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Aren't upgrades demanding too much restarts?
by Andre Costa 02 Sep '10

02 Sep '10

Latest F13 upgrades include two packages that "require" a restart: evolution-data-server and GtkHTML. ... ?! Is it really necessary to *reboot* because two desktop components have been upgraded? Shouldn't a logout/login be enough? This sounds like overkill, specially if you're the only one using the computer (i.e. there are no other users using those libraries/services besides you -- *if* you're using them). I don't even use Evolution! Isn't there any more clever way of determining if a reboot is really necessary? Or maybe at least the message should be less "demanding", I don't know... it really seems unneeded. I used to be proud of Linux only needing a reboot when the kernel (or some key component) was upgraded. This is sadly feeling like "those good old times" :-( Regards, Andre

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Installing fedora on a system without display
by Ankur Sinha 02 Sep '10

02 Sep '10

hi, I have a system (no monitor, just the cpu). I'd like to install fedora on this and convert this into a server. Can it be done? -- Thanks! Regards, Ankur

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Download confirmation now not prompts me!
by Parshwa Murdia 01 Sep '10

01 Sep '10

hi, In a sudden changing manner, now if I try to update the system, using the command, [fedorax@localhost ~]$ su - Password: [root@localhost ~]# yum update It doesn't prompt me to type in 'y' or 'n' if some downloadable update is there unlike earlier when I used to type in 'yes' to download a particular package of some size and update the system. Not only in this command but in some other commands also, I have the same thing repeating when I am not being prompted for tying in 'y' or 'n' for the confirmation of download. Why could this happen all of a sudden? -- Regards, Parshwa Murdia

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Better Firefox fonts?
by Alex 01 Sep '10

01 Sep '10

Hi, Quite often the fonts in a web page, or printing something from within Firefox looks blurred. Here is a sample screenshot: http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/7923/loc.png It's a random page I chose to exhibit the problem. Printing web pages also looks like crap, but perhaps that's something to do with the printing system? Is it possible this is instead the driver for my video card? I'm using a dual-head HD5700: [ 35.548] (--) PCI:*(0:6:0:0) 1002:68b8:174b:e147 ATI Technologies Inc Juniper [Radeon HD 5700 Series] rev 0, Mem @ 0xd0000000/268435456, 0xfe9e0000/131072, I/O @ 0x0000e000/256, BIOS @ 0x????????/131072 [112179.601] (II) RADEON(0): Modeline "1680x1050"x0.0 146.25 1680 1784 1960 2240 1050 1053 1059 1089 -hsync +vsync (65.3 kHz) Are there other driver choices for this card with FC13, like perhaps one that supports the 3D acceleration? In any case, I recall seeing a doc that described how to install the Windows TT fonts, but can't find it now. I believe it was also for an older version. Thanks, Alex

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grub-install question
by JD 31 Aug '10

31 Aug '10

A friend has a PC with windows only on the main boot disk, and another windows + F13 on the second disk. Because he did not install grub on sda, he can only boot windows on sda. Bios boot menu does not allow him to select the second disk for booting. Only way he can boot second disk is by disabling main disk (sda) in bios, and then bios will boot from the second disk. Since I do not have such a setup, nor such a PC, I needed to find out the following: if main disk is disabled in bios, and fedora is booted from 2nd disk, is boot disk named /dev/sda as far as Fedora is concerned? Or is it named /dev/sdb ?? So, now if he wants to use grub-install to iinstall the boot loader onto the bios-disabled-drive, a- is that drive visible to Fedora? b- if it is visible, what will it's name be? c- Assuming it is visible and Fedora names it /dev/sdb and he runs: grub-install --recheck /dev/sdb will grub-install attempt to put the grub image files in the root directory of /dev/sdb?? (Note: as explained above, the main boot drive, disabled-in-bios, is all a windows drive). I am concerned that grub-install might damage windows.

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SELINUX
by Patrick Dupre 31 Aug '10

31 Aug '10

Hello, Trying to install the intel compiler, I get: Your system is protected with Security-enhanced Linux (SELinux). We currently support only "Permissive" mode, which is not found on the system. To rectify this issue, you may either disable SELinux by - setting the line "SELINUX=disabled" in your /etc/sysconfig/selinux file - adding "selinux=0" kernel argument in lilo.conf or grub.conf files or make SELinux mode adjustment by - setting the line "SELINUX=permissive" in your /etc/sysconfig/selinux file or ask your system administrator to make SELinux mode adjustment. Would ou just turn off SELINX ? I know I need to learn about SELinux ! Thank. -- --- ========================================================================== Patrick DUPRÉ | | Department of Chemistry | | Phone: (44)-(0)-1904-434384 The University of York | | Fax: (44)-(0)-1904-432516 Heslington | | York YO10 5DD United Kingdom | | email: pd520(a)york.ac.uk ==========================================================================

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Problem browsing http://bugzilla.kernel.org/
by JD 31 Aug '10

31 Aug '10

Aimed my firefox at http://bugzilla.kernel.org/ and got this error: Software error: Can't connect to the database. Error: Too many connections Is your database installed and up and running? Do you have the correct username and password selected in localconfig? For help, please send mail to the webmaster (root@localhost <mailto:root@localhost>), giving this error message and the time and date of the error. Is this a bugzilla server problem?

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Re: Thunderbird attach files (was Re: General desktop questions)
by Alex 31 Aug '10

31 Aug '10

Hi, >> The bookmarks to two network shares appear when in Nautilus, but not >> in Thunderbird. > > No, that's consistent with what I see. The Bookmarks available off the > Places menu pad in GNOME list the temporary shares/mounts that you've > created and saved as bookmarks. These don't show up in the "Attach" > dialog within Thunderbird. If you open the bookmarks in advance, the > mount shows up in the top part of the Attach dialog. I've resigned > myself to "that's how the Nautilus developers think it should work" > purely from empirical observation. I think I can also now attribute instant lock-up of Thunderbird to this approach. I browsed to the .gvfs directory, and poof, Thunderbird locked, taking my email composition down with it. It's almost like it's waiting for an event to occur that will never happen, like access to the device. Wonder if there is a way to troubleshoot it while it's locked, or perhaps signal it so it stops searching so I don't lose my email? :-) This is the second time it's happened, out of probably five or six times in total that I've tried. > I've never tried this myself, and don't think that was the way it was > intended to be used. Of course, they shouldn't present an "Add" option > if they're not really going to honor your request. Yes, it didn't seem intuitive to me, either. Like Tim said in his follow-up, it didn't make sense for Web bookmarks to be used for files, although I thought it was a euphemism for "soft link". Other suggestions on how best to do this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Alex

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Java/Firefox craziness
by Bill Case 31 Aug '10

31 Aug '10

Hi; Just some clarification and double checking. I want to use a Canadian government site with Firefox on Fedora 13. I get the warning message that I need Sun JVM 1.6.0_3 or greater. There is nothing in the repositories that I can see resembling Sun JVM. Apparently I can download and install from Sun, but I get messages that no new updates are being made available. Before frustration overtakes me and I start downloading unknown and unneeded stuff. What exactly do I want and where should I get it? (Irony => the site isn't working in WindowsXP Explorer either) -- Regards Bill Fedora 13, Gnome 2.30.2 Evo.2.20.2, Emacs 23.2.1

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Fedora 13 on Dell E6410 screen resolution problem
by Tony Molloy 31 Aug '10

31 Aug '10

Hi, I'm installing Fedora-13 on a Dell E6410 laptop. This has an NVidia Quadro NVS 3100M graphics card. The install goes fine . When I boot with the "nomodeset" kernel boot parameter I only get 800x600 resolution. If I leave out the "nomodeset" parameter I get a blank screen. Does anybody have the magic incantations to get this graphics card recognised with reasonable resolution. I've tried with the live CD and get a blank screen also. Thanks, Tony

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