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NVIDIA Question
by David St.Clair 17 Jan '22

17 Jan '22

This may be a dumb question, but why can't Redhat distribute NVIDIA binary drivers? In NVIDIA's licence (http://www.nvidia.com/object/nv_swlicense.html) it says: "2.1.2 Linux Exception. Notwithstanding the foregoing terms of Section 2.1.1, SOFTWARE designed exclusively for use on the Linux operating system may be copied and redistributed, provided that the binary files thereof are not modified in any way (except for unzipping of compressed files)." So, what's keeping RedHat from putting the drivers in the distribution? If it's a GPL thing, would it be easy to just download it during installation or at least give the option to the user? Thanks, -- David St.Clair dstclair(a)cs.wcu.edu

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RE: Compiling NVIDIA driver for -ntpl kernel
by Ossama Khayaat 13 Jan '04

13 Jan '04

> -----Original Message----- [SNIP] > From: Marc Schwartz [mailto:MSchwartz@MedAnalytics.com] > Don't forget to remove the Mesa-LibGL rpm before doing that. > > Use: > > rpm -e --nodeps XFree86-Mesa-libGL > > You will need to do that before running both of the NVidia install > processes and will need to repeat that when there are XFree86 and kernel > updates. > > Also, I have found that removing the Mesa-libGL will cause some > dependency issues when using up2date. So be aware that you may need to > uninstall it again after some updates. If I may ask, why do I have to remove this? I've always used the NVIDIA driver, before fedora, and never had a problem. Thanks Ossama

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GPG problem: bug report needed?
by Elton Woo 24 Nov '03

24 Nov '03

I'm following the tutorial here: http://home.earthlink.net/~cortana/gpghowto.html to create my PGP signature. At this section: "If you type ``gpg --armor --export janeq(a)yoyodyne.com > my_public_key.asc'', GnuPG will create a keyfile that you can email to anyone you like. " I get the following error message: ]$ gpg --armor --export elwoo@videotron > Elton\'s_public_key.asc gpg: /home/abe/.gnupg/gpg.conf:141: argument not expected Is this a bug in GPG? Elton -- http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/stats/team/team_4504.html "You only live once: let's make life BETTER for each other." LINUX User #193975 [AMD ATHLON CPU] ICQ #149608718.

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Mouse redetected
by DAVID BALAZIC 13 Nov '03

13 Nov '03

Around the third boot of a fresh FCT3 installation, kudzu "discovered" that I have "added" a PS/2 mouse. I accepted the offer to configure it. It was detected and working fine since the first install though. It also worked OK after this redetection. I did not change anything to trigger this. The only thing was playing with th XFree86 driver options ( gfx card options , not the input/mouse options ). Regards, David

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kernel 2.6test8 and LVM??
by Henk Breimer 12 Nov '03

12 Nov '03

I have a fully updated T3 system kernel 2097 initscripts 7.38-1 mkinitrd-3.5.14-1 modutils-2.3.25-13 kernel-2.6.0-0.test8.1.60 at boot: .. .. vgscan --LVM driver not loadaed? .. Error: /bin/vgscan exited abnormally .. vgchange --ERROR: "/etc/lvmtab" doesn't exist:please run vgscan .. Kernel panic Seems test8 has a problem with vgscan? henk

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Same firstboot bug as test 2
by Todd Booher 12 Nov '03

12 Nov '03

Just installed test 3 and you still lose the cursor on the firstboot screen. The workaround is to change to terminal 1 and then back to terminal 7 and the mouse works again. This was a clean install of test 3 on an IBM T30 thinkpad. I'll update the bug in bugzilla. This is definitely a showstopper for new users as they will have no idea to switch terminals. Todd

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Testing current rawhide...
by Michael K. Johnson 06 Nov '03

06 Nov '03

We're at the point of cutting candidate trees for the release, so testing current rawhide would be VERY useful. In particular, the 2.4.22-1.2115.nptl kernel is a new build and could use hammering, and the installer has changed and testing the images would be great; nfs, ftp, and http installs should all work. Other packages that we'd like last-minute testing on include samba, apache, bind, sendmail, ntp, mozilla, openoffice.org, and gnome-terminal. Be aware that we're looking specifically for SERIOUS AND MAJOR REGRESSIONS, not for annoyances you didn't think to file in bugzilla before. We are looking for (and hoping not to hear) "Monday's kernel works, today my machine crashes on boot" or "test3's samba served content, today it doesn't" or that kind of thing. Thank you, michaelkjohnson "He that composes himself is wiser than he that composes a book." Linux Application Development -- Ben Franklin http://people.redhat.com/johnsonm/lad/

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Updated Fedora Core test release: Severn
by Bill Nottingham 06 Nov '03

06 Nov '03

WONDER ... at the bugs that have been fixed! GROAN ... at the bugs that haven't been fixed! MARVEL ... at Bill actually getting the download location and torrent names right! Yes, it's another update of the Fedora Core test release, SEVERN. Problems with SEVERN should be reported via bugzilla, at: http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/ Please report bugs against 'Fedora Core', release 'test3'. For more information on just what the Fedora Project and Fedora Core is, please see: http://fedora.redhat.com/ For discussion of SEVERN, send mail to: fedora-test-list-request(a)redhat.com with subscribe in the subject line. You can leave the body empty. Or see: https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list/ As always, you can get SEVERN at redhat.com, specifically: ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/beta/severn/ Or the following mirrors: North America: United States: - ftp://redhat.dulug.duke.edu/pub/redhat/linux/beta/severn/ - ftp://mirror.hiwaay.net/redhat/redhat/linux/beta/severn/ - http://mirror.hiwaay.net/redhat/redhat/linux/beta/severn/ - http://www.gtlib.cc.gatech.edu/pub/redhat/linux/beta/severn/ - ftp://ftp.gtlib.cc.gatech.edu/pub/redhat/linux/beta/severn/ - rsync://rsync.gtlib.cc.gatech.edu/redhat/linux/beta/severn/ - ftp://linux.nssl.noaa.gov/linux/redhat/linux/beta/severn/ Europe: Czech Republic: - ftp://sunsite.mff.cuni.cz/MIRRORS/ftp.redhat.com/redhat/linux/beta/severn/ - ftp://ultra.linux.cz/MIRRORS/ftp.redhat.com/redhat/linux/beta/severn/ - ftp://ftp.linux.cz/pub/linux/redhat/linux/beta/severn/ - ftp://ftp6.linux.cz/pub/linux/redhat/linux/beta/severn/ Denmark: - ftp://klid.dk/pub/redhat/linux/beta/severn/ Finland: - ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/mirrors/ftp.redhat.com/redhat/linux/beta/severn/ - http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/mirrors/ftp.redhat.com/redhat/linux/beta/severn/ Germany: - ftp://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/redhat/beta/severn/ - http://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/redhat/beta/severn/ - ftp://ftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/redhat-ftp/redhat/linux/beta/severn/ - http://wftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/redhat-ftp/redhat/linux/beta/severn/ Netherlands: - ftp://alviss.et.tudelft.nl/pub/redhat/beta/severn/ - ftp://ftp.quicknet.nl/pub/Linux/ftp.redhat.com/beta/severn/ Portugal: - ftp://tux.cprm.net/pub/ftp.redhat.com/beta/severn/ One additional feature provided by the Linux community is the availability of SEVERN via BitTorrent. http://torrent.dulug.duke.edu/severn-binary-iso.torrent http://torrent.dulug.duke.edu/severn-src-iso.torrent RPMS for Red Hat Linux 7.3 through 9 of BitTorrent are available from: http://torrent.dulug.duke.edu/btrpms/ Usage is simple: btdownloadcurses.py --url http://URL.torrent Allow incoming TCP 6881 - 6889 to join the torrent swarm. http://torrent.dulug.duke.edu/

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rh9 vs. fedora
by Michal Zeravik 05 Nov '03

05 Nov '03

Hi to all, I'm using redhat9 shrike and have couple of questions: Will be here a stable release of Fedora? Can I upgrade Shrike directly to Fedora? Does Fedora have the same patches in kernel like in other rh kernels? Can I use other patches to kernel (low latency, capabilites, preemptive,...)? Thank you for support michalz

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Updated ISO images?
by Don 04 Nov '03

04 Nov '03

I got the ISO images for FCT3 and installed it on two machines.... The laptop install went "OK", but the update utility doesn't work, it hangs during checking dependencies etc. The desktop install fails miserably.... choking big time with rpmdb fatal errors during the package install. Question is... are there newer ISO images I can d/l and try again? Thanks, Don

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