Is this true ?

2024-02-07 Thread Lee Thomas Stephen
With Great Power comes great responsibility (Spiderman movie) I wonder whether the current generation of Redhatters knows the power that they wield. Thanks --- Lee -- ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email

Re: LibreOffice7.3 crashing?

2022-03-23 Thread Thomas Stephen Lee
On Fri, Feb 4, 2022 at 5:10 PM Thomas Stephen Lee wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 2, 2022 at 8:25 PM Michael D. Setzer II via users > wrote: > > > > Have the Fedora version of LibreOffice working just fine. > > Also, have the LibreOffice 7.2.5 working just fine. > > Dow

Re: LibreOffice7.3 crashing?

2022-02-04 Thread Thomas Stephen Lee
either have same issue, or > others have it work? > > Thanks. > ___ Same here in RHEL 8.5. Seems to be a LibreOffice bug. odt files open, ods files crash. --- Lee ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an em

Re: downloading a complete web page without using a browser...

2021-07-05 Thread Thomas Stephen Lee
On Mon, Jul 5, 2021 at 12:26 PM Samuel Sieb wrote: > > On 2021-07-03 8:02 p.m., dwoody5...@gmail.com wrote: > > the url I am trying to download does not have an extension ie. no '.htm' > > such > > as: > > https://my.acbl.org/club-results/details/338288 > > > > wget does not download the correct

Re: speed of dd

2021-03-16 Thread Thomas Stephen Lee
least bs=1M. A hack that works sometimes $ renice -n -18 -p $(pgrep usb-storage) $ renice -n -18 -p $(pgrep dd) $ ionice -c 2 -n 2 -p $(pgrep usb-storage) $ ionice -c 2 -n 2 -p $(pgrep dd) --- Lee ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org T

Re: Deprecating SCP

2020-11-04 Thread Thomas Stephen Lee
which supports SFTP, you will never see this warning. > (You can force use of the SFTP protocol, if available, with -sftp - see > section 5.2.2.6.) > > > -- > George N. White III > > > rsync is not installed by default in minimal installs of many OS. For example, we have to

Re: whatsapp

2020-09-03 Thread Thomas Stephen Lee
=== > > > Telegram? > > https://telegram.org/ > > You will get it from the RPM Fusion Free Updates repo for Fedora. > > thanks > > > -- > Lee > In my case, I installed Teleg

Re: whatsapp

2020-09-03 Thread Thomas Stephen Lee
om the RPM Fusion Free Updates repo for Fedora. thanks -- Lee ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/

Re: Alternatives link broken after package upgrade

2020-07-22 Thread Robin Lee
Terry Polzin 于2020年7月23日 周四上午1:34写道: > I've been dealing with this issue on a couple of my Fedora 32 machines. > It appears that the upgrade of icedtea-web > from icedtea-web-1.8.2-3.fc31.x86_64 to > icedtea-web-2.0.0-pre.0.3.alpha13.patched1.fc32.x86_64 breaks the > alternatives link to javaws.x8

Re: Bootable USB and a Windows ISO-file

2020-07-06 Thread Robin Lee
On Mon, 2020-07-06 at 07:37 -0500, Richard Shaw wrote: > On Sun, Jul 5, 2020 at 2:01 PM Robin Lee > wrote: > > I'm trying to do a very simple task on my Fedora 32 desktop but > > somehow > > I can't make it happen. > > > > I've downloaded a Win

Re: Bootable USB and a Windows ISO-file

2020-07-06 Thread Robin Lee
On Sun, 2020-07-05 at 15:15 -0700, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: > > Ha! I finally get to answer one instead of always asking > all the questions. > > :-) > > > Install WoeUSB (as root): Thanks Todd, with WoeUSB everything just worked. Cheers Robin __

Re: Bootable USB and a Windows ISO-file

2020-07-05 Thread Robin Lee
On Sun, 2020-07-05 at 12:51 -0700, Samuel Sieb wrote: > On 7/5/20 12:48 PM, Robin Lee wrote: > > On Sun, 2020-07-05 at 12:21 -0700, Samuel Sieb wrote: > > > On 7/5/20 12:01 PM, Robin Lee wrote: > > > > I've downloaded a Windows installer ISO-file from microsoft.

Re: Bootable USB and a Windows ISO-file

2020-07-05 Thread Robin Lee
On Sun, 2020-07-05 at 12:21 -0700, Samuel Sieb wrote: > On 7/5/20 12:01 PM, Robin Lee wrote: > > I've downloaded a Windows installer ISO-file from microsoft.com > > that I > > put on a USB-stick and tried to install Windows on physical > > machine, > > but i

Bootable USB and a Windows ISO-file

2020-07-05 Thread Robin Lee
I'm trying to do a very simple task on my Fedora 32 desktop but somehow I can't make it happen. I've downloaded a Windows installer ISO-file from microsoft.com that I put on a USB-stick and tried to install Windows on physical machine, but it won't boot from the USB. It shows up in the BIOS boot m

Re: VLC and screen saver

2020-05-21 Thread Robin Lee
On Tue, 2020-05-19 at 11:33 +0200, Mayavimmer wrote: > Robin Lee wrote: > > > Thanks for letting me know I'm not the only one. > > > > Also been launching VLC from a terminal lately and sometimes it > > also > > doesn't terminate cleanly that way.

docker-firewalld

2020-05-18 Thread Thomas Stephen Lee
Hi, https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/firewalld_default_to_nftables mentions a docker-firewalld where can I find that package or source code? thanks --- Lee Note: I accidentally posted the same question on CentOS Forum. ___ users mailing

Re: VLC and screen saver

2020-05-18 Thread Robin Lee
On Mon, 2020-05-18 at 18:20 +0800, Ian Chapman wrote: > Hi, > > > > The thing is that sometimes when I close vlc after I've watched > > some > > video it doesn't terminate cleanly. That is there is still a vlc > > process running in the background and it prevents the screen saver > > from > > bla

Re: VLC and screen saver

2020-05-16 Thread Robin Lee
On Sat, 2020-05-16 at 05:54 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 2020-05-15 20:02, Robin Lee wrote: > > Hi > > > > I'm on Fedora 32, but this problem I have had for a while. > > > > The thing is that sometimes when I close vlc after I've watched > > som

Re: VLC and screen saver

2020-05-15 Thread Robin Lee
On Fri, 2020-05-15 at 08:25 -0700, stan via users wrote: > On Fri, 15 May 2020 14:02:17 +0200 > Robin Lee wrote: > > > The thing is that sometimes when I close vlc after I've watched > > some > > video it doesn't terminate cleanly. That is there is s

VLC and screen saver

2020-05-15 Thread Robin Lee
Hi I'm on Fedora 32, but this problem I have had for a while. The thing is that sometimes when I close vlc after I've watched some video it doesn't terminate cleanly. That is there is still a vlc process running in the background and it prevents the screen saver from blanking the screen. So somet

Re: VideoConference Package?

2020-05-13 Thread Thomas Stephen Lee
On Wed, May 13, 2020 at 6:21 PM Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Wed, 2020-05-13 at 08:26 -0400, Tom Horsley wrote: > > On Wed, 13 May 2020 13:07:32 +0100 > > Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > > > > BTW, Google say that Duo will support multi-user on desktops in the > > > near future. > > > > And pro

Re: VideoConference Package?

2020-05-13 Thread Thomas Stephen Lee
oject.org > Fedora Code of Conduct: > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/use

Re: NVIDIA 340xx problem with kernel 5.6.6

2020-04-29 Thread Thomas Stephen Lee
g list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org > Fedora Code of Conduct: > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mai

Re: Problem with Brother scanner

2020-04-22 Thread Robin Lee
On Wed, 2020-04-22 at 21:17 -0400, Fred Smith wrote: > > I don't know how the OP installed the Brother drivers, but there are > two ways: one is detailed with lots of tweaks you need to make, and > the other is relatively trivial. > > You can either: > 1. download the individual driver files and

Re: Problem with Brother scanner

2020-04-22 Thread Robin Lee
On Wed, 2020-04-22 at 09:49 -0500, Roger Heflin wrote: > I would comment out the SYSFS lines and see if that fixes > anything. I > would also remove the executable bit {chmod -x filename). > > It seems they have put both SYSFS (used in RHEL5, so really old) and > ATTRS (new name RHEL6(say f12) an

Problem with Brother scanner

2020-04-22 Thread Robin Lee
Hi list I recently got a Brother scanner/printer for my Fedora 31 desktop. I've installed all the drivers from Brother and the printing part works fine, but not scanning. When I launch simple-scan, either as root or normal user it can't find any scanner. Although it will show up in Settings -> De

Re: VideoConference Package?

2020-03-31 Thread Thomas Stephen Lee
_guidelines > List Archives: > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org > Hi, We have used https://hangouts.google.com/ for 5 people. Use Chrome and install the app from URL bar. --- Lee ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.f

Re: Contact Email

2020-01-09 Thread Thomas Stephen Lee
On Wed, Jan 8, 2020 at 8:06 PM Patrick Laimbock wrote: > >-Original message- > >From: Thomas Stephen Lee > >Sent: Wednesday 8th January 2020 5:31 > >To: Community support for Fedora users > >Subject: Contact Email > > > >Hi, > > &g

Contact Email

2020-01-07 Thread Thomas Stephen Lee
Hi, Can we get the contact of the group maintaining. https://releases.ansible.com/ansible/rpm/release/ ? thanks -- Lee ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora

Re: Did I kill it?

2019-12-30 Thread Thomas Stephen Lee
/docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org Downgrading to kernel 4.14.x from kernel.org fixed the freezing issue when I was

Re: Gnome-keyring-daemon keeps logging every second

2019-12-04 Thread Robin Lee
t; > https://askubuntu.com/questions/1188683/gnome-keyring-daemon-spams-system-journal > > > > > On Dec 4, 2019, at 11:45 AM, Robin Lee > > wrote: > > > > > asked to register item > > > /org/freedesktop/sec

Re: Gnome-keyring-daemon keeps logging every second

2019-12-04 Thread Robin Lee
On Tue, 2019-12-03 at 10:37 +0100, Robin Lee wrote: > Hi > > On my newly upgraded Fedora 31 desktop there is annoying issue. Every > second gnome-keyring-daemon logs the following message > "asked to register item /org/freedesktop/secrets/collection/login/86, > but

Gnome-keyring-daemon keeps logging every second

2019-12-03 Thread Robin Lee
Hi On my newly upgraded Fedora 31 desktop there is annoying issue. Every second gnome-keyring-daemon logs the following message "asked to register item /org/freedesktop/secrets/collection/login/86, but it's already registered". Rebooting doesn't help. It totally fills up the log, anything I can

Re: Could not upgrade from F29

2019-12-02 Thread Robin Lee
On Mon, 2019-12-02 at 05:55 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 2019-12-01 20:57, Robin Lee wrote: > > Ok, but will the Electrum wallet still be able to communicate with > > my > > Ledger device? > > I can't be certain. But I think it will. > Thanks for advices. I

Re: Could not upgrade from F29

2019-12-01 Thread Robin Lee
On Sun, 2019-12-01 at 20:32 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 2019-12-01 19:41, Robin Lee wrote: > > I've got a Fedora 29 desktop that I thought it was time to upgrade. > > But > > there was a problem. When I ran > > dnf system-upgrade download --refresh --releasever

Could not upgrade from F29

2019-12-01 Thread Robin Lee
Hi I've got a Fedora 29 desktop that I thought it was time to upgrade. But there was a problem. When I ran dnf system-upgrade download --refresh --releasever=30 I get the following error Problem: package python2-btchip-0.1.28-1.fc29.noarch requires python2- hidapi, but none of the providers can

Re: Gnome Software Updater no longer working

2019-09-17 Thread Robin Lee
On Tue, 2019-09-17 at 22:44 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 9/17/19 9:10 PM, Robin Lee wrote: > > But, what about the error message I pointed out earlier > > TypeError: argument of type 'NoneType' is not iterable > > The part of error you quoted earlier was &

Re: Gnome Software Updater no longer working

2019-09-17 Thread Robin Lee
On Tue, 2019-09-17 at 21:03 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 9/17/19 8:52 PM, Robin Lee wrote: > > On Tue, 2019-09-17 at 20:45 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: > > > On 9/17/19 8:21 PM, Robin Lee wrote: > > > > Thanks for the help. I did run "journalctl -b -1&quo

Re: Gnome Software Updater no longer working

2019-09-17 Thread Robin Lee
On Tue, 2019-09-17 at 20:45 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 9/17/19 8:21 PM, Robin Lee wrote: > > Thanks for the help. I did run "journalctl -b -1" after a failed > > try to > > use Gnome Software to update to latest software packages. And it > > seems > >

Re: Gnome Software Updater no longer working

2019-09-17 Thread Robin Lee
On Mon, 2019-09-16 at 13:10 -0700, Samuel Sieb wrote: > If that didn't work, then run "journalctl --list-boots" and find the > one for the right time. Then run "journalctl -b -1" (again replace > with the right number). Thanks for the help. I did run "journalctl -b -1" after a failed try to use G

Re: Gnome Software Updater no longer working

2019-09-16 Thread Robin Lee
On Sun, 2019-09-15 at 10:51 +0200, Robin Lee wrote: > I'm running Fedora 29 and some time ago the Gnome Software Updater > stopped working. > > It informs me that there are new updates available and I press the > Download button. After a while the button changes to Restart

Gnome Software Updater no longer working

2019-09-15 Thread Robin Lee
Hi I'm running Fedora 29 and some time ago the Gnome Software Updater stopped working. It informs me that there are new updates available and I press the Download button. After a while the button changes to Restart and Update and I press it, so the computer reboots and after that it briefly displ

Re: Evolution crashing

2019-07-25 Thread Robin Lee
On Thu, 2019-07-25 at 08:48 -0400, John Mellor wrote: > Replies inline: > > On Thu, 2019-07-25 at 09:35 +0200, Robin Lee wrote: > > Hi > > > > I wonder if just for me that Evolution crashes most of the time I > > try > > to close it? > > Nope, it

Evolution crashing

2019-07-25 Thread Robin Lee
Hi I wonder if just for me that Evolution crashes most of the time I try to close it? I usually start Evolution right away after logging in and then have it running until it is time to apply software updates. I usually do that twice a week. More than half of time closing Evolution crashes the who

Re: Problem with Gnome remaining offline

2019-06-09 Thread Robin Lee
On Sun, 2019-06-09 at 18:52 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 6/9/19 6:32 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: > > On 6/9/19 4:14 PM, Robin Lee wrote: > > > On Fri, 2019-06-07 at 19:28 +0200, Robin Lee wrote: > > > > I have a laptop with Fedora 30 and on it I use VPN. Now after I > &

Re: Problem with Gnome remaining offline

2019-06-09 Thread Robin Lee
On Fri, 2019-06-07 at 19:28 +0200, Robin Lee wrote: > I have a laptop with Fedora 30 and on it I use VPN. Now after I > upgraded from Fedora 29 I've got the problem that Gnome applications > like Evolution and Gnome Software don't work anymore because they > think the comput

Problem with Gnome remaining offline

2019-06-07 Thread Robin Lee
Hi I have a laptop with Fedora 30 and on it I use VPN. Now after I upgraded from Fedora 29 I've got the problem that Gnome applications like Evolution and Gnome Software don't work anymore because they think the computer is offline when VPN is activated. Also the wifi icon in the upper right hand

Grub fails with unrecognized number

2019-05-11 Thread Robin Lee
I just upgraded one of my computers from Fedora 29 to 30 and after that grub doesn't work any more as it should. Now when I boot up I get briefly the following message Booting from Hard Disk... . error: ../../grub-core/kern/misc.c:465:unrecognized number. then it boots the default kernel. I was e

Re: What's up with Firefox

2019-03-26 Thread Robin Lee
On Mon, 2019-03-25 at 17:23 -0700, Richard England wrote: > On 3/25/19 1:22 AM, Robin Lee wrote: > > > > > > > > On Mon, 2019-03-25 at 15:07 +0700, Frederic Muller wrote: > > > > > On 3/25/1

Re: What's up with Firefox

2019-03-25 Thread Robin Lee
On Mon, 2019-03-25 at 15:07 +0700, Frederic Muller wrote: > On 3/25/19 3:03 PM, Robin Lee wrote: > > > > > So I just updated my Fedora 29 desktop and now the title bar > > in Firefoxis gone. How is one to minimize a Firefox window > > nowadays

What's up with Firefox

2019-03-25 Thread Robin Lee
So I just updated my Fedora 29 desktop and now the title bar in Firefox is gone. How is one to minimize a Firefox window nowadays? How can I make Firefox behave like all the other Gnome app windows? /Robin ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproj

Re: Gnome settings -> Online accounts and tor hidden services

2019-02-25 Thread Robin Lee
On Sun, 2019-02-24 at 15:32 -0800, Samuel Sieb wrote: > On 2/24/19 1:10 PM, Robin Lee wrote: > > On Sun, 2019-02-17 at 17:31 +0100, Robin Lee wrote: > > > On Fri, 2019-02-15 at 15:48 -0500, John Harris wrote: > > > > The only way that I personally know how to d

Re: Gnome settings -> Online accounts and tor hidden services

2019-02-24 Thread Robin Lee
On Sun, 2019-02-17 at 17:31 +0100, Robin Lee wrote: > On Fri, 2019-02-15 at 15:48 -0500, John Harris wrote: > > The only way that I personally know how to do with is by setting a > > system wide > > proxy. If you could find the process GNOME uses to sync CalDAV and > &

Re: Gnome settings -> Online accounts and tor hidden services

2019-02-17 Thread Robin Lee
On Fri, 2019-02-15 at 15:48 -0500, John Harris wrote: > The only way that I personally know how to do with is by setting a > system wide > proxy. If you could find the process GNOME uses to sync CalDAV and > CardDAV, > you could `torify` it. There is no built-in way to do this in GNOME, > at leas

Re: Gnome settings -> Online accounts and tor hidden services

2019-02-15 Thread Robin Lee
On Fri, 2019-02-15 at 08:55 -0500, John Harris wrote: > On Friday, February 15, 2019 4:13:19 AM EST Robin Lee wrote: > > On Thu, 2019-02-14 at 20:59 -0800, Samuel Sieb wrote: > > > > > On 2/14/19 11:12 AM, Robin Lee wrote: > > > > > > > I wonder if

Re: Gnome settings -> Online accounts and tor hidden services

2019-02-15 Thread Robin Lee
On Thu, 2019-02-14 at 20:59 -0800, Samuel Sieb wrote: > On 2/14/19 11:12 AM, Robin Lee wrote: > > I wonder if there's away to configure a Nextcloud account in Online > > Accounts or otherwise that would connect to a Nextcloud server that > > resides on a tor hidden serv

Gnome settings -> Online accounts and tor hidden services

2019-02-14 Thread Robin Lee
Hi I wonder if there's away to configure a Nextcloud account in Online Accounts or otherwise that would connect to a Nextcloud server that resides on a tor hidden service, i.e. it would need to connect to an onion address. Cheers Robin ___ users mailing

Re: Extremely slow Josm

2019-01-04 Thread Robin Lee
On Fri, 2019-01-04 at 11:29 +0100, Jakub Jelen wrote: > Do you have some josm plugins installed? Thank you. That was it. My desktop josm had more than a dozen plugins that had aggregated over the years. I threw them out and reinstalled the ones I knew I wanted. After that my desktop josm was as r

Extremely slow Josm

2019-01-03 Thread Robin Lee
Hi I have a desktop and a laptop, both with fully updated Fedora 29. The laptop is a fresh installation while the desktop has been upgraded from previous versions of Fedora. And I have Josm installed on both. Now the problem is that on the desktop Josm has become really slow. You need some seriou

Fedora + Electron Cash + Trezor

2018-09-23 Thread Robin Lee
Hi I've got a fully updated Fedora 28 with electron-cash-3.3.1- 1.fc28.noarch and a Trezor One hardware wallet. The problem is that I just realized that I can't sign bitcoin cash transactions from my Trezor. What I get when I try to sign is: 'NoneType' object has no attribute '_fill_missing' What

Re: Any way to disable debugsource generation on fedora >= 27

2018-05-03 Thread Robin Lee
On Fri, May 4, 2018 at 12:08 AM, Todd Zullinger wrote: > Robin Lee wrote: >> On Thu, May 3, 2018 at 12:03 PM, Todd Zullinger wrote: >>> Robin Lee wrote: >>>> I recently upgrade my host from f26 to f28. But to keep compatible >>>> with old behavior,

Re: Any way to disable debugsource generation on fedora >= 27

2018-05-02 Thread Robin Lee
On Thu, May 3, 2018 at 12:03 PM, Todd Zullinger wrote: > Robin Lee wrote: >> I recently upgrade my host from f26 to f28. But to keep compatible >> with old behavior, >> I am figuring out a way to revert the change 'Separate Subpackage and >> Source Debuginf

Any way to disable debugsource generation on fedora >= 27

2018-05-02 Thread Robin Lee
Hi, I recently upgrade my host from f26 to f28. But to keep compatible with old behavior, I am figuring out a way to revert the change 'Separate Subpackage and Source Debuginfo'[1]. That means let rpm not generate debugsource and subpackage debuginfo. Simply adding '%_debugsource_packages 0' to ~/

Re: Getting Fedora to recognize my Kindle

2015-06-03 Thread Lee
2015 12:09 PM, Lee wrote: > > Try mounting the device manually in a terminal. > On May 29, 2015 8:20 AM, "Ronal B Morse" wrote: > >> >> No problem with my Android phone- Mounts and seen by ADB. >>>> >>>> Where might I start? I would RTFM if

Re: Getting Fedora to recognize my Kindle

2015-05-29 Thread Lee
Try mounting the device manually in a terminal. On May 29, 2015 8:20 AM, "Ronal B Morse" wrote: > On 05/29/2015 09:12 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > >> On Fri, 2015-05-29 at 10:54 -0400, David Cary Hart wrote: >> >>> This is probably basic stuff. It's just been a very long time since I >>> >>>

Re: netflix play on chrome works (finally)

2014-10-11 Thread Lee
Only on linux? On Oct 11, 2014 11:13 AM, "Rahul Sundaram" wrote: > Hi > > On Sat, Oct 11, 2014 at 11:52 AM, Lee wrote: > >> Really? I thought it required silverlight? >> > Silverlight is one option however it is not supported in many platforms > inclu

Re: netflix play on chrome works (finally)

2014-10-11 Thread Lee
Really? I thought it required silverlight. On Oct 11, 2014 4:58 AM, "Neal Becker" wrote: > > I see with fedora20 + current chrome stable, netflix now works! And, even works > well with my chromecast. > > -- > -- Those who don't understand recursion are doomed to repeat it > > -- > users mailing

Re: delayed messages

2014-07-15 Thread lee
g writes: > On 07/14/2014 07:15 PM, lee wrote: > <> > >> Then I should have received a notification that my messages are being >> delayed indefinitely. > <> > >> I have neither been offtopic, not did I break the conduct, if you go by >> what i

Re: delayed messages

2014-07-14 Thread lee
Kevin Fenzi writes: > On Sun, 13 Jul 2014 00:55:51 +0200 > lee wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> how long do the moderators intend to delay my messages? > > If you are referring to the ones in the 'why do we use systemd?' thread > then I suspect it's

delayed messages

2014-07-12 Thread lee
Hi, how long do the moderators intend to delay my messages? It seems that the code of conduct the moderators are referring to actually means that everyone who disagrees will be silenced. If that is so, just say so. -- Fedora release 20 (Heisenbug) -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproj

Re: Camera mounting

2014-07-11 Thread lee
Ian Malone writes: > On 10 July 2014 09:49, lee wrote: >> Ian Malone writes: >> >>>> On 10 July 2014 01:10, lee wrote: >>> >>>> You trust computers too much. >>>> >>> >>> No, I'm pragmatic in what can

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-10 Thread lee
Rahul Sundaram writes: > Hi > > > On Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 7:42 PM, lee wrote: > >> I made a bug report suggesting to fix their misunderstanding of what >> "disabled" means. It would have been very easy to fix, but they >> declined. >> >>

Re: Camera mounting

2014-07-10 Thread lee
Ian Malone writes: >> On 10 July 2014 01:10, lee wrote: > >> You trust computers too much. >> > > No, I'm pragmatic in what can be trusted. If key components of your > system are compromised then what are you protecting and what are you > protecting from?

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-10 Thread lee
Rahul Sundaram writes: > Hi > > > On Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 9:23 PM, lee wrote: > >> Then they should do it again. >> > > That is a Debian maintainers decision. That doesn't mean that they shouldn't do it again. >> That doesn't mean that users

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-10 Thread lee
Rahul Sundaram writes: > Hi > > > On Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 7:08 PM, lee wrote: > >> >> >> That is irrelevant. > > > How? Because disabled means disabled and not something like ondemand. >> I don't know what you don't understand --- >&

Re: Why do we use systemd

2014-07-09 Thread lee
"R. G. Newbury" writes: > So 'masked' is actually NEVER NOT EVEN WHEN YOU WANT IT. and DISABLED > means SOMETIMES, They confuse "masked" with "disabled" and "disabled" with "ondemand" and deny to fix that. > This thread contains numerous instances of why systemd is not well > architected, altho

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-09 Thread lee
Rahul Sundaram writes: > Hi > > > On Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 7:19 AM, lee wrote: > >> The bug --- or call it misstatement if you like --- is with systemd in >> that things can still be started even when they are disabled. >> > > Err. no. Before systemd, the

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-09 Thread lee
Rahul Sundaram writes: > If there are concrete criticisms, they should ideally be in the form > of bug reports to reach the developers directly. I made a bug report suggesting to fix their misunderstanding of what "disabled" means. It would have been very easy to fix, but they declined. Why sh

Re: What is an "ll header"?

2014-07-09 Thread lee
Ed Greshko writes: > On 07/09/14 22:57, lee wrote: >> Ed Greshko writes: >> >>> On 07/09/14 19:41, lee wrote: >>>> what is an "ll header"? >>>> >>>> I'm trying to figure out why I have martian sources and got so far

Re: Execute acroread with Strace - Need help

2014-07-09 Thread lee
Mickey writes: > F20 / KDE > > Trying to run acroread in AdbeRdr9.5.5-1_i486linux_enu.rpm and it > won't start. > > I have run Strace on acroread and listed the last few lines of the Output, To be curious, doesn't that violate the license it comes with? > Could someone tell me what it all mean

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-09 Thread lee
Rahul Sundaram writes: > Hi > > > On Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 3:03 AM, lee wrote: > >> Apparently the project secretary has a hand in it, and sponsors are >> needed. So maybe it's not as easy as it seems. >> > > It is fairly easy to bring any proposal t

Re: Why do we use systemd

2014-07-09 Thread lee
Adrian Sevcenco writes: > These are completely unrelated terms. in services start language > "enabled" means "start at boot" and disabled "do not start at boot" .. > and that's all .. If you want to see it this way, then systemd misunderstands things so that "disabled" means to start something e

Re: Camera mounting

2014-07-09 Thread lee
Ian Malone writes: > On 8 July 2014 22:33, lee wrote: >> Ian Malone writes: >> >>> By expecting users to mount attached devices with full-fat mount usage >>> you open the potential for exploits. >> >> How would that happen? A file system is eith

Re: What is an "ll header"?

2014-07-09 Thread lee
Ed Greshko writes: > On 07/09/14 19:41, lee wrote: >> what is an "ll header"? >> >> I'm trying to figure out why I have martian sources and got so far as to >> think that they are not created on my side. Yet the "ll header" might >>

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-09 Thread lee
Joe Zeff writes: > On 07/08/2014 11:40 PM, lee wrote: >> When something is disguised or hidden, it is not disabled. It is >> camouflaged or concealed. Camouflage, concealment, hiding, disguise and >> masking can all be used for*preventing* from being disabled. >

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-09 Thread lee
David Benfell writes: > I guess the two questions I'm reaching for are: > > 1) Is systemd conceptually broken, just a really bad idea from the > start? Some people say yes, and some of them argue well. So far, I've seen only arguments that would support that systemd is a really bad idea because

What is an "ll header"?

2014-07-09 Thread lee
Hi, what is an "ll header"? I'm trying to figure out why I have martian sources and got so far as to think that they are not created on my side. Yet the "ll header" might contain some useful information if I knew exactly how to interpret that information. -- Fedora release 20 (Heisenbug) --

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-09 Thread lee
Rahul Sundaram writes: > This is not random Debian maintainers. This is the Debian technical > committee empowered with making such decisions. A GR (General resolution) > is the only way to override the tech committee and that requires some > Debian maintainer to propose one and so far noone ha

Re: 5tFTW: DNF and Mailing List Wars, F21 Branch, FESCo Election, Python 3.5, and Docs Beats (2014-07-08)

2014-07-09 Thread lee
Matthew Miller writes: > The Fedora Project Board is exploring the question “What is success for > Fedora?”, brought to the board-discuss mailing list by Board member > Josh Boyer. This is a public mailing list for all Fedora community > members, and we welcome your thoughtful contributions to th

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-09 Thread lee
David Benfell writes: > lee writes: >> >> I don't mind this idea. Yet when I disable something, I expect it to be >> disabled. > > This is another terminology issue, which I think should be viewed > separately from the merits/demerits of systemd itself. A

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-08 Thread lee
David Benfell writes: > lee writes: >> >> And only seven votes? Are they serious? > > I didn't realize they'd only gotten seven votes (presumably of the > maintainers who advocate systemd). I do understand that quorum rules > need to be loose enough to allow

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-08 Thread lee
Joe Zeff writes: > In systemd, a service that's disabled won't be directly started at > boot, but another service can still start it either at boot or later. That means that the service is *not* disabled. > To keep a service from being started by systemd under any > circumstances, you need to m

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-08 Thread lee
David Benfell writes: > https://wiki.debian.org/systemd > > "systemd was included in Debian wheezy as a technology preview" > > However, it appears that even though they have taken their vote, and > chosen systemd, they have not yet developed service files for all > their packages (neither has Fe

Re: Camera mounting

2014-07-08 Thread lee
Joe Zeff writes: > computer, it's configured more for convenience than security. Each > person's needs are different, and this is just another example where > *nix lets people do things their own way instead of insisting that > there's One True Way. Choices are good to have. Unfortunately, the

Re: Camera mounting

2014-07-08 Thread lee
Ian Malone writes: > By expecting users to mount attached devices with full-fat mount usage > you open the potential for exploits. How would that happen? A file system is either mounted or not, or is it? -- Fedora release 20 (Heisenbug) -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To

Re: Camera mounting

2014-07-07 Thread lee
Tim writes: > Allegedly, on or about 06 July 2014, lee sent: >> Why would anyone but root be allowed to mount something? > > Because *I* put a CD, DVD, USB drive, into *my* computer, logged in as > *myself*... That doesn't mean that you should be allowed to mount it whe

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-07 Thread lee
Glenn Holmer writes: > On 07/07/2014 04:34 AM, lee wrote: >> The authors of systemd don't even understand what "disabled" means. > > A pretty bold statement. Disabled means the same thing it does in > sysvinit: the service won't start at boot time. But it m

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-07 Thread lee
Tom Horsley writes: > On Mon, 07 Jul 2014 12:27:53 +0200 > lee wrote: > >> Debian and centos use sysvinit; I don't know what others use. > > Not for long. Debian says that wheezy comes with it[1], yet it didn't (other than perhaps as an option) as I can see from w

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-07 Thread lee
Patrick O'Callaghan writes: > BTW, I am a technical user (i.e. I'm more technically inclined than most > people and less so than some), but I object to that being used as a > crutch by people who don't take the trouble to write clearly. Writing > clear documentation is just as hard as writing goo

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-07 Thread lee
Kevin Fenzi writes: > On Sun, 6 Jul 2014 13:25:42 -0500 (CDT) > Michael Hennebry wrote: > >> On Sun, 6 Jul 2014, lee wrote: >> >> > Joe Zeff writes: >> > >> >> On 07/06/2014 12:43 AM, lee wrote: >> >>> Not even the config

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