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FC3 Can't boot after initial install
by Yang Xiao 01 Apr '05

01 Apr '05

Hi all, I just did a new install of FC3 on a VALinux box with two scsi drives. The installation went fine but the machine fails to boot at the very begining of loading GRUB, it only prints "LI" then hang. I used the rescue disk and everything seemed fine, any ideas? Many thanks, Yang

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wierd browsers problem under fedora core 3
by Ahmed Abdel-Aliem 01 Apr '05

01 Apr '05

hi i am new to Linux, i installed Fedora Core 3 from a month and i really liked it, everything works fine with me, but i have a wierd problems and i really couldn't find a solution for them : using mozilla and firefox i can't connect to somesited like gmail.com for example, and if i open it in konqueror it opens with no problems, and if i open those sites in mozilla and firefox while opening them in konqueror they open with no problems, and if i close konqueror they stop working. also if i use gaim to open my yahoo messenger account it doesn't open, and when i installed yahoo messenger for linux it works fine and if i open my yahoo messenger account from gain while opening it in yahoo messenger it open instantly with no problems. anyone has any idea what is the reason with this problem ? thanks in advance -- Ahmed Abdel-Aliem Web Developer www.ApexScript.com 0101108551 registered Linux user number 382789

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RE: Ide=nodma is "loosing too many ticks"
by Richard Molen 01 Apr '05

01 Apr '05

--- Mark <msalists(a)gmx.net> wrote: > Is there no easier solution that this? > > > I got the following problem after my FC3 install: > > > > > > Losing too many ticks! > > > TSC cannot be used as a timesource. > > > Possible reasons for this are: > > > You're running with Speedstep, > > > You don't have DMA enabled for your hard disk (see hdparm), > > > Incorrect TSC synchronization on an SMP system (see > > dmesg). Falling > > > back to a sane timesource now. > > You may need to compile a custom kernel with the correct > > driver for your motherboard. Or perhaps get try an updated kernel. > > > > -- > > Richard Molen There may be an easier way of installing FC3 if you use a driver disk to get the correct driver at install time. See thread in this list "Install FC3 (Fedora Core 3) on Dell 4300 w/ SCSI Perc 2/SC" for similar problem. Consider posting your motherboard info and the output of the lspci command. -- Richard Molen __________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger Show us what our next emoticon should look like. Join the fun. http://www.advision.webevents.yahoo.com/emoticontest

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top posting, HTML posting and "the closer"
by Robert P. J. Day 01 Apr '05

01 Apr '05

every time these issues come up on this list, the common defense among the lazy, inconsiderate, "hey, this is how we do it where *i* come from" whiners is that, as long as there is no fedora-approved, at the fedora site itself, official netiquette document, they will feel free to post however they want. which raises the immediately obvious question: once that document is complete and up there, and it *clearly* and *unambiguously* states that thou shalt not top post, and thou shalt not post in HTML, and thou shalt trim thine replies, will that shut you up? seriously. for those of you who work in retail, that question is a variation of what's known as the "closer". if someone just can't make up their mind about whether they're going to buy, and they just keep hemming and hawing, your final strategy is to ask, "what *exactly* will it take for you to buy?" this puts the burden back on the potential customer and, if they can't come up with an answer, every good salesman knows to just cut their losses and walk away. so, to those folks who make all of our lives on this mailing list miserable on a regular basis with their cluelessness and lack of courtesy, here's the "closer": once that netiquette document is posted *at* fedora.redhat.com, and it *explicitly* forbids top posting, and HTML, will you finally stop being such jerks? if the answer's "yes", then that's extra incentive for the doc writers to *finish* the danged thing and get it up there tout de suite, to make this finally go away. if, however, the answer is "no", well, then, we have a problem since that would mean you've been lying to us all this time, telling us that you've been doing this just because the rules weren't written down. but even after they *are*, well, you're going to ignore them, anyway. i *really* hope it doesn't come to that. and a final aside to the netiquette doc writers: word those rules *very* carefully. do not leave them open to interpretation since, as we've seen, these folks love loopholes and playing semantic word games. do not, for instance, say that posting in HTML is "discouraged"; say it's "unacceptable", and point at a longer doc that explains why. don't use phrases like "it's preferable that ...". don't leave those kinds of openings. it's just asking for trouble. rday

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How to get yum to install mplayer
by Kevin Kempter 01 Apr '05

01 Apr '05

What config files do I change, and which sources do I add to the config files to get yum to install mplayer?

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RE: Megaraid Driver IBM Blade Server
by Mike McGrath 01 Apr '05

01 Apr '05

How do I do the FC3 install with a newer kernel than what is on the FC3 Install CD? The only way I know how to add drivers during the install is to run it with linux dd at the boot prompt. -Mike -----Original Message----- From: fedora-list-bounces(a)redhat.com [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@redhat.com] On Behalf Of David Curry Sent: Friday, April 01, 2005 11:05 AM To: For users of Fedora Core releases Subject: Re: Megaraid Driver IBM Blade Server Mike McGrath wrote: >Hey guys, I'm trying to get a Megaraid driver for an HS20 series Blade >server. I'm working with FC3 and it doesn't have native support for >the driver, I've tried other drivers and I just get a panic. I'd >imagine it's a conflict with the version of the kernal that the driver >was compiled against. I'm going to try to compile it against the >2.6.9-1.667 kernel which I believe is what version the FC3 install CD >is using. Anyone have any pointers / pitfalls I should know about? Or >better yet, anyone have a working megaraid driver for FC3 on an HS20 >blade server? > > -Mike > > > > Mike, I don't know the first thing about Megaraid or compiling kernels. On the other hand I know that the kernel distributed on the FC3 install CD is pretty out of date relative to the latest update version which is something like 2.6.10-1.770 or 771. Wouldn't you want to upgrade the kernels and libraries to the latest stable versions before compiling? FWIW -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list(a)redhat.com To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list

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Megaraid Driver IBM Blade Server
by Mike McGrath 01 Apr '05

01 Apr '05

Hey guys, I'm trying to get a Megaraid driver for an HS20 series Blade server. I'm working with FC3 and it doesn't have native support for the driver, I've tried other drivers and I just get a panic. I'd imagine it's a conflict with the version of the kernal that the driver was compiled against. I'm going to try to compile it against the 2.6.9-1.667 kernel which I believe is what version the FC3 install CD is using. Anyone have any pointers / pitfalls I should know about? Or better yet, anyone have a working megaraid driver for FC3 on an HS20 blade server? -Mike

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Re: New posting rules for Fedora List, From Linus.
by Lloyd Hayes 01 Apr '05

01 Apr '05

Linus Wrote: -------------------------------------------------------------- I've heard about the recent problems on this list and I've decided to use my status as the founder of Linux to step in and settle matter of how to post to the list and put the matter to rest. Rule #1 Posting content format All posts to the list from this point forward must be set to have a fixed display width of 4,317 inches (or the metric equivalent, 6 millimeters). The background color must be set to black and the font color must be set to 0XFFFFFF. After composing your message to the above standards, preferable using either version three of Microsoft Word, (WINE, VMware may help here) or any version of Star-Writer, take a screen shot of your message and convert the resulting graphic to gif format and then to "bmp" format. Rule #2 Character set selection for all postings: All email shall be posted in utf-8 for Sanskrit (utfskt) see: http://www.indologie.uni-halle.de/software/utf.htm "Typesetting Sanskrit Texts with OmegaTeX" Rule #3 Quoting rules All quoted text must be formatted in the Classic Sideways Diagonal All Caps format. Aka "CSDACF". If you cannot persuade your system to produce CSDACF then you must use the "Colonial Reversed Aromatics Pulsed Standard" - aka "CRAPS". The CRAPS standard requires that all inform nation be completely reversed both in format and synchronicity. For example the above sentence would be presented as : .yticinorhcnys dna tamrof ni htob desrever yletelpmoc eb noitan mrofni lla taht seriuqer dradnats SPARC ehT To conform to the synchonicity requirement use the table below to determine how to respond to all postings to the list from here after: Topics posted on: | may be responded to on: ------------------------------------------------------------------- 3/31/05 4/1/05 3/30/05 4/2/05 3/29/05 4/3/05 . . . . etc etc Please enjoy the convenience and ease of these new posting rules. Please send your complaints and suggestions to root(a)Bell.labs.com Sincerely, Linuz ----------------------------------------------------------------- I'm sure that some is about to say: "April Fools...." Lloyd Hayes Email: lloyd545220-trucker(a)yahoo.com URL: http://TalkingStaff.bravehost.com E-FAX Number: (208) 248-6590 Web Journal: http://lloyd_hayes.bravejournal.com/ > >

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RE: New posting rules for Fedora List, From Linus.
by Henry Hartley 01 Apr '05

01 Apr '05

On Fri, 01 April, 2005 at 11:17 AM Trevor "TeC" Christian said: >> Henry Hartley wrote: >> > Hey, wait a minute, if Linus really wrote that, he would have >> > spelled millimeters as millimetres. Is this a joke? ;) >> >> The source email address "aprilthefirst(a)gmail.com" is what >> suggested that to me... Apparently my sarcasm was a little too subtle for you though. -- Henry

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Up2date problem
by Scott Carper 01 Apr '05

01 Apr '05

After I successfully run up2date, the next time I check for updates, it says there are updates available (and these are not the same as the previous update); but when I launch up2date, it says "Your system is fully updated. No new packages are needed." I have to reboot the system before the available updates will be downloaded and installed by up2date. Any ideas? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. Scott -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.8.6 - Release Date: 3/30/2005

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