Latest problems: ***WinXP Dual boot problems*** So you've installed Fedora Core 2 and now you can't boot into Windows XP...STOP RIGHT THERE! Quit playing with that partition table. Go here for the fix: http://www.fedorafaq.org/#nodualboot If you'd like to read in-depth info on this problem, why it happens and why the above cure works, go here: http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2004-May/msg00908.html _______________________________________________________________________ ***Asus P4P800 Series motherboard/Via C3Processor motherboards*** Got one and tried to install Fedora Core 2? Won't install, right? Go here to fix: http://www.fedorafaq.org/#installreboot _______________________________________________________________________ ***FC2 Mounting of USB Storage devices fails with error reading sector*** Update to a later kernel package, eg, from http://people.redhat.com/arjanv/2.6/RPMS. kernel/ Use rpm -i to install the kernel package, then edit /boot/grub/grub.conf to set default=0 and reboot into the new kernel _______________________________________________________________________ Want to boot from floppy disk? Try this: http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2004-June/msg04381.html _______________________________________________________________________ This list has seen alot of questions/problems on SATA drives. Here's the latest Buzilla list: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&short_desc_type=allwordssubstr&short_desc=sata&cmdtype=doit _______________________________________________________________________ Another thread generator is USB problems: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&short_desc_type=allwordssubstr&short_desc=usb&cmdtype=doit _______________________________________________________________________ It's never too late to read the Release Notes for Fedora Core 2: http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/2/i386/os/RELEASE-NOTES-en.html _______________________________________________________________________ Using FC2 in a production environment, or thinking about doing so? Just a little bit of advice from http://fedora.redhat.com/ : "The Fedora Project is a Red-Hat-sponsored and community-supported open source project. It is also a proving ground for new technology that may eventually make its way into Red Hat products. It is not a supported product of Red Hat, Inc." Please read those 3 sentences carefully. ______________________________________________________________________ For other problem fixes/information, please go to the Unofficial FAQ. Trust me, the answer is probably there. If it's not, there will most likely be a link to it: http://www.fedorafaq.org/ _______________________________________________________________________ Try the Fedora Forum: http://www.fedoraforum.org/ _______________________________________________________________________ Check Bugzilla, try the "most frequently reported bugs" listing first: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/duplicates.cgi _______________________________________________________________________ Here's the link to the Archive for this list: http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/ You can try the search feature at the top of that page, but it's been known to be flaky at times. If you have problems there, go to: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=fedora-list&r=1&w=2 That's an alternate site for the fedora-list archives and has a working search engine. _______________________________________________________________________ Try Google: http://www.google.com/ -or- http://www.google.com/linux Slap a string in there with your error message (or part of it) and see if anyone else has had the problem. _______________________________________________________________________ If you can't find an answer to your problem with any of those steps above, post here at fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxxx But BEFORE YOU DO THAT- two things that will get you mighty quick answers. The first is Netiquette: -Don't top-post. Please put your reply *below* the reply of the person that posted before you. -Cut irrelevant text from the post before yours. It's polite to indicate this in some way. -Don't post in HTML, use plain text as some folks' mail readers don't read HTML format. The second is to include the following information about your problem: -A descriptive subject title. This will spare folks who don't have advice from spending the time reading your note, and will single out those who do. It will also be a great help to those who come after you with the same problem. -Hardware specs of your machine: motherboard, CPU, video card, ethernet card, etc... -Software info: Kernel version, Window manager. -Error messages. -Steps you took that got you to this error. ______________________________________________________________________ General non-problem stuff: Got window manager questions? Want to know how to do something in your chosen window manager? If you're using Gnome, go here: http://www.gnome.org/learn/ Mailing lists: http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/ If you're using KDE, go here: http://www.kde.org/documentation/ Mailing lists: http://www.kde.org/mailinglists/ ______________________________________________________________________ Now that you've got your Fedora box up and running, of course you want to stuff it full of apps and goodies! Go to FreshRPMs: http://tettnang.freshrpms.net/ -or- Freshmeat: http://freshmeat.net/ ______________________________________________________________________ Want to know how to do something? See the HOWTO'S! http://tldp.org/ ______________________________________________________________________ For general Linux usage/questions, I've found this message board useful: http://www.linuxquestions.org/ ______________________________________________________________________ Here's a wonderful site that was posted to this list: http://lottalinuxlinks.com/ ______________________________________________________________________ Finally, here's the link to *all* Redhat mailing lists: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ ______________________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the folks at fedora-list who have contributed to this listing. If I named them all this note would be twice the size ;) Comments/questions? Please send email to me, Lisa, at melgil88@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
