Re: Change Fedora Releases source

2012-07-31 Thread Suvayu Ali
On Wed, Aug 01, 2012 at 12:27:22AM +0100, Phil Dobbin wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi, all. > > I have both Beefy on a desktop machine & a laptop. On the desktop > variety, `yum update` works fine but on the laptop it's always throwing > errors (timing out, 401s, e

Re: criminal use of linux

2012-07-31 Thread Roger Barraud
AKA Extortion, Racketeering. On 1/08/2012, at 4:02 PM, Skunk Worx wrote: > Uh oh... > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/07/25/microsoft_patent_deal_amdocs/ > > "Microsoft has claimed since 2007 that more than 235 of its patents are > violated by the open source operating system Linux,

criminal use of linux

2012-07-31 Thread Skunk Worx
Uh oh... http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/07/25/microsoft_patent_deal_amdocs/ "Microsoft has claimed since 2007 that more than 235 of its patents are violated by the open source operating system Linux, while critics claim Redmond has a cynical eye on the project as another source of revenue."

Re: Change Fedora Releases source

2012-07-31 Thread Phil Dobbin
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ed Greshko wrote: > On 08/01/2012 07:27 AM, Phil Dobbin wrote: >> I have both Beefy on a desktop machine & a laptop. On the desktop >> variety, `yum update` works fine but on the laptop it's always >> throwing errors (timing out, 401s, etc). >> >> T

Re: question regarding ls w/ colors and capturing to file

2012-07-31 Thread Paul Allen Newell
On 7/31/2012 6:24 PM, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Paul, You may want to look at the search capabilities built into less. (man less). Unless you need to modify the file, less should let you do what you want. Also, you can use ls -FR --color | less -R to get rid of the output to the screen buf

Re: question regarding ls w/ colors and capturing to file

2012-07-31 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 07/31/2012 08:00 PM, Paul Allen Newell wrote: > On 7/31/2012 4:35 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: >> On 07/31/2012 07:12 PM, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: >>> Wouldn't -R work better then -r? >> Yes, it would be better. >> > > Ed and Mikkel: > > +++ > script -c

Re: question regarding ls w/ colors and capturing to file

2012-07-31 Thread Paul Allen Newell
On 7/31/2012 12:22 PM, Dave Mitchell wrote: On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 10:10:22AM -0700, Joe Zeff wrote: On 07/31/2012 12:45 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: At the moment, I can't think of what editor would retain the colors. :-( If it's too long, run it through either more or less. I think the complete

Re: question regarding ls w/ colors and capturing to file

2012-07-31 Thread Paul Allen Newell
On 7/31/2012 4:35 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 07/31/2012 07:12 PM, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Wouldn't -R work better then -r? Yes, it would be better. Ed and Mikkel: +++ script -c "ls -FR --color" outfile; less -R outfile +++ works great. Its a bit of a pain to not be able to use an editor t

Re: Proposal request for ideas on naming Fedora releases.

2012-07-31 Thread inode0
On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 6:51 PM, Timothy Murphy wrote: > David Boles wrote: > >>> The Fedora Board is soliciting ideas for how to name Fedora releases >>> from community members. Proposals should be sent to the Advisory >>> Board list[0][1] no later than 16:00 UTC on 25 July 2012. The >>> communi

Re: Proposal request for ideas on naming Fedora releases.

2012-07-31 Thread Joe Zeff
On 07/31/2012 04:51 PM, Timothy Murphy wrote: Am I the only person who thinks that the whole idea should be dropped? I never, ever, heard anyone refer to Fedora-17 as Fedora Beefy Miracle (if that is indeed the right name). I've seen a number of people using the code name, both here and on fed

Re: Proposal request for ideas on naming Fedora releases.

2012-07-31 Thread Ed Greshko
On 08/01/2012 07:51 AM, Timothy Murphy wrote: > Am I the only person who thinks that the whole idea should be dropped? > I never, ever, heard anyone refer to Fedora-17 as Fedora Beefy Miracle > (if that is indeed the right name). > > Why not just say, "It seemed like a good idea at the time. > But

Re: Change Fedora Releases source

2012-07-31 Thread Ed Greshko
On 08/01/2012 07:27 AM, Phil Dobbin wrote: > I have both Beefy on a desktop machine & a laptop. On the desktop > variety, `yum update` works fine but on the laptop it's always throwing > errors (timing out, 401s, etc). > > The laptop was upgraded from 12 -> 15 -> 16 -> 17 using preupgrade as & > wh

Re: Proposal request for ideas on naming Fedora releases.

2012-07-31 Thread Timothy Murphy
David Boles wrote: >> The Fedora Board is soliciting ideas for how to name Fedora releases >> from community members. Proposals should be sent to the Advisory >> Board list[0][1] no later than 16:00 UTC on 25 July 2012. The >> community is invited to discuss the proposals on the Advisory Board li

Re: Unable To Update.....

2012-07-31 Thread Ed Greshko
On 08/01/2012 06:33 AM, Eddie G.O'Connor Jr-I wrote: > WellI tried the suggestion Ed, and unfortunately this is the output: > > bash-4.2# yum distro-sync > Loaded plugins: langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit, remove-with-leaves > http://repos.fedorapeople.org/repos/luya/gimp/fedora-15/i686/re

Change Fedora Releases source

2012-07-31 Thread Phil Dobbin
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, all. I have both Beefy on a desktop machine & a laptop. On the desktop variety, `yum update` works fine but on the laptop it's always throwing errors (timing out, 401s, etc). The laptop was upgraded from 12 -> 15 -> 16 -> 17 using preupgrade as &

Re: Unable To Update.....

2012-07-31 Thread Eddie G.O'Connor Jr-I
On 07/31/2012 09:30 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 07/31/2012 09:02 PM, Eddie O'Connor wrote: And in reference to upgrading from F16 to F17I'm not realy going to do THAT until I know they've worked out all the kinks, I always kind of "trail" the releases so that I'm never so far ahead that I ca

Re: Modifying nm-dhclient-wlan0.conf ?

2012-07-31 Thread Bruno Wolff III
On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 14:23:38 -0500, "Mikkel L. Ellertson" wrote: On 07/31/2012 11:52 AM, Bruno Wolff III wrote: Is there a way to control what is in that file using NetworkManager configuration? Under the IPv4 settings, pick Automatic (DHCP) address only. That looks like what I want.

Re: Modifying nm-dhclient-wlan0.conf ?

2012-07-31 Thread Bruno Wolff III
On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 18:30:22 +0100, Tony Molloy wrote: So here's a solution: Set up /etc/resolv.conf just as you want. Then chattr +1 /etc/resolv.conf I knew about that as one possible hammer. I was hoping to find something that worked more with NM than against it. -- users mailing l

Re: question regarding ls w/ colors and capturing to file

2012-07-31 Thread Dave Mitchell
On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 10:10:22AM -0700, Joe Zeff wrote: > On 07/31/2012 12:45 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: > >At the moment, I can't think of what editor would retain the colors. :-( > > If it's too long, run it through either more or less. I think the complete command that would satisfy the OP is:

Re: Modifying nm-dhclient-wlan0.conf ?

2012-07-31 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 07/31/2012 11:52 AM, Bruno Wolff III wrote: > My short term goal is to set up resolv.conf the way I want without disabling > network manager. > I set up a config file for dhclient, but it turns out that NetworkManager runs dhclient with the config

Re: Fedora 17 cannot boot on my pc...

2012-07-31 Thread Roberto Ragusa
On 07/31/2012 12:20 PM, Georgios Petasis wrote: > Hi all, > > I am facing a problem booting Fedora 17: the pc freezes unless I use > "acpi=off" in kernel parameters, in grub. > If I use acpi=off, fedora boots and works ok, but cannot power off the pc > after a shutdown. > > How can I solve this

Re: Modifying nm-dhclient-wlan0.conf ?

2012-07-31 Thread Tony Molloy
On Tuesday 31 July 2012 18:41:51 Richard Shaw wrote: > On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 12:30 PM, Tony Molloy wrote: > > So here's a solution: > > > > Set up /etc/resolv.conf just as you want. Then > > > > chattr +1 /etc/resolv.conf > > Shouldn't this be "i" (immutable) instead of "1"? I didn't see an >

Re: Modifying nm-dhclient-wlan0.conf ?

2012-07-31 Thread Richard Shaw
On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 12:30 PM, Tony Molloy wrote: > So here's a solution: > > Set up /etc/resolv.conf just as you want. Then > > chattr +1 /etc/resolv.conf Shouldn't this be "i" (immutable) instead of "1"? I didn't see an attribute like that in the man page. Interesting though... I've been ru

Re: Modifying nm-dhclient-wlan0.conf ?

2012-07-31 Thread Tony Molloy
On Tuesday 31 July 2012 17:52:45 Bruno Wolff III wrote: > My short term goal is to set up resolv.conf the way I want without > disabling network manager. > I set up a config file for dhclient, but it turns out that > NetworkManager runs dhclient with the configfile set to one it > generates inste

Re: question regarding ls w/ colors and capturing to file

2012-07-31 Thread Joe Zeff
On 07/31/2012 12:45 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: At the moment, I can't think of what editor would retain the colors. :-( If it's too long, run it through either more or less. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraprojec

Modifying nm-dhclient-wlan0.conf ?

2012-07-31 Thread Bruno Wolff III
My short term goal is to set up resolv.conf the way I want without disabling network manager. I set up a config file for dhclient, but it turns out that NetworkManager runs dhclient with the configfile set to one it generates insteqad of the normal one used by dhclient. For the first wireless in

Re: How to debug high system load?

2012-07-31 Thread Suvayu Ali
On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 08:21:57AM -0700, Jack Craig wrote: > On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 4:28 PM, Suvayu Ali > wrote: > > > > I did mention it. I also tried many other things all of which I reported > > back to the list. You can find the gory details in the archive. > > > >

Re: How to debug high system load?

2012-07-31 Thread Jack Craig
On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 4:28 PM, Suvayu Ali wrote: > > > I did mention it. I also tried many other things all of which I reported > back to the list. You can find the gory details in the archive. > > < > http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/users/2012-July/thread.html#421944 > > > Interesting

Binding mouse wheel scroll and cursor keys in screen

2012-07-31 Thread Suvayu Ali
Hi, I want to bind mouse wheel scroll and cursor keys with modifier keys in screen but I am not sure what key code or termcap capability to use. This is what I have tried so far with no luck. For mouse wheel scroll: bindkey -k SF copy bindkey -k SR copy bindkey -k sf copy bindkey -k sr c

Re: Unable To Update.....

2012-07-31 Thread Ed Greshko
On 07/31/2012 09:02 PM, Eddie O'Connor wrote: > And in reference to upgrading from F16 to F17I'm not realy going to do > THAT until I know they've worked out all the kinks, I always kind of "trail" > the releases so that I'm never so far ahead that I can't go "back". I only > recently moved

Re: Unable To Update.....

2012-07-31 Thread Eddie O'Connor
And in reference to upgrading from F16 to F17I'm not realy going to do THAT until I know they've worked out all the kinks, I always kind of "trail" the releases so that I'm never so far ahead that I can't go "back". I only recently moved up from F15 when it's Support Life Cycle endedI;l be

Re: question regarding ls w/ colors and capturing to file

2012-07-31 Thread Ed Greshko
On 07/31/2012 07:12 PM, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > Wouldn't -R work better then -r? Yes, it would be better. -- Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far

Re: question regarding ls w/ colors and capturing to file

2012-07-31 Thread eoconno...@gmail.com
Just gotta say Ed, you're like.the Wizard when it comes to this stuff!..LoL! Sent from Eddie's Cell Phone - Reply message - From: "Ed Greshko" To: "Community support for Fedora users" Subject: question regarding ls w/ colors and capturing to file Date: Tue, Jul 31, 2012 2:22 am On

Re: Unable To Update.....

2012-07-31 Thread eoconno...@gmail.com
Thanks Ed!I'll try that and let you know how it goes... Sent from Eddie's Cell Phone - Reply message - From: "Ed Greshko" To: "Community support for Fedora users" Subject: Unable To Update. Date: Mon, Jul 30, 2012 8:56 pm On 07/31/2012 08:46 AM, Eddie G.O'Connor Jr-I wrote: >

Re: Apache2 directory listing problem F16

2012-07-31 Thread Tim
On Mon, 2012-07-30 at 11:38 -0500, Steven Stern wrote: > It would be nice if there were a cp option to adopt the context of > the target. If you copy, the files get the right context based on the filepath for where they're copied to. i.e. If you cp homepage.html /var/www/html/ the homepage.html

Re: question regarding ls w/ colors and capturing to file

2012-07-31 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 07/31/2012 02:53 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 07/31/2012 03:45 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: >> I'll try to think a bit more > > I just realized you mentioned "more" and "less" in your original post > > less -r outfile > > Will show the colors Is

Fedora 17 cannot boot on my pc...

2012-07-31 Thread Georgios Petasis
Hi all, I am facing a problem booting Fedora 17: the pc freezes unless I use "acpi=off" in kernel parameters, in grub. If I use acpi=off, fedora boots and works ok, but cannot power off the pc after a shutdown. How can I solve this issue? George -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraprojec

Re: multiple terminals with different colors

2012-07-31 Thread Zoltan Hoppar
Hi That will be one of the upcoming F18 release feature. Z 2012/7/31 Mihamina Rakotomandimby : > Hi all, > > I use Fedora 16 LXDE spin. > > LXTerminal is working fine, but I want a feature. > > Problem: > When I open multiple LXTerminal and I set the BG color of one, all the other > terminals al

Thanks for: F17: trying to diagnose problem with external USB drive

2012-07-31 Thread M. Fioretti
On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 22:39:16 PM -0500, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > If you are trying to put 110 GB on a 128 GB drive, you are probably > running out of room. Run "df -h" when the drive is mounted, and see > how much space the drive has after things like the space used by > formatting the drive,

Re: Check your /etc/default/grub, if you use raid 1.

2012-07-31 Thread Harald Hoyer
Am 29.07.2012 16:25, schrieb Reindl Harald: > > > Am 29.07.2012 16:19, schrieb Bruno Wolff III: >> On Sun, Jul 29, 2012 at 10:02:00 -0400, >> Sam Varshavchik wrote: >>> There's a long standing combination of two bugs: the list of rd.md.uuid >>> boot parameters generated by anaconda for >>> /e

Re: question regarding ls w/ colors and capturing to file

2012-07-31 Thread Ed Greshko
On 07/31/2012 03:45 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: > I'll try to think a bit more I just realized you mentioned "more" and "less" in your original post less -r outfile Will show the colors Is that sufficient? -- Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigge

Re: question regarding ls w/ colors and capturing to file

2012-07-31 Thread Ed Greshko
On 07/31/2012 02:48 PM, Paul Allen Newell wrote: > Thanks for the very prompt reply. I tried the command and I am not getting > what I expect when I open the file. Part of the problem (maybe large part) is > that I am opening in vim. What editor should I use for seeing this as all I > get in vim