What's left for FC2 test1?
by Elliot Lee
Things are in devel freeze at the moment. There are some obstacles to
putting the test1 label on the current tree:
1. Broken deps need fixing
ImageMagick-perl-5.5.7.15-0.1 requires libMagick-5.5.6-Q16.so.0
ethereal-0.10.0a-1 requires libpcap.so.0.6.2
ethereal-gnome-0.10.0a-1 requires libpcap.so.0.6.2
firstboot-1.3.3-1 requires redhat-config-packages
koffice-1.3-1 requires libMagick-5.5.6-Q16.so.0
rusers-server-0.17-34.sel requires libproc.so.2.0.17
spamassassin-2.63-3 requires /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.2/i386-linux-thread-multi
xchat-2.0.7-1 requires /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.2/i386-linux-thread-multi
2. Signage
fedora-logos, anaconda-images, etc. need to say 'test' in
appropriate places.
3. Install testing
The results from the automated install tester aren't looking too good.
If you have a chance to test installs on rawhide and come up with patches
to the problems, send them in! :)
4. Misc stuff once we have a final tree
Once things are in a releasable state, there are things like export
control and mirrors to worry about.
This is not an exhaustive list,
-- Elliot
Friends help you move. Real friends help you move bodies.
20 years, 4 months
Quick kernel questions
by Jens Knutson
Just two kernel questions:
1) The kernel documentation for CONFIG_SCSI_MULTI_LUN says that "The
vast majority of SCSI devices have only one LUN, and so most people can
say N here and should in fact do so, because it is safer."
Well, I've discovered that my "6-in-1" CF/MMC/etc card reader, and all
others like it, require CONFIG_SCSI_MULTI_LUN to be set to Y to work
properly. What is it about the option that makes it "unsafe"? Will
this unsafe aspect go away in the near future, so it would be reasonable
to turn on by default, and thus make card readers Just Work?
2) I've been using the Rawhide 2.6 kernels for a couple weeks, and
they've been great. One thing I found that made a big interactivity
difference though, was the CFQ I/O scheduler. Since this is selectable
at boot, is it possible that we'll see CFQ in Fedora Core 2 test
kernels? Patching each new release kinda sucks, and it'd be cool to see
wider testing of this really nice bit of code.
Thanks,
- jck
--
"We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of
life, when all that we need to make us happy is something to be
enthusiastic about."
-- Albert Einstein
20 years, 4 months
rawhide report: 20040124 changes
by Build System
New package fonts-bengali
Fonts for Bengali
New package gnome-keyring
The libglade library for loading user interfaces.
Removed package redhat-logviewer
Removed package redhat-config-packages
Removed package redhat-config-httpd
Removed package redhat-config-proc
Removed package redhat-switch-mail
Removed package emacspeak
Updated Packages:
Omni-0.9.1-2
------------
* Fri Jan 23 2004 Tim Waugh <twaugh(a)redhat.com> 0.9.1-2
- Fix installation path for library (bug #114153).
binutils-2.14.90.0.8-4
----------------------
* Thu Jan 22 2004 Jakub Jelinek <jakub(a)redhat.com> 2.14.90.0.8-4
- fix -pie on IA64
emacs-21.3-9
------------
* Sat Jan 24 2004 Jens Petersen <petersen(a)redhat.com> - 21.3-9
- base emacs package now only contains emacs binary built with X support
- bring back emacs-nox subpackage (emacs built without X support) (#113001)
[suggested by Frank Kruchio]
- all the common files required by emacs and emacs-nox are now in emacs-common
- emacs no longer obsoletes emacs-nox
- update php-mode.el to 1.0.5
- add missing rfc1345.el leim input method
- update po-compat.el to version in gettext-0.13.1
- update base package summary
- add url for python-mode.el and php-mode.el
- gctags is now a symlink to ctags.emacs
freetype-2.1.7-1
----------------
* Fri Jan 23 2004 Owen Taylor <otaylor(a)redhat.com> 2.1.7-1
- Upgrade to 2.1.7
gcc-3.3.2-8
-----------
* Thu Jan 22 2004 Jakub Jelinek <jakub(a)redhat.com> 3.3.2-8
- --disable-libunwind-exceptions (avoid building everything on IA-64
against libunwind)
- pass RPM_OPT_FLAGS as BOOT_CFLAGS to bootstrap
- decrease string literal alignment for strlen () >= 31 strings
on IA-32/AMD64 to 1 (-Os) or sizeof (void *) (!-Os)
gimp-1.2.5-1
------------
* Wed Oct 15 2003 Matt Wilson <msw(a)redhat.com> 1:1.2.5-1
- 1.2.5 (#101225)
* Sun Jun 08 2003 Tim Powers <timp(a)redhat.com> 1:1.2.3-20.1
- build for RHEL
* Fri Jun 06 2003 Matt Wilson <msw(a)redhat.com> 1:1.2.3-20
- add epoch to the version requirements of subpackages
- ship gimp-remote (#85344)
gtk2-2.3.2-2
------------
* Fri Jan 23 2004 Alexander Larsson <alexl(a)redhat.com> 2.3.2-2
- Remove old HAVE_XFT2 check
- find_lang gtk20-properties too
* Fri Jan 23 2004 Jonathan Blandford <jrb(a)redhat.com> 2.3.2-1
- new version
- removed patches that have been applied to 2.3.x branch
libbonoboui-2.5.2-1
-------------------
* Tue Jan 20 2004 Alexander Larsson <alexl(a)redhat.com> 2.5.2-1
- update to 2.5.2
libglade2-2.3.2-1
-----------------
* Fri Jan 23 2004 Alexander Larsson <alexl(a)redhat.com> 2.3.2-1
- Update to 2.3.2
libselinux-1.4-9
----------------
* Fri Jan 23 2004 Dan Walsh <dwalsh(a)redhat.com> 1.4-9
- Add rootok patch
policy-1.4.7-1
--------------
* Fri Jan 23 2004 Dan Walsh <dwalsh(a)redhat.com> 1.4.7-1
- Russell's latest
* Thu Jan 22 2004 Dan Walsh <dwalsh(a)redhat.com> 1.4.6-10
- Add rootok patch
rpmdb-fedora-1.90-0.20040124
----------------------------
sash-3.6-1
----------
* Mon Sep 01 2003 Than Ngo <than(a)redhat.com> 3.6-1
- 3.6
* Wed Jun 04 2003 Elliot Lee <sopwith(a)redhat.com>
- rebuilt
tcpdump-3.8.1-4
---------------
* Fri Jan 23 2004 Harald Hoyer <harald(a)redhat.de> 14:3.8.1-4/17
- fixed arpwatch version
- fixed libpcap library version
- fixed tcpdump droproot
tmake-1.8-1
-----------
* Fri Jan 23 2004 Karsten Hopp <karsten(a)redhat.de> 1.8-1
- update
vnc-4.0-0.beta4.8
-----------------
* Fri Jan 23 2004 Tim Waugh <twaugh(a)redhat.com> 4.0-0.beta4.8
- Fix last fix (bug #114063).
20 years, 4 months
rawhide report: 20040126 changes
by Build System
Updated Packages:
anaconda-9.90-1
---------------
* Mon Jan 26 2004 Anaconda team <bugzilla(a)redhat.com>
- built new version from CVS
* Thu Nov 06 2003 Jeremy Katz <katzj(a)redhat.com>
- require booty (#109272)
* Tue Oct 08 2002 Jeremy Katz <katzj(a)redhat.com>
- back to mainstream rpm instead of rpm404
rpmdb-fedora-1.90-0.20040126
----------------------------
20 years, 4 months
Re: Possible FC2 inclusions from fedora.us
by Jef Spaleta
Warren Togami wrote:
> perl-RPM-Specfile
generates mostly proper SRPMS out of any perl CPAN module
This seems like a slippery slope to me.
Are automated specfile building tools something we want to encourage
packagers to use? Or is the collective wisdom among packagers that
shortcuts to specfile writing to be discouraged.
-jef"saddened by the lack of oneko in the list"spaleta
20 years, 4 months
Trouble with Cisco Airo MPI350 and kernel-2.6.1+
by Warren Togami
IBM Thinkpad T41
Cisco Airo MPI350 802.11b Wireless
PCIID: 0x14b9 0xa504
Kernel: Fedora rawhide 2.6.1-1.57 (Based on 2.6.2-rc1)
http://bellet.info/~bellet/laptop/t40.html#wireless
http://bellet.info/~bellet/laptop/airo.c-2.6.1-mm2.diff
airo.ko does not support this Airo device, but with the addition of this
patch it recognizes the device.
airo: MAC enabled eth1 0:2:8a:df:50:fc
airo: Finished probing for PCI adapters
[root@ibmlaptop root]# iwconfig
eth0 IEEE 802.11-DS ESSID:"tsunami"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.442GHz Access Point: FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF
Bit Rate:11Mb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm Sensitivity=0/0
Retry limit:16 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality:176/0 Signal level:-105 dBm Noise level:-100 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:416 Missed beacon:0
<SNIP>
[root@ibmlaptop root]# iwconfig eth0 key 8208435e17
airo: Max tries exceeded waiting for command
PC4500_writerid: Write rid Error 65535
PC4500_writerid: Cmd=0121
airo: WEP_PERM set ffff
[root@ibmlaptop root]# iwconfig
<SNIP>
eth0 IEEE 802.11-DS ESSID:"tsunami"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.442GHz Access Point: FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF
Bit Rate:11Mb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm Sensitivity=0/0
Retry limit:16 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:****-****-** Security mode:open
Power Management:off
Link Quality:176/0 Signal level:-105 dBm Noise level:-100 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:488 Missed beacon:0
I am guessing that the *'s rather than hex characters displayed are
because it is unable to read the key from the card. The card itself
appears to be completely inoperative. It was suggested to me to try
both "open" and "restricted" mode, both seem to not help the situation.
Any suggestions?
Warren Togami
wtogami(a)redhat.com
20 years, 4 months
Lost and found items in KDE
by Jim Cornette
Since GNOME did not have any menus available with the current state of
development, I decided to try out KDE and discovered a lot of items that
were located under lost and found. Some of these items were for the
terminal, setting beta factors for displays and the like.
Is this "lost and found" caused by the alpha software? Or is this
relocation a part of KDE, which gives a "place for rejected links"?
It took me awhile to find the terminal in KDE, until I glanced into lost
and found.
Jim
20 years, 4 months
Dashboard
by Bjorn Andersen
Hi
Is the GNOME Dashboard going to be included into Fedora Core 2?
http://www.nat.org/dashboard/
Finally we have something that other platforms dont :-)
Best Regards
Bjorn Andersen
Linux.
Because making UNIX user friendly is easier then debugging Windows
20 years, 4 months
