From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from py-out-1112.google.com ([64.233.166.179]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1JaxW4-0001XG-00 for ; Sun, 16 Mar 2008 14:23:28 -0400 Received: by py-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id w49so9271472pyg.36 for ; Sun, 16 Mar 2008 11:23:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.35.47.10 with SMTP id z10mr23492817pyj.3.1205691807402; Sun, 16 Mar 2008 11:23:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dictat0r ( [131.183.238.174]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id a48sm42362565pyh.41.2008.03.16.11.23.26 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sun, 16 Mar 2008 11:23:26 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <0D784B9154484DBE839B14690A594EBE@dictat0r> From: "Robert Spangler" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Fedora and Yum Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2008 14:23:15 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3311 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3311 X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2008 18:23:28 -0000 Hello, How come when I do: yum --disablerepo='*' --enablerepo=speakupmodified info * | more after following the steps in the Yumm howot on speakupmodified.org it tells me that there are no packages to list? Also, it tells me that there are no Firefox updates although it is updated daily. I would like to try Gnome. If I start it from root by doing startx, how do I switch back and forth between it and the console? Also, would doing init 3 be the same thing as doing startx? Thanks, Robby