One F7 machine not finding itself
by Beartooth
Suddenly, on a machine which has been running F7 since F7 came out, I can
no longer log in.
Instead of the usual login screen, I get a gray window without the usual
bar on top, which first says it is scanning the local network, and then
that "No serving hosts were found."
If I type in 127.0.0.1, or localhost, or localdomain, or its 192.168.x.y,
or lo, or localhost.localdomain, or localhost@localdomain, and try to
add it, I get a new box with a "do not enter" symbol and the title "Did
not receive response from server," below which is a paragraph saying it
didn't get it in 3 seconds, and adding "Perhaps the host is not turned
on, or is not willing to support a login session right now. Please try
again later." Or if not that box, one (particularly for lo) suggesting
that I might have mistyped it.
If I ssh into it from another machine behind the same router, however, it
accepts that; and /sbin/ifconfig confirms its own 192.168.x.y, its proper
MACs (one for eth0 and one for eth1), and the 192.168.x.y for the machine
I'm working from.
If I look at "cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf" I see nothing obviously strange
except that there are an awful lot of modes (twelve of them) in Section
"Screen" -- but the first one, 1280x1024, is correct for my monitor,
which another section correctly identifies an an lcd.
If I become root and ssh into the problem machine, it lets me; but when I
try telling it startx, it claims X is already running.
If, as it suggests, I remove /tmp/.X0-lock, and try startx again, I get
several screenfuls of messages, which I can't even scroll back to -- and
startx|less does the same!
What have I fouled up so royally this time, and what (if possible, short
of reinstalling F7) can I do about it? (I know perfectly well how
helpless I am without a GUI; it doesn't have to rub my nose in it.)
--
Beartooth Staffwright, PhD, Neo-Redneck Linux Convert
Remember I know precious little of what I am talking about.
16 years, 11 months
Problems with yum
by Francois
Hello,
I've just upgraded from FC6 to Fedora7 with a first problem which is solved
now, as I got to boot from the USB key then the cd-rom, to get rid of
the "ready" bug some reported earlier.
Now, the problem I have is with yum.
I tried to run "yum update" from my newly upgraded system, and it failed.
I supposed this was caused by the repositories I added to my /etc/yum.conf
file when I was using my FC6 system, so I decided to remove the files I got
in the /etc/yum.repo.d directory, and backed up the /etc/yum.conf file.
Then I removed all files related to yum. Once done, I installed manually,
the files :
yum-3.2.1-1.fc7
yum-fastestmirror-1.1.5-1.fc7
yum-updatesd-3.2.1-1.fc7
yum-metadata-parser-1.1.0-2.fc7
I thought this would have filled up the yum.repo.d directory with repo
files, but nope.
So I installed a file in /etc/yum.repo.d directory, I named fedora.repo
In that file I added the following lines :
[fedora]
name=Fedora $releasever - $basearch
baseurl=ftp://fr2.rpmfind.net/linux/1/fedora/updates/$releasever/$basearch/
enabled=1
Now I'm able to update some files on my system but I don't know where to
find the right repo files or the package that contain all the repos I need.
The command "yum update" fails because of dependencies not found.
I read some messages about plugins for yum, but I don't know how this works.
Help would be appreciated. Thank you. Francois
--
16 years, 11 months
Re: Firefox is not bring up www.deerwoodbank.com
by Antonio Olivares
----- Original Message ----
From: Art <ag(a)northlc.com>
To: For users of Fedora <fedora-list(a)redhat.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 3, 2007 1:08:54 PM
Subject: Firefox is not bring up www.deerwoodbank.com
Hello out there.
I tryed to bring up www.deerwoodbank.com and the page is just blank not
a thing comes up.
Thanks.
Oldtimer
--
Oldtimer,
Which browser are you using?
Currently I can see the page fine with firefox-2.0.0.4 in Fedora 7.
Try refreshing or close the browser and open it up again.
Regards,
Antonio
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16 years, 11 months
Installing packages from FC DVD after installation
by Mustafa Qasim
Hello Folks!
I wanna ask u guys there that why we can't install
packages from FC 6 DVD after installation. Whenever i try to install some
packages that I didn't checked at install time it start's downloading it
from Internet.... I can't afford that much bandwidth and second i didn't
know about each n every package n it's dependency so I can manually install
them by rpm command.... so, what to do now?
--
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Lahore, Pakistan
Cell: 0321-6614972
URL: http://www.mustu.info
16 years, 11 months
Re: DVI output, ATI or nVidia
by Andrea
>> I've seen something with nVidia GE 7XXX or GE 8XXX.
>> Alternative is ATI 1650SE
>> Or should I go for one Intel integrated?
>Yes.
>Intel integrated + ADD2 DVI card + "intel" xorg driver
>= open source solution.
>The Intel driver is open source, not a binary blob.
Thanks.
You mean that the open source driver for Intel card has a much better
support than the open source driver for ATI and nVidia.
I think I will investigate again and look for the one you mentioned.
Cheers
16 years, 11 months
OpenLDAP woes
by Timothy Murphy
I asked a couple of weeks ago for advice on a LAN-wide address-book,
and several people suggested I look at LDAP.
I did this, and it does indeed look like the best solution,
as kmail and other mail clients seem to accept addresses from LDAP servers.
Unfortunately, the openLDAP documentation seems horrendously bad.
I found a few useful web-sites, particularly
"Build an LDAP-based address book",
at <http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/edu/os-dw-linuxldap-i.html>,
"Building an Address Book with OpenLDAP"
at <http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/03/27/ldap_ab.html>,
and also <http://www.zytrax.com/books/ldap/ch5>.
But I'm left with a few small queries,
and am wondering if many Fedora users have gone down this path?
Also, I wonder if there is a mailing list or newsgroup
devoted to this topic, for newbies?
--
Timothy Murphy
e-mail (<80k only): tim /at/ birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie
tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366
s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland
16 years, 11 months
Problem with yum after upgrading
by Frank
Hello list.
I did an unsupported upgrade of my system from FC5 -> FC6 -> F7
and now i need unofficial help :)
Problem is, that my yum is failing when doing bigger things. Bigger means,
that a "yum install xxx" or "yum uninstall yyy" is working as long as there are
no bigger dependencies. When doing something bigger I get an error message
like the following:
########
[root@mimas ~]# yum groupupdate Base
Setting up Group Process
fedora 100% |=========================| 2.1 kB 00:00
updates 100% |=========================| 1.9 kB 00:00
primary.sqlite.bz2 100% |=========================| 3.8 MB 00:16
Package parted - 1.8.6-4.fc7.i386 already installed and latest version
Package logrotate - 3.7.5-3.1.fc7.i386 already installed and latest version
Package at - 3.1.10-11.fc7.i386 already installed and latest version
Package traceroute - 3:2.0.3-1.1.fc7.i386 already installed and latest version
Package crontabs - 1.10-14.fc7.noarch already installed and latest version
Package bzip2 - 1.0.4-10.fc7.i386 already installed and latest version
Package tmpwatch - 2.9.11-1.i386 already installed and latest version
Package vixie-cron - 4:4.1-82.fc7.i386 already installed and latest version
[...]
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package firstboot-tui.noarch 0:1.4.35-1.fc7 set to be updated
---> Package krb5-workstation.i386 0:1.6.1-2.1.fc7 set to be updated
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/yum", line 29, in <module>
yummain.main(sys.argv[1:])
File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py", line 135, in main
(result, resultmsgs) = base.buildTransaction()
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 527,
in buildTransaction
(rescode, restring) = self.resolveDeps()
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/depsolve.py", line 804,
in resolveDeps
deps = self._mytsCheck()
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/depsolve.py", line 774,
in _mytsCheck
thisneeds = self._checkInstall(txmbr)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/depsolve.py", line 948,
in _checkInstall
dep = self._provideToPkg(req)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/depsolve.py", line 697,
in _provideToPkg
for pkgtup in self.rpmdb.whatProvides(r, f, v):
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/rpmsack.py", line 386, in
whatProvides
pkgs = self.searchProvides(name)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/rpmsack.py", line 145, in
searchProvides
return self.searchPrco(name, 'provides')
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/rpmsack.py", line 127, in
searchPrco
if not result.has_key(po.pkgid):
TypeError: list objects are unhashable
######
I have already deinstalled and reinstalled yum and python-2.5 but
that didn't help.
I guess I might have some old library somewhere on the system that is
not in the
RPM database, but I didn't find one by now.
BTW, i did the same upgrade on another system (to be exact a bit more, from
FC4 up to F7) last week and that one is running without any problems.
Does someone have a hint for me maybe?
Thanks in advance.
Cheers,
Frank
16 years, 11 months
rpm: error while loading shared libraries: libelf.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
by Excalibur Xcalibur
Hi,
I accidentally messed up my system while updating with yum: There was
a power trip when yum was updating my box and I ended up with conflicting
elfutils. Now when I try fixing the problem, I wiped out elfutils and I
realized it's linked to ALL rpm commands.
"rpm: error while loading shared libraries: libelf.so.1: cannot open shared
object file: No such file or directory"
So basically I can't use any rpm commands or yum to install, delete or
update anything! I tried downloading elfutils-0.128.tar.gz and going through
a "./configure, make, make install" but I ended with
In file included from linux-kernel-modules.c:63:
/usr/include/fts.h:41:3: error: #error "<fts.h> cannot be used with
-D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS==64"
make[2]: *** [linux-kernel-modules.o] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/excalibur/rpmbuild/BUILD/elfutils-0.128
/libdwfl'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/excalibur/rpmbuild/BUILD/elfutils-0.128'
make: *** [all] Error 2
In a nutshell, I'm pretty screwed and I need help. :( Any suggestions on how
to fix this problem?
--
Excalibur
16 years, 11 months
Re: Trying to make sense of firefox plugins
by Antonio Olivares
----- Original Message ----
From: Timothy Murphy <tim(a)birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie>
To: fedora-list(a)redhat.com
Sent: Tuesday, July 3, 2007 7:53:55 AM
Subject: Trying to make sense of firefox plugins
I have been having a problem with firefox (on a ThinkPad T23).
Basically, it exits as soon as certain sites are accessed.
I downloaded the sources at one of these sites (with wget)
and the same behaviour occurred when looking at the file.
I think the problem lies in javascript;
when I turned it off (in Firefox Preferences)
the problem stopped in most (but not all) cases.
I tried removing and re-installing firefox and js (with yum)
but this didn't do any good.
It seems to me the problem probably lies in a firefox plugin.
So I was looking at these, and found the whole setup pretty confusing.
I wonder if there is any document that explains firefox setup clearly?
I really hate these directories with names like "9eaqek76.Default User".
Why these idiotic names?
Is there any simple way of seeing what plugins are in use?
And if one deletes a plugin, how can it be replaced?
--
Timothy Murphy
e-mail (<80k only): tim /at/ birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie
tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366
s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland
----- Original Message ----
Is there any simple way of seeing what plugins are in use?
In the address bar
type about:plugins
which will return which plugins are in active use
You will also have to keep in mind your own user profile(s)
for instance in my own user directory (home) I have
[olivares@localhost ~]$ cd .mozilla/plugins/
[olivares@localhost plugins]$ ls -l
total 9556
-rwxr-xr-x 1 olivares olivares 7040080 2007-06-11 18:10 libflashplayer.so
lrwxrwxrwx 1 olivares olivares 53 2007-06-12 08:44 libjavaplugin_oji.so -> /opt/jre1.6.0_01/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 olivares olivares 524908 2007-06-12 08:35 mplayerplug-in-dvx.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 olivares olivares 1021 2007-06-12 08:35 mplayerplug-in-dvx.xpt
-rwxr-xr-x 1 olivares olivares 524912 2007-06-12 08:35 mplayerplug-in-qt.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 olivares olivares 1021 2007-06-12 08:35 mplayerplug-in-qt.xpt
-rwxr-xr-x 1 olivares olivares 524920 2007-06-12 08:35 mplayerplug-in-rm.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 olivares olivares 1021 2007-06-12 08:35 mplayerplug-in-rm.xpt
-rwxr-xr-x 1 olivares olivares 525876 2007-06-12 08:35 mplayerplug-in.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 olivares olivares 524912 2007-06-12 08:35 mplayerplug-in-wmp.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 olivares olivares 1021 2007-06-12 08:35 mplayerplug-in-wmp.xpt
-rwxr-xr-x 1 olivares olivares 1021 2007-06-12 08:35 mplayerplug-in.xpt
[olivares@localhost plugins]$ cd ~
and in the universal directory there is
[olivares@localhost ~]$ ls -l /usr/lib/firefox-2.0.0.4/plugins/
total 40
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 18496 2007-06-03 15:02 libnullplugin.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 10752 2007-06-03 15:02 libunixprintplugin.so
Also in Tools Option there is a subcategory called Add-ons where you can find themes/extensions like Fake Agent (User agent Switcher), Stuff for ads like Adblocker etc.
> I really hate these directories with names like "9eaqek76.Default User".
> Why these idiotic names?
I am with you on this one. Which one is more weird yours or mine
gfi0egg9.default
I had a problem with a plugin and firefox refused to load up. to fix the problem I removed the .mozilla/firefox/ directory and its contents and cut and pasted from the ones as root user. I then changed owner to my own account. I disabled all plugins and thankfully it worked again.
[olivares@localhost .mozilla]$ ls
firefox mplayerplug-in.conf mplayerplug-in.types plugins
[olivares@localhost .mozilla]$ cd firefox/
[olivares@localhost firefox]$ ls
gfi0egg9.default pluginreg.dat profiles.ini
[olivares@localhost firefox]$ ls -l
total 28
drwx------ 6 olivares olivares 4096 2007-07-03 11:17 gfi0egg9.default
-rw------- 1 olivares olivares 6172 2007-07-03 11:05 pluginreg.dat
-rw-rw-r-- 1 olivares olivares 94 2007-06-04 00:19 profiles.ini
[olivares@localhost firefox]$ cd ..
[olivares@localhost .mozilla]$
There is a page for common plugins
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/browse/type:7
Regards,
Antonio
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16 years, 11 months
gpgcheck=0 -
by Bob Goodwin
Is there no easy way to get all these keys installed in /etc/yum.repos.d
other than gpgcheck=0 ?
(9/9): kdelibs-3.5.7-8.fc 100% |=========================| 18 MB
01:45
warning: rpmts_HdrFromFdno: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID ff6382fa
GPG key retrieval failed: [Errno 5] OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or
directory: '/etc/pki/rpm-gpg/kde-redhat.RPM-GPG-KEY'
Bob Goodwin
16 years, 11 months