Fedora Installation, Bugs/Fixes - Page 2

11-09-2006

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2. USB keyboard doesn't work with boot loader. It is possible some BIOS setting would get around this problem.

3. USB keyboard not compatible with PS2 mouse. This a little-known 2.6 kernel bug of some sort.

enable 'Legacy USB Support' in BIOS.

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13. Some legacy apps, including mozilla and acroread, will not work unless you install some fix-up libraries. yum install compat-libstdc++ will fix mozilla. Installing xorg-x11-deprecated-libs-6.8.1-12.i386.rpm will fix acroread. You may need some others as well.

select 'Development Libraries' package during installation.

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djmcmahon Just Joined! Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 4	My BIOS (from Dell) doesn't have an option for Legacy USB support, I looked for that among many other attempts to fix the problem.

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My BIOS (from Dell) doesn't have an option for Legacy USB support, I looked for that among many other attempts to fix the problem.

You need to upgrade your computer's BIOS, if possible. Contact your computer manufacturer about obtaining the BIOS upgrade software and instructions.

If the new BIOS still does not have a USB Legacy Support setting, if the BIOS cannot be upgraded or if you choose not to upgrade the BIOS, you will be limited to using a PS/2* keyboard.

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djmcmahon Just Joined! Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 4	Re. the BIOS upgrade, thank you, I'll look into that. Which problem do you expect that to cure, though, the inability to use the USB keyboard in Grub, or the unrecognized PS2 mouse? The latter problem is far more annoying and what little I have read suggests it's a problem of long standing in 2.6. Note that the USB keyboard does work, after boot-up. It just doesn't work during the brief period when Grub is timing out the selection of OS to boot. Re. the development libraries, I checked, and yes I had installed them, just as I always install pretty much everything, and definitely everything related to development, libraries, compatibility, etc. Despite this it was still necessary to patch my system as described in my original post, in order to get libstdc++ version 5 (for mozilla) and some other library (can't remember what) for acroread. The other library I had to get from an rpm - there was nothing available from yum to fix it.

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Which problem do you expect that to cure, though, the inability to use the USB keyboard in Grub, or the unrecognized PS2 mouse?

Some BIOS vendors support only a USB keyboard and not a USB mouse.
The BIOS traps events from the USB keyboard and mouse and presents them to the system as PS/2-compatible devices. The legacy operating system recognizes the USB keyboard and USB mouse as PS/2-compatible devices, with limitations imposed by the USB boot protocol.
Disabled USB host controller -- USB keyboard and mouse will not work during boot phases.
Disabled legacy USB support -- USB keyboard should work during POST (except for some early BIOS implementations). However, neither USB keyboard nor USB mouse will work during other phases controlled by the BIOS.

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Re. the development libraries, I checked, and yes I had installed them, just as I always install pretty much everything, and definitely everything related to development, libraries, compatibility, etc. Despite this it was still necessary to patch my system as described in my original post, in order to get libstdc++ version 5 (for mozilla) and some other library (can't remember what) for acroread. The other library I had to get from an rpm - there was nothing available from yum to fix it.

libstdc++ is available in Development Libraries ( Legacy Software Development ).

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11-09-2006	#16 (permalink)
djmcmahon Just Joined! Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 4	So if I'm reading you right, that will enable Grub to see the keyboard, but won't fix the mouse problem, which appears to be a 2.6 kernel problem. Because please note this exact same hardware, with no BIOS changes, was running RH9 (2.4 kernel) with no problem, USB keyboard with PS2 mouse were both working fine under X.

11-11-2006	#17 (permalink)
washburn Just Joined! Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 1	I just installed FC6, and everything works fine, but I can't seem to get the wireless connection connected. Usually it connects automatically, it has eth1 setup, but when I try to "activate" the connection, it says "ipw2100 device eth1 does not seem to be present, delaying intialization." Just in case it matters, I'm using a Sony VAIO, number PCG-Z1VAP.

11-12-2006	#18 (permalink)
devils casper Super Moderator Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Chandigarh, India Posts: 21,081	NTFS Write Support. How to install NTFS with write support on Fedora Core 6 Install ntfs-3g. Code: su - yum -y install ntfs-3g It will install ntfs-3g, fuse, and fuse-libs. Now create a folder to be used as 'mount point' for NTFS partition. Code: mkdir /mnt/ntfs_p Edit /etc/fstab file so the partition is mounted at startup Code: su - gedit /etc/fstab You can use any editor. vi, kate or kwrite etc. Add this code in fstab file Code: /dev/sda1 /mnt/ntfs_p ntfs-3g defaults,umask=0 0 0 /dev/sda1 might not be the correct partition, depending on your setup. check it... Code: /sbin/fdisk -l Change SELinux to "Permissive Mode" in order for ntfs-3g to work properly at startup. Code: gedit /etc/selinux/config and change the line Code: SELINUX=restrictive to Code: SELINUX=permissive Save and reboot. You should be able to read and write to your NTFS partition now. casper __________________ It takes a lot of time to be a genius, you have to sit around so much doing nothing, really doing nothing. - Gertrude Stein New Users: Read This First

11-14-2006	#19 (permalink)
got_nothing Just Joined! Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Melbourne,Australia Posts: 5	nice tutorial... Sounds like that will going to help me heaps since I am going to have a try on the lastest fedora core 6 soon....

11-14-2006	#20 (permalink)
hexer Just Joined! Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 3	Install movie codec I installed xine and xine-lib but my movies still won't play. I got the error: "A problem occur while loading a library or a decoder: mpg4ds32.ax" Afterwards it sais: "-xine engine error- There is no demuxer plugin available to handle 'file:/usr/share/xine/skins/xine-ul_logo.mpv'. Usually this means that the file was not recognized". And that's about it. I tried with different players, but do not work

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