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Fedora Core 4 features and programs
by Nathan Low 03 Jan '06

03 Jan '06

To Whom It May Concern: What features and programs are included in Fedora Core 4? I'm thinking about switching from Windows XP. --------------------------------- Yahoo! Shopping Find Great Deals on Holiday Gifts at Yahoo! Shopping

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Updating PXEBOOT to use a later kernel
by Roger Heflin 03 Jan '06

03 Jan '06

What needs to be done to generate a new vmlinuz/initrd for use with pxeboot. I know it is not a standard kernel, it probably has a custom .config file, and I know the initrd is not a normal initrd as it has everything in it. I have ran into a few machines that don't take default 2.6.11xxx kernel (smp or up) so need to update the initial kernel used in kickstart to be able to easily install these machines. Roger

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RE: Configuring Fedora Core 4 & USB Flash drives?
by tlhackque 03 Jan '06

03 Jan '06

OK, here's fstab. Vanilla - untouched by human hands. This IS with the drive in & (manually) mounted. So fstab-sync isn't making a "managed" entry for some reason. Not clear how to make an entry, as drives seem to get different sd? names assigned. Wouldn't mind the blue drive always being a certain mount point. Of course, some are vfat, some aren't - so "auto" would be the fstype of choice. Doesn't matter if the mount point exists or not. So is the "USB Flash Driver" in your rule a generic answer for all USB Flash devices, or is it a function of the specific model/mfgr that one plugs in? That is, do I have to connect "LEXAR BLAH" to that driver for this part of configuration to work? (Some part of the connection is made since maual mounts work.) Looking at the reference material - wow! Infinitely flexible, but all I wanted was to just plug in my drive and have it work. Looks like I have a lot of digging to do (and yet another scriping language to learn.) Thanks for the pointer; I guess I'll figure it out. #cat /etc/fstab # This file is edited by fstab-sync - see 'man fstab-sync' for details /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 / ext3 defaults 1 1 LABEL=/boot /boot ext3 defaults 1 2 none /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0 none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 none /sys sysfs defaults 0 0 /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol01 swap swap defaults 0 0 /dev/fd0 /media/floppy auto pamconsole,exec,noauto,managed 0 0 /dev/hdc /media/cdrecorder auto pamconsole,exec,noauto,managed 0 0 /dev/hda /media/cdrom auto pamconsole,exec,noauto,managed 0 0 --------------------------------------------------------- This communication may not represent my employer's views, if any, on the matters discussed. -----Original Message----- From: Tim [mailto:ignored_mailbox@yahoo.com.au] Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2005 09:06 To: For users of Fedora Core releases Subject: Re: Configuring Fedora Core 4 & USB Flash drives? On Sat, 2005-12-31 at 05:08 -0800, tlhackque wrote: > Fedora Core 4. Plug in a USB thumb drive. > Successfully recognized by the kernel & a SCSI "drive" is created. > But it doesn't get mounted put on the desktop. CDROMs/DVDs do. I > have the desktop->preferences->removable drives->{mount drives when > hot-plugged, media when inserted clicked. A manual mount does work; > the device then appears on the desktop as expected. > > So something in the hotplug chain is deciding not to do the mount. I > got lost in the hal/hotplug/automount scripts. > Someone's been here before. What's the easiest way to track this down? > (Or the recipe for configuring this device?) Show us your /etc/fstab file. I've just been experimenting with the same thing myself. If I made no entry for the drive in my fstab file, nor created the mount point directory, the system took care of everything itself (including mounting an icon on the desktop). But if I did make an fstab entry, I had to make one in the same fashion as it did (the auto-mounting routine), and I had to create the mount point diretory, for it to work. e.g. Here's mine: /dev/flashdrive /media/flashdrive vfat pamconsole,noexec,nodev,noauto,dmask=0002,fmask=0113,fscontext=system_u:obje ct_r:removable_t 0 0 (Note the fscontext details. The mask options are just to suit my needs; I don't want files with executable bits set.) The flashdrive device was set up by a rule in /etc/udev/rules.d/. I've a "10-local.rules" file, in there, with this in it: BUS=="scsi", SYSFS{model}=="USB Flash Driver", SYMLINK="flashdrive" Some reference material about this: <http://www.reactivated.net/writing_udev_rules.html> I've almost got the mounting the way I want it. What I don't want is an icon on the desktop, or an entry in Nautilus, saying "131M Removeable Media", I want to pick the name myself. I haven't worked out where that's set. And why do I care about that? Because my digital camera auto mounts with almost the same title (128M instead of 131M). I want names that mean something to me. -- Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists. __________________________________________ Yahoo! DSL Something to write home about. Just $16.99/mo. or less. dsl.yahoo.com

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Trying to install a gfs-smp-kernel
by Carlo Lenting 03 Jan '06

03 Jan '06

Hi all, I have a queston about my fedora4 installation. After de installation i ran "yum update" now i am trying to install the GFS-kernel-smp.i686 so i tried "yum install GFS-kernel-smp.i686" At the question if its ok , I answered yes the problem is I cant see the kernel-image(2.6.11.8-20050601.152643.FC4) in /boot and it is`nt in the menu.lst of grub Google cant give me the answer ;-) so if anybody knows the solution for my problem , i would be greatfull :) -- WideXS http://www.widexs.nl Carlo Lenting Beheer Tel +31 (0)23 5698070 Fax +31 (0)23 5698099 Bijlmermeerstraat 62, 2131 HG HOOFDDORP, NL

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Apache problems when using mod_perl
by Raymond Norton 03 Jan '06

03 Jan '06

I am trying to install webgui on a new core 4 install. Part of the install is to edit perl.conf, by adding the following: <Files ~ "\.(pl)$"> SetHandler perl-script PerlHandler ModPerl::Registry PerlOptions +SetupEnv +ParseHeaders </Files> PerlRequire /data/WebGUI/sbin/preload.perl Apache starts fine, but the error log shows the following after an attempt is made to access the web site: Can't locate object method "request" via package "Apache" at /data/WebGUI/lib/WebGUI/Session.pm line 159 I thought "request" was for mod_perl 1?? Apache::Request looks to come from libapreq-1.33. When I attempt to install it I get the following: perl Makefile.PL && make && make test && make install mod_perl 1.x ( < 1.99) is required at Makefile.PL line 34. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at Makefile.PL line 36 Of course core 4 comes with mod_perl 2 Another forum recommended using Apache::Cookie, but It complains about the same thing. Any ideas how to fix this?

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download FC4
by Amrit ahuja 03 Jan '06

03 Jan '06

I try to download FC4, but every time it's timeouts. Can any body suggest me, how to successfully download FC4 from the site. --Amrit AMRIT AHUJA Radio Pulsar Astronomer, IUCAA, PUNE-411007 Phone: 91-20-5691414 __________________________________ Yahoo! for Good - Make a difference this year. http://brand.yahoo.com/cybergivingweek2005/

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Add X
by Devon Harding 03 Jan '06

03 Jan '06

I've installed FC4 in server mode and now I need to add x-window. What packages is needed just to add X? -Devon

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Gzip better than Bz2 ? Normal?
by Franck Y 03 Jan '06

03 Jan '06

Hi everyone, I ve got a strange behavior with bz2 and gzip. When i compress a small folder around 225 Mo the compression goes to 49 Mo for gzip 46 mo for bzip2 When i compress a bigger folder around 5 Go the compression goes to 2.6 Go for gzip 3.1 mo for bzip2 Bzip2 has a better compress for Small folder and gzip has a better one for big folder. Has anyone of you has the same effect. Maybe gzip did'nt compress everything how can i check this. Should i be worried. It's mostly office document. Happy new year, Franck -- Franck

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k3b, kde frustrations - venting.
by Robin Laing 03 Jan '06

03 Jan '06

I usually am very happy and can easily point out the virtues of Linux over Windows. Come today and I find that I am hit with this k3b, kde problem and it dumps me in a major mess. I need to copy 3 DVD and I cannot get k3b to do it. It won't eject the media. Crashes each time I try to burn an image and I am in a rush as this had to be done before lunch in 10 minutes. As I try to burn just the files, I get a Error every time. It gets to Updating RMA Then I get growisofs did not exit cleanly. While copying the CD's, it would give me an error that it cannot eject the media after reading the CD. Of course this is the same if I try to copy a DVD. Now that I vented, have a Merry Christmas :)

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Wireless encryption that works on both Windows and FC3
by Tarek Aly 03 Jan '06

03 Jan '06

Hi everyone, I'm a complete newbie and I've been trying to get my wireless network up and running on FC3 (after I gave up on FC4 I had to downgrade). I reached the point where I could connect to my AP when encryption is disabled. When enabling encryption, the only way I can connect is when I use a 64 bit key (I have to mention here that I'm surprised there's no way from the GUI to specify the encryption mode). Now my problem is, Windows only allows, AFAIK, another encryption mode which uses ASCII keys and does not have the 64 bit key scheme as an option. So, currently, whenever I switch from Windows to Linux, I have to connect through a network cable to my AP to re-configure encryption. Is there a way around this problem? Every help is appreciated. P.S. How can I search the archives of this list?

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