Re: Sudo and gtksu

Il Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:05:18 -0800, suvayu ali ha scritto: > why dont you use polkit? it gives you more control than gksudo, and much > more secure. I'll do. I just know now about it being the Right Thing. ;-) Any pointer? -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: http

Re: preupgrade with local repo

On 12/09/2009 05:41 AM, idwsh6...@sneakemail.com wrote: > I tried to use preupgrade with a modified releases.txt that points to a local > repository. But preupgrade is still going to the mirrors over the internet. > Does anyone have an example releases.txt that demonstrates how to do > preupgrad

Re: How do I disable coredumps on F12?

Andre Costa wrote: > Hi Rick, thks for the reply. Comments below: > > On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 23:12, Rick Stevens > wrote: > > On 12/08/2009 03:44 PM, Andre Costa wrote: > > Hi, > > apps crashes are generating coredumps on /var/cache/abrt/* ; > sin

Re: Sound volumes giving you fits?

Thanks, Michael ! Your note help a lot to my ears. 2009/9/8 Michael Cronenworth > It might be that new "feature" implemented in F11 called "flat volumes." In > an attempt to copy Windows, for only God knows why, the PA folks made your > apps change the system volume. This, coupled with a bug in

Booting ssparkly new F12 install, error 13 from grub.

Greets; I finally said to hell with it and let F12 install itself on /dev/sdb with all its defaults. I was surprised on the reboot when my usual grub menu from /dev/sda was all that showed up, no mention of an F12 install at all. So, since I had blown away a centos install to put F12 on /dev/sdb

Re: How do I disable coredumps on F12?

Hi Rick, thks for the reply. Comments below: On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 23:12, Rick Stevens wrote: > On 12/08/2009 03:44 PM, Andre Costa wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> apps crashes are generating coredumps on /var/cache/abrt/* ; since I >> won't debug them myself and won't send them anywhere because they're

Re: How do I disable coredumps on F12?

On 12/08/2009 03:44 PM, Andre Costa wrote: Hi, apps crashes are generating coredumps on /var/cache/abrt/* ; since I won't debug them myself and won't send them anywhere because they're too big, I would like to turn them off. I tried uncommenting #* softcore0 on /e

Re: Sudo and gtksu

2009/12/8 davide : > Il Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:20:47 +0100, davide ha scritto: > >> Hi, I would like to replicate Ubuntu behaviour about the superuser. I >> replaced the Fedora /etc/sudoers with one from an ubuntu box. >> >> Any other step to replicate replicate also in the Gnome Desktop? I would >> l

Re: Grub2, /boot, and lvm

On 12/08/2009 07:45 AM, Tom H wrote: hat you had asked for this info. >>> This is from the Grub 2 wiki: >>> http://grub.enbug.org/LVMandRAID > >> Thank you Tom, its much appreciated, but you forgot that you have >> already posted that. :) > > You're welcome. By the end of this week I will have do

Problems with tomcat on F12

I'm having problems with tomcat connecting to a mysql database The following file works when placed in directory tests under tomcat's /usr/share/tomcat6/webapps/ROOT/tests directory <%...@page language="java" contentType="text/html"%> <%...@page import="java.sql.*"%> JDBC test <% Class.forName(

Re: Selinux problems

James Allsopp writes: >I keep getting this SELinux issue, This is a new install of Fedora 12, and >I just copied all of my home directory back to this machine from an >external after install. I've tried running "restorecon /home" but no >change. ... > You can execute the following command as root

preupgrade with local repo

I tried to use preupgrade with a modified releases.txt that points to a local repository. But preupgrade is still going to the mirrors over the internet. Does anyone have an example releases.txt that demonstrates how to do preupgrade from a completely local yum repository. Here was my releases.

How do I disable coredumps on F12?

Hi, apps crashes are generating coredumps on /var/cache/abrt/* ; since I won't debug them myself and won't send them anywhere because they're too big, I would like to turn them off. I tried uncommenting #* softcore0 on /etc/security/limits.conf but it did not work,

How to read/write to diskette

Hello, I have f12 just Installed every thing is OK so far other than I can't read/write to a diskette, the icon appears in the desktop, if I click on it shows empty if I drag and drop a file to the diskette icon give me an error "there was an error copying the file into /media/disk, error opening f

Re: Plan for Thunderbird in F12?

On 12/07/2009 04:23 PM, Rahul Sundaram wrote: On 12/08/2009 05:35 AM, Steven Stern wrote: We've been running on Thunderbird 3, beta 4 for a while now. The current beta release is RC2, released on 12/1. Is the plan to stay on beta 4 until the release of version 3 or will the updates repo pi

Right mouse button emulation in Fedora 12 PPC?

I have a Powerbook G4 and i need to use the right mouse button REALLY BAD. Is there any way i can have a cmd-click or opt-click type thing? Thanks -- ___ WHAT!?!? -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidel

No sound after upgrade from 11 to 12

I have an HP DV6-1030ca, I could get sound with an alsa fix in F11 by creating an /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf with 'options snd-hda-intel model=hp-m4 enable_msi=1' but his no longer works in 12, I have tried every incantation I could scour on the net for some time. Anyone got a hint? Thanks

Re: Listing obsolete installed packages

On Tue, Dec 08, 2009 at 14:14:39 -0600, Robert Nichols wrote: > I'd like to make a list of currently installed packages that are > not present in any currently enabled repo. Anyone know a > straightforward way to do that? Note that obsolete packages can still be in a repo. They aren't supposed

Re: Listing obsolete installed packages

Le mardi 08 décembre 2009 à 14:14 -0600, Robert Nichols a écrit : > I'd like to make a list of currently installed packages that are > not present in any currently enabled repo. Anyone know a > straightforward way to do that? > > -- > Bob Nichols "NOSPAM" is really part of my email address.

nautilus does not display linux network places

I have submitter bugzilla bug 545535 In F12 when you open a nautilus Windows and try to display Places->Network, Windows computers on the LAN are displayed but not Linux computers. In F11 this worked correctly. Does this work correctly for the rest of you. If so could you guess what I am doing wr

Re: Listing obsolete installed packages

On 09-12-08 15:14:39, Robert Nichols wrote: > I'd like to make a list of currently installed packages that are > not present in any currently enabled repo. Anyone know a > straightforward way to do that? package-cleanup --orphans -- __

Listing obsolete installed packages

I'd like to make a list of currently installed packages that are not present in any currently enabled repo. Anyone know a straightforward way to do that? -- Bob Nichols "NOSPAM" is really part of my email address. Do NOT delete it. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@red

Re: Failure running system-config-httpd

On Sun, 2009-12-06 at 17:22 -0700, Paolo Galtieri wrote: > I ran system-config-httpd on F12 today and it failed with: > > [r...@peglaptop php]# system-config-httpd > *** buffer overflow detected ***: /usr/bin/python terminated > === Backtrace: = > > 3e51034000-3e51036000 rw-p 00034000

Triple monitor/dual card issues with F12.

After upgrading to F12 and trying out Nouveau, it doesn't appear that it supports multiple nvidia video cards which means I need to drop back to the nvidia blob drivers, fair enough. However, once I get that up and running X locks up while gnome loads. Its fine with multiple displays on one card,

Re: Sudo and gtksu

Il Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:20:47 +0100, davide ha scritto: > Hi, I would like to replicate Ubuntu behaviour about the superuser. I > replaced the Fedora /etc/sudoers with one from an ubuntu box. > > Any other step to replicate replicate also in the Gnome Desktop? I would > like to use *MY* password t

Sudo and gtksu

Hi, I would like to replicate Ubuntu behaviour about the superuser. I replaced the Fedora /etc/sudoers with one from an ubuntu box. Any other step to replicate replicate also in the Gnome Desktop? I would like to use *MY* password to start programs requiring superusers previleges. -- fedora-l

Re: Fedora on Macbook Air?

> But how to get the Air to try to boot from the USB port? Try booting with "c" pressed (it is supposed to be for CDs/DVDs but it might work with a bootable external drive or with "Command-Option-Shift-Delete" (it may not work with Intel Macs like the Air though). -- fedora-list mailing list fed

Re: Grub2, /boot, and lvm

2009/12/8 Tom H : From Suvayu Ali (in the "Getting rid of /boot" thread) Could you please point me to the documentation for this? I would really like to read up more and understand what limitations/advantages I might have as I have been waiting for this to be included since F10.

Re: Fedora on Macbook Air?

On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 11:23 AM, Colin Paul Adams wrote: > > "Dan" == Dan Burkland writes: > >Dan> I don't personally own a MacBook Air however I'm sure you >Dan> could make a bootable USB drive and install Fedora from that. > > I don't have a USB stick of sufficient size. I do howeve

Re: Fedora on Macbook Air?

> "Dan" == Dan Burkland writes: Dan> I don't personally own a MacBook Air however I'm sure you Dan> could make a bootable USB drive and install Fedora from that. I don't have a USB stick of sufficient size. I do however have a USB disk drive which works fine with it. But how to get

RE: Fedora on Macbook Air?

I don't personally own a MacBook Air however I'm sure you could make a bootable USB drive and install Fedora from that. Regards, Dan Burkland -Original Message- From: fedora-list-boun...@redhat.com [mailto:fedora-list-boun...@redhat.com] On Behalf Of Colin Paul Adams Sent: Tuesday,

Fedora on Macbook Air?

Is there a way to install fedora on a Macbook air (as the sole operating system)? -- Colin Adams Preston Lancashire -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/Mailing

including pam_radius_auth package in distribution

fedora-list: Does anyone know why pam_radius_auth has never made it into the Fedora/EPEL/RHEL distribution stream? http://freeradius.org/pam_radius_auth/ The tarball includes a .spec that can easily be modified to support all the vaious platforms in the mix. It sure would be nice to have this i

Re: Cron Monthly abnormality in FC12

On Tuesday 08 December 2009 08:34:52 Joerg Bergmann wrote: > Am Dienstag, den 08.12.2009, 07:59 -0500 schrieb Tom Horsley: > > On Tue, 8 Dec 2009 12:14:49 + > > Or even more effective is moving everything out of /etc/anacrontab > > to explicit entries in /etc/crontab to effectively completely d

Re: OT [but very interesting] Coimputer design]

On Tue, 2009-12-08 at 08:31 -0600, Aaron Konstam wrote: > How does this computer design strike you? > > > Video: Amazing Computer portable computer > http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=7H0K1k54t6A Since you ask... One thing that immediately struck me as being obviously dumb, when you consid

Re: OT [but very interesting] Coimputer design]

On Tue, Dec 08, 2009 at 08:31:10AM -0600, Aaron Konstam wrote: > > How does this computer design strike you? looks "wikkid k001", but likely very pricey. -- Fred Smith -- fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us - "For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than

Re: F12 Wireless disabled with kernel 2.6.31.6-162

John W. Linville-2 wrote: > > On Mon, Dec 07, 2009 at 09:32:01PM -0800, Richard England wrote: >> pro/wireless 2200BG in a Dell Latitude D410. F12 Fully updated (as of 7 >> December). >> >> With Kernel 2.6.31.6-162.fc12.i686 the wireless is completely >> disabled. This was the latest kerne

OT [but very interesting] Coimputer design]

How does this computer design strike you? Video: Amazing Computer portable computer http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=7H0K1k54t6A -- === It is a human characteristic to love little animals, especially if they're attractive

Re: F12 Wireless disabled with kernel 2.6.31.6-162

On Mon, Dec 07, 2009 at 09:32:01PM -0800, Richard England wrote: > pro/wireless 2200BG in a Dell Latitude D410. F12 Fully updated (as of 7 > December). > > With Kernel 2.6.31.6-162.fc12.i686 the wireless is completely > disabled. This was the latest kernel installed. > > Backing down to kerne

Re: Installing Fedora-12 from USB

R. G. Newbury wrote: > > >I've been trying to install Fedora-12 from a memory stick > > >to which I have transferred the KDE Live CD > > >using livecd-iso-to-disk . > If you have a reasonably recent ASUS mb with an AMi BIOS, setting it to > boot from USB is rather obscure. You need to plug in

Re: Cron Monthly abnormality in FC12

On Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:34:52 +0100 Joerg Bergmann wrote: > If you tell anacron to run the program monthly, > it will run the program at an appropriate time the PC is switched on. Almost correct, but what it actually does is unerringly detect the most inappropriate possible time to run the job an

Re: Cron Monthly abnormality in FC12

Am Dienstag, den 08.12.2009, 07:59 -0500 schrieb Tom Horsley: > On Tue, 8 Dec 2009 12:14:49 + > Simon Andrews wrote: > > > I'd suggest you remove this job from cron.monthly and put an explicit > > entry into /etc/crontab which delivers your calendars on the first of > > the month. > > Or e

Re: Cron Monthly abnormality in FC12

On Tue, 8 Dec 2009 12:14:49 + Simon Andrews wrote: > I'd suggest you remove this job from cron.monthly and put an explicit > entry into /etc/crontab which delivers your calendars on the first of > the month. Or even more effective is moving everything out of /etc/anacrontab to explicit entr

Re: Grub2, /boot, and lvm

>>> From Suvayu Ali (in the "Getting rid of /boot" thread) >>> Could you please point me to the documentation for this? I would >>> really like to read up more and understand what limitations/advantages >>> I might have as I have been waiting for this to be included since F10. >> Sorry Suvayu. Jus

Re: Cron Monthly abnormality in FC12

Mikkel wrote: I ran into something strange with cron in FC12. The monthly cron jobs ran on December 2nd, instead of December 1st. The system was up continually from before November 30th, until after December 2nd. But for some strange reason the monthly jobs were run on the 2nd. This is a problem

Re: kernel-2.6.31.6-162.fc12.x86_64 causes kernel panic

On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 10:26 PM, Sam Sharpe wrote: >> Have you noticed this bug >> >> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=545043 > > Nope. Just updated and rebooted to check: > > [...@samlap ~]$ uname -a > Linux samlap.fireburst.co.uk 2.6.31.6-162.fc12.x86_64 #1 SMP Fri Dec 4 > 00:06:26 ES

Re: nautilus overwrite files

Thanks all for your advices, In the past I've tried to use thunar under xfce, very good, I had some difficult accessing windows shares, but I will try to configure it properly. I will also have a look to emelfm2. [off topic] I'm coming back to fedora after a while off (fc4 or 5 I don't remember).

Re: Selinux problems

2009/12/8 James Allsopp : > Hi, > I keep getting this SELinux issue, This is a new install of Fedora 12, and I > just copied all of my home directory back to this machine from an external > after install. I've tried running "restorecon /home" but no change. What about the following restorecon flag

Selinux problems

Hi, I keep getting this SELinux issue, This is a new install of Fedora 12, and I just copied all of my home directory back to this machine from an external after install. I've tried running "restorecon /home" but no change. Any ideas, James Summary: SELinux is preventing access to files with t

Re: Installing Fedora-12 from USB

Gene Heskett writes: > What is the rational for demanding that /root be a directory on /, and not a > separate partition? See at: root's home dir has traditionally been / just to ensure that it is alway present and an emergency login is likely to suceed without error. Putting it in the rootfs

Re: psacct/lastcomm shows allways root as user

On 11/28/2009 04:49 AM, Matthew Miller wrote: On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 02:04:02PM +0100, Herbert Gasiorowski wrote: On Fedora 12 lastcomm only shows root user, even for commands from other users. It seems to me that e.g. my uid is not within the /var/account/pacct file - it is allways zero - thus