Re: rsync question

On 02/10/2018 12:31 PM, bruce wrote: Hey... Got it.. or think I do.. It appears the -I --ignore-times attribute will essentially force a redo of any/all files in the rsync... Actually it will do the opposite. With the "-I" flag, rsync will ignore differences in modification times as a criter

Re: smartmontools still "monitoring" a replaced hard drive.

On 01/24/2018 10:45 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 01/24/2018 02:51 PM, William Mattison wrote: The "smartctl" command with a parameter of "sda3" gives me this: As has already been mentioned, smartctl works on the entire drive, not a partition.  I'm surprised it doesn't give an error in this case.

Re: RH rpms, and installing using hardlinks vs symlinks

On 03/06/2018 06:34 AM, Robert P. J. Day wrote: i'm curious about RH packaging policy that dictates that some command variants are packaged for fedora to install with symlinks and others with hardlinks. trivial example in /usr/bin on my fedora 27 system: -rwsr-xr-x. 1 root root

Re: du Weirdness - how is this possible

On 03/11/2018 01:48 PM, Philip Rhoades wrote: People, I started deleting GBs of stuff from: /dev/sdb1 /backup but df did not reduce from 95% so I looked more closely and found this weirdness: # du -s -BG 20180216 43G 20180216 # du -s -BG 20180216/* 1G  20180216/naf_dirs 43G 2018

Re: du Weirdness - how is this possible

On 03/11/2018 07:19 PM, Stephen Morris wrote: On 12/3/18 10:48 am, Philip Rhoades wrote: JD, Gordon, Robert, On 2018-03-12 06:13, Robert Nichols wrote: On 03/11/2018 01:48 PM, Philip Rhoades wrote: People, I started deleting GBs of stuff from: /dev/sdb1 /backup but df did not reduce from

Re: du Weirdness - how is this possible

On 03/12/2018 03:26 PM, Stephen Morris wrote: Thanks Patrick, taking this a step further, it seems to me that the only parameter for du that, to me, provides the correct file size is -b as shown below. I am listing my Desktop directory via ll, du -hs and du -bhs. Just further to this is it a b

Re: du Weirdness - how is this possible

On 03/13/2018 03:54 PM, Stephen Morris wrote: On 13/3/18 9:33 am, Robert Nichols wrote: Whenever you have questions like this, you should run "set -x" in the shell to see exactly how commands are being invoked. (Run "set +x" to turn that off again.) I'm not su

Re: Windows eats Fedora installation USB stick

On 04/13/2018 03:17 PM, ToddAndMargo wrote: And be careful with THAT operating system, shutdown and reboot are suspend and not shutdown.  You have to turn "Fast Boot" off and do a real shutdown to get it to take. Actually, "restart" _always_ does a full shutdown and restart regardless of the "

Re: Interesting mount problem - F40

On 6/18/24 12:52, Frank Bures wrote: On 2024-06-18 11:40, Tom Horsley wrote: On Tue, 18 Jun 2024 11:23:57 -0400 Frank Bures wrote: Question: is this solution OK or have I done something wrong?  Is there a better way of solving this? --SNIP-- Personally, I'd just use rsync to back up the co

Re: Connecting a second monitor

On 05/10/2010 06:43 PM, jd wrote: > Dear All, > I am running FC12 with all the current updates (to the minute). > > I connected an external LCD monitor to my laptop's vga port. > > I clicked System -> Administration -> Display > > I do not see anywhere how I can configure an external monitor > co

Re: First NFS entry in fstab not mounting at boot

On 05/16/2010 11:14 AM, Sam Sharpe wrote: > On 16 May 2010 16:33, Sam Sharpe wrote: >> So, check that your "netfs" service on the clients runs before >> NetworkManager - it should, but as my Laptop shows, it may not be. > > typo - netfs should run *after* NetworkManager netfs _does_ start after N

Re: anacron question

On 05/17/2010 08:52 AM, Tom Horsley wrote: > On Mon, 17 May 2010 15:28:51 +0200 > Frank Elsner wrote: > >> Is from FC6 but should be same on F12: > > Perhaps it should be the same, but in fact it isn't > even remotely the same. All the anacron and cron stuff > has been completely rejiggered in f12.

Re: Linking two files together

On 05/26/2010 01:41 PM, Rector, David wrote: > Mike, > > Thanks for the tip. I think there may be something here I can use. > > However, I am not as familiar with pipes and streams as I would like > to be. > > Is it possible to use cat so the multiple files will pipe to something > that my app can

Re: Extract file from tar home/

On 06/08/2010 03:50 PM, Aaron Konstam wrote: > On Tue, 2010-06-08 at 10:16 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: >> >>> You man have >>> to say: >>> tar xvzf bobg.tar.gz ./bobg/foo or maybe foo is not at the top of >> the >>> directory. >> >> Any Unix/Linux app that manipulates files clearly has to r

Re: Extract file from tar home/

On 06/08/2010 07:46 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Tue, 2010-06-08 at 16:36 -0700, Suvayu Ali wrote: >>> To extract only a specific file: >>> $ tar xf bobg.tar.gz the/file/you/want >>> >> >> I think the OP's worry is not whether it can be done, but he wants to >> avoid the time and CPU cycles

Re: Extract file from tar home/

On 06/08/2010 06:51 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote: > On 08/06/10 19:26, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: >> On Tue, 2010-06-08 at 18:15 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote: >> >>> Yes, and this is essentially what I did except I tar'd the entire >>> /home/bobg/ directory into one big lump. My question was could I >>>

Re: Extract file from tar home/

On 06/08/2010 10:35 PM, I wrote (without checking first): > > If you ask for just files and not the directories that contain them, > or if the archive doesn't contain entries for the directories, then > the target directories must already exist. Hmmm, that doesn't seem to be true any more. Looks

Re: Extract file from tar home/

On 06/09/2010 01:13 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Wed, 2010-06-09 at 00:39 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: >> On Tue, 2010-06-08 at 21:55 -0500, Robert Nichols wrote: >>> There is no way other than linear search to find a file in a tar >>> archive,

Re: Extract file from tar home/

On 06/09/2010 09:55 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 06/10/2010 09:20 AM, g wrote: >> Ed Greshko wrote: >> >>> On 06/09/2010 10:30 AM, g wrote: >>> what do you do if archive file gets broken? >>> In the past 10+ years that has not happened. If it does, I'll let you >>> know what I did. F

Re: DNS services no longer work due to missing files

On 06/25/2010 11:27 PM, Paolo Galtieri wrote: > I just updated one of my Fedora 12 system. This particular system is > running a local dns server. When I try to restart named on the system I > get: > > Starting named: > Error in named configuration: > /etc/pki/dnssec-keys//named.dnssec.keys:1: op

Re: DNS services no longer work due to missing files

On 06/26/2010 11:03 AM, Robert Nichols wrote: > On 06/25/2010 11:27 PM, Paolo Galtieri wrote: >> I just updated one of my Fedora 12 system. This particular system is >> running a local dns server. When I try to restart named on the system I >> get: >> >>

Re: Top posting

On 06/27/2010 07:19 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Sun, 2010-06-27 at 14:05 +0530, steve wrote: >> On 06/25/2010 01:48 PM, Suvayu Ali wrote: >>> On Friday 25 June 2010 12:52 AM, Frank Murphy wrote: If there are posts you don't like think killfile. >>> >>> I keep hearing about this, how

Re: Thunderbird shortcut for "Ignore thread"

On 06/27/2010 11:31 AM, Suvayu Ali wrote: > Hi Robert, > > On Sunday 27 June 2010 08:53 AM, Robert Nichols wrote: >> On 06/27/2010 07:19 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: >>> On Sun, 2010-06-27 at 14:05 +0530, steve wrote: >>>> On 06/25/2010 01:48 PM, Suvayu A

How can I make local dnsmasq play nicely with NetworkManager?

I am trying to set up dnsmasq as a local resolver cache on my F-12 laptop, and can't find any way to pass the nameservers returned by DHCP to dnsmasq as upstream nameservers and still have 127.0.0.1 appear as the primary nameserver in /etc/resolv.conf. NetworkManager creates a resolv.conf file tha

Re: Left mouse button stops working periodically

On 06/30/2010 11:01 AM, Genes MailLists wrote: > On 06/30/2010 09:38 AM, Wendell Nichols wrote: >> 3 times in about as many weeks my left mouse button has ceased to >> function. I cannot associate this with any particular activity. >> Because you can't do much without that button I have to reboot

Re: Cron says "bad command"

Geoffrey Leach wrote: > On 02/18/2010 03:38:55 PM, Rick Sewill wrote: >> On Thu, 2010-02-18 at 12:05 -0700, Craig White wrote: >>> On Thu, 2010-02-18 at 10:01 -0800, Geoffrey Leach wrote: In /etc/crontab, I have this line: 30 * * * * /home/root/fix_mail [SNIP] > Thanks Craig and Ric

Re: rsync, vs Partimage, vs other backup

On 02/24/2010 08:18 PM, Antonio Olivares wrote: > Dear fellow Fedora users& list members, > > On the kmail thread, sarcasm included :), I noticed the references to rsync > and partimage respectively. Both are recommended to make backups in order to > prevent from BAD UPDATES to render your mach

Re: Mystified by crontab/anacrontab

On 03/01/2010 09:56 AM, Timothy Murphy wrote: > I'm trying to understand how cron works nowadays. > I've been comparing my Fedora-12 laptop > with my CentOS-5.4 desktop, > and am slightly baffled by the difference between them. > > On the Fedora-12 system the venerable /etc/crontab is empty, > and

Re: Mystified by crontab/anacrontab

On 03/01/2010 10:55 AM, Tom Horsley wrote: > On Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:56:03 + > Timothy Murphy wrote: > >> Any enlightenment gratefully received. > > I don't know about enlightenment, but I find the whole anacron > thing absolutely useless and annoying. I used to be able > to get rid of it by dis

Re: Mystified by crontab/anacrontab

On 03/01/2010 12:12 PM, Tom Horsley wrote: > On Mon, 01 Mar 2010 11:28:56 -0600 > Robert Nichols wrote: > >> The best way to disable anacron is to edit /etc/anacrontab and >> change the START_HOURS_RANGE to something impossible. I use >> "START_HOURS_RANGE=25-25&

Dictionary for aspell / ispell???

When I try to run a spelling check in emacs, I get: ispell-init-process: Error: No word lists can be found for the language "en_US". I get a similar message when I try to invoke aspell directly. aspell-0.60.6-7.fc12.x86_64 I've looked around, but can't find what I need to install. -- Bob Nich

Re: Dictionary for aspell / ispell???

On 03/05/2010 02:43 PM, Robert Nichols wrote: > When I try to run a spelling check in emacs, I get: > > ispell-init-process: Error: No word lists can be found for the language > "en_US". > > I get a similar message when I try to invoke aspell directly. > > as

Re: Comments on the fastestmirror plugin

On 03/12/2010 08:08 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > The yum fastestmirror plugin (yum-plugin-fastestmirror) claims to > evaluate the speed of a bunch of repo mirrors and use the fastest one > relative to the user's location. > > However AFAIK what it *actually* does is make a test connection to th

Re: network bridge default MTU -- apparent change (SOLVED)

On 03/18/2010 11:53 AM, Joe Conway wrote: > On 03/17/2010 05:49 PM, Joe Conway wrote: >> On 03/17/2010 05:44 PM, Tom Horsley wrote: >>> On Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:28:42 -0700 >>> Joe Conway wrote: >>> A bit more sleuthing and I found that the culprit is dhclient. I am using a dynamically assi

Re: How to remove non-Fedora kernels?

On 03/19/2010 11:21 PM, Peter Boy wrote: > Am Freitag, den 19.03.2010, 20:41 -0700 schrieb Antonio Olivares: >> Is thare a way one can remove non Fedora kernels manually, i.e, remove >> >> /boot/vmlinux-2.? >> >> and >> >> /usr/src/linux-2.??? >> or >> /lib/modules/2.6./. > > > I used j

How to tell dhcpd I don't want to use LDAP?

Is there a way to tell dhcpd explicitly that I'm not using LDAP? Right now dhcpd is logging a "Not searching LDAP since ldap-server, ..., were not specified in the config file" message, and logwatch notes that as a "Config error". The patches that add LDAP support to dhcpd fail to add any mention

Are the scripts in /etc/dhcp/dhclient.d deprecated?

When dhclient is invoked from NetworkManager, it does not appear that the scripts in /etc/dhcp/dhclient.d are executed. The callout to those scripts is in /sbin/dhclient-script, but NetworkManager substitutes its own /usr/libexec/nm-dhcp-client.action in place of dhclient-script, and the scripts d

Re: Are the scripts in /etc/dhcp/dhclient.d deprecated?

On 03/26/2010 10:23 AM, Aaron Konstam wrote: > On Thu, 2010-03-25 at 16:28 -0500, Robert Nichols wrote: >> When dhclient is invoked from NetworkManager, it does not appear that the >> scripts in /etc/dhcp/dhclient.d are executed. The callout to those >> scripts is in /sbin

Re: find /etc -size -1G return only empty files

On 03/26/2010 03:58 PM, Aaron Konstam wrote: > On Fri, 2010-03-26 at 11:53 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: >> On Fri, 2010-03-26 at 10:30 -0500, Aaron Konstam wrote: >>> On Thu, 2010-03-25 at 14:20 -0700, Rick Stevens wrote: On 03/25/2010 01:57 PM, Aaron Konstam wrote: > On Thu, 2010-03-

Re: Are the scripts in /etc/dhcp/dhclient.d deprecated?

On 03/26/2010 04:12 PM, Robert Nichols wrote: > On 03/26/2010 10:23 AM, Aaron Konstam wrote: >> On Thu, 2010-03-25 at 16:28 -0500, Robert Nichols wrote: >>> When dhclient is invoked from NetworkManager, it does not appear that the >>> scripts in /etc/dhcp/dhclient.d ar

Re: Shell files won't execute properly

On 03/29/2010 02:25 PM, Jim wrote: > On 03/29/2010 02:52 PM, michael.coll-ba...@verizonwireless.com wrote: >> >>> From: users-boun...@lists.fedoraproject.org >>> [mailto:users-boun...@lists.fedoraproject.org] On Behalf Of Jim >>> Sent: Monday, March 29, 2010 2:49 PM >>> To: Fedora user-lists >>> Su

Re: Shell files won't execute properly

On 03/29/2010 06:54 PM, Jim wrote: > On 03/29/2010 06:54 PM, Craig White wrote: >> On Mon, 2010-03-29 at 18:45 -0400, Jim wrote: >> >>> On 03/29/2010 06:20 PM, Robert Nichols wrote: >>> >>>> On 03/29/2010 02:25 PM, Jim wrote: >>&g

Re: Best Laptop Experience with Fedora

On 04/26/2010 09:00 AM, Edmon Begoli wrote: > I am also looking for the easy hard drive swap in and out solution, > so that I can swap complete distros by swapping hard drives > (I have dual boots and USB but I find hard drive swapping more > convenient for what I am doing. I can explain my motivat

How can SATA power management feature be controlled?

How can I control the automatic power management feature of my SATA disk drives? Right now the heads are unloading so frequently that within one year I will have exceeded the rated number of load/unload cycles for the drives. The drives are Western Digital model WD10EADS. I tried using "hdparm -

Re: How can SATA power management feature be controlled?

On 05/01/2010 03:49 AM, Peter van Hooft wrote: >> How can I control the automatic power management feature of my SATA disk >> drives? Right now the heads are unloading so frequently that within >> one year I will have exceeded the rated number of load/unload cycles for >> the drives. The drives a

Re: screensaver password fails first time, every time!

On 06/12/2011 10:21 AM, John Aldrich wrote: > On Sun June 12 2011, Ed Greshko wrote: >> >> Well, I've seen this behavior on my system...but it is probably for a >> different reason. >> >> I've got an HP wireless USB mouse/keyboard. When I leave it alone for >> an extended period the first typed ch

Re: Bash: (foo==0)?foo=1:foo=0 valid?

On 07/02/2011 12:45 PM, Daniel B. Thurman wrote: > > I seem to forget my shell programming > but is the following statement valid? > > ($foo==0)?foo=1:foo=0 > > I thought it was called the tristate conditional > operator but in any case I could not find it in > google. You need to enclose the enti

Re: Bash: (foo==0)?foo=1:foo=0 valid?

On 07/02/2011 02:11 PM, inode0 wrote: > On Sat, Jul 2, 2011 at 2:07 PM, Daniel B. Thurman wrote: >> I used: (((foo==0)?foo=1:0)) and it works in a bash script! > > I don't think that is quite the same as what I'm guessing your > original attempt intended. In this case if foo does not equal 0 to >

Re: how to specify IP not equal to in iptables rules ????

On 07/14/2011 07:48 AM, Jatin K wrote: > Dear All Gurus, > > I want to deny a particular IP (172.16.158.111) address in my network to > FTP on server (RHEL6), I'm trying to add the following[1][2] iptabls > rules on server and getting error [3] > > >[1] iptables -A INPUT -s! 172.16.158.111 -p

Re: OT: Improving laptop wifi reception

On 08/25/2011 12:20 PM, Marko Vojinovic wrote: > > I'm not complaining about formatting. What I don't understand is why is SNR > equal to 46, and not to the ratio of signal to noise, ie. 42/88, which is not > 46, but 0.47? Or take the next row in your table: signal: -52, noise: -88, > SNR: 36, qual

Re: any way to control disk order?

On 09/01/2011 09:56 PM, Tom Horsley wrote: > My poor old system died, and I resurrected it by moving the > disks to an older system. For who knows what reason, the > kernel has decided to call the external USB drive I use for > backups /dev/sda (the old system called it /dev/sdc). > > My internal s

Re: selinux is a pain

On 09/20/2011 03:10 PM, Alan Cox wrote: > In some perhaps. The big cases it helps are desktop (mostly protecting > against browser stuff) - where it usually just works, and web serving, > where it's most definitely valuable but does mean reading the docs. I always find it interesting when people s

Re: GGoogle chat vs Skype

On 09/24/2011 09:16 AM, Aaron Konstam wrote: > The phone company is glad to give me peoples phone numbers, so that > seems like a better way to reach people. Skype has a good lookup feature that allows you to find Skype IDs by entering either a real name or an email address. The lookup returns al

Re: Disk Sleep ??

On 09/24/2011 02:56 PM, retired wrote: > 5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 185 185 140Pre-fail Always > - 114 > 197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0032 192 192 000Old_age Always > - 428 That drive is seriously sick, with 114 bad sectors already reallocated

Re: selinux is a pain

On 09/24/2011 09:43 PM, Craig White wrote: >if you are pre-disposed to > creating files in one location and moving them to an entirely different > location which is certain to create contextual problems. If there is a reasonably small set of locations into which you are habitually moving f

Re: How can I make local dnsmasq play nicely with NetworkManager?

On 06/28/2010 02:33 PM, Robert Nichols wrote: > I am trying to set up dnsmasq as a local resolver cache on my F-12 > laptop, and can't find any way to pass the nameservers returned by DHCP > to dnsmasq as upstream nameservers and still have 127.0.0.1 appear as > the primary n

Re: How can I make local dnsmasq play nicely with NetworkManager?

On 07/29/2010 10:05 AM, Robert Nichols wrote: > On 06/28/2010 02:33 PM, Robert Nichols wrote: >> I am trying to set up dnsmasq as a local resolver cache on my F-12 >> laptop, and can't find any way to pass the nameservers returned by DHCP >> to dnsmasq as upstream

Re: How can I make local dnsmasq play nicely with NetworkManager?

On 07/31/2010 07:18 AM, Tim wrote: > On Fri, 2010-07-30 at 06:23 -0500, Robert Nichols wrote: >> Word from the developers is that one of the goals for NetworkManager >> 0.8.2 is support for a local caching resolver. That should eliminate >> the need for my workaround. &g

Re: How can I make local dnsmasq play nicely with NetworkManager?

On 07/31/2010 09:52 AM, Tim wrote: > On Sat, 2010-07-31 at 08:50 -0500, Robert Nichols wrote: >> I'm referring to a caching resolver running on the local machine, i.e. >> 127.0.0.1, not a nameserver running somewhere else on a local network. > > If it were your DHCP se

Re: how not to initialize HD

On 07/31/2010 02:02 PM, JB wrote: > Marko Vojinovic gmail.com> writes: > >> >> The above partition table looks completely OK, AFAIK. And I have never seen >> Anaconda insisting on reinitializing the partition table except on a brand >> new, unformatted drive. >> ... >> Marko >> > Hi Marko, > plea

Re: Blue Tooth Mouse loses connection after some idle time

On 08/01/2010 06:18 PM, JD wrote: >Is there a way to prevent linux from disconnecting from bluetooth > mouse after some idle time? > System -> Preferences -> Bluetooth > System -> Preferences -> Mouse > have no settings for such behavior. > Also, System -> Preferences -> ScreenSaver is n

Re: Blue Tooth Mouse loses connection after some idle time

On 08/01/2010 08:42 PM, JD wrote: >On 08/01/2010 06:13 PM, Robert Nichols wrote: >> >> Most likely it's due to a power saving feature in the kernel. >> See https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=570291 >> There are some workarounds in comments 13 and 28. &

Re: dynamic memory automatically zero'd

On 08/07/2010 03:44 AM, Stefan Schulze Frielinghaus wrote: > On Fr, 2010-08-06 at 09:37 -0700, Rick Stevens wrote: >> On 08/06/2010 07:44 AM, Stefan Schulze Frielinghaus wrote: >>> Hi all, >>> >>> if you allocate memory, e.g. via malloc(3), then it is automatically set >>> to zero. This is actually

Re: Floppy on fc12 could not find

On 08/12/2010 02:00 PM, Vincent Onelli wrote: >>> Subject: Re: Floppy on fc12 could not find >>>On 08/08/2010 12:32 PM, Vincent wrote: Hello, I am try to use the floppy on Dell Dimension 8300 with fc12 but it didn't mount. Here is what I did: # mkdir /mnt/floppy >>

Re: understanding smart logs

On 08/15/2010 12:05 PM, Suvayu Ali wrote: >> SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 16 >> Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds: >> ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED >> WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE >>1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x002f 199

Re: understanding smart logs

On 08/17/2010 10:37 AM, Suvayu Ali wrote: > Hi, > > On Sunday 15 August 2010 08:27 PM, JD wrote: That should be possible. Any errors should be a good reason to send the drives back. James McKenzie >> Of course. Be sure to zero out the drive if it contains >> sensitiv

Re: Removing user list from login screen.

On 08/27/2010 03:42 PM, Aaron Konstam wrote: > On Fri, 2010-08-27 at 19:56 +0200, Michael Schwendt wrote: >> On Fri, 27 Aug 2010 12:46:10 -0500, Aaron wrote: >> >>> How can you rmove the list of users that can login from login screen? >>> >>> .gconf/apps/gdm/simplegreeter/disable_user_list=true >>

Re: Scrub free disk blocks

On 08/27/2010 11:53 PM, JD wrote: >On 08/27/2010 09:25 PM, JD wrote: >> Is there a Linux util to scrub free disk blocks and keep everything >> else intact ?? >> > Someone (not on this list) described a simple way to do this. > Scrubbing files to be deleted is easy enough - there are utils for

Re: Removing user list from login screen.

On 08/28/2010 03:29 PM, Aaron Konstam wrote: > On Sat, 2010-08-28 at 08:26 -0500, Robert Nichols wrote: >> On 08/27/2010 03:42 PM, Aaron Konstam wrote: >>> On Fri, 2010-08-27 at 19:56 +0200, Michael Schwendt wrote: >>>> On Fri, 27 Aug 2010 12:46:10 -0500, Aaron wrote

Re: Aren't upgrades demanding too much restarts?

On 09/01/2010 04:19 PM, Wolfgang S. Rupprecht wrote: > > "Kevin J. Cummings" writes: >> On 08/31/2010 09:08 PM, Wolfgang S. Rupprecht wrote: >>> Why not just do reboots at 3 in the morning and it just won't matter all >>> that much. I just have a cron script in /etc/cron.daily that checks to >> N

Re: ctrl-alt-+ doesn't work for me

On 09/07/2010 01:46 AM, D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote: > I want to be able to use ctrl-alt-+ or ctrl-alt-- to cycle between X > modes (resolutions etc). This should allow me to fix the display from > the keyboard of the afflicted machine by blindly typing ctrl-alt-+ twice > (with this display there are

Re: Broken updates for F12

On 09/10/2010 10:15 PM, Joel Rees wrote: > I don't seem to be able to post an intelligible post these days. > > On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 10:00 AM, Paolo Galtieri wrote: >> On 09/10/10 17:02, Joel Rees wrote: >>> An odd thing, this breakage has not (yet?) occurred on my iBook G4 > > PPC F12 > >>> (

Re: Agonizingly slow SATA HDD performance

On 09/12/2010 06:05 PM, Marcus D. Leech wrote: >> >> On 09/13/2010 12:12 AM, Marcus D. Leech wrote: >> >>> I have a new F12 system that is experiencing *agonizingly slow* SATA HDD >>> performance, and I >>> can't figure out why. No errors messages at all, just *really slow*. >>> >> Sounds li

Re: Docs for kernel boot parameters

On 09/18/2010 06:22 PM, Sam Varshavchik wrote: > I just did a fresh F13 install on a server with a softraid setup that's > similar to a setup on a different existing server. The other server was > upgraded to F13, this one is a fresh install. Both servers, raid-wise, > look the same: two disks with

Is there an archive of previous RPM versions from the updates repo?

Specifically, I'm looking for xscreensaver-base-5.11-9.fc12.respin1.i686 and the corresponding xscreensaver-gl-base, xscreensaver-gl-extras, and xscreensaver-gl-extras-gss RPMs. The current 5.12-1 releases break a couple of things on my system, and "yum downgrade" only offers to go all the way bac

Re: Is there an archive of previous RPM versions from the updates repo?

On 10/01/2010 05:18 PM, Andy Blanchard wrote: > You want Koji: > > http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/ > > And specifically: > > http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=188999 > > or, for a direct download: > > http://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/packages/xscreensaver/5.11/9.fc12.respin1

Re: Bash regex issue

On 02/05/2011 09:51 AM, Emmett Culley wrote: > I have a bash script I've been using in CentOS that no longer works in Fedora > 14. The pertinent lines are: > > mac=`echo $2 | tr a-z A-Z` > if [[ "$mac" =~ > '[0-9A-F][0-9A-F]:[0-9A-F][0-9A-F]:[0-9A-F][0-9A-F]:[0-9A-F][0-9A-F]:[0-9A-F][0-9A-F]:[0-9

Re: Suggestion: Replace List by Newsgroup

On 02/11/2011 03:11 PM, Outway wrote: > I don't see in what way a mailing list is superior to a newsgroup. But I > do see several advantages of a newsgroup: > > * Clear thread structure (collapsable trees in standard news readers) > * No filtering on reader's side necessary > * Inappropriate messag

Re: No need for AV tools on Linux, eh?

On 02/12/2011 11:15 AM, Bruno Wolff III wrote: > > Most of selinux enforcement is targeted at services and a few user tools > that commonly process untrusted data (in particular firefox). Firefox, really? $ ps Zax | grep firefox unconfined_u:unconfined_r:unconfined_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 8847 ? S

Re: No need for AV tools on Linux, eh?

On 02/12/2011 03:58 PM, Bruno Wolff III wrote: > On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 15:39:03 -0600, >Robert Nichols wrote: >> On 02/12/2011 11:15 AM, Bruno Wolff III wrote: >>> >>> Most of selinux enforcement is targeted at services and a few user tools >>> t

Re: No need for AV tools on Linux, eh?

On 02/13/2011 12:17 AM, Bruno Wolff III wrote: > On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 22:25:41 -0600, >Robert Nichols wrote: >> >> All the plugins on my F-14 and F-12 machines have context >> system_u:object_r:lib_t with the exception of nppdf.so which >> is unconfined_u:

Re: why is /var/spool/cups so huge?

On 02/13/2011 09:24 AM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > Hi, > > I have been running F14 since the day it came out (on LXDE) and I have > noticed that my / is now as much as 7.3G in size. (My /home is separate > so these are really system-related files in /). Upon investigation, I > have come to realize that

Re: why is /var/spool/cups so huge?

On 02/13/2011 03:03 PM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > On Sun, 13 Feb 2011 12:10:53 -0600 Bill Davidsen > wrote: > >> Robert Nichols wrote: >>> On 02/13/2011 09:24 AM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> I have been running F14 since the da

Re: WiFi: why not a diagram showing access points?

On 02/15/2011 04:04 PM, Timothy Murphy wrote: > > I tried using another modem (Billion), but it needs a password > and the password my ISP sent me does not seem to work. > (It is their modem.) It is quite common for a router to be configured to prohibit administrative access from a wireless connec

Re: WiFi: why not a diagram showing access points?

On 02/16/2011 09:54 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > On 02/16/2011 07:56 PM, Tim wrote: >> On Wed, 2011-02-16 at 15:54 +0100, Timothy Murphy wrote: >>> But I'm not in a built-up area. >>> I do see one other (hidden) network, but it is quite weak. >> As Patrick said, cordless phones can interfere. Plu

Re: WiFi: why not a diagram showing access points?

On 02/16/2011 11:09 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > On 02/16/2011 11:42 PM, Robert Nichols wrote: >> On 02/16/2011 09:54 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: >>> On 02/16/2011 07:56 PM, Tim wrote: >>>> On Wed, 2011-02-16 at 15:54 +0100, Timothy Murphy wrote: >>>>&g

Re: yum erase the best way to do reverse dependency checking?

On 02/20/2011 12:04 PM, Richard Shaw wrote: > I was googling for a way to figure out a dependency chain for a > package I'm trying to flush out a spec file for and build. There > doesn't seem to be a non-destructive equivalent to "yum erase > " to see if I need to explicitly include a package/progr

Re: yum erase the best way to do reverse dependency checking?

On 02/21/2011 08:37 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Mon, 2011-02-21 at 08:15 -0600, Richard Shaw wrote: >> On Sun, Feb 20, 2011 at 1:31 PM, Robert Nichols >> wrote: >>> On 02/20/2011 12:04 PM, Richard Shaw wrote: >>>> I was googling for a w

Re: yum erase the best way to do reverse dependency checking?

On 02/21/2011 08:14 AM, Richard Shaw wrote: > On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 3:24 AM, Gordon Messmer wrote: >> On 02/20/2011 10:04 AM, Richard Shaw wrote: >>> I was googling for a way to figure out a dependency chain for a >>> package I'm trying to flush out a spec file for and build. >> >> Spec files do

Re: 3D Chess screen saver

On 03/09/2011 01:11 PM, Aaron Gray wrote: > On 9 March 2011 18:51, Frank Cox > wrote: > > On Wed, 09 Mar 2011 18:43:02 + > Aaron Gray wrote: > > > I am looking for an old screensaver that I believe was OpenGL on > Fedora that > > was a chess bo

Separate /usr partition

I just noticed that ever since Fedora 11 the Installation Guide recommends against having a /usr partition separate from the root file system (though as recently as Fedora 12 the Example Usage still showed a separate /usr). I've always used a separate /usr kept mounted read-only except when necess

Re: lp versus enscript

On 03/16/2011 05:15 PM, Aaron Konstam wrote: > On Wed, 2011-03-16 at 11:57 -0400, Robert Moskowitz wrote: >> I needed to print and Internet Draft 2 sided and two up. My colleague >> suggested lpr, but that does not have enough options, but I figured out >> how to use lp: >> >> lp -d HP-Officejet-8

Re: rename flash drive auto mount point

On 03/25/2011 08:56 PM, Kevin J. Cummings wrote: > On 03/25/2011 04:33 PM, Aaron Konstam wrote: >> Look I don't want to be difficult. But this is a Fedora list and the >> command mlabel that you are using does not exist in Fedora 14. So your >> information about changing usb drive labels using mlab

Re: External HDD auto-mounted as root

On 03/25/2011 10:37 PM, Suvayu Ali wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I just bought a 1TB WD Passport. It came formatted as NTFS, on plugging > it in, it auto-mounted as the regular user. But after I formatted it to > use ext4 (with gparted), it keeps getting auto-mounted as root both on > F13 and F14. Any

Re: rename flash drive auto mount point

On 03/26/2011 08:34 AM, Aaron Konstam wrote: > On Fri, 2011-03-25 at 23:49 -0500, Robert Nichols wrote: >> On 03/25/2011 08:56 PM, Kevin J. Cummings wrote: >>> On 03/25/2011 04:33 PM, Aaron Konstam wrote: >>>> Look I don't want to be difficult. But this is a Fedo

Re: Yum wierdness

On 04/11/2011 01:59 AM, Mike Dwiggins wrote: > I upgraded a working F13 x86_64 to F14 x 86_64 from a downloaded DVD > which verified and then went to do a "yum update" after the upgrade from > the DVD. > > I am getting the following message: > > "http://linuxdownload.adobe.com/linux/i386/repodata/r

Re: How to tell yum to exclude updating a package

On 04/14/2011 09:06 AM, Aaron Konstam wrote: > On Wed, 2011-04-13 at 20:02 -0700, JD wrote: >> I ran yum update as follows: >> >> >> # yum -y -x=libmad -x=libmad-devel -x=vcdimager -x=vcdimager-libs >> update >> >> but it still tried to update vcdimager, vcdimager-libs libmad and >> libmad-devel >

Re: Separate /usr partition

On 04/15/2011 12:22 AM, Gabriel Ramirez wrote: > ok, so I was wrong about the webpage and the situation, well thanks, for > your explanation the only thing to do is install the F15, live with it > or try to do a workaround myself (I don't care if it's ugly) meanwhile > works in my use case. You wa

Re: Separate /usr partition

On 04/15/2011 12:21 PM, Gabriel Ramirez wrote: > On 04/15/2011 08:49 AM, Robert Nichols wrote: >> You want an ugly workaround? How about keeping your separate /usr, but >> keep a very stripped-down copy (just the stuff needed during boot) under >> the /usr directory on

Re: kcore

On 04/19/2011 07:08 PM, Patrick Dupre wrote: > Hello, > > I have a /proc/kcore file which is huge: 1059057664 > Is it normal ? Everything in /proc is just a window into various kernel data structures. The pseudo-filesystem you see there doesn't exist on disk. In your case, that kcore "file" just

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