Hardware Database - Request for experiences!
by Philip Johnson
OK, there is now a HCL at http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/HCL.
Well, that said, Doncho had beat me to it, so it isn't new or anything :P
I'm also going to be helping out, and I would appreciate it if you
could all send me a report on how your hardware has worked within fedora
(whether it worked straight away without any fiddling, or if you had to
do something to make it work (if this is the case please state)).
However, please send them to plasticmonkey at gmail.com so we don't end
up with them all over the list - I'm sure there's more important topics
to be discussed.
Thanks,
Philip Johnson (PlasticMonkey)
19 years, 3 months
What Packages in Fedora you be thankful of?
by Joel Juliano
Now christmas is coming, and Fedora Project make it this far, I think
it's time for us to thank the developers, just for the holiday to make
it memorable.
In any version released in Fedora core, what packages or features you
be thankful of? Create your own list, and tell how you feel thankful
for it.
This is my list.
1. The Bluecurve desktop, the developers behind the artworks and
icons, personally I like it very much, it not only bring much
familiarity, ease of use, and comfortability, it also brings a "breath
of life and fresh air" in all the desktop races, giving hope in
familiarization, standardization, and on using the desktop more
easily. To the developers, thank you for doing so.
2. The Anaconda Installer, because it's the most easiest Linux
installation I've ever seen, aside from it's easy to install linux
with it, it has a welcoming atmosphere, and the package selection
where as easy as "add/remove programs" in windows, and making it
available it the desktop is an innovation to Linux. To the developer,
here is my thanks to you.
3. The up2date applet. Not only this is omnipresent in the desktop, It
is also makes easier to see when your system is behind the latest
packages, because up2date automatically display in icons the status of
your system, in an animated applet. So the next time you see a message
"Your system is fully updated", it would bring a smile in your face.
Thanks for this.
4. Inclusion of Rythmbox, Evolution 2 and Firefox. I'm thankful for
inclusion of Rythmbox, because it makes me organized my audio CD's,
more like iTunes does, and the new Evolution is easier to use and
Firefox browser that replaced the heavy mozilla browser. Hopefully we
see more packages like Calendars, Paint applications, and cool games.
But thanks for you guys who makes the Fedora complete (yet for now).
Of course, Fedora isn't yet that complete, there's a lot of room for
improvement, and innovations. This where just based on my personal
opinion, and my thanks to the developers that I feel the need to be
grateful of, using all of this. Anyways, I'm grateful, and thanks for
all of your effort, thank you very much.
19 years, 3 months
Playing CDs on FC3
by gslink
I noticed that even though sound cards and speakers check out that in
FC3 only the root user can play a cd. Any other user gets a popup that
the cd can't be read. Has anyone else had this trouble? No changes to
access privledges were made after installation so this is the assumed
setting.
19 years, 3 months
udev problem?
by Paul F. Johnson
Hi,
Is it udev which controls if a CD or zip disk can be unmounted?
I seem to be having a problem by which a disc can be read, ripped,
burned to - generally used, but will fail to eject. There is nothing in
dmesg about the failure.
Using rawhide with udev 048-2 (I had the problem with 048-4, so
reinstalled the older version, but it's not done much to help). I need
to file a bugzilla report, but need to know if it should be under udev.
TTFN
Paul
--
"He's not the Messiah, he's a very naughty boy!"
- Life of Brian, Monty Python
19 years, 3 months
help on the #fedora channel please?
by W. Guy Thomas
If any one on this list is an op in #fedora on freednode, please pop in
and ban 'User2', he is filling the channel with expletives and needs to
be kicked. Sorry for the intrusion.
Thanks.
G
19 years, 3 months
RE: DOOM3 and Fedora
by Ernest L. Williams Jr.
-----Original Message-----
From: fedora-test-list-bounces(a)redhat.com on behalf of Klaasjan Brand
Sent: Thu 12/23/2004 5:15 AM
To: For testers of Fedora Core development releases
Subject: Re: DOOM3 and Fedora
On Wed, 2004-12-22 at 15:02 -0500, Williams Jr, Ernest L. wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Does anyone have doom3 working under Fedora3?
> Mine fails to start. Any pointers?
> GL_RENDERER: Mesa GLX Indirect
Looks like there's no accelerated 3d available on your system (or it's
not configured correctly). Also, to play Doom 3 on Fedora you need an
nvidia card with the nvidia binary drivers, at least until ATI or the
DRI pe"ople make some progress with their drivers. Any other hardware is
certainly not powerful enough to run the game.
=====================================================>
====ELW>
Indeed, I have NVIDIA and those binary drivers as well.
The Doom 3 Demo played perfect on FC3 kernels prior to
"2.6.9-1.681_FC3"
So here is what I did to resolve the problem:
--Move to "2.6.9-1.715_FC3" from testing repository
--Re-run the NVIDIA install script with the "--add-this-kernel" option.
--Reboot
And away we go!!! Doom3 is awesome!!
I just could not let my relatives running Windows
out do my Linux Box during the holidays.
One caveat: There is indeed a gotcha.
-- known issue that causes the laptop to lockup when logging
out from the KDE or GNOME desktop. I believe this has
already been reported for "2.6.9-1.715_FC3" in previous threads.
I hope this is fixed in upstream kernels for FC3?
Merry Christmas,
Ernesto
=====================================>
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19 years, 3 months
Strange mounting / unmounting problem
by Paul F. Johnson
Hi,
I have been listening (and ripping) a couple of CDs I was given as
presents yesterday. They both claim to be copy protected, but both seem
happy enough in my machine. They both played fine, but failed to eject.
I did a power reset and they would still not eject, so I used a trusty
paper clip and opened the drawers to extract the discs.
Odd thing is that neither drive will open at all.
Okay, that seems strange, but I've noticed this before. If I start my
machine without a zip disc in the drive, the drive never mounts the disc
when I put one in. If I start the machine with a disc in the drive, it
won't read or unmount it.
Anyone else seeing this and if they are, how do I fix the problem?
TTFN
Paul
--
"He's not the Messiah, he's a very naughty boy!"
- Life of Brian, Monty Python
19 years, 3 months
kgpg broken
by Paul F. Johnson
Hi,
Is me or is kgpg broken after the latest updates?
TTFN
Paul
--
"He's not the Messiah, he's a very naughty boy!"
- Life of Brian, Monty Python
19 years, 3 months
Red Hat Network Alert Notification Tool dies
by Vadim
FC3, 2.6.9-1.681_FC3 #1 Thu Nov 18 15:10:10 EST 2004 i686 i686 i386
GNU/Linux
Allpications -> Preferences -> More Preferences -> Preferred
Applications Causes Red Hat Network Alert Notification Tool to die.
-V
19 years, 3 months
