Re: [OT] See USB pen drive with linux FS on Windows
by Antonio Olivares
> > Can it read ext4 formatted disks?
> >
> > If so, then I can proceed to check it out, otherwise
> it is useless for Fedora 11 users that may want to view
> their files in Window$
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Antonio
>
> The FAQ [1] mentions support for ext2 and ext3 only. I
> tested the
> utility and it works as advertised.
> With ext4 being so new, it would be quite a lot to ask ;-)
>
> What's important to know is that *there is* a way. For a
> friend of
> mine this is truly a lifesaver for gathering and reading
> data on
> the fly... literally.
>
> [1] http://www.fs-driver.org/faq.html
>
> --
Still thanks for sharing this. The reason I write back is that I have a friend that tells me that if a utility can't do it all, then it is no GOOD. I have to kind of agree with him. He is a window$ user and I wanted to share some files with him, but the usb was formatted in ext3 filesystem and Window$ wanted to format it :(, but with this program it is a head start.
It is like LiveCD's there are very good ones out there, but they can't read EXT4 filesystem, so to my friend they are no GOOD.
What features are *not* supported?
Inodes that are larger than 128 bytes are not supported.
Access rights are not maintained. All users can access all the directories and files of an Ext2 volume. If a new file or directory is created, it inherits all the permissions, the GID and the UID from the directory where it has been created. There is one exception to this rule: a file (but not a directory) the driver has created always has cleared "x" permissions, it inherits the "r" and the "w" permissions only. See also section "What limitations arise from not maintaining access rights?".
The driver does not allow accessing special files at Ext2 volumes, the access will be always denied. (Special files are sockets, soft links, block devices, character devices and pipes.)
Alternate 8.3-DOS names are not supported (just because there is no place to store them in an Ext2 file system). This can prevent legacy DOS applications, executed by the NTVDM of Windows, from accessing some files or directories.
Currently the driver does not implement defragging support. So defragmentation applications will neither show fragmentation information nor defragment any Ext2 volume.
This software does not achieve booting a Windows operating system from an Ext2 volume.
LVM volumes are not supported, so it is not possible to access them.^[1]
Regards,
Antonio
[1] This one is a big dissapointment because by default Fedora installs to LVM partions and this powerful utility can't even see them which is is a pita :(
But nonetheless thank you for sharing this. Some users out there do appreciate it.
14 years, 10 months
Please help
by Buddhika Karunanayaka
I am using fedora11
I have faced problem with yum
when i try to install some package from yum it say
"[root@tanahmera ~]# yum install ntfs-3g
Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit"
after that i did
"[root@tanahmera ~]# yum clean all
Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit
Cleaning up Everything"
Again same problem
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14 years, 10 months
gnome startup
by Neal Becker
I need this in my startup:
setxkbmap -option -option ctrl:swapcaps
I can't set it through gnome, because when I try to open
preferences/keyboard it crashes the xserver (this is running on a remote via
nx).
What file do I edit to add this so my gnome startup will use it?
14 years, 10 months
Old squashfs partitions does not work in Fedora 11
by David Björkevik
Dear List [this is my first post]
In a mixed environment of CentOS 5 and Fedora machines, I use Network
Block Device to export squashfs-partitions with static archived data
from a server to client machines. This provides great speed and low load
on the server.
When upgrading to Fedora 11, I can no longer access the squashfs
partitions. I get this message i dmesg:
SQUASHFS error: Major/Minor mismatch, older Squashfs 3.1 filesystems are
unsupported
Is this a bug or a feature? It's quite rare to revoke support for
filesystems from the kernel... In particular it's a bit weird for
filesystems generated with Fedora 10 to be unreadable by Fedora 11.
Should it be posted as a bug? Does anybody know of a workaround? Will I
have to revert to NFS for sharing the data?
Regards,
David
14 years, 10 months
Audio woes on F11
by Chris
Hi, I've got an M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card (ICE1712 chip) running on
an AMD 64 bit CPU (can't remember exact model right now). I originally
installed F11 x86_64 and had a few sound problems, but it worked if I
disabled pulse audio.
I've just had to install the 32-bit version of Fedora 11 due to some
work constraints (long story!). Now I can't get audio to work at all.
Firstly, my user was not part of the pulse-rt group so I added myself
manually. This didn't happen when I installed the x86_64 version on
the same PC which seems strange.
Secondly, I can't get audio to work at all. I've checked the Advance
Volume Control and turned everything up. /var/log/messages shows the
following:
Jun 30 21:33:20 localhost pulseaudio[2106]: module-alsa-card.c: Failed
to find a working profile.
Jun 30 21:33:20 localhost pulseaudio[2106]: module.c: Failed to load
module "module-alsa-card" (argument: "device_id=0
name=usb_device_944_103_noserial_if0_sound_card_0
card_name=alsa_card.usb_device_944_103_noserial_if0_sound_card_0
tsched=1"): initialization failed.
Not quite sure why it mentions USB device since it's a PCI card.
lsmod shows the right module amongst the others although it's not used:
snd_ice1712 52724 0
snd_ice17xx_ak4xxx 2956 1 snd_ice1712
snd_ak4xxx_adda 7040 2 snd_ice1712,snd_ice17xx_ak4xxx
snd_cs8427 6652 1 snd_ice1712
snd_ac97_codec 91576 1 snd_ice1712
snd_usb_audio 74972 0
snd_pcm 62632 3 snd_ice1712,snd_ac97_codec,snd_usb_audio
snd_timer 17888 1 snd_pcm
ac97_bus 1400 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_i2c 4336 2 snd_ice1712,snd_cs8427
snd_page_alloc 7644 1 snd_pcm
snd_mpu401_uart 6316 1 snd_ice1712
snd_usb_lib 14128 1 snd_usb_audio
snd_rawmidi 18728 2 snd_mpu401_uart,snd_usb_lib
snd_seq_device 5988 1 snd_rawmidi
snd_hwdep 6584 1 snd_usb_audio
snd 49056 13
snd_ice1712,snd_ak4xxx_adda,snd_cs8427,snd_ac97_codec,snd_usb_audio,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_i2c,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_usb_lib,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device,snd_hwdep
soundcore 5404 1 snd
Whenever I try to run alsamixer or pavucontrol when pulse is not
running, I get this:
shm_open() failed: No such file or directory
ALSA lib pulse.c:272:(pulse_connect) PulseAudio: Unable to connect: Connection
efused
alsamixer: function snd_ctl_open failed for default: Connection refused
Maybe that's expected since pulse is not running.
I should also mention that I dual-boot Windows and it works fine there.
So, any ideas or recommendations for how to investigate?
Thanks in advance, Chris.
14 years, 10 months
Totem Movie Player
by Jerry Feldman
I have never been able to get Totem (X86_64) to work on things like .wmv
files. However, I do have SMplayer working fine. When I try to run the
Totem Movie Player it tells me that I need the Advanced Streaming Format
demuxer plugin installed.
This is not a biggie, but it is a minor pain.
--
Jerry Feldman <gaf(a)blu.org>
Boston Linux and Unix
PGP key id: 537C5846
PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846
14 years, 10 months
Missing ALSA driver vxpocket in kernel
by tom-ipp
Hello everybody,
Why is snd-vxpocket not in /lib/modules for kernel 2.6.29.5-191 ?
I believe it was in F10 kernel 2.6.27.5-117.
Is there some reason or just silent deprecation ?
I compiled alsa driver tree 1.0.20 and it works (1.0.18a doesn't compile).
It's not clean with pulseaudio but for alsa and jack it's ok.
Thanks for you all.
Tom.
14 years, 10 months
One more bites the DUST
by Jim
Today a friend gave me his computer and told me to
wipe out Vista and install Fedora 11.
I ask him if he didn't want to dual boot, he said no, that he didn't
like Vista.
Slowly but surely we will get them all.
14 years, 10 months
Where is Firefox 3.5 final?
by Scott Beamer
As of this writing, I just did and update and it was nowhere to be found.
We're still at 3.5 Beta4 which was released over two months ago.
Since 3.5 beta 4 there has been...
3.5b99 ( (07 June)
3.5 RC1 (16 June)
3.5 RC2 (17 June)
3.5 RC3 (24 Jun)
There were a number of bugs along this route which is why it took so long
for 3.5 final (and the RC2 update was *security*-related) and Fedora 11 is
still sitting 4 versions back.
3.5 Final was today (30 June although it's the same as RC3).
What's the deal here?
When might we see 3.5 final?
Thanks
Anxiously yours,
Scott
14 years, 10 months
Packagekit being too helpful
by Frank Cox
When reading email, I occasionally get a pop-up window to the effect that "An
additional font is required: Chinese Would you like to search for one now?" or
"An additional font is required: Korean Would you like to search for one now?"
I even got one of those pop-ups when viewing a file with less in the Gnome
terminal the other day. The Help button on that window takes me to the help
file for Packagekit, so I guess that's what's doing it.
How can I tell Packagekit to quit doing that? No, I don't want to install an
additional font.
--
MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Melville Sask ~ http://www.melvilletheatre.com
14 years, 10 months
