Bob, thanks, that should do the trick. (appear to be competing schools of thought here, some strongly for, some strongly against).
I'll try both ;-) > If you really want to keep a separate /usr (I do, mounted read-only and > located on an SSD) you just need to arrange to have /usr mounted by dracut > early in the boot sequence. It's not hard: > > 1. Copy the /usr line from your /etc/fstab into a (probably new) file > /etc/fstab.sys . > > 2. Edit the file /etc/dracut.conf and change the line > #add_dracutmodules+="" > to read > add_dracutmodules+="fstab-sys" > > 3. IMPORTANT: In /etc/fstab, disable the automatic fsck for /usr by > putting a zero in field 6. > > 4. Run dracut to remake the initramfs in /boot. > > That's it. Now your /usr gets mounted early in the boot sequence. > It is available when needed, and you can ignore the warning from systemd. > You will have to make your own arrangement for fsck on your /usr. If > you allowed the automatic fsck to run, it would be guaranteed to fail > since the filesystem is mounted. (The special handling for the root > filesystem is hard-coded into fsck and would not apply to a pre-mounted > /usr.) > > -- > Bob Nichols "NOSPAM" is really part of my email address. > Do NOT delete it. On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 7:18 PM, <users-requ...@lists.fedoraproject.org>wrote: > Send users mailing list submissions to > users@lists.fedoraproject.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > users-requ...@lists.fedoraproject.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > users-ow...@lists.fedoraproject.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of users digest..." > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: undo rm -rf * (Patrick O'Callaghan) > 2. Re: How do you keep contacts in Fedora/KDE? (Patrick O'Callaghan) > 3. Re: How do you keep contacts in Fedora/KDE? (Steven Stern) > 4. Re: Converting MKV videos to MP2 -4 ? (poma) > 5. Re: Converting MKV videos to MP2 -4 ? (Reindl Harald) > 6. Re: Fedora 18 existing /usr partition -- need to merge into > rootfs? (Robert Nichols) > 7. Re: Converting MKV videos to MP2 -4 ? (poma) > 8. Re: f18... (poma) > 9. Re: f18... (Marc Blanc) > 10. Re: Converting MKV videos to MP2 -4 ? (Jim) > 11. Re: Converting MKV videos to MP2 -4 ? (Bill Davidsen) > 12. Re: Converting MKV videos to MP2 -4 ? (Reindl Harald) > 13. Re: f18... (Marc Blanc) > 14. Re: f18... (Suvayu Ali) > 15. Re: Fedora 18 won't print in Landscape mode. (Jim) > 16. Re: f18... (Patrick O'Callaghan) > 17. Re: Converting MKV videos to MP2 -4 ? (Bill Davidsen) > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Patrick O'Callaghan <pocallag...@gmail.com> > To: users@lists.fedoraproject.org > Cc: > Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2013 09:33:52 -0430 > Subject: Re: undo rm -rf * > On Mon, 2013-04-01 at 15:40 +1100, Celik wrote: > > In this thread, it has been suggested to do daily backups. But it > > wasn't > > clear, should the daily backups be for the whole system or only the > > current > > project we are working on? > > Only you can answer that. Ask yourself what you can afford to lose. > > > An issue that has been bothering me and caused me to be reluctant in > > making > > regular backups is - a complete backup is costly. It takes 4-5 hours > > minimum, plus causing storage issues, the compressed home directory is > > too > > large. > > Hardly surprising if you're doing it with tar, which is making a > complete copy every time. That's the wrong approach. As I mentioned > earlier, rsnapshot, obnam and others can do incremental backups which > take up little space. They are also better run as cron jobs, i.e. > automatically. I run mine when my system is quiescent (4am every day) > but again that's your call. > > And it goes without saying that the backup should be to another machine, > e.g. using rsync or a net-mounted filesystem. > > Note that these are recommendations for a personal system that you can't > afford to lose. For larger systems you might want to look at solutions > such as Amanda or Bacula (not that these won't work on a personal system > as well, they just need a bit more setting up). > > poc > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Patrick O'Callaghan <pocallag...@gmail.com> > To: users@lists.fedoraproject.org > Cc: > Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2013 09:35:52 -0430 > Subject: Re: How do you keep contacts in Fedora/KDE? > On Mon, 2013-04-01 at 14:59 +0200, Timothy Murphy wrote: > > As a matter of interest, how do those of you running Fedora/KDE > > keep your contacts? > > I have a rather messy combination of Google contacts, > > KAddressBook and LDAP, > > but would like to organise something simpler. > > I suspect the simplest solution might be to go over entirely > > to Google contacts, as I want to keep my contacts in sync > > with my Android phone. > > > > But what do people running Fedora/KDE usually do? > > Speaking only for myself, I just keep everything in Google Contacts (I > also have an Android phone). > > Cue flame-war about evil intentions of Google, etc. ... > > poc > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Steven Stern <subscribed-li...@sterndata.com> > To: Community support for Fedora users <users@lists.fedoraproject.org> > Cc: > Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2013 09:33:59 -0500 > Subject: Re: How do you keep contacts in Fedora/KDE? > On 04/01/2013 09:05 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > On Mon, 2013-04-01 at 14:59 +0200, Timothy Murphy wrote: > >> As a matter of interest, how do those of you running Fedora/KDE > >> keep your contacts? > >> I have a rather messy combination of Google contacts, > >> KAddressBook and LDAP, > >> but would like to organise something simpler. > >> I suspect the simplest solution might be to go over entirely > >> to Google contacts, as I want to keep my contacts in sync > >> with my Android phone. > >> > >> But what do people running Fedora/KDE usually do? > > > > Speaking only for myself, I just keep everything in Google Contacts (I > > also have an Android phone). > > > > Cue flame-war about evil intentions of Google, etc. ... > > > > poc > > > > I, too, keep all my contacts in Google Contacts. They sync to > Thunderbird via the Google Contacts extension, sync to my iPhone, iPad, > and Mac. > > -- > -- Steve > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: poma <pomidorabelis...@gmail.com> > To: Community support for Fedora users <users@lists.fedoraproject.org> > Cc: > Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2013 17:02:24 +0200 > Subject: Re: Converting MKV videos to MP2 -4 ? > On 01.04.2013 14:03, Temlakos wrote: > ... > > > > No, but you have MP2 and MP3 sound-only files and MP4 videos. MP4 seems > > to be the download-of-choice from youtube.com, for example. > > - MPEG-1(2) Audio Layer II aka "MP2" > - MPEG-1(2) Audio Layer III aka "MP3" > - MPEG-4 Part 3 aka "MPEG-4 Audio" > - MPEG-4 Part 14 aka "MP4" is a multimedia container > for certain types of video, audio and subtitle tracks, > same as MKV(матрёшка) itself. > > poma > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Reindl Harald <h.rei...@thelounge.net> > To: users@lists.fedoraproject.org > Cc: > Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2013 17:10:59 +0200 > Subject: Re: Converting MKV videos to MP2 -4 ? > > > Am 01.04.2013 17:02, schrieb poma: > > On 01.04.2013 14:03, Temlakos wrote: > > ... > >> > >> No, but you have MP2 and MP3 sound-only files and MP4 videos. MP4 seems > >> to be the download-of-choice from youtube.com, for example. > > > > - MPEG-1(2) Audio Layer II aka "MP2" > > - MPEG-1(2) Audio Layer III aka "MP3" > > - MPEG-4 Part 3 aka "MPEG-4 Audio" > > - MPEG-4 Part 14 aka "MP4" is a multimedia container > > for certain types of video, audio and subtitle tracks, > > same as MKV(матрёшка) itself > > Youtube and anything which provides videos for web is using > H.264/MPEG-4 Part 10 / AVC, to be specific H264 BASELINE PROFILE > and nothing else in context of "MP4" because THIS is the spec > which is supported by Smartphones, Tablets, mobile browsers up to > Firefox on Android in recent releases and most hardware-devices > including hardware acceleration > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.264/MPEG-4_AVC > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Robert Nichols <rnicholsnos...@comcast.net> > To: users@lists.fedoraproject.org > Cc: > Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2013 10:26:13 -0500 > Subject: Re: Fedora 18 existing /usr partition -- need to merge into > rootfs? > On 04/01/2013 07:47 AM, Noah Cutler wrote: > >> Hey all. >> >> I'm confused over the whole separate /usr partition is broken thing: >> http://freedesktop.org/wiki/**Software/systemd/separate-usr-**is-broken<http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/separate-usr-is-broken> >> >> From an email in current fedora-user thread we have: >> "That should not be necessary. And would break a very normal system >> setup of using separate drives, *even more so than the blasted can't have >> a separate /usr thing that happened recently*." >> >> During Fedora 18 fresh install with custom partitioning chosen, Anaconda >> autocompletes mount points so I went with /boot, /, /user, /var, and /home >> partitions. >> >> Everything appears to work swimmingly here after 1 month of use -- >> separate /usr >> partition does not appear to be broken...anymore?? >> >> Just trying to future proof my setup; if it's better to merge /usr into >> rootfs, >> so be it, better to do it early days with the new system. >> >> Otherwise, if someone can chime in here with some sage partitioning >> advice as to >> how to proceed moving forward with Fedora, that would be much appreciated. >> > > If you really want to keep a separate /usr (I do, mounted read-only and > located on an SSD) you just need to arrange to have /usr mounted by dracut > early in the boot sequence. It's not hard: > > 1. Copy the /usr line from your /etc/fstab into a (probably new) file > /etc/fstab.sys . > > 2. Edit the file /etc/dracut.conf and change the line > #add_dracutmodules+="" > to read > add_dracutmodules+="fstab-sys" > > 3. IMPORTANT: In /etc/fstab, disable the automatic fsck for /usr by > putting a zero in field 6. > > 4. Run dracut to remake the initramfs in /boot. > > That's it. Now your /usr gets mounted early in the boot sequence. > It is available when needed, and you can ignore the warning from systemd. > You will have to make your own arrangement for fsck on your /usr. If > you allowed the automatic fsck to run, it would be guaranteed to fail > since the filesystem is mounted. (The special handling for the root > filesystem is hard-coded into fsck and would not apply to a pre-mounted > /usr.) > > -- > Bob Nichols "NOSPAM" is really part of my email address. > Do NOT delete it. > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: poma <pomidorabelis...@gmail.com> > To: Community support for Fedora users <users@lists.fedoraproject.org> > Cc: > Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2013 18:19:05 +0200 > Subject: Re: Converting MKV videos to MP2 -4 ? > On 01.04.2013 17:10, Reindl Harald wrote: > > > > > > Am 01.04.2013 17:02, schrieb poma: > >> On 01.04.2013 14:03, Temlakos wrote: > >> ... > >>> > >>> No, but you have MP2 and MP3 sound-only files and MP4 videos. MP4 seems > >>> to be the download-of-choice from youtube.com, for example. > >> > >> - MPEG-1(2) Audio Layer II aka "MP2" > >> - MPEG-1(2) Audio Layer III aka "MP3" > >> - MPEG-4 Part 3 aka "MPEG-4 Audio" > >> - MPEG-4 Part 14 aka "MP4" is a multimedia container > >> for certain types of video, audio and subtitle tracks, > >> same as MKV(матрёшка) itself > > > > Youtube and anything which provides videos for web is using > > H.264/MPEG-4 Part 10 / AVC, to be specific H264 BASELINE PROFILE > > and nothing else in context of "MP4" because THIS is the spec > > which is supported by Smartphones, Tablets, mobile browsers up to > > Firefox on Android in recent releases and most hardware-devices > > including hardware acceleration > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.264/MPEG-4_AVC > > > > Anyhow, OP's question remains unclear. > > poma > > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: poma <pomidorabelis...@gmail.com> > To: Community support for Fedora users <users@lists.fedoraproject.org> > Cc: > Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2013 18:26:06 +0200 > Subject: Re: f18... > On 01.04.2013 09:53, Marc Blanc wrote: > > Le Mon, 1 Apr 2013 09:24:06 +0200, > > Marc Blanc <ars...@orange.fr> a écrit : > > > > > >> Only mail works. > > > > and fortunately yum ! > > > > ThunderBrowse :) > http://thunderbrowse.com/ > > poma > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Marc Blanc <ars...@orange.fr> > To: users@lists.fedoraproject.org > Cc: > Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2013 18:33:10 +0200 > Subject: Re: f18... > Le Mon, 1 Apr 2013 13:33:50 +0200, > Suvayu Ali <fatkasuvayu+li...@gmail.com> a écrit : > > > >Have you tried starting your browsers in safe-mode and see if some > >add-on is to blame? Do you have a proxy setup? Maybe that is behaving > >badly? Do text mode browsers w3m, lynx, and elinks work? > > > Yes, nothing works for download (elinks and lynx), and now yum works badly > ! > > >You do not provide much information about what you tried and how did it > >fail. Some more details should help others on the list diagnose the > >problem. > > > > I don't have any error messages. I can't to download nothing, only > sometimes > with yum. Actually i have reinstalled f17, same problem. To upgrade to f18 > yum stop at midterm like : > > kde-filesystem-4-42.fc17.x86_6 FAILED Timeout on > > http://ftp.klid.dk/ftp/fedora/linux/updates/17/x86_64/kde-filesystem-4-42.fc17.x86_64.rpm > : > (28, '') > > http://ftp.klid.dk/ftp/fedora/linux/updates/17/x86_64/kde-filesystem-4-42.fc17.x86_64.rpm > : > [Errno 12] Timeout on > > http://ftp.klid.dk/ftp/fedora/linux/updates/17/x86_64/kde-filesystem-4-42.fc17.x86_64.rpm > : > (28, '') > ... > > I can't to access to the web pages except sites like google... > > Tomorrow, i change my modem to check it. Should i return on Windows... ? :) > > -- > M.B > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Jim <binary...@comcast.net> > To: Community support for Fedora users <users@lists.fedoraproject.org> > Cc: > Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2013 12:45:00 -0400 > Subject: Re: Converting MKV videos to MP2 -4 ? > On 03/31/2013 10:55 PM, poma wrote: > >> On 01.04.2013 01:55, Jim wrote: >> ... >> >>> How can one convert MKV videos to MP2-4 ? >>> >> Is there a "MP2-4" video format. :) >> >> poma >> >> >> MP2 or MP4 > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Bill Davidsen <david...@tmr.com> > To: Community support for Fedora users <users@lists.fedoraproject.org> > Cc: > Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2013 12:49:49 -0400 > Subject: Re: Converting MKV videos to MP2 -4 ? > Ed Greshko wrote: > >> On 04/01/13 07:55, Jim wrote: >> >>> F18/Kde >>> >>> How can one convert MKV videos to MP2-4 ? >>> >>> What app will do it ? >>> >> >> GUI or command line? >> >> Miro for GUI >> ffmpeg for command line >> >> I use.... >> >> /usr/bin/ffmpeg -i $1 -acodec aac -ab 96k -vcodec libx264 -preset slow -f >> mp4 -crf 22 -strict experimental $1.mp4 >> >> in a script >> >> Wow, I see why you want it in a script. I confess to being lazy and just > setting the output filename to {something}.webm and getting a pretty > portable file. I adjust frame size and video bitrate as needed, generally > defaults work. > > I use "-target ntsc-dvd" a lot to get a file which will go on a DVD should > I need it. > > -- > Bill Davidsen <david...@tmr.com> > "We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from > the machinations of the wicked." - from Slashdot > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Reindl Harald <h.rei...@thelounge.net> > To: users@lists.fedoraproject.org > Cc: > Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2013 18:53:33 +0200 > Subject: Re: Converting MKV videos to MP2 -4 ? > > > Am 01.04.2013 18:49, schrieb Bill Davidsen: > > Ed Greshko wrote: > >> On 04/01/13 07:55, Jim wrote: > >>> F18/Kde > >>> > >>> How can one convert MKV videos to MP2-4 ? > >>> > >>> What app will do it ? > >> > >> GUI or command line? > >> > >> Miro for GUI > >> ffmpeg for command line > >> > >> I use.... > >> > >> /usr/bin/ffmpeg -i $1 -acodec aac -ab 96k -vcodec libx264 -preset slow > -f mp4 -crf 22 -strict experimental $1.mp4 > >> > >> in a script > >> > > Wow, I see why you want it in a script. I confess to being lazy and just > setting the output filename to > > {something}.webm and getting a pretty portable file > > portable? > > * Apple does not support it > * Microsoft does not support it > * many mobile devices does not support it > * most hardware-devices does not support it > > don't get me wrong, i owuld love to have VP8 in the position H264 > is, but since it's part of my daily job to write software which > supports most to all clients with videos that's not how the world > works for at least some years from now > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Marc Blanc <ars...@orange.fr> > To: users@lists.fedoraproject.org > Cc: > Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2013 19:06:23 +0200 > Subject: Re: f18... > Le Mon, 01 Apr 2013 18:26:06 +0200, > poma <pomidorabelis...@gmail.com> a écrit : > > > >ThunderBrowse :) > >http://thunderbrowse.com/ > > Sorry, i can't access to this site :((((( > > -- > M.B > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Suvayu Ali <fatkasuvayu+li...@gmail.com> > To: users@lists.fedoraproject.org > Cc: > Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2013 19:07:12 +0200 > Subject: Re: f18... > On Mon, Apr 01, 2013 at 06:33:10PM +0200, Marc Blanc wrote: > > > > I don't have any error messages. I can't to download nothing, only > sometimes > > with yum. Actually i have reinstalled f17, same problem. To upgrade to > f18 > > yum stop at midterm like : > > > > kde-filesystem-4-42.fc17.x86_6 FAILED Timeout on > > > http://ftp.klid.dk/ftp/fedora/linux/updates/17/x86_64/kde-filesystem-4-42.fc17.x86_64.rpm > : > > (28, '') > > > http://ftp.klid.dk/ftp/fedora/linux/updates/17/x86_64/kde-filesystem-4-42.fc17.x86_64.rpm > : > > [Errno 12] Timeout on > > > http://ftp.klid.dk/ftp/fedora/linux/updates/17/x86_64/kde-filesystem-4-42.fc17.x86_64.rpm > : > > (28, '') > > ... > > > > I can't to access to the web pages except sites like google... > > > > Tomorrow, i change my modem to check it. Should i return on Windows... ? > :) > > Have you considered the possibility that the problem might be your ISP? > > -- > Suvayu > > Open source is the future. It sets us free. > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Jim <binary...@comcast.net> > To: Community support for Fedora users <users@lists.fedoraproject.org> > Cc: > Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2013 13:08:17 -0400 > Subject: Re: Fedora 18 won't print in Landscape mode. > In KDE. > > Goto /Menu/Administration /Printer Settings/Properties/Job options # > Job Options in left column, and Orientation:in > # Landscape (90 degrees) and > check box "Scale to fit" and Apply. . > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Patrick O'Callaghan <pocallag...@gmail.com> > To: users@lists.fedoraproject.org > Cc: > Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2013 12:37:31 -0430 > Subject: Re: f18... > On Mon, 2013-04-01 at 19:06 +0200, Marc Blanc wrote: > > Le Mon, 01 Apr 2013 18:26:06 +0200, > > poma <pomidorabelis...@gmail.com> a écrit : > > > > > > >ThunderBrowse :) > > >http://thunderbrowse.com/ > > > > Sorry, i can't access to this site :((((( > > Time to start trying crazy ideas. Can you access 108.59.9.142? It's the > same site as above, but there may be something off with your DNS > settings. I've had situations where some apps work and others don't, due > to my /etc/resolv.conf being borked. > > poc > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Bill Davidsen <david...@tmr.com> > To: Community support for Fedora users <users@lists.fedoraproject.org> > Cc: > Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2013 13:18:46 -0400 > Subject: Re: Converting MKV videos to MP2 -4 ? > Bill Davidsen wrote: > >> Ed Greshko wrote: >> >>> On 04/01/13 07:55, Jim wrote: >>> >>>> F18/Kde >>>> >>>> How can one convert MKV videos to MP2-4 ? >>>> >>>> What app will do it ? >>>> >>> >>> GUI or command line? >>> >>> Miro for GUI >>> ffmpeg for command line >>> >>> I use.... >>> >>> /usr/bin/ffmpeg -i $1 -acodec aac -ab 96k -vcodec libx264 -preset slow >>> -f mp4 >>> -crf 22 -strict experimental $1.mp4 >>> >>> in a script >>> >>> Wow, I see why you want it in a script. I confess to being lazy and >> just setting >> the output filename to {something}.webm and getting a pretty portable >> file. I >> adjust frame size and video bitrate as needed, generally defaults work. >> >> Hum, tried this with an old cell phone which didn't have the latest and > greatest updates, the big long script works with old phones, and the ffmpeg > idea of "webm" doesn't. On the other hand, the mp4 was more than double the > size, so there are tradeoffs. I suspect the OP wants portability above all. > >> I use "-target ntsc-dvd" a lot to get a file which will go on a DVD >> should I >> need it. >> >> > > -- > Bill Davidsen <david...@tmr.com> > "We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from > the machinations of the wicked." - from Slashdot > > > -- > 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 > Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org > >
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