FC6pre Install Report (mostly OK)
by G.Wolfe Woodbury
I downloaded the torrent of FC6pre for i386 and installed it on my old
Dell OptiPlex GX1 (work2) [work1's mobo died in a power outage]
Install went smoothly from CDs, firstboot hung up as noted elsewhere with
being unable to type into various fields. Soundcard Detection will not
run. The second run of firstboot (after a reboot) worked ok.
Rawhide updates over the last two days have worked well.
work2 spec: Pentium II (Dechutes) @400MHz ATI 3D Rage Pro video,
PIIX4, 3c905 [Cyclone], Toshiba CD-ROM, CS4236B snd,
Seagate 40GB drive (LVM root) 320 MB RAM
--Wolfe
17 years, 6 months
Unicode <ctrl+shift+code> input in X broken
by François Kooman
It used to be possible, at least in X, to for example get a Eurosign by
using the key combination ctrl+shift 20AC. This is no longer possible,
is this by design or a bug? And if it's a bug, to app should I report
it?
OS: Fedora Core 6 Pre Release (installed a few days ago) with all
updates to current rawhide.
Regards,
François
17 years, 6 months
Urgent: Upgrading FC5 to test4, still no go.
by Gilboa Davara
Hello all,
This is rather urgent, as FC6 is about to be released.
Yesterday tried to upgrade a fully working copy of FC5 (with separate
/boot marked as noauto,defaults).
Anaconda didn't mount boot (NONBUG according to BZ#208093 [1]) which
was partially fixed - Anaconda disabled the grub "update" option until
I manually mounted the /boot partition. Good. (Q: wouldn't be better
if Anaconda displayed a message saying: "boot marked noauto; didn't
mount it; cannot update existing grub configuration; manually mount
it?")
The installation itself was rather event-less, and finished just fine.
However, when I tried booting my shiny new FC6, I got the dreaded:
"GRUB GRUB GRUB ...." and had to reboot the test4 ISO in rescue mode
and fix the grub configuration (grub, root (hd0,0), setup (hd0),
quit).
The machine seems to be working just fine now.
Upgrade log attached.
BZ#208093 [1] updated.
- Gilboa
[1] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=208093
17 years, 6 months
Pre FC6 Rescue still can't find CDROM on P965 chip core duo
by Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX
Which has the same hardware hack to access IDE that the
MSI motherboard I previously reported on did.
Who will be the first after Microsoft to support loading
on these new motherboards?
--
Chuck Forsberg caf(a)omen.com www.omen.com 503-614-0430
Developer of Industrial ZMODEM(Tm) for Embedded Applications
Omen Technology Inc "The High Reliability Software"
10255 NW Old Cornelius Pass Portland OR 97231 FAX 629-0665
17 years, 6 months
errors with eth0, cannot get connected
by Antonio Olivares
Dear all,
Yesterday, I successfully applied the updates, but in the afternoon, my computer lost the connection to the internet. Now, I cannot get the updates. I have changed the cat5 cables and to no avail, I cannot connect to the network. Here's what I have attempted to do
I even installed a pci network card and try to use it to connect with no success. Please help/advice as the actions to take and get back to testing.
[root@localhost ~]# ifconfig -a
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:50:2C:A6:19:28
BROADCAST 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)
Interrupt:185 Base address:0x6000
eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:E0:29:35:6E:5F
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:5 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:398 (398.0 b)
Interrupt:209 Base address:0xd800
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:2564 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:2564 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:2877776 (2.7 MiB) TX bytes:2877776 (2.7 MiB)
sit0 Link encap:IPv6-in-IPv4
NOARP MTU:1480 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:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
[root@localhost ~]# cat /etc/hosts
# Do not remove the following line, or various programs
# that require network functionality will fail.
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
::1 localhost.localdomain localhost
[root@localhost ~]# cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
# nVidia Corporation nForce2 Ethernet Controller
DEVICE=eth0
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
HWADDR=00:0E:A6:42:59:AF
MACADDR=00:50:2c:a6:19:28 # added this and check if it works
ONBOOT=yes
DHCP_HOSTNAME=localhost.localdomain
TYPE=Ethernet
[root@localhost ~]# ifconfig eth0 hw ether 00:50:2C:A6:19:28
[root@localhost ~]# ifconfig eth0 up
[root@localhost ~]#
[root@localhost ~]# ifconfig eth0 hw ether 00:50:2C:A6:19:28
[root@localhost ~]# ifconfig eth0 up
[root@localhost ~]# ifconfig eth1 hw ether 00:50:2C:A6:19:28
[root@localhost ~]# ifconfig eth1 up
TIA,
Antonio
17 years, 6 months
repo madness
by Tom Horsley
Is the createrepo being used to update the development repos hosed?
I submitted this bug this weekend:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=208778
Today, it was working for a while and I got some stuff installed, then
after rebooting to get new kernel tested (sometime after 7pm eastern)
I couldn't find anything in extras again.
Examining the primary.xml.gz file in the yum cache shows it really doesn't
list lots of the things I can see in the directory when browsing it
with a web browser.
Also the RepoView pages in the repodata subdir says there are 3000 some
odd packages in the repo, but again the primary.xml.gz file says more like
1000 packages.
Why do the repo contents keep coming and going? (Are they being hosted
on FC6? :-)
17 years, 6 months
rawhide report: 20061003 changes
by Build System
Updated Packages:
amanda-2.5.0p2-4
----------------
* Mon Sep 25 2006 Jay Fenlason <fenlason(a)redhat.com> 2.5.0p2-4
- Include my -dump_size patch to close
bz#206129: Dump output size determined incorrectly
- Clean up the spec file, following some suggestions in
bz#185659: amanda 2.5.0
- Use a tarball without the problematic contrib/sst directory.
- Include my new_gnutar (based on a patch by Orion Poplawski
<orion(a)cora.nwra.com>) to work around changed incremental file format
in newer (>1.15.1) versions of gnutar.
- include my -wildcards patch to turn on wildcards with new versions of tar.
anaconda-11.1.0.103-1
---------------------
* Mon Oct 02 2006 Jeremy Katz <katzj(a)redhat.com> - 11.1.0.103-1
- More netconfig fixing (dcantrel)
- Fix some translation problems (#206620)
- Don't do netconfig on task toggle (#208562)
- Some mpath/dmraid fixes (pjones, #208423)
- Only set graphical if VNC is enabled in kickstart, not
all kickstarts (clumens)
- Ensure RAID levels get sorted (#208478)
- Fix handling of locales we can't display (#208841)
- Fix traceback in partition editing (clumens, #208677)
- Try to fix sr_CS.UTF-8@Latn (#182591)
- Ensure a depcheck on redhat-lsb (#201222)
- Fix pkgorder to order "needed" groups early (#206778)
bluez-libs-3.7-1
----------------
* Wed Sep 27 2006 David Woodhouse <dwmw2(a)redhat.com> 3.7-1
- Update to bluez-libs 3.7
firstboot-1.4.23-1
------------------
* Mon Oct 02 2006 Chris Lumens <clumens(a)redhat.com> - 1.4.23-1
- runPriority can now be a float.
- Pick up new translations (#208867).
- Set window to 800x600 instead of fullscreening (#208331, #208620).
glibc-2.5-2
-----------
* Mon Oct 02 2006 Jakub Jelinek <jakub(a)redhat.com> 2.5-2
- fix nscd database growing (#207928)
- bypass prelinking when LD_DYNAMIC_WEAK=1 is in the environment
kernel-2.6.18-1.2726.fc6
------------------------
* Tue Oct 03 2006 David Woodhouse <dwmw2(a)redhat.com>
- Fix PCMCIA serial port suspend/resume
- Alleviate thermal shutdown problems on G5
* Mon Oct 02 2006 Juan Quintela <quintela(a)redhat.com>
- xen HV disable hvm on shutdown on all CPU's.
libvirt-0.1.7-2
---------------
* Mon Oct 02 2006 Daniel Veillard <veillard(a)redhat.com> 0.1.7-2
- fix missing page size detection code for ia64
- fix mlock size when getting domain info list from hypervisor
* Fri Sep 22 2006 Daniel Veillard <veillard(a)redhat.com> 0.1.7-1
- Fix bug when running against xen-3.0.3 hypercalls
- Fix memory bug when getting vcpus info from xend
* Fri Sep 22 2006 Daniel Veillard <veillard(a)redhat.com> 0.1.6-1
- Support for localization
- Support for new Xen-3.0.3 cdrom and disk configuration
- Support for setting VNC port
- Fix bug when running against xen-3.0.2 hypercalls
- Fix reconnection problem when talking directly to http xend
openssh-4.3p2-10
----------------
* Mon Oct 02 2006 Tomas Mraz <tmraz(a)redhat.com> - 4.3p2-10
- improve gssapi-no-spnego patch (#208102)
- CVE-2006-4924 - prevent DoS on deattack detector (#207957)
- CVE-2006-5051 - don't call cleanups from signal handler (#208459)
pyspi-0.6.0-2.fc6
-----------------
* Mon Oct 02 2006 Zack Cerza <zcerza(a)redhat.com> - 0.6.0-2
- Add x11-exception.patch to fix bug #208861.
rhpl-0.190-1
------------
* Mon Oct 02 2006 Jeremy Katz <katzj(a)redhat.com> - 0.190-1
- rebuild for translations
selinux-policy-2.3.17-2
-----------------------
* Mon Oct 02 2006 Dan Walsh <dwalsh(a)redhat.com> 2.3.17-2
- Fix crond handling for mls
setroubleshoot-0.48-1
---------------------
* Fri Sep 29 2006 Dan Walsh <dwalsh(a)redhat.com> - 0.48-1
- Sealert only notify dropped connection once
- setroubleshoot shutdown cleanly
- John Dennis <jdennis(a)redhat.com>
* Gui cleanups
system-config-keyboard-1.2.8-1
------------------------------
* Mon Oct 02 2006 Jeremy Katz <katzj(a)redhat.com> - 1.2.8-1
- update translations
valgrind-1:3.2.1-4
------------------
* Sun Oct 01 2006 Jakub Jelinek <jakub(a)redhat.com> 3.2.1-4
- adjust for glibc-2.5
xorg-x11-drv-ati-6.6.2-4.fc6
----------------------------
* Mon Oct 02 2006 Adam Jackson <ajackson(a)redhat.com> 6.6.2-4
- ati-prefer-radeon-then-r128.patch: When loading through the 'ati' wrapper,
prefer radeon to rage128 to mach{64,32,16,8,4,2,1}.
- r128-fp-dpms.patch: Hook up DPMS for Rage128 DFPs. (#197436)
- radeon-6.6.2-dac-fix.patch: Even though we turn DACs on for probing, don't
turn them off. Fixes black screen of death post-rhgb. (#208610)
- radeon-6.6.2-pmac-bios.patch: Be more suspicious of ROMs before interpreting
their content. (#208694)
- radeon-6.6.2-usefbdev-patch.patch: Use the framebuffer stride from fbdev,
instead of making up numbers. (#208694)
xorg-x11-drv-via-0.2.1-7
------------------------
* Mon Oct 02 2006 Adam Jackson <ajackson(a)redhat.com> 0.2.1-7
- via-0.2.1-build-fix.patch: De-pollute glibc's headers of X #defines.
* Sun Oct 01 2006 Jesse Keating <jkeating(a)redhat.com> - 0.2.1-6
- rebuilt for unwind info generation, broken in gcc-4.1.1-21
Broken deps for s390
----------------------------------------------------------
nautilus-cd-burner - 2.16.0-2.fc6.s390 requires cdrdao
systemtap - 0.5.9-1.fc6.s390 requires kernel >= 0:2.6.9-11
17 years, 6 months
FC6-pre dies with 8 minutes to finish - inn hung
by Jim Cornette
Trying to install FC6-pre bombed out in the below ways.
- A GUI install was not possible with a matrox video card. The monitor
went out of range in a severe way.
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA G200 (rev 01)
- The text install package selection was out of sync with the group
selections. I got different packages to select when trying to customize
the package selection.
The install almost completed except it hung on installing inn. I don't
recall selecting inn, but it is very hard to distinguish what was
selected when the groups did not match the desired selection.
A bug report was filed during test3 for the GUI problem. The problem
still is there.
I was able to boot the system using my /boot partition on /dev/hda1 from
a working previous installation after the install to boot the new failed
install on /dev/hdb3. I could not login as root or change my root
password even in runlevel 1. I was able to add a new user and set the
new user password. The root account simply had an authentication error.
I had better results with FC6-pre than FC6T3 because I ended up getting
an exception error early in the install attempt.
I'll file a report for the anaconda failure. The menu selections out of
sync with package selection is probably already know,
Jim
--
Obviously I was either onto something, or on something.
-- Larry Wall on the creation of Perl
17 years, 6 months
can anyone use fc6-pre if lvm partition?
by sean darcy
I've messed with the dvd iso for awhile. no luck, I've a
really standard system - intel 945g, 1 sata drive, one dvd.
fc5 works fine.
The only remotely non-standard thing is an lvm volume -
which is not root:
df
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use%
Mounted on
/dev/sda5 34064236 10790280 21515644 34% /
/dev/sda1 256666 44709 198705 19% /boot
tmpfs 507172 0 507172 0% /dev/shm
/dev/mapper/video--vol-video
253467728 132785556 120682172 53% /video
fc6-pre starts up, asks for keyboard, then fails just after
it starts looking for prio installs.
Does it work for anyone else?
sean
17 years, 6 months
