> On Tue, 2009-06-30 at 22:58 +0200, gilpel@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: >> I'm a heavy clipboard user and I really don't like glipper slowly >> unfolding its list when it gets longer than a screen. So, I wanted to >> install klipper. >> >> "yum install klipper" didn't produce any result, as urpmi klipper, in >> Mandriva would. > > In the past, I've seen that sort of thing work (yum finding the right > package based on the name of something in it). I've not tried it for a > while, but it should work. It certainly didn't work for klipper or didn't find that xfce needed a group-install. So, maybe it's a bug. As a new user, I can't say. >> I would appreciate to see what Package Manager for GNOME is doing rather >> than doing its thing and giving no info. > > Yes, me to. That's why I use the command line, instead, for doing any > yum updating. It's my first reflex too but since I didn't know about "yum search" and I couldn't install klipper and other things, I went to teh graphic interface. >> Apparently, you better not click "Suspend" on a Desktop. First reboot >> ended on a blank screen, the second on a green striped screen, only the >> third succeeded. I suppose I shouldn't have done this, but what if the >> children use the computer and click it, just to see what happened... >> like >> I did? Maybe the option should be removed for desktops. > > Works here, on some machines, not on others. It doesn't matter whether > it's a desktop or laptop computer, it's hardware compatibility that's > the issue. Maybe I have some option in the BIOS. Let's see... Yep: http://china.giga-byte.com/FileList/Manual/mb_manual_ga-ma770t-ud3p_c.pdf It seems there is an "ACPI Suspend Type". Honestly, unless you give me a clue, I'd have to find it by trial and error. > That said, you want an *easy* system-wide way to remove the > option when you know it doesn't work, Is there any way the OS learn if the mobo is suspend capable? If so, yes, I suppose it should be removed. If it's not too much work. I wouldn't want a developer to spend months on this. > or you don't want users using it > even if it does (e.g. computer labs) If it works fine, use it! >> I couldn't install Abobe Flash as suggested by Fedorafaqs. Adobe's >> instructions are much simpler and work very well: >> >> Download the x86_64 package, un gzip it on the desktop, copy to: >> >> /home/my_user_name/.mozilla/plugins >> >> Restart Firefox, go to YouTube :) > > And, then, forever having to manually update Flash, instead of Flash > being updated with all your packages when you "yum update". Seriously, > this is a very bad way of managing things As I said in earlier posts, it's the only way to do it now. >> and watching evil WMV... > > Not difficult to sort out, and I found watching them works better on > Linux than Windows. e.g. Windows would only play them from the start, > you couldn't fast-forward in and play (so you were screwed by anything > that got stuck, having to re-watch a long video several times, to finish > it, is annoying). And *if* Windows did let you fast forward, there were > serious lags and delays between you trying to do what you want, and it > doing it. Oh, lucky you! I see you never had to deal with Radio-Canada/Microsoft shenanigans. Why don't you try your teeth on this: http://www.radio-canada.ca/emissions/decouverte/2008-2009/Reportage.asp?idDoc=83307&autoPlay=http://www.radio-canada.ca/Medianet/2009/CBFT/Decouverte200906281830_1.asx and tell me about your success :) If you ever succeed in reading their wmv without having to edit URLs, you'll make a name for yourself, believe me! -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
