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Synaptics Touchpad tool source available
by Kim Lux 07 Nov '04

07 Nov '04

Some of you Synaptics touchpad users might be interested to know that there is a tool available in Mandrake 10.1 to set various properties of the touchpad. You can get source here: ftp://mirror.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/mandrakelinux.com/official/10.1/SRPMS/contrib… I have not built it or tested it yet. -- Kim Lux (Mr.) Diesel Research Inc

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interesting dilemma with sound.
by Paul 07 Nov '04

07 Nov '04

So until recently, I really haven't used Linux for my personal desktop/laptop machine. I've used Linux for servers, etc, but just recently got the desire to make a full-fledged switch, trying to get away from windows one "purpose" at a time. So I decided I wanted to listen to some music on my Linux laptop, I figured this would be no big deal with my sound card as during the install it seemed like it found the hardware and played the test sound just fine. I installed flac support, mp3 support, and Realplayer as well. BUT when I go to play a wav or flac or mp3 file it ~looks~ like it is playing - meaning the levels on the EQ display are moving, the player is advancing through the song, but zero sound. I tried Realplayer, Helix, and XMMS - all with the same results. Does anyone have any advice? Running FC3T3. -Paul

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RE: nvidia driver kernel 2.6.9 667
by Brian Callahan 07 Nov '04

07 Nov '04

I just got it running with NO SOURCE installed. I used /lib/modules/2.6.9-667/build/include as the source code for my running kernel, editied the nv.c and then the module loads without any errors. BC > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: nvidia driver kernel 2.6.9 667 > From: "Kim Lux" <lux(a)diesel-research.com> > Date: Fri, November 05, 2004 8:36 pm > To: "For testers of Fedora Core development releases" > <fedora-test-list(a)redhat.com> > > If you are implying that the Nvidia driver installs without source, you > are partially wrong in the general and totally wrong in this case. The > Nvidia driver DOES install without kernel source code on common kernels, > ie ones that the Nvidia team has compiled a kernel for and included in > the install pack. > > However, if you read the driver fine print, you will find that if your > kernel version isn't supported, you need to have kernel source installed > in order to build the kernel. That is precisely what the Nvidia > "install" tool does. > > Thus, I DO need kernel source to get an Nvidia driver running with > 2.6.9-1.667 as I highly doubt Nvidia had included a driver for this > kernel in their install pack. > > > > > On Fri, 2004-11-05 at 15:21 -0800, Per Bjornsson wrote: > > On Fri, 2004-11-05 at 14:01, Kim Lux wrote: > > > > > BTW: Where did you get kernel source from ? > > > > As per the usual answer here, you really shouldn't need it just to build > > drivers. I think that Nvidia have picked up that clue by now, all even > > mildly sane distros have something useful under > > /lib/modules/<kernelversion>/build (be it a symlink or a real directory > > with the needed files). > > > > If you actually want the source for building a custom kernel, that's a > > legitimate use of course, and then there's instructions for how to get > > the Fedora-patched source tree from the kernel SRPM in the distribution > > release notes. > > > > > I've been running in VESA mode for 3 weeks now. > > > > The nv driver, while not providing any 3D acceleration, should be _much_ > > better than using a vesa driver in terms of usable video modes etc... > > You might want to use that as a backup instead. > > > > Best regards, > > Per > > > > -- > > Per Bjornsson <perbj(a)stanford.edu> > > Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Applied Physics, Stanford University > > > -- > Kim Lux (Mr.) Diesel Research Inc > > -- > fedora-test-list mailing list > fedora-test-list(a)redhat.com > To unsubscribe: > http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list

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BitTorrent for FC3 Release
by Sean Bruno 07 Nov '04

07 Nov '04

<WHINY REQUEST> I am going to be flying out of town when FC3 is released on Monday AM. If I get up early enough(4:00AM PST), will I be able to start up a BitTorrent Download/Share? I wanted to leave my box up on the Torrent for the first few weeks to help out, but I won't be able to get to my machine for the next week or so... No big deal if its not, just curious if I should set my alarm an hour or two early in order to start up my Torrent Client. It seems that it about the only thing I can get do for the Linux community lately, i.e. leave my machine up on various BitTorrents... </WHINY REQUEST> --

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Missing deps for the latest set of updates
by Paul F. Johnson 07 Nov '04

07 Nov '04

Hi, Anyone else seeing this? Error : missing dep: python-abi for pkg system-config-printer Error : missing dep: python for pkg python-ldap Error : missing dep: python-abi for pyparted Error : missing dep: /usr/lib/python2.3 for pkg libxml2-python Error : postgresql-python conflicts with python>= 2.4 Error : missing dep: python-abi for pkg alchemist Error : missing dep: libpython2.3.so.1.0 for pkg koffice Error : missing dep: libpython2.3.so.1.0 for pkg postgresql-pl Error : missing dep: python-abi for pkg gnome-python2 I have python-2.3.4-11 and python-devel-2.3.4-11 installed TTFN Paul -- "Trust me, I know what I'm doing" - Det. Sledgehammer

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hotplug?
by Paul F. Johnson 07 Nov '04

07 Nov '04

Hi, What do I do to start hotplug? ps -aux isn't showing it as running and there doesn't seem to be anything in /etc/init.d called hotplugd I do have it installed on this machine Using FC3T3 (or is that FC4 t1 now?) TTFN Paul -- "Trust me, I know what I'm doing" - Det. Sledgehammer

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libxml erros from last update
by david smethurst 07 Nov '04

07 Nov '04

hi all on doing the last load of updates this error occurred: Running test transaction: Errors reported doing trial run file /usr/lib64/libxml2.so.2 from install of libxml2-2.6.15-2 conflicts with file from package libxml2_2-2.6.10-2_11.rhfc2.at file /usr/lib64/libexslt.so.0 from install of libxslt-1.1.12-2 conflicts with file from package libxslt1-1.1.7-2_5.rhfc2.at file /usr/lib64/libxslt.so.1 from install of libxslt-1.1.12-2 conflicts with file from package libxslt1-1.1.7-2_5.rhfc2.at [root@localhost root]# is there a work around for this? i am running x86_64 fc2 which is up to date except above thanks david

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Cash reward for a secure PHP page!
by Rodolfo J. Paiz 06 Nov '04

06 Nov '04

Hi, everyone: A client of mine has an internal website which will use PHP, Apache, and Fedora. It is served only over HTTPS, specifically for the needs of a few users, each of which has a username and password. However, they do not want to rely on .htaccess files only; they want each page to check session validity so they can have time-outs and stuff. Since I do not have the skills to do this, but they are good clients of mine, I am offering a cash reward (amount negotiable... I was thinking of US$100...) for code which does this. I will proceed to license this code under the GPL and publicly post a HOWTO on my site on how to use it along with the entire code. So anyone who helps me is going to be helping quite a few other people too. Here's what my customer wants: My customer wants PHP code that can be added to each and every page on the site and which should then: 1. Check for an established session (by whatever means... a file on the server or a cookie on the client), and if a session is found then the content of that page should be displayed. 2. If a valid session is not found, either because the user has not logged in or because the session has timed out, then the page should display only a request for the user's credentials. 3. If valid credentials are supplied, then the page should reload (which will display the contents since there is now a valid session). That is all the functionality required, although of course there are some additional conditions: 1. The user's credentials should be stored in some reasonably-secure and reasonably-scalable fashion. I do not have the knowledge to determine whether an htaccess file will work well enough or whether using a database is recommended. There are just over 100 users and *no* growth is projected. However, note that most content on this site will be database-driven so adding another table theoretically should not be a problem. 2. Their current (and limited!) knowledge is of MySQL although they are contemplating a move to PostgreSQL. So code which talks to the database, if any, should be properly abstracted into a separate function to ease migration headaches. 3. The code should be clean, clear, well-written, and well-documented, easy for others to understand and modify. Variables should be clearly named. 4. MOST IMPORTANT of all, the code should be "securely written", which they understand to mean idiot-proof, tamper-proof, and carefully checking for the possibility of buffer overflows or exploits. After all, the point is to increase security, and if the code is exploitable they have less than nothing. ---------- Anyone interested, please contact me off-list! I will select the best submission offered and negotiate the reward individually. Reward will be paid if/when submission is adequate to my satisfaction (of course, nothing will be used without permission and payment). Hopefully this way someone gets paid to do the entire Linux world a small favor. If you know anyone not on these lists who might be interested, forward this email to them please. Cheers, -- Rodolfo J. Paiz <rpaiz(a)simpaticus.com>

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kernel-2.6.9-1.649 ext3 issues
by kenneth topp 06 Nov '04

06 Nov '04

Hi, I have two boxes that had ext3 corruption on 649, both had 643 before. I have a third machine that stayed on 643 and is still alive. One of the machine was completely lost. Hopefully online ext3 resizing is removed from FC3 kernels.

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warning to list
by mitch epling 06 Nov '04

06 Nov '04

ew Phishing Expedition Targets Red Hat/Fedora Users Oct 25, 2004, 02 :30 UTC (0 Talkback[s]) (6 reads) (Other stories by Brian Proffitt) http://linuxtoday.com/security/2004102500826SCRHSW By Brian Proffitt Managing Editor It's not often that someone tries launching a trojan attack on Linux users, but earlier this weekend it appears that someone was trying to do just that to Red Hat and Fedora Core users. An e-mail message was sent to several Red Hat users over the weekend, claiming to be from the RedHat [sic] Security Team. The note warned recipients to download and install a patch for fileutils-1.0.6, indicating that a vulnerability "could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code with root privileges." The note was seen in the wild earlier this weekend, but it is still being delivered. This reporter received the message as late as 6:55 PM EDT today. The message arrived five times, and were all delivered to my work account, which is not the account I use to register products. The content of the note, complete with Red Hat logo, tries to tell a good tale, as seen below, but the spelling errors and the improper From address are clues of the note's false nature. "Original issue date: October 20, 2004 "Last revised: October 20, 2004 "Source: RedHat "A complete revision history is at the end of this file. "Dear RedHat user, "Redhat found a vulnerability in fileutils (ls and mkdir), that could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code with root privileges. Some of the affected linux distributions include RedHat 7.2, RedHat 7.3, RedHat 8.0, RedHat 9.0, Fedora CORE 1, Fedora CORE 2 and not only. It is known that *BSD and Solaris platforms are NOT affected. "The RedHat Security Team strongly advises you to immediately apply the fileutils-1.0.6 patch. This is a critical-critical update that you must make by following these steps: * "First download the patch from the Security RedHat mirror: wget www.fedora-redhat.com/fileutils-1.0.6.patch.tar.gz * Untar the patch: tar zxvf fileutils-1.0.6.patch.tar.gz * cd fileutils-1.0.6.patch * make * ./inst "Again, please apply this patch as soon as possible or you risk your system and others` to be compromised. "Thank you for your prompt attention to this serious matter, RedHat Security Team..." The domain fedora-redhat.com is part of a netblock owned by Yahoo, according to Netcraft.com. It is not an official Red Hat site. The security team at Red Hat has already noted the existence of the fake warning, and has posted this message, dated October 23, at http://www.redhat.com/security/: "Red Hat has been made aware that emails are circulating that pretend to come from the Red Hat Security Team. These emails tell users to download and run an update from a users home directory. This fake update appears to contain malicious code. Official messages from the Red Hat security team are never sent unsolicited, are always sent from the address secalert(a)redhat.com, and are digitally signed by GPG. All official updates for Red Hat products are digitally signed and should not be installed unless they are correctly signed and the signature is verified..." Red Hat and Fedora Core users are urged not to download or install the software highlighted in this ficticious message.

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