users November 2008

users@lists.fedoraproject.org

444 participants
758 discussions

X resource question on F9
by Steven W. Orr 03 Nov '08

03 Nov '08

This is complicated and I generally don't do well with complex problems here, but let's give it a shot. :-( I have an X resource question that relates to how the xrdb command interplays with kdm/xdm. I have two environment variables: XUSERFILESEARCHPATH=/home/steveo/.app-defaults/%N%C XFILESEARCHPATH=/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/%N%C Also, I have a ~/.Xresources file which contains these two lines: *customization: -color *StringConversionWarnings: on In my ~/.app-defaults I have a file called XTerm-color When I log in using KDM, I can look at my RESOURCE_MANAGER property and I can see along with a lot of other values: 533 > xrdb -query | egrep 'customization|StringConversion' *StringConversionWarnings: on *customization: -color But the color settings I have in my ~/.app-defaults/XTerm-color are not working and I don't have a clue why. But one thing I do see is that if after I log in I say: xrdb -load ~/.Xresources then everything works just fine. The goal is that I want my own resources to used when I run my app by searching the classes specified in the two variables above. Can someone help? -- Time flies like the wind. Fruit flies like a banana. Stranger things have .0. happened but none stranger than this. Does your driver's license say Organ ..0 Donor?Black holes are where God divided by zero. Listen to me! We are all- 000 individuals! What if this weren't a hypothetical question? steveo at syslang.net

1 0

Fedora / RedHat - The problem
by Brian C. Huffman 03 Nov '08

03 Nov '08

Alright I hate Microsoft. I really do. But here I am at 11:45pm on a Sunday night and my wife needs to print a paper for tomorrow. My Fedora cups / samba server worked before and now it doesnt. Was it an update that broke? I dunno. But this is why RedHat / Fedora is never going to take the upper hand. Reboots on both platforms, a bunch of tcpdumps and still no idea. No real user should have to go through this. Sure Ill figure it out. But is that what someone wants when theyve got a paper to print thats due tomorrow? I dont think so. -b

9 13

Re: Announcing Fedora Sugar Spin!
by Sebastian Dziallas 03 Nov '08

03 Nov '08

Sebastian Dziallas wrote: > Hi everybody, > > I'm proud to be announce the availability of our Fedora Sugar Spin, > which incorporates the Sugar Desktop Environment on a Fedora Live CD. > > So, what is this in specific? With this spin, you'll be able to run > Sugar, which is developed by Sugarlabs and the desktop environment used > on the OLPC, directly from a Live CD! You'll find several activities on > the image including most notably... > > * sugar-browse - a web browsing activity based on xulrunner > * sugar-write - a word processor based on abiword > > ...among with several other applications introducing e.g. chat support. > > We, the OLPC SIG, will be importing further activities into Fedora, > which might be installed using 'yum install sugar-*' at a later time. > > Where can you get it? Easily, here: > > http://sdz.fedorapeople.org/olpc/sugar-spin.iso Okay, this link is now highly obsolete! Please don't use it or link to it anymore. The image there has been removed, since it has a new home. You'll find it at it's new location, which is here: http://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/olpc/0.82/i686/sugar-spin.iso > Here's the SHA1 checksum, just if you're interested: > > f032ab45aa116c2728dcd2d676e29a5ee114fd1d sugar-spin.iso > > And what if you wanted to put it quickly onto your USB Key? Even easier! > You'll just need to grab Luke Macken's liveusb-creator, which already > includes support for the Sugar Spin. Here's the link: > > https://fedorahosted.org/releases/l/i/liveusb-creator/liveusb-creator-3.0.z… The liveusb-creator link to the Sugar Spin is still the old one, so you'll need to download the image manually from the new location above, until this gets fixed. We're working on it! > Thank you everybody, who made this possible! > > --Sebastian Again, thanks! --Sebastian

1 0

Is there a 32-bit compat yum group for X11?
by Neal Becker 03 Nov '08

03 Nov '08

I noticed (when trying to install codeweavers crossover office) that 1 machine was missing all the 32-bit compat X11 libs (this is on x86_64) and wouldn't install. Is there a yum group to install all these (and, how would I find out?)

1 0

Fedora vs RedHat
by Kevin Kempter 03 Nov '08

03 Nov '08

Hi All; What's the real differences between Fedora and say RHEL Desktop ? Specifically I'm considering buying one of the following for my new dual core laptop w 12G of memory: Workstation with Standard Subscription or Workstation and Multi-OS with Basic Subscription Thanks in advance...

14 32

[OT] Max Spevack in Linux Format interview
by lostson 03 Nov '08

03 Nov '08

Well got my new Linux Format the other day and on the bottom here is a little blurb about an interview with Max talking about freedom and fedora. I have briefly scanned the article and looks to be a good read. Fedora has been getting alot of coverage in Llinux Format this year much more than previous years anyway. So things must be getting better right. Well if your not a subscriber like me I'm sure you can pick up a copy up at your local book stand or news store. Enjoy. -- LostSon http://lostsonsvault.org

1 0

Old Fedora or Redhat Updates.
by Reg Clemens 03 Nov '08

03 Nov '08

I have some current kernel code that I would like to compare to an implementation of several years ago. When I try to compile the old kernel, I get an error message telling me that my C compiler is too new (!). So, I have some old CDs, and can install an old Redhat (v9) or Fedora (v1 or v2) but I realize that there were many updates to all of these. Needless to say, I dont find any updates left on the WEB for these old distributions. I havent followed what people selling CDs have. Does anyone sell OLD distributions including the updates? Im sure I can get along without the updates (unless they turn out to be to something significant) as this will all be done behind a good firewall, but Im interested in knowing whats available. Perhaps in the future I should copy all the updates to a DVD before they go away,-- just in case. -- Reg.Clemens reg(a)dwf.com

2 1

FC9 login without password
by Edward S.P. Leong 03 Nov '08

03 Nov '08

Dear All, Mine is FC9... So, how to config the user profile, then the user login without password ( disable password ) ? Thanks ! Edward.

5 5

the proposed super-duper new f10 laptop
by Robert P. J. Day 03 Nov '08

03 Nov '08

is there anything i should know about linux compatibility with the following: * dell studio 15 laptop * intel core 2 duo T8100 CPU (2.1GHz/800MHz FSB) * WUXGA display * 4GB shared dual channel DDR2 RAM @ 667MHz * 320GB SATA HD * 256MB ATI Mobility Radeon 3450 video * Integrated Sound Blaster Audigy is there anything on that list that should give me pause regarding running fedora (or linux in general)? thanks. rday

5 5

best fedora-out-of-the-box pcmcia wifi?
by Matthew Miller 02 Nov '08

02 Nov '08

Does anyone have a recommendation for a modern PCMCIA/PC Card wifi card which just works out of the box with recent Fedora? I can download a firmware blob if I have to, but extra points for not having to. These days all new laptops have wireless built in so all the current info I can find seems focused on that. -- Matthew Miller <mattdm(a)mattdm.org>

4 5

Jump to page: