esd /alsa problem
by Stephen Moore
I can only load esd as root. When I try to load esd as a user I get
"audio_alsa: no cards found!".
When I run as root, esd starts fine. I presume that this some sort of
permissions problem. This is not a alsa mute problem (I think).
Cheers
20 years, 1 month
Installer quits while checking for other fedora installations!
by Harald Glatt
From:
Harald Glatt
<hachre(a)dynaloop.net>
To:
fedoratest
<fedora-test-list(a)redhat.com>
Subject:
Installer
quits while
checking for
other fedora
installations
Date:
Tue, 30 Mar
2004
23:06:02
+0200
Hi list,
I just tried installing core 2 test 2 on my computer.
Both the graphical and the text installer quit after trying to detect
other fedora installations for about 1 minute... (I dont have any)
My partition layout:
/dev/hde1 NTFS (Windows XP)
/dev/hde5 ReiserFS (empty, reserved for fedora)
/dev/hde6 ReiserFS (Gentoo Linux)
My Hardware:
ASUS A7N8X Deluxe (AMD Processor mobo with NForce2 Chipset)
1.5 GB RAM
AMD Athlon XP 2400+
2 Seagate native SATA Harddrives
Onboard SATA Controller (Does work with 2.6.3 (siimage) but doesn't with
any later kernels... Due to a performance enhancing patch. Already
informed the LKML)
I think all other hardware is kinda irrelevant because stuff like sound
and video shouldn't matter in a text install, but that one fails too...
Do you need any more Information? Feel free to ask ;)
Hope we can get this figured...
cya
Harald Glatt (hachre)
20 years, 1 month
FC2T2 GOK fatal error
by Will H. Backman
GOK gives me a:
GOK Fatal Error
Sorry, Gok can't run because:
Can't read any keyboards
Anyone else get this?
--
Will Backman <whb(a)ceimaine.org>
Coastal Enterprises, Inc.
20 years, 1 month
FC2T2 rpm -Va errors
by Will H. Backman
[whb@cei3440 etc]$ rpm -V openoffice.org
prelink: /tmp/#prelink#.mr7vEq: Recorded 41 dependencies, now seeing -1
S.?...... /usr/lib/ooo-1.1.0/program/pkgchk.bin
prelink: /tmp/#prelink#.6KjY2D: Recorded 46 dependencies, now seeing -1
S.?...... /usr/lib/ooo-1.1.0/program/pluginapp.bin
prelink: /tmp/#prelink#.UsrTzk: Recorded 11 dependencies, now seeing -1
S.?...... /usr/lib/ooo-1.1.0/program/regcomp
[whb@cei3440 etc]$ rpm -V xorg-x11-libs
error: setexeccon(user_u:user_r:rpm_script_t) fails from context
"user_u:user_r:user_t": Invalid argument
error: %verify(xorg-x11-libs-0.0.6.6-0.0.2004_03_11.9) scriptlet failed,
exit status 255
[whb@cei3440 etc]$
Also, a lot of programs didn't have MD5 sums to verify.
20 years, 1 month
FC2T2 Login Security Issue with Last Login
by Will H. Backman
I can get the last login info to come up with gdm before entering the
password.
Is this a security issue, as it verifies that the account exists, and
even gives additional info such as from where and when the last login
happened?
--
Will Backman <whb(a)ceimaine.org>
Coastal Enterprises, Inc.
20 years, 1 month
Laptop mode in FC2
by Michael Opdenacker
Hello,
I've just played with the cpu speed scaling stuff... works very well!
All you have to do is set the right module name in /etc/cpuspeed.conf
("DRIVER=p4-clockmod" in my case), and run "/etc/init.d/cpuspeed restart"!
By the way, is "laptop mode" or anything equivalent still available in
FC2? (See
http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/release-notes/index.html#kernel-notes for
how it's advertised in FC1). /proc/sys/vm/laptop_mode no longer exists
in FC1.
Looking forward to saving more power...
;-)
Cheers,
Michael.
--
Michael Opdenacker
http://opdenacker.org/
20 years, 1 month
Kernel panic after upgrade from FC2t1
by Peter Campion-Bye
Hi,
I did an 'apt-get dist-upgrade' on my FC2t1 box that was working fine, now
it won't boot. Blue screen at boot time says:
kernel/timer.c:295: spin_lock(kernel/timer.c:0230e3a0) already locked by
kernel/timer.c/392
Kernel panic: Fatal exception in interrupt
In interrupt handler - not syncing
Full screen dump can be seen here: http://www.pandasys.co.uk/panic.jpg
Anyone got any ideas on where I should go from here?
Thanks
20 years, 1 month
Re: Managing Fedora Testing
by Jef Spaleta
Keith Lofstrom wrote:
> I would put myself in the 45% group, and include many of the folks >
that are complaining about booting or mirror problems. The Fedora >
test process seems to be geared exclusively for the 5%. As a
> result, Fedora will release with less than 10% of the potentially
> available testing effort, with the remaining effort
> disproportionally focused.
I would sort of agree with that. I would agree that the aggressive
timescale for testing for fedora core means relying on those 5% (I'd put
it closer to 1%) to be a strong component of the process. I would also
say that the dropping of the private betas that rhl use to have makes
the situation somewhat more dramatic looking than it is. As others have
said, the fedora testing process, is a more open process than what
happened with rhl. And more open translates directly into sharper edges
for the informed to impale themselves on while blundering around in the
dark.
There is a trade-off here, taking the very long time to do things a
piece at a time, means the pieces quickly become out of sync with
upstream development. Open source projects, especially 'desktop'
oriented projects are undergoing relative rapid pace of development
churn. Doing it the way your example describes with electronics hardware
breaks down, if the point is to really push things forward.
I point you to the list of objectives for fedora. #3 and #5 demand an
aggressive testing/release cycle. Doing it the very conservative way
isn't in line with the objectives. And arguing that the objectives are
bad...is just a waste. The objectives are what they are, the point is to
find a process that fits best to meet the stated objectives, not argue
for the best possible testing process that can take infinite time to
produce the perfect release. So i really don't see mucb room in tweaking
the stated timescales.
That being said, i think there is a lot of room on how to organize the
more open testing process. If small group, invitation only, betas are
not something that can be reconsidered in an effort to reduce the
signal-to-noise then something should be done to have testers
self-identify themselves as to skill level and steps should be taken to
layout to new testers what the expectations are if they are going to
become involved. I would personally like to see at least a token effort
made to make a list of things that testers are agreeing to do and to the
expectations testers should have in their heads, before they venture
into running a test release. Too many people show up on the irc
channels, or in the mailinglist, with the wrong expectations.
Sadly, I don't think better documenting a beta tester manifesto is going
to be enough. I think there has to be a way to confirm that testers are
prepared to actually help provide value instead of just noise. If i
could do it, I'd demand that all testers pass a short quiz before they
got the ability to file bug reports or become active in the
mailinglists. A quiz based on yet to be written documentation that lays
out what testers should expect from the releases and more importantly
what developers expect testers to do. I wish i had time to work on
documentation like that. As it stands, learning how to approach test
releases is a trial by fire for most people...and fire burns.
-jef"i should stop writing emails while having a high fever, I'm sure
this one just sounds like gibberish"spaleta
20 years, 1 month
FC2T2 Gnopernicus Silent
by Will H. Backman
Magnifier works, but speech does not.
If I attempt to test a voice, I get:
(srcore:26523): gnopernicus-CRITICAL **: file libsrconf.c: line 247
(sr_config_changed_callback): assertion `entry->value' failed
Filed as bug 119471
--
Will Backman <whb(a)ceimaine.org>
Coastal Enterprises, Inc.
20 years, 1 month
current status of the LVM issue?
by Peter Boy
Sorry, if I'm not up to date on this issue.
I know there is some trouble with LVM 1 / LVM 2 and in the release notes
there is a warning that an *update* of a root file system located on a
LVM partition will fail.
But: can a create with Test 2 a root file system on free space in a LVM
created with Core 1 without compromising my system? And can I use the
home file system located on a LVM created with Core 1?
Thanks
Peter
20 years, 1 month