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-Notes with regard to
Fedora Core 2; for older versions, see down the page.
+!!!
Fedora Core 3
-!! No NVIDIA binary drivers?
+!![LVM] issues
-At FC2 release time
, there was no NVIDIA driver
that supported a new feature in
the 2.6
[Linux
] [Kernel] shrinking the stack size to 4k. NVidia
's binary driver (version 5336
and earlier)
don't work with the 4k stack size
.
+On some settings and hardware FedoraCore 3 will use [LVM]2 partitions, which are not intelligable by the majority of things you're likely to be DualBooting with
, which means
that you should avoid
the [LVM
] if you
're dual booting
and/or
don't really need it
.
-There is a new drive that fixes this issue - download [version 1.-6106 for IA32 with support for 4K stacks|http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_ia32_1.-6106.html] and many other new features.
+!!Hangs at "Configuring kernel parameters"
-To make a 5336-or-earlier driver work
:
+This is because udev hasn't loaded the nvidia devices. As root
:
-* Grab [Linuxant's recompiled kernel|http://www.linuxant.com/driverloader/wlan/full/downloads-fc2-kernel-i686.php] which is the standard Fedora kernel recompiled without 4k stacks.
+<verbatim>
+cp -a /dev/nvidia* /etc/udev/devices
+chown root.root /etc/udev/devices/nvidia*
+</verbatim>
+
+See [the Fedora udev page|http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/udev/] for this and more info on udev in FC3.
+
+!! No ATI BinaryDriver~s?
+
+No. ATI don't support X.org 6.8.0 yet. [Bug them|http://apps.ati.com/linuxDfeedback/index.asp].
+
+!!! Fedora Core 2
+
+!! No MP3 player/no extra software?
+
+See FedoraRepositories.
+
+!! No nVidida BinaryDriver~s?
+
+At FC2 release time, there was no nVidia driver that supported a new feature in the 2.6 [Linux] [Kernel] shrinking the stack size to 4k. nVidia's BinaryDriver (version 5336 and earlier) didn't work with the 4k stack size. Recent versions of the driver (1.-6106 and later) fix this issue and provide many other new features -- [download here |http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux.html] and see NvidiaDriverHowto.
+
+If you need to make a 5336-or-earlier driver work:
+
+
* Grab [Linuxant's recompiled kernel | http://www.linuxant.com/driverloader/wlan/full/downloads-fc2-kernel-i686.php] which is the standard Fedora kernel recompiled without 4k stacks.
* Get a kernel.org kernel and compile back to 8k stacks.
* Get a Red Hat kernel, reverse the "make 4K stacks permanent patch" and rebuild it with 8k stacks ([ATrpms|http://www.atrpms.net] maintained a few of these)
-!! No ATI binary drivers
?
+!! No ATI BinaryDriver~s
?
+
+These are easier to fix, but equally nasty for new players. See RadeonNotes -- the drivers work with the new stack size but you need to patch them for regparm and apply other Fedora fixes.
-These are easier to fix, but equally nasty
for new players. See RadeonNotes -
the drivers work with
the new stack size but you need to patch them for regparm and apply other Fedora fixes.
+!! How do I stop Nautilus from opening a new window
for every folder? <br> Where is Nautilus hiding
the navigation buttons and
the location bar? <br> How do I make Nautilus not suck? How do I make Nautilus not spatial?
-!! How do I stop Nautilus from opening a new window for every folder?%%%
-!! Where is Nautilus hiding the navigation buttons and the location bar?%%%
-!! How do I make Nautilus not suck? How do I make Nautilus not spatial?%%%
* gconf-editor -> apps -> nautilus -> preferences -> always_use_browser
+* You can issue this as a command line: <tt>gconftool-2 --type boolean -s /apps/nautilus/preferences/always_use_browser true</tt>
-!!How do i turn off the graphical startup and make the kernel more verbose when it is booting?
-* Edit /etc/sysconfig/init and change GRAPHICAL to ''no''
+!! How do i turn off the graphical startup and make the kernel more verbose when it is booting?
-!!How do i make the kernel more verbose before it spawns init?
-*
Edit /etc/grub.conf
and remove the ''quiet'' option passed
to the kernel
+Edit <tt>
/etc/sysconfig/init</tt>
and change <tt>GRAPHICAL</tt>
to <tt>no</tt>
-!! Why does Gaim not connect to
the Jabber server in FedoraCore 2
?%%%
+!! How do i make
the kernel more verbose before it spawns init
?
-The initial version of Gaim packaged in FC2 had a bug where it wouldn't fall back
to IPv4 when it cannot connect to a jabber server on IPv6
.
+Edit <tt>/etc/grub.conf</tt> and remove the <tt>quiet</tt> option passed
to the [Kernel]
.
-This was fixed in version .77? of
Gaim and
the latest Fedora Core packages.
+!! Why does [
Gaim] not connect to
the [Jabber] server in FedoraCore 2?
-See the
[bug report|https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=100235&aid=960536&group_id=235
]
+The initial version of
[Gaim] packaged in FC2 had a
bug where it wouldn't fall back to IPv4 when it cannot connect to a [Jabber
] server on IPv6.
-If you really want to live on the edge you can get a recent CVS build, see http://michelinakis.gr/Dimitris/gaim/.
+See the [bug report | https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=100235&aid=960536&group_id=235]
+
+This was fixed in version .77? of [Gaim] and the latest FedoraCore packages.
+
+
If you really want to live on the edge you can get a recent [
CVS]
build, see http://michelinakis.gr/Dimitris/gaim/.
+
+!! Why is my networking slow in FedoraCore 2?
-!! Why is my networking slow in FedoraCore 2?%%%
Probably because you have IPv6 enabled but your IPv6 routing is broken.
-!! How do I disable IPv6 in FedoraCore 2?%%%
-* You probably want to disable IPv6 in FedoraCore 2.
+!! How do I disable IPv6 in FedoraCore 2?
- echo "alias net-pf-10 off" >> /etc/modprobe
.conf
- echo "alias ipv6 off" >> /etc/modprobe.conf
+You probably want to disable IPv6 in FedoraCore 2
.
-* See also [http:
//www
.redhat.com
/archives
/fedora-test-list
/2004-March/msg00310.html].
+<verbatim>
+echo "alias net-pf-10 off" >>
/etc
/modprobe
.conf
+echo "alias ipv6 off" >>
/etc
/modprobe.conf
+<
/verbatim>
+See also [http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-test-list/2004-March/msg00310.html].
-!! Why does VI
not recognize my Arrow Keys?
+!! Why does [Vim]
not recognize my Arrow Keys?
-FedoraCore 2 no longer requires vim-common to be installed when you install vim-minimal. This makes vim not work very well. Install the vim-common rpm
and all should be resolved.
+FedoraCore 2 no longer requires <tt>
vim-common</tt>
to be installed when you install <tt>
vim-minimal</tt>
. This makes vim not work very well. Install the <tt>
vim-common</tt>
and all should be resolved.
!! Why doesn't CrossoverOffice work under FedoraCore 2?
Several features enabled by default in FedoraCore break [Wine] and therefore CrossoverOffice. Upgrade to at least 3.01 or see [CXOfficeNotes] for details how on to fix this.
-!!Why is named broken?%%%
-!!
I'm getting ''
rndc: connect failed: connection refused''
when i try and stop named
+!! Why is named broken? <tt>
I'm getting <tt>
rndc: connect failed: connection refused</tt>
when i try and stop named
-named in FedoraCore uses a chroot jail to run in (/var/named/chroot). The configuration files for named (/etc/named.conf, /etc/rndc.key) need to be copied into /var/named/chroot/etc so named can read them when it loads up. Forget about the ones in /etc, it's broken.
-%%%For more info see [Bugzilla 124992|https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=124992]
+named in FedoraCore uses a chroot jail to run in (<tt>
/var/named/chroot</tt>
). The configuration files for named (<tt>
/etc/named.conf</tt>
, <tt>
/etc/rndc.key</tt>
) need to be copied into <tt>
/var/named/chroot/etc</tt>
so named can read them when it loads up. Forget about the ones in <tt>
/etc</tt>
, it's broken.
-!! NTFS support
?
+For more info see [Bugzilla 124992|https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
?id=124992]
-Disabled by Red Hat for patent reasons; get
[pre-compiled
NTFS kernel RPMS for Fedora|http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/rpm/fedora2.html
] here.
+!! Why don't I have
[NTFS] support?
-!! Which Repositories Should I Use?
-An excellent question! It appears that selecting a good set of repositories to use with FC2 is a little bit of an art
. If you just use the standard FC2 repository then you will be missing things such as mp3 support and many other "good" things that have patents restricting their distribution inside the US
. However if you start adding external repositories willy nilly to your system you can end up in all sorts of trouble with conflicting versions of packages
.
+Disabled by RedHat for patent reasons; get [pre-compiled NTFS kernel RPMs for Fedora | http://linux-ntfs
.sourceforge
.net/rpm/fedora2.html]
.
-The best combination that I have come up with is
-* download.fedora.us
-* atrpms
-* dag
-* freshrpms
-* newrpms
-
-I think you can safely live without fedora.us. I use apt for my package management, although I still use yum through the RHN applet to keep up to date with newly released packages from RedHat.
----
+
For more information about [Fedora], see our FedoraProject page.
----
Older stuff...
!! NVIDIA GLX Drivers with Fedora Core 1.
-* The current NVIDA
GLX drivers don't compile out of the box on Fedora. They require you to "export CC=gcc32" before running the installer. This was not the case on RedHat 9. Perhaps the Installer detected the compiler correctly on RH9??
+* The current NVIDIA
GLX drivers don't compile out of the box on Fedora. They require you to "export CC=gcc32" before running the installer. This was not the case on RedHat 9. Perhaps the Installer detected the compiler correctly on RH9??
** ''FC1 ships with gcc 3.3, but the kernel doesn't compile with it yet so its compiled with 3.2 This means all kernel drivers need to be compiled with gcc3.2, which is included for just this reason. -- AlastairPorter''
* The drivers linked off the NVIDIA drivers webpage are older than the current driver set. The current set (as of 22/12/03) is 1.0-5328. I assume these match up with the ForceWare 53 series for Windows.
* The only version of the NVIDIA drivers I could get to work with my GeForce 5700 were 5328. I've not nailed down the complete set of variables but I got it to work fine with the following options in the "Device" section:
-
Option "NvAGP" "3"
-
Option "!
ConnectedMonitor" "DFP"
-
Option "!
UseEdidFreqs" "on"
+<verbatim>
+
Option "NvAGP" "3"
+Option "ConnectedMonitor" "DFP"
+Option "UseEdidFreqs" "on"
+</verbatim>
Note that I have a Digital Flat Panel monitor connected to the DVI port on my card. I'm going to play with TwinView etc later so will update on success/failure of doing that.
+
+----
+CategoryFedora
