Re: clock applet not showing weather

Tim: I am running Centos 7 and at some point I noticed that weather info vanished. I just ran journalctl and can see the same message. Paul On 11/15/23 21:28, Tim via users wrote: Lately, across several different Linux installs the MATE's clock applet that shows the time and date on the

Re: Something keeps creating Events.json in my home directory

On 11/20/22 20:17, Jerry James wrote: On Sun, Nov 20, 2022 at 7:12 AM Matti Pulkkinen wrote: Something keeps creating a file, Events.json, in my home directory. It only ever contains an empty JSON array, but if I remove the file, something just creates it again. Has anyone seen this before?

Re: movie screen shot?

T: I was recommended vokoscreen and, though it took a bit of work to figure it out, has been able to do entire screen or any window on screen. Not certain if it supports random area of screen Paul On 1/2/22 23:32, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: Hi All, I need to send a tech support guy a

Re: Can't burn a CentOS 7.9 DVD

On 3/13/21 4:52 PM, Robert G. (Doc) Savage via users wrote: On Fri, 2021-03-12 at 15:28 -0800, Paul Allen Newell wrote: On 3/12/21 2:55 PM, George N. White III wrote: I had same problem with 7.9.2009. I used a DVD-R DL with k3b and it worked. Paul, If by DVD-R DL you mean "dual

Re: Can't burn a CentOS 7.9 DVD

On 3/12/21 2:55 PM, George N. White III wrote: On Fri, 12 Mar 2021 at 18:49, Robert G. (Doc) Savage via users mailto:users@lists.fedoraproject.org>> wrote: On Fri, 2021-03-12 at 16:22 -0500, Terry Polzin wrote: Did you check the checksums?  Bad download? On Fri, Mar 12, 2021

Re: OT: simplest way to display on-screen blinking colored indicator

On 4/18/20 5:44 AM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: On Fri, 17 Apr 2020 22:51:22 -0700 Paul Allen Newell wrote: On 4/17/20 5:53 PM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: So, I was able to hack out a python script [...] Ranjan: Thank you for the script .. with modifications I have it running under python3 Paul

Re: OT: simplest way to display on-screen blinking colored indicator

On 4/17/20 5:53 PM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: So, I was able to hack out a python script [...] Ranjan: Thank you for the script .. with modifications I have it running under python3 Paul ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To

Re: sudo related

On 3/30/20 10:40 PM, David wrote: On the virus-front, Regarding your non-Fedora "On the virus front" Repulsive beyond belief and, more to the point, having nothing to do with Fedora or any flavor on Linux Shame ___ users mailing list --

Re: CUPS forcing single-sided printing

Tim: I am running Centos 7 and have weirdness with my HP printer. My original printer, which worked single and double sided perfectly with the pre-installed hplip, died and I had to get a new printer whose driver was unknown to hplip on Centos 7. I am away from my system so I have to rely on

Re: Disable Caps Lock -

On 6/29/19 9:54 PM, Tim via users wrote: Tim: There used to be, and may still be, a feature that beeped when the caps lock was pressed. At least you got an early warning, that way, if you accidentally pressed it. Paul Allen Newell Would be nice to know what that "beep"

Re: Disable Caps Lock -

On 6/28/19 5:15 PM, Tim via users wrote: On Fri, 2019-06-28 at 16:46 -0700, stan via users wrote: I find myself missing the tab key and hitting the caps lock key pretty regularly There used to be, and may still be, a feature that beeped when the caps lock was pressed. At least you got an

Re: I need a data and time clock for my desktop

On 11/09/2018 09:39 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: On 11/9/18 9:30 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: On 11/09/2018 08:35 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: Hi All, I need a data and time clock for my desktop.  Duck Duck go inundates me with command line options. -T You might try TzClock.  I've found

Re: Sticks with not lights

On 11/07/2018 04:20 PM, Rick Stevens wrote: On 11/7/18 4:06 PM, Paul Allen Newell wrote: On 11/07/2018 03:04 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 11/8/18 6:52 AM, Paul Allen Newell wrote: On 11/07/2018 01:52 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: This is the dismount part of my script:   sync; sync

Re: Sticks with not lights

On 11/07/2018 05:08 PM, Fulko Hew wrote: On Wed, Nov 7, 2018 at 8:03 PM Paul Allen Newell mailto:pnewell0...@gmail.com>> wrote: On 11/07/2018 03:04 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 11/8/18 6:52 AM, Paul Allen Newell wrote: >> >> On 11/07/2018 01:52 PM, T

Re: Sticks with not lights

On 11/07/2018 03:04 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 11/8/18 6:52 AM, Paul Allen Newell wrote: On 11/07/2018 01:52 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: This is the dismount part of my script: sync; sync umount $StickTarget Calling sync twice? Must be an "old" person.  It

Re: Sticks with not lights

On 11/07/2018 01:52 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: This is the dismount part of my script: sync; sync umount $StickTarget Calling sync twice? ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to

Re: Sticks with not lights

On 11/06/2018 01:05 PM, Rick Stevens wrote: On 11/6/18 12:40 PM, Paul Allen Newell wrote: On 11/06/2018 11:46 AM, George Avrunin wrote: On Tue, 6 Nov 2018 11:07:22 -0800, Paul Allen Newell wrote: Not certain why these options are more readily visible. I probably should have dug deeper

Re: Sticks with not lights

On 11/06/2018 11:46 AM, George Avrunin wrote: On Tue, 6 Nov 2018 11:07:22 -0800, Paul Allen Newell wrote: Not certain why these options are more readily visible. I probably should have dug deeper but after a bunch of online docs showing no options I just figured there weren't any. Paul

Re: Sticks with not lights

On 11/06/2018 09:56 AM, Rick Stevens wrote: On 11/5/18 10:03 PM, Paul Allen Newell wrote: ToddAndMargo: I am struggling with this one as well. To the best of my googling, it seems that the "sync" command needs to be done before clicking "safely remove" (or whatever). Doc

Re: Sticks with not lights

ToddAndMargo: I am struggling with this one as well. To the best of my googling, it seems that the "sync" command needs to be done before clicking "safely remove" (or whatever). Documentation also says that "sudo umount " should do it, but I have experienced at least one instance where it

Re: Would RHEL, CentOS, and Fedora Remain Open Source/Free Software After IBM Buys Red Hat for $34 Billion?

On 10/30/2018 09:44 PM, Paul Allen Newell wrote: On 10/30/2018 08:50 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 10/31/18 11:47 AM, Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming wrote: This is of paramount importance. Would Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), CentOS, and Fedora remain open source/free software after IBM

Re: Would RHEL, CentOS, and Fedora Remain Open Source/Free Software After IBM Buys Red Hat for $34 Billion?

On 10/30/2018 08:50 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 10/31/18 11:47 AM, Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming wrote: This is of paramount importance. Would Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), CentOS, and Fedora remain open source/free software after IBM buys Red Hat for $34 Billion? Oh, please! Let's not

Re: OT: IBM to buy RedHat

On 10/30/2018 12:53 PM, Dave Stevens wrote: On Mon, 29 Oct 2018 22:19:44 -0700 Paul Allen Newell wrote: ToddAndMargo: Using/watching what Fedora is doing is a good way to prepare for what might be coming in RHEL/Centos Paul yes but not as good as a written roadmap d agreed

Re: OT: IBM to buy RedHat

On 10/29/2018 09:14 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: On 10/29/18 8:31 PM, Richard England wrote: On 10/29/18 6:30 PM, Fred Smith wrote: On Mon, Oct 29, 2018 at 04:26:46PM -0700, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: On 10/29/18 11:41 AM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: On Mon, 29 Oct 2018 10:02:32 -0700

Re: Replacing email list for users with a web forum software called Discourse, what's your opinion?

On 10/20/18 9:03 PM, Cameron Simpson wrote: On 20Oct2018 18:55, Stephen Perkins wrote: On Sat, Oct 20, 2018 at 6:01 PM stan wrote: Would you willingly or reluctantly migrate to the new platform? Neither.  If this list disappears, I will too. Likewise. And another likewise

Re: Is Fedora Linux protected against the Meltdown and Spectre security flaws?

On 02/20/2018 12:39 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 02/20/18 15:51, Paul Allen Newell wrote: In earlier email in this thread, you stated: Yes.  As long as you don't have kernel modules which were built with a non-patched gcc. ls /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/* cat

Re: Is Fedora Linux protected against the Meltdown and Spectre security flaws?

On 02/19/2018 06:04 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 02/19/18 21:51, Ranjan Maitra wrote: What do these mean, and what is the needed mitigation, if any? Basically, it means that everything that can currently be done to lessen the chances of a security breach is being done. Otherwise you may see

Re: how to change emails [correction]

On 01/16/2018 07:39 PM, Paul Allen Newell wrote: On 01/16/2018 07:28 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 01/17/18 11:24, Paul Allen Newell wrote: Thanks for reply. Yeah, new account under new address is probably going to be the solution ... though it strikes me odd that there doesn't seem

Re: how to change emails [correction]

On 01/16/2018 07:28 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 01/17/18 11:24, Paul Allen Newell wrote: Thanks for reply. Yeah, new account under new address is probably going to be the solution ... though it strikes me odd that there doesn't seem to be a way to contact to say something is wrong with uname

Re: how to change emails [correction]

On 01/16/2018 07:09 PM, Cameron Simpson wrote: On 17Jan2018 14:00, Cameron Simpson wrote: Still haven't figured out a way to change address since I am no longer able to log into Fedora or make contact with someone to figure out why my email and/or username is not recognized

Re: how to change emails [correction]

On 01/16/2018 12:24 PM, Cameron Simpson wrote: On 16Jan2018 20:28, Tim <ignored_mail...@yahoo.com.au> wrote: Allegedly, on or about 15 January 2018, Paul Allen Newell sent: Changing emails after 20+ years is madness ... Too true.  Having your own domain name means that you'll never

Re: how to change emails [correction]

) Changing emails after 20+ years is madness ... Paul On 01/15/2018 11:40 PM, Paul Allen Newell wrote: On 01/15/2018 03:00 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 01/15/18 16:40, Paul Allen Newell wrote: Dear users@lists.fedoraproject.org: I am in need of changing my email address to this list. I cannot see any

how to change emails

Dear users@lists.fedoraproject.org: I am in need of changing my email address to this list. I cannot see any easy way to do this except for unsubscribing and then re-subscribing to this list. The monthly email which confirms my email and passwd does not work when I try to use it. And I am not

Re: Print crossword puzzle -

On 08/01/2017 09:49 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 08/02/2017 12:38 PM, Paul Allen Newell wrote: Not to keep beating this as I think it is resolved given seeing things working after reloading flash when it didn't work prior, I did want to mention that tonight (sorry for the delay in doing

Re: Print crossword puzzle -

On 07/30/2017 10:30 PM, Paul Allen Newell wrote: On 07/30/2017 09:02 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: You could always run FF with NoScript disabled to verify. Assuming you didn't install FF in a non-Fedora way. I think I would go about relabeling, just for peace of mind. To do that, I would

Re: Print crossword puzzle -

On 07/30/2017 09:02 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 07/31/2017 08:50 AM, Paul Allen Newell wrote: On 07/30/2017 05:07 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 07/31/2017 07:44 AM, Paul Allen Newell wrote: On 07/30/2017 04:41 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: Are you saying you printed the puzzle? If that is the case, what

Re: Print crossword puzzle -

On 07/30/2017 05:07 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 07/31/2017 07:44 AM, Paul Allen Newell wrote: On 07/30/2017 04:41 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: Are you saying you printed the puzzle? If that is the case, what is the output of getsebool unconfined_mozilla_plugin_transition as well

Re: Print crossword puzzle -

On 07/30/2017 04:41 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 07/31/2017 07:30 AM, Paul Allen Newell wrote: On 07/30/2017 04:26 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 07/31/2017 07:06 AM, Paul Allen Newell wrote: OK, good that it is all sorted. Appreciate the information. Everything I found online indicated to me

Re: Print crossword puzzle -

On 07/30/2017 04:26 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 07/31/2017 07:06 AM, Paul Allen Newell wrote: OK, good that it is all sorted. Appreciate the information. Everything I found online indicated to me that others have gotten the same warnings and the setsebool is the default action to take. I

Re: Print crossword puzzle -

On 07/30/2017 06:30 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 07/30/2017 03:56 PM, Paul Allen Newell wrote: Ed's suggestion of "setsebool -P unconfined_mozilla_plugin_transition 0" is exactly what SELinux advises me to do now that I have NVidia instead of nouveau installed when dealing with Fire

Re: Print crossword puzzle -

On 07/24/2017 01:13 AM, Bob Goodwin wrote: On 07/23/17 20:34, Ed Greshko wrote: First, I hardly ever use firefox. I have it set up to use a network proxy for a specific use case that I occasionally need. With that in mind. My "thought" process and diagnosis when about like this

Re: nvidia nouveau problems

On 07/08/2017 07:51 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 07/09/17 10:36, Paul Allen Newell wrote: I admit that I am newbie here and might be making wrong conclusions, but with each correction I get a little bit better understanding. I feel that if you're really interested into why certain repos

Re: nvidia nouveau problems

On 07/08/2017 07:07 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 07/09/17 09:51, Paul Allen Newell wrote: Thanks for info. I found this for long-lived: http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item=OTkxOA. I am assuming short-lived is for Fedoras and the like in which they may want/need to move to another

Re: nvidia nouveau problems

On 07/08/2017 06:33 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 07/09/17 08:35, Paul Allen Newell wrote: Oh, I definitely missed that aspect. Middle of page of https://elrepo.org/tiki/kmod-nvidia where it lists kmod-nvidia-xx is what led me to believe that. I can see on https://negativo17.org/nvidia-driver

Re: nvidia nouveau problems

On 07/08/2017 05:11 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 07/09/17 07:17, Paul Allen Newell wrote: Thanks for correcting me on the Centos vs Fedora issue, I made a leap of faith that I shouldn't have. That being said, if you say RPMFusion is 375.66 then that is the same one available at ElRepo. Isn't

Re: nvidia nouveau problems

On 07/08/2017 02:45 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 07/08/17 16:47, Paul Allen Newell wrote: I can't begin to figure out what is happening and where to report as I am too much of a newbie regarding NVidia on Linux Problems with nouveau, like all packages actually supplied by fedora project

Re: nvidia nouveau problems

On 07/08/2017 01:47 AM, Paul Allen Newell wrote: On 07/08/2017 12:29 AM, François Patte wrote: Bonjour, I have an nvidia graphic card (NVIDIA Corporation G92 [GeForce 8800 GT] (rev a2)) and sometimes, with the nouveau driver, the X system freeze and I have to reboot. I get these messages

Re: nvidia nouveau problems

On 07/08/2017 12:29 AM, François Patte wrote: Bonjour, I have an nvidia graphic card (NVIDIA Corporation G92 [GeForce 8800 GT] (rev a2)) and sometimes, with the nouveau driver, the X system freeze and I have to reboot. I get these messages in the logs: nouveau :01:00.0: Direct firmware

Re: attempts to hack in? [SOLVED]

On 07/06/2017 08:57 PM, William wrote: Good evening, Turning off ssh in the public zone, and entering the commands * systemctl stop sshd * systemctl mask sshd * systemctl stop httpd * systemctl mask httpd do seem to be working. After three days, I'm still not seeing any indications in

Re: sudo su

On 05/28/2017 02:21 AM, Paul Allen Newell wrote: On 05/28/2017 01:40 AM, Tom H wrote: You replied off-list On Sun, May 28, 2017 at 4:16 AM, Paul Allen Newell <pnew...@cs.cmu.edu> wrote: On 05/28/2017 01:04 AM, Tom H wrote: "-i" is faster than "su -l" :) hu

Re: So acrobat is dead for linux - long live evince?

On 12/15/2014 10:30 PM, Sudhir Khanger wrote: On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 8:17 AM, Marko Vojinovic vvma...@gmail.com wrote: Being a happy KDE user, I like okular. And I use it not just for pdf, but a whole assortment of other document formats like dvi, djvu, ps, epub, and so on. Okular is indeed

Re: pdftk

On 12/09/2014 09:48 PM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: On Tue, 9 Dec 2014 21:01:46 -0500 Matthew Miller mat...@fedoraproject.org wrote: On Tue, Dec 09, 2014 at 07:37:08PM -0600, Ranjan Maitra wrote: What is the story with pdftk? $ sudo yum list pdftk . Installed Packages pdftk.x86_64

Re: pdftk

On 12/10/2014 04:07 PM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: On Wed, 10 Dec 2014 18:55:10 -0500 Matthew Miller mat...@fedoraproject.org wrote: On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 05:51:59PM -0600, Ranjan Maitra wrote: It would be good if someone who could pick it up w/o the issues that Fedora had would do it -- pdftk

Re: pdftk

On 12/10/2014 08:02 PM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: On Wed, 10 Dec 2014 19:49:55 -0800 Paul Allen Newell pnew...@cs.cmu.edu wrote: On 12/10/2014 04:07 PM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: On Wed, 10 Dec 2014 18:55:10 -0500 Matthew Miller mat...@fedoraproject.org wrote: On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 05:51:59PM

Re: auto-mounting removable drives

On 12/12/2013 1:19 PM, poma wrote: I tested with vaxon77's delayed mount[1], however the value required for this varies from machine to machine, and on some it isn't necessary at all. So you can start with one second to more until you reach the automounting. Do not forget to chmod the file: #

Re: auto-mounting removable drives

On 12/11/2013 7:14 AM, poma wrote: With this[1] patch the Thunar Volume Management is unchecked by default, which reflects the true initial state of this option. Paul, do you want to file a bug report? poma [1] 'thunar-pref-vol-management.diff' - attach Poma: Confirmed bug and submitted

Re: auto-mounting removable drives

On 12/9/2013 11:23 PM, Frank Murphy wrote: On Mon, 9 Dec 2013 09:23:49 -0600 Dale Dellutri daledellu...@gmail.com wrote: This is an XFCE issue, not a fedora issue. You probably should post this question on the XFCE general discussion list: https://mail.xfce.org/mailman/listinfo/xfce yum

Re: auto-mounting removable drives

On 12/9/2013 7:41 PM, poma wrote: On 09.12.2013 22:11, Paul Allen Newell wrote: On 12/9/13 8:15 AM, poma wrote: On 09.12.2013 05:07, Paul Allen Newell wrote: Hello: I am running F19 xfce on a 32bit box (fully updated at the time of this test) I have Applications Menu - Settings - Removable

Re: auto-mounting removable drives

On 12/9/13 8:15 AM, poma wrote: On 09.12.2013 05:07, Paul Allen Newell wrote: Hello: I am running F19 xfce on a 32bit box (fully updated at the time of this test) I have Applications Menu - Settings - Removable Drives and Media open Under Removable Storage: [checked] Mount removable

auto-mounting removable drives

Hello: I am running F19 xfce on a 32bit box (fully updated at the time of this test) I have Applications Menu - Settings - Removable Drives and Media open Under Removable Storage: [checked] Mount removable drives when hot-plugged [checked] Mount removable drives when inserted

f19 xfce 32bit system-config-network

Hello: Trying to get a machine up and running on F19 to test it. As the subject says, 32-bit F19 with Xfce. I yum installed system-config-network as I have done in past releases and nothing got added to the Settings - Administrator pull-downs. I tried running it directly as root and get

Re: turn off bash colored prompts for all users

On 8/2/2013 1:08 PM, David wrote: On 8/2/2013 3:50 PM, Tom Horsley wrote: [...] So there is *two* of you? :-) Seriously I can see your problem here. I seriously doubt there are plans to change this or make a GUI to change it. And I seriously doubt that comments here will make any difference.

Re: Mailing List Etiquette (was Re: can't run sshd on 23456 in Fedora 19)

On 7/9/2013 11:18 PM, Tim wrote: Allegedly, on or about 10 July 2013, Rejy M Cyriac sent: +1 I have learnt to just gloss over the unimportant parts of his mail, and focus on the vast amount of good information that he shares with the community. Live and let live for the common good, I would

Re: Mailing List Etiquette (was Re: can't run sshd on 23456 in Fedora 19)

On 7/9/2013 11:44 PM, Rejy M Cyriac wrote: On 07/10/2013 11:48 AM, Tim wrote: Allegedly, on or about 10 July 2013, Rejy M Cyriac sent: +1 I have learnt to just gloss over the unimportant parts of his mail, and focus on the vast amount of good information that he shares with the community.

Re: Mailing List Etiquette (was Re: can't run sshd on 23456 in Fedora 19)

On 7/10/2013 6:40 AM, Paul W. Frields wrote: On Tue, Jul 09, 2013 at 11:46:38PM -0700, Paul Allen Newell wrote: In this case, I hope the moderators are listening to the pros and cons as expressed in this thread to determine what the list wants rather than looking solely from the pov of what

Re: Mailing List Etiquette (was Re: can't run sshd on 23456 in Fedora 19)

On 7/9/2013 10:19 AM, Matthew J. Roth wrote: I agree completely. Harald's posts are among the best on this list in terms of their technical content. It's more disruptive that they're out of sequence due to moderation than that his tone can sometimes come across as aggressive. If people don't

Re: I want Fedora in my future, but is it possible?

On 3/22/2013 12:58 PM, Temlakos wrote: On 03/22/2013 03:48 PM, Lester M. Petrie Jr. wrote: On Friday, March 22, 2013 2:53:29 PM Temlakos wrote: Intuit, Inc. migrated its TurboTax line of individual income-tax preparation software from front-end to back-end. Nobody, and I mean nobody,

Re: OT: what's with the 'i'?

On 1/31/2013 1:07 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: My copy of this is back in the mid-90s: Vy Knot? Having chosen English as the preferred language in the EEC, the European Parliament has commissioned a feasibility study in ways of improving efficiency in

Re: Holding down the power button when the systems freezes

On 1/28/2013 5:36 PM, g wrote: if your system is freezing, put a heavy blanket around it to keep it warm. Life would be so much easier if it was this easy ... Thanks, Paul -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options:

Re: fedora books

On 11/30/2012 10:37 PM, Brian West wrote: Hello everyone I'd like to hear any suggestions you may have when it comes to a good book to learn the features of fedora. while there are countless books that teach you how to use linux in the general way. each distribution has its own unique set of

Re: fedora books

On 11/30/2012 10:48 PM, Brian West wrote: On 12/01/2012 01:47 AM, Paul Allen Newell wrote: On 11/30/2012 10:37 PM, Brian West wrote: Hello everyone I'd like to hear any suggestions you may have when it comes to a good book to learn the features of fedora. while there are countless books

Re: keyboard failure that doesn't seem to be hardware

On 10/19/2012 10:56 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: I've not been paying to much attention to this thread recently. Time to put the failing keyboard back on the F17 system to verify the problem still exists? Ed: Thanks for the reply. Understand that this isn't a problem that has alot of bearing

Re: keyboard failure that doesn't seem to be hardware

On Mon, 15 Oct 2012 16:20:35 -0700 Paul Allen Newell pnew...@cs.cmu.edu wrote: This is getting to be way too much fun ... A different keyboard (the one that came with the HP beast) does not have any failure problems after a couple of days of testing. The original keyboard (a MicroSoft

Re: keyboard failure that doesn't seem to be hardware

On 10/15/2012 2:51 PM, DJ Delorie wrote: I've had PS/2 keyboard problems in F17. Two things to try: 1. Hold down a key and see if it starts auto-repeating. In my case, the first keypress is lost, but auto-repeat keypresses get through. 2. Ctrl-Alt-2 to a text terminal and see if the

Re: keyboard failure that doesn't seem to be hardware

On 10/15/2012 3:43 PM, DJ Delorie wrote: You could also try an F16 or F18 Live CD and see if the problem is F17-specific... Problem has not occurred on FC5, F9, F12, F14, or F16. It is only showing up now that I kicked one machine to F17. I will consider trying F18 Live once its released and

Re: keyboard failure that doesn't seem to be hardware

On 10/15/2012 4:00 PM, Bob Marcan wrote: It was occured to me on F16 several times. Killing X restores the keyboard. Reading this thread tried with holding shift key 20+ seconds restores too. It shouldn't be tied to WM, running Fvwm. BR, Bob Bob: Thanks for reply. Should I interpret Reading

Re: keyboard failure that doesn't seem to be hardware

On 10/15/2012 4:01 PM, JD wrote: One final, but remote chance - do you have xorg.conf in /etc/X11 or any of it's sub-dirs? If yes, delete it or rename it, and reboot - it could be the cause by loading wrong KB driver. JD: Thanks for reply. I took a look and do not see any xorg.conf. That

Re: keyboard failure that doesn't seem to be hardware

On 10/15/2012 4:57 PM, Paul Johnson wrote: Hi! I am nearly certain this is accidental triggering of SLOW KEYS , a feature to assist the physically impaired. It gets triggered if you rest your finger on the shift key for 10 seconds. The kb is not dead, but slow. Rest finger in shift 10

Re: keyboard failure that doesn't seem to be hardware - SOLVED!!! (for me at least)

On 10/15/2012 7:00 PM, DJ Delorie wrote: Paul Johnson pauljoh...@gmail.com writes: I am nearly certain this is accidental triggering of SLOW KEYS, That was EXACTLY it for me. Glad to hear your situation is solved ... I am certain I'll be able to figure mine out and post a SOLVED at some

Re: keyboard failure that doesn't seem to be hardware

On 10/13/2012 6:25 AM, Tim wrote: Does sound suspiciously like a broken keyboard. Tim: I'll find out that one when I rotate keyboardsper Ed's suggestion. My gut doesn't feel like its the keyboard given the problem showed up only when I installed that machine with F17, but I am suspect of

Re: keyboard failure that doesn't seem to be hardware

On 10/13/2012 12:20 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: An excellent idea. Then, once you find that the new machine works fine[1] you can swap keyboards and see if the issue follows the keyboard. Just remember, however, if one of them's PS2 and the other's USB, that in itself might be significant.

Re: keyboard failure that doesn't seem to be hardware

On 10/10/2012 10:28 PM, Paul Allen Newell wrote: On 10/10/2012 6:35 PM, Kevin Fenzi wrote: When this happens, can you try holding down the shift key for say 15-20seconds? Do you see a notice then about 'slow keys' being disabled and it starts working again? kevin Kevin: [...] This test

Re: keyboard failure that doesn't seem to be hardware

On 10/10/2012 10:44 PM, Paul Allen Newell wrote: == The keyboard knows I am getting good help at trying to solve this ... it behaved like a champ today. If it doesn't act up through the beginning of next week, I will consider that it is a POM issue caused by something in my install F17

keyboard failure that doesn't seem to be hardware

Hello: I am doing my first F17 install on i686 Xfce and, for the most part, everything is coming up nicely. However, I am noticing that sometimes the keyboard becomes unresponsive. I can't seem to find a reason, it just happens. My first sense was that it was a hardware problem. However,

Re: keyboard failure that doesn't seem to be hardware

On 10/10/2012 05:53 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: On 10/10/2012 05:43 PM, Paul Allen Newell wrote: Any ideas about where to start? Everything I spotted online didn't seem to relate ... and I am having a hard time figuring out what a good set of search terms for this problem is. Try opening a terminal

Re: keyboard failure that doesn't seem to be hardware

On 10/10/2012 05:58 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: You fail to mention what type of keyboard you have. PS2, USB, Wireless USB, Bluetooth? I have a Wireless USB that becomes non-responsive from time to time. Unplug/plug receiver clears the problem. Ed: Thanks for response PS2, wired. Given

Re: keyboard failure that doesn't seem to be hardware

On 10/10/2012 05:58 PM, Paul Allen Newell wrote: I just realized that I haven't tried using the logout dialog to kill that user and then seeing if I can come back in fresh ... next test when the failure happens Paul Just died again and I was able to try this Using logout dialog to end

Re: keyboard failure that doesn't seem to be hardware

On 10/10/2012 6:35 PM, Kevin Fenzi wrote: When this happens, can you try holding down the shift key for say 15-20seconds? Do you see a notice then about 'slow keys' being disabled and it starts working again? kevin Kevin: Of course, it decided to work for a long time so I was unable to try

Re: keyboard failure that doesn't seem to be hardware

On 10/10/2012 6:43 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: I see. It has been a long time since I've used a wired PS2 keyboard. However, when I had a RHELv4 system with a wired PS2 keyboard I noticed that the keyboard would become non-responsive if it were unplugged/plugged. The X server would lose

Re: keyboard failure that doesn't seem to be hardware

On 10/10/2012 7:30 PM, Geoffrey Leach wrote: This would appear to be an instance of a fairly well documented problem. Bugzilla # 816764. If holding down the shift key does not work, try toggling Slow Keys in Settings-Accessibility. I've found that toggle followed by the shift key usually works.

Re: keyboard failure that doesn't seem to be hardware

On 10/10/2012 8:20 PM, Frantisek Hanzlik wrote: It was discused here somtimes about 27.-28.8., You can search 'dead keyboard' in list archive. It is probably some X server problem. Frantisek: Thanks for info. I've found the post and will check it out once I have coffee in the morning (my

Re: keyboard failure that doesn't seem to be hardware

On 10/10/2012 10:36 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: OK I should have pointed out that I am speculating you *may* have a wonky wire or connection which results in a momentary disconnect. I've had several of these over they years. All caused by cats either gnawing on cables or ripping them out

Re: possible problem with scp/ssh/telnet

[inline] On 8/16/2012 9:47 AM, Dave Ihnat wrote: Pretty simple, really, and not that much different from Linux or Unix. sshd underlies everything; it's wrappered in the magic that's needed for it to exist as an installed service in Windows by the installation script. Once installed, just go

Re: possible problem with scp/ssh/telnet

On 8/13/2012 10:34 AM, David G. Miller wrote: The rules in /etc/sysconfig/iptables are processed sequentially. When a packet matches a rule the rule is applied. ACCEPT rules tell iptables to hand off the packet to the corresponding service. # more /etc/sysconfig/iptables # Generated by

possible problem with scp/ssh/telnet

Hello: Up until recently, I have been able to scp/ssh from my F16 box to my WinXP under cygwin without problem. Today, it appears that isn't the case. Last yum update was 29jul12. Cygwin hasn't changed in months (once I have something that works I am loathe to update as I don't really get it

Re: possible problem with scp/ssh/telnet --- additional info

On 8/11/2012 11:59 PM, Paul Allen Newell wrote: Hello: Up until recently, I have been able to scp/ssh from my F16 box to my WinXP under cygwin without problem. Today, it appears that isn't the case. Last yum update was 29jul12. Cygwin hasn't changed in months (once I have something

Re: possible problem with scp/ssh/telnet

On 8/12/2012 12:31 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 08/12/2012 02:59 PM, Paul Allen Newell wrote: Hello: Up until recently, I have been able to scp/ssh from my F16 box to my WinXP under cygwin without problem. Today, it appears that isn't the case. Last yum update was 29jul12. Cygwin hasn't changed

Re: possible problem with scp/ssh/telnet

On 8/12/2012 12:45 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 08/12/2012 03:40 PM, Paul Allen Newell wrote: Thanks for the prompt reply. I got the same message for telnet as I did for ssh and scp. And, as I re-read my email, I managed to not report that message (I actually did, but that was before I got a log

Re: possible problem with scp/ssh/telnet

On 8/12/2012 12:57 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 08/12/2012 03:50 PM, Paul Allen Newell wrote: I send the result with a bit of oh, that's interesting though I wish I understood ... +++ Paul@krazy ~ $ ssh localhost ssh: connect to lost localhost port 22: Connection refused Paul@krazy ~ +++ My

Re: possible problem with scp/ssh/telnet

On 8/12/2012 4:54 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 08/12/2012 07:46 PM, Reindl Harald wrote: Whatever you say I look forward to your helping the OP to resolve his problem. Ed: What's interesting is I have not gotten any postings from Reindl so I have no idea what he has posted except

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