Re: Re: f9 Preupgrade stalled?

[Dr B S Kushvah]

Dear all, I have installed Fedora 8 but the Ethernet device of Atheros
AR8121.. is not detected I want the install it but how to use rpmbuild and 
make, kindly help me


On Mon, 17 Nov 2008 Carroll Grigsby wrote :
>On Sunday 16 November 2008 02:49:59 pm Dave Feustel wrote:
> >
> >>> really big snip
> >
> > But I am in over my head so I will probably have to
> > wait until I get my hands on an install DVD, preferably for 64-bit F10
> > after F10 is officially released. Is there anyplace where I can order
> > a physical 64-bit F10 install DVD and have it shipped to me?
> >
> > Thanks.
>
>Dave:
>Here's a list of links to companies that supply CDs and DVDs for most Linux
>distros including Fedora:
>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Distribution/OnlineVendors#Northern_America.5B1.5D
>
>Back in my dialup days, I used Cheapbytes and was very pleased with them --
>quick delivery, good quality. and a fair price. IIRC, they usually have new
>stuff available within a day or two of the official release.
>
>-- cmg
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Re: Sudo from scripts

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Jerry Feldman wrote:
> On 11/08/2008 10:43 AM, Todd Zullinger wrote:
>> Jerry Feldman wrote:
>>   
>>> Over the years I have used sudo from some of my scripts (RHEL 3 and
>>> 4,  SuSE (5-11), but I found in Fedora 9 (and CentOS 5.2) that sudo
>>> will fail:
>>>
>>> sudo: sorry, you must have a tty to run sudo
>>>
>>> In this particular case it was run on a CentOS 5.2 system, but I had
>>> the same issue with Fedora 9. In both cases the user account was set
>>> to NOPASSWD. Actually, on my home system it was my nightly backup
>>> script I run from my crontab.

jerry,

as a question of curiousness, and 'wat' from svr5 days, have you tried
giving ownership of script to root?

also, if you want backup to run only after you are logged off, or after
you have done something needing backup, have script check for 'filename'
and then delete 'filename' as part of closing. this way, you can run
'touch filename' to enable.

or follow as todd suggested.
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Re: Help me mount this drive

[Robert Wuest]

On Tue, 2008-11-11 at 12:47 -0600, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
> Robert Wuest wrote:
> > I bought a Cables-to-go USB to IDE/SATA Adapter (Model # 30504) to read
> > some old drives sitting around.  I hook it up and it seems to connect
> > and tell the host that it's there.  But it doesn't mount automatically,
> > and I can't mount it manually.  In fact, I can't seem to read it at all.
> > 
> <[ SNIP ]->
> > 
> Does this adapter have its own power supply for the drive, or does
> it gets its power from the USB bus? One thing I have found with the
> ones that have their own power supply is that you need to turn on
> the drive power before plugging in the USB cable. This gives the
> drive time to spin up before the computer asks for the drive
> information. (External cases do not seen to have this problem.)
> 
> On the other hand, if it uses the USB bus for power, they usually
> have double USB plugs, one of witch is power only. It tends to work
> better if you plug in the power plug first, let the drive spin up,
> and then plug in the data connector.
> 
> Mikkel
> -- 

It has a separate power supply.

This seems to do it.

1. Disconnect everything.
2. Connect adapter to drive.
3. Connect power to drive.
4. Wait a few seconds.
5. Plug adapter USB into computer.

When I do it just like that, it works fine.  Auto mounts. Perfect.

Many Thanks,
Robert



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Re: f9 Preupgrade stalled?

[Carroll Grigsby]

On Sunday 16 November 2008 02:49:59 pm Dave Feustel wrote:
>
>>> really big snip
>
> But I am in over my head so I will probably have to
> wait until I get my hands on an install DVD, preferably for 64-bit F10
> after F10 is officially released. Is there anyplace where I can order
> a physical 64-bit F10 install DVD and have it shipped to me?
>
> Thanks.

Dave:
Here's a list of links to companies that supply CDs and DVDs for most Linux 
distros including Fedora:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Distribution/OnlineVendors#Northern_America.5B1.5D

Back in my dialup days, I used Cheapbytes and was very pleased with them -- 
quick delivery, good quality. and a fair price. IIRC, they usually have new 
stuff available within a day or two of the official release.

-- cmg

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RE: install Fedora 9 on Toshiba Satellite A305-S6825

[Steven F. LeBrun]

I have used several kernels where all but the first one have been the
results of yumex updates.  The first one that I downloaded and manually
installed was the latest kernel at the time.

The kernels that I know work are the following:

2.6.26.5-45.fc9.i686
  2.6.26.6-79.fc9.i686
2.6.27.5-37.fc9.i686

I have been running the last kernel listed on a couple of days and ran into
a problem with yumex failing forcing me to update the yumex release being
used manually using instructions from
http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=204203


Unfortunately, I do not remember what repo I accessed when downloading the
original kernel.  The ones that I normally use via yum and yumex are the
Fedora 9, Fedora 9 update, Livna for Fedora 9 and the two sets of rpmfusion
(free and nonfree) repos for new and updates.  Note that the software stored
on the Livna repos are moving to the rpmfusion repos.

For the kernels, I would recommend the Fedora 9 or Fedora 9 update repos.
The URL to these repos should be buried somewhere in your YUM configuration
files.

Good luck and let me know how it turns out.


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> -Original Message-
> From: sam Ruma [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2008 5:16 PM
> To: 'Community assistance, encouragement,and advice for using Fedora.';
> Steven F. LeBrun
> Subject: RE: install Fedora 9 on Toshiba Satellite A305-S6825
> 
> So, did you solve the problem?
> 
> How did you solve it?
> 
> What kernel did you use?
> 
> 
> 



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RE: yumex error but yum update ran without problem (nothing to update)

[Steven F. LeBrun]

> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:fedora-list-
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Fred Silsbee
> Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2008 4:26 PM
> To: Fedora List
> Subject: yumex error but yum update ran without problem (nothing to
> update)
> 
> 2.6.27.5-37.fc9.i386
> 
> yumex error...yumex window disappeared when I closed the error window
> 
> Error Type: 
> Error Value: No id element found
>   File : /usr/share/yumex/yumex.py , line 737, in 
> mainApp = YumexApplication()
>   File : /usr/share/yumex/yumex.py , line 446, in __init__
> self.setupYum()
>   File : /usr/share/yumex/yumex.py , line 467, in setupYum
> self.yumbase._setupBase()
>   File : /usr/share/yumex/yumapi.py , line 80, in _setupBase
> self._setupUpdateMetadata()
>   File : /usr/share/yumex/yumapi.py , line 137, in _setupUpdateMetadata
> self.updateMetadata.add(repo)
>   File : /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/update_md.py , line 319, in
> add
> un = UpdateNotice(elem)
>   File : /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/update_md.py , line 69, in
> __init__
> self._parse(elem)
>   File : /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/update_md.py , line 146, in
> _parse
> raise UpdateNoticeException("No id element found")
> 

This problem was answered on this mailing list Anthony Irven Scott earlier
today (See Subject: "Re: Yumex errors after running Fedora updates", time
stamped in my email as Sun 11/16/2008 4:55 AM).  Now that I have given
credit to the person who found the solution, let me repeat the solution:

Anthony Irven Scott said:
This thread at FedoraForums will fix your problem.   
http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=204203

Following the link to the Fedora Forum brings us to a post by [EMAIL PROTECTED]
and he suggested trying the following code from a command prompt:

su

wget
http://koji.fedoraproject.org/packages/yumex/2.0.5/3.fc9/noarch/yumex-2.0.5-
3.fc9.noarch.rpm

rpm -Uvh yumex-2.0.5-3.fc9.noarch.rpm

rm -f yumex-2.0.5-3.fc9.noarch.rpm

This worked for me!  Replacing my current yumex with the newer package
removed the UpdateNotificationException("No id element found") error that
was being thrown by yumex.

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Re: Make a DHCP server using Fedora - Help

[Antonio Olivares]

--- On Sun, 11/16/08, Marko Vojinovic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> ###
> default-lease-time 21600; #600
> max-lease-time 43200; #7200
> ddns-update-style none;
> authoritative;
> 
> subnet 10.154.19.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
> } # this means don't do anything with the big network
> 
> subnet 192.168.0.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
> option routers 192.168.0.1  # your server is the router for
> classroom
> option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0  # the mask given to
> classroom
> option domain-name-servers 10.154.16.130, 10.128.0.4; # dns
> servers
> range 192.168.0.2 192.168.0.254  # the pool of addresses
> for classroom
> }
> ###
> 
> Save, do a "service dhcpd restart" (it should say
> OK), then
> "tail -f /var/log/messages" and watch what is
> going on. Restart the clients 
> (one by one if you wish to examine /var/log/messages after
> each client, 
> otherwise you may restart them all simultaneously :-)...).
> 
> [[ N.B. I suppose you have configured the clients to use
> dhcp and not have 
> anything statically assigned... ]]
> 
> What should be going on is that the clients in the
> classroom ask for IP 
> configuration (dhcp request), then dhcpd replies with the
> data above (dhcp 
> offer) and then each client accepts this offer. If all goes
> well, up to this 
> point each client should have a 192.168.0.* IP assigned
> dynamically, and be 
> able to ping any other client with such address, as well as
> the server, 
> 192.168.0.1. If this doesn't happen, tell us what does
> happen.
> 
> If all is well, up to now you have a working dhcpd
> configuration and each 
> client has an IP assigned. In /var/lib/dhcp/dhcpd.leases
> you have a list 
> stating which client (distinguished by its MAC address) has
> which IP assigned 
> to it. The leases file may have some stale/old/obsolete
> information (because 
> you have been playing with dhcpd before) --- ignore it,
> look at the bottom of 
> the file, where fresh information is stored.
> 
> The next step is to configure NAT (network address
> translation) on your 
> server's firewall, in order to allow the clients to
> access the "big" network 
> using your server as a router. But this is a different
> problem --- first make 
> sure the above configuration works, and then we'll go
> to the NAT 
> configuration after that. One step at a time. ;-)
> 
> HTH, :-)
> Marko

I did as you suggested and I still cannot connect the machines to the new 
server :(

/etc/dhcpd.conf 

default-lease-time 21600; #600
max-lease-time 43200; #7200
ddns-update-style none;
authoritative;

subnet 10.154.19.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
} # this means don't do anything with the big network

subnet 192.168.0.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
option routers 192.168.0.1;  # your server is the router for classroom
option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;  # the mask given to classroom
option domain-name-servers 10.154.16.130, 10.128.0.4; # dns servers
range 192.168.0.2 192.168.0.254;  # the pool of addresses for classroom
}


[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# service dhcpd restart
Starting dhcpd:[FAILED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# service dhcpd stop
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# service dhcpd stop
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# service dhcpd restart
Starting dhcpd:[  OK  ]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]#
It starts up but no leases show up, I am trying to ping computer from windows 
2000 machine and from another machine running rawhide

tail -f /var/log/messages  show:

Nov 16 18:51:13 localhost ntpd[2004]: kernel time sync status change 4001   
Nov 16 18:54:24 localhost dhcpd: DHCPREQUEST for 10.154.19.129 from 
00:06:5b:4f:d7:d2 via eth0: unknown lease 10.154.19.129.

Nov 16 18:56:32 localhost dhcpd: Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Server 4.0.0  
Nov 16 18:56:32 localhost dhcpd: Copyright 2004-2007 Internet Systems 
Consortium. 
  
Nov 16 18:56:32 localhost dhcpd: All rights reserved.   
Nov 16 18:56:32 localhost dhcpd: For info, please visit 
http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/ 

Nov 16 18:56:32 localhost dhcpd: Not searching LDAP since ldap-server, 
ldap-port and ldap-base-dn were not specified in the config file
 
Nov 16 18:56:32 localhost dhcpd: Wrote 0 leases to leases file. 
Nov 16 18:56:32 localhost dhcpd: Listening on 
LPF/eth0/00:0e:a6:42:59:af/10.154.19.0/24   
  
Nov 16 18:56:32 localhost dhcpd: Sending on   
LPF/eth0/00:0e:a6:42:59:af/10.154.19.0/24   
  
Nov 16 18:56:32 localhost dhcpd: Sending on   Socket/fallback/fallback-net  
Nov 16 18:56:40 localhost dhcpd: Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Server 4.0.0  
Nov 16 18:56

Re: Make a DHCP server using Fedora - Help

[Antonio Olivares]

--- On Sun, 11/16/08, Marko Vojinovic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> From: Marko Vojinovic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: Make a DHCP server using Fedora - Help
> To: fedora-list@redhat.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Date: Sunday, November 16, 2008, 4:49 PM
> Antonio and others, I'm writing the stuff below off the
> top of my head --- 
> please feel free to correct me if necessarry, I may have
> slipped here or 
> there... ;-)
> 
> On Sunday 16 November 2008 20:52, Antonio Olivares wrote:
> > I changed DHCPDARG=eth0 as was suggested, but not
> working.
> 
> I missed this part. Where did you put this?
I had changed back and forth between eth0 and eth1 and now it is and should be 
eth0 :) 

[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# cat /etc/sysconfig/dhcpd
DHCPDARGS=eth0

> 
> > The original machine gets its ip from a central server
> and then I want to
> > use it as a server for several machines in my
> classroom.
> >
> > It connects to 10.154.19.210 which is its address in
> the "BIG" network.  it
> > gets DNS 10.154.16.130, 10.128.0.4 and gateway
> 10.154.19.1
> 
> Ok. I suggest the following setup. Get the cable coming
> from the "big" network 
> and plug it into your eth0. Then, take a small
> hub/switch/router/whatever and 
> connect your classroom computers to it (I guess this is
> already set up). Make 
> sure that *no* cable connects your hub to the
> "big" network. Instead, connect 
> the hub to the eth1 of your server. Your server should be
> the only link 
> between the big network and classroom network.
> 
> Leave eth0 configuration for later.
> 
> Configure eth1 device to have a *static* (manually
> assigned) IP address, 
> say, 192.168.0.1 with netmask 255.255.255.0 and bring it
> up. Do this using 
> "system-config-network" interface and running
> "service network restart". Make 
> sure there is nothing related to NetworkManager active in
> the setup.
> 
> Next, configure dhcpd.conf in the following (most
> elementary) way, for the 
> time being:
> 
> ###
> default-lease-time 21600; #600
> max-lease-time 43200; #7200
> ddns-update-style none;
> authoritative;
> 
> subnet 10.154.19.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
> } # this means don't do anything with the big network
> 
> subnet 192.168.0.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
> option routers 192.168.0.1  # your server is the router for
> classroom
> option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0  # the mask given to
> classroom
> option domain-name-servers 10.154.16.130, 10.128.0.4; # dns
> servers
> range 192.168.0.2 192.168.0.254  # the pool of addresses
> for classroom
> }
> ###
> 
> Save, do a "service dhcpd restart" (it should say
> OK), then
> "tail -f /var/log/messages" and watch what is
> going on. Restart the clients 
> (one by one if you wish to examine /var/log/messages after
> each client, 
> otherwise you may restart them all simultaneously :-)...).
> 
> [[ N.B. I suppose you have configured the clients to use
> dhcp and not have 
> anything statically assigned... ]]
> 
> What should be going on is that the clients in the
> classroom ask for IP 
> configuration (dhcp request), then dhcpd replies with the
> data above (dhcp 
> offer) and then each client accepts this offer. If all goes
> well, up to this 
> point each client should have a 192.168.0.* IP assigned
> dynamically, and be 
> able to ping any other client with such address, as well as
> the server, 
> 192.168.0.1. If this doesn't happen, tell us what does
> happen.
> 
> If all is well, up to now you have a working dhcpd
> configuration and each 
> client has an IP assigned. In /var/lib/dhcp/dhcpd.leases
> you have a list 
> stating which client (distinguished by its MAC address) has
> which IP assigned 
> to it. The leases file may have some stale/old/obsolete
> information (because 
> you have been playing with dhcpd before) --- ignore it,
> look at the bottom of 
> the file, where fresh information is stored.
> 
> The next step is to configure NAT (network address
> translation) on your 
> server's firewall, in order to allow the clients to
> access the "big" network 
> using your server as a router. But this is a different
> problem --- first make 
> sure the above configuration works, and then we'll go
> to the NAT 
> configuration after that. One step at a time. ;-)
> 
> HTH, :-)
> Marko

I will sure try this and hopefully it will work.  I will report back.

Thank you for your help as well :)

Regards,

Antonio 


  

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Re: yumex error but yum update ran without problem (nothing to update)

[Alex Makhlin]

Fred Silsbee wrote:

2.6.27.5-37.fc9.i386

yumex error...yumex window disappeared when I closed the error window

Error Type:  
Error Value: No id element found 
  File : /usr/share/yumex/yumex.py , line 737, in 
mainApp = YumexApplication() 
  File : /usr/share/yumex/yumex.py , line 446, in __init__
self.setupYum() 
  File : /usr/share/yumex/yumex.py , line 467, in setupYum
self.yumbase._setupBase() 
  File : /usr/share/yumex/yumapi.py , line 80, in _setupBase
self._setupUpdateMetadata() 
  File : /usr/share/yumex/yumapi.py , line 137, in _setupUpdateMetadata
self.updateMetadata.add(repo) 
  File : /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/update_md.py , line 319, in add
un = UpdateNotice(elem) 
  File : /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/update_md.py , line 69, in __init__
self._parse(elem) 
  File : /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/update_md.py , line 146, in _parse
raise UpdateNoticeException("No id element found") 




  
  

This thread at FedoraForums will fix your problem.

http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=204203

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Re: Make a DHCP server using Fedora - Help

[Marko Vojinovic]

Antonio and others, I'm writing the stuff below off the top of my head --- 
please feel free to correct me if necessarry, I may have slipped here or 
there... ;-)

On Sunday 16 November 2008 20:52, Antonio Olivares wrote:
> I changed DHCPDARG=eth0 as was suggested, but not working.

I missed this part. Where did you put this?

> The original machine gets its ip from a central server and then I want to
> use it as a server for several machines in my classroom.
>
> It connects to 10.154.19.210 which is its address in the "BIG" network.  it
> gets DNS 10.154.16.130, 10.128.0.4 and gateway 10.154.19.1

Ok. I suggest the following setup. Get the cable coming from the "big" network 
and plug it into your eth0. Then, take a small hub/switch/router/whatever and 
connect your classroom computers to it (I guess this is already set up). Make 
sure that *no* cable connects your hub to the "big" network. Instead, connect 
the hub to the eth1 of your server. Your server should be the only link 
between the big network and classroom network.

Leave eth0 configuration for later.

Configure eth1 device to have a *static* (manually assigned) IP address, 
say, 192.168.0.1 with netmask 255.255.255.0 and bring it up. Do this using 
"system-config-network" interface and running "service network restart". Make 
sure there is nothing related to NetworkManager active in the setup.

Next, configure dhcpd.conf in the following (most elementary) way, for the 
time being:

###
default-lease-time 21600; #600
max-lease-time 43200; #7200
ddns-update-style none;
authoritative;

subnet 10.154.19.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
} # this means don't do anything with the big network

subnet 192.168.0.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
option routers 192.168.0.1  # your server is the router for classroom
option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0  # the mask given to classroom
option domain-name-servers 10.154.16.130, 10.128.0.4; # dns servers
range 192.168.0.2 192.168.0.254  # the pool of addresses for classroom
}
###

Save, do a "service dhcpd restart" (it should say OK), then
"tail -f /var/log/messages" and watch what is going on. Restart the clients 
(one by one if you wish to examine /var/log/messages after each client, 
otherwise you may restart them all simultaneously :-)...).

[[ N.B. I suppose you have configured the clients to use dhcp and not have 
anything statically assigned... ]]

What should be going on is that the clients in the classroom ask for IP 
configuration (dhcp request), then dhcpd replies with the data above (dhcp 
offer) and then each client accepts this offer. If all goes well, up to this 
point each client should have a 192.168.0.* IP assigned dynamically, and be 
able to ping any other client with such address, as well as the server, 
192.168.0.1. If this doesn't happen, tell us what does happen.

If all is well, up to now you have a working dhcpd configuration and each 
client has an IP assigned. In /var/lib/dhcp/dhcpd.leases you have a list 
stating which client (distinguished by its MAC address) has which IP assigned 
to it. The leases file may have some stale/old/obsolete information (because 
you have been playing with dhcpd before) --- ignore it, look at the bottom of 
the file, where fresh information is stored.

The next step is to configure NAT (network address translation) on your 
server's firewall, in order to allow the clients to access the "big" network 
using your server as a router. But this is a different problem --- first make 
sure the above configuration works, and then we'll go to the NAT 
configuration after that. One step at a time. ;-)

HTH, :-)
Marko

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RE: install Fedora 9 on Toshiba Satellite A305-S6825

[sam Ruma]

So, did you solve the problem? 

How did you solve it?

What kernel did you use?


  

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MPD permissions under Fedora core 9

[James Allsopp]

Hi,
I'm trying to run mpd and icecast under my own username but run into the
problem that udev I think is constantly rewriting the permissions for
/dev/snd
I've made a group audio and I've added myself to it and recursively
changed the group of /dev/snd/*, but next time I boot I have to do it again.

chmod 770 /dev/snd -R && chgrp audio /dev/snd -R
also works.

How can I make udev make /dev/snd/* group audio always?

Thanks!
James

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Re: Turbo Memory

[Robert L Cochran]

It is just about a year ago that Claude submitted the inquiry below. I'm
seriously looking at the Lenovo ThinkPad T500, and it is offering a 2 Gb
Turbo Memory device. Can Fedora 10 use this? Is there an open-source
driver anywhere?

The Lenovo website is saying if I pick this I will have to give up the
integrated Bluetooth PAN, but I assume I can just add a Bluetooth
thingie as an ExpressCard or PC Card. Or maybe I can do the reverse --
keep the integrated PAN and hunt around for an ExpressCard Turbo Memory
thingie...

Thanks

Bob Cochran


Claude Jones wrote:
> I was spec'ing a new laptop tonight, and noticed it had 1 GB of 'Turbo 
> Memory' -- this is a new Intel specification that uses flash memory to cache 
> frequently used items and is only available in Windows-land with Vista. It is 
> not CPU cache nor RAM. 
>
> Does anyone know of any work being done to access this new technology in 
> Linux? 
>   

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yumex error but yum update ran without problem (nothing to update)

[Fred Silsbee]

2.6.27.5-37.fc9.i386

yumex error...yumex window disappeared when I closed the error window

Error Type:  
Error Value: No id element found 
  File : /usr/share/yumex/yumex.py , line 737, in 
mainApp = YumexApplication() 
  File : /usr/share/yumex/yumex.py , line 446, in __init__
self.setupYum() 
  File : /usr/share/yumex/yumex.py , line 467, in setupYum
self.yumbase._setupBase() 
  File : /usr/share/yumex/yumapi.py , line 80, in _setupBase
self._setupUpdateMetadata() 
  File : /usr/share/yumex/yumapi.py , line 137, in _setupUpdateMetadata
self.updateMetadata.add(repo) 
  File : /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/update_md.py , line 319, in add
un = UpdateNotice(elem) 
  File : /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/update_md.py , line 69, in 
__init__
self._parse(elem) 
  File : /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/update_md.py , line 146, in _parse
raise UpdateNoticeException("No id element found") 



  

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Re: Root password disappears at every login, was "Cannot login as root"

[Patrick O'Callaghan]

On Sun, 2008-11-16 at 21:00 +, Timothy Murphy wrote:
> M. Fioretti wrote:
> 
> 
> > The reasons for that are not worth discussing here, but this is why I am
> > ignoring SELinux **for the moment**. Again, suggestions are welcome, but I
> > will have to apply them _after_ I have finished those other things. At
> > that point, I'll either fix SELinux or just reinstall from scratch...
> 
> Surely SELINUX=permissive should be the same in practice
> as SELINUX=disabled?
> Wouldn't it be a bug if they weren't the same?

Except that in permissive mode you get the SE daemon complaining all the
time. Other than that, they should be the same for practical purposes.

poc

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Re: Upgrade to 64-bit F10

[Patrick O'Callaghan]

On Sun, 2008-11-16 at 13:56 -0500, Dave Feustel wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 02:01:58PM -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> > On Sun, 2008-11-16 at 10:01 -0500, Dave Feustel wrote:
> > > On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 10:06:52AM -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> > > > On Sun, 2008-11-16 at 09:32 -0500, Dave Feustel wrote:
> > > > > On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 03:18:28PM +0100, Boricua wrote:
> > > > > > I asked the same question elsewhere regarding an upgrade from F8 
> > > > > > 32bit
> > > > > > to F9 64bit and was told a fresh install would be required. So I
> > > > > > suppose the same answer applies here.  Regarding your second 
> > > > > > question,
> > > > > > yes Fedora 9.93 (the incoming F10) DVDs are available. However I
> > > > > > suggest you search for "32bit vs. 64bit" threads so you can be sure
> > > > > > F10 64bit is good for you. I have been in 64 bit since F9 but
> > > > > > configuration, due to lack of several programs in 64 bit versions, 
> > > > > > is
> > > > > > still not as easier as in 32bit.  Hope this helps.
> > > > > 
> > > > > I have been running 64-bit OpenBSD, FreeBSD, and SUSE 11 for a while
> > > > > now. I expect that I will have no more problems with 64-bit F10 than
> > > > > I've had with the other 64-bit systems (which is to say, essentially
> > > > > none except for Maxima(caused by CLISP not working in 64-bit mode), 
> > > > > so I
> > > > > am eager to take advantage of the extra (and bigger) registers 
> > > > > available
> > > > > in 64-bit F10.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Where are the DVDs for Rawhide/F10 available?
> > > > 
> > > > https://fedoraproject.org/get-prerelease
> > > 
> > > Thanks for this link. Unfortunately, I get a "Forbidden" message when I
> > > access the x64 install dvd link (to
> > > http://linux.nssl.noaa.gov/fedora/linux/releases/test/10-Preview/Fedora/x86_64/iso/Fedora-10-Preview-x86_64-DVD.iso
> > >  )
> > >  from either Konqueror or Firefox. How do I fix that?
> > 
> > Complain to the webmaster, or download the BitTorrent version (which is
> > what I always do anyway).
> 
> I succeeded in getting a link the second time I tried, but the download
> time for the 4GB file was projected to be 17+ hours, so I cancelled the 
> download. I'd rather order a physical DVD if I can.

And it's going to arrive in less than 17 hours? Assuming it exists of
course, which it probably doesn't given that the final version of F10
hasn't been released yet.

poc

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Re: Root password disappears at every login, was "Cannot login as root"

[Timothy Murphy]

M. Fioretti wrote:


> The reasons for that are not worth discussing here, but this is why I am
> ignoring SELinux **for the moment**. Again, suggestions are welcome, but I
> will have to apply them _after_ I have finished those other things. At
> that point, I'll either fix SELinux or just reinstall from scratch...

Surely SELINUX=permissive should be the same in practice
as SELINUX=disabled?
Wouldn't it be a bug if they weren't the same?


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Re: Make a DHCP server using Fedora - Help

[Antonio Olivares]

--- On Sat, 11/15/08, Tim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> From: Tim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: Make a DHCP server using Fedora - Help
> To: "Community assistance, encouragement, and advice for using Fedora." 
> 
> Date: Saturday, November 15, 2008, 7:42 PM
> On Sat, 2008-11-15 at 19:43 -0700, Craig White wrote:
> > you don't need bind to run unless you want to
> provide DNS services.
> 
> There are advantages in doing so, but I'd learn how to
> do DHCP, then
> learn the next thing.  
> 
> With a local DHCP and DNS server, particular if they talk
> to each other,
> you simplify client network configuration.  Your DHCP
> server assigns
> them addresses, and your DNS server reseolves all their
> addresses.  You
> don't need to play with hosts files on each PC, nor any
> other part of
> their network configuration, it's all centrally
> managed.  For anything
> more than a three PC LAN, it soon gets annoying if you have
> to keep
> updating all their hosts files.
> 
> As Craig said, it can be simpler to use something that does
> that for
> you, such as a modem/router with its own DHCP server,
> there's far less
> things for you to have to configure.  But, any of the ones
> that I've
> looked at, don't act as a local DNS server for their
> own DHCP records.
> So, you're stuck with fixing IPs in its DHCP server,
> then messing with
> hosts files on each PC.
> 
> -- 
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ uname -r
> 2.6.27.5-37.fc9.i686
> 
> Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox
> is ignored.  I
> read messages from the public lists.
> 
> 
> 
> -- 

I am working on it, but without success :(

I have installed webmin and made the corresponding changes that were suggested

[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# cd /home/olivares/Downloads/
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Downloads]# rpm -ivh webmin-1.441-1.noarch.rpm
Preparing...### [100%]
Operating system is Redhat Linux
   1:webmin ### [100%]
Webmin install complete. You can now login to https://localhost:1/
as root with your root password.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Downloads]# cat /etc/dhcpd.conf
default-lease-time 21600; #600
max-lease-time 43200; #7200
ddns-update-style none;
authoritative;
log-facility local7;
subnet 10.154.19.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
range 10.154.19.1 10.154.19.20;
}

I changed DHCPDARG=eth0 as was suggested, but not working.  

Nov 16 12:39:06 localhost dhcpd: of the dhcpd.conf file.
Nov 16 12:39:09 localhost dhcpd: DHCPINFORM from 10.154.19.11 via eth0: not 
authoritative for subnet 10.154.19.0

Nov 16 12:39:30 localhost dhcpd: DHCPINFORM from 10.154.19.117 via eth0: not 
authoritative for subnet 10.154.19.0
   
Nov 16 12:43:56 localhost dhcpd: DHCPINFORM from 10.154.19.246 via eth0: not 
authoritative for subnet 10.154.19.0
Nov 16 12:44:01 localhost dhcpd: DHCPINFORM from 10.154.19.246 via eth0: not 
authoritative for subnet 10.154.19.0
Nov 16 12:45:44 localhost dhcpd: DHCPINFORM from 10.154.19.19 via eth0: not 
authoritative for subnet 10.154.19.0
Nov 16 12:45:47 localhost dhcpd: DHCPINFORM from 10.154.19.19 via eth0: not 
authoritative for subnet 10.154.19.0
Nov 16 12:53:50 localhost dhcpd: DHCPINFORM from 10.154.19.235 via eth0: not 
authoritative for subnet 10.154.19.0
Nov 16 13:03:04 localhost dhcpd: DHCPINFORM from 10.154.19.227 via eth0: not 
authoritative for subnet 10.154.19.0
Nov 16 13:03:07 localhost dhcpd: DHCPINFORM from 10.154.19.227 via eth0: not 
authoritative for subnet 10.154.19.0
Nov 16 13:03:44 localhost dhcpd: DHCPINFORM from 10.154.19.33 via eth0: not 
authoritative for subnet 10.154.19.0
Nov 16 13:03:47 localhost dhcpd: DHCPINFORM from 10.154.19.33 via eth0: not 
authoritative for subnet 10.154.19.0
Nov 16 13:08:24 localhost kernel: Kernel logging (proc) stopped.



The original machine gets its ip from a central server and then I want to use 
it as a server for several machines in my classroom.  

It connects to 10.154.19.210 which is its address in the "BIG" network.  it 
gets DNS 10.154.16.130, 10.128.0.4 and gateway 10.154.19.1

I have been playing with webmin, but either I get [FAILED] messages or it 
appears to work, but the machines cannot connect to it, or get their own IPs.

Thank you for hanging in there with me.  

Antonio 


  

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Re: F9 and move to Hyperthreaded processor

[Michael Cronenworth]

Jerry Feldman wrote: 
Be wary of hyperthreading. AFAIK, Intel no longer supports this 
feature in their processors. First, there are a number of applications 
that actually suffer from hyperthreading. For instance, my company's 
product runs significantly slower on a system with hyperthreading 
enabled.  So, make sure you runs some tests. It was a good idea to 
extend the old single core processors. A colleague of mine also found 
some bugs in the microcode.




Hyperthreading is returning in the new Intel CPUs (i7). FYI.

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Re: f9 Preupgrade stalled?

[Dave Feustel]

On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 02:31:26PM -0500, Kevin J. Cummings wrote:
> Dave Feustel wrote:
>> I have never done anything with grub. AFIK, I have only one boot
>> partition (unless preupgrade built another one on my single disk drive).
>> Could you explain this in more detail?

what I meant was I have no experience with grub.

> Can you say that preupgrade didn't do anything to your grub entry?  My  
> point is that everytime you boot linux, the boot record gets read, a  
> bootloader gets run, and *it* figures out where your boot and root  
> partitions are and uses those assumptions to find the linux boot image  
> and the init programs (among others).  If where it looks gets changed,  
> or it perceives that the locations of those files have changed, your  
> boot can fail.  Just becuase you didn't change them doesn't mean they  
> haven't been changed, it just means they haven't been changed by you.
> /boot/grub/grub.conf gets changed every time you install a new kernel.
>

I just took a look at the grub dir. There is an anaconda message there
that there is no /boot partition (eg /boot is in the same partition that
everything else is in). That makes all boot paths relative to / and that
may be my problem. But I am in over my head so I will probably have to
wait until I get my hands on an install DVD, preferably for 64-bit F10
after F10 is officially released. Is there anyplace where I can order
a physical 64-bit F10 install DVD and have it shipped to me?

Thanks.

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Re: f9 Preupgrade stalled?

[Kevin J. Cummings]

Dave Feustel wrote:

I have never done anything with grub. AFIK, I have only one boot
partition (unless preupgrade built another one on my single disk drive).
Could you explain this in more detail?


Can you say that preupgrade didn't do anything to your grub entry?  My 
point is that everytime you boot linux, the boot record gets read, a 
bootloader gets run, and *it* figures out where your boot and root 
partitions are and uses those assumptions to find the linux boot image 
and the init programs (among others).  If where it looks gets changed, 
or it perceives that the locations of those files have changed, your 
boot can fail.  Just becuase you didn't change them doesn't mean they 
haven't been changed, it just means they haven't been changed by you.

/boot/grub/grub.conf gets changed every time you install a new kernel.


Thanks.


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How to access Nautilus's Network filesystems via shell or 'Open With...'?

[Dan Thurman]

I am working on F9

Via Nautilus:

1) Open the Network computer, enter name/password when prompted
2) Select the directory you want to go to
3) And say that you found a log file of interest: "Tracker.log"

Note: the "mounted" network connection appears on your Desktop
as: $ on 

You then want to do a tail -f on this file.  So how can you do this via
Gnome shell or even via Nautilus 'Open With...' ?

I tried to use a custom command with:
1) tail -f
2) xterm -e "tail -f"
3) xterm -e "tail -f  Tracker.log"

And none of these worked, at least I cannot SEE (1) and for xterm,
it cannot exec "tail -f".

But I noticed that, when I ran (1) tail -f, the interesting
thing is that tail -f was shown as a process, and it said:

tail -f "/home//.gvfs/d$ on /Logs/Tracker.log"

Since I could not see the tail results, I killed the tail process ID and 
then

tried in a Gnome Terminal:

tail -f "/home//.gvfs/d$ on /Logs/Tracker.log"

and it worked! However, not long afterwards, I got a message:

tail: /home//.gvfs/d$ on /Logs/Tracker.log: \
Transport endpoint is not connected tail: no files remaining

Hmm... any ideas what I can try?

Thanks!
Dan

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Re: Upgrade to 64-bit F10

[Dave Feustel]

On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 02:01:58PM -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> On Sun, 2008-11-16 at 10:01 -0500, Dave Feustel wrote:
> > On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 10:06:52AM -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> > > On Sun, 2008-11-16 at 09:32 -0500, Dave Feustel wrote:
> > > > On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 03:18:28PM +0100, Boricua wrote:
> > > > > I asked the same question elsewhere regarding an upgrade from F8 32bit
> > > > > to F9 64bit and was told a fresh install would be required. So I
> > > > > suppose the same answer applies here.  Regarding your second question,
> > > > > yes Fedora 9.93 (the incoming F10) DVDs are available. However I
> > > > > suggest you search for "32bit vs. 64bit" threads so you can be sure
> > > > > F10 64bit is good for you. I have been in 64 bit since F9 but
> > > > > configuration, due to lack of several programs in 64 bit versions, is
> > > > > still not as easier as in 32bit.  Hope this helps.
> > > > 
> > > > I have been running 64-bit OpenBSD, FreeBSD, and SUSE 11 for a while
> > > > now. I expect that I will have no more problems with 64-bit F10 than
> > > > I've had with the other 64-bit systems (which is to say, essentially
> > > > none except for Maxima(caused by CLISP not working in 64-bit mode), so I
> > > > am eager to take advantage of the extra (and bigger) registers available
> > > > in 64-bit F10.
> > > > 
> > > > Where are the DVDs for Rawhide/F10 available?
> > > 
> > > https://fedoraproject.org/get-prerelease
> > 
> > Thanks for this link. Unfortunately, I get a "Forbidden" message when I
> > access the x64 install dvd link (to
> > http://linux.nssl.noaa.gov/fedora/linux/releases/test/10-Preview/Fedora/x86_64/iso/Fedora-10-Preview-x86_64-DVD.iso
> >  )
> >  from either Konqueror or Firefox. How do I fix that?
> 
> Complain to the webmaster, or download the BitTorrent version (which is
> what I always do anyway).

I succeeded in getting a link the second time I tried, but the download
time for the 4GB file was projected to be 17+ hours, so I cancelled the 
download. I'd rather order a physical DVD if I can.

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Re: Root password disappears at every login, was "Cannot login as root"

[Anne Wilson]

On Sunday 16 November 2008 12:13:41 M. Fioretti wrote:
> On Sun, November 16, 2008 7:00 am, M. Fioretti wrote:
>  I get the login prompt, type root, after a few seconds I get the login
>  prompt again, the pc never asks for a password.
> >
> > after studying the dmesg output... I had an inspiration and disabled
>
> SELINUX by
>
> > adding "enforcing 0" at the end of the kernel line in grub.conf.
>
> that made the password prompt appear and I was able to login as root
> several times.
>
> After that, I installed with yum at the command line X (with nvidia
> drivers from rpmfusion) and then did a
>
> yum groupinstall 'Gnome Desktop Environment'
> yum groupinstall XFCE
>
> without noticing any errors. Then I set inittab to runlevel 5, rebooted
> and got the graphical login screen. Logged in as root, found everything OK
> in Gnome, created a normal user and rebooted.
>
> Since then, root password doesn't work anymore. If I login as the other
> user it works, but if I login as root or type "su -" I get a "password
> incorrect" message. If I boot in single mode and set again the root
> password I get "all authentication tokens updated successfully" but the
> password doesn't last.
>
> Next login as root, I get "password incorrect' again
> Any idea on what the problem could be now and why is only the root account
> having it?
>
I'm beginning to wonder if there's a deeper problem here.  I have a Mandriva 
box that upgraded from 2008.1 to 2009, and is running KDE3.  The same thing 
happened to me.  I then found that /usr/sbin/userhelper had lost its suid 
root.  I corrected that, and for the rest of that session I could give the 
root password.  I didn't work on that box again for a few days, but on Friday 
I discovered that once more I can't give the root password.  I haven't had 
time to investigate this further, yet.  Maybe tomorrow.

It does seem strange, though, that two distros are having the same problem, 
for no obvious reason.

Anne



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kernel 2.6.27.5-37 doesn't boot after recompile in F9

[stan]

Hi,

This is a longshot but I've been downloading the source for 
the fedora kernels and compiling them to suit my system 
better for 6 months or so (since 2.6.24).  It has been 
working great.  I've been using the same config since I got 
one working (there seem to be all kinds of undocumented 
dependencies between options in the kernel, so a little 
trial and error is necessary to get one that flies).  I just 
run make oldconfig and update the .config and away it goes.
I don't modify any of the setup, so this is the Fedora 
kernel recompiled with all of its patches.


Well, it seemed to work with 2.6.27 as it compiled cleanly. 
 But after I installed it and built the initrd, it won't 
boot.  The message is about a segmentation fault, error 4. 
It complains that init can't start and that the interrupts 
are not synching and hangs.  I've tried many options but the 
error is always the same.


I installed the official 2.6.27 rpm package for f9 and it 
boots and runs just fine.


Has anyone else seen this, and did you get it to work 
somehow?  I am suspicious of the mkinitrd as I don't think 
it updated with the update to 2.6.27, but I don't know.


Thanks for any insight.

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Re: Upgrade to 64-bit F10

[Patrick O'Callaghan]

On Sun, 2008-11-16 at 10:01 -0500, Dave Feustel wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 10:06:52AM -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> > On Sun, 2008-11-16 at 09:32 -0500, Dave Feustel wrote:
> > > On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 03:18:28PM +0100, Boricua wrote:
> > > > I asked the same question elsewhere regarding an upgrade from F8 32bit
> > > > to F9 64bit and was told a fresh install would be required. So I
> > > > suppose the same answer applies here.  Regarding your second question,
> > > > yes Fedora 9.93 (the incoming F10) DVDs are available. However I
> > > > suggest you search for "32bit vs. 64bit" threads so you can be sure
> > > > F10 64bit is good for you. I have been in 64 bit since F9 but
> > > > configuration, due to lack of several programs in 64 bit versions, is
> > > > still not as easier as in 32bit.  Hope this helps.
> > > 
> > > I have been running 64-bit OpenBSD, FreeBSD, and SUSE 11 for a while
> > > now. I expect that I will have no more problems with 64-bit F10 than
> > > I've had with the other 64-bit systems (which is to say, essentially
> > > none except for Maxima(caused by CLISP not working in 64-bit mode), so I
> > > am eager to take advantage of the extra (and bigger) registers available
> > > in 64-bit F10.
> > > 
> > > Where are the DVDs for Rawhide/F10 available?
> > 
> > https://fedoraproject.org/get-prerelease
> 
> Thanks for this link. Unfortunately, I get a "Forbidden" message when I
> access the x64 install dvd link (to
> http://linux.nssl.noaa.gov/fedora/linux/releases/test/10-Preview/Fedora/x86_64/iso/Fedora-10-Preview-x86_64-DVD.iso
>  )
>  from either Konqueror or Firefox. How do I fix that?

Complain to the webmaster, or download the BitTorrent version (which is
what I always do anyway).

poc

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Re: Does ask Fedora still exist?

[Arthur Pemberton]

On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 2:04 AM, Ed Greshko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Arthur Pemberton wrote:
>> On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 1:04 AM, Ed Greshko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>>> Arthur Pemberton wrote:
>>>
 I have a question which I would like to ask and would only liklely not
 draw constructive responses from a mailing list.


>>> I've never heard of "Ask Fedora" in order to respond as to its existence
>>> or not.  Maybe you can elaborate?
>>>
>>> Another "idea" would be to pick a few people whose opinions/responses
>>> you feel would be of value and constructive and email them "off-list".
>>> At least you could ignore the non-constructive ones and not get dragged
>>> into a public discussion that you may rather not have.
>>>
>>
>>
>> I am referring to this:
>> https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2007-July/msg00013.html
>>
>> Rahul Sundaram made the initial announcement, and I know there were at
>> least 2 or 3 Q and As.
>>
> Well, the looking at the URL in the message I did wander over to:
>
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/NewsProject
>
> And found a "Plan of Action" that says
>
>* We will publish Fedora Weekly News
>   every week via
>  fedora-announce-list and fedora-news-list.
>* We will maintain Fedora Security Advisories
>   information from
>  fedora-package-announce.
>* We will collect general questions from Fedora Community via
>  AskFedora  and get
>  answers from Fedora Developers and Contributors.
>* We will receive feedbacks and contribution ideas from
>  fedora-news-list.
>* We will discuss any short-term or long-term goals among our teams
>  privately as well as publicly in the fedora-news-list.
>
> And the 3rd bullet has a link to http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/AskFedora
>
> And it says there
>
> *Please note, we are not a support or help line for Fedora Project. We
> will not answer any software or hardware specific questions. If you need
> a help on specific software or hardware, please use fedora-list or
> Fedora Forum!
>
> *And there is a list of Q/A but the last is from February of this
> year...so it sounds like it isn't very active.
>
> I guess you and always send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and
> see what happens


Yes, I'll have to do that. But have not need one published for awhile.
So I thought I would ask if it is still alive first.



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Re: Is this grub.conf file correct?

[Tod Merley]

On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 9:44 PM, M. Fioretti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On Sun, November 16, 2008 2:41 am, Tim wrote:
>
>> You're missing some things on the kernel line.  It should have a
>> structure like this:
>>
>>   kernel /vmlinuz  ro  root=
>>
>> Where the root parameter points to wherever "/" is located.
>
> I have added "ro root=/dev/sda3" right after the vmlinuz argument but
> nothing changes.
>
>> I'd expect you to see some sort of error message without having any
>> referral to where to find the root partition.
>
> Booting in single user mode and running dmesg the only more or less
> related lines I see are:
>
> EXT3-fs: INFO: recovery required on readonly filesystem.
> EXT3-fs: write access will be enabled during recovery. kjournald starting.
> Commit interval 5 seconds.
> EXT3-fs: recovery complete.
> EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
> type=1404 audit (122678963.153:2): enforcing =1 old_enforcing=0
> auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295
>
> a few lines below:
>
> SELINUX: initialized (dev sda3, type ext3), uses xattr
> 
> SELINUX: initialized (dev rootfs, type rootfs), uses genfs_contexts
>
> ...
>
> EXT3 FS on sda3, internal journal
> kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
> EXT3 FS on sda1, internal journal
> EXT3-fs: mouinted filesystem with ordered data mode.
> SELinux: initialized (dev sda1, type ext3), uses xattr
>
> So sda3 (/) and sda1 (/boot) are not managed in the same way, or at least
> don't generate the same notifications. But if I type mount at the prompt,
> I get:
>
> /dev/sda3 on / type ext3 (rw)
> /dev/sda1 on /boot type ext3 (rw)
>
> as expected (plus lines for proc, tmpfs, sysfs, devpts)
>
> what does all this mean&
>
> tia,
>
> Marco
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Hi Marco!

I am suspicious that the fact that you CAN boot into single user mode
means that the grub is fine.  I would guess that X is your problem.

The following to try:

1. Let the machine boot as far as it will go.  Then try an CTL+ALT+F1
.  Hopefully you will then see a login terminal.  If not boot in using
a live CD and establish a terminal. There examine /var/log/messages -
/var/log/Xorg.0.log - and anything else that comes to mind as you look
at those two.

2. Run fsck on the disk.  If you see a lot of errors consider wiping
and reloading the disk.

Good Hunting!

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Re: Make a DHCP server using Fedora - Help

[Antonio Olivares]

--- On Sun, 11/16/08, Mike Cloaked <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> From: Mike Cloaked <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: Make a DHCP server using Fedora - Help
> To: fedora-list@redhat.com
> Date: Sunday, November 16, 2008, 2:19 AM
> Antonio Olivares wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > I might go to work and try it out.  I will change the
> numbers and also add
> > more time in the leases.  I have been given great
> advice by several
> > helpful people, notably yourself, Tim and Marko (also
> Paul H. for selinux
> > denying dhpcd).  I have to make the changes in the
> /etc/dhcpd.conf file
> > and try it out.  I will test with a Windows 2000
> machine and a Fedora
> > rawhide box and upon success or failure.  I will
> report back.
> > 
> > 
> 
> I did not see the reply from Paul H on fixing the SElinux
> issues - was this
> a private reply?
no, to fedora-selinux-list
thread:  avc: denied { write } for pid=5267 comm="dhcpd" name="dhcpd.pid"
>  If so could you let us know the fix - as
> I will be moving
> to a machine running DHCP with SElinux enabled when F10
> comes out.
see below :) 
> 
> Thanks
> Mike
> -- 
> View this message in context:
> http://www.nabble.com/Make-a-DHCP-server-using-Fedora---Help-tp20511161p20523913.html
> Sent from the Fedora List mailing list archive at
> Nabble.com.
> 
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I encountered an error/avc denial:
running 
# tail -f /var/log/messages:

--
Nov 14 20:03:40 localhost kernel: type=1400
audit(1226714620.135:183): avc:  denied  { read } for  pid=5267
comm="dhcpd" name="dhcpd.pid" dev=dm-0 ino=3244731
scontext=unconfined_u:system_r:dhcpd_t:s0
tcontext=unconfined_u:object_r:var_run_t:s0 tclass=file Nov 14
20:03:40 localhost kernel: type=1400 audit(1226714620.135:184): avc:
denied  { write } for  pid=5267 comm="dhcpd" name="dhcpd.pid"
dev=dm-0 ino=3244731scontext=unconfined_u:system_r:dhcpd_t:s0
tcontext=unconfined_u:object_r:var_run_t:s0 tclass=file Nov 14
20:03:40 localhost dhcpd: Can't create PID file /var/run/dhcpd.pid:
Permission denied.
 
How can I allow it to work?  
 
Setroubleshoot has not kicked in to warn me so I do not know a fix as
of this moment :(  

/var/run/dhcpd.pid should be dhcpd_var_run_t, not var_run_t.
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Paul replied: 

Try:
# restorecon -v /var/run /var/run/dhcpd.pid

Paul.
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answered my question/plea for help.

Regards,

Antonio




  

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Re: gnome - f10 - root login

[Dave Feustel]

On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 10:19:10AM -0500, Tom Horsley wrote:
> On Sun, 16 Nov 2008 07:01:38 -0800
> "bruce" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> > is there a way around this behavior?
> 
> In the file /etc/pam.d/gdm, find the line that has the
> suffix " user != root quiet" and just delete that
> suffix. Now root can login and you can be badgered by
> hordes of anal-retentive security freaks about how
> unsafe that is because X toolkits are horribly insecure
> (wait, wouldn't that mean it was unsafe to login
> as any user if I don't want security holes giving
> access to that user's data? :-).

My experience as a former political activist leads me to believe that
linux security is pretty good UNLESS you irritate people from agencies
with 3/6 letter names. Then about all you can do re subsequent DOS
attacks is suffer while you wait for the miscreants to go away. Of
course, once your name is on their lists, it never gets taken off. You
can look forward to repeat visits. :-)

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Re: gnome - f10 - root login

[Tom Horsley]

On Sun, 16 Nov 2008 07:01:38 -0800
"bruce" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> is there a way around this behavior?

In the file /etc/pam.d/gdm, find the line that has the
suffix " user != root quiet" and just delete that
suffix. Now root can login and you can be badgered by
hordes of anal-retentive security freaks about how
unsafe that is because X toolkits are horribly insecure
(wait, wouldn't that mean it was unsafe to login
as any user if I don't want security holes giving
access to that user's data? :-).

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Re: Root password disappears at every login, was "Cannot login as root"

[M. Fioretti]

On Sun, November 16, 2008 3:50 pm, Bill Davidsen wrote:


> It seems to me that your real problems would be
> sooner solved if you identified why you can't run
> with SElinux active.

theoretically, yes, and thanks in advance for any
tip on how to do this, really.

In practice, what happened is that the installation process went orribly
wrong (it said "installation successful" but left the system in a mess,
without kernel and other essential packages, probably because of a full
/var and/or /tmp), so I had to redo everything by hand. See my messages in
the last 24 hours.

However, right now I absolutely need to get this box up and running to do
some stuff on it which requires F9 (not 10) and I have to deliver tomorrow
night.

The reasons for that are not worth discussing here, but this is why I am
ignoring SELinux **for the moment**. Again, suggestions are welcome, but I
will have to apply them _after_ I have finished those other things. At
that point, I'll either fix SELinux or just reinstall from scratch...

Thanks,
Marco

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Re: F9 and move to Hyperthreaded processor

[Jerry Feldman]

On 11/15/2008 06:03 PM, Bob Kinney wrote:

Hello--

I am running F9 on an older box that has a Pentium 4 non-hyperthreaded 
processor--it works great.


I want to plop in a hyperthreaded processor--let's assume here that the 
processor and mainboard are compatible and working fine together.

When I fire this system back up, how will the kernel react?  


I have read that SMP is built into the kernel already, so will it simply
pick up on the "extra" processor and begin working in hyperthreaded/dual
processor mode or will this be an OS rebuild event (or something 
in between)?
  
Be wary of hyperthreading. AFAIK, Intel no longer supports this feature 
in their processors. First, there are a number of applications that 
actually suffer from hyperthreading. For instance, my company's product 
runs significantly slower on a system with hyperthreading enabled.  So, 
make sure you runs some tests. It was a good idea to extend the old 
single core processors. A colleague of mine also found some bugs in the 
microcode.


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gnome - f10 - root login

[bruce]

hi...

haven't yet installed f20, but i've seen a few articles/postings that imply
that you can no longer log in to the gnome desktop as "root".

is this correct? is there a way around this behavior?

as a user, there are times when i want to login as root, is gnome now going
in the direction of imposing a behavior on me.

thanks


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Re: Upgrade to 64-bit F10

[Dave Feustel]

On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 10:06:52AM -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> On Sun, 2008-11-16 at 09:32 -0500, Dave Feustel wrote:
> > On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 03:18:28PM +0100, Boricua wrote:
> > > I asked the same question elsewhere regarding an upgrade from F8 32bit
> > > to F9 64bit and was told a fresh install would be required. So I
> > > suppose the same answer applies here.  Regarding your second question,
> > > yes Fedora 9.93 (the incoming F10) DVDs are available. However I
> > > suggest you search for "32bit vs. 64bit" threads so you can be sure
> > > F10 64bit is good for you. I have been in 64 bit since F9 but
> > > configuration, due to lack of several programs in 64 bit versions, is
> > > still not as easier as in 32bit.  Hope this helps.
> > 
> > I have been running 64-bit OpenBSD, FreeBSD, and SUSE 11 for a while
> > now. I expect that I will have no more problems with 64-bit F10 than
> > I've had with the other 64-bit systems (which is to say, essentially
> > none except for Maxima(caused by CLISP not working in 64-bit mode), so I
> > am eager to take advantage of the extra (and bigger) registers available
> > in 64-bit F10.
> > 
> > Where are the DVDs for Rawhide/F10 available?
> 
> https://fedoraproject.org/get-prerelease

Thanks for this link. Unfortunately, I get a "Forbidden" message when I
access the x64 install dvd link (to
http://linux.nssl.noaa.gov/fedora/linux/releases/test/10-Preview/Fedora/x86_64/iso/Fedora-10-Preview-x86_64-DVD.iso
 )
 from either Konqueror or Firefox. How do I fix that?

Thanks.

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Re: free memory

[Bill Davidsen]

Steve West wrote:
I am running Fedora 9 x86 64 bit. I have 8 gigs of memory in the 
system.I wrote a program to malloc 4 gigs of memory space. Free shows 
nearly the same result before and during the execution of the program. 
Why does free not show that 4 gigs where allocated and used? How do I 
show the true memory usage?
 
You already have. Your program is not using that memory, or using it like a 
sparse file or something.


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Re: Root password disappears at every login, was "Cannot login as root"

[Bill Davidsen]

M. Fioretti wrote:

On Sun, November 16, 2008 3:34 pm, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:



Is this F10? If so, be aware that gdm on F10 doesn't allow root to log

in directly.

No, it's F9, sorry for not mentioning it. I have solved this problem just
a couple minutes ago, when I wrote SELINUX=disabled in /etc/selinux/conf.

It turns out that it isn't enough, not on this system anyway, to add
"enforcing 0" to the kernel boot options.

Now I'm fighting with networking.

I was able to run yum install for all of Gnome, so I had networking
running perfectly. Now it stopped...That's another thread, however.

It seems to me that your real problems would be sooner solved if you identified 
why you can't run with SElinux active. That should not be needed, it isn't on 
any of my three F10 system, admittedly all test boxes, but working none the less.


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Re: kernel 2.6.27 problems booting

[Peter Reed]

On Sunday 16 November 2008 07:40:04 am Peter Reed wrote:
> On Saturday 15 November 2008 10:23:09 pm Waleed Harbi wrote:
> > -The High Precision Event Timer (HPET) hardware is the future replacement
> > -for the 8254 and Real Time Clock (RTC) periodic timer functionality.
> > -Each HPET can have up to 32 timers.  It is possible to configure the
> > -first two timers as legacy replacements for 8254 and RTC periodic
> > timers. -A specification done by Intel and Microsoft can be found at
> > -.
> >
> > http://www.linuxhq.com/kernel/v2.6/27-git8/Documentation/hpet.txt
> >
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HPET
>
> Thanks for the information, however the intel link is dead. The bugzilla,
> http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11418,  link does say something
> about the fact that it is a timer seems to be a problem specifically on amd
> processors, although it does not affect my desktop computer but only my
> laptop which is a newer generation of amd processor.  If you read the
> bugzilla entry it seems to be fixed in the 2.6.27-5 kernel, so a permanent
> solution is on the way.  Thanks again.
>
> Peter

Here is the link to the intel spec for any one interested:
http://www.intel.com/hardwaredesign/hpetspec_1.pdf

Peter

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Re: [sudo-users] [Fwd: Quota function]

[Jerry Feldman]

On 11/15/2008 09:49 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Hello to you,

If I want to disable to enter password :
managerALL= (ALL) NOPASSWD:/usr/sbin/edquota, /usr/bin/quota

Is it right format ?

  
This would allow the user (manager) to run /usr/sbin/edquota and 
/usr/bin/quota. Remember that sudo is configured to run from a terminal 
not from a script. 


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Re: Root password disappears at every login, was "Cannot login as root"

[M. Fioretti]

On Sun, November 16, 2008 3:34 pm, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:


>
> Is this F10? If so, be aware that gdm on F10 doesn't allow root to log
in directly.

No, it's F9, sorry for not mentioning it. I have solved this problem just
a couple minutes ago, when I wrote SELINUX=disabled in /etc/selinux/conf.

It turns out that it isn't enough, not on this system anyway, to add
"enforcing 0" to the kernel boot options.

Now I'm fighting with networking.

I was able to run yum install for all of Gnome, so I had networking
running perfectly. Now it stopped...That's another thread, however.

Thank,
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Re: kernel 2.6.27 problems booting

[Peter Reed]

On Saturday 15 November 2008 10:23:09 pm Waleed Harbi wrote:
> -The High Precision Event Timer (HPET) hardware is the future replacement
> -for the 8254 and Real Time Clock (RTC) periodic timer functionality.
> -Each HPET can have up to 32 timers.  It is possible to configure the
> -first two timers as legacy replacements for 8254 and RTC periodic timers.
> -A specification done by Intel and Microsoft can be found at
> -.
>
> http://www.linuxhq.com/kernel/v2.6/27-git8/Documentation/hpet.txt
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HPET
>

Thanks for the information, however the intel link is dead. The bugzilla, 
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11418,  link does say something 
about the fact that it is a timer seems to be a problem specifically on amd 
processors, although it does not affect my desktop computer but only my 
laptop which is a newer generation of amd processor.  If you read the 
bugzilla entry it seems to be fixed in the 2.6.27-5 kernel, so a permanent 
solution is on the way.  Thanks again.

Peter

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Re: Upgrade to 64-bit F10

[Patrick O'Callaghan]

On Sun, 2008-11-16 at 09:32 -0500, Dave Feustel wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 03:18:28PM +0100, Boricua wrote:
> > I asked the same question elsewhere regarding an upgrade from F8 32bit
> > to F9 64bit and was told a fresh install would be required. So I
> > suppose the same answer applies here.  Regarding your second question,
> > yes Fedora 9.93 (the incoming F10) DVDs are available. However I
> > suggest you search for "32bit vs. 64bit" threads so you can be sure
> > F10 64bit is good for you. I have been in 64 bit since F9 but
> > configuration, due to lack of several programs in 64 bit versions, is
> > still not as easier as in 32bit.  Hope this helps.
> 
> I have been running 64-bit OpenBSD, FreeBSD, and SUSE 11 for a while
> now. I expect that I will have no more problems with 64-bit F10 than
> I've had with the other 64-bit systems (which is to say, essentially
> none except for Maxima(caused by CLISP not working in 64-bit mode), so I
> am eager to take advantage of the extra (and bigger) registers available
> in 64-bit F10.
> 
> Where are the DVDs for Rawhide/F10 available?

https://fedoraproject.org/get-prerelease

poc

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Re: Root password disappears at every login, was "Cannot login as root"

[Patrick O'Callaghan]

On Sun, 2008-11-16 at 13:13 +0100, M. Fioretti wrote:
> On Sun, November 16, 2008 7:00 am, M. Fioretti wrote:
> >
>  I get the login prompt, type root, after a few seconds I get the login
>  prompt again, the pc never asks for a password.
> >
> >
> > after studying the dmesg output... I had an inspiration and disabled
> SELINUX by
> > adding "enforcing 0" at the end of the kernel line in grub.conf.
> 
> that made the password prompt appear and I was able to login as root
> several times.
> 
> After that, I installed with yum at the command line X (with nvidia
> drivers from rpmfusion) and then did a
> 
> yum groupinstall 'Gnome Desktop Environment'
> yum groupinstall XFCE
> 
> without noticing any errors. Then I set inittab to runlevel 5, rebooted
> and got the graphical login screen. Logged in as root, found everything OK
> in Gnome, created a normal user and rebooted.
> 
> Since then, root password doesn't work anymore. If I login as the other
> user it works, but if I login as root or type "su -" I get a "password
> incorrect" message. If I boot in single mode and set again the root
> password I get "all authentication tokens updated successfully" but the
> password doesn't last.
> 
> Next login as root, I get "password incorrect' again
> Any idea on what the problem could be now and why is only the root account
> having it?

Is this F10? If so, be aware that gdm on F10 doesn't allow root to log
in directly.

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Re: Upgrade to 64-bit F10

[Dave Feustel]

On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 03:18:28PM +0100, Boricua wrote:
> I asked the same question elsewhere regarding an upgrade from F8 32bit
> to F9 64bit and was told a fresh install would be required. So I
> suppose the same answer applies here.  Regarding your second question,
> yes Fedora 9.93 (the incoming F10) DVDs are available. However I
> suggest you search for "32bit vs. 64bit" threads so you can be sure
> F10 64bit is good for you. I have been in 64 bit since F9 but
> configuration, due to lack of several programs in 64 bit versions, is
> still not as easier as in 32bit.  Hope this helps.

I have been running 64-bit OpenBSD, FreeBSD, and SUSE 11 for a while
now. I expect that I will have no more problems with 64-bit F10 than
I've had with the other 64-bit systems (which is to say, essentially
none except for Maxima(caused by CLISP not working in 64-bit mode), so I
am eager to take advantage of the extra (and bigger) registers available
in 64-bit F10.

Where are the DVDs for Rawhide/F10 available?

Thanks.

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Re: Problem with Intel Wireless (iwl4965) on HP 8510w laptop

[gvdb]

When working in vista I also detected low wireless speed if I copied files to a 
networkshare.
After changing the channel on the router to 6 (
non-overlapping [1] channel) things worked a lot faster. Maybe that also gave 
problems with connecting,disconnecting, no connection in fedora.

I also installed the F10-preview with kernel 2.6.27.5-109.fc10.i686.PAE, and no 
problems anymore.


Links:
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Re: Upgrade to 64-bit F10

[Boricua]

I asked the same question elsewhere regarding an upgrade from F8 32bit to F9 
64bit and was told a fresh install would be required. So I suppose the same 
answer applies here.
Regarding your second question, yes Fedora 9.93 (the incoming F10) DVDs are 
available. However I suggest you search for "32bit vs. 64bit" threads so you 
can be sure F10 64bit is good for you. I have been in 64 bit since F9 but 
configuration, due to lack of several programs in 64 bit versions, is still not 
as easier as in 32bit.
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Re: free memory

[Peter Arremann]

On Sunday 16 November 2008 08:30:51 am Steve West wrote:
> I am running Fedora 9 x86 64 bit. I have 8 gigs of memory in the system.I
> wrote a program to malloc 4 gigs of memory space. Free shows nearly the
> same result before and during the execution of the program. Why does free
> not show that 4 gigs where allocated and used? How do I show the true
> memory usage?
>
> Steve

What you encounter is a documented, intended behavior. Different people refer 
to it by different names like delayed allocation or memory overcommit, but it 
addresses all the same issue. Essentially, there are so many programs out 
there that ask for memory and never use it, the kernel will overcommit 
memory. That means that malloc (with few exceptions) will succeed even if you 
don't really have that memory available. It isn't actually allocated until 
your process uses it. 

Change your program to touch every page of the memory you allocated (simple 
for loop accessing one word in each page is sufficient) and you'll see the 
memory usage of your program increase steadily. 

Search google for memory overcommit or delayed allocation. 
http://opsmonkey.blogspot.com/2007/01/linux-memory-overcommit.html

Peter.

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free memory

[Steve West]

I am running Fedora 9 x86 64 bit. I have 8 gigs of memory in the system.I wrote 
a program to malloc 4 gigs of memory space. Free shows nearly the same result 
before and during the execution of the program. Why does free not show that 4 
gigs where allocated and used? How do I show the true memory usage?

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Root password disappears at every login, was "Cannot login as root"

[M. Fioretti]

On Sun, November 16, 2008 7:00 am, M. Fioretti wrote:
>
 I get the login prompt, type root, after a few seconds I get the login
 prompt again, the pc never asks for a password.
>
>
> after studying the dmesg output... I had an inspiration and disabled
SELINUX by
> adding "enforcing 0" at the end of the kernel line in grub.conf.

that made the password prompt appear and I was able to login as root
several times.

After that, I installed with yum at the command line X (with nvidia
drivers from rpmfusion) and then did a

yum groupinstall 'Gnome Desktop Environment'
yum groupinstall XFCE

without noticing any errors. Then I set inittab to runlevel 5, rebooted
and got the graphical login screen. Logged in as root, found everything OK
in Gnome, created a normal user and rebooted.

Since then, root password doesn't work anymore. If I login as the other
user it works, but if I login as root or type "su -" I get a "password
incorrect" message. If I boot in single mode and set again the root
password I get "all authentication tokens updated successfully" but the
password doesn't last.

Next login as root, I get "password incorrect' again
Any idea on what the problem could be now and why is only the root account
having it?

Thanks,
Marco


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Re: f9 Preupgrade stalled?

[Dave Feustel]

On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 11:52:58PM -0500, Kevin J. Cummings wrote:
> Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
>> On Sat, 2008-11-15 at 19:28 -0500, Dave Feustel wrote:
>>> On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 06:56:19PM -0500, Kevin J. Cummings wrote:
 Dave Feustel wrote:
  > Well, I rebooted and the kermel panick. Here are the last few 
 lines  before
> the system halted:
>
>   Freeing unused kernel memory: 412K freed
>   Write protecting the kernel text: 2732K
>   Write protecting the kernel read-only data: 1176K
>   Faild to execute /iniit
  ^^

 Is this a typo?  Or does it really say /iniit?
>>> Typo. I didn't notice it until I got my posting back.
>>> There is no /init file/dir on my system which rebooted into F9
>>> when I reset it.
>>
>> It's /sbin/init by default (see bootparams(7)).
>
> And if it can't be found, maybe its because the grub bootloader couldn't  
> find the correct root partition?  Maybe some earlier messages would now  
> be helpful?

I have never done anything with grub. AFIK, I have only one boot
partition (unless preupgrade built another one on my single disk drive).
Could you explain this in more detail?

Thanks.

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Fedora 8 md (soft)raid-devices superblocks

[Frank Murphy]

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With an imminent ug to F9,
would like to know how to backup the superblocks on /dev/md* Raid1
and if said ug would corrupt such backups?

In one case there are 3 soft-raids on 2 mirrored physical drives.
sd1,2,3 sdb1,2,3.
Anything extra to watch there.

Frank


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Re: Make a DHCP server using Fedora - Help

[edwardspl]

Mike Cloaked wrote:

>Mike Cloaked wrote:
>  
>
>>I did not see the reply from Paul H on fixing the SElinux issues - was
>>this a private reply?  If so could you let us know the fix - as I will be
>>moving to a machine running DHCP with SElinux enabled when F10 comes out.
>>
>>
>I was looking through the selinux list and just saw the reply there - I did
>not realise you had posted on that list also
>  
>
Hello,

What is the output by the following ?
cat /etc/selinux/config

Thanks !

Edward.
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Re: External hard disk or USB errors

[Da Rock]

On Sun, 2008-11-16 at 13:35 +0530, Vikram Goyal wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 04, 2008 at 09:44:25PM +, Stewart Williams wrote:
> > I have an external USB Maxtor OneTouch 160GB hard disk attached to one of 
> > my systems and occasionally after the drive has been connected for  
> > sometime, randomly it un-mounts and I have to turn it off and on again  
> > before I can re-mount it.
> >
> > The following errors are logged (please see attached file for full log):
> >
> > ...
> >
> > Nov  4 17:10:21 server1 kernel: usb 5-7: USB disconnect, address 68
> > Nov  4 17:10:21 server1 kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sda5, logical
> > block 731
> > Nov  4 17:10:21 server1 kernel: lost page write due to I/O error on sda5
> > Nov  4 17:10:21 server1 kernel: Aborting journal on device sda5.
> > Nov  4 17:10:21 server1 kernel: journal commit I/O error
> > Nov  4 17:10:21 server1 kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sda5, logical
> > block 11
> > Nov  4 17:10:21 server1 kernel: lost page write due to I/O error on sda5
> > Nov  4 17:10:21 server1 kernel: usb 5-7: new high speed USB device using
> > ehci_hcd and address 69
> > Nov  4 17:10:21 server1 kernel: usb 5-7: configuration #1 chosen from 1
> > choice
> > Nov  4 17:10:21 server1 kernel: scsi190 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass
> > Storage devices
> > Nov  4 17:10:21 server1 kernel: usb-storage: device found at 69
> > Nov  4 17:10:21 server1 kernel: usb-storage: waiting for device to
> > settle before scanning
> >
> > ...
> >
> > Can anyone shine any light on wether it's a power, USB, hard disk  
> > (failure pending?) or some other problem.
> >
> > It only does now and again; but it is of concern.
> >
> > Many Thanks.
> 
> > Nov  4 08:53:53 server1 kernel: usb 5-7: USB disconnect, address 67
> > Nov  4 08:54:08 server1 kernel: usb 5-7: new high speed USB device using
> > ehci_hcd and address 68
> > Nov  4 08:54:08 server1 kernel: usb 5-7: configuration #1 chosen from 1
> > choice
> > Nov  4 08:54:08 server1 kernel: scsi189 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass
> > Storage devices
> > Nov  4 08:54:08 server1 kernel: usb-storage: device found at 68
> > Nov  4 08:54:08 server1 kernel: usb-storage: waiting for device to
> > settle before scanning
> > Nov  4 08:54:13 server1 kernel: scsi 189:0:0:0: Direct-Access Maxtor
> >   OneTouch 0201 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS
> > Nov  4 08:54:13 server1 kernel: sd 189:0:0:0: [sda] 240119808 512-byte
> > hardware sectors (122941 MB)
> > Nov  4 08:54:13 server1 kernel: sd 189:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
> > Nov  4 08:54:13 server1 kernel: sd 189:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 1c 00 00 00
> > Nov  4 08:54:13 server1 kernel: sd 189:0:0:0: [sda] Assuming drive
> > cache: write through
> > Nov  4 08:54:13 server1 kernel: sd 189:0:0:0: [sda] 240119808 512-byte
> > hardware sectors (122941 MB)
> > Nov  4 08:54:14 server1 kernel: sd 189:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
> > Nov  4 08:54:14 server1 kernel: sd 189:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 1c 00 00 00
> > Nov  4 08:54:14 server1 kernel: sd 189:0:0:0: [sda] Assuming drive
> > cache: write through
> > Nov  4 08:54:14 server1 kernel:  sda: sda1 < sda5 >
> > Nov  4 08:54:14 server1 kernel: sd 189:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI disk
> > Nov  4 08:54:14 server1 kernel: usb-storage: device scan complete
> > Nov  4 09:00:08 server1 kernel: kjournald starting.  Commit interval 5
> > seconds
> > Nov  4 09:00:08 server1 kernel: EXT3-fs warning: maximal mount count
> > reached, running e2fsck is recommended
> > Nov  4 09:00:08 server1 kernel: EXT3 FS on sda5, internal journal
> > Nov  4 09:00:08 server1 kernel: EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered
> > data mode.
> > Nov  4 17:10:21 server1 kernel: usb 5-7: USB disconnect, address 68
> > Nov  4 17:10:21 server1 kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sda5, logical
> > block 731
> > Nov  4 17:10:21 server1 kernel: lost page write due to I/O error on sda5
> > Nov  4 17:10:21 server1 kernel: Aborting journal on device sda5.
> > Nov  4 17:10:21 server1 kernel: journal commit I/O error
> > Nov  4 17:10:21 server1 kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sda5, logical
> > block 11
> > Nov  4 17:10:21 server1 kernel: lost page write due to I/O error on sda5
> > Nov  4 17:10:21 server1 kernel: usb 5-7: new high speed USB device using
> > ehci_hcd and address 69
> > Nov  4 17:10:21 server1 kernel: usb 5-7: configuration #1 chosen from 1
> > choice
> > Nov  4 17:10:21 server1 kernel: scsi190 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass
> > Storage devices
> > Nov  4 17:10:21 server1 kernel: usb-storage: device found at 69
> > Nov  4 17:10:21 server1 kernel: usb-storage: waiting for device to
> > settle before scanning
> > Nov  4 17:10:26 server1 kernel: scsi 190:0:0:0: Direct-Access Maxtor
> >   OneTouch 0201 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS
> > Nov  4 17:10:26 server1 kernel: sd 190:0:0:0: [sdb] 240119808 512-byte
> > hardware sectors (122941 MB)
> > Nov  4 17:10:27 server1 kernel: sd 190:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
> > Nov  4 17:10:27 server1 kernel: sd 190:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 1c 00 00 00
> 

Re: Make a DHCP server using Fedora - Help

[Mike Cloaked]

Mike Cloaked wrote:
> 
> 
> I did not see the reply from Paul H on fixing the SElinux issues - was
> this a private reply?  If so could you let us know the fix - as I will be
> moving to a machine running DHCP with SElinux enabled when F10 comes out.
> 
> 

I was looking through the selinux list and just saw the reply there - I did
not realise you had posted on that list also
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Re: Make a DHCP server using Fedora - Help

[Mike Cloaked]

Antonio Olivares wrote:
> 
> 
> I might go to work and try it out.  I will change the numbers and also add
> more time in the leases.  I have been given great advice by several
> helpful people, notably yourself, Tim and Marko (also Paul H. for selinux
> denying dhpcd).  I have to make the changes in the /etc/dhcpd.conf file
> and try it out.  I will test with a Windows 2000 machine and a Fedora
> rawhide box and upon success or failure.  I will report back.
> 
> 

I did not see the reply from Paul H on fixing the SElinux issues - was this
a private reply?  If so could you let us know the fix - as I will be moving
to a machine running DHCP with SElinux enabled when F10 comes out.

Thanks
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Re: Yumex errors after running Fedora updates

[Anthony Irven Scott]

On Sat, 2008-11-15 at 22:48 -0500, Steven W. Orr wrote:
> On Friday, Nov 14th 2008 at 14:34 -, quoth Alex Makhlin:
> 
> =>Hi all,
> =>
> =>I just installed the latest fedora updates and now Yumex no longer works. I 
> am
> =>getting the following errors when trying to open Yumex.
> =>
> =>Error Type: 
> =>Error Value: No id element found
> => File : /usr/share/yumex/yumex.py , line 737, in 
> =>   mainApp = YumexApplication()
> => File : /usr/share/yumex/yumex.py , line 446, in __init__
> =>   self.setupYum()
> => File : /usr/share/yumex/yumex.py , line 467, in setupYum
> =>   self.yumbase._setupBase()
> => File : /usr/share/yumex/yumapi.py , line 80, in _setupBase
> =>   self._setupUpdateMetadata()
> => File : /usr/share/yumex/yumapi.py , line 137, in _setupUpdateMetadata
> =>   self.updateMetadata.add(repo)
> => File : /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/update_md.py , line 319, in add
> =>   un = UpdateNotice(elem)
> => File : /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/update_md.py , line 69, in
> =>__init__
> =>   self._parse(elem)
> => File : /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/update_md.py , line 146, in
> =>_parse
> =>   raise UpdateNoticeException("No id element found")
> =>
> =>I am using Python 2.6 and have tried to update Yumex but I get prompted 
> that I
> =>need Pyhthon abi 2.4 or greater to install. I am running Python abi 2.6 so
> =>that should not be the problem (unless Yumex is not compatible with Python
> =>2.6). Anyone know an answer to this problem?
> 
> I just used yumex a few days ago and it worked fine. Now I get exactly the 
> same error. Is it the case that there's external data that's causing the 
> bug to manifest? I'd be happy to provide more data if someone can tell me 
> what it is they want.
> 
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Re: F9 and move to Hyperthreaded processor

[Bob Kinney]

Ahh the beautiful simplicity...


Thanks for the responses


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> From: Patrick O'Callaghan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: F9 and move to Hyperthreaded processor
> To: fedora-list@redhat.com
> Date: Saturday, November 15, 2008, 5:41 PM
> On Sat, 2008-11-15 at 15:03 -0800, Bob Kinney wrote:
> > When I fire this system back up, how will the kernel
> react?  
> > 
> > I have read that SMP is built into the kernel already,
> so will it
> > simply
> > pick up on the "extra" processor and begin
> working in
> > hyperthreaded/dual
> > processor mode or will this be an OS rebuild event (or
> something 
> > in between)?
> 
> No rebuilding necessary. It will just work.
> 
> poc
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Re: External hard disk or USB errors

[Vikram Goyal]

On Tue, Nov 04, 2008 at 09:44:25PM +, Stewart Williams wrote:
> I have an external USB Maxtor OneTouch 160GB hard disk attached to one of 
> my systems and occasionally after the drive has been connected for  
> sometime, randomly it un-mounts and I have to turn it off and on again  
> before I can re-mount it.
>
> The following errors are logged (please see attached file for full log):
>
> ...
>
> Nov  4 17:10:21 server1 kernel: usb 5-7: USB disconnect, address 68
> Nov  4 17:10:21 server1 kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sda5, logical
> block 731
> Nov  4 17:10:21 server1 kernel: lost page write due to I/O error on sda5
> Nov  4 17:10:21 server1 kernel: Aborting journal on device sda5.
> Nov  4 17:10:21 server1 kernel: journal commit I/O error
> Nov  4 17:10:21 server1 kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sda5, logical
> block 11
> Nov  4 17:10:21 server1 kernel: lost page write due to I/O error on sda5
> Nov  4 17:10:21 server1 kernel: usb 5-7: new high speed USB device using
> ehci_hcd and address 69
> Nov  4 17:10:21 server1 kernel: usb 5-7: configuration #1 chosen from 1
> choice
> Nov  4 17:10:21 server1 kernel: scsi190 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass
> Storage devices
> Nov  4 17:10:21 server1 kernel: usb-storage: device found at 69
> Nov  4 17:10:21 server1 kernel: usb-storage: waiting for device to
> settle before scanning
>
> ...
>
> Can anyone shine any light on wether it's a power, USB, hard disk  
> (failure pending?) or some other problem.
>
> It only does now and again; but it is of concern.
>
> Many Thanks.

> Nov  4 08:53:53 server1 kernel: usb 5-7: USB disconnect, address 67
> Nov  4 08:54:08 server1 kernel: usb 5-7: new high speed USB device using
> ehci_hcd and address 68
> Nov  4 08:54:08 server1 kernel: usb 5-7: configuration #1 chosen from 1
> choice
> Nov  4 08:54:08 server1 kernel: scsi189 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass
> Storage devices
> Nov  4 08:54:08 server1 kernel: usb-storage: device found at 68
> Nov  4 08:54:08 server1 kernel: usb-storage: waiting for device to
> settle before scanning
> Nov  4 08:54:13 server1 kernel: scsi 189:0:0:0: Direct-Access Maxtor
>   OneTouch 0201 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS
> Nov  4 08:54:13 server1 kernel: sd 189:0:0:0: [sda] 240119808 512-byte
> hardware sectors (122941 MB)
> Nov  4 08:54:13 server1 kernel: sd 189:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
> Nov  4 08:54:13 server1 kernel: sd 189:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 1c 00 00 00
> Nov  4 08:54:13 server1 kernel: sd 189:0:0:0: [sda] Assuming drive
> cache: write through
> Nov  4 08:54:13 server1 kernel: sd 189:0:0:0: [sda] 240119808 512-byte
> hardware sectors (122941 MB)
> Nov  4 08:54:14 server1 kernel: sd 189:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
> Nov  4 08:54:14 server1 kernel: sd 189:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 1c 00 00 00
> Nov  4 08:54:14 server1 kernel: sd 189:0:0:0: [sda] Assuming drive
> cache: write through
> Nov  4 08:54:14 server1 kernel:  sda: sda1 < sda5 >
> Nov  4 08:54:14 server1 kernel: sd 189:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI disk
> Nov  4 08:54:14 server1 kernel: usb-storage: device scan complete
> Nov  4 09:00:08 server1 kernel: kjournald starting.  Commit interval 5
> seconds
> Nov  4 09:00:08 server1 kernel: EXT3-fs warning: maximal mount count
> reached, running e2fsck is recommended
> Nov  4 09:00:08 server1 kernel: EXT3 FS on sda5, internal journal
> Nov  4 09:00:08 server1 kernel: EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered
> data mode.
> Nov  4 17:10:21 server1 kernel: usb 5-7: USB disconnect, address 68
> Nov  4 17:10:21 server1 kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sda5, logical
> block 731
> Nov  4 17:10:21 server1 kernel: lost page write due to I/O error on sda5
> Nov  4 17:10:21 server1 kernel: Aborting journal on device sda5.
> Nov  4 17:10:21 server1 kernel: journal commit I/O error
> Nov  4 17:10:21 server1 kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sda5, logical
> block 11
> Nov  4 17:10:21 server1 kernel: lost page write due to I/O error on sda5
> Nov  4 17:10:21 server1 kernel: usb 5-7: new high speed USB device using
> ehci_hcd and address 69
> Nov  4 17:10:21 server1 kernel: usb 5-7: configuration #1 chosen from 1
> choice
> Nov  4 17:10:21 server1 kernel: scsi190 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass
> Storage devices
> Nov  4 17:10:21 server1 kernel: usb-storage: device found at 69
> Nov  4 17:10:21 server1 kernel: usb-storage: waiting for device to
> settle before scanning
> Nov  4 17:10:26 server1 kernel: scsi 190:0:0:0: Direct-Access Maxtor
>   OneTouch 0201 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS
> Nov  4 17:10:26 server1 kernel: sd 190:0:0:0: [sdb] 240119808 512-byte
> hardware sectors (122941 MB)
> Nov  4 17:10:27 server1 kernel: sd 190:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
> Nov  4 17:10:27 server1 kernel: sd 190:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 1c 00 00 00
> Nov  4 17:10:27 server1 kernel: sd 190:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive
> cache: write through
> Nov  4 17:10:27 server1 kernel: sd 190:0:0:0: [sdb] 240119808 512-byte
> hardware sectors (122941 MB)
> Nov  4 17:10:27 server1 kernel: sd 190:0:0:0: [sdb] 

Re: Does ask Fedora still exist?

[Ed Greshko]

Arthur Pemberton wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 1:04 AM, Ed Greshko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>   
>> Arthur Pemberton wrote:
>> 
>>> I have a question which I would like to ask and would only liklely not
>>> draw constructive responses from a mailing list.
>>>
>>>   
>> I've never heard of "Ask Fedora" in order to respond as to its existence
>> or not.  Maybe you can elaborate?
>>
>> Another "idea" would be to pick a few people whose opinions/responses
>> you feel would be of value and constructive and email them "off-list".
>> At least you could ignore the non-constructive ones and not get dragged
>> into a public discussion that you may rather not have.
>> 
>
>
> I am referring to this:
> https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2007-July/msg00013.html
>
> Rahul Sundaram made the initial announcement, and I know there were at
> least 2 or 3 Q and As.
>   
Well, the looking at the URL in the message I did wander over to:

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/NewsProject

And found a "Plan of Action" that says

* We will publish Fedora Weekly News
   every week via
  fedora-announce-list and fedora-news-list.
* We will maintain Fedora Security Advisories
   information from
  fedora-package-announce.
* We will collect general questions from Fedora Community via
  AskFedora  and get
  answers from Fedora Developers and Contributors.
* We will receive feedbacks and contribution ideas from
  fedora-news-list.
* We will discuss any short-term or long-term goals among our teams
  privately as well as publicly in the fedora-news-list.

And the 3rd bullet has a link to http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/AskFedora

And it says there

*Please note, we are not a support or help line for Fedora Project. We
will not answer any software or hardware specific questions. If you need
a help on specific software or hardware, please use fedora-list or
Fedora Forum!

*And there is a list of Q/A but the last is from February of this
year...so it sounds like it isn't very active.

I guess you and always send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and
see what happens






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