Re: Password security

This is just the latest symptom that Fedora and RedHat are showing of a disease I call "beating Microsoft at their own game." The main symptom is removing choice and forcing admins and users to do things the way the company wants you to do it. "Things will LOOK this way! Things will WORK that way

Re: [Test-Announce] Fedora 15 Final Release Candidate 2 (RC2) Available Now!

On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 8:30 PM, Andre Robatino wrote: > As per the Fedora 15 schedule [1], Fedora 15 Final Release Candidate 2 > (RC2) is now available for testing. Please see the following pages for > download links and testing instructions. > > > F15 Final Blocker tracker bug: > https://bugzil

Re: Karma needed for anaconda-15.29-1.fc15

On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 12:16 PM, James Laska wrote: > On Tue, 2011-04-26 at 13:33 -0400, James Laska wrote: > > Greetings testers, > > http://jlaska.fedorapeople.org/updates/anaconda-15.29-1/ > Downloading now. -- G.Wolfe Woodbury redwolfe(proventesters) -- test mailing list test@list

XFCE Nightly compose (2011-04-20) won't boot in VBox guest, and other spin comments

Testing the XFCE nightly compose dated the 20th: The live image boots and throws up a splash screen, but goes into a paroxysm of doing something @100% CPU and no login options (2 minutes.) The KDE and LXDE spins don't want to apply updates-testing properly with a complaint about gnome-desktop an

Re: Virtualbox upgrade fedora 14 to 15 RC 2 -- video driver ABI error

On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 3:06 PM, Joshua Andrews wrote: > The upgrade seemed to go okay but on restarting xorg rejects the vboxvideo > module so I can't even start complaining about GNOME 3 yet! > > The error is something like module is ABI (9) server is ABI (10). > > I rebuilt the module a couple

Re: FC15 most recent selinux denies shutdown/restart (nightly 2011-04-12)

On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 3:58 PM, Daniel J Walsh wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 04/13/2011 03:30 PM, Gregory Woodbury wrote: > > Test installs and updates in VBox guests are denied permission to > > shutdown or restart > >

FC15 most recent selinux denies shutdown/restart (nightly 2011-04-12)

Test installs and updates in VBox guests are denied permission to shutdown or restart by the latest SELinux policy. setenforce permissive allows shutdown and restart to occur. -- G.Wolfe Woodbury redwolfe(proventesters) -- test mailing list test@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe: https://

Re: BETA.RC2 LXDE Live spin install report: yumex won't run

On Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 5:47 PM, Gregory Woodbury wrote: > Test installs of the various BETA.RC2 live spins into VBox guests. > > Desktop: OK > KDE: OK > LXDE:OK, but yumex won't run > XFCE:InProgress > > the yumex run failure is BZ#695144 > XFCE:

BETA.RC2 LXDE Live spin install report: yumex won't run

Test installs of the various BETA.RC2 live spins into VBox guests. Desktop: OK KDE: OK LXDE:OK, but yumex won't run XFCE:InProgress the yumex run failure is BZ#695144 -- G.Wolfe Woodbury redwolfe(proventesters) -- test mailing list test@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe: htt

Re: FC15 Beta.RC1 install test report (not covered in wiki lists)

On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 2:40 PM, James Laska wrote: > On Fri, 2011-04-08 at 14:14 -0400, Gregory Woodbury wrote: > > Installing from the Beta.RC1 dvd iso into a VBox VM:> > > coming next: netinst install > > This will cover several of the tests listed in the inst

FC15 Beta.RC1 install test report (not covered in wiki lists)

Installing from the Beta.RC1 dvd iso into a VBox VM: XFCE selection leads to missing dependencies (non-fatal) Installed system will not boot, tried enforcing=0 and selinux=0, errir in tmpfs usage. coming next: netinst install -- G.Wolfe Woodbury redwolfe(proventeste

F15 BETA.TC1 experiences

Downloaded BETA.TC1 x86_64 DVD.iso and did an install on a VBox guest. No glitches encountered during the install. One nit: NetworkManager isn't activated during the install so firstboot isn't network connected for the NTP setup dialogue. Looks good to me. -- G.Wolfe Woodbury aka redwolfe (p

Re: Today's GNOME pathologies

On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 1:22 PM, Jonathan Corbet wrote: > So I just updated my Rawhide system. Items noticed in the first few > minutes: > > - Blinking cursors are on everything and cannot be turned off. I *hate* > blinking cursors. They make me Grumpy. > > - Lots of icons are missing. Th

Nightly builds in abeyance?

The nightly composes havent been updated since the 15th. http://alt.fedoraproject.org:/pub/alt/nightly-composes -- G.Wolfe Woodbury aka redwolfe (proventesters) -- test mailing list test@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe: https://adm

Re: [Test-Announce] Preupgrade Test Day Tomorrow(Mar 17)

On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 4:57 AM, Gregory Woodbury wrote: > > > On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 11:26 AM, He Rui wrote:Let me > point to Bugzilla #684054. > > The F-14 preupgrade isn't patched yet, where can we find a fixed one? > > Nevermind. I read the Wiki and found t

Re: [Test-Announce] Preupgrade Test Day Tomorrow(Mar 17)

On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 11:26 AM, He Rui wrote: > Greetings everyone, > > Preupgrade test day is coming up tomorrow! It's available at: > > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Day:Current > > As you've noticed that install.img is included in initrd.img From F-15 > builds, the procedure of preupgr

Re: Errors in GNOME installer for 2011-03-15 builds

On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 4:15 PM, David Lehman wrote: > On Wed, 2011-03-16 at 15:18 -0400, Gregory Woodbury wrote: > > This is rather awkard as the format checkbox is below the mount point > box. > > You shouldn't get the warning until you click on 'OK', so

Re: Errors in GNOME installer for 2011-03-15 builds

On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 1:47 PM, Tim Flink wrote: > On 03/16/2011 11:36 AM, Gregory Woodbury wrote: > > No traceback or messages that I can see, just a notification that i can't > > put > > a partition on root. > > Just to re-iterate (and slightly rephrase) what

Re: Errors in GNOME installer for 2011-03-15 builds

On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 1:11 PM, James Laska wrote: > On Wed, 2011-03-16 at 12:10 -0400, Gregory Woodbury wrote: > > 1) The boot.iso netinstall fails with an anaconda error about unique uuid > > for disks. > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=684742 > > >

Re: F15 alpha problem.

On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 12:09 PM, Adam Williamson wrote: > On Wed, 2011-03-16 at 11:51 -0400, James Laska wrote: > > > A side question, does this mean that gnome3 requires hardware > accelerated graphics? > > > > Yes. > > No. =) > > It's kind of a definition issue. GNOME *Shell* requires accelerat

Errors in GNOME installer for 2011-03-15 builds

1) The boot.iso netinstall fails with an anaconda error about unique uuid for disks. 2) The nightly compose for 3/15 won't allow a partition to be assigned to root. -- G.Wolfe Woodbury aka redwolfe (proventesters) -- test mailing list test@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe: https://admin.

Re: [Test-Announce] Fedora 15 Alpha RC1 Available Now!

On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 9:00 PM, Andre Robatino wrote: > Fedora 15 Alpha RC1 is now available [1]. Please refer to the following > pages for download links and testing instructions. > > Installation: > > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Current_Installation_Test > > Desktop: > > https:

FC15 TC2 Install failure

TC2 DVD desktop image boots and starts the install. The install fails with hugin missing a dependency on pano and won't continue Netinst reports that the local mirror doesn't contain an install image and halts -- G.Wolfe Woodbury redwolfe(proventesters) -- test mailing list test@lists.fedorapr

Re: fc15 TC1 isos

On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 10:31 AM, James Laska wrote: > > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test+AF8-Results:Current+AF8-Installation+AF8-Test > > That page doesn't exist. -- test mailing list test@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test

nightly-compose install attempt 20110205

Downloaded the fresh nightly desktop compose for 2011.02.05 (x86_64) to install to a virtual machine. gdm-greeter goes into an infinite loop of fail/restart never allowing a login going in via runlevel 3 and doing a startx brings up a useable desktop attempting "install to hard drive" results in

Rawhide install report: anaconda doesn't think it's a live image

The install to disk link on the nightly compose image (1/26/2011) don't work. I suspect that the use of udisk is confusing anaconda into thinking it's not on a live image and it throws up an error box. -- G.Wolfe Woodbury redwolfe(proventesters) -- test mailing list test@lists.fedoraproject.org

plymouthd error in rawhide

in rawhide in a x8664 virtual machine plymouthd spits a bug out on the console about halfway through the progress bars: plymouthd: cannot log startup: address already in use Also the latest kernel in rawhide crashes on startup. -- G.Wolfe Woodbury redwolfe(proventesters) -- test mailing list

Re: rawhide install attempts fail - missing /usr/bin/hal-lock

On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 10:26 AM, Gregory Woodbury wrote: > > > On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 6:17 AM, Christoph Frieben < > christoph.frie...@googlemail.com> wrote: > >> 2011/1/19 Gregory Woodbury: >> > 3) /usr/bin/liveinst fails with an error report of missing

Re: rawhide install attempts fail - missing /usr/bin/hal-lock

On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 6:17 AM, Christoph Frieben < christoph.frie...@googlemail.com> wrote: > 2011/1/19 Gregory Woodbury: > > 3) /usr/bin/liveinst fails with an error report of missing > /usr/bin/hal-lock > > Run 'yum install /usr/bin/hal-lock'. You

rawhide install attempts fail - missing /usr/bin/hal-lock

Trying to install from the nightly compose desktop spin: 1) direct booting fails as gdm goes into a paroxysm of fail/restart and just flashes the screen. 2) booting into mode 3 and doing a startx brings up a useable desktop 3) /usr/bin/liveinst fails with an error report of missing /usr/bin/hal-loc

Re: tty errors Booting Nightly Compose: desktop-x86_64-20101120.20.iso

On Sun, Nov 28, 2010 at 7:25 AM, Bruno Wolff III wrote: > On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 08:26:53 -0500, > Kyle McMartin wrote: > > On Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 08:08:19AM -0800, Thomas C Gilliard wrote: > > > desktop-x86_64-20101120.20.iso > > > > > > (2) Acer Aspire One: > > > Boot & Basic Video: > > > B

Re: F14 Flag Day Breaks Pan Newsreader

On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 7:23 AM, Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R wrote: > > Pan on Ubuntu 10.10 is downloading the very same posting that > Fedora can't get with no difficulty. > > Something in the "bowels" of Fedora 14 is causing two different programs > to corrupt data. I wonder what else is being

Re: Fresh install, no network

On Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 11:38 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Sun, 2010-10-31 at 23:36 -0400, Gregory Woodbury wrote: > > Does the driver happen to be the e1000e intel driver? > > Yes. > > > I have an instability problem with that one. > > That'

Re: Fresh install, no network

all have the time and resources to test the new stuff before > release) Does the driver happen to be the e1000e intel driver? I have an instability problem with that one. -- Gregory Woodbury aka redwolfe in fas -- test mailing list test@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test

Having looked at the real pungi, what do y'all use to make kickstart files?

Hving given up on Revisor, I looked at pungi.py and stuff and see that it really wants a kickstart file? Are these the kickstart files in the spins-ks package (whatever its real name is)? Is there currently a tool to make kickstart files? Thanks for any guidance. -- Greg Woodbury aka redwolfe

Revisor - I give up :-(

I've beaten my head against revisor for two days now, actually patching python code and examinig debug output. I'm retired from programming on disability for a good reason, my head hurts (bad) and I'm depressed and confused. the problem I'm having is from anaconda changes that the packaged reviso

Re: Revisor bug? the .discinfo file is missing in action

On Sun, Oct 17, 2010 at 3:44 PM, mike cloaked wrote: > On Sun, Oct 17, 2010 at 8:01 PM, Gregory Woodbury > wrote: > > I've been playing around with revisor/pungi/etc... > > > > Everything works up to the point of starting to write the iso file, when > > it

Re: Revisor bug? the .discinfo file is missing in action - try two

On Sun, Oct 17, 2010 at 3:01 PM, Gregory Woodbury wrote: > I've been playing around with revisor/pungi/etc... > > Everything works up to the point of starting to write the iso file, when > it errors out with a missing .discinfo file. > > Is there a simple missing step to ge

Revisor bug? the .discinfo file is missing in action

I've been playing around with revisor/pungi/etc... Everything works up to the point of starting to write the iso file, when it errors out with a missing .discinfo file. Is there a simple missing step to generate this file? I'm sure that Jesse Keating and others in the rel-eng team are using this

Re: Testing f14 anaconda

On Sat, Oct 16, 2010 at 12:17 PM, mike cloaked wrote: > There is currently version anaconda-14.20-1.fc14 in updates-testing > but I seem to be the only one who has tested it ( At least according > to bodhi comments) . It would be nice if this could be pushed into > the main f14 repo so that it is

Re: F14 Release TC1.1 install report

On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 2:12 PM, James Laska wrote: > On Wed, 2010-10-13 at 17:26 -0400, Gregory Woodbury wrote: > > Perfect install via hd iso image and munging the f13 grub lines. > > > > No errors except ones already reported (e1000e instability and > > pata_it8

F14 Release TC1.1 install report

Perfect install via hd iso image and munging the f13 grub lines. No errors except ones already reported (e1000e instability and pata_it821x bypass) updates-testing applied fine after install. looking good. x86_64 real hardware. -- test mailing list test@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe:

Re: fake Final TC1?

On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 9:01 AM, James Laska wrote: > On Sun, 2010-10-10 at 06:41 +1100, Steven Haigh wrote: > > On 10/10/10 03:13, Andre Robatino wrote: > > > There's a build labeled TC1 at > > > > > > http://serverbeach1.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/stage/14.TC1/ > > > > > > I know this probably i

Re: Harddisk installation fails

I was getting this failure on a harddisk install until I removed an extraneous .iso image in the directory holding the dvd .iso. It seems that anaconda is a bit simple when it comes to the hd install, and doesn't know anything about the names of the images, just the .iso extensions. Anaconda shou

broken f13 update?

[...@wolves ~]$ sudo yum update Loaded plugins: presto, refresh-packagekit Setting up Update Process Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package kdepim.x86_64 6:4.4.6-2.fc13 set to be updated ---> Package kdepim-libs.x86_64 6:4.4.6-2.fc13 set to be updated --> Processing Depen

Re: F14 Beta RC2 comments

On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 5:43 PM, Adam Williamson wrote: > > Try booting all three a few times. It could simply be an intermittent > bug which you happened to see on one but not the other. I think all the > relevant packages are the same between DVD and netinst, so it would be > odd for to happen o

Re: F14 Beta RC2 comments

On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 11:09 AM, Clyde E. Kunkel wrote: > On 09/19/2010 10:47 AM, Richard Ryniker wrote: > >> In RC1 the anaconda has eliminated the screen to select where to put the > >> boot loader, > > There is also an opportunity to specify the location on the grub > installation screen as

F14 Beta RC2 comments

The F14 Beta Release Candidate 2 is not ready for primetime Ar boot, there is no menu or graphics, just a command line saying press Enter to start boot process. (disc 1) BZ 634791 is now a blocker for my machine. Anaconda or something is sending FlushCache commands and making the installatio

Firstboot fails to run after Beta TC1 CD installation - test case needed?

I did an install from CDs and it ran well all the way to the installation of grub and rebooting. Firstboot, howeve, failed to run and make the user entries. Bugzilla: 632880 SHould there be a test case for fistboot in the test results template? -- G.Wolfe Woodbury (redwolfe) -- test mailing li