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Logging system usage -
by Bob Goodwin 30 Mar '11

30 Mar '11

Is there an application to log system usage that will enable me to keep track of usage by individual computers on our LAN? Our internet usage is limited by our ISP [Wildblue] and when our 30 day usage goes too high I tend to panic, and I receive notifications. We are presently at 84%, within less than 3 gB of maximum and it can take a couple of weeks of little or no usage to reduce that. I think the present problem was caused by a new iPad added lately. It tends to get left on continuously and the user didn't realize it was connecting and doing whatever while he thought it was idle. By the time we identified the probable culprit we burned a lot of b.w. DD-WRT in the router logs some usage but not enough to be of much use and their mailing list/forum is nearly useless for problem solving. So I am looking for a scheme for tracking usage by mac or device address. I check usage daily but when I see a jump upward I need to know what caused it, I always begin to think through what I have done before panicking the whole family. Any suggestion appreciated. Bob --

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yum install problem
by Mike Wright 30 Mar '11

30 Mar '11

Hi all, Playing around in rawhide and now know why it's called that ;) I've been trying to install a package via yum and get the following: Transaction Check Error: file /usr/bin/gnome-font-viewer from install of gnome-utils-1:2.91.90-1.fc15.x86_64 conflicts with file from package control-center-1:2.32.0-1.fc14.x86_64 file /usr/bin/gnome-thumbnail-font from install of gnome-utils-1:2.91.90-1.fc15.x86_64 conflicts with file from package control-center-1:2.32.0-1.fc14.x86_64 file /usr/share/applications/gnome-font-viewer.desktop from install of gnome-utils-1:2.91.90-1.fc15.x86_64 conflicts with file from package control-center-1:2.32.0-1.fc14.x86_64 Each is a conflict with gnome-utils. Is there a way to tell yum to refuse to update the gnome-utils package? TIA, :m)

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xen virtualization: xen-4.1 rpm?
by Mike Wright 30 Mar '11

30 Mar '11

Hi all, I found about the new version here: http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/HostConfiguration/Networking If I understand correctly this means we will define our networks on our host machines using standard networking tools/scripts and that from that point on our virtuals will be able to attach their virtual interfaces to our host's bridges and that the new xl tools are the new way forward? If this is accurate I can't wait. ooooh ooooh ooooh Does anybody know when we might get our hands on the new xen-4.1 rpms? (in 1 month I have only seen 4 or 5 people on fedora's xen list so I posted here). Thank you

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Keyboard layouts madness
by Hiisi 30 Mar '11

30 Mar '11

Hi list! On a fresh install of F14 (x86_64) the default keyboard was "USA international (with dead keys)". I added another two layers from gnome-keyboard-preferences menu: one is russian and the other is USA and then removed "USA international (with dead keys)" layer. Whenever I logout/login again the USA international (with dead keys) is there again and selected by default (see screenshot). How to get rid of this dead zombie? TIA Hiisi http://img861.imageshack.us/i/screenshotnc.png/

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Problems after upgrading to F14
by JD 30 Mar '11

30 Mar '11

I upgraded from F13 to F13 using the installation DVD downloaded from http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora/releases/14/Fedora/i386/iso/Fedora-14-i386… The checksum was good. I burned and booted with the DVD I burned, and I let Anaconda perform integrity check. All went well. I selected to upgrasde from the anaconda menu. Upgrade went without a hitch (although, it took almost 14 hours!! to finish). Upon reboot (into single user mode), I brought up the network - no problems there. I then ran yum -y update And yum falls on it's face because it is unable to properly handle dependencies. For example it funds updates for some particular dependency, but it is unable to resolve the problem of some other package depending on the dependency which it is trying to upgrade to a higher version. So, yum gets stuck in a loop. I have the output file saved. I would like to attach that file, but in the past, the listserv has dumped my message because of an attachment. Any suggestions?

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External HDD auto-mounted as root
by Suvayu Ali 30 Mar '11

30 Mar '11

Hi everyone, I just bought a 1TB WD Passport. It came formatted as NTFS, on plugging it in, it auto-mounted as the regular user. But after I formatted it to use ext4 (with gparted), it keeps getting auto-mounted as root both on F13 and F14. Any ideas what I could do about this? -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free.

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rename flash drive auto mount point
by Howard 30 Mar '11

30 Mar '11

> Is the name of your usb drive _body>< / not quite , it's: "_body>// <_ht" ...with the newline. It looks like it's been snipped from the end of an html file except for the underscores. I am surprised that the programmers allow this kind of naming. I think allowing spaces in file names is wrong too. Apparently they feel the need to "keep up with the Joneses. I found a semi solution using mtools which I left a in a page here: http://how0909.freeshell.org/linux/rename_flash_automount.txt But I'm still looking for others. I think that there is probably a udev rule or something to find and edit which would be the right way to fix this (I guess). Thanks for the interest. /

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Mounting a LUKS encrypted LVM partition manually
by Karol Babioch 30 Mar '11

30 Mar '11

Hi, I'm new to Fedora and basically got it up and running. However I couldn't find a solution for mounting my LUKS encrypted LVM partition manually. I've got a SSD and another hard drive for the storage of some media files. The system is running on the SSD, which is an LUKS encrypted LVM volume. This works great. However I now want to mount another LUKS encrypted LVM (the hard drive) automatically during the boot. This doesn't work out for me, because basically during the boot up the following must be handled: * Ask for the pass phrase for the SSD * Unlock the SSD * Run some kind of LVM hook to get the LVs active * Mount the unlocked and activated LVs * Read /etc/crypttab * Mount the second hard drive * Run the lvm hook once again * Mount all unlocked and activated LVs according to /etc/fstab So, can this be done with Fedora? It worked great on Arch (by running the lvm hook twice), but I couldn't find anything similar in Fedora? Do I have to change the initscripts, or can this be done more elegantly? Is this something that should be considered a bug? Because right now, when I haven't missed something, its not possible to mount a LUKS encrypted LVM partition automatically? Btw: Where can I find some information about the boot process in Fedora? Couldn't find any specific to Fedora, furthermore mkinitrd seems to have no man page? Thanks in advance! Best regards, Karol Babioch

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Problems with Some MP3s in Rhythmbox
by Dave Cross 30 Mar '11

30 Mar '11

I'm using Fedora 14 and I think I have the correct RPMs installed in order for Rhythmbox to play MP3s. $ rpm -q rhythmbox rhythmbox-0.13.3-1.fc14.i686 $ rpm -q gstreamer-plugins-ugly gstreamer-plugins-ugly-0.10.16-2.fc14.i686 This set up works fine for the vast majority of MP3s that I have. But I've recently bought some MP3s from a download site which Rhythmbox doesn't recognise. There seems to be a difference in format which the 'file' command recognises. Here's an example of a file that works. $ file Loose\ Change/01\ -\ The\ A\ Team.mp3 Loose Change/01 - The A Team.mp3: Audio file with ID3 version 2.3.0, contains: MPEG ADTS, layer III, v1, 128 kbps, 44.1 kHz, JntStereo And here's an example of one that doesn't. $ file Songs\ I\ Wrote\ With\ Amy/Songs-I-wrote-with-Amy-2010_Cold-Coffee.mp3 Songs I Wrote With Amy/Songs-I-wrote-with-Amy-2010_Cold-Coffee.mp3: Audio file with ID3 version 2.4.0, contains: Annoyingly the MP3s work fine on my Android phone and on a Mac. It only seems to be the GStreamer plugin that doesn't play them. And that means that it's unlikely that the download site will listen to any complaints. I should also point out that some MP3s from this site work just fine. Has anyone else experienced anything like this? Are there any other tests I can carry out to work out what the differences are? Cheers, Dave... -- Dave Cross :: dave(a)dave.org.uk http://dave.org.uk/ @davorg

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Yumex can't connect to network
by Mickey 30 Mar '11

30 Mar '11

fedora 15 / kde Yumex can't connect to network. yum update can connect to network and do updates. firefox and thunderbird can also connect to network $ yumex -d 10:33:25 : DEBUG - Current Yumex Settings: 10:33:25 : DEBUG - autorefresh: True 10:33:25 : DEBUG - branding_title: 'Yum Extender' 10:33:25 : DEBUG - bugzilla_url: 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=' 10:33:25 : DEBUG - color_install: 'darkgreen' 10:33:25 : DEBUG - color_normal: 'black' 10:33:25 : DEBUG - color_obsolete: 'blue' 10:33:25 : DEBUG - color_update: 'red' 10:33:25 : DEBUG - debug: True 10:33:25 : DEBUG - disable_netcheck: False 10:33:25 : DEBUG - disable_repo_page: False 10:33:25 : DEBUG - history_limit: 15 10:33:25 : DEBUG - plugins: True 10:33:25 : DEBUG - proxy: '' 10:33:25 : DEBUG - recentdays: 14 10:33:25 : DEBUG - repo_exclude: ['debug', 'source'] 10:33:25 : DEBUG - typeahead_search: False 10:33:25 : DEBUG - use_sortable_view: False 10:33:25 : DEBUG - use_sudo: False 10:33:25 : DEBUG - win_height: 546 10:33:25 : DEBUG - win_sep: 300 10:33:25 : DEBUG - win_width: 1000 10:33:25 : DEBUG - yum_conf: '/etc/yum.conf' 10:33:25 : DEBUG - yumdebuglevel: 2 /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/guihelpers/__init__.py:256: GtkWarning: gtk_scrolled_window_add(): cannot add non scrollable widget use gtk_scrolled_window_add_with_viewport() instead self.add_from_file(filename) 10:33:27 : INFO - Not connected to an network 10:33:32 : DEBUG - Quiting the program !!! <yum_backend.quit> 10:33:32 : INFO - yum backend process is ended 10:33:32 : DEBUG - Backend reset completed <yum_backend.quit> Program Terminated

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