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vmware-workstation 5.5.x in Fedora 10 with kernel 2.6.29
by wwp 05 May '09

05 May '09

Hello all, as usually, a kernel upgrade (from 2.6.27 to 2.6.29) has broken vmware workstation's modules, they can't build using vmware-config.pl. The usual way to fix this is to find the appropriate vmware-any-any or patch for the vm*.tar modules, but this time, I only could find such patch for vmware WS 6.5.x, not 5.5.x (5.5.9-126128 here). Is anybody here using vmware workstation 5 with a kernel 2.6.29? If so, is there a patch I couldn't find? Regards, -- wwp

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easycap video adapter
by Adel ESSAFI 05 May '09

05 May '09

Hi list I have an easycap video adapter. When plugged on linux, the system detects it but I am still not able ti use it (with cheese or mogulus). when I di lsusb, I get this entry. [adel@localhost ~]$ lsusb Bus 002 Device 005: ID 05e1:0408 Syntek Semiconductor Co., Ltd Can you help please? Regards Adel -- http://ilovefedora.blogspot.com/ -- PhD candidate in Computer Science Address BP 108, Bureau de poste Tunis republique 1001 Tunis Tunisia tel: +216 97 246 706 fax: +216 71 391 166

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Re: f10dvd installs but won't boot
by Jackson Byers 04 May '09

04 May '09

>>selecting the norhgbquiet stanza >>gives me a long list of boot msgs, lasting longer than seen before >>and it appears to quit >>starting X server >>screen then goes blank >>does this help narrow down what is wrong? >>Jack ------ Craig responded >not really... >Comment the line that says hiddenmenu (add # in front) and you will see >the choices thank you, idid not know that norhgbquiet is not a valid option...simply remove the entire thing (the >words no, rhgb and quiet) I did not use norhgbquiet as an option, just as a phrase in title I removed all of "rhgb quiet" for this stanza > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System >/dev/sda1 * 1 2676 21494938+ 83 Linux >which makes /dev/sda1 way larger than just a /boot volume so I'm sort of >confused what you actually have there. sda1 is the entire f10 / , no separate /boot partition, is that a problem? I trying to not use LVM >If after booting Fedora 5, you do something like this as root... >mkdir /mnt/sda1 >mkdir /mnt/sda3 >mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/sda1 >mount /dev/sda3 /mnt/sda3 >I'd be interested to know what you got as a result of these commands... >ls -l /mnt/sda1 >ls -l /mnt/sda3 sda3 is being used for another ancient rh8 linux for a legacy app and should be playing no role in my problems here booted into fc5 I have sda1 mounted on /f10liv root@bootp ~]# mount /dev/sdb6 on / type ext3 (rw) proc on /proc type proc (rw) sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw) devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620) /dev/sda1 on /f10liv type ext3 (rw) ... [root@bootp ~]# ls -l /f10liv total 116 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 May 3 05:17 bin drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 May 3 05:08 boot drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 May 3 04:58 dev drwxr-xr-x 115 root root 12288 May 4 07:22 etc drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Sep 6 2008 home drwxr-xr-x 17 root root 12288 May 3 05:17 lib drwx------ 2 root root 16384 May 3 04:56 lost+found drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Sep 6 2008 media drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Sep 6 2008 mnt drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Sep 6 2008 opt drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 May 3 04:56 proc drwxr-x--- 5 root root 4096 May 3 08:25 root drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 12288 May 3 05:17 sbin drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 May 3 04:58 selinux drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Sep 6 2008 srv drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 May 3 04:56 sys drwxrwxrwt 5 root root 4096 May 4 07:23 tmp drwxr-xr-x 13 root root 4096 May 3 05:03 usr drwxr-xr-x 20 root root 4096 May 3 05:19 var [root@bootp ~]# >and I'm gathering that you must be using 36 GB SCSI disks because on a >Fedora 5 boot, if these were not scsi disks, they would likely >be /dev/hda|/dev/hdb I explicitly said they are scsi disks in one of my responses and yes they are 36gb Again, does using scsi disks mean i have special requirements? Jack

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Networking questions
by Peter J. Stieber 04 May '09

04 May '09

I recently swapped a MB in a system. The MB is from a different manufacturer that the original. I managed to generate a new initrd-*.img with the proper SATA driver (the 3 drives are all SATA and the SATA chip was different between the MBs) and the machine boots, but I'm having the following problem with the network setup. If I set the host name to localhost.localdomain, the machine boots, but the network HW isn't configured until very "late in the game". I setup the machine to boot into run level 3. After the I get a login prompt I see the following... ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth1: link is not ready ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0_rename: link is not ready tg3: eth0_rename: Link is up at 1000 Mbps, full duplex. tg3: eth0_rename: Flow control is on for TX and on for RX. ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0_rename: link becomes ready The MB has two network connections, and the second (eth1) is not connected. If I give my machine a host name, it hangs in the RPC idmapd portion of the boot process. The network chip is a Broadcom 5721. ASUSTeK Computer NetXtreme BCM5721 Gigabit Ethernet PCI express At some point I activated the Network manager because I was having trouble configuring the eth0 device. Why does the eth0_rename connection get generated? Suggestions? Pete

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wifi-radar
by François Patte 04 May '09

04 May '09

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Bonsoir, I have just installed wifi-radar on my laptop bur it doesn't work because there is no wifi-radar.conf file.... I don't understand!: rpm -ql wifi-radar returns the there is an /etc/wifi-radar/wifi-radar.conf file This is false. In /var/log/messages, wifi-radar complains that there is no /etc/wifi-radar.conf Why this wrong address? man wifi-radar says: "If the conf file does not exist, it will create it..." This is obviously false! (I am running wifi-radar as root, so it can create this file without permission problems). Is this a bug? Or did I forget something? Thanks for attention. PS: running f10 - -- François Patte UFR de mathématiques et informatique Université Paris Descartes 45, rue des Saints Pères F-75270 Paris Cedex 06 Tél. +33 (0)1 4286 2145 http://www.math-info.univ-paris5.fr/~patte -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkn7W2oACgkQdE6C2dhV2JWWxACfVD6vk6NBMIYRkIlhIrgi0G3J WwUAoLrqD3GM8DWSO/5I6dBJmQOvLFdf =NCfT -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Re: f10dvd installs but won't boot
by Jackson Byers 04 May '09

04 May '09

newest info: f10 appears to quit when starting X server, see below I had modified f10 grub.conf to have 3 stanzas 1 f10 orig rhgb quiet 2 f10 norhgbquiet 3 fc5 chainloader But, had to hit esc while booting to see my 3 stanzas ie I dont get presented with this list unless i hit esc so there is more here I dont understand ----from f10 grub.conf #boot=/dev/sda default=0 timeout=0 splashimage=(hd0,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz hiddenmenu title Fedora (2.6.27.5-117.fc10.i686) root (hd0,0) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27.5-117.fc10.i686 ro root=UUID=449a78aa-d4d5-4e 91-bf9c-5833d7218c8f rhgb quiet scsi_mod.scan=sync initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.27.5-117.fc10.i686.img title Fedora (2.6.27.5-117.fc10.i686) norhgbquiet root (hd0,0) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27.5-117.fc10.i686 ro root=UUID=449a78aa-d4d5-4e 91-bf9c-5833d7218c8f scsi_mod.scan=sync initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.27.5-117.fc10.i686.img title fc5copy hd1,5 chainloader root (hd1,5) chainloader +1 ------ end f10 grub.conf this last enables me to boot back into fc5 without using knoppix cd but I can see this list only using esc selecting the norhgbquiet stanza gives me a long list of boot msgs, lasting longer than seen before and it appears to quit starting X server screen then goes blank does this help narrow down what is wrong? Jack

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Re: fedora-list Digest, Vol 63, Issue 16
by Rob Campbell 04 May '09

04 May '09

Hope I do this right. I have tried to install Fedora 10 on my system and get white screen My system, ATI 4870X2 Intel Core i7 6 Gig DDR3 1600 Dual 750 Gig WD Black Drives (1) Blu Ray (2) DVDRW 850 Watt Corsair I have been trying for about a month now to get any Linux with the NON Free ATI Drivers installed. I want to try out the current KDE 4.2 and to get all the goodies you need 3D enabled of course. My question is how to get Fedora installed and once installed will the 3 D drivers install? On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 12:00 PM, <fedora-list-request(a)redhat.com> wrote: > 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: Installation of F 11 (Mike Dwiggins) > 2. Re: Installation of F 11 (Frank Murphy (Frankly3D)) > 3. internal system error (molly) > 4. Re: Selinux disallows read-only loop mount of a file, but > only at boot [SOLVED] (David) > 5. Re: install disk (Michael Shelby) > 6. Re: Software request (Rahul Sundaram) > 7. F10 - pulseaudio not running (Mike Fleetwood) > 8. Where is lsof? (Dave Feustel) > 9. Re: Where is lsof? (Robert P. J. Day) > 10. RE:Where is lsof? (Alan J. Gagne) > 11. RE:Where is lsof? (Robert P. J. Day) > 12. Re: install disk (Kevin J. Cummings) > 13. Re: Where is lsof? (Dave Feustel) > 14. Re: Fedora 11 fail because of Anaconda :( (Bruno Wolff III) > 15. Re: Selinux disallows read-only loop mount of a file, but > only at boot [SOLVED] (Daniel J Walsh) > 16. Re: nVidia vs. ATI graphics card for fedora (Jack Howarth) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 04 May 2009 01:05:55 -0700 > From: Mike Dwiggins <mike(a)azdwiggins.com> > Subject: Re: Installation of F 11 > To: "Community assistance, encouragement, and advice for using > Fedora." <fedora-list(a)redhat.com> > Message-ID: <49FEA1E3.9070808(a)azdwiggins.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Frank Murphy (Frankly3D) wrote: > > On 04/05/09 08:21, Mike Dwiggins wrote: > > > >> Y'all can keep F 11. Let me know when it maybe works! > >> > > > > F11 hasn't been released yet, > > oh right it was F11-Preview > > "Warning, this is pre-release software", > > > > If the warning didn't show, > > you should file a bug > > http://bugzilla.redhat.com > > > > Frank > > > > Been there done that, just wanted to share the expeience! > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > > Version: 8.5.323 / Virus Database: 270.12.16/2094 - Release Date: > 05/03/09 16:51:00 > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 04 May 2009 09:09:56 +0100 > From: "Frank Murphy (Frankly3D)" <frankly3d(a)gmail.com> > Subject: Re: Installation of F 11 > To: "Community assistance, encouragement, and advice for using > Fedora." <fedora-list(a)redhat.com> > Message-ID: <49FEA2D4.5040706(a)gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > On 04/05/09 09:05, Mike Dwiggins wrote: > > >> Been there done that, just wanted to share the expeience! > > > > Good, but the user-list isn't the best place for the preview, > testing list would probably be the better. > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list > > > Frank > > -- > msn: frankly3d skype: frankly3d > Still Learning > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Mon, 4 May 2009 10:52:55 +0200 > From: molly <no-reply-gw(a)fcp.surfsite.org> > Subject: internal system error > To: fedora-list(a)redhat.com > Message-ID: <61ca44df71d2ccdf8a567b70b6da07ca(a)fcp.surfsite.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Lately I've been getting very frequently (let's say every quarter of an > hour) a warning about an internal system error, specifically a Package > Manager error. In detail: > > Error Type: > Error Value: 'NoneType' object is unsubscriptable > File : /usr/share/PackageKit/helpers/yum/yumBackend.py, line 2316, in > main() > File : /usr/share/PackageKit/helpers/yum/yumBackend.py, line 2313, in main > backend.dispatcher(sys.argv[1:]) > File : /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/packagekit/backend.py, line 600, > in dispatcher > self.dispatch_command(args[0], args[1:]) > File : /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/packagekit/backend.py, line 508, > in dispatch_command > self.get_updates(filters) > File : /usr/share/PackageKit/helpers/yum/yumBackend.py, line 1769, in > get_updates > self._check_init() > File : /usr/share/PackageKit/helpers/yum/yumBackend.py, line 1996, in > _check_init > self.yumbase.repos.doSetup() > File : /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/repos.py, line 71, in doSetup > self.ayum.plugins.run('postreposetup') > File : /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/plugins.py, line 178, in run > func(conduitcls(self, self.base, conf, **kwargs)) > File : /usr/lib/yum-plugins/rpm-warm-cache.py, line 32, in > postreposetup_hook > cmd = commands[0] > Does anybody know what I should do to fix it? > > Thanks in advance, > molly > > > -- > This is an email sent via The Fedora Community Portal > https://fcp.surfsite.org > > https://fcp.surfsite.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?post_id=342609&topic_i… > If you think, this is spam, please report this to > webmaster(a)fcp.surfsite.org and/or blame psalviato(a)gmail.com. > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Mon, 4 May 2009 19:19:32 +1000 > From: David <bouncingcats(a)gmail.com> > Subject: Re: Selinux disallows read-only loop mount of a file, but > only at boot [SOLVED] > To: "Community assistance, encouragement, and advice for using > Fedora." <fedora-list(a)redhat.com> > Message-ID: > <974cfff50905040219x3f2dffdct73269970e82bd283(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > [david@kablamm ~]$ cat > /etc/selinux/targeted/contexts/files/file_contexts | grep mount > /etc/rc.d/init.d/autofs -- > system_u:object_r:automount_script_exec_t:s0 > /bin/mount.* -- system_u:object_r:mount_exec_t:s0 > /bin/umount.* -- system_u:object_r:mount_exec_t:s0 > /sbin/mount.* -- system_u:object_r:mount_exec_t:s0 > /sbin/umount.* -- system_u:object_r:mount_exec_t:s0 > /var/run/autofs.* system_u:object_r:automount_var_run_t:s0 > /var/run/pam_mount(/.*)? system_u:object_r:pam_var_run_t:s0 > /usr/bin/smbmnt -- system_u:object_r:smbmount_exec_t:s0 > /bin/fusermount -- system_u:object_r:mount_exec_t:s0 > /usr/bin/smbmount -- system_u:object_r:smbmount_exec_t:s0 > /usr/bin/fusermount -- system_u:object_r:mount_exec_t:s0 > /usr/sbin/automount -- system_u:object_r:automount_exec_t:s0 > /usr/sbin/rpc\.mountd -- system_u:object_r:nfsd_exec_t:s0 > /etc/apm/event\.d/autofs -- > system_u:object_r:automount_exec_t:s0 > > [root@kablamm david]# chcon -t mount_exec_t > /HUGE/get/iso/Fedora-09-i386-DVD/Fedora-09-i386-DVD.iso > > Appears to be [SOLVED] ... off for a fizzy drink :-) > > If I got this wrong, please comment. > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Mon, 4 May 2009 02:31:35 -0700 > From: Michael Shelby <tekaryace(a)gmail.com> > Subject: Re: install disk > To: "Community assistance, encouragement, and advice for using > Fedora." <fedora-list(a)redhat.com> > Message-ID: > <845a99660905040231n20b922brc35ac256f23ae344(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > I got fedora 11 in easy, i am glad you said something about it. I am > playing > around with it now, I needed 64 bit so I could put all my ram to work. It > says it is a preveiw, will I have to reinstall later or can I just upgrade > when the final version comes out. I swear last Q&A and thanks again. > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/attachments/20090504/db1c4887/a… > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Mon, 04 May 2009 16:56:52 +0530 > From: Rahul Sundaram <sundaram(a)fedoraproject.org> > Subject: Re: Software request > To: "Community assistance, encouragement, and advice for using > Fedora." <fedora-list(a)redhat.com> > Cc: Beartooth(a)comcast.net > Message-ID: <49FED0FC.3020101(a)fedoraproject.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > On 04/29/2009 07:39 PM, Beartooth wrote: > > Could some kind soul make an rpm and put it into a repository for > > gnome-format? It's at > > > > http://live.gnome.org/gnome-format -- and there are .debs there, but > > no .rpms. > > Here, you go > > http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=1335062 > > I need to put this up for review but you can pick it up meanwhile. Let > me know if you find any issues. > > Rahul > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Mon, 4 May 2009 13:05:53 +0100 > From: Mike Fleetwood <mike.fleetwood(a)googlemail.com> > Subject: F10 - pulseaudio not running > To: fedora-list(a)redhat.com > Message-ID: > <fc5ef2e00905040505q298a1783sa3d7b2285357b5a(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Hi, > > On my work Fedora 10 desktop (upgraded directly from F8) pulseaudio > doesn't run and I don't know how to fix it. On my home Fedora 10 > desktop (upgraded to F9 then F10) pulseaudio runs OK. As a workaround > I have run "chmod o+rw /dev/snd/*" to allow Audacious audio player as > non-root user access to ALSA kernel audio devices to be able to play > music. Help troubleshooting pulseaudio appreciated. > > Attempting to start pulseaudio manually ... > [mfleetwo@mfleetwo3 ~]$ pulseaudio --start --log-target=syslog > I: caps.c: Limited capabilities successfully to CAP_SYS_NICE. > I: caps.c: Dropping root privileges. > I: caps.c: Limited capabilities successfully to CAP_SYS_NICE. > [WARN 24009] polkit-session.c:144:polkit_session_set_uid(): session != NULL > Not built with -rdynamic so unable to print a backtrace > [mfleetwo@mfleetwo3 ~]$ echo $? > 1 > [mfleetwo@mfleetwo3 ~]$ ps -ef | fgrep pulseaudio > mfleetwo 24102 22684 0 12:40 pts/0 00:00:00 fgrep pulseaudio > > Thanks in advance, > Mike > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 8 > Date: Mon, 4 May 2009 09:49:06 -0400 > From: Dave Feustel <dfeustel(a)mindspring.com> > Subject: Where is lsof? > To: fedora-list(a)redhat.com > Message-ID: <200905041349.n44Dn6cL009470(a)mx1.redhat.com> > > Man lsof produces a man page, but the command itself is not found. > Where is it in F9? > > Thanks. > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 9 > Date: Mon, 4 May 2009 09:51:23 -0400 (EDT) > From: "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday(a)crashcourse.ca> > Subject: Re: Where is lsof? > To: dfeustel(a)mindspring.com, "Community assistance, encouragement, > and > advice for using Fedora." <fedora-list(a)redhat.com> > Message-ID: > <alpine.LFD.2.00.0905040949520.25203(a)localhost.localdomain> > Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII > > On Mon, 4 May 2009, Dave Feustel wrote: > > > Man lsof produces a man page, but the command itself is not found. > > Where is it in F9? > > on my system, it's in /usr/sbin/lsof. i'm guessing you don't have > /usr/sbin as part of your regular search path. a good way to track > down a command is, if the command also happens to come with the > package of the same name, then list the files in the package: > > $ rpm -ql lsof > /usr/sbin/lsof > ... > > rday > -- > > ======================================================================== > Robert P. J. Day Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA > > Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry. > > Web page: http://crashcourse.ca > Linked In: http://www.linkedin.com/in/rpjday > Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday > ======================================================================== > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 10 > Date: Mon, 04 May 2009 09:52:59 -0400 > From: "Alan J. Gagne" <alanjgagne(a)gmail.com> > Subject: RE:Where is lsof? > To: For users of Fedora <fedora-list(a)redhat.com> > Message-ID: <49FEF33B.80003(a)gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > > > > Where is it in F9? > > > > > > > ]# yum info lsof > Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit > Installed Packages > Name : lsof > Arch : i386 > Version : 4.80 > Release : 2.fc10 > Size : 867 k > Repo : installed > Summary : A utility which lists open files on a Linux/UNIX system > URL : ftp://lsof.itap.purdue.edu/pub/tools/unix/lsof > License : zlib > Description: Lsof stands for LiSt Open Files, and it does just that: it > lists > : information about files that are open by the processes > running on a > : UNIX system. > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 11 > Date: Mon, 4 May 2009 09:57:05 -0400 (EDT) > From: "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday(a)crashcourse.ca> > Subject: RE:Where is lsof? > To: "Community assistance, encouragement, and advice for using > Fedora." <fedora-list(a)redhat.com> > Message-ID: > <alpine.LFD.2.00.0905040956060.25255(a)localhost.localdomain> > Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII > > On Mon, 4 May 2009, Alan J. Gagne wrote: > > > ]# yum info lsof > > Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit > > Installed Packages > > Name : lsof > > Arch : i386 > > Version : 4.80 > > Release : 2.fc10 > > Size : 867 k > > Repo : installed > > Summary : A utility which lists open files on a Linux/UNIX system > > URL : ftp://lsof.itap.purdue.edu/pub/tools/unix/lsof > > License : zlib > > Description: Lsof stands for LiSt Open Files, and it does just that: it > lists > > : information about files that are open by the processes > running on > > a > > : UNIX system. > > > > i could also have pointed out that, since the original poster > claimed that the man page existed, then the package was almost > certainly installed and it was nothing more than a search path issue. > > rday > -- > > ======================================================================== > Robert P. J. Day Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA > > Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry. > > Web page: http://crashcourse.ca > Linked In: http://www.linkedin.com/in/rpjday > Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday > ======================================================================== > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 12 > Date: Mon, 04 May 2009 10:04:16 -0400 > From: "Kevin J. Cummings" <cummings(a)kjchome.homeip.net> > Subject: Re: install disk > To: "Community assistance, encouragement, and advice for using > Fedora." <fedora-list(a)redhat.com> > Message-ID: <49FEF5E0.2000309(a)kjchome.homeip.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Michael Shelby wrote: > > I got fedora 11 in easy, i am glad you said something about it. I am > > playing around with it now, I needed 64 bit so I could put all my ram to > > work. It says it is a preveiw, will I have to reinstall later or can I > > just upgrade when the final version comes out. I swear last Q&A and > > thanks again. > > No. If you install the preview, your repos should be pointing to > Rawhide. At some point during the preview, they will change and point > to the new F11 repos. When F11 becomes released, you will no longer be > on rawhide, but on F11. At, least, that's the way I understand it will > work. My F8 machine has started to run pre-upgrade, and is waiting for > its next reboot to join the F11 party (I just have to wait until it is > convenient for me). > > > -- > Kevin J. Cummings > kjchome(a)rcn.com > cummings(a)kjchome.homeip.net > cummings(a)kjc386.framingham.ma.us > Registered Linux User #1232 (http://counter.li.org) > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 13 > Date: Mon, 4 May 2009 10:19:40 -0400 > From: Dave Feustel <dfeustel(a)mindspring.com> > Subject: Re: Where is lsof? > To: "Community assistance, encouragement, and advice for using > Fedora." <fedora-list(a)redhat.com> > Message-ID: <200905041419.n44EJeCP029624(a)mx1.redhat.com> > > Thanks All for the info. I fixed my search path. > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 14 > Date: Mon, 4 May 2009 09:58:20 -0500 > From: Bruno Wolff III <bruno(a)wolff.to> > Subject: Re: Fedora 11 fail because of Anaconda :( > To: Peter Robinson <pbrobinson(a)gmail.com> > Cc: For testers of Fedora Core development releases > <fedora-test-list(a)redhat.com>, fedora-list(a)redhat.com > Message-ID: <20090504145820.GB7834(a)wolff.to> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > On Mon, May 04, 2009 at 15:15:24 +0100, > Peter Robinson <pbrobinson(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I agree the test days have helped but its concerning that I still > > can't do an install with custom partitions with the preview release. > > And there doesn't seem to be a lot of traction on the bug to fix it > > before release. > > Have you tried using a boot.iso image to do a network install? There > were a lot of bugs addressed in anaconda-11.5.0.48-1 (-2 is now available) > since the preview image. > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 15 > Date: Mon, 04 May 2009 11:20:56 -0400 > From: Daniel J Walsh <dwalsh(a)redhat.com> > Subject: Re: Selinux disallows read-only loop mount of a file, but > only at boot [SOLVED] > To: "Community assistance, encouragement, and advice for using > Fedora." <fedora-list(a)redhat.com> > Message-ID: <49FF07D8.7010607(a)redhat.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > On 05/04/2009 05:19 AM, David wrote: > > [david@kablamm ~]$ cat > > /etc/selinux/targeted/contexts/files/file_contexts | grep mount > > /etc/rc.d/init.d/autofs -- > system_u:object_r:automount_script_exec_t:s0 > > /bin/mount.* -- system_u:object_r:mount_exec_t:s0 > > /bin/umount.* -- system_u:object_r:mount_exec_t:s0 > > /sbin/mount.* -- system_u:object_r:mount_exec_t:s0 > > /sbin/umount.* -- system_u:object_r:mount_exec_t:s0 > > /var/run/autofs.* system_u:object_r:automount_var_run_t:s0 > > /var/run/pam_mount(/.*)? system_u:object_r:pam_var_run_t:s0 > > /usr/bin/smbmnt -- system_u:object_r:smbmount_exec_t:s0 > > /bin/fusermount -- system_u:object_r:mount_exec_t:s0 > > /usr/bin/smbmount -- system_u:object_r:smbmount_exec_t:s0 > > /usr/bin/fusermount -- system_u:object_r:mount_exec_t:s0 > > /usr/sbin/automount -- system_u:object_r:automount_exec_t:s0 > > /usr/sbin/rpc\.mountd -- system_u:object_r:nfsd_exec_t:s0 > > /etc/apm/event\.d/autofs -- > system_u:object_r:automount_exec_t:s0 > > > > [root@kablamm david]# chcon -t mount_exec_t > > /HUGE/get/iso/Fedora-09-i386-DVD/Fedora-09-i386-DVD.iso > > > > Appears to be [SOLVED] ... off for a fizzy drink :-) > > > > If I got this wrong, please comment. > > > What OS Are you running? > > What policy version? > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 16 > Date: Mon, 4 May 2009 11:24:02 -0400 > From: Jack Howarth <howarth(a)bromo.med.uc.edu> > Subject: Re: nVidia vs. ATI graphics card for fedora > To: fedora-list(a)redhat.com > Message-ID: <20090504152402.GA6607(a)bromo.med.uc.edu> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Kevin, > Our experience here with x86_64 Fedora 10 linux and > the radeon drivers on a couple machines with Radeon X1650 Pro > cards has been very uneven. One of the boxes is very fragile > to spontaneous reboots when running the free drivers and > using UCSF Chimera to work with MD trajectories. The other > box still has a habit of blanking the screen for minutes > at time despite having the nomodeset flag passed to the > kernel. I am afraid things will only get worse under Fedora 11. > So far, testing on a MacBook Pro with X1600 graphics, I find > that pymol still renders outside of its windows. While I > appreciate the aims of these changes to X11 and the free > drivers, the problem is that Fedora has become destablized. > It is really exposing the limitations of a monolithic kernel > when the graphics drivers keep taking down the entire box. > Jack > ps We run a large amount of OpenGL software (free and > commercial) and have found the non-free drivers to be > more compatible in general. Hopefully this will improve > over time. > > > > ------------------------------ > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list(a)redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > End of fedora-list Digest, Vol 63, Issue 16 > ******************************************* > -- Rob Campbell MCSA, Comp TIA Security+

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Re: f10dvd installs but won't boot
by Jackson Byers 04 May '09

04 May '09

Craig responded: you didn't post the whole grub.conf so it's not possible to compare it to the entry for FC5 Obviously we now know you have 2 hard disks so it probably would be helpful to show output of grub.conf fdisk -l /dev/sda fdisk -l /dev/sdb yes, if you remove 'rhgb quiet' entries from grub, you would see more debugging information on screen but you can do that temporarily at boot time by 'editing' the grub entries at boot time or I think pressing the 'ESC' key while starting up. Craig ------ jbyers: Craig, thanks for response. I think we are miscommunicating on some points. I did post the whole grub.conf, this is from f10 install, not my fc5. I explained I had two disks, most carefully after Frank asked me to more clearly explain: f10 on sda1, fc5 on sdb6. but I went on to say I was now trying to divorce my f10 install from anything to do with fc5, so using knoppixcd I did grub root (hd0,0) setup (hd0) so I am no longer using the fc5 grub.conf to boot f10: from my experience that is more prone to "Error2 Bad file or directory" which i no longer see using f10 grub.conf. If you think it would be useful anyway I will show it here along w fdisk. from fc5 grub.conf stanza for fc5, stanza for f10 title fc5copy (2.6.17-1.2174_FC5) sdb6 root (hd1,5) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.17-1.2174_FC5 ro root=/dev/sdb6 ## initrd-2.6.17-1.2174_FC5.img initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.17-1.2174_FC5.devsdb6.img title Fedora (2.6.27.5-117.fc10.i686) dvd scsi_mod.scan=sync root (hd0,0) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27.5-117.fc10.i686 ro root=UUID=449a78aa-d4d5-4e91- bf9c-5833d7218c8f rhgb quiet scsi_mod.scan=sync initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.27.5-117.fc10.i686.img [root@bootp ~]# fdisk -l /dev/sda Disk /dev/sda: 36.7 GB, 36703934464 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4462 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 * 1 2676 21494938+ 83 Linux /dev/sda2 2677 3163 3911827+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sda3 3164 4462 10434217+ 83 Linux [root@bootp ~]# fdisk -l /dev/sdb Disk /dev/sdb: 36.7 GB, 36703934464 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4462 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 * 1 13 104391 83 Linux /dev/sdb2 14 268 2048287+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sdb3 269 281 104422+ 83 Linux /dev/sdb4 282 4462 33583882+ f W95 Ext'd (LBA) /dev/sdb5 282 1301 8193118+ 83 Linux /dev/sdb6 1302 2321 8193118+ 83 Linux /dev/sdb7 2322 4462 17197551 83 Linux [root@bootp ~]# I will experiment with editing grub entries at boot time, thanks for suggestion. Jack

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Re: f10dvd installs but won't boot
by Jackson Byers 04 May '09

04 May '09

Craig responded: boot the F10 DVD - choose 'Rescue mode' and do not install again <<<<<<<<<<< Accept the default options and it should locate the Fedora 10 installation automatically and leave you at a command prompt Type... chroot /mnt/sysimage grub-install /dev/sda exit exit remove the DVD and it should boot into F10 If not, please post the contents of /boot/grub/grub.conf Craig -------------- jbyers did above, it found the install, but the response was exactly or nearly so as my last attempt: --does not give the /dev/root error instead flashes a full screen of boot msgs which quickly disappear then the screen remains blank, have to hit power. --it is possible still finallly hittting that /dev/root error but screen goes blank so fast I cant tell. So, your procedure seems to do no more than my last one. here is the grub.con # grub.conf generated by anaconda # # Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file # NOTICE: You do not have a /boot partition. This means that # all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /, eg. # root (hd0,0) # kernel /boot/vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/sda1 # initrd /boot/initrd-version.img #boot=/dev/sda default=0 timeout=0 splashimage=(hd0,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz hiddenmenu title Fedora (2.6.27.5-117.fc10.i686) root (hd0,0) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27.5-117.fc10.i686 ro root=UUID=449a78aa-d4d5-4 e91-bf9c-5833d7218c8f rhgb quiet scsi_mod.scan=sync initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.27.5-117.fc10.i686.img this is the grub.conf produced by my install, but previously modified by me to append scsi_mod.scan=sync the rescue chroot did show device.map (hd0) /dev/sda and said to repair it if necessary. I didnt do anything, I could add (hd1) /dev/sdb, but i thot it was not necessary for booting off of sda. One other thing i dont think i have mentioned before: the boot attempt first starts with something like acpi invalid[?] pblk.... doesnt stay on the screen long. I think i have seen this on every attempt. any other ideas? maybe retry taking out rhgb quiet? Jack

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Problem installing with GUI (subject edited for relevance)
by Suvayu Ali 04 May '09

04 May '09

2009/5/4 Rob Campbell <robmcsa(a)gmail.com>: > Hope I do this right. > I have tried to install Fedora 10 on my system and get white screen > My system, > ATI 4870X2 > Intel Core i7 > 6 Gig DDR3 1600 > Dual 750 Gig WD Black Drives > (1) Blu Ray > (2) DVDRW > 850 Watt Corsair > Nice rig. :) > I have been trying for about a month now to get any Linux with the NON Free > ATI Drivers installed. I want to try out the current KDE 4.2 and to get all > the goodies you need 3D enabled of course. > My question is how to get Fedora installed and once installed will the 3 D > drivers install? > You are up for a rocky ride ahead. But once its all done, its pretty rewarding. Your graphics chip is not supported by any of the free drivers that ships with fedora. I have the little brother of that card, HD4870 (single GPU). The way to get things installed is to pass the argument "linux text" (without the quotes) before the DVD boots. This will take you to a text mode install. Don't get scared, its just console graphics, you would need to know any command line tools to proceed. Now once you are done with that, comes the more difficult part of getting the GUI working. If you have a wired connection you are in luck. (hopefully) All you have to do is use rpm / yum to install the rpmfusion-free and rpmfusion-nonfree repositories. Then use yum to install these packages. $rpm -qa \*fglrx\*|sort akmod-fglrx-9.3-1.fc10.x86_64 kmod-fglrx-2.6.27.15-170.2.24.fc10.x86_64-9.2-2.fc10.x86_64 kmod-fglrx-2.6.27.19-170.2.35.fc10.x86_64-9.2-2.fc10.1.x86_64 kmod-fglrx-2.6.27.21-170.2.56.fc10.x86_64-9.3-1.fc10.x86_64 kmod-fglrx-9.3-1.fc10.x86_64 xorg-x11-drv-fglrx-9.3-2.fc10.x86_64 xorg-x11-drv-fglrx-devel-9.3-2.fc10.x86_64 xorg-x11-drv-fglrx-libs-9.3-2.fc10.x86_64 I am expressing my doubt here because F10 uses NetworkManager as default to manage the network and it doesn't work from text mode. I am not at ease with NetworkManager so someone else will have to help here. Now if you use wireless like me, then your work becomes much more difficult. You have to download these rpms (and some others) manually from the rpm fusion repo and the fedora repo, use a USB drive or CD to transfer it and install using $rpm -ivh /path/to/directory/with/the/rpms/* Here is the list of the extra rpms you might need. (might not be exhaustive) $ rpm -qa \*kmod\* |grep -v fglrx|sort akmods-0.3.3-2.fc10.noarch kmodtool-1-15.fc10.noarch $rpm -qa \*display\* |grep -v fglrx|sort livna-config-display-0.0.22-1.fc10.noarch system-config-display-1.1.1-1.fc10.noarch (all except the livna-config-display package are in the fedora repos) Now once you have done all this, you need to change the default runlevel to runlevel 5 if you don't want to boot to runlevel 3 every time you boot. Edit your /etc/inittab to look like this, (Ignore the lines with # 's in them. They are just comments. Read them if you want to learn. Comments are so awesome, teaches you so much :) ) id:5:initdefault: Now reboot and install whatever you want to and enjoy F10. I don't use compiz so can't say much about that. But just for fun I sometimes turn on the cube, and it is usually stable enough and fun. PS: you might want to install the yum plugin called version lock. yum-versionlock-1.1.19-1.fc10.noarch It is very helpful to test a new driver release in a controlled environment before you move to it for good. I would also suggest keeping all the rpms for the stable versions around on your disk, just in case. -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free.

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