unofficial FC-devel installer boot floppies
by Barry K. Nathan
I've created a set of unofficial, experimental FC-devel installer boot
floppies. They're available here:
http://math.uci.edu/~bnathan/linux/fc2-floppies-i386/
Right now I've posted floppies for rawhide (fc-devel) as of 2004-05-09.
There are three floppies. No matter what kind of install you are
performing, you need all 3 disks. It's currently very bare-bones; it
does not offer the user the option of adding command line arguments.
Go ahead and try these out if you're interested...
FWIW, here's where I obtained the various components I hacked together:
FreeDOS kernel & command.com: FreeDOS Beta9 pre-release5
cat.exe: dosemu-freedos-1.2.0-3mdk
loadlin: whatever ships in the dosutils directory with SuSE 9.0 FTP
syslinux, memdisk: syslinux-2.08-3 (from fc-devel)
vmlinuz, initrd: isolinux directory from fc-devel
autoexec.bat: I wrote it. I just realized I didn't think about what kind
of license to use for it -- oops. Any suggestions? Right now I'm leaning
toward GPL.
-Barry K. Nathan <barryn(a)pobox.com>
20 years, 1 month
RE: rawhide report: 20040508 changes
by Fred New
> kernel-2.6.5-1.356
> ------------------
> * Fri May 07 2004 Arjan van de Ven <arjanv(a)redhat.com>
>
> - more ide cache flush work
Is it intentional that my hard disk spins down during a reboot now
with kernels .356 and .358?
Fred
20 years, 1 month
Test 3 bugs.
by Naoki
ACPI on most laptops kernel panics.
NVidia driver locks up on exiting X windows ( display corruption and
then hang).
X error on startup (not fatal, press a button ok but still ugly).
People know about these and I can forget them?
20 years, 1 month
dovecot default authentication change
by Phil Anderson
Hi,
I just upgraded my system from FC1 to Test 3, and it broke my dovecot
installation. When I looked in the system log, it was immediately
obvious. The default authentication in dovecot has changed from passwd
authentication to be postgres.
What is the reason for this? The best thing that dovecot has going for
it is that it requires no setup, compared to cyrus-imap. Now that this
default behaviour has changed, it changes this.
Is this intentional? Or has it just been transfered from upstream? In
which case, I think Fedora should have passwd authentication by default.
Any thoughts on this?
Phil
20 years, 1 month
rawhide report: 20040509 changes
by Build System
Updated Packages:
anaconda-10.0-3
---------------
* Fri May 07 2004 Anaconda team <bugzilla(a)redhat.com>
- built new version from CVS
* Fri Apr 30 2004 Jeremy Katz <katzj(a)redhat.com>
- Update description, remove prereq on stuff that was only needed
for reconfig mode
* Tue Feb 24 2004 Jeremy Katz <katzj(a)redhat.com>
- buildrequire libselinux-devel
anaconda-images-10-3
--------------------
dovecot-0.99.10.4-4
-------------------
* Fri May 07 2004 Warren Togami <wtogami(a)redhat.com> 0.99.10.4-4
- default auth config that is actually usable
- Timo Sirainen (author) suggested functionality fixes
maildir, imap-fetch-body-section, customflags-fix
* Mon Feb 23 2004 Tim Waugh <twaugh(a)redhat.com>
- Use ':' instead of '.' as separator for chown.
exim-4.33-2
-----------
* Sat May 08 2004 David Woodhouse <dwmw2(a)redhat.com> 4.33-2
- fix buffer overflow in header_syntax check
* Wed May 05 2004 David Woodhouse <dwmw2(a)redhat.com> 4.33-1
- Update to Exim 4.33, exiscan-acl 4.33-20 to
fix crashes both in exiscan-acl and Exim itself.
kernel-2.6.5-1.358
------------------
* Sat May 08 2004 Arjan van de Ven <arjanv(a)redhat.com>
- fix non-booting on Transmeta cpus (Peter Arvin)
- fix count leak in message queues
rhythmbox-0.8.3-3
-----------------
* Fri May 07 2004 Colin Walters <walters(a)redhat.com> - 0.8.3-3
- Apply tiny patch from 0.8 arch to fix GConf key used
for initial sorting
* Fri May 07 2004 Colin Walters <walters(a)redhat.com> - 0.8.3-2
- Apply patch from 0.8 arch tree to fix a number of memleaks
rpmdb-fedora-1.92-0.20040509
----------------------------
unixODBC-2.2.8-5
----------------
* Sat May 08 2004 Tom Lane <tgl(a)redhat.com> 2.2.8-5
- Backpatch fix for double-free error from upstream devel sources.
- rebuilt
20 years, 1 month
/proc/ide/ firmware info for CD/DVD writers?
by Chris Kloiber
With the older ide-scsi method of accessing cd and dvd writers, we
conveniently found our drive firmware version in /proc/scsi/scsi.
(Important info if you want to use 8x media in your 8x drive it seems. I
still have not seen a good burn at 8x.) I tried looking for it today in
/proc/ide/* without success. Is it elsewhere, or just MIA? How tough to
add it to either 'identity' or 'model', or add a new 'firmware' file?
--
Chris Kloiber
20 years, 1 month
rawhide report: 20040508 changes
by Build System
Updated Packages:
cdrtools-2.01-0.a27.3
---------------------
* Thu Apr 22 2004 Harald Hoyer <harald(a)redhat.com> - 8:2.01-0.a27.3
- fixed command line parsing, thx to Stephen Beahm (119906)
* Wed Apr 07 2004 Harald Hoyer <harald(a)redhat.com> - 8:2.01-0.a27.2
- added dvd patch from http://people.mandrakesoft.com/~warly/files/cdrtools/
- added note to manpage about configuration path change
* Tue Mar 02 2004 Elliot Lee <sopwith(a)redhat.com>
- rebuilt
dvdrtools-0.1.4-5
-----------------
* Fri Feb 13 2004 Elliot Lee <sopwith(a)redhat.com>
- rebuilt
* Thu Feb 05 2004 Harald Hoyer <harald(a)faro.stuttgart.redhat.com> - 0.1.4-4
- added ret.patch (113666)
- put autoconf changes in patch99
* Wed Jun 04 2003 Elliot Lee <sopwith(a)redhat.com>
- rebuilt
glibc-2.3.3-26
--------------
* Fri May 07 2004 Jakub Jelinek <jakub(a)redhat.com> 2.3.3-26
- update from CVS
- fix <tgmath.h>
- fix memory leaks in nis, getifaddrs, etc. caused by incorrect
use of realloc
- remove /lib/{tls,i686}/librtkaio-2.3.[23].so in glibc_post_upgrade
and rerun ldconfig if needed, otherwise after glibc upgrade librt.so.1
might be a stale symlink
gnome-applets-2.6.0-5
---------------------
* Wed May 05 2004 Nils Philippsen <nphilipp(a)redhat.com> 1:2.6.0-5
- fix #120354 (mixer applet forgets channel settings)
kernel-2.6.5-1.356
------------------
* Fri May 07 2004 Arjan van de Ven <arjanv(a)redhat.com>
- more ide cache flush work
kernel-utils-2.4-9.1.131
------------------------
* Fri May 07 2004 Arjan van de Ven <arjanv(a)redhat.com>
- fix for bug 122677 (cpuspeed initscript borkage)
libtermcap-2.0.8-38
-------------------
* Fri May 07 2004 Tim Waugh <twaugh(a)redhat.com> 2.0.8-38
- Fix tgetent() (bug #116934).
policy-1.11.3-3
---------------
* Fri May 07 2004 Dan Walsh <dwalsh(a)redhat.com> 1.11.3-3
- Eliminate bind mounts from relabel
* Thu May 06 2004 Dan Walsh <dwalsh(a)redhat.com> 1.11.3-2
- Update to match NSA
- Allow syslog network logging
- Fix setfiles
* Wed Apr 28 2004 Dan Walsh <dwalsh(a)redhat.com> 1.11.2-21
- Add macros for userhelper
policycoreutils-1.11-2
----------------------
* Fri May 07 2004 Dan Walsh <dwalsh(a)redhat.com> 1.11-2
- Eliminate bind and context mounts
ppp-2.4.2-2
-----------
* Fri May 07 2004 Nils Philippsen <nphilipp(a)redhat.com> 2.4.2-2
- don't write to /etc (#118837)
* Wed Mar 10 2004 Nalin Dahyabhai <nalin(a)redhat.com> 2.4.2-1
- update to 2.4.2
python-2.3.3-6
--------------
* Fri May 07 2004 Mihai Ibanescu <misa(a)redhat.com> 2.3.3-6
- Correct fix for #122304 from upstream:
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=105470&aid=931848&group_...
* Thu May 06 2004 Mihai Ibanescu <misa(a)redhat.com> 2.3.3-4
- Fix for bug #122304 : splitting the domain name fails on 64-bit arches
- Fix for bug #120879 : including Makefile into the main package
- Requires XFree86-devel instead of -libs (see bug #118442)
pyxf86config-0.3.18-2
---------------------
* Fri May 07 2004 Mike A. Harris <mharris(a)redhat.com> - 0.3.18-2
- Bumped release number and rebuilt unmodified in dist-fc2 to relink to new
static libxf86config.a to pick up fix for (FC2BLOCKER #120950)
rpmdb-fedora-1.92-0.20040508
----------------------------
sane-backends-1.0.13-7
----------------------
* Fri May 07 2004 Tim Waugh <twaugh(a)redhat.com> 1.0.13-7
- Fix epson.conf for USB scanners (bug #122328).
subversion-1.0.2-1
------------------
* Mon Apr 19 2004 Joe Orton <jorton(a)redhat.com> 1.0.2-1
- update to 1.0.2
xemacs-sumo-20040202-4
----------------------
* Fri May 07 2004 Jens Petersen <petersen(a)redhat.com> - 20040202-4
- do not require xemacs, so that it is installable with xemacs-nox
xinitrc-3.40-1
--------------
* Fri May 07 2004 Mike A. Harris <mharris(a)redhat.com> 3.40-1
- Modified xinitrc and Xsession scripts to only source files with .sh
extensions in /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/* so that backup files that are
created when hand editing the scripts, aren't executed. (FC2BLOCKER
xorg-x11-6.7.0-2
----------------
* Sat May 08 2004 Mike A. Harris <mharris(a)redhat.com> 6.7.0-2
- Add -Wa,--noexecstack to AsCmd, in order to force all assembler files to
use GNU stacks. This was accomplished in an alternative way in our XFree86
4.3.0 packaging via XFree86-4.3.0-redhat-exec-shield-GNU-stack.patch which
patched every assembler file to add a .note.GNU-stack section, which is
considered a superior solution, but our patch was non-portable to non-GNU
systems. This is a cleaner hack for now. (FC2BLOCKER #122708)
- Modified main rpm pre script to massage the X server config file(s) to
remove XkbRules lines to help avoid (FC2BLOCKER #120858 and a zillion
duplicates), and to ensure that the only active X server config file is
xorg.conf (if any is present), and any other XFree86 4.x config files are
renamed to .obsolete, which will help to minimize config file name confusion,
and provide some sanity on upgrades, as all users will use xorg.conf by
default regardless now. (FC2BLOCKER #122454) (Fix based on patch from wtogami)
* Fri May 07 2004 Mike A. Harris <mharris(a)redhat.com> 6.7.0-1
- Added xorg-x11-6.7.0-libxf86config-monitor-freq-fix.patch to fix a problem
caused by gratuitous upstream libxf86config changes which force the
HorizSync and VertRefresh lines to always be written out to the config file
in commented out form. (FC2BLOCKER #120950, 122341, 122573, 122439, 122072,
122461, 121946, 121717, others not yet duped)
20 years, 1 month
k3b as default CD burner
by Pyroman[FO]
I was wondering why gtoaster was still the default cd burner with Fedora
Core. k3b is updated more often and much easier to use than gtoaster,
IMO. gtoaster hasn't been updated in a while. Any specific reasons?
Allen Cook
20 years, 1 month
Laptop screen not turning off in ACPI S1
by Vibol Hou
When I issue an echo -n "1" > /proc/acpi/sleep, my laptop (Dell Lat
C400) enters the state, but the laptop screen does not turn off. Is
there a way of getting the laptop screen to turn off in S1?
-Vibol
20 years, 1 month
Re: sg (scsi generic) module missing
by Chris Adams
Once upon a time, Arjan van de Ven <arjanv(a)redhat.com> said:
> On Sat, 2004-04-10 at 21:57, Jurgen Botz wrote:
> > In the last few kernel RPMS there doesn't seem to be an sg
> > module. It was there in ./2.6.4-1.300, it's missing in 305.
> > What happened to it?
>
> it's deprecated
How do I control my tape library robot? AFAIK that is only controlled
via sg (the other SCSI modules ignore tape robots).
--
Chris Adams <cmadams(a)hiwaay.net>
Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services
I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble.
20 years, 1 month
