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InsydeH2O dual boot vista
by sean darcy 22 Feb '09

22 Feb '09

I've just got an HP g50 laptop with Vista and a Vista recovery partition. The g50 uses INsydeh2o as a sort of open firmware that interfaces with the bios. I'd like to shrink the existing ntfs partition and dual boot fedora. But what about the insydeh2o? Is this part of system rom, so I just install grub as usual? Has anybody set up a dual boot with insydeh2o? sean

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Re:fedora-list Digest, Vol 60, Issue 171
by lhk05016278 22 Feb '09

22 Feb '09

sales(a)majorbio.cn 在2009-02-22，fedora-list-request(a)redhat.com 写道： Send fedora-list mailing list submissions to fedora-list(a)redhat.com To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to fedora-list-request(a)redhat.com You can reach the person managing the list at fedora-list-owner(a)redhat.com When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of fedora-list digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: Swap space (James Wilkinson) 2. Re: DVD : read but can't burn (Patrick O'Callaghan) 3. Re: Swap space (Patrick O'Callaghan) 4. Re: Domino on Fedora (James Wilkinson) 5. Re: DVD : read but can't burn (Tom Horsley) 6. Re: Linux users want better desktop performance (Screw data. Prioritize code) (Tom Horsley) 7. Extending Expiration Date of an Already-Expired GPG Key (Robert L Cochran) 8. InsydeH2O dual boot vista (sean darcy) 9. Re: qemu-kvm: qns regarding network and usb keyboard setup (suvayu ali) 10. Re: Fedora 8 upgrade to 9 missing dependency problem (Mikkel L. Ellertson) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2009 15:04:56 +0000 From: James Wilkinson <fedora(a)aprilcottage.co.uk> Subject: Re: Swap space To: fedora-list(a)redhat.com Message-ID: <20090221150456.GE2976(a)aprilcottage.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Frank Murphy wrote: > Use a usb-stick, formatted as swap. > It will be made use of on boot up. > I have four machines using them (up to 4gb sticks) > ymmv Note that questions have been asked about how long flash will last if used for swap. (But the worst thing that can happen is that the machine crashes and the flash becomes unusable). Hope this helps, James. -- E-mail: james@ | 'Short for "Sic Transit Gloria Humanorum", which is Latin aprilcottage.co.uk | for "There goes the neighbourhood!"' | -- Menno Willemse ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2009 10:34:17 -0430 From: "Patrick O'Callaghan" <pocallaghan(a)gmail.com> Subject: Re: DVD : read but can't burn To: fedora-list(a)redhat.com Message-ID: <1235228657.28001.46.camel(a)bree.homelinux.com> Content-Type: text/plain On Sat, 2009-02-21 at 14:39 +0000, Croombe F. Pensom wrote: > I have an LG CD/DVD reader/burner that, previous to this, has always > worked. Now, suddenly, I can do everything EXCEPT burn a DVD. > Any ideas where to look? No, since you don't say what system you're using, or what desktop, or what burning software, or even the model of your LG unit, any of which might be relevant. Neither do you say what actually happens when you try to burn a DVD. An error message? A failed burn? Nothing? Does it matter if it's DVD-RW, DVD+RW, DVD+R, DVD-R? I also have an LG (GSA-4163B), use KDE 4.2 under Fedora 10 and burn using both k3b and growisofs. Everything works. poc ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2009 10:37:56 -0430 From: "Patrick O'Callaghan" <pocallaghan(a)gmail.com> Subject: Re: Swap space To: fedora-list(a)redhat.com Message-ID: <1235228876.28001.49.camel(a)bree.homelinux.com> Content-Type: text/plain On Sat, 2009-02-21 at 15:04 +0000, James Wilkinson wrote: > Frank Murphy wrote: > > Use a usb-stick, formatted as swap. > > It will be made use of on boot up. > > I have four machines using them (up to 4gb sticks) > > ymmv > > Note that questions have been asked about how long flash will last if > used for swap. (But the worst thing that can happen is that the machine > crashes and the flash becomes unusable). Has anyone actually compared the speed of pendrives versus hard disks when used for swap? poc ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2009 15:25:23 +0000 From: James Wilkinson <fedora(a)aprilcottage.co.uk> Subject: Re: Domino on Fedora To: fedora-list(a)redhat.com Message-ID: <20090221152522.GF2976(a)aprilcottage.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Nifty Fedora Mitch wrote: > Nothing has to listen on 25. I snarked: > It might help if Domino didâ€¦ By which I meant â€œif the system is to act as a Domino MTAâ€, not for the purposes of delivering Linux system email. Sorry if that wasnâ€™t clear. James. -- E-mail: james@ | [Training spam filters] is somewhat like house-training a aprilcottage.co.uk | puppy: it's a painful process, involving contact with | unpleasant materials, and with a messy failure mode. | And, somewhere in the process, something you care about | is likely to get chewed up. -- Jonathan Corbet, lwn.net ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2009 10:39:19 -0500 From: Tom Horsley <tom.horsley(a)att.net> Subject: Re: DVD : read but can't burn To: fedora-list(a)redhat.com Message-ID: <20090221103919.3ae4a66e@zooty> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII On Sat, 21 Feb 2009 14:39:25 +0000 Croombe F. Pensom wrote: > Now, suddenly, I can do everything EXCEPT burn a DVD. What does that mean exactly? If it claims to burn it, but then fails to verify, there is a known problem with K3B never being able to verify correctly even though the burn worked. I've been doing verifies by comparing checksums of the files burned versus the files from the DVD and so far the actual burns have worked fine. ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2009 10:42:03 -0500 From: Tom Horsley <tom.horsley(a)att.net> Subject: Re: Linux users want better desktop performance (Screw data. Prioritize code) To: fedora-list(a)redhat.com Message-ID: <20090221104203.6cf40683@zooty> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII On Sat, 21 Feb 2009 14:53:29 +0000 James Wilkinson wrote: > In other words, prelinking does address space randomization on a > per-system basis. No doubt, but the address space randomization in the kernel happens every time any program is run and loads the shared libs at different random addresses without regard to any base address the prelinker may have assigned. ------------------------------ Message: 7 Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2009 11:04:21 -0500 From: Robert L Cochran <cochranb(a)speakeasy.net> Subject: Extending Expiration Date of an Already-Expired GPG Key To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list(a)redhat.com> Message-ID: <49A02605.9060607(a)speakeasy.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 My gpg key expired last month and I didn't notice it till today. I used gpg --edit-key to extend the expiration date by a year, then I sent it to one of the key servers, subkeys.pgp.net. Is this an acceptable practice? Google searches yielded a few comments suggesting that an expired key could be revoked and a new key generated. I'm unsure what accepted practice is. Thanks Bob Cochran Greenbelt, Maryland, USA ------------------------------ Message: 8 Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2009 11:10:32 -0500 From: sean darcy <seandarcy2(a)gmail.com> Subject: InsydeH2O dual boot vista To: fedora-list(a)redhat.com Message-ID: <gnp91p$bhk$1(a)ger.gmane.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed I've just got an HP g50 laptop with Vista and a Vista recovery partition. The g50 uses INsydeh2o as a sort of open firmware that interfaces with the bios. I'd like to shrink the existing ntfs partition and dual boot fedora. But what about the insydeh2o? Is this part of system rom, so I just install grub as usual? Has anybody set up a dual boot with insydeh2o? sean ------------------------------ Message: 9 Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2009 08:18:38 -0800 From: suvayu ali <fatkasuvayu+linux(a)gmail.com> Subject: Re: qemu-kvm: qns regarding network and usb keyboard setup To: "Community assistance, encouragement, and advice for using Fedora." <fedora-list(a)redhat.com> Message-ID: <fe3123490902210818p6e5f1a69mbf5eec8415f266a9(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 2009/2/21 Patrick O'Callaghan <pocallaghan(a)gmail.com>: > On Sat, 2009-02-21 at 07:21 +0100, Kevin Kofler wrote: >> suvayu ali wrote: >> > However my arrow keys still don't work as it usually does on regular >> > consoles. I tried using it in the QEMU monitor, and it worked there. >> > So I tried this, "sendkey up" this _did_ send the up arrow signal to >> > the terminal I had opened in the GUI. So do I have to do this every >> > time? Are there other ways to set it up to make it work the way I want >> > to? >> >> Your keyboard is not set up correctly for the new "evdev" driver. What >> desktop environment are you using? If it's KDE, go to System Settings, >> Keyboard & Mouse and make sure the keyboard type is set to "Evdev-managed >> keyboard". > > Although my kb seems to be working fine, I had a look and I don't see > anything allowing me to set the kb type. There's stuff about kb repeat, > numlock, click volume etc. and that's it. Should I be worried? This is > KDE 4.2. > On Gnome the keyboard type is chosen in System>>Preferences>>Hardware>>Keyboard under the tab Layout (along with the stuff you mention). So maybe you can look for something similar? In a thread recently someone mentioned KDE had some setting under Language Settings, whereas intuitively it should be under Keyboard settings. So maybe you can look for it there? Just a wild guess ... -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free. ------------------------------ Message: 10 Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2009 10:47:36 -0600 From: "Mikkel L. Ellertson" <mikkel(a)infinity-ltd.com> Subject: Re: Fedora 8 upgrade to 9 missing dependency problem To: "Community assistance, encouragement, and advice for using Fedora." <fedora-list(a)redhat.com> Message-ID: <49A03028.2070008(a)infinity-ltd.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Langdon Stevenson wrote: > I decided it was time to bite the bullet and upgrade my workstation to > Fedora 9 from 8. I followed these instructions to upgrade using Yum: > > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/YumUpgradeFaq > > However when I ran the command: > > yum upgrade > > I got a very long slew of "Missing Dependency" errors (see below). There > are so many that I can't just uninstall all of the applications (might > as well just do a clean install). > > Can anyone suggest how I can troubleshoot this and resolve the issue? I > have found a few people had similar issues, but saw no solution suggested. > > Langdon > You may want to install and run preupgrade. Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup! -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 197 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature Url : https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/attachments/20090221/5abb70cd/s… ------------------------------ -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list(a)redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list End of fedora-list Digest, Vol 60, Issue 171 ********************************************

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MCE Remote Control
by John Wendel 22 Feb '09

22 Feb '09

I got a cheap MCE remote control (usb interface), and thought I'd give it a try. After reading the lirc documentation, my brain exploded, so I thought I'd just plug the sucker in and see what happened. Well, what happened is that the keyboard stopped working along with the mouse buttons. So, I stopped X and plugged the receiver in. Now I could see that some devices got created in /dev/input, namely "event4", "event5", and "mouse1". Doing lsusb showed me that two new usb devices existed, a HID keyboard, and a HID mouse. So, can someone give me a clue as to how to proceed in getting this thing to be useful? Thanks, John

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GreaseMonkey,in Firefox, Setup New User ??
by Jim 22 Feb '09

22 Feb '09

Setting up New User Script in Greasemonky, the line below I guess is about where is the script, the script I'm using is in /home/user/WVC210 , what would I enter for @namespace ? @namespace A scope within which @name should be unique. 0-1 The domain of the script's file.

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font problem in Fedora 10/Thunderbird
by Robert Singleton 22 Feb '09

22 Feb '09

I just installed Fedora 10 (from FC7) on a Toshiba laptop. When reading email in Thunderbird, the fonts now look rather weak and frail and are rather hard to read. When composing email the fonts are just fine. This is probably pretty simple to fix, but I've looked on FAQ's high and low and can't find the problem. Also, I have tried changing settings in Edit>Preferences>Display, and this too does not work. If this post is off topic (i.e. a thunderbird post) then my apologies. Thanks in advance for any help you can provide. Robert Singleton

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DVD : read but can't burn
by Croombe F. Pensom 22 Feb '09

22 Feb '09

I have an LG CD/DVD reader/burner that, previous to this, has always worked. Now, suddenly, I can do everything EXCEPT burn a DVD. Any ideas where to look? CroombeFP -- This e-mail produced entirely under Linux. Absolutely NO M$ products have been used.

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How to add drive lvm -
by Bob Goodwin 21 Feb '09

21 Feb '09

In an F-10 computer I have a second drive that I would like to designate lvm VolGroup01 but have not had much success at finding how to proceed. Need some guidance ... How to do it, where to look? Thanks. Bob

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Sound stops working after rhythmbox tried to play sound
by Felix Schwarz 21 Feb '09

21 Feb '09

Hi, I'm on Fedora 10 (x86_64). For some days I experience some sound problems: Rhythmbox does not plays music anymore. Furthermore all other sounds are not played as well after that. Step by step: 1. start rhythmbox 2. select a song (ogg) and click play => Title bar shows the song's title => pulseaudio volumne control shows it too (only the title, no sound data shown) However: - No sound - no progress in rhythmbox (progress bar stays at the beginning) - play button in rhythmbox does not change its symbol to pause - besides that, rhythmbox is still responsive, I can switch to other songs but still no sound. 3. After that no app (e.g. totem) can play sound (they don't hang, just no sound). If I reboot, I can play sounds using other applications like totem. If I kill pulseaudio (pulseaudio -k), it will respawn another instance but that one only finds the NullOutput so no sound as well. lspci/sound card: 00:10.1 Audio device: nVidia Corporation MCP51 High Definition Audio (rev a2) In the syslog I can see: pulseaudio[5082]: module-alsa-sink.c: Error opening PCM device front:0: device or resource busy. Installed packages that might be related: alsa-plugins-pulseaudio-1.0.18-2.fc10.x86_64 pulseaudio-0.9.14-1.fc10.x86_64 pulseaudio-core-libs-0.9.14-1.fc10.x86_64 pulseaudio-esound-compat-0.9.14-1.fc10.x86_64 pulseaudio-libs-0.9.14-1.fc10.i386 pulseaudio-libs-0.9.14-1.fc10.x86_64 pulseaudio-libs-glib2-0.9.14-1.fc10.x86_64 pulseaudio-module-gconf-0.9.14-1.fc10.x86_64 pulseaudio-module-x11-0.9.14-1.fc10.x86_64 pulseaudio-utils-0.9.14-1.fc10.x86_64 rhythmbox-0.11.6-19.r6096.fc10.x86_64 wine-pulseaudio-1.1.14-1.fc10.i386 Any suggestions what I can do (besides not using rhythmbox or removing pulseaudio)? fs

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set dial up connection wll phone in fedora 8
by rajpal songara 21 Feb '09

21 Feb '09

I want to set up the dial up connection in my fedora machine i set all the basic steps for it it also detect the modem & start the dialing in phone but i can't browse the internet plzzzzzzzzzzzz

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Re: kubuntu vs fedora initrd init files,
by Jackson Byers 21 Feb '09

21 Feb '09

Mikkel responded: I have done it both ways - as a fresh install, and by taking a hard drive with an installed OS, and putting it in an external USB case, and the drive has always ended up as /dev/sda. This is much less of a problem if you are using LVM and/of partition labels then if you are mounting partitions directly. (As long as your LVM names do not collide! ie more then one VolGroup00.) By far, the easiest is to do a fresh, expert install to a USB drive - it will even do the proper Grub install so that you can boot off the USB drive directly on any system that supports booting from a USB drive. You can do this when moving an install to an external case, but it is much easier doing it at install time. Mikkel ----------- Mikkel, I am sure you know the best way, but consider: re LVM: I know nothing; re partition labels: I have some but limited experience; re fresh installs: very limited --my main fc5 was put on for me by a vendor in aug 06 --i did that kubuntu install (from a dvd? cant recall) late06,early 07 -- and some other knoppix-based things re fresh, expert install to usb/or scsi: I have no experience I got into this bc Iwas trying to prepare for installing f9,f10 on my scsi sda,sdb, and so backed up fc5 to my usb to make space on scsi. My usb is one large reiserfs partition ( set up by my vendor in 2006) (I am uncertain as to what tool to use to shrink that usb reiserfs partition without losing my backupdata, or even if that is possible. I would like more than one partition if I am going to get into doing installs to the usb) Then, it was only bc I was frustrated it seemed completely to boot off my fc5copy on usb ( could not find /dev/root...) that i tried the kubuntu 2.6.26-386 kernel,initrd and that worked! so then I got your advice re usb-storage etc,etc and i finally got it also working using the fc5 kernel,initrd. So, all my recent experience is with doing the copy not a fresh install so I will try that with a usb copy of the kubuntu install. If that succeeds, whatever the result sda or sdc, then i will look into doing fresh, expert install to usb of f9 or f10 thanks much for your detailed responses Jack

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