Clean install keeping home folder intact
by Christopher Svanefalk
Dear all,
apart from restoring from a backup (which in my case is inconvenient due to
the sheer size of my home folder), is there a safe way to do a complete
reinstall of Fedora, which in effect simply leaves the home folder as-is?
Thanks in advance!
Best,
Christopher Svanefalk
11 years, 10 months
Magic Sysreg key problems.
by Aaron Konstam
It is hard to know where to start with the problems with the use of the
SysReg key.. Since acording to the Wikipedia notes in order to get these
Magic SysReg features to work you have tp add the Ctrl button. So to
reboot you would have to use the Ctrl+Alt+SysReg+ b button. On my
workstation Keyboard this is nearly impossible to do because of the
position of the SysReg key in the upper right corner of the keyboard.
On my laptop where I can hit the keys the function fails to work.
Without the Ctrl all you get is screen shots which I do get.
With the alternate approach of:
echo key > /proc/sysreq-trigger the reboot works but I can't detect
anything else working.
So how does one use these magic keys ?
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You have a deep appreciation of the arts and music.
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Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam(a)sbcglobal.net
11 years, 10 months
python-qt4 libqt4-qt3support
by Patrick Dupre
Hello,
Is there any packages python-qt4 libqt4-qt3support for fedora?
I would like to get scidavis on a fedora 16 machine.
I cannot get any version running or even compilable without error
I may need libpython2.5.so
Thank
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Patrick DUPRÉ | | email: pdupre(a)kegtux.org
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11 years, 10 months
Weird freeze
by Joe Zeff
Currently, my desktop's running F16, fully updated. Just a few minutes
ago, I was reading my morning comics on-line when my box froze. Nothing
responded. Even the second hand on my desktop clock stopped moving.
Just as I was about to try for an alternate text console, it rebooted
itself and seems to be fine. This is the third or fourth time I've had
it lock up in the past few months, but the only time it's rebooted
itself and, until I "upgraded" to F16 it never happened.
I'm reporting this mostly to see if anybody else has had any similar
issues, and if so, what version of Fedora they're using. Suggestions
for diagnostics will be appreciated, but they'll have to be something I
can do over ssh, as I'm about to leave for Chaos Manor, where I'll be
house sitting while Jerry and Roberta visit their beach house.
11 years, 10 months
GNOME 3 Apps maximized on startup?
by Kernel Guardian
After one of the latest updates I discover some new behavior for some
applications (firefox, thunderbird, libreoffice (all of them),
google-chrome. No matter how I start listed applications (from terminal,
menu ...) they always maximized. As I found in Gnome 3.4 release notes,
this is default options for all applications. But I found also that if I
logout user from desktop environment (gnome-shell and cinnamon) with active
applications in it, they are always restore previous window size after
login. I wonder where gnome 3 saves application window's position and size?
I have this situation on my 3 computers. Two of them have 2 monitors setup
with nvidia twinview. My other question is: does anyone else can confirm
similar behavior?.
And yes, F17 with latest update.
11 years, 10 months
Magic sysrq key
by Aaron Konstam
I combined your e-mails together so I could respond to both of them
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> you hear the emegency.sync on a RAID10 device
>: i see that if KDE freezes a come back to Login
>: you SHOULD NEVER use it alone because you could also use
hardware-reset
>osted many times but nobody reads docs people telling:
>ttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_SysRq_key
>nRaw (take control of keyboard back from X),
>tErminate (send SIGTERM to all processes, allowing them to terminate
gracefully),
>kIll (send SIGKILL to all processes, forcing them to terminate
immediately),
> Sync (flush data to disk),
> Unmount (remount all filesystems read-only),
>eBoot.
> Hold down the Alt and SysRq (Print Screen) keys.
> While holding those down, type the following keys in order, several
seconds apart:
> REISUB
> Computer should reboot.
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>> On Tue, 2012-08-21 at 15:27 -0500, Aaron Konstam wrote:
>>> Theree seems to be general agreement if you don't include the CTRL
key
>>> only a snapshopt is genrqated the function is not executed.
>>
>> Depends on your user interface... If you're using something like
Gnome,
>> it's assigned its own function to ALT and PrintScreen (to screengrab
the
>> current active window), versus PrintScreen (by itself, to screengrab
the
>> whole desktop).
>>
>> Whereas, at a basic text-only console, it may be ignoring presses of
the
>> PrintScreen/SystemRequest key, and pass it along, for something else
to
>> deal with.
>>
>> The same goes for other hotkeys. Outside of Gnome, for instance, you
>> can switch between terminals simply by pressing ALT and one of the
>> Function keys. Inside Gnome, it's using those key combinations for
its
>> own purposes, so another key sequence is used. Again, adding CTRL to
>> it, does the job.
>>
> I did all these things in a alt-f2 console (no Gnome). And they still
> did not work. I want some one to tell me they hit: cntl+alr+sysrq b
and
> got a reboot.
i explained you in my last mail that CTRL+ALT+PRINT+B is plain
stoopid, so nobody will do this - i CONFIRMED multiple
times that STRG+ALT+PRINT+S does a sync, i hear the drives and
i get messages in dmesg, /var/log/messages AND also in a ALT-F2
console independent if there is a login or not, if there is the
login-prompt i get
SysRq : Emergency Sync
Emergency Sync complete
directly below the prompt
===========================================================
When I type ctrl+alt+sysrq+s
I get no sync sound from the disk on either of my two machines
although dmesg tells me one has ocurred.
I have read thew web sitsw content you say no one reads and have
triwewd to follow its instrctions to no effect.
I guess it is a matter of hand size but it is almost impossible for me
to type REISB while holding down ctrl+alt+sysrq on my keyboard. On my
laptop we need to add Fn which makes it even more impossible.
I applaudew any one who can do that as some of oyu say you can.
I have almost finished a python program where you can type:
magic reisb which will make thwe whole process less trying..
As many times before it is counter productive to call someone stupid,
even if you mispell stupid.
I have neve seen a message:
SysRq : Emergency Sync
Emergency Sync complete
in a alt-F2 console.
So I remain confused.
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Computers are like air conditioners -- they stop working properly if you
open WINDOWS
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Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam(a)sbcglobal.net
11 years, 10 months
Evolution - import contacts not working.
by John Horne
Hello,
I wanted to copy the contacts from my F17 work PC to my home PC. Both
use Evolution 3.4.3. I could see that I could save the contacts as a
vcard, so I did this. I then transferred the file to my home PC.
On my home PC, when viewing 'contacts' I told it to import a single
file, and gave the name of the vcard file. However, when I clicked
'apply' evolution showed a window that looked like it should be a
progress bar, but nothing showed up. 'top' indicated that evolution
wasn't doing anything. I cancelled the 'import', and tried again. Same
thing, nothing happened.
I created a new address book and asked evo to import the contacts into
that. Same thing - nothing happened. I then asked evo to delete the
created address book, which it said it would do but didn't. I have
stopped/started evo several times to see if it simply needed to be
restarted. I am now left with an address book I can't delete and no
contacts in any folder.
Anyone any ideas about this, or is it simply broken?
John.
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John Horne, Plymouth University, UK
Tel: +44 (0)1752 587287 Fax: +44 (0)1752 587001
11 years, 10 months
Second Monitor Configuration Confusion
by Fedora User
What on earth is the difference between "absolute" and "clone of?"
Furthermore, and I am reasonably sure that this is a dumb question but I
have a brain freeze; Suppose I configure the second monitor above, how
would I get, say, mplayer to play a movie in that space? How do I get
the mouse up there?
Thanks
11 years, 10 months
F17 External Monitor on 945GM
by Philippe LeCavalier
Hi Everyone.
First post...Just switched to this project after years of using another
distro. It's been a few months now and I'm on my third laptop; it's been a
rough year ;)
Whenever possible, I like to connect to an external monitor. This worked
very well in F16 on my Dell w/nvidia. Then the inverter went south and I
was stuck with a Lenovo T60 w/Intel 945GM(I quickly learned I could no
longer live without wide screen :) ). And that's where the fun started...
A yes. The infamous Intel 945 chipset...I waded through the whole sluggish
feel issues of the >2048 res issue. Then an update appeared to have
addressed all my issues(no idea which one because the one that was supposed
to fix it didn't). No matter what I'd do, connecting any external monitor
just worked; all was well.
Then more updates came and my setup broke again. That became
a vicious circle for a while. Noticed F17 was out so I switched to that.
Just like that everything stabilized(nice work on gnome-shell btw)...Then I
inherited a Toshiba Tecra A8 --no 64bit extensions like my Dell but excited
and couldn't resist switching nevertheless. Oddly enough, despite it being
the exact same video chipset as the Lenovo I can't get any external monitor
to work. Period. All the little tricks and tips I learned over the past few
months aren't helping any.
So here are the symptoms: if I connect an external monitor(VGA) it won't
light up at all. My LCD flickers and comes back to it's original state.
Fine. The display settings reflect that one was connected and typically ids
it properly. Again, fine. I then set an appropriate resolution and
placement for both and hit apply. At this point the screen flickers again
and my laptop comes back but the monitor does nothing(orange light). I can
however, bring my cursor passed the LCD to where the monitor "is" but it's
not lit so no joy there. If I let the time run out on the dialog everything
goes back to normal. No harm no foul. If I play with any of the kbd combo
keys to force the external monitor gnome-shell freaks out and I'm forced to
recover using the console. The only thing I can successfully accomplish is
Fn+F5 resulting in the external monitor only-type setup. Recovering from
that without restarting X is not possible. If I toggle back to my LCD the
screen flickers and spins. Same goes for disconnecting the VGA cable. At
this point I can't go back to the monitor either. I have no choice but to
open a console and restart Gnome-Shell. The odd time I can't even do that
and must power off(ouch! haven't had to do that in Linux for years)
Sorry about rambling on so much, just trying to give as many details as
possible. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Many thanks in
advance.
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Thanks,
Phil
references:
video chipset:
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS,
943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME,
943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
packages:
gnome-shell 3.4.1
kernel 3.4.0-1.fc17.i686
11 years, 10 months
