On Sep 5, 2014, at 9:42 AM, "Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA"
wrote:
> What am I doing wrong, this shouldn't be so complicated? Or is it?
It think it's complicated. I honestly think you're better off using Boxes,
which is installed by default with Fedora 20. Maybe also Fedora 19. In any
ca
On Fri, 2014-09-05 at 19:03 -0400, Tom Horsley wrote:
> On Fri, 5 Sep 2014 16:39:37 -0600
> Pete Travis wrote:
>
> > This sounds like you're just looking for *some* way to run a VM.
>
> I don't know about him, but some software I need to run in
> a Windows 7 VM needs 3D acceleration to work (not
On Fri, 5 Sep 2014 16:39:37 -0600
Pete Travis wrote:
> This sounds like you're just looking for *some* way to run a VM.
I don't know about him, but some software I need to run in
a Windows 7 VM needs 3D acceleration to work (not fast, just
at all :-).
That doesn't seem to function with QXL/Spice
On Sep 5, 2014 10:07 AM, "Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA" <
bobgood...@wildblue.net> wrote:
>
>
> On 09/05/14 11:52, Kevin Martin wrote:
>>
>> How did you install VirtualBox (via kmod/akmod or from virtualbox.org)?
Have you recently updated your kernel? If you've done the
>> latter then you'll
On 09/05/2014 03:06 PM, Geoffrey Leach wrote:
I'm running xfce4 4.10 (yum latest) with the network-manager-applet (also
latest) installed. When the disto was first installed, the applet was installed
in the #2 panel at the bottom of the screen. I deleted that panel, but the
applet did not show
On Fri, 2014-09-05 at 22:41 +0200, Frank Elsner wrote:
> can somebody explain why my Android phone is not mounted?
Later versions of Android don't allow this unless the phone is rooted.
You are expected to communicate using a more restricted protocol called
MTP. It's actually very restricted, e.g.
On 09/05/2014 05:06 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> On Fri, 2014-09-05 at 13:45 -0500, Kevin Martin wrote:
>> On 09/05/2014 11:06 AM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote:
>>>
>>> On 09/05/14 11:52, Kevin Martin wrote:
>
> Just to be clear: if you keep to the standard Fedora kernels there's n
On Fri, 2014-09-05 at 11:47 -0700, Marvin Kosmal wrote:
> How do I configure google mail to let me bottom post? I googled and
> just
> found references to grease monkey and that didn't get me anywhere.
There's no setting for that, but you can get the effect by selecting the
text to be quoted befo
On 09/05/2014 03:41 PM, Frank Elsner wrote:
>
> Helo,
>
> can somebody explain why my Android phone is not mounted?
>
> The relevant lines from /var/loG/messages:
>
> Sep 5 22:30:15 pangea kernel: [231733.246914] usb 2-1.1: new high-speed USB
> device number 24 using ehci-pci
> Sep 5 22:30:1
On Fri, 2014-09-05 at 22:02 +0530, Sudhir Khanger wrote:
> On Friday, September 05, 2014 05:02:06 PM Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> > Did you get the package from the Fedora repo or from the VirtualBox.org
> > repo?
>
> You might be talking about RPMFusion version and Virtualbox.org version. Yes,
>
On Fri, 2014-09-05 at 13:45 -0500, Kevin Martin wrote:
> On 09/05/2014 11:06 AM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote:
> >
> > On 09/05/14 11:52, Kevin Martin wrote:
> >> How did you install VirtualBox (via kmod/akmod or from virtualbox.org)?
> >> Have you recently updated your kernel? If yo
I'm running xfce4 4.10 (yum latest) with the network-manager-applet (also
latest) installed. When the disto was first installed, the applet was installed
in the #2 panel at the bottom of the screen. I deleted that panel, but the
applet did not show up in the #1 panel. So where have I screwed up?
On 09/05/14 16:28, Sudhir Khanger wrote:
yum info `rpm -qa | grep -i virtualbox`
It appears to be rpmfusion:
[bobg@box10 ~]$ yum info `rpm -qa | grep -i virtualbox`
Loaded plugins: langpacks, refresh-packagekit
Installed Packages
Name: VirtualBox
Arch: x86_64
Version : 4.3.
Helo,
can somebody explain why my Android phone is not mounted?
The relevant lines from /var/loG/messages:
Sep 5 22:30:15 pangea kernel: [231733.246914] usb 2-1.1: new high-speed USB
device number 24 using ehci-pci
Sep 5 22:30:15 pangea kernel: [231733.336930] usb 2-1.1: New USB device found
Under normal circumstances yes of course, but at the moment it's just a
case of playing with a system that will only have dummy data on it so it
doesn't matter if I screw things up.
Phil
On 5 September 2014 21:22, Joe Zeff wrote:
> On 09/05/2014 01:08 PM, Bat Phil wrote:
>
>> Best thing then
More of clarification than a retraction Paul ;-) but point noted. Sounds
like it won't be a problem once I've upgraded the RAM though.
Cheers
Phil
On 5 September 2014 21:20, Matthew Miller wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 05, 2014 at 03:31:38PM -0400, Matthew Miller wrote:
> > > 1. I am using older hardwa
On Sat, Sep 6, 2014 at 12:48 AM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA
wrote:
> I'm confused about what version I'm running. The XFCE menu shows Oracle VM
> VirtualBox. When I tried to RPM install the kmod/akmod stuff it was already
> there. Apparently the Oracle version is what is giving me trouble?
On 09/05/2014 01:08 PM, Bat Phil wrote:
Best thing then is to set up a 2-drive system, put some non-critical
data files in the home directories and try it out then. Although
presumably, if I do manage to balls up the IDs and block the data, then
it's just a case of logging in as root and sorting
On Fri, Sep 05, 2014 at 03:31:38PM -0400, Matthew Miller wrote:
> > 1. I am using older hardware - AMD Semperon 3000+ (socket 754), which I
> > understand is a 64 bit CPU. Will this run better, worse or no differently
> > with the 64 bit OS over the 32 bit?
> 64 bit. This is mostly because the swit
Best thing then is to set up a 2-drive system, put some non-critical data
files in the home directories and try it out then. Although presumably, if
I do manage to balls up the IDs and block the data, then it's just a case
of logging in as root and sorting out permissions??
Cheers
Phil
On 5 Sep
On 09/05/2014 12:31 PM, Matthew Miller wrote:
Alternately, you can configure /etc/fstab to mount your home directory based
on something else, including possibly drive letter (iffy, because that can
move around based on the order things are detected) or filesystem label
(which could be set to some
On 09/05/2014 12:31 PM, Matthew Miller wrote:
A little bit of tinkering is necessary. You'll need to make sure you use the
same numeric user IDs and group IDs -- file ownership is really based on the
numbers, and the name is associated by looking in /etc/password. So if the
name matches but the n
So it's turning out much as I thought then, some of it will be fairly
transparent, but It'll still need a bit of tinkering / tweaking. Looking
like I'll have to learn about numeric user IDs, group IDs and
partition-specific UUIDs though. But learning is a big part of why I'm
doing this.
Cheers Mat
On Fri, Sep 05, 2014 at 07:10:58PM +0100, Bat Phil wrote:
> 1. I am using older hardware - AMD Semperon 3000+ (socket 754), which I
> understand is a 64 bit CPU. Will this run better, worse or no differently
> with the 64 bit OS over the 32 bit?
64 bit. This is mostly because the switch also enabl
HI
I am not on a fedora box right now but, if memory serves me right. All
users are kept in /etc/shadow/ and the other file would be /etc/passwd.
If you copies those two files over I believe you would be OK..
Someone can second this. I haven't done this in a LONG time.
HTH
Marvin
On Fri,
On 09/05/14 14:45, Kevin Martin wrote:
I gave up on the version from rpmfusion since they are unable to keep up with
kernel updates from what I can tell and the akmod
would fail to rebuild. I downloaded the version from VirtualBox.org, checked
to see what patches I might need for the kernel I
Got it Marvin, cheers
Phil
On 5 September 2014 19:56, Marvin Kosmal wrote:
> No ..
>
> You need to recreate all the users accounts on the new install.
>
> HTH
>
> Marvin
>
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 11:46 AM, Bat Phil wrote:
>
>> Thanks for your reply Joe.
>>
>> I figured (but didn't m
Well that's easy then, I can cope with that.
Thanks again Joe
Phil
On 5 September 2014 19:51, Joe Zeff wrote:
> On 09/05/2014 11:46 AM, Bat Phil wrote:
>
>> I figured (but didn't make it clear) that I'd have to tell anaconda
>> about the existing home partition on the second drive. I was wond
No ..
You need to recreate all the users accounts on the new install.
HTH
Marvin
On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 11:46 AM, Bat Phil wrote:
> Thanks for your reply Joe.
>
> I figured (but didn't make it clear) that I'd have to tell anaconda about
> the existing home partition on the second drive. I
On 09/05/2014 11:47 AM, Marvin Kosmal wrote:
Slightly to the left.
How do I configure google mail to let me bottom post?
Mostly I use Thunderbird. I do have a gmail account, and when I'm
replying to somebody there I simply move the cursor down to the bottom
where it belongs. There may be
On 09/05/2014 11:46 AM, Bat Phil wrote:
I figured (but didn't make it clear) that I'd have to tell anaconda
about the existing home partition on the second drive. I was wondering
more about whether it would then automatically create the pre-existing
user accounts and whether all previous e-mails
Hi
Slightly to the left.
How do I configure google mail to let me bottom post? I googled and just
found references to grease monkey and that didn't get me anywhere.
Thanks
Marvin
PS
Great group
On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 11:36 AM, Joe Zeff wrote:
> On 09/05/2014 11:10 AM, Bat Phil wrote:
>
>
Thanks for your reply Joe.
I figured (but didn't make it clear) that I'd have to tell anaconda about
the existing home partition on the second drive. I was wondering more about
whether it would then automatically create the pre-existing user accounts
and whether all previous e-mails and settings w
On 09/05/2014 11:06 AM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote:
>
> On 09/05/14 11:52, Kevin Martin wrote:
>> How did you install VirtualBox (via kmod/akmod or from virtualbox.org)?
>> Have you recently updated your kernel? If you've done the
>> latter then you'll need to either reboot and let
On 09/05/2014 11:10 AM, Bat Phil wrote:
3. Am I correct in my assumption that my mail client (I will be using
Thunderbird) stores all its e-mails and settings in a hidden directory
within the home directory?
~/.thunderbird to be exact.
4. If I do a reinstall later, will the OS pick up that
Hello all
Please forgive my ignorance, but I've decided to upgrade to Linux. I've had
a play with both Ubuntu and Fedora 20 (both with the LXDE desktop) and done
a few installs, updates, application installs, etc. and am getting more
confident / knowledgeable as I go.
I have decided to go for Fed
On Friday, September 05, 2014 05:02:06 PM Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> Did you get the package from the Fedora repo or from the VirtualBox.org
> repo?
You might be talking about RPMFusion version and Virtualbox.org version. Yes,
I agree Virtualbox version works better.
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On 09/05/2014 11:02 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> On Fri, 2014-09-05 at 10:42 -0400, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA
> wrote:
>> Gosh, I thought I covered all that, Virtual Box as derived via yum
>> for
>> Fedora-20 64bit, the computer described in the signature at the
>> bottom.
>
> It wasn
On 09/05/14 11:52, Kevin Martin wrote:
How did you install VirtualBox (via kmod/akmod or from virtualbox.org)? Have
you recently updated your kernel? If you've done the
latter then you'll need to either reboot and let akmod rebuild a VirtualBox
kmod or you'll need to reinstall the VirtualBox
On Fri, 2014-09-05 at 10:42 -0400, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA
wrote:
> Gosh, I thought I covered all that, Virtual Box as derived via yum
> for
> Fedora-20 64bit, the computer described in the signature at the
> bottom.
It wasn't clear from your OP if your problem is in getting VBox to run
On 09/05/2014 10:42 AM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote:
>
> On 09/05/14 11:11, Fred Smith wrote:
>> So, lessee here...
>>
>> you want to install some Linux into a VM on VirtualBox?? without having
>> to "waste" a blank CD/DVD?
>>
>> easy to do...
>>
>> in VB, once you've created the VM bu
On 09/05/2014 10:42 AM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote:
>
> On 09/05/14 11:11, Fred Smith wrote:
>> So, lessee here...
>>
>> you want to install some Linux into a VM on VirtualBox?? without having
>> to "waste" a blank CD/DVD?
>>
>> easy to do...
>>
>> in VB, once you've created the VM bu
On 09/05/14 11:11, Fred Smith wrote:
So, lessee here...
you want to install some Linux into a VM on VirtualBox?? without having
to "waste" a blank CD/DVD?
easy to do...
in VB, once you've created the VM but before you do the install, select
the VM into which you wish to install, click "Settin
On Friday, September 05, 2014 10:42:36 AM Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA
wrote:
> On 09/05/14 10:32, Nathan Schwarz wrote:
> > A little bit more information about what exactly you try to do would
> > really help.
> > Are you trying to create a VM with fedora? What OS are you on right now?
> > W
On Fri, Sep 05, 2014 at 10:42:36AM -0400, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA
wrote:
>
> On 09/05/14 10:32, Nathan Schwarz wrote:
> >A little bit more information about what exactly you try to do would
> >really help.
> >Are you trying to create a VM with fedora? What OS are you on right now?
> >Wh
On 09/05/14 10:32, Nathan Schwarz wrote:
A little bit more information about what exactly you try to do would
really help.
Are you trying to create a VM with fedora? What OS are you on right now?
What iso did you download? So many questions...
Gosh, I thought I covered all that, Virtual Box
A little bit more information about what exactly you try to do would
really help.
Are you trying to create a VM with fedora? What OS are you on right now?
What iso did you download? So many questions...
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I would like to avoid burning a DVD, rather install [centos7 in this
case] from the .iso downloaded to my HD. Is this not possible? All
google wants to do is help me install Windows.
I can burn a DVD easily enough but it seems it should not be necessary ...
Tnx,
Bob
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On 09/05/14 19:57, Lawrence E Graves wrote:
> Has anyone noticed, if you are running vmware workstation 10, that it will
> not launch. I have reinstalled and still no results. Welcoming any advise
> concerning this issue. Thank you in advance.
Have you tried starting it from the command line?
Has anyone noticed, if you are running vmware workstation 10, that it
will not launch. I have reinstalled and still no results. Welcoming any
advise concerning this issue. Thank you in advance.
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