Some bugs that still need work.
by Kyle Pointer
Whine I shall not, however some things should be brought to the attention
of the Fedora Core user community.
1. GPilot still doesn't work.
( still crashes when trying to do initial sync and can't get any further )
2. There's problems with the RPM gui frontend.
( if I try to use it it complains about /media/cdrom being an invalid
installation source. Or if I try to use the autorun programs on CD's
like the RHEL Extras CD to add the CD to the RPM sources )
3. There seems to be a problem with up2date whining about sources...
( The applet has been unable to access the following information sources
in its last attempts:
development @ http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/development/i386/
...
This causes ill effects on rhn-applet-gui ( and tui ) and up2date-gnome.
Latest booboo is:
There was a fatal error communicating with the server. The message was:
An HTTP error occurred:
URL: http://ftp.dulug.duke.edu/pub/fedora/linux/core/development/i386//headers...
Status Code: 404
Error Message: Not Found
)
4. At least on June 12, 2005 it is impossible to install xfce4 with YUM or up2date.
( Not all the packages are there. )
5. SELinux rules are still broken, and Firewall still has trouble with active FTP.
( Last time I had SELinux enabled I couldn't even boot correctly. That could be passive ftp.. I'm
not sure... its the one that doesn't have a predetermined port to connect to. )
6. XMMS isn't in development or extras tree.
( Had to use Freshrpms repo... Probably isn't that big of a deal, but I know I'd miss it.
And Extras repo HAS some xmms plugins so it probably should have xmms too... )
Those are my only gripes with the FC4 release. Other than these things, I have noticed nothing but
improvement in this latest version, with the upgrade to new versions of some really big programs.
I would like to ask the Fedora Core community to keep up the great work. :)
-- Kyle Pointer <kapointer(a)charter.net>
P.S. Some of the RPM problems could be caused because I used the FTP install method instead of CDROM,
but I think that if that causes problems there must be some bugs with the FTP install code in anaconda.
18 years, 11 months
Fedora Core 3 Test Update: kernel-2.6.11-1.35_FC3
by Dave Jones
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Fedora Test Update Notification
FEDORA-2005-412
2005-06-13
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Product : Fedora Core 3
Name : kernel
Version : 2.6.11
Release : 1.35_FC3
Summary : The Linux kernel (the core of the Linux operating system)
Description :
The kernel package contains the Linux kernel (vmlinuz), the core of any
Linux operating system. The kernel handles the basic functions
of the operating system: memory allocation, process allocation, device
input and output, etc.
The rebase to 2.6.11.12 fixes a handful of security bugs, so this
will go out as a live update in the next few days.
---------------------------------------------------------------------
* Mon Jun 13 2005 Dave Jones <davej(a)redhat.com>
- Rebase to 2.6.11.12
* Fri Jun 10 2005 Dave Jones <davej(a)redhat.com>
- Fix up TASK_SIZE thinko in execshield patch. (#160097)
* Fri Jun 3 2005 Dave Jones <davej(a)redhat.com>
- Don't checksum CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY skbs in TCP connection tracking. (#158710)
* Wed Jun 1 2005 Dave Jones <davej(a)redhat.com>
- Exec-shield improvements (Should fix #154759)
* Tue May 31 2005 Dave Jones <davej(a)redhat.com>
- Rebase to 2.6.11.11
* Thu May 19 2005 Dave Jones <davej(a)redhat.com>
- Fix syntactical error in GFP flag usage in SCSI layer.
---------------------------------------------------------------------
This update can be downloaded from:
http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/testing/3/
886e367084bc03be9ad35cbf7a6cc205 SRPMS/kernel-2.6.11-1.35_FC3.src.rpm
7359a6e631a08543affac5b82e536f19 x86_64/kernel-2.6.11-1.35_FC3.x86_64.rpm
5328ee3ed626785065dfda880d051823 x86_64/kernel-smp-2.6.11-1.35_FC3.x86_64.rpm
9e9278209359de31610729d7947677a7 x86_64/debug/kernel-debuginfo-2.6.11-1.35_FC3.x86_64.rpm
f94cc8cf20568e8973d2c4bf1da727c7 x86_64/kernel-doc-2.6.11-1.35_FC3.noarch.rpm
1e51dc2dfc373e13d514cc9c2dcc3f50 i386/kernel-2.6.11-1.35_FC3.i586.rpm
0a485c7fa37d8e1d603b1a9435ad5cb4 i386/kernel-smp-2.6.11-1.35_FC3.i586.rpm
0b62a47572b6a4d884130ee14859ecf4 i386/debug/kernel-debuginfo-2.6.11-1.35_FC3.i586.rpm
341730aad4c2b91953bacfe487a51639 i386/kernel-2.6.11-1.35_FC3.i686.rpm
a3c55a374408077be56b6cdd85c730ce i386/kernel-smp-2.6.11-1.35_FC3.i686.rpm
0f3b0b93399810f6083a1e45e86acb66 i386/debug/kernel-debuginfo-2.6.11-1.35_FC3.i686.rpm
f94cc8cf20568e8973d2c4bf1da727c7 i386/kernel-doc-2.6.11-1.35_FC3.noarch.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://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/testing/3...
---------------------------------------------------------------------
18 years, 11 months
kerbos (timing)
by Caleb B. Warta
i am planning on using fedora core 4 x86-64 for a gaming lounge/internet
cafe and needed to know if kerbos is the best way to go
what i need is a sort of domain login sort of like what windows offers but i
have never tried to do such a thing on linux and i dont want to use samba
if possiable to point me to a howto page that might help
the other thing is that i need to find some way to record how log a user has
been loged in and log them off when the time some number
i plan on doing all the networking and stuff my self but i dont want to have
to train the people i pay to run it when i am not there to do i bunch of
stuff or worry about them not tracking time right so i figured that if i can
have them set up a user and add time to there accounts but thats all i
really want them to need to do
i will be using cedega from transgaming.com for the gaming half i am not to
sure how ill pull that off on a domain like login yet but ideas on any of
this stuff would be great i really need some help with the main logon stuff
ive tried to set up kerbos like 12 times now normally i get stuff on the 3-4
this is driving me crazzy
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18 years, 11 months
FW: fedora-test-list Digest, Vol 16, Issue 33
by JERRY WHITMIRE
>Hi
my sound card worked when i first installed Fedora core but i get the
message when boot to Kde
>sound server information message
>error while initializing the sound driver
>device default cant be opened for play back
>[ invalid argument }
>the sound server will continue using null output device.
>But when i use sound card detection the sound work just fine.
>this is a new Dell 8400 i do not know much about it i have only had it for
>few days now. this is the first time to have Fedora on it.
>Is there something i can do to make it work ?
>It is using kernel 2.6.11-1.1381_FC5.
>vender-intel
>model : corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW/{ICH6.Family] AC 97 Audio
>controller
>module:snd-intel 8x0
Again is there something i can do to make my sound work are put a bug report
on it ?
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18 years, 11 months
Alarm 2
by Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX
Thank you for the input.
Using sigsetjmp et al. solved the problem.
These functions were not available in V7 Unix when rz/sz
was first written.
--
Chuck Forsberg caf(a)omen.com www.omen.com 503-614-0430
Developer of Industrial ZMODEM(Tm) for Embedded Applications
Omen Technology Inc "The High Reliability Software"
10255 NW Old Cornelius Pass Portland OR 97231 FAX 629-0665
18 years, 11 months
Sound & NM2200 Video on a Toshiba Tecra 8000 (FC4T3)
by Patrick
Hi all,
I just put FC4T3 on my old Toshiba Tecra 8000 and everything seems to
work sort of fine except for the graphics and the sound. Under FC3 I
would issue these rules in /etc/modprobe.conf to get it going:
### Sound modules for YamahaOPL ###
alias char-major-14 opl3sa2
pre-install opl3sa2 modprobe "-k" ad1848
post-install opl3sa2 modprobe "-k" opl3
options opl3sa2 dma=1 dma2=0 io=0x538 irq=5 mpu_io=0x330 mss_io=0x530
options opl3 io=0x388
Under FC4T3 the onboard sound is no longer recognized. Anyone have a
suggestion how I would adjust the rules above for FC4T3?
About the autoselected driver for the Neomagic NM2200 video chipset:
afaict it is not accelerated (no DRI?) as it draws moving windows very
slow. Also the fonts look badly anti-aliased have rather jagged edges at
24bit 1024x768 (highest resolution I could get). Have I done something
wrong or does the xorg Neomagic NM2200 driver not support accelerated 2D
rendering and smooth anti-aliased fonts?
TIA,
Patrick
18 years, 11 months
Broken alarm(3)
by Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX
I don't know when, but the alarm system call no longer works
properly. The following program works on Unix but not
Linux FC4t3 or FC3. This is the mechanism rz/sz use for
generating protocol timeouts.
#include <stdio.h>
#include <setjmp.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <signal.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <sys/ioctl.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <termios.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <setjmp.h>
jmp_buf timedout; /* For the timeout interrupt on RX timeout */
void
alrm(c)
{
longjmp(timedout, -1);
}
char linbuf[33];
main()
{
int c;
int n = 4;
printf ("This program should time out every 4 seconds\n");
for (;;) {
printf("Calling read: alarm=%d \n ", n );
if (setjmp(timedout)) {
printf("Readline:TIMEOUT\n");
continue;
}
signal(SIGALRM, alrm);
alarm(n);
errno = 0;
c = read(0, linbuf, 22);
alarm(0);
printf("Read returned %d\n", n);
}
}
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Developer of Industrial ZMODEM(Tm) for Embedded Applications
Omen Technology Inc "The High Reliability Software"
10255 NW Old Cornelius Pass Portland OR 97231 FAX 629-0665
18 years, 11 months