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Apache document tree location on Fedora
by Dennis M Gray 05 May '04

05 May '04

Last night I was taking a look at the web server configuration that was set up by default when I installed Fedora. The /var/www/html was specified as the document tree. I also noticed that Squirrelmail was set up by default as well in /usr/share/squirrelmail (or something like that). In the httpd.conf file I fail to find a reference to Squirrelmail as an alias. I am wondering how this works. I can connect on the web as http://myserver/webmail (example) and it finds the /usr/share/squirrelmail directory. --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Win a $20,000 Career Makeover at Yahoo! HotJobs

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export DISPLAY from chroot environment
by Lewi 05 May '04

05 May '04

I'm recently have 2 or more redhat version installed in comp, I'm noticed that since Fedora1 and FC2T2, I can't running X apps from chroot environment to my current display so lately I check from redhat9, it just can how can I enabled this again, or what conf that I need? -- ichtus ------ Lewi Supranata .K ICQ: 50643061 Homepage : http://mbone.petra.ac.id/mypages/ichtus GnuPG Public Key : http://mbone.petra.ac.id/mypages/ichtus/ichtus-keys2 ---------------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IMP: http://mbone.petra.ac.id

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RE: [OT] webserver ?
by MW Mike Weiner (5028) 05 May '04

05 May '04

On Mon, 2004-05-03 at 14:23, Alexander Dalloz wrote: > I don't know how such a redirect would influence search engine > ranking, but using mod_rewrite would looks like: > > RewriteEngine on > RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\. [NC] > RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^$ > RewriteRule ^(.*) http://www.%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [R=301] > > (I hope it will survive line wrapping, above instructions are 4 lines) > > See: http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/mod/mod_rewrite.html for further details. This works well for the w, ww, and subscequent www(x) requests, now I have 1 step left, I need to add the same redirect behavior for JUST the domain (i.e. blah.com) without the w's in front, again, send the client the 301 and redirect to http://www.blah.com Thanks. Michael Weiner

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rpm upgrades segfaulting FC1
by Brian Hankins 05 May '04

05 May '04

I am having some trouble with rpm upgrades, while installing new packages works fine. This is what I see when running this: # rpm -Uvh package.rpm Segfault There is a backstory to this actually. One day I was running the upgrades as normal through the graphical up2date tool, and I upgraded something like 6 packages at once. This was about a month and a half ago when openssl needed an update. When I rebooted, all kinds of stuff began segfaulting after some research and straces we ended up forcing a reinstall of the openssl package(just trying to ssh into another machine was segfaulting as well). After that everything seemed to be working well, except for rpm which segfaults everytime I try to upgrade a package, which is hindering me from updating the system. I had something like this happen in an older version of redhat so I used: # rpm --rebuilddb I was still running into the same issue, and I went to deleted the db files: # rm /var/lib/rpm/__db* The problem still happens, so I grabbed the rpm of rpm from the install cd and upgraded it with: "rpm -Uvh --force" which ends up displaying the status hashes like its installing, but segfaults after that point. I could not find anything beneficial in my investigation in the logs or and strace of running rpm, granted I am not an expert on it. I would appreciate any suggestions, or help on a fix or workaround, or what else I need to look for. Thanks alot. -- Brian Hankins

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Re: OS Performance (was OT: New low for Microsoft!)
by Gabriel M. Beddingfield 05 May '04

05 May '04

> From: "Bob Shaffer" <fedora(a)bobshafferscomputer.com> > > Certain programs take a long time to start. Usually there is an alternate > program that starts faster if you don't like it. I normally use faster > window managers like blackbox or enlightenment. > Switching/shading/minimizing/restoring/etc windows with them is always > instantaneous. Gnome and KDE have become almost as bloated as MS Windows > over the past few years, and I just prefer simplicity anyway. This may be what I'm looking for! Thanks very much. slow switching makes for a hard sell for people like my wife. i'm already sold. >:-) -Gabriel

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Laptop Battery
by Davide Dolcini 05 May '04

05 May '04

Hello I've a problem with kde and the battery charge indicator. The indicator doesn't recognise my battery and it always says that there's no battery attached to the notebook. I've tried to modify some settings of the indicator in kde control menù, but it doesn't work, maybe that he's searching for a type of battery different from mine, but where i could change it? is there a config file to change? I've a Compaq Presario 2700e

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OFF TOPIC: directory tree script file problem
by Mick M. 05 May '04

05 May '04

Hello list; for some time I have been struggling with a script problem. What I want to do is scan a directory structure and re-create it without any files. When I download files I put them into my home directory and then later copy them to /mnt/DOWNLOADS I want to copy the directory structure of /mnt/DOWNLOADS into /home/mick without any files. Then I can put files where they belong without duplication. Periodicaly I burn /mnt/DOWNLOADS to CD for safety. I cannot figure out how to create the empty directory tree. I have tried various incantations of sed/cut/file and managed to destroy the file system on a test box! (I was root) Help would be appreciated. Thanks Mick M. ===== The glass is exactly twice as large as it needs to be. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Win a $20,000 Career Makeover at Yahoo! HotJobs http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/careermakeover

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RE: [OT] webserver ?
by MW Mike Weiner (5028) 05 May '04

05 May '04

Alexander Dalloz became daring and sent these 2.3K bytes, I might be way off, but wouldn't it be quicker to use a vhost to redirect? As long as I can force a 301 redirect to the client and redirect BACK to the www.blah.com, that would work too :-) Though I have not yet migrated these servers to name-based vhosting, we run many webs on a single box, but use ports to distinguish them and the load balancer does the port redirection for us (e.g. 12380 --> 80) Michael Weiner

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Fedora desktop experience: Great, but not quite all I need
by Benjamin J. Weiss 05 May '04

05 May '04

Just wanted to share a quick review on my attempt to replace Windows on my desktop at home. Below are the things I do with the computer and how well they translated to Fedora: 1) Email. I had some problems getting Evolution 1.4 to talk nicely with my RH 9 email server via imaps and smtp-auth over tls. I'm still working through that, but I got email working by allowing relay from the desktop box. My wife is getting used to the interface, but it's no big deal for her, so that's a plus. 2) Digital Camera. My wife has two digital cameras: - Kodak DX 3500. gtkam worked just fine, saw the camera and I could see all of the pics. The software's not as easy to use as the windows software that came with the camera, but I think I can get Kim to use it. - Olympus C-750 UltraZoom. I couldn't get gtkam to initialize the camera, no matter what camera I selected. The autoselect kept finding it as a C-2040Z, which would have been fine if it could have initialized the camera. I suppose I'd have to use one of those card readers, but I don't know if any of them read Olympus xD cards. This one's a deal-killer for my wife. I'll have to dual boot if I can't get this one working. 3) Office suite. We've been using Open Office at home for about a year now on Windows, so the switch to Fedora was a no-brainer. 4) Games. My wife loves tux racer. :) She wishes we could get frogger, but tux racer is okay with her. I haven't tried installing Neverwinter Nights on Fedora yet, but I hear that it works just fine, so games shouldn't be a problem. 5) Video. I couldn't even get my video off of my Canon Optura 20 camcorder and onto the computer with dvgrab. I've left a message on the dvgrab message board and haven't heard back these last few days. I found a couple of messages in archives that hint that ieee1394 isn't working properly yet in linux, so that may be why I had the problems. I could control the camera, but just not capture the video over the firewire port. Go figure. I may try again when I get the new motherboard installed. I don't think it's the board, though, since this works flawlessly in Win2K. I found a couple of video editing applications that look like they might be pretty cool, though I don't know if they'll replace DVDLab. However, since I can't even get my video, there's no way to tell. This one's a deal-killer for me, as that's one of the major reasons I've upgraded my PC, so that I could do home video. Bottom line: Fedora is almost there for my personal needs. Great look, good experience, but not all of the apps I need are working yet. For now, I may have to look at purchasing XP to take advantage of the SATA ports on the new motherboard. Hope this helps somebody out there. Ben

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Re: TurboTax Replacement (was: Quicken Replacement )
by Adam Killian 05 May '04

05 May '04

>Date: Tue, 04 May 2004 17:13:25 -0400 >From: Mike Jang <michael(a)ywow.org> >Subject: TurboTax Replacement (was: Quicken Replacement ) >To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list(a)redhat.com> >Message-ID: <1083705205.1890.29.camel@Enterprise3> >Content-Type: text/plain > >[snip] > >I don't think GNUCash really cuts it, but I recognize there are people >working on the Quicken compatibility / feature issue. However, I don't >hear any mention of (U.S.) Tax software. > >Is there anything on the horizon for a Linux port or some GNU substitute >for TurboTax? Or do people here who no longer use MS Windows just do >their taxes with a pencil (or an accountant who probably uses MS >Windows)? > >I think this is the last big unscratched itch before Linux can seriously >penetrate the consumer desktop market. > >Thanks, >Mike > > > I did my taxes this year with Fedora. (Ok, I cheated) I just pointed mozilla to HRblock.com. Works for me! About 2 weeks ago, I finally hunkered down and started using Gnucash for all my personal finance stuff. The learning curve is a bit ugly, but now that I got past that, I really like it. Just thought I'd throw that out there. Adam

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