Remove me from your email list please!
sunny McCoy
sunnyloveless at hotmail.com
Wed Mar 30 09:58:02 UTC 2005
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
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>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)
>
>
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>
>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. "
>:
>
>
>
>
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>
>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
>
>
>
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>
>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)
>=====================================================================
>
>
>
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>
>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.
>
>
>
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>
>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.
>
>
>
>
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>
>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.
>
>
>
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>
>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.
>
>
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>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>
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>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.
>
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>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>
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>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
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>Phone: +49-631-205-2438, FAX: +49-631-205-3056
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>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>
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>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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