[389-users] slapd crashing and changing permissions on log files
We have a 389DS instance that has started having a strange problem when it runs its backups - [04/Sep/2014:01:05:01 -0500] - Backup finished. [04/Sep/2014:05:55:01 -0500] - chown_dir_files: file (/var/log/dirsrv/slapd-vadc-ldap2-prod/errors) chown failed (13) Permission denied. [04/Sep/2014:05:55:01 -0500] - chown_dir_files: file (/var/log/dirsrv/slapd-vadc-ldap2-prod/errors.20140820-144326) chown failed (13) Permission denied. [04/Sep/2014:05:55:01 -0500] - chown_dir_files: file (/var/log/dirsrv/slapd-vadc-ldap2-prod/errors) chown failed (13) Permission denied. [04/Sep/2014:05:55:01 -0500] - chown_dir_files: file (/var/log/dirsrv/slapd-vadc-ldap2-prod/errors.20140820-144326) chown failed (13) Permission denied. [04/Sep/2014:05:55:01 -0500] - chown_dir_files: file (/var/log/dirsrv/slapd-vadc-ldap2-prod/errors) chown failed (13) Permission denied. [04/Sep/2014:05:55:01 -0500] - chown_dir_files: file (/var/log/dirsrv/slapd-vadc-ldap2-prod/errors.20140820-144326) chown failed (13) Permission denied. This is coming from the db2bak.pl backup script. Somehow our log files are ending up with permissions - and then since they can't be written to the instance crashes. The only thing that has changed recently on this instance is that we configured secure replication back to another server (it was already receiving replication traffic from that server, so now they are able to replicate back and forth to each other). We are running 389-ds-base-1.2.11.25-1.el6.x86_64 on 2.6.39-300.26.1.el6uek.x86_64 any suggestions on why this instance has started behaving this way would be appreciated. thanks - EJ -- 389 users mailing list 389-users@lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/389-users
Re: [389-users] slapd crashing and changing permissions on log files
Actually, it seems to be happening every time the instance is restarted. Just had it happen again: --. 1 nobody nobody 2960 Sep 5 09:19 errors We have a 389DS instance that has started having a strange problem when it runs its backups - [04/Sep/2014:01:05:01 -0500] - Backup finished. [04/Sep/2014:05:55:01 -0500] - chown_dir_files: file (/var/log/dirsrv/slapd-vadc-ldap2-prod/errors) chown failed (13) Permission denied. [04/Sep/2014:05:55:01 -0500] - chown_dir_files: file (/var/log/dirsrv/slapd-vadc-ldap2-prod/errors.20140820-144326) chown failed (13) Permission denied. [04/Sep/2014:05:55:01 -0500] - chown_dir_files: file (/var/log/dirsrv/slapd-vadc-ldap2-prod/errors) chown failed (13) Permission denied. [04/Sep/2014:05:55:01 -0500] - chown_dir_files: file (/var/log/dirsrv/slapd-vadc-ldap2-prod/errors.20140820-144326) chown failed (13) Permission denied. [04/Sep/2014:05:55:01 -0500] - chown_dir_files: file (/var/log/dirsrv/slapd-vadc-ldap2-prod/errors) chown failed (13) Permission denied. [04/Sep/2014:05:55:01 -0500] - chown_dir_files: file (/var/log/dirsrv/slapd-vadc-ldap2-prod/errors.20140820-144326) chown failed (13) Permission denied. This is coming from the db2bak.pl backup script. Somehow our log files are ending up with permissions - and then since they can't be written to the instance crashes. The only thing that has changed recently on this instance is that we configured secure replication back to another server (it was already receiving replication traffic from that server, so now they are able to replicate back and forth to each other). We are running 389-ds-base-1.2.11.25-1.el6.x86_64 on 2.6.39-300.26.1.el6uek.x86_64 any suggestions on why this instance has started behaving this way would be appreciated. thanks - EJ -- 389 users mailing list 389-users@lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/389-users -- 389 users mailing list 389-users@lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/389-users
Vmware Workstation not launching
Has anyone noticed, if you are running vmware workstation 10, that it will not launch. I have reinstalled and still no results. Welcoming any advise concerning this issue. Thank you in advance. -- All things are workable but don't all things work. Prov. 3:5 6 -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: Vmware Workstation not launching
On 09/05/14 19:57, Lawrence E Graves wrote: Has anyone noticed, if you are running vmware workstation 10, that it will not launch. I have reinstalled and still no results. Welcoming any advise concerning this issue. Thank you in advance. Have you tried starting it from the command line? -- If you can't laugh at yourself, others will gladly oblige. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
VirtualBox -
I would like to avoid burning a DVD, rather install [centos7 in this case] from the .iso downloaded to my HD. Is this not possible? All google wants to do is help me install Windows. I can burn a DVD easily enough but it seems it should not be necessary ... Tnx, Bob -- http://www.qrz.com/db/W2BOD box10 Fedora-20/64bit Linux/XFCE -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: VirtualBox -
A little bit more information about what exactly you try to do would really help. Are you trying to create a VM with fedora? What OS are you on right now? What iso did you download? So many questions... -- /\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign \ / - against HTML emails X - against proprietory attachments / \ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASCII_Ribbon_Campaign On 09-05/10:29, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: I would like to avoid burning a DVD, rather install [centos7 in this case] from the .iso downloaded to my HD. Is this not possible? All google wants to do is help me install Windows. I can burn a DVD easily enough but it seems it should not be necessary ... Tnx, Bob -- http://www.qrz.com/db/W2BOD box10 Fedora-20/64bit Linux/XFCE -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: VirtualBox -
On 09/05/14 10:32, Nathan Schwarz wrote: A little bit more information about what exactly you try to do would really help. Are you trying to create a VM with fedora? What OS are you on right now? What iso did you download? So many questions... Gosh, I thought I covered all that, Virtual Box as derived via yum for Fedora-20 64bit, the computer described in the signature at the bottom. I've suffered wit this question for a while, usually give up and just burn a disk to install a VM but as I said I would rather work with the .iso I already have on my hd. Bob -- http://www.qrz.com/db/W2BOD box10 Fedora-20/64bit Linux/XFCE -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: VirtualBox -
On Fri, Sep 05, 2014 at 10:42:36AM -0400, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: On 09/05/14 10:32, Nathan Schwarz wrote: A little bit more information about what exactly you try to do would really help. Are you trying to create a VM with fedora? What OS are you on right now? What iso did you download? So many questions... Gosh, I thought I covered all that, Virtual Box as derived via yum for Fedora-20 64bit, the computer described in the signature at the bottom. I've suffered wit this question for a while, usually give up and just burn a disk to install a VM but as I said I would rather work with the .iso I already have on my hd. So, lessee here... you want to install some Linux into a VM on VirtualBox?? without having to waste a blank CD/DVD? easy to do... in VB, once you've created the VM but before you do the install, select the VM into which you wish to install, click Settings, click Storage, under the Storage tree select whatever is shown as the contents of the ide controller (in my case it's empty), then under Attributes, click the little CD icon and browse to the ISO you want to install by clicking choose a virtual CD/DVD disk file. Then click the OK button, and fire up your VM and do the installation. Bob's your uncle! :) -- Fred Smith -- fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us - Show me your ways, O LORD, teach me your paths; Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, And my hope is in you all day long. -- Psalm 25:4-5 (NIV) -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: VirtualBox -
On Friday, September 05, 2014 10:42:36 AM Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: On 09/05/14 10:32, Nathan Schwarz wrote: A little bit more information about what exactly you try to do would really help. Are you trying to create a VM with fedora? What OS are you on right now? What iso did you download? So many questions... Gosh, I thought I covered all that, Virtual Box as derived via yum for Fedora-20 64bit, the computer described in the signature at the bottom. I've suffered wit this question for a while, usually give up and just burn a disk to install a VM but as I said I would rather work with the .iso I already have on my hd. Bob If you want to use an ISO instead of a DVD to install a CentOS VM in VirtualBox you just have to add the ISO in VM SettingsStorageController: IDE CD/DVD Drive Choose a virtual disk file. Here is a video to get you to exact place. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oobxm02UrBE -- Sudhir Khanger, http://sudhirkhanger.com http://github.com/donniezazen -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: VirtualBox -
On 09/05/14 11:11, Fred Smith wrote: So, lessee here... you want to install some Linux into a VM on VirtualBox?? without having to waste a blank CD/DVD? easy to do... in VB, once you've created the VM but before you do the install, select the VM into which you wish to install, click Settings, click Storage, under the Storage tree select whatever is shown as the contents of the ide controller (in my case it's empty), then under Attributes, click the little CD icon and browse to the ISO you want to install by clicking choose a virtual CD/DVD disk file. Then click the OK button, and fire up your VM and do the installation. Bob's your uncle!:) Ok, so now when I click on start: Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908) The VirtualBox Linux kernel driver (vboxdrv) is probably not loaded. If you installed or VirtualBox package recently you need to restart the computer for the driver to load. I see this: [bobg@box10 ~]$ locate vboxdrv /etc/udev/rules.d/90-vboxdrv.rules What am I doing wrong, this shouldn't be so complicated? Or is it? Thanks, Bob -- http://www.qrz.com/db/W2BOD box10 Fedora-20/64bit Linux/XFCE -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: VirtualBox -
On 09/05/2014 10:42 AM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: On 09/05/14 11:11, Fred Smith wrote: So, lessee here... you want to install some Linux into a VM on VirtualBox?? without having to waste a blank CD/DVD? easy to do... in VB, once you've created the VM but before you do the install, select the VM into which you wish to install, click Settings, click Storage, under the Storage tree select whatever is shown as the contents of the ide controller (in my case it's empty), then under Attributes, click the little CD icon and browse to the ISO you want to install by clicking choose a virtual CD/DVD disk file. Then click the OK button, and fire up your VM and do the installation. Bob's your uncle!:) Ok, so now when I click on start: Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908) The VirtualBox Linux kernel driver (vboxdrv) is probably not loaded. If you installed or VirtualBox package recently you need to restart the computer for the driver to load. I see this: [bobg@box10 ~]$ locate vboxdrv /etc/udev/rules.d/90-vboxdrv.rules What am I doing wrong, this shouldn't be so complicated? Or is it? Thanks, Bob How did you install VirtualBox (via kmod/akmod or from virtualbox.org)? Have you recently updated your kernel? If you've done the latter then you'll need to either reboot and let akmod rebuild a VirtualBox kmod or you'll need to reinstall the VirtualBox app that you downloaded from virtualbox.org to get the vboxdrv rebuilt and loaded. Kevin -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: VirtualBox -
On 09/05/2014 10:42 AM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: On 09/05/14 11:11, Fred Smith wrote: So, lessee here... you want to install some Linux into a VM on VirtualBox?? without having to waste a blank CD/DVD? easy to do... in VB, once you've created the VM but before you do the install, select the VM into which you wish to install, click Settings, click Storage, under the Storage tree select whatever is shown as the contents of the ide controller (in my case it's empty), then under Attributes, click the little CD icon and browse to the ISO you want to install by clicking choose a virtual CD/DVD disk file. Then click the OK button, and fire up your VM and do the installation. Bob's your uncle!:) Ok, so now when I click on start: Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908) The VirtualBox Linux kernel driver (vboxdrv) is probably not loaded. If you installed or VirtualBox package recently you need to restart the computer for the driver to load. I see this: [bobg@box10 ~]$ locate vboxdrv /etc/udev/rules.d/90-vboxdrv.rules What am I doing wrong, this shouldn't be so complicated? Or is it? sudo service vboxdrv setup will rebuild the drivers sudo service vboxdrv start will start it There are probably systemctl versions of those, but that's what my fingers type and they still work. (I use the version from virtualbox.org.) -- -- Steve -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: VirtualBox -
On Fri, 2014-09-05 at 10:42 -0400, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: Gosh, I thought I covered all that, Virtual Box as derived via yum for Fedora-20 64bit, the computer described in the signature at the bottom. It wasn't clear from your OP if your problem is in getting VBox to run or in installing a new OS once it is running. Did you get the package from the Fedora repo or from the VirtualBox.org repo? They are slightly different. I use the latter and at least in my case I don't need to restart the system, but clearly the vbox kernel modules have to be loaded somehow, normally via /etc/init.d/vboxautostart-service, which just goes through systemd. poc -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: VirtualBox -
On 09/05/14 11:52, Kevin Martin wrote: How did you install VirtualBox (via kmod/akmod or from virtualbox.org)? Have you recently updated your kernel? If you've done the latter then you'll need to either reboot and let akmod rebuild a VirtualBox kmod or you'll need to reinstall the VirtualBox app that you downloaded from virtualbox.org to get the vboxdrv rebuilt and loaded. Kevin Dunno how but I am certain it was via yum, but from where? I guess what I need to do is find the kmod/akmod version and install that. I'm sure the kernel has been updated several times since VBox was installed. And I know from experience that without the auto update feature I will have problems. I wasted my money on a copy of VMware that became useless after most kernel updates, finally gave up trying to deal with that. Tnx, Bob -- http://www.qrz.com/db/W2BOD box10 Fedora-20/64bit Linux/XFCE -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: VirtualBox -
On 09/05/2014 11:02 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: On Fri, 2014-09-05 at 10:42 -0400, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: Gosh, I thought I covered all that, Virtual Box as derived via yum for Fedora-20 64bit, the computer described in the signature at the bottom. It wasn't clear from your OP if your problem is in getting VBox to run or in installing a new OS once it is running. Did you get the package from the Fedora repo or from the VirtualBox.org repo? They are slightly different. I use the latter and at least in my case I don't need to restart the system, but clearly the vbox kernel modules have to be loaded somehow, normally via /etc/init.d/vboxautostart-service, which just goes through systemd. poc If DKMS is installed, updating the kernel will automagically update the vbox kernel modules, at least for the version from virtualbox.org. -- -- Steve -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: VirtualBox -
On Friday, September 05, 2014 05:02:06 PM Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: Did you get the package from the Fedora repo or from the VirtualBox.org repo? You might be talking about RPMFusion version and Virtualbox.org version. Yes, I agree Virtualbox version works better. -- Sudhir Khanger, http://sudhirkhanger.com http://github.com/donniezazen -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Some newbie questions
Hello all Please forgive my ignorance, but I've decided to upgrade to Linux. I've had a play with both Ubuntu and Fedora 20 (both with the LXDE desktop) and done a few installs, updates, application installs, etc. and am getting more confident / knowledgeable as I go. I have decided to go for Fedora 20 with either the Gnome or KDE desktop (not decided which yet, so I'll have a play and see what suits best). However, I do have a few questions and would be grateful for some answers / confirmation of my assumptions. 1. I am using older hardware - AMD Semperon 3000+ (socket 754), which I understand is a 64 bit CPU. Will this run better, worse or no differently with the 64 bit OS over the 32 bit? 2. Currently I have 1Gb DDR400 RAM, although I have some 1Gb modules on their way to me so within a few days I'll hopefully have 3Gb (but I may have a dodgy DIMM socket so it might only be 2). Will I be able to do a graphical install with only the current 1Gb or am I better waiting until the new memory arrives? Ultimately I plan to install 2 drives in the box - one for the system and the other for the home directory structure, which in itself raises a few more questions. 3. Am I correct in my assumption that my mail client (I will be using Thunderbird) stores all its e-mails and settings in a hidden directory within the home directory? 4. If I do a reinstall later, will the OS pick up that I already have the home directory structure on a separate drive and automatically configure to it or will I have to do a bit of tinkering? 5. Will the reinstalled OS automatically recreate the user accounts based on the home directories that exist or will I still need to do that? 6. If I need to recreate the user accounts manually, will they automatically map to the correct user directories in the existing home directory structure or will that be more tinkering? 7. Besides my data, will the system also be able to access my e-mails, user-specific settings, etc. set up within the previous install? 8. If I later upgrade my data drive, is it just a case of copying the home directory structure onto the new drive, plug it in and away I go, or will I need to configure the OS to recognise the new drive first? Apologies for the length of my request, but I think that is about it for now. I'm sure however, that I'll have loads more questions / cries for help later. Many thanks in anticipation of some informative replies. Phil -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: Some newbie questions
On 09/05/2014 11:10 AM, Bat Phil wrote: 3. Am I correct in my assumption that my mail client (I will be using Thunderbird) stores all its e-mails and settings in a hidden directory within the home directory? ~/.thunderbird to be exact. 4. If I do a reinstall later, will the OS pick up that I already have the home directory structure on a separate drive and automatically configure to it or will I have to do a bit of tinkering? The installer has no way of knowing how you want your various partitions mounted unless you tell it. To do what you want, you need to create a custom partitioning layout, which is quite simple. You specify what partition is mounted where, tell anaconda how you want it formatted or, if you want to keep the data, that it's not to be formatted. Generally speaking, /home is the only partition not formatted, but there are exceptions, such as if you have a complete drive dedicated to a video collection and want it mounted as (let's say) /video. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: VirtualBox -
On 09/05/2014 11:06 AM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: On 09/05/14 11:52, Kevin Martin wrote: How did you install VirtualBox (via kmod/akmod or from virtualbox.org)? Have you recently updated your kernel? If you've done the latter then you'll need to either reboot and let akmod rebuild a VirtualBox kmod or you'll need to reinstall the VirtualBox app that you downloaded from virtualbox.org to get the vboxdrv rebuilt and loaded. Kevin Dunno how but I am certain it was via yum, but from where? I guess what I need to do is find the kmod/akmod version and install that. I'm sure the kernel has been updated several times since VBox was installed. And I know from experience that without the auto update feature I will have problems. I wasted my money on a copy of VMware that became useless after most kernel updates, finally gave up trying to deal with that. Tnx, Bob I gave up on the version from rpmfusion since they are unable to keep up with kernel updates from what I can tell and the akmod would fail to rebuild. I downloaded the version from VirtualBox.org, checked to see what patches I might need for the kernel I'm on, patched and built it and it's working flawlessly at this time. It's important to note that Oracle/VirtualBox *also don't tend to keep up with the kernel versions very well but there are a number of people who do figure out where the patches need to be and submit patches on the forums to get things working. It's much easier to patch, at least I think it is, the virtualbox.org version than it is to try to de-rpm the rpmfusion version, patch it, and re-rpm it back to a state where it can be reinstalled with yum/dnf and work (temporarily). Kevin -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: Some newbie questions
Thanks for your reply Joe. I figured (but didn't make it clear) that I'd have to tell anaconda about the existing home partition on the second drive. I was wondering more about whether it would then automatically create the pre-existing user accounts and whether all previous e-mails and settings would be preserved and available under the new install. Thanks again Phil On 5 September 2014 19:36, Joe Zeff j...@zeff.us wrote: On 09/05/2014 11:10 AM, Bat Phil wrote: 3. Am I correct in my assumption that my mail client (I will be using Thunderbird) stores all its e-mails and settings in a hidden directory within the home directory? ~/.thunderbird to be exact. 4. If I do a reinstall later, will the OS pick up that I already have the home directory structure on a separate drive and automatically configure to it or will I have to do a bit of tinkering? The installer has no way of knowing how you want your various partitions mounted unless you tell it. To do what you want, you need to create a custom partitioning layout, which is quite simple. You specify what partition is mounted where, tell anaconda how you want it formatted or, if you want to keep the data, that it's not to be formatted. Generally speaking, /home is the only partition not formatted, but there are exceptions, such as if you have a complete drive dedicated to a video collection and want it mounted as (let's say) /video. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: Some newbie questions
Hi Slightly to the left. How do I configure google mail to let me bottom post? I googled and just found references to grease monkey and that didn't get me anywhere. Thanks Marvin PS Great group On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 11:36 AM, Joe Zeff j...@zeff.us wrote: On 09/05/2014 11:10 AM, Bat Phil wrote: 3. Am I correct in my assumption that my mail client (I will be using Thunderbird) stores all its e-mails and settings in a hidden directory within the home directory? ~/.thunderbird to be exact. 4. If I do a reinstall later, will the OS pick up that I already have the home directory structure on a separate drive and automatically configure to it or will I have to do a bit of tinkering? The installer has no way of knowing how you want your various partitions mounted unless you tell it. To do what you want, you need to create a custom partitioning layout, which is quite simple. You specify what partition is mounted where, tell anaconda how you want it formatted or, if you want to keep the data, that it's not to be formatted. Generally speaking, /home is the only partition not formatted, but there are exceptions, such as if you have a complete drive dedicated to a video collection and want it mounted as (let's say) /video. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: Some newbie questions
On 09/05/2014 11:46 AM, Bat Phil wrote: I figured (but didn't make it clear) that I'd have to tell anaconda about the existing home partition on the second drive. I was wondering more about whether it would then automatically create the pre-existing user accounts and whether all previous e-mails and settings would be preserved and available under the new install. No. Just create them using the same username they had before. You'll be told that /home/NAME already exists and asked if you want to use it, and if so do you want to keep the existing data. All of the tinkering gets done behind the scenes. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: Some newbie questions
On 09/05/2014 11:47 AM, Marvin Kosmal wrote: Slightly to the left. How do I configure google mail to let me bottom post? Mostly I use Thunderbird. I do have a gmail account, and when I'm replying to somebody there I simply move the cursor down to the bottom where it belongs. There may be a way to make that the default, but I've never bothered to check. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: Some newbie questions
No .. You need to recreate all the users accounts on the new install. HTH Marvin On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 11:46 AM, Bat Phil batphi...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for your reply Joe. I figured (but didn't make it clear) that I'd have to tell anaconda about the existing home partition on the second drive. I was wondering more about whether it would then automatically create the pre-existing user accounts and whether all previous e-mails and settings would be preserved and available under the new install. Thanks again Phil On 5 September 2014 19:36, Joe Zeff j...@zeff.us wrote: On 09/05/2014 11:10 AM, Bat Phil wrote: 3. Am I correct in my assumption that my mail client (I will be using Thunderbird) stores all its e-mails and settings in a hidden directory within the home directory? ~/.thunderbird to be exact. 4. If I do a reinstall later, will the OS pick up that I already have the home directory structure on a separate drive and automatically configure to it or will I have to do a bit of tinkering? The installer has no way of knowing how you want your various partitions mounted unless you tell it. To do what you want, you need to create a custom partitioning layout, which is quite simple. You specify what partition is mounted where, tell anaconda how you want it formatted or, if you want to keep the data, that it's not to be formatted. Generally speaking, /home is the only partition not formatted, but there are exceptions, such as if you have a complete drive dedicated to a video collection and want it mounted as (let's say) /video. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: Some newbie questions
Well that's easy then, I can cope with that. Thanks again Joe Phil On 5 September 2014 19:51, Joe Zeff j...@zeff.us wrote: On 09/05/2014 11:46 AM, Bat Phil wrote: I figured (but didn't make it clear) that I'd have to tell anaconda about the existing home partition on the second drive. I was wondering more about whether it would then automatically create the pre-existing user accounts and whether all previous e-mails and settings would be preserved and available under the new install. No. Just create them using the same username they had before. You'll be told that /home/NAME already exists and asked if you want to use it, and if so do you want to keep the existing data. All of the tinkering gets done behind the scenes. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: Some newbie questions
Got it Marvin, cheers Phil On 5 September 2014 19:56, Marvin Kosmal mkos...@gmail.com wrote: No .. You need to recreate all the users accounts on the new install. HTH Marvin On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 11:46 AM, Bat Phil batphi...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for your reply Joe. I figured (but didn't make it clear) that I'd have to tell anaconda about the existing home partition on the second drive. I was wondering more about whether it would then automatically create the pre-existing user accounts and whether all previous e-mails and settings would be preserved and available under the new install. Thanks again Phil On 5 September 2014 19:36, Joe Zeff j...@zeff.us wrote: On 09/05/2014 11:10 AM, Bat Phil wrote: 3. Am I correct in my assumption that my mail client (I will be using Thunderbird) stores all its e-mails and settings in a hidden directory within the home directory? ~/.thunderbird to be exact. 4. If I do a reinstall later, will the OS pick up that I already have the home directory structure on a separate drive and automatically configure to it or will I have to do a bit of tinkering? The installer has no way of knowing how you want your various partitions mounted unless you tell it. To do what you want, you need to create a custom partitioning layout, which is quite simple. You specify what partition is mounted where, tell anaconda how you want it formatted or, if you want to keep the data, that it's not to be formatted. Generally speaking, /home is the only partition not formatted, but there are exceptions, such as if you have a complete drive dedicated to a video collection and want it mounted as (let's say) /video. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: VirtualBox -
On 09/05/14 14:45, Kevin Martin wrote: I gave up on the version from rpmfusion since they are unable to keep up with kernel updates from what I can tell and the akmod would fail to rebuild. I downloaded the version from VirtualBox.org, checked to see what patches I might need for the kernel I'm on, patched and built it and it's working flawlessly at this time. It's important to note that Oracle/VirtualBox *also don't tend to keep up with the kernel versions very well but there are a number of people who do figure out where the patches need to be and submit patches on the forums to get things working. It's much easier to patch, at least I think it is, the virtualbox.org version than it is to try to de-rpm the rpmfusion version, patch it, and re-rpm it back to a state where it can be reinstalled with yum/dnf and work (temporarily). Kevin I had to quit and make a trip to town which accounts for my not responding for a while. I'm confused about what version I'm running. The XFCE menu shows Oracle VM VirtualBox. When I tried to RPM install the kmod/akmod stuff it was already there. Apparently the Oracle version is what is giving me trouble? When I select Virtual Machine Manager I can bring up centos7 and it seems to work. It looks like I have two versions of VBox? I'm not sure how to determine that and don't remember installing either one but obviously did. I probably did it while trying to accomplish something that needed it and VBox was peripheral to what I was doing, dunno, I'm drawing a blank. Anyway selecting Virtual Machine Manager produces a working VM. Bob -- http://www.qrz.com/db/W2BOD box10 Fedora-20/64bit Linux/XFCE -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: Some newbie questions
HI I am not on a fedora box right now but, if memory serves me right. All users are kept in /etc/shadow/ and the other file would be /etc/passwd. If you copies those two files over I believe you would be OK.. Someone can second this. I haven't done this in a LONG time. HTH Marvin On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 12:07 PM, Bat Phil batphi...@gmail.com wrote: Got it Marvin, cheers Phil On 5 September 2014 19:56, Marvin Kosmal mkos...@gmail.com wrote: No .. You need to recreate all the users accounts on the new install. HTH Marvin On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 11:46 AM, Bat Phil batphi...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for your reply Joe. I figured (but didn't make it clear) that I'd have to tell anaconda about the existing home partition on the second drive. I was wondering more about whether it would then automatically create the pre-existing user accounts and whether all previous e-mails and settings would be preserved and available under the new install. Thanks again Phil On 5 September 2014 19:36, Joe Zeff j...@zeff.us wrote: On 09/05/2014 11:10 AM, Bat Phil wrote: 3. Am I correct in my assumption that my mail client (I will be using Thunderbird) stores all its e-mails and settings in a hidden directory within the home directory? ~/.thunderbird to be exact. 4. If I do a reinstall later, will the OS pick up that I already have the home directory structure on a separate drive and automatically configure to it or will I have to do a bit of tinkering? The installer has no way of knowing how you want your various partitions mounted unless you tell it. To do what you want, you need to create a custom partitioning layout, which is quite simple. You specify what partition is mounted where, tell anaconda how you want it formatted or, if you want to keep the data, that it's not to be formatted. Generally speaking, /home is the only partition not formatted, but there are exceptions, such as if you have a complete drive dedicated to a video collection and want it mounted as (let's say) /video. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: Some newbie questions
On Fri, Sep 05, 2014 at 07:10:58PM +0100, Bat Phil wrote: 1. I am using older hardware - AMD Semperon 3000+ (socket 754), which I understand is a 64 bit CPU. Will this run better, worse or no differently with the 64 bit OS over the 32 bit? 64 bit. This is mostly because the switch also enables some other CPU features (like more registers) which make a significant difference. It will take up a bit more RAM, but generally the other things make it worth it. 2. Currently I have 1Gb DDR400 RAM, although I have some 1Gb modules on their way to me so within a few days I'll hopefully have 3Gb (but I may have a dodgy DIMM socket so it might only be 2). Will I be able to do a graphical install with only the current 1Gb or am I better waiting until the new memory arrives? You can try and see. You'll definitely be happier with more. 3. Am I correct in my assumption that my mail client (I will be using Thunderbird) stores all its e-mails and settings in a hidden directory within the home directory? Skipping this one because I'm not sure about Thunderbird. 4. If I do a reinstall later, will the OS pick up that I already have the home directory structure on a separate drive and automatically configure to it or will I have to do a bit of tinkering? A bit of tweaking. But it's not hard. 5. Will the reinstalled OS automatically recreate the user accounts based on the home directories that exist or will I still need to do that? If you reinstall, no. If you do an upgrade, yes. 6. If I need to recreate the user accounts manually, will they automatically map to the correct user directories in the existing home directory structure or will that be more tinkering? A little bit of tinkering is necessary. You'll need to make sure you use the same numeric user IDs and group IDs -- file ownership is really based on the numbers, and the name is associated by looking in /etc/password. So if the name matches but the number doesn't, the users won't be able to access their files. 7. Besides my data, will the system also be able to access my e-mails, user-specific settings, etc. set up within the previous install? Stuff that's in your home direcory, yes. 8. If I later upgrade my data drive, is it just a case of copying the home directory structure onto the new drive, plug it in and away I go, or will I need to configure the OS to recognise the new drive first? It depends how you configure it in the first place, but usually these days (and by default in Fedora) the disk mounts are done by partition-specific UUIDs -- long random-seeming strings. You'll need to find the new one (with the blkid command or a GUI tool) and update /etc/fstab. Alternately, you can configure /etc/fstab to mount your home directory based on something else, including possibly drive letter (iffy, because that can move around based on the order things are detected) or filesystem label (which could be set to something like /home). -- Matthew Miller mat...@fedoraproject.org Fedora Project Leader -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: Some newbie questions
So it's turning out much as I thought then, some of it will be fairly transparent, but It'll still need a bit of tinkering / tweaking. Looking like I'll have to learn about numeric user IDs, group IDs and partition-specific UUIDs though. But learning is a big part of why I'm doing this. Cheers Matthew Phil On 5 September 2014 20:31, Matthew Miller mat...@fedoraproject.org wrote: On Fri, Sep 05, 2014 at 07:10:58PM +0100, Bat Phil wrote: 1. I am using older hardware - AMD Semperon 3000+ (socket 754), which I understand is a 64 bit CPU. Will this run better, worse or no differently with the 64 bit OS over the 32 bit? 64 bit. This is mostly because the switch also enables some other CPU features (like more registers) which make a significant difference. It will take up a bit more RAM, but generally the other things make it worth it. 2. Currently I have 1Gb DDR400 RAM, although I have some 1Gb modules on their way to me so within a few days I'll hopefully have 3Gb (but I may have a dodgy DIMM socket so it might only be 2). Will I be able to do a graphical install with only the current 1Gb or am I better waiting until the new memory arrives? You can try and see. You'll definitely be happier with more. 3. Am I correct in my assumption that my mail client (I will be using Thunderbird) stores all its e-mails and settings in a hidden directory within the home directory? Skipping this one because I'm not sure about Thunderbird. 4. If I do a reinstall later, will the OS pick up that I already have the home directory structure on a separate drive and automatically configure to it or will I have to do a bit of tinkering? A bit of tweaking. But it's not hard. 5. Will the reinstalled OS automatically recreate the user accounts based on the home directories that exist or will I still need to do that? If you reinstall, no. If you do an upgrade, yes. 6. If I need to recreate the user accounts manually, will they automatically map to the correct user directories in the existing home directory structure or will that be more tinkering? A little bit of tinkering is necessary. You'll need to make sure you use the same numeric user IDs and group IDs -- file ownership is really based on the numbers, and the name is associated by looking in /etc/password. So if the name matches but the number doesn't, the users won't be able to access their files. 7. Besides my data, will the system also be able to access my e-mails, user-specific settings, etc. set up within the previous install? Stuff that's in your home direcory, yes. 8. If I later upgrade my data drive, is it just a case of copying the home directory structure onto the new drive, plug it in and away I go, or will I need to configure the OS to recognise the new drive first? It depends how you configure it in the first place, but usually these days (and by default in Fedora) the disk mounts are done by partition-specific UUIDs -- long random-seeming strings. You'll need to find the new one (with the blkid command or a GUI tool) and update /etc/fstab. Alternately, you can configure /etc/fstab to mount your home directory based on something else, including possibly drive letter (iffy, because that can move around based on the order things are detected) or filesystem label (which could be set to something like /home). -- Matthew Miller mat...@fedoraproject.org Fedora Project Leader -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: Some newbie questions
On 09/05/2014 12:31 PM, Matthew Miller wrote: A little bit of tinkering is necessary. You'll need to make sure you use the same numeric user IDs and group IDs -- file ownership is really based on the numbers, and the name is associated by looking in /etc/password. So if the name matches but the number doesn't, the users won't be able to access their files. I'm not sure, but I think that if you reuse an existing home folder and tell the setup program not to clear it out, it takes care of that for you. The only time I needed to do this, I just made sure that I created the accounts in the same order as before so that they had the same UID/GID, which is probably safest. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: Some newbie questions
On 09/05/2014 12:31 PM, Matthew Miller wrote: Alternately, you can configure /etc/fstab to mount your home directory based on something else, including possibly drive letter (iffy, because that can move around based on the order things are detected) or filesystem label (which could be set to something like /home). Even if you're going to use the UUID to mount the partitions, it's not a bad idea to label them as well. That way, you always have an easy to understand reminder of what each one is for. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: Some newbie questions
Best thing then is to set up a 2-drive system, put some non-critical data files in the home directories and try it out then. Although presumably, if I do manage to balls up the IDs and block the data, then it's just a case of logging in as root and sorting out permissions?? Cheers Phil On 5 September 2014 21:00, Joe Zeff j...@zeff.us wrote: On 09/05/2014 12:31 PM, Matthew Miller wrote: A little bit of tinkering is necessary. You'll need to make sure you use the same numeric user IDs and group IDs -- file ownership is really based on the numbers, and the name is associated by looking in /etc/password. So if the name matches but the number doesn't, the users won't be able to access their files. I'm not sure, but I think that if you reuse an existing home folder and tell the setup program not to clear it out, it takes care of that for you. The only time I needed to do this, I just made sure that I created the accounts in the same order as before so that they had the same UID/GID, which is probably safest. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: Some newbie questions
On Fri, Sep 05, 2014 at 03:31:38PM -0400, Matthew Miller wrote: 1. I am using older hardware - AMD Semperon 3000+ (socket 754), which I understand is a 64 bit CPU. Will this run better, worse or no differently with the 64 bit OS over the 32 bit? 64 bit. This is mostly because the switch also enables some other CPU features (like more registers) which make a significant difference. It will take up a bit more RAM, but generally the other things make it worth it. Ooh, I need to retract this. Owen Taylor just posted some interesting actual measurements with current F21 Workstation test images (which are Gnome based). His conclusion is that with under 2GB of RAM, the memory saved by using 32-bit is actually more of a big deal than the improvements you'd get from the CPU in 64-bit mode. See https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/desktop/2014-September/010565.html for details and numbers. This may be less true with LXDE or another more-lightweight desktop environment, though. -- Matthew Miller mat...@fedoraproject.org Fedora Project Leader -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: Some newbie questions
On 09/05/2014 01:08 PM, Bat Phil wrote: Best thing then is to set up a 2-drive system, put some non-critical data files in the home directories and try it out then. Although presumably, if I do manage to balls up the IDs and block the data, then it's just a case of logging in as root and sorting out permissions?? Generally speaking, yes. Even more important, be sure to back up /home before you start this, just to be on the safe side. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: VirtualBox -
On Sat, Sep 6, 2014 at 12:48 AM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA bobgood...@wildblue.net wrote: I'm confused about what version I'm running. The XFCE menu shows Oracle VM VirtualBox. When I tried to RPM install the kmod/akmod stuff it was already there. Apparently the Oracle version is what is giving me trouble? yum info `rpm -qa | grep -i virtualbox` This command will tell you everything you want to know. Also HelpAbout Virtualbox will also tell you if you are running RPMFusion version or Oracle's repo VB. -- Regards, Sudhir Khanger. sudhirkhanger.com https://github.com/donniezazen -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: Some newbie questions
More of clarification than a retraction Paul ;-) but point noted. Sounds like it won't be a problem once I've upgraded the RAM though. Cheers Phil On 5 September 2014 21:20, Matthew Miller mat...@fedoraproject.org wrote: On Fri, Sep 05, 2014 at 03:31:38PM -0400, Matthew Miller wrote: 1. I am using older hardware - AMD Semperon 3000+ (socket 754), which I understand is a 64 bit CPU. Will this run better, worse or no differently with the 64 bit OS over the 32 bit? 64 bit. This is mostly because the switch also enables some other CPU features (like more registers) which make a significant difference. It will take up a bit more RAM, but generally the other things make it worth it. Ooh, I need to retract this. Owen Taylor just posted some interesting actual measurements with current F21 Workstation test images (which are Gnome based). His conclusion is that with under 2GB of RAM, the memory saved by using 32-bit is actually more of a big deal than the improvements you'd get from the CPU in 64-bit mode. See https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/desktop/2014-September/010565.html for details and numbers. This may be less true with LXDE or another more-lightweight desktop environment, though. -- Matthew Miller mat...@fedoraproject.org Fedora Project Leader -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: Some newbie questions
Under normal circumstances yes of course, but at the moment it's just a case of playing with a system that will only have dummy data on it so it doesn't matter if I screw things up. Phil On 5 September 2014 21:22, Joe Zeff j...@zeff.us wrote: On 09/05/2014 01:08 PM, Bat Phil wrote: Best thing then is to set up a 2-drive system, put some non-critical data files in the home directories and try it out then. Although presumably, if I do manage to balls up the IDs and block the data, then it's just a case of logging in as root and sorting out permissions?? Generally speaking, yes. Even more important, be sure to back up /home before you start this, just to be on the safe side. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
No mount of Android phone
Helo, can somebody explain why my Android phone is not mounted? The relevant lines from /var/loG/messages: Sep 5 22:30:15 pangea kernel: [231733.246914] usb 2-1.1: new high-speed USB device number 24 using ehci-pci Sep 5 22:30:15 pangea kernel: [231733.336930] usb 2-1.1: New USB device found, idVendor=04e8, idProduct=6860 Sep 5 22:30:15 pangea kernel: [231733.336941] usb 2-1.1: New USB device strings: Mfr=2, Product=3, SerialNumber=4 Sep 5 22:30:15 pangea kernel: [231733.336948] usb 2-1.1: Product: SAMSUNG_Android Sep 5 22:30:15 pangea kernel: [231733.336953] usb 2-1.1: Manufacturer: SAMSUNG Sep 5 22:30:15 pangea kernel: [231733.336958] usb 2-1.1: SerialNumber: 47900c0910c23100 Sep 5 22:30:18 pangea automount[701]: key DCIM not found in map source(s). Sep 5 22:30:18 pangea automount[701]: key dcim not found in map source(s). Sep 5 22:30:18 pangea automount[701]: key DCIM not found in map source(s). Sep 5 22:30:18 pangea automount[701]: key dcim not found in map source(s). Sep 5 22:30:18 pangea kernel: [231736.682049] usb 2-1.1: USB disconnect, device number 24 Sep 5 22:30:19 pangea kernel: [231736.860462] usb 2-1.1: new high-speed USB device number 25 using ehci-pci Sep 5 22:30:19 pangea kernel: [231736.947704] usb 2-1.1: New USB device found, idVendor=04e8, idProduct=6860 Sep 5 22:30:19 pangea kernel: [231736.947716] usb 2-1.1: New USB device strings: Mfr=2, Product=3, SerialNumber=4 Sep 5 22:30:19 pangea kernel: [231736.947722] usb 2-1.1: Product: SAMSUNG_Android Sep 5 22:30:19 pangea kernel: [231736.947728] usb 2-1.1: Manufacturer: SAMSUNG Sep 5 22:30:19 pangea kernel: [231736.947733] usb 2-1.1: SerialNumber: 47900c0910c23100 BTW, automounter is activated for some mount of some NFS exports from my NFS server. Any pointer to get the phone's microSD mounted are welcome. Kind regards, Frank pgp7H0im1jgro.pgp Description: PGP signature -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: VirtualBox -
On 09/05/14 16:28, Sudhir Khanger wrote: yum info `rpm -qa | grep -i virtualbox` It appears to be rpmfusion: [bobg@box10 ~]$ yum info `rpm -qa | grep -i virtualbox` Loaded plugins: langpacks, refresh-packagekit Installed Packages Name: VirtualBox Arch: x86_64 Version : 4.3.14 Release : 1.fc20 Size: 86 M Repo: installed From repo : rpmfusion-free-updates Summary : A general-purpose full virtualizer for PC hardware URL : http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/VirtualBox License : GPLv2 or (GPLv2 and CDDL) Description : A general-purpose full virtualizer and emulator for 32-bit and : 64-bit x86 based PC-compatible machines. Name: VirtualBox-kmodsrc Arch: x86_64 Version : 4.3.14 Release : 1.fc20 Size: 618 k Repo: installed From repo : rpmfusion-free-updates Summary : VirtualBox kernel module source code URL : http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/VirtualBox License : GPLv2 or (GPLv2 and CDDL) Description : Source tree used for building kernel module packages (VirtualBox-kmod) : which is generated during the build of main package. Name: akmod-VirtualBox Arch: x86_64 Version : 4.3.14 Release : 1.fc20.1 Size: 15 k Repo: installed From repo : rpmfusion-free-updates Summary : Akmod package for VirtualBox kernel module(s) URL : http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/VirtualBox License : GPLv2 or CDDL Description : This package provides the akmod package for the VirtualBox kernel modules. -- http://www.qrz.com/db/W2BOD box10 Fedora-20/64bit Linux/XFCE -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: VirtualBox -
On Fri, 2014-09-05 at 13:45 -0500, Kevin Martin wrote: On 09/05/2014 11:06 AM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: On 09/05/14 11:52, Kevin Martin wrote: How did you install VirtualBox (via kmod/akmod or from virtualbox.org)? Have you recently updated your kernel? If you've done the latter then you'll need to either reboot and let akmod rebuild a VirtualBox kmod or you'll need to reinstall the VirtualBox app that you downloaded from virtualbox.org to get the vboxdrv rebuilt and loaded. Kevin Dunno how but I am certain it was via yum, but from where? I guess what I need to do is find the kmod/akmod version and install that. I'm sure the kernel has been updated several times since VBox was installed. And I know from experience that without the auto update feature I will have problems. I wasted my money on a copy of VMware that became useless after most kernel updates, finally gave up trying to deal with that. Tnx, Bob I gave up on the version from rpmfusion since they are unable to keep up with kernel updates from what I can tell and the akmod would fail to rebuild. I downloaded the version from VirtualBox.org, checked to see what patches I might need for the kernel I'm on, patched and built it and it's working flawlessly at this time. It's important to note that Oracle/VirtualBox *also don't tend to keep up with the kernel versions very well but there are a number of people who do figure out where the patches need to be and submit patches on the forums to get things working. It's much easier to patch, at least I think it is, the virtualbox.org version than it is to try to de-rpm the rpmfusion version, patch it, and re-rpm it back to a state where it can be reinstalled with yum/dnf and work (temporarily). Kevin Just to be clear: if you keep to the standard Fedora kernels there's no need to patch anything. VBox Just Works(tm) and updates via yum as it should. The DKMS stuff takes care of everything else automatically. poc -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
network-manager-applet
I'm running xfce4 4.10 (yum latest) with the network-manager-applet (also latest) installed. When the disto was first installed, the applet was installed in the #2 panel at the bottom of the screen. I deleted that panel, but the applet did not show up in the #1 panel. So where have I screwed up? Thanks. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: VirtualBox -
On Fri, 2014-09-05 at 22:02 +0530, Sudhir Khanger wrote: On Friday, September 05, 2014 05:02:06 PM Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: Did you get the package from the Fedora repo or from the VirtualBox.org repo? You might be talking about RPMFusion version and Virtualbox.org version. Yes, I agree Virtualbox version works better. IIRC there is actually a Fedora package as well, based on the free version of VBox. It doesn't support USB devices which is why I use the Oracle one. The RPMfusion one seems to be problematic to keep up to date from what various people say. poc -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: No mount of Android phone
On 09/05/2014 03:41 PM, Frank Elsner wrote: Helo, can somebody explain why my Android phone is not mounted? The relevant lines from /var/loG/messages: Sep 5 22:30:15 pangea kernel: [231733.246914] usb 2-1.1: new high-speed USB device number 24 using ehci-pci Sep 5 22:30:15 pangea kernel: [231733.336930] usb 2-1.1: New USB device found, idVendor=04e8, idProduct=6860 Sep 5 22:30:15 pangea kernel: [231733.336941] usb 2-1.1: New USB device strings: Mfr=2, Product=3, SerialNumber=4 Sep 5 22:30:15 pangea kernel: [231733.336948] usb 2-1.1: Product: SAMSUNG_Android Sep 5 22:30:15 pangea kernel: [231733.336953] usb 2-1.1: Manufacturer: SAMSUNG Sep 5 22:30:15 pangea kernel: [231733.336958] usb 2-1.1: SerialNumber: 47900c0910c23100 Sep 5 22:30:18 pangea automount[701]: key DCIM not found in map source(s). Sep 5 22:30:18 pangea automount[701]: key dcim not found in map source(s). Sep 5 22:30:18 pangea automount[701]: key DCIM not found in map source(s). Sep 5 22:30:18 pangea automount[701]: key dcim not found in map source(s). Sep 5 22:30:18 pangea kernel: [231736.682049] usb 2-1.1: USB disconnect, device number 24 Sep 5 22:30:19 pangea kernel: [231736.860462] usb 2-1.1: new high-speed USB device number 25 using ehci-pci Sep 5 22:30:19 pangea kernel: [231736.947704] usb 2-1.1: New USB device found, idVendor=04e8, idProduct=6860 Sep 5 22:30:19 pangea kernel: [231736.947716] usb 2-1.1: New USB device strings: Mfr=2, Product=3, SerialNumber=4 Sep 5 22:30:19 pangea kernel: [231736.947722] usb 2-1.1: Product: SAMSUNG_Android Sep 5 22:30:19 pangea kernel: [231736.947728] usb 2-1.1: Manufacturer: SAMSUNG Sep 5 22:30:19 pangea kernel: [231736.947733] usb 2-1.1: SerialNumber: 47900c0910c23100 BTW, automounter is activated for some mount of some NFS exports from my NFS server. Any pointer to get the phone's microSD mounted are welcome. Kind regards, Frank If you don't have simple-mtpfs installed, install it and run: simple-mtpfs -l Once you see your device then you will be able to do a: simple-mtpfs --device device# mountpoint (ie if the device number is 1 and you want to mount to /mnt/phone you would: simple-mtpfs --device 1 /mnt/phone ) There's probably some way to get this working with the automounter but I'm not sure what it would be...this is what I do. Kevin -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: Some newbie questions
On Fri, 2014-09-05 at 11:47 -0700, Marvin Kosmal wrote: How do I configure google mail to let me bottom post? I googled and just found references to grease monkey and that didn't get me anywhere. There's no setting for that, but you can get the effect by selecting the text to be quoted before hitting Reply. Also, remember to post in plain text and not HTML on the list. Or set up a local client such as Evolution or Thunderbird to point to your Gmail account (using IMAP or POP). You still get the benefit of Google's spam filtering etc. but makes it easier to handle mailing lists, which the Google webmail isn't very good at. poc -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: VirtualBox -
On 09/05/2014 05:06 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: On Fri, 2014-09-05 at 13:45 -0500, Kevin Martin wrote: On 09/05/2014 11:06 AM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: On 09/05/14 11:52, Kevin Martin wrote: snip Just to be clear: if you keep to the standard Fedora kernels there's no need to patch anything. VBox Just Works(tm) and updates via yum as it should. The DKMS stuff takes care of everything else automatically. poc Standard fedora kernels meaning not rawhide kernels then? Kevin -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: No mount of Android phone
On Fri, 2014-09-05 at 22:41 +0200, Frank Elsner wrote: can somebody explain why my Android phone is not mounted? Later versions of Android don't allow this unless the phone is rooted. You are expected to communicate using a more restricted protocol called MTP. It's actually very restricted, e.g. you can't overwrite blocks in the middle of a file. You have to read the file, change it, then write it back. A package called simple-mtpfs tries to make it look like a filesystem but it's important to remember that it really isn't. poc -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: network-manager-applet
On 09/05/2014 03:06 PM, Geoffrey Leach wrote: I'm running xfce4 4.10 (yum latest) with the network-manager-applet (also latest) installed. When the disto was first installed, the applet was installed in the #2 panel at the bottom of the screen. I deleted that panel, but the applet did not show up in the #1 panel. So where have I screwed up? Thanks. You haven't; applets go away when you remove the panel. Right-click on the remaining panel, go to Panel-Add New Items and select the network-manager-applet. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: VirtualBox -
On Sep 5, 2014 10:07 AM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA bobgood...@wildblue.net wrote: On 09/05/14 11:52, Kevin Martin wrote: How did you install VirtualBox (via kmod/akmod or from virtualbox.org)? Have you recently updated your kernel? If you've done the latter then you'll need to either reboot and let akmod rebuild a VirtualBox kmod or you'll need to reinstall the VirtualBox app that you downloaded from virtualbox.org to get the vboxdrv rebuilt and loaded. Kevin Dunno how but I am certain it was via yum, but from where? I guess what I need to do is find the kmod/akmod version and install that. I'm sure the kernel has been updated several times since VBox was installed. And I know from experience that without the auto update feature I will have problems. I wasted my money on a copy of VMware that became useless after most kernel updates, finally gave up trying to deal with that. Tnx, Bob -- This sounds like you're just looking for *some* way to run a VM. Forgive me if you've been asked before, but why not use the solution built in to Fedora? QEMU/KVM do a great job and using virt-manager or GNOME Boxes is easy. I can point you to some documentation or help in a dedicated thread if you are interested. --Pete -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: VirtualBox -
On Fri, 5 Sep 2014 16:39:37 -0600 Pete Travis wrote: This sounds like you're just looking for *some* way to run a VM. I don't know about him, but some software I need to run in a Windows 7 VM needs 3D acceleration to work (not fast, just at all :-). That doesn't seem to function with QXL/Spice, and I've seen rumor that virtualbox has a way to do it, so I was thinking of giving it a try. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: VirtualBox -
On Fri, 2014-09-05 at 19:03 -0400, Tom Horsley wrote: On Fri, 5 Sep 2014 16:39:37 -0600 Pete Travis wrote: This sounds like you're just looking for *some* way to run a VM. I don't know about him, but some software I need to run in a Windows 7 VM needs 3D acceleration to work (not fast, just at all :-). That doesn't seem to function with QXL/Spice, and I've seen rumor that virtualbox has a way to do it, so I was thinking of giving it a try. IIRC 3D support in VBox is experimental (you have to enable it in the control panel), so it may or may not work for you. poc -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: VirtualBox -
On Sep 5, 2014, at 9:42 AM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA bobgood...@wildblue.net wrote: What am I doing wrong, this shouldn't be so complicated? Or is it? It think it's complicated. I honestly think you're better off using Boxes, which is installed by default with Fedora 20. Maybe also Fedora 19. In any case, yum install gnome-boxes. Baring that, even virtual machine manager is ultimately less hassle than VirtualBox. However conversely, using VirtualBox on Windows or OS X to run Fedora or CentOS is pretty straightforward. Chris Murphy -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
