I have a problem with my bind-chroot on fc2.when I install this package my bind(DNS) can't resolv local name .I wouldt like to know why? On 7/3/05, fedora-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx <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-owner@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: Fedora Download Page Useless (Tony Nelson) > 2. Re: Fast Mirror (John Mahowald) > 3. Fedora, xorg and Matrox P650? (Peter Boy) > 4. Re: I'm about to give up. Please Help (Don) > 5. Re: Installed FC4 all I get is grub>... Help (Mike McCarty) > 6. Re: Installed FC4 all I get is grub>... Help (ryan) > 7. Re: Newbie question: Printing non-latin webpages (John Mahowald) > 8. Re: I'm about to give up. Please Help (Mike McCarty) > 9. Re: I'm about to give up. Please Help (Don) > 10. Re: I'm about to give up. Please Help (Mike McCarty) > 11. Re: Fedora Firefox Start Page (Captain Bubudiu) > 12. Disabling Selinux ? (Marcel Janssen) > 13. Re: Disabling Selinux ? (Rahul Sundaram) > 14. Grub prompt after installing FC4 (N James Bridge) > 15. Re: Disabling Selinux ? (Marcel Janssen) > 16. Re: kernel-2.6.12-1.1387_FC4 Compaq nx9005 won't boot > (Michael Fischer) > 17. Re: Linux Bookmark Manager? (Alex Evonosky) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 3 Jul 2005 13:48:03 -0400 > From: Tony Nelson <tonynelson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: Fedora Download Page Useless > To: <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Message-ID: <v04020a00beedb8b36bdc@[192.168.123.162]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > At 7:26 PM +1000 7/3/05, Vytas Valas wrote: > > >I went to the trouble of downloading the DVD iso file > >for 32 bit systems. The webpage says to use a program > >called shalsum to check the download. There is NO > >PLACE AT ALL on the download page or anywhere else I > >can see to find the shalsum program to check the > >download prior to trying to burn it to a DVD disk. I > >doubt I am alone in feeling mislead by the RedHat > >people when their webpage says use a program which is > >NOT available. > > > >Well, I was interested in trying Linux but if the very > >download page is this useless then I can only guess > >the rest of the online "support" must be just as bad. > >Why tell downloaders to use a program you don't make > >available for download??????? > > You couldn't find shalsum because it's a 1 not an L. Indeed, the release > notes don't list where to get sha1sum, and they should (and use the > "release notes errata" for the up-to-date release notes). Pleas submit a > bug using the link in section 2 of the Release Notes. > > As far as shouting, alternatives for emphasis -- without using HTML, which > many of us won't see anyway -- are *bold* and /italic/. So, "There is /no > place at all/ on the download page". > > In your terms, you are correct about the "support". My expectations were > much lower, only that the contents of the webpage would be accurate and > commands listed on it would work, and they haven't quite been met either. > :| So it goes. If you don't like spending lots of time fiddling around > trying to do something that seems like it should be simple, and doing that > hundreds of times over, then probably Linux and FC are not for you. > > Searching the Fedora list archives doesn't work. Even though that has been > established on this list, people will still say you should have done it -- > obviously they don't take their own advice. Instead, search a mirror, such > as: > > <http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=fedora-list&r=1&w=2> > > or use a Google site search: > > sha1sum site:www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list > > Google doesn't index every day, wile MARC seems to be always up-to-date. > > As far as sha1sum goes, well, if you had Linux already, you'd have it > already. More usefully, a Google search for "sha1sum windows" turns up the > Gnu version. (In this case, Copy & Paste are also your friend, what with > the typo. I admit that a Google search for shalsum isn't helpful, and > Google doesn't suggest any useful alternate spelling.) You should expect > sha1sum to give errors for the files you don't have. If the sum for the > file you do have doesn't match, you might look into using rsync to repair > the download rather than starting over; you might have to poke around to > find a download mirror that will let you rsync with it (and I haven't done > it myself; you'll need to search the list mirror). > > If you do decide to proceed with FC, note that there is a bug in mediacheck > for FC3 and FC4 that will probably require the nodma option listed in the > FC4 release notes; this doesn't mean that the actual install needs nodma. > Also, for FC4, if the installer crashes early on, try it again entering a > garbage command at first, and then the real command (it's a bug). Some > video cards don't work; see list mirrors for posts on that and what file to > replace as a workaround. If you need to compile programs, some won't > compile yet with GCC 4, so you might need GCC 3.2: > > yum install compat-gcc-32 > ____________________________________________________________________ > TonyN.:' <mailto:tonynelson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > ' <http://www.georgeanelson.com/> > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sun, 3 Jul 2005 12:48:40 -0500 > From: John Mahowald <jpmahowald@xxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: Fast Mirror > To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Message-ID: <3ea99754050703104812e1f1f1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > On 7/3/05, edwarner99@xxxxxxxxx <edwarner99@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Can anyone recommend a fast mirror for updates for the > > US? > > > > Most on the list (http://fedora.redhat.com/download/mirrors.html) are > pretty fast. Picking one close to you helps. > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Sun, 03 Jul 2005 19:51:45 +0200 > From: Peter Boy <pboy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Fedora, xorg and Matrox P650? > To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Message-ID: <1120413106.5536.8.camel@littlePiet> > Content-Type: text/plain > > Well, I bought a Matrox P650 and expected it to work with the standard > x-org drivers as I'm used to with the various models of the G-series. > OK, my fault, should have asked google before. > > There are binary drivers available by Matrox, but unfortunately not for > x86_64. And their drivers used to be a mess and of beta quality for > years now. I googled a little bit and couldn't find any hint for a free > driver. > > Does someone (perhaps of Red Hats X team) know, whether I can expect > P650 support by x.org in the near future? Or should I better drop Matrox > at all and buy another video card with dual head support (seems to me > that nvidia's are the only affordable ones)? > > Thanks in advance > > Peter > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Sun, 03 Jul 2005 10:52:53 -0700 > From: Don <fedora@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: I'm about to give up. Please Help > To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Message-ID: <6.2.1.2.2.20050703105128.02d28970@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed > > I do not have another machine running FC3. I have one running RH7.2, which > > I want to replace with a new machine with FC4. > Don > > At 10:25 AM 7/3/2005, you wrote: > >Don wrote: > > > >>I have just this weekend to get this going. I have been working on it > >>for two days. Please help. > >> > >>I was running FC3 with no problem on this system. > >> > >>I installed FC4 new. I select all the packages. When the install > >>displays there is 25 minutes left, the screen turns gray, then I see a > >>terminal like output stating something like starting graphical interface, > > >>the system reboot, and I get a grub> prompt. > >> > >>I cannot find a grub.conf in either /boot/grub or /etc. Please help, I > >>would like to use FC4 and not go back to FC3. > >>Thanks > >>Don > >Another option: If you can boot another machine with FC3 or > >whatever on it, you can use GRUB emulation to create a boot > >floppy which will allow you to get FC4 up, and then use > >the emulation mode on FC4 to do the setup. > > > >Mike > > > >-- > >p="p=%c%s%c;main(){printf(p,34,p,34);}";main(){printf(p,34,p,34);} > >This message made from 100% recycled bits. > >I can explain it for you, but I can't understand it for you. > >I speak only for myself, and I am unanimous in that! > > > >-- > >fedora-list mailing list > >fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Sun, 03 Jul 2005 12:58:49 -0500 > From: Mike McCarty <mike.mccarty@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: Installed FC4 all I get is grub>... Help > To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Message-ID: <42C82759.7010904@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Don wrote: > > > Mike, Thanks, sorry I missed this message. > > > > Trying what you suggested, I do not have a complete installation. > > > > You suggest "If it turns out that you have an incomplete GRUB install, > > then > > you might try booting a rescue CD with GRUB on it, and using > > the GRUB emulation mode to install GRUB on your hard drive." > > > > I do have an rescue CD, I am now booted, how do I go into emulation > > mode and restore GRUB. > > > > Even if this works, my new concern will be what else is not installed. > > > > I have installed FC4 3 times, all the packages, tested the media. > > Maybe its one of the packages? > > Don > > > [snip stuff I wrote earlier] > > To run emulation mode, you just run grub from wherever it is on your > rescue CD. IOW, there > is (likely) an ordinary executable on your rescue CD named grub. In an > ordinary install, > it is in /sbin/grub. > > Hmm. I just mounted my copy of FC4-i386-rescuecd.iso so I could have a > look, and I don't see > a version of GRUB on there. I found it on FC4-i386-disc1.iso as > /Fedora/RPMS/grub-0.95-13.i386.rpm > which won't do you much good. I suppose that you are using > FC4-i386-rescuecd? > > If you have access to "mount" command, then one possibility is to go to > another machine and > copy /sbin/grub onto the floppy, and then mount it on the ailing > machine. You can then > run GRUB in emulation mode from the floppy. > > But, as are you, I'm afraid that you have a woefully incomplete install. > A better approach > might be to try a text-mode install. This might get you a bootable > machine, to which > you could add the graphical stuff later. > > Mike > > -- > p="p=%c%s%c;main(){printf(p,34,p,34);}";main(){printf(p,34,p,34);} > This message made from 100% recycled bits. > I can explain it for you, but I can't understand it for you. > I speak only for myself, and I am unanimous in that! > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Sun, 03 Jul 2005 14:06:51 -0400 > From: ryan <ryanag@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: Installed FC4 all I get is grub>... Help > To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Message-ID: <42C8293B.4000300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed > > Don wrote: > > > Mike, Thanks, sorry I missed this message. > > > > Trying what you suggested, I do not have a complete installation. > > > > You suggest "If it turns out that you have an incomplete GRUB install, > > then > > you might try booting a rescue CD with GRUB on it, and using > > the GRUB emulation mode to install GRUB on your hard drive." > > > > I do have an rescue CD, I am now booted, how do I go into emulation > > mode and restore GRUB. > > > > Even if this works, my new concern will be what else is not installed. > > > > I have installed FC4 3 times, all the packages, tested the media. > > Maybe its one of the packages? > > Don > > > > At 06:29 AM 7/3/2005, you wrote: > > > >> Don wrote: > >> > >>> I tried setup (hd1,10 and got > >>> Checking if "/boot/grub/stage1" exists... no > >>> > >>> How do I know what the parameters should be? > >>> Thanks > >> > >> > >> This is indeed a sticky question, as the only answer is "however > >> you set up your machine". > >> > >> GRUB has the ability to do some "find" operations. > >> > >> You need to > >> > >> find /boot/grub/stage1 > >> and > >> find /boot/grub/stage2 > >> > >> Your BIOS loads only one sector from disc, and jumps to it. > >> This is not enough room for GRUB to do its job, so it loads > >> stage1 which can read more file system stuff, and which then > >> loads stage2 which does more of the real work. Without those > >> two stages, GRUB can't work. So you need to find where they are. > >> > >> We can't possibly tell you where to look, because we don't know > >> your setup. And if you knew your setup, you wouldn't have a problem. > >> > >> However, I can possibly help you find out what your setup is, and > >> get past this. > >> > >> You have to tell GRUB where to look on your hard drive. You do this > >> with the "root" command. But to use that, you need to know how > >> GRUB names discs. > >> > >> Your first drive is named (hd0). Your second drive is named (hd1). > >> Partition names are like disc names, but they have a partition number > >> in them, like this "(hd0,0)". This is the name of the first partition > >> on disc 1. The third partition on disc 2 would be named "(hd1,2)". > >> > >> So, set the root of your file system to each partition you have and try > >> the "find" command, like this: > >> > >> root (hd0,0) > >> find /boot/grub/stage1 > >> > >> If this fails, then try > >> > >> root (hd0,1) > >> find /boot/grub/stage1 > >> > >> Keep trying each partition of your first hard disc. If you run off > >> your first hard disc, then try your second hard disc like this > >> > >> root (hd1,0) > >> find /boot/grub/stage1 > >> > >> root (hd1,1) > >> find /boot/grub/stage1 > >> > >> until you get a hit. > >> > >> If you never find /boot/grub/stage1 then you have an incomplete > >> install of GRUB, and you won't be able to get off the ground. > >> > >> Now, you may not know what your partition setup is. I suggest > >> you use a rescue disc of some sort. Can you boot from CDROM? > >> If so, then boot a rescue disc and use whatever utilities are present > >> to find out what your hard disc setup is. > >> > >> Now, supposing that you find a hit, and you can find both > >> /boot/grub/stage1 and /boot/grub/stage2 then you are nearly > >> there. > >> > >> You next need to load a kernel. You do this with the kernel > >> command. First, issue the "root" command which worked with > >> the "find" above. Then > >> > >> kernel /vmlinuz... > >> > >> Where the "..." represents stuff that is peculiar to your kernel distro. > >> I don't know what to put there, but I believe that GRUB will try > >> auto-completion if you use the TAB key. After the name of the kernel, > >> you need to put whatever arguments to the kernel it needs. On my > >> machine, for example, I need "acpi=off". > >> > >> If that works, then you need to load your initial RAM disc > >> > >> initrd /initrd... > >> > >> where again you probably need to use auto-completion to find the exact > >> name. > >> > >> At this point, you are ready to go, and can issue the "boot" command. > >> > >> boot > >> > >> A complete set of commands for my machine, which boots FC2 is: > >> > >> root (hd0,2) > >> kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.10-1.771_FC2 ro root=LABEL=/ acpi=off rhgb quiet > >> initrd initrd-2.6.10-1.771_FC2.img > >> boot > >> > >> You probably need the "ro", you probably need the "root=LABEL=/", you > >> may or may not need the "acpi=off", and "rhgb quiet" just makes things > >> a little less noisy. > >> > >> Hope that helped some. > >> > >> Mike > >> > >> -- > >> p="p=%c%s%c;main(){printf(p,34,p,34);}";main(){printf(p,34,p,34);} > >> This message made from 100% recycled bits. > >> I can explain it for you, but I can't understand it for you. > >> I speak only for myself, and I am unanimous in that! > >> > >> -- > >> fedora-list mailing list > >> fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >> To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > > > > Try minimal install. Once complete add in what you need using: > yum groupinstall KDE (for example). > > yum grouplist will show you options. > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Sun, 3 Jul 2005 13:00:38 -0500 > From: John Mahowald <jpmahowald@xxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: Newbie question: Printing non-latin webpages > To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Message-ID: <3ea997540507031100510bcbe7@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > On 7/2/05, Giannis <baila344@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I'm trying to switch to linux so I recently installed > > fedora core 4. When I try to print non-latin webpages > > with firefox I get a nearly empty printout: > > Only some strange characters and the image files get > > printed... > > Please post some test links. And perhaps the character set they're in. > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 8 > Date: Sun, 03 Jul 2005 13:08:40 -0500 > From: Mike McCarty <mike.mccarty@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: I'm about to give up. Please Help > To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Message-ID: <42C829A8.7030206@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Don wrote: > > > I do not have another machine running FC3. I have one running RH7.2, > > which I want to replace with a new machine with FC4. > > Don > > Ok, then you are probably using LILO as your boot loader. I'll shoot you > a copy of my FC2 > executable version of GRUB which you can hopefully copy to a floppy, > mount, and run. > > Mike > > -- > p="p=%c%s%c;main(){printf(p,34,p,34);}";main(){printf(p,34,p,34);} > This message made from 100% recycled bits. > I can explain it for you, but I can't understand it for you. > I speak only for myself, and I am unanimous in that! > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 9 > Date: Sun, 03 Jul 2005 11:16:17 -0700 > From: Don <fedora@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: I'm about to give up. Please Help > To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Message-ID: <6.2.1.2.2.20050703111506.02d3b8c0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed > > As Ryan suggested, I will try a minimal installation. Then see from > there. Will let you know how this goes. > Thanks. > Don > > > At 11:08 AM 7/3/2005, you wrote: > >Don wrote: > > > >>I do not have another machine running FC3. I have one running RH7.2, > >>which I want to replace with a new machine with FC4. > >>Don > > > >Ok, then you are probably using LILO as your boot loader. I'll shoot you a > > >copy of my FC2 > >executable version of GRUB which you can hopefully copy to a floppy, > >mount, and run. > > > >Mike > > > >-- > >p="p=%c%s%c;main(){printf(p,34,p,34);}";main(){printf(p,34,p,34);} > >This message made from 100% recycled bits. > >I can explain it for you, but I can't understand it for you. > >I speak only for myself, and I am unanimous in that! > > > >-- > >fedora-list mailing list > >fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 10 > Date: Sun, 03 Jul 2005 13:31:36 -0500 > From: Mike McCarty <mike.mccarty@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: I'm about to give up. Please Help > To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Message-ID: <42C82F08.9080700@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Don wrote: > > > As Ryan suggested, I will try a minimal installation. Then see from > > there. Will let you know how this goes. > > Thanks. > > Don > > This is probably the best idea. But I did send you under separate cover > a copy of GRUB and stage1 and stage2 along with some of the > info on GRUB. > > Mike > > -- > p="p=%c%s%c;main(){printf(p,34,p,34);}";main(){printf(p,34,p,34);} > This message made from 100% recycled bits. > I can explain it for you, but I can't understand it for you. > I speak only for myself, and I am unanimous in that! > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 11 > Date: Sun, 3 Jul 2005 19:41:39 +0100 (BST) > From: Captain Bubudiu <bubudiu2005@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: Fedora Firefox Start Page > To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Message-ID: <20050703184139.29098.qmail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > --- "Michael A. Peters" <mpeters@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Sun, 2005-07-03 at 16:23 +0100, Captain Bubudiu > > wrote: > > > Someone on the fedoraforum did an FC4 startpage. > > (See > > > > > > http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=60978) > > > > I like the fc4 start page there - but would suggest > > that the fc4 release > > notes (with a file:/// url) should be there and easy > > to find. > > > > For an official start page, maybe the release notes > > could replace the > > link to the unofficial FAQ? (no offense, but it is > > unofficial - and > > while I can't name anything at the moment, I've seen > > what I think is bad > > advice there in the past) > > > > The wiki should also be linked on an official start > > page. > > > > I'll subscribe to fedoradocs to discuss if it is > > happening there (though > > my web design skillz are rather, um - well, I mostly > > use the left side > > of my brain ... ;) > > > > I didn't like the Fc4 version for the following > reasons:- > - use of the shadowman logo (Not really Fedora's) > - FC4 (I've got FC3) > - Graphics not profesionally put together > - The blue background is horrendous > > Did you check out the FC3 version? > > I've posted to the Fedora-docs-list, so tomorrow when > most of the guys see it the discussion should be > rolloing. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Fedora Core - The power of Open Source Now! Please search the archives and > http://fedoraforum.org as the question is likely to have been asked before. > RH9 -> FC3 -> FC6 (Jan 2007) > > Catch me at http://members.lycos.co.uk/bubudiu/ Ah the beauty of it all! > > Cheers > Captain Bubudiu > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > How much free photo storage do you get? Store your holiday > snaps for FREE with Yahoo! Photos http://uk.photos.yahoo.com > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 12 > Date: Sun, 3 Jul 2005 21:00:55 +0200 > From: Marcel Janssen <korgull@xxxxxxx> > Subject: Disabling Selinux ? > To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Message-ID: <200507032100.55680.korgull@xxxxxxx> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Hi, > > I have a few problems with FC4 and wonder whether any of them has something > to > do with SElinux. > > 1) smb and nfs share won't start at boot (reported OK, but doesn't work). > I have to manually restart the service to make them work. > 2) My printer doesn't work since my last update (at least I think that's the > > cause as last week it worked well and I haven't changed a thing on the > system > besides an update). > 3) nvidia driver goes funny when I switch terminal (crtl-alt-F1). > > Of the above problems I couldn't find any obvious reason why they would > fail. > I know little about SElinux and suspect it's the cause for wasting my time. > > I'd like to disable it and when I'm sure it works fine for me enabling it > again. Is this possible without any risk to my files (I don't care about > security risks) ? > > Regards, > Marcel > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 13 > Date: Mon, 04 Jul 2005 00:37:55 +0530 > From: Rahul Sundaram <sundaram@xxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: Disabling Selinux ? > To: korgull@xxxxxxx, For users of Fedora Core releases > <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Message-ID: <42C8378B.5000406@xxxxxxxxxx> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Hi > > > Is this possible without any risk to my files (I don't care about > >security risks) ? > > > > > Switching off SELinux wont affect your data if you dont care about > security. However I would recommend running "setenforce 0" or looking > into /var/log/messages to check whether SELinux is the reason behind > your problems before turning it off. Posting to fedora-selinux with the > details would give developers a chance to tackle and fix the problems. > If you are doing this temporarily then setting it to permissive in > /etc/selinux/config is recommended over disabling it. See the FC3 > SELinux FAQ for details > > regards > Rahul > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 14 > Date: Sun, 03 Jul 2005 20:14:52 +0100 > From: N James Bridge <james@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Grub prompt after installing FC4 > To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Message-ID: <1120418092.3324.21.camel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Content-Type: text/plain > > I've noticed a couple of threads complaining about just getting a grub > prompt on trying to boot FC4. I've found one reason that this happens, > which may be relevant to other users. > > I have a dual boot system so hda1 is reserved for windows. I tried using > the auto-partition facility to set up the rest of the hard drive for > FC4. This booted ok and would have worked except that I need to replace > the libvgahw.a file to get a usable display so I have to edit the root > partition before I can boot. Knoppix couldn't read the default LVM > setup, so I tried manual partitions. Following the example of the > automatic setup, I made a separate boot partition, as hda2 and then root > as hda3. This arrangement wouldn't boot - I just got the grub prompt. > The boot partition seemed to have the right files, but there was another > boot folder in hda3 which was empty and I think this gets mounted on top > of hda2 and hides it. At this stage I tried again without the separate > boot partition and it started to boot normally again. Maybe it would > also work if you removed the empty boot folder from the root partition, > or put root on hda2 and /boot on hda3. I didn't try - I had had enough > of it at this point! > > Incidentally, I was also thrown by the installer deciding to give me a > hidden menu at boot up, making me think I had lost windows. I've cracked > it now, but why doesn't the installer give an option and why should it > suddenly work differently? > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 15 > Date: Sun, 3 Jul 2005 21:19:09 +0200 > From: Marcel Janssen <korgull@xxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: Disabling Selinux ? > To: Rahul Sundaram <sundaram@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Message-ID: <200507032119.09714.korgull@xxxxxxx> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > On Sunday 03 July 2005 21:07, Rahul Sundaram wrote: > > Hi > > > > > Is this possible without any risk to my files (I don't care about > > >security risks) ? > > > > Switching off SELinux wont affect your data if you dont care about > > security. However I would recommend running "setenforce 0" or looking > > into /var/log/messages to check whether SELinux is the reason behind > > your problems before turning it off. Posting to fedora-selinux with the > > details would give developers a chance to tackle and fix the problems. > > If you are doing this temporarily then setting it to permissive in > > /etc/selinux/config is recommended over disabling it. See the FC3 > > SELinux FAQ for details > > There are no problems reported via /var/log/messages. > So this indicates something else is broken. > I won't mess around with SElinux as long as I don't find an obvious reason > to > do so than. > > Regards, > Marcel > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 16 > Date: Sun, 03 Jul 2005 15:20:23 -0400 > From: Michael Fischer <fischer-michael@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: kernel-2.6.12-1.1387_FC4 Compaq nx9005 won't boot > To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Message-ID: <42C83A77.3020702@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > My Dell Dimension 4500 desktop also failed to boot after upgrading to > kernel-2.6.12-1.1387_FC4. I was able to boot successfully by disabling > acpi as suggested below, but the less-drastic solution of only adding > the parameter "pci=noacpi" to the kernel command line also works. I > didn't try "acpi=noirq", perhaps that would work, too. > > --Mike > > Kazutoshi Morioka wrote: > > >I removed "rhgb quiet" from kernel command line and got these messages: > > > > > > > >>...snip... > >>ALI15X3: IDE controller at PCI slot 0000:00:10.0 > >>ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:10.0[A]: no GSI - using IRQ 0 > >>PCI: setting IRQ 0 as level-triggered > >>ALI15X3: chipset revision 196 > >>ALI15X3: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later > >> ide0: BM-DMA at 0x8080-0x8087, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:pio > >> ide1: BM-DMA at 0x8088-0x808f, BIOS settings: hdc:pio, hdd:pio > >> > >> > > > >So, it seems an ACPI IRQ probing problem. > >I added "acpi=off" to kernel command line, the laptop booted well. > >But, I'm not very happy because power is won't off when shutdown... > > > >On Sat, 2 Jul 2005 15:04:51 +0900 > >Kazutoshi Morioka <morioka@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > > >>After yum update to kernel-2.6.12-1.1387_FC4, my laptop Compaq nx9005 > dosen't boot. > >>messages are: > >> > >> > >>>root (hd0,1) > >>> Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83 > >>>kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.12-1.1387_FC4 ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb quiet > >>> [Linux-bzImage, setup=0x1e00, size=0x18d7d9] > >>>initrd /initrd-2.6.12-1.1387_FC4.img > >>> [Linux-initrd @ 0xddd1000, 0x10e936 bytes] > >>> > >>>Uncompressing Linux... Ok, booting the kernel. > >>>Warning: ATI Radeon IGP Northbridge is not yet fully tested. > >>> > >>> > >>The last message, "Warning: ATI ..." has been displayed sinse older > kernel. > >> > >>-- > >>fedora-list mailing list > >>fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >>To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > >> > >> > >> > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 17 > Date: Sun, 03 Jul 2005 15:21:09 -0400 > From: Alex Evonosky <alex@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: Linux Bookmark Manager? > To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Message-ID: <42C83AA5.2030403@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Tony Nelson wrote: > > At 12:20 PM -0400 7/3/05, Carroll Grigsby wrote: > > > > Look at 'sitebar'. mySQL based and web accessible. > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > End of fedora-list Digest, Vol 17, Issue 29 > ******************************************* > -- etudiant miagiste tel:9363020 !
