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how to get sound on gateway mx7120 running FC6?
by Robert P. J. Day 23 Apr '07

23 Apr '07

i've just tossed stock FC6 onto a gateway mx7120 laptop and i'm unable to get sound. both during firstboot and running "system-config-soundcard", the following audio devices are detected: - IXP SB400 AC'97 Audio Controller - ATI SB400 - AC'97 Modem Controller but nothing i do can get the test sound to play. am i missing something painfully obvious? thanks. rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA http://fsdev.net/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page ========================================================================

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SCSI hot-swap.
by Carles Xavier Munyoz Baldó 23 Apr '07

23 Apr '07

Hi, I'm using an ARECA ARC-1220 RAID controller. I have set up a pass through which I use to make backups. Is it possible to make hot-swap of it in order to change the backup disk every day? Will the Linux detect the changed disk? Greetings. --- Carles Xavier Munyoz Baldó cmunyoz(a)unlimitedmail.net http://www.unlimitedmail.net/ ---

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GDM not properly configured
by Simon Slater 23 Apr '07

23 Apr '07

I don't think that gdm is properly configured, but solutions to similar problems found in these archives suggest that the configuration is basically right, but it doesn't funcion like other FC6 installs. Perhaps someone could help? An install of FC6 defaulted to text mode due to the old graphics card, but the display and graphical apps are all functioning fine. FC6 boots into runlevel 3, after logging in as any user startx brings up Gnome. As root from a terminal gdm brings up the graphical login screen. The question is: Why not automatically as part of the (re)boot process? The last lines of /etc/inittab are: # Run xdm in runlevel 5 x:5:once:/etc/X11/prefdm -nodaemon The /etc/sysconfig/desktop file is empty, as it is on another FC6 box, where I can switch sessions between Gnome and KDE. There is no /etc/X11/dm/Session directory on either box. Our 5 year old has learnt to login at the console and startx and exit when finished, but it would be nice to have it working as it should. Any suggestions? Regards Simon Slater

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Re: mplayer not playing sound, [AO_ALSA] alsa-lib:, pcm_direct.c:
by Bernhard Scheckenbach 23 Apr '07

23 Apr '07

Hello dex, I've removed the unwanted alsa-lib*rpm.i386. The problem remained. So I reinstalled the alsa-lib*rpm.i386 and the problem disappeared. Mplayer is now working again. Thanks, for your help Bernhard > Hello All, > > may anyone can help me ? Mplayer ist not playing sound anymore. I belive > this happens after one of the latest updates. I get the error: > Opening audio decoder: [mp3lib] MPEG layer-2, layer-3 > AUDIO: 44100 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 96.0 kbit/6.80% (ratio: 12000->176400) > Selected audio codec: [mp3] afm: mp3lib (mp3lib MPEG layer-2, layer-3) > ========================================================================== > [AO_ALSA] alsa-lib: pcm_direct.c:1632:(snd_pcm_direct_parse_open_conf) > Unknown field ipc_sem > [AO_ALSA] Playback open error: Invalid argument > Could not open/initialize audio device -> no sound. > Audio: no sound > Starting playback... > > I'm using FC 5 with a 2.6.18-prep SMP x86_64 kernel and > $rpm -qa | grep alsa > alsa-lib-1.0.14-0.1.rc1.fc5 > alsa-lib-1.0.14-0.1.rc1.fc5 > alsa-utils-1.0.14-0.1.rc1.fc5 > alsa-lib-devel-1.0.14-0.1.rc1.fc5 > > $rpm -qa | grep mplayer > mplayer-1.0-0.72.20070325svn.lvn5 > mplayer-fonts-1.1-3.lvn5 > > Why 2x alsa-lib-1.0.14-0.1.rc1.fc5 ? Delete it an reinstall ? > > Thanks, Bernhard Sounds like multilib problems I dont have a 64bit box so can't be much help. run these commands as root: rpm -qa --queryformat '%{NAME}-%{VERSION}-%{RELEASE}.%{ARCH}\n'|grep alsa you should see a mix of 64 & 32 bit rpms remove the unwanted with rpm -e --noscripts --notriggers Your-unwanted-rpm.ix86 watch it the out going rpm could take with it wanted files so I allways do a rpm -V packagename after. also putting exactarch=1 in yum.conf should avoid multilib problems but I cant be certain. if you get stuck post back! ...dex

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Feedback please
by Jim 23 Apr '07

23 Apr '07

I have done a install of Kubuntu just to see how it work, I'm a straight Fedora user and no desire to move to Ubuntu, I just want to see how it works as far as SU goes. In ubuntu , can any user type in sudo -s and get root privileges ? For Security reasons this distro scares me. I teach Linux at locale libraries and wanted to get a feel for ubuntu before I can say yea or nay. And I don't want to go threw a bunch of hassles to track down a Ubuntu forum just to ask one question about a distro that I'm not going to permanently use. Thanks Jim

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mptscsih attempting task abort
by Pawel Salek 23 Apr '07

23 Apr '07

Hello, my server has started to occassionally misbehave since the kernel upgrade to kernel-2.6.19-1.2911.fc6.i586.rpm (iirc). It has 4 SCSI disks in total, 3 of them are running in a software RAID5 configuration. The kernel produces now and then following messages: mptscsih: ioc0: attempting task abort! (sc=d674b200) sd 0:0:3:0: command: Read(10): 28 00 01 0d 0f b1 00 00 80 00 mptbase: ioc0: IOCStatus(0x004a): SCSI Task Management Failed mptscsih: ioc0: task abort: FAILED (sc=d674b200) mptscsih: ioc0: attempting task abort! (sc=d8861080) sd 0:0:2:0: command: Write(10): 2a 00 11 17 5d f3 00 00 08 00 mptbase: ioc0: IOCStatus(0x004a): SCSI Task Management Failed mptscsih: ioc0: task abort: FAILED (sc=d8861080) mptscsih: ioc0: attempting task abort! (sc=e1a7e080) sd 0:0:1:0: command: Write(10): 2a 00 11 17 5d f3 00 00 08 00 mptbase: ioc0: IOCStatus(0x004a): SCSI Task Management Failed mptscsih: ioc0: task abort: FAILED (sc=e1a7e080) mptscsih: ioc0: attempting task abort! (sc=e5042680) sd 0:0:0:0: command: Write(10): 2a 00 11 17 5d f3 00 00 08 00 mptbase: ioc0: IOCStatus(0x0048): SCSI Task Terminated mptscsih: ioc0: task abort: SUCCESS (sc=e5042680) mptscsih: ioc0: attempting task abort! (sc=e5042680) sd 0:0:0:0: command: Test Unit Ready: 00 00 00 00 00 00 mptbase: ioc0: IOCStatus(0x0048): SCSI Task Terminated and so on. These errors appear to be triggered by a disk activity, eg. rsync process. Now, I am not 100% positive it is purely software problem but when I downgraded to older kernel releases, the errors appeared to be gone. Since the errors are not entirely predictable, I cannot be sure. Has anybody else seen something similar? What kind of information would be needed to debug it properly and establish the underlying cause of this problem? Pawel # /sbin/lspci 00:00.0 Host bridge: Broadcom CMIC-WS Host Bridge (GC-LE chipset) (rev 13) 00:00.1 Host bridge: Broadcom CMIC-WS Host Bridge (GC-LE chipset) 00:00.2 Host bridge: Broadcom CMIC-LE 00:01.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905C-TX/TX-M [Tornado] (rev 78) 00:09.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage XL (rev 27) 00:0f.0 Host bridge: Broadcom CSB5 South Bridge (rev 93) 00:0f.1 IDE interface: Broadcom CSB5 IDE Controller (rev 93) 00:0f.2 USB Controller: Broadcom OSB4/CSB5 OHCI USB Controller (rev 05) 00:0f.3 ISA bridge: Broadcom CSB5 LPC bridge 00:10.0 Host bridge: Broadcom CIOB-X2 PCI-X I/O Bridge (rev 05) 00:10.2 Host bridge: Broadcom CIOB-X2 PCI-X I/O Bridge (rev 05) 00:11.0 Host bridge: Broadcom CIOB-X2 PCI-X I/O Bridge (rev 05) 00:11.2 Host bridge: Broadcom CIOB-X2 PCI-X I/O Bridge (rev 05) 02:08.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5703X Gigabit Ethernet (rev 02) 05:07.0 SCSI storage controller: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic 53c1030 PCI-X Fusion-MPT Dual Ultra320 SCSI (rev 07) 05:07.1 SCSI storage controller: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic 53c1030 PCI-X Fusion-MPT Dual Ultra320 SCSI (rev 07)

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Help needed for F7 Xen
by Amitakhya Phukan 23 Apr '07

23 Apr '07

hi! i installed virtualisation support for F7 T3. after reboot, i select the xen kernel to boot. here are the observations : * the fonts in the TUI are different from a non-xen kernel. * the machine hangs on GDM * the second time boot, i am able to login; after 2 mins (approx.) i am again hung. * third reboot, still i get hung but now the time is more than 2 mins. * fourth,fifth and sixth reboot, i still get hung. * seventh reboot, i remove the virt support. can anyone help me please? regards, amit.

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any chance of a F7 spin using xfce?
by Globe Trotter 23 Apr '07

23 Apr '07

Hi, I was wondering if there are any plans of getting a F7 with xfce just as there are for gnome and KDE? I guess I would be interested because XFCE is light on the resources: the current way of installing fedora and xfce does not work, because you get a lot of gnome junk regardless of whether you choose to install it or not. Any plans on making life simpler in F7? Sort of like xubuntu: I am interested because the response of xubunut vis-a-vis ubuntu is something to be seen to be believed! Best, trotter __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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ATA Host Bus Errors
by Dave Brown 23 Apr '07

23 Apr '07

Hey All, Having an interesting problem with a FC6 server regarding host bus errors - every now and again in the messages log there are the following: Apr 20 04:58:05 lftvm01 kernel: ata2.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x0 Apr 20 04:58:05 lftvm01 kernel: ata2.00: (BMDMA stat 0x6) Apr 20 04:58:05 lftvm01 kernel: ata2.00: cmd 25/00:f8:d7:ef:61/00:00:1c:00:00/e0 tag 0 cdb 0x0 data 126976 in Apr 20 04:58:05 lftvm01 kernel: res 51/84:a7:28:f0:61/84:00:1c:00:00/e0 Emask 0x20 (host bus error) Apr 20 04:58:05 lftvm01 kernel: ata2.00: configured for UDMA/133 Apr 20 04:58:05 lftvm01 kernel: ata2.01: configured for UDMA/133 Apr 20 04:58:05 lftvm01 kernel: ata2: EH complete Apr 20 04:58:05 lftvm01 kernel: SCSI device sdc: 625142448 512-byte hdwr sectors (320073 MB) Apr 20 04:58:05 lftvm01 kernel: sdc: Write Protect is off Apr 20 04:58:05 lftvm01 kernel: SCSI device sdc: write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA Apr 20 04:58:05 lftvm01 kernel: SCSI device sdd: 625142448 512-byte hdwr sectors (320073 MB) Apr 20 04:58:05 lftvm01 kernel: sdd: Write Protect is off Apr 20 04:58:05 lftvm01 kernel: SCSI device sdd: write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA and then every now and again Apr 20 04:54:32 lftvm01 kernel: ata2.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen Apr 20 04:54:32 lftvm01 kernel: ata2.00: cmd 25/00:08:ff:3d:8c/00:01:1d:00:00/e0 tag 0 cdb 0x0 data 135168 in Apr 20 04:54:32 lftvm01 kernel: res 40/00:c7:d0:61:84/84:00:1d:00:00/e0 Emask 0x4 (timeout) Apr 20 04:54:39 lftvm01 kernel: ata2: port is slow to respond, please be patient (Status 0xd0) Apr 20 04:55:02 lftvm01 kernel: ata2: port failed to respond (30 secs, Status 0xd0) Apr 20 04:55:02 lftvm01 kernel: ata2: soft resetting port Apr 20 04:55:02 lftvm01 kernel: ata2.00: configured for UDMA/133 Apr 20 04:55:02 lftvm01 kernel: ata2.01: configured for UDMA/133 Apr 20 04:55:02 lftvm01 kernel: ata2: EH complete Doesn't always cause a crash but looks like sometimes it might. Have had a look around at various places and haven't found a definitive cause let alone an answer. If anyone has any ideas or theories please throw em out there. Curiously these errors only occur on ata2, we have 2 drives sitting on ata1 without an issue. ata1 drives are the "os" and ata2 drives are the "data" Some more detail about the machine / OS. Kernel: 2.6.20-1.2933.fc6PAE Drives: 4x WD 320Gb SATA Drives ATA Module: ata_piix CPU: Dual-Core Intel Xeon 3.0Ghz Mem: 6Gb Not exactly sure what the motherboard is - it's a "whitebox" server not Tier1 (IBM,HP,Dell) Cheers Dave Brown IT Consultant RHCE, MCP, CCA 175 Fullarton Rd Dulwich SA 5065 Ph: (08) 8304 8888 Fax: (08) 8364 2910 Mob: 0414 494 802 NOTE: This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and may contain information intended only for the addressee(s). If you have received this communication in error, you must not copy or distribute any part of it or otherwise disclose its contents to anyone - please notify Loftus IT immediately. Loftus IT does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the information provided herein. No representation is made that email and any files transmitted with it are virus-free - virus scanning is the responsibility of the recipient and is recommended.

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Missing Dependency: libtheroa-devel is needed by package ffmpeg-devel
by Paul Smith 22 Apr '07

22 Apr '07

Dear All 'yum update' is giving here the following dependencies problem: «Resolving Dependencies --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait. ---> Package libavformat51.i386 0:0.4.9-21_r8743.fc6.at set to be updated ---> Package libswscale0.i386 0:0.4.9-21_r8743.fc6.at set to be updated ---> Package libavcodec51.i386 0:0.4.9-21_r8743.fc6.at set to be updated ---> Package ffmpeg-devel.i386 0:0.4.9-21_r8743.fc6.at set to be updated ---> Package ffmpeg.i386 0:0.4.9-21_r8743.fc6.at set to be updated ---> Package libpostproc51.i386 0:0.4.9-21_r8743.fc6.at set to be updated ---> Package libavutil49.i386 0:0.4.9-21_r8743.fc6.at set to be updated --> Running transaction check --> Processing Dependency: libtheroa-devel for package: ffmpeg-devel --> Processing Dependency: libraw1394-devel for package: ffmpeg-devel --> Restarting Dependency Resolution with new changes. --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait. ---> Package libraw1394-devel.i386 0:1.2.1-1.fc6 set to be updated --> Running transaction check --> Processing Dependency: libtheroa-devel for package: ffmpeg-devel --> Finished Dependency Resolution Error: Missing Dependency: libtheroa-devel is needed by package ffmpeg-devel» Any ideas? Thanks in advance, Paul

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