Did I really install Kmod-Nvidia ?
by gilpel@altern.org
There are all sorts of instructions as to how to install Kmod-Nvidia on
Fedora, but I thought yum would do a better job of guessing my
configuration (x86_64, 9400 GT) to get the most up-to-date correct package
and getting everything right. So, I just typed:
yum install kmod-nvidia
Now, /etc/X11/xorg.conf looks like this:
# Xorg configuration created by livna-config-display
Section "Files"
ModulePath "/usr/lib64/xorg/modules/extensions/nvidia"
ModulePath "/usr/lib64/xorg/modules"
EndSection
Section "ServerFlags"
Option "AIGLX" "on"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "nvidia"
Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
EndSection
Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection
The file is only a few minutes old... So, I suppose it's a new config for
the Kmod driver. But the process was so transparent, I can't help but
wonder if all those modifications to the kernel that I read about in the
doc have been made.
If so, why not provide the documentation that all that is needed is to
type the yum command?
The Nouveau driver worked very well and, since I'm not too sure I'll
install 3D, maybe I could have kept it. But my screen kept blanking once
in a while for a few seconds. This happened with my previous computer too
-- it had an old ATI card, the same monitor and a very standard open
source driver for ATI -- but not so often and not for so long: it was just
a quick blank. I thought this might fix the problem.
Also, I intend to install a TV card and, it anything doesn't work, I'm sure
the first suggestion from Nvidia will be to install their driver. As the
material I buy is only on a one week money back guarantee, I prefer to
make sure everything works in advance.
Also, as it often happens when I download new packages, there was a socket
error and a long (~ 1-2 min) halt before another server took over. (I
forgot to save the console screen before I rebooted, but the name
"liberty" was part of it.)
After the installation finished, the rx/tx light of the modem began
flashing very fast as if there was a download occuring... or maybe an
upload if some information on the installation has to be sent back to
rpmfusion or nvidia.
No indication of what was going on appeared onscreen. Is this anything to
be concerned about? Any idea What this transfer was about?
5 years, 10 months
Re: Getting more juice from a preamp?
by Antonio Olivares
--- On Sat, 7/11/09, gilpel(a)altern.org <gilpel(a)altern.org> wrote:
> From: gilpel(a)altern.org <gilpel(a)altern.org>
> Subject: Getting more juice from a preamp?
> To: fedora-list(a)redhat.com
> Date: Saturday, July 11, 2009, 10:34 PM
> I listen to sound on my system with
> headphones, so I only use the preamp.
>
> This aft, I was watching this feature on the cause of
> Beethoven's death:
>
> http://www.radio-canada.ca/emissions/decouverte/2008-2009/Reportage.asp?i...
>
> but the sound is a bit weak. You don't miss anything, but
> you feel you
> have to be very attentive. Maybe they wanted to make you
> feel like you're
> getting deaf yourself :)
>
> I checked alsamixer, but volume control is maxed out. Is
> there any other
> control somewhere else? Anything in alsactl or pulseaudio,
> for instance?
>
> Thnaks!
>
> --
Try the following:
$ alsamixer -c0
then
$ pavucontrol
after adjusting those to your preference save your settings with
$ su -c '/sbin/alsactl store'
put in your password and settings should be saved for next reboot, ***unless*** an update(s) breaks your configuration and let us hope that those things don't happen :)
Regards,
Antonio
5 years, 10 months
Problems with 3COM 3C900Combo
by Christian Moller
Hi all Fedora users,
I have just joined this list. I am running the latest Fedora but I can't get
my 3C900Combo networking card to work. I can see that the card is installed
but no IP-address is asigned to it and I can't set it. So I think that there
is a bug in that driver. Any other user out there who have a solution for
this?
Best regards and thanks,
Christian
5 years, 10 months
RAGE XL Framebuffer
by Yanick Quirion
Hi all
I know that is not a specific question about Fedora, but I can't find answer on the kernel mailing list.
Is somebody having server with integrated ATI RAGE XL video card? Is it possible to patch the kernel to support this video card? If I add VGA=791 in my grub.conf, I will have a resolution of 1024x768 which is good, but the display is very slow (especially when the screen is scrolling). If I use I this: "video=aty128fb:1024x768@70" it will not work. I'm using kernel 2.4.22 but I will try 2.6.0-test11 today.
If somebody has a patch, a link or anything else that can help me, it will be appreciated.
Thanks for your help.
Regards,
-----------
Yanick Quirion
Administrateur Réseau/Network Manager
NEOKIMIA INC.
Institut de Pharmacologie de Sherbrooke
3e étage (Édifice Z5)
3001 12e avenue Nord
Sherbrooke, Québec
CANADA
J1H 5N4
Tél.: +1 819 820-6040
Direct: +1 819 820-6855
Fax.: +1 819 820-6841
email: Yanick.Quirion(a)neokimia.com
5 years, 10 months
Soundblaster
by Antonio Montagnani
I have two similar PC (old Pentium but workin fine)
In Pc no.1 I upgraded from RH8 to Fedora and it went fine: Soundblaster
is working fine
In Pc no.2 I made a fresh installation but in redhat-sound-config Fedora
doesn't see any card, that was working on Redhat 9 after soundconfig...
Where is the trick?? I assume that my Sounblaster is an old 16...but
fine on a router/firewall.
Tnx
Antonio
5 years, 10 months
What happened to floppy drive support?
by n2xssvv.g02gfr12930
I've been using a floppy boot disk as reserve if my HD boot fails, But
it appears floppy support as now been removed. Why? Then how can I
create an emergency media that is flexible enough to be updated as required?
JB
7 years, 9 months
way to flush /var/log/message
by Paul Allen Newell
Hello:
Is there a way to flush output to /etc/log/message so a tail -f catches
things when they happen rather than what I think I am seeing as a buffer
hold-until-full delay?
Thanks in advance,
Paul
8 years, 9 months
Adobe no longer maintaining yum repo for flash-plugin
by Andre Robatino
Sorry for the off-topic post, but I'm not sure what else to do. The Flash plugin
was updated to 11.2.202.235 about a week ago. This is a security update. But
their yum repos (both i386 and x86_64) still have 11.2.202.233. I filed
https://bugbase.adobe.com/index.cfm?event=bug&id=3185733 and they promptly
closed it as NotABug. There is an updated RPM at
http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/ under ".rpm for other Linux" but I'm not sure
if it's identical to what the repo is supposed to provide. In any case,
providing a yum repo implies a promise that it will be kept updated. Could
people please vote for my bug in the hope of getting someone at Adobe to wake
up? Thanks.
8 years, 9 months
uuidd fails to start
by JD
Booting with every fc16 kernel, I always get this failure.
Boot.log shows
Failed to start LSB: UUID daemon FAILED
See 'systemctl status uuidd.service' for details.
# systemctl status uuidd.service
uuidd.service - LSB: UUID daemon
Loaded: loaded (/etc/rc.d/init.d/uuidd)
Active: failed since Tue, 29 May 2012 00:06:00 -0600
Process: 1003 ExecStart=/etc/rc.d/init.d/uuidd start (code=exited,
status=1/FAILURE)
CGroup: name=systemd:/system/uuidd.service
So, I tried to start it manually:
# uuidd
Failed to open/create /var/run/uuidd/uuidd.pid: No such file or directory
Even if I create dir /var/run/uuidd and restart the system,
it fails the same way, because the dirs in /var/run get removed.
But I can start it manually, if I create the dir and invoke uuidd.
Of course, it does not survive a reboot.
Also, I searched the system for uuidd.service
# locate uuidd.service
#
# find /lib/systemd /etc/systemd -name uuidd.\*
#
So, where is this service file? Or is it created dynamically at boot time?
Googling for uuidd.service shows some early development mods containing
uuidd.service.in , but it is not in latest source code of
util-linux-2.20.1-2.3.fc16.src.rpm.
I anyone has a solution or a clue, please share.
8 years, 9 months
Red Hat Will Pay Microsoft To Get Past UEFI Restrictions
by Javier Perez
I hope Slashdot has it wrong, although the presented documents seem to agree
http://linux.slashdot.org/story/12/05/31/190217/red-hat-will-pay-microsof...
Looking up the article: "Implementing UEFI Secure Boot in Fedora" at
http://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/12368.html
"The last option wasn't hugely attractive, but is probably the least worst.
Microsoft will be offering signing services through their sysdev
portal<http://sysdev.microsoft.com>.
It's not entirely free (there's a one-off $99 fee to gain access), but it's
cheaper than any realistic alternative would have been. It ensures
compatibility with as wide a range of hardware as possible and it avoids
Fedora having any special privileges over other Linux distributions. If
there are better options then we haven't found them. So, in all
probability, this is the approach we'll take. Our first stage bootloader
will be signed with a Microsoft key."
If I have to pay $99 to Microsoft in order to install my Free/Open
Operating System, then I am making Microsoft $99 richer off the effort of
multiple volunteers that made Linux and Fedora possible and my "Free"
Operating System now effectively costs $99. And if this catches up, then
breaking the Secure Boot will eventually be a DMCA violation and we'd have
to be asking the Copyright office every three years for the "right" to
jailbreak/root our own computers again.
I'd rather go back to the times of Compatibility lists of motherboards than
enable the above state of affairs. I say NO to Danegeld for Microsoft.
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~~~~ Javier Perez
~~~~ While the night runs
~~~~ toward the day...
m m Pepebuho watches
from his high perch.
8 years, 10 months