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Removing write protect from a seagate hard drive
by JD 21 Nov '12

21 Nov '12

Is there a system util to use to issue a command to a hard drive to remove write protect? I had thought hdparm might do it, but the man page makes no mention of such feature in hdparm.

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reminder/note: lists.fedoraproject.org outage tonight
by Kevin Fenzi 21 Nov '12

21 Nov '12

Just a quick note here for anyone who isn't subscribed to the announce list (which you should go subscribe to if you aren't :) http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/announce/2012-November/003118.html kevin

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Re: Removing write protect from a seagate hard drive
by JD 21 Nov '12

21 Nov '12

On 11/20/2012 11:54 PM, Jens Neu wrote: > On Wed, 21 Nov 2012 06:29:44 +0100, users-bounces(a)lists.fedoraproject.org wrote: >> Is there a system util to use to issue >> a command to a hard drive to remove >> write protect? > What kind of write protect do you mean? I have never heard from a software write protect in common hard disks. I've seen quite a lot IDE Compact Flash "disks" that have hardware switches for this but not PATA or SATA hdds > -jens There has to be some sort of hard drive state that sets the drive into read-only mode. When I try to mount the drive rw, the error message is that the drive is read only. Since I try to mount it as root, and /dev/sdd1 has mode 600, permission is not the issue. So, it has to be a disk internal hardware state.

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Te curious case of DST
by Geoffrey Leach 21 Nov '12

21 Nov '12

Suddenly my two (count 'em) computers networked together and connected to the internet have been booting up in DST - i.e. one hour later than the actual time. A pointer to where this setting is stored or can be accessed would be greatly appreciated. They are set up to get time via NTP, FWIW. Of course, it mightn't be DST, but I can think of no better explanation. Thanks.

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Pastebin for pictures
by Zoltan Hoppar 21 Nov '12

21 Nov '12

Hi I'm looking for an open source web app like the simply pastebin, just for pictures? Is there open source one in the wild? I thought on this, because most of the designers are splitting to multiple spaces and non free services - wouldn't be great to set an temporary space for images, for quick info exchange? Since I have begun search for it, I have found only one - http://inky.ws/ But there no such that we can integrate for us? :S Thanks, Zoltan -- PGP: 06853DF7

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vncserver giving Oh No. Something has gone wrong?
by Michael D. Setzer II 21 Nov '12

21 Nov '12

Have a machine that I setup Fedora 17 on some time ago, and vnc works just fine, but have recently done a clean install on another machine, and it connects fine, prompts for password, but then displays the Oh No. Something has gone wrong. The machines have the same video cards, and have the same xstartup. Don't see anything in the log files that stand out. Any ideals on where to look for were to seach for the problem. The machine that works was originally setup right after 17 came out, and it installed vnc with no problem. The new one did a clean install, then was fully updated, and then went to install vnc and it gives the Oh No message? +----------------------------------------------------------+ Michael D. Setzer II - Computer Science Instructor Guam Community College Computer Center mailto:mikes@kuentos.guam.net mailto:msetzerii@gmail.com http://www.guam.net/home/mikes Guam - Where America's Day Begins G4L Disk Imaging Project maintainer http://sourceforge.net/projects/g4l/ +----------------------------------------------------------+ http://setiathome.berkeley.edu (Original) Number of Seti Units Returned: 19,471 Processing time: 32 years, 290 days, 12 hours, 58 minutes (Total Hours: 287,489) BOINC@HOME CREDITS SETI 13309738.310486 | EINSTEIN 9111164.659852 ROSETTA 5386704.024342 | ABC 15451200.572681

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NM-dnsmasq: is this normal?
by Neal Becker 21 Nov '12

21 Nov '12

Nov 20 08:52:10 nbecker1 NetworkManager[571]: <info> Activation (p3p1) Stage 5 of 5 (IPv4 Commit) complete. Nov 20 08:52:10 nbecker1 dnsmasq[1388]: cannot access directory /etc/NetworkManager/dnsmasq.d: No such file or directory Nov 20 08:52:10 nbecker1 dnsmasq[1388]: FAILED to start up Nov 20 08:52:10 nbecker1 NetworkManager[571]: <warn> dnsmasq exited with error: Filesystem problem (missing file/directory; permissions; etc) (3)

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Brightness Controls Do Not Work after Suspend-to-Disk
by Chris Tyler 21 Nov '12

21 Nov '12

I have a Toshiba Z-830 (the Portege i7 version) which works fabulously under F17: 15 second boot, <2 second resume from RAM, all features working (except the fingerprint reader, for which I wait hopefully for a future driver). I recently configured hybrid suspend - suspend-to-RAM for 15 minutes followed by suspend-to-disk. Oddly, when resuming from suspend-to-disk, the brightness controls do not work, and the screen is at WHERE ARE MY SUNGLASSES brightness. Everything else seems to work fine after the resume. Any thoughts/suggestions on possible causes or (better yet) possible fixes? Thanks in advance -- -Chris

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Yumex Yum
by Frank Murphy 20 Nov '12

20 Nov '12

Does yumex honour yum.conf keepcache=1 -- Regards, Frank

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f17 gnome-shell-extension-weather
by Robert Moskowitz 20 Nov '12

20 Nov '12

The weather setup is not letting me change the city. It defaulted to Cambridge, GB and when I put in any city from its selection list, the OK button remains greyed out and only cancel is avaiable. Any tips on getting this to work?

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