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Problems with grub/fedora/windowsxp
by Bill Case 07 Jan '11

07 Jan '11

Hi; I don't seem to be able to chainload to WindowsXP anymore. My grub.conf in /boot/grub/ includes: ... title WindowsXP SP3 rootnoverify (hd0,0) chainloader +1 makeactive ]# fdisk -l Disk /dev/sda: 41.0 GB, 40981069312 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4982 cylinders, total 80041151 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0xa6a9a6a9 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 * 63 63649529 31824733+ c W95 FAT32 (LBA) /dev/sda2 63649530 80035829 8193150 f W95 Ext'd (LBA) /dev/sda5 63649593 80035829 8193118+ 83 Linux Disk /dev/sdb: 500.1 GB, 500106780160 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders, total 976771055 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x00066c56 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 2048 1026047 512000 83 Linux /dev/sdb2 21506048 25602047 2048000 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sdb3 1026048 21506047 10240000 83 Linux /dev/sdb4 25602048 976769023 475583488 5 Extended /dev/sdb5 25604096 935809023 455102464 83 Linux /dev/sdb6 935811072 976769023 20478976 b W95 FAT32 Partition table entries are not in disk order First question: Just to double check. Is the chainloader for WindowsXP written correctly? I have been know to repeatedly over look a stupidity. Second Question: What does "Partition table entries are not in disk order" mean? I googled and got articles on the new 4096 disk sector format. Never had a problem with that before. Second question: grub> find /boot/grub/stage1 find /boot/grub/stage1 Error 15: File not found but, grub> find /grub/stage1 find /grub/stage1 (hd1,0) (hd2,0) Yet, the /boot partition exists, and contains my /grub/grub.conf file. Any changes I make in this file show up in the grub menu at boot up. Has grub been changed to ignore the /boot? Why is find telling me I have two disks with stage1. I have only one (hd1,0), Could it by finding a stage1 file on my (hd0,4) - my linux backup partition? How? It hasn't been added to fstab yet. Then, grub> root (hd1,0) root (hd1,0) Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83 grub> setup (hd0) setup (hd0) Checking if "/boot/grub/stage1" exists... no Checking if "/grub/stage1" exists... yes Checking if "/grub/stage2" exists... yes Checking if "/grub/e2fs_stage1_5" exists... yes Running "embed /grub/e2fs_stage1_5 (hd0)"... 26 sectors are embedded. succeeded Running "install /grub/stage1 d (hd0) (hd0)1+26 p (hd1,0)/grub/stage2 /grub/grub.conf"... succeeded Done. However, as a double check I ran grub-install # grub-install hd1 Installation finished. No error reported. This is the contents of the device map /boot/grub/device.map. Check if this is correct or not. If any of the lines is incorrect, fix it and re-run the script `grub-install'. # this device map was generated by anaconda (hd0) /dev/sda (hd1) /dev/sdb Now here is where it gets really confusing: When grub.conf in /boot/grub/ includes: title Fedora (2.6.35.10-74.fc14.x86_64) root (hd1,0) kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.35.10-74.fc14.x86_64 ro root=UUID=20... etc. Fedora won't boot. But when I change it to the following (hd2,0): title Fedora (2.6.35.10-74.fc14.x86_64) root (hd2,0) kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.35.10-74.fc14.x86_64 ro root=UUID=20 Fedora boots. Finally, as a test to see if WindowsXP will boot on its own, without the use of grub, using my WindowsXP Recovery Console, tried to restore the MBR. WindowsXP would no longer boot. Two outstanding other pieces of information. I thought sda (hd0) was failing and removed the cables to save it. Reattaching the cables seemed to fix everything. I can mount sda. No more spin up problems are being recorded by 'Smart'. I re-installed Fedora 14 but his should not have mucked up the windows (sda) installation order as can some times happen. That's it. Any suggestions on what I should try next? -- Regards Bill Fedora 14, Gnome 2.32 Evo.2.32, Emacs 23.2.1

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i386 or x86_64 tree?
by Robert Moskowitz 06 Jan '11

06 Jan '11

How do I tell which update tree for Fedora 14 a system uses? I have maintained a repo tree for i386 locally for some time. I have always had 'older' equipment. Well I just picked up an HP dc5000 and I noticed after the install, that the upload profile stated it was an 686 platform (Intel P4 3.2Ghz). I see i686 rpms on the system and there are i686 rpms in both the i386 and x86_64 update trees. So I need to know if I now need to pull down the x86_64 tree and point this new box to it instead of the i386 updates.... I believe this would be the $basearch value I see in the yum .repo files...

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CHROOT for SSH
by Luc MAIGNAN 06 Jan '11

06 Jan '11

Hi, I gave an SSH access to my server to somebody. But I want (and only for him) "chroot" him to its home. What is the easiest way to do this ? BR

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How to get window focus to travwel with mouse under compiz
by Aaron Konstam 06 Jan '11

06 Jan '11

In F14 is you want to get your window focus to follow your mouse while using compiz this seems to work. Run Configuration editor. Then go to /app/mwetacity/general/focus_mode and change the value from click to mouse. Seems to make no sense bit it seems to do the job. -- ======================================================================= As of next Tuesday, C will be flushed in favor of COBOL. Please update your programs. ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam(a)sbcglobal.net

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terminal bell pc speaker
by Mike Zingale 05 Jan '11

05 Jan '11

Hi, I just installed Fedora 14 on my machine. There is no beep through the pc speaker from terminal events. This worked previously in Fedora 10 on this machine. I tried loading the pcspkr module, but that did not fix the problem. Any ideas on how to get the terminal bell/pc speaker working? Thanks

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how to install samba
by yatheesh y 05 Jan '11

05 Jan '11

I dont have samba swap file how to install

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Where to set ENV vars for use at boot time
by Donald Russell 05 Jan '11

05 Jan '11

I'd like to set the FSCK_FORCE_ALL_PARALLEL environment variable so fsck uses it when it runs when the system is coming up. (i.e. after a shutdown -F ) I don't know where to set these sorts of environment variables... /etc/profile.d/* seems to be too late. I tried /etc/sysconfig/init but I don't think that had the desired effect, or my value of 1 was not meaningful to fsck.... the man pages say only that the environment variable affects fsck, it doesn't say that variable needs a specific value. Where are env variables set if you want them to affect processes that bring the system up, such as these FSCK_* variables? Thanks

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Processing.org package
by Konstantin Svist 05 Jan '11

05 Jan '11

For some reason I couldn't find a package for Processing in Fedora repos (and in RPMFusion).. How come it's not there? The only RPMs I see (via rpm.pbone.net) are an older version for OpenSuSE and just one current version for PCLinuxOS

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multimedia player with proxy?
by Adel ESSAFI 05 Jan '11

05 Jan '11

Hello, I want to ask if you have eny experience with a media player (mplayer, vlc .....) and proxy. I do not succeed to listen to my radio with proxy. I have tried with mplayer vlc and xine. On windows, it is possible, so I don't think it is a proxy problem but softwere problem. thanks for any entry regards ps: the address is : mms://stream.mosaiquefm.net/mosaique64k -- PhD candidate in Computer Science Address 3 avenue lamine, cité ezzahra, Sousse 4000 Tunisia tel: +216 97 246 706 (+33640302046 jusqu'au 15/6) fax: +216 71 391 166

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Viewing apple.com trailers
by Alex 05 Jan '11

05 Jan '11

Hi all, Some time ago I posted a message about having problems downloading trailers from apple.com/trailers, and just wondered if anyone knows now how to do this? I can view them without a problem, but when choosing the download option, it appears to download them, but immediately starts to play them, but there is no video. There is only audio. Here is an example: http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/paramount/truegrit/ Perhaps there's a firefox plugin, or you know how to get something like VLC to play them from the URL? Thanks, Alex

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