Quantcast
Viewing all 36117 articles
Browse latest View live

Customize search terms in Activities view?

I'd like to be able to add my own search terms to get more results in the Activities view, can this be done?

For example, if I want to write a letter, I often fall into old M$ habits and go type "word" in the search box, which brings up AbiWord. I'd like to see LibreOffice Writer appear as well, and maybe even gedit. If I type "write" I get only Writer, and if I type "text" I get Writer and gedit.

I'd also like to be able to edit the names of programs as shown in the results, to 'rename' some of the obscure, rarely used, and indecipherably-named programs on my machine, or shorten long names that get truncated with '...' in the results.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

Michael

[Laptop] Better wireless nic?

Lenovo T410
Code:

/sbin/lspci |grep Network
00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82577LM Gigabit Network Connection (rev 06)
03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N 6200 (rev 35)

I assume the second entry is my wireless nic.

The issue I am having is that it can be rather slow at bringing wireless up, much slower than my Windows laptop (T520). Once up it works rather well, but sometimes it drops and has to reconnect.

Any suggestions on a replacement that works better with FLOSS drivers in the Fedora kernel?
I am not interested in kernel tainting drivers.

802.11n - I would prefer both 2.4 and 5.0 but 5.0 not mandatory.

F18 Cinnamon Server connection help

Hi all,
I am upgrading to F18 Cinnamon and having trouble to find where I can get connect to my server. It used to be connected under Network>Samba in F17.

Unable to connect to certain applications over network, others are fine

I am running fedora 17, I am having problems with a couple network services, but not all of them. I can connect to them from another machine but they dont seem to be sending anything back fast enough and time out. Specifically this is happening with weinre and gitweb, but not with a couple php scripts i have hosted. All of these network programs work fine if I try to access them locally from the fedora box itself, it is only an issue in some of the programs over the network.

Here's some details, my linux version:
Linux 3.5.3-1.fc17.x86_64 #1 SMP Wed Aug 29 18:46:34 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

SEL is in disabled mode

I have httpd installed:
Server version: Apache/2.2.22 (Unix)
Server built: Apr 30 2012 09:55:22

and am running virtualhosts on the following ports:
80/443
7777
4466

and a node server on port 8080, but i am leaving that out of this post... i just want to look at the apache servers. they run as the same user with the same permissions on their directories and logs.


Example working port 7777 httpd conf, this runs a custom php script (index.php)
Code:

Listen 7777
NameVirtualHost *:7777

<VirtualHost *:7777>
        DirectoryIndex index.php

        DocumentRoot /web/board
        <Directory /web/board>
                Options -Indexes FollowSymLinks
                AllowOverride All
                Order allow,deny
                allow from all
        </Directory>
        ErrorLog /web/board/error.log

        # Possible values include: debug, info, notice, warn, error, crit,
        # alert, emerg.

        LogLevel debug

        CustomLog /web/board/access.log combined

</VirtualHost>

Example not working from off the fedora machine, port 4466 httpd conf, this runs gitweb:
Code:

Listen 4466
NameVirtualHost *:4466

<VirtualHost *:4466>
        DocumentRoot /web/gitweb/website
        DirectoryIndex gitweb.cgi
        <Directory /web/gitweb/website>
                Options -Indexes FollowSymLinks +ExecCGI
                AddHandler cgi-script .cgi
                DirectoryIndex gitweb.cgi
                AllowOverride All
                Order allow,deny
                allow from all
        </Directory>
        ErrorLog /web/gitweb/logs/error.log

        # Possible values include: debug, info, notice, warn, error, crit,
        # alert, emerg.
        LogLevel debug

        CustomLog /web/gitweb/logs/access.log combined

</VirtualHost>

Machines:
192.168.0.199 - The fedora box
192.168.0.196 - My "client" box that cant connect

I am hitting the fedora box from another machine, and the port 7777 works fine. When i try to hit 4466, i get timeouts. However if i look at connections in netstat, i can see it is listening on 4466 and 7777 without any difference

Code:

netstat -an | grep tcp
tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:3306            0.0.0.0:*              LISTEN
tcp        0      0 192.168.0.199:8080      0.0.0.0:*              LISTEN
tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:22              0.0.0.0:*              LISTEN
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:631          0.0.0.0:*              LISTEN
tcp        0    52 192.168.0.199:22        192.168.0.196:53557    ESTABLISHED
tcp6      0      0 :::80                  :::*                    LISTEN
tcp6      0      0 :::4466                :::*                    LISTEN
tcp6      0      0 :::9876                :::*                    LISTEN
tcp6      0      0 :::22                  :::*                    LISTEN
tcp6      0      0 :::631                  :::*                    LISTEN
tcp6      0      0 :::443                  :::*                    LISTEN
tcp6      0      0 :::7777                :::*                    LISTEN

Also if i use iftop i can see a connection is hitting the box, but it never completes and times out.
Code:

fedora17      => 192.168.0.196              2.16kb  3.14kb  3.14kb    (this is over 4466 from the remote machine)
              <=                            1.50kb  648b    648b

Even though bits are clearly exchanged, I do not get anything in the apache access or error logs for port 4466 for this request this. So i know it is getting to the machine, but not reaching the application level.

[centos 5] Mail server

What happened to my mail server ??

CentOS 5.x up to date.

Postfix / Dovecot

Been running smooth for years, been a LONG time since I needed to do anything with it.

Suddenly this morning I am not able to send message, Server times out.

What worries me is the nmap results:

From external :
Code:

[alice@localhost ~]$ nmap **mydomain**

Starting Nmap 6.01 ( http://nmap.org ) at 2013-02-27 04:08 PST
Nmap scan report for **mydomain** (**myIP**)
Host is up (0.61s latency).
Not shown: 994 filtered ports
PORT    STATE  SERVICE
22/tcp  closed ssh
53/tcp  open  domain
80/tcp  open  http
443/tcp open  https
631/tcp closed ipp
993/tcp open  imaps

Nmap done: 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 72.83 seconds

Note that there is no port 25

From internal:

Code:

[root@mail ~]# nmap 127.0.0.1

Starting Nmap 4.11 ( http://www.insecure.org/nmap/ ) at 2013-02-27 07:10 EST
Interesting ports on localhost.localdomain (127.0.0.1):
Not shown: 1671 closed ports
PORT    STATE SERVICE
25/tcp  open  smtp
53/tcp  open  domain
80/tcp  open  http
143/tcp  open  imap
443/tcp  open  https
783/tcp  open  spamassassin
993/tcp  open  imaps
3306/tcp open  mysql
5432/tcp open  postgres

Nmap finished: 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 0.116 seconds

Note that port 25 is open there.

Here are my firewall rules:

Code:

# Firewall configuration written by system-config-securitylevel
# Manual customization of this file is not recommended.
*filter
:INPUT ACCEPT [0:0]
:FORWARD ACCEPT [0:0]
:OUTPUT ACCEPT [0:0]
:RH-Firewall-1-INPUT - [0:0]
-A INPUT -j RH-Firewall-1-INPUT
-A FORWARD -j RH-Firewall-1-INPUT
-A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -i lo -j ACCEPT
-A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -p icmp --icmp-type any -j ACCEPT
-A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -p 50 -j ACCEPT
-A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -p 51 -j ACCEPT
-A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -p udp --dport 5353 -d 224.0.0.251 -j ACCEPT
-A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -p udp -m udp --dport 631 -j ACCEPT
-A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport 631 -j ACCEPT
-A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT
-A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp --dport ***** -j ACCEPT
-A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp --dport 22 -j ACCEPT
-A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp --dport 25 -j ACCEPT
-A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp --dport 53 -j ACCEPT
-A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp --dport 80 -j ACCEPT
-A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp --dport 443 -j ACCEPT

(the ***** is my custom sshd port)

My host is linode. I can receive mail but mot send. I looked through my messages and I do not see anything from them indicating that I'm a spam relay, but it appears that either port 25 is being filtered by them or for whatever reason the CentOS firewall.

Anyone know how to diagnost this? I see no errors in /var/log/maillog that look like they are related.

Thanks for any suggestions.

cron job to convert file formats

I host a family website where family members can upload videos they take (like school plays, etc...). The problem I have is that the videos are not always in the same format. I'm kinda anal-retentive, and like everything to be in MP4 format (for easier viewing in iTunes).

I can convert these files manually, which isn't a problem, but I would like to be able to create a "cron" job to do this automatically, once a day, or once every few hours.

I have a command line ready for Handbrake to actually do the conversion, but I'm stuck in creating the actual "cron" job.

What I am hoping for is this:

The Cron file/script checks a certain folder, and all sub-folders, and if a WMV, AVI, etc... file exists, branch off to the Handbrake command line to convert the file in another location (with similar directory structure), then delete the original file.

If an MP4 file already exists, then just "move" the file to the other location.

And of course, if no files exist, then exit the script.

Thanks in advance for any assistance!

Rumors...

NOTICE: THESE ARE ONLY RUMORS I'VE HEARD! None of these rumors can be proven true.
Okay Rumor #1 Microsoft is considering porting Office to Linux. If that is the case than I think it is a good idea... if you are coming from Windows to Linux, or the company you work for relies on Microsoft Office. And while I support the Idea as it will probably attract new users I will still use my open office. The only proof I have seen with it is a brief video of Office Running on Ubuntu by Microsoft's YouTube channel. So I guess if Microsoft put this on themselves then it may happen. But it may not and I may have been seeing a fake video or it could've been running under wine. (It had the Windows 7 theme but then again the early M$ office's for mac also used the Windows 7 theme. So it may be real and Microsoft may eventually make it look consistent with the other Ubuntu apps. Ambiance and Radiance themes are okay i guess.)
Rumor #2 iTunes Safari and iCloud and other Apple products will be ported. This rumor has existed ever since Tim Cook took over as Apples CEO, after Steve Jobs died. The whole thing came out when some Fanboy said that Tim Cook saw potential in Linux and considered porting iTunes and other apps by Apple to Linux. If this is true than I fully support the idea. See I have 2 iOS devices and they don't like to cooperate with Banshee. If iTunes gets ported to Linux then I can sync my music to my iPod Touch and my iPad. I do have a Galaxy S3 which, duh, works with Linux. This one is another rumor that is not yet official.
Rumor #3 Photoshop for Linux. This one has been around for a while but has picked up severe popularity following the Steam release on Linux. This one I do not like the idea of. For most of us Linux users let's be honest we prefer our GIMP and Inkscape. Now many photography classes at my High School Require you have a personal copy Photoshop and Adobe CS6. And none of the computers in my house can Run CS6. (Mine could but considering it uses Linux and wine doesn't get along with CS6 I've stayed away from it.) So I have stayed out of the Photography classes in my High School. Unless they allow GIMP I will be avoiding the Photography Classes.
Rumor #4 Auto CAD for Linux. As with the Photoshop rumor this only picked up popularity after steam was officially released on GNU/Linux. Again blender does the job just fine. And again none of the computers in my house (Except for mine if it was running windows.) can run AutoCAD. So yeah...

NOTICE!!! NONE OF THESE RUMORS HAVE BEEN PROVEN FACT AND EVEN IF THE M$ OFFICE RUMOR HAS VIDEO PROOF OF OFFICE RUNNING ON UBUNTU IT IS UNKNOWN IF M$ MADE IT OR IF IT WAS MADE BY SOME LINUX FANBOY! IF ANYONE CAN PROVE THESE RUMORS FACT PLEASE DO SO FOR THE GOOD OF THE COMMUNITY!

fedora 18 spin lxde 32bit installation error


Number of packages and H/W platform

Hello!
I always install the same set of packages to all H/W platforms that supported by RedHat. For example, developer configuration. Is nu,ber of packages will be fiffer from one platform to another? Example of platforms are: HP DL 380 G6, HP DL 380 G8, vmware VM, KVM-based VM, HP BL 460 and HP BL 660, etc

XBOX 360 controller F18

I can't remember if I had my Afterglow XBOX 360 controller or a different, older, logitech controller working with an earlier version of fedora with the old joystick package.


Code:

Package joystick-1.2.15-28.fc18.x86_64 is obsoleted by linuxconsoletools-1.4.4-7.fc18.x86_64 which is already installed
Nothing to do

This new linuxconsoletools seems to be unknown to google except for repository lists that say they carry the package.

How do I use linuxconsoletools to set up an XBOX 360 controller?

How to start IBus

Hi, I have a new installation of Fed 18. I need IBus for Chinese input. It is installed, but I can't start it. I need IBus to start on boot.

Package ibus-1.5.1-2.fc18.x86_64 already installed and latest version
Nothing to do
[peter@localhost ~]$ ibus restart
Can't connect to IBus.
[peter@localhost ~]$ sudo ibus restart
Can't connect to IBus.
[peter@localhost ~]$

Any tips out there??

iPod touch sync Fedora 18?

Hiya! First I would like to say that I am grateful for all the fedora community has done for me. Now for my question. I cant seem to get my iOS device to work on Fedora 18. I have tried to install pod-sleuth and gpod and pod-sharp but it doesn't want to install all the libraries. Fedora 17 could do all that. Ubuntu does it straight away (Cuz shuttleworth is paying for it.) But it's not being detected in Fedora 18. I have spotify installed, so I have a "True" itunes replacement. (I actually recommend to new users they use spotify. It's as good as itunes.) But my iOS device and Computer just won't communicate. Note that I only have Linux on my comuter. No Windows. Any Ideas? None of the ipod libraries want to work. HELP! I WANT MY MUSIC LIBRARY ON MY COMPUTER TO GO ON MY IPOD WITHOUT HAVING TO RE-DOWNLOAD ALL OF IT VIA IOS ITUNES!

Fresh install of Fedora 18... With help from Fedora 17

Many people are facing these errors while trying to install Fedora 18:

Failed to save storage configuration
Error checking storage configuration

The fix is to download and install Fedora 17 first, and then upgrade to Fedora 18 like this:

# yum update yum
# yum clean all
# rpm –import https://fedoraproject.org/static/DE7F38BD.txt
# yum –releasever=18 –disableplugin=presto distro-sync

After upgrading, you may experience a black screen with a spinning cursor. This is due to a bug with the polkit package: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=841451

To fix it press [ctrl]+[alt]+[F2] to get into text mode. Then reinstall polkit and then reboot:

# yum reinstall polkit
# reboot

Hope this helps someone....

P.S. The above was experienced with kernel 3.7.9-205.fc18.i686.

[FC18/KDE] RPMDB was altered outside of yum.

hello all,

on a shell i give a "yum update" earlier at morning. i get the msg:

Rpmdb was altered outside of yum.(i have a GER-Lang sys, they call: "RPMDB wurde außerhalb von yum verändert.".

its the first time i get this msg. what can I do :C

thanks

Heavy memory usage by NON-SMP FEDORA17 Kernel

Hi,

I am seeing increase in memory usage with NON-SMP FC17 kernel in virtual-box environment.

I have rebuilt FEDORA 17 kernel [3.6.10 version] with SMP disabled. I am allotting 512MB ram and booting in multi-user mode in both the cases. Below is the output from top command.

SMP
=====
Faster BOOT - hardly 1min
Mem: 508988k total, 150128k used, 358860k free, 16900k buffers
Swap: 2064380k total, 0k used, 2064380k free, 52468k cached

NON-SMP with DEBUGGING
====================
Slower BOOT - Takes more than 7 min
Mem: 509432k total, 503412k used, 6020k free, 8368k buffers
Swap: 2064380k total, 376k used, 2064004k free, 29020k cached

Any idea what could be the reason ?

Support to HP Color LaserJet CP-1025

I am using Fedora 18 and I bought a printer HP Color LaserJet CP1025 that is recognized by Fedora as a LaserJr 9050MP and printer doesn't print at all. I attempted uses dual boot with Windows 8 with command grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub.cfg, mas after printer worked well in Windows, the Windows 8 disappeared ater an update of Nvidia proprietary kernel. My qestions are: there is a safe mode of dual boot Windows 8 and Fedora 18 and wine prints independently of Fedora?
Thank you.


Eduardo Jorge
bonvivant150000

[SOLVED] [midori] Yahoo Search??

When I type something in the url bar that is not a url, it sends me to duckduckgo which is what I want.

But in the search bar, it seems to use yahoo which is not what I want.

I can't seem to find a preference for this. Anyone know?

---------- Post added at 04:44 AM ---------- Previous post was at 04:42 AM ----------

nevermind, found it, for some absurd reason it's not in the preferences - you have to click the page like thing.

I weep at the current state of UI design.

tuple

Hi
I want to make a c++ project,I ran these cods :
Code:

yum install boost-devel
yum install boost-math
yum install boost

but when want to make file this error will be repotted
boost/tuple/tuple.hpp: No such file or directory
do you have any idia for me?how can I have Tuple?
thanks

fedora 18 not booting

Sir I am running fedora18 and windows8 o fedora 18 not booting perating systems. I am unable to boot into fedora because it is trying to mount other ntfs partitions and displaying message that there was an error while mountIng /dev/sda2 (which is ntfs partition) and running into emergency mode. Actually I don't want to mount other partitions and also I have not added these partitions in fstab. These ntfs partitions are working properly in Windows8.

Please suggest how to disable mounting other partitions using rescue DVD.

Regards
Rupesh.

Multiboot Linux question

Hi all,

Recently I'm stucked with multiboot.

I have a disk with following partition:

sd1. 157GB NTFS of Win8
sd2. 55GB including:

sd5. 500M /boot
sd6. 4GB /swap
sd7. 50GB BTRFS Fedora 18

sd3. 55GB not parted
sd4. 32GB not parted

Now I want to install Fedora 17 on sd3 or sd4, but I don't know howto. From Anaconda I failed evrrytime for not enough space or some other reasons.

So any hints availabe? I think two lvm is the way of installing dual Fedora, isn't it?

Thanks everyone in advance!
Viewing all 36117 articles
Browse latest View live