Re: how to run kdesu without asking password?

2011-02-12 Thread erikmccaskey64
I just need it for "bigger security". i don't only want to run transmission-gtk with another user, i want to run e.g.: Google Chrome too. [run application with a user that has low permissions results in bigger sec.] but thanks for the answer! Be Fri, 11 Feb 2011 14:30:53 -0800 suvayu ali

Re: No need for AV tools on Linux, eh?

2011-02-12 Thread Hiisi
pe, 2011-02-11 kello 23:39 +, Sam Sharpe kirjoitti: > Yep - the original message from jdow was sent to > fedora-l...@redhat.com, so the rebuke seems misdirected. Sam, your mail address is no longer valid also. You probably better to change it to something like lists.fedora@. ;-) -- Remember:

proftpd and virtualhost

2011-02-12 Thread Alain Roger
Hi, i use fedora as webserver for testing purposes. i installed proftpd server and i would like to have several ftp servers (so i guess virtualhost must be used) for each website that we are testing. however, i'm new to proftpd and something i do not understand in proftpd documentation. for each

Re: proftpd and virtualhost

2011-02-12 Thread Dick Roark
I have a self-inflicted problem with Audacious. It worked fine until I got the "great" idea to try out some of the Winamp artwork, I think the Winamp artwork is not nearly as useful as the original artwork. Now my problem is that I don't know how to get rid of the Winamp stuff and get the origina

Problem with Winamp artwork in Audacious

2011-02-12 Thread Dick Roark
I have a self-inflicted problem with Audacious. It worked fine until I got the "great" idea to try out some of the Winamp artwork, I think the Winamp artwork is not nearly as useful as the original artwork. Now my problem is that I don't know how to get rid of the Winamp stuff and get the origina

Re: Problem with Winamp artwork in Audacious

2011-02-12 Thread Michael Schwendt
On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 19:17:13 +0800, Dick wrote: > I have a self-inflicted problem with Audacious. It worked fine until I got > the "great" idea to try out some of the Winamp artwork, I think the Winamp > artwork is not nearly as useful as the original artwork. Now my problem is > that I don't kn

Re: No need for AV tools on Linux, eh?

2011-02-12 Thread Tim
On Fri, 2011-02-11 at 23:57 +, Sam Sharpe wrote: > As I said - it's not about today's threat, it is about tomorrow's. Something tells me that we're all going to hear about a genuine virus threat to Linux pretty damn quickly. -- [tim@localhost ~]$ uname -r 2.6.27.25-78.2.56.fc9.i686 Don't se

Re: No need for AV tools on Linux, eh?

2011-02-12 Thread Tim
Rahul Sundaram: >> anti-viruses tools are not going to help against security exploits Darr: > Wouldn't SELinux stop that, anyway? Well, it /could/ stop either threat, however we don't run SELinux as tightly as it could be run. -- [tim@localhost ~]$ uname -r 2.6.27.25-78.2.56.fc9.i686 Don't se

Re: Suggestion: Replace List by Newsgroup

2011-02-12 Thread Tim
On Fri, 2011-02-11 at 22:11 +0100, Outway wrote: > I don't see in what way a mailing list is superior to a newsgroup. But I > do see several advantages of a newsgroup: > > * Clear thread structure (collapsable trees in standard news readers) Well, actually, that's also possible with decent mail c

Re: setup nfs w/o synchronizing uids?

2011-02-12 Thread Neal Becker
Richard Shaw wrote: > On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 8:27 AM, Neal Becker wrote: >> Is it possible to setup nfs (server+clients) without syncing uid's? Is it >> possible to do this without having to setup nfs4+kerberos? If so, how? > > You didn't mention the full context of what you're trying to do.

Re: how to run kdesu without asking password?

2011-02-12 Thread Tim
On Sat, 2011-02-12 at 01:19 -0800, erikmccaskey64 wrote: > I just need it for "bigger security". i don't only want to run > transmission-gtk with another user, i want to run e.g.: Google Chrome > too. [run application with a user that has low permissions results in > bigger sec.] I'm curious to k

"why is my Linux so damn slow?"

2011-02-12 Thread M. Fioretti
Greetings, when I upgraded from Fedora 12 to Fedora 14, about twenty days ago, the system (which wasn't doing really well even before the upgrade) became almost unusable. The problem is, very likely, upstream of Fedora, but I would like to understand where exactly is and if/how Fedora in some way

Re: "why is my Linux so damn slow?"

2011-02-12 Thread Adrian Sevcenco
On 02/12/2011 03:51 PM, M. Fioretti wrote: > Greetings, > > when I upgraded from Fedora 12 to Fedora 14, about twenty days ago, > the system (which wasn't doing really well even before the upgrade) > became almost unusable. The problem is, very likely, upstream of IMHO, first step is a clean insta

RE: "why is my Linux so damn slow?"

2011-02-12 Thread compdoc
>when I upgraded from Fedora 12 to Fedora 14, about twenty days ago, >the system (which wasn't doing really well even before the upgrade) >became almost unusable. Weird problems often have a hardware issue behind them. There are many things to check. Some are easier than others: >From the deskto

Re: "why is my Linux so damn slow?"

2011-02-12 Thread M. Fioretti
On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 16:31:58 PM +0200, Adrian Sevcenco (adrian.sevce...@cern.ch) wrote: > > when I upgraded from Fedora 12 to Fedora 14, about twenty days > > ago, the system (which wasn't doing really well even before the > > upgrade) became almost unusable. The problem is, very likely, > > ups

Change wireless interface "sens" value how?

2011-02-12 Thread mike cloaked
I am trying to resolve some wireless issue with a laptop running F14, and I need to change the "sens" (i.e. Sensitivity) value for the wireless interface. However when trying to run the following command as root it fails: iwconfig wlan0 sens -65 gives output: Error for wireless request "Set Sens

Re: "why is my Linux so damn slow?"

2011-02-12 Thread Alan Cox
On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 14:51:25 +0100 "M. Fioretti" wrote: > Greetings, > > when I upgraded from Fedora 12 to Fedora 14, about twenty days ago, > the system (which wasn't doing really well even before the upgrade) > became almost unusable. The problem is, very likely, upstream of > Fedora, but I wo

Re: Change wireless interface "sens" value how?

2011-02-12 Thread mike cloaked
On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 3:12 PM, mike cloaked wrote: > I am trying to resolve some wireless issue with a laptop running F14, > and I need to change the "sens" (i.e. Sensitivity) value for the > wireless interface. > > However when trying to run the following command as root it fails: > > iwconfig

Re: Change wireless interface "sens" value how?

2011-02-12 Thread mike cloaked
On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 3:30 PM, mike cloaked wrote: > I tested a different laptop with different wireless card: > > 03:03.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG > [Calexico2] Network Connection (rev 05) > > [root@lapmike2 ~]# lsmod|grep ipw > ipw2200               116546  0

Re: "why is my Linux so damn slow?"

2011-02-12 Thread T. Horsnell
M. Fioretti wrote: > Greetings, > > when I upgraded from Fedora 12 to Fedora 14, about twenty days ago, > the system (which wasn't doing really well even before the upgrade) > became almost unusable. The problem is, very likely, upstream of > Fedora, but I would like to understand where exactly is

Re: "why is my Linux so damn slow?"

2011-02-12 Thread M. Fioretti
On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 15:56:31 PM +, T. Horsnell (t...@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk) wrote: > Just to convince us all that it's not some subtle hardware problem, > can you make a FC14 live cd and boot from that, and then see if > you still get the same terrible performance? Not right now (can't move from

Yet another problem with this list (was: No need for AV tools on Linux, eh?)

2011-02-12 Thread Darr
On Friday, February 11, 2011 @23:22 zulu, Fernando Cassia scribed: > On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 5:47 PM, Darr wrote: >> On Thursday, February 10, 2011 @21:49 zulu, Fernando Cassia >> scribed (twice): >> >>> Are you using a time machine to report news, from the past? look >>> at the dates... >>> >>>

Re: Running Blender 2.56 on Fedora 13 and 14

2011-02-12 Thread valent.turko...@gmail.com
On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 5:03 AM, Athmane Madjoudj wrote: > On 02/11/2011 04:11 AM, Máirín Duffy wrote: >> Hi Valent, >> >> On Tue, 2011-02-01 at 01:05 +0100, valent.turko...@gmail.com wrote: >>> Just remove all blender files and start over. Somehow blender doedn't >>> see python libs. >> >> So I d

Re: No need for AV tools on Linux, eh?

2011-02-12 Thread Darr
On Saturday, February 12, 2011 @12:46 zulu, Tim scribed: > Well, it /could/ stop either threat, however we don't run SELinux > as tightly as it could be run. I'm not sure who "we" is, but I run it in restricted mode and rarely even get told something has mislabeled files... and when I do get s

[Fwd: Re: "why is my Linux so damn slow?"]

2011-02-12 Thread T. Horsnell
(Sorry - forgot to include the list..) --- Begin Message --- M. Fioretti wrote: On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 15:56:31 PM +, T. Horsnell (t...@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk) wrote: Just to convince us all that it's not some subtle hardware problem, can you make a FC14 live cd and boot from that, and then see i

Re: "why is my Linux so damn slow?"

2011-02-12 Thread Antonio Olivares
--- On Sat, 2/12/11, M. Fioretti wrote: npviewer is causing some type of problem :( > [12032.976089] npviewer.bin[2721]: segfault at 0 ip > 00f7ced1 sp ff8a60c0 error 4 in > libflashplayer.so[bdd000+b2e000] > [12041.569570] npviewer.bin[5297]: segfault at f74bd0e0 ip >

Re: Yet another problem with this list

2011-02-12 Thread James McKenzie
On 2/12/11 9:02 AM, Darr wrote: > On Friday, February 11, 2011 @23:22 zulu, > Fernando Cassia scribed: > > =b=e=g=i=n==p=a=s=t=e=s= > > From: Fernando Cassia > Precedence: list > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Cc: "fedora-l...@redhat.com" > To: Community support for Fedora users > References:<4d54534b.7060..

Re: "why is my Linux so damn slow?"

2011-02-12 Thread Rick Sewill
On Saturday, February 12, 2011 07:51:25 am M. Fioretti wrote: > Greetings, > > when I upgraded from Fedora 12 to Fedora 14, about twenty days ago, > the system (which wasn't doing really well even before the upgrade) > became almost unusable. The problem is, very likely, upstream of > Fedora, but

Re: [Fwd: Re: "why is my Linux so damn slow?"]

2011-02-12 Thread M. Fioretti
First of all, an important note: I have realized only now that many, not all, the times when I was not running firefox myself and everything was still "freezed as usual" there was one other user account (this is the "family work computer") that was still keeping Firefox open. when there is REALLY n

Where can I find a functional nslookup?

2011-02-12 Thread Bill Davidsen
The nslookup shipped with Fedora is a toy, with most of the important parts returning "not implemented" status. Can someone point me to a source for the real program, such as I used on other systems like AIX? The lack of functionality is becoming a real time-waster! -- Bill Davidsen We are

Re: "why is my Linux so damn slow?"

2011-02-12 Thread Rick Sewill
On Saturday, February 12, 2011 09:53:28 am M. Fioretti wrote: > On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 15:25:54 PM +, Alan Cox (a...@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk) wrote: > > There are lots of other things it could be, unfortunately you've not > > provided any really useful information on the machine, you've not > > prov

Re: Suggestion: Replace List by Newsgroup

2011-02-12 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Sat, 2011-02-12 at 23:28 +1030, Tim wrote: > You didn't mention bandwidth saving: You download a list of headers, > of > what's become available since your last look, but you only download > the > actual body of message when you go to read it. i.e. If there's 2,000 > messages one day, and you

Re: Where can I find a functional nslookup?

2011-02-12 Thread Patrick Lists
On 02/12/2011 06:00 PM, Bill Davidsen wrote: > The nslookup shipped with Fedora is a toy, with most of the important > parts returning "not implemented" status. Can someone point me to a > source for the real program, such as I used on other systems like AIX? > The lack of functionality is becoming

Re: Where can I find a functional nslookup?

2011-02-12 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Sat, 2011-02-12 at 12:00 -0500, Bill Davidsen wrote: > The nslookup shipped with Fedora is a toy, with most of the important > parts returning "not implemented" status. Can someone point me to a > source for the real program, such as I used on other systems like AIX? > The lack of functionali

Re: Where can I find a functional nslookup?

2011-02-12 Thread Craig White
On Sat, 2011-02-12 at 12:00 -0500, Bill Davidsen wrote: > The nslookup shipped with Fedora is a toy, with most of the important > parts returning "not implemented" status. Can someone point me to a > source for the real program, such as I used on other systems like AIX? > The lack of functionali

Re: Where can I find a functional nslookup?

2011-02-12 Thread Jorge Fábregas
On 02/12/2011 01:00 PM, Bill Davidsen wrote: > Can someone point me to a source for the real program You're looking at the wrong tool. The standard tool for troubleshooting dns issues is "dig": yum install bind-utils -- Jorge -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe

Re: Where can I find a functional nslookup?

2011-02-12 Thread Tom Horsley
On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 18:06:02 +0100 Patrick Lists wrote: > Try dig. Yea, like try to get useful information from the unbelievably cryptic program that is dig :-). -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mai

Re: No need for AV tools on Linux, eh?

2011-02-12 Thread Bruno Wolff III
On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 11:25:39 -0500, Darr wrote: > On Saturday, February 12, 2011 @12:46 zulu, Tim > scribed: > > > Well, it /could/ stop either threat, however we don't run SELinux > > as tightly as it could be run. > > I'm not sure who "we" is, but I run it in restricted mode and rarely

Re: "why is my Linux so damn slow?"

2011-02-12 Thread M. Fioretti
On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 10:52:37 AM -0600, Rick Sewill (rsew...@gmail.com) wrote: > > http://freesoftware.zona-m.net/help-request-why-is-my-linux-so-damn-slow > > You have a very interesting problem. that's the same thing my wife usually tells herself when looking at me :-) > May I ask, what is th

Re: "why is my Linux so damn slow?"

2011-02-12 Thread M. Fioretti
On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 11:01:49 AM -0600, Rick Sewill (rsew...@gmail.com) wrote: > What devices are connected to your system? > > Perhaps a Linux driver, for a device is having problems. > Perhaps a device is generating lots of interrupts. > > Can you disconnect any devices and see if the slowness

Re: Where can I find a functional nslookup?

2011-02-12 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Sat, 2011-02-12 at 12:14 -0500, Tom Horsley wrote: > On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 18:06:02 +0100 > Patrick Lists wrote: > > > Try dig. > > Yea, like try to get useful information from the unbelievably > cryptic program that is dig :-). I use it all the time, though mainly for simple things, e.g.: dig

Re: "why is my Linux so damn slow?"

2011-02-12 Thread Lamar Owen
On Saturday, February 12, 2011 12:19:33 pm M. Fioretti wrote: > besides hard drive and DVD burner there are only Logitech webcam, > wheelmouse and earphone microphone, but everything is plugged in the > back which is not really accessible without moving furniture. I'll do > that if needed, but isn'

Re: "why is my Linux so damn slow?"

2011-02-12 Thread M. Fioretti
On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 12:55:16 PM -0500, Lamar Owen (lo...@pari.edu) wrote: > On Saturday, February 12, 2011 12:19:33 pm M. Fioretti wrote: > > besides hard drive and DVD burner there are only Logitech webcam, > > wheelmouse and earphone microphone, but everything is plugged in > > the back which is

Re: Change wireless interface "sens" value how?

2011-02-12 Thread JD
On 02/12/2011 07:48 AM, mike cloaked wrote: > On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 3:30 PM, mike cloaked wrote: > >> I tested a different laptop with different wireless card: >> >> 03:03.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG >> [Calexico2] Network Connection (rev 05) >> >> [root@lapmike2

Re: "why is my Linux so damn slow?"

2011-02-12 Thread M. Fioretti
On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 19:03:56 PM +0100, Marco Fioretti (mfiore...@nexaima.net) wrote: > On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 12:55:16 PM -0500, Lamar Owen (lo...@pari.edu) wrote: > > On Saturday, February 12, 2011 12:19:33 pm M. Fioretti wrote: > > > besides hard drive and DVD burner there are only Logitech webca

Re: "why is my Linux so damn slow?"

2011-02-12 Thread Rick Sewill
On Saturday, February 12, 2011 12:09:34 pm M. Fioretti wrote: > On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 19:03:56 PM +0100, Marco Fioretti (mfiore...@nexaima.net) wrote: > > On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 12:55:16 PM -0500, Lamar Owen (lo...@pari.edu) wrote: > > > On Saturday, February 12, 2011 12:19:33 pm M. Fioretti wrote: >

Re: Not able to connect to wifi in Fedora 14

2011-02-12 Thread Anne Wilson
On Friday 11 February 2011 13:59:30 Jim wrote: > On 02/11/2011 02:52 AM, Anne Wilson wrote: > > On Friday 11 February 2011 07:34:50 Rohit Farmer wrote: > >> I have just bought Dell Inspiron M501R AMD Phenom Quad Core, which was > >> bundled with windows7 where all the features are working fine. I t

Re: "why is my Linux so damn slow?"

2011-02-12 Thread Rick Sewill
On Saturday, February 12, 2011 12:27:55 pm Rick Sewill wrote: > On Saturday, February 12, 2011 12:09:34 pm M. Fioretti wrote: > > On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 19:03:56 PM +0100, Marco Fioretti > > (mfiore...@nexaima.net) wrote: > > > On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 12:55:16 PM -0500, Lamar Owen (lo...@pari.edu) wro

Re: "why is my Linux so damn slow?"

2011-02-12 Thread M. Fioretti
On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 12:27:55 PM -0600, Rick Sewill (rsew...@gmail.com) wrote: > Could you show the output of iostat -x 1, > not iostat -x 1 | egrep -i 'device|sda' > please? Sure, sorry, here you go (this is with Firefox open, right now) Linux 2.6.35.10-74.fc14.x86_64 (polaris.localdomain)

Re: "why is my Linux so damn slow?"

2011-02-12 Thread JD
On 02/12/2011 07:53 AM, M. Fioretti wrote: > On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 15:25:54 PM +, Alan Cox (a...@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk) > wrote: >> There are lots of other things it could be, unfortunately you've not >> provided any really useful information on the machine, you've not >> provided any dumps of st

Re: "why is my Linux so damn slow?"

2011-02-12 Thread M. Fioretti
On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 12:47:13 PM -0600, Rick Sewill (rsew...@gmail.com) wrote: > Could you show us the output of twice, the second time a few seconds > after the first time so we can see if any interrupt number changes fast. > more /proc/interrupts here are two runs, 5/6 seconds apart: [root@po

Re: "why is my Linux so damn slow?"

2011-02-12 Thread Rick Sewill
On Saturday, February 12, 2011 12:43:53 pm M. Fioretti wrote: > On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 12:27:55 PM -0600, Rick Sewill (rsew...@gmail.com) wrote: > > Could you show the output of iostat -x 1, > > not iostat -x 1 | egrep -i 'device|sda' > > please? > > Sure, sorry, here you go (this is with Firefox o

Re: "why is my Linux so damn slow?"

2011-02-12 Thread JB
Rick Sewill gmail.com> writes: > ... > Someone help us...I know there is a command to show open files, lsof. > Does that command include a way to find out disk activity per file or > is there another command that can find out disk activity per file? > I'm hoping, if we identify the file(s) with

Re: "why is my Linux so damn slow?"

2011-02-12 Thread Rick Sewill
On Saturday, February 12, 2011 12:55:12 pm M. Fioretti wrote: > On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 12:47:13 PM -0600, Rick Sewill (rsew...@gmail.com) wrote: > > Could you show us the output of twice, the second time a few seconds > > after the first time so we can see if any interrupt number changes fast. > > m

Re: No need for AV tools on Linux, eh?

2011-02-12 Thread Antonio Olivares
> There is > also a generic sandbox setup, but people have to actively > use it (or configure > their tools to use it). > -- *IT* would be Great if someone would write a how-to or some documentation on how to use this sandbox setup and thus prevent some apps from misbehaving :) There are some

Re: "why is my Linux so damn slow?"

2011-02-12 Thread Mark Eggers
On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 14:51:25 +0100, M. Fioretti wrote: > Greetings, > > when I upgraded from Fedora 12 to Fedora 14, about twenty days ago, the > system (which wasn't doing really well even before the upgrade) became > almost unusable. The problem is, very likely, upstream of Fedora, but I > woul

Re: "why is my Linux so damn slow?"

2011-02-12 Thread Alan Cox
> [8.984680] NVRM: loading NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 260.19.29 Wed > Dec 8 12:08:56 PST 2010 So you've got the Nvidia stuff loaded - well an obvious first test would be to run with the provided Fedora Nvidia drivers and X. That would be a quick way to eliminate one possible cause.

Re: "why is my Linux so damn slow?"

2011-02-12 Thread Alan Cox
> What devices are connected to your system? > > Perhaps a Linux driver, for a device is having problems. > Perhaps a device is generating lots of interrupts. In the case of a continual interrupt storm the kernel will detect and log it (and take some attempt at avoiding action). > Can you discon

Re: "why is my Linux so damn slow?"

2011-02-12 Thread Lamar Owen
On Saturday, February 12, 2011 02:15:02 pm Rick Sewill wrote: > Someone help us...I know there is a command to show open files, lsof. > Does that command include a way to find out disk activity per file or > is there another command that can find out disk activity per file? > I'm hoping, if we iden

PPTP VPN how?

2011-02-12 Thread erikmccaskey64
Originally i'm searching for a PPTP VPN howto for OpenWrt...but i just can't seem to find one...OpenWrt Backfire 10.03.. Can someone post a link about PPTP VPN for Fedora? at least to start somewhere... thanks -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change

Re: "why is my Linux so damn slow?"

2011-02-12 Thread M. Fioretti
On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 20:10:52 PM +, Alan Cox (a...@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk) wrote: > > [8.984680] NVRM: loading NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 260.19.29 > > Wed Dec 8 12:08:56 PST 2010 > > So you've got the Nvidia stuff loaded - well an obvious first test would > be to run with the prov

Re: Suggestion: Replace List by Newsgroup

2011-02-12 Thread g
On 02/11/2011 09:11 PM, Outway wrote: > I don't see in what way a mailing list is superior to a newsgroup. > But I do see several advantages of a newsgroup: please spec your system. > * Clear thread structure (collapsable trees in standard news readers) thunderbird client, ability 'on site', fas

Re: "why is my Linux so damn slow?"

2011-02-12 Thread Lamar Owen
On Saturday, February 12, 2011 02:42:25 pm Rick Sewill wrote: > I am curious about the Rescheduling interrupts. > I do not have a dual core system so I have no rescheduling interrupts. I do; here's my /proc/interrupts and uptime: lowen@localhost:~$ cat /proc/interrupts CPU0 CPU1

Re: "why is my Linux so damn slow?"

2011-02-12 Thread Michael Schwendt
On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 13:42:25 -0600, Rick wrote: > I am curious about the Rescheduling interrupts. > I do not have a dual core system so I have no rescheduling interrupts. > > I do not know how many rescheduling interrupts is too many. A running Firefox, that displays an ordinary News website wi

internet intermittent very long message

2011-02-12 Thread les
Hi, everyone, I am experiencing internet intermittency. The same computer booted under windows performs very well, but when running Fedora 14 is very poor. Videos will only partially load, email (evolution) gives "error downloading mail", photos and graphics will be interrupted before the

Re: "why is my Linux so damn slow?"

2011-02-12 Thread JB
M. Fioretti nexaima.net> writes: > > Greetings, > > when I upgraded from Fedora 12 to Fedora 14, about twenty days ago, > the system (which wasn't doing really well even before the upgrade) > became almost unusable. The problem is, very likely, upstream of > Fedora, but I would like to understa

Re: Where can I find a functional nslookup?

2011-02-12 Thread Bill Davidsen
Bill Davidsen wrote: > The nslookup shipped with Fedora is a toy, with most of the important > parts returning "not implemented" status. Can someone point me to a > source for the real program, such as I used on other systems like AIX? > The lack of functionality is becoming a real time-waster! > W

Re: "why is my Linux so damn slow?"

2011-02-12 Thread M. Fioretti
On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 20:57:32 PM +, JB (jb.1234a...@gmail.com) wrote: > Now, please give us output of: > $ cat /proc/cpuinfo Hi, JB. Here is the output of cat /proc/cpuinfo. tomorrow I'll check the bios setting. Thanks, Marco [root@polaris ~]# cat /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 vendor_id

Re: No need for AV tools on Linux, eh?

2011-02-12 Thread Antonio Olivares
> > *IT* would be Great if someone would write a how-to or > some documentation on how to use this sandbox setup and thus > prevent some apps from misbehaving :) > > > > There are some nasty web pages out there that can do > some harm and knowing more about tools that can help would > benefit mor

Re: No need for AV tools on Linux, eh?

2011-02-12 Thread Bruno Wolff III
On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 11:44:47 -0800, Antonio Olivares wrote: > > There is > > also a generic sandbox setup, but people have to actively > > use it (or configure > > their tools to use it). > > -- > > > *IT* would be Great if someone would write a how-to or some documentation on > how to u

Re: "why is my Linux so damn slow?"

2011-02-12 Thread Adrian Sevcenco
On 02/12/2011 07:13 PM, M. Fioretti wrote: > Oh, and when I said "the system is slow even if firefox isn't running" > I meant that I *had* run "killall firefox". I think between this and Regarding firefox ..could you go in ~/.mozilla/firefox/_your_profile_.default and do : for i in *.sqlite; do ech

Re: Suggestion: Replace List by Newsgroup

2011-02-12 Thread g
On 02/12/2011 05:01 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: <> > You can do the same with decent IMAP client. _decent_ "email client" can accommodate IMAP, POP3, SMTP. -- peace out. tc.hago, g . signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.

RE: "why is my Linux so damn slow?"

2011-02-12 Thread Aaron Konstam
On Sat, 2011-02-12 at 07:33 -0700, compdoc wrote: > >when I upgraded from Fedora 12 to Fedora 14, about twenty days ago, > >the system (which wasn't doing really well even before the upgrade) > >became almost unusable. > > > Weird problems often have a hardware issue behind them. There are many >

Re: "why is my Linux so damn slow?"

2011-02-12 Thread M. Fioretti
On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 22:41:31 PM +0200, Adrian Sevcenco (adrian.sevce...@cern.ch) wrote: > On 02/12/2011 07:13 PM, M. Fioretti wrote: > > Oh, and when I said "the system is slow even if firefox isn't running" > > I meant that I *had* run "killall firefox". I think between this and > Regarding fire

Re: "why is my Linux so damn slow?"

2011-02-12 Thread M. Fioretti
On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 21:54:40 PM +0100, Michael Schwendt (mschwe...@gmail.com) wrote: > On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 13:42:25 -0600, Rick wrote: > > > I am curious about the Rescheduling interrupts. > > I do not have a dual core system so I have no rescheduling interrupts. > > > > I do not know how many

Re: Suggestion: Replace List by Newsgroup

2011-02-12 Thread Bill Davidsen
Tim wrote: > On Fri, 2011-02-11 at 22:11 +0100, Outway wrote: >> I don't see in what way a mailing list is superior to a newsgroup. But I >> do see several advantages of a newsgroup: >> >> * Clear thread structure (collapsable trees in standard news readers) > > Well, actually, that's also possible

Re: No need for AV tools on Linux, eh?

2011-02-12 Thread Robert Nichols
On 02/12/2011 11:15 AM, Bruno Wolff III wrote: > > Most of selinux enforcement is targeted at services and a few user tools > that commonly process untrusted data (in particular firefox). Firefox, really? $ ps Zax | grep firefox unconfined_u:unconfined_r:unconfined_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 8847 ? S

Re: Where can I find a functional nslookup?

2011-02-12 Thread Genes MailLists
On 02/12/2011 04:19 PM, Bill Davidsen wrote: > Bill Davidsen wrote: >> The nslookup shipped with Fedora is a toy, with most of the important >> parts returning "not implemented" status. Can someone point me to a >> source for the real program, such as I used on other systems like AIX? >> The lack o

Re: Where can I find a functional nslookup?

2011-02-12 Thread Aaron Konstam
On Sat, 2011-02-12 at 12:00 -0500, Bill Davidsen wrote: > The nslookup shipped with Fedora is a toy, with most of the important > parts returning "not implemented" status. Can someone point me to a > source for the real program, such as I used on other systems like AIX? > The lack of functionali

RE: "why is my Linux so damn slow?"

2011-02-12 Thread compdoc
>> 7.024044] i2c i2c-0: nForce2 SMBus adapter at 0x600 AMD's Socket A. Pretty old, slow system. It's possible it doesn't implement APIC and ACPI correctly. Someone suggested a bios update - if there is one, that would be a good idea. Does the command 'smartctl -a /dev/sda' show any reallocated

Re: Where can I find a functional nslookup?

2011-02-12 Thread Genes MailLists
On 02/12/2011 04:43 PM, Aaron Konstam wrote: > Semms to me that nslookup was made obsolete somew versions od Fedora > ago. dig and hosts are its replacement. > > I kinda thought that too - but its still part of bind 9.5 (not sure about bind 10) - the docs for it do say: "Due to its arcane us

RE: "why is my Linux so damn slow?"

2011-02-12 Thread compdoc
> I have noi Disk Utility under System->Administration. What is its real >name? Sorry, wrong OS. Use smartctl, which is part of the smartmontools. Look for reallocated sectors, which is a bad thing... Example: smartctl -a /dev/sda -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubs

Re: "why is my Linux so damn slow?"

2011-02-12 Thread Joe Zeff
On 02/12/2011 12:56 PM, M. Fioretti wrote: > Oh, you mean doing this trick: > > http://www.gettingclever.com/2008/06/vacuum-your-firefox-3.html > > Cool, thanks, I didn't know that. Man, it would be really ironic if > after years making fun of Windows because it needs defragmenting to > run faster,

RE: "why is my Linux so damn slow?"

2011-02-12 Thread Aaron Konstam
On Sat, 2011-02-12 at 07:33 -0700, compdoc wrote: > >when I upgraded from Fedora 12 to Fedora 14, about twenty days ago, > >the system (which wasn't doing really well even before the upgrade) > >became almost unusable. > > > Weird problems often have a hardware issue behind them. There are many >

Re: "why is my Linux so damn slow?"

2011-02-12 Thread Michael Schwendt
On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 22:00:03 +0100, M. wrote: > > A running Firefox, that displays an ordinary News website with several > > animated GIFs and a couple of Flash ads, here increases the > > resched.interrupt > > count by ~100 or more per second. After a few hours of uptime, that will > > pile up,

Re: No need for AV tools on Linux, eh?

2011-02-12 Thread Bruno Wolff III
On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 15:39:03 -0600, Robert Nichols wrote: > On 02/12/2011 11:15 AM, Bruno Wolff III wrote: > > > > Most of selinux enforcement is targeted at services and a few user tools > > that commonly process untrusted data (in particular firefox). > > Firefox, really? I think most of

Re: "why is my Linux so damn slow?"

2011-02-12 Thread Lamar Owen
On Saturday, February 12, 2011 04:11:22 pm Aaron Konstam wrote: > I have noi Disk Utility under System->Administration. What is its real > name? palimpsest, which is provided by the gnome-disk-utility package. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscripti

Re: Change wireless interface "sens" value how?

2011-02-12 Thread mike cloaked
On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 6:09 PM, JD wrote: > On 02/12/2011 07:48 AM, mike cloaked wrote: >> On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 3:30 PM, mike cloaked  wrote: >> >>> I tested a different laptop with different wireless card: >>> >>> 03:03.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG >>> [Calexico

Re: Where can I find a functional nslookup?

2011-02-12 Thread Andy Blanchard
On 12 February 2011 21:19, Bill Davidsen wrote: > While I appreciate people taking time to provide pointers to other tools, > that > really wasn't the question... I don't want to retrain a bunch of people in > a > mixed AIX/Linux environment, nor give them the impression that Linux tools > are >

Re: "why is my Linux so damn slow?"

2011-02-12 Thread Lamar Owen
On Saturday, February 12, 2011 04:48:46 pm compdoc wrote: > >> 7.024044] i2c i2c-0: nForce2 SMBus adapter at 0x600 > > AMD's Socket A. Pretty old, slow system. It's possible it doesn't implement > APIC and ACPI correctly. Someone suggested a bios update - if there is one, > that would be a good id

Re: Where can I find a functional nslookup?

2011-02-12 Thread Tom Horsley
On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 21:59:45 + Andy Blanchard wrote: > Unfortunately, "dig" has a syntax that can be considerably more convoluted > than the equivalent in "nslookup". Yea, I find it hysterical that the reason recommended for switching to dig is because nslookup has an arcane user interface :-

Re: Change wireless interface "sens" value how?

2011-02-12 Thread mike cloaked
On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 6:09 PM, JD wrote: > I am also plagued by the same problem for rt2xxx driver. > So I opened a bug: > https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28972 > You might want to add your comment to this bug and report > your device and loaded wireless drivers. It might be worth

Re: Where can I find a functional nslookup?

2011-02-12 Thread Craig White
On Sat, 2011-02-12 at 16:19 -0500, Bill Davidsen wrote: > Bill Davidsen wrote: > > The nslookup shipped with Fedora is a toy, with most of the important > > parts returning "not implemented" status. Can someone point me to a > > source for the real program, such as I used on other systems like AIX?

Re: Change wireless interface "sens" value how?

2011-02-12 Thread mike cloaked
On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 10:16 PM, mike cloaked wrote: > On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 6:09 PM, JD wrote: > >> I am also plagued by the same problem for rt2xxx driver. >> So I opened a bug: >> https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28972 >> You might want to add your comment to this bug and report

Re: Change wireless interface "sens" value how?

2011-02-12 Thread JD
On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 1:59 PM, mike cloaked wrote: > On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 6:09 PM, JD wrote: > > On 02/12/2011 07:48 AM, mike cloaked wrote: > >> On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 3:30 PM, mike cloaked > wrote: > >> > >>> I tested a different laptop with different wireless card: > >>> > >>> 03:03.0 N

Re: Where can I find a functional nslookup?

2011-02-12 Thread James Mckenzie
Craig White wrote: >Sent: Feb 12, 2011 3:16 PM >To: users@lists.fedoraproject.org >Subject: Re: Where can I find a functional nslookup? > >On Sat, 2011-02-12 at 16:19 -0500, Bill Davidsen wrote: >> Bill Davidsen wrote: >[four dashes removed] Please don't use multiple dashes in a message. Some rea

Re: Where can I find a functional nslookup?

2011-02-12 Thread Mike Wright
Tom Horsley wrote: > On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 21:59:45 + > Andy Blanchard wrote: > >> Unfortunately, "dig" has a syntax that can be considerably more convoluted >> than the equivalent in "nslookup". > > Yea, I find it hysterical that the reason recommended for switching to > dig is because nslooku

Re: Where can I find a functional nslookup?

2011-02-12 Thread Mike Wright
Tom Horsley wrote: > On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 21:59:45 + > Andy Blanchard wrote: > >> Unfortunately, "dig" has a syntax that can be considerably more convoluted >> than the equivalent in "nslookup". > > Yea, I find it hysterical that the reason recommended for switching to > dig is because nslooku

Re: Where can I find a functional nslookup?

2011-02-12 Thread Joe Zeff
On 02/12/2011 03:07 PM, James Mckenzie wrote: > Please don't use multiple dashes in a message. Some readers will drop out > your response because a double dash is use to annotate the end of a message > and the beginning of a signature block. If so, they're wrong. The signature delimiter is two

Re: how to run kdesu without asking password?

2011-02-12 Thread Rex Dieter
erikmccaskey64 wrote: > > Fedora 14, with GNOME: > > sudo works without password: > > visudo > MYUSER ALL=(transmission-user) NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/transmission-gtk > > then: > xhost local:transmission-user > sudo -u transmission-user -- /usr/bin/transmission-gtk > > ok, it runs without promptin

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