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RV: Install and configure atheros wireless card
by Jorge Guerron 30 Jan '12

30 Jan '12

Hi everyone, i have a sony vaio laptop, i have a problem with atheros AR9285 when install fedora from zero, i not have a previous installation. to continue, this is the specific hardware profile 02:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01) 03:00.0 Unassigned class [ff00]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device 5209 (rev 01) 09:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications AR8151 v2.0 Gigabit Ethernet (rev c0) I tried installing compat-wireless-next, and follow the steps shown here does not work http://people.redhat.com/sgruszka/compat-wireless-next/F-16/ I forgot my s.o is 64 Saludos desde Loja Ecuador Atentamente. Jorge C. Guerrón Eras. Este mensaje (incluyendo los adjuntos) estan sujetos a uso individual o para informacion y no puede ser usado publicamente sin autorizacion del propietario, por tal motivo se recomienda guardar confidencialidad. Si usted recibe este mensaje y no esta autorizado, por favor eliminelo o notifique a las oficinas del Banco de Loja. tel. 072571682, 072573018 www.bancodeloja.fin.ec Este mensaje ha sido examinado por Symantec Mail Security y se considera libre de virus y spam. Antes de imprimir este mensaje, piense en su responsabilidad con la naturaleza

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Can not install Fedora 16 on Dell Latitude D620
by Ole Skartveit 26 Jan '12

26 Jan '12

I have downloaded several flavours of Fedora 16 and burned DVD/CDs. When I try to boot from the CD/DVD on my Dell Latitude D620 I get the first caracter based message that it will start Fedora in xx seconds. Then the text dissapears and after a while two lines with some kind of bars pops up, and that is all. If I put the same CD/DVD into another PC (a desktop) it boots up from the CD/DVD and all works as expected. Is the Dell D620 laptop not supported for Fedora? I would appreciate any help. Regards Ole

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by false 15 Jan '12

15 Jan '12

Hi Everyone: My Machine: Toshiba NB 305 (Netbook), 1 GB RAM, 250 GB HD, installed Fedora 16 (3.1.0-7.fc16.i686) to external USB hard disk (Toshiba 80GB). Boatloader also installed to external HD. Two partitions, root and swap. Problem: Install went well. On first boot (and all subsequent), received following error: "Loading initial ramdisk 1. 175159 Initramfs unpacking failed: junk in compressed archive Kernel panic - not syncing: no init found try passing init= option to kernel" Remarks: Running from the liveusb stick works well, no problems. Thanks for any help.

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Re: GNOME 3 Freezing
by Anthony Vanover 12 Jan '12

12 Jan '12

Thanks for the info Camilo. The "noveau" driver seems to be a component there though. So that's not my bug. But, I did perform an update recently and GNOME hasn't freezed since. I'm not sure what bug it was, but the update fixed it. On Thu, 2012-01-12 at 12:00 +0000, laptop-request(a)lists.fedoraproject.org wrote: > Send laptop mailing list submissions to > laptop(a)lists.fedoraproject.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/laptop > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > laptop-request(a)lists.fedoraproject.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > laptop-owner(a)lists.fedoraproject.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of laptop digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: GNOME 3 Freezing (Camilo Mesias) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 22:02:22 +0000 > From: Camilo Mesias <camilo(a)mesias.co.uk> > To: Florin Asavoaie <florin(a)flachi.net> > Cc: laptop(a)lists.fedoraproject.org, wizard(a)anthonyvanover.tk > Subject: Re: GNOME 3 Freezing > Message-ID: > <CAEMMatuohdoQmw2o_wWrDoU9qB5Rmyh-h0Ro+i=r=fka6LSMjg(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Hi, > > for the record I did some researching and found a similar bug / bugs > which claim to have been fixed... > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=679319 > https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26980 > > -Cam > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > laptop mailing list > laptop(a)lists.fedoraproject.org > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/laptop > > End of laptop Digest, Vol 69, Issue 5 > ************************************* -- Sending sensitive information? Use PGP? Then grab my public key available @ anthonyvanover.tk/public.asc

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Re: GNOME 3 Freezing
by Anthony Vanover 11 Jan '12

11 Jan '12

That may be related, but it's definitely not the nouveau driver in my case, since I don't use an nVidia GPU. Also, it takes a really long time for it to finally switch over to terminal. You might try out the key combo and wait a while to see what happens. Here's my GPU info: 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory Controller Hub (rev 0c) Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Pavilion dv6700 Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0 Capabilities: [e0] Vendor Specific Information: Len=0a <?> Kernel driver in use: agpgart-intel 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (primary) (rev 0c) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 30cc Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 44 Memory at f8000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1M] Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M] I/O ports at 1800 [size=8] Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled] Capabilities: [90] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit- Capabilities: [d0] Power Management version 3 Kernel driver in use: i915 Kernel modules: i915 00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (secondary) (rev 0c) Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 30cc Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0 Memory at f8100000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1M] Capabilities: [d0] Power Management version 3 On Mon, 2012-01-09 at 08:32 +0000, laptop-request(a)lists.fedoraproject.org wrote: > Message: 2 > Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2012 19:59:37 +0000 > From: Camilo Mesias <camilo(a)mesias.co.uk> > To: wizard(a)anthonyvanover.tk > Cc: laptop(a)lists.fedoraproject.org > Subject: Re: GNOME 3 Freezing > Message-ID: > <CAEMMattPnXkjcDetAuEcSAV6gW4NFj12QnEC9yi-gTwGbjeqiA(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Hi Anthony, > > I can sympathise, I have similar problems with my netbook. I get the > impression that there is a bug in the nouveau driver which locks up > the part of the drawing hardware and so stalls all output. I can move > the mouse and the pointer moves but nothing else is drawn and the > keyboard input is stopped also (no caps-lock light activity). > > Displaying video content seems to provoke the bug but sometimes it > happens anyway. Sometimes you can watch a whole video without it > locking up, maybe it's unrelated. > > If you can ctrl-alt-f2 to kill gnome shell then you might find > ctrl-alt-backspace (which restarts the Xserver) might be a shortcut. > > I haven't filed bugs because I don't have an easy reproduced situation > or any relevant log output :( If I hoped for a workaround I'd post on > the fedora IRC channel, or fedora-devel mailing list, failing that I'd > probably raise a bug on bugzilla. > > -Cam > > On Sun, Jan 8, 2012 at 7:20 PM, Anthony Vanover > <anthonyisageek(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > My CPU architecture doesn't support 64-bit. I would say that I do > high > > I/O Operations though. I have a 2TB Seagate external HDD and often > move > > ~60 gigs or so around, compress about that amount in 7z (encrypted), > > bulk rename thousands of files, and some other things with scripts. > > Also, I usually have several tabs in Firefox when this happens. If > it > > were lack of CPU though; I'd expect the effect to be immediate, but > I > > have the tabs open for a while without issue. > > > >> Message: 3 > >> Date: Sun, 08 Jan 2012 12:45:55 +0530 > >> From: Ankur Sinha <sanjay.ankur(a)gmail.com> > >> To: laptop(a)lists.fedoraproject.org > >> Subject: Re: GNOME 3 Freezing > >> Message-ID: <1326006955.6689.24.camel(a)ankur.pc> > >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > >> > >> On Sat, 2012-01-07 at 22:12 -0500, William Henry wrote: > >> > How many monitors are you using? > >> > > >> > It's probably not this - because you can get at the shell - but I > notice sometimes my lock screen doesn't display the password popup on > a monitor ( or more accurately displays it on a monitor it is not > displaying anything on). When I type my password it unlocks and both > screens then display as normal. > >> > > >> > William > >> > > >> > > >> > On Jan 7, 2012, at 6:57 PM, Anthony Vanover > <anthonyisageek(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> > > >> > > For some reason, Fedora freezes after an unspecified amount of > time. I'm > >> > > able to move the mouse but everything else is unresponsive. So > I just > >> > > switch to console <CTRL>+<ALT>+<F2> and use "killall -s HUP > gnome-shell" > >> > > in root shell (#). Haven't tested any of the other Desktop > managers but > >> > > I'm pretty sure this is the only one. > >> > > > >> > > -- > >> > >> Please file bugs. I haven't come across these situations while > using > >> gnome3. The screen freeze does happen if you're using a 64bit > kernel and > >> making high i/o related operations. Its a kernel bug, fixed in 3.2 > > > > -- > > Sending sensitive information? Use PGP? > > Then grab my public key available @ > > anthonyvanover.tk/public.asc > > > > _______________________________________________ > > laptop mailing list > > laptop(a)lists.fedoraproject.org > > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/laptop > > -- Sending sensitive information? Use PGP? Then grab my public key available @ anthonyvanover.tk/public.asc

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Re: laptop Digest, Vol 69, Issue 1
by chandrakant pushkar 09 Jan '12

09 Jan '12

I do use my laptop for some heavy number crunching, but the freezing of the screen is independent of any operation, it can occur in few minutes or after few hours, there may be some program running or not. I am still not able to figure out really why this occur. I tried using the keyboard short-cuts etc. assuming that its just the screen which freezed, but none of the operations worked as far as i have tried. numlock, caps lock are working fine. I tried logging out of session, bringing up the terminal and gave some commands. but none worked, only thing i could do is ctrl+alt+F3 and then tried killing gnome and restarting but it do not restart. only one option is to restart the system, and i hate that. Please suggest some actions which i could try or some possible solutions. On Sun, Jan 8, 2012 at 5:30 PM, <laptop-request(a)lists.fedoraproject.org>wrote: > Send laptop mailing list submissions to > laptop(a)lists.fedoraproject.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/laptop > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > laptop-request(a)lists.fedoraproject.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > laptop-owner(a)lists.fedoraproject.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of laptop digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. GNOME 3 Freezing (Anthony Vanover) > 2. Re: GNOME 3 Freezing (William Henry) > 3. Re: GNOME 3 Freezing (Ankur Sinha) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 07 Jan 2012 17:57:37 -0800 > From: Anthony Vanover <anthonyisageek(a)gmail.com> > To: laptop(a)lists.fedoraproject.org > Subject: GNOME 3 Freezing > Message-ID: <1325987857.4236.4.camel@antoine> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > For some reason, Fedora freezes after an unspecified amount of time. I'm > able to move the mouse but everything else is unresponsive. So I just > switch to console <CTRL>+<ALT>+<F2> and use "killall -s HUP gnome-shell" > in root shell (#). Haven't tested any of the other Desktop managers but > I'm pretty sure this is the only one. > > -- > Sending sensitive information? Use PGP? > Then grab my public key available @ > anthonyvanover.tk/public.asc > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: signature.asc > Type: application/pgp-signature > Size: 836 bytes > Desc: This is a digitally signed message part > URL: < > http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/laptop/attachments/20120107/3d523b… > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sat, 07 Jan 2012 22:12:01 -0500 (EST) > From: William Henry <whenry(a)redhat.com> > To: "wizard(a)anthonyvanover.tk" <wizard(a)anthonyvanover.tk> > Cc: "laptop(a)lists.fedoraproject.org" <laptop(a)lists.fedoraproject.org> > Subject: Re: GNOME 3 Freezing > Message-ID: <B1D29641-0F07-46D1-839C-69280BE274F2(a)redhat.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > How many monitors are you using? > > It's probably not this - because you can get at the shell - but I notice > sometimes my lock screen doesn't display the password popup on a monitor ( > or more accurately displays it on a monitor it is not displaying anything > on). When I type my password it unlocks and both screens then display as > normal. > > William > > > On Jan 7, 2012, at 6:57 PM, Anthony Vanover <anthonyisageek(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > > > For some reason, Fedora freezes after an unspecified amount of time. I'm > > able to move the mouse but everything else is unresponsive. So I just > > switch to console <CTRL>+<ALT>+<F2> and use "killall -s HUP gnome-shell" > > in root shell (#). Haven't tested any of the other Desktop managers but > > I'm pretty sure this is the only one. > > > > -- > > Sending sensitive information? Use PGP? > > Then grab my public key available @ > > anthonyvanover.tk/public.asc > > _______________________________________________ > > laptop mailing list > > laptop(a)lists.fedoraproject.org > > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/laptop > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Sun, 08 Jan 2012 12:45:55 +0530 > From: Ankur Sinha <sanjay.ankur(a)gmail.com> > To: laptop(a)lists.fedoraproject.org > Subject: Re: GNOME 3 Freezing > Message-ID: <1326006955.6689.24.camel(a)ankur.pc> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > On Sat, 2012-01-07 at 22:12 -0500, William Henry wrote: > > How many monitors are you using? > > > > It's probably not this - because you can get at the shell - but I notice > sometimes my lock screen doesn't display the password popup on a monitor ( > or more accurately displays it on a monitor it is not displaying anything > on). When I type my password it unlocks and both screens then display as > normal. > > > > William > > > > > > On Jan 7, 2012, at 6:57 PM, Anthony Vanover <anthonyisageek(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > For some reason, Fedora freezes after an unspecified amount of time. > I'm > > > able to move the mouse but everything else is unresponsive. So I just > > > switch to console <CTRL>+<ALT>+<F2> and use "killall -s HUP > gnome-shell" > > > in root shell (#). Haven't tested any of the other Desktop managers but > > > I'm pretty sure this is the only one. > > > > > > -- > > Please file bugs. I haven't come across these situations while using > gnome3. The screen freeze does happen if you're using a 64bit kernel and > making high i/o related operations. Its a kernel bug, fixed in 3.2 > -- > Thanks, > Regards, > Ankur: "FranciscoD" > > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Ankursinha > http://dodoincfedora.wordpress.com/ > > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: signature.asc > Type: application/pgp-signature > Size: 490 bytes > Desc: This is a digitally signed message part > URL: < > http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/laptop/attachments/20120108/1dd6de… > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > laptop mailing list > laptop(a)lists.fedoraproject.org > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/laptop > > End of laptop Digest, Vol 69, Issue 1 > ************************************* >

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GNOME 3 Freezing
by Anthony Vanover 09 Jan '12

09 Jan '12

For some reason, Fedora freezes after an unspecified amount of time. I'm able to move the mouse but everything else is unresponsive. So I just switch to console <CTRL>+<ALT>+<F2> and use "killall -s HUP gnome-shell" in root shell (#). Haven't tested any of the other Desktop managers but I'm pretty sure this is the only one. -- Sending sensitive information? Use PGP? Then grab my public key available @ anthonyvanover.tk/public.asc

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Re: GNOME 3 Freezing
by Anthony Vanover 08 Jan '12

08 Jan '12

My CPU architecture doesn't support 64-bit. I would say that I do high I/O Operations though. I have a 2TB Seagate external HDD and often move ~60 gigs or so around, compress about that amount in 7z (encrypted), bulk rename thousands of files, and some other things with scripts. Also, I usually have several tabs in Firefox when this happens. If it were lack of CPU though; I'd expect the effect to be immediate, but I have the tabs open for a while without issue. > Message: 3 > Date: Sun, 08 Jan 2012 12:45:55 +0530 > From: Ankur Sinha <sanjay.ankur(a)gmail.com> > To: laptop(a)lists.fedoraproject.org > Subject: Re: GNOME 3 Freezing > Message-ID: <1326006955.6689.24.camel(a)ankur.pc> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > On Sat, 2012-01-07 at 22:12 -0500, William Henry wrote: > > How many monitors are you using? > > > > It's probably not this - because you can get at the shell - but I notice sometimes my lock screen doesn't display the password popup on a monitor ( or more accurately displays it on a monitor it is not displaying anything on). When I type my password it unlocks and both screens then display as normal. > > > > William > > > > > > On Jan 7, 2012, at 6:57 PM, Anthony Vanover <anthonyisageek(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > For some reason, Fedora freezes after an unspecified amount of time. I'm > > > able to move the mouse but everything else is unresponsive. So I just > > > switch to console <CTRL>+<ALT>+<F2> and use "killall -s HUP gnome-shell" > > > in root shell (#). Haven't tested any of the other Desktop managers but > > > I'm pretty sure this is the only one. > > > > > > -- > > Please file bugs. I haven't come across these situations while using > gnome3. The screen freeze does happen if you're using a 64bit kernel and > making high i/o related operations. Its a kernel bug, fixed in 3.2 -- Sending sensitive information? Use PGP? Then grab my public key available @ anthonyvanover.tk/public.asc

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