Re: Network availability systemd dependency failure at boot - U.B.E.R. L.A.M.E.

2014-07-06 Thread poma
On 07/06/2014 03:17 AM, Sam Varshavchik wrote: Ed Greshko writes: Hilarity ensues. Any plans to bugzilla your issue? It should be fun to follow. Well, I thought about this. For about 30 seconds. I'm going to say something controversial now. It'll likely send some flames my way; and my et

Camera mounting

2014-07-06 Thread jarmo
Just found weirdo action. i connect my olympus camera into computer. Nothing happens, but I can find "unknown" in filemanager. Now try to open it, I get response, that need to be root, to mount camera into system What? Earlier I could mount it as a normal user... What has happened, not using se

Re: Camera mounting

2014-07-06 Thread poma
On 06.07.2014 10:19, jarmo wrote: Just found weirdo action. i connect my olympus camera into computer. Nothing happens, but I can find "unknown" in filemanager. Now try to open it, I get response, that need to be root, to mount camera into system What? Earlier I could mount it as a normal use

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-06 Thread lee
Kevin Fenzi writes: > Is it an improvement over upstart/sysvinit? I would say absolutely so. Where is the improvement? Systemd is extremely cryptic, complicated and obfuscating. Not even the configuration files are where they belong. If it's true what's said on the links the OP provided, sys

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-06 Thread lee
"Garry T. Williams" writes: > The analogy is placing a script in /etc/init.d and then linking its > name in the /etc/rc5.d directory. > > I find this much simpler than the sysvinit schemes. You have taken well over 100 lines to give a description about how to get a daemon started with systemd, n

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-06 Thread lee
Tom Horsley writes: > On Sat, 5 Jul 2014 19:56:09 -0600 > Kevin Fenzi wrote: > >> With systemd/journald, ALL output is saved and easy to query. > > With journald all output is saved in a binary format file that > is impossible to query when examining a crashed system because > is is always corrup

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-06 Thread lee
Glenn Holmer writes: > On 07/05/2014 06:21 PM, Tim wrote: >> Allegedly, on or about 05 July 2014, Patrick O'Callaghan sent: >> The old system was considered bad, because it had 6 run levels, of which >> a few of them were never used. Now we have 12? > > Twelve different types of *units*, of whic

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-06 Thread lee
Kevin Fenzi writes: > output. With systemd/journald, ALL output is saved and easy to query. How do you query this output? I just look at the logfile, and when it's not there, I never see it. What's the advantage of hiding output like that? -- Fedora release 20 (Heisenbug) -- users mailing

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-06 Thread lee
David Benfell writes: > Kevin Fenzi writes: > pulseaudio, which I leave alone right up to the moment I have > problems--any problems--with sound, and then eliminate as a usually > successful first stab at a solution. How do you eliminate pulseaudio on Fedora? It doesn't do anything but get in t

Re: 4K monitors?

2014-07-06 Thread lee
Tim writes: > I tend to agree regarding things like resolution. Screen dimensions and > resolutions are fixed entities, and should be set to exactly match the > hardware involved. Many people still don't see it that way. And in a way, they are right: Nobody prevents you to use 800x600 on a dis

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-06 Thread lee
Timothy Murphy writes: > Garry T. Williams wrote: > >>> I know there are rare cases where one has to say something >>> else, but why not make the default to add ".service" if nothing is given? >>> Or perhaps TAB could complete it? >> >> Have you actually tried a tab? > > Mea colpa. > It never oc

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-06 Thread David Benfell
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Sorry if this is top-posted... I assume one would just uninstall the packages. But I haven't tried on Fedora as my Fedora box is a server on a rack located a long ways away. I don't use sound on it. What I have occasionally seen with this operati

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-06 Thread David Benfell
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 I think mainly that you don't need logrotate. journald takes care of it automatically. On July 6, 2014 12:52:24 AM MST, lee wrote: >Kevin Fenzi writes: > >> output. With systemd/journald, ALL output is saved and easy to query. > > >How do you que

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-06 Thread Joe Zeff
On 07/06/2014 12:43 AM, lee wrote: Not even the configuration files are where they belong. Actually, they're exactly where they belong. They just aren't where you expect them to be. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://adm

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-06 Thread Timothy Murphy
On Sunday, July 06, 2014 07:29:38 AM poma wrote: > By the way, what is 'chkconfig', anyway. It sets or lists services in the old system, eg "chkconfig crond on" or "chkconfig --list". -- Timothy Murphy e-mail: gayleard /at/ eircom.net School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland

Re: 4K monitors?

2014-07-06 Thread Tim
Tim: >> I tend to agree regarding things like resolution. Screen dimensions and >> resolutions are fixed entities, and should be set to exactly match the >> hardware involved. lee: > Many people still don't see it that way. And in a way, they are right: > Nobody prevents you to use 800x600 on a

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-06 Thread Timothy Murphy
Kevin Fenzi wrote: > Theres tons and tons of things that systemd does well that there was no > way to do in the sysvinit world. ... > sysvinit was broken and couldn't do lots of things that modern distros > wanted to do. When people say "There are lots of ..." I always think "Why don't you just t

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-06 Thread Tim
Allegedly, on or about 06 July 2014, Ed Greshko sent: > Both links downloaded for me. But, I had to wait maybe 5 minutes > before they completed. Try again, just go out for some > coffee. :-) :-) Can't be stuffed having it waste my time to that degree. The site is a failure. -- [tim@localhos

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-06 Thread Ed Greshko
On 07/06/14 19:05, Tim wrote: > Allegedly, on or about 06 July 2014, Ed Greshko sent: >> Both links downloaded for me. But, I had to wait maybe 5 minutes >> before they completed. Try again, just go out for some >> coffee. :-) :-) > Can't be stuffed having it waste my time to that degree. The s

Re: Camera mounting

2014-07-06 Thread jarmo
Sun, 06 Jul 2014 10:38:57 +0200 poma kirjoitti: > $ loginctl show-session $(loginctl|grep $(whoami)|awk '{print $1}') > > > poma > > An what I should see there? Again, connecting camera as ME have worked earlier, now need root privileges.. What have changed? Linux oh1mrr.ampr.org 3.14.9-200

Updates gui broken in F20?

2014-07-06 Thread Richard Shaw
I usually use yum from cli so it's not a big deal for me but lately when I've gotten the updates notification in gnome-shell, when I click "install updates" nothing happens. Anyone else seeing this? Thanks, Richard -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subs

Re: 4K monitors?

2014-07-06 Thread poma
On 04.07.2014 23:06, Tom Horsley wrote: On Fri, 04 Jul 2014 22:58:27 +0200 lee wrote: Huh? You can't just specify a resolution in xorg.conf anymore? Nope. After proudly ignoring EDID for 20 years, linux switched gears completely. Now it basically pays no attention to anything you have to say

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-06 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Sat, 2014-07-05 at 22:07 -0400, Garry T. Williams wrote: > The systemd(1) manual page uses the term "entity" -- not object to > refer to units. And it says units encapsulate various objects. > Perhaps this is the source of confusion? The word "entity" is not used anywhere in the systemd(1) man

Re: 4K monitors?

2014-07-06 Thread poma
On 06.07.2014 15:09, poma wrote: On 04.07.2014 23:06, Tom Horsley wrote: On Fri, 04 Jul 2014 22:58:27 +0200 lee wrote: Huh? You can't just specify a resolution in xorg.conf anymore? Nope. After proudly ignoring EDID for 20 years, linux switched gears completely. Now it basically pays no att

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-06 Thread poma
On 06.07.2014 15:21, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: On Sat, 2014-07-05 at 22:07 -0400, Garry T. Williams wrote: The systemd(1) manual page uses the term "entity" -- not object to refer to units. And it says units encapsulate various objects. Perhaps this is the source of confusion? The word "enti

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-06 Thread Glenn Holmer
On 07/06/2014 03:53 AM, lee wrote: > Glenn Holmer writes: > >> On 07/05/2014 06:21 PM, Tim wrote: >>> Allegedly, on or about 05 July 2014, Patrick O'Callaghan sent: >>> The old system was considered bad, because it had 6 run levels, of which >>> a few of them were never used. Now we have 12? >>

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-06 Thread Suvayu Ali
On Sat, Jul 05, 2014 at 09:34:32PM -0700, David Benfell wrote: > Garry T. Williams writes: > > >On 7-5-14 22:07:17 Garry T. Williams wrote: > >>whenever systemd determines that the multi-user Target is its > >>objective. This corresponds to what we used to call system level 2. > > > >Heh. How qu

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-06 Thread poma
On 06.07.2014 16:04, Suvayu Ali wrote: On Sat, Jul 05, 2014 at 09:34:32PM -0700, David Benfell wrote: Garry T. Williams writes: On 7-5-14 22:07:17 Garry T. Williams wrote: whenever systemd determines that the multi-user Target is its objective. This corresponds to what we used to call system

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-06 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Sun, 2014-07-06 at 15:32 +0200, poma wrote: > > I repeat that I am not attacking systemd here, I'm criticizing the > way > > it's described. It may seem perfectly clear to those who already > > understand it, but it's not at all clear to those who are used to > > something different. > > > > poc

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-06 Thread Kevin Fenzi
On Sun, 06 Jul 2014 06:27:17 +0100 Balint Szigeti wrote: > > but is it impossible to configure systemd to save logfile into text > files instead of journal file? > or we should have syslog service (i.e. rsyslog) for this yes, you can run rsyslog and gateway all the messages to it. kevin sign

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-06 Thread Kevin Fenzi
On Sun, 06 Jul 2014 09:52:24 +0200 lee wrote: > Kevin Fenzi writes: > > > output. With systemd/journald, ALL output is saved and easy to > > query. > > How do you query this output? I just look at the logfile, and when > it's not there, I never see it. What's the advantage of hiding > outpu

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-06 Thread Kevin Fenzi
On Sun, 06 Jul 2014 09:48:04 +0200 lee wrote: > David Benfell writes: > > > Kevin Fenzi writes: > > pulseaudio, which I leave alone right up to the moment I have > > problems--any problems--with sound, and then eliminate as a usually > > successful first stab at a solution. Pretty please fix y

Camera mounting

2014-07-06 Thread jarmo
[Solved] I had my booting system into multi-user. Started XFCE from command line.. Now somehow XFCE couldn't do mounting without root privileges. I changed boot direct into graphical.target, so now I get medias mounted without root privileges.. Sorry for noise, should check better my system and

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-06 Thread Suvayu Ali
On Sun, Jul 06, 2014 at 04:16:35PM +0200, poma wrote: > On 06.07.2014 16:04, Suvayu Ali wrote: > >On Sat, Jul 05, 2014 at 09:34:32PM -0700, David Benfell wrote: > >>Garry T. Williams writes: > >> > >>>On 7-5-14 22:07:17 Garry T. Williams wrote: > whenever systemd determines that the multi-user

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-06 Thread Tom Horsley
On Sun, 6 Jul 2014 18:37:03 +0200 Suvayu Ali wrote: > Actually by regular user I meant anyone who is not a developer. I am > myself an enthusiast/admin(for my home systems), and I find systemd docs > very hard to follow. Me too, but every time I need to spend an hour discovering some systemd fea

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-06 Thread Michael Hennebry
On Sun, 6 Jul 2014, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: I'm an old Unix hand so for me the man page *is* the reference in most cases, though for something as large and complex as systemd I have no issue with there being supplementary material as long as I don't need to access it just to remember a basic

Re: Camera mounting

2014-07-06 Thread lee
jarmo writes: > Just found weirdo action. i connect my olympus camera into computer. > Nothing happens, but I can find "unknown" in filemanager. Now try to > open it, I get response, that need to be root, to mount camera into > system What? Earlier I could mount it as a normal user... Huh?

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-06 Thread lee
Joe Zeff writes: > On 07/06/2014 12:43 AM, lee wrote: >> Not even the configuration files are where they belong. > > Actually, they're exactly where they belong. They just aren't where > you expect them to be. They belong under /etc, not hidden somewhere in /var. -- Fedora release 20 (Heisen

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-06 Thread lee
Kevin Fenzi writes: > On Sun, 06 Jul 2014 09:52:24 +0200 > lee wrote: > >> Kevin Fenzi writes: >> >> > output. With systemd/journald, ALL output is saved and easy to >> > query. >> >> How do you query this output? I just look at the logfile, and when >> it's not there, I never see it. What

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-06 Thread lee
Kevin Fenzi writes: > On Sun, 06 Jul 2014 09:48:04 +0200 > lee wrote: > >> David Benfell writes: >> >> > Kevin Fenzi writes: >> > pulseaudio, which I leave alone right up to the moment I have >> > problems--any problems--with sound, and then eliminate as a usually >> > successful first stab at

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-06 Thread lee
Patrick O'Callaghan writes: > On Sat, 2014-07-05 at 22:07 -0400, Garry T. Williams wrote: >> The systemd(1) manual page uses the term "entity" -- not object to >> refer to units. And it says units encapsulate various objects. >> Perhaps this is the source of confusion? > > The word "entity" is n

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-06 Thread lee
Glenn Holmer writes: > On 07/06/2014 03:53 AM, lee wrote: >> Glenn Holmer writes: >> >>> On 07/05/2014 06:21 PM, Tim wrote: Allegedly, on or about 05 July 2014, Patrick O'Callaghan sent: The old system was considered bad, because it had 6 run levels, of which a few of them were n

Re: 4K monitors?

2014-07-06 Thread lee
Tim writes: > Tim: >>> I tend to agree regarding things like resolution. Screen dimensions and >>> resolutions are fixed entities, and should be set to exactly match the >>> hardware involved. > > lee: >> Many people still don't see it that way. And in a way, they are right: >> Nobody prevents

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-06 Thread Glenn Holmer
On 07/06/2014 11:52 AM, lee wrote: > I don't want to read the documentation. I rest my case. -- Glenn Holmer (Linux registered user #16682) "After the vintage season came the aftermath -- and Cenbe." -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription opti

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-06 Thread Kevin Fenzi
On Sun, 06 Jul 2014 18:18:46 +0200 lee wrote: > Kevin Fenzi writes: > > > On Sun, 06 Jul 2014 09:52:24 +0200 > > lee wrote: > > > >> Kevin Fenzi writes: > >> > >> > output. With systemd/journald, ALL output is saved and easy to > >> > query. > >> > >> How do you query this output? I just

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-06 Thread Ahmad Samir
On 06/07/14 18:44, lee wrote: Kevin Fenzi writes: [...] yum remove alsa-plugins-pulseaudio used to do it. It would still be installed, but not loaded/used. Hm, yes, I could actually remove it without removing anything else, thank you! Finally! Now I even have hardware mixing and no stupi

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-06 Thread Michael Hennebry
On Sun, 6 Jul 2014, lee wrote: Joe Zeff writes: On 07/06/2014 12:43 AM, lee wrote: Not even the configuration files are where they belong. Actually, they're exactly where they belong. They just aren't where you expect them to be. They belong under /etc, not hidden somewhere in /var. C

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-06 Thread Kevin Fenzi
On Sun, 6 Jul 2014 13:25:42 -0500 (CDT) Michael Hennebry wrote: > On Sun, 6 Jul 2014, lee wrote: > > > Joe Zeff writes: > > > >> On 07/06/2014 12:43 AM, lee wrote: > >>> Not even the configuration files are where they belong. > >> > >> Actually, they're exactly where they belong. They just are

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-06 Thread David Benfell
Patrick O'Callaghan writes: The term "object" is used twice. Once is in reference to "file system objects" which I assume has the usual meaning. The other is in "Units encapsulate various objects that are relevant for system boot-up and maintenance". Sorry, even your attempt to parse this (and

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-06 Thread David Benfell
poma writes: You can propose your terminology. You're asking him to do Poettering's technical writing when he isn't even sure he understands Poettering correctly. Not only is that an imposition, it's an unfair one. -- David Benfell See https://parts-unknown.org/node/2 if you do not underst

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-06 Thread David Benfell
Glenn Holmer writes: systemd is broken because you don't like the terms it uses? Really? "Target" makes perfect sense: to reach a certain target, enable the units in its list. This kind of argumentation does not help the case for systemd. 'Broken' might be the wrong word. But if the documenta

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-06 Thread Joe Zeff
On 07/06/2014 01:01 PM, David Benfell wrote: *What*, for example, is "the usual meaning" of "file system objects?" A file? Why not just say "file?" And if the documentation really means files or pipes or devices, then why not say "files or pipes or devices?" I'm only guessing, but it looks to m

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-06 Thread Tom Horsley
On Sun, 06 Jul 2014 13:22:56 -0700 Joe Zeff wrote: > One > wonders what would happen if somebody would open a bugzilla on the man > page claiming that it's impossible to understand, especially if there > were a number of comments by other "mere users" complaining about the > exact same thing.

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-06 Thread David Benfell
Kevin Fenzi writes: How do you query this output? I just look at the logfile, and when it's not there, I never see it. What's the advantage of hiding output like that? journalctl -u servicename In all the times I've looked at the man pages for journalctl, I've never noticed this. Instea

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-06 Thread Olav Vitters
On Sun, Jul 06, 2014 at 04:34:35PM -0400, Tom Horsley wrote: > On Sun, 06 Jul 2014 13:22:56 -0700 > Joe Zeff wrote: > > > One > > wonders what would happen if somebody would open a bugzilla on the man > > page claiming that it's impossible to understand, especially if there > > were a number of

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-06 Thread David Benfell
Kevin Fenzi writes: journalctl | grep whatever or journalctl | less and page though things? In my experience, this is really, really slow. To make it reasonably responsive you have to tune the journal accumulation so tightly that you are pretty much sacrificing any history at all. --

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-06 Thread Olav Vitters
On Sun, Jul 06, 2014 at 01:34:24PM -0700, David Benfell wrote: > Poettering reminds me of a teenager who thinks the world would be > perfect if everybody just did things his (gender-biased language > *might* be appropriate here) way. The difference is that > distributions are giving Poettering his

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-06 Thread Joe Zeff
On 07/06/2014 01:34 PM, Tom Horsley wrote: Why do you wonder? It would be immediately closed as "too vague" and not documenting a specific error, perhaps with an additional comment about "patches welcome". So open a bugzilla listing specific problems with the man page, such as using terms that

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-06 Thread David Benfell
Olav Vitters writes: On Sun, Jul 06, 2014 at 01:34:24PM -0700, David Benfell wrote: Poettering reminds me of a teenager who thinks the world would be perfect if everybody just did things his (gender-biased language *might* be appropriate here) way. The difference is that distributions are givin

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-06 Thread Sam Varshavchik
David Benfell writes: Systemd needs to be a vast improvement to justify this. And it seems that not everyone even agrees that it's an improvement at all. Here's something that I can't figure out: with this entire thread in mind, why is all of this is being said /now/??? What happened? I

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-06 Thread Michael Hennebry
On Sun, 6 Jul 2014, Kevin Fenzi wrote: On Sun, 6 Jul 2014 13:25:42 -0500 (CDT) Michael Hennebry wrote: On Sun, 6 Jul 2014, lee wrote: Joe Zeff writes: On 07/06/2014 12:43 AM, lee wrote: Not even the configuration files are where they belong. Actually, they're exactly where they belong

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-06 Thread David Benfell
Sam Varshavchik writes: David Benfell writes: Systemd needs to be a vast improvement to justify this. And it seems that not everyone even agrees that it's an improvement at all. Here's something that I can't figure out: with this entire thread in mind, why is all of this is being said /no

Re: DNF Doesn't Appear to Have --skip-broken

2014-07-06 Thread Stephen Morris
On 07/03/2014 11:31 AM, Mike Wright wrote: 07/02/2014 06:10 PM, Rick Stevens wrote: On 07/02/2014 03:22 PM, Stephen Morris issued this missive: On 07/02/2014 08:29 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 07/02/14 05:45, Stephen Morris wrote: I'm using Thunderbird which like Ed's is configured to send

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-06 Thread Glenn Holmer
On 07/06/2014 03:16 PM, David Benfell wrote: > This is what is known as intellectual bullying. It excuses you from > having to explain by blaming the other fellow for not understanding. Did you read my original reply (to Tim) where I tried to explain it and included links? That's about how I descr

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-06 Thread David Benfell
Michael Hennebry writes: On Sun, 6 Jul 2014, Kevin Fenzi wrote: What systemd config files are under /var? I don't know. I thought lee did. Poking around the only thing I see here is /var/service, which I'm not even sure is systemd, but which, at least on Fedora, is a symbolic link back

SImple amp for F20

2014-07-06 Thread Robert Moskowitz
I am looking for a simple amplifer program. I have looked at audacity, but I would have to be 'recording' to get 'playthrough'. There is supposedly a .vst plugin, but I have not found it yet. This is for my wife to be able to have a simple amp (using my little Asus Eee900) for when she is p

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-06 Thread Olav Vitters
On Sun, Jul 06, 2014 at 02:23:44PM -0700, David Benfell wrote: > Olav Vitters writes: > > >On Sun, Jul 06, 2014 at 01:34:24PM -0700, David Benfell wrote: > >>Poettering reminds me of a teenager who thinks the world would be > >>perfect if everybody just did things his (gender-biased language > >>*

OT: Creating a livecd with efi support using Fedora

2014-07-06 Thread Michael D. Setzer II
Currently, I have a project that I build on Fedora systems that uses syslinux to boot from CD or USB. I've only found stuff that mentions Ubuntu, Arch, and some other distro on building EFI option, but even then it is talking about patched versions. Lots of info on installing it to a hard disk,

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-06 Thread R. G. Newbury
lee wrote: >Kevin Fenzi writes: >pulseaudio, which I leave alone right up to the moment I have >problems--any problems--with sound, and then eliminate as a usually >successful first stab at a solution. How do you eliminate pulseaudio on Fedora? It doesn't do anything but get in the way. You

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-06 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Sun, 2014-07-06 at 12:49 -0400, Tom Horsley wrote: > On Sun, 6 Jul 2014 18:37:03 +0200 > Suvayu Ali wrote: > > > Actually by regular user I meant anyone who is not a developer. I am > > myself an enthusiast/admin(for my home systems), and I find systemd docs > > very hard to follow. > > Me to

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-06 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Sun, 2014-07-06 at 13:01 -0700, David Benfell wrote: > *What*, for example, is "the usual meaning" of "file system objects?" > A > file? Why not just say "file?" And if the documentation really means > files > or pipes or devices, then why not say "files or pipes or devices?" I assume it me

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-06 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Sun, 2014-07-06 at 13:22 -0700, Joe Zeff wrote: > I'm only guessing, but it looks to me like the documentation was > written > by developers with poor writing skills, and approved by other > developers > who knew what the first ones meant. I guess that's what I was trying to say, so +1 poc

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-06 Thread Tom Horsley
On Sun, 06 Jul 2014 23:28:22 +0100 Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > Perhaps you can do us all a favour and publish your notes :-) I'm sure they are just as cryptic as everything else, but they are cryptic in a way I can understand :-). It would also be hard to separate out just the systemd stuff. --

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-06 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Sun, 2014-07-06 at 16:48 -0500, Glenn Holmer wrote: > And for those who find the official > documentation too difficult, there are plenty of blogs and articles > out > there that explain it more plainly. I know, I had to dig through them > to > do that presentation. So could you explain to us a

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-06 Thread David Benfell
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On July 6, 2014 3:16:43 PM PDT, Olav Vitters wrote: >On Sun, Jul 06, 2014 at 02:23:44PM -0700, David Benfell wrote: >> Olav Vitters writes: >> >> >On Sun, Jul 06, 2014 at 01:34:24PM -0700, David Benfell wrote: >> >>Poettering reminds me of a teenage

Re: SImple amp for F20

2014-07-06 Thread T.C. Hollingsworth
On Sun, Jul 6, 2014 at 3:13 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > I am looking for a simple amplifer program. > > I have looked at audacity, but I would have to be 'recording' to get > 'playthrough'. There is supposedly a .vst plugin, but I have not found it > yet. > > This is for my wife to be able to h

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-06 Thread Bill Oliver
On Sun, 6 Jul 2014, David Benfell wrote: So in your view, I have no right to object to his behavior but you have a right to object to my objection? Something ain't right there. Some things are above criticism. It's important that you know your place. billo -- users mailing list users@list

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-06 Thread Rolf Turner
On 07/07/14 11:24, David Benfell wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On July 6, 2014 3:16:43 PM PDT, Olav Vitters wrote: On Sun, Jul 06, 2014 at 02:23:44PM -0700, David Benfell wrote: Olav Vitters writes: On Sun, Jul 06, 2014 at 01:34:24PM -0700, David Benfell wrote: Poe

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-06 Thread Garry T. Williams
On 7-6-14 10:39:11 lee wrote: > "Garry T. Williams" writes: > > The analogy is placing a script in /etc/init.d and then linking > > its name in the /etc/rc5.d directory. > > > > I find this much simpler than the sysvinit schemes. > > You have taken well over 100 lines to give a description about h

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-06 Thread Ed Greshko
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 07/07/14 07:24, David Benfell wrote: > So in your view, I have no right to object to his behavior but you have a > right to object to my objection? > > Something ain't right there. Usually, 99% of the time?, objections to a person's behavior is a

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-06 Thread Garry T. Williams
On 7-6-14 14:21:05 Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > different types". So apparently entity==unit. No, the manual page clearly states that a Unit *is a* entity. That is not an identity relationship. Think class and subclass. I was just trying to find the cause of the confusion. Actually, I am done

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-06 Thread David Benfell
Bill Oliver writes: On Sun, 6 Jul 2014, David Benfell wrote: So in your view, I have no right to object to his behavior but you have a right to object to my objection? Something ain't right there. Some things are above criticism. It's important that you know your place. ;-) -- David B

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-06 Thread David Benfell
Rolf Turner writes: The difference is that Olav is polite and you are abusive. If you regard what I say as abusive, then you should, perhaps, be challenging this entire thread, which impugns the motivations, not only of Mr. Poettering, not only of the Fedora development team, but of every

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-06 Thread David Benfell
Ed Greshko writes: Usually, 99% of the time?, objections to a person's behavior is a direct result of exchanges on this list. I can't recall another instance where someone has taken issue with another who isn't on the list to defend himself. It seems to me that his work is a very loud voi

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-06 Thread Russell Miller
On Jul 6, 2014, at 5:33 PM, David Benfell wrote: > Rolf Turner writes: >> >> The difference is that Olav is polite and you are abusive. > > If you regard what I say as abusive, then you should, perhaps, be challenging > this entire thread, which impugns the motivations, not only of Mr. > Poe

Re: SImple amp for F20

2014-07-06 Thread Doug
On 07/06/2014 06:13 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: I am looking for a simple amplifer program. I have looked at audacity, but I would have to be 'recording' to get 'playthrough'. There is supposedly a .vst plugin, but I have not found it yet. This is for my wife to be able to have a simple am

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-06 Thread Ed Greshko
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 07/07/14 08:38, David Benfell wrote: > Ed Greshko writes: >> >> Usually, 99% of the time?, objections to a person's behavior is a direct >> result of exchanges on this list. I can't recall another instance where >> someone has taken issue with a

Re: SImple amp for F20

2014-07-06 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 07/06/2014 08:45 PM, Doug wrote: On 07/06/2014 06:13 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: I am looking for a simple amplifer program. I have looked at audacity, but I would have to be 'recording' to get 'playthrough'. There is supposedly a .vst plugin, but I have not found it yet. This is for

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-06 Thread David Benfell
Russell Miller writes: I regard what you say as abusive because you are using the accusation of mental illness as a weapon. That is intolerable. I agree. It is intolerable. For the record, I never accused anyone of mental illness and I am not qualified to offer diagnoses. I only remarked

X preview repo?

2014-07-06 Thread Tom Horsley
Just wondering if there is anything like the virt preview repo for the latest bits of X11, mesa, etc? (I suspect the answer is "no", but I figured it couldn't hurt to ask :-). I ask because the 4K monitor I just got working stopped working again following an update that dragged in some bits of mes

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-06 Thread Bill Oliver
On Sun, 6 Jul 2014, David Benfell wrote: Russell Miller writes: > I regard what you say as abusive because you are using the accusation of mental illness as a weapon. That is intolerable. I agree. It is intolerable. For the record, I never accused anyone of mental illness and I am not qua

Re: Camera mounting

2014-07-06 Thread poma
On 06.07.2014 18:03, jarmo wrote: [Solved] I had my booting system into multi-user. Started XFCE from command line.. Now somehow XFCE couldn't do mounting without root privileges. I changed boot direct into graphical.target, so now I get medias mounted without root privileges.. Sorry for noise,

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-06 Thread poma
On 06.07.2014 16:45, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: On Sun, 2014-07-06 at 15:32 +0200, poma wrote: I repeat that I am not attacking systemd here, I'm criticizing the way it's described. It may seem perfectly clear to those who already understand it, but it's not at all clear to those who are used

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-06 Thread R. G. Newbury
>>> If Mr. Poettering objects to such analysis, he should stop performing it on those who disagree with him. Bullshit, he hasn't done anything to you personally. There is no reason to behave like you're doing here. So in your view, I have no right to object to his behavior but you have a ri

Re: SImple amp for F20

2014-07-06 Thread Doug
On 07/06/2014 08:57 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: On 07/06/2014 08:45 PM, Doug wrote: On 07/06/2014 06:13 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: I am looking for a simple amplifer program. I have looked at audacity, but I would have to be 'recording' to get 'playthrough'. There is supposedly a .vst pl

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-06 Thread poma
On 06.07.2014 22:12, David Benfell wrote: poma writes: You can propose your terminology. You're asking him to do Poettering's technical writing when he isn't even sure he understands Poettering correctly. Not only is that an imposition, it's an unfair one. Thanks, but no thanks. Actually

Re: Camera mounting

2014-07-06 Thread jarmo
Mon, 07 Jul 2014 03:52:36 +0200 poma kirjoitti: > You did not quite understand when I asked you to paste the command[1] > output here, i.e. > [1] $ loginctl show-session $(loginctl|grep $(whoami)|awk '{print > $1}') > > However it seems that your case is the same as Bob's, > "gphoto2 only as roo

Re: SImple amp for F20

2014-07-06 Thread poma
On 07.07.2014 04:47, Doug wrote: ... there are a couple of simple things to try: get some snap-on ferrite shield beads. They cost about $2-3 each. put one or two around the AC poser cord right where it enters the amplifier chassis. ... Heooo I appreciate your audio fidelia, but you are in t

Re: SImple amp for F20

2014-07-06 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 07/06/2014 10:47 PM, Doug wrote: On 07/06/2014 08:57 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: On 07/06/2014 08:45 PM, Doug wrote: On 07/06/2014 06:13 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: I am looking for a simple amplifer program. I have looked at audacity, but I would have to be 'recording' to get 'playth

Re: SImple amp for F20

2014-07-06 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 07/06/2014 11:21 PM, poma wrote: On 07.07.2014 04:47, Doug wrote: ... there are a couple of simple things to try: get some snap-on ferrite shield beads. They cost about $2-3 each. put one or two around the AC poser cord right where it enters the amplifier chassis. ... Heooo I appreciat

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