Re: libreoffice paper size magic.

2012-01-17 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 16/01/12 21:24, Tom Horsley wrote: Spent all evening googling and stracing libreoffice, etc. Finally found how to make the miserable thing default to Letter rather than A4 paper size on startup, so I thought I'd let other Fedora users know :-). step 1: yum install libpaper step 2: echo Let

Print problems in AdobeReader (F16)

2012-01-17 Thread David Jansen
Well, this may not be the perfect place to ask about a closed-source program, but I'm probably not the only one installing AdobeReader (acroread) on a Linux system. Ever since installing Fedora 16, AdobeReader's print properties dialogue is unusable: no options visible, and the line displaying t

Re: Print problems in AdobeReader (F16)

2012-01-17 Thread Ed Greshko
On 01/17/2012 05:11 PM, David Jansen wrote: > Well, this may not be the perfect place to ask about a closed-source > program, but I'm probably not the only one installing AdobeReader > (acroread) on a Linux system. > Ever since installing Fedora 16, AdobeReader's print properties > dialogue is unus

Re: libreoffice paper size magic.

2012-01-17 Thread Tom Horsley
On Mon, 16 Jan 2012 22:35:49 -0500 fred smith wrote: > Hmm that's odd. I didn't have to do either of those things. > Just looked and both the printer default and document default paper > are US Letter. I don't recall having to do anything particularly > weird to make it happen, though it's pro

Re: libreoffice paper size magic.

2012-01-17 Thread mike cloaked
On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 11:13 AM, Tom Horsley wrote: > On Mon, 16 Jan 2012 22:35:49 -0500 > fred smith wrote: > >> Hmm that's odd. I didn't have to do either of those things. >> Just looked and both the printer default and document default paper >> are US Letter. I don't recall having to do an

Re: file /run/sm-client.pid does not exist

2012-01-17 Thread Michael Cronenworth
Robert Moskowitz wrote: Jan 16 22:24:07 lx120e systemd[1]: PID 14668 read from file /run/sm-client.pid does not exist. Your service or init script might be broken. What does this mean and what do I do about it??? It means the sm-client service is in a bad state. You can either restart[1] the

Re: Linux Bootable UDF

2012-01-17 Thread Joachim Backes
On 01/17/2012 12:34 PM, S P Arif Sahari Wibowo wrote: > > Hi! > > Do you know how to make a writable (packet writing) UDF media > (such as UDF-formatted USB flash drive or DVD+RW formatted for > packet writing) bootable under Linux? > > I did some Google search but cannot find anything into th

Graphical Login

2012-01-17 Thread Andrea Bencini
I installed Fedora 16 "Minimal Package Group Selection" then I installed NetworkManager (yum install NetworkManager) and at end I added "Switching to a Graphical Login" with the command: yum groupinstall "X Window System" Desktop. When I type the command "startx" I receive this message below. Can

"Fetch Job Error" on re-booting Fedora-16

2012-01-17 Thread Timothy Murphy
Does anyone else get the error -- Fetch Job Error - Plasma Desktop Shell Unknown error. Unable to fetch item from backend. -- on re-booting Fedora-16. As far as I can see, this error doesn't lead to any problems; the laptop seems to run normally.

Re: f16 - Brain dead wireless network manager

2012-01-17 Thread Michael Cronenworth
Robert Moskowitz wrote: So here I am switching between the hotel's questionably usable ESS and the conference's ESS. Of course both have different SSIDs (SSID defines an ESS, generally) and each has lots of Access Points many on the same channel. So I am in a meeting room on the VeriLAN SSID.

Re: OT: bash script - unexpected exit

2012-01-17 Thread Matthew Mosesohn
Sorry about that. I meant to say that using for line in $(cat file) is bad because it might not split up into lines properly. - Original Message - From: "JD" To: "Community support for Fedora users" Sent: Monday, January 16, 2012 3:34:37 PM Subject: Re: OT: bash script - unexpecte

Re: "Fetch Job Error" on re-booting Fedora-16

2012-01-17 Thread Ed Greshko
On 01/17/2012 10:58 PM, Timothy Murphy wrote: > Does anyone else get the error > -- > Fetch Job Error - Plasma Desktop Shell > Unknown error. Unable to fetch item from backend. > -- > on re-booting Fedora-16. > > As far as I can see, this error doesn'

Re: Print problems in AdobeReader (F16)

2012-01-17 Thread Aaron Konstam
On Tue, 2012-01-17 at 10:11 +0100, David Jansen wrote: > Well, this may not be the perfect place to ask about a closed-source > program, but I'm probably not the only one installing AdobeReader > (acroread) on a Linux system. > Ever since installing Fedora 16, AdobeReader's print properties dial

Re: Print problems in AdobeReader (F16)

2012-01-17 Thread Dale Dellutri
On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 3:11 AM, David Jansen wrote: > Well, this may not be the perfect place to ask about a closed-source > program, but I'm probably not the only one installing AdobeReader (acroread) > on a Linux system. > Ever since installing Fedora 16, AdobeReader's print properties dialogue

about authenticating a user through c programming

2012-01-17 Thread shreyas m
Hello, I am developing a c based application which needs authenticating the user as a root- user. I'm wiling to provide the responsibility of password verification to fedora os, as in the case of built in applications such as NFS,HTTP. I would prefer a similar interface for authentication

Re: Graphical Login

2012-01-17 Thread Marko Vojinovic
On Tuesday 17 January 2012 15:43:46 Andrea Bencini wrote: > I installed Fedora 16 "Minimal Package Group Selection" Is there a reason why you have installed a minimal system? Minimal is really bare-bones system, and if you are not an expert it will bring you headaches later on, due to the missin

Re: f16 - Brain dead wireless network manager

2012-01-17 Thread Tim
Robert Moskowitz, >> Then I am not getting anything to work on the Hyatt SSID, yet it is >> showing 3 bars of signal strength. But is there any textual info on S/N >> or anything worthwhile? Of course not. WiFi is suppose to be used by >> cellphone users that only know to look at bars on their c

Re: f16 - Brain dead wireless network manager

2012-01-17 Thread Michael Cronenworth
Tim wrote: Though, as I'm sure Robert will agree, that's not really good enough. The thing that you choose your connection from should provide adequate information, itself. It's a pain having to refer to another tool to figure out what you should use. It'll also be a nuisance to have to correla

Re: f16 - Brain dead wireless network manager

2012-01-17 Thread R. G. Newbury
On 01/17/2012 04:11 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: f16 and gnome 3 I have to go into Network Settings, turn off wireless and turn it on. ARGH! Then I am not getting anything to work on the Hyatt SSID, < snip> I would like some help on getting things to work better... I gave up on NetworkM

Re: f16 - Brain dead wireless network manager

2012-01-17 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 01/17/2012 11:39 AM, Michael Cronenworth wrote: Tim wrote: Though, as I'm sure Robert will agree, that's not really good enough. The thing that you choose your connection from should provide adequate information, itself. It's a pain having to refer to another tool to figure out what you sh

Re: Mounting a partition within a dd image of a windows drive

2012-01-17 Thread JD
On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 4:01 PM, Gordon Messmer wrote: > On 01/16/2012 06:53 AM, Bryn M. Reeves wrote: >> >> Run "kpartx -a /dev/loop0". > > > You can also run "kpartx -a" on the file itself, and skip manually setting > up the loop device. > > If you have a loop device set up already, "partprobe"

Only desktop wallpaper after login F15

2012-01-17 Thread Freak Trick
Yesterday, I installed F15 from Live CD (downloaded around May release of the version). The first run was fine and I was able to install all usual applications - Chrome, Audacious, VLC, gcc, gcc-c++. Next morning, when I started the machine, I could reach up to the login menu and login successfu

Re: Mounting a partition within a dd image of a windows drive

2012-01-17 Thread Bryn M. Reeves
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 01/17/2012 04:56 PM, JD wrote: > On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 4:01 PM, Gordon Messmer > wrote: >> On 01/16/2012 06:53 AM, Bryn M. Reeves wrote: >>> >>> Run "kpartx -a /dev/loop0". >> >> >> You can also run "kpartx -a" on the file itself, and skip >>

Re: Print problems in AdobeReader (F16)

2012-01-17 Thread David Jansen
Thanks for the suggestions on Acroread. as far as I know, i have all the dependencies installed as rpms. The difference seems to be cups; if I define a local printer, I can access its options, but when cups is set up to browse for printers (and finding the ones on the RHEL 6 server), the print

Re: Only desktop wallpaper after login F15

2012-01-17 Thread Timothy Davis
On 01/17/2012 11:59 AM, Freak Trick wrote: Yesterday, I installed F15 from Live CD (downloaded around May release of the version). The first run was fine and I was able to install all usual applications - Chrome, Audacious, VLC, gcc, gcc-c++. Next morning, when I started the machine, I could re

Re: Only desktop wallpaper after login F15

2012-01-17 Thread Steven Stern
On 01/17/2012 10:59 AM, Freak Trick wrote: > Yesterday, I installed F15 from Live CD (downloaded around May release > of the version). The first run was fine and I was able to install all > usual applications - Chrome, Audacious, VLC, gcc, gcc-c++. Next morning, > when I started the machine, I coul

Re: f16 - Brain dead wireless network manager

2012-01-17 Thread Joe Zeff
On 01/17/2012 08:45 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: We are developing a check list of things that are really needed. Like clicking on an SSID to trigger a reconnect. As long as you're working on a wish list, let me add one: it shouldn't show any hotspots that aren't currently active unless you've

Re: Only desktop wallpaper after login F15

2012-01-17 Thread Joe Zeff
On 01/17/2012 08:59 AM, Freak Trick wrote: I formatted and reinstalled. Again it worked fine the first time. But next boot gave the same problem. Moreover without being able to access the desktop, I am short of ideas to do anything to resolve the problem. Any workarounds? I'm not sure what's g

Re: Only desktop wallpaper after login F15

2012-01-17 Thread Timothy Davis
On 01/17/2012 03:39 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: On 01/17/2012 08:59 AM, Freak Trick wrote: I formatted and reinstalled. Again it worked fine the first time. But next boot gave the same problem. Moreover without being able to access the desktop, I am short of ideas to do anything to resolve the problem.

Re: f16 - Brain dead wireless network manager

2012-01-17 Thread jdow
On 2012/01/17 12:27, Joe Zeff wrote: On 01/17/2012 08:45 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: We are developing a check list of things that are really needed. Like clicking on an SSID to trigger a reconnect. As long as you're working on a wish list, let me add one: it shouldn't show any hotspots that a

Re: f16 - Brain dead wireless network manager

2012-01-17 Thread Joe Zeff
On 01/17/2012 12:52 PM, jdow wrote: Um, did you hibernate at the hotel and then start it up again when you got home? If you looked before doing a "find" I can see the information about the wireless points near the hotel lingering on your system. No. I don't use either hibernate or sleep, and i

Re: F16 ddclient fails to start

2012-01-17 Thread James Wilkinson
Terry Polzin wrote: > I created a /run/ddclient folder, no help. > Anyone have an idea? and: > ddclient will start from CLI and and run persistently as a daemon. It > seems that it just won't start at boot correctly as a service. I don’t use ddclient, but I presume that when you say you created

Re: f16 - Brain dead wireless network manager

2012-01-17 Thread jdow
On 2012/01/17 13:09, Joe Zeff wrote: On 01/17/2012 12:52 PM, jdow wrote: Um, did you hibernate at the hotel and then start it up again when you got home? If you looked before doing a "find" I can see the information about the wireless points near the hotel lingering on your system. No. I don't

F16 - virtualbox problem after update

2012-01-17 Thread Paolo De Michele
hi list, I am having problems on virtualbox following system update you place some data which I hope can be useful: * * |Linux homelinux 3.1.8-2.fc16.i686 #1 SMP Sat Jan 7 14:47:46 UTC 2012 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux| the version of virtualbox OSE is the: 4.1.8 When starting a virtual machine I

F16 - belkin usb adapter configuration ( wifi )

2012-01-17 Thread Paolo De Michele
hi list, in a machine for logistical needs I need to use a wifi connection I bought a belkin usb adapter; you place some output hoping can help me: dmesg to attack usb wireless adapter |localhost kernel: usb 1-7: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 7 localhost kernel: usb 1-7:

Re: F16 - virtualbox problem after update

2012-01-17 Thread Steven Stern
On 01/17/2012 04:43 PM, Paolo De Michele wrote: > hi list, > > I am having problems on virtualbox following system update > you place some data which I hope can be useful: > * > * > > |Linux homelinux 3.1.8-2.fc16.i686 #1 SMP Sat Jan 7 14:47:46 UTC 2012 i686 > i686 i386 GNU/Linux| > > > the ve

[ Solved ] F16 - virtualbox problem after update

2012-01-17 Thread Paolo De Michele
On 01/18/2012 12:00 AM, Steven Stern wrote: > On 01/17/2012 04:43 PM, Paolo De Michele wrote: >> hi list, >> >> I am having problems on virtualbox following system update >> you place some data which I hope can be useful: >> * >> * >> >> |Linux homelinux 3.1.8-2.fc16.i686 #1 SMP Sat Jan 7 14:47:4

Re: F16 - belkin usb adapter configuration ( wifi )

2012-01-17 Thread Tom Horsley
On Tue, 17 Jan 2012 23:51:44 +0100 Paolo De Michele wrote: > on networkmanager see correctly my two home networks, but even if I > enter the correct password can not logging on to the network. Are your home access points configured to only allow known MAC addresses to connect? If so, you'll need

Re: Only desktop wallpaper after login F15

2012-01-17 Thread Freak Trick
No. There no response for either of the keys that you mention. Only dialogs that turn up are  - 1. Logout: On CTRL+ALT+DEL and 2. Wifi Password Prompt else nothing. BTW, Just before shutting down the computer I installed the latest google chrome download (from website) and VLC (from yum) and on

Re: Only desktop wallpaper after login F15

2012-01-17 Thread Freak Trick
I am Fairly comfortable with CLI. Just that I do not know how to skip Gnome and log directly into CLI. I tried to edit the systemd to multi-user target by booting from the live CD and accessing the hard drive where the file is stored, but things did not work out and still it is Gnome. If I can r

Re: Only desktop wallpaper after login F15

2012-01-17 Thread Craig White
On Wed, 2012-01-18 at 06:36 +0530, Freak Trick wrote: > I am Fairly comfortable with CLI. Just that I do not know how to skip > Gnome and log directly into CLI. I tried to edit the systemd to > multi-user target by booting from the live CD and accessing the hard > drive where the file is stored, bu

[Packages] Minus Desktop Tool for Fedora

2012-01-17 Thread Manuel Escudero
So I was navigating the Net when I found this online storage service with an interesting twist called "Minus" I discovered they had a Desktop client for their service and that the Desktop client had versions for Ubuntu and ArchLinux, but not for Fedora... I'm a Fedora User and I was really interes

Re: about authenticating a user through c programming

2012-01-17 Thread Gordon Messmer
On 01/17/2012 07:56 AM, shreyas m wrote: I am developing a c based application which needs authenticating the user as a root- user. I'm wiling to provide the responsibility of password verification to fedora os, as in the case of built in applications such as NFS,HTTP. I would prefer a similar in

Re: f16 - Brain dead wireless network manager

2012-01-17 Thread Gordon Messmer
On 01/17/2012 08:45 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: We are developing a check list of things that are really needed. Like clicking on an SSID to trigger a reconnect. Thanks, Robert. The GNOME shell people have been fairly helpful in fixing usability bugs when they are reported, at least in those

ddos defence?

2012-01-17 Thread Dave Stevens
I have a vps that has been repeatedly hit with a ddos attack. The ISP has given me new IP addresses several times but every time I update the DNS records the attack resumes within hours. This is not yet a production site but I need it to be, sooner rather than later. Can anyone suggest read

Re: ddos defence?

2012-01-17 Thread Joe Zeff
On 01/17/2012 07:40 PM, Dave Stevens wrote: I have a vps that has been repeatedly hit with a ddos attack. The ISP has given me new IP addresses several times but every time I update the DNS records the attack resumes within hours. This is not yet a production site but I need it to be, sooner rath

Re: ddos defence?

2012-01-17 Thread Dave Stevens
Quoting Joe Zeff : On 01/17/2012 07:40 PM, Dave Stevens wrote: I have a vps that has been repeatedly hit with a ddos attack. The ISP has given me new IP addresses several times but every time I update the DNS records the attack resumes within hours. This is not yet a production site but I need

Re: ddos defence?

2012-01-17 Thread jdow
On 2012/01/17 19:56, Dave Stevens wrote: Quoting Joe Zeff : On 01/17/2012 07:40 PM, Dave Stevens wrote: I have a vps that has been repeatedly hit with a ddos attack. The ISP has given me new IP addresses several times but every time I update the DNS records the attack resumes within hours. Thi

Re: ddos defence?

2012-01-17 Thread Paul Allen Newell
On 1/17/2012 8:43 PM, jdow wrote: This is a set if iptables rules that essentially "deals" with packets that come in too fast. Anything more than one attempt in one minute is logged and rejected. You can also forgo logging and DROP the packet if you wish. (This specifically drops ssh packets.