replacement for logwatch

2012-06-20 Thread Reindl Harald
is tehre any better configuraable and better maintained replacement for logwatch? the idea is nice, but there is somehting wrong if you have to confugrue your servers in a special way to get a useable output :-( https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=825534

F16: kernel 3.4.2 and virtualization problems

2012-06-20 Thread sguazt
Hello, I've just upgraded the kernel with last yum updates and now I have problems in properly running Xen/libvirt. The first strange thing it happened is a file system corruption of one of my VMs. The second strange thing is that now I am unable to successfully create a new VM. If I run: sudo

Re: OT: Routers, DD-WRT -

2012-06-20 Thread Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA
On 16/06/12 04:11, Heinz Diehl wrote: On 15.06.2012, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: Thank you Heinz, I am looking at the Tomato page now. Hopefully I can install it on one of the two Cisco E3000s that presently have DD-WRT on them. If it runs on your Cisco router, I'm

Re: F16: kernel 3.4.2 and virtualization problems

2012-06-20 Thread sguazt
On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 1:45 PM, sguazt marco.guazz...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, I've just upgraded the kernel with last yum updates and now I have problems in properly running Xen/libvirt. The first strange thing it happened is a file system corruption of one of my VMs. The second strange

Re: Installing Fedora 17

2012-06-20 Thread Geoffrey Leach
On 06/19/2012 09:44:39 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 06/20/2012 11:43 AM, Geoffrey Leach wrote: Hmmm ... would that that was the problem. AFAIK Anaconda takes input only in MB. (By whatever definition, the darn thing still crashes.) FWIW, I just installed a test system in a VM. I have a

Re: Grub Error - Boot failure

2012-06-20 Thread Joel Rees
On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 5:11 AM, Arthur Dent misc.li...@blueyonder.co.uk wrote: On Mon, 2012-06-18 at 12:47 -0700, Joe Zeff wrote: On 06/18/2012 12:32 PM, Arthur Dent wrote: Can anyone guide me through troubleshooting and hopfully fixing this without hosing my system? Two questions: first,

Re: Installing Fedora 17

2012-06-20 Thread Ed Greshko
Geoffrey Leach ge...@hughes.net wrote: On 06/19/2012 09:44:39 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 06/20/2012 11:43 AM, Geoffrey Leach wrote: Hmmm ... would that that was the problem. AFAIK Anaconda takes input only in MB. (By whatever definition, the darn thing still crashes.) FWIW, I just

Re: Grub Error - Boot failure

2012-06-20 Thread Donald Reader
On Wed, 2012-06-20 at 21:53 +0900, Joel Rees wrote: On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 5:11 AM, Arthur Dent misc.li...@blueyonder.co.uk wrote: On Mon, 2012-06-18 at 12:47 -0700, Joe Zeff wrote: On 06/18/2012 12:32 PM, Arthur Dent wrote: Can anyone guide me through troubleshooting and hopfully fixing

Re: F 17 (64). After update, no network!

2012-06-20 Thread Natalie Gross
On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 1:34 AM, Ankur Sinha sanjay.an...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, 2012-06-19 at 11:11 -0400, Natalie Gross wrote: Was happy with initial install of F17, 64 bit, Gnome 3.4. Worked ok outta the box. However, after adding some software and updating to 3.4 kernel, I have no

An apology is required from me.

2012-06-20 Thread Aaron Konstam
Since I am responsible for initiating the attacks on Fedora for using Gnome 3, I feel I should clarify with some kind of apology. I did not say nor do I mean that F17 is a defective version of Linux. Just that it has a defective Default Desktop Environment. F17 is fine version of Linux. And once

display frustration

2012-06-20 Thread Mark Haney
Okay, I'm still no closer to fixing my display problem. I can't imagine how a graphical installation could work without a hitch and yet the graphical display (indeed, even the CLI) be so FUBAR. My screen is shifted to the right about 2/3 the across the display. Even in rl 3. I thought it was

upgrading to F16 or F17 with /var and/or /usr on LVM volumes?

2012-06-20 Thread Joel Rees
Tried preupgrade, but it can't find my old system, and kicks the upgrade process to the curb. Then I tried the netinstall CD and it can't find my old system, either. Looking around, I see a bit of discussion of problems with the install process recognizing LVM partitions. Rescue mode boot of

Re: An apology is required from me.

2012-06-20 Thread David
On 6/20/2012 9:53 AM, Aaron Konstam wrote: Since I am responsible for initiating the attacks on Fedora for using Gnome 3, I feel I should clarify with some kind of apology. I did not say nor do I mean that F17 is a defective version of Linux. Just that it has a defective Default Desktop

Re: F15 - F17 upgrade A unpack error occurred when installing the numpy package

2012-06-20 Thread Eddie G.O'Connor Jr-I
Well I had tried to just upgrade my system using preupgrade and here's the error message I'm getting, don't know if it's related to the same problem you're having. bash-4.2# preupgrade No protocol specified Traceback (most recent call last): File /usr/share/preupgrade/preupgrade-gtk.py, line

Re: Curious About Updating.....

2012-06-20 Thread Eddie G.O'Connor Jr-I
Thanks Ben! In all actuality this laptop was given to me by someone who thought it was junk!...and when they gave it to me it WAS. There was food in every crack crevice, the thing wouldn't power on, the screen was marred, smudged, and it rattled when you shook it. It was a labor of love for

Re: An apology is required from me.

2012-06-20 Thread Alexander Volovics
On 06/20/2012 03:53 PM, Aaron Konstam wrote: Since I am responsible for initiating the attacks on Fedora for using Gnome 3, I feel I should clarify with some kind of apology. I did not say nor do I mean that F17 is a defective version of Linux. Just that it has a defective Default Desktop

Re: An apology is required from me.

2012-06-20 Thread Frank Murphy
On 20/06/12 15:09, David wrote: Linux is all about choice. No, Linus was\is very pragmatic. Hence kernel is still at gplv2 GNU is all about choice. But in the world we live in, more can be less. -- Regards, Frank Jack of all, fubars -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To

Re: Power-off stupidity remains in Gnome 3

2012-06-20 Thread Eddie G.O'Connor Jr-I
I argree with you on that, and I apologize, I didn't mean to seem like I was insulting anyone, I just have this bad habit of voicing my thoughts in a very-much-like-Spock kinda way! Hope no one's offended! As for building my OWN desktop from source?I'm too timid and afraid to even attempt

Re: display frustration

2012-06-20 Thread Dokuro
On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 9:34 AM, Mark Haney ma...@abemblem.com wrote: Okay, I'm still no closer to fixing my display problem. I can't imagine how a graphical installation could work without a hitch and yet the graphical display (indeed, even the CLI) be so FUBAR. My screen is shifted to the

Re: Curious And Worried.....

2012-06-20 Thread Joe Zeff
On 06/20/2012 05:26 PM, Eddie G.O'Connor Jr-I wrote: I got when I was in Terminal checking things there and it says I have mail but it's in a folder?.I've abbreviated the entire message, but I'm wondering if there's something wrong with the upgrade? That's probably internal mail, from some

Re: printer configuration on F17 ???

2012-06-20 Thread Ed Greshko
On 06/21/2012 08:44 AM, fred smith wrote: how is one supposed to set up a printer on F17? Using GNOME? You are supposed to follow the following route 1. Click on your user name in the upper right. 2. Click on System Settings 3. Find and click on the Printers icon 4. Click on Unlock 5.