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USB/ACPI problem on Compaq R3000z
by Gene Czarcinski 03 Jan '05

03 Jan '05

Since the volume is high on this mailing list while the signal-to-noise is often low, I would appreciate any communications on this to be done off-list (I will post any results to the list). I have a Compaq R3000z (Athlon64) notebook. There are multiple systems installed: WinXP on a shrunk hda1, swap on hda2, a FC3 minimal install on hda3 as a boot director, FC3 i386 everything install on hda5 and FC3 x86_64 everything install on hda6. My problem(s) occur identically (as far as I can tell) on both the i386 and x86_64 systems. Booting with ACPI=ON (actually specifying nothing at boot time): 1. The integral synaptic touchpad is detected as a generic PS2 two-button input device. 2. A USB (1.1) mouse is not detected/useable. 3. USB 1.1 flash drive is not detected although USB 2.0 flash drives are detected and useable. Booting with ACPI=OFF: 1. The integral synaptic touchpad is not detected. 2. The USB (1.1) mouse is detected an useable. It can be hotplugged if not present at boot time. 3. Both the USB 1.1 and the USB 2.0 flash drives are detected and useable. Bug reports have been filed: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=143893 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=143894 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=143895 There are some bug reports filed at bugzilla.redhat.com which may be the same thing or at least related. However, nothing recent which sounds like this. I also searched bugzilla.kernel.org and came up with some reports indicating problems in the 2.5/2.6 kernel with USB/ACPI (one very old report pointed me in the right direction). I have also tried these devices on a ASUS SK8V/Opteron system and everything worked fine there. This "problem" seems to have been around for a while and I know that there are Compaq R3000z notebooks (or the HP equivalent) out there being used with FC3. I am a bit surprised that this problem is not more widely known. I am also interested in trying a "generic" kernel from kernel.org if that is possible/practical. Does anyone know if it is "safe" to run the generic kernel without all the Red Hat/Fedora Core patches (a lot fewer patches than SUSE run but nevertheless a significant number). Any help will be appreciated. -- Gene

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Getting java to work?
by Shane Presley 03 Jan '05

03 Jan '05

Hello, Fairly new to Fedora (and linux). Running FC3. Came with Mozzila, but I also instaleld Firefox. Browsers work fine. No proxies involved. I wanted to be able to run Java, and it didn't seem to be installed. So I downloaded Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE) from java.com. Installed the rpm. Seemed to work fine. Now under preferences, I see Java, and there is one version of Java Applet Runtime Settings and one version of Java Application Runtime Settings. Both are enabled. But in my browser, when I try to view any java applets (http://www.java.com/en/download/help/testvm.jsp) I get a message telling me I need a plugin (Sun Java J2SE50). I have restarted my browser, even the entire system once. Still doesn't know I have java installed? Thanks Shane

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Re: fc3-64 for a newby?
by Jason Hiller 03 Jan '05

03 Jan '05

--- Craig Carver <arawn1(a)cogeco.ca> wrote: > Jonathan Berry wrote: > > >On Sun, 2 Jan 2005 11:48:47 -0800 (PST), Jason > Hiller > ><jasonchiller(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > > >>I want to get some opinions on whether Fedora > Core-64 > >>is a good choice for a Linux newby. I have some > >>experience w/ Linux but not a great deal. I am > going > >>to buy a new computer and was considering getting > a > >>AMD-64 chip. I am going to run Fedora Core > >>exclusively on the new machine. Is installing and > >>running FC-64 within the grasp of a Linux beginner > or > >>should I stick with i386? Are there any other > >>drawbacks to going with FC-64 vs. FC-i386? Any > >>opinions are appreciated. Also, if this is the > wrong > >>place to ask this type of question please redirect > me. > >> Thanks in advance. > >> > >> > > > >Hi Jason, > >I'd say definitely go with an AMD64 chip and > definitely go with the > >64-bit version. You should not really have any > trouble with it more > >than you would with the 32-bit version. I'd say if > you can do the > >i386 version, you can do x86_64. The only thing I > have not been able > >to do with FC x86_64 is use my (Broadcom) wireless > with ndiswrapper > >(it's a laptop), though this may be working in the > near future. For > >anything that does not yet work with 64-bit, you > can install the > >32-bit and run it. For instance, you can install > 32-bit Firefox to > >get flash and java plugins to work. Most things > work with 64-bit > >though, and those that don't will in time. If you > have the disk > >space, you can even dual boot the x86_64 and i386 > versions. > > > >Jonathan > > > > > > > All-in-all I've got no stability issues with my > x86_64 system, however > there are some things to consider if you're planning > to get a Nvidia > video card. The 64-bit drivers have a bug with the > mouse pointer on > PCIe systems, SLI in particular. They (Nvidia) know > about it and it > should be fixed in the next driver release. > > If you're wanting to go 64-bit, check out the > components you want to get > for compatability... it may just save you a > headache or two. > > Other than the mouse on my system, it's stable as > heck, and wasn't any > more difficult to install or run than the i386 > version. > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list(a)redhat.com > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Where is the best place to look for hardware that is compatible with fc3-64? __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - now with 250MB free storage. Learn more. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250

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Recommendations for Wireless Network Cards
by ingramipaq＠cox.net 03 Jan '05

03 Jan '05

As a newbie... I have FC2, and it installed smoothly, and recognized everything - except my Linksys WPC11 v4 card. I researched to find FCx works with previous versions of the same card (because the earlier cards had a different chip/firmware), but none-the-less the v4 card just won't work... I've followed Linksys' vague directions - nothing. I saw an article from another site -where I learned about the chipset differences - but the file(s) to edit are different (it references everything to Debian(voodoo linux)). The other problem is in there are a ton of different cards listed when I try to set up a new network connection - but trying to get one is another story as the guy at a (No names mentioned) computer store looked at me like I was a rodeo clown because I dared to mention Fedora/Red Hat Ok Fedora community, what card(s) do you recommend to run with minimal fuss-n-muss... Regards, and thanks in advance...

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by gabriela lopez 03 Jan '05

03 Jan '05

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by kennyen 03 Jan '05

03 Jan '05

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Re: Recommendations for Wireless Network Cards
by ingramipaq＠cox.net 03 Jan '05

03 Jan '05

Thanks Jay... Another person said the Linksys WPC54G worked also, and had gotten it to work... You're right. Much hardware that is from the Windows side of the fence is getting closed up, and for some of us who want to try Linux out the Windows world is making it tough. I'll check out your links, and again, thanks. John Ingram

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Kernel update problems!
by TK 03 Jan '05

03 Jan '05

Hello again, I have a problem with kernel-updates coming with yum. Every kernel "higher" than 'kernel-2.6.9-1.678_FC3' that is installed by 'yum update' boots fine until gdm starts. But KDE (my standard DE) doesn´t start any more. After loggin in, there is just a screen in standard-color, no splash screen, no warning message. Has anyone made the same experience or - even better - a solution for this problem? With kind regards, Thorsten Kölbl

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firefox question re mpg download disposal
by Gene Heskett 03 Jan '05

03 Jan '05

Greetings; I just tried to download the video of the hearing where the SCO case against DC was dismissed, a 56meg mpg download. The menu said it was to use vlc to play it. On the first download, vlc never started, and it is installed and works just fine. On the second download, I let it finish too, but changed it to save to disk in the menu, then went looking for the file, wasn't to be found by an updatedb+locate. Third time, I found the growing file in the Cache, and watched it till the dl was finished and that file disappeared out from under vlc as it was supposedly renamed and moved at the end of the download. However, firefox never asked me where to put the file! So I'm doing another updatedb to see if it was deleted, or if it was just moved someplace. IMO, this should warrant a bugzilla entry against firefox 1.0, or has this already been done? Update, no its not been found, so where the hell does firefox put such stuff, /dev/null? FWIW, I just added vlc at the top of the list of mpeg players in the kde prefs, but I've NDI if that will bother firefox. Can anyone advise me please? -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) 99.31% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly Yahoo.com attorneys please note, additions to this message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2004 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.

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Configure ADSL (Hurricane 8000 series - Prolink) on FC3
by K.M.Zammi Kahan 03 Jan '05

03 Jan '05

Hi, I have a Hurricane 8000 series - Prolink ADSL (USB) modem. My ADSL service provider only supporting PPPoA. Can anyone please help me to setup my ADSL line.... Thanks & Regards, Zammi. --------------------------------- ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun!

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