"su -" in terminal hangs

2013-08-07 Thread j.halifax2
Hi All, I use FC18 box (3.9.4-200.fc18.x86_64) for ssh-ing to other boxes.  It was working normally without rebooting for months but now when  I tried to put "su -" in the terminal, it hangs. I haven't found any help in Internet. Any idea? Please advise... Thank you so much. jh

Re: copying video dvds

2013-08-07 Thread Marko Vojinovic
On Tue, 06 Aug 2013 18:19:28 -0600 smcg4...@frii.com wrote: > I generally mount and then use "cp" to copy my video dvds to > hard disk for convenience. 99% of the time this works fine > and the resulting directory is playable by vlc, etc. > However occasionally I'll get an "Input/output error" w

Re: "su -" in terminal hangs

2013-08-07 Thread Suvayu Ali
On Wed, Aug 07, 2013 at 10:39:10AM +0200, j.halif...@seznam.cz wrote: > Hi All, > > > > I use FC18 box (3.9.4-200.fc18.x86_64) for ssh-ing to other boxes.  > > It was working normally without rebooting for months but now when  > > I tried to put "su -" in the terminal, it hangs. Does simple '

What the heck is all this?

2013-08-07 Thread Tom Horsley
Just got this output from a yum update this morning: ... Cleanup: glib2-2.36.3-2.fc1952/74 Cleanup: python-fedora-0.3.32.3-2.fc19.noarch 53/74 /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.dtrblY: line 1: fg: no job control error: %preun(kde-settings-

Re: What the heck is all this?

2013-08-07 Thread Ed Greshko
On 08/07/13 19:26, Tom Horsley wrote: > Just got this output from a yum update this morning: > > ... > Cleanup: glib2-2.36.3-2.fc19 > 52/74 > Cleanup: python-fedora-0.3.32.3-2.fc19.noarch > 53/74 > /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.dtrblY:

Re: What the heck is all this?

2013-08-07 Thread linuxnutster
On 08/07/2013 07:26 AM, Tom Horsley wrote: Just got this output from a yum update this morning: ... Cleanup: glib2-2.36.3-2.fc1952/74 Cleanup: python-fedora-0.3.32.3-2.fc19.noarch 53/74 /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.dtrblY: line 1: f

Re: What the heck is all this?

2013-08-07 Thread Tom Horsley
On Wed, 07 Aug 2013 19:34:07 +0800 Ed Greshko wrote: > See this thread > > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/kde/2013-July/012748.html Thanks. The --noscripts worked (hopefully that doesn't still leave some nasty ticking time-bomb side effect on my system :-). -- users mailing list

Re: unable to execute Wine 32 bits in Fedora 64 bits

2013-08-07 Thread Reindl Harald
please do not top-post Am 06.08.2013 23:22, schrieb Skander Bahloul: > Yes i install wine.i686 but i can execute it because my fedora is 64. > > - Mail original - > De: "Reindl Harald" > À: "Community support for Fedora users" > Cc: "Skander Bahloul" > Envoyé: Mardi 6 Août 2013 22:51:32

Re: unable to execute Wine 32 bits in Fedora 64 bits

2013-08-07 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 06.08.2013 23:47, schrieb Michael Cronenworth: > On 08/06/2013 03:51 PM, Reindl Harald wrote: >> you must install wine.i686 for 32 Bit windows apps >> wine.x86_64 is for 64bit apps > > Not exactly. On a 64-bit install of Fedora run: > > # yum install wine > > This will draw in both 32-bit a

Re: unable to execute Wine 32 bits in Fedora 64 bits

2013-08-07 Thread Reindl Harald
sorry, i leave this thread you ignored multiple times the requested output of "rpm -qa | grep wine" and wasting time of people trying to help by *not* state that you are using a since years EOL and unsupported Fedora version Am 07.08.2013 05:04, schrieb Skander Bahloul: > This what i have done bu

Re: What the heck is all this?

2013-08-07 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 07.08.2013 13:26, schrieb Tom Horsley: > Failed: > kde-settings-kdm.noarch 0:19-23.fc19 > > > [root@tomh ~]# rpm -q kde-settings-kdm > kde-settings-kdm-19-23.fc19.noarch > kde-settings-kdm-19-23.1.fc19.noarch > > So what is busted on my system? I

Re: copying video dvds

2013-08-07 Thread Tim
Allegedly, on or about 07 August 2013, Marko Vojinovic sent: > you can also use mplayer to copy the video to your HD. Something like > this: > >mplayer dvd:// -dumpstream -dumpfile my/video/file.avi Won't that do everything on the disc? Don't you need a number 1 after that, to play just the

Fedora won't boot with 3.10.4 kernel and akmod

2013-08-07 Thread Junayeed Ahnaf
Hello, I installed akmod for my graphics driver (AMD radeon) on kernel 3.9.9 , then the catalyst version was 13.6 beta . Now the kernel has upgraded and so did the driver (it is 13.8beta now, which has kernel 3.10x support), but I can not boot into the newer kernels. It logs out with an error.

Re: Fedora won't boot with 3.10.4 kernel and akmod

2013-08-07 Thread Ian Malone
On 7 August 2013 14:54, Junayeed Ahnaf wrote: > Hello, > > I installed akmod for my graphics driver (AMD radeon) on kernel 3.9.9 , then > the catalyst version was 13.6 beta . Now the kernel has upgraded and so did > the driver (it is 13.8beta now, which has kernel 3.10x support), but I can > not b

Re: copying video dvds

2013-08-07 Thread Marko Vojinovic
On Wed, 07 Aug 2013 22:34:52 +0930 Tim wrote: > Allegedly, on or about 07 August 2013, Marko Vojinovic sent: > > you can also use mplayer to copy the video to your HD. Something > > like this: > > > >mplayer dvd:// -dumpstream -dumpfile my/video/file.avi > > Won't that do everything on the d

Continual reboots with 3.10.X and 3.11.X kernels

2013-08-07 Thread Richard Shaw
I managed to get through a couple of kernel updates before performing a reboot. Booting either the installed 3.10 or 3.11 kernel makes it through the majority of the systemd startup but then reboots. Anyone else seeing this? $ rpm -qa kernel kernel-3.9.9-201.fc18.x86_64 kernel-3.9.11-200.fc18.x86

How to install VMware -

2013-08-07 Thread Bob Goodwin ~ Zuni, Virginia, USA
My grandson downloaded a trial copy of VMware for me from his Mac portable and put it on a flash drive which I have. This 400 meg file is what I see when I look at the contents of the flash drive: VMware-Workstation-Full-9.0.2-1031769.x86_64.txt Can someone tell me how to use it assuming it

Re: "su -" in terminal hangs

2013-08-07 Thread j.halifax2
Thank you for thinking about it. :) Also "su" only (without "-") was hanging. The /root was 550 as before. jh -- Původní zpráva -- Od: Suvayu Ali Datum: 7. 8. 2013 Předmět: Re: "su -" in terminal hangs "On Wed, Aug 07, 2013 at 10:39:10AM +0200, j.halif...@seznam.cz wrote:

Re: How to install VMware -

2013-08-07 Thread Bob Goodwin ~ Zuni, Virginia, USA
On 07/08/13 11:35, Reindl Harald wrote: Am 07.08.2013 17:32, schrieb Bob Goodwin ~ Zuni: My grandson downloaded a trial copy of VMware for me from his Mac portable and put it on a flash drive which I have. This 400 meg file is what I see when I look at the contents of the flash drive: VMware-

Re: "su -" in terminal hangs

2013-08-07 Thread Steven Stern
On 08/07/2013 03:39 AM, j.halif...@seznam.cz wrote: > Hi All, > > I use FC18 box (3.9.4-200.fc18.x86_64) for ssh-ing to other boxes. > It was working normally without rebooting for months but now when > I tried to put "su -" in the terminal, it hangs. > > I haven't found any help in Internet. >

Re: Continual reboots with 3.10.X and 3.11.X kernels

2013-08-07 Thread Heinz Diehl
On 07.08.2013, Richard Shaw wrote: > $ rpm -qa kernel > kernel-3.9.9-201.fc18.x86_64 > kernel-3.9.11-200.fc18.x86_64 > kernel-3.9.10-200.fc18.x86_64 Try with 3.10.5 vanilla. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedorap

Shortcut key combinations does not work in LibreOffice

2013-08-07 Thread Shibi
I don't know when it begins but somewhere in the row I started to notice that when I change Keyboard Layout to Farsi (Persian) Shortcut key combinations (all of them with Ctrl and Alt) does not respond at all in all LibreOffice applications. when ever I want to Copy or Paste I have to change back t

RE: Fedora won't boot with 3.10.4 kernel and akmod

2013-08-07 Thread Junayeed Ahnaf
> Make a record of the error. Useful for anyone investigating to have. > Not sure what you mean by 'logs out' though if the kernel isn't > booting. Is it stopping with an error immediately after grub, is it > getting as far as trying to start X? > > Akmod and the proprietary Radeon driver are fro

Re: What the heck is all this?

2013-08-07 Thread Mark Eggers
On Wed, 07 Aug 2013 07:39:27 -0400, linuxnutster wrote: > On 08/07/2013 07:26 AM, Tom Horsley wrote: >> Just got this output from a yum update this morning: >> >> ... >>Cleanup: glib2-2.36.3-2.fc19 >> 52/74 Cleanup: python-fedora-0.3.32.3-2.fc1

Re: SELinux error on every policy package update

2013-08-07 Thread Daniel J Walsh
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 08/06/2013 11:54 AM, Suvayu Ali wrote: > Hi Daniel, > > On Tue, Aug 06, 2013 at 08:16:57AM -0400, Daniel J Walsh wrote: >> On 07/27/2013 03:16 PM, Suvayu Ali wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I have been having this weird problem; everytime I there is a >>>

Re: How to install VMware -

2013-08-07 Thread Bob Goodwin ~ Zuni, Virginia, USA
On 07/08/13 11:35, Reindl Harald wrote: Am 07.08.2013 17:32, schrieb Bob Goodwin ~ Zuni: My grandson downloaded a trial copy of VMware for me from his Mac portable and put it on a flash drive which I have. This 400 meg file is what I see when I look at the contents of the flash drive: VMware-

Re: Continual reboots with 3.10.X and 3.11.X kernels

2013-08-07 Thread Heinz Diehl
On 07.08.2013, Reindl Harald wrote: > why should someone compile his own kernel? Because the problem(s) could be related to one of the Fedora patches. It's quite common for me that different people report kernel related problems here on the list which doesn't occur on my systems. I rarely use a

Re: SELinux error on every policy package update

2013-08-07 Thread Suvayu Ali
Hi Daniel, On Wed, Aug 07, 2013 at 01:24:13PM -0400, Daniel J Walsh wrote: > > rm -f /etc/selinux/targeted/modules/active/modules/hotplug.pp > > You might also want to look at any other files in this directory that are not > owned by an rpm package. Worked like a charm. :) I tested by doing y

Re: F19 install wonked

2013-08-07 Thread Les Howell
On Tue, 2013-08-06 at 12:37 -0700, Les Howell wrote: > HELP!!! I downloaded the F19 live Games DVD image, burnt the disk OK, > installed OK. Won't boot. Mother board is ASUS UEFI system. Don't get > Grubby!! > > Tried using the firmwire boot option to select the disk, no go. So, > wha

Re: "su -" in terminal hangs

2013-08-07 Thread Joe Zeff
On 08/07/2013 01:39 AM, j.halif...@seznam.cz wrote: I use FC18 box (3.9.4-200.fc18.x86_64) for ssh-ing to other boxes. It was working normally without rebooting for months but now when I tried to put "su -" in the terminal, it hangs. Does it work if you use "su" without the dash? If so, there

Re: How to install VMware -

2013-08-07 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 07.08.2013 17:47, schrieb Bob Goodwin ~ Zuni: > On 07/08/13 11:35, Reindl Harald wrote: >>> This 400 meg file is what I see when I look at the contents of the flash >>> drive: >>> VMware-Workstation-Full-9.0.2-1031769.x86_64.txt >>> >>> Can someone tell me how to use it assuming it is the rig

Re: How to install VMware -

2013-08-07 Thread Bob Goodwin ~ Zuni, Virginia, USA
On 07/08/13 13:35, Reindl Harald wrote: http://uwot.eu/blog/2013/07/linux-kernel-3-10-and-vmware-workstation-9/ [root@srv-rhsoft:~]$ uname -r 3.10.5-100.fc18.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Aug 6 21:27:09 UTC 2013 [root@srv-rhsoft:~]$ ps aux | grep vmx vmware3063 1.7 9.9 4633312 1623620 ? Ssl 10:2

Re: How to install VMware -

2013-08-07 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 07.08.2013 17:32, schrieb Bob Goodwin ~ Zuni: > My grandson downloaded a trial copy of VMware for me from his Mac portable > and put it on a flash drive which I have. > > This 400 meg file is what I see when I look at the contents of the flash > drive: > VMware-Workstation-Full-9.0.2-103176

Re: How to install VMware -

2013-08-07 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 07.08.2013 19:27, schrieb Bob Goodwin ~ Zuni: > Ok, after some Googling I managed to get the install script running from > /usr/bin/env. > > Now it protests that some kernel modules need installing, so I click on > "Install" but nothing seems to happen. > > I found a log with a lot of data

Re: Continual reboots with 3.10.X and 3.11.X kernels

2013-08-07 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 07.08.2013 18:02, schrieb Heinz Diehl: > On 07.08.2013, Richard Shaw wrote: > >> $ rpm -qa kernel >> kernel-3.9.9-201.fc18.x86_64 >> kernel-3.9.11-200.fc18.x86_64 >> kernel-3.9.10-200.fc18.x86_64 > > Try with 3.10.5 vanilla why should someone compile his own kernel? http://koji.fedoraproje

Re: How to install VMware -

2013-08-07 Thread John Austin
On Wed, 2013-08-07 at 14:32 -0400, Bob Goodwin ~ Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: > On 07/08/13 13:35, Reindl Harald wrote: > > http://uwot.eu/blog/2013/07/linux-kernel-3-10-and-vmware-workstation-9/ > > > > [root@srv-rhsoft:~]$ uname -r > > 3.10.5-100.fc18.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Aug 6 21:27:09 UTC 2013 > > >

Re: F19 install wonked Solved, no thanks Nvidia

2013-08-07 Thread Les Howell
On Wed, 2013-08-07 at 11:04 -0700, Les Howell wrote: > On Tue, 2013-08-06 at 12:37 -0700, Les Howell wrote: > > HELP!!! I downloaded the F19 live Games DVD image, burnt the disk OK, > > installed OK. Won't boot. Mother board is ASUS UEFI system. Don't get > > Grubby!! > > > > Tried using

Re: How to install VMware -

2013-08-07 Thread Bob Goodwin ~ Zuni, Virginia, USA
On 07/08/13 14:37, John Austin wrote: > Good, the patch has VMware running but the GUI box for Buy, Enter Key, > Register, does not respond to mouse clicks, I need some way to enter the > key? > This worked for me at this stage /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-enter-serial -n 'VMware Workstation' -v

Re: "su -" in terminal hangs

2013-08-07 Thread Suvayu Ali
On Wed, Aug 07, 2013 at 05:33:41PM +0200, j.halif...@seznam.cz wrote: > > > > Thank you for thinking about it. :) > Also "su" only (without "-") was hanging. The /root was 550 as before. Shouldn't it be 770? Another thing you could check is entries in /var/log/secure. If it is a pam problem,

Re: "su -" in terminal hangs

2013-08-07 Thread Steven Stern
On 08/07/2013 01:56 PM, Suvayu Ali wrote: > On Wed, Aug 07, 2013 at 05:33:41PM +0200, j.halif...@seznam.cz wrote: >> >> >> >> Thank you for thinking about it. :) >> Also "su" only (without "-") was hanging. The /root was 550 as before. > > Shouldn't it be 770? > > Another thing you could check is

sms reader / email client?

2013-08-07 Thread Ian Malone
Hi, Having just changed my phone I've got a lot of backed up messages in csv format (without the sender name, so I'm going to have to reconcile it with the separate contacts backup). While there are ways to get tem onto my new phone I'm not really sure I want them there, but some are useful and ne

Re: "su -" in terminal hangs

2013-08-07 Thread Cameron Simpson
On 07Aug2013 14:01, steven stern wrote: | On 08/07/2013 01:56 PM, Suvayu Ali wrote: | > On Wed, Aug 07, 2013 at 05:33:41PM +0200, j.halif...@seznam.cz wrote: | >> Also "su" only (without "-") was hanging. The /root was 550 as before. | > | > Shouldn't it be 770? | > | > Another thing you could c

How do I prevent the kernel module i915 from being loaded?

2013-08-07 Thread Singapore Citizen Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)
Hi, I have already appended 'blacklist i915' to /lib/modprobe.d/dist-blacklist.conf but it is still being loaded. What else can I do? Please advise. Thank you very much. -- Yours sincerely, Singapore Citizen Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.or

Re: How do I prevent the kernel module i915 from being loaded?

2013-08-07 Thread Singapore Citizen Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)
On 07/08/2013 22:34, Singapore Citizen Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) wrote: Hi, I have already appended 'blacklist i915' to /lib/modprobe.d/dist-blacklist.conf but it is still being loaded. What else can I do? Please advise. Thank you very much. Hi, Please note that I am using Fedora 19

How do I start libvirt in Fedora 19?

2013-08-07 Thread Singapore Citizen Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)
Hi, I have just installed virt-manager in Fedora 19. I have looked into the /etc/init.d directory but I can't find any init scripts for libvirt. Is libvirt using systemd, and if so, how do I start it? Thank you very much. -- Yours sincerely, Singapore Citizen Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)

Re: How do I start libvirt in Fedora 19?

2013-08-07 Thread Paul W. Frields
On Wed, Aug 07, 2013 at 10:45:27PM +0800, Singapore Citizen Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) wrote: > Hi, > > I have just installed virt-manager in Fedora 19. I have looked into > the /etc/init.d directory but I can't find any init scripts for > libvirt. > > Is libvirt using systemd, and if so, ho

Fedora 19 missing disk in install

2013-08-07 Thread David Highley
We have an install issue we have not seen before. System is currently running Fedora 18 x86_64. Hardware is Asus P6X58-E Pro motherboard with an old 3Ware hardware raid system with two units. The current partition where we want to do a fresh install to is sda and the other partition with user data

Re: How do I prevent the kernel module i915 from being loaded?

2013-08-07 Thread Geoffrey Leach
Here's what worked for me. You might wish to try this: create /etc/modprobe.d//blacklist-i915.conf with contents "blacklist i915" On 08/07/2013 07:37:18 AM, Singapore Citizen Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) wrote: > On 07/08/2013 22:34, Singapore Citizen Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) > wrote: >

Re: F19 install wonked Solved, no thanks Nvidia

2013-08-07 Thread poma
On 07.08.2013 20:30, Les Howell wrote: > On Wed, 2013-08-07 at 11:04 -0700, Les Howell wrote: >> On Tue, 2013-08-06 at 12:37 -0700, Les Howell wrote: >>> HELP!!! I downloaded the F19 live Games DVD image, burnt the disk OK, >>> installed OK. Won't boot. Mother board is ASUS UEFI system. Don't g

Re: How do I prevent the kernel module i915 from being loaded?

2013-08-07 Thread Heinz Diehl
On 08.08.2013, Singapore Citizen Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) wrote: > I have already appended 'blacklist i915' to > /lib/modprobe.d/dist-blacklist.conf but it is still being loaded. What else > can I do? On the long run, you could disable all CONFIG_DRM_i915 options in your kernel .config and