Re: Linux Games for Kids

2010-07-01 Thread birger
I have kids in that range myself, and these are the results of the jury: Get a wheel and start with tuxkart. It seems to be the biggest hit for kids that age on my linux game pc (rather old pc with decent graphics card and hi-res 24" screen). Then there is tuxracer/ppracer/whatever. Great game

Re: ati catalyst workaround for fedora13

2010-07-01 Thread Bruno Wolff III
On Thu, Jul 01, 2010 at 20:57:15 -0400, Andrew Jamison wrote: > > > AMD is taking care of the people who really care. They publish data on how > > to make their stuff work. > And that is assuming everyone that uses Linux has the aptitude to code for > Linux even for the OpenGL drivers? There

Re: Linux Games for Kids

2010-07-01 Thread g
Tim wrote: > Doesn't work, it instantly redirects to well, as stated in my post, it was from my bookmarks. so i will delete it because it is from 2008. what i did find with a google linux advanced search of; 'game site:fedoraproject.org' http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&as_q=game&as_epq=

Re: qtparted does not run in F13

2010-07-01 Thread Joachim Backes
On 07/01/10 17:47, JD wrote: > Run rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest Running, but nothing is missing! -- Joachim Backes http://www.rhrk.uni-kl.de/~backes smime.p7s Description: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscripti

Re: F-13 printing problems -

2010-07-01 Thread Tim
On Thu, 2010-07-01 at 12:07 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote: > I believe the Macs also use cups for printing. My internet > connection with the hurricane disturbing the path at the Texas > end made my crossword printing effort too difficult to evaluate > performance this morning. But only my three printer

Re: ati catalyst workaround for fedora13

2010-07-01 Thread Tim
On Thu, 2010-07-01 at 12:19 -0400, Robert Myers wrote: > All those Linux fan boys out there shilling for AMD and it can't even > take care of them? Well, you'd have to know whether "all those Linux" users are a significant number compared to all the other users, for AMD to care. But then, even th

Re: nscd cacher problem

2010-07-01 Thread Tim
On Thu, 2010-07-01 at 09:22 -0700, JD wrote: > I am running nscd-2.12-2.i686 on F13. > > my /etc/resolv.conf contains: > nameserver 127.0.0.1 > followed by other nameservers from my provider. > I am using the default nscd.conf file > > My email client is Thunderbird. > > Every time i check for e

Re: Linux Games for Kids

2010-07-01 Thread Máirín Duffy
On Thu, 2010-07-01 at 11:05 -0400, Jim wrote: > Can anyone give me some advice for game for kids ages 4-8 ? > I have to build up a computer for kids to use at. 4-8. What is on the > Fedora Repo's. You might want to try the Fedora Educational Spin: http://spins.fedoraproject.org/edu/ The Fedora

Re: nscd cacher problem

2010-07-01 Thread Tim
On Thu, 2010-07-01 at 11:20 -0700, JD wrote: > bind is too complex to run and maintain. It might be difficult to set up (I don't think so, though), but requires no real maintenance. And changes to the root servers would be provided to you by yum updates. The rests looks after itself. -- [...@l

Re: more on identifying the system a program is running on...

2010-07-01 Thread Tim
On Thu, 2010-07-01 at 17:02 +0100, Frank Murphy wrote: > My mistake: > $ cd /proc |cat version > Linux version 2.6.33.5-124.fc13.i686.PAE > (mockbu...@x86-11.phx2.fedoraproject.org) (gcc version 4.4.4 20100503 > (Red Hat 4.4.4-2) (GCC) ) #1 SMP Fri Jun 11 09:42:24 UTC 2010 I still don't see how

Re: Linux Games for Kids

2010-07-01 Thread Tim
On Thu, 2010-07-01 at 16:25 +, g wrote: > http://docs.fedoraproject.org/release-notes/f10/en_US/What_is_New_for_Gamers_Scientists_and_Hobbyists.html Doesn't work, it instantly redirects to http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/13/html/Release_Notes/ and nothing appears to be what your

Re: nscd cacher problem

2010-07-01 Thread JD
On 07/01/2010 06:05 PM, Rick Stevens wrote: > On 07/01/2010 11:20 AM, JD wrote: >> On 07/01/2010 10:42 AM, Tom Horsley wrote: >>> Unfortunately, enabling or disabling IPV6 doesn't seem to have >>> much to do with the library doing V6 DNS lookups. I could >>> swear there was something added to

Re: preupgrade isn't efficient

2010-07-01 Thread A. Racca
On Thu, 2010-07-01 at 21:46 -0300, Martín Marqués wrote: > 2010/7/1 Frank Murphy : > > On 01/07/10 11:21, Martín Marqués wrote: > >> I'm doing a preupgrade from F12 to F13. yesterday I stopped preupgrade > >> and started it again today. For my surprise preupgrade restarted > >> downloading the inst

Re: nscd cacher problem

2010-07-01 Thread Rick Stevens
On 07/01/2010 11:20 AM, JD wrote: >On 07/01/2010 10:42 AM, Tom Horsley wrote: >> Unfortunately, enabling or disabling IPV6 doesn't seem to have >> much to do with the library doing V6 DNS lookups. I could >> swear there was something added to nsswitch.conf or resolv.conf >> that you could set t

Re: ati catalyst workaround for fedora13

2010-07-01 Thread Andrew Jamison
> > AMD is taking care of the people who really care. They publish data on how > to make their stuff work. And that is assuming everyone that uses Linux has the aptitude to code for Linux even for the OpenGL drivers? > If people want AMD stuff working well on Fedora they should be helping work

Re: LTSP and DRI2, Fedora 12 and glxgears

2010-07-01 Thread Norman Gaywood
On Thu, Jul 01, 2010 at 02:33:04PM +1000, Norman Gaywood wrote: > $ glxgears > X Error of failed request: BadRequest (invalid request code or no such > operation) > Major opcode of failed request: 136 (DRI2) > Minor opcode of failed request: 1 (DRI2Connect) > Serial number of failed requ

Re: preupgrade isn't efficient

2010-07-01 Thread Martín Marqués
2010/7/1 Frank Murphy : > On 01/07/10 11:21, Martín Marqués wrote: >> I'm doing a preupgrade from F12 to F13. yesterday I stopped preupgrade >> and started it again today. For my surprise preupgrade restarted >> downloading the installation images, which, with my slow connection, >> makes me loose

Re: Printing problem on FC13

2010-07-01 Thread Alex
Hi, >> There is a choice of a number of print drivers, and I've tried a few >> of them, including ljet4, hl1250, and a ghostscript driver, and they >> all do the same thing. > > It sounds like all the ones you've tried are 'Foomatic'-based drivers. > > How about if you try this one?: > Brother HL-

Re: K3B Burning iso9660 Error

2010-07-01 Thread Les
On Thu, 2010-07-01 at 17:19 -0400, Jim wrote: > FC-13 > > Trying to burn a iso image in k3b and I get a error in Filesize and Volume, > Can some tell me what problem I have and how to fix it ? > I can see a difference of .1 mb. > > Detected: iso9660 image > Filesize: 498.0 Mib (different than de

Re: K3B Burning iso9660 Error

2010-07-01 Thread JD
On 07/01/2010 02:19 PM, Jim wrote: > FC-13 > > Trying to burn a iso image in k3b and I get a error in Filesize and Volume, > Can some tell me what problem I have and how to fix it ? > I can see a difference of .1 mb. > > Detected: iso9660 image > Filesize: 498.0 Mib (different than declared volu

K3B Burning iso9660 Error

2010-07-01 Thread Jim
FC-13 Trying to burn a iso image in k3b and I get a error in Filesize and Volume, Can some tell me what problem I have and how to fix it ? I can see a difference of .1 mb. Detected: iso9660 image Filesize: 498.0 Mib (different than declared volume size) Volume: 498.1 Mib ?var/log/message k3b

Re: Help with InstallMedia repo (it just refuses to go away)

2010-07-01 Thread JD
On 07/01/2010 11:49 AM, Frank Murphy wrote: > On 01/07/10 19:43, JD wrote: >> $ yum whatprovides */packagekit-media.repo >> virtualbox >> 5/5 >> Warning: 3.0.x versions of yum would erroneously match against filenames. >> You can use "*/yum.repos.d/packagekit-media.repo" and/or >> "*bin/yum.r

Re: nscd cacher problem

2010-07-01 Thread JD
On 07/01/2010 12:20 PM, Jurek Bajor wrote: > ls -al/var/db/nscd/ Thanx, Doing sudo strings /var/db/nscd/hosts showed the cached host names, prepended by their IP addresses. Cheers, JD -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://adm

Re: Help with InstallMedia repo (it just refuses to go away)

2010-07-01 Thread Richard Hughes
On 1 July 2010 19:49, Frank Murphy wrote: > then try removing packagekit-media.repo I've got a PackageKit fix in the works. I'll write some code to fix this tomorrow. Richard. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedora

nscd cacher problem

2010-07-01 Thread Jurek Bajor
... > Is there a way to query nscd and ask it what's in it's cache? Hi, have not used it, but quick lookup below may help ? man nscd > nscd --help > nscd -g | --statistics > nscd -d | --debug > ls -al /var/db/nscd/ Trobleshooting Name Service Information Each name service provides tool for acqu

Re: Help with InstallMedia repo (it just refuses to go away)

2010-07-01 Thread Frank Murphy
On 01/07/10 19:43, JD wrote: > $ yum whatprovides */packagekit-media.repo > virtualbox > 5/5 > Warning: 3.0.x versions of yum would erroneously match against filenames. >You can use "*/yum.repos.d/packagekit-media.repo" and/or > "*bin/yum.repos.d/packagekit-media.repo" to get that behaviour >

Re: nscd cacher problem

2010-07-01 Thread JD
On 07/01/2010 11:38 AM, Jurek Bajor wrote: >On 07/01/2010 10:42 AM, Tom Horsley wrote: >> Unfortunately, enabling or disabling IPV6 doesn't seem to have >> much to do with the library doing V6 DNS lookups. I could >> swear there was something added to nsswitch.conf or resolv.conf >> that you

Re: nscd cacher problem

2010-07-01 Thread JD
On 07/01/2010 11:38 AM, Jurek Bajor wrote: >On 07/01/2010 10:42 AM, Tom Horsley wrote: >> Unfortunately, enabling or disabling IPV6 doesn't seem to have >> much to do with the library doing V6 DNS lookups. I could >> swear there was something added to nsswitch.conf or resolv.conf >> that you

Re: Help with InstallMedia repo (it just refuses to go away)

2010-07-01 Thread JD
On 07/01/2010 11:33 AM, Frank Murphy wrote: > yum whatprovides */packagekit-media.repo I did set in it enabled=0 but after an update or two, it is autoamtically replaced with a version that has no enabled=0 $ yum whatprovides */packagekit-media.repo Loaded plugins: blacklist, refresh-packagekit

nscd cacher problem

2010-07-01 Thread Jurek Bajor
On 07/01/2010 10:42 AM, Tom Horsley wrote: > Unfortunately, enabling or disabling IPV6 doesn't seem to have > much to do with the library doing V6 DNS lookups. I could > swear there was something added to nsswitch.conf or resolv.conf > that you could set to disable v6 dns requests, but I can't >

Re: Help with InstallMedia repo (it just refuses to go away)

2010-07-01 Thread Frank Murphy
On 01/07/10 19:24, JD wrote: My eyes try enabled=0 or was that a typo? also do a yum whatprovides */packagekit-media.repo to see where it's coming from. Dont' have it here on F13 -- Regards, Frank Murphy UTF_8 Encoded Friend of Fedora -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To uns

Re: qtparted does not run in F13

2010-07-01 Thread Mike Guilmot
> did somebody try to run qtparted in F13? I did it, but getting an error > prompt: "Cannot get parted version". If pressing OK, qtparted exits. Just installed it to test. Same problem. -- KR, Mike -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options

Re: ati catalyst workaround for fedora13

2010-07-01 Thread Robert Myers
On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 1:10 PM, Tom Horsley wrote: > On Thu, 1 Jul 2010 11:37:52 -0500 > Bruno Wolff III wrote: > > > AMD is taking care of the people who really care. They publish data on > how > > to make their stuff work. > > But judging from the actual results on several different ATI cards >

Re: Help with InstallMedia repo (it just refuses to go away)

2010-07-01 Thread JD
On 07/01/2010 11:08 AM, Frank Murphy wrote: > On 01/07/10 19:04, JD wrote: >> $ sudo yum -y install parted >> Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit >> Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: >> InstallMedia. Please verify its path and try again > What Fedora relea

Re: nscd cacher problem

2010-07-01 Thread JD
On 07/01/2010 10:42 AM, Tom Horsley wrote: > Unfortunately, enabling or disabling IPV6 doesn't seem to have > much to do with the library doing V6 DNS lookups. I could > swear there was something added to nsswitch.conf or resolv.conf > that you could set to disable v6 dns requests, but I can't >

Re: qtparted does not run in F13

2010-07-01 Thread Roger K. Wells
On 07/01/2010 02:05 PM, JD wrote: >On 07/01/2010 10:48 AM, Roger K. Wells wrote: > >> On 07/01/2010 01:30 PM, JD wrote: >> >>> On 07/01/2010 10:19 AM, Roger K. Wells wrote: >>> >>> On 07/01/2010 11:47 AM, JD wrote: >On 07/01/2010 02:59

Re: Help with InstallMedia repo (it just refuses to go away)

2010-07-01 Thread Frank Murphy
On 01/07/10 19:04, JD wrote: >$ sudo yum -y install parted > Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit > Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: > InstallMedia. Please verify its path and try again What Fedora release? What is returned with: ls /etc/yum/pluginconf.d/

Re: qtparted does not run in F13

2010-07-01 Thread JD
On 07/01/2010 10:48 AM, Roger K. Wells wrote: > On 07/01/2010 01:30 PM, JD wrote: >> On 07/01/2010 10:19 AM, Roger K. Wells wrote: >> >>> On 07/01/2010 11:47 AM, JD wrote: >>> On 07/01/2010 02:59 AM, Joachim Backes wrote: > Hi, > > did somebody try to run qtpa

Help with InstallMedia repo (it just refuses to go away)

2010-07-01 Thread JD
$ sudo yum -y install parted Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: InstallMedia. Please verify its path and try again I edited: sudo vi /etc/yum.repos.d/packagekit-media.repo and set enabled-0 It worked fine for one update se

Re: Cannot get make gconfig to run on my system

2010-07-01 Thread Barton Landrum
I tried the commands you sent earlier. I will try these too and let you know what happens On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 11:24 PM, David Christopher Chipman < dchip...@ican.net> wrote: > Barton Landrum wrote: > > No I don't. I am new to GTK packages. How would I install them from the > > repo? > > > > O

Re: Cannot get make gconfig to run on my system

2010-07-01 Thread Barton Landrum
tmp/linux-2.6.34 is the directory containing my kernel code. I ran the sudo yum command as you suggested. I then ran the make xconfig command from my tmp/linux-2.6.34 folder and got this: [r...@blandrum linux-2.6.34]# make xconfig CHECK qt * * Unable to find the QT3 installation. Please make

Re: Gnash cannot play YouTube movies

2010-07-01 Thread Frank Murphy
On 01/07/10 18:44, Paul Smith wrote: ss-nip-- > > Frank, > > Open the script with Firefox and afterwards > > Tools --> Greasemonkey > > to finish the script installation. > > Hope this helps you, > > Paul Thanks Paul, -- Regards, Frank Murphy UTF_8 Encoded Friend of Fedora -- users mailing li

Re: qtparted does not run in F13

2010-07-01 Thread Roger K. Wells
On 07/01/2010 01:30 PM, JD wrote: >On 07/01/2010 10:19 AM, Roger K. Wells wrote: > >> On 07/01/2010 11:47 AM, JD wrote: >> >>> On 07/01/2010 02:59 AM, Joachim Backes wrote: >>> >>> Hi, did somebody try to run qtparted in F13? I did it, but getting an error

Re: Gnash cannot play YouTube movies

2010-07-01 Thread Paul Smith
On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 9:29 AM, Frank Murphy wrote: >>> Can I get a walkthrough? >>> Not sure exactly what to do with Greasemonkey. >> >> Google it, it's easy to be honest, you don't even need to google it > > Not to me, when I click add nothing happens\shows up. > Whats the secret. Frank, Open

Re: nscd cacher problem

2010-07-01 Thread Tom Horsley
Unfortunately, enabling or disabling IPV6 doesn't seem to have much to do with the library doing V6 DNS lookups. I could swear there was something added to nsswitch.conf or resolv.conf that you could set to disable v6 dns requests, but I can't remember what it was called. I run bind as a caching n

nscd cacher problem - how to turn IPv6 off

2010-07-01 Thread Jurek Bajor
On 07/01/2010 10:13 AM, Jurek Bajor wrote: > Hi, > in Fedora 13: > > right-click net icon in Panel > select Edit Connections > select your interface (repeat for all used): > e.g. Wired > select System eth0 > click Edit > click IPv6 Settings tab > select Method: Ignore > click Apply > give passwo

Re: qtparted does not run in F13

2010-07-01 Thread JD
On 07/01/2010 10:19 AM, Roger K. Wells wrote: > On 07/01/2010 11:47 AM, JD wrote: >> On 07/01/2010 02:59 AM, Joachim Backes wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> did somebody try to run qtparted in F13? I did it, but getting an error >>> prompt: "Cannot get parted version". If pressing OK, qtparted exits

Re: more on identifying the system a program is running on...

2010-07-01 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Thu, 2010-07-01 at 17:20 +, g wrote: > Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > On Thu, 2010-07-01 at 17:02 +0100, Frank Murphy wrote: > >> My mistake: > >> $ cd /proc |cat version > > > > Or just 'cat proc/version' > > better yet 'cat /proc/version'. Of course. poc -- users mailing list users@l

Re: nscd cacher problem - how to turn IPv6 off

2010-07-01 Thread JD
On 07/01/2010 10:13 AM, Jurek Bajor wrote: > Hi, > in Fedora 13: > > right-click net icon in Panel > select Edit Connections > select your interface (repeat for all used): > e.g. Wired > select System eth0 > click Edit > click IPv6 Settings tab > select Method: Ignore > click Apply > give passwo

Re: nscd cacher problem - how to turn IPv6 off

2010-07-01 Thread JD
On 07/01/2010 10:13 AM, Jurek Bajor wrote: > Hi, > in Fedora 13: > > right-click net icon in Panel > select Edit Connections > select your interface (repeat for all used): > e.g. Wired > select System eth0 > click Edit > click IPv6 Settings tab > select Method: Ignore > click Apply > give passwo

Re: more on identifying the system a program is running on...

2010-07-01 Thread g
Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Thu, 2010-07-01 at 17:02 +0100, Frank Murphy wrote: >> My mistake: >> $ cd /proc |cat version > > Or just 'cat proc/version' better yet 'cat /proc/version'. -- peace out. tc,hago. g . in a free world without fences, who needs gates. ** help microsoft st

Re: qtparted does not run in F13

2010-07-01 Thread Roger K. Wells
On 07/01/2010 11:47 AM, JD wrote: >On 07/01/2010 02:59 AM, Joachim Backes wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> did somebody try to run qtparted in F13? I did it, but getting an error >> prompt: "Cannot get parted version". If pressing OK, qtparted exits. >> >> Info: >> = >> >> rpm -q parted qtparted >

yum crash

2010-07-01 Thread Jurek Bajor
Hi, On Thu, 2010-07-01 at 18:57 +0200, Jurek Bajor wrote: > Hi, > when executed by a non-root user, the yum entry crashes because it is unable > to access a database. > It should reject the entry for non-root user. > Jurek > > Output: > [jb at localhost ~]$ yum history list all > Loaded plugins: f

nscd cacher problem - how to turn IPv6 off

2010-07-01 Thread Jurek Bajor
Hi, in Fedora 13: right-click net icon in Panel select Edit Connections select your interface (repeat for all used): e.g. Wired select System eth0 click Edit click IPv6 Settings tab select Method: Ignore click Apply give password for root click Close Jurek -- users mailing list users@lists.fedo

Re: ati catalyst workaround for fedora13

2010-07-01 Thread Tom Horsley
On Thu, 1 Jul 2010 11:37:52 -0500 Bruno Wolff III wrote: > AMD is taking care of the people who really care. They publish data on how > to make their stuff work. But judging from the actual results on several different ATI cards with the radeon driver the published data leaves a lot of details ou

Re: yum crash

2010-07-01 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Thu, 2010-07-01 at 18:57 +0200, Jurek Bajor wrote: > Hi, > when executed by a non-root user, the yum entry crashes because it is unable > to access a database. > It should reject the entry for non-root user. > Jurek > > Output: > [...@localhost ~]$ yum history list all > Loaded plugins: fastest

Re: more on identifying the system a program is running on...

2010-07-01 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Thu, 2010-07-01 at 17:02 +0100, Frank Murphy wrote: > My mistake: > $ cd /proc |cat version Or just 'cat proc/version' poc -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: htt

Re: nscd cacher problem

2010-07-01 Thread JD
On 07/01/2010 09:56 AM, JD wrote: > On 07/01/2010 09:47 AM, JD wrote: >> On 07/01/2010 09:26 AM, Ulrich Drepper wrote: >>> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >>> Hash: SHA1 >>> >>> On 07/01/2010 09:22 AM, JD wrote: What do I need to do as far as configuration to make nscd a better ca

yum crash

2010-07-01 Thread Jurek Bajor
Hi, when executed by a non-root user, the yum entry crashes because it is unable to access a database. It should reject the entry for non-root user. Jurek Output: [...@localhost ~]$ yum history list all Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, langpacks, presto, priorities, protect-packages, :

Re: nscd cacher problem

2010-07-01 Thread JD
On 07/01/2010 09:47 AM, JD wrote: > On 07/01/2010 09:26 AM, Ulrich Drepper wrote: >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> On 07/01/2010 09:22 AM, JD wrote: >>> What do I need to do as far as configuration to make nscd a better >>> cacher? >> >> This has nothing to do with nscd

Re: differrence between 'yum remove' and 'yum erase'

2010-07-01 Thread Bill Davidsen
Aaron Konstam wrote: > On Wed, 2010-06-23 at 21:14 -0500, Christofer C. Bell wrote: >> On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 4:33 PM, Aaron Konstam >> wrote: [__stuff__] > I think we are all saying the same thing. > In such a way that it sounds as though we disagree... :-( -- Bill Davidsen "We

Re: Chrome crashes F13

2010-07-01 Thread Steven Stern
On 07/01/2010 10:04 AM, Kevin Martin wrote: > I'm running google-chrome-stable-5.0.375.86-49890.i386 on FC13 and it's > not causing me issues. Perhaps update to that version. > > Kevin Thanks. So far, so good. -- -- Steve -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe

Re: differrence between 'yum remove' and 'yum erase'

2010-07-01 Thread Bill Davidsen
Alexander Volovics wrote: > On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 06:24:57PM +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote: > >> On 06/23/2010 06:22 PM, Alexander Volovics wrote: >>> 'info yum' does not supply any more details with respect to >>> remove/erase then 'man yum'. > >> Erase is just a alias to remove. Zero differen

Re: Passing the baton

2010-07-01 Thread Michael Cronenworth
Paul W. Frields wrote: > A leadership change is always momentous, and the Fedora Project is no > exception to this rule. I wanted to share some thoughts about being > the Fedora Project Leader, tell the community about the person who > will be taking over that role soon, and to let you know what t

Re: nscd cacher problem

2010-07-01 Thread JD
On 07/01/2010 09:26 AM, Ulrich Drepper wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 07/01/2010 09:22 AM, JD wrote: >> What do I need to do as far as configuration to make nscd a better cacher? > > This has nothing to do with nscd. You most likely have IPv6 interfaces > configu

Re: yum 'shortcomings'?

2010-07-01 Thread Bill Davidsen
Alexander Volovics wrote: > On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 06:57:12PM +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote: > >> On 06/23/2010 06:49 PM, Alexander Volovics wrote: >>> I just tried it and as I suspected it is a bit terse. >>> What if you have 2 entries for the same date with the 'same' action >>> and only differen

Re: ati catalyst workaround for fedora13

2010-07-01 Thread Bruno Wolff III
On Thu, Jul 01, 2010 at 12:19:52 -0400, Robert Myers wrote: > On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 12:17 PM, Clemens Eisserer wrote: > > > So the best you can do is to write an email to AMD. > > > > > All those Linux fan boys out there shilling for AMD and it can't even take > care of them? AMD is taking ca

Re: Linux Games for Kids

2010-07-01 Thread Bruno Wolff III
On Thu, Jul 01, 2010 at 11:05:06 -0400, Jim wrote: > Can anyone give me some advice for game for kids ages 4-8 ? > I have to build up a computer for kids to use at. 4-8. What is on the > Fedora Repo's. There are a lot of games, some of which work better than others. The ones flagged for kids i

Re: Multimedia video on netbook

2010-07-01 Thread Bill Davidsen
JD wrote: > > On 06/22/2010 12:24 PM, jack craig was caught red-handed while writing:: >> Hi Folks, >> >> I just loaded VLC on my netbook and was able to view my recent manta ray >> night diving video. >> >> However, given its normal power saving procedure, it dims the screen >> shortly after the

Re: nscd cacher problem

2010-07-01 Thread Ulrich Drepper
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 07/01/2010 09:22 AM, JD wrote: > What do I need to do as far as configuration to make nscd a better cacher? This has nothing to do with nscd. You most likely have IPv6 interfaces configured and your ISP simply doesn't handle IPv6 name lookups (AA

Re: Linux Games for Kids

2010-07-01 Thread g
Jim wrote: > Can anyone give me some advice for game for kids ages 4-8 ? > I have to build up a computer for kids to use at. 4-8. What is on the > Fedora Repo's. from my bookmarks: fedora; http://docs.fedoraproject.org/release-notes/f10/en_US/What_is_New_for_Gamers_Scientists_and_Hobbyists.htm

nscd cacher problem

2010-07-01 Thread JD
I am running nscd-2.12-2.i686 on F13. my /etc/resolv.conf contains: nameserver 127.0.0.1 followed by other nameservers from my provider. I am using the default nscd.conf file My email client is Thunderbird. Every time i check for email, or send a message, thunderbird takes it many seconds to f

Re: ati catalyst workaround for fedora13

2010-07-01 Thread Robert Myers
On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 12:17 PM, Clemens Eisserer wrote: > So the best you can do is to write an email to AMD. > > All those Linux fan boys out there shilling for AMD and it can't even take care of them? Robert. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscri

Re: ati catalyst workaround for fedora13

2010-07-01 Thread Clemens Eisserer
So the best you can do is to write an email to AMD. - Clemens 2010/7/1 JD : >  On 07/01/2010 02:12 AM, n...@li.nux.ro wrote: >> Hello there, >> >> Does anyone know if there is a workaround for running the ati fglrx >> drivers on fedora 13 or how difficult it would be to port fedora 12's >> xorg t

Re: F-13 printing problems -

2010-07-01 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 01/07/10 11:12, Jim wrote: > On 07/01/2010 12:44 AM, Tim wrote: > >> On Wed, 2010-06-30 at 19:47 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote: >> >> >>> Both the CUPS and the system-config-printer screens show the printers >>> configured on my computers and the Macs. >>> >>> >> You might want to t

Re: more on identifying the system a program is running on...

2010-07-01 Thread Frank Murphy
On 01/07/10 16:56, JD wrote: >On 07/01/2010 06:55 AM, Frank Murphy wrote: >> cd /proc | cat version > $ cd /proc | cat version > cat: version: No such file or directory > $ ls /proc/version > /proc/version > $ cat /proc/version > Linux version 2.6.34-git16.fc13.i686 (j...@localhost.localdomain)

Re: more on identifying the system a program is running on...

2010-07-01 Thread JD
On 07/01/2010 06:55 AM, Frank Murphy wrote: > cd /proc | cat version $ cd /proc | cat version cat: version: No such file or directory $ ls /proc/version /proc/version $ cat /proc/version Linux version 2.6.34-git16.fc13.i686 (j...@localhost.localdomain) (gcc version 4.4.4 20100503 (Red Hat 4.4.4-

Re: qtparted does not run in F13

2010-07-01 Thread JD
On 07/01/2010 02:59 AM, Joachim Backes wrote: > Hi, > > did somebody try to run qtparted in F13? I did it, but getting an error > prompt: "Cannot get parted version". If pressing OK, qtparted exits. > > Info: > = > > rpm -q parted qtparted > > parted-2.1-8.fc13.i686 > qtparted-0.4.5-23.fc13.i

Re: ati catalyst workaround for fedora13

2010-07-01 Thread JD
On 07/01/2010 02:12 AM, n...@li.nux.ro wrote: > Hello there, > > Does anyone know if there is a workaround for running the ati fglrx > drivers on fedora 13 or how difficult it would be to port fedora 12's > xorg to f13? > For fedora 12 there is this: > http://www.phoronix.com/forums/showthread.ph

Re: F-13 printing problems -

2010-07-01 Thread Jim
On 07/01/2010 12:44 AM, Tim wrote: > On Wed, 2010-06-30 at 19:47 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote: > >> Both the CUPS and the system-config-printer screens show the printers >> configured on my computers and the Macs. >> > You might want to try stopping your computers from sharing out the > print

Linux Games for Kids

2010-07-01 Thread Jim
Can anyone give me some advice for game for kids ages 4-8 ? I have to build up a computer for kids to use at. 4-8. What is on the Fedora Repo's. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/user

Re: Chrome crashes F13

2010-07-01 Thread Kevin Martin
I'm running google-chrome-stable-5.0.375.86-49890.i386 on FC13 and it's not causing me issues. Perhaps update to that version. Kevin -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidel

Re: more on identifying the system a program is running on...

2010-07-01 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Thu, 2010-07-01 at 14:55 +0100, Frank Murphy wrote: > On 01/07/10 14:49, fred smith wrote: > > > > Can anyone suggest some resource that a PROGRAM (compiled C program) can > > examine while running to find out what platform it is runninng on ? > > > > cd /proc | cat version Huh? poc -- user

Re: more on identifying the system a program is running on...

2010-07-01 Thread Jerry Feldman
On 07/01/2010 09:49 AM, fred smith wrote: > I asked recently about using /etc/redhat-release and got some useful answers. > My thanks to all who replied. > > Now a slight variant: > > Can anyone suggest some resource that a PROGRAM (compiled C program) can > examine while running to find out what p

Re: preupgrade isn't efficient

2010-07-01 Thread Frank Murphy
On 01/07/10 11:21, Martín Marqués wrote: > I'm doing a preupgrade from F12 to F13. yesterday I stopped preupgrade > and started it again today. For my surprise preupgrade restarted > downloading the installation images, which, with my slow connection, > makes me loose more then 1/2 an hour only dow

Re: more on identifying the system a program is running on...

2010-07-01 Thread Bruno Wolff III
On Thu, Jul 01, 2010 at 09:49:49 -0400, fred smith wrote: > > Can anyone suggest some resource that a PROGRAM (compiled C program) can > examine while running to find out what platform it is runninng on ? You could look at the source for uname and see what it does. > can anyone suggest any ot

Re: more on identifying the system a program is running on...

2010-07-01 Thread Frank Murphy
On 01/07/10 14:49, fred smith wrote: > > Can anyone suggest some resource that a PROGRAM (compiled C program) can > examine while running to find out what platform it is runninng on ? > cd /proc | cat version -- Regards, Frank Murphy UTF_8 Encoded Friend of Fedora -- users mailing list users@l

Re: preupgrade isn't efficient

2010-07-01 Thread Mike Guilmot
2010/7/1 Martín Marqués : > I was wrong, it doesn't make me loose 1/2 an hour. More likely and > hour and a half, and counting. You can set it up before you go to bed and continue the next day. Or isn't that an option ? -- KR Mike -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscri

more on identifying the system a program is running on...

2010-07-01 Thread fred smith
I asked recently about using /etc/redhat-release and got some useful answers. My thanks to all who replied. Now a slight variant: Can anyone suggest some resource that a PROGRAM (compiled C program) can examine while running to find out what platform it is runninng on ? Things that come to mind

Re: Chrome crashes F13

2010-07-01 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Thu, 2010-07-01 at 08:13 -0500, Steven Stern wrote: > I can reliably cause my F13 system to crash by browsing the web in > Chrome (from the Google repository). > > The scenario is (1) start chrome and (2) start normal browsing behavior. > Pretty soon, I get DNS timeouts and the system load

Re: Left mouse button stops working periodically

2010-07-01 Thread Tom Horsley
On Thu, 01 Jul 2010 08:59:07 -0400 Roger K. Wells wrote: > Does > anyone know where to put the script so it will execute in these > cases? I don't know anything, but that seems like something that might trigger a bunch of dbus messages, possibly this silly tool would work: http://home.comcast.ne

Chrome crashes F13

2010-07-01 Thread Steven Stern
I can reliably cause my F13 system to crash by browsing the web in Chrome (from the Google repository). The scenario is (1) start chrome and (2) start normal browsing behavior. Pretty soon, I get DNS timeouts and the system load applet shows the load average climbing. Today, I was able to kil

Re: [389-users] 389DS ignoring nsslapd-sizelimit

2010-07-01 Thread Juan Asensio Sánchez
One more note, this only happens in 1.2.5 versions, not in 1.1.3 (we have servers with two different versions). El 1 de julio de 2010 15:00, Juan Asensio Sánchez escribió: > Hi > > We have just realized that our servers are ignoring the parameter > nsslapd-sizelimit. If we do a search of the ent

[389-users] 389DS ignoring nsslapd-sizelimit

2010-07-01 Thread Juan Asensio Sánchez
Hi We have just realized that our servers are ignoring the parameter nsslapd-sizelimit. If we do a search of the entire directory (about 5 entries), we have a size limit exceeded: # ldapsearch -H ldaps://localhost -x -LLL -b "dc=X,dc=es" -D "uid=X,ou=X,o=,dc=,dc=es" -W [..

Re: Left mouse button stops working periodically

2010-07-01 Thread Roger K. Wells
On 06/30/2010 09:05 PM, Robert Nichols wrote: > 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.

Re: Printing problem on FC13

2010-07-01 Thread Tim Waugh
On Wed, 2010-06-30 at 22:24 -0400, Alex wrote: > There is a choice of a number of print drivers, and I've tried a few > of them, including ljet4, hl1250, and a ghostscript driver, and they > all do the same thing. It sounds like all the ones you've tried are 'Foomatic'-based drivers. How about if

Re: Getting on Internet with 13

2010-07-01 Thread Jerry Feldman
On 06/30/2010 11:08 PM, John Clark wrote: > On 6/30/2010 2:35 PM, Jerry Feldman wrote: > >> On 06/29/2010 07:50 PM, John Clark wrote: >> >>>I can't seem to get my browser/email to connect to Internet. In >>> terminal I can ping www.google.com to my hearts content but I can't >>> conne

Re: preupgrade isn't efficient

2010-07-01 Thread Martín Marqués
I was wrong, it doesn't make me loose 1/2 an hour. More likely and hour and a half, and counting. Any thoughts? El día 1 de julio de 2010 07:21, Martín Marqués escribió: > I'm doing a preupgrade from F12 to F13. yesterday I stopped preupgrade > and started it again today. For my surprise preupgr

preupgrade isn't efficient

2010-07-01 Thread Martín Marqués
I'm doing a preupgrade from F12 to F13. yesterday I stopped preupgrade and started it again today. For my surprise preupgrade restarted downloading the installation images, which, with my slow connection, makes me loose more then 1/2 an hour only downloading the images. The question is, why does i

Re: qtparted does not run in F13

2010-07-01 Thread Ed Greshko
On 07/01/2010 05:59 PM, Joachim Backes wrote: > Hi, > > did somebody try to run qtparted in F13? I did it, but getting an error > prompt: "Cannot get parted version". If pressing OK, qtparted exits. > > Info: > = > > rpm -q parted qtparted > > parted-2.1-8.fc13.i686 > qtparted-0.4.5-23.fc13.i68

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