NVIDIA Question
by David St.Clair
This may be a dumb question, but why can't Redhat distribute NVIDIA binary
drivers?
In NVIDIA's licence (http://www.nvidia.com/object/nv_swlicense.html) it
says:
"2.1.2 Linux Exception. Notwithstanding the foregoing terms of Section
2.1.1, SOFTWARE designed exclusively for use on the Linux operating system
may be
copied and redistributed, provided that the binary files thereof are not
modified in any
way (except for unzipping of compressed files)."
So, what's keeping RedHat from putting the drivers in the distribution? If
it's a GPL
thing, would it be easy to just download it during installation or at
least give the option to the user?
Thanks,
--
David St.Clair
dstclair(a)cs.wcu.edu
1 year, 8 months
Mouse goes crazy
by Jonathan Villa
Ok, I have had Yarrow working well for a while now, but yesterday I
started experiencing some odd issues with my mouse. All of a sudden it
stops working correctly. The only thing that seems to fix is to kill X
and run mouse-test, then restart.
Any ideas?
Also, I have FC 1 running on a desktop which is hooked up to a KVM
switch. Whenever I go to another PC, and return, the same thing
happens, the mouse goes crazy.
???
1 year, 8 months
Fedora Core 1 Testing Update: foomatic-3.0.0-21
by Tim Waugh
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Fedora Test Update Notification
FEDORA-2003-051
2004-01-13
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Name : foomatic
Version : 3.0.0
Release : 21
Summary : Foomatic printer database.
Description :
Foomatic is a comprehensive, spooler-independent database of printers,
printer drivers, and driver descriptions. It contains utilities to
generate driver description files and printer queues for CUPS, LPD,
LPRng, and PDQ using the database. There is also the possibility to
read the PJL options out of PJL-capable laser printers and take them
into account at the driver description file generation.
There are spooler-independent command line interfaces to manipulate
queues (foomatic-configure) and to print files/manipulate jobs
(foomatic printjob).
The site http://www.linuxprinting.org/ is based on this database.
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Update Information:
A newer printer drivers database is now available, including many
updates.
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* Mon Jan 12 2004 Tim Waugh <twaugh(a)redhat.com> 3.0.0-21
- Build for Fedora Core 1 printer drivers update.
- Revert Omni update temporarily.
- Downgrade engine to 20031217 to stick to the stable branch.
* Mon Jan 12 2004 Tim Waugh <twaugh(a)redhat.com> 3.0.0-20
- Updated Omni printers to 0.9.1.
* Mon Jan 12 2004 Tim Waugh <twaugh(a)redhat.com> 3.0.0-19
- Build for Fedora Core 1 printer drivers update.
- No longer need symlink patch.
- Updated fontpath patch.
- Updated engine to 20040112.
- Updated db to 20040112.
- Updated gimp-print data to 4.2.6.
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This update can be downloaded from:
http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/testing/1/
5cc1bacc57c17e001f0c6d3a6884e36b SRPMS/foomatic-3.0.0-21.src.rpm
0a5b810349361ce389bdc96bf94c109a i386/foomatic-3.0.0-21.i386.rpm
bffc67366b4d2a3f8ed2cee3b1d37a24 i386/debug/foomatic-debuginfo-3.0.0-21.i386.rpm
This update can also be installed with the Update Agent; you can
launch the Update Agent with the 'up2date' command.
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19 years, 7 months
JVM for amd64 RC1?
by Barry Roberts
I nuked the included SuSE 8.1/United 1.0 that came on my appro box to
try Fedora RC1 because I couldn't get a usable jdk/jvm to run tomcat
on. The only improvement so far with Fedora is that I get better
error messages (I think).
I tried the blackdown rc1 for amd64 and after a few seconds of running
my app, I get the attached error. On SuSE, the jvm process just
silently exits in roughly the same amount of time.
I can't seem to install a 32-bit jdk because I keep getting errors
like the following from the self-extracting executables:
/root/j2sdk-1_4_2_03-linux-i586.bin: ./install.sfx.16985: /lib/ld-linux.so.2: bad ELF interpreter: No such file or directory
Is there a decent jdk for Fedora RC1 amd64? Or is there a way to make
one of the ones I've already tried actually work?
Thanks,
Barry Roberts
19 years, 7 months
MyDoom
by Gene C.
The Red Hat mailing lists have always been pretty good about filering out spam
and viruses. However, this MyDoom thing looking like it is sneaking through.
looking at the message headers, it appears to me that Red Hat external
sendmail may be set up to accept mail from the outside without filtering if
it is from a valid @redhat.com user.
I have not taken a look at these messages except for the last one but it
appears that it is faking out the Red Hat sendmail server by telling it the
host is redhat.com even if the ip address and reverse lookup do not match.
Besides using lots of bandwidth, this one must be driving all of the ISPs and
companies nuts if it is getting through Red Hat's systems given prior history
of being able to block this stuff. Lots of aggravation of lots of folks.
BTW, should this stuff be cleaned from (removed from) the archives since it is
archiving lots of copies of of this virus which could bite unwary users.
--
Gene
19 years, 7 months
test kernel-2.4.22-1.2166.nptl
by Robert G. (Doc) Savage
# rpm -ivh kernel-2.4.22-1.2166.nptl.i686.rpm ...
...
2:kernel ########################################### [ 67%]
/dev/mapper/control: open failed: No such file or directory
Is device-mapper driver missing from kernel?
Command failed
This latest kernel apparently installs, and seems to boot OK on my
laptop, but has trouble recognizing my IOGear MiniView III 4-port USB
KVM. On one boot the ATEN device is not found and I have no KVM keyboard
or mouse. When I remove the device and reboot, the KVM is found again
and everything is OK. It seems to toggle each time I boot.
--Doc Savage
Fairview Heights, IL
19 years, 7 months
vim-enhanced oddness
by Ken Snider
Using x86_64 test1 release.
when using vim (/usr/bin/vim), and creating a file:
[root(a)dw1.dw root]# vim blah
..typing some text, then saving with :wq, presents the following:
Vim: Caught deadly signal ILL
Vim: preserving files...
Vim: Finished.
Illegal instruction
../bin/vi does *not* have this problem,
Any ideas? any output I can capture to help narrow down the issue?
19 years, 7 months
Wanting to install rawhide
by Paul F. Johnson
Hi,
What do I need to alter on up2date or the nightly yum updater to install rawhide on my testing box?
TTFN
Paul
19 years, 7 months
Fedora Core 1 Testing Update: gimp-print-4.2.6-2
by Tim Waugh
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Fedora Test Update Notification
FEDORA-2003-053
2004-01-13
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Name : gimp-print
Version : 4.2.6
Release : 2
Summary : A collection of high-quality printer drivers.
Description :
These drivers provide printing quality for UNIX/Linux in many cases equal
to or better than proprietary vendor-supplied drivers, and can be used for
many of the most demanding printing tasks.
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Update Information:
The Gimp-Print driver, which supports a wide range of inkjet printers,
has been updated to version 4.2.6.
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* Mon Jan 12 2004 Tim Waugh <twaugh(a)redhat.com> 4.2.6-2
- Build for Fedora Core 1 update.
* Mon Jan 12 2004 Tim Waugh <twaugh(a)redhat.com> 4.2.6-1
- 4.2.6.
* Thu Nov 27 2003 Tim Waugh <twaugh(a)redhat.com>
- Build requires cups-devel (bug #110765).
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This update can be downloaded from:
http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/testing/1/
d4c9867279e529dfb725e5d4b78da45e SRPMS/gimp-print-4.2.6-2.src.rpm
29b2d556361ba27fcd2a16a666ba17b7 i386/gimp-print-4.2.6-2.i386.rpm
0c009dc9fe90c2aeace896d1bd89962c i386/gimp-print-devel-4.2.6-2.i386.rpm
7661658df3c6494c6c423794e682e637 i386/gimp-print-utils-4.2.6-2.i386.rpm
695ed05238474f1cb62fc5d15942086a i386/gimp-print-plugin-4.2.6-2.i386.rpm
9b8cbfabc97fa3904fa9678c293609b7 i386/gimp-print-cups-4.2.6-2.i386.rpm
92f791339c0607c53a0d2a1c0cd3a873 i386/debug/gimp-print-debuginfo-4.2.6-2.i386.rpm
This update can also be installed with the Update Agent; you can
launch the Update Agent with the 'up2date' command.
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19 years, 7 months
Fedora Core 1 Test Update: mc-4.6.0-8.3
by Bill Nottingham
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Fedora Test Update Notification
FEDORA-2004-058
2004-01-30
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Name : mc
Version : 4.6.0
Release : 8.3
Summary : User-friendly text console file manager and visual shell.
Description :
Midnight Commander is a visual shell much like a file manager, only
with many more features. It is a text mode application, but it also
includes mouse support if you are running GPM. Midnight Commander's
best features are its ability to FTP, view tar and zip files, and to
poke into RPMs for specific files.
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Update Information:
This is an update to the previous testing update, 4.6.0-8.1. New changes
listed below.
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* Fri Jan 30 2004 Jakub Jelinek <jakub(a)redhat.com> 4.6.0-8.3
- update php.syntax file (#112645)
- fix crash with large syntax file (#112644)
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This update can be downloaded from:
http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/testing/1/
69692aaa0d1eb263a2a8625ad5bdaac1 SRPMS/mc-4.6.0-8.3.src.rpm
60ebb4dd088eeee193c9259998136c6f i386/mc-4.6.0-8.3.i386.rpm
0c27127b10ee9cb0c99a07f3f54f7845 i386/debug/mc-debuginfo-4.6.0-8.3.i386.rpm
This update can also be installed with the Update Agent; you can
launch the Update Agent with the 'up2date' command. You may
need to edit your up2date channels configuration. Within
/etc/sysconfig/rhn/sources enable the following line:
yum updates-testing http://fedora.redhat.com/updates/testing/fedora-core-1
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19 years, 7 months