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gnome-shell and syslog problems
by Matthew Saltzman 08 May '13

08 May '13

I have a Fedora 18 machine on which I use gnome-shell as a desktop. After the last set of updates, I tried to restart. The machine froze during shutdown and I had to reset it from the front panel. Since then, I can't get gnome-shell to start. The greeter runs, but when I log in, I just get the background screen. My keyboard remaps take hold (I swap ctrl and caps-lock to get a Sun keyboard feel), but I don't see any panels. When I tried to troubleshoot that problem, I discovered that /var/log/messages* and some other files were empty. It turns out that syslogd was dead. I've found that it simply doesn't start on boot, but it starts fine when I start it by hand. dmesg and boot.log appear normal AFAICT, though there is nothing in them related to syslog. I've tried googling for solutions, but I haven't find a good set of search terms to target. Can anyone suggest how to start troubleshooting either of these problems? TIA. -- Matthew Saltzman Clemson University Math Sciences mjs AT clemson DOT edu

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by Bruno de Oliveira Bastos 08 May '13

08 May '13

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lenovo x131e
by Gergely Buday 08 May '13

08 May '13

Hi there, does anybody have experience installing Fedora/CentOS on Lenovo x131e? Is it doable? Any problems? http://www.lenovo.com/products/us/tech-specs/laptop/thinkpad/x-series/x131e… - Gergely

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SELinux: how to allow NM / OpenVPN to access my homedir?
by Mihamina Rakotomandimby 08 May '13

08 May '13

Hi all, I configured NM/OpenVPN to get the needed certificates from my homedir ${HOME}/openvpn/* When trying to launch, it fails because of: May 8 12:12:51 mihamina-i5 setroubleshoot: SELinux is preventing /usr/sbin/openvpn from open access on the file /home/mihamina/openvpn/mihamina.crt. For complete SELinux messages. run sealert -l 2a4693c2-93a8-4d29-94a5-0b0fdd89e592 May 8 12:12:56 mihamina-i5 NetworkManager[659]: <info> VPN service 'openvpn' disappeared May 8 12:13:19 mihamina-i5 /usr/bin/sealert: exception ValueError: unknown locale: en_DK May 8 12:13:26 mihamina-i5 /bin/sealert: exception ValueError: unknown locale: en_DK What to do? I really want to give its chance to SELinux... :-) -- RMA.

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Howto configure KDE to always open new windows?
by Alan Evans 07 May '13

07 May '13

Hello all! My devel machine at work is running F17 and KDE. There are lots of little things about KDE that bug me, but this one is driving me batty. I keep 12 workspaces open. Yes, 12 -- it works for me. At any time, I'll have multiple instances (or at least multiple windows) open, spread around the various workspaces. For example, I might have 3 or 4 kate windows open in various workspaces, each editing groups of files relevant to what I'm doing with that workspace. Now, if I open a new file from, for example, Dolphin, the system picks one of the existing kate windows and opens the file in that. The problem is that I never want that to happen. It's especially aggravating when the window that opens the file is not even in the same workspace that I'm viewing when I select the file. This also happens when I click links in emails. They always open in a (randomly? chosen) browser window even if that browser window is not in my current workspace. Is there a way to configure KDE to always open files or links in a new window? In the current workspace? It would be nice if there were some universal setting for this behavior, but I'll settle for just a way to make files opened in Dolphin always appear in a new window. -Alan

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Re: Fedora 18 basic functionality install question[SOLVED]
by soko.tica 07 May '13

07 May '13

Please disregard my previous message, I understand now I have to re-compile to newer kernel. Again, thanks for your help On Tue, May 7, 2013 at 10:16 AM, soko.tica <soko.tica(a)gmail.com> wrote: > @poma, Bram Mertens > > Many thanks for your replies. > > The links were very helpful, unfortunately, I still haven't managed to get > the driver working. It seems it doesn't work with f18 default kernel. > Although bugzilla discussion says kernels prior to 3.7 should look for the > driver elsewhere, I still wasn't able to find where that exactly was. > > Attached is typescript with the session showing uname -r, and installation > errors I've got. > > You were already very helpful, but if you can easily find a link to the > place where the driver for f18 kernel exist, please post it here. > > Regards, > > > On Sun, May 5, 2013 at 10:47 PM, poma <pomidorabelisima(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> … >> > [1] >> http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/networking/alx >> >> And here is a summary: >> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=842367 >> >> >> poma >> >> >> -- >> 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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Fedora 18 basic functionality install question
by soko.tica 07 May '13

07 May '13

Hello list, I have successfully installed Fedora 18 with basic functionality on an UEFI-based lenovo y400 notebook to dual boot with pre-installed windows 8. Both OS-es boot without a hassle (although to boot windows 8 I need to turn on the box through the "novo" button, while turning on by pressing "usual" button boots fedora - it should be solved through shim and uefi-boot options subsequently, I guess). However, there are several issues I need help with: 1) I have installed fedora with basic functionality, since I didn't want pre-selected desktops (I wanted to install fluxbox subsequently). Since I have no previous experience with Fedora (I'have been using OpenBSD for several years) it appears to be the mistake as it caused problems described under 2) and 3). 2) I have no network card configured. ifconfig -a shows loopback only. Although the installer recognized wi-fi card during the installation I left it unconfigured, since I wanted to connect through eth0. lspci shows Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR8161 Gigabit Ethernet, but I havent managed to bring it up by ifconfig up. 3) X won't start (startx - command not found). The question I ask is how to upgrade from Fedora 18 basic functionality to a full-blown box? Is simply re-installing safe, given this is a dual-boot UEFI box? Many thanks in advance for your time to read this and the effort to respond.

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yum-fastestmirror is not the default, it should be
by Fernando Cassia 06 May '13

06 May '13

Is there any rationale for NOT making yum-fastestmirror the default?? Without yum-fastestmirror any yum install is excuciatingly slow, think 256 Kbps or slower. However if I enable yum-fastestmirror I download from the local mirror in .AR at 5 Mbps... So, again, given that benefits that yum-fastestmirror providers, why isn't it the default behaviour? (we can have 'yum-slowyum' to revert back to the traditional behaviour ;-) FC -- During times of Universal Deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act Durante épocas de Engaño Universal, decir la verdad se convierte en un Acto Revolucionario - George Orwell

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showmount how to find a nfs server?
by Frank Murphy 06 May '13

06 May '13

How can "showmount -e" be used to find nfs-server Name and ip unknown as yet. I do know them, but as above q. man showmount hasn't helped in this nagios(plugin) would probably find this stuff. But, want to keep it a close to default Xfce install as possible. -- Regards, Frank - I check for new mail app. 20min www.frankly3d.com

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yumdownloader use cachedir?
by Frank Murphy 06 May '13

06 May '13

I can download i686.rpms on a x86_64 box using a list from a i686 box using: yumdownloader --archlist=i686 --releasever=19 `cat fedin.list` But, they download to current dir. Getting them to download to the F19 ~/cachdir is catching me at the moment. I could specify a download-dir. But, that wouldn't allow for boxes on updates-testing. Brain on the fritz as always. have also looked at repotrack, repoquery, reposync. -- Regards, Frank - I check for new mail app. 20min www.frankly3d.com

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