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Linux software for Motorola Razor phone?
by William W. Austin 16 Dec '09

16 Dec '09

This may have been answered before, but scanning the archives, I haven't found it (sorry...). My wife recently surprised me with a new gsm phone, a Motorola Razor. I already had the USB cable which works with it (use it with my camcorder), but a web search for Linux software to use the phone with one of my Linux boxen didn't turn up anything. Basically I want to synchronize the calendar and phonebooks, and be able to back up files from the phone to the computer (and restore). I'm running both FC4 and FC5 here so anything which would work with either of those would be great - and much apprecited. Thanks in advance, -- william w. austin waustin(a)speakeasy.net "life is just another phase i'm going through. this time, anyway ..."

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Network problems on new FC4 box - please help.
by William W. Austin 15 Dec '09

15 Dec '09

I had to replace a disk (the one with all of the home directories on it) on an FC3 box, and so I bought a new drive (particulars unimportant). To make a long story short, I decided to put FC4 on this box, and so I installed the new drive and put the root filesystem on it. I still have the old FC3 root drive and can boot to either for comparison... Under FC3, I have no network problems that I can detect; however, under FC4 there are two distinct (related? no idea) problems which have eluded me. I have tried looking up both of these in the archives, but have had no luck (some similar issues, but nothing exactly like either of these unless I missed them). Problem 1: network card goes to sleep. This machine has 2 network cards, both on-board. The 1GB card L(Intel 82540EM) goes to the smartswitch to tolk to the local network, and does not show any problems. The other card (nVidia nForce2) is a 100MB card and talks to the DSL modem. Periodically I cannot connect to the internet at all - or even ping the DSL modem. This happens irregularly but about 5-10 times/day. If I reboot back to FC3, the problem does not occur. Network configurations between the two (FC3/FC4) are as identical as I can make them. The first few times the problem occurs, sometimes retarting networking works, but eventually a full sys reboot is the only thing which works. Problem 2: slow local network. Under FC3 throughput on the LOCAL network (1GB lan) is very fast. Under FC4, the best I have seen is ONE transfer of about 1.2 MB/s - and throughput drops to as low as 50-75KB/s at times. Again, this does not occur under FC3 but does under FC4. Again the same setup as nearly as I can make it. No workaround found so far. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. -- william w. austin waustin(a)speakeasy.net "life is just another phase i'm going through. this time, anyway ..."

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latest selinux policy update errors
by Mark Haney 28 Sep '09

28 Sep '09

Is anyone else seeing these types of failures with the latest selinux updates? libsemanage.semanage_direct_remove: Module dpkg was not found. semodule: Failed on dpkg! error: %trigger(selinux-policy-strict-2.6.4-21.fc7.noarch) scriptlet failed, exit status 1 libsemanage.semanage_direct_remove: Module dpkg was not found. semodule: Failed on dpkg! error: %trigger(selinux-policy-strict-2.6.4-23.fc7.noarch) scriptlet failed, exit status 1 Should I file a bug report? -- Da mihi sis bubulae frustrum assae, solana tuberosa in modo gallico fricta, ac quassum lactatum coagulatum crassum Mark Haney Sr. Systems Administrator ERC Broadband (828) 350-2415 Call (866) ERC-7110 for after hours support

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Trying to install NX
by Jim 02 Dec '08

02 Dec '08

Fedora 8 x86_64 Trying to install NX. I have no problem connecting other i386 boxes. Error messages below; This is the output of NXClient on Laptop NXPROXY - Version 3.1.0 Copyright (C) 2001, 2007 NoMachine. See http://www.nomachine.com/ for more information. Info: Proxy running in client mode with pid '17226'. Session: Starting session at 'Sat Feb 9 15:43:20 2008'. Info: Connection with remote proxy completed. Info: Using ADSL link parameters 512/24/1/0. Info: Using cache parameters 4/4096KB/16384KB/16384KB. Info: Using pack method 'adaptive-7' with session 'kde'. Info: Using product 'LFE/None/LFEN/None'. Info: Using ZLIB data compression 1/1/32. Info: Using ZLIB stream compression 4/4. Info: No suitable cache file found. Info: Forwarding X11 connections to display ':0.0'. Info: Listening to font server connections on port '11004'. Session: Session started at 'Sat Feb 9 15:43:20 2008'. Info: Established X server connection. Info: Using shared memory parameters 1/4096K. Error: Connection with remote peer broken. Error: Please check the state of your network and retry. Session: Terminating session at 'Sat Feb 9 15:43:24 2008'. Session: Session terminated at 'Sat Feb 9 15:43:24 2008'. This is the server box x86_64 /messages file Feb 9 15:43:10 x86_64 NXSERVER-3.1.0-4[6223]: User 'mickey' logged in from '76.251.280.83'. 'NXLogin::set' Feb 9 15:43:13 x86_64 NXSERVER-3.1.0-4[6223]: Selected node host:localhost with port:22 'main::selectNode' Feb 9 15:43:13 x86_64 NXSERVER-3.1.0-4[6223]: Current selected node: localhost is in status: running 'main::selectNode' Feb 9 15:43:13 x86_64 NXSERVER-3.1.0-4[6223]: Selected session type: unix-kde allowed in the profile of user: mickey 'NXShell::Static' Feb 9 15:43:15 x86_64 NXSERVER-3.1.0-4[6223]: ERROR: nxssh process exited with '255' 'NXNodeExec::exec' Feb 9 15:43:19 x86_64 NXSERVER-3.1.0-4[6223]: Session '7F7FA6AC9A8C13F31E8F8EC3BAA37650' started by user 'mickey'. 'NXShell::handler_session_start' Feb 9 15:43:19 x86_64 NXSERVER-3.1.0-4[6223]: ERROR: run command: no child process with pid 6330 Logger::log nxserver 3069 Feb 9 15:43:19 x86_64 NXSERVER-3.1.0-4[6223]: User 'mickey' from '76.251.280.83' logged out. 'NXLogin::reset' Feb 9 15:43:19 x86_64 NXNODE-3.1.0-5[6371]: Using port '1004' on node 'x86_64' for session 'unix-kde'. Logger::log nxnode 5975 Feb 9 15:43:19 x86_64 NXNODE-3.1.0-5[6371]: Using host from available host list: '172.16.1.36'. Logger::log nxnode 5976 Feb 9 15:43:20 x86_64 NXNODE-3.1.0-5[6735]: ERROR: Error when monitoring session: Could not open default font 'fixed' 'NXSessionMonitor::__setSessionStatus' Feb 9 15:43:20 x86_64 NXNODE-3.1.0-5[6735]: NXSessionMonitor: killing unexpected agent running with pid '6653' with signal '15' 'NXSessionMonitor::monitorStatus' Feb 9 15:43:23 x86_64 NXNODE-3.1.0-5[6735]: NXSessionMonitor: killing unexpected agent running with pid '6653' with signal '15' 'NXSessionMonitor::monitorStatus' Feb 9 15:43:24 x86_64 NXNODE-3.1.0-5[6735]: NXSessionMonitor: killing unexpected agent running with pid '6653' with signal '9' 'NXSessionMonitor::monitorStatus' Feb 9 15:43:24 x86_64 NXNODE-3.1.0-5[6371]: ERROR: Unexpected termination of nxagent because of signal: 9 Logger::log nxnode 3777 Feb 9 15:43:24 x86_64 NXNODE-3.1.0-5[6371]: ERROR: run command: process: 6653 died because of signal: 9 Logger::log nxnode 3784 Feb 9 15:43:25 x86_64 NXNODE-3.1.0-5[6735]: Directory '/home/mickey/.nx/C-x86_64-1004-7F7FA6AC9A8C13F31E8F8EC3BAA37650' renamed into '/home/mickey/.nx/F-C-x86_64-1004-7F7FA6AC9A8C13F31E8F8EC3BAA37650' for further investigation Logger::log nxnode 6155 Feb 9 15:43:26 x86_64 NXNODE-3.1.0-5[6371]: Session 'unix-kde' on port '1004' failed. Logger::log nxnode 6234 Feb 9 15:43:32 x86_64 NXSERVER-3.1.0-4[6656]: ERROR: NXNodeExec: Cannot kill nxssh process: No such process 'NXNodeExec::exec' Feb 9 15:43:32 x86_64 NXSERVER-3.1.0-4[6656]: User 'mickey' from '76.251.280.83' logged out. 'NXLogin::reset'

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IcedTea Firefox and SELinux
by Kip Thomas 02 Dec '08

02 Dec '08

guys, help me. I made the link, checked SELinux like i did. I've got the experience ya know? I've done all this on all F* up to F7 I also learned a new command "alternatives" nothing helped. "applet not initialized" testing again "google java tester"....just a blank pink box info on the new brave, free, iced cool java is scant. i386 32 bit F8 help the poor soul....ktnx

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Turbo Memory
by Claude Jones 17 Nov '08

17 Nov '08

I was spec'ing a new laptop tonight, and noticed it had 1 GB of 'Turbo Memory' -- this is a new Intel specification that uses flash memory to cache frequently used items and is only available in Windows-land with Vista. It is not CPU cache nor RAM. Does anyone know of any work being done to access this new technology in Linux? -- Claude Jones Brunswick, MD, USA

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X and Intel 965
by Jeffrey Ross 22 Oct '08

22 Oct '08

so far the installation of FC6 has gone relatively smoothly albeit some additional learning and bumps due to the 64 bit architecture of this machine. The mother board is an Intel DG965RYCK which uses Intel's 965 express chipset. Based upon what I've been able to find on the web, Intel has released the drivers for this chipset to OSS, although there have been issues as to what Intel actually released and how complete they might be. Regardless I unable to run mplayer (or Realplayer) for that matter without the display first freezing then going black followed by garbage along the bottom of the screen. A Control-Alt-Backspace does not stop X from running. The only way to recover the machine from this point is to reboot the system. I am still able to connect from a remote system, its just the display that has become unstable. lspci -v shows the following for the graphics adapter 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [VGA]) Subsystem: Intel Corporation Unknown device 514d Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 177 Memory at 50200000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1M] Memory at 40000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M] I/O ports at 3110 [size=8] Capabilities: [90] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit- Queue=0/0 Enable- Capabilities: [d0] Power Management version 2 suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks

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OFF-TOPIC: Fedora 7 already installed, can't install XP on empty partition
by Andre Costa 19 Sep '08

19 Sep '08

Hi, this is somehow off-topic, but hopefully someone here has been through this already... I just bought a shiny new Core 2 Duo machine (Intel DG33BU mobo), with a nice 250G SATA disk. Fedora 7 installation went surprisingly well (and fast), only problem was that onboard NIC was not recognized, but upgrading the kernel offline fixed this. Everything is amazingly fast =) BUT... I need this machine to dual-boot to Windows XP (still addicted to some Windows-only games =( ). XP setup CD hangs just after showing "examining hardware configuration" or something like that. It doesn't really hangs, it just switches to a blank screen and sits there forever (I already left it there for more than 15min to no avail). Keyboard is responsive and HD led stays on. CTRL+ALT+DEL reboots as expected. I talked to IT guys at work and they told me they've been through this already lots of times, it seems XP is unable to properly recognize the disk when only Linux is installed on it (?!?), and only solution would be to reformat the whole thing and install XP first. Is that true? My system is configured as: ~ fdisk -l /dev/sda Disk /dev/sda: 250.0 GB, 250059350016 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 * 1 13 104391 83 Linux /dev/sda2 14 10467 83971755 8e Linux LVM HD specs are: ~ hdparm -I /dev/sda /dev/sda: ATA device, with non-removable media Model Number: SAMSUNG SP2504C Serial Number: S09QJ1SP208120 Firmware Revision: VT100-50 GRUB is installed on MBR. All remaining space is sitting there, waiting for XP to take over... =/ Anyone knows of a workaround? Should I try to create an additional partition on the empty space and format it as VFAT hoping this would make Windoze less stupid? Or am I doomed to remove all partitions and start from scratch, starting with XP? TIA Andre

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F8 is a problem
by Karl Larsen 01 Aug '08

01 Aug '08

Yes I know Fedora is a testing ground. Yes I know most of you tigers think I am stupid and for some good grounds. But I am a muli-million dollar person who worries not about gasoline prices or where the next meal comes from. But I DO worry why I can't get F8 to work. It works a few days and then goes to hell. So I am back here on F7 which seems to work well. At least the audio is good and I can do things I must. Karl -- Karl F. Larsen, AKA K5DI Linux User #450462 http://counter.li.org. PGP 4208 4D6E 595F 22B9 FF1C ECB6 4A3C 2C54 FE23 53A7

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vstpd.conf
by dhottinger＠harrisonburg.k12.va.us 17 Jul '08

17 Jul '08

Im having a devil of a time getting vsftpd configured for auth. with an ldap backend on Fedora Core 5. I keep getting a 530 530 Login incorrect. Unable to make a connection. Please try again. The server has a username incorrect message. Anonymous works fine. I have standard vsftpd.conf here is the snippet: anonymous_enable=No # # Uncomment this to allow local users to log in. local_enable=YES # # Uncomment this to enable any form of FTP write command. write_enable=YES # # Default umask for local users is 077. You may wish to change this to 022, # if your users expect that (022 is used by most other ftpd's) local_umask=022 # # Uncomment this to allow the anonymous FTP user to upload files. This only # has an effect if the above global write enable is activated. Also, you will # obviously need to create a directory writable by the FTP user. #anon_upload_enable=YES # # Uncomment this if you want the anonymous FTP user to be able to create # new directories. #anon_mkdir_write_enable=YES # # Activate directory messages - messages given to remote users when they # go into a certain directory. dirmessage_enable=YES # # Activate logging of uploads/downloads. xferlog_enable=YES ascii_upload_enable=YES ascii_download_enable=YES # # You may fully customise the login banner string: #ftpd_banner=Welcome to blah FTP service. # # You may specify a file of disallowed anonymous e-mail addresses. Apparently # useful for combatting certain DoS attacks. #deny_email_enable=YES # (default follows) #banned_email_file=/etc/vsftpd.banned_emails # # You may specify an explicit list of local users to chroot() to their home # directory. If chroot_local_user is YES, then this list becomes a list of # users to NOT chroot(). chroot_local_user=YES #chroot_list_enable=YES # (default follows) #chroot_list_file=/etc/vsftpd.chroot_list # # You may activate the "-R" option to the builtin ls. This is disabled by # default to avoid remote users being able to cause excessive I/O on large # sites. However, some broken FTP clients such as "ncftp" and "mirror" assume # the presence of the "-R" option, so there is a strong case for enabling it. ls_recurse_enable=YES pam_service_name=vsftp userlist_enable=YES #enable for standalone mode listen=YES tcp_wrappers=YES User authentication is against an ldap server. That seems to be working fine. AFP users can connect ok. I read about an issue with the pam module, but that doesnt seem to be the case. I keep beating this thing around and around with no joy so far. -- Dwayne Hottinger Network Administrator Harrisonburg City Public Schools

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