Re: Fedora questions.
I use mate without compiz. Marco is the default WM, so when I boot into mate, I just remove all of the compiz-related files. ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org
Re: xorg.conf and Nouveau
From: Anthony Messina >To: Community support for Fedora users >Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2012 11:24 PM >Subject: Re: xorg.conf and Nouveau > >On Tuesday, September 18, 2012 05:17:25 PM Jim wrote: >> Fedora 17 / KDE >> >> Can I use the nouveau driver in xorg.conf to Lock in the resolution ?. >> >> I have a computer that defaults to 1920x1080 and that resolution is to >> high, and I have a older friend that will be using this computer and I >> want to Lock into >> 1280x1024x75 . >> >> I don't want to use the nvidia drivers they are to unstable and nouveau >> drivers >> are doing a good job on this computer. > >Try adding something like the following to your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file, where >the "Identifier" is what you get from `xrandr -q`. > >Section "Monitor" > Identifier "DVI-I-1" > Option "PreferredMode" "1280x1024" >EndSection > >Section "Device" > Identifier "Device0" > Driver "nouveau" >EndSection > > >-A From my xorg.conf file (monitor does not properly report EDID): Section "Monitor" Identifier "Monitor0" VendorName "Monitor Vendor" ModelName "Monitor Model" DisplaySize 432270 HorizSync 30.0 - 86.0 VertRefresh 56.0 - 76.0 ModeLine "1440x900" 106.5 1440 1520 1672 1904 900 901 904 932 -hsync +vsync ModeLine "1680x1050" 147.1 1680 1784 1968 2256 1050 1051 1054 1087 -hsync +vsync Modeline "1920x1080" 172.80 1920 2040 2248 2576 1080 1081 1084 1118 -HSync +Vsync Option "PreferredMode" "1680x1050" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Card0" Monitor "Monitor0" SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 24 Modes "1920x1080" "1680x1050" "1440x900" "1280x1024" EndSubSection EndSection -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
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If they're not there already, perhaps adding the appropriate modeline to the "Monitor" section along with "1280x1024" in the Modes line of the "Screen" section of your xorg.conf file will help. Steven I Usdansky, PhD Traveling Geologist > > From: "r...@dwf.com" >To: users@lists.fedoraproject.org >Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2012 9:23 PM >Subject: > > >I set my screen size to 1280x1024 in my xorg.conf > >This worked fine up thru Fedora 11 (I dont currently have running copies >of F12 or F13 to test it there) but it DOES NOT WORK in Fedora14. >In Fedora14 I get 1024x768 with or without the xorg.conf. > >Now my actual screen is behind a KVM so that is part of the problem, if I >connect the monitor directly to the computer everything works correctly >and I get a screen size of 1280x1024, > >So my question. >Is there some way to FORCE X11 to run at 1280x1024 in Fedora14, independent >of any tests it may make of the screen? > >Having something to override this (incorrect) behavior would be REALLY helpful. > >I keep several old versions of Fedora around for testing of some software, >so PLEASE dont tell me to just move to the most recent release. > >-- > Reg.Clemens > r...@dwf.com > > >-- >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 > > >-- 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: grub vs. grub2
My desktop PC is organized something like this: sda1: Windows sda2: Boot sda3: data sda4: extended partition container sda5: F15 sda6: F16 sda7: Rawhide sda8: more data Until I was confident grub2 would work for me, sda2 held a copy of legacy grub, which I configured to chainload the various Fedora versions. Each version's grub2 gets installed to each Fedora's partition rather than to the MBR. I've since replaced legacy grub in sda2 with grub2, but updates to /boot/grub2/grub.cfg on sda2 are still done manually. Steven I Usdansky -- 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: Why is PackageKit needed for abrt?
abrt-2.0.6-1 managed to do pull down debug info without PackageKit. Not sure what it used -- 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
Why is PackageKit needed for abrt?
It appears that upgrading abrt in F16 from 2.0.6-1 to 2.0.7-2 is going to require installation of PackageKit, which I long ago purged from my system. Just wondering, why the additional requirement? -- 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: Creating partitions
I keep it fairly simple. Just one ext4 partition, for / per distro with the bootloader installed to the partition. The system came with Vista and a recovery partition on a 500GB hard drive. Here's the process I followed: 1. Shrink the Vista partition (I gave it 50 GB) 2. Create a 1GB boot partition immediately following the boot partition. 3. Create an extended partition for my Linux distros and misc. files 4. Create a 20GB partition for Fedora, and a couple of 80GB partitions for the misc. stuff 5. Install Fedora using the 1GB boot partition as /boot, and the 20GB partition as / (no swap). Install grub to the hard drive's MBR. 6. Unmount /boot and remount the boot partition on /media 7. Copy the contents of /mnt to /boot 8. Install grub on the Fedora partition 9. Manually modify the grub config file on /media to chainload the bootloader on the Fedora partition. Keeping a separate boot partition not tied to any one distro I might happen to install works for me; YMMV. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
Re: Disable loading of nouveau driver for installing NVidia driver
I've been known to move the nouveau.ko file to /root in order to prevent it from loading. Overkill, but it worked for me (I'm now usingthe nouveau driver, so I no longer need to do this). -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
Re: Links in /boot
Here's the script I'd run manually every time I upgraded my kernel: #!/bin/bash cd / mv vmlinuz vmlinuz.old mv initrd initrd.old NEW_KERNEL=`rpm -q kernel | tail -1 | sed -e 's/kernel-//'` ln -s boot/vmlinuz-$NEW_KERNEL vmlinuz ln -s boot/initramfs-$NEW_KERNEL.img initrd exit 0 -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
Re: Making space on an EeePC
- Original Message > From: fred smith > To: Community support for Fedora users > Sent: Thu, November 11, 2010 1:16:59 PM > Subject: Re: Making space on an EeePC > It's not at all clear to me how one would go about installing f13 or f14 > (or anything else similarly-sized) on a 4 gig device. You may have better > luck if you can stick an 8 gig (or bigger) SDHC card in the SDHC card > reader, install /boot on the internal 4 gigs and then let / and /home > spill over onto it. > Been there, done that, here's how (more or less): 1. Install to a spacious partition on a similar system 2. Shrink partition containing the unstall to <4GB using gparted 3. Archive the filesystem (I use fsarchiver) 4. Format 4GB device (one ext2 partition) 5. Unarchive the archived filesystem to the 4GB device 6. Grow fs on 4GB device to fill the device 6. Install grub on 4GB device 7. Clean up mount point refs as needed 8. Reboot system from 4GB device -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
Re: X can't run at full monitor res, but plymouth/rhgb can?
Did the xorg.conf file you tried include the appropriate modeline? My monitor refuses to display in its full 1680x1050 glory without one. In my case: gtf 1680 1050 60 tells me what I need. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
Re: Proprietary or open source NVidia drivers?
I started out using nvidia's run packages because the nouveau driver wouldn't work at all with my onboard GeForce 9100 graphics chip. Now that the nouveau driver works for me, I've abandoned the proprietary nvidia driver, and updating is a lot easier.. The proprietary nvidia driver was (and probably still is) faster, but I'm not a gamer and don't need thousands of frames per second from glxgears. Having to rebuild the nvidia package after each kernel update was annoying, especially since I tend to run Rawhide and/or branched pre-releases as my main desktop OSs. Worst of all, sometimes a kernel upgrade would work, other times the nvidia package would compile but not run, and still other times the nvidia package would not even compile. I'm impatient, and rpmusion was too slow with their updates for me (but they do an excellent job, and this is not meant in any way as a complaint ), so I didn't generally use their kmods. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
Re: Problems when creating Live-boot usb stick
- Original Message > From: fred smith > To: Community support for Fedora users > Sent: Thu, July 8, 2010 2:15:59 PM > Subject: Re: Problems when creating Live-boot usb stick > > A few months ago I did an actual install onto a USB stick, rather than > one of the live CD on USB things. this allowed me to have the full size > of the usb stick as a "hard drive" and it could be run just like a "normal" > installation and updated just like one too. > > I did it with the "install to hard disk" function of the LIVE CD, but I'd > expect an install from a cd/dvd (non-live) to work just as well. > > I've never seen anyone suggest this method, so I don't know what the > drawbacks are, all I know is it worked for what I needed. > I've done it (with the LXDE spin), and I like it. The only annoyance is that the standard desktop Live CD insists it needs 4GB for an installation, which is utterly ridiculous. My so-called 4GB flash drive shows up as 3.8GB, which means it doesn't work. A basic installation off a Live CD onto my hard drive has been just under 2GB. I don't need the kitchen sink on my flash drive, I don't want the kitchen sink on my flash drive, but if the filesystem, complete with bootloader, fits on a 2GB flash drive, I want to be able to install it on a 2GB flash drive -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
Re: multibooting linux
My vote is for one grub to rule them all, each distro's grub goes into / rather than the mbr, and the master grub just chainloads each distro's grub. I had been setting up the master grub to point to /vmlinuz and /initrd in each distro, but that involves updating the appropriate symlinks each time a new kernel is installed. Having come across a few distros that insist on installing a bootloader whether I want it or not, chainloading appears to be the only sane way to deal with them, even if it adds a few seconds to the boot sequence. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
Re: F13 -64 side-by-side with F11-32?
I do something like this all the time, except that I symlink /vmlinuz and /initrd to the appropriate files in /boot. Here's one of my stanzas: title Goddard LXDE i686 Nouveau (sda5) root (hd0,4) kernel /vmlinuz ro root=/dev/sda5 3 selinux=0 initrd /initrd Note the root=/dev/sda5 param on the kernel line above -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
Re: Does ccsm work with nouveau?
It's not the same setup you've got (onboard Geforce 9100), and it's a not quite up-to-date Rawhide (compiz wouldn't work with the latest mesa-dri-drivers-experimental), but ccsm does work for me. Hopefully, I've listed all the relevant bits below: ccsm-0.8.4-3.fc14.noarch compiz-gnome-0.8.6-1.fc14.x86_64 compizconfig-python-0.8.4-1.fc13.x86_64 libcompizconfig-0.8.4-3.fc14.x86_64 compiz-0.8.6-1.fc14.x86_64 compiz-fusion-0.8.6-1.fc14.x86_64 compizconfig-backend-gconf-0.8.4-2.fc14.x86_64 mesa-dri-drivers-7.8.1-6.fc13.x86_64 mesa-dri-drivers-experimental-7.8.1-6.fc13.x86_64 mesa-libGLU-7.8.1-6.fc13.x86_64 mesa-libGL-7.8.1-6.fc13.x86_64 xorg-x11-drv-nouveau-0.0.16-6.20100423git13c1043.fc13.x86_64 -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
Re: Looking for a monitor driver
- Original Message > From: Margaret Doll > To: and advice for using Fedora. Community assistance encouragement > > Sent: Tue, March 30, 2010 2:25:48 PM > Subject: Looking for a monitor driver > > We are trying to attach a Dell E2210H monitor to a Dell X260 Optiplex > which is running 2.6.10-1.771_FC2. I have found the drivers for > Windows but not for Fedora. Where can I access monitor drivers > for Fedora? -- My Soyo monitor apparently does not give proper EDID info, so I run gtf x y refresh [-v|--verbose] [-f|--fbmode] [-x|--xorgmode] and add the modeline it produces to xorg.conf -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
Re: Request before write
> >From: jack craig >To: users@lists.fedoraproject.org >Sent: Mon, March 15, 2010 11:13:59 AM >Subject: Re: Request before write > >sorry to be dense, but the NM applet? >>you mean the network manager icon on the top bar? > >>if so, your comment is valid as long as you dont connect. >>as soon as you do, the rest of the world is not reported. > >>but yes, this is the nature of my goal. > >>thx for your reply, jackc... Just tried it on my system. When I left-click on the nm-applet icon, I see not just my network, but also those of my neiighbors. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
Re: FC12 livecd-iso-to-disk woes
- Original Message > From: T. Horsnell > To: Community support for Fedora users > Sent: Mon, March 8, 2010 4:35:00 AM > Subject: FC12 livecd-iso-to-disk woes > > Hi all, > I'm trying to make a USB version of the FC12 livecd. > I follow the instructions at: > > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraLiveCD/USBHowTo > > and type (as root): > > # livecd-iso-to-disk --format --reset-mbr Fedora-12-i686-Live.iso /dev/sdc1 > > but the resulting USB stick just gives me 'Boot Error' when I boot it. > > If I use the dd method: > > # dd if=Fedora-12-i686-Live.iso of=/dev/sdc bs=8M > > it boots correctly. I ultimately want a persistent-storage > area so the dd solution is no good for me. > > Any ideas? > > Cheers, > Terry Scrolled through my /root/.bash_history to find this example: livecd-iso-to-disk --format --noverify --overlay-size-mb 128 /home/a/Desktop/Fedora-rawhide-Live-i386.iso /dev/sdg -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
Re: What's your fave--Gnome or KDE
My fave today is LXDE. In the past, it's been GNOME, XFCE, jwm/rox, fluxbox/rox, blackbox/rox, and probably a few others I've long forgotten. Tomorrow, next week, or a month from now it may well be something else. For what it's worth, it's never been Enlightenment, and it's never been KDE. Not sure why, but it's really nice to have a choice. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
Re: Moblin to Fedora via usbdrive on netbook
>From: jack craig >To: users@lists.fedoraproject.org >Sent: Fri, February 26, 2010 5:52:59 PM >Subject: Re: Moblin to Fedora via usbdrive on netbook > >>are you still running 1 GB or ram? i am concerned about how fast (or >not) my result >>netbook performance may be... > >>thx!! I'm running with no swap, 1GB RAM, and no complaints about the speed. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
Re: Moblin to Fedora via usbdrive on netbook
> >From: jack craig >To: users@lists.fedoraproject.org >Sent: Fri, February 26, 2010 3:23:11 PM >Subject: Moblin to Fedora via usbdrive on netbook > >Hi Folks, > >Its time to rip Moblin & replace with Fedora on my asus netbook. >I setup an image using the instructions on htis link... > >http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraLiveCD/USBHowTo#System_Requirements > >but upon boot, i get a short quick error msg and then moblin boots. >Has anyone successfully used the usb drive approach to load fedora on a >netbook/ > >if so, any clues to share? > >tia, jackc... I'm probably misunderstanding what you're trying to do, but here's how I do it: on my Aspire One: 1. Download a live cd 2. Install livecd-tools 3. use livecd-iso-to-disk to place the iso image on a bootable USB stick 4. Boot from the USB stick and select install on hard drive -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
Re: Setting custom screen resolution
- Original Message > From: Bill Davidsen > To: users@lists.fedoraproject.org > Sent: Thu, February 25, 2010 11:17:55 AM > Subject: Setting custom screen resolution > > I remember there being a app which helped generate custom parameters for > video > drivers. I would like to get some custom resolutions: > 768x12426 > 900x14562 >1024x16568 >1920x1186 >1280x791 >1024x632 > > Does anyone have a low effort way to generate mode lines? > gtf x y refresh [-v|--verbose] [-f|--fbmode] [-x|--xorgmode] -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
Re: Help! - F12 Nvidia boot errors
Here's how I do it: 1. Manually run the nvidia driver installer 2. (as root:) modprobe nvidia -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
Re: Fedora 12 + nvidia driver 190.53 + nvidia GeForce GT 130M + Acer Aspire 5739 = six little desktop on display instead of a desktop
- Original Message > From: Ambrogio > There is someone that can help me on solve this 2 problems? First to > send the bug report (even from command line), and above all to obtain > the X working? > > Tnx > Ambrogio What I've done for my desktop PC is to run gtf to get a proper modeline, then insert that modeline into xorg.conf. FWIW: ~$ gtf 1366 768 60 # 1368x768 @ 60.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 47.70 kHz; pclk: 85.86 MHz Modeline "1368x768_60.00" 85.86 1368 1440 1584 1800 768 769 772 795 -HSync +Vsync -- 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/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: Two screwey things about wwthe Firefox on my F12 machine
- Original Message > From: Aaron Konstam > To: users > Sent: Tue, January 26, 2010 2:03:58 PM > Subject: Two screwey things about wwthe Firefox on my F12 machine > The other on is so idiosyncratic that I doubt a comprehensive > explanation can be offered but maybe some hints of where to look for the > answer might help. I can (as far as I have tested) open up any webpage I > want except the webpage: > > > http://www.tiaa-cref.org > > When I try to open the above site begins to load and then Firefox > crashes. Opening the site in konqueror works. Any thoughts. > Never had a problem with Firefox on the tiaa-cref site (other than forgetting my password) going all the way back to the days Firefox was known as Phoenix. Currently running Firefox 3.5.6 (x86_64) w/ extensions: Adblock Plus, ColorfulTabs, Duplicate Tab, Flashblock, Neo Diggler, Oldbar, SQLite Manager, User Agent Switcher and plugins: flash 10.0.r32, totem-mozplugin, nspluginwrapper, and java-1.6.0-openjdk-plugin -- 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/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: How to Install Nvidia and not Nouveau at New Install
- Original Message > From: François Patte > To: Community support for Fedora users > Sent: Mon, January 25, 2010 1:50:30 AM > Subject: Re: How to Install Nvidia and not Nouveau at New Install > > Le 25/01/2010 04:27, Jim a écrit : > > FC12-X86_64/KDE > > > > How do I prevent Nouveau driver from installing at New install , so I > > can install > > Nvidia ? > > Why do you want to do this? You can install nvidia driver afterwards I can't speak (or write) for the OP, but on my system, both nv and nouveau just don't work. As for the OP's question, perhaps switching distros? I'm quite content to install the nvidia driver manually - it's a price I willingly pay for my choice of hardware and Fedora. -- 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/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
