Re: Renaming USB WD 2TB drives

2018-02-05 Thread JD
On 02/05/2018 10:25 AM, Max Pyziur wrote: Greetings, I've been trying to use fatlabel to rename a Western Digital 2TB USB/external drive. However, the results have been with no success either with the drive mounted or not. Much thanks for any advice on how to proceed. (Related output is

Problem browsing at some hotspots

2018-02-06 Thread JD
Hi all, some hotspots are censoring many websites which they find offensive or objectionable, including websites that discuss evolution and the possible changes that can occur due to the current weakening of Earth's magnetic field, and the expanding south atlantic hole in the magnetic field...

Importing FF bookmarks from another profile

2018-02-07 Thread JD
What is the best way to import the bookmarks file from one profile into another? Does straightforward copy work? ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org

Re: Importing FF bookmarks from another profile

2018-02-07 Thread JD
On 02/07/2018 12:34 PM, Richard England wrote: On 02/07/2018 09:44 AM, JD wrote: What is the best way to import the bookmarks file from one profile into another? Does straightforward copy work? ___ users mailing list -- users

Re: Importing FF bookmarks from another profile

2018-02-07 Thread JD
On 02/07/2018 01:01 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 02/07/2018 09:44 AM, JD wrote: What is the best way to import the bookmarks file from one profile into another? If you open the bookmarks window on the first profile, you can export to HTML. Then you can do import from HTML on the other

Re: Importing FF bookmarks from another profile

2018-02-08 Thread JD
On Wed, Feb 7, 2018 at 1:43 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: > On 02/07/2018 12:23 PM, JD wrote: > >> >> >> On 02/07/2018 01:01 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: >> >>> On 02/07/2018 09:44 AM, JD wrote: >>> >>>> What is the best way to import the bookmarks

Re: Importing FF bookmarks from another profile

2018-02-09 Thread JD
On 02/08/2018 09:05 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 02/08/2018 06:26 PM, JD wrote: On Wed, Feb 7, 2018 at 1:43 PM, Samuel Sieb <mailto:sam...@sieb.net>> wrote: You're using the wrong option. You would have to use the "Restore" option and that would wipe out all

Re: Importing FF bookmarks from another profile

2018-02-09 Thread JD
On Fri, Feb 9, 2018 at 3:12 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: > On 02/09/2018 09:31 AM, JD wrote: > >> Yes Sam. I tried to restore, and I tried to convert to html. >> In both cases, for all the files in bookmarksbackup dir, I >> am getting Unable to process the backup file. >&

Re: Importing FF bookmarks from another profile

2018-02-09 Thread JD
On 02/09/2018 03:12 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 02/09/2018 09:31 AM, JD wrote: Yes Sam. I tried to restore, and I tried to convert to html. In both cases, for all the files in bookmarksbackup dir, I am getting Unable to process the backup file. I'm confused about how you're trying

Re: Importing FF bookmarks from another profile

2018-02-10 Thread JD
On 02/09/2018 09:55 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 02/09/2018 05:59 PM, JD wrote: On Fri, Feb 9, 2018 at 3:12 PM, Samuel Sieb <mailto:sam...@sieb.net>> wrote: On 02/09/2018 09:31 AM, JD wrote: Yes Sam. I tried to restore, and I tried to convert to html. In both c

unable to bring up mediatek usb wifi dongle

2018-02-20 Thread JD
Tried to bring up a mediateck usb wifi stick with a built-in antenna. $ dmesg | grep 'usb 1-1' [ 3632.100121] usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device number 13 using xhci_hcd [ 3633.314114] usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device number 14 using xhci_hcd [ 3633.446949] usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVend

Re: unable to bring up mediatek usb wifi dongle

2018-02-21 Thread JD
On 02/21/2018 10:18 AM, JD wrote: On 02/21/2018 07:41 AM, jarmo wrote: Wed, 21 Feb 2018 09:23:49 -0400 "George N. White III" kirjoitti: There seem to be lots of "MediaTeK 7610" dongles with various chips inside. You could try adding your USB id to the list of devi

Re: unable to bring up mediatek usb wifi dongle

2018-02-21 Thread JD
On 02/21/2018 06:23 AM, George N. White III wrote: On 20 February 2018 at 22:17, JD <mailto:jd1...@gmail.com>> wrote: Tried to bring up a mediateck usb wifi stick with a built-in antenna. $ dmesg | grep 'usb 1-1' [ 3632.100121] usb 1-1: new high-speed USB dev

Re: unable to bring up mediatek usb wifi dongle

2018-02-21 Thread JD
On 02/21/2018 11:16 AM, George N. White III wrote: On 21 February 2018 at 13:37, JD <mailto:jd1...@gmail.com>> wrote: Can anyone suggest a wifi 300 or 600 mbps usb dongle that will work with multiple fedora machines ranging from fc18 to fc27 ? Thanx! Do you real

Re: downloading ALL Packages of a fedora release.

2018-02-22 Thread JD
On 01/14/2018 02:22 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 01/15/18 05:19, Ed Greshko wrote: kernel-devel x86_64 4.14.13-300.fc27 updates12 M kernel-headersx86_64 4.14.13-300.fc27 updates 1.2 M Note these packages are from updates. If the

Re: OT: force re-download in clasw-mail

2018-02-26 Thread JD
On 02/26/2018 01:42 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote: On 02/26/18 15:16, wwp wrote: I won't go further here, it's not only off-topic but also not replying to the original topic of this thread. You're welcome on the Claws Mail users mailing-list or IRC channel if you want! . "Claws Mail users mailing-l

setting screen resolution at boot

2018-02-28 Thread JD
Hi all, on fc27: how do I set the screen resolution to less than 1920X1080 ? I would like to reduce it to something like 1280X1080 Is that "doable"? (Pardon my use of doable :) :) I would like the DT (Mate) to respect that resolution and show everything on desktop as if that is the HW resolution.

Re: setting screen resolution at boot

2018-03-01 Thread JD
On 03/01/2018 06:37 PM, stan wrote: On Wed, 28 Feb 2018 19:47:25 -0700 JD wrote: Hi all, on fc27: how do I set the screen resolution to less than 1920X1080 ? I would like to reduce it to something like 1280X1080 Is that "doable"? (Pardon my use of doable :) :) I would like the DT

Linux Kernel 4.14.12 Released to Disable x86 PTI for AMD Processors

2018-03-07 Thread JD
Is the PTI patch available for download by itself? http://news.softpedia.com/news/linux-kernel-4-14-12-released-to-disable-x86-pti-for-amd-radeon-processors-519253.shtml ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an emai

Re: du Weirdness - how is this possible

2018-03-11 Thread JD
How about checking the permissions of all files/dirs in phil? Run ls -lR phil and report results. On 03/11/2018 12:48 PM, Philip Rhoades wrote: People, I started deleting GBs of stuff from: /dev/sdb1 /backup but df did not reduce from 95% so I looked more closely and found this weirdne

Re: alternative to skype

2018-03-18 Thread JD
On 03/18/2018 02:59 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: On Sat, 2018-03-17 at 22:48 -0400, fred roller wrote: gmail has video connect (both might need an account but so does skype) and the drive would allow shared files. Google voice is a free service which does video as well I believe. Google

Re: alternative to skype

2018-03-18 Thread JD
On 03/18/2018 10:32 AM, fred roller wrote: > Does Google Hangouts allow international free phone number calling? AFAIK it is just a private chat set up by email identifier so no phone. In essence then yes. The Google Voice option, if you can get it will do what I suspect you want; your accou

Re: alternative to skype

2018-03-18 Thread JD
the account w/ $$. On Sun, Mar 18, 2018 at 12:40 PM, JD <mailto:jd1...@gmail.com>> wrote: On 03/18/2018 10:32 AM, fred roller wrote: > Does Google Hangouts allow international free phone number calling? AFAIK it is just a private chat set up by email i

Re: alternative to skype

2018-03-18 Thread JD
On 03/18/2018 02:34 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 03/19/18 04:20, JD wrote: On 03/18/2018 11:46 AM, fred roller wrote: you have g-voice they do not. similar to skype acct to acct or acct to other. I use g-voice for a voice mailbox because of its ability to transcribe to text and send to my phone

Re: Killing only selected Chrome windows from the CLI ?

2018-03-26 Thread JD
On 03/26/2018 06:59 PM, Philip Rhoades wrote: People, This command exits the chrome process tree gracefully, in all window managers: pkill --oldest chrome but it is not what I want to do - when Chrome goes mad and the whole system starts grinding to a halt (I know from experience it is

Re: Killing only selected Chrome windows from the CLI ?

2018-03-27 Thread JD
On 03/26/2018 07:53 PM, Philip Rhoades wrote: Samuel, On 2018-03-27 12:18, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 03/26/2018 05:59 PM, Philip Rhoades wrote: but it is not what I want to do - when Chrome goes mad and the whole system starts grinding to a halt (I know from experience it is Chrome) I want to tr

Re: Killing only selected Chrome windows from the CLI ?

2018-03-27 Thread JD
On 03/27/2018 07:03 PM, Rick Stevens wrote: On 03/27/2018 04:27 PM, JD wrote: if the load is still high, at least u will have eliminated that window. so try this with each window and check the cpu load. While u r at it, also check the mem usage of chrome. High mem usage can cause a lot

Re: Killing only selected Chrome windows from the CLI ?

2018-03-28 Thread JD
On 03/27/2018 07:30 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: On 03/27/2018 06:18 PM, JD wrote: I think you are way way too stressed out. I am merely trying to reduce my typing as I am not such a good typist. He wasn't the only one thinking it, though. I was considering making the same comment. __

Re: easiest way to encrypt existing home dir?

2018-03-30 Thread JD
Thanks! Will try it on a temporary dir first. On 03/30/2018 07:53 PM, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote: On Sat, 31 Mar 2018 02:41:53 +0200 Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote: Interested in how to do it? I got an email off-list to post the instructions. Again: I created the container around ten years ago. Did

html to man page

2018-04-01 Thread JD
Hi all, I have an app that has no manpage, but has about 170 html files, all of which index into a subset of the 168 files. I would like to use an app that will produce a single manpage like text file. Is there an app that can do this? I saw a few apps on google search, but none of them are pro

Re: html to man page

2018-04-05 Thread JD
On 04/05/2018 08:29 AM, Tim via users wrote: Allegedly, on or about 4 April 2018, Sam Varshavchik sent: I find Docbook XML to be irreplacable, when it comes to writing technical documentation that serves as a single source of both manual pages and publishable HTML. I'm pretty sure I've looked

Re: How to switch to mate?

2018-04-17 Thread JD
At the login screen, first choose the login name then before you type the password, click on the small wheel in the login banner and it will drop down a menu of DT's to choose from. Choose Mate, then type your password and you are done. On 04/17/2018 11:42 AM, Beartooth wrote: If this i

Mate Session + child Caja consuming 98% of io badwidth to/from boot drive

2018-04-29 Thread JD
I have not seen this before, so I do not know what might be causing this. All tasks are quiescent, except that I am watching a youtube video. So I stopped the YT video and waited to see if the activity of Caja would abate. NOP!!! It stays at 92 to 98 % _

Re: Mate Session + child Caja consuming 98% of io badwidth to/from boot drive

2018-04-30 Thread JD
uel Sieb wrote: > On 04/29/2018 11:36 AM, JD wrote: > >> I have not seen this before, so I do not know what might be causing this. >> All tasks are quiescent, except that I am watching a youtube video. >> So I stopped the YT video and waited to see if the activity of Caja &

Re: Mate Session + child Caja consuming 98% of io badwidth to/from boot drive

2018-04-30 Thread JD
top shows cpu load, and not i/o load. Usually processes that are i/o bound consume less cpu time, due to having to wait for the completion of each i/o operation. On Sun, Apr 29, 2018 at 2:40 PM, Fred Smith wrote: > On Sun, Apr 29, 2018 at 12:36:08PM -0600, JD wrote: > > I have not

Re: Mate Session + child Caja consuming 98% of io badwidth to/from boot drive

2018-04-30 Thread JD
On Mon, Apr 30, 2018 at 2:21 PM, Tim via users < users@lists.fedoraproject.org> wrote: > Allegedly, on or about 30 April 2018, JD sent: > > I had no idea tha Caja would be doing this, and what's > > more is that all it's i/o was to/from the boot disk. > >

Kernel task 276 consumes 100% of io bandwidth on boo drive

2018-05-09 Thread JD
276 be/3 root0.00 B/s0.00 B/s 0.00 % 99.85 % [jbd2/sda3-8] When I booted, drive was clean!! All my current running processes (i.e. ones I started), are quiescent. Whith glitches like these, it makes a LOT more difficult to honetsly tell students why they should switch to Fedora, "

Re: Kernel task 276 consumes 100% of io bandwidth on boo drive

2018-05-09 Thread JD
On 05/09/2018 05:37 PM, Rick Stevens wrote: On 05/09/2018 03:23 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 05/09/2018 10:58 AM, JD wrote: 276 be/3 root0.00 B/s0.00 B/s 0.00 % 99.85 % [jbd2/sda3-8] What command produces this output? It comes from iotop. From just that line, it looks

Re: Kernel task 276 consumes 100% of io bandwidth on boo drive

2018-05-09 Thread JD
On 05/09/2018 06:08 PM, Tom Horsley wrote: On Wed, 9 May 2018 16:55:03 -0700 Samuel Sieb wrote: Right, so it's not actually transferring any data, it's just waiting on I/O for some reason. If it is a brand new just formatted ext4 system mounted for the first time, the system writes all the i

Re: Kernel task 276 consumes 100% of io bandwidth on boo drive

2018-05-09 Thread JD
On 05/09/2018 06:24 PM, Rick Stevens wrote: On 05/09/2018 04:55 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 05/09/2018 04:37 PM, Rick Stevens wrote: On 05/09/2018 03:23 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: From just that line, it looks like there is no data transferred at all. I've never understood what 100% of I/O ba

Unable to lower cpu frequency

2018-05-15 Thread JD
# /bin/cpupower --cpu all frequency-set -g performance 2G # /bin/cpupower --cpu all frequency-info | grep "current CPU frequency is" current CPU frequency is 2.80 GHz (asserted by call to hardware). current CPU frequency is 2.80 GHz (asserted by call to hardware). Cpu can accept frquencies as

Re: Unable to lower cpu frequency

2018-05-17 Thread JD
because of running ffmpeg alongside with playing videos cause HW errors. Even thought the kernel throttled the cpu, it did not help much. Now, I do not get the HW errors and kernel ooops messages. On Wed, May 16, 2018 at 10:00 AM, stan wrote: > On Tue, 15 May 2018 19:59:53 -0600 > JD

Question about Mate DT

2018-06-07 Thread JD
Hi All, I am having problems with mate DT. If I leave the machine idle for a minute or two, (even with several windows of TB and FF open), I end up losing the DT altogether. All Desktop icons and panels disappear. Furthermore, even if I do not leave the machine idle (i.e. I am busy on the KB),

Re: Question about Mate DT

2018-06-08 Thread JD
On 06/07/2018 10:27 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 06/07/2018 03:51 PM, JD wrote: I am having problems with mate DT. If I leave the machine idle for a minute or two, (even with several windows of TB and FF open), I end up losing the DT altogether. All Desktop icons and panels disappear

cpupower

2018-06-24 Thread JD
Manpage of cpu power make no mention of the selection of governor. How can set the governor to be the user mode governor instead of the performance governor and not the ondemand governor? If I can permanently set that governor, next I want to set the cpu frequency (for all cores) to 2134000Hz per

Re: cpupower

2018-06-24 Thread JD
On 06/24/2018 11:37 AM, Joe Zeff wrote: On 06/24/2018 10:27 AM, JD wrote: But I do not want to do this loop every time I boot up. I want to have set once and for all!!! There's probably a proper way to do that, but until somebody finds it, put that into a shell script and call it

Re: cpupower

2018-06-24 Thread JD
On Sun, Jun 24, 2018 at 12:25 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: > On 06/24/2018 10:55 AM, JD wrote: > >> >> On 06/24/2018 11:37 AM, Joe Zeff wrote: >> >>> On 06/24/2018 10:27 AM, JD wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> But I do not want to do this l

Re: cpupower

2018-06-24 Thread JD
On 06/24/2018 04:38 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 06/25/18 05:43, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: On Sun, 2018-06-24 at 11:25 -0700, Joe Zeff wrote: On 06/24/2018 10:55 AM, JD wrote: On 06/24/2018 11:37 AM, Joe Zeff wrote: On 06/24/2018 10:27 AM, JD wrote: But I do not want to do this loop

Re: cpupower

2018-06-24 Thread JD
On 06/24/2018 04:45 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: On 06/24/2018 03:12 PM, JD wrote: ​I have enabled rc-local: sudo systemctl enable rc-local which is supposed to automagically execute /etc/rc.d/rc.local during bootup, but for some strange reason, rc.local is not being automagcally executed, even

Re: Time -

2018-08-28 Thread JD
Bob!!! There are MANY ways to do this on a computer. One such simple way is first convert the duration you are thinking of to seconds, then issue this command to your shell sleep xx # where xx is the number of seconds aplay On 08/28/2018 11:36 AM, Bob Goodwin wrote: In the past if

Re: OT: fastest way to copy one drive to another

2018-09-07 Thread JD
On 09/07/2018 03:34 PM, Michael D. Setzer II wrote: On 7 Sep 2018 at 15:54, Ranjan Maitra wrote: Date sent: Fri, 7 Sep 2018 15:54:59 -0500 From: Ranjan Maitra To: users@lists.fedoraproject.org Subject:Re: OT: fastest way to co

Re: OT: fastest way to copy one drive to another

2018-09-08 Thread JD
Hello Cameron, +1 On 09/08/2018 04:48 PM, Cameron Simpson wrote: On 09Sep2018 06:45, Michael D. Setzer II wrote: On 8 Sep 2018 at 17:10, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: [...] The link in the footer points to g4l, but nothing in your message mentioning jetcat-mod makes that connection. Only an of

OT: backing up a DVD

2018-09-10 Thread JD
Using dd to back up a DVD (for in case dvd gets damaged), I am getting frequent messages like . File shrank by 1069672448 bytes; padding with zeros So, the .VOB file copied to HD is all messed up I do not know yet, because the process is still in progress. In the past, I never had this i

[OFF LIST] Re: OT: backing up a DVD

2018-09-11 Thread JD
Hi Todd and Margo, I have not been able to use k3b because it did not make use of libdvdcss, so it always terminated in error. Are you saying that it has been fixed Thanx!! JD On 09/10/2018 08:27 PM, ToddAndMargo wrote: On 09/10/2018 05:53 PM, JD wrote: Using dd to back up a DVD (for in

Re: OT: backing up a DVD

2018-09-11 Thread JD
On 09/10/2018 08:19 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 9/11/18 8:53 AM, JD wrote: Using dd to back up a DVD (for in case dvd gets damaged), I am getting frequent messages like . File shrank by 1069672448 bytes; padding with zeros So, the .VOB file copied to HD is all messed up I do not know

Re: OT: backing up a DVD

2018-09-11 Thread JD
On 09/11/2018 04:04 AM, Tony Nelson wrote: On 18-09-10 22:27:00, ToddAndMargo wrote: ... "dd" does not work on DVD's. Use K3b instead: dd is fine for /reading/ DVDs. Something more (K3b or wodim or growisofs) is needed to /write/ them. Yes. Wodim works just fine. ___

Re: OT: backing up a DVD

2018-09-11 Thread JD
On 09/11/2018 04:14 AM, Dave Mitchell wrote: On Tue, Sep 11, 2018 at 10:19:44AM +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: Are you using only "dd" or are you also using "tar"? I only ask since I've not seen the message coming from "dd" but recall seeing it from "tar". To expand on that: $ strings `whi

Re: [OFF LIST] Re: OT: backing up a DVD

2018-09-12 Thread JD
On 09/11/2018 05:13 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 9/11/18 11:58 PM, JD wrote: I have not been able to use k3b because it did not make use of libdvdcss, so it always terminated in error. Are you saying that it has been fixed It isn't clear to me if your initial problem was related to re

Re: [OFF LIST] Re: OT: backing up a DVD

2018-09-12 Thread JD
On 09/11/2018 05:55 PM, Cameron Simpson wrote: On 12Sep2018 07:13, Ed Greshko wrote: On 9/11/18 11:58 PM, JD wrote: I have not been able to use k3b because it did not make use of libdvdcss, so it always terminated in error. Are you saying that it has been fixed It isn't clear

Re: OT: backing up a DVD

2018-09-12 Thread JD
impson I tried that, and it is clear that tar is unable to read the drive. To wit: $ ls -l VTS_10_1.VOB -r--------. 1 jd jd 1073739776 Mar 18 2013 VTS_10_1.VOB $ cat VTS_10_1.VOB | wc -c cat: /run/media/jd/JACK_REACHER/VIDEO_TS/VTS_10_1.VOB: Input/output error 4067328 So, the output file was

Re: OT: backing up a DVD

2018-09-12 Thread JD
On 09/12/2018 05:53 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 9/13/18 7:40 AM, JD wrote: On 09/12/2018 04:39 PM, Cameron Simpson wrote: On 13Sep2018 08:29, Cameron Simpson wrote: Regarding the DVD CSS stuff: I seem to recall from long ago that reading a CSS DVD without the libdvdcss stuff to arrange

Re: OT: backing up a DVD

2018-09-12 Thread JD
On 09/12/2018 06:05 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 9/13/18 7:57 AM, JD wrote: So, how in tarnation can I back up this DVD. What tool can I use that will use dvdcss AND back up the DVD??? Well, k3b has, under tools, "Rip Video DVD". I recall using it in the past, but can't find a DV

Re: OT: backing up a DVD

2018-09-12 Thread JD
On 09/12/2018 07:03 PM, JD wrote: On 09/12/2018 06:05 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 9/13/18 7:57 AM, JD wrote: So, how in tarnation can I back up this DVD. What tool can I use that will use dvdcss AND back up the DVD??? Well, k3b has, under tools, "Rip Video DVD". I recall using it i

Re: OT: backing up a DVD

2018-09-15 Thread JD
On Fri, Sep 14, 2018 at 4:16 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 9/13/18 7:57 AM, JD wrote: > > So, how in tarnation can I back up this DVD. > > What tool can I use that will use dvdcss AND > > back up the DVD??? > > Acquired a DVD for testing. Verified, didn't explore

Where are the old repos of rpmfusion

2018-09-15 Thread JD
Fedora keeps old revisions of SW for EOL'ed releases. Does rpmfusion have a link for these EOL'ed releases? Thanx!! ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code

Re: Where are the old repos of rpmfusion

2018-09-15 Thread JD
On 09/15/2018 10:38 AM, Jonathan Dieter wrote: On Sat, 2018-09-15 at 09:53 -0600, JD wrote: Fedora keeps old revisions of SW for EOL'ed releases. Does rpmfusion have a link for these EOL'ed releases? http://archive.rpmfusion.org/ Found the link here: https://lisas.de/~adri

Re: Where are the old repos of rpmfusion

2018-09-15 Thread JD
On 09/15/2018 11:05 AM, Jonathan Dieter wrote: On Sat, 2018-09-15 at 11:02 -0600, JD wrote: On 09/15/2018 10:38 AM, Jonathan Dieter wrote: On Sat, 2018-09-15 at 09:53 -0600, JD wrote: Fedora keeps old revisions of SW for EOL'ed releases. Does rpmfusion have a link for these EOL'e

Re: Markdown viewer

2018-09-27 Thread JD
On 09/24/2018 04:47 PM, Cameron Simpson wrote: On 24Sep2018 12:32, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: I'm looking for a simple terminal-based viewer for Markdown files. I *don't* want an editor. Think 'less', not 'emacs'. I don't mind if it wants to pop up a window to show rich text, but it's not cri

Connecting a second monitor

2010-05-10 Thread jd
h different resolution. I would appreciate any help that would let me use it as a dup rather than a span of the main monitor. Best regards, JD -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guide

Compilation error building kernel-2.6.32.12-115.fc12

2010-05-20 Thread JD
let me know what info you need to get to the bottom of this. Regards, JD -- 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_guidelines

Re: Another funny update?

2010-06-16 Thread JD
ly on very specific h/w. >> Besides, you paid for the privilege of having your h/w and s/w dictated. >> >> But why are we paying so much attention to the OP again? >> >> Ranjan >> >> > Yes, that's true. And they control the software (whi

Re: Adobe releases 32-bit Flash update for Linux

2010-06-16 Thread JD
On 06/16/2010 01:29 PM, Wolfgang S. Rupprecht wrote: > "Robert G. (Doc) Savage" writes: > >> I can't imagine what has prompted Adobe to pack up their proverbial bat >> & ball and go home, abandoning 64-bit Flash development for all >> platforms. I hope there's another explanation, because t

Re: Fedora 12 - how to run laptop with closed lid

2010-06-16 Thread JD
On 06/16/2010 01:43 PM, Edmon Begoli wrote: Hi, I have a Dell Latitude 830 laptop with Fedora 12. I never move it, so I want to be able to close to lid and just use monitor, but my OS shuts down automatically. Is there a way to enable this and if so, please tell me how I am using Xfce but I

F13 - Unable to update - package dependency conflicts

2010-06-16 Thread JD
The info below shows my problem. $ sudo yum -y update Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit adobe-linux-i386 | 951 B 00:00 google-chrome

Re: KDE/Flash too fast weirdness

2010-06-16 Thread JD
On 06/16/2010 03:29 PM, Peter A wrote: > Hi, > > so this one has me completely stomped... After upgrading to F13 (though yum > but I also tested with a clean F13 install, same behavior) every flash video > (e.g. youtube) plays significantly faster than it should... A 45 second video > plays in a

Re: KDE/Flash too fast weirdness

2010-06-16 Thread JD
On 06/16/2010 07:17 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Wednesday 16 June 2010, JD wrote: > >> On 06/16/2010 03:29 PM, Peter A wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> so this one has me completely stomped... After upgrading to F13 (though >>> yum but

Re: KDE/Flash too fast weirdness

2010-06-16 Thread JD
On 06/16/2010 08:00 PM, jarmo wrote: > Gene Heskett kirjoitti torstai, 17. kesäkuuta 2010 05:17:29: > > >> Yeah, it works here, but its eating 40-60% of all 4 cores of a >> > 2.1Ghz > >> phenom. Folks with lessor machines need not apply. >> > Are you sure, that it is flash. I

Re: Lots of instabilities in F13 ?

2010-06-16 Thread JD
On 06/16/2010 10:27 PM, Brian Mury wrote: > On Mon, 2010-06-14 at 10:31 -0500, Steven Stern wrote: > >> I'm not having any issues with Firefox and don't use Evolution. My big >> issue is with Rhythmbox, but it's a continuing issue from F12. >> Sometimes, it just stops playing and requires a "

Re: how to download videos

2010-06-16 Thread JD
On 06/16/2010 11:38 PM, Tim wrote: > On Wed, 2010-06-16 at 21:22 +0530, Parshwa Murdia wrote: > >> that's correct, but if it possible to get /download that video from >> the terminal? like by typing the URL containing the video or fetch >> video id. or something like that and than downloading

Re: Evolution reply header

2010-06-17 Thread JD
On 06/17/2010 06:08 AM, Tim wrote: > kalinix was caught secretly using Windows to write: > > >> Does anybody know how to change the header of a reply in Evolution (e.g. >> "On Tue, 2010-06-15 at 00:11 -0400, Alex wrote:") with something more >> funny? >> >> Google didn't return anything usefu

Re: F13 - Unable to update - package dependency conflicts

2010-06-17 Thread JD
On 06/17/2010 06:52 AM, Richard W.M. Jones wrote: > On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 01:03:07PM -0700, JD wrote: > >> The info below shows my problem. >> 1:libguestfs-1.2.8-1.fc13.i686 >> > Grab the latest package which fixes this issue: > > https://admin

Re: Fedora 13 usb key failure

2010-06-17 Thread JD
ly burning F12 > x86_64's install DVD to see if that works any better. >Jack > ps I have two identical Sun W2100Z with the latest 2.5 Phoenix firmware > with F10 x86_64 installed and both behave the same way so a hardware > failure is highly unlikely. > I am usi

Re: Evolution reply header

2010-06-17 Thread JD
On 06/17/2010 09:06 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Thu, 2010-06-17 at 08:48 -0700, JD wrote: > >> On 06/17/2010 06:08 AM, Tim wrote: >> >>> kalinix was caught secretly using Windows to write: >>> >>> >>> &g

Re: prefdm in runlevel 4 ?

2010-06-17 Thread JD
exec /etc/X11/prefdm -nodaemon > > didn't work. > > Any suggestions welcome to overcome my deficits on upstart. > > > --Frank Elsner > I tried your mod on my machine (F13). I was in RL 5, and ran the command sudo init 4 and gnome desktop login banner came up

Re: Evolution reply header

2010-06-17 Thread JD
On 06/17/2010 09:26 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Thu, 2010-06-17 at 09:11 -0700, JD wrote: > >>> What does Firefox have to do with mail headers (even supposing the >>> >> OPs >> >>> question was actually

Re: Fedora 13 usb key failure

2010-06-17 Thread JD
On 06/17/2010 09:37 AM, Tom Horsley wrote: > On Thu, 17 Jun 2010 08:56:44 -0700 > JD wrote: > > >> I am using usb-based wireless KB and Mouse. >> They are both functional during bios, and after >> F13 boot - single user, and multi-user. >> > Th

Re: bugzilla problem

2010-06-17 Thread JD
On 06/17/2010 10:09 AM, Eric Tanguy was caught red-handed while writing:: > Since fedora 13 i have a lot of problem using bugzilla with firefox. A > lot of time the bugzilla.redhat site does not answer wheras if i use my > laptop on the same network the site answer very quickly. If i want to > pos

Re: Evolution reply header

2010-06-17 Thread JD
On 06/17/2010 10:01 AM, David Boles was caught red-handed while writing:: > On 6/17/2010 12:27 PM, JD wrote: > >> >> On 06/17/2010 09:26 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: >> >>> On Thu, 2010-06-17 at 09:11 -0700, JD wrote: >>> >>&

bad HD sectors

2010-06-19 Thread JD
Greetings, I have a 500GB hd which smarts daemon says has 1 re-mapped sector, and 129 bad sectors. How is it possible to have 129 bad sectors, but only 1 re-mapped sector? Did the HD have only 1 spare sector when I purchased it? Is that possible? Drive was purchased brand new in factory sealed b

Re: Another funny update?

2010-06-19 Thread JD
nel-firmware noarch 2.6.32.14-127.fc12 updates 973 k kernel-headers x86_64 2.6.32.14-127.fc12 updates 754 k kmod-nvidia x86_64 1:195.36.24-1.fc12.3 rpmfusion-nonfree-updates 31 k It somehow doesn't seem to me like a standard upgrade... Dependency processing is a normal part of the yum-up

Re: f13: Firefox wont start if the ~/.mozilla/ is a sym link

2010-06-19 Thread JD
/home as a subdir on a separate > disk, but firefox doesn't get all upset about > symlinks. > Hi, On my F13, /home is a symlink to /sdb3/home and it has not caused any problems with any mozilla product. The only problems I DO have are with the Firefox add-ons; do not know which

Help with a printer

2010-06-19 Thread JD
I have been using the HP LaserJet 4L for many years and it has been totally trouble free. Recently, after an automatic update, the printer prints garbage. I have asked for help from openprinting in their forum, and it seems this forum is not very active, so no responses. I have tried all of the PP

Re: Help with a printer

2010-06-19 Thread JD
On 06/19/2010 02:54 PM, Steve Searle was caught red-handed while writing:: > Around 10:01pm on Saturday, June 19, 2010 (UK time), JD scrawled: > > >> I have been using the HP LaserJet 4L for many >> years and it has been totally trouble free. >> Recently, aft

Re: bad HD sectors

2010-06-19 Thread JD
On 06/19/2010 03:01 PM, Alan Cox was caught red-handed while writing:: > On Sat, 19 Jun 2010 11:43:19 -0700 > JD wrote: > > >> Greetings, >> I have a 500GB hd which smarts daemon says has 1 re-mapped sector, and >> 129 bad sectors. >> How is it possible

Re: Calculating the target of a symlink

2010-06-19 Thread JD
On 06/19/2010 07:05 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan was caught red-handed while writing:: > A script I'm writing needs to work out the target of a symbolic link, > i.e. given: > > $ touch foo > $ ln -s foo bar > > the function should print bar when given foo as a parameter. The manual > says "ls -L" sho

Re: bad HD sectors

2010-06-19 Thread JD
On 06/19/2010 03:01 PM, Alan Cox was caught red-handed while writing:: > On Sat, 19 Jun 2010 11:43:19 -0700 > JD wrote: > > >> Greetings, >> I have a 500GB hd which smarts daemon says has 1 re-mapped sector, and >> 129 bad sectors. >> How is it possible

Re: OT:burn - not install to usb

2010-06-19 Thread JD
On 06/19/2010 08:06 PM, Mick M. was caught red-handed while writing:: > Hi; >I found a couple of 16MB usb sticks in a drawer. > I have the latest systemrescuecd and want to "burn" it to the USB stick. > An install needs> 512MB, this is only 16M. > > I tried using dd but it would not boot. >

Re: bad HD sectors

2010-06-19 Thread JD
On 06/19/2010 08:43 PM, Peter Langfelder was caught red-handed while writing:: > On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 7:57 PM, JD wrote: > > >> Is there a way to tell smart daemon to ignore the bad sector list >> that comes from the manufacturer? >> smartd keep reporting:

Re: bad HD sectors

2010-06-20 Thread JD
On 06/19/2010 09:56 PM, Peter Langfelder was caught red-handed while writing:: > On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 9:04 PM, JD wrote: > >> > >> Well, I am not actively using the disk. Too risky. >> I am trying to find out if there is reasonable doubt >> as t

Re: bad HD sectors

2010-06-20 Thread JD
On 06/19/2010 11:16 PM, Kam Leo was caught red-handed while writing:: > On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 9:56 PM, Peter Langfelder > wrote: > >> On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 9:04 PM, JD wrote: >> >>> >> >>> Well, I am not actively using

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