Re: Fedora 8 - more user friendly updates?
by Valent Turkovic
On 5/15/07, Till Maas <gmane2.20.boeh(a)spamgourmet.com> wrote:
> Valent Turkovic wrote:
>
> > One thing I found really exceptional was Ubuntu's granual update. You
> > can choose what types of updates you wan't the system to inform you of
> > - only security updates, system updates (desktop and related programs)
> > or all updates (all installed packages).
>
> > Is there any plan for Fedora 8 to be more user friendly in this
> > regard? I love Fedora Desktop more that any other linux desktop and
> > just would like to see it adopt the great ideas that others have
> > already implemented and then suprise them with some new features that
> > other destops don't have.
>
> When you use yum, you can use this yum plugin to only install security
> updates. This works for Core Packages in FC6 and all in F7.
>
> http://people.redhat.com/jantill/yum-security/yum-security.man.html
>
> Regards,
> Till
>
I know that no matter what technical question I ask there is an
answer. I know about yum plugins... but the point is that in Ubuntu
there is a really nice gui and it is really intuitive.
You see there three choices, choose which kind of updates you want and
off you go.
If you don't know about yum plugins on fedora you are stuck, and on
Ubuntu (sorry to push it all the time in your face) even if you don't
know that there is a such possibility when you open the "update config
tool" or what it is called - you see it and it becomes clear
instantly.
17 years
Re: Fedora 8 - more user friendly updates?
by Arthur Pemberton
> When you use yum, you can use this yum plugin to only install security
> updates. This works for Core Packages in FC6 and all in F7.
Isn't moving so many, apparently useful features into non default
plugins diluting the apparent effectiveness of yum?
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17 years
Fedora 8 - more user friendly updates?
by Valent Turkovic
Hi, I posted this as a bug - if I should post this somewhere else
please tell me where.
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=240110
I find Fedora 6/7 update system not so user friendly as other linux
desktops I tested. Ubuntu and OpenSuse ask during the first update if
you would like to add the current user to privileged user list. All
users on this list don't need to type root password every time they do
an update.
One thing I found really exceptional was Ubuntu's granual update. You
can choose what types of updates you wan't the system to inform you of
- only security updates, system updates (desktop and related programs)
or all updates (all installed packages).
Is there any plan for Fedora 8 to be more user friendly in this
regard? I love Fedora Desktop more that any other linux desktop and
just would like to see it adopt the great ideas that others have
already implemented and then suprise them with some new features that
other destops don't have.
Thank you.
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17 years
Hi fedora users
by cibertazzi
I was install Fedora Core 6 in my desktop ,and everything ok ,but in uptodate my fedora in new boot not work ,how can I do about this? anybody know?
17 years
CodecBuddy - how to help?
by Valent Turkovic
Hi,
I tried contacting CodecBuddy develoopers but with no luck. I wan't to
help with testing it and bug hunting but need some pointers how. Can
anybody tell me how I can get in and help out?
Thank you in advance.
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17 years
RFC local modify of gnome-screensaver unlock and or pam
by Skunk Worx
Goal:
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When using gnome-screensaver I would like a simple unlock dialog that
prompts for both user name and password. It should not show the current
user name. If the (user,password) pair authenticates, the current user
desktop is unlocked and the applications are again visible. The unlock
(user,password) pair need not be the owner of the desktop.
Background:
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I am creating an information kiosk.
On power-up it does an auto-login and locks the screen with
gnome-screensaver-command. Finally it auto-starts a number of graphical
system status applications.
There exists a set of (user,password) pairs that should be able to
unlock the screen and see the currently running applications.
After one user authenticates with their (user,password) pair, the user
locks the screen with either the menu lock option or the screen will
eventually lock due to a screensaver timeout.
Another user can then walk up to the kiosk, unlock the screen with their
specific (user,password) pair, check the system status, and then leave.
This should be logged so I know which user is looking at the system
status apps at any given time.
The process continues with other (user,password) pairs as necessary.
We don't want the users to have a single (user,password) pair.
Current Status :
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It looks like Fedora 7 will be the basic platform. I am using FC6 for now.
Auto-login, starting the apps, locking and unlocking the screen with the
auto-start system (user,password) are all working.
However the dialog that pops up to unlock the screen shows the
auto-login user name and prompts for a password.
So far I have tried adding "user1" and "user2" using the -o option to
useradd (giving them the same UID/GID as the auto-start account) and
then setting "user_switch_enabled" for gnome-screensaver.
Unfortunately this is not enough:
1) Actually switching users only shows "other UID" users in the
selection list, not the "sibling UID users".
2) Switching to a "other UID" user creates a new Desktop for the other
UID, which is as expected, but not desired. Useful for testing though.
3) Switching users again from an "other UID" shows all the "sibling UID"
accounts in the list. Selecting one of the "sibling UID" users (but not
the auto-login user) gets to the auto-login desktop configuration, but
without the auto-started applications visible.
It appears I will have to modify the gnome-screensaver-dialog and
possibly pam to get this to work.
I have looked at the g-s src rpm plugin code and have considered a few
mods but haven't tried anything yet.
Before continuing I thought I would ask here for advice, comments or
suggestions.
Thanks,
John
17 years
F7 test4 - ugly login - or is it me? :)
by Valent Turkovic
Hi,
IMHO the GDM theme on Fedora 7 test 3 was much more user-friendly and
looked nicer than one I see in Fedora 7 test 4. The theme hasn't
changed but the icon for "face browser" had. Not beside user name
there is some strange icon with a question mark on the face which
looks odious to me.
It doesn't look inviting, and doesn't give me the welcome feeling that
a login page should be about.
And comments? Or is it just me? :)
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17 years
Installation of Flash plugin on Fedora 7 test 4 in Firefox
by Valent Turkovic
I tried installing adobe flash plugin on clean install of Fedora 7
test 4. It failed 2-3 times then I recorded my first video of it
failing for bug submission. And here is the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9zI9vpLdgM
Should this be reported as a bug? And if yes - where? Is this a Firefox bug?
After that I tied once more and it failed again.
Then I started recording it again, and then it seceded!
Here is the video of it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=666z1sGfEv8
What are other people's experience with installing flash under Fedora 7?
It is great that it works as it does in Windows in order to make it
easier for new users.
Great job Fedora team! Keep it up and just polish these small quirks.
Thanks!
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17 years
Fedora 7 test 4 - NVIDIA nforce 430 SATA controller driver not loading
by Allan Wolfe
I have an HP DV9000 that has an NVIDIA nforce 430/410 SATA controller. I
get prompted for specifying the device driver to load at installation with
Fedora 7 test 4 installation.
Fedora Core 6 had no problem finding the hard drive and installing when
"noapic" is added as a kernel option, though FC6 had other sordid issues
post-installation.
I was a bit surprised, with such a common chipset, that the driver was not
on the list/supplied.
17 years
