desktop September 2005

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Fedora-core applications can't be killed fully from terminal !
by Ankit Patel 05 Oct '05

05 Oct '05

I have run the "hwbrowser" from the menu. Then i tried to kill hwbrowser from terminal. 1.kill pid_of_hwbrowser --> This command kills only binary (hwbrowser) run by the normal user, not the main application because there are many (3) processes running along with hwbrowser. and they are. [ankit@ankit ~]$ ps -aux | grep hwbrowser Warning: bad syntax, perhaps a bogus '-'? See /usr/share/doc/procps-3.2.3/FAQ ankit 6355 1.0 1.5 18460 8108 pts/2 S 12:38 0:00 hwbrowser root 6356 0.0 0.2 7472 1396 pts/2 S 12:38 0:00 /usr/sbin/userhelper -w hwbrowser root 6360 0.0 0.1 6772 952 pts/2 S 12:38 0:00 /bin/sh /usr/share/hwbrowser/hwbrowser root 6361 8.1 3.3 28276 16976 pts/2 S 12:38 0:01 /usr/bin/python /usr/share/hwbrowser/DeviceList.py ankit 6370 0.0 0.1 5816 660 pts/2 R+ 12:39 0:00 grep hwbrowser [ankit@ankit ~]$ 2. So, i thought i need to kill all other processes also along with hwbrowser. So, [ankit@ankit ~]$ killall -g hwbrowser [1]+ Terminated hwbrowser [ankit@ankit ~]$ ps -aux | grep hwbrowser Warning: bad syntax, perhaps a bogus '-'? See /usr/share/doc/procps-3.2.3/FAQ root 6360 0.0 0.1 6772 952 pts/2 S 12:38 0:00 /bin/sh /usr/share/hwbrowser/hwbrowser root 6361 1.2 3.3 28276 16976 pts/2 S 12:38 0:01 /usr/bin/python /usr/share/hwbrowser/DeviceList.py ankit 6373 0.0 0.1 4652 656 pts/2 R+ 12:40 0:00 grep hwbrowser Still gui of hwbrowser running. If you have run hwbrowser from Menu (gui) then --> All other gui applications closed and gnome-panel restarted. If you have run hwbrowser from same terminal (console) then --> Other gui applications and gnome-panel will not get affected. 3. So, finally i thought i need to be root to kill all the instances of hwbrowser. And, [root@ankit ~]# ps -aux | grep hwbrowser Warning: bad syntax, perhaps a bogus '-'? See /usr/share/doc/procps-3.2.3/FAQ root 6412 0.0 0.1 4656 668 pts/2 S+ 12:47 0:00 grep hwbrowser [root@ankit ~]# Now hwbrowser killed fully... If you have run hwbrowser from Menu (gui) then --> All other gui applications closed and gnome-panel restarted. If you have run hwbrowser from same terminal (console) then --> Other gui applications and gnome-panel will not get affected. This is not specific to hwbrowser only but most of the applications created in python included in fedora-core software. So, i want to know is there any solution to kill hwbrowser(which have been running from Menu(gui) not from the same terminal) without affecting other applications? Thank You! Ankit Patel __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com

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FC4 GNOME 2.10 a bit slow on Toshiba Satellite A40
by Yordanis Tornes Medina 05 Oct '05

05 Oct '05

Hi I have a Toshiba Laptop (2.8 GHz, 768 MB RAM, TOSHIBA MK4025GAS 4200 rpm) with Fedora Core 4 (GNOME 2.10) installed, I note that is a slightly slow, for example, when I boot the first time that I click the GNOME menu panel it delay a few seconds in open, during this process my HD reach 100 % of utilization. Any body know why? Greetings ______________________________________________ Renovamos el Correo Yahoo! Nuevos servicios, más seguridad http://correo.yahoo.es

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Re: FC4 GNOME 2.10 a bit slow on Toshiba Satellite A40
by Yordanis Tornes Medina 29 Sep '05

29 Sep '05

> How much swap do you have, and your video card? 1 GB swap and Intel 852. swap is always free... ______________________________________________ Renovamos el Correo Yahoo! Nuevos servicios, más seguridad http://correo.yahoo.es

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Evolution troubles with Connector / Exchange
by Karl Pitrich 27 Sep '05

27 Sep '05

Hi, upgrading my corporate workstation from RH9+Ximian Desktop (Evolution 1.4+Ximian Connector) to FC4 seems to cause major headache when connecting Evolution to Exchange, whereas things worked really fine with RH9/Ximian. Basically, Evolution freezes randomly, most times while 'scanning for changes messages' but also at other operations. Furthermore, calendar and addressbook wont work at all, Evo gets stuck also while attempting to autocomplete an address. well, every Xth startup, the addressbook actually works... - Are problems with Evolution/Exchange a known issue? - Is anyone actually using that combination? - best way to provide debug info? (CAMEL_VERBOSE_DEBUG=1 E2K_DEBUG=5 don't yield useful results) - strace reveals, that evo and evo-exchange wait on a futex, sometimes the network connection seems to have been disconnected. thanks for any hints, / pit

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xmms gnome control applet
by samuel cheung 26 Sep '05

26 Sep '05

Hi, can you pleaes tell me where I can find a xmms gnome control applet? Thank you.

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So what about Gnome 2.12?
by Ali Sobhi 23 Sep '05

23 Sep '05

I'm trying to compile Gnome 2.12 on FC4 (Intel-32) using jhbuild. Running into few problems. Has anyone successfully compiled Gnome 2.12 on FC4? BTW, using jhbuild for Gnome-2.12 (not the HEAD) is not going to do the trick. Stuff break. Regards, Ali Sobhi ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sr. Consultant - Austin Accessibility Center - IBM Research 512-823-0064 (T/L 793) sobhi(a)us.ibm.com http://www.ibm.com/able/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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mp3 driver for fedora
by samuel cheung 21 Sep '05

21 Sep '05

Hi, Can some one please tell me where I can find mp3 driver for fedora? I install XMMS, but it can't play mp3 files. Thank you for any help. Sam

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Jump Drive
by GaryCarr 21 Sep '05

21 Sep '05

How do I get Fedora to recognize and read a Lexar JumpDrive?

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fingerworks touchstream/igesture problem with click/drag events (FC1 -> FC3/FC4)
by Msquared 19 Sep '05

19 Sep '05

I'm not sure which list to post to, so I thought I'd try these three (other users, hardcore testers, and desktop-specific). I have a Fingerworks Touchstream keyboard. It's basically a USB-based input device that looks (to the host computer) like a USB keyboard plus USB mouse. It behaves like the little laptop touch pads, but can track multiple fingers simultaneously and map such movements and gestures to keystrokes, mouse clicks, mouse movements, combinations, and sequences of all of that, too. (I mention the iGesture pad since it's a cut-down version of the Touchstream, and may suffer the same problem; hopefully someone else will have come across this issue with either a Touchstream or an iGesture). Anyway, that's the background. Generally, this device works beautifully under FC1. I'm about to move to FC4, but I have discovered a problem: when I click-and-drag, the pointer moves a short distance before the click seems to take effect. For simple actions, such as moving icons on the desktop, it's annoying, but not critical. When using paint applications, however, it's downright frustrating. The problem occurs when using the device on FC3 or FC4 (I haven't tried FC2). If I go back to FC1, the problem completely goes away. I did run xev to see what X thinks is going on, and as it happens, when I do a click/drag under FC4 there actually are a few MotionNotify events before the ButtonPress event. Under FC1, the ButtonPress event always comes first. The only thing that comes readily to mind is that FC1 is XFree86 and FC3/FC4 is xorg. Is there some sort of internal difference that affects the order of processing of events? Is there some way I can delve deeper into the X event queues to find out what's different, and possibly fix it? Note that there is no driver required for the Touchstream, as it presents to the host machine as a simple USB keyboard and USB mouse (plus an additional USB device for programming, but that's not normally used). Regards, Msquared...

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hibernate in gnome 2.10
by samuel cheung 19 Sep '05

19 Sep '05

Hi, I am using gnome 2.10 on Fedora 4. I would like to know if there is a hibernate for gnome 2.10? If yes, how to use that. I try the gnome 2.12 live cd, and I notice there is a hibernate function. But i can't find the same hibernate on 2.10. Thanks for any help.

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