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cross compiling on x86_64
by Philippe A. 04 Mar '07

04 Mar '07

I have installed FC6 x86_64 on my new system. I would like to know how I can compile a 32 bit freetype package. The following didn't work: rpmbuild -bb freetype.spec -bb --target i386 It fails with these errors: checking build system type... x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu checking host system type... x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu checking target system type... i386-redhat-linux-gnu checking for x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu-gcc... no checking for gcc... gcc checking for C compiler default output file name... configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables See `config.log' for more details. make: *** [setup] Error 77 error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.65705 (%build) Thanks.

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Evolution and Firefox aborting
by Todd Simi 04 Mar '07

04 Mar '07

Hi, I'm running FC6 and am fully updated. Using Evolution, the program completely halts and and display the Bug Buddy send screen, which it then says the program doesn't use. This only seems to happen when sending an email, but not all the time. I haven't been able to associate with anything, except maybe only when replying. Also, Firefox just completely closes occasionally which seems to only be associated with streaming video. I'm using he mplayer plug-in. I was wondering if anyone has any idea what this might be before I bugzilla it. Thanks Todd

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RE: DMA on optical drive
by Michael Klinosky 04 Mar '07

04 Mar '07

I mentioned that no ATA is involved here. HA! (Shows how much I now about the hardware.) I thought that this 'ATA' was some new-fangled technology. Well, hdparm stated that these CD drives are atapi. Mikkel: > Well, it depends on the drive. Not all optical drives support DMA, > but any fairly new drive should. You can use hdparm to see the > current settings, check what the drive supports, and to change the > current settings. Depending on your BIOS, it may also possible to > set DMA support for a specific drive. To get good performance from > your drive, you will want DMA turned on. I checked the bios - only 'on' and 'off'. No way to select the unit. hdparm states that these drives support sdma0-2 and mdma0-2, and that mdma2 is enabled. I couldn't figure out which parameter to use to change the setting. Here is what I'm working from: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=172278 Yes, I'm sure that my kernel wouldn't have this (old) problem. Btw - how do I check the kernel version? https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=188377 This is exactly what I get! ICIM - I have FC 6 and use gnome.

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evolution query.
by Aaron Konstam 04 Mar '07

04 Mar '07

Is there a way to transfer the contacts and mail from evolution on one FC installation to another? -- Aaron Konstam <akonstam(a)sbcglobal.net>

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Nautilus/Gnome Can't Access Vista SMB Shares
by Khoa Ton 04 Mar '07

04 Mar '07

I'm playing around with Windows Vista, and it seems that Gnome/Nautilus on FC5 can't access the Vista shares. Let's say theres a directory on the Vista system: smb://vistaserver/sharename/directory I can navigate to: smb:/// smb://vistaserver smb://vistaserver/sharename but when I double click on a directory under the share, I get an error window: Nautilus cannot display "smb://vistaserver/sharename/directory". Please select another viewer and try again. The directory icon becomes a generic paper document instead of a folder at this point. I can get to the same Vista sharename and directory using smbclient fine: $ smbclient //vistaserver/sharename/ > cd directory > dir [listing of directory files] I can also use Nautilus to get to Samba shares as well as Windows XP shares. Also, other Windows systems are accessing the same Vista share fine. Looks like an incompatibility with Nautilus or gnome-vfs somewhere. This is what I'm running: $ rpm -qa | grep nauti nautilus-open-terminal-0.7-1.fc5 nautilus-cd-burner-2.14.3-2.fc5 nautilus-sendto-0.4-7.2 nautilus-2.14.3-1.fc5 $ rpm -qa | grep gnome-vfs gnome-vfs2-devel-2.14.2-1 gnome-vfs2-smb-2.14.2-1 gnome-vfs2-2.14.2-1 gnome-vfs2-2.14.2-1 Any suggestion as to where to look for more detailed error messages would be appreciated. Thanks, Khoa

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correct way of asking for new apps in fedora repository?
by Valent Turkovic 04 Mar '07

04 Mar '07

Hi, what is the correct way I can ask fedora devs to add a few really great apps that they maybe missed. Valent -- http://kernelreloaded.blog385.com/ linux, blog, anime, spirituality, windsurf, wireless registered as user #367004 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org. ICQ: 2125241 Skype: valent.turkovic

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FC6 and Flash
by John 04 Mar '07

04 Mar '07

Stupid question; I'm setting up a new box (used) with FC6 and can't remember where I got Flash for FC5. I know I should've bookmarked the site/s I got from people, but didn't. Help! John

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Re: DMA on optical drive
by Michael Klinosky 03 Mar '07

03 Mar '07

Mikkel: > More information about your hardware would help. I know there is a > problem with some SATA controllers that also the PATA controller for > the optical drive. No ATA involved here - only pure IDE. All of this hardware (all 3 computers) are vintage 1999 - 2004 (I don't know if that matters). Is there anything else to mention about the hardware? > If that is not the problem, you may be able to use hdparm to turn on > DMA. (It should have been turned on in the BIOS...) Are you saying that my problem is more likely that DMA is *off* (and should be on)?

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Can I generate Installation DVD from Development repository
by Mohd Izhar Firdaus Ismail 03 Mar '07

03 Mar '07

I'm trying to get Fedora 7 Test 2 from http mirrors (I'm inside my university LAN which only allow port 80 & 443 outbound, so torrent is a no go) .. but all of them that i've checked and have the F7T2 DVD does not reply the size of the file in the request thus making resuming not working - bad for unstable internet .. and download.redhat.fedora.com does not host the Prime DVD .. However, I do have a mirror of the development and extras-development repository in my server in the LAN (mirrored together with the core, updates,extras and livna repos - for use by me and my friends) .. Is there any way for me to generate the installation DVD from that mirror?? .. upgrading through yum is dependency hell considering I'm using 3rd party repo .. Or anybody have a better suggestion besides this? -- ----------------------------------------------- regards Hikaru ----------------------------------------------- Mohd Izhar Firdaus Bin Ismail Amano Hikaru 天野晃「あまのひかる」 Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS ICT 2nd Year 1st Semester mohd.izhar.firdaus(a)gmail.com ----------------------------------------------- kagesenshi.87(a)gmail.com GPG: http://www.rootshell.be/~kagesens/public-key.asc Blog: http://kagesenshi.blogspot.com -----------------------------------------------

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missing zd1211rx firmware
by Philip Walden 03 Mar '07

03 Mar '07

I just bought a Airlink awll3026 USB wireless adapter as it supposedly is supported by the zd1211 driver in FC6. When I plug it in I get in dmesg: usb 1-1: Could not load firmware file zd1211/zd1211b_ub. Error number -2 zd1211rw 1-1:1.0: couldn't load firmware. Error number -2 usb 1-1: reset full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2 zd1211rw: probe of 1-1:1.0 failed with error -2 usbcore: registered new interface driver zd1211rw ath_hal: module license 'Proprietary' taints kernel. ath_hal: 0.9.17.2 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413, RF5413) wlan: 0.8.4.2 (0.9.2.1) Googling around I see that some file is expected to be found in /lib/firmware, but this directory is empty. Is there some package I specifically need to install to get the firmware? I have 2.6.19-1.2911.fc6.

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