Re: Strange wheel behaviour of MX Master in GTK3

On Fri, 2015-08-07 at 14:48 +0100, John Austin wrote: > On Fri, 2015-08-07 at 15:28 +0200, Gérard Milmeister wrote: > > Hi, > > > > The new Logitech MX Master works fine in general. > > However there is a problem with the scroll wheel, > > and it seems to

Re: Strange wheel behaviour of MX Master in GTK3

On Fri, 2015-08-07 at 15:28 +0200, Gérard Milmeister wrote: > Hi, > > The new Logitech MX Master works fine in general. > However there is a problem with the scroll wheel, > and it seems to be limited to software using GTK3. > For example, in Firefox, when the window loses focus > and gains it aga

Re: aeskulap and dicom files

On Sat, 2015-07-11 at 11:00 -0500, Gregory P. Ennis wrote: > On Fri, 2015-07-10 at 10:16 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: > > On 07/10/15 09:20, Gregory P. Ennis wrote: > > > Looks like aeskulap was not included in F22. I had it on F21 and > > > before. It was a very decent dicom viewer. > > > > > > Do

Re: F21 Evolution - All mail goes to Junk folder, sa-update fails

On Wed, 2014-12-24 at 14:53 +, John Austin wrote: > Hi > > I have a fully updated F21 installation as follows > lightdm, XFCE and I am using evolution and spamassassin > > I am using home directories mounted over NFS and hence > the user's evolution configuratio

F21 Evolution - All mail goes to Junk folder, sa-update fails

Hi I have a fully updated F21 installation as follows lightdm, XFCE and I am using evolution and spamassassin I am using home directories mounted over NFS and hence the user's evolution configuration is identical when logged into an F20(paxos) or F21(lefkada) machine Whenever a user on F21 recei

Re: yum or dnf question

On Fri, 2014-12-19 at 09:55 +0100, Joachim Backes wrote: > Hi guys, > > is it possible to run "yum/dnf update []" (from the official > repos) together with some rpm file residing on my box (for example > downloaded from koji)? > > Example: I need such a mechanism if mutual dependencies exist betw

Re: Fedora 21: How do I get to the Software Selection screen as shown in the Install Guide?

On Fri, 2014-12-12 at 08:27 -1000, Jim Lewis wrote: > Hello all, > > I am a bit embarrassed asking this, as it must be something simple I > overlooked. I have had no trouble installing the previous 20 versions of > Fedora, but 21 has me stumped. I am using the Fedora 21 server DVD > image, want

Re: Latest USB3 Memory Sticks and TRIM

On Fri, 2014-08-22 at 14:07 -0600, Chris Murphy wrote: > On Aug 22, 2014, at 1:55 AM, John Austin wrote: > > > Hi > > I have a Corsair Flash Voyager GTX USB3 memory stick which is > > advertised as supporting TRIM. > > > > I assume there are several othe

Latest USB3 Memory Sticks and TRIM

Hi I have a Corsair Flash Voyager GTX USB3 memory stick which is advertised as supporting TRIM. I assume there are several other manufacturers with similar devices My device is working well (ext4) and is very fast but does not appear to respond to the TRIM command even though hdparm suggests it s

Re: What on earth just happened?

On Fri, 2014-05-09 at 08:31 -0400, Tom Horsley wrote: > I ran yum update this morning, getting a gazillion updates. > I rebooted the system. > > When it came back up, I couldn't log in. I'd get a KDM screen, > login, then immediately get the KDM screen again. > > I tried to login with a "failsafe

Re: Fedora 20 and VmWare

On Wed, 2014-02-05 at 13:57 -0500, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: > On 05/02/14 05:57, John Austin wrote: > > On Wed, 2014-02-05 at 05:19 -0500, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA > > wrote: > >> On 04/02/14 20:42, Rick Stevens wrote: > >>>> For

Re: Fedora 20 and VmWare

On Wed, 2014-02-05 at 05:19 -0500, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: > On 04/02/14 20:42, Rick Stevens wrote: > >> > >> For VMware Workstation 10 there's no patch needed. Or at least I > >> haven't needed one. I'm running Windows 7 in a VM with no issues. > > > > I run Win7 and Win8 using

Re: How to install VMware -

On Wed, 2013-08-07 at 14:32 -0400, Bob Goodwin ~ Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: > On 07/08/13 13:35, Reindl Harald wrote: > > http://uwot.eu/blog/2013/07/linux-kernel-3-10-and-vmware-workstation-9/ > > > > [root@srv-rhsoft:~]$ uname -r > > 3.10.5-100.fc18.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Aug 6 21:27:09 UTC 2013 > > >

Re: username is not in sudoers folder

On Tue, 2013-06-11 at 21:22 -0400, Doug wrote: > On 06/11/2013 09:00 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: > > On 06/11/2013 05:29 PM, Tim wrote: > > > Agreed. However, it can be argued that if you know enough to do that, > > you should also know enough to be careful with rm. As root, unless I'm > > deleting exac

Re: A Software Center for Fedora? [ somewhat OT ]

On Thu, 2013-05-23 at 15:23 -0500, Rex Dieter wrote: > Jonathan Ryshpan wrote: > > > On Thu, 2013-05-23 at 12:04 -0500, Rex Dieter wrote: > >> On 05/23/2013 12:00 PM, Jonathan Ryshpan wrote: > >> > On Sun, 2013-05-19 at 14:40 -0400, Rahul Sundaram wrote: > >> >> On Sun, May 19, 2013 at 1:26 PM, Jo

Re: Evolution fails to ask for password giving total freeze

On Wed, 2013-02-27 at 13:38 +, John Austin wrote: > On Wed, 2013-02-27 at 11:40 +0000, John Austin wrote: > > Hi > > > > Hoping someone can help - my main app is failing! > > > > Following a recent update evolution no longer functions > >

Re: Evolution fails to ask for password giving total freeze

On Wed, 2013-02-27 at 11:40 +, John Austin wrote: > Hi > > Hoping someone can help - my main app is failing! > > Following a recent update evolution no longer functions > > An error is given in orange window > > "Error while performing operation > IMAP

Evolution fails to ask for password giving total freeze

Hi Hoping someone can help - my main app is failing! Following a recent update evolution no longer functions An error is given in orange window "Error while performing operation IMAP command failed: Please login first" This is normal, however no Popup Window is given to permit login Evo is th

Re: F18-x86_64: Google Earth fails to install

On Tue, 2013-02-05 at 13:00 -0500, Max Pyziur wrote: > Greetings, > > On a fresh F18 install on a Dell D630 Latitude laptop, yum install of > google-earth-stable produces the following error: > > Transaction Check Error: >file /usr/bin from install of google-earth-stable-6.0.3.2197-0.x86_64

Re: The changing Fedora

On Tue, 2013-01-22 at 09:51 -0700, Kevin Fenzi wrote: > On Tue, 22 Jan 2013 13:35:20 + > Matthew Saltzman wrote: > > > On Tue, 2013-01-22 at 04:28 -0700, T.C. Hollingsworth wrote: > > > On 1/22/13, Cristian Sava wrote: > > > > and grub2 for dual boot ... "Beginning in Fedora 18, GRUB2 can n

Re: The changing Fedora

On Tue, 2013-01-22 at 13:31 +0200, Cristian Sava wrote: > On Tue, 2013-01-22 at 04:28 -0700, T.C. Hollingsworth wrote: > > On 1/22/13, Cristian Sava wrote: > > > and grub2 for dual boot ... "Beginning in Fedora 18, GRUB2 can no longer > > > be installed to a partition." > > > http://docs.fedorapro

Re: dump/restore selinux query

On Wed, 2012-10-03 at 07:40 -0400, Daniel J Walsh wrote: > On 10/03/2012 05:19 AM, John Austin wrote: > > On Mon, 2012-10-01 at 09:14 -0400, Daniel J Walsh wrote: > >> On 10/01/2012 07:10 AM, John Austin wrote: > >>> Hi > >>> > >>> I have re

Re: dump/restore selinux query

On Mon, 2012-10-01 at 09:14 -0400, Daniel J Walsh wrote: > On 10/01/2012 07:10 AM, John Austin wrote: > > Hi > > > > I have recently used a bootable F17 memory stick (fully updated) to > > dump/restore an un-mounted Centos 6.3 system root (/) partition to a > &

dump/restore selinux query

Hi I have recently used a bootable F17 memory stick (fully updated) to dump/restore an un-mounted Centos 6.3 system root (/) partition to a "clone" backup partition on a separate disk. I obtain SELinux error messages during the restore phase Does anyone (Daniel?) know: Will this be a problem if

Re: New 3tb hdd thinks it's 801.6 GB

On Thu, 2012-09-27 at 15:18 -0400, Bill Davidsen wrote: > Marko Vojinovic wrote: > > On Wednesday, 26. September 2012. 22.08.50 George R Goffe wrote: > >> I had tried what you suggested but the system still reports 801.6 GB. > >> > >> I have seen some mention of firmware problems but the asus.com w

Re: Network Install

On Mon, 2012-07-02 at 11:45 +0100, John Austin wrote: > On Mon, 2012-07-02 at 07:33 -0300, Celso Viana wrote: > > > > > > From my F17 notes to myself > > > > > > F17 NFS install as follows > > > On first screen following boot hit ESC and type "

Re: Network Install

On Mon, 2012-07-02 at 07:33 -0300, Celso Viana wrote: > > > > From my F17 notes to myself > > > > F17 NFS install as follows > > On first screen following boot hit ESC and type "linux > > repo=nfsiso:192.168.1.5:/global/db/sw/F17" > > > > Standard NFS install then works cleanly > > > > > > For othe

Re: Network Install

On Mon, 2012-07-02 at 07:13 -0300, Celso Viana wrote: > Hi all, > > FC17 does not exist in the installation option "askmethod." how we can > install it via network? > > -- > Celso Vianna > BSD User: 51318 > http://www.bsdcounter.org > > 63 8404-8559 > Palmas/TO From my F17 notes to myself F17

Re: Problems with update -- redhat-lsb conflicts

On Sun, 2012-06-17 at 11:42 +0200, Michael Schwendt wrote: > On Fri, 15 Jun 2012 22:35:32 +0100, John Austin wrote: > > > I believe this is just a repo problem > > The i686 and x86_64 versions are now available > > > > > > ja@avon ~ 1$ rpm -qa|grep redhat-lsb

Re: Problems with update -- redhat-lsb conflicts

I believe this is just a repo problem The i686 and x86_64 versions are now available ja@avon ~ 1$ rpm -qa|grep redhat-lsb redhat-lsb-core-4.1-4.fc17.i686 redhat-lsb-cxx-4.1-4.fc17.i686 redhat-lsb-submod-multimedia-4.1-4.fc17.x86_64 redhat-lsb-languages-4.1-4.fc17.x86_64 redhat-lsb-4.1-4.fc17.i686

Re: External eSATA drive not recognized on 2nd power up

On Sun, 2012-04-08 at 12:34 +0100, John Austin wrote: > On Sat, 2012-03-31 at 19:09 +0100, James Wilkinson wrote: > > I asked Patrick: > > > Does it work with older (pre 3.3) kernels? > > > > Patrick Lists wrote: > > > I don't have a pre-3.3 kernel as

Re: External eSATA drive not recognized on 2nd power up

On Sat, 2012-03-31 at 19:09 +0100, James Wilkinson wrote: > I asked Patrick: > > Does it work with older (pre 3.3) kernels? > > Patrick Lists wrote: > > I don't have a pre-3.3 kernel as these are kickstart deployments of > > F16 + updates. > > http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/packageinfo?packag

Re: Booting a computr in EFI mode.

On Sun, 2012-01-15 at 18:38 -0600, Aaron Konstam wrote: > On Mon, 2012-01-16 at 09:28 +1000, david walcroft wrote: > > On 01/15/2012 07:07 PM, Frank Murphy wrote: > > > On 15/01/12 00:41, david walcroft wrote: > > >>> No unless you install as "new", instead of upgrade. > > >>> > > >>> http://www.l

Re: F16 autofs + wireless

On Wed, 2012-01-04 at 23:28 +0800, Ian Chapman wrote: > Hi, > > A bit of background first :) I have a netbook which connects to my LAN > via a Wifi connection and I've configured autofs to pull it's maps from > an LDAP directory. The network connection is working exactly as expected > and recei

Re: F16 - a good experience

On Fri, 2011-12-30 at 13:15 +0100, Christopher Svanefalk wrote: > +1 > > I love F16, it is the most stable and enjoyable release I have run to > date, and I have been running since F8. > > On Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 3:41 PM, Lucélio Gomes de Freitas > wrote: > +1 > > Em 30-

F16 Recent updates? - googleearth problem

Hi Has anyone seen this problem with googleearth after recent "yum update"? ja@minix ~ 5$ uname -a Linux minix 3.1.4-1.fc16.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Nov 29 11:37:53 UTC 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Graphics Config Fails on nvidia graphics driver machine and catal

Re: Historical Question - dracut

On Thu, 2011-12-08 at 22:57 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: > Bit of a brain freeze > > What was the command used prior to dracut? > > -- > A common mistake that people make when trying to design something > completely foolproof was to underestimate the ingenuity of complete > fools. -- Douglas Ada

Re: Subject:,Re: autofs doesn't work automatically with NIS mounts; workarounds?

On Fri, 2011-11-11 at 14:27 -0600, Richard Shaw wrote: > On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 2:07 PM, Hugh Caley wrote: > > @Richard Shaw: NetworkManager is set to bring up the ethernet connection > > automatically. > > I think what autofs really needs is a systemd unit file. Currently > it's still using Sy

F16 "CRITICAL **: unable to create '/run/user/fred/dconf'; dconf will not work properly.

Hi Following today's F16 updates I have following problem 99% certain this did not happen before the updates Login to the console as fred Create a konsole window [fred@naxos ~]$ xhost + access control disabled, clients can connect from any host [fred@naxos ~]$ su - ja

Re: disabling automount of diskonkey on Fedora 15

On Sun, 2011-07-24 at 21:53 +0300, Kevin Wilson wrote: > Hi, > Is there a way to disable automount of diskonkey on Fedora 15? > > Whenever I insert diskOnKey, it is automounted. I want to avoid it. > How ? > > rgs, > Kevin Hi I hack a new entry in /lib/udev/rules.d and call a script (sd_mount) I

Re: systemd discussion

On Thu, 2011-06-16 at 07:59 -0400, Dr. Michael J. Chudobiak wrote: > On 06/15/2011 06:06 PM, JB wrote: > > > > I am also surprised (have been for long time) by seeing Linux projects > > violating > > UNIX principles of software development. > > Linux isn't Unix. It sounds like you'd be happier ru

Re: Partition does not end on cylinder boundary

On Sat, 2011-06-04 at 10:00 -0700, JD wrote: > On 06/04/11 09:54, Tom Horsley wrote: > > On Sat, 04 Jun 2011 09:02:48 -0700 > > JD wrote: > > > >> What tool did you use to create the partition in the first place. > >> I thought that fdisk, sfdisk and gparted always round up (or down) > >> to end

Re: F14 NFS client gets wrong ownership IDs on NFS mounted partition

On Tue, 2011-05-03 at 22:09 -0400, Mark Eackloff wrote: > On 05/03/2011 09:37 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: > > On 05/04/2011 09:27 AM, Mark Eackloff wrote: > >> Tried it but no banana. Same result. The comments in that file say that > >> the default is the host's DNS name, which is what I was using, ag

Re: What filesystem for ssd? (f15)

On Mon, 2011-04-11 at 10:31 -0500, Michael Cronenworth wrote: > John Austin wrote: > > UUID=0b0e2173-b356-476f-8091-a716189d1e1e / ext4 > > defaults,discard,noatime1 1 > > John & Karol, > > The 'noatime' mount option has been a Fedora defa

Re: What filesystem for ssd? (f15)

On Mon, 2011-04-11 at 08:52 -0600, Phil Meyer wrote: > On 04/11/2011 08:26 AM, Neal Becker wrote: > > I'm planning a fresh install of f15 onto > > Intel 320 Series SSDSA2CW120G310 > > > > What filesystem should I use? Go for btrfs? > > > > You could also try the discard option for mounting ext4 f

Re: What filesystem for ssd? (f15)

On Mon, 2011-04-11 at 10:26 -0400, Neal Becker wrote: > I'm planning a fresh install of f15 onto > Intel 320 Series SSDSA2CW120G310 > > What filesystem should I use? Go for btrfs? > Hi I have been using ext4(pre-formatting, no LVM) on my SSDs, (partitioned using gdisk with some of them, to ensu

Re: SELinux

On Fri, 2011-01-21 at 09:34 -0500, Daniel J Walsh wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 01/21/2011 09:12 AM, John Austin wrote: > > On Fri, 2011-01-21 at 08:49 -0500, Daniel J Walsh wrote: > >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > >> H

Re: SELinux

On Fri, 2011-01-21 at 08:49 -0500, Daniel J Walsh wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 01/21/2011 08:31 AM, John Austin wrote: > > On Fri, 2011-01-21 at 07:42 -0500, Daniel J Walsh wrote: > > On 01/20/2011 05:12 PM, Genes MailLists wrote: >

Re: SELinux

On Fri, 2011-01-21 at 07:42 -0500, Daniel J Walsh wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 01/20/2011 05:12 PM, Genes MailLists wrote: > > On 01/20/2011 05:02 PM, Genes MailLists wrote: > >> On 01/20/2011 04:23 PM, Daniel J Walsh wrote: > >> > >> > >> If I want to run goog

Re: F14, X86_64 and GoogleEarth

On Fri, 2010-11-19 at 09:51 -0700, Paolo Galtieri wrote: > On 11/19/10 04:55, John Austin wrote: > > On Thu, 2010-11-18 at 16:06 -0700, Paolo Galtieri wrote: > >> I tried the suggestion, but it made no difference. I looked at the > >> link and several people > &g

Re: F14, X86_64 and GoogleEarth

On Thu, 2010-11-18 at 16:06 -0700, Paolo Galtieri wrote: > I tried the suggestion, but it made no difference. I looked at the > link and several people > also note that performing the suggested steps doesn't fix the crash. > > Paolo Hi Paolo How far did it get? Are you saying that the setup.sh

Re: F14, X86_64 and GoogleEarth

On Thu, 2010-11-18 at 11:53 -0700, Paolo Galtieri wrote: > When I try to install the latest Google Earth on F14 I get > > [r...@jackstraw pgaltieri]# ./GoogleEarthLinux.bin Verifying archive > integrity... All good. > Uncompressing Google Earth for GNU/Linux > 5.2.1.1588...

Re: F14, X86_64 and GoogleEarth

On Wed, 2010-11-17 at 14:51 -0600, Craig Goodyear wrote: > On 11/17/2010 06:14 AM, John Austin wrote: > > Hi > > > > Has anyone managed to get googleearth to run with > > fully updated F14 (X86_64) ? > > > > I have googled around but can find no definitive

F14, X86_64 and GoogleEarth

Hi Has anyone managed to get googleearth to run with fully updated F14 (X86_64) ? I have googled around but can find no definitive answer. j...@meon ~ 17$ rpm -qa|grep -i nvidia xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs-260.19.12-3.fc14.x86_64 kmod-nvidia-2.6.35.6-48.fc14.x86_64-260.19.12-1.fc14.2.x86_64 kmod-nv

Re: fedora 14 and evolution

On Sat, 2010-11-13 at 17:33 -0600, Mike Chambers wrote: > On Sat, 2010-11-13 at 15:06 -0600, Bruno Wolff III wrote: > > On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 20:50:18 +, > > "Amadeus W.M." wrote: > > > > > > Just one thing though. I kept my home and data directories upon install, > > > hence all dot fil

Re: which system runs scripts when USB devices plugged in?

On Wed, 2010-11-10 at 09:21 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On 11/10/2010 09:06 AM, Tom Horsley wrote: > > I have no idea if this is applicable, but I wrote this silly > > program: > > > > http://home.comcast.net/~tomhorsley/software/xdbusd/xdbusd.html > > > > It lets you run arbitrary scripts

NFS4, iptables and evolution lockups

Hi Perhaps I should have known this Perhaps I should be better at googling but this took me a while to discover Fully updated F13 client(milos) with users home directories NFS4 mounted on a fully updated Centos 5.5 NFS4 server (maui) Evolution (in particular) falls over if the NFS4 call back por

Re: Is there Zebra, Gated or Routed for Fedora 13 ?

On Tue, 2010-09-21 at 17:45 +0100, agraham wrote: > I'm looking to advertise routes using a RIP protocol and looking for > Zebra, Gated or Routed for Fedora 13? > > Do these exist (cannot find the in Repo). > > Thanks. > > Albert. > > Hi yum install quagga John [r...@milos ~]# rpm -ql quag

Re: SELinux and google-chrome "Aw, Snap!" crashes

On Thu, 2010-09-16 at 15:15 -0400, Daniel J Walsh wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 09/16/2010 12:23 PM, John Austin wrote: > > On Thu, 2010-09-16 at 11:49 -0400, Daniel J Walsh wrote: > >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > >> H

Re: SELinux and google-chrome "Aw, Snap!" crashes

On Thu, 2010-09-16 at 11:49 -0400, Daniel J Walsh wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 09/16/2010 07:47 AM, Daniel J Walsh wrote: > > On 09/16/2010 06:04 AM, John Austin wrote: > >> On Wed, 2010-09-15 at 13:10 +, JB wrote: > >&

Re: SELinux and google-chrome "Aw, Snap!" crashes

On Thu, 2010-09-16 at 11:47 +, JB wrote: > John Austin jaa.org.uk> writes: > > > ... > > Hi, > you are an excellent tester :-) > The results were very good for the first round. > Now relax and let Daniel J Walsh review it all and comment on your findings >

Re: SELinux and google-chrome "Aw, Snap!" crashes

On Thu, 2010-09-16 at 07:47 -0400, Daniel J Walsh wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 09/16/2010 06:04 AM, John Austin wrote: > > On Wed, 2010-09-15 at 13:10 +0000, JB wrote: > >> John Austin jaa.org.uk> writes: > >> > >&

Re: SELinux and google-chrome "Aw, Snap!" crashes

On Wed, 2010-09-15 at 13:10 +, JB wrote: > John Austin jaa.org.uk> writes: > > > > > Hi > > > > I have a fully updated F13 (64bit) machines using > > google-chrome 6.0.472.55 beta > > > > With SELinux in Enforcing mode > > > &

Re: SELinux and google-chrome "Aw, Snap!" crashes

On Wed, 2010-09-15 at 08:53 -0400, Daniel J Walsh wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 09/15/2010 04:39 AM, John Austin wrote: > > Hi > > > > I have a fully updated F13 (64bit) machines using > > google-chrome 6.0.472.55 beta >

SELinux and google-chrome "Aw, Snap!" crashes

Hi I have a fully updated F13 (64bit) machines using google-chrome 6.0.472.55 beta With SELinux in Enforcing mode google-chrome will crash leaving no error messages in dmesg or /var/log/messages or in the terminal if run from the command line (to be exact - only the startup messages shown below)

Re: Recent Mirror Drain Bamage?

On Thu, 2010-08-19 at 21:58 -0500, Robert G. (Doc) Savage wrote: > On Thu, 2010-08-19 at 21:53 -0400, Chris Kloiber wrote: > > Is it just me, or are the Fedora 13 repos experiencing real problems > > lately? I have to run yum upgrade as many as 10 times in a row to pull > > down all the updates a

Re: eSATA removable drive

On Sun, 2010-07-11 at 23:07 -0400, D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote: > | From: D. Hugh Redelmeier > | Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2010 15:23:17 -0400 (EDT) > > This is a bit old. Here's the start of thread in the archives: > > > | I have an

Re: Status of SSDs under Fedora ?

On Fri, 2010-06-25 at 09:06 -0600, Linuxguy123 wrote: > Update > > I cloned my old conventional 160 GB hard drive onto a new Intel X25-M > SSD using gparted. In doing so, the new partitions ended up being ext3 > instead of ext4. > > The performance improvement is dramatic. It boots super fast.

Re: How do I clone a drive and resize (downsize) a partition ? fdisk verify warning.

On Thu, 2010-06-24 at 02:06 -0600, Linuxguy123 wrote: > I'm moving /, /boot and swap from a conventional hard drive to an SSD. > > Both drives are 160 GB in size. > > I want to resize the /boot and swap partitions from 200 MB and 2 GB to > 500 MB and 8 GB respectively. The first resize is becau

Re: Status of SSDs under Fedora ?

On Mon, 2010-06-14 at 14:24 -0500, Michael Cronenworth wrote: > John Austin wrote: > > 3. Does setting the "discard" option do everything that is required to > > enable > > TRIM to do its job with no further action? > > Yes. > > > > > 4. I

Re: Fedora 13 install partitioning issue

On Fri, 2010-06-11 at 13:37 +0200, David Jansen wrote: > I ran into an issue with the installation of Fedora 13. What I was > trying to do was this: install the new version, choose for a custom > layout of the partitions, and then have system stuff like / and /usr > reformatted, but leave /usr/loca

Re: Status of SSDs under Fedora ?

On Thu, 2010-06-10 at 17:10 -0500, Michael Cronenworth wrote: > Linuxguy123 wrote: > > I'm using ext4 for that drive right now. Is there a better filesystem > > for SSDs ? > > There's a few "SSD specific" file systems, but you won't gain much in > everyday computing from switching. ext4 will be

Re: eSATA removable drive

On Tue, 2010-04-06 at 22:05 -0400, D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote: > | From: Rick Stevens > > | The problem is that the controller you've plugged into (the one on > | the motherboard) is not designed for "hotswap" devices. It's expecting > | a hard-installed drive and thus doesn't have the eject suppo

Re: eSATA removable drive

On Tue, 2010-04-06 at 17:08 -0400, D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote: > | From: John Austin > > | Hi > | > | I have used hotplug hard drives for some time but never used eject > > What do you do to safely remove the disk? Surely unmount and swapoff, > as applicable, but how do

Re: Strange msgs from restore;

On Tue, 2010-04-06 at 11:20 -0700, George R Goffe wrote: > Howdy, > > Thanks to all who responded, these responses are DEFINITELY > appreciated. > > I tried everything suggested with no change in behavior. I would like > to try the "new" version of dump/restore but am unable to locate the > code.

Re: eSATA removable drive

On Tue, 2010-04-06 at 15:23 -0400, D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote: > I have an eSATA external hard drive case. I want to hotplug / unplug it. > > My system is Fedora 11. > > I added an external eSATA port on my desktop computer by adding a bracket > (with an internal cable connected to one of the ord

Re: Strange msgs from restore;

On Sun, 2010-04-04 at 22:46 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Sunday 04 April 2010, George R Goffe wrote: > >Howdy, > > > >I'm trying to copy my boot partition (and others) to a new drive with > > dump/restore pipes. > > > >(cd /rb.boot ; /sbin/dump -f - /dev/sda1 | /sbin/restore -rf -) > >

SSD alignment and mkfs

Hi I have googled extensively and posted elsewhere but I have not found an answer to the following. I have a 128GB SSD and have created the partitions such that they all have a modulo 512kB start and modulo 512kB length The first partition begins on cylinder 4 (counting from zero) Full details be

Re: nedit

On Fri, 2010-03-26 at 12:55 +, Patrick Dupre wrote: > Hello, > > For a while, with fedora 10 and 11, nedit does not work correctly: > copy/past does not do the job ! > > Has it been fixed ? > > Thank. > > -- > --- > ==

Re: FC12+selinux+dump/restore

On Tue, 2010-03-23 at 13:33 +, T. Horsnell wrote: > Sorry people, I've just found a likely reference in Bugzilla. > Please ignore the stuff below for now... > Terry > > > > Hi all, > > I'm using the Live version of FC12 to produce a bootable clone of an idle > > FC12 > > system to a USB stic

Re: Dump/Restore Errors

On Sat, 2010-03-06 at 10:59 +, John Austin wrote: > Hi > > I have submitted a buzilla to sourceforge re dump/restore > > http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=2964667&group_id=1306&atid=101306 > > John > > This problem has now been fixed i

Re: Rolling Release Model(s), Fedora Discussion

On Tue, 2010-03-16 at 08:58 -0700, Konstantin Svist wrote: > On 03/16/2010 02:37 AM, John Austin wrote: > > I look forward to a clean start every six months > > 20 minute install - pleasure getting it back to how I like it !! > > > > John > > > > >

Re: Rolling Release Model(s), Fedora Discussion

On Mon, 2010-03-15 at 13:51 -0700, Konstantin Svist wrote: > On 03/15/2010 01:33 PM, Antonio Olivares wrote: > > Would Fedora users accept a rolling release model? IT would be nice to > > setup an internet poll to see what many Fedora users have to say? > > > > I would love a "rolling rel

Re: Dump/Restore Errors

Hi I have submitted a buzilla to sourceforge re dump/restore http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=2964667&group_id=1306&atid=101306 John -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listin

Re: Dump/Restore Errors

p/restore took 46 minutes > >>> > >>> I received 9 errors of the type > >>> > >>> resync restore, skipped 1 blocks > >>> error in EA block 1 > >>> magic = 0 > >>> ... > SELinux attributes on a disabled system should not cause any

Re: Dump/Restore Errors

> > On Wed, 3 Mar 2010, John Austin wrote: > > > Date: Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:06:11 + > > From: John Austin > > Reply-To: j...@ee.port.ac.uk, > > Community support for Fedora users > > To: users@lists.fedoraproject.org > > Subject: Dump/R

Re: Dump/Restore Errors

about using it. Disable selinux; reboot and then find . -exec setfattr -h -x security.selinux '{}' \; John > > On Wed, 3 Mar 2010, John Austin wrote: > > > Date: Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:06:11 + > > From: John Austin > > Reply-To: j...@ee.port.ac.uk, > >

Dump/Restore Errors

Hi I have been following recent threads about the best way to clone/backup disks. "Risks of backing up live mounted filesystems using dump(8)" I have just tested dump/restore using a System Rescue CD using dump 0.4b42 The source /dev/sda7 is a fully working updated F12 / partition (including /b

Re: KMail / Akonadi mess

On Sun, 2010-02-28 at 12:26 +, Marko Vojinovic wrote: > On Sunday 28 February 2010 10:27:25 am John Austin wrote: > > There is most definitely a problem somewhere with kmail but appears to > > be non-fatal for me > > > > After a reboot when opening an email fi

Re: PolicyKit?

On Sat, 2010-02-27 at 18:11 -0500, Tom Horsley wrote: > The freedesktop.org web site has masses of documentation on > PolicyKit explaining in excrutiating detail all sorts of xml > configuration. > > Meanwhile, no rpm with "polkit" in the name has installed > any xml files on fedora 12. > > So wh

Re: KMail / Akonadi mess

On Sat, 2010-02-27 at 18:25 +, Marko Vojinovic wrote: > On Saturday 27 February 2010 05:39:26 pm Mike Cloaked wrote: > > I am afraid that I have lost patience with this. As far as my own > > view goes - mail is one of the few absolutely essential functions of > > any computer system/desktop/l

RE: VMware Workstation 7 on F12

On Tue, 2010-01-12 at 07:46 -0600, Dan Burkland wrote: > I have not had any issues with VMWare 7 on F12 however I have not yet > tried to create a Windows 7 VM. (I am currently running XP x86.) > > > > Regards, > > > > Dan Burkland > > > > > > __