using xsane as non-root user
by Amadeus W.M.
Precisely what is the reason xsane can't be used as non-root users?
I have a usb-connected Brother all-in-one. In F8 I was able to use it as
myself. No longer so in F9, with an I/O error which I suspect was due to
the 660 permissions on the appropriate /dev/usb device. I can use it as
root just fine.
In what obscure udev/hal file do I have to change 660 to 666? I found
ACTION=="add", KERNEL=="sg[0-9]*", BUS=="scsi", ATTRS{type}=="3|6", SYMLINK
+="scanner scanner-%k", MODE="0660"
in /etc/udev/rules.d/40-redhat.rules
Is this the right place? Should I?
In fact, I just changed the permissions manually to /dev/usbdev* and I'm
getting the same error:
Failed to open device `brother2:bus4;dev2':
Error during device I/O.
Any help?
15 years, 10 months
F9: Creating partitions
by Dan Thurman
Hmm... F9 is new to me...
1) I am planning to partition a 750GB drive as follows:
a) /media/vista 50GB ntfs primary
b) /media/w2kpro 50GB ntfs primary
c) /boot 200MB ext3 primary
d) -------------------------------- Extended
i) / 200GB ext3
ii) /media/wapp1 100GB ntfs
iii) /media/fapp1 150GB ext3
2) I downloaded F9 Gnome Live ISO and burned a CD,
booted up and started F9 installation.
a) Selected "Custom Partition"
b) Tried to create "vista" nfts partition but
there is no ntfs selection available in the
'File System Type' dropdown list, all I see
is 'vfat' So, at this point I selected vfat
and continued to partition to 50GB, primary.
c) Same with (b) above, but for w2kpro
d) Created /boot partition - but noticed that there
was a "switch" in the device - /boot became
/dev/sda1 instead of /dev/sda3 as I would have
expected. Why is that? Don't I get to say
exactly what device I want partitioned and in
what order? Ignoring this, I continued anyway,
hoping this will not screw up boot access to
'vista' or 'w2kpro'. So, I continued on.
e) Now, to create the 'Extended partition'? - hmm,
there is no 'Extended' in 'File System Type'
dropdown list - so where is it? What is 'efi'?
"Extended FIle system"?
Up to this point - I don't know what to do. Should I
choose 'Physical Volume (LVM)' instead and use this
pathway instead of the way I am going as planned?
Please advise?
Thanks-
Dan
15 years, 10 months
Yum Update Repo problem?
by Andrew Kenton Mitchell
Anybody else have this issue?
[akm2@LTSecond ~]$ sudo yum update
Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit
Setting up Update Process
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package tcl.i386 1:8.5.2-1.fc9 set to be updated
--> Processing Dependency: tcl = 1:8.5.1 for package: tk
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
1:tk-8.5.1-4.fc9.i386 from installed has depsolving problems
--> Missing Dependency: tcl = 1:8.5.1 is needed by package
1:tk-8.5.1-4.fc9.i386 (installed)
Error: Missing Dependency: tcl = 1:8.5.1 is needed by package
1:tk-8.5.1-4.fc9.i386 (installed)
[akm2@LTSecond ~]$
Thanks,
Andrew
15 years, 10 months
Bug in Thunderbird?
by Mark Haney
I don't know if this is a bug in Tbird, or if it's just my system here
doing something funny with the display, but when I click 'View' ->
'Headers' -> 'All' I get the message headers, but they appear all the
way down to the bottom of the screen and there's no way to scroll
through them. Has anyone else seen this behaviour?
--
Interdum feror cupidine partium magnarum Europae vincendarum
Mark Haney
Sr. Systems Administrator
ERC Broadband
(828) 350-2415
15 years, 10 months
usb internet hookup
by Frank Cox
My wife is off visiting her mother and she took her Fedora 8 laptop with her.
I set up network manager on it so it will just log into any available Internet
connection without any user intervention required. It works fine here.
She just sent me this: "I don't know if I will be able to use my laptop.
Esthel's modem is linked to her computer with a USB cable. Strange. I
tried to use both cable that's linked to the router but none worked. Maybe I'm
doing something wrong or as Esthel said we have to install something on
my computer but who knows if it has Linux."
The Internet there is a DSL connection from Mauritius Telecoms. I've never
dealt with a setup like that, so does anyone know where to go from here?
Perhaps she's just out of luck?
--
MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Melville Sask ~ http://www.melvilletheatre.com
15 years, 10 months
Jumping Terminal WIndows
by Tom Browder
Any hints out there for fixing terminal windows that jump from their
set positions at login on
a gnome desktop?
Thanks.
-Tom
15 years, 10 months
gnome desktop XDMCP in domU
by David Hláčik
Hello,
i have Fedora 9 on xen as domU, i have installed "yum groupinstall Gnome
Desktop ... " . I want to access Gnome Desktoup through XDMCP protocol, but
unfortunately X server will not start when there is no graphical output
where to start.
How can i solve this problem?
And of course i have edited gdm/custom.conf and added to [XDMCP] Enable =
True.
Thanks in advance!
15 years, 10 months
