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On Thursday 13 November 2003 09:10, fedora-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
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>    1. Re: Dell Precision M60 LapTop (Built-in Wireless) support (Sean
> Hogston) 2. can I do minimal install, reboot and install mozilla easily?
> (listuser2003@xxxxxxxxxxxx) 3. Re: RPM building guide (Kevin Francis)
>    4. I have a problem with sound (Dark Elf)
>    5. Re: german mailinglist? (A. Sopicki)
>    6. gdm configuration (Gokul Poduval)
>    7. Re: back to libcom_err.so.3 (Brian Fahrlander)
>    8. Re: gdm configuration (Robert Brimhall)
>    9. Re: back to libcom_err.so.3 (sun)
>   10. Fedora does not recognise WD1200jb Drive (Fred Antrobus)
>   11. Re: NFS Install Hangs (Mike Chambers)
>   12. Re: Random lockups while away (Matt Whiteley)
>   13. Re: fat32 problem ... (Johnathan Kupferer)
>   14. what does minimal install give me? (Globe Trotter)
>   15. Issue has wrong version (Truzzi, Paul S)
>   16. Re: german mailinglist? (Georg E Schneider)
>   17. Re: vsftpd and iptables (J. Scott Amort)
>   18. Re: german mailinglist? (Georg E Schneider)
>   19. Re: RPM building guide (Chris Stankaitis)
>   20. Re: Name is but sound and smoke (Doug Stewart)
>   21. Re: NFS Install Hangs (Alexandre Oliva)
>   22. Re: Issue has wrong version (Jesse Keating)
>   23. Re: can I do minimal install, reboot and install mozilla
>        easily? (Rodolfo J. Paiz)
>   24. Re: what does minimal install give me? (Rodolfo J. Paiz)
>   25. scrollkeeper DoSing www.oasis-open.org during install (Justin Mason)
>   26. Heads up on Fedora NTFS RPMs from SourceForge... (Marc Schwartz)
>   27. 2 Gb File Size Limit ? (Zate)
>   28. Re: problems running Acrobat Reader 5 (Ulrich Drepper)
>   29. XFree86-4.3.0-42 (Michael Gargiullo)
>   30. testing for packages differing from FC1 packages (Bret Hughes)
>   31. Re: what does minimal install give me? (Globe Trotter)
>   32. Re: Console Mouse Service??? (PatrickM)
>   33. NTOP (Scott Baker)
>   34. Oprofile (John Hearns)
>   35. What the ...... ????? (PatrickM)
>
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> Message: 1
> Subject: Re: Dell Precision M60 LapTop (Built-in Wireless) support
> From: Sean Hogston <sean@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 12:00:10 -0500
> Reply-To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx
>
> Susan,
>
> First I would recommend not sending messages with HTML in them as many
> people on this list filter out any messages that contain it.
>
> Second to answer your question take a look at this link:
>
> http://www.mikehardy.net/linux_latitude_d800/
>
> This info is more specific to the latitude D800 that I have but he
> mentions that the 1300/1400 is not supported in linux nativly. You can
> load it with a commercial software package but it is not free. It looks
> like the TrueMobile 1150 is the one supported by linux as it is based on
> the orinoco chipset.
>
> I run the orinoco chip but from a different vendor and it works great.
>
> Here is the link to dell where you can get a supported chip for $50.
> http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?sku=430-0903&c=us&l=e
>n&cs=04&category_id=4011&page=external
>
>
> HTH
>
> On Wed, 2003-11-12 at 11:10, Griego, Susan Cohoe wrote:
> >  Hi,
> >
> >
> >
> > I have a DELL M60 Precision LapTop with built-in wireless.
> >
> > Does anyone know what drivers work with the above?
> >
> >
> >
> > DELL calls this  "DELL TRUE MOBILE 1300" WLAN Mini-PCI 802.11 b/g
> > Looks like Windows is using BCMWL5.sys (Provider BroadCom Corporation)
> >
> >
> >
> > Any ideas.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Susan
>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2003 00:11:05 -0500
> From: "listuser2003@xxxxxxxxxxxx" <listuser2003@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: can I do minimal install, reboot and install mozilla easily?
> Reply-To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx
>
> Hello all,
>
> I have installed Fedora in my desktop computer at home and it works
> great (I used the Desktop Install).
>
> Now I want to install it on a Pentium II Dell laptop to just use
> mozilla, grip, the gimp and connect with dial-up.
>
> I want to do the Minimal Install but I was wondering if it will install
> enough packages for me to "easily" set up dial-up and install mozilla,
> gimp, and grip?
>
> thanks!
> Eliseo
>
>
>
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>
> Message: 3
> Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2003 13:12:05 +0800
> From: Kevin Francis <kevin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: RPM building guide
> Reply-To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx
>
> thanks you guys ( anyone who responded :P )
>
> --
> Kevin G. Francis
> <http://denial.loose-screws.com/>
>
> Scott Gose wrote:
> > http://fedora.redhat.com/participate/developers-guide/ch-rpm-building.htm
> >l
> >
> > http://www.redhat.com/docs/books/max-rpm/
> > http://www.rpm.org/RPM-HOWTO/build.html
> > http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-rpm1/
> >
> > On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 11:48:09PM +0800, Kevin Francis wrote:
> >>Does anyone here have any good resources for building RPMs?
> >>
> >>Preferrably Fedora spec or closest as you can get me.
> >>--
> >>Kevin Francis
> >><http://denial.loose-screws.com/>
> >>
> >>
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> Message: 4
> Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 21:17:07 -0800 (PST)
> From: Dark Elf <anindya_kumar_biswas@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: I have a problem with sound
> To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx
> Reply-To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx
>
> I am not sure if this isthe righe mailing list to
> email this sort of problem but I cant make my sound
> card to work. it's an AD 1980 that is built into my
> main board. Previously i could compile alsa and make
> it to work. Now i get an error while compiling it
>
> serialmidi.c: In function `open_tty':
> serialmidi.c:164: error: invalid operands to binary >
> make[1]: *** [serialmidi.o] Error 1
>
> What do i do. Fredora does detect my sound card. but
> does nothing there is no sound coming out. and now
> that even alsa does not compile i cant think of
> anything else to make it work.
>
> anindya
>
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> Message: 5
> From: "A. Sopicki" <pastorpalme@xxxxxx>
> To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: german mailinglist?
> Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2003 06:42:12 +0100
> Reply-To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx
>
> Hi!
>
> Personally I'm feeling fine with the english mailing list but I would
> subscribe to the german version as well to help the people who have no
> experience with Linux yet.
>
> Regards,
>
> Alex
>
>
>
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>
> Message: 6
> Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2003 13:31:36 +0800
> From: Gokul Poduval <gokul.poduval@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: gdm configuration
> Reply-To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx
>
> Hello,
>   I recently upgraded from RH9 to FC1. I was using IceWM as my window
> manager and had configured it to run with GDM with the instructions
> given at the site - http://www.icewm.org/FAQ/IceWM-FAQ-10.html#ss10.1
>
>   It used to work for redhat 9, but has stopped working with FC1. IceWM
> does not even come up in the list of sessions. Has anybody run into a
> problem like this ?
>
> Gokul
>
>
>
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>
> Message: 7
> Subject: Re: back to libcom_err.so.3
> From: Brian Fahrlander <Brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: Fedora List <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 23:47:35 -0600
> Reply-To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx
>
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> On Wed, 2003-11-12 at 10:54, Globe Trotter wrote:
> > OK, So I did the following: went back and copied all the files from my
> > RH=
>
> 9
>
> > /usr/kerberos/lib over.
> >=20
> > But I still get the following problem when I try to install the
> > following=
> >
> >=20
> > rpm -ivh openafs-krb5-1.2.9-rh9.0.1.i386.rpm=20
> > error: Failed dependencies:
> >         libcom_err.so.3 is needed by openafs-krb5-1.2.9-rh9.0.1
> >=20
> > This does exist, and is in /usr/kerberos/lib which I created after the
> > transfer. Any suggestions as to what I can do here?
>
>     Hey- was this an upgrade from 9 with Matt's Gnome 2.4b?  I had the
> same thing- had to re-install it.  :(
>
> --=20
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> Message: 8
> Subject: Re: gdm configuration
> From: Robert Brimhall <rbrimhal@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: Fedora Mailing List <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 23:49:48 -0600
> Reply-To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx
>
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> Check out the files in /etc/X11/dm/Sessions for examples of how to
> configure new sessions. Also, to make them default check out
> .Xclients-default in ~/ or just create .xinitrc or .xsession files.
>
> On Wed, 2003-11-12 at 23:31, Gokul Poduval wrote:
> > Hello,
> >   I recently upgraded from RH9 to FC1. I was using IceWM as my window
> > manager and had configured it to run with GDM with the instructions
> > given at the site - http://www.icewm.org/FAQ/IceWM-FAQ-10.html#ss10.1
> >=20
> >   It used to work for redhat 9, but has stopped working with FC1. IceWM
> > does not even come up in the list of sessions. Has anybody run into a
> > problem like this ?
> >=20
> > Gokul
> >=20
> >=20
> > --
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> > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx
> > http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
>
> --=20
> Robert Brimhall <rbrimhal@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
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>
> Message: 9
> From: "sun" <sun-zj@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: back to libcom_err.so.3
> Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2003 14:03:14 +0800
> Reply-To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx
>
> Hi, all
>      I compiled the linux-2.6.0-test9 under RH 9.0 but it always complained
> about the invalid option arch = i686, when I update to FC1, all that gone.
> I can build kernel very well. I wonder whether it is the GCC fault. or
> others?
>
>    thanks a lot for your advices.
>
>        Best Regards.
>    Zongjun. Sun
> Freemen fight for freedom
>
> sun-zj@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Brian Fahrlander" <Brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Fedora List" <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2003 1:47 PM
> Subject: Re: back to libcom_err.so.3
>
>
>
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>
> Message: 10
> Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 09:14:56 -0800
> From: Fred Antrobus <fredantrobus@xxxxxxx>
> To: <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Fedora does not recognise WD1200jb Drive
> Reply-To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx
>
> I am trying to do a install of fedora on a new computer
> which has a Western Digital 120gb drive (WD1200JBRTL)
>
> The motherboard sees the drive just fine
>
> Fedora does not recognise the drive when I try to do the install.
>
> Any ideas how to get it working would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Fred Antrobus
>
>
> ==================================================
> Fred Antrobus
> fredantrobus@xxxxxxx
>
>
>
>
>
> --__--__--
>
> Message: 11
> Subject: Re: NFS Install Hangs
> From: Mike Chambers <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: RedHat - Fedora <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 11:24:43 -0600
> Reply-To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx
>
> On Wed, 2003-11-12 at 11:11, Johnathan Kupferer wrote:
> > Has anyone else noticed issues like this?  Anyone done a bunch of
> > concurent NFS installs and *NOT* noticed this issue?
>
> I do NFS installs but only from one machine to another machine.  And I
> do them from the ISO's instead of unpackaging them.  I didn't see any
> problems with the one machine, but I don't do them multiple at a time to
> compare, sorry.
>
> Maybe you could try ftp or http installs and see if there are any
> problems with that way?  Maybe that will at least get you going faster
> until this problem is fixed.
>
> --
> Mike Chambers
> Madisonville, KY
>
> "Do you hear me now?....GOOD!"
>
>
>
> --__--__--
>
> Message: 12
> Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 09:25:37 -0800 (PST)
> Subject: Re: Random lockups while away
> From: "Matt Whiteley" <matt-whiteley@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx
> Reply-To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx
>
> > It was a sk98 module made by himself.
>
> I see no sk98 listed and I am unaware of what sk98 is.  To top it off, I
> have never created a module before.
>
>
> --
> Matt Whiteley <matt-whiteley@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>
>
> --__--__--
>
> Message: 13
> Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 11:57:20 -0600
> From: Johnathan Kupferer <johnathan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: fat32 problem ...
> Reply-To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx
>
> Is it correct to assume it is from linux that you can't write to D:?
> How are you mounting these drives?  Can you show us the record in
> /etc/fstab for D:?  Are there any error messages when you mount the
> drive or anything in /var/log/messages?
>
> - Johnathan
>
> Michael Paffrath wrote:
> >Hi all!
> >
> >I have installed the Fedora Core 1 a few days ago. I would like to
> >switch from Windows to Linux but i got some problems ...
> >I still have 2 fat32 partitions which i would like to keep. (Sometimes i
> >have to boot windows for some reasons)
> >The mysterious problem about those two partitions is that i can
> >read/write one, but just read the other.
> >The first partition (lets call it C:) is formatted by win2k installer
> >and is 8.5GB of size.
> >The second partition (lets call it D:) is formatted using mkfs.vfat and
> >is 60GB of size.
> >
> >My impression is that size matters ;-)
> >
> >Can anyone give me a hint how i can use (at least) D: for both OS?
> >
> >Regards,
>
> --__--__--
>
> Message: 14
> Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 22:14:41 -0800 (PST)
> From: Globe Trotter <itsme_410@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: what does minimal install give me?
> To: fedora <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx
>
> just wondering what the minimal install gives me? is there a documentation
> on all the packages?
>
> thx!
>
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> Message: 15
> Subject: Issue has wrong version
> Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 10:13:12 -0800
> From: "Truzzi, Paul S" <paul.s.truzzi@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx
>
> I upgraded from Test 1 to Test 2 to the final version, or at least up2date
> can't find any new packages.  However, when I check /etc/issue it says that
> it is: Fedora Core release 0.94 (Severn)
> 	Kernel \r on an \m
> Not a big deal, but shouldn't this file have been updated somewhere along
> the line?
>
> Paul
>
>
>
> --__--__--
>
> Message: 16
> Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 19:43:45 +0100
> From: Georg E Schneider <georg@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: german mailinglist?
> Reply-To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx
>
> Thorsten von Plotho-Kettner schrieb:
> >Hi,
> >
> >any users interested in a de-fedora-list?
> >
> >Regards,
> >Thorsten
> >
> >
> >--
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> >fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx
> >http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
>
> Ja wrde ich sehr begrssen, und wïe selbstvertïdlich auch dabei.
>
> --
> mfg
> Georg E Schneider
>
>
>
> --__--__--
>
> Message: 17
> Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 10:53:14 -0800
> From: "J. Scott Amort" <jsamort@xxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: vsftpd and iptables
> To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx
> Reply-To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx
>
> On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 18:54, Christopher K. Johnson wrote:
> > On an ftp server which you want clients to be able to access via passive
> > FTP be
> > sure to insmod ip_conntrack_ftp module, which can be accomplished by
> > adding the
> > following two lines to /etc/modules.conf
> >
> > # iptables module added for passive ftp access to ftpd on local system
> > above ip_conntrack ip_conntrack_ftp
>
> Thanks very much - this worked.  However, I would like to know why?
> This wasn't a problem in RedHat 9 (or at least, it accomplished the same
> thing a different way).  What exactly does this do?  Thanks again.
>
> Regards,
>
> Scott
>
>
>
> --__--__--
>
> Message: 18
> Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 19:58:33 +0100
> From: Georg E Schneider <georg@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: german mailinglist?
> Reply-To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx
>
> Thorsten von Plotho-Kettner schrieb:
> >Hi,
> >
> >any users interested in a de-fedora-list?
> >
> >Regards,
> >Thorsten
> >
> >
> >--
> >fedora-list mailing list
> >fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx
> >http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
>
> My first e-mail din't recive (written in german)
> but easy ;) yes
>
>
>
> --__--__--
>
> Message: 19
> Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 14:21:32 -0500
> From: Chris Stankaitis <chris@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: RPM building guide
> Reply-To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx
>
> Kevin Francis wrote:
> > Does anyone here have any good resources for building RPMs?
> >
> > Preferrably Fedora spec or closest as you can get me.
>
> If your new to RPM's then where you should really start is Maximum RPM,
> you can read an online copy, or download one at www.rpm.org
>
> --
> Chris Stankaitis
>
>
>
>
> --__--__--
>
> Message: 20
> Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 14:28:02 -0500
> From: Doug Stewart <dstewart@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Name is but sound and smoke
> Reply-To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx
>
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> Alexandre Oliva wrote:
> | On Nov 11, 2003, Axel Thimm <Axel.Thimm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> |>>The idea (as I understand it) is that people want to easily have
> |>>add-on packages in their system without a risk that this might modify
> |>>core components.
> |>
> |>E.g. choose their stability level. So let's use stability criterions.
> |
> | It's not really the same.
> |
> | One of the points is at the time of reporting a bug.  Say I find a bug
> | in Mozilla, or in mplayer.  Unless I can pinpoint which repository I
> | got Mozilla from, or the exact dependency of mplayer that caused the
> | bug, to figure out where I should report it, I'll be at a loss.
> |
> | Being able to make sure that a certain package (along with all of its
> | dependencies) is part of the Core makes it simpler to assert whether a
> | bug is in the Core or not, as long as you stick to only Extras
> | repositories.  As soon as you introduce Alternatives, any hopes of
> | easily identifying the source of a problem are gone, and this doesn't
> | even get into inter-repository compatibility problems.
>
> Lovely.  And no one ever got fired for buying IBM.
>
> What happens if I think the Core package stinks like week-old Chinese
> food?  What if I want a DVD player that can *gasp* play my DVDs?  What
> if I want my mother to be able to play the MP3s she has on her machine?
>
> There are tradeoffs for official vs. unofficial repositories, obviously,
> but I seem to see far too many RH employees posting "It's our way or the
> highway" types of messages to this (and the Test) list.  If it's really
> supposed to be a "community"-run "project", then maybe accomodations
> should be made for the community.
>
> Why not draw up an official packaging spec?  Say "As long as packagers
> stick to this nomenclature, they should be able to interoperate with
> FC".  Mandate a repo tag in the filename, or, heck, in the "packager"
> field of the .spec.  Then, when users have an issue with a package, tell
> them "What repo is it from?  Run rpm --whatrepo [packagename] and then
> bother the repo maintainer for support."
>
> Thoughts?
> - --
> - ----------
> Doug Stewart
> Systems Administrator/Web Applications Developer
> Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Labs
> dstewart@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur
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> Message: 21
> To: Johnathan Kupferer <johnathan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: NFS Install Hangs
> From: Alexandre Oliva <aoliva@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Organization: GCC Team, Red Hat
> Date: 12 Nov 2003 17:31:58 -0200
> Reply-To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx
>
> On Nov 12, 2003, Johnathan Kupferer <johnathan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > About ten minutes into it, the NFS installs froze.
>
> I've experienced similar behavior on all memory-starved hosts I tried
> to install to at the uni the other day.  Graphical installs would
> consistently get blocked at varying points.  Text installs completed
> without a hitch.  This was on 64-MiB boxes, FWIW.  No useful messages
> in any of the VTs, and not a real hang.  Since the Release Notes
> mentioned 192MiB was a minimum for graphical, I went with text, and
> that worked.
>
> --
> Alexandre Oliva   Enjoy Guarana', see http://www.ic.unicamp.br/~oliva/
> Red Hat GCC Developer                 aoliva@{redhat.com, gcc.gnu.org}
> CS PhD student at IC-Unicamp        oliva@{lsd.ic.unicamp.br, gnu.org}
> Free Software Evangelist                Professional serial bug killer
>
>
>
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>
> Message: 22
> From: Jesse Keating <jkeating@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Organization: j2Solutions
> To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Issue has wrong version
> Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 22:37:47 -0800
> Reply-To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx
>
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> On Wednesday 12 November 2003 10:13, Truzzi, Paul S wrote:
> > I upgraded from Test 1 to Test 2 to the final version, or at least
> > up2date can't find any new packages.  However, when I check /etc/issue
> > it says that it is: Fedora Core release 0.94 (Severn)
> >         Kernel \r on an \m
> > Not a big deal, but shouldn't this file have been updated somewhere
> > along the line?
>
> Make sure you have the right "fedora-release" package installed.  My
> fedora-release-1-3 includes an /etc/issue file that has the right
> versioning.
>
> - --
> Jesse Keating RHCE MCSE (geek.j2solutions.net)
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> Message: 23
> Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2003 00:38:03 -0600
> To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx
> From: "Rodolfo J. Paiz" <rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: can I do minimal install, reboot and install mozilla
>   easily?
> Reply-To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx
>
> At 23:11 11/12/2003, you wrote:
> >Now I want to install it on a Pentium II Dell laptop to just use mozilla,
> >grip, the gimp and connect with dial-up.
> >
> >I want to do the Minimal Install but I was wondering if it will install
> >enough packages for me to "easily" set up dial-up and install mozilla,
> >gimp, and grip?
>
> Yes, the point of the minimal install we are working on is to save some
> space but to allow you a working, usable system where you can "easily" add
> just about anything.
>
>
> --
> Rodolfo J. Paiz
> rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>
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>
> Message: 24
> Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2003 00:42:06 -0600
> To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx
> From: "Rodolfo J. Paiz" <rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: what does minimal install give me?
> Reply-To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx
>
> At 00:14 11/13/2003, you wrote:
> >just wondering what the minimal install gives me? is there a documentation
> > on all the packages?
>
> The fedora-minimal install will not necessarily include documentation on
> all the packages.
>
> However, if by "minimal" you mean using the normal install, and unselecting
> (or deselecting, if you prefer that word) all package groups such that you
> get the smallest stock install, then yes... in that case you will get
> documentation for every package.
>
>
> --
> Rodolfo J. Paiz
> rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>
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>
> Message: 25
> To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: scrollkeeper DoSing www.oasis-open.org during install
> From: jm@xxxxxxxxxx (Justin Mason)
> Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 11:40:19 -0800
> Reply-To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx
>
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>
> Hi folks --
>
> I recently upgraded from RH9 to FC1 using yum, and noticed some
> odd behaviour during the upgrade.
>
> Every time a Gnome2 rpm was installed, scrollkeeper-update would
> run.  This would run some rebuild of Docbook documentation, which
> seemingly did not have all the required files present; this
> caused it to load files (via HTTP) from www.oasis-open.org.   I caught
> it accessing this URL in particular:
>
>   http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/dbpoolx.mod
>
> Unfortunately, the website often does not respond, or would respond with
> a partial copy of the file, producing SGML parser errors.
>
> A quick websearch finds several other people in the same situation.
> I'm inclined to surmise that the number of Gnome2 installs being
> performed over the last couple of weeks has DDoS'd www.oasis-open.org,
> resulting in these hung requests and partial files.
>
> I worked around it by doing:
>
> 	mv /usr/bin/scrollkeeper-update{,.SLOW}
> 	ln -s /bin/true /usr/bin/scrollkeeper-update
> 	killall scrollkeeper-update
>
> So FYI -- if you're upgrading while online, and see Gnome2-related
> packages taking an extremely long time to install, that may
> help.
>
> Suggested fix for Fedora: don't run scrollkeeper-update from every Gnome2
> package's postinstall stanza; fix scrollkeeper to not make
> remote HTTP requests introducing a remote single point of failure.
>
> - --j.
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> Message: 26
> Subject: Heads up on Fedora NTFS RPMs from SourceForge...
> From: Marc Schwartz <MSchwartz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx
> Organization: MedAnalytics, Inc.
> Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 13:40:25 -0600
> Reply-To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx
>
> I just stopped by there to check on updates.
>
> First, there is a new URL:
>
> http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/rpm/fedora1.html
>
>
> Second, some bugs were found with the initial versions, so if you are
> using them, be sure to download the new versions from the above page.
>
> Be sure that you get the proper RPM for your CPU/kernel type and
> version.
>
> HTH,
>
> Marc Schwartz
>
>
>
>
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>
> Message: 27
> Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 14:38:57 -0500 (EST)
> Subject: 2 Gb File Size Limit ?
> From: "Zate" <zate@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx
> Reply-To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx
>
> Can anyone tell me if Fedora will have a 2 Gb file size limit ?  I am
> trying to copy a VMWare image from a DVD to my home dir (got plenty of
> space) and it stops with a IO Error at about 2 Gb.  Wanted to know if its
> a limit of the OS/File System because I can copy the file fine in Windows.
>
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>
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>
> Message: 28
> Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 11:44:19 -0800
> From: Ulrich Drepper <drepper@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Organization: Red Hat, Inc.
> To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: problems running Acrobat Reader 5
> Reply-To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx
>
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> Mirko Streckenbach wrote:
> > Has anybody gotten Acrobat Reader 5.08 to work? It crashes
> > here on several occasions:
>
> Adobe uses a Motif which has problems with anything but single-byte
> locales.  I'm using this wrapper called acroread which then starts the
> real version:
>
> #! /bin/bash
> export LC_ALL=C
> exec /opt/Acrobat5/bin/acroread "$@"
>
>
> - --
> â Ulrich Drepper â Red Hat, Inc. â 444 Castro St â Mountain View, CA â
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> Message: 29
> Subject: XFree86-4.3.0-42
> From: Michael Gargiullo <mgargiullo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: Fedora List <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Organization: Warp Drive Networks
> Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 14:46:24 -0500
> Reply-To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx
>
> Has anyone seen stability issues in X since moving to Fedora?
>
> I can't allow my machine to boot into X, and occasionally it freezes
> completely.




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