Re: msgs from dbus-daemon

2012-03-09 Thread Tom Horsley
On Fri, 9 Mar 2012 19:56:48 -0800 (PST) George R Goffe wrote: > Hi, > > My /var/log/messages is filling up with tons of these messages. Can anyone > tell me why I'm getting them and what I need to do to "fix" the problem > please? Topic has come up before: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/piper

Re: msgs from dbus-daemon

2012-03-09 Thread Ed Greshko
On 03/10/2012 11:56 AM, George R Goffe wrote: > My /var/log/messages is filling up with tons of these messages. Can > anyone tell me why I'm getting them and what I need to do to "fix" the > problem please? You didn't say what version of Fedora you are running and you didn't mention anything about

msgs from dbus-daemon

2012-03-09 Thread George R Goffe
Hi, My /var/log/messages is filling up with tons of these messages. Can anyone tell me why I'm getting them and what I need to do to "fix" the problem please? Regards, George... Mar  9 18:41:11 joker dbus-daemon[989]: ** (upowerd:1685): WARNING **: Property get or set does not have an interf

Re: ...kernel module signing on x86??? Why?

2012-03-09 Thread Joel Rees
On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 7:58 PM, Joshua C. wrote: > 2012/3/9 Alan Cox : >> >> So you can stop a third party tampering with the modules on your system, >> while keeping the ability to do so yourself. It's all about who owns the >> keys. If you own the keys it becomes a useful security feature to som

Re: GRUB2 / Kernel-Parameters

2012-03-09 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 10.03.2012 02:39, schrieb David: > You, sir, really,*really*, to find another OS. Other than Linux. This > one, with its changes, is kicking your old, out of the main steam, a$$ laughable - i am software developer and able since many years to make upgrade-transitions not noticeable for enduse

Re: GRUB2 / Kernel-Parameters

2012-03-09 Thread David
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 3/9/2012 7:53 PM, Reindl Harald wrote: > where the hell are kernel-params in F16 configured? > > [root@testserver:~]$ cat /boot/grub2/grub.cfg # # DO NOT EDIT THIS > FILE # # It is automatically generated by grub2-mkconfig using > templates # from

Re: GRUB2 / Kernel-Parameters

2012-03-09 Thread Tom Horsley
On Sat, 10 Mar 2012 01:53:07 +0100 Reindl Harald wrote: > BULLSHIT: "/etc/default/grub" is ignored > it is displayed by "grub2-mkconfig" somewhere Correct. Anaconda does use /etc/default/grub when it builds the initial grub.cfg file, but after that all updates are done by grubby when installing n

Re: GRUB2 / Kernel-Parameters

2012-03-09 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 10.03.2012 02:15, schrieb Joel Rees: > Mindless reflex reaction here, but have you tried editing > /etc/grub.d/40_custom ? > > Or adding your own /etc/grub.d/25_myparams or something? the solution was a offlist-answer "grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg" instead "grub2-mkconfig" what a

Re: [solved] Re: to ibus or not to ibus, that is the question

2012-03-09 Thread Peter Gueckel
suvayu ali wrote: > On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 18:55, Peter Gueckel wrote: >> I was... referring to the majority of... Fedora users. > > What makes you think that is true? I would actually expect it to be > otherwise. In any case, a distribution like Fedora cannot afford to > make assumptions like t

Re: GRUB2 / Kernel-Parameters

2012-03-09 Thread Joel Rees
Mindless reflex reaction here, but have you tried editing /etc/grub.d/40_custom ? Or adding your own /etc/grub.d/25_myparams or something? [OT Rant: Haven't done this on grub as installed by Fedora. Have used some of this kind of configuration to get the grub Debian installs to find my Fedora st

openbox not fully logging out

2012-03-09 Thread Joel Rees
I have openbox (from the F16 security live image via live USB install) on a lenovo s100 and, sometime in the last couple of kernel updates, it likes to hang up on logging out. Switch to a virtual console and do a ps, and openbox is there's a leftover process that won't die. I've been able to do t

GRUB2 / Kernel-Parameters

2012-03-09 Thread Reindl Harald
where the hell are kernel-params in F16 configured? [root@testserver:~]$ cat /boot/grub2/grub.cfg # # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE # # It is automatically generated by grub2-mkconfig using templates # from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub BULLSHIT: "/etc/default/grub" is ignored it is dis

Re: Gnome-Shell

2012-03-09 Thread T.C. Hollingsworth
On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 8:42 AM, Aaron Konstam wrote: > On Wed, 2011-12-14 at 22:19 -0500, Sam Varshavchik wrote: >> Dave Quigley writes: >> >> > Is there a list anywhere of supported hardware for gnome-shell? I've tried >> >> It's the same as the list of supported 3D hardware for x.org, on >> http

Re: [solved] Re: to ibus or not to ibus, that is the question

2012-03-09 Thread suvayu ali
On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 18:55, Peter Gueckel wrote: > suvayu ali wrote: > > >> *cough* Majority of the world is not latin based language speaking *cough* > > I realize that, but I was not referring to the majority of the world's > population, but to the majority of Fedora users. What makes you thi

Re: hal missing.... k3b can't find DVD

2012-03-09 Thread Martín Marqués
2012/3/9 Tom Horsley : > On Fri, 9 Mar 2012 14:57:25 -0300 > Martín Marqués wrote: > >> > It is probably not being set to /dev/sr0 >> >> How do I do that? > > If you ever swapped the DVD drive for a different one, > there is (probably) a file named: > > /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-cd.rules > >

Re: hal missing.... k3b can't find DVD

2012-03-09 Thread Tom Horsley
On Fri, 9 Mar 2012 14:57:25 -0300 Martín Marqués wrote: > > It is probably not being set to /dev/sr0 > > How do I do that? If you ever swapped the DVD drive for a different one, there is (probably) a file named: /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-cd.rules which contains the description of every

Re: hal missing.... k3b can't find DVD

2012-03-09 Thread Martín Marqués
2012/3/9 Jim : > On 03/09/2012 11:15 AM, Martín Marqués wrote: >> >> I see that F16 doesn't have hald anymore, and when trying to write a >> DVD, k3b says it can't find the optical drive, and that I should check >> out that hal daemon is up. >> >> So, what's up? >> > It is probably not being set to

Re: [solved] Re: to ibus or not to ibus, that is the question

2012-03-09 Thread Peter Gueckel
suvayu ali wrote: > *cough* Majority of the world is not latin based language speaking *cough* I realize that, but I was not referring to the majority of the world's population, but to the majority of Fedora users. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change s

Re: synchronize time

2012-03-09 Thread Aaron Konstam
On Thu, 2012-03-08 at 18:14 -0600, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 03/08/2012 05:08 PM, Aaron Konstam wrote: > > On Thu, 2012-03-08 at 09:37 -0800, Joe Zeff wrote: > >> > >> > >> That just stops you from taking this to private email and makes >

Re: Permanently set screen brightness

2012-03-09 Thread Bruno Martins
On 03/09/2012 04:05 PM, Aaron Konstam wrote: > On Fri, 2012-03-09 at 09:07 +, Bruno Martins wrote: >> On 03/08/2012 04:04 PM, Aaron Konstam wrote: Hello list, Is there any file that I must edit which sets the default screen brightness to the maximum, so I don't need to chan

Re: About start system without X in Fedora 15

2012-03-09 Thread Aero Maxx
On 09/03/2012 15:02, Kevin Martin wrote: On 03/09/2012 04:34 AM, Frank Murphy wrote: On 09/03/12 10:31, Aero Maxx wrote: In the older versions of fedora there was runlevels and these seem to of been replaced with targets instead, but my question is with the new system, how do you change from wh

Re: hal missing.... k3b can't find DVD

2012-03-09 Thread Jim
On 03/09/2012 11:15 AM, Martín Marqués wrote: I see that F16 doesn't have hald anymore, and when trying to write a DVD, k3b says it can't find the optical drive, and that I should check out that hal daemon is up. So, what's up? It is probably not being set to /dev/sr0 -- users mailing list use

Re: hal missing.... k3b can't find DVD

2012-03-09 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 09.03.2012 17:15, schrieb Martín Marqués: > I see that F16 doesn't have hald anymore, and when trying to write a > DVD, k3b says it can't find the optical drive, and that I should check > out that hal daemon is up. that message must be wrong you do not even need hald on F15, see below and i

hal missing.... k3b can't find DVD

2012-03-09 Thread Martín Marqués
I see that F16 doesn't have hald anymore, and when trying to write a DVD, k3b says it can't find the optical drive, and that I should check out that hal daemon is up. So, what's up? -- Martín Marqués select 'martin.marques' || '@' || 'gmail.com' DBA, Programador, Administrador -- users mailing

Re: Permanently set screen brightness

2012-03-09 Thread Aaron Konstam
On Fri, 2012-03-09 at 12:22 +, Frank Murphy wrote: > On 09/03/12 12:20, Bruno Martins wrote: > > > Since this is a related topic, the laptop function keys for setting > > brightness up and down are the only ones not working. > > > > I have tested these keys with program 'xev' but key pressing

Re: Permanently set screen brightness

2012-03-09 Thread Aaron Konstam
On Fri, 2012-03-09 at 09:07 +, Bruno Martins wrote: > On 03/08/2012 04:04 PM, Aaron Konstam wrote: > > > Hello list, > > > > > > Is there any file that I must edit which sets the default screen > > > brightness to the maximum, so I don't need to change it every time I > > > restart my compute

Re: Gnome-Shell

2012-03-09 Thread Aaron Konstam
On Wed, 2011-12-14 at 22:19 -0500, Sam Varshavchik wrote: > Dave Quigley writes: > > > Is there a list anywhere of supported hardware for gnome-shell? I've tried > > It's the same as the list of supported 3D hardware for x.org, on > http://mesa.freedesktop.org, which seems to be down right now

Re: About start system without X in Fedora 15

2012-03-09 Thread Kevin Martin
On 03/09/2012 04:34 AM, Frank Murphy wrote: > On 09/03/12 10:31, Aero Maxx wrote: >> In the older versions of fedora there was runlevels and these seem to of >> been replaced with targets instead, but my question is with the new >> system, how do you change from what was runlevel 3 and runlevel 5

Re: Permanently set screen brightness

2012-03-09 Thread Frank Murphy
On 09/03/12 12:20, Bruno Martins wrote: I have tested these keys with program 'xev' but key pressing is not recognized. Any ideas? Maybe? https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Common_F16_bugs#bash-etc-shells -- Regards, Frank "Jack of all, fubars" -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.o

Re: Permanently set screen brightness

2012-03-09 Thread Frank Murphy
On 09/03/12 12:20, Bruno Martins wrote: Since this is a related topic, the laptop function keys for setting brightness up and down are the only ones not working. I have tested these keys with program 'xev' but key pressing is not recognized. Any ideas? Sorry no, not really a laptop person.

Re: Permanently set screen brightness

2012-03-09 Thread Bruno Martins
On 03/09/2012 12:05 PM, Frank Murphy wrote: > On 09/03/12 11:53, Bruno Martins wrote: > > Have a browse here: > http://askubuntu.com/questions/3841/desktop-doesnt-remember-brightness-settings-after-a-reboot > > > > It worked, mate. Thanks a lot. Since this is a related topic, the laptop function k

Re: Permanently set screen brightness

2012-03-09 Thread Frank Murphy
On 09/03/12 11:53, Bruno Martins wrote: Have a browse here: http://askubuntu.com/questions/3841/desktop-doesnt-remember-brightness-settings-after-a-reboot -- Regards, Frank "Jack of all, fubars" -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options:

Re: Permanently set screen brightness

2012-03-09 Thread Bruno Martins
On 03/09/2012 10:57 AM, Frank Murphy wrote: > On 09/03/12 10:53, Bruno Martins wrote: >> >> By the way, that instruction should be put on another file since I don't >> have a /etc/rc.local file (maybe systemd doesn't use it?) and even if I >> create it, it will not work. I will investigate. >> >> T

Re: ...kernel module signing on x86??? Why?

2012-03-09 Thread Joshua C.
2012/3/9 Alan Cox : > > So you can stop a third party tampering with the modules on your system, > while keeping the ability to do so yourself. It's all about who owns the > keys. If you own the keys it becomes a useful security feature to some > users. > > Alan Put in other words: You cannot do a

Re: Permanently set screen brightness

2012-03-09 Thread Frank Murphy
On 09/03/12 10:53, Bruno Martins wrote: By the way, that instruction should be put on another file since I don't have a /etc/rc.local file (maybe systemd doesn't use it?) and even if I create it, it will not work. I will investigate. Thanks, From the release notes: 3.2.4. rc.local no longer

Re: Permanently set screen brightness

2012-03-09 Thread Bruno Martins
On 03/09/2012 09:45 AM, Andras Simon wrote: > 2012/3/9, Bruno Martins : > >> I have that file, but setting that value to 10 is the same as going to >> Screen GUI and scrolling the brightness to the maximum. > Yes, that was the point. If you can set the brightness from the > command line, you have a

Re: ...kernel module signing on x86??? Why?

2012-03-09 Thread Alan Cox
> I fully agree with you but the question is "Why should we do this on > linux?" Let the windoof people do whatever they want... You see that > the module signing is more a less a measure against the so called > "windows OEM-SLP activation with modded bootloaders". I don't see any > benefit for lin

Re: ...kernel module signing on x86??? Why?

2012-03-09 Thread Joshua C.
2012/3/9 Alan Cox : > On Fri, 9 Mar 2012 11:07:55 +0100 ... > will be locked down by default and require some undefined > screwing around to unlock. For x86 the spec currently does require they > can be unlocked... ... > Module signing itself isn't just useful for that though - its a matter of > wh

Re: About start system without X in Fedora 15

2012-03-09 Thread Frank Murphy
On 09/03/12 10:31, Aero Maxx wrote: In the older versions of fedora there was runlevels and these seem to of been replaced with targets instead, but my question is with the new system, how do you change from what was runlevel 3 and runlevel 5 on the fly as and when you needed a gui. https://fed

About start system without X in Fedora 15

2012-03-09 Thread Aero Maxx
In the older versions of fedora there was runlevels and these seem to of been replaced with targets instead, but my question is with the new system, how do you change from what was runlevel 3 and runlevel 5 on the fly as and when you needed a gui. Am I correct in thinking that you now need to

Re: ...kernel module signing on x86??? Why?

2012-03-09 Thread Alan Cox
On Fri, 9 Mar 2012 11:07:55 +0100 "Joshua C." wrote: > I saw that the x86 modules can (_should_) be signed int the future. We > all know the pros and cons of signing but I'm wondering if all this > _crap_ has anything to do with the microsoft's idea to use a signed > bootloader, drivers, etc in t

...kernel module signing on x86??? Why?

2012-03-09 Thread Joshua C.
I saw that the x86 modules can (_should_) be signed int the future. We all know the pros and cons of signing but I'm wondering if all this _crap_ has anything to do with the microsoft's idea to use a signed bootloader, drivers, etc in the latest windoof 8. I think all of you have heard that there's

Re: Permanently set screen brightness

2012-03-09 Thread Andras Simon
2012/3/9, Bruno Martins : > I have that file, but setting that value to 10 is the same as going to > Screen GUI and scrolling the brightness to the maximum. Yes, that was the point. If you can set the brightness from the command line, you have a chance to automatically set it. > Value doesn't ge

Re: Permanently set screen brightness

2012-03-09 Thread Bruno Martins
On 03/08/2012 04:04 PM, Aaron Konstam wrote: >> Hello list, >> >> Is there any file that I must edit which sets the default screen >> brightness to the maximum, so I don't need to change it every time I >> restart my computer? > On Thu, 2012-03-08 at 10:06 +0100, Andras Simon wrote: >> echo 10 > /s

Re: IPTable Rules... again

2012-03-09 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 09.03.2012 04:22, schrieb nu...@gmx.com: >> what you are doing wrong is change working things >> the following works perfectly (eth1: WAN, eth0: LAN) > >> iptables -A FORWARD -i eth1 -d 192.168.1.0/24 -j ACCEPT >> ipatbles -A POSTROUTING -t nat -s 192.168.1.0/24 -o eth1 -j MASQUERADE > > the