Remove me from your email list please!
Adam Stokes
adam.stokes at gmail.com
Wed Mar 30 14:06:03 UTC 2005
http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list :\
On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 03:58:02 -0600, sunny McCoy
<sunnyloveless at hotmail.com> wrote:
> I have received approx 500 emails from you recently. I didn't I ask for
> that,all I wanted was help downloading & burning Fedora 2 or 3. Thanks for
> nothing but a pain in my ___. As much as I would love to try your product
> 500 emails is too much. Sunny
>
> >From: fedora-list-request at redhat.com
> >Reply-To: fedora-list at redhat.com
> >To: fedora-list at redhat.com
> >Subject: fedora-list Digest, Vol 13, Issue 397
> >Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 02:11:16 -0500 (EST)
> >
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> >Today's Topics:
> >
> > 1. Re: Top Posting and company disclaimer (Jim Cornette)
> > 2. Re: Wireless card active, no connection to Internet -RESOLVED
> > (apparently) (Richard S. Crawford)
> > 3. /var/spool/up2date (Frank Stratton - VE3YY)
> > 4. Re: mirroring websites solution? wget problems (Cameron Simpson)
> > 5. Wireless connectivity NOT resolved (Richard S. Crawford)
> > 6. Re: Wireless connectivity NOT resolved (Chris Ruprecht)
> > 7. Re: FOSS, Shared Calendars, & Outlook (Marius Andreiana)
> > 8. Re: Wireless connectivity NOT resolved (Richard S. Crawford)
> > 9. Oracle 9i and FC3/RHEL 4 howto (gaurav)
> > 10. Re: Wireless connectivity - was resolved, then unresolved,
> > now RESOLVED!!! (Richard S. Crawford)
> > 11. Re: FOSS, Shared Calendars, & Outlook (D. D. Brierton)
> > 12. Re: Top Posting.... (Gene Heskett)
> > 13. Herding cats, Was: Top Posting.... (Sam Williams)
> > 14. Re: Wireless connectivity NOT resolved (G S)
> > 15. Re: wide screen laptop problem (G S)
> > 16. Snort failing at Boot (Mark Sargent)
> > 17. Strange message during "yum update" in FC3 (Joachim Backes)
> > 18. Re: wide screen laptop problem (Chris Stark)
> >
> >
> >----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> >Message: 1
> >Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 23:27:50 -0500
> >From: Jim Cornette <fc-cornette at insight.rr.com>
> >Subject: Re: Top Posting and company disclaimer
> >To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list at redhat.com>
> >Message-ID: <424A2AC6.4000807 at insight.rr.com>
> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed
> >
> >Kam Leo wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > The fedora-list subscription page should contain a great big notice
> > > that the list contents are not shielded from public viewing.
> > > Regardless of disclaimer(s) restricting access, dissemination, etc.
> > > when one posts to this list one posts to a public forum.
> > >
> >
> >What would happen with te disclaimers if one was to end there mail
> >message with a . on a line by itself? Would the disclaimer still be
> >tagged to the bottom of messages?
> >
> >Jim
> >
> >.
> >
> >You should not see this (test)
> >
> >--
> >In the Spring, I have counted 136 different kinds of weather inside of
> >24 hours.
> > -- Mark Twain, on New England weather
> >
> >
> >
> >------------------------------
> >
> >Message: 2
> >Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 20:28:08 -0800
> >From: "Richard S. Crawford" <rscrawford at mossroot.com>
> >Subject: Re: Wireless card active, no connection to Internet -RESOLVED
> > (apparently)
> >To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list at redhat.com>
> >Message-ID: <200503292028.08583.rscrawford at mossroot.com>
> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
> >
> >On Tuesday 29 March 2005 8:18 pm, Richard S. Crawford flailed at a keyboard
> >and produced this:
> >
> > > However, it simply won't connect. I've tried everything I can think of,
> > > including disabling WEP, and nothing seems to get this card talking to
> >the
> > > Internet. I can't even ping my default gateway, 192.168.1.1.
> >
> >Well, I stopped the pcmcia service and removed the card, then put it back
> >in,
> >thus crashing the system. When I rebooted, I was shocked to find that my
> >wireless card is working.
> >
> >Typical. As soon as I post about it, the thing starts working. I swear,
> >they're like cats sometimes.
> >
> >
> >--
> >Slainte,
> >Richard S. Crawford (mailto: rscrawford at mossroot.com)
> >AIM: Buffalo2K / http://www.mossroot.com
> >"You can't depend on your judgment when your imagination is out of focus."
> >-Mark Twain
> >GPG Public Key located at: http://www.mossroot.com/rscrawford.asc
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> >
> >Message: 3
> >Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 23:37:23 -0500
> >From: "Frank Stratton - VE3YY" <fstratton at rogers.com>
> >Subject: /var/spool/up2date
> >To: <fedora-list at redhat.com>
> >Message-ID: <ABEGLIFOIHMFMMCMCGMCEEGCDJAA.fstratton at rogers.com>
> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
> >
> >Thanks Alexander,
> >
> >I also moved the directory over to an alternate disk and put in a symbolic
> >link. I found 3587 files in the up2date directory but it only has a few
> >RPM
> >files. Seems like a lot of information to keep around. I upgraded this
> >system from Fedora Core 2 to Core 3 and applied the updates. I can't say
> >that I'm very happy with the upgrade path. I lost the automount of CDROMs
> >and some packages have some mysterious problems. I think I will back up my
> >data the next time and "upgrade" by simply loading a new version and
> >replacing the OS.
> >
> >Cheers,
> >Frank
> >
> >Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2005 04:39:57 +0200
> >From: Alexander Dalloz <ad+lists at uni-x.org>
> >Subject: Re: Var/spool/up2date
> >To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list at redhat.com>
> >Message-ID: <1111891197.11539.196.camel at serendipity.dogma.lan>
> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
> >
> >Am So, den 27.03.2005 schrieb Frank Stratton - VE3YY um 3:52:
> >
> > > My /var/spool/up2date has grown to the point where it has over 300 MB of
> > > files in it. Can I delete the files in this directory?
> >
> > > Frank
> >
> >Keep the .hdr files. I suggest you reconfigure up2date to not keep the
> >RPMs after installation, if disk space is an issue for you.
> >
> >Alexander
> >
> >
> >--
> >Alexander Dalloz | Enger, Germany | GPG http://pgp.mit.edu 0xB366A773
> >legal statement: http://www.uni-x.org/legal.html
> >Fedora Core 2 GNU/Linux on Athlon with kernel 2.6.10-1.770_FC2smp
> >Serendipity 04:38:57 up 10 days, 1:35, load average: 0.55, 0.68, 0.84
> >:
> >: " Beware of the naked man who offers you his shirt. "
> >:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >------------------------------
> >
> >Message: 4
> >Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 14:40:59 +1000
> >From: Cameron Simpson <cs at zip.com.au>
> >Subject: Re: mirroring websites solution? wget problems
> >To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list at redhat.com>
> >Message-ID: <20050330044059.GB6093 at cskk.homeip.net>
> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
> >
> >On 29Mar2005 14:15, Rick Stevens <rstevens at vitalstream.com> wrote:
> >| I'm assuming the web site owners want you to mirror their sites. If so,
> >| why not just set up rsync and be done with it?
> >
> >Well for me, some mirror sites (planetmirror, aarnet) offer MUCH more
> >via HTTP than via rsync - for planetmirror it's a side effect of their
> >paying-members-get-more-bandwidth system (which only works for HTTP,
> >not RSYNC). For AARNet it seems to be some kind of maintenance or
> >policy issue. Let me state that I MUCH prefer rsync for mirroring.
> >
> >At any rate, some things are only available via HTTP.
> >
> >I have my own problems with wget; not authentication since I'm mirroring
> >public repositories. My invocation says:
> >
> > wget --mirror -D hostname -nH --cut-dirs=ncut -P local-dir
> >http://blah...
> >
> >where ncut is set to get the right portion of the tree. It seems to leak
> >out of the site (or, possibly, out of the HTTP subtree) into other data
> >producing a currupt mirror at my end.
> >
> >Are people aware of problems with --mirror? Are there options I shouldn't
> >use with it? Is there a standard recipe for mirroring http://blah/sub/path
> >into an arbitrary subdir _without_ the leading cruft dirs wget normally
> >prepends (thus the --cut-dirs)?
> >
> >Cheers,
> >--
> >Cameron Simpson <cs at zip.com.au> DoD#743
> >http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/
> >
> >We would've believed it was an accidental shooting if he hadn't changed
> >magazines ......TWICE - suicide at will.apana.org.au
> >
> >
> >
> >------------------------------
> >
> >Message: 5
> >Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 21:01:35 -0800
> >From: "Richard S. Crawford" <rscrawford at mossroot.com>
> >Subject: Wireless connectivity NOT resolved
> >To: fedora-list at redhat.com
> >Message-ID: <200503292101.41356.rscrawford at mossroot.com>
> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
> >
> >I thought it was resolved, but it turned out the WAP had not restored WEP
> >encryption like I thought it had. So, the wireless card works fine with
> >WEP
> >turned off, but not when it's turned on. I've tried:
> >
> ># iwconfig wlan0 key XXXXXXXXXX restricted
> >
> >which generates this error:
> >
> >Error for wireless request "Set Encode" (8B2A):
> > SET failed on device wlan0 ; Invalid argument.
> >
> >My Googling indicates that this might mean that the card does not support
> >encryption, which I find unlikely since it certainly does under Windows.
> >
> >I also tried:
> >
> ># iwconfig wlan0 key 0xXXXXXXXXXX restricted
> >
> >That generated no errors, but did not give me connectivity.
> >
> >--
> >Slainte,
> >Richard S. Crawford (mailto: rscrawford at mossroot.com)
> >AIM: Buffalo2K / http://www.mossroot.com
> >"You can't depend on your judgment when your imagination is out of focus."
> >-Mark Twain
> >GPG Public Key located at: http://www.mossroot.com/rscrawford.asc
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> >
> >Message: 6
> >Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 00:14:29 -0500
> >From: Chris Ruprecht <chris at ruprecht.org>
> >Subject: Re: Wireless connectivity NOT resolved
> >To: rscrawford at mossroot.com, For users of Fedora Core releases
> > <fedora-list at redhat.com>
> >Cc: Fedora List <fedora-list at redhat.com>
> >Message-ID: <200503300014.37349.chris at ruprecht.org>
> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
> >
> >Richard,
> >
> >what card are you using? I'm running the internat IPW2100 card (Intel
> >stuff)
> >on my ThinkPad. It started to work fine after I got the firmware downloaded
> >and installed correctly.
> >
> >To get it going I used the GUI netconfig tool (Under System Tools ->
> >Network
> >Device Control in KDE). I set up the key and all that stuff there. Be
> >careful
> >to use the right number of characters for WEP. the 64-bit WEP used 5 bytes
> >(actually only 40 bit encryption). The 160 bit (I think that what it is)
> >uses
> >13 bytes for encryption.
> >
> >Since the card works without WEP, my initial thought of checking your MAC
> >filtering on the WAP would be a moot point, but I mention it anyway.
> >
> >Also, make sure that you're actually talking to your WAP and not some other
> >thing that one of your neighbors uses.
> >
> >Best regards,
> >Chris
> >
> >
> >On Wednesday 30 March 2005 00:01, Richard S. Crawford wrote:
> > > I thought it was resolved, but it turned out the WAP had not restored
> >WEP
> > > encryption like I thought it had. So, the wireless card works fine with
> > > WEP turned off, but not when it's turned on. I've tried:
> > >
> > > # iwconfig wlan0 key XXXXXXXXXX restricted
> > >
> > > which generates this error:
> > >
> > > Error for wireless request "Set Encode" (8B2A):
> > > SET failed on device wlan0 ; Invalid argument.
> > >
> > > My Googling indicates that this might mean that the card does not
> >support
> > > encryption, which I find unlikely since it certainly does under Windows.
> > >
> > > I also tried:
> > >
> > > # iwconfig wlan0 key 0xXXXXXXXXXX restricted
> > >
> > > That generated no errors, but did not give me connectivity.
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> >
> >Message: 7
> >Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 08:19:42 +0300
> >From: Marius Andreiana <malists at epon.ro>
> >Subject: Re: FOSS, Shared Calendars, & Outlook
> >To: fedora <fedora-list at redhat.com>
> >Message-ID: <1112159982.3553.5.camel at marte.biciclete.ro>
> >Content-Type: text/plain
> >
> >On Tue, 2005-03-29 at 13:39 -0800, Aaron O'Hara wrote:
> > > Is anybody aware of software that enables Outlook users and non-Outlook
> > > users (like Evolution) to share calendar information using a Linux-based
> > > server?
> >www.opengroupware.org
> >Works, good code base, rpms available or use yum.
> >Evolution plugin is in beta.
> >
> >--
> >Marius Andreiana
> >Epon Business Applications
> >http://www.epon.ro
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >------------------------------
> >
> >Message: 8
> >Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 21:25:02 -0800
> >From: "Richard S. Crawford" <rscrawford at mossroot.com>
> >Subject: Re: Wireless connectivity NOT resolved
> >To: Chris Ruprecht <chris at ruprecht.org>
> >Cc: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list at redhat.com>
> >Message-ID: <200503292125.08789.rscrawford at mossroot.com>
> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
> >
> >On Tuesday 29 March 2005 9:14 pm, Chris Ruprecht flailed at a keyboard and
> >produced this:
> > > Richard,
> > >
> > > what card are you using? I'm running the internat IPW2100 card (Intel
> >stuff)
> > > on my ThinkPad. It started to work fine after I got the firmware
> >downloaded
> > > and installed correctly.
> >
> >I'm using a Linksys WPC54GS (with something called "speedbooster", whatever
> >the heck that is).
> >
> >
> > > To get it going I used the GUI netconfig tool (Under System Tools ->
> >Network
> > > Device Control in KDE). I set up the key and all that stuff there. Be
> >careful
> > > to use the right number of characters for WEP. the 64-bit WEP used 5
> >bytes
> > > (actually only 40 bit encryption). The 160 bit (I think that what it is)
> >uses
> > > 13 bytes for encryption.
> >
> >Yeah, I've quadruple-checked that. Heh. Thanks, though.
> >
> >
> > > Since the card works without WEP, my initial thought of checking your
> >MAC
> > > filtering on the WAP would be a moot point, but I mention it anyway.
> >
> >I do filter on MAC addresses, but I've made sure the MAC address for my
> >wireless card is on the list of allowed cards.
> >
> >
> > > Also, make sure that you're actually talking to your WAP and not some
> >other
> > > thing that one of your neighbors uses.
> >
> >Yup.
> >
> >Dang it.
> >
> >Thanks, though.
> >
> >
> >--
> >Slainte,
> >Richard S. Crawford (mailto: rscrawford at mossroot.com)
> >AIM: Buffalo2K / http://www.mossroot.com
> >"You can't depend on your judgment when your imagination is out of focus."
> >-Mark Twain
> >GPG Public Key located at: http://www.mossroot.com/rscrawford.asc
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> >
> >Message: 9
> >Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 10:57:52 +0530
> >From: gaurav <gauravp at hclcomnet.co.in>
> >Subject: Oracle 9i and FC3/RHEL 4 howto
> >To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list at redhat.com>
> >Message-ID: <424A38D8.4080608 at hclcomnet.co.in>
> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
> >
> >
> >http://www.pagux.com/oracle9ionfedora3.html
> >
> >might be helpful if you ever need to install Oracle 9i on fedora 3 or
> >RHEL 4
> >
> >I also want to thank Jean Francois for helping me out on most tricky part
> >:-)
> >
> >Regards,
> >Gaurav
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >------------------------------
> >
> >Message: 10
> >Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 21:30:40 -0800
> >From: "Richard S. Crawford" <rscrawford at mossroot.com>
> >Subject: Re: Wireless connectivity - was resolved, then unresolved,
> > now RESOLVED!!!
> >To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list at redhat.com>
> >Message-ID: <200503292130.41030.rscrawford at mossroot.com>
> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
> >
> >Hah! Got it.
> >
> >Deep in the heart of /etc/sysconfig/networking/devices, I found two files:
> >ifcfg-wlan0, and keys-wlan0. I made sure that ifcfg-wlan0 had the right
> >entry for my WAP under ESSID; then in keys-wlan0, I found that the line for
> >KEY= was blank. I put in my encryption key, reactivated wlan0 and
> >deactivated eth0 (and even unplugged the cable), restarted networking, and
> >even rebooted for the hell of it. SUCCESS!
> >
> >That was the longest eight hours I've ever spent trying to get a wireless
> >card
> >working under Linux. But now I'm finally MS free on my new laptop (well,
> >mostly; still using a Windows driver for my wireless under ndiswrapper, of
> >course, but what the hell).
> >
> >--
> >Slainte,
> >Richard S. Crawford (mailto: rscrawford at mossroot.com)
> >AIM: Buffalo2K / http://www.mossroot.com
> >"You can't depend on your judgment when your imagination is out of focus."
> >-Mark Twain
> >GPG Public Key located at: http://www.mossroot.com/rscrawford.asc
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> >
> >Message: 11
> >Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 06:34:47 +0100
> >From: "D. D. Brierton" <darren at dzr-web.com>
> >Subject: Re: FOSS, Shared Calendars, & Outlook
> >To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list at redhat.com>
> >Message-ID: <1112160887.6112.79.camel at excession.dzr>
> >Content-Type: text/plain
> >
> >On Wed, 2005-03-30 at 08:19 +0300, Marius Andreiana wrote:
> > > On Tue, 2005-03-29 at 13:39 -0800, Aaron O'Hara wrote:
> > > > Is anybody aware of software that enables Outlook users and
> >non-Outlook
> > > > users (like Evolution) to share calendar information using a
> >Linux-based
> > > > server?
> >
> >Also, you should check out Hula (http://hula-project.org/), which is in
> >early stages of development in one sense, but is based upon a *very*
> >mature codebase. See my blog entry about it:
> >
> >http://www.dzr-web.com/people/darren/blog/2005/02/15/novell-announce-hula/
> >
> >and in particular this link to Nat Friedman's blog:
> >
> >http://nat.org/2005/february/#15-February-2005
> >
> >Also, this link to something by Jamie Zawinski:
> >
> >http://www.jwz.org/doc/groupware.html
> >
> >is both one of the best things I've read in a long while and provides
> >some of background to the aims of Hula with respect to calendar sharing.
> >
> >Best, Darren
> >
> >--
> >=====================================================================
> >D. D. Brierton darren at dzr-web.com www.dzr-web.com
> > Trying is the first step towards failure (Homer Simpson)
> >=====================================================================
> >
> >
> >
> >------------------------------
> >
> >Message: 12
> >Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 01:04:28 -0500
> >From: Gene Heskett <gene.heskett at verizon.net>
> >Subject: Re: Top Posting....
> >To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list at redhat.com>
> >Message-ID: <200503300104.29167.gene.heskett at verizon.net>
> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
> >
> >On Tuesday 29 March 2005 15:53, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> > >On Tue, 29 Mar 2005, Phil Labonte wrote:
> > >> To quote the Wikipedia definition:
> > >> "Top-posting is considered improper by some OLDER DEFINITIONS of
> > >> Internet etiquette since it breaks down the flow of the thread:"
> > >>
> > >> It's time to embrace change, change is good. Top posting gis here
> > >> to stay especially because of GMAIL and outlook...
> > >
> > >jeezus, can we just start two lists for every fedora-related topic?
> > >one list will be for clueful people who don't top post, who don't
> > > post in HTML, who properly trim their posts and who don't have
> > > 30-line idiotic, company-mandated sigs whose only purpose is to
> > > justify their corporate lawyers' existence.
> > >
> > >the other list will be for the annoying, clueless twits who think
> > >linux mailing list behaviour should be mandated by what freakin'
> > >outlook does.
> > >
> > >rday
> >
> >Finally, a solution to the problem that might actually work. ;-)
> >
> >Unforch, the mail server would have to translate the To: address
> >according to whether or not the message contained top-posting I'd
> >think, because we'ed otherwise fail at convincing said twits to use
> >the right list.
> >
> >That shouldn't be too hard to code up in a bash script I'd think.
> >
> >--
> >Cheers, Gene
> >"There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
> > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
> >-Ed Howdershelt (Author)
> >99.34% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly
> >Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above
> >message by Gene Heskett are:
> >Copyright 2005 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.
> >
> >
> >
> >------------------------------
> >
> >Message: 13
> >Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 00:17:56 -0600
> >From: Sam Williams <sam at mbz.org>
> >Subject: Herding cats, Was: Top Posting....
> >To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list at redhat.com>
> >Message-ID: <1112163476.4668.138.camel at localhost.localdomain>
> >Content-Type: text/plain
> >
> >Until someone creates a tutorial on email formatting with an exam one
> >must pass before subscribing to this list, we are unlikely to see much
> >consistency. To enforce it among those who managed to subscribe, modify
> >the list server to mark up and return any posts that don't adhere to
> >standards:
> > "Your message to the list has been rejected for:
> > Top posting
> > HTML
> > Spelling error
> > Please correct and resubmit."
> >Or maybe, with the excess profits from running this list we could hire a
> >style conscious moderator.
> >
> >Thanks for help with Fedora issues I didn't understand before. As long
> >as this list caters to those who don't know everything about ..IX,
> >newbies' lacking knowledge of experts' style preferences will probably
> >be with us. Try not to stress.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >------------------------------
> >
> >Message: 14
> >Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 22:22:23 -0800
> >From: G S <nsbutgs at gmail.com>
> >Subject: Re: Wireless connectivity NOT resolved
> >To: rscrawford at mossroot.com, For users of Fedora Core releases
> > <fedora-list at redhat.com>
> >Message-ID: <65ab587905032922225d9819cd at mail.gmail.com>
> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
> >
> >do you know what authentification you are using Open System or Shared
> >Keys? Some drivers used not to support Shared Keys (and this mode is
> >belived to be less secure, nevertheless the name - vole MS even
> >doesn't recommend to use it). Check what you have in your AP settings
> >and try to use open system mode if it's not set up yet.
> >
> >
> >
> >------------------------------
> >
> >Message: 15
> >Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 22:39:30 -0800
> >From: G S <nsbutgs at gmail.com>
> >Subject: Re: wide screen laptop problem
> >To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list at redhat.com>
> >Message-ID: <65ab58790503292239d7bc1cb at mail.gmail.com>
> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
> >
> > > hmm, neither method worked for me unfortunatley. I still don't get the
> >option
> > > for 1280x800 when I run system-config-display.
> >
> >can u post you xorg.conf? at least monitor, screen, and device (with
> >your video adapter) sections.
> >
> >
> >
> >------------------------------
> >
> >Message: 16
> >Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 15:50:26 +0900
> >From: Mark Sargent <powderkeg at snow.email.ne.jp>
> >Subject: Snort failing at Boot
> >To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list at redhat.com>
> >Message-ID: <424A4C32.2020404 at snow.email.ne.jp>
> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
> >
> >Hi All,
> >
> >I have snort set to start up at boot, but, get an error and it fails. I
> >have checked messages and boot.log, but nothing showing what the actual
> >problem is. It was due to a file not being found, but I wasn't quick
> >enuff to write it down. Where else would I find this info other than the
> >2 logs I mentioned.? Cheers.
> >
> >Mark Sargent.
> >
> >
> >
> >------------------------------
> >
> >Message: 17
> >Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 08:58:24 +0200
> >From: Joachim Backes <backes at rhrk.uni-kl.de>
> >Subject: Strange message during "yum update" in FC3
> >To: FEDORA <fedora-list at redhat.com>
> >Message-ID: <1112165904.4794.10.camel at sunny.rhrk.uni-kl.de>
> >Content-Type: text/plain
> >
> >Hi,
> >
> >I'm running FC3. Now, getting a strange message during "yum update":
> >
> > '/usr/share/applications/vmware-workstation.desktop' contains invalid
> >MIME type ' application/x-vmware-team' that contains invalid characters
> >
> >I have installed vmware-4.5.2.
> >
> >Somebody made similar experiences?
> >
> >Regards
> >
> >
> >Joachim Backes
> >
> >Joachim Backes <backes at rhrk.uni-kl.de>
> >University of Kaiserslautern,Computer Center [RHRK],
> >Systems and Operations, High Performance Computing,
> >D-67653 Kaiserslautern, PO Box 3049, Germany
> >--------------------------------------------------
> >Phone: +49-631-205-2438, FAX: +49-631-205-3056
> >http://hlrwm.rhrk.uni-kl.de/home/staff/backes.html
> >
> >
> >
> >------------------------------
> >
> >Message: 18
> >Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 21:10:35 -1000
> >From: Chris Stark <cstark at hawaii.edu>
> >Subject: Re: wide screen laptop problem
> >To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list at redhat.com>
> >Message-ID: <424A50EB.7030806 at hawaii.edu>
> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
> >
> >G S wrote:
> > >>hmm, neither method worked for me unfortunatley. I still don't get the
> >option
> > >>for 1280x800 when I run system-config-display.
> > >
> > >
> > > can u post you xorg.conf? at least monitor, screen, and device (with
> > > your video adapter) sections.
> >
> >My laptop never works with the system-config-display tool (1440x900),
> >and I have a feeling it's because the laptop monitor is sending
> >incorrect info to the X server. You may have to set a custom modeline
> >(and possibly instruct X not to listen to the monitor's info).
> >
> >For the modeline, in a terminal type:
> >
> >gtf 1280 800 60
> >
> >This should result in something like:
> >
> >Modeline "1280x800_60.00" 83.46 1280 1344 1480 1680 800 801 804 828
> >-HSync +Vsync
> >
> >Paste the output of this command (as a single line) into your
> >/etc/X11/xorg.conf file under the "Monitor" section. You should also
> >rename the modeline from "1280x800_60.00" to "1280x800".
> >
> >Next, you'll need to add "1280x800" to each of the subsections under the
> > "Screen" section.
> >
> >If this alone doesn't work, you may also want to try adding this line to
> >the Monitor section:
> >
> >Option "IgnoreEDID" "1"
> >
> >I hope this helps.
> >
> >Aloha
> >--
> >Chris Stark
> >Musician, Linux User, & Grad Student
> >http://chrisstark.com/
> >
> >
> >
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