fedora-wiki list for wiki users and contributors

2008-10-22 Thread Ian Weller
Hi all, A new moderate-traffic mailing list for users and contributors of the Fedora Project Wiki has been set up. Among the discussions will be policy, announcements, and editing tips. The list has been created to bring together the wider wiki community split apart between different

Fedora 10 Countdown

2008-10-22 Thread Ricky Zhou
Hey, do we have any images prepared for the F10 countdown right now? When do you thing we should try to have the counter up by? Thanks, Ricky pgph7KL93pZgf.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ Fedora-art-list mailing list Fedora-art-list@redhat.com

Re: Fedora 10 Countdown

2008-10-22 Thread Nicu Buculei
Ricky Zhou wrote: Hey, do we have any images prepared for the F10 countdown right now? When do you thing we should try to have the counter up by? For the last release we tried to have it one month in advance. Now the Preview Release will be out 21 days before the final release, so I think

Re: Yum Static Repos

2008-10-22 Thread Paul B Schroeder
Mike McLean wrote: Paul B Schroeder wrote: Mike McLean wrote: So, this term 'static-repo' is unfortunate. What folks really mean is 'slowly changing repo at a convenient location.' One way to get such a thing is to make a cronjob that periodically copies the current active repo for a tag to

[Bug 432184] The Visibone font test does not work with the icedtea java plugin

2008-10-22 Thread bugzilla
Please do not reply directly to this email. All additional comments should be made in the comments box of this bug. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=432184 Lillian Angel [EMAIL PROTECTED] changed: What|Removed |Added

I want join in the Fedora Sysadmin Group

2008-10-22 Thread Saint.AK
hi,all I am a fedora end user and I also run fedora server. My job is aslo like a sysadmin.we use script other tools to monitor thousands servers, making sure that the apps on them are stable and web end user can use them freely. I am familar with shell script

google calendar with evolution

2008-10-22 Thread Christoph Höger
Hi, did anyone of you get evolution's google calendar backend to play? If yes how, all I get is nothing. I can create google calendars but thei're stuck offline with no syncing at all. regards christoph signature.asc Description: Dies ist ein digital signierter Nachrichtenteil -- fedora-list

Firefox printing is ugly

2008-10-22 Thread Jonathan Ryshpan
When Firefox prints a page, the fonts generally reflect the fonts of the web page (at least they reflect whats seen on the screen when displaying the page), but the layout is all wrong. This happens on all web pages but is worst on the N.Y. Times, and it happens both in actual printouts and in

Re: Firefox printing is ugly

2008-10-22 Thread Joachim Backes
Jonathan Ryshpan wrote: When Firefox prints a page, the fonts generally reflect the fonts of the web page (at least they reflect whats seen on the screen when displaying the page), but the layout is all wrong. This happens on all web pages but is worst on the N.Y. Times, and it happens both in

Re: Firefox printing is ugly

2008-10-22 Thread Joachim Backes
Joachim Backes wrote: Jonathan Ryshpan wrote: When Firefox prints a page, the fonts generally reflect the fonts of the web page (at least they reflect whats seen on the screen when displaying the page), but the layout is all wrong. This happens on all web pages but is worst on the N.Y. Times,

Re: X and Intel 965

2008-10-22 Thread san
Where I can found driver for Fedora 3 of Intel 965 Express Chipset Family? I have not support for resolution 1680x1050. Thanks. -- This is an email sent via The Fedora Community Portal https://fcp.surfsite.org

Re: FC9 ntpdate dependencies problem?

2008-10-22 Thread Marco DELMASTRO
Hi there... Please check that you don't have any duplicate packages installed. (package-cleanup --cleandupes) Setting up yum No dupes to clean In case of problems like this, please *always* show the relevant RPM/Yum queries, such as: rpm -qa ntp\* and yum list ntp\* # rpm -qa ntp\*

Help needed: firefox no more std application for a WEB URL

2008-10-22 Thread Joachim Backes
Hi, I'm using F9 together with gnome as std desktop. I have some WEB links on my gnome desktop, and since all fedora generations, firefox is started if I click on an icon on my desktop pointing to some website. But since a few days, clicking on a web icon starts konqueror and no more

Re: FC9 ntpdate dependencies problem?

2008-10-22 Thread Michael Schwendt
On Wed, 22 Oct 2008 10:13:41 +0200, Marco DELMASTRO wrote: # yum list ntp\* Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, protectbase, refresh-packagekit, versionlock Some of the plugins could be the source of your problems. At least their names sound suspicious. ;) Loading mirror speeds from cached

Re: F9 Network Manager Tutorial

2008-10-22 Thread Timothy Murphy
Dave Feustel wrote: Where can I find a tutorial on Network Manager? (I have the _F9 and RHEL_ book, but there is no mention of Network Manager in either the TOC or the index. According to NetworkManager, NM just works so you don't need any documentation. -- Timothy Murphy e-mail:

Re: Help needed: firefox no more std application for a WEB URL

2008-10-22 Thread Claude Jones
On Wed October 22 2008 4:58:42 am Joachim Backes wrote: Hi, I'm using F9 together with gnome as std desktop. I have some WEB links on my gnome desktop, and since all fedora generations, firefox is started if I click on an icon on my desktop pointing to some website. But since a few days,

[Re: Re: Help needed: firefox no more std application for a WEB URL]

2008-10-22 Thread Joachim Backes
Claude Jones wrote: On Wed October 22 2008 4:58:42 am Joachim Backes wrote: Hi, I'm using F9 together with gnome as std desktop. I have some WEB links on my gnome desktop, and since all fedora generations, firefox is started if I click on an icon on my desktop pointing to some

Re: [Re: Re: Help needed: firefox no more std application for a WEB URL]

2008-10-22 Thread Claude Jones
On Wed October 22 2008 8:26:28 am Joachim Backes wrote: thank you for your reply, but it does not help. This command is the same as the menu systempreferencespersonalpreferred applications, which I tried before I sent an email to the fedora list. Firefox is (and was) responsible for web

Re: When will KDE4 get a desktop like in KDE3.x ?

2008-10-22 Thread BRUCE STANLEY
--- On Tue, 10/21/08, Craig White [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Craig White [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: When will KDE4 get a desktop like in KDE3.x ? To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], Community assistance, encouragement, and advice for using Fedora. fedora-list@redhat.com Date: Tuesday, October

Re: When will KDE4 get a desktop like in KDE3.x ?

2008-10-22 Thread Craig White
On Wed, 2008-10-22 at 05:54 -0700, BRUCE STANLEY wrote: --- On Tue, 10/21/08, Craig White [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To tell me that I should not lose abilities that I once had and used for the sake of some new dogma that someone else believes in is like chalk scrapping against a

Re: Classroom sessions - feedback report

2008-10-22 Thread Paul W. Frields
On Tue, 2008-10-21 at 17:38 -0600, Kevin Fenzi wrote: how to get involved in fedora Depending on the scheduling, I can probably lead this one if you need someone. -- Paul W. Frields gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 http://paul.frields.org/ - -

Re: Command line

2008-10-22 Thread Aaron Konstam
On Tue, 2008-10-21 at 17:46 -0300, Armin Moradi wrote: On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 5:43 PM, Aaron Konstam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 2008-09-30 at 11:19 +0100, Dan wrote: I recently downloaded all the parts of KDE 4.1.1. It says I must install

Re: Update Problems

2008-10-22 Thread Aaron Konstam
On Tue, 2008-10-21 at 17:31 -0400, Dave Feustel wrote: On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 03:23:48PM -0500, Aaron Konstam wrote: On Tue, 2008-10-21 at 15:34 -0400, Dave Feustel wrote: On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 02:38:36PM -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: On Tue, 2008-10-21 at 14:39 -0400, Dave

Re: Update Problems

2008-10-22 Thread Aaron Konstam
On Tue, 2008-10-21 at 15:01 -0700, Rick Stevens wrote: Dave Feustel wrote: Are you using Network Manager, and if so is NM managing your interface? 1. Is there a nm-applet in the upper panel on the left? 2. Check what:chkconfig --list |grep NetworkManager returns I don't understand

Re: Update Problems

2008-10-22 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Wed, 2008-10-22 at 08:41 -0500, Aaron Konstam wrote: I don't understand either point 1 or point 2; I do almost everything via the command line in xterm. Could you elaborate? Well 1.is not worth understanding since I meant upper right in the panel. But both 1. and 2. are ways to tell

Re: out of range

2008-10-22 Thread Aaron Konstam
On Tue, 2008-10-21 at 14:39 -0700, Craig White wrote: On Tue, 2008-10-21 at 15:54 -0400, barclay982 wrote: ed/craig/other- i can get logged in as root command line only; what file (and path to file) do i edit to make change for the 'out of range' message i get from fedora boot-up on my

Re: X and Intel 965

2008-10-22 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Wed, 2008-10-22 at 10:02 +0200, san wrote: Where I can found driver for Fedora 3 of Intel 965 Express Chipset Family? I have not support for resolution 1680x1050. What's Fedora 3? The 965 is included in the xorg-x11-drv-intel package on F9. Drivers can be downloaded from the Intel web

Re: Network performance utility query!

2008-10-22 Thread Blake Hudson
Original Message Subject: Re: Network performance utility query! From: Dan Track [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Community assistance, encouragement, and advice for using Fedora. fedora-list@redhat.com Date: Monday, October 20, 2008 6:19:48 AM On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 11:51 AM, Max

Re: Why is FC9 mounting my media again?

2008-10-22 Thread Aaron Konstam
On Tue, 2008-10-21 at 17:39 -0400, Bill Davidsen wrote: After an update FC9 is mounting CDs again. I checked preferences, set for don't browse and don't play. This has been fixed for years, and now today it has started grabbing the media as soon as the drive is closed. Can someone tell

Nautilus troubles writing to CD

2008-10-22 Thread brian
Fedora 7 Nautilus 2.18.3 I'm unable to burn a CD using the Nautilus CD/DVD creator. The image seems to be created and shows the size at 665.6 MB. However, as soon as the writing process begins i get this error: -- snip -- Error writing to disc There was an error writing to the disc: The

Re: google calendar with evolution

2008-10-22 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Wed, 2008-10-22 at 09:04 +0200, Christoph Höger wrote: Hi, did anyone of you get evolution's google calendar backend to play? If yes how, all I get is nothing. I can create google calendars but thei're stuck offline with no syncing at all. You might want to resend this to the Evolution

Re: Nautilus troubles writing to CD

2008-10-22 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Wed, 2008-10-22 at 10:04 -0400, brian wrote: Fedora 7 Nautilus 2.18.3 I'm unable to burn a CD using the Nautilus CD/DVD creator. The image seems to be created and shows the size at 665.6 MB. However, as soon as the writing process begins i get this error: -- snip -- Error writing

Re: Nautilus troubles writing to CD

2008-10-22 Thread brian
brian wrote: Fedora 7 Nautilus 2.18.3 I'm unable to burn a CD using the Nautilus CD/DVD creator. The image seems to be created and shows the size at 665.6 MB. However, as soon as the writing process begins i get this error: -- snip -- Error writing to disc There was an error writing to the

Re: Nautilus troubles writing to CD

2008-10-22 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Wed, 2008-10-22 at 10:39 -0400, brian wrote: Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: On Wed, 2008-10-22 at 10:04 -0400, brian wrote: Fedora 7 Nautilus 2.18.3 I'm unable to burn a CD using the Nautilus CD/DVD creator. The image seems to be created and shows the size at 665.6 MB. However, as

F9 X11 mouse pointer grows hair and invisible screen boundaries

2008-10-22 Thread Deron Meranda
I have a peculiar problem that just started on my Fedora 9 system where my mouse pointer will suddenly grow hair; it will get a lot of random black pixels surrounding the pointer graphic (probably contained within a 20x20 pixel area). Whenever the pointer graphic is changed by an application

Re: Nautilus troubles writing to CD

2008-10-22 Thread brian
Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: On Wed, 2008-10-22 at 10:39 -0400, brian wrote: Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: I guess the obvious question is what is the total size of the files?. It's right there in the 1st paragraph. Sorry, I read that as the available space on the CD since it's close to the

LVM resize sanity check

2008-10-22 Thread brian
I have a /tmp volume that I'd like to increase. I've been having a look at the LVM HOWTO [1] and various other pages online and think I've got it figured out. Those being famous last words, I thought I'd check here first. # parted /dev/sda print Model: ATA Maxtor 6Y080L0 (scsi) Disk /dev/sda:

Re: LVM resize sanity check

2008-10-22 Thread Craig White
On Wed, 2008-10-22 at 11:42 -0400, brian wrote: I have a /tmp volume that I'd like to increase. I've been having a look at the LVM HOWTO [1] and various other pages online and think I've got it figured out. Those being famous last words, I thought I'd check here first. # parted /dev/sda

Re: Nautilus troubles writing to CD

2008-10-22 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Wed, 2008-10-22 at 11:35 -0400, brian wrote: Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: On Wed, 2008-10-22 at 10:39 -0400, brian wrote: Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: I guess the obvious question is what is the total size of the files?. It's right there in the 1st paragraph. Sorry, I read that as

Re: LVM resize sanity check

2008-10-22 Thread Robert Locke
On Wed, 2008-10-22 at 09:09 -0700, Craig White wrote: On Wed, 2008-10-22 at 11:42 -0400, brian wrote: I have a /tmp volume that I'd like to increase. I've been having a look at the LVM HOWTO [1] and various other pages online and think I've got it figured out. Those being famous last

Re: LVM resize sanity check

2008-10-22 Thread brian
Craig White wrote: On Wed, 2008-10-22 at 11:42 -0400, brian wrote: ... I'd like to reduce /var first to free up some space, then give that to /tmp using: # umount /var # e2fsck -f /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol04 # resize2fs /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol04 13G # lvreduce -L-6G /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol04 #

Re: LVM resize sanity check

2008-10-22 Thread Craig White
On Wed, 2008-10-22 at 13:19 -0400, brian wrote: Craig White wrote: On Wed, 2008-10-22 at 11:42 -0400, brian wrote: ... I'd like to reduce /var first to free up some space, then give that to /tmp using: # umount /var # e2fsck -f /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol04 # resize2fs

Re: trends in fedora

2008-10-22 Thread Bill Davidsen
Arthur Pemberton wrote: On Sat, Jun 7, 2008 at 3:11 PM, Russell Strong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I've just installed Fedora 9 on my laptop, and unfortunately a few things are getting worse in Fedora. Network management has always been awkward on Fedora and with Fedora 9 it's getting much

Re: Wireless, Broadcom

2008-10-22 Thread Bill Davidsen
Nifty Fedora Mitch wrote: On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 02:52:30PM -0400, Bill Davidsen wrote: Jeroen de Haas wrote: There is a tutorial on setting up ndiswrapper on Fedora: http://fedoramobile.org/fc-wireless/ndis-yum-livna . This text assumes you have configured yum to use the livna repository

Re: trends in fedora

2008-10-22 Thread Rex Dieter
Bill Davidsen wrote: Given that the network isn't brought up until the user logs in Checking the activate device when computer starts option in system-config-network works nicely for me. -- Rex -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe:

What are your unsatisfied NetworkManager use cases?

2008-10-22 Thread Arthur Pemberton
Many people seem to have different issues with NetworkManager. I would like to attempt to assist with the progress of NetworkManager by collecting use cases which it does not cover at all or properly. So please reply with a use case that you have that is not covered, I will attempt to collect

OpenOffice and .pps files -

2008-10-22 Thread Bob Goodwin
I thought openoffice usually opens .pps files? Suddenly I have a file that it wont open. This is an up to the minute updated F-9 system created from the live CD so perhaps there is some appendage to OO that I need? This really has me puzzled because I thought it was working but perhaps I

Re: LVM resize sanity check

2008-10-22 Thread brian
brian wrote: Robert Locke wrote: As an alternative, that might be easier, why not install system-config-lvm? It presents a graphical view of shrinking and enlarging. Thanks, I'll check that out. That looks easy to use. However, I can't unmount /tmp so it looks like I'll have to

Re: Wireless, Broadcom

2008-10-22 Thread Vincent Onelli
3. Re: Wireless, Broadcom (Rick Bilonick) Message: 3 Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:23:07 -0400 From: Rick Bilonick [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Wireless, Broadcom To: fedora-list@redhat.com Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII On Mon, 20 Oct 2008

Re: What are your unsatisfied NetworkManager use cases?

2008-10-22 Thread Tom Horsley
So please reply with a use case that you have that is not covered, I will attempt to collect clarify and log them on the wiki (just reactivated my account). The most persistent and obvious bug is the refusal of NetworkManager to activate the network at boot time. Lots of services depend on a

Re: What are your unsatisfied NetworkManager use cases?

2008-10-22 Thread Tom Horsley
On Wed, 22 Oct 2008 13:23:43 -0500 Arthur Pemberton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So please reply with a use case that you have that is not covered, I will attempt to collect clarify and log them on the wiki (just reactivated my account). Another problem is that the dhclient-script man page has

Re: What are your unsatisfied NetworkManager use cases?

2008-10-22 Thread Andrew Parker
On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 2:23 PM, Arthur Pemberton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Many people seem to have different issues with NetworkManager. I would like to attempt to assist with the progress of NetworkManager by collecting use cases which it does not cover at all or properly. So please reply

Re: What are your unsatisfied NetworkManager use cases?

2008-10-22 Thread Andrew Parker
On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 2:23 PM, Arthur Pemberton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Many people seem to have different issues with NetworkManager. I would like to attempt to assist with the progress of NetworkManager by collecting use cases which it does not cover at all or properly. So please reply

Re: What are your unsatisfied NetworkManager use cases?

2008-10-22 Thread Andrew Parker
On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 3:20 PM, Tom Horsley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 22 Oct 2008 13:23:43 -0500 Arthur Pemberton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So please reply with a use case that you have that is not covered, I will attempt to collect clarify and log them on the wiki (just reactivated

Re: What are your unsatisfied NetworkManager use cases?

2008-10-22 Thread Andrew Parker
On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 2:23 PM, Arthur Pemberton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Many people seem to have different issues with NetworkManager. I would like to attempt to assist with the progress of NetworkManager by collecting use cases which it does not cover at all or properly. So please reply

Re: Why is FC9 mounting my media again?

2008-10-22 Thread Tom Horsley
On Wed, 22 Oct 2008 13:31:19 -0400 Bill Davidsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I really don't want the media mounted, or even the blank CD icon on the desktop, I want the optical devices totally ignored unless I manually mount them or burn to them. Well, my way of avoiding that is to simply not

Re: What are your unsatisfied NetworkManager use cases?

2008-10-22 Thread Andrew Parker
On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 2:23 PM, Arthur Pemberton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So please reply with a use case that you have that is not covered, I will attempt to collect clarify and log them on the wiki (just Could you post the URL when you're ready, please? -- fedora-list mailing list

Re: LVM resize sanity check

2008-10-22 Thread Robert Locke
On Wed, 2008-10-22 at 14:48 -0400, brian wrote: brian wrote: Robert Locke wrote: As an alternative, that might be easier, why not install system-config-lvm? It presents a graphical view of shrinking and enlarging. Thanks, I'll check that out. That looks easy to

Re: OpenOffice and .pps files -

2008-10-22 Thread Ed Greshko
Bob Goodwin wrote: I thought openoffice usually opens .pps files? Suddenly I have a file that it wont open. This is an up to the minute updated F-9 system created from the live CD so perhaps there is some appendage to OO that I need? This really has me puzzled because I thought it was

Re: What are your unsatisfied NetworkManager use cases?

2008-10-22 Thread Robert Locke
On Wed, 2008-10-22 at 13:23 -0500, Arthur Pemberton wrote: Many people seem to have different issues with NetworkManager. I would like to attempt to assist with the progress of NetworkManager by collecting use cases which it does not cover at all or properly. So please reply with a use case

open office 3.0

2008-10-22 Thread William Biggs
I would like to know how to upgrade from open office 2.4 to 3.0 -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines

Re: What are your unsatisfied NetworkManager use cases?

2008-10-22 Thread Michael H. Warfield
On Wed, 2008-10-22 at 13:23 -0500, Arthur Pemberton wrote: Many people seem to have different issues with NetworkManager. I would like to attempt to assist with the progress of NetworkManager by collecting use cases which it does not cover at all or properly. So please reply with a use case

Re: OpenOffice and .pps files -

2008-10-22 Thread Bob Goodwin
Ed Greshko wrote: Bob Goodwin wrote: I thought openoffice usually opens .pps files? Suddenly I have a file that it wont open. This is an up to the minute updated F-9 system created from the live CD so perhaps there is some appendage to OO that I need? This really has me puzzled because I

Re: open office 3.0

2008-10-22 Thread Konstantin Svist
William Biggs wrote: I would like to know how to upgrade from open office 2.4 to 3.0 Fedora repos don't have 3.0 yet, so you need to download a prebuilt copy from openoffice.org Here are commands if you want $ wget

Re: What are your unsatisfied NetworkManager use cases?

2008-10-22 Thread Les Mikesell
Michael H. Warfield wrote: So please reply with a use case that you have that is not covered, I will attempt to collect clarify and log them on the wiki (just reactivated my account). For my sake please do one use case per email. Last time I looked, there was no way to prevent

Re: LVM resize sanity check

2008-10-22 Thread brian
Robert Locke wrote: Unmounting should only be necessary when shrinking a filesystem. I thought you were growing /tmp But, now that you mention it, I didn't notice that you were unmounting and fscking /var before lvextend and resize2fs. Generally growing should work with just lvextend and

Re: What are your unsatisfied NetworkManager use cases?

2008-10-22 Thread Arthur Pemberton
On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 2:13 PM, Tom Horsley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip] The NetworkManager developers seem to live in some alternate universe where they attribute all these problems to bugs in everything else, but not NetworkManager (since obviously NetworkManager is the perfection of all

Re: What are your unsatisfied NetworkManager use cases?

2008-10-22 Thread Arthur Pemberton
On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 2:29 PM, Andrew Parker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 2:23 PM, Arthur Pemberton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So please reply with a use case that you have that is not covered, I will attempt to collect clarify and log them on the wiki (just Could you

Re: What are your unsatisfied NetworkManager use cases?

2008-10-22 Thread Arthur Pemberton
On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 2:21 PM, Andrew Parker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [ snip ] Your post is clear, but I would like to verify things as it works for me Fixed IPs on a network that has a DHCP server on it - I can't turn off the wired auto configuration, and end up with the DHCP one. Trying

Re: open office 3.0

2008-10-22 Thread Kevin Kofler
William Biggs kc8pdr at gmail.com writes: I would like to know how to upgrade from open office 2.4 to 3.0 Wait for Fedora 10, it will include 3.0. If you really can't wait, you can try the binaries from the upstream OpenOffice.org project, but as they say: your mileage may vary. (They are

Re: What are your unsatisfied NetworkManager use cases?

2008-10-22 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Wed, 2008-10-22 at 13:23 -0500, Arthur Pemberton wrote: Many people seem to have different issues with NetworkManager. I would like to attempt to assist with the progress of NetworkManager by collecting use cases which it does not cover at all or properly. So please reply with a use case

Re: Libraries disappearing from compat-libstdc++-296

2008-10-22 Thread Kevin Kofler
Gordon Messmer yinyang at eburg.com writes: ...which seems odd. I can't see how the compat-libstdc++-296 package actually provides compatibility with binaries that were built with gcc 2.96. It does. libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.3 is the version which actually shipped with GCC 2.96. (At least the

Re: OpenOffice and .pps files -

2008-10-22 Thread Bob Goodwin
Ed Greshko wrote: Bob Goodwin wrote: I thought openoffice usually opens .pps files? Suddenly I have a file that it wont open. This is an up to the minute updated F-9 system created from the live CD so perhaps there is some appendage to OO that I need? This really has me puzzled because I

old keyboard

2008-10-22 Thread Hiisi
Dear List! Recently I've found a nice old computer. It's called Convergent Technology. Some 80's machine without any decoration signs. The problem is I have only box with motherboard and processor and a keyboard - no display. The display was main link between keyboard and box. So, I can't run

Re: trends in fedora

2008-10-22 Thread Aaron Konstam
On Wed, 2008-10-22 at 13:03 -0500, Rex Dieter wrote: Bill Davidsen wrote: Given that the network isn't brought up until the user logs in Checking the activate device when computer starts option in system-config-network works nicely for me. -- Rex That is using ther negteork service

Re: What are your unsatisfied NetworkManager use cases?

2008-10-22 Thread Aaron Konstam
On Wed, 2008-10-22 at 15:13 -0400, Tom Horsley wrote: So please reply with a use case that you have that is not covered, I will attempt to collect clarify and log them on the wiki (just reactivated my account). The most persistent and obvious bug is the refusal of NetworkManager to

Problem with Konqueror 4.1.2

2008-10-22 Thread Dave Feustel
Some web pages I try to access with Konqueror display nothing at all. If I start Firefox from within Konqueror, the page displays pefectly. This seems to be a continuing problem with Konqueror, since it happened with 4.1.1 too. I also consistently get the message high traffic when I attempt to

Re: old keyboard

2008-10-22 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
Hiisi wrote: Dear List! Recently I've found a nice old computer. It's called Convergent Technology. Some 80's machine without any decoration signs. The problem is I have only box with motherboard and processor and a keyboard - no display. The display was main link between keyboard and box.

Re: old keyboard

2008-10-22 Thread Alan Cox
If I'll solder a PS or PS/2 plug to it is it possible to run this old beauty? I vainly googled for the information about old keyboards. And found only stuff of how to make a valet from it. Convergent Miniframe I suspect - SYS5 Unix box. 68010 processor -- fedora-list mailing list

Re: What are your unsatisfied NetworkManager use cases?

2008-10-22 Thread Richard Shaw
On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 1:23 PM, Arthur Pemberton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Many people seem to have different issues with NetworkManager. I would like to attempt to assist with the progress of NetworkManager by collecting use cases which it does not cover at all or properly. So please reply

Re: What are your unsatisfied NetworkManager use cases?

2008-10-22 Thread Peter Arremann
On Wednesday 22 October 2008 02:23:43 pm Arthur Pemberton wrote: Many people seem to have different issues with NetworkManager. I would like to attempt to assist with the progress of NetworkManager by collecting use cases which it does not cover at all or properly. So please reply with a use

Re: What are your unsatisfied NetworkManager use cases?

2008-10-22 Thread Alan Evans
In my case, I was unable to static a static route only to a particular host with DHCP rules for everything else. I asked here on the list: https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2008-August/msg03349.html and finally gave up:

CUPS Unable to get printer status (Forbidden)!

2008-10-22 Thread Timothy Murphy
I'm trying to use a printer attached to a USB port on a remote machine, but I get the above message. I can access the computer in question with [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ telnet 192.168.2.2 631 Trying 192.168.2.2... Connected to 192.168.2.2. Escape character is '^]'.

Re: OpenOffice and .pps files -

2008-10-22 Thread Ed Greshko
Bob Goodwin wrote: I found the answer listed in the Yumex OO listing. It requires openoffice impress which I did not have. Once installed the .pps file opens. Glad to hear you found it. I always install the whole suite even though I hardly (if ever) use Draw, or Math. So it may not have

Re: open office 3.0

2008-10-22 Thread Ed Greshko
Kevin Kofler wrote: William Biggs kc8pdr at gmail.com writes: I would like to know how to upgrade from open office 2.4 to 3.0 Wait for Fedora 10, it will include 3.0. If you really can't wait, you can try the binaries from the upstream OpenOffice.org project, but as they say:

Re: old keyboard

2008-10-22 Thread g
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hiisi wrote: snip If I'll solder a PS or PS/2 plug to it is it possible to run this old beauty? no. this keyboard is *not* compatible with anything of current type. this type of connector, as well as i can tell from low res jpeg, is similar to

Re: trends in fedora

2008-10-22 Thread g
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Aaron Konstam wrote: That is using ther negteork service not the NM service. nice typo. - -- tc,hago. g . in a free world without fences, who needs gates. learn linux: 'Rute User's Tutorial and Exposition'

Re: open office 3.0

2008-10-22 Thread Kevin Kofler
Ed Greshko Ed.Greshko at greshko.com writes: What leads you to make the claim about less tested? I use nothing but the official OpenOffice install on my RHEL, Fedora, and Suse systems and never had a problem. I've also participated in the OpenOffice beta program and suspect a few others

Re: Problem with Konqueror 4.1.2

2008-10-22 Thread g
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Dave Feustel wrote: Some web pages I try to access with Konqueror display nothing at all. This seems to be a continuing problem with Konqueror, high traffic when I attempt to complete an amazon transaction via Konqueror. This problem does not

Re: old keyboard

2008-10-22 Thread fred smith
On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 01:21:15AM +0400, Hiisi wrote: Dear List! Recently I've found a nice old computer. It's called Convergent Technology. Some 80's machine without any decoration signs. The problem is I have only box with motherboard and processor and a keyboard - no display. The

Re: open office 3.0

2008-10-22 Thread Ed Greshko
Kevin Kofler wrote: Ed Greshko Ed.Greshko at greshko.com writes: What leads you to make the claim about less tested? I use nothing but the official OpenOffice install on my RHEL, Fedora, and Suse systems and never had a problem. I've also participated in the OpenOffice beta program and

Re: open office 3.0

2008-10-22 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Ed Greshko wrote: Besides, when Fedora releases their rpm set it wouldn't yet have been tested by thousands of uses...that only happens *after* the release. :-) It happens *before* the release during and throughout the Fedora 10 development timeframe in rawhide. Rahul -- fedora-list

Re: What are your unsatisfied NetworkManager use cases?

2008-10-22 Thread Petrus de Calguarium
Arthur Pemberton wrote: Many people seem to have different issues with NetworkManager. I would like to attempt to assist with the progress of NetworkManager by collecting use cases which it does not cover at all or properly. So please reply with a use case that you have that is not covered,

kernal PAE and nvida dirver

2008-10-22 Thread William Biggs
I just install kernal-PAE I would like to know how I can enable as the main kernal . I also have install the nvida dirver's but the PAE did not see it how do I set it back up ? -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list

Re: CUPS Unable to get printer status (Forbidden)!

2008-10-22 Thread Nifty Fedora Mitch
On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 11:54:47PM +0100, Timothy Murphy wrote: I'm trying to use a printer attached to a USB port on a remote machine, but I get the above message. I can access the computer in question with [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ telnet 192.168.2.2 631 Trying

Re: What are your unsatisfied NetworkManager use cases?

2008-10-22 Thread David G. Mackay
On Wed, 2008-10-22 at 13:23 -0500, Arthur Pemberton wrote: Many people seem to have different issues with NetworkManager. I would like to attempt to assist with the progress of NetworkManager by collecting use cases which it does not cover at all or properly. So please reply with a use case

Re: open office 3.0

2008-10-22 Thread Ed Greshko
Rahul Sundaram wrote: Ed Greshko wrote: Besides, when Fedora releases their rpm set it wouldn't yet have been tested by thousands of uses...that only happens *after* the release. :-) It happens *before* the release during and throughout the Fedora 10 development timeframe in rawhide. You

FC3 Repos?

2008-10-22 Thread Leland C. Scott
Does anybody have a good address for a Fedora Core 3 repo? Fedora Project does not support it any more or maintain the repo for it. Regards, Leland C. Scott KC8LDO -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list

Re: FC3 Repos?

2008-10-22 Thread Nick Morrott
On 23/10/2008, Leland C. Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anybody have a good address for a Fedora Core 3 repo? Fedora Project does not support it any more or maintain the repo for it. Not true. Try http://archives.fedoraproject.org/pub/archive/fedora/linux/core/3/ -- Nick Morrott MythTV

Re: FC3 Repos?

2008-10-22 Thread Kevin J. Cummings
Leland C. Scott wrote: Does anybody have a good address for a Fedora Core 3 repo? Fedora Project does not support it any more or maintain the repo for it. Its 6 releases out of date, that's about 3 years old now. It's probably got so many un-patched security holes that running it is very

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