Re: [ F21 ] How to remove GNOME

On 08.03.2015, Sam Varshavchik wrote: > You want to remove Gnome, and then what? Without Gnome, you do not have an X > desktop. Using i3, he doesn't need one. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mail

Re: [ F21 ] How to remove GNOME

On 08.03.2015, Heinz Diehl wrote: > > You want to remove Gnome, and then what? Without Gnome, you do not have an X > > desktop. > Using i3, he doesn't need one. s/one/a DE/; X is always needed of course.. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscripti

Re: Unable to blank dvd/rw media

Am 08.03.2015 um 04:18 schrieb Ed Greshko: I err'd when I wrote the above as I actually found 2 DVD's in the drawer and the one I used was an off-brand from "Melody Group" here in Taiwan and blanking worked. The Philips brand DVD+RW does *not* support the "blank" option when using the dvd+rw-f

Re: Problem installing Fedora 22 Alpha RC3

On 8 March 2015 at 01:58, Lawrence E Graves wrote: > I hear you but this is how I have learn to run and like linux. I build > computers and am not good with software part. The only way to learn is to > get busy. > I do run 21 on my PC but I use my laptop to learn how to run the next > release. >

pvcreate

Hello, Using fdisk I create a partition of 59Go (/dev/sdxy) Then I do a pvcreate /dev/sdxy) pvdisplay says: /dev/sdb7" is a new physical volume of "38.00 GiB" This probably results from a previous partitioning. How can I clear this glitch? Thank

Re: [ F21 ] How to remove GNOME

On 8 March 2015 at 00:10, Martin Cigorraga wrote: > Yes, it seems that some packages in Fedora pulls down more dependencies > than I would like; for instance removing the GNOME Desktop group (if it > actually existed) should only remove everything GNOME-related stuff and > only that, not whatever

Re: Problem installing Fedora 22 Alpha RC3

I hear you. Thank you and I will from now on since I have learned something from all of this. Have a blessed day. On 03/08/2015 05:06 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: On 8 March 2015 at 01:58, Lawrence E Graves > wrote: I hear you but this is how I have learn to

Re: pvcreate

On Sun, 8 Mar 2015 12:09:17 +0100, Patrick Dupre wrote: > Hello, > > Using fdisk I create a partition of 59Go (/dev/sdxy) > Then I do a pvcreate /dev/sdxy) > pvdisplay says: > /dev/sdb7" is a new physical volume of "38.00 GiB" > > This probably results from a previous partitioning. > > How can

Re: rsyslog

On Fri, Mar 6, 2015 at 11:42 AM, Glenn Holmer wrote: > On 03/05/2015 07:28 PM, Dan Irwin wrote: >> >> Honestly, most people (as in net/sys admins) don't even use Linux >> anymore. They use Windows 7 or Macs. > > Huh? Perhaps he means something like http://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/31714.html -- user

Re: [ F21 ] How to remove GNOME

That was an enlightening answer, thank you very much Patrick. -Martin On Sun, Mar 8, 2015 at 8:17 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > On 8 March 2015 at 00:10, Martin Cigorraga > wrote: > >> Yes, it seems that some packages in Fedora pulls down more dependencies >> than I would like; for instanc

Fedora 21 server gnome install not starting

Hello Folks I know there's many questions about 'no graphical environment on server', but I've install gnome and enabled it. After booting the display hangs following: [ OK ] Started GNOME Display Manager And, perhaps a few following such as starting virtualisation demon, waiting for plymouth

Re: [ F21 ] How to remove GNOME

On Sat, Mar 07, 2015 at 06:32:22PM -0300, Martin Cigorraga wrote: > > I'm a newcomer to Fedora and still learning its ways so excuse me if my > question sounds stupid. > Now, I want to remove GNOME from my install as I use i3; from what I saw > there's no gnome-group or similar goup available, how

Re: [ F21 ] How to remove GNOME

On Sun, Mar 8, 2015 at 5:00 PM, Suvayu Ali wrote: > On Sat, Mar 07, 2015 at 06:32:22PM -0300, Martin Cigorraga wrote: > > > > I'm a newcomer to Fedora and still learning its ways so excuse me if my > > question sounds stupid. > > Now, I want to remove GNOME from my install as I use i3; from what

Re: Fedora 21 server gnome install not starting

It think you need to do: systemctl enable gdm There might be some other services that need to be enabled. This is the enabled list for a recent installation of Fedora 21 Workstation: http://ur1.ca/jvh4d Chris Murphy -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change s

Re: Fedora 21 server gnome install not starting

On Mar 8, 2015 1:50 PM, "Morgan Read" wrote: > > Hello Folks > > I know there's many questions about 'no graphical environment on server', but I've install gnome and enabled it. > > After booting the display hangs following: > [ OK ] Started GNOME Display Manager > And, perhaps a few following suc

Re: Assistance building a backup server

On 2015-03-05 09:48, Alex Regan wrote: Hi, I have a fedora20 system acting as a backup server, and I've exceeded its capacity. I'd like to build a bigger one, probably using fedora21. I currently have a 3TB backup system using five 1TB disks in RAID5. Restore times in case of disk failure are al

Re: [ F21 ] How to remove GNOME

On 03/07/15 16:32, Martin Cigorraga wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm a newcomer to Fedora and still learning its ways so excuse me if my > question sounds stupid. > Now, I want to remove GNOME from my install as I use i3; from what I saw > there's no gnome-group or similar goup available, how should I pro

Re: Fedora 21 server gnome install not starting

One really great reason to install Fedora server is that logging, using rsyslog, works out of the box. After learning this (this list, last week), I will be avoiding any desktop type installers, preferring the server image for workstation and laptop installs. On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 9:34 AM, Pete

Re: Assistance building a backup server

On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 9:48 AM, Alex Regan wrote: > Hi, > I have a fedora20 system acting as a backup server, and I've exceeded its > capacity. I'd like to build a bigger one, probably using fedora21. > > I currently have a 3TB backup system using five 1TB disks in RAID5. Restore > times in case o

Re: Assistance building a backup server

On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 9:48 AM, Alex Regan wrote: > I currently have a 3TB backup system using five 1TB disks in RAID5. Restore > times in case of disk failure are already exceedingly long, Oh yeah, several things you need to check if you're using mdadm created RAID. md/stripe_cache_size in sys

Re: Assistance building a backup server

On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 12:30 PM, Rick Stevens wrote: > On 03/05/2015 10:53 AM, Alex Regan wrote: >> Is btrfs used in production? I wasn't sure that it was fully stable yet. > > > btrfs is in production now. F21 fully supports it and (I think) it's the > default for F21. Btrfs isn't the default i

pidgin video chat

Does anyone know how to do video chat in pidgin? I can't figure it out for the life of me. I click on a contact name and the chat window opens. Then, under Conversation -> Media I have 3 options: Audio call / Video call / Audio and video call. But all are inactive (grayed out) and so they can't

Re: pidgin video chat

On 03/09/2015 12:55 AM, Amadeus W.M. wrote: Does anyone know how to do video chat in pidgin? I can't figure it out for the life of me. I click on a contact name and the chat window opens. Then, under Conversation -> Media I have 3 options: Audio call / Video call / Audio and video call. But all a