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On Wed, 2005-02-16 at 23:50 +0530, Rajev Mhasawade wrote:
>Hi,
>Im facing the same problem.The progress dialogue proceeds a bit and
>nothing happens.I do not have broadbamd hence i would like to download
>only critical updates and patches.im going thru yum hope its less
>complicated.
>if u find any solution,plz let me know.
>Rajev

Hello Rajev:

A good idea, when responding to the digest, is to use the same subject
 (topic), and also delete all messages but the one you are responding
to.  As it is, I have no idea what you are talking about, and do not
care to read all of these messages to find out.  

HTH

Scott



On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 20:15:31 -0500 (EST),
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>> Today's Topics:
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>>    1. Re: Kernel 2.6.10-1.14_FC2 (Dave Jones)
>>    2. Re: Linux Desktop for university staff (Anthony E. Greene)
>>    3. Still no parallel port printer with 2.6.10-1.766 ! (Kim Lux)
>>    4. Re: Linux sucks? <depending on what you are trying to do!>
>>       (bizzorg)
>>    5. Re: New install. Partioning advice please. (Nat Gross)
>>    6. Re: Linux Desktop for university staff (Matthew Miller)
>>    7. Re: Password (Alan Horn)
>>    8. Re: Linux sucks? <depending on what you are trying to do!>
>>       (Kim Lux)
>>    9. Re: Kernel 2.6.10-1.14_FC2 (David Curry)
>>   10. Re: Kernel 2.6.10-1.14_FC2 (Dave Jones)
>>   11. Re: bad gnome-terminal or bad script? (Johnathan Bailes)
>>   12. Re: Password (Robert Storey)
>>   13. Re: booting Fedora 3 from boot disk (Johnathan Bailes)
>>   14. Re: Kernel 2.6.10-1.14_FC2 (David Curry)
>>   15. Re: Kernel 2.6.10-1.14_FC2 (Dave Jones)
>>   16. Re: Linux and Spywares - lack of reading (David Curry)
>>   17. Re: Linux and Spywares - lack of reading (jdow)
>>   18. Re: Linux sucks? <depending on what you are trying to do!>
>>       (Johnathan Bailes)
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Dave Jones <davej@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 19:12:39 -0500
>> Subject: Re: Kernel 2.6.10-1.14_FC2
>> On Tue, Feb 15, 2005 at 07:09:02PM -0500, David Curry wrote:
>>  > I downloaded the 2.6.10-1.14_FC2 kernel today and promptly rebooted to
>>  > give it a spin.
>>  >
>>  > My system froze up fairly quickly and then repeated that performance on
>>  > reboot.  The only way I was able to recover control of the system in
>>  > both instances was through pushing Reset on the box.
>>  >
>>  > On the first occurence, I had stepped away from the machine for several
>>  > minutes and returned to discover a screensaver pattern on the screen
>>  > with system completely unresponsive to mouse and keyboard.
>>  >
>>  > On the second occurence, I stepped away for a few minutes and returned
>>  > to find a dialogue box displayed on the desktop advising that the volume
>>  > control applet had died suddenly and asking if I wanted to restart it.
>>  > I selected "No".  Within seconds the Gnome panel at the bottom of the
>>  > screen disappeared and the system was unresponsive to mouse and keyboard.
>>  >
>>  > Is anyone else experiencing this system behavior with the new kernel?
>> 
>> Did you try the .13 one too ?  I'm curious if this is something
>> introduced by the exec-shield fixes.
>> 
>>                 Dave
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: "Anthony E. Greene" <tony@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 19:13:36 -0500
>> Subject: Re: Linux Desktop for university staff
>> On 14-Feb-2005/15:36 +0200, Murat Tepegoz <tepegoz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >Dear all,
>> >I am trying to build a linux desktop especially for the assistants and
>> >professors in the universities. I wrote down my alternative programs curerntly
>> >using. Please add comments, new programs, or suggesstions. Write down also
>> >your favorite programs so that others will learn.
>> [snip]
>> >
>> >Filezilla: gftp is good enough. kbear is buggy (always crashes somehow).
>> 
>> Why not just use the FTP functions built into Nautilus (or Konqueror)?
>> 
>>   ftp://host.domain
>>   ftp://user@xxxxxxxxxxx
>>   ftp://user:password@xxxxxxxxxxx
>> 
>> Tony
>> --
>> Anthony E. Greene <mailto:Anthony%20E.%20Greene%20%3Ctony@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx%3E>
>> AOL/Yahoo Messenger: TonyG05    HomePage: <http://www.greene-family.org/tony/>
>> OpenPGP Key: 0x6C94239D/7B3D BD7D 7D91 1B44 BA26  C484 A42A 60DD 6C94 239D
>> Linux. The choice of a GNU generation <http://www.linux.org/>
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Kim Lux <lux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 17:21:37 -0700
>> Subject: Still no parallel port printer with 2.6.10-1.766 !
>> 
>> Ever since about 2.6.9-1.741, I've been unable to get our server to
>> recognize our Lexmark parallel port printer.  Kudzu doesn't see it and
>> nor can I manually configure it with system-config-printer.  Needless to
>> say this is getting extremely frustrating !
>> 
>> Does anyone have any ideas on getting a printer
>> recognized/installed/working with these newer kernels ?
>> 
>> --
>> Kim Lux,  Diesel Research Inc.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: bizzorg <bizzorg@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx
>> Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 19:22:04 -0500
>> Subject: Re: Linux sucks? <depending on what you are trying to do!>
>>  My favorite Operating system vendor is the one sending me commission or royalty checks, since I'm not receiving money from any vendor, I DON'T have a favorite. 
>>  
>>  I have FC3 installed on my 2nd hard drive.  There are a a few issues I have with FC3 that I don't have with Win/XP.  
>>  
>>  1.) My Sound Blaster 7.1 is not supported in FC3. 
>>  2.) FC3 tolerates my Nvidia Geforce video card.  I have not found drivers yet.
>>  3.) I'm running up2date but it's doing NOTHING!  I place my pointer on the progress window and all I get is the hourglass.
>>  4.) One of my favorite games, Age of Empires is a Windows based game.  I supposed if I take the time to learn Wine I can play it on FC3.
>>  
>>  I do like the fact that Spyware or viruses do not infect my system with Linux activated.
>>  
>>  
>>  
>> 
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Nat Gross <natgross.rentalsystems@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 19:26:01 -0500
>> Subject: Re: New install. Partioning advice please.
>> Rick Stevens wrote:
>> 
>> > Nat Gross wrote:
>> >
>> >> Markku Kolkka wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> Nat Gross kirjoitti viestissään (lähetysaika tiistai, 15. helmikuuta
>> >>> 2005 19:12):
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>> I would like to have a /usr/data structure (or  /data) where I
>> >>>> store data from ALL apps.
>> >>>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> /usr/share already exists for that purpose.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>> Also, a /usr/myPrograms structure, for programs that I
>> >>>> 'manually' (not from the distro)  install.
>> >>>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> Use /usr/local or /opt
>> >>>
>> >>> You should read the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard before adding new
>> >>> branches to the directory tree: http://www.pathname.com/fhs/
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >> You are correct that I need to adhere to standards.However, my
>> >> situation is that I logon with multiple id's to this machine
>> >> (different security roles/rights) and I want the same set data for
>> >> almost all of my programs. Same with programs.
>> >> Are you saying that /usr/share and usr/local is meant to cover this
>> >> scenario?
>> >
>> >
>> > Precisely.  /usr/share is there to share data among users.  /usr/local
>> > is for locally-installed programs, etc.  (don't expect to find the same
>> > /usr/local stuff on all systems).
>> 
>> Thank you all;
>> -nat
>> 
>> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> > - Rick Stevens, Senior Systems Engineer     rstevens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -
>> > - VitalStream, Inc.                       http://www.vitalstream.com -
>> > -                                                                    -
>> > -   Never test for an error condition you don't know how to handle.  -
>> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> >
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Matthew Miller <mattdm@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 19:26:15 -0500
>> Subject: Re: Linux Desktop for university staff
>> On Tue, Feb 15, 2005 at 06:55:52PM -0500, David Curry wrote:
>> > Like you, I tend to use OO far more than either Gnumeric or Abiword and
>> > find the ability to export pdf files a feature that extends well beyond
>> > trivial.
>> 
>> For what it's worth, Abiword and Gnumeric can easily print to PDF files as
>> well.
>> 
>> --
>> Matthew Miller            mattdm@xxxxxxxxxx        <http://www.mattdm.org/>
>> -->  Fedora Users & Developers Conference, hosted by Boston University  <--
>> February 18th, 2005                       <http://fedoraproject.org/fudcon/>
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Alan Horn <ahorn@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 16:29:09 -0800 (PST)
>> Subject: Re: Password
>> 
>> On Tue, 15 Feb 2005, kate wrote:
>> 
>> >> I need to create an account for a child on my
>> >> machine and for that i need
>> >> to make a very simple password. But when i try to do
>> >> that the system
>> >> answer that this password is based on a dictionay
>> >> word and refuse to do
>> >> it.
>> 
>> Simple passwords are generally bad. However, if you understand the
>> implications the passwd command will *allow* it, the 'Based on a
>> dictionary word' is merely an advisory response.
>> 
>> Continue to enter the password and it will take and set it to that value.
>> Or it used to, haven't tried iin a whlie.
>> 
>> Putting aside the wisdom of teaching your child about good passwords (must
>> be 'this tall' to use system ;) If you're going to continue with the
>> simple passwd choice, then you need to be sure that your machine isn't
>> accessible from the internet using that username and password combination.
>> 
>> Theres probably several different ways to do this, but off the top of my
>> head I don't recall wi th Fedora. Perhaps others can help on that piece.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> 
>> Al
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Kim Lux <lux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 17:30:25 -0700
>> Subject: Re: Linux sucks? <depending on what you are trying to do!>
>> Comments below.
>> 
>> On Tue, 2005-02-15 at 19:22 -0500, bizzorg wrote:
>> > My favorite Operating system vendor is the one sending me commission
>> > or royalty checks, since I'm not receiving money from any vendor, I
>> > DON'T have a favorite.
>> >
>> > I have FC3 installed on my 2nd hard drive.  There are a a few issues I
>> > have with FC3 that I don't have with Win/XP.
>> >
>> > 1.) My Sound Blaster 7.1 is not supported in FC3.
>> 
>> I dunno anything about this.  I suspect that it can be supported with a
>> bit of work.
>> 
>> > 2.) FC3 tolerates my Nvidia Geforce video card.  I have not found
>> > drivers yet.
>> 
>> Visit nvidia.com.  They have drivers there.  They are not trivial to
>> install and every time you change kernels you must re install them.
>> 
>> > 3.) I'm running up2date but it's doing NOTHING!  I place my pointer on
>> > the progress window and all I get is the hourglass.
>> 
>> If you just installed, I suspect your system is trying to sort out the
>> dependencies with installing about 500 upgrades.  I'd leave it run
>> overnight and see what happens.  You do have a broadband connection,
>> right ?
>> 
>> > 4.) One of my favorite games, Age of Empires is a Windows based game.
>> > I supposed if I take the time to learn Wine I can play it on FC3.
>> 
>> Dunno.
>> 
>> > I do like the fact that Spyware or viruses do not infect my system
>> > with Linux activated.
>> 
>> There is a ton of stuff to like about Linux.  Give it time.
>> 
>> >
>> > --
>> > fedora-list mailing list
>> > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx
>> > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
>> --
>> Kim Lux,  Diesel Research Inc.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: David Curry <dsccable@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 19:36:36 -0500
>> Subject: Re: Kernel 2.6.10-1.14_FC2
>> Dave Jones wrote:
>> 
>> >On Tue, Feb 15, 2005 at 07:09:02PM -0500, David Curry wrote:
>> > > I downloaded the 2.6.10-1.14_FC2 kernel today and promptly rebooted to
>> > > give it a spin.
>> > >
>> > > My system froze up fairly quickly and then repeated that performance on
>> > > reboot.  The only way I was able to recover control of the system in
>> > > both instances was through pushing Reset on the box.
>> > >
>> > > On the first occurence, I had stepped away from the machine for several
>> > > minutes and returned to discover a screensaver pattern on the screen
>> > > with system completely unresponsive to mouse and keyboard.
>> > >
>> > > On the second occurence, I stepped away for a few minutes and returned
>> > > to find a dialogue box displayed on the desktop advising that the volume
>> > > control applet had died suddenly and asking if I wanted to restart it.
>> > > I selected "No".  Within seconds the Gnome panel at the bottom of the
>> > > screen disappeared and the system was unresponsive to mouse and keyboard.
>> > >
>> > > Is anyone else experiencing this system behavior with the new kernel?
>> >
>> >Did you try the .13 one too ?  I'm curious if this is something
>> >introduced by the exec-shield fixes.
>> >
>> >               Dave
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> NO.  I wasn't aware that there as a .13 kernel, Dave.  I moved from .12
>> to .14 when the up2date icon advised that non-kernel updates were
>> available and learned that .14 had been released.  The non-kernel
>> updates installed in the same update session were
>> xemacs-21.4.17-0.FC2
>> xemacs-common-21.4.17-0.FC2
>> xemacs-info-21.4.17-0.FC2
>> Freewinlibs-1.11-42.1.i386.rpm
>> 
>> None of the non-kernel software has been used.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Dave Jones <davej@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 19:44:30 -0500
>> Subject: Re: Kernel 2.6.10-1.14_FC2
>> On Tue, Feb 15, 2005 at 07:36:36PM -0500, David Curry wrote:
>>  > Dave Jones wrote:
>>  >
>>  > >On Tue, Feb 15, 2005 at 07:09:02PM -0500, David Curry wrote:
>>  > >> I downloaded the 2.6.10-1.14_FC2 kernel today and promptly rebooted to
>>  > >> give it a spin.
>>  > >>
>>  > >> My system froze up fairly quickly and then repeated that performance on
>>  > >> reboot.  The only way I was able to recover control of the system in
>>  > >> both instances was through pushing Reset on the box.
>>  > >>
>>  > >> On the first occurence, I had stepped away from the machine for several
>>  > >> minutes and returned to discover a screensaver pattern on the screen
>>  > >> with system completely unresponsive to mouse and keyboard.
>>  > >>
>>  > >> On the second occurence, I stepped away for a few minutes and returned
>>  > >> to find a dialogue box displayed on the desktop advising that the volume
>>  > >> control applet had died suddenly and asking if I wanted to restart it.
>>  > >> I selected "No".  Within seconds the Gnome panel at the bottom of the
>>  > >> screen disappeared and the system was unresponsive to mouse and keyboard.
>>  > >>
>>  > >> Is anyone else experiencing this system behavior with the new kernel?
>>  > >
>>  > >Did you try the .13 one too ?  I'm curious if this is something
>>  > >introduced by the exec-shield fixes.
>>  > >
>>  > >            Dave
>>  > >
>>  > >
>>  > >
>>  > NO.  I wasn't aware that there as a .13 kernel, Dave.  I moved from .12
>>  > to .14 when the up2date icon advised that non-kernel updates were
>>  > available and learned that .14 had been released.
>> 
>> It was in the updates-testing pool only.
>> http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/testing/2/i386/kernel-smp-2.6.10-1.13_FC2.i686.rpm
>> 
>> If you could give that a try and find out if it also has problems,
>> that would narrow it down a little.
>> 
>>                 Dave
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Johnathan Bailes <johnathan.bailes@xxxxxxxxx>
>> To: cs@xxxxxxxxxx, For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 19:46:01 -0500
>> Subject: Re: bad gnome-terminal or bad script?
>> On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 15:20:51 +1100, Cameron Simpson <cs@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > I can think of two reasons.
>> >
>> > Firstly he's learning expect, so who cares what he's using
>> > underneath? Also he _needs_ something that expect has to interact with
>> > if he's going to play with it.
>> >
>> > Secondly, and perhaps more relevant, is if he's intending this stuff to
>> > run in batch mode (cron, whatever) then he'll need a passphraseless key
>> > for that, and that's as bad as a password.
>> >
>> > Well not quite, in that the far end never sees the private half of the
>> > key while a password _is_ sent to the far end, but it does mean the key
>> > is in the clear at the near/calling end.
>> >
>> > So yes, keys are slightly better that passwords, but not enormously
>> > better if it's a batch mode requirement.
>> 
>> Also once he gets this working he can always crypt the password.
>> 
>> Here is something to read on the subject:
>> 
>> http://wiki.tcl.tk/3594
>> 
>> Secure expect.
>> 
>> Arguing methods can take forever.  And I have seen decent encrypted
>> pass expect scripts and used ssh keys as well.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Robert Storey <y2kbug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2005 08:48:43 +0800
>> Subject: Re: Password
>> On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 17:13:49 +0000 (GMT)
>> John Hodrien <johnh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>> > On Tue, 15 Feb 2005, Chadley Wilson wrote:
>> >
>> > > On Tuesday 15 February 2005 17:03, Alan Peery wrote:
>> > >> Eric Tanguy wrote:
>> > >>> I need to create an account for a child on my machine and for that
>> > >i need>> to make a very simple password. But when i try to do that
>> > >the system>> answer that this password is based on a dictionay word
>> > >and refuse to do>> it. So how it is possible to assign a simple
>> > >passwd to just one account ?>> Thanks
>> > >>> Eric
>> > >>
>> > >> For a young child this may be the wrong choice entirely.  I would
>> > >> consider setting the machine to auto-logon, and start the GUI
>> > >session as> that user.  This allows you to keep a good, non-crackable
>> > >password on> the machine for their account, so that it is hard to
>> > >crack open that> machine via the network.
>> > >>
>> > >> I am afraid that I don't know if there are hooks for auto-login in
>> > >> Fedora Core...
>> > >>
>> > >> Alan
>> > >
>> > > Whats your child name and your surname?
>> > >
>> > > I did my sisters (who was 4 at the time like this)
>> >
>> > Create the user then reset the password as root.  root is allowed to
>> > set stupid passwords.
>> >
>> > Then assuming you're only exposing something like ssh, why not just
>> > restrict which users can login through it:
>> >
>> > AllowUsers daddybear mummybear
>> >
>> > jh
>> 
>> Or else disable ssh entirely on the machine if it's not being used.
>> There are several ways to do that - easiest is to use ntsysv and turn
>> off ssh so it doesn't start on bootup.
>> 
>> cheers,
>> Robert
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Johnathan Bailes <johnathan.bailes@xxxxxxxxx>
>> To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 19:48:35 -0500
>> Subject: Re: booting Fedora 3 from boot disk
>> On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 07:55:43 +0000, Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >
>> > Bootpart (http://www.winimage.com/bootpart.htm) is a tool you can use
>> > under Windows to configure the Windows bootloader to add an entry to
>> > chain-load another bootloader (e.g. grub) from another partition. I use
>> > it fairly regularly and it's very convenient.
>> >
>> > Paul.
>> 
>> Damn you people and all your good knowledge my bookmarks are getting
>> longer and longer each day trying to keep up with all the great links.
>> 
>> Thanks.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: David Curry <dsccable@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 19:57:29 -0500
>> Subject: Re: Kernel 2.6.10-1.14_FC2
>> Dave Jones wrote:
>> 
>> >On Tue, Feb 15, 2005 at 07:36:36PM -0500, David Curry wrote:
>> > > Dave Jones wrote:
>> > >
>> > > >On Tue, Feb 15, 2005 at 07:09:02PM -0500, David Curry wrote:
>> > > >> I downloaded the 2.6.10-1.14_FC2 kernel today and promptly rebooted to
>> > > >> give it a spin.
>> > > >>
>> > > >> My system froze up fairly quickly and then repeated that performance on
>> > > >> reboot.  The only way I was able to recover control of the system in
>> > > >> both instances was through pushing Reset on the box.
>> > > >>
>> > > >> On the first occurence, I had stepped away from the machine for several
>> > > >> minutes and returned to discover a screensaver pattern on the screen
>> > > >> with system completely unresponsive to mouse and keyboard.
>> > > >>
>> > > >> On the second occurence, I stepped away for a few minutes and returned
>> > > >> to find a dialogue box displayed on the desktop advising that the volume
>> > > >> control applet had died suddenly and asking if I wanted to restart it.
>> > > >> I selected "No".  Within seconds the Gnome panel at the bottom of the
>> > > >> screen disappeared and the system was unresponsive to mouse and keyboard.
>> > > >>
>> > > >> Is anyone else experiencing this system behavior with the new kernel?
>> > > >
>> > > >Did you try the .13 one too ?  I'm curious if this is something
>> > > >introduced by the exec-shield fixes.
>> > > >
>> > > >           Dave
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > NO.  I wasn't aware that there as a .13 kernel, Dave.  I moved from .12
>> > > to .14 when the up2date icon advised that non-kernel updates were
>> > > available and learned that .14 had been released.
>> >
>> >It was in the updates-testing pool only.
>> >http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/testing/2/i386/kernel-smp-2.6.10-1.13_FC2.i686.rpm
>> >
>> >If you could give that a try and find out if it also has problems,
>> >that would narrow it down a little.
>> >
>> >               Dave
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> I have a single processor and have never tried a smp kernel.  Would the
>> .13 kernel work on my system?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Dave Jones <davej@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 20:05:40 -0500
>> Subject: Re: Kernel 2.6.10-1.14_FC2
>> On Tue, Feb 15, 2005 at 07:57:29PM -0500, David Curry wrote:
>> 
>>  > >It was in the updates-testing pool only.
>>  > >http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/testing/2/i386/kernel-smp-2.6.10-1.13_FC2.i686.rpm
>>  > >
>>  > >If you could give that a try and find out if it also has problems,
>>  > >that would narrow it down a little.
>>  > >
>>  > I have a single processor and have never tried a smp kernel.  Would the
>>  > .13 kernel work on my system?
>> 
>> There's a UP kernel in the same directory.. I just cut-n-pasted the first one
>> I saw..
>> 
>>                 Dave
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: David Curry <dsccable@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 20:12:40 -0500
>> Subject: Re: Linux and Spywares - lack of reading
>> jdow wrote:
>> 
>> >Of course you do know of the recent exploits found for Mozilla, aren't
>> >you, Brian? What's this "No antivirus needed" I hear about for Linux?
>> >
>> >{^_-}   The quibbler.
>> >
>> >
>> "Recent exploits found for Mozilla" is news here.  Care to elaborate or
>> point me in the right direction?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: "jdow" <jdow@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: "For users of Fedora Core releases" <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 17:13:58 -0800
>> Subject: Re: Linux and Spywares - lack of reading
>> From: "David Curry" <dsccable@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> 
>> > jdow wrote:
>> >
>> > >Of course you do know of the recent exploits found for Mozilla, aren't
>> > >you, Brian? What's this "No antivirus needed" I hear about for Linux?
>> > >
>> > >{^_-}   The quibbler.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > "Recent exploits found for Mozilla" is news here.  Care to elaborate or
>> > point me in the right direction?
>> 
>> Ran across it in the Dartmouth IRIA news summaries yesterday. It's
>> scrolled off. It appears to affect the core of Mozilla so it affects
>> FireFox as well. It should appear in the CERT advisories.
>> 
>> It appears Mozilla is getting more attention from crackers now that
>> it is starting to command a noticeable market share. It's a matter of
>> time before more serious items appear. Of course, without things like
>> ActiveX it's a little harder to mash a Linux machine than a Windows
>> machine.
>> 
>> {^_^}
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Johnathan Bailes <johnathan.bailes@xxxxxxxxx>
>> To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 20:15:03 -0500
>> Subject: Re: Linux sucks? <depending on what you are trying to do!>
>> On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 19:22:04 -0500, bizzorg <bizzorg@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >  My favorite Operating system vendor is the one sending me commission or
>> > royalty checks, since I'm not receiving money from any vendor, I DON'T have
>> > a favorite.
>> >
>> >  I have FC3 installed on my 2nd hard drive.  There are a a few issues I have
>> > with FC3 that I don't have with Win/XP.
>> >
>> >  1.) My Sound Blaster 7.1 is not supported in FC3.
>> 
>> Did a search and no love.  Sorry.
>> 
>> >  2.) FC3 tolerates my Nvidia Geforce video card.  I have not found drivers
>> > yet.
>> 
>> http://nvidia.com look up the linux drivers -- Then I got thought you
>> should be able to get the 3D glory from that card even with the open
>> stuff.
>> 
>> >  3.) I'm running up2date but it's doing NOTHING!  I place my pointer on the
>> > progress window and all I get is the hourglass.
>> 
>> Sounds like you have never, ever got this to update right?
>> 
>> You can run up2date with the command options but your best option is
>> probably a good old-fashioned trip to the Terminal and then su - to
>> root and run a yum update.
>> 
>> Yum is typically way faster.
>> 
>> >  4.) One of my favorite games, Age of Empires is a Windows based game.  I
>> > supposed if I take the time to learn Wine I can play it on FC3.
>> >
>> 
>> Transgaming and wine might be able to help you.
>> 
>> But ... Transgaming does sell linux ports.  Linux Games Publishing I
>> believe sells native linux games.
>> 
>> I have had good luck with this site but other people have reported trouble.
>> 
>> http://tuxgames.com
>> 
>> At the very least it gives you an idea of the games available in linux.
>> 
>> >  I do like the fact that Spyware or viruses do not infect my system with
>> > Linux activated.
>> >
>> 
>> I like that too.
>> 
>> After being forced for over a year to use a 2000 and now XP laptop at
>> work I wrote the following Slashdot Journal entry:
>> 
>> http://slashdot.org/~ACK!!/journal/94071
>> 
>> 7 Things I miss about Linux
>> 
>> But there is good news I got my little Ultra 5 at my desk decked out
>> with Solaris 8 and blastwave.org packages and it works pretty damn
>> well considering how ancient it is.
>> 
>> The menu redraw rate for the Applications menu is actually better than
>> Linux, go figure.
>> 
>> Weird.
>> 
>> 
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>
>
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>© 2005 Rajev Mhasawade
>


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