Re: Disability relief

On 04/06/2013 11:42 AM, Beartooth wrote: I need cursor symbols that my antiquated eyeballs can spot even through trifocals. Last time I had a machine running CentOS (6.2 iirc) I had managed to get a big yellow arrow to show the mouse cursor. It was wonderful. Now I have machines

Re: Unable to install F18 into an existing linux partitions.

> On Mon, 08 Apr 2013 05:24:28 +0200 > poma wrote: > > >> Don't even try to count how many holes does Swiss cheese have. :) Those are not holes, but engineered air compartments designed to enhance the cheese flavor. You probably refers to the French Emmental which is indeed full of holes ;) --

Re: getting back from a black screen

On 04/07/2013 08:40 PM, Richard Vickery wrote: Why does it lock on default? That is not the best solution. At least I know a little bit about how to fix it, but I can just imagine the person coming over from the MS world having a heart attack just trying how to keep the computer from crashing.

Re: getting back from a black screen

On Sun, 7 Apr 2013 20:40:19 -0700 Richard Vickery wrote: > On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 8:13 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: > > > On 04/07/2013 07:45 PM, Richard Vickery wrote: > > > >> Hi, > >> > >> It happens often enough that I leave the computer long enough for > >> it to blacken the screen. Is there a comb

Re: getting back from a black screen

On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 8:13 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: > On 04/07/2013 07:45 PM, Richard Vickery wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> It happens often enough that I leave the computer long enough for it to >> blacken the screen. Is there a combination key stroke to get x back? >> >> Thanks. >> >> > Check your screen s

Re: Unable to install F18 into an existing linux partitions.

On 07.04.2013 21:13, Joe Zeff wrote: > On 04/07/2013 11:54 AM, poma wrote: >> On 07.04.2013 19:45, Joe Zeff wrote: >>> On 04/07/2013 05:43 AM, poma wrote: Blivet[1] ain't Disk Druid. ;) >>> >>> Especially when you look at the picture and realize that they got the >>> name wrong: that's a Three

Re: getting back from a black screen

On 04/07/2013 07:45 PM, Richard Vickery wrote: Hi, It happens often enough that I leave the computer long enough for it to blacken the screen. Is there a combination key stroke to get x back? Thanks. Check your screen saver settings. It sounds like it's set to lock the screen when it blank

getting back from a black screen

Hi, It happens often enough that I leave the computer long enough for it to blacken the screen. Is there a combination key stroke to get x back? Thanks. Richard -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mai

Re: k3b , burning video

On Mon, 2013-04-08 at 05:28 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 04/08/13 03:41, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > This is all from memory as I haven't actually created a DVD in several > > years. Most modern DVD players have USB sockets so you can use pendrives > > as input and avoid all the hassle, not men

Re: k3b , burning video

On 04/08/13 03:41, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > This is all from memory as I haven't actually created a DVD in several > years. Most modern DVD players have USB sockets so you can use pendrives > as input and avoid all the hassle, not mention saving on media costs. I don't do it very often either.

Re: k3b , burning video

On Sun, 2013-04-07 at 09:55 -0400, Jim wrote: > On 04/07/2013 12:07 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > On Sat, 2013-04-06 at 18:56 -0400, Jim wrote: > >> F18 > >> > >> what video format does k3b burn, mp4 etc. ? > > The question as it stands is meaningless. K3B just burns bits. It > > distinguishe

Re: Unable to install F18 into an existing linux partitions.

On 04/07/2013 11:54 AM, poma wrote: On 07.04.2013 19:45, Joe Zeff wrote: On 04/07/2013 05:43 AM, poma wrote: Blivet[1] ain't Disk Druid. ;) Especially when you look at the picture and realize that they got the name wrong: that's a Three prong, two hole Poiuyt. Don't even try to count how ma

Re: Unable to install F18 into an existing linux partitions.

On 07.04.2013 19:45, Joe Zeff wrote: > On 04/07/2013 05:43 AM, poma wrote: >> Blivet[1] ain't Disk Druid. ;) > > Especially when you look at the picture and realize that they got the > name wrong: that's a Three prong, two hole Poiuyt. Don't even try to count how many holes does Swiss cheese have

Re: k3b , burning video

On 04/08/13 00:07, Jim wrote: > On 04/07/2013 01:50 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: >> On 04/07/13 06:56, Jim wrote: >>> F18 >>> >>> what video format does k3b burn, mp4 etc. ? >> As POC has already said, k3b just burns bits >> >> Don't know what your trying to achieve... But, taking a SWAG, you've got

Re: Dracut on reboot

On 04/07/2013 07:12 AM, Junk wrote: At the risk of being pedantic, that command will put a text file in the current working directory. Which could be anywhere if you've done a cd Well, yes, but I'd assumed that the people reading this list would know that. -- users mailing list users@lists.f

Re: Unable to install F18 into an existing linux partitions.

On 04/07/2013 05:43 AM, poma wrote: Blivet[1] ain't Disk Druid. ;) Especially when you look at the picture and realize that they got the name wrong: that's a Three prong, two hole Poiuyt. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https:

Re: Disability relief

On Sun, 07 Apr 2013 05:17:58 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 04/07/13 02:42, Beartooth wrote: >> I need cursor symbols that my antiquated eyeballs can spot even >> through trifocals. Last time I had a machine running CentOS (6.2 iirc) >> I had managed to get a big yellow arrow to show the mouse

Re: Disability relief

On Sun, 07 Apr 2013 00:06:26 +, Matthew Saltzman wrote: > On Sat, 2013-04-06 at 18:42 +, Beartooth wrote: [] >> Now I have machines running Fedora (17 & 18) and Puppy (5.0) -- >> and even with eyes on two panels I have an awful time spotting the >> mouse cursor. Can anyone

Re: Dracut on reboot

On Apr 7, 2013 9:57 AM, "Richard Vickery" wrote: > > > On Apr 7, 2013 7:12 AM, "Junk" wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > On 7 Apr 2013, at 01:22, Joe Zeff wrote: > > > > > On 04/06/2013 03:47 PM, Richard Vickery wrote: > > >> I have little understanding of what I am looking for. Is there some way >

Re: Dracut on reboot

On 04/07/13 11:57, Richard Vickery wrote: > > On Apr 7, 2013 7:12 AM, "Junk" > wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> On 7 Apr 2013, at 01:22, Joe Zeff mailto:j...@zeff.us>> wrote: >> >> > On 04/06/2013 03:47 PM, Richard Vickery wrote: >> >> I have little understanding of wha

Re: Dracut on reboot

On Apr 7, 2013 7:12 AM, "Junk" wrote: > > > > > > On 7 Apr 2013, at 01:22, Joe Zeff wrote: > > > On 04/06/2013 03:47 PM, Richard Vickery wrote: > >> I have little understanding of what I am looking for. Is there some way > >> to call systemctl, get the same information, and paste this information

Re: k3b , burning video

On 04/07/2013 01:50 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 04/07/13 06:56, Jim wrote: F18 what video format does k3b burn, mp4 etc. ? As POC has already said, k3b just burns bits Don't know what your trying to achieve... But, taking a SWAG, you've got a video and what do made a DVD-Video that will p

Re: /var/log/messages ful of rpc.statd select: Bad file descriptor lines

Around 09:11pm on Friday, April 05, 2013 (UK time), Rick Stevens scrawled: > Make sure your mountd daemon has been updated. Also, if that machine > isn't an NFS server, disable mountd: > > systemctl stop nfs-mountd.service > systemctl disable nfs-mountd.service Thanks. This isn't a n

Re: FedUp

On 7 Apr 2013, at 05:03, Bill Davidsen wrote: > Max Pyziur wrote: >> On Sat, 6 Apr 2013, Phil Dobbin wrote: >> >>> On 04/06/2013 03:56 PM, Ralf Corsepius wrote: >>> On 04/06/2013 03:05 PM, Phil Dobbin wrote: > Hi, all. > > I've been away for some weeks & am now back so I'm lo

Re: k3b , burning video

On 07/04/13 14:55, Jim wrote: On 04/07/2013 12:07 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: On Sat, 2013-04-06 at 18:56 -0400, Jim wrote: F18 what video format does k3b burn, mp4 etc. ? The question as it stands is meaningless. K3B just burns bits. It distinguishes between audio CDs and everything else

Re: Disability relief

On 06.04.2013 20:42, Beartooth wrote: > > I need cursor symbols that my antiquated eyeballs can spot even > through trifocals. Last time I had a machine running CentOS (6.2 iirc) I > had managed to get a big yellow arrow to show the mouse cursor. It was > wonderful. > > Now I have m

Re: Dracut on reboot

On 7 Apr 2013, at 01:22, Joe Zeff wrote: > On 04/06/2013 03:47 PM, Richard Vickery wrote: >> I have little understanding of what I am looking for. Is there some way >> to call systemctl, get the same information, and paste this information >> here in an email for someone to look at? and perha

Re: Sad computer with gnome: what to do ?

sounds similar to my problem, do you see anything in the logs about "gnome-shell.desktop respawning too quickly" ? https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/users/2013-April/433948.html Kevin DON'T PANIC On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 5:46 AM, Theodore Papadopoulo wrote: > Since several weeks, I get

Re: k3b , burning video

On 04/07/2013 12:07 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: On Sat, 2013-04-06 at 18:56 -0400, Jim wrote: F18 what video format does k3b burn, mp4 etc. ? The question as it stands is meaningless. K3B just burns bits. It distinguishes between audio CDs and everything else, but that's all. If you need t

Re: Unable to install F18 into an existing linux partitions.

On 07.04.2013 03:43, Dan Thurman wrote: > > I was not able to install F18 via LiveCD/Anaconda > as it appears to insist on (unformatted) free space. > > I was able to install F17 with anaconda, which > allowed me to specify the /boot and / software > destination having two partitions wiped out by

Re: Disability relief

Allegedly, on or about 06 April 2013, Beartooth sent: > I need cursor symbols that my antiquated eyeballs can spot > even through trifocals. Last time I had a machine running CentOS (6.2 > iirc) I had managed to get a big yellow arrow to show the mouse > cursor. It was wonderful. > >

Sad computer with gnome: what to do ?

Since several weeks, I get regularly thei Sad Computer icon which tells me in disconnect and re-connect. But that does not work (and that is true with every variants of gnome installed on my computer). In the same situation KDE seems to work well even though that's not my favorite setup. All this

Re: Disability relief

On Sun, Apr 07, 2013 at 12:06:26AM +, Matthew Saltzman wrote: > On Sat, 2013-04-06 at 18:42 +, Beartooth wrote: > > I need cursor symbols that my antiquated eyeballs can spot even > > through trifocals. Last time I had a machine running CentOS (6.2 iirc) I > > had managed to get a bi