Re: random crashes

2011-02-28 Thread Patrick Bartek
--- On Sun, 2/27/11, Andras Simon wrote: > On 2/27/11, Patrick Bartek > wrote: > > > TO: OP > > > > If you think it's specifically a Fedora problem (I > don't), I would install > > Me neither. It's just that I still think it's possible that > it's not a > HW problem. > > > (a real dual boot i

RE: Going from Broadcom's sources to wireless card to WPA network

2011-02-28 Thread Suresh Govindachar
[It seems to take ages for the mailing list to forward posts, so I have taken to cc'ing authors I reply to.] stan wrote: >On Sat, 26 Feb 2011 22:58:22 -0800 >"Suresh Govindachar" wrote: >> >> I read http://www.broadcom.com/docs/linux_sta/README.txt >> carefully; and in each of

Re: Duplicate accounts?

2011-02-28 Thread inode0
On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 4:34 PM, Larry Brower wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA512 > > On 02/28/2011 07:47 AM, Alain Spineux wrote: > >>> So I did SUDO -i, and from root as shell I tried to >>> chown -hR * fcassia on the Desktop folder... >> >> You must switch the star and ou

Re: Duplicate accounts?

2011-02-28 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Mon, 2011-02-28 at 20:01 -0600, Larry Brower wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA512 > > On 02/28/2011 06:54 PM, Steve Ellis wrote: > > On 2/28/2011 3:23 PM, Larry Brower wrote: > >> > >> I would say this all depends on the application being invoked and would > >> still say i

Re: FC15 and GNOME3

2011-02-28 Thread Tom H
On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 9:51 PM, Rahul Sundaram wrote: > On 02/28/2011 11:34 PM, James McKenzie wrote: >> >> Agreed.  If I want lid close, suspend, let me select it.  If I don't, >> let me select it. > > It is configurable via dconf. Which is where one of the reasons given for not providing a GUI

Re: Can not open Desktop effects on FC14

2011-02-28 Thread Yunchi Wang
I am sorry. I was busy for work these days, so I reinstalled fedora..I think it will happen if I install some updates..Thanks all the way! 2011/2/24 JB > Yunchi Wang gmail.com> writes: > > > ... > > Make sure package ABRT is installed. > $ yum info abrt > $ yum list abrt > > Run your pr

Re: FC15 and GNOME3

2011-02-28 Thread Rahul Sundaram
On 02/28/2011 11:34 PM, James McKenzie wrote: > > Agreed. If I want lid close, suspend, let me select it. If I don't, > let me select it. It is configurable via dconf. Rahul -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedorap

Re: Duplicate accounts?

2011-02-28 Thread Larry Brower
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 02/28/2011 06:54 PM, Steve Ellis wrote: > On 2/28/2011 3:23 PM, Larry Brower wrote: >> >> I would say this all depends on the application being invoked and would >> still say it is bad to just use * as opposed to say ./* >> >> I can't count the nu

Re: k3b dvd burn problems with growisofs

2011-02-28 Thread Brian Millett
On Mon, 2011-02-28 at 17:09 -0500, Tom Horsley wrote: > On Mon, 28 Feb 2011 15:55:00 -0600 > Brian Millett wrote: > > > With the default k3b that now uses growisofs to burn a dvd, it fails at > > 49% every time. > > Are you sure it uses growisofs? I just tried to burn a dual sided > DVD the other

Re: Duplicate accounts?

2011-02-28 Thread Steve Ellis
On 2/28/2011 3:23 PM, Larry Brower wrote: > > I would say this all depends on the application being invoked and would > still say it is bad to just use * as opposed to say ./* > > I can't count the number of people Ive seen do things like rm -rf * in a > directory and it recursively started working

Re: k3b dvd burn problems with growisofs

2011-02-28 Thread Brian Millett
On Mon, 2011-02-28 at 17:09 -0500, Tom Horsley wrote: > On Mon, 28 Feb 2011 15:55:00 -0600 > Brian Millett wrote: > > > With the default k3b that now uses growisofs to burn a dvd, it fails at > > 49% every time. > > Are you sure it uses growisofs? I just tried to burn a dual sided > DVD the other

Re: F14 HDMI port delivers no output to SONY 40" LCD TV

2011-02-28 Thread barry yu
On Mon, 2011-02-28 at 11:08 +1100, Chris Smart wrote: > On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 10:50 AM, Geoffrey Leach wrote: > > > > Like I said, FWIW. > > > > Sure, just making it clearer for him, in case. > > -c Sorry for my very late reply of this, the laptop is down now I sent it for fix and will have it

Re: Duplicate accounts?

2011-02-28 Thread Larry Brower
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 02/28/2011 05:15 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > The Shell will not normally expand * to a name beginning with ".". Try > it: > > $ echo * > > See "info bash": > >When a pattern is used for filename expansion, the character `.' at > the s

Re: Duplicate accounts?

2011-02-28 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Mon, 2011-02-28 at 16:34 -0600, Larry Brower wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA512 > > On 02/28/2011 07:47 AM, Alain Spineux wrote: > > >> So I did SUDO -i, and from root as shell I tried to > >> chown -hR * fcassia on the Desktop folder... > > > > You must switch the sta

f14 - kudos

2011-02-28 Thread Mike Wright
Hi all, I finally got a 64 bit processor and have had a chance to run f14, both x32 and x64. I cannot express enough how incredible f14 is compared to every other fedora/redhat distro that I've used before. It was a surprise to see that x64 had fewer issues than the x32 version (though I hav

Re: Duplicate accounts?

2011-02-28 Thread Larry Brower
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 02/28/2011 07:47 AM, Alain Spineux wrote: >> So I did SUDO -i, and from root as shell I tried to >> chown -hR * fcassia on the Desktop folder... > > You must switch the star and our user name > > chown -hR fcassia * > >> You should also avoid

Re: Bug in liveusb-creator.exe(Universal-USB-Installer-1.8.3.4.exeworks for F14)

2011-02-28 Thread Aaron Konstam
On Mon, 2011-02-28 at 10:19 -0700, stan wrote: > On Mon, 28 Feb 2011 07:15:52 -0800 > "Suresh Govindachar" wrote: > > > Yes, instructions for creating a live CD from Windows cmd.exe > > perhaps by invoking the stuff in live cd creator's tools/ > > directory. (There are several Unix command

Re: k3b dvd burn problems with growisofs

2011-02-28 Thread Tom Horsley
On Mon, 28 Feb 2011 15:55:00 -0600 Brian Millett wrote: > With the default k3b that now uses growisofs to burn a dvd, it fails at > 49% every time. Are you sure it uses growisofs? I just tried to burn a dual sided DVD the other day with k3b-2.0.2-2.fc14.x86_64 installed, and it screwed up complet

Re: Fedora Core 14 wireless issue with Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6200)

2011-02-28 Thread Tim
On Mon, 2011-02-28 at 18:32 -0300, Sebastian wrote: > given that the EPROM is not to FCC standard, could I be putting > other components of my computer and/or myself at any risk? I don't think the power output ability of the device is capable of that. It's more an issue of being an interfering nui

k3b dvd burn problems with growisofs

2011-02-28 Thread Brian Millett
My system: fedora 14, dell e6500, TSSTcorp DVD +-RW TS-U633F With the default k3b that now uses growisofs to burn a dvd, it fails at 49% every time. Downloaded the k3b-2.0.2-2.fc14.src.rpm, disabled the patch51 which changes wodim to growisofs, recompiled and now I can burn a DVD iso image. --

Re: Fedora 14 - can't change pointer theme

2011-02-28 Thread dexter
On 28 February 2011 14:46, mike cloaked wrote: > On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 9:24 AM, Neil Bird wrote: >> >>   I updated from Fedora 12 to Fedora 14 over the weekend, and now I can't >> change my pointer theme.  I'm stuck using dmz-aa. >> >>   The pointer preferences still show my custom pointer choi

Re: Fedora Core 14 wireless issue with Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6200)

2011-02-28 Thread Sebastian
OK, thanks Wey_yi for chiming in, however, even if i do get the card to work in linux by recompiling the kernel or do use it in windows, as you say, given that the EPROM is not to FCC standard, could I be putting other components of my computer and/or myself at any risk? On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at

Re: FEDORA and RHEL

2011-02-28 Thread James McKenzie
On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 12:30 PM, Bill Davidsen wrote: > If you want cutting edge go Fedora, if you want stable go RHEL. If you have > better things to do with your time than upgrade twice a year, RHEL and bug > fixes > only. You answered the OPs question directly and much better than my reply.

Re: Sorting by date

2011-02-28 Thread Larry Vaden
On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 2:37 PM, Larry Vaden wrote: > On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 2:35 PM, erikmccaskey64 > wrote: >> How could I get the output where the newest file is at the top? > > One solution would be to awk it until the date is in the format > Europeans prefer, namely MM DD. That said,

Re: Sorting by date

2011-02-28 Thread Larry Vaden
On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 2:35 PM, erikmccaskey64 wrote: > How could I get the output where the newest file is at the top? One solution would be to awk it until the date is in the format Europeans prefer, namely MM DD. regards/va...@texoma.net -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.

Sorting by date

2011-02-28 Thread erikmccaskey64
Original: Jan 23 2011 10:42 SOMETHING 2007.12.20.avi Jun 26 2009 SOMETHING 2009.06.25.avi Feb 12 2010 SOMETHING 2010.02.11.avi Jan 29 2011 09:17 SOMETHING 2011.01.27.avi Feb 11 2011 20:06 SOMETHING 2011.02.10.avi Feb 27 2011 23:05 SOMETHING 2011.02.24.avi Output: Feb 27 2011 23:05 SOMETHING 2011.

Re: PDF Modifier?

2011-02-28 Thread suvayu ali
On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 7:55 AM, Aaron Konstam wrote: > I decided to try xournal. Am I correct that when you use it you are left > with an .xoj file that can only be read and printed with xournal Once you are done editing, you can export to a new modified pdf which can be read by any pdf reader.

Re: FEDORA and RHEL

2011-02-28 Thread Bill Davidsen
JD wrote: > On 02/27/2011 11:38 AM, Kevin Fenzi wrote: >> On Sun, 27 Feb 2011 11:04:50 -0800 >> JD wrote: >> >>> Can anyone point me to any docs or info on the >>> process (and frequency) of updating RHEL with >>> the bugfixes and new features added to the Fedora >>> repos? >> When there is a ne

Re: Getting data off of a Palm Pilot IIIe

2011-02-28 Thread Fernando Cassia
On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 8:55 AM, Fernando Cassia wrote: > There is a Palm Desktop for Java > I ran it years ago under IBM OS/2... > > I´m not sure what export formats it has... but it´s worth a try. Sorry I got confused with another Java-based sync util, Java Palm Desktop http://www.ctag.de/p

Re: How to know if a given port is Half or Full Duplex from Gnome?

2011-02-28 Thread JB
Fernando Cassia gmail.com> writes: > > How to know on a gigabit Eth0 if a given port is working in half > duplex, full duplex,and if it's fast ethernet or full ethernet, from > Gnome/Fedora? > > If I hover over the ETH0 icon in the notification area of the Gnome > bar I only see "Wired connecti

Re: FC15 and GNOME3

2011-02-28 Thread Joe Zeff
On 02/28/2011 10:04 AM, James McKenzie wrote: > Agreed. If I want lid close, suspend, let me select it. If I don't, > let me select it. Yes. The Gnome devs have, once again, decided that the way they like to do things is the One True Way and everybody using Gnome must do things their way. I'

Re: Getting data off of a Palm Pilot IIIe

2011-02-28 Thread Matthew Saltzman
On Mon, 2011-02-28 at 06:15 -0500, Tod Thomas wrote: > I have a old palm pilot that I really don't use but still use its > windows client GUI. I can still sync it to the original palm pilot but > I'd like to get the data off of that platform onto something a little > more contemporary like Moz

Re: FC15 and GNOME3

2011-02-28 Thread James McKenzie
On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 9:57 AM, Genes MailLists wrote: > On 02/28/2011 11:45 AM, James McKenzie wrote: >> On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 4:35 PM, Bill Davidsen wrote: >>> >>> Thanks for the prompt reply. I understand this choice came because some >>> Apple >>> laptops melt if you don't suspend when yo

Re: random crashes

2011-02-28 Thread Tim
On Mon, 2011-02-28 at 10:33 -0500, Ted Roche wrote: > Vacuums usually kill electronics because they generate static electricity. Well, it's always been the suggestion that it's the *moving air* that generates static electricity, with the velocity being the major factor. The direction shouldn't rea

Re: Bug in liveusb-creator.exe(Universal-USB-Installer-1.8.3.4.exeworks for F14)

2011-02-28 Thread stan
On Mon, 28 Feb 2011 07:15:52 -0800 "Suresh Govindachar" wrote: > Yes, instructions for creating a live CD from Windows cmd.exe > perhaps by invoking the stuff in live cd creator's tools/ > directory. (There are several Unix commands and tools that > have been ported to Windows.) The Cyg

Re: Where can I find a functional nslookup? ***AIX 6.11 is no better ***

2011-02-28 Thread Bill Davidsen
Ed Greshko wrote: > On 02/27/2011 08:30 AM, Bill Davidsen wrote: >> These people not only don't pay for good advice, they won't even take it for >> free in many cases. >> > Good luck to you. No matter what direction you take, the chances are > sometime in the future the situation will become total

Re: FC15 and GNOME3

2011-02-28 Thread Genes MailLists
On 02/28/2011 11:45 AM, James McKenzie wrote: > On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 4:35 PM, Bill Davidsen wrote: >> >> Thanks for the prompt reply. I understand this choice came because some Apple >> laptops melt if you don't suspend when you close the cover, but after reading >> the article I checked the CP

Re: FC15 and GNOME3

2011-02-28 Thread James McKenzie
On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 4:35 PM, Bill Davidsen wrote: > > Thanks for the prompt reply. I understand this choice came because some Apple > laptops melt if you don't suspend when you close the cover, but after reading > the article I checked the CPU temp on a few of mine, and they seem likely to > s

Re: Fedora Core 14 wireless issue with Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6200)

2011-02-28 Thread John W. Linville
On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 01:27:59PM -0300, Sebastian wrote: > Thanks John for the message. > Did Wey-yi respond to your mail John? I saw a reply from her -- perhaps she only sent it to me. She confirmed that the required value was as intended. > Is the "too old" Eprom, firmware conjecture reasonab

Re: Fedora Core 14 wireless issue with Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6200)

2011-02-28 Thread Sebastian
Thanks John for the message. Did Wey-yi respond to your mail John? Is the "too old" Eprom, firmware conjecture reasonable, considering the card DOES work in Windows 7 as verified? Unfortunately swapping out the card is not feasible since it would have to travel to Australia from Argentina and then

Re: Nmbd dies

2011-02-28 Thread Antonio M
2011/2/28 Antonio M : > 2011/2/28 Antonio M : >> 2011/2/28 antonio.montagn...@alice.it : >>> Suddenly, when I boot my laptop (That is getting IP from a DHCP), I see smb >>> and >>> nmb services up, but whe I log in I see that nmb is dead!!! I have to >>> restart >>> it manually and then my shares

Re: Fedora 14 - can't change pointer theme

2011-02-28 Thread mike cloaked
On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 3:55 PM, Neil Bird wrote: > Around about 28/02/11 14:46, mike cloaked typed ... >> What I do is yum install bluecurve-cursor-theme gnome-themes-extras >> oxygen-cursor-themes oxygen-icon-theme > >   I have bluecurve, but it won't let me change to that either. > Well I have

Re: Fedora 14 - can't change pointer theme

2011-02-28 Thread Neil Bird
Around about 28/02/11 14:46, mike cloaked typed ... > What I do is yum install bluecurve-cursor-theme gnome-themes-extras > oxygen-cursor-themes oxygen-icon-theme I have bluecurve, but it won't let me change to that either. -- [neil@fnx ~]# rm -f .signature [neil@fnx ~]# ls -l .signature ls:

Re: PDF Modifier?

2011-02-28 Thread Aaron Konstam
On Mon, 2010-12-06 at 13:49 -0300, Michael Wiktowy wrote: > On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 9:04 AM, Harish Pillay wrote: > >> Is there any PDF modifier for linux? > > > > You might want to explore Xournal as well. > > Xournal is superb for annotating PDFs. > > One thing that I find with generating PDFs

Re: Fedora Core 14 wireless issue with Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6200)

2011-02-28 Thread John W. Linville
On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 10:14:18PM -0300, Sebastian wrote: > Thank you for those who have taken the time to suggest possible ways to get > my card working. > It seems I have the latest firmware, the one that came with the Fedora > 64-bit DVD, that I downloaded from fedora ~1 week ago. > This is the

Re: Fedora Core 14 wireless issue with Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6200)

2011-02-28 Thread John W. Linville
On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 11:23:34PM -0300, Sebastian wrote: > On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 1:06 PM, John W. Linville wrote: > > What seems most likely is that you have an older (possibly pre-release) > > piece of hardware that has EEPROM data on the card that the driver > > refuses to recognize. Whethe

Re: random crashes

2011-02-28 Thread Ted Roche
On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 10:27 AM, Tim wrote: > Hmm, I would have thought blowing air in to be more of an issue than > sucking air out.  Blasting air in generally has a lot of force, vacuums > only have much air force when very close to the nozzle. Vacuums usually kill electronics because they ge

Re: FEDORA and RHEL

2011-02-28 Thread James McKenzie
On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 12:52 PM, JD wrote: > On 02/27/2011 11:38 AM, Kevin Fenzi wrote: >> On Sun, 27 Feb 2011 11:04:50 -0800 >> JD  wrote: >> >>> Can anyone point me to any docs or info on the >>> process (and frequency) of updating  RHEL with >>> the bugfixes and new features added to the Fedor

Re: Mozilla spellcheck options

2011-02-28 Thread Ted Roche
On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 8:49 AM, Temlakos wrote: > Where is the English-US option for default spelling dictionaries in > Firefox and Thunderbird? (And for that matter, why don't those > dictionaries come with the proper names of Firefox and Thunderbird > pre-loaded?) http://support.mozilla.com/e

Re: random crashes

2011-02-28 Thread Tim
On Sun, 2011-02-27 at 13:57 -0800, john wendel wrote: > I once killed a motherboard by vaccuming out the dust. Static > discharge from the vac brush, I think. Don't make the same mistake, > use a blower or canned air instead. Hmm, I would have thought blowing air in to be more of an issue than suc

Re: Fedora Weekly News?

2011-02-28 Thread Tim
Tim: >> Thirded... I used to find something worth reading in it, but the >> last few editions have been completely boring. JD: > Actually, this more of an opportunity than a point to lament. > If there are people who could spend the time cycles needed > to write interesting and informative articl

RE: Bug in liveusb-creator.exe(Universal-USB-Installer-1.8.3.4.exeworks for F14)

2011-02-28 Thread Suresh Govindachar
Rahul Sundaram wrote: >On 02/26/2011 10:49 AM, Suresh Govindachar wrote: > >> Done: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680589 >> >> By the way, how would one do what liveusb-creator.exe does >> manually from a command line (cmd shell)? The wiki page >> http://fedoraprojec

posix acl

2011-02-28 Thread Maurizio Marini
Hi there the issue is relative to the copy of a file chmod 0700 from an home dir to a shared public location if i use samba (windows explorer) to copy the file, the default group acl of destination dir are correctly applied; if i use cp command in a xterm shell, file is still 0700 and no acl is a

Re: Fedora 14 - can't change pointer theme

2011-02-28 Thread mike cloaked
On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 9:24 AM, Neil Bird wrote: > >   I updated from Fedora 12 to Fedora 14 over the weekend, and now I can't > change my pointer theme.  I'm stuck using dmz-aa. > >   The pointer preferences still show my custom pointer choice, it's just > not being used.  Well, mostly.  Within

Re: Getting data off of a Palm Pilot IIIe

2011-02-28 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Mon, 2011-02-28 at 06:15 -0500, Tod Thomas wrote: > I have a old palm pilot that I really don't use but still use its > windows client GUI. I can still sync it to the original palm pilot but > I'd like to get the data off of that platform onto something a little > more contemporary like Mozi

Re: [389-users] ldapsearch to get users with expired password

2011-02-28 Thread James Roman
On 02/28/2011 07:08 AM, Juan Asensio Sánchez wrote: Is there any way to obtain the users with expired/expiring password? Hi have activated the password policy, making the password expire after X days, and warn them after X-10 days. Now, I want to create a cron job to send an email to users warni

Mozilla spellcheck options

2011-02-28 Thread Temlakos
Everyone: Where is the English-US option for default spelling dictionaries in Firefox and Thunderbird? (And for that matter, why don't those dictionaries come with the proper names of Firefox and Thunderbird pre-loaded?) I have been using the spell-check system for many times. And I detect a

Re: Duplicate accounts?

2011-02-28 Thread Alain Spineux
On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 11:46 AM, Fernando Cassia wrote: > Is this normal? Fedora10 here... > > # users > fcassia fcassia fcassia fcassia fcassia fcassia fcassia You have opened 7 connections (maybe terminal) with your host, > [root@doscabezas]# groups > root bin daemon sys adm disk wheel > > So

Re: Nmbd dies

2011-02-28 Thread Antonio M
2011/2/28 Antonio M : > 2011/2/28 antonio.montagn...@alice.it : >> Suddenly, when I boot my laptop (That is getting IP from a DHCP), I see smb >> and >> nmb services up, but whe I log in I see that nmb is dead!!! I have to restart >> it manually and then my shares are shown >> >> No idea why and w

Re: Getting data off of a Palm Pilot IIIe

2011-02-28 Thread Fernando Cassia
On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 8:15 AM, Tod Thomas wrote: > > Is there some sort of utility that I can use to transfer the palm pilot > information to another platform?  I've looked around and haven't found > anything that really works well. There is a Palm Desktop for Java I ran it years ago under

Re: Getting data off of a Palm Pilot IIIe

2011-02-28 Thread Fernando Cassia
On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 8:15 AM, Tod Thomas wrote: > > Is there some sort of utility that I can use to transfer the palm pilot > information to another platform?  I've looked around and haven't found > anything that really works well. http://www.jpilot.org/ I´m not sure what export formats it ha

mouse clicks fail on first login

2011-02-28 Thread Jim Philips
I had this on a previous distro, so it's not specific to Fedora. I log in and after about 60 seconds, mouse clicks no longer work. The only workaround is to log out and log back in. Then mouse clicks work for an unlimited time. This is an HP DV7 laptop with a Synaptics touchpad and a Logitech Marbl

Getting data off of a Palm Pilot IIIe

2011-02-28 Thread Tod Thomas
I have a old palm pilot that I really don't use but still use its windows client GUI. I can still sync it to the original palm pilot but I'd like to get the data off of that platform onto something a little more contemporary like Mozilla Sunbird etc. Is there some sort of utility that I can us

Re: How to know if a given port is Half or Full Duplex from Gnome?

2011-02-28 Thread Fernando Cassia
On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 8:51 AM, Fernando Cassia wrote: > How to know on a gigabit Eth0 if a given port is working in half > duplex, full duplex,and if it's fast ethernet or full ethernet, from > Gnome/Fedora? > > If I hover over the ETH0 icon in the notification area of the Gnome > bar I only see

How to know if a given port is Half or Full Duplex from Gnome?

2011-02-28 Thread Fernando Cassia
How to know on a gigabit Eth0 if a given port is working in half duplex, full duplex,and if it's fast ethernet or full ethernet, from Gnome/Fedora? If I hover over the ETH0 icon in the notification area of the Gnome bar I only see "Wired connection 'System eth0' active". Is there any way to make i

Duplicate accounts?

2011-02-28 Thread Fernando Cassia
Is this normal? Fedora10 here... # users fcassia fcassia fcassia fcassia fcassia fcassia fcassia [root@doscabezas]# groups root bin daemon sys adm disk wheel Somehow I inardvertedly ended up with a bunch of folders owned by root, and when I attempted to move those around from the user account (fc

Re: Nmbd dies

2011-02-28 Thread Antonio M
2011/2/28 antonio.montagn...@alice.it : > Suddenly, when I boot my laptop (That is getting IP from a DHCP), I see smb > and > nmb services up, but whe I log in I see that nmb is dead!!! I have to restart > it manually and then my shares are shown > > No idea why and what to look for > debugging. >

Nmbd dies

2011-02-28 Thread antonio.montagn...@alice.it
Suddenly, when I boot my laptop (That is getting IP from a DHCP), I see smb and nmb services up, but whe I log in I see that nmb is dead!!! I have to restart it manually and then my shares are shown No idea why and what to look for debugging. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org

Fedora 14 - can't change pointer theme

2011-02-28 Thread Neil Bird
I updated from Fedora 12 to Fedora 14 over the weekend, and now I can't change my pointer theme. I'm stuck using dmz-aa. The pointer preferences still show my custom pointer choice, it's just not being used. Well, mostly. Within Firefox and Thunderbird windows, my custom pointer is sh

Re: Bug in liveusb-creator.exe (Universal-USB-Installer-1.8.3.4.exeworks for F14)

2011-02-28 Thread Rahul Sundaram
On 02/26/2011 10:49 AM, Suresh Govindachar wrote: > By the way, how would one do what liveusb-creator.exe does > manually from a command line (cmd shell)? The wiki page > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraLiveCD/USBHowTo has > command line instructions for Linux, but not for Windows. >

Re: FEDORA and RHEL

2011-02-28 Thread Rahul Sundaram
On 02/28/2011 01:22 AM, JD wrote: > Thanx a lot. > I was hoping that the RHEL updates > would have included the tried and true, and very stable > mods made in the fedora releases/updates. Sometimes they do but it is a question of whether enterprise customers want the update vs the risk of the up

Re: Fedora Weekly News?

2011-02-28 Thread Rahul Sundaram
On 02/28/2011 01:09 AM, John Mellor wrote: > Here here! FWN used to be something worth reading, but has now been > bastardized into what looks more like an employee rule-book for a > totally mindless organization. If you feel strongly about it, now is a great time to step up and help write some