Re: Cinnamon desktop

2014-01-08 Thread Edward M
On 1/8/2014 10:35 PM, William Biggs wrote: My brother told me about Cinnamon desktop . I tryed it I like it but I do not want to install it along with gnome . Witch fedora spin has it as default desktop ? Unfortunately, according to the spins directory, it does not seem a cinnamon s

irq 16 nobody cared (try booting with irqpoll option)

2014-01-19 Thread Edward M
Hello, Periodically, when i first boot my fedora system it hangs on this message: [0.771697] irq 16: nobody cared (try booting with the irqpoll option) [0.771823] handlers: [0.771838] [] usb_hcd_irq [0.771859] Disabling IRQ #16 i need to reset system to get fedora boot now i would like to try

Re: irq 16 nobody cared (try booting with irqpoll option)

2014-01-19 Thread Edward M
On Sun, 19 Jan 2014 19:25:14 + Frank Murphy wrote: > On Sun, 19 Jan 2014 11:20:20 -0800 > Edward M wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > Periodically, when i first boot my fedora system it hangs on this > > message: > > > > [0.771697]

error -1 Metadata file does not match checksum

2014-01-20 Thread Edward M
Hello, should i be concerned with the error message i received when I went to search for "calibre" within YUM repo. i got the following: [cru@localhost ~]$ yum search calibre Loaded plugins: langpacks, refresh-packagekit updates/20/x86_64/pkgtags| 775 kB 00:00

Re: email failure

2014-01-20 Thread Edward M
On Mon, 20 Jan 2014 11:00:33 -0800 (PST) Richard Vickery wrote: > > | > |-- > |[tim@localhost ~]$ uname -rsvp > |Linux 3.9.10-100.fc17.x86_64 #1 SMP Sun Jul 14 01:31:27 UTC 2013 > x86_64 > > Tim: > > "Man was born free, but everywhere he is in chains" Locke 1768(?) > > You are not slave to

Re: font selection for chrome tabs

2014-01-21 Thread Edward M
On 1/21/2014 5:34 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: Does anyone know how/where the fonts used in Google Chrome tabs are defined These two links may help: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/96810?hl=en https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95416?hl=en&ref_topic=1678461 -- users

Re: font selection for chrome tabs

2014-01-21 Thread Edward M
On 1/21/2014 2:54 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 01/22/14 02:14, Edward M wrote: On 1/21/2014 5:34 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: Does anyone know how/where the fonts used in Google Chrome tabs are defined These two links may help: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/96810?hl=en

Re: font selection for chrome tabs

2014-01-23 Thread Edward M
On 1/22/2014 10:06 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 01/22/14 07:33, Edward M wrote: sorry...the links did not solved the issue. Thanks for trying thanks...now i don't feel like a luser I did locate the issue It is one of the google-droid fonts causing the pr

Re: Playing commercial DVDs in Fedora 20 [SOLVED]

2014-02-05 Thread Edward M
On 2/3/2014 8:16 PM, g wrote: If it's bad then make it good. "bad" can be _good_. like, "bad ass software". like, "bad to the bone". "bad" as _good_ just depends on which side of the "big pond" you are from. For the eternal law is that there is no good without bad, no beauty witho

Re: Installing Linux on a windows hd

2014-02-12 Thread Edward M
On 2/12/2014 2:34 AM, Roger wrote: Dell 1520 laptop which when new, Dell required it have xp installed. As many have said windows xp eol is taking place in two months, and the laptop probably may require more ram to be added so it can be upgraded to either windows 7 or windows 8

Re: Installing Linux on a windows hd

2014-02-13 Thread Edward M
On 2/13/2014 2:28 AM, g wrote: On 02/13/2014 07:28 AM, Edward Mart wrote: On 2/12/2014 4:55 PM, g wrote: it is a good suggestion, but installing linux and keeping xp for games, etc and never putting it back on internet is also a better choice over upgrading until one those games or apps req

Re: Serious OpenSSL vulnerability

2014-04-08 Thread Edward M
On 4/8/2014 2:55 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20140407.txt See also http://heartbleed.com/ and http://arstechnica.com/security/2014/04/critical-crypto-bug-in-openssl-opens-two-thirds-of-the-web-to-eavesdropping/ This is potentially very serious and can caus

Re: Serious OpenSSL vulnerability

2014-04-09 Thread Edward M
On 4/9/2014 3:30 PM, eoconno...@gmail.com wrote: I gotta sayI'm so impressed with the way this issue has been handled by the developers here @ FedoraI've updated all three of my Fedora boxesand will sleep soundly knowing the vulnerability has been addressed by the best and brightest

Re: OT meaning of sad [was: Serious OpenSSL vulnerability]

2014-04-11 Thread Edward M
On 4/11/2014 2:37 PM, Tim wrote: Allegedly, on or about 11 April 2014, Bill Oliver sent: Just goes to show that no matter how hard you try not to offend, if someone wants to be offended badly enough, he or she can manage it. I think the mailing list is missing a sound track. Right now, it'd be

Re: Dual Boot System

2014-04-16 Thread Edward M
On 4/16/2014 8:49 PM, Javier Perez wrote: Hi I need some advice here regarding partitioning my home system. My home system is a triple boot system: Windows 2K, Fedora 20 and Ubuntu 12.04 LTS I have three disks, one devoted to each operating system. The first disk has two partitions, one for th

Re: Dual Boot System

2014-04-16 Thread Edward M
On 4/16/2014 10:46 PM, Javier Perez wrote: It is not a bad idea per se. The thing is that the reason I installed Ubuntu is because at some time (I think it was Fedora 16 or 17, don't remember now) Fedora could not set the right resolution for my display, 1920x1080, but Ubuntu indeed could do i

Re: grub2-install ??

2014-04-21 Thread Edward M
On 4/20/2014 12:13 PM, Jim wrote: fedora 20 I installed Fedora 20 on /dev/sdb1 and after installation was completed it didn't select /dev/sdb1 and bootup . I have Windows on sda1 so i put a sdb in computer for Linux. Is the command, grub2-install /dev/sdb1 the correct command for booting Fe

Re: Coding Practice [was Re: Serious OpenSSL vulnerability]

2014-04-26 Thread Edward M
On 4/26/2014 1:19 PM, Frantisek Hanzlik wrote: I consider Fedora 15+ as too problematic and stay at F14 yup...fedora version 19 or 20 bugs are far worse than a computer security breach. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: ht

Re: su

2014-04-27 Thread Edward M
On 4/27/2014 4:45 AM, Patrick Dupre wrote: After a fresh installation of fedora 20, I can only log 1 time as a su. After, it is refused for authentification error! Sounds like a SUID issue. verify if SUID is set for "su" to run with root privileges for common users. -- users mailing l

Re: su

2014-04-27 Thread Edward M
On 4/27/2014 2:32 PM, Patrick Dupre wrote: After I changed the password, the glitch disappeared!! Did you try logging out, rebooting the system, to verify "su" still functions properly? if not, it may be a bug, if every settings are correct. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedorapr

Re: system-config-services

2014-04-27 Thread Edward M
On 4/27/2014 3:31 PM, Patrick Dupre wrote: I do not know waht is going on. I get the permanent error messages, I rebooted seveal times but is it still there.!! fedora 20 last update system-config-services &ERROR:dbus.connection:Exception in handler for D-Bus signal: Traceback (most recent cal

Re: system-config-services

2014-04-27 Thread Edward M
On 4/27/2014 5:15 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 04/28/14 07:15, Edward M wrote: I believe system-config-services is obsolete because of systemd is the default, install systemd-ui from the repos. [root@meimei ~]# rpm -q system-config-services system-config-services-0.111.1-1.fc20.noarch

Re: Small Home server - HDD/SDD

2014-04-29 Thread Edward M
On 4/29/2014 5:30 AM, Mark Haney wrote: My $0.02. IIRC, I don't think ZFS is supported (or fully supported at any rate) in linux. I just did some research into that and couldn't find anything recent about ZFS support for newer kernels. Granted, I could have just missed it. If you want to use ZF

Re: iptable

2014-05-01 Thread Edward M
On 5/1/2014 12:51 PM, Patrick Dupre wrote: How can I manage the iptable manually? There is no /etc/sysconfig/iptables Right now I need to turn on the port 5900 open for vnc Hello, Probably be of some help: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_edit_iptables_rules -- users

Re: iptable

2014-05-01 Thread Edward M
On 5/1/2014 3:33 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 05/02/14 06:24, Edward M wrote: On 5/1/2014 12:51 PM, Patrick Dupre wrote: How can I manage the iptable manually? There is no /etc/sysconfig/iptables Right now I need to turn on the port 5900 open for vnc Hello, Probably be of some

grub2 confusing need to add simple setting

2012-09-16 Thread Edward M
Hello, I have not needed to touch grub2 config files until now to add a simple setting and I am finding grub2 confusing. How do I add nomodeset in grub2. I miss the old grub:'( . Thanks -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options:

Re:grub2 confusing need to add simple setting[SOLVED]

2012-09-16 Thread Edward M
On 09/16/2012 02:22 PM, Mateusz Marzantowicz wrote: Try editing GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX in /etc/default/grub. Remember to update grub configuration with: grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg. this did the trick. thanks -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or

Re: Transfering files to a Samsung Galaxy III

2012-12-11 Thread Edward M
On 12/11/2012 12:46 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: I just got a Galaxy for my corporate phone. No instructions; Samsung GUI is taking a lot to learn, coming from a BB and Gnome! My first touch screen... Anyway, I have mp4 lessons on this system that I would want to view on the Galaxy. Is there

Re: Transfering files to a Samsung Galaxy III

2012-12-11 Thread Edward M
On 12/11/2012 1:45 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: I found the USB teather option. It was greyed out until I connected to my notebook. Then Fedora recognized the device. Got my mp4s into the movie directory and were able to view them with the player. All right, this phone might actually be usef

Re: Transfering files to a Samsung Galaxy III

2012-12-13 Thread Edward M
On 12/13/2012 8:14 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: Now it mounts as a drive everytime I plug it in. It is easy to copy my lessons I download on this notebook onto the Galaxy for listening. Slowly figuring this system out. it appears the USB mass storge option may still exist on android for

Re: Fitbit on Fedora via Wine?

2012-12-17 Thread Edward M
On 12/17/2012 9:32 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: Has anyone tried the Fitbit application on Fedora via Wine? while back, found this article about fitbit and linux, may help:-) http://travelingtrainer.laubersolutions.com/2012/11/fitbit-and-linux.html -- users mailing list users@lists.fedorap

Re: Getting to F18

2012-12-17 Thread Edward M
On 12/17/2012 12:03 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: No. There's one too many there. Everybody knows that there's only three, starting with, "Lions and tigers and bears, Oh My! Lions and tigers and bears!" Like, totally, fer sure. y'know.:-) -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To

Re: where is gamma4scanimage?

2012-12-17 Thread Edward M
On 12/17/2012 4:02 PM, Frédéric Bron wrote: scanimage should come with gamma4scanimage but it does not. yum provides gamma4scanimage and yum search gamma4scanimage give nothing. Where can I find gamma4scanimage for F17? Frédéric I think the --gamma-table 0..255,.. option that is part of

Re: Fedora 17 / Solaris NFS Bug - With way more diagnostic information - Please Help

2012-12-30 Thread Edward M
On 12/30/2012 10:54 AM, Thomas Dineen wrote: I am running the original unedited nfs file: ; more /etc/sysconfig/nfs # sounds like old /etc/sysconfig/nfs file is messing up the NFS server. rpc.idmapd like stated on the article and howto in the following link. hope it helps:-) http:/

Re: Boot Fedora 18 from LiveCD ISO file

2013-01-21 Thread Edward M
On 1/21/2013 3:13 AM, Sergio Belkin wrote: } EOF But it fails, it says something like /dev/disk/by-label/Fedora-18-x86_64-Live-Desktop.is does not exist /dev/mapper/live-rw does not exist I haven't figured it out how to wirte the root option. Please could you help me? while back

Re: F18: notebook sometimes hangs up if switching between gnome3 desktop and TTY's

2013-01-23 Thread Edward M
On 1/22/2013 11:01 PM, Joachim Backes wrote: Kernel: 3.7.4-203.fc18.i686 Have the latest updates been applied? it appears a newer kernel and xorg related updates were made available. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription opti

Re: F18: notebook sometimes hangs up if switching between gnome3 desktop and TTY's

2013-01-23 Thread Edward M
On 1/23/2013 1:46 AM, Joachim Backes wrote: Sure. Kernel: 3.7.4-203.fc18.i686 (http://koji.fedoraproject.org/) is the most recent, and all other updates are applied (including updates-testing!) Correct...a snafu on my behalf:-[ -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsu

Re: a list of Fedora 18 package names?

2013-01-23 Thread Edward M
On 1/23/2013 2:43 AM, Fernando Cassia wrote: I have tried googling "list of fedora packages" "f18" "fedora 18 packages list" and the like and couldn´t come up with such list. Why isn´t any such list of packages published for each release?. I´m sure that if someone does and such list is indexed b

Re: a list of Fedora 18 package names?

2013-01-24 Thread Edward M
On 1/23/2013 10:17 PM, Fernando Cassia wrote: That is a great idea too, although I´ll take Mr Greshko´s offer at the moment. Wonder if they index all packages or just the 214 they track? (for instance, OpenJDK is not included in the list of packages tracked by Distrowatch... Oh i thought y

Re: Fedora 17: unable to login. Laptop keypad is locked

2013-02-02 Thread Edward M
On 2/2/2013 8:36 AM, santosh wrote: I am having dual boot Winxp / Fedora 17. In winxp everything is working fine. By mistake the "Shift key" was pressed for a long time, It displayed to activate "sticky key". I clicked on "Activate" button blindly. (As I was not aware of it) At that time keyb

Re: Thunderbird newbie

2013-02-03 Thread Edward M
On 2/3/2013 9:38 AM, Reindl Harald wrote: there is somewhere a icon which shows the menu in recent builds In Thunderbird 17.0.2 that would be a three horizontal lines button located on the top right side next to Search. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsub

Re: Thunderbird newbie

2013-02-03 Thread Edward M
On 2/3/2013 9:54 AM, Edward M wrote: there is somewhere a icon which shows the menu in recent builds In Thunderbird 17.0.2 that would be a three horizontal lines button located on the top right side next to Search. I meant above Search -- users mailing list users

Re: F18: Can I get paint and paste back?

2013-02-03 Thread Edward M
On 2/3/2013 1:16 PM, sean darcy wrote: Rebooted. Again Xorg.0.log finds the Emulate3Buttons option. But still doesn't work. Using xfce-4.10. Wonder if that's the problem? Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" may need to be add to 10-evdev.conf below "Emulate3button" opti

Re: Removing nVidia

2013-02-04 Thread Edward M
On 2/4/2013 4:49 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: ines in /boot/grub2/grub.cfg all refer to kmod-nvidia. (At least, I think they do, but I can't exactly check right now.) Is there anything special I'll need to do, either at boot or later to tidy this up? what may help is when the system has finish

Re: Removing nVidia

2013-02-04 Thread Edward M
On 2/4/2013 7:10 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: Will I need to do anything about the grub template? By grub template, you mean the files in /etc/grub.d, they are not intended to be edited, however, if you new to add custom menu entries, they have to be added to 40_custom file in /etc/grub.d

Re: Removing nVidia

2013-02-04 Thread Edward M
On 2/4/2013 8:22 PM, Edward M wrote: On 2/4/2013 7:10 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: Will I need to do anything about the grub template? By grub template, you mean the files in /etc/grub.d, they are not intended to be edited, however, if you new to add custom menu entries, they have to be

is there a way KDE kickoff Application launcher from closing

2013-02-08 Thread Edward M
Hello, Is there a way to keep the KDE's Kickoff Application launcher open, so it can let me select the apps I want to use then close it after i have selected those apps? -- The Hegelian dialectic: A (thesis) against B (anti-thesis) equals C (synthesis). -- users mailing list users@lists.fed

Re: is there a way KDE kickoff Application launcher from closing

2013-02-10 Thread Edward M
On 2/8/2013 9:23 PM, doug wrote: On 02/08/2013 10:52 PM, Edward M wrote: Hello, Is there a way to keep the KDE's Kickoff Application launcher open, so it can let me select the apps I want to use then close it after i have selected those apps? It's not just Fedora. The latest v

Re: Network Issue with Fedora 17

2013-02-13 Thread Edward M
On 2/13/2013 3:35 AM, Santiago Oberto wrote: Greetings! I had a perfectly functioning Fedora 16. Yesterday I updated it to Fedora 17 using a DVD. The update run successfull. The problem is that after the update I have no network. No Wifi, no wired one... The router is working well since I c

Re: Samsung laser drivers for Linux - thinking aloud

2013-02-18 Thread Edward M
On 2/18/2013 7:32 AM, Fernando Cassia wrote: Just thinking aloud, have to check what the license is. The Samsung web site displays a disclaimer/license notice that I quickly dismissed without actually reading what it says (don´t we all), previous to letting you download the file. My point is

is something wrong with email server?

2013-11-28 Thread Edward M
Just started reading emails and noticed AP's emails are scattered all over the place. Is there something wrong with fedora's email server that is scattering emails? -- "Banks lend by creating credit. They create the means of payment out of nothing." — Ralph M. Hawtrey, former Secretary of Trea

Re: is something wrong with email server?

2013-11-28 Thread Edward M
On 11/28/2013 2:44 AM, Michael Schwendt wrote: No, AP's replies don't contain any "References:" or "In-Reply-To:" headers. -- Oh, ok. Was starting to a get little worried thinking the problem could be on my end instead. Thanks Ian and Michael:-) -- "Banks lend by creating credit. Th

Re: netflix

2013-11-30 Thread Edward M
ructions I found in fedora forums on how to setup netflix. http://fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?t=286230 -- Edward M -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code

Re: evince

2013-12-02 Thread Edward M
s. I just began using Sylpheed on Fedora the other day, well see how that goes. Thanks again for the reply and explanation. -- Edward M -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/m

Re: f20 - gedit

2013-12-19 Thread Edward M
On Thu, 19 Dec 2013 10:07:01 +0200 Ahmad Samir wrote: > On 18 December 2013 20:42, bitlord wrote: > > On Wed, 2013-12-18 at 12:49 -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > >> Well here comes the questions on 'where is it now'. Of course > >> since I skipped f18 & f19, these may be 'old' issues > >>

Re: f20 - gedit

2013-12-20 Thread Edward M
On Thu, 19 Dec 2013 08:05:49 -0500 Robert Moskowitz wrote: > > On 12/19/2013 09:02 PM, Edward M wrote: > > On Thu, 19 Dec 2013 10:07:01 +0200 > > Ahmad Samir wrote: > > > >> On 18 December 2013 20:42, bitlord wrote: > >>> On Wed, 2013-12-18 at 12:

Re: f20 - gedit

2013-12-20 Thread Edward M
On Fri, 20 Dec 2013 15:21:23 -0800 Edward M wrote: > logged in as root using su -; CORRECTION: Sorry i typed it like this it my be confusing. I meant to say I logged in as root by typing su - -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription opti

Question: any problems if apply only security updates.

2013-12-21 Thread Edward M
Hello, I was wondering if my fedora system later in time will have any repercussions, if I only apply the security updates and not the entire updates from the catalog, by using the "yum --security update" command? -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subs

Re: Question: any problems if apply only security updates.

2013-12-21 Thread Edward M
On Sun, 2013-12-22 at 00:22 +0100, Mateusz Marzantowicz wrote: > On 21.12.2013 23:06, Edward M wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I was wondering if my fedora system later in time will have > > any repercussions, if I only apply the security updates and not > > the en

Re: Hardware may be failing - how to check it out

2013-12-25 Thread Edward M
On 12/25/2013 8:16 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: install the i386; lots of failures and bug reports on the x86_64 install attempts. Happy Holidays While back somebody brought me their system to take a look why they were having problems turned out their ram went bad, it would

Re: dual boot test

2013-12-27 Thread Edward M
On 12/27/2013 3:15 PM, bruce wrote: The principle reason for doing/testing dual boot is to have the ability to be able to do a remote reinstall for a fresh OS on a remote box. If you know of a way to accomplish that, I'm more than willing to hear it!! Everything I've seen regarding doing reinst

Re: dual boot test

2013-12-28 Thread Edward M
On 12/27/2013 5:31 PM, bruce wrote: At the basic level, if I could somehow run a cmd and somehow invoke a "os" install for the existing system, that would be great. IE, if I had an "image" that could be downloaded to get a complete refresh/reinstall that's what I'm looking for. So, starting from

Re: US ISPs become 'copyright cops' starting July 12

2012-03-17 Thread Edward M .
On 03/17/2012 06:34 AM, Jim wrote: how are these ISP's going to treat Open Source Softwre ? OSS is not illegal movie, music, software. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users

Re: US ISPs become 'copyright cops' starting July 12

2012-03-17 Thread Edward M .
On 03/17/2012 02:30 PM, Jim wrote: On 03/17/2012 01:24 PM, Reindl Harald wrote: Am 17.03.2012 14:34, schrieb Jim: I know this may not be the place for this post, but when it comes to software, how are these ISP's going to treat Open Source Softwre ? http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/03/17/u

Re: recover from a bad F16 install

2012-03-17 Thread Edward M .
On 03/17/2012 06:40 PM, Paul Allen Newell wrote: come back with "No usable disks have been found" Have you tried booting to desktop with the livecd and issue 'fdisk -l' as root from the terminal to see if it detects any drives.? -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To u

Re: [OT] Fedora 18 code name

2012-04-03 Thread Edward M
On 03/30/2012 06:13 PM, Tom Horsley wrote: I think Fedora 18 should take a radical approach to code names, one that no one would ever expect Bog of eternal stench :-) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TY8T9iTUxc -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change s

Re: huge mail going throw my mail server how to protect

2012-04-06 Thread Edward M
On 04/06/2012 03:03 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: If you're only running an SMTP server, that's not an issue It is an issue if it is a open mail relay. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_relay -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https

Re: AV (RCA) Cable in Fedora and Linux??

2012-04-08 Thread Edward M
On 04/08/2012 12:29 AM, Manuel Escudero wrote: So here's the thing: Few days ago, I bought a projector, and this projector has two entrances: 1) Mini USB 2) AV IN The mini USB only lets you connect an USB Drive via an adapter and read the data from it, you can't use it to connect your PC to

Re: using mirrors in Fedora 14

2012-04-22 Thread Edward M
On 04/22/2012 04:28 PM, Matthew Saltzman wrote: On Sun, 2012-04-22 at 23:47 +0200, Reindl Harald wrote: Am 22.04.2012 23:45, schrieb Rod McCown: Anyone know if there are bugs or whatever in Fed 14 trying to mirror drives? what is your definition of "mirror a drive" I've tried 3 different dri

Re: using mirrors in Fedora 14

2012-04-23 Thread Edward M
On 04/23/2012 12:35 AM, suvayu ali wrote: On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 03:18, Edward M wrote: The moral of the story is in order to receive help upgrading to the latest release is required. Actually moral of the story is: in order to receive help a clear description of your problem is required

Re: bash history

2012-04-28 Thread Edward M
On 04/28/2012 04:44 PM, Peter Gueckel wrote: Andy Blanchard wrote: What you want is: export HISTCONTROL=erasedups It looked promising, but it doesn't work. I logged out and back in twice, then even completely turned off the computer and back on again, but when I examine the .bash_history

Re: php serial communication in linux

2012-04-29 Thread Edward M
On 04/29/2012 07:35 AM, prudhvi09 wrote: I have installed xampp in fedora 13.I am trying to communicate with microcontroller through serial port using php serial class. My code is example.php http://fedora.12.n6.nabble.com/file/n4938590/example.php example.php .On opening example.php through fire

Re: php serial communication in linux

2012-04-29 Thread Edward M
03 PM, Edward M wrote: On 04/29/2012 07:35 AM, prudhvi09 wrote: I have installed xampp in fedora 13.I am trying to communicate with microcontroller through serial port using php serial class. My code is example.php http://fedora.12.n6.nabble.com/file/n4938590/example.php example.php .On opening exampl

Re: php serial communication in linux

2012-04-29 Thread Edward M
On 04/29/2012 03:17 PM, Reindl Harald wrote: basically you should learn to use you mailclient and keyboard for removing useless quotes like mailing-list footer and generally to try make your messages READABLE without force others to search for the nail of your answer yes, your hint that F13 is E

Re: php serial communication in linux

2012-04-29 Thread Edward M
On 04/29/2012 02:22 PM, bruce wrote: hey ed, tell us/me more about what you're trying to accomplish. maybe i can help on this. let me know. Sorry for my harsh reply. i'm suffering from seasonal allergies/fever and that puts me in a bad mood. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproj

Re: OT: Security threat from side channel attacks, linux vulnerable?

2012-05-02 Thread Edward M
On 05/01/2012 05:59 PM, stan wrote: The main question, though; is Fedora vulnerable to this sort of attack? It sounds like it is a combination of hardware and software usage patterns that create the vulnerability, so do things like randomized heap make this impossible? To be completely save

Re: OT: Security threat from side channel attacks, linux vulnerable?

2012-05-02 Thread Edward M
On 05/02/2012 02:30 AM, Roger wrote: I wore full aluminium foil head gear as recommended, and full aluminium foil body suit and got rotated while driving the bus. Not nice, although the kids loved the sparkly blue glow. Roger Then you need to enclose those wires in sheet metal, metal screen

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-05 Thread Edward M
On 07/05/14 06:33, Adrian Sevcenco wrote: i am still not comfortable with all the options of journalctl and i am wondering how it will go when i will migrate my servers to centos 7.. Use Centos 6.x, it should be supported untill 2020. Probably by then systemd is replaced or improved

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-07 Thread Edward M
On 07/07/14 13:39, Heinz Diehl wrote: But keep in mind that there are alternatives. Thus, systemd isn't unavoidable. I'm permitting myself to mention that I've been using openrc on my Arch machine quite some time, and it works great.. It may become problematic once KDBUS merges into th

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-07 Thread Edward M
On 07/07/14 15:00, Heinz Diehl wrote: On 07.07.2014, Edward M wrote: It may become problematic once KDBUS merges into the mainline kernel. http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-May/019657.html This thread showcases once more the all-dominating and rude attitudes of

Re: Is this proof that systemd is completely broken?

2014-07-12 Thread Edward M
On 07/12/14 09:43, Kevin Fenzi wrote: So, I would encourage you to ask the systemd list: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel for a probably more detailed answer than you might get here. Or... file a bug if you think you have found one. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/enter_b

Re: What's wrong with wine?

2014-07-27 Thread Edward M
On 07/27/14 13:40, Erik P. Olsen wrote: Hi, Whenever I run this msdos program using wine I get: [erik@epohost ~]$ wine W2K/"Program Files"/Baron/baron.exe modify_ldt: Invalid argument err:winediag:build_module Failed to create module for "krnl386.exe", 16-bit LDT support may be missing. err:mod

Re: OpenOffice vs LibreOffice

2012-05-19 Thread Edward M
On 05/19/2012 09:50 AM, Greg Woods wrote: but since Apache projects cannot use GPL-licensed code, the reverse is not true. So it will not be too long before LibreOffice leaves OpenOffice behind IMHO. I thought Apache license 2 was compatible with GPLv3. According to wikipedia libreof

Re: OpenOffice vs LibreOffice

2012-05-19 Thread Edward M
On 05/19/2012 10:30 AM, Edward M wrote: On 05/19/2012 09:50 AM, Greg Woods wrote: but since Apache projects cannot use GPL-licensed code, the reverse is not true. So it will not be too long before LibreOffice leaves OpenOffice behind IMHO. I thought Apache license 2 was compatible with

Re: Upgrading F14->F15 on x64 - system freezes during cleanup - followup 1

2012-05-19 Thread Edward M
On 05/19/2012 07:26 AM, Max Pyziur wrote: hen the machine begins booting, it stops with the following: Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0) I saw this problem mentioned in the forum. Appears user solved it with tips that were given there. htt

Re: Upgrading F14->F15 on x64 - system freezes during cleanup

2012-05-19 Thread Edward M
On 05/19/2012 12:11 PM, David wrote: Why did you update from a long time EOL release of Fedora, Fedora 14, to another long time EOL release of Fedora, Fedora 15? Don't think Fedora 15 has reached EOL as of yet, until month after Fedora 17 is release on May 29.: apparently from there he

Re: Upgrading F14->F15 on x64 - system freezes during cleanup

2012-05-19 Thread Edward M
On 05/19/2012 12:44 PM, David wrote: Fedora 17 release May 22, 2012 Apparently that was changed to May 29 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/devel-announce/2012-May/000930.html -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: ht

ZFS on linux for fedora

2012-05-21 Thread Edward M
Hello list, got a question about zfs. Has anybody have used or are usingZFS on linux in Fedora? And if so, is it possible to delete certain exsiting ext4 filesystems and create zfs filesystem in there place on the same drive fedora is installed, or do i need to ad

create liveCD with fedora-livecd-desktop.ks

2012-05-22 Thread Edward M
Hi, Iḿ currently trying creating a custom Fedora 16 LiveCD. from Fedoraś wiki howto called " How to create and use a LiveCD.¨ As order in the wiki, I have installed: livecd-tools, sping-kickstarts and then changed Selinux permissive mode to 0 and executed the following command: livecd-creator

Re: create liveCD with fedora-livecd-desktop.ks

2012-05-22 Thread Edward M
On 05/22/2012 12:32 AM, Edward M wrote: Hi, Iḿ currently trying creating a custom Fedora 16 LiveCD. from Fedoraś wiki howto called " How to create and use a LiveCD.¨ As order in the wiki, I have installed: livecd-tools, sping-kickstarts and then changed Selinux permissive mode to

Re: create liveCD with fedora-livecd-desktop.ks

2012-05-22 Thread Edward M
Thanks for the replys:-) Creating the LiveCD by executing the following command; livecd-creator \ --config=/usr/share/spin-kickstarts/fedora-livecd-desktop.ks \ --fslabel=Fedora-LiveCD --cache=/var/cache/live issued the following warning, however the LiveCD creation procdeure continued: th

Re: ZFS on linux for fedora

2012-05-22 Thread Edward M
On 05/22/2012 06:33 AM, Richard Shaw wrote: I've had review requests at RPM Fusion for some time but no one has been interested in reviewing them. They are quite complicated due to the need to build kernel modules on a kernel update. SPL (Solaris Porting Layer) https://bugzilla.rpmfusion.org/sho

Re: ZFS on linux for fedora

2012-05-22 Thread Edward M
On 05/22/2012 02:37 PM, Richard Shaw wrote: I have the latest versions posted to the review requests. I don't have any zfs volumes to mount but I did build and install all of them without issue. I appreciate it, will give them a spin soon. Thank you for your time:-) -- users mailing list

Re: ZFS on linux for fedora

2012-05-22 Thread Edward M
On 05/22/2012 09:40 PM, Andre Goree wrote: This forum thread will likely be of interest to you: http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=276639 I'm currently using ZFS on Centos 6.2 and have done so on Fedora 16 as well. I personally wouldn't use it for anything other than "proof of con

Re: how to capture flash, etc

2012-05-27 Thread Edward M
On 05/27/2012 02:42 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: What is clive? A reference would be nice. :-) http://lmgtfy.com/?q=clive+for+linux&l=1 -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/user

Need more info: UEFI Secure Boot in Fedora

2012-05-31 Thread Edward M
Hi, I fully dont understand the approach that may be taken as workaround to USFI Secure Boot for Fedora: The last option wasn't hugely attractive, but is probably the least worst. Microsoft will be offering signing services through their sysdev portal . It's

Re: How to install F-17 -

2012-05-31 Thread Edward M
On 05/31/2012 02:41 AM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: Yes, I always do that. I've made two copies, neither will boot. What else can I do, seems I should be able to install directly from the internet perhaps? not tested myself but it may work Creating a bootab

Re: Need more info: UEFI Secure Boot in Fedora

2012-05-31 Thread Edward M
On 05/31/2012 03:31 AM, Alan Cox wrote: If there are better options then we haven't found them. So, in all probability, this is the approach we'll take. Our first stage bootloader will be signed with a Microsoft key. Why sign it at all. Also if the boot loader was signed it wouldn't be al

Re: Issue with bash completion

2012-05-31 Thread Edward M
On 05/31/2012 03:29 AM, suvayu ali wrote: Hi, After the upgrade from Fedora 16 to Fedora 17, completion for any of my wrapper functions (for standard tools) are not working. To give an example, I have a wrapper around find called find_ext. I want it to complete just like GNU find so I define the

Re: Red Hat Will Pay Microsoft To Get Past UEFI Restrictions

2012-05-31 Thread Edward M
On 05/31/2012 01:15 PM, Javier Perez wrote: I hope Slashdot has it wrong, although the presented documents seem to agree Yup, they are wrong. They left forgot to mention the Brief disclaimer on top: - while I work for Red Hat, I'm only going to be talking about Fedora here.

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