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[OT]: New linux documentation project for blind users
by M. Fioretti 04 May '10

04 May '10

Greetings, this is an invitation to read and spread the word (**) about a new Linux/FOSS documentation project by Tony Baechler: free, CC-licensed audio tutorials about FOSS specifically aimed at blind computer users. My full interview with Tony is at http://stop.zona-m.net/node/150 (also because following his guidelines would give great audio tutorials very useful to **all** FOSS users, not just those with vision problems) Marco

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Libdvdcss
by Darr 04 May '10

04 May '10

On Mon 03 May 2010 @ 13:29:35 zulu, Michael Schwendt scribed: > You two are talking past eachother. There is a problem with the "debug" > repo metadata: > http://lists.rpmfusion.org/pipermail/rpmfusion-users/2010-February/000610.h… Yeah... but as I said in that message back in February, there's no real way to tell if the file is "good" and the hash in the XML file is incorrect, or if the checksum in the file is correct and the file bad. As noted in a previous message here, the 32-bit debuginfo package installs ok if you download it and install it with the path/filename; I didn't try that with the 64-bit package... all I did was check to see if it has the same problem as the 32-bit package, and it does... When I saw that I did a little more digging and it seems ALL of its architecture types have debuginfo packages with sha1 mismatches. i386 actual SHA1 hashes libdvdcss - 5c56ce6d51f82584e1f9be09cb7be40106c14536 libdvdcss-devel - 44483d8a146bf1bcf1734e3da5cbe7bbf9f96351 libdvdcss-debuginfo - 6561c19f4be4f7c7d1d175fa8e4d6f8b0418e2fa SHA1 checksums in primary.xml files libdvdcss - 5c56ce6d51f82584e1f9be09cb7be40106c14536 libdvdcss-devel - 44483d8a146bf1bcf1734e3da5cbe7bbf9f96351 libdvdcss-debuginfo - 133efc397ad79118091b3a5c73fdbf7d9c962c18 (does not match!) i86_64 actual SHA1 hashes libdvdcss - 45d7c8b0994ca4bcbfbafd9fa520fa6f66d18972 libdvdcss-devel - 9066c7e85b033928fc368db49cb1111ea6b02296 libdvdcss-debuginfo - fbcaeabd0cdf57bb16ae7517da590ad3c7c3dd0c SHA1 checksums in primary.xml files libdvdcss - 45d7c8b0994ca4bcbfbafd9fa520fa6f66d18972 libdvdcss-devel - 9066c7e85b033928fc368db49cb1111ea6b02296 libdvdcss-debuginfo - 54ce96cdce5409d509ef6b99d7f3261ff0876fe2 (does not match!) PPC actual SHA1 hashes libdvdcss - 8d3b23496fab1d811664e82ab1a6c44bb2bad238 libdvdcss-devel - 961d7b6442b7549a031e457e2ce66fef2045a4e4 libdvdcss-debuginfo - 0d6b40d4c9c71a42a7eda3bd5e2b5eb8627d9fcc SHA1 checksums in primary.xml files libdvdcss - 8d3b23496fab1d811664e82ab1a6c44bb2bad238 libdvdcss-devel - 961d7b6442b7549a031e457e2ce66fef2045a4e4 libdvdcss-debuginfo - 3ed461c4e0b2df98aeeac7c64c756f00dae7e22b (does not match!) PPC_x64 actual SHA1 hashes libdvdcss - 0f815713eeb1a8d594b625c182186c1c76d4f780 libdvdcss-devel - dc4ffa7ffa8875fc94e61df18468d8f6509e8da2 libdvdcss-debuginfo - 148ba2728d4710c13880593e7f1e4bc8279aaeb0 SHA1 checksums in primary.xml files libdvdcss - 0f815713eeb1a8d594b625c182186c1c76d4f780 libdvdcss-devel - dc4ffa7ffa8875fc94e61df18468d8f6509e8da2 libdvdcss-debuginfo - a6a222f3df9f55e131320b0cb7cdf4b66fc2f1c4 (does not match!)

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Where to put local Latex *.sty files under Fedora11
by Reg Clemens 04 May '10

04 May '10

There used to be a place to put local *.sty files for Latex so that they would be found. Under the current latex under Fedora11 I cant figure out where that directory might be and am having to copy them into the directory with the *.tex file to get them recognized. Not nice. Any Latex users out there that know the answer? [[ The Latex System seems to be looking in /usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/<filename >/*.sty but there must be an index to this directory somewhere, as just putting a new Local directory in there with the files in it does no good. Thoughts on that approach??? ]] -- Reg.Clemens reg(a)dwf.com

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Re: Preupgrade??
by Hugh Caley 03 May '10

03 May '10

LVM can be very handy for desktops. If you run out of space on / (or any other mount that uses LVM) you can attach another disk, add it to LVM, and expand the filesystem with resize2fs. Easy and quick. Hugh > Date: Sun, 2 May 2010 23:23:33 -0400 From: Marcel Rieux > <m.z.rieux(a)gmail.com> Subject: Re: Preupgrade?? To: Community support > for Fedora users <users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org> Message-ID: > <t2ra6e58c2d1005022023od3112b12uebedf6503864b87b(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" On Sat, May 1, 2010 at > 3:01 AM, Kevin J. Cummings < cummings(a)kjchome.homeip.net> wrote: >> > >> > On 05/01/2010 01:08 AM, Marcel Rieux wrote: >> > >> > You can always choose to not use LVM when you install Fedora, but you >> > have to be comfortable with selecting the advanced disk partitioning and >> > using the tools provided. Not everyone is. >> > I have selected my disk partitioning for a long time and when new wizardry > comes along, I always wonder how much help it's going to be. In most cases, > for a desktop, here, I'd say "none". > > -- Hugh Caley, Linux Administrator Aldon Computer Group 6001 Shellmound St. Suite 600 Emeryville, CA 94608 (510) 285-8542 | hughc(a)aldon.com

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Re: Where is everything?
by Roger 03 May '10

03 May '10

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Midori crash and abrt oddities
by Rares Aioanei 03 May '10

03 May '10

Hi y'all, On F12 and 13, if quitting (ctrl+q) midori after playing a flash file, it crashes with a SIGSEGV. Abrt starts, asks me if I want to login bugzilla and starts downloading debuginfos. At the end, it tells me that 13 debug syms cannot be downloaded and that I should try debuginfo-install midori, which I do and after that I hit refresh in Abrt, which tells me the exact same thing : "13 debuginfo packages couldn't be downloaded" (or smth.). Now, my question is : are these bugs (midori and abrt) known to you or should I report them? Thanks,

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Preupgrade enhanced??
by Beartooth 03 May '10

03 May '10

Will today's update to Preupgrade enable it to cope with machines that have less space in /boot than it wants? Or had we still better install F13 (or, preferably, upgrade to it) from a whole downloaded DVD?? -- Beartooth Staffwright, Neo-Redneck Not Quite Clueless Power User I have precious (very precious!) little idea where up is.

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Fedora 12 on Lenovo IdeaPad S10e
by Jos Vos 03 May '10

03 May '10

Hi, Can anyone tell me how compatible the Lenovo IdeaPad S10e (more precisely: product code NS84TNH) is with Fedora 12? Are there things that do not work out of the box. I have only found some outdated and/or incomplete reports so far. Thanks, -- -- Jos Vos <jos(a)xos.nl> -- X/OS Experts in Open Systems BV | Phone: +31 20 6938364 -- Amsterdam, The Netherlands | Fax: +31 20 6948204

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[WAY WAY OT] Ubuntu 10.04 and Nvidia driver
by John Wendel 03 May '10

03 May '10

I just tried the live-CD of Ubuntu 10.04 and generally found it to be very nicely done. But there was a big problem with the Nvidia driver that I thought we could all learn something from my experience (like "don't be stupid"), and maybe have a chuckle or two. After starting, a "helpful" pop-up told me that I needed the Nvidia driver if I wanted 3D acceleration and certain other (unspecified) enhancements. It offered to install the driver (after explaining why it was BAD from a free software perspective), so I said OK. I was then offered a choice from the 3 driver versions, without any explanation of which one I needed (I needed the 173 version), and the "recommended" version was the latest (195 version). STRIKE 1! I selected the 173 version and clicked the "activate" button. After some downloading/installing, I was told that I needed to restart the system to use the new driver. IT'S A LIVE CD FOLKS! Restarting of course wiped out the new driver download. STRIKE2! So, I did the download again and this time instead of restarting the system, I just restarted X. Luckily, I know how to kill and restart X because there is no newbie friendly menu selection to do this. Of course, it didn't work because the Nouveau driver got loaded first and kept the Nvidia driver from loading. STRIKE 3! I'm out. Of course, with an installed version of Ubuntu, this process would probably have worked fine. I really wish the best for Ubuntu, but I think I'll stick with Fedora. Sorry for the noise. Regards, John

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Anti Virus
by Henry Wyatt 03 May '10

03 May '10

Running f12 on hp laptop no windows. Do I need to install an antivirus program or is it not necessary. I used web based gmail for email and thunderbird -- Henry E. Wyatt, Jr. 135 Main St. Apt. 604 Adm. Halsey Senior Village Poughkeepsie, N.Y. 12601-6703 (845)337-3421

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