FC15, shutdown
by Jari Fredriksson
Hello. I have a virtualized Fedora 15. I declared myself as a regular user.
There is not shutdown option in "Me-menu". I have to sudo shutdown -h now".
How do you shutdown Fedora? This can't be so that an ordinary user can't
do it.
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-- William Shakespeare, "Henry VI"
12 years, 8 months
hwloc -- dependency proble
by Kevin Abbey
Hi,
I get dependency problems with the hwloc package.
Is there a way to fix this?
See output below.
Thank you
Kevin
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Skipped (dependency problems):
blacs-mpich2.x86_64 0:1.1-43.fc15 gromacs-mpich2.x86_64
0:4.5.4-2.fc15 gromacs-mpich2-devel.x86_64 0:4.5.4-2.fc15
gromacs-mpich2-libs.x86_64 0:4.5.4-2.fc15 mpich2.x86_64
0:1.4-0.1.rc1.fc15 mpich2.x86_64 0:1.4-1.fc15
mpich2-devel.x86_64 0:1.4-0.1.rc1.fc15 mpich2-devel.x86_64
0:1.4-1.fc15 python3-mpi4py-mpich2.x86_64 0:1.2.2-6.fc15
=========================================================
example with just one of the above packages:
=========================================================
[root@test ~]# yum install blacs-mpich2
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit,
versionlock
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
updates/metalink
| 20 kB 00:00
* fedora: www.gtlib.gatech.edu
* updates: mirrors.ptd.net
Setting up Install Process
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package blacs-mpich2.x86_64 0:1.1-43.fc15 will be installed
--> Processing Dependency: libopa.so.1()(64bit) for package:
blacs-mpich2-1.1-43.fc15.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: libmpich.so.3()(64bit) for package:
blacs-mpich2-1.1-43.fc15.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: libmpl.so.1()(64bit) for package:
blacs-mpich2-1.1-43.fc15.x86_64
--> Running transaction check
---> Package mpich2.x86_64 0:1.4-1.fc15 will be installed
--> Processing Dependency: libhwloc.so.1()(64bit) for package:
mpich2-1.4-1.fc15.x86_64
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Error: Package: mpich2-1.4-1.fc15.x86_64 (updates)
Requires: libhwloc.so.1()(64bit)
Available: hwloc-1.1-0.2.fc15.x86_64 (fedora)
libhwloc.so.1()(64bit)
Installed: hwloc-1.2-0.fc15.x86_64 (@updates)
Not found
You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem
You could try running: rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest
=========================================================
--
Kevin C. Abbey
System Administrator
Rutgers University - BioMaPS Institute
610 Taylor Rd.
Piscataway, NJ 08854-8087
12 years, 8 months
nsswitch.conf changes
by Dan Track
Hi,
I changed all my nsswitch.conf entries to point to files, previously
it was set to "files nis". However when I ssh in it still takes a long
time to authenticate. Is there a service I need to restart e.g. pam
etc? .... I'll reboot as a last resort but I thought it was an
interesting problem.
Thanks
Dan
12 years, 8 months
Virtualization
by Will Yonker
Hello all,
I'm looking to setup the following environment:
4 dual-core 2.6GhZ AMD Opteron Processors (64bit)
32GB RAM
2 6TB esata disks (each client needs 3T of space)
4 GB networks
connections (would be nice if I could dedicate one to each client OS)
Starting with Fedora 15 as my host OS.
3 Suse 9.3
clients (running a custom 2.6.28.4 kernel) all running pretty big Oracle
databases.
So, the question is: Which virtual environment
will run well for this kind of setup? It looks like my choices are
VIrtualbox (seems to be the current favorite), KVM or Xen.
I
can install the systems from scratch if required but I also have a ghost
and dumps of other systems that could be used.
Any
recommendations before I start down the wrong path?
---
Will Y.
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12 years, 8 months
Debugging cups problems
by Alan Cox
I've moved one server box to FC15 to get support for various bits of
newer hardware. Aside from preupgrade not working (blowing up near the
end and not adding the boot entries) its mostly behaving as a server.
One thing that has totally broken though is the cups printing support.
Its a networked printer (Dell 3115N multi-function) and I've tried it
with the 3100 drivers included in Fedora 15 and with the Dell drivers
that worked before.
In both cases I see
D [06/Jul/2011:19:01:49 +0100] [Job 2] backendRunLoop(print_fd=0,
device_fd=5, s nmp_fd=6, addr=0x7f40de2b8a48, use_bc=1,
side_cb=0x7f40ddb48cd0) D [06/Jul/2011:19:01:49 +0100] [Job 2] Read 8192
bytes of print data... D [06/Jul/2011:19:01:49 +0100] [Job 2] Wrote 8192
bytes of print data... D [06/Jul/2011:19:01:49 +0100] [Job 2] Read 8192
bytes of print data... D [06/Jul/2011:19:01:49 +0100] [Job 2] Wrote 8192
bytes of print data... D [06/Jul/2011:19:01:49 +0100] [Job 2] Read 8192
bytes of print data... D [06/Jul/2011:19:01:49 +0100] [Job 2] Set
job-printer-state-message to "Unable to write print data: Broken pipe",
current level=ERROR D [06/Jul/2011:19:01:49 +0100] [Job 2] Print file
sent, waiting for printer to f inish...
D [06/Jul/2011:19:01:49 +0100] [Job 2] Backend returned status 1 (failed)
D [06/Jul/2011:19:01:49 +0100] [Job 2] Printer stopped due to backend
errors; pl ease consult the error_log file for details.
D [06/Jul/2011:19:01:49 +0100] [Job 2] End of messages
But no real further info anywhere else which is making it a bit hard to
nail down what is going on.
I can print happily from an FC14 box on the same network.
12 years, 8 months
Progress?
by David A. De Graaf
With the advent of Fedora 15 we have lost features that have been the
bedrock of a reliable system - all the name of "progress".
Here are my pleas to the Fedora development team:
Give us back a single entry of LUKS passphrase for all filesystems.
Give us back an intelligible display of boot progress.
Give us back the fsck progress crawl so we know boot isn't hung.
Give us back a simple way to see what services are running, started,
and failed in a concise format.
Give us back system configuration tools that work in a root window.
Give us back the mount command - that shows only the actual physical
filesystems that are mounted - in a readable format.
Give us back a humanly comprehensible device naming system.
Give us back the reboot command that doesn't hang the system, along with
informative progress status reports.
Give us back nfs and autofs that work, and which can shutdown if network
connectivity has failed.
Give us back USB wireless interfaces that work reliably.
Give us back a filesystem that obeys the access rules for root so that
~/.gvfs is readable/searchable for backups.
Give us back kernels that don't abort instead of an abrt reporting
system.
Give us back the assurance of never having to reboot.
Give us back the legendary reliability that was the hallmark of
Linux and Fedora.
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David A. De Graaf DATIX, Inc. Hendersonville, NC
dad(a)datix.us www.datix.us
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-- Abraham Lincoln
12 years, 8 months
errors in todays update
by Genes MailLists
Todays update produced these errors:
Updating :
1:NetworkManager-openvpn-0.8.9997-2.git20110721.fc15.x86_64
48/173
Error in file "/usr/share/applications/kde4/bluedevil-input.desktop":
"virtual/bluedevil-input" is an invalid MIME type ("virtual" is an
unregistered media type)
Error in file "/usr/share/applications/kde4/bluedevil-audio.desktop":
"virtual/bluedevil-audio" is an invalid MIME type ("virtual" is an
unregistered media type)
Error in file "/usr/share/applications/kde4/bluedevil-sendfile.desktop":
"virtual/bluedevil-sendfile" is an invalid MIME type ("virtual" is an
unregistered media type)
Error in file "/usr/share/applications/kde4/kmplayer.desktop": "uri/mms"
is an invalid MIME type ("uri" is an unregistered media type)
Error in file "/usr/share/applications/kde4/kmplayer.desktop": "uri/pnm"
is an invalid MIME type ("uri" is an unregistered media type)
Error in file "/usr/share/applications/kde4/kmplayer.desktop":
"uri/rtspt" is an invalid MIME type ("uri" is an unregistered media type)
Error in file "/usr/share/applications/kde4/kmplayer.desktop":
"uri/rtspu" is an invalid MIME type ("uri" is an unregistered media type)
Warning in file "/usr/share/applications/fedora-pcmanfm.desktop": usage
of MIME type "x-directory/normal" is discouraged ("x-directory" is an
old media type that should be replaced with a modern equivalent)
gene/
12 years, 8 months
2.6.40 kernel?
by Ranjan Maitra
Just wondering: the 2.6.40 kernel made it into F15 on Tuesday, What is
this kernel about? There appears to be no 2.6.40 kernel on
www.kernel.org.
Ranjan
12 years, 8 months
Gnome3 and Cursor Movements
by Gregory P. Ennis
I have finally got F15 installed after great tribulation with the 'Oh
No' messages. Now that I have it installed, I find gnome3 difficult to
use because of the time delay of the highlight bars that allow you to
select programs. Even when I try to pick "Applications" it takes about
6 seconds to highlight. Is this a limit of gnome3 working on a slower
machine or has anyone else had this problem?
--
Greg Ennis
PoMec Corporation
www.PoMec.net
12 years, 8 months
automatic internet connection & connection to printers on network & cannot locate network manager
by Nermin Celik
Hello,
Fedora version: 14
Computer is connected to a network.
Issues:
1. need to activate internet connection manually after log-on. I'd like this
to be done automatically when computer starts.
2. cannot print, printers available on the network are not seen.
Troubleshooting:
1. User guide F14 page 26-27, section '7.2. The Network Manager window' .
*Connect automatically : If checked, Network Manager will activate this
connection when its
network resources are available. If unchecked, the connection must be
manually activated by you.
*
hmm...cannot locate the network manager....
Sorry for the trouble...
Regards,
Nermin
12 years, 8 months
