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

2013-07-10 Thread Dick Roark
R ​est in peace, Seth. ​ On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 4:29 AM, staticsafe m...@staticsafe.ca wrote: http://durham.io/2013/07/09/seth-vidal-creator-of-yum-open-source-software-killed-in-bike-accident-off-hillandale-rd/ May he rest in peace. -- staticsafe O ascii ribbon campaign - stop html

Re: fedup f18-f19 going OK?

2013-07-02 Thread Dick Roark
+1 Slick, quick(ish) and mighty, mighty pleasin'! Thanks for the heads-up. On Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 11:32 PM, Harish Pillay harish.pil...@gmail.comwrote: I'm about to try fedup f18-f19. Any reports good/bad on this route? worked for my systems. I did a fedup --network 19 -v and a few

Re: k3b , burning video

2013-04-06 Thread Dick Roark
As far as I know, whatever is burned to disk is determined by the data file (MP4 or anything else.) On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 6:56 AM, Jim binary...@comcast.net wrote: F18 what video format does k3b burn, mp4 etc. ? -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or

Re: Sheriff Joe

2012-09-29 Thread Dick Roark
We all make mistakes and if this can be called a mistake, it is surely a harmless one. Hang in there. On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 8:13 AM, Fedora User fedora...@gmail.com wrote: What does this have to do with Fedora again? My bad. Sorry. I sent something from the wrong account with an auto cc

Re: Youtube

2012-07-22 Thread Dick Roark
On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 11:49 AM, Richard Vickery richard.vicker...@gmail.com wrote: I thought I might say, having Fedora 17 installed, that when I watch Youtube videos online, they are somewhat fuzzy. Is this common? Regards, Richard -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org

Re: Android-tools

2012-02-09 Thread Dick Roark
On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 9:38 AM, Timothy Murphy gayle...@eircom.net wrote: Michael Cronenworth wrote: package is for debugging Android devices. If you are developing Android applications it might be helpful. If you are an end-user looking for something to send text messages with it, it

Re: How do I download this video ?

2012-01-25 Thread Dick Roark
I just right-clicked on the link and it came right up in a new window, Ford trucks and all. On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 6:34 AM, linux guy linuxguy...@gmail.com wrote: How could I download this video ?

Re: Results of the voting for the Fedora 17 release name

2011-10-12 Thread Dick Roark
On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 9:40 AM, Thomas Dineen tdin...@ix.netcom.comwrote: Beefy Miracle Sounds like a new brand of dog food. Thomas Dineen *+1* On 10/10/2011 6:16 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 10/11/2011 09:05 AM, Jared

My backintime app is busted on Fedora 14.

2011-03-06 Thread Dick Roark
fine with backintime.) Anyone else seen this? Thanks, Dick Roark -- 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_list_guidelines

Fwd: My backintime app is busted on Fedora 14.

2011-03-06 Thread Dick Roark
* * -- Forwarded message -- From: Dick Roark linuxguy...@gmail.com Date: Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 9:44 AM Subject: My backintime app is busted on Fedora 14. To: Fedora users@lists.fedoraproject.org I have been using backintime since Fedora 11. Since Fedora 14, it no longer works. I

Re: proftpd and virtualhost

2011-02-12 Thread Dick Roark
I have a self-inflicted problem with Audacious. It worked fine until I got the great idea to try out some of the Winamp artwork, I think the Winamp artwork is not nearly as useful as the original artwork. Now my problem is that I don't know how to get rid of the Winamp stuff and get the original

Problem with NetworkManager (self-inflicted)

2011-01-31 Thread Dick Roark
It all started with Puppy Linux 5.2. I setup a LiveCD and jumped in to get familiar with it. I had some trouble with connectivity. I eventually got around to trying my linksys Wireless-G dongle. This showed some promise although I was unable to find the correct Puppy driver for the dongle and

Re: Problem with NetworkManager (self-inflicted)

2011-01-31 Thread Dick Roark
* * On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 11:35 PM, Harish Pillay harish.pil...@gmail.comwrote: It all started with Puppy Linux 5.2. I setup a LiveCD and jumped in to get familiar with it. I had some trouble with connectivity. I eventually got around to trying my linksys Wireless-G dongle. This

Re: Problem with NetworkManager (self-inflicted)

2011-01-31 Thread Dick Roark
* * On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 9:11 AM, Dick Roark droark...@gmail.com wrote: * * On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 11:35 PM, Harish Pillay harish.pil...@gmail.comwrote: It all started with Puppy Linux 5.2. I setup a LiveCD and jumped in to get familiar with it. I had some trouble

picasa does not install in F14

2010-11-10 Thread Dick Roark
Is anyone else having picasa install problems in Fedora 14? yum reports: [r...@shorty droark]# yum install picasa Loaded plugins: langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit Adding en_US to language list Setting up Install Process Package picasa-2.7.3736-15.i386 already installed and latest version

Re: OT: website issues

2010-10-25 Thread Dick Roark
On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 10:11 AM, John Aldrich jmaldr...@yahoo.com wrote: On Mon October 25 2010, Roger wrote: No, It doesn't work here in Victoria Australia. Roger Thank you. Our ISP is working on the issue. I may have to add a third (external) DNS server to resolve the issue. I

Problem controlling display/screen with xorg.conf

2010-09-20 Thread Dick Roark
Along with (apparently) other OPs, I am having problems with my F13 screen. Fedora works well but I am not able to configure a 1280x1024 display. I have generated xorg.conf using system-config-display. When I put it in the X11 folder and reboot, the system stops short of booting a kernel and

Re: Wifi Monitor

2010-08-17 Thread Dick Roark
How about NetworkManager? Works fine for me: http://projects.gnome.org/NetworkManager/ On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 4:15 AM, Aaron Konstam akons...@sbcglobal.netwrote: On Tue, 2010-08-17 at 12:25 -0400, binary...@comcast.net wrote: Is there a Wifi Monitor in the Fedora Repo ? Don't want any

A bit of a problem with a Linux/XP dual boot setup...

2010-07-17 Thread Dick Roark
I have two disks, one contains Fedora 12 and the other contains Windows XP. Both boot and run individually in the same computer (by swapping cables). I am trying to set up a dual boot using GRUB but I'm having some problems. Here is my grub.conf file: # grub.conf generated by anaconda # #

Dual-boot with separate HDDs.

2010-07-12 Thread Dick Roark
My main Linux box has suffered a motherboard failure. I am contemplating just moving the HDD to the XP machine and setting up dual boot. If this isn't satisfactory, then it's a new motherboard. I could boot by selecting the desired disk using BIOS. Is it possible have GRUB select the OS (disk)

Re: Dual-boot with separate HDDs.

2010-07-12 Thread Dick Roark
G'mornin! I've already added the disk from blackie (he has the bad mboard). The F12 needed a reinstall, so that's going on now. It turns out that it isn't too bad (but it isn't too elegant either) specifying the disk in BIOS at boot. When I get everything working (should be today) I will get

Re: I need a PDF reader that will open this...

2010-07-07 Thread Dick Roark
Instead of trying to open the link, download the file and open that. It worked for me. On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 6:49 AM, Thomas Taylor li...@comcast.net wrote: On Wed, 07 Jul 2010 10:36:49 -0700 Konstantin Svist fry@gmail.com wrote: On 07/07/2010 10:01 AM, Linuxguy123 wrote: I

XSANE image save problem

2010-06-18 Thread Dick Roark
I have reinstalled xsane. Everything but the image save function works fine. xsane produces a good image but when I try to save it, the resulting image is compressed laterally with the remaining width blacked out. This is repeatable and I have seen references to the problem in the various forums,

Re: XSANE image save problem

2010-06-18 Thread Dick Roark
Yup, that did it. Thanks. I will try to find out what happened and post that as well. But for now, we're back in business via GIMP! Dick On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 9:30 AM, Tom Horsley horsley1...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, 19 Jun 2010 09:01:07 +0800 Dick Roark wrote: does anyone have

Re: Rocket Fedora 13 media artwork

2010-05-28 Thread Dick Roark
Initially, I didn't realize one could vote on it. Apparently only four people have voted, one of which is me. Maybe a VOTE HERE! tag would help. The artwork is very nice. On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 10:53 PM, Bill Davidsen david...@tmr.com wrote: Valent Turkovic wrote: On Wed, May 26, 2010 at

Re: F12 shutdown oddity

2010-05-24 Thread Dick Roark
, Dick Roark wrote: I have just upgraded to F12. Basically, no problems except when I go through the gnome shutdown process, F12 seems to go into a suspended state, rather than shut-down (green power LED and fan stays on). From this state I can press the power button and it shuts down

F12 shutdown oddity

2010-05-22 Thread Dick Roark
I have just upgraded to F12. Basically, no problems except when I go through the gnome shutdown process, F12 seems to go into a suspended state, rather than shut-down (green power LED and fan stays on). From this state I can press the power button and it shuts down. This does not seem to damage

Generating printable redirection output with

2010-04-24 Thread Dick Roark
I am trying to generate printable output by using man k lpr lprman.txt This works but the output contains unwanted characters generated by text which was bold in the original output. How can I prevent these confusing characters from being generated? Thanks. -- users mailing list

Recent migrant (from Windows) having trouble with LAN install

2010-04-16 Thread Dick Roark
to get the actual LAN installed complete with GUI. At this point, the end result wanted is simply to exchange files. Dick Roark Singapore -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines

Re: Brother HL-2040 not printing

2010-02-26 Thread Dick Roark
Oh yeah, I've been here before. Use the Brother driver On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 4:28 PM, Philip Heron p...@sanslogic.co.uk wrote: Hi all, Has anyone had any success printing to a Brother HL-2040 in Fedora 11/12? I've had one for a few years now and it's worked right up until F11. I