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Blackberry and Virtualization
by Jerry Feldman 02 May '09

02 May '09

I would like to be able to sync my blackberry Curve through virtualization. Both Virtualbox and KVM/QEMU handle USB, and both recognize my blackberry device as a storage device. But, I have not been able to get either to use the blackberry desktop to sync. With KVM/QEMU, one needs to initiate from the command line to recognize the USB device, but otherwise the guest OS does recognize the device. I do use Barry to back up my blackberry on F10. -- Jerry Feldman <gaf(a)blu.org> Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846

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Re: Virtualization for Beginner
by Andre Robatino 02 May '09

02 May '09

> I upgraded from 2.1 to 2.2 with zero problems. Settings are migrated to the new version. I know that upgrading works fine (usually), since I've upgraded through several versions to the latest closed-source version 2.2.2. My question was concerning DOWNgrading to the lower-numbered open-source version 2.1.4. Of course, one way to handle it would be to freeze at a given closed-source version, and wait a few weeks/months for the open-source version to catch up, then switch.

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Re: Virtualization for Beginner
by Andre Robatino 02 May '09

02 May '09

> VirtualBox-OSE (the Open-Source-Edition) is in RPM Fusion Free Updates > Testing for F10 since yesterday(¹). It'll get moved to the > proper updates directory sooner or later. > CU > knurd > (¹) Note that the RPM Fusion updates-testing repos depend on > the updates-testing repo from Fedora. IOW: the kmods are build against > the 2.6.29 kernel in Fedora's updates-testing repo. The version currently in RPM Fusion's updates-testing is 2.1.4, while the latest closed-source version is 2.2.2. Is it necessary to do anything to convert the contents of one's ~/.VirtualBox directory to work with the lower-numbered version? (As I recall, the update to 2.2.0 required a file format conversion.) Or can one just remove the closed-source package, install the open-source one, and have everything just work? Also, for people who need the closed-source features such as guest access to USB devices, is it possible for the closed-source version to be in the nonfree repo?

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f10 failed to update perl for missing dependency
by Vincent 02 May '09

02 May '09

Hello all, I am running fedora 10 in HP laptop zv6000, the last couple update were incomplete because the dependency problem, the following is the message that did show when try to update. The message "Dependency resolution failed a package could not be found that allows the task to complete". The details are: perl = 4:5.10.0-56.fc10 is needed by package 3:perl-version-0.74-56.fc10.i386 perl = 4:5.10.0-56.fc10 is needed by package 4:perl-libs-5.10.0-56.fc10.i386 perl = 4:5.10.0-56.fc10 is needed by package 1:perl-Module-Pluggable-3.60-56.fc10.i386 : Success - empty transaction do you have any suggestion on how I can fix it? thank you in advance. Vinny

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How is modules.aliases.bin created?
by Peter J. Stieber 02 May '09

02 May '09

I replaced a MB with a different manufacturers version. I would like to use the HDs from the old MB in the new. I'm trying to modify the contents of initrd-xxxxx.img from the boot directory to change the sata module that is loaded. I can' figure out how modules.*.bin is generated from modules.* Can anyone help me out? Pete

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hibernate/suspend problems
by François Patte 01 May '09

01 May '09

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Bonsoir, I installed f10 on my laptop. hibernate works quite badly: very long time to hibernate, very long time to resume (if it resumes). suspend does not work at all: suspend, yes, then no possibility to resume.... Should I install tuxonice stuff? (If it works!) My laptop: Toshiba Qosmio F20 Thanks for helping. - -- 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 iEYEARECAAYFAkn7XRwACgkQdE6C2dhV2JUsCQCgkgIyMbzfV3j53yxfGxM2M1x+ N58An1CaKYYZd6tBrN2VR7/CvQzsZeZw =ySiV -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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yum problem
by Gerhard Magnus 01 May '09

01 May '09

This error message repeats for what looks like every mirror: [222] /home/magnusg $ yum install xmms Loaded plugins: protectbase, refresh-packagekit 84 packages excluded due to repository protections Setting up Install Process Parsing package install arguments Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package xmms.i386 1:1.2.11-3.20071117cvs.fc10 set to be updated updates/filelists | 5.3 MB 00:36 http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora/updates/10/i386/repodata/filelists.xml.gz: [Errno -1] Metadata file does not match checksum Trying other mirror. Des this reflect a problem with my yum files and, if so, how can I correct it? Thanks for the help! --Jerry

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where is Amarok Handbook in Fedora 10?
by D. Hugh Redelmeier 01 May '09

01 May '09

[I'm trying to figure out how to support "portable media players" with Fedora 10. Lots of roadblocks.] In Amarok, I press F1, or go to the Help drop-down menu and press "Amarok Handbook" and get an error popup: The file or folder help:/amarok/index.html does not exist. When I dismiss the messge, I have a KDE Help Center. I can browse it: Table of Contents: Application Manuals: Sound & Video: Amarok and get the same error popup. How come I don't have the Amarok Handbook? Yum says that there are no interesting amarok packages that I've yet to install.

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Fedora-11 Preview install problems
by Wolfgang S. Rupprecht 01 May '09

01 May '09

I downloaded the Fedora-11 Preview (/x86_64) and tried to install it on two different athlon-64's(*) but the installer would hang. Sometimes it hung without printing anything, other times it would hand just after printing the "ISOLUNIX" line and then come up with what looked like a bios disk error. The dvd iso file's sha256 checks out ok, so the file transferred correctly. I didn't take the dvd's sha256, but I did burn a second copy and it acted the same way. Are other folks having better luck? Just for added fun, there is no obvious place to report this on bugzilla. * Compaq v5000 laptop, Tyan s2865.desktop -wolfgang -- Wolfgang S. Rupprecht http://www.full-steam.org/ (ipv6-only) You may need to config 6to4 to see the above pages.

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Easter Eggs in Fedora
by Rahul Sundaram 01 May '09

01 May '09

Hi, Here is a fun project for you folks. Locate the Easter eggs in Fedora https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Easter_Eggs Rahul

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