Re: Reading Pictures off of SD card Problem
On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 9:46 AM, Jim mickey...@sbcglobal.net wrote: FC11/KDE Attempting to read Pictures on mounted SD card. If i tell it to use DigiKam it will read the card and display pictures. If I tell it to use Filemanager it will open the wine.cfg window, there are no wine apps on SD card , just pictures. I uninstalled wine, but no help, If I tell it to use Filemanager it still looking for wine.cfg. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines Hi Jim! If I were you I would open a shell, obtain root privilege, use mount to see where the SD card is mounted, navigate to that point and use ls -a -l to poke around and see what is up. Other than that I would look into how to tell Filemanager to respond to Wine type files (a mime type or two I suppose) and disable the association it tries to use to process the files on the SD card. Good Hunting! Tod -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: OT: wifi antennas
On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 7:45 AM, Paul Smith phh...@gmail.com wrote: Dear All, Could someone please advise me regarding USB antennas to improve the reception wifi Internet signal? Thanks in advance, Paul -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines Hi Paul Smith, It is kind of a strange arrangement but seems to work well. I have a small D-Link wireless router. It has two small RF connectors on the back which it also has two small (about five inches high) antennas meant to be screwed into them. One is. The other connects to a thin coaxial cable which runs to a much larger (perhaps nine inches high) antenna on a shelf some three feet above the router below. It is one I picked up at a PC recycling place for about ten dollars. It seems to perform very well. Have a lot of fun! Tod -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: help
On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 11:18 AM, Md. Nazmul Hamid Reza [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi i am running fedora 9 shulphur. i could not install any software in it. when i try to install then it shows 'You don't have the necessary privileges to install local packages'. what can i do? plz help me -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines Hi Nazmul Hamid Reza! You need to become the Super User (root). Most use the su command (do a man su at a terminal prompt to view a simple manual on su). If you are trying to install from a graphics program use a gksu mygraphicscommand to execute it. Hopefully the links below will be useful to you: # Here: http://www.linux-tutorial.info/modules.php?name=MContentpageid=69 # I found: You can change your UID while you are working by using the su command. What does su stand for? Well, that's a good question. I have seen several different translations in books and from people on the Internet. I say that it means switch UID, as that's what it does. However, other possibilities include switch user and super-user. This command sets your UID to a new one. The syntax is su user_name where user_name is the logname of the user whose UID you want to use. After running the command, you have a UID of that user. The shortcoming with this is that all that is changed is the UID and GID; you still have the environment of the original user. If you want the system to pretend as though you had actually logged in, include a dash (-). The command would then be su - user_name What is actually happening is that you are running a new shell as that user. (Check the ps output to see that this is a new process.) Therefore, to switch back, you don't need to use su again, but just exit that shell. We need to remember that a shell is the primary means by which users gain access to the system. Once they do gain access, their ability to move around the system (in terms of reading files or executing programs) depends on two things: permissions and privileges. In general, there is no need to switch groups. A user can be listed in more than one group in /etc/group and the system will grant access to files and directories accordingly. http://tldp.org Have a lot of fun! Tod -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: Can not boot Fedora 10 after moving disk to another computer
On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 10:53 AM, Paulo Cavalcanti [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I have made a clean install of Fedora 10 two days ago. Today, I moved the disk to a brand new computer with an Intel DG45ID mobo, an Intel onboard video (the previous computer had a nividia card). The boot goes fine until the point where it starts anacron, and then stops forever. The last services started were, NMB, atd, avahi, cups, anacron. I can boot this computer with a Fedora 10 on a USB stick, and access the hard disk, but it always stops after stating anacron, when I try to boot using the hard disk. Does anyone have any clue about what is happening here? Thanks. -- Paulo Roma Cavalcanti LCG - UFRJ -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines Hi Paulo Roma Cavalcanti! My guess is that the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file is for your old rather than new computer. You would probably find some (EE) lines in your /var/log/Xorg.0.log file and some things in /var/log/messages.. When you boot from the USB stick look at the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file on the stick and compare with the one on the disk (same directory and name and all). Make a copy of your disk's current xorg.conf file and then edit to access the same display and video interface as does the one on your USB stick. I think that it is likey that a ctl+alt+F1 would access the usual terminal login booting your system as it is.. ctl+alt+F7 should return you to your non working X server. Have a lot of fun! Tod -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: Is this grub.conf file correct?
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 -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines 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! Tod -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: PLEASE HELP - Video Resolution keeps changing
On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 9:22 AM, Jim [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: FC 8 KDE Using the nv or nividia driver,the Video resolution keeps changing after I set it in system-config-display to 1024x768. It always changes to higher resolution after rebooting box. I have four other new Linux users that are having the same problem, and they very unhappy with Linux because of this. What is causing this problem ?? I use KDE and so does the other four new LInux users, and I can't update to FC 9 or 10 because KDE is so unstable. Below is xorg.conf # Xorg configuration created by system-config-display -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines Hi Jim! Well, first lets find out what is going on - execute: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/var/log$ cp Xorg.0.log /home/tod/Desktop/Xorg.0.log.txt Of course you need to move to /var/log before you do this and use the actual name of your home directory to land the file on your desktop. I like to do it this way because it is convenient and kind of makes a snapshot of the log file as well. Pull the resulting file into your favorite text editor. Note at the beginning of the file those things you will find at the beginning of the line in parenthesis. Be very watchful for (WW) and especially (EE). Also be looking for the word not (as in not using). The text editor environment is nice since you can use find and find again to search for these things as you need to and move around in the file efficiently. Lets also have a look at your video hardware from the view of the pci buss. Execute (as ROOT): [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/var/log# lspci -v -v -x /home/tod/Desktop/lspci.txt Again making those changes necessary to your environment. Then again pull it in to your text editor. At the bottom of the file you will usually find the video adapter. Probably you will find in the Xorg.0.log that it does not like the settings recommended in your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file and so chooses one that it does like. You may need to get the technical information on your video adapter and display to change your xorg.conf so that X can use it. Another possible way is to use a live CD (Knoppix, perhaps Fedora, Ubuntu, etc...) and see what they come up with for an xorg.conf that X likes! I have occasionally used critical portions (monitor, screen) of such a xorg.conf to modify one that was not working and had very good results. Have a lot of fun! Tod -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: IBM 19K5544 Intel Pro/100 Ethernet Adapter
On Sun, Nov 2, 2008 at 7:08 AM, Tod Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have two of these (PCI) network cards, they seem pretty nice. I'm not sure where I got them but I was wondering if they should work with Fedora? I plugged one in but lspci doesn't see it and trying to find it in dmesg failed. Just trying to avoid going out and buying new cards for an old machine I'm trying to get up and running. I have a feeling they are IBM OEM and won't work with Linux but thought I'd check before tossing them. Thanks - Tod -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines Hi Tod! I think the important thing here is that you do not see it with lspci, which I believe implies a BIOS or Hardware problem. If it were me I would: 1. Make sure you are root when running lspci. Try lspci -v -v -x and other variants. 2. Refresh the CMOS. Go to CMOS setup during boot (watch the screen - most likely it will tell you how) and select factory defaults or default settings - save and exit. Often in an old computer the CMOS battery goes low and the CMOS settings go flakey. By restoring defaults during boot you write a clean set of settings while power is held up by the computer being on. If this clears the problem, replace the battery. Sometimes it works to remove the CMOS battery and do the above test. See if lspci sees it now. 3. Try another PCI slot on your machine. 4. Confirm that the card works in another machine. 5. Obtain service manual for card and motherboard and look for an issue related to PCI bus setup (run - update-pciids ? ). Google is our friend with this kind of thing. Good Hunting! Tod -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: No Sound in FC 8
On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 11:20 AM, Jim [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: FC 8/ KDE Using a SB Live EMU10K1, snd-emu10k1 module . If I run the SoundCard Detection Tool , It will play sound. If I try to play FlashPlayer on youtube.com or a Mplayer video(I get video) but I don't get any sound. libflashsupport is installed. If I do a Sound playback in KDE control Center I get NO Sound. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines Hi Jim! Your probably way ahead of me on this but most sound problems such as you indicate here I find related to the volume settings. Try clicking the speaker icon once to check the general volume. If OK then double click and run through the Playback settings making sure the desired one is not only up but also not muted (little red X on most of them). Also take note of the Edit Preferences in the drop down menu. Other than that I would look in /var/log/messages, /var/log/dmesg, and /var/log/kern. You might also try running with SELinux disabled for a session. Good Hunting Tod -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: Fedora 9 Boot Problem
On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 2:25 PM, Jack Lauman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I tied setting up a software RAID1 during the install but I kept getting an error saying that there was an existing partition on the second disk. I checked with fdisk /dev/sdb and found that there were no partitions that fdisk could see. I've never had this problem before. Is there something that changed in the Fedora 9 install procedure where RAID setups are concerned? Jack Aldo Foot wrote: On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 12:01 PM, Craig White [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: BIOS Raid1 ? on ASUS motherboard? sounds like fake raid and wouldn't be supported...at least not without some tacky vendor supplied driver. Perhaps you need to give us info on this BIOS RAID (lspci -v) I have a SuperMicro mobo that allows me to setup a Raid1 config. But a driver must be supplied during the OS installation so the OS can see and use the raid. The raid card has its own firmware and bios. The raid card's BIOS can be accessed during POST by pressing some key combination. ~af -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines Hi Jack Lauman! I can find no Linux raid driver support for your SB700 south bridge. It would appear that work to support this chipset is recent - see: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/195354 Nice MB! Have a lot of fun! Tod -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: hwclock can cause system lockup
On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 7:09 AM, Chris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2008/10/17 g [EMAIL PROTECTED]: if you would like to make your life a little easier, set up one of your local boxes, that has internet access, to act as a local server. let it check 'outside' for time, then you can sync all boxes to a local time server and *all* of you local network will be in sync. check '/usr/share/doc/ntp*' where you will find info about 'local ntp'. Thanks for the idea but these machines are sent out to various sites, many of which do not have any connection to the outside world. The application running on these machines requires accurate time which is why the system clock is periodically synched to the hardware clock, since it is more accurate in the absence of NTP. also, if you do not mind, could you please disable sending 'text/html'. i do not normally reply to 'text/html' as i have them sent to a separate folder and do not check them often. some who follow tech support list send 'text/html' to trash and never see 'text/html'. thanks. Argh, that's one of my pet hates too. I only signed up for this new gmail account yesterday and didn't realise it defaulted to html. Thanks for pointing it out politely! -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines Hi again Chris! Some more silly thoughts: Time Server -- Often GPS NTP Time Server I suppose it adds a bit of expense but the time accuracy would be increased. PCI Hardware Clock. These can be much more accurate than your hardware clock and not as fussy about how you use them. Have a lot of fun! Tod -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: black screen problem when reinstalling XP in a dual boot system
On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 12:00 AM, ranti bose [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi everybody , i have fedora8 xp installed in my pc.i want to reinstall xp want to keep fedora also.my problem is whenever I insert xp cd in my cdrom a screen appearing saying PRESS ANY KEY TO BOOT FROM CD ,then I press any key , but at that moment a BLACK SCREEN appears cdrom stopped working .After waiting for some minutes I reboot the machine by pressing reboot key follow the same steps but again the same thing happens. My question is what is the reason for this incident how to get rid of this. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines Hi ranti bose! My guess is that your xp cd does not like what I would guess is a GRUB Master Boot Record (MBR). First I would take a snapshot of the current MBR plus a bit as described here: http://mirror.href.com/thestarman/asm/mbr/GRUB.htm (and do a search for dd if (without quotes) The whole article is a good read for what you are doing and connects to other info you may need. You may well need stage 1.5 so increase the count=1 to say count=20 (frankly I forget how long stage 1.5 is - you can look at them in your /boot directory. Move this file to a flash drive, e-mail, or some other safe place. You may need it as a recovery tool. Second, use dd to wipe the section that you just read. Third, run fixmbr from your xp cd. Instructions here: http://ebestagent.com/wordpress/windows-tips/fix-mbr-or-master-boot-record/ Fourth, install xp where you wish. Fifth, make a decision to use the xp bootloader (probably preferred) or grub. If you wish to use grub copy the xp bootloader section as you did GRUB (always make a way back) and then copy your old grub MBR into place. If you wish to use the xp bootloader follow the instructions here (only call it Fedora which it is): http://bkpavan.wordpress.com/2008/04/02/how-to-boot-linux-using-windows-bootloader-xp/ Have a lot of fun! Tod -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: Cannot set correct Mode in X with GeForce 9600 GSO
On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 9:40 PM, Kevin Gilbert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm trying to get MythTV going and I'm having a problem configuring X to correctly set the resolution on the TV. (I am getting output on the TV but it's in 4:3 not 16:9 ratio.) I cannot see what I am doing wrong! Can someone please give me a hint? Distro if Fedora Rawhide (pre-10 bleeding edge). X version info (some of): start $ grep xorg-x11-server /var/log/rpmpkgs xorg-x11-server-common-1.5.1-10.fc10.x86_64.rpm xorg-x11-server-utils-7.4-3.fc10.x86_64.rpm xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.5.1-10.fc10.x86_64.rpm end My xorg.conf is: start Section ServerLayout Identifier Multi-Head Screen 0 Desktop 0 0 Screen 1 MythTV RightOf Desktop InputDevice Keyboard CoreKeyboard InputDevice Mouse CorePointer EndSection Section Files ModulePath /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/extensions ModulePath /usr/lib64/xorg/modules FontPath /usr/share/fonts/default/Type1 EndSection Section Module Load dbe Load extmod Load fbdevhw Load freetype Load glx EndSection Section ServerFlags Option Xinerama 0 EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier Mouse Driver mouse Option Protocol auto Option Device /dev/input/mice Option Emulate3Buttons no Option ZAxisMapping 4 5 EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier Keyboard Driver kbd Option XkbLayout us Option XkbModel pc105 EndSection Section Device Identifier GF9600_GSO_Samsung Driver nvidia VendorName NVIDIA Corporation BusID PCI:1:0:0 Option UseEvents True Screen 0 EndSection Section Device Identifier GF9600_GSO_TV Driver nvidia VendorName NVIDIA Corporation BusID PCI:1:0:0 Option UseEvents True Screen 1 EndSection Section Monitor Identifier Samsung VendorName Samsung ModelName SyncMaster 940BW HorizSync 30.0 - 81.0 VertRefresh 56.0 - 75.0 Option DPMS EndSection Section Monitor Identifier LG_TV VendorName LG ModelName LG42LB2DE Modeline 1920x1080 176.92 1920 2008 2224 2632 1080 1080 1083 1120 Modeline 1080 182.01 1920 1952 2640 2672 1080 1102 1113 1135 Modeline 1080i 148.50 1920 2008 2052 2200 1080 1084 1089 1125 +hsync -vsync EndSection Section Screen Identifier Desktop Device GF9600_GSO_Samsung Monitor Samsung DefaultDepth 24 SubSection Display Depth 24 EndSubSection EndSection Section Screen Identifier MythTV Device GF9600_GSO_TV Monitor LG_TV end The Xorg.0.log file is, in part: start (WW) NVIDIA(GPU-0): Unable to read EDID for display device CRT-1 (II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA GPU GeForce 9600 GSO (G92) at PCI:1:0:0 (GPU-0) (--) NVIDIA(0): Memory: 393216 kBytes (--) NVIDIA(0): VideoBIOS: 62.92.23.00.10 (II) NVIDIA(0): Detected PCI Express Link width: 16X (--) NVIDIA(0): Interlaced video modes are supported on this GPU (--) NVIDIA(0): Connected display device(s) on GeForce 9600 GSO at PCI:1:0:0: (--) NVIDIA(0): Samsung SyncMaster (CRT-0) (--) NVIDIA(0): CRT-1 (--) NVIDIA(0): Samsung SyncMaster (CRT-0): 400.0 MHz maximum pixel clock (--) NVIDIA(0): CRT-1: 400.0 MHz maximum pixel clock (II) NVIDIA(0): Assigned Display Device: CRT-0 (==) NVIDIA(0): (==) NVIDIA(0): No modes were requested; the default mode nvidia-auto- select (==) NVIDIA(0): will be used as the requested mode. (==) NVIDIA(0): (II) NVIDIA(0): Validated modes: (II) NVIDIA(0): nvidia-auto-select (II) NVIDIA(0): Virtual screen size determined to be 1440 x 900 (--) NVIDIA(0): DPI set to (89, 87); computed from UseEdidDpi X config (--) NVIDIA(0): option (==) NVIDIA(0): Enabling 32-bit ARGB GLX visuals. (**) NVIDIA(1): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32 (==) NVIDIA(1): RGB weight 888 (==) NVIDIA(1): Default visual is TrueColor (==) NVIDIA(1): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0) (**) NVIDIA(1): Option UseEvents True (**) NVIDIA(1): Enabling RENDER acceleration (II) NVIDIA(1): NVIDIA GPU GeForce 9600 GSO (G92) at PCI:1:0:0 (GPU-0) (--) NVIDIA(1): Memory: 393216 kBytes (--) NVIDIA(1): VideoBIOS: 62.92.23.00.10 (II) NVIDIA(1): Detected PCI Express Link width: 16X (--) NVIDIA(1): Interlaced video modes are supported on this GPU (--) NVIDIA(1): Connected display device(s) on GeForce 9600 GSO at PCI:1:0:0: (--) NVIDIA(1): Samsung SyncMaster (CRT-0) (--) NVIDIA(1): CRT-1 (--) NVIDIA(1): Samsung SyncMaster (CRT-0): 400.0 MHz maximum pixel clock (--) NVIDIA(1): CRT-1: 400.0 MHz maximum pixel clock (II) NVIDIA(1): Assigned Display Device: CRT-1 (WW) NVIDIA(1): No valid modes for 1080; removing. (WW) NVIDIA(1): No valid modes for 1080i; removing. (WW) NVIDIA(1): No valid modes for 1920x1080; removing. (WW) NVIDIA(1): (WW) NVIDIA(1): Unable to validate any modes; falling back to the default mode (WW) NVIDIA(1): nvidia-auto-select. (WW) NVIDIA(1): (II) NVIDIA(1): Validated modes: (II) NVIDIA(1): nvidia-auto-select (II) NVIDIA(1): Virtual screen
Re: Grub Issue
On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 6:00 PM, Joseph L. Casale [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am trying what used to be a typical scenario for me, I need to dual boot between XP and Fedora and I had XP installed on the first 100gig partition of my sata drive, then tried to install the F10 Beta with /boot in sda2 and / inside lvm on sda3. Grub never appears though, so I booted into the rescue mode and tried the usual, entering grub, specifying root (hd0,1) then setup (hd0) which still never worked, so I then tried grub-install /dev/sda which still didn't work? Any ideas why grub doesn't even appear? I recall the /boot needing to be at the beginning of the disc an old legacy requirement an no longer an issue (I think this is how I setup my systems before anyway?). Thanks! jlc -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines Hi Joseph L. Casale! It is just a guess but I think your grub boot MBR is at the beginning of sda2. Regardless you need to know what is in the MBR so I refer you to: http://mirror.href.com/thestarman/asm/mbr/GRUB.htm (and do a search for dd if. The whole article is rather interesting I think) Probably the method followed in this thread: http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/redhat-fedora-linux-help/45911-dual-booting-windows-xp-fedora-solution.html is more in line with what you wanted. Have a lot of fun!! Tod -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: ftp problem
On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 4:10 PM, Gerhard Magnus [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm running FC9 on a small LAN that also has some Windows machines. I'd like to use one of the linux boxes as an FTP server so that the Windows systems can access a directory on that server. None of this has been opened to the world outside by opening port 21 on the router -- it's strictly in house. Eventually I'll learn Apache, but FTP looks much simpler for what I'd like to do. (Or so I thought :) Here's what I've done, following instructions in www.fedoraguide.info: (1) installed proftpd on the server (2) added these lines to the end of the /etc/proftpd.conf file: Anonymous /home/magnusg/music/ Userftp Groupnogroup UserAlias anonymous ftp DirFakeUser on ftp DirFakeGroup on ftp RequireValidShell off MaxClients 10 DisplayLoginwelcome.msg DisplayFirstChdir .message Directory * Limit WRITE DenyAll /Limit /Directory /Anonymous (3) on the server, used system-config-services to enable proftpd on run levels 3 and 5 (4) /etc/init.d/proftpd restart (5) on the server, used system-config-firewall to make FTP (with Port/Protocol = 21/tcp) a trusted service (6) the permissions for the ftp directory look like this: drwxrwxr-x 17 magnusg magnusg 4096 2008-09-14 18:29 music But when I try using filezilla from a Windows box, logging in as anonymous of port 21, I get these messages: 220 FTP server ready 331 anonymous logon OK... 530 unable to set anonymous privileges 530 login incorrect So I seem to be connecting, but not much else. Googling the error message leads to others who've had similar problems but (at least so far) no one with a solution Thanks for any tips on how to proceed. Jerry -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines Hi Jerry! Only some guesses here: 1. Try removing: Directory * Limit WRITE DenyAll /Limit /Directory From your /etc/proftpd.conf file. Then it should match what is mentioned here: http://www.fedoraguide.info/index.php?title=Main_Page#How_to_install_FTP_Server_for_File_Transfer_service Under How to configure FTP Server to allow anonymous FTP user to read/write. If still no joy try turning off SELinux for a session. If still no joy make sure you have a user anonymous and that they are part of the magnusg privileged group. Good Hunting! Tod -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: DHCP will not grab ip.
On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 2:20 PM, Laura Speck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey all, I am having a problem with a brand new install of Fedora 9. This machine has two nic's, eth0 and eth1. They are both . We currently have eth0 plugged into a router, had eth1 plugged in earlier to try it as well but we have this problem on both nics. Basically, on install we specified that both nics were to be dhcp, and to come up on boot. But neither of them get an ip on boot. I know that it's not a problem with the cable, as we plugged it into a different machine and it works fine. I don't think it's a problem with the nics as I can't see both of them being toast on a new machine. ifconfig eth0 up does nothing. I've gotten someone local to the server to try dhclient eth0 and then tail /var/log/messages. We see DHCPREQUEST, a bunch of DHCPDISCOVER lines and then end with a No DHCPOFFERS received message. ifconfig never shows either interface as having an inet ... line, but they get an inet6 ... line. I know it's not a problem with the dhcp server because it's our isp's, and our other machines can grab an ip fine. I've shut off Networkmanager (service NetworkManager stop) and started the network (service network start). service network start outputs: Bringing up loopback interface [OK] Bringing up interface eth0: Determining IP information for eth0... failed. [FAILED] Bringing up interface eth0: Determining IP information for eth1... failed. No link available. Check cable. [FAILED] Our /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 looks like... DEVICE=eth0 BOOTPROTO=dhcp ONBOOT=yes Any tips would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance! Laura -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines Hi Laura Speck! I notice quite a few e-mails about this but I did not see that the problem was solved. If I missed it please forgive me all. As a temporary measure you may be able to get by with another older slower card. If it were me I would: 1. Determine that the driver for the card is correct and working. Time to Google the brand and model number of the card along with (at least at first) linux driver. lsmod and similar are your friends along with #lspci -v -v -x. 2. Oh, reseat the card and try one at a time. Try the cards in a different machine. You are right that it is unlikely but still possible that both are bad, another possibility is that EMF interference which could be specific to the particular cable run and machine as plugged into a specific source of power is causing the problem - substitution is the best way to determine that. Good Hunting! Tod -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: Login sound -- library mode
On Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 4:46 PM, Nifty Fedora Mhitch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, Oct 05, 2008 at 04:25:16PM -0700, Richard England wrote: Nifty Fedora Mitch wrote: Does anyone know how to silence F8 login sounds short of turning down login sounds and other audio Tossing /usr/share/sounds/login.wav to the side seems to be sloppy. It is the classic boot in a library or lecture hall problem but I do not see any easy 'designed' way to get there from here. I would like all sounds do be well dialed back in such situations not just the login System Preference Hardware Sounds Click on the Sounds tab at the top of the dialog, Go to the bottom of the list and change the settings for Log in: to no sound in the selection box. Make other adjustments as necessary. The alternative is to change the overall level of volume for PCM I believe. I'd have to check. g Thank you... Since I could care less about that sound so it solves it for me in part. I was thinking about a 'library' profile that I could select but in today's Internet world -- who goes to the library anymore. I will still have to quickly hush stuff should I mouse over some web page with audio Not just libraries, sometimes I login late at night when others in the house are sleeping. -- T o m M i t c h e l l i Found me a new hat, now what? -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines Hi T o m M i t c h e l l i ! I have two thoughts: 1. I use headphones for this. When you plug them in the speakers are muted and you still have a way to access the sound if you need to. 2. You could set up an unused run level and call it from the grub boot stanza by selection (esc during the splash screen), Have a lot of fun! Tod -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: updated kernel in Fedora 9 to latest 2.6.26.5? kernel and cannot boot
On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 6:52 AM, Antonio Olivares [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear all, I cannot boot kernel 2.6.26.5?, all I see is GRUB. I am chainloading Fedora 10 Beta with Fedora 9, kernel 2.6.26.3?? fedora kernel was working :) Here's Grub.conf [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ su - Password: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# cat /boot/grub/grub.conf # grub.conf generated by anaconda # # Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file # NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that # all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg. # root (hd0,0) # kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/sda5 # initrd /initrd-version.img #boot=/dev/sda default=0 timeout=5 splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz hiddenmenu title Fedora (2.6.27-0.382.rc8.git4.fc10.i686) root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.27-0.382.rc8.git4.fc10.i686 ro root=UUID=81a43c03-e5bf-4d3a-b176-560700821998 rhgb quiet initrd /initrd-2.6.27-0.382.rc8.git4.fc10.i686.img title Fedora (2.6.27-0.377.rc8.git1.fc10.i686) root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.27-0.377.rc8.git1.fc10.i686 ro root=UUID=81a43c03-e5bf-4d3a-b176-560700821998 rhgb quiet initrd /initrd-2.6.27-0.377.rc8.git1.fc10.i686.img title Fedora (2.6.27-0.352.rc7.git1.fc10.i686) root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.27-0.352.rc7.git1.fc10.i686 ro root=UUID=81a43c03-e5bf-4d3a-b176-560700821998 rhgb quiet initrd /initrd-2.6.27-0.352.rc7.git1.fc10.i686.img title Fedora-base (2.6.27-0.352.rc7.git1.fc10.i686) root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.27-0.352.rc7.git1.fc10.i686 ro root=UUID=81a43c03-e5bf-4d3a-b176-560700821998 rhgb quiet initrd /initrd-2.6.27-0.352.rc7.git1.fc10.i686.img title Fedora 9 rootnoverify (hd0,1) chainloader +1 What should I do since I have chainloader?, and previous kernel was booting correctly. TIA, Antonio -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines Hi Antonio Olivares! I am not sure what you mean. If you are asking how to get rid of the chainloader then I would say take a look at the grub.conf in the Fedora 9 partition (likely at /boot/grub/grub.conf) and copy the boot stanza into your currently used grub.conf. To make it the default you can place it in the first position (current default=0) or change the default= setting. You of course can change the default to be any of the kernels in your grub.conf by either changing the position of thier stanza or otherwise pointing default= to them. I see no mention of 2.6.26.5? I do see several 2.6.27... I would guess you are having trouble with the most recent one (vmlinuz-2.6.27-0.382.rc8.git4.fc10.i686). If you, for example, change default=0 to default=1 then it will default boot vmlinuz-2.6.27-0.377.rc8.git1.fc10.i686. To troubleshoot the boot process press escape during the splash screen. If it appears to fail at X try a CTL+ALT+F1 (should go to a tty terminal login screen) and view the contents of /var/log, such as messages, dmesg, Xorg.0.log, etc... You may well find some hints of what is going on. You can also view these after a failed boot by mounting the partition where the kernel exists and looking at /var/log. Dmesg contains a lot of stuff that happens during boot, and /var/log/boot.log should as well. I hope I have been helpful. Good Hunting!! Tod -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: Qirky, random local network access.
On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 6:01 AM, Linuxguy123 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 2008-10-03 at 08:41 -0400, Linuxguy123 wrote: Good morning. I've been experiencing a quirky, random network access issue in Linux only with both F8 and F9. The network looks like this - Linksys WRT54gs wireless router, connects to the Internet via a cable modem - Dell 1720N networked printer, plugs into a router port - Linksys print server, connects an HP all in one to the wireless router - Windows laptop, connects to the wireless router via wifi - Linux laptop, connects to the wireless router via wifi Most days this setup works well. No problems. However, every once ina while I get a Printer may not be connected error when I try to print to either printer. If I then open a browser on the Linux machine and enter the IP for the router, I cannot log into it. (http://192.168.1.1) It gives me the login screen and I put in the right username and password, but it rejects me. If I open a browser on the Linux machine and enter the IP for the laser printer, it tells me it isn't available. (http://192.168.1.100) It doesn't matter if the browser is Konqueror or Firefox, neither one works. However, if I do this on the Windows machine, both of these actions work and I can also print. At the same time, I can also access the Internet and such just fine. The other tidbit of information to this problem is that I just restarted my computer and then the print job completed and I was able to log into the wireless router and display the printer properties page. It seems like Linux loses the ability to connect directly to the local network. Thanks -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines Hi linuxguy123! When it is messing up, from a terminal run #/sbin/ifconfig, and then #/sbin/iwconfig. Pay attention to the IP settings in the ifconfig output, and the link quality and specifics of the iwconfig message. I have two suspicions. 1. The RF path or quality of the wifi modem (or both) make the actual RF connection unreliable - or - 2. As with one of the machines I work with the MAC address for the wifi somehow got the actual MAC of the ethernet connection. If it is #1 change and improve the RF path (move them closer, see if a differant channel works better, use an extender). If #2 pull out the pcmcia card (or turn off the wifi) from the Linux laptop, and then turn it on again - which consistantly clears it for me. Regardless, have fun! Tod -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: Dell OptiPlex 745 reboot problem -- BIOS update went poorly
Reply below V V On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 2:51 PM, Johnathan Hegge [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Forwarded Message From: Bjørn Tore Sund [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Community assistance, encouragement, and advice for using Fedora. fedora-list@redhat.com To: fedora-list@redhat.com fedora-list@redhat.com Subject: Re: Dell OptiPlex 745 reboot problem Date: Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:21:46 +0200 Tony Molloy wrote: On Friday 05 September 2008 16:05:04 Mike McCarty wrote: Tony Molloy wrote: Hi, I've just installed Fedora-9 on a lab of Dell OptiPlex 745 (SFF) machines. ( only in 1 lab TG ) After running firstboot when I went to reboot the machines they just hang and I had to do a hard reboot. I thought this was a minor glitch and ignored it. Now however when the machines boot into Fedora-9 the reboot and suspend buttons do not work. The windowing system just shuts down and I get a text prompt and the machines just hang there. Hang? That's a vague term. If you type on the keyboard, do characters get echoed? If you have a text prompt, then can you not do a Hang means exactly what it means. The machines just go dead!!! No input from the keyboard accepted. Only thing to do is a hard reboot. Got tons of Dell Optiplex 7XX, had that exact problem. Solution is two-step: 1. Flash up the bios. The ones they're shipped with suck bigtime. 2. Add the kernel parameter reboot=bios to all kernel lines in /boot/grub/menu.lst Solved it for us. -BT Ugh, I was having the same problem with my 745. So, I drug out a USB floppy and applied the latest BIOS -- going from 2.3.1 to 2.6.2 from Dell. Whoops. Starting up looks fine, all services showed OK. Gets to local, X starts and the box freezes at the spinning dots with a frozen mouse. Can't break with Ctrl-Alt-Del or Ctrl-Backspace. Hard power, restart, interactive init. Allow all, but skip local. X starts fine. rc.local contains: #!/bin/sh # # This script will be executed *after* all the other init scripts. # You can put your own initialization stuff in here if you don't # want to do the full Sys V style init stuff. touch /var/lock/subsys/local Reset BIOS to defaults for kicks, no change. I have a PCI Express graphics card, ATI x1300 installed. Any ideas? I guess I can revert BIOS one by one backward to see if it works. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines Hi Johnathan Hegge! Did you try doing a CTL+ALT+F1 (evokes a login terminal - as does CTL+ALT+F2 to F6 - F7 to X and F8 to just before the start of X)? From there, or by using a rescue or Live CD booted to a terminal you can check several places in /var/log - I would look at Xorg.0.log, messages, dmesg, and possibly syslog. Doing a word search on EE in Xorg.0.log and fail or error etc... can often get you to the problem quickly. You may also try some boot options designed to help in other areas. The problem you mention, espically with the small form factor machines seems to have a history. Amongst many I found this link: http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/3/12/201 -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: Fedora 9 i386 CD images
On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 10:12 AM, Bing [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I am new to this and seeking advice. I downloaded the 6 CD images ok and run the checksum and they all were ok. I burned the images to CD and only CD 1 and 6 show no errors on the media check. I re-burnt CD 2 to see if it was a glitch but the new disk also came up with errors. The machines I have do not have DVD drives only CD Before I try again and spend a fortune on CDs wanted to know if anybody has successfully downloaded, burnt and installed from these images. Many thanks in anticipation. Bing -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines Hi Bing! Try running a checksum or shasum on the disks. If they pass I would tend to use them. The media check seems to be sometimes unreliable. Have Fun! Tod -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: fc9 cant connect to internet
On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 9:41 PM, rfjones [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just installed fc9. my network comes up, I can ping the dns server, but I cant connect to anything. I dont seem to have any dns service the network manager applet crashes and behaves erratically. had working network on fc8; network started to disappear everytime i rebooted, requiring restart by hand. any help would really be appreciated TIA rfjones -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Hi rfjones! What is the output of: #/sbin/ifconfig #/sbin/route /cat/etc/hosts /cat/etc/resolv.conf What kind of internet connection do you use? Good hunting! Tod -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
Re: F8 system crashed
On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 9:12 AM, Barry Yu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: During start up noticed avahi daemon Failed, and then Greeter appears to be crashing. Attempting to use a different one, this Greeter keeps attempting to do the same but never can start the log in. Need help to fix it if can avoid fresh installation. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Hi Barry Yu! Avahi is a network service discovery utility. The greeter not being there makes me wonder how your HD is doing. I would try a ControlAltF1 to see if you can obtain a terminal login. If not, use a rescue disk or the Live CD. Once in a terminal enviornment I would look in /var/log/ at messages, dmesg, etc... for why the machine crashed. I would also use fsck to see how the HD is doing. Have fun! Tod -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
Re: spooky coincidence or disk killer virus?
On Sun, Aug 17, 2008 at 2:48 PM, Tom Horsley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Friday, my system disk died, so I took that as a sign to reinstall everything from scratch and reorganize my partitions (not to mention getting a much bigger disk). I figure the disk picked Friday to die because it knew fedora updates and livna build system were down, so it would be the most inconvenient time it could possibly pick to die :-). Today, my 2nd disk with lots of data died as well (the new disk is currently getting filled back up via rsync from my backup drive). Is this just a sign of superb quality control in the samsung disk factories turning out identical disks that last almost the exact same amount of time in the same CPU case with the same number of power cycles? Or is there some spooky virus around that can actually destroy the electronics in disk drives (both disks appear to be so dead they can't even be recognized as disk drives by the BIOS). These were 2 samsung HD160JJ sata disks ordered at the same time and probably pulled from the same box, both made 2006.1 according to the date stamp. I hope this isn't the same problem livna and fedora infrastructure had :-). -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Hi Tom Horsley! I agree with the others, most likey power or impulse related. Brown outs or spikes from large electric motors or welding devices or lightning can take out a lot of things. Also, if your weather over there is hot and the air handling in the unit is poor I suppose they could overheat. If the enviornment is cold but then you open a door to the hot outside it is possible to create water condensation inside a unit which can do very strange things indeed. It is likely that whatever is in the enviornment that took the one dirve weakened the other. Either way your sense of them dieing to gether because they were made the same and in the same enviornment is valad. To look for a possible virus connection google your manufacturer of HD and MB together and apart along with the word virus, firmware, problem, and failure. Good hunting! Tod -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
Re: Xvfb - desperate -- help needed...
On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 5:42 PM, Ric Moore [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I tried installing Kubuntu to Mom's machine. It failed to reboot. Tried Mandrake, same deal. Installed CentOS, installed and rebooted like a charm. But, I'm still having the issue with Java's Wonderland launching X11 applications from with it, using Xvfb. On the Wonderland list, everyone says it works like a charm from Ubuntu. Right outa the box. sighs I really don't want to install it, but I gotta have the X11 applications features enabled (thus Xvfb) Dinking around I had an AhHa! moment. I spotted this in /etc/profile # Start the X virtual frame buffer (Xvfb) #if [ -f /usr/bin/Xvfb ]; then #/usr/bin/Xvfb :1 -screen 0 1024x768x16 #fi # Set the DISPLAY variable for the X virtual frame buffer (Xvfb) #export DISPLAY=localhost:1.0 These are commented out, as of course you can see, from the get-go. I tried uncommenting them out and X froze up. So, just maybe I'm closer to a solution? Would you enable one or both? I did both and it froze. Anyone have a clue what's happening or what effects this to fail, yet be included in this pretty-much standard file?? Thanks, Ric -- My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome. R.I.P. Dad. Linux user# 44256 Sign up at: http://counter.li.org/ http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/oar https://oar.dev.java.net/ Verizon Cell # 336-254-1339 - -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Hi Ric! The little I know of virtual frame buffers is that they are used to test hardware or provide a virtual KVM for an X client. I think you simply want to get X11 running. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xvfb For that I would be looking at /var/log/Xorg.0.log and /etc/X11/xorg.conf (along with /var/log/messages and /var/log/dmesg). I do hope you find what you need. Tod -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
Re: Fedora 9 installation problem
2008/7/21 Oz Bonfim [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I've just installed Fedora 9 on my computer. I got the following message: The GNOME session manager was unable to lock the file '/home/bonfim/.ICEauthority'. Please report this as a GNOME bug. Sometimes this error may occur if the file's directory is unwritable, you could try logging in via failsafe session and ensuring that it is. Can you help me with logging in via failsafe session ? or any other way. Thanks, Oz -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Hi Oz! I get a lot of hits if I Google ICEauthority. I would: 1. Start a terminal. 2. Do a cd /home/bonfirm # Go to the home directory 3. Do a ls -l -a # List all fines (even hidden (-a)) in long form. This shows ownership and permissions of all the files and direcories. You could do a ls -l -a .ICEauthority since that is the file you really want to check. 4. If the owner is not bonfirm then su # Obtain super user authority 5. Then chown bonfirm:bonfirm .ICEauthority # Change owner to Bonfirm. Note what the owner was before doing this - that may well tell you which progam is changing this file. Also, check the SELinux policies of the file. Good Hunting! Tod -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
Re: f9 ftp timing out
On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 12:58 PM, rfjones [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I upgraded to fedora 9, and now the vsftpd server no longer works when I do a put, it goes to passive mode and just sits there any help greatly appreciated TIA rfjones -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Hi rfjones! If I were you I would: 1. Check the actual status of the process -- e.g. ps -aux | grep vsfpd 2. Check the SELinux context, ownership, and permissions of the daemon and the directories and programs involved. A quick check here may well be to disable SELinux for a check. 3. Check that the firewall is set to allow ftp. 4. Check the status and content of the config files involved. Good Hunting! Tod -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
Re: Fedora Crash...
2008/7/19 Ankur Raheja [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi, My Fedora 6 has crashed... the system hangs up at the start of Interactive Startup Screen. Without Interactive screen following error appears : /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit: line 819: 1339 segmentation fault rm -f $afile/* Further, the Fedora 6 or even F8 CD in the CD Rom is not being recognized so unable to rescue ??? Though, CD-Rom is fine and boots Windows 2000 CD but not a linux CD. Any solutions ??? Regards, Ankur Raheja B.com (H) ACS LLB MCA OCA Cylaws Advocate - IT Cyber Law Delhi High Court -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Hi Ankur Raheja! Sounds like a hardware problem. 0. Listen and watch during the boot process for beeps or messages. Beep codes and messages may well tell the story. Google POST beep codes Your Bios OR Motherboard Manufacturer (Make and Model). 1. Attempt to boot into your system as normal except go into CMOS during the boot process. There check epically the that the amount of memory has not changed and also reset to the factory default values for all settings (usually one operation). Often the CMOS battery gets old and the system becomes flaky. By resetting to the defaults you can often clean out bad bits that may be in the CMOS due to a low battery. If this cures replace the CMOS battery. 2. If no joy so far then obtain a memory test program and run it (Puppy Linux and Ubuntu have this and many more as well). 3. Perhaps time to send the box to the shop. If you are technically inclined then check cabling and connectors to see that they are properly run and set in the hardware. Note epically any connections which look to be under stress or connectors pulling apart. If hardware is dirty it is time to clean. Make sure that the CD and HD are properly selected on their respective IDE bus to boot. Good Hunting! Tod -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
Re: modprobe blacklist
On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 5:44 AM, john f jarvis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 2008-07-14 at 23:05 -0700, Tod Merley wrote: On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 5:32 AM, john f jarvis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To use gpsbabel with my Garmin Venture Hc gps receiver I must first remove the FC9 builtin garmin_gps usb module. As su this works: /sbin/rmmod garmin_gps My question: How can I use the blacklist feature of modprobe to do this automatically? Adding the line: blacklist garmin_gps to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist and/or modprobe.conf.dist doesn't work. Thanks, John Jarvis -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Hi John Jarvis! I would look carefully at the output of lsmod before and after the use of rmmod. Likey there is another companion module you need to blacklist to make this work. To make one of my wireless modems work for example I neede to blacklist oronco and oronco_cs to get the job done. Good Hunting! Tod Thank you Tod: lsmod does show two modules are loaded: garmin_gps, usbserial Adding both of them to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist doesn't prevent loading them when the GPS receiver is connected. Where do hotplug scripts live? John -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Hi John! I make a habit of sometimes booting with the wireless card in and sometimes plugging it in at some time when I need the internet access. It makes no differance, the blacklisting works. So now I wonder why yours does not. That is why a premission and ownership check I mentioned. I am not that far along on hotplug, perhaps someone else can chime in. When I want to look for the involved files in Linux I use: The man pages (usually located near the bottom of the page - also the other commands mentioned in the page). The locate command after running a fresh updatedb as root. Locate works well with grep of course. One day I do hope to conquer hotplug and all. Have a great week! Tod -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
Re: modprobe blacklist
On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 5:32 AM, john f jarvis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To use gpsbabel with my Garmin Venture Hc gps receiver I must first remove the FC9 builtin garmin_gps usb module. As su this works: /sbin/rmmod garmin_gps My question: How can I use the blacklist feature of modprobe to do this automatically? Adding the line: blacklist garmin_gps to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist and/or modprobe.conf.dist doesn't work. Thanks, John Jarvis -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Hi John Jarvis! I would look carefully at the output of lsmod before and after the use of rmmod. Likey there is another companion module you need to blacklist to make this work. To make one of my wireless modems work for example I neede to blacklist oronco and oronco_cs to get the job done. Good Hunting! Tod -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
Re: modprobe blacklist
On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 11:05 PM, Tod Merley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 5:32 AM, john f jarvis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To use gpsbabel with my Garmin Venture Hc gps receiver I must first remove the FC9 builtin garmin_gps usb module. As su this works: /sbin/rmmod garmin_gps My question: How can I use the blacklist feature of modprobe to do this automatically? Adding the line: blacklist garmin_gps to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist and/or modprobe.conf.dist doesn't work. Thanks, John Jarvis -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Hi John Jarvis! I would look carefully at the output of lsmod before and after the use of rmmod. Likey there is another companion module you need to blacklist to make this work. To make one of my wireless modems work for example I neede to blacklist oronco and oronco_cs to get the job done. Good Hunting! Tod Hi Again John Jarvis! I just noticed that Ubuntu has the garmin_gps blacklisted normally - very much as you wrote. I would check your typing, and the ownership and permissions of your edited file (hopefully you did a permissions saving copy before you edited the blacklist file. I see no reason blacklisting would not work with a proper edit of the blacklist file. Good Hunting! Tod -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
Re: Lava Octopus 550 kernel crash
On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 8:48 PM, Seann Clark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: All, This is my first post to the list, but the short of the story is, I got a lava octopus 550 (since it does work in linux) and I have been having problems with it, namely it only shows 4/10 total serial ports (two onboard Intel, 8 on the PCI based Octopus 550) and even after working across a few of the sites (Lava's how to, a few different setserial sites, and so forth) and I don't know who to run this past, since it looks like a problem, either on my side or not. I am including as much information as I can think of for this. O/S Fedora 9 x86_64 dual Intel quad core E5430 Hi Seann Clark, Serial ports have an interesting way of taking up a lot of time. Oh well. I would need to look into this much further, I hope someone with current experiance can chime in. Have you recompiled the kernel to allow it to see your additional ports (see link)? : http://www.support.lavalink.com/index.php?id=471 I am suspicious that you have since I see this from your lspci: 0e:01.0 Serial controller: Lava Computer mfg Inc Lava Octo A (rev 03) (prog-if 02 [16550]) Subsystem: Lava Computer mfg Inc Lava Octo A Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 16 I/O ports at 4418 [size=8] I/O ports at 4410 [size=8] I/O ports at 4408 [size=8] I/O ports at 4400 [size=8] Kernel driver in use: serial 0e:01.1 Serial controller: Lava Computer mfg Inc Lava Octo B (rev 03) (prog-if 02 [16550]) Subsystem: Lava Computer mfg Inc Lava Octo B Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 16 I/O ports at 4438 [size=8] I/O ports at 4430 [size=8] I/O ports at 4428 [size=8] I/O ports at 4420 [size=8] Kernel driver in use: serial And I assume you have placed the small script in your /etc/rc.d/rc.local as suggested in the above article. If I were you I would look into how to move the interrupt used and perhaps spread them out a bit (use differant interrupts for each of the two ports). Good Hunting! Tod -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
Re: [F9] laptop not booting - reinstall MBR?
On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 9:45 AM, Don Levey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My F9 laptop won't boot this morning - I go through the POST, but when I ordinarily get to the Hit Enter for options boot screen, all I get is: GRUB at the top left of my screen. Does this mean I need to reinstall grub and the MBR? I can access the HD via a liveCD, and everything *seems* OK from what I can tell. Any thoughts? Thanks, -Don -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Hi Don! If it were me I would start by re-booting - loading the factory CMOS defaults - carefully checking the boot order (make sure intended disk on top!) and then a save and exit so going into the boot process with fresh CMOS parameters of known characteristics. Your system seems to have a major change but I have been thrown off many times by the old CMOS battery or dirty CMOS battery connector. Frankly on some of my old machines I make it a practice to load the CMOS fresh (factory parameters) at boot. If your laptop is newer you may need to change the battery (sometimes called the reserve battery and sometimes simply the backup battery but more accurately the CMOS battery). If I had problems past this I would boot with a live CD and snoop around with parted or fdisk to see how the parameter table was doing and check that the Grub files were in thier proper places (grub.conf in /boot/grub -- The proper kernel image ( e.g. /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-19-generic is my current Ubuntu kernel image and /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-19-generic is my current ramdisk image referenced in my /boot/grub/menu.lst (/boot/grub/grub.conf in Fedora). The mentioned stanzas from the menu.lst (grub.conf) file on my current machine: title Ubuntu 8.04.1, kernel 2.6.24-19-generic root(hd0,3) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-19-generic root=UUID=860b7b47-19cd-48e9-9757-c00ace4a97f7 ro quiet splash initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-19-generic quiet title Ubuntu 8.04.1, kernel 2.6.24-19-generic (recovery mode) root(hd0,3) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-19-generic root=UUID=860b7b47-19cd-48e9-9757-c00ace4a97f7 ro single initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-19-generic title Ubuntu 8.04.1, memtest86+ root(hd0,3) kernel /boot/memtest86+.bin quiet ### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST If all were there and looked OK I would then look up on the web how to use dd to copy and then use hexedit (or simliar hex dumper editor) to look at the actual MBR and probaby first sector. Google MBR thestarman for lots of details. Let us know - sounds interesting! Good Hunting! Tod -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
