Re: Minor printing issue
On 04/28/2013 10:09 AM, Greg Woods wrote: My understanding is that Canon is about the most Linux-unfriendly printer vendor out there. They do not provide drivers and they do not provide a description of how the hardware works so that open source people could develop one. So Canon printers have always sucked under Linux due to lack of anything other than a generic Postscript driver. A shame too since they make good printers according to my artist wife. Your understanding is incorrect. Although Canon doesn't directly support Linux, the OS driver I have works fine for everything except printing a pdf. And, after a bit of questioning on a forum, I'm able to use lp to do that from a command line. Therefor, it's not a driver issue. Still don't know why evince doesn't do the job, but I'm still hoping. -- 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
Re: Minor printing issue
On 04/28/2013 10:09 AM, Greg Woods wrote: I hope that someone can come along and tell me that things have gotten better now... I've now installed xpdf, and it printed. Not quite correctly, because it cut the bottom off, but it did print. Presumably, there's something wrong with evince, which is what I was using before. (I suspect that the file I was working with wasn't designed with 8.5X11 in mind and xpdf wasn't able to compensate.) -- 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
Extraordinary delay in accessing web-site
I have a Linksys WVC54GCA camera in a remote site, which I access at http://xyz.com:8080 on one of my Fedora-18 laptops. For some reason there is now a delay of an hour or so in getting the image on my laptop. This occurs on both my Fedora-18/KDE laptops, whether connected by WiFi or ethernet, and whether using Firefox, Chrome or Konqueror. But it does not occur - I get an immediate view - running Windows XP on the same laptops, or on my server running CentOS-6.4. With Firefox I get the message Connecting to ... and then (endlessly) Transferring data from Any enlightenment gratefully received. -- 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
F17 recalcitrant X server
My wife's machine downstairs (built for us by a friend who speaks hardware; I do not) has been hitting the Diagonal Screen of Death (DSoD); it brings up the login screen with both our names, and lets you choose one. You type in userid and password, and whammo : DSoD. In that condition it does however let me login over ssh and become root. I did so, ran yum update (no trouble with that), and did a reboot. No joy. I tried startx. [root@Msgv2 ~]# startx xauth: file /root/.serverauth.1267 does not exist [] Fatal server error: xf86OpenConsole: VT_ACTIVATE failed: No such device or address It referred me to wiki.x.org, where I found only discussions well over my head. But the directions there recommended trying to configure, and I tried : [root@Msgv2 log]# X -configure Fatal server error: Server is already active for display 0 If this server is no longer running, remove /tmp/.X0-lock and start again. It said : Please also check the log file at /var/log/Xorg.1.log for additional information. I did that : [root@Msgv2 tmp]# rm .X0-lock rm: remove regular file `.X0-lock'? y [root@Msgv2 tmp]# cd [root@Msgv2 ~]# X -configure _XSERVTransSocketUNIXCreateListener: ...SocketCreateListener() failed _XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: server already running At this point, it looks to me like a catch-22 -- wie man's auch macht, is' es verkehrt. Can anybody spare me a clue? -- Beartooth Staffwright, Neo-Redneck Not Quite Clueless Power User Remember I have precious (very precious!) little idea where up is. -- 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
Re: F17 recalcitrant X server
On 04/28/2013 01:15 PM, Beartooth wrote: Can anybody spare me a clue? I think you have to be in what used to be called runlevel three for that. AFAIK the old commands still work, even though they just call the new systemctl versions. Also, when you get the DSOD can you switch to a different TTY with ^ALT-F2? -- 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
Re: Extraordinary delay in accessing web-site
On Sun, Apr 28, 2013 at 08:30:54PM +0100, Timothy Murphy wrote: I have a Linksys WVC54GCA camera in a remote site, which I access at http://xyz.com:8080 on one of my Fedora-18 laptops. Did you check your Firewall? -- 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
Re: Minor printing issue
On 28.04.2013 20:12, Joe Zeff wrote: On 04/28/2013 10:09 AM, Greg Woods wrote: My understanding is that Canon is about the most Linux-unfriendly printer vendor out there. They do not provide drivers and they do not provide a description of how the hardware works so that open source people could develop one. So Canon printers have always sucked under Linux due to lack of anything other than a generic Postscript driver. A shame too since they make good printers according to my artist wife. Your understanding is incorrect. Although Canon doesn't directly support Linux, … http://www.canon-europe.com/Support/Consumer_Products/products/Fax__Multifunctionals/InkJet/PIXMA_MX_series/PIXMA_MX410.aspx?type=downloadpage=1 http://software.canon-europe.com/products/0011010.asp The old timers: ftp://download.canon.jp/pub/driver/bj/linux/ CS - TurboPrint/VueScan. YGWYPF ;) poma -- 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
Re: virtio-net broken for Linux guest?
On 28.04.2013 06:43, Tommy Pham wrote: Hi, Is anyone having problem using virtio NICs for the Linux guest VMs (Ubuntu 12.10, CentOS 6.4, and Fedora 18)? My guests can ping any domain ( www.yahoo.com, www.google.com, etc) fine without any issues. However, when I do system updates (ie yum repolist, yum update, apt-get update, apt-get upgrade), it doesn't get out to the internet. But when I changed the NIC to e1000, everything works fine. I think the problem is with Linux implementation of virtio-net as guest because the same environment setup works fine for FreeBSD 8.x. Au contraire, mon frère. Libvirt virtio_net - fonctionne très bien. :) poma -- 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
Re: Minor printing issue
On 04/28/2013 03:15 PM, poma wrote: http://www.canon-europe.com/Support/Consumer_Products/products/Fax__Multifunctionals/InkJet/PIXMA_MX_series/PIXMA_MX410.aspx?type=downloadpage=1 http://software.canon-europe.com/products/0011010.asp The old timers: ftp://download.canon.jp/pub/driver/bj/linux/ CS - TurboPrint/VueScan. YGWYPF ;) The printer works, and I can now print pdf files. I just can't print them from evince. At this point, quibbling over who wrote and maintains the drivers involved is a waste of time. -- 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
Re: Extraordinary delay in accessing web-site
Edik Landaveri wrote: I have a Linksys WVC54GCA camera in a remote site, which I access at http://xyz.com:8080 on one of my Fedora-18 laptops. Did you check your Firewall? I did; I even added port 8080. But as I explained, the picture does appear after a very long delay. And I get a message (with Firefox) that data is being downloaded. Surely that could not happen if my firewall was involved? Incidentally, it did seem from ifconfig that data was being transferred, although I am not certain it was from the site in question. -- 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
Re: Extraordinary delay in accessing web-site
On 04/29/13 03:30, Timothy Murphy wrote: I have a Linksys WVC54GCA camera in a remote site, which I access at http://xyz.com:8080 on one of my Fedora-18 laptops. For some reason there is now a delay of an hour or so in getting the image on my laptop. This occurs on both my Fedora-18/KDE laptops, whether connected by WiFi or ethernet, and whether using Firefox, Chrome or Konqueror. But it does not occur - I get an immediate view - running Windows XP on the same laptops, or on my server running CentOS-6.4. With Firefox I get the message Connecting to ... and then (endlessly) Transferring data from Any enlightenment gratefully received. Does it matter where your laptop is? If you go to your local coffee shop and use their Wifi do you also have the problem? Have you tried using WireShark or another network tool to see if you're getting data from the remote site and/or getting dropped or re-transmitted frames. -- The only thing worse than a poorly asked question is a cryptic answer. -- 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
Re: Minor printing issue
On 29.04.2013 00:34, Joe Zeff wrote: On 04/28/2013 03:15 PM, poma wrote: http://www.canon-europe.com/Support/Consumer_Products/products/Fax__Multifunctionals/InkJet/PIXMA_MX_series/PIXMA_MX410.aspx?type=downloadpage=1 http://software.canon-europe.com/products/0011010.asp The old timers: ftp://download.canon.jp/pub/driver/bj/linux/ CS - TurboPrint/VueScan. YGWYPF ;) The printer works, and I can now print pdf files. I just can't print them from evince. At this point, quibbling over who wrote and maintains the drivers involved is a waste of time. Is it so hard to admit that you're both wrong? :) poma -- 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
Re: Minor printing issue
On 04/28/2013 04:36 PM, poma wrote: Is it so hard to admit that you're both wrong? :) And how, pray tell, can I be wrong if I don't care one bit if Canon does or doesn't support Linux as long as CUPS comes with a driver for my printer model? -- 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
Re: Minor printing issue
On 29.04.2013 02:37, Joe Zeff wrote: On 04/28/2013 04:36 PM, poma wrote: Is it so hard to admit that you're both wrong? :) And how, pray tell, can I be wrong if I don't care one bit if Canon does or doesn't support Linux as long as CUPS comes with a driver for my printer model? You don't care, yet you mention it. :) Outstanding. poma -- 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
F17 LXDE spin: replace *DM systemd script for XDMCP
Hi all, I have installed several F17 desktop with LXDE spin. It's OK. Now I have a F18 server (on a 1U racked server), where I enabled XDMCP. I want the F17 desktops to be the X clients of the server, in a simple way (users are not geeks). To achieve this, - I want the LXDM not to start (well chkconfig lxdm off) - I want the F17 desktops to replace LXDM starting by the connection to the X server -- Custom init file? (tutorial?) How would you advice to do? I dont want to use FreeNX nor XNest nor VNC, but full XDMCP. Thank you in advance. -- RMA. -- 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
F18 xfce 'parole' media player cant even play back MPEG1 vids... (fixed)
The Parole media player in F18/XFCE is utterly broken. First I downloaded a .mpg file (mpeg1). Tried to open it with Parole 0.3.0 as delivered on the F18 livecd. it failed. The message was a generic Missing plugins to play this file message. Then I updated it with yum, it installed Parole 0.5.0-1. On the new version, it changed the dialog to a much more helpful: Parole needs MPEG-1 Video decoder to play this file. It can be installed automatically. It provides two buttons, one of which is install. I click on it. Nothing happens. I repeat the operation, same results. Q: Does anybody even test this stuff? Another half hour going in circles. I read about gstreamer1 replacing gstreamer, I install gstreamer1-plugins-good-* gstreamer1-plugins-bad* same results, nothing happens, MPEG1 continues unplayable by Parole. I think maybe Parole uses gstreamer not gstreamer1... I yum install gstreamer-plugins-good and gstreamer-plugins-bad... still unplayable. In the end, you want to know what fixed it? I googled around for fc18 rpm gstreamer-ffmpeg and found this file ftp://mirror.switch.ch/pool/3/mirror/rpmfusion/free/fedora/updates/18/x86_64/gstreamer-ffmpeg-0.10.13-8.fc18.i686.rpm I did yum install ftp://mirror.switch.ch/pool/3/mirror/rpmfusion/free/fedora/updates/18/x86_64/gstreamer-ffmpeg-0.10.13-8.fc18.i686.rpm Bingo, Parole can play back mpeg1 files. It should be like this, if 'Parole' can't play back mpeg1 files natively with the codecs installed on the LiveCD, let's retire it from F18 XFCE, please... as usual just my $0.02 FC -- During times of Universal Deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act - George Orwell -- 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
