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[Karl Larsen]

Kam Leo wrote:
> On Jan 13, 2008 8:58 AM, Karl Larsen <k5di at zianet.com> wrote:
>   
>> Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>>     
>>> On Sun, 13 Jan 2008, Dick Seabrook wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>>>> On Jan 13, 2008 10:50 AM, Karl Larsen <k5di at zianet.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>>> Ed Greshko wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>           
>>>>>> Karl Larsen wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>             
>>>> Here's what I got in case it's of any use:
>>>>
>>>> [dick at harper ~]$ rpm -qa | grep vlc
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> i believe you can use the shorter form of the query:
>>>
>>> $ rpm -qa "*vlc*"
>>>
>>> rday
>>> --
>>> ========================================================================
>>> Robert P. J. Day
>>> Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry
>>> Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA
>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>>       
>>     All this is now of no sense. I have booted F7 which is being updated
>> as I type, and seems to have none of the Pulseaudio problems. I give up
>> with F8 and think the repo's have a problem since I can find nothing on
>> my F8. So rather than hit my head on a hard rock I come back to a
>> version that just works.
>>
>> Karl
>>     
>
> Karl,  when using Fedora you have to remind yourself that you are not
> a customer. You are a beta tester. Adopters of the Fedora distribution
> are expected to bleed a little. It's the price you are expected to pay
> to use the latest and greatest.
>
>   
    That may well be the problem. I am not smart enough in Fedora to 
handle the bleeding  edge problems I have with F8. All I can seem to do 
is reload F8 and hope :-)


Karl


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