Re: Firefox 4.0 for F14 x86_64

2011-03-23 Thread Remi Collet
Le 24/03/2011 02:38, James M. Leddy a écrit : > Only thing I had to edit from the f14 rpms was the false dependcy for > 0.7 libnotify. Let me know if I forgot any deps, but I think all it is > is xulrunner and firefox: > > http://people.redhat.com/jleddy/firefox4/ > Why another one ... ? spot [

Re: recovering from the unthinkable

2011-03-23 Thread Jatin K
On Wednesday 23 March 2011 07:58 PM, Joel Rees wrote: > The excuse: Trying to get all my precious files from the usb drive > after 10:00 PM. > > So, is anyone willing me to remind me of the name of the program that > goes searching through a drive that has been the victim of the old rm > -f and re-

Re: Having trouble connecting to google and youtube -SOLVED

2011-03-23 Thread JD
On 03/23/2011 08:08 PM, edik landave wrote: > Before what JB said: > > iptables -F > > and test. If it works then you know is one of your rules. > You didn't say what error "connecting" you have specifically. Can you > see the site and are unable to play the movies? If so install flash. > Just inst

Graphics driver installation error

2011-03-23 Thread leisland
Hi all, when I try to install Nvidai driver, getting the following errors: ERROR: Unable to load the kernel module 'nvidia.ko'. my system si Fedora 14( 64bit ), installation commond is: sh *.run --kernel-source-path=/usr/src/kernels/2.6.35.11-83.fc14.x86_64 I don't know why, please help me!

Re: Having trouble connecting to google and youtube

2011-03-23 Thread edik landave
Before what JB said: iptables -F and test. If it works then you know is one of your rules. You didn't say what error "connecting" you have specifically. Can you see the site and are unable to play the movies? If so install flash. Just install the rpm from the Adobe site. If you just can't get to

Re: Need help with rpmbuild

2011-03-23 Thread Ed Greshko
On 03/24/2011 09:41 AM, JD wrote: > > See these (long) URL's (sorry, my mail client broke each URL into 3 lines): > > http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=3&ved=0CCIQFjAC&url=http%3A%2F%2Flinuxtoolkit.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F06%2Frpmbuild-tutorial.html&ei=_5-KTde6MYWcsQPJ_9iZCA&usg=AFQjCNG6f

Re: Need help with rpmbuild

2011-03-23 Thread JD
On 03/23/2011 06:00 PM, Steve Blackwell wrote: > Specifically the install section. I'm not understanding how the > %install section works with the %files section. > I hope this is not considered OT. > > Let's say I want my rpm to install the file "hello" > in /tmp on a target system. The %prep and

Firefox 4.0 for F14 x86_64

2011-03-23 Thread James M. Leddy
Only thing I had to edit from the f14 rpms was the false dependcy for 0.7 libnotify. Let me know if I forgot any deps, but I think all it is is xulrunner and firefox: http://people.redhat.com/jleddy/firefox4/ -- James M. Leddy Technical Account Manager Red Hat Inc. -- users mailing list users@

Re: Need help with rpmbuild

2011-03-23 Thread Chris Smart
On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 12:00 PM, Steve Blackwell wrote: > Specifically the install section. I'm not understanding how the > %install section works with the %files section. > I hope this is not considered OT. AFAIK, the %install section is what you're actually copying as the contents of your pack

Re: Need help with rpmbuild

2011-03-23 Thread Todd Zullinger
Steve Blackwell wrote: > Specifically the install section. I'm not understanding how the > %install section works with the %files section. > I hope this is not considered OT. > > Let's say I want my rpm to install the file "hello" > in /tmp on a target system. The %prep and %build sections work OK

Need help with rpmbuild

2011-03-23 Thread Steve Blackwell
Specifically the install section. I'm not understanding how the %install section works with the %files section. I hope this is not considered OT. Let's say I want my rpm to install the file "hello" in /tmp on a target system. The %prep and %build sections work OK and create my hello file in BUILD/

Re: install fedoro in windows 7

2011-03-23 Thread JD
On 03/23/2011 03:56 PM, Timothy Murphy wrote: Michael Cronenworth wrote: AMRISH SONAWANE wrote: have one problem my dvd drive is not working. Can u tell me how can install fedora on laptop. Pls suggest me all the steps as soon as possible.

Re: install fedoro in windows 7

2011-03-23 Thread suvayu ali
On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 3:56 PM, Timothy Murphy wrote: >> The only alternative is to use a USB flash drive. > > I agree that is a sensible way to do it, > but is it really the only way? Net install? But considering the OP is a new user, that would be more confusing. -- Suvayu Open source is th

Re: install fedoro in windows 7

2011-03-23 Thread Timothy Murphy
Michael Cronenworth wrote: > AMRISH SONAWANE wrote: >> have one problem my dvd drive is not working. >> Can u tell me how can install fedora on laptop. >> Pls suggest me all the steps as soon as possible. > > The only alternative is to use a USB flash drive. I agree that is a sensible way to do

Re: Direction of Fedora desktop manager Gnome, related to complaints in OT morons thread

2011-03-23 Thread Bill Davidsen
Joe Zeff wrote: > On 03/21/2011 10:16 AM, stan wrote: >> And it >> begs the question of*why* people might be deserting Fedora. > > No it doesn't; it *ASKS* the question. "Begging the question" is a > logical fallacy. Please stop using that term like an illiterate moron, > even if it is common us

yum doesn't work as expected with "clean"

2011-03-23 Thread Bill Davidsen
The "yum clean packages" command removes all cached rpms as desired, but leaves all the drpm files. I wondered why my disk space was getting tight on a small server, and that was the issue. Is that intended behavior? I'll be happy to file a bug if not. -- Bill Davidsen "We have more to fea

Re: [WAYYY OT] Begs the question

2011-03-23 Thread les
On Tue, 2011-03-22 at 10:34 +, Marko Vojinovic wrote: > On Tuesday 22 March 2011 03:37:15 Joe Zeff wrote: > > On 03/21/2011 05:49 PM, Tom Horsley wrote: > > > Apparently Nero Wolfe is willing to make contact with > > > the expression "begs the question" :-). > > > > If you read it carefully, y

Re: recovering from the unthinkable

2011-03-23 Thread Joe Wulf
I believe tunefs has some ability to work this, though I've never personally attempted recovery with it. Another excellent set of tools comes from runtime.org. They have excellent tools for recovery both on Windoze and Linux, too. Good luck!! R, -Joe - Original Message > From: Joe

Problems with Some MP3s in Rhythmbox

2011-03-23 Thread Dave Cross
I'm using Fedora 14 and I think I have the correct RPMs installed in order for Rhythmbox to play MP3s. $ rpm -q rhythmbox rhythmbox-0.13.3-1.fc14.i686 $ rpm -q gstreamer-plugins-ugly gstreamer-plugins-ugly-0.10.16-2.fc14.i686 This set up works fine for the vast majority of MP3s that I have. But I

Re: install fedoro in windows 7

2011-03-23 Thread Michael Cronenworth
AMRISH SONAWANE wrote: > have one problem my dvd drive is not working. > Can u tell me how can install fedora on laptop. > Pls suggest me all the steps as soon as possible. The only alternative is to use a USB flash drive. Install this: https://fedorahosted.org/releases/l/i/liveusb-creator/liveus

install fedoro in windows 7

2011-03-23 Thread AMRISH SONAWANE
Hello fedora team, this is Amrish from dhule,India. I am using windows 7 on dell inspiron 1525.I have to install fedora in windows 7 or another partition of hard disk means dual booting but i have one problem my dvd drive is not working. Can u tell me how can install fedora on laptop. Pls suggest

Re: recovering from the unthinkable

2011-03-23 Thread Joel Rees
On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 11:32 PM, Tom Horsley wrote: >> Can't remember what it was called, and searching via google for "disk >> recovery tools" now returns a whole lot of links I sure wouldn't want >> to trust. > > I never used it, but I've seen a pointer to this in the fedora list > before: > >

Re: recovering from the unthinkable

2011-03-23 Thread Joel Rees
On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 11:36 PM, Terry Horsnell wrote: >  On 23/03/2011 14:28, Joel Rees wrote: >> The excuse: Trying to get all my precious files from the usb drive >> after 10:00 PM. >> >> So, is anyone willing me to remind me of the name of the program that >> goes searching through a drive th

Re: [OT Humor] "Obviously designed by morons"

2011-03-23 Thread Bill Davidsen
Chris Kloiber wrote: > On 03/18/2011 03:17 PM, suvayu ali wrote: >> On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 12:11 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: >>> On 03/18/2011 11:39 AM, suvayu ali wrote: No need to go that far back in time. I am using linux for 3 years now, and I absolutely detest when new releases take away my

Re: [OT Humor] "Obviously designed by morons"

2011-03-23 Thread Bill Davidsen
Joe Zeff wrote: > On 03/22/2011 09:04 AM, Dr. Michael J. Chudobiak wrote: >> I mean this as a helpful guide to gaining credibility with devs, rather >> than as any sort of attack... > > That, alas, all depends on the devs and their attitude. I use the Pan > newsreader. The dev is a member of the

Re: recovering from the unthinkable

2011-03-23 Thread Terry Horsnell
On 23/03/2011 14:28, Joel Rees wrote: > The excuse: Trying to get all my precious files from the usb drive > after 10:00 PM. > > So, is anyone willing me to remind me of the name of the program that > goes searching through a drive that has been the victim of the old rm > -f and re-constructs the

Re: [OT Humor] "Obviously designed by morons"

2011-03-23 Thread Bill Davidsen
JB wrote: > Ralf Corsepius freenet.de> writes: > > There is a danger that in case of an abrupt GNOME 2 phaseout, many users and > add-on devs would be lost. The damage could affect some distros as well. > I hope that both GNOME and Fedora projects take this into consideration. > There is a big an

Re: recovering from the unthinkable

2011-03-23 Thread Tom Horsley
> Can't remember what it was called, and searching via google for "disk > recovery tools" now returns a whole lot of links I sure wouldn't want > to trust. I never used it, but I've seen a pointer to this in the fedora list before: http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk -- users mailing list us

automount messages from old system

2011-03-23 Thread Raman Gupta
I often get these messages from automount in /var/log/messages: Mar 21 13:27:38 xxx automount[30662]: key "oldmount1" not found in map source(s). Mar 21 13:27:38 xxx automount[30662]: key "oldmount2" not found in map source(s). Mar 21 13:27:38 xxx automount[30662]: key "oldmount3" not found in map

recovering from the unthinkable

2011-03-23 Thread Joel Rees
The excuse: Trying to get all my precious files from the usb drive after 10:00 PM. So, is anyone willing me to remind me of the name of the program that goes searching through a drive that has been the victim of the old rm -f and re-constructs the file system? I'm pretty sure I've used it before,

Re: [OT Humor] "Obviously designed by morons"

2011-03-23 Thread Bill Davidsen
Michael Cronenworth wrote: > Tom Horsley wrote: >> Yea - start a different branch of gnome or kde (or something new) >> and see which one people install the most:-). > > You mean... XFCE? Or... LXDE? ... or Enlightenment (the one people claim > is holy water)? > > Gnome 3 will be rough as it is sti

Re: Managing fedora installations behind firewall

2011-03-23 Thread Richard Shaw
On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 8:51 AM, Timothy Murphy wrote: > Richard Shaw wrote: > >> I setup a "local" repo on my desktop computer that I copied all of the >> DVD provided packages (and some others I've build myself) to. I don't >> worry about making the other computers on my home network ONLY use my

Re: [OT Humor] "Obviously designed by morons"

2011-03-23 Thread Bill Davidsen
James McKenzie wrote: > On 3/21/11, Ralf Corsepius wrote: >> On 03/21/2011 11:34 AM, Andrew Haley wrote: >>> On 19/03/11 05:21, Joe Zeff wrote: On 03/18/2011 10:15 PM, Chris Kloiber wrote: > I may have to skip F15, which saddens me. Why? If Gnome 3 is in F 15, it's going to be

Re: [OT Humor] "Obviously designed by morons"

2011-03-23 Thread Bill Davidsen
Chris Kloiber wrote: > On 03/18/2011 07:46 AM, Tom Horsley wrote: >> On Fri, 18 Mar 2011 08:10:16 -0300 >> Fernando Cassia wrote: >> This is when she proclaimed that W7 was, "obviously designed by morons". >>> Google is going down the same path >> Just wait till everyone sees gnome 3 :-).

Re: [OT Humor] "Obviously designed by morons"

2011-03-23 Thread Bill Davidsen
john wendel wrote: > I thought you guys might get a chuckle from this, > > My wife just got a shiny new HP laptop with Windows 7 installed. She has > never used Windows before, having mainly used Gnome on Fedora boxes. > After a week of struggling, she just asked me to wipe Windows and > install Fe

Re: Managing fedora installations behind firewall

2011-03-23 Thread Timothy Murphy
Richard Shaw wrote: > I setup a "local" repo on my desktop computer that I copied all of the > DVD provided packages (and some others I've build myself) to. I don't > worry about making the other computers on my home network ONLY use my > local repo so I just add a repo config file pointing to my

TVTime in F14

2011-03-23 Thread William Case
Hi, Fix for TVTime not fixed in F14. I sent the following post the Fedora Users list last September after the F13 install. > I have a Hauppauge WinTv-HVR 1800 tuner with an analog Cable TV (NTSC - > Canada). In F12 I received a near perfect video picture from my cable > TV. In F13, the pictur

Re: qemu update for fc13 broken?

2011-03-23 Thread Bill Davidsen
Bill Davidsen wrote: > compdoc wrote: >>> Keyboard works, mouse doesn't. >>> Does that give you any clues? >> >> >> I'm using qemu-kvm 0.14.0, and I have to run the command like this or >> neither the mouse or keyboard works: >> >> qemu-kvm -m 512 -hda svr.img -soundhw ac97 -k en-us -usbdevice tabl

Re: Managing fedora installations behind firewall

2011-03-23 Thread Richard Shaw
On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 4:35 AM, andreas palsson wrote: [SNIP] > Last, how can I make a package which users can simply install to point their > machines to update from the above mentioned server only, and remove the > other install sources? I only manage my home environment so I can't answer most

Re: Managing fedora installations behind firewall

2011-03-23 Thread Tim
On Wed, 2011-03-23 at 10:35 +0100, andreas palsson wrote: > Due to security, none of these machines have access to Internet. > > Now to the question; how to keep all those machines up to date with > the latest packages? > > First, I imagine I have to set up a complete package repository. > Using t

Re: How is it determined if a package needs to be rebuilt for a newer Fedora version?

2011-03-23 Thread Chris Adams
Once upon a time, Richard Shaw said: > I see regularly where new(er) users wonder why they see packages > installed with dist tags from previous versions of Fedora. > > I understand why this occurs but now that I've gotten into building > some of my own packages I started to wonder how it is dete

Re: [OT Humor] "Obviously designed by morons"

2011-03-23 Thread Dr. Michael J. Chudobiak
On 03/22/2011 08:21 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: > On 03/22/2011 09:55 AM, Dr. Michael J. Chudobiak wrote: >> I was totally unaware of those forums. (You mean >> http://gnomesupport.org/forums/, right?) Better to regard those as >> self-help forums, rather than expecting/demanding developer support > > Yes.

How is it determined if a package needs to be rebuilt for a newer Fedora version?

2011-03-23 Thread Richard Shaw
I see regularly where new(er) users wonder why they see packages installed with dist tags from previous versions of Fedora. I understand why this occurs but now that I've gotten into building some of my own packages I started to wonder how it is determined if a package needs to be rebuilt or not.

Re: Managing fedora installations behind firewall

2011-03-23 Thread Jonathan Underwood
On 23 March 2011 09:35, andreas palsson wrote: > Hello. > > Imagine a fairly large network, with from 50-100 workstations running > Fedora. > Due to security, none of these machines have access to Internet. > > Now to the question; how to keep all those machines up to date with the > latest packag

Re: Urgent help needed for rpmfusion catalyst 10.12 f14

2011-03-23 Thread Michael Schwendt
On Wed, 23 Mar 2011 11:56:14 +0100, Peter wrote: > Hello, > > I have to use the rpmfusion catalyst driver for my ATI Radeon HD 3470 on > my F14 system because of a bug in the open source driver since f12 for > that specific model. The catalyst driver worked fine with version > kmod-catalyst-10.1

Re: Urgent help needed for rpmfusion catalyst 10.12 f14

2011-03-23 Thread Zoltan Hoppar
HI, I know that not really an open source advice, but I suggest to use the latest radeon driver from the AMD site. First you have to remove these kernel parts, and replace with the mentioned official drivers. I use for my radeon HD 42xx the 10.12 run file. What you have to know, that installer is

Urgent help needed for rpmfusion catalyst 10.12 f14

2011-03-23 Thread Peter Boy
Hello, I have to use the rpmfusion catalyst driver for my ATI Radeon HD 3470 on my F14 system because of a bug in the open source driver since f12 for that specific model. The catalyst driver worked fine with version kmod-catalyst-10.12-1 / xorg-x11-drv-catalyst-10.12-2. But since an update (mar

Re: Can't use setkeycodes any more in Fedora 14

2011-03-23 Thread JB
Neil Bird fnxweb.com> writes: > ... This will help you move forward: Bugzilla search: setkeycodes https://bugzilla.redhat.com/buglist.cgi?query_format=specific&; order=relevance+desc&bug_status=__all__&product=Fedora&content=setkeycodes File a bug report in Bugzilla and you will get answer, p

Managing fedora installations behind firewall

2011-03-23 Thread andreas palsson
Hello. Imagine a fairly large network, with from 50-100 workstations running Fedora. Due to security, none of these machines have access to Internet. Now to the question; how to keep all those machines up to date with the latest packages? First, I imagine I have to set up a complete package re

Can't use setkeycodes any more in Fedora 14

2011-03-23 Thread Neil Bird
I have a not-that-old Logitech multimedia keyboard for which I have to manually add some scancode-keycode mappings. Up till F12, I could happily do that with a call to setkeycodes at boot-up. Now I've updated to F14, however, setkeycodes is always erring with: KDSETKEYCODE: Invalid argu