Re: Howto disable "advanced" form of autocompletition introduced with F15/16 (completion-help)?

Hi Michael, On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 5:26 PM, Michael Schwendt wrote: > Yes, same here. It's somewhere on my todo list to look into disabling > it while keeping it installed, but the list is long. > A simple way to disable it for single commands is: complete -r > The completion creates unwan

F17 Boot up advanced options - removal of

How does one get rid of the "advanced" sub-menu during boot up, and keep it away. I already have rhgb, quiet removed and like to see the kernel list (maybe weird, but that's me). But any time grub2-mkconfig is used, it's back. -- Regards, Frank "Jack of all, fubars" -- users mailing list users@

Re: F17 Boot up advanced options - removal of

On 06/19/2012 05:33 PM, Frank Murphy wrote: > How does one get rid of the "advanced" sub-menu > during boot up, and keep it away. > > I already have rhgb, quiet removed and > like to see the kernel list > (maybe weird, but that's me). > > But any time grub2-mkconfig is used, it's back. > F17? If

Re: F17 Boot up advanced options - removal of

On 19/06/12 10:54, Ed Greshko wrote: F17? If I'm not mistaken, that comes from /etc/grub.d/10_linux. So, edit that file to do what you want it to do? Thanks Ed, Did that, and ran chmod -R 440 /etc/grub.d -- Regards, Frank "Jack of all, fubars" -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproje

udev: problem renaming deviceode for dvb-devices.

Hi, I need my usb-dvb-cards assigned to fixed /dev/dvb/adapter-numbers in order to make them work proberly with mencoder which addreses them via the adapter number. In /etc/udev/rules.d/70-own-dvb.rules I have http://pastebin.com/AG2UrXmp This renaming worked in several Ubuntu-Versions up to 11

Re: running yum with --nosignature

On 06/03/2012 06:28 AM, JD wrote: On 06/02/2012 08:02 PM, Edward M wrote: On 06/02/2012 06:09 PM, JD wrote: run rpm -ivh --nosignature xdfr-2.0.1.src.rpm but rpm exits with error message: error: xdfr-2.0.1.src.rpm: rpmReadSignature failed: sigh load: BAD error: xdfe-2.0.1.src.rpm cannot be inst

Re: Fedora 17

Aaron Konstam wrote: >> I've seen a lot of complaints about Gnome 3. >> I don't recall seeing anything about Fedora 17. >> >> Why don't you tell me your worst problem with F-17, >> so I can judge how much to worry about it? >> > That is like tell me what you don't like about car-X but ignore all

Re: Fedora 17

On 06/19/2012 01:26 PM, Timothy Murphy wrote: > Regarding problems with GNOME, I just wish > Fedora would give an honest, straightforward choice of desktop environment. > (I feel the same about the partition setup.) > I feel I am almost being tricked into using GNOME, > since one has to jump throug

Re: Fedora 17

On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 2:35 PM, Andrew Haley wrote: > Maybe it would make sense if the descriptions of each DE were written > by the proponents of each one. Or maybe give the spins more visibility on the get-fedora page. That probably requires the least effort in terms of development. -- Suvay

Re: dracut fails to gen initramfs

On 06/18/2012 11:07 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: rpm -q hmaccalc # rpm -q hmaccalc hmaccalc-0.9.12-2.fc15.i686 -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/

Re: running yum with --nosignature

On 06/19/2012 04:54 AM, Panu Matilainen wrote: On 06/03/2012 06:28 AM, JD wrote: On 06/02/2012 08:02 PM, Edward M wrote: On 06/02/2012 06:09 PM, JD wrote: run rpm -ivh --nosignature xdfr-2.0.1.src.rpm but rpm exits with error message: error: xdfr-2.0.1.src.rpm: rpmReadSignature failed: sigh lo

Installing Fedora 17

So, I'm doing a fresh install of Fedora 17 from DVD. I get to the disk layout and select custom partitioning. Partition size: default 500 (MB) Here's where I have trouble. I need 100 GB. So, 1 GB = 1000MB, so I should enter 100x1000, no? Anaconda crashes. I can't believe that Anaconda is so

Re: uuidd fails to start

On 05/28/2012 11:04 PM, JD wrote: Booting with every fc16 kernel, I always get this failure. Boot.log shows Failed to start LSB: UUID daemon FAILED See 'systemctl status uuidd.service' for details. # systemctl status uuidd.service uuidd.service - LSB: UUID daemon Loaded

Re: dracut fails to gen initramfs

On 06/19/2012 09:05 PM, JD wrote: > On 06/18/2012 11:07 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: >> rpm -q hmaccalc > # rpm -q hmaccalc > hmaccalc-0.9.12-2.fc15.i686 > OK. Well to get back to the question at hand You said... # dracut -f /boot/initramfs-3.3.8-1.img 3.3.8-1.fc16.i686 F: Failed to install /

Re: Installing Fedora 17

On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 9:15 PM, Geoffrey Leach wrote: > So, I'm doing a fresh install of Fedora 17 from DVD. I get to the disk > layout and select custom partitioning. > > Partition size: default 500 (MB) > > Here's where I have trouble. I need 100 GB. So, 1 GB = 1000MB, so I > should enter 100x

Re: Installing Fedora 17

On 19.06.2012 15:15, Geoffrey Leach wrote: > So, I'm doing a fresh install of Fedora 17 from DVD. I get to the disk > layout and select custom partitioning. > > Partition size: default 500 (MB) > > Here's where I have trouble. I need 100 GB. So, 1 GB = 1000MB, so I > should enter 100x1000, no? >

[389-users] Proxying authentication

Hello! Can I use the Pass-Through Authentication pluging to forward my user's credentials (login name and password) to a non 389ds LDAP server when the user tries to bind to the directory server and use the response of that back-end server to allow or deny the bind operation? Thank you. Alb

Curious About Updating.....

Hello all ok so here's my question, and bear in mind this isn't a pressing matter as I have secondary and tertiary computers. I have a laptop Gateway T-Series 3200...(I THINK! since there's no way of knowing cuz' there's no labels and the System only gives me "generic" info) 250GB Hard drive

fc17 minimum install, no X11 forwarding

Hi, what is it I need besides the the sshd_config to allow forwarding to get x forwarding to work. I did a minimum install and ssh doesnt setup the DISPLAY variable. When I run xeyes I get: Error: Can't open display: sshd_conf: #AllowAgentForwarding yes #AllowTcpForwarding yes #GatewayPorts no

F 17 (64). After update, no network!

Was happy with initial install of F17, 64 bit, Gnome 3.4. Worked ok outta the box. However, after adding some software and updating to 3.4 kernel, I have no [wired 1gb] network access. Also, I don't have the icon/applet to turn it on. -- Please advise. Thanks nat -- users mailing list users@lists.

F17 display problem

I just installed F17 on my new 8-core AMD Phenom II server. The problem I had after rebooting is a display that is shifted to the right by 2/3s the width of the display. Like this: [markh@august us ~]$ I did a little googling last night

Re: fc17 minimum install, no X11 forwarding

On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 07:46:00AM -0700, gary artim wrote: > Hi, > > what is it I need besides the the sshd_config to allow forwarding to > get x forwarding to work. I did a minimum install and ssh doesnt setup > the DISPLAY variable. When I run xeyes I get: > > Error: Can't open display: > > s

Re: fc17 minimum install, no X11 forwarding

ouch, I know what was happening...you helped! ssh servera -> ssh -X serverb ->xeyes (no DISPLAY) ssh -X servera -> ssh -X serverb -> xeyes (Works!) been to tired fixing broken installs to fc17. I got 2 system upgraded using dvd upgrade, got 2 system screwed up and need to fresh install, one just

Re: dracut fails to gen initramfs

On 06/19/2012 06:29 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 06/19/2012 09:05 PM, JD wrote: On 06/18/2012 11:07 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: rpm -q hmaccalc # rpm -q hmaccalc hmaccalc-0.9.12-2.fc15.i686 OK. Well to get back to the question at hand You said... # dracut -f /boot/initramfs-3.3.8-1.img 3.3

Re: Curious About Updating.....

On 06/19/2012 07:31 AM, Eddie G.O'Connor Jr-I wrote: Hello all ok so here's my question, and bear in mind this isn't a pressing matter as I have secondary and tertiary computers. I have a laptop Gateway T-Series 3200...(I THINK! since there's no way of knowing cuz' there's no labels and the Syst

Re: Curious About Updating.....

WOW!.thanks Rick!.I got all KINDS of info about my laptop now!...Here's what I got: Handle 0x0001, DMI type 1, 27 bytes System Information Manufacturer: Gateway Product Name: T-6321 Version: 89.22 Serial Number: N1B85 910 16173 UUID: 54726974-6F6E-2D2D-2D2D-0003254BA1

Fedora 17 - i386 rpms and src rpms

Using the URLs: http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora/updates/17/i386/ and http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora/updates/17/SRPMS/ I see that for some i386 rpm binaries, there is no corresponding src rpms. Cases in point: libudisks2-1.94.0-5.fc17.i686.rpm

What is APEI and what is GAR?

Hi I installed Fedora 17 last week, and my messages log and kernel log has been filled with the following message: [Firmware Bug]: APEI: Invalid bit width + offset in GAR [0xcfeb6110/32/0/1/0] It is repeated every few seconds (seems to be more often when the cpus are loaded). I can't see that

Re: What is APEI and what is GAR?

Kernel bug it seems: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=43282 There's a couple of patches available from the link, but I'm guessing a "proper" fix in the form of an updated RPM will be along PDQ given the severity of the bug. -- Andy *The only person to have all his work done by Frida

Fedora 17 - i386 rpms and src rpms

JD gmail.com> writes: > Using the URLs: > http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora/updates/17/i386/ > and > http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora/updates/17/SRPMS/ > I see that for some i386 rpm binaries, there is > no corresponding src rpms. In general, each source package corresponds to several binary pac

Re: What is APEI and what is GAR?

> On Tuesday, June 19, 2012 7:08:38 PM Andy Blanchard wrote: > Kernel bug it seems: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=43282 There's a couple of patches available from the link, but I'm guessing a "proper" fix in the form of an updated RPM will be along PDQ given the severity of the

Re: Curious About Updating.....

On 06/19/2012 09:26 AM, Eddie G.O'Connor Jr-I wrote: WOW!.thanks Rick!.I got all KINDS of info about my laptop now!...Here's what I got: Handle 0x0001, DMI type 1, 27 bytes System Information Manufacturer: Gateway Product Name: T-6321 Version: 89.22 Serial Number: N1B85 910 16173 UUID: 5

Re: Installing Fedora 17

On 06/19/2012 06:15 AM, Geoffrey Leach wrote: Here's where I have trouble. I need 100 GB. So, 1 GB = 1000MB, so I should enter 100x1000, no? No. 1GB = 1024 MB. Not that that should make Anaconda crash, but you should at least get the numbers right. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedorapr

Re: What is APEI and what is GAR?

Hi Lester, 2012/6/19 Lester M. Petrie Jr. : > Thanks. It does look like a fix will come pretty soon. But does anyone know > what APEI and GAR stand for? > > from Linux/drivers/acpi/apei/apei-base.c 1 /* 2 * apei-base.c - ACPI Platform Error Interface (APEI) supporting 3 * infrastructure

Re: What is APEI and what is GAR?

Hi Alessandro, On Tuesday, June 19, 2012 8:49:20 PM Alessandro Brezzi wrote: > Hi Lester, > > 2012/6/19 Lester M. Petrie Jr. : > > Thanks. It does look like a fix will come pretty soon. But does anyone > > know > > what APEI and GAR stand for? > > from Linux/drivers/acpi/apei/apei-base.c > >

Re: What is APEI and what is GAR?

Lester, > > Thanks.  That is enough information to satisfy my curiosity.  Now I'll just > wait for an update to make the flood cease. you can boot with ghes.disable=1 to avoid the log flood for now. -- Alessandro Brezzi -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or cha

Re: What is APEI and what is GAR?

Alessandro, On Tuesday, June 19, 2012 8:56:28 PM Alessandro Brezzi wrote: > Lester, > > > Thanks. That is enough information to satisfy my curiosity. Now I'll > > just > > wait for an update to make the flood cease. > > you can boot with ghes.disable=1 to avoid the log flood for now. Many, m

Re: NFSv4

2cents, cause I could get idmap'ing to work yesterday. I looked in all the wrong places. I had a dup ipaddress in the subnet and idmap would just show nobody for everyone. Doesnt sound like your problem. I uses nis a while ago also and know nsswitch.conf or some such can change the lookup ordering,

OT: rsync auth question

Hi all, I've been trying to use a script to pull some data from a remote machine using rsync. According to the manpage I shouldn't have to interactively provide a password if I set RSYNC_PASSWORD. No success. In desperation I went so far as to set it on *both* sides yet I still receive a

Re: OT: rsync auth question

On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 11:20 PM, Mike Wright wrote: > I've been trying to use a script to pull some data from a remote machine > using rsync. > > According to the manpage I shouldn't have to interactively provide a > password if I set RSYNC_PASSWORD. I believe the section you refer to talks abou

Re: dracut fails to gen initramfs

On 06/20/2012 12:12 AM, JD wrote: > Ed, my F16 was a fresh install - Full install! > I did not ever create that frikin' directory. > I have no idea what rpm created it. I never > installed 64bit rpms manually. > The reason I was trying to create the initramfs > is because someone commented on the b

Re: dracut fails to gen initramfs

On 06/20/2012 06:05 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 06/20/2012 12:12 AM, JD wrote: >> Ed, my F16 was a fresh install - Full install! >> I did not ever create that frikin' directory. >> I have no idea what rpm created it. I never >> installed 64bit rpms manually. >> The reason I was trying to create the

Re: dracut fails to gen initramfs

On 06/19/2012 04:05 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 06/20/2012 12:12 AM, JD wrote: Ed, my F16 was a fresh install - Full install! I did not ever create that frikin' directory. I have no idea what rpm created it. I never installed 64bit rpms manually. The reason I was trying to create the initramfs is b

Re: dracut fails to gen initramfs

On 06/19/2012 04:18 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 06/20/2012 06:05 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 06/20/2012 12:12 AM, JD wrote: Ed, my F16 was a fresh install - Full install! I did not ever create that frikin' directory. I have no idea what rpm created it. I never installed 64bit rpms manually. The reaso

Re: dracut fails to gen initramfs

On 06/20/2012 07:10 AM, JD wrote: > t shows nothing, so I deleted it. > When I did a fresh install, yes, from each > category, I installed everything by clicking > on the link in the screen and it takes me to > all the entries in that category, and I select > every single entry - except when it com

Re: Backup for server

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 06/07/2012 07:58 AM, Richard Shaw wrote: > On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 3:18 AM, Alan Holt wrote: >> Hello all, I am looking for backup program that will work on Fedora 16 >> server. >> The task is simple: >> - Snapshots every night >> - Full backup one

Re: dracut fails to gen initramfs

On 06/19/2012 05:27 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 06/20/2012 07:10 AM, JD wrote: t shows nothing, so I deleted it. When I did a fresh install, yes, from each category, I installed everything by clicking on the link in the screen and it takes me to all the entries in that category, and I select every

Re: dracut fails to gen initramfs

On 06/20/2012 07:50 AM, JD wrote: > It must have been a package. I just wish I knew which one. > I do know for certain I did not create it manually. I've never been a fan of just deleting stuff that I had no idea how it arrived there I would have done... rpm -q --whatprovides /usr/lib64

RE: NFSv4

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Re: dracut fails to gen initramfs

On 06/19/2012 06:23 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 06/20/2012 07:50 AM, JD wrote: It must have been a package. I just wish I knew which one. I do know for certain I did not create it manually. I've never been a fan of just deleting stuff that I had no idea how it arrived there I would have don

Re: Installing Fedora 17

Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 1:44 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: > On 06/19/2012 06:15 AM, Geoffrey Leach wrote: >> >> Here's where I have trouble. I need 100 GB. So, 1 GB = 1000MB, so I >> should enter 100x1000, no? > > > No.  1GB = 1024 MB.  Not that that sho

Re: Power-off stupidity remains in Gnome 3

Wow..all that "hatred"?. LoL! I'm glad I don't have the rigidity of THIS guy! I'm assuming he either: A. Created his own modified version of whatever desktop he finds appealing. B. Modified what he needed to in Gnome to get it more to his likingor C. Just moved on to another OS with a des

Re: Installing Fedora 17

On 06/19/2012 07:08:41 PM, Charles Zeitler wrote: > Do what thou wilt > shall be the whole of the Law. > > > On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 1:44 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: > > On 06/19/2012 06:15 AM, Geoffrey Leach wrote: > >> > >> Here's where I have trouble. I need 100 GB. So, 1 GB = 1000MB, so > I > >>

Re: Installing Fedora 17

On 06/20/2012 11:43 AM, Geoffrey Leach wrote: > Hmmm ... would that that was the problem. AFAIK Anaconda takes input > only in MB. (By whatever definition, the darn thing still crashes.) FWIW, I just installed a test system in a VM. I have a 137GB virtual disk. I modified the partitions by dele

F15 -> F17 upgrade "A unpack error occurred when installing the numpy package"

I'm trying to upgrade my F15 system using the F17 installation DVD, but it's failing with this error right at the start of the screen where it starts to install/upgrade packages and has the progress bar. I did the verify install disk thing and it said it was fine too. I'm not too sure what I shou

Re: F15 -> F17 upgrade "A unpack error occurred when installing the numpy package"

On 06/20/2012 12:54 PM, David Lam wrote: > I'm trying to upgrade my F15 system using the F17 installation DVD, but it's > failing with this error right at the start of the screen where it starts to > install/upgrade packages and has the progress bar. I did the verify install > disk > thing and it

Re: Curious About Updating.....

To Eddie G.O'Connor Jr-I: I'm having far fewer problems with F17 than I had with F15. I've done a fresh install, of which I am a great fan in general anyway. I tinker quite a lot with my machine, but am not very skilled, so I am sure I f**k up quite a few things in every version. When I do

Re: F15 -> F17 upgrade "A unpack error occurred when installing the numpy package"

On 06/19/2012 11:03 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 06/20/2012 12:54 PM, David Lam wrote: I'm trying to upgrade my F15 system using the F17 installation DVD, but it's failing with this error right at the start of the screen where it starts to install/upgrade packages and has the progress bar. I did th

Re: Power-off stupidity remains in Gnome 3

On 06/19/2012 10:14 PM, someone wrote: Wow..all that "hatred"?. LoL! I'm glad I don't have the rigidity of THIS guy! I'm assuming he either: A. Created his own modified version of whatever desktop he finds appealing. B. Modified what he needed to in Gnome to get it more to his likingor C

Re: F 17 (64). After update, no network!

On Tue, 2012-06-19 at 11:11 -0400, Natalie Gross wrote: > Was happy with initial install of F17, 64 bit, Gnome 3.4. Worked ok > outta the box. > However, after adding some software and updating to 3.4 kernel, I have > no [wired 1gb] network access. > Also, I don't have the icon/applet to turn it on

Re: dracut fails to gen initramfs

Sorry for the hijack: Ed Greshko wrote: I meant to say "How did you do that?". AFAIK, there is no "Everything" install. Have you never tried yum -y install everything ? :D -- Greetz, Roelof Kusters aka Ben The internet isn't a highway, it's a swamp: the more you surf, the more it draws