Re: Fedora 9 and Security
2008/5/30 Bill Davidsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Filesystems have labels, and unlike partition device names or UUIDs, they > need not be unique, so two installs on different drives or partitions can > leave you with two filesystems names "/". > > Only the UUID is (a) not going to change and (b) not going to be duplicated > by anything like normal system operation. It is therefore the least likely > to lead to an unwanted learning experience. As long as I still can mount a partition with the device name and never need to remember the UUID, I'm fine with that. Niels -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
Re: Strange Occurrence
2008/6/11 David Timms <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I had been using the freshrpms nvidia module package based on dkms, and this > just rebuilt the kernel module interface whenever a new kernel was booted. > Now I wait until the external repo catches up with the released kernel > update... I simply used the freshrpms package for f9, that built without problems with the new f8 kernel. Niels -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
F8: latest pidgin update broken?
Hi all, with the latest F8 pidgin update, pidgin always crashes after a few seconds of running. It claims that it tries to dump a core but I couldn't find that so far. Does anyone else have this problem? Thanks, Niels -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
Re: F8: latest pidgin update broken?
2008/6/12 Rahul Sundaram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Niels Weber wrote: >> with the latest F8 pidgin update, pidgin always crashes after a few >> seconds of running. It claims that it tries to dump a core but I >> couldn't find that so far. >> Does anyone else have this problem? > > A bug report with a stack trace would be useful. > > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/StackTraces Sure, but if no one else has this problem, it likely is something tied to this machine. As pidgin is completely unusable for me in the current state, I guess no one else has this problem. Does it even make sense to create a stack trace without a core dump? Thanks for your reply, Niels -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
Re: F8: latest pidgin update broken?
2008/6/16 Rahul Sundaram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Niels Weber wrote: >> >> Sure, but if no one else has this problem, it likely is something tied >> to this machine. As pidgin is completely unusable for me in the >> current state, I guess no one else has this problem. > > I would assume others would have complained if it was a common issue. > Nevertheless it should still be fixed if it is a bug in Pidgin. > >> Does it even make sense to create a stack trace without a core dump? > > Sure although more information is helpful. Ok, I'll try getting it to crash in gdb. So far, it seems to be a Heisenbug though. :( Niels -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
Re: F8: latest pidgin update broken?
2008/6/16 Niels Weber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > 2008/6/16 Rahul Sundaram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> Niels Weber wrote: >>> >>> Sure, but if no one else has this problem, it likely is something tied >>> to this machine. As pidgin is completely unusable for me in the >>> current state, I guess no one else has this problem. >> >> I would assume others would have complained if it was a common issue. >> Nevertheless it should still be fixed if it is a bug in Pidgin. I now got a lead at the problem. It seems I have a leftover avahi package back from F7 that won't uninstall. How to get rid of that? It tells me that %postun fails. # rpm -q avahi avahi-0.6.17-1.fc7 avahi-0.6.21-8.fc8 Niels -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
Re: F8: latest pidgin update broken?
2008/6/16 Rahul Sundaram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Niels Weber wrote: >> I now got a lead at the problem. It seems I have a leftover avahi >> package back from F7 that won't uninstall. How to get rid of that? It >> tells me that %postun fails. >> >> # rpm -q avahi >> avahi-0.6.17-1.fc7 > > # rpm -e --noscripts Thanks Rahul, no more crashes. :) Niels -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
Re: Selinux / NM denial
2008/6/15 Steven Stern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Summary: > > SELinux is preventing nm-system-setti (NetworkManager_t) "getattr" to > /dev/root > (fixed_disk_device_t). I get the same message after upgrading from F8 to F9. Any solutions yet? Niels -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
Re: Logwatch?
2008/7/21 Knute Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Thanks for the response. Some others have suggested that is where the > problem lies as well. I'm not sure why denyhosts sometimes puts a name > rather than an IP. I guess I'll have to see if there is a denyhosts list > and ask there. There is a config option for denyhosts to have it look up IP addresses. Niels -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
Re: Putting files (images in particular) in a 'custom' order
2008/9/2 Frode Petersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > gThumb is supposed to be able to use manual sorting, but that option was > grayed out in the menu on this system. gThumb allows manual ordering, but only for pictures in a catalog, not in a directory. So what you do is put all the pictures in a new catalog and sort them the way you like. If you do a slideshow then, it will be in your own ordering. Niels -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: F10: Lots of "issues"... Evolution, Synaptic (touch pad), Plasma (folder view)...
Hi, 2008/11/27 Linuxguy123 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > 1) Evolution is asking for the passwords for all my mail accounts every > time I start it. HUGE PAIN. BTW: Evolution uses a new db. It took > longer to re index my emails than it did to install F10 ! I had something like this. For me, the solution was a broken "login.keyring" in ".gnome2/keyrings/". After deleting that, I was asked only once and never again after that. Perhaps that helps? Niels -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
F10 and beagle?
Hi all, I did a fresh install of F10 on a box that I also run F8 on (on a different hd). So far, the install went smooth and the experience with the new Fedora is very good. there are a few small problems though: One problem seems to be beagle. It wasn't installed by default but using packagekit to get it was simple. Now, the search window opens when I press the assigned "search" key, but it always tells me that the search service isn't running. Clicking on "run" seems to start the service, but half a minute later it has again stopped. The same happens, when I start beagled from the command line. What would be the right way to get beagle running again? Or has that been replaced by some other utility? Thanks, Niels -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: f10 login annoyances
Hi, 2008/12/7 Frank Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > First, the gnome-keyring "enter password for default keyring to unlock" window > comes up every time the user logs in and she has to enter her user password to > get past that and have the wireless networking start. > [...] > > I suppose I could just save her data somewhere and set up a new user again but > it would be simpler to just solve these problems directly. I had a similar problem and the solution for me was to remove the login.keyring from .gnome2/keyrings/ Niels -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: F10 and beagle?
2008/12/9 Brian Mury <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Mon, 2008-12-08 at 13:30 +0100, Niels Weber wrote: >> Clicking on "run" seems to start the >> service, but half a minute later it has again stopped. The same >> happens, when I start beagled from the command line. > > beagled runs for about a minute here. I was going to post a message > tonight, but you beat me to it... > > >From my beagle logs: > > current-Beagle: > > 20081207 21:58:48.4476 05607 Beagle INFO: Starting Beagle Daemon (version > 0.3.8) > 20081207 21:58:48.4990 05607 Beagle INFO: Running on Mono 2.0.1 > 20081207 21:58:48.5096 05607 Beagle INFO: Command Line: > /usr/lib/beagle/BeagleDaemon.exe --replace --bg > 20081207 21:58:52.2820 05607 Beagle WARN: Inotify watches may be too low > (8192) for some users! Increase it to > at least 65535 by setting fs.inotify.max_user_watches in /etc/sysctl.conf > beagled will run in the background. > Use beagle-status to check progress of beagled. > For log files check /home/bmury/.beagle/Log/current-Beagle. I have noticed that warning as well. Does the change recommended help? I set that variable and the warning disappears but still beagled stops running after about half a minute. Niels -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: Experience with x86_64-only (no i386) in F10?
2008/12/8 Steve Snyder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > 1. In prior versions of Fedora there was no provision for doing a > 64-bit-only installation. You had to do a standard x86_64 install, > then erase all the i386/i686 RPMs. Is that still the case, or can I > opt at installation to only install x86_64 and noarch packages? I did a 64bit install and there don't seem to be any 32bit binaries (if you don't install them by hand, they are in the repositories). > 2. What functionality will I be giving up to go 64-bit-only? In times > past the immediate answers to this was Flash Player and the Sun JVM > browser plug-in. Between the alpha 64-bit Flash Player (which I've > been successfully using for 3 weeks) and IcedTea, these drawbacks seem > to have been resolved. Anything else? All 32bit binary programs you want to run will not work. Mostly that will be commercial games, but if you don't use those... Nels -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
F10 and Pulseaudio
Hi all, what is the state of Pulseaudio in F10? On my previous installation (F8) I disabled PA after a short test as there where to many problems with it. On my fresh install of F10 I have it currently enabled, thinking that it should be more mature by now. At first it had the wrong soundcard as a default device, this was easily changed and is no real bug (although perhaps the installer should ask which soundcard should be used if there is more than one). Rhythmbox and mplayer now have sound (but only stereo instead of 5.1 it seems), so that's fine. All games have no sound though, even those installed from the Fedora repository (for example "Battle for Wesnoth"). I can understand if third-party software still has problems with PA, but shouldn't at least the games that are shipped with the distribution work with the default sound setup? How to fix this? Uninstall PA again? Niels -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: Experience with x86_64-only (no i386) in F10?
2008/12/9 Patrick O'Callaghan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 4:52 AM, Niels Weber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> All 32bit binary programs you want to run will not work. > > I think you mean "not all 32-bit programs you want to run will work". All dynamically linked 32bit programs will not work. Is that better? Niels -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: Experience with x86_64-only (no i386) in F10?
2008/12/9 Patrick O'Callaghan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 10:54 AM, Niels Weber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> 2008/12/9 Patrick O'Callaghan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >>> On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 4:52 AM, Niels Weber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> All 32bit binary programs you want to run will not work. >>> >>> I think you mean "not all 32-bit programs you want to run will work". >> >> All dynamically linked 32bit programs will not work. >> >> Is that better? > > That depends on what you mean. You're saying that no > dynamically-linked 32-bit program will work. If you mean that some > will and some won't, then that's not what you're saying. I'm talking of those you don't get the source for obviously. If I'm wrong in that, please explain how such a program would work. Niels -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: Experience with x86_64-only (no i386) in F10?
2008/12/10 Patrick O'Callaghan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 4:43 AM, Niels Weber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> 2008/12/9 Patrick O'Callaghan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >>> On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 10:54 AM, Niels Weber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> 2008/12/9 Patrick O'Callaghan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >>>>> On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 4:52 AM, Niels Weber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>>> All 32bit binary programs you want to run will not work. >>>>> >>>>> I think you mean "not all 32-bit programs you want to run will work". >>>> >>>> All dynamically linked 32bit programs will not work. >>>> >>>> Is that better? >>> >>> That depends on what you mean. You're saying that no >>> dynamically-linked 32-bit program will work. If you mean that some >>> will and some won't, then that's not what you're saying. >> >> I'm talking of those you don't get the source for obviously. >> >> If I'm wrong in that, please explain how such a program would work. > > By linking to 32-bit libraries? Multilib support is precisely for this > situation, as far as I'm aware. > > I've never had a 32-bit app fail to run on my 64-bit system, e.g. > 32-bit Firefox works fine (though I now use the 64-bit version). I'm aware of Multilib and I've been running a 64bit install for years now and using it to run 32bit binaries. The original poster was asking for a 64bit only system though. If it is 64bit only, it will obviously not have 32bit libs. Niels -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: Error with updates addressing PackageKit issues
2008/12/10 Doctor Who <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 11:04 AM, Daniele Orlando <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I had the same issue. >> >> You have to update, from the updates-testing repo, these packages: >> PackageKit* >> >> I recommend these too: >> yum-3.2.20-5.fc10.noarch >> PolicyKit-0.9-4.fc10.i386 >> > > I assume if these are in 'updates-testing' they will (hopefully) soon > trickle down to 'updates'? Yes, you just need to have a little patience. Niels -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: F10 and Pulseaudio
2008/12/9 Bill Davidsen : > Niels Weber wrote: >> All games have no sound though, even those installed from the Fedora >> repository (for example "Battle for Wesnoth"). >> > Fedora is for serious uses, you should be doing software development and > running servers. ;-) Actually, I just found out that sound _was_ working in Wesnoth, only for some reason the game was set up not to play any sounds. So in that case it was a visit to the games setup page. Quake 4 needed a "yum install alsa-lib.i386 alsa-plugins-pulseaudio.i386" as I had only the 64bit version installed. Neverwinter Nights worked as well afterwards. So it seems that Pulseaudio is working after all... now I need only to find out how to get surround sound. Niels -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: F10 and Pulseaudio
2008/12/11 Tom Horsley : > On Thu, 11 Dec 2008 23:03:01 +0100 > Niels Weber wrote: > >> Actually, I just found out that sound _was_ working > > I made the same discovery today, but apparently the default > volume setting was really really low for some reason. After > cranking up the volume I can hear things like my "new mail" sound > being played. One thing I also noticed was that Pulseaudio seems to use a lot of CPU. It seems to be alsways around 10% with spikes from time to time. This results in slowdowns while playing a movie - very ugly. Anyone got a solution for that? Niels -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: FC10 does not boot when HDD moved to another machine
2008/12/18 Frank Millman : > I have not tried Paulo's suggestion of 'yum update kernel' yet. I will try > it and report back. In similar cases, that has worked for me as well. Good luck, Niels -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: F10 - something positive to say!
2008/12/23 Alastair Neil : > I have to agree that this is one of the most solid Fedora releases in > a long time. Certainly since selinux was intergrated it's the first > one in which I have not had to disable it (so far) for one reason or > another. Yes, even with some small quirks here and there, F10 really rocks. What I especially like is the new booting process as that makes my machine boot in a third of the time that older Fedoras used. Niels -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: F10 and Pulseaudio
Replying to myself as I found something out... 2008/12/11 Niels Weber : > So it seems that Pulseaudio is working after all... now I need only to > find out how to get surround sound. After looking into the PulseAudio FAQ, that was quite easy: http://www.pulseaudio.org/wiki/FAQ#IhaveasurroundsoundcardbutPulseAudiousesjustthefrontspeakers "To enable all the channels, edit /etc/pulse/daemon.conf: uncomment the default-sample-channels line (i.e. remove the semicolon from the beginning of the line) and set the value to 6 if you have a 5.1 setup, or 8 if you have 7.1 setup etc. After doing the edit, restart pulseaudio." That was all. Really easy compared to what I had to do back then to get surround working with alsa alone on one of the older Fedoras (which took me weeks). Now, surround works even in Prey - which it didn't with my previous setup (without PA under F8). Niels -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Weird sound issues after updating to F11
After updating from F10 to F11, I have some weird issues with sound. The funny thing is that generally the sound works, only some specific programs have problems. Those problems can best be described as loud noise that happens in the middle of the played music of some programs. Affected are for example: Supertux Supertuxcart Warzone2100 UT2004 Not affected are: Rhythmbox MPlayer Vultures Claw World of Goo Prey So it is not only Closed Source that is affected but also Open Source games that came with F11. Is there anything I can do? I'm not sure how to bugzilla those issues, so I haven't yet. As an aside, I have not managed to get sound in Wolfenstein:Enemy Territory to work in F10 or F11. Any ideas? Niels -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: Weird sound issues after updating to F11
I tested some more: 2009/7/28 Niels Weber : > Affected are: > Supertux > Supertuxkart > Warzone2100 > UT2004 Bolzplatz2006 > Not affected are: > Rhythmbox > MPlayer > Vultures Claw > World of Goo > Prey Egoboo Wormux Widelands None of the affected programs seems to notice the error, at least there is no message on the starting terminal. There is also nothing in /var/log/messages. Niels -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: FC11 Freezes at udev on boot
2009/7/29 Mick M. : >> ya it hangs on udev for several minutes ... may be 3 to 4 >> min. and then >> boots ok. But it happened after getting update , >> >> do you have any idea/tweak to solve it ??. or it >> is just a BUG ? >> > > It did this to me too. (F11x64) > Turns out my BIOS thought I had a floppy drive. > I set it none/disabled and now it boots normally again. > > This did not happen before the update. It's the same here. After the recent update I noticed that it takes a long time in the udev stage putting out some messages about fd0. Niels -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: Running preupgrade on F9 doesn't see F10 as an option
2008/11/25 Claude Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On this F9 box, running the preupgrade-0.9.3-3.fc9.noarch version > of preupgrade, I get the GUI but there are no upgrade options > offered for F10; ticking the "Display unstable..." box gives me > the option of upgrading to Rawhide, but still no F10 - > > Ideas? You need the 1.0 version of preupgrade to update to F10. Niels -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
F11: Firefox 3.5?
Will we get one of the release candidates of Firefox 3.5 for F11 or do we have to wait for the final? Thanks, Niels -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: syslog is filling up because of pulseaudio. HELP!
2009/1/26 Rahul Sundaram : > Steven W. Orr wrote: >> >> I'm getting two of these per second. How can I stop it! >> >> Jan 26 11:21:00 saturn pulseaudio[4130]: module-alsa-sink.c: ALSA woke us >> up to write new data to the device, but there was actually nothing to write! >> Most likely this is an ALSA driver bug. Please report this issue to the >> PulseAudio developers. > > A bug report has already been filed against rsyslog for adding rate limits. > PulseAudio IIRC is now including a workaround for this as well. Refer > fedora-devel list discussions for details. I noticed my system getting slower about two weeks ago. I think the culprit in my case is the filling up of /var/log/messages with this error. I guess this is somehow related but as that first report was from January and I only started getting it since late March, it has perhaps been reintroduced? Niels -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines