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[Fedora Project Wiki] Update of "Docs/Beats/Legal" by PatrickBarnes

by fedorawiki-noreply＠fedoraproject.org

Dear Wiki user, You have subscribed to a wiki page or wiki category on "Fedora Project Wiki" for change notification. The following page has been changed by PatrickBarnes: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats/Legal ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ = Legal = - The Fedora Project is maintained and driven by the Fedora Foundation and sponsored by Red Hat, Inc. + The Fedora Project is sponsored by Red Hat, Inc. == License ==

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[Fedora Project Wiki] Update of "Docs/Beats/Installer" by KarstenWade

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Dear Wiki user, You have subscribed to a wiki page or wiki category on "Fedora Project Wiki" for change notification. The following page has been changed by KarstenWade: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats/Installer ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ || If the mirror is broken, you should be able to resync from within the RAID chipset BIOS or by using the {{{dd}}} command. Reinstallation is always an option. || * Serial mice are no longer formally supported in '''Anaconda''' or Fedora Core. * The disk partitioning screen has been reworked to be more user friendly. - * The package selection screen has been revamped. The new, simplified screen only displays the optional groups ''Office and Productivity'' (enabled by default), ''Software Development'', ''Web Server'', and ''Virtualization (Xen)''. The ''Minimal'' and ''Everything'' shortcut groups have been removed from this screen. However, you may still fully customize your package selection. The context menu on right click provides a easy way to select all the optional packages within a group. Refer to http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Anaconda/PackageSelection for more details. + * The package selection screen has been revamped. The new, simplified screen only displays the optional groups ''Office and Productivity'' (enabled by default), ''Software Development'', ''Web Server'', and ''Virtualization (Xen)''. The ''Minimal'' and ''Everything'' shortcut groups have been removed from this screen. However, you may still fully customize your package selection. The right-click context menu provides an easy way to select all of the optional packages within a group. Refer to http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Anaconda/PackageSelection for more details. * Optional package selection has also been enhanced. In the custom package selection dialog, you can right-click any package group, and select or deselect all optional packages at one time. * Firewall and SELinux configuration has been moved to the ''Setup Agent'' (`firstboot`), the final phase of the graphical installation process. * The timezone configuration screen now features zooming areas on the location selection map.

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[Fedora Project Wiki] Update of "Docs/Beats/Installer" by RahulSundaram

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Dear Wiki user, You have subscribed to a wiki page or wiki category on "Fedora Project Wiki" for change notification. The following page has been changed by RahulSundaram: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats/Installer ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ || If the mirror is broken, you should be able to resync from within the RAID chipset BIOS or by using the {{{dd}}} command. Reinstallation is always an option. || * Serial mice are no longer formally supported in '''Anaconda''' or Fedora Core. * The disk partitioning screen has been reworked to be more user friendly. - * The package selection screen has been revamped. The new, simplified screen only displays the optional groups ''Office and Productivity'' (enabled by default), ''Software Development'', ''Web Server'', and ''Virtualization (Xen)''. The ''Minimal'' and ''Everything'' shortcut groups have been removed from this screen. However, you may still fully customize your package selection. Refer to http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Anaconda/PackageSelection for more details. + * The package selection screen has been revamped. The new, simplified screen only displays the optional groups ''Office and Productivity'' (enabled by default), ''Software Development'', ''Web Server'', and ''Virtualization (Xen)''. The ''Minimal'' and ''Everything'' shortcut groups have been removed from this screen. However, you may still fully customize your package selection. The context menu on right click provides a easy way to select all the optional packages within a group. Refer to http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Anaconda/PackageSelection for more details. * Optional package selection has also been enhanced. In the custom package selection dialog, you can right-click any package group, and select or deselect all optional packages at one time. * Firewall and SELinux configuration has been moved to the ''Setup Agent'' (`firstboot`), the final phase of the graphical installation process. * The timezone configuration screen now features zooming areas on the location selection map.

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[Bug 186467] New: RELNOTES - Summarize the release note suggestion/content

by Red Hat Bugzilla

Please do not reply directly to this email. All additional comments should be made in the comments box of this bug report. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=186467 Summary: RELNOTES - Summarize the release note suggestion/content Product: Fedora Documentation Version: devel Platform: All OS/Version: Linux Status: NEW Severity: normal Priority: normal Component: release-notes AssignedTo: relnotes(a)fedoraproject.org ReportedBy: pedro-conde(a)telefonica.net QAContact: kwade(a)redhat.com CC: kwade(a)redhat.com The section "8.6. Preparing for Kernel Development" of the FC5 Release Notes is not right. If you follow the downloading instructions for kernel source with yum, you will get the following: [root@pedro ~]# yumdownloader --source kernel /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/config.py:447: DeprecationWarning: setConfigOption() will go away in a future version of Yum. Please set option values as attributes or using setattr(). DeprecationWarning) /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/config.py:439: DeprecationWarning: getConfigOption() will go away in a future version of Yum. Please access option values as attributes or using getattr(). DeprecationWarning) core [1/3] updates [2/3] extras [3/3] No Match for argument kernel Also, the line "You can also find the .config file that matches your current kernel configuration in the /lib/modules/<version>/build/.config file." is not OK. It does not exists (on x86_64 kernels). Best regards. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug, or are watching the assignee.

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[Fedora Project Wiki] Update of "Docs/Beats/Installer" by PaulWFrields

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Dear Wiki user, You have subscribed to a wiki page or wiki category on "Fedora Project Wiki" for change notification. The following page has been changed by PaulWFrields: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats/Installer The comment on the change is: #186063 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ || If the mirror is broken, you should be able to resync from within the RAID chipset BIOS or by using the {{{dd}}} command. Reinstallation is always an option. || * Serial mice are no longer formally supported in '''Anaconda''' or Fedora Core. * The disk partitioning screen has been reworked to be more user friendly. - * The package selection screen has been revamped. The new, simplified screen only displays the optional groups ''Office and Productivity'' (enabled by default), ''Software Development'', ''Web Server'', and ''Virtualization (Xen)''. However, you may still fully customize your package selection. Refer to http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Anaconda/PackageSelection for more details. + * The package selection screen has been revamped. The new, simplified screen only displays the optional groups ''Office and Productivity'' (enabled by default), ''Software Development'', ''Web Server'', and ''Virtualization (Xen)''. The ''Minimal'' and ''Everything'' shortcut groups have been removed from this screen. However, you may still fully customize your package selection. Refer to http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Anaconda/PackageSelection for more details. * Optional package selection has also been enhanced. In the custom package selection dialog, you can right-click any package group, and select or deselect all optional packages at one time. * Firewall and SELinux configuration has been moved to the ''Setup Agent'' (`firstboot`), the final phase of the graphical installation process. * The timezone configuration screen now features zooming areas on the location selection map.

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[Bug 186063] New: FC5 release notes don't mention that installer options changed

by Red Hat Bugzilla

Please do not reply directly to this email. All additional comments should be made in the comments box of this bug report. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=186063 Summary: FC5 release notes don't mention that installer options changed Product: Fedora Documentation Version: devel Platform: All OS/Version: Linux Status: NEW Severity: normal Priority: normal Component: release-notes AssignedTo: relnotes(a)fedoraproject.org ReportedBy: blin(a)gmx.net QAContact: kwade(a)redhat.com CC: kwade(a)redhat.com Description of problem: The options to do an all package or minimal install have gone from the installer, yet the release notes do not mention that. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug, or are watching the assignee.

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[Fedora Project Wiki] Update of "Docs/Beats/Kernel" by KarstenWade

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Dear Wiki user, You have subscribed to a wiki page or wiki category on "Fedora Project Wiki" for change notification. The following page has been changed by KarstenWade: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats/Kernel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Enter the `root` password when prompted. == Preparing for Kernel Development == - Fedora Core [[GetVal(DocsDict,BeatsVer)]] does not include the kernel-source package provided by older versions since only the kernel-devel package is required now to build external modules. Configured sources are available, as described in this kernel flavors section. @@ -168, +167 @@ == Building Only Kernel Modules == - An exploded source tree is not required to build a kernel module, such as your own device driver, against the currently in-use kernel. Only the kernel-devel package is required to build external modules. If you havent selected it during installation, you can use Pirut, Applications=> Add/Remove software or yum to install it. Run the following command to install the kernel-devel package using yum. + An exploded source tree is not required to build a kernel module, such as your own device driver, against the currently in-use kernel. Only the `kernel-devel` package is required to build external modules. If you did not select it during installation, use '''Pirut''' to install it, going to '''Applications > Add/Remove''' software or use {{{yum}}} to install it. Run the following command to install the `kernel-devel` package using {{{yum}}}. - {{{ + {{{ - - su -c 'yum install kernel-devel' + su -c 'yum install kernel-devel' - }}} For example, to build the `foo.ko` module, create the following `Makefile` in the directory containing the `foo.c` file:

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[Fedora Project Wiki] Update of "Docs/Beats/Kernel" by RahulSundaram

by fedorawiki-noreply＠fedoraproject.org

Dear Wiki user, You have subscribed to a wiki page or wiki category on "Fedora Project Wiki" for change notification. The following page has been changed by RahulSundaram: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats/Kernel The comment on the change is: add instructions on installing kernel-devel with feedback from bz #187582 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ == Building Only Kernel Modules == - An exploded source tree is not required to build a kernel module, such as your own device driver, against the currently in-use kernel. For example, to build the `foo.ko` module, create the following `Makefile` in the directory containing the `foo.c` file: + An exploded source tree is not required to build a kernel module, such as your own device driver, against the currently in-use kernel. Only the kernel-devel package is required to build external modules. If you havent selected it during installation, you can use Pirut, Applications=> Add/Remove software or yum to install it. Run the following command to install the kernel-devel package using yum. + + {{{ + + su -c 'yum install kernel-devel' + + }}} + + For example, to build the `foo.ko` module, create the following `Makefile` in the directory containing the `foo.c` file: {{{ obj-m := foo.o

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[Bug 187582] New: RELNOTES - Summarize the release note suggestion/content

by Red Hat Bugzilla

Please do not reply directly to this email. All additional comments should be made in the comments box of this bug report. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=187582 Summary: RELNOTES - Summarize the release note suggestion/content Product: Fedora Documentation Version: devel Platform: All OS/Version: Linux Status: NEW Severity: normal Priority: normal Component: release-notes AssignedTo: relnotes(a)fedoraproject.org ReportedBy: john(a)discoverlinux.co.uk QAContact: kwade(a)redhat.com CC: kwade(a)redhat.com Fedora Core 5 Section 8.7 should state that you DO need to install the kernel-devel package to create /usr/src/kernels using :- su -c 'yum install kernel-devel' (this should really be installed when the devel package is selected on install) ------ Current ----- 8.7. Building Only Kernel Modules An exploded source tree is not required to build a kernel module, such as your own device driver, against the currently in-use kernel. For example, to build the foo.ko module, create the following Makefile in the directory containing the foo.c file: -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug, or are watching the assignee.

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[Fedora Project Wiki] Update of "Docs/Beats/Kernel" by RahulSundaram

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Dear Wiki user, You have subscribed to a wiki page or wiki category on "Fedora Project Wiki" for change notification. The following page has been changed by RahulSundaram: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats/Kernel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ == Preparing for Kernel Development == + - Fedora Core [[GetVal(DocsDict,BeatsVer)]] does not include the kernel-source package provided by older versions since only the kenrel-devel package is required now to build external modules. Configured sources are available, as described in this kernel flavors section. + Fedora Core [[GetVal(DocsDict,BeatsVer)]] does not include the kernel-source package provided by older versions since only the kernel-devel package is required now to build external modules. Configured sources are available, as described in this kernel flavors section. + || {i} '''Instructions Refer to Current Kernel''' || || To simplify the following directions, we have assumed that you want to configure the kernel sources to match your currently-running kernel. In the steps below, the expression <version> refers to the kernel version shown by the command: `uname -r`. ||

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