F14 Anaconda language options
by Chris Smart
Hi all,
In previous versions of Fedora I was able to pass the lang and keymap
options at boot to by-pass the need to select them later in Anaconda.
This is important because Australian English is not in the list for me
to select, so it gets overridden to US English. Also, previously, I
has to pass both lang and keymap, because if I left one off, I had to
select them both in the installer.
However, this doesn't seem to work for me in Fedora 14 (x86_64 DVD).
Even though I pass both keymap and lang, i still get prompted to
select language and keyboard. I've tried passing other languages and
keymaps too, but get the same result - for example, if I pass
lang=de_DE.UTF-8, I _do_ get the language in German, but it still
prompts me to select the language..
Is this a bug, feature, or is there a new/other option I have to pass?
I've checked Anaconda options on the wiki, but can't see anything new.
I've also searched bugzilla, but can't find anything related there
either.
Thanks!
Chris
13 years, 5 months
kickstart user and the --gecos option
by Robert Moskowitz
I am installing F12 via kickstart. I want to set up my userid, and
after a bit of reading figured out I needed to add the user command.
On reading https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Anaconda/Kickstart I figured
out I needed:
user --name=me --gecos="me myself" --password=nothingspecial
But the install gave me an error on the --gecos option, saying it was an
invalid option. So I removed it to get the install going, I can add the
name later. But what gives, here. I used gecos back in the late 70s to
mid-80s. Gecos 4 and 6 when I worked at AMC! Did a lot with the
Codesyl database on online transaction processor....
Anyway, yeah, GECOS. My cuz worked for them too. So what is the format
for --gecos when you want a space in the name field. And where are the
GECOS fields described?
13 years, 5 months
twm configuration
by Hiisi
Dear all!
I would like to use twm. As described in wiki [1] I'm typing xinit
-e /usr/bin/twm in runlevel 3 to fire it up. It tries to start and first
window titled 'LOGIN' appears at the left up corner of the screen.
However it never asks me for username/passwd. It only states few times
this warning:
/usr/bin/twm: warning: font for charset ISO8859-13 is lacking
And does nothing more. It doesn't hangs. i.e. it activates on mouse over
and I can fold/unfold it.
Here's the list of installed fonts:
rpm -qa | grep xorg-x11-fonts
xorg-x11-fonts-100dpi-7.5-3.fc15.noarch
xorg-x11-fonts-75dpi-7.5-3.fc15.noarch
xorg-x11-fonts-ISO8859-9-75dpi-7.5-3.fc15.noarch
xorg-x11-fonts-ISO8859-2-75dpi-7.5-3.fc15.noarch
xorg-x11-fonts-ISO8859-1-100dpi-7.5-3.fc15.noarch
xorg-x11-fonts-ISO8859-9-100dpi-7.5-3.fc15.noarch
xorg-x11-fonts-misc-7.5-3.fc15.noarch
xorg-x11-fonts-ISO8859-15-75dpi-7.5-3.fc15.noarch
xorg-x11-fonts-ISO8859-14-100dpi-7.5-3.fc15.noarch
xorg-x11-fonts-ethiopic-7.5-3.fc15.noarch
xorg-x11-fonts-Type1-7.5-3.fc15.noarch
xorg-x11-fonts-ISO8859-2-100dpi-7.5-3.fc15.noarch
xorg-x11-fonts-cyrillic-7.5-3.fc15.noarch
xorg-x11-fonts-ISO8859-1-75dpi-7.5-3.fc15.noarch
xorg-x11-fonts-ISO8859-14-75dpi-7.5-3.fc15.noarch
xorg-x11-fonts-ISO8859-15-100dpi-7.5-3.fc15.noarch
I can't find ISO8859-13 fonts anywhere. What should I do?
.twmrc seems to be missing on my system (I can't locate it).
TIA
REFERENCES
https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/12/html/Deployment_Guide/s2-x...
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-- unknown source
13 years, 5 months
Yum - Different OS version and Arch
by Sawrub
Running Fedora 14 x86_64, i was trying to search for a package using
YUM. The search results lists multiple versions [Fc12, Fc13, Fc14] and
different arch [i686 and x86_64], of which i just need it to list
against Fc14 and x86_64. Why is this so, can we prevent this or is this
a bad/undesirable feature in yum.
Stack trace :
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
[sawrub@sawrub ~]$ yum list available pidgin*
Loaded plugins: langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit
Adding en_US to language list
Available Packages
pidgin.x86_64
2.7.5-1.fc14 updates
pidgin-birthday-reminder.x86_64
1.5-2.fc14 fedora
pidgin-devel.i686
2.7.5-1.fc14 updates
pidgin-devel.x86_64
2.7.5-1.fc14 updates
pidgin-docs.x86_64
2.7.5-1.fc14 updates
pidgin-evolution.x86_64
2.7.5-1.fc14 updates
pidgin-gfire.x86_64
0.9.2-2.fc14 fedora
pidgin-guifications.x86_64
2.16-4.fc12 fedora
pidgin-latex.x86_64
1.4.2-1.fc14 updates
pidgin-libnotify.x86_64
0.14-4.fc14 fedora
pidgin-musictracker.x86_64
0.4.20-3.fc13 fedora
pidgin-otr.x86_64
3.2.0-3.fc12 fedora
pidgin-perl.x86_64
2.7.5-1.fc14 updates
pidgin-privacy-please.x86_64
0.6.3-2.fc14 fedora
pidgin-rhythmbox.x86_64
2.0-5.fc12 fedora
pidgin-sipe.x86_64
1.10.1-1.fc14 fedora
[sawrub@sawrub ~]$
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Saurabh Sharma
Linux user number: 490644
http://sawrub-blog.blogspot.com/
Open your doors.......It's time to look beyond Windows
13 years, 5 months
/var/cache/yum format
by Bill Davidsen
I'm somewhat confused by the many things found in vcy. On some machines
there are directories for fedora, and updates, and no architecture
notation. On some the same data is found in i386/14 or similar, while on
other in i686/i386/14 has the same stuff.
Is there rhyme or reason to this? And should my local repository have to
look different to update each setup?
Pointers to a document would be useful, my local repo would save a lot
of time.
--
Bill Davidsen<davidsen(a)tmr.com>
"We can't solve today's problems by using the same thinking we
used in creating them." - Einstein
13 years, 5 months
Contents of install DVD vs CDs
by Robert Moskowitz
Does the F12 (and I suppose 13 and 14) install DVD have more on it than
the install CDs?
I know that yum points to the ''everything' repo which is more inclusive
than the install CDs.
I ask this because I just installed an Amahi system using a local repo
built from the install CDs and many of the dependencies for Amahi are
NOT met during the install. They, for the most part, get picked up later.
I have enough disk on my repo server to hold the everything tree, but I
am wondering if that is my problem, or if it is Amahi's.
13 years, 5 months
f14 and keypad
by Rafnews
Hi
yesterday i installed F14 x64 for the first time.
i'm surprised but under F13 the keypad worked perfectly and now under F14 it
doesn't at all.
i did the same installation as usual so i don't understand.
is there a bug ?
thx.
--
Alain
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Windows 7 x64 / Fedora 14x64
PostgreSQL 8.3.5 / MySQL 5
Apache 2.2.16
PHP 5.3.1
C# 2005-2008
13 years, 5 months
Is anybody using Xournal? -- I have questions, and want recommendations.
by Bill Case
Hi;
I am about to download Xournal, but before I try it out maybe I can get
a few questions answered.
I am currently reading a 260 page PDF document. I would like to be able
to make the equivalent of margin notes to myself. I have and use gnotes
and NoteCase each for different purposes.
I would like to attach the margins notes at specific spots in the text
(or seem to). The notes are for my own reference and are not
necessarily intended to be shared. I don't want to directly edit the
document.
If Xournal is not the answer, do you have any suggestions on how I might
go about making the equivalent of margin notes on a printed document. I
imagine there would be a use for this in academic or policy making
circles.
Something for PDF documents would be good. Something that I could use
on other types of documents as well would be better.
--
Regards Bill
Fedora 14, Gnome 2.32
Evo.2.32, Emacs 23.2.1
13 years, 5 months
Home icon on gnome panel
by Jonathan Ryshpan
After some unsuccessful attempts to put a Home icon on a Gnome panel, I
came up with the following funky solution: put an application launcher
to nautilus on the panel and change the icon appearance from the
nautilus shell to home-like. Copying the Home icon from the desktop
were unsuccessful.
Is there a standard way to do this? If so, what is it?
Thanks - jon
13 years, 5 months
