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Service to run user-owned init scripts at boot time?
by Christian Kreibich 30 Jan '09

30 Jan '09

Hi all, I am looking for a service that lets regular users place scripts in a well defined location, say somewhere in their home directory, so that those scripts will be executed with the respective user's permissions at system boot time (note, I don't mean user login time). I was wondering whether Fedora provides a package that'll provide this so I don't have to set up a solution myself. Thanks... -- Cheers, Christian

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system-config-display crashes
by Jim 30 Jan '09

30 Jan '09

FC10/KDE Running system-config-display in FC10/KDE, from terminal, crashes. below is error message from terminal, there are no error messages in /var/log/messages # system-config-display Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/share/system-config-display/xconf.py", line 312, in <module> hardware_state = XF86HardwareState(xconfig) File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/rhpxl/xhwstate.py", line 174, in __init__ self.init_from_xconfig(xconfig) File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/rhpxl/xhwstate.py", line 260, in init_from_xconfig if screen.device: AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'device'

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[OT] linux viruses statics
by g 30 Jan '09

30 Jan '09

what are some good sites for statics of linux vs ms viruses, worms, and trojans? tia. -- peace out. tc,hago. g . **** in a free world without fences, who needs gates. ** help microsoft stamp out piracy - give linux to a friend today ** to mess up a linux box, you need to work at it; to mess up an ms windows box, you just need to *look at* it. ** learn linux: 'Rute User's Tutorial and Exposition' http://rute.2038bug.com/index.html 'The Linux Documentation Project' http://www.tldp.org/ 'LDP HOWTO-index' http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX/index.html 'HowtoForge' http://howtoforge.com/ ****

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AGP PRO Video replacement -
by Bob Goodwin 30 Jan '09

30 Jan '09

. I have an F-10 box that will not post, it just keeps trying to start intermittently. I have reduced the system to power supply, motherboard, and video card with the same result. Changing the power supply does not help. I do not have a spare video card to try but would like to try one before I give up on the motherboard-processor. Newegg has an inexpensive video board on sale but how do I tell if it is compatible with this motherboard? This restriction has me stumped! 2.6.4 AGP PRO slot This motherboard has an Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) PRO slot that supports +1.5V AGP cards. When you buy an AGP card, make sure that you ask for one with +1.5V specification. Note the notches on the card golden fingers to ensure that they fit the AGP slot on your motherboard. If you installed an incorrect AGP card, such as a SiS305-based AGP card or any other 3.3V AGP card, the onboard red LED (AGP_WARN) lights up, an indication that the card is not supported on the motherboard. As long as this LED is lighted, you cannot turn on the system power even if you press the power button, thus preventing permanent damage to the motherboard. Install only 1.5V AGP cards on this motherboard! The AGP PRO slot comes with a warning label and a safety tab. Remove the label and tab ONLY if you are installing an AGP PRO card. Use a pointed object, such as a pen tip, to dislodge the tab. The mother board is an ASUSP4B533-E with an Intel P-4 µprocessor with a Zalman cooler. There is no video circuitry on the motherboard. Presently it has an ATI "All-In-Wonder 9600 video card installed, an elaborate thing with bells and whistles I will never use. I mainly need to display text, little more. The board on sale is described as: Model Brand EVGA Model 256-P2-N429-LR Interface Interface PCI Express x16 Chipset Chipset Manufacturer NVIDIA GPU GeForce 7200GS Core clock 450MHz Memory Memory Clock 533MHz Memory Size 256MB Memory Interface 64-bit Memory Type GDDR2 3D API DirectX DirectX 9 OpenGL OpenGL 2.0 Ports D-SUB 1 DVI 1 TV-Out S-Video Out General RAMDAC 400 MHz Max Resolution 2048 x 1536 Cooler Fanless System Requirements Minimum of a 250 Watt power supply. (Minimum recommended power supply with +12 Volt current rating of 18 Amp Amps.) I have been agonizing over this problem for a month now. Video board specifications don't talk about the voltage spec. I assume they are talking about signal levels of 1.5 volts? But I don't know how to tell if what I order will comply with the ASUS requirements. I would appreciate some help on this. What do I look for in the board spec's to get one that fits? Thanks. Bob .

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Screen White-out
by Kirk 30 Jan '09

30 Jan '09

Clicked on Enable Desktop Effects and my screen went white. I can see the cursor. I tried the rescue disk but it was no help. Any suggestions will be helpful. Thanks, Kirk Ziegler

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OpenOffice Draw for Site Maps?
by Marc Ferguson 30 Jan '09

30 Jan '09

Hi, I'm a web developer and I used to use Microsoft Visio to create my web site maps and other flow charts. I'm now using OpenOffice and I believe Draw is the equivalent. Unfortunately; their official link to a tutorial was to something silly like making labels. Am I using the right tool and are there any examples or tutorials on just how robust this application is? Thanks. -- Marc F. www.fergytech.com Registered Linux User: #410978 "When life gives me lemons... I make Linuxaide, hmm good stuff!" -Marc F.

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"stale NFS file handle" problem
by Anne Wilson 30 Jan '09

30 Jan '09

Both my F10 netbook and Mandriva 2009 laptop have nfs mounts to my home directory and a data directory on my server. A couple of hours ago I found that I could not access the home directory, although the data directory is still fine. I was seeing messages about "stale NFS file handle". On googling I got the impression that the problem was at the client end, but it would be really strange if both clients developed a problem at the same time. I've really no idea where to look, to troubleshoot this. All ideas welcome. Anne

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F10 Cups / Samba / Vista
by Brian C. Huffman 30 Jan '09

30 Jan '09

All, For the life of me I can't get Windows Vista to connect to my HP Photosmart printer and print through samba and cups anymore. It worked in F9. I upgraded to 10 and no joy. I've tried adding it via hplip and I was able to do that and print a successful test page from the linux server itself. Authentication through samba is working b/c I can connect to my home directory with no problems. But when I try to connect to the printer it says "Windows cannot connect to printer." I see nothing in either /var/log/smbd.log or my machine.log or in /var/log/cups/error.log Is there an example out there on how to do this? FAQ? Something? So far google has turned up nothing for me. Frustrated, but thanks in advance, Brian

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Problem with totem
by gmspro 30 Jan '09

30 Jan '09

While running a file like "dbgt35.rmvb" with totem an error message is shown: Gstreamer encountered a general error. Typing this: rpm -qa | grep gstreamer Output: gstreamer-plugins-flumpegdemux-0.10.15-4.fc10.i386 gstreamer-tools-0.10.21-2.fc10.i386 gstreamer-plugins-bad-0.10.9-1.fc10.i386 gstreamer-plugins-base-0.10.21-2.fc10.i386 PackageKit-gstreamer-plugin-0.3.9-4.fc10.i386 gstreamer-plugins-bad-extras-0.10.9-1.fc10.i386 gstreamer-plugins-good-0.10.11-4.fc10.i386 gstreamer-plugins-farsight-0.12.9-3.fc10.i386 totem-gstreamer-2.24.3-1.fc10.i386 gstreamer-ffmpeg-0.10.5-1.fc10.i386 gstreamer-0.10.21-2.fc10.i386 gstreamer-plugins-ugly-0.10.10-2.fc10.i386 gstreamer-python-0.10.12-1.fc10.i386 Would someone please tell me what would I do? I am using Fedora 10.

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OT: wifi antennas
by Paul Smith 30 Jan '09

30 Jan '09

Dear All, Could someone please advise me regarding USB antennas to improve the reception wifi Internet signal? Thanks in advance, Paul

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