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Cant't find curses.h
by Robert McBroom 02 Sep '07

02 Sep '07

The section on building ones own kernel seems to no longer be in the install documentation or otherwise in the wiki and my memory is missing details. Google dredged up a copy of the older document. I've installed all the pieces I could find but none of the usual ways of modifying .config will work. Make menuconfig is missing curses.h. Other parts are missing from make xconfig. yum whatprovides has nothing to do. I really want to build the kernel module to read my hpfs partitions. I suppose I could ignore the warnings and just edit .config. Is there a new method that I haven't found the button box for or What? TNWestTex

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yum updates does not keep packages
by Mark Panen 02 Sep '07

02 Sep '07

Hi Looking through the man page for yum it states that yum will keep the updates packages till you delete them. But this is not happening to me on Fedora 7. Is there a switch to run "yum install" and keep the downloaded packages on disk. Mark

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Can't update rpm
by Jesus Jr M Salvo 02 Sep '07

02 Sep '07

F7 x86_64. I can't update rpm with the latest updates. They all seem to depend on rpm = 4.4.2-46.fc7. # yum update rpm Loading "changelog" plugin Loading "fastestmirror" plugin Setting up Update Process Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package rpm.x86_64 0:4.4.2.1-1.fc7 set to be updated --> Processing Dependency: rpm = 4.4.2-46.fc7 for package: rpm-build --> Processing Dependency: popt >= 1.10.2.1 for package: rpm --> Processing Dependency: rpm = 4.4.2-46.fc7 for package: rpm-devel --> Processing Dependency: rpm = 4.4.2-46.fc7 for package: rpm-python --> Processing Dependency: rpm = 4.4.2-46.fc7 for package: rpm-libs --> Restarting Dependency Resolution with new changes. --> Running transaction check ---> Package rpm-libs.x86_64 0:4.4.2.1-1.fc7 set to be updated ---> Package rpm-devel.x86_64 0:4.4.2.1-1.fc7 set to be updated ---> Package rpm-build.x86_64 0:4.4.2.1-1.fc7 set to be updated ---> Package rpm-python.x86_64 0:4.4.2.1-1.fc7 set to be updated ---> Package rpm.x86_64 0:4.4.2.1-1.fc7 set to be updated ---> Package popt.x86_64 0:1.10.2.1-1.fc7 set to be updated --> Processing Dependency: rpm = 4.4.2-46.fc7 for package: rpm-devel --> Processing Dependency: rpm = 4.4.2-46.fc7 for package: rpm-libs --> Restarting Dependency Resolution with new changes. --> Running transaction check Dependencies Resolved ============================================================================= Package Arch Version Repository Size ============================================================================= Updating: rpm x86_64 4.4.2.1-1.fc7 updates 1.1 M Updating for dependencies: popt x86_64 1.10.2.1-1.fc7 updates 72 k rpm-build x86_64 4.4.2.1-1.fc7 updates 623 k rpm-devel x86_64 4.4.2.1-1.fc7 updates 5.5 M rpm-libs x86_64 4.4.2.1-1.fc7 updates 920 k rpm-python x86_64 4.4.2.1-1.fc7 updates 58 k Transaction Summary ============================================================================= Install 0 Package(s) Update 6 Package(s) Remove 0 Package(s) Total download size: 8.2 M Is this ok [y/N]: y Downloading Packages: Running rpm_check_debug --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait. ---> Package rpm-libs.x86_64 0:4.4.2.1-1.fc7 set to be updated ---> Package rpm-devel.x86_64 0:4.4.2.1-1.fc7 set to be updated ---> Package rpm-build.x86_64 0:4.4.2.1-1.fc7 set to be updated ---> Package rpm-python.x86_64 0:4.4.2.1-1.fc7 set to be updated ---> Package rpm.x86_64 0:4.4.2.1-1.fc7 set to be updated ---> Package popt.x86_64 0:1.10.2.1-1.fc7 set to be updated ERROR with rpm_check_debug vs depsolve: Package rpm-libs needs rpm = 4.4.2-46.fc7, this is not available. Package rpm-devel needs rpm = 4.4.2-46.fc7, this is not available. Complete!

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Fedora 7 - features and obvious usability enhancements
by Valent Turkovic 02 Sep '07

02 Sep '07

Hello, first I would like to ask where is the proper place to suggest new features and obvious usability enhancements for fedora. Is there a mailing list or some group of people or someone specific I have to target in order for some really much needed features to be included in fedora releases? First one I see as a really great usability add on to fedora is Deskbar gnome plugin. It is in the repositories, but it is not installed by default and it is not enabled by default. I think that this is a great shame. All new users (and also old ones) would benefit a lot from just including this great widget in default desktop setup for Fedora 7 . Ok, I won't go too much long here if this isn't proper way of getting attention to the right people. I don't mean that you aren't proper or not important but I just don't know if this mailing list is the right way for discussing usability and features. Please tell me if it is and then I'll continue if not point me in the right direction. Thank you all for your time and attention. Valent from Croatia. -- http://kernelreloaded.blog385.com/ linux, blog, anime, spirituality, windsurf, wireless registered as user #367004 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org. ICQ: 2125241 Skype: valent.turkovic

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Turning on Sub-pixel hinting
by Martin Hooper 02 Sep '07

02 Sep '07

How can I turn on sub-pixel hinting? -- Martin Hooper http://www.martinjh.myby.co.uk

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2.6.22.1-32.fc6 & zydas wireless
by Terry Polzin 02 Sep '07

02 Sep '07

Basically broken, hald detects the device being connected, but doesn't load the firmware. What's up with that???

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Re: Turning on Sub-pixel hinting
by Paulo Cavalcanti 02 Sep '07

02 Sep '07

> Ah - Where can I get an SRPM then? Is there an equvalent yum command > to apt-get source ? ;) Yes. yumdownloader --source "xx.src.rpm" --destdir "your_dir" > > Is there a tutorial somewhere that covers SRPM compiling then?? Several on the net. But you only need: rpmbuild -ba --clean --rmsource "spec_name" if you wish building as root (not recommendable, but harmless in this case). Check also this link: http://wiki.gentoo-xeffects.org/Font_Rendering#Changing_font_settings_in_yo… -- Paulo Roma Cavalcanti LCG - UFRJ

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F7 installer running very, very slowly
by Langdon Stevenson 02 Sep '07

02 Sep '07

Hi I am running an F7 install on a Dell PowerEdge 2300 (another one - previous one that caused me problems is running fine). Machine boots up fine, but when the F7 Rescue CD boots up everything goes into slow motion. This happens right from the word go. For instance the initial graphical screen to select the type of install takes about 20 seconds to paint, keyboard response is slow as well. This is the same throughout the install, both graphical and non-graphical. I expect that the installer would complete in due course, but haven't had the patience to see it any further through than selecting hard drives. I have had a look at "top" through a console during the install and it reports that there is plenty of RAM available, and no processes hogging the dual CPUs. I can't see any bios settings that might effect the installer. I have removed all of the RAM and tried RAM from an identical machine that doesn't have this problem, but no luck. It still does the same I have removed all of the PCI devices (save for the SCSI controller) and no improvement. Is this symptom familiar to anyone? Can anyone suggest how I might work out what is going on? Any suggestions greatly appreciated. Langdon

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netdump support
by Adhiraj Joshi 02 Sep '07

02 Sep '07

Hi All, I tried to setup netdump on my FC6 mahcine but I could not find netdump module (netdump.ko) in the build. I assume netdump comes by default with rhel/fedora kernels. Where do I get the rpms/srpms//patches to build netdump from on FC6. Or which kernels support netdump? Thanks in advance, Adhiraj Joshi.

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F7 Rescue does have dd
by Karl Larsen 01 Sep '07

01 Sep '07

I was so sure it didn't I rebooted into the F7 Rescue CD and did not mount my computer and sure enough it does have dd somewhere. I went looking and found the joe editor but missed seeing the dd anywhere but it sure does come up :-) Next time I do a dd transfer I will use the Rescue CD. It is real nice. I might test it soon to see how fast it is. -- Karl F. Larsen, AKA K5DI Linux User #450462 http://counter.li.org.

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