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Missing configuration files for Alpine in Fedora 8, 9
by Michael Hannon 28 Oct '08

28 Oct '08

Greetings. I've been seeing some strange behavior with the "alpine" package in Fedora 8 and 9 recently. The gist of it is that there don't seem to be any configuration files for alpine, even though RPM lists them. Here's an example from a Fedora 8 system. I get the same thing on a Fedora 9 system. [root@localsys ~]# grep alpine /var/log/yum.log Oct 27 16:58:27 Installed: alpine-2.00-1.fc8.i386 No complaints from the installer. OK, what got installed? [root@localsys ~]# rpm -ql alpine /etc/pine.conf /etc/pine.conf.fixed /usr/bin/alpine /usr/bin/pico /usr/bin/pilot /usr/bin/rpdump /usr/bin/rpload /usr/share/doc/alpine-2.00 /usr/share/doc/alpine-2.00/LICENSE /usr/share/doc/alpine-2.00/README /usr/share/doc/alpine-2.00/tech-notes.txt /usr/share/man/man1/alpine.1.gz /usr/share/man/man1/pico.1.gz /usr/share/man/man1/pilot.1.gz /usr/share/man/man1/rpdump.1.gz /usr/share/man/man1/rpload.1.gz That shows not one but two configuration files in /etc/. On the other hand, there are no such configuration files: [root@localsys ~]# ls -ld /etc/*pine* ls: cannot access /etc/*pine*: No such file or directory Maybe something's wrong with the installation? RPM doesn't think so: [root@localsys ~]# rpm --verify alpine [root@localsys ~]# This is significant because the alpine binary seems to have been compiled with /usr/local as the default location for browsers, for instance. I won't repeat the output here, but try: strings /usr/bin/alpine | grep netscape or strings /usr/bin/alpine | grep lynx I suppose this could be "fixed" by changing individual .pinerc files, but that seems to be treating the symptom, not the problem. Note that I have seen a directory: /etc/alpine on some systems, and on one system running Scientific Linux I do find a file: /etc/alpine/pine.conf On the Fedora systems that I've examined, either the /etc/alpine directory is missing altogether, or it is there but empty. Is this a local problem, or are others seeing it too? Thanks. -- Mike

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F8 Decoding smartd\smartctl output.
by Frank Murphy 28 Oct '08

28 Oct '08

According to smartd, two drives are failing, googled and found the smartctl command. But no idea how to comapre\decode it. <snip> /dev/sdc : Prefailure: Raw_Read_Error_Rate (1) changed to 104, 101, 95, 97, 99, 100, 101, 102, 110, 109, 108, 107, 106, 103, 101, 100, 99, 97, 98, 96, 99, 101, 102, 103, Usage: Airflow_Temperature_Cel (190) changed to 70, 68, 68, 67, 68, 67, Usage: Hardware_ECC_Recovered (195) changed to 65, 64, 65, 64, 63, 64, 63, 61, 62, 61, 62, 63, 64, 63, 64, Usage: Temperature_Celsius (194) changed to 30, 32, 32, 33, 32, 33, /dev/sdd : Prefailure: Raw_Read_Error_Rate (1) changed to 116, 114, 112, 109, 110, 107, 113, 115, 118, 117, 111, 114, 116, 117, 118, 119, 102, 106, 107, 108, 110, 109, 103, 112, 115, 117, Usage: Airflow_Temperature_Cel (190) changed to 72, 71, 72, 71, 71, 70, Usage: Hardware_ECC_Recovered (195) changed to 68, 67, 66, 65, 66, 68, 66, 65, 66, 63, 64, 63, 64, 63, 64, 67, 68, 67, 69, Usage: Temperature_Celsius (194) changed to 28, 29, 28, 29, 29, 30, </snip> smartctl -A /dev/sda smartctl version 5.38 [i386-redhat-linux-gnu] Copyright (C) 2002-8 Bruce Allen Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/ === START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION === SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 10 Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds: ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE 1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x000f 100 253 006 Pre-fail Always - 0 3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0003 097 097 000 Pre-fail Always - 0 4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 100 100 020 Old_age Always - 32 5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 100 100 036 Pre-fail Always - 0 7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x000f 066 060 030 Pre-fail Always - 4740290 9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 88 10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0013 100 100 097 Pre-fail Always - 0 12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 020 Old_age Always - 32 187 Reported_Uncorrect 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 189 High_Fly_Writes 0x003a 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 190 Airflow_Temperature_Cel 0x0022 074 064 045 Old_age Always - 26 (Lifetime Min/Max 18/26) 194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 026 036 000 Old_age Always - 26 (0 18 0 0) 195 Hardware_ECC_Recovered 0x001a 079 075 000 Old_age Always - 109140652 197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0012 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0010 100 100 000 Old_age Offline - 0 199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x003e 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0 200 Multi_Zone_Error_Rate 0x0000 100 253 000 Old_age Offline - 0 202 TA_Increase_Count 0x0032 100 253 000 Old_age Always - 0 Frank -- gpg id EB547226 Revoked Forgot Password :( aMSN: Frankly3D http://www.frankly3d.com

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FC9 : Pb with sata_via adaptor and sata disk
by Jean-Philippe Battu 28 Oct '08

28 Oct '08

Hello On my linux box, I use a pci adaptor to provide sata port because my motherboard doesn't have serial ata port. My sata adaptor is a : # lspci ... 02:0b.0 RAID bus controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6421 IDE RAID Controller (rev 50) ... # When the system boots, the sata disk is well recognized. I can use fdisk and mkfs to build a filesystem without any problems But, when I try to mount this filesystems, I can see these errors in the /var/log/messages kernel: EXT3-fs error (device sdc2): ext3_check_descriptors: Inode table for group 4 not in group (block 99331)! kernel: EXT3-fs: group descriptors corrupted! If I use mkfs.ext3 command instead mkfs, I can't see this message but only : kernel: VFS: Can't find ext3 filesystem on dev sdc1 fdisk -l /dev/sdc gives me: Disk /dev/sdc: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier: 0x198a1989 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdc1 1 60789 488287611 83 Linux /dev/sdc2 60790 121601 488472390 83 Linux this disk has been worked well on another machine. Is there any problem with the sata_via kernel modules: [root@mercure ~]# lsmod | grep sata sata_uli 7940 1 sata_via 10756 0 libata 132328 6 pata_ali,sata_uli,sata_via,ata_piix,ata_generic,pata_acpi # modinfo sata_via filename: /lib/modules/2.6.26.6-79.fc9.i686/kernel/drivers/ata/sata_via.ko version: 2.3 license: GPL description: SCSI low-level driver for VIA SATA controllers author: Jeff Garzik srcversion: 4F5E9D4C56ABDD3C940464D alias: pci:v00001106d00007372sv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v00001106d00005372sv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v00001106d00005287sv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v00001106d00003249sv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v00001106d00003149sv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v00001106d00000591sv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v00001106d00005337sv*sd*bc*sc*i* depends: libata vermagic: 2.6.26.6-79.fc9.i686 SMP mod_unload 686 4KSTACKS # Thanks for your help if you can help me Cheers Jean-Philippe Battu

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IPV6 NETFILTER
by potat0 28 Oct '08

28 Oct '08

HI, im trying to build an IPV6 router on my lab using F6 (kernel 2.6). Unlike in IPV4, i can't set forwarding policy per interface in IPV6. Some articles stated that i have to use ipv6 netfilter / ip6tables. so, im trying first with these lines: #ip6tables -A FORWARD -i eth0 -o eth1 -j ACCEPT #ip6tables -A FORWARD -i eth1 -o eth0 -j ACCEPT they don't work.. Any suggestions would be very helpful to me! cheers, FAZZETA -- This is an email sent via The Fedora Community Portal https://fcp.surfsite.org https://fcp.surfsite.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?post_id=299524&topic_i… If you think, this is spam, please report this to webmaster(a)fcp.surfsite.org and/or blame igannesha.gemilang(a)gmail.com.

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how do you get Spark IM to run on fc 9
by Gregory Machin 28 Oct '08

28 Oct '08

Hi I would like to run Spark IM on my fc 9 x86_64 box as everyone else is using this IM in the office . I down loaded spark_2_5_8.tar.gz and unzipd it to /opt/ when I run ./starter I get [root@gregory-workstation Spark]# ./starter testing JVM in /opt/Spark/jre ... and nothing happens .. there are no java or spark processes running .. What do I need to do to get it to work ?

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Newbie: Fresh install of FC9 - Boot hangs after login.
by Jonathan Hartzell 27 Oct '08

27 Oct '08

Newbie... My first post! XP (SP3) user, and one of the lucky ones with no complaints. I'm drawn to the overall enthusiasm and philosophy of all of you who've embarked on the Linux system adventure and am looking forward to joining your ranks... but I seem to have stumbled in taking my first step! I've taken the best care I can in downloading the full distribution of FC9, checking the integrity of the download, and checking the integrity of the resulting DVD. Ran the graphical install (very user-friendly), to sdb to avoid even a remote possibility of any MBR conflicts (XP is exclusively on sda) with plenty of free space on sdb (319 gigs). All went smoothly... However on the first reboot (booting sdb), I continued to follow the instructions, only to find that the Login process hung. Do I suck as a Newbie, or has anyone else encountered this kind of problem? Note: This being my first shot at Linux-related stuff, I don't have anything but XP at this point to work with, and I won't have the usual Linux type tools that most of you have who've simply upgraded to FC9. I'm hoping one of you can tell me that the fault is mine, rather than the installer DVD, as I'm concerned that I may not have the tools to get myself back on the road. Sure would welcome some guidance out of this apparent dead end! Intel Pentium Dual Core @ 2.2 GHz ASUS P5GC-MX/1333 Mother Board ViewSonic VG2230wm Monitor Standard 101 Keyboard Microsoft PS/2 Mouse 4 Gigs Ram 2 500 Gig Sata Drives NVidia GeForce FX 5500 M-Audio Delta 1010LT PCM sound board Atheros L2 Fast Ethernet 10/100 Base-T Controller Intel 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB Universal Host Controller Let me know if any more info required. Thanks for taking the time to read this.

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Fedora 9/10 and NVIDIA ?
by Kevin Kempter 27 Oct '08

27 Oct '08

Hi All; I'm considering the purchase of a Dell 64bit laptop with an NVIDIA video card. - Intel Core 2 Duo Extreme Edition X9100 3.06GHz, 1067MHZ, 6M L2 Cache Dual Core (224-3154) - 1GB NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M Mobile Precision M6400 Covet (320-7518) Anyone have any thoughts per Fedora 9/10 compatibility, potential issues, gotcha's, etc ? Thanks in advance.

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32 or 64-bit?
by John Aldrich 27 Oct '08

27 Oct '08

I'm about to the point of having to wipe and reinstall (except for some data folders) my personal machine. I'm currently on FC6, but I'm looking at either installing F9 or F10. I use it more as a desktop machine, but I access it from remote via SSH and VNC. I also use a DDNS name to access the machine. My question is this: Is F9/F10 (Beta) ready for full 64-bit for a desktop machine? I've got an AMD64 CPU and I'd love to use it to the full potential, but only if it's ready for prime-time.

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Wanted: eSTATA testers.
by linux guy 27 Oct '08

27 Oct '08

I've opened a bug here for the eSATA port on my HP hdx9494 laptop. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=466010 The person in charge of the bug wants more data before he attempts to fix it. Has anyone else had a problem with their eSATA port ? If so, could you add your experience to my bug report ? Thanks

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File Manager super User gone???
by Rene Cusson 27 Oct '08

27 Oct '08

Hello, Just installed Fedora 9 KDE desktop. Everything was fine untill i updated all the packages. Now there is no access to file manager super user in the menu area. Is it hiding somewhere that i dont know about? How do you become the super user when using dolphin? I googled this and others are having the same problem, but can't seem to find the answer. Not looking for the su in the terminal. Want to be able to create folders in root. The create menu is disabled because i am not SU. Thanx, Rene _________________________________________________________________ Want to do more with Windows Live? Learn “10 hidden secrets” from Jamie. http://windowslive.com/connect/post/jamiethomson.spaces.live.com-Blog-cns!5…

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