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Problems installing FC6
by Steven P. Ulrick 06 Nov '06

06 Nov '06

Hello, Everyone I am having this strange problem installing Fedora Core 6 on a system that has an AOpen mainboard and about 384MB of RAM. Here is where things stand for now: 1. I ran sha1sum on the iso's on the machine that I burned them on. All appeared to be well. 2. I burned the images to cd's (Memorex 52x media, though I burned all the discs at 16x) 3. Took all the discs to the place where the system is located. Put disc 1 in the drive and rebooted, typing the following at the prompt: "linux mediacheck ide=nodma" 4. Tested all 5 discs, all passed except number 3. I then proceeded to burn a new copy of that disc. Re-ran "mediacheck" on it (still booted with the ide=nodma option) and it passed. 5. Rebooted the computer. At the prompt I typed the following: "linux ide=nodma" 6. Selected my packages and clicked the appropriate button. All still seems to be going fine. No dependency issues at all. 7. After clicking whatever button came next, the installation appeared to proceed nicely. Formatted all partitions that I told it to format. 8. Here's where things start to go bad. The following message pops up as expected: "Starting install process. This may take several minutes..." 9. Then I get a prompt to put in Disc 2, which I do. Then I am asked, in order, for discs 3-5. 10. Then I get a screen that is titled "Exception Occurred" It starts out like this: "An unhandled exception has occured." 11. The main error, repeated multiple times, reads something like this: "error: db4 error(-30974) from dbenv->open:DB_VERSION_MISMATCH:Database environment version mismatch. error: cannot open Packages database in /mnt/sysimage/var/lib/rpm" This strikes me as kind of odd for three reasons: a. The original iso's passed the sha1sum check. b. With ide=nodma appropriately passed, 1,2 & 4,5 passed. My re-try at burning disc 3 appeared to pass as well. c. The big thing that makes it seem odd: installing Fedora usually works without any flaws whatsoever. I even have FC6 running on our system at home, installed from the same images (hard drive install) So I'm not used to this :) I just had another idea, but I needed to get this down while I was inspired. I'll let you know what happened with my idea. Any help you can give me is greatly appreciated, Steven P. Ulrick

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Help installing modem USR5610 in FC6
by Javier Perez 06 Nov '06

06 Nov '06

Hi I am at wits end. I have been trying to install this USR5610B modem in FC6 and I have not been able to. In Windows, it is using COM2 and IRQ 11 I set it up like that with setserial and it did not work. I looked up the modem and it says it uses irq 193. I set it up with irq 193 and it neither works. I have googled, and tested and followed quite a number of pages to no avail. For now, I just want linux to recognnize and talk to the modem. Then I can pick it up from there. How can I do that? This is the output of setserial [root@localhost]# setserial -g /dev/ttyS* /dev/ttyS0, UART: 16550A, Port: 0x03f8, IRQ: 4 /dev/ttyS1, UART: 16550A, Port: 0xcc00, IRQ: 193, Flags: spd_vhi /dev/ttyS2, UART: unknown, Port: 0x03e8, IRQ: 4 /dev/ttyS3, UART: unknown, Port: 0x02e8, IRQ: 3 This is the output of wvdialconf wvtest [root@localhost]# wvdialconf wvtest Scanning your serial ports for a modem. Port Scan<*1>: Scanning ttyS1 first, /dev/modem is a link to it. ttyS1<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 -- failed with 2400 baud, next try: 9600 baud ttyS1<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 -- failed with 9600 baud, next try: 115200 baud ttyS1<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 -- and failed too at 115200, giving up. ttyS0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 -- failed with 2400 baud, next try: 9600 baud ttyS0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 -- failed with 9600 baud, next try: 115200 baud ttyS0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 -- and failed too at 115200, giving up. Port Scan<*1>: S2 S3 Sorry, no modem was detected! Is it in use by another program? Did you configure it properly with setserial? Please read the FAQ at http://open.nit.ca/wvdial/ If you still have problems, send mail to wvdial-list(a)lists.nit.ca. Here is the output of lspci -v [root@localhost]# lspci -v [snip] 05:0b.0 Serial controller: 3Com Corp, Modem Division 56K FaxModem Model 5610 (rev 01) (prog-if 02 [16550]) Subsystem: 3Com Corp, Modem Division Unknown device 00d3 Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 193 I/O ports at cc00 [size=8] Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2 [root@localhost]# lspci -vv [snip] 05:0b.0 Serial controller: 3Com Corp, Modem Division 56K FaxModem Model 5610 (rev 01) (prog-if 02 [16550]) Subsystem: 3Com Corp, Modem Division Unknown device 00d3 Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 193 Region 0: I/O ports at cc00 [size=8] Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0+,D1-,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold+) Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=2 PME- here is the contents of /proc/interrupts [root@localhost]# cat /proc/interrupts 0: 2060915 IO-APIC-edge timer 1: 57115 IO-APIC-edge i8042 6: 5 IO-APIC-edge floppy 7: 2 IO-APIC-edge parport0 8: 0 IO-APIC-edge rtc 9: 0 IO-APIC-level acpi 12: 157022 IO-APIC-edge i8042 14: 39122 IO-APIC-edge ide0 15: 142904 IO-APIC-edge ide1 193: 100000 IO-APIC-level via@pci:0000:01:00.0 201: 0 IO-APIC-level uhci_hcd:usb1 209: 26565 IO-APIC-level uhci_hcd:usb2, ehci_hcd:usb5, VIA8237 217: 0 IO-APIC-level uhci_hcd:usb3 225: 7356 IO-APIC-level uhci_hcd:usb4, eth0 233: 0 PCI-MSI libata NMI: 641 LOC: 2060902 ERR: 0 MIS: 0 Here is the output of /proc/ioports [root@localhost]# cat /proc/ioport 0000-001f : dma1 0020-0021 : pic1 0040-0043 : timer0 0050-0053 : timer1 0060-006f : keyboard 0070-0077 : rtc 0080-008f : dma page reg 00a0-00a1 : pic2 00c0-00df : dma2 00f0-00ff : fpu 0170-0177 : ide1 01f0-01f7 : ide0 0290-0297 : pnp 00:07 0376-0376 : ide1 0378-037a : parport0 037b-037f : parport0 03c0-03df : vga+ 03f2-03f5 : floppy 03f6-03f6 : ide0 03f7-03f7 : floppy DIR 03f8-03ff : serial 0800-0803 : ACPI PM1a_EVT_BLK 0804-0805 : ACPI PM1a_CNT_BLK 0808-080b : ACPI PM_TMR 0820-0823 : ACPI GPE0_BLK 0cf8-0cff : PCI conf1 5010-5015 : ACPI CPU throttle c000-cfff : PCI Bus #05 cc00-cc07 : 0000:05:0b.0 cc00-cc07 : serial d000-d0ff : 0000:00:12.0 d000-d0ff : via-rhine d400-d4ff : 0000:00:11.5 d400-d4ff : VIA8237 d880-d89f : 0000:00:10.3 d880-d89f : uhci_hcd dc00-dc1f : 0000:00:10.2 dc00-dc1f : uhci_hcd e000-e01f : 0000:00:10.1 e000-e01f : uhci_hcd e080-e09f : 0000:00:10.0 e080-e09f : uhci_hcd e400-e40f : 0000:00:0f.0 e400-e40f : ahci e480-e483 : 0000:00:0f.0 e480-e483 : ahci e800-e807 : 0000:00:0f.0 e800-e807 : ahci e880-e883 : 0000:00:0f.0 e880-e883 : ahci ec00-ec07 : 0000:00:0f.0 ec00-ec07 : ahci fc00-fc0f : 0000:00:0f.1 fc00-fc07 : ide0 fc08-fc0f : ide1 Here is the relevant part of dmesg [root@localhost]# cat /var/log/dmesg [snip] Serial: 8250/16550 driver $Revision: 1.90 $ 4 ports, IRQ sharing enabled serial8250: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A 00:0c: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A GSI 16 sharing vector 0xC1 and IRQ 16 ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:05:0b.0[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 193 0000:05:0b.0: ttyS1 at I/O 0xcc00 (irq = 193) is a 16550A Could somebody pls guide me regarding what tests and what to setup to install this modem? Thanks -- ------------------------------ /\_/\ |O O| pepebuho(a)pananet.com ~~~~ Javier Perez ~~~~ While the night runs ~~~~ toward the day... m m Pepebuho watches from his high perch.

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Re: mixing repositoies
by Kwan Lowe 06 Nov '06

06 Nov '06

> I use several repositories mixed with the protectbase yum plugin enabled to > protect the official repositories and livna, and the system has always been > stable this way. I keep only freshrpms active since it doesn't seem to have conflicts with official packages. For the others, I just grab the src.rpm and rebuild. I've rarely had any build issues and can't recall any conflicts with the installed packages. -- * The Digital Hermit http://www.digitalhermit.com * Unix and Linux Solutions kwan(a)digitalhermit.com

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PC6 printer fonts
by Geoffrey Leach 06 Nov '06

06 Nov '06

FC6 changed the default font used for printing (cat foo | lpr) from that used by FC5. Printer configuration does not mention this, nor can I find any mention in the CUPS docs. Printer is a LaserJet 1300, if that's important. Any ideas on how I can change the font? Thanks.

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Re: i386 RPMs in x86_64 repos?
by Tom Horsley 06 Nov '06

06 Nov '06

> It's weird, but it works... Sometimes :-). The thing that always gets me removing 32 bit duplicate packages is trying to run yum update and getting 10,000 errors about conflicts because (for example) the x86_64 rpms have been updated in the repo, but the i386 rpms haven't yet arrived with identical versions, so it can't do the x86_64 updates because files it would try to remove are owned by i386 versions of installed rpms that don't have updates available. By the time the i386 rpms show up for the 1st set of conflicts, some other group of x86_64 updates have also arrived and now they cause different conflicts. There is also absolutely no documentation about how any of this multi-arch stuff actually works in rpms, so good luck trying to build your own rpms that conform to whatever undocumented rules allow the duplicate installs to kinda work.

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[Yum] {python-zopeinterface} and {python-twisted >= 2.0} ???
by Deepak 06 Nov '06

06 Nov '06

Hi, I am trying to install the original BitTorrent client in my FC5. Downloaded the http://download.bittorrent.com/dl/BitTorrent-5.0.0-1-Python2.4.noarch.rpm now #rpm -ivh BitTorrent-5.0.0-1-Python2.4.noarch.rpm result: =========== error: Failed dependencies: python-crypto >= 2.0 is needed by BitTorrent-5.0.0-1.noarch python-psyco is needed by BitTorrent-5.0.0-1.noarch python-twisted >= 2.0 is needed by BitTorrent-5.0.0-1.noarch python-zopeinterface is needed by BitTorrent-5.0.0-1.noarch wxPython >= 2.6 is needed by BitTorrent-5.0.0-1.noarch =========== Thought Yum could solve this dependency problem and will automatically download the needed package. So I tried: # yum install BitTorrent-5.0.0-1-Python2.4.noarch.rpm result: ======= Loading "installonlyn" plugin Setting up Install Process Setting up repositories core [1/5] core 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00 dries [2/5] dries 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 updates [3/5] updates 100% |=========================| 1.2 kB 00:00 freshrpms [4/5] freshrpms 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 extras [5/5] extras 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00 Reading repository metadata in from local files Parsing package install arguments Examining BitTorrent-5.0.0-1-Python2.4.noarch.rpm: BitTorrent - 5.0.0-1.noarch Marking BitTorrent-5.0.0-1-Python2.4.noarch.rpm to be installed Resolving Dependencies --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait. ---> Package BitTorrent.noarch 0:5.0.0-1 set to be updated --> Running transaction check --> Processing Dependency: python-zopeinterface for package: BitTorrent --> Processing Dependency: python-psyco for package: BitTorrent --> Processing Dependency: python-crypto >= 2.0 for package: BitTorrent --> Processing Dependency: python-twisted >= 2.0 for package: BitTorrent --> Processing Dependency: wxPython >= 2.6 for package: BitTorrent --> Restarting Dependency Resolution with new changes. --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait. ---> Package python-crypto.i386 0:2.0.1-2.fc5 set to be updated ---> Package python-psyco.i386 0:1.5.1-3.fc5 set to be updated ---> Package wxPython.i386 0:2.6.3.2-1.fc5 set to be updated --> Running transaction check --> Processing Dependency: python-zopeinterface for package: BitTorrent --> Processing Dependency: libwx_gtk2u_gl-2.6.so.0 for package: wxPython --> Processing Dependency: python-twisted >= 2.0 for package: BitTorrent --> Processing Dependency: libwx_gtk2u_gl-2.6.so.0(WXU_2.6) for package: wxPython --> Restarting Dependency Resolution with new changes. --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait. ---> Package wxGTK-gl.i386 0:2.6.3-2.6.3.2.2.fc5 set to be updated --> Running transaction check --> Processing Dependency: python-zopeinterface for package: BitTorrent --> Processing Dependency: python-twisted >= 2.0 for package: BitTorrent --> Finished Dependency Resolution Error: Missing Dependency: python-zopeinterface is needed by package BitTorrent Error: Missing Dependency: python-twisted >= 2.0 is needed by package BitTorrent ================ I last two packages cannot be found. How can I resolve this? Do I need to add another repo??? PS: by the way I have tried #yum install BitTorrent already and the version currently I can install is 4.0. Bit i am trying to install this particular version of Bittorrent Client. Thanks

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glx problem after clean FC6 install and then fully updated
by Mike C 06 Nov '06

06 Nov '06

When I first installed FC6 on several machines (clean install) then glxinfo and glxgears commands worked fine (one is a Dell 5150 Core Duo with Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950, and another is a Dell d610 laptop). Recently with all updates installed the glxinfo command gives the following on one: name of display: :0.0 Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0". Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0". Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0". Error: couldn't find RGB GLX visual visual x bf lv rg d st colorbuffer ax dp st accumbuffer ms cav id dep cl sp sz l ci b ro r g b a bf th cl r g b a ns b eat ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0". Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0". 0x21 24 tc 1 0 0 c . . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0". Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0". 0x22 24 dc 1 0 0 c . . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0". Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0". 0x39 32 tc 1 0 0 c . . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None In addition trying glxgears now gives: Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0". Error: couldn't get an RGB, Double-buffered visual I am not aware of doing anything that would break the X drivers - so I presume an update somewhere has broken this - can anyone else confirm seeing something like this? I have put in BZ at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=214169 Mike

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updates notifier applet and KDE
by Marcelo Magno T. Sales 06 Nov '06

06 Nov '06

Hi, How do I get the updates notifier applet of FC6 working in KDE? Thanks, Marcelo

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what player to use for mp3 streams
by Scott Berry 06 Nov '06

06 Nov '06

Hello there, I have a Linux box using Gnome and I need to know how to get mp3 streams and if possible Wmp streams to play. Can some one give me some highlights on this please? Scott

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ATI x200 and livna drivers
by Marcelo Magno T. Sales 06 Nov '06

06 Nov '06

Hi, I have a system with an onboard ATI x200 graphics chipset. I have replaced the i586 kernel installed by anaconda in FC6 with the i686 one and have installed the fglrx packages from livna. However, I've noted that xorg.conf has not been modified by the livna packages to use the fglrx driver, so I manually replaced the radeon driver with fglrx. However, the fglrx driver is slower than radeon and doesn't work in all resolutions. glxgears was showing an average of 500 fps with radeon driver and now is close to 200. Is there anything else I should configure manually in /etc/X11/xorg.conf to get this driver working? Shouldn't the livna packages have modified this file automatically? Thanks, Marcelo

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