Re: screenshot running on bootup

2013-05-05 Thread Tim
Allegedly, on or about 05 May 2013, Mike Wright sent: > Starting this morning f18 runs 75 copies of the Screenshot accessory > every time I boot. I don't think I've ever even used it. Stuck printscreen key? -- [tim@localhost ~]$ uname -rsvp Linux 3.8.8-100.fc17.x86_64 #1 SMP Wed Apr 17 17:15:

Re: yum-fastestmirror is not the default, it should be

2013-05-05 Thread poma
On 05.05.2013 18:12, Fernando Cassia wrote: > Is there any rationale for NOT making yum-fastestmirror the default?? > > Without yum-fastestmirror any yum install is excuciatingly slow, think 256 > Kbps or slower. > However if I enable yum-fastestmirror I download from the local mirror in > .AR at

Re: Extraordinary delay in accessing web-site

2013-05-05 Thread poma
On 03.05.2013 19:10, Tim wrote: > Quickly looking at the page source code shows that it's one of those > JavaScript run services. I never hold them in high regard, there's > nearly always something badly implemented. Considering its use of > windows-1252 character encoding for the pages, it's pr

Re: yum-fastestmirror is not the default, it should be

2013-05-05 Thread poma
On 05.05.2013 21:49, Mike Wright wrote: > 05/05/2013 12:23 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: >> On Sun, 2013-05-05 at 12:12 -0400, Fernando Cassia wrote: >>> Is there any rationale for NOT making yum-fastestmirror the default?? >> >> Because it doesn't work? The heuristic it uses is far too simple-min

Re: gnome-shell and syslog problems

2013-05-05 Thread poma
On 06.05.2013 01:45, Matthew Saltzman wrote: > I have a Fedora 18 machine on which I use gnome-shell as a desktop. > After the last set of updates, I tried to restart. The machine froze > during shutdown and I had to reset it from the front panel. Since then, > I can't get gnome-shell to start.

Re: gnome-shell and syslog problems

2013-05-05 Thread Joe Zeff
On 05/05/2013 04:45 PM, Matthew Saltzman wrote: When I tried to troubleshoot that problem, I discovered that /var/log/messages* and some other files were empty. It turns out that syslogd was dead. I've found that it simply doesn't start on boot, but it starts fine when I start it by hand. dmes

Re: gnome-shell and syslog problems [syslog problem SOLVED but not explained]

2013-05-05 Thread Matthew Saltzman
On Sun, 2013-05-05 at 23:45 +, Matthew Saltzman wrote: > I have a Fedora 18 machine on which I use gnome-shell as a desktop. > After the last set of updates, I tried to restart. The machine froze > during shutdown and I had to reset it from the front panel. Since then, > I can't get gnome-sh

Re: yum-fastestmirror is not the default, it should be

2013-05-05 Thread Rahul Sundaram
On Sun, May 5, 2013 at 3:49 PM, Mike Wright wrote: > > > One simple improvement would be to tell which mirror it's connecting to. > I've been trying to yum update f18 all day and it keeps choosing the same > damn mirror (no idea which) with a whopping 7.9k data rate. f27 will be > out before thi

gnome-shell and syslog problems

2013-05-05 Thread Matthew Saltzman
I have a Fedora 18 machine on which I use gnome-shell as a desktop. After the last set of updates, I tried to restart. The machine froze during shutdown and I had to reset it from the front panel. Since then, I can't get gnome-shell to start. The greeter runs, but when I log in, I just get the b

Re: Using Chromium instead of Chrome?

2013-05-05 Thread Suvayu Ali
On Sun, May 05, 2013 at 10:14:29PM +, Beartooth wrote: > On Mon, 06 May 2013 00:03:58 +0200, Suvayu Ali wrote: > > > On Sun, May 05, 2013 at 09:32:08PM +, Beartooth wrote: > >> On Sun, 05 May 2013 08:54:54 +0200, Suvayu Ali wrote: > >> > >> > What does the following say? > >> > > >> >

Re: Using Chromium instead of Chrome?

2013-05-05 Thread Beartooth
On Mon, 06 May 2013 00:03:58 +0200, Suvayu Ali wrote: > On Sun, May 05, 2013 at 09:32:08PM +, Beartooth wrote: >> On Sun, 05 May 2013 08:54:54 +0200, Suvayu Ali wrote: >> >> > What does the following say? >> > >> > $ xdg-mime query default text/html >> > >> > It should give you the deskto

Re: Using Chromium instead of Chrome?

2013-05-05 Thread Suvayu Ali
On Sun, May 05, 2013 at 09:32:08PM +, Beartooth wrote: > On Sun, 05 May 2013 08:54:54 +0200, Suvayu Ali wrote: > > > What does the following say? > > > > $ xdg-mime query default text/html > > > > It should give you the desktop file for Chrome. Change it to the > > desktop file for Chromi

Re: Using Chromium instead of Chrome?

2013-05-05 Thread Beartooth
On Sun, 05 May 2013 08:54:54 +0200, Suvayu Ali wrote: > What does the following say? > > $ xdg-mime query default text/html > > It should give you the desktop file for Chrome. Change it to the > desktop file for Chromium with something like the following. > > $ xdg-mime default text/html

Re: Fedora 18 basic functionality install question

2013-05-05 Thread poma
… > [1] http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/networking/alx And here is a summary: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=842367 poma -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailm

Re: screenshot running on bootup

2013-05-05 Thread Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA
On 05/05/13 16:25, Reindl Harald wrote: and how does this have any connection with yum? even if i use only KDE a quick "yum search" says the package is known "xfce4-screenshooter" I thought if I found it there I could identify it. The menu never provides enough information. I did find it at /u

Re: yum-fastestmirror is not the default, it should be

2013-05-05 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Sun, 2013-05-05 at 12:49 -0700, Mike Wright wrote: > 05/05/2013 12:23 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > On Sun, 2013-05-05 at 12:12 -0400, Fernando Cassia wrote: > >> Is there any rationale for NOT making yum-fastestmirror the default?? > > > > Because it doesn't work? The heuristic it uses is

Re: screenshot running on bootup

2013-05-05 Thread Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA
On 05/05/13 16:19, Mike Wright wrote: 05/05/2013 01:13 PM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: On 05/05/13 16:06, Mike Wright wrote: Hi all, Running f18 installed from the xfce spin. Starting this morning f18 runs 75 copies of the Screenshot accessory every time I boot. I don't think I'

Re: screenshot running on bootup

2013-05-05 Thread Frank Murphy
On Sun, 05 May 2013 13:06:50 -0700 Mike Wright wrote: > Hi all, > > Running f18 installed from the xfce spin. > > Starting this morning f18 runs 75 copies of the Screenshot > accessory every time I boot. Do you mean: xfce4-screenshooter -- Regards, Frank - I check for new mail app. 20min ww

Re: screenshot running on bootup

2013-05-05 Thread Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA
On 05/05/13 16:13, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: On 05/05/13 16:06, Mike Wright wrote: Hi all, Running f18 installed from the xfce spin. Starting this morning f18 runs 75 copies of the Screenshot accessory every time I boot. I don't think I've ever even used it. And for whatever

Re: screenshot running on bootup

2013-05-05 Thread Mike Wright
05/05/2013 01:13 PM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: On 05/05/13 16:06, Mike Wright wrote: Hi all, Running f18 installed from the xfce spin. Starting this morning f18 runs 75 copies of the Screenshot accessory every time I boot. I don't think I've ever even used it. And for whatever

Re: screenshot running on bootup

2013-05-05 Thread Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA
On 05/05/13 16:06, Mike Wright wrote: Hi all, Running f18 installed from the xfce spin. Starting this morning f18 runs 75 copies of the Screenshot accessory every time I boot. I don't think I've ever even used it. And for whatever reason yum no longer knows anything about /Screenshot or sh

screenshot running on bootup

2013-05-05 Thread Mike Wright
Hi all, Running f18 installed from the xfce spin. Starting this morning f18 runs 75 copies of the Screenshot accessory every time I boot. I don't think I've ever even used it. And for whatever reason yum no longer knows anything about /Screenshot or shutter. Anybody know the current name

Re: yum-fastestmirror is not the default, it should be

2013-05-05 Thread Mike Wright
05/05/2013 12:23 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: On Sun, 2013-05-05 at 12:12 -0400, Fernando Cassia wrote: Is there any rationale for NOT making yum-fastestmirror the default?? Because it doesn't work? The heuristic it uses is far too simple-minded. I've often had to hand-edit the mirror list t

Re: yum-fastestmirror is not the default, it should be

2013-05-05 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Sun, 2013-05-05 at 12:12 -0400, Fernando Cassia wrote: > Is there any rationale for NOT making yum-fastestmirror the default?? Because it doesn't work? The heuristic it uses is far too simple-minded. I've often had to hand-edit the mirror list to stop it trying to download from nearby mirrors w

Re: yum-fastestmirror is not the default, it should be

2013-05-05 Thread Chris Adams
Once upon a time, Fernando Cassia said: > Is there any rationale for NOT making yum-fastestmirror the default?? Yes. It assumes that low latency equals high throughput, which is not always the case (in fact it is often not true). Now, mirrormanager should be pointing you to a regional mirror to

Re: UEFI Notebook

2013-05-05 Thread T.C. Hollingsworth
On Sun, May 5, 2013 at 6:03 AM, Martín Marqués wrote: > Hi all, > > I have a new Acer Aspire One with Windows 8. The question that came up > was when I realized that it had UEFI instead of BIOS (which I read, is > what we're going to have to deal with from now on). > > What precautions should I ta

Re[2]: UEFI Notebook

2013-05-05 Thread Len Philpot
Windows 8 will definitely boot with Secure Boot disabled. I had mine set that way for a while as I worked things out and it continued to boot. -- -- Len Philpot l...@philpot.org http://lphilpot.zenfolio.com http://www.mostimportantthing.org On 05/05/2013 at 12:54 PM, Doug wrote: >On 05/05/2013

Re: UEFI Notebook

2013-05-05 Thread Doug
On 05/05/2013 12:46 PM, Heinz Diehl wrote: On 05.05.2013, Martín Marqués wrote: I have a new Acer Aspire One with Windows 8. The question that came up was when I realized that it had UEFI instead of BIOS (which I read, is what we're going to have to deal with from now on). What precautions shou

Re: UEFI Notebook

2013-05-05 Thread Heinz Diehl
On 05.05.2013, Martín Marqués wrote: > I have a new Acer Aspire One with Windows 8. The question that came up > was when I realized that it had UEFI instead of BIOS (which I read, is > what we're going to have to deal with from now on). > What precautions should I take with UEFI? Disable the Sec

Re: yum-fastestmirror is not the default, it should be

2013-05-05 Thread Steven Stern
On 05/05/2013 11:12 AM, Fernando Cassia wrote: > Is there any rationale for NOT making yum-fastestmirror the default?? > > Without yum-fastestmirror any yum install is excuciatingly slow, think > 256 Kbps or slower. > However if I enable yum-fastestmirror I download from the local mirror > in .AR

Re: yum installed name only?

2013-05-05 Thread Frank Murphy
On Sat, 4 May 2013 14:25:22 -0600 Kevin Fenzi wrote: The concept seems to be sound: on the yum client repoquery --qf '%{name} \' --installed -a >> /var/tmp/"$(hostname -s).list" ; cp /var/tmp/"$(hostname -s).list" nfs:/sharedyumcache/"$(uname -i )"/"$(cat /etc/fedora-release | grep -o '[0-9]'*

Re: yum-fastestmirror is not the default, it should be

2013-05-05 Thread Kevin Fenzi
On Sun, 5 May 2013 12:12:01 -0400 Fernando Cassia wrote: > Is there any rationale for NOT making yum-fastestmirror the default?? Sure. It uses a very simple test to determine what is 'fastest', and thats sometimes very wrong. Additionally, it can decide a mirror is 'fastest' and that mirror is

yum-fastestmirror is not the default, it should be

2013-05-05 Thread Fernando Cassia
Is there any rationale for NOT making yum-fastestmirror the default?? Without yum-fastestmirror any yum install is excuciatingly slow, think 256 Kbps or slower. However if I enable yum-fastestmirror I download from the local mirror in .AR at 5 Mbps... So, again, given that benefits that yum-faste

Re: autofs mount point on same box?

2013-05-05 Thread Bob Marcan
On Sun, 5 May 2013 16:10:23 +0100 Frank Murphy wrote: > On Sun, 5 May 2013 17:04:04 +0200 > Bob Marcan wrote: > > > From my config: > > /etc/auto.master > > /misc /etc/auto.misc --timeout=60 --ghost > > Curious what the --ghost > couldn't see anything clearly in man auto.master > It wi

Re: autofs mount point on same box?

2013-05-05 Thread Frank Murphy
On Sun, 5 May 2013 17:04:04 +0200 Bob Marcan wrote: > From my config: > /etc/auto.master > /misc /etc/auto.misc --timeout=60 --ghost Curious what the --ghost couldn't see anything clearly in man auto.master -- Regards, Frank - I check for new mail app. 20min www.frankly3d.com -- users mailing

Re: autofs mount point on same box?

2013-05-05 Thread Frank Murphy
On Sun, 5 May 2013 15:36:37 +0100 Frank Murphy wrote: Apology for self-reply. it is suggested that a bind mount, may be more stable than an automount, so it may be the way to go. -- Regards, Frank - I check for new mail app 20min www.frankly3d.com -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject

Re: autofs mount point on same box?

2013-05-05 Thread Bob Marcan
On Sun, 5 May 2013 15:36:37 +0100 Frank Murphy wrote: > Can a autofs mountpoint be used on the same pc? > man autofs if from 1997, still talks about ~/init* > > Box has: > /md0 (boot,/) > /md1 (home) > /md2 (/shareyumcache) > /dev/sdg (swap) [can't see a benefit in raiding swap] > > I want to u

autofs mount point on same box?

2013-05-05 Thread Frank Murphy
Can a autofs mountpoint be used on the same pc? man autofs if from 1997, still talks about ~/init* Box has: /md0 (boot,/) /md1 (home) /md2 (/shareyumcache) /dev/sdg (swap) [can't see a benefit in raiding swap] I want to use autofs to mount /md2 into "/var/cache" so the result is: /var/cache/yum/

Re: UEFI Notebook

2013-05-05 Thread Len Philpot
For what it's worth, I recently went through this myself. I bought an ASUS K55N with Win8 on it, UEFI and all that. I knew nothing (and still know little) about the intricacies of UEFI, but did discover the following -- I had to enable "CSM mode" in firmware. Your laptop may have another term for

UEFI Notebook

2013-05-05 Thread Martín Marqués
Hi all, I have a new Acer Aspire One with Windows 8. The question that came up was when I realized that it had UEFI instead of BIOS (which I read, is what we're going to have to deal with from now on). What precautions should I take with UEFI? Disable the Secure Boot? (Read that I have to disable

Re: Fedora 18 basic functionality install question

2013-05-05 Thread poma
On 05.05.2013 07:51, soko.tica wrote: […] > 2) I have no network card configured. > > ifconfig -a shows loopback only. Although the installer recognized wi-fi > card during the installation I left it unconfigured, since I wanted to > connect through > eth0. lspci shows Ethernet controller: Ather

Re: Fedora 18 basic functionality install question

2013-05-05 Thread Bram Mertens
You will need network connectivity first off course, but problem 3 can be solved by "yum groupinstall "Basic X Window System". You may need to install a display manager separately but at least startx should work once this group is installed. Regards Bram On Sun, May 5, 2013 at 7:51 AM, soko.tica

Re: Using Chromium instead of Chrome?

2013-05-05 Thread Anthony
On 05/05/2013 01:54 AM, Suvayu Ali wrote: > On Sat, May 04, 2013 at 04:39:50PM -0500, Anthony wrote: >> Hello Everyone, >> >> I have both Chrome and Chromium installed on my machine. I have Chromium >> set up as the default browser which usually has worked as expected. >> However, when I click a li

Re: yum installed name only?

2013-05-05 Thread Frank Murphy
On Sat, 04 May 2013 16:22:50 -0400 David wrote: > > Does this do what you want? > > rpm -qa | grep > > per you example: > > rpm -qa | grep ConsoleKit > Thanks for the reply David, Just getting to some of the now. the grep ConsoleKit was a demo snipped from "yum list installed", but I forg