What are these yum plugins for ? (kmod-nvidia related)
by linux guy
What are the following yum plugins for ?
downloadonly, kmdl, priorities, refresh-packagekit
Could any of them interfere with my ability to "see" (ie yum list) the
most recent kmod-nvidia package ?
Thanks
LG
15 years, 3 months
Skype and F9
by Dave Feustel
I have become interested in using Skype on F9. I know next to nothing
about Skype, so I read the wiki entry which is an eye-opener. The Skype
software for linux is for F7. How well does that software work on F9?
How much does it cost?
Are there any open-source alternatives to Skype?
Any other comments?
Thanks.
15 years, 3 months
Re: Keyboard settings are lost after each reboot
by Danilo Câmara
> Dear All,
>
> After the last updates were installed, the settings of the layout of
> my keyboard does not survive to a reboot; I have to reset it to my
> language after each reboot. Any ideas?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Paul
Same thing happened here. Already seen in various machines, i386 and
x86_64.
The keyboards were configured during Fedora 10 installation and no
manual configuration in Xorg or GNOME. Everything was working fine until
last update. I guess the affecting updates were
xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.5.3-13.fc10 or
xorg-x11-server-common-1.5.3-13.fc10.
Only affects the keyboard settings in the graphical mode (GNOME in my
case). Text mode still fine.
Regards
Danilo Camara
15 years, 3 months
Fedora Classroom Classes this weeknd!
by Kevin Fenzi
Just thought I would remind everyone that we are going to be holding
some IRC Classes in the fedora classroom this weekend.
Classes are held in #fedora-classroom on irc.freenode.net.
Classes this weekend start at 18:00 UTC on both Saturday and Sunday.
See:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Classroom
for more details. We have some great looking classes lined up this time!
Also, we are always looking for teachers and suggestions for topics for
new classes. See the above wiki page to add a suggestion or just reply
to this email or mailing list thread.
Hope to see a bunch of you there!
kevin
15 years, 3 months
Re: xfce 4.6.0 for F9
by Gianluca Cecchi
On Mon, 2 Mar 2009 16:05:52 -0700 Kevin Fenzi wrote:
> F10 shouldn't be too bad.
>
> I do have a local repo here, but I haven't updated it yet to the 4.6.0
> final packages. Also, I haven't tried to rebuild all the plugins for
> F10.
>
> I can update that and let you know where the repo is if you want to
> test them?
Me too for f10.
Thanks,
Gianluca
15 years, 3 months
Fedora Classroom talk: Using the Windows cross-compiler
by Richard W.M. Jones
Date: Sunday, 8th March 2009
Time: 18:15 UTC [1]
Location: Virtual -- #fedora-classroom on irc.freenode.net
Details: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Classroom#The_Current_Timeline
Background: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/Windows_cross_compiler
IRC help: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/IRCHowTo
A talk and interactive session, "Using the Windows cross-compiler":
- API basics: POSIX, libc, Win32, gtk, Qt, etc.
- Cross-compiler basics
- Practical demonstration:
setting up the cross-compiler in Fedora
compiling a small Gtk program
testing it in Wine
building a Windows installer
- Future directions (Win64, Mac OS X ?)
- How to get involved
If you have root access to a Fedora 10 or rawhide install (i386 or
x86-64 only) you can follow along with the practical part.
Rich.
[1] For times around the world, see:
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--
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virt-p2v converts physical machines to virtual machines. Boot with a
live CD or over the network (PXE) and turn machines into Xen guests.
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15 years, 3 months
F10, keyboard screen switching doesn't work
by Gene Heskett
Greetings;
When I was running F8, there were many things available on my keyboard, such
as the volume & mute control buttons on this logitech wireless keyboard
actually worked, and I could switch screens with something like the alt+ (or
ctl+ I forget which) F# key.
This stuff no longer works on F10, so apps that use the whole screen like
mythtv have to be stopped if the rest of the machine is to be usable. How
can these formerly very useful functions be restored for F10?
--
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 large number of installed systems work by fiat. That is, they work
by being declared to work.
-- Anatol Holt
15 years, 3 months
gconf
by Patrick Dupre
Hello,
After an update from fc7 to fc10, the first session of gnome
does not create properly the environment to start the gnome session.
In fact, after creating a user, and run startx for example, the
directory .gconf stays empty and this does not let start a gnome
environment.
How can I start the script to create this clear environment ?
Why is it not done it by default ?
The tools seems to be based on gconftool-2, how can I activate it ?
Thank.
Regards.
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15 years, 3 months
resetting user
by Jerry Ro
Hello,
Is there a way to reset user settings as root for the GUI in Fedora 9? What
happened is that I added a new language to a certain user settings in admin
Keyboard settings, and that completely ruined his log-in. I cannot log-in
using that user anymore - when I enter the (correct) password, Fedora looks
as if it is going to load the GUI, and then goes back to the login. I can
only login as root. If you can tell me what file includes keyboard settings,
maybe I could change it. I couldn't find it in the user's home directory.
Any ideas?
Thanks
15 years, 3 months
System Sound Volume Control on F10
by Christopher A Williams
In the last couple of days, I've had a strange thing happen with sounds
on my system. Volume for all of the normal system sound events (logon,
logoff, etc.) has suddenly become very low - almost not audible at all.
Yet, sounds from other applications are quite normal. So things like
Pidgin, flash video, music files, etc., are just fine.
Yet, I can't seem to find a volume control for the system sounds. I have
other user accounts set up on the system (this is the family PC) and
they have no sound issues at all - system or otherwise. Am I just
missing something that, if it were a snake, would have bitten me?
Cheers,
Chris
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"If we don't succeed,
we run the risk of failure."
-- Former President Bill Clinton
15 years, 3 months
