(OT) Fedora Core 3 i386 newbie upgrade?
by Brian Durant
I have the chance of installing Fedora Core on a Dell laptop (PP10L) as
a dual-boot system with XP. Since I have a freebie DVD with Core 3 i386
on it, I was wondering if i could use that to install from and then just
do a 'yum update' over a wireless network to bring the system up to Core
4, rather than downloading a bunch of .iso files that I burn once, use
the CD's once and then throw them away?
The computer is one that my wife got through work about a year ago and
never uses. For this reason, I am not afraid of losing data as long as
XP boots, but installing GRUB or LILO does something to the MBR so XP
can't boot, doesn't it? What can be done about that?
This is one area where it seems to me that Fedora has fallen behind
Debian based systems. There is a real lack of Fedora based live-CD's
that you can install a system from.
Cheers,
Brian
18 years, 2 months
udev-event tty error messages at FC 5 test 3 boot.
by Brian Durant
Hi again,
I am getting a large number of udev-event error messages (some
containing "tty...") at FC 5 test 3 boot. Unfortunately, I can't seem to
find the log that should contain these errors. Anyone have any ideas?
Should I just post this as a bug? I don't have much info on it.
Cheers,
Brian
18 years, 2 months
Weird error in tla package
by Josh Boyer
I'm getting a weird error when trying to build the tla package from
Extras on PPC. I haven't done too much digging yet, but I thought I
would ask in case the symptoms ring a bell for some reason.
Basically, it fails with this:
================ unit-ar tests ================
/home/jwboyer/rpm/BUILD/tla-1.3.3/src/hackerlab/tests/arrays-tests/unit-ar.c:53:botched invariant
0 == ((unsigned long)ar & (16 - 1))
PANIC: exiting on botched invariant
What is weird is where that '16' comes from. It's coming from a #define
called MACHINE_ALIGNMENT which seems to be a computed value of some
kind. On my x86 box, it's #defined to 4. When building on PPC, it's
#defined to 16.
If the macro really does what it says it does, then I have to go figure
out why the test is failing. And it doesn't help that this code makes
my head hurt. But is the alignment on a PPC box really 16 bytes?
josh
18 years, 2 months
List rejects my e-mail.
by Brian Durant
I am starting to have the same problem as others have also experienced
on the list earlier. One of my e-mails was rejected by the list because
of "suspicious" headers. All I did was access my account with webmail.
Anyone remember who the listmom is, so that I can make sure the e-mail
arrives on list? I am in the middle of trying to suss out my FC5 PPC
test 3 install problems and something like this isn't exactly conducive...
Cheers,
Brian
18 years, 2 months
[Re: Re: Newbie FC 5 test 3 PPC help and first impressions.]
by Brian Durant
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From: "Brian D. Carlstrom" <bdc(a)carlstrom.com>
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Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 18:59:18 -0800
Subject: Re: Newbie FC 5 test 3 PPC help and first impressions.
Brian Durant writes:
> When I am getting errors at boot, which logs contain the errors, where
> are the logs located and how can I tell if the errors are serious and
> what to do about them?
/var/log/dmesg has kernel output
/var/log/messages has the syslog output, including a dump of dmseg after
boot
I don't know where the [ OK ] and [ FAILED ] messages go, if anywhere.
-bri
OK, I got my USB stick thingy to mount. The problem was syntax. I had
written "users.noauto" instead of "users,noauto" Here is some output
from the terminal:
"]$ dmesg | tail
Bluetooth: RFCOMM socket layer initialized
Bluetooth: RFCOMM TTY layer initialized
Bluetooth: RFCOMM ver 1.7
hfs: write access to a jounaled filesystem is not supported, use the
force option at your own risk, mounting read-only.
SELinux: initialized (dev sdb3, type hfsplus), not configured for labeling
hfs: write access to a jounaled filesystem is not supported, use the
force option at your own risk, mounting read-only.
SELinux: initialized (dev sdb3, type hfsplus), not configured for labeling
SELinux: initialized (dev autofs, type autofs), uses genfs_contexts
eth0: no IPv6 routers present
SELinux: initialized (dev sdc1, type vfat), uses genfs_contexts"
"sata_svw 0001:02:0c.0: version 1.07
ata1: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xD00008008225C000 ctl 0xD00008008225C020
bmdma 0xD00008008225C030 irq 10
ata2: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xD00008008225C100 ctl 0xD00008008225C120
bmdma 0xD00008008225C130 irq 10
ata3: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xD00008008225C200 ctl 0xD00008008225C220
bmdma 0xD00008008225C230 irq 10
ata4: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xD00008008225C300 ctl 0xD00008008225C320
bmdma 0xD00008008225C330 irq 10
ata1: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113)
ata1: dev 0 cfg 49:2f00 82:346b 83:7d01 84:4003 85:3469 86:3c01 87:4003
88:007f
ata1: dev 0 ATA-6, max UDMA/133, 156301488 sectors: LBA48
ata1: dev 0 configured for UDMA/133
scsi0 : sata_svw
ata2: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113)
ata2: dev 0 cfg 49:2f00 82:7c69 83:7f09 84:4003 85:7c69 86:3e01 87:4003
88:007f
ata2: dev 0 ATA-7, max UDMA/133, 320173056 sectors: LBA48
ata2: dev 0 configured for UDMA/133
scsi1 : sata_svw
windfarm: SMU failed new fan command falling back to old method
ata3: SATA link down (SStatus 0)"
"SELinux: initialized (dev sdb3, type hfsplus), not configured for labeling
audit(1140759646.506:3): avc: denied { mount } for pid=1569
comm="mount" name="/" dev=sdb3 ino=2
scontext=system_u:system_r:mount_t:s0
tcontext=system_u:object_r:unlabeled_t:s0 tclass=filesystem
hfs: write access to a jounaled filesystem is not supported, use the
force option at your own risk, mounting read-only.
SELinux: initialized (dev sdb3, type hfsplus), not configured for labeling
audit(1140759646.514:4): avc: denied { mount } for pid=1569
comm="mount" name="/" dev=sdb3 ino=2
scontext=system_u:system_r:mount_t:s0
tcontext=system_u:object_r:unlabeled_t:s0 tclass=filesystem
audit(1140759646.518:5): avc: denied { relabelfrom } for pid=1569
comm="mount" name="blkid.tab" dev=sda3 ino=581017
scontext=system_u:system_r:mount_t:s0
tcontext=system_u:object_r:etc_runtime_t:s0 tclass=file
audit(1140759647.074:6): avc: denied { search } for pid=1611
comm="pam_console_app" name="lib64" dev=sda3 ino=161281
scontext=system_u:system_r:pam_console_t:s0
tcontext=system_u:object_r:file_t:s0 tclass=dir
audit(1140759647.074:7): avc: denied { search } for pid=1611
comm="pam_console_app" name="lib64" dev=sda3 ino=161281
scontext=system_u:system_r:pam_console_t:s0
tcontext=system_u:object_r:file_t:s0 tclass=dir
audit(1140759647.074:8): avc: denied { search } for pid=1611
comm="pam_console_app" name="lib64" dev=sda3 ino=161281
scontext=system_u:system_r:pam_console_t:s0
tcontext=system_u:object_r:file_t:s0 tclass=dir
audit(1140759647.074:9): avc: denied { search } for pid=1611
comm="pam_console_app" name="lib64" dev=sda3 ino=161281
scontext=system_u:system_r:pam_console_t:s0
tcontext=system_u:object_r:file_t:s0 tclass=dir
audit(1140759647.078:10): avc: denied { search } for pid=1611
comm="pam_console_app" name="lib64" dev=sda3 ino=161281
scontext=system_u:system_r:pam_console_t:s0
tcontext=system_u:object_r:file_t:s0 tclass=dir
audit(1140759647.078:11): avc: denied { search } for pid=1611
comm="pam_console_app" name="lib64" dev=sda3 ino=161281
scontext=system_u:system_r:pam_console_t:s0
tcontext=system_u:object_r:file_t:s0 tclass=dir
audit(1140759647.078:12): avc: denied { search } for pid=1611
comm="pam_console_app" name="lib64" dev=sda3 ino=161281
scontext=system_u:system_r:pam_console_t:s0
tcontext=system_u:object_r:file_t:s0 tclass=dir
audit(1140759647.078:13): avc: denied { search } for pid=1611
comm="pam_console_app" name="lib64" dev=sda3 ino=161281
scontext=system_u:system_r:pam_console_t:s0
tcontext=system_u:object_r:file_t:s0 tclass=dir
audit(1140759647.078:14): avc: denied { search } for pid=1611
comm="pam_console_app" name="lib64" dev=sda3 ino=161281
scontext=system_u:system_r:pam_console_t:s0
tcontext=system_u:object_r:file_t:s0 tclass=dir
audit(1140759647.078:15): avc: denied { search } for pid=1611
comm="pam_console_app" name="lib64" dev=sda3 ino=161281
scontext=system_u:system_r:pam_console_t:s0
tcontext=system_u:object_r:file_t:s0 tclass=dir
audit(1140759647.078:16): avc: denied { search } for pid=1611
comm="pam_console_app" name="lib64" dev=sda3 ino=161281
scontext=system_u:system_r:pam_console_t:s0
tcontext=system_u:object_r:file_t:s0 tclass=dir
audit(1140759647.078:17): avc: denied { search } for pid=1611
comm="pam_console_app" name="lib64" dev=sda3 ino=161281
scontext=system_u:system_r:pam_console_t:s0
tcontext=system_u:object_r:file_t:s0 tclass=dir
audit(1140759647.078:18): avc: denied { search } for pid=1611
comm="pam_console_app" name="lib64" dev=sda3 ino=161281
scontext=system_u:system_r:pam_console_t:s0
tcontext=system_u:object_r:file_t:s0 tclass=dir
audit(1140759647.078:19): avc: denied { search } for pid=1611
comm="pam_console_app" name="lib64" dev=sda3 ino=161281
scontext=system_u:system_r:pam_console_t:s0
tcontext=system_u:object_r:file_t:s0 tclass=dir
audit(1140759647.078:20): avc: denied { search } for pid=1611
comm="pam_console_app" name="lib64" dev=sda3 ino=161281
scontext=system_u:system_r:pam_console_t:s0
tcontext=system_u:object_r:file_t:s0 tclass=dir
audit(1140759647.078:21): avc: denied { search } for pid=1611
comm="pam_console_app" name="lib64" dev=sda3 ino=161281
scontext=system_u:system_r:pam_console_t:s0
tcontext=system_u:object_r:file_t:s0 tclass=dir
audit(1140759647.078:22): avc: denied { search } for pid=1611
comm="pam_console_app" name="lib64" dev=sda3 ino=161281
scontext=system_u:system_r:pam_console_t:s0
tcontext=system_u:object_r:file_t:s0 tclass=dir
audit(1140759647.838:23): avc: denied { relabelfrom } for pid=1624
comm="swapon" name="blkid.tab" dev=sda3 ino=582278
scontext=system_u:system_r:fsadm_t:s0
tcontext=system_u:object_r:etc_runtime_t:s0 tclass=file
Adding 2953116k swap on /dev/sda4. Priority:-1 extents:1 across:2953116k
SELinux: initialized (dev binfmt_misc, type binfmt_misc), uses
genfs_contexts
hvc_console: tty open failed, no vty associated with tty."
I didn't copy the whole dmesg, but picked out some of the interesting
bits. I don't want to overload with info as I am not sure what to look
for. I hope someone gets something out of this.
BTW, it seems like Firewire isn't working properly. Hardware browser
doesn't seem to pick up my external Firewire drive. I haven't created
any mount points, but then I can't do that before I know where the drive
is located on the system.
Cheers,
Brian
18 years, 2 months
Newbie USB thumb drive problem in FC5-PPC test 3.
by Brian Durant
I am trying to mount my USB thumb drive. Here is my fstab:
LABEL=/1 / ext3 defaults
1 1
devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620
0 0
tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs defaults
0 0
LABEL=/home1 /home ext3 defaults
1 2
proc /proc proc defaults
0 0
sysfs /sys sysfs defaults
0 0
LABEL=SWAP-sda4 swap swap defaults
0 0
/dev/sdc1 /mnt/usbdrive auto
defaults,users.noauto 0 0
I have created "/mnt/usbdrive" and "/dev/sdc" is listed in system ->
administration -> hardware. The drive is listed as "fat16" I have also
tried in the terminal:
$ sudo mount fat /dev/sdc
mount: you must specify the filesystem type
$ sudo mount fat16 /dev/sdc
mount: you must specify the filesystem type
I have tried to mount my HFS+ partition on my second SATA drive with the
same result, when I used "hfsplus" as fs type. Anyone have any ideas?
Cheers,
Brian
18 years, 2 months
Re: Newbie FC 5 test 3 PPC help and first impressions.
by Brian Durant
On Thu, 2006-02-23 at 13:08 +0000, David Woodhouse wrote:
> On Thu, 2006-02-23 at 14:03 +0100, Brian Durant wrote:
> > That would be nice as I got some errors when I ran "yum update", but
> > until I figure out how to share a Thunderbird profile between Rawhide
> > and OS X, I have to transfer the text files with the error messages
> > between the two systems by using my USB stick.
>
> Linux can read and write OSX hfs+ volumes. I don't see why the
> Thunderbird profile shouldn't be fairly portable -- if you really need
> to _share_ it rather than just using the same config in both places,
> then you might be able to make it work if your userid is the same on
> both OSX and Linux.
OK, I just did a quick and dirty setup to get this sent off to you and
the list, by setting up Evolution. Here are the error messages that I
got when I did a "yum update":
Stopping sshd: [ OK ]
Starting sshd: [ OK ]
Updating : glibc [
8/216]warning: /etc/ld.so.conf created as /etc/ld.so.conf.rpmnew
Updating : glibc [
8/216]warning: /etc/nsswitch.conf created as /etc/nsswitch.conf.rpmnew
/var/tmp/rpm-tmp.14062: line 8:
cd: /usr/lib64/firefox-1.5.0.1/extensions: No such file or directory
unzip: cannot find or
open /usr/lib64/beagle/beagle.xpi, /usr/lib64/beagle/beagle.xpi.zip
or /usr/lib64/beagle/beagle.xpi.ZIP.
grep: beagle-extension/install.rdf: No such file or directory
mv: target `' is not a directory: No such file or directory
error: %trigger(beagle-0.2.1-11.ppc) scriptlet failed, exit status 1
warning: /etc/libuser.conf created as /etc/libuser.conf.rpmnew
warning: /etc/vimrc created as /etc/vimrc.rpmnew
I am also getting quite a number of errors at boot, after doing the "yum
update" command, but the system seems to still be running OK. I could
send those as well, but I don't know which log files I need to copy or
whether I can send them as attachments.
Cheers,
Brian
18 years, 2 months
Re: Newbie FC 5 test 3 PPC help and first impressions.
by Brian Durant
David Woodhouse wrote:
> On Thu, 2006-02-23 at 14:03 +0100, Brian Durant wrote:
>
>>That would be nice as I got some errors when I ran "yum update", but
>>until I figure out how to share a Thunderbird profile between Rawhide
>>and OS X, I have to transfer the text files with the error messages
>>between the two systems by using my USB stick.
>
>
> Linux can read and write OSX hfs+ volumes. I don't see why the
> Thunderbird profile shouldn't be fairly portable -- if you really need
> to _share_ it rather than just using the same config in both places,
> then you might be able to make it work if your userid is the same on
> both OSX and Linux.
There should be a way of directing Thunderbird to the profile on the
hfs+ partition (HD), but I don't see those instructions on Mozilla.org
any more. They used to work with the old Moz monolithic app, but I have
only seen references when googling about Firefox/Thunderbird being quite
finiky when this is attempted. In principle two seperate profiles should
be possible, as long as the mbox files are shared. That would avoid an
overwriting of the extension preferences between OS's, just in case the
same pref files aren't an exact match between platforms...
Cheers,
Brian
18 years, 2 months
Newbie FC 5 test 3 PPC help and first impressions.
by Brian Durant
Hi again,
WOW! I just installed Rawhide PPC Test 3 and my eyeballs almost popped
out. Thermal control works for my PowerMac 9.1 (G5 tower single), yaboot
configures correctly and I love the new default theme in GNOME. But what
is with those bubbles in the install splash screen, GDM and as the
default desktop background??? Is Fedora in trouble? Are we on the
Titanic, or what ? ;-) It would be nice if the first user was
automatically included to "sudoers", but I am really having to reach, to
find something to complain about :-)
Anyway, I have a couple of issues that I need to deal with now:
1) I can't get my USB stick thingy to pop-up on the desktop or in the
"Computer" window.
2) FC only spots my Griffin iMic and not the stock sound card. Here is
what my system profiler says:
Built In Sound Card:
Devices:
Burr Brown PCM3052:
Inputs and Outputs:
Line Level Input:
Controls: Mute, Master
Playthrough: No
PluginID: Onyx
Headphones:
Controls: Mute, Left, Right
PluginID: Onyx
Internal Speakers:
Controls: Mute, Master
PluginID: Onyx
Line Level Output:
Controls: Mute, Left, Right
PluginID: Onyx
Crystal Semiconductor CS84xx:
Inputs and Outputs:
S/PDIF Digital Output:
Controls: Mute
PluginID: Topaz
Formats:
PCM 16:
Bit Depth: 16
Bit Width: 16
Channels: 2
Mixable: Yes
Sample Rates: 32 KHz, 44.1 KHz, 48 KHz, 64 KHz, 88.2 KHz, 96 KHz
PCM 24:
Bit Depth: 24
Bit Width: 32
Channels: 2
Mixable: Yes
Sample Rates: 32 KHz, 44.1 KHz, 48 KHz, 64 KHz, 88.2 KHz, 96 KHz
AC3 16:
Bit Depth: 16
Bit Width: 16
Channels: 2
Mixable: No
Sample Rates: 32 KHz, 44.1 KHz, 48 KHz, 64 KHz, 88.2 KHz, 96 KHz
Built In Sound Card:
Devices:
Crystal Semiconductor CS84xx:
Inputs and Outputs:
S/PDIF Digital Input:
Controls: Mute
Playthrough: No
PluginID: Topaz
Formats:
PCM 16:
Bit Depth: 16
Bit Width: 16
Channels: 2
Mixable: Yes
Sample Rates: 32 KHz, 44.1 KHz, 48 KHz, 64 KHz, 88.2 KHz, 96 KHz
PCM 24:
Bit Depth: 24
Bit Width: 32
Channels: 2
Mixable: Yes
Sample Rates: 32 KHz, 44.1 KHz, 48 KHz, 64 KHz, 88.2 KHz, 96 KHz
AC3 16:
Bit Depth: 16
Bit Width: 16
Channels: 2
Mixable: No
Sample Rates: 32 KHz, 44.1 KHz, 48 KHz, 64 KHz, 88.2 KHz, 96 KHz
Cheers,
Brian
18 years, 2 months
