Re: how can i get widescren display on my new Dell 3010?

2012-12-11 Thread Ed Greshko
On 12/12/2012 03:06 AM, Gary Kline wrote: > guys, > > can any of you fedora and dell gurus clue me in on how to get a screen > resolution of ~1920x1080 on my new Dell 3010? my older dual has this > resolution but it was given to me; I have no clue what's inside. > > my new Dell maxes out with a [

Re: how can i get widescren display on my new Dell 3010?

2012-12-11 Thread Gary Kline
On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 09:57:58AM +0900, nomnex wrote: > > On Tue, 11 Dec 2012 11:06:53 -0800 > > Gary Kline wrote: > > > > This is the box with the UEFI that I finally got past. the > > last thing is the widescreen solution. > > Can't really help with your question, but I am looking for a new

Re: Chrome video noise

2012-12-11 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Wed, 2012-12-12 at 08:08 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 12/12/2012 08:01 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > F17 fully updated. > > > > I use Chrome (currently google-chrome-beta-24.0.1312.35-171386.x86_64) > > as my main browser, but this may also apply to Chromium: > > > > For the last few weeks

Re: Chromebook?

2012-12-11 Thread Eddie G. O'Connor Jr.
On 12/10/2012 01:33 PM, Matthew Miller wrote: On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 12:09:28PM -0600, Charlie Brune wrote: Has anyone tried to re-load a Chromebook with Fedora? Yes -- the Fedora ARM team is working on it. Check this out, PARTICULARLY noticing the large warning at the top of the page: https:/

FC16 > FC17: did preupgrade fail?

2012-12-11 Thread sean darcy
On an FC16 box i just ran preupgrade-cli. It ends on a down note: Spawning worker 0 with 1682 pkgs Workers Finished Gathering worker results Saving Primary metadata Saving file lists metadata Saving other metadata Generating sqlite DBs Sqlite DBs complete Preparing system to boot into installe

Re: Chrome video noise

2012-12-11 Thread Ed Greshko
On 12/12/2012 08:08 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: > FWIW, I use chrome...but I use > google-chrome-stable-23.0.1271.95-169798.x86_64 and I've not seen any > problems. Have you tried switching to the "stable" version to compare? To add to this I just installed chrome-beta in a VM and see no noise/

Re: how can i get widescren display on my new Dell 3010?

2012-12-11 Thread nomnex
> On Tue, 11 Dec 2012 11:06:53 -0800 > Gary Kline wrote: > > This is the box with the UEFI that I finally got past. the > last thing is the widescreen solution. Can't really help with your question, but I am looking for a new machine. Do you mind sharing some info: How did you do with the UEFI?

Re: disk failure?

2012-12-11 Thread Sam Varshavchik
L writes: Hi The disk utility shows one of my disks are failling. I check it using Hard drives have some redundancy, they have spare capacity that they use to back up unreadable/failing blocks automatically, until they run out, and then fail for real. Make a backup while you still can, a

Re: disk failure?

2012-12-11 Thread Steven Stern
On 12/11/2012 05:58 PM, L wrote: > smartctl -C /dev/sdb1 > > smartctl 5.41 2011-06-09 r3365 [i686-linux-3.2.0-34-generic] (local build) > Copyright (C) 2002-11 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net > > === START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION === > SMART overall-health self-assessment

Re: Chrome video noise

2012-12-11 Thread Steven Stern
On 12/11/2012 06:01 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > F17 fully updated. > > I use Chrome (currently google-chrome-beta-24.0.1312.35-171386.x86_64) > as my main browser, but this may also apply to Chromium: > > For the last few weeks, every embedded video has had a lot of noise (or > snow) in the

Re: Chrome video noise

2012-12-11 Thread Ed Greshko
On 12/12/2012 08:01 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > F17 fully updated. > > I use Chrome (currently google-chrome-beta-24.0.1312.35-171386.x86_64) > as my main browser, but this may also apply to Chromium: > > For the last few weeks, every embedded video has had a lot of noise (or > snow) in the im

Chrome video noise

2012-12-11 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
F17 fully updated. I use Chrome (currently google-chrome-beta-24.0.1312.35-171386.x86_64) as my main browser, but this may also apply to Chromium: For the last few weeks, every embedded video has had a lot of noise (or snow) in the image. It looks very much like the problem a few months back with

Re: disk failure?

2012-12-11 Thread L
smartctl -C /dev/sdb1 smartctl 5.41 2011-06-09 r3365 [i686-linux-3.2.0-34-generic] (local build) Copyright (C) 2002-11 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net === START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION === SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: FAILED! Drive failure expected in

Re: disk failure?

2012-12-11 Thread Steven Stern
On 12/11/2012 04:22 PM, L wrote: > Hi > The disk utility shows one of my disks are failling. I check it using > > sudo e2fsck -f -c -v /dev/sdb1 > e2fsck 1.42 (29-Nov-2011) > Checking for bad blocks (read-only test): 0.00% done, 0:00 elapsed. > (0/0/0 errdone

Re: Something went wrong.....

2012-12-11 Thread Doug
On 12/11/2012 04:07 PM, antonio wrote: Tim ha scritto / said the followingil giorno/on 09/12/2012 05:43: Allegedly, on or about 08 December 2012, Joe Zeff sent: Use Ctrl-Alt-F2 to get to a text console and log in. To get back to the GUI screen use Ctrl-Alt-F8. Or, perhaps, Ctrl Alt F1, t

Re: Laptop is getting hot after resume from suspend

2012-12-11 Thread Christian Menzel
On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 10:21 AM, Christian Menzel < christian.men...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 5:29 PM, Paul W. Frields wrote: > >> On Fri, Dec 07, 2012 at 04:02:09PM +0100, Christian Menzel wrote: >> > Hi, >> > >> > while my Thinpad X220 normally shows 50 to 60 degrees C

Re: Transfering files to a Samsung Galaxy III

2012-12-11 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 12/11/2012 04:58 PM, Edward M wrote: On 12/11/2012 1:45 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: I found the USB teather option. It was greyed out until I connected to my notebook. Then Fedora recognized the device. Got my mp4s into the movie directory and were able to view them with the player. All

disk failure?

2012-12-11 Thread L
Hi The disk utility shows one of my disks are failling. I check it using sudo e2fsck -f -c -v /dev/sdb1 e2fsck 1.42 (29-Nov-2011) Checking for bad blocks (read-only test): 0.00% done, 0:00 elapsed. (0/0/0 errdone 500G: Updating bad block inode. Pass 1: Checking inodes, blocks, and sizes Pass 2:

Re: Transfering files to a Samsung Galaxy III

2012-12-11 Thread Edward M
On 12/11/2012 1:45 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: I found the USB teather option. It was greyed out until I connected to my notebook. Then Fedora recognized the device. Got my mp4s into the movie directory and were able to view them with the player. All right, this phone might actually be usef

Re: Transfering files to a Samsung Galaxy III

2012-12-11 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 11.12.2012 22:04, schrieb Jared K. Smith: > On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 3:46 PM, Robert Moskowitz > wrote: >> Anyway, I have mp4 lessons on this system that I would want to view on the >> Galaxy. Is there any 'eazy' way to do this? I plug the Galaxy into my >> notebook and it only goes into ch

Re: Transfering files to a Samsung Galaxy III

2012-12-11 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 12/11/2012 04:04 PM, Jared K. Smith wrote: On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 3:46 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: Anyway, I have mp4 lessons on this system that I would want to view on the Galaxy. Is there any 'eazy' way to do this? I plug the Galaxy into my notebook and it only goes into charging mode

Re: Transfering files to a Samsung Galaxy III

2012-12-11 Thread Edward M
On 12/11/2012 12:46 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: I just got a Galaxy for my corporate phone. No instructions; Samsung GUI is taking a lot to learn, coming from a BB and Gnome! My first touch screen... Anyway, I have mp4 lessons on this system that I would want to view on the Galaxy. Is there

Re: Something went wrong.....

2012-12-11 Thread Joe Zeff
On 12/11/2012 01:07 PM, antonio wrote: I have a doubt on this subjectif the error is before login, where shall I get the .xsession-errors file??? A new version of the file is created when you start an X session, but it isn't deleted when you log out. Thus, if you log into a text console

Re: Something went wrong.....

2012-12-11 Thread antonio
Tim ha scritto / said the followingil giorno/on 09/12/2012 05:43: Allegedly, on or about 08 December 2012, Joe Zeff sent: Use Ctrl-Alt-F2 to get to a text console and log in. To get back to the GUI screen use Ctrl-Alt-F8. Or, perhaps, Ctrl Alt F1, to get back to the GUI. It depends on wh

Re: Transfering files to a Samsung Galaxy III

2012-12-11 Thread Jared K. Smith
On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 3:46 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > Anyway, I have mp4 lessons on this system that I would want to view on the > Galaxy. Is there any 'eazy' way to do this? I plug the Galaxy into my > notebook and it only goes into charging mode. I don't have a Galaxy SIII, but I do have

Transfering files to a Samsung Galaxy III

2012-12-11 Thread Robert Moskowitz
I just got a Galaxy for my corporate phone. No instructions; Samsung GUI is taking a lot to learn, coming from a BB and Gnome! My first touch screen... Anyway, I have mp4 lessons on this system that I would want to view on the Galaxy. Is there any 'eazy' way to do this? I plug the Galaxy in

Re: how can i get widescren display on my new Dell 3010?

2012-12-11 Thread G.Wolfe Woodbury
On 12/11/2012 02:06 PM, Gary Kline wrote: > guys, > > can any of you fedora and dell gurus clue me in on how to get a screen > resolution of ~1920x1080 on my new Dell 3010? my older dual has this > resolution but it was given to me; I have no clue what's inside. > > my new Dell maxes out with a

how can i get widescren display on my new Dell 3010?

2012-12-11 Thread Gary Kline
guys, can any of you fedora and dell gurus clue me in on how to get a screen resolution of ~1920x1080 on my new Dell 3010? my older dual has this resolution but it was given to me; I have no clue what's inside. my new Dell maxes out with a [5:4] resolution of something close to 1200x1024. This

Re: Laptop is getting hot after resume from suspend

2012-12-11 Thread Christian Menzel
On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 5:29 PM, Paul W. Frields wrote: > On Fri, Dec 07, 2012 at 04:02:09PM +0100, Christian Menzel wrote: > > Hi, > > > > while my Thinpad X220 normally shows 50 to 60 degrees Celsius, when > > running on normal load, it gets hot to 90 to 96 degrees Celsius after > > resume from

Re: Comments about HP multifunction printers ?

2012-12-11 Thread Christian von Pentz
On 12/11/2012 06:49 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: [snip] > HP printers are very well supported. I've had various models and after > installing > > All the hplip and hpijs packages they just worked. Same here, using an old C7100 connected via wifi, never had problems and setting up the printer was very