iMON VFD in Fedora 14 - can't get display to work

2010-11-11 Thread Andrew Junev
Hi All, I've been trying to set up an iMON VFD on a fresh Fedora 14 system. # lsusb Bus 005 Device 002: ID 15c2:0038 SoundGraph Inc. GD01 MX VFD Display/IR Receiver # uname -a Linux fedora.host 2.6.35.6-45.fc14.i686 #1 SMP Mon Oct 18 23:56:17 UTC 2010 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux I installed lcdpr

Re: How to compare filesystem contents

2010-05-08 Thread Andrew Junev
Hello charles, Saturday, May 8, 2010, 8:29:05 AM, you wrote: >> I also started comparing checksums, but that's a time-consuming >> process (the data I move is mostly my data files and a video archive, >> being close to 2TB large in total). Not sure if I really want to keep >> it running to the en

Re: How to compare filesystem contents

2010-05-07 Thread Andrew Junev
Hello Bryn, Friday, May 7, 2010, 2:41:55 PM, you wrote: > These small variations are most likely caused by the differences in > on-disk layout between ext3 and ext4. Ext4 is an extent based file > system as opposed to ext2/3 which use indirect block pointers to > describe the layout of a file's d

How to compare filesystem contents

2010-05-07 Thread Andrew Junev
Hello All, I was moving my filesystem to a new disk with 'cp -ax' command (as root). It completed with no error messages, but I can see some difference between the old and the new filesystems when using df: # df Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/mapper/vg_

Re: [Fwd: Re: CD/DVD automount in Fedora 12]

2010-04-12 Thread Andrew Junev
Hello Tom, Sunday, April 11, 2010, 2:45:46 PM, you wrote: >> I gave up and reinstalled the system. I then ran 'yum update' and also >> installed MythTV from rpmfusion. Then I checked if automount works - >> and it didn't! It is the same behavior with symlinks disappearing >> when inserting a disc

Re: [Fwd: Re: CD/DVD automount in Fedora 12]

2010-04-10 Thread Andrew Junev
> I just checked on my other machine (mythbackend), symlinks are always > there - no matter if the disc is in the drive or not. > So the fact that symlinks disappear is probably somehow related to my > automount problem. I tried reinstalling udev (just in case...) - it > didn't help... What else

Re: Kernel Oops right after boot

2010-04-07 Thread Andrew Junev
Ok, let me rephrase the question. How do I analyze "kernel oops" messages in the modern kernels (I use Fedora 12, kernel 2.6.32)? Is there any how-to or FAQ available? -- Best regards, Andrew -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscripti

Re: [Fwd: Re: CD/DVD automount in Fedora 12]

2010-04-07 Thread Andrew Junev
Wednesday, April 7, 2010, 12:47:06 AM, you wrote: > Hello François, > Wednesday, April 7, 2010, 12:37:01 AM, you wrote: Immediately after boot, check for soft link: /dev/dvd -->> /dev/sr0 (dvd, crrom, cdrw, dvdrw, whatever... at least one) >>> >>> >>> $ ls -l /dev/cdr* >

Re: [Fwd: Re: CD/DVD automount in Fedora 12]

2010-04-06 Thread Andrew Junev
Hello François, Wednesday, April 7, 2010, 12:37:01 AM, you wrote: >>> Immediately after boot, check for soft link: >>> >>> /dev/dvd -->> /dev/sr0 >>> >>> (dvd, crrom, cdrw, dvdrw, whatever... at least one) >> >> >> $ ls -l /dev/cdr* >> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 2010-04-06 19:31 /dev/cdrom1 -> sr0

Re: CD/DVD automount in Fedora 12

2010-04-06 Thread Andrew Junev
Hello François, Tuesday, April 6, 2010, 10:25:04 AM, you wrote: >> This is a strange question, perhaps... How do I _enable_ CD-ROM >> automount on Fedora 12 machine? > 2 tests: > Immediately after boot, check for soft link: /dev/dvd -->> /dev/sr0 > (dvd, crrom, cdrw, dvdrw, whatever... at l

Re: CD/DVD automount in Fedora 12

2010-04-05 Thread Andrew Junev
Hello Aaron, Tuesday, April 6, 2010, 4:13:47 AM, you wrote: > On Mon, 2010-04-05 at 22:50 +0400, Andrew Junev wrote: >> Monday, April 5, 2010, 9:47:50 PM, you wrote: >> >> >> > OK, let's try this: >> >> > in gconf-edit, >> >>

Re: CD/DVD automount in Fedora 12

2010-04-05 Thread Andrew Junev
Hello Rick, Monday, April 5, 2010, 11:56:43 PM, you wrote: > Andrew, first off you should sort out why you're getting kernel > oopses. That's just bad in any case. I'd look at /var/log/messages > and dmesg and look for anything regarding your DVD/CD drive. Yeah, I have a feeling these oopses

Re: CD/DVD automount in Fedora 12

2010-04-05 Thread Andrew Junev
Hello Suvayu, Monday, April 5, 2010, 11:32:25 PM, you wrote: > Try this, > # grep -i mount /var/log/messages Here it is: # grep -i mount /var/log/messages 2010-04-05T21:09:54.217904+04:00 frontend1 automount[1385]: lookup_read_master: lookup(nisplus): couldn't locate nis+ table auto.master #

Re: CD/DVD automount in Fedora 12

2010-04-05 Thread Andrew Junev
Hello Suvayu, Monday, April 5, 2010, 10:57:20 PM, you wrote: > On Monday 05 April 2010 11:50 AM, Andrew Junev wrote: >> >> Monday, April 5, 2010, 9:47:50 PM, you wrote: >> >> >>> OK, let's try this: >> >>> in gconf-edit, >> >&g

Re: CD/DVD automount in Fedora 12

2010-04-05 Thread Andrew Junev
Monday, April 5, 2010, 9:47:50 PM, you wrote: > OK, let's try this: > in gconf-edit, > apps ->> nautilus -> preferences > Check the settings for media-automount I checked this one already before posting the question. It is ticked. I also tried removing it and putting it back again. Still no

Re: CD/DVD automount in Fedora 12

2010-04-05 Thread Andrew Junev
Hello suvayu, Monday, April 5, 2010, 9:40:31 PM, you wrote: >> >>> System ->> Preferences -> File Management >> >>> Click on the 'Media' tab. >> >> What should be the settings there? I tried setting everything to "Ask >> what to do", but it still doesn't automount the disc... >> > I don't use G

Re: CD/DVD automount in Fedora 12

2010-04-05 Thread Andrew Junev
Hello Steven, Monday, April 5, 2010, 7:50:46 PM, you wrote: >> So what's the best way to bring automount back? >> >> P.S. I don't need a file browser or any other application to activate >> when I insert a disc. I just want the disc content to be accessible by >> the system... >> > System ->>

CD/DVD automount in Fedora 12

2010-04-05 Thread Andrew Junev
Hi All, This is a strange question, perhaps... How do I _enable_ CD-ROM automount on Fedora 12 machine? I have Fedora 12 running MythTV. Previously CDs/DVDs were mounted automatically each time I insert a disk into the drive. Recently I noticed it doesn't happen any longer - I have to do it manua

Re: How to compile kernel module for a new kernel before reboot?

2010-04-03 Thread Andrew Junev
Hello Kwan, Saturday, April 3, 2010, 11:57:04 PM, you wrote: >> How do I compile my driver for a new kernel _before_ actually booting >> into that new kernel, so that I could be prepared with the new kernel >> module already on first reboot? > Depending on your source tree there are a few differ

Re: How to compile kernel module for a new kernel before reboot?

2010-04-03 Thread Andrew Junev
Hello Sam, Saturday, April 3, 2010, 11:21:34 PM, you wrote: >> How do I compile my driver for a new kernel _before_ actually booting >> into that new kernel, so that I could be prepared with the new kernel >> module already on first reboot? > My advice is to investigate whether you can package

How to compile kernel module for a new kernel before reboot?

2010-04-03 Thread Andrew Junev
Hello All, I have a vt6656 WiFi adapter that needs a separate driver to work in Linux. The driver is neither in "native" Fedora repos, nor in rpmfusion (at least I don't know how to search for it, so I think it's not there). So whenever I do a 'yum update' and get a new kernel, I have to compile

Re: Fedora 12 does not work after replacing the motherboard

2010-03-06 Thread Andrew Junev
Hello Tim, Saturday, March 6, 2010, 10:19:11 AM, you wrote: > If you have the ability, you can try getting the computer to output a > log to a serial port, and have another computer monitor it while you > crash it. That's one technique to debug a computer that crashes very > badly. Thanks for t

Re: Fedora 12 does not work after replacing the motherboard

2010-03-05 Thread Andrew Junev
Tuesday, March 2, 2010, 10:50:29 PM, you wrote: > Yet, I found another evidence. I tried replacing my video adapter > (8600GT) with an older 7600GS and then with a newer GT220. In both > cases, the system started in graphical mode without any errors. So > it seems that the system works fine with a

Re: Fedora 12 does not work after replacing the motherboard

2010-03-02 Thread Andrew Junev
Sorry for double posting. This one is to keep a proper threading: Tuesday, March 2, 2010, 12:04:24 AM, you wrote: >> Hello All, > >> I kindly ask for your support. On my MythTV frontend-only machine, I >> had to replace the motherboard. The old motherboard was an ASUS P5KR >> (Intel P35 chipset

Re: Fedora 12 does not work after replacing the motherboard

2010-03-02 Thread Andrew Junev
Tuesday, March 2, 2010, 7:17:57 AM, you wrote: >> Hello All, > >> I kindly ask for your support. On my MythTV frontend-only machine, I >> had to replace the motherboard. The old motherboard was an ASUS P5KR >> (Intel P35 chipset), and the newly installed motherboard is an MSI >> P43T-C51 (Intel P

Fedora 12 does not work after replacing the motherboard

2010-03-01 Thread Andrew Junev
Hello All, I kindly ask for your support. On my MythTV frontend-only machine, I had to replace the motherboard. The old motherboard was an ASUS P5KR (Intel P35 chipset), and the newly installed motherboard is an MSI P43T-C51 (Intel P43 chipset). The old MB wasn't faulty - I just had to urgently us

Fedora 12 does not work after replacing the motherboard

2010-03-01 Thread Andrew Junev
Hello All, I kindly ask for your support. On my MythTV frontend-only machine, I had to replace the motherboard. The old motherboard was an ASUS P5KR (Intel P35 chipset), and the newly installed motherboard is an MSI P43T-C51 (Intel P43 chipset). The old MB wasn't faulty - I just had to urgently us