Hello, I just upgraded from Fedora 12 to Fedora 16 with the KDE spin, which I absolutely love - good choice for me. I have 4 questions if anyone can help (I do not possess exceptional geek skills, so please keep any answers in the "for dummies" mode if you can, otherwise it will be Greek to me). I use the terminal for easy things like installs, but that's about it. Here are my questions: Question 1): In the "Get, Remove and Update Software" panel of system settings, I have one update that will not install, called rpmfusion-nonfree-release (version 16.1.1). Unless I uncheck it when other updates are needed, it will freeze up the entire update process. Thus, I wish to delete this update from the panel, but there is no option available to do so. How do I delete this malfunctioning update, and how do I prevent it from reloading the next time my system checks for updates? For that matter, how do I delete any future update I do not want to install? By the way, the in the description area below the rpmfusion update, it says: "The developer logs will be shown as no description is available for this update. **20110-11-02** Nicolas Chauvet -16.1.1 - Fix comat key for F-15 **2011-10-27** Nicolas Chauvet -16-1 - Add keys for Rawhide/F-17 -Build for F-16 *Could not parse header.* 'Thorsten Leemhuis -16.1' *expected*: 'Firstname Lastname -version release' Updates rpmfusion-nonfree-release - 14-2, Repository: rpmfusion-nonfree" Question 2): I have a font I downloaded in my downloads folder. It was not readable by the Font Viewer program, stating: "Could not read font." Thus, I clicked to delete the font, but then I receive the message: "Could not delete file. The file or folder does not exist." If I right click properties, it still returns the file's attributes, but all else tells me the file is no longer in existence, therefore it cannot be deleted, moved, or renamed. How to I get rid of this nuisance? Question 3): I am a writer, and am halfway through my next book. I was using OpenOffice Writer with Fedora 12 with no issues. With Fedora 16 KDE, when I issued an install order for yum regarding OpenOffice Writer, it defaulted to LibreOffice Writer, which apparently is the preferred app for this OS spin. In any event, to open my book file, which is only 1.5 MB of text (no graphics), it requires a full 5 minutes to load into LibreOffice Writer. Is this normal??? When I launch my prior book, which is 9.0 MB of text only, it takes a whopping 21 minutes to load. These times are FAR in excess of the load times with OpenOffice Writer in Fedora 12. The computer has a 1.2 GHz Celeron processor with 1.5 GB of RAM, same as in Fedora 12. Is Fedora 16 using so much system resources that this sluggish load time is expected, If this is all normal, I can live with it, but it sure seems odd to me. Question 4): When I run Disk Utility, it tells me: "DISK HAS MANY BAD SECTORS Backup all data and replace the disk". The only two IDs that return less than expected when I run the Self-test are: ID 197 Current Pending Sector Count with a warning that failure is a sign of old age, and it shows a value of -1 sectors, along with ID 190 Airflow Temperature, with a warning of "failed in the past" and the old-age statement again. The value for this one is37 degrees centigrade/99 degrees fahrenheit. How critical is this? Will my computer last for a while still, or am I on thin ice? I also was informed of these two issues when the .iso install disk ran to install this latest Fedora version. By the way, I am also experiencing an unusual number of random sytem glitches, and wonder if these could be caused by this issue (I did not have these problems with Fedora 12). Thanks so much for any assistance you might provide. I am not able to regularly check the forums, so could any technical responses please be emailed to me at: wildernessrogue@xxxxxxxxx? It would be greatly appreciated! Take care. Steve http://trikeasylum.wordpress.com _______________________________________________ kde mailing list kde@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/kde New to KDE4? - get help from http://userbase.kde.org
