Please continue the good work. I like it. - Jeroen On Sunday 05 September 2004 04:33 pm, Lisa (TheAverageJane) wrote: > Hey All, > > I am still posting this list to the list, even with the website. Do > people want me to stop posting it here? I feel it belongs here because > that's what it really pertains to...this list. But if people don't want > to see the whole thing and just want me to post the URL once a week, > please give a holler. > > _____________________________________________________________________ > > Who is this email for? > People who are new to fedora-list and most likely new to Fedora Core 2. > > What is this email for? > It's a listing of the latest/most thread producing problems that crop up > with Fedora Core 2. It is an attempt to stave off the same questions > being asked over and over again on this list. The intent is that new > folks will read it and find the info they need without asking here as > this is an *extremely* busy list. Also included are helpful links to get > a newbie started reading the most important news and information about > Fedora, its included window managers, and Linux in general. > > "I'm tired of seeing this thing every week!" > Filter it out! Here's a very informative thread posted for Ximian > Evolution: > http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2004-August/msg01250.html > > If any oldbies have quick tips on filtering with other email apps, > please mail me off-list and I'll include them. > > This list is now available here as well: > http://www.peepingdarklord.com/fedoralist/ > for those who want to refer back to it easily. > > Now, on to the good stuff! ;) > > ********************************************************************* > > Latest problems: > > > "I upgraded to kernel 2.6.8.1 and now I can't burn CD's!" > > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=fedora-list&m=109317981831485&w=2 > > X-CD-Roast seems to work fine though: > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=fedora-list&m=109323233721087&w=2 > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Please note this list is only for Fedora Core 1 and 2! Any Fedora 3 > test release questions/comments should go to fedora-test-list: > > http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > ***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&c >mdtype=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-N >OTES-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 consider 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/ > _______________________________________________________________________ > > Have a look atFedoraNEWS.ORG's current news article...scroll down to the > "Round-up of some usual/common FC2 issues": > > http://fedoranews.org/colin/fnu/current.shtml > _______________________________________________________________________ > > 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
