Wireless issues with Dell Inspiron 5520
by Brian Fehrle
Hi all,
I have a new Dell Inspiron 5520, which I've installed Fedora 17 64 on.
I had trouble getting wireless working, but I found a forum where
someone had a similar network device (Intel Device 0887) and installed
the iwl2030-firmware. This got wireless working, however over the past
day, I've had wireless die and the following error message twice:
Jan 15 09:49:36 mycompy kernel: [56840.617508] WARNING: at
drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/dvm/tx.c:1187
iwlagn_rx_reply_tx+0x9b6/0x9f0 [iwldvm]()
Jan 15 16:10:13 mycompy kernel: [21281.822421] WARNING: at
drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/dvm/tx.c:1187
iwlagn_rx_reply_tx+0x9b6/0x9f0 [iwldvm]()
To get wireless working again I had to restart the computer (restarting
networking fails without ethernet plugged in, and no matter how many
times I reconnected to the wireless, no network access was possible)
Could I have the wrong driver, or is this caused by something else?
Some info:
System: Host: mycompy Kernel: 3.6.11-1.fc17.x86_64 x86_64 (64 bit,
gcc: 4.7.2)
Console: tty 2 Distro: Fedora release 17 (Beefy Miracle)
Machine: System: Dell product: Inspiron 5520 version: A11 serial:
2RKCJV1 Chassis: type: 8 version: A11 serial: 2RKCJV1
Mobo: Dell model: 04G65K version: A00 serial:
.2RKCJV1.CN129662BA0EB1. Bios: Dell version: A11 date: 10/03/2012
Networking:
Card-2: Intel Device 0887 driver: iwlwifi ver: in-tree:d
bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:0887
IF: wlan0 state: up speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac:
84:a6:c8:e1:b7:cf
Any help would be greatly appreciated,
- Brian F
11 years, 4 months
Icons missing on F18 XFCE
by Paul Smith
Dear All,
I have just installed Fedora 18 with XFCE, and I am noticing that some
icons are missing, namely for the action button "Lock screen". Any
ideas?
Thanks in advance,
Paul
11 years, 4 months
How to see where is my DVD mounted?
by Paul Smith
Dear All,
How can one identify the mount point of a dvd media?
I would like to use growisofs to burn F18 iso image.
I am using F17 64.
Thanks in advance,
Paul
11 years, 4 months
F-18/64 Install Methods -
by Bob Goodwin
I have two different F-18 installs to deal with.
F-18 beta upgraded almost daily, once more just now, do I need to do
any more than that?
and
This F-17 XFCE Live install which is configured the way I want it
and upgraded also. I downloaded both F-18 Live spins for XFCE and
Gnome. I tried "preupgrade" long ago a few times and it never worked
so I hesitate to try again. Can I upgrade from one of this mornings
live spin downloads, will it offer that option? Or will I be better
off doing a new install and suffering with the reconfiguration work?
Any advice appreciated,
Bob
--
http://www.qrz.com/db/W2BOD
box7
11 years, 4 months
Re: how long until the BFO (boot.fedoraproject.org) install options are updated with F18?
by johnpicard＠cheerful.com
It's appearing as an option now.
To limit the possibility of confusion, please note that I previously tried after release time but a while before posting about it here. (Presumably it was updated some time inbetween.)
Thanks!
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Kevin Fenzi
> Sent: 01/15/13 01:54 PM
> To: users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org
> Subject: Re: how long until the BFO (boot.fedoraproject.org) install options are updated with F18?
>
> On Tue, 15 Jan 2013 13:35:36 -0500
> "John Picard" <JohnPicard(a)cheerful.com> wrote:
>
> > The BFO install menu currently still lists F13 through F17. How long
> > does it usually take before this is updated to allow the installation
> > of the latest release (F18 in this case)?
>
> I updated it this morning at release time.
>
> Are you still not seeing it?
>
> (That was 15UTC or so)
>
> kevin
>
11 years, 4 months
background task to wget Fedora 18
by Robert Moskowitz
Well the new release is out, and I am away at IEEE 802 wireless meeting
across the continent from my server.
Normally when I am fetching a new distro, I am local and VNC into my
server (over SSH), open a terminal window and start the wget. At any
time I can reopen a VNC connection and see how the download(s) is
doing. But from here it is a number of island hops to get to that
server, and does not always work. I CAN do only moderately painful via
a number off SSH hops. So other than adding the wget(s) to crontab (I
will do that anyway for the updates tree), or ending the wget command
with '&' (and then not really knowing when it completes), how might I
best remotely trigger these downloads so when I get home friday, they
are there for me to work on?
11 years, 4 months
The latest victim of systemd's PrivateTmp…
by Sam Varshavchik
… appears to be Apache. After installing the most recent systemd update:
systemd[1429]: Failed at step NAMESPACE spawning /usr/sbin/httpd: Operation
not permitted
11 years, 4 months
[Fwd: Announcing the release of Fedora 18.]
by Mike Chambers
For those not on the announce lists.
Mike Chambers
Madisonville, KY
-------- Forwarded Message --------
From: Robyn Bergeron <rbergero(a)redhat.com>
To: announce(a)lists.fedoraproject.org
Subject: Announcing the release of Fedora 18.
Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2013 10:03:18 -0500 (EST)
The Fedora Project is incredibly delighted to announce the release of Fedora 18 ("Spherical Cow"). Heck, we'd even say that getting this release to you has been a mooving experience.
Fedora is a leading-edge, free and open source operating system that continues to deliver innovative features to many users, with a new release about every six months...or so. :-D But no bull: Spherical Cow, is of course, Fedora's best release yet. You'll go through the hoof when you hear about the Grade A Prime F18 features. You can always cownt on us to bring you the best features first.
Can't wait for a taste? You can get started downloading now:
http://fedoraproject.org/get-fedora
Detailed information about this release can be seen in the release notes:
http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/18/html/Release_Notes/
== What's New in Fedora 18? ==
The Fedora Project takes great pride in being able to show off features for all types of use cases, including traditional desktop users, systems administration, development, the cloud, and many more. But a few new features are guaranteed to be seen by nearly anyone installing Fedora and are improvements that deserve to be called out on their own.
The user interface for Fedora's installation software, Anaconda, has been completely re-written from the ground up. Making its debut in Fedora 18, the new UI introduces major improvements to the installation experience. It uses a hub-and-spoke model that makes installation easier for new users, offering them concise explanations about their choices. Advanced users and system administrators are of course still able to take advantage of more complex options. The general look and feel of the installation experience has been vastly upgraded, providing modern, clean, and comprehensible visuals during the process. While the new installer should work well for most users in most configurations, there are inevitably a few teething problems in the first release of such a major revision.
Known design limitations of the new installer in F18 are listed here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Anaconda/NewInstaller
Known significant bugs can be seen here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Common_F18_bugs#Installation_issues
We welcome your constructive and specific feedback as we continue to work on refining the installer for future releases.
The upgrade process for Fedora now uses a new tool called FedUp (Fedora Upgrader). FedUp replaces pre-upgrade as well as the DVD methods for upgrading that have been used in previous Fedora releases. FedUp integrates with systemd to enable the upgrade functionality, doing the work in a pristine boot environment.
Of course, it wouldn't be a release announcement without a spotted -- er, dotted -- list of all the other fantastic features you'll see in Fedora 18:
=== For desktop users ===
Moooove over, stale desktops. We've got a small herd of choices udderly suited to your preferences.
* GNOME 3.6: The newest version of the GNOME desktop provides an enhanced Messaging Tray, support for Microsoft Exchange and Skydrive, and many more new features.
* Cinnamon: Fedora users now have the option of using Cinnamon, an advanced desktop environment based on GNOME 3. Cinnamon takes advantage of advanced features provided by the GNOME backend while providing users with a more traditional desktop experience.
* MATE Desktop: The MATE desktop provides users with a classic GNOME 2.x style user interface. This desktop is perfect for users who have been running GNOME Classic or other window managers like XFCE as an alternative to GNOME 3.
* KDE Plasma Workspaces 4.9: KDE Plasma Workspaces has been updated with many new features and improved stability and performance, including updates to the Dolphin File Manager, Konsole, and KWin Window manager.
* Xfce 4.10: The lightweight and easy-to-use Xfce desktop has been updated to the 4.10 version with many bug fixes and enhancements, including a new MIME type editor, a reworked xfce4-run dialog, improved mouse settings, tabs in the Thunar file manager, and options to tile windows in xfwm4. Through all of these and more, Xfce continues to improve without getting in your way.
Regardless of your desktop choice, Fedora 18 offers...
* Improved storage management: SSM (System Storage Manager) is an easy-to-use command-line interface tool that presents a unified view of storage management tools. Devices, storage pools, volumes, and snapshots can now be managed with one tool, with the same syntax for managing all of your storage. (It's great for systems administrators, too!)
=== For developers ===
For developers there are all sorts of moo-tivating goodies:
* Fresh versions of programming languages: Using Perl, Rails, or Python? All three of these languages are updated in Fedora 18. We've got Rails 3.2, Python 3.3, and Perl 5.16 fresh off the farm.
* Clojure gets more love with the addition of tooling packages, including the Leinengen build tool, as well as Clojure libraries and frameworks, including Korma and Noir.
* DragonEgg connects GCC and LLVM: DragonEgg is a plugin for the GCC compilers to allow use of the LLVM optimization and code-generation framework. DragonEgg provides software developers with more optimization and code-generation options for use with the GCC compilers. DragonEgg also allows GCC to be used for cross-compilation to target architectures supported by LLVM without requiring any special cross-compilation compiler packages. Fedora continues to develop and use GCC as the standard default compiler.
=== For systems administrators ===
Keep track of your infrastructure herds with these new features:
* Offline system updates: Systems can now be updated offline, allowing for a more stable update of critical system components. This functionality is only integrated with GNOME Desktop Environment in this release but uses the distribution neutral PackageKit and systemd API's and hence can be made available for other desktop environments as well based on the interest from upstream developers.
* Storage enhancements: StorageManagement is a collection of tools and libraries for managing storage area networks (SAN) and network attached storage (NAS).
* Samba 4: This popular suite of tools has long provided file- and print-sharing services in heterogeneous operating system environments. The long-awaited Samba 4 introduces the first free and open source implementation of Active Directory protocols and includes a new scripting interface, allowing Python programs to interface to Samba's internals.
* Riak: A fault-tolerant key-value store, Riak provides easy operations and predictable scaling as a NoSQL database.
=== For clouds and virtualization ===
Do you spend your days <strike>grazing</strike> gazing into the clouds? Here's just a taste of some of the cloud and virt features you'll see in Fedora 18:
* Eucalyptus makes its first appearance in Fedora, with their 3.2 release included in F18. This platform for on-premise (private) Infrastructure-as-a-Service clouds uses existing infrastructure to create scalable and secure AWS-compatible cloud resources for compute, network, and storage.
* OpenStack: With the Folsom release in Fedora 18, OpenStack continues to have the newest releases in Fedora. This open source cloud computing platform enables users to deploy their own cloud infrastructures for private or public cloud deployments. Heat, an incubated OpenStack project, is also available in F18, providing an API that enables the orchestration of cloud applications using file or web based templates.
* oVirt Engine: The management application for the oVirt virtualization platform, oVirt Engine, is updated to the newest version, 3.1. This release includes extensive new features, including support for live snapshots, cloning virtual machines from snapshots, quotas, and more.
* Suspend and resume support for virt guests: Virtual machines get love with this feature, enabling the ability to suspend and resume guests, with the close of a laptop lid or menu option or via the command line.
And that's only the beginning. For a more complete list with details of all the new features in Fedora 18, steer over to:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/18/FeatureList
== Downloads, upgrades, documentation, and common bugs ==
The steaks are high--don't miss out on installing the best version of Fedora yet! Get it now:
http://get.fedoraproject.org/
If you are upgrading from a previous release of Fedora, refer to: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Upgrading
Fedora has replaced pre-upgrade with FedUp (excuse the pun.. or don't), a more robust solution, and pushed several bug fixes to older releases of Fedora to enable an easy upgrade to Fedora 18.
Graze...er, gaze...upon the full release notes for Fedora 18, guides for several languages, and learn about known bugs and how to report new ones, here:
http://docs.fedoraproject.org/
With all the changes to the installer, we particularly recommend reading the Installation Guide:
http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/18/html/Installation_Guide/ind...
Everyone makes missteaks. Fedora 18 common bugs are documented at:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Common_F18_bugs
This page includes information on several known bugs in the installer, so we recommend reading it before installing Fedora 18.
== Fedora Spins ==
Fedora spins are alternate versions of Fedora tailored for various types of users via hand-picked application set or customizations, from desktop options to spins for those interested in gaming, robotics, or design software. More information on our various spins is available at:
http://spins.fedoraproject.org
== Contributing ==
There are many ways to contribute beyond bug reporting. You can help translate software and content, test and give feedback on software updates, write and edit documentation, design and do artwork, help with all sorts of promotional activities, and package free software for use by millions of Fedora users worldwide. To get started, visit http://join.fedoraproject.org today!
== Fedora 19 ==
Even as we continue to provide updates with enhancements and bug fixes to improve the Fedora number experience, our next release, Fedora 19, is already being developed in parallel and has been open for active development for several months already. We have an early plan for release at the end of May 2013, and the final schedule for F19 is going to be based on the results of the planning process:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/19/Schedule
== Feature Deprecation ==
Fedora has always been full of great features, but sometimes we need to cull the herd. Saying good-bye is always hard, but here are the ones we had to put out to pasture this time around.
* /etc/sysconfig Deprecations: Several system configurations have moved out of /etc/sysconfig. The goal of these changes is to reduce - as described in http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/the-new-configuration-files.html - the unnecessary differences between Linux distributions and share a standard location for common settings.
For a full list of changes read the release notes.
http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/18/html/Release_Notes/index.html
== Contact information ==
If you are a journalist or reporter, you can find additional information here:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Press
Enjoy!
-Robyn Bergeron
11 years, 4 months
