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input/output error on disk(?)
by Charles Zeitler 05 Nov '09

05 Nov '09

when trying to copy a certain file, i get the message: cp: reading 'file' : Input/output error i took the volume it was on offline, & did a forced e2fsck. same thing. smartctl -H tells me the drive 'passes' . i can change the name with mv, no problem there. are there any other (non-destructive) steps i can take? thanks, charles zeitler -- Do What Thou Wilt Shall Be The Whole of The Law -Aleister Crowley

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F11: Espon Perfection 2480 USB scanner
by lanas 05 Nov '09

05 Nov '09

All, Is there a HOWTO around on how to use an Epson perfection 2480 USB scanner on Fedora 11 x86_64 ? So far sane-find-scanner (run as root) returns two devices: found USB scanner (vendor=0x146a [Knobloch-GmbH], product=0x0003 [fischertechnik Robo RF Data Link (Knobloch GmbH)]) at libusb:004:002 found USB scanner (vendor=0x04b8 [EPSON], product=0x0121 [EPSON Scanner]) at libusb:001:002 I hope that the first one does not confuse the system. It is *not* a scanner. Then scanimage -L returns: device `snapscan:libusb:001:002' is a EPSON EPSON Scanner flatbed scanner And when I try something like: scanimage -d 'snapscan:libusb:001:002' It returns: [snapscan] Cannot open firmware file /usr/share/sane/snapscan/your-firmwarefile.bin. [snapscan] Edit the firmware file entry in snapscan.conf. scanimage: open of device snapscan:libusb:001:002 failed: Invalid argument I have no idea what this is about. Any help welcomed. Cheers.

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Gnome applications and .bash_profile
by Jonathan Ryshpan 04 Nov '09

04 Nov '09

It looks like environment variables set in .bash_profile are visible to applications started in gnome but not via a shell. For example evolution knows when I modify LC_COLLATE. But how? Here's the invocation chain from login down to evolution -- no shells here. 1710 ? Ss 0:00 /usr/sbin/gdm-binary -nodaemon 14284 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/libexec/gdm-simple-slave --display-id /org/gnome/Disp 14285 tty7 Ss+ 0:43 \_ /usr/bin/Xorg :0 -br -verbose -auth /var/run/gdm/auth- 14366 ? S 0:00 \_ pam: gdm-password 14413 ? Ssl 0:00 \_ gnome-session 14523 ? Sl 0:00 \_ metacity 14536 ? S 0:00 \_ gnome-panel 14537 ? S 0:00 \_ nautilus 14542 ? S 0:00 \_ /bin/sh /usr/lib64/firefox-3.5.4/run-mozilla.s 14651 ? Sl 0:41 | \_ /usr/lib64/firefox-3.5.4/firefox 14543 ? Sl 0:17 \_ evolution What am I missing? Thanks - jon

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Installing Fedora on USB DiskOnKey and booting from different machine
by Mark Ryden 04 Nov '09

04 Nov '09

Hi, I installed Fedora 11 on a DiskOnKey. I booted from this DiskONKey successfully on the machine on which I made the installation. However, when I tried on two different machines, it failed, and it reached the grub command line. On a third machine it reached a line containing the word GRUB only. I wonder - is there a way to install Fedora 11 on a DiskOnKey so that it will boot from any machine (which is capable of booting from USB )? Note: I had made my trials on motherboards after verifying that these motherboards **do** support boot from USB disk on key. This is the grub.conf on the USB DiskOnKey: title Fedora (2.6.29.4-167.fc11.x86_64) root (hd0,0) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.29.4-167.fc11.x86_64 ro root=UUID=e73e50db-2420 -4792-a347-3e15ed38c5b9 rhgb quiet initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.29.4-167.fc11.x86_64.img Regards, Mark

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How to run a php script which contains a pdf
by Nigel Henry 04 Nov '09

04 Nov '09

I was trying to read an online tool catalogue, and noticed a PDF button at the bottom of the webpage. Clicked on it, and it opened the dialog box to download. What has been downloaded though is a .php script (27.3MB). The properties shows that it contains a pdf document, but I've no idea how to run it, open it, or whatever needs to be done, to get to see the PDF. Any suggestions folks. Nigel.

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New scanner/printer combo
by Gene Heskett 04 Nov '09

04 Nov '09

Greetings; My truly ancient Epson C82 finally refused to respond to the head cleaning paddles yesterday, so I went out and got a new Epson NX515 combo scanner & printer. It signs on as: (Fedora 10, kernel 2.6.32-rc5) ===================== Oct 23 20:27:15 coyote kernel: [598891.940960] usb 1-4: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 16 Oct 23 20:27:15 coyote kernel: [598892.079434] usb 1-4: New USB device found, idVendor=04b8, idProduct=0856 Oct 23 20:27:15 coyote kernel: [598892.079437] usb 1-4: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3 Oct 23 20:27:15 coyote kernel: [598892.079440] usb 1-4: Product: USB2.0 MFP(Hi-Speed) Oct 23 20:27:15 coyote kernel: [598892.079442] usb 1-4: Manufacturer: EPSON Oct 23 20:27:15 coyote kernel: [598892.079444] usb 1-4: SerialNumber: 4C454C593037313524 Oct 23 20:27:15 coyote kernel: [598892.079540] usb 1-4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice Oct 23 20:27:15 coyote kernel: [598892.087345] usblp2: USB Bidirectional printer dev 16 if 1 alt 0 proto 2 vid 0x04B8 pid 0x0856 Oct 23 20:27:15 coyote kernel: [598892.088576] scsi10 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices Oct 23 20:27:20 coyote kernel: [598897.090894] scsi 10:0:0:0: Direct-Access EPSON Storage 1.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2 Oct 23 20:27:20 coyote kernel: [598897.091362] sd 10:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg9 type 0 Oct 23 20:27:20 coyote kernel: [598897.101631] sd 10:0:0:0: [sdi] Attached SCSI removable disk Oct 23 20:27:23 coyote hal_lpadmin: File "/usr/libexec/hal_lpadmin", line 717, in main#012 h = HalLpAdmin() Oct 23 20:27:23 coyote hal_lpadmin: File "/usr/libexec/hal_lpadmin", line 686, in __init__#012 self.addPrinter() Oct 23 20:27:23 coyote hal_lpadmin: File "/usr/libexec/hal_lpadmin", line 700, in addPrinter#012 printer.add() Oct 23 20:27:23 coyote hal_lpadmin: File "/usr/libexec/hal_lpadmin", line 541, in add#012 location=os.uname ()[1]) Oct 23 20:27:23 coyote hal_lpadmin: IPPError: (1025, 'client-error-forbidden') ========================= which appears that the scanner, ahh, wait, its got a card reader in it too, in addition to ethernet and bluetooth. So that explains /dev/sg9 and /dev/sgi. So there are two problems, which do not prevent it from being used for all sorts of utility printing. Problem 1 is that the newest Epson/gutenprint drivers are for the NX400 series, so the maximum useable resolution is 1440x720, whereas it can go as high as 5760x2880. I would like to be able to get to 2880x2880 for photo work. Problem 2 is that the scanner doesn't even check in as shown above. OTOH, I also have an Epson 1250u that works flawlessly, but it would be nice to get rid of one rather high occupancy item here in the coyote.den. The current xsane device dialog skips it, going directly to the Epson 1250u, so xsane isn't seeing it, and while I have kooka according to the menu's, it doesn't come when called. Has anyone a clue to pass along? Thanks. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) The NRA is offering FREE Associate memberships to anyone who wants them. <https://www.nrahq.org/nrabonus/accept-membership.asp> No man is an island, but some of us are long peninsulas.

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Intel GMA 500 problems on Eee
by Colin Brace 04 Nov '09

04 Nov '09

Hi all, I have installed F11 on an Asus Eee PC 1101HA which has the GMA 500 chipset. After running yum for updates, I now have two kernels installed: kernel-2.6.29.4-167.fc11.i586 kernel-2.6.30.9-90.fc11.i586 For the GMA 500, I installed the following: Oct 28 00:28:57 Installed: psb-firmware-0.30-4.fc11.noarch Oct 28 00:28:58 Installed: xpsb-glx-0.18-5.fc11.i686 Oct 28 00:28:58 Installed: libdrm-poulsbo-2.3.0-10.fc11.i586 Oct 28 00:29:46 Installed: rhpxl-1.12-2.fc11.i586 Oct 28 00:29:48 Installed: system-config-display-1.1.3-2.fc11.noarch Oct 28 00:29:48 Installed: livna-config-display-0.0.23-1.fc11.noarch Oct 28 00:29:48 Installed: kmod-psb-4.41.1-10.fc11.2.i586 Oct 28 00:29:51 Installed: kmod-psb-2.6.30.9-90.fc11.i586-4.41.1-10.fc11.2.i586 Oct 28 00:29:58 Installed: xorg-x11-drv-psb-0.31.0-15.fc11.i586 If I boot the original kernel, X boots OK, only the startup complains about not finding "psb.ko". Ok, that makes sense; I only have the 2.6.30 version installed. But if I boot the latest kernel, the boot process hangs at some point after "Starting UDEV..." (no error message is displayed). There are a few lines in the system log but they don't tell me much: Oct 28 01:13:05 pollux kernel: psb 0000:00:02.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 22 (level, low) -> IRQ 22 Oct 28 01:13:05 pollux kernel: [drm] psb - 5.0.1.0046 Oct 28 01:13:05 pollux kernel: [drm:psb_do_init] *ERROR* Debug is 0x00000000 Oct 28 01:13:05 pollux kernel: psb 0000:00:02.0: firmware: requesting msvdx_fw.bin Oct 28 01:13:05 pollux kernel: fbcon: psbfb (fb0) is primary device Oct 28 01:13:05 pollux kernel: [drm] fb0: psbfb frame buffer device Oct 28 01:13:05 pollux kernel: [drm] Initialized psb 4.41.1 20090416 on minor 0 Can anyone give me some pointers on how to determine what is going wrong here? The Xorg log isn't much help. Also, is there a way of forcing the boot process to stick with text-only? Booting at run level 3 doesn't seem to do the trick. Thanks. ----- Colin Brace Amsterdam http://lim.nl -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Intel-GMA-500-problems-on-Eee-tp26087610p26087610.html Sent from the Fedora List mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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Impossible to access boot menu
by Marcel Rieux 02 Nov '09

02 Nov '09

I try to access the boot menu, where you can choose a kernel and, whatever key I press, I can't stop the countdown and access the boot menu. I checked /boot/grub/grub.conf and I have hiddenmenu in it. But the back-up, /boot/grub/grub.conf~ dates back to August and has hiddenmenu in it too. Since I accessed the boot menu since August, I suppose this is not the problem.

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F11: Exchanging messages within the house
by lanas 02 Nov '09

02 Nov '09

Hi all, Is there a package in Fedora 11 that would allow the exchange of messages within the members of a family, w/o having to go to the internet and have these shipped using external email accounts ? I'm thinking of a nice and simple way of leaving messages for others such as notes and such. An extension on this would be to have a wiki I guess. I'm looking for something simple to setup. Is there such a thing ? All computers in our house are using a version of Fedora (mostly 11). Thanks for any suggestions.

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A question about the future of qemu package
by Athmane Madjoudj 01 Nov '09

01 Nov '09

hello all After the release of qemu-0.12 which will drop kqemu support, How we will accelerate qemu on a no virtualization capable CPU ? currently i use fedora 11 with my own build of qemu rpms (with kqemu support) Best regards. -- Athmane Madjoudj

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