Re: Help, please! xserver or evdev and laptop keyboard
by Petrus de Calguarium
I tried that, but it refused to start X with the generated file. The message
said something about some intel module not existing. Very strange, as that
module is not loaded, now that I have sort of solved the problem.
What I did was sftp the old archived xorg.conf from my desktop and now the
laptop keyboard works.
The problem remains, however, as one is not supposed to use an xorg.conf at
all, and it was working just fine without right up until last week when I
installed those updates (likely the xserver ones, I think).
So, how can I have a laptop keyboard and no xorg.conf, like one is supposed to
do?
15 years, 10 months
Help, please! xserver or evdev and laptop keyboard
by Petrus de Calguarium
I was away last week and updated my laptop around last Wednesday while on
vacation (bad move). I noticed that xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.4.99-905.2.20080702
and the corresponding xorg-x11-server-common were updated. I am not sure
whether evdev was also updated then, or whether it had been updated a week or
so earlier (if so, then it is not the problem, but most likely the xserver
would be).
Since doing the update, I have full mouse functionality, but no keyboard. The
keys just type nothing at all in gnome, kde4.1 (which I use), kdm and gdm. The
keys work in grub and when I boot into run level 3 from grub (but limited,
cannot type ' or ", for example, just letters).
As per recent instructions, I do not use an xorg.conf file, but thinking that
that might be the problem, I tried to create a skeleton xorg.conf with just
the keyboard section, thinking that my keyboard doesn't like evdev and wanting
to make it use the old kbd driver instead (at least I presume that evdev is
the present default), but, as I just said, I am unable to type a ", so I am
unable to create an xorg.conf file.
Help!
15 years, 10 months
Re: F8/F9 Multiboot question
by Dan Thurman
Tim wrote:
>
> On Sun, 2008-08-03 at 15:56 -0700, Daniel B. Thurman wrote:
> > What is the command for installing the "MBR" and grub into each
> > of their respective partitions?
> >
> > I tried: grub-install --recheck /dev/sdc1, and likewise for /dev/sdc2
> > and /dev/sdc3 but nothing happens.
>
> I've never bothered with grub-install, other than the one time it didn't
> do what it was supposed to. After that I decided not to bother with it
> again. I issue the real commands directly:
>
> The grub command to enter a GRUB shell.
> The root command to tell GRUB where /boot will be (and GRUB's root is
> held).
> The find command to check that GRUB can find the files it needs.
> The setup command to setup which drive MBR to write to, or which
> partition.
> And the quit command to write all the changes and exit.
>
> Pasting of a session is below, the GRUB input prompts are beside
> "grub>", the rest is output.
>
> [root@localhost ~]# grub
> Probing devices to guess BIOS drives. This may take a long time.
>
>
> GNU GRUB version 0.97 (640K lower / 3072K upper memory)
>
> [ Minimal BASH-like line editing is supported. For the first word, TAB
> lists possible command completions. Anywhere else TAB lists the
> possible
> completions of a device/filename.]
> grub> root (hd0,0)
> root (hd0,0)
> Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83
> grub> find /grub/stage1
> find /grub/stage1
> (hd0,0)
> grub> setup (hd0)
> setup (hd0)
> Checking if "/boot/grub/stage1" exists... no
> Checking if "/grub/stage1" exists... yes
> Checking if "/grub/stage2" exists... yes
> Checking if "/grub/e2fs_stage1_5" exists... yes
> Running "embed /grub/e2fs_stage1_5 (hd0)"... 23 sectors are embedded.
> succeeded
> Running "install /grub/stage1 (hd0) (hd0)1+23 p
> (hd0,0)/grub/stage2 /grub/grub.conf"... succeeded
> Done.
> grub> quit
> quit
> [root@localhost ~]#
>
> My set of examples picks my first boot partition (the root command), and
> writes back to the disc's MBR (the setup command). You'd change the
> root and setup parameters to suit each installation, to install GRUB
> "stage ones" into each boot partition. In your case, you'd pick the
> same drive and partition for the root and setup commands.
>
> By the way, grub-install is just a script. You can read it and see how
> it works, if you really want to.
>
> > Since I had copies of /boot for f8 and f9 I simply copied f8's boot
> > files into /dev/sdc2 and f9's boot files into /dev/sdc3 but
> > for /dev/sdc1 (boot-sys), I copied f8's boot files into /dev/sdc1,
> > removed initd*, vm*, and System*, edited grub/grub.conf with the
> > chain-loaders like you said.
>
> Hmm, I don't know exactly what you mean by "boot files". Each /boot
> partition would have that OS's kernel files, and a grub sub-directory
> for that installation's GRUB files (menus, stage loaders, etc.). There
> shouldn't be any need to copy things about.
>
> Inside /boot/grub:
>
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 63 2008-06-01 01:39 device.map
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 11768 2008-06-01 01:39 e2fs_stage1_5
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 11528 2008-06-01 01:39 fat_stage1_5
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 10776 2008-06-01 01:39 ffs_stage1_5
> -rw------- 1 root root 1700 2008-07-27 16:47 grub.conf
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 10768 2008-06-01 01:39 iso9660_stage1_5
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12440 2008-06-01 01:39 jfs_stage1_5
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 2008-06-01 01:39 menu.lst -> ./grub.conf
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 10984 2008-06-01 01:39 minix_stage1_5
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 83780 2008-06-30 12:22 mixer-cropped.xpm.gz
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 85014 2008-06-30 12:22 mixer.xpm.gz
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 13376 2008-06-01 01:39 reiserfs_stage1_5
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 66003 2008-04-12 05:32 splash.xpm.gz
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 512 2008-06-01 01:39 stage1
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 110532 2008-06-01 01:39 stage2
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 11040 2008-06-01 01:39 ufs2_stage1_5
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 10376 2008-06-01 01:39 vstafs_stage1_5
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 13016 2008-06-01 01:39 xfs_stage1_5
>
> > But I am at loss to figure out how to get each of the 3 partitions
> > with it's own "MBR".
>
> Terminology problem... MBR is Master Boot Record, there's only one of
> them per disc. Initial stages of GRUB can be put in the disc MBR, or at
> the beginning of individual partitions (not a MBR, but something
> similar, and a mental blank strikes me as to its proper name).
>
Here is my drive partitions:
========================
/dev/sdb - Sata - 750GB drive
[Sizes specified are not exact]
/dev/sdb1 - boot-sys (100MB)
/dev/sdb2 - boot-f8 (100MB)
/dev/sdb3 - boot-f9 (100MB)
/dev/sdb4 - Extended
/dev/sdb5 - root-f8 (175GB)
/dev/sdb6 - root-f9 (175GB)
/dev/sdb7 - f-App1 (351GB)
/dev/sdb8 - swap (~5GB)
Ok, I have thus far, set up a new drive with the partitions, finally
figured out how to get the new drive's MBR installed and to use
the boot-sys (/dev/sdb1) file, but apparently, the chain-loaders could
not boot the root-f8 (/dev/sdb5) nor root-f9 (/dev/sdb6) filesystem. Do
I need to make the [boot-f8 (/dev/sdb2) and boot-f9 (/dev/sdb3) ] and/or
[ root-f8 (/dev/sdb5) and root-f9 (/dev/sdb6) ] filesystems bootable?
If so, what command do I need to use to make these partitions bootable?
Thanks!
Dan
15 years, 10 months
Re: CentOS Vostro 200 network driver
by tony.chamberlain＠lemko.com
-----Original Message-----
Message: 11
Date: Tue, 05 Aug 2008 06:40:39 +0800
From: Ed Greshko <Ed.Greshko(a)greshko.com>
Subject: Re: CentOS Vostro 200 network driver
To: For users of Fedora <fedora-list(a)redhat.com>
Message-ID: <48978567.70006(a)greshko.com>
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>
>> Anyone have a newtwork driver for CentOS (4.5) Vostro 200?
>> None of the drivers I have work. Even when I tried to download
>> the latest e1000 from Dell and build it it did not work.
>2 Questions...
>1. What does "did not work" mean?
>2. What is the output of lspci?
"did not work" means that when I ran "neat" clicked on new and then
ethernet it did not show any cards (yes I did do a modprobe on the .ko).
I will do lspci tomorrow and send results.
15 years, 10 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.
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15 years, 10 months
CentOS Vostro 200 network driver
by tony.chamberlain＠lemko.com
Anyone have a newtwork driver for CentOS (4.5) Vostro 200?
None of the drivers I have work. Even when I tried to download
the latest e1000 from Dell and build it it did not work.
15 years, 10 months
awstats munged httpd rights in SElinux, how to fix?
by Gene Heskett
Greetings;
Wanting to see who might have visited my simple web page, I installed awstats
from the fedora repo today.
The awstats selinux helper seems to be an empty file, yumex win't dl it or
install it even when checked.
>From the yumex screen:
7:59:02 : Package Queue:
17:59:02 : Packages to install
17:59:02 : ---> awstats-selinux-6.7-1.fc8.noarch
17:59:02 : Preparing for install/remove/update
17:59:02 : --> Preparing for install
17:59:02 : Package awstats-selinux is obsoleted by awstats, trying to install
awstats-6.8-1.fc8.noarch instead
17:59:02 : Package awstats-6.8-1.fc8.noarch already installed and latest
version
17:59:06 : Error in Dependency Resolution
17:59:06 : Success - empty transaction
which is self-explanatory.
But on attempting to look at my page at localhost, I get connection refused.
So I as root, do:service httpd restart
Stopping httpd: [FAILED]
Starting httpd: (13)Permission denied: httpd: could not open error log
file /etc/httpd/logs/error_log.
Unable to open logs
[FAILED]
And an selinux denial that says I can fix it with this:
#> setsebool -P httpd_unified=1
But I've now executed that line several times without success.
I've also gone through the httpd stuff and made much of it 0644 and owned by
apache:apache.
Obviously I'm suffering from the local heat and missing the flashing red light
here, so what is next folks? It was all working AFAIK before I installed
awstats, when running kernel 2.6.26 just yesterday, but now booted to
2.6.27-rc1. Dunno which is the culprit. Help!
--
Cheers, Gene
"There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
-Ed Howdershelt (Author)
I don't make the rules, Gil, I only play the game.
-- Cash McCall
15 years, 10 months
Alpine prospects??
by Beartooth
As many here must know, U Washington laid off some large number
of the Pine/Alpine team last May. Now there is talk, in some places
online, of UW dropping all support for this superb software.
Given those opprobrious facts, it seems a legitimate topic for
this group to ask, "What of Alpine, then?"
Will Fedora, or some other distro, or many, spring into the
breach, if breach there be??
Isn't anything known, after over two months? Can it not be told
here? If not here, where? If not now, when?
--
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, 10 months
Kernel Version 2.6.15 in any Fedora Version ?
by "G"
Hi
Has Fedora shipped the 2.6.15 series of kernel by default ? I checked
FC4 and FC5. FC4 by default uses 2.6.11 and FC5 uses 2.6.16. For some
development and testing purposes i need 2.6.15 so can i load FC4 and
download kernel 2.6.15 from kernel.org and compile it ? I feel
upgradation is better than downgrading (i.e, by installing FC5 and
then downgrading to 2.6.15)
Please let me know
Thanks,
Regards,
Balaji
15 years, 10 months
