Re: Fedora Weekly News?

2011-03-01 Thread Rahul Sundaram
On 02/28/2011 08:49 PM, Tim wrote > I'm sure it is, but I'm voicing my comments from the viewpoint of a > reader, rather than a contributor. What happened to it? Did the people > previously submitting the interesting articles give up? Have they left > the scene? Has someone deliberately decided

Re: mouse clicks fail on first login

2011-03-01 Thread Jim Philips
On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 6:51 AM, Jim Philips wrote: > 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

2nd Update on: "why is my Linux so damn slow?"

2011-03-01 Thread M. Fioretti
On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 14:51:25 PM +0100, Marco Fioretti (mfiore...@nexaima.net) wrote: > when I upgraded from Fedora 12 to Fedora 14, about twenty days ago, > the system (which wasn't doing really well even before the upgrade) > became almost unusable. Things went better, then worse, now they are

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

2011-03-01 Thread Sebastian
Hi Wey, Including you and Nathalie of Intel, the Dell wholesaler who integrated my system, and the WIN 7 developers who implemented the windows driver for the card have not expressed any concern that the network card in question (with EEPROM 0x424) be used under WINDOWS 7. To make my life easier,

Re: FC15 and GNOME3

2011-03-01 Thread Michael Cronenworth
Tom H wrote: > AFAIK gconf has been renamed dconf. It wasn't just renamed, it was rewritten. GConf was a XML-like configuration storage system. dconf is a binary (think Windows registry) configuration storage system. It was designed for speed. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.or

Re: Duplicate accounts?

2011-03-01 Thread Larry Vaden
On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 1:12 PM, Armelius Cameron wrote: > On Monday, February 28, 2011 10:53:34 pm inode0 wrote: >> 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

Re: FC15 and GNOME3

2011-03-01 Thread Aaron Konstam
On Tue, 2011-03-01 at 11:48 -0500, Tom H wrote: > On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 10:35 AM, Aaron Konstam wrote: > > On Tue, 2011-03-01 at 08:21 +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote: > >> > >> It is configurable via dconf. > > > > I admit I don't know what dconf is. Running it causes a core dump on my > > machine;

Re: Duplicate accounts?

2011-03-01 Thread Fernando Cassia
On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 5:09 PM, inode0 wrote: > Yes, I am giving the parent poster a chance to show us how it is possible. I initiated this thread and I find it pretty absurd how it´s got into an entirely different discussion. Whoever made that claim about * extending to the parent directory was

Linux Containers - setup script?

2011-03-01 Thread Philip Rhoades
People, I would like to set up lxc on Fedora 14 x86_64 for sandboxing and the closest thing I can find to a simple setup script is this: http://blog.kagesenshi.org/2010/03/howto-linux-container-lxc-on-fedora-12.html which had a few bugs in it but after fixing them I still couldn't create a con

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

2011-03-01 Thread John W. Linville
Well, FWIW I offered to _merge_ a patch. :-) But, if I get some confirmation from a credible source at Intel that simply honoring the earlier version is sufficient I should have no particular problem squeezing-out such a patch. John On Tue, Mar 01, 2011 at 03:51:34PM -0300, Sebastian wrote: > Th

Re: Duplicate accounts?

2011-03-01 Thread inode0
On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 1:12 PM, Armelius Cameron wrote: > On Monday, February 28, 2011 10:53:34 pm inode0 wrote: >> 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

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

2011-03-01 Thread stan
On Mon, 28 Feb 2011 19:53:41 -0800 "Suresh Govindachar" wrote: > > You could install the development group, and do it all > > within the live CD environment, but that is a pretty big > > project also. And unless you put the result somewhere > > permanent, you will lose it when you shut

Re: fc8 upgrade

2011-03-01 Thread David Liguori
On 2/24/2011 5:13 AM, Jorgen Lundman wrote: > Right, so I download the fc14 ISO and try to do a install over the old OS, > hoping to keep data. The installer does have an option to keep things, the > second to last option, before custom. > > It just notifies me that there are no places to install

Re: Duplicate accounts?

2011-03-01 Thread Armelius Cameron
On Monday, February 28, 2011 10:53:34 pm inode0 wrote: > 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 * fc

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

2011-03-01 Thread Sebastian
Thanks a million John for offering to write a patch. Today I spoke to Nathalie from Intel about this issue, ticket number: 8000209173. Nathalie said she would write to you on behalf of Intel that since Intel are prepared to have me use this card in Windows 7 (same EEPROM, same hardware), as Wey-wi

Re: External microphone Fedora 14.

2011-03-01 Thread Zoltan Hoppar
Hi, Yes. Sure. Attached. Zoltan 2011/3/1 Erik P. Olsen : > On 22/02/11 14:27, Zoltan Hoppar wrote: > [snip] >> I have attached an simple file, what you have to insert as root to >> /etc/modprobe.d as is. > > Could you send the attachment to the list, please? > > -- > Erik > -- > users mailing li

Re: External microphone Fedora 14.

2011-03-01 Thread Erik P. Olsen
On 22/02/11 14:27, Zoltan Hoppar wrote: [snip] > I have attached an simple file, what you have to insert as root to > /etc/modprobe.d as is. Could you send the attachment to the list, please? -- Erik -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription optio

Re: External microphone Fedora 14.

2011-03-01 Thread Ldap Tester
On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 10:27 AM, Zoltan Hoppar wrote: > I have the same problem basically if I reinstall my F14. The solution > is quite easy - and possibly you have the very same problem that I > have. The bug is an kernel bug, what pushing with +1 the IRQ-s and > that's why you couldn't use yo

Re: FC15 and GNOME3

2011-03-01 Thread Tom H
On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 10:35 AM, Aaron Konstam wrote: > On Tue, 2011-03-01 at 08:21 +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote: >> >> It is configurable via dconf. > > I admit I don't know what dconf is. Running it causes a core dump on my > machine; and there is no : man dconf AFAIK gconf has been renamed dcon

Re: [Fwd: Re: FC15 and GNOME3]

2011-03-01 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Tue, 2011-03-01 at 09:40 -0600, Aaron Konstam wrote: > Forwarded Message > From: Aaron Konstam > To: users@lists.fedoraproject.org > Subject: Re: FC15 and GNOME3 > Date: Tue, 01 Mar 2011 09:35:46 -0600 > > On Tue, 2011-03-01 at 08:21 +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote: > > On 02/28/

Old RH in production (Re: fc8 upgrade)

2011-03-01 Thread Lamar Owen
On Sunday, February 27, 2011 06:50:28 am Roberto Ragusa wrote: > I see your RH8 in a VM and raise a RH7.2 in a VM. :-) > For an Internet facing service, nonetheless! And I'll raise you an RH5.2, still running after nearly thirteen years. On physical hardware. It's just about to be decommissione

[Fwd: Re: FC15 and GNOME3]

2011-03-01 Thread Aaron Konstam
Forwarded Message From: Aaron Konstam To: users@lists.fedoraproject.org Subject: Re: FC15 and GNOME3 Date: Tue, 01 Mar 2011 09:35:46 -0600 On Tue, 2011-03-01 at 08:21 +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote: > On 02/28/2011 11:34 PM, James McKenzie wrote: > > > > Agreed. If I want lid clos

Re: FC15 and GNOME3

2011-03-01 Thread Aaron Konstam
On Tue, 2011-03-01 at 08:21 +0530, 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. > > Rahul I admit I don't know what dconf is. Running it

Re: internet apps don't connect in FC14

2011-03-01 Thread Tim
On Tue, 2011-03-01 at 03:53 -0500, Tom H wrote: > IMHO totally pedantic... But completely important. NetworkManager sets a status that you're on- or off-line, and any application can check for that. It doesn't individually inform every network-using application about its status. NetworkManager,

Re: Duplicate accounts?

2011-03-01 Thread Fernando Cassia
On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 8:15 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > The Shell will not normally expand * to a name beginning with ".". Agreed. A tempest in a teapot. If it did, any command with * will affect the entire filesystem as everything is linked to levels above it with ".." FC -- users mail

Re: internet apps don't connect in FC14

2011-03-01 Thread Tom H
On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 5:20 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Sun, 2011-02-27 at 13:01 -0500, Tom H wrote: >> On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 10:02 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan >> wrote: >> > >> > The OP didn't mention NM, so he could hardly have said that it >> wasn't >> > active. And NM isn't "reporting"

Re: Fedora 14 - can't change pointer theme

2011-03-01 Thread Neil Bird
Around about 28/02/11 16:03, mike cloaked typed ... > Well I have done this on 7 machines and no problems changing it in the > settings menu under gnome - if you are using KDE that may behave > differently of course. I think it may be something to do with my running openbox. If I kill openbox