Re: Looking for beautiful themes, application settings, fonts, etc. (KDE)

2012-01-19 Thread T.C. Hollingsworth
On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 11:52 PM, linux guy wrote: > I upgraded to a larger monitor and now Linux (KDE) looks a bit dumpy. > > Can someone point me to some really nice KDE themes, desktops, etc. There are a bunch at http://kde-look.org/ I can't recommend one because I just use Oxygen with the Ob

yum commands at reboot

2012-01-19 Thread Frank Murphy
Suggestions for improvement welcome. For a particular test machine. 1: crontab -e @reboot yum --randomwait=5 clean metadata | yum --randomwait=10 createrepo /my/local/repo 2: or: @reboot yum --disablerepo=local --randomwait=10 clean metadata I think no. 2 looks the tidier. I don't want to

Re: [ why i do not like base64]

2012-01-19 Thread Tim
On Thu, 2012-01-19 at 03:52 +, g wrote: > NISM ?? I have no idea what that abbreviation refers to, but the (obvious) spam (simply by looking at the list of recipients) you replied to was not received as base64 encoded, here. Nor should it really be a problem. Only the most ancient or dysfunc

Re: Looking for beautiful themes, application settings, fonts, etc. (KDE)

2012-01-19 Thread Tim
On Wed, 2012-01-18 at 23:52 -0700, linux guy wrote: > I upgraded to a larger monitor and now Linux (KDE) looks a bit dumpy. > > Can someone point me to some really nice KDE themes, desktops, etc. > > I'm having a bunch of trouble with fonts, especially in Firefox. > Everything looks a bit fuzzy

Re: Only desktop wallpaper after login F15

2012-01-19 Thread Freak Trick
I could not get xterm suggestion by (Pete Travis) to work; the problem still persits. Here is what the .xsession-errors reads - /usr/bin/startxfce4: X server already running on display :0 ssh-agent is already running; starting gpg-agent without ssh support xfdesktop[1629]: starting up xfce4-set

Re: Only desktop wallpaper after login F15

2012-01-19 Thread Tim
On Wed, 2012-01-18 at 11:22 -0700, Pete Travis wrote: > I've experienced something similar to your problem, and on that > system, I was able to restart X with ctl-alt-backspace and was > successful on the second try. In my case, I could never log onto the new F16 install, graphically. Just got tha

Re: Thank god for chkconfig still being somewhat workable in Fedora 16....

2012-01-19 Thread Kevin Martin
On 01/18/2012 12:05 PM, Reindl Harald wrote: > > Am 18.01.2012 18:42, schrieb Kevin Martin: >> Chkconfig --level 3 network on setup the following files in >> /lib/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants directory: >> >> dbus.service >> getty.target >> plymouth-quit.service >> plymouth-quit-wait.se

Re: Thank god for chkconfig still being somewhat workable in Fedora 16....

2012-01-19 Thread Frank Murphy
On 19/01/12 14:31, Kevin Martin wrote: Well, see, that's what I thought too. But when I look, I don't see a network.service file: $ ls /lib/systemd/system/*net* /lib/systemd/system/network.target try systemctl status network.service So I don't know how the command you mentioned would wo

Re: Thank god for chkconfig still being somewhat workable in Fedora 16....

2012-01-19 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 19.01.2012 15:31, schrieb Kevin Martin: > > > On 01/18/2012 12:05 PM, Reindl Harald wrote: >> >> Am 18.01.2012 18:42, schrieb Kevin Martin: >>> Chkconfig --level 3 network on setup the following files in >>> /lib/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants directory: >>> >>> dbus.service >>> gett

Re: Thank god for chkconfig still being somewhat workable in Fedora 16....

2012-01-19 Thread Kevin Martin
On 01/19/2012 08:38 AM, Frank Murphy wrote: > On 19/01/12 14:31, Kevin Martin wrote: > >>> >> Well, see, that's what I thought too. But when I look, I don't see a >> network.service file: >> >> $ ls /lib/systemd/system/*net* >> /lib/systemd/system/network.target > > try systemctl status network.s

Re: Thank god for chkconfig still being somewhat workable in Fedora 16....

2012-01-19 Thread Kevin Martin
On 01/19/2012 08:45 AM, Reindl Harald wrote: > > Am 19.01.2012 15:31, schrieb Kevin Martin: >> >> On 01/18/2012 12:05 PM, Reindl Harald wrote: >>> Am 18.01.2012 18:42, schrieb Kevin Martin: Chkconfig --level 3 network on setup the following files in /lib/systemd/system/multi-user.target

Re: Thank god for chkconfig still being somewhat workable in Fedora 16....

2012-01-19 Thread Frank Murphy
On 19/01/12 14:48, Kevin Martin wrote: have you added: NM_CONTROLLED=no to your network script? Frank, chkconfig --list is how I determined that I even had networking after I removed NetworkManager via yum (I did not add NM_CONTROLLED=no since I don't have NetworkManager installed anymore).

systemd broken for key servcies in F16

2012-01-19 Thread Terry Polzin
Come on, NTP doesn't run systemd says it's failed? Where are the error messages. Same thing with spamd (spamassassin). Major failure of the developers here, maybe we need to S-L-O-W down the release process. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscr

Re: systemd broken for key servcies in F16

2012-01-19 Thread Frank Murphy
On 19/01/12 14:56, Terry Polzin wrote: Come on, NTP doesn't run systemd says it's failed? Where are the error messages. no rpoblems with ntp here. try: systemctl status ntpd.service Same thing with spamd (spamassassin). Sorry, don' use it, but maybe: systemctl status spamd.service -- Reg

Re: Thank god for chkconfig still being somewhat workable in Fedora 16....

2012-01-19 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 19.01.2012 15:50, schrieb Kevin Martin: > I get that; what I don't get is how it even *sees* a network.service service > since there is no network.service file in /lib/systemd/system (unless it's as > a result of my making the network available in runlevel3 when I did the > "chkconfig --lev

system programming related query

2012-01-19 Thread shreyas m
Hello, I am developing a c based application which needs authenticating the user as a root- user. I'm wiling to provide the responsibility of password verification to fedora os, as in the case of built in applications such as NFS,HTTP. I would prefer a similar interface for authentication

Re: systemd broken for key servcies in F16

2012-01-19 Thread Terry Polzin
On Thu, 2012-01-19 at 15:00 +, Frank Murphy wrote: > systemctl status spamd.service > > [root@voyager ~]# systemctl status ntpd.service ntpd.service Loaded: error (Reason: No such file or directory) Active: inactive (dead) [root@voyager ~]# systemctl status spamd.service s

Re: systemd broken for key servcies in F16

2012-01-19 Thread Dr. Michael J. Chudobiak
[root@voyager ~]# systemctl status ntpd.service ntpd.service Loaded: error (Reason: No such file or directory) Active: inactive (dead) [root@voyager ~]# systemctl status spamd.service spamd.service Loaded: error (Reason: No such file or directory) Active: in

Re: Thank god for chkconfig still being somewhat workable in Fedora 16....

2012-01-19 Thread Richard Shaw
On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 8:50 AM, Kevin Martin wrote: > I get that; what I don't get is how it even *sees* a  network.service > service since there is no network.service file in /lib/systemd/system > (unless it's as a result of my making the network available in runlevel3 > when I did the "chkconfi

Re: systemd broken for key servcies in F16

2012-01-19 Thread Aaron Konstam
On Thu, 2012-01-19 at 10:34 -0500, Terry Polzin wrote: > On Thu, 2012-01-19 at 15:00 +, Frank Murphy wrote: > > systemctl status spamd.service > > > > > [root@voyager ~]# systemctl status ntpd.service > ntpd.service > Loaded: error (Reason: No such file or directory) > Active

Re: systemd broken for key servcies in F16

2012-01-19 Thread Frank Murphy
On 19/01/12 15:34, Terry Polzin wrote: On Thu, 2012-01-19 at 15:00 +, Frank Murphy wrote: systemctl status spamd.service [root@voyager ~]# systemctl status ntpd.service ntpd.service Loaded: error (Reason: No such file or directory) Active: inactive (dead) [root@voyager

Re: Thank god for chkconfig still being somewhat workable in Fedora 16....

2012-01-19 Thread Kevin Martin
On 01/19/2012 09:50 AM, Richard Shaw wrote: > On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 8:50 AM, Kevin Martin wrote: >> I get that; what I don't get is how it even *sees* a network.service >> service since there is no network.service file in /lib/systemd/system >> (unless it's as a result of my making the netwo

f15-f16: how to clean 'df' command

2012-01-19 Thread Dario Lesca
For clean df command... $ sudo -i # echo "alias df='df -x tmpfs -x rootfs -x devtmpfs'" > /etc/profile.d/df.sh # exit This work for me, hope this help -- Dario Lesca (Inviato dal mio Fedora Linux) -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription optio

Re: Looking for beautiful themes, application settings, fonts, etc. (KDE)

2012-01-19 Thread linux guy
On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 12:16 AM, Mark Panen wrote: Thanks for the reply ! > Download the Verdana font Where ? How ? http://sourceforge.net/projects/corefonts/files/the fonts/final/verdan32.exe/download ? and enable gtk in the KDE settings. After days of > trying, that's the best i got. Wha

Re: systemd broken for key servcies in F16

2012-01-19 Thread Frank Murphy
On 19/01/12 15:53, Aaron Konstam wrote: Before you do a status command you need an enable command, at least. i.e: systemctl enable ntpd.service and then maybe: systemctl start ntpd.service not correct. systemctl staus foo.service will also return if a service is disabled. -- Regards, F

Re: Looking for beautiful themes, application settings, fonts, etc. (KDE)

2012-01-19 Thread linux guy
On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 6:10 AM, Tim wrote: > I'll state the obvious, despite your comment about JPEGs (because their > content can disguise this), it can still be an issue, and is easily > overlooked when changing a monitor: I agree. I appreciate your input in this regard. > Is X running at t

Re: systemd broken for key servcies in F16

2012-01-19 Thread Terry Polzin
On Thu, 2012-01-19 at 10:45 -0500, Dr. Michael J. Chudobiak wrote: > > [root@voyager ~]# systemctl status ntpd.service > > ntpd.service > > Loaded: error (Reason: No such file or directory) > > Active: inactive (dead) > > [root@voyager ~]# systemctl status spamd.service > > spamd.servic

Re: system programming related query

2012-01-19 Thread JB
shreyas m gmail.com> writes: > > > Hello, >          I am developing a c based application which needs authenticating > the user as a root- user. I'm wiling to provide the responsibility of > password verification to fedora os, as in the case of built in applications > such as NFS,HTTP. I woul

Re: systemd broken for key servcies in F16

2012-01-19 Thread Chris Adams
Once upon a time, Terry Polzin said: > OK to ntpd wans't installed by default, that's just silly. RTFRelease notes: http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/16/html/Release_Notes/sect-Release_Notes-Changes_for_Sysadmin.html#id2975208 3.8.2. Chrony Fedora 16 uses Chrony as the default Ne

Re: systemd broken for key servcies in F16

2012-01-19 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 19.01.2012 17:12, schrieb Terry Polzin: >> ntpd.service is provided by the ntp package, which you do not have >> installed. >> >> yum provides "*/ntpd.service" would have told you that. >> >> You need: >> >> yum install ntp >> >> >> ntpdate is not the same thing. >> >> >> - Mike >> > OK to nt

Re: systemd broken for key servcies in F16

2012-01-19 Thread Frank Murphy
On 19/01/12 16:12, Terry Polzin wrote: OK to ntpd wans't installed by default, that's just silly. Was F16 a clean install or upgrade from F<=15 -- Regards, Frank Murphy UTF_8 Encoded -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https:/

Re: Looking for beautiful themes, application settings, fonts, etc. (KDE)

2012-01-19 Thread linux guy
On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 9:11 AM, linux guy wrote: >> Is X running at the right size for your monitor (the screen height and >> width in pixels), I just learned something, thanks to your suggestion. Aside, this is why I ask questions on this list. There is always someone else out there that has

Re: systemd broken for key servcies in F16

2012-01-19 Thread Terry Polzin
On Thu, 2012-01-19 at 16:28 +, Frank Murphy wrote: > On 19/01/12 16:12, Terry Polzin wrote: > > > > > OK to ntpd wans't installed by default, that's just silly. > > > > Was F16 a clean install or upgrade from F<=15 > > > -- > Regards, > > Frank Murphy > UTF_8 Encoded Brand spankey new in

Re: systemd broken for key servcies in F16

2012-01-19 Thread Frank Murphy
On 19/01/12 16:35, Terry Polzin wrote: -- Regards, Frank Murphy UTF_8 Encoded Brand spankey new install on a new machine. I guess this systemctl/systemd stuff takes some getting used to. rpm -q chrony -- Regards, Frank Murphy UTF_8 Encoded -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraprojec

Re: Looking for beautiful themes, application settings, fonts, etc. (KDE)

2012-01-19 Thread linux guy
With the aforementioned resolution changes, my display looks about 10x better. Make that 20x better. One situation which still looks really awful is viewing gmail in Firefox. For some reason that font is terrible. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change sub

Re: Looking for beautiful themes, application settings, fonts, etc. (KDE)

2012-01-19 Thread John Aldrich
Quoting linux guy : With the aforementioned resolution changes, my display looks about 10x better. Make that 20x better. One situation which still looks really awful is viewing gmail in Firefox. For some reason that font is terrible. Install Chrome. :D -- users mailing list users@lists.fed

Clicking on an email link in Chrome

2012-01-19 Thread John Aldrich
Every time I click on an email link in Google Chrome it brings up Firefox and that brings up Evolution. My default email client is KMail. I looked in the "help" section for Chrome and there is nothing in Chrome on the "default application handlers" on my system. KMail is set as the default

RPM creation

2012-01-19 Thread Stephen Berg (Contractor)
I'm attempting to create an rpm that will install some locally generated and maintained scripts, configs, etc. All the tutorials I've found so far seem to key in on having a source package tarball and compiling code and all that entails. I just need to package some simple scripts and whatnot

Re: RPM creation

2012-01-19 Thread Andre Speelmans
> Does anyone know of a tutorial on creating a simple rpm package that > basically just copies a few files into specified locations? Make a tarball, let that be extracted as explained in the examples in the setup phase, leave the build phase empty and than in the install phase copy the files to th

Re: RPM creation

2012-01-19 Thread Anthony Messina
On 01/19/2012 11:50 AM, Stephen Berg (Contractor) wrote: > Does anyone know of a tutorial on creating a simple rpm package that > basically just copies a few files into specified locations? It's not really a tutorial, though this example may help. I do the same thing as you are trying to do. I m

Operating a laptop when closed. Disabling the lid switch ?

2012-01-19 Thread linux guy
I'd like to run my new laptop with the lid closed. I'm using external displays and keyboard, mouse, etc. When its at my desk, I only want to use it as a processing unit. How do I disable the lid switch from putting it into sleep mode ? The following outlines how to prevent the lid switch from

Re: Operating a laptop when closed. Disabling the lid switch ?

2012-01-19 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 19.01.2012 19:05, schrieb linux guy: > I'd like to run my new laptop with the lid closed. I'm using > external displays and keyboard, mouse, etc. When its at my desk, I > only want to use it as a processing unit. you do not really want this because the machine will OVERHEAT! signature.

Re: [389-users] el6 testing repository out of date

2012-01-19 Thread Orion Poplawski
On 01/18/2012 05:37 PM, Rich Megginson wrote: On 01/18/2012 03:21 PM, Orion Poplawski wrote: I'm seeing 389-ds-base 1.2.10-0.6.a6.el5 in epel testing, but only 389-ds-base-1.2.9-0.2.a2.el6 in epel-testing-389-ds-base. Is this repo still active? Updated - try it now Still seems old. Am I usi

Re: [389-users] el6 testing repository out of date

2012-01-19 Thread Rich Megginson
On 01/19/2012 11:22 AM, Orion Poplawski wrote: On 01/18/2012 05:37 PM, Rich Megginson wrote: On 01/18/2012 03:21 PM, Orion Poplawski wrote: I'm seeing 389-ds-base 1.2.10-0.6.a6.el5 in epel testing, but only 389-ds-base-1.2.9-0.2.a2.el6 in epel-testing-389-ds-base. Is this repo still active?

Re: [389-users] el6 testing repository out of date

2012-01-19 Thread Orion Poplawski
On 01/19/2012 11:21 AM, Rich Megginson wrote: On 01/19/2012 11:22 AM, Orion Poplawski wrote: On 01/18/2012 05:37 PM, Rich Megginson wrote: On 01/18/2012 03:21 PM, Orion Poplawski wrote: I'm seeing 389-ds-base 1.2.10-0.6.a6.el5 in epel testing, but only 389-ds-base-1.2.9-0.2.a2.el6 in epel-test

Re: Operating a laptop when closed. Disabling the lid switch ?

2012-01-19 Thread Genes MailLists
On 01/19/2012 01:05 PM, linux guy wrote: > I'd like to run my new laptop with the lid closed. I'm using > external displays and keyboard, mouse, etc. When its at my desk, I > only want to use it as a processing unit. > > How do I disable the lid switch from putting it into sleep mode ? > > Th

Re: [389-users] el6 testing repository out of date

2012-01-19 Thread Rich Megginson
On 01/19/2012 11:26 AM, Orion Poplawski wrote: On 01/19/2012 11:21 AM, Rich Megginson wrote: On 01/19/2012 11:22 AM, Orion Poplawski wrote: On 01/18/2012 05:37 PM, Rich Megginson wrote: On 01/18/2012 03:21 PM, Orion Poplawski wrote: I'm seeing 389-ds-base 1.2.10-0.6.a6.el5 in epel testing, bu

LVM boot issue?

2012-01-19 Thread Dave Stevens
I have a workstation with 2 Seagate SATA drives, the older a 320 with F7 and data, now used for backups, and a current 640G with F14. Recently the F14 has refused to boot. I am able to boot F7 from the older drive but not to much effect, it is so far out of sync with my work that it's prett

Re: Operating a laptop when closed. Disabling the lid switch ?

2012-01-19 Thread John Aldrich
Quoting Reindl Harald : Am 19.01.2012 19:05, schrieb linux guy: I'd like to run my new laptop with the lid closed. I'm using external displays and keyboard, mouse, etc. When its at my desk, I only want to use it as a processing unit. you do not really want this because the machine will OVE

Re: systemd broken for key servcies in F16

2012-01-19 Thread Jon Ingason
2012-01-19 17:35, Terry Polzin skrev: On Thu, 2012-01-19 at 16:28 +, Frank Murphy wrote: On 19/01/12 16:12, Terry Polzin wrote: OK to ntpd wans't installed by default, that's just silly. Was F16 a clean install or upgrade from F<=15 -- Regards, Frank Murphy UTF_8 Encoded Brand spa

Re: Operating a laptop when closed. Disabling the lid switch ?

2012-01-19 Thread Timothy Davis
On 01/19/2012 02:36 PM, John Aldrich wrote: Quoting Reindl Harald : Am 19.01.2012 19:05, schrieb linux guy: I'd like to run my new laptop with the lid closed. I'm using external displays and keyboard, mouse, etc. When its at my desk, I only want to use it as a processing unit. you do not

Re: LVM boot issue?

2012-01-19 Thread Emilio Lopez
> I have booted from a F16 live CD and can see the data on the drive but can > not seem to get enough access to copy off the data or get around the check When I need to do this kind of rescue, I like to use Knoppix distro, I never had permissions problems copying hdd data with it. Emilio. -- use

Re: Operating a laptop when closed. Disabling the lid switch ?

2012-01-19 Thread linux guy
Great replies, people ! Thanks ! -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedor

fan control in F16 (KDE)

2012-01-19 Thread linux guy
I've got an XPS17. (i7, 16 GB, nVidia 555, etc.) I'm running F16. It works well. My XPS17 will sit perfectly quiet for a minute or more while I'm working. But then the fan will cut in for 10-15 seconds and its pretty loud. I find it annoying. What I would rather have is the fan running at a

Re: Operating a laptop when closed. Disabling the lid switch ?

2012-01-19 Thread Fulko Hew
On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 2:36 PM, John Aldrich wrote: > Quoting Reindl Harald : > >> Am 19.01.2012 19:05, schrieb linux guy: >> >>> I'd like to run my new laptop with the lid closed. I'm using >>> external displays and keyboard, mouse, etc. When its at my desk, I >>> only want to use it as a p

Re: Operating a laptop when closed. Disabling the lid switch ?

2012-01-19 Thread linux guy
On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 1:01 PM, Fulko Hew wrote: > I won't go so far as say 'over-heat', but _my_ laptop does get 'a lot > warmer' with its lid shut. > Its due to the fact that its backlight rarely gets turned off when the lid > is closed. > (The difference between one radiating surface versus t

Re: Operating a laptop when closed. Disabling the lid switch ?

2012-01-19 Thread Genes MailLists
On 01/19/2012 03:03 PM, linux guy wrote: > On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 1:01 PM, Fulko Hew wrote: > >> I won't go so far as say 'over-heat', but _my_ laptop does get 'a lot >> warmer' with its lid shut. >> Its due to the fact that its backlight rarely gets turned off when the lid >> is closed. >> (The

Re: RPM creation

2012-01-19 Thread Michael Schwendt
On Thu, 19 Jan 2012 11:50:02 -0600, SB( (Stephen) wrote: > I'm attempting to create an rpm that will install some locally generated > and maintained scripts, configs, etc. All the tutorials I've found so > far seem to key in on having a source package tarball and compiling code > and all that

Re: systemd broken for key servcies in F16

2012-01-19 Thread Joe Zeff
On 01/19/2012 08:12 AM, Terry Polzin wrote: OK to ntpd wans't installed by default, that's just silly. So is turning off rsyslog, but "upgrading" to F16 is known to do that, sometimes. And, when I reported it as a bug, the response from the devs was equivalent to "We don't care." One would

Re: systemd broken for key servcies in F16

2012-01-19 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 19.01.2012 21:20, schrieb Joe Zeff: > On 01/19/2012 08:12 AM, Terry Polzin wrote: >> OK to ntpd wans't installed by default, that's just silly. > > So is turning off rsyslog, but "upgrading" to F16 is known to do that, > sometimes. And, when I reported it as a > bug, the response from the d

Re: Old command "sar"?

2012-01-19 Thread Lucélio Gomes de Freitas
Andre Robatino, Ok, I got it. Thank you for your answer. Bye. Em 18-01-2012 14:53, Andre Robatino escreveu: > Lucélio Gomes de Freitas gmail.com> writes: > >> Is there a command "System Analisys Report"(sar) in Fedora16-x86_64? > It's in the sysstat package (found by digging through the output

Re: LVM boot issue?

2012-01-19 Thread Joe Zeff
On 01/19/2012 10:51 AM, Dave Stevens wrote: I have booted from a F16 live CD and can see the data on the drive but can not seem to get enough access to copy off the data or get around the check or get the check to correct the error. Have you tried running fsck on the partition from the LiveCD?

Re: systemd broken for key servcies in F16

2012-01-19 Thread Joe Zeff
On 01/19/2012 12:39 PM, Reindl Harald wrote: if you are upgrading a machine and not take a look wwhat services are running / enabled it's time for you to learn doing things right I've upgraded Fedora several times and never, until now, have I had the slightest difficulty with services being di

Re: systemd broken for key servcies in F16

2012-01-19 Thread jdow
On 2012/01/19 07:34, Terry Polzin wrote: On Thu, 2012-01-19 at 15:00 +, Frank Murphy wrote: systemctl status spamd.service [root@voyager ~]# systemctl status ntpd.service ntpd.service Loaded: error (Reason: No such file or directory) Active: inactive (dead) [root@voyag

Re: ddos defence?

2012-01-19 Thread Paul Allen Newell
On 1/18/2012 12:39 PM, James Wilkinson wrote: jdow suggested: iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --syn --dport 22 -m recent --name sshattack --set iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 22 --syn -m recent --name sshattack \ --rcheck --seconds 60 --hitcount 2 -j LOG --log-prefix 'SSH REJECT: ' \ --log-leve

Re: F16 - virtualbox problem after update

2012-01-19 Thread Lucélio Gomes de Freitas
Hi Steven Stern, Ref: Native system: => Fedora 3.1.9-1.fc16.x86_64 Installed VirtualBox: => VirtualBox-OSE.x86_64 4.1.8-1.fc16.1 => kmod-VirtualBox-OSE-3.1.7-1.fc16.x86_64.x86_64 Virtual machine: => WinVista64 Em 17-01-2012 18:00, Steven Stern escreveu: > sudo /sbin/service vboxdrv setup The sa

Re: Operating a laptop when closed. Disabling the lid switch ?

2012-01-19 Thread Pete Travis
On Jan 19, 2012 1:11 PM, "Genes MailLists" wrote: > > On 01/19/2012 03:03 PM, linux guy wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 1:01 PM, Fulko Hew wrote: > > > >> I won't go so far as say 'over-heat', but _my_ laptop does get 'a lot > >> warmer' with its lid shut. > >> Its due to the fact that its bac

Re: [ why i do not like base64]

2012-01-19 Thread g
On 01/19/2012 12:56 PM, Tim wrote: > On Thu, 2012-01-19 at 03:52 +, g wrote: >> NISM ?? > > I have no idea what that abbreviation refers to, -=- NISM = "Need I Say More" > but the (obvious) spam (simply by looking at the list of recipients) -=- this is true. because it was sent to a 'tsl'

Xorg security (big) issue

2012-01-19 Thread kalinix
Just found an article about bypassing any screen locker on latest X Org server. http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2012/q1/200 F15 has 1.10.4-1 but from what I see, F16 has 1.11.1-1 (with latest update 11.11.3-1) Can anyone confirm whether the issue is present on F16? Cheers -- Calin Key fingerpr

Re: Xorg security (big) issue

2012-01-19 Thread Stephen Gallagher
On Fri, 2012-01-20 at 00:56 +0200, kalinix wrote: > Just found an article about bypassing any screen locker on latest X Org > server. > > http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2012/q1/200 > > F15 has 1.10.4-1 but from what I see, F16 has 1.11.1-1 (with latest > update 11.11.3-1) > > Can anyone confirm whe

Re: How to install F16 KDE 64 bit on an XPS 17.

2012-01-19 Thread linux guy
I just upgraded a server from F16-KDE 32 bit to F16-KDE 64 bit. Its an i5 Sandybridge, just like my laptop. I had the same problems as with my laptop. I installed 64 bit F16-KDE right from the DVD over the F16 32 bit installation that was on it previously. It installed fine, but wouldn't comple

Re: Xorg security (big) issue

2012-01-19 Thread Santavy Peter
On Fri, 2012-01-20 at 00:56 +0200, kalinix wrote: > Just found an article about bypassing any screen locker on latest X Org > server. > > http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2012/q1/200 > > F15 has 1.10.4-1 but from what I see, F16 has 1.11.1-1 (with latest > update 11.11.3-1) > > Can anyone confirm whe

Mic Plugged into sound card not working

2012-01-19 Thread Mark LaPierre
Hey guys, I have a mic plugged into my sound card. It worked late last night but not today. When I try to select the mic using System/Preferences/Sound I'm provided with several options to choose from. On the Hardware tab I choose the Internal Audio device and set it to Analog Stereo Duplex.

Re: Operating a laptop when closed. Disabling the lid switch ?

2012-01-19 Thread Genes MailLists
On 01/19/2012 05:02 PM, Pete Travis wrote: > ... > I hope this isn't considered thread hijacking, but can anyone offer a > DE-agnostic method of disabling/managing suspend? I have been > experimenting with a wyse client, and while its much easier to boot from > USB or LAN than hack the locked on

Re: systemd broken for key servcies in F16

2012-01-19 Thread Craig White
On Thu, 2012-01-19 at 13:23 -0800, Joe Zeff wrote: > On 01/19/2012 12:39 PM, Reindl Harald wrote: > > if you are upgrading a machine and not take a look > > wwhat services are running / enabled it's time for > > you to learn doing things right > > I've upgraded Fedora several times and never, unti

Re: perl-math-gsl

2012-01-19 Thread Edward Martinez
On 01/18/12 15:08, Patrick Dupre wrote: Hello, After I upgrade to fc16, perl-Math-gsl gives me an error at test: # Failed test 'GSL_CHEB_CALC_DERIV died (Bizarre copy of UNKNOWN in subroutine entry at t/Chebyshev.t line 59.)' # at t/Chebyshev.t line 72. # (in Math::GSL::Chebyshev::Test-

Re: Clicking on an email link in Chrome

2012-01-19 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Thu, 2012-01-19 at 12:49 -0500, John Aldrich wrote: > Every time I click on an email link in Google Chrome it brings up > Firefox and that brings up Evolution. My default email client is > KMail. I looked in the "help" section for Chrome and there is nothing > in Chrome on the "default app

Re: Looking for beautiful themes, application settings, fonts, etc. (KDE)

2012-01-19 Thread linux guy
I didn't install Chrome, but thanks to the suggestions here, mainly the screen resolution, my desktop is now beautiful. Almost stunning, actually. Things I did - disable the laptop display, which for some reason set the resolution to 128x129. With just the U3011, I get a resolution of 75x75. -

Device Notifier show NFS shares

2012-01-19 Thread Emmett Culley
Since upgrading to Fedora 16 I notice that the device notifier always has my nfs shares listed. I've insured that "removable device only" is checked, but it still shows the nfs shares. I see that happening in my wife's machine as well since I upgraded her a couple of days ago. Anyone else see

Re: Device Notifier show NFS shares

2012-01-19 Thread Ed Greshko
On 01/20/2012 02:11 PM, Emmett Culley wrote: > Since upgrading to Fedora 16 I notice that the device notifier always has my > nfs shares listed. I've insured that "removable device only" is checked, but > it still shows the nfs shares. > > I see that happening in my wife's machine as well since