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Can't type in Gnome in FC4 after yum update
by SternData 02 Sep '05

02 Sep '05

I just did an update in FC4 and picked up all the new X11 stuff. When I boot into Gnome and open a terminal session, gedit, or other application like that, I can't type. The cursor doesn't move and no letters appear on screen. I can type in the login box to get logged in, and I can type when I need to use a root level application. However, that's about all. If I switch to KDE, everything operates normally. Is anyone experiencing anything like this? These are the packages that changed: Sep 01 19:11:42 Updated: xorg-x11-libs.i386 6.8.2-37.FC4.45 Sep 01 19:11:43 Updated: xorg-x11-Mesa-libGL.i386 6.8.2-37.FC4.45 Sep 01 19:11:43 Updated: xorg-x11-Mesa-libGLU.i386 6.8.2-37.FC4.45 Sep 01 19:11:44 Updated: xorg-x11-font-utils.i386 6.8.2-37.FC4.45 Sep 01 19:11:44 Updated: poppler.i386 0.4.1-1.1 Sep 01 19:11:44 Updated: xorg-x11-xauth.i386 6.8.2-37.FC4.45 Sep 01 19:11:45 Updated: xorg-x11-xfs.i386 6.8.2-37.FC4.45 Sep 01 19:11:55 Updated: xorg-x11.i386 6.8.2-37.FC4.45 Sep 01 19:12:03 Updated: xorg-x11-devel.i386 6.8.2-37.FC4.45 Sep 01 19:12:03 Updated: xorg-x11-deprecated-libs.i386 6.8.2-37.FC4.45 Sep 01 19:12:04 Updated: xorg-x11-xdm.i386 6.8.2-37.FC4.45 Sep 01 19:12:05 Updated: xorg-x11-tools.i386 6.8.2-37.FC4.45 Sep 01 19:12:12 Updated: evince.i386 0.4.0-1.2 Sep 01 19:12:13 Updated: xorg-x11-twm.i386 6.8.2-37.FC4.45 Sep 01 19:12:13 Updated: xorg-x11-deprecated-libs-devel.i386 6.8.2-37.FC4.45 -- Steve

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Re: FC3-kernel bug? Mount: can't find /media/floppy in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab
by Bengt Lindholm 02 Sep '05

02 Sep '05

"Patch to hal that works for me is in https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=163865 " How is the patching done? And has it to be done after every kernel update? Bengt

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OT - Browsers, Linux and cybersleuths.
by Robin Laing 02 Sep '05

02 Sep '05

I debated posting this but my anti-IE side won the battle. For those that "don't read slashdot (/.)." Alternative Browsers Impede Investigations http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/09/01/1958220&tid=95&tid=17 Basically, some law enforcement officials don't like the trend to move to anything but IE as they "don't" know where and how to look through the history data. The one comment on /. that I liked is. [quote] I love it. Think of the advertising potential. Male voiceover "Microsoft, used by 100% of all sex offenders. Its not only the law, it their punishment." Oh! I just fell off my chair. [/quote] There are some interesting points into why the authorities are having a problem reading the history data in the /. thread. And the original article. Alternative browsers pose challenge for cybersleuths http://news.com.com/2100-7348-5845409.html?tag=tb -- Robin Laing

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Re: weired keycodes in xorg-x11 of fedora core 4
by JHB 02 Sep '05

02 Sep '05

I solved it. Thanks anyway,

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Fubar'd grub installing Debian Sarge
by David Niemi 02 Sep '05

02 Sep '05

I tried installing debian to a second hard drive, not letting it touch my FC4 install except when it came to grub install, I let it modify the grub installation (silly me) that took me a while to get going right in FC4! Now I get an error 17, and am trying to setup grub again using Knoppix 4 DVD, so far so good, gonna test it shortly. The point of this message: I installed debian to the second Hd (/dev/hdd1, I've also 2 SCSI RAID 0 disks which in FC are 1 & 2 = md0), should I mark the partition that I installed debian to as active / bootable as this partition contains the Debian /boot ? I didn't split up the install to numerous partitions, just one for simplicity (Ya Right).

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Error updating new FC4 install, dependency error
by Robert P. J. Day 02 Sep '05

02 Sep '05

with a new FC4 install, and active repos "base", "updates-released" and "extras", i get: Error: Unable to satisfy dependencies Error: Package GFS-kernel needs /lib/modules/2.6.12-1.1398_FC4, this is not available. Error: Package gnbd-kernel needs /lib/modules/2.6.12-1.1398_FC4, this is not available. Error: Package dlm-kernel needs /lib/modules/2.6.12-1.1398_FC4, this is not available. Error: Package cman-kernel needs /lib/modules/2.6.12-1.1398_FC4, this is not available. googling brought me here: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/history/358249 which, as you can see, was hilariously uninformative in terms of explaining what the problem and subsequent fix was. thoughts? rday

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Where i can find the latest ppp?
by Strong 02 Sep '05

02 Sep '05

I looked at updates of FC4, Extras - nothing! -- Best regards, Strong.

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Accidently deleted username in home directory, recovery troublesome
by KvN 02 Sep '05

02 Sep '05

Dear Sir, I have accidently deleted my username situated within my home directory. /home/kvan168 is gone. Currently I am receiving the following error message after numerous attempts to rectify the situation. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Failed to contact configuration server some possible causes: - Enable TCP/IP Networking for ORBit - Have stale NFS Locks - due to system crash http://www.gnome.org/projects/gconf/ Details: 1: IOR: File '/tmp/gconfd-kvan169/lock/ior' not opened successfully; no gconfd located: Permission denied 2: IOR file '/tmp/gconfd-kvan168/lock/ior' not opened successfully no gconfd lcoated: permission denied Failed to contact configuration server; some possible causes are that you need to enable TCP/IP networking for ORBit; or you have stale NFS lock due to system crash. see: http://www.gnome.org/projects/gconf/ for information Details: 1: IOR: File '/tmp/gconfd-kvan169/lock/ior' not opened successfully; no gconfd located: Permission denied 2: IOR file '/tmp/gconfd-kvan168/lock/ior' not opened successfully no gconfd lcoated: permission denied Failed to contact configuration server; some possible causes are that you need to enable TCP/IP networking for ORBit; or you have stale NFS lock due to system crash. ..................................................................etc ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regards, Karl van Niekerk -- Mobile: +64 21 072 8457 Email: kvan027(a)gmail.com

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Problem with configuring Shorewall
by Paul Smith 02 Sep '05

02 Sep '05

Dear All I have installed Shorewall, but as soon as I start it, my Internet traffic is blocked. I am running FC4 and connected to the Internet through a modem/router. The configuration of Shorewall I have is the default one of Webmin. Could someone please help me? Thanks in advance, Paul

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multiple smb domains at once?
by Les Mikesell 02 Sep '05

02 Sep '05

Is it possible to configure PAM to check passwords via SMB against more than one windows domain? The users in question have local accounts on the Linux box but the passwords are currently being check against a single windows domain. Now the windows admins are moving people to a different domain and for the transition, I'd like to let people log in if their login and password matches in either domain. Authconfig sets up one. How would I add another? -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell(a)gmail.com

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