Sound Problem (slim)
Terry Johnson
Terry9197 at comcast.net
Fri Jun 18 05:10:42 UTC 2004
I had the same problem with my sound card. I eadjusted the pcm2 contrl
and it works with uping or lowering that control, plus the main vaolume
doesn't work accept with xmms. Hope this helps.
Terry
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> 1. Re: Fedora Core 2 Update: kernel-2.6.6-1.435 (Ed K.)
> 2. Re: Java issue (Tom)
> 3. Re: FC2 - anaconda - bootdisk creation (Jim Cornette)
> 4. Re: Fedora Core 2 Update: kernel-2.6.6-1.435
> (Pedro Fernandes Macedo)
> 5. Re: Fedora Core 2 Update: kernel-2.6.6-1.435 (Ed K.)
> 6. Re: xgterm out of ptys? (C. Linus Hicks)
> 7. Re: Disk Cleanup (Clifford Snow)
> 8. Re: Sound Problem (slim)
> 9. Re: FC2 - anaconda - bootdisk creation (Sean Estabrooks)
> 10. Three FC1 minor quibbles (John McBride)
> 11. Re: Slow KDE application launch due to network activity
> (T. 'Nifty New Hat' Mitchell)
> 12. Re: FC2 Issues (kyloe .)
> 13. Re: Recommended Video Card (Aaron Cirilo)
> 14. switchdesk (Dwaine Castle)
> 15. [FC2] GNOME 2.6: Desktop icons for "Computer" and "Start
> Here" (D. D. Brierton)
> 16. Re: Sound Problem (david walcroft)
> 17. Re: IBM Bladecenter and Fedora Core 2 (Shannon McMackin)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2004 23:04:32 -0400 (EDT)
> From: "Ed K." <ed at hp.uab.edu>
> Subject: Re: Fedora Core 2 Update: kernel-2.6.6-1.435
> To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list at redhat.com>
> Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.60.0406172258370.12448 at mail.hp.uab.edu>
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> On Thu, 17 Jun 2004, Pedro Fernandes Macedo wrote:
> > On Thu, 2004-06-17 at 23:37, Ed K. wrote:
> >> Sorry for the delay.... But I was specifically recommending that you issue
> >> a HEAD command to a http mirror. This would be simpler then parsing the
> >> actual header.info
> >>
> >> {here starts a flame war}
> >> actually, I would encourage the use of only http mirrors, there is better
> >> support for caching when using proxy server. And, there is no support for
> >> the HEAD command for an ftp serfer. You software must support proxy server.
> >>
> >
> > Flame war? which flame war? I agree with you. If I can save bandwith
> > using proxies (when the user has one) , then I'll do it.
> >
> > And I just implemented the header.info parser.. Nothing much different
> > from the html parser I had before... I only had to change the regex to
> > \d:(.*)=(.*)
> > Now I only wish I knew what is the reason of this digit.... So far , I'm
> > simply ignoring it.
> >
> > BTW , which directories do you think we should check? I'm thinking about
> > checking these directories:
> > updates/[$releasever,testing]
> > development
> > $releasever/SRPMS
> > $releasever/$arch/Fedora/RPMS
> >
> > I'm not sure if checking the last two is a good idea , as they change
> > only when they are first created. Then they never change again... Maybe
> > I'll add a status file that will keep track of which mirrors have been
> > checked for the last two directories and have passed the check.
> >
>
> I suggest that you should check /etc/yum.conf to find out which paths to
> use. Or use http://www.fedoratracker.org/ to find out where the
> repositories are located. Or have I missed something in the thread?
>
> {flame war}
> I can't wait for ftp to retire for organized archives. http and bittorrent
> should be all that is needed. no http header equivalent for ftp.
>
> ed
>
> Security on the internet is impossible without strong, open,
> and unhindered encryption.
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2004 21:04:17 -0600
> From: Tom <tom at technerve.com>
> Subject: Re: Java issue
> To: fedora-list at redhat.com
> Message-ID: <1087527857.a674b30a609b0 at mail.technerve.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1"
>
> Quoting Charlie Lesh <clesh76 at comcast.net>:
>
> > Tom wrote:
> >
> > >I don't know if this is a 2.6 kernel issue, eclipse, or fedora but here
> > goes...
> > >I've got fc 2 installed with eclipse and j2sdk 1.4.2 from sun. I'm trying
> > to
> > >compile a pretty big project, but I've compiled it before, and its always
> > >worked. However now with FC 2, it dies about 30 seconds in saying the
> > system
> > >is out of resources. I open eclipse with vmArgs Xmx768M (which is what I've
> > >always done, and has worked with redhat9, FC1, and Mandrake 9.1 to compile
> > this
> > >project). In top, as soon as I open eclipse the java process is reported as
> > >taking up 950-980M of RAM. I don't know if this happened in other settings,
> > I
> > >never looked. Anyway, although top reports that java is taking 950M of ram
> > in
> > >the process listing, in the summary it reports that only 200M of ram is
> > being
> > >used by the entire system. Any ideas?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > Tom:
> > Have you tried the beta JDK of 1.5.0? I use eclipse of Fedora 2
> > (although I admit my projects are small), and I haven't had this
> > problem. It wouldn't hurt to install it and give it a shot. I'm running
> > it on Fedora 2, and it seems to be both faster and more stable, eclipse
> > included.
> >
> > I actually have both 1.4.2 and 1.5.0 installed, and I modify a 'java.sh'
> > that I keep in /etc/profile.d to point to one or the other. For now I'm
> > sticking with 1.5.0.
> >
> > Just my 2 cents.
> >
> > -charlie
> >
> >
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> I installed 1.5.0, and while it does seem faster (shaved 10 seconds off of my
> jboss start time), it doesn't compile my project for other reasons. looks like
> the API has changed quite a bit, or something. Anyway, the project I'm working
> on might need to make alot of changes to work with the 1.5 API/VM it looks
> like.
> Any other ideas?
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 3
> Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2004 23:07:50 -0400
> From: Jim Cornette <jim-cornette at sbcglobal.net>
> Subject: Re: FC2 - anaconda - bootdisk creation
> To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list at redhat.com>
> Message-ID: <40D25C86.6060409 at sbcglobal.net>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed
>
> Carnal Ortega wrote:
> > Phil, how come I can boot fine with 1 floppy disk into my FC2 system? I
> > ran mkbootdisk after a fresh install of FC2 and that was all I needed to
> > do, just like with red hat's of the past. I'm booting into FC2 with the
> > floppy in the same way I would if grub/lilo were on the mbr so I don't
> > think I have a streamlined/rescue type kernel on that floppy. All the
> > modules that need to be loaded at boot time are being loaded. I'm
> > confused as to why people are saying this is not possible, what am I
> > missing in this discussion?
> >
> > Ps. it's a 2mb floppy
> >
> >
>
> This explains why you are able to make the boot disk.
>
> I just tried what Jeff suggested and it created an image that was just a
> bit larger than a 1.44 floppy. I got the below. This is on an athlon laptop.
>
> > rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1474560 Jun 17 23:00 /tmp/myboot.iso
>
> Jim
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 4
> Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 00:12:13 -0300
> From: Pedro Fernandes Macedo <webmaster at margo.bijoux.nom.br>
> Subject: Re: Fedora Core 2 Update: kernel-2.6.6-1.435
> To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list at redhat.com>
> Message-ID: <1087528333.2900.10.camel at tirael>
> Content-Type: text/plain
>
> On Fri, 2004-06-18 at 00:04, Ed K. wrote:
> > I suggest that you should check /etc/yum.conf to find out which paths to
> > use. Or use http://www.fedoratracker.org/ to find out where the
> > repositories are located. Or have I missed something in the thread?
> >
> Probably you missed , because I fell we are not in synch :)
> The idea of the script is to check all the mirrors and then it will
> generate a mirror list that will be sent to the user when he runs
> up2date.
> I'll take a look at the fedoratracker to see if there's a easy
> scriptable way to find the mirror list.... If I dont find it , then
> it'll be the old way: create a file with all the mirrors and let the
> script read it...
>
> --
> Pedro Macedo
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 5
> Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2004 23:16:30 -0400 (EDT)
> From: "Ed K." <ed at hp.uab.edu>
> Subject: Re: Fedora Core 2 Update: kernel-2.6.6-1.435
> To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list at redhat.com>
> Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.60.0406172315100.12448 at mail.hp.uab.edu>
> Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed
>
> On Fri, 18 Jun 2004, Pedro Fernandes Macedo wrote:
> > On Fri, 2004-06-18 at 00:04, Ed K. wrote:
> >> I suggest that you should check /etc/yum.conf to find out which paths to
> >> use. Or use http://www.fedoratracker.org/ to find out where the
> >> repositories are located. Or have I missed something in the thread?
> >>
> > Probably you missed , because I fell we are not in synch :)
> > The idea of the script is to check all the mirrors and then it will
> > generate a mirror list that will be sent to the user when he runs
> > up2date.
> > I'll take a look at the fedoratracker to see if there's a easy
> > scriptable way to find the mirror list.... If I dont find it , then
> > it'll be the old way: create a file with all the mirrors and let the
> > script read it...
> >
>
> Great, but don't be afraid to ask Brad (Brad S at Fedora Tracker dot Org),
> i'm sure it would be trivial for him to support a data dump for your needs
>
> ed
>
> Security on the internet is impossible without strong, open,
> and unhindered encryption.
>
>
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>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 6
> Date: 17 Jun 2004 23:05:41 -0400
> From: "C. Linus Hicks" <lhicks at nc.rr.com>
> Subject: Re: xgterm out of ptys?
> To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list at redhat.com>
> Message-ID: <1087527940.2190.1220.camel at lh2.motocompastro.org>
> Content-Type: text/plain
>
> On Thu, 2004-06-17 at 22:47, Gordon Campbell wrote:
> > I've just run across a problem that I need to fix for my department head
> > ASAP.
> >
> > He's planning to use an astronimical image processing package called IRAF
> > that relies upon xgterm for funtionality. The problem is that when you
> > try to run xgterm on his machine it hesitate, then reports that there are
> > "no more available ptys".
> >
> > I'm completely stumped by this and haven't been able to find anythint
> > recent to help. He's running Core 2, completely up to date, on a Dell
> > Inspiron 8200. I checked my desktop machine, also running up to date Core
> > 2, and it has the identical issue. Two other Core 1 machines don't have
> > the problem.
> >
> > I'd be most grateful for any information or pointers. Thanks.
>
> It may be a permissions issue. Have you checked /dev/pty* to see if they
> are read/write for the user in question?
> --
> C. Linus Hicks <lhicks at nc.rr.com>
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 7
> Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2004 20:33:30 -0700
> From: Clifford Snow <glass-art at comcast.net>
> Subject: Re: Disk Cleanup
> To: fedora-list at redhat.com
> Message-ID: <1087529610.5960.60.camel at localhost.localdomain>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>
> On Thu, 2004-06-17 at 14:04, Per-Olof Litby - Reg'l Mgr Nordic/Baltic -
> Java System Software - Sun Microsystems wrote:
> > Greetings,
> >
> > Being sort of a newbie to Linux, I was wondering if someone could post
> > some hints as to what is the best way to free up space on a disk. I find
> > myself running out of disk space and would like to remove any
> > uncessesary junk left over from upgrades, kernel builds, software
> > installations, etc. Is there a good tutorial somwhere which tells me
> > what I can delete and what not?
>
> You can remove old kernels by using:
> rpm -e kernel-2.(the old versions)
> Run rpm -qa|grep kernel
> to see what old kernels you have.
> Run uname -r
> to get your current kernel.
>
> When I get around to cleaning things up, I like to leave at least the
> previous one and, of course, the current one.
>
> I believe that rpm -e will also clean up grub.
> --
> Clifford Snow
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> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 8
> Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2004 22:33:35 -0500
> From: slim <vslim at insightbb.com>
> Subject: Re: Sound Problem
> To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list at redhat.com>
> Message-ID: <1087529615.10476.1.camel at localhost.localdomain>
> Content-Type: text/plain
>
> If your using kde you could try;
>
> open kmix, then click advanced, then uncheck IEC958
>
> see if that fixes it
>
>
> On Thu, 2004-06-17 at 12:28, Dj Rose wrote:
> > antonio montagnani wrote:
> >
> > > Dj Rose wrote/ha scritto, On/il 17/06/2004 17:02:
> > >
> > >> I just installed Fedora Core 2 the other day and since then my sound
> > >> will not work. It worked fine with Fedora Core 1, I'm not sure if
> > >> something changed or what the deal was, but it was about the same
> > >> time that it quit that I installed FC2. I am running a machine with
> > >> a SoundBlaster Audigy and now using kernel v 2.6.6-1.435. If anyone
> > >> has any ideas, please let me know.
> > >>
> > >> Thanks,
> > >> DJ
> > >>
> > >>
> > > if Soundcard is detected, please check settings of
> > > audiomixer..........maybe they are flat to 0!!!!!
> > >
> > I wish that would have been the problem, but it isn't. If I turn up my
> > speakers it's just a high buzzing noise, if I play with the mixer it
> > just makes that sound differentiate some.
> >
> >
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 9
> Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2004 23:44:38 -0400
> From: Sean Estabrooks <seanlkml at sympatico.ca>
> Subject: Re: FC2 - anaconda - bootdisk creation
> To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list at redhat.com>
> Cc: jim-cornette at sbcglobal.net
> Message-ID: <20040617234438.32233ebd.seanlkml at sympatico.ca>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
>
> On Thu, 17 Jun 2004 23:07:50 -0400
> Jim Cornette <jim-cornette at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
> > Carnal Ortega wrote:
> > > Phil, how come I can boot fine with 1 floppy disk into my FC2 system? I
> > > ran mkbootdisk after a fresh install of FC2 and that was all I needed to
> > > do, just like with red hat's of the past. I'm booting into FC2 with the
> > > floppy in the same way I would if grub/lilo were on the mbr so I don't
> > > think I have a streamlined/rescue type kernel on that floppy. All the
> > > modules that need to be loaded at boot time are being loaded. I'm
> > > confused as to why people are saying this is not possible, what am I
> > > missing in this discussion?
> > >
> > > Ps. it's a 2mb floppy
> > >
> > This explains why you are able to make the boot disk.
> >
> > I just tried what Jeff suggested and it created an image that was just a
> > bit larger than a 1.44 floppy. I got the below. This is on an athlon laptop.
> >
> > > rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1474560 Jun 17 23:00 /tmp/myboot.iso
> >
>
> Jim,
>
> That will fit on a 1.44 floppy:
>
> 1474560 / 1024 = 1440K
>
> Cheers,
> Sean
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 10
> Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2004 21:07:01 -0700
> From: John McBride <jmcbride at ccis.com>
> Subject: Three FC1 minor quibbles
> To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list at redhat.com>
> Message-ID: <40D26A65.8070706 at ccis.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed
>
> 1) Out of all linux machines in my building (dozens) one machine (with
> an intel gigabit ether card) does not have the IFF_MULTICAST flag set.
> This seems really odd, since I've seen msgs on the web implying that
> pretty much every ether card is multicast capable. Ignore the unset flag
> and multicast works fine.
>
> 2) Changing the yp/nis server in /etc/yp.conf and
> /etc/sysconfig/networking (NISDOMAIN), then doing a /etc/init.d/ypbind
> restart fails. It somehow caches the /etc/sysconfig/networking entry,
> and ignores changes to the NISDOMAIN entry. Even /sbin/init 1 then
> /sbin/init 3 won't pick up the change. Rebooting the machine, however,
> does work.
>
> 3) Logging into the same account from multiple machines (using dhcp/NIS
> and a NFS home directory) somehow breaks gdm or gconfd (I think those
> are the daemons) terribly. The machines often refuse to log out of X,
> demanding a ctrl-alt-backspace, and logging back in displays a number of
> gnome startup errors. rm -rf'ing the contents of /tmp fixes this.
>
> These three things have caught me by suprise lately, so I thought I'd
> share :-)
>
> Regards,
> John
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 11
> Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2004 21:05:18 -0700
> From: "T. 'Nifty New Hat' Mitchell" <mitch48 at sbcglobal.net>
> Subject: Re: Slow KDE application launch due to network activity
> To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list at redhat.com>
> Message-ID: <20040618040518.GC19285 at xtl1.xtl.tenegg.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>
> On Fri, Jun 18, 2004 at 12:30:32AM +0200, Joan Moreau wrote:
> >
> > I installed FC2 on a Dell Inspiron 300m, and it works perfectly.
> >
> > Except one thing : When I enable any of the network interfaces
> > (wireless (centrino) or wired (module tg3)), it becomes very slow to
> > launch applications under KDE, where as the CPU usage keeps low and no
> > problem in text mode...
> >
> > Any clue ?
>
> Only a guess.
>
> When you bring up the network interfaces
> you trigger differences in host name resolution.
>
> The most common host name lookup is for localhost and this lookup is
> critical for stuff on the desktop and X in general.
>
> If this is the issue, one possible solutions is:
>
> /usr/sbin/nscd - name service cache daemon
>
> See /etc/nscd.conf;
>
> Check for it...
>
> # chkconfig --list | grep nscd
>
> My guess is easy to test and does not require a reboot.
>
> # up2date install nscd
> # chkconfig nscd on
> # service nscd restart #I use restart perhaps it is already on.
>
> now test.
>
> # service nscd stop
>
> and test again.
>
> If you do not see any value you can
> # service nscd stop
> # chkconfig nscd off
>
> Remember the first 'launch applications under KDE'
> will prime the cache. The second application launch
> (even a different application) will tell you. Tinker
> with simple games or xterm to test.
>
> The Nutshell DNS bind book discusses how important it is to have a local
> authoritative lookup for both localhost and reverse lookups on the
> 127. net. Using a caching daemon is much simpler than setting up
> named with a local SOA (start of authority) for localhost.localdomain.
>
>
> I just played with this and nscd can absolutely make stuff on the
> desktop pop open quicker. Give it a try.
>
>
> --
> T o m M i t c h e l l
> /dev/null the ultimate in secure storage.
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 12
> Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 04:16:04 +0000
> From: "kyloe ." <togetfiles at hotmail.com>
> Subject: Re: FC2 Issues
> To: fedora-list at redhat.com
> Message-ID: <BAY8-F44v15jdXPGk5i00009765 at hotmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed
>
>
> >
> >All the power to Microsoft. If it wasn't for them then we'd have many more
> >lazy, sometimes verbally violent & certainly uninformed people fuding on
> >this list, for a start. Next cab off the rank is that I reckon there's a
> >good chance that a number of Linux contributors are anti-microsoft and
> >that's why we get such fabulous code for nicks! Finally it is through
> >people pirating Microsoft software (& let's not forget the porn industry,
> >but that's another story) that have brought personal computers & the
> >internet to where they are today.
> >
> >
> I guess it IS all about power and control! ie Money, Monopoly and Capitalism
> etc!!!
> You(not "you" but "U") know, Computing includes Microsoft, but, by no means
> does Microsoft equal Computing. If one might think otherwise, don't be
> surprised if one day you inherit the services of a white van and and given a
> very ugly jacket! Or live your life similarly!
> Basically, it's just not scientific or 100% genuine for all the people of
> the whole Computing Industry.
> So where does that leave these companies? In the Consumer end of MM &
> C(described above).
> Now if that ain't stealth then...?
>
> It's tireing when you hear and read remarks about Linux users being anti M$
> and basically being classified by inadvertant contradiction. So, in my
> opinon one would strongly see the Opposite by proof of current and previous
> law suits eg. SCO Group(who just happened to inherit alot of M$ $).
> It's the Corporate world againts Linux man! C'mon . They pay Ridiculous
> amounts of money, we don't!
> Who would be jealous of who? Hmmm... It really is changing the Worlds IT
> Industry.
> It is true when someone(Forget the name) shouted at a conference(May Not Be
> Word For Word)
>
> "What is SCO trying to prove? Do they want to Capitalise on being an
> IP(intellectual property) shop!!"
>
> So lets not deviate with the ranting and raving or, "Bloggs", seeping onto
> your screens by means of any egotistical Journalist or wannabe. It's far
> beyond the "My computer is by far better than yours because..." concept, or
> is it? You are the consumer!
>
> Then again, never forget the integrity of other people, besides one self,
> and place all the eggs into one basket as to misconceive an era or
> possibility. Porn yeah! So what! Everyone likes a good ahem now and then,
> it's healthy! But whatch your standards... Far to many victims!
>
> And the Internet story, sheese...
> It went like this:
> #1. Netscape
> #2. Law suite
> #3. Internet Explorer
> #4. lol
>
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> Message: 13
> Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2004 21:21:44 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Aaron Cirilo <aaron at cirilo.net>
> Subject: Re: Recommended Video Card
> To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list at redhat.com>
> Message-ID:
> <Pine.LNX.4.21.0406172120490.27714-100000 at sick1.cirilo.net>
> Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII
>
> i can recommend you "don't" use Nvidia :)
>
> On Thu, 17 Jun 2004 edwarner99 at yahoo.com wrote:
>
> > What "cheap" video card would someone recommend for 3D rendering.
> >
> >
> >
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>
> --
> A a r o n C i r i l o
> "Cynics know the price of everything and the value of nothing."
> -Bill Phillips
>
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> http://www.calendric.com/acirilo/
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>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 14
> Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 00:22:49 -0400
> From: "Dwaine Castle" <dcastle at carolina.rr.com>
> Subject: switchdesk
> To: <fedora-list at redhat.com>
> Message-ID: <007101c454eb$ebc01ba0$6401a8c0 at DCXP>
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>
> Experimenting with switchdesk, I changed to the XFce desktop which went
> fine. But, I can't go back to Gnome, or to KDE, or to TWM. Switching back
> to the "default" desktop didn't work either. Switchdesk suggested deleting
> the .Xauthority file which I did but that caused an endless list of error
> messages. GNOME now issues messages about not being able to start the
> "Settings Daemon",
> or the Gnome-clock-applet,
> or loading OFIID,
> or Bonobo - Warnings,
> or the GdkPixbuf assertion 'filename != NULL' failed,
> and Warning: destroyed file still being monitored.
>
> X windows, for root at least, is now almost useless. I can only open one
> terminal window within the GUI. For the record, This is a pure
> test/learning machine and no data will be lost. I guess that I can copy the
> configuration files from another account or do a reinstall, but I'd like to
> know if this is a bug or something I did wrong.
>
> Thank you.
> Dwaine
>
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 15
> Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 05:27:57 +0100
> From: "D. D. Brierton" <darren at dzr-web.com>
> Subject: [FC2] GNOME 2.6: Desktop icons for "Computer" and "Start
> Here"
> To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list at redhat.com>
> Message-ID: <1087532876.4064.14.camel at excession.dzr>
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>
> I have a feeling that this might have been thrashed to death on the
> Nautilus list, but does anyone else think that the default "Computer"
> and "Start Here" virtual folders should be merged into one? Both of them
> tell you about resources available, only one ("Computer") seems limited
> to hardware---storage, whilst the other ("Start Here") seems to be more
> task orientated---settings and programs. But I'm not sure why they
> couldn't just be merged into one. It would also be great to have the
> Ximian patches included which gave you a "Printers" icon in there. I
> don't really care whether the merge of the two was called "Computer" or
> "Start Here" or something else entirely. But I do think that both seems
> odd somehow. (Whereas I *don't* think it odd that icons for removable or
> hot-pluggable media appear also on the desktop and in "Computer". Maybe
> that's just me.) Should comments like this be addressed directly to the
> GNOME devs, or is Fedora's GNOME customised at all?
>
> Best, Darren
>
> P.S. Please don't hijack this thread to start another Spatial Nautilus
> flame war.
>
> --
> =====================================================================
> D. D. Brierton darren at dzr-web.com www.dzr-web.com
> Trying is the first step towards failure (Homer Simpson)
> =====================================================================
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 16
> Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 14:41:03 +1000
> From: david walcroft <david_walcroft at yahoo.com.au>
> Subject: Re: Sound Problem
> To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list at redhat.com>
> Message-ID: <40D2725F.4000109 at yahoo.com.au>
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>
> Don R Maxwell wrote:
> > Dj Rose wrote:
> >
> >> I just installed Fedora Core 2 the other day and since then my sound
> >> will not work. It worked fine with Fedora Core 1, I'm not sure if
> >> something changed or what the deal was, but it was about the same time
> >> that it quit that I installed FC2. I am running a machine with a
> >> SoundBlaster Audigy and now using kernel v 2.6.6-1.435. If anyone has
> >> any ideas, please let me know.
> >
> >
> > You will want to search the message archives of this list. ALSA 1.0.3,
> > as shipped with FC2, lacks the drivers for Creative SoundBlaster Audigy
> > and its close cousins.
> >
> > I had the very same problem as you describe with my SounBlaster.
> >
> > I had to d/l alsa 1.0.5 (esp the lib!) and recompile and install. Sound
> > is fine after that.
> >
>
> Don,
> Thanks for the info about missing drivers in Alsa 1.0.3,I've
> searched ever since FC2s release and never came across it.In installing
> do you rpm -e <old>Alsa then <new> and does it include the kernel
> modules being updated.
>
> Thanks david
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 17
> Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 00:45:17 -0400
> From: Shannon McMackin <mcmackin at earthlink.net>
> Subject: Re: IBM Bladecenter and Fedora Core 2
> To: fedora-list at redhat.com
> Message-ID: <cats0v$e79$1 at sea.gmane.org>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>
> fkroeger at iinet.net.au wrote:
>
> > Yes - ISO was the standard one from the fc2 site (2.6.5-1.358). It
> > automatically installed the smp version. I have since updated to
> > 2.6.6-1.438 OK.
> > Interestingly, there appears to be a difference between the blades.
> > The new one (as well as fc2 install not being able to see the disks) also
> > couldn't determine the monitor type, so I selected a generic LCD display.
> > This was good enough to let me continue to the disk partition where it
> > bombed out.
> >
> > Regards... Fred
> >
> >
> >>
> >> That is interesting. The FC2 you used was the ISO image from the site? I
> >> burned the iso image on the 1st and we ran into the aforementioned
> >> problems. I am not in charge of the Bladecenter either (so much cool
> >> technology which I don't get to play with). Is there a version with the
> >> bladecenter (or blades)?
> >>
> >> We also ran into something with the APG display with the SMP kernel which
> >> was fixed around June 3 (no, I can't find the message any more)
> >>
> >> Benji
> >>
> >> At 10:00 AM 6/17/2004, you wrote:
> >> >Benji - I installed FC2 without a hitch on an IBM Bladecentre (The blade
> >> >server is a single CPU, single disk model). I selected the buttons for
> >> >the monitor & CDROM, powered up the blade & it found the CD & displayed
> >> >the
> >> >install messages to the screen. I configured both network interfaces
> >> >OK. It installed the SMP kernel as well.
> >> >
> >> >Pleased with my success I am now trying to duplicate my efforts on our
> >> >Production Blades. These have 2 CPU's and 2 disks on board. The snag I
> >> >have hit is that it uses a MegaRAID IDE controller. When I go to
> >> >partition the disk it displays a message stating that there were no
> >> >disks found.
> >> >Regards... Fred Kroeger
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >--
> >
> >
> It just so happens that BladeCenter is also part of my professional life...
>
> You must have at least one 8678 and one 8832. The 8832 having the MegaRAID
> IDE controller. You may check LSI for source code, but I doubt there is
> anything FC2 specific. RHEL 3 isn't even up to a 2.6 kernel yet. Here's
> the link to the LSI driver on our site:
>
> http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-55040
>
> I've done it with RHEL3 U1 and SLES8. The last community release I've tried
> was Red Hat 9.
>
> You'll probably have to create a driver disk from the source code and do a
> DD install to get the mirroring to work properly. There should be support
> in that kernel with mirroring turned off.
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