rh9 vs. fedora
by Michal Zeravik
Hi to all,
I'm using redhat9 shrike and have couple of questions:
Will be here a stable release of Fedora?
Can I upgrade Shrike directly to Fedora?
Does Fedora have the same patches in kernel like in other rh kernels?
Can I use other patches to kernel (low latency, capabilites,
preemptive,...)?
Thank you for support
michalz
20 years, 5 months
Delay? Looks bad for Fedora
by Mark Hutchinson
A bit of a rant, but some serious point on Fedora.
What is the delay due to on the release?
I do not understand what this means: Delayed due to respin for several days,
will be available as soon as possible.....
This may have been posted before, but I missed it.
This is not a good sign for those waiting to see if fedora will still be a
professional distro.
Relating to some previous posts on RedHat moving to enterprise...
How many of you that are currently running RH up to version 9 on many servers
are now planning to move away from RedHat? I would certainly prefer not to,
but fedora does not seem like a solid bet. I pay for RH subscritions and have
9 installed on about 60-70 servers, and have purchased the box sets before,
but I dont like the way Fedora popped up. Are others going to keep Fedora on
thier servers?
The move to fedora was a mistake for RedHat. I understand why they did it,
but they went too far and discarded loyal users ( some paying some not.
Perhaps still including a box set would have been a good idea. Although
looking through the mailing list, is Fedora up to the task of running on a
server anymore? I am not sure.
Rant over.
Gus
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20 years, 5 months
OpenOffice.org links missing in test 3
by Justin Clift
Hi everyone,
Installed Fedora test 3 yesterday, and OpenOffice.org 1.1.0-2 was
installed as part of it. However, there aren't any links to starting
OpenOffice.org applications in the menu system, nor are there icons
related to it on the Panel.
So, it looks like something didn't work somewhere.
Regards and best wishes,
Justin Clift
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20 years, 5 months
nvidia module compile under smp
by Mike Harris
I have a P4 with hyperthreading, and I was using a non-smp
kernel because it
conflicted with my SATA drive. I recently got a bios
update, so now I can use
the 2.4.22-1.2115.nptlsmp kernel. I am, and it works well.
But I can't get
the NVidia driver module to compile. It gives me this, and
yes I sis `export
CC=gcc32`:
gcc32 <snip> -c -o nv.o nv.c
In file included from nv-linux.h:23,
from nv.c:14:
/usr/src/linux-2.4.22-1.2115.nptl/include/linux/kernel.h:60:
invalid suffix on
integer constant
/usr/src/linux-2.4.22-1.2115.nptl/include/linux/kernel.h:60:
syntax error
before numeric constant
/usr/src/linux-2.4.22-1.2115.nptl/include/linux/kernel.h:61:
invalid suffix on
integer constant
/usr/src/linux-2.4.22-1.2115.nptl/include/linux/kernel.h:61:
syntax error
before numeric constant
/usr/src/linux-2.4.22-1.2115.nptl/include/linux/kernel.h:62:
`panic_R_ver_str'
declared as function returning a function
/usr/src/linux-2.4.22-1.2115.nptl/include/linux/kernel.h:68:
syntax error
before numeric constant
/usr/src/linux-2.4.22-1.2115.nptl/include/linux/kernel.h:68:
`simple_strtoul_R_ver_str' declared as function returning
a function
/usr/src/linux-2.4.22-1.2115.nptl/include/linux/kernel.h:69:
invalid suffix on
integer constant
/usr/src/linux-2.4.22-1.2115.nptl/include/linux/kernel.h:69:
syntax error
before numeric constant
There's about 12 pages of errors like these. Its almost
like its using the
wrong kernel sources. Any ideas what to do?
20 years, 5 months
useing up2date to get software
by Law Horne
Well I don't think this has been discussed before. But I was looking at
all the talk about what up2date is in relevance to yum and apt. Now
understanding that the new channels that come with the latest version of
up2date are actually yum repos, and that they contain all the software
for fedora. My question basically is as follows, is there a way to
download and install programs not currently on your system within
up2date( I realize you can do this if you put the channels in yum)? Or
is up2date strictly(at least at this time) for updates?
20 years, 5 months
Re: RH recommends using Windows?
by Mike Lurk
I agree with the article. The average home user does not know anything
about how to install any type of software, be it an app or game. They
are thinking to themselves, what the heck is *.tar.gz how do I install
it. So who do I call to install this???????
The average home user does not read anything, they want support for
everything. Ask me about it, Ive worked for Digital, Compaq and HP.
They're customer demand support for just about everything.
For example does the average user know how to install Xine properly.
No.... I requires two files to be installed Xine-lib and Xine-ui and
Xine-lib has to be in the Path before Xine-ui will install and how do
you get it into the path when you install Xine-lib. Easy for me, but the
average home user forget it.
There is one feature that I like in Windows, I hate to admit it but, and
that is the add and remove program. Select the program in question and
remove it.
It is harder to do in Linux because there are too many file formats to
consider; *.bin, *.tar.gz, *.rpm and there are others as well. How do
you incorporate them into an Add and Remove Program style of format. The
average user will need that.
If all Linux was meant to do was to do emails, message someone, or to
write an essay it's great for the home user. It's stable, it won't crash
in the middle of something important and you really don't have to worry
that much about viruses.
(there, my .02 cents worth)
Mike
20 years, 5 months
Fedoras extras
by Law Horne
I have heard about fedora extras several times on this list and in a few
other places. I'm still a little confused as to exactly what it in
tells. Could someone point to a doc that would explain this to me in
detail.
Thanks Law
20 years, 5 months
