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error setting up base repository
by CLOSE Dave 04 Feb '16

04 Feb '16

The subject message sometimes appears on the installation source entry from anaconda. But I have never been able to find a good way to learn just what the error is. Sure, sometimes it's obvious: the URL is wrong. But other times everything seems to be correct but still the error persists. I'm looking for a checklist of possible causes or a log entry that corresponds to the problem. In my present effort, I'm attempting to use a local mirror of the fedora-updates repository (in addition to local mirrors of the fedora and other repositories). I believe the mirror is correct and complete. The machine being installed has no trouble accessing the repo from an F2 shell while anaconda is running. Looking through the anaconda logs, I find lots of references to the update repository but no errors. What can cause this error message? And how do I find out what caused it in this instance? -- Dave Close

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Failed to start IPv4 firewall with iptables
by GUNA 04 Feb '16

04 Feb '16

Hello, I have updated Fedora core 16 Kernel from 3.4.2 to 4.4.0. Once the system is rebooted with new kernel 4.4.0, the iptables loaded but not started. // logs Failed to start IPv4 firewall with iptables [FAILED] See 'systemctl status iptables.service' for details. Started IPv6 firewall with ip6tables [ OK ] [root@localhost grub2]# systemctl status iptables.service iptables.service - IPv4 firewall with iptables Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/iptables.service; enabled) Active: failed since Wed, 27 Jan 2016 09:20:39 -0500; 5h 7min ago Process: 936 ExecStart=/usr/libexec/iptables.init start (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) CGroup: name=systemd:/system/iptables.service After started the service manually, then the iptables started as follows: systemctl start iptables.service systemctl status iptables.service iptables.service - IPv4 firewall with iptables Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/iptables.service; enabled) Active: active (exited) since Fri, 01 Jan 2010 14:52:20 -0500; 1s ago Process: 18474 ExecStart=/usr/libexec/iptables.init start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) CGroup: name=systemd:/system/iptables.service Here are the rules: more /etc/sysconfig/iptables # Firewall configuration written by system-config-firewall # Manual customization of this file is not recommended. *filter :INPUT ACCEPT [0:0] :FORWARD ACCEPT [0:0] :OUTPUT ACCEPT [0:0] -A INPUT -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -p icmp -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -i lo -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp --dport 22 -j ACCEPT -I FORWARD -m physdev --physdev-is-bridged -j ACCEPT COMMIT I rebuilt the kernel and tested with all of the Netfilter options on, but issue remains same. Please confirm iptables v1.4.12 is compatible with latest Kernel 4.4.0 as well. Is there any changes in sequence of starting services (during boot) in latest Kernel? Note, the ip6_tables loaded and started without any issue. Any help is appreciated. Thank you, Guna

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working my way through quirks with fedora 23 on new ASUS gaming laptop G752VL-DH71
by Robert P. J. Day 04 Feb '16

04 Feb '16

just replaced an older ASUS laptop with one of these: http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=710_577_1199&item_id=… and working my way through the inevitable configuration issues with a new (and fully-updated) fedora 23. so far, two issues i'd like to resolve. first, not sure how to turn on the keyboard backlight for the laptop's keyboard. i typically use an external USB keyboard, and i use "xset led 3" to get backlighting for that, but i haven't figured out how to do the same for the laptop keyboard. and second, i added a M.2 format 512G ADATA SSD in one of the two available slots for that form factor: http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=179_1229_1296&item_id… but f23 doesn't see the device at all -- nothing from "lsblk". anyone know the configuration or driver needed for that kind of SSD? thank you kindly. rday

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F22 to F23: dnf system-upgrade failure
by Suvayu Ali 03 Feb '16

03 Feb '16

Hi all, I tried to upgrade to F23 with dnf system-upgrade last night. The download part went smoothly. But it failed during the reboot stage. On booting again, I noticed grub has not been updated, that's when I realised the upgrade had failed. In the journal I see something like this: python3[769]: Starting system upgrade. This will take a while. dnf[769]: Dependencies resolved. dnf[769]: Error: The operation would result in removing the following protected packages: dnf, systemd. systemd[1]: dnf-system-upgrade.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE systemd[1]: dnf-system-upgrade.service: Failed to load environment files: No such file or directory systemd[1]: dnf-system-upgrade.service: Failed to run 'stop-post' task: No such file or directory systemd[1]: dnf-system-upgrade.service: Unit entered failed state. audit[1]: SERVICE_STOP pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 subj=system_u:system_r:init_t:s0 msg='unit=dnf-system-upgrade comm="systemd" exe="/usr/lib/systemd" hostname=? addr=? terminal=? res=failed' systemd[1]: dnf-system-upgrade.service: Failed with result 'resources'. systemd[1]: Rebooting as result of failure. When I tried distro-sync with --allowerasing, I encounter the exact same error. I found a similar unresolved bug report (with incomplete information), but no other results turned up from a quick search. Any thoughts? Cheers, -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free.

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kernel source - "make prepare" - error
by Robin Laing 02 Feb '16

02 Feb '16

Hello, I am trying to compile a module and having a problem. When I run make oldconfig I have no issues but when I try to run "make prepare", I get an error. 4.3.4-300.fc23.x86_64]# make oldconfig scripts/kconfig/conf --oldconfig Kconfig # # configuration written to .config 4.3.4-300.fc23.x86_64]# make prepare scripts/kconfig/conf --silentoldconfig Kconfig make[1]: *** No rule to make target 'arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl', needed by 'arch/x86/entry/syscalls/../../include/generated/asm/syscalls_32.h'. Stop. arch/x86/Makefile:191: recipe for target 'archheaders' failed make: *** [archheaders] Error 2 From what I have read, this isn't just a Fedora issue and has appeared over the years. I wish I could get this to work. If I don't get an answer, I will submit a bug report. Thanks

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sagemath problem
by Timothy Murphy 02 Feb '16

02 Feb '16

Yesterday I dnf-installed sagemath on my Fedora-23/KDE laptop. The brought over 200 packages and about 550MB with it. Unfortunately when I run it I get the following error: ---------------------- [tim@william ~]$ sage ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Sage Version 6.5, Release Date: 2015-02-17 │ │ Type "notebook()" for the browser-based notebook interface. │ │ Type "help()" for help. │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib64/sagemath/local/bin/sage-ipython", line 6, in <module> from sage.repl.interpreter import SageTerminalApp ImportError: No module named sage.repl.interpreter ---------------------- I take it this means some python package is missing, but I can't work out which one. Any suggestions gratefully welcomed. -- Timothy Murphy gayleard /at/ eircom.net School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin

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fresh install vs kernel update
by Ger van Dijck 02 Feb '16

02 Feb '16

Dear friends, When doing a fresh install (fc23) the system boots with kernel 4.3.3-303.fc23.i686+PAE. When updating the system installs kernel 4.3.4-300.fc232+PAE. I have the idea that **304** is newer then **300** ; Or am I wrong? I had two weeks ago big problems ""disk image corrupt"" after an update and had to reinstall FC23. Can you inform me? Kind regards, Ger van Dijck. -- Gemaakt met Opera's revolutionaire e-mailprogramma: http://www.opera.com/mail/

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dns question??
by bruce 31 Jan '16

31 Jan '16

Hi. Researching dns/naming. (sortof fed!!) Assume I have a server -rackspace/digitalocean/etc.. And I and I want to serve the DNS via something like cloudflare. The test server(s) aren't going to be webservers, they're going to be used to test apps.. As far as I can tell, most of the sites say you need to already have a "name" from a domain name provider. That can't be right, can it!! One can have a dns process internal to an org, providing dns names to machines all over the place. Granted, those machines/names might be internal/private. So, does one need an "actual" real name for an externally facing server in order to process the DNS so one can do a "ssh test(a)foo.com" or can you use something like "ssh test(a)foo.example.com" At the same time.. if you do need a real/actual "domain name" for the externally facing box, digitalocean provides for both public/private networks for the linux instances. If you run a private network, would you then be able to create your own name for the internal instances that would be available to the other instances on the private network?? I've tried asking IRC/support forums, etc.. but not getting any progress.. Thanks for helping me get my head around this..

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