Re: Strange file appearing in HOME

in works. Adobe can read the file. I don not like Okular: it doesn't > tell you how many pages the pdf uses. You could print what you think > is a 20 page package and find out it's 200 pages! > > --doug > Have you tried out evince ? It works well for me -- Rega

Re: How To Adjust Image Options When Setting Desktop Background...

the view setting where there is a "positioning" drop down >>> which has all the options selectable that you are looking for. >>> >>> regards, >>> Steve >>> >>> >> I'm still using the Gnome desktop, (I happen to find it very >

Re: How To Adjust Image Options When Setting Desktop Background...

t as you typed it, but I still get nothing. > But it's ok...I will just make the switch to MATE or else figure out how > to develop and write my own code for an extension I can use! Thanks for > all your help! > > > EGO II It is great that you are thinking of developing code

Re: undo rm -rf *

> I would, also, think carefully about whether you really do need the > force flag. Some people just jam that in out of habit. > Reminded me of another dangerous habit some people get into - exiting 'vi/vim' with ':wq!' always. -- Regards, Rejy M Cyriac (rmc) -- users

Re: Keyboard LED applet

available with 'cairo-dock' > > if you do not notice change in typing, would you see it in system tray? > ;;-) > > on serious side, if you know any c/c++ or basic [yuck], or al [yea], or > someone who does, you/they can capture key being pressed and 'ring a b

Re: OT: In case you've been worrying about MariaDB and F19

stages and as wikimedia > progresses, you get more info > > Rahul > > And this also may be interesting in the context of MariaDB: http://www.zdnet.com/look-out-oracle-skysql-and-mariadb-join-forces-714411/ -- Regards, Rejy M Cyriac (rmc) -- users mailing list u

Re: key repeat problem

eed' of 'Repeat Keys', by choosing 'Keyboard', under 'System Settings'. (Or search for 'keyboard' at desktop search tool if you are using Gnome-3). -- Regards, Rejy M Cyriac (rmc) -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscri

Re: home window can't be change size

as usual. For the reverse, you can double-click on the top border of the window. Or you can click on top border of the window, hold the click, and push it to top edge of screen. You may have done this inadvertently some time, and it always opens at last used mode and position. :-) -- Regards, Rejy M

Re: IPTables not flushing?

d iptables? > > If you are using iptables, then after an iptables rules flush/change, you need to do a 'service iptables save' to make the rules flush/change persistent*, before the iptables restart. */etc/sysconfig/iptables -- Regards, Rejy M Cyriac (rmc) -- users mailing lis

Re: Install F18 using LVM on RAID

irectory. > >> >> Maybe somebody can assists me with that or has a better idea how to install >> that system. >> > I'm waiting for this feature to be available back in Fedora. For now I > don't have any good news for you. This kind of installatio

Re: Flash plugin RPM installed but not being used by Firefix

lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 39 Jun 6 13:21 > libflashplayer.so -> /usr/lib/flash-plugin/libflashplayer.so > -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 176032 May 15 10:53 nppdf.so > [gary@gary ~]$ > Try out the open source version - gnash-plugin :-) yum remove flash-plugin yum install gnash-plug

Re: username is not in sudoers folder

>> --doug >> >> >> -- >> Blessed are the peacemakers..for they shall be shot at from both sides. >> --A.M.Greeley > > Tip from this list I think > > If using "su -" regularly > add this to /root/.bashrc to obtain the root prompt

Re: cambria, Calibri and Arial

r use. Then run the 'fc-cache' command. -- Regards, Rejy M Cyriac (rmc) -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing

Re: Mailing List Etiquette (was Re: can't run sshd on 23456 in Fedora 19)

may > never meet him face-to-face, and we may always "agree-to-disagree"...but > truth is truth, and the truth is...Harald has helped me get past some > SERIOUS issues with F17 & F18. So maybe give him the proverbial > "slap-on-the-wrist" and let him g

Re: [OT] Seth Vidal, creator of "yum" killed in bike accident

On 07/10/2013 06:40 AM, Greg Woodbury wrote: > On 07/09/2013 08:59 PM, Edik Landaveri wrote: >> Condolences & prayers for his family in these moments. > This is sad news indeed for Durham/Duke and Red Hat. > > I could never figure out how Seth managed to find the time for all > the things he did a

Re: Mailing List Etiquette (was Re: can't run sshd on 23456 in Fedora 19)

On 07/10/2013 11:48 AM, Tim wrote: > Allegedly, on or about 10 July 2013, Rejy M Cyriac sent: >> +1 >> >> I have learnt to just gloss over the unimportant parts of his mail, >> and focus on the vast amount of good information that he shares with >> the community.

Re: Reinstall over LVM

ake much > notice then. > TIA > Roger You can re-install, as long as you maintain the same LVM structure in partitioning, and you can retain files if do not choose to reformat the logical volume for '/home' -- Regards, Rejy M Cyriac (rmc) -- users mailing list users@lists

Re: The One Million Bugs Bunny

e years... :-) -- Regards, Rejy M Cyriac (rmc) -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: ht

Re: Reinstall over LVM

On 08/27/2013 10:17 AM, Roger wrote: > On 27/08/13 14:04, Rejy M Cyriac wrote: >> On 08/27/2013 08:04 AM, Roger wrote: >>> Is it possible to do a re installation of Fedora 19 where the file >>> system is LVM on a 2nd partition on my hard drive without losing files

Re: Reinstall over LVM

On 08/27/2013 12:02 PM, Roger wrote: > On 27/08/13 15:21, Rejy M Cyriac wrote: >> On 08/27/2013 10:17 AM, Roger wrote: >>> On 27/08/13 14:04, Rejy M Cyriac wrote: >>>> On 08/27/2013 08:04 AM, Roger wrote: >>>>> Is it possible to do a re installation of

Re: unprivileged users can update the system !

he first place, unprivileged > users cannot update the system ! > perhaps there's a better way to handle this, if you have an idea, let me > know > but I think I can push that file to my hundred fedora19 stations, > hopefully I use cfengine to automate this . > th

Re: How much ram does gnome-shell need?

st a cpu problem. > > no, if a process is using 5 cores completly > you will see 500% - that's the only way to > display it in one line > > > If you press '1'(one) , you can see separate CPU usage, one CPU per line -- Regards, Rejy M Cyriac (rmc) -- users mai

Re: A couple of random questions about login

ible to script different responses to different (incorrect) > passwords? > > Theoretically, you could have this done, by using a PAM module designed for this, to be run before the 'pam_unix.so' module, in '/etc/pam.d/login' for terminal login, or for more wider u

Re: Copying files without losing selinux context

--xattrs option rsync supports resume , and remote transfers over ssh tar supports appending to as well as updating an existing archive, and remote transfers over ssh -- Regards, Rejy M Cyriac (rmc) -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscri

Re: Save everybody some surprises in Fedora 22!

itionally, in remembrance of Seth Vidal, I would hate to see Fedora lose > 'yum'. Even if Seth would probably find that silly, it's important to me. > +1 Let us keep at least the name, if not the code. I have been a happy user of yum, and have observed it to be innovative enoug

Re: Re install Fedora 20

ount point for the existing home filesystem as '/home', but just remember to keep the checkbox for formatting that specific filesystem unchecked. -- Regards, Rejy M Cyriac (rmc) -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://adm

Re: Re install Fedora 20

On 08/06/2014 06:58 PM, Rejy M Cyriac wrote: > On 08/02/2014 07:57 AM, Roger wrote: >> I have Fedora 20 LVM but cannot access it due to grub error which >> defaults to grub rescue. >> Can I reinstall Fedora without touching the /home directory on an LVM >> please >

PyCon India 2014 - Volunteers Meeting at RH BLR - 20 September 2014

fast, and come over to the meeting. See ya all there... -- Regards, Rejy M Cyriac (rmc) -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-

Re: PyCon India 2014 - Volunteers Meeting at RH BLR - 20 September 2014

On 09/18/2014 03:57 PM, Rejy M Cyriac wrote: > Hi, > > Red Hat Bangalore will be hosting the PyCon India 2014 Volunteers Meeting. > > Date: Saturday, 20 September 2014 > Venue: Cafeteria, RH BLR > Time: 12:30 to 17:30 > > Calling all Red Hatters who have purchased a

Re: automatic helpers which really suck!

d be similar to mine. You need to add the local CA authority certificate, before trying to add the account. - Rejy M Cyriac (rmc) Regards - -- François Patte UFR de mathématiques et informatique Laboratoire CNRS MAP5, UMR 8145 Université Paris Descartes 45, rue des Saints Pères F-75270 Par

Re: automatic helpers which really suck!

can't add an account using SSL or similar with an self-signed certificate because Thunderbird will be stuck in an endless loop during the check. Qualify as a bug, don't you think ? -- Rejy M Cyriac (rmc) -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change su

Re: automatic helpers which really suck!

ver step for a very long time, and just fails with the generic message. The same mail server will pass verification once you install the CA Certificate for the internal CA. This is not helpful at all. -- Rejy M Cyriac (rmc) -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsu

Re: automatic helpers which really suck!

own area of interest, and I believe that all 'fiddling', big or small, contributes to improving Open Source Software. -- Rejy M Cyriac (rmc) -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/l

Re: Czn'y rmember how to sdd Minimiz and Maximize icon into apps.

nome-tweak-tool', and run the command of the same name to enable those. -- Regards, Rejy M Cyriac (rmc) -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedorap

Re: who gftp mkdir permissions? server or client?

round Controller CNES - Centre spatial de Toulouse 18, Av. Edouard Belin, 31401 Toulouse Cedex 9, France rodolfo.alcazarporti...@cnes.fr I believe it must be the server, following either default umask settings, or specific ones mentioned in the server's configuration file. -- Regards, Rejy M C

Re: who gftp mkdir permissions? server or client?

On 01/09/2013 02:57 PM, Rejy M Cyriac wrote: On 01/09/2013 12:49 PM, AlcazarPortillo Rodolfo (VITROCISET) wrote: Hi, folks. Just a question: Who handles permissions when gFTP client creates a directory? The client or the server? Cant' find a quick answer on google:( Thanks! Best re

Re: How to Set/Get UUID for a NIC

On 01/09/2013 09:07 PM, Michael Hennebry wrote: On Wed, 9 Jan 2013, Khemara Lyn wrote: Ok, thank you; it's that simple! I've thought about it in a harder way. Actually, it's even easier. NICs come with built-in six-byte MAC adddresses that are supposed to be unique. They are not random. ifcon

Re: system monitoring applet

On 01/31/2013 04:00 PM, Gilboa Davara wrote: > On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 11:53 AM, Raf Roger wrote: >> Hi, >> >> i'm looking for a good system monitoring for fedora 18. >> i found something about standard applet package called >> "gnome-shell-extension-system-monitor-applet rpm" >> >> AFAIK it will

Re: F18 Mate Desktop on DVD?

, KDE, or XFCE. And after the installation of Fedora, run a 'yum install @mate-desktop' to have the Mate Desktop installed. -- Regards, Rejy M Cyriac (rmc) -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.o

Re: /etc/passwd- /etc/group-

file /etc/passwd- is not owned by any package $ rpm -qf /etc/group- file /etc/group- is not owned by any package $ rpm -qf /etc/shadow- file /etc/shadow- is not owned by any package $ rpm -qf /etc/gshadow- file /etc/gshadow- is not owned by any package - rejy m cyriac (rmc) -- users mailing lis

Re: /etc/passwd- /etc/group-

On 02/08/2013 03:44 PM, Reindl Harald wrote: > > > Am 08.02.2013 10:33, schrieb Rejy M Cyriac: >> However, the files with the similar names, but with '-' appended are >> backups created on change to the corresponding files, through user and >> group admin

Re: External monitor of Thinkpad W530

er the monitor is being detected with the 'Displays' tool under 'gnome-control-center' (System Settings in the applications grid view). You can change settings for the detected displays here as well. -- Regards, Rejy M Cyriac (rmc) -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproje

Re: I'm too stupid for firewalld

'm not stranger to iptables, so I'm willing to go full manual mode if > needed be, just point me in the right direction because I'm definitely lost. > > Cheers, > Valent. > > Have you looked at the documentation available here - https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fi

Re: Strange messages of yum in F18 since some days

om/html/ ? https://duckduckgo.com/about > > -- Regards, Rejy M Cyriac (rmc) RHC{SA,E,SS,DS,VA,A,I} Senior Quality Engineer Quality Engineering, Red Hat Inc. --- email: r...@redhat.com / r...@redhat.com irc nick: rmc phone: internal 7316

Re: non-fatal errors during boot

t >> initrd /initramfs-3.8.2-206.fc18.x86_64.img >> title Fedora (3.8.1-201.fc18.x86_64) >> root (hd0,1) > > keytable is no longer needed > font=true is simply wrong > remove them from the grub-config and /etc/default/grub > Then backup /boot/grub2/grub.

Re: packages installed

rpm -qa --queryformat "%{name}\n" | sort | tee > /root/packages.txt > chmod 644 /root/packages.txt I used to struggle to remove the version numbers from the names. I have also wanted one of those. Thanks a lot for that. :-) -- Regards, Rejy M Cyriac (rmc) -- users mailing

Re: Does 'YUM install' always install the latest app version?

e, unless you provide the specific version number at the command. -- Regards, Rejy M Cyriac (rmc) -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproje

Re: Does 'YUM install' always install the latest app version?

On 09/05/2013 12:09 PM, Fernando Cassia wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 2:38 AM, Joe Zeff > wrote: > > AFAIK it installs the most recent version. Why would you expect it > to do anything else? > > > I somehow got the mistaken idea that "yum install" installed t

Re: tls

On 09/07/2013 05:16 AM, Rick Stevens wrote: > On 09/06/2013 03:43 PM, Patrick Dupre issued this missive: >> Hello, >> >> I installed pure-ftpd on my machine to use the TLS protocle. >> I followed the instructions given in: >> http://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-configure-pureftpd-to-accept-tls-session

Re: tls

On 09/07/2013 12:28 PM, Reindl Harald wrote: > > > Am 07.09.2013 08:38, schrieb Rejy M Cyriac: >> If you are using iptables for firewall, you could use the 'ip_nat_ftp' >> and 'ip_conntrack_ftp' module if you are behind nat, or >> 'ip_c

Re: problems in installing Fedora 19

> > Many thanks in advance. > > Walter > Try using the vesa driver, and add the following as a kernel parameter for booting. nomodeset -- Regards, Rejy M Cyriac (rmc) -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https

Re: Freedesktop.org vs. LibreOffice.org

ot; "freedesktop.org was formed in March 2000 to encourage cooperation among open source desktops for the X Window System" "LibreOffice is community-driven and developed software which is a project of the not-for-profit organization, The Document Foundation." --

Re: Thunderbird text color -

#x27;Plain Text Messages', there is an option to change the colour for 'When displaying quoted plain text messages' -- Regards, Rejy M Cyriac (rmc) -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailm

Re: good bye -> Fwd: list-moderation -> Re: KDE without gnome-shell?

On 11/07/2013 10:45 AM, Robert Holtzman wrote: > On Wed, Nov 06, 2013 at 04:22:03PM -0500, Rahul Sundaram wrote: >> Hi >> >> >> On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 1:20 PM, Robert Holtzman wrote: >> >>> BTW, the moderator(s) seem to confuse bluntness with rudeness and/or >>> combatitiveness. For my part, I app

Re: Fedora 19 does not see hard disks on a Dell XPS 8700

On 11/07/2013 02:05 PM, Sebastiano Vigna wrote: > I hope someone as suggestions about this. The Dell XPS 8700 is a brand-new > model using the i7-4770. The 8700 has a 2T HD and a 32GB SSD that is supposed > to act as a cache. > > I've been trying to install Fedora, only to discover that no hard

Re: F19 did not install boot loader

oting into Windows 8 using grub2. When 'Secure Boot' option is disabled, dual boot worked as well. But I did this around the time Fedora 19 was released. I am not aware about the current status, as I don't do Windows. ;-) -- Regards, Rejy M Cyriac (rmc) -- users mailing list users@

Re: xfce, gnome and kde

ld laptop may have limited system resources, you experience the negative impacts. So for an old laptop with limited resources, XFCE is the best choice. They all work fine on a system with ample resources. -- Regards, Rejy M Cyriac (rmc) -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproje

Re: xfce, gnome and kde

On 11/21/2013 02:10 PM, Rafnews wrote: > On 21.11.2013 08:42, Rejy M Cyriac wrote: >> On 11/21/2013 12:43 PM, Rafnews wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> i installed on a very old laptop Fedora 19. Firstly i must say that >>> fedora is my favorite OS especially for

Re: Can't stand Gnome3, I think it's time for Fedora to move on

ss users. If you > try to talk about it here you're open to not getting heard. Which is > why I'd encourage people to look at the spins to see if any fit their > needs better. > http://fedoraproject.org/en/get-fedora-options or particularly http://spins.fedorapr

Re: GNOME Shell and password prompts

enter passwords for > them. The prompts are the big black popups, not the old Evolution > popups, so I guess there is some utility that handles password requests > for GNOME. Then the question is, is it Evolution or the utility that > keeps bothering me? > gnome-keyring-daemon

Re: How is wireless signal strength for NetworkManager calculated

On 01/20/2014 10:28 AM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > Hi, > > I was wondering how wireless signal strength (as displayed by the > network-manager applet) is calculated. There is a percentage reported: > what does this percent mean and where does NetworkManager get its > values from? > > While I am here

Re: How is wireless signal strength for NetworkManager calculated

On 01/23/2014 06:21 PM, poma wrote: > On 23.01.2014 07:40, Rejy M Cyriac wrote: >> On 01/20/2014 10:28 AM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > … >>> While I am here, I also wanted to know the answer to the question as >>> to how the interfaces are decided in latter-day Fedoras: t

Re: How is wireless signal strength for NetworkManager calculated

On 01/23/2014 06:40 PM, Rejy M Cyriac wrote: > On 01/23/2014 06:21 PM, poma wrote: >> On 23.01.2014 07:40, Rejy M Cyriac wrote: >>> On 01/20/2014 10:28 AM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: >> … >>>> While I am here, I also wanted to know the answer to the question as >&

Re: Any sound at all in Fedora 20?

edora 20 on the > same machine, I get sound. I saved off a list of everything > I thought might be relevant about the live image, > now I just gotta compare it to the installed system > and see what I'm missing :-(. > Would be interesting to know about it, when you catch it. Ple

Re: Text selection and mouse button sensitivity

r problem. > Tried tinkering with the mouse sensitivity settings ? -- Regards, Rejy M Cyriac (rmc) -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproje

Re: F20 - Can't Select Desktop Environment at Login

Thereby, I get the best of both worlds - the OS related configs are all sparkling new, while my user specific configs are the same as before. > > Brian > > -- Regards, Rejy M Cyriac (rmc) -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription

Re: Empty directories no content for >= 6mths

On 02/13/2014 07:40 PM, Frank Murphy wrote: > On Thu, 13 Feb 2014 22:00:10 +0800 > Ed Greshko wrote: > >> find $HOME/ -mtime 180 -type d -empty ?? >> >> I don't see any files below a user's $HOME belonging to any >> packages So, I don't really understand the objective. >> >> > > I do a lot

Re: Adobe not providing linux flash updates

On 02/10/2015 06:54 PM, Kelly Miller wrote: > You could grab the Fresh Player Plugin as well, which allows Firefox to > use Chrome's Pepper Flash plugin (which is up to date). > Looking around for information about Fresh Player Plugin, I ran into an article that said "Mozilla is working on its ow

Re: /tmp files

needs to be created/edited to change the default configuration settings for services. So it looks like /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/tmp.conf is your friend for this objective. 'man systemd-tmpfiles' will help you with more information -- Regards, Rejy M Cyriac (rmc) -- users mailing list user

Re: anaconda problem

On 03/20/2017 04:47 PM, François Patte wrote: > Le 19/03/2017 20:13, Joe Zeff a écrit : >> On 03/19/2017 11:24 AM, François Patte wrote: >>> For instance: I create / and swap and /home, after that it stops. I >>> exit and come back; I create / and /boot and swap and /home and /var, >>> then it