hadn't seen anything on the list about this, I don't know if Fedora even > has a package available for this but for all you gamers out there beware. > https://infosecurity.us/?p=15207 (Google Chrome throws a fit about this page > being a security proble

Re: growisofs crashes system (NEVER MIND)

2010-06-16 Thread Ed Greshko
On 06/16/2010 01:44 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Wed, 2010-06-16 at 10:36 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: > >> I wrote the absurd blurb below. Forget what I said. I was confused >> on what command I was talking about >> > That makes 3 times so far :-) > Yes... Dragon Boat Fest

About fedoras evolution?

2010-06-16 Thread Mats
Hi, I have tried to find information about fedoras evolution but haven't find an answer to the following question: How long will fedora 12 be supported with security updates? I'm coming from ubuntu and used to the idea with LTS-versions (long time support) but I like some of the security philospoh

Re: About fedoras evolution?

2010-06-16 Thread Frank Murphy
On 16/06/10 08:47, Mats wrote: > How long will fedora 12 be supported with security updates? http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/12/Schedule -- Regards, Frank Murphy UTF_8 Encoded Friend of Fedora -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription opti

Re: how to set screen resolution for HP6710b on Fedora 13

2010-06-16 Thread Sam Sharpe
On 16 June 2010 04:27, L wrote: > this is the output of xrandr at console. > > Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1280 x 800, maximum 8192 x 8192 > LVDS1 connected 1280x800+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y > axis) 331mm x 207mm >   1280x800       60.0*+ >   1024x768       60.0 >   800x60

Re: Adobe (Temporarily?) Kills 64-Bit Flash For Linux

2010-06-16 Thread Tim
On Tue, 2010-06-15 at 10:15 -0400, Tom Horsley wrote: > Actually, in the only criteria that counted, VHS was infinitely > superior to Beta: You could record a whole 2 hour movie on VHS and > watch it later. You couldn't do that at all on Beta. And for those of us outside of America, VHS had better

Re: Amazing problem of /boot AND how to download videos

2010-06-16 Thread Parshwa Murdia
(1). my etc/event.d/control-alt-delete file (fc11) is like that: # control-alt-delete - emergency keypress handling # # This task is run whenever the Control-Alt-Delete key combination is # pressed. Usually used to shut down the machine. start on control-alt-delete exec /sbin/shutdown -r now "

Re: Cannot download updates

2010-06-16 Thread Rodolfo Alcazar Portillo
On Wed, 2010-06-16 at 14:57 +1000, Michael Smith wrote: > I am new to this and want some help/ideas. I recently installed Fedora > 12 and now cannot download updates. Please copy the exact error message. Regards, -- Rodolfo Alcazar Portillo - nosp...@gm

Re: About fedoras evolution?

2010-06-16 Thread Stephen Gallagher
On 06/16/2010 03:47 AM, Mats wrote: > Hi, > I have tried to find information about fedoras evolution but haven't > find an answer to the following question: > How long will fedora 12 be supported with security updates? > I'm coming from ubuntu and used to the idea with LTS-versions (long time > sup

Re: Hibernate and resume

2010-06-16 Thread Greg Woods
On Wed, 2010-06-16 at 02:15 +0100, Timothy Murphy wrote: > Can one place a script somewhere to be read on resumption from hibernation? > If so, where? /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d There are several already there, they are very similar to the /etc/rc.d/init.d scripts. I have a couple I use to do thi

Re: Amazing problem of /boot AND how to download videos

2010-06-16 Thread Tim
On Wed, 2010-06-16 at 14:40 +0530, Parshwa Murdia wrote: > my etc/event.d/control-alt-delete file (fc11) is like that: > > # control-alt-delete - emergency keypress handling > # > # This task is run whenever the Control-Alt-Delete key combination is > # pressed. Usually used to shut down the mac

Re: Amazing problem of /boot AND how to download videos

2010-06-16 Thread Ed Greshko
On 06/16/2010 08:49 PM, Tim wrote: > By the way, on this list we don't top post (writing replies above the > message you're replying to), nor do we quote the entire prior message, > just the bits that need seeing to make sense of the reply. As I've done > with my replies. The list guidelines (a l

Re: How to interrogate optical discs

2010-06-16 Thread Bruno Wolff III
On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 20:38:56 -0500, Richard Shaw wrote: > 3iso_size = math.ceil(file_size/(2*1024))*2*1024 With loose typing the about might be doing the division as integer division. One possible fix would be: iso_size = ((file_size + ((2*1024)-1))/(2*1024))*(2*1024) -- users mail

Re: What is a "forward map" in dhcp?

2010-06-16 Thread Timothy Murphy
Mogens Kjaer wrote: >> When my son tries to connect to our LAN with his Blackberry, >> the request is first refused and then accepted. > ... >>Unable to add forward map from BLACKBERRY-4A9A.gayleard.com >>to : not authorized > > It is trying to update the DNS server, setting the name > B

Re: What is a "forward map" in dhcp?

2010-06-16 Thread Mogens Kjaer
On 06/16/2010 03:00 PM, Timothy Murphy wrote: > Mogens Kjaer wrote: ... >> Do you need this? > > No, I'm sure I don't. > I should have said that the only reason this slightly annoys me > is that these warnings come up several times a day > in the logwatch on the server. > > I guess the simplest sol

Re: How to interrogate optical discs

2010-06-16 Thread Richard Shaw
On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 7:59 AM, Bruno Wolff III wrote: > On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 20:38:56 -0500, >  Richard Shaw wrote: >> 3        iso_size = math.ceil(file_size/(2*1024))*2*1024 > > With loose typing the about might be doing the division as integer division. > One possible fix would be: > iso_

Re: Amazing problem of /boot AND how to download videos

2010-06-16 Thread Tim
On Wed, 2010-06-16 at 20:58 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: > I think I would also make the point that it isn't a good idea to > starting adding additional questions/issues into an existing thread. > I feel it would have been better to start a new message/thread with > "How to download videos" as the Subj

Adobe releases 32-bit Flash update for Linux

2010-06-16 Thread Robert G. (Doc) Savage
This security update has just been released: http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/thankyou/?installer=Flash_Player_10.1_for_Linux_(.rpm) This will download flash-plugin-10.1.53.64-release.i386.rpm. I don't yet know how stable this will be with 64-bit Fedora or other Linux distributions. --Doc Savage

Re: growisofs crashes system (NEVER MIND)

2010-06-16 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Wed, 2010-06-16 at 15:05 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: > > Just updated the kernel so I might have another go if I feel > > adventurous. There should be no way a user-space app such as > growisofs > > can possibly freeze or reboot the system(1), so I'm assuming it's a > > driver bug. > > > Maybe u

Re: About fedoras evolution?

2010-06-16 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Wed, 2010-06-16 at 07:19 -0400, Stephen Gallagher wrote: > On 06/16/2010 03:47 AM, Mats wrote: > > Hi, > > I have tried to find information about fedoras evolution but haven't > > find an answer to the following question: > > How long will fedora 12 be supported with security updates? > > I'm co

Re: Amazing problem of /boot AND how to download videos

2010-06-16 Thread Bruno Wolff III
On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 23:19:19 +0930, Tim wrote: > On Wed, 2010-06-16 at 20:58 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: > > I think I would also make the point that it isn't a good idea to > > starting adding additional questions/issues into an existing thread. > > I feel it would have been better to start a

Re: Adobe releases 32-bit Flash update for Linux

2010-06-16 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Wed, 2010-06-16 at 08:55 -0500, Robert G. (Doc) Savage wrote: > This security update has just been released: > > http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/thankyou/?installer=Flash_Player_10.1_for_Linux_(.rpm) > > This will download flash-plugin-10.1.53.64-release.i386.rpm. I don't yet > know how stabl

F13 - can't detect network printer

2010-06-16 Thread Alan Evans
The hard drive on my F12 system recently failed, and I decided it was easiest to simply start from scratch. So what I'm dealing with now is a clean install of F13 from DVD, updated. The printer in our office is shared from a well-established Windows machine. It is the same machine that was used whe

Re: F13 - can't detect network printer

2010-06-16 Thread Richard Shaw
On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 9:37 AM, Alan Evans wrote: > The hard drive on my F12 system recently failed, and I decided it was > easiest to simply start from scratch. So what I'm dealing with now is > a clean install of F13 from DVD, updated. The printer in our office is > shared from a well-establish

Re: About fedoras evolution?

2010-06-16 Thread birger
On Wed, 2010-06-16 at 09:35 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > Agreed, but it's worth mentioning that CentOS tracks RHEL releases and > is available at no cost (and consequently no paid support). As my boss said it when I presented the budget forecast for my RHEL licenses; "It's less than the rou

Re: Unexplained temporary freezes in Thunderbird Fedora 13

2010-06-16 Thread Jerry Feldman
On 06/15/2010 02:39 PM, Jerry Feldman wrote: > On 06/15/2010 02:35 PM, g wrote: > >>> ok, take thunderbird out of as much background mode as possible. >>> >>> next time you are going to be composing emails, put thunderbird offline, >>> disable auto save, then start composing. >>> >>> if you stil

Re: About fedoras evolution?

2010-06-16 Thread Dale J. Chatham
Unless RedHat has cleaned up their act, RH support is a, well, joke. The CentOS forums are a much better way to go. It has been a couple of years since I tried to do so, but setting up a central CentOS updates repository is trivial. Setting up one with RH is a bit of a chore and one has to won

Re: F13 - can't detect network printer

2010-06-16 Thread Tim Waugh
On Wed, 2010-06-16 at 07:37 -0700, Alan Evans wrote: > I go to System->Administration->Printing and select Add. Then I'm > asked to provide my root password twice -- what's up with that? https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=596711 https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Printing/ConfigurationTool#P

Re: Adobe releases 32-bit Flash update for Linux

2010-06-16 Thread Steve Underwood
On 06/16/2010 09:55 PM, Robert G. (Doc) Savage wrote: > This security update has just been released: > > http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/thankyou/?installer=Flash_Player_10.1_for_Linux_(.rpm) > > This will download flash-plugin-10.1.53.64-release.i386.rpm. I don't yet > know how stable this will b

Re: F13 - can't detect network printer

2010-06-16 Thread Alan Evans
On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 7:46 AM, Richard Shaw wrote: > Did you remember to poke a hole in your firewall? Sorry, forgot to mention: Firewall is disabled. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/list

Re: OpenAFS on Fedora laptop

2010-06-16 Thread Karl-Olov Serrander
On Tue, 15 Jun 2010, William John Murray wrote: > > Hello all, > I run openafs on my Fedora laptop. Works very nicely. > However, there is one problem: the startup scripts come up before NM has > had a chance to open any interfaces, so it seems no internet and > switches off at boot ti

Re: F13 - can't detect network printer

2010-06-16 Thread Alan Evans
On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 7:59 AM, Tim Waugh wrote: > It didn't find any SMB shares there.  Did you apply the package updates > first?  I ask because an updated F-13 system-config-printer package can > adjust the firewall appropriately for you. The system is fully updated. FIrewall is disabled. >

Re: What is a "forward map" in dhcp?

2010-06-16 Thread Timothy Murphy
Mogens Kjaer wrote: >> I should have said that the only reason this slightly annoys me >> is that these warnings come up several times a day >> in the logwatch on the server. >> >> I guess the simplest solution would be to give a fixed address >> on my LAN to this blackberry, in /etc/dhcpd.conf on

Re: F13 - can't detect network printer

2010-06-16 Thread Tim Waugh
On Wed, 2010-06-16 at 08:21 -0700, Alan Evans wrote: > "Windows Printer via SAMBA" is not on the list of options. Perhaps that's the problem. Install the 'samba-client' package and try again. There's an open bug report about installing that package automatically: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/sh

Re: [389-users] errors once in the admin console

2010-06-16 Thread Nathan Kinder
On 06/15/2010 07:20 PM, Steven Jones wrote: > Hi, > > I installed with, "yum -y install 389-ds" > > I have started the console with, /usr/bin/389-console > > under the Server group folder I have "Administration Server" and "Directory > Server" (hostname) > > Clicking on either of these gives me a

Re: how to download videos

2010-06-16 Thread Parshwa Murdia
> There are "download helper" plug-ins that you can install in the Firefox > web browser, and for other browsers, too, that let you save content from > some sites, such as YouTube. There's one that's actually called > "DownloadHelper" which does that, as well as offering to convert > downloaded me

Re: F13 - can't detect network printer [SOLVED]

2010-06-16 Thread Alan Evans
On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 8:35 AM, Tim Waugh wrote: > On Wed, 2010-06-16 at 08:21 -0700, Alan Evans wrote: >> "Windows Printer via SAMBA" is not on the list of options. > > Perhaps that's the problem.  Install the 'samba-client' package and try > again. That did it. Thanks! -Alan -- users mailing

Re: Control-Alt-Delete Issue in FC11

2010-06-16 Thread Parshwa Murdia
> > One possible issue is that some stuff moved from /etc/event.d to /etc/init > relatively silently at one of the upgrades. It looks like > /etc/init/control-alt-delete.conf now controls what to do after a c-a-d > is trapped. I don't know what controls whether or not c-a-d gets trapped > in the fi

Re: how to download videos

2010-06-16 Thread Genes MailLists
On 06/16/2010 11:52 AM, Parshwa Murdia wrote: > that's correct, but if it possible to get /download that video from the > terminal? like by typing the URL containing the video or fetch video id. > or something like that and than downloading, though GUI downloader > plugin does that. > > thx tim.

Re: Adobe releases 32-bit Flash update for Linux

2010-06-16 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 16 June 2010, Robert G. (Doc) Savage wrote: >This security update has just been released: > >http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/thankyou/?installer=Flash_Player_10.1_for >_Linux_(.rpm) > >This will download flash-plugin-10.1.53.64-release.i386.rpm. I don't yet >know how stable this will

Re: Adobe releases 32-bit Flash update for Linux

2010-06-16 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 16 June 2010, Steve Underwood wrote: >On 06/16/2010 09:55 PM, Robert G. (Doc) Savage wrote: >> This security update has just been released: >> >> http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/thankyou/?installer=Flash_Player_10.1_f >>or_Linux_(.rpm) >> >> This will download flash-plugin-10.1.53.64-

Re: Control-Alt-Delete Issue in FC11

2010-06-16 Thread Bruno Wolff III
On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 21:33:28 +0530, Parshwa Murdia wrote: > http://www.fedoraguide.info/index.php?title=Fedora11#How_to_disable_Ctrl.2BAlt.2BDel_from_restarting_computer_in_Console_mode > > says something wrong, becoz the line: > > ca:12345:ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t1 -a -r now > > does

F13: icons of files/links are wrong

2010-06-16 Thread Patrick Lists
Hi all, Problem: on F13 icons for links and files are wrong. I did a fresh install of F13 x86_64 and updated it. I copied back some links that I had on my F12 Desktop. Links are URL's dragged from the Firefox address bar to the Desktop. The problem is that the icon for the links is a blank she

Re: Adobe releases 32-bit Flash update for Linux

2010-06-16 Thread David Boles
On 6/16/2010 12:17 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Wednesday 16 June 2010, Steve Underwood wrote: >> On 06/16/2010 09:55 PM, Robert G. (Doc) Savage wrote: >> >> This is what they released last week, and its by far their buggiest >> effort to date. >> >> Steve >> > I believe this may be a newer build.

Re: Adobe releases 32-bit Flash update for Linux

2010-06-16 Thread Robert G. (Doc) Savage
On Wed, 2010-06-16 at 12:17 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Wednesday 16 June 2010, Steve Underwood wrote: > >This is what they released last week, and its by far their buggiest > >effort to date. > > > >Steve > > > I believe this may be a newer build. Not extensively checked, but it played > a c

Re: Adobe releases 32-bit Flash update for Linux

2010-06-16 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 16 June 2010, David Boles wrote: >On 6/16/2010 12:17 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: >> On Wednesday 16 June 2010, Steve Underwood wrote: >>> On 06/16/2010 09:55 PM, Robert G. (Doc) Savage wrote: >>> >>> This is what they released last week, and its by far their buggiest >>> effort to date. >>

Re: Adobe releases 32-bit Flash update for Linux

2010-06-16 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 16 June 2010, Robert G. (Doc) Savage wrote: >On Wed, 2010-06-16 at 12:17 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: >> On Wednesday 16 June 2010, Steve Underwood wrote: >> >This is what they released last week, and its by far their buggiest >> >effort to date. >> > >> >Steve >> >> I believe this may b

Re: Unexplained temporary freezes in Thunderbird Fedora 13

2010-06-16 Thread g
Jerry Feldman wrote: > Now, other things seem to be misbehaving with Thunderbird. > First, I've had top running and when it seems to freeze, I'm seeing > Thunderbird taking about 100% of the CPU. So it seems that T-Bird gets you are starting to see reasons i am glad i am still running 2.0.0.24.

[389-users] Announcing 389 Directory Server 1.2.6 Release Candidate 1

2010-06-16 Thread Rich Megginson
The 389 team is pleased to announce the availability of Release Candidate 1 of version 1.2.6. This release a couple of bug fixes. ***We need your help! Please help us test this software.*** It is a release candidate, so it may have a few glitches, but it has been tested for regressions and fo

Re: Adobe releases 32-bit Flash update for Linux

2010-06-16 Thread David Boles
On 6/16/2010 2:28 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Wednesday 16 June 2010, David Boles wrote: >> On 6/16/2010 12:17 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: >>> On Wednesday 16 June 2010, Steve Underwood wrote: On 06/16/2010 09:55 PM, Robert G. (Doc) Savage wrote: This is what they released last week, an

Re: [389-users] how to quickly recover from a corrupt database in multiple master configuration

2010-06-16 Thread Rich Megginson
mark benschop wrote: > Hi Rich, > Thanks for your reply. > Please find the logging from the problems below. > The serverb55 is one of 2 servers in a multiple masters configuration > that consists of serverb55 and serverb05. > > The problem I inititially had was that I had 2 entries that could not

Re: Unexplained temporary freezes in Thunderbird Fedora 13

2010-06-16 Thread Konstantin Svist
On 06/16/2010 11:50 AM, g wrote: > solutions to your problems have been disabling "features" to upgrading. > because of various problems with 3.0.x versions, an upgrade to 3.1 or > higher is better. > > i know this can be a problem under linux, but there are ways. > Thanks for suggestion, I'

Re: Another funny update?

2010-06-16 Thread Kevin Martin
On 06/15/2010 10:24 PM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > On Tue, 15 Jun 2010 18:22:21 -0500 Kevin Martin > wrote: > > >> On 06/15/2010 04:05 PM, David Boles wrote: >> >>> On 6/15/2010 4:35 PM, Kevin Martin wrote: >>> >>> On 06/15/2010 02:30 PM, mike cloaked wrote:

Re: Unexplained temporary freezes in Thunderbird Fedora 13

2010-06-16 Thread Jerry Feldman
On 06/16/2010 02:50 PM, g wrote: > Jerry Feldman wrote: > > > >> Now, other things seem to be misbehaving with Thunderbird. >> First, I've had top running and when it seems to freeze, I'm seeing >> Thunderbird taking about 100% of the CPU. So it seems that T-Bird gets >> > > > you are sta

Re: Adobe releases 32-bit Flash update for Linux

2010-06-16 Thread Wolfgang S. Rupprecht
"Robert G. (Doc) Savage" writes: > I can't imagine what has prompted Adobe to pack up their proverbial bat > & ball and go home, abandoning 64-bit Flash development for all > platforms. I hope there's another explanation, because this is just > beyond dumb. I was reading an article about llvm, t

Re: Another funny update?

2010-06-16 Thread JD
On 06/16/2010 01:13 PM, Kevin Martin wrote: > > On 06/15/2010 10:24 PM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > >> On Tue, 15 Jun 2010 18:22:21 -0500 Kevin Martin >> wrote: >> >> >> >>> On 06/15/2010 04:05 PM, David Boles wrote: >>> >>> On 6/15/2010 4:35 PM, Kevin Martin wrote: >>

Re: Adobe releases 32-bit Flash update for Linux

2010-06-16 Thread JD
On 06/16/2010 01:29 PM, Wolfgang S. Rupprecht wrote: > "Robert G. (Doc) Savage" writes: > >> I can't imagine what has prompted Adobe to pack up their proverbial bat >> & ball and go home, abandoning 64-bit Flash development for all >> platforms. I hope there's another explanation, because t

Fedora 12 - how to run laptop with closed lid

2010-06-16 Thread Edmon Begoli
Hi, I have a Dell Latitude 830 laptop with Fedora 12. I never move it, so I want to be able to close to lid and just use monitor, but my OS shuts down automatically. Is there a way to enable this and if so, please tell me how I am using Xfce but I could switch to Gnome. Thank you, Edmon -- use

Re: Adobe releases 32-bit Flash update for Linux

2010-06-16 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Wed, 2010-06-16 at 15:20 -0400, David Boles wrote: > Since there is no longer a 64bit Flash plugin available you will have > to use a 32bit browser. Not so. I use 64-bit Chromium and 32-bit Flash works with it. In fact I'm guessing that any browser that sandboxes plugins in separate processes s

Re: Problem - Preupgrade to F13 Anaconda Freeze

2010-06-16 Thread charles zeitler
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. On 6/14/10, Curt Stauffer wrote: > I haven't seen any responses to this one, I hope that it made it out > to the list ;-{ > > If anyone can help I'd really appreciate it. > > -Curt in lieu of _real_ help, 1) maybe anaconda was just taking a lon

Re: Adobe releases 32-bit Flash update for Linux

2010-06-16 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Wed, 2010-06-16 at 13:37 -0700, JD wrote: > I hope someone comes up with a different way other than flash for > playing video content within the browser There are lots, but the sites people want to visit generally use Flash, and Flash is not just a video player. That's the whole problem. poc

Re: Fedora 12 - how to run laptop with closed lid

2010-06-16 Thread JD
On 06/16/2010 01:43 PM, Edmon Begoli wrote: Hi, I have a Dell Latitude 830 laptop with Fedora 12. I never move it, so I want to be able to close to lid and just use monitor, but my OS shuts down automatically. Is there a way to enable this and if so, please tell me how I am using Xfce but I

Re: Another funny update?

2010-06-16 Thread Rahul Sundaram
On 06/17/2010 02:03 AM, JD wrote: > > Seems to me this is a moot point. > Each distro, and in fact each repo, builds it's packages which end up in > some or many cases with different required dependencies from same > package built on some other repo or distro - depending on what was > installed

Re: Adobe releases 32-bit Flash update for Linux

2010-06-16 Thread David Boles
On 6/16/2010 4:48 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Wed, 2010-06-16 at 15:20 -0400, David Boles wrote: >> Since there is no longer a 64bit Flash plugin available you will have >> to use a 32bit browser. > > Not so. I use 64-bit Chromium and 32-bit Flash works with it. In fact > I'm guessing that

Re: About fedoras evolution?

2010-06-16 Thread Patrick Bartek
--- On Wed, 6/16/10, Mats wrote: > I have tried to find information about fedoras evolution > but haven't > find an answer to the following question: > How long will fedora 12 be supported with security > updates? Approximately 13 months from initial release. This goes for all Fedora releases.

F13 - Unable to update - package dependency conflicts

2010-06-16 Thread JD
The info below shows my problem. $ sudo yum -y update Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit adobe-linux-i386 | 951 B 00:00 google-chrome

Re: Adobe (Temporarily?) Kills 64-Bit Flash For Linux

2010-06-16 Thread Patrick Bartek
--- On Mon, 6/14/10, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 06/15/2010 01:28 PM, Patrick > Bartek wrote: > > > > There was a similar problem 35 years ago with consumer > video recording and/or playback formats.  Ultimately, > the consumer chose which format it preferred.  They > will, again.  It just takes time.

Re: Adobe releases 32-bit Flash update for Linux

2010-06-16 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Wed, 2010-06-16 at 17:22 -0400, David Boles wrote: > On 6/16/2010 4:48 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > On Wed, 2010-06-16 at 15:20 -0400, David Boles wrote: > >> Since there is no longer a 64bit Flash plugin available you will have > >> to use a 32bit browser. > > > > Not so. I use 64-bit Ch

Re: Adobe (Temporarily?) Kills 64-Bit Flash For Linux

2010-06-16 Thread Patrick Bartek
--- On Tue, 6/15/10, Tom Horsley wrote: > On Tue, 15 Jun 2010 07:42:16 -0600 > Greg Woods wrote: > > > I believe it is only a matter of (not much) time > before Linux is > > targeted. > > Linux is already targeted plenty at the server level. Leave > a > linux box hooked to the internet with the

Re: Adobe releases 32-bit Flash update for Linux

2010-06-16 Thread David Boles
On 6/16/2010 5:50 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Wed, 2010-06-16 at 17:22 -0400, David Boles wrote: >> On 6/16/2010 4:48 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: >>> On Wed, 2010-06-16 at 15:20 -0400, David Boles wrote: Since there is no longer a 64bit Flash plugin available you will have to u

Re: Adobe (Temporarily?) Kills 64-Bit Flash For Linux

2010-06-16 Thread Patrick Bartek
--- On Tue, 6/15/10, Dale J. Chatham wrote: > On 06/15/2010 12:28 AM, Patrick > Bartek wrote: > [snip] > > > > There was a similar problem 35 years ago with consumer > video recording and/or playback formats.  Ultimately, > the consumer chose which format it preferred.  They > will, again.  It j

KDE/Flash too fast weirdness

2010-06-16 Thread Peter A
Hi, so this one has me completely stomped... After upgrading to F13 (though yum but I also tested with a clean F13 install, same behavior) every flash video (e.g. youtube) plays significantly faster than it should... A 45 second video plays in about 12 seconds without any sound at all. The we

Re: FYI - Just a heads up for the Unreal Gamers

2010-06-16 Thread Robert Myers
On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 2:55 AM, Sam Sharpe wrot > > There is better coverage here: > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/06/14/linux_game_backdoor/ > > Better coverage of a sort, I suppose. "A warning today that Linux users are not as immune to security threats as many of them like to believe" An

Re: Adobe (Temporarily?) Kills 64-Bit Flash For Linux

2010-06-16 Thread Kevin J. Cummings
On 06/16/2010 06:10 PM, Patrick Bartek wrote: > --- On Tue, 6/15/10, Tom Horsley wrote: >> Linux is already targeted plenty at the server level. Leave >> a >> linux box hooked to the internet with the firewall turned >> off >> for a few hours and see what happens :-). > > Desktop level, too. My

Re: Klipper search box doesn't disappear

2010-06-16 Thread Marcel Rieux
On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 10:24 PM, Steven P. Ulrick < lists-fed...@afolkey2.net> wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 6:45 PM, Ed Greshko > wrote: > > > > > On 06/16/2010 04:54 AM, Marcel Rieux wrote: > > > > > > > > So. if somebody could fill the bug report, I would appreciate. It's > > > > not an

Re: Adobe releases 32-bit Flash update for Linux

2010-06-16 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 16 June 2010, David Boles wrote: >On 6/16/2010 2:28 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: >> On Wednesday 16 June 2010, David Boles wrote: >>> On 6/16/2010 12:17 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: On Wednesday 16 June 2010, Steve Underwood wrote: > On 06/16/2010 09:55 PM, Robert G. (Doc) Savage wrote:

Re: Adobe releases 32-bit Flash update for Linux

2010-06-16 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 16 June 2010, David Boles wrote: >On 6/16/2010 4:48 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: >> On Wed, 2010-06-16 at 15:20 -0400, David Boles wrote: >>> Since there is no longer a 64bit Flash plugin available you will have >>> to use a 32bit browser. >> >> Not so. I use 64-bit Chromium and 32-b

Re: Another funny update?

2010-06-16 Thread Marcel Rieux
On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 7:22 PM, Kevin Martin wrote: > > This has nothing to do with "who broke what". This has everything to do > with attempting to make Fedora, and other Linux variants, mainstream > enough for the common person to use. > Have you seen Taxi Driver? There's a reply where De Ni

F13 -64 side-by-side with F11-32?

2010-06-16 Thread Ted Roche
Greetings: I've got a ThinkPad T61 (Core2Duo-2.5GHz, 4Gb RAM, 250Gb disk) with a working F11 32-bit install on their own separate boot (1012Mb) and root (/) partitions. I also dual-boot WinXP when necessary for work-related tasks. I've got two spare partitions (25Gb and 50Gb) onto which I wanted t

Re: Another funny update?

2010-06-16 Thread Marcel Rieux
On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 11:23 PM, Bruno Wolff III wrote: > On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 19:03:41 -0400, > Marcel Rieux wrote: > > > > How can rpmfusion provide the module for a kernel it's not expecting > because > > the one in testing -- posted yesterday -- is an earlier kernel? This > > seems

Re: F13 -64 side-by-side with F11-32?

2010-06-16 Thread Tom Horsley
On Wed, 16 Jun 2010 19:49:29 -0400 Ted Roche wrote: > Obviously, I missed something in getting this set up. Should I have > installed the new Grub to the boot partition? Suggestions on > troubleshooting appreciated. You should probably do this instead: title Fedora x86_64 rootnoverify (hd0,7)

Re: NFS problem in FC13 FIXED, at least for now

2010-06-16 Thread Gerhard Magnus
On Tue, 2010-06-15 at 23:41 +0100, M A Young wrote: > On Tue, 15 Jun 2010, Gerhard Magnus wrote: > > > I am trying to upgrade the boxes on a small LAN from FC11 to FC13. The > > server is now running FC13 and NFS. One of the boxes that is still > > running FC11 can read & write to the shared direc

repeatable kernel freeze

2010-06-16 Thread Joe Conway
I have had a problem with kernel freezes for several months. It started when I first moved to the 2.6.31 kernel on Fedora 12. At that time it was relatively infrequent. When the 2.6.32 kernel came out, the problem became very bad -- every night when cron.daily runs the kernel would hang. Note that

Re: FYI - Just a heads up for the Unreal Gamers

2010-06-16 Thread g
Robert Myers wrote: > On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 2:55 AM, Sam Sharpe wrot > >> There is better coverage here: >> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/06/14/linux_game_backdoor/ >> >> > Better coverage of a sort, I suppose. > > "A warning today that Linux users are not as immune to security threats as >

Re: FYI - Just a heads up for the Unreal Gamers

2010-06-16 Thread g
Paul Otheim wrote: > hadn't seen anything on the list about this, I don't know if Fedora even > has a package available for this but for all you gamers out there beware. > > https://infosecurity.us/?p=15207 (Google Chrome throws a fit about this page > being a security problem) > > or > > http

Re: repeatable kernel freeze

2010-06-16 Thread Sam Varshavchik
Joe Conway writes: Upon upgrade to Fedora 13 and the 2.6.33 kernel, the problem has become better in that I have not seen a hang during the nightly crons. However, now I can freeze the kernel on demand by copying a large file via ssh (scp or rsync). Perhaps relevant is that those cron nightly jo

Re: Unexplained temporary freezes in Thunderbird Fedora 13

2010-06-16 Thread g
Jerry Feldman wrote: > BTW: I am subscribed to the Thunderbird list, but I have not had the > time to follow it recently. As I mentioned before, I have been ignoring > my friend Google :-) not having time is very understandable. may well be that upgrading, as konstantin suggest, may well be a b

Re: Unexplained temporary freezes in Thunderbird Fedora 13

2010-06-16 Thread g
Konstantin Svist wrote: > Thanks for suggestion, I've upgraded.. will see if it's any better welcome. rawhide is a good way to do upgrade. i hope i works for you and jerry. -- peace out. tc,hago. g . in a free world without fences, who needs gates. ** help microsoft stamp out piracy

Re: Another funny update?

2010-06-16 Thread Craig White
On Wed, 2010-06-16 at 19:52 -0400, Marcel Rieux wrote: > > > On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 11:23 PM, Bruno Wolff III > wrote: > On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 19:03:41 -0400, > Marcel Rieux wrote: > > > > > How can rpmfusion provide the module for a kernel it's not

Re: Another funny update?

2010-06-16 Thread Craig White
On Wed, 2010-06-16 at 19:27 -0400, Marcel Rieux wrote: > On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 7:22 PM, Kevin Martin > wrote: > > > > This has nothing to do with "who broke what". This has > everything to do > with attempting to make Fedora, and other Linux va

Restart F-13 download?

2010-06-16 Thread Bob Goodwin
I downloaded about 600 megs of Fedora-13-i386-DVD.iso starting from http://fedoraproject.org/en/get-fedora-all and a thunderstorm came along and blocked my path to the satellite. A message popped up indicating the download was finished. Of course it should be 3.1 gigs! Is the

Re: Restart F-13 download?

2010-06-16 Thread Sam Varshavchik
Bob Goodwin writes: I downloaded about 600 megs of Fedora-13-i386-DVD.iso starting from http://fedoraproject.org/en/get-fedora-all and a thunderstorm came along and blocked my path to the satellite. A message popped up indicating the download was finished. Of course it should b

Re: how to set screen resolution for HP6710b on Fedora 13

2010-06-16 Thread L
On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 6:50 PM, Sam Sharpe wrote: > On 16 June 2010 04:27, L wrote: >> this is the output of xrandr at console. >> >> Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1280 x 800, maximum 8192 x 8192 >> LVDS1 connected 1280x800+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y >> axis) 331mm x 207mm >

Re: Restart F-13 download?

2010-06-16 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 16/06/10 21:17, Sam Varshavchik wrote: > Bob Goodwin writes: > >> >> I downloaded about 600 megs of Fedora-13-i386-DVD.iso starting from >> http://fedoraproject.org/en/get-fedora-all and a thunderstorm came >> along and blocked my path to the satellite. A message popped up >> in

Re: repeatable kernel freeze

2010-06-16 Thread Joe Conway
On 06/16/2010 05:39 PM, Sam Varshavchik wrote: > Based on the assumption that you are experiencing a kernel crash, there > are two ways of obtaining diagnostics: > > 1) A serial console. Going retro, getting a null-modem adapter, and > connecting the serial port of the ailing machine with the seri

Re: repeatable kernel freeze

2010-06-16 Thread Sam Varshavchik
Joe Conway writes: On 06/16/2010 05:39 PM, Sam Varshavchik wrote: 2) Using kexec-tools to set up a recovery kernel. Adding the crashkernel parameter to your kernel boot prompt, reserving 128MB of your RAM for a recovery kernel and a small boot image. When your running kernel crashes, the recove

Re: Adobe releases 32-bit Flash update for Linux

2010-06-16 Thread David Boles
On 6/16/2010 7:18 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Wednesday 16 June 2010, David Boles wrote: >> On 6/16/2010 2:28 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > == > As I said, this is the one installed and linked. This listing is from > ~/Downloads, not whats installed. > >> >> Ever

Re: Adobe releases 32-bit Flash update for Linux

2010-06-16 Thread David Boles
On 6/16/2010 7:22 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Wednesday 16 June 2010, David Boles wrote: >> On 6/16/2010 4:48 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: >> >> Gene uses 64-bit Firefox, I think, and he was using the 64bit Flash. I >> gave him the link. Naively. The 32-bit Flash will work with Firefox and >> a

Re: KDE/Flash too fast weirdness

2010-06-16 Thread JD
On 06/16/2010 03:29 PM, Peter A wrote: > Hi, > > so this one has me completely stomped... After upgrading to F13 (though yum > but I also tested with a clean F13 install, same behavior) every flash video > (e.g. youtube) plays significantly faster than it should... A 45 second video > plays in a

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