F18 - prelink fails

Hi, installing a vanilla kernel and doing a "make install" after a successful kernel build, prelink fails with chroot: failed to run command '/usr/sbin/prelink': Permission denied I'm installing as root (of course) and SELinux is disabled. I'm somewhat clueless where to look/how to solve the pro

Re: Thunderbird newbie

On 02/04/2013 02:30 PM, Claude Jones wrote: > On 02/04/2013 01:16 AM, Tim wrote: >> Wouldn't you need to change some file paths in the configuration, at >> least? > > no - I just went through a round of commissioning new machines - copy the > profile folder from one machine to the other, and you'r

Re: Thunderbird newbie

On 02/04/2013 01:16 AM, Tim wrote: Wouldn't you need to change some file paths in the configuration, at least? no - I just went through a round of commissioning new machines - copy the profile folder from one machine to the other, and you're done... it just works - and I've been doing this fo

Re: Thunderbird newbie

On Sun, 2013-02-03 at 17:28 -0500, Claude Jones wrote: > one big advantage is you can copy your profile folder between Linux > and Windows and have the exact same setup with all your accounts and > custom folders and the like Wouldn't you need to change some file paths in the configuration, at lea

Re: Thunderbird newbie

On 02/03/2013 06:00 PM, doug wrote: What is the "profile" folder? I searched for it (in Linux) and could not find it. in Linux, it's in /home/[your user name]/.thunderbird/ it's the folder with the extension .default in Windows, you'll find it buried in the appdata folder -- Claude Jones Brun

Re: Thunderbird newbie

On 02/04/2013 06:18 AM, Reindl Harald wrote: > > Am 03.02.2013 23:08, schrieb Ed Greshko: > >> As a long time Tbird user I rarely use the menu. > and i use it each day very often > extras -> aplly filters to folder > > why? > because it was more important to hide the menu, include a chat > or man

Re: Thunderbird newbie

On 02/03/2013 09:52 AM, Reindl Harald wrote: please read other posts before you reply! I read my email in chronological order, not threaded. And, there's no problem that I can see with two people making the same suggestion; it simply re-enforces it. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedorap

Icon Size.....

I've been enjoying my experience with Fedora 18 so far, but I have one question, it seems the icons for the notifications and alerts that appear on the bottom of the screen are HUGE! Is there a setting that will allow me to shrink them a little? I have searched in the "Settings" option that app

Re: Thunderbird newbie

Am 04.02.2013 00:00, schrieb doug: > On 02/03/2013 05:28 PM, Claude Jones wrote: >> On 02/03/2013 05:01 PM, Timothy Murphy wrote: >>> It would be an advantage to have the same program running under Linux >>> and Windows. >> >> one big advantage is you can copy your profile folder between Linux an

Re: Thunderbird newbie

On 02/03/2013 05:28 PM, Claude Jones wrote: On 02/03/2013 05:01 PM, Timothy Murphy wrote: It would be an advantage to have the same program running under Linux and Windows. one big advantage is you can copy your profile folder between Linux and Windows and have the exact same setup with all y

Re: Thunderbird newbie

On 02/03/2013 05:01 PM, Timothy Murphy wrote: It would be an advantage to have the same program running under Linux and Windows. one big advantage is you can copy your profile folder between Linux and Windows and have the exact same setup with all your accounts and custom folders and the like

Re: Thunderbird newbie

Am 03.02.2013 23:08, schrieb Ed Greshko: > As a long time Tbird user I rarely use the menu. and i use it each day very often extras -> aplly filters to folder why? because it was more important to hide the menu, include a chat or mangle the account setup to death than multiselect folders and

Re: Thunderbird newbie

On 02/04/2013 06:01 AM, Timothy Murphy wrote: > Thanks to you (and others) for pointing this out. > It certainly seems odd to me that the menu bar should be hidden by default. FWIW, and this is obviously a personal opinion, I like the menu bar hidden by default. If memory serves me, it used to b

Re: F18: Can I get paint and paste back?

On 2/3/2013 1:16 PM, sean darcy wrote: Rebooted. Again Xorg.0.log finds the Emulate3Buttons option. But still doesn't work. Using xfce-4.10. Wonder if that's the problem? Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" may need to be add to 10-evdev.conf below "Emulate3button" opti

Re: Thunderbird newbie

Edward M wrote: > In Thunderbird 17.0.2 that would be a three horizontal lines > button located on the top right side next to Search. Thanks to you (and others) for pointing this out. It certainly seems odd to me that the menu bar should be hidden by default. In any case thunderbird

Re: F18: Can I get paint and paste back?

On 02/02/2013 05:55 PM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: On 02/02/2013 05:48 PM, sean darcy wrote: On 02/02/2013 04:18 PM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: On 02/02/2013 03:40 PM, sean darcy wrote: I like being able to "paint and paste" on my laptop. Mark some text and click bo

Re: Configuring KDM instead of LightDM

El sáb, 02-02-2013 a las 21:41 +0100, Frédéric Bron escribió: > > I've installed the LXDE spin. But now I want to use KDM instead > > LightDM, because I find it more configurable. The thing is that I've > > installed KDM but I can't find with what tool I will set it properly. In > >

Re: "Install Updates & Restart" on a laptop

Hi On Sun, Feb 3, 2013 at 2:34 PM, Sam Varshavchik wrote: Strange – using Gnome search, I couldn't find it any more. Now, I thought > that this is how the usability experts think is the most efficient way to > launch an application these days: open Gnome application menu, by slamming > the mou

Re: Thunderbird newbie

On 02/03/2013 12:29 PM, Timothy Murphy wrote: I don't have an Edit option in my thunderbird toolbar. As I said, the only options are Get Mail, Write, Chat, Address Book and Quick Filter. Menu bar: Pressing Alt will show it long enough to enter some key strokes. Pressing F10 will

Re: "Install Updates & Restart" on a laptop

Rahul Sundaram writes: « HTML content follows » Hi On Sun, Feb 3, 2013 at 8:00 AM, Sam Varshavchik  wrote: > What PackageKit GUI would that be? I'm unable to find any PackageKit GUI in F18. After updating F17 to F18, the software update >app was removed. That isn't true.  gpk-update-v

F18: trouble with Brother 7360N printer

On F18, updated. I've got a Brother MFC-7360N printer on 10.10.10.153. I can bring up its web page. I can print from a W7 laptop, and used to print from F17. I've attached the screenshot of the printer properties window as it was set up by the printer config utility. It has a device URI: l

Re: Thunderbird newbie

On Sun, 03 Feb 2013 16:59:50 + Timothy Murphy wrote: > KMail has ceased working on my Fedora-18/KDE laptop, > after an update yesterday. when 3 years ago kmail stopped working, i change to claws; it's light and powerful and (not less important) it has never stopped working in 3 years. Lastly,

Re: "Install Updates & Restart" on a laptop

Hi On Sun, Feb 3, 2013 at 8:00 AM, Sam Varshavchik wrote: > What PackageKit GUI would that be? I'm unable to find any PackageKit GUI in F18. After updating F17 to F18, the software update >app was removed. That isn't true. gpk-update-viewer still is there as well as apper, the KDE equivalent

Re: "Install Updates & Restart" on a laptop

Hi On Sun, Feb 3, 2013 at 8:06 AM, Sam Varshavchik wrote: And the reason I know that nothing was downloaded, because afterwards "yum > update" did that. > You might want to report that to bugzilla Rahul -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription

Re: Thunderbird newbie

On 02/03/2013 12:38 PM, Reindl Harald wrote: Am 03.02.2013 18:29, schrieb Timothy Murphy: In Linux, Click on Edit. I don't have an Edit option in my thunderbird toolbar because it is in the MENUBAR I don't see any menu on my thunderbird screen. I am running thunderbird-17.0.2-1.fc18.i686, i

Re: Thunderbird newbie

On 2/3/2013 9:54 AM, Edward M wrote: there is somewhere a icon which shows the menu in recent builds In Thunderbird 17.0.2 that would be a three horizontal lines button located on the top right side next to Search. I meant above Search -- users mailing list users@lists

Re: Thunderbird newbie

On 2/3/2013 9:38 AM, Reindl Harald wrote: there is somewhere a icon which shows the menu in recent builds In Thunderbird 17.0.2 that would be a three horizontal lines button located on the top right side next to Search. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsub

Re: Thunderbird newbie

Am 03.02.2013 18:47, schrieb Joe Zeff: > On 02/03/2013 09:29 AM, Timothy Murphy wrote: >> I don't have an Edit option in my thunderbird toolbar. >> As I said, the only options are >> Get Mail, Write, Chat, Address Book and Quick Filter. > > Look above that, right below the title bar: > > File E

Re: Thunderbird newbie

On 02/03/2013 09:29 AM, Timothy Murphy wrote: I don't have an Edit option in my thunderbird toolbar. As I said, the only options are Get Mail, Write, Chat, Address Book and Quick Filter. Look above that, right below the title bar: File Edit View Go Message Tools Help If you don't have that li

Re: Thunderbird newbie

Am 03.02.2013 18:29, schrieb Timothy Murphy: >> In Linux, Click on Edit. > I don't have an Edit option in my thunderbird toolbar because it is in the MENUBAR > I don't see any menu on my thunderbird screen. > I am running thunderbird-17.0.2-1.fc18.i686, incidentally there is somewhere a icon w

Re: Have you gotten used to the "Global Menu"?

I use it only when the no scrolling is needed. Otherwise it is quite more time consuming. Fortunately Gnome 3.6 in Fedora 18 also has the "per-application menu" available side by side. - Original Message - Hi everyone, I see this "global menu" trend in both GNOME 3 & Unity. Windows us

Re: Thunderbird newbie

Joe Zeff wrote: > On 02/03/2013 08:59 AM, Timothy Murphy wrote: >> Secondly, looking for advice on setting up thunderbird, >> all the online advice I saw suggested clicking on the Tools icon, >> presumably in the toolbar. > > That's because all of the advice is written with the assumption that >

Re: Thunderbird newbie

On 02/03/2013 08:59 AM, Timothy Murphy wrote: Secondly, looking for advice on setting up thunderbird, all the online advice I saw suggested clicking on the Tools icon, presumably in the toolbar. That's because all of the advice is written with the assumption that you're using Windows. In Linu

Thunderbird newbie

KMail has ceased working on my Fedora-18/KDE laptop, after an update yesterday. I've been thinking for some time that I should have an alternative mail-reader, as KMail has had several hiccups over recent years. So I have yum-installed Thunderbird and can read my email, but with some difficulty.

Re: Warning! Possible Thunderbird problem

On 02/03/2013 02:58 AM, Michael Schwendt wrote: It might have been necessary to update from the ancient 7.0.1 to newer ones in smaller steps in order to migrate user's configuration. Also just a guess. ;-) Considering that when my desktop is up I update my system daily, it should have the late

Re: f18+gnome3: touchpad setting "Disable while typing" does not work anymore

El vie, 01-02-2013 a las 17:13 +0100, Dario Lesca escribió: > Il giorno ven, 01/02/2013 alle 16.36 +0100, Dario Lesca ha scritto: > > After update f17 to f18 the touchpad setting "Disable while typing" does > > not work anymore. > > > > Someone can help me to debug why and resolve this annoying b

Re: OT: what's with the 'i'?

El sáb, 02-02-2013 a las 18:49 +, David G.Miller escribió: > Antonio Olivares inbox.com> writes: > > > > And, on a more international note, if somebody just mentions "the war," > > > which war do you think of first? > > > War between the States!(Civil War) > > I used to work with a gentl

Re: GTK3 themes not working on Fedora 18?

El vie, 01-02-2013 a las 08:44 -0600, Brian Millett escribió: > On Fri, 01 Feb 2013 11:46:13 -0200 > "Germán A. Racca" wrote: > > > On 02/01/2013 10:29 AM, Andre Costa wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > no matter how many GTK3 themes I install, gnome-tweak-tool only shows me > > > "Adwaita" and "High

Re: "Install Updates & Restart" on a laptop

Rahul Sundaram writes: It isn't.  This feature works by downloading all the updates beforehand and then offering you the option in the menu to restart and install the updates in a special environment Well, that's the part that did not work for me. Nothing was downloaded before the "Inst

Have you gotten used to the "Global Menu"?

Hi everyone, I see this "global menu" trend in both GNOME 3 & Unity. Windows users love their "per-application menu" and Mac users their "global menu". There's no doubt about that. My question is for us, Linux users, who used to have per-application menus and are now being turned away from that

Re: "Install Updates & Restart" on a laptop

Rahul Sundaram writes: On Sat, Feb 2, 2013 at 8:33 PM, Joe Zeff j...@zeff.us> wrote: I see.  I removed it a long time ago because it could find my network connection to look for updates but insisted that I was off-line when it came to doing the work.  When it

Re: Fedora 17 Kernel Updates

On 02/03/2013 08:08 PM, Reindl Harald wrote: ls -lha -R/boot/ This is the command output: /boot/: total 75M dr-xr-xr-x. 5 root root 4.0K Jan 27 17:01 . dr-xr-xr-x. 18 root root 4.0K Feb 3 22:52 .. -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 120K Dec 18 09:20 config-3.6.11-1.fc17.x86_64 -rw-r--r--. 1 root root

Re: Memory leak in xorg?

On 02/03/2013 02:26 PM, Roberto Ragusa wrote: > On 02/03/2013 12:47 AM, Maseood Raisi wrote: >> I use xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.12.4-2.fc17.x86_64 with priority Nvidia >> Driver with KDM-Kwin-KDE ... >> >> I don't know which one has memory leak but plasma-desktop and kwin and >> kdm use normal memory

Re: Display rates -

On 02/02/2013 11:40 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: You didn't mention what type of video hardware you have or I just couldn't find that message. The monitor in question was a Viewsonic VX2035WM spec'd to work at 1680x1050 @60Hz. the video is on board, apparently ATI-Radeon and the

Re: Warning! Possible Thunderbird problem

On Sun, 03 Feb 2013 08:26:32 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: > FWIW thunderbird-7.0.1-1 was the version released with F16. There have been *many* updates since then. 7.0.1-1.fc16 is ancient, from 2011: Information for build thunderbird-7.0.1-1.fc16 Completed Fri, 30 Sep 2011 14:55:35 UTC htt

Re: Memory leak in xorg?

On 02/03/2013 12:47 AM, Maseood Raisi wrote: > I use xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.12.4-2.fc17.x86_64 with priority Nvidia > Driver with KDM-Kwin-KDE ... > > I don't know which one has memory leak but plasma-desktop and kwin and > kdm use normal memory (I mean after working for some days with my > system

Re: Fedora 17: unable to login. Laptop keypad is locked

>> I am having dual boot Winxp / Fedora 17. In winxp everything is working >> fine. >> >> By mistake the "Shift key" was pressed for a long time, It displayed >> to activate "sticky key". I clicked on "Activate" button blindly. >> (As I was not aware of it) >> >> At that time keyboard of my lapt

Re: Disabling SlowKeys?

On 02/01/2013 04:47 PM, Tethys wrote: On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 2:17 PM, Suvayu Ali wrote: This is "supposed" to work, but so far I haven't been successful. $ gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.a11y.keyboard slowkeys-enable false It doesn't work for me either. I know nothing about gsettings, but

Re: Fedora 17 Kernel Updates

Am 03.02.2013 06:29, schrieb Stephen Morris: > Correct me if I am wrong, but I though grubby was for updating legacy grub, > hence why is the process invoking > grubby at all for a grub2 update? because it just works how it is suspposed to work instead mangling the cleaned up menu with grub2-mk

Re: "Install Updates & Restart" on a laptop

Rahul Sundaram wrote: >It isn't. This feature works by downloading all the updates beforehand I prefer to control when the download happens. This turns off the automatic download: dconf write /org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/updates/auto-download-updates false >and then offering you the

Re: POL on fedora 18

On Saturday 02 Feb 2013 21:23:14 Raf Roger wrote: > Hi, > > i'm trying to run POL (playonlinux) on fedora 18 but without success. > is there someone who has been already successful to run it on F18 ? > > I installed rpm using yum install but i'm not able to find it among > applications :( > thx.