nautilus crashes when not drawing desktop
by Alexander Volovics
I do not like icons on the desktop and as there seems to be no
direct way of removing them I do not let nautilus draw the desktop.
The most simple way of doing this seems to be to use gconf-editor
and then under apps -> nautilus -> preferences to uncheck the
'show_desktop' item.
This works without problems in RH 9 but under fedora test1/test2
this causes nautilus to crash at the next boot (and first the panel
is drawn with a black bar before the nautilus error message appears).
This also causes programs in a drawer to not start up anymore.
Is this a new development in gnome 4 or a bug.
Anybody experience something like this?
Alexander
20 years, 7 months
Nvidia and Fedora Core
by Bjorn Andersen
Hi
Im not able to install Nvidia drivers on Fedora Core Test 2.
For about 3 weeks ago there was a solution to that problem on the old
severn (9.0.93). Has anyone a description of howto fix it?
Best Regards
Bjorn Andersen <ba(a)linuxin.dk>
http://www.linuxin.dk
Linux.
Because making UNIX user friendly is easier then debugging Windows
20 years, 7 months
Fedora Core: PXE install fails
by Tonko de Rooy
Hi,
We use PXE boot to install RH and it works great for any other version, including the previous beta1.
What we do is serve images/pxeboot/vmlinuz and images/pxeboot/initrd.img using PXELINUX 1.66
However with Fedora it now fails with the messages below.
Is this already a know issue, or do I need to submit it to bugzilla?
Greetings.
01:00: rw=0, want=4194, limit=4096
Red Hat install attempt to access beyond end of device
init version 9.001:00: rw=0, want=4194, limit=4096
.94 starting
mounting /proc filesystem... done
mounting /dev/pts (unix98 pty) filesystem... done
Red Hat install init version 9.0.94 using a serial console
remember, cereal is an important part of a nutritionally balanced breakfast.
could not set new controlling tty
trying to remount root filesystem read write... done
mounting /tmp as ramfs... done
Failed to read directory /oldtmp: No such file or directoryrunning install...
running /sbin/loader
install exited abnormally -- received signal 11
sending termination signals...done
sending kill signals...done
disabling swap...
unmounting filesystems...
/proc done
/dev/pts done
you may safely reboot your system
20 years, 7 months
License Issues...
by John P. Mitchell
All (Maybe Alan Cox?),
Please let me preface this email with a short note about tenor. I am attempting in this email to respect all
individuals while at the same time address what I see as a serious issue in the "Free" software community. I am
writing the email with the utmost respect and wish that it would not come across as negative nor is meant to flame
anyone. If it comes across as negative to someone I apologize ahead of time.
I am a long time Linux user starting in 1995 on Slackware. Back then I had no concern about software license and
what not. Even today the concept of "free" and "not free" is about how much cash I took out of my pocket and gave to
someone for something that is going to be "mine". So when I learned about the depths of "license" and what that really
means and what "Free" means to the Linux community I was still confused to some extent. I would not bring this up in
this list if I where not trying to advocate Red Hat Linux (now "Fedora Core", which by the way my customers will not
understand or like) in my local community correctly and with proper respect to individuals rights to code and use of
such code. So, to the core of what I am talking (blathering really) about. Everyday users/small companies do not have
the resources (time, energy, money to hire lawyers, will, intelligence (see above "pay for something it is mine"
concept)) to spend on understanding license and how they affect one another and what not. They only know this "Dang
this Linux thing sucks, it cant play my cool new Matrix DVD on my computer. I am going back to Windows.". How do we
overcome this? Users want to play DVDs and listen to MP3s. Users want to do everything they are accustomed to doing on
Windows on Linux, and personally so do I which is why my main machine is a Mac OS X machine. I want to pitch "Fedora
Core" to my customers and sell them service, not software. I want "Free" software to succeed so bad it hurts some
days. How will we get to the point when "Free" and "Closed" software can co-exist in the same machine legally and
technically? They should be able to without huge in depth discussions that average users would get lost in.
Also, I think that half of all this trouble is due to the fact that lawyers out there are changing what the truth
is and redefinging concepts with laws to fit the individual's mindset who hired them. This leads to silly assertions
like: "You wrote a kernel module to work with a Linux kernel, thus that kernel module is a derivitive work.". Hog
wash. Just the same that my custom computer case that works with ATX only motherboards is not a derivitive work of ATX
x86 motherboards. It is a wholly original work that I have built that happens to work with ATX motherboards, but would
also work just fine as a AT x86 motherboard with some work. If I had taken an x86 motherboard and integrated it into
my ATX case so that it was no longer seperable and could not be used in any other way, then it would be a derivitive
work since I took someone else's work and made it an integral part of my work. As it is the kernel module can be
pulled out and it can be executed by itself in another piece of code with some work, and the kernel can operate
without the custom kernel module with some work. Help me here if I am totally out of whack, but derivitive work means
to take parts of someone else's work and include them in your own so they are inseperable, and please do not say to
talk to some lawyer. I do not have the money to pay a lawyer to counsel me on every aspect of my life, and neither
should I need one. What happened to the days of reason? It seems as if the noble concept of "Free" is destroyed if I
am not be able to use my "Free" something with my not "Free" something.
Also, if someone with the knowledge/wisdow to email/speak with me on this topic at length outside of this forum to
help me in my endeavor to get the "Free" concept, GPL, and how it interacts with the various other license concepts
down cold, I would appreciate it. I want to use Linux, GPL software, and "Free" software as components to build my
service business, but I want to repsect the authors. I also want to provide a rich and compelling environment for
users that will pay service fees to support it without breaking "law" or exposing myself to the threat of legal
action.
As an aside. I am very pleased that so many people in the "Free" software community are willing to share the
fruits of their labor with everyone else. My deepest thanks goes out to all of you for your hard work. This especially
includes all those folks out there who maintain code bases. I do not envy you and your difficult task, but I am oh so
thankful for it.
Regards,
John P. Mitchell <john(a)cepros.com>
Email Sticker: My Boss is a Jewish carpenter
http://www.GoboLinux.org | User #00010110
20 years, 7 months
0.94 KDE desktop Start Here icon not functional
by Gerry Tool
I just logged into KDE after trying things out in Gnome and the Start
Here icon gives an error dialog:
Malformed URL start-here:
and does not open a Start Here folder.
Is this seen by others? - if so, I'll bugzilla it.
Gerry Tool
20 years, 7 months
Updated Fedora Core test release: Severn
by Bill Nottingham
And now, the Fedora Project presents....
We're tired, we're droopy
We're all a little loopy
A Fedora Core Test Release
Is invading your PC!
New features - interesting!
The code could use some testing
That's why we are requesting
new bug reports quickly!
On our ftp site is the place where you will see
The stuff that we've been working on since 1993!
We're tired, we're droopy
We're all a little loopy
It's a Fedora Core Test Release
Come and join the fun!
(And now our song is done.)
Yes, it's an update of SEVERN, the Fedora Core test release.
As always, test releases are not intended for use on production
environments. Use of test releases in production environments could
lead to disastrous results, such as spontaneous musical theatre
from your engineers. Be afraid.
Problems with SEVERN should be reported via bugzilla, at:
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/
Please report bugs against 'Fedora Core', release 'test2'.
Technical note: There are some issues with the SMP kernel; on
SMP machines after installation, you may need to boot the
uniprocessor kernel for stability. We'll have a fixed kernel
in the next day or three; please update as soon as one
is available.
For more information on just what the Fedora Project and
Fedora Core is, please see:
http://fedora.redhat.com/
For discussion of SEVERN, send mail to:
fedora-test-list-request(a)redhat.com
with
subscribe
in the subject line. You can leave the body empty. Or see:
https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list/
As always, you can get SEVERN at redhat.com, specifically:
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/beta/severn/
Or the following mirrors:
North America:
United States:
- ftp://ftp.cse.buffalo.edu/pub/RedHat/redhat/linux/beta/severn/
- http://redhat.secsup.org/beta/severn/
- ftp://mirrors.secsup.org/pub/linux/redhat/beta/severn/
- ftp://redhat.dulug.duke.edu/pub/redhat/linux/beta/severn/
- ftp://ftp.linux.ncsu.edu/pub/redhat/linux/beta/severn/
- http://www.gtlib.cc.gatech.edu/pub/redhat/linux/beta/severn/
- ftp://ftp.gtlib.cc.gatech.edu/pub/redhat/linux/beta/severn/
- rsync://rsync.gtlib.cc.gatech.edu/redhat/linux/beta/severn/
- ftp://limestone.uoregon.edu/redhat/beta/severn/
Canada:
- ftp://less.cogeco.net/pub/redhat/linux/beta/severn/
- ftp://ftp.nrc.ca/pub/systems/linux/redhat/ftp.redhat.com/linux/beta/severn/
South America:
Chile:
- ftp://ftp.tecnoera.com/Linux/redhat-beta/severn/
Europe:
Czech Republic:
- ftp://sunsite.mff.cuni.cz/MIRRORS/ftp.redhat.com/redhat/linux/beta/severn/
- rsync://sunsite.mff.cuni.cz/redhat/redhat/linux/beta/severn/
- ftp://ultra.linux.cz/MIRRORS/ftp.redhat.com/redhat/linux/beta/severn/
- ftp://ftp.linux.cz/pub/linux/redhat/linux/beta/severn/
- ftp://ftp6.linux.cz/pub/linux/redhat/linux/beta/severn/
Estonia
- ftp://redhat.linux.ee/pub/redhat/linux/beta/severn/
Germany:
- ftp://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/redhat/linux/beta/severn/
- ftp://ftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/redhat-ftp/redhat/linux/beta/severn/
- http://wftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/redhat-ftp/redhat/linux/beta/severn/
- ftp://ftp.uni-bayreuth.de/pub/redhat/linux/beta/severn/
- ftp://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/pub/Linux/redhat/linux/beta/severn/
Netherlands:
- ftp://alviss.et.tudelft.nl/pub/redhat/beta/severn/
- ftp://ftp.quicknet.nl/pub/Linux/ftp.redhat.com/beta/severn/
United Kingdom:
- http://zeniiia.linux.org.uk/pub/distributions/redhat/beta/severn/
- ftp://zeniiia.linux.org.uk/pub/distributions/redhat/beta/severn/
- rsync://zeniiia.linux.org.uk/ftp/pub/distributions/redhat/beta/severn/
Asia/Pacific:
Australia:
- http://planetmirror.com/pub/redhat/linux/beta/severn/
- ftp://ftp.planetmirror.com/pub/redhat/linux/beta/severn/
- http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/redhat/linux/severn/
- ftp://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/redhat/linux/severn/
One additional feature provided by the Linux community is the
availability of SEVERN via BitTorrent.
http://torrent.dulug.duke.edu/severn2-binary-iso.torrent
http://torrent.dulug.duke.edu/severn2-source-iso.torrent
RPMS for Red Hat Linux 7.3 through 9 of BitTorrent are available from:
http://torrent.dulug.duke.edu/btrpms/
Usage is simple:
btdownloadcurses.py --url http://URL.torrent
Allow incoming TCP 6881 - 6889 to join the torrent swarm.
http://torrent.dulug.duke.edu/
20 years, 7 months
Re: Performance testing (pass 1)
by Nicholas Marsh
I'm not sure how this is on topic, but I would like to mention that OpenOffice.org 1.1 is much faser than 1.0. I hope it makes it into the next Fedora beta.
nick marsh
nmarsh1(a)mac.com
20 years, 7 months
Kernel Version
by Dave Stubbs
Is there a plan to move to the 2.6 kernel?
It would definitely motivate me to give Fedora a real try - maybe run it
exclusively on my test box.
Otherwise it's just one of the crowd of test distros out there, y'know?
20 years, 7 months
new here
by Andreas Constantinides (MegaHz)
Hello people, I am new to fedora (I am downloading it right now)
but I am using redhat linux 3 years now.
I just wanted to say nice to meet you all, and you will have my comments after I test Fedora
Andreas
20 years, 7 months