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Ok - Now what (Pirut & Package Updater)
by Chris 11 Nov '07

11 Nov '07

What's going on now? The above mentioned work (sorta). The progress bar moves along (as it should) but when at the assumed 100% mark - appears to hang under F8. Little to no activity on the router, after 15 minutes I kill it. Anyone? -- Best regards, Chris Registerd Linux user number 448639

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Sony Vaio, F8, brightness applet
by SternData 11 Nov '07

11 Nov '07

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The screen brightness applet settings are ignored on my Sony Vaio with F8. Does anyone have a tweak to make it work? FYI, I did a clean install. - -- Steve -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHNzzMeERILVgMyvARAutRAJwJMVBJTAJjqA4LTQ14L3gjNSIaAACfZ0Zu GMxbUx2yuq+80OHZIp3zGb8= =hjbF -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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konqueror metabars ?
by korgull 11 Nov '07

11 Nov '07

Hi, I upgraded to Fedora 8 but fine the above missing in konqueror. Perhaps I missed a package ? regards, Marcel

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Yum F8 Upgrade on Sony Vaio Laptop
by Garry Williams 11 Nov '07

11 Nov '07

I decided to try doing a yum upgrade for the first time. It was completely successful. Here's the details: First, I read the FAQ from Fedora at http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/YumUpgradeFaq and noted that they *don't* recommend this. Then I checked with http://www.livna.org to make sure they had a Fedora 8 repository. (I have several packages installed from livna. I didn't want to have to erase them.) Just in case, I turned off selinux enforcement: setenforce 0 I shut down my KDE desktop and ssh-ed into the laptop from my desktop machine to try to minimize any troubles when a zillion libraries get updated. Now I think I'm ready: yum clean all yum update rpm -Uvh http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/fedora/linux/releases/8/Everything/i386/os/Packag… http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/fedora/linux/releases/8/Everything/i386/os/Packag… I installed the livna Fedora 8 repository and did: yum upgrade At first, this said that there were no packages to update. Whoa. That can't be right. So I did another clean all and tried again. yum clean all yum upgrade This eventually complained about a dependency problem that beryl-settings had, so I erased that package. yum erase beryl-settings yum upgrade Transaction Summary =================== Install 110 Package(s) Update 976 Package(s) Remove 0 Package(s) Total download size: 1.0 G Downloading Packages: (1/1086): orca-2.20.0.1-1 ... Once the upgrade started downloading the 1,086 packages, I realized that I didn't have enough free space in my /var partition. Now I know why I am using LVM. While the downloads were running, I opened another root shell and doubled my /var partition: lvresize -L +1G /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol01 resize2fs /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol01 That was painless. :-) The downloads took about 2.5 hours on my BellSouth DSL link. The upgrade took about 1.75 hours. Here are the error messages from yum: Running Transaction Updating : setup ################### [ 1/2090] Updating : filesystem ################### [ 2/2090] Error unpacking rpm package filesystem - 2.4.11-1.fc8.i386 error: unpacking of archive failed on file /var/mail: cpio: rename Installing: baekmuk-ttf-fonts-common ################### [ 3/2090] ... warning: /etc/security/limits.conf created as /etc/security/limits.conf.rpmnew ... Updating : udev ################### [ 499/2090] another udev daemon already running ... warning: /etc/X11/fs/config created as /etc/X11/fs/config.rpmnew ... Updating : libgnomedb ################### [ 873/2090] I/O warning : failed to load external entity "/etc/gconf/schemas/libgnomedb-3.0.schemas" Failed to open `/etc/gconf/schemas/libgnomedb-3.0.schemas': No such file or directory ... warning: /etc/yum.conf created as /etc/yum.conf.rpmnew ... warning: /etc/kde/kdm/kdmrc created as /etc/kde/kdm/kdmrc.rpmnew ... Cleanup : parted ################### [1536/2090] error: %postun(avahi-0.6.17-1.fc7.i386) scriptlet failed, exit status 1 That first one is worrisome. After rebooting, a yum update indicated I needed the filesystem package and the same error occurred. Hmmm. I looked at /var/mail and it is a real directory instead of a symlink to /var/spool/mail and it contains a bunch of empty mailboxes like apache, avahi, dbus, etc. all owned by root:root. I don't know how this happened, but the fix was to remove the /var/mail directory and replace it with a symlink to /var/spool/mail and then the filesystem package updated successfully. Very strange. I resolved the gnomedb error by erasing gnomedb (which took gnumeric with it) and installing gnumeric. No errors this time. I resolved all of the .rpmnew files by examining the diffs and doing the Right Thing. That left the error message associated with updating parted. It looks like parted is trying to erase avahi-0.6.17-1.fc7.i386 and failed. Yes: $ rpm -q avahi avahi-0.6.17-1.fc7 avahi-0.6.21-6.fc8 So I did a yum erase on avahi-0.6.17-1.fc7 and it completed without wanting to take anything else with it and without any errors. It looks like that's all the cleanup I need to do. Another problem surfaced after reboot: the network manager applet wanted to open the gnome keyring to get the password for my wireless network, but my password didn't open the keyring. I finally solved this by installing gnome-keyring-manager and deleting the default keyring and then the first time the network manager wanted the keyring, it said it needed to create a default keyring. I allowed this and all was well after that. Summary ------- The process went remarkable well without any major problems. The notable exceptions were: o A bogus /var/mail directory showed up and had to be replaced with a symlink to /var/spool/mail o gnomedb had to be removed and reinstalled o The F7 version of avahi was orphaned and had to be erased by hand o My gnome keyring lost its password and had to be removed and recreated by hand. Thank you for a great Fedora 8 release! -- Garry T. Williams --- +1 678 656-4579

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Re: upgrading from F7 to F8
by Antti J. Huhtala 11 Nov '07

11 Nov '07

ke, 2007-11-07 kello 23:17:05 -0600, Jimmy Bradley kirjoitti: > Does anyone know if it will be possible to upgrade from F7 to F8, > rather than do a whole new install? > > Thanks > > Jim > It may be. However, in trying to upgrade my x86_64 system from F7 to F8 the installer got stuck in "Checking dependencies in packages selected to be installed" when it was approx. 25% through checking. I tried also text installation and even us-en installation instead of localized version (fi) to no avail. It got stuck in the same place every time. FWIW, I've been able to upgrade this same system every step of the way, FC4->FC5->FC6->F7, but not F7->F8. It may have something to do with the fact that I've now got more third-party (i.e. Livna) packages installed but I'm sure I had some of them even in earlier upgrades - with no apparent harm. Mine is a dual-boot system with Windows XP and Fedora -and this has been so ever since FC4. Fedora has a separate /boot partition (LABEL="/boot"). The rest (swap & /) are contained in LVM. I'd appreciate any pointers in trying to find out why the installer gets stuck. If all else fails, I might consider burning some 10 GB of /home to DVDs and do a clean install. Regards Antti

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Re: F8 wireless led is not flashing!!!
by Rodney Morris 11 Nov '07

11 Nov '07

> > After latest updates, I realized this evening that the wireless led is > > not flashing during activity, but I am connected. > > > > My UUID should be: > > 20db8b84-d7bf-4e56-b7bc-66406589a723 > > -- > > Antonio Montagnani > > I just installed F8 on an HP laptop and I have the same problem. The > light does not come on but it's activated. It was coming on when I > had Ubuntu on it for a test drive last week. Not sure why it's not > working properly with F8. > > Jacques B. The current version of the driver for Intel 3945 and 4965 wireless cards (iwl3945 and iwl4965) does not contain code to control the wireless LED indicator. Discussions about how to implement the LED have taken place and proposed patches have been submitted upstream, but have yet to be incorporated into the driver. The LED functionality will hopefully be included in a future release. Rod

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udev issue
by Scott van Looy 11 Nov '07

11 Nov '07

I just upgraded to fedora 8 (and also installed a sata DVD drive) - now udev hangs. I've tried booting with acpi=off and it still hangs, any other suggestions? I'm off to work now, tonight I'll probably try turning off the DVD drive and seeing if that's the thing that's broken it, other than that, what can I look at? Scott -- Scott van Looy - email:me@ethosuk.org.uk | web:www.ethosuk.org.uk site:www.freakcity.net - the in place for outcasts since 2003 PGP Fingerprint: 7180 5543 C6C4 747B 7E74 802C 7CF9 E526 44D9 D4A7 ------------------------------------------- |/// /// /// /// WIDE LOAD /// /// /// ///| ------------------------------------------- Executive ability is prominent in your make-up.

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pirut comps-f8.xml problem
by George N. White III 11 Nov '07

11 Nov '07

Fresh install of F8 in a Dell PE600SC that has been running earlier Fedora versions. Install from DVD worked fine, but Pirut won't get past the progress bar, and I can see that the file: /var/cache/yum/updates/comps-f8.xml grows and shrinks in indefinite loop. If I replace the mirrorlist entry in fedora-updates.repo with a single mirror site, pirut gives: "failure: repodata/comps-f8.xml from updates: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try.", so it appears that Pirut is rejecting all comps-f8.xml files. The same mirror setting works using command line yum. -- George N. White III <aa056(a)chebucto.ns.ca>

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Upgrade hangs at 26%
by Paul Lemmons 11 Nov '07

11 Nov '07

I see mention of x86_64 having this problem and I see a bugzilla on x86_64 to F8T3 (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=366641). I am trying to upgrade a 32bit system and am seeing the same result. I see where somebody else said to just be patient. I let it run all night (15 hours) and no movement. You would figure it could check dependencies a little quicker than that. Anybody understand what is happening and how to get past it?

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How to start for single-signon / Kerberos ?
by potat0 11 Nov '07

11 Nov '07

Hi! I'm looking forward to ripping out the "Windows Server" installation I have, and replacing it with a Fedora box. I know this will be a long term project, but I know where I want to start. The first thing I want to do is create a single-signon ...um... server, so that my user identities are the same across boxes. What I want is Kerberos and Fedora Directory Server (FDS), right? I know almost nothing about Kerberos , the man pages are not task based, and, I have not found a relevant HOWTO. I've found very old docs on editing /etc/krb5.conf, but nothing specific for Fedora, and it's packages. The FDS wiki assumes Kerberos is already set up, quote: "You need a key for the LDAP service, an appropriate SASL mapping for GSSAPI, and the cyrus-sasl-gssapi package. FDS uses the cyrus-sasl package to interface to Kerberos" I don't know how to use these packages. Is there a good tutorial/overview for this? Thanks! -- This is an email sent via The Fedora Community Portal https://fcp.surfsite.org https://fcp.surfsite.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?post_id=217358&topic_i… If you think, this is spam, please report this to webmaster(a)fcp.surfsite.org and/or blame listbox(a)hymerfania.com.

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