Fedora 9 Freeze At Login
by Kyle Lanigan
So I've put in Fedora 9 just the other day, but it doesn't matter when
I login into Fedora 9 after booting up into it, that everything
freezes once the login screen goes away after entering my username and
password. I'm not sure what I'm suppose to do to get this working.
Kyle Lanigan
k.a.lanigan(a)gmail.com
15 years, 7 months
Latewst announcew list posting
by Aaron Konstam
For those curious about the status of updates here is te latest scoop.
11]
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2008-August/msg01215.html
Intrusion Recovery Slow and Steady
A politely phrased request[1] was made on 25-08-2008 by Mike Chambers
for information about when normal service would resume in the Fedora
Project after the disruptions[1a]. Enigmatically Dominik 'Rathann'
Mierzejewski observed[2] that there had been "some speculation on
fedora-advisory-board that might explain the information blackout, so
please don't jump to conclusions until you really know what happened"
This led Chris Adams to observe that the list archives appeared to be
offline and to restate the request for information "[...] in the absence
of information, rumors and speculation fill the gap (which is not good)."
[1]
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2008-August/msg01102.html
[1a]
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue140#Mysterious_Fedora_Compromise
[2]
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2008-August/msg01122.html
Several days later (on 28-08-2008) a similar request was made[3] by Alan
Dunn. He wondered whether bodhi was pushing updates out again, and Josh
Boyer responded[4] that planning and implementation of "how to revoke
the current gpg key used to sign RPMs" were in progress. Jesse Keating
cautioned[5] that the migration to a new key would be slow "I'm
currently re-signing all of the 8 and 9 content with these new keys so
that we can make them available along with the new updates with the new
key for these product lines. This is going to take some time due to the
nature of how our signing works."
[3]
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2008-August/msg01308.html
[4]
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2008-August/msg01309.html
[5]
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2008-August/msg01310.html
A proposal mooted[6] on @rel-eng by Warren Togami and others provided
some insight into at least the part of the plans that involve the
problem of how to distribute a new package signing key.
[6] http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/rel-eng/2008-August/001627.html
"nodata" asked[7] whether the new plans included a means to push out
critical security updates even while there was a general outage. The
thinking behind this seems to be that an attacker could decide to knock
out Fedora infrastructure in order to gain some time to exploit a known
vulnerability even if a simple fix existed. Jesse Keating replied[8]
confidently that in such a scenario the Fedora Project would do
"whatever it takes [...] to get a critical update onto a public
webserver should the need arise" and cautioned against wasting time
trying to plan for every possible scenario. Toshio Kuratomi added[9]
that although it might be possible to speed up recovery "[...]
unfortunately if the infrastructure problem is bad enough, there's no
way we can push package X out until the problem is at least partially
resolved."
[7]
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2008-August/msg01313.html
[8]
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2008-August/msg01314.html
[9]
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2008-August/msg01316.html
On 27-08-2008 Paul Johnson noted that it was possible to "compose and
build" and asked "when will updates via yum become available for
rawhide?" Jeremy Katz responded[10] that "[a]t the moment, the compose
is falling over for new reasons unrelated to the infrastructure changes.
Hopefully we'll see a rawhide make its way out to the masses real soon now."
[10]
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2008-August/msg01249.html
Later Mike Chambers and Ola Thoresen reported[11] that updating from
Fedora 9 to Rawhide seemed to be working. Several Rawhide Reports also
appeared[12].
[11]
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2008-August/msg01350.html
[12]
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2008-August/msg01339.html
= Infrastructure =
This section contains the discussion happening on the
fedora-infrastructure-list
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Infrastructure
Contributing Writer: HuzaifaSidhpurwala
Some noteworty praise
Paul W. Frields writes for fedora-infrastructure-list [1]
Paul forwarded a mail [2] send by Tim Burke, who is the Director of
Linux Development inside Red Hat, praising the efforts of fedorans who
rose to the occasion to bring things back on track after the recent
incidents in Fedora infrastructure.
[1]
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-infrastructure-list/2008-August/ms...
[2]
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2008-August/msg01023.html
Maintaining a partial cvs workarea
Axel Thimm writes for fedora-infrastructure-list [3]
Axel described how he was keeping a partial check-out of packages, ie
the ones which he was maintaining. Now he would like to be able to cvs
up and have all updates flow in, but if he does do so cvs will want to
get all other thousand packages in. He is currently using a for loop
with pushd/popd, but this process is extremely slow. Axel asked if there
was a better way of doing this?
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15 years, 7 months
F9 install: anaconda fails: Unable to read package metadata.
by Colin Brace
Hi all,
I tried reinstalling F9 from the DVD on a new disk this afternoon, but
anaconda kept failing at the point when it started installing packages:
"Unable to read package metadata. This may be due to a missing repodate
directory. Please ensure that your install tree has been correctly
generated."
Bug-buddy was then launched at this point; there was no way of changing any
configuration, only rebooting. Eventually I installed F8, then tried
updating from the DVD. Still the same error. For the time being, I am
running F8 again.
Yes, I checked the media.
Any ideas what is going on here?
Thanks.
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15 years, 7 months
(no subject)
by landon kelsey
I have Fedora 9/KDE 4.0.5 and have used yum to get the latest updates!
Now some mysterious "software update" system is updating!
For example: One morning I woke up and I got a new kernel all of a sudden!
2.6.25.14-108.fc9.i686
I have looked everywhere to find a dialog to shut off this software updater!
Once such a dialog appeared and I selected NOT to make updates.
This didn't help!
I have found (logged in as root) settings->software updates dialog where I set everything to "do nothing"
I looked in system services and yumupdatesd or yum-updatesd does not appear!
I did find this out!
ps -ef|grep -i package
root 15885 1 0 13:55 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/packagekitd
landon4 15891 2711 0 13:59 pts/1 00:00:00 grep -i package
[landon4@localhost Timer]$
so something is running!
Thanks!
under settings->software updates I found a dialog that set "update" settings for some facility I've never heard of!
I suspect this sneaked in about 2-4 weeks ago! I noticed something running this morning!
I have set everything to do nothing so I'll see what happens!
I have had empty yum updates for a while now!
I did do the script:
yum clean all
yum clean metadata
yum clean dbcache
yum update
still yum update yields nothing
I brought up the software updates dialog and set updates to
all updates/hourly/notify
perhaps the package kit "add on" changed everything
______________________________________________________________
Is anybody getting yum updates in the last 2 weeks???
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15 years, 7 months
Ping KDE users
by Anne Wilson
I'm collecting some informal statistics to help the KDE usability group.
Could you please email me off-list with replies to the following questions:
In kickoff (the new-style menu), do you use
The favorites tab
The recently used tab
Neither
Both
Not use kickoff at all
Thanks for your help
Anne
15 years, 7 months
Re: Infrastructure report, 2008-08-22 UTC 1200
by David Both
Any information on the attack vector?
Paul W. Frields wrote:
> Last week we discovered that some Fedora servers were illegally
> accessed. The intrusion into the servers was quickly discovered, and the
> servers were taken offline.
>
> Security specialists and administrators have been working since then to
> analyze the intrusion and the extent of the compromise as well as
> reinstall Fedora systems. We are using the requisite outages as an
> opportunity to do other upgrades for the sake of functionality as well
> as security. Work is ongoing, so please be patient. Anyone with
> pertinent information relating to this event is asked to contact
> fedora-legal(a)redhat.com.
>
> One of the compromised Fedora servers was a system used for signing
> Fedora packages. However, based on our efforts, we have high confidence
> that the intruder was not able to capture the passphrase used to secure
> the Fedora package signing key. Based on our review to date, the
> passphrase was not used during the time of the intrusion on the system
> and the passphrase is not stored on any of the Fedora servers.
>
> While there is no definitive evidence that the Fedora key has been
> compromised, because Fedora packages are distributed via multiple
> third-party mirrors and repositories, we have decided to convert to new
> Fedora signing keys. This may require affirmative steps from every
> Fedora system owner or administrator. We will widely and clearly
> communicate any such steps to help users when available.
>
> Among our other analyses, we have also done numerous checks of the
> Fedora package collection, and a significant amount of source
> verification as well, and have found no discrepancies that would
> indicate any loss of package integrity. These efforts have also not
> resulted in the discovery of additional security vulnerabilities in
> packages provided by Fedora.
>
> Our previous warnings against further package updates were based on an
> abundance of caution, out of respect for our users. This is also why we
> are proceeding with plans to change the Fedora package signing key. We
> have already started planning and implementing other additional
> safeguards for the future. At this time we are confident there is little
> risk to Fedora users who wish to install or upgrade signed Fedora
> packages.
>
> In connection with these events, Red Hat, Inc. detected an intrusion of
> certain of its computer systems and has issued a communication to Red
> Hat Enterprise Linux users which can be found at
> http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0855.html. This communication
> states in part, "Last week Red Hat detected an intrusion on certain of
> its computer systems and took immediate action. While the investigation
> into the intrusion is on-going, our initial focus was to review and test
> the distribution channel we use with our customers, Red Hat Network
> (RHN) and its associated security measures. Based on these efforts, we
> remain highly confident that our systems and processes prevented the
> intrusion from compromising RHN or the content distributed via RHN and
> accordingly believe that customers who keep their systems updated using
> Red Hat Network are not at risk. We are issuing this alert primarily for
> those who may obtain Red Hat binary packages via channels other than
> those of official Red Hat subscribers."
>
> It is important to note that the effects of the intrusion on Fedora and
> Red Hat are *not* the same. Accordingly, the Fedora package signing key
> is not connected to, and is different from, the one used to sign Red Hat
> Enterprise Linux packages. Furthermore, the Fedora package signing key
> is also not connected to, and is different from, the one used to sign
> community Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux (EPEL) packages.
>
> We will continue to keep the Fedora community notified of any updates.
>
> Thank you again for your patience.
>
>
>
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15 years, 7 months
New windows open in background
by Matt Morgan
My 18 month-old was playing with the computer for a while, and now new
windows are opening in the background.
This is on Fedora 9. I googled this and searched the list, but can't find
any help. I'm not using the fancy new desktop stuff (compiz,
desktop-effects, whatever we call it). Any suggestions?
Thanks a lot,
Matt
15 years, 7 months
f9 fedora-ds -- setup-ds.pl hangs with "Server failed to start !!! Please check errors log for problems"
by Brian Neu
/var/log/dirsvr/slapd-hostname/errors just shows
[01/Sep/2008:15:59:50 -0400] - li_import_cache_autosize: 50, import_pages: 51200, pagesize: 4096
[01/Sep/2008:15:59:50 -0400] - WARNING: Import is running with nsslapd-db-private-import-mem on; No other process is allowed to access the database
[01/Sep/2008:15:59:50 -0400] - dblayer_instance_start: pagesize: 4096, pages: 518762, procpages: 7654
[01/Sep/2008:15:59:50 -0400] - cache autosizing: import cache: 204800k
[01/Sep/2008:15:59:50 -0400] - li_import_cache_autosize: 50, import_pages: 51200, pagesize: 4096
[01/Sep/2008:15:59:50 -0400] - import userRoot: Beginning import job...
[01/Sep/2008:15:59:50 -0400] - import userRoot: Index buffering enabled with bucket size 100
[01/Sep/2008:15:59:50 -0400] - import userRoot: Processing file "/tmp/ldifo4Cabj.ldif"
[01/Sep/2008:15:59:50 -0400] - import userRoot: Finished scanning file "/tmp/ldifo4Cabj.ldif" (9 entries)
[01/Sep/2008:15:59:50 -0400] - import userRoot: Workers finished; cleaning up...
[01/Sep/2008:15:59:50 -0400] - import userRoot: Workers cleaned up.
[01/Sep/2008:15:59:50 -0400] - import userRoot: Cleaning up producer thread...
[01/Sep/2008:15:59:50 -0400] - import userRoot: Indexing complete. Post-processing...
[01/Sep/2008:15:59:50 -0400] - import userRoot: Flushing caches...
[01/Sep/2008:15:59:50 -0400] - import userRoot: Closing files...
[01/Sep/2008:15:59:50 -0400] - All database threads now stopped
[01/Sep/2008:15:59:50 -0400] - import userRoot: Import complete. Processed 9 entries in 0 seconds. (inf entries/sec)
[01/Sep/2008:15:59:51 -0400] - Fedora-Directory/1.1.1 B2008.151.1915 starting up
the log file in /tmp doesn't seem to be any help either.
I've already uninstalled, and did
]# rm -fr /etc/dirsrv /var/lock/dirsrv /var/run/dirsrv /var/log/dirmngr
reinstalled -- same issue.
I'm really lost on this. I was hoping to avoid OpenLDAP, but I'm running out of time.
Hot diggity!!! Found an answer:
http://blog.adslweb.net/serendipity/article/244/Fedora-directory-server
I'm assuming I properly chown'd to nobody.nobody -- lemme know if this is wrong. It does seem to have worked. I stress the word "seem" though.
15 years, 7 months
More questions - OFF-LIST answers, please
by Anne Wilson
So that those who do not read the lists over the weekend are not excluded, I'm
keeping this poll open another 24 hours.
We've had some valuable answers so far. Please do keep them coming.
Anne
---------- Forwarded Message ----------
Subject: More questions - OFF-LIST answers, please
Date: Saturday 30 Aug 2008
From: Anne Wilson <cannewilson(a)googlemail.com>
To: For users of Fedora <fedora-list(a)redhat.com>
Thanks, everyone who has answered my original questions - and if you still
haven't, please do.
The team have asked if I can get more information, so that they can adequately
classify users and answers. Before I give you the questions, though, can I
say that my original post implied that I was only interested in KDE users.
That's not so. We're interested in the view of everyone who is using or has
used kickoff.
In order to make the answers more complete, we'd also like to know if your
wife/girlfriend/mother/grandmother/son/daughter has any experience of
kickoff, answering the same questions as before.
The additional information we'd like for each user is
What is your profession?
What is your technical proficiency level?
Which of the following age-bands do you fit into?
5-25 25-50 50+
Thank you once again for your help. The results are proving most interesting.
Anne
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Subject: Re: More questions - OFF-LIST answers, please
Date: Saturday 30 Aug 2008
From: "Patrick O'Callaghan" <pocallaghan(a)gmail.com>
To: "For users of Fedora" <fedora-list(a)redhat.com>
On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 1:42 PM, Anne Wilson <cannewilson(a)googlemail.com>
wrote:
> Thanks, everyone who has answered my original questions - and if you still
> haven't, please do.
>
> The team have asked if I can get more information, so that they can
adequately
> classify users and answers. Before I give you the questions, though, can I
> say that my original post implied that I was only interested in KDE users.
> That's not so. We're interested in the view of everyone who is using or has
> used kickoff.
>
> In order to make the answers more complete, we'd also like to know if your
> wife/girlfriend/mother/grandmother/son/daughter has any experience of
> kickoff, answering the same questions as before.
>
> The additional information we'd like for each user is
>
> What is your profession?
University professor (retired)
> What is your technical proficiency level?
30 years experience in Unix/Linux. Reasonable proficiency with KDE.
> Which of the following age-bands do you fit into?
>
> 5-25 25-50 50+
50+
poc
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Date: Sunday 31 Aug 2008
From: dexter <dex.mbox(a)googlemail.com>
To: For users of Fedora <fedora-list(a)redhat.com>
On Sat August 30 2008 19:12:17 Anne Wilson wrote:
> Thanks, everyone who has answered my original questions - and if you still
> haven't, please do.
>
> The team have asked if I can get more information, so that they can
> adequately classify users and answers. Before I give you the questions,
> though, can I say that my original post implied that I was only interested
> in KDE users. That's not so. We're interested in the view of everyone who
> is using or has used kickoff.
>
> In order to make the answers more complete, we'd also like to know if your
> wife/girlfriend/mother/grandmother/son/daughter has any experience of
> kickoff, answering the same questions as before.
>
> The additional information we'd like for each user is
>
> What is your profession?
>
> What is your technical proficiency level?
>
> Which of the following age-bands do you fit into?
>
> 5-25 25-50 50+
>
> Thank you once again for your help. The results are proving most
> interesting.
Oops, That's just crossed my "Don't leak personal shiznit online/3rd-parties
without some official looking privacy statement" I can't proceed any further.
...dex
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Date: Sunday 31 Aug 2008
From: Anne Wilson <cannewilson(a)googlemail.com>
To: "Community assistance, encouragement, and advice for using Fedora."
<fedora-list(a)redhat.com>
On Sunday 31 August 2008 20:00:20 dexter wrote:
> On Sat August 30 2008 19:12:17 Anne Wilson wrote:
> > Thanks, everyone who has answered my original questions - and if you
> > still haven't, please do.
> >
> > The team have asked if I can get more information, so that they can
> > adequately classify users and answers. Before I give you the questions,
> > though, can I say that my original post implied that I was only
> > interested in KDE users. That's not so. We're interested in the view of
> > everyone who is using or has used kickoff.
> >
> > In order to make the answers more complete, we'd also like to know if
> > your wife/girlfriend/mother/grandmother/son/daughter has any experience
> > of kickoff, answering the same questions as before.
> >
> > The additional information we'd like for each user is
> >
> > What is your profession?
> >
> > What is your technical proficiency level?
> >
> > Which of the following age-bands do you fit into?
> >
> > 5-25 25-50 50+
> >
> > Thank you once again for your help. The results are proving most
> > interesting.
>
> Oops, That's just crossed my "Don't leak personal shiznit
> online/3rd-parties without some official looking privacy statement" I can't
> proceed any further.
>
>
> ...dex
Entirely your choice, Dex. The details I pass back will not include your
name. The questions are designed to try to discover whether certain working
patterns are related to whether you are a computer professional, whether you
have a problem-solving profession, or maybe certain patterns fit certain age
groups.
I don't expect that everyone who answered the first set of questions will also
answer these, but the more that do answer, the better picture we will have of
who the KDE users are, and what their needs and expectations are.
Regards
Anne
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