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Crontab as alarm clock with ogg123
by Robert Arkiletian 31 Jul '10

31 Jul '10

Hi, Using 'crontab -e' I set crond to play an ogg music file with ogg123. But it only plays it if I'm logged in. How does one make it play even if a different user is logged in or nobody is logged in? To debug I tried su - to another user and play the file. I got error ALSA lib pulse.c:229:(pulse_connect) PulseAudio: Unable to connect: Connection refused === Could not load default driver and no driver specified in config file. Exiting. So I'm thinking it's the same infrastructure to prevent others music playing when you switch users. But in my case I *want* it to play. Any ideas? Thanks -- Robert Arkiletian Eric Hamber Secondary, Vancouver, Canada

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Miro Player ??
by Mickey 31 Jul '10

31 Jul '10

FC13 I have a file Miro Video Converter.dmg that is a Video Converter for Miro. How does this file install into Miro ? I have been all over Google trying to find the method to install it, but all I can find out how to install Miro, And Miro is already installed. I guess I'm just not asking the right search term.

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os that rather uses the gpu?
by Arthur Bela 31 Jul '10

31 Jul '10

Does someone know a distribution/operating system, that rather uses the GPU for "working", not the CPU? [by default] Or this solution is still in the "beginning part"? Thanks for any tips, link, suggestions.

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How can I make local dnsmasq play nicely with NetworkManager?
by Robert Nichols 31 Jul '10

31 Jul '10

I am trying to set up dnsmasq as a local resolver cache on my F-12 laptop, and can't find any way to pass the nameservers returned by DHCP to dnsmasq as upstream nameservers and still have 127.0.0.1 appear as the primary nameserver in /etc/resolv.conf. NetworkManager creates a resolv.conf file that contains only the servers returned by DHCP. That does not allow queries from local processes to be routed through the local caching resolver. Without NetworkManager, I would just put a line in dhclient.conf to prepend "127.0.0.1" to the list of nameservers returned by DHCP. dnsmasq would then read resolv.conf, nicely ignore that entry, and use the other nameserver entries as upstream servers. NetworkManager always invokes dhclient with a custom config file that is created anew for each invocation, and gives no means to add this customization. If I configure NetworkManager to put "127.0.0.1" as a nameserver in resolv.conf, then _only_ that nameserver will appear, and dnsmasq has no way to discover the upstream servers. I cannot simply hard code the upstream servers in /etc/dnsmasq.conf because that would ignore what DHCP returns. I can put a script in /etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/ to modify resolv.conf to my liking, but that script does not get invoked for lease renewals, at which time dhclient would undo my changes. Getting rid of NetworkManager really isn't a viable option for a laptop that needs to connect to various WiFi networks. I find it hard to believe nobody's run into this before, but my searches on Google have been fruitless. Looking for suggestions before I go complain on the NetworkManager developers list. -- Bob Nichols "NOSPAM" is really part of my email address. Do NOT delete it.

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Yum Updates Broken due to SSL Certificate Expiration
by Mark W. Jeanmougin 31 Jul '10

31 Jul '10

FYI: As part of the current issue with the SSL certificate expiration, yum is not working for Fedora 12. I would bet that Fedora 13 and other versions are affected as well. Here is the errors that I get when I try to do a "yum update": [root@host ~]# yum --downloadonly update Loaded plugins: dellsysidplugin2, downloadonly, presto Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: fedora. Please verify its path and try again Just putting this out there in case anyone else gets frustrated at the same error messages. It sounds like the Fedora guys are working on it and a new cert should be in place very soon. Many thanks to all the people that make Fedora work so well! MJ

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firefox bug (fedora or mozilla?)
by Mike Wright 31 Jul '10

31 Jul '10

Hi all, I've come across some sites that only partially render when using firefox. I had been using 3.0.15 so upgraded to 3.6.6 from Remi Collet's repository in hopes of better functionality but the problem persists. Note that both of these render correctly when using Chrome. [1] has three columns. Column one is the login box and it doesn't display. By drilling down using firebug I can change the iframe to "display: block" and it appears and is functional. I can't remember where I found the error but the complaint was that it couldn't find busybox. I don't know if that is a dependency but it isn't part of the standard install; yum installing it had no effect (which I expected because I think there is also a javascript busybox). [2] has two columns. The left one is the TOC but it doesn't display either. I can't figure out that one but am inclined to believe it is also javascript related. Would some brave soul be so kind as to give these a whirl and let me know if it works for them? Thanks, Mike Wright [1] https://servicing.capitalone.com/c1/login.aspx [2] http://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/software/tws/twsguide.htm

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Re: Help fedora 13
by Chris Tyler 30 Jul '10

30 Jul '10

On Thu, 2010-07-29 at 08:11 -0400, Philip Russell wrote: > Got rid of windows, Love Fedora 13, Just not familiar with it as much > yet > > Im getting a message "There are unfinished transactions remaining. > Please run yum-complete-transaction as root." Hi Philip, Here's what you need to do: 1. Open a terminal (Applications>System Tools>Terminal) 2. Switch user to become the system administrator "root" (type "su" and Enter, then enter the root password) 3. Type the command "yum-complete-transactions". It will try to complete any incomplete package installation/removal/upgrades that are pending. 4. There may be more than one incomplete transaction, so repeat step 3 until it says that there's nothing more to do. I noticed that you sent your e-mail to users-owner(a)lists.fedoraproject.org, which is the administrative address for the list. You should usually send questions to users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org, which is the mailing list for general discussions amongst Fedora users. -Chris

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fedora 12 sound recorder fails with cant load modules
by Ralph Blach 30 Jul '10

30 Jul '10

I am running fedora 12 and the sound recorder fails when I try to record from a mike. It says No modules available. Any ideas out there? thanks Chip

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Changing Forgotten Root Password
by Mickey 30 Jul '10

30 Jul '10

Fedora 11, 12 Changing Forgotten Root Password. Starting computer and going into Single User Mode and deleting the "x" in /etc/passwd and restarting computer and login as "root" and add new root password, does that still hold true for FC10, 11, 12 /etc/passwd root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash

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Sound Streaming Problem
by Oliver Ruebenacker 30 Jul '10

30 Jul '10

Hello, I have a recurring problem with sound streaming with Fedora 13 (and earlier versions - I am having this problem for quite a while, across different Fedora versions) on my Dell Latitude 820 laptop. This affects equally the sound of YouTube videos and music CDs. Sometimes it works flawlessly, sometimes there is no sound, and sometimes the sound cycles through short intervals, like a stuck record, but with faster repetitions. Occasionally, restarting the application (Firefox, Rhythmbox, etc) helps, often it does not. Sometimes, logging out and back in helps, sometimes it does not help. On rare occasions, changing the volume control helps (when I'm not listening, I usually keep the volume at zero, and it sometimes seems as if the system has not noticed that the volume has been turned up, until I turn it up some more). I tried different plugins/add-ons with Firefox, and different application to play the music CD, but it does not seem to make a difference. What can I do? Thanks! -- Oliver Ruebenacker, Computational Cell Biologist Systems Biology Linker at Virtual Cell (http://vcell.org/sybil) Turning Knowledge Data into Models Center for Cell Analysis and Modeling http://www.oliver.curiousworld.org

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