Re: F-18 display setting problem -

2013-03-01 Thread poma
On 03/02/13 00:55, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: > On 03/01/2013 06:29 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: >> Time for the usual questions. >> >> What is the output of "xrandr"? And, is your monitor attached to your >> system via a KVM switch? >> >> -- > [bobg@box10 ~]$ xrandr > Screen 0: minimu

Re: Multiboot question

2013-03-01 Thread poma
On 03/01/13 06:39, Christopher Meng wrote: > Thanks, David. > > Maybe f17 installer is easier for me. I never install dualboot Linux on one > hard disk. I always test such things on my slc usb3.0. > > Back to the title. As I used yesterday, f18 anaconda partitioning interface > just made me more

Re: Multiboot question

2013-03-01 Thread Craig White
On Sat, 2013-03-02 at 01:01 +1030, Tim wrote: > Allegedly, on or about 01 March 2013, Christopher Meng sent: > > And, fedoraforum suggest me using ext4 instead of lvm. > > If you're never going to span a partition across more than one drive > (which can be dangerous - if one of the drives fail, y

Re: restart install

2013-03-01 Thread Richard Vickery
My ignorant 2 cents: does the system recognize an internet connection on install? On Mar 1, 2013 12:38 PM, "Patrick Dupre" wrote: > Hello, > > I checked twice the DVD, but the install fails during packages installion. > How can I restart it? > I guess that the list of packages which need to be in

Re: F-18 display setting problem -

2013-03-01 Thread David
On 3/1/2013 7:11 PM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: > On 03/01/2013 06:41 PM, David wrote: >> You could use "system-config-display" to do this. But Fedora dropped >> it several releases ago. >> >> And now is when you will get message after message chock full of helpful >> 'try this' sug

Re: F-18 display setting problem -

2013-03-01 Thread Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA
On 03/01/2013 06:41 PM, David wrote: You could use "system-config-display" to do this. But Fedora dropped it several releases ago. And now is when you will get message after message chock full of helpful 'try this' suggestions that won't work and many 'what does some cryptic CLI command say? F

Re: F-18 display setting problem -

2013-03-01 Thread Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA
On 03/01/2013 06:40 PM, g wrote: i was not familiar with the amd a8-3850 cpu/gpu. a quick search via ixquick.com [i am thru with gobble and their tracking] to find out a little more about the cpu/gpu chip. nothing to say how it appears. amd now owns ati, so your driver ?should? be correct. or so

Re: fresh installation fails

2013-03-01 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Sat, 2013-03-02 at 00:45 +0100, Patrick Dupre wrote: > > You've tested the DVD an you've tested memory and all appears > fine. > > Now, I'm not saying this is the problem but years back I had a > > similar situation. I had burned the DVD with the speed set to > > "auto". I burned a seco

Re: F-18 display setting problem -

2013-03-01 Thread Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA
On 03/01/2013 06:29 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: Time for the usual questions. What is the output of "xrandr"? And, is your monitor attached to your system via a KVM switch? -- [bobg@box10 ~]$ xrandr Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1024 x 768, maximum 8192 x 8192 VGA-0 connected 1024x768+0

Re: fresh installation fails

2013-03-01 Thread Ed Greshko
On 03/02/13 07:45, Patrick Dupre wrote: > There is one bizard thing is that, I am now getting some > read I/O errors on sr0 and it sometime even fails to load the DVD!!! > So I am testing again the DVD > The DVD has not been burned with the same reader that I am using for > the install. Is it a pro

installation

2013-03-01 Thread Patrick Dupre
Hello, Can this partitioning/formatting be a problem: mke2fs /dev/sda6 -t ext4 -b 2048 -L boot0 mke2fs /dev/VolGrpSys_DK0/root_usr -t ext4 -b 2048 mke2fs /dev/VolGrpSys_DK0/usr_local -t ext4 -b 2048 mke2fs /dev/VolGrpSys_DK0/usr_lib -t ext4 -b 2048 mke2fs /

Re: fresh installation fails

2013-03-01 Thread Patrick Dupre
Quoting sam, 02 mar 2013 Ed Greshko : On 03/02/13 04:33, Patrick Dupre wrote: I check the DVD (PASSED), but I get a random error when installing hwdata or filesystem! You've tested the DVD an you've tested memory and all appears fine. Now, I'm not saying this is the problem but years b

Re: F-18 display setting problem -

2013-03-01 Thread David
On 3/1/2013 1:48 PM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: > > In a new Fedora-18/64 bit install in a new computer I am unable to set > the resolution above 1024x768 at 60HZ and would like to set it higher. > > I found the following:. > > [root@box10 ~]# ll /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d > total 4 > -r

Re: fresh installation fails

2013-03-01 Thread Ed Greshko
On 03/02/13 04:33, Patrick Dupre wrote: > I check the DVD (PASSED), but I get a random error when installing > hwdata or filesystem! You've tested the DVD an you've tested memory and all appears fine. Now, I'm not saying this is the problem but years back I had a similar situation. I had

Re: F-18 display setting problem -

2013-03-01 Thread g
On 03/01/2013 09:49 PM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: > On 03/01/2013 02:42 PM, g wrote: >> give this a try: <> cutting that out. sending full layout. > Well that's an improvement in that it works however I still don't have > an option of selecting higher than 1024x768. > > Section "

Re: F-18 display setting problem -

2013-03-01 Thread Ed Greshko
On 03/02/13 05:49, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: > ell that's an improvement in that it works however I still don't have an > option of selecting higher than 1024x768. > > Section "Device" > Identifier "Videocard0" > Driver "ati" > > I wonder if the ati dri

Re: fresh installation fails

2013-03-01 Thread Joe Zeff
On 03/01/2013 02:09 PM, Patrick Dupre wrote: Test passed: No errors!!! Excellent! As I used to tell people when I did tech support on the phone, much of my job consists of going down one blind ally after another until one of them isn't. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.

Re: fresh installation fails

2013-03-01 Thread Patrick Dupre
Quoting ven, 01 mar 2013 Joe Zeff : On 03/01/2013 01:11 PM, Patrick Dupre wrote: I have 8 Go of RAM on x86_64 brand new machine. The hardware is a Z77-G41 (MSI) with an i5 It regular fails after the installation of 4 or 6 packages!!! I know that it's unlikely, but it can't hurt to rule out t

Re: fresh installation fails

2013-03-01 Thread Patrick Dupre
Quoting ven, 01 mar 2013 Roger : Maybe it's a faulty download. I would that it is so, but I checked twice the DVD (on 2 different machine) and I checked the checksum. So what else? I am testing the memory (right now 65% passed). I have both a dvd and usb installer both images downloaded week

Re: fresh installation fails

2013-03-01 Thread Roger
Maybe it's a faulty download. I have both a dvd and usb installer both images downloaded weeks apart, which I have used on a number of machines and all worked well, If I had a gripe with Fedora 18 it would be that it now takes 5 seconds longer to boot than it did a month ago but it's clearly 40

Re: F-18 display setting problem -

2013-03-01 Thread Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA
On 03/01/2013 02:42 PM, g wrote: give this a try: Section "Monitor" Identifier "Monitor0" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "Videocard0" Driver "ati" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0"

Re: fresh installation fails

2013-03-01 Thread Patrick Dupre
Quoting ven, 01 mar 2013 Joe Zeff : On 03/01/2013 01:11 PM, Patrick Dupre wrote: I have 8 Go of RAM on x86_64 brand new machine. The hardware is a Z77-G41 (MSI) with an i5 It regular fails after the installation of 4 or 6 packages!!! I know that it's unlikely, but it can't hurt to rule out t

Re: fresh installation fails

2013-03-01 Thread Patrick Dupre
Quoting ven, 01 mar 2013 Patrick O'Callaghan : On Fri, 2013-03-01 at 22:11 +0100, Patrick Dupre wrote: > What's Your hardware? Have You sufficient amount of RAM? I wasn't > able install > F18 i686 on PC with 1.25GB RAM and symptoms was similar. x86_64 version will > have even bigger requirement

Re: fresh installation fails

2013-03-01 Thread Joe Zeff
On 03/01/2013 01:11 PM, Patrick Dupre wrote: I have 8 Go of RAM on x86_64 brand new machine. The hardware is a Z77-G41 (MSI) with an i5 It regular fails after the installation of 4 or 6 packages!!! I know that it's unlikely, but it can't hurt to rule out the possibility: run memtest86 and mak

Re: fresh installation fails

2013-03-01 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Fri, 2013-03-01 at 22:11 +0100, Patrick Dupre wrote: > > What's Your hardware? Have You sufficient amount of RAM? I wasn't > > able install > > F18 i686 on PC with 1.25GB RAM and symptoms was similar. x86_64 > version will > > have even bigger requirements. > > Due to it's memory requirements

Re: Check Updates option does no work for me in Software application

2013-03-01 Thread Aaron Konstam
On Fri, 2013-03-01 at 16:20 +0100, Reindl Harald wrote: > > Am 01.03.2013 15:57, schrieb Aaron Konstam: > > The Check Updates option in the Software application does not work for > > me. It starts as expected reporting the number of updates. But it never > > reaches the install step and just keeps

Re: fresh installation fails

2013-03-01 Thread Patrick Dupre
Quoting ven, 01 mar 2013 Frantisek Hanzlik : Patrick Dupre wrote: Quoting ven, 01 mar 2013 Frantisek Hanzlik : Patrick Dupre wrote: Quoting ven, 01 mar 2013 Matthew Miller : On Fri, Mar 01, 2013 at 06:44:43PM +0100, Patrick Dupre wrote: Fresh fedora 18 installation fails. How can I get

Re: fresh installation fails

2013-03-01 Thread Frantisek Hanzlik
Patrick Dupre wrote: > > Quoting ven, 01 mar 2013 Frantisek Hanzlik : > >> Patrick Dupre wrote: >>> >>> Quoting ven, 01 mar 2013 Matthew Miller : >>> On Fri, Mar 01, 2013 at 06:44:43PM +0100, Patrick Dupre wrote: > Fresh fedora 18 installation fails. > How can I get a log file?

Re: fresh installation fails

2013-03-01 Thread Patrick Dupre
Quoting ven, 01 mar 2013 Frantisek Hanzlik : Patrick Dupre wrote: Quoting ven, 01 mar 2013 Matthew Miller : On Fri, Mar 01, 2013 at 06:44:43PM +0100, Patrick Dupre wrote: Fresh fedora 18 installation fails. How can I get a log file? This depends to some degree how and where it is failing

restart install

2013-03-01 Thread Patrick Dupre
Hello, I checked twice the DVD, but the install fails during packages installion. How can I restart it? I guess that the list of packages which need to be installed are stored somewhere and yum must be able to manage it! Thank. -- ===

Re: fresh installation fails

2013-03-01 Thread Frantisek Hanzlik
Patrick Dupre wrote: > > Quoting ven, 01 mar 2013 Matthew Miller : > >> On Fri, Mar 01, 2013 at 06:44:43PM +0100, Patrick Dupre wrote: >>> Fresh fedora 18 installation fails. >>> How can I get a log file? >> >> This depends to some degree how and where it is failing. Can you be more >> specific?

Re: F-18 display setting problem -

2013-03-01 Thread g
On 03/01/2013 06:48 PM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: > > In a new Fedora-18/64 bit install in a new computer I am unable to set > the resolution above 1024x768 at 60HZ and would like to set it higher. > > I found the following:. > > [root@box10 ~]# ll /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d > total 4

RE: What does "mapping=identity" mean in /etc/exports?

2013-03-01 Thread Greg Scott
I just now checked this - sorry for the delayed response. > Probably related to the unfsd[1]. > iSeries? ;) Yes! This is an IBM AS/400 site. The AS400 is an NFS client. They run an app that uses an NFS server to hold archives of images they need to keep handy. Several years ago, the origi

Re: Check Updates option does no work for me in Software application

2013-03-01 Thread Joe Zeff
On 03/01/2013 07:20 AM, Reindl Harald wrote: all this graphical crap is a frontend to yum with zero feedback if something does not work perfectly Except for yumex, which does give you access to the error messages. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subs

F-18 display setting problem -

2013-03-01 Thread Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA
In a new Fedora-18/64 bit install in a new computer I am unable to set the resolution above 1024x768 at 60HZ and would like to set it higher. I found the following:. [root@box10 ~]# ll /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d total 4 -rw-rw-r--. 1 root root 161 Feb 28 04:42 00-anaconda-keyboard.conf To which I

Re: fresh installation fails

2013-03-01 Thread Patrick Dupre
Quoting ven, 01 mar 2013 Matthew Miller : On Fri, Mar 01, 2013 at 06:44:43PM +0100, Patrick Dupre wrote: Fresh fedora 18 installation fails. How can I get a log file? This depends to some degree how and where it is failing. Can you be more specific? Error Message: There was an error insta

Re: fresh installation fails

2013-03-01 Thread Patrick Dupre
Quoting ven, 01 mar 2013 Matthew Miller : On Fri, Mar 01, 2013 at 06:44:43PM +0100, Patrick Dupre wrote: Fresh fedora 18 installation fails. How can I get a log file? This depends to some degree how and where it is failing. Can you be more specific? Is there is a log fiel it would be eas

Re: fresh installation fails

2013-03-01 Thread Matthew Miller
On Fri, Mar 01, 2013 at 06:44:43PM +0100, Patrick Dupre wrote: > Fresh fedora 18 installation fails. > How can I get a log file? This depends to some degree how and where it is failing. Can you be more specific? -- Matthew Miller ☁☁☁ Fedora Cloud Architect ☁☁☁ -- users mailing list users@l

fresh installation fails

2013-03-01 Thread Patrick Dupre
Hello, Fresh fedora 18 installation fails. How can I get a log file? Thank -- == Patrick DUPRÉ | | email: pdu...@kegtux.org Laboratoire de Physico-Chimie de l'Atmosphère Université du Littoral-Côte

Re: F18 grub hang with blinking cursor after kernel update [SOLVED]

2013-03-01 Thread Mike Zingale
Turns out that if you update the kernel with an external USB disk plugged in, grub gets hosed. When I originally did the system yum update I had a disk plugged in, that broke it the first time. I still had that external disk plugged in for each attempt at rescue/grub2 reinstall. Finally it dawne

fedora / mounting point

2013-03-01 Thread Patrick Dupre
Hello, In Fedora 18 I am trying to install the / (root partition) on my own partition, but it seems impossible? Am correct? "You must create a new filesystem on the root device" Can I change later? Thank. -- == Patrick DUPRÉ

Re: Check Updates option does no work for me in Software application

2013-03-01 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 01.03.2013 15:57, schrieb Aaron Konstam: > The Check Updates option in the Software application does not work for > me. It starts as expected reporting the number of updates. But it never > reaches the install step and just keeps running without end. > > Does this work for other people? If so

Check Updates option does no work for me in Software application

2013-03-01 Thread Aaron Konstam
The Check Updates option in the Software application does not work for me. It starts as expected reporting the number of updates. But it never reaches the install step and just keeps running without end. Does this work for other people? If so what is your trick to get it to work? -- =

Re: Multiboot question

2013-03-01 Thread Tim
Allegedly, on or about 01 March 2013, Christopher Meng sent: > And, fedoraforum suggest me using ext4 instead of lvm. If you're never going to span a partition across more than one drive (which can be dangerous - if one of the drives fail, you lose what's on both of them), and if you're never goi