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FC3: Mesa and 'nvidia' driver
by Alexander Volovics 01 Dec '04

01 Dec '04

Is it still necessary to remove the (xorg-x11) Mesa-libGL and Mesa-libGLU rpm's before installing the nvidia driver. Alexander

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How to compile kernel source for FC3
by Tony Denault 01 Dec '04

01 Dec '04

I needed to recompile the kernel for an inhouse development project. Following the threads _almost_ told me what to do. I'll posted how I got the kernel source install, compile and running reference. Or please correct any error....thanks, Download,install & compile kernel source. Example using kernel version 2.6.9-1.681_FC3 for Fedora Core3. Following the direction in the release notes for getting source tree: # rpm -ivh kernel-2.6.9-1.681_FC3.src.rpm # cd /usr/src/redhat/SPECS # rpmbuild -bp --target=i686 kernel-2.6.spec <-- slightly difference from the release notes # cd /usr/src/redhat/BUILD Kernel soures is located in /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/kernel-2.6.9/linux-2.6.9/ Copy the tree to /usr/src/linux-2.6.x # cd /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/kernel-2.6.9 # tar cf - linux-2.6.9 | ( cd /usr/src; tar xf - ) Then proceed as usual. # cd /usr/src # ln -s linux-2.6.9 linux-2.6 # cd /usr/src/linux-2.6 # make clean # make mrproper # make oldconfig -> generate a .config file based on the running kernel # make bzImage # make modules # make modules_install # make install For some unknown reason it calls the kernel '2.6.9-prep' The kernel name can be modified by editing /usr/src/linux-2.6/Makefile I did peek-and-poke around and this was the 2.6.9-1.681_FC3. I think the Makefile should call it 2.6.9-1.681_FC3-custom rather that -prep Not sure you need to copy the source to /usr/src, but I'm used to this; plus I'm not sure what happens to /usr/src/redhat when a new kernel updates arrives. Tony /-----------------------------------------------------------------------\ | Tony Denault | Email: denault(a)irtf.ifa.hawaii.edu | | Institute for Astronomy | Phone: (808) 932-2378 | | 640 North Aohoku Place | Fax: (808) 933-0737 | | Hilo, Hawaii 96720 | | \-----------------------------------------------------------------------/

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Rescue HD setup procedure
by Mitsuho Iizuka 01 Dec '04

01 Dec '04

Hi Is it valid way to have 'RESCUE HD' in /dev/hda2 as follows ? I have FC3 in /dev/hdb1, and XP in /dev/hda1. Just grub booting from vmlinuz and initrd.img in rescuecd.iso, can rescue linux get to rescuecd.img ? May I confirm this before FC3 crush ? mkdir /mnt/src mkdir /mnt/res mount /dev/hda2 /mnt/src cp /foo/bar/isolinux/FC3-i386-rescuecd.iso /mnt/src mount -o loop /mnt/src/FC3-i386-rescuecd.iso /mnt/res mkdir /mnt/res/boot mkdir /boot/installer cp /mnt/res/isolinux/vmlinuz /boot/installer/vmlinuz-resc cp /mnt/res/isolinux/initrd.img /boot/installer/initrd-resc.img : editting grub menu.lst and reboot.... // M.Iizuka

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Re: Recent Fedora Core kernels (plus my SPEC file for 2.6.8-1.541 with Athlon support)
by Dave Jones 01 Dec '04

01 Dec '04

On Tue, Nov 30, 2004 at 11:36:23AM -0500, William M. Quarles wrote: > Dave Jones wrote: > > <snip> > > > C. If it doesn't hurt and it would probably help, I don't see what's > > the > matter with making an Athlon-optimized kernel. > > > >A number of reasons. > >- It's one more column in the matrix of supported kernels to worry about. > > This may seem insignificant, but it takes quite a while to push > > a kernel package through the buildsystem given how many variants > > it spits out. On a busy day (like for eg, just before release), it > > can take the better part of a day to get packages built. > >- The gain just isn't worth it over the 2.4 kernels. > > Now that the runtime optimisations get performed in 2.6, theres only > > one thing thats missing that would be in an Athlon optimised kernel, > > and thats the optimised copy_page/clear_page, which are really only > > a win when a lot of data is being copied back/forth between the kernel, > > and even then, only under certain usage patterns. I'll be surprised > > if this shows up on any real-world application. > <snip> > > Apparently the man who started this thread found his real-world > applications. I don't see any numbers. There's also nothing specifically indicating that building for Athlon is why he saw a performance win. If something else also got disabled (even inadvertantly), that could also factor into it. Dave

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Booting directly into X problems
by Sasa Stupar 01 Dec '04

01 Dec '04

Hi! My system: I have two HDD on which are installed separetly winxp and FC2 with their own MBR's. MotherBoard is ASUS P4BGV-MX-EAYZ with built in VGA i845. I have installed FC2 and have problems to boot directly into X. I get blank screen. However, if I first boot into winxp and then reboot into linux X works. This problem is only happening if machine was switched off for a couple of minutes and more. Another thing: if I boot to FC2 and choose "Interactive mode" then I can also boot into X without any problems. Is there anything to do (beside getting a new VGA card) to fix this because I am about to remove winxp and I do not want to boot with Interactive mode every day? Regards, Sasa

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Evolution 2.0 "Just Doesn't Work"; will not send
by Erik Hemdal 30 Nov '04

30 Nov '04

Situation: Fresh install of FC3, plus all updates on Dell Latitude D600 (Pentium 4, Intel 855 chipset) Problem: Evolution refuses to send email; receives messages just fine. Debugging steps: Confirmed "server setup" with ISP. No errors in any logs at all. Confirmed that this setup works on an FC1 machine (works OK). Verified that this hardware sends correctly (same laptop booted into Windows XP -- no problem) Attempted to adjust all possible authentication methods in Evolution (no success). Disabled iptables and SELinux controls - no joy. Finally installed Thunderbird Mail: works perfectly. I installed from healthy CD's and had no errors during installation. Evolution 1.4 is just fine as well. I didn't find anything in the FC3 release notes, but I might have missed something. I admit it got pretty late last night, so I probably missed something. Anyone seen an issue like this? I've never seen a client simply refuse to work without any errors/log messages/etc. Erik

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is it good to be uptodate before you upgrade to fc3
by david smethurst 30 Nov '04

30 Nov '04

hi all is it a good thing to do prior to upgrading from fc2 to fc3 to be uptodate with all the latest updates? or just let it do it all from the cdś? thanks for your opinions thanks david

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Enlightenment FC3
by Mark Farmer 30 Nov '04

30 Nov '04

Has anyone got Enlightenment running on FC3 yet? If so, what rpm(s) did you use & where did you get them? Looking on pbone only finds FC1 & FC2. -- Mark Farmer Linux System Administrator

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evolution crash with reply + select email
by Genes MailLists 30 Nov '04

30 Nov '04

Hi: FC3 fully updated - evolution-2.0.2-3 - imap server. Running KDE (klipper turned off). Reply to mail - select/highlight replied message including its signature - crash - seems to die in gdict. Filed: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=141032 and upstream. FYI. gene/

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Fedora and Moneydance install Question
by Terry R. Grier 30 Nov '04

30 Nov '04

* These are the instructions on how to install moneydance. there are no YUMs for it. I need/want this program to work with Fedora 3. I have followed this to the letter. and the files are in the folder. But at the comand line when I type moneydance I get 'bash: moneydance: command not found' * *I am just wasting my time here? .... or am I missing a step? or ... are these instructions... no good? .... * *the program runs in Java. I followed the instruction on fedorafaq.org and installed java first.* *www.moneydance.com * *If this will not work... what program to people use for personal finances? I truly enjoyed using this program. T * Once you have downloaded the appropriate package, untar the file into a directory on your system like so: %> gunzip moneydance_*.tar.gz %> tar xf moneydance_*.tar -C /usr/local This will create the /usr/local/moneydance directory. We use /usr/local as an example, Moneydance can be installed in any location. ** /Please skip this step if you are not installing the "Other" package. / If you downloaded the "Other" package above, you will need to create a symbolic link named "jre" in the /usr/local/moneydance directory that points to the location of Java on your system. For example, if your java executable is at /usr/j2se/bin/java then you should create the link like so: %> cd /usr/local/moneydance %> ln -s /usr/j2se jre ** You can now run Moneydance by executing the 'moneydance' script in the new directory. %> /usr/local/moneydance/moneydance To make starting Moneydance from the command line easier, you can create a symbolic link in your path that points to the moneydance startup script: %> cd /usr/local/bin %> ln -s /usr/local/moneydance/moneydance moneydance For your convenience we have provided a moneydance.xpm file that can be used with a desktop icon for launching Moneydance from a GUI such as KDE or GNOME.

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