5 common bugs in fedora 10 with temporary fixes

[sideways]

NB: This only lists common issues with F10 final, not with problems arising from subsequent updates, eg the mother of all bugs relating to a dbus update is not listed (that's been fixed (nearly) )

UPDATE: As of 10th December 2008 updates 2,3 and 5 (except for realplayer) are fixed, can't test 4 since I applied the fix as soon as I installed (before I apply updates), so that one's more for the next release to fix, and as we all know, 1 is a wip. So basically try a system update first (NB, but wait for confirmation that the "mother of all bugs" is fixed in the updates first!).

1. Plymouth boot screen is not visible

press tab at grub boot and add vga=ask to the kernel line. choose a suitable 32 bit vesa mode when prompted, if it works, edit /boot/grub/grub.conf and add the mode number permanently to the kernel line. eg on an Acer Aspire One it's vga=0x314, on many desktops and laptops it's 0x318 (thanks scottro)

2. Static IPs not working in NetworkManager or system-config-network.

If possible update NM via yum (Auto eth0 wired connection with static ip seems to work whereas a wireless one doesn't, so you might be able to temporarily connect with a cable). Probably better to disable NM and use manual config, after exiting system-config-network you have to manually edit /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-wlan0 (or ifcfg-eth0 etc) and correct the netmask (it gets incorrectly set by system-config-network), restart the network service ('service network restart', 'chkconfig network on')

disable NM as follows

service NetworkManager stop
chkconfig NetworkManager off

3. Cheese Webcam Booth not working

Go to Edit->Preferences and set resolution to 176x144 or 160x120 (may require a forced quit and restart). Yes I know that's a rubbish fix, but it's temporary until libv4l package is fixed.. Alternatively, install kdetv and get a better resolution but no snapshot capability (go figure)

4. Gnome Desktop / KDE font sizes are too big (Mainly effects netbooks)

In Gnome go to System->Preferences->Look and Feel->Appearance, select the Fonts tab, click the 'Details' button and set Resolution to 96 dpi (or bigger if you prefer). reboot.
In KDE go to Computer->System Settings -> Look & Feel -> Fonts, and select 'Force Fonts DPI' to 96 dpi. reboot

This won't change the gdm login screen fonts though, for that you can try this hack

5. sse2 libs not loading in VLC, Kaffeine etc. RealPlayer not working in Firefox, and misc other media issues

Set selinux mode to permissive (or disable it altogether) in system-config-selinux (Permissive is preferred, since you'll easily be able to go back to enforcing when the bug is fixed without a relabel required)

[sideways]

This one isn't a bug but a feature, however, it'll probably come up about a million times so has an honourable mention:

0. I want to set Xorg settings myself but there is no /etc/X11/xorg.conf

as root, run 'Xorg -configure :1', that'll create /root/xorg.conf.new which can be copied to /etc/X11/xorg.conf and tinkered with to you hearts content. restart Xorg server after editing it (ctrl-alt-bkspace)

NB: if you install radeon or nvidia drivers from rpmfusion and run the config script it will automatically create xorg.conf for you.


and finally, for the last time ever (probably)

THERE IS NO LIVNA, FRESHRPMS or DRIBBLE repos for F10, you now get to use the much more super RPM Fusion

[GallComp]

And this deserves to be a sticky... Done...

Thank You! Im sure this will help many users...

[sideways]

cool, additions/fixes and comments welcome. I have a feeling the list is gonna grow a little....

[scottro]

Suggested edits.
In most cases, vga=0x318 will work. Covered in the release notes at
http://docs.fedoraproject.org/releas...ml#sn-Plymouth

No root login.
There is no gdm root login.
This only affects you if you boot into gdm, the Gnome display manager. If you use something besides gdm, such as kdm, you won't be affected.
Fixes.
Edit /etc/pam.d/gdm and remove the line that has !root in it. (I'm typing from a non Fedora machine so don't have the line in front of me.)
OR
Accept that they're right that you shouldn't log into gdm as root. Start in runlevel 3, which brings up a text console, login as root and type startx. (No one will do that one probably, but such is life.)

Pulse audio, despite claims to the contrary, is not glitch free.
They lied, get over it. <shrug>
(As I'm one of those who removes it quickly, can't be much more help on that one.)
NVidia card won't boot, even with suggested changes in grub.
Fix: see the sticky by Leigh at
http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=204752

Folks, let's make this thread one that ONLY has solutions, so that people looking for solutions don't waste their time. (Ok, my answer about pulse audio bends the rules, but I was first to jump on the thread.)

[scottro]

Oops, Gallcomp got here first--I *was* going to make it a sticky as soon as I posted, but you'd already done so. Sheesh.

[sideways]

For those who can't get into graphical mode and Xorg -configure isn't working here's a basic 'failsafe' version of /etc/X11/xorg.conf that should work if you first boot into text mode (append '3' to kernel line at boot screen) create it and do 'startx' ('gdm' should also work for most) (change the keyboard from 'us' if appropriate, eg to 'gb')

Section "ServerLayout"
	Identifier     "single head configuration"
	Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
	InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Keyboard0"
	Driver      "kbd"
       Option    "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "Device"
	Identifier  "Videocard0"
	Driver      "vesa"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "Screen0"
	Device     "Videocard0"
	DefaultDepth     24
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth    24
	EndSubSection
EndSection

In particular, this should allow livecd graphical sessions for all.

[Kaso_Da_Zmok]

to fix this bug called yum,, download some non redhat linux distro and install....

[1weak1]

Originally Posted by scottro

Suggested edits.
In most cases, vga=0x318 will work. Covered in the release notes at
http://docs.fedoraproject.org/releas...ml#sn-Plymouth

Anybody knows vga value for 1280:800? I've found only this:

352 (0160h) also appears to select 1280x800 (8-bit) for various laptops' displays

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VESA_BI...o_mode_numbers

but it's not working for me.

[glennzo]

Originally Posted by Kaso_Da_Zmok

to fix this bug called yum,, download some non redhat linux distro and install....

That was extremely helpful, Kaso Da Zmok. Thank you.

[sideways]

the proper remedy for yum hatred is 'yum remove yum'. then you install everything oldschool fashion from sources, or even better just write the app yourself from scratch

To be fair to yum, packagekit is intefering alot in F10 (doing background update fetching), and the mirrors are really busy right now, so give yum a break, it works fine for me.

The guy asking about 1280:800, if vga=ask doesn't give a compatible mode then you won't get the plymouth boot screen with it, but if you just want consoles in that mode try installing vbetest it usually gives extended available vesa modes for the console. (They're in decimal and you need to add 512 in the vga= parameter in grub.conf)

[robatino]

Originally Posted by sideways

and finally, for the last time ever (probably)

THERE IS NO LIVNA, FRESHRPMS or DRIBBLE repos for F10, you now get to use the much more super RPM Fusion

Livna still exists and is necessary to enable to get the libdvdcss package, since rpmfusion won't carry it for legal reasons.

[sideways]

Originally Posted by robatino

Livna still exists and is necessary to enable to get the libdvdcss package, since rpmfusion won't carry it for legal reasons.

Oh really? So 'How do I play dvds in Fedora 10' becomes a valid question.

You need libdvdcss rpm from http://rpm.livna.org/fedora, (F9 version should do) install using rpm -ihv.

(Then install vlc, kaffeine etc as usual, see bug 5 above about selinux errors)

[bee]

Originally Posted by sideways

Oh really? So 'How do I play dvds in Fedora 10' becomes a valid question.

libdvdcss is a lib to play DVD by deceiving the css decryption process... so maybe you need that lib to play some versions of DVDs lololol .......


You're right anyway.... if you look in http://livna-dl.reloumirrors.net/fedora/10/i386/ the current version of libdvdcss for F10 is the same version you have for F9..lol they have cheated.. just by copying the files into another directory ... without not even having compiled them into a new RPM!!! lol so libdvdcss is the same for f9...

bye!!!!

[drokmed]

Originally Posted by sideways

2. Static IPs not working in NetworkManager or system-config-network.

This isn't a bug. It's a feature of Fedora.

Every time somebody submits this bug report, they automatically close it, and say it's already been fixed, even though it's not. Fedora 9 has the same problem. Not sure about earlier versions.

I submitted a bug report in Fedora 9, and they closed it, saying it was already fixed. They never fixed it.

I guess the devs never use static IP's.