Petition to include more GNOME Helpers and Apps for next Fedora Release
by Joel Juliano
Petition to include more GNOME Helpers and Apps for next Fedora Release
1. http://menuadd.sourceforge.net/ Adding items to Gnome Main Menu
2. http://www.theora.org - Support for Theora Codecs
3. Predefined Templates in the ~/Templates/ Directory
4. http://www.gnome-db.org/ Database support for Gnome and Glade-2 (Please!!)
5. Redhat Bluecurve (sound themes) - Distinct sound themes designed for Bluecurve Desktop.
6. Download Managers with Resume features, Support for BitTorrent.
7. Other mounted Filesystems (ex. DOS, FAT), to be visible in the "Computer" Icon.
8. Availability of JDBC Class SQL drivers for OpenOffice.
Nautilus and GNOME file priviledges and permissions.
1. Files copied from the CD does not necessarily inherit "-w" permissions.
2. Give Recursive Write Permissions for Directories moved to ~/.Trash/ Directory
3. Recursive Directory Permissions when Parent Directory is set.
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20 years
Rawhide boot failure: init wants selinux_getenforcemode
by Jonathan Corbet
I'm getting more SELinux-related weirdness on my x86_64 rawhide box. I
just did a reboot after an update, and init croaked with:
/sbin/init: symbol lookup error: /sbin/init: undefined symbol: selinux_getenforcemode
Needless to say, I didn't get the nice graphical login screen I was
hoping for. Tossing an older SysVinit package onto the system made it
bootable, but this episode does bring to mind a few questions:
- Why am I getting things failing with weird, missing selinux symbols?
And why is nobody else complaining about it?
- Why isn't init staticly linked? As a general rule, I like it better
when init actually works regardless of what else might be hosed on the
system.
- Any chance you could cram a couple more colons into the error message?
The most pressing question for me is the "why only me?" part. Where is
selinux_getenforcemode supposed to be defined? libselinux.so would seem
to be a likely one, but I don't find it there...
Thanks,
jon
Jonathan Corbet
Executive editor, LWN.net
corbet(a)lwn.net
20 years
RE: kernel-2.6.7-1.441 - x86-64 - difference between "quiet" andnormal boot?
by Joe Robertson
Arjan van de Ven wrote
> On Wed, Jun 23, 2004 at 09:04:47AM -0400, Marshall Lewis wrote:
> > Hate to be a pest, but where are the kernel-sourcecode packages? I
>
> we're phasing those out in favor of documenting how to use
> rpmbuild -bp on the .src.rpm; it's a bit silly to ship the
> same stuff twice really...
>
Are there any draft documents on this yet?
I have been confused by the presence of the three names...
kernel-source-xxx, kernel-sourcecode-xxx, kernel-xxx.src.rpm
I generated a new kernel-2.6.5-1.3xx.root.src.rpm, then
did a build on it. This ended up with three outputs:
kernel-doc-2.6.5-1.3xx.root.i386.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.5-1.3xx.root.i386.rpm
kernel-source-2.6.5-1.3xx.root.i386.rpm
What I want to do is
1) recompile the silicon image device drivers
(after making changes they suggested)
2) rebuild the kernel and generate the .rpm's
needed to put back into the install tree.
I don't know how to generate
kernel-2.6.5-1.3xx.i686.rpm
kernel-smp-2.6.5-1.3xx.i686.rpm
I've seen warnings about being sure the versions of the
gcc etc. are exact versions. It this still true?
I'm trying to use FC2 release as my build platform.
Thanks,
Joe
20 years
dhcp and route
by Paul F. Johnson
Hi,
I installed all of the packages on the ftp development area dating from
last Wednesday last night. All seems fine post that, however, I'm still
having the same problem I had last week in that if I do a reset, the
machine is not picking up the correct gateway address for my router (I
have to delete the default gateway and reinitialise it from the command
line with the router's address)
Is this likely to be a router problem or a FC2 rawhide problem and if
its a rawhide problem, which package is it likely to come under? I'm
guessing either one the dhcpd or the routing program (dunno it's name
though - routed sounds a good guess!).
It is not a kernel related problem from what I can see. I do need to get
to the bottom of this.
A second reason for me being unsure if it's the router or the system is
that using neat, I have it set to obtain the IP address and DNS from the
router. This failed on two machines yesterday and I had to set the DNS
manually - basically, the two machines could ping via the router, just
obtain the DNS information from it.
TTFN
Paul
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I've never harmed anyone. I have cheated no one.
I have deceived no one. I have hurt no one.
Except myself. And that He will forgive me." - Hans Holzel
20 years
Re: thoughts on the winXP boot bug
by Don Russell
Kepa Lyman said:
> I mean, JESUS CHRIST, how can such a show-stopping bug be allowed in a full
> release?! If people are going to be migrating away from windows and giving
> linux a try, is it wise to trash their computers?! Now I have to become an
> expert on disk repair so I can fix the stupid thing.
I mean, Aye Chihuahua! How can anybody be so stupid as to install a "not
suitable for production" use OS in a production environment without AT
LEAST first scouring the archives for known problems.
And this bug was bandied abuot plenty, you'd have found it with the most
casual of glances through the list archives.... or ASK for
oppinions/caveats before doing such a brain-dead move in the first place.
Stop blaming others for your errors.
Get a grip, you'll be OK.
Now, is there something you need help with?
Don Russell
20 years
Re: gaim crashing after latest devel updates
by t l
Thanks! That fixed it for me as well.
FYI, works if you set sound to ESD too.
tom
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* From: Stan Bubrouski <stan ccs neu edu>
* To: For testers of Fedora Core development releases <fedora-test-list redhat com>
* Subject: Re: gaim crashing after latest devel updates
* Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 22:09:58 -0400
Ok so it looks like a problem with arts... like arts server not
running...
I was able to work around the problem by setting gaim to use 'play %s'
to play sounds instead of using arts...so I'm happy again...
Would like to know: A) whats going on with artsd...
B) why gaim crashes when it can't use arts and is
set to automatically choose method to play audio...
-sb
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20 years
gaim crashing after latest devel updates
by Stan Bubrouski
Hey,
I can no longer use Gaim with the devel tree. The latest rawhide
package and CVS version i built tonight crash immediately whenever I
start to send a message to anyone (all accounts are AIM). If I leave it
open and don't message anyone it will crash soon as well. I wish I
could tell you more but gdb ain't acting so nice atm...
Anyone else experiencing this? I checked Bugzilla and there wasn't
anything remotely similar. I'm running all the latest devel packages on
top of FC2.
On a side note compiling it with gcc33 or gcc34 made no difference what-
so-ever... I know the rawhide package uses gcc33 to compile, but even
rebuilding that did nothing. It's not an issue with my settings either:
I moved my ~/.gaim and soon as i setup an account and tried to send a
message, gaim went down hard...
-sb
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20 years
RE: fc2 - network restart fails - e1000 / Extreme Network Switch
by Joe Robertson
Kenneth Benson wrote:
>Hmmmm....are you set for auto-negotiate? Some of the switches I work
with
>(3Coms believe it or not) don't auto-negotiate well at the higher
speed.
>Beyond that I can't think of anything off the top of my head.
I set for 10 or 100 Mb and it works OK - with auto-negotiate enabled or
disabled. If the switch is set for 1000 Mb, auto-negotate is enabled
with
no option to disable.
-- FYI: I have tried using another distro (SuSE) and I have not found
any of the
numerous networking problems that occur in Fedora. I think they are all
using the same drivers so it must be the code that calls the drivers...
Joe
20 years
RE: fc2 - network restart fails - e1000 / Extreme Network Switch
by Kenneth Benson
Hmmmm....are you set for auto-negotiate? Some of the switches I work with
(3Coms believe it or not) don't auto-negotiate well at the higher speed.
Beyond that I can't think of anything off the top of my head.
-----Original Message-----
From: Joe Robertson [mailto:jrobertson@convera.com]
Sent: Monday, June 21, 2004 4:19 PM
To: For testers of Fedora Core development releases
Subject: RE: fc2 - network restart fails - e1000 / Extreme Network Switch
Kenneth Benson wrote:
What type of cable are you using...Cat5, Cat5e or Cat 6? Cat 5e is the
minimum
recommended for gigabit and Cat 6 is preferred. Standard Cat 5 is iffy at
that speed.
My cables are 10' Cat 6 - I've tested on several machines / cables -
including
Cat 5e.
Joe
20 years
