sudo for gnome apps
by Konstantin Svist
Hi all,
Is there a way to make UI apps prompt for sudo password, instead of root
password?
I'm talking about the same thing as ubuntu does.
Thanks!
14 years, 11 months
How do you know when a reboot is required after yum update?
by Don Russell
Obviously a reboot is required when loading a new kernel....
But in general, does yum leave some breadcrumb clue that some other process
can check? For example, maybe there's something in the package files that
yum sees and creates a "/rebootRequired" file which is always deleted upon
booting?
If not, I think that'd be a cool idea.. the file could be
/rebootRequired.txt
and contain a plain text list of packages that caused the condition. :-)
Thanks
14 years, 11 months
Why did it install PAE kernel in F11
by Mark Ryden
Hello,
I had installed fedora 11 on a 32 bit machine from scratch.
I had installed using defaults.
running "uname -r" gives:
2.6.29.4-167.fc11.i686.PAE
it installed a PAE kernel (kernel-PAE-2.6.29.4-167.fc11.i686).
On this machine there was a regular, non PAE kernel on previous
installation of fedora 10.
My question is:
why all of a sudden with F11 it gives this PAE kernel ? is it OK?
should I remove this kernel
and install a new, non PAE one?
regards,
Mark
14 years, 11 months
Video problems in F11
by John Aldrich
Ok, so in F10, I'm able to play FreeDoom on my machine using the built-in
nVidia graphics. I just upgraded to F11 and all of a sudden, my graphics
card is not an "accelerated" graphics card? What gives? Is there an updated
nVidia driver I can try? I don't want to have to patch my kernel if I can
avoid it (I'm not that into hacking the kernel.... I used to know LILO, but
Grub scares the crap out of me since I had a problem a few versions of
Fedora ago... <G>)
Thanks!
14 years, 11 months
Re: Burning .thunderbird to a cd/dvd changes r/w
by Antonio Olivares
> > But in this case, he's buring files to a DVD....
>
> True enough.
>
Could you define ``buring''. In my mind I saw ``burning'' but the "n" disappeared :)
Regards,
Antonio
14 years, 11 months
How do I get the flash plugin to use pulseaudio?
by NMONNET
It doesn't seem to work for me, despite what http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/
Flash says: it always tries to talk to the sound card directly, even with
alsa-plugins-pulseaudio.
Here's my /etc/asound.conf:
#
# Place your global alsa-lib configuration here...
#
@hooks [
{
func load
files [
"/etc/alsa/pulse-default.conf"
]
errors false
}
]
I have no .asoundrc
THanks for your help.
14 years, 11 months
Re: Problem with evolution after migrating to FC11
by Shridhar Sahukar
> Date: Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:41:39 -0430
> From: "Patrick O'Callaghan" <pocallaghan(a)gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Problem with evolution after migrating to FC11
> To: fedora-list(a)redhat.com
> Message-ID: <1246842699.18046.5.camel(a)bree.homelinux.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain
>
> On Sun, 2009-07-05 at 09:44 -0500, Aaron Konstam wrote:
> > On Sun, 2009-07-05 at 22:46 +0530, Shridhar Sahukar wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I was using evolution on FC10, and after I migrated to FC11, I am
> > > seeing a problem as described below:
> > >
> > > I have created a bunch of sub folders under Inbox, which are organized
> > > in some hierarchy, and I have defined filters to transfer each of the
> > > mail into selected folder. On FC10, whenever a new mail appeared into
> > > a sub folder, the folder would get highlighed indicating number of new
> > > mails. However, this is not happening on FC11.
> > >
> > > On FC11, when ever a new mail appears into Inbox (not filtered into
> > > subfolder), then Inbox folder gets highlighted, but same doesnt happen
> > > with sub folders.
> > >
> > > I suspected it to be an issue with evolution version (2.26.2), I tried
> > > using an older version (2.24.5), but still facing same problem. So
> > > wondering if it is anything to do with FC11.
> > >
> > > Highly appreciate any help in this regard.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Shridhar
> > Just a suggestion. I create the folders for receiving filtered mail
> > under On This Computer not under Inbox. Inbox is left for mail that is
> > not filtered by a rule. That works as you want it to where filtered mail
> > appears in the appropriate box.
> >
> > I am not sure why you want them to be a hierarchy under Inbox. Could you
> > explain?
>
> Some IMAP servers hang the folder structure below Inbox, rather than
> parallel to it. This is a server configuration decision and isn't under
> the user's control.
>
> Of course the OP hasn't said if he's using an IMAP server or local mail,
> so I've no idea if this is pertinent here. In any case, it shouldn't *in
> itself* cause the reported behaviour.
>
> One thing to verify: Evo only checks for new mail in folders other than
> Inbox if you specifically configure it to do so. The easiest way is to
> right-click on the folder, select Properties, and check the box marked
> "Always check for new mail in this folder".
>
> poc
>
Aaron/poc,
Thanks for the inputs.
1. As per Aaron's suggestion, I moved all the folders under "On This
Computer", but still the results are same.
2. I am creating hierarchy as below:
On This Computer (or Inbox earlier) ----
|-----
Company----
|--- engineering
|--- management
|-----
Friends-------
|--- x
|--- y
With above hierarchy I find it easier to organize all the mails and locate
them quickly. So I have setup filtering rules for most of the
senders/subjects so that they go straight into the corresponding directory.
3. wrt suggestion from poc, I dont find any option like "Always check for
new mails in this folder" for any folder. Under folder properties dialogue I
see only one option - "Index message body data" which is checked by default.
Not sure what this option means, and if it has any relevance to my problem.
4. As I had mentioned earlier, I havent changed any setting after moving
from FC10 to FC11. I have been using evolution since FC8 and the way I use
has been same. So the problem is very specific to either FC11 or new version
of evolution on FC11.
Let me recapture the problem again:
Whenever evolution downloads a new mail, it is filtering it properly into
the destination sub folder. But the folder name doesnt get highlighted with
new mail notification. However, if I go and click on the corresponding
folder, immediately the folder name gets highlighted with number of unread
mails. So the highlighting of folder with number of unread mails is not
happening automatically. Due to this, I wont know if any new mail as arrived
unless I go and click on each of the folders.
Regards,
Shridhar
14 years, 11 months
Gutenprint ?
by Jim
FC10
When downloading Gutenprint drivers for Fedora,
do you get the Gutenprint or gutenprint-cups or both.
My printer is a new Epson-RX595 and Fedora 10 doesn't have driver for it.
Gutenprint has driver for it,
14 years, 11 months
KDE - Default icon for filetype
by Boggiano
Hi all,
how can I change the default icon for the *chm files ?
I can change the default applications but not the icon!
Thanks
Alessandro
14 years, 11 months
F11: Mounting USB stick or CDROM suddenly need root password
by Rick Wagner
This worked after I originally installed Fedora 11: If I plugged in a USB
stick or inserted a CD/DVD ROM, the new device notifier would inform me, and
allow me to open in Dolphin (as well as other choices). If I selected the
"Open in Dolphin", it would do just that.
As of recently, when I try to open, a dialog pops up asking for root password.
Same when I select "Safely remove". If I enter the password, things proceed
as desired.
This behavior appears to shown up about the time I had sound permission
problems. Resolved the sound problem by modifying
security/console.perms.d/50-default.perms to add:
<sound>=/dev/snd/*
<console> 0600 <sound> 0600 root
These same two behaviors (sound and mount) showed up for me mid-life in
Fedora-8 too. The same fix resolved the sound problems then, and I lived with
entering the root password for USB devices until I finally upgraded to F11. It
was joy when device mounting worked again, however short lived.
Any thoughts on this?
--rick
14 years, 11 months