RE: Upgrading FC1 -> FC2T3
by Stefan Thierl
I upgraded a couple of FC1 boxes to what was almost test3, last week. After
removing packages it was throwing up errors for, the upgrade went relatively
smoothly. The upgrade process isn't flawless, but you get a working system
at the end.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Elliot Lee [mailto:sopwith@redhat.com]
Sent: 28 April 2004 15:38
To: For testers of Fedora Core development releases
Subject: Re: Upgrading FC1 -> FC2T3
On Wed, 28 Apr 2004, Joakim Arnling wrote:
> is this a good idea, or should i do a clean install?
It needs to be tested. It's supposed to work and was one of the tests run
before releasing test3.
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Re: up2date applet out of sync with up2date
by Fulko.Hew＠sita.aero
Craig Emery <fedora-test(a)cemery.org.uk>@redhat.com on 04/28/2004 10:23:55
AM responded:
>On 28/04/04 14:48, Fulko.Hew(a)sita.aero wrote:
>>
>> My rhn_update task bar applet is now out-of-sync with up2date.
>> (Core 2/test2-3)
>>
>> The applet thinks I need to update an RPM, and so its flashing red.
>> Cliking on it says indeed, there is a new RPM to fetch, but...
>>
>> When I start up2date, it says my system is completel;y up to date.
>>
>> How can I get the two applications back in sync?
>
>I've seen this when you've installed a new kernel but aren't running it
yet.
Nope, thats not it. :-(
20 years, 1 month
RE: Downloading the 4GB DVD iso
by Henry Hartley
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Randal, Phil [mailto:prandal@herefordshire.gov.uk]
>> Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 10:19 AM
>>
>> Just support open source software and use FileZilla
>> (http://filezilla.sf.net).
Very nice. I hadn't seen that before. Assuming it works as well
as it seems to, I won't have to upgrade WS_FTP. Thanks.
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20 years, 1 month
Fedora Core 3
by Will H. Backman
Now that we are at a freeze point for Fedora Core 2, what is the best
way for people to suggest ideas for additions or changes to Fedora Core
3.
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20 years, 1 month
Re: file fragmentation, torrents, azureus ?!?!?! Sluggishperform ance?
by t l
First, thanks to Jay for excellent response. I was too quick to blame j2sdk.
After cleaning up the fragmented files, I restarted azureus and java stabilized.
(I should have guessed when killing it made no appreciable improvement).
Next, his suggestion to search out and set a config in azureus was also right on.
There is a check-box in the Files section for "Allocate and zero new files on
creation - Minimized fragmentation". It defaults to "unchecked". I suggest
you check this BEFORE starting the torrent ;)
After doing a "copy/remove/rename" on each of the fragmented files, things
appear to be back to normal.
Thanks for the help,
tom
----- Original Message -----
From: Jay Goodman <goody(a)comcast.net>
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 02:10:47 -0400
To: For testers of Fedora Core development releases <fedora-test-list(a)redhat.com>
Subject: Re: file fragmentation, torrents, azureus ?!?!?! Sluggishperformance?
> First part Off Topic:
>
>
> Just had to step in to kill some FUD...
>
> > A simple "ps agl" yielded the first 'gotcha': java had grown to over 200MB
> > (BEWARE of j2sdk-1_4_2_04. There must be a memory leak somewhere).
>
>
> The mem leak is in azarues software which relies heavily on JNI (code
> outside of java...mainly using the eclipse swt libs). There is nothing
> wrong with the j2sdk-1_4_2 so there is no reason to BEWARE of java. :)
>
> I used to use azareus but it is so buggy that it is virtually impossible
> to use on 600MB+ files with crashing or slowing to a crawl with mem
> leaks galore.
>
>
> On Topic part:
>
> Now that FUD killing is over onto the helpful stuff.
> There is setting somewhere in the config menus of
> azureus the lets one create the entire file at once
> or create the file incrementally as the data chunks roll in.
> I'd assume yours is set for incremental file creation which
> would make sense with your heavy fragmentation levels.
> Flipping off the incremental file creation should help.
>
>
>
>
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More on file fragmentation, torrents, etc.....
by t l
I just checked the fragmentation on the files in the second torrent (the sources). They are disasterously worse:
[root@fedora FC2-test3-src-i386]# filefrag *
FC2-test3-i386-SRPMS-disc1.iso: 23626 extents found, perfection would be 4 extents
FC2-test3-i386-SRPMS-disc2.iso: 66563 extents found, perfection would be 4 extents
FC2-test3-i386-SRPMS-disc3.iso: 120911 extents found, perfection would be 4 extents
FC2-test3-i386-SRPMS-disc4.iso: 112109 extents found, perfection would be 4 extents
120,000 extents ?!?!
No wonder my machine was reduced to less than a crawl.
Any hints on what I did wrong?
tom
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RE: Downloading the 4GB DVD iso
by Randal, Phil
Just support open source software and use FileZilla
(http://filezilla.sf.net).
Cheers,
Phil
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: fedora-test-list-bounces(a)redhat.com
> [mailto:fedora-test-list-bounces@redhat.com] On Behalf Of
> Henry Hartley
> Sent: 28 April 2004 15:13
> To: 'For testers of Fedora Core development releases'
> Subject: RE: Downloading the 4GB DVD iso
>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Robert La Ferla [mailto:robertlaferla@comcast.net]
> >> Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 9:59 AM
> >>
> >> What are the best ways to download the 4GB DVD iso image
> on Windows?
> >> I tried the torrent but it was too slow. I tried via
> browser and ftp
> >> but the clients couldn't handle 4GB.
> >> They thought the file was 80MB. Ideas?
>
> You could try a different ftp client. I've been using WS_FTP
> (from http://www.ipswitch.com/products/ws_ftp/index.html)
> without problems. There is a trail version available but
> it's worth the $45 they want for the registered version. It
> also does ssh transfers which is the main reason I use it.
> It seems to handle larger files without any problems.
>
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Downloading the 4GB DVD iso
by Robert La Ferla
What are the best ways to download the 4GB DVD iso image on Windows? I
tried the torrent but it was too slow. I tried via browser and ftp but
the clients couldn't handle 4GB. They thought the file was 80MB. Ideas?
20 years, 1 month
RE: anaconda crash - CD install
by Pape, Neal
I have encountered the same problem and have entered it into Bugzilla:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=121791
-----Original Message-----
From: fedora-test-list-bounces(a)redhat.com
[mailto:fedora-test-list-bounces@redhat.com] On Behalf Of
Fulko.Hew(a)sita.aero
Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 8:10 AM
To: fedora-test-list(a)redhat.com
Subject: RE: anaconda crash - CD install
> First time I tried installing from CD -- I selected
>"no firewall" second time I selected firewall.... both
>times I got an error:
>
>An unhandled exception has occured. This is most
>likely a bug.
>Please copy the full text of this exception and file a
>detailed bug report against anaconda at....
>
>Tracebac (most recent call last):
> File /usr/lib/anaconda/gui.py, line 759, in
>nextClicked
> rc = self.currentWindow.getNext()
> File /usr/lib/anaconda/iw/firewall_gui.py, line 32,
>in getNext
>
>self.security.setSELinux(self.se_option_menu.get_history())
> File /usr/lib/anaconda/security.py, line 39, in
>setSELinux
> raise ValueError, Setting to invalid SELinux state
>%s" %(val,)
>ValueError: Setting to invalid SELinux state: -1
I need to throw a "me too" onto this bug report.
So for the time being, I will abandon the test 3 install from CD. :-(
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System hang on boot at Linux Plug and Play Support v0.97
by Anthony Richardella
I've got a Gateway P4 laptop. I just did a clean install of
test3. During the install and now after the system is running
the bootup locks up every other time at the line
APCI: Embedded Controller [EC0] (gpe 29)
APCI: Power Resource [PFN0] (off)
APCI: Power Resource [PFN1] (off)
Linux Plug and Play Support v0.97 (c) Adam Belay
If I hold down the power button until it reboots it will boot
fine, until the next time.
Anthony
20 years, 1 month
