January 2005 - desktop - Fedora mailing-lists

Is printing a desktop issue?
by tony 29 Jan '05

29 Jan '05

Printing in FC3 is in considerable worse state than in FC1. Eggcups is well named because it is as fragile as eggs... How does one cancel a print job. Right click cancel = application crash. A new "feature" of my Epson stylus photo 1290 is not printing to the end of job. Printer sharing is on but the printer remains invisible to my Mac and W XP Pro computers. Where should I take these issues? Cheers Tony Grant

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firewire hotplugging
by Florian Idelberger 27 Jan '05

27 Jan '05

Hi everybody, I'm running fc3 quite successful and am very happy with it. However, shortly after the fresh install firewire hotplugging started working, and I can't even mount my disks by hand because there is no /dev/sda<n> created. So I finally came around to look after it but without success so far, and this is what I get in my system log: > Jan 25 21:03:06 localhost kernel: ieee1394: Error parsing configrom for node 0-01:1023 > Jan 25 21:03:07 localhost kernel: ieee1394: Error parsing configrom for node 0-00:1023 Any help much appreciated, Florian

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Qt Bluecurve improvments
by Peter Backlund 27 Jan '05

27 Jan '05

Hello. I thought this list might be interested in my work to make the Qt Bluecurve engine behave more like Gtk2. An overview page with screenshots: http://petrix.se/fedora/bluecurve The associated #bz: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/beta/show_bug.cgi?id=145791 /Peter

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NVIDIA graphic drivers problem solved
by kristabs＠os.lv 27 Jan '05

27 Jan '05

Thanks to those who showed me the way to solve this problem. If maybe anybody else has and want to solve this problem i will post exect way to do that: Download latest NVIDIA graphic drivers at www.nvidia.com and patches at http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=42964 # sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-1.0-6629-pkg0.run --extract-only # cd NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-1.0-6629-pkg0 # patch -p0 < /path/to/NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-6629-1165235.diff.txt # patch -p0 < /path/to/NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-6629-1171869.diff.txt # ./nvidia-installer # nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf ---- here i had to replace driver name Section "Device" Identifier "Videocard0" Driver "nv" (here you should replace with- Driver "nvidia") ---- after the reboot where the X should start to boot i recieved the error and then i had to set inittab to run level 3 and reboot, then # modprobe nvidia # cp -a /dev/nvidia* /etc/udev/devices/ after this just set run level back to 5 and boot without problems and all works properly --------------------------------------------- This message was sent using Endymion MailMan. http://www.endymion.com/products/mailman/ http://www.microlink.com/

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NVIDIA graphic drivers
by kristabs＠os.lv 27 Jan '05

27 Jan '05

Hello! I just about week ago installed my first GNU/Linux operating system and it was Feodora Core 3. I am glad i chose this one, everything is working properly and i have installed every application i needed, but only one thing left - Graphic drivers. *My graphic card - NVIDIA GeeForce MX 4000 64 MB I tried NVIDIA drivers i found on www.nvidia.com and it didn`t work out. I downloaded NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6629-pkg1.run and quited X desktop and run VIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6629-pkg1.run with sh command from bash with parameter kernel name and it started to install but i received error and when i booted X desktop and tried to run application that need graphical accelerate i recieved an error - Couldn't initialize video: Couldn't find matching GLX visual. I can`t find out a different way to install a drivers for my graphic card. Sorry if this is lame, but i just started to use GNU/Linux and i am newb still at this moment in Linux. --------------------------------------------- This message was sent using Endymion MailMan. http://www.endymion.com/products/mailman/ http://www.microlink.com/

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[Fwd: Re: firewire hotplugging]
by Kyrre Ness Sjobak 26 Jan '05

26 Jan '05

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How do I add a new window manager?
by John S. Yates, Jr. 25 Jan '05

25 Jan '05

I would like to play with WMI ( wmi.modprobe.de ). I have gotten it to build on amd64 and can launch it from the failsafe prompt. What do I have to do to make it an available session type?

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the 'failsafe' session
by Bill Nottingham 23 Jan '05

23 Jan '05

So, this came up as a sidepoint in another bug. Say, you're a user, your mouse isn't working. You try and log into a failsafe session to fix it. You're now screwed because: a) if you start an app, it may not have focus b) there's no keysequence to change focus, unless you're an X guru Is this a situation we really care about? What do we expect people to use the failsafe session for, in practice? Bill

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FC3 latest kernel upgrade broke sound...
by Kaspars 19 Jan '05

19 Jan '05

Hi, I wanted to ask, if there is aware about that latest kernel upgrade ir broken sound (i don`t have it anymore) on some pc... I have laptop Topshiba Satellite with FC3 with all updates and kernel 2.6.10-1.741_FC3. I found thet there is little talking about it: http://fcp.homelinux.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?viewmode=flat&order=DE… but don`t have solutions... I can hear sound if i reboot with older kernel and then all is ok. Thanks. Casper

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Re: Synaptic Package Manager Output
by Dag Wieers 17 Jan '05

17 Jan '05

On Tue, 18 Jan 2005, Dotan Cohen wrote: > Thank you Dag. I removed amule (never got it to connect anyway), installed php > and mysql, and got this: > > While installing package apr-0.9.4-23: > /sbin/ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libMagick.so.6.0.7.#prelink#.OLoyQ7 is empty, > not checked. > While installing package mysql-3.23.58-14: > /sbin/ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libMagick.so.6.0.7.#prelink#.OLoyQ7 is empty, > not checked. > > What exactly is prelink, and how can I fix it? Thank you so much. Please remove that file, it's a left-over file from an automated process. rm -f '/usr/lib/libMagick.so.6.0.7.#prelink#.OLoyQ7' And 'man prelink' explains what prelinking is all about. Kind regards, -- dag wieers, dag(a)wieers.com, http://dag.wieers.com/ -- [all I want is a warm bed and a kind word and unlimited power]

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Synaptic Package Manager Output
by Dotan Cohen 17 Jan '05

17 Jan '05

While updating with Synaptic I got the message: While installing package bind-9.2.4-2: /sbin/ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libMagick.so.6.0.7.#prelink#.OLoyQ7 is empty, not checked. While installing package hal-0.4.5-1.FC3: /sbin/ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libMagick.so.6.0.7.#prelink#.OLoyQ7 is empty, not checked. /sbin/ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libMagick.so.6.0.7.#prelink#.OLoyQ7 is empty, not checked. While installing package gimp-2.2.2-0.fc3.2: /sbin/ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libMagick.so.6.0.7.#prelink#.OLoyQ7 is empty, not checked. [Invalid UTF-8] Could not parse file '/usr/share/applications/alc.desktop': desktop entry contain line 'Comment[fr]=Cr\xe9ateur de liens ed2k d'aMule' which is not UTF-8 /sbin/ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libMagick.so.6.0.7.#prelink#.OLoyQ7 is empty, not checked. While installing package vim-minimal-6.3.054-0.fc3.1: warning: /etc/vimrc created as /etc/vimrc.rpmnew I am new to linux and see this as an opportunity to learn a little more about my system. i could not find anything on the apt website that explains what these mean (are they errors or warnings or just unimportant info), and nothing in google. Could someone lend me some insight to what all this is? Or better yet, a link that has more in-depth info? Thanks Dotan Cohen

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SSID manager in FC3
by Filip Sedivy 17 Jan '05

17 Jan '05

Hello. I would like to ask someone for a help with wireless SSID management in FC3 with Gnome. Is there such a thing? I need to easily switch between various AP's and I can't find a way how to do that within GUI? Thanks!

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gnome 2.10, fc4 and drop-shadows
by Marius Andreiana 15 Jan '05

15 Jan '05

With FC4 which includes gnome 2.10, are there any plans to enable drop- shadows by default with x.org extensions? (not cpu-intensive) Thanks!

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RE: Keyboard switcher manual set string
by Oguike, Paul (Paul) 14 Jan '05

14 Jan '05

Hi all. I installed Linux (Ffedora) in one harddrive, and window XP in another harddrive of the same PC. It boots from Linux, but displays the following: Linux Other I have 5 seconds to select either of the 2 options. After 5 seconds, it authomatically selects Linux if I don't select "other (the other refers to Window XP)". I need support in configuring for the following: * Change the "other" option to "Wndow XP" * Change the option timing from 5 seconds to 20 seconds. Regards, Paul

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Re: Keyboard switcher manual set string
by Kaspars 14 Jan '05

14 Jan '05

Sergey V. Udaltsov wrote: > Hi > > OK, I finally got it (with clean FC3 installation). > There is NO \'apostrophe\' variant within xorg latvian > layout (actually here is only one variant - the basic, > default one). Yep, finaly :) > So you cannot do much about it - but add > it manually. First you have to modify > /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/symbols/pc/lv - then, add to the > <variantList> in xorg.xml. Sorry... Hmm, and I just understand that default is not: http://www.laka.lv/tiki/tiki-download_file.php?fileId=3 files. In this page is mention(Mon 26 of Apr, 2004) that it is submited to X.org CVS, so I was thinkg that Federa 3 is already with those files... So how can somebody put maybe update those files to better use of Latvian keyboard? Most of Latvians use it, how I understand Debian is now using it too etc. And add option to Keyboard Indicator to have apostrophe option of dead key, most of Latvian use it (I think 90%). Casper

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Grub
by Alex 12 Jan '05

12 Jan '05

Hello, I don't know if this is the right place to ask, but I ran out of solutions, so please help me. I have two disks, one IDE and one SATA. The IDE is installed with grub (and fedora core 2) and SATA has Windows XP on it. My grub.conf: #-------------------- default=0 timeout=10 splashimage=(hd0,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz title Fedora Code (2.6.5-1.358) root (hd0,0) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.5-1.358 ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb quiet initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.5-1.358.img title MS Windows XP rootnoverify(hd1,0) chainloader +1 #------------------------- The device.map file: #-------------------------- (fd0) /dev/fd0 (hd0) /dev/hda (hd1) /dev/sda #-------------------------- The SATA drive is seen correctly (I think) by the linux system (I cannot mount partitions for now, because I lack ntfs support in kernel -- is still the default installation kernel running). Please help me!!!

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Keyboard switcher manual set string
by Kaspars 12 Jan '05

12 Jan '05

Hi from Latvia, I have one q. I use latvian characters with ['] not with [alt], how most of Latvians. Normaly if i setup Latvian keyboard it write: $setxkbmap lv (what will be "setxkbmap lv -variant basic") But I need: $setxkbmap lv -variant apostrophe where I can manualy change string what to execute? I setup it, bet after I upgrade with yum it change back to old style. thanks, Casper

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Professionalism
by chapmanccc＠juno.com 10 Jan '05

10 Jan '05

To the developers, The Linux operating system is maturing and we all hope that it will be a major contender in the home and business markets. As it approaches this goal, the customer base changes. Linux is no longer the "geek OS" it once was. Where once the predominant profile of a Linux user was a young male, you now find fathers and husbands (I am both), women (I am married to one) and children (I have three). Linux is my main OS at home and my wife and oldest child also use it. With this evolution, a level of professionalism must also take place. Being that the Fedora project is one of the leading consumer Linux distributions, I would hope the developers would want to 'lead the pack' in this area. This brings me to my point. I was rather disappointed with the content in the "WebCollage" and "Barcode" screensavers. These screensavers have since been manually removed from my system, but I would have preferred them not to be installed by default. When I install Mac OS or Windows, garbage like this is not included. Why? Because the developers strive to build a professional product. Yes, I can install items like this with Mac OS or Windows, but I would need to download or purchase them after installing the OS. Developers, please be considerate when creating the Fedora distributions and let's strive to make Linux as professional as possible. Thank you, Chris ________________________________________________________________ Juno Platinum $9.95. Juno SpeedBand $14.95. Sign up for Juno Today at http://www.juno.com! Look for special offers at Best Buy stores.

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(no subject)
by Sumeet Brar 09 Jan '05

09 Jan '05

I have Linux and XP simultaneously installed on my system. I have a Wireless USB adapter attached to the USB port and it works fine with XP. But I can't get it to work with linux so that I can have internet on Linux. It would be great if someone can help me with the setting up the internet. Thanks, Sumeet. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 250MB free storage. Do more. Manage less. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250

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Printing Over A LAN Network
by Jeffrey D. Yuille 08 Jan '05

08 Jan '05

Hello, I have just configured printing over a small LAN using CUPS. However, when I begin to print, it takes about three minutes for a print job to leave the queue and go to the printer. Has anyone ever experienced this before? How do I correct this problem. I would generally click on the printer icon on the task bar and it says that printing began three minutes ago. It is generally around this time when each individual print job begins.

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No Resize Gripper in Glider Theme
by Steven Garrity 08 Jan '05

08 Jan '05

I've noticed that the Glider theme that ships with Fedora Core 3 doesn't seem to have a resize-gripper on the bottom right corner of windows that is there in other themes (bluecurve, industrial, etc.). Is this intentional, or an oversight? Also, sorry if this isn't the appropriate list - I wasn't sure where this one should go. Steven Garrity

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(experimental) automatic sound mixing
by Colin Walters 08 Jan '05

08 Jan '05

Hi, I spent a bit of time today on an ALSA-level sound mixing solution, i.e. this bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=130593 Basically my solution was to allocate the IPC keys at the start of the X session, and generate an ALSA config file on login which uses those keys. This avoids issues with possible IPC key collisions and is more secure. There's a little program alsa-launch which does this. It monitors your X connection and destroys the IPC keys and such when you log out. I had to patch alsa-lib to let it read a config from a file specified an environment variable. alsa-launch is part of alsa-utils now. I'm sure some people will complain this makes alsa-utils dependent on X; I guess we'll need an alsa-utils-x11 package. Also, I needed to add alsa-launch to the X startup; however there was no programmatic way to do this in the current xinitrc setup. So I refactored the X init scripts so that packages can drop a file in /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/ which adds to the DESKTOP_SERVICES environment variable. I then modified the dbus package to use this new variable. All the new packages are here: http://people.redhat.com/walters/alsa/ These are based off the new ALSA 1.0.7 packages I uploaded to rawhide today. I'd like to get feedback on this and see how well it works for people; I've just done some light tests with ogg123, rhythmbox, and xmms. Particularly interesting is recording and complex ALSA applications. Oh, and multiple sound cards. If there are no objections I'd like to feed this all into rawhide in a few days after it's gotten a bit of testing here and see how things go. Hopefully for FC4 the idea of configuring applications for different sound output backends will totally disappear. Longer term of course I'd like to not have to generate an ALSA config file in /tmp; this kind of thing just makes sense inside the alsa-lib code itself. But this was just a quick one-day hack to see how well asym could work as the default. Comments appreciated.

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Re: (experimental) automatic sound mixing
by Ismael Juma 07 Jan '05

07 Jan '05

Hi, I have installed the packages from your repository in my Fedora Core 3 installation (I had to rebuild dbus from the src.rpm though). From my initial testing, it works very well. I can get sound simultaneously from multiple applications (including from artsd, which is not one of the best behaved apps when using Alsa). I also tested recording multiple streams (using arecord) while Rhythmbox was playing and that also worked without any problems. Even though this worked before by putting an .asoundrc in my home directory, it is great to see it work automatically without any text file manipulation from the user. I'm sure this will be very helpful to people who are new to Linux when FC4 comes out (note that I said when as opposed to if ;)). Thanks. 8) Regards, Ismael

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XMMS open file dialog box
by Filip Sedivy 07 Jan '05

07 Jan '05

Hello. I was just wondering if it would be possible to use the same (default) "open file" dialog box for XMMS program as Firefox and other applications in FC3 in Gnome use. The current open file dialog box used with XMMS is pretty "ugly" and it would help XMMS be more polished and consistent with Fedora. XMMS menus could use the same theme also but I guess, I should address that to the XMMS developers, right? Just and idea, though. Thanks.

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(no subject)
by Gddlego＠aol.com 06 Jan '05

06 Jan '05

How do I configure the ftp server in Fedora Core 3? Sorry if this isn't the right address. Garrett Delano

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Strange cursor redraws
by Daniel Veillard 03 Jan '05

03 Jan '05

I have noticed that my cursor get redrawed generating cursor image flicker even if I don't move the mouse or the underlying image doesn't change. It didn't depend on the application having the focus, or over which the cursor was drawn, but was depending on the cursor location on the screen. After a bit of checking it appears to be related to virtual screen, if the cursor is positionned at the x/y coordinate of a gnome-terminal whose content is scrolling but not displayed due to being on another virtual screen, then the cursor is redrawn as the terminal image is updated. Moving the cursor coordinate outside of the terminal area stops the flicker. Using xorg-x11 6.8.1-12, gnome-terminal-2.7.3-1, and metacity-2.8.6-2.1, hardware is Matrox 450 dual head running in xinerama mode. Excerps from /var/log/Xorg.0.log: (--) PCI:*(1:0:0) Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA G400 AGP rev 130,... (--) Chipset mgag400 found (**) MGA(0): Depth 16, (--) framebuffer bpp 16 (==) MGA(0): RGB weight 565 (II) MGA(0): Using XFree86 Acceleration Architecture (XAA) Does this qualify as a bug ? If yes what module is most likely to be guilty ? Daniel -- Daniel Veillard | Red Hat Desktop team http://redhat.com/ veillard(a)redhat.com | libxml GNOME XML XSLT toolkit http://xmlsoft.org/ http://veillard.com/ | Rpmfind RPM search engine http://rpmfind.net/

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HPLaserjet 1010 and HPScanjet 2400U
by Sujith kumar 01 Jan '05

01 Jan '05

I am using Redhat 9. Can anybody tellme how I can make my HP Laserjet 1010 work on linux. Instead of printing the matter it is printing something like "Unsupported Personality". I have got some PPD files, I kept in /etc/cups/. but when I go to system setting --> printing, I am not able to choose PPDs as drivers. I have also HP Scanjet2400U scanner. Can any body tell me how to install the same. Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your life partneronline.

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