desktop December 2004

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GTK clipboard problems
by Warren Togami 05 Dec '04

05 Dec '04

Since around RH7.3, I remember gtk2 applications would sometimes be unable to copy & paste between each other after long runtimes within a GNOME session. Sometimes it would take a week of using GNOME without relogging for this problem to manifest. Copying from GTK2 to kedit and back to GTK2 would work, but not GTK2 to GTK2. Select and middle-click would also fail. Then *something* else I do on the desktop makes the behavior go away, and clipboard begins working properly again. Today using FC3, I this problem still exists today. Do other people experience this problem? Is anyone aware of an upstream bug tracking this issue that has more substance than my useless description above? Thanks, Warren Togami wtogami(a)redhat.com

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desktop printing
by tony 04 Dec '04

04 Dec '04

In FC1 I had a printer Icon in the panel. I dragged a document to it and it printed. Where is that now? TIA Tony Grant

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vsftpd
by Ahmed 04 Dec '04

04 Dec '04

Hi Listers! Has anyone installed VSFTPD on fedora or Redhat 9! If yes how can I create a user with their password. Remember I need the instruction from the comman line not from the graphical user interface! Thanks in advance as always! Ahmed Alasow attaining one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the pinnacle of excellence. Subjugating the enemy's army without fighting is the true pinnacle of excellence." ************** ahmed(a)ahmed63.wanadoo.co.uk &&&&& aalas(a)btopenworld.com ************* The information contained in this e-mail is intended for the recipient or entity to whom it is addressed. It may contain confidential information that is exempt from disclosure by law and if you are not the intended recipient, you must not copy, distribute or take any act in reliance on it. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete from your system. *********** Whilst we make every effort to keep our network free from viruses, you need to verify that this email and any attachments are virus-free, as we can not take any responsibilities. ***** We may monitor email to and from our network.

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Is it possible to start only one app in GUI GNOME or KDE or other?
by Edilmar Alves - Lista 03 Dec '04

03 Dec '04

Hi, I have a Fedora Core 2 Linux + VNC Server (running into xinetd). Then, the users may connect remotely to this server and run an app that I put into desktop (shortcut). But the users have access to other apps like OpenOffice and Mozilla, and I want: 1) the user may logon and the app starts automatically. Where do I do this? 2) none taskbar, console, etc, the app must start using full-screen, with no way to change to other apps like Alt+Tab shortcut. Is it possible? 3) the GUI must be light, I'd like to use some GUI with lower resources than GNOME and KDE. What's the better for this case? 4) the users may be in slow links, I think to use in the future softwares like FreeNX, and the GUI must be really with low graphical complexities... Thanks for any suggestions...

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Start automatic app after login
by Edilmar Alves - Lista 02 Dec '04

02 Dec '04

Hi, I have Fedora Core 2 with GDM default login. I didn't find what file I need to create/alter/configure to start a application after login. I know apps like Nautillus or Terminal that I don't close when logging out are automatically open after login. But, if I have other executable program or a script that I have to start, I don't know how to configure. Thanks,

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Fw: Info on Fedora 3
by suthron 02 Dec '04

02 Dec '04

----- Original Message ----- From: suthron To: fedora-desktop-list(a)redhat.com Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2004 4:58 PM Subject: Info on Fedora 3 I dont know if this is the right place to be to answer my problem Basicly I am looking for some info on Fedora 3s capability with adsl via a Thomson Speedtouch 330 USB modem. First some background, I was sick to death of Microsoft continually telling me there was a problem and had to shut down my internet connection, I made some tentative enquiries about Linux and eventually purchaced SUSE 9.1. This worked well on my dial up access and after a three month "Try Before Commiting" period, I took the big jump and transfered my working files to Linux (THANK GOD I KEPT COPPIES AND BACKUPS FOR WINDOWS), the next part is not the fault of SUSE, my major customer (I am self employed, working from home), gave me an ultimatum, GET BROADBAND or A NEW JOB, I got broadband. Suse refuses to work with my modem. Been all over the web and SUSE help places, big joke. "One SUSE expert" told me that Yast Online Update would solve my problem !? another pointed me to the Novel "Pay a lot of money for help web site. It cost me around £600 and a lot of time to have my files reinstated to Windows and since the XP SP2 has arrived I have had very few problems. I still hate Bill Gates and his money grabbing cronies but is there any point in continuing with Linux. Please dont use the easy answer of "Get another modem" as that simply defeats the purpose of using an alternative operating system. Living in hope but not expectation John

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Thunderbird 0.9 RPM
by Andre Meyer 01 Dec '04

01 Dec '04

Hi all Finally, we have Thunderbird as (default) email client in FC3. But it is version 0.8, while 0.9 has been available for a while. Where can the RPM for version 0.9 be downloaded. None of the familiar places has it. Why is this so? Maybe the solution is just too simple for me to see ;-) thanks and kind regards Andre

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RPM update error messages and mirrors
by David R. Wilson 01 Dec '04

01 Dec '04

I noticed a number of updates were available for FC3 for several days and were not propagated to the mirrors. Also I saw several error messages from a number of updates, one of them: /etc/selinux/targeted/contexts/files/file_contexts: invalid context system_u:object_r:httpd_squirrelmail_t on line number 603 /etc/selinux/targeted/contexts/files/file_contexts: invalid context system_u:object_r:httpd_helper_exec_t on line number 604 /etc/selinux/targeted/contexts/files/file_contexts: invalid context system_u:object_r:ldconfig_exec_t on line number 651 /etc/selinux/targeted/contexts/files/file_contexts: invalid context system_u:object_r:sendmail_exec_t on line number 685 /etc/selinux/targeted/contexts/files/file_contexts: invalid context system_u:object_r:sendmail_exec_t on line number 686 /etc/selinux/targeted/contexts/files/file_contexts: invalid context system_u:object_r:mysqld_exec_t on line number 692 /etc/selinux/targeted/contexts/files/file_contexts: invalid context system_u:object_r:mysqld_exec_t on line number 693 /etc/selinux/targeted/contexts/files/file_contexts: invalid context system_u:object_r:mysqld_var_run_t on line number 694 /etc/selinux/targeted/contexts/files/file_contexts: invalid context system_u:object_r:mysqld_log_t on line number 695 /etc/selinux/targeted/contexts/files/file_contexts: invalid context system_u:object_r:mysqld_db_t on line number 696 /etc/selinux/targeted/contexts/files/file_contexts: invalid context system_u:object_r:mysqld_var_run_t on line number 697 /etc/selinux/targeted/contexts/files/file_contexts: invalid context system_u:object_r:mysqld_etc_t on line number 698 /etc/selinux/targeted/contexts/files/file_contexts: invalid context system_u:object_r:mysqld_etc_t on line number 699 /etc/selinux/targeted/contexts/files/file_contexts: invalid context system_u:object_r:ntpdate_exec_t on line number 741 /etc/selinux/targeted/contexts/files/file_contexts: invalid context system_u:object_r:postgresql_exec_t on line number 752 /etc/selinux/targeted/contexts/files/file_contexts: invalid context system_u:object_r:postgresql_exec_t on line number 753 /etc/selinux/targeted/contexts/files/file_contexts: invalid context system_u:object_r:postgresql_exec_t on line number 754 /etc/selinux/targeted/contexts/files/file_contexts: invalid context system_u:object_r:postgresql_exec_t on line number 755 /etc/selinux/targeted/contexts/files/file_contexts: invalid context system_u:object_r:postgresql_exec_t on line number 756 /etc/selinux/targeted/contexts/files/file_contexts: invalid context system_u:object_r:postgresql_exec_t on line number 759 /etc/selinux/targeted/contexts/files/file_contexts: invalid context system_u:object_r:postgresql_exec_t on line number 760 /etc/selinux/targeted/contexts/files/file_contexts: invalid context system_u:object_r:postgresql_exec_t on line number 761 /etc/selinux/targeted/contexts/files/file_contexts: invalid context system_u:object_r:postgresql_exec_t on line number 762 /etc/selinux/targeted/contexts/files/file_contexts: invalid context system_u:object_r:postgresql_exec_t on line number 763 /etc/selinux/targeted/contexts/files/file_contexts: invalid context system_u:object_r:postgresql_db_t on line number 765 /etc/selinux/targeted/contexts/files/file_contexts: invalid context system_u:object_r:postgresql_db_t on line number 766 /etc/selinux/targeted/contexts/files/file_contexts: invalid context system_u:object_r:postgresql_var_run_t on line number 767 /etc/selinux/targeted/contexts/files/file_contexts: invalid context system_u:object_r:postgresql_etc_t on line number 768 /etc/selinux/targeted/contexts/files/file_contexts: invalid context system_u:object_r:postgresql_log_t on line number 769 /etc/selinux/targeted/contexts/files/file_contexts: invalid context system_u:object_r:postgresql_log_t on line number 770 warning: system-config-date-1.7.13-0.fc3.1.noarch.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 4f2a6fd2 Since the gui update routines might not display this, I figured someone might like to know. This was also one of the updates that the mirrors.kernel.org has not seen yet (at least not that I could find). I am assuming the error messages were for routines that were not installed on this system in the first place. Anyone have a clue bat?

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Suggestions? FC3 on x86_a64
by David R. Wilson 01 Dec '04

01 Dec '04

Hello fellows, If there is a better list for this subject, please let me know. I have a system (good paperweight so far) with an Asrock K8 Combo Z motherboard (Athlon 64 based) and I have not been able to get networking up on the box. From doing some surfing I found it looks like it should work with the SIS900 routines, however I have not had any luck at getting things working. I have also tried a Linksys DFE-530TX+ card with the 8139too drivers with the same problems. lspci and /proc/interrupts attached. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Dave

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