pptp-linux (pptp) on a Fedora DVD
by Kevac Marko
Hello.
Here, in Russian Federation, 90% of home internet providers use PPTP
for the internet access.
So 80% of Fedora users from Russian Federation have same problem of
installing and configuring pptp client. It includes very unpleasant
"go to another box with internet connection, download rpm package, go
back and install it".
I don't know what situation is in another countries with pptp, but i
be very glad to see pptp client on a Fedora DVD.
So, questions are:
1. Why pptp package is still not there? Some license issues?
2. Will it be included in Fedora DVD?
3. How can i help?
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Sincerely yours, Kevac Marko
16 years, 7 months
I don't want my home directory to be my Gnome desktop
by Colin Paul Adams
So I do:
Applications->System Tools->Configuration editor
And then I go to apps->nautilus->preferences
But the option:
desktop_is_home_dir
although set to false (the checkbox is not ticked) appears as ticked
in the icon on the left (in the name column).
and consequently I see all my sub-directories on the dektop (which
makes it far too crowded).
Do I need to check the permissions of ~/Desktop, or is there some
other option that needs changing?
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Colin Adams
Preston Lancashire
16 years, 7 months
qt4 won't install or work
by Chris G
I am trying to get qt4-config to work on my fedora 7 system and I'm
failing miserably.
The problem package seems to be qt4-x11 :-
yum install qt4-x11
[...]
=============================================================================
Package Arch Version Repository
Size
=============================================================================
Installing:
qt4-x11 x86_64 4.3.2-4.fc7 updates
5.9 M
qt4-x11 i386 4.3.2-4.fc7 updates
6.0 M
Installing for dependencies:
nas x86_64 1.9a-3.fc7 updates
648 k
Transaction Summary
=============================================================================
Install 3 Package(s)
Update 0 Package(s)
Remove 0 Package(s)
Total download size: 12 M
Is this ok [y/N]: yes
Downloading Packages:
(1/1): qt4-x11-4.3.2-4.fc 100% |=========================| 6.0 MB
01:58
Running rpm_check_debug
Running Transaction Test
Finished Transaction Test
Transaction Check Error:
file /etc/nas/nasd.conf from install of nas-1.9a-3.fc7 conflicts with file from package nas-1.9-2.fc7
file /usr/share/man/man1/auconvert.1x.gz from install of nas-1.9a-3.fc7 conflicts with file from package nas-1.9-2.fc7
file /usr/share/man/man1/auctl.1x.gz from install of nas-1.9a-3.fc7 conflicts with file from package nas-1.9-2.fc7
file /usr/share/man/man1/audemo.1x.gz from install of nas-1.9a-3.fc7 conflicts with file from package nas-1.9-2.fc7
file /usr/share/man/man1/audial.1x.gz from install of nas-1.9a-3.fc7 conflicts with file from package nas-1.9-2.fc7
file /usr/share/man/man1/auedit.1x.gz from install of nas-1.9a-3.fc7 conflicts with file from package nas-1.9-2.fc7
file /usr/share/man/man1/auinfo.1x.gz from install of nas-1.9a-3.fc7 conflicts with file from package nas-1.9-2.fc7
file /usr/share/man/man1/aupanel.1x.gz from install of nas-1.9a-3.fc7 conflicts with file from package nas-1.9-2.fc7
file /usr/share/man/man1/auphone.1x.gz from install of nas-1.9a-3.fc7 conflicts with file from package nas-1.9-2.fc7
file /usr/share/man/man1/auplay.1x.gz from install of nas-1.9a-3.fc7 conflicts with file from package nas-1.9-2.fc7
file /usr/share/man/man1/aurecord.1x.gz from install of nas-1.9a-3.fc7 conflicts with file from package nas-1.9-2.fc7
file /usr/share/man/man1/auscope.1x.gz from install of nas-1.9a-3.fc7 conflicts with file from package nas-1.9-2.fc7
file /usr/share/man/man1/autool.1x.gz from install of nas-1.9a-3.fc7 conflicts with file from package nas-1.9-2.fc7
file /usr/share/man/man1/auwave.1x.gz from install of nas-1.9a-3.fc7 conflicts with file from package nas-1.9-2.fc7
file /usr/share/man/man1/checkmail.1x.gz from install of nas-1.9a-3.fc7 conflicts with file from package nas-1.9-2.fc7
file /usr/share/man/man1/issndfile.1x.gz from install of nas-1.9a-3.fc7 conflicts with file from package nas-1.9-2.fc7
file /usr/share/man/man1/nas.1x.gz from install of nas-1.9a-3.fc7 conflicts with file from package nas-1.9-2.fc7
file /usr/share/man/man1/playbucket.1x.gz from install of nas-1.9a-3.fc7 conflicts with file from package nas-1.9-2.fc7
file /usr/share/man/man1/soundtoh.1x.gz from install of nas-1.9a-3.fc7 conflicts with file from package nas-1.9-2.fc7
file /usr/share/man/man5/nasd.conf.5x.gz from install of nas-1.9a-3.fc7 conflicts with file from package nas-1.9-2.fc7
Error Summary
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Chris Green
16 years, 7 months
Is there a f8 Live CD that can be used for installatiion?
by Aaron Konstam
The subject says it all.
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In the olden days in England, you could be hung for stealing a sheep or
a loaf of bread. However, if a sheep stole a loaf of bread and gave it
to you, you would only be tried for receiving, a crime punishable by
forty lashes with the cat or the dog, whichever was handy. If you stole
a dog and were caught, you were punished with twelve rabbit punches,
although it was hard to find rabbits big enough or strong enough to
punch you. -- Mike Harding, "The Armchair Anarchist's Almanac"
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Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam(a)sbcglobal.net
16 years, 7 months
gimp 2.4 in 8?
by Colin Brace
Hi all,
Maybe I overlooked it, but I didn't see any mention in the release notes of
whether the long-awaited new Gimp 2.4 made it in to this release. Can
someone check for me?
I will be installing 8 shortly...
TIA
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Colin Brace
Amsterdam
16 years, 7 months
F8-Smolt crap
by Antonio M
when I try to get to my smolt page I get!!!
Error: Critical: UUID Not Found - 20db8b84-d7bf-4e56-b7bc-66406589a723
I am trying to go there by Smolt gui...any help???
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Antonio Montagnani
Skype : antoniomontag
16 years, 7 months
Can't get gnome-panel to start off centre
by Chris G
I want to run a gnome-panel (Top Panel) at top right of my screen
rather than across the whole top of the screen.
It would appear that this should be possible as there are parameters
to do this in the Configuration Editor (gconf-editor).
In apps/panel/toplevels/top_panel I have set:-
expand false
x 1020
x_centered false
but something somewhere is resetting the x and x_centered parameters.
Can anyone suggest what's doing this?
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Chris Green
16 years, 7 months
Is there a Gnome GUI equivalent of phpmyadmin?
by Chris G
Gnome has mysql-administrator for administering mysql but that is an
administrator utility only, it doesn't seem to provide a way of
creating tables etc.
Is there a Gnome GUI equivalent of the part of phpmyadmin that allows
one to create tables, delete tables, display data, etc.?
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Chris Green
16 years, 7 months
Running nautilus hijacks my window manager
by Chris G
When I run nautilus it does something diabolical to my window manager!
I run fvwm2 as my window manager and it's lovely. However if I start
nautilus it clobbers everything, the background colour changes
slightly, but more to the point I can no longer get my mouse menus by
clicking on the background. What's it doing and how can I get my
fvwm2 back apart from by shutting down and restarting (which in itself
is quite difficult because I normally do that via one of the
mouse-click menus)?
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Chris Green
16 years, 7 months
