Re: F7 -> F9 preupgrade problems. Can't start X
by Steve Blackwell
---- Jonathan Baron <baron(a)psych.upenn.edu> wrote:
> Thanks.
>
> I tried system-config-display and it didn't help, but I did it
> remotely. This is my office computer, which I almost never use except
> as a (very busy) web server. I manage it by connecting from
> elsewhere, including my laptop, which I use even at work. So I tried
> system-config-display through vnc (which worked). I'll try again the
> next time I'm in front of it. Meanwhile, we can see what comes of my
> bug report. I'll let you know if I learn anything useful. But I
> suspect it is a bug and will eventually get fixed. Until I read your
> post, I thought my video card had died.
>
There are definitely bugs associated with display setup. When I tried to set up my second monitor using the GUI (System->Administration->Display), it just sits there when you hit the OK button; the GUI never updates anything. Several people have reported this. I have also tried an xorg.conf file that crashed setroubleshootd!!! No answers on that one either.
Something else you might want to try is to remove your xorg.conf file (rename it) and then reboot. The new X server is supposed to be able to determine what configuration it needs by looking at your hardware.
> Jon
>
> On 05/30/08 12:46, Steve wrote:
> >
> > ---- Jonathan Baron <baron(a)psych.upenn.edu> wrote:
> > > Oh. Interesting.
> >
> > > What I was going to ask you was whether you ever got it working. I
> > > have exactly the same problem.
> >
> > Sort of... I logged in as root at a text console and ran system-config-display and
> > that got me one screen working (I have a dual monitor setup). I don't have the
> > second monitor working and I'm not getting any replies form the list. I'm going to
> > have to experiment some more.
> >
> > Steve.
>
> --
> Jonathan Baron, Professor of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania
> Home page: http://www.sas.upenn.edu/~baron
> Editor: Judgment and Decision Making (http://journal.sjdm.org)
15 years, 12 months
F9: cups fc8 pkg dependency gumming the works
by Colin Brace
Hi all,
The ghost of F8 lingers on in my F9 box, updated via the preview DVD awhile
back. yum keeps choking on an unmet dependency:
$ sudo yum -y update
[...]
Error: Missing Dependency: libldap-2.3.so.0 is needed by package
1:cups-1.3.7-2.fc8.i386 (updates)
I've tried removing cups with rpm --nodeps, deleting and rebuilding
/var/lib/rpm/__db*, all to no avail.
According to rpm, cups is no longer on my system:
# rpm -qa | grep cups
libgnomecups-0.2.3-3.fc9.i386
cupsddk-drivers-1.2.3-4.fc9.i386
hal-cups-utils-0.6.16-3.fc9.i386
yet the yum error persists.
Suggestions anyone?
--
Colin Brace
Amsterdam
http://lim.nl
15 years, 12 months
Mono sound only, PulseAudio and Fedora 9... or "where's system-config-sound?"
by Antti Aspinen
Hi!
I've now upgraded to Fedora 9. I'm using KDE as a desktop now. My Udev
problem still exists but I can live with that. (I guess it's related to
my motherboard which is Asus A8V Deluxe which comes with wlan.)
But my current problem is something I cannot live with. I have sound
problems. I cannot get sound at all or I can just get mono output in
some programs.
I know that first audio problem is because I cannot set my system
default soundcard. That's because system-config-sound has been removed
from the fedora 9.
I have two different soundcards. Another one is onboard ac97 card (VIA
8237) I have disabled from BIOS and which doesn't show up in Windows. It
always shows up in Gnu/Linux installations thought and in Fedora I've
usually just disabled or placed it as "second in order" soundcard
using system-config-sound.
I am able to get mono sound output from PulseAudio in some programs if I
set my other soundcard (esi's juli@) as default device using PulseAudio
Volume Control. But it won't hold that setting if I logout or reboot.
Ok. How do I set my ICE1724 as a default sound device or so called 0
soundcard for whole system. And how do I get stereo sound from my card?
I guess it's related to volume levels but I cannot change those things
from anywhere. I tried using google but nothing useful showed up.
Thanks.
--
Antti Aspinen <antti.aspinen(a)phnet.fi>
15 years, 12 months
Re: [Dovecot] Problem deleting folders with Thunderbird?
by Knute Johnson
Michal Soltys wrote:
> Scott Silva wrote:
>> You need to clear that checkbox with mbox storage for sure. It might
>> be OK if you are using Maildir.
>>
>
> It works perfectly fine with Maildir.
So folders in folders works with Maildir?
Thanks,
--
Knute Johnson
linux(a)www.knutejohnson.com
15 years, 12 months
USB Install Method?
by Sean Bruno
Back in the mists of time, there used to be a "diskimage.img" in the
distribution that you could "dd" to a USB stick and boot the installer
of Fedora. Then you could install via the network or whatever.
The README in images on the x86_64 DVD ISO references diskimage.img, but
the file is AWOL on the image.
According the docs, there is a procedure for installing from a USB
stick, but "Procedure 3.2 Creating Bootable USB Media from Linux"
appears to be blank?
http://docs.fedoraproject.org/install-guide/f9/en_US/sn-making-media.html...
Is there still a USB installable method for those of us with a DVD?
Sean
15 years, 12 months
Program killed as soon as it starts to run
by Paul Smith
Dear All,
I have just compiled a program, which is immediately killed as soon as
I start to run it. Any ideas about the reason why it is killed?
Thanks in advance,
Paul
15 years, 12 months
[OT] shell variable assignment problemn
by Gianluca Cecchi
Problem I'm able to understand:
Suppose I have
$NUMDISKS that can be 1 or 2 ... or n
and
$DISKS that can be
sda, or
sda sdb
or sda sdb sdc
(so a string with the didks separated by space)
I want to assign
DRIVE1=sda
DRIVE2=sdb
...
DRIVEN=sdn
if I script
for i in $(seq 1 $NUMDISKS)
do
DRIVE${i}="$(echo $DISKS | cut -d ' ' -f ${i})"
done
I get this error through assignment:
DRIVE1=sda: command not found
Instead if the disk env variable is cciss/c0d0 I get
DRIVE1=cciss/c0d0: No such file or directory
Any glue to the cause??? And to succeed to do the dynamic assignment?
Thanks,
Gianluca
15 years, 12 months
Re: F8 -> F9 horror
by Eric Mesa
On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 8:09 AM, <fedora-list-request(a)redhat.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 2008-05-30 at 21:12 +0930, Tim wrote:
> > On Fri, 2008-05-30 at 10:09 +0000, Kevin Kofler wrote:
> > > If you want old stuff, use Fedora 8, not 9.
> >
> > Has 8 got proper working sound yet? And without having to rip out
> > pulseaudio to achieve it?
>
> FWIW, I'm running F9 (w/ pulseaudio) and everything seems to be working
> great. I have banshee running at the same time as a few games and it
> Just Works (TM). Not sure what issues you were running into. Adobe
> Flash works fine (if you install libflashsupport). I don't use Skype on
> this computer, so I don't know if that works.
>
> Jonathan
> -------------- next part --------------
>
>
I upgraded from Fedora 7 to Fedora 8 via yum upgrade method a week or so
after F8 came out and pulseaudio worked perfectly for me. I've been able to
use to to mute games (like CrackAttack) while I listen to Rhythmbox.
Perhaps something in the yum upgrade method just works better than a fresh
install or a disc upgrade? I don't know, but I haven't had any problems
with it at all. Nor have I had problems with it on my Ubuntu 8.04 machine
either. Perhaps people who are complaining about pulseaudio have a red
herring on their hands? Maybe something changed that no longer supported
their audio card at the same time that pulseaudio was introduced?
Any time you're using anything but OSX on Apple hardware it's going to be
tough because you could have a nearly infinite configuration of hardware, so
what works for me and what works for Jonathan, above, may not work for you.
However, I'm here to tell you that it worked from day one for me. (And I've
really enjoyed it!)
--
Eric Mesa
http://www.ericsbinaryworld.com
15 years, 12 months
putty
by roland
Hello,
Is there someone who can tell me how to install more fonts for putty?
I do not understand how it works. Sometimes I get a lot of fonts, but most
of the time I only get 2:
fixed
luxi mono
I looked at /usr/sbin/chkfontpath
to find out where the system is looking for fonts
1: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled
2: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled
3: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled
4: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1
5: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo
6: /usr/share/fonts/default/Type1
Under Type1 I have a lot of fonts and I added all TTF fonts of mswindows
But nothing works
When I look at systems where putty offers me lots of fonts, I don't find
any difference.
Help!!!
Thanks
Roland
--
Roland Brouwers
C.A.T. bvba
15 years, 12 months
Re: Fedora 9 + Network Manager = Wireless NOT Connecting (F8-Live works)
by Robert Cahn
As A test I downloaded Fedora-8-Live-x86_64 iso. When I boot from this disk
all the wireless problems go away. It connects immediately. In F9 the
services have been changed. There is a Network Manager but no
NetworkManagerDispatcher. That would seem to indicate a major rewrite.
This test seems to show that for some of us wireless support is broken.
Bob Cahn
15 years, 12 months
