Re: Re: Re: Re: Tablet Acer Iconia W500, anyone?
by Fernando Lozano
Hi,
>> Until now it doesn't look like I can install Fedora and use it on a pure tablet. So I keep my current netbook, which is yet not old.
>
>What makes you conclude that it won´t work?.
>
>It seems to me you didn´t google enough:
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>http://www.entirelyunlike.net/?tag=iconia-tab-w500
>
>He´s got it working, including touch, explains how, and with screen rotation.
I wan't clear. I expect it to work, but as as it would on any notebook / netbook. The hardware is supported, that's all. So far it looks I can use the touch screen as a pointer device adn rotate the screen. Not a big deal. That means just using the tablet as a regular PC, with a different kind of mouse. It does not tell anything whether it will feel like a real tablet, with touch optimized UI and apps. That's what I mean by a "pure tablet".
I already had some touch-enabled PCs, like the HP tx2000, and they weren't confortable doing anything by touch. Sure current tablets have better touch screens, and the Gnome Shell was designed with some touch features in mind, but this alone is not enough.
The big question is: has anyone tried to use the W550 or a similar device as a real tablet, not as a netbook, using only touch to browse the web, read drm-free ebooks, watch vides, listen music, and playing games?
And how the touchscreen / virtual keybard are (or aren't) usefull for non-tablet applications like gimp and libre office?
So far no one answered those questions, not even a developer working on those features, so I assume there are none. F16 remains simply a PC operating system, not something you'd actually use on a tablet. :-(
[]s, Fernando Lozano
12 years, 4 months
nvidia && f16 status ?
by Adrian Sevcenco
Hi! what is that compatibility status of nvidia drivers in fedora 16?
Is it safe to install, update and use nvidia drivers of rpmfusion?
Thanks!
Adrian
12 years, 4 months
Re: Re: Re: Tablet Acer Iconia W500, anyone?
by Fernando Lozano
Hi,
>> My question is, on the tablet side, anyone has tried Fedora on the
>> Iconia, and found it nice to use with touch-screen only?
>----
>Good question - not me
>
>I think that a tablet device and a tablet computer scratch 2 different
>itches and wanting to have that scratched by the same hardware device is
>probably impractical, if nothing else. Given the relatively low cost of
>the hardware these days, it's much more realistic to simply buy both but
>of course there's always some people who just want to do things just to
>see if they can.
If I can carry only one device it's much better. If not, I'll end up carryng a netbook and nothing else.
[]s, Fernando Lozano
12 years, 4 months
Partitioning in allocated space: How to?
by LinuxIsOne
Hello,
The computer has Ubuntu LTS installed in some of its memory, it is like:
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Disk /dev/sda: 250.1 GB, 250059350016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0001fe0c
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 1861 14940160 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 1861 2371 4101120 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda3 2371 4803 19530752 83 Linux
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Out of the 250 GB hard disk, it is using like :
/dev/sda1 = 15 GB (/) [Primary partition]
/dev/sda2 = 4.2 GB (swap ) [Primary partition]
/dev/sda3 = 20 GB (/home) [Primary partition]
Unallocated space = 211 GB
So in extended I have to install Fedora 15 (211 GB), so how should
I install it in extended and how do I partition it such that it comes
as an option to be booted from Ubuntu menu? Is it possible? But if it
doesn't mess up the things....
Thanks
12 years, 4 months
Gnome and Xfce don't play well together
by Aaron Konstam
This happened in F15 and I thought I was just ignorant.
Now that it has happened again in F16 I realize it is a software
problem.
When Gnome is configured for a user and then the user tries to use Xfce
they find that the Xfce is corrupted in various ways. Namely:
1. when Firefox is run the top menu choices can not be used. You click
on Edit for example and you see the Edit menu, When you move the cursor
down the menu and the menu disappears.
2. Gnome display image bleeds into Xfce.
3. Evolution after awhile has the same problem as Firefox.
4. Running the Software Update program causes the update window to be so
large that you can't see the options like "Install" at the bottom of the
window,
5. You can't set up multiple workspaces.
etc., etc and so forth.
In F15 the corruptions were slightly different. Foe example the menu you
got when you clicked on the Desktop was the Gnome menu not the Xfce
menu.
Other strange things happened like you get a view of the home directory
immediately when you log in to Xfce,
It would be interesting to hear whether others have seen similar
effects.
--
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Conceit causes more conversation than wit. -- LaRouchefoucauld
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Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam(a)sbcglobal.net
12 years, 4 months
SELinux: Proof of tty
by Jitesh Shah
Hello list,
For one of my projects, I am trying to learn the internals of SELinux.
To start with, I am trying to build a minimalistic system where each
domain is confined in its own domain (With Fedora's targeted policy as
a base). One of my aims is to remove the unconfined domain totally.
It would be wishful to assume that one would never need the unconfined
domain. So, I was hoping one could create a new Linux user (say, God)
which maps to SELinux unconfined user. One can sudo to this user, but
ONLY WITH A PROOF OF TTY (physical presence).
Now, I understand all the other parts except the last part. How do I
ask SELinux to check for a tty?
I did google and stumbled upon Daniel Walsh's blog [1]. It says in one
of the paragraphs:
"SELinux can be configured to not allow unconfined logins via OpenSSH
or Grapical User Interface. This means that users that have access to
the unconfineduser domain can only login using this environment on the
TTY or access the unconfined user space via the sudo command or SU
with newrole command."
This post seems to imply that an SELinux change can affect that as
against an OpenSSH configuration change that explicitly disallows root
login. That is hopeful. The post also goes on to give an example of
how it might be done:
sudo visudo (john ALL=(ALL) TYPE=unconfined_t ROLE=unconfined_r ALL)
So, if someone knows "john"'s password, they can switch to the
unconfined domain. But, how to add an additional constraint that also
says that physical presence is necessary to grant this access?
Thanks in advance,
Jitesh
[1] http://selinux-mac.blogspot.com/2009/06/selinux-lockdown-part-eight-uncon...
12 years, 4 months
Re: Re: Re: Tablet Acer Iconia W500, anyone?
by Fernando Lozano
Hi there,
>> Given the relatively low cost of
>> the hardware these days, it's much more realistic to simply buy both
>
>Don´t extrapolate your income levels to the rest of the world. And
>notice the OP was from Brazil.
>
>Hardware costs, when duties and taxes are factored, can be 2x as much,
>and incomes are often 1/3 to 1/4th.
While this is true, Why spend on a hardware without a reasonable expectancy that it'll work the way I want?
I see sometimes (even here in Brazil) people from TI have a "collection" of eletronic gadgets which serves no actual purpose, just to show friends ;-)
If there's a good chance the W500 can work as a pure tablet using Gnome 3, I'll buy one. If not, or if this may take a lot of time, I just wait because some months in the future there'll be a better similar device. If I had the expertise or free time to actually help make it work, then I'd by now.
Until now it doesn't look like I can install Fedora and use it on a pure tablet. So I keep my current netbook, which is yet not old.
[]s, Fernando Lozano
12 years, 4 months
