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upgrading RH 9 system->Fedora with iso files and apt only
by Didier Casse 17 Jan '22

17 Jan '22

I have the yarrow's iso files on my HD in a RH9 system. Let's say I want to upgrade selected packages using an "apt-get install" pointing to my iso-mounted files, how do I do it? i.e I mount the iso into some /mnt/yarrow1, /mnt/yarrow 2 etc.. Then what is the complete procedure to make my apt look into my own HD to upgrade packages. Can anybody redirect me to the correct resource or some literature hanging on the web? Thanks. Assume also that I do not wish to burn CDs! I do not want to use apt-cdrom. Thanks. With kind regards, Didier. --- PhD student Singapore Synchrotron Light Source (SSLS) 5 Research Link, Singapore 117603 Email: slsbdfc at nus dot edu dot sg \or\ didierbe at sps dot nus dot edu dot sg Website: http://ssls.nus.edu.sg

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autoconf breakage on x86_64.
by Sam Varshavchik 26 Sep '06

26 Sep '06

I don't know the right way to fix this, but something is definitely broken; and something needs to be fixed, one way or the other. The question is what exactly needs to be fixed. Consider something like this: LIBS="-lresolv $LIBS" AC_TRY_LINK_FUNC(res_query, AC_MSG_RESULT(yes), AC_MSG_RESULT(no)) Here's what happens on x86_64: gcc -o conftest -g -O2 -Wall -I.. -I./.. conftest.c -lresolv >&5 /tmp/ccW7EeDX.o(.text+0x7): In function `main': /home/mrsam/src/courier/authlib/configure:5160: undefined reference to `res_query' collect2: ld returned 1 exit status configure:5147: $? = 1 configure: failed program was: [ blah blah blah ] | /* We use char because int might match the return type of a gcc2 | builtin and then its argument prototype would still apply. */ | char res_query (); | int | main () | { | res_query (); | ; | return 0; | } The same exact test on FC1 x86 will work. The reason appears to be that you have to #include <resolv.conf> on x86_64 in order to succesfully pull res_query() out of libresolv.so. You don't need to do this on x86, and the test program generated by AC_TRY_LINK_FUNC does not include any headers, but uses a manual prototype. So, what now?

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Zeroconf in FC5?
by Daryll Strauss 13 Jul '06

13 Jul '06

I saw zeroconf in action at a Mac based facility a while back and I have to say I was impressed. It makes their networking setup very easy. The biggest downside was that they knew very little about how their network actually worked. That made my life integrating a Linux system in to their environment much more difficult. So, I'd like to see zeroconf really integrated in to FC5. I think it'll make network setup for a lot of users much easier. For those who don't know, zeroconf provides several functions: *) Dynamically allocating an IP address to a system when it boots (without requiring a DHCP server) *) Translate between names and IP addresses (without any setup or directory server) *) Allows for the publishing and discovery of services such as DNS, NFS, ftp, http, printers, whatever (without requiring any setup or directory server) *) Allocates multicast addresses (without a MADCAP server). (This part isn't yet supported and I'm not sure I know what it means :)) Fedora ships with Howl which looks to be the framework for doing zeroconf. It seems that what's needed is integrating howl in to all the appropriate places. - |Daryll

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dbus-qt
by Frederick Alexander Thomssen 13 Aug '05

13 Aug '05

hi, once dbus-qt was removed from fedora because there was no use for it. but now kde 3.4 supports dbus-qt for the media:/ protocol which indicated if a new device was connected. so there now is a use for dbus-qt so i think it ought to be included. freddy -- Frederick Alexander Thomssen

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Bug 124248 Fixed--Can we have in FC4?
by Janina Sajka 08 Aug '05

08 Aug '05

Lee <sopwith(a)redhat.com> Bcc: Subject: Re: Raising the bar for FC4 Reply-To: In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0505161538070.9780(a)devserv.devel.redhat.com> X-Operating-System: Linux concerto.rednote.net 2.6.11-1.14_FC3spksmp Organization: Capital Accessibility LLC (http://www.CapitalAccessibility.com) X-PGP-Key: http://www.CapitalAccessibility.com/JaninaSajka_gpg_key.html I understand the telnet bug fix is now in CVS, so can this fix please make FC4? https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=124248 Those of us who really need telnet install, REALLY need it. For us it's critical. I may be mistaken, but I believe it does not impact anyone who isn't actually needing it. Thanks. Thanks also to Jeremy Katz for getting the fix in, and to Jim Cornette for his help reporting the problem in the first instance. Elliot Lee writes: > Hi all, > > Fedora Core 4 public release is currently targeted for Monday, June 6. To > hit that, we need some time in advance doing QA and final polishing. For > test releases that is usually about a week, but this is the final FC4 > release so we need a bit of extra time to do the final steps. > > This means that Monday, May 23 is the final final freeze for FC4. After > that, the bar for accepting changes into FC4 is even higher. Fixes will > need to be for showstopper bugs (data corruption, crashing programs, and > other things that impact a large percentage of users in a major way). I've > sent out reminder e-mails to people who currently own FC4Target and > FC4Blocker bugs in bugzilla, so you should know if you have specific bugs > to address. > > If you don't have any bugs to address, you can still help by doing test > installs of rawhide. I'll also try to get a few intermediate test trees > out for people to install. > > If the plan needs clarification, please let me know! > -- Elliot > > -- > fedora-test-list mailing list > fedora-test-list(a)redhat.com > To unsubscribe: > http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list -- Chair, Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) janina(a)freestandards.org http://a11y.org Janina Sajka Phone: +1.202.494.7040 Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC http://www.CapitalAccessibility.Com Bringing the Owasys 22C screenless cell phone to the U.S. and Canada. Go to http://www.ScreenlessPhone.Com to learn more.

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Printing system proposal
by Remco Poelstra 04 Aug '05

04 Aug '05

Hi, It's very quiet on this list about printing, so I thought it would be a nice idea to put forward a proposal. I don't know if there are internal redhat discussions about this subject, but I think I'll find out soon :). It's a rahter lengthy explanation with a diagram so I put it up here: www.beryllium.net/~remco/printingproposal.html Kind regards, Remco Poelstra

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Re: weird representation for FFFD
by Pádraig Brady 06 Jul '05

06 Jul '05

Simos Xenitellis wrote: > Στις 27/Ιούν/2005, ημέρα Δευτέρα και ώρα 14:33, ο/η P(a)draigBrady.com > έγραψε: > >>On my fedora core 3 gnome desktop, >>I get a weird representation for U+FFFD. >>Here's what it looks like for you [�]. >> >>It's the "REPLACEMENT CHARACTER", and according >>to the following should be question mark enclosed >>in a solid diamond: http://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/UFFF0.pdf >>I've been told that this is also the representation >>on windows and OSX. >> >>However I'm getting a weird comma like thing, which >>Markus Kuhn _has_ made reference to here I think: >>http://www.w3.org/2001/06/utf-8-wrong/UTF-8-test.html >>In the gnome charmap applet it seems to be the nimbus >>and schoolbook (sans and serif) fallback fonts that have >>this weird representation. The (Misc) Fixed fonts >>do have the question mark as expected. >> >>So why this weird representation? >>I'm writing an app where I would like to display >>characters that are invalid in the current encoding, >>and the comma like thing it totally confusing for users. > > > Hi, > On my system (FC2), gucharmap says it's FreeSans. > Doesn't FC3 have FreeSans/FreeSerif/FreeMono? Right so bitstream-vera doesn't even have the FFFD char, and the fallback nimbus has this weird comma like thing. I don't think freefont is part of fedora. I installed FreeSans manually and it has a beautiful question mark respresentation as described above. But that's not going to work for my app unless I install a font with it, but I really don't want to start that messing. > Ubuntu and other distributions come with "freefont" by default, covering > a good range of the Unicode space. > If FC4 does not install by default freefont, you should file a bug > report. Right, I'mm cc'ing fedora-devel as I've found no bugs mentioning dejavu or freefont etc. Extending bitstream was mentioned in this thread: http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2003-December/msg00830.html Perhaps making freefont the default might be a better approach? What do people think? -- Pádraig Brady - http://www.pixelbeat.org --

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Has anyone got rhel3 running under fc4 as a domu
by Dan Track 06 Jul '05

06 Jul '05

Hi, I'm looking for someone who can help me get rhel3 running under fc4 as a domU. Can someone help me please. Thanks, Dan

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Packaging kernel modules
by Kenneth Porter 05 Jul '05

05 Jul '05

I'm figuring out how to install nosy, a Firewire sniffer, and it involves installing a kernel module. I'd like to wrap up what I learn in an RPM. I've packaged apps before but not kernel modules. Can anyone point me to an example that shows the preferred way to do it? The Makefile is already set up for building outside the kernel tree, and accepts a prefix for /usr. Will that work fine for building within an RPM_BUILD_ROOT? (Ie. does the kernel build system tolerate logical installation directories?) Do I invoke depmod in %post as I would ldconfig when installing a userspace library?

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Fedora Core 5 Idea
by DMC Mandrake 04 Jul '05

04 Jul '05

Hello 1: Please replace clearlooks by bluecurve, its the offcial artwork and i like it ! 2: make a new version of system-config-boot, is not too many configurable 3: Make new wallpaper, splashscreen, and GDM theme, in Blue its really good 4: Make a Graphic Shutdown Thanks !! _________________________________________________________________ MSN Search : des réponses à tous vos besoins ! http://www.imagine-msn.com/hotmail/default.aspx?locale=fr-FR

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