August 2006 - devel - Fedora Mailing-Lists

by Hans de Goede

Hi all, Introducing the bug squad: Currently there is not much to introduce except for this idea in my head. Last friday I started a thread about collecting and fixing pet peeve bugs, the idea behind this thread was to build a collection of bugs which are high on the annoyance ladder and are fixable by mere mortals. Building such a collection is just the start however, the next step is to build a team of volunteers to tackle these bugs: the bug squad. I myself will be part of the team, and I'm looking for partners in crime to squash all those nasty bugs. So what is expected of a bug squad member? Well the nescesarry skills to hunt down and fix bugs of course and some time to spare and invest, thats about all. And the rewards, well beside enormous fame the biggest reward will be a better distro and a better Linux landscape in general with less bugs and thus more fun. So come on and sign up today! --- So what will the bug squad do once formed? *The* purpose is to fix bugs. That is a but of a wide scope however, so the main purpose is to fix those bugs which affect a large audience and which are fixable with the skills and capabilities available in the bug squad. Also this will be strictly about bugs, not about behavioral changes (like the gnome file selector discussions), we might do simple RFE's if and only if upstream agrees its an enhancement. We will also need to devise some way for people to bring bugs which match our MO to our attention and some coordination to avoid debugging the same bug with 3 people at the same time, but that will all come, once we have our most important asset: People. So come on and sign up today! Regards, Hans p.s. Here is a list of bugs collected from the pet peeve bug discussion to get us started, filtered somewhat to weed out any behavioral change requests: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=188079 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=106552 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=131428 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=187268 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=168660 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=177823

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Config dialog on every login?

by Joachim Selke

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, some time ago I created a bugzilla report against the package mail-notification in FC5 extras. The report has been closed as "WONTFIX" but the reasons for that resolution are not comprehensible to me. The bug report does not deal with some application specific problems but rather general behavior of applications. Thus, I post this message to the devel list asking you to give your opinion about the issue. The bug is filed at <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=197342> but I give a short description of the problem. Mail Notification monitors mailboxes for new mail and provides a small icon in the GNOME panel. Some screenshots can be found at <http://www.nongnu.org/mailnotify/>. If there are no mailboxes configured to be monitored yet, Mail Notification comes up with a config dialog that can be seen here: <http://test.selke.info/mail-notification-config.png>. Note that this dialog comes up every time when there are no mailboxes configured, not just once. Up to this point there is no problem. Users who want to use Mail Notification can do so by starting it and setting it up. Users who are not interested have to do nothing. But the upstream package, and so the Fedora RPM, provides an autostart feature for this application by creating the file /usr/share/gnome/autostart/fedora-mail-notification.desktop. Because of this *any* user (who has not configured any mailboxes to be monitored yet) gets the config dialog on every GNOME login. This in particular is a problem on multiuser systems where some users want to use this application and others don't. There is no way to prevent the automatic startup at the moment. I think it's a bad idea at all to start a user program on every login by default. What is your opinion? Joachim - -- B. Sc. Joachim Selke Universität Hannover, Institut für Theoretische Informatik Appelstraße 4, 30167 Hannover, Germany <http://www.thi.uni-hannover.de/> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFE2u3hq7fYj4TsIUwRAihNAJ4z3Wtx8AZszMJIv20pBZbO7B44lQCePenr nRNHk70BYX8eTPIeIBy+Ad8= =d7Yy -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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FC6 and cdburning

by dragoran

FC6 Test2 was delayed because of a broken xen (which wasn't bad at all!= but I think this: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=179862 is a more serve issue its a regression introduced in FC5 (I am still using the FC4 packages) and is still unfixed. User can't burn cds, when using some burners, expect when they do it as root. which is no solution, because of security issues and problems when using guis. We should fix this issue before realsing FC6 (or even test3) since this hits many users and cdburning is a task that every user will do from time to time (not like setting up a vm). So please do *not* release FC6 Test3 until this one is fixed!

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rawhide report: 20060810 changes

by Build System

Updated Packages: NetworkManager-0.7.0-0.cvs20060529.5 ------------------------------------ * Wed Aug 09 2006 Ray Strode <rstrode(a)redhat.com> - 0.7.0-0.cvs20060529.5 - actually make the patch in 0.7.0-0.cvs20060529.4 apply SysVinit-2.86-9 --------------- * Wed Aug 09 2006 Bill Nottingham <notting(a)redhat.com> - 2.86-8 - preserve 'WAITING' across re-exec (#143289, others) - actually apply quiet patch - don't write garbage to utmp on x86-64 (#176494) cairo-1.2.2-2.fc6 ----------------- * Wed Aug 09 2006 Ray Strode <rstrode(a)redhat.com> - 1.2.2-2 - add lame libXt-devel BuildReq to get things building again. - small spec tweaks to follow conventions * Wed Aug 09 2006 Behdad Esfahbod <besfahbo(a)redhat.com> 1.2.2-1 - Update to 1.2.2 * Tue Jul 18 2006 Matthias Clasen <mclasen(a)redhat.com> - 1.2.0-2 - rebuild frysk-0.0.1.2006.08.09.rh1-1.fc6 -------------------------------- * Wed Aug 09 2006 Stepan Kasal <skasal(a)redhat.com> - 0.0.1.2006.08.09.rh1-1 - New upstream version, incorporates both the patches. gtk2-2.10.1-2.fc6 ----------------- * Wed Aug 09 2006 Ray Strode <rstrode(a)redhat.com> - 2.10.1-2 - patch from Jonathan Matthew <jontahn(a)kaolin.wh9.net> to fix crash in GtkTreeModelFilter (upstream bug 346800) kernel-2.6.17-1.2543.fc6 ------------------------ * Wed Aug 09 2006 Roland McGrath <roland(a)redhat.com> - Fix utrace_regset nits breaking s390. * Wed Aug 09 2006 Dave Jones <davej(a)redhat.com> - Another lockdep fix for networking. - Change some hotplug PCI options. - Daily update from GregKH's git tree. - Unbreak SMP locking in oprofile. - Fix hotplug CPU locking in workqueue creation. - K8 EDAC support. - IPsec labelling enhancements for MLS - Netlabel: CIPSO labeled networking kexec-tools-1.101-42.fc6 ------------------------ * Wed Aug 09 2006 Jarod Wilson <jwilson(a)redhat.com> - 1.101-42.fc6 - Add %dir /var/crash, so default kdump setup works kudzu-1.2.42-1 -------------- * Wed Aug 09 2006 Bill Nottingham <notting(a)redhat.com> - 1.2.42-1 - always insert aliases at head of list (<ajackson(a)redhat.com>) - don't parse videoaliases that don't end in .xinf (<ajackson(a)redhat.com>) - fix ppc build * Wed Aug 09 2006 Peter Jones <pjones(a)redhat.com> - make pci storage classes for "ATA" and "SATA" work libsemanage-1.6.13-2 -------------------- * Wed Aug 09 2006 Dan Walsh <dwalsh(a)redhat.com> - 1.6.13-2 - Change netfilter stuff to be non-fatal so update can proceed. log4j-0:1.2.13-3jpp.2 --------------------- * Wed Aug 09 2006 Vivek Lakshmanan <vivekl(a)redhat.com> - 0:1.2.13-3jpp.2 - Remove patch for BZ #157585 because it doesnt seem to be needed anymore. logrotate-3.7.4-5 ----------------- * Wed Aug 09 2006 Dan Walsh <dwalsh(a)redhat.com> 3.7.4-5 - Use selinux raw functions lsof-4.78-3 ----------- * Thu Aug 10 2006 Karel Zak <kzak(a)redhat.com> 4.78-3 - minor changes to thread patch * Wed Aug 09 2006 Karel Zak <kzak(a)redhat.com> 4.78-2 - fix #184338 - allow lsof access nptl threads man-pages-2.39-2 ---------------- * Wed Aug 09 2006 Marcela Maslanova <mmaslano(a)redhat.com> 2.39-2 - fix(#200681) typo * Wed Aug 09 2006 Marcela Maslanova <mmaslano(a)redhat.com> 2.39-1 - new version 2.39 * Thu Jul 20 2006 Marcela Maslanova <mmaslano(a)redhat.com> 2.36-2 - fix (#198903) man-pages-fr-2.33.0-1 --------------------- * Wed Aug 09 2006 Marcela Maslanova <mmaslano(a)redhat.com> 2.33.0-1 - new version of man-pages from source0 mtools-3.9.10-2.fc6 ------------------- * Wed Aug 09 2006 Jitka Kudrnacova <jkudrnac(a)redhat.com> - 3.9.10-2 - rebuilt to prevent corruption on the 13th character (#195528) pciutils-2.2.3-4 ---------------- * Wed Aug 09 2006 Peter Jones <pjones(a)redhat.com> - 2.2.3-4 - Add definitions for more pci storage classes pcsc-lite-1.3.1-6 ----------------- * Mon Jul 31 2006 Ray Strode <rstrode(a)redhat.com> - 1.3.1-6 - follow packaging guidelines for setting up init service (bug 200778) rusers-0.17-47 -------------- * Wed Aug 09 2006 Phil Knirsch <pknirsch(a)redhat.com> 0.17-47 - Modified the RHEL3 procpartitions patch to work on recent 2.6 kernels (#201839) scim-1.4.4-31.fc6 ----------------- * Wed Aug 09 2006 Jens Petersen <petersen(a)redhat.com> - 1.4.4-31 - improve scim_panel_gtk-menu-recently-used-factories.patch to handle two letter locale and "other" - simplify scim_panel_gtk-systray-click-199187.patch to handle switching between tray menus better (Qingyu Wang) - add scim_backup-default-engine-2letter-locale.patch to improve matching of m17n maps (#197058) - add scim_utility-Assamese-locale-fix.patch to list Assamese as as_IN * Mon Aug 07 2006 Jens Petersen <petersen(a)redhat.com> - 1.4.4-30 - improvements to scim_panel_gtk-menu-recently-used-factories.patch - only list up to 5 recently used factories and only when more than 5 in menu - keep menu entry of recenty used factory in original place too - fix display of English/European entry - bring back Ctrl+space hotkey for Japanese and Korean users for backward compatibility (#201173) - include European keyboard in default factories again to avoid breaking deadkey support in XIM apps (lxo, #188357) - move scim modules to the main package * Fri Jul 28 2006 Qingyu Wang <qwang(a)redhat.com> - 1.4.4-29 - fix scim_panel_gtk-systray-click-199187.patch for second click away from icon selinux-policy-2.3.6-2 ---------------------- * Wed Aug 09 2006 Dan Walsh <dwalsh(a)redhat.com> 2.3.6-2 - More fixes for strict policy vim-2:7.0.050-1 --------------- * Wed Aug 09 2006 Karsten Hopp <karsten(a)redhat.de> 7.0.050-1 - Patchlevel 50 xorg-x11-drv-amd-0.0-3.20060809git.fc6 -------------------------------------- * Wed Aug 09 2006 Adam Jackson <ajackson(a)redhat.com> 0.0-3.20060809git.fc6 - Fix FC5 Requires too. xorg-x11-drv-i810-1.6.4-3.fc6 ----------------------------- * Wed Aug 09 2006 Adam Jackson <ajackson(a)redhat.com> 1.6.4-3.fc6 - intel-driver-rename.patch: Fix the driver name in more places so it'll, you know, load. * Wed Aug 09 2006 Adam Jackson <ajackson(a)redhat.com> 1.6.4-2.fc6 - intel-945gm-lfp-blacklist.patch: At anholt's suggestion, remove the other LFP special casing in favor of the blacklist. * Wed Aug 09 2006 Adam Jackson <ajackson(a)redhat.com> 1.6.4-1.fc6 - Admit defeat, kinda. Package both i810 stable and modesetting drivers. The modesetting driver is installed as intel_drv.so instead of i810_drv.so, and is selected with Driver "intel" in xorg.conf. Individual devices will whitelist over to "intel" until that branch gets merged into head. - Update the stable branch driver to 1.6.4 from upstream, adds i965 support. - intel-945gm-lfp-blacklist.patch: Blacklist LFP detection on machines where the BIOS is known to lie. xorg-x11-server-1.1.1-19.fc6 ---------------------------- * Wed Aug 09 2006 Adam Jackson <ajackson(a)redhat.com> - 1.1.1-19.fc6 - xorg-x11-server-1.1.1-builderstring.patch: Enable the builder info string at configure time; - ... and use it to print the package name and version. - xorg-x11-server-1.1.1-defaultdepth-24.patch: Set default depth to 24. - xorg-x11-server-1.1.1-edid-quirks-list.patch: Add EDID quirks list as an experiment; needs a better solution though. yum-2.9.4-1 ----------- * Wed Aug 09 2006 Jeremy Katz <katzj(a)redhat.com> - 2.9.4-1 - update to 2.9.4 (including logging fixes, gpg checking fix, and fixes for #200901, #200346, #189483) Broken deps for ppc64 ---------------------------------------------------------- epiphany - 2.15.4-1.ppc64 requires firefox = 0:1.5.0.5 Broken deps for i386 ---------------------------------------------------------- epiphany - 2.15.4-1.i386 requires firefox = 0:1.5.0.5 Broken deps for x86_64 ---------------------------------------------------------- epiphany - 2.15.4-1.x86_64 requires firefox = 0:1.5.0.5 Broken deps for ppc ---------------------------------------------------------- epiphany - 2.15.4-1.ppc requires firefox = 0:1.5.0.5 Broken deps for ia64 ---------------------------------------------------------- epiphany - 2.15.4-1.ia64 requires firefox = 0:1.5.0.5 Broken deps for s390 ---------------------------------------------------------- epiphany - 2.15.4-1.s390 requires firefox = 0:1.5.0.5 Broken deps for s390x ---------------------------------------------------------- epiphany - 2.15.4-1.s390x requires firefox = 0:1.5.0.5

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does nautilus_cd_burner work?

by Joseph E. Sacco, Ph.D.

System: G4-based PPC with fedora/rawhide-10Aug06 ================================================= nautilus_cd_burner does not work on my system. The problem appears to be a failure to detect of a writable CD. --> * The app prompts for a blank CD. | * A blank CD is placed into the CD carrier. | * The CD carrier is closed | * a CD icon appears on the desktop <-- * the "OK" button is clicked. Anyone else seeing this problem? -Joseph -- joseph_sacco [at] comcast [dot] net

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deadlock

by Erwin Rol

Could it be there is a deadlock or other SMP problem on SMP machnines again ? RPM will hang for ever in __lll_mutux_lock_wait. I have seen this before an rebooting an old kernel helped and i thought the problem was gone, but today i can't update anymore because RPM hangs. - Erwin

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Evolution crash on startup - gdk/cairo issues.

by Naoki

Using : evolution-2.7.91-1 evolution-data-server-1.7.91-1 gtk2-2.10.1-1 cairo-1.2.0-2 & cairo-1.2.2-1 I get : $ evolution CalDAV Eplugin starting up ... (evolution-2.8:7195): camel-WARNING **: camel_exception_get_id called with NULL parameter. libnm_glib_nm_state_cb: dbus returned an error. (org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown) The name org.freedesktop.NetworkManager was not provided by any .service files evolution: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib64/libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0: undefined symbol: cairo_xlib_surface_create Anybody seen that before? Google doesn't know and gnome bugzilla didn't give me any joy. Checking into it a bit /usr/lib64/libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0 is linked against /usr/lib64/libcairo.so.2 -> libcairo.so.2.9.1 from cairo-1.2.2-1. I removed the older cairo just to check, but the same result applies.

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Prevent packages from switching from repo to repo

by Benjy Grogan

Hello, Is there a way of preventing a package from updating to a more recent package from another repo? I have several repos enabled, and I noticed today that one package was set to be updated to one from another repo. So package foo from Fedora Extras was going to be updated to a new release ( minor/major version the same though) from Livna. Seems like that's almost always unwanted behaviour. Is there a way of avoiding these situations with yum, and then in turn possibly with Pup? Benjy

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Re: aug 9th boot.iso kernel panic

by Jason Dravet

On Wed, Aug 09, 2006 at 14:38:58 -0400, David Jones wrote: > >Indeed. Also, handy tricks to try.. >1. boot with vga=1 to get more lines of text onscreen >2. When you get the garbage, flip to the other tty's, where you may find >the oops in english :) > >If you have a digital camera, attaching a jpg of the oops to bugzilla is >fine. I forgot to include that the system is locked at that point. When the blue screen with the garbage is showing I can't flip to the other ttys. The only key combo that works at that point is Ctrl-Alt-Del which switches me to the black screen and the info I posted and put in bugzilla. Unfortunately I don't have a digital camera. I am a little behind the times. Thanks,

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aug 9th boot.iso kernel panic

by Jason Dravet

>Would bugzilla not be a more suitable place to report this? I did put this in bugzilla. I forgot to post the bug number in the original message. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=201878 Thanks,

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