Problem with an external usb HD - slow usb
by Luigi Castro Cardeles
Hi list,
I use fedora 12 on a dell inspiron 1545 laptop.
(2.6.31.12-174.2.22.fc12.x86_64).
i have a external usb hd and i can't make it connect like a usb 2.0 device.
this device is ntfs format
I check if the device is using ehci (dmesg after i plug the device)
[root@localhost ~]# dmesg | grep USB
usb 2-2: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 2
I check if this device is connected on a usb 2.0
[root@localhost ~]# lsusb
Bus 008 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 015: ID 0471:2021 Philips
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
I mount the device with this options:
/dev/sdc1 on /media/hd_backup type fuseblk
(rw,nosuid,nodev,allow_other,blksize=4096)
but when i use cp, mv or rsync, the max speed i get is max 6MB/s (a lot
800kB/s).
If i use this device on Windows (tested with Vista and Seven), i get much
high transfer rate.
I read about sync and async options, but if i put sync or async on fstab, it
does not alter the transfer rate.
Is this the normal upload transfer rate? I am doing something wrong?
[]'s
Luigi Castro Cardeles
13 years, 8 months
How can I make local dnsmasq play nicely with NetworkManager?
by Robert Nichols
I am trying to set up dnsmasq as a local resolver cache on my F-12
laptop, and can't find any way to pass the nameservers returned by DHCP
to dnsmasq as upstream nameservers and still have 127.0.0.1 appear as
the primary nameserver in /etc/resolv.conf.
NetworkManager creates a resolv.conf file that contains only the servers
returned by DHCP. That does not allow queries from local processes to
be routed through the local caching resolver.
Without NetworkManager, I would just put a line in dhclient.conf to
prepend "127.0.0.1" to the list of nameservers returned by DHCP.
dnsmasq would then read resolv.conf, nicely ignore that entry, and use
the other nameserver entries as upstream servers. NetworkManager always
invokes dhclient with a custom config file that is created anew for each
invocation, and gives no means to add this customization.
If I configure NetworkManager to put "127.0.0.1" as a nameserver in
resolv.conf, then _only_ that nameserver will appear, and dnsmasq has
no way to discover the upstream servers.
I cannot simply hard code the upstream servers in /etc/dnsmasq.conf
because that would ignore what DHCP returns.
I can put a script in /etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/ to modify
resolv.conf to my liking, but that script does not get invoked for lease
renewals, at which time dhclient would undo my changes.
Getting rid of NetworkManager really isn't a viable option for a laptop
that needs to connect to various WiFi networks.
I find it hard to believe nobody's run into this before, but my searches
on Google have been fruitless. Looking for suggestions before I go
complain on the NetworkManager developers list.
--
Bob Nichols "NOSPAM" is really part of my email address.
Do NOT delete it.
13 years, 9 months
Which software for backing data up to DVDs ?
by linux guy
I need to back up 20 GB of Windows data from a hard drive onto DVDs so
that a Windows user can access it. I can read the Windows hard drive
just fine.
What software might I use to automagically split the data into DVD sized
chunks and write it to a DVD ?
It would be nice if it didn't put half of one dir on one DVD and the
second half on another. I know this will happen with any dir that is
larger than a DVD, but it would be nice if it didn't do that for the
rest.
Thanks
13 years, 9 months
system-config-display issue Fedora13 RC3
by davidapr＠gmail.com
Hey im having problems when i try to execute system-config-display in my
fedora13 RC3
The message im gettin is:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/share/system-config-display/xconf.py", line 378, in <module>
dialog = xConfigDialog.XConfigDialog(hardware_state, xconfig,
videocard.VideoCardInfo())
File "/usr/share/system-config-display/xConfigDialog.py", line 640, in
__init__
if len(self.xconfig.layout[0].adjacencies) > 1:
IndexError: index out-of-bounds
Any ideas why im having this issue?
Thanks
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David A. Paredes R.
13 years, 9 months
DNS services no longer work due to missing files
by Paolo Galtieri
I just updated one of my Fedora 12 system. This particular system is
running a local dns server. When I try to restart named on the system I
get:
Starting named:
Error in named configuration:
/etc/pki/dnssec-keys//named.dnssec.keys:1: open:
/etc/pki/dnssec-keys//production/bg.conf: file not found
rpm -qf /etc/pki/dnssec-keys/named.dnssec.keys
file /etc/pki/dnssec-keys/named.dnssec.keys is not owned by any package
yum provides /etc/pki/dnssec-keys//production/se.conf
Loaded plugins: dellsysidplugin2, fastestmirror, refresh-packagekit
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
* fedora: mirror.stanford.edu
* rpmfusion-free: mirror.liberty.edu
* rpmfusion-free-updates: mirror.liberty.edu
* rpmfusion-nonfree: mirror.liberty.edu
* rpmfusion-nonfree-updates: mirror.liberty.edu
* updates: ftp.usf.edu
No Matches found
So what do I do to restore things to a working configuration?
Paolo
13 years, 9 months
eSATA removable drive
by D. Hugh Redelmeier
I have an eSATA external hard drive case. I want to hotplug / unplug it.
My system is Fedora 11.
I added an external eSATA port on my desktop computer by adding a bracket
(with an internal cable connected to one of the ordinary SATA sockets on
the motherboard.)
The SATA controller is an intel ICH9R. To make hotplug work, I needed
to go the computer's BIOS and change the SATA mode to AHCI (it was
IDE).
I can now hotplug the drive.
I cannot unplug the drive. If I tell the system to eject the drive,
it complains:
# eject /dev/sdi
eject: device "/dev/sdi" doesn't have a removable or hotpluggable flag
# cat /sys/block/sdi/removable
0
(I don't know where or what a hotpluggable flag is.)
I guess that makes sense: the system doesn't know that I added an
eSATA bracket.
What are the reasonable ways to tell the system that that SATA port is
an eSATA port and should allow for hotplugging/unplugging?
My guess is some kind of HAL rule but I'm not an initiate. Maybe
something in here would work:
<http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/How_to_hotswap_UltraBay_devices>
Surely lots of people have already encountered this issue. If so,
there ought to be a non-wizard way to handle it.
13 years, 9 months
hp-setup and samba printin g to a Windows 7 machine
by Aaron Konstam
I am trying to setup F13 machine to print to a Windows 7 machine using
samba.
I use system-cups-printer and setup the HP Laserjet 1020 printer using
the samba command:
smb://<username>:<passwd>@WORKGROUP/<machinename>/<printername>
F13 has hp 1020 as a device choice. The printed file appears in the
Windows 7 printer queue but no printing occurs. Instead I get the
following error:
Printer 'HPLaserJ' : printer requires a binary plugin. run 'hp-setup'
I am mystified what to do. There is no man page for hp-setup and I can't
find any options to use to deal with this error.
Can anyone make a suggestion?
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Fortune finishes the great quotations, #9 A word to the wise is often
enough to start an argument.
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Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam(a)sbcglobal.net
13 years, 9 months
dual head intel graphics card problems (laptop + docking station)
by Natxo Asenjo
hi again,
since I upgraded to f13 getting to start my laptop at work in a
docking station is really painful.
Setup: dell latitude e6500 with fedora amd64. At work, docking station
with 2 20´' monitors. With Fedora 12, this worked flawlessly. Plug
laptop in dockinstation, turn on with lid down, set it up once, work
since then with the 2 external monitors when I am at the office, just
the laptop monitor when not there.
Now it takes me between 10 minutes to half an hour to get my dual head
working every morning. It's getting on my nerves, to be honest ;)
What happens is either:
1) I plug laptop on docking station, turn it on and when the gdm
screen should appear I just see 1/4 of left screen, the rest is not
available (black). I can go to a VT, go to runlevel 3, back to 5 and
see if it works. Rinse and repeat until it does;
2) turn it on outside the docking station, login, plug it in the
dockin station, pray that it detects the monitors. If it does not,
then it effectively hangs, I cannot change to a VT, I have to power
cycle it. Rinse and repeat until it works.
My question is: until fedora 13, the standard behaviour was not to
mirror the monitors. How can I have this behaviour now? What extra
info can I supply you with?
lspci -v:
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series
Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07) (prog-if 00 [VGA
controller])
Subsystem: Dell Device 024f
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 31
Memory at f6c00000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4M]
Memory at e0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
I/O ports at ef98 [size=8]
Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: i915
Kernel modules: i915
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset
Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07)
Subsystem: Dell Device 024f
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Memory at f6b00000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1M]
Capabilities: <access denied>
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Groeten,
J.Asenjo
13 years, 9 months
F13: Delay in screen refresh
by Marco Guazzone
Hi,
I've noticed that there is a some kind of "delay" in the screen refresh.
For instance, under VIM when I move the cursor (that is a black
rectangle) under a character, it takes between 1 and 4 secs before
the character appears inside the cursor.
I've experienced the same issue under OpenOffice and FireFox.
This is really annoying. :(
Under F12 no problem
Does any other experienced this behaviour?
My system is:
* OS: F13 x86_64 - up-to-dated
* WM: OpenBox
* CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo
* GPU: Intel GM965/GL960
* RAM: 2GB
Thank you so much!
-- Marco
13 years, 9 months
