Re: FC10: Update error concerning moodle php-magpierss

2009-03-11 Thread Jim Cornette
stan wrote: Peter Diercks wrote: I never filed a bug. Do I have to do it now? Or is there any workaround? Workaround in https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=489663 rm /var/www/moodle/web/lib/magpie (a symbolic link) and run update again. The ticket explains. Thanks Stan. The

Re: Grub and two distros

2009-01-10 Thread Jim Cornette
Anne Wilson wrote: I've read everything I can, including the thread mentioned above, and I'm still not happy. I think it's a complete lack of understanding of the boot process. I have always installed grub to the MBR, and thought that this simply called up menu.lst, read the stanzas there and

Re: Grub and two distros

2009-01-09 Thread Jim Cornette
of the other during updates to each distribution. Some install grub in the mbr and chainload all installations from the switchboard type of install. I never tried it that way but it sounds versatile. As Craig stated the methods used should be available in the list archives. Regards, Jim Cornette

Re: can't log in after converting root filesystem

2009-01-04 Thread Jim Cornette
Alan Evans wrote: Hello, Friendly Fedora Folks: My problem seems possibly related to some recently reported issues, but I'm unable to fit suggested solutions to my issue. Anyway, here goes: I have an Asus EeePC 900A. It predictably took me about 2.5 minutes to figure out that I wanted nothing

Re: I'm a newcomer to Fedora 10 Live CD

2008-12-25 Thread Jim Cornette
Pedro Izecksohn wrote: I'm not familiar with running the live CD So you should not answer. Probably so. Issuing xdriver=vesa as a kernel parameter on boot should allow the vesa driver to be loaded when you boot. Though I am not toying around with the Live CD, the X server should work

Re: F10 64 - CRC error .... system halted

2008-12-24 Thread Jim Cornette
Robert Karge wrote: Hello, I have a new system with an ASUS PQ5 motherboard and Intel dual core 64 processor. I'm trying to load F10 64 the following occurs: Loading vmlinuz... Loading initrd.img ... ...

Re: I'm a newcomer to Fedora 10 Live CD

2008-12-24 Thread Jim Cornette
Pedro Izecksohn wrote: startx prints to stderr and exits: xauth: creating new authority file /root/.serverauth.4241 X.Org X Server 1.5.3 Release Date: 5 November 2008 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0 Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.18-92.1.10.el5 x86_64 Current Operating System: Linux

Re: Booting the FC10 Live CD - orca install

2008-12-18 Thread Jim Cornette
Christian wrote: Hi all, I have just subscribed to this list. I just downloaded and booted the FC 10 Live CD, but have a question. Since I am visually impaired I rely on speech and or braille so I started the screen reader Orca after the CD had finished booting. I pressed Alt-F2 for run

Re: FC10 does not boot when HDD moved to another machine

2008-12-17 Thread Jim Cornette
Frank Millman wrote: Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Frank Millman wrote: The HDD is a standard IDE drive with a standard IDE connector on the motherboard. I can not help with the original problem, but the problem with moving the hard drive is probably a different IDE controller in the second

Re: FC10 does not boot when HDD moved to another machine

2008-12-17 Thread Jim Cornette
Frank Millman wrote: Thanks very much for the suggestion, Jim. I felt sure it was going to work, but unfortunately it does not. It starts anaconda, brings up a graphical installation screen (which is a step forward, as my original problem was that it would not even get that far), then after

Re: mount point for new partition

2008-12-17 Thread Jim Cornette
Peter Lesterhuis wrote: Still trying to install F10 on a new box with vista pre-installed. Initially installation stopped after the message that anaconda was running. I found out that when I boot with the kernel option text I can get further. I haven't figured out why the graphical mode doen't

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

2008-08-22 Thread Jim Cornette
Michael Schwendt wrote: On Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:45:12 -0400, Jim Cornette wrote: I myself am not on the announce list Why not? Because I never thought the list was informative. Do you prefer to see emergency situations more often? ;) No emergencies would be ideal. It can be argued what

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

2008-08-21 Thread Jim Cornette
Michael Schwendt wrote: On Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:35:20 -0400, Jim Cornette wrote: I myself am not on the announce list Why not? Because I never thought the list was informative. so it was not a good choice to inform users of the infrastructure problem. That's a weird conclusion

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

2008-08-21 Thread Jim Cornette
Tom Horsley wrote: On Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:28:36 +0900 Joel Rees [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Because I never thought the list was informative. This is a perception that needs correcting. Actually, when this all started, I took a look at the announce list archives, and came to the definitive

Re: Signing for fedora-announce with fedora-list (was Infrastructure status, 2008-08-16 UTC 1530)

2008-08-21 Thread Jim Cornette
Ed Greshko wrote: Jim Cornette wrote: I did sign up for the list a few minutes back. Still, throw important information toward the higher subscribed lists. Come to think of it... There is no reason to subscribe to the announce list. When something of great importance happens someone

Re: Fedora 9 install problem

2008-07-06 Thread Jim Cornette
Rance Hall wrote: On Sat, Jul 5, 2008 at 9:31 PM, Jim Cornette [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The best way in my opinion would be to pass xdriver=vesa at the command prompt so you could take advantage of a graphical first boot. I believe hitting the tab will open a commandline where linux xdriver

Re: fedora 9 installation

2008-07-05 Thread Jim Cornette
allen wrote: I am mentally prepared to inatall fedora 9 but have some technological constraints my PC literate capability. 1. I want to devote the entire HD to Linux. 2. Presently devoted to XP home Please advise Confused Senior When you launch the installer after downloading and burning