users June 2014

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Fedora 20 minimal install: default user directory oddity

by Noah Cutler

Hey all. I fedup'd from F18 to 20 a couple of weeks ago (suprisingly smooth process) but decided to blow it all away in favor of a F20 minimal install as I am "fed up" with Gnome ;-) So, here we are on a minimal install with no DM or DE, just i3wm with agetty --auto-login as a quick & dirty autologin solution. Overall everything works swimmingly, quite pleased with the setup. One issue has me puzzled, however. When I open up a terminal (or even from a tty) by default I am placed in slash root vs. my user directory. The workaround I'm using is to stick a "cd $HOME" in the last line of my .bashrc What is causing this? Does one need to login via a DM in order to get placed in user home directory? If so, why does a tty session default to slash root? Thanks for an explanation if you've got one.

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background - "stopped" how to kill!

by bruce

Hi. I know this isn't really a fed issue, but I'm curious to how to handle it. I have a basic test php app foo.php I run it from the cmdline - it sleeps, it dies, life is good. The pID is removed from the procTBL as expected. However, if I change the running to be -- foo.php & so the test runs as a background process, the process gets listed as "Stopped" "T" in the status of the procTBL. My question, is how the heck can I implement something within the test foo.php to have it die/be removed from the procTBL when it dies.. I've implemented the kill_posix within the app, and I've searched alla over trying to resolve this.. So, what the heck am I missing. And I know I could have an external app kill it, but that's the same as killing the foo.php test from the cmdline.. Thoughts/comments.. thanks

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Unable to hibernate fc20 system

by Luke Nath

On fc20 with mate desktop. Clicking System -> Shutdown does not show the option to hibernate. Am I missing a package? Is this a mate problem??

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pm-hibernate - cannot get swap writer

by Luke Nath

running pm-hibernate as root does not work. It blanks the screen, then issues a one line error mesassage: PM: cannot get swap writer

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Fwd: FLASH: Internet Storm Center Briefing on Today's OpenSSL Security Patches

by SternData

FYI -------- Original Message -------- Subject: FLASH: Internet Storm Center Briefing on Today's OpenSSL Security Patches Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2014 14:37:10 +0000 From: SANS Institute <sans(a)sans.org> Reply-To: sans(a)sans.org FLASH: Internet Storm Center Briefing on Today's OpenSSL Security Patches Today, Thursday, June 05 at 12:00 PM EDT (16:00:00 UTC) OpenSSL today released an critical update, patching 6 different vulnerabilities, one of which can lead to remote code execution. After heartbleed, system administrators are rightfully nervous about any new OpenSSL issues. In this webcast, we will discuss the impact of the vulnerabilities patched today, how to find out if you are vulnerable and which systems to patch first. Register here: https://www.sans.org/webcasts/98445 ********************

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OpenSSL package updates coming shortly to mirrors

by Paul W. Frields

Hi, if you weren't aware, there is an announcement about an OpenSSL security issue on the Fedora announce list. Here's the post: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/announce/2014-June/003216.html The updates referenced in the announcement are still in the process of being pushed out to mirrors. However, you can pull the updates directly from Fedora's koji instance if you don't want to wait: For Fedora 19 x86_64: yum -y install koji koji download-build --arch=x86_64 openssl-1.0.1e-38.fc19 yum localinstall openssl-1.0.1e-38.fc19.x86_64.rpm For Fedora 20 x86_64: yum -y install koji koji download-build --arch=x86_64 openssl-1.0.1e-38.fc20 yum localinstall openssl-1.0.1e-38.fc20.x86_64.rpm -- Paul W. Frields http://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 http://redhat.com/ - - - - http://pfrields.fedorapeople.org/ The open source story continues to grow: http://opensource.com

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Show List of Users on KDE Login Screen?

by Oliver Ruebenacker

Hello, How can I show a list of users on the KDE login screen? There are only three regular users. Thanks! Best, Oliver -- Oliver Ruebenacker Founder at Relomics Consulting <http://www.relomics.com> Be always grateful, but never satisfied.

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yesterday kernel update fail?

by Pal, Laszlo

Anyone else started today with this? ================================================================================================================================================ Package Arch Version Repository Size ================================================================================================================================================ Removing: kernel x86_64 3.14.5-200.fc20 @updates 135 M kernel-devel x86_64 3.14.5-200.fc20 @updates 33 M kernel-modules-extra x86_64 3.14.5-200.fc20 @updates 8.2 M Transaction Summary ================================================================================================================================================ Remove 3 Packages It seems something wrong with this update at least at my machine since with this version my boot process can't finish. Booting the previous kernel solves the problem. Any official announcement for this? Vlad

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How I got Firefox 29 to not be slow.

by linux guy

Hi people. I realize this isn't a Fedora issue per se but I thought that being a number of people running Fedora use FF, I'd share my experience here. I use FF as my main browser. My apologies to the Konqueror developers. I do a lot of online research and it isn't uncommon for me to have 10 FF instances running with over 50 webpages (tabs) open in total. Lately FF has been very slow. Probably since FF27, though at first I didn't pay much attention. Lately its been a huge annoyance. I tried everything to speed it up. Disabling disk caching, selectively disabling various flash options, changing the graphics backends, etc. All to no avail. Today I happened to stumble upon the solution to the problem. Out of frustration I installed Chrome and began to use it. In doing so I completely closed all the FF instances I had open. I've done this before, but for whatever reason, this time was different. I was using Chrome, doing some light browsing when I accidentally started a FF instance. When I did, I received a message stating that there was already a FF instance running. I aborted the startup. I ran a "ps aux | grep firefox" only to find a ghost firefox instance still running. I killed it. I then restarted FF, only to find that it is now peppy once again. I hope this helps someone.

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thoughts on using Fedora for Dell Mobile Precision 3800 laptop

by Ranjan Maitra

Hi, I am considering buying the Dell Mobile Precision M3800 (with QHD+ 3200×1800 resolution) for use with Fedora 20 and later. Any thoughts/experiences with it? (I am excited about the resolution aspect.) http://www.dell.com/us/business/p/precision-m3800-workstation/fs It appears to have a touchscreen (not sure if that is an option only) but is there any use for a touchscreen on Fedora? Sorry if this is a naive question, but I have never considered using a touchscreen device previously. Many thanks for any input! Ranjan -- Important Notice: This mailbox is ignored: e-mails are set to be deleted on receipt. Please respond to the mailing list if appropriate. For those needing to send personal or professional e-mail, please use appropriate addresses. ____________________________________________________________ FREE ONLINE PHOTOSHARING - Share your photos online with your friends and family! Visit http://www.inbox.com/photosharing to find out more!

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