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F18 - no ifcfg-eth0
by Robert Moskowitz 20 Apr '13

20 Apr '13

Again this is the pogoplug armv5 install. There is no /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 Only an ifcfg-l0 Yet the ethernet works, via dhcp. there is no hostname. No hostname line in /etc/sysconfig/network and of course not in ifcfg-eth0. In /etc/hosts, the system is labeled localhost.localdomain. A new one on me is /etc/hostname that has one line saying localhost.localdomain. Of course I want a specific fqdn for this system, so I need to change all of this the right way. Of course no GUI; this pogo only has 256Mb memory (not the 'bigger' 512Mb unit). Only ssh access; I don't have the serial port adapter. I do have netconsole setup; but only if the pogo is at a particular IP addr and to nc at a particular IP addr (set up in uboot). Any insights are appreciated. Do I create an ifcfg-eth0 and how? Is there a tool to properly setup hostname, or do I find all places where it lives and fix it? I only have a little time to work on this before I head off the first half of next week to yet another meeting. thanks

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devede embedded subtitles
by Randolph Jones 20 Apr '13

20 Apr '13

can dvede make a video dvd using the srt file to embed subtitles? I have tried several times; I get various errors/crashes. the dvd does not play subtitles in dvd player I can make a dvd that plays embedded subtitles in dvd player, but lots of old movies on youtube have separate subtitle files, and downloadhelper does not download the srt file with the movie, and the downloaded movie does not have subtitles. vlc can play the downloaded movie with the srt file to produce a subtitled movie. problem is how to make a dvd from this material that will play in a player. TIA rfjones

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Fedora vs CentOS -- php/apache and Drupal 7
by Roger 20 Apr '13

20 Apr '13

This is a call for understanding because of lack of knowledge. Apologies for the mix of issues in one message but they all relate to the same problem. Firstly, I've been reading the pro's and con's of RHEL and Fedora and am none the wiser. It seems to be around cost of service and lack or availability thereof. The beginning discussion was, I think on stability. It made me start thinking about Fedora vs CentOS because of the problems I'm experiencing with Drupal 7 and php/Apache in Fedora 18 so here goes. I believe that the latest Apache updates of some time ago were flawed or do not correctly interact with php or php updates were flawed and have not been corrected. I have nothing to back up this assertion other than the problems now being experienced and a recommendation to remove php 5.4 and revert to an earlier version. Please don't quote me on this, It's what I've noticed, read and considered. When I use Ruby on Rails I do not have issues because it uses WEBrick. Discussion to date says that CentOS circa 6.n has the Fedora 14 kernel, is rock solid and gets updates every 6 months approx. Fedora 18 has kernel updates every few days or weeks at most. Frankly I enjoy the update cycle. It's interesting to see what gets improved. I have always run latest Fedora versions and have not experienced the current raft of problems. Fedora 18 sudo yum update, updates everything apps, modules, etc that needs security fixes or improvements. CentOS is a server system but can be used for a stable desktop system and has been recommended as an alternative. So what does CentOS 6.n desktop, yum update actually update or does it leave all the apps like cinnamon desktop, skype, gimp, apache, php, libreoffice, python, pulseaudio, gnome, Firefox or chrome as they are first installed, circa Fedora 14ish? One would think that this would leave significant vulnerability. If it runs the latest spate of updates then is it not little different from Fedora 18 but with an old kernel? Further reading implies that the better CentOS installation should be text based as a server only and that I should run all my work on the server not Fedora 18. I am now having significant problems with an already built Drupal 7 site on Fedora 18 after the latest spate of php updates and am perplexed as to what to do to get a quality stable functioning and stay functioning. I've got ubuntu 12.10 but it is now so slow that it's not easy to use. Further, I have 2 gig memory, intel mb, fast dual cpu, 250g hard drives and my desktop fedora 18 uses 55-63 percent memory. I thought this may be affecting php and apache, hence Drupal, but The Dell 1520 laptop has the same internals and memory and uses 25percent of the 2 gig memory, same drupal, same Ruby on Rails. I'm puzzled because after checking ps aux, top, and System Monitor on both they are very similar yet memory usage is markedly different. I do not know what I should be looking at to understand the issues and/or fixes. Is there an app that I can use to track what happens in the browser, apache, php and Drupal when I start the Drupal site on my machine. Help is greatly appreciated thanks in advance Roger Off Topic...Does anyone know of a Rails dev who would be able to help and teach me building a small application? Thanks again Roger

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Fedora vs RHEL
by mike 20 Apr '13

20 Apr '13

Hi, Does there exist anywhere a list or comparison about which Releases of Fedora correspond to what Releases of RHEL? Thanks Mike D.

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how to create iso9660 archive.
by William Mattison 20 Apr '13

20 Apr '13

(fedora-18, all desktops) I would like to burn a single dvd with an ISO9660 - Rock Ridge - Joliet file made from: * /home/user1/project17/ * /home/user2/project17/ * /home/user2/.hidden/ Each of these directories has multiple levels of subdirectories. user1 and user2 each has other directories directly under his $HOME directory. I tried to use "Brasero" to do this. But the ISO file it created was a mere 71.7 KB, though these three directories contain over 600 MB of files. I get the impression that the tool only looked one level below what I dragged to the right side of the screen. I need it to go all the way down, like a "cp -r". On my old Redhat 9 system, X-CD-Roast handled that beautifully. I also tried this with another tool whose name I now cannot now recall or find. It was worse. How do I do this with Fedora-18? Thank-you in advance for your help. Bill.

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Changing a read only file system to write
by Mickey 20 Apr '13

20 Apr '13

I have a 32gb SD card that is partition with a fat32 and is read only, I want to make the SD card a Linux boot, but I need to get rid of the Fat32. How would I do it with Gparted. ?

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Display Problem?
by mike 20 Apr '13

20 Apr '13

After using Fedora for years mostly through the Gnome Desktop environment, I decided to run up F18 x86_64 on my test bed as a Web Server. This is all command line but, no problem. I got all parts of the LAMP environment installed and running to include my preferred ftp server and was ready to start a WordPress environment, that means a browser. No problem Firefox installed so start Firefox. "Error: No Display Specified" I am not sure where to look for a correction for that or even if I am asking in the right place. Is this a Fedora fix or should I be begging for enlightenment over in the Mozilla neighborhood. Well, I needed to get better at command line anyway! Thanks Mike D.

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OT: IDE 80 connector cables
by Frank Murphy 20 Apr '13

20 Apr '13

I have some IDE Cables are too long for purpose, trying to stuff them into small spaces. Is it ok, to cut the cable after 1st (grey connector) if only going to one device. (it's an old ide based box.) -- Regards, Frank http//www.frankly3d.com

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Re: [Evolution] Problem with evolution passwd
by Aaron Konstam 19 Apr '13

19 Apr '13

________________________________ From: Patrick O'Callaghan <poc(a)usb.ve> To: Aaron Konstam <akonstam(a)sbcglobal.net> Cc: users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org Sent: Fri, April 19, 2013 5:08:22 PM Subject: Re: [Evolution] Problem with evolution passwd On Fri, 2013-04-19 at 13:27 -0700, Aaron Konstam wrote: > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Patrick O'Callaghan <poc(a)usb.ve> > To: evolution-list(a)gnome.org > Sent: Fri, April 19, 2013 3:19:59 PM > Subject: Re: [Evolution] Problem with evolution passwd > > On Fri, 2013-04-19 at 08:02 -0700, Aaron Konstam wrote: > > Suddenly this morning when I open evolution it is asking me for a passwd. >That > > > > has not happened before so > > I am not clear what to do. No passwd I associate with e-mail seems to work. > >What > > > > has gone wrong? > > And how can I fix it? > > Is it a keyring password? Which desktop do you use? Also, you didn't > give the version of Evo you're using. > > poc > > The desktop in Gnome and the version of evolution is: > evolution-3.6.4-3.fc18.x86_64 Once again: is it a keyring password? What does the dialogue box say exactly? poc Roughly it says: Enter the passwd for the user person2 (user akonstam(a)sbcgloblaa.net host: pop.att.yahoo.com) Passwd ........................................... O Enter passwd into your keyring But when I run seahorse I see no passwd in the keyring.

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Problem with cron
by Joe Zeff 19 Apr '13

19 Apr '13

I have my computers registered with the Linux Counter, and my main desktop machine is supposed to update its status once a week, using a cron job: # added by lico-update.sh version 0.3.14 58 11 * * 4 /home/joe/bin/lico-update.sh -m The permissions on the script are right, and if run manually, it works. This worked fine under Fedora 16, but doesn't now that I'm running F 17. Does anybody know what's happened, or how to find out?

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