On Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:42:54 -0700, Kam Leo wrote: > File retrieval optons: > > 1) Use browser -- > http://linux.nssl.noaa.gov/fedora/linux/releases/11/Everything/i386/os/ Packages/ > or another of the Fedora mirrors. Public list is at > http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/publiclist/Fedora/11/. > > 2) Use wget -- "wget -c > http://linux.nssl.noaa.gov/fedora/linux/releases/11/Everything/i386/os/ Packages/system-config-display-1.1.3-2.fc11.noarch.rpm" > > Install using "sudo rpm -ivh system-config-display*.rpm" > > 3) Download and install directly using one command: "sudo rpm -ivh > http://linux.nssl.noaa.gov/fedora/linux/releases/11/Everything/i386/os/ Packages/system-config-display-1.1.3-2.fc11.noarch.rpm" > > Another note: Don't just settle for a random mirror. Try out the mirrors > listed in the Fedora Public list. Find one that reliably connects. Put > your selection in fedora.repo and fedora-update.repo in > /etc/yum.repos.d/ (disable the mirrorslist, enable and insert the > mirror's url to the baseurl line) or create your own > reliable-mirror.repo file.. Hmm... I'll try that -- but it seems strange. Wasn't the whole point of making yum choose mirrors to spread the load?? > Check the color depth. You should be able to do this using > System->Preferences->Display in Gnome. That launches system-config-display -- precisely the app I had been trying so stubbornly to get, because for some unimaginable reason I didn't have it on that machine. I did get it just now; launched it; ran it; and the display is still not entirely right, but it's a *lot* better. Resetting the colors for each profile in gnome-terminal helped, too. -- Beartooth Staffwright, Neo-Redneck Not Quite Clueless Power User I have precious (very precious!) little idea where up is. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
