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Announcing Fedora 7 Test 3 (6.92)
by Jeremy Katz 02 Apr '07

02 Apr '07

Welcome to Fedora 7 Test 3. I am please to announce the third of four test releases for Fedora 7. Downloads ======== DVD and network installation are available. http://torrent.fedoraproject.org/ The recommended method of download is via BitTorrent from this site. http://fedora.redhat.com/Download/mirrors.html HTTP, FTP, and RSYNC downloads are available from Fedora Project mirrors listed above. Note that not all mirrors may be synced at this time. New in Fedora 7 Test 3 ======== This test release includes significant new versions of many key components and technologies. The following sections provide a brief overview of major changes from the last release of Fedora. Merger of Core and Extras ======== * The Fedora Core and Extras software repositories are being merged, resulting in a shared infrastructure and a single repository of packages to which everyone is invited to contribute. * Fedora 7 Test 3 is packaged initially as a Desktop/Development Workstation/Server implementation, called "Prime". This spin is delivered in DVD iso format only as a trial, see https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2007-February/msg00993.ht… for the discussion on this. * Many more packages are available in the development repositories. Live CD ======== * This test release includes an i386 ISO for a Desktop Live CD. This Live CD features the ability to install to a hard disk using the same graphical Anaconda installer as the non-live CD variant. * This test release also includes an x86_64 ISO for a Desktop Live image. Due to size, this will require a DVD. As with the i386 Live image, the ability to install to a hard disk is available. * This test release features a new i386 ISO for a KDE Live CD. Note that as of this writing, this ISO is only available via bittorrent. It should be available via the mirrors in the near future. Desktop ======== * This test release features GNOME 2.18 * A brand new Echo icon theme is included as the default in this release. This icon theme is incomplete, but with appropriate feedback and progress, may become the default in the general release. * Fast User Switching is now available via the fast-user-switch-applet. See http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/FeatureFastUserSwitching for more details. Performance ======== * System performance is generally slower in the test releases as compared to the general release since we enable several options that help with debugging. System Administration ======== * System administration tools may be modified under the testing process. System Level Changes ======== * Fedora 7 Test 3 features a 2.6.21rc5 based kernel. Current release information is being tracked on the kernel release notes source page. (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats/Kernel) Amanda Users who upgrade from older releases need to read the amanda.conf and amanda-client.conf man pages to learn about the the new syntax for calling amandad, as well as edit the /etc/xinetd.d/amanda configuration file to follow the new syntax. Road Map And Release Schedule ======== * http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/7/ Intended Audience for Test Releases ======== Test 1 is targeted for developers, who use it "at their own risk", and contains many bleeding edge packages. Test 2 is for early adopters. Most things should work and we need to your help to find what is broken. Test 3 is for early adopters. Most things should work and we need to your help to find what is broken. Test 4 is for beta users. This is the time when we must have full community participation. Without this participation both hardware and software functionality suffers. Quality Assurance for Test Releases ======== The Fedora Project has a process in place for ensuring the highest possible quality even in our test releases. Many bugs are identified, prioritized and fixed during the testing process. We also have a list of known bugs in this release. Refer to http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA/7/Test3TreeTesting for more details. Translations of Release Notes ======== Due to the rapidly changing nature of test releases, translations of release notes for test releases are not practical. The initial goal is to have a translation of the release notes included in the test4 release and to allow community review and correction before the general release. As always, the general release is translated following the established practices for localization (l10n) and internationalization (i18n) (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/L10N) which result in comprehensive, high-quality release notes in a variety of languages. About Fedora ======== Fedora is a set of projects sponsored by Red Hat and guided by the contributors. These projects are developed by a large community of people who strive to provide and maintain the very best in free, open source software and standards. The central Fedora project is an operating system and platform based on Linux that is always free for anyone to use, modify, and distribute, now and forever. You can help the Fedora Project community continue to improve Fedora if you file bug reports and enhancement requests. Refer to http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugsAndFeatureRequests for more information. Thank you for your participation. To find out more general information about Fedora, refer to the following Web pages: * Fedora Overview (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Overview) * Fedora FAQ (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FAQ) * Help and Support (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate) * Participate in the Fedora Project (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/HelpWanted)

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Beryl crashes with segfault in FC6
by Alan 02 Apr '07

02 Apr '07

I am using beryl from the Extras repository. It was working up until the 0.2 betas with my current drivers and xconfig. Now it just segfaults on launch. (After displaying a bunch of tests that all pass.) I am using the commercial NVIDIA driver version 9631. (The last one supporting my chipset.) Any ideas? Since it is a laptop, I cannot just "replace the card" and the nv open source driver will not run Beryl at all. Is this a known problem? Is there a fix? -- "Invoking the supernatural can explain anything, and hence explains nothing." - University of Utah bioengineering professor Gregory Clark

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smbmount ?
by Jeffrey Ross 02 Apr '07

02 Apr '07

looking for either smb mount or its replacement in FC6 running "yum whatprovides smbmount" shows me that samba contains the man page but there is no match for smbmount. running mount -t smbfs gives me unknown filesystem type. samba is installed. TIA, Jeff

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view function of Bind 9
by Edward S.P. Leong 02 Apr '07

02 Apr '07

Dear All, If the client machine using IP ( 192.168.1.0 / 24, IP range from the NAT service of a Server machine ) and the server machine using IP ( 192.168.0.1 / 24 ), then, it need to be configed by using view function ? Edward.

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Managing print queues
by James Wilkinson 02 Apr '07

02 Apr '07

Hello, all you happy people. I'm sure I'm missing something here -- how are you supposed to manage print queues in FC6 without dropping to a terminal? For example, suppose you've sent something to print, realise the printer's out of paper, and decide you'll do without the print -- how do you cancel the job? In a terminal, it's easy -- lpq shows you the outstanding jobs, and lprm deletes them. Assuming it's *your* job, you don't even need to be root. But there doesn't seem to be an obvious GUI to handle that, apart from http://localhost:631 (the CUPS web interface). For what it's worth, the main desktop is Gnome, but I'd be interested in any GUI. Thanks, James. -- E-mail: james@ | The succeeding player has to miss a turn. As no-one's aprilcottage.co.uk | succeeded, we'll carry on. | -- Humphrey Lyttelton, "I'm Sorry, I Haven't A Clue"

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How to shed those annoying "language packs" in OO
by J.Moore 01 Apr '07

01 Apr '07

Once upon a time, I did something (don't remember what now) to delete all of the language packs for Open Office. Some time later (perhaps during an upgrade), they came back :( The annoying thing about them is that they gobble up hundreds of megabytes of space on my HD and bandwidth during 'yum update's. How do I get rid of these language packs? Thanks, Jay

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FC4 -> FC6
by Luc MAIGNAN 01 Apr '07

01 Apr '07

Hi, how can I setup yum to upgrade my FC4 to an FC6 using yum update ? BR

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How to install fedora using ISO images on another machine
by Doctor Who 01 Apr '07

01 Apr '07

I think I may have an issue with the CD drive on a machine that I want to install Fedora on. So I was thinking of putting the ISO images on another machine and make them available via http (or NFS). Assuming I have a directory like this with the ISOs, what do I do during install to point to these remote images as the install source? Thanks.

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reconfigure monitor help
by linuxmaillists＠charter.net 01 Apr '07

01 Apr '07

FC6 KDE I cannot find an icon any where in my menu tree. What is the name of the command to tell the OS what monitor I am using? The back lite went out on my LCD so I had to change to one of my old CRTs. :( -- If the word following begins with a vowel, the word you want is... to read the rest of this, go here http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/a.html

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OT: corrupted FATs on an external drive
by peter kostov 01 Apr '07

01 Apr '07

Hi, I have a Samsung mp3 player that doesn't want to format his drive. When I run fsck on it I get: # fsck.vfat -rtlV -v /dev/sdb1 dosfsck 2.11 (12 Mar 2005) dosfsck 2.11, 12 Mar 2005, FAT32, LFN Checking we can access the last sector of the filesystem Boot sector contents: System ID "MSDOS5.0" Media byte 0xf8 (hard disk) 512 bytes per logical sector 4096 bytes per cluster 1 reserved sector First FAT starts at byte 512 (sector 1) 2 FATs, 16 bit entries 126464 bytes per FAT (= 247 sectors) Root directory starts at byte 253440 (sector 495) 512 root directory entries Data area starts at byte 269824 (sector 527) 63127 data clusters (258568192 bytes) 63 sectors/track, 255 heads 50 hidden sectors 505550 sectors total Starting check/repair pass. Both FATs appear to be corrupt. Giving up. I have tried mkdosfs with no luck. I will appreciate very much if anyone can tell mi what to do to get it back to work. Peter

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