users February 2012

users@lists.fedoraproject.org

237 participants
273 discussions

Fedora 16 Stuck on Welcome Screen
by J.T. Blaylock 23 Feb '12

23 Feb '12

Hey all, I have a fresh Fedora 16 64 bit KDE install from DVD iso on USB. It boots up to the "Welcome" screen but when I click "Forward" to proceed to the license information screen the button darkens like it's been pressed and just stays like that. The cursor hangs briefly and returns to normal but the button stays "pressed" and nothing happens having waited long enough to try and find a solution on Google (i.e. several minutes). If it matters and I suspect it does I have an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580. FWIW I had the same problem on GNOME a while ago but gave up. Like I said this is a fresh installation with no personal data whatsoever so I have no problem trashing it aside from the time it takes to reinstall. I am dual booting with Windows 7 and preferably that install doesn't get involved in the scuffle. Does anyone have any ideas? Thanks in advance.

5 8

RE: Adobe and Google Partnering for Flash Player on Linux
by Nex6 23 Feb '12

23 Feb '12

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: Adobe and Google Partnering for Flash Player on Linux From: Alan Cox <alan(a)lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Date: Wed, February 22, 2012 5:25 pm To: Community support for Fedora users <users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org> Cc: borg(a)borg1911.com On Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:18:16 -0700 "Nex6" <borg(a)borg1911.com> wrote: > > Here is the adobe link: > http://blogs.adobe.com/flashplayer/2012/02/adobe-and-google-partnering-for-… > > and it says they are changing APIs, and will support the current API/plugins (11.2) for 5 years..... > > and, Firefox et al will be free to use the new API and have flash.... To me this is a good thing - the new API's are far better designed for things like containing garbage code that's probably full of holes. Alan yea, in the long run this may be a very good thing. but, there may be some pain along the way. -Nex6

1 0

F16 USB pass-through to VirtualBox
by Dave Close 23 Feb '12

23 Feb '12

I have no previous experience with VirtualBox but have been trying to use it for the last couple of weeks. Now I'm having what ought to be a simple problem, but I'm stuck. I can't get a VBox guest to see a connected USB flash drive. Host: Fedora 16 Guest: Fedora 8 VirtualBox: 4.1.8 with (the only) extension Host uses a USB keyboard and mouse which are attached normally during boot and are visible and useable by both the host and the guest. However, I'm usually running the guest headless. A VBox blank USB "filter" is installed. When connecting a flash drive, the host immediately reports detection but the guest does not see anything. These are the only USB devices anticipated. Host /var/log/messages extract: Feb 18 20:37:04 sunvale kernel: [ 208.186078] usb 1-5: new high-speed USB device number 4 using ehci_hcd Feb 18 20:37:04 sunvale kernel: [ 208.304139] usb 1-5: New USB device found, id Vendor=0dd8, id Product=c100 Feb 18 20:37:04 sunvale kernel: [ 208.304148] usb 1-5: New USB device strings: Mfr=2, Product=1, SerialNumber=3 Feb 18 20:37:04 sunvale kernel: [ 208.304156] usb 1-5: Product: USB Flash Disk Feb 18 20:37:04 sunvale kernel: [ 208.304162] usb 1-5: Manufacturer: Netac Feb 18 20:37:04 sunvale kernel: [ 208.304167] usb 1-5: SerialNumber: 4880787365A536E3 Feb 18 20:37:04 sunvale kernel: [ 208.304980] scsi5 : usb-storage 1-5:1.0 Feb 18 20:37:04 sunvale mtp-probe: checking bus 1, device 4: "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:12.2/usb1/1-5" Feb 18 20:37:04 sunvale mtp-probe: bus: 1, device: 4 was not an MTP device Feb 18 20:37:05 sunvale kernel: [ 209.308678] scsi 5:0:0:0: Direct-Access Netac OnlyDisk 1.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2 Feb 18 20:37:05 sunvale kernel: [ 209.311032] sd 5:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg6 type 0 Feb 18 20:37:05 sunvale kernel: [ 209.649594] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdf] Assuming drive cache: write through Feb 18 20:37:05 sunvale kernel: [ 209.649602] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdf] Attached SCSI removable disk There are no new lines added to /var/log/messages on the guest. (Yes, the flash drive referenced here is ancient. It is just a test device.) Further information: # VBoxManage list usbhost Host USB Devices: ... UUID: c85d93b6-59a0-43b2-a347-e4f2d52dd924 VendorId: 0x0dd8 (0DD8) ProductId: 0xc100 (C100) Revision: 1.0 (0100) Manufacturer: Netac Product: USB Flash Disk SerialNumber: 4880787365A536E3 Address: sysfs:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:12.2/usb1/1-5//device:/dev/vboxusb/001/0 04 Current State: Busy The VBox manual seems to say that USB pass-through will not work if the USB device is actively used by the host. I presume this attachment constitutes active use, especially since it is reported as busy, but the drive is not mounted. (I have explicitly disabled auto-mount.) What do I need to do to let this device (and any other USB flash drives inserted) be seen by the guest? Searching online finds only references to using auto-mount on the host, then sharing the mount directory with the guest. That is not an ideal solution in this case as software on the guest expects to mount the drive and would need to be extensively modified. Besides, I hate auto-mount. The issue is the flash drive. What can't the guest see it? -- Dave Close, Compata, Irvine CA "You can't turn shovelware into dave(a)compata.com, +1 714 434 7359 reliable software by patching it dhclose(a)alumni.caltech.edu a whole lot." -- Marcus Ranum

6 14

Policykit in fedora 16?
by shreyas m 23 Feb '12

23 Feb '12

How can i register my application to policykit in fedora16? If i do so, will it ask for the root password as soon i start my application? thank you -- *Regards Shreyas.M *

1 0

Nature article on Open Source as part of the publication process
by Christopher Svanefalk 23 Feb '12

23 Feb '12

I thought some of you would find the following article, which was published in Nature recently, interesting: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v482/n7386/full/nature10836.html?WT.ec… Best, Christopher

1 1

Problem with atl1c driver for AR8152 network card.
by Simon Slater 22 Feb '12

22 Feb '12

G'day all, I have seen a couple of unresolved references to this driver in bugzilla and some fixes for older Fedora and kernel versions that don't reliably work in F16. Removing and reloading the atl1c module repeatedly will get it working less than 5% of the time yet when working may stay up for as little as a few seconds but sometimes for an hour or so. The atl1e driver does not create an em1 device at all. Does anyone know of a fix for this? The situation is: [root@toshiba650 ~]# uname -r 3.2.6-3.fc16.x86_64 [root@toshiba650 ~]# ifconfig em1 em1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:26:6C:64:85:0E inet6 addr: fe80::226:6cff:fe64:850e/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:3325 errors:71047 dropped:1040 overruns:0 frame:23923 TX packets:49 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:1 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:347987 (339.8 KiB) TX bytes:14942 (14.5 KiB) Interrupt:46 [root@toshiba650 ~]# dmesg | grep atl1c [ 23.059344] atl1c 0000:02:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16 [ 23.059359] atl1c 0000:02:00.0: setting latency timer to 64 [ 23.195859] atl1c 0000:02:00.0: version 1.0.1.0-NAPI [ 23.561012] atl1c 0000:02:00.0: vpd r/w failed. This is likely a firmware bug on this device. Contact the card vendor for a firmware update. [ 36.417987] atl1c 0000:02:00.0: irq 46 for MSI/MSI-X [ 36.418199] atl1c 0000:02:00.0: atl1c: em1 NIC Link is Up<100 Mbps Half Duplex> Regards -- Simon Slater Registered Linux User #463789 http://linuxcounter.net

1 0

RE: Adobe and Google Partnering for Flash Player on Linux
by Nex6 22 Feb '12

22 Feb '12

2 1

re-mapping an older disk ??
by Bill Case 22 Feb '12

22 Feb '12

Hi; I have some hard disk problems, every thing I try just keeps digging a deeper hole. SMART Data Disk HAS MANY BAD SECTORS Backup all data and replace the disk Current Pending Sector Count Number of sectors waiting to be remapped Problem(s) could also be mixed with my trying to set up and use LVM for the first time. !! If anyone recognizes a LVM problem please let me know? Could also be from physicaly switching two 500g harddrives around? Diagnosis suggestions would be welcome. googled for suggested fix because the disk is not that old. Got the dd suggestion below. Looks destructive. dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda bs=1M conv=noerror SMART Data -- warning Disk HAS MANY BAD SECTORS Backup all data and replace the disk Current Pending Sector Count Number of sectors waiting to be remapped Problem(s) could also be mixed with my trying to set up and use LVM for the first time. !! If anyone recognizes a LVM problem please let me know? Could also be from physicaly switching two 500g harddrives around? Diagnosis suggestions would be welcome. googled for suggested fix because the disk is not that old. Got the dd suggestion below. Looks destructive. dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda bs=1M conv=noerror -- Regards Bill Fedora 15, Gnome 3.0.2 Evo.3.0.2, Emacs 23.2.1

5 6

RE: kde slow to start after a crash
by Nex6 22 Feb '12

22 Feb '12

1 0

Issue with vncserver not starting?
by Michael D. Setzer II 22 Feb '12

22 Feb '12

3 2

← Newer
1
...
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
...
28
Older →

Jump to page: