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by Kazimieras Vaina

Hi, I found an unofficial yum repo with xgl and compiz: http://users.telenet.be/quenta/repo/ I installed all packages from there, but Xgl failed to start. It says that "function not implemented" or something like that. I suspect that mesa packages shipped in fc5 are not compatible with xgl... Anybody using this repo ? I'm too lazy to compile it from source. -- Kazimieras <kazimieras.vaina(a)gmail.com>

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ps to pdf and then to text editor

by Paul Smith

Dear All I print to a file, file.ps, a web-page with text. Then, I apply ps2pdf and I get file.pdf. However, I cannot copy (from file.pdf) the text to a text editor. Can one get a pdf file with copyable text? Thanks in advance, Paul

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OpenGL problems

by Ali Helmy

Hey lads, I need to ask some help of you... here's my dilemma: I wanted to install the TuxRacer <http://tuxracer.sourceforge.net/> game, so i downloaded the .tar.gz file, and unpacked... on running ./configure though, i got the following message: configure: error: Your copy of glx.h is out of date. You can get a more recent copy from the latest Mesa distribution (http://mesa3d.sourceforge.net ). So, I strolled over to mesa3d and downloaded their latest installed library pack... then when trying to install it by make install, i got: mkdir ${INCLUDE_DIR} mkdir: cannot create directory `/usr/local/include': File exists mkdir ${INCLUDE_DIR}/GL mkdir: cannot create directory `/usr/local/include/GL': File exists mkdir ${INCLUDE_DIR}/GLES mkdir: cannot create directory `/usr/local/include/GLES': File exists mkdir ${LIB_DIR} mkdir: cannot create directory `/usr/local/lib': File exists cp -f ${TOP}/include/GL/*.h ${INCLUDE_DIR}/GL cp -f ${TOP}/src/glw/*.h ${INCLUDE_DIR}/GL # NOT YET: cp -f ${TOP}/include/GLES/*.h ${INCLUDE_DIR}/GLES cp ${CP_FLAGS} ${TOP}/lib*/lib* ${LIB_DIR} echo "Done." Done. Now, when i try and install tuxracer, i get the same message of the out-dated glx header... so, i don't really know what to do... Ideas? -- A. Helmy

17 years, 8 months

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spca5xx freezes system

by jery_wang

2.6.16-1.2080_FC5smp gcc (GCC) 4.1.0 20060304 (Red Hat 4.1.0-3) spca5xx-20060402 Compiles and installs fine. Modprobe spca5xx works fine. Here's the /var/log/messages output of doing a "modprobe spca5xx": Apr 16 12:18:39 electron kernel: Linux video capture interface: v1.00 Apr 16 12:18:39 electron kernel: usbcore: registered new driver spca5xx Apr 16 12:18:39 electron kernel: /root/spca5xx-20060402/drivers/usb/spca5xx.c: spca5xx driver 00.57.11 registered Next, I plug in the camera, and /var/log/messages gives: Apr 16 12:20:33 electron kernel: usb 1-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 4 Apr 16 12:20:33 electron kernel: usb 1-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice Apr 16 12:20:33 electron kernel: hub 1-2:1.0: USB hub found Apr 16 12:20:33 electron kernel: hub 1-2:1.0: 4 ports detected Apr 16 12:20:34 electron kernel: usb 1-2.4: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 5 Apr 16 12:20:34 electron kernel: usb 1-2.4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice Apr 16 12:20:34 electron kernel: /root/spca5xx-20060402/drivers/usb/spca5xx.c: USB SPCA5XX camera found. Type Creative Live! Zc301+Tas5130c Apr 16 12:20:34 electron kernel: /root/spca5xx-20060402/drivers/usb/spca5xx.c: [spca5xx_probe:8301] Camera type JPEG Apr 16 12:20:35 electron kernel: /root/spca5xx-20060402/drivers/usb/zc3xx.h: [zc3xx_config:530] Find Sensor HV7131R(c) Apr 16 12:20:35 electron kernel: /root/spca5xx-20060402/drivers/usb/spca5xx.c: [spca5xx_getcapability:2198] maxw 640 maxh 480 minw 176 minh 144 But when I run spcaview, it freezes the machine. For obvious reasons I can't cut-n-paste the screen output. Any ideas? -- This is an email sent via the webforum on http://fcp.homelinux.org http://fcp.homelinux.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?post_id=79306&topic_...

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RE: Web-design in Fedora

by LinuxMedia

> Can anyone suggest a good tutorial or howto > for someone designing a web-site (their first) > intended to run under Apache/Fedora ? > Any advice or suggestions gratefully received. I learned from a book called "HTML 4 for the world wide web" (fourth edition) by Elizabeth Castro. I can't imagine a better, easier book to follow and understand. And it's an extreemly good reference book. If you want to look up how to do something specific... you go right to that page. I have since lost touch with the (constant and endless) changes with creating web pages and web sites. But HTML 4 is a very solid, basic language that should run on most (if not all) browsers. Any browser specific tags (in the book) are clearly listed as such. Hope this helps, Rocco

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Installing TTF fonts on FC5

by Steven Pasternak

How do you install truetype fonts on FC5? I can't find where they go. Thanks! -Steven

17 years, 9 months

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Yum still not working after updating FC4-FC5

by Tim Alberts

I never had yum working in FC4 on my desktop machine. I just upgraded to FC5 and yum is still not working. I think it's because the repositores aren't updated to FC5, because the /etc/yum.conf file says it is for FC3. My guess is if I update the config file with the correct repositories, it will work. Any suggestions on how to do this? I have the rpm packate yum-2.6.0-1.noarch.rpm on my computer, copied from my install CD's. I have tried yum -i --force --replacefiles yum-2.6.0-1.noarch.rpm (also tried the -U) and I still have the same /etc/yum.conf file. Am I not using the correct rpm command? Below is the output of 'yum update yum' ]# yum update yum Setting up Update Process Setting up repositories livna-stable [1/9] http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/5/i386/RPMS.stable/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404: Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 20:45:08 GMT Server: Apache/2.0.51 (Fedora) Content-Length: 324 Connection: close Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Trying other mirror. http://livna.cat.pdx.edu/fedora/5/i386/RPMS.stable/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404: Content-Type: text/html Content-Length: 345 Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 20:45:09 GMT Server: lighttpd/1.4.11 Trying other mirror. Cannot open/read repomd.xml file for repository: livna-stable failure: repodata/repomd.xml from livna-stable: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try. Error: failure: repodata/repomd.xml from livna-stable: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try. The following is the contents of /etc/yum.conf # This is a yum.conf for Fedora Core 3. # It uses Fedora mirrors to make things faster, # since the main Red Hat Fedora site is pretty slow. # # Also, if you look down in the "Alternate Repositories" # section, you'll notice some disabled repositories. # If you want to use them, just do: # # yum --enablerepo <reponame> <command> # # Where <reponame> is the name of the repo, and <command> # is your normal yum command. # # Authors: # Maxwell Kanat-Alexander (max at fedorafaq dot org) # Sindre Pedersn Bjørdal (foolish at fedorafaq dot org) # # Date: 22 November 2004 # # Changes # ------- # 26 November 2004 # + Updated ATrpms per Axel Thimm's request. # 22 November 2004 # + Updated for Fedora Core 3 # 04 November 2004 # + Fixed and checked-over for publishing # 17 July 2004 (Sindre) # + Replaced Base, debug, updates-released and updates mirrors with faster ones. # + Added the official servers to base and updates, commented of course. # + Tested all non-commented parts, everything works. # 29 May 2004 # + Tested commented-out parts: all work except subpop.net # + Livna and NewRPMs mirrors! # 22 May 2004 # + Incorporated Darrenn's fixes for Fedora Core 2! # + Commented-out parts may still not work properly # 29 Feb 2004 # + Updated a lot of mirrors, for speed # + Fixed one ATrpms mirror # + Added Dries and spc, two more FreshRPMs-compatible repos # 9 Jan 2004 # + Updated ATrpms for their new directory structure. # 31 Dec 2003 # + Added JPackage, commented out # + Standard Red Hat Fedora Core sites commented-out by default # + Removed dulug from debug, since it doesn't have debug # 29 Dec 2003 # + Added mirrors for the flash-plugin, since some go down. # + Added base-debuginfo, commented out [main] cachedir=/var/cache/yum debuglevel=2 logfile=/var/log/yum.log pkgpolicy=newest distroverpkg=fedora-release tolerant=1 exactarch=0 # Added this because some mirrors go down and then retying takes forever. retries=1 timeout=10 # Basic Repos are in /etc/yum.conf.d/ # ################### ## Fedora Extras ## ################### # Temporarily set to FC2 because Fedora.US is not yet ready for FC3. [fedora-stable] name=Fedora.us Extras (Stable) baseurl=http://fedora.quicknet.nl/fedora/fedora/2/$basearch/RPMS.stable http://mirrors.usc.edu/pub/linux/fedora/fedora/fedora/2/$basearch/RPMS.st... http://fedora.mirror.sdv.fr/fedora/fedora/$releasever/2/RPMS.stable http://download.fedora.us/fedora/fedora/$releasever/2/RPMS.stable #gpgcheck=1 [fedora-unstable] name=Fedora.us Extras (Unstable) baseurl=http://mirrors.usc.edu/pub/linux/fedora/fedora/fedora/2/$basearch... http://fedora.mirror.sdv.fr/fedora/fedora/2/$basearch/RPMS.unstable http://fedora.quicknet.nl/fedora/fedora/2/$basearch/RPMS.unstable http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora.us/fedora/fedora/2/$basearch/RPMS.unstable http://download.fedora.us/fedora/fedora/2/$basearch/RPMS.unstable #gpgcheck=1 [fedora-testing] name=Fedora.us Extras (Testing) baseurl=http://download.fedora.us/fedora/fedora/2/$basearch/RPMS.testing http://fedora.quicknet.nl/fedora/fedora/2/$basearch/RPMS.testing http://fedora.mirror.sdv.fr/fedora/fedora/2/$basearch/RPMS.testing http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora.us/fedora/fedora/2/$basearch/RPMS.testing http://mirrors.usc.edu/pub/linux/fedora/fedora/fedora/2/$basearch/RPMS.te... #gpgcheck=1 ############### ## Livna.org ## ############### [livna-stable] name=Livna.org - Fedora Compatible Packages (stable) baseurl=http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/RPMS.stable http://livna.cat.pdx.edu/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/RPMS.stable #gpgcheck=1 [livna-unstable] name=Livna.org - Fedora Compatible Packages (unstable) baseurl=http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/RPMS.unstable http://livna.cat.pdx.edu/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/RPMS.unstable #gpgcheck=1 [livna-testing] name=Livna.org - Fedora Compatible Packages (testing) baseurl=http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/RPMS.testing http://livna.cat.pdx.edu/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/yum/testing #gpgcheck=1 ############ # Jpackage # ############ # JPackage is a GREAT repository for Java Software. # However, you may have to compile some SRPMs to use it, # so it's commented out by default. See # <http://mirrors.sunsite.dk/jpackage/1.6/generic/non-free/SRPMS> # For the SRPMs, and <http://www.jpackage.org/rebuilding.php> for # the general details. # # Note: JPackage IS compatible with the fedora.us repositories. # You can use JPackage and fedora.us at the same time, without # any trouble. It's also compatible with the Alternate Repositories, # for the most part. [jpackage-generic] name=JPackage Cross-Platform Packages baseurl=http://mirrors.sunsite.dk/jpackage/1.6/generic/free ftp://jpackage.hmdc.harvard.edu/JPackage/1.6/generic/free http://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/ftp/pub/Linux/jpackage/1.6/gener... failovermethod=priority enabled=0 #gpgcheck=1 [jpackage-fedora] name=JPackage Fedora Packages baseurl=http://mirrors.sunsite.dk/jpackage/1.6/fedora-$releasever/free ftp://jpackage.hmdc.harvard.edu/JPackage/1.6/fedora-$releasever/free http://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/ftp/pub/Linux/jpackage/1.6/fedor... failovermethod=priority enabled=0 #gpgcheck=1 ############################ ## Alternate Repositories ## ############################ # To use these repos, either use the --enablerepo # command-line argument to yum, or change "enabled=0" # to "enabled=1". Note: Some packagesfrom these repositories # may conflict with the fedora.us packages. If you use these # repositories, you may wish to disable the fedora.us and # livna.org repositories. [freshrpms] name=FreshRPMs mirrorlist=http://ayo.freshrpms.net/fedora/linux/$releasever/mirrors-fres... enabled=0 #gpgcheck=1 [dag] name=Dag APT Repository baseurl=http://dag.freshrpms.net/fedora/$releasever/en/$basearch/dag/ http://dag.atrpms.net/fedora/$releasever/en/$basearch/dag/ http://ftp.heanet.ie/pub/freshrpms/pub/dag/fedora/$releasever/en/$basearc... enabled=0 #gpgcheck=1 [dries] name=Dries APT/YUM Repository baseurl=http://dries.studentenweb.org/yum/fedora/linux/$releasever/$basea... enabled=0 #gpgcheck=1 [newrpms] name=NewRPMs baseurl=http://newrpms.sunsite.dk/apt/redhat/en/$basearch/fc$releasever http://newrpms.atrpms.net/apt/redhat/en/$basearch/fc$releasever enabled=0 #gpgcheck=1 [atrpms] name=ATrpms - Stable baseurl=http://apt.atrpms.net/fedora/$releasever/en/$basearch/at-stable http://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/atrpms/download.atrpms.net/fedora/$relea... http://wftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/ATrpms/fedora/$releasever/en/$basear... enabled=0 #gpgcheck=1 [atrpms-testing] name=ATrpms - Testing baseurl=http://wftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/ATrpms/fedora/$releasever/en/$basearch/at-testing http://apt.atrpms.net/fedora/$releasever/en/$basearch/at-testing http://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/atrpms/download.atrpms.net/fedora/$relea... enabled=0 #gpgcheck=1 [atrpms-bleeding] name=ATrpms - Bleeding baseurl=http://apt.atrpms.net/fedora/$releasever/en/$basearch/at-bleeding http://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/atrpms/download.atrpms.net/fedora/$relea... http://wftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/ATrpms/fedora/$releasever/en/$basear... enabled=0 #gpgcheck=1 ################### ## Miscellaneous ## ################### # Semi-official Macromedia repository containing the flash-plugin rpm. [flash] name=macromedia.mplug.org - Flash Plugin baseurl=http://macromedia.mplug.org/apt/fedora/$releasever http://sluglug.ucsc.edu/macromedia/apt/fedora/$releasever http://ruslug.rutgers.edu/macromedia/apt/fedora/$releasever http://macromedia.rediris.es/apt/fedora/$releasever enabled=0 #gpgcheck=1

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Yum.repos.d -- and livna? -- on FC5.ppc??

by Beartooth

I got the livna.org URLs from a couple of livna threads here, but can't get in at the moment. I'm getting persistent errors from yum update on a machine running FC5.ppc, saying it can't find a valid baseurl for repo: core. My /etc/yum.repos.d contains the same files as on my x86 FC5 machines, except that the livna ones are not there. Would installing them help, next time I can get to livna? Or is this something else? -- Beartooth Staffwright Wordcrafty Squirreler Not Quite Clueless Power User

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Fedora 5 DVD - hangs during dependency check

by Roberto Mason

I've download Fedora 5 DVD. I've done sha1sum check, all is fine. When I first ran the install, I had the installation verify the DVD, everything is fine. When i do either an upgrade or a fresh install, the system hangs on the dependency check. Thinking that I had a bad burn, I re burned a DVD, but I got the same result. Anyone else have the same problem? -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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USB WiFi

by Timothy Murphy

Is anyone using USB WiFi devices with Fedora? I have a Lucent/Orinoco USB Gold Client, I have been looking at the "Linux driver for Lucent/Agere ORiNOCO USB devices" by Øystein Olsen at <http://folk.uio.no/oeysteio/orinoco-usb/>, and have downloaded the Fedora-3 RPM. Unfortunately, I find some of the instructions rather confusing. (1) It says that "The orinoco-usb driver is for now only available from cvs". But I can't find an orinoco-usb CVS. Does this mean the orinoco CVS? In any case, since there is an orinoco-usb rpm. I assume there must be a separate CVS for this application. Is this a misunderstanding? Or if not, where is the orinoco-usb CVS? (2) It says in the introudction In <http://folk.uio.no/oeysteio/orinoco-usb/index.html> "The orinoco-usb driver is for now only available from cvs. I put together this page to simplify the building and installation of the driver. The driver and script to build the driver, are all available from the RPMS directory." I don't understand this; if the driver is only available from cvs then what is the RPM? (3) Later on the same page, it says "April 2005 Thanks to a tip from Martin Visser, the firmware package is no longer necessary. The firmware is hard-coded into the driver instead. In short if you use a driver which is newer that April 4th 2005 or if you use build-source.sh, you can safely ignore all instructions related to the firmware and hotplug." But where exactly does one find a driver newer than April 4th 2005? Any suggestions or advice gratefully received. -- Timothy Murphy e-mail (<80k only): tim /at/ birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland

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