[FC5] Gnome-KDE desktop mess
by Deepak
Hi,
I have been using KDE as default desktop in my FC5 installation.
Lately I wanted to try the Gnome but Gnome desktop shows its icons
plus the desktop icons I have in my KDE desktop. so I have now two
home icons, two trash cans etc in my desktop. How can I have two
separate set of icons in my desktop for Gnome and KDE and exclude each
others icons?
Thanks
17 years, 7 months
metacity keybindings stopped working after FC5->FC6 upgrade
by Adam Monsen
When I press "Left Windows Key + d" on my keyboard, I like that to run
gnome-dictionary. Since Fedora Core 1, I've been doing this using a script
that calls gconftool-2 or by firing up gconf-editor and manually modifying
metacity shortcuts, as described here:
http://gnome-hacks.web.com/hacks.html?id=14
After upgrading to Fedora Core 6, the metacity keybindings suddenly stopped
working. I can see that in gconf-editor, the metacity keybindings are still
properly defined, for instance,
"apps->metacity->global_keybindings->run_command_6" maps to "<Mod4>d", and
"apps->metacity->keybinding_commands->command_6" maps to "gnome-dictionary".
And, I'm pretty dang sure I'm still using metacity since it is in the
process table and my graphics card doesn't support AIGLX, so compiz wouldn't
even run if I tried (and I did try).
Anyone know why metacity no longer intercepts the Mod4+d chord?
My next step is probably to blow away all my ~/.gno* settings directories
since I don't do a heck of a lot of desktop customization, and if I do I'm
probably spending time on something I don't need to spend time on.
--
Adam Monsen
17 years, 7 months
Thunderbird message list font
by Ian Pilcher
I am in the process of migrating from FC5 to FC6. Things are looking
good (much better than this point during my FC4-to-FC5 migration)!
One issue I do have is the *extremely* bold font that is being used in
the Thunderbird message list. Google found a page that explains how to
change it by editting userChrome.css, but I was wondering if there was a
GNOME setting somewhere that affects this.
Anyone know? Thanks!
--
========================================================================
Ian Pilcher i.pilcher(a)comcast.net
========================================================================
17 years, 7 months
Re: mount doesn't mount on boot-up
by David G. Miller (aka DaveAtFraud)
Claude Jones <claude_jones(a)levitjames.com> wrote:
> I've got a third 500GB SATA drive which I mount manually to ~/archive
> using: mount -t ext2 -w /dev/sdc1 /home/cj/archive on reboot, it
> always fails, and in system logs I find: Oct 30 02:11:12 localhost
> kernel: audit(1162192269.878:6): avc: denied { mounton } for pid=2347
> comm="mount" name="archive" dev=sdb1 ino=65175554
> scontext=system_u:system_r:mount_t:s0
> tcontext=user_u:object_r:user_home_t:s0 tclass=dir Oct 30 02:11:12
> localhost kernel: audit(1162192269.878:7): avc: denied { mounton } for
> pid=2347 comm="mount" name="archive" dev=sdb1 ino=65175554
> scontext=system_u:system_r:mount_t:s0
> tcontext=user_u:object_r:user_home_t:s0 tclass=dir It's calling my
> drive dev=sdb1 --- Why would this be happenning? Once the machine
> comes up, it mounts manually again with the above command???
> -- Claude Jones Brunswick, MD, USA
What does you /etc/fstab file look like? I'm not understanding what you
mean by "mount manually" fails on reboot but you can mount it, "once the
machine comes up." Is your mount command in /etc/init.d/rc.local?
Cheers,
Dave
--
Politics, n. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles.
-- Ambrose Bierce
17 years, 7 months
evolution deleted message display
by Les Mikesell
Just recently my evolution on FC5 started to display deleted message
subjects with a large black bar that I find distracting instead of
the previous tastefully thin overstrike to indicate deletion. Does
anyone know how to get the old display back? I assume this was a
change from a recent update, but I don't see anything about
evolution in the yum log.
--
Les Mikesell
lesmikesell(a)gmail.com
17 years, 7 months
What is the consensus on the best partition scheme and size?/Keeping home separate
by linux
I want to install FC6 on my laptop. When I install I usually do a
complete new install instead of an update. For example when going from
FC4 to FC5, I did a new install. how can I partition my hd so that I
can keep /home and not overwrite it? Do I make it a separate
partition? What is the consensus on the best partition scheme and size?
Ed
17 years, 7 months
Re: fc6, livna and 'spurious' totem-xine update
by David G. Miller (aka DaveAtFraud)
Alexander Volovics <awol(a)home.nl> wrote:
> After installing some livna packages I am plagued
> by a pesky announcement of an update for totem-xine.
>
> How can I get rid of this spurious update announcement.
>
> Totem (core) and totem-xine (livna) seem to contain
> some common files.
>
> Alexander
Please run yum from the command line and post the totem-xine
announcement messages you're getting. I replaced totem with totem-xine
on three different systems and have not seen these messages.
Cheers,
Dave
--
Politics, n. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles.
-- Ambrose Bierce
17 years, 7 months
Custom kernel rebuild fails for kernel-2.6.18-1.2798
by Kevin Flynn
After a clean install of FC6, I wanted to build a custom kernel. Nothing
exotic: I just selected my specific CPU type (pentium 4) in generating the
.config file. Then I use rpmbuild to build it.
Sometime during the module building it exits with the following error:
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ for i in '`cat modnames`'
+ sh ./scripts/modsign/modsign.sh
/var/tmp/kernel-2.6.18-1.2798-root/lib/modules/2.6.18-1.2798PAE/kernel/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/dib3000mc.ko
Red
./scripts/modsign/modsign.sh: line 46: 21871 Segmentation fault gpg
--no-greeting $KEYFLAGS -b $module.out
error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.98856 (%build)
RPM build errors:
Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.98856 (%build)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Any ideas? Has anyone else build a custom kernel from the .src rpm yet?
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17 years, 7 months
Re: Fedora Core 6 ROCKS ! Salute to the developers !
by David G. Miller (aka DaveAtFraud)
Anne Wilson <cannewilson(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
> On Sunday 29 October 2006 01:48, Kim Lux wrote:
>
>>> On Sat, 2006-10-28 at 16:11 -0700, Philip Walden wrote:
>>
>>
>>>> > the many problems being posted
>>>> > against FC6 have given me pause to move ahead.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Just curious what you see as being "the many problems" ?
>>>
>>
>>
>I think he meant 'many reports of problems'. That fact that so many of those
>'problems' come from not following good advice is not obvious to someone who
>hasn't been around too long.
>
>Anne
>
For clean installs, I think the *only* verified bug is the installation
of the i586 kernel headers with the i686 kernel. Even this won't cause
a problem unless somebody tries to compile something that needs the
kernel headers. I think the other complaints are all just functionality
changes from previous versions (it's not a bug; it was intended) or
people trying to do an unsupported upgrade (it's unsupported for a
reason). Unfortunately, these complaints create a lot of noise that
someone new to the list might mistake for systemic problems.
The only problem I saw on my test box (clean install preserving /home)
was the kernel headers problem. I'll be installing FC6 on a x86_64
laptop and a dual Athlon system later today (just preserving /home).
Cheers,
Dave
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17 years, 7 months
