Re: file dates

On Sun, 07 Aug 2022 11:37:41 +0930 Tim via users wrote: > On a couple of my computers using ext4 file systems I get different > results from the stat command on any file. One will list a creation > date, the other has nothing there (for any file). I don't see any > special options in fstab, I'm

Re: marketoblog

On Tue, 2 Aug 2022 14:04:32 -0700 Kevin Fenzi wrote: > It should now have a link to the new_issue page... > > Hope that helps, yes, clear and direct d -- Belief is the wound that knowledge heals. Teran to Peran, in The Telling -Ursula K LeGuin _

Re: FYI: My book on Podman, preview is available.

On Wed, 4 May 2022 20:13:08 -0500 Thomas Cameron wrote: > You should really apologize to Dan, while you're at it. > > Thomas and you, Thomas, should maybe take it down a notch. I didn't know who he was either. D -- Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are pu

Re: LibreOffice Base?

On Tue, 03 May 2022 09:11:59 +0930 Tim via users wrote: > There also seems to be a misunderstanding of "base" along the thread. > LibreOffice is the core of a system, so to speak, libreoffice-base is > a database interface that it can use. yes, and I see no real reason to think it's a fedora-sp

Re: LibreOffice Base?

On Mon, 2 May 2022 05:42:51 -0400 Robert Moskowitz wrote: > On 5/2/22 04:41, Andras Simon wrote: > > 2022-05-02 3:31 UTC+02:00, Robert Moskowitz : > >> I want to create an Access Database on my F35 system so my wife > >> can also use it on her Windows system using Access. > >> > >> So I did a q

Re: How To Use Visual Hierarchy To Improve Website Usability And UX?

On Sat, 16 Apr 2022 11:25:19 -0700 Samuel Sieb wrote: > On 4/16/22 09:33, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > Please clarify how this is related to Fedora. > > It's spam. See the last line in the mailing list footer. I agree it's spam but the topic is interesting enough to work as clickbait. May

Re: Does anybody still use `starship'?

On Sun, 9 Jan 2022 11:33:27 -0500 Robert Moskowitz wrote: > And the Amish in our area were putting in their 2 years, typically > working in the local hospitals. you might look here too: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zivildienst -- Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart

Re: Simple home floor plan software?

On Sat, 13 Nov 2021 17:26:36 -0600 Chris Adams wrote: > I'd like to draw a floor plan of my house. Nothing fancy, but I want > to include all the electrical info (switches, outlets, lights, etc.) > so I can map out and label the circuit each thing is on. > > Any suggestions for something free o

Re: TPM Module

On Tue, 14 Sep 2021 11:41:49 +0100 Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > Please take this off-line. It has nothing to do with Fedora. +1 -- Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really believe it. Mark Twain __

Re: Removing fisheye distortion

On Sun, 15 Aug 2021 04:34:22 +0930 Tim via users wrote: > While that's essentially true, and I posted before about the reasons > why it happens (using an extremely wide-angle lens to try and get a > wide angle of view on a tiny sensor), trying to fix that optically > faces various hurdles. very

Re: Removing fisheye distortion

On Sat, 14 Aug 2021 17:44:26 +0100 Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Sat, 2021-08-14 at 08:16 -0400, Roger Heflin wrote: > > Those c9[23]0 logitechs are pretty good.  I have 2 and they are very > > good. > > > > Thanks. > > poc Patrick, reading through the thread I wonder if you are not tryin

Re: Clonezilla.

On Sat, 3 Jul 2021 16:04:41 -0600 Chris Murphy wrote: > I'm not sure what to recommend without knowing the use case. Me too. I recently wanted to clone a bootable 32GB usb stick and what worked easily for me once I found it was 1) dd if=/dev/sdb1 of=MyUSBClone.iso 2) etcher with the iso as inp

Re: wi-fi connection question

On Sat, 27 Mar 2021 13:52:57 -0500 David wrote: > My wi-fi adapter on my Gigabyte motherboard: > >Device-3: Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 driver: iwlwifi > > I am staying in a very crappy motel, so the wi-fi is lousy. > > I am using my Rawhide Gnome 40 install, on primary NVMe. > > NetworkManag

Re: Only Amazon.....

On Tue, 22 Dec 2020 22:59:19 + Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > More likely PEBKAC as it's from someone on this list. > > poc had to look it up. agree. d ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le

Re: Only Amazon.....

On Tue, 22 Dec 2020 22:49:44 + Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Tue, 2020-12-22 at 11:47 -0500, Eddie G. O'Connor wrote: > > Could bring this on!LoL! Can't believe some of these > > characters!Hahaa!! > > > > > > Coming To America TWO!? > > What doe

Re: Book for Fedora & one for bash

On Fri, 18 Dec 2020 21:52:18 +0200 Kostas Sfakiotakis wrote: > Can someone suggest a good book for Fedora ( well at least with > systemd ) and one for bash a relatively recent one but please not > just for bash scripting . https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/bash.pdf is the most recent bash

Re: Search engines -

On Fri, 18 Dec 2020 14:10:29 -0500 Bob Goodwin wrote: > Either of those worked satisfactorily for me, Duckduck.com  seemed > the best of the two for my test query about Italian Sausage Seasoning. > > Thank you for the help, I'll wait with bated breath for your report about incoming sausage spam

Re: Search engines -

On Fri, 18 Dec 2020 10:57:50 -0500 Bob Goodwin wrote: > Can anyone suggest an > alternative? I've long abandoned google for largely the reasons you set out.I use either duckduckgo or startpage with useful and much quieter results. Google does have some comparative strengths but I can revert tem

Re: Oh God! More helpful software :-).

On Sun, 8 Nov 2020 14:36:03 -0500 Matthew Miller wrote: > On Sun, Nov 08, 2020 at 11:13:31AM -0800, Dave Stevens wrote: > > "The current console user is generally allowed to reboot the > > system." why?? isn't that a giant security hole? just from > > mistakes

Re: Oh God! More helpful software :-).

On Sun, 8 Nov 2020 14:19:53 -0500 Jamie Fargen wrote: > If you have physical access it is trivial to gain root to the host, by > booting into single user mode and changing the root password. you mean it won't work over ssh? ___ users mailing list -- us

Re: Oh God! More helpful software :-).

On Sat, 7 Nov 2020 17:28:01 -0800 jdow wrote: and then others wrote "The current console user is generally allowed to reboot the system." why?? isn't that a giant security hole? just from mistakes, not to mention malice. I just shut everything down. On reboot I logged in as dave, no apps run

Re: GNU Guix

On Tue, 29 Sep 2020 09:10:51 -0700 Kevin Fenzi wrote: > There's no need to keep posting to > the list about them. :) > > kevin yes, missed it. my bad. d ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le

Re: GNU Guix

On Tue, 29 Sep 2020 12:28:21 + Cuckoo's Calling via users wrote: > Hi Jonathan, > > > Why are you advertising another distro on a list for Fedora users? > > Or are you just spamming mailing lists? I see you also posted to a > > debian list too. It doesn't really put a very good light on the

Re: [LibrePlanet]: New Presentation

On Mon, 28 Sep 2020 08:08:20 -0700 "Doug H." wrote: > And the feedback is... > > Not Found confirmed ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: h

Re: off-topic - Ryzen cpu purchasing question

On Thu, 9 Jul 2020 13:42:15 -0500 David wrote: > I have all the basic components ready for a new pc build > except for the CPU. > > I can get by easily with a Ryzen 3, but that processor > w > > I assume it would be silly to waste money on a $ 300 cpu. > Right ? But if I can restrain mysel

Re: Graphing/Charting software in Linux - recommendations?

On Thu, 4 Jun 2020 09:38:56 -0400 (EDT) Max Pyziur wrote: > Would there be any recommendations on what's available w/in the Linux > world that should be evaluated in this regard? I've recently started using Chart.js and am happy with it. Dave -- Affectionate tactile stimulation is a primary

Re: open double quote on top of next character

On Thu, 27 Feb 2020 16:02:45 -0700 home user wrote: > On 2020-02-27 10:57 PM, Ed wrote: > > > Do this command in a terminal.  I'm assuming the command > > base64 exists on your system. > > echo 4oCcRWQNCg== | base64 -d > Ed > > Then cat the file Ed I get: cat Ed “Ed D __

Re: Some things that would make Linux/KDE better for me...

On Fri, 7 Feb 2020 13:44:27 +0800 Ed Greshko wrote: > This option may only > be relevant if one closes FF directly. yes, may be.That's what I normally do. d ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-

Re: Some things that would make Linux/KDE better for me...

On Thu, 6 Feb 2020 22:17:46 -0700 linux guy wrote: > Thanks for the tip.Unfortunately, if I do a normal shutdown, > Firefox asks to close all the open windows first, which means they > don't automatically reopen upon restart. In my copy of firefox, under preferences -> general the first choi

Re: usb thermometer?

On Mon, 20 Jan 2020 09:21:42 -0500 John Mellor wrote: > On 2020-01-20 1:08 a.m., ToddAndMargo via users wrote: > > Is there a such thing as usb thermometer that Fedora > > can read?  And be able to be place a ways away from > > the computer so the computer's heat will not throw > > it off? I did

Re: M4P files -

On Tue, 31 Dec 2019 11:23:34 +0800 Ed Greshko wrote: > I suppose I've never had a problem converting mp4 or ogg the OP was for a m4p file, here: https://www.lifewire.com/m4p-file-2621959 ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To u

Re: No microphone audio -

On Thu, 20 Jun 2019 15:06:59 -0400 Bob Goodwin wrote: > both are old, one is ancient, but I have used them in the past. > > Any ideas welcome,  Bob do they work in a different computer? or if you boot from a stick with some other distro? d ___ users

Re: Email Client

On Mon, 10 Jun 2019 19:24:48 -0400 Temlakos wrote: > > Evening all, > > I'm after setting up an email client, I've tried thunderbird for my > > gmail account, but I get a google complaint about the client not > > being secure enough.  Is there another recommended email client? > > Or can we make

Re: dnf mystery

On Fri, 7 Jun 2019 12:54:40 -0700 ToddAndMargo via users wrote: > I am really confused! me too, why use dnf in one case and rpm in another? d ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fed

Re: need something to fill in pdf forms.

On Fri, 7 Jun 2019 13:02:34 -0600 home user via users wrote: > (Fred said) > > Open your document, then in the toolbar (probably wrong name, > > its the bar at the top of the evince window) where the 3 window > > controls are at the right, all the way to the left is a red > > script "e". clic

Re: need something to fill in pdf forms.

On Thu, 6 Jun 2019 19:39:46 -0600 home user via users wrote: > Next week, I will try to find the form in the company's web site; > hopefully they provide a web page for filling it in. Otherwise, I'll > have to print the form, fill it in by hand, and snail mailing it back > to the company. als

Re: need something to fill in pdf forms.

On Thu, 6 Jun 2019 11:26:26 -0700 Samuel Sieb wrote: > On 6/6/19 11:12 AM, Chris Murphy wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 5, 2019 at 9:41 PM Samuel Sieb > > wrote: > >> > >> On 6/5/19 7:17 PM, home user via users wrote: > >>> So I already have it. When in Gnome, I look for evince, I get > >>> "Documen

Re: OSM??

On Tue, 21 May 2019 17:26:03 - (UTC) Beartooth wrote: > but with a program so > vast ... don't think so. Vast data but only a browser is needed unless you want some special functions. I'm currently on a ubuntu system and here apt-cache search openstreetmap gives 70 hits. No doubt dnf will d

Re: alternative to pdftk

On Mon, 15 Apr 2019 14:15:57 -0700 Samuel Sieb wrote: > On 4/15/19 12:48 PM, Patrick Dupre wrote: > > What are the alternatives to pdftk? > > I need to rotate a pdf file. > > I use pdfshuffler. +1 d > ___ > users mailing list -- users@lists.fedora

Re: Email Question - OT

On Sat, 23 Feb 2019 14:46:48 -0800 Samuel Sieb wrote: > Without SNI, there would only be one website on an IP and you could > get the hostname from the certificate anyway. So it doesn't really > make any difference privacy-wise. another great reason to go to IPV6 d -- In modern fantasy (lit

Re: Please Recommend Affordable and Reliable Cloud Storage for 50 TB of Data

On Fri, 15 Feb 2019 15:26:12 + (UTC) "mr.cheng via users" wrote: > Did you research hard to get better job decent income ?  rather than > researching a low budget storage solution not exactly a fedora issue... d ___ users mailing list -- users@lis

Re: cen...@centos.org/centos-requ...@centos.org

On Thu, 14 Feb 2019 17:16:29 -0500 Brian Truter wrote: > I'm not exactly sure what that email address is you are referring to > is, but CentOS has its own mailing lists, just like Fedora. I'm not > sure if you can say its "part of" RedHat, but it definitely is based > on and built from RedHat Ent

Re: OSM & GPS??

On Sat, 9 Feb 2019 21:37:01 - (UTC) Beartooth wrote: > I want to get maps to scale that show things of interest to me > only, or I hope only -- things like good lunch rocks, and nests, and > particular trees, all or nearly all off any trail. on pieces of paper? or in a device? or what? any

Re: How do I unsubscribe from the Fedora users mailing list?

On Sun, 23 Dec 2018 15:11:29 -0300 Command FreeBSD wrote: > Please, unsubscribe me from fedora users list! yes, please do d ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fed

Re: background process

On Thu, 20 Dec 2018 23:10:47 + Rick Stevens wrote: > I am not sure that a standard background process (using &) is not > going to > > kill the process when I logout. > > Make sure you have the screen RPM installed on the remote machine, > then you can run the command in a screen session: >

Re: unwanted checks for updates.

On Sun, 16 Dec 2018 20:33:17 -0700 home user via users wrote: > Thank-you for trying to help. > ___ the email addresses of the developers are given, I'd ask them directly. d -- In modern fantasy (literary or governmental), killing people is the usual solution t

Re: unwanted checks for updates.

On Sun, 16 Dec 2018 15:56:57 -0700 home user via users wrote: > (F-28; gnome) > In a posting in the "downsized grub menu" thread, I said: > "Something keeps trying to do automated updates, but I have not been > able to figure out what, or how to shut it off." > Tim replied, and suggested looking

Re: Evince has no print option -

On Tue, 4 Dec 2018 17:35:10 -0500 Bob Goodwin wrote: > On 12/04/18 16:54, stan wrote: > > I presume they think the > > learning curve for multiple platform interfaces is more costly than > > the diminished user interface on larger screens. > . > I wonder if a stabdard set of three letter abbrev

Re: OT: Xtra-PC?

On Thu, 29 Nov 2018 22:27:13 +0700 Outback Dingo wrote: > Now this has to be the most redicuulous thing ive ever saw in IT ... i > dont belive they even sell this thing. I don't know what idiocy you've seen in IT but wrt to selling, "there's one born every minute" d

Re: OT: IBM to buy RedHat

On Wed, 31 Oct 2018 16:20:45 -0400 Todd Zullinger wrote: > Dave Stevens wrote: > > On Wed, 31 Oct 2018 12:34:56 +0100 > > Tom H wrote: > > > >> (in git form these days) > > > > another monopolist service, yes? > > not reassuring >

Re: OT: IBM to buy RedHat

On Wed, 31 Oct 2018 12:34:56 +0100 Tom H wrote: > (in git form these days) another monopolist service, yes? not reassuring d -- In modern fantasy (literary or governmental), killing people is the usual solution to the so-called war between good and evil. My books are not conceived in terms o

Re: OT: IBM to buy RedHat

On Tue, 30 Oct 2018 15:37:39 -0700 ToddAndMargo via users wrote: > Windows 10 causes my customers all kinds of trouble. But > they can do nothing about it. why not run linux as a subsystem where it fits? They'd have quite a lot of knowledge already about office(s) and browsers, those skills sho

Re: OT: IBM to buy RedHat

On Mon, 29 Oct 2018 22:19:44 -0700 Paul Allen Newell wrote: > ToddAndMargo: > > Using/watching what Fedora is doing is a good way to prepare for what > might be coming in RHEL/Centos > > Paul yes but not as good as a written roadmap d -- In modern fantasy (literary or governmental), killi

Re: OT: IBM to buy RedHat

On Mon, 29 Oct 2018 10:02:32 -0700 ToddAndMargo via users wrote: > I hope > Fedora gets spun off. forked? ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduc

Re: OT: IBM to buy RedHat

On Sun, 28 Oct 2018 18:20:05 -0600 Joe Zeff wrote: > On 10/28/2018 04:49 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > I know this is strictly OT, but I suggest it's of some interest to > > this list: > > > > https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/28/ibm-to-acquire-red-hat-in-deal-valued-at-34-billion.html > > More

Re: Ryzen APU best mainboard?

On Wed, 24 Oct 2018 18:04:37 + Rick Stevens wrote: > Ah, the S-100 bus! Altair! IMSAI! Poly-88s! Vector Graphics! TDL! don't forget Godno Electronics! d -- In modern fantasy (literary or governmental), killing people is the usual solution to the so-called war between good and evil. My boo

Re: Replacing email list for users with a web forum software called Discourse, what's your opinion?

On Mon, 22 Oct 2018 11:17:24 -0600 Joe Zeff wrote: > If you want a web forum so badly, start one and see if anybody > joins, but continuing to try to persuade everybody here to change > over is a waste of time. Just give it a rest and get on with your > life. I dunno Joe, the OP asked about op

Re: Sudo but no su -

On Fri, 27 Apr 2018 10:24:36 -0700 Rick Stevens wrote: > On 04/26/2018 07:50 PM, Dave Stevens wrote: > > On Thu, 26 Apr 2018 18:56:22 -0700 > > Rick Stevens wrote: > > > >> and utterly awesome and loveable) self. > > > > what?? what??? >

Re: Sudo but no su -

On Thu, 26 Apr 2018 18:56:22 -0700 Rick Stevens wrote: > and utterly awesome and loveable) self. what?? what??? -- In modern fantasy (literary or governmental), killing people is the usual solution to the so-called war between good and evil. My books are not conceived in terms of such a war, a

Re: Power settings wrong or battery dying?

On Wed, 11 Apr 2018 18:12:04 +0100 Danny Horne via users wrote: > From comments received so far it's looking like a battery replacement. why not do the test first and spend the money later? d ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To

Re: Power settings wrong or battery dying?

On Wed, 11 Apr 2018 17:41:50 +0100 Danny Horne via users wrote: > Hi all, > > I have a four year old laptop that's running Fedora 27 Workstation. > If I leave the thing switched off and unplugged after a day it will > need recharging by varying degrees. > > Have I missed something in the power

Re: Top-posting & list guidelines

On Sat, 24 Mar 2018 17:07:01 -0700 Samuel Sieb wrote: > On 03/20/2018 07:49 PM, Dave Stevens wrote: > > On Tue, 20 Mar 2018 22:29:29 -0400 > > Todd Zullinger wrote: > > > >>> If there's something you're replying to in particular, > >>>

Re: Top-posting & list guidelines (was: alternative to skype)

On Tue, 20 Mar 2018 22:29:29 -0400 Todd Zullinger wrote: > > If there's something you're replying to in particular, > > maybe quote that one line but there's no need to quote the > > entire thread so far in every email in the thread. yes, in my client I highlight a point as I've done here the

Re: Questions about Webalizer

Quoting Cristian Sava : Hi all, I have some problems with Webalizer: 1) It can be manually started but not with cron. 2) I have http and https on the same server and it refuse to show statistics for ssl_access_log I tried to add "LogFile /var/log/httpd/ssl_access_log" to /etc/webalizer.conf wi

Re: What is the technical name for "mtp://" urls in Mate Desktop folder explorer (Caja, ex-Nautilus)

On Thu, 23 Nov 2017 23:19:47 -0300 Fernando Cassia wrote: > I'm curious as to what is the technical name given to these > pseudo-URLs used by Caja (formerly Nautilus) on Mate Desktop... > > When I plug USB flash drives / Thumb Drives / Pen Drives (use your > naming choice) I get those automagica

Re: Mailman is broken

e. > > So, thanks much for letting me know and making things easier to nail > down. > de nada! ;-) d -- In modern fantasy (literary or governmental), killing people is the usual solution to the so-called war between good and evil. My books are not conceived in terms of such a war, and offer

Re: Mailman is broken

On Fri, 9 Jun 2017 05:55:41 +0800 Ed Greshko wrote: > On 06/09/17 05:47, Dave Stevens wrote: > > wouldn't it be useful to post this on the mailman users list? > > > Probably, eventually. After I study the differences between the > headers of an S/MIME message to

Re: Mailman is broken

On Fri, 9 Jun 2017 05:41:21 +0800 Ed Greshko wrote: > On 06/09/17 02:39, Walter H. wrote: > > On 08.06.2017 15:44, Ed Greshko wrote: > >> > >> I don't recall putting out any headers that showed your message > >> containing HTML. > > of copurse not, I guessed this from multipart/mixed ... >

Re: LS in a script file

On Tue, 4 Apr 2017 15:10:44 -0700 Gordon Messmer wrote: > On 04/04/2017 02:35 PM, Patrick Dupre wrote: > > I want to list all the file end in .bib, except the file ending by > > -e.bib This can be done by (from the shell command) > > ls -d !(*@(-e)).bib > > or by > > find . !(*@(-e)).bib > > N

Re: Brother, can you spare a printer?

On Fri, 09 Dec 2016 12:11:42 -0800 Geoffrey Leach wrote: > Sorry, I couldn't resist ;-) > > I'm looking at a Brother HL-L2340DW laser printer. I can't discover > any specifics as to whether it works with Fedora, although, "Linux is > supported" > > Does anyone have any experience? > > Thanks.

Re: USB3 Type C -

Quoting Bob Goodwin : On 11/16/16 13:20, Rick Stevens wrote: I installed a new MSI mainboard about a month ago that has four USB3 connectors on the back panel that accept nothing I have on hand. Apparently it is known as a "type C" connector. How do I deal with this? Googling has not produced m

Re: USB3 Type C -

Quoting Bob Goodwin : I installed a new MSI mainboard about a month ago that has four USB3 connectors on the back panel that accept nothing I have on hand. Apparently it is known as a "type C" connector. How do I deal with this? Googling has not produced much useful information, I may not

Re: F18 updates

Quoting jd1008 : On 09/29/2016 11:46 AM, Dave Stevens wrote: Quoting jd1008 : On 09/29/2016 10:34 AM, Rick Stevens wrote: On 09/28/2016 07:08 PM, stan wrote: On Wed, 28 Sep 2016 18:01:29 -0700 Dave Stevens wrote: Quoting jd1008 : The url of the repos change AFTER the release is no

Re: F18 updates

Quoting jd1008 : On 09/29/2016 10:34 AM, Rick Stevens wrote: On 09/28/2016 07:08 PM, stan wrote: On Wed, 28 Sep 2016 18:01:29 -0700 Dave Stevens wrote: Quoting jd1008 : The url of the repos change AFTER the release is no longer supported. A bunch of crap, I know - but I had the same

Re: F18 updates

Quoting stan : On Wed, 28 Sep 2016 18:01:29 -0700 Dave Stevens wrote: Quoting jd1008 : > The url of the repos change AFTER the release is no longer > supported. A bunch of crap, I know - but I had the same issue with > another release. what do they change to? This is t

Re: F18 updates

Quoting Doug : On 09/28/2016 08:57 PM, Rick Stevens wrote: On 09/28/2016 05:43 PM, Dave Stevens wrote: I've got a box with F18 on it. It has not been connected to the internet for two years but I need to use it now for a while, after which I'll install a newer version. The first t

Re: F18 updates

Quoting jd1008 : On 09/28/2016 06:43 PM, Dave Stevens wrote: I've got a box with F18 on it. It has not been connected to the internet for two years but I need to use it now for a while, after which I'll install a newer version. The first thing I did after connecting it

F18 updates

I've got a box with F18 on it. It has not been connected to the internet for two years but I need to use it now for a while, after which I'll install a newer version. The first thing I did after connecting it was to run updates. I got about a hundred or so messages which seem to boil down t

Re: Claws mail -

On Fri, 29 Apr 2016 18:28:37 -0400 Bob Goodwin wrote: > On 04/29/16 18:16, Samuel Sieb wrote: > > You've also managed to switch to > > terrible HTML mail with white on black... > . > The white on black I prefer normally but > Thunderbird should send messages to this > address as plain text. I

Re: OT - but of relevance!! Secret Open Source - Is this legal

Quoting jd1008 : http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/04/21/microsoft_open_source_practice/ Microsoft headhunters seek Linux folk for secret open source unit eh? secret open?? d Recruiters target penguinistas for Azure sales joy -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscr

Re: how long is this going to be broke??

Quoting Mark Haney : I've been an Engineer for 20 years now, and been programming since the I was 9. It's never been 'broke' unless you're from the DEEP DEEP South. Sorry, man, but proper grammar trumps lingo any day. such as, for instance, "if it ain’t broke..." yes? D On Wed, Mar 16,

Re: webalizer replacement?

Quoting Alex : Hi, I have a fedora23 system with a few web sites, and would like to generate some stats on them. What are people using for this these days? I'd like to find total hits, bandwidth used, geolocation info, etc. I used to use webalizer, but it appears it's no longer being develope

Re: Google messed up :)

Quoting jd1008 : On 02/15/2016 07:04 AM, Rex Dieter wrote: jd1008 wrote: Downloaded google-earth-stable_current_x86_64.rpm from google and tried to install it, got Error: Transaction check error: file /usr/bin from install of google-earth-stable-7.1.4.1529-0.x86_64 conflicts with file f

Re: robots.txt

Quoting jd1008 : SOme websites which provide files for download, refuse wget They send a file robots.txt instead. In that file I see: User-agent: * Disallow: / Allow: /lang/* Allow: /$ So, I ask if anyone knows how to use wget to get those files without the use of FF ? wget -e robots=off --wa

Re: Looking for "photo" program

Quoting Timothy Murphy : Joe Zeff wrote: While I haven't used that plugin, that*kind* of thing is a godsend. When you set a password, you really want to be sure what you're setting. It took me ages, once, to crack a typing error. There were so many combinations that could have gone wrong. T

Re: Looking for "photo" program

Quoting Timothy Murphy : Morne wrote: There seems to be a Firefox extension / add on that is able to do this. See link below. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/scrapbook-x/ Thanks, I've installed that, and will see if I can use it. Let me confess my motivation: In the last mon

Re: OT: but could be useful to other users also

Quoting Tim : Allegedly, on or about 16 October 2015, jd1008 sent: Have external usb 3.0 drive. Laptop has usb 2.0 ports, and 1 eSata-II port. In order for me to get decent I/O throughput with this drive, I need a cable that has usb 3.0 Micro-B male When I search eBay for usb 3.0 micro-b male

Re: dvdauthor

Quoting jd1008 : I was able to dnf install dvdauthor but unable to install (i.e. find) qdvdauthor which is the gui interface to dvdauthor. I have googled for a fedora rpm of it. Any help would be appreciated. here? : http://rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/search.php?query=qdvdauthor&submit=Searc

Re: After a power cut my machine cannot boot

On Wed, 9 Sep 2015 19:56:02 +0100 Paul Smith wrote: > On Wed, Sep 9, 2015 at 7:08 PM, Dave Stevens > wrote: > >> > > >> >> "/lib64/libidn.so.11: file too short". > >> > > >> > Have you repaired your crashed filesys

Re: After a power cut my machine cannot boot

On Wed, 9 Sep 2015 18:46:59 +0100 Paul Smith wrote: > On Wed, Sep 9, 2015 at 6:43 PM, Heinz Diehl wrote: > > > >> "/lib64/libidn.so.11: file too short". > > > > Have you repaired your crashed filesystems already? > > If you have, try "dnf reinstall libidn libidn2". > > Thanks for your reply, He

Re: OT: temperature spec for ATI Fire GL 4900?

Quoting Ed Greshko : On 06/19/15 05:34, Dave Stevens wrote: I can see the temperature but the specs don't show a normal range, anyone know where to find the operating temperature design range for this GPU? If the official AMD documents don't specify the temperature range,

OT: temperature spec for ATI Fire GL 4900?

I can see the temperature but the specs don't show a normal range, anyone know where to find the operating temperature design range for this GPU? Dave -- "As long as politics is the shadow cast on society by big business, the attenuation of the shadow will not change the substance." -- Jo

Re: um ... why are my wiki pages suddenly rendering "fi" in olde english?

On Wed, 17 Jun 2015 12:02:58 -0400 (EDT) "Robert P. J. Day" wrote: > On Wed, 17 Jun 2015, Dave Stevens wrote: > > > On Wed, 17 Jun 2015 11:46:45 -0400 (EDT) > > "Robert P. J. Day" wrote: > > > > > > > > ok, maybe not old english

Re: um ... why are my wiki pages suddenly rendering "fi" in olde english?

On Wed, 17 Jun 2015 11:46:45 -0400 (EDT) "Robert P. J. Day" wrote: > > ok, maybe not old english, but recently, my wiki pages suddenly > started rendering the two-character string "fi" as some weird, > stylized "m" with a curved stroke above it (can't remember what that's > called). > > i'm

Re: Replacing laptop cpu

On Sat, 23 May 2015 11:03:31 -0600 jd1008 wrote: > I have an HP laptop with > AMD Turion II X2 mobile processor RM-72 / 2.1 GHz CPU, Socket S1. > It is now causing blue screens in windows and freezes > linux (pclinuxos, knoppix, fedora live). > > I have run the x86 mem test for more than a day,

Re: The earliest release of Linux by Linus Torvalds

Quoting jd1008 : I found https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/Historic/ and https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/Historic/old-versions/ and http://draconux.free.fr/os_dev/linux0.01.html But I cannot find any first CD iso releases. Thanks for any links. was it even on CD? My first slack

[solved] Re: special chars in gedit?

Quoting Doug : On 01/20/2015 08:28 PM, Kevin Cummings wrote: On 01/20/2015 07:40 PM, Dave Stevens wrote: I need to use my notebook keyboard to insert a divide symbol, the kind with two dots and a horizontal line, it's ascii character 43 decimal. I According to *my* ASCII table, charact

Re: special chars in gedit?

Quoting Fred Smith : On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 04:40:11PM -0800, Dave Stevens wrote: I need to use my notebook keyboard to insert a divide symbol, the kind with two dots and a horizontal line, it's ascii character 43 decimal. I installed gedit-plugins and character table is enabl

Re: special chars in gedit?

Quoting Kevin Cummings : On 01/20/2015 07:40 PM, Dave Stevens wrote: I need to use my notebook keyboard to insert a divide symbol, the kind with two dots and a horizontal line, it's ascii character 43 decimal. I According to *my* ASCII table, character 43 (decimal number 43) is a &#x

special chars in gedit?

I need to use my notebook keyboard to insert a divide symbol, the kind with two dots and a horizontal line, it's ascii character 43 decimal. I installed gedit-plugins and character table is enabled in preferences but I don't see anywhere in the gedit screen to get into the table to select c

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