how to fix rpm database
by Michael Hennebry
yum and rpm have different ideas about wether three packages are installed:
[root@localhost log]# rpm -V 1:tk-8.5.9-2.fc14.i686
1:tix-8.4.3-5.fc13.i686 1:numpy-1.4.1-6.fc14.i686
package 1:tk-8.5.9-2.fc14.i686 is not installed
package 1:tix-8.4.3-5.fc13.i686 is not installed
package 1:numpy-1.4.1-6.fc14.i686 is not installed
[root@localhost log]# yum install 1:tk-8.5.9-2.fc14.i686
1:tix-8.4.3-5.fc13.i686 1:numpy-1.4.1-6.fc14.i686
Loaded plugins: langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit
Adding en_US to language list
Setting up Install Process
Package 1:tk-8.5.9-2.fc14.i686 already installed and latest version
Package 1:tix-8.4.3-5.fc13.i686 already installed and latest version
Package 1:numpy-1.4.1-6.fc14.i686 already installed and latest version
Nothing to do
[root@localhost log]#
yum reinstall runs, but doesn't help.
What will.
This seems to have happened after I tried to play a
Macromedia Flash data (compressed), version 10 aka
Shockwave Flash file (application/x-shockwave-flash) .
The former came from the file command, the latter from right-clicking.
The first time, right-clicking produced an offer to search for a package.
I clicked on yes .
During the install, I got a "warning" about something aborting.
Now right clicking produces an offer to open
with vnc2swf Screen Recordings Player.
It doesn't work.
A window comes up and disappears without even achieving opacity.
How do I play the file?
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Optimist: The glass is half full.
Engineer: The glass is twice as big as it needs to be."
12 years, 9 months
preupgrade or netinstall from i686 to x86_64
by Robert Arkiletian
I don't see an option in preupgrade to go from F13 i686 to F14 x86_64.
Is it possible?
Or is it possible with an F14 x86_64 netinstall iso disk?
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Robert Arkiletian
Eric Hamber Secondary, Vancouver, Canada
12 years, 9 months
help with missing font (Fedora 15)
by Ranjan Maitra
Hi all,
I am missing a font (for a while) but I can not figure out what it is.
Basically, I get something like this on my help pages when using R.:
1 lm package:stats R
Documentatio
1 n 2
3 Fitting Linear Models
4
5 Description:
6
7 <80><98>lm<80><99> is used to fit linear models. It can be us
7 ed to carry out
8 regression, single stratum analysis of variance and analysis of
9 covariance (although <80><98>aov<80><99> may provide a more co
9 nvenient interface
10 for these).
11
.....
While the wrapping around of the line is problematic, I don't know how
to deal with this (it also happens with man pages, as in man gcc).
1 GCC(1) GNU
1 GCC(1)
2
3
4
5 NAME
6 gcc - GNU project C and C++ compiler
7
8 SYNOPSIS
9 gcc [-c|-S|-E] [-std=standard]
10 [-g] [-pg] [-Olevel]
11 [-Wwarn...] [-pedantic]
12 [-Idir...] [-Ldir...]
13 [-Dmacro[=defn]...] [-Umacro]
14 [-foption...] [-mmachine-option...]
15 [-o outfile] [@file] infile...
16
17 Only the most useful options are listed here; see below for th 17 e
18 remainder. g++ accepts mostly the same options as gcc.
.......
Can I get rid of those line numbers? This did not happen for me
before, from what I recall.
I am using Fedora 15 with the LXDE spin. I don't recall having this
problem before Fedora 13. So, I think somewhere down the line, I lost
a font.
I have the following fonts installed? What am I missing? OR do I have
too much?
$ rpm -qa \*font\*
lohit-gujarati-fonts-2.4.5-1.fc15.noarch
lohit-oriya-fonts-2.4.3-9.fc15.noarch
vlgothic-fonts-common-20110722-1.fc15.noarch
libXfont-1.4.3-2.fc15.i686
lohit-bengali-fonts-2.4.3-7.fc15.noarch
thai-scalable-waree-fonts-0.4.15-2.fc15.noarch
lohit-devanagari-fonts-2.4.5-3.fc15.noarch
un-core-fonts-common-1.0.2-0.16.080608.fc15.noarch
ucs-miscfixed-fonts-0.3-6.fc15.noarch
paktype-naqsh-fonts-3.0-5.fc15.noarch
liberation-fonts-common-1.07.0-1.fc15.noarch
urw-fonts-2.4-10.fc15.noarch
thai-scalable-fonts-common-0.4.15-2.fc15.noarch
dejavu-sans-fonts-2.33-1.fc15.noarch
bitmap-console-fonts-0.3-17.fc15.noarch
khmeros-base-fonts-5.0-11.fc15.noarch
iso8859-2-75dpi-fonts-1.0-25.fc15.noarch
paktype-tehreer-fonts-2.0-11.fc15.noarch
liberation-mono-fonts-1.07.0-1.fc15.noarch
bitmap-fixed-fonts-0.3-17.fc15.noarch
lklug-fonts-0.6-5.20090803cvs.fc15.noarch
xorg-x11-fonts-misc-7.5-4.fc15.noarch
liberation-serif-fonts-1.07.0-1.fc15.noarch
smc-fonts-common-4.4-5.fc15.noarch
dejavu-serif-fonts-2.33-1.fc15.noarch
abattis-cantarell-fonts-0.0.6-1.fc15.noarch
lohit-telugu-fonts-2.4.5-9.fc15.noarch
lohit-assamese-fonts-2.4.3-8.fc15.noarch
khmeros-fonts-common-5.0-11.fc15.noarch
xorg-x11-font-utils-7.5-6.fc15.i686
ghostscript-fonts-5.50-24.fc15.noarch
smc-meera-fonts-4.4-5.fc15.noarch
lohit-tamil-fonts-2.4.5-9.fc15.noarch
sil-abyssinica-fonts-1.0-10.fc15.noarch
vlgothic-fonts-20110722-1.fc15.noarch
dejavu-fonts-common-2.33-1.fc15.noarch
iso8859-2-100dpi-fonts-1.0-25.fc15.noarch
bitmap-fangsongti-fonts-0.3-17.fc15.noarch
jomolhari-fonts-0.003-10.fc15.noarch
paratype-pt-sans-fonts-20100408-2.fc15.noarch
lohit-kannada-fonts-2.4.6-1.fc15.noarch
fontpackages-filesystem-1.44-2.fc15.noarch
libfontenc-1.0.5-4.fc15.i686
gnu-free-fonts-common-20100919-4.fc15.noarch
fontconfig-2.8.0-3.fc15.i686
gnu-free-mono-fonts-20100919-4.fc15.noarch
wqy-zenhei-fonts-0.9.46-2.fc15.noarch
bitmap-lucida-typewriter-fonts-0.3-17.fc15.noarch
iso8859-2-misc-fonts-1.0-25.fc15.noarch
sil-padauk-fonts-2.4-7.fc15.noarch
liberation-sans-fonts-1.07.0-1.fc15.noarch
dejavu-sans-mono-fonts-2.33-1.fc15.noarch
stix-fonts-1.0.0-2.fc15.noarch
lohit-punjabi-fonts-2.4.4-4.fc15.noarch
lyx-fonts-2.0.0-4.fc15.noarch
xorg-x11-fonts-ISO8859-1-75dpi-7.5-4.fc15.noarch
iso8859-2-fonts-common-1.0-25.fc15.noarch
bitmap-fonts-compat-0.3-17.fc15.noarch
un-core-dotum-fonts-1.0.2-0.16.080608.fc15.noarch
xorg-x11-fonts-ISO8859-1-100dpi-7.5-4.fc15.noarch
fontconfig-devel-2.8.0-3.fc15.i686
texlive-texmf-fonts-2007-37.fc15.noarch
Many thanks again, and best wishes,
Ranjan
12 years, 9 months
How to debug X lockup (advice from gurus wanted)
by Roberto Ragusa
Hi,
it sometimes happens to me that X completely locks up, while the
machine is still alive on the network.
This is on F14, untainted kernel, nouveau driver, no 3D used,
KDE desktop on a 32-bit machine with 8GiB RAM and PAE kernel.
It typically happens when something is going to be drawn on
the screen (a window pops up or virtual desktop change).
I would like to open a bug, but I'm not able to attach any kind
of usable log; dmesg says nothing, all I can say is that
the screen remains frozen (including the pointer), the X
server and the kernel keep doing some "SIG ALRM" stuff and
any attempt to access the X server stalls the command (xrandr
or xset, for example), in a Ctrl-C responsive way.
This is happening on different kernel revisions. This laptop
is perfectly stable and it sometimes takes a few weeks to show
the problem (using suspend during the night).
If I do a fresh reboot there is a high probability of a lockup
in a mater of minutes/hours.
Just as if there were lucky and unlucky reboots (important stuff
being placed in memory areas which is easily corrupted?).
Another data point: this laptop sometimes fails to suspend properly
(remains frozen). In any case the last frozen-X event happened
today before any attempt to suspend, so I can not blame the
BIOS and ACPI parts.
Any idea?
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Roberto Ragusa mail at robertoragusa.it
12 years, 9 months
Brain fart: no format option on a pen drive pop-up menu?
by Fernando Cassia
Surely I'm missing something, but shouldn't there be an uption on the
right-click menu over a pen drive, to format the drive?. Can't find
it.
I go to Computer, select the KINGSTON device, right click, properties,
and I see the following tabs:
Basic, Emblems, Permissions, Open with, Notes
Nowhere is there any option to "format drive".
I know I can probaly just format it from Bash, but I'm curious of what
is the expected way to initiate a drive format from the Gnome GUI....
I'm using an ancient system with Fedora 10 here... uname -a
2.6.27.41-170.2.117.fc10.i686 #1 SMP Thu Dec 10 11:00:29 EST 2009
i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux
FC
PS: The options available on the pop-up menu for the drive object are:
Open
Open with other application
Copy
Rename
Unmount volume
Properties
12 years, 9 months
gpp on F15
by Aaron Konstam
A few days ago there was comment about problems with gpp
(gnome-photo-printer) on F15.
It works on my F15 as it did on my F14.
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12 years, 9 months
Drivers for Brother MFC-J6710DW
by Chris Kottaridis
Just got a new Multifunction FAX,Scanner.Copier,Printer that has network
access.
I have Fedora Core 14 and when I use the tools to add a printerit finds
it on the netwrok, but it can't seem to find a driver for this device.
It's a
Brother MFC-J6710DW
Do you know where I can get the drivers for this for Fedora Core 14 ?
Thanks
Chris Kottaridis
12 years, 9 months
Sound from KVM guest
by Michael Eager
Hi --
I installed Windows 7 in a KVM virtual machine running on
Fedora 15. The guest is configured with an es1370 sound card.
Windows detected the sound device and installed drivers, but I
don't get any sound.
The same thing happens when configured with an ac97 sound device.
Any suggestions?
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Michael Eager eager(a)eagercon.com
1960 Park Blvd., Palo Alto, CA 94306 650-325-8077
12 years, 9 months
GNOME 2 on Fedora 15
by Dave Cross
I've tried GNOME 3 for a couple of months and I really don't like it[1].
Is there any way to go back to GNOME 2 on Fedora 15? Can I reuse the
F14 rpms? Or can I rebuild the F14 srpms on my F15 system?
Or perhaps someone else has already done this work and made GNOME 2
available for F15?
Cheers,
Dave...
[1] http://blog.dave.org.uk/2011/08/hating-gnome-3.html
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http://dave.org.uk/
@davorg
12 years, 9 months