Re: user creation during installation

2013-08-20 Thread Joe Zeff
On 08/20/2013 10:26 PM, Javier Perez wrote: Guess what, when I logged as root, the home directory was already assigned as $HOME for the user on the Users and Groups appp regardless. I was expecting having to go to the "Users and Gropups" app and add the directory manually, but I was gladly surpri

Re: user creation during installation

2013-08-20 Thread Javier Perez
Nope, this was not my experience. It only asked to "Create" a new one. In the end it used the existing directory but it was scary to see only the choice of "Creation" because to me it implies destruction of the existing one. Maybe if I had gone forward, and additional screen might have popped up al

Re: user creation during installation

2013-08-20 Thread Javier Perez
In the end, I told it not to "Create a home directory", but to DO create the user. Guess what, when I logged as root, the home directory was already assigned as $HOME for the user on the Users and Groups appp regardless. I was expecting having to go to the "Users and Gropups" app and add the dire

Re: HD to SSD question.

2013-08-20 Thread Gregory Hosler
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 08/19/2013 04:57 AM, Erik P. Olsen wrote: > I plan to swap the HD on my laptop with an SSD of same size. Will it work > OK if I dd the HD to an external HD, swap the HD with the SSD and dd the > contents back to the SSD? I believe I can use knoppix

Re: HD to SSD question.

2013-08-20 Thread Mihai T. Lazarescu
On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 08:36:24PM +0200, Heinz Diehl wrote: > On 20.08.2013, Heinz Diehl wrote: > > [] > > And the kernel is vanilla from kernel.org: > > [htd@kiera ~]$ uname -a > Linux kiera.fritha.org 3.10.8 #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Aug 20 19:53:31 CEST 2013 > x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Re: HD to SSD question.

2013-08-20 Thread Mihai T. Lazarescu
On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 08:32:22PM +0200, Heinz Diehl wrote: > On 20.08.2013, Mihai T. Lazarescu wrote: > > > Here are the program numbers while running the script: > > > > CFQ: > [] > > Seems that cfq performs better on your machine, under this workload. Apparently so. But I can't expla

Re: HD to SSD question.

2013-08-20 Thread Mihai T. Lazarescu
On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 04:02:42PM +0200, Heinz Diehl wrote: > On 20.08.2013, Heinz Diehl wrote: > > > Then, open another one and run fsync-tester. The numbers that count to > > compare different elevators on your system is the output fsync-tester > > generates while your machine is generating t

Re: HD to SSD question.

2013-08-20 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 20.08.2013 19:15, schrieb Mihai T. Lazarescu: > On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 03:56:56PM +0200, Heinz Diehl wrote: >> All these numbers are pointless, because when I see >> your results I'm quite shure you did run the test without >> generating loads of disk I/O in parallel. What you actually >> mea

Re: HD to SSD question.

2013-08-20 Thread Heinz Diehl
On 20.08.2013, Heinz Diehl wrote: [] And the kernel is vanilla from kernel.org: [htd@kiera ~]$ uname -a Linux kiera.fritha.org 3.10.8 #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Aug 20 19:53:31 CEST 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change s

Re: HD to SSD question.

2013-08-20 Thread Heinz Diehl
On 20.08.2013, Mihai T. Lazarescu wrote: > Here are the program numbers while running the script: > > CFQ: [] Seems that cfq performs better on your machine, under this workload. Gave it a quick test (using the original fsync-tester from Ted Tso): cfq: htd@kiera test]$ ./fst1 fsync time:

Re: HD to SSD question.

2013-08-20 Thread Mihai T. Lazarescu
On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 03:56:56PM +0200, Heinz Diehl wrote: > On 20.08.2013, Mihai T. Lazarescu wrote: > > > Thanks for the pointer. I add to the mix my test results for > > F19 with kernel 3.10.7 on an ASUS UX31E with its factory 256GB > > SSD-only mass storage. > > > > CFQ scheduler run1: >

Re: user creation during installation

2013-08-20 Thread Tim
Allegedly, on or about 20 August 2013, Javier Perez sent: > I have a directory on its own /home partition > > /home/username > > During installation it ask to set an Administrator user. > One of the options is "Create a home directory for this user" > > What happens here if the directory already

Re: Mouse button debouncing

2013-08-20 Thread David G . Miller
John Pilkington tesco.net> writes: > > On 19/08/13 21:22, David G. Miller wrote: > > Patrick O'Callaghan gmail.com> writes: > > > >> > >> I have a Logitech Bluetooth mouse which I'm fairly sure has a hardware > >> problem. The left button frequently issues two click events in rapid > >> success

Re: Mouse button debouncing

2013-08-20 Thread Tim
Allegedly, on or about 20 August 2013, Patrick O'Callaghan sent: > I bought this a few years ago and it was fine at first, but then > developed a fault in the left button (i.e. it wouldn't click at all). > I took it apart and stared at it in a menacing fashion, put it back > together and it started

Re: Mouse button debouncing

2013-08-20 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Wed, 2013-08-21 at 02:14 +0930, Tim wrote: > Get a can of electrical contact spray from an electronics shop, spray > into a gap somewhere in the switch body, then jiggle the switch > button. > Do the same for plugs and sockets on the mouse's circuit board. That might be worth a try I guess. po

Re: BASH and wildcard expansion

2013-08-20 Thread g
hello reberto, On 08/20/2013 08:33 AM, Roberto Ragusa wrote: On 08/19/2013 08:56 PM, Mark Haney wrote: I've hit a problem I can't quite figure out which a bash script I'm writing. I'm trying to copy backup files in the format 2013-August-18--1123.zip to an NFS share. I want to have the scr

Re: Mouse button debouncing

2013-08-20 Thread Tim
Allegedly, on or about 19 August 2013, g sent: > you all need to do what i did years ago. > > i bought a thumb type logitech trackman marble and i have enjoy the > critter and cursoring ever sense then. > > beauty of it is it sits where i put it, and i do not have to keep a > place cleared to mov

Re: BASH and wildcard expansion

2013-08-20 Thread Bill Oliver
On Tue, 20 Aug 2013, Suvayu Ali wrote: My fault, I should have been more verbose. [snip] Excellent tutorial and explanation! Thanks. billo -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/us

Re: Twitter for Thunderbird or Linux in general

2013-08-20 Thread Martin S
Patrick Lists: > On 08/20/2013 05:58 PM, Martin S wrote: >> Patrick Lists: >>> On 08/20/2013 09:42 AM, Martin S wrote: After the "recent" changes to Twitter API "half" of the Linux twitter clients died horribly (can't log in) as they don't seem to support the 1.1 API. I wouldn't

Re: Twitter for Thunderbird or Linux in general

2013-08-20 Thread Patrick Lists
On 08/20/2013 05:58 PM, Martin S wrote: Patrick Lists: On 08/20/2013 09:42 AM, Martin S wrote: After the "recent" changes to Twitter API "half" of the Linux twitter clients died horribly (can't log in) as they don't seem to support the 1.1 API. I wouldn't normally bother but our organisation ha

Re: Twitter for Thunderbird or Linux in general

2013-08-20 Thread Martin S
Patrick Lists: > On 08/20/2013 09:42 AM, Martin S wrote: >> After the "recent" changes to Twitter API "half" of the Linux twitter >> clients died horribly (can't log in) as they don't seem to support the >> 1.1 API. >> I wouldn't normally bother but our organisation has been "strongly >> encouraged

Re: Twitter for Thunderbird or Linux in general

2013-08-20 Thread Patrick Lists
On 08/20/2013 09:42 AM, Martin S wrote: After the "recent" changes to Twitter API "half" of the Linux twitter clients died horribly (can't log in) as they don't seem to support the 1.1 API. I wouldn't normally bother but our organisation has been "strongly encouraged" to monitor twitter so we can

Re: Set default video application -

2013-08-20 Thread poma
On 20.08.2013 15:23, Bob Goodwin ~ Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: > On 20/08/13 08:50, poma wrote: >> You should consider to send this to uncle Bob, not to me. ;) >> >> >> poma > > uncle Bob? > > a.k.a. Grambob > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXkgYZw0evs You got that son? poma -- users mailin

Re: Mouse button debouncing

2013-08-20 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Tue, 2013-08-20 at 09:06 +0930, Tim wrote: > Allegedly, on or about 19 August 2013, Patrick O'Callaghan sent: > > I have a Logitech Bluetooth mouse which I'm fairly sure has a hardware > > problem. The left button frequently issues two click events in rapid > > succession when pressed only once.

Re: Mouse button debouncing

2013-08-20 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Mon, 2013-08-19 at 10:25 -0500, g wrote: > if none, then you need to replace switch. > > if you are good with a soldering iron, it is not difficult to re flow > solder, > or replace it. With a soldering iron I'm a danger to myself and others, so that's out. Thanks all the same. poc -- user

Re: Twitter for Thunderbird or Linux in general

2013-08-20 Thread Steven Stern
On 08/20/2013 02:42 AM, Martin S wrote: > After the "recent" changes to Twitter API "half" of the Linux twitter > clients died horribly (can't log in) as they don't seem to support the > 1.1 API. > I wouldn't normally bother but our organisation has been "strongly > encouraged" to monitor twitter s

Re: Twitter for Thunderbird or Linux in general

2013-08-20 Thread Stephen Gallagher
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 08/20/2013 03:42 AM, Martin S wrote: > After the "recent" changes to Twitter API "half" of the Linux > twitter clients died horribly (can't log in) as they don't seem to > support the 1.1 API. I wouldn't normally bother but our > organisation has be

Re: HD to SSD question.

2013-08-20 Thread Heinz Diehl
On 20.08.2013, Heinz Diehl wrote: > Then, open another one and run fsync-tester. The numbers that count to > compare different elevators on your system is the output fsync-tester > generates while your machine is generating the "bigfile". And while your're at it, you could also consider doing so

Re: HD to SSD question.

2013-08-20 Thread Heinz Diehl
Hi Mihai, On 20.08.2013, Mihai T. Lazarescu wrote: > Thanks for the pointer. I add to the mix my test results for > F19 with kernel 3.10.7 on an ASUS UX31E with its factory 256GB > SSD-only mass storage. > > CFQ scheduler run1: [] All these numbers are pointless, because when I see your r

Re: BASH and wildcard expansion

2013-08-20 Thread Roberto Ragusa
On 08/19/2013 08:56 PM, Mark Haney wrote: > I've hit a problem I can't quite figure out which a bash script I'm writing. > I'm trying to copy backup files in the format 2013-August-18--1123.zip to an > NFS share. I want to have the script copy the file with just the date. In > bash I've setup

Re: Set default video application -

2013-08-20 Thread Bob Goodwin ~ Zuni, Virginia, USA
On 20/08/13 08:50, poma wrote: You should consider to send this to uncle Bob, not to me. ;) poma uncle Bob? a.k.a. Grambob -- http://www.qrz.com/db/W2BOD box10 Fedora-19 Linux/XFCE -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https:

Re: Set default video application -

2013-08-20 Thread poma
On 20.08.2013 06:08, Ahmad Samir wrote: > You can get a list to put in mimeapps.list under [Added Associations] using > something like this hack (remove the last "| grep video" to get a list of > all the mimetypes vlc supports): > > $ grep MimeType /usr/share/applications/vlc.desktop | perl -p -e

Re: BASH and wildcard expansion

2013-08-20 Thread Mark Haney
That's what I missed. I used the wrong single quotes ' instead of `. Git. Should've caught that right off. It's been a while since I had a chance to script anything in bash, since I've worked mostly in Windows the last year or so and I'm rusty. Thanks. On Aug 19, 2013 6:18 PM, "Bill Oliver" wrote:

Re: Set default video application -

2013-08-20 Thread Tom Horsley
Of course, as soon as you upgrade your system, you'll find that several .desktop files have been renamed for no particular reason, and all the associations you had working the way you wanted in your ~/.local config files no longer function :-(. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org T

Re: BASH and wildcard expansion

2013-08-20 Thread g
hello mark, On 08/19/2013 01:56 PM, Mark Haney wrote: I've hit a problem I can't quite figure out which a bash script I'm writing. I'm trying to copy backup files in the format 2013-August-18--1123.zip to an NFS share. I want to have the script copy the file with just the date. In bash I've

Re: HD to SSD question.

2013-08-20 Thread Roberto Ragusa
On 08/19/2013 09:43 PM, Mateusz Marzantowicz wrote: > If I were you I'd go with fresh partition and new filesystem. Now, it's > a good time to optimize your filesystem, maybe fix some broken metadata > and i-nodes. You don't copy all that garbage. If you simply use dd, you > also preserve potential

Re: Mouse button debouncing

2013-08-20 Thread g
hello doug, On 08/19/2013 08:56 PM, Doug wrote: <> A few thoughts: One of the designers at my place of employment used a thumb ball from Logitech, and swore by it, but one time I attempted to modify a small part of a drawing using that thumb-ball, and it drove me crazy! i would say that tha

Twitter for Thunderbird or Linux in general

2013-08-20 Thread Martin S
After the "recent" changes to Twitter API "half" of the Linux twitter clients died horribly (can't log in) as they don't seem to support the 1.1 API. I wouldn't normally bother but our organisation has been "strongly encouraged" to monitor twitter so we can act on stuff posted there. Any suggestion

Re: BASH and wildcard expansion

2013-08-20 Thread Suvayu Ali
Hi Bill, On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 07:56:03PM -0500, Bill Oliver wrote: > On Tue, 20 Aug 2013, Suvayu Ali wrote: > > >On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 05:18:40PM -0500, Bill Oliver wrote: > >> > >># Filename format _MM_DD--HHMM.zip > >>filename="$log_year-$log_month-$log_day--*.zip" > >> > >>filelist=`l