Aug 9 RC2

2011-08-09 Thread Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R
The Aug 9 RC2 dis not throw an unhandled exception when "basic storage devices" looked at my main HD with a variety of Linux and Windows systems on it. But it did complain that swap areas lacked UUID protection. (What's wrong with looking at the partition ID?) So I dutifully told the installer to

F16/RC2 x86_64 desktop does not boot completely

2011-08-09 Thread Joachim Backes
Hi, Anybody sees this too: After downloading the F16/TC2 x86_64 desktop ISO and burning it, I booted from the CD media: No GDM after boot, the last messsage on the console is "Started D-Bus System Message Bus". The ribbon on the buttom of the screen is completely white (this took much time!!) . N

Fedora 14 updates-testing report

2011-08-09 Thread updates
The following Fedora 14 Security updates need testing: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/foomatic-4.0.7-2.fc14 https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/samba-3.5.11-79.fc14 https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/freetype-2.4.2-5.fc14 https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/cl

Fedora 15 updates-testing report

2011-08-09 Thread updates
The following Fedora 15 Security updates need testing: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/foomatic-4.0.7-3.fc15 https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/samba-3.5.11-71.fc15.1 https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/freetype-2.4.4-5.fc15 https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/

Re: [Fedora QA] #222: L10N Test Day

2011-08-09 Thread Fedora QA
#222: L10N Test Day ---+ Reporter: noriko| Owner: Type: task | Status: new Priority: major | Milestone: Fedora 16 Component: Test Day | Version: Resolu

Re: [Test-Announce] Fedora 16 Alpha Release Candidate 3 (RC3) Available Now!

2011-08-09 Thread Adam Williamson
On Tue, 2011-08-09 at 15:39 -0400, Chuck Anderson wrote: > I don't see how it can be a "go" if Live doesn't work without > enforcing=0: > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=728863 > > I'm surprised RC3 was rushed so quickly with no resoution to this. I > expect an RC4 will be necessa

Fedora 16 updates-testing report

2011-08-09 Thread updates
The following Fedora 16 Security updates need testing: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/bugzilla-4.0.2-1.fc16 https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/drupal7-7.6-1.fc16 https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/libmodplug-0.8.8.4-1.fc16 https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/

Re: grub instead of grub2 in F16?

2011-08-09 Thread Clyde E. Kunkel
On 08/09/2011 10:40 AM, Dennis Gilmore wrote: > > > if its failing please file a bug. we cant fix the issue if we do not know > about > it. > > Dennis > > > bz 729457 filed. 723047 filed previously. There are a lot of other anaconda issues (bzs filed) and when I finally got an install done,

Re: [Test-Announce] Fedora 16 Alpha Release Candidate 3 (RC3) Available Now!

2011-08-09 Thread Chuck Anderson
On Tue, Aug 09, 2011 at 10:05:54AM -0700, Adam Williamson wrote: > On Tue, 2011-08-09 at 12:46 -0400, Andre Robatino wrote: > > As per the Fedora 16 schedule [1], Fedora 16 Alpha Release Candidate 3 > > (RC3) is now available for testing. Please see the following pages for > > download links and te

Re: grub instead of grub2 in F16?

2011-08-09 Thread Rahul Sundaram
On 08/09/2011 11:46 PM, Felix Miata wrote: > > Keywords: pattern after, might. Can fit these words into pretty much anything really. > > I suspect the actual *buntu problem may be in parted, not debian-installer. Ubiquity is the default Ubuntu installer, Not d-i > Does Anaconda not used pa

Re: grub instead of grub2 in F16?

2011-08-09 Thread Felix Miata
On 2011/08/09 23:36 (GMT+0530) Rahul Sundaram composed: > Felix Miata wrote >> The reason I brought this up is my assumption that Fedora's Grub2 >> installation might pattern itself after *buntu's, which destroys OS/2 LVM >> information situated in the sector preceding > Don't assume that. T

Re: grub instead of grub2 in F16?

2011-08-09 Thread Rahul Sundaram
On 08/09/2011 11:26 PM, Felix Miata wrote: > > The reason I brought this up is my assumption that Fedora's Grub2 > installation might pattern itself after *buntu's, which destroys OS/2 LVM > information situated in the sector preceding Don't assume that. The implementation of the installer is e

Re: grub instead of grub2 in F16?

2011-08-09 Thread Felix Miata
On 2011/08/09 13:34 (GMT-0400) James Laska composed: > On Tue, 2011-08-09 at 11:44 -0400, Felix Miata wrote: >> Then there needs to be an option to install no bootloader. There's no excuse >> for making anything so poorly documented the default anything, much less an >> only anything. > https

Re: grub instead of grub2 in F16?

2011-08-09 Thread James Laska
On Tue, 2011-08-09 at 11:44 -0400, Felix Miata wrote: > On 2011/08/09 10:01 (GMT-0400) James Laska composed: > > > I checked in with the kind folks in #anaconda ... for fresh Fedora 16 > > installations, only grub2 will be used. > > Then there needs to be an option to install no bootloader. There

Re: [Test-Announce] Fedora 16 Alpha Release Candidate 3 (RC3) Available Now!

2011-08-09 Thread Adam Williamson
On Tue, 2011-08-09 at 12:46 -0400, Andre Robatino wrote: > As per the Fedora 16 schedule [1], Fedora 16 Alpha Release Candidate 3 > (RC3) is now available for testing. Please see the following pages for > download links and testing instructions. In general, official live > images arrive a few hours

Re: grub instead of grub2 in F16?

2011-08-09 Thread Adam Williamson
On Tue, 2011-08-09 at 09:08 -0400, Clyde E. Kunkel wrote: > On 08/09/2011 02:50 AM, Adam Williamson wrote: > > On Mon, 2011-08-08 at 23:59 -0400, Clyde E. Kunkel wrote: > >> Can grub be passed to the installer to prevent grub2 being used as the > >> bootloader? > > > > no. but you could do package

[Test-Announce] Fedora 16 Alpha Release Candidate 3 (RC3) Available Now!

2011-08-09 Thread Andre Robatino
As per the Fedora 16 schedule [1], Fedora 16 Alpha Release Candidate 3 (RC3) is now available for testing. Please see the following pages for download links and testing instructions. In general, official live images arrive a few hours after the install images: see the links below for updates. When

Re: grub instead of grub2 in F16?

2011-08-09 Thread Chris Lumens
> > I checked in with the kind folks in #anaconda ... for fresh Fedora 16 > > installations, only grub2 will be used. > > Then there needs to be an option to install no bootloader. There's no excuse > for making anything so poorly documented the default anything, much less an > only anything. I

Re: grub instead of grub2 in F16?

2011-08-09 Thread Felix Miata
On 2011/08/09 10:01 (GMT-0400) James Laska composed: > I checked in with the kind folks in #anaconda ... for fresh Fedora 16 > installations, only grub2 will be used. Then there needs to be an option to install no bootloader. There's no excuse for making anything so poorly documented the default

Re: grub instead of grub2 in F16?

2011-08-09 Thread Clyde E. Kunkel
On 08/09/2011 10:40 AM, Dennis Gilmore wrote: > On Tuesday, August 09, 2011 08:08:33 AM Clyde E. Kunkel wrote: >> On 08/09/2011 02:50 AM, Adam Williamson wrote: >>> On Mon, 2011-08-08 at 23:59 -0400, Clyde E. Kunkel wrote: Can grub be passed to the installer to prevent grub2 being used as the

Re: grub instead of grub2 in F16?

2011-08-09 Thread Dennis Gilmore
On Tuesday, August 09, 2011 08:08:33 AM Clyde E. Kunkel wrote: > On 08/09/2011 02:50 AM, Adam Williamson wrote: > > On Mon, 2011-08-08 at 23:59 -0400, Clyde E. Kunkel wrote: > >> Can grub be passed to the installer to prevent grub2 being used as the > >> bootloader? > > > > no. but you could do pa

Re: grub instead of grub2 in F16?

2011-08-09 Thread James Laska
On Tue, 2011-08-09 at 09:08 -0400, Clyde E. Kunkel wrote: > On 08/09/2011 02:50 AM, Adam Williamson wrote: > > On Mon, 2011-08-08 at 23:59 -0400, Clyde E. Kunkel wrote: > >> Can grub be passed to the installer to prevent grub2 being used as the > >> bootloader? > > > > no. but you could do package

Re: [Fedora QA] #79: Add firstboot release criteria

2011-08-09 Thread Fedora QA
#79: Add firstboot release criteria --+- Reporter: jlaska | Owner: Type: enhancement | Status: closed Priority: major| Milestone: Fedora 14 Component: Wiki

Re: grub instead of grub2 in F16?

2011-08-09 Thread Clyde E. Kunkel
On 08/09/2011 02:50 AM, Adam Williamson wrote: > On Mon, 2011-08-08 at 23:59 -0400, Clyde E. Kunkel wrote: >> Can grub be passed to the installer to prevent grub2 being used as the >> bootloader? > > no. but you could do package customization, de-select grub2, and select > grub. (haven't tested thi