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REMINDER: Meeting Wed 7:00 PM

by Andy Stewart

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 HI gang, Its time for a WLUG meeting - coming up on Wednesday, Dec 13th, at 7:00 PM in the Access Grid Room on the WPI campus in Worcester, MA USA. WLUG member Jamie Guinan will be our guest speaker, and the meeting topic will be FUSE (file systems in user space). You can find out more here: http://fuse.sourceforge.net/ I'll bring a couple of things for the no-cost raffle, and we can adjourn to the pizza restaurant after the meeting. Oh yeah, there will be light refreshments at the meeting. See ya there! Andy - -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA, USA http://www.wlug.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFfiguHl0iXDssISsRAlovAJ9soWBvR9yuFs3ru5Rt51/Y5EXp2QCdH0Ee 7ZAIuObeDFW34xzGs65Zjsg= =WVD5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

Dec. 12, 2006

kernel / video problem

by Bill Mills-Curran

Some kind of email loop started on my system yesterday that generated a huge inbox (> 20 GB) on my system. It was detecting a relay loop and then emailing the error which triggered another one. Each email was larger than the last because it contained an account of all the previous errors. After cleaning everything up, I rebooted because some processes had failed due to lack of memory. After rebooting to runlevel 5, I could not get back to graphics mode, at least a visible graphics screen. Although I can sometimes get a graphics screen showing boot progress, it never gets to the splash screen. Everything from the text/console screens looks normal. I have not found any errors in the system log. I've tried switching monitors, and get the same result. Now I've noticed errors in my logwatch email for the last 2 days (same error twice): --------------------- Kernel Begin ------------------------ WARNING: Kernel Errors Present [<c01037ef>] error_code+0x4f/0x54 ...: 69 Time(s) [<c0313190>] do_page_fault+0x0/0x630 [<c01037ef>] error_code+0x4f/0x54 ...: 62 Time(s) Normal free:3224kB min:2776kB low:3468kB high:4164kB active:206364kB inactive:206236kB present:498944kx630 [<c01037ef>] error_code+0x4f/0x54 ...: 1 Time(s) ---------------------- Kernel End ------------------------- Because I had not previously noticed this error, I was thinking that the video problem was hardware -- I was starting to look for a replacement video card. Now I'm not so sure. What do these kernel errors mean? Where are they logged? Are the problems related (kernel errors & video problem)? Any opinion whether this is a hardware or software problem? TIA, Bill

Dec. 12, 2006

Re: [Wlug] Fedora Core 6 kernel source???

by ken jones

Dec. 10, 2006

Re: [Wlug] Fedora Core 6 kernel source???

by ken jones

Frank Sweetser wrote, "That's because they're 3rd party packages from atrpms.net that neither fedora nor redhat have anything to do with." I was told (incorrectly, I guess)that Fedora had incorporated ALSA. What sound card support does Core 6 offer? Is my problem just that the SoundBlaster Live is unique? Ken Jones

Dec. 9, 2006

Re: [Wlug] Fedora Core 6 kernel source???

by Chuck Anderson

I'm sorry we were unable to help you get the official built-in Fedora Core driver for your sound card working. Note that since you have opted for a non-Fedora Core provided driver, you will now have to install a new third-party alsa-kmdl package from the ATrpms repository everytime a new Fedora Core kernel update is released. On Fri, Dec 08, 2006 at 08:17:33PM -0500, ken jones wrote: > Why was this so difficult? What is it that I do not understand about > the Fedora packages? Some folks told me that ALSA was part of Core 6. > I was using ALSA with Core 4. ALSA is a part of every Fedora Core release. It isn't packaged separately--it is part of the standard Fedora Core kernel package. It should "Just Work". Since it didn't just work, would you mind helping us out to figure out why? Standard Fedora sound driver for your sound card (two kernel versions shown here): $ rpm -ql kernel | grep emu10 /lib/modules/2.6.18-1.2798.fc6/kernel/drivers/input/gameport/emu10k1-gp.ko /lib/modules/2.6.18-1.2798.fc6/kernel/sound/pci/emu10k1 /lib/modules/2.6.18-1.2798.fc6/kernel/sound/pci/emu10k1/snd-emu10k1-synth.ko /lib/modules/2.6.18-1.2798.fc6/kernel/sound/pci/emu10k1/snd-emu10k1.ko /lib/modules/2.6.18-1.2798.fc6/kernel/sound/pci/emu10k1/snd-emu10k1x.ko /lib/modules/2.6.18-1.2849.fc6/kernel/drivers/input/gameport/emu10k1-gp.ko /lib/modules/2.6.18-1.2849.fc6/kernel/sound/pci/emu10k1 /lib/modules/2.6.18-1.2849.fc6/kernel/sound/pci/emu10k1/snd-emu10k1-synth.ko /lib/modules/2.6.18-1.2849.fc6/kernel/sound/pci/emu10k1/snd-emu10k1.ko /lib/modules/2.6.18-1.2849.fc6/kernel/sound/pci/emu10k1/snd-emu10k1x.ko /etc/modprobe.conf: alias snd-card-0 snd-emu10k1

Dec. 9, 2006

Re: [Wlug] Fedora Core 6 kernel source???

by Frank Sweetser

> On Fri, 08 Dec 2006 20:17:33 -0500 > ken jones <kjones(a)ziplink.net> wrote: > > I solved my Fedora Core 6 sound card problem. > > I found and rpm'd these files: > > > > alsa-driver-1.0.13-56.fc6.at.i386.rpm > > alsa-kmdl-2.6.18-1.2849.fc6-1.0.13-56.fc6.at.i586.rpm > > > > For some reason alsa files are not part of: > > <http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/6/i386 That's because they're 3rd party packages from atrpms.net that neither fedora nor redhat have anything to do with. -- Frank Sweetser fs at wpi.edu | For every problem, there is a solution that WPI Network Engineer | is simple, elegant, and wrong. - HL Mencken GPG fingerprint = 6174 1257 129E 0D21 D8D4 E8A3 8E39 29E3 E2E8 8CEC

Dec. 9, 2006

Re: [Wlug] Fedora Core 6 kernel source???

by Brian J. Conway

That looks like an updates directory, have the Alsa packages been updated or would the ones in the distribution directory be the latest? I haven't used Fedora, but I'd assume you'd have a couple locations that yum would go for packages, maybe you only have the updates location defined? -b On Fri, 08 Dec 2006 20:17:33 -0500 ken jones <kjones(a)ziplink.net> wrote: > I solved my Fedora Core 6 sound card problem. > I found and rpm'd these files: > > alsa-driver-1.0.13-56.fc6.at.i386.rpm > alsa-kmdl-2.6.18-1.2849.fc6-1.0.13-56.fc6.at.i586.rpm > > For some reason alsa files are not part of: > <http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/6/i386 > /> > > Similarly my 'yum' can not find them. > > Now I can not remember where I did find them. > > Why was this so difficult? What is it that I do not understand about > the Fedora packages? Some folks told me that ALSA was part of Core 6. > I was using ALSA with Core 4. > > I thank you all for your efforts :-) > > Ken Jones

Dec. 9, 2006

Re: [Wlug] Fedora Core 6 kernel source???

by ken jones

I solved my Fedora Core 6 sound card problem. I found and rpm'd these files: alsa-driver-1.0.13-56.fc6.at.i386.rpm alsa-kmdl-2.6.18-1.2849.fc6-1.0.13-56.fc6.at.i586.rpm For some reason alsa files are not part of: <http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/6/i386/> Similarly my 'yum' can not find them. Now I can not remember where I did find them. Why was this so difficult? What is it that I do not understand about the Fedora packages? Some folks told me that ALSA was part of Core 6. I was using ALSA with Core 4. I thank you all for your efforts :-) Ken Jones

Dec. 9, 2006

Re: [Wlug] Further info on my Core 6 problems

by Chuck Anderson

On Tue, Dec 05, 2006 at 09:23:51PM -0500, ken jones wrote: > When I first installed CORE 6 it booted just fine. > Now it hangs and gives the message snipped below. > ---------------start snip---------- > No prebuilt modules for: Fedora - 6 linux-2.6.18-1.2849.fc6.i686-SMP. > Trying to automatically build the driver modules. (This requires a C > compiler and proper kernel sources to be installed) > > WARNING - Missing file /usr/src/linux/include/linux/version.h. The > cause of this is usually a missing or unconfigured kernel source tree > (and sometimes an incorrect directory or symbolic link.) > However, proper /boot/config-2.6.18-1.2849.fc6 was found. > ---------------end snip----------- These messages are not from standard Fedora Core packages and the snippet you gave does not indicate their origin, so it is hard to give specific help. What third party kernel device drivers do you have installed? SMP refers to the multiprocessor kernel, which in FC6 is no longer separate from the uniprocessor kernel. If you read the Release Notes at: http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/release-notes/fc6/en_US/sn-Kernel.html#id2542… it describes how to build kernel modules.

Dec. 6, 2006

Further info on my Core 6 problems

by ken jones

When I first installed CORE 6 it booted just fine. Now it hangs and gives the message snipped below. If I do [CNTRL C] it finishes. It says that it can not find Linux/version.h where it thinks it should be. I have erased the kernel-devel package. Why is it trying to compile? It is referring to a SMP version. I do not see the string SMP anywhere in the REDHAT download page <http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/6/i386/>. What do you think is going on? Ken Jones ---------------start snip---------- No prebuilt modules for: Fedora - 6 linux-2.6.18-1.2849.fc6.i686-SMP. Trying to automatically build the driver modules. (This requires a C compiler and proper kernel sources to be installed) WARNING - Missing file /usr/src/linux/include/linux/version.h. The cause of this is usually a missing or unconfigured kernel source tree (and sometimes an incorrect directory or symbolic link.) However, proper /boot/config-2.6.18-1.2849.fc6 was found. ---------------end snip----------- As I said. At this point the little spinning icon is busy. The progression bar is not progressing. CNTRL-C initiales a successful finish of the boot. Ken Jones

Dec. 6, 2006

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