Re: F8 - F9 horror

2008-05-30 Thread lanas
Le Vendredi, 30 Mai 2008 10:09:22 + (UTC), Kevin Kofler [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : If you want old stuff, use Fedora 8, not 9. Anytime. I like old stuff that recognizes network printers right off the install. Bravo F8. I hate new stuff that not only does not recognize printers after the

Fedora install on a 1 GB CF card

2008-11-24 Thread lanas
Hello, I would like to install a minimal Fedora system on a 1 GB CF card. Is there any recipe around to do this ? Maybe doing a regular Fedora install but having the /dev/sdb (eg. the CF card) as the target and picking up the packages to install carefully (eg. w/o X server and any graphical

Re: Fedora install on a 1 GB CF card

2008-11-25 Thread lanas
On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:23:29 +0530, Steve Repo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote : I would like to install a minimal Fedora system on a 1 GB CF card. Is there any recipe around to do this ? Maybe doing a regular Fedora install but having the /dev/sdb (eg. the CF card) as the target and picking up

F10: The good and the bad

2008-11-29 Thread lanas
Hi all, Last time when F9 was made available, I wrote a good/bad article that was mostly bad and ended up 'upgrading' my main workstation to F8. This time around, being forwarned, I did not install enthusiastically F10 on the main workstation. I tried it in VmWare first, then installed it on a

Re: F10: The good and the bad

2008-11-29 Thread lanas
On Sat, 29 Nov 2008 19:09:36 -0500, Tom Horsley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote : On Sat, 29 Nov 2008 18:26:02 -0500 lanas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - gkrell: no gkrell ? You sure you don't mean gkrellm? It is in the repos (though I have an old gkrellm-themes rpm from before the lawyers got

Re: F10: too many Network headaches

2008-11-30 Thread lanas
On Sun, 30 Nov 2008 10:47:25 -0300, Marcelo Magno T. Sales [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote : It seems that, for using static IP address, it's indeed better to use the old network daemon than NetworkManager. I had the same problem too and have read many, many reports of similar ones on the net.

Re: Creating a F10 respin

2008-11-30 Thread lanas
On Sun, 30 Nov 2008 16:24:50 +0100, BERES Laszlo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote : has anybody tried to create a F10 respin? I'm unable to do this with revisor, I've always got a message: No Package Matching anaconda-runtime. This is a required package. I'm thinking about doing something similar.

Re: Sending syslog to another machine

2008-11-30 Thread lanas
On Sun, 30 Nov 2008 15:08:35 +, Timothy Murphy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote : I did not understand the README in this directory: --- This file has been superseeded by the fils in the doc folder. Please see doc/manual.html for futher details. If

F10 as the family computer

2008-11-30 Thread lanas
Hi all, I thought that perhaps F10 could be Ok for the family computer. Historically I've put SuSE on that machine because it tends to offer all of the internet media stuff easily by means of the packman extra repository. Does rpm fusion caters to these needs and is it possible to end up

F10: no drag and drop to konsole

2008-12-01 Thread lanas
Just noticed today that it's no more possible to drag and drop a file to a terminal. Why has this functionality changed ? Some developer thought that nobody uses that, so why keep the code ? Anyhow, that's how I ued to do it since at least Fedora Core 6: - Insert a USB key with some files to

KDE in F10

2008-12-01 Thread lanas
I haven't looked really at Vista but saw briefly a screen here and there. ... Is KDE in F10 trying to look like the Vista user interface by any chance ? On a related subject, is 'the cube' ('twas called Beryl last time I tried) available on F10 and does it now supports all faces of a cube eg. 6

Local mirror for initial F8 updates

2008-12-03 Thread lanas
Hello all, I did a F8 install yesterday and when done, there was some 300+ updates available. The machine then went on fetching and installing packages for some time. Is there an easy way to mirror locally these update packages so that the next machine to get a F8 install (32 or 64 bits) will

Re: Local mirror for initial F8 updates

2008-12-03 Thread lanas
On Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:10:04 +1030, Tim [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote : On Wed, 2008-12-03 at 05:58 -0500, lanas wrote: I did a F8 install yesterday and You're aware that it's got about a month's life left in it, and then it's life support is cut off? After the new year, it'll only be Fedora 9

Re: F10: Unrequested automatic installation ::rant

2008-12-05 Thread lanas
On Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:56:00 -0500, Robert Locke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote : This morning after booting and logging in, a little bubble opened in the lower right hand corner that said some updates were complete. I had not requested any updates. Previous updates had all been done by me typing

Re: F10: Unrequested automatic installation ::rant

2008-12-05 Thread lanas
Le Sat, 6 Dec 2008 03:04:10 +, dexter [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : 2008/12/5 lanas [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:56:00 -0500, Robert Locke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote : This morning after booting and logging in, a little bubble opened in the lower right hand corner that said

Re: want to prevent people from making mistakes?

2008-12-07 Thread lanas
On Satudray, 6 Dec 2008 19:04:27 -0600, Arthur Pemberton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote : On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 10:17 AM, Linuxguy123 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Couple that with the fact that the support lifespan is realistically less than 1 year and its getting hard to justify spending time with

Re: want to prevent people from making mistakes?

2008-12-07 Thread lanas
On Suturday, 7 Dec 2008 00:59:12 -0400, Armin Moradi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote : linuxguy123, I think you are mixing up the free (as in speech) mind-set, versus the proprietary mind-set of the-company-has-to-fix-everything-and-I-just-have-to-sit-back-and-relax. Free software works

Re: KDE in F10

2008-12-07 Thread lanas
On Sunday, 7 Dec 2008 10:52:27 +, Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote : I believe that, as Arthur indicated, it's possible to make it look familiar to a Vista user. While you and I may not think that desirable, I can well believe that it would be a comfort to people coming from Vista and

Re: F10: Unrequested automatic installation ::rant

2008-12-07 Thread lanas
On Sunday, 07 Dec 2008 08:57:55 +, Richard Hughes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote : On Fri, 2008-12-05 at 18:37 -0500, lanas wrote: I'm suprised this packagekit-whatever default behaviour went into production w/o anyone raising a red light. Even if it's a bug. truly surprising. Not a bug

Re: want to prevent people from making mistakes?

2008-12-07 Thread lanas
On Sunday, 7 Dec 2008 15:01:52 -0600, Arthur Pemberton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote : On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 2:01 PM, lanas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is why I want to mirror F8. F8 is good for everyday work. So is F9. Will update to F10 as soon as possible myself. Well, CCRMA is not yet

Re: want to prevent people from making mistakes?

2008-12-07 Thread lanas
On Sun, 07 Dec 2008 21:50:34 +0100, Kevin Kofler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote : lanas wrote: Why would I have to show off the latest in my distro if some of the latest have shortcomings ? Only for showing off ? Not even getting money in doing so ? Nah, not worth it. Then Fedora

Mirrorring F8: updates and newkey directories

2008-12-08 Thread lanas
Hello, While in the process of making a mirror of Fedora 8 according to: http://www.howtoforge.com/setting-up-a-local-yum-repository-fedora8 I noticed that on the servers the updates are not directly in a updates/8/i386/ directory but rather in a updates/8/i386.newkey/ directory. This is

Mirrorring F8: finding out which rep has latest

2008-12-13 Thread lanas
Hi all, Now I've mirrored the main F8 repository directories up to the updates. I'd need next the Extras I presume. Now, how can I know which repository has the very latest updates ? Can I simply rsync to some repositories that look like main repositories and let rsync figure out which files

ERROR: Unknown module 'fedora'

2008-12-15 Thread lanas
Hi, I'm getting the following error when trying to mirror Fedora 8 aven though going to the same site using http shows all the files: @ERROR: Unknown module 'fedora' What gives ? Thanks. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe:

F10 install: no X server

2009-04-22 Thread lanas
Hello, I'm trying to install F10 i386 on a recent dual core ASUS motherboard with a embedded Nvidia GeForce 8200 and the X server fails to start. I tried OpenSUSE 11.1 (both i586 and x86_64) and it works fine. But I don't like OpenSuSE for various reasons and would like to install Fedora 10.

Re: F10 install: no X server

2009-04-24 Thread lanas
On Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:09:42 -0400, max maximilianbia...@gmail.com wrote : On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 07:08:04PM -0400, lanas wrote: I'm trying to install F10 i386 on a recent dual core ASUS motherboard with a embedded Nvidia GeForce 8200 and the X server fails to start. This last

Fedora SystemTap live ISO on USB - HOWTO ?

2009-08-13 Thread lanas
Hello, I'd like to know how to put the Fedora 9 SystemTap 'live' system on a USB stick so that it can boot from it. The file is Fedora-9-systemtap-20080707c.iso at: ftp://sourceware.redhat.com/pub/systemtap/livecds/ This is for SystemTap demo purposes. - Thanks. Al -- fedora-list

F11: Updating: caching problem with sqlite

2009-08-31 Thread lanas
Hello, I've just installed F11 x86_64. First thing I want to do after install is to say 'yes' to apply all the updates I was notified about. 573 updates. I'm looking forward at having an updated system, so I've choosen 'yes' when KPackageKit popped up automatically. Alas, problem.

Re: F11: Updating: caching problem with sqlite

2009-09-01 Thread lanas
On Tue, 01 Sep 2009 14:45:06 +0930, Tim ignored_mail...@yahoo.com.au wrote : Before ANYONE tries yum clean all try yum clean metadata. Too late. On the other hand I launched the commands yesterday evening and this morning it was reporting something like: 593 updates, 1.1 GB Is is OK [y/N] ?

F11: no sound

2009-09-02 Thread lanas
Hello, After the install and update (close to 600 packages were updated) of Fedora 11 x86_64 there is no sound. On board sound is provided by Nvidia. Ubuntu, installed previously, used to have sound. Installed xine and mplayer (yum install xine, yum install mplayer) and both are playing a ogg

F11: low video resolution

2009-09-02 Thread lanas
Hello again, After the install and update (close to 600 packages were updated) of Fedora 11 x86_64 there is seemingly no way to specify which video adapter there is nor to specify which monitor is being used. Hence, the resolution is low at 1280xSomething. The video adapter is on-board and

Re: F11: low video resolution

2009-09-13 Thread lanas
On Wed, 2 Sep 2009 06:26:36 -0400, lanas la...@securenet.net wrote : After the install and update (close to 600 packages were updated) of Fedora 11 x86_64 there is seemingly no way to specify which video adapter there is nor to specify which monitor is being used. Hence, the resolution

F11: No boot menu

2009-09-14 Thread lanas
Hello all, F11 is great. So great that I've installed at work for daily use, replacing my F8 installation. x86_64 at that. Anyhow, I have F8 on /dev/sda6 and installed F11 on /dev/sda1. After install and full update, there's no boot menu that allows choosing between F8 (which is still

F11: x86_64: Different boot styles

2009-09-14 Thread lanas
I've installed F11 x86_64 on two 64-bits machines from the very same DVD and the two machines boot in a different manner: 1st : by showing a blue/white horizontal bar at the bottow of the screen. This boot method seems slow. 2nd: by showing a slanted 'teardrop' in the middle of the screen that

F11 and jackd

2009-09-14 Thread lanas
Hi, Using yum I've installed jackd and qjackctl on an fully updated F11 x86_64 system. When using qjackctl to start jackd it reports that it cannot connect to alsa. What would be the proper configuration to use jackd on a F11 x86_64 system ? Thanks. -- fedora-list mailing list

F11 x86_64 and VMware 6.5.3

2009-09-14 Thread lanas
Has anyone got VMware 6.5.3 running on F11 x86_64 and if so, how did you do it ? Thanks ! -- 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: F11: No boot menu

2009-09-14 Thread lanas
Le Mardi, 15 Sep 2009 07:45:26 +0800, Ed Greshko ed.gres...@greshko.com a écrit : lanas wrote: Is there now a special key sequence to access the once familiar boot menu ? If I install F11 on a computer that has Windows (although on a different partition) will it still be possible

Re: F11 and jackd

2009-09-14 Thread lanas
Le Lundi, 14 Sep 2009 18:25:02 -0700, Jonathan Ryshpan jonr...@pacbell.net a écrit : I've been running jackd successfully along with pulseaudio, though with some xrun problems. In order to avoid xruns, jackd needs a whole lot of frames and periods, namely: 4096 frames, 4 periods

yumex ?

2009-09-14 Thread lanas
I'm used with kyum up to now. Since it has disappeared from recent the F11 to which I'm upgrading from F8, I started to become familiar with the command-line yum. How then, is yumex when compared with kyum ? Do they have the same search functionalities for instance ? -- fedora-list mailing

F11: NetworkManager woes

2009-09-15 Thread lanas
A sincere thanks to all who took the time to reply on my previous queries. Do not get me wrong, I really am 95% satisfied with F11. And that's after doing a F9 to F8 'upgrade', and rejecting altogether F10. I'm really up to getting F11 (x86_64) both at work and at home. And so far so good,

Re: F11: NetworkManager woes

2009-09-24 Thread lanas
On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:46:58 -0500, Mikkel mik...@infinity-ltd.com wrote : lanas wrote: Is there a way to disable the NetworkManager stuff and come back to what it used to be on Fedora 8 ? I need to switch off/on the network interfaces on a periodic basis. The following used to work

F11 on an Acer Aspire 6930 laptop

2009-10-15 Thread lanas
I'm following this web page to install Fedora 11 x86_64 on an Acer Aspire 6930 laptop: http://www.sixtyfourbit.org/LinuxEM64T-2.htm I did the install on sda5, with a swap on sda6. I did not resize the Windows partition and left sda1, 2 and 3 alone. GRUB was installed on sda5. After the

Re: F11 on an Acer Aspire 6930 laptop

2009-10-15 Thread lanas
Le Jeudi, 15 Oct 2009 14:25:55 +0200, Ambrogio fn050...@interfree.it a écrit : You have to change the grub.conf file in /etc, because the installer imagine that windows is installed in the first partition of your disk. But in the first partition there is the recovery partition from acer.

F11: Spooky network manager

2009-10-15 Thread lanas
All, This could be a Halloween special but I'm afraid it's not. This time around it looks like I have to 'tango macabre' with the network manager since the machine is a laptop. If there's a way to use wifi w/o it, please let me know ! So basically it works but, after I enter the AP's WPA

Re: F11: Spooky network manager

2009-10-16 Thread lanas
Le jeudi, 15 Oct 2009 17:57:39 -0700, Craig White craigwh...@azapple.com a écrit : sounds to me like you already stored the AP's WPA key in your stored keyring and only need to enter the stored keyring password to handle the authentication. Indeed. your problem isn't network manager, it's

Re: F11: Spooky network manager

2009-10-17 Thread lanas
Le Vendredi, 16 Oct 2009 05:25:40 -0700, Craig White craigwh...@azapple.com a écrit : On Fri, 2009-10-16 at 06:05 -0400, lanas wrote: So, should I delete this login.keyring file ? I'm porceeding with care here since this laptop is a gift and the birthday is coming near. I wouldn't want

Re: F11: Spooky network manager

2009-10-20 Thread lanas
Le Samedi, 17 Oct 2009 08:19:48 -0700, Craig White craigwh...@azapple.com a écrit : I think Fedora is generally invested in the heavier footprints of Gnome and KDE desktop managers and so a toolkit that relies upon GTK doesn't seem to bother anyone. I noticed that a Debian laptop running a

F11: Exchanging messages within the house

2009-10-30 Thread lanas
Hi all, Is there a package in Fedora 11 that would allow the exchange of messages within the members of a family, w/o having to go to the internet and have these shipped using external email accounts ? I'm thinking of a nice and simple way of leaving messages for others such as notes and such.

Re: F11: Exchanging messages within the house

2009-10-31 Thread lanas
On Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:56:20 -0400, lanas la...@securenet.net wrote : Is there a package in Fedora 11 that would allow the exchange of messages within the members of a family, w/o having to go to the internet and have these shipped using external email accounts ? Thanks for all

F11: Espon Perfection 2480 USB scanner

2009-10-31 Thread lanas
All, Is there a HOWTO around on how to use an Epson perfection 2480 USB scanner on Fedora 11 x86_64 ? So far sane-find-scanner (run as root) returns two devices: found USB scanner (vendor=0x146a [Knobloch-GmbH], product=0x0003 [fischertechnik Robo RF Data Link (Knobloch GmbH)]) at