Re: Removing NetworkManager results in very slow boot

2011-06-22 Thread Steven Stern
On 06/22/2011 11:26 AM, Bob Goodwin wrote: > On 22/06/11 11:15, Steven Stern wrote: >> On 06/21/2011 09:43 PM, john wendel wrote: >>> I removed the NetworkManager stuff from systemd, since I don't want to >>> run it. Now there's a long boot delay while

Enable Delete key in Nautilus

2011-06-25 Thread Steven Stern
How can I tweak Nautilus so the delete key moves files to trash? -- -- Steve -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guideline

Re: Enable Delete key in Nautilus

2011-06-25 Thread Steven Stern
On 06/25/2011 11:26 AM, Joachim Backes wrote: > On 06/25/2011 06:14 PM, Steven Stern wrote: >> How can I tweak Nautilus so the delete key moves files to trash? >> >> > > Ctrl Delete > I don't want to CTRL DEL. I just want to DEL. Is there a setting for that?

Re: Enable Delete key in Nautilus

2011-06-26 Thread Steven Stern
On 06/26/2011 06:10 AM, Pasha R wrote: > On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 8:18 PM, Steven Stern > wrote: >> On 06/25/2011 11:26 AM, Joachim Backes wrote: >>> On 06/25/2011 06:14 PM, Steven Stern wrote: >>>> How can I tweak Nautilus so the delete key moves files to tra

Re: Howto change window colours in GNOME3

2011-06-27 Thread Steven Stern
On 06/27/2011 09:43 AM, Jouk Jansen wrote: > L.S. > > How can I change the colour scheme of the windows in GNOME3? (I hate the > greyish colours and my eyes are more suited to some other colours) In GNOME2 > I could do this with the gnome-appearance-properties, which seems to be > absent in GNOME3.

Re: system monitor appears twice in F15 Application List.

2011-06-27 Thread Steven Stern
On 06/27/2011 03:04 PM, Aaron Konstam wrote: > Does anyone know why system monitor appears twice in the F15 > Application list? Not on my system. There's only one, linked to gnome-system-monitor. Did you upgrade or do a clean install? -- -- Steve -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproje

Re: system monitor appears twice in F15 Application List.

2011-06-27 Thread Steven Stern
On 06/27/2011 03:27 PM, Mark Eggers wrote: > On Mon, 27 Jun 2011 15:20:01 -0500, Steven Stern wrote: > >> On 06/27/2011 03:04 PM, Aaron Konstam wrote: >>> Does anyone know why system monitor appears twice in the F15 >>> Application list? >> >> Not on my

Thunderbird 5

2011-07-03 Thread Steven Stern
Just FYI, I downloaded Thunderbird 5 from Mozilla.com into ~/bin and it's working just fine on F15. Unfortunately, not all Thunderbird extensions are supporting the new version. -- -- Steve -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https

Re: mail / mailx question

2011-07-08 Thread Steven Stern
On 07/08/2011 12:34 AM, Paul Allen Newell wrote: > I am running an F14 system which is pretty much out-of-the-box except I > have the machine hardcoded to 192.168.2.13 to keep my network happy. > > I see all sorts of uses of 'mail [...] root@localhost' which work great > when I look in /var/spoo

Re: mail / mailx question

2011-07-08 Thread Steven Stern
On 07/08/2011 04:46 PM, Paul Allen Newell wrote: > Jul 8 14:09:16 yoyo sendmail[1513]: p685IBvb002893: > to=, ctladdr= (500/500), > delay=15:51:05, xdelay=00:06:01, mailer=esmtp, pri=150723, > relay=mx-lb-03.srv.cs.cmu.edu. [128.2.217.14], dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: > Connection timed out with

Re: thunderbird (and firefox) stable

2011-07-09 Thread Steven Stern
On 07/09/2011 04:08 AM, Reindl Harald wrote: > > Am 08.07.2011 23:07, schrieb Reindl Harald: >> Am 08.07.2011 20:37, schrieb Genes MailLists: >>> F15 still has 3.1 - is there some reason F15 should not follow the >>> stable releases of upstream? >> >> there are more reasons to follow then sooner o

Re: Fedora 15 won't do automatic updates

2011-07-15 Thread Steven Stern
On 07/15/2011 04:49 PM, James Bridge wrote: > Using Fedora 15 with Gnome 3 I can only get updates manually, either > with Yum or Software Update. That works fine but it is supposed to check > for updates automatically and it doesn't. The options are set using > "Software Updates" (note the final s!

Re: Accessing MS Exchange 5.5 mailbox from Fedora 15

2011-07-16 Thread Steven Stern
On 07/16/2011 05:56 AM, Kevin Wilson wrote: > Hello, > Is there a way to access MS Exchange 5.5 mail server from Fedora 15? > > I saw that for previous versions of Evolution there was a plugin called > evolution-brutus plugin - for exchange 5.5 server > but from what I found, this plugin is not a

Google Music: Unable to login from Linux

2011-08-02 Thread Steven Stern
FYI, in case you've tried the Google Music Uploader Original Message Subject:Re: [#843029969] Unable to login from Linux Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2011 20:45:15 - From: Music Beta Support To: Steven D. Stern Hi, We're aware of an issue with Fedora 15 and are w

Re: Google Music: Unable to login from Linux

2011-08-02 Thread Steven Stern
On 08/02/2011 03:06 PM, Todd Zullinger wrote: > Steven Stern wrote: >> FYI, in case you've tried the Google Music Uploader > > FWIW, if you want a hackish workaround to the problem: > > mkdir -p /etc/ssl/certs && \ > ln -sv /etc/pki/tls/certs/ca

gnome shell does not wake up

2011-08-09 Thread Steven Stern
This has been going on for a while. I've bugzilla'd it, but I'm not seeing anyone else report the problem. Is it just me? When I walk away from my computer for more than a couple of hours, wiggling the mouse or hitting a key restores the time at the top of the screen, but nothing else. I cannot ge

Growing frustration with Gnome Shell

2011-08-11 Thread Steven Stern
I've been using Gnome Shell since the alphas of F15 and I keep hoping that a few things get fixed. I don't know if they're general problems or widespread. I've make a point of putting things in Bugzilla. But, my problems are not going away. Big problems: 1. Pressing ALT-TAB crashes the shell.

Re: Growing frustration with Gnome Shell

2011-08-11 Thread Steven Stern
On 08/11/2011 11:52 AM, Dr. Michael J. Chudobiak wrote: > On 08/11/2011 12:44 PM, Steven Stern wrote: >> I've been using Gnome Shell since the alphas of F15 and I keep hoping >> that a few things get fixed. I don't know if they're general problems >> or wide

Re: Growing frustration with Gnome Shell

2011-08-11 Thread Steven Stern
On 08/11/2011 03:37 PM, Aaron Konstam wrote: > On Thu, 2011-08-11 at 11:44 -0500, Steven Stern wrote: >> I've been using Gnome Shell since the alphas of F15 and I keep hoping >> that a few things get fixed. I don't know if they're general problems >> or wide

Re: Growing frustration with Gnome Shell

2011-08-11 Thread Steven Stern
On 08/11/2011 05:42 PM, Paul Morgan wrote: > > On Aug 11, 2011 6:03 PM, "Steven Stern" <mailto:subscribed-li...@sterndata.com>> wrote: >> >> On 08/11/2011 03:37 PM, Aaron Konstam wrote: >> > On Thu, 2011-08-11 at 11:44 -0500, Steven Stern wrote: >

Re: Help with MySQL.

2011-08-14 Thread Steven Stern
On 08/14/2011 07:02 PM, Lucélio Gomes de Freitas wrote: > > Hi, > > Issuing the commands: > [Lucelio@MAQ02 Documentos]$ mysqladmin --version > mysqladmin Ver 8.42 Distrib 5.1.58, for redhat-linux-gnu on x86_64 > > I guess that MySQL is installed and operating. But, issuing the command: > > [

Re: [Bulk] Re: Gnome3 a discussion about submiting some Requests for Enhancement.

2011-08-15 Thread Steven Stern
On 08/15/2011 10:27 AM, William Case wrote: > Thanks Raul and Stephen; > > On Mon, 2011-08-15 at 20:33 +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote: >> On 08/15/2011 07:22 PM, William Case wrote: >>> >>> 1) I would like to have a right hand hot spot or screen edge >> >> Use gnome-shell-extension-righthotcorner.

Time sync is foobar

2011-08-15 Thread Steven Stern
Last night, I noticed that the time on my computer was off by about 20 minutes. So, service ntpd stop ntpdate nist1-chi.ustiming.org service ntpd start This morning, the time is once again off. It appears that ntp is not synching time. I see nothing unusual in /var/log/messages. Is the

Re: Time sync is foobar

2011-08-15 Thread Steven Stern
On 08/15/2011 11:05 AM, Joe Zeff wrote: > On 08/15/2011 08:52 AM, Steven Stern wrote: >> This morning, the time is once again off. It appears that ntp is not >> synching time. I see nothing unusual in /var/log/messages. > > Is it running fast or slow? If it's slow, it

Re: Time sync is foobar

2011-08-15 Thread Steven Stern
On 08/15/2011 11:26 AM, Tom Horsley wrote: > On Mon, 15 Aug 2011 10:52:09 -0500 > Steven Stern wrote: > >> service ntpd stop >> ntpdate nist1-chi.ustiming.org >> service ntpd start >> >> This morning, the time is once again off. It appears that ntp

Re: Time sync is foobar

2011-08-15 Thread Steven Stern
On 08/15/2011 12:39 PM, Chris Adams wrote: > Once upon a time, Joe Zeff said: >> On 08/15/2011 08:52 AM, Steven Stern wrote: >>> This morning, the time is once again off. It appears that ntp is not >>> synching time. I see nothing unusual in /var/log/messages. >&

Re: Just a thought about Gnome3's window title bar.

2011-08-15 Thread Steven Stern
On 08/15/2011 12:24 PM, William Case wrote: > When I see how clean a window can be, metacity, I started wondering if > the widow title bar is even needed. It seems to come from the Microsoft > tradition. On my screen the title bar takes up 3/8" vertically. Two > windows open on the same desktop

Fprint service?

2011-08-15 Thread Steven Stern
I see a lot of stuff like this in /var/log/messages: Aug 15 18:35:15 sds-desk dbus-daemon: [system] Activating service name='net.reactivated.Fprint' (using servicehelper) Aug 15 18:35:15 sds-desk dbus-daemon: [system] Successfully activated service 'net.reactivated.Fprint' Googling indicates thi

Re: Time sync is foobar [Solved]

2011-08-16 Thread Steven Stern
On 08/15/2011 11:05 AM, Joe Zeff wrote: > On 08/15/2011 08:52 AM, Steven Stern wrote: >> This morning, the time is once again off. It appears that ntp is not >> synching time. I see nothing unusual in /var/log/messages. > > Is it running fast or slow? If it's slow, it

Google Music Manager - Solved

2011-08-24 Thread Steven Stern
I've got it working. Thanks to a poster on the Ubuntu forums for the tip. Here's the process: 1) Obtain the Mac address for your network card. Mine is 00:11:95:BC:E5:F3 on em1. (What used to be known as wlan0) 2) In terminal: cd .config/google-music-manager sqlite3 Peer.db In sqlite: update

Re: Google Music Manager - Solved

2011-08-25 Thread Steven Stern
On 08/24/2011 01:47 PM, Ted Roche wrote: > On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 10:58 AM, Steven Stern > wrote: >> cd .config/google-music-manager >> sqlite3 Peer.db > > Thanks for the tip! > > On my F14 box, it's .config/google-musicmanager/ for the folder name. &g

Re: Fedora 15 is a lot like Windows OS's.. irritating, offensive, difficult to use with ease, nauseating to try...

2011-09-01 Thread Steven Stern
On 09/01/2011 04:11 PM, Alan Cox wrote: >> Would someone please tell me.. Why is F-15 such a mess..? The worst >> thing is the jumbled up desktop.. > > The great thing about Linux is that the desktop is not wired into the > system. The great thing about Fedora is it supports and packages many >

Gnome Shell updates?

2011-09-02 Thread Steven Stern
I've been reviewing bugzilla for reported bugs in Gnome 3.0 and it seems that there's no action taking place on them. Does anyone know what's going on upstream? Are bugs being researched? Addressed? Fixes tested? My bugs of interest are Pressing Alt-Tab crashes gnome shell: https://bugzilla.r

Re: Vote to extend F14 security updates

2011-09-03 Thread Steven Stern
On 09/03/2011 11:21 AM, Chris Kloiber wrote: > On 9/2/2011 1:17 PM, Wade Hampton wrote: >> I agree with those asking to extend F14. Extending >> support will allow more time to fix F16 to better address >> the GUI issues with Gnome 3, hopefully. >> >> Cheers, >> -- >> Wade Hampton > H*ll yes! Wher

Re: F-EOL versions of Firefox: How to remove co-opted Diginotar CA?

2011-09-06 Thread Steven Stern
On 09/06/2011 10:18 AM, Daniel B. Thurman wrote: > On 09/06/2011 08:08 AM, Pasha R wrote: >> On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 5:19 PM, Daniel B. Thurman wrote: >>> For EOL FF versions, how can I remove the co-opted >>> Diginotar CA certificate? Instructions given by Mozilla >>> does not remove this certific

Re: OT: grep by sound and grep by image

2011-09-06 Thread Steven Stern
On 09/06/2011 03:45 PM, Hiisi wrote: > Hi, list! > Sorry if this thread interrupts the hottest discussions about gnome3 > and systemd. I'm just curious. > There's a visgrep utility [1] that allows one to find images inside of > images. I wonder is there anything similar to google image search > whe

XFCE and Rhythmbox and media keys

2011-09-16 Thread Steven Stern
When I was using Gnome 2 and Gnome 3, the media keys on my Logitech keyboard "just worked" with Rhythmbox. I've actually worn through the top of the pause/play button. Now that I'm using XFCE, the media buttons don't work. When I look at the keyboard configuration dialogs, it seems that XFCE is s

Re: GGoogle chat vs Skype

2011-09-23 Thread Steven Stern
On 09/23/2011 09:43 AM, Aaron Konstam wrote: > I have long been intrigued wit having Skype-like capabilities for my > computer. I recently looked at Google Chat which seems to be similar and > is really easy to install and use (at least on my F14 laptop). > > What am I missing by not using Skype?

Re: Comparitive Desktop Environments

2011-09-26 Thread Steven Stern
On 09/26/2011 11:11 AM, Aaron Konstam wrote: > This morning I decided to try the various desktop environments available > to me, just to see how I react to each. Now nothing I am going to say is > designed to knock any particular environment. By now everyone knows I > have a number of complaints ab

Re: GNOME 3.2 released!

2011-09-28 Thread Steven Stern
On 09/28/2011 02:01 PM, Leonardo wrote: > http://library.gnome.org/misc/release-notes/3.2/ > > so is there any chance to see this release in F15? An interesting set of changes. I like the easy integration with Google mail and apps. I just hope they fixed the things that cause Gnome 3 to crash o

Re: GNOME 3.2 released!

2011-09-28 Thread Steven Stern
On 09/28/2011 03:52 PM, Olav Vitters wrote: > On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 03:48:53PM -0500, Steven Stern wrote: >> An interesting set of changes. I like the easy integration with Google >> mail and apps. I just hope they fixed the things that cause Gnome 3 to >> crash on my sys

Re: suggestions for png markup

2010-07-23 Thread Steven Stern
On 07/23/2010 11:07 AM, jack craig wrote: > Hi Folks, > > I work in a web-based application provider context. > > As there are issues/comments regarding the display of application, > its common for me to use the screenshot tool to grab a copy of the > screen display > to a .png file for support to

Shotwell new version?

2010-07-31 Thread Steven Stern
The current release of shotwell is 0.6.1, and has a bunch of improvements over the version in Fedora's repo (0.5..2). Is there a plan to package the current release? -- -- Steve -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fed

Best way to replace a drive with a clone

2010-07-31 Thread Steven Stern
According to the SMART stats, the single drive in my Fedora server is starting to fail. Rather than backup, do a clean install, and rebuild, I'd like to try to clone the existing drive to a new one, then swap in the new one. What are the restrictions on doing this and the best way to accomplis

Re: Best way to replace a drive with a clone

2010-07-31 Thread Steven Stern
On 07/31/2010 01:21 PM, Brian Millett wrote: > On Sat, 2010-07-31 at 12:59 -0500, Steven Stern wrote: >> According to the SMART stats, the single drive in my Fedora server is >> starting to fail. Rather than backup, do a clean install, and rebuild, >> I'd like to try t

Re: Best way to replace a drive with a clone

2010-07-31 Thread Steven Stern
On 07/31/2010 02:18 PM, Andrew Haley wrote: > On 07/31/2010 08:16 PM, Andrew Haley wrote: >> On 07/31/2010 06:59 PM, Steven Stern wrote: >>> According to the SMART stats, the single drive in my Fedora server is >>> starting to fail. Rather than backup, do a clean in

Re: Best way to replace a drive with a clone

2010-07-31 Thread Steven Stern
On 07/31/2010 03:21 PM, Jussi Lehtola wrote: > On Sat, 2010-07-31 at 12:59 -0500, Steven Stern wrote: >> According to the SMART stats, the single drive in my Fedora server is >> starting to fail. Rather than backup, do a clean install, and rebuild, >> I'd like to try t

Re: Shotwell new version?

2010-08-01 Thread Steven Stern
On 08/01/2010 01:38 PM, Frank Murphy wrote: > On 31/07/10 15:39, Steven Stern wrote: >> The current release of shotwell is 0.6.1, and has a bunch of >> improvements over the version in Fedora's repo (0.5..2). Is there a plan >> to package the current release? >

Re: Programs dropped from F13?

2010-08-10 Thread Steven Stern
On 08/10/2010 03:51 PM, Daniel B. Thurman wrote: > > What programs are dropped from F13? Seems > that there are a few missing? For example, where > are the mysql administrator and gui tools? > > I tried to locate the list of programs dropped from > F13, but to no avail... anyone know where I c

Re: Programs dropped from F13?

2010-08-10 Thread Steven Stern
On 08/10/2010 06:58 PM, Daniel B. Thurman wrote: > On 08/10/2010 04:04 PM, Kevin Fenzi wrote: >> On Tue, 10 Aug 2010 15:18:22 -0700 >> "Daniel B. Thurman" wrote: >> >> >>> [Man... I finally got Fedora emails, something screwy is going on!] >

Re: Sendmail on a LAN

2010-08-17 Thread Steven Stern
On 08/17/2010 12:56 PM, PaulCartwright wrote: >On 08/17/2010 12:36 PM, Tim wrote: >> Dyndns, and other such things, are useful for giving yourself a hostname >> that you can control, to a static IP. But aren't going to be much good >> if you have a dynamic IP. Private webserving's easy enough

Shotwell RFE: Update version from 0.5x to current 0.7

2010-08-21 Thread Steven Stern
If you're using Shotwell, please sign on to this RFE on the bugzilla. It would be nice to have the current version supported within the repos. (I've tried building from source and it's a real bear!) Summary: RFE: Update version from 0.5x to current 0.7 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?

Re: gmail Video chat for fedora?

2010-08-25 Thread Steven Stern
On 08/25/2010 06:23 AM, suvayu ali wrote: > On 25 August 2010 04:07, Jatin K wrote: >> On Wednesday 25 August 2010 03:08 PM, L wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> Google recently announced the availability of GMail Video Chat for >>> linux!, Unfortunately the sad part is that the released only for >>> Ubuntu a

Re: I need a jabber client, like real fast

2010-08-25 Thread Steven Stern
On 08/25/2010 10:11 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > We are suppose to have a WebEX meeting going, but having problems. So > the coordinator told everyone to jump on a jabber session. > > I don't know what to use for jabber on my FC12 system. > > ?? > > You can use Jabber with Pidgin or Empathy.

Re: Scrub free disk blocks

2010-08-28 Thread Steven Stern
On 08/27/2010 11:25 PM, JD wrote: > Is there a Linux util to scrub free disk blocks and keep everything > else intact ?? > This really is an interested thread... but why do you want to scrub free blocks? I can think of a few reasons: 1) You're running Linux in a virtual machine. Zeroing all

Re: network mgr applet - cannot disable wireless

2010-08-30 Thread Steven Stern
On 08/30/2010 07:01 AM, Genes MailLists wrote: > >Often when I do backups on laptop, I'll plug in wired ethernet - NM > happily switches the connection from wireless to wired - > > however it always leaves the wireless on as well > + correct if its a different subnet than wired > +

Re: Sound out

2010-09-01 Thread Steven Stern
On 09/01/2010 04:46 PM, AnneMarie Robinson wrote: > Suddenly I have no sound. Any suggestions? Thank you. > > It sounds dumb, but check the basics. Is the volume turned up and not muted? If you have external speakers, and they plugged in and powered? -- -- Steve -- users mailing list users@

Ripping CDs to ALAC

2010-09-03 Thread Steven Stern
I currently rip my CDs into flac using "Audio CD Extractor" and, having installed Fluke on my Mac, can play them using iTunes. I've also discovered that Rhythmbox can play ALAC encoded .m4a files. Does anyone have a profile for Audio CD Extractor that directly creates lossless ALAC files in an .m4

Re: FLAC on FC13

2010-09-16 Thread Steven Stern
On 09/15/2010 01:34 PM, JD wrote: > > > On 09/15/2010 10:34 AM, Michael Miles wrote: >> Alex wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> > How can I play FLAC audio files on FC13? MPlayer and Rythmbox don't > seem to support them? > Yes they do, what errors are you seeing when you run mplayer from th

Re: FLAC on FC13

2010-09-16 Thread Steven Stern
On 09/16/2010 12:54 PM, JD wrote: > > > On 09/16/2010 10:24 AM, Steven Stern wrote: >> On 09/15/2010 01:34 PM, JD wrote: >>> >>> On 09/15/2010 10:34 AM, Michael Miles wrote: >>>> Alex wrote: >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >&g

Rhythmbox doesn't quite share

2010-09-19 Thread Steven Stern
I've enabled sharing over DAAP (Avahi) on the local network for my Rhythmbox music library. When I start Rhythmbox, it shows up on iTunes on my Mac, and Rhythmbox acknowledges the connection: (10:33:13) [0x9e59038] [session_id_validate] rb-daap-share.c:728: Validating session id 3480614792 from 19

Re: Rhythmbox doesn't quite share

2010-09-19 Thread Steven Stern
On 09/19/2010 12:05 PM, JD wrote: > > > On 09/19/2010 08:38 AM, Steven Stern wrote: >> I've enabled sharing over DAAP (Avahi) on the local network for my >> Rhythmbox music library. When I start Rhythmbox, it shows up on iTunes >> on my Mac, and Rhythmbox acknow

Re: Rhythmbox doesn't quite share

2010-09-19 Thread Steven Stern
On 09/19/2010 09:41 PM, Craig White wrote: > On Sun, 2010-09-19 at 19:04 -0700, Craig White wrote: >> On Sun, 2010-09-19 at 10:38 -0500, Steven Stern wrote: >>> I've enabled sharing over DAAP (Avahi) on the local network for my >>> Rhythmbox music library. When I

Re: Rhythmbox doesn't quite share

2010-09-19 Thread Steven Stern
On 09/19/2010 10:10 PM, Craig White wrote: > On Sun, 2010-09-19 at 22:05 -0500, Steven Stern wrote: >> On 09/19/2010 09:41 PM, Craig White wrote: >>> On Sun, 2010-09-19 at 19:04 -0700, Craig White wrote: >>>> On Sun, 2010-09-19 at 10:38 -0500, Steven Stern wrote: &

Re: Rhythmbox doesn't quite share

2010-09-20 Thread Steven Stern
On 09/19/2010 10:10 PM, Craig White wrote: > On Sun, 2010-09-19 at 22:05 -0500, Steven Stern wrote: >> On 09/19/2010 09:41 PM, Craig White wrote: >>> On Sun, 2010-09-19 at 19:04 -0700, Craig White wrote: >>>> On Sun, 2010-09-19 at 10:38 -0500, Steven Stern wrote: &

Re: Rhythmbox doesn't quite share

2010-09-20 Thread Steven Stern
On 09/20/2010 11:35 AM, Craig White wrote: > On Mon, 2010-09-20 at 08:08 -0500, Steven Stern wrote: >> On 09/19/2010 10:10 PM, Craig White wrote: >>> On Sun, 2010-09-19 at 22:05 -0500, Steven Stern wrote: >>>> On 09/19/2010 09:41 PM, Craig White wrote: >>&

Re: Rhythmbox doesn't quite share

2010-09-20 Thread Steven Stern
On 09/20/2010 03:50 PM, Michael Cronenworth wrote: > Steven Stern wrote: >> Well, that's useful, Craig. I guess I should hand my Mac to the nearest >> homeless person. > > You should. You overpaid hundreds of dollars for the same hardware you > could buy separatel

Re: Rhythmbox doesn't quite share

2010-09-20 Thread Steven Stern
On 09/20/2010 08:11 PM, Craig White wrote: > On Sun, 2010-09-19 at 22:30 -0500, Steven Stern wrote: > >>> >> mt-daapd crashes. Here's the end of the logfile with debug level 9. So >> much for that. (The file in question was ripped into ALAC m4a format on >&

Re: [Fedora] Re: kernel update breaks virtualbox

2010-09-22 Thread Steven Stern
On 09/22/2010 01:04 PM, Walter Cazzola wrote: > On Wed, 22 Sep 2010, Greg Woods wrote: > >> On Wed, 2010-09-22 at 18:01 +0200, Walter Cazzola wrote: > >>> Unfortunately the last two kernel upgrades (2.6.34.6-54 and 2.6.34.7-56) >>> didn't correspond to an upgrade of the kernel modules necessary b

Re: [Fedora] Re: kernel update breaks virtualbox

2010-09-22 Thread Steven Stern
On 09/22/2010 01:03 PM, Walter Cazzola wrote: > On Wed, 22 Sep 2010, Genes MailLists wrote: > >> On 09/22/2010 12:01 PM, Walter Cazzola wrote: >>> Dear Fedorians, >>> I'm a new user of fedora 13 and I use a virtualbox installation on it. > >> For what its worth, I'm running 2.6.34.7-56.fc13.x86

Re: [Fedora] Re: [Fedora] Re: kernel update breaks virtualbox

2010-09-22 Thread Steven Stern
On 09/22/2010 01:13 PM, Walter Cazzola wrote: > On Wed, 22 Sep 2010, Steven Stern wrote: > >>>> Did you try running "service vboxdrv setup"? That should cause it to >>>> build kernel modules for the running kernel. I have to do this every >>>&g

Re: kernel update breaks virtualbox

2010-09-22 Thread Steven Stern
On 09/22/2010 03:47 PM, James Mckenzie wrote: > Michael Cronenworth wrote: >> Sent: Sep 22, 2010 11:58 AM >> To: users@lists.fedoraproject.org >> Subject: Re: kernel update breaks virtualbox >> >> Walter Cazzola wrote: >>> I'm a new user of fedora 13 and I use a virtualbox installation on it. >> >

Re: Help with VirtualBox??????

2010-09-27 Thread Steven Stern
On 09/27/2010 10:39 AM, DB wrote: > Hi All, > > Just loaded VirtualBox on my antique system - very pleasantly surprised > how easily eveything (almost!) seems to have gone must be a problem > waiting to bite me! > > Anyway, reason for going down this path is to be able to use Photbook > so

Re: Searcheable fedora users list archive

2010-10-07 Thread Steven Stern
On 10/07/2010 11:44 AM, JD wrote: > Is there a way to search the archives > for terms or phrases? http://lmgtfy.com/?q=my+keywords+site%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Flists.fedoraproject.org%2Fpipermail%2Fusers%2F -- -- Steve -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscr

Re: Searcheable fedora users list archive

2010-10-07 Thread Steven Stern
On 10/07/2010 12:07 PM, JD wrote: > On 10/07/2010 09:53AM, Steve Stern > wrote: >> On 10/07/2010 11:44 AM, JD wrote: >>>Is there a way to search the archives >>> for terms or phrases? >> http://lmgtfy.com/?q=my+keywords+site%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Flists.fedoraproject.org%2Fpipermail%2Fusers%2F >> >

Re: crontab

2010-10-09 Thread Steven Stern
On 10/09/2010 12:37 PM, Patrick Dupre wrote: > Hello, > > Before (fedora 10) the default file /etc/crontab was not empty. > On my new fedora13 it is just almost empty. > So I guess that the cron files are never run and there is probably a > tool to manage it. > Could you guide me ? > > thank. >

Re: Broken mail readers (was Re: Properly wiping a hard drive ?)

2010-10-10 Thread Steven Stern
On 10/10/2010 10:58 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Sun, 2010-10-10 at 12:12 +0100, Marko Vojinovic wrote: >> The good things about gmail are: >> >> * it is free of charge, >> * it has a large storage capacity (cca. 7GB per user), >> * it is hardly blacklisted anywhere, >> * it allows you to us

Re: july 8(?) update fail nautilus dropbox

2010-10-12 Thread Steven Stern
On 07/09/2010 05:08 PM, dale kain wrote: > 26 updates. 24 went thru it looks like after unchecking dropbox, but 2 > did not go through as could not get mirror for upgrade to nautilus > dropbox. Tried may times and finally today, unchecked the box for > dropbox and went ahead with the rest of the

OSSEC

2010-10-15 Thread Steven Stern
I just noticed that OSSEC has upgraded to 2.5.1 and am busy compiling in the new version. Is there a reason OSSEC isn't in the repos? Or is it there and I'm just not seeing it? -- -- Steve -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https

Re: su or sudo su?

2010-10-18 Thread Steven Stern
On 10/18/2010 02:30 PM, suvayu ali wrote: > Hi James and Patrick, > > On 18 October 2010 09:40, James Mckenzie wrote: >> Suvayu Ali wrote: >>> I am not sure how it is insecure, could you elaborate? At least to me >>> giving (limited/full) root privileges to an ordinary user seems a lot >>> more

Re: Things are getting really messed up on Fedora 14

2011-02-02 Thread Steven Stern
On 02/02/2011 11:15 AM, les wrote: > Hi, guys, > First it was evolution, and some poor slowdowns with other things, now > it is firefox, where I cannot set the home page. I have tried using > edit>preferences and typing it in, selecting the page I want and > selecting edit>preferences and s

Re: Things are getting really messed up on Fedora 14

2011-02-02 Thread Steven Stern
On 02/02/2011 07:46 PM, compdoc wrote: >> Every now and again, the firefox profile gets hosed. > > > Are you saying this is a normal occurrence in Fedora 14, or for Firefox in > general? > > I've never had it happen... > > > I've had it happen with Firefox on more than one OS. It's not a big

Re: How to get better looking fonts

2011-02-06 Thread Steven Stern
On 02/06/2011 02:15 PM, Jorge Fábregas wrote: > On 02/06/2011 03:57 PM, Nikolaus Rath wrote: >> Now I'm wondering if there is a way to get the font rendering to look >> different. > > I'm on Fedora 14 and mine looks like this (which is more similar to your > Ubuntu screenshot than the Fedora one):

Re: Autorun is VERY bad

2011-02-07 Thread Steven Stern
On 02/07/2011 12:21 PM, kellyremo wrote: > > How to disable autorun? Are there any hidden autorun features on a > standard Fedora install?? > > http://securitytube.net/USB-Autorun-attacks-against-Linux-at-Shmoocon-2011-video.aspx > Open any Nautilus window (e.g., PLACES -> COMPUTER) and then ED

Re: sudo in .desktop file when launching graphical app

2011-02-08 Thread Steven Stern
On 02/08/2011 11:47 AM, kellyremo wrote: > Fedora 14 > > i can run a program with another user with: > > (command before): xhost local:transmission-user > > the command: > sudo -u transmission-user -- /usr/bin/transmission-gtk & > > from the gnome-terminal. > > But: > > echo -e '#!/usr/bin/en

Re: GNOME kdesu?

2011-02-09 Thread Steven Stern
On 02/07/2011 04:15 AM, Chris Smart wrote: > Anyone know the GNOME version of kdesu? I thought it used to be gtksu > or something, but I can't find it. > > I have a script which I want to run as root, so in KDE I have kdesu > '/path/to/script' - how can I do this in GNOME? > > Thanks, > -c man c

Re: why is /var/spool/cups so huge?

2011-02-13 Thread Steven Stern
On 02/13/2011 09:24 AM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > Hi, > > I have been running F14 since the day it came out (on LXDE) and I have > noticed that my / is now as much as 7.3G in size. (My /home is separate > so these are really system-related files in /). Upon investigation, I > have come to realize tha

Re: Packages remaining after upgrade

2011-03-09 Thread Steven Stern
On 03/09/2011 05:26 PM, James Wellnitz wrote: > Yup, that's normal. > > These packages have indeed not been rebuilt since f13, or even f12. > > My system shows much the same stuff: > > % rpm -qf /etc/fedora-release > fedora-release-14-1.noarch > > % rpm -q expat > expat-2.0.1-10.fc13.x86_64 > e

Re: Firefox 4 betas ?

2011-03-10 Thread Steven Stern
On 03/04/2011 11:00 AM, Linuxguy123 wrote: > Anyone running them ? How are they ? > > Is there a way to run both Firefox 3.6.x and the Firefox 4 beta without > messing things up ? > > Thanks > I just grabbed Firefox 4 from Mozilla's site and installed in /usr/local/firefox. I put a link on th

Re: Firefox 4 betas ?

2011-03-10 Thread Steven Stern
On 03/10/2011 06:58 PM, suvayu ali wrote: > On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 4:53 PM, Steven Stern > wrote: >> I just grabbed Firefox 4 from Mozilla's site and installed in >> /usr/local/firefox. I put a link on the panel, set it as the default >> browser, and I'm

Re: Akami Download Manager -

2011-03-20 Thread Steven Stern
On 03/20/2011 10:00 AM, Bob Goodwin wrote: > More in my continuing struggle with "The Teaching Company" and > my attempt to download the files they sold me. > > After installing "user-agent-switcher" in Firefox their system > offered me what appears to be a Windows

Re: Akami Download Manager -

2011-03-20 Thread Steven Stern
On 03/20/2011 01:54 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote: > On 20/03/11 11:39, Steven Stern wrote: >> >> Install VirtualBox, then install XP as a virtual machine. You can grab >> a repo that installs it for Fedora at >> http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads. I'm very im

Re: Virtual Box & Windows -

2011-03-22 Thread Steven Stern
On 03/22/2011 09:59 AM, Bob Goodwin wrote: > I've installed "virtualbox" on this F-14 computer and it appears > to be working, however now I need a copy of Windows to run in it > in order to solve my other problem. I have several copies of > WindowsXP Pro including t

Re: Firefox 4 ?

2011-03-24 Thread Steven Stern
On 03/24/2011 08:04 AM, Jim wrote: > When will Firefox 4 be coming to Fedora 14 ? It works very well. Download from mozilla.org and put it in ~/firefox. Run it from there and set it to be your default browser and that's that. -- -- Steve -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To un

Re: Where is the new RESOLV.conf file?

2011-03-24 Thread Steven Stern
On 03/24/2011 10:03 AM, johhny_at_poland77 wrote: > Fedora 14: > > If I: > > $ cat /etc/resolv.conf > # Generated by NetworkManager > nameserver 8.8.8.8 > nameserver 8.8.4.4 > $ > > where can i set the nameservers (so I don't have to set them after a reboot), > if the NetworkManager rewrites

Re: Where is the new RESOLV.conf file?

2011-03-24 Thread Steven Stern
On 03/24/2011 10:57 AM, johhny_at_poland77 wrote: > sorry, i meant with command line, not by clicking :\ > > Be Thu, 24 Mar 2011 08:32:54 -0700 Steven Stern írta > >> On 03/24/2011 10:03 AM, johhny_at_poland77 wrote: >>> Fedora 14: >>> >&

Re: Thunderbird tree grouping mode

2011-03-26 Thread Steven Stern
On 03/25/2011 10:34 AM, Marco Maccaferri wrote: > Hi. > > I have recently installed thunderbird 3.1.9 from Remi repository on > Fedora 10 x86/64. It is configured to group discussions as a tree, it > works but sometimes it display a discussion collapsed (only one row in > the message list) and

Re: wifi troubleshooting

2011-03-26 Thread Steven Stern
On 03/26/2011 12:24 PM, Timothy Murphy wrote: > edik landave wrote: > >> iwconfig wlan0 essid MY_Access_Point_SSID >> echo $? >> #again this should be 0 && that means that It associated you to your >> AP or router > > Why can't the Fedora/Linux WiFi interface > show you available access points, l

Re: copy files from virtualbox -

2011-03-27 Thread Steven Stern
On 03/27/2011 01:32 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote: > On 27/03/11 11:58, Claude Jones wrote: >> >> On Sunday, March 27, 2011, Bob Goodwin wrote: >> >>> Therein lies my problem, sftp to where? How do I >> >>> address the shared files in the virtual WindowsXP. I even >> >>> copied them to a new direct

Re: Why only unstable Chromium?

2011-03-30 Thread Steven Stern
On 03/30/2011 09:11 AM, valent.turko...@gmail.com wrote: > On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 12:46 PM, valent.turko...@gmail.com > wrote: >> Hi Tom, >> I have been using Chromium from your repo for some time now and it was >> great so far, but lately (since F14) I notices more and more crashes. >> Now I see

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