some odd package group selections in f12 beta
by Robert P. J. Day
finally getting around to f12 beta, and some of the groupings of
software seem a bit odd.
* wouldn't "publican" make sense under "Authoring and Publishing"?
and perhaps "xmlto"? others?
* under Editors, what about gedit? nano? pico?
* how did minicom end in "Electronic Lab"?
* under Servers, why does "Directory Server" represent samba, while
"Windows File Server" represents system-config-samba? that's just
weird, isn't it?
* i'm sure i'll regret asking this, but why isn't "httpd" listed under
"Web Server"?
you get the idea.
rday
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14 years, 4 months
VMware Workstation on F12B...
by Christopher A Williams
For those of you following the story, there is a thread on the VMware
Communities thread about VMware Workstation 7 and it's issues running on
Fedora 12 Beta.
You can find the entire sad story at:
http://communities.vmware.com/thread/239371?tstart=15
and (also referenced in the thread above)
http://communities.vmware.com/thread/229891?tstart=0
It's apparently an issue with glibc versions that is apparently at the
core. Hopefully we'll see this get worked out by the respective Fedora
and VMware teams by the time F12 releases. In the meantime, it looks
like we will have to wait for the zealots on both sides to stop fussing
and actually get to fixing the problem.
Cheers,
Chris
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"You see things as they are and ask, 'Why?'
I dream things as they never were and ask, 'Why not?'"
-- George Bernard Shaw
14 years, 4 months
VMware Workstation 7 and rawhide
by Nathan Grennan
Today I installed VMware Workstation 7 build 203739 x86_64 on my
rawhide system. It runs, but has issues with guests crashing when I try
to move the mouse cursor outside the guest's display area. In a terminal
window I get errors like the one below. The urls below are threads on
VMware's forums talking about the issue. It seems to have been narrowed
down to glibc-2.10.90. I looked into downgrading to 2.10.1, but found
that can't be done without breaking half the system. Like others I tried
downgrading libX11, without success.
It get the impression from a little research that I have done that
Fedora 12 is going to be a mess with random applications, because of the
newer glibc. glibc's home page says 2.10.1 is the current stable
release. glibc-2.10.90 seems to be getting lots of fixes as of late.
glibc being such a core package can break almost anything if it isn't
stable. Fedora 12's release is only three weeks away.
vmware-vmx: xcb_io.c:542: _XRead: Assertion `dpy->xcb->reply_data !=
((void *)0)' failed.
http://communities.vmware.com/thread/236673?tstart=45
http://communities.vmware.com/thread/229891?start=15&tstart=0
14 years, 4 months
Intel Mac Mini Audio does not work
by Tom Callaway
I've recently inherited an older Intel Mac Mini (Intel guts, not
NVIDIA). I installed F11 i386 on it and then upgraded to the F12 beta
(2.6.31.1-56.fc12.i686.PAE), but I can't seem to get audio to work properly.
I created /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf and put in it:
options snd-hda-intel model=macmini
That didn't make anything work, but it seems correct.
I've attached the info from an alsa-info.sh run.
When I run aplay, it seems to playback (it runs for the duration it
should), but no audio is coming out of either of the analog ports on the
back (I don't have any digital audio equipment to test the digital port).
Any and all help would be greatly appreciated. :)
~spot
14 years, 4 months
f12 beta still loses "next", "cancel" buttons off of RHS of screen during firstboot
by Robert P. J. Day
i installed f12 beta x86_64 on my gateway mx7120 with the
aforementioned ati radeon xpress 200m video, and while the
installation seemed to go just fine, upon reboot when i hop into
firstboot, i am still losing the right side of the screen, to the
point where what i assume are the "next" and/or "cancel" buttons are
not visible.
i mentioned this before and someone else from red hat (adam
williamson?) filed a BZ report on this. from my perspective, this
behaviour is a definite blocker if someone can't reasonably run
firstboot right after an install.
rday
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Linux Consulting, Training and Kernel Pedantry.
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14 years, 4 months
root password gone and gdm bolixed
by Clyde E. Kunkel
Rawhide update to 20091030 on Oct 31 and gdm just cycles trying timed
login and su - password not working (sudo passwd root does work and
changed root's password to what it was and now su - password working).
Anyone know which update was the culprit? Or is this a Halloweeen joke?
# cat /var/log/yum.log | grep "Oct 31"
Oct 31 13:32:51 Updated: libstdc++-4.4.2-7.fc12.x86_64
Oct 31 13:32:53 Updated: 1:openoffice.org-ure-3.1.1-19.14.fc12.x86_64
Oct 31 13:32:53 Updated: 1:cups-libs-1.4.1-12.fc12.x86_64
Oct 31 13:32:55 Updated: pam-1.1.0-6.fc12.x86_64
Oct 31 13:32:55 Updated: nspr-4.8.2-1.fc12.x86_64
Oct 31 13:32:58 Updated: 1:cups-1.4.1-12.fc12.x86_64
Oct 31 13:32:59 Updated: 1:qt-4.5.3-7.fc12.x86_64
Oct 31 13:32:59 Updated: jasper-libs-1.900.1-14.fc12.x86_64
Oct 31 13:33:01 Updated: gtk2-2.18.3-15.fc12.x86_64
Oct 31 13:33:01 Updated: libchamplain-0.4.2-1.fc12.x86_64
Oct 31 13:33:01 Updated: libchamplain-gtk-0.4.2-1.fc12.x86_64
Oct 31 13:33:01 Updated: gnome-panel-libs-2.28.0-12.fc12.x86_64
Oct 31 13:33:01 Updated: evince-libs-2.28.1-5.fc12.x86_64
Oct 31 13:33:02 Updated: bluez-libs-4.56-1.fc12.x86_64
Oct 31 13:33:02 Updated: empathy-libs-2.28.1.1-3.fc12.x86_64
Oct 31 13:33:02 Updated: gnome-sharp-2.24.0-7.fc12.x86_64
Oct 31 13:33:06 Updated: libgcj-4.4.2-7.fc12.x86_64
Oct 31 13:33:07 Updated: gutenprint-5.2.4-7.fc12.x86_64
Oct 31 13:33:07 Updated: openssh-5.2p1-30.fc12.x86_64
Oct 31 13:33:08 Updated: libvirt-client-0.7.1-15.fc12.x86_64
Oct 31 13:33:08 Updated: raptor-1.4.18-5.fc12.x86_64
Oct 31 13:33:08 Updated: DeviceKit-power-012-2.fc12.x86_64
Oct 31 13:33:09 Updated: openssh-clients-5.2p1-30.fc12.x86_64
Oct 31 13:33:09 Updated: system-config-printer-libs-1.1.13-6.fc12.x86_64
Oct 31 13:33:09 Updated: 1:qt-sqlite-4.5.3-7.fc12.x86_64
Oct 31 13:33:12 Updated: 1:qt-x11-4.5.3-7.fc12.x86_64
Oct 31 13:33:13 Updated: jack-audio-connection-kit-0.116.1-7.fc12.x86_64
Oct 31 13:33:14 Updated: mysql-embedded-5.1.39-4.fc12.x86_64
Oct 31 13:33:14 Updated: apr-1.3.9-3.fc12.x86_64
Oct 31 13:33:14 Updated: 14:libpcap-1.0.0-4.20090922gite154e2.fc12.x86_64
Oct 31 13:33:14 Updated: mysql-libs-5.1.39-4.fc12.x86_64
Oct 31 13:33:15 Updated: 2:qemu-common-0.11.0-9.fc12.x86_64
Oct 31 13:33:16 Updated: 2:qemu-system-x86-0.11.0-9.fc12.x86_64
Oct 31 13:33:16 Updated: gmime-2.4.7-3.fc12.x86_64
Oct 31 13:33:16 Updated: 1:control-center-filesystem-2.28.1-4.fc12.x86_64
Oct 31 13:33:18 Updated: metacity-2.28.0-6.fc12.x86_64
Oct 31 13:33:18 Updated: ndesk-dbus-0.6.1a-8.fc12.x86_64
Oct 31 13:33:25 Updated: fedora-logos-12.0.3-1.fc12.noarch
Oct 31 13:33:26 Updated: compiz-0.8.2-19.fc12.x86_64
Oct 31 13:33:26 Updated: mono-addins-0.4-9.20091702svn127062.fc12.x86_64
Oct 31 13:33:29 Updated: gnome-settings-daemon-2.28.1-5.fc12.x86_64
Oct 31 13:33:34 Updated: 1:control-center-2.28.1-4.fc12.x86_64
Oct 31 13:33:34 Updated: ndesk-dbus-glib-0.4.1-8.fc12.x86_64
Oct 31 13:33:34 Updated: 1:autocorr-en-3.1.1-19.14.fc12.noarch
Oct 31 13:33:36 Updated:
1:openoffice.org-opensymbol-fonts-3.1.1-19.14.fc12.noarch
Oct 31 13:33:54 Updated: 1:openoffice.org-core-3.1.1-19.14.fc12.x86_64
Oct 31 13:33:54 Updated: 1:openoffice.org-brand-3.1.1-19.14.fc12.x86_64
Oct 31 13:33:56 Updated: 1:openoffice.org-calc-core-3.1.1-19.14.fc12.x86_64
Oct 31 13:33:56 Updated:
1:openoffice.org-impress-core-3.1.1-19.14.fc12.x86_64
Oct 31 13:34:00 Updated:
1:openoffice.org-presenter-screen-3.1.1-19.14.fc12.x86_64
Oct 31 13:34:01 Updated:
1:openoffice.org-writer-core-3.1.1-19.14.fc12.x86_64
Oct 31 13:34:01 Updated:
1:openoffice.org-graphicfilter-3.1.1-19.14.fc12.x86_64
Oct 31 13:34:02 Updated: 1:openoffice.org-math-core-3.1.1-19.14.fc12.x86_64
Oct 31 13:34:03 Updated: f-spot-0.6.1.3-2.fc12.x86_64
Oct 31 13:34:03 Updated: 1:openoffice.org-draw-core-3.1.1-19.14.fc12.x86_64
Oct 31 13:34:05 Updated: 1:openoffice.org-pdfimport-3.1.1-19.14.fc12.x86_64
Oct 31 13:34:05 Updated: hplip-common-3.9.8-20.fc12.x86_64
Oct 31 13:34:05 Updated: hplip-libs-3.9.8-20.fc12.x86_64
Oct 31 13:34:05 Updated: libsane-hpaio-3.9.8-20.fc12.x86_64
Oct 31 13:34:06 Updated: 1:hpijs-3.9.8-20.fc12.x86_64
Oct 31 13:34:06 Updated: perl-URI-1.40-1.fc12.noarch
Oct 31 13:34:06 Updated: python-meh-0.6-1.fc12.noarch
Oct 31 13:34:06 Updated: 1:openoffice.org-draw-3.1.1-19.14.fc12.x86_64
Oct 31 13:34:10 Updated: evince-2.28.1-5.fc12.x86_64
Oct 31 13:34:12 Updated: file-roller-2.28.1-2.fc12.x86_64
Oct 31 13:34:12 Updated: 1:openoffice.org-calc-3.1.1-19.14.fc12.x86_64
Oct 31 13:34:12 Updated: bluez-cups-4.56-1.fc12.x86_64
Oct 31 13:34:12 Updated: jasper-1.900.1-14.fc12.x86_64
Oct 31 13:34:12 Updated: openssh-askpass-5.2p1-30.fc12.x86_64
Oct 31 13:34:13 Updated: openssh-server-5.2p1-30.fc12.x86_64
Oct 31 13:34:16 Updated: gnome-panel-2.28.0-12.fc12.x86_64
Oct 31 13:34:16 Updated: system-config-printer-udev-1.1.13-6.fc12.x86_64
Oct 31 13:34:19 Updated: empathy-2.28.1.1-3.fc12.x86_64
Oct 31 13:34:19 Updated: constantine-kde-theme-12.1.0-1.fc12.noarch
Oct 31 13:34:19 Updated: 2:qemu-kvm-0.11.0-9.fc12.x86_64
Oct 31 13:34:19 Updated: 1:openoffice.org-xsltfilter-3.1.1-19.14.fc12.x86_64
Oct 31 13:34:19 Updated:
1:openoffice.org-langpack-en-3.1.1-19.14.fc12.x86_64
Oct 31 13:34:20 Updated: bluez-4.56-1.fc12.x86_64
Oct 31 13:34:20 Updated: 1:openoffice.org-impress-3.1.1-19.14.fc12.x86_64
Oct 31 13:34:23 Updated: urw-fonts-2.4-9.fc12.noarch
Oct 31 13:34:25 Updated: compiz-gnome-0.8.2-19.fc12.x86_64
Oct 31 13:34:25 Updated: 1:openoffice.org-writer-3.1.1-19.14.fc12.x86_64
Oct 31 13:34:25 Updated: 3:ypbind-1.20.4-20.fc12.x86_64
Oct 31 13:34:26 Updated: gutenprint-cups-5.2.4-7.fc12.x86_64
Oct 31 13:34:26 Updated: pygpgme-0.1-17.20090824bzr68.fc12.x86_64
Oct 31 13:34:26 Updated: 1:openoffice.org-math-3.1.1-19.14.fc12.x86_64
Oct 31 13:34:27 Updated: hplip-3.9.8-20.fc12.x86_64
Oct 31 13:34:27 Updated: libvirt-python-0.7.1-15.fc12.x86_64
Oct 31 13:34:27 Updated: xorg-x11-drv-nv-2.1.15-2.fc12.x86_64
Oct 31 13:34:28 Updated: system-config-printer-1.1.13-6.fc12.x86_64
Oct 31 13:34:30 Updated: gnome-power-manager-2.28.1-5.fc12.x86_64
Oct 31 13:34:31 Updated: evince-djvu-2.28.1-5.fc12.x86_64
14 years, 4 months
F12 beta i686 live CD hangs after starting udev
by Jurgen Kramer
Just tried to see how far the F12 i686 beta live CD would come on my new
Archos 9 tablet. Booting stop when the progress bar is almost at 100%.
After booting with 'rhgb' and 'quiet' removed from the boot options I
can see it hangs at starting udev. Any tips how to investigate this
further?
The F11 i686 live CD boots without problems on this machine.
Jurgen
14 years, 4 months
Fedora 12
by James W. Bennett
I want to commend you developers and tester's of Fedora 12. It is the
best operating Fedora yet. I think all of you have done an excellent job.
Thank you for all you work.
Jim Bennett
14 years, 5 months
Gnome problems after Rawhide update
by shmuel siegel
After latest yum update to rawhide (thursday night) I am now getting
these errors when using gedit
GConf Error: Failed to contact configuration server; some possible
causes are that you need to enable TCP/IP networking for ORBit, or you
have stale NFS locks due to a system crash. See
http://projects.gnome.org/gconf/ for information. (Details - 1: Server
ping error: IDL:omg.org/CORBA/UNKNOWN:1.0)
Other gnome applications have the same error but are less forgiving and
crash. What has changed, and how do I work around? I am a little bit
afraid to reboot if this is going to render the machine unusable. Advice?
14 years, 5 months
2009-10-30 Fedora 12 blocker bug review meeting recap
by Adam Williamson
(Scene: Curtain raises. A haggard figure stumbles in from stage left,
blinking at the lights.)
AdamW: Where am I? What year is this? WHO'S THE PRESIDENT?!
FIN
Yes, today's epic F12 blocker bug review meeting has finally ended. Some
statistics:
We reviewed 43 bugs in total. The meeting took 406 minutes, at an
average of 9.44 Minutes Per Bug (MPB). Thanks to Marko Myllynen for
suggesting the calculation. :)
We reduced the number of open blocker bugs (excluding second-level
blocker tracker bugs like the X, Anaconda, virtualization and KDE
trackers) from 43 to 25. Of the remaining 25, there is one in NEW state,
11 ASSIGNED, and 13 MODIFIED.
Here's the assignee breakdown for non-MODIFIED bugs:
2: Jerome Glisse, Adam Jackson
1: Dave Airlie, Ben Skeggs, Christoph Hellwig, David Zeuthen, William
Jon McCann, Jiri Moskovc, Matthias Clasen (probably mis-assigned), Steve
Dickson.
We have plans in hand for most of the remaining NEW and ASSIGNED bugs,
so overall the picture for getting all F12 blocker bugs resolved on time
is reasonably rosy as long as we get stuff done over the weekend and
early part of next week.
You can always find the current blocker list at:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/showdependencytree.cgi?id=473303&hide_resolved=1
The summary of the meeting (highly recommended over the logs unless you
have a LOT of time) is available at
http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-bugzappers/2009-10-30/fedora-bugz... . The full log - for those looking for an insomnia cure - is at http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-bugzappers/2009-10-30/fedora-bugz... .
Huge thanks to James Laska, Jesse Keating, Ray Strode, Chuck Ebbert,
Jerome Glisse, Will Woods, Denise Dumas, Matthias Clasen, Dave Airlie,
Bill Nottingham, Filipe Rosset, Chris Lumens, Jeremy Katz, Marko
Myllynen, Eric Paris, Paul Frields, Seth Vidal and Ben Williams for
sticking around through Giganto-Meeting and providing all the necessary
input, this one was a real team effort.
If anyone has any ideas to reduce these meetings in time somewhat, they
would be greatly welcomed on test-list. I can't think of much that
wouldn't involve someone taking more executive decisions pre-meeting,
though.
--
Adam Williamson
Fedora QA Community Monkey
IRC: adamw | Fedora Talk: adamwill AT fedoraproject DOT org
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14 years, 5 months