Re: Disable automatic download of updates

2014-10-19 Thread ml
On Saturday, October 18, 2014 11:16:30 PM jd1008 wrote: > Also, having used yum erase, I have had catastrophic consequences, > because yum will remove dependencies also, which other packages > which you might not want removed. > > For example, just try to > > yum erase bash > > and see what happ

Re: Alternative for acroread (Adobe Reader) in LINUX?

2014-10-19 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Sat, 2014-10-18 at 01:10 +, Bill Oliver wrote: > Here's the problem. Let's say you have a set of data and you want to > characterize it in order to use it as the basis of a model. In order > to do that, you really need to know the underlying PDF. I assume you mean Probability Distribution

Re: pnmixer error message: Gdk-CRITICAL **: IA__gdk_window_get_root_coords: assertion 'GDK_IS_WINDOW (window)' failed

2014-10-19 Thread Ranjan Maitra
On Sun, 19 Oct 2014 13:47:05 +0800 Ed Greshko wrote: > On 10/19/14 13:37, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > >> > https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7/pdf/Kernel_Crash_Dump_Guide/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux-7-Kernel_Crash_Dump_Guide-en-US.pdf > >> > > >> > which has a sectio

Re: Alternative for acroread (Adobe Reader) in LINUX?

2014-10-19 Thread Ranjan Maitra
On Sun, 19 Oct 2014 13:28:45 +0100 Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Sat, 2014-10-18 at 01:10 +, Bill Oliver wrote: > > Here's the problem. Let's say you have a set of data and you want to > > characterize it in order to use it as the basis of a model. In order > > to do that, you really nee

Re: pnmixer error message: Gdk-CRITICAL **: IA__gdk_window_get_root_coords: assertion 'GDK_IS_WINDOW (window)' failed

2014-10-19 Thread poma
On 19.10.2014 14:55, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > On Sun, 19 Oct 2014 13:47:05 +0800 Ed Greshko wrote: > >> On 10/19/14 13:37, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7/pdf/Kernel_Crash_Dump_Guide/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux-7-Kernel_Crash_Dump_Gui

Re: pnmixer error message: Gdk-CRITICAL **: IA__gdk_window_get_root_coords: assertion 'GDK_IS_WINDOW (window)' failed

2014-10-19 Thread Ed Greshko
On 10/19/14 20:55, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > On Sun, 19 Oct 2014 13:47:05 +0800 Ed Greshko wrote: > >> On 10/19/14 13:37, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7/pdf/Kernel_Crash_Dump_Guide/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux-7-Kernel_Crash_Dump_Guide-

Re: pnmixer error message: Gdk-CRITICAL **: IA__gdk_window_get_root_coords: assertion 'GDK_IS_WINDOW (window)' failed

2014-10-19 Thread Ranjan Maitra
On Sun, 19 Oct 2014 15:39:45 +0200 poma wrote: > On 19.10.2014 14:55, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > > On Sun, 19 Oct 2014 13:47:05 +0800 Ed Greshko > > wrote: > > > >> On 10/19/14 13:37, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > > https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7/pdf/Kernel_C

Re: pnmixer error message: Gdk-CRITICAL **: IA__gdk_window_get_root_coords: assertion 'GDK_IS_WINDOW (window)' failed

2014-10-19 Thread Ranjan Maitra
On Sun, 19 Oct 2014 21:44:03 +0800 Ed Greshko wrote: > To summarize. The problem you're having is with pnmixer. You have 4 systems > configured, software wise, the same and only one system has this problem. > The problem presents itself coming out of hibernate as well as on initial > boot.

Re: pnmixer error message: Gdk-CRITICAL **: IA__gdk_window_get_root_coords: assertion 'GDK_IS_WINDOW (window)' failed

2014-10-19 Thread Ed Greshko
On 10/19/14 22:12, Ranjan Maitra wrote: >> I notice you've 2 Audio devices. >> > >> > 00:03.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core >> > Processor HD Audio Controller (rev 06) >> > and >> > 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset High >> > Defi

Re: pnmixer error message: Gdk-CRITICAL **: IA__gdk_window_get_root_coords: assertion 'GDK_IS_WINDOW (window)' failed

2014-10-19 Thread Ed Greshko
On 10/19/14 22:12, Ranjan Maitra wrote: >> Also, recall I don't use openbox, would it be possible to delay the starting >> of pnmixer by using a user specific autostart instead of the system-wide >> file you're currently using? > Yes, that is what I have set it up now as, for when I next crash. >

Re: pnmixer error message: Gdk-CRITICAL **: IA__gdk_window_get_root_coords: assertion 'GDK_IS_WINDOW (window)' failed

2014-10-19 Thread Ranjan Maitra
On Sun, 19 Oct 2014 22:38:33 +0800 Ed Greshko wrote: > On 10/19/14 22:12, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > >> Also, recall I don't use openbox, would it be possible to delay the > >> starting of pnmixer by using a user specific autostart instead of the > >> system-wide file you're currently using? > > Ye

Re: pnmixer error message: Gdk-CRITICAL **: IA__gdk_window_get_root_coords: assertion 'GDK_IS_WINDOW (window)' failed

2014-10-19 Thread Ed Greshko
On 10/19/14 22:49, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > On Sun, 19 Oct 2014 22:38:33 +0800 Ed Greshko wrote: > >> On 10/19/14 22:12, Ranjan Maitra wrote: Also, recall I don't use openbox, would it be possible to delay the starting of pnmixer by using a user specific autostart instead of the sys

Re: pnmixer error message: Gdk-CRITICAL **: IA__gdk_window_get_root_coords: assertion 'GDK_IS_WINDOW (window)' failed

2014-10-19 Thread poma
On 19.10.2014 16:03, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > On Sun, 19 Oct 2014 15:39:45 +0200 poma wrote: > >> On 19.10.2014 14:55, Ranjan Maitra wrote: >>> On Sun, 19 Oct 2014 13:47:05 +0800 Ed Greshko >>> wrote: >>> On 10/19/14 13:37, Ranjan Maitra wrote: >>> https://access.redhat.com/documentation

Re: pnmixer error message: Gdk-CRITICAL **: IA__gdk_window_get_root_coords: assertion 'GDK_IS_WINDOW (window)' failed

2014-10-19 Thread Ranjan Maitra
On Sun, 19 Oct 2014 22:59:12 +0800 Ed Greshko wrote: > On 10/19/14 22:49, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > > On Sun, 19 Oct 2014 22:38:33 +0800 Ed Greshko > > wrote: > > > >> On 10/19/14 22:12, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > Also, recall I don't use openbox, would it be possible to delay the > startin

Re: pnmixer error message: Gdk-CRITICAL **: IA__gdk_window_get_root_coords: assertion 'GDK_IS_WINDOW (window)' failed

2014-10-19 Thread poma
On 19.10.2014 17:26, poma wrote: > On 19.10.2014 16:03, Ranjan Maitra wrote: >> On Sun, 19 Oct 2014 15:39:45 +0200 poma wrote: >> >>> On 19.10.2014 14:55, Ranjan Maitra wrote: On Sun, 19 Oct 2014 13:47:05 +0800 Ed Greshko wrote: > On 10/19/14 13:37, Ranjan Maitra wrote: >>

Re: Disable automatic download of updates

2014-10-19 Thread jd1008
On 10/18/2014 11:42 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 10/19/14 13:16, jd1008 wrote: If the OP did go through the steps you enumerate, why would s/he be so surprised by the automatic updates ? :) :) Very strange!! The OP didn't do what you have suggested. The OP is using GNOME and that is the behavio

Re: Disable automatic download of updates

2014-10-19 Thread jd1008
On 10/19/2014 02:12 AM, m...@sudhirkhanger.com wrote: On Saturday, October 18, 2014 11:16:30 PM jd1008 wrote: Also, having used yum erase, I have had catastrophic consequences, because yum will remove dependencies also, which other packages which you might not want removed. For example, just t

Re: SATA II causes system freeze

2014-10-19 Thread David A. De Graaf
On Fri, Oct 03, 2014 at 02:19:55PM -0400, David A. De Graaf wrote: > On Fri, Oct 03, 2014 at 04:01:30AM +0930, Tim wrote: > > Allegedly, on or about 02 October 2014, Chris Murphy sent: > > > Cables are often the source of weird problems. Specifically it's the > > > connectors that are flakey, not t

Re: Alternative for acroread (Adobe Reader) in LINUX?

2014-10-19 Thread Rolf Turner
On 20/10/14 01:28, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: On Sat, 2014-10-18 at 01:10 +, Bill Oliver wrote: Here's the problem. Let's say you have a set of data and you want to characterize it in order to use it as the basis of a model. In order to do that, you really need to know the underlying PDF.

Re: pnmixer error message: Gdk-CRITICAL **: IA__gdk_window_get_root_coords: assertion 'GDK_IS_WINDOW (window)' failed

2014-10-19 Thread Ranjan Maitra
On Sun, 19 Oct 2014 18:19:50 +0200 poma wrote: > On 19.10.2014 17:26, poma wrote: > > On 19.10.2014 16:03, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > >> On Sun, 19 Oct 2014 15:39:45 +0200 poma wrote: > >> > >>> On 19.10.2014 14:55, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > On Sun, 19 Oct 2014 13:47:05 +0800 Ed Greshko > w

Re: Disable automatic download of updates

2014-10-19 Thread Ed Greshko
On 10/20/14 03:06, jd1008 wrote: > > On 10/18/2014 11:42 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: >> On 10/19/14 13:16, jd1008 wrote: >>> If the OP did go through the steps you enumerate, why would s/he be so >>> surprised >>> by the automatic updates ? :) :) Very strange!! >> The OP didn't do what you have sugges

Windows manager misbehaviour when Mathematica 10 runs

2014-10-19 Thread Paul Smith
Dear All, When I run Mathematica 10 on Fedora 20 under XFCE, the windows manager misbehaviours (for instance, some single mouse clicks are recognized as two sequential clicks). The issue seems related to the following: http://mathematica.stackexchange.com/questions/55261/gnome-wants-to-kill-mathe

Re: 64bit skype client needed

2014-10-19 Thread Jonathan Ryshpan
On Wed, 2014-09-17 at 12:46 -0600, jd1008 wrote: > I have been trying to locate a fully 64bit skype client to no avail; > a client that will not require 32 bit dependencies. > > Any info on that? > > MS is not supporting linux x86_64 and who can blame them? > They do not like Linux. They might e

Re: Alternative for acroread (Adobe Reader) in LINUX?

2014-10-19 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Mon, 2014-10-20 at 08:31 +1300, Rolf Turner wrote: > On 20/10/14 01:28, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > On Sat, 2014-10-18 at 01:10 +, Bill Oliver wrote: > >> Here's the problem. Let's say you have a set of data and you want to > >> characterize it in order to use it as the basis of a model.

Re: Alternative for acroread (Adobe Reader) in LINUX?

2014-10-19 Thread Joe Zeff
On 10/19/2014 04:16 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: It can be either Distribution or Density. Also a few other things (see Wikipedia). That's the problem with specialist terminology where the context isn't completely clear, e.g. we all know what ATM is when talking about a banking network, right?

Re: Disable automatic download of updates

2014-10-19 Thread jd1008
On 10/19/2014 04:05 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 10/20/14 03:06, jd1008 wrote: On 10/18/2014 11:42 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 10/19/14 13:16, jd1008 wrote: If the OP did go through the steps you enumerate, why would s/he be so surprised by the automatic updates ? :) :) Very strange!! The OP didn

Re: 64bit skype client needed

2014-10-19 Thread Roger
On 20/10/14 12:58, jd1008 wrote: Hi Jon, I actually did run yum localinstall /./x86_64/skype-4.2.0.11-3.fc20.x86_64.rpm and yum downloaded and installed all the i686 libs, so I did not have to do any guess work as to what packages skype needed. I was only interested in avoiding having to d

Re: 64bit skype client needed

2014-10-19 Thread jd1008
On 10/19/2014 08:14 PM, Roger wrote: On 20/10/14 12:58, jd1008 wrote: Hi Jon, I actually did run yum localinstall /./x86_64/skype-4.2.0.11-3.fc20.x86_64.rpm and yum downloaded and installed all the i686 libs, so I did not have to do any guess work as to what packages skype needed. I was

Re: Disable automatic download of updates

2014-10-19 Thread Ed Greshko
On 10/20/14 09:54, jd1008 wrote: > > On 10/19/2014 04:05 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: >> On 10/20/14 03:06, jd1008 wrote: >>> On 10/18/2014 11:42 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 10/19/14 13:16, jd1008 wrote: > If the OP did go through the steps you enumerate, why would s/he be so > surprised >

Re: 64bit skype client needed

2014-10-19 Thread jd1008
On 10/19/2014 05:09 PM, Jonathan Ryshpan wrote: On Wed, 2014-09-17 at 12:46 -0600, jd1008 wrote: I have been trying to locate a fully 64bit skype client to no avail; a client that will not require 32 bit dependencies. Any info on that? MS is not supporting linux x86_64 and who can blame them

upgrade to kde plasma 5 from 4

2014-10-19 Thread William Biggs
I running kde in fedora 20 I would like to know how do I upgrade from kde 4 to kde plasma 5 ? -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/

Browsing Insecurity

2014-10-19 Thread jd1008
is much worse than I thought :) See http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/07/22/canvas_fingerprinting_is_privacy_pirates_new_web_weapon/ I wonder if web browser developers will do something to counteract this attack on privacy. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or

Re: upgrade to kde plasma 5 from 4

2014-10-19 Thread Ed Greshko
On 10/20/14 10:06, William Biggs wrote: > I running kde in fedora 20 I would like to know how do I upgrade from kde 4 > to kde plasma 5 ? I would take this question over to the k...@lists.fedoraproject.org list I believe that the http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SIGs/KDE/Testing repo has what

Re: 64bit skype client needed

2014-10-19 Thread jarmo
Sun, 19 Oct 2014 19:58:51 -0600 jd1008 kirjoitti: > Hi Jon, > I actually did run yum localinstall > /./x86_64/skype-4.2.0.11-3.fc20.x86_64.rpm > and yum downloaded and installed all the i686 libs, so I did not have An how come you get that 4.2.xxx version work... I had to take 4.3.x ver

4k video fails after update

2014-10-19 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
[This is a very incomplete report. Sorry. I wanted to get this out before I go to bed. More when I have time.] I have a Seiki "4k" monitor that I'm using on my Fedora 20 system. I'm using the nvidia proprietary driver with a Geforce GTX 650 video card. It has been working well for a while.

Re: pnmixer error message: Gdk-CRITICAL **: IA__gdk_window_get_root_coords: assertion 'GDK_IS_WINDOW (window)' failed

2014-10-19 Thread poma
On 19.10.2014 22:38, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > On Sun, 19 Oct 2014 18:19:50 +0200 poma wrote: > >> On 19.10.2014 17:26, poma wrote: >>> On 19.10.2014 16:03, Ranjan Maitra wrote: On Sun, 19 Oct 2014 15:39:45 +0200 poma wrote: > On 19.10.2014 14:55, Ranjan Maitra wrote: >> On Sun, 1

Re: 64bit skype client needed

2014-10-19 Thread Cristian Sava
On Sun, 2014-10-19 at 16:09 -0700, Jonathan Ryshpan wrote: > On Wed, 2014-09-17 at 12:46 -0600, jd1008 wrote: > > I have been trying to locate a fully 64bit skype client to no avail; > > a client that will not require 32 bit dependencies. > > > > Any info on that? > > > > MS is not supporting lin