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How Do I?
by Eugene Poole 02 Jul '06

02 Jul '06

First, let me give thanks to all who gave me answers on my xcdroast issue. This time I don't have a problem, more of a situation. I currently run FC4 with 2-disk drives, a 80-gig and a 15-gig. I caught a great deal on a 300-gig drive and I want to swap out the 15-gig for the 300-gig. What's on the 15-gig scares me a little: /dev/hdc1 4031 1m blks /u03 - user data and database files /dev/hdc2 4031 1m blks /u02 - user data and database files /dev/hdc3 2023 1m blks swap /dev/hdc5 2023 1m blks /u04 - user data and database files /dev/hdc6 478 1m blks /opt /dev/hdc7 1490 1m blks /var /dev/hdc4 standard extended partition boundary that covers hdc5, hdc6, and hdc7 Is there a way to do this without having to reinstall FC4? Where can I find the documentation? Any thoughts would be appreciated. Gene

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Xen questions on 32bit vs 64bit
by Mauriat M 02 Jul '06

02 Jul '06

I plan on purchasing a 64bit system. With that I still want to run 32-bit FC. Will it be possible to run a 64bit linux on Xen when booted in 32bit? (I know the inverse is true). Is this possible? Has anyone done this? Is it fast? -Mauriat

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Xen curiosity
by Tom Horsley 02 Jul '06

02 Jul '06

Just curious: Suppose I have a system with several separate boot partitions on it and several version of linux on the different partitions. Can I install the Xen kernel on one of them, then teach Xen to run the existing kernels from the other boot partitions as guests? Or does Xen insist on being the one who installed things to be able to run them? Let's make it an even bigger challenge: Suppose the kernels are a mix of i386 and x86_64 kernels, can Xen run mixed architecture guests at the same time? (There is so much marketing hyperbabble on the Xen web sites, I can't ever seem to find the answer to concrete questions like this :-).

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Re: Java Problems
by Jeanette Russo 02 Jul '06

02 Jul '06

Hi Jeanette, A few things for you to try: 1. Can you type in "which java" and hit <Enter> and show us the output? /usr/bin/java 2. I'm not sure if you are using the right plug-in or if it is going to the right place (I have not used Sun's Java on Linux before). You seem to be using the Netscape 7 plugin (note: ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so). Although, IIRC, Netscape 7 is somewhat compatible to Mozilla and Firefox, but can you see if there is a mozilla or firefox directory? Further, there are 2 types of plug-ins for IBM's Java, one compiled with GTK2 and another for netscape. Can you see if there is a "gtk2" version for Sun's Java? There is only the jre which is rpm or extractable install. Don't see a gtk one. Also there is a java devl pkg which I installed per Fedora core 5 unoffical faq 3. Open a browser window and type this in the address bar, "about:plugins" and hit <Enter> and see if you can see the Java plug-in registered. I see everything but the Java Plugin It's one more step to check if the browser has indeed recognized and registered the plug-in, which means that the problem could be with the applet itself. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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libgssapi.so.1 is needed by package nfs-utils
by Mathew Snyder 02 Jul '06

02 Jul '06

I was running yum update when I encountered this: --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait. ---> Package nfs-utils-lib.i386 0:1.0.8-4.FC5 set to be updated --> Running transaction check --> Processing Dependency: librpcsecgss.so.1 for package: nfs-utils --> Processing Dependency: libgssapi >= 0.9 for package: nfs-utils-lib --> Restarting Dependency Resolution with new changes. --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait. ---> Package libgssapi.i386 0:0.9-1.FC5 set to be updated --> Running transaction check --> Processing Dependency: librpcsecgss.so.1 for package: nfs-utils --> Processing Dependency: libgssapi.so.1 for package: nfs-utils --> Finished Dependency Resolution Error: Missing Dependency: librpcsecgss.so.1 is needed by package nfs-utils Error: Missing Dependency: libgssapi.so.1 is needed by package nfs-utils I did a search online to find out what provides the files just to make sure and found that nfs-utils-lib provides it. If I have that installed [root@rt RT_Setup]# rpm -qa | grep nfs-utils nfs-utils-1.0.8.rc2-5.FC5 nfs-utils-lib-1.0.8-3.1 why would it be giving me this error? I didn't have this problem until tonight. I've been testing the build of the server this occurred on over the course of two weeks and this is the first time this has occurred. Is there a problem with the yum repositories or the packages itself? -- Mathew Snyder Systems Administrator Network+ ServerVault TechOps

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perl Tk
by Gregory P. Ennis 02 Jul '06

02 Jul '06

I am working on a gui splash screen for a perl background daemon that identifies a successful or unsuccessful start up procedure for the user. I have been trying to use the perl Tk module and am having some difficulty mastering it. Can anyone suggest a tutorial for this. When I did some searching it appears that most of what is written for perl and Tk was in the 90's. It also appears that glade and qt are designed for C and C++. Are there other gui front ends that I can use with perl? Thanks, Greg Ennis

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Hardware Monitor for FC5?[Scanned]
by Chris Bradford 02 Jul '06

02 Jul '06

Is there something similar to the classic MotherboardMonitor for Windows for FC5? I just want to be able to monitor temperatures and fan speeds etc... Cheers, -Chris This message has been scanned for viruses by BlackSpider MailControl - www.blackspider.com

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RE: Still no Java
by Jeanette Russo 02 Jul '06

02 Jul '06

How far did you get with those intructins? That's what I did, and it works for me. -- To be updated... I installed all of it and it all went fine. I can run the java console even. This is the third Java install I did yum install rpm install jr Did the .bin install jre and now the unofficial faq install and still no working Java Is this a bug or is there some configuration that needs to be done with selinux like the 3d problem I had. I followd that exactly and nothing worked to get glx working until I saw the selinux command on the unoffical faq and boom I had working 3d I am thining something is just stopping it from working cause it seems to be set up right. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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What happended to: Etherman, Interman, Packetman, Loadman, Geotraceman, Analyser?
by Dan Thurman 02 Jul '06

02 Jul '06

Hi all, Back in the 1990's I have used these tools from Curtin University when they were available for free in binary form and for Unix only platforms: Etherman, Interman, Packetman, Loadman, Geotraceman, Analyser. These programs were awesome (but a little buggy at the time) and now, 10 years later these tools disappeared and no longer exist! Yes, there is etherape modeled after Etherman - but I found Interman a real interesting tool too. But this is not my question... why are these tools no longer available from Curtin? Did Curtin decide to sell these tools to some private company or gov't agency and/or did they somehow vaccummed up and removed all these binaries from the Internet Community? I can not find it ANYWHERE! BTW: I have the binaries for Sun4c and still have my old sun4c system and have no problem in starting it up and running these monitoring tools but I am curious as to why and when are these very tools are no longer available! Can anyone shed some light on this? Thanks! Dan -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.9.8/380 - Release Date: 6/30/2006

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Re: New Motherboard Install - SOLVED
by Don Maxwell 02 Jul '06

02 Jul '06

On 6/30/06, Ron Siven <r.siven(a)mchsi.com> wrote: > This is true. I've also taken an existing Fedora installation and upgraded > MoBo and CPU (even with new memory and CD drives) without a hitch. (This has > *never* gone well for me with windows. Linux ROCKS!!) > > However, if you have the time, and you feel your configuration data is > critical it is really a good idea to take the time to do some pragmatic > backups and write down as much information as you can about your existing > setup. (I'm no heretic, but I just felt that someone had to say it.) > > Of course, sometimes it's fun to refresh your memory by doing a fresh install, > too. I found with FC5 that things "just work" out of the box. > > Let us know how it goes! > > Ron Ron and all - You are 100% CORRECT! FC5 handled my motherboard swap just fine. When I pulled the old mobo, I found that it was an older (vintage 2001) AMD Athlon. My new mobo has a P4. Consider that the audio, video, ethernet, USB, IDE controllers, and memory all changed. The only components left over were the CD ROM, DVD writer, 2 HDDs, and the floppy. The bootup was flawless. Taking earlier advice from Randy, I did boot first into runlevel 3. I was curious how well even this would go because I have this box on a Belkin KVM switch using the USB port on the PC. The old mobo would not handle the keyboard at the GRUB screen, but obviously would after the boot. The new mobo is happy with the KVM switch even letting me use it to go to the BIOS setup. FC5 recognized that X would not start, so offered to blow away my old X config and run the configurator tool. That worked just fine, letting me choose the resolution I preferred. After a reboot, then WAHLAH! I was at the login screen. I logged in and started to check it out. Audio works just fine and am listening to streaming music as I type this report. The USB ports handled my thumb drives just fine as well as my CD ROM and DVD writer. No issues at all. I am amazed at how well this work. The only manual intervention was following the prompts for X configuration. Other than that, IT JUST WORKED! Well done Fedora Core team!

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