KDSKBENT, eggcups and gnome volume manager errors!

[dishawjp]

Hi All,

Just booted up my FC3 box and got a bunch of new errors. Last night, I added some new apt repositories, I now have atrpms, dag, dries, freshrpms, newrpms and os lists. I ran update and upgrade, but when I booted today, I first got the following error during the boot process:

KDSKBENT failed to load key 255 to value 2639.

Then when I started Gnome, there were two error dialog boxes. They were:

"eggcups has quit unexpectedly" and I was able to click a "restart" button.

I also got the same thing except it was for "gnome volume manager".

I did try rebooting and the problems remained. I looked through /var/log/messages and didn't find anything there that looked related. I googled for the KDSKBENT and eggcups errors, found several references to them, but no solutions. The system seems to be working OK, I can print and all, but obviously, something is unhappy.

I'm just curious how widespread this problem is and if anyone's found any solutions.

Jim

[worker201]

Haven't had any FC3 errors yet....

However, I only use freshrpms and the official redhat repositories, so none of the potential apt conflicts affect me very much.

[Void Main]

Does this look familiar?
http://www.fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?t=22765

I don't think the above message was for FC3 final because here is the version of my installed desktop-printing package:

desktop-printing-0.17-3

Are you sure those are the only apt repositories you have set up because I don't have the problem on any of my systems.

Here's my repo lines (consolidated) that I never have any problems with:

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dag.list:
rpm http://apt.sw.be fedora/3/en/i386 dag

dries.list:
rpm http://dries.studentenweb.org apt/fedora/fc3/i386 dries
rpm-src http://dries.studentenweb.org apt/fedora/fc3/i386 dries

freshrpms.list:
rpm http://ayo.freshrpms.net fedora/linux/3/i386 freshrpms
rpm-src http://ayo.freshrpms.net fedora/linux/3/i386 freshrpms

newrpms.list:
rpm http://newrpms.atrpms.net/apt/ redhat/en/i386/fc3 newrpms
rpm-src http://newrpms.atrpms.net/apt/ redhat/en/i386/fc3 newrpms

os.list:
rpm http://ayo.freshrpms.net fedora/linux/3/i386 os updates
rpm-src http://ayo.freshrpms.net fedora/linux/3/i386 os updates

void.list:
rpm http://voidmain.is-a-geek.net apt/fedora/2/en/i386 voidmain
rpm-src http://voidmain.is-a-geek.net apt/fedora/2/en/i386 voidmain


[dishawjp]

Hi Voidmain,

I found that and also a few including this one on the KDSKBENT issue.

http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-l ... 00926.html

Which lead me to this:

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/sh ... ?id=125133

I did find a few other references to both these issues, but no solutions.

Before adding the other repositories I did read what Dag had posted about mixing repositories, but stayed away from those he advised against. I guess I should have just stuck with the freshrpms repositories I had been using. It does appear that I'm not the only one experiencing these problems and, at least so far, they're not too serious. I guess I will just live with it for a while and see if fixes are developed.

Thanks for taking the time to look at this for me, and if you should think of anything I could try, let me know.

Oh, the only repos I'm using (active uncommented lines from the files in my /etc/apt/sources.list.d directory) are the following:

rpm http://apt.sw.be fedora/3/en/i386 dag
rpm http://apt.sw.be dries/fedora/fc3/i386 dries
rpm http://ayo.freshrpms.net fedora/linux/3/i386 freshrpms
rpm http://newrpms.sunsite.dk/apt/ redhat/en/i386/fc3 newrpms
rpm http://ayo.freshrpms.net fedora/linux/3/i386 core updates

I didn't think that any of those were too far out or unconventional.

Jim

[Void Main]

Hi Voidmain,

I found that and also a few including this one on the KDSKBENT issue.

http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-l ... 00926.html

Which lead me to this:

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/sh ... ?id=125133

I did find a few other references to both these issues, but no solutions.

Before adding the other repositories I did read what Dag had posted about mixing repositories, but stayed away from those he advised against. I guess I should have just stuck with the freshrpms repositories I had been using. It does appear that I'm not the only one experiencing these problems and, at least so far, they're not too serious. I guess I will just live with it for a while and see if fixes are developed.

Thanks for taking the time to look at this for me, and if you should think of anything I could try, let me know.

Jim

The problem obviously must have cropped up when something was upgraded. Did you do a manual dist-upgrade? If so did you not do a "dist-clean"? If not could you check and see what packages are listed in your /var/cache/apt/archives directory? It might give us a clue.

[dishawjp]

For once, not cleaning up after myself may have been a good thing. I actually haven't done a "clean" since installing FC3.

The contents of my /var/cache/apt/archives directory are as follows:
aalib_1.4.0-5.1.fc3.fr_i386.rpm
aalib_1.4.0-5.1.fc3.rf_i386.rpm
apt_0.5.15cnc6-3.1.fc3.rf_i386.rpm
arts_8%3a1.3.1-1_i386.rpm
bash_3.0-18_i386.rpm
cvs_1.11.17-4_i386.rpm
faad2_2.0-2.20040923.1.fc3.fr_i386.rpm
faad2_2.0-2.20040923.1.fc3.rf_i386.rpm
firefox_0%3a1.0-2.fc3_i386.rpm
gamin_0.0.17-1.FC3_i386.rpm
gamin-devel_0.0.17-1.FC3_i386.rpm
gd_2.0.28-1.30.1_i386.rpm
gdb_6.1post-1.20040607.43_i386.rpm
gd-devel_2.0.28-1.30.1_i386.rpm
gkrellm_2.2.4-0.1.fc3.fr_i386.rpm
gkrellm_2.2.4-0.1.fc3.rf_i386.rpm
gkrellm-themes_2.1.8-4.fr_noarch.rpm
gnet2_2.0.5-1.1.fc3.rf_i386.rpm
gnome-media_2.8.0-3.FC3.1_i386.rpm
gnumeric_1%3a1.2.13-8.fc3_i386.rpm
gpdf_2.8.0-8_i386.rpm
hotplug_3%3a2004%5f04%5f01-8_i386.rpm
httpd_2.0.52-3.1_i386.rpm
httpd-suexec_2.0.52-3.1_i386.rpm
initscripts_7.93.5-1_i386.rpm
ipsec-tools_0.3.3-2_i386.rpm
iptables_1.2.11-3.1.FC3_i386.rpm
jwhois_3.2.2-6.FC3.1_i386.rpm
kdeaddons_3.3.1-1_i386.rpm
kdeadmin_7%3a3.3.1-1_i386.rpm
kdeartwork_3.3.1-1_i386.rpm
kdebase_6%3a3.3.1-4.1_i386.rpm
kdeedu_3.3.1-2.1_i386.rpm
kdegames_6%3a3.3.1-1_i386.rpm
kdegraphics_7%3a3.3.1-2.1_i386.rpm
kdelibs_6%3a3.3.1-2.2_i386.rpm
kdemultimedia_6%3a3.3.1-1_i386.rpm
kdenetwork_7%3a3.3.1-1_i386.rpm
kdepim_6%3a3.3.1-1_i386.rpm
kdeutils_6%3a3.3.1-1_i386.rpm
lame_3.96.1-2.1.fc3.fr_i386.rpm
lame_3.96.1-2.1.fc3.rf_i386.rpm
lftp_3.0.11-1.1.fc3.rf_i386.rpm
libdvdcss_1.2.8-4.1.fc3.fr_i386.rpm
libdvdcss_1.2.8-4.1.fc3.rf_i386.rpm
libdvdread_0.9.4-5.1.fc3.fr_i386.rpm
libdvdread_0.9.4-5.1.fc3.rf_i386.rpm
libmad_0.15.1b-3.1.fc3.fr_i386.rpm
libmad_0.15.1b-3.1.fc3.rf_i386.rpm
libpostproc_1.0-0.12.20041025.1.fc3.fr_i386.rpm
libselinux_1.19.1-3_i386.rpm
libselinux-devel_1.19.1-3_i386.rpm
libxml_1%3a1.8.17-12_i386.rpm
libxml2_2.6.16-3_i386.rpm
libxml2-devel_2.6.16-3_i386.rpm
libxml2-python_2.6.16-3_i386.rpm
lock
lzo_1.08-3.1.fc3.fr_i386.rpm
lzo_1.08-3.1.fc3.rf_i386.rpm
mplayer_1.0-0.12.20041025.1.fc3.fr_i386.rpm
mplayer-fonts_1.1-2.0.rf_noarch.rpm
mplayer-fonts_1.1-2.fr_noarch.rpm
openoffice.org_1.1.2-11.5.fc3_i386.rpm
openoffice.org-i18n_1.1.2-11.5.fc3_i386.rpm
openoffice.org-libs_1.1.2-11.5.fc3_i386.rpm
pan_1%3a0.14.2.91-2.1.fc3.rf_i386.rpm
partial
planner_0.12.1-1.1.fc3.rf_i386.rpm
policycoreutils_1.18.1-2_i386.rpm
rhgb_0.15.1-1.FC3_i386.rpm
SDL%5fttf_2.0.6-0.1.fc3.rf_i386.rpm
shadow-utils_2%3a4.0.3-40_i386.rpm
slang_1.4.9-7_i386.rpm
slang-devel_1.4.9-7_i386.rpm
sound-juicer_0.5.14-1.FC3.0_i386.rpm
synaptic_0.55.1-1.1.fc3.fr_i386.rpm
synaptic_0.55.1-1.1.fc3.rf_i386.rpm
syslinux_2.11-2.1.fc3.rf_i386.rpm
system-config-users_1.2.27-0.fc3.1_noarch.rpm
system-config-users_1.2.28-0.fc3.1_noarch.rpm
udev_039-10.FC3.1_i386.rpm
udev_039-10.FC3.2_i386.rpm
wesnoth_0.8.7-1.1.fc3.rf_i386.rpm
wireless-tools_1%3a27-0.pre25.3_i386.rpm
words_3.0-2_noarch.rpm
xmms_1%3a1.2.10-9.1.1.fc3.fr_i386.rpm
xmms-skins_1%3a1.2.10-9.1.1.fc3.fr_i386.rpm
xorg-x11_6.8.1-12.FC3.1_i386.rpm
xorg-x11-deprecated-libs_6.8.1-12.FC3.1_i386.rpm
xorg-x11-deprecated-libs-devel_6.8.1-12.FC3.1_i386.rpm
xorg-x11-devel_6.8.1-12.FC3.1_i386.rpm
xorg-x11-doc_6.8.1-12.FC3.1_i386.rpm
xorg-x11-font-utils_6.8.1-12.FC3.1_i386.rpm
xorg-x11-libs_6.8.1-12.FC3.1_i386.rpm
xorg-x11-Mesa-libGL_6.8.1-12.FC3.1_i386.rpm
xorg-x11-Mesa-libGLU_6.8.1-12.FC3.1_i386.rpm
xorg-x11-tools_6.8.1-12.FC3.1_i386.rpm
xorg-x11-twm_6.8.1-12.FC3.1_i386.rpm
xorg-x11-xauth_6.8.1-12.FC3.1_i386.rpm
xorg-x11-xdm_6.8.1-12.FC3.1_i386.rpm
xorg-x11-xfs_6.8.1-12.FC3.1_i386.rpm
xorg-x11-Xnest_6.8.1-12.FC3.1_i386.rpm
xorg-x11-Xvfb_6.8.1-12.FC3.1_i386.rpm
xrestop_0.3-1.1.fc3.rf_i386.rpm
xvidcore_1.0.2-2.1.fc3.fr_i386.rpm
xvidcore_1.0.2-2.1.fc3.rf_i386.rpm
zip_2.3-26.3_i386.rpm

Also, the partial subdirectory is empty.

Jim

[dishawjp]

To simplify my last post, I just did a "ls -lct and am just posting the updates I did last night:

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 30035862 Nov 19 21:06 wesnoth_0.8.7-1.1.fc3.rf_i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 37989 Nov 19 21:04 SDL%5fttf_2.0.6-0.1.fc3.rf_i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 732537 Nov 19 21:03 lftp_3.0.11-1.1.fc3.rf_i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 18900 Nov 19 21:03 xrestop_0.3-1.1.fc3.rf_i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 775902 Nov 19 21:03 gkrellm_2.2.4-0.1.fc3.rf_i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 423112 Nov 19 21:03 xvidcore_1.0.2-2.1.fc3.rf_i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1540389 Nov 19 21:02 synaptic_0.55.1-1.1.fc3.rf_i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 186791 Nov 19 21:02 syslinux_2.11-2.1.fc3.rf_i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2401328 Nov 19 21:02 planner_0.12.1-1.1.fc3.rf_i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1035065 Nov 19 21:02 mplayer-fonts_1.1-2.0.rf_noarch.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 83286 Nov 19 21:02 libmad_0.15.1b-3.1.fc3.rf_i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 98797 Nov 19 21:02 lzo_1.08-3.1.fc3.rf_i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 663935 Nov 19 21:02 lame_3.96.1-2.1.fc3.rf_i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 48906 Nov 19 21:02 libdvdcss_1.2.8-4.1.fc3.rf_i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 96943 Nov 19 21:02 libdvdread_0.9.4-5.1.fc3.rf_i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 333275 Nov 19 21:02 faad2_2.0-2.20040923.1.fc3.rf_i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 158029 Nov 19 21:02 aalib_1.4.0-5.1.fc3.rf_i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2133230 Nov 19 21:02 apt_0.5.15cnc6-3.1.fc3.rf_i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 321542 Nov 19 20:22 xorg-x11-twm_6.8.1-12.FC3.1_i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 498066 Nov 19 20:22 xorg-x11-tools_6.8.1-12.FC3.1_i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 283827 Nov 19 20:22 xorg-x11-font-utils_6.8.1-12.FC3.1_i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6301811 Nov 19 20:22 xorg-x11-doc_6.8.1-12.FC3.1_i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 133131 Nov 19 20:21 rhgb_0.15.1-1.FC3_i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 302300 Nov 19 20:21 system-config-users_1.2.28-0.fc3.1_noarch.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 329000 Nov 19 20:21 xorg-x11-xdm_6.8.1-12.FC3.1_i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 428359 Nov 19 20:21 xorg-x11-Mesa-libGLU_6.8.1-12.FC3.1_i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 633137 Nov 19 20:21 udev_039-10.FC3.2_i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 330015 Nov 19 20:21 sound-juicer_0.5.14-1.FC3.0_i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2653551 Nov 19 20:21 xorg-x11-libs_6.8.1-12.FC3.1_i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5272661 Nov 19 20:21 xorg-x11-devel_6.8.1-12.FC3.1_i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 247463 Nov 19 20:21 xorg-x11-deprecated-libs_6.8.1-12.FC3.1_i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 255309 Nov 19 20:21 xorg-x11-deprecated-libs-devel_6.8.1-12.FC3.1_i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 296727 Nov 19 20:21 xorg-x11-xfs_6.8.1-12.FC3.1_i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 13636616 Nov 19 20:21 xorg-x11_6.8.1-12.FC3.1_i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 370124 Nov 19 20:20 xorg-x11-Mesa-libGL_6.8.1-12.FC3.1_i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 261008 Nov 19 20:20 xorg-x11-xauth_6.8.1-12.FC3.1_i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1566279 Nov 19 20:20 xorg-x11-Xnest_6.8.1-12.FC3.1_i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1677655 Nov 19 20:20 xorg-x11-Xvfb_6.8.1-12.FC3.1_i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 219839 Nov 19 20:20 libxml_1%3a1.8.17-12_i386.rpm

Does this help?

Jim

[Void Main]

Well, I'm thinking one or both of your problems must be related to your X upgrade. Does the DPMS thing happen only at boot? What messages are output just before and just after the DPMS message? Are you using the graphical boot (rhgb) kernel option? Also, what kernel version are you running (uname -r)?

[dishawjp]

Voidmain,

I don't use the rhgb thing, I boot to init3. The KDSKBENT happens twice, right after "sysstat" and again right after "irqbalance" or something like that. It also prints out as soon as I log in. The other two happen when I start X. I'm not quite sure what you mean by DPMS.

Jim

[Void Main]

Voidmain,

I don't use the rhgb thing, I boot to init3. The KDSKBENT happens twice, right after "sysstat" and again right after "irqbalance" or something like that. It also prints out as soon as I log in. The other two happen when I start X. I'm not quite sure what you mean by DPMS.

Jim

I meant KDSKBENT, duh. Ok, so it's after the kernel is loaded. I saw something that indicated it's bash related. If you start a new bash shell do you get the message? Just type "bash". Also, it would be handy to know what services you start in runlevel 3 and in what order:

$ ls /etc/rc3.d/S*

[dishawjp]

Voidmain,

I had a terminal window open and typed "bash" as you suggested. No message, just a return and prompt. This is what you meant?

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[dishawjp@eunix ~]$ bash
[dishawjp@eunix ~]$


Jim

[Void Main]

Yes, how about "bash -l"? (lower case L)

[dishawjp]

Voidmain,

However, when I open a virtual terminal (<ctrl><alt><F2> in this case), as soon as I do login, I do get the error!

Jim

[Void Main]

Ok, and the "bash -l" didn't give the error? How about an "su - yourusername"? I'll bet that will give an error too.

[dishawjp]

Voidmain,

"bash -l" in a terminal window also does nothing, I mean no error.

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[dishawjp@eunix ~]$ bash -l
[dishawjp@eunix ~]$


Jim