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FC2 Slow boot after network setup -
by bobgoodwin 02 Oct '04

02 Oct '04

I'm not sure what I've done but suddenly the time to boot has gone from about two minutes to what seems like about five minutes more. Toward the end of the boot process it dwells on starting ntpd, starting sendmail, and starting smb-client. The rest of the boot process seems normal. I was setting up a second computer with FC-2 for the grandsons and decided to make a simple network to pass files between them and to print from this one. After that exercise the slow boot seems to have shown up on both. Other than that everything seems to work nicely making it a non-problem I suppose, more an abnormality? Both are old Pentium class computers with 300 - 400 megs of RAM. Any suggestions appreciated. Bob Goodwin Zuni, Virginia

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Infrared:Irda
by Roger Grosswiler 02 Oct '04

02 Oct '04

Thanks a lot, but it even didn't work, as i would have to install it under kde and i have gnome only installed. Cheers, Roger

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Where goes the console output of X programs?
by Carlos Rodrigues 02 Oct '04

02 Oct '04

Hi! Where does the output that X programs dump in the console? I do not have an .xsession-errors file or anything... Carlos Rodrigues -- Fedora Core 2 - fully updated

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Logitech QuickCam Pro 4000 Webcam -Video I problem
by M Daniel R M 02 Oct '04

02 Oct '04

Hi everybody, That's the exact name of the model that I own -not an advertisement... The gadget does work, proofs: -SuSE(9) KDE default webcam application (don't remember its name) (Suse's my second home system, what Windows is/means for others, Suse is for me...That is, although almost not used, things -hardware- work there.) -SuSE(9) Gnomemeeting --> Yes, indeed. -Windows (when I bought it, already some time ago) -Camorama, in Fedora (my favourite main home system, still Core 1). -Even more: I'd bet it worked OK some months ago (but not sure) with Gnomemeeting and xawtv in FC1 (then I didn't have nearly any time to glance at this kind of things and I didn't care so much pass through it). My doubts are (in FC1) about the system configuration (maybe /etc/modules.conf) or might be about some apps' config. Has it anything to do with the last new kernels for FC1 ? I've always had precompiled kernels coming from them. At the moment: [daniel@PRIMATES-PLM Documentation]$ date vie oct 1 00:37:48 CEST 2004 [daniel@PRIMATES-PLM Documentation]$ uname -r 2.4.22-1.2199.nptl AFAIRead, gadget's video chip is Philips, isn't it?? Does it need the pwc module loaded for proper working, right? How can I check if I have the pwcx installed? Is it necessary for webcam apps or maybe can pwc manage the device by itselt? It would explain why camorama works perfectly (supposing pwcx not really installed). Is there (or was, in the past) a way to get the pwcx portion via yum or apt? If not, it is sure I don't have it installed. I've had a look to the pwc developer web site, but IMHO -at least it seemed to me- most-simple general explanations are poor (just what a newbie like me can need!) about why pcwx is necessary and when. Inside its tarball says, if I understood right, that you must have a 2.4.25 kernel to patch it later (if 2.4 serie). If I wanted to go on with it (Still I don't know if pwcx is worth or important or not...) his would bind to me to abandon the Fedora's precompiled kernels, wouldn't it? I've also had a look at /boot/config*(active kernel), with kernel sources installed, and drivers like v4l and other are installed (as modules); What I can see is that almost everything is configured as M there, in precompiled kernels. I suppose the meaning is to ensure that most things will work if needed but I'm not sure if all needed modules are automatically loaded when you run certain program, as a webcam application for example. Is there any way to bind to the kernel to load some modules (that you know you're going to need later) at start up? Actually, I am quite messed up with all this. I know that by typing /sbin/lsmod the loaded modules are listed; I also know that /sbin/modprobe modulename loads it according to the /etc/modules.conf file, but not much more I can say about this. Editing the modules.conf without knowing what are exactly you doing is not a good solution, even with a .bak file, it looks like a loose of time if there is not interactive help. I need help if the problem is here or similar level. I've also compared the config files for Gnomemeeting into Fedora and Suse (because capture works here), but I didn't find any relevant differences between them. Nothing. Maybe the Suse distro has the mentioned pwcx installed, I don't know.... Same for modules.conf between the 2 distros, mainly looking for something different more o less, but they has not much to do, since in Suse it comes with a lot of alias defined (large and complete list) although most of them are really commented by default, meanwhile oppositely in Fedora there are a few lines. Not clues for me... BTW, anyone knows what is supposed to do to get vanity utility to work? I've never seen it app simply opened. I would appreciate tips, ideas, suggestions, ..., even links pointing to any source of information at anywhere! Regards, Daniel Rodríguez

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What is system-config-mouse supposed to do?
by Timothy Murphy 02 Oct '04

02 Oct '04

I tried system-config-mouse on a couple of computers, but it didn't appear to change xorg.conf , even though I changed my choice of mouse. The change worked during the current session, but had disappeared when I logged in again. Have I misunderstood the purpose of this command? -- Timothy Murphy e-mail (<80k only): tim /at/ birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland

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Installing RPMs
by Anthony Johnson 02 Oct '04

02 Oct '04

Hi, I decided to upgrade from Fedora Core 1 to Fedora Core 2 just over two months ago. I have tried to install various RPMs with no success. For example, if I double click j2re-1.4.2-8.1.fc2.dag.i586.rpm, I get "? There is no action associated with j2re-1.4.2-8.1.fc2.dag.i586.rpm." The file-roller is not activated. If I go to the command line, become super user, change to the appropriate directory, I type rpm j2re-1.4.2-8.1.fc2.dag.i586.rpm and hit enter; an installation process appears to be occurring. I type rpm -q j2re-1.4.2-8.1.fc2.dag.i586.rpm. I am told that it is not installed. How do I diagnose the problem? How do I remedy the situation? I am a newbie who recently converted to Linux from Windows.

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infrared: smcinit
by Roger Grosswiler 02 Oct '04

02 Oct '04

Hi, tried to compile this : http://personal.eunet.fi/pp/joakim/nx7010.html#infrared Thing is, that there seems just to be files for a 2.4.x kernel :-( Cheers, Roger

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RE:infrared
by Roger Grosswiler 02 Oct '04

02 Oct '04

Tried this page, this is the result: Oct 2 14:45:46 neo irda: Starten von irattach succeeded Oct 2 14:45:46 neo irattach: tcgetattr: Input/output error Oct 2 14:45:46 neo irattach: Stopping device /dev/ttyS2 Oct 2 14:45:46 neo irattach: ioctl(SIOCGIFFLAGS): No such device Oct 2 14:45:46 neo irattach: ioctl: set_inidisc: Bad file descriptor Oct 2 14:45:46 neo irattach: tcsetattr: Input/output error Oct 2 14:45:46 neo irattach: exiting ... any idea? Regards, Roger

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date error
by Deltaned Internet Services 02 Oct '04

02 Oct '04

Hi, I have an problem with my date settings on my fedora core 2 box. I get mail from the server with the date 1-2-2004 I check all my date settings but that is correct. Where can I look for it anymore? Jaider Viola Deltaned Internet Services http://www.deltaned.nl

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Maintaining Fedora Core 1
by Gary Parker 02 Oct '04

02 Oct '04

I am currently running Fedora Core 1 on a new computer I bought this summer. I live out in the middle of nowhere and so have a very slow internet connection. That said, downloading and updating packages is time consuming; upgrading to a newer version of Fedora though the internet is not feasible. I just installed apt and am not sure where I should direct it to keep Fedora Core 1 up to date. At the moment I am using fedora.us and rpm.livna.org based on advise from http://www.brandonhutchinson.com/Fedora_apt_and_yum_repositories.html Should I also direct apt towards download.fedora.redhat.com or download.fedoralegacy.org? Curious, Gary Parker Cayuse, Oregon

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