Virtual Box
by Martín Marqués
I'm trying to do some virtualization testing and I wanted to see
Virtual Box that everybody is talking alot about. The thing is that I
can't find the virtualbox packages in the fedora repository. Does it
have some strange name?
And BTW, is there any good HowTo to get started with Virtual Box?
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15 years, 2 months
RPM security (a newbie question)
by "Stanisław T. Findeisen"
What does the process of installing new RPM package look like? There are
some commands that such package is allowed to execute, right?
What are RPMs allowed to do, and what is forbidden? Is there any control
layer at all in the package manager, or is the control (e.g., during
package install) simply transferred to RPM-package-provided script??
Also what's the difference between "Everything" and "Fedora" dirs in
Fedora package tree?
I wonder how easy it is to create a rootkit/trojan horse/whatever and
get it loaded on Fedora users' computers.
Thanks!
STF
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http://eisenbits.homelinux.net/~stf/
OpenPGP: 9D25 3D89 75F1 DF1D F434 25D7 E87F A1B9 B80F 8062
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15 years, 2 months
Fedora IRC Classroom open this weekend.
by Kevin Fenzi
Just thought I would remind everyone that we are going to be holding
some IRC Classes in the fedora classroom this weekend.
Classes are held in #fedora-classroom on irc.freenode.net.
Classes this weekend start at 10:00 UTC on both Saturday and Sunday.
See:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Classroom
for more details. We have some great looking classes lined up this time!
(We also still have open class slots for anyone who would like to sign
up to teach this weekend).
Also, we are always looking for teachers and suggestions for topics for
new classes. See the above wiki page to add a suggestion or just reply
to this email or mailing list thread.
Hope to see a bunch of you there!
kevin
15 years, 2 months
curl question...
by bruce
Hi guys...
I know this isn't the list for this question.. but i'm trying to get a quick
resolve for a problem i have.. i'm prety sure it's user related.
i'm doing a curl to a site, and not getting the results i'm looking for..
i've got the cookies/user-agent set.. i'm looking to talk to someone offlist
about what i'm doing, and what i get.. to see if you/they get the same
thing...
so.. if there's anyone here, who's skilled with curl/cookies/user-agent,
etc... and you're up to looking at my issue, let me know!
thanks
ps.. the curl mailing list hasn't replied as of yet..
15 years, 2 months
"docbook-utils-pdf" versus "xmlto" for docbook -> PDF
by Robert P. J. Day
it's been a while since i've rendered docbook files into PDF, and i
always used a combination of xmlto and a FOP processor of some kind.
can someone in the know explain the differences in the approaches
between using xmlto, and using the docbook-utils-pdf package? are
these things now ready to go out of the box because, if memory serves,
they used to have some pretty rough edges.
rday
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15 years, 2 months
Error in starting "wine file" in x86_64 FC10 env
by Peter Teoh
First the following errors are logged in dmesg:
[ 31.891848] mtrr: base(0xc0000000) is not aligned on a
size(0xff00000) boundary
[ 32.343580] Xorg:3090 conflicting memory types c0000000-cff00000
uncached<->uncached-minus
[ 32.343585] reserve_memtype failed 0xc0000000-0xcff00000, track
uncached, req write-back
[ 32.344431] Xorg:3090 conflicting memory types fd000000-fe000000
uncached<->uncached-minus
[ 32.344434] reserve_memtype failed 0xfd000000-0xfe000000, track
uncached, req write-back
[ 32.847537] Xorg:3090 conflicting memory types c0000000-cff00000
uncached<->uncached-minus
[ 32.847541] reserve_memtype failed 0xc0000000-0xcff00000, track
uncached, req write-back
[ 32.848203] Xorg:3090 conflicting memory types fd000000-fe000000
uncached<->uncached-minus
[ 32.848205] reserve_memtype failed 0xfd000000-0xfe000000, track
uncached, req write-back
[ 32.920406] Xorg:3090 conflicting memory types c0000000-cff00000
uncached<->uncached-minus
[ 32.920412] reserve_memtype failed 0xc0000000-0xcff00000, track
uncached, req write-back
[ 32.921277] Xorg:3090 conflicting memory types fd000000-fe000000
uncached<->uncached-minus
[ 32.921281] reserve_memtype failed 0xfd000000-0xfe000000, track
uncached, req write-back
[ 32.934457] Xorg:3094 freeing invalid memtype c0000000-cff00000
[ 32.934672] Xorg:3094 freeing invalid memtype fd000000-fe000000
[ 32.980551] Xorg:3090 conflicting memory types c0000000-cff00000
uncached<->uncached-minus
[ 32.980556] reserve_memtype failed 0xc0000000-0xcff00000, track
uncached, req write-back
[ 32.981326] Xorg:3090 conflicting memory types fd000000-fe000000
uncached<->uncached-minus
[ 32.981329] reserve_memtype failed 0xfd000000-0xfe000000, track
uncached, req write-back
[ 32.993372] Xorg:3095 freeing invalid memtype c0000000-cff00000
[ 32.993635] Xorg:3095 freeing invalid memtype fd000000-fe000000
After I click "wine file" nothing appear, and similarly any of the
WINE GUI menu item as well....
Some useful info:
X.Org X Server 1.5.3
Release Date: 5 November 2008
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.18-92.1.18.el5 x86_64
Current Operating System: Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.29 #39 SMP
Tue Mar 31 01:05:51 EDT 2009 x86_64
Build Date: 11 December 2008 05:27:30PM
Build ID: xorg-x11-server 1.5.3-6.fc10
Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Thu Apr 2 19:49:39 2009
(EE) Unable to locate/open config file
(II) Loader magic: 0x7aec60
(II) Module ABI versions:
X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
X.Org Video Driver: 4.1
X.Org XInput driver : 2.1
X.Org Server Extension : 1.1
X.Org Font Renderer : 0.6
(II) Loader running on linux
(++) using VT number 1
(--) PCI:*(0@1:0:0) nVidia Corporation GeForce 8500 GT rev 161, Mem @
0xfd000000/16777216, 0xc0000000/268435456, 0xfa000000/33554432, I/O @
0x00009c00/128, BIOS @ 0x????????/131072
(==) Matched nv for the autoconfigured driver
New driver is "nv"
(==) Using default built-in configuration (30 lines)
Any other information needed?
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Regards,
Peter Teoh
15 years, 2 months
Easy Fedora administration... why not?
by Valent Turkovic
Hi,
I listened to FLOSS Weekly episode 62 [1] and the topic was eBox -
please listen [3] to it if you are interested in this topic.
AFAIK eBox gives you a is web interface for easy configuration of
Ubuntu/Debian boxes, it is like Webmin on crack :) I would really love
to see something like this for Fedora based systems...
Also I don't see why they need to be based only on Debian/Ubuntu I
know that there are differences in RedHat and Debian based distros but
if they made all necessary work I guess that it would be simple to
implement the differences so that it also works on Fedora and RedHat
based systems...
So what you think about this project? Would this be beneficial to Fedora? Why?
Some more info about eBox:
What is eBox?
eBox is a server for the easy administration of corporate networks. It
covers a wide range of functionality from network gateway to
communication center or file management. It has been conceived and
developed with simplicity in mind, lowering the learning curve for new
network administrators and saving time for experienced professionals.
It helps optimizing time for system administrators by automating most
of the tasks.
Moreover, eBox includes a development framework that allows for the
easy adaptation to new unforeseen needs. eBox takes into account that
security depends more on user’s actions than on technology itself and
thus, its configuration is secure by default. The result is a platform
that boosts the productivity of system administrators while keeping a
high level of security in corporate networks.
[1] http://twit.tv/floss62
[2] http://ebox-platform.com/
[3] http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/twit.cachefly.net/FLOSS-062.mp3
Cheers,
Valent.
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15 years, 2 months
yum update vs yum upgrade
by Timothy Murphy
What is the difference between these?
They seem to have the same effect in my case;
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15 years, 2 months
