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Installing FC from HDD image
by Ali Helmy 02 May '06

02 May '06

Hey mates, I have the FC5 DVD iso image on my WinXP computer, at [C:/FC DVD] and the extracted version of that image at [ C:/FC DVD/Extracted], where C is my only partition on my primary HDD (which I think should be hda1, right?) So when I load up Grub using [vmlinuz] and [ startrd.img], it asks me for the source of the installation media (you know the menu with Local CD-ROM, NFS image, HDD image, FTP, HTTP). When I choose HDD image, it presents me with three options (even though I only have two HDDs); namely [ /dev/hda1] [ /dev/hdb1] and [/dev/hdb2] I tried entering [ /FC DVD/] or [/FC DVD/Extracted/] with and without the start and ending slashes, with all of the three available HDD options, but it always gives me: Error: Failed to read directory /tmp/hdimage/Fedora DVD: No such file or directory... followed by Error: Device /dev/hda1 does not seem to contain Fedora CD images So, what is wrong? and If there should be another procedure to install FC5 from my computer, please tell me... I already have the DVD iso downloaded -- Cheers, A. Helmy ================== One Life... LIVE It ==================

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Re: compat-libstdc++-33
by Nader Mirzaee 02 May '06

02 May '06

On 5/2/06, Nader Mirzaee wrote: > Hi all, > accroding to the Stanton Finley Notes installation of RealPlayer10GOLD needs > compat-libstdc++-33 > > after yum -y install compat-libstdc++-33 i get : > > Parsing package install arguments > Nothing to do > > can someone tell me what does it mean ? should i proceed with installation? > > thanks > Most likely it means that you already have the package installed. Here is how to check: $ rpm -q compat-libstdc++-33 ---------------------------------------------------------------- it seems that it is installed ! $ rpm -q compat-libstdc++-33 compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-55.fc5 thank you --------------------------------- Yahoo! Mail goes everywhere you do. Get it on your phone.

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S3 graphics
by Varun Mittal 02 May '06

02 May '06

I have a s3 prosavageDDR graphics card.I receive low fps rate and flickered images.What should i do?

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Open Letter: How the FOSS Community May Help Disabled Users
by M. Fioretti 02 May '06

02 May '06

Greetings, the following letter has already been posted on Linux Today and www.lxer.com. Please give to it the greatest diffusion you can, and evaluate in your LUG (or any other FOSS association!) the possibility to organize the kind of initiative described in the letter (*). Excerpt: "I recently wrote an article about the serious communication problems between the Free/Open Source Software (FOSS) community and disabled users. The feedback on several forums, including Slashdot, prove that I was right. Here is a practical proposals on how any group of FOSS advocates may fill this gap in its own community..." Full letter at: http://www.hudlug.org.uk/wiki/Foss_And_Disabled_Users (wiki) http://mailman.lug.org.uk/pipermail/hudlug/2006-April/001201.html (original static version) Best Regards, Marco Fioretti You are encouraged to translate this announce and the full letter in any language you can! (*) and of course, if you do it, please let me know! -- Marco Fioretti mfioretti, at the server mclink.it Fedora Core 5 for low memory http://www.rule-project.org/ "Per quanto non siano leggeri i libri possiedono una proporzione grammi/minuti di intrattenimento che prevale agevolmente sugli stupefacenti." JON KRAKAUER

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Nvidia & Twinview Weirdness
by lostson 02 May '06

02 May '06

Hello I am using FC5 with a nvidia gforce 5700xp. I also use twinview and I use the kmod-nvidia from livna. When setting up my twinview like I have always done, I keep my xorg.conf from a backup from FC4 and It doesn't change much. I set it up with my 1280x1024 on both screens and it launches ok and all. The problem I am having is when going to System --> Preferences --> Scree Resolution in Gnome it says Im running 2560x1024 which is right but the refresh rate says 50 Hz. I don't know why this is doing this I have set my refresh rates in my xorg.conf it should be 60 Hz. Does anyone know if there is a bug in the Screen Resolution app ? Or is there something wrong with the nvidia driver or kmod-nvidia module from livna. The reason I ask is my eyes start to kill me after a hour or 2 and I have never had this problem before. I could sit here for 12 horus and it would never bother me. So i'm looking for ideas and thoughts, thanks. -- LostSon http://www.lostsonsvault.org

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FC4 and Sil 3512 SATA RAID
by Christopher J. Bottaro 02 May '06

02 May '06

Hi, I have a motherboard that has the Sil 3512 chipset for SATA RAID. I made a RAID-0 set for my hard drives in the BIOS. I installed FC5 from DVD and it recognized the RAID set as a single hard drive...perfect! The problem is that FC5 is too new for me and some stuff doesn't work. I want to downgrade to FC4. Is there any way to get the FC4 installer to recognize my RAID set as a single hard drive like the FC5 installer does? Thanks for the help. P.S. I know "hdparm -t" is a crappy test, but FC5 using the Sil 3512 for RAID got 85 MB/s, where as FC4 using the same hard drives and 100% software RAID got 50 MB/s.

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OT-motherboard
by Bob Taylor 02 May '06

02 May '06

What Intel or AMD based 32 bit motherboard would you recommend with a minimum 1 Gig RAM. I don't require the latest. The first board manufactured with 1 Gig RAM would be fine. Of course Linux must fully support the board. I'm asking because I am totally ignorant about motherboards. :-) Bob -- brtaylor(a)sanfelipe.com.mx

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please reply to this message
by SALMAN AHMED 02 May '06

02 May '06

To all Fedora Core Users from verj40(a)yahoo.com I have the following Mother Board with the following buit-in CPU on the mother board. Can any one tell me what Fedora Core I can install on it. Although I tried Fedora core 2 but it did not installed. The specifications are below. About Mother Board Mercury PVCLE266 Via Socket 370 Flex-ATX Chipset: Via 8237 southbridge chipset and Via CLE266 Northbridge Chipset Processor: Via C3 Samual 2 Processor Pro 2000 --------------------------------- Get amazing travel prices for air and hotel in one click on Yahoo! FareChase

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Re: Yummy Ideas
by Nader Mirzaee 02 May '06

02 May '06

Thank you Paul Howarth and Kam Leo I used the base usl http: //www.mirrorservice.org/sites/download.fedora.redhat.com/pub /fedora/linux/core/$releasever/$basearch/os/ on all files in my /etc/yum.repos.d and get the following re sult:- [root@malcolm malcolm]# yum install yumex Setting up Install Process Setting up repositories updates [1/4] Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: updates Error: Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: updates What do you think is wrong please! I received a letter from Leon & Tim complaining that my mail could not be read. This my be due to my using a bigfoot web account while my FC5 is being set up. This should be in pla in text. I hope that this is readable. With thanks, Malcolm Candlish --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- check your fedora-updates.repo located in /etc/yum.repos.d , remove the # from #baseurl=http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/$releasever/$basearch/ it might work! --------------------------------- How low will we go? Check out Yahoo! Messengers low PC-to-Phone call rates. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list(a)redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list

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FC5 Firefox not rendering print same ast FC3
by David Scholes 02 May '06

02 May '06

I just upgraded from FC3 to FC5 and everything went well except I'm getting some firefox printing problems that were previously corrected in FC3. I'm not getting any responses from the firefox mailing list so looks like I need to go back to the version I was using on FC3. Do I need to build from source? I tried using the FC3 rpm but ran into problems. Appreciate any pointers on a best plan of action. More info below from my post to the firefox list: ************************* I recently upgraded from (Fedora Core) FC3 to FC5 and am now using firefox-1.5.0.2-1.2.fc5. Everything went well with the upgrade except the new version of firefox no longer cleanly renders some pages for printing or Print Preview. This is a problem I encountered early on when I first used FC3 but it went away after a few upgrades of firefox. We use a web based application that generates a report. It appears to be a form with some protected fields. You can change some of the values by making changes in those that are unprotected. They are using some kind of javascript and frames so you don't see the details by doing a view source. When printing or in print preview the data in the text boxes is not centered and gets cut off. Also some pages that used to print on one page now flow onto a second. I also use the latest same version of firefox on a Win XP machine and the printing is fine there. I've tried going back to the firefox rpm that was used in FC3 but evidently there are some font differences or something. It installed but .... multitude of problems. I've also tried turning off pango by setting the env variable MOZ_DISABLE_PANGO=1 Any help appreciated! David Scholes

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