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Lenovo laptop media keys
by Konstantin Svist 30 Jan '13

30 Jan '13

Is there a way to fix keys that don't generate "release" event? My Lenovo laptop has touch-sensitive media keys that apparently only send "press" events (as seen by showkey) and don't send "release" events. As a result, pressing VolumeUp once starts an infinite loop of increasing volume.. causing all kinds of trouble. "Press" even repeats if the button is held down, but "release" never works.

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Re: humble suggestion to Fedora developers
by Philip Rhoades 30 Jan '13

30 Jan '13

People, > Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2013 15:18:40 -0500 > From: "Eddie G. O'Connor Jr." <eoconnor25(a)gmail.com> > To: Community support for Fedora users <users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org> > Subject: Re: humble suggestion to Fedora developers > Message-ID: <51058BA0.8020509(a)GMail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed > > On 01/23/2013 02:59 PM, James Freer wrote: >> On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 7:34 PM, Joe Zeff <joe(a)zeff.us> wrote: >>> On 01/23/2013 06:53 AM, Reindl Harald wrote: >>>> because first new anaconda was approved and integration >>>> all over the distribution started and after that damage >>>> was done people realized "hm new anaconda is not ready" >>> >>> So what you're saying is, it was approved before it was ready. >>> Judging from >>> what else you wrote, the devs didn't realize it when they approved >>> it. This >>> suggests to me that approval came too early in the process, before >>> proper >>> testing was done and that important parts of the program hadn't been >>> completed. If so, is there anything that can be done to prevent >>> this from >>> happening yet again? >> I have the greatest respect for the developer's that put in >> considerable effort for each release. The problem with 6 month >> release >> cycle is too little time. I've used linux now for almost 6 years with >> Ubuntu and Fedora. Some distros use a two year release which is too >> long. One or two use an annual release which i think is about >> right... >> development and testing can fully take place. Why not consider an >> annual release which would give appropriate time for all to take >> place? >> >> james > I would have to agree with you James, it might not be a bad idea for > them to stretch their release time out a bit? I would have positives > from all sides. First,....the developers would be able to REALLY put > their apps and what-not through a GRUELING testing session, this > way...when they say it works.....IT WORKS! Second,.....the public > wouldn't find themselves scurrying to acquire the latest version, and > slamming it onto their machines without knowing that things won't > crash > & burn un-necessarily......also it would give the public time to > "adapt" > and become comfortable with the latest release, instead of going into > shock at the arrival of a new desktop environment...or new > feature-sets > that were not there before. I guess it's just a matter of someone (or > a > LOT of someone's) voicing their opinion loud enough to be heard by the > higher-ups? I don't know that they would actually change things around > like that....(it would be NICE!) but eventually they might get > restless > enough to completely flip thing around and have longer time frames > between releases. Maybe we should try out, say, a nine month cycle and if it doesn't suit - go back to six months? I am conscious though of the human tendency to put off things when there is more time to get them done . . Regards, Phil. -- Philip Rhoades GPO Box 3411 Sydney NSW 2001 Australia E-mail: phil(a)pricom.com.au

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Upgrade disaster F16->F17 (planned to go to F18)
by Wade Hampton 30 Jan '13

30 Jan '13

I finally decided to update my main home computer to F18. It was F16 so I had to use preupgrade to go to F17. After several reboots it is up, sort-of, on the F16 kernel. I have had the following problems. 1) Preupgrade crashed due to moodle -- removed and update proceeded. 2) After update, I still saw option for update to F17 in Grub and none of the other kernels would boot (other than dracut errors). I did the F17 update again and it seemed to fix Grub. However.... 3) I now have options for: 3.7.3-101.fc17.x86_64 -- booting this sends me to a command prompt in dracut 3.6.11-1.fc16.x86_64 -- this boots but has issues I am currently running the mostly-updated system with the F16 kernel 3.6.11-1.fc16.x86_64. I can not run YUM so I can't even attempt to try going to F18 (unless I manually get the RPMs...). Any idea on how I can fix YUM? # cat /etc/redhat-release Fedora release 17 (Beefy Miracle) # yum update Loaded plugins: langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit Error: Cannot retrieve metalink for repository: fedora/16/x86_64. Please verify its path and try again Any idea how I can fix grub to boot into the F17 kernel? Should I just punt and load F18 (keeping my partitions /home, /data, etc.)? I have several other computers I plan on updating this weekend. I may just have to reload each of them.... Thanks, -- Wade Hampton

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telnetd mystery ....
by Ed Greshko 30 Jan '13

30 Jan '13

First.... No need to bring up the ssh v.s. telnet stuff..... Has anyone configured telnetd for use on F18? Running 64 bit....but this shouldn't make a difference. Anyway, I did the normal procedure..... 1. yum install telnet-service 2. opened telnet port on the firewall (not that it mattered since local also fails) 3. chkconfig telnet on 4. systemctl restart xinetd.service When I telnet in (remote or local) I get this.... [egreshko@meimei ~]$ telnet f18x Trying 192.168.0.168... Connected to f18x. Escape character is '^]'. Fedora release 18 (Spherical Cow) Kernel 3.7.4-204.fc18.x86_64 on an x86_64 (3) Connection closed by foreign host. And this ends up in /var/log/messages.... Jan 29 11:41:29 f18x xinetd[4488]: START: telnet pid=4665 from=192.168.0.18 Jan 29 11:41:29 f18x xinetd[4488]: EXIT: telnet status=0 pid=4665 duration=0(sec) However, if I add server_args = -D options to the /etc/xinetd.d/telnet file it "works". But, of course, I get debug info that I don't want.... The same procedure in F17 works fine.... What could I be missing? -- Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning. -- Rick Cook, The Wizardry Compiled

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former windows 7 boot manager still showing
by Rafnews 30 Jan '13

30 Jan '13

Hi, i formatted my HDD where before i had windows 7 installed, in order to install new fedora 18. however after fedora installation, HDD does not boot on grub but still on former windows boot manager. How ca i do to REALLY remove this stupid windows 7 boot manager ? thx -- Alain ----------------------------------------------------------- Windows 7 x64 / Fedora 17 x64 MySQL 5.5.28 Apache 2.4.3 / OpenSSL 1.0.1c Tomcat 7.17 PHP 5.4.8

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Sending a Link from Chrome Browser
by Mickey 30 Jan '13

30 Jan '13

|F17 / KDE / Google Chrome In Chrome I have Added Page to Bookmark Bar as such Name: Send Link URL: ||javascript:location.href='mailto:?SUBJECT='+document.title+'&BODY='+escape(location.href);| And it opens my Thunderbird New Write Message, but it does not show the link I'm presently at. Foxnews.com in body of email like it does in Firefox. The New email also has no Subject like in Firefox. What am I not doing wrong ? | |

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Optimization Start Up of Fedora
by carachi diego 30 Jan '13

30 Jan '13

Hi everbody, I would like to know if someone knows where I can find some guide, tutorial that can help me to improve the performance of Fedora on my laptop in start up. I think that I need to recompile the kernel and dress it on my computer and remove all unnecessary services. It is true? Where I can find some additional information?? Thank you very much Bye -- http://www.2dd.it

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McAfee Endpoint Encryption installed, now I can't boot Fedora
by Richard Shaw 30 Jan '13

30 Jan '13

Google didn't turn up anything relevant for my particular situation... I was dual booting my work laptop with Windows XP and Fedora 17 w/ GRUB2. Last week my laptop got McAfee Endpoint Encryption forced upon it. Interestingly enough I can authenticate McAfee and still get to the GRUB menu. If I choose Windows XP then single sign-on works. If I choose Fedora it loads the initrd and then dumps into some sort of dracut shell. It doesn't appear to be able to find the LVM volumes. Can I assume they got encrypted as well? Thanks, Richard

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GStreamer plugin for playing asx files?
by Paul Smith 30 Jan '13

30 Jan '13

Dear All, Is there some GStreamer plugin able to play asx files? Thanks in advance, Paul

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Re: GStreamer plugin for playing asx files?
by Errol Mangwiro 30 Jan '13

30 Jan '13

Frank Murphy <frankly3d(a)gmail.com> wrote: On Wed, 30 Jan 2013 12:26:05 +0000 Paul Smith <phhs80(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Dear All, > > Is there some GStreamer plugin able to play > > asx Possible vlc from rpmfusion -- Regards, Frank http//www.frankly3d.com -- users mailing list users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org

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