Adobe not providing linux flash updates
by Robert Moskowitz
www.cnn.com is telling me that my version of flash-player is out of date
with security risks so it won't display any video news. Go and update
your flash player.
On this F21 system I am using:
adobe-linux-x86_64.repo
which has in it:
baseurl=http://linuxdownload.adobe.com/linux/x86_64/
yum.log shows:
Jan 19 18:08:31 Updated: flash-plugin-11.2.202.429-release.x86_64
Jan 26 08:51:24 Updated: flash-plugin-11.2.202.440-release.x86_64
So supposedly I am current to Jan 26. But cnn is not a happy camper.
There have been a couple other sites complaining as well. Even one that
said my version of Firefox was out of date, but that was only a warning.
9 years, 3 months
Network-based install unreliable?
by W. Michael Petullo
Since Red Hat 4.2, I have frequently performed network-based installs
of Red Hat/Fedora. Some time around Fedora 16, installing over the
network became somewhat unreliable. It seems like some days it just won't
work. Generally there is some package that cannot be found or something
to that effect.
I have always assumed that problems with network installs occur because
of inconsistencies across Fedora's mirrors.
Today, I had trouble until I changed the source URL to
http://dl.fedoraproject.org/... and avoided mirrorlists.
I have had this trouble on two university campuses and also from home.
The stange thing is that I do not see too many complaints from anyone else.
Has anyone else had trouble with this?
I would much prefer using the mirror system than hitting
dl.fedoraproject.org directly.
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9 years, 3 months
F21, authconfig-tui, system is unusable
by Dan Irwin
Hi all,
I just ran authconfig-tui to configure my F21 system for kerberos and ldap.
When I reboot, Fedora gives me the firstboot screen EVERY TIME now.
Prior to running authconfig-tui, my system was working fine, and had been
for weeks.
If i attempt to setup a new account, it hangs indefinetly.
If i allow it to join my AD domain, it hangs indefinetly.
Point:
I just setup my machine to join the local kerberos realm and ldap
directory. Now it's unusable.
Why the hell would I now want to join my AD realm? And why is it even
hanging?
I could debug this, and open bugs, but history has shown that any bug "too
hard" won't even be looked at.
Do the developers of Linux actually use linux for anything other than to
try and clone OS X, poorly?
</rant>
- Dan
9 years, 3 months
Does compton exist for Fedora?
by Ranjan Maitra
Hi,
Is compton barred by licensing issues? I was looking at xcompmgr which exists in Fedora and then I got led to compton. However, it is not in Fedora and I was wondering why.
Many thanks and best wishes,
Ranjan
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Allowing less secure apps - "Goozilla" vs Mozilla
by poma
Allowing less secure apps to access your account
Google may block sign in attempts from some apps or devices that do not use modern security standards. Since these apps and devices are easier to break into, blocking them helps keep your account safer.
Some examples of apps that do not support the latest security standards include:
...
Some Desktop mail clients like Microsoft Outlook and Mozilla Thunderbird
Therefore "Goozilla" considers Mozilla Thunderbird as less secure!?
Really "Goozilla"?
Ref.
https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/6010255
9 years, 3 months
google chrome linux repo unreachable?
by Neal Becker
For the past several days, it seems google chrome linux repo is unreachable?
Failed to synchronize cache for repo 'google-chrome' from
'http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/rpm/stable/x86_64': Yum repo downloading
error: Downloading error(s): repodata/filelists.xml.gz - Cannot download, all
mirrors were already tried without success, disabling.
Seems a bit odd - I'd think google was well-connected to the net.
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9 years, 3 months
Touchpad second button not working in new Fedora 21 install.
by Ananda Samaddar
Hello all,
I've just installed Fedora 21 from the live desktop image to my
laptop; an Acer Aspire E15. I did a DNF update immediately after
installing.
For some reason I cannot use the second touchpad button to right click
at all. I'm using GNOME as my desktop. Everything else is working
fine except this.
If anyone has any suggestions, I'd be most appreciative. If you need
the outputs of any commands then I'm fine with doing that.
thanks in advance,
Ananda Samaddar
9 years, 3 months
how to list components in a package?
by Ranjan Maitra
Hi,
I am trying to figure out how to list the rpms in, say:
@base-x
or
@printing
or
@fedora-release-nonproduct
and so on.
Any help?
Many thanks,
Ranjan
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