Re: fedora 12 and no GUI

2011-06-15 Thread Kam Leo
On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 9:01 AM, gary clark wrote: > The problem was lack of RAM I only has 256 increased to 1G and all is good. Many old boxes have been / are / will be headed to the scrape pile because of memory limitations. You are lucky that you can add memory. Good luck with F12 but don't e

Re: fedora 12 and no GUI

2011-06-15 Thread gary clark
The problem was lack of RAM I only has 256 increased to 1G and all is good. --- On Tue, 6/14/11, gary clark wrote: > From: gary clark > Subject: Re: fedora 12 and no GUI > To: "Community support for Fedora users" > Date: Tuesday, June 14, 2011, 5:11 PM > Hi, > &

Re: fedora 12 and no GUI

2011-06-14 Thread Kam Leo
ternet search for "root login fedora 12" you will find more than one reference to that file. Here's one link: http://www.my-guides.net/en/content/view/174/26/2/13/ By the way, what are you using for a desktop manager? I'm assuming the default: GDM, not KDE. > Thank

Re: fedora 12 and no GUI

2011-06-14 Thread gary clark
Hi, There is no gdm file or gdm-password file in this /etc/pam.d directory? Thanks, Gary C --- On Tue, 6/14/11, Kam Leo wrote: > From: Kam Leo > Subject: Re: fedora 12 and no GUI > To: "Community support for Fedora users" > Date: Tuesday, June 14, 2011, 4:42 PM > O

Re: fedora 12 and no GUI

2011-06-14 Thread Kam Leo
On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 12:57 PM, gary clark wrote: > Hello, > > I was was Fedora 4 and then Fedora 9 and just jumped to Fedora 12. When the > machine boots up I have only text based system to login as root. What > happened to the GUI? > > Any answers would really help?

fedora 12 and no GUI

2011-06-14 Thread gary clark
Hello, I was was Fedora 4 and then Fedora 9 and just jumped to Fedora 12. When the machine boots up I have only text based system to login as root. What happened to the GUI? Any answers would really help? Thanks, Gary C -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or

Re: SOLVED - Re: [Fedora 12] "IOError: [Erno 28] No space left on device"

2011-02-27 Thread James McKenzie
On 2/27/11 5:54 PM, Fernando Cassia wrote: > On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 9:37 PM, James McKenzie > wrote: > >>> Thanks to everyone!. Btw. this box had Fedora 10... not 12... :) I now >>> realize >> Time for an upgrade to the lastest version of Fedora? >> >> Definitely time to clean up the drive and

Re: SOLVED - Re: [Fedora 12] "IOError: [Erno 28] No space left on device"

2011-02-27 Thread Fernando Cassia
On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 9:37 PM, James McKenzie wrote: >> Thanks to everyone!.  Btw. this box had Fedora 10... not 12... :) I now >> realize > Time for an upgrade to the lastest version of Fedora? > > Definitely time to clean up the drive and rid it of all unnecessary baggage. > > James McKenzie

Re: SOLVED - Re: [Fedora 12] "IOError: [Erno 28] No space left on device"

2011-02-27 Thread James McKenzie
On 2/27/11 4:01 PM, Fernando Cassia wrote: > On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 7:43 PM, JB wrote: >> So it would be: >> selinux=0 enforcing=0 1 >> >> Try it and report back. > Worked like a charm. The combination of first booting to runlevel 1, > erasing some stuff to bring disk usage down from 100% to 98%

Re: [Fedora 12] "IOError: [Erno 28] No space left on device"

2011-02-27 Thread JB
Fernando Cassia gmail.com> writes: > ... > Ok, runlevel 1 I went and erased some VirtualBox VM vdis taking a > couple gigs. Now space free is 98% according to "df". I hope SELinux > stops panicking now. > > BTW: Is it "working as designed" to have an OS become comatose and > unable to boot when

Re: [Fedora 12] "IOError: [Erno 28] No space left on device"

2011-02-27 Thread Fernando Cassia
Please don´t fight, don´t need to. The problem was solved, thanks to you all. A little manners goes a long way. No need to point fingers and accuse others of being "wrong". :) FC On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 8:25 PM, compdoc wrote: >> Wrong.  Runlevel 1 is single-user mode. > > Naw, I wasn't wrong -

RE: [Fedora 12] "IOError: [Erno 28] No space left on device"

2011-02-27 Thread compdoc
> Wrong. Runlevel 1 is single-user mode. Naw, I wasn't wrong - I was just explaining in a way anyone can understand. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fe

Re: [Fedora 12] "IOError: [Erno 28] No space left on device"

2011-02-27 Thread Joe Zeff
On 02/27/2011 02:43 PM, compdoc wrote: > As Kevin J. Cummings said, you want to boot to runlevel 1, which is text mode. > Boot to the command line, in other words. Wrong. Runlevel 1 is single-user mode. You aren't connected to the net by default and only the root partition (and, if needed, /boo

SOLVED - Re: [Fedora 12] "IOError: [Erno 28] No space left on device"

2011-02-27 Thread Fernando Cassia
On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 7:43 PM, JB wrote: > > So it would be: > selinux=0 enforcing=0 1 > > Try it and report back. Worked like a charm. The combination of first booting to runlevel 1, erasing some stuff to bring disk usage down from 100% to 98% and then disabling SELinux did the trick. Thanks

Re: [Fedora 12] "IOError: [Erno 28] No space left on device"

2011-02-27 Thread Fernando Cassia
On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 7:17 PM, Fernando Cassia wrote: > Thanks, will try that. > > Confirms my suspicion: SELinux´ best feature is to disable it. ;) (JOKE, JOKE) > FC Ok, runlevel 1 I went and erased some VirtualBox VM vdis taking a couple gigs. Now space free is 98% according to "df". I hope S

Re: [Fedora 12] "IOError: [Erno 28] No space left on device"

2011-02-27 Thread JB
Fernando Cassia gmail.com> writes: > > On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 7:12 PM, JB gmail.com> wrote: > > Fernando Cassia gmail.com> writes: > > > >> ... > >> The issue is that I get the normal Fedora boot screen , then the > >> hourglass, then the log-in screen,then I get > >> > >> Oops, sealert hit a

RE: [Fedora 12] "IOError: [Erno 28] No space left on device"

2011-02-27 Thread compdoc
As Kevin J. Cummings said, you want to boot to runlevel 1, which is text mode. Boot to the command line, in other words. Google: fedora 12 runlevel 1 And if you are able to log in as root, you need to look at all of your partitions and see which one is full. If you aren't sure what to d

Re: [Fedora 12] "IOError: [Erno 28] No space left on device"

2011-02-27 Thread Fernando Cassia
On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 7:12 PM, JB wrote: > Fernando Cassia gmail.com> writes: > >> ... >> The issue is that I get the normal Fedora boot screen , then the >> hourglass, then the log-in screen,then I get >> >> Oops, sealert hit an error! >> >> Traceback (most recent call last): >> ... > > Stop b

Re: [Fedora 12] "IOError: [Erno 28] No space left on device"

2011-02-27 Thread Fernando Cassia
On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 7:12 PM, JB wrote: > Stop boot loader, edit kernel boot line, and disable selinux for now. >   kernel /boot/vmlinuz-... ... selinux=0 > > This may get you thru ... > > JB Thanks, will try that. Confirms my suspicion: SELinux´ best feature is to disable it. ;) (JOKE, JOKE)

Re: [Fedora 12] "IOError: [Erno 28] No space left on device"

2011-02-27 Thread JB
Fernando Cassia gmail.com> writes: > ... > The issue is that I get the normal Fedora boot screen , then the > hourglass, then the log-in screen,then I get > > Oops, sealert hit an error! > > Traceback (most recent call last): > ... Stop boot loader, edit kernel boot line, and disable selinux

Re: [Fedora 12] "IOError: [Erno 28] No space left on device"

2011-02-27 Thread Kevin J. Cummings
On 02/27/2011 05:01 PM, Fernando Cassia wrote: > I have one old machine running Fedora 12, kernel 2.6.27. > Suddenly one day after doing system updates (and it was downloading > some torrents in the background) the system would no longer boot > properly, and the system says the

[Fedora 12] "IOError: [Erno 28] No space left on device"

2011-02-27 Thread Fernando Cassia
I have one old machine running Fedora 12, kernel 2.6.27. Suddenly one day after doing system updates (and it was downloading some torrents in the background) the system would no longer boot properly, and the system says the disk is full (probably is). The issue is that I get the normal Fedora

Re: Fedora 12 automatically reboots

2010-12-28 Thread Tim
Suvayu Ali: >> I would say a more likely candidate for the 2nd might be bad >> configuration files for the desktop environment the OP is using. Joe Zeff: > You'd think so, but you'd be wrong. I've seen a number of threads on > this at fedroforum.org and it's not uncommon for video driver issues

Re: Fedora 12 automatically reboots

2010-12-28 Thread Joe Zeff
On 12/28/2010 02:20 PM, Suvayu Ali wrote: > I would say a more likely candidate for the 2nd might be bad > configuration files for the desktop environment the OP is using. You'd think so, but you'd be wrong. I've seen a number of threads on this at fedroforum.org and it's not uncommon for video

Re: Fedora 12 automatically reboots

2010-12-28 Thread Suvayu Ali
On Wed, 29 Dec 2010 08:44:07 +1030 Tim wrote: > The first would be a really serious crash, the second (most likely) > something related with the graphics drivers. I would say a more likely candidate for the 2nd might be bad configuration files for the desktop environment the OP is using. -- Su

Re: Fedora 12 automatically reboots

2010-12-28 Thread Tim
On Tue, 2010-12-28 at 20:49 +, akash haibatpure wrote: > when I try to log in into system, system automatically reboots. Just to be clear, do you actually mean a complete reboot, or do you just end up back at the login screen? The first would be a really serious crash, the second (most likely

Re: Fedora 12 automatically reboots

2010-12-28 Thread JB
JB gmail.com> writes: > ... Of course, you will need your installation /live cd to do the inspection, or perhaps you have another distro installed on your machine (and just mount your F12 root (/) partition that is causing you grief). Also possible causes: check any system-wide initialization f

Re: Fedora 12 automatically reboots

2010-12-28 Thread JB
akash haibatpure rediffmail.com> writes: > > > I install Fedora 12 on my machine ( configuration RAM - 1GB HDD-160 GB AMD processor) > I used Fedora 2 month it works properly but before some days OS hangs and I reboot system after that when I try to log in into system, syste

Fedora 12 automatically reboots

2010-12-28 Thread akash haibatpure
I install Fedora 12 on my machine ( configuration RAM - 1GB HDD-160 GB AMD processor) I used Fedora 2 month it works properly but before some days OS hangs and I reboot system after that when I try to log in into system, system automatically reboots. After lot of try I install fresh copy

Fedora 12 automatically reboots

2010-12-28 Thread akash haibatpure
I install Fedora 12 on my machine ( configuration RAM - 1GB HDD-160 GB AMD processor) I used Fedora 2 month it works properly but before some days OS hangs and I reboot system after that when I try to log in into system, system automatically reboots. After lot of try I install fresh copy

Re: Fedora 12

2010-11-02 Thread Andre Robatino
Gordon Messmer eburg.com> writes: > > On 11/01/2010 08:49 PM, Andre Robatino wrote: > > > > Anyone know if there is an archive for Red Hat 9 and earlier? > > ftp://archive.download.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/ Thanks. Unfortunately, it looks like it only goes back to 6.2 - the earlier director

Re: Fedora 12

2010-11-02 Thread Gordon Messmer
On 11/01/2010 08:49 PM, Andre Robatino wrote: > > Anyone know if there is an archive for Red Hat 9 and earlier? ftp://archive.download.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/ -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/ma

Re: Fedora 12

2010-11-01 Thread Andre Robatino
Vaclav Mocek email.cz> writes: > > On 11/02/2010 12:54 AM, Adil Adil wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Is there a way to get and install fedora 12. The reason for that is that I'm gonna use a software that has been > tested only with fedora 12.na > > >

Re: Fedora 12

2010-11-01 Thread Vaclav Mocek
On 11/02/2010 12:54 AM, Adil Adil wrote: > Hi, > > Is there a way to get and install fedora 12. The reason for that is that I'm > gonna use a software that has been tested only with fedora 12.na > > Thank you > > > Download the installation ISO image, you ca

Fedora 12

2010-11-01 Thread Adil Adil
Hi, Is there a way to get and install fedora 12. The reason for that is that I'm gonna use a software that has been tested only with fedora 12.na Thank you -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraprojec

Re: unable to open C program and run it in Fedora 12

2010-10-23 Thread Suvayu Ali
you better. On Saturday 23 October 2010 12:07 PM, Aniket Sengupta wrote: > Hello dear, I am an user of Fedora-12(64 bit) version. But, please > tell me the methods of performing a C/C++ program and run it. Please > tell me also how can I compile that type of programs. > Are y

unable to open C program and run it in Fedora 12

2010-10-23 Thread Aniket Sengupta
Hello dear, I am an user of Fedora-12(64 bit) version. But, please tell me the methods of performing a C/C++ program and run it. Please tell me also how can I compile that type of programs. Regards,!!!Aniket Sengupta!!! (INDIA)  -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To

Re: Fedora 12, 13 /KDE freezing Desktop

2010-10-04 Thread Jim
On 10/03/2010 11:10 PM, JD wrote: > > On 10/03/2010 08:04 PM, stan wrote: >> On Sun, 03 Oct 2010 19:52:11 -0700 >> JD wrote: >> >>> By default: mlocate.cron >>> >>> #!/bin/sh >>> nodevs=$(< /proc/filesystems awk '$1 == "nodev" { print $2 }') >>> renice +19 -p $$>/dev/null 2>&1 >>> ionice -c2

Re: Fedora 12, 13 /KDE freezing Desktop

2010-10-03 Thread JD
On 10/03/2010 08:04 PM, stan wrote: > On Sun, 03 Oct 2010 19:52:11 -0700 > JD wrote: > >> By default: mlocate.cron >> >> #!/bin/sh >> nodevs=$(< /proc/filesystems awk '$1 == "nodev" { print $2 }') >> renice +19 -p $$>/dev/null 2>&1 >> ionice -c2 -n7 -p $$>/dev/null 2>&1 >> /usr/bin/updatedb -f

Re: Fedora 12, 13 /KDE freezing Desktop

2010-10-03 Thread stan
On Sun, 03 Oct 2010 19:52:11 -0700 JD wrote: > By default: mlocate.cron > > #!/bin/sh > nodevs=$(< /proc/filesystems awk '$1 == "nodev" { print $2 }') > renice +19 -p $$ >/dev/null 2>&1 > ionice -c2 -n7 -p $$ >/dev/null 2>&1 > /usr/bin/updatedb -f "$nodevs" > > So, it is already set to low prio

Re: Fedora 12, 13 /KDE freezing Desktop

2010-10-03 Thread JD
On 10/03/2010 07:42 PM, stan wrote: > On Sun, 03 Oct 2010 20:08:28 -0400 > Jim wrote: > > >> I have 4 different Fedora boxes at different locations with KDE >> Desktops Freezing Applications or clicking on mouse for intervals of >> 10-15 seconds at a time. Nothing shows up in System Monitor to >

Re: Fedora 12, 13 /KDE freezing Desktop

2010-10-03 Thread stan
On Sun, 03 Oct 2010 20:08:28 -0400 Jim wrote: > I have 4 different Fedora boxes at different locations with KDE > Desktops Freezing Applications or clicking on mouse for intervals of > 10-15 seconds at a time. Nothing shows up in System Monitor to > indicate why. > > Anyone have these problems

Re: Fedora 12, 13 /KDE freezing Desktop

2010-10-03 Thread JD
On 10/03/2010 05:08 PM, Jim wrote: > Fedora 12, 13 /KDE Desktop > > I have 4 different Fedora boxes at different locations with KDE Desktops > Freezing Applications or clicking on mouse for intervals of 10-15 > seconds at a time. Nothing shows up in System Monitor to indicate

Fedora 12, 13 /KDE freezing Desktop

2010-10-03 Thread Jim
Fedora 12, 13 /KDE Desktop I have 4 different Fedora boxes at different locations with KDE Desktops Freezing Applications or clicking on mouse for intervals of 10-15 seconds at a time. Nothing shows up in System Monitor to indicate why. Anyone have these problems ? Up to date , fedora 12

Re: btrfs for Fedora 12 and 13 LiveCD/DVD ?

2010-09-23 Thread Valent Turkovic
> verified that. If you are talking about the file system embedded in the > the squashfs image, there is little point to that. If I was to work on > that aspect, I'd work on making things just use squashfs natively as there > is now xattr support on squashfs. (And I belive ways to have device nodes

Re: btrfs for Fedora 12 and 13 LiveCD/DVD ?

2010-09-23 Thread Bruno Wolff III
On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 12:06:19 +, Valent Turkovic wrote: > On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 20:26:13 +0200, Valent Turkovic wrote: > > > is this an easy patch so we can expect it really soon or is it harder > > and takes more time? When do you expect that we we will have btrfs ready > > live DVD/CD. >

Re: btrfs for Fedora 12 and 13 LiveCD/DVD ?

2010-09-23 Thread Valent Turkovic
On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 20:26:13 +0200, Valent Turkovic wrote: > is this an easy patch so we can expect it really soon or is it harder > and takes more time? When do you expect that we we will have btrfs ready > live DVD/CD. Any update for btrfs support? Is it now possible to create Fedora Respin/Re

Re: Fedora-12 yum update dependency problems

2010-09-15 Thread Konstantin Svist
On 09/15/2010 03:03 AM, Michael Schwendt wrote: > On Tue, 14 Sep 2010 22:04:19 -0700, Konstantin wrote: >> Most likely while updating tigervnc, yum didn't get to cleanup stage >> (failed, computer rebooted, etc) so the old version is marked as installed. >> You can clean it by running "yum remove

Re: Fedora-12 yum update dependency problems

2010-09-15 Thread Michael Schwendt
On Tue, 14 Sep 2010 22:04:19 -0700, Konstantin wrote: > On 09/14/2010 08:23 PM, KC8LDO wrote: > > I just did my normal yum update routine and found several problems flagged > > as below: > > > > [r...@fedora-12 Desktop]# yum update > > Loaded plugins: presto,

Re: Fedora-12 yum update dependency problems

2010-09-15 Thread JB
KC8LDO arrl.net> writes: > > I just did my normal yum update routine and found several problems flagged > as below: > > [root Fedora-12 Desktop]# yum update > Loaded plugins: presto, refresh-packagekit > Setting up Update Process > ** Found 1 pre-existing r

Re: Fedora-12 yum update dependency problems

2010-09-14 Thread Konstantin Svist
On 09/14/2010 08:23 PM, KC8LDO wrote: > I just did my normal yum update routine and found several problems flagged > as below: > > [r...@fedora-12 Desktop]# yum update > Loaded plugins: presto, refresh-packagekit > Setting up Update Process > Resolving Dependencies >

Fedora-12 yum update dependency problems

2010-09-14 Thread KC8LDO
I just did my normal yum update routine and found several problems flagged as below: [r...@fedora-12 Desktop]# yum update Loaded plugins: presto, refresh-packagekit Setting up Update Process Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package firefox.i686 0:3.5.12-1.fc12 set

Re: need new repo list for fedora 12 [SOLVED]

2010-09-08 Thread g
On 09/03/2010 08:35 PM, Michael Schwendt wrote: Michael, problems solved. > Where you see the lines > > > #baseurl=http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/updates/$releasever/$basearch/ > > mirrorlist=https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=updates-released-f$releaseve

Re: Files named in Chinese characters couldn't display properly in Fedora 12

2010-09-05 Thread Roberto Ragusa
Sam Varshavchik wrote: > Quan Qiu writes: > >> Thanks a lot. You are very right about this problem! Now, Fedora can >> display Chinese file names properly although the font doesn't look >> pretty. :-D >> >> One more question, when I used Putty to SSH the server, all files >> named in Chinese could

Re: need new repo list for fedora 12

2010-09-04 Thread g
On 09/03/2010 08:35 PM, Michael Schwendt wrote: hello michael, i played with this and up until 0900 hrs utc, this morning and i believe i figured out what is going on. that is maybe i have. i got so tired that my sight was blurring and i had to quit because i had trouble see what i was typing a

Re: need new repo list for fedora 12

2010-09-03 Thread g
On 09/03/2010 08:35 PM, Michael Schwendt wrote: > That's the question. Does network access work with F12 after your fresh > reinstall? And even if tools other than "curl" can access the network, > it may still be that curl needs an update before it would work. ok. > Dubious. That's the IP ad

Re: need new repo list for fedora 12

2010-09-03 Thread Michael Schwendt
On Fri, 03 Sep 2010 20:21:32 +, g wrote: > On 09/03/2010 07:21 PM, Michael Schwendt wrote: > > > > Is your networking and DNS lookup working? > > it works with 2 installs of sl5.4, so it is not a problem from isp. > so i tend to believe that if it works with sl5.4, it should work with > f12

Re: need new repo list for fedora 12

2010-09-03 Thread g
On 09/03/2010 07:21 PM, Michael Schwendt wrote: > Is your networking and DNS lookup working? it works with 2 installs of sl5.4, so it is not a problem from isp. so i tend to believe that if it works with sl5.4, it should work with f12, unless something in f12 is causing resolving problem. i am

Re: need new repo list for fedora 12

2010-09-03 Thread Michael Schwendt
On Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:55:50 +, g wrote: > ran above 'rpm -Uvh *', error message - 'unable to connect', Is your networking and DNS lookup working? > so i used rpm > that i downloaded manually. received 'unknown error' notice. > > files where installed, but where only a day older than what w

Re: need new repo list for fedora 12

2010-09-03 Thread g
On 09/03/2010 03:27 PM, Michael Schwendt wrote: > rpm -Uvh > http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/updates/12/i386/fedora-release-12-2.noarch.rpm i copied old 'yum.repos.d' to 'yum.repos.d.org', removed all '*.repo' files. ran above 'rpm -Uvh *', error message - 'unable to connect

Re: need new repo list for fedora 12

2010-09-03 Thread Bruno Wolff III
On Fri, Sep 03, 2010 at 15:15:00 +, g wrote: > where do i find new repos list? > > is there a way to get yum to install list or do i have to manually enter > new list? The fedora-release package has the repo files. They get put in /etc/yum.repos.d and will not replace existing versions the

Re: need new repo list for fedora 12

2010-09-03 Thread Michael Schwendt
On Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:15:00 +, g wrote: > greetings, > > after kde repeatedly crashed, i reinstalled f12 without saving repo list. > > after fresh install and trying to run update, all repos failed. > > where do i find new repos list? > > is there a way to get yum to install list or do i

need new repo list for fedora 12

2010-09-03 Thread g
greetings, after kde repeatedly crashed, i reinstalled f12 without saving repo list. after fresh install and trying to run update, all repos failed. where do i find new repos list? is there a way to get yum to install list or do i have to manually enter new list? tia. -- peace out. tc,hag

Re: Files named in Chinese characters couldn't display properly in Fedora 12

2010-08-31 Thread Jens Petersen
- "Elliott Chapin" wrote: > DejaVu sans has nice ch. char. in OpenOffice. I forget whether this > started to happen before I upgraded to F13. The new Chinese font you are seeing may be wqy-zenhei-fonts. :) It is the default now for zh_CN. Dejavu has no Chinese coverage. -- users mailing li

Re: Files named in Chinese characters couldn't display properly in Fedora 12

2010-08-31 Thread Elliott Chapin
On 08/30/2010 11:59 PM, Quan Qiu wrote: > Thanks a lot. You are very right about this problem! Now, Fedora can > display Chinese file names properly although the font doesn't look > pretty. :-D > > One more question, when I used Putty to SSH the server, all files named > in Chinese couldn't display

Re: Files named in Chinese characters couldn't display properly in Fedora 12

2010-08-31 Thread Sam Varshavchik
Quan Qiu writes: Thanks a lot. You are very right about this problem! Now, Fedora can display Chinese file names properly although the font doesn't look pretty. :-D One more question, when I used Putty to SSH the server, all files named in Chinese couldn't display properly. Is that because o

Re: Files named in Chinese characters couldn't display properly in Fedora 12

2010-08-30 Thread Quan Qiu
Thanks for pointing me. I setup Putty to use UTF8, right now Chinese file names can be displayed :-) On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 12:31 PM, Ding Yi Chen wrote: > Perhaps you can set the putty to use Chinese font, > I used to use putty with Chinese BBS, should be all right. > > Or you may want to tr

Re: Files named in Chinese characters couldn't display properly in Fedora 12

2010-08-30 Thread Ed Greshko
On 08/31/2010 01:32 PM, Hiisi wrote: > Yes, I know. And enconv can be used exactly the same way that iconv > used in the proposed script. But you don't have to guess the encoding. Well, you may still have to guess if the sample size is small such that it can't accurately determine it. In looking

Re: Files named in Chinese characters couldn't display properly in Fedora 12

2010-08-30 Thread Hiisi
2010/8/31 Ed Greshko : >>> >>> Sometimes the hardest thing is to determine what encoding the file names >>> are in to start. :-( >>> <--SNIP--> > > Well...the man page says "enca -- detect and convert encoding of text > files" and we are talking about file names not the contents of the > file. I

Re: Files named in Chinese characters couldn't display properly in Fedora 12

2010-08-30 Thread Ding Yi Chen
Perhaps you can set the putty to use Chinese font, I used to use putty with Chinese BBS, should be all right. Or you may want to try pietty: http://ntu.csie.org/~piaip/pietty/ - "Quan Qiu" wrote: > Thanks a lot. You are very right about this problem! Now, Fedora can display > Chinese f

Re: Files named in Chinese characters couldn't display properly in Fedora 12

2010-08-30 Thread Quan Qiu
Thanks for pointing. I will look at the convmv tool On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 11:18 AM, Jens Petersen wrote: > > ls | while read filename > > do > > mv -i "$filename" "`echo \"$filename\" | iconv -f GB2312 -t UTF8`" > > done > > Or you can use the convmv tool (in fedora) to do that too. > -- > u

Re: Files named in Chinese characters couldn't display properly in Fedora 12

2010-08-30 Thread Ed Greshko
On 08/31/2010 11:54 AM, Hiisi wrote: > 2010/8/31 Ed Greshko : > <--SNIP--> >> Hadn't known about that command. Thanks >> >> Sometimes the hardest thing is to determine what encoding the file names >> are in to start. :-( >> >> -- >> A tall, dark stranger will have more fun than you. 葛斯克 愛德華

Re: Files named in Chinese characters couldn't display properly in Fedora 12

2010-08-30 Thread Quan Qiu
Thanks a lot. You are very right about this problem! Now, Fedora can display Chinese file names properly although the font doesn't look pretty. :-D One more question, when I used Putty to SSH the server, all files named in Chinese couldn't display properly. Is that because of the Putty doesn't sup

Re: Files named in Chinese characters couldn't display properly in Fedora 12

2010-08-30 Thread Hiisi
2010/8/31 Ed Greshko : <--SNIP--> > > Hadn't known about that command. Thanks > > Sometimes the hardest thing is to determine what encoding the file names > are in to start. :-( > > -- > A tall, dark stranger will have more fun than you. 葛斯克 愛德華 / 台北 > 市八德路四段 > > For that purpose there's a p

Re: Files named in Chinese characters couldn't display properly in Fedora 12

2010-08-30 Thread Ed Greshko
On 08/31/2010 11:18 AM, Jens Petersen wrote: >> ls | while read filename >> do >> mv -i "$filename" "`echo \"$filename\" | iconv -f GB2312 -t UTF8`" >> done > Or you can use the convmv tool (in fedora) to do that too. Hadn't known about that command. Thanks Sometimes the hardest thing is to

Re: Files named in Chinese characters couldn't display properly in Fedora 12

2010-08-30 Thread Jens Petersen
> ls | while read filename > do > mv -i "$filename" "`echo \"$filename\" | iconv -f GB2312 -t UTF8`" > done Or you can use the convmv tool (in fedora) to do that too. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org

Re: Files named in Chinese characters couldn't display properly in Fedora 12

2010-08-30 Thread L
On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 12:51 PM, Sam Varshavchik wrote: > Quan Qiu writes: > >> « HTML content follows » >> Thanks for reply. >> >> 1.  Where did the imported files come from? >> >> Those files were copied from Windows XP through ssh. >> >> 2.  Are you certain that the file names are in UTF8 and

Re: Files named in Chinese characters couldn't display properly in Fedora 12

2010-08-30 Thread Sam Varshavchik
Quan Qiu writes: « HTML content follows » Thanks for reply. 1.  Where did the imported files come from? Those files were copied from Windows XP through ssh. 2.  Are you certain that the file names are in UTF8 and not, for example, GB2312? Most of files are .doc or .xls. Do you know how to co

Re: Files named in Chinese characters couldn't display properly in Fedora 12

2010-08-30 Thread Quan Qiu
, 2010 at 9:02 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 08/31/2010 08:57 AM, Quan Qiu wrote: > > I installed fedora 12 (English version) on a Dell R300 server, as well > > as SVN and Trac, after I imported files into Linux, all files named in > > Chinese became black squares or question ma

Re: Files named in Chinese characters couldn't display properly in Fedora 12

2010-08-30 Thread Quan Qiu
Thanks for reply. I tried *yum groupinstall "Chinese Support"*, then restart the server, but didn't get any luck. On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 9:02 AM, Chris Smart wrote: > On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 10:57 AM, Quan Qiu wrote: > > Could anyone help me with this? I appreciate any response. > > Does this

Re: Files named in Chinese characters couldn't display properly in Fedora 12

2010-08-30 Thread Chris Smart
On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 10:57 AM, Quan Qiu wrote: > Could anyone help me with this? I appreciate any response. Does this help? yum groupinstall "Chinese Support" -c -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org

Re: Files named in Chinese characters couldn't display properly in Fedora 12

2010-08-30 Thread Ed Greshko
On 08/31/2010 08:57 AM, Quan Qiu wrote: > I installed fedora 12 (English version) on a Dell R300 server, as well > as SVN and Trac, after I imported files into Linux, all files named in > Chinese became black squares or question marks when listing them, and > there were additi

Files named in Chinese characters couldn't display properly in Fedora 12

2010-08-30 Thread Quan Qiu
I installed fedora 12 (English version) on a Dell R300 server, as well as SVN and Trac, after I imported files into Linux, all files named in Chinese became black squares or question marks when listing them, and there were additional strings "invalid encoding" attached after each fi

Re: Fedora 12 installation issue

2010-08-27 Thread abhijeet tripathi
Any suggestions how to achieve this. Thanks, --Abhijeet On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 8:33 PM, abhijeet tripathi wrote: > Hi Paolo, > > Below is the lspci output: > > $ lspci -v > 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Device 0044 (rev 02) >        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 146a >    

Re: Fedora 12 installation issue

2010-08-26 Thread abhijeet tripathi
Hi Paolo, Below is the lspci output: $ lspci -v 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Device 0044 (rev 02) Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 146a Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0 Capabilities: Kernel driver in use: agpgart-intel 00:02.0 VGA comp

Re: Fedora 12 installation issue

2010-08-26 Thread abhijeet tripathi
On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 5:12 PM, Paolo Galtieri wrote: > On 08/26/2010 04:52 PM, abhijeet tripathi wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I tried installing FC-12 on my laptop which is having i5-430M >> processor. The installation got hung initially then I again restarted >> it with the basic graphics driver and the

Re: Fedora 12 installation issue

2010-08-26 Thread abhijeet tripathi
e mousepad is multitouch. Which package i need to install to get >> it working. >> 3. The wireless LAN is of broadcom. What to do to get it working. >> >> Let me know if you need any information. > > First of all, is there any really strong reason to install Fedora 12 >

Re: Fedora 12 installation issue

2010-08-26 Thread Paolo Galtieri
On 08/26/2010 04:52 PM, abhijeet tripathi wrote: > Hi, > > I tried installing FC-12 on my laptop which is having i5-430M > processor. The installation got hung initially then I again restarted > it with the basic graphics driver and the installation happened > successfully. > > Now I am having foll

Re: Fedora 12 installation issue

2010-08-26 Thread Josep Sanchez
broadcom. What to do to get it working. > > Let me know if you need any information. First of all, is there any really strong reason to install Fedora 12 instead of the newest Fedora 13? Some of your issues may be solved just with this version change. - Josep Sànchez (papapep) http:

Fedora 12 installation issue

2010-08-26 Thread abhijeet tripathi
Hi, I tried installing FC-12 on my laptop which is having i5-430M processor. The installation got hung initially then I again restarted it with the basic graphics driver and the installation happened successfully. Now I am having following problems. Please help me to resolve it: 1. How to enable

Re: securing a fedora 12 pc on a lan

2010-08-07 Thread James McKenzie
Marko Vojinovic wrote: > On Wednesday, July 28, 2010 08:34:04 mike lan wrote: > >> what about turning off ipv6 ? >> > > If you don't need it, feel free to turn it off. I typically do. > > >> installing rkhunter ? >> > > If you wish. I typically don't. :-) > It is very interesting

fedora 12 sound recorder fails with cant load modules

2010-07-30 Thread Ralph Blach
I am running fedora 12 and the sound recorder fails when I try to record from a mike. It says No modules available. Any ideas out there? thanks Chip -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman

Re: securing a fedora 12 pc on a lan

2010-07-28 Thread Marko Vojinovic
On Wednesday, July 28, 2010 08:34:04 mike lan wrote: > what about turning off ipv6 ? If you don't need it, feel free to turn it off. I typically do. > installing rkhunter ? If you wish. I typically don't. :-) Best, :-) Marko -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe o

Re: securing a fedora 12 pc on a lan

2010-07-28 Thread mike lan
> > If you > > (a) use default F12 installation options (firewall and SELinux turned on), > (b) don't give away your user and root passwords to anyone (and use strong > password choices), > (c) don't do any ignorant changes to the system (ie. understand what you > are > about to do *before* you act

Re: securing a fedora 12 pc on a lan

2010-07-27 Thread Marko Vojinovic
On Tuesday, July 27, 2010 20:22:59 mike lan wrote: > On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 7:22 PM, Marko Vojinovic wrote: > > On Tuesday, July 27, 2010 18:49:13 mike lan wrote: > > > the fact is I don't like being spied on my desktop , > > > > > > this means ther

Re: securing a fedora 12 pc on a lan

2010-07-27 Thread Rick Stevens
On 07/27/2010 12:22 PM, mike lan wrote: > On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 7:22 PM, Marko Vojinovic wrote: > >> On Tuesday, July 27, 2010 18:49:13 mike lan wrote: >>> the fact is I don't like being spied on my desktop , >>> this means there is no fast way to secure a

securing a fedora 12 pc on a lan

2010-07-27 Thread JB
mike lan gmail.com> writes: > ... > > the fact is I don't like being spied on my desktop , > ... > I mean "looking at my dekstop" on the other room, or installin some rootkits  to gain access to the pc on my behalf. > Mike, we are all concerned about privacy, hackers, etc. But if you are in a co

Re: securing a fedora 12 pc on a lan

2010-07-27 Thread mike lan
On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 7:22 PM, Marko Vojinovic wrote: > On Tuesday, July 27, 2010 18:49:13 mike lan wrote: > > the fact is I don't like being spied on my desktop , > > this means there is no fast way to secure a fedora 12 pc ? > > Exactly what kind of security are

Re: securing a fedora 12 pc on a lan

2010-07-27 Thread Marko Vojinovic
On Tuesday, July 27, 2010 18:49:13 mike lan wrote: > the fact is I don't like being spied on my desktop , > this means there is no fast way to secure a fedora 12 pc ? Exactly what kind of security are you interested in? Fedora is quite secure with its default installation, if you

Re: securing a fedora 12 pc on a lan

2010-07-27 Thread mike lan
On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 6:38 PM, Steve Searle wrote: > Around 06:32pm on Tuesday, July 27, 2010 (UK time), mike lan scrawled: > > > I've installed a Fedora 12 kde live cd on a local area network, that I > want > > to keep safe from hacking > > ( specially f

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