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. -----Original Message----- From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of fedora-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, September 22, 2008 1:57 PM To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: fedora-list Digest, Vol 55, Issue 189 Send fedora-list mailing list submissions to fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to fedora-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx You can reach the person managing the list at fedora-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxx When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of fedora-list digest..." Today's Topics: 1. HELP (jagannar@xxxxxxxxx) 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) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:06:04 -0400 From: jagannar@xxxxxxxxx Subject: HELP To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx Message-ID: <50485078D9769640B2D3326C6C1DC06D2BD588@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ===================================================================== Please note that this e-mail and any files transmitted with it may be privileged, confidential, and protected from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any reading, dissemination, distribution, copying, or other use of this communication or any of its attachments is strictly prohibited. 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URL: https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/attachments/20080922/5cb79888/attachment.html ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:31:14 -0400 From: Chris Snook <csnook@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: lvm2 problem To: "Community assistance, encouragement, and advice for using Fedora." <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Message-ID: <48D7C852.8000103@xxxxxxxxxx> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed 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 ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:35:28 -0400 From: Chris Tyler <chris@xxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: Video card To: "Community assistance, encouragement, and advice for using Fedora." <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Message-ID: <1222101328.32009.97.camel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Content-Type: text/plain 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 ------------------------------ Message: 7 Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:39:39 -0400 From: Chris Snook <csnook@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: encrypted swap question To: Dan_Mitton@xxxxxxxxxxx, "Community assistance, encouragement, and advice for using Fedora." <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Message-ID: <48D7CA4B.3000108@xxxxxxxxxx> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed 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 ------------------------------ Message: 8 Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:38:59 -0400 From: Jim <mickeyboa@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: What DHCP command to use, to get DNS To: Fedora-Maillist <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Message-ID: <48D7CA23.4030407@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed FC8 What dhcp command do I use to get DNS number from ISP ? ------------------------------ Message: 9 Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:45:16 -0400 From: Chris Tyler <chris@xxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: lvm2 problem To: "Community assistance, encouragement, and advice for using Fedora." <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Message-ID: <1222101916.32009.110.camel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Content-Type: text/plain 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 ------------------------------ Message: 10 Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:52:42 -0400 From: "Dr. Michael J. Chudobiak" <mjc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: can't mount dvd, thumb drives, etc To: "Community assistance, encouragement, and advice for using Fedora." <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Message-ID: <48D7CD5A.9020603@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed 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 ------------------------------ Message: 11 Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 11:52:54 -0500 From: "Mikkel L. Ellertson" <mikkel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: What DHCP command to use, to get DNS To: "Community assistance, encouragement, and advice for using Fedora." <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Message-ID: <48D7CD66.50703@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" 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 -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup! -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Thank you ------------------------------ Message: 14 Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 11:50:54 -0600 From: Phil Meyer <pmeyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: spec file for rpms To: "Community assistance, encouragement, and advice for using Fedora." <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Message-ID: <48D7DAFE.80703@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed 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! ------------------------------ Message: 15 Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:55:15 -0400 From: Todd Denniston <Todd.Denniston@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: spec file for rpms To: "Community assistance, encouragement, and advice for using Fedora." <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Message-ID: <48D7DC03.6040704@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed 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 ------------------------------ Message: 16 Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:56:00 -0400 From: James Pifer <jep@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: Script help To: "Community assistance, encouragement, and advice for using Fedora." <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Message-ID: <1222106160.32638.39.camel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Content-Type: text/plain > 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 ------------------------------ -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list End of fedora-list Digest, Vol 55, Issue 189 ******************************************** -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
