Build custom module

Hello guys, I like to build this module: http://github.com/tetromino/lenovo-sl-laptop First I installed kernel-headers kernel-devel and gcc. Afterwards I extracted the source of the tarball and tried to run make as explained here: http://gianlucamagalotti.wordpress.com/2009/02/16/lenovo-thinkpad

Re: Build custom module

On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 2:06 PM, wrote: > First I installed kernel-headers kernel-devel and gcc. Afterwards I > extracted the source of the tarball and tried to run make as explained > here: > http://gianlucamagalotti.wordpress.com/2009/02/16/lenovo-thinkpad-sl-series-hotkeys/ > > But all I get

Re: Build custom module

Yes they are: Name: kernel Arch: x86_64 Version : 2.6.35.6 Release : 43.fc14 Name: kernel-devel Arch: x86_64 Version : 2.6.35.6 Release : 39.fc14 I'm using f14 release but this should not be the point? -- robert 2010/10/18 Siddhesh Poyarekar : >

Re: Build custom module

On 10/18/2010 01:50 AM, orsch...@googlemail.com wrote: > Yes they are: > No, they're not Release : 43.fc14 vs. Release : 39.fc14 -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelin

Re: Build custom module

Ah ok so it's not enough to have the same version but also same release. How would I upgrade kernel-devel to the same release as kernel? Or just downgrading kernel? -- robert 2010/10/18 Konstantin Svist : >  On 10/18/2010 01:50 AM, orsch...@googlemail.com wrote: >> Yes they are: >> > > No, they

Re: Build custom module

yum update kernel-devel On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 3:38 PM, wrote: > Ah ok so it's not enough to have the same version but also same release. > > How would I upgrade kernel-devel to the same release as kernel? > > Or just downgrading kernel? > > -- > robert > > 2010/10/18 Konstantin Svist : >>  On

Re: Build custom module

There is no update for kernel-devel. r...@localhost lenovo-sl-laptop]# yum update kernel kernel-headers kernel-devel Geladene Plugins: langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit Adding de_DE to language list Einrichten des Aktualisierungsprozess (Initialise update process) Keine Pakete für die Aktualis

Re: Build custom module

On 18/10/10 11:25, orsch...@googlemail.com wrote: > There is no update for kernel-devel. Try updates-testing, updates is not in use yet iirc -- Regards, Frank Murphy UTF_8 Encoded Friend of Fedora -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options

Re: Build custom module

Ok I enabled the updates-testing repo. Just a quick question. Why is it not enabled by default for any alpha/beta releases? So for now he starts to compile but there is still an error. [rob...@localhost lenovo-sl-laptop]$ make make -C /lib/modules/2.6.35.6-43.fc14.x86_64/build M=/home/robert/Down

Re: rsync or dd to clone a hard drive?

Michael D. Setzer II wrote: > On 8 Oct 2010 at 16:21, Bill Davidsen wrote: > > To: users@lists.fedoraproject.org > From: Bill Davidsen > Subject: Re: rsync or dd to clone a hard drive? > Date sent:Fri, 08 Oct 2010 16:21:18 -0400 > >> Michae

Re: Fedora 14 livecd fails when converted to liveusb ?!?

Valent Turkovic wrote: > On Sat, Oct 16, 2010 at 7:29 PM, JD wrote: >> On 10/16/2010 09:41 AM, Valent Turkovic wrote: >>> Hi, >>> I just released Fusion Linux 14 Beta >>> (http://fusionlinux.org/downloads/), I can start image both in >>> qemu-kvm and VirtualBox as livedvd but after transfering i

Re: Suggestions about podcast apps (rhythmbox and vlc)

Suvayu Ali wrote: > Hi, > > I was looking for some application to listen to and maybe keep some of > the podcasts I want to listen to. So far I have been using rhythmbox, it > serves my purposes just right except when something goes wrong and the > database (its in XML format) goes bad. Apparently

Re: How to update an EeePC?

Zoltan Hoppar wrote: > I had, I have - and still use it. Basically I do installs always with > an 2 G usb key, and install the smallest option what I could have in > Fedora. It's the LXDE spin, witch works perfectly. Thanks for that. I've installed the LXDE spin, and it is working fine. Actuall

Re: wodim and speed setting

Paul Cartwright wrote: > On Wed October 13 2010, JD wrote: >> Yeah... well, I do not have an old drive. It is only 3 years old. >> (DVD+-R) 16X, RW-8X, CDR-24X. Output says it is MMC. >> $ wodim -checkdrive dev=/dev/sr0 >> Device type: Removable CD-ROM >> Version: 5 >> Response Format:

Re: How to update an EeePC?

Hi Tim, Believe me, you'll love the experience what you receive after that. Earlier, I have made some experiments with the eeedora kernel - but I have found that causing too much hassle - and much easier to use one of the spins. Also, I have an such advice to use an Sony SRAC-1 microSD adaptor wit

Re: Testing graphics card capabilities

1, various timedemos of existing engines in the repo 2. unigine 3d benchmark: http://unigine.com/download/ kind regards, Rudolf Kastl -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guideline

Re: Using awstats on Fedora 13

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 10/16/2010 11:55 PM, g wrote: > On 10/17/2010 12:38 AM, Michael Hannon wrote: >> Greetings. I'm trying to use "awstats" to analyze Apache log files on a >> Fedora 13 (x86_64) system. >> >> When I go to the web page: >> >> http://localhost/awsta

Re: authentication issues in system settings

On Sunday, October 17, 2010, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Sun, 2010-10-17 at 11:29 -0400, Claude Jones wrote: > > I'm running F14TC1x64 - it's a fresh install over a > > problematic F13x64 installation that had problems with X > > starting; display problem is now fixed. When I try to access > >

Re: Using awstats on Fedora 13

Daniel J Walsh wrote: > If I was a betting man, I would say you need to label Except, awstats already has a label. :) $ cd /usr/share/awstats/wwwroot/ $ ls -Z drwxr-xr-x. root root system_u:object_r:httpd_awstats_script_exec_t:s0 cgi-bin drwxr-xr-x. root root system_u:object_r:httpd_awstats_cont

Re: Using awstats on Fedora 13

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 10/18/2010 09:30 AM, Michael Cronenworth wrote: > Daniel J Walsh wrote: >> If I was a betting man, I would say you need to label > > Except, awstats already has a label. :) > > $ cd /usr/share/awstats/wwwroot/ > $ ls -Z > drwxr-xr-x. root root sys

Re: Build custom module

On Mon, 2010-10-18 at 13:00 +0200, orsch...@googlemail.com wrote: > Ok I enabled the updates-testing repo. Just a quick question. Why is > it not enabled by default for any alpha/beta releases? > > So for now he starts to compile but there is still an error. > > [rob...@localhost lenovo-sl-laptop

Re: Warning KDE Users

Jim wrote: > The plasmoid that Monitors in KDE the IP address of your computer on the > internet , is freezing up the > KDE Desktop. > The plasmiod has a Earth Globe at the left side of IP address. What's the name of this plasmoid? I'd like to be able to investigate this and fix if possible. -

Re: How to update an EeePC?

Hi, I have an EEEpc 900 and altrady updated from F10 to F11 and to F12. All times, including the first instalation, I used LivreUSBCreator to get a live Fedora image on an SD card. Then I entered BIOS to boot from SD card and used "install to local hd" from the live media. I partitioned the in

Re: How to get f 12 -- *t*w*e*l*v*e*, twelve???

On 8 October 2010 00:07, Bill Davidsen wrote: > Beartooth wrote: >> >>       Every download site I've tried -- several, especially >> fedoraproject ones -- comes up on a search for F12, but the minute I >> click on a link, it sneaks in F13. >> >>       This is offensive. >> >>       How do overrid

Re: generating PDF's via code - looking for ideas

On 10/17/2010 06:55 PM, Genes MailLists wrote: > On 10/17/2010 06:47 PM, Bill Davidsen wrote: >> list user wrote: >>> Hi All; >>> >>> I'm looking for a way to generate a PDF report based on a set of data in >>> a database and a set of pre-generated graphs via some sort of procedural >>> method base

Re: How to get f 12 -- *t*w*e*l*v*e*, twelve???

Hi, Fedora 12 can be downloaded from the following location. http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/releases/ Very Old Versions http://archives.fedoraproject.org/pub/archive/fedora/ Fedora 13 has moved to "free desktop" (http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/). If you can mention the exact

Re: Build custom module

Hmm and there is no chance to use it with the current kernel? The problem with asus_laptop module is that it can't control my fan. This is excactly for what I need this module. Everything else works pretty fine with asus_laptop module. By the way, yes it is german. Should I translate more detaile

Re: [389-users] Strange wedging

Edward Z. Yang wrote: > Some of our 1.2.6.1 servers wedge too; dunno if it's the same bug: > > http://web.mit.edu/~ezyang/Public/hung-terminating-dirsrv-1.2.6.log > This looks like another symptom of bug 634561 rpm -qi 389-ds-base > [r...@whole-enchilada ~]# ns-slapd --version > 389 Project > 38

Re: [389-users] Replication from 1.2.5 to 1.2.6 failed

On 10/16/2010 11:42 AM, Edward Z. Yang wrote: > I've got a failure, and I'm able to gdb it. However, I don't > know what to look for. What kind of tracing would you like to > see? I was going to wireshark but decrypting the Kerberos would > be annoying. > If you can break in acquire_replica(

Re: Build custom module

On Mon, 2010-10-18 at 17:07 +0200, orsch...@googlemail.com wrote: > Hmm and there is no chance to use it with the current kernel? In theory, it should be possible to fix the module and make it Fedora compatible. >From where did you get the module? > The problem with asus_laptop module is that it

Re: Warning KDE Users

On 10/18/2010 10:05 AM, Rex Dieter wrote: > Jim wrote: > >> The plasmoid that Monitors in KDE the IP address of your computer on the >> internet , is freezing up the >> KDE Desktop. >> The plasmiod has a Earth Globe at the left side of IP address. > What's the name of this plasmoid? I'd like to

Re: authentication issues in system settings

Claude Jones wrote: >Sent: Oct 18, 2010 6:15 AM >To: Community support for Fedora users >Subject: Re: authentication issues in system settings > >On Sunday, October 17, 2010, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: >> On Sun, 2010-10-17 at 11:29 -0400, Claude Jones wrote: >> > I'm running F14TC1x64 - it's a f

Re: Warning KDE Users

Jim wrote: >Sent: Oct 18, 2010 8:36 AM >To: Community support for Fedora users >Subject: Re: Warning KDE Users > > On 10/18/2010 10:05 AM, Rex Dieter wrote: >> Jim wrote: >> >>> The plasmoid that Monitors in KDE the IP address of your computer on the >>> internet , is freezing up the >>> KDE Des

Re: authentication issues in system settings

On 10/18/10 11:08 AM, James Mckenzie wrote: > Good reason not to jump on someone for reporting what on the surface looks > like a problem with FC14. Maybe asking for additional information is in > order before we direct someone to the test list (hmmm?) Remember, we may > want to know about l

Re: Build custom module

It's this module here: http://github.com/tetromino/lenovo-sl-laptop I own a Lenovo SL500 with which this module worked very well in the past. Thank you for your help. -- robert 2010/10/18 Gilboa Davara : > On Mon, 2010-10-18 at 17:07 +0200, orsch...@googlemail.com wrote: >> Hmm and there is no

Re: F13: Automatic Updates not Working

Hello, On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 3:34 PM, Ankur Sinha wrote: > On Wed, 2010-10-13 at 15:03 -0400, Oliver Ruebenacker wrote: >>   The machine has been running since the last seven hours and no >> indicator (orange sun) for software updates has appeared. >> >>   "yum update" says that there are

Re: authentication issues in system settings

Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > On 10/18/10 11:08 AM, James Mckenzie wrote: >> Good reason not to jump on someone for reporting what on the surface looks >> like a problem with FC14. Maybe asking for additional information is in >> order before we direct someone to the test list (hmmm?) Rememb

su or sudo su?

When I need root access, I used to use sudo su -. Recently, I discovered I could simply type su -. What's the difference: su - sudo su - ? -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users

Re: Suggestions about podcast apps (rhythmbox and vlc)

Hi Bill, On 18 October 2010 04:17, Bill Davidsen wrote: >> So I tried out the latest feature enhancements in vlc, again it works >> perfectly except that I can't save any of the podcasts. >> > What happens when you click the RECORD button? The default save format is > "same > as source" and the

Re: su or sudo su?

Petrus de Calguarium wrote: > >When I need root access, I used to use sudo su -. This is plain wrong. The command should be sudo . >Recently, I discovered I >could simply type su -. > >What's the difference: Passwords and what is recorded in your log files. If you use sudo, all actions are r

Re: Build custom module

On Mon, 2010-10-18 at 17:54 +0200, orsch...@googlemail.com wrote: > It's this module here: http://github.com/tetromino/lenovo-sl-laptop > > I own a Lenovo SL500 with which this module worked very well in the past. > > Thank you for your help. I'll check it out tomorrow. - Gilboa -- users mai

Re: su or sudo su?

James Mckenzie wrote: > Petrus de Calguarium wrote: >> >>When I need root access, I used to use sudo su -. > > This is plain wrong. The command should be sudo . And su - is a command. ;) There's really nothing wrong with that command from a technical standpoint. Whether someone should have acc

Re: su or sudo su?

On 10/18/2010 12:05 PM, Petrus de Calguarium wrote: > When I need root access, I used to use sudo su -. Recently, I discovered I > could simply type su -. > > What's the difference: > > su - > sudo su - The answer depends on how you configure your sudo. The difference could be the lack of prom

Re: su or sudo su?

On Monday 18 October 2010 09:15 AM, James Mckenzie wrote: > su - exposes the root password and is generally discouraged. sudo > does not but exposes which users have this privilege. Logins > through unsecured means should be disabled or very closely > controlled. Most SAs now disable or remove u

Re: su or sudo su?

Todd Zullinger wrote: > >James Mckenzie wrote: >> Petrus de Calguarium wrote: >>> >>>When I need root access, I used to use sudo su -. >> >> This is plain wrong. The command should be sudo . > >And su - is a command. ;) But this is, in most cases, redundant. > >There's really nothing wrong with

escape .c files to html code with bash how?

i need to encode .c files to html, like on this website: http://centricle.com/tools/html-entities/ i tried to write a bash script for it: http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=mZKAw4c5 but it's not working very well :D does anyone has a script, that does this? thank you :\ -- users mailing list user

Re: su or sudo su?

On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 12:05 PM, Petrus de Calguarium wrote: > > When I need root access, I used to use sudo su -. Recently, I discovered I > could simply type su -. > > What's the difference: > > su - > sudo su - When you use "sudo su -", you have to type in the password of the user running sud

Re: su or sudo su?

Suvayu Ali wrote: > >On Monday 18 October 2010 09:15 AM, James Mckenzie wrote: >> su - exposes the root password and is generally discouraged. sudo >> does not but exposes which users have this privilege. Logins >> through unsecured means should be disabled or very closely >> controlled. Most S

Re: escape .c files to html code with bash how?

Jozsef Vadkan wrote: > i need to encode .c files to html, like on this website: > > http://centricle.com/tools/html-entities/ > > i tried to write a bash script for it: > > http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=mZKAw4c5 > > but it's not working very well :D > > does anyone has a script, that does this? Ch

openoffice

Hello, On a fedora 11, I have an extremely slow open office presentation editor (3.1.1). It spending a lost of time in calculating what ? Thank -- --- == Patrick DUPRÉ | | Department of Chemistry

Re: Warning KDE Users

On 10/18/2010 11:40 AM, James Mckenzie wrote: > Jim wrote: >> Sent: Oct 18, 2010 8:36 AM >> To: Community support for Fedora users >> Subject: Re: Warning KDE Users >> >> On 10/18/2010 10:05 AM, Rex Dieter wrote: >>> Jim wrote: >>> The plasmoid that Monitors in KDE the IP address of your

Re: openoffice

If you fed up with OOo the try this: http://280slides.com/ Zoltan 2010/10/18 Patrick Dupre : > Hello, > > On a fedora 11, I have an extremely slow open office presentation > editor (3.1.1). It spending a lost of time in calculating what ? > > Thank > > -- > --- >

Re: su or sudo su?

On 10/18/10 12:01 PM, Suvayu Ali wrote: > On Monday 18 October 2010 09:15 AM, James Mckenzie wrote: >> su - exposes the root password and is generally discouraged. sudo >> does not but exposes which users have this privilege. Logins >> through unsecured means should be disabled or very closely

Re: [389-users] The case of a rather odd byte sequence (nsslapd-referral)

Done. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=643979 Cheers, Edward P.S. Boy, I'm submitting a lot of bug reports these days! Sorry 'bout that :-) -- 389 users mailing list 389-us...@lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/389-users

Re: [389-users] Strange wedging

Excerpts from Rich Megginson's message of Mon Oct 18 11:22:25 -0400 2010: > This looks like another symptom of bug 634561 > rpm -qi 389-ds-base Maybe. [r...@whole-enchilada ~]# rpm -qi 389-ds-base Name: 389-ds-base Relocations: (not relocatable) Version : 1.2.6.1

Re: [389-users] Strange wedging

Edward Z. Yang wrote: > Excerpts from Rich Megginson's message of Mon Oct 18 11:22:25 -0400 2010: > >> This looks like another symptom of bug 634561 >> rpm -qi 389-ds-base >> > > Maybe. > > [r...@whole-enchilada ~]# rpm -qi 389-ds-base > Name: 389-ds-base Relocation

Searching Google using Firefox Awesome Bar

Hi all, I'm facing an issue with the search feature of the Firefox awesome bar. Typing text on the awesome bar shows me the bookmarked and visited pages, but submitting the text on the bar does not shows up the google results [Google is the search engine defined against 'keyword:URL'], instead

Re: [389-users] Debian packaging and Ubuntu issues

Hi Roberto, On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 12:15:44PM +0200, Roberto Polli wrote: > The debian packages can't be straightforwardly installed on ubuntu due to > mismatching dependencies (matter of names, I think). could you send me the log of how it fails? What's the Ubuntu distro you are using (maver

F13: PackageKit now replaced with KPackageKit?

Since last week, I was using PackageKit updates until I noticed PackageKit became KPackageKit by surprise. What gives? -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fe

Re: su or sudo su?

wrote: > ... Thanks, guys. I now understand the difference. -- 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: PackageKit now replaced with KPackageKit?

On Mon, 2010-10-18 at 11:48 -0700, Dan Thurman wrote: > Since last week, I was using PackageKit updates > until I noticed PackageKit became KPackageKit > by surprise. > > What gives? > > Are you running KDE. My xfce destktop shows PackageKit-glib-0.6.6-2.fc13.i686 PackageKit-device-rebind-0.6.6

Re: Chromium Codecs Problem...

2010/10/17 Hiisi > 2010/10/16 Manuel Escudero : > > Hi! as many of you may know, Chromium is having problems > > inside fedora with youtube's HTML 5 Video, see, when I want to > > play a HTML 5 Video in youtube, this message comes out: > > "Your browser does not correctly recognize any of the vid

About /etc/rsyslog.conf

I would like to have fiewall messages of dropped or blocked packets to go to a separate file /n /var/log. So I looked at /etc/rsyslog.conf and I see entries like: ews.=debug /var/log/news/news.debug kern.=debug /var/log/

Re: su or sudo su?

Hi James and Patrick, On 18 October 2010 09:40, James Mckenzie wrote: > Suvayu Ali wrote: >>I am not sure how it is insecure, could you elaborate? At least to me >>giving (limited/full) root privileges to an ordinary user seems a lot >>more risky. > > Which is what you are doing with the file be

Re: su or sudo su?

On 10/18/2010 02:30 PM, suvayu ali wrote: > Hi James and Patrick, > > On 18 October 2010 09:40, James Mckenzie wrote: >> Suvayu Ali wrote: >>> I am not sure how it is insecure, could you elaborate? At least to me >>> giving (limited/full) root privileges to an ordinary user seems a lot >>> more

Edit gnome menu

Hi guys, normally I would edit the gnome menu by clicking the right mouse on the fedora icon in the gnome panel. But there is no option to edit. Any suggestions? -- robert -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedorapro

Re: Edit gnome menu

On 18 October 2010 20:50, wrote: > Hi guys, > > normally I would edit the gnome menu by clicking the right mouse on > the fedora icon in the gnome panel. > > But there is no option to edit. > > Any suggestions? yum install alacarte After that you need to restart the gnome-panel, for example, lo

Re: su or sudo su?

suvayu ali wrote: >Sent: Oct 18, 2010 12:30 PM >To: James Mckenzie , Community support for Fedora >users >Subject: Re: su or sudo su? > >Hi James and Patrick, > >On 18 October 2010 09:40, James Mckenzie wrote: >> Suvayu Ali wrote: >>>I am not sure how it is insecure, could you elaborate? At le

Re: Chromium Codecs Problem...

On 10/18/2010 02:28 PM, Manuel Escudero wrote: > > > 2010/10/17 Hiisi mailto:very-c...@rambler.ru>> > > 2010/10/16 Manuel Escudero >: > > Hi! as many of you may know, Chromium is having problems > > inside fedora with youtube's HTML 5 Video, see, when I wan

Re: apmd rpm missing

Robert G. (Doc) Savage wrote: > While comparing installed F13 rpms on a 32-bit laptop with a 64-bit > laptop I found that apmd is not installed on the 64-bit machine. After > trying to install it with yum I found that there are apmd rpms in > Everything/i386 and Everything/source but not in Everyth

Re: Edit gnome menu

Thanks for this fast response. That was exactly what I needed. -- robert 2010/10/18 Piscium : > On 18 October 2010 20:50,   wrote: >> Hi guys, >> >> normally I would edit the gnome menu by clicking the right mouse on >> the fedora icon in the gnome panel. >> >> But there is no option to edit. >>

Re: F13: PackageKit now replaced with KPackageKit?

Terry Polzin wrote: On Mon, 2010-10-18 at 11:48 -0700, Dan Thurman wrote: Since last week, I was using PackageKit updates until I noticed PackageKit became KPackageKit by surprise. What gives? Are you running KDE. My xfce destktop shows PackageKit-glib-0.6.6-2.fc13.i686 PackageKit-dev

OpenOffice vs. LibreOffice

Any suggestions which one to use? What are your personal recommendations? -- robert -- 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_gui

F13: Problem with Gparted?

I used gparted on F13 to create an extended partition with various logical partitions installed and from the F13 gparted gui, there was no gaps. But when I rebooted and logged into my F9 system, I started gparted and I am showing 1MB unallocated space for every logical partition that I created.

Re: Suggestions about podcast apps (rhythmbox and vlc)

On Mon, 2010-10-18 at 09:13 -0700, suvayu ali wrote: > I hadn't thought of recording! I was looking for where it downloads > the podcasts so that I can play them later (like the other podcast > apps). It's more likely that most media player programs, like VLC, do not store what they receive, merel

Re: su or sudo su?

On Mon, 2010-10-18 at 09:40 -0700, James Mckenzie wrote: > Also root's home directory should NEVER be / (root) but rather > something like /home/root. Wrong. Bad advice. The following somewhat mitigates that, but you've muddied the water with bad advice in the first place. > I've known of sever

Re: OpenOffice vs. LibreOffice

On 18/10/10 21:57, orsch...@googlemail.com wrote: > Any suggestions which one to use? > Libreoffice will obsolete Openoffice in F15. -- Regards, Frank Murphy UTF_8 Encoded Friend of Fedora -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https:

Re: Using awstats on Fedora 13

On Mon, 2010-10-18 at 08:30 -0500, Michael Cronenworth wrote: > Except, awstats already has a label. :) But is it what the original poster had? They really gave us no good information. Just another "it doesn't work" posting. -- [...@localhost ~]$ uname -r 2.6.27.25-78.2.56.fc9.i686 Don't sen

Re: authentication issues in system settings

On Monday, October 18, 2010, James Mckenzie wrote: > I didn't say that I was offended. If it is plain that the > problem is in a test version, we direct. If it is not, we > could always ask a few more questions to define what is > 'broken'. If, through the questions it in RawHide/Alpha/Beta > to

Re: OpenOffice vs. LibreOffice

Ah ok good to know. Is Libreoffice already available in any repo? -- robert 2010/10/18 Frank Murphy : > On 18/10/10 21:57, orsch...@googlemail.com wrote: >> Any suggestions which one to use? >> > > Libreoffice will obsolete Openoffice in F15. > > -- > Regards, > > Frank Murphy > UTF_8 Encoded > F

Re: OpenOffice vs. LibreOffice

On Mon, 18 Oct 2010 22:14:31 +0100 Frank Murphy wrote: > Libreoffice will obsolete Openoffice in F15. But will there be 190MB of updates to download every dadgum day like there has been for openoffice in the f14 repos? :-). (I've gotta remember to just not install openoffice when I'm beta testin

Re: OpenOffice vs. LibreOffice

On Mon, 2010-10-18 at 22:57 +0200, orsch...@googlemail.com wrote: > Any suggestions which one to use? > > What are your personal recommendations? If the one that you can "yum upgrade" from within Fedora, from the usual repos, works fine for you, then use *it*. It's much easier to keep your syst

Re: OpenOffice vs. LibreOffice

On Mon, 2010-10-18 at 22:57 +0200, orsch...@googlemail.com wrote: > Any suggestions which one to use? Did you read the LibreOffice download page, particularly the part where it says "This beta release is not intended for production use!" -- MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Melville Sask ~ http://www.melvillet

OpenOffice Updates was: Re: OpenOffice vs. LibreOffice

On 18/10/10 22:17, Tom Horsley wrote: > > But will there be 190MB of updates to download every > dadgum day like there has been for openoffice > in the f14 repos? :-). > I don't get that much, maybe cause it's writer only. Maybe twice updated since I branched to F14. -- Regards, Frank Murphy

Re: OpenOffice vs. LibreOffice

The question is why it shouldn't be intended for productive use as it is based on OpenOffice that runs farly stable. Ok but following your answers there is currently no repo for Libreoffice. That's what I wanted to know. :) -- robert 2010/10/18 Frank Cox : > > On Mon, 2010-10-18 at 22:57 +0200

Re: [389-users] Debian packaging

On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 08:51:56AM +0200, Angel Bosch Mora wrote: > http://wiki.debian.org/Teams/DebianFDSPackaging > > changing FDS to 389 is supposed to help people not to confuse the link > between those two products. Good idea. Fixed: http://wiki.debian.org/Teams/Debian389DSPackaging regard

Re: apmd rpm missing

On Mon, 2010-10-18 at 21:45 +0100, James Wilkinson wrote: > Robert G. (Doc) Savage wrote: > > While comparing installed F13 rpms on a 32-bit laptop with a 64-bit > > laptop I found that apmd is not installed on the 64-bit machine. After > > trying to install it with yum I found that there are apmd

Re: su or sudo su?

Tim wrote: >Sent: Oct 18, 2010 2:13 PM >To: James Mckenzie , Community support for Fedora >users >Subject: Re: su or sudo su? > >On Mon, 2010-10-18 at 09:40 -0700, James Mckenzie wrote: >> Also root's home directory should NEVER be / (root) but rather >> something like /home/root. > >Wrong. Bad

Re: OpenOffice vs. LibreOffice

On 10/18/2010 01:57 PM, orsch...@googlemail.com wrote: > Any suggestions which one to use? > > What are your personal recommendations? > > -- > robert I found that current release of libreoffice is same as openoffice. So take your own pick. They are the same. -- users mailing list users@lists.f

Re: F13: Problem with Gparted?

On 10/18/2010 01:58 PM, Dan Thurman wrote: > I used gparted on F13 to create an extended partition with > various logical partitions installed and from the F13 gparted > gui, there was no gaps. > > But when I rebooted and logged into my F9 system, I started > gparted and I am showing 1MB unalloca

Re: OpenOffice vs. LibreOffice

On Mon, 2010-10-18 at 23:34 +0200, orsch...@googlemail.com wrote: > 2010/10/18 Frank Cox : > > > > On Mon, 2010-10-18 at 22:57 +0200, orsch...@googlemail.com wrote: > >> Any suggestions which one to use? > > > > Did you read the LibreOffice download page, particularly the part where > > it says "T

Re: OpenOffice vs. LibreOffice

On Mon, 2010-10-18 at 23:34 +0200, orsch...@googlemail.com wrote: > The question is why it shouldn't be intended for productive use as it > is based on OpenOffice that runs farly stable. It's a beta because it's not finished and completely tested yet. While it's based on Openoffice, it's not Ope

Re: su or sudo su?

James Mckenzie: > I did not state /root but rather the base root directory '/'. > Anything else would be ok in my book from a security standpoint. Sorry, I misread your prior post. I don't know why I didn't notice the brackets where you wrote: / (root) > Most folks just install using the defaul

Re: Chromium Codecs Problem...

On 10/18/2010 04:33 PM, Kevin Martin wrote: > > It's interesting but Flashblock in FF4 beta seems to think this is a > flash video (and the chromium beta won't play it at all, as you > mentioned) and wants to block it (at least on my machine). > For what its worth - google-chrome (8.x) plays

Re: OpenOffice vs. LibreOffice

2010/10/18 JD > On 10/18/2010 01:57 PM, orsch...@googlemail.com wrote: > > Any suggestions which one to use? > > > > What are your personal recommendations? > > > > -- > > robert > I found that current release of libreoffice is same as > openoffice. So take your own pick. They are the same. > >

Re: su or sudo su?

On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 9:09 AM, Tim wrote: > >> Most folks just install using the defaults and some systems default to >> root's home being the base root directory and not /root or /home/root. > > I've never seen that, what distro does that?  Geez, what a bad idea! > Maybe a busybox based initra

Re: su or sudo su?

On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 12:40 PM, James Mckenzie wrote: > Also root's home directory should NEVER be / (root) but rather something like > /home/root. > I've known of several folks who 'forgot' they were root or had either sudo'd >or su -'d and > then issued the famous (or infamous) rm -rf * wip

Re: OpenOffice vs. LibreOffice

On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 9:18 AM, Manuel Escudero wrote: > We have many many "Office Projects" at Linux, Even separate programs as > Abiword and so on... > I believe it would be better if all of them join to create a Powerfull > OpenSource Alternative to MS Office Don't you? No, I like my freedom

Re: Chromium Codecs Problem...

2010/10/18 Genes MailLists > On 10/18/2010 04:33 PM, Kevin Martin wrote: > > > > > It's interesting but Flashblock in FF4 beta seems to think this is a > > flash video (and the chromium beta won't play it at all, as you > > mentioned) and wants to block it (at least on my machine). > > > > For

Re: F13: Problem with Gparted?

On 10/18/2010 01:58 PM, Dan Thurman wrote: > I used gparted on F13 to create an extended partition with > various logical partitions installed and from the F13 gparted > gui, there was no gaps. > > But when I rebooted and logged into my F9 system, I started > gparted and I am showing 1MB unallocat

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