Re: 8 GB Flash drive formatted at 3.7 GB

2009-12-21 Thread Björn Persson
by many different systems. File permissions are rarely useful on a removable disk that anyone can plug into their own computer where they are root. One exception is if you use it for backups, in which case ext3 on the removable disk preserves the permissions although it can't enforce them. Björn

Re: 8 GB Flash drive formatted at 3.7 GB

2009-12-21 Thread Björn Persson
directly on the device. Fedora automounts it just fine, and Windows too. Björn Persson signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http

Re: Fedora mailing list migration

2009-12-16 Thread Björn Persson
list-IDs of the new lists. So, piecing this together, when the mapping maps fedora-announce-list to announce, this means that the list-ID fedora-announce-list.redhat.com becomes announce.lists.fedoraproject.org, correct? Björn Persson signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed

Re: Help wanted with dist-cvs to git conversion

2009-12-13 Thread Björn Persson
I flipped the switch to enforcing mode (except when the spam blocker crashed; there seems to be a race condition that I haven't tracked down yet.) Björn Persson signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@redhat.com

Re: Help wanted with dist-cvs to git conversion

2009-12-12 Thread Björn Persson
that might allow spammers to find them, not because it affects me but to be nice to other netizens who don't have as effectual spam blockers as I have. Björn Persson signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@redhat.com

Re: Are conflicts in debuginfo packages OK?

2009-11-11 Thread Björn Persson
Jan Kratochvil wrote: On Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:15:47 +0100, Björn Persson wrote: Generated files can be placed in separate subdirectories, for example /usr/src/debug/source tree name/%{_arch}. My patch uses there: /usr/src/debug/name-version-release.arch Duplicating the entire source tree

Re: F13 Naming: Leonidas - Constantine - New Name?

2009-11-10 Thread Björn Persson
inode0 wrote: With Fedora 12 just a few days from release it is time to begin the naming process for the next Fedora release. After F12 comes Print Screen of course. ;-) Björn Persson signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -- fedora-devel-list mailing list

Re: Are conflicts in debuginfo packages OK?

2009-11-10 Thread Björn Persson
I should do this. /usr/lib/debug/usr/bin/... Those are the ones I can't do anything about on my own, but perhaps the same exception could be applied there as in /usr/bin? Björn Persson signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -- fedora-devel-list mailing list

Are conflicts in debuginfo packages OK?

2009-11-09 Thread Björn Persson
to avoid conflicts in debuginfo packages for libraries, but not for programs? I think I can avoid debuginfo conflicts in packages that provide only libraries, but maybe I shouldn't bother? Björn Persson signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -- fedora-devel-list

Re: rawhide report: 20091104 changes - excluding noarch packages

2009-11-04 Thread Björn Persson
of the architectures that Fedora supports, which Python, Perl and Bash are as far as I can see. Björn Persson signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list

Re: Retiring ksensors, possibly id3lib as well?

2009-10-07 Thread Björn Persson
Lyos Gemini Norezel wrote: Is there valid, logical, reasoning to continue to support such old code? Are there any bugs that are so severe that we can't continue using the software? If not: Why throw out working software just because it's old? Björn Persson signature.asc Description

Re: Opinions on packaging ATLAS (for the x86 architecture)

2009-10-07 Thread Björn Persson
hardware and that shouldn't be an issue as the newer hardware should have more features in the CPU and not less. Unless you upgrade from old PowerPC Macs to new Intel Macs. :-) Björn Persson signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -- fedora-devel-list mailing list

Re: Retiring ksensors, possibly id3lib as well?

2009-10-07 Thread Björn Persson
a new hole at any time. I'm much more nervous over programs like Squirrelmail, Firefox and Thunderbird, for which there is a steady stream of security fixes, because it indicates that the code is of low quality or that the design is fundamentally flawed. Björn Persson signature.asc Description

Re: dracut, or should booting a LiveCD touch the hard disk?

2009-10-04 Thread Björn Persson
! Asking for a passphrase and not specifying which passphrase is a very bad idea. Björn Persson signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list

Re: Bugzilla Desktop Client

2009-09-06 Thread Björn Persson
without my permission.) Björn Persson signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list

Re: dhclient and dhcp update require restart?

2009-09-01 Thread Björn Persson
. For those services I think a message should be displayed to inform the user that some of the updates will take effect the next time they log out. If it's a security update, the message should urge the user to log out and log in again as soon as possible. Björn Persson signature.asc Description

Re: Page size pain / localisation / possible F13 feature

2009-08-27 Thread Björn Persson
fun to think of. Björn Persson signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list

Re: showing dependency trees

2009-08-26 Thread Björn Persson
Rajeesh K Nambiar wrote: 2009/8/24 Björn Persson bj...@xn--rombobjrn-67a.se: That's not all that quick. There ought to be a tool for this. Given a package name it should print the dependency tree for that package. It could have an option to suppress packages in the base set. Couldn't Yum

Re: showing dependency trees

2009-08-26 Thread Björn Persson
packaging is horribly broken. Björn Persson signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list

Re: showing dependency trees

2009-08-24 Thread Björn Persson
Seth Vidal wrote: On Sun, 23 Aug 2009, Björn Persson wrote: I want to check whether a package drags in other packages unnecessarily. define unnecessarily? When you're forced to install package A to be able to install package E even though E doesn't use any of the functionality

Re: showing dependency trees

2009-08-24 Thread Björn Persson
to avoid listing glibc, like, seven hundred times over. It would also be nice if I could use it on a newly built package that isn't available in the Yum repositories. Björn Persson signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora

Re: gwenview - Re: Orphaning packages

2009-08-24 Thread Björn Persson
if they want to. Björn Persson signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list

Re: showing dependency trees

2009-08-23 Thread Björn Persson
Debayan Banerjee wrote: 2009/8/24 Björn Persson bj...@xn--rombobjrn-67a.se That's not all that quick. There ought to be a tool for this. Given a package name it should print the dependency tree for that package. It could have an option to suppress packages in the base set. Couldn't Yum

Re: fedora 11 worst then ever release

2009-07-26 Thread Björn Persson
can be dangerous. I completely trashed my Kmail configuration that way. Since then I'm more careful and test Fedora n+1 before I move the /home partition over. Björn Persson signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list

Re: fedora 11 worst then ever release

2009-07-26 Thread Björn Persson
anaconda misparses fstab and is unable able to process bind-mounts nor nfs-mounts). * anaconda's depsolving failed when upgrading an FC10 + FC10-updates system due to NEVR issues. Those would be Anaconda issues, not Preupgrade issues – which makes them all the more serious. Björn Persson

Re: fedora 11 worst then ever release

2009-07-25 Thread Björn Persson
to apply my patch. Björn Persson signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list

Re: fedora 11 worst then ever release

2009-07-25 Thread Björn Persson
. The only way to avoid Anaconda is to upgrade by Yum. Björn Persson signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list

Re: RFE: FireKit

2009-07-24 Thread Björn Persson
and connect automatically. Björn Persson signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list

Re: RFE: FireKit

2009-07-24 Thread Björn Persson
Colin Walters wrote: 2009/7/24 Björn Persson bj...@xn--rombobjrn-67a.se: Colin Walters wrote: If for example I enable desktop sharing before leaving work, then head to the airport, and log on there to WiFi, you really don't want the desktop sharing still enabled. Nor likely do you want

Re: RFE: FireKit

2009-07-24 Thread Björn Persson
holes programatically. Personally I would prefer not shipping insecure services by default, so that no firewall is needed. Björn Persson signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com

Re: RFE: FireKit

2009-07-24 Thread Björn Persson
Matthew Woehlke wrote: Björn Persson wrote: Matthew Woehlke wrote: an iptables rule that allows stuff if there is a socket that will receive it, otherwise can drop Where's the point in that? Stealth? You might as well ask what is the point of using DROP (instead of REJECT) at all

Re: RFE: FireKit

2009-07-24 Thread Björn Persson
Matthew Woehlke wrote: Björn Persson wrote: That's obscurity, not security. Why is it people seem to have a problem with obscurity *on top of* security? What's wrong with making it as hard as possible for the bad guys? It could be because you're not actually making it any harder

weird debuginfo problem

2009-07-23 Thread Björn Persson
sources, where the .debug files referenced the sources in the build directory. After I changed %_topdir to /disk/data/home/beorn/rpm the debuginfo packages seem correct. Is this expected behaviour or should I file a bug report against RPM? Björn Persson signature.asc Description

Re: update mechanism for new releases

2009-06-24 Thread Björn Persson
are supported, right? If I upgrade from the DVD, or by Preupgrade, and it breaks, who should I send the pieces to? Björn Persson signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman

Re: F11: LVM over MD is broken. Switch back to F10?

2009-06-20 Thread Björn Persson
Gilboa Davara wrote: Far worse, the F9 workstations are reaching EOL, and I cannot install F10 on them due to known anaconda issue (That was fixed during the F11 devel cycle) so in short, I'm in deep ... Can you upgrade them by Yum? That should avoid any Anaconda bugs. Björn Persson

Re: Changing the default 32-bit x86 arch for Fedora 12

2009-06-15 Thread Björn Persson
skewed in various ways and none of us has a chance to know in what ways or how much. Björn Persson signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list

Re: Fedora 11 Test Day survey

2009-06-03 Thread Björn Persson
Fedora Test Days? If they cover some functionality that's particularly important to me or some less than common hardware that I have. Björn Persson signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@redhat.com https

Re: Announcing Fedora Activity Day - Fedora Development Cycle 2009

2009-06-02 Thread Björn Persson
. Transfer only the RPM packages (taking advantage of hard links) and information on what packages are in each ISO image, and then recreate the ISO images at the destination. That way each package would only be transferred once, regardless of how many ISO images it occurs in. Björn Persson

Re: Agenda for the 2009-05-26 Packaging Committee meeting

2009-05-31 Thread Björn Persson
installs A. This is true for any two packages A and B as long as none of them has a hard requirement on the other. It seems to me that once you handle both of those cases correctly, it doesn't matter which order RPM chooses when the user installs both packages at once. Björn Persson signature.asc

Re: Why not to create Fedora-us and Fedora-non-us branches?

2009-05-27 Thread Björn Persson
, if you read what the convention and the national laws actually say, and yet they are granted by routine. Whether they would hold up in court doesn't matter much apparently. They are effective anyway. Björn Persson signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -- fedora

Re: Removing %clean

2009-05-26 Thread Björn Persson
Tom spot Callaway wrote:     mkdir -p `dirname $RPM_BUILD_ROOT`\     mkdir $RPM_BUILD_ROOT\ Is that somehow better than just «mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT»? Just curious. Björn Persson signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora

Re: List of packages including country flags

2009-05-24 Thread Björn Persson
. So it's not just text that's being translated by the language selection. In that case I would suggest a recorded voice that says Should I speak English? and the equivalent in each language – if the intention really is that children who can't read should be able to choose their language. Björn

Re: How do I burn a Fedora 10 ISO image to a DVD?

2008-11-29 Thread Björn Persson
to verify that the key is there. Björn Persson signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate

Re: Question about smartd temp. readings.

2008-11-17 Thread Björn Persson
/sda -d sat -H -m root in my smartd.conf. That way it will send me email if the disk is about to fail and not bug me otherwise. (Replace sat with your disk type.) Björn Persson signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list

Preupgrade (was: Fedora 10 - no longer rawhide?)

2008-11-12 Thread Björn Persson
Preupgrade until it verifies cryptographic signatures on everything it downloads. Björn Persson signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines

Re: Preupgrade

2008-11-12 Thread Björn Persson
Rahul Sundaram wrote: Björn Persson wrote: Preupgrade is a good idea. Too bad its authors give security such a low priority. Personally I won't use Preupgrade until it verifies cryptographic signatures on everything it downloads. It uses yum which should handle that. You should file a RFE

Re: CUPS, Alpine, and printserving

2008-11-01 Thread Björn Persson
were to suspect that Firefox or Privoxy was misbehaving, then testing with Telnet instead would be valuable. Since the connection currently fails for Telnet too, there's no reason to suspect Firefox or Privoxy. Björn Persson signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: CUPS, Alpine, and printserving

2008-11-01 Thread Björn Persson
on all machines whose printer configurations you want to administer through the web interface from another machine. Björn Persson signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman

Re: CUPS, Alpine, and printserving : telnet weirdness

2008-11-01 Thread Björn Persson
.a.c 631 -bash: telnet: command not found You're on the wrong machine. You installed Telnet on Hbsk2. Then you SSHed into Msgv, where Telnet is not installed. Björn Persson signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com

Re: CUPS, Alpine, and printserving

2008-10-31 Thread Björn Persson
Beartooth wrote: On Thu, 30 Oct 2008 22:44:19 +0100, Björn Persson wrote: 1: Check that Cups is actually listening on the network. Run this command as root on the machine where the printer is: netstat --inet --inet6 --listen --program --numeric | grep cupsd Does it say 192.168.x.y:631

Re: 54 GB in /var/log!! -- UPDATE

2008-10-28 Thread Björn Persson
, so if the problem doesn't resurface we may never know what it was. Björn Persson signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http

Re: 54 GB in /var/log!! -- UPDATE

2008-10-27 Thread Björn Persson
. It's quite possible that most of those 54 GB was something completely different that hasn't resurfaced yet. I'd recommend doing ls -l /var/log/messages* now and then to keep an eye on it, and investigate further if it grows to many megabytes. Björn Persson signature.asc Description

Re: F10: how can I set default locale settings

2008-10-25 Thread Björn Persson
set the default locale for the whole system by setting LANG in /etc/sysconfig/i18n. Do you know the code for the locale you want? I don't really know but I'd guess at cs_CZ or maybe cs_CZ.UTF-8. Björn Persson signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -- fedora-list

Re: Wireless Mouse ??

2008-10-08 Thread Björn Persson
the license-free frequency band at 2.4 GHz, including Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. Björn Persson signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http

Re: PCI wireless suggestions

2008-10-07 Thread Björn Persson
fine, but I'm sure it will be much easier to just buy the Edimax EW-7128g (assuming it's available in the stores). Björn Persson signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman

Re: Postfix errors in Logwatch

2008-10-07 Thread Björn Persson
in such domains, then that's not a nice thing to do. Björn Persson signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki

Re: Postfix errors in Logwatch

2008-10-07 Thread Björn Persson
? Björn Persson signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -- 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 is happening to reply-to header? -- Irony !

2008-10-05 Thread Björn Persson
of redhat.com in several headers, including List-ID which I filter on. I guess someone made a mistake in the configuration of the list server, and then corrected it. Björn Persson signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com

Re: who the %^#$ is messing with /etc/passwd ??

2008-09-27 Thread Björn Persson
in /etc/passwd was considered cleaner than first referring to /etc/shadow and then disabling it there. You can do the change if you like. I don't think I'll bother. Björn Persson signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com

Re: Fedora 9 support for the XFS file system

2008-09-27 Thread Björn Persson
technique? yum search XFS returns xfsdump and xfsprogs (and also some less relevant packages). Björn Persson signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list

Re: ssh2

2008-09-24 Thread Björn Persson
, churning out spam, or any number of other shady activities. Install the latest version of CentOS and set it up to receive updates automatically. Do not transfer any kind of executable code from the old system to the new one. Björn Persson signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed

Re: Suddenly rhgb doies not work.

2008-09-21 Thread Björn Persson
Marc Schwartz wrote: Did you guys re-install the nvidia drivers after the updates? I see the same thing on an Intel G35, so in my case it has nothing to do with Nvidia. Björn Persson signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list

Re: Character encoding

2008-09-07 Thread Björn Persson
to figure it out is to look for that tag. If an encoding is specified there, then it's a strong hint. Björn Persson signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora

Re: Ntpdate fails to start

2008-09-07 Thread Björn Persson
extremes is a grey area. I don't know exactly where. Björn Persson signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki

Re: Ntpdate fails to start

2008-09-07 Thread Björn Persson
Paul Smith wrote: On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 2:42 PM, Björn Persson If you usually leave your computer running and reboot it only when there's an update to Linux or GlibC, then you should use NTPD. It polls its servers periodically and keeps your clock synchronized. If you only turn

Re: Character encoding

2008-09-07 Thread Björn Persson
variables that control the locale. The command locale displays them all, but normally you'd just set LANG. You should probably define LANG for the whole system in /etc/sysconfig/i18n. I don't know Vim but I'd guess that it uses the locale encoding as a default. Björn Persson signature.asc

Re: Ntpdate fails to start

2008-09-07 Thread Björn Persson
. Then after ntpdate gets things close, then ntpd keeps things in proper sync. The flag -g to NTPD should do the same thing in a cleaner way. This flag is set in /etc/sysconfig/ntpd in Fedora 9. Björn Persson signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -- fedora-list

Re: Character encoding

2008-09-06 Thread Björn Persson
assume that text files and filenames are encoded in that encoding, but some programs think they're smarter and assume something else. (The approach with environment variables will of course fail if different users use different locales and access the same files.) Björn Persson signature.asc

Re: Fedora 9 Openchrome drv HP w2207h Monitor was: Re: help with setting up graphics

2008-09-06 Thread Björn Persson
Björn Persson wrote: Beartooth wrote: I can't imagine why startx would work immediately after logging in in text mode, without touching anything that affects the configuration of X; and it seems a strange, roundabout approach. But I'm willing to try it, if I understand aright what

Re: non-disclosure of infrastructure problem a management issue?

2008-08-24 Thread Björn Persson
of security measures I take with my home computers, but apparently I'm not paranoid enough yet. Can you answer the opposite question: Why the cryptic message? Can you think of a rational reason to avoid the word security? Something more concrete than just legal issues? Björn Persson signature.asc

Re: non-disclosure of infrastructure problem a management issue?

2008-08-24 Thread Björn Persson
to find out that the issue was a security issue. If you think I'm complaining that the investigation takes too long, then you haven't read what I've written. Björn Persson signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com

Re: non-disclosure of infrastructure problem a management issue?

2008-08-23 Thread Björn Persson
in the announcement, I'll continue to provide information as it becomes available. Did it really take a week before the information that the issue was related to security became available? Björn Persson signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora

Re: non-disclosure of infrastructure problem a management issue?

2008-08-23 Thread Björn Persson
until yesterday's announcement, and then I would probably have chosen to install some important security updates despite the recommendation. It's simple, really: People won't follow instructions if you don't tell them why the instructions are important. Björn Persson signature.asc Description

Re: non-disclosure of infrastructure problem a management issue?

2008-08-23 Thread Björn Persson
Anders Karlsson wrote: * Björn Persson [EMAIL PROTECTED] [20080823 18:57]: The first announcement gave me the impression that there was a technical problem, such as overloaded web servers or a crashed database or something. In retrospect it's obvious that when that announcement

Re: non-disclosure of infrastructure problem a management issue?

2008-08-23 Thread Björn Persson
take some time before they knew how long the intrusion had been going on. Björn Persson signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list

Re: Infrastructure status, 2008-08-19 UTC 0200

2008-08-22 Thread Björn Persson
to panic. Björn Persson signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list

Re: non-disclosure of infrastructure problem a management issue?

2008-08-22 Thread Björn Persson
be tampered packages on the mirrors, so as a precaution we recommend you not download or update any additional packages on your Fedora systems. The investigation may result in service outages, for which we apologize in advance. Björn Persson signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed

Re: non-disclosure of infrastructure problem a management issue?

2008-08-22 Thread Björn Persson
should do is yank the network cable out. An inevitable side effect of this is that the intruder finds out that he's been discovered. Warning others who may also be affected doesn't help the intruder get away better when he already knows he's been discovered. Björn Persson signature.asc

Re: non-disclosure of infrastructure problem a management issue?

2008-08-22 Thread Björn Persson
Arthur Pemberton wrote: 2008/8/22 Björn Persson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I agree. I can't see any reason why they couldn't have said the following a week ago: Legal issues? the word was used in the first sentence. The first sentence in the first announcement was The Fedora Infrastructure team

Re: Non-urgent query re: yum ?

2008-08-21 Thread Björn Persson
\ some-other-package Save the file as /usr/local/bin/install_my_packages and make it executable. Then the command to install all the packages is just install_my_packages. Björn Persson signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list

Re: DNS poison? Yum tummy ache?

2008-08-17 Thread Björn Persson
announcements to subscribe to fedora-announce-list, and send the announcements to that list. I vote for the latter. Björn Persson signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo

Re: (slashdot)Package Managers As Achilles Heel

2008-08-17 Thread Björn Persson
the attacker do so. It's not clear whether Yum is vulnerable to getting locked to the malicious mirror, or how they did it. Björn Persson signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com

Re: how to convert text file with unknown 16 bit encoding to 8 bit as cii

2008-08-13 Thread Björn Persson
characters. If you know exactly which characters can occur, then you may be able to find a suitable 8-bit encoding (preferably one from the ISO 8859 family). Either way, make sure that the receiving program knows which encoding it is. Otherwise the text will probably get garbled. Björn Persson

Re: Stripes on screen after installing Fedora

2008-08-12 Thread Björn Persson
Tim wrote: On Mon, 2008-08-11 at 19:17 +0200, Björn Persson wrote: In my Fedora 9 system it's /etc/xorg.conf. Not here. How odd. Maybe it depends on how the file is initially created? That sounds more like you've moved it out of the way. I would have known if I had done

Re: Is Apache included with Fedora

2008-08-12 Thread Björn Persson
the name of the package you can ask about the package that owns a certain file, for example rpm --query --info --file /usr/sbin/httpd. Björn Persson signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https

Re: Stripes on screen after installing Fedora

2008-08-11 Thread Björn Persson
Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: On Mon, 2008-08-11 at 03:12 +0200, Björn Persson wrote: The full path to the file is /etc/xorg.conf. Actually it's /etc/X11/xorg.conf. It was until recently. In my Fedora 9 system it's /etc/xorg.conf. Björn Persson signature.asc Description: This is a digitally

Re: Stripes on screen after installing Fedora

2008-08-11 Thread Björn Persson
Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: On Mon, 2008-08-11 at 19:17 +0200, Björn Persson wrote: Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: On Mon, 2008-08-11 at 03:12 +0200, Björn Persson wrote: The full path to the file is /etc/xorg.conf. Actually it's /etc/X11/xorg.conf. It was until recently. In my

Re: Stripes on screen after installing Fedora

2008-08-11 Thread Björn Persson
måndagen den 11 augusti 2008 skrev Mike Chambers: On Mon, 2008-08-11 at 19:17 +0200, Björn Persson wrote: Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: On Mon, 2008-08-11 at 03:12 +0200, Björn Persson wrote: The full path to the file is /etc/xorg.conf. Actually it's /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Re: Stripes on screen after installing Fedora

2008-08-10 Thread Björn Persson
driver manually in Windows and then reboot to Fedora and pick the files up from the Windows partition. That may be tedious however, as you may have to go back to Windows several times to download more packages that the driver package depends on. Björn Persson signature.asc Description

Re: Stripes on screen after installing Fedora

2008-08-10 Thread Björn Persson
to break Windows by messing with its data from Fedora, but that's not specific to the graphics driver.) Björn Persson signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo

Re: OT: Cleaning video head on my Betamax VCR

2008-08-10 Thread Björn Persson
on its own is strictly speaking not a valid name as it describes only a part of the molecule. Isopropyl groups can also be part of all sorts of other molecules that might not be alcohols at all. Björn Persson signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -- fedora-list

Re: Stripes on screen after installing Fedora

2008-08-10 Thread Björn Persson
works you can change a setting so that the system will boot into graphical mode (mode 5) instead. Björn Persson signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora

Re: Stripes on screen after installing Fedora

2008-08-10 Thread Björn Persson
it is that easy. You seem to have had very bad luck with your graphics card, or possibly your monitor. Björn Persson signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora

Re: Stripes on screen after installing Fedora

2008-08-10 Thread Björn Persson
through the installation. As for what changes you should do to xorg.conf, I'll let Mike answer that. Björn Persson signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora

Re: For anyone experienced with the IETF and RFCs ??

2008-08-09 Thread Björn Persson
are needed, a new RFC is written and the old one becomes obsolete. You might want to read RFC 2026, titled The Internet Standards Process – Revision 3: http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2026 Björn Persson signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -- fedora-list mailing

Re: The assignment of numerical addresses for Domain Names ??

2008-08-08 Thread Björn Persson
is not expected to slow in 2008, so the green areas are shrinking fast. http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-10feb08.htm Björn Persson signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https

Re: time/ntp[d]

2008-08-07 Thread Björn Persson
as long as NTPD is running. That way, if the system crashes the time should still be reasonably right when it comes back up. Björn Persson signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com

Re: Hardware trouble? Me? Or ...??

2008-08-07 Thread Björn Persson
work. Maybe a voltage spike had reached it too. Let's hope you will only have to replace one component. Björn Persson signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo

Re: time/ntp[d]

2008-08-06 Thread Björn Persson
to keep this below a tenth of a second. · jitter is, as far as I understand, a measure of the server's stability. If its time doesn't appear to be running uniformly, the jitter value will be high. (Varying delays in communication can cause this.) Björn Persson signature.asc Description

Re: OT: postfix filtering

2008-08-06 Thread Björn Persson
essentially what that page describes. Björn Persson signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list

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