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Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Fakeroot and Yum

It seems that the yum and fakeroot do not get along too well.
I did not understand why ... Here is output:
yum search aaa
Loaded plugins: langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit
Adding en_US to language list
Cannot open logfile /var/log/yum.log
Could not create lock at /var/run/yum.pid: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/run/yum.pid'
Another app is currently holding the yum lock; waiting for it to exit...
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/yum", line 29, in
    yummain.user_main(sys.argv[1:], exit_code=True)
  File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py", line 258, in user_main
    errcode = main(args)
  File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py", line 104, in main
    show_lock_owner(e.pid, logger)
  File "/usr/share/yum-cli/utils.py", line 107, in show_lock_owner
    ps = get_process_info(pid)
  File "/usr/share/yum-cli/utils.py", line 62, in get_process_info
    if (not os.path.exists("/proc/%d/status" % pid) or
TypeError: %d format: a number is required, not str
 

And I have nothing on, like rpm, yum or gpk-prefs...

Sunday, December 5, 2010

Fedora 14 and NVIDIA FX5200

Today I set video driver on Fedora 14.
I have an FX5200 and I use akmod to make this working.
First when I install akmod with :
yum install kmod-nvidia-173xx-2.6.35.6-48.fc14.i686.PAE.i686
I have some errors:
$ glxinfo | grep direct
Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Error: couldn't find RGB GLX visual or fbconfig
Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
But i solve and Savage XR working well :

Thursday, December 2, 2010

Fedora 14 versus 3D software .

In the next few days ago I decided to try software 3d with Fedora 14.
I am disappointed again. I was expecting some improvements in this area by the developers.
Especially because it is a difficult topic.
But let's see why I have this impression...
I have searched for packages that are required with this command:
# yum search "3d engine"
...
============================== Matched: 3d engine ==============================
irrlicht.i686 : A high performance realtime 3D engine
crystalspace.i686 : Crystal Space a free 3D engine
ember.i686 : 3D client for WorldForge
ogre.i686 : Object-Oriented Graphics Rendering Engine
Code:: Blocks does not work with Ogre 3D or Irrlicht 3D packages. Although I spent quite a long time. However, on Windows XP this combination worked well.
Ember game working hard. Maybe because my video card - FX5200, not really likes the new drivers.
Code:: Blocks is very stubborn. Ogre and Irrlicht Wizards of the Linux version of Code:: Blocks does not work at all.