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Oracle 9i and FC3/RHEL 4 howto
by gaurav 30 Mar '05

30 Mar '05

http://www.pagux.com/oracle9ionfedora3.html might be helpful if you ever need to install Oracle 9i on fedora 3 or RHEL 4 I will also write a pre-install script stuff soon I also want to thank Jean Francois for helping me out on most tricky part :-) Regards, Gaurav

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Problems in update file (yum)
by casimiro barreto 30 Mar '05

30 Mar '05

Hello, The last update files for xorg causes the following error: [root@200 packages]# rpm -Uvh --force --repackage --aid --noorder *rpm A preparar... ########################################### [100%] Repackaging... 1:xorg-x11 ########################################### [100%] Upgrading... 1:xorg-x11 ########################################### [100%] erro: a abertura do pacote falhou no ficheiro /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb: cpio: stat falhou - Muitos níveis de links simbólicos [root@200 packages]#

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Named resulting in OOM condition
by Hans Kristian Rosbach 30 Mar '05

30 Mar '05

We are running a simple caching named process on a separate computer here. Every two weeks it needs to be rebooted due to running out of memory. It can survive for a while further on swap, but that slows things down terribly. After restarting named the memory is still in use according to 'free': total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 775664 760064 15600 0 736 11884 -/+ buffers/cache: 747444 28220 Swap: 1566296 9108 1557188 But according to ps all processes use a 0.0-0.6% ram. (ps -Ae vx) from slabinfo I got the following interesting lines: biovec-(256) 256 256 3072 2 2 : tunables 24 12 0 : slabdata 128 128 0 biovec-128 256 260 1536 5 2 : tunables 24 12 0 : slabdata 52 52 0 biovec-64 256 260 768 5 1 : tunables 54 27 0 : slabdata 52 52 0 biovec-16 256 260 192 20 1 : tunables 120 60 0 : slabdata 13 13 0 biovec-4 256 305 64 61 1 : tunables 120 60 0 : slabdata 5 5 0 biovec-1 6341638 6342238 16 226 1 : tunables 120 60 0 : slabdata 28063 28063 0 bio 6341638 6341798 96 41 1 : tunables 120 60 0 : slabdata 154678 154678 0 Seems like bio is taking up nearly all the memory, what can cause this? Any way to force it to go away? =) This problem has been there for a long time, we have this problem on all our nameservers but always thought it was a bug due to us reloading a huge config every half hour. 2GB ram makes those boxes run for a few months before they need a reboot. But this caching nameserver should not be such a special case, and since it caches all our RBL queries it seems to run out of memory much faster. This problem has followed us atleast since FC2-test2, and now FC3. I just upgraded to bind-9.2.5-1, but I seriously doubt that it will have any significant effect. Ideas? -HK

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USB host to host connection ??
by Bob Gustafson 30 Mar '05

30 Mar '05

I have a Compaq USB 2.0 Link adapter which has a wart in the middle of the cable containing a Prolific Technology Inc. 2501 chip and unknown microprocessor and memory, etc. It is to connect a Gateway Solo 2150 laptop (new disk with Fedora 3 - pretty well updated using CDROMs and updates burned to CDROM) with desktop Fedora3smp. Most everything else works nicely (tested on the desktop) - watching the /var/log/messages, I can plug in a Keyspan USB serial, Macintosh USB keyboard, Yahoo mini optical mouse, Flash USB drive - marvelous actions and everything cites works as expected. Keyboard takes over as console keyboard, Flash drive icon appears on desktop - marvelous. However, the host to host only puts one line in the log file: Mar 26 12:07:04 hoho2 kernel: usb 1-4: USB disconnect, address 3 Mar 26 12:07:10 hoho2 kernel: usb 1-4: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 4 (Actually two lines - one when I pulled it out, the 2nd when I pushed it in). The other end of the cable is plugged into the Gateway (to get power..) although it does not seem to make it more intelligent at this stage. I updated hotplug and udev (to 50) and set DEBUG=true on udev. (on desktop) Reading through the man pages and documentation on hotplug and udev, it is not so clear as to whether hotplug is even working on my system (no hotplugd daemon), or whether it should. Lots of documentation, but then words later saying, Oh, if you have a 2.6 system .. something else happens. It would be nice to have a doc that tells where an event comes into the system at the begining, and then it is passed off to xyz, which then passes if off to abc.. Sort of the ankle bone connected to the leg bone, connected to the knee bone song. The Compaq gadget came with a mini-CD, but it is for Windows only. Maybe there is something essential here? Hoping for a clue Bob Gustafson [root@hoho2 ~]# cd /sys/bus/usb [root@hoho2 usb]# ls devices drivers [root@hoho2 usb]# cd devices [root@hoho2 devices]# ls 1-0:1.0 1-4 1-4:1.0 2-0:1.0 3-0:1.0 4-0:1.0 usb1 usb2 usb3 usb4 [root@hoho2 devices]# cd 1-4 [root@hoho2 1-4]# ls 1-4:1.0 bDeviceSubClass configuration idVendor serial bcdDevice bmAttributes detach_state manufacturer speed bConfigurationValue bMaxPower devnum maxchild version bDeviceClass bNumConfigurations driver power bDeviceProtocol bNumInterfaces idProduct product [root@hoho2 1-4]# cat idProduct 2501 [root@hoho2 1-4]# cat manufacturer Prolific Technology Inc. [root@hoho2 1-4]# -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list(a)redhat.com To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list

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Re: kernel source code
by Rahul Sundaram 30 Mar '05

30 Mar '05

--- not disclosed <n0td1scl0s3d(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > Just so you all know - yes I do need the whole > source code to compile my > drivers - also I do know that <most> people won't > need the kernel-sourcecode > and that the headers will suffice but this isn't the > case here. <most> if most people dont require kernel-source there is no point in providing it in addition to srpms. Regards Rahul Sundaram __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - now with 250MB free storage. Learn more. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250

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Re: kernel source code
by Rahul Sundaram 30 Mar '05

30 Mar '05

Hi > > I think this is a big mistake - kernel-source didn't > harm anyone it was duplicating stuff already in the srpms and > removing it hugely increases the amount of hassle > involved in any kernel > upgrade. depends on whether you did a rebuild or not You have to accept that fedora users will > be using stuff that lies > outside the fedora world of nicely packaged programs > and this means that > users need the source code. they can use the srpm Regards Rahul Sundaram __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 250MB free storage. Do more. Manage less. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250

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Self-Introduction: Karsten Wade
by Karsten Wade 30 Mar '05

30 Mar '05

About time I did one of these herethat it matters ... 1. Karsten G. Wade 2. Santa Cruz, CA, USA 3. Technical Writer 4. Red Hat, Inc. 5. Goals in Fedora Project: # Packages? * Currently I want to see the PDF problems resolved in the DocBook toolchain in Fedora Core. Some of us are experimenting with FOP, we'll see how that turns out. If you are interested in this, please join fedora-docs-list(a)redhat.com and join the discussions. I don't know yet what packages this will include, but when I do know, I'll want to see them in FC. # QA? * I already do QA, mainly when doing documentation. Doc writers find the strangest bugs ... # Else? * As the newly minted project leader for the Fedora Docs Project (FDP), I have a special interest in seeing the Fedora Project be well documented. * More Fedora in developing nations, end-users and developers alike. This means stronger internationalization, bigger translation community, more documentation for all levels of users. 6. Historical quals: # Past projects? * Member of the FDP since inception (Aug. 2003), current project leader. * Worked on SELinux project since it's inclusion in Fedora Core, writing the release notes entries, Fedora SELinux FAQ, and being as helpful as I can on fedora-selinux-list and #fedora-selinux (nick: quaid). # Languages/skills? * I am a fairly good sysadmin with weak scripting skills and no real programming languages. * My DocBook/XML is pretty strong, my XSL-fu and CSS-fu are weak but growing. * I was a consultant service provider for Red Hat and VA Linux, so I have seen and worked in a lot of real world Linux environments. I tend to be service oriented, i.e., helpful. :) This means I'm full of opinions. # Trust? * Briefly -- most of the Fedora developers from Red Hat and many of the non-Red Hat developers have worked with me. I have met even Warren f2f. Finally, I have this shiny medallion here ... swinging ... swinging ... swinging slowly in front of your eyes ... meaning ... meaning ... meaning I'm trustful ... you are feeling very trusting of me, aren't you? Mmm? Good ... very good ... when you wake up you will feel refreshed and relaxed, like you just roused yourself from a daydream and had a good stretch ... you will remember none of this conversation ... except you will remember to trust me ... ready? one ... two ... three, awaken! Trust me now? # GPG pub 1024D/AD0E0C41 2003-11-26 Karsten G. Wade (quaid|phig) <karsten(a)karstenwade.com> Key fingerprint = 2680 DBFD D968 3141 0115 5F1B D992 0E06 AD0E 0C41 uid Karsten Wade <kwade(a)redhat.com> sub 1024g/C07806E8 2003-11-26 -- Karsten Wade, RHCE * Sr. Tech Writer * http://people.redhat.com/kwade/ gpg fingerprint: 2680 DBFD D968 3141 0115 5F1B D992 0E06 AD0E 0C41 Red Hat SELinux Guide http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-4-Manual/selinux-guide/

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Re: menus, Name/GenericName
by Rahul Sundaram 30 Mar '05

30 Mar '05

Hi > > People are asking what the freedesktop HIG says, the > menus are still a > mess, and there's confusion - see entire thread. > Thank you > for fixing some of the menu bugs... does something called "freedesktop HIG" even exist? Regards Rahul Sundaram __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Get it on your mobile phone. http://mobile.yahoo.com/maildemo

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Re: Oracle 9i and FC3/RHEL 4 howto
by Rahul Sundaram 30 Mar '05

30 Mar '05

--- gaurav <gauravp(a)hclcomnet.co.in> wrote: > > > http://www.pagux.com/oracle9ionfedora3.html > > might be helpful if you ever need to install Oracle > 9i on fedora 3 or > RHEL 4 > if you are the author you can post in fedora docs list and get it hosted in fedora.redhat.com/docs Regards Rahul Sundaram __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/

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Firefox slows down pc......
by Kaspars 30 Mar '05

30 Mar '05

Hi, I search and don`t see that there is topic about my problem yet and don`t know is this here... I`m using fresh FC3 reinstalled for week and updated, problem is that something like to eat my pc power and I found that it is firefox... New firefox when opened couple tabs (last 5) and all try to download some site was fulling my memory/processor, top of the "top": 19.0 10.1 2:10.66 firefox-bin 10.2 50.3 11:52.26 X and load start to fullfill: load average: 5.31, 3.43, 1.98 Last time load was go so high that something kill some process and pc freeze. Only reboot help... So I`m thinking what to do, I have all updated etc. Start to think to compile maybe by my self ff. Don`t know what to do... Pc is year old Toshiba Satellite with p4 and 256ram. Casper

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