xawtv
by Bayrouni
Hello,
When I run xawtv I have this warning :
dev/video0 [v4l2]: no overlay support
v4l-conf had some trouble, trying to continue anyway
So I cannot capture my vhs, but I can see them.
Any idea?
Thanks
Bayrouni
19 years, 4 months
php security patches
by Abu Mohd Amir
i'm looking for php security patches for core 1.. since the latest php
version for core 1 is php-4.3.8-1.1, thanks
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19 years, 4 months
Managing remote Solaris 9 from FC3
by Chris Garringer
I run FC3 on a Toshiba laptop, and just loaded a new laptop with FC3.
On both (both Toshiba), I can run X applications from Solaris 7 boxes
with no problem. When I try to run X applications from Solaris 9
boxes, it fails. The Solaris 9 apps I am attempting to run are Java
apps, Suns printmgr and the Solaris Management Console, smc. Printmgr
opens 2 windows on the laptop (the number of windows and the shape are
correct) Both windows show the window title, but the rest of the
windows is gray. No text, just a gray window. The laptop itself
slows to a crawl, in any window it takes 3-5 seconds for typed
characters to appear. The only way to clear the problem is reboot.
With the smc application laptop speed is not affected. SMC opens a
window with only the title bar showing. The window can be resized, but
again is a featureless gray. It can be closed, where the printmgr
windows cannot. Has anyone else seen this problem? It did not occur
under FC2.
19 years, 4 months
Athlon+1024 Mb RAM+FC3
by John Summerfield
I've been happily running Debian/Sarge on my Athlon 1400, Giganyte GS-7@748-L
motherboard, 512 Mbytes RAM.
Following a power failure, I
a) Replaced CPU fan
b) added a further 512 Mbytes RAM for a Giggle total.
On reboot, Mozilla, Firefox, Thunderbird (my primar email client) all segfault
on starting.
Worse, parts of KDE (eg Konqueror and Kkmail) also crash randomly with
segfaults.
Surmising some corruption I applied 70 Mbytes or so of updates to no effect.
I'm pretty sure I installed Epiphany and that it also doesn't work.
This Debian system has been seriously mistreated over time; I suspect I
originaly copies ~summer from a Valhalla system.
Since I had 80 Mbytes or so of disk, I decided to install fc3. True to form I
copied ~summer from Sarge.
Well, here a crash there a crash.
Actually, figuring that out wasn't as simple as it should be; some fartherless
soul thinks sending error messages to /dev/null a fine idea, and I'm not sure
that I checked that everything's the same. Some is, though, right down to
segaulting in the same scripts.
Somewhere I began to suspect RAM so I ran two or three passes with memtest86
(from the FC3 DVD) with no errors.
That left corruption in ~summer so I spect some time trying to find common
config files used by the failing programs in ~summer. Couldn't see anything
so
finally I created ~john and tried that.
That also fails, and there is no chance of pollution of the FC3 system with
stuff from Sarge.
So...
Is anyone running FC3 in 1 Gbyte RAM on IA32?
Does anyone else have any ideas?
Here's the short-form list of the hardware:
Glider:~# lspci
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 746 Host (rev 10)
0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SG86C202
0000:00:02.0 ISA bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS963 [MuTIOL Media
IO] (rev 25)
0000:00:02.1 SMBus: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]: Unknown device 0016
0000:00:02.5 IDE interface: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 5513 [IDE]
0000:00:02.7 Multimedia audio controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
Sound Controller (rev a0)
0000:00:03.0 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0
Controller (rev 0f)
0000:00:03.1 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0
Controller (rev 0f)
0000:00:03.3 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 2.0
Controller
0000:00:04.0 Ethernet controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS900 PCI
Fast Ethernet (rev 90)
0000:00:09.0 Unknown mass storage controller: Triones Technologies, Inc.
HPT366/368/370/370A/372 (rev 01)
0000:00:09.1 Unknown mass storage controller: Triones Technologies, Inc.
HPT366/368/370/370A/372 (rev 01)
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV5M64 [RIVA TNT2
Model 64/Model 64 Pro] (rev 15)
Glider:~#
That aside, there are two further critical barriers to my use of FC on the
Atlhon:
1.
These work from Sarge to FC3 and Nahant:
8634 ? S 10:33 /etc/X11/X -query kookaburra :2
8651 ? S 1:47 /etc/X11/X -query dugong :1
8671 ? S 0:01 /etc/X11/X -query Thylacine.demo.room :3
8687 ? S 0:00 /etc/X11/X -query Quokka.demo.room :5
Actually, Quokka is a Sun Ultrasparc running Debian/Woody.
They do not work from FC3 on that machine (Glider). There are no messages
about why on Glider to say why, and the others say:
Dec 19 15:54:36 kookaburra gdm[2878]: gdm_child_action: Aborting display
Glider.demo.room:1
Dec 19 15:57:41 kookaburra gdm[2878]: gdm_child_action: Aborting display
Glider.demo.room:2
2.
I switch virtual consoles often. I regularly switch between my GUI desktop to
a VC (quite likely I have six in use, some running screen).
This works as epected on Debian/Sarge, but I have serious video corruption on
FC3: not always, but once it starts I can only clear it with a reboot. I't
clearly based on what is supposed to be on the screen; VC1 with the boot
messages has more than the others, and all respond to the keyboard.
I think (I have seen this before) the problem will not occur if I boot with
VGA=6, but I've not tried that yet.
I'm looking forward to any handy hints regarding any of these. To the list pls
so others can comment.
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Cheers
John Summerfield
tourist pics: http://environmental.disaster.cds.merseine.nu/
19 years, 4 months
USB/ACPI problem on Compaq R3000z
by Gene Czarcinski
Since the volume is high on this mailing list while the signal-to-noise is
often low, I would appreciate any communications on this to be done off-list
(I will post any results to the list).
I have a Compaq R3000z (Athlon64) notebook. There are multiple systems
installed: WinXP on a shrunk hda1, swap on hda2, a FC3 minimal install on
hda3 as a boot director, FC3 i386 everything install on hda5 and FC3 x86_64
everything install on hda6. My problem(s) occur identically (as far as I can
tell) on both the i386 and x86_64 systems.
Booting with ACPI=ON (actually specifying nothing at boot time):
1. The integral synaptic touchpad is detected as a generic PS2 two-button
input device.
2. A USB (1.1) mouse is not detected/useable.
3. USB 1.1 flash drive is not detected although USB 2.0 flash drives are
detected and useable.
Booting with ACPI=OFF:
1. The integral synaptic touchpad is not detected.
2. The USB (1.1) mouse is detected an useable. It can be hotplugged if not
present at boot time.
3. Both the USB 1.1 and the USB 2.0 flash drives are detected and useable.
Bug reports have been filed:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=143893
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=143894
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=143895
There are some bug reports filed at bugzilla.redhat.com which may be the same
thing or at least related. However, nothing recent which sounds like this.
I also searched bugzilla.kernel.org and came up with some reports indicating
problems in the 2.5/2.6 kernel with USB/ACPI (one very old report pointed me
in the right direction).
I have also tried these devices on a ASUS SK8V/Opteron system and everything
worked fine there. This "problem" seems to have been around for a while and
I know that there are Compaq R3000z notebooks (or the HP equivalent) out
there being used with FC3. I am a bit surprised that this problem is not
more widely known.
I am also interested in trying a "generic" kernel from kernel.org if that is
possible/practical. Does anyone know if it is "safe" to run the generic
kernel without all the Red Hat/Fedora Core patches (a lot fewer patches than
SUSE run but nevertheless a significant number).
Any help will be appreciated.
--
Gene
19 years, 4 months
Getting java to work?
by Shane Presley
Hello,
Fairly new to Fedora (and linux). Running FC3. Came with Mozzila,
but I also instaleld Firefox. Browsers work fine. No proxies
involved.
I wanted to be able to run Java, and it didn't seem to be installed.
So I downloaded Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE) from
java.com. Installed the rpm. Seemed to work fine.
Now under preferences, I see Java, and there is one version of Java
Applet Runtime Settings and one version of Java Application Runtime
Settings. Both are enabled.
But in my browser, when I try to view any java applets
(http://www.java.com/en/download/help/testvm.jsp) I get a message
telling me I need a plugin (Sun Java J2SE50). I have restarted my
browser, even the entire system once. Still doesn't know I have java
installed?
Thanks
Shane
19 years, 4 months
Recommendations for Wireless Network Cards
by ingramipaq@cox.net
As a newbie...
I have FC2, and it installed smoothly, and recognized everything - except my Linksys WPC11 v4 card. I researched to find FCx works with previous versions of the same card (because the earlier cards had a different chip/firmware), but none-the-less the v4 card just won't work...
I've followed Linksys' vague directions - nothing.
I saw an article from another site -where I learned about the chipset differences - but the file(s) to edit are different (it references everything to Debian(voodoo linux)).
The other problem is in there are a ton of different cards listed when I try to set up a new network connection - but trying to get one is another story as the guy at a (No names mentioned) computer store looked at me like I was a rodeo clown because I dared to mention Fedora/Red Hat
Ok Fedora community, what card(s) do you recommend to run with minimal fuss-n-muss...
Regards, and thanks in advance...
19 years, 4 months
(dell8200) laptop with disk(hda) and cd(hdb) too busy?
by Peter Teuben
My dell8200 laptop has often given me problems with disk I/O
speed in both KDE and Gnome when their cd-cgecking deamon was
active. Thus a command like
hdparm -t /dev/hda
would give me terribly erratic results (1-7 MB/sec) if there was
no CD in the tray. Once mounted, things were better, or normal.
I'd get more like 17-22 MB/s, depending on the disk of course.
At least in rh7 and rh9 i knew how to solve it (they were filed in bugzilla).
I'm sadly returning to this problem with FC3. This time the problem is even
present outside of X. I returned to runlevel 3, but even there i can terrible
I/O. One side-effect of bad disk I/O is that the "startx" command will take
forever to load, and don't even try something like openoffice :-)
So, first of all, i'm looking for soulmates who can confirm that
a dell8200, or any other laptop with hda and hdb populated have the
same problem, and then see how this can be solved. As it stands now,
i cannot use FC3. I don't know if the problem should occur with two
drives on hda and hdb, since once the CD is either inserted or mounted,
the problem appears to go away.
I should also add i've been running FC3 just fine on a desktop, with
IDE (a+c) software raid and a SATA disk.
- peter
19 years, 4 months
Re: Can fedora core be installed from Yum repository
by Matthew Miller
On Thu, Dec 23, 2004 at 10:12:35AM +0200, Gregory Machin wrote:
> Where are the docks for doing http installs , I looked on
> fedora.redhat.com and could not find the usual veriaty of install
> methodes..?? do you have a link to such info form me :-) thanks a
> million..
Not sure where it's documented specifically for Fedora, but it's the same as
older Red Hat Linux, so all the documentation out there still applies. If
you boot from the small (5MB) boot.iso boot CD, it will immediately ask you
what installation method you want, and http will be one of the choices.
If you boot from the normal CD (disc 1), say "linux askmethod" at the
initial boot prompt, and then you'll be presented with the same question.
Using the full CD if you have it save some bandwidth, as it can avoid
transferring the entire graphical installer at the beginning.
> Origonaly , I was given FC3 as .iso's but don't have cd's to burn to but
> do have dvd's and wanted to create an install dvd from the 4 iso's ...
There's a DVD iso out there too, by the way.
--
Matthew Miller mattdm(a)mattdm.org <http://www.mattdm.org/>
Boston University Linux ------> <http://linux.bu.edu/>
19 years, 4 months
my proxy is slow
by M E Fieu
Hi.. i configure my squid proxy and everything seems fine but my I found that it is slow. For example when I click COMPOSE icon in my yahoo mail, it takes long time. Why? Is there any way to tune it faster?
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19 years, 4 months