Problems arised when updated to Fedora to 9.92 (Linux Kernel 2.6.27.4-51-fc10.i686)

MarcoA · #1 30th October 2008, 03:43 AM

Hi:
I updated my kernel to 2.6.27 due to a problem with my WiFi device for a long time with the promise to have it solved, but now, I have more problems, due to the unavailability of a repository that supports this kernel.
Now I even can't install madwifi.
What can I do?

#2 30th October 2008, 03:50 AM

Congratulations. You have just updated your stable Fedora 9 install to the unstable beta of what is going to become Fedora 10! Fedora does not provide point releases like some other distros.

Obviously, you are a newbie and unless you're willing to file bug reports to the Fedora devs, you really should not be running 9.92.

To be honest, Fedora is not really a newbie friendly distro. If you can't get your wi-fi to work you may be better off with Ubuntu or Mint...

Wayne

roger · #3 30th October 2008, 09:45 AM

cool response. btw. the mailing lists show problems with this kernel using LVM, so many peoples are offended by "boot failed".

Is there any news about? bugzilla does not show any...

TheIcebreaker · #4 30th October 2008, 01:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wayne

Congratulations. You have just updated your stable Fedora 9 install to the unstable beta of what is going to become Fedora 10! Fedora does not provide point releases like some other distros.

Obviously, you are a newbie and unless you're willing to file bug reports to the Fedora devs, you really should not be running 9.92.

To be honest, Fedora is not really a newbie friendly distro. If you can't get your wi-fi to work you may be better off with Ubuntu or Mint...

Wayne

You shouldn't actually drive someone willing to learn like that. If he wants to make it work why discourage him.

leigh123linux · #5 30th October 2008, 03:08 PM

Try this ( you will also need Kernel-devel-2.6.27.4-51-fc10.i686 & Kernel-headers-2.6.27.4-51-fc10.i386 installed )

Code:

su
yum install wget
wget http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/development/i386/os/akmod-madwifi-0.9.4-60.r3861_20080903.fc10.1.i686.rpm
wget http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/development/i386/os/madwifi-0.9.4-60.r3861_20080903.fc10.i386.rpm
yum --nogpgcheck install akmod-madwifi-0.9.4-60.r3861_20080903.fc10.1.i686.rpm madwifi-0.9.4-60.r3861_20080903.fc10.i386.rpm
reboot

fedoraman08 · #6 30th October 2008, 03:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wayne

Congratulations. You have just updated your stable Fedora 9 install to the unstable beta of what is going to become Fedora 10! Fedora does not provide point releases like some other distros.

Obviously, you are a newbie and unless you're willing to file bug reports to the Fedora devs, you really should not be running 9.92.

To be honest, Fedora is not really a newbie friendly distro. If you can't get your wi-fi to work you may be better off with Ubuntu or Mint...

Wayne

He he this is good idea

MarcoA · #7 31st October 2008, 03:17 AM

Ok, thanks for your humor, but, How can I "come back" to my previous kernel and/or uninstall the 9.92?

MarcoA · #8 31st October 2008, 03:27 AM

If I Boot with 2.6.26 kernel, can I "update" (or should I say "downdate"?) the system to this level?

leigh123linux · #9 31st October 2008, 09:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MarcoA

Ok, thanks for your humor, but, How can I "come back" to my previous kernel and/or uninstall the 9.92?

There is no going back !

MarcoA · #10 1st November 2008, 01:09 AM

Well, think I should wait until the official version is released.
Before the update i was able to access my NTFS partition, where resides "a lot of info".
After this event, this partition is shown, but whenever I try to mount it I obtain the following message:
"Opción de montaje inválida al intentar montar el volumen «DATA»"
or in english:
"Invalid mount option when attempting to mount the volume..."
How can I access again my NTFS partition?

MarcoA · #11 1st November 2008, 01:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by leigh123@linux

Try this ( you will also need Kernel-devel-2.6.27.4-51-fc10.i686 & Kernel-headers-2.6.27.4-51-fc10.i386 installed )

Code:

su
yum install wget
wget http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/development/i386/os/akmod-madwifi-0.9.4-60.r3861_20080903.fc10.1.i686.rpm
wget http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/development/i386/os/madwifi-0.9.4-60.r3861_20080903.fc10.i386.rpm
yum --nogpgcheck install akmod-madwifi-0.9.4-60.r3861_20080903.fc10.1.i686.rpm madwifi-0.9.4-60.r3861_20080903.fc10.i386.rpm
reboot

Is there a repository I should enable orregister to do this?
When I try to install "wget" i obtain the following messages:
# yum install wget
Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit
Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: updates-testing. Please verify its path and try again

NoEffex · #12 1st November 2008, 05:41 AM

If it gives that error, open the add/remove programs, click the little drop-down menu at the top right, find software sources, and uncheck all of them that give the error. Usually rawhide, for me anyways, is the only one available during betas.

But yeah, I was likewise pummeled with problems upon upgrading, but oh well, they have a tendency to fix themselves if you know how to get things to work in linux, which sometimes requires more than it's worth, but oh well. For example, when I first upgraded, GNOME went to hell. So, I ran Xfce for a day, disabled compiz, did a few gnome updates, went into gnome, added an emerald session, then fixed the theme, and viola, one problem fixed. The only thing that really gets me is that Amarok butchers the first about 5 seconds of the song when you open it, it gets quite annoying, that and a lack of an equalizer on this one. I'll probably end up using and older one. Plus, I love MySQL, so, yeah.

Anyway, my point is, betas are prone to problems, and you're always best waiting until a stable release.

MarcoA · #13 1st November 2008, 08:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BioMek

If it gives that error, open the add/remove programs, click the little drop-down menu at the top right, find software sources, and uncheck all of them that give the error. Usually rawhide, for me anyways, is the only one available during betas.
But yeah, I was likewise pummeled with problems upon upgrading, but oh well, they have a tendency to fix themselves...

Thanks for replying, BioMek:
The reason I was updating to this beta was for a suggestion that someone in the forum, gave me as a solution for my problem whit WiFi. I didn't knew that It was about the beta (I have downloaded the alpha and when avalilable, the beta entirely and the former, had not the time to test on another computer, but never intended to on my Laptop (that is my working tool!!!).
So, I cannot wait until november 28 to get a solution for my problems.
What can I do for now, to make things less bad?
thanks again...

NoEffex · #14 1st November 2008, 11:49 PM

What problem are you having with your WiFi? Perhaps I can be of assistance.

scottro · #15 2nd November 2008, 12:11 AM

I haven't seen a specific discussion of the MadWifi problem.

If it's the Atheros 5007EG, the latest updates in the 2.6.27 kernel will fix it.

I have a page that covers this in detail, including an explanation of how to uninstall MadWifi drivers and what to blacklist to prevent conflicts at http://home.nyc.rr.com/computertaiju...less.html#5007