Re: Fedora hangs driving me nuts, in Windows it works without problems!

On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 10:01 AM, valent.turko...@gmail.com < valent.turko...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 11:03 AM, Chris Smart wrote: > >> Could you just build/install kernel 3.7.0 from rawhide? >> >> > Thanks, didn't think of that one. Just installed it, thanks for the tip. > I'll

Re: K3B crashes on opening wma audio

On Sun, 2013-01-06 at 10:57 -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > I am trying to burn a wma audio file to an audio CD. So I tried k3b. > It crashed on trying to open the wma. > > So I tried to play the file with movie player, which told me it did > not have the files to play wma and I allowed it to do

heads up xhost username on F17 -- manpage bug, I guess

A heads up notice: xhost user gives xhost: bad hostname "user" but, sudo -u user ls /home/user lists the user's home directory. So the username is valid. Searched the web and found an ancient thread on xhost on Ubuntu (see

Re: iptables is like alchemy

2013/1/3 Jorge Fábregas : > Ok, I've posted a similar setup I've used in the past that worked like a > charm. The script is the actual /etc/sysconfig/iptables. You'll notice > the syntax there is somehow different than when you manually create the > rules (or put in a script) but you get the idea

Re: Fedora hangs driving me nuts, in Windows it works without problems!

Google results for "xorg hangs Sandybridge i915" turn up a whole lot of results (sadly). Among the first page results is one report that a bad BIOS was responsible for the problem. Have you updated yours? Has this system ever run a Linux distribution that didn't hang/crash? It may be useful

Re: Fedora hangs driving me nuts, in Windows it works without problems!

On 07.01.2013, Gordon Messmer wrote: > Google results for "xorg hangs Sandybridge i915" turn up a whole lot of > results (sadly). Among the first page results is one report that a bad BIOS > was responsible for the problem. Have you updated yours? Switching off the acceleration or switching to

Re: Default mailto application on Fedora 17

I wrote: >I'm running Fedora 17 with the KDE desktop. KDE's system settings >("control panel") claims the default mailto application is Kmail. And, >since Gnome is still present, I see that it thinks the default mailto >application is Evolution. I don't see anything in /etc/alternatives >that seems

Re: Default mailto application on Fedora 17

Who invokes what for different mime types is a great mystery I spent some time decrypting (though I'm not sure a mailto link goes through the same process). Here's my results: http://home.comcast.net/~tomhorsley/game/mimes.html -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or

Re: Default mailto application on Fedora 17

Dave Close wrote: > Again, can anyone explain what's going on? Is there some other place > that Firefox looks to discover the "system default"? Unfortunately, KDE vs gnome looks in different places. You may want to try (one line): xdg-settings set default-url-scheme-handler mailto mozilla- thun

Starting of a service fails

f17 Trying to start kdump and I get this error message; Jan 7 13:16:31 localhost kdump: No crashkernel parameter specified for running kernel Jan 7 13:16:31 localhost kdumpctl[5208]: Starting kdump: Jan 7 13:16:31 localhost kdump: failed to start up Jan 7 13:16:31 localhost systemd[1]: kdu

Addressing convention -

I know that I can enter 108.160.160.0/24 to block a range of addresses but if I need to cover a much larger range can I do 108.160.160.0-108.160.175.255 ? Or could I do 108.160.160/24 or some similar notation? Something is causing excessive usage from an Apple Mac on my LAN and

Re: Addressing convention -

On Mon, Jan 07, 2013 at 13:44:09 -0500, "Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA" wrote: I know that I can enter 108.160.160.0/24 to block a range of addresses but if I need to cover a much larger range can I do 108.160.160.0-108.160.175.255 ? Or could I do 108.160.160/24 or some similar n

Re: Addressing convention -

Am 07.01.2013 20:05, schrieb Bruno Wolff III: > On Mon, Jan 07, 2013 at 13:44:09 -0500, > "Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA" wrote: >> >> I know that I can enter 108.160.160.0/24 to block a range of >> addresses but if I need to cover a much larger range can I do >> 108.160.160.0-108.16

Re: Starting of a service fails

On Mon, 07 Jan 2013 13:20:00 -0500 Jim wrote: > f17 > > Trying to start kdump and I get this error message; > > Jan 7 13:16:31 localhost kdump: No crashkernel parameter specified > for running kernel Maybe: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?format=multiple&id=840116 -- Regards, Frank

Re: Addressing convention -

On 07/01/13 14:17, Reindl Harald wrote: Am 07.01.2013 20:05, schrieb Bruno Wolff III: On Mon, Jan 07, 2013 at 13:44:09 -0500, "Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA" wrote: I know that I can enter 108.160.160.0/24 to block a range of addresses but if I need to cover a much larger range c

Re: Starting of a service fails

On 01/07/2013 02:23 PM, Frank Murphy wrote: On Mon, 07 Jan 2013 13:20:00 -0500 Jim wrote: f17 Trying to start kdump and I get this error message; Jan 7 13:16:31 localhost kdump: No crashkernel parameter specified for running kernel Maybe: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?format=mul

Re: Addressing convention -

On 1/7/2013 2:45 PM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: > On 07/01/13 14:17, Reindl Harald wrote: >> >> Am 07.01.2013 20:05, schrieb Bruno Wolff III: >>> On Mon, Jan 07, 2013 at 13:44:09 -0500, >>>"Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA" wrote: I know that I can enter 108.160.160.0/24

OT - wire tester

My brother-in-law just called for help; his Test-um TP600 (discontinued) just died. It has suited his needs to a tee but now he needs something new. Something with similar functionality and cost. He said I recommended this to him some eons ago when I was informed about test equipment. I hav

Re: Addressing convention -

On 07/01/13 15:49, David wrote: Someone using Dropbox? -- David -- Yes, just one of a number that showed in the log. I want to block addresses until I stop the bleeding and then I can back off and see what's causing

Re: OT - wire tester

On 01/07/2013 12:58 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: My brother-in-law just called for help; his Test-um TP600 (discontinued) just died. It has suited his needs to a tee but now he needs something new. Something with similar functionality and cost. He said I recommended this to him some eons ago wh

Re: OT - wire tester

Once, long ago--actually, on Mon, Jan 07, 2013 at 02:58:03PM CST--Robert Moskowitz (r...@htt-consult.com) said: > My brother-in-law just called for help; his Test-um TP600 > (discontinued) just died. It has suited his needs to a tee but now > he needs something new. Something with similar functi

Re: Starting of a service fails

On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 2:19 PM, Jim wrote: > On 01/07/2013 02:23 PM, Frank Murphy wrote: >> >> On Mon, 07 Jan 2013 13:20:00 -0500 >> Jim wrote: >> >>> f17 >>> >>> Trying to start kdump and I get this error message; >>> >>> Jan 7 13:16:31 localhost kdump: No crashkernel parameter specified >>> fo

Re: OT - wire tester

On 01/07/2013 12:58 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: My brother-in-law just called for help; his Test-um TP600 (discontinued) just died. It has suited his needs to a tee but now he needs something new. Something with similar functionality and cost. He said I recommended this to him some eons ago wh

Re: Starting of a service fails

On 01/07/2013 04:43 PM, Roger Heflin wrote: On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 2:19 PM, Jim wrote: On 01/07/2013 02:23 PM, Frank Murphy wrote: On Mon, 07 Jan 2013 13:20:00 -0500 Jim wrote: f17 Trying to start kdump and I get this error message; Jan 7 13:16:31 localhost kdump: No crashkernel paramete

Re: Starting of a service fails

On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 4:01 PM, Jim wrote: > On 01/07/2013 04:43 PM, Roger Heflin wrote: >> >> On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 2:19 PM, Jim wrote: >>> >>> On 01/07/2013 02:23 PM, Frank Murphy wrote: On Mon, 07 Jan 2013 13:20:00 -0500 Jim wrote: > f17 > > Trying to start kd

Re: OT - wire tester

On Monday, January 07, 2013 12:58:03 PM Robert Moskowitz wrote: > My brother-in-law just called for help; his Test-um TP600 (discontinued) > just died. It has suited his needs to a tee but now he needs something > new. Something with similar functionality and cost. > > He said I recommended this

Re: OT - wire tester

On 01/07/2013 08:58 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > My brother-in-law just called for help; his Test-um TP600 (discontinued) > just died. the "test-um tp600" is still available. https://duckduckgo.com/?q=%22Test-um+TP600%22 > It has suited his needs to a tee but now he needs something > new. So

Re: Starting of a service fails

On 01/07/2013 05:10 PM, Roger Heflin wrote: On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 4:01 PM, Jim wrote: On 01/07/2013 04:43 PM, Roger Heflin wrote: On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 2:19 PM, Jim wrote: On 01/07/2013 02:23 PM, Frank Murphy wrote: On Mon, 07 Jan 2013 13:20:00 -0500 Jim wrote: f17 Trying to start kdu

Re: Starting of a service fails

On 01/07/2013 05:10 PM, Roger Heflin wrote: On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 4:01 PM, Jim wrote: On 01/07/2013 04:43 PM, Roger Heflin wrote: On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 2:19 PM, Jim wrote: On 01/07/2013 02:23 PM, Frank Murphy wrote: On Mon, 07 Jan 2013 13:20:00 -0500 Jim wrote: f17 Trying to start kdu

Re: Starting of a service fails

>> does cat /proc/cmdline show it? That appears to be what it is >> complaining about, it is not on the current running kernel. > > $ cat /proc/cmdline > BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.5.2-1.fc17.i686 > root=UUID=cf5a1042-bb2b-4c6b-a0e0-1da27273d413 ro rd.md=0 rd.lvm=0 rd.dm=0 > SYSFONT=True KEYTABLE

Re: Starting of a service fails

On 01/07/2013 07:55 PM, Roger Heflin wrote: correct grub line for that kernel? what correct grub line for that kernel ? it is in /boot/grub2/grub.conf -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/lis

Re: Starting of a service fails

On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 7:19 PM, Jim wrote: > On 01/07/2013 07:55 PM, Roger Heflin wrote: >> >> correct grub line for >> that kernel? > > > what correct grub line for that kernel ? it is in /boot/grub2/grub.conf > The line that booted the current kernel did not have a crashkernel option on it, yo

Re: Default mailto application on Fedora 17

On 01/08/2013 02:13 AM, Rex Dieter wrote: > Dave Close wrote: > >> Again, can anyone explain what's going on? Is there some other place >> that Firefox looks to discover the "system default"? > Unfortunately, KDE vs gnome looks in different places. > > You may want to try (one line): > > xdg-settin

Re: Starting of a service fails

On 01/07/2013 08:26 PM, Roger Heflin wrote: On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 7:19 PM, Jim wrote: On 01/07/2013 07:55 PM, Roger Heflin wrote: correct grub line for that kernel? what correct grub line for that kernel ? it is in /boot/grub2/grub.conf The line that booted the current kernel did not hav

Re: Default mailto application on Fedora 17

If I understood Ed Greshko correctly, we have this situation. Who XDGGnome setting KDE setting TB Firefox "default" Me ?? Evolution Kmailyes Thunderbird Ed Claws Evolution Kmailno Evolution Ed Claws ThunderbirdKmailyes Evolution Ed T