Re: [UPDATED:] Re: confusion on /sbin/ifconfig on F16

2012-05-27 Thread Paul Allen Newell
On 5/27/2012 5:59 AM, Bill Davidsen wrote: I think he wants the "single, known interface" to have a single known name, and not some random characters determined by the whichness of what. Bill (and Reindl, Ed, and Tom who replied to Bill): Thanks for the addition comments. The statement Bi

Re: how to capture flash, etc

2012-05-27 Thread JD
On 05/27/2012 08:31 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: FWIW, when it comes to downloading and saving youtube videos I've found the plugins/extensions for firefox and chrome to work consistently well. The nice thing too is that they convert the flash videos to MP4 so you don't need a flash viewer. (using

Re: how to capture flash, etc

2012-05-27 Thread Ed Greshko
Peter Gueckel wrote: >JD wrote: > >> I just used clive. Nice app. > >I had some problems with youtube-dl; then, I discovered clive :-) > >> Wondering why setlocale() does not work? > >No idea. Is it supposed to permit downloading videos that are blocked >in your region? >That would be very nice,

Re: how to capture flash, etc

2012-05-27 Thread Peter Gueckel
JD wrote: > I just used clive. Nice app. I had some problems with youtube-dl; then, I discovered clive :-) > Wondering why setlocale() does not work? No idea. Is it supposed to permit downloading videos that are blocked in your region? That would be very nice, if it worked. If you get that wo

Re: Using f17 beta and status

2012-05-27 Thread Alex
Hi, >> If I were to install an F17 beta at this point, instead of waiting for >> the release next week, would it be possible to upgrade that beta to >> the production version once it is actually released? >> > I started with fc17alpha and have upgraded to whatever was current this > morning. You c

Re: how to capture flash, etc

2012-05-27 Thread JD
On 05/27/2012 11:29 AM, Peter Gueckel wrote: As a result, I have found clive to be the most reliable solution. I just used clive. Nice app. Wondering why setlocale() does not work? This is the output of clive: Blocked: call to setlocale(6, "") Warning: call to srand(1338162275) Warning: call to

Re: partition question

2012-05-27 Thread Peter Larsen
On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 08:45:45PM +0100, Phil Dobbin wrote: > > so as I understand it, my two viable options are a non-destructive > resize or a clean install & use Anaconda to create a blank partition for > use as the second OS (well, I do have a third: I have a brand new 60GB > USB HD that c

Re: how to capture flash, etc

2012-05-27 Thread Peter Gueckel
Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > What is clive? yum install clive -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a quest

Re: how to capture flash, etc

2012-05-27 Thread Edward M
On 05/27/2012 02:42 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: What is clive? A reference would be nice. :-) http://lmgtfy.com/?q=clive+for+linux&l=1 -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/user

Re: how to capture flash, etc

2012-05-27 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Sun, 2012-05-27 at 12:29 -0600, Peter Gueckel wrote: > Michael Cronenworth wrote: > > > $ ps -ef | grep plugin > > # copy the PID of flash ($PID) > > $ ls -l /proc/$PID/fd > > # find the /tmp/flashXX file symlink ($FD) > > $ cp -p /proc/$PID/fd/$FD /home/foo/flash.flv > > Even this doesn't

Re: how to capture flash, etc

2012-05-27 Thread JD
On 05/27/2012 11:29 AM, Peter Gueckel wrote: Michael Cronenworth wrote: $ ps -ef | grep plugin # copy the PID of flash ($PID) $ ls -l /proc/$PID/fd # find the /tmp/flashXX file symlink ($FD) $ cp -p /proc/$PID/fd/$FD /home/foo/flash.flv Even this doesn't seem to always work anymore. Some v

Re: how to type special characters?

2012-05-27 Thread JD
Sorry Mike, I replied to the wrong thread :( -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http

Re: how to type special characters?

2012-05-27 Thread JD
On 05/22/2012 09:00 AM, Mike Wright wrote: Hi all, There was a thread not too far back that explained how to type characters not on a keyboard by using the key but for the life of me I can not find it. e.g. to type a Spanish i with an accent mark it would be apostrophe i. I made pretty

Re: what name does com1 rs232 get in F16+ ?

2012-05-27 Thread Fernando Cassia
On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 5:28 PM, Alan Cox wrote: > There is a procedure for identifying some serial devices via magic PnP > sequences and it ought to be able to identify some modems that way. You > can't however randomly assume. > That´s my point Is that magic trick still available? can it be in

Re: what name does com1 rs232 get in F16+ ?

2012-05-27 Thread Alan Cox
> So why is there no /dev/modem anymore and should´nt the OS create such a > symlnk when it sees the first operating serial port not used by something > else? (ie one would think that a serial modem could be plugged there). Suppose it's your UPS or a cutting machine, or a 3d printer.. not good thi

Re: what name does com1 rs232 get in F16+ ?

2012-05-27 Thread Fernando Cassia
On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 9:42 AM, Bill Davidsen wrote: > Unfortunately that describes the hardware, but not which port has the > modem connected (assuming a plug-in serial connection). I assume ttyS0 is > COM1, always was in the past. The kppp dialer tells me it cannot open the port as it is loc

Re: partition question

2012-05-27 Thread Geoffrey Leach
On 05/27/2012 12:45:45 PM, Phil Dobbin wrote: > Hi, all. > > I've Googled this question quite extensively & before I proceed I > thought I'd ask for an opinion. It's quite a common predicament so > apologies in advance if I'm creating noise. > > I have a machine running Fedora 16 X86_64 which i

partition question

2012-05-27 Thread Phil Dobbin
Hi, all. I've Googled this question quite extensively & before I proceed I thought I'd ask for an opinion. It's quite a common predicament so apologies in advance if I'm creating noise. I have a machine running Fedora 16 X86_64 which is a recent addition & now I need to use some of the unuse

Re: how to capture flash, etc

2012-05-27 Thread Peter Gueckel
Michael Cronenworth wrote: > $ ps -ef | grep plugin > # copy the PID of flash ($PID) > $ ls -l /proc/$PID/fd > # find the /tmp/flashXX file symlink ($FD) > $ cp -p /proc/$PID/fd/$FD /home/foo/flash.flv Even this doesn't seem to always work anymore. Some videos on youtube seem to erase thems

Re: [UPDATED:] Re: confusion on /sbin/ifconfig on F16

2012-05-27 Thread Tom Horsley
On Sun, 27 May 2012 23:39:06 +0800 Ed Greshko wrote: > If, > for example, you (or someone who works for you) change a network card whose > cable was > labeled eth0 you will need to remember to edit the 70-persistent-net.rules. That always seemed dumb to me. It can tell (or make a good guess) if

Re: [UPDATED:] Re: confusion on /sbin/ifconfig on F16

2012-05-27 Thread Ed Greshko
On 05/27/2012 08:59 PM, Bill Davidsen wrote: > I really want to be able to put any card in any slot and match the label on > the > cable to the label on the NIC, and have scripts which don't have to be > needlessly > complex to discover the name of the interface OK, but you do realize that you a

Re: The new F17 file system

2012-05-27 Thread NRL
Thanks for your response. That makes sense. I kinda figured that but did not know. Tuesday can't come fast enough. - On 05/27/2012 11:03 AM, Reindl Harald wrote: Am 27.05.2012 17:00, schrieb NRL: I'm goi

Re: The new F17 file system

2012-05-27 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 27.05.2012 17:00, schrieb NRL: > I'm going to do a clean install of F17 and was wondering about the new file > system. I'm installing it onto a new > hard drive. Since I'm doing a clean install is there a way to not install or > remove the Symlinks in the new / > directory layout? why? > I

The new F17 file system

2012-05-27 Thread NRL
Hi, I'm going to do a clean install of F17 and was wondering about the new file system. I'm installing it onto a new hard drive. Since I'm doing a clean install is there a way to not install or remove the Symlinks in the new / directory layout? I see no need to have them. Will F17 run with

Re: [UPDATED:] Re: confusion on /sbin/ifconfig on F16

2012-05-27 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 27.05.2012 14:59, schrieb Bill Davidsen: > The problem with naming is that for every server run by experienced sysadmins "experienced sysadmins" should not have a problem to open "/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules" and define "eth0" SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", AT

Re: [UPDATED:] Re: confusion on /sbin/ifconfig on F16

2012-05-27 Thread Bill Davidsen
Ed Greshko wrote: On 05/23/2012 11:22 AM, Paul Allen Newell wrote: [updated, keeping original post and adding new info at bottom] On 5/22/2012 8:12 PM, Paul Allen Newell wrote: Hello: As I continue dealing with iptables, another issue has come up that I can't tell is a mis-understanding on my

Re: what name does com1 rs232 get in F16+ ?

2012-05-27 Thread Bill Davidsen
Fernando Cassia wrote: On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 6:41 AM, Fernando Cassia mailto:fcas...@gmail.com>> wrote: So... is there any app/script out there that can save me the hassle of trying one by one and find a modem that answers in the com1 port? I really don' t want to know what meani

Re: what name does com1 rs232 get in F16+ ?

2012-05-27 Thread Fernando Cassia
On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 6:41 AM, Fernando Cassia wrote: > So... is there any app/script out there that can save me the hassle of > trying one by one and find a modem that answers in the com1 port? > I really don' t want to know what meaningless name F16+ assigns to the > port... just give me a go

what name does com1 rs232 get in F16+ ?

2012-05-27 Thread Fernando Cassia
I have a server with a good old rs232 port, namely com1 in the win32 / os2 world. I have plugged a good old real external modem (not winmodem) -a Zoltrix V90 56k- via db9 rs232 cable to the com1 port. On Fedora 16+ I get no /dev/modem device at all. Why this? If I fire up kppp and select the mode