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Xemacs over ssh tunnel question
by Jerry Feldman 07 Feb '09

07 Feb '09

My Desktop system at work is an HP Integrity (IA64) with Fedora 9 and a GNOME desktop. Because I do a lot of compiling under xemacs, I ssh -X to a RHEL 5.2 system to run xemacs. Under RHEL 4, everything worked fine, but under RHEL 5.2 I am unable to click on any buttons on a dialog box. Everything else works fine. If I log into a RHEL 5.2 console through a KVM, things work fine. So, the issue seems to be some combination of a Fedora 9 IA64 host running xemacs through ssh and X forwarding through the tunnel. One solution is that I could install RHEL 5.1 on the workstation, but I would prefer Fedora. AFAIK, Fedora 10 is not yet available for IA64. -- Jerry Feldman <gaf(a)blu.org> Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846

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Adobe announces 64-bit Flash plugin for Linux (Alpha verson)
by Patrick O'Callaghan 06 Feb '09

06 Feb '09

I don't normally forward this kind of thing, but given the amount of traffic about Flash here I figured this could an excusable exception. http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashplayer10/ See also http://linux.slashdot.org/linux/08/11/17/168212.shtml poc

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Broadcom-wl v. Kernel
by homburg＠tips-Q.com 05 Feb '09

05 Feb '09

I have a new Dell toy on which I installed F10. I had been running F8 on a Vaio with a vanilla kernel that had the athos drivers compiled in. Setup installed the PAE kernel. Using rpmfusion, I installed broadcom-wl along with the dependencies. kernel broadcom-wl kmod-wl-2.6.27.12-170.2.5.fc10.i686 kmod-wl I am not at all sure why it installed two kmod-wl. Both are from rpmfusion-nonfree-updates??? Is the kernel dependency correct? Does this mean that - to use wireless - I should boot from the non-PAE kernel? I hate to ask - I feel stupid - but what is the difference between rpmfusion free and nonfree? Is this a licensing issue? Thanks -- "Neither Lifestyle nor Agenda" http://www.tips-Q.com

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[F9] HELP, Dual head laptop with nvidia card
by Jorge Boscan Etura 05 Feb '09

05 Feb '09

Hello I upgraded from F8>F9 and when I tried to use my old xorg.conf configured to use dual head and it failed something has changed from f8 to f9 so I need help with a working dual head xorg.conf file. Best regards, -- [Jorge J. Boscán Etura] quando omni flunkus moritatus

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Will Fedora 9 get 2.6.28?
by Will Yonker 05 Feb '09

05 Feb '09

Hello all, The subject says it all really. I'm running Fedora 9 and want to use EXT4. I realize there is support in the 2.6.27 but I've read that all the goddies are not in until 2.6.28. So, will Fedora 9 get it or do I have to upgrade to Fedora 10? Is anyone using EXT4 and software RAIDs (5)? Thanks --- Will Y. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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music download sites?
by Kevin Kempter 04 Feb '09

04 Feb '09

Hi all; anyone out there using one of the pay for music download sites? I'm wanting to find one that does not require windows or mac software to simply download the mp3 files, or other such stupidity. Suggestions ? Thanks in advance

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F10 post installation kernel issue?
by Dan Thurman 04 Feb '09

04 Feb '09

First time F10 install went well. One thing I did differently in installing F10 was to: 1) Use the Volume based filesystems 2) Enabled disk encryption I noticed that on every reboot, one must enter the password long before seeing a grub display. Hmm... maybe for a server this is not the way to go, but for a workstation, it's probably ok. Anyway, the initial kernel I started with is: (1) kernel-2.6.27.5-117.fc10.i686 I proceeded to get the latest updates and this was approx. 1 week ago. I later added programs I wanted installed, configured the services I wanted, etc., etc., and everything went well. I was able to reboot, no problems. But then a few days later, more updates came through, but specifically a new kernel was added: (2) kernel-2.6.27.9-159.fc10.i686 Rebooting, I got the messages: ====================== ata1: ACPI get timing mode failed (AE 0x300d) Loading /lib/kdb/Keymaps/i386/qwerty/us.map [hang] So, I never got to the point where I needed to enter the encrypted disk password for continuance. To be sure, I rebooted back to the original kernel (1), and it booted just fine. Leaving it there, I continued using the system, but got yet another kernel update: (3) kernel-2.6.27.12-170.2.5.fc10.i686 Same problem reported in (2) above. So I am still stuck at using my initial kernel at (1). Is there anything I can do or to check to understand why I am not able to use the latest kernels? Thanks! Dan

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is KDE dead - did Gnome win?
by Genes MailLists 03 Feb '09

03 Feb '09

I am a long time KDE user - in part for similar reasons to Linus - it was configurable, flexible and let me set things up the way I wanted - easily and simply. It had a very nice configuration manager. Gnome by contrast was rigid, inflexible and to configure it - the bits it allowed you to - you needed in part to learn about its registry which warned you that the registry editor may corrupt things in bad ways - use at your risk. Gnome was undergoing rapid changes - metacity went through a lot before it was stable .. kde all the while was pretty stable. That was the way things used to be. Now KDE is harder to configure, not as flexible and is difficult if not impossible to set up the way I like things (task manager showing 1 icon per console or per firefox, the workspace chooser in the middle, the ability to click and save a session etc etc). So what I am seeing is some of the KDE users I know are slowly giving up and moving back to gnome - its the default windowing manager/environment on fedora and ubuntu and seems more mature and stable than KDE 4 - and since as far as configurability goes, KDE has little advantage to offer at this time. Perhaps the next version, or the one after that will bring back the advantages. Maybe by 4.2 or 4.3 or 4.4 or... 5.0 .. So seeking guidance from the path others are choosing: (1) Are the fedora KDE users moving back to gnome ? ... is KDE dead or alive ? (2) Are there fedora Gnome users moving to KDE ? It is after all very similar in its function now ... and does not use spatial mode by default (;-). Be very interested in hearing what thoughts others are having. gene

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yum list display some package in 2 rows
by Ambrogio 03 Feb '09

03 Feb '09

Hi all, I use yum list in a script to have everytime I need a list of package available. Some packages, that have long names, are displayed in 2 rows, so scripts are more hard to be coded. There is an option to have a more simple list of packages, less readable by umans, but more readable by computer? Tnx Ambrogio

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campcaster on fedora?
by Dave Stevens 02 Feb '09

02 Feb '09

I hope the subject line is self-explanatory, but in case it isn't, does anyone have Campcaster (radio station automation software) in an rpm? It seems the default builds are .debs. Dave -- Canada must refuse to be entangled in any more wars fought to make the world safe for capitalism. -- The Regina Manifesto, 1933

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