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Re: FC6 dual boot with Win XP Home on Compaq Presario 2500 Series notebook
by pratyushjoshi2000＠yahoo.com 27 Dec '06

27 Dec '06

Thanks a lot for the input, Nil. I will try out the dual boot exercise after partitioning using GParted Live CD. In Windows XP, if you connect a new (external) hard drive thru a USB port, you can "initialize" the drive and create partitions using: "Start" -> "My Computer" -(right click)--> "Manage" -> "Computer Management" -> "Disk Management". If you don't format the partitions, the filesystem of the partition is seen as "RAW". But I guess it is one of those Microsoft quirks. The good thing, from what I understand, is that the "1024 cylinder limit" is unlikely in my notebook's BIOS. Thanks once again. Cheers... Nil Gradisnik <ghaefbgtk(a)gmail.com> wrote: I don't quite understand how did you create 4 partitions without formating/creating them? I think that's not possible. >From what I read is that windows installation created one big NTFS partition out of your entire disk space. My advice is to format your drive clean. First, create a partition for windows, you can create a 15Gb or whatever NTFS of FAT32 partition(fat32 would be a better choice if you want to read/write your windows files from linux and if you'll mostly use linux). Leave the rest of the drive space unpartitioned. Install windows on this partition. Then boot your Fedora installation disc and the installer will properly use the unpartitioned space. You can manually create partitions from fedora installer, but I think the default layout will be good. For disk partitioning you can use GParted live cd: http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php Hope this helps. On 12/27/06, pratyushjoshi2000(a)yahoo.com wrote: > Hi, > > I bought a new 60 GB Seagate internal hard drive for my Compaq Presario 2500 > Series notebook with the hopes of creating a dual boot system. > I initialized the hard drive and created 4 partitions of 15 GB each on it. I > did not format any partition. Then I plugged the hard drive in my notebook > and installed Windows XP Home on the first 15 GB partition, after which I > restarted the notebook and booted from the Fedora Core 6 Disk 1. > Unfortunately, FC6 shows only one partition of 60 GB formatted as NTFS. > My questions are: > 1. Do I have to format the next 15 GB partition as ext3 for FC6 to read it > properly ? > 2. I read about the "1024 cylinder limit" problem. Do I have to create the > first (Windows) partition less than 2 GB or 8.4 GB so as to allow FC6 to > determine the partitions correctly ? I had bought my laptop in Nov. 2003 so > I am not sure if this "1024 cylinder limit" is an issue at all with it. Is > there any way to find it out by looking at the Setup information during > Windows boot ? > > Any help or insight would be highly appreciated. > > Thanks in advance... > > Cheers, > TechieGuy > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > Fedora-laptop-list mailing list > Fedora-laptop-list(a)redhat.com > http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-laptop-list > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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FC6 dual boot with Win XP Home on Compaq Presario 2500 Series notebook
by pratyushjoshi2000＠yahoo.com 27 Dec '06

27 Dec '06

Hi, I bought a new 60 GB Seagate internal hard drive for my Compaq Presario 2500 Series notebook with the hopes of creating a dual boot system. I initialized the hard drive and created 4 partitions of 15 GB each on it. I did not format any partition. Then I plugged the hard drive in my notebook and installed Windows XP Home on the first 15 GB partition, after which I restarted the notebook and booted from the Fedora Core 6 Disk 1. Unfortunately, FC6 shows only one partition of 60 GB formatted as NTFS. My questions are: 1. Do I have to format the next 15 GB partition as ext3 for FC6 to read it properly ? 2. I read about the "1024 cylinder limit" problem. Do I have to create the first (Windows) partition less than 2 GB or 8.4 GB so as to allow FC6 to determine the partitions correctly ? I had bought my laptop in Nov. 2003 so I am not sure if this "1024 cylinder limit" is an issue at all with it. Is there any way to find it out by looking at the Setup information during Windows boot ? Any help or insight would be highly appreciated. Thanks in advance... Cheers, TechieGuy __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Asus a6km laptop & gnome mount issue
by Nil Gradisnik 23 Dec '06

23 Dec '06

I'm having problems with my ASUS A6KM laptop. I'm running FedoraCore6 updated and the removable devices are not working... are not mounting most of the time. The situation is like this, if I insert a CD or DVD in the drive, it doesn't show up on the Desktop or in Computer, gnome-mount is not working. I think it does this when I'm using the computer for some time... if I reboot the computer and leave the CD or DVD in the drive, it mounts it ok, and it even works a few times if I remove it and put it back in. And then again after some time it's not mounting anymore. The same thing happens with USB stick. Sometimes it shows up on the desktop, most of the time it doesn't. I believe this is not that GNOME related issue, probably a kernel or something. But I'd like to debug this... how ? I want to know how to fix this. It seems to me that maybe gnome-mount is not functioning correctly, or there is a problem with a driver, kernel module. Maybe two drivers are trying to mount the removable device and there is a conflict... I don't know, help. Happy holidays everyone !

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nVidia GeForce Go 7600 screen stays blank after resume
by Jos Vos 23 Dec '06

23 Dec '06

Hi, I am testing FC6 on a laptop with a nVidia GeForce Go 7600 and this basically works (using the standard "nv" driver), but after a resume, the video stays blank. I've tried some hints suggested for other video chips, but until now none of these has given any result. Any suggestions? Thanks, -- -- Jos Vos <jos(a)xos.nl> -- X/OS Experts in Open Systems BV | Phone: +31 20 6938364 -- Amsterdam, The Netherlands | Fax: +31 20 6948204

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USB problems in FC6
by Jacob Kroon 09 Dec '06

09 Dec '06

Hi, I'm having problems in FC6 with devices connected via USB on my Siemens Amilo laptop. If I plug in something, dmesg tells me: usb 4-3: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 2 ehci_hcd 0000:00:10.3: Unlink after no-IRQ? Controller is probably using the wrong IRQ. usb 4-3: device not accepting address 2, error -110 usb 4-3: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 3 usb 4-3: device not accepting address 3, error -110 Now if I reboot and pass "noacpi" as kernel argument, USB will work, but then the wifi ethernet card stops working, so I can't have both working at the same time. Using kernel-2.6.18-1.2798.fc6 with default kernel arguments wifi works, but USB wont work. Using kernel-2.6.18-1.2849.fc6 it's the other way around. Could anyone help me pinpointing this down? Regards Jacob Kroon

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Re: Help with HP Pavilian - Again
by S. Feldman 08 Dec '06

08 Dec '06

HP Pavilian dv8280us CoreDuo T2400 2G RAM, wireless card (which does work in XP). Just installed FC-6. Everything seems to work properly except the wireless network card. (I have yet to try a modem-based connection, but I expect it to work as I had that working in FC-4.) FC-4 had had a problem seeing (hearing? ;-) ) the audio card but eventually 'found' it; with FC-6 installed it found it right away. I desparately wanna get this thing working! TIA for all help. Steve <-----Original Message-----> >From: g sinuco >Sent: 12/7/2006 12:25:25 PM >To: sdf(a)alum.rpi.edu >Subject: Re: Help with HP Pavilian - Again > >Hi! I'm sorry but I don't have ideas, and instead of that a question. Could >you describe in detail your hardware? I have a pavillon dv6000, and Fedora >doesn't work propertly. Did your apply something special during the >intallation process? something like kernel options or similar? > >German. > >sdf(a)alum.rpi.edu escribió: >Thanks for the advice to go to Core 6. I started with 4 since a friend had the >disks and I didn't feel like downloading; in the end I did the download (all >day yesterday) but the disk burning and install went off great. > >The OS install and boot sequence worked/is working fine. > >BUT, no wireless internet. (The H/W _does_ work when I boot up in Windows.) I >tried to configure the card but it doesn't appear in the list (it seems to be >something like a "TI OHCI Compatible IEEE 1394", and in XP seems to say "Intel/ >Pro Wireless 3945ABG". Where would I go to get the proper driver (?) (which I >hope exists) and exactly what would I do with it once I have it? TIA. > >Also, I selected "Software Developer" for the installation flavor, but no sign >of Emacs. Ideas? > >TIA, > >Steve _______________________________________________ >Fedora-laptop-list mailing list >Fedora-laptop-list(a)redhat.com >http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-laptop-list > > > > > >Do You Yahoo!? La mejor conexión a Internet y 2GB extra a tu correo por $100 >al mes. http://net.yahoo.com.mx

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Re: Help with HP Pavilian - Again
by S. Feldman 08 Dec '06

08 Dec '06

Thanks to everyone. I hate to be difficult, but a) I am a bit new to Linux, b) I don't have network access to this web site FROM Linux (i.e. I need to download files when booted in XP and xfer them manually and do a manual install) and c) I could only make positive name identification on atrpms.net to 2 files that Jaraslav listed (the first and last ones). I really appreciate the group's patience - could someone give me a drop more time and specify exactly which of these files are _required_, how to install them (something like rpm -Uhv , right? ), and in which order they need be installed. I really appreciate it! TIA, Steve <-----Original Message-----> >From: Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay >Sent: 12/7/2006 11:14:58 PM >To: jaroslav(a)aster.pl >Cc: fedora-laptop-list(a)redhat.com >Subject: Re: Help with HP Pavilian - Again > >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >Hash: SHA1 > >Jaroslaw Gorny wrote: > >> All the stuff needed to run ipw3945 is packaged in RPMS and available on: >> http://atrpms.net >> You can configure Your yum to handle this repo. >> >> the packages You need are: >> >> ipw3945-1.1.0-15.fc6.at >> ipw3945d-1.7.22-4.at >> ipw3945-ucode-1.13-2.at >> ipw3945-kmdl-2.6.18-1.2849.fc6-1.1.0-15.fc6.at (or other kernel version) >> ieee80211-kmdl-2.6.18-1.2849.fc6-1.2.15-14.fc6.at >> ieee80211-1.2.15-14.fc6.at > >I guess it does not have the kmod-ipw3945 needed by ipw3945-kmod-common > > >- -- > >You see things; and you say 'Why?'; >But I dream things that never were; >and I say 'Why not?' - George Bernard Shaw >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) >Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > >iD8DBQFFePTSXQZpNTcrCzMRAl7jAKDLcGoDqWDszMdvv+gGlCvR+NfQUgCgq1iD >wjsLrnt63Mr1WeXpr1WK5Hk= >=BWOD >-----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > >_______________________________________________ >Fedora-laptop-list mailing list >Fedora-laptop-list(a)redhat.com >http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-laptop-list >. >

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Help with HP Pavilian - Again
by S. Feldman 07 Dec '06

07 Dec '06

Thanks for the advice to go to Core 6. I started with 4 since a friend had the disks and I didn't feel like downloading; in the end I did the download (all day yesterday) but the disk burning and install went off great. The OS install and boot sequence worked/is working fine. BUT, no wireless internet. (The H/W _does_ work when I boot up in Windows.) I tried to configure the card but it doesn't appear in the list (it seems to be something like a "TI OHCI Compatible IEEE 1394", and in XP seems to say "Intel/Pro Wireless 3945ABG". Where would I go to get the proper driver (?) (which I hope exists) and exactly what would I do with it once I have it? TIA. Also, I selected "Software Developer" for the installation flavor, but no sign of Emacs. Ideas? TIA, Steve

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laptop hcl matrix
by Vitor Domingos 06 Dec '06

06 Dec '06

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi all, Regarding the multiple questions about "does this laptop works with fedora?", that _should_ more often than the usual, we need to start a matrix hcl for laptops. To ease the introduction, this matrix should be filled from a form with some basic fields. I can start a draft for this if you all agree. Regards, - -- Vitor Domingos Paradigma.pt -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFFdZ9gzLeQsaqPtNIRAuA9AJ9Blu51yZF4acKlYhCUhkyd2ETw4gCeME8+ HE4gOENQAIg/7Lotd+mw1m4= =UNg+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Need help w/HP Pavilian
by S. Feldman 05 Dec '06

05 Dec '06

Hi, New to Fedora, and list... Hope this is the right place for this. I got a new HP Pavilian laptop w/XP; at long last got Fedora (Core 4) to dual boot with Windows. Things are looking good but I still have a few serious problems. During the boot sequence, it will LOCK UP totally at the step "Loading PCMCIA". If I do the "interactive boot" thing and answer 'N' at that step and then continue, I make it to the desktop. Question 1: What is this, how to fix? (Even if it was OK, I can't make booting such a manual activity.) Question 2: How get WiFi going? I'm not sure it is seeing the card right or what... but I'll be needing the 'net. Other than that (and the tricks & traps with the install) I'm doing OK here at this point. The sound wasn't working before, but that seems to have worked itself out at this point... TIA, Steve

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Slow transfer rates in a Thinkpad R52
by Arturo Alejandro Hoffstadt Urrutia 05 Dec '06

05 Dec '06

Hello: I have a Lenovo/IBM Thinkpad R52. It is a Celeron 1.4 Ghz, 256 RAM, Intel 915 video, sata hdd 40 GB, DVD-CDRW, etc. The thing, is that when I transfer files from the/to the CDrom, the whole system (even the mouse) gets really slow. This is the model of my sata controller reporte by lspci: Intel Corporation 82801FBM (ICH6M) SATA Controller (rev 03) Another thing, is that the hdparm program, can't change the UDMA settings. It says that my drives doesn't have udma, but it really has. [root@localhost ~]# hdparm -c /dev/sda /dev/sda: IO_support = 0 (default 16-bit) [root@localhost ~]# hdparm -c1 /dev/sda /dev/sda: setting 32-bit IO_support flag to 1 HDIO_SET_32BIT failed: Invalid argument IO_support = 0 (default 16-bit) Also, when the system start using swap, it start to slow (a lot, but not as much as when I read/write from/to the CDrom). This is the list of the modules I found relevant from lsmod: i2c_i801 11853 0 i2c_core 25537 2 i2c_ec,i2c_i801 ide_cd 42337 2 cdrom 38625 1 ide_cd ahci 23365 0 ata_piix 17993 3 libata 102745 2 ahci,ata_piix sd_mod 24897 20 scsi_mod 138601 4 sg,ahci,libata,sd_mod ext3 135497 1 jbd 63081 1 ext3 ehci_hcd 35533 0 ohci_hcd 25181 0 uhci_hcd 27725 0 I hope someone can help me... I couln't find the problem... See ya! PS: I will send transfers rates under determined actions later... -- Arturo Hoffstadt Urrutia ahoffsta(a)alumnos.inf.utfsm.cl Estudiante de Ingeniería Civil Informática Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María "La magia existe, solo debes buscar mejor"

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Problems with CD-RW/DVD and USB
by Erick Muller 05 Dec '06

05 Dec '06

Hi list, I have serious problems with my CD-ROM reader and my USB, I think all due to the Automount function, I don't know what happened but suddenly they don't work anymore I only put new devices and that's all... I know this sounds very weird but is true. At first I thought I was wrong when I change from a CD-ROM to another and simply didn't work, but today it happened the same with my USB device, this time I even can't charge my iPod it appears like the USB is death. I don't know what to do. My laptop is an IBM Thinkpad R51 and I use Core 5 and kernel 2.6.18-1.2239.fc5 (I tried updating the kernel but the only thing that change is that the messages don't appear now using dmesg, only when I use kernel 2.6.15-1.2054_FC5) The results from dmesg | tail are: For the CD-ROM thing: ATAPI device hdc: Error: Not ready -- (Sense key=0x02) No reference position found (media may be upside down) -- (asc=0x06, ascq=0x00) The failed "Read Cd/Dvd Capacity" packet command was: "25 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 " For the USB: usb 4-4: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 53 usb 4-4: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 55 usb 4-4: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 56 usb 4-4: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 106 usb 4-4: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 110 usb 4-4: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 118 usb 4-4: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 125 usb 4-4: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 4 usb 4-4: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 33 usb 4-4: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 42 Thank you very much, I hope someone could help me as I'm really desperate Regards, Erick Müller

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Hibernate on FC-6 (partly) fails
by Gianluca Sforna 04 Dec '06

04 Dec '06

Sorry for the cross posting (I can't really decide which list was better...) I'm seeing this regression (compared to FC-5, where it used to work fine) on the hibernate function with this laptop, an ASUS M6Ne (Centrino 1.7Ghz, 512Mb RAM, ATI mobility radeon 9700, _not_ using any proprietary kernel modules) Basically, the hibernate procedure go as far as the "shutting down hda" message, then fails to turn off power. I am forced to turn it off manually. Otherwise the operation seems working. Anyone else with similar symptoms? Moreover, I saw from time to time a screen of kernel error messages ( a stack trace ?) on the consule during wake up operation, but I am not sure if this was generated during hibernation. I will try to find a pattern for this and eventually post agina more details. Cheers Gianluca

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