Fedora 12 KDE live CD Password
by Rahul Tidke
Hello,
I was eager to try F12 live CD; but I am unable to login to fedora 12 KDE
live cd (i686). What is the password for user "liveuser"? Why does a live CD
requires username & password?
Thank you.
Regards,
Rahul Tidke
14 years, 5 months
Assistance finding out what process is writing to the disk drive
by jnissley@nissley.org
Thanks for the IOTOP command. It does not show me much in this case. I
do not know what is causing the disk drive light to stay on now. The
disk drive light works fine until about 5 minutes after boot up. then
the hard drive light goes crazy and stays on solid. I can not really
tell if the the hard drive is really in use but according to IOTOP it is
not being used.
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14 years, 5 months
installing fedora packages on RHEL -- how bad the craziness?
by Robert P. J. Day
actually, this is technically about installing fedora packages on
centos 5.4 but, obviously, the same issues apply. and i asked about
this on the centos list but i'd like the fedora perspective as well.
the short version -- someone running centos 5.4 needs a fairly new
version of poppler-utils for "pdftohtml". the current version of that
package is 0.5.4, and there is (AFAICT) no updated version.
that package is currently up at version 0.12:
http://poppler.freedesktop.org/. for this person's software to work,
his centos box *must* have a newer version of poppler-utils than what
is currently available for centos 5.4.
apparently, the problem was solved by (yeesh) installing a newer
version package in the form of a fedora rpm. how the heck does *that*
work? wouldn't that make a mess of the package history? i imagine i
would need, what, --nodeps and --ignorearch? but is there a better
way to do this? i simply don't see a newer centos/rhel package, which
would be the obvious solution.
rday
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14 years, 5 months
F12 Upgrade: Rebooting Over, and over, and....
by Chris
As the topic says, I updated last night and this morning I rebooted (new kernel) and all my box does is go off into reboot oblivion.
Any help would be appreciated. Else, a reinstall from media tonight and possibly NOT install the new kernel?
On another not - The tip on not using 3rd part sources (for the Flash install of F12/64). While I knew this already, still worth mentioning!
Thank all for your help thus far.
Regards,
Chris
No sig due to rebooting box - Wheeee!
14 years, 5 months
Adobe AIR not install on F12 x86_64
by Sergio Augusto Vladisauskis
I try install Adobe AIR for applications but not show install window.
I install any libs i686 but no window show.
Someone help me?
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14 years, 5 months
ath5k access point in Fedora 12
by James Allsopp
Hi,
has anyone had any joy getting an atheros card working in Master mode in
Fedora 12. All the options in the networking and network-script directories
say Mode=Master but it won't start. The error on bringing wlan0 up is;
Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :
SET failed on device wlan0 ; Invalid argument.
Failing this, is there an easy way to install madwifi, as I had trouble
finding a repository with the atheros drivers in.
People are also talking about compat-wireless, but a yum search reveals
nothing in the repositories. Also is there a way of finding out in fedora
what options were used to compile the kernel.
Thanks,
James
14 years, 5 months
Flash for my new F12/64 install
by Chris
Greetings again,
Would appreciate some advice on installing Flash for Firefox.
TIA
--
Best regards,
Chris
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14 years, 5 months
PLaying .ram files in F12 with kaffeine crashes with a xine error message
by Joachim Backes
Hi,
Trying to play some .ram files with kaffeine crashes with the error message:
"xine is asking to seek behind the end of the data stream"
The line in the ram file is exactly:
rtsp://mmlstreamerb.rhrk.uni-kl.de/mml/Neunzert_Werth.rm
Additionally, getting some weird error popup window (see attachment)
rpm -q xine-lib
xine-lib-1.1.16.3-4.fc12.i686
Any solution for this problem?
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14 years, 5 months
How to record internal sound on f11 w/audacity
by Gene Smith
I managed to figure this out using f? several releases back but have
been unable to determine how to record internal sounds (e.g., while
listen to ogg file with xmms heard on speakers) using audacity. I have
the default f11 sound setup (pulse?) and my "sound card" is built-in to
motherboard type via8237 I think (as shown on mixer kde applet, or
possibly ac'97, not sure what it's called). Any pointer appreciated.
-gene
P/s: I am able to edit exiting ogg and/or mp3 file in audacity by simply
running the file, no problem with that.
14 years, 5 months
Weird yum remove *.*86
by Eric Springer
Notice how it tries to remove the 64 bit usbutils. This does not
happen with 'yum remove *.i586' (it's identical except for that 1
package)
[root@fedz ~]# yum remove *.*86
Loaded plugins: presto
Setting up Remove Process
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package alsa-lib.i686 0:1.0.21-3.fc12 set to be erased
---> Package cyrus-sasl-lib.i686 0:2.1.23-4.fc12 set to be erased
---> Package db4.i686 0:4.7.25-13.fc12 set to be erased
---> Package dbus-libs.i686 1:1.2.16-8.fc12 set to be erased
---> Package expat.i686 0:2.0.1-7 set to be erased
---> Package flac.i686 0:1.2.1-6.fc12 set to be erased
---> Package freetype.i686 0:2.3.9-6.fc12 set to be erased
---> Package glibc.i686 0:2.11-2 set to be erased
---> Package jack-audio-connection-kit.i686 0:0.118.0-1.fc12 set to be erased
---> Package keyutils-libs.i686 0:1.2-6.fc12 set to be erased
---> Package krb5-libs.i686 0:1.7-8.fc12 set to be erased
---> Package lcms-libs.i686 0:1.18-3.fc12 set to be erased
---> Package libICE.i686 0:1.0.6-1.fc12 set to be erased
---> Package libSM.i686 0:1.1.0-7.fc12 set to be erased
---> Package libX11.i686 0:1.3-1.fc12 set to be erased
---> Package libXau.i686 0:1.0.5-1.fc12 set to be erased
---> Package libXdamage.i686 0:1.1.2-1.fc12 set to be erased
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---> Package libXfixes.i686 0:4.0.4-1.fc12 set to be erased
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---> Package libXtst.i686 0:1.0.99.2-3.fc12 set to be erased
---> Package libXxf86vm.i686 0:1.1.0-1.fc12 set to be erased
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---> Package libattr.i686 0:2.4.43-4.fc12 set to be erased
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---> Package mesa-dri-drivers.i686 0:7.6-0.13.fc12 set to be erased
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---> Package ncurses-libs.i686 0:5.7-3.20090207.fc12 set to be erased
---> Package nss-mdns.i686 0:0.10-8.fc12 set to be erased
---> Package nss-softokn-freebl.i686 0:3.12.4-10.fc12 set to be erased
---> Package openldap.i686 0:2.4.18-5.fc12 set to be erased
---> Package openssl.i686 0:1.0.0-0.13.beta4.fc12 set to be erased
---> Package readline.i686 0:6.0-3.fc12 set to be erased
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---> Package wine-twain.i686 0:1.1.32-1.fc12 set to be erased
---> Package zlib.i686 0:1.2.3-23.fc12 set to be erased
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Dependencies Resolved
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Package Arch Version
Repository Size
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Removing:
alsa-lib i686 1.0.21-3.fc12
installed 1.1 M
cyrus-sasl-lib i686 2.1.23-4.fc12
installed 336 k
db4 i686 4.7.25-13.fc12
installed 1.5 M
dbus-libs i686 1:1.2.16-8.fc12
installed 278 k
expat i686 2.0.1-7
installed 188 k
flac i686 1.2.1-6.fc12
installed 716 k
freetype i686 2.3.9-6.fc12
installed 787 k
glibc i686 2.11-2
installed 14 M
jack-audio-connection-kit i686 0.118.0-1.fc12
installed 493 k
keyutils-libs i686 1.2-6.fc12
installed 32 k
krb5-libs i686 1.7-8.fc12
installed 1.6 M
lcms-libs i686 1.18-3.fc12
installed 221 k
libICE i686 1.0.6-1.fc12
installed 112 k
libSM i686 1.1.0-7.fc12
installed 41 k
libX11 i686 1.3-1.fc12
installed 1.2 M
libXau i686 1.0.5-1.fc12
installed 31 k
libXdamage i686 1.1.2-1.fc12
installed 18 k
libXext i686 1.1-1.fc12
installed 77 k
libXfixes i686 4.0.4-1.fc12
installed 29 k
libXi i686 1.3-1.fc12
installed 57 k
libXrender i686 0.9.5-1.fc12
installed 44 k
libXtst i686 1.0.99.2-3.fc12
installed 35 k
libXxf86vm i686 1.1.0-1.fc12
installed 28 k
libasyncns i686 0.8-1.fc12
installed 51 k
libattr i686 2.4.43-4.fc12
installed 16 k
libavc1394 i686 0.5.3-9.fc12
installed 93 k
libcap i686 2.16-5.fc12
installed 52 k
libcap-ng i686 0.6.2-3.fc12
installed 43 k
libcom_err i686 1.41.9-5.fc12
installed 53 k
libdrm i686 2.4.15-4.fc12
installed 112 k
libexif i686 0.6.16-4.fc12
installed 655 k
libfreebob i686 1.0.11-6.fc12
installed 434 k
libgcc i686 4.4.2-7.fc12
installed 144 k
libgphoto2 i686 2.4.7-2.fc12
installed 4.1 M
libiec61883 i686 1.2.0-3.fc12
installed 80 k
libjpeg i686 6b-46.fc12
installed 280 k
libogg i686 2:1.1.4-2.fc12
installed 29 k
libraw1394 i686 2.0.4-1.fc12
installed 118 k
libselinux i686 2.0.87-1.fc12
installed 120 k
libstdc++ i686 4.4.2-7.fc12
installed 960 k
libtool-ltdl i686 2.2.6-15.fc12
installed 62 k
libusb i686 0.1.12-22.fc12
installed 51 k
libuuid i686 2.16-10.3.fc12
installed 14 k
libvorbis i686 1:1.2.3-3.fc12
installed 1.2 M
libxcb i686 1.4-1.fc12
installed 450 k
libxml2 i686 2.7.6-1.fc12
installed 1.7 M
mesa-dri-drivers i686 7.6-0.13.fc12
installed 6.1 M
mesa-libGL i686 7.6-0.13.fc12
installed 574 k
mesa-libGLU i686 7.6-0.13.fc12
installed 436 k
ncurses-libs i686 5.7-3.20090207.fc12
installed 688 k
nss-mdns i686 0.10-8.fc12
installed 64 k
nss-softokn-freebl i686 3.12.4-10.fc12
installed 276 k
openldap i686 2.4.18-5.fc12
installed 681 k
openssl i686 1.0.0-0.13.beta4.fc12
installed 3.4 M
readline i686 6.0-3.fc12
installed 386 k
sqlite i686 3.6.17-1.fc12
installed 608 k
tcp_wrappers-libs i686 7.6-56.fc12
installed 123 k
usbutils x86_64 0.86-2.fc12
installed 116 k
wine-capi i686 1.1.32-1.fc12
installed 79 k
wine-cms i686 1.1.32-1.fc12
installed 118 k
wine-core i686 1.1.32-1.fc12
installed 68 M
wine-ldap i686 1.1.32-1.fc12
installed 324 k
wine-twain i686 1.1.32-1.fc12
installed 205 k
zlib i686 1.2.3-23.fc12
installed 135 k
Transaction Summary
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Remove 64 Package(s)
Reinstall 0 Package(s)
Downgrade 0 Package(s)
Is this ok [y/N]:
14 years, 5 months