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Uninstall
by mike 07 Dec '08

07 Dec '08

Is there a way to just flat uninstall FC 8. I need to make a workstation match a customer configuration. They use Ubuntu, which has the worst Installation program I have ever seen. Thus I need to uninstall FC 8 to create open space. Partion Magic from the XP partition craps the basket and claims it cannot even find the drive letter. I really would hate to buy a new machine just to match the customer configuration. Any help is appreciated.

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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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Re: Network printer setup, Vol 54, Issue 153
by Vincent 26 Nov '08

26 Nov '08

> 9. Re: network printer setup, Vol 54, Issue 130 (Aaron Konstam) > 13. Re: network printer setup, Vol 54, Issue 130 (Mikkel L. Ellertson) > 14. Re: network printer setup, Vol 54, Issue 130 (Mikkel L. Ellertson) > > > > > > > > Message: 4 > > > Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2008 15:18:31 -0500 > > > From: "Mikkel L. Ellertson" <mikkel(a)infinity-ltd.com> > > > Subject: Re: Network printer setup, > > > To: For users of Fedora <fedora-list(a)redhat.com> > > > Message-ID: <48A73617.4030507(a)infinity-ltd.com> > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > > > > Vincent Onelli wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > Is there some body that can help me to setup a printer? I am new on > > > > Linux, and most of the entry required I do not know what to enter in. > > > > I had send similar message before but I did not get any answer. I > > > > understand your have a large number of messages to get to, but please > > > > try to understand our new user problem, without your help we could not > > > > survive very long with Linux, I have several friends that tried Linux > > > > for a short period of time and then abandon it. I am the stubborn one, > > > > but now I am stuck,I need to use this printer it is the only one that I > > > > have to print on paper 17x22. > > > > I very much appreciate if some one can give me a detailed guideline on > > > > what to enter on various setup phase, one answer I received pointed me > > > > to http://localhost:631 but then what I enter to various steps? I try to > > > > enter some thing but Icould not get pass the verification stage the user > > > > or the password were not accepted, I assume that it want the root PW but > > > > I also tried the user PW, no luck. > > > > Some info on my system: > > > > Dell Dimension 8300. > > > > Netgear router WGR614v6 > > > > Printer Server Netgear PS101 > > > > Printer Epson Stylus Color 1520 > > > > It work fine with windows and these are the setting as listed on the > > > > Router: Printer Server Netgear PS101. Lan manager printer port > > > > PSE6D76B > > > > Printer server port LPT1:PSE6D76B > > > > Server Name PSE6D76B > > > > IP Address 192.168.1.3 > > > > > > > > Epson Setup: Name Epson1520 > > > > Hostname 192.168.1.3 > > > > Queue PSE6D76B > > > > > > > > Thank you in advance > > > > Vinny > > > > > > > Ok - the first thing is that the user and password it is asking for > > > defaults to root and root's password. Normal users login and > > > password do not work unless they are added. > > > > > > >From there, you want the Administration tab. From there you can > > > click on the Find New Printers. If the printserver supports IPP, > > > then you can have CUPS can find it for you. It will do most of the > > > setup for you. > > > > > > If CUPS does not find the printer, you will have to use Add New > > > Printer. You then will want to pick LPD/LPR Host or Printer. > > > > > Under this selection LPD/LPR I only find 2 lines Host and Queue on these > > I try several combination > > 1. Host: "192.168.1.3" > > Queue: "PSE6D76B" > > 2. Host: "localhost" > > Queue: "192.168.1.3" > > did not work. > > > > I also try the Internet printing protocol, here I also found the same 2 > > line to fill, the third line URI indicate the combination of the two > > lines so I entered "192.168.1.3" for the host and "PSE6D76B" for Queue > > filled in this way the URI line looks the closest to your suggestion > > URI: ipp://192.168.1.3/PSE6D76tB. But it did not work. > > > > > > > The next step is to enter "lpd://192.168.1.3/PSE6D76B" at the Device > > > URI: prompt. From there it is just a matter of selecting your > > > printer from the menu. > > > > > > As the last step, you will have to enter root as the user name and > > > root's password for the password to save the new printer. > > > > > > Mikkel > > > -- > > > > > In my experience the queue name is the same as the name of the printer. > Where did you get the queue name: PSE6D76B ? PSE6D76B came from the printer server when was installed in windows > -- > ======================================================================= > QOTD: "I ain't broke, but I'm badly bent." > ======================================================================= > Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam(a)sbcglobal.net > > > Message: 13 > Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:01:29 -0500 > From: "Mikkel L. Ellertson" <mikkel(a)infinity-ltd.com> > Subject: Re: network printer setup, Vol 54, Issue 130 > To: For users of Fedora <fedora-list(a)redhat.com> > Message-ID: <48AAE049.3070501(a)infinity-ltd.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Aaron Konstam wrote: > > > > In my experience the queue name is the same as the name of the printer. > > Where did you get the queue name: PSE6D76B ? > > He is using a print server with a printer attached. > > >> Printer Server Netgear PS101 > > Mikkel > -- > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 14 > Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:36:31 -0500 > From: "Mikkel L. Ellertson" <mikkel(a)infinity-ltd.com> > Subject: Re: network printer setup, Vol 54, Issue 130 > To: For users of Fedora <fedora-list(a)redhat.com> > Message-ID: <48AAE87F.5050906(a)infinity-ltd.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Vincent Onelli wrote: > > Under this selection LPD/LPR I only find 2 lines Host and Queue on these > > I try several combination > > 1. Host: "192.168.1.3" > > Queue: "PSE6D76B" > > 2. Host: "localhost" > > Queue: "192.168.1.3" > > did not work. > > > > I also try the Internet printing protocol, here I also found the same 2 > > line to fill, the third line URI indicate the combination of the two > > lines so I entered "192.168.1.3" for the host and "PSE6D76B" for Queue > > filled in this way the URI line looks the closest to your suggestion > > URI: ipp://192.168.1.3/PSE6D76tB. But it did not work. > > > Are you using the CUPS web interface? Or another program? My > instructions are for using the CUPS web interface. > (http://localhost:631) I downloaded the manual for your print > server. While it is not too clear, I suspect you need something like > this for Linux printing: > > ldp://192.168.1.3/L1 > > It looks like it used a different queue name for lpd printing. I did try it, no good I am lost, but thank you for try > > Mikkel

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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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Fedora Install Using DVD and HTTP
by Tod 02 Nov '08

02 Nov '08

I have a web server with a DVD drive, and a server with only a CD ROM drive. How can I install fedora on the server over the network using HTTP? I've searched around but haven't found a method that matches my particular situation. Any ideas? Thanks.

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Gallery2 installation, so where is it?
by Chris G 30 Oct '08

30 Oct '08

I just did:- yum install gallery2 It installed with no errors. The trouble is I now have no clue as to what to do next. What do I have to do next, I can't see any *obvious* pages to browse to get it going. Yes, I do have apache installed and running, and PHP, and mySql. -- Chris Green

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extra harddisk on RAID5
by roland 30 Oct '08

30 Oct '08

Hello, I have a server with 3 Harddisks 74Gb Raid5 I would like to install a 4th disk as a backup. I never did this before. What will happen when I plug this disk in, will it install itself? how will it appear? When one of the disks should fail in the future, can I pull out this 4th disk and plug it in as replacement for the failing disk? Or there some things I have to take care of? .... Thanks for your help -- Roland Brouwers C.A.T. bvba

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Can't read/mount SD flash memory card in builtin reader.
by Richard Shaw 27 Oct '08

27 Oct '08

I am having trouble getting Fedora 9 (x86_64 live cd) to read my SD card using a built-in Ricoh MMC reader on an HP 8510 laptop (Core 2 Duo). I get mmcblk0 and mmcblk0p1 in /dev but any attempt to read the card fails. I see an icon in Nautilus but after opening it and a brief pause I get an error "Can't read superblock". Also, any attempt to inspect the device in parted or fdisk also fail. They both complain about lables but I'm not sure if they are talking about filesystem labels or volume lables. I can't see why the latter would cause an issue. I tried the mklabel command in parted setting it to msdos but it couldn't complete... I'm in Windows XP right now and it's reading it fine. Along those lines, is it possible to get the UUID of a disk from windows? Richard

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trends in fedora
by Russell Strong 25 Oct '08

25 Oct '08

Hi, I've just installed Fedora 9 on my laptop, and unfortunately a few things are getting worse in Fedora. Network management has always been awkward on Fedora and with Fedora 9 it's getting much worse. 1. I have always edited the config files directly to get things working. And still have to ( it's just a straight forward wireless connection ). 2. NetworkManager is now the default on install, BUT... 2.1 NetworkManager does not give you a wireless connection when no user is logged in. 2.1.1 How am I going to run any network service, NTP, NFS, httpd, etc..... without a network? 2.1.2 How am I going to remotely administer my machines? 2.2 NetworkManager does not give you the ability to configure system wide networking services or policy. 2.3 NetworkManager does not have any decent documentation. 3. Try using WPA and DHCP at the same time. It's never worked in this or any previous Fedora. Yes, NM will do it, but that's no good because of the previously stated problems. the network service won't do it because it tries to run DHCP immediately after bringing up the interfaces...It SHOULD wait until wpa_supplicant has run and the interface is available for traffic before kicking off DHCP... GDM was functional, well behaved and stable in Fedora 8. I used it to log into other F8 machines locked away in difficult to get at racks. Fedora 9 has effectively removed that ability by shipping a GDM with gdmsetup. How many users depend on that functionality? I did, and won't be able to upgrade to F9 for any other machines. A suggestion... Use the fedora website/wiki to collect information about use cases. Find out what people depend on. Use that to provide a guarantee that functionality and usefulness won't go backwards. If it was ever setup, I'd tell you everything I do with my machines. Russell

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