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, 5 months
rawhide report: 20091105 changes
by Fedora compose checker
Compose started at Thu Nov 5 08:15:10 UTC 2009
Broken deps for i386
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1:anjuta-2.28.1.0-1.fc12.i686 requires libgdl-1.so.2
gnome-python2-gdl-2.25.3-12.fc12.i686 requires libgdl-1.so.2
gtranslator-1.9.6-1.fc12.i686 requires libgdl-1.so.2
solang-0.3-1.fc12.i686 requires libgdl-1.so.2
Broken deps for x86_64
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1:anjuta-2.28.1.0-1.fc12.i686 requires libgdl-1.so.2
1:anjuta-2.28.1.0-1.fc12.x86_64 requires libgdl-1.so.2()(64bit)
gnome-python2-gdl-2.25.3-12.fc12.x86_64 requires libgdl-1.so.2()(64bit)
gtranslator-1.9.6-1.fc12.x86_64 requires libgdl-1.so.2()(64bit)
solang-0.3-1.fc12.x86_64 requires libgdl-1.so.2()(64bit)
Broken deps for ppc
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1:anjuta-2.28.1.0-1.fc12.ppc requires libgdl-1.so.2
1:anjuta-2.28.1.0-1.fc12.ppc64 requires libgdl-1.so.2()(64bit)
gnome-python2-gdl-2.25.3-12.fc12.ppc requires libgdl-1.so.2
gtranslator-1.9.6-1.fc12.ppc requires libgdl-1.so.2
solang-0.3-1.fc12.ppc requires libgdl-1.so.2
Broken deps for ppc64
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1:anjuta-2.28.1.0-1.fc12.ppc64 requires libgdl-1.so.2()(64bit)
gnome-python2-gdl-2.25.3-12.fc12.ppc64 requires libgdl-1.so.2()(64bit)
gtranslator-1.9.6-1.fc12.ppc64 requires libgdl-1.so.2()(64bit)
solang-0.3-1.fc12.ppc64 requires libgdl-1.so.2()(64bit)
New package 9wm
Emulation of the Plan 9 window manager 8 1/2
Updated Packages:
NetworkManager-0.7.996-6.git20091021.fc12
-----------------------------------------
* Wed Nov 04 2009 Dan Williams <dcbw(a)redhat.com> - 0.7.996-6.git20091021
- nm: fix PPPoE connection authentication (rh #532862)
R-hdf5-1.6.9-4.fc12
-------------------
* Wed Nov 04 2009 Tom "spot" Callaway <tcallawa(a)redhat.com> - 1.6.9-4
- Rebuild for hdf5-1.8.3
alienarena-7.32-1.fc12
----------------------
* Mon Nov 02 2009 Tom "spot" Callaway <tcallawa(a)redhat.com> - 7.32-1
- update to 7.32
- fix CVE-2009-3637 (bugzilla 530514)
alienarena-data-20091102-1.fc12
-------------------------------
* Mon Nov 02 2009 Tom "spot" Callaway <tcallawa(a)redhat.com> 20091102-1
- update to 20091102 (7.32)
anaconda-12.44-1.fc12
---------------------
* Wed Nov 04 2009 David Cantrell <dcantrell(a)redhat.com> - 12.44-1
- Correctly initialize modopts in loader (#531932). (dcantrell)
anjuta-2.28.1.0-1.fc12
----------------------
* Thu Oct 29 2009 Debarshi Ray <rishi(a)fedoraproject.org> - 1:2.28.1.0-1
- Version bump to 2.28.1.0.
* Debug manager plugin:
+ Report error when location is < 0 for markers. (GNOME Bugzilla #593954)
* File loader plugin:
+ Improved drag-and-drop behaviour. (GNOME Bugzilla #567363)
* GtkSourceView editor plugin:
+ Improved drag-and-drop behaviour. (GNOME Bugzilla #355151)
* Subversion plugin:
+ Removed duplicate IDs from the Glade file. (GNOME Bugzilla #596001)
* Symbol-db plugin:
+ Fixed crash when loading a project. (GNOME Bugzilla #597113)
* Terminal plugin:
+ Prevented it from crashing and freezing X. (GNOME Bugzilla #597318)
* http://download.gnome.org/sources/anjuta/2.28/anjuta-2.28.1.0.news
- Added 'BuildRequires: GConf2-devel ORBit2-devel' and removed
'BuildRequires: binutils-devel graphviz-devel libgnomeui-devel pcre-devel'.
aria2-1.6.3-1.fc12
------------------
* Wed Nov 04 2009 Rahul Sundaram <sundaram(a)fedoraproject.org> - 1.6.3-1
- Minor bug fixes
- http://aria2.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/aria2/trunk/NEWS?revision=1616
calibre-0.6.20-1.fc12
---------------------
* Wed Nov 04 2009 Ionuț Arțăriși <mapleoin(a)fedoraproject.org> - 0.6.20-1
- new upstream version:
http://calibre.kovidgoyal.net/wiki/Changelog#Version0.6.2030Oct2009
- upstream now ships correct .desktop files
- fixed missing dependency: PyQt4
- fixed calibre-gui icon
eclipse-photran-5.0.0-0.4.200910081739.fc12
-------------------------------------------
* Wed Nov 04 2009 Orion Poplawski <orion(a)cora.nwra.com> - 5.0.0-0.4.200910081739
- Exclude ppc64
fedora-logos-12.0.3-2.fc12
--------------------------
* Wed Nov 04 2009 Tom "spot" Callaway <tcallawa(a)redhat.com> - 12.0.3-2
- kde icon installation
generic-logos-12.2-2.fc12
-------------------------
* Wed Nov 04 2009 Tom "spot" Callaway <tcallawa(a)redhat.com> - 12.2-2
- kde icon installation
gnome-vfs2-2.24.2-2.fc12
------------------------
* Wed Nov 04 2009 Bastien Nocera <bnocera(a)redhat.com> 2.24.2-2
- Set a default media player application in the schemas
gxmessage-2.12.4-1.fc12
-----------------------
* Wed Sep 30 2009 Christoph Wickert <cwickert(a)fedoraproject.org> - 2.12.4-1
- Update to 2.12.4
ibus-1.2.0.20091024-1.fc12
--------------------------
* Sat Oct 24 2009 Peng Huang <shawn.p.huang(a)gmail.com> - 1.2.0.2001024-1
- Update to 1.2.0.20091024
jack-audio-connection-kit-0.116.2-1.fc12
----------------------------------------
* Wed Nov 04 2009 Tom "spot" Callaway <tcallawa(a)redhat.com> - 0.116.2-8
- update to 0.116.2
- make sure we cleanup threads that we open, fixes segfaults (thanks to Ray Strode)
jbrout-0.3.211-20091105svn270.1.fc12
------------------------------------
* Thu Nov 05 2009 Rahul Sundaram <sundaram(a)fedoraproject.org> - 0.3.211-20091105svn270.1
- Pull latest svn snapshot
- Add dependencies to fix startup crash and improve performance
kdeaccessibility-4.3.2-2.fc12
-----------------------------
* Tue Nov 03 2009 Than Ngo <than(a)redhat.com> - 4.3.2-2
- rhel cleanup
kernel-2.6.31.5-117.fc12
------------------------
libdrm-2.4.15-4.fc12
--------------------
* Thu Nov 05 2009 Ben Skeggs <bskeggs(a)redhat.com> 2.4.15-4
- nouveau: improve reloc API to allow better error handling
* Wed Nov 04 2009 Ben Skeggs <bskeggs(a)redhat.com> 2.4.15-3
- nouveau: drop rendering on floor rather than asserting if flush fails
* Tue Oct 27 2009 Ben Skeggs <bskeggs(a)redhat.com> 2.4.15-2
- nouveau: retry pushbuf ioctl if interrupted by signal
libgdl-2.28.1-1.fc12
--------------------
* Fri Oct 30 2009 Debarshi Ray <rishi(a)fedoraproject.org> - 2.28.1-1
- Version bump to 2.28.1.
* Added new GdlSwitcherStyle name GDL_SWITCHER_STYLE_NONE. (GNOME Bugzilla
* Translation updates.
* http://download.gnome.org/sources/gdl/2.28/gdl-2.28.1.news
* http://download.gnome.org/sources/gdl/2.27/gdl-2.27.92.news
- Simplified mixed source licensing. There are no GPLv2 files left.
* Tue Aug 11 2009 Ville Skyttä <ville.skytta(a)iki.fi> - 2.27.3-3
- Use bzipped upstream tarball.
livecd-tools-031-1.fc12
-----------------------
* Tue Nov 03 2009 Warren Togami <wtogami(a)redhat.com> - 031-1
- livecd-iso-to-disk capable of installing installer DVD to USB
nss_ldap-264-8.fc12
-------------------
* Wed Nov 04 2009 Nalin Dahyabhai <nalin(a)redhat.com> 264-8
- add "rtkit" and "pulse" to the list of users whom we default to ignoring
for looking up supplemental groups (Gordon Messmer, part of #186527)
plymouth-0.8.0-0.2009.29.09.18.fc12
-----------------------------------
* Wed Nov 04 2009 Ray Strode <rstrode(a)redhat.com> 0.8.0-0.2009.29.09.18
- Make plymouth-update-initrd work with dracut
prelink-0.4.2-4.fc12
--------------------
* Wed Nov 04 2009 Jakub Jelinek <jakub(a)redhat.com> 0.4.2-4
- add support for STT_GNU_IFUNC on ppc/ppc64, R_PPC_IRELATIVE and
R_PPC64_{IRELATIVE,JMP_IREL}
pulseaudio-0.9.19-2.fc12
------------------------
* Wed Nov 04 2009 Warren Togami <wtogami(a)redhat.com> - 0.9.19-2
- Bug #532583 gdm should not require pulseaudio
qemu-0.11.0-11.fc12
-------------------
* Wed Nov 04 2009 Mark McLoughlin <markmc(a)redhat.com> - 2:0.11.0-11
- Temporarily disable preadv/pwritev support to fix data corruption (#526549)
qpidc-0.5.829175-2.fc12
-----------------------
* Tue Nov 03 2009 Nuno Santos <nsantos(a)redhat.com> - 0.5.829175-2
- Add patch for qmf fixes
* Fri Oct 23 2009 Nuno Santos <nsantos(a)redhat.com> - 0.5.829175-1
- Rebased to svn rev 829175
* Thu Oct 15 2009 Nuno Santos <nsantos(a)redhat.com> - 0.5.825677-1
- Rebased to svn rev 825677
quake3-1.36-4.fc12
------------------
* Wed Nov 04 2009 Hans de Goede <hdegoede(a)redhat.com> 1.36-4
- Fix bots not working on Intel 64 bit CPU's (#526338)
selinux-policy-3.6.32-41.fc12
-----------------------------
* Wed Nov 04 2009 Dan Walsh <dwalsh(a)redhat.com> 3.6.32-41
- Allow podsleuth to send signals to users
- Allow mail agents to getattr on fifo files from apps that execute mail agent
- Fix labels for rpmfusion cruft
- Allow xauth to read/write user tmp files because kdesu is doing something strange.
- Let abrt read nsplugin_home_t
udev-145-12.fc12
----------------
* Thu Nov 05 2009 Bastien Nocera <bnocera(a)redhat.com> 145-12
- Update hid2hci from udev master, fixes problems with Dell
Bluetooth dongles not working (#532628)
valgrind-3.5.0-9
----------------
* Wed Nov 04 2009 Jakub Jelinek <jakub(a)redhat.com> 3.5.0-9
- rebuilt against glibc 2.11
- use upstream version of the ifunc support
xfce4-clipman-plugin-1.1.1-1.fc12
---------------------------------
* Thu Oct 01 2009 Christoph Wickert <cwickert(a)fedoraproject.org> - 1.1.1-1
- Update to 1.1.1
xfce4-mpc-plugin-0.3.4-1.fc12
-----------------------------
* Wed Nov 04 2009 Christoph Wickert <cwickert(a)fedoraproject.org> - 0.3.4-1
- Update to 0.3.4
xorg-x11-drv-nouveau-0.0.15-17.20091105gite1c2efd.fc12
------------------------------------------------------
* Thu Nov 05 2009 Ben Skeggs <bskeggs(a)redhat.com> 0.0.15-17.20091105gite1c2efd
- handle reloc failures more gracefully (rh#531058)
- fix for rh#532322
* Mon Nov 02 2009 Ben Skeggs <bskeggs(a)redhat.com> 0.0.15-16.20091030git5587f40
- force all pixmaps into system memory initally on low memory cards
* Tue Oct 27 2009 Ben Skeggs <bskeggs(a)redhat.com> 0.0.15-15.20091022git718a41b
- misc fixes, initial NVA8 support
* Fri Oct 09 2009 Ben Skeggs <bskeggs(a)redhat.com> 0.0.15-14.20091008git3f020b0
- update from upstream, fixes various issues, especially with recent xservers
xorg-x11-server-1.7.1-6.fc12
----------------------------
* Wed Nov 04 2009 Soren Sandmann <ssp(a)redhat.com> 1.7.1-5
- Update xserver-1.7.1-window-pictures.patch. Instead of calling
GetImage(), simply call fb* functions rather than the screen
hooks. (#524244)
* Wed Nov 04 2009 Adam Jackson <ajax(a)redhat.com> 1.7.1-6
- xserver-1.7.1-multilib.patch: Keep defining _XSERVER64, it's needed in
some of the shared client/server headers.
* Tue Nov 03 2009 Adam Jackson <ajax(a)redhat.com> 1.7.1-3
- xserver-1.7.1-window-pictures.patch: Fix Render from Pictures backed by
Windows to not crash in the presence of KMS. (#524244)
* Thu Oct 29 2009 Adam Jackson <ajax(a)redhat.com> 1.7.1-2
- xserver-1.7.1-multilib.patch: Fix silly multilib issue. (#470885)
* Mon Oct 26 2009 Adam Jackson <ajax(a)redhat.com> 1.7.1-1
- xserver 1.7.1
Summary:
Added Packages: 1
Removed Packages: 0
Modified Packages: 35
14 years, 5 months
Introduction: SkandanIyer
by Skandan Rajesh Iyer
Hi Folks,
Good Day!
Linux - an inspiration for Software Ethusiasts like me...
*Experience*
**
1. I have been working with Systems Software for close to 10 years now...
2. Mostly associated with NonStop Systems Software in the areas of Storage,
IPC and Transaction Management.
3. Interested in C Programming specially with Device Drivers and Compilers.
4. Certified as an Information Systems Auditor (CISA)
This is my first step in contributing to open soruce... So I am open for any
task that I am assigned...
Looking forward to working with you all... Have a nice weekend!
Warm Regards,
SkandanIyer
14 years, 5 months
Hang first time i booted after last update
by Birger Monsen
I just ran a yum update and got a whole lot of updates. I then rebooted and
logged in. I got my whole desktop with all icons, etc, and then the system
froze. The animated ring around the cursor froze, I could still move the
pointer around, no reaction to keyboard (including ctrl-alt-F2 and ctrl-alt-del)
I rebooted the hard way and selected the previous kernel. Everything worked
fine. Then back to the -115 kernel and everything was still ok. Tried once
more to be sure and it's still behaving just fine.
This is a system with nouveau graphics in case that matters. I am airing
this here to check if this is something someone else has seen. When I have
had this kind of lockups earlier it has been repeatable in some way :-)
--
birger
14 years, 5 months
Help testing latest abrt-0.0.10-12.fc12
by James Laska
Greetings,
Jiri Moskovcak has asked for help testing the latest ABRT packages for
Fedora 12. These packages are intended to fix a F12Blocker bug (see
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=531347). Based on positive
test feedback, Jiri will adding these updated packages to the F-12
release.
If you are already using ABRT, and would like to help verify the latest
version, you can find instructions below. If you're already relying on
ABRT to capture issues ... please help.
= Install the updated packages =
# cd /etc/yum.repos.d/
# wget http://jmoskovc.fedorapeople.org/abrt-rawhide.repo
# yum install abrt-desktop
= Testing =
The following is a list of things to test and provide feedback on.
== General ==
1. ABRT should have an icon in Applications->System
2. Watch out for, and report, any selinux denials
3. When reporting a crash, ABRT should pull elfutils and yum-utils
as dependencies
4. When reporting a crach, check if backtraces are usable. ABRT
should download and use the debuginfo automatically, so
backtraces shouldn't contain many question marks
== Plugins and Reporters ==
1. Confirm the fix for
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=531347
2. Kill a c/c++ application and see if abrt catches it -
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Testcase_ABRT_CCPP
3. Introduce an unhandled python exception, and see if it catches
it - https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Testcase_ABRT_python
4. Report a crash to bugzilla -
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Testcase_ABRT_Bugzilla
= Known Issues =
1. Setting options for plugins doesn't work under root, it always
use the defaults from /etc/abrt/plugins/*. Actually it works if
the whole session is under root and gui has access to
gnome-keyring, but who would run desktop under root...
14 years, 5 months
xfce4-power-manager warns schemas are missing
by Robert G. (Doc) Savage
During tonight's yum update on a ThinkPad W700 laptop:
Updating : xfce4-power-manager-0.8.4.1-1.fc12.x86_64
I/O warning : failed to load external entity "/etc/gconf/schemas/smart-bookmarks.schemas"
Failed to open `/etc/gconf/schemas/smart-bookmarks.schemas': No such file or directory
I/O warning : failed to load external entity "/etc/gconf/schemas/epilicious.schemas"
Failed to open `/etc/gconf/schemas/epilicious.schemas': No such file or directory
The warnings are correct. Neither schema exists. Then I tried running
xfce4-power-manager in debug mode:
# xfce4-power-manager --no-daemon
(xfce4-power-manater:32545): xfce4-power-manager-WARNING **: Failed to
get cpu governors: Method "GetCPUFreqAvailableGovernors" with
signature"" on interface "org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.CPUFreq" doesn't
exist
(xfce4-power-manager:32545): xfce4-power-manager-CRITICAL **: Unable to
get CPU governors
(xfce4-power-manager:32545): xfce4-power-manager-WARNING **: No
convenient cpu governors found on the system
(xfce4-power-manager:32545): xfce4-power-manager-WARNING **: could not
map keysym 1008ffa8 to keycode
--Doc Savage
Fairview Heights, IL
14 years, 5 months
kernel-2.6.31.5-115.fc12.x86_64 Can't load modules
by Jim
Fc12-Beta/X86_64
The new kernel can't load modules and Computer locks up trying to start X
I had this problem with two previous FC12 kernels, But the
kernel-2.6.31.1-56.fc12.x86_64 works okay
modprobe: FATAL: Could not load
/lib/modules/2.6.31.5-115.fc12.x86_64/modules.dep: No such file or directory
localhost rpcbind: cannot create socket for udp6
modprobe: FATAL: Could not load
/lib/modules/2.6.31.5-115.fc12.x86_64/modules.dep: No such file or directory
localhost rpcbind: cannot create socket for tcp6
modprobe: FATAL: Could not load /lib/modules/2.6.31.5-115.fc12.x86_64
/modules.dep: No such file or directory
kdm[1311]: X server died during startup
kdm[1311]: X server for display :0 cannot be started, session disabled
kernel-2.6.31.1-56.fc12.x86_64 (Does not lockup)
kernel-2.6.31.5-115.fc12.x86_64 ( locks up)
14 years, 5 months
Upcoming schedule tasks
by John Poelstra
Start End Name
Wed 04-Nov Wed 04-Nov Compose RC
Wed 04-Nov Wed 04-Nov Enable Fedora 12 Updates
Wed 04-Nov Wed 11-Nov Test RC
Fri 06-Nov Fri 06-Nov Blocker Bug Day (F12Blocker) #3
Mon 09-Nov Mon 09-Nov F12 Blocker Review (go/no go) 1 PM EST
Wed 11-Nov Wed 11-Nov F12 Project Wide Release Readiness Meeting
Thu 12-Nov Thu 12-Nov Start Stage & Sync RC to Mirrors
Thu 12-Nov Tue 17-Nov Stage & Sync RC to Mirrors
Fri 13-Nov Fri 13-Nov Final Export Control Reporting
Tue 17-Nov Tue 17-Nov GA Release
14 years, 5 months
nspluginwrapper help request
by Petrus de Calguarium
The scenario:
I have fedora 12 (rawhide) x86_64 installed and I
downloaded the 64-bit test tarball of adobe flash
player.
My actions:
I unpacked the tarball and put libflashplayer.so into
/usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins.
The Questions:
Does nspluginwrapper automatically detect the addition
of a plugin and 'wrap' it? If not, what do I do to get
it wrapped so that it runs securely from an selinux
point of view?
The nspluginwrapper documentation states that one run:
nspluginwrapper -i
/usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so
However, this program does not exist, although I have
nspluginwrapper installed.
My (likely false) work-around:
After poking around, I discovered:
/usr/lib64/nspluginwrapper/plugin-config -i
This is what I have been using up to now and it
appears to work, but I suspect that this is not the
correct way to do it.
How do I do this properly?
14 years, 5 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, 5 months
