Re: question on Firefox and Thunderbird in F14 (yes, F14)

2012-03-15 Thread Paul Allen Newell
On 3/15/2012 11:42 PM, Remi wrote: remi repo I searched and it looks like its all about Centos ... am I missing something? That being said, upgrading is best and that is what I eventually want to do. Thank, Paul -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subs

Re: question on Firefox and Thunderbird in F14 (yes, F14)

2012-03-15 Thread Remi
I'm used to backport latest version of Firefox and Thunderbird for 2 EOL fedora version, Search for "remi repo". But, of course, I still recommend the upgrade to a maintained version of fedora. Remi. - Mail original - > Yes, I know F14 is EOL, but I am wondering why Firefox and > Thund

Re: question on Firefox and Thunderbird in F14 (yes, F14)

2012-03-15 Thread Paul Allen Newell
On 3/15/2012 11:30 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 03/16/2012 02:20 PM, Paul Allen Newell wrote: To site one example, I now have Thunderbird 3.1.20 on Windows but F14 is 3.1.19 and isn't seeing an update. Am I reading this situation correctly? The situation is as it should be. You will *not* be get

Re: question on Firefox and Thunderbird in F14 (yes, F14)

2012-03-15 Thread Ed Greshko
On 03/16/2012 02:20 PM, Paul Allen Newell wrote: > To site one example, I now have Thunderbird 3.1.20 on Windows but F14 is > 3.1.19 and > isn't seeing an update. > > Am I reading this situation correctly? The situation is as it should be. You will *not* be getting any updates to *any* packages

question on Firefox and Thunderbird in F14 (yes, F14)

2012-03-15 Thread Paul Allen Newell
To all: I recently got a notice on my Windows box about a security upgrade for Firefox and Thunderbird, which I properly applied. I logged into my F14 box and did a yum update and saw no update. Yes, I know F14 is EOL, but I am wondering why Firefox and Thunderbird didn't update. Am I to ass

Working with large directories

2012-03-15 Thread Robert Moskowitz
I have two very large directories. One an rsync of all the RFCs and that is up to 6456 files. But all the Internet Drafts (including all expired ones) is 72,509 files. Then I have a number of large directories with IEEE 802 documents, but rarely over 3,000 per WG/year (eg /802.15/11/ for

Re: F16 rocks !

2012-03-15 Thread Alchemist
2012/3/16 linux guy : > I haven't been around the list much lately, but F16 absolutely rocks. > KDE too, I can't wait to get my hands on KDE 4.8 to see what its got. > > The last few kernels 3.2.7 and on have been nice too. > > Keep up the good work, people. > -- > users mailing list > users@lists.

Re: ldconfig issue after compiling and installing software

2012-03-15 Thread Richard Scobie
Hi Steven, Steven Oliver wrote: And I updated ld.so.conf to include /usr/local/lib before running ldconfig: root@odrade:/etc $ cat ld.so.conf include ld.so.conf.d/*.conf include /usr/local/lib You are close :) Remove your added include and create a file called "local.conf" or something sim

Re: F16 rocks !

2012-03-15 Thread Roger
On 16/03/12 09:36, linux guy wrote: I haven't been around the list much lately, but F16 absolutely rocks. KDE too, I can't wait to get my hands on KDE 4.8 to see what its got. The last few kernels 3.2.7 and on have been nice too. Keep up the good work, people. I agree, well said. I use Gnome 3

Re: Power off button acting differently?

2012-03-15 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 03/15/2012 04:05 PM, Aaron Konstam wrote: > On Thu, 2012-03-15 at 10:13 -0500, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> Pushing the power button, as opposed to holding it, is an ACPI event >> that is trap

ldconfig issue after compiling and installing software

2012-03-15 Thread Steven Oliver
I'm currently pulling the falcon programming language from git and installing it myself instead of pulling it from yum. After pulling it, compiling it, and installing it (sudo make install) it's failing to run telling me: root@odrade:/usr/local/lib $ falcon falcon: error while loading shared libr

Re: ibus question

2012-03-15 Thread Jens Petersen
> If I open a gnome terminal, I can use ibus but not if I open an rxvt > term... I think you need urxvt (rxvt-unicode) for that. > ibus does not work with TeXMaker I can input Japanese at least. Jens -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription opti

Re: Sata device in a USB docking station problems.

2012-03-15 Thread George R Goffe
Nataraj, I have connected the problematic drive directly to a USB port and have NOT seen ONE failure since I did this. I've been making this drive VERY BUSY. This appears to have been the problem. How does one find a USB 1 to many splitter that actually works correctly? Regards and THANKS! Ge

F16 rocks !

2012-03-15 Thread linux guy
I haven't been around the list much lately, but F16 absolutely rocks. KDE too, I can't wait to get my hands on KDE 4.8 to see what its got. The last few kernels 3.2.7 and on have been nice too. Keep up the good work, people. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or c

Re: installing Xen from source on fedora 16‏

2012-03-15 Thread M A Young
On Thu, 15 Mar 2012, Arindam Choudhury wrote: I am trying to install Xen 4.1.2 in Fedora 16. I have compiled and installed the source code. On my /boot, I have: boot]# ls config-3.2.9-2.fc16.x86_64 config.mk-compat-wireless-3.3-rc1-2-3.2.9-2.fc16.x86_64 grub grub2 initramfs-3.2.9-2.fc16.x86_64

Re: Power off button acting differently?

2012-03-15 Thread Aaron Konstam
On Thu, 2012-03-15 at 10:13 -0500, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 03/15/2012 09:12 AM, Aaron Konstam wrote: > > On Thu, 2012-03-15 at 18:42 +1000, Michael D. Setzer II wrote: > >> I've recently noticed that my classroom machines are acting > >>

Re: how to get nm-applet switched on when making a LiveCD

2012-03-15 Thread suvayu ali
Hi Ranjan, On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 18:22, Ranjan Maitra wrote: >> Actually I think I have spotted a big mistake. >> >> cat > /etc/xdg/autostart << FOE >> /usr/libexec/gam_server >> @stalonetray >> @nm-applet >> @pcmanfm -d >> /usr/libexec/notification-daemon >> FOE > > I see: so what should I cha

Re: how to get nm-applet switched on when making a LiveCD

2012-03-15 Thread Ranjan Maitra
Hi Suvayu, Thanks for your e-mail! > nm-applet never runs as root. But I think it requires gnome-keyring > daemon to work (not sure about the details). Also can you ensure all the > network interfaces are indeed operational after starting NetworkManager? > `ifconfig' should help. OK, I will c

Re: Power off button acting differently?

2012-03-15 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 03/15/2012 09:12 AM, Aaron Konstam wrote: > On Thu, 2012-03-15 at 18:42 +1000, Michael D. Setzer II wrote: >> I've recently noticed that my classroom machines are acting >> differently when using the power button to shut down. With past >> versions

ibus question

2012-03-15 Thread François Patte
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Bonjour, Is there a way to associate a window to ibus? If I open a gnome terminal, I can use ibus but not if I open an rxvt term... ibus does not work with TeXMaker Thanks. - -- François Patte UFR de mathématiques et informatique Laboratoire CNRS

Re: how to get nm-applet switched on when making a LiveCD

2012-03-15 Thread suvayu ali
Hi Ranjan, On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 15:18, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > Thanks, Suvayu! > > I was able to do the above with my LiveCD. However, my nm-applet > (started as liveuser) does not have the ability to connect. I get: > > ** (nm-applet:1420): WARNING **:Failed to add/activate connection: Not > a

Re: Power off button acting differently?

2012-03-15 Thread Michael D. Setzer II
On 15 Mar 2012 at 9:12, Aaron Konstam wrote: Subject:Re: Power off button acting differently? From: Aaron Konstam To: users@lists.fedoraproject.org Date sent: Thu, 15 Mar 2012 09:12:03 -0500 > On Thu, 2012-03-15 at 18:42 +1000, M

Re: how to get nm-applet switched on when making a LiveCD

2012-03-15 Thread Ranjan Maitra
> nm-applet is the gui, you need to start the service using systemctl > (systemd command). Look at the systemd wiki page, it has instructions on > how start and stop services, e.g. > > # systemctl start NetworkManager.service > Thanks, Suvayu! I was able to do the above with my LiveCD. However

Accessibility (slow keys) in Gnome3 login screen - cannot deactivate.

2012-03-15 Thread S P Arif Sahari Wibowo
Hi! For some reason some accessibility features (specifically slow keys and sticky keys) in my Gnome3 login screen turn on, and I cannot seems to deactivate / disable / turn-off / reset it. I tried turn them off from the accessibility menu at top right, looks like turned off from the menu, b

Re: Power off button acting differently?

2012-03-15 Thread Aaron Konstam
On Thu, 2012-03-15 at 18:42 +1000, Michael D. Setzer II wrote: > I've recently noticed that my classroom machines are acting > differently when using the power button to shut down. With past > versions and originally with Fedora 16, the power button would > cause it to do the same as a shutdown

installing Xen from source on fedora 16‏

2012-03-15 Thread Arindam Choudhury
Hi, I am trying to install Xen 4.1.2 in Fedora 16. I have compiled and installed the source code. On my /boot, I have: boot]# ls config-3.2.9-2.fc16.x86_64 config.mk-compat-wireless-3.3-rc1-2-3.2.9-2.fc16.x86_64 grub grub2 initramfs-3.2.9-2.fc16.x86_64.img initrd-plymouth.img System.map-3.2.9-

Re: Change F16 Log-in screen? -

2012-03-15 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 03/14/2012 05:23 PM, James Wilkinson wrote: Bob Goodwin wrote: Can the log-in screen background be changed to be blank, plain blue perhaps and how to do so? Usual question – are you using Gnome or something else? Are you using GDM to login? On this computer I left th

Re: how to get nm-applet switched on when making a LiveCD

2012-03-15 Thread suvayu ali
Hi Ranjan, On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 06:17, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > It does switch to root without asking for password. > > However, starting nm-applet (as root) on the Live CD yields the > following error (verbatim): > nm-applet is the gui, you need to start the service using systemctl (systemd co

Re: Power off button acting differently?

2012-03-15 Thread fedora
If you run fedora 15: /etc/acpi/events/powerconf suomi On 03/15/2012 09:42 AM, Michael D. Setzer II wrote: I've recently noticed that my classroom machines are acting differently when using the power button to shut down. With past versions and originally with Fedora 16, the power button would

Power off button acting differently?

2012-03-15 Thread Michael D. Setzer II
I've recently noticed that my classroom machines are acting differently when using the power button to shut down. With past versions and originally with Fedora 16, the power button would cause it to do the same as a shutdown. But know it seems to go into a hibernation mode, and the power light