Fedora 9 update causes NetworkManager not to work wireless
by Luis Orlindo Tedeschi
I am having problems with NetworkManager and wireless network. When I
installed Fedora 9 NetworkManager was working fine and able to connect
to wireless networks. However, after I did the first update suggested by
the OS, NetworkManager stopped being able to recognize wireless
networks. I formatted and installed Fedora 9 twice to confirm the
problem. I could not however identify which update is causing this
problem. Anybody having the same problem? Thanks.
15 years, 5 months
OFF-TOPIC: Fedora 7 already installed, can't install XP on empty partition
by Andre Costa
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
15 years, 6 months
couldn't change resolution in Vmware
by Mustafa Qasim
Hello!
I've just installed F9 in my Vmware workstation 6 but I couldn't
change my defualt 800x600 resolution to 1024x768. Is VMware causing this
problem? Any Idea.
--
Regards,
Mustafa Qasim
Lahore, Pakistan
Registered Linux User# 441709.
15 years, 6 months
F9: Canon LBP2900 no go: "usblp1: error -32 reading printer status"
by Colin Brace
Hi all,
I am trying to get a Canon LBP2900 laser printer working under F9.
Alas, the driver is (apparently) closed and not included in the Caps
package, which might be a reason to avoid this printer, but be that as
it may, one can download a Linux driver easily enough from Canon:
http://software.canon-europe.com/products/0010177.asp
These are the latest RPMs:
2007-12-03 08:49 cndrvcups-capt-1.60-1.i386.rpm
2007-12-03 08:49 cndrvcups-common-1.60-1.i386.rpm
Once installed, CAPS automatically recognizes the printer and selects
what appears to be the correct driver:
Canon LBP2900 CAPT ver.1.5
Likewise, the printer shows up properly in dmesg:
usb 1-4: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 26
usb 1-4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
usblp1: USB Bidirectional printer dev 26 if 0 alt 0 proto 2 vid 0x04A9
pid 0x2676
usb 1-4: New USB device found, idVendor=04a9, idProduct=2676
usb 1-4: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
usb 1-4: Product: Canon CAPT USB Device
usb 1-4: Manufacturer: Canon
usb 1-4: SerialNumber: 0000A380HGkZ
but if I try a test page, nothing happens. The only indication that
something is wrong is this error message repeatedly displayed in dmesg:
usblp1: error -32 reading printer status
Any ideas what is going on here?
Thanks.
--
Colin Brace
Amsterdam
http://www.lim.nl
15 years, 6 months
help with setting up graphics
by Beartooth
On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:05:38 +0100, Frank Murphy wrote:
[...]
[In a long thread, called "Hardware browser??" about ways to
configure a PC with unknown video card, so that it can use a HP w2207h
1680x1050 monitor]
> look under /var/log/Xorg.0.log
>
> it will give you a lot of info about your monitor and card.
>
> If your unsure what to look for.
>
> Start a new tread with maybe subject: help with setting up graphics/
I made that "cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log|most" and started slogging.
Other than the two lines below, I see nothing that even might be
enlightening.
===== ===== =====
(II) VESA(0): VESA VBE OEM: VIA K8M890CE
(II) <default pointer>: Setting mouse protocol to "ExplorerPS/2" (It's
actually a USB mouse, currently behind a MiniView G-CSIO4U KVM switch.)
===== ===== =====
Btw, I *run* machines behind the KVM switch; but I *install* OSs,
one machine at a time, with the machine pulled out from behind the switch
and connected directly to the peripherals.
--
Beartooth Staffwright, PhD, Neo-Redneck Linux Convert
Fedora 8 & 9; Alpine 1.10, Pan 0.132; Privoxy 3.0.6;
nine (count 'em -- nine) different browsers
Remember I know precious little of what I am talking about.
15 years, 6 months
[F8] Installing Lame
by Dan Thurman
For some reason, I am prevented from installing
lame. I have the livna repository and tried
yum install lame and got:
yum install lame
Loading "priorities" plugin
adobe 100% |=========================| 951 B
00:00
livna 100% |=========================| 2.1 kB
00:00
primary.sqlite.bz2 100% |=========================| 378 kB 00:02
fedora 100% |=========================| 2.1 kB
00:00
kde-redhat-all 100% |=========================| 951 B
00:00
kde-redhat 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB
00:00
dag 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB
00:00
updates 100% |=========================| 2.3 kB
00:00
freshrpms 100% |=========================| 2.1 kB
00:00
131 packages excluded due to repository priority protections
Setting up Install Process
Parsing package install arguments
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package lame.i386 0:3.97-6.lvn8 set to be updated
--> Processing Dependency: lame-libs = 3.97-6.lvn8 for package: lame
--> Running transaction check
---> Package lame-libs.i386 0:3.97-6.lvn8 set to be updated
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Dependencies Resolved
=============================================================================
Package Arch Version Repository
Size
=============================================================================
Installing:
lame i386 3.97-6.lvn8 livna
133 k
Installing for dependencies:
lame-libs i386 3.97-6.lvn8 livna
327 k
Transaction Summary
=============================================================================
Install 2 Package(s)
Update 0 Package(s)
Remove 0 Package(s)
Total download size: 460 k
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
Running rpm_check_debug
Running Transaction Test
Finished Transaction Test
Transaction Check Error:
file /usr/lib/libmp3lame.so.0.0.0 from install of
lame-libs-3.97-6.lvn8.i386 conflicts with file from package
libmp3lame0-3.97-16.fc8.i386
Error Summary
-------------
So what can I do to get lame installed?
Thanks,
Dan
15 years, 7 months
f9 kerneloops
by David L
I noticed my f9 system was slow and checked CPU usage with top.
top showed a process called kerneloops sucking 98% of the CPU.
Is this normal? If not, what is one supposed to do to provide debugging
info?
15 years, 7 months
Best guide for Fedora 9 ever !
by Valent Turkovic
Hi,
this guide is the best guide for Fedora 9!
http://fedoraguide.info/index.php/Main_Page
http://digg.com/linux_unix/Best_guide_for_Fedora_9_ever
How to setup MP3 and Video codecs, ATI and Nvidia drivers,
CompizFusion, etc... you need it they got it :)
Probably most of your question about Fedora 9 are answered there and
the solutions are simple.
There are some errors still left from Fedora 8 guide, so please create
wiki account and help clean it out and if you have some new tips &
tricks please add them.
For example the date for release of Fedora 9 was still left from Fedora 8 :)
And this is the latest one I'm correcting right now:
To see what Fedora 8 will look like check out the tour!!! (but the
link goes correctly to Fedora 9 tour page)
Cheers,
Valent.
--
http://kernelreloaded.blog385.com/
linux, blog, anime, spirituality, windsurf, wireless
registered as user #367004 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org.
ICQ: 2125241, Skype: valent.turkovic
15 years, 7 months
Acroread Plugin vs. Fedora-8 and Firefox-2
by Jonathan Ryshpan
When a PDF page is displayed via the Acroread plugin in Firefox, the
(sub) window containing the displayed PDF info never gets focus. This
makes it impossible, among other things, to search the PDF using the
Acroread search function. If I save the PDF to a file and then display
it using acroread, the window gets focus in the normal way and search
works perfectly.
What is going on? How can this be fixed?
Thanks - jon
15 years, 8 months
F8 is a problem
by Karl Larsen
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.
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15 years, 8 months