Re: mplayer problem

2015-05-25 Thread Ed Greshko
On 05/25/15 14:45, Suvayu Ali wrote: > On Mon, May 25, 2015 at 09:58:36AM +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: >> On 05/25/15 09:24, jd1008 wrote: >>> I used to be able to control the volume with >>> / (to lower the volume) >>> and >>> * (to raise the volume) >>> >>> These KB keys no longer have any effect o

Re: Replacing laptop cpu

2015-05-25 Thread Ed Greshko
On 05/25/15 05:39, Ronal B Morse wrote: > Keep us posted. -1 I think there may be other lists better suited for PC hardware repair discussions. -- If you can't laugh at yourself, others will gladly oblige. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscript

Re: Replacing laptop cpu

2015-05-25 Thread g
On 05/25/2015 12:40 AM, Tim wrote: > On Sun, 2015-05-24 at 23:22 -0500, g wrote: >> before replacing or installing newer cpu, do what has already >> been mentioned. >> >> clean away old thermal paste, apply fresh _white_ *high temp* >> thermal paste. > > Even just mucking about with the fan (po

Authentication with finger print reader

2015-05-25 Thread Kalpa Welivitigoda
Hi, I am using Fedora 21 with GNOME Shell 3.14.2 in a Lenovo T530 laptop. Is there anyway that I can configure the finder print reader in the laptop to login to GNOME and to authenticate for other operations, such as git push etc ? -- Best Regards, Kalpa Welivitigoda +94776509215 http://about.m

Re: Authentication with finger print reader

2015-05-25 Thread bitlord
On Mon, 25 May 2015 17:28:17 +0530 Kalpa Welivitigoda wrote: > Hi, > > I am using Fedora 21 with GNOME Shell 3.14.2 in a Lenovo T530 laptop. > Is there anyway that I can configure the finder print reader in the > laptop to login to GNOME and to authenticate for other operations, > such as git pu

Re: Authentication with finger print reader

2015-05-25 Thread Todor Petkov
On 25/05/2015 02:58 PM, Kalpa Welivitigoda wrote: Hi, I am using Fedora 21 with GNOME Shell 3.14.2 in a Lenovo T530 laptop. Is there anyway that I can configure the finder print reader in the laptop to login to GNOME and to authenticate for other operations, such as git push etc ? -- Best Regar

Re: loading shared libraries - ERROR

2015-05-25 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Sun, 2015-05-24 at 19:48 -0400, Mickey wrote: > As for QT5, I installed with this installer, > qt-unified-linux-x64-2.0.1-online.run Why? Qt5 is available in the Fedora repos and can be easily installed with yum. You're just asking for trouble if you try to run some random install script. poc

Re: Replacing laptop cpu

2015-05-25 Thread Tim
On Mon, 2015-05-25 at 03:56 -0500, g wrote: > would you presume dropping of voltage would cause a great amount of > change in a crystal's oscillation? Seems highly tangental to the prior conversation, but possibly yes. Essentially, it's a mechanical vibration, even at a very high rate. If you

Re: Replacing laptop cpu

2015-05-25 Thread g
On 05/25/2015 08:18 AM, Tim wrote: > On Mon, 2015-05-25 at 03:56 -0500, g wrote: >> would you presume dropping of voltage would cause a great amount of >> change in a crystal's oscillation? > > Seems highly tangental to the prior conversation, but possibly yes. > > Essentially, it's a mechanical

Anyone Install Qgroundcontrol on Fedora ?

2015-05-25 Thread Mickey
Has anyone installed Qgroundcontrol on Fedora, what version ? -- 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/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http:

Re: Replacing laptop cpu

2015-05-25 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Mon, 2015-05-25 at 22:48 +0930, Tim wrote: > If you gently pluck a guitar string while tuning it, it doesn't play > the same note as if you very harshly pluck the string. Or, to put in > another way, you pluck a string and let it ring, the note it plays > goes slightly flat before it peters out

Re: Replacing laptop cpu

2015-05-25 Thread jd1008
On 05/24/2015 10:22 PM, g wrote: On 05/24/2015 02:51 PM, jd1008 wrote: <<>> But this machine had been working for years without this recent issue. So, I kind of dounbt it he the graphics chip issue. It's history included the death of the cpu cooling fan, which I replaced. The laptop belonged

Re: mplayer problem

2015-05-25 Thread jd1008
On 05/25/2015 12:45 AM, Suvayu Ali wrote: On Mon, May 25, 2015 at 09:58:36AM +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: On 05/25/15 09:24, jd1008 wrote: I used to be able to control the volume with / (to lower the volume) and * (to raise the volume) These KB keys no longer have any effect on volume. Curren

Re: mplayer problem

2015-05-25 Thread jd1008
On 05/25/2015 01:43 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 05/25/15 14:45, Suvayu Ali wrote: On Mon, May 25, 2015 at 09:58:36AM +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: On 05/25/15 09:24, jd1008 wrote: I used to be able to control the volume with / (to lower the volume) and * (to raise the volume) These KB keys no lon

Re: Replacing laptop cpu

2015-05-25 Thread jd1008
On 05/25/2015 02:56 AM, g wrote: On 05/25/2015 12:40 AM, Tim wrote: On Sun, 2015-05-24 at 23:22 -0500, g wrote: before replacing or installing newer cpu, do what has already been mentioned. clean away old thermal paste, apply fresh _white_ *high temp* thermal paste. Even just mucking ab

Re: mplayer problem

2015-05-25 Thread Tim
Allegedly, on or about 25 May 2015, jd1008 sent: > I retried mplayer as a stanadlone command, > rather than in a script like: > for f in *.mp4 *.mp3; do > mplayer "$f" > done > > For me, running it from a script like above, then * and / do not work, > but invoking mplayer on one file at a time it

Re: mplayer problem

2015-05-25 Thread jd1008
On 05/25/2015 12:34 PM, Tim wrote: Allegedly, on or about 25 May 2015, jd1008 sent: I retried mplayer as a stanadlone command, rather than in a script like: for f in *.mp4 *.mp3; do mplayer "$f" done For me, running it from a script like above, then * and / do not work, but invoking mplayer o

Re: Replacing laptop cpu

2015-05-25 Thread Tim
Allegedly, on or about 25 May 2015, g sent: > basically, crystals are cut to oscillate at designed frequency, with > exceptions being those designed to vary with voltage. Though, still dependent on temperature, and other tuning components around them. > both of which tend towards 'off topic', but

Re: Replacing laptop cpu

2015-05-25 Thread g
On 05/25/2015 12:13 PM, jd1008 wrote: > On 05/24/2015 10:22 PM, g wrote: <<>> >> . >> before replacing or installing newer cpu, do what has already >> been mentioned. >> >> clean away old thermal paste, apply fresh _white_ *high temp* >> thermal paste. >> >> _do_not_ use a clear paste. clear does

Re: Replacing laptop cpu

2015-05-25 Thread jd1008
On 05/25/2015 02:17 PM, g wrote: On 05/25/2015 12:13 PM, jd1008 wrote: On 05/24/2015 10:22 PM, g wrote: <<>> . before replacing or installing newer cpu, do what has already been mentioned. clean away old thermal paste, apply fresh _white_ *high temp* thermal paste. _do_not_ use a clear pa

Re: Replacing laptop cpu

2015-05-25 Thread jdow
On 2015-05-25 06:18, Tim wrote: On Mon, 2015-05-25 at 03:56 -0500, g wrote: would you presume dropping of voltage would cause a great amount of change in a crystal's oscillation? Seems highly tangental to the prior conversation, but possibly yes. Essentially, it's a mechanical vibration, even

Re: Replacing laptop cpu

2015-05-25 Thread g
On 05/25/2015 03:26 PM, jd1008 wrote: > On 05/25/2015 02:17 PM, g wrote: <<>> >> if you have not refreshed thermal paste yet, as a bit of curiosity, >> run script before and after to also see if there is a change. >> >> > I ordered the thermal paste (Arctic silver) online. > Waiting for it's arr

Re: Replacing laptop cpu

2015-05-25 Thread jd1008
On 05/25/2015 03:21 PM, g wrote: On 05/25/2015 03:26 PM, jd1008 wrote: On 05/25/2015 02:17 PM, g wrote: <<>> if you have not refreshed thermal paste yet, as a bit of curiosity, run script before and after to also see if there is a change. I ordered the thermal paste (Arctic silver) onli

Re: Replacing laptop cpu

2015-05-25 Thread g
On 05/25/2015 04:28 PM, jd1008 wrote: > On 05/25/2015 03:21 PM, g wrote: <<>> >> also, is there a thermal pad between cpu and heat sink? there >> should be one because they help thermal transfer. > > I am not sure. Will have to get back to you on this. > On another different laptop, there was no

USB to COM Port connections

2015-05-25 Thread Mickey
Fedora 21 How do I get the USB to COM ports to connect ? This Darn Thunderbird, I can not get it to set to smaller Fonts. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Condu

qmake cannot be found

2015-05-25 Thread Mickey
Fedora 21 I'm trying to run a qmake command but it can't be found. I'm using a QT5 files to compile a program, and they are installed. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora C

Re: USB to COM Port connections

2015-05-25 Thread Richard Shaw
On Mon, May 25, 2015 at 5:50 PM, Mickey wrote: > > Fedora 21 > How do I get the USB to COM ports to connect ? There's not nearly enough information here to give you an intelligent answer but if you're using a supported USB to serial adapter, PL2303 (real one, not the knock off) or FTDI, it should

Re: qmake cannot be found

2015-05-25 Thread Richard Shaw
On Mon, May 25, 2015 at 5:58 PM, Mickey wrote: > Fedora 21 > I'm trying to run a qmake command but it can't be found. > > I'm using a QT5 files to compile a program, and they are installed. Assuming you have qt5-qtbase-devel installed, I think the binary is renamed to qmake-qt5 so it can coexis

Re: USB to COM Port connections

2015-05-25 Thread Mickey
On 05/25/2015 06:57 PM, Richard Shaw wrote: On Mon, May 25, 2015 at 5:50 PM, Mickey > wrote: > > Fedora 21 > How do I get the USB to COM ports to connect ? There's not nearly enough information here to give you an intelligent answer but if you're using a supporte

Re: USB to COM Port connections

2015-05-25 Thread Richard Shaw
On Mon, May 25, 2015 at 6:04 PM, Mickey wrote: > I'm plugging a standard usb cable into a Pixhawk Drone Flight Controller > and the COM port can't be found by the Controller program. > Doing a little googling I found a comment that said you need to make sure modemmanager is disabled as it will t

BTRFS Question

2015-05-25 Thread Javier Perez
Hi I am just learning about btrfs on my home system. How do I know what kind of options where used to create a BTRFS filesystem? I installed F21 from scratch and I created a BTRFS filesystem on a HDD. I think I created it with the "single" option. Now I read that that is dangerous, I should hav

Re: USB to COM Port connections

2015-05-25 Thread Mickey
Using tail -f /var/log/messages and plugging into usb I get nothing on output. The device is looking for a com port. On 05/25/2015 07:11 PM, Richard Shaw wrote: On Mon, May 25, 2015 at 6:04 PM, Mickey > wrote: I'm plugging a standard usb cable into a Pixhaw

Re: USB to COM Port connections

2015-05-25 Thread Mickey
On 05/25/2015 07:11 PM, Richard Shaw wrote: On Mon, May 25, 2015 at 6:04 PM, Mickey > wrote: I'm plugging a standard usb cable into a Pixhawk Drone Flight Controller and the COM port can't be found by the Controller program. Doing a little googling I fou

Re: USB to COM Port connections

2015-05-25 Thread Mickey
On 05/25/2015 07:38 PM, Mickey wrote: Using tail -f /var/log/messages and plugging into usb I get nothing on output. The device is looking for a com port. On 05/25/2015 07:11 PM, Richard Shaw wrote: On Mon, May 25, 2015 at 6:04 PM, Mickey > wrote: I'm pl

2 part question

2015-05-25 Thread William Biggs
I have a 2 part question . 1st I would like to know how to back up f21 to upgrade to f22 ? the 2nd question is how do I do and upgrade to f22 gnome ver from f21 ? -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mai

Re: mplayer problem

2015-05-25 Thread Gordon Messmer
On 05/25/2015 11:39 AM, jd1008 wrote: nop! Not if invoking mplayer from within a script. How are you calling the script? I ask because it sounds like mplayer doesn't have a controlling tty. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: htt

Re: mplayer problem

2015-05-25 Thread g
On 05/25/2015 12:20 PM, jd1008 wrote: <<>> > I retried mplayer as a stanadlone command, > rather than in a script like: > for f in *.mp4 *.mp3; do > mplayer "$f" > done > > For me, running it from a script like above, then * and / do not > work, but invoking mplayer on one file at a time it work

Re: USB to COM Port connections

2015-05-25 Thread g
On 05/25/2015 05:50 PM, Mickey wrote: > Fedora 21 > How do I get the USB to COM ports to connect ? > > This Darn Thunderbird, I can not get it to set to smaller Fonts. stop using stinking html to post to list. -- peace out. If Bill Gates got a dime for every time Windows crashes... ...oh,

Re: USB to COM Port connections

2015-05-25 Thread g
On 05/25/2015 07:20 PM, Mickey wrote: <<>> > Why is this a bad syntax ? > > # chmod 666 /dev/ttyACM0 –> ( Why Is this a bad syntax) if as user, you do own any /dev/* try either; sudo chmod 666 /dev/ttyACM0 or su -c "chmod 666 /dev/ttyACM0" -- peace out. If Bill Gates got a dime for

Re: 2 part question

2015-05-25 Thread bitlord
On Mon, 25 May 2015 23:52:47 -0400 William Biggs wrote: > I have a 2 part question . 1st I would like to know how to back up f21 > to upgrade to f22 ? the 2nd question is how do I do and upgrade to f22 > gnome ver from f21 ? > For backup it depends what you want, some people only care about dat

Re: qmake cannot be found

2015-05-25 Thread g
On 05/25/2015 06:01 PM, Richard Shaw wrote: > On Mon, May 25, 2015 at 5:58 PM, Mickey wrote: > >> Fedora 21 >> I'm trying to run a qmake command but it can't be found. >> >> I'm using a QT5 files to compile a program, and they are installed. > > > Assuming you have qt5-qtbase-devel installed, I

Re: 2 part question

2015-05-25 Thread William Biggs
what I want to back up the the conf files and the home folder so when I reload if I have to f22 all the software I installed will be install auto and all my setting are there if I can do it if not that fine I just back home folder On Tue, 2015-05-26 at 07:36 +0200, bitlord wrote: > On Mon, 25 May

Re: 2 part question

2015-05-25 Thread Tim
Allegedly, on or about 26 May 2015, William Biggs sent: > I want to back up the the conf files and the home folder... If the config files you want to back up pertain to personal settings (your browser, your screen mode, screen background, things you've set for your desktop and your login, et ceter