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Fedora 6 a bit more automated install
by Shams 12 Mar '07

12 Mar '07

Hi, Once I have started installing Fedora 6 it works out the packages/dependencies and then waits for me to press the "Next" button before it starts the actual installtion. Maybe it should just go ahead and do it without waiting for the user to press the "Next" button. Is it possible to automate this already, if not then I think this will be a good feature to have? Thanks Shams

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net-tools status?
by Jon Masters 12 Mar '07

12 Mar '07

Yo, I'm *probably* missing something, but it looks like net-tools hasn't been updated upstream and we have a bazillion patches in the Fedora package at this point - is this about the situation? :-) Asking because I'm wondering if someone should find out the upstream situation. I've been working on some networking hacks for an April Fool's joke and so happened to be trawling this over the weekend. Jon.

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rawhide report: 20070312 changes
by Build System 12 Mar '07

12 Mar '07

Updated Packages: nautilus-sendto-0.10-1.fc7 -------------------------- * Sun Mar 11 2007 - Bastien Nocera <bnocera(a)redhat.com> - 0.10-1 - Update to 0.10, as 0.9 didn't compile * Fri Mar 09 2007 - Bastien Nocera <bnocera(a)redhat.com> - 0.9-1 - Update to 0.9 - Remove the bluetooth subpackage, it only depends on gbus-glib now scim-1.4.5-10.fc7 ----------------- * Mon Mar 12 2007 Jens Petersen <petersen(a)redhat.com> - 1.4.5-10 - make only scim-libs own lib directories used by both scim and scim-libs since scim requires scim-libs (#226395) - update desktop file to remove deprecated X-Fedora and Applications categories with scim-setup-desktop-file.patch (#226395) * Fri Mar 09 2007 Jens Petersen <petersen(a)redhat.com> - 1.4.5-9 - add scim-1.4.5-no-rpath-libdir.patch to remove rpaths to libdir - rpmlint cleanup (#226395) * Mon Feb 12 2007 Jens Petersen <petersen(a)redhat.com> - 1.4.5-8 - separate gtk immodule out to a separate subpackage - update icons with improvements by Andy Fitzsimon - add functions to xinput script to test for presence of immodules Broken deps for s390 ---------------------------------------------------------- gnucash - 2.0.5-1.fc6.s390 requires libaqbanking.so.16 gnucash - 2.0.5-1.fc6.s390 requires libgtkhtml-3.8.so.15 gnucash - 2.0.5-1.fc6.s390 requires libofx.so.3 kdeaccessibility - 1:3.5.6-2.fc7.s390 requires xdg-utils kdeaddons - 3.5.6-3.fc7.s390 requires xdg-utils kdeadmin - 7:3.5.6-2.fc7.s390 requires xdg-utils nfs-utils - 1:1.0.12-1.fc7.s390 requires libevent-1.2a.so.1 systemtap - 0.5.10-1.fc7.s390 requires kernel >= 0:2.6.9-11 systemtap-runtime - 0.5.10-1.fc7.s390 requires kernel >= 0:2.6.9-11 Broken deps for i386 ---------------------------------------------------------- frysk - 0.0.1.2007.02.07.rh1-1.fc7.i686 requires libgcj.so.7rh frysk-devel - 0.0.1.2007.02.07.rh1-1.fc7.i686 requires libgcj.so.7rh frysk-gnome - 0.0.1.2007.02.07.rh1-1.fc7.i686 requires libgcj.so.7rh gnucash - 2.0.5-1.fc6.i386 requires libofx.so.3 gnucash - 2.0.5-1.fc6.i386 requires libaqbanking.so.16 gnucash - 2.0.5-1.fc6.i386 requires libgtkhtml-3.8.so.15 kdeaccessibility - 1:3.5.6-2.fc7.i386 requires xdg-utils kdeaddons - 3.5.6-3.fc7.i386 requires xdg-utils kdeadmin - 7:3.5.6-2.fc7.i386 requires xdg-utils nfs-utils - 1:1.0.12-1.fc7.i386 requires libevent-1.2a.so.1 Broken deps for x86_64 ---------------------------------------------------------- frysk - 0.0.1.2007.02.07.rh1-1.fc7.x86_64 requires libgcj.so.7rh()(64bit) frysk - 0.0.1.2007.02.07.rh1-1.fc7.i686 requires libgcj.so.7rh frysk-devel - 0.0.1.2007.02.07.rh1-1.fc7.i686 requires libgcj.so.7rh frysk-devel - 0.0.1.2007.02.07.rh1-1.fc7.x86_64 requires libgcj.so.7rh()(64bit) frysk-gnome - 0.0.1.2007.02.07.rh1-1.fc7.i686 requires libgcj.so.7rh frysk-gnome - 0.0.1.2007.02.07.rh1-1.fc7.x86_64 requires libgcj.so.7rh()(64bit) gnucash - 2.0.5-1.fc6.i386 requires libaqbanking.so.16 gnucash - 2.0.5-1.fc6.i386 requires libgtkhtml-3.8.so.15 gnucash - 2.0.5-1.fc6.i386 requires libofx.so.3 gnucash - 2.0.5-1.fc6.x86_64 requires libgtkhtml-3.8.so.15()(64bit) gnucash - 2.0.5-1.fc6.x86_64 requires libaqbanking.so.16()(64bit) gnucash - 2.0.5-1.fc6.x86_64 requires libofx.so.3()(64bit) kdeaccessibility - 1:3.5.6-2.fc7.i386 requires xdg-utils kdeaccessibility - 1:3.5.6-2.fc7.x86_64 requires xdg-utils kdeaddons - 3.5.6-3.fc7.x86_64 requires xdg-utils kdeaddons - 3.5.6-3.fc7.i386 requires xdg-utils kdeadmin - 7:3.5.6-2.fc7.x86_64 requires xdg-utils kdeadmin - 7:3.5.6-2.fc7.i386 requires xdg-utils nfs-utils - 1:1.0.12-1.fc7.i386 requires libevent-1.2a.so.1 nfs-utils - 1:1.0.12-1.fc7.x86_64 requires libevent-1.2a.so.1()(64bit) python-pyblock - 0.27-3.i386 requires libdmraid.so.1.0.0.rc14 python-pyblock - 0.27-3.i386 requires libdmraid.so.1.0.0.rc14(Base) Broken deps for s390x ---------------------------------------------------------- gnucash - 2.0.5-1.fc6.s390x requires libofx.so.3()(64bit) gnucash - 2.0.5-1.fc6.s390x requires libaqbanking.so.16()(64bit) gnucash - 2.0.5-1.fc6.s390x requires libgtkhtml-3.8.so.15()(64bit) gnucash - 2.0.5-1.fc6.s390 requires libofx.so.3 gnucash - 2.0.5-1.fc6.s390 requires libaqbanking.so.16 gnucash - 2.0.5-1.fc6.s390 requires libgtkhtml-3.8.so.15 kdeaccessibility - 1:3.5.6-2.fc7.s390 requires xdg-utils kdeaccessibility - 1:3.5.6-2.fc7.s390x requires xdg-utils kdeaddons - 3.5.6-3.fc7.s390x requires xdg-utils kdeaddons - 3.5.6-3.fc7.s390 requires xdg-utils kdeadmin - 7:3.5.6-2.fc7.s390x requires xdg-utils kdeadmin - 7:3.5.6-2.fc7.s390 requires xdg-utils nfs-utils - 1:1.0.12-1.fc7.s390x requires libevent-1.2a.so.1()(64bit) nfs-utils - 1:1.0.12-1.fc7.s390 requires libevent-1.2a.so.1 python-pyblock - 0.27-3.s390 requires libdmraid.so.1.0.0.rc14(Base) python-pyblock - 0.27-3.s390 requires libdmraid.so.1.0.0.rc14 Broken deps for ppc64 ---------------------------------------------------------- gnucash - 2.0.5-1.fc6.ppc64 requires libgtkhtml-3.8.so.15()(64bit) gnucash - 2.0.5-1.fc6.ppc64 requires libaqbanking.so.16()(64bit) gnucash - 2.0.5-1.fc6.ppc64 requires libofx.so.3()(64bit) kdeaccessibility - 1:3.5.6-2.fc7.ppc64 requires xdg-utils kdeaddons - 3.5.6-3.fc7.ppc64 requires xdg-utils kdeadmin - 7:3.5.6-2.fc7.ppc64 requires xdg-utils nfs-utils - 1:1.0.12-1.fc7.ppc64 requires libevent-1.2a.so.1()(64bit) Broken deps for ia64 ---------------------------------------------------------- gnucash - 2.0.5-1.fc6.ia64 requires libgtkhtml-3.8.so.15()(64bit) gnucash - 2.0.5-1.fc6.ia64 requires libaqbanking.so.16()(64bit) gnucash - 2.0.5-1.fc6.ia64 requires libofx.so.3()(64bit) kdeaccessibility - 1:3.5.6-2.fc7.ia64 requires xdg-utils kdeaddons - 3.5.6-3.fc7.ia64 requires xdg-utils kdeadmin - 7:3.5.6-2.fc7.ia64 requires xdg-utils nfs-utils - 1:1.0.12-1.fc7.ia64 requires libevent-1.2a.so.1()(64bit) Broken deps for ppc ---------------------------------------------------------- gnucash - 2.0.5-1.fc6.ppc requires libofx.so.3 gnucash - 2.0.5-1.fc6.ppc requires libaqbanking.so.16 gnucash - 2.0.5-1.fc6.ppc requires libgtkhtml-3.8.so.15 kdeaccessibility - 1:3.5.6-2.fc7.ppc requires xdg-utils kdeaddons - 3.5.6-3.fc7.ppc requires xdg-utils kdeadmin - 7:3.5.6-2.fc7.ppc requires xdg-utils nfs-utils - 1:1.0.12-1.fc7.ppc requires libevent-1.2a.so.1

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Fedora 6 and Disk Druid Overall Disk Space
by Shams 11 Mar '07

11 Mar '07

Hi, Here is the scenario, lets say I have a 60gb hard disk. When installing Fedora via gui I noticed that Disk Druid does not give you the option of specifying the overall disk space to allocate to Fedora. In this case I want to allocate 20gb to Fedora and Disk Druid should allow me to do that, then I can carry on with installation as usual. Can this feature be implemented, please. Thanks Shams

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Re: download.fedora.redhat.com gone?
by Robert Scheck 11 Mar '07

11 Mar '07

Hello, On Sun, 11 Mar 2007, Arthur Pemberton wrote: > Last night http://download.fedora.redhat.com slowed to a stop while I > was trying to find a file for someone. yes, because http://redhat.download.fedoraproject.org/ seems to be the replacement for it. Thanks to Andreas Thienemann for pointing me at IRC to this. > It seems to be working ok now. Maybe somebody re-added the A records to redhat.com in the meantime now again... Greetings, Robert

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announce: readahead-1.4
by Karel Zak 11 Mar '07

11 Mar '07

I have just pushed out a new 1.4 version of the readahead util. The changes are: * move project to hosted.fedoraproject.org * source code maintained by GIT * various cleanups * new build-system based on autotools * --sort / --dont-sort support * add readahead-collector (based on audit system, requires audit-libs[-devel]) * improve init scripts (supports full, custom and fast mode) * add /etc/cron.daily/readahead.cron (with readahead --sort) Web page: https://hosted.fedoraproject.org/projects/readahead The code is not tested with FC7, because libauparse (from audit-libs-devel) is broken in FC7 now. If you want to generate your customized version of readahead lists you need to boot with "init=/sbin/readahead-collector". Also see /etc/readahead.conf and /usr/share/doc/readahead-1.4/README*. I welcome your feedback! Send me your comments, ideas for enhancements or bug reports. Karel -- Karel Zak <kzak(a)redhat.com>

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Extras x86_64 rawhide rebuild in mock status 2007-03-07
by Matt Domsch 11 Mar '07

11 Mar '07

Extras Rawhide-in-Mock Build Results for x86_64 Wed Mar 7 20:35:34 CST 2007 Full logs at http://linux.dell.com/files/fedora/FixBuildRequires/ Total packages: 2663 Number failed to build: 62 Number expected to fail due to ExclusiveArch or ExcludeArch: 0 Leaving: 62 (there may be some duplicates if rawhide has 2 versions of a package) Of those expected to have worked... Without a bug filed: 61 ---------------------------------- HelixPlayer-1.0.7-5.fc7 gauret(a)free.fr R-RScaLAPACK-0.5.1-8.fc6 tcallawa(a)redhat.com airsnort-0.2.7e-11.fc7 andreas.bierfert(a)lowlatency.de apmud-1.0.0-6.fc6 dwmw2(a)redhat.com athcool-0.3.11-5.fc6 gajownik(a)gmail.com atitvout-0.4-6 andreas.bierfert(a)lowlatency.de banshee-0.11.5-1.fc7 caillon(a)redhat.com cmucl-19d-3.fc7 rdieter(a)math.unl.edu compat-erlang-R10B-10.4.fc6 gemi(a)bluewin.ch conexusmm-0.4.0-5.fc6 rvinyard(a)cs.nmsu.edu crm114-0-0.2.20060704.fc6 rpm(a)greysector.net csound-5.03.0-9.fc7 dcbw@redhat.com,paul@all-the-johnsons.co.uk em8300-kmod-0.16.1-6.2.6.20_1.2962.fc7 ville.skytta(a)iki.fi fakeroot-1.5.10-13.fc7 Axel.Thimm(a)ATrpms.net flumotion-0.2.1-3.fc6 thomas(a)apestaart.org freenx-0.5.0-5.fc6 zipsonic(a)gmail.com gambas-1.0.17-7.fc7 tcallawa(a)redhat.com gift-0.11.8.1-6.fc7 rdieter(a)math.unl.edu gnome-sudoku-0.5.0-1.fc6 stickster(a)gmail.com grepmail-5.3032-5.fc7 paul(a)city-fan.org gtk-sharp-1.0.10-12.fc7 paul(a)all-the-johnsons.co.uk hyperestraier-1.4.9-2.fc7 mtasaka(a)ioa.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp i8kutils-1.25-11.fc6 matthias(a)rpmforge.net jogl-1.0.0-5.7.beta5.fc6 green(a)redhat.com koffice-1.6.2-3.fc7 andreas.bierfert(a)lowlatency.de kooldock-0.3-4.20060720cvs.fc6 mr.ecik(a)gmail.com kyum-0.7.5-4.fc6 Jochen(a)herr-schmitt.de libpaper-1.1.20-5.fc6 tcallawa(a)redhat.com libpolyxmass-0.9.0-6.fc5 andreas.bierfert(a)lowlatency.de libreadline-java-0.8.0-13.fc6 ifoox(a)redhat.com lightning-1.2-4.fc6 Jochen(a)herr-schmitt.de lrmi-0.10-2.fc6 kevin(a)tummy.com magic-7.4.33-6.fc7 cgoorah(a)yahoo.com.au mlton-20061107-2.fc7 adam(a)spicenitz.org monodevelop-0.13-1.fc7 paul(a)all-the-johnsons.co.uk mosml-2.01-9.fc7 gemi(a)bluewin.ch muine-0.8.7-2.fc7 foolish(a)guezz.net nagios-plugins-1.4.6-1.fc7 mmcgrath(a)redhat.com nomadsync-0.4.2-13.fc6 triad(a)df.lth.se nx-2.1.0-1.fc6 zipsonic(a)gmail.com oorexx-3.1.1-1.fc7 gemi(a)bluewin.ch orpie-1.4.3-5.fc6 lists(a)forevermore.net paraview-2.4.4-3.fc6 orion(a)cora.nwra.com php-pecl-Fileinfo-1.0.4-1.fc7 fedora(a)theholbrooks.org prewikka-0.9.8-1.fc7 tscherf(a)redhat.com python-amara-1.1.9-7.fc7 jamatos(a)fc.up.pt python-reportlab-2.0-2.fc7 bdpepple(a)ameritech.net q-7.6-2.fc7 gemi(a)bluewin.ch qa-assistant-0.4.90.5-2.fc6 toshio(a)tiki-lounge.com s3switch-0.0-9.20020912.fc6 paul(a)xelerance.com spicctrl-1.9-5.fc7 michel.salim(a)gmail.com steghide-0.5.1-2.fc6 Jochen(a)herr-schmitt.de toped-0.8.2-2.fc6 cgoorah(a)yahoo.com.au warzone2100-2.0.5-3.fc7 karlikt(a)gmail.com wine-0.9.31-1.fc7 andreas.bierfert(a)lowlatency.de xca-0.5.1-6.fc6 enrico.scholz(a)informatik.tu-chemnitz.de xeuphoric-0.18.2-6.fc6 paul(a)all-the-johnsons.co.uk xmldiff-0.6.7-12.fc6 stickster(a)gmail.com xsupplicant-1.2.8-1.fc7.1 tcallawa(a)redhat.com z88dk-1.6-10.fc6 paul(a)all-the-johnsons.co.uk zope-2.9.4-2.fc6 jonathansteffan(a)gmail.com With bugs filed: 0 ---------------------------------- -- Matt Domsch Software Architect Dell Linux Solutions linux.dell.com & www.dell.com/linux Linux on Dell mailing lists @ http://lists.us.dell.com

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rawhide report: 20070311 changes
by Build System 11 Mar '07

11 Mar '07

Updated Packages: (none) Broken deps for x86_64 ---------------------------------------------------------- frysk - 0.0.1.2007.02.07.rh1-1.fc7.x86_64 requires libgcj.so.7rh()(64bit) frysk - 0.0.1.2007.02.07.rh1-1.fc7.i686 requires libgcj.so.7rh frysk-devel - 0.0.1.2007.02.07.rh1-1.fc7.x86_64 requires libgcj.so.7rh()(64bit) frysk-devel - 0.0.1.2007.02.07.rh1-1.fc7.i686 requires libgcj.so.7rh frysk-gnome - 0.0.1.2007.02.07.rh1-1.fc7.x86_64 requires libgcj.so.7rh()(64bit) frysk-gnome - 0.0.1.2007.02.07.rh1-1.fc7.i686 requires libgcj.so.7rh gnucash - 2.0.5-1.fc6.i386 requires libaqbanking.so.16 gnucash - 2.0.5-1.fc6.i386 requires libgtkhtml-3.8.so.15 gnucash - 2.0.5-1.fc6.i386 requires libofx.so.3 gnucash - 2.0.5-1.fc6.x86_64 requires libgtkhtml-3.8.so.15()(64bit) gnucash - 2.0.5-1.fc6.x86_64 requires libaqbanking.so.16()(64bit) gnucash - 2.0.5-1.fc6.x86_64 requires libofx.so.3()(64bit) kdeaccessibility - 1:3.5.6-2.fc7.x86_64 requires xdg-utils kdeaccessibility - 1:3.5.6-2.fc7.i386 requires xdg-utils kdeaddons - 3.5.6-3.fc7.i386 requires xdg-utils kdeaddons - 3.5.6-3.fc7.x86_64 requires xdg-utils kdeadmin - 7:3.5.6-2.fc7.x86_64 requires xdg-utils kdeadmin - 7:3.5.6-2.fc7.i386 requires xdg-utils nfs-utils - 1:1.0.12-1.fc7.i386 requires libevent-1.2a.so.1 nfs-utils - 1:1.0.12-1.fc7.x86_64 requires libevent-1.2a.so.1()(64bit) python-pyblock - 0.27-3.i386 requires libdmraid.so.1.0.0.rc14 python-pyblock - 0.27-3.i386 requires libdmraid.so.1.0.0.rc14(Base) Broken deps for ia64 ---------------------------------------------------------- gnucash - 2.0.5-1.fc6.ia64 requires libgtkhtml-3.8.so.15()(64bit) gnucash - 2.0.5-1.fc6.ia64 requires libaqbanking.so.16()(64bit) gnucash - 2.0.5-1.fc6.ia64 requires libofx.so.3()(64bit) kdeaccessibility - 1:3.5.6-2.fc7.ia64 requires xdg-utils kdeaddons - 3.5.6-3.fc7.ia64 requires xdg-utils kdeadmin - 7:3.5.6-2.fc7.ia64 requires xdg-utils nfs-utils - 1:1.0.12-1.fc7.ia64 requires libevent-1.2a.so.1()(64bit) Broken deps for s390x ---------------------------------------------------------- gnucash - 2.0.5-1.fc6.s390 requires libofx.so.3 gnucash - 2.0.5-1.fc6.s390 requires libaqbanking.so.16 gnucash - 2.0.5-1.fc6.s390 requires libgtkhtml-3.8.so.15 gnucash - 2.0.5-1.fc6.s390x requires libofx.so.3()(64bit) gnucash - 2.0.5-1.fc6.s390x requires libaqbanking.so.16()(64bit) gnucash - 2.0.5-1.fc6.s390x requires libgtkhtml-3.8.so.15()(64bit) kdeaccessibility - 1:3.5.6-2.fc7.s390x requires xdg-utils kdeaccessibility - 1:3.5.6-2.fc7.s390 requires xdg-utils kdeaddons - 3.5.6-3.fc7.s390x requires xdg-utils kdeaddons - 3.5.6-3.fc7.s390 requires xdg-utils kdeadmin - 7:3.5.6-2.fc7.s390x requires xdg-utils kdeadmin - 7:3.5.6-2.fc7.s390 requires xdg-utils nfs-utils - 1:1.0.12-1.fc7.s390 requires libevent-1.2a.so.1 nfs-utils - 1:1.0.12-1.fc7.s390x requires libevent-1.2a.so.1()(64bit) python-pyblock - 0.27-3.s390 requires libdmraid.so.1.0.0.rc14(Base) python-pyblock - 0.27-3.s390 requires libdmraid.so.1.0.0.rc14 Broken deps for s390 ---------------------------------------------------------- gnucash - 2.0.5-1.fc6.s390 requires libaqbanking.so.16 gnucash - 2.0.5-1.fc6.s390 requires libgtkhtml-3.8.so.15 gnucash - 2.0.5-1.fc6.s390 requires libofx.so.3 kdeaccessibility - 1:3.5.6-2.fc7.s390 requires xdg-utils kdeaddons - 3.5.6-3.fc7.s390 requires xdg-utils kdeadmin - 7:3.5.6-2.fc7.s390 requires xdg-utils nfs-utils - 1:1.0.12-1.fc7.s390 requires libevent-1.2a.so.1 systemtap - 0.5.10-1.fc7.s390 requires kernel >= 0:2.6.9-11 systemtap-runtime - 0.5.10-1.fc7.s390 requires kernel >= 0:2.6.9-11 Broken deps for ppc64 ---------------------------------------------------------- gnucash - 2.0.5-1.fc6.ppc64 requires libgtkhtml-3.8.so.15()(64bit) gnucash - 2.0.5-1.fc6.ppc64 requires libaqbanking.so.16()(64bit) gnucash - 2.0.5-1.fc6.ppc64 requires libofx.so.3()(64bit) kdeaccessibility - 1:3.5.6-2.fc7.ppc64 requires xdg-utils kdeaddons - 3.5.6-3.fc7.ppc64 requires xdg-utils kdeadmin - 7:3.5.6-2.fc7.ppc64 requires xdg-utils nfs-utils - 1:1.0.12-1.fc7.ppc64 requires libevent-1.2a.so.1()(64bit) Broken deps for i386 ---------------------------------------------------------- frysk - 0.0.1.2007.02.07.rh1-1.fc7.i686 requires libgcj.so.7rh frysk-devel - 0.0.1.2007.02.07.rh1-1.fc7.i686 requires libgcj.so.7rh frysk-gnome - 0.0.1.2007.02.07.rh1-1.fc7.i686 requires libgcj.so.7rh gnucash - 2.0.5-1.fc6.i386 requires libofx.so.3 gnucash - 2.0.5-1.fc6.i386 requires libaqbanking.so.16 gnucash - 2.0.5-1.fc6.i386 requires libgtkhtml-3.8.so.15 kdeaccessibility - 1:3.5.6-2.fc7.i386 requires xdg-utils kdeaddons - 3.5.6-3.fc7.i386 requires xdg-utils kdeadmin - 7:3.5.6-2.fc7.i386 requires xdg-utils nfs-utils - 1:1.0.12-1.fc7.i386 requires libevent-1.2a.so.1 Broken deps for ppc ---------------------------------------------------------- gnucash - 2.0.5-1.fc6.ppc requires libofx.so.3 gnucash - 2.0.5-1.fc6.ppc requires libaqbanking.so.16 gnucash - 2.0.5-1.fc6.ppc requires libgtkhtml-3.8.so.15 kdeaccessibility - 1:3.5.6-2.fc7.ppc requires xdg-utils kdeaddons - 3.5.6-3.fc7.ppc requires xdg-utils kdeadmin - 7:3.5.6-2.fc7.ppc requires xdg-utils nfs-utils - 1:1.0.12-1.fc7.ppc requires libevent-1.2a.so.1

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A few ideas.
by Debarshi Ray 11 Mar '07

11 Mar '07

I have been using YUM (and Pirut) on various versions of Fedora Core for the past two or three years, and have some ideas to improve certain aspects of it. I apologise for the cross-posting, but I figure that this might be relevant to both the lists. 1. Enabling users to make 'yumpacks': This is inspired by https://wiki.ubuntu.com/OfflineUpdateSpec to enable users of YUM (and Pirut) to be able to install/update from packages downloaded on a different machine on a standalone offline machine or one with very harsh bandwidth constraints. Users having more than one machine, which are not on a LAN, can also be benefitted since they need not download the same things everywhere. It is true that the samething can be done using: a. yum deplist b. wget c. createrepo d. yum localinstall e. yum localupdate However for those who are not conversant with the working of YUM, Pirut, RPMs, dependencies, repositories, etc. will find it quite difficult to do it. With the growing popularity of GNU/Linux on the dektop, this is no longer a trivial issue. Some use cases can be: a. Manu has two machines-- one at work and one at home. The former is blessed with a nice Internet connection, while the other one is a standalone machine. Manu has just installed Fedora Core 6 on both his machines but does not really know much beyond 'yum install' and 'yum update', and his heavily dependant on the GUI since he is not a geek. He loves the system, and wants to install his favourite media player on his home machine. He has it on his office box, but the lack of Internet connectivity at home is a problem. He has read some material about making YUM repositories, but what he would love is a simple interface to do the whole thing. eg., "yum makepack <mediaplayer>" or a click and go feature in Pirut. Once the pack is made and saved in the desired location he can care it home on his pen-drive and enjoy the latest movie with his wife and kids. b. Rakesh has five different machines and they are not on the same LAN. Although both are connected to the Internet, the bandwidth is not of the best quality. Downloading the same updates and packages on both machines is quite a pain. He wants a simple facility by which he can create a 'yumpack' everytime he installs or updates something on one machine, so that he can use the same 'yumpack' to repeat the installation or update on his other boxes. c. My grandmother is fascinated by the talk of Free Software. She wants to try out Fedora. She does not know much about computers, and it is not possible to teach her about YUM caches, repositories, dependencies, etc.. She also finds it difficult to figure out what package to install using YUM and Pirut. I want to give her a 'yumpack' on a CD containing the packages she wants to have on her desktop, so that all she has to do is ask YUM or Pirut to install whatever is there in the pack. She just has to remember one command-- something like: "yum usepack <pathtopack>", and not "yum install <package1>", "yum checkupdate", "yum -y update", etc.. 2. I recently learned that it is possible to download deltas of RPMs instead of the whole package. Exploiting this feature in YUM (and Pirut) can be extremely beneficial in conserving bandwidth and cache size. Making 'yumpacks' (see point 1) can will also become quicker and result in smaller packs being made, since one would not need to download and put the entire RPM in the pack if the currently installed version of the package is known. I have heard deltarpm does something like this, but have not come across something in YUM or Pirut which makes use of this. Some use cases: a. Arjun has a very slow connection to the Internet which is not available 24x7. Everytime he does "yum -y update", the slow network ensures that he has to keep his machine on for hours. Even then he experiences time-outs while downloading large packages (say >2M) and because the Internet is not available 24x7 this makes things more difficult for him. Arjun badly wants to circrumvent this problem. He wants to upgrade package 'foobar' and the RPM is 20M. However the only change as compared to the one he already has is a small, but critical segmentation fault problem. So it would be really good if he can somehow download a small diff and patch his installation using YUM (and Pirut). b. Ranjeet wants to give his brother all the latest RPMs in the updates repository. However they take up too much space to fit on a CD. Ranjeet does not have a DVD-RW drive so he has to use multiple CDs. Since his brother regularly updates his box, all that is needed are the diffs and not the entire packages. Ranjeet can make smaller repositories (or 'yumpacks') for his brother if he and his brother can use the diffs in YUM (and Pirut). 3. A "apt-get update" and "apt-get upgrade" combination for YUM and a 'refresh package information' for Pirut, so that the package information is updated only when explicitly stated by the user. However I do not know whether this is already available in YUM (and Pirut) or not. What I have learned is that the 'metadata_expire" value in yum.conf is used to decide when the meta-data is marked stale. The usual default setting of 1800s is too low and effectively every time someone starts YUM (or Pirut) it starts downloading the full package information from the remote servers. With the exception of extremely quick networks, this causes YUM to take a long time to actually start doing something. Pirut gives the impression of having hung or crashed. The more repositories you have enabled, the more enhanced is the problem, making these aplications (especially Pirut) almost unusable. Increasing the 'metadata_expire' value to something like 24*10*3600 can work, but for novices this is difficult to figure out and in my opinion is not an elegant solution. A use case: a. Vivek has just shifted to Fedora from Ubuntu/Debian. He tries out Pirut and is apalled by the amount of time it took to display the packages list. He badly misses the feature in Synaptic which enabled him to update his package information only when he desired to. Same applies for YUM too. Phew! That was long, but did I make any sense? Comments? I know Python and would love to help out in developing any of these features if you find them useful. Happy hacking, Debarshi -- GPG key ID: 63D4A5A7 Key server: pgp.mit.edu

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Problems with ordering multiple sound cards with ALSA
by Callum Lerwick 10 Mar '07

10 Mar '07

I'm having some obnoxious problems with using multiple ALSA devices, and their ordering. I am trying to set up a music workstation. I have the motherboard onboard sound (snd-intel8x0), a Behringer USB audio interface (snd_usb_audio), and an M-Audio Oxygen 49 MIDI keyboard (also snd_usb_audio). What I want to do, is have the onboard sound be the ALSA default, so all the various bleeps, blips, IM sounds, Doom 3, flash crap and so on go to my cheapo cheezy thundery-mini-subwoofer disco-smile Altec Lansing PC speakers. I want the USB device dedicated to jack, which goes to some semi-decent subwooferless flat-ish response Sony speakers. What happens is USB devices always get detected and loaded first. Amusingly/annoyingly, if I only have the Oxygen MIDI keyboard plugged in upon booting, it is assigned ALSA slot 0 even being a purely MIDI device, and all apps try and use it for audio output and fail spectacularly. The onboard sound gets loaded last and ends up slot 1 or 2 if I have the USB audio interface plugged in too. Now, the latest system-config-soundcard seems to have grown the ability to handle multiple soundcards at some point, and allow me to quickly and easily fix the ordering. Its exactly what I need. Except... the changes don't seem to be permanent. It reverts on reboot. It doesn't modify modprobe.conf like it/kudzu used to do. I can't find any sign of it saving any configuration anywhere. What's up with that? Is this supposed to work? Am I missing something? This *is* FC6, not devel I'm using. Oh well, I guess I get to hand-modify modprobe.conf by hand for now, based on what's still in some of my older systems... alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0 options snd-card-0 index=0 options snd-intel8x0 index=0 remove snd-intel8x0 { /usr/sbin/alsactl store 0 >/dev/null 2>&1 || : ; }; /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove snd-intel8x0 etc...

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