users December 2012

users@lists.fedoraproject.org

196 participants
173 discussions

Start a nNew thread

reducing PDF file size in Fedora
by Virágh János 30 Dec '12

30 Dec '12

a few useful tips: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/819180/how-to-optimize-pdf-file-size

1 0

min install to graphical, sans gnome, how to start graphical.target
by Joel Rees 30 Dec '12

30 Dec '12

Used the netinstall CD image on a USB stick to install the minimal install -- F17 64 bit. Boots to the text console. yum groupinstalled Window Managers, X Window System, and Xfce. /lib/systemd/system/default.target points to graphical.target . /lib/systemd/system//graphical.target.wants contains display.manager.service which is a link to /usr/lib/systemd/system/display.manager.service . I think I saw a message about gnome not being found at some point in the boot process. gdm is installed, for what it's worth, but man -k gdm doesn't tell me anything. I can login to the text console and do systemctl start graphical.target and get the X11 login and login to the xfce desktop. Functions fine from there. Reboot brings me back to the console login. switchdesk xfce says it switched to xfce. What do I need to look for? With all the earth moving under our feet because of /usr merge and systemd, I have no idea where else needs to be set up. -- Joel Rees

3 4

Fedora can't read a Flash Stick Drive 8gb
by Mickey 29 Dec '12

29 Dec '12

Fedora 15 Did a update and now fedora can't read a 8gb flash stick, previously there was files move to this stick, but not now. Plugged this stick into two different Fedora 15 computers and neither can mount or read it. #tail -f /var/log/messages Dec 29 16:34:27 localhost kernel: [359853.498294] usb 3-2: new high-speed USB device number 14 using ehci_hcd Dec 29 16:34:28 localhost kernel: [359853.614338] usb 3-2: New USB device found, idVendor=1307, idProduct=0163 Dec 29 16:34:28 localhost kernel: [359853.614345] usb 3-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3 Dec 29 16:34:28 localhost kernel: [359853.614350] usb 3-2: Product: USB Mass Storage Device Dec 29 16:34:28 localhost kernel: [359853.614354] usb 3-2: Manufacturer: USBest Technology Dec 29 16:34:28 localhost kernel: [359853.614357] usb 3-2: SerialNumber: f4b08cc7ca804f Dec 29 16:34:28 localhost kernel: [359853.624743] scsi20 : usb-storage 3-2:1.0 Dec 29 16:34:28 localhost mtp-probe: checking bus 3, device 14: "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:16.2/usb3/3-2" Dec 29 16:34:28 localhost mtp-probe: bus: 3, device: 14 was not an MTP device Dec 29 16:34:29 localhost kernel: [359854.627235] scsi 20:0:0:0: Direct-Access JetFlash TS8GJFV10 0.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2 Dec 29 16:34:29 localhost kernel: [359854.629157] sd 20:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg8 type 0 Dec 29 16:34:29 localhost kernel: [359854.630978] sd 20:0:0:0: [sdh] 16121855 512-byte logical blocks: (8.25 GB/7.68 GiB) Dec 29 16:34:29 localhost kernel: [359854.631565] sd 20:0:0:0: [sdh] Write Protect is off Dec 29 16:34:29 localhost kernel: [359854.632103] sd 20:0:0:0: [sdh] Asking for cache data failed Dec 29 16:34:29 localhost kernel: [359854.632111] sd 20:0:0:0: [sdh] Assuming drive cache: write through Dec 29 16:34:29 localhost kernel: [359854.637332] sd 20:0:0:0: [sdh] Asking for cache data failed Dec 29 16:34:29 localhost kernel: [359854.637339] sd 20:0:0:0: [sdh] Assuming drive cache: write through Dec 29 16:34:29 localhost kernel: [359854.742332] sdh: unknown partition table Dec 29 16:34:29 localhost kernel: [359854.744706] sd 20:0:0:0: [sdh] Asking for cache data failed Dec 29 16:34:29 localhost kernel: [359854.744713] sd 20:0:0:0: [sdh] Assuming drive cache: write through Dec 29 16:34:29 localhost kernel: [359854.744719] sd 20:0:0:0: [sdh] Attached SCSI removable disk

2 1

Swapping HDD....
by EGO-II.1 29 Dec '12

29 Dec '12

I am currently using a Gateway T-6321 laptop with a 320 GB SATA HD. I'm finding it's running out of room, with all the pdf's and other files I have accumulated. I want to swap it out to a 750GB SATA HDD. How can I do this when I don't have another laptop with the same exact specs as the Gateway? In other words is it possible to transfer everything from my current HDD to the 750GB one using an external USB enclosure? will I be able to then install the 750GB HDD and have ALLmy settings and ALL my applications transfer over intact? Any help someone could provide would be greatly appreciated! Thanks! EGO II

11 12

Samba and Windows 8
by Jon Ingason 29 Dec '12

29 Dec '12

I have a Windows 8 laptop running version Home of Windows 8. What I want to do is using Samba to share my files from my Fedora 17. I have Googled and what it seems that Home version does not alow connecting to domain. Is there some solution that help me to share files from my Fedora and Windows 8? -- Regards Jon Ingason

2 1

monit rsyslog? Fedora 17
by Frank Murphy 29 Dec '12

29 Dec '12

logwatch tells me rsyslog is stopped on a F17.i686 box, always manually restart. Anyone know how to use monit, to restart rsyslog. Their wiki is giving a 403 at the moment. -- Regards, Frank Life's importand Questions! "Why Snowhite never advertised for 7up"

2 2

upgrading f16 (32bit) to F17 (64bit) when /usr is is a partition
by Joel Rees 28 Dec '12

28 Dec '12

I was planning things out, then I thought, just maybe it'll work, and tried the straight upgrade. Is there any way to recover? (Without losing my precious list of installed apps that started from the security live CD?) And is there any way to glue a separate /usr partition in so that the accursed thing can boot if I can get it to find the F17 kernel? (Before someone jumps all over me for daring to deny the new conventional wisdom that /usr should be an alias for / or whatever, I had to break it up like that to get around the stupid basic partitioning scheme forced by the OEM MSWindows home edition or whatever Microsoft calls their attempt to answer freedom with the dole-by-force. Not that I agree with combining /bin and /usr/bin, but in this case I had hard reasons, not just the ones that will become obvious next year when it all hits the fan.) -- Joel Rees

3 8

reducing PDF file size in Fedora
by Ranjan Maitra 28 Dec '12

28 Dec '12

Hi, I need to reduce the file size of my PDF in Fedora. Apparently, I may be able to use Adobe Acrobat Professsional to do this: http://www.adobe.com/designcenter-archive/acrobat/articles/acr7optimize/acr… But I was wondering if there is an open source way to achieve the same result in Fedora? Many thanks and best wishes, Ranjan ____________________________________________________________ FREE 3D EARTH SCREENSAVER - Watch the Earth right on your desktop! Check it out at http://www.inbox.com/earth

10 13

Fedora Planet Reader
by Mark Klein 27 Dec '12

27 Dec '12

Hello everyone, I am Mark Klein, a 14-year-old high school student from Honolulu, Hawaii. (UTC-10) I am participating in the Google Code-In contest and for my task[0], I designed an android application[1] for Planet Fedora[2], which is a website that displays blog posts by Fedora developers. The application I wrote reads the RSS feed's xml and displays it in an appealing manner. If you would like to find out more information about the application, it is on github[3] too. I hope you all like the application! Thank you, Mark Klein [0] http://www.google-melange.com/gci/task/view/google/gci2012/8123205 [1] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.FedoraPlanet.Viewer [2] http://planet.fedoraproject.org/<http://www.google.com/url?q=http://planet.fedoraproject.org/&sa=D&usg=AFQjC…> [3] http://areke.github.com/PlanetFedora/<http://www.google.com/url?q=http://areke.github.com/PlanetFedora/&sa=D&usg=…>

3 2

selinux sandbox not useful [preauth] : 211 time(s)
by Reindl Harald 27 Dec '12

27 Dec '12

is it possible on systems with selinux completly disabled to get rid of this messages in /var/log/secure everytime a ssh-session is opened? Dec 25 04:33:28 localhost sshd[10980]: selinux sandbox not useful [preauth] Dec 25 04:33:28 localhost sshd[10980]: Accepted publickey for root from 192.168.2.2 port 45524 ssh2 Dec 25 04:33:28 localhost systemd-logind[898]: New session 393 of user root. Dec 25 04:33:28 localhost sshd[10980]: pam_unix(sshd:session): session opened for user root by (uid=0) Logwatch: **Unmatched Entries** selinux sandbox not useful [preauth] : 211 time(s)

4 7

← Newer
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
...
18
Older →

Jump to page: