More on firefox and one website
by Aaron Konstam
Last week I noted on my dwewsktopfirefox could not load the website:
http://www.tiaa-cref.org
while other websites were OK. For this website loading starts but then
Firefox crashes with an abrt error. In /var/log/messages I find the
following error messages which I would like help explaining:
------------------------------------------------------------------
Jan 31 04:18:53 saturn abrtd: Directory 'ccpp-1264933133-1979' creation
detected
Jan 31 04:18:53 saturn abrtd: Lock file
'/var/cache/abrt/ccpp-1264933133-1979.lock' is locked by process 2004
Jan 31 04:18:54 saturn abrtd: Lock file
'/var/cache/abrt/ccpp-1264933133-1979.lock' is locked by process 2004
Jan 31 04:18:55 saturn abrtd: Lock file
'/var/cache/abrt/ccpp-1264933133-1979.lock' is locked by process 2004
Jan 31 04:18:56 saturn abrtd: Lock file
'/var/cache/abrt/ccpp-1264933133-1979.lock' is locked by process 2004
Jan 31 04:18:57 saturn abrt[2004]: saved core dump of pid 1979
(/usr/lib/firefox-3.5.6/firefox)
to /var/cache/abrt/ccpp-1264933133-1979/coredump (166711296 bytes)
Jan 31 04:18:57 saturn abrtd: Getting local universal unique
identification...
Jan 31 04:18:57 saturn abrtd: New crash, saving
Jan 31 04:18:57 saturn abrtd: Registered Action plugin 'RunApp'
Jan 31 04:18:57 saturn abrtd:
RunApp('/var/cache/abrt/ccpp-1264933133-1979','test x"`cat component`" =
x"xorg-x11-server-Xorg" && cp /var/log/Xorg.0.log .')
Jan 31 04:19:04 saturn abrtd: Getting crash infos...
Jan 31 04:19:13 saturn abrtd: Getting crash infos
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
I don't know the purpose of ccpp-1264933133-1979 but it is not produced
on my laptop when loading this same web-page. There is no:
/var/cache/abrt/ccpp-1264933133-1979.lock file that stays around and I
would like to have help finding what process 2004 is it that is locking
that file at some point in the process. Does anyone understand what is
causing these error messages.
If I stop abrtd I can load the web-page. I found konqueror can load this
webpaage but has problems with loading links that appear on it.
I would appreciate any help you'all could give me because I am
frustrated and mystified by all of this.
14 years, 4 months
Fedora -12 packages ---Query
by Anil Jindal
Hi All,
I downloaded fedora 12 image from http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/12/Live/i686/...
But I could not find any gcc/g++ or any development tool or package in it.
Please guide me how I can get full version Fedora 12 or I can get particular version with development tools and packages.
Thanks
Anil Jindal
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14 years, 4 months
Re:How do I put Multiple live distro's on a USB flash drive.
by tux
On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 8:27 AM, tux<tux(a)pantherfish.com> wrote:
>> > I have an 8GB flash drive that I would like to put multiple Fedora Live
>> > CD's on. (KDE,Gnome,LXDE,XFCE, FEL, Games and Edu,Third party spins, etc. )
>> >
>> > Does anyone have any advice on how to do this
On 02/01/2010 09:03 AM, Don Quixote wrote:
> I think it should be straightforward to do this, but you'll need to do
> it carefully and methodically. I do something like this with my
> VirtualBox disk images. I put them in physical partitions for
> efficiency, but sometimes copy them out to regular, uncompressed files
> then convert them to sparse images then compress them with bzip2 for
> backup. I works real well, but is tedious and error-prone. I need to
> automate it or Imma gonna overwrite my /home with some WinXP disk
> image.
>
> Anyway what you need is a Master Boot Record on the first 512-byte
> sector of your USB stick. Make one small ext2 primary partition for
> /boot, then a logical partition for each of your live CDs.
>
> The MBR only allows four primary partitions, but only /boot needs to
> be a primary. So you can make one primary, then one extended. Within
> the extended you can make as many logical partitions as you like.
>
> The primary and extended partitions are stored directly in the MBR,
> towards the end of that first sector. The extended is divided up into
> logical partitions, with their positions and sizes specified in a
> linked list that is also inside the extended. I don't know the
> details but I would imagine each partition link element is just before
> each logical partition.
>
> Use "ls -s" to get the size of each of your LiveCD images in
> kilobytes. If they are compressed, decompress them first.
>
> Multiply the size in kilobytes by two to get the size in 512-byte sectors.
>
> When you partition your stick, use GNU parted - NOT GParted! Not the
> GUI partitioner, just parted, the command-line tool. Set the size
> unit to sectors. Use parted's help to get the exact syntax but I
> think you just use:
>
> unit s
>
> Create a /boot partition as I said with ext2. I don't think it needs
> to be very big - a megabyte or two would be plenty. It won't contain
> a kernel as /boots usually do.
>
> Create a logical partition for each of your LiveCDs. Make each
> partition EXACTLY the same number of sectors as the LiveCD image that
> will go into it. It's OK if the partition is bigger - it just wastes
> some space. Make sure it's not smaller. It's really best to be
> careful and methodical and get the size exactly the same.
>
> You'll need to figure out the /dev entry for your USB stick. Chances
> are that it is /dev/sdb though - the second SCSI drive. USB Mass
> Storage is built on the SCSI Architectural Model. /dev/sda would be
> your boot disk if you're using SATA, SAS or Parallel SCSI. If your
> boot disk is /dev/hda, then it is Parallel IDE. If that's the case
> then your USB stick is probably /dev/sda not sdb.
>
> *** Get It Right Or You'll Be Sorry! ***
>
> If your stick is /dev/sdb, then the stick's /boot partition is
> /dev/sdb1. Your LiveCD partitions are numbered starting with 5,
> because they are logical partitions - /dev/sdb5, /dev/sdb6, /dev/sdb7
> and so on. Partition numbers 1 through 4 are reserved for primary and
> extended partitions.
>
> Now use the dd command to copy a LiveCD image into a partition:
>
> $ dd if=FedoraLive.iso of=/dev/sdb5 bs=512
>
> That copies the FedoraLive.iso input file to the first logical
> partition as the output file with a block size of 512 bytes. Most
> storage devices have physical sector sizes of 512 bytes, so you are
> required to read or write them in integral multiples of 512.
>
> There's a couple pieces remaining though that I can't explain for you,
> but I can give you some hints:
>
> It*should* work to set up grub to chainload each of the LiveCD
> partitions. That should work just the same as if you were booting MS
> Windows. Grub would load the first sector out of the desired
> partition then run the boot loader found therein.
>
> What I don't have a clue about though is that booting a CD uses a
> package called ISOLINUX. You don't want ISOLINUX to boot a USB stick.
> There is another package for that, but you'll have to dig it up
> somehow as I don't remember. Basically what you need to do is replace
> the ISOLINUX on each partition with whatever the equivalent is for a
> USB stick.
>
> If I recall correctly the way ISOLINUX works is that it finds a Linux
> filesystem image in a single file on the CD, then it loads it as if it
> were a filesystem on a real hard disk. You should be able to use that
> same image file, but you will have to use some other software than
> ISOLINUX to load it.
>
> Hope That Help!
>
> Don Quixote
> -- Don Quixote de la Mancha quixote(a)dulcineatech.com
> http://www.dulcineatech.com Dulcinea Technologies Corporation: Software
> of Elegance and Beauty.
I have been experimenting with grub4dos. I have a single fat32 partition
and have been able to successfully boot gparted live 4.5-2 by putting
the files from the cd image into the /gparted folder on the usb drive
and creating a /menu.lst file with the following entry:
title Gparted 0.4.5-2 Partition Editor
root (hd0,0)
kernel /gparted/vmlinuz1 live-media-path=/gparted bootfrom=/dev/sd
boot=live union=aufs noswap noprompt vga=789 ip=frommedia
initrd /gparted/initrd1.img
On the 64 bit KDE live cd there is this entry the /isolinux/isolinux.cfg
file:
label linux0
menu label Boot
kernel vmlinuz0
append initrd=initrd0.img root=live:CDLABEL=Fedora-12-x86_64-Live-KDE
rootfstype=auto ro liveimg quiet rhgb rd_NO_LUKS rd_NO_MD noiswmd
How would I convert this to work with grub4dos?
Is it possible to copy the vmlinuz0, initrd0.img the osmin.img and
splashfs.img to a folder on the drive and create a grub entry for it?
I would like to create a separate folder for each spin and add an
appropriate grub entry for each one.
Thanks
Tux
14 years, 4 months
Re: which version of fedora to install
by R. G. Newbury
> Prabhakar Pandey wrote:
>> > so can anybody tell me which one should i install f11 or f12 ??
> In general, the latest version is always the best choice. I'd recommend
> Fedora 12, it's working great for me.
>
> Kevin Kofler
If you have an Intel video chip and want to use the features of the
chipset, then F12. The intel driver, version 2.9.0 (and 2.9.1) provided
by F12 turns back on xvmc which had been turned off since about the 2.6
version, and fixed a number of other problems. Works great on my
Thinkpad X-61S. I can play high def video on it now which I could not do
with F10 or F11.
G.
--
Please let me know if anything I say offends you.
I may wish to offend you again in the future.
Tux says: "Be regular. Eat cron flakes."
14 years, 4 months
Fedora 12 Installation problem
by Joe Woodruff
Hi folks,
I've been trying to install Fedora 12 on a Dell Latitude C600, (Pentium III
750/600 MHz; 256 MB RAM; 250 KB Level 2 Cache; 8 MB Video Memory; ATI M3
Video Controller)
Downloaded iso files from Fedora Project, Verified integrity with
sha256sum.exe, burned to 5 CD's. Disc's 1 & 3 failed Linux test at
installation. Burned Disk 1 twice more and still fails.
Went ahead with installation. Chose to Use all of the 20 B hard disk. Would
not install via graphical. Finished after Disk 1.
After re-starting computer and logging into root, only get CLI operability
and can't seem to get a GUI.
I'm new to linux - just thought I'd put this laptop to use to familiarize
myself with it.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Joe Woodruff
14 years, 4 months
Login user name list - modifiy?
by KC8LDO
Here is a bit of a different question I think. I have an F-11 box I'm
setting up to let people access it for some file shares using samba. In
order to control the access I created a user for each person I want to allow
access. Each user was created without their own group or an account, file in
"/home", since none of them will be allowed to do anything except access
file shares. The above users were then assigned to several groups I created.
The problem is every one of the users I created shows up as an entry in the
main login screen on the locally attached display console. Is there anyway
to only display logins for those uses that have an account they can access
while not showing the others? Those that have an account will be accessing
their account by loging in, by attaching remotely, using Xrdp which by the
way is a slick way of handling multiple users on the machine at the same
time and letting them use their desktop.
Regards;
Leland C. Scott
KC8LDO
14 years, 4 months
Re: Thunderbird & Okular question
by DB
On 01/31/2010 06:20 PM, users-request(a)lists.fedoraproject.org wrote:
> On Sun, 2010-01-31 at 12:30 +0100, DB wrote:
>
>> > In Thunderbird, I have set my default for pdf attachments to Okular.
>> > Everytime I try to open a pdf attachment, I get a dialog asking me if
>> > I want to save the attachment. When I save it, I then have to go to
>> > the downloaded file& open it with Okular.
>> >
>> > Have I missed something in my preferences?
>>
> Probably not. You're probably being sent the attachment with an
> incorrect MIME type describing it as "just some kind of binary file,
> that I can't be stuffed to identify it properly."
>
> i.e. application/octet-stream
>
> As done by many broken mail clients and broken operating systems.
>
> Try sending yourself a PDF file, and it'll probably work properly, as
> your system will probably identify it correctly when it attaches the
> file to the outgoing message.
>
>
Thanks, Tim,
From the source of the "non-opening" message:
------_=_NextPart_001_01CAA0D0.4EC670B0
Content-Type:*application/octet-stream;*
name="Wochenprogramm 01.02-07.02.10.pdf"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
Content-Description: Wochenprogramm 01.02-07.02.10.pdf
Content-Disposition: attachment;
filename="Wochenprogramm 01.02-07.02.10.pdf"
And from one I sent myself (which does open):
--------------000006080701040401020404
Content-Type:*application/pdf;*
name="BMF_English.pdf"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
Content-Disposition: attachment;
filename="BMF_English.pdf"
I assume there is no way to persuade TBird/Okular to play ball with the octet-stream?
Cheers
Dave
14 years, 4 months
which version of fedora to install
by Prabhakar Pandey
i used fedora 8 but later some of you told that fedora 8 is not that good
and i should try f12 or f11 .
so can anybody tell me which one should i install f11 or f12 ??
and it would be nice if u tell me how to install various media players and
all in it coz i find pretty difficult installing them !!
thanks
prab
14 years, 4 months
Intel Corporation 82541PI Gigabit Ethernet Controller, Detected Tx Unit Hang
by mh-fedora＠loup.net
- Using Fedora 12.
- Linux 2.6.31.5-127.fc12.x86_64 #1 SMP Sat Nov 7 21:11:14 EST 2009 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
- Tried switching pci slots, cables, ports, ethtool in different
autoneg/1000/100 configs using all other known good hardware.
- Upgraded to latest e1000-8.0.18 driver from intel, same exact
behavior... no arp/ping packets in or out.
Intel claims they support 2.6.31 kernel, driver compiles fine. Does
anyone have experience with getting this GigE adapter working? Is it
likely a defective card, or is this a problem with Fedora 12?
# ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1B:21:51:BB:08
inet addr:10.0.1.4 Bcast:10.0.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::21b:21ff:fe51:bb08/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
# ethtool eth0
Settings for eth0:
Supported ports: [ TP ]
Supported link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
1000baseT/Full
Supports auto-negotiation: Yes
Advertised link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
1000baseT/Full
Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes
Speed: 1000Mb/s
Duplex: Full
Port: Twisted Pair
PHYAD: 1
Transceiver: internal
Auto-negotiation: on
Supports Wake-on: umbg
Wake-on: g
Current message level: 0x00000007 (7)
Link detected: yes
# dmesg
e1000: eth0: e1000_watchdog_task: NIC Link is Up 1000 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: RX/TX
e1000: eth0: e1000_clean_tx_irq: Detected Tx Unit Hang
Tx Queue <0>
TDH <1>
TDT <1>
next_to_use <1>
next_to_clean <0>
buffer_info[next_to_clean]
time_stamp <10006933e>
next_to_watch <0>
jiffies <100069a3e>
next_to_watch.status <0>
e1000: eth0: e1000_clean_tx_irq: Detected Tx Unit Hang
Tx Queue <0>
TDH <1>
TDT <1>
next_to_use <1>
next_to_clean <0>
buffer_info[next_to_clean]
time_stamp <10006933e>
next_to_watch <0>
jiffies <10006a20d>
next_to_watch.status <0>
e1000: eth0: e1000_clean_tx_irq: Detected Tx Unit Hang
Tx Queue <0>
TDH <1>
TDT <1>
next_to_use <1>
next_to_clean <0>
buffer_info[next_to_clean]
time_stamp <10006933e>
next_to_watch <0>
jiffies <10006a9dd>
next_to_watch.status <0>
e1000: eth0: e1000_clean_tx_irq: Detected Tx Unit Hang
Tx Queue <0>
TDH <1>
TDT <1>
next_to_use <1>
next_to_clean <0>
buffer_info[next_to_clean]
time_stamp <10006933e>
next_to_watch <0>
jiffies <10006b1ad>
next_to_watch.status <0>
e1000: eth0: e1000_watchdog_task: NIC Link is Up 1000 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: RX/TX
# lspci -s 04:09.0 -vvv
04:09.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82541PI Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 05)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation PRO/1000 GT Desktop Adapter
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Latency: 32 (63750ns min), Cache Line Size: 32 bytes
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 17
Region 0: Memory at fdbc0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K]
Region 1: Memory at fdba0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K]
Region 2: I/O ports at 9c00 [size=64]
Expansion ROM at fda00000 [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2
Flags: PMEClk- DSI+ D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0+,D1-,D2-,D3hot+,D3cold+)
Status: D0 NoSoftRst- PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=1 PME-
Capabilities: [e4] PCI-X non-bridge device
Command: DPERE- ERO+ RBC=512 OST=1
Status: Dev=00:00.0 64bit- 133MHz- SCD- USC- DC=simple DMMRBC=2048 DMOST=1 DMCRS=8 RSCEM- 266MHz- 533MHz-
Kernel driver in use: e1000
Kernel modules: e1000
14 years, 4 months
D-Link DGE 530-T Gigabit Ethernet Controller, unreliable
by mh-fedora＠loup.net
- Using Fedora 12.
- Linux 2.6.31.5-127.fc12.x86_64 #1 SMP Sat Nov 7 21:11:14 EST 2009 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
- Tried switching between two cards, cables, ports, switches, ethtool
in different autoneg/1000/100 configs using all other known good
hardware.
- skge driver gives no errors, no errors with dmesg.
- tried the first card against numerous configs and it would
occassionally get packets through, but very very rarely.
100mbit was slightly more likely to work than gig, and 10mbit
never worked.
- decided first card was DOA and exchanged. Second card behaves
similarly to first... slightly better. A few times it started
working and ran for half an hour, even if link disconnected,
reconnected, etc. Much more likely to work at 100mbit.
- Second card, TX almost always got packet through, RX would count
packets but seldom would kernel receive them.
- No errors showing with ifconfig.
D-Link claims card works with linux. Hard to believe two cards in a
row would be defective in similar way unless it is a systematic
manufacturing problem. I'm somewhat suspicious of the
driver/interrupt delivery since no errors are ever reported despite
packet count showing arrivals.
Does anyone have experience with getting this GigE adapter working?
Is it likely a defective card, or is this a problem with Fedora 12?
- Mike
14 years, 4 months
