Re: Moodle on Fedora 16

2012-01-24 Thread Ester Muñoz Aparicio
As an aside, My daughter developed a Moodle site for a school project and wants her school to move to Moodle but they are fixated on something called a VLA, which is not a patch on Moodle and has few if any of Moodle's capabilities. That is very nice! I have worked in eLearning since 98, and

Re: glxgear and glxinfo confusion

2012-01-24 Thread Jatin K
On Tuesday 24 January 2012 01:12 AM, Marko Vojinovic wrote: On Monday 23 January 2012 15:43:38 Jatin K wrote: On Monday 23 January 2012 03:22 PM, Marko Vojinovic wrote: Nothing seems to be wrong with your X setup, AFAICS. What problem are you experiencing? There is no issue... I was just

Re: Yum concurrency - Multiple instances at the same time

2012-01-24 Thread James Hogarth
You can run it as different users. That is useful if you are doing updates as root and you want to do queries at the same time (as a normal user). Be aware that they will step on eachother's toes because one will have a lock on the RPM database and the other will want it. I think as a

Invoking a client side process from server side

2012-01-24 Thread shreyas m
I am developing a c based client server application which enables the system administrator to install applications in the client machines from the server itself.Now i want the server side component(process) to send a signal to activate a client side process.(ie, the client side process should

Re: Printer not working

2012-01-24 Thread Tim Waugh
On Mon, 2012-01-23 at 14:30 -0700, Lawrence Graves wrote: I just notice when I ask my printer to print a test page nothing happens. Could somebody shed some light on this problem. There are no error messages formulated to send in. Try running the printing troubleshooter:

Re: Invoking a client side process from server side

2012-01-24 Thread Ed Greshko
On 01/24/2012 05:25 PM, shreyas m wrote: I am developing a c based client server application which enables the system administrator to install applications in the client machines from the server itself.Now i want the server side component(process) to send a signal to activate a client side

Re: F16 changes

2012-01-24 Thread Steve Searle
Around 01:35am on Tuesday, January 24, 2012 (UK time), Timothy Murphy scrawled: Michael Hennebry wrote: The new lower limit of 1000 for normal user and group IDs is another issue. The current user has IDs 500 and has rather a lot of files that I want to keep. Fedora's documentation

Re: Yum concurrency - Multiple instances at the same time

2012-01-24 Thread Richard Hughes
On 23 January 2012 16:10, Freak Trick trickfr...@ymail.com wrote: Is there some way I can get more than one instance of yum running? I use multiple instances of zif quite a lot, although you still have to lock the rpmdb if writing and metadata if refreshing, although most of the stuff I do is

Re: Printer not working

2012-01-24 Thread Jim
On 01/23/2012 04:30 PM, Lawrence Graves wrote: I just notice when I ask my printer to print a test page nothing happens. Could somebody shed some light on this problem. There are no error messages formulated to send in. -- Lawrence Graves All things are workable but don't all things work.

Re: Printer not working

2012-01-24 Thread Lawrence Graves
On 01/24/2012 07:43 AM, Jim wrote: On 01/23/2012 04:30 PM, Lawrence Graves wrote: I just notice when I ask my printer to print a test page nothing happens. Could somebody shed some light on this problem. There are no error messages formulated to send in. -- Lawrence Graves All things are

Re: glxgear and glxinfo confusion

2012-01-24 Thread Tim
On Mon, 2012-01-23 at 11:58 -0800, Joe Zeff wrote: Motion Pictures are shown at 32 fps and nobody complains about flickering Not quite. Films are usually shot at 24 frames per second, and shown back at a multiple of that. i.e. Each frame is usually strobed two or three times, so that you see

Re: F16 changes

2012-01-24 Thread Michael Hennebry
On Tue, 24 Jan 2012, Alan Cox wrote: I'm thinking of setting up a new CentOS user with ID 1000, moving all my files to the new user, removing my old user entry, and finally changing the username of the new user back to me. This works. You may also need to change the ownership of

Re: Printer not working

2012-01-24 Thread Jim
On 01/24/2012 10:03 AM, Lawrence Graves wrote: On 01/24/2012 07:43 AM, Jim wrote: On 01/23/2012 04:30 PM, Lawrence Graves wrote: I just notice when I ask my printer to print a test page nothing happens. Could somebody shed some light on this problem. There are no error messages formulated

Re: Printer not working

2012-01-24 Thread Terry Polzin
On Tue, 2012-01-24 at 08:03 -0700, Lawrence Graves wrote: On 01/24/2012 07:43 AM, Jim wrote: On 01/23/2012 04:30 PM, Lawrence Graves wrote: I just notice when I ask my printer to print a test page nothing happens. Could somebody shed some light on this problem. There are no error

Re: Printer not working

2012-01-24 Thread Lawrence Graves
On 01/24/2012 09:16 AM, Terry Polzin wrote: On Tue, 2012-01-24 at 08:03 -0700, Lawrence Graves wrote: On 01/24/2012 07:43 AM, Jim wrote: On 01/23/2012 04:30 PM, Lawrence Graves wrote: I just notice when I ask my printer to print a test page nothing happens. Could somebody shed some light

Re: printing landscape -- hp laserjet p3005dn, hp lasejet color 2600n

2012-01-24 Thread gary artim
Removed ghostscript, which removed cups and redefined the printers. Both printers worked for landscape and portrait mode using enscript. When I test with firefox portrait works, landscaping google's main page I get the left half of the page in on one page and right half on another in portrait

Re: Printer not working

2012-01-24 Thread Terry Polzin
On Tue, 2012-01-24 at 09:23 -0700, Lawrence Graves wrote: On 01/24/2012 09:16 AM, Terry Polzin wrote: On Tue, 2012-01-24 at 08:03 -0700, Lawrence Graves wrote: On 01/24/2012 07:43 AM, Jim wrote: On 01/23/2012 04:30 PM, Lawrence Graves wrote: I just notice when I ask my

Re: Printer not working

2012-01-24 Thread Lawrence Graves
On 01/24/2012 09:46 AM, Terry Polzin wrote: On Tue, 2012-01-24 at 09:23 -0700, Lawrence Graves wrote: On 01/24/2012 09:16 AM, Terry Polzin wrote: On Tue, 2012-01-24 at 08:03 -0700, Lawrence Graves wrote: On 01/24/2012 07:43 AM, Jim wrote: On 01/23/2012 04:30 PM, Lawrence Graves wrote: I

Fed 16 + Broadcom wlan 4312 + kernel-3.2.1-3

2012-01-24 Thread Alexander Volovics
I have a Broadcom wlan 4312 [14e4:4315] in my laptop. After the latest kernel update to kernel-3.2.1-13 I decided to install the necessary firmware heeding the following dmesg output: [ 82.515047] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file b43/ucode15.fw not found [ 82.515054] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware

Re: Fed 16 + Broadcom wlan 4312 + kernel-3.2.1-3

2012-01-24 Thread Frank Murphy
On 24/01/12 17:05, Alexander Volovics wrote: I have a Broadcom wlan 4312 [14e4:4315] in my laptop. http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43 remove or unload the broadcom-wl driver prior to using b43 You device is supported by b43

Re: Fed 16 + Broadcom wlan 4312 + kernel-3.2.1-3

2012-01-24 Thread Jim
On 01/24/2012 12:05 PM, Alexander Volovics wrote: I have a Broadcom wlan 4312 [14e4:4315] in my laptop. After the latest kernel update to kernel-3.2.1-13 I decided to install the necessary firmware heeding the following dmesg output: [ 82.515047] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file b43/ucode15.fw

Re: Fed 16 + Broadcom wlan 4312 + kernel-3.2.1-3

2012-01-24 Thread Alexander Volovics
On 01/24/2012 06:22 PM, Frank Murphy wrote: On 24/01/12 17:05, Alexander Volovics wrote: I have a Broadcom wlan 4312 [14e4:4315] in my laptop. http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43 remove or unload the broadcom-wl driver prior to using b43 You device is supported by b43

Re: Fed 16 + Broadcom wlan 4312 + kernel-3.2.1-3

2012-01-24 Thread Frank Murphy
On 24/01/12 17:35, Alexander Volovics wrote: I never had the broadcom-wl driver loaded! My mistake. And the problem is that I can't extract the needed firmware, repeat: I think Jim replied, with possibly better solution. -- Regards, Frank Murphy UTF_8 Encoded -- users mailing list

Re: glxgear and glxinfo confusion

2012-01-24 Thread les
On Wed, 2012-01-25 at 01:42 +1030, Tim wrote: On Mon, 2012-01-23 at 11:58 -0800, Joe Zeff wrote: Motion Pictures are shown at 32 fps and nobody complains about flickering Not quite. Films are usually shot at 24 frames per second, and shown back at a multiple of that. i.e. Each frame is

Re: Fed 16 + Broadcom wlan 4312 + kernel-3.2.1-3

2012-01-24 Thread Alexander Volovics
On 01/24/2012 06:33 PM, Jim wrote: On 01/24/2012 12:05 PM, Alexander Volovics wrote: I have a Broadcom wlan 4312 [14e4:4315] in my laptop. After the latest kernel update to kernel-3.2.1-13 I decided to install the necessary firmware heeding the following dmesg output: [ 82.515047] b43-phy0

Re: Fed 16 + Broadcom wlan 4312 + kernel-3.2.1-3

2012-01-24 Thread Jim
On 01/24/2012 12:43 PM, Alexander Volovics wrote: On 01/24/2012 06:33 PM, Jim wrote: On 01/24/2012 12:05 PM, Alexander Volovics wrote: I have a Broadcom wlan 4312 [14e4:4315] in my laptop. After the latest kernel update to kernel-3.2.1-13 I decided to install the necessary firmware heeding

Re: Printer not working

2012-01-24 Thread Terry Polzin
On Tue, 2012-01-24 at 10:03 -0700, Lawrence Graves wrote: On 01/24/2012 09:46 AM, Terry Polzin wrote: On Tue, 2012-01-24 at 09:23 -0700, Lawrence Graves wrote: On 01/24/2012 09:16 AM, Terry Polzin wrote: On Tue, 2012-01-24 at 08:03 -0700, Lawrence Graves wrote: On

Re: Fed 16 + Broadcom wlan 4312 + kernel-3.2.1-3

2012-01-24 Thread Alexander Volovics
On 01/24/2012 06:53 PM, Jim wrote: You want ito nstall kmod-wl and it will install all dependencies . Then you want to go into /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf and enter blacklist b43-fwcutter w/o quotes Why would I do that? I already have a driver b43 from the new kernel-3.2 loaded and this

help needing recovering bootloader after upgrade

2012-01-24 Thread Chris Caudle
The bootloader was not installed properly during a F15-F16 upgrade, so I'm hoping someone on this list can point me in the correct direction to recover. I had a F15 system which also has a Windows partition. The disks (actual logical units on a RAID controller) are like this: first: Windows

Re: Fed 16 + Broadcom wlan 4312 + kernel-3.2.1-3

2012-01-24 Thread Jim
On 01/24/2012 01:03 PM, Alexander Volovics wrote: On 01/24/2012 06:53 PM, Jim wrote: You want ito nstall kmod-wl and it will install all dependencies . Then you want to go into /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf and enter blacklist b43-fwcutter w/o quotes Why would I do that? I already have a

Re: Fed 16 + Broadcom wlan 4312 + kernel-3.2.1-3

2012-01-24 Thread T.C. Hollingsworth
On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 10:05 AM, Alexander Volovics a.volo...@upcmail.nl wrote: I have a Broadcom wlan 4312 [14e4:4315] in my laptop. After the latest kernel update to kernel-3.2.1-13 I decided to install the necessary firmware heeding the following dmesg output: [   82.515047] b43-phy0

Re: glxgear and glxinfo confusion

2012-01-24 Thread Joe Zeff
On 01/24/2012 07:12 AM, Tim wrote: On Mon, 2012-01-23 at 11:58 -0800, Joe Zeff wrote: I've always considered them the video equivalent of the audiophule, Was that a mispelling of audiofile, or a joke of audio+fool? ;-) It's a term I've seen a number of times over the years on UseNet to

Re: help needing recovering bootloader after upgrade

2012-01-24 Thread Terry Polzin
On Tue, 2012-01-24 at 12:07 -0600, Chris Caudle wrote: The bootloader was not installed properly during a F15-F16 upgrade, so I'm hoping someone on this list can point me in the correct direction to recover. I had a F15 system which also has a Windows partition. The disks (actual logical

A mystery of Gnome 3.2 and failsafe mode

2012-01-24 Thread Aaron Konstam
When I installed F16 it would not run in Gnome 3.2 mode because of some deficiency in the hardware graphics. My graphics card is : 82945G/GZ. Someone else on the list said he had the same card and Gnome 3.2 came up. So we have our first mystery. I still have no idea exactly what graphics cards

Re: help needing recovering bootloader after upgrade

2012-01-24 Thread david walcroft
On 01/25/2012 04:07 AM, Chris Caudle wrote: The bootloader was not installed properly during a F15-F16 upgrade, so I'm hoping someone on this list can point me in the correct direction to recover. I had a F15 system which also has a Windows partition. The disks (actual logical units on a RAID

Re: A mystery of Gnome 3.2 and failsafe mode

2012-01-24 Thread Marko Vojinovic
On Tuesday 24 January 2012 15:32:06 Aaron Konstam wrote: When I installed F16 it would not run in Gnome 3.2 mode because of some deficiency in the hardware graphics. My graphics card is : 82945G/GZ. Someone else on the list said he had the same card and Gnome 3.2 came up. So we have our first

Re: MySQL is not working on PHP with Fedora 16

2012-01-24 Thread Fedora Linux
Hello $ ps -eZ | grep mysql unconfined_u:unconfined_r:unconfined_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 5859 pts/1 00:00:00 mysqld_safe unconfined_u:unconfined_r:unconfined_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 5985 pts/1 00:00:00 mysqld I have installed these MySQL packages (Fedora 16 x64): mysql-connector-odbc-5.1.8-3.fc16.x86_64

Re: MySQL is not working on PHP with Fedora 16

2012-01-24 Thread Fedora Linux
Yes... it appeared a popup with SELinux errors, I opened it and shows: SELinux is preventing /usr/sbin/httpd from connectto access on the unix_stream_socket /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock. * Plugin catchall (100. confidence) suggests *** If you believe that httpd should

Re: MySQL is not working on PHP with Fedora 16

2012-01-24 Thread Joe Zeff
On 01/24/2012 06:03 PM, Fedora Linux wrote: So I guess it has blocked the access, I tried a command to allow access that posted another user on my thread, but didn't work... How can I unlock it? I've never used SELinux... The SELinux error message you quoted tells you exactly how to correct

Where's the alternative status menu

2012-01-24 Thread Sam Varshavchik
Is it just me, or has the alternative status menu Gnome extension has been broken for at least several months now. The shutdown option is nowhere to be found on any machine I have the Gnome desktop running and the extension installed. pgphOM1SlDPl2.pgp Description: PGP signature --

Re: Where's the alternative status menu

2012-01-24 Thread Mohamed El Morabity
The extensions are not enabled by default since GNOME 3.2. Don't forget to relaunch GNOME Shell once the extension is installed, then enable it using gnome-tweak-tool. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options:

Re: MySQL is not working on PHP with Fedora 16

2012-01-24 Thread bruce
umm jeff... i think he was looking for reassurance (not condescension) as to the actions he has to take, or exactly what he has to type to resolve the issue. he simply doesn't want to f up his box... --- for the mysql issue.. it appears that selinux is blocking the

Re: MySQL is not working on PHP with Fedora 16

2012-01-24 Thread Joe Zeff
On 01/24/2012 07:25 PM, bruce wrote: umm jeff... First off, my name is not, never has been and never will be Jeff. Please don't do that again. i think he was looking for reassurance (not condescension) as to the actions he has to take, or exactly what he has to type to resolve the issue.

Re: MySQL is not working on PHP with Fedora 16

2012-01-24 Thread bruce
ok jeff.. no.. now that i've stopped laughing... my bad,, multiple email threads.. On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 10:34 PM, Joe Zeff j...@zeff.us wrote: On 01/24/2012 07:25 PM, bruce wrote: umm jeff... First off, my name is not, never has been and never will be Jeff. Please don't do that

Re: MySQL is not working on PHP with Fedora 16

2012-01-24 Thread Joe Zeff
On 01/24/2012 08:22 PM, bruce wrote: ok jeff.. Well, one thing's sure: you don't want any help from me and you're not going to get it. *Plonk!* -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options:

Re: MySQL is not working on PHP with Fedora 16

2012-01-24 Thread Frank Murphy
On 25/01/12 02:03, Fedora Linux wrote: grep /usr/sbin/httpd /var/log/audit/audit.log | audit2allow -M mypol Comments are mine. Do the following in a terminal: grep /usr/sbin/httpd /var/log/audit/audit.log | audit2allow -M mypol ## it's better to change mypol to something more related like

Re: MySQL is not working on PHP with Fedora 16

2012-01-24 Thread Pete Travis
For cases where I can't (be bothered to take the time to) find the proper context and end up using this method, I make a habit of moving/flushing audit.log then recreating the specific issue. This way, nothing unexpected slips by. I probably should be paying more attention to what's in there,

Re: MySQL is not working on PHP with Fedora 16

2012-01-24 Thread Frank Murphy
On 25/01/12 06:36, Pete Travis wrote: For cases where I can't (be bothered to take the time to) find the proper context and end up using this method, I make a habit of moving/flushing audit.log then recreating the specific issue. This way, nothing unexpected slips by. I probably should be