Change in YUM with recent update
by Jeff Vian
I am not sure when it happened, but at sometime within the last 2-3
weeks the display when doing a yum update/install/etc from CLI has
changed.
In the past, when yum was downloading packages the progress was all
shown on a single line, and a new line was created only when the package
name changed. Now it gets a new line for each progress update [1] as
seen from an update done today.
I checked and there have been no yum updates in some time, so I do not
know which program is at fault here.
Has anyone else noted this? Do you have any ideas on what the culprit
likely is?
I noted this update [2] that sounds suspicious, but I thought yum used
python and not perl.
I also see that PIL was installed and python-imaging and python-numeric
were erased on 9/15 with my update.[3]
Is it likely that an update to python broke a borked call from yum that
had taken advantage of a weakness which was tightened up in the python
update?
[1]
Downloading Packages:
(1/6): libtunepimp-0.4.3- 20% |===== | 64 kB
00:01 E
(1/6): libtunepimp-0.4.3- 52% |============= | 160 kB
00:00 E
(1/6): libtunepimp-0.4.3- 78% |=================== | 240 kB
00:00 E
(1/6): libtunepimp-0.4.3- 100% |=========================| 307 kB
00:01
[2]
Sep 23 21:55:13 Updated: perl-Term-ProgressBar.noarch 2.09-2.fc5
[3]
Sep 07 20:58:18 Installed: python-khashmir.noarch 4.4.0-1.fc5.rf
Sep 15 19:13:52 Erased: python-imaging
Sep 15 19:15:13 Erased: python-numeric
Sep 15 19:15:02 Installed: PIL.x86_64 1.1.5-7.1.fc5.at
17 years, 7 months
ndiswrapper rpm
by Bob Hartung
All,
Does anyone know of a source for ndiswrapper as a rpm. I can't seem
to find one on all the usual sites.
Tnx,
bob
17 years, 7 months
Win4Lin
by Magnus Andersen
Hi All,
Does anyone have any experience with win4lin? I'm thinking about
running FC 6 on my new laptop with win4lin for the applications I need
to have in a Windows environment. I've use VMWare Workstation/Server
before, but I like that win4lin stores my documents/scripts in the
Linux environment and not on a virtual workstation.
Any thoughts are appreciated.
Thanks,
--
Magnus Andersen
Systems Administrator / Oracle DBA
Walker & Associates, Inc.
17 years, 7 months
problem with rsh (FC5)
by adel.essafi@laposte.net
Dear all
I have a problem to connect with rsh. I have installed it correctly.
I have added 127.0.0.1 to /etc/hosts.allow
I have created /etc/host.equiv file in whitch I have added 127.0.0.1
next I when I try to do an rsh or a rlogin locally , it tells connection
refused .
Thanks for help
Adel
[root@localhost adel]# /sbin/service xinetd restart
Arrêt de xinetd : [ OK ]
Démarrage de xinetd : [ OK ]
[root@localhost adel]# exit
exit
[adel@localhost ~]$ rsh localhost
connect to address 127.0.0.1 port 543: Connection refused
Trying krb4 rlogin...
connect to address 127.0.0.1 port 543: Connection refused
trying normal rlogin (/usr/bin/rlogin)
localhost.localdomain: Connection refused
[adel@localhost ~]$ cat /etc/host
host.conf hosts hosts.allow hosts.canna hosts.deny
[adel@localhost ~]$ rsh localhost -l adel
connect to address 127.0.0.1 port 543: Connection refused
Trying krb4 rlogin...
connect to address 127.0.0.1 port 543: Connection refused
trying normal rlogin (/usr/bin/rlogin)
localhost.localdomain: Connection refused
[adel@localhost ~]$
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Pix Firewall Monitoring Software on Linux
by ankush grover
hey friends,
I am looking for a free open source software (web based or
application) through which I can monitor the Pix Firewall. What it
should show Interface status or traffic , VPN Connectivity status, CPU
Status, Memory Status etc. I am also running DHCP server on Pix
Firewall (due to some reasons) If it can monitor that also means
showing how many IPAddresses has been assigned, to whom, what is the
lease time etc. then it will be very good.
I know about cacti but for VPN Connectivity status one has to use
telnet which I don't want to use and I don't know about monitoring
DHCP server through it. Is there any other tool through which I can
monitor Pix Firewaall ?
I am using FC3 & FC4.
Thanks & Regards
Ankush Grover
17 years, 7 months
pdf files don't display in mozilla and firefox
by Macintyre, Ross A
I've installed everything from the FC5 distribution and some extras.
I've installed mozilla-acroread.
Now I notice I can't view pdf files.
Acroread is also installed.
machine1<515> rpm -qa|grep acroread
mozilla-acroread-7.0.5-2.2.fc5.rf
acroread-7.0.5-2.2.fc5.rf
Anyone any ideas?
Thanks ina advance,
Ross
17 years, 7 months
No Sectors left of 120GB Drive
by Oldman
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Hello all!
I was about to make a new partition on my hard drive when fdisk reported:
Command (m for help): n
Command action
l logical (5 or over)
p primary partition (1-4)
l
No free sectors available
Now I know full well there are more sectors available as I am using less
than half of the drive!
Disk /dev/hda: 120.0 GB, 120034123776 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14593 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 13 104391 83 Linux
/dev/hda2 14 4807 38507805 f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/hda5 14 1288 10241406 83 Linux
/dev/hda6 1289 3200 15358108+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda7 3201 3264 514048+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/hda8 3265 4539 10241406 8e Linux LVM
/dev/hda9 4540 4794 2048256 8e Linux LVM
/dev/hda10 4795 4807 104391 83 Linux
As you can see I should have 16065 cylinders but cannot access them. I
am as sure as I can be that once upon a time (probably when I made the
last 3 partitions for my Rawhide distro) that the end block for the
extended partition (#2) was a greater number, and in fact when running
Anaconda trying to install FC6Pre the partitioning program shows a LOT
of free space on the drive so I figure that either I can't make new
partitions because 8 is the limit (I don't know what the actual limit is
but I discount this as a possibility as fdisk seems to be showing me
that /dev/hda10 is butted up against the end of the drive) or something
nasty has re-written my MBR to tell fdisk there's no more room.
So, fellows (and ladies!) My questions are:
Is there a definite maximum number of partitions allowed on a drive,
and have I reached it?
how do I recalculate drive parameters and fix the MBR (if that is the
problem.
I am resisting the urge to wipe and re-install as this represents 3
linux distros and it would likely take a month to fully recover them!
Scott
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17 years, 7 months
Fedora 64-bit running much slower
by John Trager
Hi All,
I have just used my Fedora 5 64-bit for the first time in perhaps a couple of weeks, and it now is running much slower! It's like the CPU is running at 240Mhz, instead 2400Mhz! Doesn't anyone of any idea what maybe going on? Are there any system setting that would slow the computer down? I haven't changed anything since I have used it last...
AMD Athlon64 3800+
2GB RAM
ASUS AV8 Motherboard
Thanks,
John
17 years, 7 months
problem with rsh (FC5)
by adel.essafi@laposte.net
Dear all
I have a problem to connect with rsh. I have installed it correctly.
I have added 127.0.0.1 to /etc/hosts.allow
I have created /etc/host.equiv file in whitch I have added 127.0.0.1
next I when I try to do an rsh or a rlogin locally , it tells connection
refused .
Thanks for help
Adel
[root@localhost adel]# /sbin/service xinetd restart
Arrêt de xinetd : [ OK ]
Démarrage de xinetd : [ OK ]
[root@localhost adel]# exit
exit
[adel@localhost ~]$ rsh localhost
connect to address 127.0.0.1 port 543: Connection refused
Trying krb4 rlogin...
connect to address 127.0.0.1 port 543: Connection refused
trying normal rlogin (/usr/bin/rlogin)
localhost.localdomain: Connection refused
[adel@localhost ~]$ cat /etc/host
host.conf hosts hosts.allow hosts.canna hosts.deny
[adel@localhost ~]$ rsh localhost -l adel
connect to address 127.0.0.1 port 543: Connection refused
Trying krb4 rlogin...
connect to address 127.0.0.1 port 543: Connection refused
trying normal rlogin (/usr/bin/rlogin)
localhost.localdomain: Connection refused
[adel@localhost ~]$
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