RE: FC13 PS2 Mouse/Keyboard stops working after a while

2011-04-05 Thread compdoc
The problem is that I have some other hardware that does not work all that well after suspend/hibernate and so I can have either that hardware (M-Audio 1010) working and the mouse at risk of failing or the 1010 not working. So what you're saying is, while the M-Audio 1010 is working the ps/2

RE: Screen goes black but set not to in preferences

2011-04-03 Thread compdoc
my laptop's (Thinkpad X201t) screen goes black if I don't use it for some time (between 6 and 15 minutes). Some laptops have settings in the bios that you have to set separately from the OS's settings. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription

RE: Cant get networking working in Fedora14

2011-03-31 Thread compdoc
So, what's changed between Fedora11 and Fedora14, other than setting up the above files (or using system-config-network) what do I need to do??? Maybe selinux is blocking? Maybe the driver is changed? -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription

RE: Cant get networking working in Fedora14

2011-03-31 Thread compdoc
Seems networking should just 'come up' on a new install. Let the user decide how to tighten up his security, Fedora seems to be taking the opposite approach. Your setup looks fine. You said this was a new install? You shouldn't have to do anything other than install the OS. It's supposed to set

RE: kvm host partition example

2011-03-29 Thread compdoc
I want to know what is the best way to partition a hardrive to be use on a KVM host installation. I have a 256 GB hardrive that I want to use on the host server. Please can anyone tell me the partition method you have used on the host system? Thanks If you use a qcow2 or raw format file, a

RE: Virtual Box Windows -

2011-03-25 Thread compdoc
this technique compdoc describes above looks like it could be even simpler... I did forget one thing: if there is no sticker attached to the case, record the Windows serial number before running sysprep. Sysprep will remove the existing serial number, and you'll need to enter it at the next

RE: bridged networking setup

2011-03-25 Thread compdoc
My enet I/F on the host used to be eth1. Now it says it's the bridge br0. Is this as expected? Well, the interfaces are doing exactly what you specified in the ifcgf scripts. I dunno if that's what you expected or not... When I use bridges, I don't let the interface or the bridge obtain an IP

RE: Virtual Box Windows -

2011-03-25 Thread compdoc
While rummaging around for a copy of clonezilla, which I found.. Don't bother with old versions of clonezilla you might have laying around. Like any linux, the project is constantly updated. Download the current version. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or

RE: Virtual Box Windows -

2011-03-25 Thread compdoc
That's still not what I wanted, I would prefer to use the Windows already on one of my hard drives and dual boot via grub. I will try the procedure you describe, if I can't manage that then the problem will be resolved with an eventual new install of F-15. This was something I posted earlier,

RE: bridged networking setup

2011-03-25 Thread compdoc
There is nothing plugged in to eth0. My uplink is eth1. The bridge is only for use by virtual machines on this same box. Should I have configured it differently? I always use 2 or more nics for servers running virtual machines, with each nic connected directly to the main switch. If the host

RE: Virtual Box Windows -

2011-03-24 Thread compdoc
http://www.sysprobs.com/physical-virtual-virtualbox-virtualbox-p2v -- Claude Jones Brunswick, MD, USA Thanks Claude, I spent some time with that yesterday after reading this but that page is pretty hard to follow. Poor example images that are different than I see? I will have

RE: Virtual Box Windows -

2011-03-22 Thread compdoc
Windows is very fussy about the hardware. If the hardware changes from when it was originally installed, it refuses to run. This is (supposedly) to prevent unauthorized copies. So it is unlikely you will be able to get the copy on disk to run. It's true that when you make major changes to the

Re: Virtual Box Windows -

2011-03-22 Thread compdoc
My problem is that the only way I can get Windows to run is to plug it into the first slot, then Windows boots but I never see grub. By first slot I guess you sata port? It's been a while since I've noticed Windows caring about device order. I have seen windows try to change its drive letter when

RE: qemu update for fc13 broken?

2011-03-20 Thread compdoc
Keyboard works, mouse doesn't. Does that give you any clues? I'm using qemu-kvm 0.14.0, and I have to run the command like this or neither the mouse or keyboard works: qemu-kvm -m 512 -hda svr.img -soundhw ac97 -k en-us -usbdevice tablet -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org

RE: qemu update for fc13 broken?

2011-03-19 Thread compdoc
Bill Davidsen wrote: I just installed the recent qemu update on my KVM server which hosts my VMs for local services. I stopped all VMs, did the upgrade, and reboot. Now none of the VMs respond to mouse or have sound. Does the keyboard work? Just curious - you run the vm from a command line.

RE: Memtest mystery

2011-03-13 Thread compdoc
Can memtest86 actually throw up errors on good modules? I run memtest86+ on every computer I service. Memory errors are rare, but they do happen and the computer tends to crash, etc. when they are happening. If memtest was finding errors on good modules, which are installed in computers that

RE: invoking shellscript from desktop icon

2011-03-11 Thread compdoc
I've got a shellscript that is invoked by a desktop icon. works fine. but every time I do it I get a gnome prompt asking if I want to run in terminal, run, view, etc. Did you create a launcher of the type Apllication? -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or

RE: Blog system

2011-03-09 Thread compdoc
I want to install a blog on a fedora server to display informations and let users put comments. WordPress is nice... -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines:

RE: random crashes

2011-02-27 Thread compdoc
It should drain away when unplugged. But that doesn't happen instantly. And, if the power supply has a fault, it may hold a charge for longer than you might expect. You can unplug the power cord and hit the power button on the PC, and it will be gone instantly. Also, since the PSU circuit board

RE: random crashes

2011-02-27 Thread compdoc
Even if it has failed you don't want to try fixing it unless you are a qualified electrician and have appropriate tools for things like earth testing. You don't repair failed/damaged PSUs and motherboards - you replace them. PSU's also fail for another common office reason in some

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 delete,

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:

RE: random crashes

2011-02-26 Thread compdoc
Well, yes, it can be a hardware failure, but then it's a rather strange coincidence that the crashes started happening immediately I do IT for small businesses, and I fix just these sorts of problems. And I can tell you from experience - these kinds of coincidences happen fairly often. In any

RE: Fedora 14 Isolinux hangs CD install

2011-02-21 Thread compdoc
I don't think we have a broken hardware issue. I can install older revs of Fedora including 12 and 9 just fine. It does sound like a hardware issue. What mode is the sata controller set for in the bios? AHCI would be best... Is it using sata, or is it scsi, or ide? -- users mailing list

RE: why is my Linux so damn slow?

2011-02-12 Thread compdoc
when I upgraded from Fedora 12 to Fedora 14, about twenty days ago, the system (which wasn't doing really well even before the upgrade) became almost unusable. Weird problems often have a hardware issue behind them. There are many things to check. Some are easier than others: From the desktop,

RE: why is my Linux so damn slow?

2011-02-12 Thread compdoc
7.024044] i2c i2c-0: nForce2 SMBus adapter at 0x600 AMD's Socket A. Pretty old, slow system. It's possible it doesn't implement APIC and ACPI correctly. Someone suggested a bios update - if there is one, that would be a good idea. Does the command 'smartctl -a /dev/sda' show any reallocated

RE: why is my Linux so damn slow?

2011-02-12 Thread compdoc
I have noi Disk Utility under System-Administration. What is its real name? Sorry, wrong OS. Use smartctl, which is part of the smartmontools. Look for reallocated sectors, which is a bad thing... Example: smartctl -a /dev/sda -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To

RE: Advanced format drives with block errors

2011-02-05 Thread compdoc
One of these drives had a faulty block which the drive had not been able to automatically relocate. Just curious, what's the reallocated sector count for the drive? And how many bad sectors do you feel comfortable with? I used to live with drives with a low reallocated sector count, but I

RE: Is there a better Alternative to Thunderbird ? Why I use a Mac

2011-02-04 Thread compdoc
I switched to using a Mac after LOTS of investigation and watching the Windows98SE/ME disaster (Microsoft usually screws it up once before getting it right.) 98SE was a stable OS as used in the business world: easy to repair, easy to install, and easy to upgrade hardware for on existing systems

RE: Things are getting really messed up on Fedora 14

2011-02-02 Thread compdoc
Every now and again, the firefox profile gets hosed. Are you saying this is a normal occurrence in Fedora 14, or for Firefox in general? I've never had it happen... -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options:

RE: zfs works in fedora

2011-02-01 Thread compdoc
ls zfs working in fedora? Can you share? Last night, I installed zfs on fedora 14 as shown on http://zfsonlinux.org/ . You have to download the files and create install rpms. Not too hard, but not simple. After installation, I shared the zfs volume using samba, and copied several large files

RE: tigervnc

2011-01-30 Thread compdoc
yum search vnc, if you can't see it, add rpmfusion, look..., you can see vnc4server and others things more, but i recommended vino and vinagre. I tried searching with yum. And trying to find repos for fedora has been a little difficult. Thanks for pointing to rpmfusion.. Vino is fine for

tigervnc

2011-01-29 Thread compdoc
I have tigervnc server installed on a fedora 14 box, and when I use the Windows tigervnc client it is terribly slow. Normally, I use the ultravnc windows client which is very fast, however when I use it to connect to the tigervnc server, there is a long pause with a black screen before the unlock