npviewer.bin segfaulting
by Patrick O'Callaghan
I'm getting frequent segfaults which crash Firefox:
Oct 12 11:04:23 bree kernel: npviewer.bin[31287]: segfault at f7042ac4 ip 6a4640 sp f4bb5dfc error 4 in libpthread-2.8.so[69d000+15000]
Oct 12 11:04:23 bree kernel: npviewer.bin[31288]: segfault at f71cf984 ip 10d42eb sp f3ec2f60 error 4 in libflashplayer.so[ddb000+778000]
Oct 12 17:45:04 bree kernel: npviewer.bin[2720]: segfault at f6f64030 ip 6a4640 sp ff88909c error 4 in libpthread-2.8.so[69d000+15000]
Oct 13 09:32:28 bree kernel: npviewer.bin[26918]: segfault at f6efb030 ip 6a4640 sp ffa21eac error 4 in libpthread-2.8.so[69d000+15000]
Oct 13 09:32:48 bree kernel: npviewer.bin[26946]: segfault at f6fb0030 ip 6a4640 sp ff9d6e6c error 4 in libpthread-2.8.so[69d000+15000]
Oct 13 10:33:25 bree kernel: npviewer.bin[27857]: segfault at f6fac030 ip 6a4640 sp ffdd126c error 4 in libpthread-2.8.so[69d000+15000]
Oct 14 08:50:10 bree kernel: npviewer.bin[4545]: segfault at f6f74030 ip 6a4640 sp ffd9b22c error 4 in libpthread-2.8.so[69d000+15000]
etc. etc. etc.
They start on Oct 12, which coincides with the last update I did (a
groupupdate of KDE from updates-testing-newkey). This is F9 on a x86_64.
I can't do far pin the segfault down to a specific page or media type. I
did a "mozilla-plugin-config -i" a couple of hours back and it hasn't
happened since, but I thought I'd mention it in case anyone else had
seen this.
I'll post a followup if it happens again.
poc
12 years, 6 months
OT: Web design applications
by Anne Wilson
I thought that a good introduction to using php would be to follow a tutorial.
However, it's designed for use with Nvu. I know that Nvu changed its name
some time ago, but can't remember its new name.
For a first attempt it would be easiest to use an interface that is closest to
what the tutorial describes. I'd expect to be able to do the same thing again
later using any other web editor, but not this first time. Can anyone point
me to either the renamed nvu or to whichever editor is closest to its
interface?
Thanks
Anne
12 years, 6 months
f10: kpackagekit; authentication failed
by g
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with new installation of f10 and get an auto notice that updates are available.
when i select 'update', 'kpackagekit' pops up showing selection for updates.
when i select 'update' again, i get a notice of 'authentication failed'.
so just what authentication is failing and how do i authenticate?
also, i would use 'yum update', but there are too many for limited disk space.
or would i be better off updating in an alphabetical order?
searching last 2 months of emails show no similar error.
suggestions? pointers? links?
tia.
peace out.
tc,hago.
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12 years, 6 months
Lost audio on headphones (F9)
by Andre Costa
Hi,
my desktop computer has one of those front headphones connectors, and it
always worked (always = since Fedora8), playing the same audio that goes to
the front speakers. I tried it today and it doesn't work anymore, my guess
is that some of the recent updates might have changed something on audio
config (I know hardware is ok because system is dual-boot, and headphones
work on XP). Front speakers are working as expected.
I tried playing around with PulseAudio settings, but didn't get anywhere
I know this is a lame call for help, but I don't even know what kind of info
I should provide. Here's something that might help:
# cat /proc/asound/cards
0 [Intel ]: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel
HDA Intel at 0xa3220000 irq 22
System is running Fedora 9 with latest updates.
Any help will be appreciated. Let me know what kind of additional info I
should provide.
Regards,
Andre
12 years, 6 months
Virtualizing XP with dual boot FC10/XP
by Hal Meyer
I have FC10 and Windows dual booted on my PC and would like to
virtualize XP with KVM.
I want to be able to both boot to XP and also virtualize it in FC10
(obviously not at the same time).
When I try to install a new virtual machine the process wants to install
XP from the CD. Is there a way to just point to the XP partition on the
disk?
Vmware workstation claims to be able to do this but there seem to be
other issues with vmware and FC10.
Thanks,
Hal
12 years, 6 months
VMware Server 2.0, selinux, and F10
by Christopher A Williams
I had promised to do this and post my results a week ago and got
thoroughly tied up over the holidays - sorry about that. It was a good
Christmas for us though! :)
So - I did get around to loading up a server with the latest version of
F10 (32-bit in this case) to run the 32-bit version of VMware Server 2.0
(build 122956) to try and answer the burning question: Does selinux need
to be disabled for VMware Server to run properly on F10?
I know the inpatient out there can't wait to read the whole post, so
here's the answer:
Yes.
According to our testing (a friend of mine who also frequents this list
was here too), the current version of VMware Server DOES NOT RUN on F10
(32-bit) unless selinux is DISABLED. Permissive mode doesn't cut it - it
still causes VMware Server to not run.
Here are the details:
Server: "Whitebox" Supermicro 1U chassis, dual 2.4GHz Pentium Xeon
processors, 4GB RAM, Dual Gig-E NICs, dual 250GB IDE drives
OS: F10 32-bit, with all patches as of 12-28-08
Kernel: 2.6.27.9-159.fc10 (PAE version - required to see the full 4GB)
We loaded a fresh copy F10 with all of the required development tools
and supporting stuff VMware Server needs to compile, and left selinux in
its default (enforcing) mode and targeted policy. The system was
intentionally updated with all of the latest available patches. After
rebooting (kernel update that included a switch to the PAE kernel), we
then installed VMware Server from the RPM via Package Kit. The initial
RPM install went as expected with no errors or issues beyond the warning
that the RPM is not signed (Request to VMware: Please, PLEASE make sure
that you always sign your RPMs!).
Next up was to configure the system. We fired up a terminal window,
switched user to root, and then launched vmware-config.pl as normal. The
script properly found everything it needed, set up the virtual networks,
and compiled all of the modules against the PAE kernel with no errors at
all. All of the services reported in as having started successfully when
the script exited, which was when the trouble started.
We immediately picked up an selinux error saying that one of the modules
required the ability to use text relocation. No big deal here, which is
why I don't remember off hand which module committed the offense. I'll
go back and pull it up next chance - I'm on a different system right
now. The selinux troubleshooter gave us the required command to address
this issue, so we fixed the problem and off we went.
...Or so we thought.
It seems that something else in selinux is interfering with a new VMware
Server 2.0 service called VirtualMachines. I'm not sure what the problem
is, how it happens, or why. What happens is that you can launch Firefox
to talk to VMware server (http://localhost:8222 in this case) and get
the VMware Server login page. However, from there you are unable to
login. The system times out with a message basically saying that
communication with the back-end server processes has been lost. Further
checking (service vmware status) shows that several VMware Server
services are actually NOT running.
Upon trying to restart the vmware services (service vmware restart), we
see that the VirtualMachines service has failed. There are no errors I
can see, and nothing in dmesg out of the ordinary.
Next, we placed selinux into permissive mode to see if anything might
pop up or change, and then rebooted the system. We saw exactly the same
behavior from VMware Server as before when selinux was in enforcing
mode.
Finally, we disabled selinux altogether and rebooted once more. This
time, VMware Server came up and ran flawlessly. In fact, it was
impressively fast given the age of the hardware.
Just for grins, we then completely erased VMware Server, rebooted, and
double-checked to make sure everything about it was completely gone from
the system. We then re-installed it using the exact same procedure as
before. VMware Server installed and ran flawlessly. In fact, just to be
sure again, we rebooted the server one more time. Again VMware Server
came up and ran without issues.
Thus, in our testing of this, it is clear there are multiple issues with
VMware Server and selinux. One of the issues is that a specific module
requires text relocation, which is easily solved. The other issue is
going to be a little more difficult to troubleshoot, but clearly there
is something that conflicts between selinux and one of the new VMware
Server services, and the only way to get around it at this point is to
disable selinux.
I'll have the system handy for the next day or so to do some additional
testing, but then I have to put it back into production. Let me know
what specifics I should look for next to find the source of the problem.
Cheers,
Chris
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12 years, 6 months
Default route not set on boot up
by awrobinson-ml＠nc.rr.com
After installing F10, when I power up my laptop, the default route does
not get set. I have a "GATEWAY=192.168.1.1" statement in both the
ifcfg-wlan0 file and the /etc/sysconfig/network file. 'netstat -nr'
shows no gateway until I run 'route add default gw 192.168.1.1'. This is
the first time that I put my network setup under the control of Network
Manager. I don't know if that has anything to do with this. I know I
could code the default route in rc.local or something like that, but I
would rather have it work correctly. Any ideas?
Thanks!
Andrew Robinson
12 years, 6 months
