NVIDIA Again (Mike Noble
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Thu Nov 11 05:01:57 UTC 2004
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> 1. Re: NVIDIA Again (Mike Noble)
> 2. Re: Adobe Acrobat Reader for FC3? (Alexander Dalloz)
> 3. RE:Guide for NoOB in installing NVIDIA Driver (Irwin Mercader)
> 4. yum update was ineffective? (Gerry Tool)
> 5. Re: NVIDIA Again (Alexander Dalloz)
> 6. Re: RE:Guide for NoOB in installing NVIDIA Driver
> (Alexander Dalloz)
> 7. Re: NVIDIA Again (Mike Noble)
> 8. Ways to upgrade to FC3 and expected results (Newbie looking
> for answers) (M Daniel R M)
> 9. Re: Adobe Acrobat Reader for FC3? (Gerry Tool)
> 10. Bash decimal arithmetic? (Dean Maluski)
> 11. Re: NVIDIA Again (Mike Noble)
> 12. Re: Scanning Slides under FC[123] (Z)
> 13. MadWIFI and FC3 [WAS: FC3, Linuxant, stock kernel
> (2.6.9-1.667) and 4k stacks] (Don Levey)
> 14. Re: Scanning Slides under FC[123] (Gerry Tool)
> 15. Re: FC3, up2date, yum, apt, authenticating proxy (Nifty Hat Mitch)
> 16. Re: Bash decimal arithmetic? (Graham Campbell)
> 17. Re: Evolution sadness (Micheal Clark)
>
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> Message: 1
> Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 17:53:50 -0800
> From: Mike Noble <mgnoble at cox.net>
> Subject: Re: NVIDIA Again
> To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list at redhat.com>
> Message-ID: <4192C62E.40707 at cox.net>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>
> Kevin Freeman wrote:
> > On Wed, 2004-11-10 at 16:49 -0500, Jesse Jarzynka wrote:
> >
> >> Ok, has anyone installed the latest 6629 driver, rebooted, and had
> >>eveything come up fine? I'm curious if this is a Core 3 issue, a kernel
> >>issue, or a 'just me' issue. I'm thinking of moving back to the 6111
> >>driver but I can't install that without the kernel sources correct? I
> >>tried modprobing 'nvidia' but that doesnt change the driver I'm using,
> >>and I still don't have accelerated 3D. Anyone know what's going on here?
> >>I'm real impressed with core3 so far but if I can't have ant apotlight
> >>screensaver what good is it :-P?
> >>Jesse Jarzynka
> >>Cyber Source
> >>http://www.thecybersource.com
> >>
> >
> >
> > Which card do you have? The 6629 driver does not work on Riva TNT2
> > cards, but works fine (for me at least) on a GF4 440MX and GF 5200.
> > Driver 6111 (patched) works fine for all 3 cards listed above. And
> > neither driver requires the kernel source to be present. You _will_
> > need to read the Release Notes (search for nvidia and udev) to get
> > everything working smoothly.
> >
> > What is the output of: lsmod|grep nvidia ? You should see something
> > like:
> > nvidia 3473436 22
> >
> > If so, you probably forgot to edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf to specify the
> > binary nvidia driver.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Kevin Freeman
> >
>
> I would really like to know how you did this. I have GF4 440MX and
> installed the NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6629-pkg1. Modified the
> /etc/X11/xorg.conf. When I reboot, it gives a message about
> reconfigure kernel and hangs.
> Any help would be great, I have never had a problem with an nvidia
> driver before. But then that was on a different Linux.
>
> Mike
>
> Here is my xorg.conf file:
>
> # XFree86 4 configuration created by pyxf86config
>
> Section "ServerLayout"
> Identifier "Default Layout"
> Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
> InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
> InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Files"
> RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
> FontPath "unix/:7100"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Module"
> Load "dbe"
> Load "extmod"
> Load "fbdevhw"
> Load "glx"
> Load "record"
> Load "freetype"
> Load "type1"
> # Load "dri"
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
> Identifier "Keyboard0"
> Driver "kbd"
> Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
> Option "XkbLayout" "us"
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
> Identifier "Mouse0"
> Driver "mouse"
> Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
> Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
> Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
> Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Monitor"
> Identifier "Monitor0"
> VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
> ModelName "VE700"
> DisplaySize 340 270
> HorizSync 30.0 - 80.0
> VertRefresh 50.0 - 75.0
> Option "dpms"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
> Identifier "Videocard0"
> # Driver "nv"
> Driver "nvidia"
> VendorName "Videocard vendor"
> BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce 4 (generic)"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
> Identifier "Screen0"
> Device "Videocard0"
> Monitor "Monitor0"
> DefaultDepth 24
> SubSection "Display"
> Viewport 0 0
> Depth 16
> Modes "800x600" "640x480"
> EndSubSection
> SubSection "Display"
> Viewport 0 0
> Depth 24
> Modes "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768"
> "800x600""640x480"
> EndSubSection
> EndSection
>
> Section "DRI"
> Group 0
> Mode 0666
> EndSection
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 02:55:40 +0100
> From: Alexander Dalloz <ad+lists at uni-x.org>
> Subject: Re: Adobe Acrobat Reader for FC3?
> To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list at redhat.com>
> Message-ID: <1100138140.1201.182.camel at serendipity.dogma.lan>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
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> Am Do, den 11.11.2004 schrieb Gerry Tool um 2:42:
>
> > I just installed Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0.9 from a tarball that worked
> > with previous FC releases. On execution, it complains that there is no
> > libXp.so.6 file available. I presume this is because of the change to
> > xorg for the X server. Has anyone been able to make acroread work with FC3?
>
> > Gerry
>
> $ rpm -qf /usr/X11R6/lib/libXp.so.6
> xorg-x11-deprecated-libs-6.8.1-12
>
> Install that package as you seem to miss it.
>
> Alexander
>
>
> --
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> Message: 3
> Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 20:56:09 -0500
> From: "Irwin Mercader" <irwin52 at hotmail.com>
> Subject: RE:Guide for NoOB in installing NVIDIA Driver
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> Message: 4
> Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 19:57:47 -0600
> From: Gerry Tool <gstool at earthlink.net>
> Subject: yum update was ineffective?
> To: fedora-list at redhat.com
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> My RHN applet indicated there were 7 updates to be installed, so as
> root, I ran
>
> yum update
>
> It went through the paces, eventually downloading 10 packages after
> several mirror changes to get the total set. It then presented me with
> the command line prompt. Apparently it did not do an update, since RHN
> still indicated a need to update. I ran up2date and it went through the
> normal process, downloading and installing the updates. RHN applet is
> now blue again.
>
> Previously I remember that after a yum update, the RHN applet would turn
> blue, and it it didn't, asking it to check for updates would satisfy it.
>
> What happened?
>
> Gerry
>
>
>
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> Message: 5
> Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 03:00:34 +0100
> From: Alexander Dalloz <ad+lists at uni-x.org>
> Subject: Re: NVIDIA Again
> To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list at redhat.com>
> Message-ID: <1100138434.1201.185.camel at serendipity.dogma.lan>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>
> Am Do, den 11.11.2004 schrieb Mike Noble um 2:53:
>
> > I would really like to know how you did this. I have GF4 440MX and
> > installed the NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6629-pkg1. Modified the
> > /etc/X11/xorg.conf. When I reboot, it gives a message about
> > reconfigure kernel and hangs.
>
> > Mike
>
> Be sure you have the udev update package installed: udev-039-10.FC3.1
> and copied the udev files like explained on
> http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/udev.
>
> Alexander
>
>
> --
> Alexander Dalloz | Enger, Germany | new address - new key: 0xB366A773
> legal statement: http://www.uni-x.org/legal.html
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> Message: 6
> Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 03:05:07 +0100
> From: Alexander Dalloz <ad+lists at uni-x.org>
> Subject: Re: RE:Guide for NoOB in installing NVIDIA Driver
> To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list at redhat.com>
> Message-ID: <1100138706.1201.190.camel at serendipity.dogma.lan>
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> Am Do, den 11.11.2004 schrieb Irwin Mercader um 2:56:
>
> hello guys, I am completely new in Linux, How do I install the driver?
> and how can I configure X config?? I read the README.txt of Nvidia and
> its complicated for me.. can anyone suggest something else?
>
> Repeating within short time is unfriendly.
>
> Why do you mark your subject as a reply mail (RE: prefix)? Please send
> not HTML formatted but plain text mail.
>
> At which point do you fail to install teh driver? Did you get the closed
> source package and executed it?
>
> Alexander
>
>
> --
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> Message: 7
> Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 18:07:18 -0800
> From: Mike Noble <mgnoble at cox.net>
> Subject: Re: NVIDIA Again
> To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list at redhat.com>
> Message-ID: <4192C956.6010903 at cox.net>
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> Alexander Dalloz wrote:
> > Am Do, den 11.11.2004 schrieb Mike Noble um 2:53:
> >
> >
> >>I would really like to know how you did this. I have GF4 440MX and
> >>installed the NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6629-pkg1. Modified the
> >>/etc/X11/xorg.conf. When I reboot, it gives a message about
> >>reconfigure kernel and hangs.
> >
> >
> >>Mike
> >
> >
> > Be sure you have the udev update package installed: udev-039-10.FC3.1
> > and copied the udev files like explained on
> > http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/udev.
> >
> > Alexander
> >
> >
> >
> Ok I have nothing in /dev/nvidia* so there is nothing to copy.
> Will try the nvida install again.
>
> Mike
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 8
> Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 03:11:57 +0100
> From: M Daniel R M <danes16subscrip3 at ya.com>
> Subject: Ways to upgrade to FC3 and expected results (Newbie looking
> for answers)
> To: fedora-list at redhat.com
> Message-ID: <1100139117.29749.172.camel at PRIMATES-PLM>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
>
> My box is currently running FC1 with a tailored 2.4.27 kernel. A home
> user desktop.
> I've never done an distro-upgrade between "fedoras" (or any Linux
> release...)
> The best way would be ... (I already have the four CD's waiting for):
> either a clean installation or maybe a leaded one by the Anaconda
> installer upon the FC1 partitions BUT "upgrading"?
>
> What does it implies exactly?:
>
> -First, to backup my whole /home partition to another place? Probably
> the answer here is "yes"..
> -It is possible to do that(FC1-->FC3) without stepping through FC2? It
> seems really very hard to add "the news" belonging to FC2 (renewed
> X-server, etc.) AND "the news" from FC3 too. I hope that the system
> doesn't end up messing up all. More, ALSA sound is currently working;
> I'm afraid that results of many efforts will last during a brief time...
> -Does it would happen anything if you don't have running an nptl
> kernel? I suppose it wouldn't. I mean..., would the upgrade be possible?
> -Also, I suppose I'd automatically loose some functionalities like
> webcam captures (due to pwc and pwcx modules in my case...---Thank you
> Alexander D. for that great links----) or ATI driver functionalities.
> -All those packages that once I installed from sources (tarballs) as
> they are not rpm's, are going to be lost?
> -Does it would make much sense to back up places like /usr/local,
> /usr/share where usually lives that sort of packages? I suspect that it
> wouldn't, because that binaries were built for an existing, concrete
> configuration; please, correct me if I am wrong, I am a shyly newbie.
> -Does it make any sense to backup the entire /etc directory since there
> would be there many files (as the XFree86 ones) that already doesn't
> exist in FC2? Would be a better idea to do a back up from some important
> files located there like fstab, modules.conf, etc.
> -Is it possible to change the repositories where yum and apt are
> pointing to? -without messing up things- That is, most of the packages
> and updates I get/did with FC1 were from a "group" of repositories that
> are compatibles between them, and I'd like to try now the another
> "group" -not an special, particular reason...-
> -Am I missing something important that needs to be born in mind?
>
>
>
> P.S. I've read the
> http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/3/i386/os/RELEASE-NOTES-en.html
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Daniel Rodrguez
>
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 9
> Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 20:14:28 -0600
> From: Gerry Tool <gstool at earthlink.net>
> Subject: Re: Adobe Acrobat Reader for FC3?
> To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list at redhat.com>
> Message-ID: <4192CB04.9030204 at earthlink.net>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>
> Alexander Dalloz wrote:
>
> >Am Do, den 11.11.2004 schrieb Gerry Tool um 2:42:
> >
> >
> >
> >>I just installed Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0.9 from a tarball that worked
> >>with previous FC releases. On execution, it complains that there is no
> >>libXp.so.6 file available. I presume this is because of the change to
> >>xorg for the X server. Has anyone been able to make acroread work with FC3?
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> >>Gerry
> >>
> >>
> >
> >$ rpm -qf /usr/X11R6/lib/libXp.so.6
> >xorg-x11-deprecated-libs-6.8.1-12
> >
> >Install that package as you seem to miss it.
> >
> >Alexander
> >
> >
> >
> >
> Thank you Michael and Alexander. Installing that package did indeed
> make it work.
>
> Gerry
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 10
> Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 21:22:14 -0500
> From: Dean Maluski <dmaluski at n1ety.com>
> Subject: Bash decimal arithmetic?
> To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list at redhat.com>
> Message-ID: <1100139734.24803.10.camel at punk>
> Content-Type: text/plain
>
> Does bash have an option to do non integer math in scripts?
> I need my exact decimal numbers.
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 11
> Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 18:49:13 -0800
> From: Mike Noble <mgnoble at cox.net>
> Subject: Re: NVIDIA Again
> To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list at redhat.com>
> Message-ID: <4192D329.3000002 at cox.net>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>
> Mike Noble wrote:
> > Alexander Dalloz wrote:
> >
> >> Am Do, den 11.11.2004 schrieb Mike Noble um 2:53:
> >>
> >>
> >>> I would really like to know how you did this. I have GF4 440MX and
> >>> installed the NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6629-pkg1. Modified the
> >>> /etc/X11/xorg.conf. When I reboot, it gives a message about
> >>> reconfigure kernel and hangs.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>> Mike
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Be sure you have the udev update package installed: udev-039-10.FC3.1
> >> and copied the udev files like explained on
> >> http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/udev.
> >>
> >> Alexander
> >>
> >>
> >>
> > Ok I have nothing in /dev/nvidia* so there is nothing to copy.
> > Will try the nvida install again.
> >
> > Mike
> >
>
> The problem has been solved, while still at init 3 I had to copy
> the /dev/nvidia* to /etc/udev/devices. If you do not then when
> a reboot occurs the files in /dev/nvidia* are deleted.
>
> Thanks to all who helped.
> Mike
>
>
>
Did you do anything with chown or chmod after you copied the nvidia*
files?
thanks,
nmad
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 12
> Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 18:56:14 -0800
> From: Z <zleite at mminternet.com>
> Subject: Re: Scanning Slides under FC[123]
> To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list at redhat.com>
> Message-ID: <4192D4CE.9020400 at mminternet.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed
>
> Brian Fahrlander wrote:
>
> > I have a great number of slides slowly decaying in their storage
> >area. I guess I could put'em on a flat-bed and take my chances, but
> >since I don't have a scanner now, maybe I should look into buying a
> >slide-scanner.
> >
> > Are these things generally like a regular scanner in terms of
> >installation, or do they use funky USB mechanisms? Anyone have
> >experience with something like this?
> >
> >
> >
> I use a Epson 3170 for that. It is reasonably priced and has a build-in
> transparency light build-in in the lid.
> Works fine on linux with the Epson-Kowa scanning program.
> The program is GPL except for the firmware blob that the driver uploads
> to the scanner at startup.
>
> Z
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 13
> Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 22:08:04 -0500
> From: Don Levey <fedora-list at the-leveys.us>
> Subject: MadWIFI and FC3 [WAS: FC3, Linuxant, stock kernel
> (2.6.9-1.667) and 4k stacks]
> To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list at redhat.com>
> Message-ID: <1100142484.16821.9.camel at dauphin.the-leveys.us>
> Content-Type: text/plain
>
> On Wed, 2004-11-10 at 16:03, Satish Balay wrote:
>
> > Ok - your experience with MADWIFI is a year old :). Trying the current
> > CVS shouldn't cost you much time.
>
> > cvs co madwifi (or grab snapshot from
> > http://madwifi.otaku42.de/2004/11/)
> > make
> > make install
> > modprobe ath_pci
> >
> >...
> > Also, on this list - there are plenty of posts about these cards with
> > model numbers (but not rev numbers). I'd rather have them post the
> > 'lspci or cardctl ident' for them.
> >
> > BTW: What does 'cardctl ident' say for your cards?
> >
> > Satish
> >
> > ---
> > [asterix]: lspci
> > 02:02.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5211 802.11ab NIC (rev 01)
> >
> >
>
> So... I got home, downloaded and compiled/installed madwifi according to
> the instructions in the README file they included. Didn't seem that
> there was much to it, really. However, as far as I can tell it isn't
> working, and I'm not getting an error.
>
> Here's the output from 'lspci' and 'cardctl ident':
>
> 03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5212
> 802.11abg NIC (rev 01)
>
> ***
>
> Socket 0:
> product info: "Atheros Communications, Inc.", "AR5001-0000-0000", "Wireless LAN
> Reference Card", "00"
> manfid: 0x0271, 0x0012
> function: 6 (network)
>
> and from dmesg:
> ath_hal: module license 'Proprietary' taints kernel.
> ath_hal: 0.9.12.14 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212)
> wlan: 0.8.4.4 (EXPERIMENTAL)
> ath_rate_onoe: no version for "ether_sprintf" found: kernel tainted.
> ath_rate_onoe: 1.0
> ath_pci: 0.9.4.11 (EXPERIMENTAL)
> PCI: Enabling device 0000:03:00.0 (0000 -> 0002)
> ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:03:00.0[A] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
> divert: allocating divert_blk for ath0
> ath0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps
> ath0: 11g rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps
> 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
> ath0: mac 5.9 phy 4.3 radio 4.6
> ath0: 802.11 address: 00:0f:3d:52:7f:f0
> ath0: Use hw queue 0 for WME_AC_BE traffic
> ath0: Use hw queue 1 for WME_AC_BK traffic
> ath0: Use hw queue 2 for WME_AC_VI traffic
> ath0: Use hw queue 3 for WME_AC_VO traffic
> ath0: Atheros 5212: mem=0x10800000, irq=11
>
>
> So I know the system knows it's there. However, after running 'ifconfig ath0 up' I get:
> ath0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0F:3D:52:7F:F0
> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:292 errors:39 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:39
> TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:199
> RX bytes:36017 (35.1 KiB) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
> Interrupt:11 Memory:12b00000-12b10000
>
> It's there - but I get no IP address, and I can't connect out using it.
> Any ideas what I've missed? I may go back to the Linuxant loaders, just because they claim to have a solution that will work for me, but I'd rather not...
> Thanks,
> -Don
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 14
> Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 21:08:29 -0600
> From: Gerry Tool <gstool at earthlink.net>
> Subject: Re: Scanning Slides under FC[123]
> To: Glen Staufer <alaxsxaq at gmail.com>, For users of Fedora Core
> releases <fedora-list at redhat.com>
> Message-ID: <4192D7AD.5030904 at earthlink.net>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>
> Glen Staufer wrote:
>
> >On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 09:44:30 -0600, Brian Fahrlander
> ><brian at fahrlander.net> wrote:
> >
> >
> >> I have a great number of slides slowly decaying in their storage
> >>area. I guess I could put'em on a flat-bed and take my chances, but
> >>since I don't have a scanner now, maybe I shouook into buying a
> >>slide-scanner.
> >>
> >> Are these things generally like a regular scanner in terms of
> >>installation, or do they use funky USB mechanisms? Anyone have
> >>experience with something like this?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >I have a Minolta Dimage V and use vuescan. It works like a charm with
> >only a few problems.
> >
> >- couldn't get it to work under Linux with USB 1.1. The scanner would
> >lock up. XP handled the USB 1.1 connection just fine. My desktop
> >system has USB 2 and the problems went away.
> >- whenever I scan to a tiff file, the file loads up into Gimp. I
> >haven't figured out how to get it to scan to a disk file yet.
> >- vuescan needs to be run as root. This is new with my installation
> >of FC3; under the TEST versions, my normal user account could access
> >the scanner. I've tried a mod to the usbscanner script to set the
> >permissions to allow non-root users to access the scanner, but I don't
> >have the answer yet.
> >
> >--Glenn
> >
> >
> >
> I don't know if this is your problem or not, but ...
>
> There is an unresolved bug that incorrectly sets the permissions on usb
> scanners. One way to make it work as a user is to unplug/plug in the
> usb cable to the scanner after boot. This is a PITA and probably is not
> good for the connector in the long run. The alternative is to write a
> script that changes the permissions.
>
> First, you need to identify the file with scanimage -L or sane-find
> scanner run as root.
>
> In my case,
> [root at gstpc-fc3 acroread]# scanimage -L
> device `epson:libusb:003:002' is a Epson Perfection1240 flatbed scanner
>
> Then create a script; in my case I have /usr/local/bin/fixscan which has
> a single line
>
> chmod a+w /proc/bus/usb/003/002
>
> I run fixscan as root after reboot and the scanner is then usable by my
> normal user account.
>
> Hope this is useful.
>
> Gerry
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 15
> Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 18:11:57 -0800
> From: Nifty Hat Mitch <mitch48 at sbcglobal.net>
> Subject: Re: FC3, up2date, yum, apt, authenticating proxy
> To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list at redhat.com>
> Message-ID: <20041111021157.GD19755 at xtl1.xtl.tenegg.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>
> On Wed, Nov 10, 2004 at 12:41:05PM -0800, Lets Go Canes wrote:
> > --- William Hooper <whooperhsd3 at earthlink.net> wrote:
> >
> > > > # export http_proxy=http://fqdn.com:nnnn [proper proxy, username,
> > > ]
> > > > # export proxy_username=username [ and password set
> > > ]
> > > > # export proxy_passwd=password
> > >
> > > Try using:
> > >
> > > export http_proxy=http://username:password@fqdn.com:nnnn
> >
> > This works for yum. It does not work for up2date or apt. But for my
> > purposes yum is good enough! Thanks muchly!
>
> I was going to suggest setting up squid so that squid
> understands your authenticating proxy then point
> up2date at the local squid proxy.
>
> One additional layer of indirection but...
>
> Caution... most businesses demand authentication so they can monitor
> employee web use. Do not expose yourself to personal problems and
> trouble by exposing a squid proxy with your ID to unknown users. But
> it might help.... while the bug is being fixed.
>
> At this early stage there is a small set of updated packages. Tools
> like wget, curl or a browser could be used to collect the 25 or so
> updated packages.
>
>
> --
> T o m M i t c h e l l
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>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 16
> Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 22:18:32 -0500
> From: Graham Campbell <gc1111 at optonline.net>
> Subject: Re: Bash decimal arithmetic?
> To: dmaluski at n1ety.com, For users of Fedora Core releases
> <fedora-list at redhat.com>
> Message-ID: <1100143112.18164.3.camel at sirius>
> Content-Type: text/plain
>
> On Wed, 2004-11-10 at 21:22 -0500, Dean Maluski wrote:
> > Does bash have an option to do non integer math in scripts?
> > I need my exact decimal numbers.
> >
>
> An "exact decimal number" is a contradiction in terms. If you can
> specify the precision you wish to retain then use bc to do the
> calculations.
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