Where's the bluetooth jargon demystifier?
by Tom Horsley
I go to the official bluez-utils web site and their documentation page
basically says "You don't want to look at our docs, they suck.".
I go to the official bluetooth web site and their documentation either
tells me why I ought to be making bluetooth devices or talks about
radio spectrum and communications layers.
Where is the web page that explains to a human what the gibberish
in the hcid.conf man page actually means?
All I'm trying to do is arrange for my bluetooth keyboard (which definitely
works with manual poking and prodding) to work automatically once
my fedora 8 system has booted. Seems like it ought to be a simple task :-).
16 years, 2 months
Fedora Core 8 and dvd::rip from freshrpm's problem
by Joseph L. Casale
After a clean install of fc8, a full yum update, I then add freshrpms and install dvdrip. I then setup a project, rip the dvd, but the preview fails. I have searched their forum and found some issues but it seems non apply, there is no actual error other then that the file isn't created?
Anyone know what could be wrong?
Thanks!
jlc
16 years, 2 months
Firewire Stack in F8 Howto Wanted
by agraham
Hi,
Can any one, point me to a Howto that explains how to use the new
Firewire stack in F7/8,
I'm trying to get my Mini DV camera to work with via Firewire, actually
was hoping to use the Camara with ZoneMinder.
lspci shows:
08:08.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB43AB22/A
IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link)
lsmod shows:
firewire_ohci 19137 0
firewire_core 36353 1 firewire_ohci
crc_itu_t 5953 1 firewire_core
However, no devices in /dev/fwX appear to be created ?
dvgrab does not see a device connected:
#dvgrab
Error: no camera exists
I checked the fedora documentation, but could not find any docs on the
subject.
BTW: I'm using kernel 2.6.24.2-7.fc8PAE
TIA.
Albert.
16 years, 2 months
Desktop zoom not working for Fedora-8
by William Perkins
There is a feature on X windows when used in Fedora-7 that allowed
you to zoom the desktop in and out using ctrl-alt-plus and ctrl-alt-minus.
This feature does not work with the Fedora-8 version of X windows. This
feture does not even work with the same xorg.conf file that was used with
Fedora-7.
This is show stopper for us. Our vision impaired users are screaming bloody
murder about not being able to use this feature with Fedora-8. We have
had to install Fedora-7 in place of Fedora-8 on those systems, and we will
have to do this Fedora-7 install on all of our servers in order to have
all systems using the same distribution version of Linux.
We understand a change to the Xorg software was made to the Fedora-8
version to accommodate users of multiple displays. This change apparently
broke the Zoom feature and on the Fedora-8 distribution the Zoom feature
was disabled. Apparently there is a patch to the X windows server that
can be used to re-enable the Zoom feature, but there appears to be no
information available that documents how you get this patch and implement
the feature.
We will be testing Fedora-9 when it is released to see if the Zoom feature
has been fixed. Otherwise, we will continue to use Fedora-7 as long as we
can until an alternative software distribution can be found, Our having
to use Fedora-7 over Fedora-8 puts a real crimp in our development effort.
Bill
----
William M. Perkins E-mail - wmp(a)grnwood.net
The Greenwood UNIX Systems Administration
Reston, Virginia (Solaris, Linux, HP-UX)
16 years, 2 months
scim and language bengali
by François Patte
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Bonjour,
It seems that using bengali itrans in scim kills scim with a seg fault....
Anybody has such an experience?
thanks
- --
François Patte
UFR de mathématiques et informatique
Université Paris Descartes
45, rue des Saints Pères
F-75270 Paris Cedex 06
Tél. +33 (0)1 44 55 35 61
http://www.math-info.univ-paris5.fr/~patte
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16 years, 2 months
nvidia driver breaks with pretty much every F8 update
by David Kramer
I simply don't understand why this is the case, but every time I upgrade
the . After some updates, the symlinks point to the wrong version, etc.
But I will only address my current situation. This is on a Dell D820.
Currently running the newly-installed 2.6.24.3-34 kernel.
This is the stdout/stderr when I startx:
---------------------------------------------------------
X Window System Version 1.3.0
Release Date: 19 April 2007
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 1.3
Build Operating System: Fedora 8 Red Hat, Inc.
Current Operating System: Linux lexa.thekramers.net 2.6.24.3-34.fc8 #1
SMP Wed Mar 12 18:17:20 EDT 2008 i686
Build Date: 14 March 2008
Build ID: xorg-x11-server 1.3.0.0-44.fc8
Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Mon Mar 24 20:00:40 2008
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(II) Module already built-in
FATAL: Error inserting nvidia_169_12
(/lib/modules/2.6.24.3-34.fc8/updates/drivers/video/nvidia/nvidia-169_12.ko):
Invalid module format
(EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to load the NVIDIA kernel module!
(EE) NVIDIA(0): *** Aborting ***
(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.
---------------------------------------------------------
Notice the "Invalid module format"?
This is what I have installed:
---------------------------------------------------------
> rpm -qa | egrep -i '(nvidia|kernel|yum)' | sort
kernel-2.6.24.3-12.fc8
kernel-2.6.24.3-34.fc8
kernel-devel-2.6.24.3-12.fc8
kernel-devel-2.6.24.3-34.fc8
kernel-headers-2.6.24.3-34.fc8
nvidia-graphics169.09-169.09-95.fc8
nvidia-graphics169.09-kmdl-2.6.24.3-12.fc8-169.09-95.fc8
nvidia-graphics169.09-kmdl-2.6.24.3-34.fc8-169.09-95.fc8
nvidia-graphics169.09-libs-169.09-95.fc8
nvidia-graphics169.12-169.12-96.fc8
nvidia-graphics-169.12-25
nvidia-graphics169.12-kmdl-2.6.24.3-34.fc8-169.12-96.fc8
nvidia-graphics169.12-libs-169.12-96.fc8
nvidia-graphics-devices-1.0-6.fc8
nvidia-graphics-helpers-0.0.26-27.fc8
yum-3.2.8-2.fc8
yum-changelog-1.1.11-1.fc8
yumex-2.0.4-1.fc8
yum-fedorakmod-1.1.11-1.fc8
yum-kernel-module-1.1.11-1.fc8
yum-metadata-parser-1.1.2-1.fc8
yum-plugin-kmdl-0.7-9.fc8
yum-priorities-1.1.11-1.fc8
yum-skip-broken-1.1.11-1.fc8
yum-updatesd-0.9-1.fc8
yum-utils-1.1.11-1.fc8
---------------------------------------------------------
Thanks for any advice you can offer.
16 years, 2 months
2.6.24.3-50, b43: accidental patch ??
by sean darcy
From the b43 mailing list. This doesn't sound right to me but.........
> > > On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 2:51 AM, sean darcy <seandarcy2(a)gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Using a
> > > > Broadcom Corporation BCM94311MCG wlan mini-PCI (rev 01)
> > > > on
> > > > 2.6.24.3-50.fc8
> > > >
> > > > With the 4.80.53 firmware, the b43 driver told me ( in syslog ) to
> > > > upgrade the fw before july 2008. So I did it today.
> > > >
> > > > Now:
> > > >
> > > > b43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error
> > > > last message repeated 7 times
> > > > b43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error
> > > > printk: 23 messages suppressed.
> > > > ..............
> > > >
> > > > constantly.
> > > >
> > > > It seems to work fine, just all these syslog messages.
> > > >
> > > > sean
> > On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 8:04 AM, Stefanik Gábor
<netrolller.3d(a)gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > > 2.6.24 *needs* v4.80 firmware. 4.150 only works with 2.6.25+.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> > If so, why does the b43 driver in 2.6.24 give a message to get the
> > updated firmware.?
> >
> > Perhaps the fedora 2.6.24 kernel has the new driver? Or the old driver
> > gives incorrect advice?
> >
On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 9:19 AM, Stefanik Gábor
<netrolller.3d(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Most likely a patch targeted at 2.6.25 or 2.6.26 accidentally slipped
into
> Fedora's 2.6.24.3 kernel.
>
16 years, 2 months
Where does X11 get started for runlevel = 5 ???
by clemens＠dwf.com
It seems that I should be able to find this, but I dont see it
(no need, just curious), where does X11 get started for
runlevel = 5 ?
I dont see it in the 3 startup scripts in /etc/rc.d nor the
scripts in /etc/rc.d/rc5.d . It must be there, but I dont
see it... and thats iritating...
Anyone?
--
Reg.Clemens
reg(a)dwf.com
16 years, 2 months
Linux, Vista dual boot
by Jim
Can Fedora Linux be setup to dual boot with Vista as easy as XP, what
filesystem type does Vista use ??
16 years, 2 months
Help installing Fedora 8 on iMac G3
by Catherine Fitzgerald
I have been trying for a week to install Linux on my old mac: iMac G3,
500MHz, slot-loading CD, 20G HD. I am completely new to Linux and the
only time I've ever used command prompts is on a PC, and a very long
time ago, so if anyone is able to help me, please keep the instuctions
as clear as possible. I appologise in advance for the long drawn-out
detail below, but as I have no idea what the problem is I thought it
better to give as much information as possible.
The problems I have had are:
1- Innitially tried to install Kubuntu 6.04 using a live image burnt
onto a CD using InfraRecorder (on a Windows XP 2000 pc). The live CD
would go to a black screen after the initial boot dialog and then run down.
2- As that didn't work, and I was not worried about removing the old OS,
I tried installing Kubuntu, erasing the old partitions. It would
install, then freeze on the login and not accept any of my keyboards for
input (either the mac keyboard, a pc keyboard or either of my wireless
keyboards) so it was not possible to log in. After several attempts at
reinstalling Kubuntu and getting the same problem I decided to try
installing Fedora.
3- To avoid downloading a large amount I downloaded
fedora-8-ppc-rescuecd.iso from one of the recommended mirrors and burnt
it to CD (using InfraRecorder on the pc). Initially the install process
worked, and it requested a web address to download the images from. I
chose the monash uni web site (html server) as it is relatively close,
and the install proceeded up until I hit the 'yes' button for the final
install process.
4- After hovering on the 'preparing to install' screen for over an hour
I got this message:
"The file a2ps-4.13b-69.fc8.ppc.rpm cannot be opened. This is due to a
missing file, a corrupt package or corrupt media. Please verify your
installation source.
If you exit, your system will be left in an inconsistent state that will
likely require reconfiguration."
with the option to reboot or retry. I hit retry and after another hour
the same message came up again.
5- After rebooting the mac does not recongnise a bootable file (this was
not a surprise). I put in the rescue cd, which boots without a problem,
but requires me to know what to do (ie, use a command line and have a
clue) to do anything.
6- I decided that it might work if I tried the live cd, so downloaded
and burnt that. The live cd boots, goes through all the loading (mount
dialogue? - with [ok] in green at the end of each line] then the
computer goes to a black screen and the cd keeps buzzing away but doing
nothing. I tried to restart the computer and typed in 'install' at the
boot prompt, but get a message saying something along the lines of not
recognised, or the iso can't be booted.
7- Which is where I am now. The HD has been reformatted (the old mac
software does not recognise it - which is fine because I don't really
want to go back to the old mac OS), but it has no installed OS that it
can boot. Is this simply an issue of trying a different mirror to
install the Fedora operating system, and if so, can you recommend one
that has all the files intact? Or is the issue that when I burn the CDs
it is being corrupted there? I can't download the DVD iso as the mac has
no DVD player, and doing the install over the internet is not a problem
for me if that is the only way I can do it.
Any advice would be most appreciated.
16 years, 2 months
