FC10 Kernel PANIC ... Odd
by Ashley M. Kirchner
I did a clean FC10 install on a server today. The installation
itself went without a hitch, the system rebooted and came back up. I
logged in, admired the new graphics and then decided to run updates.
When all the updates were done installing, I hit a restart only to
be presented with a kernel PANIC. It won't boot. And at the time, I
didn't have any means of capturing the message either. It was very short,
a one liner at the top of the screen, something with ld.so...yaddi yaddi
yadda.
Ok, this is why we have a rescue option, right? So I booted from
the DVD, went into rescue mode and looked at what kernel was installed.
Much to my surprise, the latest kernel was installed (from the updates),
however it was the .i586 version. Odd, this machine has never run an
i586 package that I can remember. It's either an .i386 or an .i686, but
never .i586. Could that have been the problem? Hmm, let's try ...
I force installed the .i686 version of the kernel and kernel-devel
packages and rebooted. Tada! It worked and came up beautifully.
Inquiring minds want to know: why did the update install an .i586
version (when an .i686 version was available)? The machine has a dual
core 3.4GHz Intel processor in it. Through all of FC7, FC8, and FC9 I've
never had problems upgrading the kernel and have never seen it install an
.i586 ... till today. And that failed miserably.
Should it have been able to boot the .i586?
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IT Director / SysAdmin / WebSmith . 800.441.3873 x130
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15 years, 4 months
Re: ftp question
by Jake Walters
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Are you using vsftpd with virtual users on the server? If so make sure
you have the guest_user and no_priv option turned on in
/etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf. Something like;
nopriv_user=vsftpd
chroot_local_user=YES
guest_enable=YES
guest_username=vsftpd
local_root=/var/ftp/$USER
adrian kok wrote:
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| When I change this file /etc/passwd
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| from /home/userA to /ftp/userA
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| eg:
| userA:x:502:502::/ftp/userA:/bin/bash
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| After change this passwd file, I can't logon as ftp
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| but ssh is fine
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| Thank you
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15 years, 4 months
ftp question
by adrian kok
Hi
When I change this file /etc/passwd
from /home/userA to /ftp/userA
eg:
userA:x:502:502::/ftp/userA:/bin/bash
After change this passwd file, I can't logon as ftp
but ssh is fine
Thank you
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15 years, 4 months
Re: Firefox 3.05 attempting to execute code on stack
by Bryn M. Reeves
Dave Feustel wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 07, 2009 at 03:14:39PM +0000, Bryn M. Reeves wrote:
>> Dave Feustel wrote:
>>> On Wed, Jan 07, 2009 at 02:54:06PM +0000, Bryn M. Reeves wrote:
>>>> Dave Feustel wrote:
>>>>> SELinux is reporting attempts by Firefox 3.05-1 to execute code
>>>>> on the stack on 32-bit f9. Time for a Firefox upgrade?
>>>>>
>>>> Java plugin?
>>>>
>>>> Bryn.
>>> I have no idea. Maybe something to do with Flash.
>> Possibly, although I doubt it - I've never seen a flash plugin that
>> attempted this but I have seen a number of JVMs do it (I assume it's
>> something to do with jit), mostly older ones iirc, so it's probably
>> worth checking for updates if you have a JRE installed that's not part
>> of the distribution.
>>
>> Bryn.
>
> The offending file is a plugin called npviewer. Java was updated
> yesterday. I think this was activated as a result of my attempts
> to get Flash working with Firefox.
Fedora wraps all browser plugins with nppluginwrapper now - you need to
find out what plugin that instance of npviewer was executing in order to
know who to blame.
Bryn.
15 years, 4 months
NetworkManager: IP address == Broadcast address?
by Patrick Lists
Hi,
Problem: Internet via a Nokia from a laptop with F10 x86_64 does not (no
longer?) work. Assigned IP address on laptop is the same as the
broadcast address.
A laptop with up-to-date Fedora 10 x86_64, NetworkManager version
0.7.0-0.12.svn4326, a Nokia E71 and a USB cable for use between the
Nokia and the laptop. The Nokia has a working permanent GPRS Internet
connection. Steps I do to setup a link between the laptop and Nokia:
1) I added the T-Mobile mobile broadband profile in NetworkManager
2) I plug the USB cable into the phone and laptop and select "PC Suite"
on the phone when asked
3) I select the T-Mobile profile in NetworkManager
4) NM starts chewing and reports after a few secs that a connection has
been setup
Result:
Internet no longer works on the Nokia nor from the laptop via the Nokia.
In NetworkManager I select "Connection Information" and notice that the
IP address and Broadcast address are the same. Pings fail except to the
public IP address assigned to the laptop.
Question:
Is this a bug? I'm no IP addressing expert so IP address == broadcast
address might be valid.
FWIW I think this used to work fine when I initially did a fresh install
of F10 on the laptop.
In /var/log/messages I see:
ifcfg-fedora: error: Missing or invalid IP4 prefix '0'
Here is some more logging when setting up a connection:
Jan 6 13:52:51 localhost kernel: usb 3-1: Product: Nokia E71
Jan 6 13:52:51 localhost kernel: usb 3-1: Manufacturer: Nokia
Jan 6 13:52:51 localhost NetworkManager: <info> ttyACM0: driver is
'cdc_acm'.
Jan 6 13:52:51 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Found new Modem device
'ttyACM0'.
Jan 6 13:52:51 localhost NetworkManager: <info> (ttyACM0): exported as
/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_421_ab_noserial_if0_5_serial_unknown_0
Jan 6 13:52:55 localhost NetworkManager: <info> (ttyACM0): device
state change: 1 -> 2
Jan 6 13:52:55 localhost NetworkManager: <info> (ttyACM0):
deactivating device (reason: 2).
Jan 6 13:52:55 localhost NetworkManager:
nm_system_device_flush_ip4_routes_with_iface: assertion `iface_idx >= 0'
failed
Jan 6 13:52:55 localhost NetworkManager:
nm_system_device_flush_ip4_addresses_with_iface: assertion `iface_idx >=
0' failed
Jan 6 13:52:55 localhost NetworkManager: <info> (ttyACM0): device
state change: 2 -> 3
Jan 6 13:53:34 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Activation (ttyACM0)
starting connection 'T-Mobile '
Jan 6 13:53:34 localhost NetworkManager: <info> (ttyACM0): device
state change: 3 -> 4
Jan 6 13:53:34 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Activation (ttyACM0)
Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) scheduled...
Jan 6 13:53:34 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Activation (ttyACM0)
Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) started...
Jan 6 13:53:34 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Activation (ttyACM0)
Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) complete.
Jan 6 13:53:34 localhost NetworkManager: <info> (ttyACM0): powering up...
Jan 6 13:53:34 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Registered on Home network
Jan 6 13:53:34 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Associated with
network: +COPS: 0,2,"20416",2
Jan 6 13:53:36 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Connected, Woo!
Jan 6 13:53:36 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Activation (ttyACM0)
Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) scheduled...
Jan 6 13:53:36 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Activation (ttyACM0)
Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) starting...
Jan 6 13:53:36 localhost NetworkManager: <info> (ttyACM0): device
state change: 4 -> 5
Jan 6 13:53:36 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Starting pppd connection
Jan 6 13:53:36 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Activation (ttyACM0)
Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) complete.
Jan 6 13:53:36 localhost pppd[23152]: Plugin
/usr/lib64/pppd/2.4.4/nm-pppd-plugin.so loaded.
Jan 6 13:53:36 localhost pppd[23152]: pppd 2.4.4 started by root, uid 0
Jan 6 13:53:36 localhost pppd[23152]: Using interface ppp0
Jan 6 13:53:36 localhost pppd[23152]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyACM0
Jan 6 13:53:37 localhost NetworkManager: <info> (ttyACM0): device
state change: 5 -> 6
Jan 6 13:53:37 localhost pppd[23152]: PAP authentication succeeded
Jan 6 13:53:37 localhost NetworkManager: <info> (ttyACM0): device
state change: 6 -> 7
Jan 6 13:53:37 localhost pppd[23152]: local IP address 94.157.47.76
Jan 6 13:53:37 localhost pppd[23152]: remote IP address 10.6.6.6
Jan 6 13:53:37 localhost pppd[23152]: primary DNS address 193.67.79.39
Jan 6 13:53:37 localhost pppd[23152]: secondary DNS address 193.79.237.39
Jan 6 13:53:37 localhost NetworkManager: <info> PPP manager(IP Config
Get) reply received.
Jan 6 13:53:37 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Activation (ttyACM0)
Stage 4 of 5 (IP Configure Get) scheduled...
Jan 6 13:53:37 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Activation (ttyACM0)
Stage 4 of 5 (IP Configure Get) started...
Jan 6 13:53:37 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Activation (ttyACM0)
Stage 5 of 5 (IP Configure Commit) scheduled...
Jan 6 13:53:37 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Activation (ttyACM0)
Stage 4 of 5 (IP Configure Get) complete.
Jan 6 13:53:37 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Activation (ttyACM0)
Stage 5 of 5 (IP Configure Commit) started...
Jan 6 13:53:38 localhost NetworkManager: <info> (ttyACM0): device
state change: 7 -> 8
Jan 6 13:53:39 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Policy set 'T-Mobile '
(ppp0) as default for routing and DNS.
Jan 6 13:53:39 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Activation (ttyACM0)
successful, device activated.
Jan 6 13:53:39 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Activation (ttyACM0)
Stage 5 of 5 (IP Configure Commit) complete.
Jan 6 13:53:39 localhost nm-dispatcher.action: Script
'/etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/04-iscsi' exited with error status 1.
Jan 6 13:54:52 localhost NetworkManager: <info> (ttyACM0): device
state change: 8 -> 3
Jan 6 13:54:52 localhost NetworkManager: <info> (ttyACM0):
deactivating device (reason: 39).
Any idea?
Thanks,
Patrick
15 years, 4 months
Fedora 9, OpenOffice 3 and Arial Black
by Nicolae Ghimbovschi
Hello,
I have on a machine Fedora 9 where I have installed OpenOffice from
openoffice.org. Also on that machine I have installed ms core truetype
fonts.
I installed the truetype fonts in /usr/share/fonts/ttfonts/ttf and
the Type1 fonts in /usr/share/fonts/ttfonts/Type1.
After, I run in both these dirs: mkfontscale, mkfontdir, ttmkfdir and
fc-cache -fv.
The problem is when I open a .doc file which is using Arial Black
font, it looks as it is simple Arial and not Arial Black
While doing the same thing in Fedora 10 (using the default openoffice
3). Arial Black looks as it should.
Does anybody have a clue what might be wrong ?
How different are openoffice builds distributed by openoffice.org from
those distributed by the fedora community ?
Thank you !
15 years, 4 months
F10 -- Failure to create ./resolv.conf.predhclient.eth0
by McGuffey, David C.
Finally got some time to install F10 yesterday. Wiped away a working F7
install to do so. Selected dhcp to get up and running, and all worked
A-OK. After the first reboot, I went back to configure static
addressing on eth0.
The operation failed and I received an SELinux alert that stated:
"SELinux is preventing mv (dhcp_t) "create" to
./resolv.conf.predhclient.eth0 (net_conf_t).
The SELinux recommendation was to execute:
restorecon -v './resolv.conf.predhclient.eth0'
That operation failed with a file not found message.
A search of the filesystem did not turn up a copy of the
file...anywhere. So...there is no file for mv to use as the source.
I reconfigured and went back to dhcp, but that fails. I now have no
network connectivity with either dhcp or static addressing.
Any ideas?
BTW, from first glance, I really like F10.
Dave McGuffey
Principal Information System Security Engineer // NSA-IEM, NSA-IAM
SAIC, IISBU, Columbia, MD
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15 years, 4 months
Flash player with Fedora 9
by Jerry Ro
hi,
did anyone manager to install a flash player on fedora 9 with firefox?
I followed the exact instructions from fedora (when it told me "install
flash driver") and downloaded an rpm they suggested, installed it using YUM,
but it still won't work. (did it as root.)
this is what happens when i try to run yum again on the package (at first it
installed it, now after it is installed:)
[root@localhost jer]# yum install adobe-release-i386-1.0-1.noarch.rpm
Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit
updates-newkey | 2.3 kB
00:00
fedora | 2.4 kB
00:00
updates | 2.6 kB
00:00
adobe-linux-i386 | 951 B
00:00
primary.xml.gz | 10 kB
00:00
adobe-linux-i386 17/17
Setting up Install Process
Parsing package install arguments
Examining adobe-release-i386-1.0-1.noarch.rpm:
adobe-release-i386-1.0-1.noarch
adobe-release-i386-1.0-1.noarch.rpm: does not update installed package.
Nothing to do
which makes me believe it is installed.
any ideas?
thanks.
15 years, 4 months