Re: many crashes of X server, what should I investigate?

>> I have many crashes of the X server: >> - freezing when switching between user >> - freezing when starting a session > > What kind of machine are you running F17 on? What processor? How much > memory? What video card? I have a laptop with: Processor Intel® Core I7 - I7-2760QM - 2.40 GHz / 3.

Re: Boot with 1.44" Floppy, then net install from thumb drive?

M de Luis writes: My old NEC Versa P440 laptop computer has no working CD drive, and can't boot off a USB thumb drive. It does have a USB connected 1.44" floppy drive that came with a rescue disk, so I believe that it may be able to boot off that.   Okay then, how do I make a 1.44" Linux boo

Boot with 1.44" Floppy, then net install from thumb drive?

My old NEC Versa P440 laptop computer has no working CD drive, and can't boot off a USB thumb drive. It does have a USB connected 1.44" floppy drive that came with a rescue disk, so I believe that it may be able to boot off that.   Okay then, how do I make a 1.44" Linux boot disk (boot/ root pair

Re: blacklisting domains for yum?

On 01/02/2013 08:19 AM, Joel Rees wrote: > On Tue, Jan 1, 2013 at 8:57 PM, Tim wrote: >> Allegedly, on or about 29 December 2012, Joel Rees sent: >>> I'm beginning to think the ISP has throttled me for yum. >> Could just be the time of the year, with more traffic than usual. > Definitely a possibi

Re: Reconfiguring packages

On 01/01/2013 04:21 PM, Aaron Konstam wrote: On Tue, 2013-01-01 at 15:37 -0500, Frank McCormick wrote: Having come from Debian unstable, the switch to YUM from Aptitude is a bit disconcerting for me. So far I have managed but i have a question. In Debian, a package can be reconfigured (pa

Re: Reconfiguring packages

On 01/01/2013 04:26 PM, Michael Schwendt wrote: On Tue, 01 Jan 2013 15:37:11 -0500, Frank McCormick wrote: Having come from Debian unstable, the switch to YUM from Aptitude is a bit disconcerting for me. So far I have managed but i have a question. In Debian, a package can be reconfigur

Re: yum group for the security spin?

On Mon, Dec 31, 2012 at 10:27 PM, Joel Rees wrote: > Is/are there any sort of yum group(s) that would aid in building an OS > install that includes the security lab stuff? (Tried yum groupinfo > "Security Lab" and got no carrot. Somehow I found the menu package, > but that doesn't automatically po

Re: Go/NoGo Meeting

On 01/01/2013 11:49 PM, Kevin Fenzi wrote: > On Tue, 01 Jan 2013 23:40:28 + > Phil Dobbin wrote: > >> Hi, all. >> >> Would I be right in thinking that tonight (at 20:00 UTC) is the >> Go/NoGo Meeting to determine whether Fedora 18 is released next >> Tuesday the Eight? > > Nope. Today is st

Re: blacklisting domains for yum?

On Tue, Jan 1, 2013 at 8:57 PM, Tim wrote: > Allegedly, on or about 29 December 2012, Joel Rees sent: >> I'm beginning to think the ISP has throttled me for yum. > > Could just be the time of the year, with more traffic than usual. Definitely a possibility, particularly considering the timing. Ne

Re: Go/NoGo Meeting

On Tue, 01 Jan 2013 23:40:28 + Phil Dobbin wrote: > Hi, all. > > Would I be right in thinking that tonight (at 20:00 UTC) is the > Go/NoGo Meeting to determine whether Fedora 18 is released next > Tuesday the Eight? Nope. Today is still a holiday in the US... The go/no-go hasn't been offici

Go/NoGo Meeting

Hi, all. Would I be right in thinking that tonight (at 20:00 UTC) is the Go/NoGo Meeting to determine whether Fedora 18 is released next Tuesday the Eight? Cheers, Phil... -- currently (ab)using CentOS 5.8 & 6.3, Debian Squeeze & Wheezy, Fedora Beefy & Spherical, Lubuntu 12.10, OS X Snow Leo

Re: many crashes of X server, what should I investigate?

On 01/01/2013 04:42 PM, Frédéric Bron wrote: I run F17 with regular updates. I have many crashes of the X server: - freezing when switching between user - freezing when starting a session Many times, Ctrl+Alt+Backspace does not work, also Ctrl+Alt+F[1-9] does not work either so that I cannot even

Re: many crashes of X server, what should I investigate?

On 01/01/2013 01:42 PM, Frédéric Bron wrote: Many times, Ctrl+Alt+Backspace does not work, also Ctrl+Alt+F[1-9] does not work either so that I cannot even start a terminal session to see what happens. I've been having the same issue, using F16 and Xfce. I have the Magic SysRq keys active, but

many crashes of X server, what should I investigate?

I run F17 with regular updates. I have many crashes of the X server: - freezing when switching between user - freezing when starting a session Many times, Ctrl+Alt+Backspace does not work, also Ctrl+Alt+F[1-9] does not work either so that I cannot even start a terminal session to see what happens.

Re: Reconfiguring packages

On Tue, 01 Jan 2013 15:37:11 -0500, Frank McCormick wrote: > > Having come from Debian unstable, the switch to YUM from Aptitude > is a bit disconcerting for me. So far I have managed but i have a question. > > In Debian, a package can be reconfigured (package such as console-setup) > usi

Re: Reconfiguring packages

On Tue, 2013-01-01 at 15:37 -0500, Frank McCormick wrote: > Having come from Debian unstable, the switch to YUM from Aptitude > is a bit disconcerting for me. So far I have managed but i have a question. > > In Debian, a package can be reconfigured (package such as console-setup) > using dp

Reconfiguring packages

Having come from Debian unstable, the switch to YUM from Aptitude is a bit disconcerting for me. So far I have managed but i have a question. In Debian, a package can be reconfigured (package such as console-setup) using dpkg-reconfigure. Can the same thing be accomplished in Fedora. I h

Re: multiple audio file conversion

On 01.01.2013 18:28, Claude Jones wrote: > On 01/01/2013 11:54 AM, Reindl Harald wrote: >> yum install soundconverter >> >> some days ago it converted 75 minutes of FLAC in 8 seonds to VBR MP3 > > perfect! thanks > Or you can use loop in bash and any tool that converts single files. Here is a ver

is "Network Install" the same as "BFO"?

http://fedoraproject.org/en/get-prerelease provides a gPXE -> BFO option which links to http://boot.fedoraproject.org, based upon BKO (boot.kernel.org) iPXE ... Is this the same as the "Network Install" option listed at http://fedoraproject.org/en/get-fedora-options#formats ? Or what is the d

Re: Partitioning between SDD and HDD

Am 01.01.2013 18:28, schrieb Ralf Corsepius: > On 01/01/2013 06:02 PM, Javier Perez wrote: >> I like Joe Zeff question, where does /var go when the power turn off if >> I put it in RAM? > > You will loose them. > > As /var has never, ever been meant to be put into RAM, putting /var into RAM >

Re: Partitioning between SDD and HDD

Tim, do you have a link to that thread? I'd like to read it. Somehow I missed it Thanks On Sun, Dec 23, 2012 at 8:27 PM, Tim wrote: > Tim: > > > Other messages in this thread (or was it another?) weighed up the pros > and cons of what's parts of the directory tree were best on a HDD or > SDD. >

Re: Partitioning between SDD and HDD

I thought so. On Tue, Jan 1, 2013 at 12:28 PM, Ralf Corsepius wrote: > On 01/01/2013 06:02 PM, Javier Perez wrote: > >> I like Joe Zeff question, where does /var go when the power turn off if >> I put it in RAM? >> > > You will loose them. > > As /var has never, ever been meant to be put into RA

Re: Partitioning between SDD and HDD

On 01/01/2013 06:02 PM, Javier Perez wrote: I like Joe Zeff question, where does /var go when the power turn off if I put it in RAM? You will loose them. As /var has never, ever been meant to be put into RAM, putting /var into RAM is an unwise idea and will cause malfunctions. Ralf -- use

Re: multiple audio file conversion

On 01/01/2013 11:54 AM, Reindl Harald wrote: yum install soundconverter some days ago it converted 75 minutes of FLAC in 8 seonds to VBR MP3 perfect! thanks -- Claude Jones Brunswick, MD, USA -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: ht

Re: Partitioning between SDD and HDD

I like Joe Zeff question, where does /var go when the power turn off if I put it in RAM? On Tue, Jan 1, 2013 at 12:17 AM, Rami Rosen wrote: > Hi, > > >I speak from experience here--we've had several (10) Macs go >kerblooey > >because of catastrophic SSD failures. > > Can you please say: are thes

Re: multiple audio file conversion

Am 01.01.2013 17:31, schrieb Claude Jones: > Is there a way/tool to convert an entire folder of audio files from one > format to another? I know Audacity will let > me convert files one at a time, but I'm looking for a way to take a folder of > multiple files and convert all of > them at once..

multiple audio file conversion

Is there a way/tool to convert an entire folder of audio files from one format to another? I know Audacity will let me convert files one at a time, but I'm looking for a way to take a folder of multiple files and convert all of them at once... My files are .wav and I'm looking to create smaller

Re: KDE Network icon disappeared

Marko Vojinovic wrote: > Unlock widgets. Right-click somewhere on the system tray, and open > "system-tray settings". Configure as desired. There are extensive > settings in there, I assume you'll find what you need, with a little > experimenting. > > Afterwards lock widgets again. Thanks, that

Re: Ctrl+Alt+Backspace - Solved

On 31/12/12 07:06, Sam Varshavchik wrote: . On Mon, Dec 31, 2012 at 1:14 PM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA bobgood...@wildblue.net> wrote: I have a new Fedora-18 64 bit XFCE Live install and and I find that ctrl+alt+backspace does not work. I

Re: KDE Network icon disappeared

On Tue, 01 Jan 2013 15:42:50 +0100 Timothy Murphy wrote: > I'm running Fedora-17 KDE. > The network icon in the system tray in my panel > has disappeared, and is not listed among hidden icons. > > This happened once before, and I seem to recall > that some kind soul told me how to recover the ico

Re: Ctrl+Alt+Backspace -

On Tue, 2013-01-01 at 11:47 +0100, Frantisek Hanzlik wrote: > Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > On Mon, 2012-12-31 at 04:44 -0500, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA > > wrote: > >> I have a new Fedora-18 64 bit XFCE Live install and and I find that > >> ctrl+alt+backspace does not work. Is tha

KDE Network icon disappeared

I'm running Fedora-17 KDE. The network icon in the system tray in my panel has disappeared, and is not listed among hidden icons. This happened once before, and I seem to recall that some kind soul told me how to recover the icon. I tried yum-reinstalling NetworkManager (and kde-plasma-networkmana

Re: blacklisting domains for yum?

Allegedly, on or about 29 December 2012, Joel Rees sent: > I'm beginning to think the ISP has throttled me for yum. Could just be the time of the year, with more traffic than usual. -- [tim@localhost ~]$ uname -rsvp Linux 3.6.10-2.fc17.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Dec 11 18:07:34 UTC 2012 x86_64 All mail

Installing F18 Beta on Dell XPX 15z

Hello All, I am trying to install Fedora 18 Beta x86+64 on my Dell XPS 15z, and would appreciate any help. I am running this laptop on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. This needs the following parameters on the 3.2.34 and later kernels to make the screen work: *acpi_backlight=vendor dell_laptop.backlight=0

Re: Ctrl+Alt+Backspace -

Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Mon, 2012-12-31 at 04:44 -0500, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA > wrote: >> I have a new Fedora-18 64 bit XFCE Live install and and I find that >> ctrl+alt+backspace does not work. Is that expected? > > Please don't crosspost to several lists. People who r