Re: SELINUX is kicking my butt!

2011-11-20 Thread Frank Murphy
On 21/11/11 00:00, Thomas Cameron wrote: > > 2) If SELinux is really disabled, your boot problem almost certainly > isn't SELinux related. > > 3) How did you disable SELinux? By that I mean, exactly what file did > you edit and how did you edit it? Did you use perl or sed or the like > against /et

Re: SELINUX is kicking my butt!

2011-11-20 Thread Fedora User
On Sun, 20 Nov 2011 18:33:57 -0500 John Aldrich wrote: > I just installed a new boot drive and installed F16. Since I > absolutely HATE SELINUX, I've gone into the config file and set > selinux to "disabled." Now when I attempt to boot, I get an error > that it can't find the policy file and

Re: SELINUX is kicking my butt!

2011-11-20 Thread John Aldrich
Quoting Reindl Harald : > > normally i disable SELinux with "selinux=0" as kernel-boot-param > you can edit the kernel-line in GRUB menu directly before the > system get started > I can't get that to work for me. :( I've since gone in and edited the config file BACK to "targeted" as well as editi

Re: Bullies get into FireFox, and make a mess in F-14, way too easily, forcing me to DBAN the hd & reinstall...

2011-11-20 Thread Rick Sewill
On Sunday, November 20, 2011 04:11:32 PM Linda McLeod wrote: > The bullies who have been targeting my PC with computer problems have > got into FireFox yet again, changing things.. > Questions please. Are you running Firefox as root or as a normal user? Have you disabled SeLinux? Do your acc

Re: SELINUX is kicking my butt!

2011-11-20 Thread Thomas Cameron
On 11/20/2011 05:33 PM, John Aldrich wrote: > I just installed a new boot drive and installed F16. Since I > absolutely HATE SELINUX, I've gone into the config file and set > selinux to "disabled." Now when I attempt to boot, I get an error that > it can't find the policy file and it hangs the syst

Re: SELINUX is kicking my butt!

2011-11-20 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 21.11.2011 00:33, schrieb John Aldrich: > I just installed a new boot drive and installed F16. Since I > absolutely HATE SELINUX, I've gone into the config file and set > selinux to "disabled." Now when I attempt to boot, I get an error that > it can't find the policy file and it hangs t

SELINUX is kicking my butt!

2011-11-20 Thread John Aldrich
I just installed a new boot drive and installed F16. Since I absolutely HATE SELINUX, I've gone into the config file and set selinux to "disabled." Now when I attempt to boot, I get an error that it can't find the policy file and it hangs the system and won't let it go any further. How do I

Re: No sound on F16

2011-11-20 Thread Paul Smith
On Sun, Nov 20, 2011 at 8:05 PM, Paul Smith wrote: > I have just upgraded from F14 to F16, and I have now no sound. Any ideas? Temporarily solved with the temporary fix indicated at http://www.fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?t=272577 Paul -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.or

Re: About Fedora Security? Drums machines? Fedora distros? Background configs?

2011-11-20 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 20.11.2011 23:22, schrieb Linda McLeod: > For various security reasons my work computer is almost never > net-connected, except occasionally, to make critical updates.. Which > networking programs do I disable or uninstall to clean-out the packages > I don't need in Fedora-14..? "package-cle

About Fedora Security? Drums machines? Fedora distros? Background configs?

2011-11-20 Thread Linda McLeod
For various security reasons my work computer is almost never net-connected, except occasionally, to make critical updates.. Which networking programs do I disable or uninstall to clean-out the packages I don't need in Fedora-14..? How do I uninstall any "key-loggers from the F-14, 15, & 16 OS"s.

Re: Bullies get into FireFox, and make a mess in F-14, way too easily, forcing me to DBAN the hd & reinstall...

2011-11-20 Thread Joe Zeff
On 11/20/2011 02:11 PM, Linda McLeod wrote: > The bullies who have been targeting my PC with computer problems have > got into FireFox yet again, changing things.. I too run FireFox on Fedora 14. I've done nothing exceptional to harden my system, but I've also done nothing, such as turn off SELi

Re: Bullies get into FireFox, and make a mess in F-14, way too easily, forcing me to DBAN the hd & reinstall...

2011-11-20 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 20.11.2011 23:11, schrieb Linda McLeod: > The bullies who have been targeting my PC with computer problems have > got into FireFox yet again, changing things.. > > Top too-bar is inoperative.. > Fastmail logins are non-functional.. > Spellcheck is non-functional.. sounds like a problem in yo

Bullies get into FireFox, and make a mess in F-14, way too easily, forcing me to DBAN the hd & reinstall...

2011-11-20 Thread Linda McLeod
The bullies who have been targeting my PC with computer problems have got into FireFox yet again, changing things.. Top too-bar is inoperative.. Fastmail logins are non-functional.. Spellcheck is non-functional.. And sometimes the bullies make the Google search-page be in German, Dutch, or Fren

How to tell a radeon chip it is connected to a TV

2011-11-20 Thread Göran Uddeborg
We're using a F15 MythTV system as a DVB receiver. It displays via SCART on an old CRT PAL TV. So there is no signalling from the TV to the computer specifying the properties of the display. We have created an xorg.conf file with a Monitor section with the appropriate Modeline configuration. Th

No sound on F16

2011-11-20 Thread Paul Smith
Dear All, I have just upgraded from F14 to F16, and I have now no sound. Any ideas? Thanks in advance, Paul -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.

Re: System hang under F16

2011-11-20 Thread Maciek Borzecki
On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 1:18 AM, Deron Meranda wrote: >>> today, twice, the system has hung completely as I opened a >>> new window. The new window was different on the two occasions; > > I have no idea if it is related, but twice with F16 I've had Gnome > completely lock up. The mouse pointer wou

Re: system console redirection - all but boot messages redirected ttyS0?

2011-11-20 Thread Roger Heflin
On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 7:19 PM, Morgan Read wrote: > Hello Folks > > I'm running f14 (still) > > I've successfully configured my machine (hp ml150 g3) to redirect bios, > grub menu and login prompt - but, between the grub menu and the login > prompt I'm missing the boot messages.  If I remove "qu

Re: System locked up during update of kernel, yum in unclean state and kernel half-installed

2011-11-20 Thread T.C. Hollingsworth
On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 10:50 PM, Deron Meranda wrote: > One more interesting thing... I just completed my reboot, and my > system now seems quite happy. > However when I selected the kernel to use in the grub menu, it quickly said > >   Loading Fedora (3.1.1-1.fc16.x86_64) > > even though I had e