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RE: Best FOSS alternative for skype?
by J.Witvliet＠mindef.nl 12 May '11

12 May '11

-----Original Message----- From: users-bounces(a)lists.fedoraproject.org [mailto:users-bounces@lists.fedoraproject.org] On Behalf Of Tim Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2011 10:21 AM To: Community support for Fedora users Subject: Re: Best FOSS alternative for skype? On Wed, 2011-05-11 at 19:46 -0300, Fernando Cassia wrote: > The Amiga and Apple computers were paramount. > > In fact, even the parallel port in the Amiga is non-standard, although > it is a DB25. It'd been my observation that most parallel ports were very non-standard. There were different modes of operation, and many were only suitable for connecting a printer (they were an output, only). -----Original Message----- Slightly off-topic, Most paralel ports on those vintage machines were capable of both rx and tx Allthough they could not transfer 8-bits wide. Hence the lap-link protocol disected each byte into two nibbles. Might seem slow, but anyway much faster than async at 19.200 bps which was often the highest reliable speed. hw ______________________________________________________________________ Dit bericht kan informatie bevatten die niet voor u is bestemd. Indien u niet de geadresseerde bent of dit bericht abusievelijk aan u is toegezonden, wordt u verzocht dat aan de afzender te melden en het bericht te verwijderen. De Staat aanvaardt geen aansprakelijkheid voor schade, van welke aard ook, die verband houdt met risico's verbonden aan het elektronisch verzenden van berichten. This message may contain information that is not intended for you. If you are not the addressee or if this message was sent to you by mistake, you are requested to inform the sender and delete the message. The State accepts no liability for damage of any kind resulting from the risks inherent in the electronic transmission of messages.

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Fedora 15 and Gnome X
by Dario Lesca 12 May '11

12 May '11

I want use Fedora + Gnome, but also ... I want put my files and folder on my desktop... Put the launcher icons on my panels or into my tray. I want to see the applications that I have started and are on different desktops, without always move the mouse in a corner I want.... then: on F15, It's possible install Gnome 2 ? or configure gnome 3 so do all this? Many thanks -- Dario Lesca <d.lesca(a)solinos.it>

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How to remove a directory which has other directories in it?
by Varuna Seneviratna 12 May '11

12 May '11

I Downloaded tomcat6 core and uncompressed using the tar utility and the result was apache-tomcat-6.0.32.Now I want to remove it. When going through the Graphical mode to the Downloads directory and try to delete it it says permission denied. When trying to use the rmdir command as root the message is that the directory is not empty.How to remove a directory which has many files in it from the command line or through the graphical mode to which normally the message you get is permission denied ?

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fed 15 beta + gnome 3 works nice, but ...
by Alexander Volovics 12 May '11

12 May '11

I posted the following mail to gnome-list(a)gnome.org. The person who replied suggested that some of my items where 'theming' issues and as such the responsibility of the distro. Can somebody 'in the know' at Fedora comment. Exploring Gnome 3 under Fedora 15 beta. So far: very nice to work with, great usability, but it could do with some more configurability options. (I am making the following remarks under the proviso that I do not know if the standard (upstream) Gnome 3 is included in Fedora 15 beta and wat Fedora has contributed to the mix). Are there any plans to increase desktop configurability in Gnome 3. For example: - I would like to be able to change the color of the top bar The lid of my laptop is a shiny black and the addition of the black colored top bar gives the desktop an even more funereal appearance (and makes the bar hard to see/read). - I would like to be able to REMOVE icons from applications overviews under 'Applications' in the 'Activities overview'. First I would like to remove ALL icons from the 'All' category. * This overview is not really necessary because the same icons are included under the other categories 'System Tools', 'Accessories', 'Graphics', etc. * Furthermore given the absurd and unhandy 16:9 laptop screens you have to scroll to see them all so having all icons available does not really save time/work. * Finding a particular icon among this plethora of icons is hardly easy. * Given the large size and the sometimes brash colors and non-uniform design of the icons makes this desktop full of large blobs not very aesthetically pleasing. Second I would like to 'prune' the icons listed under the categories retaining only the icons of the apps I use regularly (possibly putting some of these 'pruned' icons in some 'Other' category). - I would like to change the 'top bar' to an 'under bar' and have the notifications pop up at the top (and why do pop ups and notifications need to have a black background). Personally I find these 'wishes' very reasonable and not detracting from the design and usability of Gnome 3. PS Who designs/creates the icons/icon themes. I find the icons (too) big, brash, glaring and sometimes downright ugly with no consideration for the overall effect. (for example the 'Games' icons). It would be much nicer if they were created with an overall effect in mind using compatible colors and forms (say a sleek blue/silver theme, uniformly applied). PS If configuration options as specified above or comparable are planned for updates or Gnome 3.1 then I would be even more happy with Gnome 3. If not, is it possible to put forward things like the above as 'suggestions' for the design team and what is the best possible place for this. NB I can not and do not code myself. Alexander

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Strange SD Card Issue
by Frank Tanner III 12 May '11

12 May '11

I am having a strange issue where when I plug in an SD or an SDHC card into my laptop it gets recognized in /var/log/messages, but it refuses to mount. There seems to be some info on this issue, but it all points to the user being in the AVAHI group. I've done that and it still seems to be having an issue. Has anyone seen this issue and resolved it in another manner? My hardware, OS, and /var/log/messages information is below. Any assistance that you can give me would be greatly appreciated. Hardware: Acer 8943G i7 8-Core 16GB RAM OS: Fedora 14 x64 - 2.6.35.12-90.fc14.x86_64 /var/log/messages info: May 9 09:19:28 8943G kernel: [ 1543.474144] mmc0: ADMA error May 9 09:19:28 8943G kernel: [ 1543.474223] mmc0: error -5 whilst initialising SD card Thank you. -- --------------------------------------------------- Frank Tanner III (pctech(a)mybellybutton.com) ICQ: 1730844 AIM: KalokSundancer MSN: pctech(a)mybellybutton.com YIM: fbtanner

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Formating HDD b4 installing Fedora
by Braja Kishore Chattaraj 11 May '11

11 May '11

I assembled a new PC to install Fedora 14. Boot order is USB, CD/DVD drive, and finally HDD. When I plug the Fedora 14 CD I get the countdown screen with blue background and then some gibberish text fills the screen. From what I can tell it is trying to write to the HDD and failing. Tried a couple of other distro CDs / DVDs with same issue. The only logical thing I can think of is to format the HDD. Can you suggest if there are any free tools to format the disk. I am guessing it will install Fedora 14 when it has been formatted. The HDD is a Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST31000528AS 1TB. I am surprised the Fedora CD does not prompt me to format the HDD like Windows CDs usually do. Any pointers towards a solution would help. Thanks,Braja

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Fedora 14, 15 , No Video using Geforce 8400GS
by Mickey 11 May '11

11 May '11

Fedora 14 or 15 using a GeForce 8400GS on a Live cd, X won't start. Is this card a problem with the Nouveau driver ?

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Networking mailing list ?
by Aaron Gray 11 May '11

11 May '11

Is there a specialized Linux networking mailing list ? Many thanks in advance, Aaron

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disk hangs with asus boards
by Ralph Blach 11 May '11

11 May '11

every few days I have either my root file system hang or my disk array hang. I am running a asus p5n_d my root file system is on a single 500gb disk attached to the asus mother board. [0:0:0:0] disk ATA WDC WD5000AADS-0 01.0 /dev/sda <------root [4:0:0:0] cd/dvd ATAPI iHAS324 Y BL1W /dev/sr0 [9:0:0:0] disk AMCC 9650SE-4LP DISK 4.10 /dev/sdb <======data the cpu is model name : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q9400 @ 2.66GHz All the disk hangs look like this, but I dont have one from the root file system because the root get remounted Read Only. Since I See hangs across both disk, so I do not think it is the 3 ware controller or disk. Apr 16 00:01:29 chipblach kernel: 3w-9xxx: scsi9: AEN: INFO (0x04:0x0029): Verify started:unit=0. Apr 16 03:00:51 chipblach kernel: 3w-9xxx: scsi9: AEN: INFO (0x04:0x002B): Verify completed:unit=0. Apr 16 03:07:10 chipblach pulseaudio[2430]: ratelimit.c: 88 events suppressed Apr 16 03:19:12 chipblach kernel: sd 9:0:0:0: WARNING: (0x06:0x002C): Command (0x2a) timed out, resetting card. Apr 16 03:19:40 chipblach kernel: 3w-9xxx: scsi9: WARNING: (0x06:0x0037): Character ioctl (0x108) timed out, resetting card. Apr 16 03:20:18 chipblach kernel: sd 9:0:0:0: WARNING: (0x06:0x002C): Command (0x0) timed out, resetting card. Apr 16 03:21:13 chipblach kernel: 3w-9xxx: scsi9: WARNING: (0x06:0x0037): Character ioctl (0x108) timed out, resetting card. Apr 16 03:21:35 chipblach kernel: INFO: task jbd2/dm-2-8:1220 blocked for more than 120 seconds. Apr 16 03:21:35 chipblach kernel: "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message. Apr 16 03:21:35 chipblach kernel: jbd2/dm-2-8 D 0000000000000001 0 1220 2 0x00000080 Apr 16 03:21:35 chipblach kernel: ffff880127d51b20 0000000000000046 ffff880127d51a90 ffffffff81010296 Apr 16 03:21:35 chipblach kernel: ffff880127d51fd8 ffff880127e1aee0 00000000000153c0 ffff880127d51fd8 Apr 16 03:21:35 chipblach kernel: 00000000000153c0 00000000000153c0 00000000000153c0 00000000000153c0 Apr 16 03:21:35 chipblach kernel: Call Trace: Apr 16 03:21:35 chipblach kernel: [<ffffffff81010296>] ? read_tsc+0x9/0x1b Apr 16 03:21:35 chipblach kernel: [<ffffffff810caf3e>] ? sync_page+0x0/0x4a Apr 16 03:21:35 chipblach kernel: [<ffffffff8144be26>] io_schedule+0x73/0xb5 Apr 16 03:21:35 chipblach kernel: [<ffffffff810caf84>] sync_page+0x46/0x4a Apr 16 03:21:35 chipblach kernel: [<ffffffff8144c3b7>] __wait_on_bit+0x48/0x7b Apr 16 03:21:35 chipblach kernel: [<ffffffff810cb0f5>] wait_on_page_bit+0x72/0x79 Apr 16 03:21:35 chipblach kernel: [<ffffffff81066298>] ? wake_bit_function+0x0/0x33 Apr 16 03:21:35 chipblach kernel: [<ffffffff810d35d5>] ? pagevec_lookup_tag+0x25/0x2e Apr 16 03:21:35 chipblach kernel: [<ffffffff810cb3ae>] filemap_fdatawait_range+0xa4/0x178 Apr 16 03:21:35 chipblach kernel: [<ffffffff811fac55>] ? submit_bio+0xde/0xfb Apr 16 03:21:35 chipblach kernel: [<ffffffff810cb4a3>] filemap_fdatawait+0x21/0x23 Apr 16 03:21:35 chipblach kernel: [<ffffffff811b2515>] jbd2_journal_commit_transaction+0x879/0x11b4 Apr 16 03:21:35 chipblach kernel: [<ffffffff81059898>] ? try_to_del_timer_sync+0x7b/0x89 Apr 16 03:21:35 chipblach kernel: [<ffffffff811b7382>] kjournald2+0xc6/0x203 Apr 16 03:21:35 chipblach kernel: [<ffffffff8106625f>] ? autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x39 Apr 16 03:21:35 chipblach kernel: [<ffffffff811b72bc>] ? kjournald2+0x0/0x203 Apr 16 03:21:35 chipblach kernel: [<ffffffff81065de5>] kthread+0x7f/0x87 Apr 16 03:21:35 chipblach kernel: [<ffffffff8100aa64>] kernel_thread_helper+0x4/0x10 Apr 16 03:21:35 chipblach kernel: [<ffffffff81065d66>] ? kthread+0x0/0x87 Apr 16 03:21:35 chipblach kernel: [<ffffffff8100aa60>] ? kernel_thread_helper+0x0/0x10 Apr 16 03:21:42 chipblach kernel: sd 9:0:0:0: Device offlined - not ready after error recovery Apr 16 03:21:42 chipblach kernel: sd 9:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to offline device Apr 16 03:21:42 chipblach kernel: sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] Unhandled error code Apr 16 03:21:42 chipblach kernel: sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] Result: hostbyte=DID_NO_CONNECT driverbyte=DRIVER_OK Apr 16 03:21:42 chipblach kernel: sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] CDB: Write(10): 2a 00 04 8d a3 a9 00 00 08 00 Apr 16 03:21:42 chipblach kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 76391337 Apr 16 03:21:42 chipblach kernel: Buffer I/O error on device dm-2, logical block 9548869 Apr 16 03:21:42 chipblach kernel: lost page write due to I/O error on dm-2 Apr 16 03:21:42 chip Any Ideas, Thanks Chip

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Keep a file in memory an any cost
by Alain Spineux 11 May '11

11 May '11

Hello I have a file, that is an index, it is open all the time by the application, but sometime the access are slow because the file was moved out of the cache. How can I keep it in memory all the time ? I can read it at regular interval, but this is a little over kill ? Any idea thanks. -- Alain Spineux | aspineux gmail com Monitor your iT & Backups | http://www.magikmon.com Free Backup front-end | http://www.magikmon.com/mksbackup Your email 100% available | http://www.emailgency.com

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