remote access via VNC
by Tommy Pham
Hi,
Is it possible to have remote access via VNC without having the user
to be logged in (automatically, especially on a system reboot)?
Thanks,
Tommy
12 years
RE: Red Hat Will Pay Microsoft To Get Past UEFI Restrictions
by J.Witvliet＠mindef.nl
-----Original Message-----
Thibault Nélis writes:
> Now, users who buy machines with Windows pre-installed should expect
> their firmware to include Microsoft's key, and should be aware that
> they can add theirs legally. If they don't want to use Windows and
> don't want the trouble of setting up keys they should either:
>
> (a) Buy from an OEM which builds machines with their OS of choice pre-
> installed, including a secure boot key for it,
>
> (b) Ask an OEM for a machine without any OS (if you install the OS
> yourself then you should be responsible for installing the key as
> well),
>
> (c) Fight an OEM which pre-installs Windows to add a new key, possibly
> a set of keys from unbiased trust brokers that can distribute
> certificates (bootloader shims) to your OS of choice to make it more realistic.
How about buying a laptop or a PC that will boot any damn OS you want, without all this cockamamie crap?
-----Original Message-----
Somehow it looks like there is a bright future for PC's from China.
And bad news if you work for a hardware-company that obeys Microsoft.
Oh no! Mistaken.
Those from China have probably their own secret key, that will allow you only to install a modified version** of W8
**modified: illegal copy, with build-in backdoors/taps
;-))
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12 years
How to install OpenJDK6 on F17
by Fernando Lozano
Hi there,
I was surprized that F17 uses OpenJDK7 by default but does not includes
OpenJDK6 packages also, like F16 did.
If I have some app which cannot run on Java 7, what should I do? I know
I can download the proprietary JDK6 from Oracle, but I'd rather use OpenJDK.
I tried installing OpenJDK6 packages from F16 but yum complains they are
obsoleted by OpenJDK7. I also tried downloading IcedTea6 sources and
compiling, but they stop with an "internal compiler error".
Any hints?
[]s, Fernando Lozano
12 years
Need more info: UEFI Secure Boot in Fedora
by Edward M
Hi,
I fully dont understand the approach that may be taken as workaround to
USFI Secure Boot for Fedora:
The last option wasn't hugely attractive, but is probably the least
worst. Microsoft will be offering signing services through their sysdev
portal <http://sysdev.microsoft.com>.
It's not entirely free (there's a one-off $99 fee to gain access),
but it's cheaper than any realistic alternative would have been. It
ensures compatibility
with as wide a range of hardware as possible and it avoids Fedora
having any special privileges over other Linux distributions.
If there are better options then we haven't found them. So, in all
probability, this is the approach we'll take. Our first stage bootloader
will be signed with a Microsoft key.
will I need to pay $99 to use linux,etc. what about other distros?
I know will be speculating at this point but wondering what could be the
reprecussions if this method is taken?
http://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/12368.html
12 years
FW: Red Hat Will Pay Microsoft To Get Past UEFI Restrictions
by J.Witvliet＠mindef.nl
From: users-bounces(a)lists.fedoraproject.org [mailto:users-bounces@lists.fedoraproject.org] On Behalf Of Javier Perez
Sent: Friday, June 01, 2012 9:54 AM
To: Community support for Fedora users
Subject: Re: Red Hat Will Pay Microsoft To Get Past UEFI Restrictions
Tommy, you are exactly right on all of your points.
The Fedora people say that they would rather not go back to the times of compatibility lists to find out what hardware worked with the system.
I'd rather go back to compatibility lists and give my gold to whichever hardware manufacturer caters to my needs than give MS the kind of veto power they would have with secure boot as currently defined.
JP
Perhaps an other option: replacing the UEFI-BIOS by an opensource bios that doesn't hold those ridiculous restrictions?
Hw
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12 years
Twinhead gnome 3 & fallback mode
by Bill Murray
Dear all,
I have a machine with two monitors, using Intel Q35
driver with DRI. Gnome 3
works in fallback mode still in FC17 - I was expecting that would not
happen. Did I hope for
too much?
Bill
--
Bill Murray ---- ATLAS
STFC RAL at: Bat 161 1-08, CERN,1211 Meyrin, Geneve 23, Switzerland
Tel:- CERN +41 22 7670631 or RAL +44 (0)1235 446256
12 years
F17 preupgrade
by jarmo
First, preupgrade-cli does not work, stops in some .py stuff. Can't get
info, b'cause another comp. No problem, pure preupgrade went smoothly
trough, new 17 all ok, so far. When closing comp kernel panic, again
can't produce message here, but remember, that can't find shutdown.sh
script was one of messages... So, my lap lenovo t61 works, but shutdown
has problems... Doomed to be alive for ever? Heh... So have to wait
other comps upgrading, probably near to 18 rc2 or something. One
question, where you guys, who know something about code and so, have
hurry... If you do distro for people, make sure u understand, that
persons like me, 60 old want to use it. KISS, KISS, u make more crowns
just waiting, not with rush. World IS IS and IS, people aren't.
/* Horror, When There is no Electricity */
Jarmo
12 years
abrtd & remote retrace server
by Maciek Borzęcki
I've got a fresh, F17 install, running Gnome desktop. Unsurprisingly
gnome-shell crashed at some point. What is surprising though, is that
remote retrace server is no longer available for choosing in abrtd applet.
Has anything changed recently, or am I just missing some package that is
not in the default install?
Cheers,
--
Maciek Borzecki
12 years
nouveau gets monitor size wrong
by Neal Becker
I have an hp dv9000 laptop. With proprietary nvidia driver, it works correctly.
xdpyinfo says monitor is 371x232mm, which is correct.
using nouveau, xdpyinfo says it's 447x277mm.
Where do I report this bug?
Here is what I tried to workaround:
I made xorg.conf that contains only this:
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Section "Monitor"
# HorizSync source: edid, VertRefresh source: edid
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "LPL"
HorizSync 30.0 - 75.0
VertRefresh 60.0
Option "DPMS"
DisplaySize 371 232
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
EndSection
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This seems to work. I'm hoping nouveau will use automatic settings for
everything else (AFAICT, it is).
Is this the easiest way to do the 1 thing I need done, which is:
DisplaySize 371 232
?
12 years
