Fedora as Xen/CentOS guest?
by Greg Woods
Is there a trick to getting Fedora to install as a Xen guest? I've got a
CentOS 5.5 box and I have tried to create a Fedora VM (starting with
F11, then F12, then F13) and I run into the same problem every time: it
starts booting from the install DVD (or ISO image, same thing), gets
partway through the boot, and hangs. It hangs right after printing
messages about cgroups.
Yes, I know Xen is older technology (we have a lot invested in our
existing installation), CentOS is not Fedora, this question maybe should
be asked on a CentOS or Xen list, etc. I'm just wondering if anyone here
has successfully done this.
--Greg
13 years, 10 months
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- 0
Moving a virtual machine
by Matthew Saltzman
I set up a virtual machine in virt-manager on one machine, and now I'd
like to port it to another machine. I copied /var/lib/libvirt to the
other machine, but the VM doesn't show up in the list of VMs in
virt-manager.
I must be missing something, but I'm not sure what. Does anyone know?
Is there something that needs to be set?
The copy of /var/lib/libvirt is on a removable USB drive, and I
symlinked the directory on the target machine to the directory on the
disk. Do I need to do something more?
TIA.
--
Matthew Saltzman
Clemson University Math Sciences
mjs AT clemson DOT edu
http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs
13 years, 10 months
- 2
- 1
radeon to nvidia to radeon produces pain
by Michael Hennebry
I'm on my third video card.
The first was a radeon.
After I zapped that one, I had it replaced with
an nvidia card because it had AGP and I could find it.
Having cooked or otherwise damaged that one,
I replaced it with a VisionTek Radeon HD 3650.
It was the AGP card I could find.
Knoppix 5.1.0 runs just fine.
I'm using it now.
knoppix@Knoppix:~$ uname -a
Linux Knoppix 2.6.19 #7 SMP PREEMPT Sun Dec 17 22:01:07 CET 2006 i686
GNU/Linux
knoppix@Knoppix:~$
Fedora 11, not so great.
It never gets to X.
The last messages to the console involve the ethernet connection.
Disconnecting and reconnecting results in more messages.
Alternate consoles show the login prompt.
After logging in as root, I have to run dhclient explicitly
to acccess the internet.
At the suggestion of a friend, I did
yum grouperase 'X Window System'
yum groupinstall 'X Window System'
It didn't help.
Xorg.conf now says I have vesa where I used to say I had nvidia.
What do I need to do to make Fedora work?
--
Michael hennebry(a)web.cs.ndsu.NoDak.edu
"Pessimist: The glass is half empty.
Optimist: The glass is half full.
Engineer: The glass is twice as big as it needs to be."
13 years, 10 months
- 6
- 21
Re: twin display f12
by pankaj singh
Hi siddhesh.poyarekar(a)gmail.com
Thanks for your reply.
I did in same way but the monitor is not detecting. It is displaying no
signal.
Yes I would like to mention that its 64 bit system.
I have been trying it since one month and I have search the net almost
everyday for the solution but no luck yet.
Thanks
Pankaj
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> 3. Re: USB to parallel port printer adapter does not work
> anymore. (F13) (Tim)
> 4. Why are 0 karma updates still being released? (Mike Fedyk)
> 5. Re: screen res problem (Dale J. Chatham)
> 6. Re: Ugly little hand [Solved] (Jonathan Ryshpan)
> 7. fnfx trouble on Toshiba (Yogesh)
> 8. Re: Why are 0 karma updates still being released?
> (Stephen Gallagher)
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> (Sam Varshavchik)
> 10. Re: screen res problem (Craig White)
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> 13. Re: Chromium by default? (Rahul Sundaram)
> 14. Re: netinst images: What's the point? (Richard Shaw)
> 15. Re: netinst images: What's the point? (Rahul Sundaram)
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Rex Dieter <rdieter(a)math.unl.edu>
> To: users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org
> Date: Wed, 02 Jun 2010 18:56:30 -0500
> Subject: Re: can't set Okular as helper pdf app in Firefox
> Claude Jones wrote:
>
> > On Wednesday, June 02, 2010 01:30:45 pm Rex Dieter wrote:
> >> So, long-story-short, not sure why firefox isn't using these items for
> >> you.
> >
> > long-story-short, I looked at those files and Okular was definitely
> listed
> > as the relevant app - that's all, I just looked, changing nothing
>
> OK, I can reproduce the problem now. :(
>
> I'll bang on it awhile, and let you know when/if I find any solutions.
>
> -- Rex
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Rex Dieter <rdieter(a)math.unl.edu>
> To: users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org
> Date: Wed, 02 Jun 2010 18:59:52 -0500
> Subject: Re: can't set Okular as helper pdf app in Firefox
> Rex Dieter wrote:
>
> > Claude Jones wrote:
> >
> >> On Wednesday, June 02, 2010 01:30:45 pm Rex Dieter wrote:
> >>> So, long-story-short, not sure why firefox isn't using these items for
> >>> you.
> >>
> >> long-story-short, I looked at those files and Okular was definitely
> >> listed as the relevant app - that's all, I just looked, changing nothing
> >
> > OK, I can reproduce the problem now. :(
> >
> > I'll bang on it awhile, and let you know when/if I find any solutions.
>
> I take it back, I had a local pref set in
> ~/.local/share/applications/defaults.list
> that was getting in the way. How about you?
>
> -- Rex
>
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Tim <ignored_mailbox(a)yahoo.com.au>
> To: Community support for Fedora users <users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org>
> Date: Thu, 03 Jun 2010 09:56:41 +0930
> Subject: Re: USB to parallel port printer adapter does not work anymore.
> (F13)
> On Wed, 2010-06-02 at 11:54 -0700, Mick M. wrote:
> > Any help appreciated
>
> Since you say "any help," if you cannot overcome this problem, or wish
> to avoid similar problems in the future, I reckon that parallel to
> network adaptors, rather than parallel to USB, are far more useful.
>
> --
> [tim@localhost ~]$ uname -r
> 2.6.27.25-78.2.56.fc9.i686
>
> Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I
> read messages from the public lists.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Mike Fedyk <mfedyk(a)mikefedyk.com>
> To: Community support for Fedora users <users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org>
> Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2010 17:31:29 -0700
> Subject: Why are 0 karma updates still being released?
> Here is a sampling of the recent updates that have been pushed to
> stable. There are more, I didn't look at every update.
>
> Released straight to stable:
> https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/gdb-7.0.1-47.fc12
> https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/ClanLib-2.1.1-1.fc12
> https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/fuse-convmvfs-0.2.5-1.fc12
>
> Pushed to testing and then to stable a few days later with zero karma.
> https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/bti-026-1.fc12
> https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/vidalia-0.2.9-1.fc12
> https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/EekBoek-2.00.02-1.fc12
> https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/fsarchiver-0.6.10-1.fc12
>
> Why are we still pushing to stable or submitting directly to stable
> without people other than the packager testing it?
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "Dale J. Chatham" <dale(a)chatham.org>
> To: users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org
> Date: Wed, 02 Jun 2010 19:54:48 -0500
> Subject: Re: screen res problem
> <humor>
>
> Uh, dude. I'm an amateur astronomer and truly enjoy "exploring the stars".
> .
>
> No need to insult us stargazers :)
>
> </humor>
>
> This is an individual not suited to have any interaction with humans
>
> On 06/02/2010 06:05 PM, jack craig wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>> Of course he is a "Superior Being". Don't you realize this he is...
>>>
>>> Dave Ocame, WS1ETI
>>> Awards Chair
>>> The SETILeague, Inc
>>>
>>> Stony Creek Observatory
>>> FN31og
>>> -72.834 longitude
>>> 41.272 latitude
>>> Member: The SETILeague, Inc. and,
>>> The Society for Amateur Radio Astronomy (SARA) and,
>>> The Planetary Society
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> I doubt his porcupine personality is suited for more than exploring the
>> stars.
>> Gawd forbid he actually encounters any real intelligence out there...
>>
>> they keep those observatories way out in the sticks for more than one
>> reason! :-D
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Our peculiar security is in the possession of a written Constitution.
> Let us not make it a blank paper by construction."
>
> --Thomas Jefferson, letter to Wilson Nicholas, 1803
>
> There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
> soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order.
> -- Ed Howdershelt (Author)
>
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Jonathan Ryshpan <jonrysh(a)pacbell.net>
> To: Community support for Fedora users <users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org>
> Date: Wed, 02 Jun 2010 18:01:58 -0700
> Subject: Re: Ugly little hand [Solved]
> On Tue, 2010-06-01 at 19:55 -0700, Jonathan Ryshpan wrote:
> > The cursor that displays over desktop icons and links in Firefox, among
> > other places -- a little black hand pointing up -- is really ugly. (At
> > least I think so.) How can it be changed?
> > Appearance Preferences->Theme->Customize Theme
> > allows changing the default cursor but not others.
>
> I was confused because only one cursor-theme was installed, namely
> dmz-cursor-theme (the default), which made gnome cursor control
> System->Preferences->Appearance->Customize Theme->Pointer
> seem not to be good for anything. As soon as I loaded some other
> themes, namely:
> bluecurve-cursor-theme-8.0.2.5.fc12.noarch
> moblin-cursor-theme-0.3.2.noarch
> oxygen-cursor-themes-4.4.3.1.fc13.1.noarch
> this choice box became very useful.
>
> > Same question for the whirling circle that displays when the system is
> > busy.
>
> This may be better too. Haven't been able to check so far.
>
> Thanks to all - jon
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Yogesh <yogeshp08(a)gmail.com>
> To: Fedora Mailing List <users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org>
> Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2010 21:05:24 -0400
> Subject: fnfx trouble on Toshiba
> Hello,
>
> I have very recently migrated to Fedora from Windows. I have installed it
> on my Toshiba L505-S5971 laptop.
> I installed fnfx after reading about it in some forum. That went fine.
>
> Now with every boot I get the following message.
>
> Starting fnfxd: modprobe: FATAL: Error inserting toshiba_acpi
> (/lib/modules/2.6.33.5-112.fc13.i686/kernel/drivers/platform/x86/toshiba_acpi.ko):
> No such device
>
> FnFX Daemon v0.3 (c) 2003, 2004 Timo Hoenig <thoenig(a)nouse.net>
>
> fatal error: Could open /proc/acpi/toshiba/keys.
>
> Please make sure that your kernel has enabled the Toshiba option in the
> ACPI section.
> For more information read the documentation and/or
> http://fnfx.sf.net/index.php?section=doc#kernel.
>
> Currently, the hotkeys are not working. Also, I guess, there is not control
> over the CPU fan. It is being used heavily and all the time. It makes noise.
>
> Can someone help me with this? How should I go about this?
>
> Thanks
>
> -Yogesh
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Stephen Gallagher <sgallagh(a)redhat.com>
> To: users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org
> Date: Wed, 02 Jun 2010 21:11:19 -0400
> Subject: Re: Why are 0 karma updates still being released?
> On 06/02/2010 08:31 PM, Mike Fedyk wrote:
>
>> Here is a sampling of the recent updates that have been pushed to
>> stable. There are more, I didn't look at every update.
>>
>> Released straight to stable:
>> https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/gdb-7.0.1-47.fc12
>> https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/ClanLib-2.1.1-1.fc12
>> https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/fuse-convmvfs-0.2.5-1.fc12
>>
>> Pushed to testing and then to stable a few days later with zero karma.
>> https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/bti-026-1.fc12
>> https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/vidalia-0.2.9-1.fc12
>> https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/EekBoek-2.00.02-1.fc12
>> https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/fsarchiver-0.6.10-1.fc12
>>
>> Why are we still pushing to stable or submitting directly to stable
>> without people other than the packager testing it?
>>
>
> I can't speak for the specific packages above, but I will sometimes push a
> package stable to Fedora N-1 that is identical to a package in Fedora N if
> the package in Fedora N got sufficient Karma. Maybe that's what happened
> here?
>
>
>
> --
> Stephen Gallagher
> RHCE 804006346421761
>
> Delivering value year after year.
> Red Hat ranks #1 in value among software vendors.
> http://www.redhat.com/promo/vendor/
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Sam Varshavchik <mrsam(a)courier-mta.com>
> To: Community support for Fedora users <users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org>
> Date: Wed, 02 Jun 2010 21:17:20 -0400
> Subject: Re: Why are 0 karma updates still being released?
> Mike Fedyk writes:
>
> Pushed to testing and then to stable a few days later with zero karma.
>> https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/bti-026-1.fc12
>> https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/vidalia-0.2.9-1.fc12
>> https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/EekBoek-2.00.02-1.fc12
>> https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/fsarchiver-0.6.10-1.fc12
>>
>> Why are we still pushing to stable or submitting directly to stable
>> without people other than the packager testing it?
>>
>
> Maybe because nobody is aware that something's waiting for some karma out
> there?
>
> I see that openssh was pushed to stable recently. I might've been willing
> to grab it from testing and give it whirl, but I'm not sure how I would've
> known about it. Whatever this errata fixed, it obviously didn't affect me,
> so I was not aware of the open bug, and a pending errata.
>
> It's just a hunch, but here's what I think happens most of the time:
> someone files a bug, the maintainer picks it up, fixes the bug, pushes the
> package to testing.
>
> So, you've really got just the bug reporter who's interested in the errata,
> and is even aware of a package. And most of the time it's an ordinary user
> who is not even aware of the underlying infrastructure. A canned message
> gets appended to the Bugzilla entry, saying something to the effect that a
> package was "pushed" somewhere. The bug reporter may not be aware of the
> fact that there's some kind of a mechanism to rate the pending update. The
> bug reporter is most likely waiting until he gets a popup from Packagekit,
> telling him that an update is ready.
>
> I had someone file a bug against my small, obscure package. It was an
> enhancement. I finally got around to coding it, tarring it up (I'm my own
> upstream), then grabbing it with my maintainer hat, building it, and pushing
> it to testing.
>
> So, how long should I wait for some karma? In the past, I've waited two
> weeks before requesting a push to stable. Is there a policy document
> somewhere that lays down the law, on this?
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Craig White <craigwhite(a)azapple.com>
> To: Community support for Fedora users <users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org>
> Date: Wed, 02 Jun 2010 18:42:57 -0700
> Subject: Re: screen res problem
> On Wed, 2010-06-02 at 19:54 -0500, Dale J. Chatham wrote:
> > <humor>
> >
> > Uh, dude. I'm an amateur astronomer and truly enjoy "exploring the
> > stars". .
> >
> > No need to insult us stargazers :)
> >
> > </humor>
> >
> ----
> you know what they say... 99% of the lawyers give the rest of them a bad
> name.
>
> Craig
>
>
> --
> This message has been scanned for viruses and
> dangerous content by MailScanner, and is
> believed to be clean.
>
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Siddhesh Poyarekar <siddhesh.poyarekar(a)gmail.com>
> To: Community support for Fedora users <users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org>
> Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2010 08:46:15 +0530
> Subject: Re: twin display f12
> On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 4:01 AM, pankaj singh <simranjanu(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> > twin display on fedora 12
> >
> > Hello friend I have HP pavilion dv4 laptop and fedora 12 is installed on
> > that. I would like to display the laptop screen on other monitor. I do
> not
> > have NVIDIA graphics card.
> > Can anybody help me setting the laptop display on the external monitor.
>
> In most cases it is just the matter of plugging in the other monitor
> and starting the gnome-display-properties program (System >
> Preferences > Monitors or Screens) and "turning on" the other monitor
> through it. Be sure that the physical monitor is turned on too.
>
>
> --
> Siddhesh Poyarekar
> http://siddhesh.in
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "Daniel B. Thurman" <dant(a)cdkkt.com>
> To: Community support for Fedora users <users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org>
> Date: Wed, 02 Jun 2010 20:26:46 -0700
> Subject: Re: Removing/Cemsoring bad Fedora mirrors?
> On 06/02/2010 03:20 PM, Sam Varshavchik wrote:
> > Daniel B. Thurman writes:
> >
> >> One would think that yum can detect "hangs" and
> >> move on to the next mirror to pick up the slack,
> >> but this is not the case, or so I am led to believe...
> >
> > It's been my consistent experience that yum waits about 30 seconds or
> > so, before giving up and going to the next mirror.
> >
> Yes, that is true for a "behaving mirror", but in my case,
> and on F12, it hangs a very long time (I went away for 30
> minutes... came back, and no go!)
>
> So... it was strange.
>
> Seems that the hang in that mirror in question had
> a firm grip on the connection and would not time out
> at all OR yum thinks somehow the connection is still
> live even though there is no activity whatsoever. I
> had to ^C the yum connection to break yum, blacklist
> the offending mirror and try again. This time it worked.
>
> Strange.
>
>
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Rahul Sundaram <metherid(a)gmail.com>
> To: Community support for Fedora users <users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org>
> Date: Thu, 03 Jun 2010 08:58:39 +0530
> Subject: Re: Chromium by default?
> On 06/01/2010 01:54 PM, Valent Turkovic wrote:
> > Chrome/Chromium browser has more than 70 million users[3], much more
> > than Fedora itself, for me that proves it is a good and stable
> > browser.
> >
>
> I think that assertion is wrong. Firefox has more users but more
> importantly, the large majority of Chrome users are unlikely to be using
> Linux and a even smaller percentage would be using Chromium and a even
> smaller percentage would be using Spot's repo in Fedora and that's the
> number that actually counts.
>
> Rahul
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Richard Shaw <hobbes1069(a)gmail.com>
> To: Community support for Fedora users <users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org>
> Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2010 22:31:03 -0500
> Subject: Re: netinst images: What's the point?
> On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 3:18 PM, Richard Shaw <hobbes1069(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 8:02 PM, Joseph L. Casale
> > <jcasale(a)activenetwerx.com> wrote:
> >>>I'm not sure what's wrong, I just know it never asks me to initialize
> >>>a network connection unless I specify "askmethod", then it does it in
> >>>the non-graphical part of the setup.
> >>
> >> I just pulled the x86 iso down (only had x64) and whipped up a vm in
> esxi
> >> w/ an emulated E1000 nic and it asked me to initialize the nic once I
> hit
> >> the gui before the package selection step.
> >>
> >> What kind of nic do you have? Maybe a bug wrt your hardware only?
> >
> > I'll try booting the image in Virtualbox and see if it prompts me for nic
> init.
>
> Well sure enough, I tried several different options in anaconda under
> virtualbox and it asked me to init my nic every time. At this point I
> don't know if it's a problem of using the livecd tools, which is
> unlikely, or that it doesn't see the nic on my netbook, which seems
> equally unlikely since I had F12 running on it quite well without any
> 3rd party drivers.
>
> One thing I do know, the error message could be far more useful.
>
> Thanks,
> Richard
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Rahul Sundaram <metherid(a)gmail.com>
> To: Community support for Fedora users <users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org>
> Date: Thu, 03 Jun 2010 09:03:43 +0530
> Subject: Re: netinst images: What's the point?
> On 06/03/2010 09:01 AM, Richard Shaw wrote:
> > Well sure enough, I tried several different options in anaconda under
> > virtualbox and it asked me to init my nic every time. At this point I
> > don't know if it's a problem of using the livecd tools, which is
> > unlikely, or that it doesn't see the nic on my netbook, which seems
> > equally unlikely since I had F12 running on it quite well without any
> > 3rd party drivers.
> >
> > One thing I do know, the error message could be far more useful.
> >
>
> Yeah. File a bug report against Anaconda and followup on it.
>
> Rahul
>
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Genes MailLists <lists(a)sapience.com>
> To: Community support for Fedora users <users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org>
> Date: Thu, 03 Jun 2010 00:05:45 -0400
> Subject: Re: Chromium by default?
> On 06/02/2010 11:28 PM, Rahul Sundaram wrote:
> > On 06/01/2010 01:54 PM, Valent Turkovic wrote:
> >> Chrome/Chromium browser has more than 70 million users[3], much more
> >> than Fedora itself, for me that proves it is a good and stable
> >> browser.
> >>
> >
> > I think that assertion is wrong. Firefox has more users but more
> > importantly, the large majority of Chrome users are unlikely to be using
> > Linux and a even smaller percentage would be using Chromium and a even
> > smaller percentage would be using Spot's repo in Fedora and that's the
> > number that actually counts.
> >
> > Rahul
>
>
> Whilst above is true - the vast majority of linux users may very well
> be or will be using chrome even if they are not the majority of chrome
> users. Obviously because Linux is not the majority of desktop os' users
> either - tho it is becoming the dominant server os (see top 500 list for
> example how it is dominated by linux). So of course we are not the
> dominant browser users either .. so what.
>
> Chrome is the up and comer and will overtake firefox in due time imho.
> It is way, way, way better than firefox in a large number of important
> ways. It is young still but in a short time has gained enormous
> momentum. And it is not just windows users switching.
>
> However, that is google-chrome - I have not tried spots repo for a
> while but when I first tried it it was far less functional than
> google-chrome - cannot tell you why (java flash problems primarily if I
> recall).
>
> At present chrome is eating mostly IE users and safari users ... and
> linux firefox users. I actually no longer know anyone using firefox on
> linux (not saying there are none) but everyone I know using linux -
> regardless of distro is using google-chrome and holding firefox
> just-in-case something has stupidly checked for IE/FF.
>
> Everyone I know used to use firefox on linux - and that has changed ..
> ok not 70 MM but quite a large number!
>
> We should be advancing chrome (or chromium) - it is in our best
> interest - to work on either chromium or with google to include
> google-chrome in fedora. Google has switched their desktops to linux or
> mac (users choice) - now theres a few more chrome users on linux .. ;-)
>
> gene
>
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Richard Shaw <hobbes1069(a)gmail.com>
> To: Community support for Fedora users <users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org>
> Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2010 23:06:45 -0500
> Subject: Re: F13 installation: successful with small problem and larger
> one.
> On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 4:31 PM, fred smith
> <fredex(a)fcshome.stoneham.ma.us> wrote:
> > Hi gang!
> >
> > I installed F13 on my eeepc 901 on Friday. Since I changed the
> partitioing
> > scheme, I backed up the whole thing onto a USB HD first so I could
> restore
> > my home directory afterwards (in fact I also kept dd images of /dev/sda
> > and /dev/sdb in case I decided to put F12 back on it later.)
> >
> > first small problem:
> > I wanted /dev/sda (4 gig SSD) to contain /boot and /. I wanted /dev/sdb
> > (16gig SSD) to contain swap and /home. I DID NOT want LVM. I DID want
> > encrypted filesystems. But when I tell Anaconda to partition without LVM
> > and without VG, it disables encrypted partition option. Is there any
> > way to regain that feature?
>
> I'm a little late to the conversation but just to offer another
> option. I actually did want LVM on my EEEPC 701. I only have a 4GB
> main SSD as well and I also have a 4GB SD card it it. On my original
> install of F12 I found the SSD to be rather slow so since I don't keep
> anything important on it I decided to experiment with an LVM striped
> volume. I end up wasting a little space for two reasons. One I need a
> /boot that's not in LVM, and two, although both are considered 4GB
> storage devices, they are not exactly the same size.
>
> Anyway, I used gparted from System Rescue CD on a flash drive to setup
> my partitions since anaconda can be rather limiting, especially prior
> to the F13 version. Then I use the custom disk layout option and
> manually set everything up.
>
> I find a noticeable reduction in program load times with the LVM
> stripe and if eithe drive goes bad, no problem. Like I said I don't
> keep anything important on it.
>
> Richard
>
>
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Evolution new mail notification gone in F13?
by Matthew Saltzman
I preupgraded from F12 to F13, and now Evolution doesn't pop up the
notification icon for new mail in the notification area. It does pop up
the appointment notification.
Any suggestion for where to look to fix welcome.
Thanks.
--
Matthew Saltzman
Clemson University Math Sciences
mjs AT clemson DOT edu
http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs
13 years, 10 months
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Ugly little hand
by Jonathan Ryshpan
The cursor that displays over desktop icons and links in Firefox, among
other places -- a little black hand pointing up -- is really ugly. (At
least I think so.) How can it be changed?
Appearance Preferences->Theme->Customize Theme
allows changing the default cursor but not others.
Same question for the whirling circle that displays when the system is
busy.
Thanks - jon
13 years, 10 months
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can't set Okular as helper pdf app in Firefox
by Claude Jones
This is Fedora 13 with the KDE desktop and all the latest updates:
When I click on a pdf link in Firefox, I get a message saying the helper
application doesn't exist and to change that in preferences. In Firefox
preferences in the Applications tab, the helper app is set to Okular. If I
download a pdf, as opposed to clicking on the link, and then right-click and
select open with Okular, it works fine.
In KDE settings, the file association for pdf's is also set to Okular
Is there another place this has to be set??
--
Claude Jones
Brunswick, MD, USA
13 years, 10 months
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Printer selector in F13
by Matthew Saltzman
Up through F12, under Preferences, there was a selector for the default
printer. After a preupgrade to F13, that no longer seems to be
available. Is it gone? Did it move to another package?
Thanks.
--
Matthew Saltzman
Clemson University Math Sciences
mjs AT clemson DOT edu
http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs
13 years, 10 months
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Why are 0 karma updates still being released?
by Mike Fedyk
Here is a sampling of the recent updates that have been pushed to
stable. There are more, I didn't look at every update.
Released straight to stable:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/gdb-7.0.1-47.fc12
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/ClanLib-2.1.1-1.fc12
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/fuse-convmvfs-0.2.5-1.fc12
Pushed to testing and then to stable a few days later with zero karma.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/bti-026-1.fc12
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/vidalia-0.2.9-1.fc12
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/EekBoek-2.00.02-1.fc12
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/fsarchiver-0.6.10-1.fc12
Why are we still pushing to stable or submitting directly to stable
without people other than the packager testing it?
13 years, 10 months
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Problems with fetchmail
by Mats
Hello,
I will try to keep this both informative and short. I have installed
mutt and fetchmail under fedora 13. I have also changed from sendmail to
postfix and it works perfect sending mail with mutt. When I use
fetchmail -a to get my mail I can see that it fetch the mails but they
don't show up in mutt. The folder in mutt is set
to /var/spool/mail/"user" but it seems to be empty. I have
no .procmailrc file (not in /etc and not in /home/"user").
My .fetchmailrc looks something like this:
poll my.isp proto POP3
user me_at_isp there with password "secret" is "my_login_name" here
And it's chmod 600 (obviously because it starts as normal).
As I said, I wonder in what folder he puts the mail?
/Mats
13 years, 10 months
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