users September 2014

users@lists.fedoraproject.org

157 participants
167 discussions

Soundblaster
by Antonio Montagnani 05 Jun '15

05 Jun '15

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

4 6

Tablet hardware
by Florian Weimer 09 May '15

09 May '15

Is there any tablet-like hardware which is well-supported by Fedora 20 and later? Something with a high-resolution display? I don't need 3D acceleration beyond what's needed to run a typical desktop environment, but I'd like to have lots of RAM, a bit of CPU power (perhaps even a current Core i7) and an SSD with decent read speed.

3 4

RPM build error
by Ranjan Maitra 14 Feb '15

14 Feb '15

Hello, I am trying to build an RPM for sylfilter available at http://sylpheed.sraoss.jp/sylfilter/src/sylfilter-%{?version}.tar.gz with the attached .spec file but I get the following errors: ..... error: Installed (but unpackaged) file(s) found: /usr/include/sylfilter/bayes-filter.h /usr/include/sylfilter/blacklist-filter.h /usr/include/sylfilter/filter-kvs-gdbm.h /usr/include/sylfilter/filter-kvs-qdbm.h /usr/include/sylfilter/filter-kvs-sqlite.h /usr/include/sylfilter/filter-kvs.h /usr/include/sylfilter/filter-manager.h /usr/include/sylfilter/filter-utils.h /usr/include/sylfilter/filter.h /usr/include/sylfilter/ngram-filter.h /usr/include/sylfilter/textcontent-filter.h /usr/include/sylfilter/whitelist-filter.h /usr/include/sylfilter/wordsep-filter.h /usr/lib64/libsylfilter.a /usr/lib64/libsylfilter.la /usr/lib64/libsylfilter.so /usr/lib64/libsylfilter.so.0 /usr/lib64/libsylfilter.so.0.0.0 RPM build errors: Installed (but unpackaged) file(s) found: /usr/include/sylfilter/bayes-filter.h /usr/include/sylfilter/blacklist-filter.h /usr/include/sylfilter/filter-kvs-gdbm.h /usr/include/sylfilter/filter-kvs-qdbm.h /usr/include/sylfilter/filter-kvs-sqlite.h /usr/include/sylfilter/filter-kvs.h /usr/include/sylfilter/filter-manager.h /usr/include/sylfilter/filter-utils.h /usr/include/sylfilter/filter.h /usr/include/sylfilter/ngram-filter.h /usr/include/sylfilter/textcontent-filter.h /usr/include/sylfilter/whitelist-filter.h /usr/include/sylfilter/wordsep-filter.h /usr/lib64/libsylfilter.a /usr/lib64/libsylfilter.la /usr/lib64/libsylfilter.so /usr/lib64/libsylfilter.so.0 /usr/lib64/libsylfilter.so.0.0.0 Not sure what the issue is, but wondering if anyone had any suggestions? Many thanks and best wishes, Ranjan -- Important Notice: This mailbox is ignored: e-mails are set to be deleted on receipt. Please respond to the mailing list if appropriate. For those needing to send personal or professional e-mail, please use appropriate addresses. ____________________________________________________________ GET FREE 5GB EMAIL - Check out spam free email with many cool features! Visit http://www.inbox.com/email to find out more!

6 17

SATA II causes system freeze
by David A. De Graaf 18 Nov '14

18 Nov '14

For several months I've been trying to track down the cause of frequent system freezes on a machine I built in Dec. '13. The frequency of freezes has gradually increased from never to several times a day. The solution is so improbable that I wonder if I am hallucinating. I simply moved the SATA cable from a SATA 2 to a SATA 3 socket on the motherboard. There are two hard drives: /dev/sdb - the primary ATA disk with several partitions that constitute the working Fedora 20 system. This is a Western Digital WD 2500BB-00G 250 GB with old-style 40pin ATA ribbon cable to the ATA socket on the mobo. /dev/sda - the secondary SATA disk, a 1 TB Western Digital WD10EACS-00D. This is used solely to save a backup image of another machine, updated by rsync every night at 10:30 PM. It has a SATA connector and, according to the newegg spec sheet, runs at 3.0Gb/s, which is SATA II. The SATA III spec runs at 6.0Gb/s. Except for the nightly backup, this disk is never used, or as Mr. James Clapper might say, never used "wittingly". The imponderable questions are: - why would plugging a SATA II disk into a SATA II socket produce random freezes? - why would plugging that SATA II disk into a SATA III socket NOT produce freezes and work well? - Is this behaviour indicative of defective SATA mobo sockets, defective ata software, defective hard drive implementation? Originally, I had used a Gigabyte 78MT-USB3 mobo, but replaced it with an ASRock 960M/U3S3 FX mobo in a futile attempt to fix the problem. For several months the original Gigabyte mobo worked fine - and then the freezes began. These may be the only two available mobo's with both the AM3+ cpu socket and an ATA disk socket. The Gigabyte mobo has only SATA II sockets - 6 of them, while the ASRock has 2 SATA III and 4 SATA II sockets. For completeness, I've tested all four SATA II sockets. All cause system freezes, one as quickly as 12 minutes, another as long as 20:27 hh:mm. In contrast, use of either of the SATA III sockets yield a stable system. When the system freezes, if X is lit (not screen-saved) the LCD monitor looks as if it had been hit a sharp blow on the right edge so that all the pixels have been shaken loose. All vertical lines are shimmering off to the right or left in quarter inch blocks. The image is still recognizable and almost readable. The NumLock key toggles its LED, but not the ShiftLock or ScrollLock. No other keys are alive including Alt-Fn-N, CTL-ALT-BS or CTL-ALT-Del. There's no mouse action. The ethernet card LEDs blink, but pinging from another machine fails. Only the Reset button, or the Power button, work. Before stumbling onto the SATA II -> SATA III solution, here are some things I tried, that failed: - Replaced the motherboard (as noted). - Added a second 4GB memory stick - Ran memtest86 for a day and a half without a single error - Watched the cpu temperatures and saw only normal values - Cleaned and reseated the cpu and applied new thermal grease - Disabled skype - Unplugged a USB camera and microphone - Removed a USB Logitech wireless kbd/mouse; replaced with wired ones - Converted the ATA primary disk to SATA via an adapter. Although not tested extensively, when plugged into a SATA II socket it ran OK. So, wizards, has any of you experienced a system freeze such as mine? Can you attribute it to connecting a SATA II hard drive to a SATA II socket? -- David A. De Graaf DATIX, Inc. Hendersonville, NC dad(a)datix.us www.datix.us Q: Why do programmers confuse Halloween and Christmas? A: Because OCT 31 == DEC 25.

9 17

memtest86
by JD 24 Oct '14

24 Oct '14

Installed latest memtest86 and also updated to latest kernel but grub.cfg still has no entry for me to boot memtest86. I thought installing it would have created the grub entry, as it had done before long ago when I was running fc16. Does anyone have the grub entry to share?

4 5

f21 workstation(gnome) ping fedora servers every 300seconds
by Branko Grubic 23 Oct '14

23 Oct '14

This is about Fedora 21 which is still not released!!! Please read carefully. And it is only default on Workstation image (that is what I know) There is a new feature introduced in Gnome and NetworkManager which allows 'Captive Portal'[1] services to work. This may be useful feature for some users (that is why it is implemented), but most users won't use it, and it pings fedora servers every '300seconds', it is enabled by NetworkManager and 'NetworkManager-config-connectivity-fedora' << (package/config file) which is default installed in Workstation image only (currently, unless someone explicitly pull it in for other live images), 'gnome-shell' package only depends on it. Because I'm not a security expert, I don't want to say this is security issue, but privacy issue to some level (probably not critical), as I understand it, no more information than request to get a file is being sent (so only your 'IP' is exposed)), It currently uses HTTP to communicate with fedora servers, but it is planed to use HTTPS [2], without that you cannot verify who serves that file? (n00b here). At the moment users aren't aware of this feature, and most users probably never will find it working in the background, but I think it shouldn't be enable by default silently, so I filed a 'fesco' ticket for it [3] (PLEASE DON'T SPAM ON FESCO TICKET!, keep discussion here as much as it is possible) Please don't turn this thread to something which it shouldn't be. Be constructive. I don't want to insult anyone, just want this to be discussed, and features like this to be discussed/announced with/to users and developers in future. (English is not my native language, I learned some basics from reading/writing/listening, so, sorry for mistakes) [1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captive_portal [2] - https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1135777 [3] - https://fedorahosted.org/fesco/ticket/1337

9 16

64bit skype client needed
by JD 20 Oct '14

20 Oct '14

I have been trying to locate a fully 64bit skype client to no avail; a client that will not require 32 bit dependencies. Any info on that? MS is not supporting linux x86_64 and who can blame them? They do not like Linux. They might even wish it would disappear.

11 26

F20: message from syslogd and soft lockup/kernel bug
by Ranjan Maitra 14 Oct '14

14 Oct '14

Hi, I have been having this issue sometimes (not always but quite frequently) upon wakeup from hibernate for the past few days (on a newly installed notebook) which is a Dell Precision M3800. I get the following message on my consoles: Message from syslogd@.... kernel:BUG: soft lockup - CPU#1 stuck for 22s! What is the problem? Is the problem with the laptop or the kernel? I am using kernel-3.16.2-201.fc20.x86_64 on Fedora 20. The laptop has 12GB memory and 16GB swap. Any suggestions? Many thanks and best wishes, Ranjan -- Important Notice: This mailbox is ignored: e-mails are set to be deleted on receipt. Please respond to the mailing list if appropriate. For those needing to send personal or professional e-mail, please use appropriate addresses. ____________________________________________________________ FREE 3D EARTH SCREENSAVER - Watch the Earth right on your desktop! Check it out at http://www.inbox.com/earth

3 5

Smart Media Player Network Access in Fedora 20
by Stephen Morris 10 Oct '14

10 Oct '14

Hi, I was given a Smart Media Player for fathers day, which I have connected to my TV via HDMI. When I power it on and it establishes its wireless connection to my router, Windows 8 automatically detects it and adds it as a device it can stream to. Under Fedora 20 none of the network interfaces available to Dolphin can see the device. What do I need to do to get the same automatic setup under Fedora as I do under Windows, or if Fedora has detected the wireless device, how do I find out? Also, under Fedora how do I set up Miracast (which is native to Windows 8) or Airplay streaming to the device once Fedora can actually see and use it? regards, Steve

6 31

what causes: kernel:[38405.042543] do_IRQ: 0.81 No irq handler for vector (irq -1)
by Ranjan Maitra 06 Oct '14

06 Oct '14

Hello, I get the following message repeatedly from syslogd, after a wakeup from hibernate: kernel:do_IRQ: 0.81 No irq handler for vector (irq -1) I am running kernel 3.6.3-200 on a fully updated F20. Any suggestions as to how to diagnose and fix the issue? Thanks, Ranjan -- Important Notice: This mailbox is ignored: e-mails are set to be deleted on receipt. Please respond to the mailing list if appropriate. For those needing to send personal or professional e-mail, please use appropriate addresses. ____________________________________________________________ FREE 3D EARTH SCREENSAVER - Watch the Earth right on your desktop! Check it out at http://www.inbox.com/earth

3 19

Jump to page: