Re: Disable automatic download of updates

2014-10-18 Thread Ed Greshko
On 10/19/14 13:42, Ed Greshko wrote: > It prompts if you really want to do it. You know that. Unless you're the > type that puts -y in their yum commands there won't be any problems. Actually, it won't even let you do it even if you us "-y". --> Processing Dependency: /bin/sh for package: kern

Re: pnmixer error message: Gdk-CRITICAL **: IA__gdk_window_get_root_coords: assertion 'GDK_IS_WINDOW (window)' failed

2014-10-18 Thread Ed Greshko
On 10/19/14 13:37, Ranjan Maitra wrote: >> > https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7/pdf/Kernel_Crash_Dump_Guide/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux-7-Kernel_Crash_Dump_Guide-en-US.pdf >> > >> > which has a section explaining what params to add to that line, and how >> > to

Re: Disable automatic download of updates

2014-10-18 Thread Ed Greshko
On 10/19/14 13:16, jd1008 wrote: > If the OP did go through the steps you enumerate, why would s/he be so > surprised > by the automatic updates ? :) :) Very strange!! The OP didn't do what you have suggested. The OP is using GNOME and that is the behavior of GNOME, even in F20. What I've t

Re: pnmixer error message: Gdk-CRITICAL **: IA__gdk_window_get_root_coords: assertion 'GDK_IS_WINDOW (window)' failed

2014-10-18 Thread Ranjan Maitra
Hello again! Thanks!! > >> OK, so my understanding is that you start pnmixer, and it starts fine, > >> then you hibernate, and then you reboot to resume from hibernation, > >> and THAT is when the crash occurs. > >> Is this basically correct? > > Basically, correct, except that pnmixer itself cra

Re: Disable automatic download of updates

2014-10-18 Thread jd1008
On 10/18/2014 06:23 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 10/19/14 04:47, jd1008 wrote: On 10/17/2014 11:50 PM, John Tall wrote: Hello. After installing the Fedora 21 Alpha with GNOME I've found that the system now downloads updates automatically and notifies me when they are ready to be installed. This

Re: pnmixer error message: Gdk-CRITICAL **: IA__gdk_window_get_root_coords: assertion 'GDK_IS_WINDOW (window)' failed

2014-10-18 Thread jd1008
On 10/18/2014 03:57 PM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: On Sat, 18 Oct 2014 14:41:32 -0600 jd1008 wrote: On 10/17/2014 09:52 PM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: On Sat, 18 Oct 2014 11:35:18 +0800 Ed Greshko wrote: Well, I'm using kdm and when I select openbox I don't actually have a "system tray". But, I'm n

Re: Disable automatic download of updates

2014-10-18 Thread Ed Greshko
On 10/19/14 04:47, jd1008 wrote: > > On 10/17/2014 11:50 PM, John Tall wrote: >> Hello. >> >> After installing the Fedora 21 Alpha with GNOME I've found that the system >> now downloads updates automatically and notifies me when they are ready to >> be installed. This is a very handy feature, but

Re: pnmixer error message: Gdk-CRITICAL **: IA__gdk_window_get_root_coords: assertion 'GDK_IS_WINDOW (window)' failed

2014-10-18 Thread Ranjan Maitra
On Sat, 18 Oct 2014 14:41:32 -0600 jd1008 wrote: > > On 10/17/2014 09:52 PM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > > On Sat, 18 Oct 2014 11:35:18 +0800 Ed Greshko > > wrote: > > > >>> Well, I'm using kdm and when I select openbox I don't actually have a > >>> "system tray". But, I'm not an "openbox" user.

Re: Yum update accident -

2014-10-18 Thread Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA
On 10/18/14 16:49, Michael Schwendt wrote: I wonder whether you have read about the "yum check" and "package-cleanup" commands before? For example, the "package-cleanup --dupes" and "package-cleanup --cleandupes" options. I just rely on yum to do what's required. I did yum update earlier and

Re: How to prevent a program from accessing to the Internet?

2014-10-18 Thread jd1008
On 10/18/2014 07:09 AM, Paul Smith wrote: Dear All, I would like to prevent a program from accessing to the Internet. Any ideas? Thanks in advance, Paul A program? or a User? If a program, then you need to understand somthing about *nix'es and *nux'es Even if it were possible to prevent a s

Re: Yum update accident -

2014-10-18 Thread Michael Schwendt
On Sat, 18 Oct 2014 14:02:44 -0400, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: > All is happiness and light now ... I wonder whether you have read about the "yum check" and "package-cleanup" commands before? For example, the "package-cleanup --dupes" and "package-cleanup --cleandupes" options. --

Re: Disable automatic download of updates

2014-10-18 Thread jd1008
On 10/17/2014 11:50 PM, John Tall wrote: Hello. After installing the Fedora 21 Alpha with GNOME I've found that the system now downloads updates automatically and notifies me when they are ready to be installed. This is a very handy feature, but from what I can tell it looks like the package

Re: pnmixer error message: Gdk-CRITICAL **: IA__gdk_window_get_root_coords: assertion 'GDK_IS_WINDOW (window)' failed

2014-10-18 Thread jd1008
On 10/17/2014 09:52 PM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: On Sat, 18 Oct 2014 11:35:18 +0800 Ed Greshko wrote: Well, I'm using kdm and when I select openbox I don't actually have a "system tray". But, I'm not an "openbox" user. I've tried to reproduce your problem with xfce and lxde in a VM but was un

[Fwd: curl: (35) Cannot communicate securely with peer:]

2014-10-18 Thread Aaron Siegel
Hello I am stumped. I am trying to us the kraxel qemu repository, it appears the repository moved to secure server since then I have not been able to configure this properly. https://www.kraxel.org/repos/jenkins/ I receive the following error when I try to use the repository curl: (35)

Re: Lost grub on EFI BIOS update

2014-10-18 Thread sean darcy
On 10/18/2014 01:57 AM, Robin Laing wrote: On 2014-10-17 16:45, Pete Travis wrote: On Oct 17, 2014 3:57 PM, "sean darcy" wrote: I updated the BIOS on an acer EFI laptop. Now there's no grub boot menu, it just boots to W 8.1. How do I reinstall grub ? sean Maybe you just need to change

Re: Yum update accident -

2014-10-18 Thread Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA
On 10/18/14 13:41, poma wrote: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2014-13045/kernel-3.16.6-200.fc20 drago01, hreindl, jag & dhgutteridge = 4 x Works Enough? poma Ok, done and it survived a reboot! I usually reboot after any yum update that looks like it may have changed anything

Re: Can Fedora change the MAC address?

2014-10-18 Thread Bill Oliver
On Sat, 18 Oct 2014, Paul Smith wrote: Dear All, Can Fedora 20 by itself change the MAC address? Thank in advance, Paul http://www.billoblog.com/?p=1252 billo -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.or

Re: How to prevent a program from accessing to the Internet?

2014-10-18 Thread Bruno Wolff III
On Sat, Oct 18, 2014 at 12:33:29 -0400, Rahul Sundaram wrote: Filed a RFE a few hours before https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1154302 According to the man page for sandbox, processes don't get network access. I didn't see a way to turn it on in the man page. I tried testing in

Re: Yum update accident -

2014-10-18 Thread poma
On 18.10.2014 19:05, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: > > On 10/18/14 12:24, poma wrote: >> On 18.10.2014 14:28, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: >> ... >>> This is an updated system as of yesterday and yum downloaded a new 3.17 >>> kernel this morning but has not been booted yet o

Re: Yum update accident -

2014-10-18 Thread Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA
On 10/18/14 12:24, poma wrote: On 18.10.2014 14:28, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: ... This is an updated system as of yesterday and yum downloaded a new 3.17 kernel this morning but has not been booted yet of course. On 18.10.2014 16:58, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: ...

Re: How to prevent a program from accessing to the Internet?

2014-10-18 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi On Sat, Oct 18, 2014 at 11:57 AM, Bruno Wolff III wrote: > Besides the suggestion Rahul pointed to you can also use the sandbox > command which will lock down other things as well. It is in > policycoreutils-python. I am not sure if that is installed by default. > There is a man page for it th

Re: Yum update accident -

2014-10-18 Thread poma
On 18.10.2014 14:28, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: ... > This is an updated system as of yesterday and yum downloaded a new 3.17 > kernel this morning but has not been booted yet of course. On 18.10.2014 16:58, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: ... > I guess it's safe enough to

Re: How to prevent a program from accessing to the Internet?

2014-10-18 Thread Bruno Wolff III
On Sat, Oct 18, 2014 at 14:09:41 +0100, Paul Smith wrote: Dear All, I would like to prevent a program from accessing to the Internet. Any ideas? Besides the suggestion Rahul pointed to you can also use the sandbox command which will lock down other things as well. It is in policycoreutils-

Re: Can Fedora change the MAC address?

2014-10-18 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi On Sat, Oct 18, 2014 at 11:10 AM, Paul Smith wrote: > Dear All, > > Can Fedora 20 by itself change the MAC address? > > Thank in advance, > > Paul > You can spoof it. This is the solution I recommend https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/MAC_address_spoofing#macchanger_.2B_NetworkManager R

Can Fedora change the MAC address?

2014-10-18 Thread Paul Smith
Dear All, Can Fedora 20 by itself change the MAC address? Thank in advance, Paul -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-con

Re: How to prevent a program from accessing to the Internet?

2014-10-18 Thread Paul Smith
On Sat, Oct 18, 2014 at 2:40 PM, Rahul Sundaram wrote: >> I would like to prevent a program from accessing to the Internet. Any >> ideas? > > http://serverfault.com/questions/550276/how-to-block-internet-access-to-certain-programs-on-linux Thanks, Rahul, for your very useful help. Paul -- users

Re: Yum update accident -

2014-10-18 Thread Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA
On 10/18/14 09:57, Michael Schwendt wrote: On Sat, 18 Oct 2014 09:24:46 -0400, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: On 10/18/14 09:01, Ed Greshko wrote: On 10/18/14 20:28, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: [root@box10 bobg]# rpm -qa nss-softokn-freebl\* nss-softokn-freebl-3.17.2-1

Re: Yum update accident -

2014-10-18 Thread Michael Schwendt
On Sat, 18 Oct 2014 09:24:46 -0400, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: > > On 10/18/14 09:01, Ed Greshko wrote: > > On 10/18/14 20:28, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: > >> > [root@box10 bobg]# rpm -qa nss-softokn-freebl\* > >> > nss-softokn-freebl-3.17.2-1.fc20.x86_64 > >> > nss-so

Re: How to prevent a program from accessing to the Internet?

2014-10-18 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi On Sat, Oct 18, 2014 at 9:09 AM, Paul Smith wrote: > Dear All, > > I would like to prevent a program from accessing to the Internet. Any > ideas? > http://serverfault.com/questions/550276/how-to-block-internet-access-to-certain-programs-on-linux Rahul -- users mailing list users@lists.fedo

Re: Yum update accident -

2014-10-18 Thread Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA
On 10/18/14 09:01, Ed Greshko wrote: On 10/18/14 20:28, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: > [root@box10 bobg]# rpm -qa nss-softokn-freebl\* > nss-softokn-freebl-3.17.2-1.fc20.x86_64 > nss-softokn-freebl-3.17.1-2.fc20.x86_64 > nss-softokn-freebl-3.17.1-2.fc20.i686 yum erase nss-softokn-f

How to prevent a program from accessing to the Internet?

2014-10-18 Thread Paul Smith
Dear All, I would like to prevent a program from accessing to the Internet. Any ideas? Thanks in advance, Paul -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http:/

Re: Yum update accident -

2014-10-18 Thread Ed Greshko
On 10/18/14 20:28, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: > [root@box10 bobg]# rpm -qa nss-softokn-freebl\* > nss-softokn-freebl-3.17.2-1.fc20.x86_64 > nss-softokn-freebl-3.17.1-2.fc20.x86_64 > nss-softokn-freebl-3.17.1-2.fc20.i686 yum erase nss-softokn-freebl-3.17.2-1.fc20.x86_64 yum update

Re: Yum update accident -

2014-10-18 Thread Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA
On 10/18/14 07:59, Michael Schwendt wrote: > What should I do to recover? Show output of: yum list nss-softokn-freebl rpm -qa nss-softokn-freebl\* [root@box10 bobg]# yum list nss-softokn-freebl Loaded plugins: langpacks, refresh-packagekit Installed Packages nss-softokn-freebl.i686 3.

Re: GUI that uses RPM Groups?

2014-10-18 Thread Kelly Miller
I tried using yum groups. The problem is, yum groups only seem to pick up packages from Fedora proper, not from any other repositories. So I can't get anything from RPM Fusion or the like. And I agree that search is very useful (it's normally how I install specific packages), but it doesn't help

Re: Yum update accident -

2014-10-18 Thread Michael Schwendt
On Sat, 18 Oct 2014 03:37:58 -0400, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: > I just ran yum update on this F-20 computer and I tried copying some > warnings produced using the usual CTRL-c, my excuse is I just got out of > bed and my dog is nagging me to go out. :-( > > I restarted yum with

Yum update accident -

2014-10-18 Thread Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA
I just ran yum update on this F-20 computer and I tried copying some warnings produced using the usual CTRL-c, my excuse is I just got out of bed and my dog is nagging me to go out. :-( I restarted yum with "yum update" and the result is: ... snip .. ---> Package xfce4-weather-plugi