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54 GB in /var/log!!
by Beartooth 30 Oct '08

30 Oct '08

One of my F9 machines -- actually my #1 main machine -- started having display problems. I see this a lot, because my hardware isn't really up to date enough to handle my monitor optimally. So I tried a couple of tricks that usually help, and they didn't. Then I thought to run baobab. Lo and behold, I was running out of space -- because /var/log shows up consuming 54 GB of space! Yes, fifty- four gigs. What could be causing this, and what do i do about it?? At present, the machine offers only a CLI login; if I use is as root, startx still works; but if I log in as user, startx fails. So I can't run Pan, and can't c&p directly between anything in it (including this list!) and the CLI. I can still do what I'm doing now: access the list via Pan on another machine, and go back & forth with my KVM switch; but it makes it hard, for instance, to post things like a list of contents for /var/log, or any whole file in it. Obviously, I want to cut /var/log with electronic double-bitted axes in both hands, to get to my user's GUI again; and to find the source of the bloat and correct it. What should I do first?? -- Beartooth Staffwright, PhD, Neo-Redneck Linux Convert Remember I know precious little of what I am talking about.

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Fedora 9 Rescue CD, where?
by S P Arif Sahari Wibowo 30 Oct '08

30 Oct '08

Hi! Do you know where I can find Fedora 9 Rescue CD ISO? I look everywhere under ftp://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/releases/9/ but could not find it. For Fedora 8, the rescue CD was here: ftp://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/releases/8/Fedora/i386/is… But nothing like that under Fedora 9 directory. Thanks! -- (stephan paul) Arif Sahari Wibowo _____ _____ _____ _____ /____ /____/ /____/ /____ _____/ / / / _____/ http://www.arifsaha.com/

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Fedora 9 Issues:
by Jeff Maxwell 30 Oct '08

30 Oct '08

I've upgraded to Fedora 9 and about the only thing that seems to run with any consistancy are the KDE applications. Third party programs, such as OpenOffice, will not run. FireFox runs sporatically in Gnome but not at all in KDE. Forget about Gnome applications - Evolution for example. I have been using Evolution as my mail client/calendar/contact list and more for some time. It interfaces with OpenOffice by allowing it to generate labels using the contacts from Evolution. Has Fedora abondoned support for Gnome? How about OpenOffice? Or, is there something I am missing? Thanks.

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firefox and .ram files [F9]
by Joachim Backes 30 Oct '08

30 Oct '08

Hi, if using firefox and clicking on some urls pointing to .ram files, I get an error popup like: /tmp/allfilms-1.ram could not be opened, because the associated helper application does not exist. Change the association in your preferences. I couldn't find any advice how to solve this problem. In /etc/mozpluggerrc I found the following entries: audio/x-pn-realaudio:ra,rm,ram:Realaudio-plugin resource locator audio/x-realaudio:ra,rm,ram:RealAudio file application/vnd.rn-realmedia:rm:RealMedia file application/smil:smi:RealPlayer audio/vnd.rn-realaudio:ra,ram:RealAudio file audio/vnd.rn-realvideo:rv:RealVideo file nokill stream: realplay "$file" nokill stream: hxplay "$file" -------------------------------------- realplay and hxplay are installed: type hxplay realplay hxplay is /usr/bin/hxplay realplay is /usr/bin/realplay ----------------------------------------- rpm -q mozplugger mozplugger-1.10.1-1.i386 ------------------------------------------ ls -l /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins total 752 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 39 Sep 28 10:48 libflashplayer.so -> /usr/lib/flash-plugin/libflashplayer.so lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 63 Oct 19 08:34 libjavapluginoji.so -> /usr/local/java/jre1.6.0_07/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavapluginoji.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4364 Jul 21 04:24 librhythmbox-itms-detection-plugin.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 72832 Sep 24 08:28 libtotem-basic-plugin.so -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 167 Sep 24 08:28 libtotem-basic-plugin.xpt -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 98188 Sep 24 08:28 libtotem-complex-plugin.so -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3227 Sep 24 08:28 libtotem-complex-plugin.xpt -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 85844 Sep 24 08:28 libtotem-cone-plugin.so -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1255 Sep 24 08:28 libtotem-cone-plugin.xpt -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 104116 Sep 24 08:28 libtotem-gmp-plugin.so -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4312 Sep 24 08:28 libtotem-gmp-plugin.xpt -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 78328 Sep 24 08:28 libtotem-mully-plugin.so -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1213 Sep 24 08:28 libtotem-mully-plugin.xpt -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 93964 Sep 24 08:28 libtotem-narrowspace-plugin.so -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2211 Sep 24 08:28 libtotem-narrowspace-plugin.xpt -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 26764 Feb 6 2008 mozplugger.so lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 41 Aug 27 10:03 nphelix.so -> /opt/helix/HelixPlayer/mozilla/nphelix.so lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 42 Aug 27 10:03 nphelix.xpt -> /opt/helix/HelixPlayer/mozilla/nphelix.xpt -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 127260 Aug 17 11:36 nppdf.so All advices are appreciated. Regards -- Joachim Backes <joachim.backes(a)rhrk.uni-kl.de>

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Dropping Mac for Linux
by Kevin Kempter 30 Oct '08

30 Oct '08

Hi All; I ran Linux as my main laptop OS for several years, then I got into a mac shop and bought a macbook. The macbook is ok but it just doesn't cut it per productivity so I've ordered another laptop (a 64bit laptop with 8G of memory expandable to 16G and 2 internal 320G 7200rpm drives) I'll be loading Linux as soon as the machine arrives from Dell. Here's my questions: 1) Is KDE4 stable enough for day2ay use ? 2) Does anyone know if Kpilot is working with Palm Centro phones ? Is there a better solution besides Kpilot ? 3) Does Kmail support Exchange yet ? 4) Is there a way to migrate apple mail messages to Kmail ? 5) Is there a way to migrate apple address book and calendar events to the KDE address book and calendar ? Thanks in advance...

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change DPI in Firefox
by David Hláčik 30 Oct '08

30 Oct '08

Hello guys, I have Fedora 10 Rawhide, using Gnome, DPI set to 109px , but my Firefox successfully ignores that fact. How to set DPI for Firefox? Thanks! D.

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httpd access problems
by Gene Heskett 30 Oct '08

30 Oct '08

Greetings all; I note just now that logwatch reports this: --------------------- httpd Begin ------------------------ Requests with error response codes 403 Forbidden /: 1 Time(s) /gene/nitros9/level2/cc3io.dis: 1 Time(s) /gene/nitros9/level2/cc3io_l51.ng: 1 Time(s) /gene/nitros9/level2/cc3io_l51.ng.list: 1 Time(s) /gene/nitros9/level2/cc3io_l51_191l.list: 1 Time(s) /gene/nitros9/level2/cc3io_l52: 1 Time(s) /gene/nitros9/level2/cc3io_l52_191l: 1 Time(s) /gene/nitros9/level2/cc3io_m51.mine: 1 Time(s) /gene/nitros9/level2/cc3io_m51.mine.list: 1 Time(s) /gene/nitros9/level2/cc3io_m52: 1 Time(s) /gene/nitros9/level2/cc3io_m52_191l: 1 Time(s) /gene/nitros9/level2/dbgmouse: 1 Time(s) /gene/nitros9/level2/smouseM51_L51.updt: 1 Time(s) Indicating that someone tried to read those files, which they should be able to, but were refused permissions. The directory 'nitros9' is a softlink from /var/www/html/gene/nitros9 to that directory in /opt, which has these permissions: [root@coyote logrotate.d]# ls -l --lcontext /var/www/html/gene total 36 drwxr-xr-x 2 system_u:object_r:httpd_sys_content_t:s0 apache apache 4096 2008-09-28 14:09 emc lrwxrwxrwx 1 system_u:object_r:httpd_sys_content_t:s0 apache apache 19 2008-07-20 08:51 Garage-pix -> /usr/pix/Garage-pix lrwxrwxrwx 1 system_u:object_r:httpd_sys_content_t:s0 apache apache 12 2008-06-20 11:01 nitros9 -> /opt/nitros9 drwxr-xr-x 2 system_u:object_r:httpd_sys_content_t:s0 apache apache 4096 2008-10-10 07:56 pix drwxr-xr-x 2 system_u:object_r:httpd_sys_content_t:s0 apache apache 4096 2008-04-08 09:48 txpix lrwxrwxrwx 1 system_u:object_r:httpd_sys_content_t:s0 root root 18 2008-10-15 21:49 WorkBench -> /usr/pix/WorkBench All the files that are referenced in the 403 no perms are owned by the user I must be in order to make cvs write access work. And that user is his own group also. Seems like the fix should be easy, but I'm used up. Help please? -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) A student who changes the course of history is probably taking an exam.

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display doesn't allow me to have my conf
by Zied Hamdi 30 Oct '08

30 Oct '08

Hi all, I have a problem on my display: my display is configured as a 1920x1200 LCD display. My graphic card supports that format :ATI Radeon Mobility X1400, and is correctly configured and recognized too, but I'm unable to run under my resolution: the best allowed one in system-config-display's combobox is 1600x1200. Here's my xorg.conf that seams ok: # Xorg configuration created by system-config-display Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "single head configuration" Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" EndSection Section "InputDevice" # keyboard added by rhpxl Identifier "Keyboard0" Driver "kbd" Option "XkbModel" "pc105" Option "XkbLayout" "fr" Option "XkbVariant" "latin9" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "Monitor0" ModelName "LCD Panel 1920x1200" HorizSync 31.5 - 74.5 VertRefresh 56.0 - 65.0 Option "dpms" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "Videocard0" Driver "radeon" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Videocard0" Monitor "Monitor0" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 24 EndSubSection EndSection Any ideas are very welcome. Best Regards, -- Zied Hamdi www.into-i.fr (previously in 2003) zatreex.sf.net

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How can I check whether or not a blacklisted device command is causing a problem?
by Bruno Wolff III 30 Oct '08

30 Oct '08

I have a really old bug (163701) for a problem with my DVD/CD burner that once upon a time used work with Fedora. Then for a while it would only work after first erasing a CD until the next reboot. Now it no longer burns CDs at all (but burning DVDs works). The bug languishes (possiblly because it is hardware dependent and people don't have that hardware and that isn't likely to change for the better going forward) and one thing I thought of that might account for the change in behavior is that wodim issues some commands that are being filtered by the kernel. There aren't any log messages to that effect in the wodim output, but I am not sure whether or not there would be. Depending on the answer to that question, I can try some different things to try to see if I can get the burner fully working again.

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Re: (fedora) firefox and .ram files [F9]
by Jouk Jansen 30 Oct '08

30 Oct '08

joachim.backes(a)rhrk.uni-kl.de wrote : >if using firefox and clicking on some urls pointing to .ram files, I get >an error popup like: > >/tmp/allfilms-1.ram could not be opened, because the associated helper >application does not exist. Change the association in your preferences. I have no problems with F9 after: -removing the totem mozilla plugin -installing the gecko-mediaplayer package from livna Jouk Bush : All votes are equal but some votes are more equal than others. >------------------------------------------------------------------------------< Jouk Jansen joukj(a)hrem.nano.tudelft.nl Technische Universiteit Delft tttttttttt uu uu ddddddd Kavli Institute of Nanoscience tttttttttt uu uu dd dd Nationaal centrum voor HREM tt uu uu dd dd Lorentzweg 1 tt uu uu dd dd 2628 CJ Delft tt uu uu dd dd Nederland tt uu uu dd dd tel. 31-15-2782272 tt uuuuuuu ddddddd >------------------------------------------------------------------------------<

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