[Mageia-dev] urpmi - strange read lock messages

2013-04-05 Thread Robert Fox
This is still occurring in latest Cauldron - I know the messages are harmless, but maybe they should be suppressed? Cheers, R.Fox

Re: [Mageia-dev] urpmi - strange read lock messages

2013-04-05 Thread Robert Fox
On Fri, 2013-04-05 at 15:26 +0300, Thomas Backlund wrote: Robert Fox skrev 5.4.2013 15:23: This is still occurring in latest Cauldron - I know the messages are harmless, but maybe they should be suppressed? You shouldn't get read lock messages unless you manually have aborted urpmi

[Mageia-dev] Freeze Push: Virtualbox 4.2.10

2013-03-19 Thread Robert Fox
Minor update: VirtualBox 4.2.10 (release 2013-03-15) This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or added: * GUI: fixed keyboard with XQuartz X server (bug #10664) * Main/Display: fixed a crash with multi-monitors under certain conditions (Mac OS X

Re: [Mageia-dev] Freeze Push: Virtualbox 4.2.10

2013-03-19 Thread Robert Fox
On Tue, 2013-03-19 at 13:12 +, David Walser wrote: Robert Fox list@... writes: Minor update: VirtualBox 4.2.10 (release 2013-03-15) Um, this isn't quite how freeze pushes work. It's not a request that someone update it. It's a packager saying that they've already updated

[Mageia-dev] no signature errors on latest updates

2013-03-14 Thread Robert Fox
Just updated cauldron today which had a lot of packages due to the KDE updates - but I had to manually say Y to each batch of packages because of an error stating no signatures Is there a problem with the build system and signatures? Thx, R.Fox

[Mageia-dev] Question about latest harddrake in Cauldron

2013-03-06 Thread Robert Fox
Running cauldron - latest updates. When checking the hardware configuration, I see that under Keyboard is HDA Intel entries - Not sure why (see attachment) Could anyone shed some light on this? Thanks, R.Fox attachment: snapshot2.png

[Mageia-dev] Fail2Ban vs Blockhosts vs DenyHosts vs iptable throttle for SSH

2013-02-19 Thread Robert Fox
Hello all! After reading this article: http://it.slashdot.org/story/13/02/16/2129244/ssh-password-gropers-are-now-trying-high-ports?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanonutm_medium=feed I have been using Blockhosts (http://www.aczoom.com/blockhosts) for many years now without issue (I also use a

Re: [Mageia-dev] Fail2Ban vs Blockhosts vs DenyHosts vs iptable throttle for SSH

2013-02-19 Thread Robert Fox
On Tue, 2013-02-19 at 12:35 +0100, Guillaume Rousse wrote: Le 19/02/2013 12:20, fi...@linuxbsdos.com a écrit : If that's how you feel about having a program like DenyHosts running by default, do you feel the same way about having a firewall running and configured out of the box. Is a

[Mageia-dev] Huh? Urpmi package numbers . . .

2013-02-09 Thread Robert Fox
Since latest Cauldron updates - the urpmi process seems to be lying about the number of packages - In this example, it say 293 packages - but when it starts, it says 1/582 -?? Huh? urpmi --auto-update -v SNIP: 71MB of additional disk space will be used. 174MB of packages will be retrieved.

[Mageia-dev] Segfault with new LibreOffice packages

2013-01-31 Thread Robert Fox
kernel: soffice.bin[4875]: segfault at 105cc098f ip 7f9d7d720907 sp 7fff9135ccd0 error 4 in libicule.so.50.1.2[7f9d7d70e000+3e000] Before I raise a bug, I want to check if I am the only one here . . . Since last updates of LibreOffice in cauldron - I can not start it: [rfox@ThinkFox ~]$

[Mageia-dev] Trying to install Google Musicmanager under Cauldron

2013-01-14 Thread Robert Fox
[root@ThinkFox Downloads]# urpmi google-musicmanager-beta_current_x86_64.rpm A requested package cannot be installed: google-musicmanager-beta-1.0.54.4672-0.x86_64 (due to unsatisfied qtwebkit) Continue installation anyway? (Y/n) While some packages may have been installed, there were failures.

[Mageia-dev] Your Firefox is out of date. Get the newest version here.

2013-01-09 Thread Robert Fox
After latest Cauldron updates - Firefox was updated to 17.0.2 ESR But when it first starts, I get a page which states: Your Firefox is out of date. Get the newest version here. The latest is 18 Is this the intended action?? Thx, R.Fox

[Mageia-dev] Problem with urpmq ??

2012-12-26 Thread Robert Fox
[root@mainfox rfox]# urpmq ssh No package named ssh [root@mainfox rfox]# urpmq sshd No package named sshd [root@mainfox rfox]# urpmq kernel No package named kernel [root@mainfox rfox]# urpmq kde No package named kde Doesn't seem to work anymore . . . Merry XMas - R.Fox

[Mageia-dev] problems with latest update

2012-12-10 Thread Robert Fox
Sorry, the following packages cannot be selected: - lib64goa-gir1.0-3.6.2-2.mga3.x86_64 - lib64goa1.0_0-3.6.2-2.mga3.x86_64 (due to unsatisfied »······gnome-online-accounts[= 3.6.2]) Strange. R.Fox

Re: [Mageia-dev] strange GTK theme issue under KDE

2012-12-05 Thread Robert Fox
On Wed, 2012-12-05 at 13:51 +0100, Jan Ciger wrote: See: http://wstaw.org/m/2012/12/05/plasma-desktopeX2766.png Background is properly rendered, (unlike in your screenshot) and all buttons are present before hovering. So that I am clueless. Just a shot in

[Mageia-dev] strange GTK theme issue under KDE

2012-12-04 Thread Robert Fox
When using Evolution under KDE - certain elements do not show up until I move the mouse over them (see snapshot) Is this a theme issue? This also happens in Libreoffice during the printing dialog - many elements in the window re missing until I move the mouse over them . . . Cheers, R.Fox

[Mageia-dev] Evolution segfaults when trying to confirm a calendar invite

2012-11-28 Thread Robert Fox
Nov 28 13:17:33 ThinkFox kernel: evolution[11598]: segfault at 74 ip 7f81c6342533 sp 7fff9be95c08 error 4 in libwebkitgtk-3.0.so.0.17.4[7f81c5c7c000+17cd000] Nov 28 13:17:53 ThinkFox kernel: traps: evolution[11958] general protection ip:7fb7414405a1 sp:7fffde035338 error:0 in

Re: [Mageia-dev] Evolution segfaults when trying to confirm a calendar invite

2012-11-28 Thread Robert Fox
On Wed, 2012-11-28 at 12:31 +, Pascal Terjan wrote: On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 12:21 PM, Robert Fox l...@foxconsult.net wrote: Nov 28 13:17:33 ThinkFox kernel: evolution[11598]: segfault at 74 ip 7f81c6342533 sp 7fff9be95c08 error 4 in libwebkitgtk-3.0.so.0.17.4[7f81c5c7c000

[Mageia-dev] Can't win - or, best of both worlds . . .!

2012-11-23 Thread Robert Fox
There has been much discussion over the KDE NetApplet and the lack of reliability with it - on my laptop (Thinkpad X220) it crashes regularly and I can't get it to switch between WWAN0 and WLAN0 without failing. Strangely, under Gnome - the Gnome network manager works flawlessly. I can easily

Re: [Mageia-dev] Can't win - or, best of both worlds . . .!

2012-11-23 Thread Robert Fox
On Fr, 2012-11-23 at 06:14 -0300, John Balcaen wrote: If the problem if with net_applet that networkmanager does work for you under gnome, why not simply using the plasma-applet-networkmanagement in kde ? (You did of course report bug crash for the netapplet ? ) I will try the

Re: [Mageia-dev] Can't win - or, best of both worlds . . .!

2012-11-23 Thread Robert Fox
On Fri, 2012-11-23 at 06:44 -0300, John Balcaen wrote: Le 23 nov. 2012 06:37, Robert Fox l...@foxconsult.net a écrit : On Fr, 2012-11-23 at 06:14 -0300, John Balcaen wrote: If the problem if with net_applet that networkmanager does work for you under gnome, why not simply using

Re: [Mageia-dev] Problem with Totem packages?

2012-11-21 Thread Robert Fox
On Mi, 2012-11-21 at 15:50 +0100, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: 2012/11/21 Olav Vitters o...@vitters.nl: On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 02:32:32PM +0100, Pierre Jarillon wrote: Le mercredi 21 novembre 2012 13:29:26, Olav Vitters a écrit : On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 02:11:40AM +0100, Pierre Jarillon wrote:

Re: [Mageia-dev] Broken Mageia-Update (Urpmi)

2012-11-19 Thread Robert Fox
On Mon, 2012-11-19 at 16:57 +0200, Sander Lepik wrote: 18.11.2012 17:09, Thomas Spuhler kirjutas: On Sunday, November 18, 2012 05:20:09 AM Anssi Hannula wrote: 18.11.2012 13:30, Thierry Vignaud kirjoitti: On 18 November 2012 11:38, Anssi Hannula an...@mageia.org wrote: Bug has been filed:

[Mageia-dev] Problem with Totem packages?

2012-11-19 Thread Robert Fox
Some requested packages cannot be installed: totem-3.6.3-2.mga3.x86_64 (due to unsatisfied gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad-1.0.2-2.mga3.i586) totem-mozilla-3.6.3-2.mga3.x86_64 (due to unsatisfied totem-3.6.3-2.mga3.i586) Continue installation anyway? Since yesterday there seems to be a problem

[Mageia-dev] Broken Mageia-Update (Urpmi)

2012-11-17 Thread Robert Fox
Bug has been filed: https://bugs.mageia.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=looping+forever Updating Cauldron is broken as of this morning - [root@mainfox rfox]# urpmi --auto-update -v getting lock on urpmi using mirror http://mirror.tuxinator.org/mageia/distrib/cauldron/x86_64 retrieved $MIRRORLIST

[Mageia-dev] Can't start LibreOffice since last update

2012-11-09 Thread Robert Fox
[rfox@mainfox ~]$ libreoffice /usr/lib64/libreoffice/program/soffice.bin: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib64/libreoffice/program/libvcllo.so: undefined symbol: _ZNK3icu14LEFontInstance10getSubFontEPKDsPiiiR11LEErrorCode Anyone else??

[Mageia-dev] shutdown stalls

2012-09-17 Thread Robert Fox
Using Cauldron, all machines will not shutdown (using KDE) when clicking on turn off computer I get dropped into a text screen and it hangs - only when I hit ctrl-alt-del does the shutdown process continue, but the system then reboots. This is happening on four different types of machines. I

[Mageia-dev] Strange message in Firefox

2012-09-06 Thread Robert Fox
When I open a site with video, a strange pop-up comes up and says: Couldn't load the '/usr/share/totem/mozilla-viewer.ui' interface. Invalid object type `TotemGlowButton' Make sure that Totem is properly installed. [rfox@ThinkFox ~]$ locate mozilla-viewer /usr/share/totem/mozilla-viewer.css

Re: [Mageia-dev] Missing in Action - 3G F5521gw

2012-08-10 Thread Robert Fox
/proc/bus/ doesn't have usb anymore: [root@ThinkFox rfox]# ls /proc/bus/ input/ pci/ Should I raise a bug? Thx, R.Fox On Wed, 2012-03-28 at 09:15 +0100, Colin Guthrie wrote: 'Twas brillig, and Robert Fox at 27/03/12 20:11 did gyre and gimble: Since recent Cauldron updates, I can't get my 3G card

[Mageia-dev] Issue with latest Evolution (evolution-3.5.5-1.mga3)

2012-08-08 Thread Robert Fox
Lately, Evolution as been acting a bit odd - I have always had it set up under Mail Preferences - HTML Messages - Loading Images - set to Never Load Images from the Internet When I want to load the messages, I just click Ctrl-i and it would normally load the images. Now, if I click on Ctrl-i - a

Re: [Mageia-dev] Missing in Action - 3G F5521gw

2012-08-07 Thread Robert Fox
/proc/bus/ doesn't have usb anymore: [root@ThinkFox rfox]# ls /proc/bus/ input/ pci/ Should I raise a bug? Thx, R.Fox On Wed, 2012-03-28 at 09:15 +0100, Colin Guthrie wrote: 'Twas brillig, and Robert Fox at 27/03/12 20:11 did gyre and gimble: Since recent Cauldron updates, I can't get my 3G card

Re: [Mageia-dev] net_applet segfaulting

2012-07-02 Thread Robert Fox
On Sun, 2012-07-01 at 18:15 +0300, Shlomi Fish wrote: On Sun, 01 Jul 2012 14:55:25 +0200 Robert Fox l...@foxconsult.net wrote: On Tue, 2012-06-19 at 19:46 +0200, Thierry Vignaud wrote: On 19 June 2012 16:01, Robert Fox l...@foxconsult.net wrote: So for some unexplained reason

[Mageia-dev] Evolution strange menus

2012-07-02 Thread Robert Fox
I use KDE under Cauldrun and Evolution - and Oxygen-gtk style - tried others but it got worse . . . how can I reset to default style for Evolution?? Thx, R.Fox attachment: evolution.png

Re: [Mageia-dev] net_applet segfaulting

2012-07-01 Thread Robert Fox
On Tue, 2012-06-19 at 19:46 +0200, Thierry Vignaud wrote: On 19 June 2012 16:01, Robert Fox l...@foxconsult.net wrote: So for some unexplained reason it segfaults and I have to start it again. Please: 1) install perl-debug glibc-debug perl-Glib-debug perl-Gtk2-debug gtk2.0-debug gdb 2

[Mageia-dev] Streamtuner Streamripper - MIA

2012-06-24 Thread Robert Fox
I just discovered to my dismay that Streamtuner and Streamripper are no longer available as packages in Mageia - These programs, although no longer supported, worked quite well - and I can't seem to find a good alternative yet (for recording Internet radio) under Linux - Is it possible to have

[Mageia-dev] net_applet segfaulting

2012-06-19 Thread Robert Fox
I use a UMTS card on my laptop - and use net_applet to reactivate the card (with PIN) when I awake the machine from sleep. From KDE - frequently when I click on net_applet to further click on Manage Wireless Networks - sometimes it disappears - After running it from the cli - I get: Cannot

Re: [Mageia-dev] net_applet segfaulting

2012-06-19 Thread Robert Fox
On Tue, 2012-06-19 at 19:46 +0200, Thierry Vignaud wrote: On 19 June 2012 16:01, Robert Fox l...@foxconsult.net wrote: So for some unexplained reason it segfaults and I have to start it again. Please: 1) install perl-debug glibc-debug perl-Glib-debug perl-Gtk2-debug gtk2.0-debug gdb 2

[Mageia-dev] Skype 4.0 for Linux - Package request

2012-06-15 Thread Robert Fox
I don't know about you guys, but I've been waiting for this release for some time - unfortunately, they only offer it for the other distributions: Select your Linux distribution Ubuntu 10.04 32-bit Ubuntu 10.04 64-bit Debian 6.0 32-bit Debian 6.0 64-bit Fedora 16 32bit OpenSUSE 12.1 32bit I run

Re: [Mageia-dev] Skype 4.0 for Linux - Package request

2012-06-15 Thread Robert Fox
On Fri, 2012-06-15 at 10:40 +0200, D.Morgan wrote: On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 10:25 AM, Robert Fox l...@foxconsult.net wrote: I don't know about you guys, but I've been waiting for this release for some time - unfortunately, they only offer it for the other distributions: Select your Linux

[Mageia-dev] Don't get it -

2012-06-09 Thread Robert Fox
I have a newly installed Mageia 2 box which I then updated to Cauldron - When I try to install the Newshosting client (which worked before) - I get the following: [rfox@foxbase Downloads]$ ./newshosting-1.2.1-linux-installer.run

Re: [Mageia-dev] Don't get it -

2012-06-09 Thread Robert Fox
On Sat, 2012-06-09 at 15:32 +0200, Guillaume Rousse wrote: Le 09/06/2012 15:24, Robert Fox a écrit : Error: There has been an error. Error running /home/rfox/newshosting-1.2.1/newshosting.sh : /home/rfox/newshosting-1.2.1/newshosting: error while loading shared libraries: libgthread

[Mageia-dev] Bad signatures with latest updates

2012-05-31 Thread Robert Fox
The following packages have bad signatures: /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/drakxtools-14.21-1.mga3.x86_64.rpm: Missing signature (OK ((none))) /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/drakxtools-backend-14.21-1.mga3.x86_64.rpm: Missing signature (OK ((none))) /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/drakxtools-curses-14.21-1.mga3.x86_64.rpm:

Re: [Mageia-dev] Strange system stalls - neep a tip

2012-05-22 Thread Robert Fox
On Tue, 2012-05-22 at 12:11 +0200, AL13N wrote: On 21/05/12 18:11, Robert Fox wrote: Any hints what I could check? At first I though this was Firefox related (like flash problem or something) because it was most noticeable when I surfed - firefox freezes off

[Mageia-dev] Strange system stalls - neep a tip

2012-05-21 Thread Robert Fox
Hello All - I am experiencing a strange problem with a specific machine running Cauldron. I am beginning to believe it is NOT a Mageia problem because when I boot into Ubuntu 12.04 the problem exists as well. I think it may be hardware related but I can not find what is causing this issue. The

Re: [Mageia-dev] Strange system stalls - neep a tip

2012-05-21 Thread Robert Fox
On Mon, 2012-05-21 at 19:50 +0200, David Sjölin wrote: On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 7:33 PM, AL13N al...@rmail.be wrote: perhaps check the logs (/var/log/messages) for information regarding those downtimes. see if the ping also delays perhaps try to monitor something via ssh or in tty, to

[Mageia-dev] freeze push: request Gimp 2.8 regarding single window interface!

2012-05-06 Thread Robert Fox
Gimp 2.8 stable has been released http://www.gimp.org/ It is a MAJOR improvement! Would be nice to squeeze it in to Mageia 2 release . . Thx, R.Fox

[Mageia-dev] What's with all the fedora named services in Drakxservice??

2012-05-06 Thread Robert Fox
I wanted to check something using drakxservices and noticed here are 8 separate sevices starting with the name fedora in them (fedora-autorelabel, fedora-readonly, fedora-configure) Not all services are running and I am not sure what each of these does. More disturbing is why they are called

Re: [Mageia-dev] What's with all the fedora named services in Drakxservice??

2012-05-06 Thread Robert Fox
On Sun, 2012-05-06 at 15:09 +0100, Colin Guthrie wrote: Jeeze, first people complain draxservices doesn't show all systemd service and now that I fixed that people complain they show them... I can't win :p Thanks for your prompt response Colin - just was inquiring! Maybe disturbing was a

Re: [Mageia-dev] Release blocker bugs

2012-04-23 Thread Robert Fox
On Mon, 2012-04-23 at 11:51 +0100, Colin Guthrie wrote: 'Twas brillig, and Anne Nicolas at 23/04/12 10:33 did gyre and gimble: #3375crirelLinut...@iki.fiNEW---after hibernation system starts booting from scratch Oh and I think I fixed this one last week but

[Mageia-dev] Sleep once, never again . .

2012-04-03 Thread Robert Fox
I have a Thinkpad x220 notebook running latest Cauldron in KDE. When I close the lid, the system goes to sleep mode - and it awakes fine. If I close the lid again, the system will not sleep. When I choose logout, turn off computer and then sleep to ram it also doesn't do anything. So the

Re: [Mageia-dev] Sleep once, never again . .

2012-04-03 Thread Robert Fox
On Tue, 2012-04-03 at 13:40 +0100, Pascal Terjan wrote: On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 13:10, Robert Fox l...@foxconsult.net wrote: I have a Thinkpad x220 notebook running latest Cauldron in KDE. When I close the lid, the system goes to sleep mode - and it awakes

[Mageia-dev] Creating PDFs from a scanned document

2012-03-31 Thread Robert Fox
Just a quick question to the experts out there . . . I have an HP J5780 All-in-One device - and use the HP Device Manager software under Mageia - When I scan a document into a PDF, the converted document is rather large (5MB) in comparison to the same document scanned under Windows 7 and the HP

Re: [Mageia-dev] Creating PDFs from a scanned document

2012-03-31 Thread Robert Fox
On Sat, 2012-03-31 at 11:05 +0100, Pascal Terjan wrote: On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 10:59, Robert Fox l...@foxconsult.net wrote: Just a quick question to the experts out there . . . This would probably be better on -discuss than -dev I have an HP J5780 All-in-One device

Re: [Mageia-dev] Creating PDFs from a scanned document

2012-03-31 Thread Robert Fox
On Sat, 2012-03-31 at 11:36 +0100, Donald Stewart wrote: On 31 March 2012 11:31, Pascal Terjan pter...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 11:22, Robert Fox l...@foxconsult.net wrote: On a similar note, what ever happened to a standard PDF printer setup in the mcc (printerdrake

Re: [Mageia-dev] Missing in Action - 3G F5521gw

2012-03-28 Thread Robert Fox
On Wed, 2012-03-28 at 09:15 +0100, Colin Guthrie wrote: 'Twas brillig, and Robert Fox at 27/03/12 20:11 did gyre and gimble: Since recent Cauldron updates, I can't get my 3G card (Ericsson F5521gw) to work - looks like the modules are loading: [root@ThinkFox rfox]# lsmod | grep cdc

[Mageia-dev] Missing in Action - 3G F5521gw

2012-03-27 Thread Robert Fox
Since recent Cauldron updates, I can't get my 3G card (Ericsson F5521gw) to work - looks like the modules are loading: [root@ThinkFox rfox]# lsmod | grep cdc cdc_ncm18343 0 usbnet 32360 1 cdc_ncm cdc_acm28712 0 cdc_wdm18241 0

[Mageia-dev] KWin Segfault - sporatic

2012-03-22 Thread Robert Fox
I have been experiencing a sporadic KWin segfault crash - it can not be forced and happens very rarely. When it does happen, I can not access the KDE panel anymore, but the desktop continues to work. The only resolve it to logout and restart KDE - Here is the backtrace: KDE Application: KWin

Re: [Mageia-dev] cgroup on the desktop

2012-03-21 Thread Robert Fox
On Wed, 2012-03-21 at 16:24 +, Colin Guthrie wrote: 'Twas brillig, and Robert Fox at 20/03/12 08:13 did gyre and gimble: Tried to research it, but it look more like it is for servers than desktop. Could someone explain what the value-add is of using this on the desktop? As used

[Mageia-dev] Firefox 11?

2012-03-17 Thread Robert Fox
Just wondering whether Firefox 11 is going to make it into Mageia 2 . . . Thx, R.Fox

[Mageia-dev] March 13th, 2012 VirtualBox 4.1.10 released!

2012-03-14 Thread Robert Fox
Is it too late to get this into the distro? Cheers, R.Fox

[Mageia-dev] Fatal errors with rpm

2012-03-14 Thread Robert Fox
Since the last few updates, I am experiencing erratic RPM db errors (on more than one machine): error: rpmdb: Thread/process 3912/139787959727872 failed: Thread died in Berkeley DB library error: db4 error(-30974) from dbenv-failchk: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error, run database recovery error:

Re: [Mageia-dev] Fatal errors with rpm

2012-03-14 Thread Robert Fox
On Wed, 2012-03-14 at 18:19 +0100, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: 2012/3/14 Wolfgang Bornath molc...@googlemail.com: 2012/3/14 Wolfgang Bornath molc...@googlemail.com: 2012/3/14 Wolfgang Bornath molc...@googlemail.com: 2012/3/14 Wolfgang Bornath molc...@googlemail.com: 2012/3/14 Robert Fox l

[Mageia-dev] Bluetooth USB dongle - not showing up

2012-03-11 Thread Robert Fox
I have 3 different bluetooth usb devices and can't get anyone to work on my cauldron based box. When I insert the dongle - nothing happens, but when I pull is out I get: Mar 11 19:16:14 foxbase systemd[1]: Service bluetooth.target is not needed anymore. Stopping. lsusb shows: Bus 004 Device 005:

Re: [Mageia-dev] Bluetooth USB dongle - not showing up

2012-03-11 Thread Robert Fox
On Sun, 2012-03-11 at 19:27 +, Colin Guthrie wrote: 'Twas brillig, and Robert Fox at 11/03/12 18:20 did gyre and gimble: I have 3 different bluetooth usb devices and can't get anyone to work on my cauldron based box. When I insert the dongle - nothing happens, but when I pull is out I

Re: [Mageia-dev] Bluetooth USB dongle - not showing up

2012-03-11 Thread Robert Fox
On Sun, 2012-03-11 at 19:43 +, Colin Guthrie wrote: 'Twas brillig, and Robert Fox at 11/03/12 19:34 did gyre and gimble: On Sun, 2012-03-11 at 19:27 +, Colin Guthrie wrote: 'Twas brillig, and Robert Fox at 11/03/12 18:20 did gyre and gimble: I have 3 different bluetooth usb devices

[Mageia-dev] NVidia fallback to Nouveau after latest Kernel updates

2012-03-06 Thread Robert Fox
This was fixed once, but since the latest kernel updates (3.3.0) - the problem has returned: Since last Cauldron kernel update, I have two nvidia based system which now fallback to nouveau when starting X - stating nvidia cannot be loaded. checking in dmesg - I see that the nouveau driver

[Mageia-dev] NVidia fallback to Nouveau after latest Kernel updates

2012-03-02 Thread Robert Fox
Since last Cauldron kernel update, I have two nvidia based system which now fallback to nouveau when starting X - stating nvidia cannot be loaded. checking in dmesg - I see that the nouveau driver grabs the card before the nvidia driver can - but trying to remove the nouveau driver wants to

Re: [Mageia-dev] NVidia fallback to Nouveau after latest Kernel updates

2012-03-02 Thread Robert Fox
On Fri, 2012-03-02 at 16:44 +0100, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: 2012/3/2 EatDirt dirt...@gmail.com: On 02/03/12 09:38, Robert Fox wrote: Since last Cauldron kernel update, I have two nvidia based system which now fallback to nouveau when starting X - stating nvidia cannot be loaded. +1

[Mageia-dev] Unetbooting and extlinx - strange issue

2012-02-19 Thread Robert Fox
After installing unetbootin on my updated Cauldron box: [root@foxbase rfox]# urpmi unetbootin To satisfy dependencies, the following packages are going to be installed: PackageVersion Release Arch (medium Core Release) extlinux 4.04

[Mageia-dev] Unetbooting and extlinx - strange issue

2012-02-19 Thread Robert Fox
After installing unetbootin on my updated Cauldron box: [root@foxbase rfox]# urpmi unetbootin To satisfy dependencies, the following packages are going to be installed: PackageVersion Release Arch (medium Core Release) extlinux 4.04

[Mageia-dev] Mounting a CDROM problem

2012-02-16 Thread Robert Fox
Using latest Cauldron - I get this error when trying to mount a normal CDROM under KDE Konqueror An error occurred while accessing 'CISSP 5th Editio', the system responded: The requested operation has failed.: Error mounting: mount exited with exit code 1: helper failed with: mount: mount point

Re: [Mageia-dev] Mounting a CDROM problem

2012-02-16 Thread Robert Fox
On Thu, 2012-02-16 at 09:39 +, Colin Guthrie wrote: 'Twas brillig, and Robert Fox at 16/02/12 09:20 did gyre and gimble: Using latest Cauldron - I get this error when trying to mount a normal CDROM under KDE Konqueror An error occurred while accessing 'CISSP 5th Editio', the system

Re: [Mageia-dev] Mounting a CDROM problem

2012-02-16 Thread Robert Fox
On Thu, 2012-02-16 at 09:53 +, Colin Guthrie wrote: 'Twas brillig, and Robert Fox at 16/02/12 09:49 did gyre and gimble: Thanks for the fast response Col - I do still have hal installed, and I stopped hald, but didn't seem to help. BTW, it's safe to use drakxservices to start and stop

[Mageia-dev] USB Flash drive broken since latest Cauldron updates

2012-02-07 Thread Robert Fox
When I plug in an 8G USB (fat32) thumbdrive - I get the following errors: Feb 7 11:58:34 localhost kernel: usb 3-1: new low-speed USB device number 7 using uhci_hcd Feb 7 11:58:34 localhost kernel: usb 3-1: device descriptor read/64, error -71 Feb 7 11:58:34 localhost kernel: usb 3-1: device

Re: [Mageia-dev] Media mounting broken

2012-01-31 Thread Robert Fox
On Tue, 2012-01-31 at 10:28 +0100, JA Magallón wrote: Hi all... Since some time ago, automounting of media (USB, CD) seems gone nuts. How can I debug this ? First of all, I have udisks2 installed, not udisks, even if the later is also in the repos. I suppose newer version supersedes it, as

Re: [Mageia-dev] Media mounting broken

2012-01-31 Thread Robert Fox
On Tue, 2012-01-31 at 09:39 +, Colin Guthrie wrote: 'Twas brillig, and JA Magallón at 31/01/12 09:37 did gyre and gimble: Should not this also work on a system running just in text mode Nope. Longer term, it would be possible as systemd tracks user logins and can launch an agent to do

[Mageia-dev] KDE 4.8 updates and panel issues

2012-01-25 Thread Robert Fox
I just updated two systems to the latest Cauldron with KDE 4.8 packages - looking good, except that the panel is now in Classic Menu mode and there is no longer the option to switch to Application Launcher Menu Am I missing something? Thx, R.Fox

[Mageia-dev] Drak3d Compiz - Alpha 3

2012-01-18 Thread Robert Fox
Just installed Alpha 3 fresh on a machine - wanted to install and enable compiz, but Drak3d didn't seem to do the trick. Is the Drak3d too not yet updated for the new X and Compiz?? Thx, R.Fox

Re: [Mageia-dev] Drak3d Compiz - Alpha 3

2012-01-18 Thread Robert Fox
On Wed, 2012-01-18 at 18:50 +0100, Julien wrote: Le Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:02:17 +0100, Manuel Hiebel man...@hiebel.eu a écrit : Le mercredi 18 janvier 2012 à 15:32 +0100, Robert Fox a écrit : Just installed Alpha 3 fresh on a machine - wanted to install and enable compiz, but Drak3d

[Mageia-dev] Orphans - those poor orphans . . .

2012-01-06 Thread Robert Fox
After latest Cauldron updates, I got a real long list of suggested orphans - but I believe some of these packages are needed (like hal or basesystem-minimal) - How do I clear out the orphans - like reset the logic behind it so the correct packages will be orphaned? Or is a fresh install in

Re: [Mageia-dev] Orphans - those poor orphans . . .

2012-01-06 Thread Robert Fox
On Fri, 2012-01-06 at 12:32 +0200, Shlomi Fish wrote: On Fri, 06 Jan 2012 11:16:52 +0100 Robert Fox l...@foxconsult.net wrote: After latest Cauldron updates, I got a real long list of suggested orphans - but I believe some of these packages are needed (like hal or basesystem-minimal

Re: [Mageia-dev] Orphans - those poor orphans . . .

2012-01-06 Thread Robert Fox
On Fri, 2012-01-06 at 12:27 +0100, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: 2012/1/6 Robert Fox l...@foxconsult.net: After latest Cauldron updates, I got a real long list of suggested orphans - but I believe some of these packages are needed (like hal or basesystem-minimal) - How do I clear out

[Mageia-dev] Problem with latest Evolution and attachements

2011-12-28 Thread Robert Fox
Since updating to Evolution 3.3.3 in Cauldron, I have notice the program crashes (segfaults) when trying to add multiple attachments (using the CTRL key to select more than one attachment in the file dialog) When Evolution is started again, then I can recover the new message which crashed during

[Mageia-dev] Problem with latest Evolution and attachements

2011-12-28 Thread Robert Fox
Since updating to Evolution 3.3.3 in Cauldron, I have notice the program crashes (segfaults) when trying to add multiple attachments (using the CTRL key to select more than one attachment in the file dialog) When Evolution is started again, then I can recover the new message which crashed during

[Mageia-dev] Problem with latest Evolution and attachements

2011-12-28 Thread Robert Fox
Since updating to Evolution 3.3.3 in Cauldron, I have notice the program crashes (segfaults) when trying to add multiple attachments (using the CTRL key to select more than one attachment in the file dialog) When Evolution is started again, then I can recover the new message which crashed during

[Mageia-dev] New errors during boot (since latest Cauldron updates)

2011-12-06 Thread Robert Fox
The first error has been around for some time udevd (directory not writable) - but the OSINFO errors are new: Starting udev: udevd[133]: error: runtime directory '/run/udev' not writable, for now falling back to '/dev/.udev' ^[[85G[^[[1;32m OK ^[[0;39m] udevd[134]: unknown key

Re: [Mageia-dev] New errors during boot (since latest Cauldron updates)

2011-12-06 Thread Robert Fox
On Tue, 2011-12-06 at 10:04 +, Colin Guthrie wrote: 'Twas brillig, and Robert Fox at 06/12/11 09:18 did gyre and gimble: The first error has been around for some time udevd (directory not writable) - but the OSINFO errors are new: Starting udev: udevd[133]: error: runtime directory

[Mageia-dev] Starting DM service - fails during boot

2011-12-01 Thread Robert Fox
I have a Cauldron box which doesn't start DM when booted - and when I check in Drakxservices, and check start on boot - it doesn't work (resets back to not starting. Once the machine has started, I can manually start the DM service. BTW, I am NOT using systemd (although it is installed:

Re: [Mageia-dev] Major issues after latest updates

2011-11-30 Thread Robert Fox
On Wed, 2011-11-30 at 09:53 -0300, Balcaen John wrote: Le mercredi 30 novembre 2011 04:39:35, Robert Fox a écrit : Since the recent Cauldron updates - I am having serious issues under KDE and Gnome 3.2 - I think it has something to do with the latest Compiz - Now the mouse is no accurate

Re: [Mageia-dev] Teamviewer and X86_64 build . . .

2011-11-29 Thread Robert Fox
On Mon, 2011-11-28 at 21:10 +0100, Maarten Vanraes wrote: Op maandag 28 november 2011 14:40:34 schreef Michael Scherer: [...] There is several pragmatic reasons for that and, there is also some long term harm by shipping more and more proprietary software like : [...] Personally, I aim

Re: [Mageia-dev] Teamviewer and X86_64 build . . .

2011-11-29 Thread Robert Fox
On Tue, 2011-11-29 at 10:14 +0100, Oliver Burger wrote: Am Dienstag, 29. November 2011, 10:07:16 schrieb Robert Fox: We are not proposing that such packages be included in the ISOs - just available in a repository which we can trust and know that it works . . And that's the problem. As misc

Re: [Mageia-dev] Teamviewer and X86_64 build . . .

2011-11-29 Thread Robert Fox
On Tue, 2011-11-29 at 12:20 +0100, nicolas vigier wrote: On Tue, 29 Nov 2011, Robert Fox wrote: On Tue, 2011-11-29 at 11:05 +0100, nicolas vigier wrote: On Tue, 29 Nov 2011, Robert Fox wrote: If you watch what the other major distros are doing related to this topic

Re: [Mageia-dev] Teamviewer and X86_64 build . . .

2011-11-29 Thread Robert Fox
Ah... and there it is... This is how most threads like this ends up... Many users seems to forget this is a community driven distribution, so if you want something no-one of the current maintainers care about, you need to do the work, and stop expecting others to do it for you (unless

[Mageia-dev] Major issues after latest updates

2011-11-29 Thread Robert Fox
Since the recent Cauldron updates - I am having serious issues under KDE and Gnome 3.2 - I think it has something to do with the latest Compiz - Now the mouse is no accurate (can't click directly on anything - it is slightly over and to the left) - and compiz appears to be broken. Drak3d does not

Re: [Mageia-dev] Major issues after latest updates

2011-11-29 Thread Robert Fox
On Wed, 2011-11-30 at 08:39 +0100, Robert Fox wrote: Since the recent Cauldron updates - I am having serious issues under KDE and Gnome 3.2 - I think it has something to do with the latest Compiz - Now the mouse is no accurate (can't click directly on anything - it is slightly over

[Mageia-dev] Teamviewer and X86_64 build . . .

2011-11-28 Thread Robert Fox
Is there a way to get Teamviewer working under Cauldron x86_64?? [root@foxbase Download]# urpmi teamviewer_linux.rpm A requested package cannot be installed: teamviewer6-6.0.9258-1.i386 (due to unsatisfied libXdamage(x86-32)) Continue installation anyway? (Y/n) Thx, R.Fox

Re: [Mageia-dev] Teamviewer and X86_64 build . . .

2011-11-28 Thread Robert Fox
On Mon, 2011-11-28 at 11:03 +0100, Guillaume Rousse wrote: Le 28/11/2011 10:52, Robert Fox a écrit : Is there a way to get Teamviewer working under Cauldron x86_64?? [root@foxbase Download]# urpmi teamviewer_linux.rpm A requested package cannot be installed: teamviewer6-6.0.9258-1.i386

Re: [Mageia-dev] Teamviewer and X86_64 build . . .

2011-11-28 Thread Robert Fox
On Mon, 2011-11-28 at 11:03 +0100, Guillaume Rousse wrote: Le 28/11/2011 10:52, Robert Fox a écrit : Is there a way to get Teamviewer working under Cauldron x86_64?? [root@foxbase Download]# urpmi teamviewer_linux.rpm A requested package cannot be installed: teamviewer6-6.0.9258-1.i386

Re: [Mageia-dev] Teamviewer and X86_64 build . . .

2011-11-28 Thread Robert Fox
On Mon, 2011-11-28 at 12:19 +0200, Thomas Backlund wrote: Robert Fox skrev 28.11.2011 12:17: On Mon, 2011-11-28 at 11:03 +0100, Guillaume Rousse wrote: Le 28/11/2011 10:52, Robert Fox a écrit : Is there a way to get Teamviewer working under Cauldron x86_64?? [root@foxbase Download

Re: [Mageia-dev] Teamviewer and X86_64 build . . .

2011-11-28 Thread Robert Fox
On Mon, 2011-11-28 at 11:28 +0100, Kamil Rytarowski wrote: On 28.11.2011 10:52, Robert Fox wrote: Is there a way to get Teamviewer working under Cauldron x86_64?? [root@foxbase Download]# urpmi teamviewer_linux.rpm A requested package cannot be installed: teamviewer6-6.0.9258-1.i386

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