Fedora Install

2010-02-26 Thread Mike Flannigan
out-of-the-question, but I'd like to put that off until later if possible. I have an old Dell portable and a 64 bit Linux 2-yo portable I am also willing to use for this. I am open to any suggestions on what to do and what to use. Mike Flannigan -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproj

Re: Fedora Install

2010-03-01 Thread Mike Flannigan
On Fri, 26 Feb 2010, nosp...@gmail.com wrote: > >On Fri, 2010-02-26 at 07:23 -0600, Mike Flannigan wrote: >> > I would like to get any flavor of Linux installed >> > to my older-generation computer. I have 2 >> > old computers: >> > x86 Family 6 M

Where is Open Office?

2011-06-04 Thread Mike Flannigan
I'm a new Fedora user. I understand Open Office is part of the core distribution, but I can't find it. In Add/ Remove programs "Office/Productivity" is checked, but only Evolution is in my Office Applications. How can I start Open Office? Mike Flannigan I get the digest

Re: Where is Open Office?

2011-06-04 Thread Mike Flannigan
On 6/4/2011 5:47 PM, users-requ...@lists.fedoraproject.org wrote: Hi Mike, I assume you have installed Fedora 15. Since Fedora 15, Fedora has drop the OpenOffice suite in favor of LibreOffice (which is a fork of OpenOffice born after the acquisition of OpenOffice by Oracle). You can find the L

No Minimize Button

2011-06-04 Thread Mike Flannigan
I've installed Fedora 15 64 bit on my machine. I am brand new to Fedora. I notice that all my windows have the "X" for closing the window in the upper right, but no minimize or restore button. From my internet searching I suspect this is very unusual. Has anybody heard of this or do you know ho

Re: No Minimize Button

2011-06-05 Thread Mike Flannigan
On 6/5/2011 1:52 AM, users-requ...@lists.fedoraproject.org wrote: It was a design decision in Gnome 3 (aka Gnome Shell) that involves some controversy. There are many many threads filled with lots of debate about it. If you want to know more, mine the mailing list archives. There are substitute

Re: Relating to Rawhide

2020-05-29 Thread Mike Flannigan
David and I are Cavers, or at least former Cavers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caving Mike On 5/29/20 1:08 PM, David Locklear wrote: David Locklear Novice Rawhide user P.S. I would like to give a shout out to my buddy, Flannigan. In all my 25 plus years of using the internet, he is the

Re: Sane Scanner Resolution Configuration

2020-07-21 Thread Mike Flannigan
My XSane ver 0.999 allows changing the resolution by selecting the dropdown on the main screen and selecting 75, 150, 300, 600, etc. http://www.mflan.com/temp/res1.jpg Mike On 7/21/20 4:08 AM, users-requ...@lists.fedoraproject.org wrote: Subject: Sane Scanner Resolution Configuration From

Re: Sane Scanner Resolution Configuration

2020-07-22 Thread Mike Flannigan
Sure thing. The 'xsane.rc' file at ~/.sane/xsane is copied here: http://www.mflan.com/temp/xsane.rc There is also a 'xsane.mdf' file in there, but I don't think you need that. There is also a 'CANON:Canoscan9000FMarkII.drc' file in there and it is copied here: http://www.mflan.com/temp/CANON:Ca

Re: Sane Scanner Resolution Configuration

2020-07-22 Thread Mike Flannigan
Glad it worked out for you. I don't know why your Sane is so different from mine. I cannot find the "Bind X and Y resolutions" option in Window - Show Advanced Options or Preferences - Setup. But your Sane works and mine works, so everybody is happy. Mike On 7/22/20 6:40 PM, Stephen Morris

Re: Flatpak?

2020-08-06 Thread Mike Flannigan
Sounds like a trick question. The answer is Flatpak. Mike On 8/6/20 6:19 AM, users-requ...@lists.fedoraproject.org wrote: What am I missing if I remove flatpak? ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email

xsane and simple-scan

2020-08-12 Thread Mike Flannigan
It is hard to argue that xsane is simple and intuitive, but it does do a good job after you learn it.  Even the GOCR is respectable. I hadn't tried simple-scan until now.  It doesn't automatically detect the scan size on my scanner, and I don't see a way to adjust for scan size. Otherwise it doe

Re: Recommendations for video-conferencing setup

2020-11-10 Thread Mike Flannigan
Just 4 weeks ago I bought an Aluratek 4K HD webcam for $130, so not a cheap one.  The sound is the weakest point, but very satisfactory.  Here is a 10 MB test file if you want to see an example: http://www.mflan.com/temp/webcam_test.mkv I am very happy with this device. Of course a dedicated, h

Digest Version

2020-11-19 Thread Mike Flannigan
I recently changed my e-mail and I want this list to be in Digest mode.  I have checked the list guidelines, sent an e-mail to users-h...@lists.fedoraproject.org, and everything else I can think of, but couldn't get it done on my own. Can the list admin change mf...@mflan.com to digest mode, ass

Re: Digest Version

2020-11-19 Thread Mike Flannigan
had digest mode set. Mike On 11/19/20 6:57 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: On Thu, 2020-11-19 at 06:14 -0600, Mike Flannigan wrote: I recently changed my e-mail and I want this list to be in Digest mode.  I have checked the list guidelines, sent an e-mail to users-h...@lists.fedoraproject.org,

Re: Digest Version

2020-11-19 Thread Mike Flannigan
Thanks for the reply.  I tried that but it won't let me in.  I tried my normal passwords, but I'm thinking I did not selected a password when I signed up. Mike On 11/19/20 7:18 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 19/11/2020 20:14, Mike Flannigan wrote: I recently changed my e-mail and I

Re: Digest Version

2020-11-19 Thread Mike Flannigan
0 7:40 AM, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote: Mike Flannigan writes: > Thanks for the reply.  I tried that but it won't let > me in.  I tried my normal passwords, but I'm thinking > I did not selected a password when I signed up. In a stock Mailman you can do a password reset from the

Re: Digest Version

2020-11-19 Thread Mike Flannigan
tandard", but I can't see otherwise how to accept this cookie.  Still trying. Mike On 11/19/20 8:00 AM, Mike Flannigan wrote: It's funny I didn't see that.  But unfortunately that is not working either.  It says "The e-mail address is not assigned to any user account"

Re: Digest Version

2020-11-19 Thread Mike Flannigan
any ideal solution. Mike On 11/19/20 8:05 AM, Mike Flannigan wrote: Correction.  It says that for mikef...@att.net, which is correct since that is unsubscribed. It says Forbidden (403) CSRF verification failed. Request aborted. You are seeing this message because this site requires a CSRF co

Re: Digest Version

2020-11-19 Thread Mike Flannigan
Thank you.  I did get it done. Mike On 11/19/20 1:41 PM, Kevin Fenzi wrote: On Thu, Nov 19, 2020 at 08:10:37AM -0600, Mike Flannigan wrote: So, I suspect what you are doing is: Going to: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/accounts/login/?next=/admin/lists/users.lists.fedoraproject.org/ and

Failed Migration to Linux

2012-08-10 Thread Mike Flannigan
spent a lot of time trying to figure it out, but no luck. Maybe next time. All this was on a brand new machine. I'm back to Windows 7 for now. At least it works (sort of). It sure was painful giving MS $100. Mike Flannigan http://www.mflan.com/index.htm -- users mailing list users@lis

Re: Fedora mailing list

2012-08-10 Thread Mike Flannigan
On 8/10/2012 11:54 AM, Michael Cronenworth wrote: Hi Mike, Could you please respond to the questions asked on the Fedora mailing list? People are ready and willing to help you. Thanks, Michael Yes, I sure will. I'm anxious to see what people have said. I've been away from my computer toda

Re: Failed Migration to Linux

2012-08-10 Thread Mike Flannigan
On 8/10/2012 10:28 AM, users-requ...@lists.fedoraproject.org wrote: I've never known Ubuntu to bomb like that. Especially with an nVidia card. Must be some oddball setup you have there. Or, there's a hardware issue. Almost sounds like the video card isn't right. Maybe not seated correctly?

Re: Failed Migration to Linux

2012-08-10 Thread Mike Flannigan
On 8/10/2012 10:28 AM, users-requ...@lists.fedoraproject.org wrote: What is the "GPU-lockup - switching to software fbcon" problem? This is a description of it: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32494 I did try that "nouveau.noaccel=1" solution, but I don't think I got it done co

Re: Failed Migration to Linux

2012-08-10 Thread Mike Flannigan
On 8/10/2012 10:28 AM, users-requ...@lists.fedoraproject.org wrote: On 08/10/2012 06:25 AM, Mike Flannigan wrote: All this was on a brand new machine. I'm back to Windows 7 for now. At least it works (sort of). It sure was painful giving MS $100. Does that mean that it works as we

Re: Failed Migration to Linux

2012-08-10 Thread Mike Flannigan
On 8/10/2012 7:53 PM, users-requ...@lists.fedoraproject.org wrote: He is usingi Windows NT 5. Windows 2000. Which is seriously old and long time EOL.:-) Win 2000 was not meant for home use. It was a business release and was very expensive. He either has a used machine that he bought at a swap m

Re: Failed Migration to Linux

2012-08-11 Thread Mike Flannigan
On 8/11/2012 5:29 AM, users-requ...@lists.fedoraproject.org wrote: This still isn't terribly clear... do you mean that WINDOWS machines on the network can't see Fedora as a member of the WINDOWS network? and vice-versa? Yes sir. All the other machines are Windows machines. If so, I sugge

Re: Failed Migration to Linux

2012-08-11 Thread Mike Flannigan
On 8/11/2012 2:30 PM, users-requ...@lists.fedoraproject.org wrote: Mike: I'm happy that you have a new machine but you don't tell us what kind of machine is. It is a laptop, a netbook, a PC? What amount of RAM? Which processors? Exactly, how did you install and what error

Re: Failed Migration to Linux

2012-08-11 Thread Mike Flannigan
On 8/11/2012 4:18 PM, Bruno Wolff III wrote: As you mentioned you have a GTX560 Ti, I checked the Nouveau pages for information on how it is supported and it looks like it should be with current versions of Fedora. I am not sure if the release time f16 images would support it though. But sin

Re: Failed Migration to Linux

2012-08-11 Thread Mike Flannigan
On 8/11/2012 4:26 PM, users-requ...@lists.fedoraproject.org wrote: Did you try the "alternate' install disk? (I think that is the name or something like that) That is the 'this one should install for everyone' disk but the install is not quite as pretty. Hey, thanks for the advice. I had nev

Re: Failed Migration to Linux

2012-08-11 Thread Mike Flannigan
On 8/11/2012 4:54 PM, Edward M wrote: Mike Flannigan wrote: curious, what type of power supply did you go with? the above video card requires a minimum 500w psu. I just figured out today when filling out the rebates that I went WAY overboard on power supply. They snuck in a $100 power

Re: Failed Migration to Linux

2012-08-13 Thread Mike Flannigan
On 8/13/2012 12:35 PM, users-requ...@lists.fedoraproject.org wrote: Well, I'm back to the party after dealing with a death in the family. Hope I'm not to let to help. Changing the workgroup? Where would you change it? In Linux, that's all done with SAMBA. (AFAIK, anyway, I've always us

Re: Failed Migration to Linux

2012-08-13 Thread Mike Flannigan
On 8/13/2012 12:35 PM, users-requ...@lists.fedoraproject.org wrote: I think there's a bit of a misapplied word (is that even acceptable English?). It sounds to me like you have Linux WORKING, just not completely configured for your environment. No OS is going to be exactly how you want it

Re: AMD GPU not used by Fedora 31

2020-05-02 Thread Mike Flannigan
Right click on any folder, Properties, Retention Policy. Also read this: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1113291 Mike On 5/2/20 2:58 AM, users-requ...@lists.fedoraproject.org wrote: Sir, you have converted me into a Thunderbird user. It is awesome. Let me know if the quoting is c

Re: Slightly OT: has Firefox scrolling behaviour changed?

2020-05-18 Thread Mike Flannigan
Hold down Shift while scrolling. On 5/16/20 5:58 AM, users-requ...@lists.fedoraproject.org wrote: Until recently, Firefox had a feature I really liked and used a lot: if you clicked anywhere in a scroll bar other than on the slider, it would jump instantly to the top or bottom of the page. Thi