X11 apps don't launch on F15 over ssh/vpnc

2011-08-21 Thread FNB Mailing Lists
I have been working on this all weekend and it appears something in F15 has broken the ability to open an X11 app over ssh/vpnc. It works over ssh to another server on the local network, but it fails when attempting to ssh over a vpnc connection to work. This worked fine on F14. Just to doub

[ENDING THREAD] Re: telnet on local LAN question (progress?)

2011-08-21 Thread Paul Allen Newell
On 8/21/2011 9:44 PM, Craig White wrote: > > > I really don't have much interest in ploughing through all of your e-mails > and all of the answers you get which just confuse the whole situation. > > All you really need to do is set smarthost on all of the LAN machines - > all machines smartho

Re: telnet on local LAN question (progress?)

2011-08-21 Thread Craig White
On Sun, 2011-08-21 at 18:41 -0700, Paul Allen Newell wrote: > I dug around online and found info regarding mail, port 25, and port > 587. Got a little better idea what all this is about and I decided to > try some permuations > > Though I didn't get any mail sent, I was able to get a failure mes

Re: Console broken since F10

2011-08-21 Thread Tom H
On Sun, Aug 21, 2011 at 4:44 PM, Lars Eighner wrote: > > I find bug reports back at least as far as Fedora 10 indicating console > resolution has been broken (by setting an unreadable resolution in the > kernel) since at least Fedora 10. > > What was the last release of Fedora in which the console

high i/o dirs

2011-08-21 Thread Robert Arkiletian
Rebuilding an nfs fileserver. I want to put the high i/o directories on a separate raid 1 array for performance. Currently everything is under / in one raid 10 array. How can I tell which directories, obviously other than /home, are getting high reads and/or writes? Any tools to measure read/write

Re: Solved - Console resolutions problems

2011-08-21 Thread Cameron Simpson
On 21Aug2011 20:01, Lars Eighner wrote: | On Sun, 21 Aug 2011, Marko Vojinovic wrote: | > On a more serious note, as you are seemingly startx-ing on an "sporadically- | > need-a-gui" basis, you might be more interested in some more lightweight | > desktop environment, or maybe even just a window m

Re: telnet on local LAN question (progress?)

2011-08-21 Thread Paul Allen Newell
I dug around online and found info regarding mail, port 25, and port 587. Got a little better idea what all this is about and I decided to try some permuations Though I didn't get any mail sent, I was able to get a failure message back which is more info than I've seen before. In sendmail.mc,

Re: confusion with gparted

2011-08-21 Thread suvayu ali
On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 11:22 PM, charles zeitler wrote: >> I have an external usb HD (500Go) which I partionned (with fdisk) like this: >> >> /dev/sdx1 ~20Go: ntfs >> /dev/sdx2 rest of disk: ext3 >> >> If I use df -h, I get: >> >> /dev/sdb2             439G   44G  374G  11% /media/linux >> /dev/s

Re: Solved - Console resolutions problems

2011-08-21 Thread Lars Eighner
On Sun, 21 Aug 2011, Marko Vojinovic wrote: > Oh, but from the fallback mode you really have no proper perspective. You > would need to start Gnome3 in its full-glory 3D mode, if you actually want to > experience what the words "bloated, moron GUI" can really mean. The fallback > mode is absolutel

Re: emacs won't start unless I speciffy font

2011-08-21 Thread Andras Simon
2011/8/22, Martín Marqués : > I'm trying to start emacs on a fresh F15 install and I get this: > > > $ emacs > Font `8x13' is not defined > > The only posible thing I found is to use --font to specify another font. > > Any ideas on why this happens? Perhaps ~/.Xdefaults tries to set the font to a

emacs won't start unless I speciffy font

2011-08-21 Thread Martín Marqués
I'm trying to start emacs on a fresh F15 install and I get this: $ emacs Font `8x13' is not defined The only posible thing I found is to use --font to specify another font. Any ideas on why this happens? -- Martín Marqués select 'martin.marques' || '@' || 'gmail.com' DBA, Programador, Adminis

Re: telnet on local LAN question

2011-08-21 Thread Paul Allen Newell
On 8/20/2011 1:42 AM, Tim wrote: > > This is from my old server: > > dnl # The following causes sendmail to only listen on the IPv4 loopback > address > dnl # 127.0.0.1 and not on any other network devices. Remove the loopback > dnl # address restriction to accept email from the internet or intran

Re: F15 perl-libs 5.12.4-160 problem (/usr/local)

2011-08-21 Thread Panu Matilainen
On 08/21/2011 06:15 PM, Mark Hittinger wrote: > > Hey guys > > Running Transaction >Updating : 4:perl-libs-5.12.4-160.fc15.i686 1/4 > Error unpacking rpm package 4:perl-libs-5.12.4-160.fc15.i686 > error: unpacking of archive failed on file /usr/local/lib/perl5: cpio: mkdir > Updating : 4:

Re: Kdenlive: MLT's SDL Module....

2011-08-21 Thread Manuel Escudero
2011/8/21 Richard Shaw > On Sun, Aug 21, 2011 at 3:27 PM, Manuel Escudero > wrote: > > I "fixed" the problem few minutes later of sending the message to the > list, > > it seems that by running: > > sudo yum downgrade mlt mlt-python mlt-devel > > The problem fixes "magically"... I say "fixed" be

Re: Console broken since F10

2011-08-21 Thread Marko Vojinovic
On Sunday 21 August 2011 21:44:27 Lars Eighner wrote: > I find bug reports back at least as far as Fedora 10 indicating console > resolution has been broken (by setting an unreadable resolution in the > kernel) since at least Fedora 10. > > What was the last release of Fedora in which the console

Re: Console broken since F10

2011-08-21 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 08/21/2011 03:44 PM, Lars Eighner wrote: > I find bug reports back at least as far as Fedora 10 indicating console > resolution has been broken (by setting an unreadable resolution in the > kernel) since at least Fedora 10. > > What was the last re

Re: Solved - Console resolutions problems

2011-08-21 Thread Marko Vojinovic
On Sunday 21 August 2011 22:42:47 Lars Eighner wrote: > Surprisingly enough, Fedora 15 will honor the nomodeset flag in the kernel > boot line. With boot to console (multi-user, formerly known as run level > 3) & the splash screen dispensed with, good console comes up. > > On startx, Gnome3 compl

Re: telnet on local LAN question

2011-08-21 Thread Paul Allen Newell
[inline] On 8/20/2011 3:42 AM, Craig White wrote: > > If it looks something like this on your SMTP server > # netstat -an > Active Internet connections (servers and established) > Proto R-Q S-Q Local Address Foreign Address State > tcp0 0 0.0.0.0:25 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN Verified th

Re: telnet on local LAN question

2011-08-21 Thread Paul Allen Newell
On 8/20/2011 9:17 AM, T.C. Hollingsworth wrote: > Craig White wrote: >> >> >> I thought the command was 'make /etc/mail' and that it hasn't been >> necessary for about the last 10 years when restarting sendmail >> via /etc/init.d/sendmail restart (or service sendmail restart) would >> automati

Re: telnet on local LAN question

2011-08-21 Thread Paul Allen Newell
On 8/20/2011 5:52 AM, T.C. Hollingsworth wrote: > > You do have the "sendmail-cf" package installed and are running > /etc/mail/make when you're done editing your configuration, as explained > at the top of sendmail.mc, correct? > Yup, learned about that one on my first round of dealing with mail T

Solved - Console resolutions problems

2011-08-21 Thread Lars Eighner
Surprisingly enough, Fedora 15 will honor the nomodeset flag in the kernel boot line. With boot to console (multi-user, formerly known as run level 3) & the splash screen dispensed with, good console comes up. On startx, Gnome3 complains that I will miss the full wonderfulness and ecstaay of the

Re: F15 perl-libs 5.12.4-160 problem (/usr/local)

2011-08-21 Thread Alan Cox
On Sun, 21 Aug 2011 08:40:26 -0700 Joe Zeff wrote: > On 08/21/2011 08:15 AM, Mark Hittinger wrote: > > some systems will have /usr/local nfs mounted read only so the perl install > > will complain. > > Why would anybody want to mount /usr/local read only? NFS and for security. It's a standard w

Re: Kdenlive: MLT's SDL Module....

2011-08-21 Thread Richard Shaw
On Sun, Aug 21, 2011 at 3:27 PM, Manuel Escudero wrote: > I "fixed" the problem few minutes later of sending the message to the list, > it seems that by running: > sudo yum downgrade mlt mlt-python mlt-devel > The problem fixes "magically"... I say "fixed" beacuse downgrading is never > the right

Console broken since F10

2011-08-21 Thread Lars Eighner
I find bug reports back at least as far as Fedora 10 indicating console resolution has been broken (by setting an unreadable resolution in the kernel) since at least Fedora 10. What was the last release of Fedora in which the console actually worked? -- Lars Eighner http://www.larseighner.com/in

Re: Fedora15 with kvm and spice

2011-08-21 Thread Neal Becker
Gilboa Davara wrote: > On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 7:50 PM, Alex wrote: >> >> Hi, >> I have a win7 x86_64 kvm image I created on a fc14 machine that I've >> now transferred to a new fc15 machine. I'd like to use the new spice >> system to improve video performance. I've searched quite a bit, but >> m

Research reveals console broken since F10 at least

2011-08-21 Thread Lars Eighner
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Re: howto lock DNS number in /etc/resolv.conf

2011-08-21 Thread Craig White
On Sun, 2011-08-21 at 11:44 -0400, james tate wrote: > On 08/21/2011 02:03 AM, Tim wrote: > > On Sat, 2011-08-20 at 20:36 -0400, james tate wrote: > >> How can I lock down DNS nameserver in /etc/resolv.conf , every time I > >> reboot the DNS is changed ? > >> > >>Fedora is getting bad DNS numbe

Re: Kdenlive: MLT's SDL Module....

2011-08-21 Thread Manuel Escudero
2011/8/21 Richard Shaw > On Sun, Aug 21, 2011 at 2:46 AM, Manuel Escudero > wrote: > > Hi, early today, I updated the system... Now I found I can't run Kdenlive > > because > > of a "Fatal Error" The MLT's SDL Module is not found... Yesterday > kdenlive > > worked > > well and now it doesn't wor

Re: Fedora15 with kvm and spice

2011-08-21 Thread Alex
Hi, >> I have a win7 x86_64 kvm image I created on a fc14 machine that I've >> now transferred to a new fc15 machine. I'd like to use the new spice >> system to improve video performance. I've searched quite a bit, but >> most references seem to be very dated or incomplete. >> >> Is there any docu

fbset doesn't seem to work in F15

2011-08-21 Thread Lars Eighner
I have learned that it is fbcon that is my enemy. So I yum'd fbset. The fbset man page says the fbman page is broken. I tried it anyway after consulting fbset -help. It appears that fbset cannot set ANY mode listed in /etc/fb.modes ... err, so why does fb.modes exist if it does not describe any a

Re: howto lock DNS number in /etc/resolv.conf

2011-08-21 Thread Tom H
On Sun, Aug 21, 2011 at 11:44 AM, james tate wrote: > On 08/21/2011 02:03 AM, Tim wrote: >> On Sat, 2011-08-20 at 20:36 -0400, james tate wrote: >>> >>> How can I lock down DNS nameserver in /etc/resolv.conf , every time I >>> reboot the DNS is changed ? >>> >>> Fedora is getting bad DNS numbers f

Re: How to disable teardrop screen?

2011-08-21 Thread Bruno Wolff III
On Sun, Aug 21, 2011 at 11:19:57 -0500, Lars Eighner wrote: > > Unfortunately even though I set BOOTUP to verbose, the teardrop screen comes > up and wipes out the grub resolution and font and also wipes out any VGA > setting done at boot. Evidently the teardrop represents the trail of tears >

Re: How to disable teardrop screen?

2011-08-21 Thread T.C. Hollingsworth
Lars Eighner wrote: > Things got better when I reinstalled and discovered I can install F15 > on a ext2 partition, and such a partition can actually be created with the > install disc. This enabled me to mount the F15 partition RW in FreeBSD which > has a sane console resolution and font, so I can

How to disable teardrop screen?

2011-08-21 Thread Lars Eighner
Things got better when I reinstalled and discovered I can install F15 on a ext2 partition, and such a partition can actually be created with the install disc. This enabled me to mount the F15 partition RW in FreeBSD which has a sane console resolution and font, so I can actually read and edit the

Re: howto lock DNS number in /etc/resolv.conf

2011-08-21 Thread Genes MailLists
On 08/21/2011 11:44 AM, james tate wrote: > > domain= 2wire.net > search = 2wire.net > nameserver 172.16.0.1 (which is the gateway of the router) > > 2wire.net is the website of modem manufacturer , not a DNS serve. The 'domain' field is not a server - it is what is used if you ask for DNS

Re: howto lock DNS number in /etc/resolv.conf

2011-08-21 Thread james tate
On 08/21/2011 02:03 AM, Tim wrote: > On Sat, 2011-08-20 at 20:36 -0400, james tate wrote: >> How can I lock down DNS nameserver in /etc/resolv.conf , every time I >> reboot the DNS is changed ? >> >>Fedora is getting bad DNS numbers from a 2Wire router. > And I'll say what the other two haven't

Re: F15 perl-libs 5.12.4-160 problem (/usr/local)

2011-08-21 Thread Joe Zeff
On 08/21/2011 08:15 AM, Mark Hittinger wrote: > some systems will have /usr/local nfs mounted read only so the perl install > will complain. Why would anybody want to mount /usr/local read only? -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: htt

F15 perl-libs 5.12.4-160 problem (/usr/local)

2011-08-21 Thread Mark Hittinger
Hey guys Running Transaction Updating : 4:perl-libs-5.12.4-160.fc15.i686 1/4 Error unpacking rpm package 4:perl-libs-5.12.4-160.fc15.i686 error: unpacking of archive failed on file /usr/local/lib/perl5: cpio: mkdir Updating : 4:perl-5.12.4-160.fc15.i686 2/4 Error unpacking rpm pa

floppy accessed but would't reads

2011-08-21 Thread Vinny Onelli
Hello, I have tried about all suggested tricks, I got to the point where the it shows the floppy icon. If I double click on the floppy icon the diskette is accessed and try to read it, and then the message appears, "Unable to mount location no media in the drive". the drive and the media works fine

Re: howto lock DNS number in /etc/resolv.conf

2011-08-21 Thread Tom H
On Sat, Aug 20, 2011 at 9:00 PM, Tom Horsley wrote: > On Sat, 20 Aug 2011 20:36:55 -0400 james tate wrote: > >> How can I lock down DNS nameserver in /etc/resolv.conf , every time I >> reboot the DNS is changed ? > > Two ways: Edit the /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg- > script for the interfa

Re: Lost Firefox Menu Bar -

2011-08-21 Thread Aaron Konstam
On Sun, 2011-08-21 at 13:22 +0200, suvayu ali wrote: > On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 10:21 PM, David S. Wiener > wrote: > > Type ALT+V to invoke the view menu. > > > > For future reference you can always access the preferences menu for > the toolbar by just right clicking on an empty part anywhere near

Re: Kdenlive: MLT's SDL Module....

2011-08-21 Thread Richard Shaw
On Sun, Aug 21, 2011 at 2:46 AM, Manuel Escudero wrote: > Hi, early today, I updated the system... Now I found I can't run Kdenlive > because > of a "Fatal Error" The MLT's SDL Module is not found... Yesterday kdenlive > worked > well and now it doesn't work, How to fix it? > I'm running F15 KDE 6

Re: howto lock DNS number in /etc/resolv.conf

2011-08-21 Thread Craig White
On Sun, 2011-08-21 at 20:40 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: > Craig White wrote: > > >OK, I'll byte... which tablet did you get? > > > > Asus transformer. Keep meaning to change that default sig. I'm jealous - let me know of your impressions sometime. Thanks Craig -- This message has been sc

Re: howto lock DNS number in /etc/resolv.conf

2011-08-21 Thread Ed Greshko
Craig White wrote: >OK, I'll byte... which tablet did you get? > Asus transformer. Keep meaning to change that default sig. -- Sent from my Android tablet with K-9 Mail. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedorapr

browser window falls apart

2011-08-21 Thread Gergely Buday
Hi there, I write here to get directions. I already filed a bug report to Firefox but the advice I got there did not help much. They suggested to switch off hardware accelarator but the symptom remained. I have an Asus barebone pc with a built-in nvidia video card. I use it with a dual monitor se

Re: howto lock DNS number in /etc/resolv.conf

2011-08-21 Thread Craig White
On Sun, 2011-08-21 at 20:08 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: > Craig White wrote: > > > > >they answered his question > > > >you pointed out the best solution > > > > Maybe. Some ISPs, like my Dad's, supply DSL routers to their clients and > don't allow client access. If that is the case, they wil

Re: Lost Firefox Menu Bar -

2011-08-21 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 21/08/11 07:22, suvayu ali wrote: > On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 10:21 PM, David S. Wiener > wrote: >> Type ALT+V to invoke the view menu. >> > For future reference you can always access the preferences menu for > the toolbar by just right clicking on an empty part anywhere near the > top of the Fi

Re: howto lock DNS number in /etc/resolv.conf

2011-08-21 Thread Ed Greshko
Craig White wrote: > >they answered his question > >you pointed out the best solution > Maybe. Some ISPs, like my Dad's, supply DSL routers to their clients and don't allow client access. -- Sent from my Android tablet with K-9 Mail. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To un

Re: dns

2011-08-21 Thread Gergely Buday
Hi there, just for the record: I do not know how and why, and why id did not happen before, but now my /etc/resolv.conf contains # Generated by NetworkManager search hu nameserver 212.xx.yy.zz nameserver 212.xx.yy.tt as expected. Sorry for the nuisance. - Gergely -- users mailing list users@li

Re: howto lock DNS number in /etc/resolv.conf

2011-08-21 Thread Craig White
On Sun, 2011-08-21 at 15:33 +0930, Tim wrote: > On Sat, 2011-08-20 at 20:36 -0400, james tate wrote: > > How can I lock down DNS nameserver in /etc/resolv.conf , every time I > > reboot the DNS is changed ? > > > > Fedora is getting bad DNS numbers from a 2Wire router. > > And I'll say what t

Re: dns

2011-08-21 Thread Gergely Buday
On 20 August 2011 15:33, Leonardo wrote: > probably your router aren't giving you dns numbers. you can change the > connection configurations by changing in ipv4 (or 6) tab from dhcp to > something like only address dhcp, and then providing the dns's in the > proper box It did give dns parameter

Re: Lost Firefox Menu Bar -

2011-08-21 Thread suvayu ali
On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 10:21 PM, David S. Wiener wrote: > Type ALT+V to invoke the view menu. > For future reference you can always access the preferences menu for the toolbar by just right clicking on an empty part anywhere near the top of the Firefox window. Also since Firefox 4, when you dis

Kdenlive: MLT's SDL Module....

2011-08-21 Thread Manuel Escudero
Hi, early today, I updated the system... Now I found I can't run Kdenlive because of a "Fatal Error" The MLT's SDL Module is not found... Yesterday kdenlive worked well and now it doesn't work, How to fix it? I'm running F15 KDE 64bits and Kdenlive 0.8-1 Thanks. -- Manuel Escudero Linux User #50

Re: Fedora15 with kvm and spice

2011-08-21 Thread Gilboa Davara
On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 7:50 PM, Alex wrote: > > Hi, > I have a win7 x86_64 kvm image I created on a fc14 machine that I've > now transferred to a new fc15 machine. I'd like to use the new spice > system to improve video performance. I've searched quite a bit, but > most references seem to be very