HELP
jagannar at mskcc.org
jagannar at mskcc.org
Mon Sep 22 19:06:29 UTC 2008
Sorry, I was trying to get the unsubscribe command and did not realize my message went to the list. :-)
I am no longer using Fedora, so was trying to unsubscribe myself from the list.
Thanks,
Ravi.
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1. HELP (jagannar at mskcc.org)
2. Re: HELP (Jonathan Dieter)
3. Re: HELP (wwp)
4. Video card (Dan Steele)
5. Re: lvm2 problem (Chris Snook)
6. Re: Video card (Chris Tyler)
7. Re: encrypted swap question (Chris Snook)
8. What DHCP command to use, to get DNS (Jim)
9. Re: lvm2 problem (Chris Tyler)
10. Re: can't mount dvd, thumb drives, etc (Dr. Michael J. Chudobiak)
11. Re: What DHCP command to use, to get DNS (Mikkel L. Ellertson)
12. Re: HELP (Mikkel L. Ellertson)
13. Re: What DHCP command to use, to get DNS (Jim)
14. Re: spec file for rpms (Phil Meyer)
15. Re: spec file for rpms (Todd Denniston)
16. Re: Script help (James Pifer)
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Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:06:04 -0400
From: jagannar at mskcc.org
Subject: HELP
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Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 19:14:10 +0300
From: Jonathan Dieter <jdieter at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: HELP
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On Mon, 2008-09-22 at 12:06 -0400, jagannar at mskcc.org wrote:
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/me throws life preserver
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Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 18:14:33 +0200
From: wwp <subscript at free.fr>
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Hello jagannar at mskcc.org,
On Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:06:04 -0400 jagannar at mskcc.org wrote:
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lol, we can't help you asking for help!
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Message: 4
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 09:19:04 -0700
From: "Dan Steele" <dan.steele.d at gmail.com>
Subject: Video card
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What is the least amount of memory needed on a video card to take advantage
of all the 3D effects offered by Fedora 9??
Dan
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Message: 5
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:31:14 -0400
From: Chris Snook <csnook at redhat.com>
Subject: Re: lvm2 problem
To: "Community assistance, encouragement, and advice for using
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Bogdan Sarandan wrote:
> Hello,
>
>
> I want to know if there is any way to recover data from a damage lvm2
> partition. The case is like this. We had a fedora core 7 server and i ran the
> command fsck when the disk was mounted and running. I was not able to boot
> the disk anymore after I typed fsck. Now that disk is in another computer
> running linux. I am not able to mount that partition anymore. The error is
> like this:
>
> rds:/ # mount /dev/sdb2 /mnt/sdb2 mount: unknown filesystem type
> 'LVM2_member'
>
> Can you please tell me a way to recover my data from that lvm2 type partition
> ?
>
> Thanks,
>
You need to add it to an LVM2 volume group, and then fsck the logical volume.
Your best chance is to use a backup superblock (see man e2fsck) but if the fsck
completed, it's probably wiped out.
-- Chris
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Message: 6
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:35:28 -0400
From: Chris Tyler <chris at tylers.info>
Subject: Re: Video card
To: "Community assistance, encouragement, and advice for using
Fedora." <fedora-list at redhat.com>
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On Mon, 2008-09-22 at 09:19 -0700, Dan Steele wrote:
> What is the least amount of memory needed on a video card to take
> advantage of all the 3D effects offered by Fedora 9??
>
>
> Dan
Hi Dan,
I've run Compiz on 64MB cards. I suspect you could go lower as long as
the memory was at least several times the size of the framebuffer.
Chipset support is really the issue -- almost any contemporary video
card with at least tens of megabytes of RAM should be able to support
Compiz (or kwin's effects) *if* the driver for the card's chipset
supports the COMPOSITE extension.
-Chris
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Message: 7
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:39:39 -0400
From: Chris Snook <csnook at redhat.com>
Subject: Re: encrypted swap question
To: Dan_Mitton at Bigfoot.com, "Community assistance, encouragement, and
advice for using Fedora." <fedora-list at redhat.com>
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DanMitton wrote:
> So, is it possible to read the passphrase from a USB drive at boot time?? :-?
The proper way to do it is to read a *key* from a USB drive at boot time. In F8
it didn't take too much hacking in /etc/rc.sysinit to load the USB storage
modules, wait a few seconds to detect the drive, mount it, and then do the luks
magic to unlock the LVM partition. I haven't tried in F9. It would be really
nice to have this supported by the installer.
-- Chris
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Message: 8
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:38:59 -0400
From: Jim <mickeyboa at sbcglobal.net>
Subject: What DHCP command to use, to get DNS
To: Fedora-Maillist <fedora-list at redhat.com>
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FC8
What dhcp command do I use to get DNS number from ISP ?
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Message: 9
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:45:16 -0400
From: Chris Tyler <chris at tylers.info>
Subject: Re: lvm2 problem
To: "Community assistance, encouragement, and advice for using
Fedora." <fedora-list at redhat.com>
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On Mon, 2008-09-22 at 12:31 -0400, Chris Snook wrote:
> Bogdan Sarandan wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> >
> > I want to know if there is any way to recover data from a damage lvm2
> > partition. The case is like this. We had a fedora core 7 server and i ran the
> > command fsck when the disk was mounted and running. I was not able to boot
> > the disk anymore after I typed fsck. Now that disk is in another computer
> > running linux. I am not able to mount that partition anymore. The error is
> > like this:
> >
> > rds:/ # mount /dev/sdb2 /mnt/sdb2 mount: unknown filesystem type
> > 'LVM2_member'
> >
> > Can you please tell me a way to recover my data from that lvm2 type partition
> > ?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
>
> You need to add it to an LVM2 volume group, and then fsck the logical volume.
> Your best chance is to use a backup superblock (see man e2fsck) but if the fsck
> completed, it's probably wiped out.
>
> -- Chris
>
The specific commands you need are vgscan and vgchange; access to the
logical volume will be through /dev/mapper/yourVGname-yourLVname
(or /dev/yourVGname/yourLVname) and not /dev/sdb* (which is the raw
partition containing a PV).
(Although the context is different, there are some examples of
vgscan/vgchange usage here:
http://dailypackage.fedorabook.com/index.php?/archives/159-.html )
-Chris
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Message: 10
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:52:42 -0400
From: "Dr. Michael J. Chudobiak" <mjc at avtechpulse.com>
Subject: Re: can't mount dvd, thumb drives, etc
To: "Community assistance, encouragement, and advice for using
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Dr. Michael J. Chudobiak wrote:
> When I insert a dvd into my drive, or a usb thumb drive into the usb
> port, the volumes are not auto-mounted. They appear in Nautilus under
> "Computer", but right-click>mount doesn't work (no error messages appear).
Some follow-up: running "gnome-mount -v -d /dev/sr0" as root works fine.
However, Nautilus still can't mount the drive as a normal user.
- Mike
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Message: 11
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 11:52:54 -0500
From: "Mikkel L. Ellertson" <mikkel at infinity-ltd.com>
Subject: Re: What DHCP command to use, to get DNS
To: "Community assistance, encouragement, and advice for using
Fedora." <fedora-list at redhat.com>
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Jim wrote:
> FC8
> What dhcp command do I use to get DNS number from ISP ?
>
I think you will have to give more details about what you are trying
to do. Normally, you will get the name server information as part of
the DHCP lease. The information will be put in /etc/resolv.conf
Mikkel
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Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 11:49:38 -0500
From: "Mikkel L. Ellertson" <mikkel at infinity-ltd.com>
Subject: Re: HELP
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wwp wrote:
> Hello jagannar at mskcc.org,
>
>
> lol, we can't help you asking for help!
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
Sure we can. :) See:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
Mikkel
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Message: 13
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:13:08 -0400
From: Jim <mickeyboa at sbcglobal.net>
Subject: Re: What DHCP command to use, to get DNS
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Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
> Jim wrote:
>
>> FC8
>> What dhcp command do I use to get DNS number from ISP ?
>>
>>
> I think you will have to give more details about what you are trying
> to do. Normally, you will get the name server information as part of
> the DHCP lease. The information will be put in /etc/resolv.conf
>
> Mikkel
>
I know how to make all settings change, I just want to get the DNS # .
Thank you
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Message: 14
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 11:50:54 -0600
From: Phil Meyer <pmeyer at themeyerfarm.com>
Subject: Re: spec file for rpms
To: "Community assistance, encouragement, and advice for using
Fedora." <fedora-list at redhat.com>
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David Hláèik wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> i am new at this.
>
> I want to make a rpm from a program source. It does not contain rpm
> spec file by default so i need to create one.
>
> Is there any way to make creation of spec files easier? some tools etc
> ... ?
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> David
Both vim and emacs will create a basic spec for you by simply editing a
non existant spec file.
$ vim new.spec
will create a basic spec file if new.spec does not exist in the current
directory.
However, creating good spec files is a bit of a black art, I am afraid
to say.
You will need to install:
rpmdevtools
and run:
/usr/bin/rpmdev-setuptree
That creates your rpmbuild directory tree.
From there, you will find the field is broad, and the sky is the limit. :)
There are tools to watch 'make install' to discover what happens and
duplicate it for a %files section for a spec file, but using those tools
is a separate art form in itself.
I have found that most apps using 'configure' (automake) tools will have
fairly easy to read install: sections in the generated Makefile.
The rpm spec file: %files section allows for directories, making it easier.
So basically, make a generic .spec file, copy the source tarball to
~/rpmbuild/SOURCES, try: rpmbuild -ba my.spec, and watch for errors,
like the naming of the tar ball has to match the versioning specified in
the spec file. Also the directory that the tar ball is extracted into
should match the version.
That is the simplest form.
You will want some references:
http://www.rpm.org/max-rpm/index.html
http://docs.fedoraproject.org/drafts/rpm-guide-en/
Look for the section called: Creating the spec file
One last piece of advice:
Always run rpmbuild as your user, and NOT root. If your .spec file
needs root to do something, you are doing it wrong. :)
Good Luck!
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Message: 15
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:55:15 -0400
From: Todd Denniston <Todd.Denniston at ssa.crane.navy.mil>
Subject: Re: spec file for rpms
To: "Community assistance, encouragement, and advice for using
Fedora." <fedora-list at redhat.com>
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David Hláèik wrote, On 09/22/2008 11:54 AM:
> Hi guys,
>
> i am new at this.
>
> I want to make a rpm from a program source. It does not contain rpm spec
> file by default so i need to create one.
>
> Is there any way to make creation of spec files easier? some tools etc ... ?
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> David
>
>
http://freshmeat.net/projects/checkinstall/
I have used checkinstall, and it will make a 'get you going' spec file, but
the produced spec file is not very nice.
I took the one it made for me (for the software I wanted to package) and
compared it to the one that comes with the kernel from fedora, and made
changes that seemed sane. {I understand reasonably how to do the kernel
compile by hand, so seeing how they did it in the spec file gave me clues to
how to do what I wanted.}
such changes as:
-BuildRoot: /var/tmp/XALTPlcbbmBlCXeZdMMaE/package
+BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
just before the %files entry.
+%clean
+rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
Also the fedora guidelines may point you towards filling in some things you
might not have thought about, and if you follow them might get what ever
package you are making the spec for accepted in fedora faster.
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/Guidelines
and in particular
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/Guidelines#Writing_a_package_from_scratch
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Rpmdevtools
{Todd: wonders if seeing those last two links would have made life easier...}
--
Todd Denniston
Crane Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC Crane)
Harnessing the Power of Technology for the Warfighter
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Message: 16
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:56:00 -0400
From: James Pifer <jep at obrien-pifer.com>
Subject: Re: Script help
To: "Community assistance, encouragement, and advice for using
Fedora." <fedora-list at redhat.com>
Message-ID: <1222106160.32638.39.camel at storage.obrien-pifer.com>
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> Point... just that the OP never stated that the files were in
> exactly one dir and that duplicate file names were or were not possible.
> Yes close timestamps are also an issue (see stat).
Hi. OP here. Files are all in the same dir. Duplicates obviously not an
issue. Everything is working. Thanks to everyone.
James
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