gdm not starting own pulseaudio - how should it?
by Neil Bird
How should gdm be starting its own pulseaudio process?
I've had an issue since upgrading from Fedora 14 to Fedora 16 in that
after a while, and not on any trigger I've yet identified, my
/var/log/messages starts filling up with:
pulseaudio[pid]: protocol-native.c: Denied access to client with invalid
authorization data.
.. adding a new one every few *seconds*!
I believe I've finally pinned this down to the gdm-owned
gnome-settings-daemon and gnome-shell processes trying to talk to *my*
pulseaudio daemon (via the lo interface over TCP).
On my laptop, which has a fresh install of F16, I see there's a
gdm-owned pulseaudio started as soon as the login screen appears.
There's no such process on my desktop.
So how should this process be started? What might be preventing it?
I presume just starting one for gdm after the event won't help as
those 2 processes won't have the environment variables to tell them how
to talk to it (I'm *guessing* that they currently already don't, and are
falling back to the pulseaudio port on localhost, which happens to be
mine pulseaudio process in this case).
--
[phoenix@fnx ~]# rm -f .signature
[phoenix@fnx ~]# ls -l .signature
ls: .signature: No such file or directory
[phoenix@fnx ~]# exit
12 years
what name does com1 rs232 get in F16+ ?
by Fernando Cassia
I have a server with a good old rs232 port, namely com1 in the win32 / os2
world.
I have plugged a good old real external modem (not winmodem) -a Zoltrix V90
56k- via db9 rs232 cable to the com1 port.
On Fedora 16+ I get no /dev/modem device at all. Why this?
If I fire up kppp and select the modem tab, under port I get a long list of
meaningless names like
/dev/noz0
/dev/noz1
/dev/noz2
/dev/noz3
/dev/ttyl0
/dev/ttyl1
/dev/ttyl2
/dev/ttyl3
/dev/ttyACM0
/dev/ttyACM1
/dev/ttyACM2
/dev/ttyACM3
/dev/ttyS0
/dev/ttyS1
/dev/ttyS2
/dev/ttyS3
So... is there any app/script out there that can save me the hassle of
trying one by one and find a modem that answers in the com1 port?
I really don' t want to know what meaningless name F16+ assigns to the
port... just give me a good old /dev/modem...
FC
--
During times of Universal Deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary
act
Durante épocas de Engaño Universal, decir la verdad se convierte en un Acto
Revolucionario
- George Orwell
12 years
Fedora-17 installation failure
by Timothy Murphy
I've tried installing Fedora-17 in two ways using a USB stick.
First I installed the DVD.iso on a stick with Fedora LiveUSB Creator.
This seemed to work fine and installed all the packages asked for,
remarkably quickly, and then booted OK.
I installed the new system on /dev/sda7, leaving Fedora-16 on /dev/sda6.
The only problem was that there were only half-a-dozen modules installed,
which did not include either ethernet or WiFi driver.
Both .ko files seemed to be in place, but modprobe did not install them.
There was no 70-persistent-net.rules config file in /etc/udev/rules.d .
And although /boot/grub2/grub.cfg seemed to list all the old systems,
they did not appear in the menu at boot-time.
Next I installed the KDE Live CD on the USB stick, in the same way.
This seemed to run OK, but again there were only a few modules installed,
with both ethernet and WiFi modules missing.
I think the only unusual aspect of my system
is that I used the old /home partition unchanged.
I tried running mkconfig-grub2 in both cases, without effect.
I'm going to try netinstall next.
But meanwhile if anyone can assist with the two USB installations above
I should be most grateful.
--
Timothy Murphy
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tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366
s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland
12 years
F15 -> F16 Firmware RAID boot issue
by Pete Stieber
I upgraded a Dell PowerEdge 2099 from Fedora 15 to Fedora 16 using a F16
x86_64 net install CD and the machine can't boot:
Error 15: File not found
Press any key to continue...
Then I get an old grub 0.97-71.fc15 screen with an "Upgrade to Fedora
12" message from long ago.
I know this is the grub2, RAID problem, but every solution I seem to
find says backup /boot, change the first partition to non-RAID, reformat
and setup the new boot partition, restore /boot, run grub2-install
/dev/DISK...
But since this is firmware RAID, I think RAID is all or nothing.
Is there anything I can do?
Pete
12 years
Problem shutting down laptop...
by Darryl L. Pierce
I did the preupgrade yesterday on three machines without issue.
On my laptop, though, I'm having a problem with shutting the laptop down
now. It's a Lenovo W510+ and, during the shutdown process, when it
switches to text I see an error (don't remember the exact text offhand)
about shutdown having a problem. Then the laptop just stops and the
CapsLock light starts blinking. At this point I have to power down the
old Irish way by holding the power button.
Anybody else hitting this?
--
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12 years
cannot create-md on DRBD with external meta-disk
by Lutz Griesbach
Hi there
Fedora17 with drbd 8.3.11 an i am trying to create a resource with
external meta-disk:
resource cos62 {
#meta-disk internal;
meta-disk /dev/vg_drbd/lv-cos62-drbd-meta;
disk /dev/vg_drbd/lv-cos62-drbd;
on fed17-1 {
address 10.1.1.23:7789;
device /dev/drbd0;
}
on fed17-2 {
address 10.1.1.24:7789;
device /dev/drbd0;
}
}
the meta-disk is an existing LVM. When i try to create the meta-disk i
get an error:
[root@fed17-1 ~]# drbdadm -vvv create-md cos62
drbd.d/centos62.res:2: Parse error: '[' expected,
but got ';' (TK 59)
The syntax is correct (if i use "internal" for meta-disk, i get no
parser errors and the md is created) and the LV does exist.
Any hints why this might happen?
Cheers,
Lutz
12 years
NW Gurus Help Pl: Bridging Problem Query
by Sanjay Arora
Hello all
My system has two network cards. Ifconfig & route output below:
[root@swyam network-scripts]# ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr E0:69:95:77:A7:F3
inet addr:172.16.1.1 Bcast:172.16.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
Interrupt:20 Memory:fe600000-fe620000
eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:60:52:0C:0B:DE
inet addr:192.168.1.3 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:2760421 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:1810288 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:3815395265 (3.5 GiB) TX bytes:137041755 (130.6 MiB)
Interrupt:16 Base address:0xc000
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:11964 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:11964 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:5035051 (4.8 MiB) TX bytes:5035051 (4.8 MiB)
[root@swyam network-scripts]# ip route show
192.168.1.0/24 dev eth1 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.1.3 metric 1
172.16.1.0/24 dev eth0 proto kernel scope link src 172.16.1.1
169.254.0.0/16 dev eth0 scope link metric 1002
default via 192.168.1.1 dev eth1 proto static
172.16.1.0/24 is the ltsp network. 192.168.1.0/24 is the home LAN with
192.168.1.1 as ADSL router with dynamic IP providing natted Internet
access. 192.168.1.3 is my server machine.
I wish to setup a kvm based virtual network with say 172.31.1.0/24 or
192.168.2.0/24 addressing (separate network), with various virtual
machines coming up as required on the virtual network.
Question is how to setup the bridging, so that 1) the ltsp network
machines have access to each other (for any locally run software, if
required), the virtual machines, lan machines & the Internet 2)
Similar access for all virtual machines (ltsp network, lan pcs &
internet).
Hope to get an answer here....have been stuck at this for a month now.
With best regards.
Sanjay.
12 years
VLC + projectM visualisations = segfault
by Fernando Cassia
I' m using VLC 2.01 as per the vlc-2.0.1-1.fc17.i686 RPM
I quickly found that the default audio ' visualization ' plugins included
with VLC 2.x suck so badly that it'd be better if they included no
visualizations AT ALL.
So off I went to google for better alternatives, and quickly found about
ProjectM
http://projectm.sourceforge.net/
which aptly describes itself as " an awesome music visualizer. There is
nothing better in the world of Unix. projectM's greatness comes from the
hard work of the community. Users like you can create presets that connect
music with incredible visuals"
And I was pleased to see that projectM is available on Fedora repos:
# yum install *projectM*
Loaded plugins: langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit
Package libprojectM-2.0.1-14.fc17.i686 already installed and latest version
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package libprojectM-devel.i686 0:2.0.1-14.fc17 will be installed
---> Package libprojectM-qt.i686 0:2.0.1-5.fc17 will be installed
---> Package libprojectM-qt-devel.i686 0:2.0.1-5.fc17 will be installed
--> Processing Dependency: qt-devel for package:
libprojectM-qt-devel-2.0.1-5.fc17.i686
--> Processing Dependency: pkgconfig(QtXml) for package:
libprojectM-qt-devel-2.0.1-5.fc17.i686
--> Processing Dependency: pkgconfig(QtOpenGL) for package:
libprojectM-qt-devel-2.0.1-5.fc17.i686
--> Processing Dependency: pkgconfig(QtGui) for package:
libprojectM-qt-devel-2.0.1-5.fc17.i686
--> Processing Dependency: pkgconfig(QtCore) for package:
libprojectM-qt-devel-2.0.1-5.fc17.i686
---> Package projectM-jack.i686 0:2.0.1-5.fc17 will be installed
---> Package projectM-libvisual.i686 0:2.0.1-6.fc17 will be installed
---> Package projectM-pulseaudio.i686 0:2.0.1-7.fc17 will be installed
--> Running transaction check
---> Package qt-devel.i686 1:4.8.1-10.fc17 will be installed
--> Processing Dependency: pkgconfig(xv) for package:
1:qt-devel-4.8.1-10.fc17.i686
--> Running transaction check
---> Package libXv-devel.i686 0:1.0.7-1.fc17 will be installed
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Dependencies Resolved
================================================================================
Package Arch Version Repository
Size
================================================================================
Installing:
libprojectM-devel i686 2.0.1-14.fc17 fedora
13 k
libprojectM-qt i686 2.0.1-5.fc17 fedora
107 k
libprojectM-qt-devel i686 2.0.1-5.fc17 fedora
8.9 k
projectM-jack i686 2.0.1-5.fc17 fedora
23 k
projectM-libvisual i686 2.0.1-6.fc17 fedora
26 k
projectM-pulseaudio i686 2.0.1-7.fc17 fedora
44 k
Installing for dependencies:
libXv-devel i686 1.0.7-1.fc17 fedora
38 k
qt-devel i686 1:4.8.1-10.fc17 fedora
10 M
Transaction Summary
================================================================================
Install 6 Packages (+2 Dependent packages)
Total download size: 11 M
Installed size: 33 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
(1/8): libXv-devel-1.0.7-1.fc17.i686.rpm | 38 kB
00:00
(2/8): libprojectM-devel-2.0.1-14.fc17.i686.rpm | 13 kB
00:00
(3/8): libprojectM-qt-2.0.1-5.fc17.i686.rpm | 107 kB
00:00
(4/8): libprojectM-qt-devel-2.0.1-5.fc17.i686.rpm | 8.9 kB
00:00
(5/8): projectM-jack-2.0.1-5.fc17.i686.rpm | 23 kB
00:00
(6/8): projectM-libvisual-2.0.1-6.fc17.i686.rpm | 26 kB
00:00
(7/8): projectM-pulseaudio-2.0.1-7.fc17.i686.rpm | 44 kB
00:00
(8/8): qt-devel-4.8.1-10.fc17.i686.rpm | 10 MB
00:51
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Total 194 kB/s | 11 MB
00:55
Running Transaction Check
Running Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
Installing : libXv-devel-1.0.7-1.fc17.i686
1/8
Installing : libprojectM-devel-2.0.1-14.fc17.i686
2/8
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5/8
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6/8
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7/8
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8/8
Verifying : libprojectM-devel-2.0.1-14.fc17.i686
1/8
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2/8
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4/8
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5/8
Verifying : libprojectM-qt-devel-2.0.1-5.fc17.i686
6/8
Verifying : libXv-devel-1.0.7-1.fc17.i686
7/8
Verifying : projectM-jack-2.0.1-5.fc17.i686
8/8
Installed:
libprojectM-devel.i686
0:2.0.1-14.fc17
libprojectM-qt.i686
0:2.0.1-5.fc17
libprojectM-qt-devel.i686
0:2.0.1-5.fc17
projectM-jack.i686
0:2.0.1-5.fc17
projectM-libvisual.i686
0:2.0.1-6.fc17
projectM-pulseaudio.i686
0:2.0.1-7.fc17
Dependency Installed:
libXv-devel.i686 0:1.0.7-1.fc17 qt-devel.i686
1:4.8.1-10.fc17
Complete!
[root@2cabezas Downloads]#
That' s when the fun stopped.
Launching vlc showed under audio->Visualizations a new entry "projectM" so
I selected it after loading my favorite .flac file.
The result:
///
No Textures Loaded from /usr/share/projectM/textures
Segmentation fault
///
Can someone else please confirm that this segfaults?
FC
12 years
F17 Gnome3 workspace names
by Greg Woods
Under F16, I was able to create a file
~/.gconf/apps/metacity/workspace_names/%gconf.xml
that would allow me to name my workspaces, so they don't show up as
"Workspace 1", "Workspace 2", etc. After a fresh install of F17, this is
no longer working although the file is still present. Is there a way to
name workspaces under Gnome3/F17?
Thanks,
--Greg
12 years
