FC5 docs

[Bart Couvreur]

2006/4/30, Keith Powell <keith at keithg4jvx.force9.co.uk>:
> On Sunday 30 April 2006 1:10 pm, Stuart Sears wrote:
> > Keith Powell wrote:
> > > Hello!
> >
> > welcome.
> >
> > > Although I'm very much a Fedora newbie, I have been using other
> > > Linux distros for some time and am OK with the "standard"
> > > operations.
> > >
> > > However, I have got an FC5 magazine cover disk DVD and want to
> > > try Fedora for the first time. I've installed it and initial
> > > impressions are very good.
> > >
> > > There are some things which I have not come across before, such
> > > as YAM, PIRUT, and PUP. I want to find out how to use these
> > > packages, how to add repositories to them, and which repositories
> > > to add. For example, I understand that I need to add livna in
> > > order to install an nvidia driver. (My LCD monitor is off-centre
> > > unless I use the nvidia driver, rather than the generic nv one.)
> >
> > ...or hit the auto-adjust button? :)
> > livna we can deal with immediately, seeing as you asked. They
> > package their yum setup as an RPM, so install it:
> > rpm -Uvh http://rpm.livna.org#  Indexed Packages:
> 2207  /livna-release-5.rpm
> >
> > The nvidia drivers are called kmod-nvidia. You will need to run a
> > system update first as they will not work with the FC5 release
> > kernel.
> >
> > be careful adding repositories. Some conflict with others. Look at
> > their websites first. Many of them tell you which repos they are
> > designed to work with. Personally I use
> > extras (comes already set up)
> > livna (see above)
> > kde-redhat (I'm a kde-weenie when I am not using fluxbox or
> > similar) oh and the gstreamer-0.10 repos too (just to try them out,
> > really)
> >
> > > There will be other things I will find which are new to me as
> > > well. Is there a manual on using Fedora which I could download
> > > and print out? I would rather do this than keep bombarding the
> > > list with basic questions. There is no document included on the
> > > DVD.
> >#  Indexed Packages: 2207
> > not a manual as such, no.
> > however there are some very good online docs.
> > You could print a lot of them off I suppose.
> > Please read the FAQs #  Indexed Packages: 2207  first and search the
> archives (or google).
> > After that, on the whole, any questions tend to be welcome here.
> > There are a lot of folk here who will gladly answer you.
> > try these first:
> >
> > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki
> > http://www.fedorafaq.org/ (a little outdated now, still talks about
> > FC4) http://www.fedoraforum.org
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Stuart
>
> Stuart.
>
> Thank you very much for your help. You have given me a good start to
> get to know Fedora.
>
> I have tried several distributions during the past 12 months, but most
> of them didn't last long on my hard drive. It looks as though Fedora
> will last!
>
> The "auto-adjust" button on my monitor works with some distros, and
> centres the picture. But, there are some with which it doesn't work,
> and Fedora is one. That's why I would like to install the nvidia
> driver fairly quickly.
>
> Cheers
>
> Keith
>
Hey Keith,
welcome to Fedora!

To install nvidia drivers:
# yum install kmod-nvidia

Cheers,
Bart