Re: Rename anaconda to cryptoconda?

2012-12-01 Thread Kevin Fenzi
On Sat, 1 Dec 2012 22:45:28 -0300 Fernando Cassia wrote: > On Sat, Dec 1, 2012 at 10:18 PM, Stephen John Smoogen > wrote: > > > Hey I have an idea.. since you are so good at designing stuff.. what > > do you want it to look like versus tearing apart some other persons > > work. > > > > perhaps

Re: Rename anaconda to cryptoconda?

2012-12-01 Thread Fernando Cassia
On Sat, Dec 1, 2012 at 10:18 PM, Stephen John Smoogen wrote: > Hey I have an idea.. since you are so good at designing stuff.. what > do you want it to look like versus tearing apart some other persons > work. > perhaps if developers in their ivory towers consulted with the actual USERS and gave

Re: Rename anaconda to cryptoconda?

2012-12-01 Thread Stephen John Smoogen
On 1 December 2012 14:15, Chris Murphy wrote: > > On Dec 1, 2012, at 1:10 PM, drago01 wrote: >>> >> >> Well the point seems to be that the partitioning screen isn't really >> obvious to him .. tbh it is kind of awkward, but it is to late to fix >> that for F18. > > This is why I've stopped all co

Anaconda Accolades

2012-12-01 Thread Peter Gueckel
No need to comment. Just want to pass on experience to those up the ladder. 1. Stupid 20-minute pause (waiting for a timeout?) before the installation got underway. 2. My Intel ipw2200 wireless simply works! One configuration at install time and it works for every boot. Wow! 3. I wasn't sure

Re: insane parted deps

2012-12-01 Thread John5342
On Sat, Dec 1, 2012 at 11:27 PM, Felix Miata wrote: > # yum remove parted > ... > Remove 1 Package (+110 Dependent packages) > ... > O_O > > e.g. > gwenview > kamera > kcalc > kde-print-manager > kdm > kmix > kwallet > kwrite > ksnapshot > okular According to repoquery: Most of Kde seems to be t

Re: Rename anaconda to cryptoconda?

2012-12-01 Thread Bob Cochran
Wow! This is a really neat tutorial. The commentary is excellent and the screen shots are high quality. I love how my mouse arrow becomes large and thick, making it easy to see, and how it changes to a pointing finger when links are moused over. Bob On 12/1/12 6:08 PM, Thomas Gilliard wrote

Re: insane parted deps (not really)

2012-12-01 Thread Rex Dieter
Felix Miata wrote: > # yum remove parted > ... > Remove 1 Package (+110 Dependent packages) > ... > O_O > > e.g. > gwenview > kamera > kcalc > kde-print-manager > kdm > kmix > kwallet > kwrite > ksnapshot > okular In particular, $ rpm -e parted error: Failed dependencies: ... libparted

Re: insane parted deps

2012-12-01 Thread Michael Schwendt
On Sat, 01 Dec 2012 18:27:17 -0500, Felix Miata wrote: > # yum remove parted > ... > Remove 1 Package (+110 Dependent packages) > ... > O_O > > e.g. > gwenview > kamera > kcalc > kde-print-manager > kdm > kmix > kwallet > kwrite > ksnapshot > okular Well, that doesn't show the direct dependenci

insane parted deps

2012-12-01 Thread Felix Miata
# yum remove parted ... Remove 1 Package (+110 Dependent packages) ... O_O e.g. gwenview kamera kcalc kde-print-manager kdm kmix kwallet kwrite ksnapshot okular -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2

Re: Rename anaconda to cryptoconda?

2012-12-01 Thread Thomas Gilliard
On 12/01/2012 02:46 PM, test-requ...@lists.fedoraproject.org wrote: - Message: 1 Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2012 12:47:43 -0700 From: Stephen John Smoogen To: For testing and quality assurance of Fedora releases Subject: Re: Ren

Re: off to a nostart F18B start

2012-12-01 Thread Chris Murphy
On Dec 1, 2012, at 2:51 PM, Peter Gueckel wrote: > Felix Miata wrote: > >> Is there any other UI on the planet where >> where a done or OK button is at the upper left? > > I guess you're not a KDE user ;-) > > SystemSettings has a button with a back arrow, which effectively has > the same fu

Re: Rename anaconda to cryptoconda?

2012-12-01 Thread Bob Cochran
Iagree with Tom on this point. I too have experience installing Linux distros. The screen shot that Tom displays is in fact a disaster of design. It does not help the user set up mount points. In fact, it entirely misses the point...pun intended. I work in IT and I wouldn't want the other techs

Re: off to a nostart F18B start

2012-12-01 Thread Felix Miata
On 2012-12-01 14:51 (GMT-0700) Peter Gueckel composed: Felix Miata wrote: Is there any other UI on the planet where where a done or OK button is at the upper left? I guess you're not a KDE user ;-) I'm a KDE-only user! SystemSettings has a button with a back arrow, which effectively h

Re: FedUp just reboots

2012-12-01 Thread Chris Murphy
On Dec 1, 2012, at 12:10 PM, Ville-Pekka Vainio wrote: > Hi all, > > I have a Lenovo Thinkpad T430 with EFI enabled and Fedora 17 installed. I > tried to use FedUp to upgrade it to Fedora 18. The first problem was that the > system for some reason had both grub-efi and grub2 installed, so Fed

Re: Rename anaconda to cryptoconda?

2012-12-01 Thread Fernando Cassia
On Sat, Dec 1, 2012 at 6:46 PM, drago01 wrote: > Pretty good summary why I think this screen is just a mess from an UI pov. Agree it´s a disaster. And if you´re a coder and you can´t take negative feedback from users, "please, go do something else". *to paraphrase a poster higher in this thread

Re: off to a nostart F18B start

2012-12-01 Thread Peter Gueckel
Felix Miata wrote: > Is there any other UI on the planet where > where a done or OK button is at the upper left? I guess you're not a KDE user ;-) SystemSettings has a button with a back arrow, which effectively has the same function as the 'done' button -- in the upper left corner! -- test m

Re: Rename anaconda to cryptoconda?

2012-12-01 Thread drago01
On Sat, Dec 1, 2012 at 10:15 PM, Chris Murphy wrote: > > On Dec 1, 2012, at 1:10 PM, drago01 wrote: >>> >> >> Well the point seems to be that the partitioning screen isn't really >> obvious to him .. tbh it is kind of awkward, but it is to late to fix >> that for F18. > > This is why I've stopped

Re: Rename anaconda to cryptoconda?

2012-12-01 Thread Chris Murphy
On Dec 1, 2012, at 1:10 PM, drago01 wrote: >> > > Well the point seems to be that the partitioning screen isn't really > obvious to him .. tbh it is kind of awkward, but it is to late to fix > that for F18. This is why I've stopped all constructive or destructive criticism of anaconda. I find

Re: Rename anaconda to cryptoconda?

2012-12-01 Thread Stephen John Smoogen
On 1 December 2012 13:51, Felix Miata wrote: > On 2012-12-01 17:16 (GMT-0700) Stephen John Smoogen composed: > >> if Tom or others would like to get the dev's attention, here is a way to >> do so... > > > You really think Joe Casual Tester suffering through that mutation would > remember so many d

Re: Rename anaconda to cryptoconda?

2012-12-01 Thread Felix Miata
On 2012-12-01 17:16 (GMT-0700) Stephen John Smoogen composed: if Tom or others would like to get the dev's attention, here is a way to do so... You really think Joe Casual Tester suffering through that mutation would remember so many details, or even care to spend so much time to be constru

Re: Rename anaconda to cryptoconda?

2012-12-01 Thread Stephen John Smoogen
On 1 December 2012 13:04, Felix Miata wrote: > On 2012-12-01 12:47 (GMT-0700) Stephen John Smoogen composed: > >> Tom Horsley wrote: > > >>> In many many years of installing all kinds of linux distros, >>> I have never encountered a more baffling and cryptic screen >>> than the one I ran into when

Re: Rename anaconda to cryptoconda?

2012-12-01 Thread drago01
On Sat, Dec 1, 2012 at 8:47 PM, Stephen John Smoogen wrote: > On 1 December 2012 12:31, Tom Horsley wrote: >> In many many years of installing all kinds of linux distros, >> I have never encountered a more baffling and cryptic screen >> than the one I ran into when I made the attempt to install >

Re: Rename anaconda to cryptoconda?

2012-12-01 Thread Felix Miata
On 2012-12-01 12:47 (GMT-0700) Stephen John Smoogen composed: Tom Horsley wrote: In many many years of installing all kinds of linux distros, I have never encountered a more baffling and cryptic screen than the one I ran into when I made the attempt to install Fedora 18 Beta from the DVD imag

Re: Rename anaconda to cryptoconda?

2012-12-01 Thread Stephen John Smoogen
On 1 December 2012 12:31, Tom Horsley wrote: > In many many years of installing all kinds of linux distros, > I have never encountered a more baffling and cryptic screen > than the one I ran into when I made the attempt to install > Fedora 18 Beta from the DVD image: > > https://bugzilla.redhat.co

Rename anaconda to cryptoconda?

2012-12-01 Thread Tom Horsley
In many many years of installing all kinds of linux distros, I have never encountered a more baffling and cryptic screen than the one I ran into when I made the attempt to install Fedora 18 Beta from the DVD image: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=882542 This has got to be the result o

FedUp just reboots

2012-12-01 Thread Ville-Pekka Vainio
Hi all, I have a Lenovo Thinkpad T430 with EFI enabled and Fedora 17 installed. I tried to use FedUp to upgrade it to Fedora 18. The first problem was that the system for some reason had both grub-efi and grub2 installed, so FedUp's grubby call failed. I fixed that by removing the grub2 packag

Re: bugzilla question

2012-12-01 Thread Matthew Miller
On Sat, Dec 01, 2012 at 11:14:30AM -0700, Peter Gueckel wrote: > There are cases where you are the reporter, but do not wish to be > an active participant, follow all of the discussion, etc. > There appears to be no way to opt out. Or is there? Generally it's assumed that the reporter will be int

Re: selinux-policy-3.11.1-57 and 3.11.1-58 breaking access to 'storage' drives

2012-12-01 Thread Akshay Vyas
On Sat, Dec 1, 2012 at 11:28 PM, Adam Williamson wrote: > Just a heads-up - several reporters (including me) have noticed that > they can't access 'storage' drives in their systems (disks mounted at > non-system locations - mine's at /media/Sea500 - to contain > miscellaneous data) after updating

Re: bugzilla question

2012-12-01 Thread Peter Gueckel
Frank Murphy wrote: > You can't report without having a bz account I know. I have one. > you can modify what mails you receive. > I think you need to go here: > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email Those are global settings. There are cases where you are the reporter, but do not

selinux-policy-3.11.1-57 and 3.11.1-58 breaking access to 'storage' drives

2012-12-01 Thread Adam Williamson
Just a heads-up - several reporters (including me) have noticed that they can't access 'storage' drives in their systems (disks mounted at non-system locations - mine's at /media/Sea500 - to contain miscellaneous data) after updating to selinux-policy-3.11.1-57. -58 does not fix this problem. If yo

Re: bugzilla question

2012-12-01 Thread Frank Murphy
On Sat, 01 Dec 2012 09:51:44 -0700 Peter Gueckel wrote: > Sometimes someone says: "You should report xxx to bugzilla." > > If you do, you end up getting emails and may be contacted and are > unable to get yourself off the list, because you reported it. > > How can one report something without

bugzilla question

2012-12-01 Thread Peter Gueckel
Sometimes someone says: "You should report xxx to bugzilla." If you do, you end up getting emails and may be contacted and are unable to get yourself off the list, because you reported it. How can one report something without being on the list? PS: Obviously, I want to receive correspondence an

Re: F18 Lightdm D-Bus

2012-12-01 Thread Sergio
--- Em sáb, 1/12/12, Frank Murphy escreveu: > De: Frank Murphy > Assunto: Re: F18 Lightdm D-Bus > Para: test@lists.fedoraproject.org > Data: Sábado, 1 de Dezembro de 2012, 13:19 > On Sat, 1 Dec 2012 06:59:54 -0800 > (PST) > Sergio > wrote: > > > If you have issues with lightdm then the best

Re: F18 Lightdm D-Bus

2012-12-01 Thread Frank Murphy
On Sat, 1 Dec 2012 06:59:54 -0800 (PST) Sergio wrote: > If you have issues with lightdm then the best thing is to look at > its logs, I think. Had a quick look at the logs. x-0.log empty lightdm-greeter.old words like cannot scale pixel buff? lightdm.log, complains about greeter starting and s

Re: F18 Lightdm D-Bus

2012-12-01 Thread Sergio
--- Em sáb, 1/12/12, Frank Murphy escreveu: > De: Frank Murphy > Assunto: Re: F18 Lightdm D-Bus > Para: test@lists.fedoraproject.org > Data: Sábado, 1 de Dezembro de 2012, 12:06 > On Sat, 1 Dec 2012 14:01:09 + > Frank Murphy > wrote: > > > > To use the test mode you have edit > /etc/pam.

Re: off to a nostart F18B start

2012-12-01 Thread Felix Miata
On 2012-12-30 22:37 (GMT-0800) Adam Williamson composed: On Fri, 2012-11-30 at 23:21 -0500, Felix Miata wrote: Next, installation destination: it shows my HD with model number. I click it, but nothing apparent happens. Oooo, down at the botton below a desert of whitespace, in mousetyp

Avoid selinux-policy-3.11.1-57.fc18

2012-12-01 Thread Michael Schwendt
In the package set that makes my machine non-bootable, there are packages from the selinux-policy-3.11.1-57.fc18 test update. Avoid it unless you run in permissive mode. It has been replaced already in bodhi (which isn't nice as one cannot find the entry for the bad package anymore), but it is st

Re: F18 Lightdm D-Bus

2012-12-01 Thread Frank Murphy
On Sat, 1 Dec 2012 14:01:09 + Frank Murphy wrote: > > To use the test mode you have edit /etc/pam.d/lightdm and comment > > sessionrequiredpam_loginuid.so > > > > Done, just getting a black screen. > > startx from level 3 works fine. > Spoke too fast back with the d-bus no connec

Re: F18 Lightdm D-Bus

2012-12-01 Thread Frank Murphy
On Sat, 01 Dec 2012 11:54:05 -0200 Sergio wrote: > > To use the test mode you have edit /etc/pam.d/lightdm and comment > sessionrequiredpam_loginuid.so > Done, just getting a black screen. startx from level 3 works fine. -- test mailing list test@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscr

Re: F18 Lightdm D-Bus

2012-12-01 Thread Sergio
On 12/01/2012 11:43 AM, Frank Murphy wrote: Used fedup F17 > F18. on a second vm Only lightdm seems to have a problem. Keeps appearing and disappearing. Booted to telinit 3 logged in as user # lightdm --test-mode Failed to get D-Bus Connection. all .rpmsave, .rpmnew have been sorted as necess

F18 Lightdm D-Bus

2012-12-01 Thread Frank Murphy
Used fedup F17 > F18. on a second vm Only lightdm seems to have a problem. Keeps appearing and disappearing. Booted to telinit 3 logged in as user # lightdm --test-mode Failed to get D-Bus Connection. all .rpmsave, .rpmnew have been sorted as necessary. full relabel has taken place. How to get

F-18 Branched report: 20121201 changes

2012-12-01 Thread Fedora Branched Report
Compose started at Sat Dec 1 09:15:22 UTC 2012 Broken deps for x86_64 -- [gcc-python-plugin] gcc-python2-debug-plugin-0.9-6.fc18.x86_64 requires gcc = 0:4.7.2-3.fc18 gcc-python2-plugin-0.9-6.fc18.x86_64 requires gcc = 0:4.7.2

Re: off to a nostart F18B start

2012-12-01 Thread Michael Schwendt
On Fri, 30 Nov 2012 23:21:18 -0500, Felix Miata wrote: > Getting to the initial GUI seemed to take forever. Once there, I started at > what seemed to be the beginning, upper left of the block of stuff in the > middle, expecting to have to tell Anaconda the PC clock is set local. Once in > time

Re: DVD ISO on USB stick (was: Re: F18-Beta installer - Aaaargh!)

2012-12-01 Thread Michael Schwendt
On Fri, 30 Nov 2012 17:15:47 -0800, Adam Williamson wrote: > On Fri, 2012-11-30 at 23:32 +0100, Michael Schwendt wrote: > > Mixed results. > > > > Booting from USB stick crashed the installer at the first mouse-click on > > its main screen with another traceback due to umount /mnt/sysimage being

Caution! F18-Beta [Test] Updates ...

2012-12-01 Thread Michael Schwendt
Back with a fresh F18-Beta installatiom from USB stick and completing a few configuration steps myself, I was brave enough to run "yum update" to install a whopping 245 MB (?) of updates, probably all test updates. Machine didn't like to reboot afterwards, Dracut opened a shell because of a problem

Re: off to a nostart F18B start

2012-12-01 Thread Felix Miata
On 2012-11-30 23:55 (GMT-0800) Adam Williamson composed: On Sat, 2012-12-01 at 02:02 -0500, Felix Miata wrote: It's just as bad as F17's: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=701190 The problem is the default size Anaconda fonts for the display's native resolution are too small, and

Fedora 16 updates-testing report

2012-12-01 Thread updates
The following Fedora 16 Security updates need testing: Age URL 70 https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-14452/bacula-5.0.3-33.fc16 9 https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-18782/android-tools-20121120git3ddc005-1.fc16 9 https://admin.fedoraproject.org/upda