Failed dependency check on update
by Howard Howell
Hi, everyone,
I just got a failed dependency check:
em8300-kmod-common >= 0.17.3 is needed by package
kmod-em8300-2.6.27.29-170.2.78.fc10.i686-0.17.3-1.fc10.2.i686
(rpmfusion-free-updates) : Success - empty transaction
So I am guessing that the kmod stuff is in flux right now. I seem to
remember seeing somewhere that it was changing. Is there a plan going
forward that someone might let us all know?
Regards,
Les H
14 years, 10 months
kmod-nvidia revisited
by Michael Hannon
Hi, folks. I just wanted to say a few (more) words about the kmod-nvidia
issue that I raised yesterday.
First, I apologize for hijacking a previous thread. I was just trying to grab
the address of the list. The deeper ramifications didn't occur to me at the
time.
Second, as several people have pointed out (thanks), the drivers for the new
kernel are now available. In fact, I discovered that they were already
available at the time I made my original post, but they evidently had not
propagated to the mirrors at that time. My version of
rpmfusion-nonfree-updates.repo has the "baseurl" commented out, thus using
only the mirrors by default. When I uncommented the baseurl line, I got the
update.
Third, I'd like to follow up on a comment made by Matthew Saltzman:
> If you install the akmod-nvidia package, it will rebuild the driver
> automatically when you boot a new kernel.
Given that flexibility and convenience, why even bother to have the binary
updates? Is this just to save people from having to install gcc (or similar)?
Fourth, I do realize that if the new kernel is inconsistent with the current
video driver, then booting with the old kernel will fix, or at least work
around, the video problem. But in some cases the kernel gets patched for
security reasons. Maybe I'm overreacting, but I'd rather put up with having
inferior video output for a while than to risk having my system get infected.
Thanks for all of your comments.
-- Mike
14 years, 10 months
Intel DX58S0 (i7) motherboard and pci=nommconf
by Frank Cox
I asked about this the other day with no response so I'll bring it up again,
and include some detail that may be useful to others.
This computer is has an Intel i7-940 CPU and a DX58S0 motherboard. I have
updated it to the latest bios that's available from Intel's website.
With the default Fedora 11 installation, it will hang up on a warm boot. When
it boots normally it shows a quick "Intel" splash screen, the Grub, then loads
Fedora 11. If I warm boot it, most of the time it hangs up either right before
or right after the Intel splash screen, with a black screen and a flashing
cursor at the top left-hand side.
If I cold-boot it (turn the machine off for a minute then turn it back on) it
boots up and works fine.
After much experimenting I have discovered that this problem seems to go away
(at least so far) if I put "pci=nommconf" into my grub.conf file.
Therefore, if anyone else has one of these motherboards, you might want to try
"pci=nommconf" and see if that solves the problem.
I still don't completely understand what it is that I am giving up or changing
by using pci=nommconf. This computer appears to perform just as well with that
line as without it. So what is the advantage of pci=mmconf (the default)
versus pci=nommconf? Or are we just looking at two different routes to the
same destination?
--
MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Melville Sask ~ http://www.melvilletheatre.com
14 years, 10 months
Re: Are you being heard?
by Hiisi
> KDE4 has a big and growing user base. When it was first introduced,
> things
> where a bit sharp at the edges, but by now it is a very powerful and
> beautiful
> desktop environment. People who like traditional, Windows-like
desktops
> can
> use Gnome, XFCE or other. Nevertheless, I hear that Windows-, OSX- and
> Gnome-
> developers are seriously contemplating the idea of going the KDE4-way,
> and I
> think it is just a matter of time when all desktop environments begin
> working
> in this fashion. KDE4 just did it first, and will probably be the best
> and most
> mature in the long run.
>
> Best, :-)
> Marko
>
Reading that I decided to run the following command:
# yum groupinstall kde*
Advertisement just works. Always!
--
Hiisi.
Registered Linux User #487982. Be counted at: http://counter.li.org/
14 years, 10 months
Booting with the uncompressed image (vmlinux)
by Mani
Hello,
I am trying to install and boot kernel with the uncompressed image. Actually
I want to use the Kdump module for debugging. As per the document below
http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/www.dedoimedo.com-kdump-tutorial-lm.pdf
the crash kernel (secondary kernel) used by the Kdump needs to have the
uncompressed image named 'vmlinux' and not 'vmlinuz'.
I copied the 'vmlinux' image from /usr/src/linux (folder where source code
for the crash kernel resides) to /boot and renamed it
as vmlinux-2.6.25.14-kdump
Modified grub.conf as mentioned below (LILO is not used)
title Fedora (2.6.25.14-kdump)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinux-2.6.25.14-kdump ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00
initrd /initrd-2.6.25.14-kdump.img
When I reboot into this kernel, I get the following error:
"Error 13: Invalid or unsupported exectable format"
It may be because bzImage is expected. How do I may it work? Please advise
me on this. I am pretty new to Linux environment.
Thank you.
--
Regards,
Mani
14 years, 10 months
Problem while displaying flash
by Shrikant
Hi,
I am running FC11.
I have started facing a strange problem recently. Whenever I am accessing
a web page with flash or media players like xine / VLC, the screen
distorts and you can not read anything. Once you close the program or
move to another normal web page the display returns to normal.
I tried re-installing flash plug-in but the problem remained same.
can somebody help me to resolve this issue ?
Shrikant
14 years, 10 months
FC11 Sound gets disabled automatically after 10 to 15 min.
by Jatin K
Dear all
I'm facing a stranger problem of sound in fedora 11 , when I play music
player or see on-line video after 10 to 15 min. sound goes away .. no
sound any more , and then I needed to restart the system ... now again
it works for 10 to 15 min. the same problem occurs again.
what could be the problem ?? please help me to resolve this issue
14 years, 10 months
editing files owned by root
by Mick M.
Hi;
I am running a fully updated F11/KDE x64 box.
It seems to me that I used to be able to surf my filesysten as a user.
Find a file owned by 'root' and edit it.
Then either at the start or end of the edit (save), I would be asked for roots password.
Now I can edit a file owned by root, but cannot save it.
No prompt for password is given.
e.g. using dolphin defaults to 'gedit' then 'save' :
Could not save the file /etc/pulse/daemon.conf.
You do not have the permissions necessary to save the file. Please check that you typed the location correctly and try again.
Is this configuable/fixable:
I can of course sudo but not in a gui.
Mick M.
Standard guarantee applies - 30 feet or 30 seconds, whichever comes first.
14 years, 10 months
Package kit misses update of i586 package on x86_64 system but yum does not
by Richard Shaw
I not have had a situation where a Packagekit based update failed
during transaction testing because it attempted to update the x86_64
package but not the i586 package. When I do a yum update from the
terminal it downloads the additional packages Packagekit missed and
updates successfully.
Before I turn in a bug report, is there anything I'm missing?
Thanks,
Richard
System specs:
Fedora 11 x86_64
AMD X2 7750
2GB Memory
14 years, 10 months