new package: gnome-netstatus
by Mark McLoughlin
Hi,
I added the gnome-netstatus applet to Raw Hide a few days ago. I'd
appreciate it if people could test it out and give me feedback, either
by mail or (preferably) through bugzilla.
-----------
The Network Monitor is a little applet which sits on your
panel flashing away at you so as to give you an idea of whats
happening on your network interface.
It also has a little dialog to give you more information about
the network interface.
------------
That about sums it up :-)
Thanks,
Mark.
20 years, 3 months
up2date gui appears hosed after 3-4-04 updates
by Jon Savage
When I run up2date I get:
# up2date
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/sbin/up2date", line 1267, in ?
sys.exit(main() or 0)
File "/usr/sbin/up2date", line 880, in main
from up2date_client import gui
File "gui.py", line 20, in ?
ImportError: /usr/lib/libgnomeui-2.so.0: undefined symbol:
gtk_file_chooser_set_folder_mode
From the above output I suspect that the problem
lies with the libgnomeui-2.so.0 (just a SWAG)
I don't see anything in bugzilla.
Anyone know a fix?
Bests
Jon Savage
20 years, 3 months
smbfs/cifs and recent kernels
by Harry Putnam
[Windbag alert: Long but please read if interested in cifs]
I'm still having trouble with cisfs mounts. Briefly put: They mount
but cannot write to them.
I posted here about it and was told by at least one poster that I
should take it up with upstream mainters. Further that they were
`very' interested in feedback.
I did just that, and did get one reply message back that had some
helpfull info in it. I tried the suggestions and wrote back with the
data from my tests. Wrote again a week later to remind ... that was
several day ago. So I'm not seeing the high interest suggested.
At any rate from what I understand from Dave's posts here;
it (cifs) is being actively promoted by leaving smbfs out of the
kernel in the hope of getting people to `hammer' on cifs.
After I ran out of ideas for getting cifs mounted with write enabled
I decided to rebuild a recent kernel and enable smbfs.
With that done I can post a side by side comparison (included near
the end) but I'd like to ask why is cifs being promoted over smbfs?
What benefits might one expect from switching over.
The comparison is included below in a reprint of letter to Steven.
Note that the options used are the same (in fstab) but the results
quite different. (cifs ends up readonly)
But since mounting the exact same share with smbfs allows write is
wouls seem to rule out problems on the windows config side.
Is it faster, more reliable etc etc? Should most options work the
same?
And since cifs is being actively promoted here it seems appropriate
to discuss its virtues or lack of same here in this forum.
=====
Reprint of letter sent to upstream mainters (with cosmetic changes):
( I've taken the liberty of including part of Steven's reply since it
has good usefull info in case someone here is having trouble"
Steven French <sfrench(a)us.ibm.com> writes:
> To address a few of your questions smb.conf is not needed or used by the
> cifs vfs.
>
> The (0) in the mount options would represent flags but is not being
> populated by the kernel code or the mount table (I need to check which of
> the two routines is the one that populates this particular view of the
> mount status). Mounts "r" vs. "rw" are not particular meaningful unless
> the kernel enforces them locally before it gets to the vfs (I need to check
> if that is the case) - the local "r" vs. "rw" flags are invisible to the
> server which does the authorization decision. Likely the lack of ability
> to write is caused by the server thinking you are a different id, or one
> for which the ACL denies write.
NOTE this [emphasis added -hp (NET SESSION can be typed in a dos window)]
> Try "NET SESSION" on the server to see
> what id the server thinks you are. By doing "cat /proc/fs/cifs/DebugData"
> you may also be able to see if your user authenticated as a "guest" rather
> than a normal user.
Steven,
I sent you data from the suggested diagnostics above but never heard
back. Since then I've backed up a few versions in kernels and
recompiled one to reinable smbfs. Currently running kernel-2.6.1-1.65
with smbfs enabled.
I'm seeing something that appears to be an anomally.
First these are the mount parameters from fstab that I use for testing
the two protocols:
//192.168.0.15/J-ahn-d /mnt/J-ahn-d cifs username=reader,password="" 0 0
//exp-xp/J-ahn-d /mnt/J-ahn-d smbfs username=reader,password="" 0 0
I've been tinkering with parameters then comment one out and mount,
test etc.
(All commands are done as root)
What I'm seeing here is that mounted smbfs as above and the share is writable
umount comment out smbfs line and uncomment cifs line then,
Mount again:
Share is mounted but is read only. The cifs code doesn't seem to
care about the notation for host name. That is, cifs mounts with
either:
//192.168.0.15/J-ahn-d
or
//exp-xp/J-ahn-d
But what is causing the read only state?
As noted in my previous message... NET SESSION indicates share is
mounted as reader whether its smbfs of cifs
Aren't the options for smbfs and cifs mostly similar?
Is there something I'm overlooking in the parameters that has to be
different for cifs compared to smbfs.
What is supposed to be better about cifs?
20 years, 3 months
1.5 Evolution problems
by Bart Kalita
Well,
I managed to install evolution just yesterday evening and had a quick
look around, setup pop e-mail account and was upset that "front
page" or rather "summary page" was gone ( one of my favourites
) closed the program and went to bed.
Today Evolution refuses to start . while trying to start it form
console I got "segmentation fault" and nothing more.
since I do not have yum running an overnight update proces I can't even
start to think what might be the problem.
--
____________________________________________________
Bart Kalita MCP
Registered Linux user #347493 Fedora Core 2
www.bart-domain.com www.astradine.no-ip.org
20 years, 3 months
disable IPV6?
by Randy L Schrickel
I'm having network/DNS issues just like what Jim Tate described in an
earlier thread called "Why is Web Browsers so slow at Resolving
Hosts". I sent a detailed message of my efforts in tackling this
problem to the list yesterday, but mistakenly sent it from the wrong
address. Maybe the moderators will still let it through?
Anyway, I'm wondering if the fact that IPV6 is enabled on my machine
could be part of the slowness problem? When I run ethereal, I get
several IPV6 repliess (AAAA) before finally getting an IPV4 reply (A)
and a successful name resolution. ifconfig shows that my card does
have a V6 address. Deleting that address doesn't change the dnslookup
behavior. I don't see those kinds of replies when I dual-boot the
machine into Windows XP or Knoppix.
I've set NETWORKING_IPV6=no and IPV6_AUTOCONF=no explicitly in my
/etc/sysconfig/network script, but it still comes up configured.
So two questions really - is there a possibility that this could be
part of my DNS slowness problem, and if so, how do I disable it?
Thanks,
randy
20 years, 3 months
ATi Drivers in 2.6.x
by Richard Duncan
I have been using the ATi drivers for my Radeon 9600XT, but am having
trouble compiling a module for 2.6.x, which I apparently need for Open
GL and other 3d acceleration. At first I didn't really notice anything
was wrong cause I wasn't running anything 3D, but I've been wanting to
try out the Linux version of UT2004 Demo to compare to my Windows FPS.
At any rate, when I go into the 2.6.x folder for the driver, and type
make, it compiles a couple objects then exits with an error (can't find
a file, or files missing, sorry I'm in Windows right now and don't
remember the names). At any rate, I don't see any documentation on the
ATi website or in the driver package about the 2.6.x folder, I just
assumed it was the right one to make since the regular files (typing
./make.sh) complain about conflicts with DRI being in the kernel.
Anyone using the ATi drivers in FC2-test1 and have 3D acceleration
working? What do I need besides the kernel source, gcc, glib, and
XFree86? I've updated all the packages available for FC2-test1.
Richard Duncan
20 years, 3 months
GLib-CRITICAL errors in many applications
by dev_nul_nul
Hi,
I have updated to Fedora Core 2 Test (1.90 I guess) via yum.
Besides some problems I could fix manually, I experience now a bug when
running applications like file-roller or gedit.
Errors like these with file-roller:
(file-roller:2669): GLib-CRITICAL **: file gstrfuncs.c: line 2129
(g_strsplit): assertion `string != NULL' failed
(file-roller:2669): GLib-CRITICAL **: file gstrfuncs.c: line 2241
(g_strjoinv): assertion `str_array != NULL' failed
(file-roller:2669): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: file gobject.c: line 1579
(g_object_unref): assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
And gedit: (that error seems to be an infinite loop):
(gedit:9436): GLib-CRITICAL **: file gstrfuncs.c: line 2129
(g_strsplit): assertion `string != NULL' failed
(gedit:9436): GLib-CRITICAL **: file gstrfuncs.c: line 2241
(g_strjoinv): assertion `str_array != NULL' failed
** (gedit:9436): CRITICAL **: file egg-recent-model.c: line 328
(peek_state): assertion `info->states != NULL' failed
** (gedit:9436): CRITICAL **: file egg-recent-model.c: line 328
(peek_state): assertion `info->states != NULL' failed
** (gedit:9436): CRITICAL **: file egg-recent-model.c: line 328
(peek_state): assertion `info->states != NULL' failed
But the strange thing about this is, when I run these commands as root.
I only get one error message then, and the program works normally :S
Thx a lot for any tips ;)
Holger
20 years, 3 months
Nautilus Catalog View
by Adam Scarcella
The new [Computer] icon on the desktop is great, except that I
accidentally set the view preferences to "Catalog" and every time I
double-click it, it gives me the following error prompt:
{
The Catalog view encountered an error while starting up.
The location cannot be displayed with this viewer.
}
I'm running the latest rawhide packages (nautilus 2.5.8)
Does anyone know how I can set the view back to either Icon or List?
Best Regards,
Adam Scarcella =)
20 years, 3 months
compatibility tcltk
by Alain
hello,
some old programs do not work or to be recompiled with new tcltk.
is a compatibility package with 8.3.* possible ?
for use this old programs with FC2, I have recompiled some SRPMS (i.e.
python, rythmbox, ...) with tcltk 8.3, but this is not a good solution
for many users.
(sorry for my bad englih)
--
Cordialement
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20 years, 3 months