On Thursday 13 November 2003 09:10, fedora-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Send fedora-list mailing list submissions to > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > fedora-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx > > You can reach the person managing the list at > fedora-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of fedora-list digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Dell Precision M60 LapTop (Built-in Wireless) support (Sean > Hogston) 2. can I do minimal install, reboot and install mozilla easily? > (listuser2003@xxxxxxxxxxxx) 3. Re: RPM building guide (Kevin Francis) > 4. I have a problem with sound (Dark Elf) > 5. Re: german mailinglist? (A. Sopicki) > 6. gdm configuration (Gokul Poduval) > 7. Re: back to libcom_err.so.3 (Brian Fahrlander) > 8. Re: gdm configuration (Robert Brimhall) > 9. Re: back to libcom_err.so.3 (sun) > 10. Fedora does not recognise WD1200jb Drive (Fred Antrobus) > 11. Re: NFS Install Hangs (Mike Chambers) > 12. Re: Random lockups while away (Matt Whiteley) > 13. Re: fat32 problem ... (Johnathan Kupferer) > 14. what does minimal install give me? (Globe Trotter) > 15. Issue has wrong version (Truzzi, Paul S) > 16. Re: german mailinglist? (Georg E Schneider) > 17. Re: vsftpd and iptables (J. Scott Amort) > 18. Re: german mailinglist? (Georg E Schneider) > 19. Re: RPM building guide (Chris Stankaitis) > 20. Re: Name is but sound and smoke (Doug Stewart) > 21. Re: NFS Install Hangs (Alexandre Oliva) > 22. Re: Issue has wrong version (Jesse Keating) > 23. Re: can I do minimal install, reboot and install mozilla > easily? (Rodolfo J. Paiz) > 24. Re: what does minimal install give me? (Rodolfo J. Paiz) > 25. scrollkeeper DoSing www.oasis-open.org during install (Justin Mason) > 26. Heads up on Fedora NTFS RPMs from SourceForge... (Marc Schwartz) > 27. 2 Gb File Size Limit ? (Zate) > 28. Re: problems running Acrobat Reader 5 (Ulrich Drepper) > 29. XFree86-4.3.0-42 (Michael Gargiullo) > 30. testing for packages differing from FC1 packages (Bret Hughes) > 31. Re: what does minimal install give me? (Globe Trotter) > 32. Re: Console Mouse Service??? (PatrickM) > 33. NTOP (Scott Baker) > 34. Oprofile (John Hearns) > 35. What the ...... ????? (PatrickM) > > --__--__-- > > Message: 1 > Subject: Re: Dell Precision M60 LapTop (Built-in Wireless) support > From: Sean Hogston <sean@xxxxxxxxxxx> > To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 12:00:10 -0500 > Reply-To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > Susan, > > First I would recommend not sending messages with HTML in them as many > people on this list filter out any messages that contain it. > > Second to answer your question take a look at this link: > > http://www.mikehardy.net/linux_latitude_d800/ > > This info is more specific to the latitude D800 that I have but he > mentions that the 1300/1400 is not supported in linux nativly. You can > load it with a commercial software package but it is not free. It looks > like the TrueMobile 1150 is the one supported by linux as it is based on > the orinoco chipset. > > I run the orinoco chip but from a different vendor and it works great. > > Here is the link to dell where you can get a supported chip for $50. > http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?sku=430-0903&c=us&l=e >n&cs=04&category_id=4011&page=external > > > HTH > > On Wed, 2003-11-12 at 11:10, Griego, Susan Cohoe wrote: > > Hi, > > > > > > > > I have a DELL M60 Precision LapTop with built-in wireless. > > > > Does anyone know what drivers work with the above? > > > > > > > > DELL calls this "DELL TRUE MOBILE 1300" WLAN Mini-PCI 802.11 b/g > > Looks like Windows is using BCMWL5.sys (Provider BroadCom Corporation) > > > > > > > > Any ideas. > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Susan > > --__--__-- > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2003 00:11:05 -0500 > From: "listuser2003@xxxxxxxxxxxx" <listuser2003@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: can I do minimal install, reboot and install mozilla easily? > Reply-To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > Hello all, > > I have installed Fedora in my desktop computer at home and it works > great (I used the Desktop Install). > > Now I want to install it on a Pentium II Dell laptop to just use > mozilla, grip, the gimp and connect with dial-up. > > I want to do the Minimal Install but I was wondering if it will install > enough packages for me to "easily" set up dial-up and install mozilla, > gimp, and grip? > > thanks! > Eliseo > > > > --__--__-- > > Message: 3 > Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2003 13:12:05 +0800 > From: Kevin Francis <kevin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: RPM building guide > Reply-To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > thanks you guys ( anyone who responded :P ) > > -- > Kevin G. Francis > <http://denial.loose-screws.com/> > > Scott Gose wrote: > > http://fedora.redhat.com/participate/developers-guide/ch-rpm-building.htm > >l > > > > http://www.redhat.com/docs/books/max-rpm/ > > http://www.rpm.org/RPM-HOWTO/build.html > > http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-rpm1/ > > > > On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 11:48:09PM +0800, Kevin Francis wrote: > >>Does anyone here have any good resources for building RPMs? > >> > >>Preferrably Fedora spec or closest as you can get me. > >>-- > >>Kevin Francis > >><http://denial.loose-screws.com/> > >> > >> > >>-- > >>fedora-list mailing list > >>fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >>http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > --__--__-- > > Message: 4 > Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 21:17:07 -0800 (PST) > From: Dark Elf <anindya_kumar_biswas@xxxxxxxxx> > Subject: I have a problem with sound > To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Reply-To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > I am not sure if this isthe righe mailing list to > email this sort of problem but I cant make my sound > card to work. it's an AD 1980 that is built into my > main board. Previously i could compile alsa and make > it to work. Now i get an error while compiling it > > serialmidi.c: In function `open_tty': > serialmidi.c:164: error: invalid operands to binary > > make[1]: *** [serialmidi.o] Error 1 > > What do i do. Fredora does detect my sound card. but > does nothing there is no sound coming out. and now > that even alsa does not compile i cant think of > anything else to make it work. > > anindya > > ===== > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- >--------------------- "Engineering does not require science. Science helps a > lot but people built perfectly good brick walls long before they knew why > cement works." -linus torvalds > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard > http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree > > > > --__--__-- > > Message: 5 > From: "A. Sopicki" <pastorpalme@xxxxxx> > To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: german mailinglist? > Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2003 06:42:12 +0100 > Reply-To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > Hi! > > Personally I'm feeling fine with the english mailing list but I would > subscribe to the german version as well to help the people who have no > experience with Linux yet. > > Regards, > > Alex > > > > --__--__-- > > Message: 6 > Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2003 13:31:36 +0800 > From: Gokul Poduval <gokul.poduval@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: gdm configuration > Reply-To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > Hello, > I recently upgraded from RH9 to FC1. I was using IceWM as my window > manager and had configured it to run with GDM with the instructions > given at the site - http://www.icewm.org/FAQ/IceWM-FAQ-10.html#ss10.1 > > It used to work for redhat 9, but has stopped working with FC1. IceWM > does not even come up in the list of sessions. Has anybody run into a > problem like this ? > > Gokul > > > > --__--__-- > > Message: 7 > Subject: Re: back to libcom_err.so.3 > From: Brian Fahrlander <Brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: Fedora List <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 23:47:35 -0600 > Reply-To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > > --=-PrAoENkdAYZG92lD6rlm > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > On Wed, 2003-11-12 at 10:54, Globe Trotter wrote: > > OK, So I did the following: went back and copied all the files from my > > RH= > > 9 > > > /usr/kerberos/lib over. > >=20 > > But I still get the following problem when I try to install the > > following= > > > >=20 > > rpm -ivh openafs-krb5-1.2.9-rh9.0.1.i386.rpm=20 > > error: Failed dependencies: > > libcom_err.so.3 is needed by openafs-krb5-1.2.9-rh9.0.1 > >=20 > > This does exist, and is in /usr/kerberos/lib which I created after the > > transfer. Any suggestions as to what I can do here? > > Hey- was this an upgrade from 9 with Matt's Gnome 2.4b? I had the > same thing- had to re-install it. :( > > --=20 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Brian Fahrl=C3=A4nder Researcher, Conservative, and > Tec= hnomad > Evansville, IN http://Fahrlander.net > ICQ 5119262 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > --=-PrAoENkdAYZG92lD6rlm > Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc > Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQA/sxr26PLtRzZbdhYRAp1iAJ0elagvJa0R4EddN40RNEexGF57lwCeIYDP > e3rbs8AQ3KT7EK7yVdbGhFs= > =ZsQn > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > --=-PrAoENkdAYZG92lD6rlm-- > > > > --__--__-- > > Message: 8 > Subject: Re: gdm configuration > From: Robert Brimhall <rbrimhal@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: Fedora Mailing List <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 23:49:48 -0600 > Reply-To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > > --=-u3Nq04SXY7cX6Q6ixf01 > Content-Type: text/plain > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > Check out the files in /etc/X11/dm/Sessions for examples of how to > configure new sessions. Also, to make them default check out > .Xclients-default in ~/ or just create .xinitrc or .xsession files. > > On Wed, 2003-11-12 at 23:31, Gokul Poduval wrote: > > Hello, > > I recently upgraded from RH9 to FC1. I was using IceWM as my window > > manager and had configured it to run with GDM with the instructions > > given at the site - http://www.icewm.org/FAQ/IceWM-FAQ-10.html#ss10.1 > >=20 > > It used to work for redhat 9, but has stopped working with FC1. IceWM > > does not even come up in the list of sessions. Has anybody run into a > > problem like this ? > >=20 > > Gokul > >=20 > >=20 > > -- > > fedora-list mailing list > > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > --=20 > Robert Brimhall <rbrimhal@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > --=-u3Nq04SXY7cX6Q6ixf01 > Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc > Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQA/sxt8+QN++es5/bQRAoGIAKDbtEhnsXVaoJXLNsITCRJw3uv5VQCfTpmM > uUhTLadNzvEZiWSJ+ykOIdA= > =FJSC > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > --=-u3Nq04SXY7cX6Q6ixf01-- > > > > --__--__-- > > Message: 9 > From: "sun" <sun-zj@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: back to libcom_err.so.3 > Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2003 14:03:14 +0800 > Reply-To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > Hi, all > I compiled the linux-2.6.0-test9 under RH 9.0 but it always complained > about the invalid option arch = i686, when I update to FC1, all that gone. > I can build kernel very well. I wonder whether it is the GCC fault. or > others? > > thanks a lot for your advices. > > Best Regards. > Zongjun. Sun > Freemen fight for freedom > > sun-zj@xxxxxxxxxxxx > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Brian Fahrlander" <Brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: "Fedora List" <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2003 1:47 PM > Subject: Re: back to libcom_err.so.3 > > > > --__--__-- > > Message: 10 > Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 09:14:56 -0800 > From: Fred Antrobus <fredantrobus@xxxxxxx> > To: <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Fedora does not recognise WD1200jb Drive > Reply-To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > I am trying to do a install of fedora on a new computer > which has a Western Digital 120gb drive (WD1200JBRTL) > > The motherboard sees the drive just fine > > Fedora does not recognise the drive when I try to do the install. > > Any ideas how to get it working would be appreciated. > > Thanks, > Fred Antrobus > > > ================================================== > Fred Antrobus > fredantrobus@xxxxxxx > > > > > > --__--__-- > > Message: 11 > Subject: Re: NFS Install Hangs > From: Mike Chambers <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: RedHat - Fedora <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 11:24:43 -0600 > Reply-To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > On Wed, 2003-11-12 at 11:11, Johnathan Kupferer wrote: > > Has anyone else noticed issues like this? Anyone done a bunch of > > concurent NFS installs and *NOT* noticed this issue? > > I do NFS installs but only from one machine to another machine. And I > do them from the ISO's instead of unpackaging them. I didn't see any > problems with the one machine, but I don't do them multiple at a time to > compare, sorry. > > Maybe you could try ftp or http installs and see if there are any > problems with that way? Maybe that will at least get you going faster > until this problem is fixed. > > -- > Mike Chambers > Madisonville, KY > > "Do you hear me now?....GOOD!" > > > > --__--__-- > > Message: 12 > Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 09:25:37 -0800 (PST) > Subject: Re: Random lockups while away > From: "Matt Whiteley" <matt-whiteley@xxxxxxxxxxx> > To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Reply-To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > > It was a sk98 module made by himself. > > I see no sk98 listed and I am unaware of what sk98 is. To top it off, I > have never created a module before. > > > -- > Matt Whiteley <matt-whiteley@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > --__--__-- > > Message: 13 > Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 11:57:20 -0600 > From: Johnathan Kupferer <johnathan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: fat32 problem ... > Reply-To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > Is it correct to assume it is from linux that you can't write to D:? > How are you mounting these drives? Can you show us the record in > /etc/fstab for D:? Are there any error messages when you mount the > drive or anything in /var/log/messages? > > - Johnathan > > Michael Paffrath wrote: > >Hi all! > > > >I have installed the Fedora Core 1 a few days ago. I would like to > >switch from Windows to Linux but i got some problems ... > >I still have 2 fat32 partitions which i would like to keep. (Sometimes i > >have to boot windows for some reasons) > >The mysterious problem about those two partitions is that i can > >read/write one, but just read the other. > >The first partition (lets call it C:) is formatted by win2k installer > >and is 8.5GB of size. > >The second partition (lets call it D:) is formatted using mkfs.vfat and > >is 60GB of size. > > > >My impression is that size matters ;-) > > > >Can anyone give me a hint how i can use (at least) D: for both OS? > > > >Regards, > > --__--__-- > > Message: 14 > Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 22:14:41 -0800 (PST) > From: Globe Trotter <itsme_410@xxxxxxxxx> > Subject: what does minimal install give me? > To: fedora <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Reply-To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > just wondering what the minimal install gives me? is there a documentation > on all the packages? > > thx! > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard > http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree > > > > --__--__-- > > Message: 15 > Subject: Issue has wrong version > Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 10:13:12 -0800 > From: "Truzzi, Paul S" <paul.s.truzzi@xxxxxxxxxx> > To: <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Reply-To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > I upgraded from Test 1 to Test 2 to the final version, or at least up2date > can't find any new packages. However, when I check /etc/issue it says that > it is: Fedora Core release 0.94 (Severn) > Kernel \r on an \m > Not a big deal, but shouldn't this file have been updated somewhere along > the line? > > Paul > > > > --__--__-- > > Message: 16 > Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 19:43:45 +0100 > From: Georg E Schneider <georg@xxxxxxxxxx> > To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: german mailinglist? > Reply-To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > Thorsten von Plotho-Kettner schrieb: > >Hi, > > > >any users interested in a de-fedora-list? > > > >Regards, > >Thorsten > > > > > >-- > >fedora-list mailing list > >fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > Ja wrde ich sehr begrssen, und wïe selbstvertïdlich auch dabei. > > -- > mfg > Georg E Schneider > > > > --__--__-- > > Message: 17 > Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 10:53:14 -0800 > From: "J. Scott Amort" <jsamort@xxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: vsftpd and iptables > To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Reply-To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 18:54, Christopher K. Johnson wrote: > > On an ftp server which you want clients to be able to access via passive > > FTP be > > sure to insmod ip_conntrack_ftp module, which can be accomplished by > > adding the > > following two lines to /etc/modules.conf > > > > # iptables module added for passive ftp access to ftpd on local system > > above ip_conntrack ip_conntrack_ftp > > Thanks very much - this worked. However, I would like to know why? > This wasn't a problem in RedHat 9 (or at least, it accomplished the same > thing a different way). What exactly does this do? Thanks again. > > Regards, > > Scott > > > > --__--__-- > > Message: 18 > Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 19:58:33 +0100 > From: Georg E Schneider <georg@xxxxxxxxxx> > To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: german mailinglist? > Reply-To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > Thorsten von Plotho-Kettner schrieb: > >Hi, > > > >any users interested in a de-fedora-list? > > > >Regards, > >Thorsten > > > > > >-- > >fedora-list mailing list > >fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > My first e-mail din't recive (written in german) > but easy ;) yes > > > > --__--__-- > > Message: 19 > Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 14:21:32 -0500 > From: Chris Stankaitis <chris@xxxxxxxxxxx> > To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: RPM building guide > Reply-To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > Kevin Francis wrote: > > Does anyone here have any good resources for building RPMs? > > > > Preferrably Fedora spec or closest as you can get me. > > If your new to RPM's then where you should really start is Maximum RPM, > you can read an online copy, or download one at www.rpm.org > > -- > Chris Stankaitis > > > > > --__--__-- > > Message: 20 > Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 14:28:02 -0500 > From: Doug Stewart <dstewart@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Name is but sound and smoke > Reply-To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Alexandre Oliva wrote: > | On Nov 11, 2003, Axel Thimm <Axel.Thimm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > |>>The idea (as I understand it) is that people want to easily have > |>>add-on packages in their system without a risk that this might modify > |>>core components. > |> > |>E.g. choose their stability level. So let's use stability criterions. > | > | It's not really the same. > | > | One of the points is at the time of reporting a bug. Say I find a bug > | in Mozilla, or in mplayer. Unless I can pinpoint which repository I > | got Mozilla from, or the exact dependency of mplayer that caused the > | bug, to figure out where I should report it, I'll be at a loss. > | > | Being able to make sure that a certain package (along with all of its > | dependencies) is part of the Core makes it simpler to assert whether a > | bug is in the Core or not, as long as you stick to only Extras > | repositories. As soon as you introduce Alternatives, any hopes of > | easily identifying the source of a problem are gone, and this doesn't > | even get into inter-repository compatibility problems. > > Lovely. And no one ever got fired for buying IBM. > > What happens if I think the Core package stinks like week-old Chinese > food? What if I want a DVD player that can *gasp* play my DVDs? What > if I want my mother to be able to play the MP3s she has on her machine? > > There are tradeoffs for official vs. unofficial repositories, obviously, > but I seem to see far too many RH employees posting "It's our way or the > highway" types of messages to this (and the Test) list. If it's really > supposed to be a "community"-run "project", then maybe accomodations > should be made for the community. > > Why not draw up an official packaging spec? Say "As long as packagers > stick to this nomenclature, they should be able to interoperate with > FC". Mandate a repo tag in the filename, or, heck, in the "packager" > field of the .spec. Then, when users have an issue with a package, tell > them "What repo is it from? Run rpm --whatrepo [packagename] and then > bother the repo maintainer for support." > > Thoughts? > - -- > - ---------- > Doug Stewart > Systems Administrator/Web Applications Developer > Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Labs > dstewart@xxxxxxxxxxxx > > Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (MingW32) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQE/sonCN50Q8DVvcvkRAnRUAJ43hfaTeAmOHOCTlRWd8f9khpfnbACaA/fN > zms6etUquT3X8nBPtUKeL4s= > =Chhy > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > --__--__-- > > Message: 21 > To: Johnathan Kupferer <johnathan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: NFS Install Hangs > From: Alexandre Oliva <aoliva@xxxxxxxxxx> > Organization: GCC Team, Red Hat > Date: 12 Nov 2003 17:31:58 -0200 > Reply-To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > On Nov 12, 2003, Johnathan Kupferer <johnathan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > About ten minutes into it, the NFS installs froze. > > I've experienced similar behavior on all memory-starved hosts I tried > to install to at the uni the other day. Graphical installs would > consistently get blocked at varying points. Text installs completed > without a hitch. This was on 64-MiB boxes, FWIW. No useful messages > in any of the VTs, and not a real hang. Since the Release Notes > mentioned 192MiB was a minimum for graphical, I went with text, and > that worked. > > -- > Alexandre Oliva Enjoy Guarana', see http://www.ic.unicamp.br/~oliva/ > Red Hat GCC Developer aoliva@{redhat.com, gcc.gnu.org} > CS PhD student at IC-Unicamp oliva@{lsd.ic.unicamp.br, gnu.org} > Free Software Evangelist Professional serial bug killer > > > > --__--__-- > > Message: 22 > From: Jesse Keating <jkeating@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Organization: j2Solutions > To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Issue has wrong version > Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 22:37:47 -0800 > Reply-To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Wednesday 12 November 2003 10:13, Truzzi, Paul S wrote: > > I upgraded from Test 1 to Test 2 to the final version, or at least > > up2date can't find any new packages. However, when I check /etc/issue > > it says that it is: Fedora Core release 0.94 (Severn) > > Kernel \r on an \m > > Not a big deal, but shouldn't this file have been updated somewhere > > along the line? > > Make sure you have the right "fedora-release" package installed. My > fedora-release-1-3 includes an /etc/issue file that has the right > versioning. > > - -- > Jesse Keating RHCE MCSE (geek.j2solutions.net) > Fedora Legacy Team (www.fedora.us/wiki/FedoraLegacy) > Mondo DevTeam (www.mondorescue.org) > GPG Public Key (geek.j2solutions.net/jkeating.j2solutions.pub) > > Was I helpful? Let others know: > http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=jkeating > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQE/sya74v2HLvE71NURArD9AKCSHUYduynmx4XSisZD9PE+dIhU2wCfUE4I > orBmJYEqzP8MyC38UK1J6jY= > =yWak > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > --__--__-- > > Message: 23 > Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2003 00:38:03 -0600 > To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > From: "Rodolfo J. Paiz" <rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: can I do minimal install, reboot and install mozilla > easily? > Reply-To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > At 23:11 11/12/2003, you wrote: > >Now I want to install it on a Pentium II Dell laptop to just use mozilla, > >grip, the gimp and connect with dial-up. > > > >I want to do the Minimal Install but I was wondering if it will install > >enough packages for me to "easily" set up dial-up and install mozilla, > >gimp, and grip? > > Yes, the point of the minimal install we are working on is to save some > space but to allow you a working, usable system where you can "easily" add > just about anything. > > > -- > Rodolfo J. Paiz > rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > --__--__-- > > Message: 24 > Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2003 00:42:06 -0600 > To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > From: "Rodolfo J. Paiz" <rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: what does minimal install give me? > Reply-To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > At 00:14 11/13/2003, you wrote: > >just wondering what the minimal install gives me? is there a documentation > > on all the packages? > > The fedora-minimal install will not necessarily include documentation on > all the packages. > > However, if by "minimal" you mean using the normal install, and unselecting > (or deselecting, if you prefer that word) all package groups such that you > get the smallest stock install, then yes... in that case you will get > documentation for every package. > > > -- > Rodolfo J. Paiz > rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > --__--__-- > > Message: 25 > To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: scrollkeeper DoSing www.oasis-open.org during install > From: jm@xxxxxxxxxx (Justin Mason) > Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 11:40:19 -0800 > Reply-To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > > Hi folks -- > > I recently upgraded from RH9 to FC1 using yum, and noticed some > odd behaviour during the upgrade. > > Every time a Gnome2 rpm was installed, scrollkeeper-update would > run. This would run some rebuild of Docbook documentation, which > seemingly did not have all the required files present; this > caused it to load files (via HTTP) from www.oasis-open.org. I caught > it accessing this URL in particular: > > http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/dbpoolx.mod > > Unfortunately, the website often does not respond, or would respond with > a partial copy of the file, producing SGML parser errors. > > A quick websearch finds several other people in the same situation. > I'm inclined to surmise that the number of Gnome2 installs being > performed over the last couple of weeks has DDoS'd www.oasis-open.org, > resulting in these hung requests and partial files. > > I worked around it by doing: > > mv /usr/bin/scrollkeeper-update{,.SLOW} > ln -s /bin/true /usr/bin/scrollkeeper-update > killall scrollkeeper-update > > So FYI -- if you're upgrading while online, and see Gnome2-related > packages taking an extremely long time to install, that may > help. > > Suggested fix for Fedora: don't run scrollkeeper-update from every Gnome2 > package's postinstall stanza; fix scrollkeeper to not make > remote HTTP requests introducing a remote single point of failure. > > - --j. > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Exmh CVS > > iD8DBQE/soyjQTcbUG5Y7woRAitYAJsEaNxzuHCX/NHXqw10HodJYxngaQCgnEyH > Gu7ldWGrVGyxYce057CmzBI= > =Ze5p > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > --__--__-- > > Message: 26 > Subject: Heads up on Fedora NTFS RPMs from SourceForge... > From: Marc Schwartz <MSchwartz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Organization: MedAnalytics, Inc. > Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 13:40:25 -0600 > Reply-To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > I just stopped by there to check on updates. > > First, there is a new URL: > > http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/rpm/fedora1.html > > > Second, some bugs were found with the initial versions, so if you are > using them, be sure to download the new versions from the above page. > > Be sure that you get the proper RPM for your CPU/kernel type and > version. > > HTH, > > Marc Schwartz > > > > > --__--__-- > > Message: 27 > Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 14:38:57 -0500 (EST) > Subject: 2 Gb File Size Limit ? > From: "Zate" <zate@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Reply-To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > Can anyone tell me if Fedora will have a 2 Gb file size limit ? I am > trying to copy a VMWare image from a DVD to my home dir (got plenty of > space) and it stops with a IO Error at about 2 Gb. Wanted to know if its > a limit of the OS/File System because I can copy the file fine in Windows. > > -- > IT is Dead. The industry is Shot > Join Others Who Feel Your Pain > http://www.internalstrife.com/ > > > > --__--__-- > > Message: 28 > Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 11:44:19 -0800 > From: Ulrich Drepper <drepper@xxxxxxxxxx> > Organization: Red Hat, Inc. > To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: problems running Acrobat Reader 5 > Reply-To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Mirko Streckenbach wrote: > > Has anybody gotten Acrobat Reader 5.08 to work? It crashes > > here on several occasions: > > Adobe uses a Motif which has problems with anything but single-byte > locales. I'm using this wrapper called acroread which then starts the > real version: > > #! /bin/bash > export LC_ALL=C > exec /opt/Acrobat5/bin/acroread "$@" > > > - -- > â Ulrich Drepper â Red Hat, Inc. â 444 Castro St â Mountain View, CA â > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQE/so2T2ijCOnn/RHQRAmbSAJ9SrInIznruPD9H5ZHZskAx8JSSWwCfZwf8 > L3bBWsUjhxv+0iAShOten5E= > =dqXj > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > --__--__-- > > Message: 29 > Subject: XFree86-4.3.0-42 > From: Michael Gargiullo <mgargiullo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: Fedora List <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Organization: Warp Drive Networks > Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 14:46:24 -0500 > Reply-To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > Has anyone seen stability issues in X since moving to Fedora? > > I can't allow my machine to boot into X, and occasionally it freezes > completely.
