Re: firefox 1.0.7, fonts gone awol. SOLVED yet again
by Steven I Usdansky
uncomment the following two lines in /usr/bin/firefox:
#MOZ_DISABLE_PANGO=1
#export MOZ_DISABLE_PANGO
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18 years, 7 months
More bugs in newest update of KDE in FC3/FC4
by Peter Magnusson
So, I got no reply on my other email. Nobody uses KDE? Nobody of the
developers give a shit? Here is it again, with some more bugs I have found.
Named 5 and forward..
Im sorry that I trused Fedora to update my computer but I really need to
get KDE working again. I promise to put *kde* under Hold in apt.conf
and NEVER EVER upgrade any kde packges again before I upgrade this FC3
box to a newer FC or something else. That will happend when FC3 isnt
updated with security updates anymore.
Or is it some other FC3 Repository that I have in my sources.list.d
that is responsible for this mess? Right now I have
dag.list dries.list freshrpms.list mirror-select.list newrpms.list
os.list in sources.list.d. These are my kde versions right now:
kdelibs-3.4.2-0.fc3.2
kdeartwork-3.4.2-0.fc3.1
kdevelop-3.2.2-0.fc3.1
kdemultimedia-3.4.2-0.fc3.1
kdegraphics-3.4.2-0.fc3.1
kdebase-3.4.2-0.fc3.3
kdesdk-devel-3.3.1-1
openoffice.org-kde-1.1.3-11.5.0.fc3
kdeaddons-3.4.2-0.fc3.1
kdebase-devel-3.4.2-0.fc3.3
kdegraphics-devel-3.4.2-0.fc3.1
kdeutils-devel-3.4.2-0.fc3.1
kdesdk-3.3.1-1
kdepim-3.4.2-0.fc3.1
kdegames-3.4.2-0.fc3.1
kdenetwork-3.4.2-0.fc3.1
kdepim-devel-3.4.2-0.fc3.1
kdenetwork-devel-3.4.2-0.fc3.1
kdelibs-devel-3.4.2-0.fc3.2
kdeadmin-3.4.2-0.fc3.1
kdeutils-3.4.2-0.fc3.1
It isnt named with some extension so I assume its from the offical Fedora
team?
So if this isnt gonna be fixed, is it just to remove these rpms and install
the older again? Is it something that I need to think about? However, this
doesnt fix exactly the same problem on my laptop that uses FC4.
## orginal text ##
I discovered it on my FC3 workstation. But my FC4 laptop got the same problem.
KDE in FC3 was updated from 3.2.2 (something, not sure) to 3.4.2 recently.
4 bugs in that KDE version:
1:
When I iconify emacs (and this problem only applys to emacs) so I just see the
menubar... Then emacs and the X server will use 100% cpu until I kill it. This
is CLEARLY a bug. And its very annoying. It worked before the update. If I
iconify emacs so the window is completely removed from the desktop this problem
doesnt happend.
2:
Klipper sometimes gets in a loop and popups an action window for URLs, new
window within some seconds all the time. Very annoying. You have to clear the
history to get rid of the problem. It wasnt like this in the previous version
of KDE.
3:
It amazes me that KDE STILL has problems with fonts that are changing between
the KDE sessions. It has been like this for like... 4 years.
Why is it so hard to solve? Now I use quite high and non-standard resolution
(1792x1344) but a year ago I used only 1600x1200 and had the same problem then.
Especially the font named "General font" are changing. If I set it to 10
it will be 10... When I logout and login again it might be the same or it will
get so small all of a sudden and I have to change it to 11... And when I logout
and login again... Then its too big. So I have to change back to 10. Why is
this never fixed?
But it can happend with other fonts also, but its more seldom. The taskbar
crasched today, it was automaticlly restarted. But guess what? It was restarted
with a much smaller fontsize. If I change it now it probably will be wrong when
I logout and in again.
4:
Delete is gone, I have to press shift to see it when deleting something from
konq. I dont use the trash basket in KDE. Best would be if it was possible if
KDE could ask me to delete files when I select some and press the delete key
and not ask me if I want to put it in trash. Is that possible?
## even more bugs ##
5:
kedit cant open files thats begins with "[", it says "You have specified a
folder".
6:
Konq cant open dirs that begins with "[".
7:
Turning off Enable actions in Klipper crashes in taskbar most of the times.
See bug 3.
18 years, 7 months
samba
by Kevin Passey
Hi I have samba set up on an RHEL2 box and have set it up the same on a fc4 box.
My problem is that I cannot connect using XP to the fc4 box.
It sort of works as I can connect to a share in tmp.
However whenever I try and connect to my home share it continues to ask for a password.
I'm sure I have access to samba as the tmp share works.
Can anybody point me to some good HowTO's
Thanks
Kevin
18 years, 7 months
Thunderbird email reader -
by bobgoodwin
Does anyone tell me how to stop Thunderbird from asking
"Advance to next unread message in ................."
I need to use a large font to read messages easily and scroll through
them with the "space" bar. With bottom posted responses I have usually
read the original post and need to scroll to the bottom for the response
which can mean manipulating the space bar twenty times or more. If I
hold it down or overshoot the bottom of a message I get the stupid box
requiring that I "cancel" the offer to advance to another message. Or
worse yet get switched to a different directory by my mail filter. It's
almost enough for me to look for an alternative to Thunderbird. The
only thing that keeps me going is that I've always used Netscape, et.al.
Bob Goodwin Zuni, Virginia
18 years, 7 months
lapack error (example)
by Globe Trotter
Here is an example: please try it and see what you get.
Included are files svdd-demo.c and array.h and test.dat
To compile, use
% gcc svdd-demo.c -ansi -Wall -pedantic -lm -llapack
% a.out
reading in matrix A from test.dat:
2.117079 2.992091
2.106365 1.970807
2.131384 3.130390
2.344235 2.667219
1.838804 3.243629
** On entry to DGESDD parameter number 12 had an illegal value
STOP 0
If you change m to <=4 it works fine. So there is an error for m "substantially
larger" than n (=2 here). Works fine on SuSE and RHEL3/4.
Thanks!
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18 years, 7 months
Re: OT: Massachusetts Verdict: MS Office Formats Out
by Erik Hemdal
> From: Mike McCarty <mike.mccarty(a)sbcglobal.net>
> Les Mikesell wrote:
> > On Thu, 2005-09-29 at 15:22, Mike McCarty wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Why should I follow around after OO when I can just boot Windows in
> >>about a minute and a half, and be assured that the doc is ok? If OO
> >>knows there is a problem, then it should tell me. If there is no
> >>problem, it shouldn't frighten me. If it doesn't know, then
> why should
> >>I use it?
I agree about the "Danger Will Robinson!" warnings. They irritate me, but I
chalked it up to OO trying hard to be as much like MS Office as possible --
which in my experience does the same thing with a very similar, heavy-handed
message.
> >
> >
> > If you don't save it in a portable format yourself, you are
> > participating in forcing others to join the same proprietary
>
> This statement is on the face of it ridiculous.
Not really; I've heard similar statements from others who are strong
proponents of free software. You might not agree with it, but I think
allowing others that opinion is part of the cost of using free software.
Some of us use free software alongside proprietary code; others try to use
free software exclusively. I'm happy we have that choice.
The statement about forcing others to use proprietary formats does, however,
ignore that in some circles, free software is not available. When there is
no free alternative, we have to use proprietary software.
Mike's example is a good one. If an employer wants a resume in Word format,
and you need to find a job, then you send a Word file. It would be nice to
advocate for free software, but sometimes you are not in such a position.
One might need the job more than one needs the satisfaction of making a
point.
On the job, I have to advocate for what is best for my client, employer, or
customer. Sometimes that means I use proprietary software, and often it
doesn't. But ethically, I am required to work in the best interests of
those who rely on my expertise. Sometimes that means I can't ethically
advocate for free software.
> And so now I'm part of a vast conspiracy, a contributor to
> monopoly, tyranny, and other evil practices intended to
> subjugate the peoples of the third world, because I saved my
> resume in Word format instead of OO format, when OO itself
> warned me that it might not be a good idea.
>
> Grow up and give me a break.
>
> If there *was* a problem, OO should have told me, WHEN IT
> LOADED THE DOCUMENT, that the document contained things that
This isn't fair. To do this, you are asking OO to open your document,
compare all its elements across all features OO supports across all formats,
and provide you a compatibility report. That's technically possible, I
assume, but it would be a big programming challenge.
OO also would have to make guesses about features that might or might not be
in a future version of the "competitor's" software. I don't know how you
predict the future that way.
>
> It appears that OO is simply remembering what the format it
> loaded was, and noticing that it is different from the format
> it is going to use to save in, and then issuing a lazy-bones
> message which MAY OR MAY NOT MEAN ANYTHING.
>
> The only way to describe this is LAZY, SLOPPY PROGRAMMING.
I guess you could say that. But here I could insert the usual canard about
"contributing a patch that adds this function to OO". If OO should do as
you wish, you should be able to do that.
For those of us who can't (including me), we are left with two choices:
-- use OpenOffice for free and put up with a stupid, alarming compatibility
warning.
-- Buy MS Office for about $600 US and put up with a stupid, alarming
compatibility warning.
Maybe that's not much of a choice, but it's all we have...until someone
contributes that future-predicting, compatibility-checking patch to OO.
>
> NB: I'm not complaining that OO is gerally crappy and poorly
> written. I'm complaining that this one aspect of it is crappy
> and poorly written.
>
> Mike
I'd be happier with this in OpenOffice:
1. A message that says something like, "When you save in a different
format, some features in your document might not be saved properly. If you
have a complicated document, be sure to check the compatibility before
working on irreplaceable documents."
2. A way to see which features are well- or poorly-converted, so I can judge
the risk myself. Even a link to a documentation page in the big ugly
message would be useful.
3. A secondary-save in the "native" format, so that I can recover things if
I go awry. That means that saving a .DOC file as an .ODT file would save
two files, one .DOC and one .ODT. If the .ODT is broken, I still have the
"best-efforts" .DOC file.
Erik
18 years, 7 months
Nut,usb and installation
by david walcroft
Hi,
I'm trying to set up my ups [Powermate 3105] so far :
1/ It's recognised as 'Vendor=0592 Prodid=0002'
2/ Kernel message : 'reddwarf kernel: usb 2-1: new low speed USB device
using uhci_hcd and address 2'
I installed 'CheckUPS' from Powermate.com.au
Read posts at marc.theaimsgroup, didn't appear to help (serial
connections as against usb)
Have problems in understanding which port or pipe to use.
similar problem in uderstanding how you start it running and the config
files for me are murder to work through.
I realy need someone to help me install/run Nut/CheckUPS
Thanks david
18 years, 7 months
OT: Flash Players
by Thomas Taylor
Are Macromedia Flash Player and Shockwave Flash Player the same thing? If
not, can they co-exist on one browser?
I'm using Firefox 1.0.7 under FC4 with the Shockwave Flash Player installed
and enabled but the flash items won't displaybut instead displays "click here
to download flashplayer plugin". When I do that installation, nothing
changes, it still won't display.
Thanks,
Tom
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18 years, 7 months
Re: How to get XFS to be properly supported in FC
by Peter Gordon
> Hello Folks,
> I hope that you are well. I just wanted to find out how I could go
> about soliciting support for getting XFS into the Anaconda installer
> GUI and text FS selector drop down menu without having to type
> linux xfs at the prompt.
For the moment, XFS is not officially supported by the Fedora Project
(i.e., you're probably on your own if something breaks).[1] It's also
one of the things on the Wishlist for FC5.[2]
[1] http://www.fedorafaq.org/#reiserjfs
[2] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Wishlist
Hope that helps.
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