Wha hoppena QTparted??!!
by Beartooth
My main #1 machine has two hard drives, one with a brand new, not
yet usable install of F10, and one (alas!) that still has XP (for making
proprietary map software talk to my GPSs).
Formerly, running QTparted against it (not using QTparted, just
launching it!) would show both drives, labeled with logos.
That was invaluable whenever I upgraded Fedora or installed it
anew -- I'm exactly the sort of guy who says Walter when I mean Wolfram,
or Goethe when I mean Schiller; it would be just like me to get my hard
drives backward, thus wiping out ten years of hoarded GPS data.
Now it only shows one hard drive! Why? Why??
--
Beartooth Staffwright, PhD, Neo-Redneck Linux Convert
Remember I know precious little of what I am talking about.
15 years, 5 months
OT: Looking for tool to manage pdf documents
by Paul Smith
Dear All,
I have many pdf documents, which I would like to organize to allow for
a better search for, e.g., by keywords, etc. Is there some open source
tool for that? I used Google Desktop, but it was quite heavy to my
computer. Any ideas?
Thanks in advance,
Paul
15 years, 5 months
installation postgres
by Rafnews
Hi,
using the GUI version of add/remove software from F10 under Gnome i tried to
install postgresql 8.3.5.
i can see the client and server package are checked in this GUI version, but
i do not find any folder where it is installed.
basically the postgresql.conf file is located somewhere after
installation...but in my case is nowhere :-(
what's wrong ? is anything OK in F10 regarding PostgreSQL installation ?
if i download the bin file from www.postgresql.org page, installation works
perfectly, so what's wrong with GUI add/remove software ?
thx.
--
Alain
-----------------------------------------------------------
Windows XP x64 SP2 / Fedora 10 KDE 4.2
PostgreSQL 8.3.5 / MS SQL server 2005
Apache 2.2.10
PHP 5.2.6
C# 2005-2008
15 years, 5 months
error libata?
by Peter Lesterhuis
A short time after booting (F10) keyboard en mouse are freezing. When I
get the time to open a terminal I see this in /var/log/messages:
...
Dec 27 12:13:17 localhost kernel: ata5.00:
mnd a0/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00/a0 tag 0
Dec 27 12:13:17 cdb 00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00
Dec 27 12:13:17 res 40/00:03:00:00/00:00:00:00:00:/a0 Emask 0x4 (timeout)
Dec 27 12:13:17 ata5.00: status: { DRDY }
Dec 27 12:13:17 ata5: EH complete
Dec 27 12:13:17 ata5.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action
0x6 frozen
I found some information about these messages on
http://ata.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Libata_error_messages.
I booted with the options: "noapic", or "acpi=off" or "pci=nomsi", but
none of them are useful.
Does this mean I have an issue with the hard disk or the SATA-controller?
Does anyone have a suggestion?
Peter
15 years, 5 months
problem of installing avrdude
by cjzjm100
I had created a package from source by checkinstall.Because the
checkinstall hadn't install the avrdude,i tried to install it by RPM.I
had tried sudo and changed to root,however i had the same result.
Here was the result:
[root@localhost avrdude-5.2]# rpm -ivh
/usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386/avrdude-5.2-1.i386.rpm
Preparing... ########################################### [100%]
1:avrdude ########################################### [100%]
error: unpacking of archive failed on file /selinux/context;49577af7:
cpio: open failed - power was not enough
15 years, 5 months
Re:problem of checkinstall
by cjzjm100
>
> 1. Do you have checkinstall installed?
> 2. Are you running it as superuser or root?
Yes,i had install checkinstall:checkinstall-1.6.0-3.el5.rf,before i used
checkinstall,i typed su ,then inputed the password.The bash said it
could not find the command.
15 years, 5 months
Advice to an audiophobe ??
by Bill Case
Hi;
I have avoided sound technology most of my life. I have a 'tin ear' and
most music just sounds to me like somebody talking in an annoying voice.
However, recent problems with alsa mixer and/or pulseaudio has convinced
me that the time has come to spend some time learning the rudiments of
sound technology. So ...
Can someone recommend a site or manual that explains things like:
* What is the difference between alsa and pulseaudio?
* Which should I choose for the Device: field?
* What is the difference between Master, PCM, Front, Line-in, CD,
PC-Speaker etc. ?
* How is sound related to video ?
* Why are there so many files associated with producing sound?
* Etc., etc., etc.? ?
I have googled, searched Wikipedia, read the PulseAudio documentation as
well as Gnome Help. It all still leaves me befuddled -- either too
simple or two technical. Once I try to throw in the concept of various
'codecs' I am lost.
I am not asking for a personal explanation of the above questions (I
have a bunch more) but all learning suggestions gratefully received.
--
Regards Bill
Fedora 10, Gnome 2.24.2
Evo.2.24.2, Emacs 22.2.1
15 years, 5 months
system-config-network issue
by Rafnews
Hi,
i tried to update my current version of system-config-network-1.5.94-2 to
1.5.95-1 using the following command:
> [root@fed1032 Download]# yum update
> system-config-network-tui-1.5.95-1.fc10.noarch.rpm
>
however this is what i got as answer:
> Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit
> Setting up Update Process
> Examining system-config-network-tui-1.5.95-1.fc10.noarch.rpm:
> system-config-network-tui-1.5.95-1.fc10.noarch
> Marking system-config-network-tui-1.5.95-1.fc10.noarch.rpm as an update to
> system-config-network-tui-1.5.93-2.fc10.noarch
> Resolving Dependencies
> --> Running transaction check
> ---> Package system-config-network-tui.noarch 0:1.5.95-1.fc10 set to be
> updated
> --> Processing Dependency: system-config-network-tui = 1.5.93-2.fc10 for
> package: system-config-network
> --> Finished Dependency Resolution
> system-config-network-1.5.93-2.fc10.noarch from installed has depsolving
> problems
> --> Missing Dependency: system-config-network-tui = 1.5.93-2.fc10 is
> needed by package system-config-network-1.5.93-2.fc10.noarch (installed)
> Error: Missing Dependency: system-config-network-tui = 1.5.93-2.fc10 is
> needed by package system-config-network-1.5.93-2.fc10.noarch (installed)
> [root@fed1032 Download]#
>
what i do not understand is that the "system-config-network-tui =
1.5.93-2.fc10" was already installed by the F10 media during F10 default
installation.
so where is the problem ?
thanks
--
Alain
-----------------------------------------------------------
Windows XP x64 SP2 / Fedora 10 KDE 4.2
PostgreSQL 8.3.5 / MS SQL server 2005
Apache 2.2.10
PHP 5.2.6
C# 2005-2008
15 years, 5 months
Where is dvb-utils for Fedora 8?
by Rick Bilonick
I am using Fedora 8 with a usb HDTV tuner. It works great with xine (I
copied the channels.conf file from another computer), but I cannot get
kaffeine to work. Kaffeine sees the tuner (/dev/dvb/adapter0) but in dvb
configure, the "source" box is always empty - it should show the atsc
scan frequency list that is provided and exists in the appropriate
directory. (Kaffeine works perfectly in Ubuntu 8.10 on another laptop
using the same tuner.) Without the source, Kaffeine can't scan for ATSC
digital channels. It won't let you type in a path and file name.
I thought possibly that the dvb-utils package was needed (installed for
Ubuntu), but I cannot find an rpm (doesn't show up when using yumex).
This package includes the "scan" utility and several others.
Any idea on what is going wrong with Kaffeine? The computer is
completely up-to-date and I tried uninstalling and re-installing
kaffeine.
Rick B.
15 years, 5 months
