Mounting issues

2011-06-05 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
Hey guys, alright, I have the following issue: I was experimenting with mounting SMB shares on my machine lately, and mounted a remote share to a local folder (no special commands passed, just a standard mount). What I did not know was that mount seems to remove all files resident in the mount-fol

Re: Mounting issues

2011-06-05 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
You are all right, I had to reboot my system due to a crash, but after that I could see everything again. Thanks! On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 11:56 AM, David wrote: > On 5 June 2011 19:27, Christopher Svanefalk > wrote: > > Hey guys, > > alright, I have the following issue: I was

Re: Mounting issues

2011-06-05 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
in other words: it would appear that the files never dissapeared, and that an unmount reverted the visibility of the folder to what was there before. Quite a relief! Thanks again :) On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 12:14 PM, Christopher Svanefalk < christopher.svanef...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yo

Network upgrade?

2011-06-09 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
Hey guys, is it just me missing it, or have network install disks been scrapped for the last few Fedora releases? I remember installing Fedora 10 from a network boot CD back in the day, and to date I think it is the best solution I ever used. However, recently I have not seen them anywhere for the

Re: Network upgrade?

2011-06-09 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
On 06/09/2011 10:41 PM, Sam Varshavchik wrote: > Christopher Svanefalk writes: > >> Hey guys, >> >> is it just me missing it, or have network install disks been scrapped >> for the last few Fedora releases? I remember installing Fedora 10 from a >> network bo

Gnote notes...where?

2011-06-14 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
Sorry if this is a rather elementary question, but I was just wondering if anyone knows where Gnote stores my notes? I am planning a migration and want to be sure I don't lose them. Thanks in advance! Chris -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription

Re: Gnote notes...where?

2011-06-14 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
On 06/14/2011 12:29 PM, Rahul Sundaram wrote: > On 06/14/2011 03:59 PM, Christopher Svanefalk wrote: >> Sorry if this is a rather elementary question, but I was just wondering >> if anyone knows where Gnote stores my notes? I am planning a migration >> and want to be s

Fedora and graphics tablets

2011-06-14 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
Hey guys, I was wondering if anyone has any experience with using graphics tablets in Fedora?? How is the hardware support? What programs do you use them in and how well does it work? I use Fedora 14 myself, and do quite a lot of sketching, so I am considering buying one. Note that I am primarily

Re: Fedora and graphics tablets

2011-06-14 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
On 06/14/2011 04:38 PM, Alan Cox wrote: > On Tue, 14 Jun 2011 16:01:34 +0200 > Christopher Svanefalk wrote: > >> Hey guys, >> >> I was wondering if anyone has any experience with using graphics tablets >> in Fedora?? How is the hardware support? What programs d

Re: How to make gnome3 on F15 more convenient

2011-06-14 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
On 06/15/2011 08:30 AM, Abu Attar Musharih wrote: > Dear All, > > One think I found convenient in the gnome on F14 is a panel where you > can put launcher packages. Whenever you need a package, it is only a > single click away. The question is, can I do similar thing for the > gnome3 on F15. > Tha

Re: Paradigm shift going from Gnome2 to Gnome3

2011-06-21 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
On 06/20/2011 05:44 PM, Aaron Konstam wrote: > There is a paradigm shift going from Gnome2 to Gnome3 which I have not > seen discussed on this list. > > Gnome2 is totally mouse oriented. Everything you want to do you do by > moving the mouse and clicking. Obviously I am rerring to Gnome2 itself > n

Re: I have updated from F15 to F14

2011-06-21 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
On 06/21/2011 06:04 AM, ganu MailList wrote: > The gnome 3 is beautiful, but I must delete F15, then re-install > F14 system. Because my computer cannot enter into fedora 15 system. > Could you perhaps describe a bit more just what the problem is? Surely someone here might help you out if you

Re: f15: disable automatic update

2011-06-22 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
On 06/22/2011 01:31 PM, g wrote: > On 06/22/2011 09:02 AM, Dario Lesca wrote: >> How to disable automatic update on Fedora 15? > easy. > > man yum-updatesd.conf > I am not using F15, but on F14 automatic updates could easily be turned off in the Preferences -> Software Updates menu...don't know wha

My eyes! My eyes!

2011-07-01 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
Dear all, I just wanted to ask if someone has any advice to themes for Gnome2 (I am running F14) that are reputed to be gentle on the eyes? I work very much on the computer, and it does wear my eyes down after a while with the standard color settings. Friend of mine is using green background and s

Re: F15 fails to suspend/hibernate on Thinkpad W510+

2011-07-01 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
On 06/24/2011 03:25 PM, Darryl L. Pierce wrote: > Whenever I try to put my laptop into either suspend or hibernate mode > (i.e., close the lid when not plugged in) the laptop _seems_ to be > trying to go to sleep but never quite gets there. The battery light > stays on, the sleep light (crescent mo

Re: installing F-15 on Mac

2011-07-01 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
On 07/01/2011 01:55 PM, Gary Waters wrote: > I have a friend with an intel-based i-mac. He seems interested in trying > linux. I assume fedora can be installed on Mac and it can also dualboot? > The google info was a bit sketchy. Answers on this list tend to be far > more precise. > > GW. I tri

Re: installing F-15 on Mac

2011-07-01 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
On 07/01/2011 02:48 PM, Gary Waters wrote: > On 07/01/2011 08:37 AM, Christopher Svanefalk wrote: >> On 07/01/2011 01:55 PM, Gary Waters wrote: >>> I have a friend with an intel-based i-mac. He seems interested in trying >>> linux. I assume fedora can be installed on M

Re: My eyes! My eyes!

2011-07-01 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
Ok, thanks! On 07/01/2011 01:56 PM, Constantine wrote: > Hi! > > I had the same problem for a while. Try to follow instructions from > here http://www.infinality.net/blog/. > It really works for me. > > > On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 3:49 PM, Christopher Svanefalk >

Re: DAMNED Re: Fedora Security and the Uverse 3800HGV-B router

2011-07-02 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
On 07/02/2011 10:18 PM, Reindl Harald wrote: > > Am 02.07.2011 16:50, schrieb JD: >> On 07/02/2011 01:32 AM, Reindl Harald wrote: >>> Am 02.07.2011 06:14, schrieb JD: >>> When will the linux community wake up and shout out loud: Kill JavaScript from all browsers and all network servers >>

Re: DAMNED Re: Fedora Security and the Uverse 3800HGV-B router

2011-07-02 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
On 07/02/2011 11:27 PM, Reindl Harald wrote: > > Am 02.07.2011 23:16, schrieb Christopher Svanefalk: > >> Reindl - just a friendly tip: going civil goes a long way. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Chris > sorry, but reading so much bulls**it from OP hurts me > Yea

Re: My eyes! My eyes!

2011-07-02 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
On 07/01/2011 01:56 PM, Constantine wrote: > Hi! > > I had the same problem for a while. Try to follow instructions from > here http://www.infinality.net/blog/. > It really works for me. > > > On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 3:49 PM, Christopher Svanefalk > <mailto:christoph

Re: My eyes! My eyes!

2011-07-02 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
On 07/01/2011 07:19 PM, Petrus de Calguarium wrote: > Christopher Svanefalk wrote: > >> I just wanted to ask if someone has any advice to themes for Gnome2 (I >> am running F14) that are reputed to be gentle on the eyes? > I know you are looking for a full easy-eye theme, b

Re: My eyes! My eyes!

2011-07-02 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
On 07/03/2011 12:34 AM, Christopher Svanefalk wrote: > On 07/01/2011 07:19 PM, Petrus de Calguarium wrote: >> Christopher Svanefalk wrote: >> >>> I just wanted to ask if someone has any advice to themes for Gnome2 (I >>> am running F14) that are reputed to be gentl

Re: Fedora Security and the Uverse 3800HGV-B router

2011-07-03 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
On 07/03/2011 01:45 AM, JD wrote: > On 07/02/2011 01:07 PM, Craig White wrote: >> On Fri, 2011-07-01 at 21:14 -0700, JD wrote: >> >>> You are right. >>> It turns out it does it via the intruder which the whole >>> world was deceived by Sun that it only plays in a sandbox >>> and has no access to an

Re: Laptop processor.

2011-07-03 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
On 07/03/2011 02:49 PM, Johan Scheepers wrote: > Good day, > > Looking to buy a new laptop. This does not happen often. 2 laptops in 10 > yrs. > > Say processor speed about 2 gig. There is a lot of variations. > > Version i3 or i5 or i7. > > Now there is AMD and Intel. > > Would like to buy

Re: Laptop Graphics

2011-07-03 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
On 07/03/2011 02:49 PM, Johan Scheepers wrote: > Good day, > > Looking around to buy a new laptop. > > Now I see some conflicting opinions on the lists between Nvidia and ATI. > > Will be using Fedora and Ubuntu latest versions. > > Now I am confused. > > Kindly some advice please. > Thanks. > J

Re: Laptop processor.

2011-07-03 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
On 07/03/2011 02:49 PM, Johan Scheepers wrote: > Good day, > > Looking to buy a new laptop. This does not happen often. 2 laptops in 10 > yrs. > > Say processor speed about 2 gig. There is a lot of variations. > > Version i3 or i5 or i7. > > Now there is AMD and Intel. > > Would like to buy

Re: Laptop processor.

2011-07-03 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
On 07/03/2011 07:50 PM, Javier Perez wrote: > USD $1,400s . You could practically purchase anything. > > On Sun, Jul 3, 2011 at 9:14 AM, Johan Scheepers > mailto:johans...@telkomsa.net>> wrote: > > On 03/07/2011 14:58, Christopher Svanefalk wrote: > >

Re: Laptop processor.

2011-07-04 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
On 07/04/2011 07:52 AM, Christopher Svanefalk wrote: > On 07/03/2011 07:50 PM, Javier Perez wrote: >> USD $1,400s . You could practically purchase anything. >> >> On Sun, Jul 3, 2011 at 9:14 AM, Johan Scheepers >> mailto:johans...@telkomsa.net>> wrote: >>

Stretching stuff

2011-08-12 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
Hey all, I am running Gnome2 (with Compiz) under F14, and one thing that makes things very convenient for me (especially when working in Eclipse) is the ability to stretch windows over multiple virtual desktops, and then conveniently jumping around the same desktops using the arrow buttons. I pla

Kernel upgrades?

2011-08-22 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
Hey all, I am running Fedora 14, and just wondered if there is any simple way to upgrade to the 3.0 kernel without compiling a vanilla version? For example, would it be possible to use a pre-compiled kernel from Rawhide and integrate it into my current system? Thanks! Chris -- users mailing lis

Re: Kernel upgrades?

2011-08-22 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
On 08/23/2011 12:42 AM, suvayu ali wrote: > On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 12:30 AM, Christopher Svanefalk > wrote: >> For >> example, would it be possible to use a pre-compiled kernel from Rawhide >> and integrate it into my current system? > 2.6.40 from F15 might be ea

Re: Kernel upgrades?

2011-08-23 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
On 08/23/2011 03:11 PM, Genes MailLists wrote: > On 08/23/2011 09:05 AM, Roberto Ragusa wrote: > >> In addition to the 3.x parsing problem, it was my impression that >> kernel upgrades turned out more problematic than usual since the moment >> graphic stuff was moved into the kernel. This has creat

Re: OT: Improving laptop wifi reception

2011-08-24 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
On 08/25/2011 08:04 AM, Shiv Manas wrote: > On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 4:43 PM, Tim wrote: >> On Wed, 2011-08-24 at 13:27 +0100, Paul Smith wrote: >>> Is there some device that can boost a laptop wifi reception? In the >>> library where I spend some time studying, I usually get a signal with >>> a qu

Continued kernel updates for F14?

2011-08-25 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
Hey all, for those of us who are a little reluctant about moving to Gnome3 just yet, does anyone know if there are plans to release rpms of kernel versions later than 2.6.35 for F14? Best, Chris -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: h

Good distributed compilation system?

2011-08-29 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
Hey all, could anyone recommend a distributed compilation system that runs both on *nix and Windows machines? I mostly do the actual coding under Linux, but have network access to a very powerful box running Windows 7 (I am not allowed to change the OS) which I would like to compile on. Best, Ch

Re: Vote to extend F14 security updates

2011-09-01 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
On 09/02/2011 04:25 AM, Peter G. wrote: > Robert Arkiletian wrote: > >> I run Fedora in school computer lab. I cannot upgrade to F15 because >> of gnome3. > Boo hoo. > He is not alone -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.

reaching a server behind a NAT

2011-09-05 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
Hey all, sorry if this is not purely Fedora related, but I was hoping I might get some feedback anyhow from someone who knows more than I do. I have this: A NAT-configured router between my house and the internet. A NAS behind the router. A dyndns account, set up and pointing to the global addre

Re: Is this a bug?

2011-09-06 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
On 09/06/2011 04:19 PM, Adam Tong wrote: > Hi, > > After installing F15, I found a problem that did not happen in the previous > versions. > > If I start fedora without being wired to internet it freezes after startup. > Cannot move the mouse to get in. > > I have to reboot and connect it (with t

Re: reaching a server behind a NAT

2011-09-07 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
On 09/07/2011 06:33 AM, Jatin K wrote: > On Monday 05 September 2011 08:50 PM, Christopher Svanefalk wrote: >> Hey all, >> >> sorry if this is not purely Fedora related, but I was hoping I might get >> some feedback anyhow from someone who knows more than I do. >

Re: reaching a server behind a NAT

2011-09-07 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
On 09/05/2011 06:19 PM, Genes MailLists wrote: > On 09/05/2011 11:20 AM, Christopher Svanefalk wrote: >> Hey all, >> >> sorry if this is not purely Fedora related, but I was hoping I might get >> some feedback anyhow from someone who knows more than I do. >> >&

Re: reaching a server behind a NAT

2011-09-07 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
On 09/05/2011 05:55 PM, Tom Horsley wrote: > On Mon, 05 Sep 2011 17:20:28 +0200 > Christopher Svanefalk wrote: > >> I want to be able to reach the NAS from the internet. However, trying to >> do so (including attempts to bind to specific ports on the NAS) simply >> do

Re: reaching a server behind a NAT

2011-09-08 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
On 09/08/2011 06:26 AM, Jatin K wrote: > On Thursday 08 September 2011 12:13 AM, Christopher Svanefalk wrote: >> On 09/07/2011 06:33 AM, Jatin K wrote: >>> On Monday 05 September 2011 08:50 PM, Christopher Svanefalk wrote: >>>> Hey all, >>>> >>>

Re: reaching a server behind a NAT

2011-09-08 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
On 09/08/2011 01:51 PM, Genes MailLists wrote: > On 09/08/2011 06:52 AM, Christopher Svanefalk wrote: > >>> did you tried your NAS in DMZ mode ( add your NAS IP in DMZ mode on >>> router ) ??? is it working ?? >>> >> Will try that when I get home, sitti

LXDE is an acceptable substitute for Gnome 2

2011-09-14 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
I believe this might have come up earlier, but I would like to once again encourage all those users who are reluctant about making the leap from Gnome 2 to Gnome 3 (now that the end of the maintenance cycle for F14 is rapidly approaching) to take a good look at LXDE. I installed it for the first ti

Re: LXDE is an acceptable substitute for Gnome 2

2011-09-15 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
I never really tried XFCE to be honest, guess someone else would have to give the verdict on that. On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 1:28 PM, Pedro Francisco wrote: > Why LXDE instead of XFCE? Just curious... > > > On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 11:35 PM, Christopher Svanefalk < > christopher.s

Re: LXDE is an acceptable substitute for Gnome 2

2011-09-15 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
Have you tried LXDE as well? How would you say they differ? On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 8:13 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: > On 09/15/2011 11:03 AM, Christopher Svanefalk wrote: > > I never really tried XFCE to be honest, guess someone else would have to > > give the verdict on that. > >

Re: LXDE is an acceptable substitute for Gnome 2

2011-09-16 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
LXDE runs way smoother than Gnome 2 in my experience. On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 4:08 PM, stan wrote: > On Fri, 16 Sep 2011 15:19:05 +0200 > Marko Vojinovic wrote: > > > And I'm curious why doesn't anyone even mention KDE as an alternative > > for Gnome3? As it seems, these days KDE4 is by far the

BFO not working

2011-09-18 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
Dear all, has anybody had any problems getting past the boot-stage using BFO ( http://boot.fedoraproject.org/index)? Whenever I try, I seem to get stuck at the download of initrd.img. My network card confirms network activity, but it just drags out for a long time (almost had the whole screen cove

Setting up graphical boot from scratch

2011-09-21 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
Dear all, I just did a clean-slate install of F14 (less than 200 packages), and would like to play around with setting the system up manually. However, I am not entirely sure what scripts to modify in order to get the system to automatically start the X server and load a loginscreen. Could I just

Re: Setting up graphical boot from scratch

2011-09-22 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
Will check that out, thanks! On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 2:27 PM, Hiisi wrote: > On 21 September 2011 15:49, Christopher Svanefalk > wrote: > > Dear all, > > > > I just did a clean-slate install of F14 (less than 200 packages), and > would > > like to play

Suspend fails on F14

2011-04-20 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
Hello all, I run Fedora 14 on a HP Probook 4510s, and I have been having the following problem on Fedora 12 as well. I have filed a bug report about it, but since it is still open, I was wondering if anybody has any advice on how to work around it? The bug report in its entirety can be found here

Re: Installing Mono.

2011-04-20 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
Are you able to download the sourcecode from the Mono homepage? If so, you could of coure try to build it that way. On 04/20/2011 07:45 PM, Lázaro Morales wrote: > This happen because I'm behind a Microsoft ISA Server 2006 proxy that is > using NTLM to authenticate users, and for that reason I c

Re: Suspend fails on F14

2011-04-20 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
Will check it out Kevin, thanks for the help! On 04/20/2011 09:08 PM, Kevin J. Cummings wrote: > On 04/20/2011 11:30 AM, Christopher Svanefalk wrote: >> Hello all, >> >> I run Fedora 14 on a HP Probook 4510s, and I have been having the >> following problem on Fedora 12

Re: A cute Penguin

2011-04-20 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
Watched that this morning, what a perfectly adorable little fellow :D On 04/20/2011 09:41 PM, james tate wrote: > I know this is out of place , but I just think the Linux users will > enjoy it. > > www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wTWWjYTe1I&NR=1 -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To u

Re: Ubuntu Smooth Fonts on Fedora

2011-05-06 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
On 05/06/2011 08:56 AM, Paul Flo Williams wrote: > Israel Lopes dos Santos wrote: >> I've installed Fedora 14 on my laptop and notice that the fonts are not >> smooth like my other Ubuntu installation. > The screenshots show that you have got sub-pixel anti-aliasing enabled > on Ubuntu, but only

Re: Ubuntu Smooth Fonts on Fedora

2011-05-06 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
On 05/06/2011 11:34 AM, Paul Flo Williams wrote: > Christopher Svanefalk wrote: >> On 05/06/2011 08:56 AM, Paul Flo Williams wrote: >>> The screenshots show that you have got sub-pixel anti-aliasing enabled >>> on Ubuntu, but only greyscale anti-aliasing on Fedora. Sub-

Re: Skype 4 i Fedora 17

2012-09-14 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
aproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org > Are you running 32-bit or 64-bit Fedora? -- Best, Christopher Svanefalk -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fe

Re: Skype 4 i Fedora 17

2012-09-14 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
On Sat, Sep 15, 2012 at 8:08 AM, Christopher Svanefalk < christopher.svanef...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 10:43 AM, Jan Litwiński wrote: > >> J have laptop Lenovo G550 with Intel Celeron 1.8.GHz processor, 2 MB RAM >> and Audio device: Intel C

Re: Skype 4 i Fedora 17

2012-09-15 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
On Sat, Sep 15, 2012 at 8:46 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 09/15/2012 02:34 PM, Christopher Svanefalk wrote: > > I should have read your specs more carefully before responding, > apologies for that. There are some hacks needed to get Skype running under > 64-bit, but this is obv

Re: Skype 4 i Fedora 17

2012-09-15 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
On Sat, Sep 15, 2012 at 2:39 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 09/15/2012 08:09 PM, Christopher Svanefalk wrote: > > > > > > On Sat, Sep 15, 2012 at 8:46 AM, Ed Greshko ed.gres...@greshko.com>> wrote: > > > > On 09/15/2012 02:34 PM, Christopher Svanefalk w

Slightly OT: Red Hat vs Twin Peaks

2012-09-17 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
Interesting story at Groklaw...just thought I would share: http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20120913073511444 -- Best, Christopher Svanefalk -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman

Re: Moonlight for F17 64

2012-09-18 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
ement? > >> > >> Paul > >> > > > > No > > Thanks, Frank. > http://www.infoq.com/news/2011/09/Metro-Plug-ins > > Paul > -- > users mailing list > users@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > h

Re: OpenOffice.org alongside LibreOffice

2012-10-04 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
ect.org/mailman/listinfo/users> > Guidelines: > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/**Mailing_list_guidelines<http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines> > Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org > -- Best, Christopher Svanefalk -- users mailing list u

Re: FF 15.0.1 crashing!

2012-10-10 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
oved to Chrome long ago (using the open source version, it is very easy to build and maintain), and I never looked back. I am hoping to start providing a package for it for Fedora 18 and forward. -- Best, Christopher Svanefalk -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.or

Re: Whatever happened to Wayland?

2012-10-21 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
s://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users> > Guidelines: > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/**Mailing_list_guidelines<http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines> > Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org > I have not been following this closely, but i

Re: Loving Fedora 17 so far!

2012-10-31 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
18 is just around the corner after next :) Best, Christopher Svanefalk mob: +46762628251 skype: csvanefalk On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 3:50 AM, Richard Shaw wrote: > Not a lot of visual differences although I like the new wallpaper, but > I liked the 16 wallpaper too. > > One BIG ni

Question regarding broken package dependencies

2012-11-02 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem Best, Christopher Svanefalk mob: +46762628251 skype: csvanefalk -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: h

Re: OT: Apple patents rectangle

2012-11-14 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
"The ornamental design for a portable display device, as shown and described." To be fair, I believe the actual patent is for the look-and-feel for the tablet itself, not the shape. Best, Christopher Svanefalk mob: +46762628251 skype: csvanefalk On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 5:49 PM, Fr

Re: OT: Apple patents rectangle

2012-11-14 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
I love you Americans, but your legal system has us poor Europeans doing a whole lot of headscratching some times. Best, Christopher Svanefalk mob: +46762628251 skype: csvanefalk On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 10:26 PM, Frank Murphy wrote: > Rectangle sounded more outrageous though. > > I

Preupgrade vs other upgrade methods, caveats?

2012-11-18 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
Hello everyone, I was just wondering if there are any known downsides to upgrading via preupgrade, as opposed to using the more familiar upgrade methods (CD/DVD etc)? Best, Christopher Svanefalk mob: +46762628251 skype: csvanefalk -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To

Re: Preupgrade vs other upgrade methods, caveats?

2012-11-19 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
Thanks everyone for the replies. So, for going 17->18, I should still be using Preupgrade, and after that this new Fedup application? Best, Christopher Svanefalk mob: +46762628251 skype: csvanefalk On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 10:15 AM, Gordon Messmer wrote: > On 11/18/2012 05:45 AM,

Re: Preupgrade vs other upgrade methods, caveats?

2012-11-19 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
I see, thanks! Best, Christopher Svanefalk mob: +46762628251 skype: csvanefalk On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 11:47 AM, Sergio < sergiocmailbox-userl...@yahoo.com.br> wrote: > No, preupgrade only up to Fedora 17. For Fedora 18 go with yum and when > functional 'fedup'. >

Re: kernel private key

2012-11-26 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
Linus is watching you. Best, Christopher Svanefalk mob: +46762628251 skype: csvanefalk On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 7:59 AM, JD wrote: > > On 11/25/2012 11:46 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > >> >> On 11/26/2012 01:11 AM, JD wrote: >> >>> >>> I was buil

Re: how-to yum remove gnome anf yum install kde?

2012-12-02 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
mend), you can run; yum grouperase "GNOME Desktop Environment" Best, Christopher Svanefalk mob: +46762628251 skype: csvanefalk On Sat, Dec 1, 2012 at 7:53 AM, Gary Kline wrote: > > I found out how to install Fed-17 [[somehow]]; I now have Gnome > that I

Re: how-to yum remove gnome anf yum install kde?

2012-12-02 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
Yes, when you are doing a group install (say, of GNOME) via Yum you are only pulling a pre-grouped set of packages. All these packages are still available on an individual basis, and you can install them individually as needed. Best, Christopher Svanefalk mob: +46762628251 skype: csvanefalk

Re: how-to yum remove gnome anf yum install kde?

2012-12-02 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
GTK is written in C, so you should have no problem with bindings. If your build system complains about dependencies, just pull the relevant developer package (they almost always end with "-devel", for example mypackage-devel). Best, Christopher Svanefalk mob: +46762628251 skype: csvane

Re: Chromebook?

2012-12-12 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
t.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://admin.fedoraproject.**org/mailman/listinfo/users<https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users> > Guidelines: > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/**Mailing_list_guidelines<http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ma

Re: [perhaps OT] Fedora and Ergonomic 4000 special keys

2013-01-10 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
Solved this by using xmodmap to remap the special keys to greek characters, thanks anyway. On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 5:42 AM, Christopher Svanefalk < christopher.svanef...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear all, > > I have recently bought a Natural Ergonomic 4000 keyboard, and would lik

Re: fedora on Android phones?

2013-01-10 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
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Re: A Look at Fedora 18

2013-01-15 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
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Re: Announcing the release of Fedora 18.

2013-01-15 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
://fedoraproject.org/**wiki/Releases/19/Schedule<https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/19/Schedule> >> >> == Feature Deprecation == >> >> Fedora has always been full of great features, but sometimes we need to >> cull the herd. Saying good-bye is always hard, but

Re: Installer inadequacies

2013-01-19 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
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Re: humble suggestion to Fedora developers

2013-01-23 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
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Re: FedUp experiences; moving to an F18 life.

2013-02-18 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
min.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org > > Sorry to hear it is not working out Max, I hope it will be addressed soon. Is there a particular reason you fee

Re: Neal Becker Software Package..?

2012-01-06 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 12:30 PM, Tim wrote: > Tim: > >> I participate in no web forums, because they're such a pain. And I've > >> yet to see a single one to convince me otherwise. > > (insert word "able" between "one" and "to") > > Joe Zeff: > > And as long as you never look, you never will. >

Re: OT: How much RAM should I get in a new laptop ?

2012-01-13 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
On Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 8:18 PM, linux guy wrote: > Update. > > After a bunch of order tuning, I ordered my XPS 17 with the 3D screen > (which got me 4 DIMM slots) and 16GB of RAM. Yes, 16 GB. I don't > feel I need that much right now, but as a package, it was cheap to add > it. > > Not to adve

Horizontal workspaces in Gnome3?

2012-02-08 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
Dear all, does anyone know if there is any way (by plugin or otherwise) to get horizontal workspaces that can have windows stretched across them in Gnome3? This could be done with compiz in Gnome2, and it was a huge part of my Eclipse perspective setups...I miss it, but have not seen any way to wo

Fedora unusually unstable recently?

2012-02-17 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
I have no idea what is going on, but since my last batch of updates (about 2 days ago now), F16 has been crashing repeatedly. Often, this will happen when moving windows between workspaces, other times it will just happen randomly. Sometimes I am kicked out to the login screen, but most of the time

Re: Fedora unusually unstable recently?

2012-02-17 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
Clarification: the subject is of course not implying that Fedora is usually unstable, it is one of the most robust OS:s to date. On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 8:32 PM, Christopher Svanefalk < christopher.svanef...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have no idea what is going on, but since my last batch o

Re: Ogg to mp3, anyone?

2012-02-20 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 11:08 AM, Alan Cox wrote: > > Also, isn't it possible to install an ogg codec into Android somehow? > > Most vaguely modern Android devices support ogg playback (not record) as a > standard part of mediaplayer. Android 3.1 also supports flac > > Alan > -- > users mailing l

Rolling back to updates from updates-testing

2012-02-20 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
Assuming I have a package installed from updates-testing, is there any simple away (apart from erasing and reinstalling) to replace it with the equivalent package from the normal updates repository? Trying to avoid breaking dependencies. Thanks in advance! Best, Christopher -- users mailing lis

Re: Rolling back to updates from updates-testing

2012-02-20 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
distro-sync seemed to do the trick - thanks to both of you! :) On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 4:53 PM, Michael Schwendt wrote: > On Mon, 20 Feb 2012 14:32:59 +0100, RH (Reindl) wrote: > > > > > > > Am 20.02.2012 14:31, schrieb Christopher Svanefalk: > > > Assumin

Nature article on Open Source as part of the publication process

2012-02-23 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
I thought some of you would find the following article, which was published in Nature recently, interesting: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v482/n7386/full/nature10836.html?WT.ec_id=NATURE-20120223 Best, Christopher -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or cha

Re: Adobe and Google Partnering for Flash Player on Linux

2012-02-23 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 7:19 PM, Alchemist wrote: > > http://blogs.adobe.com/flashplayer/2012/02/adobe-and-google-partnering-for-flash-player-on-linux.html > -- > users mailing list > users@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/

Re: Nature article on Open Source as part of the publication process

2012-02-23 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
Typo: subject should read "...scientific publication process". On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 9:41 AM, Christopher Svanefalk < christopher.svanef...@gmail.com> wrote: > I thought some of you would find the following article, which was > published in Nature recently, i

Making a shared library executable outside the shell

2012-02-23 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
I have built Chromium from source, and currently the only way to start the browser is to execute the shared library file 'chrome' from shell. I would like to be able to launch it from the normal menu like my other applications, but I do not really know how to do this. Simply creating a symlink in

YouTube, HTML5, and Chromium. Why the sudden malfunction?

2012-03-04 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
Last month, one of the most pleasant surprises I ran across was the fact that Google finally seemed to have defaulted to HTML5 for YouTube. Virtually every video I played (I cannot remember a single counterexample) was working fully in the HTML5 player. It was a real relief, since I really do not w

Abrt quota in F16?

2012-03-05 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
Can someone throw me a (very short) rope on how to adjust the Abrt space quota for debuginfo files? Thanks in advance! -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedor

Re: YouTube, HTML5, and Chromium. Why the sudden malfunction?

2012-03-06 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
Its true that 19 is a dev build, but still, it all worked before, and that is the main issue. I cannot remember making any significant changes. Videos simply stopped playing. On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 3:27 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 03/04/2012 05:39 PM, Christopher Svanefalk wrote: >

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