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mac web archive
by Dave Stevens 02 Dec '05

02 Dec '05

I recently had a friend with an iBook send me a saved web page in mac web archive format. I can't make sense of it. Is there a way to open this conveniently? I need to get at some of the graphics in the page. FC3 up to date and Firefox. Dave -- A. "No, I went voluntarily." Q. "Mr. Presley, were you kidnapped by aliens?"

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tightening ssh
by Claude Jones 02 Dec '05

02 Dec '05

I've been reading up, and talking up, various security strategies. One thing that is striking to me in looking at logs for my servers are the endless ssh probes that go on. It appears to be one of the most common. Up till recently, I had dealt with this by using firewall rules to allow ssh access only to selected ip addresses - to all others, the port appears closed (I checked this with port scans). Now, I must change strategies. I need to give access to an associate who gets his dsl ip address via dhcp, so it's always changing. I'm not quite ready to try port knocking, so, the other suggestion I read over and over is to provide ssh on a non-standard port. So, I throw this out to the collective experience - what's your take on that strategy? Won't simple scans reveal the existence of ssh access on a non-standard port? Is this really much protection? Is it merely a question of reducing odds? -- Claude Jones Bluemont, VA, USA

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Install method question for FC5
by Anil Kumar Sharma 02 Dec '05

02 Dec '05

Now this may sound weired ... don't shy the why! If I have say FC4 CD's, using this to boot, I arrive up to 'Installation method' prompt and lead it to iso images of FC5 (when available) on HDD partition FAT32, will this work? Alternatively I have FC4 up and running, I get FC5 images (when available) and put them on HDD lets say anywhere accessible to FC4 (exclude NTFS), can a clean / fresh setup of FC5 be initiated from within FC4, on free space available on HDD (to give multi-boot). -no way - is it! -- Anil Kumar Shrama

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Tape drive
by Matt Morgan 02 Dec '05

02 Dec '05

Can anyone recommend a tape drive that meets these requirements? 1) easy to get working in Fedora Core 3 & 4 2) reliable 3) works fine with Amanda 4) stores 200+ Gb on a tape or single set of tapes If it's easy and obvious how to eject and insert tapes, that's a plus, since this is going to be in a location without any real techies. Thanks!

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Submitting arguments to rpmbuild
by Jonathan Ryshpan 02 Dec '05

02 Dec '05

I'm trying to build an rpm with a little variation. The rpm in question is audacity, whose start is shown at the end of this message. There is a line starting "%{!?_without_mp3:" which is evidently a conditional, controlled by the macro _without_mp3. How can I submit this to rpmbuild? Or does it have to be edited into the spec file? Rpmbuild seems to accept options intended for this purpose, since "rpmbuild --help" returns the following text at the end: Options implemented via popt alias/exec: --dbpath=DIRECTORY use database in DIRECTORY --with=<option> enable configure <option> for build --without=<option> disable configure <option> for build But I haven't been able to get anything like this to work. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks - jon -------------------- audacity.spec -------------------- Name: audacity Version: 1.2.3 Release: 5.lvn.1.4 Summary: A multitrack audio editor Group: Applications/Multimedia License: GPL URL: http://audacity.sourceforge.net Source: http://dl.sf.net/sourceforge/audacity/audacity-src-1.2.3.tar.gz Source1: audacity.png Patch1: audacity-1.2.2-aboutdialog.patch BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n) BuildRequires: libogg-devel, libvorbis-devel, zlib-devel, perl BuildRequires: gettext, zip, flac-devel, ladspa-devel BuildRequires: libsamplerate-devel, libsndfile-devel BuildRequires: libid3tag-devel, desktop-file-utils %{!?_without_mp3:BuildRequires: libmad-devel} %{?_with_gtk1:BuildRequires: wxGTK-devel} %{!?_with_gtk1:BuildRequires: wxGTK2-devel} Requires(post): desktop-file-utils Requires(postun): desktop-file-utils # Compile options: # --without mp3 : disable mp3 support # --with gtk1 : use GTK+ version of wxGTK, else GTK2 version # --with portaudiov19 : enable version 19 of portaudio (disables portmixer) %description Audacity is a cross-platform multitrack audio editor. It allows you to record sounds directly or to import Ogg, WAV, AIFF, AU, IRCAM, or MP3 files. It features a few simple effects, all of the editing features you should need, and unlimited undo. The GUI was built with wxWindows and the audio I/O currently uses OSS under Linux. Audacity runs on Linux/*BSD, MacOS, and Windows. ...

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graphical ftp client
by Bob Hartung 02 Dec '05

02 Dec '05

sorry for the repost, I didn't relealize the subject line was still blank when I sent it! Hi all, Can one of you recommend the best graphical FTP client for FC4 that is available as open source and is available as an rpm? Tnx

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[ANN] ufraw 0.6 for FC4 update
by Petr Fischer 02 Dec '05

02 Dec '05

Enjoy it. http://pf.praguesoft.cz/rpms/ pf

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Re: Running a 64bit and 32bit fedora at the same time
by Harald Grossauer 02 Dec '05

02 Dec '05

> > > * /From/: "Bill Rugolsky Jr." <brugolsky telemetry-investments com> > * /To/: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list redhat com> > * /Subject/: Re: Running a 64bit and 32bit fedora at the same time > * /Date/: Thu, 1 Dec 2005 10:03:53 -0500 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >On Thu, Dec 01, 2005 at 09:14:23AM +0100, Harald Grossauer wrote: >> I have an Athlon64 system with FC4-x86_64 running. For several reasons I >> also would like to have a FC3_i386 system running at the same time. How >> can I do that? > >I created an LVM2 logical-volume per distro release, e.g., fc3-i386, >and then used QEMU to install from the DVD images. I was surprised that >it worked so well. After the installation, I manually fixed up the >environment (/etc/modprobe.conf, etc.) to also run with User-Mode Linux. >Xen will of course provide better performance. > Unfortunately it did not work for me. I could install FC3 into a qemu disk image using an FC3 DVD ISO (I had to rename the .iso to .img, otherwise qemu would not recognize it). I did a standard workstation installation and it hung when installing indent. After "rebooting" the qemu machine the installation continued with firefox as the only package left and then finished. When trying to "boot" the installed image with qemu it hangs immediately after the message "booting from hard disk" with CPU usage (of the host OS) at 100%. I think I will give it up...

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Graphical screen dying on new FC4 install
by Dotan Cohen 02 Dec '05

02 Dec '05

I just replaced Win98 with Fedora Core 4 on a friends' computer: AMD 550, 128MB RAM. Now, he can work for a limited amount of time (between 20-150 minutes), then the computer gets stuck. Not even the mouse works. He can, however, switch to a console with CTR-ALT-F1. When restarted, there is no graphical mode, only console. If he lets the computer sit for a few hours, he can boot up a graphical screen, but after some time the problem reoccurs. Nothing in the computer (open case) seems unusually hot, which was my first thought. Any ideas on where to look? Thank you. Dotan Cohen http://lyricslist.com/lyrics/biography/12/aaliyah.php Aaliyah Song Lyrics and Biography .

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settings at aMule (with Conceptronic router)
by 198mdk＠oninet.pt 02 Dec '05

02 Dec '05

On Wed, 2005-11-30 at 15:42 +0000, Joao Paulo Pires wrote: > taken from http://wiki.amule.org: > > /sbin/iptables -I RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -p tcp --dport 4662 -j ACCEPT > /sbin/iptables -I RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -p udp --dport 4665 -j ACCEPT > /sbin/iptables -I RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -p udp --dport 4672 -j ACCEPT > At this stage you've told your computer to allow connections to it, but if you've got a router (as you've said), you also need to do something similar with it. You've got to configure it to allow connections to those ports (if it isn't already), *and* configure it to forward those connections through to the PC you want to run that program on. > 2005-11-29 22:16:55: Connecting to Razorback 2.0 (195.245.244.243 - 195.245.244.243:4661) > 2005-11-29 22:16:55: Connected to Razorback 2.0 (195.245.244.243:4661) > 2005-11-29 22:16:55: Warning: Razorback 2.0 (195.245.244.243:4661) - NG : > Your 4662 port is not reachable. Please review your network config. This indicates that port 4662, at least, is blocked before your computer even gets to see it. That could be at your router, it could be at your ISP. Post what router your have, and someone may guide you on reconfiguring it. ------------- Hi Tim and everybody, This wk I set up directly on Conceptronic Router (C54RU...). I followed instructions at site http://www.portforward.com/ . First I got IP, then on router I enabled port forwarding and set up the three ports and put IP. But when I restarted I got another IP, then I got again LowID. Any help? Best regards, Joao.

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