Reply for Message 15: "Broadband???" To setup your broadband connection perform the following steps: 1. login as root 2. open the terminal and issue the following command on the prompt # 3. netconfig 4. Then set ipaddress, subnet, gateway and nameserver or dns (provided by ISP) 5. then ok 6. on terminal issue the following command 7.root # /etc/init.d/network restart 8. then logon and surf the net on your fav. browser. On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 09:16:42 -0500 (EST), fedora-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx <fedora-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Send fedora-list mailing list submissions to > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > fedora-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx > > You can reach the person managing the list at > fedora-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxx > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of fedora-list digest..." > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Stupid question: Fedora font. (bryan hepworth) > 2. Re: I'm ready to install Fc3, pls advice me (Thierry Sayegh) > 3. Re: What is the min. requ. for FC1 RAM and HDD cap (Markku Kolkka) > 4. Re: Could an Intel 486 wake up with FC3 (Michael) > 5. Install of fc3 hangs when loading module aic7xxx (Oliver Gehlert) > 6. Re: Triple boot FC3 intallation question (Paul Howarth) > 7. Re: What is the min. requ. for FC1 RAM and HDD cap (Kumara) > 8. Re: I'm ready to install Fc3, pls advice me (Maxim Eremeev) > 9. Re: What is the min. requ. for FC1 RAM and HDD cap > (Steven I Usdansky) > 10. waxing philosophical about "firstboot", and program design > (Robert P. J. Day) > 11. Re: [installation +updates of packages]pb with YUM (Paul Howarth) > 12. Re: [installation +updates of packages]pb with YUM (Paul Howarth) > 13. Broadband??? (Seng Lee) > 14. Re: [installation +updates of packages]pb with YUM (Paul Howarth) > 15. Re: Broadband??? (Markus Huber) > 16. Re: [installation +updates of packages]pb with YUM (Paul Howarth) > 17. Re: mouse bindings (Carl Nygard) > 18. Re: restarting cups (Robert Storey) > 19. Re: Problem with yum (Paul Howarth) > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2005 13:04:07 -0000 > From: "bryan hepworth" <bryan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: Stupid question: Fedora font. > To: "For users of Fedora Core releases" <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Message-ID: <021501c506cc$2eea01b0$0300a8c0@BryanXP> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=response > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gain Paolo Mureddu" <gmureddu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: "For users of Fedora Core releases" <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2005 9:52 AM > Subject: Stupid question: Fedora font. > > > Yeah, I know is a stupid question, but I was wondering if there was a > > whole fontset of the font used in the Fedora logo and splash screens... I > > really have use for a font such as that... > > Hi > > I knew I'd seen that question asked before and a quick google over my huge > mail file revealed the answer! > > roberTO.studiOS wrote: > > > Hi! > > > > Please! What font used in the FEDORA Logo??? > > > > Thanks! > > It is a modified Myriad bold italic. > > Garrett > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2005 13:02:27 +0000 > From: Thierry Sayegh <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: I'm ready to install Fc3, pls advice me > To: Kumara <kumara.jayaweera@xxxxxxxxx>, For users of Fedora Core > releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Message-ID: <41FCDAE3.7030908@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed > > Kumara wrote: > > Greetings to list! > > I'm very new to Linux. but read out a one bible book of FC3 (FC3 > > Unleashed). upon this i'm going to install a FC3 Server. > > I have got FC3 CD's in my hand and my requirements are > > 1. GUI for most of the things. > > 2. Need command prompt also > > > > I hope as much as advices from you. > > please it is in need > > thank you > > Mohan > > > > maybe you want to have a look there http://www.brennan.id.au/index.html > but what exactly do you intend by "server" because i really think Robert > is right... > ta ta for now > T > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2005 15:11:08 +0200 > From: Markku Kolkka <markkuk@xxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: What is the min. requ. for FC1 RAM and HDD cap > To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Message-ID: <200501301511.08758.markkuk@xxxxxxxxx> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Kumara kirjoitti viestissään (lähetysaika sunnuntai, 30. > tammikuuta 2005 14:27): > > At the moment I have no access to HTTP to browse the Internet, > > so somebody could tell me what is the minimum requirement for > > the FC1 Hard disk and RAM for a old system. > > Hardware Requirements > > CPU: > > o Minimum: Pentium-class > > o Recommended for text-mode: 200 MHz Pentium-class or better > > o Recommended for graphical: 400 MHz Pentium II or better > > Hard Disk Space (NOTE: Additional space will be required for > user data): > > o Custom Installation (Minimal): 520MB > > o Server: 870MB > > o Personal Desktop: 1.9GB > > o Workstation: 2.4GB > > o Custom Installation (Everything): 5.3GB > > Memory: > > o Minimum for text-mode: 64MB > > o Minimum for graphical: 192MB > > o Recommended for graphical: 256MB > > -- > Markku Kolkka > markku.kolkka@xxxxxx > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2005 05:20:08 -0800 > From: Michael <mogmios@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: Could an Intel 486 wake up with FC3 > To: Kumara <kumara.jayaweera@xxxxxxxxx>, For users of Fedora Core > releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Message-ID: <41FCDF08.1050201@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1256; format=flowed > > > Could somebody advice me if it is a good idea to do so. > > I have an Intel 486 DX4-S mechine with 504MBs of HDD > > and 16MB's of RAM. it is hardly running windows 98 and Internet. (very > > slow and with a lot of crashes and stucks). > > could someone advice me to put FC1 on it and test??? > > May I try it? hope your advice from the list. I want to enjoy the > > power of Linux in different ways > > You'd probably have better luck with a more minimalist distro as a > machine of that kind isn't going to have the resources required to run > most of the stuff that comes with Fedora. I'm not every sure if Fedora > comes with i386 packages still. (Anyone know? I don't feel like checking.) > > Do you have any other Linux computers? If you do then you can run your > programs on them and use your older machine as a terminal using XDMCP, > VNC, or whatever. That'd mean that you could get by with a very basic > install of Linux and X without needing much in the way of extra software > installed. It'd also probably run your programs much faster than your > 486. If you want this to be a desktop machine I'd suggest going that route. > > As an alternative, if the 486 has a cd drive then I'd suggest trying a > cd-based distro. You could use your hard drive just for saving your own > files to. Again it might take some work to find one that'll run on such > a limited machine but I expect it's doable. Look at Morphix maybe. > > -- > Michael <mogmios@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > http://kavlon.org > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2005 13:32:07 +0100 (CET) > From: Oliver Gehlert <funklover4u@xxxxxxxx> > Subject: Install of fc3 hangs when loading module aic7xxx > To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Message-ID: <20050130123207.62398.qmail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > Hi all, > > when installing fc3 the installer always hangs when > loading the module aic7xxx. I really need this module > to access my hdd ;-( > Last message while installing is > Loading module aic7xxx from /modules/module.cgz > > Is there a way to insert a working module into the > boot cd? > > Thanks > > Oliver > > ___________________________________________________________ > Gesendet von Yahoo! Mail - Jetzt mit 250MB Speicher kostenlos - Hier anmelden: http://mail.yahoo.de > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2005 13:33:58 +0000 > From: Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: Triple boot FC3 intallation question > To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Message-ID: <1107092038.3486.421.camel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Content-Type: text/plain > > On Sat, 2005-01-29 at 11:16 +0800, Ciba LO wrote: > > I have Windows98-version MSDOS installed in (hd1,0). That is not a second > > Windows. I would like to boot into MSDOS for ghost backup. So, first I > > create a primary FAT partition, then transfer the MSDOS system (sys d:) and > > copy the dos commands from Windows98 boot diskette. > > I don't really know what to do in your situation. Do you have access to > a copy of Windows NT, Windows 2000 or Windows XP? These OSes include a > bootloader that can present a menu of OSes to boot from, and can be used > to multi-boot MS-DOS, Win9x, WinNT/2000/XP and even Linux from a single > hard disk, using the technique shown at > http://www.winimage.com/bootpart.htm > > Paul. > -- > Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2005 16:44:30 +0300 > From: "Kumara" <kumara.jayaweera@xxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: What is the min. requ. for FC1 RAM and HDD cap > To: "For users of Fedora Core releases" <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Message-ID: <005501c506d1$d5a63be0$38c078be@anet> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Thank you very much for the reply. it is very important and you are so > quick. > Thanks a lot > Mohan > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Markku Kolkka" <markkuk@xxxxxxxxx> > To: <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2005 4:11 PM > Subject: Re: What is the min. requ. for FC1 RAM and HDD cap > > Kumara kirjoitti viestissään (lähetysaika sunnuntai, 30. > tammikuuta 2005 14:27): > > At the moment I have no access to HTTP to browse the Internet, > > so somebody could tell me what is the minimum requirement for > > the FC1 Hard disk and RAM for a old system. > > Hardware Requirements > > CPU: > > o Minimum: Pentium-class > > o Recommended for text-mode: 200 MHz Pentium-class or better > > o Recommended for graphical: 400 MHz Pentium II or better > > Hard Disk Space (NOTE: Additional space will be required for > user data): > > o Custom Installation (Minimal): 520MB > > o Server: 870MB > > o Personal Desktop: 1.9GB > > o Workstation: 2.4GB > > o Custom Installation (Everything): 5.3GB > > Memory: > > o Minimum for text-mode: 64MB > > o Minimum for graphical: 192MB > > o Recommended for graphical: 256MB > > -- > Markku Kolkka > markku.kolkka@xxxxxx > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 8 > Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2005 16:40:08 +0300 > From: Maxim Eremeev <maxim_eremeev@xxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: I'm ready to install Fc3, pls advice me > To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Message-ID: <41FCE3B8.6070205@xxxxxxxx> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1256; format=flowed > > Kumara wrote: > > > Greetings to list! > > I'm very new to Linux. but read out a one bible book of FC3 (FC3 > > Unleashed). upon this i'm going to install a FC3 Server. > > I have got FC3 CD's in my hand and my requirements are > > 1. GUI for most of the things. > > 2. Need command prompt also > > > > I hope as much as advices from you. > > please it is in need > > thank you > > Mohan > > And which kind of a server it' going to be? > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 9 > Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2005 05:43:26 -0800 (PST) > From: Steven I Usdansky <usdanskys@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: What is the min. requ. for FC1 RAM and HDD cap > To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Message-ID: <20050130134326.56783.qmail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > I've got FC3 running on a 300 MHz AMD K6 with 64 Mb RAM and a 4GB HD (about > half > full) using icewm. Definitely not fast, but it is usable > > -- > > ===== > =========================== > Steven I. Usdansky, PhD > Rock Doctor > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail - now with 250MB free storage. Learn more. > http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250 > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 10 > Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2005 08:43:58 -0500 (EST) > From: "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: waxing philosophical about "firstboot", and program design > To: Fedora List <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.61.0501300817350.18704@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII > > (time to kill and i'm in a typing mood, so if you don't want to > argue about program design, no problem.) > > i think i finally figured out how firstboot works, and its actual > logic flow is making me kind of queasy, so i thought i'd ramble on > about it and see what others had to think. feel free to follow along > in /etc/rc.d/init.d/firstboot in FC3, i'll refer to lines there. > > first, i'm assuming that firstboot is initially invoked by having an > actual "S" start symlink to its init script that is removed after it's > run. sounds logical, but it turns out to be kind of messy, as you'll > see later. (BTW, i make this assumption based on the > chkconfig-related lines at the top of the script.) > > note some of the explanation at the top of that script: > > "Firstboot is a druid style program that runs on the first time a > machine is booted after install. It checks for the existence of an > /etc/sysconfig/firstboot file. If it doesn't find the file, then the > firstboot program needs to run. If it finds the file, firstboot will > not be run..." > > the above is simply not true. look at what happens when this script > is invoked with the "start" argument. > > first, the default action is set to "run". that really creeps me > out -- that the default behaviour is to run. given the significance > of something like firstboot and what kind of changes it can wreak on > your system, it makes *way* more sense to default to *not* run, and > only run if very explicit settings (like kernel command line params or > env variables) tell it to. and, no, i don't think that's picky. i > firmly believe that the default behaviour for *anything* should be to > do as little harm as possible unless clearly told otherwise, but > that's just me. anyway, onward. > > the first check is: > > if [ -f "$FILENAME" ] && ! grep -q '^RUN_FIRSTBOOT=YES' "$FILENAME" > then > action=skip > fi > > note that this disagrees with the documentation, which claims that, if > the file is there, firstboot will not be run. no, that's not what's > happening here. the check is, if the file exists *and* contains > anything *other* than RUN_FIRSTBOOT=YES, firstboot will not be run. > (at this point, i'm visualizing some developers sitting around after a > few beers, yelling, "hey! who can make this logic as convoluted as > possible? obfuscated code contest, everybody!") > > what's wrong with just saying, the file *must* exist and it must > contain RUN_FIRSTBOOT=YES? *any* other situation means no. what the > current situation means is that, if the file is completely missing for > some reason, firstboot will be run. and i find that scary. > > in addition, it's now confusing as to what will prevent firstboot > from running on subsequent boots. you can't just *not* call firstboot > anymore since it's also responsible for processing "reconfig" > requests. so, i guess i just got confused again -- who calls > firstboot during system boot? > > even though there's more, i'll just leave it there for now. > thoughts? > > rday > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 11 > Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2005 13:48:44 +0000 > From: Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: [installation +updates of packages]pb with YUM > To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Message-ID: <1107092924.3486.425.camel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Content-Type: text/plain > > On Sat, 2005-01-29 at 12:15 +0100, Daniel Moyne wrote: > > b) regarding what you told me for GPG-KEY : > > rpm --import /usr/share/doc/fedora-release-3/RPM-GPG-KEY* > > it worked fine and I could globally update my system but it took forever hours > > and hours though I have ADSL ! ; I have seen somewhere a "yum.conf" file > > proposed to solve this type of problem ; to stay on the positive side whom to > > contact to to modify the error message obtained before executing your command > > that is to say : > > .................. > > You have enabled checking of packages via GPG keys. This is a good thing. > > However, you do not have any GPG public keys installed. You need to download > > the keys for packages you wish to install and install them. > > You can do that by running the command: > > rpm --import /usr/share/doc/fedora-release-3/RPM-GPG-KEY* > > .................. > > instead of : > > .................. > > You have enabled checking of packages via GPG keys. This is a good thing. > > However, you do not have any GPG public keys installed. You need to download > > the keys for packages you wish to install and install them. > > You can do that by running the command: > > rpm --import public.gpg.key > > .................. > > which is more relevant ! > > Yum is a tool that can install packages from many different places, each > of which will have their own GPG key. That's why the yum instructions > use a generic example "public.gpg.key" rather than a Fedora-repository- > specific list of keys "/usr/share/doc/fedora-release-3/RPM-GPG-KEY*" > > Paul. > -- > Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 12 > Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2005 13:50:45 +0000 > From: Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: [installation +updates of packages]pb with YUM > To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Message-ID: <1107093045.3486.427.camel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Content-Type: text/plain > > On Sat, 2005-01-29 at 13:41 +0100, Daniel Moyne wrote: > > a) when executing in root mode : > > grub-install /dev/hdb1 > > I get the error message unknown command 'grub-install' ; maybe I need a grub > > package ! ; then where to get it and how to install it with rpm command. > > First of all, make sure that you really don't have grub already > installed - try specifying the full path to the command: > > # /sbin/grub-install /dev/hdb1 > > If that still fails, try: > > # yum install grub > > and then retry the grub-install command. > > Paul. > -- > Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 13 > Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2005 06:00:47 -0800 > From: Seng Lee <slchew@xxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Broadband??? > To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Message-ID: <73b31fa10501300600f9fd7a2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > > Hi there.. > > Can someone pls tell / teach me how to setup my broadband connection > using GNOME ( Fedora Core 3 ) because i can't seem to get it to work > by just configuring it with GNOME's built-in internet connection > wizard.... btw i'm a newbie with Linux/Fedora. Thanks a milion. > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 14 > Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2005 14:02:58 +0000 > From: Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: [installation +updates of packages]pb with YUM > To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Message-ID: <1107093778.3486.437.camel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 > > On Sat, 2005-01-29 at 15:24 +0100, Daniel Moyne wrote: > > Le samedi 29 Janvier 2005 13:12, Bernd Radinger a écrit : > > > you want ``synaptic'' not ``synaptics''. > > > > > > two different names, two different packages. > > > > > > look at: rpm --query --info synaptics synaptic > > > > > > Synaptic in package ``synaptic'' from > > > http://fedoraproject.org/pre-extras/ is the package utility. > > Tnaks Bernd, > > I found it ; I dowloaded it and I have to install it with an rmp command : > > which one ? > > # rpm -Uvh synaptic-0.55.3-2.i386.rpm > > > I take the opportunity to ask you about another package : somebody asked me to > > try the command : > > grub-install /dev/hdb1 > > but I got an error message indicating "command not found" ! ; which package > > does it belong to ? ; and more generally what is the equivalent of : > > urpmf file_name > > > > with Mandrake that provides all the packages where this file is included (it > > may be a partial name which brings more power to the command !). > > Try: > > # yum provides grub-install > > > with Mandrake that provides all the packages where this file is included (it > > may be a partial name which brings more power to the command !). > > Paul. > -- > Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 15 > Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2005 15:06:39 +0100 > From: Markus Huber <humarfedoralists@xxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: Broadband??? > To: Seng Lee <slchew@xxxxxxxxx>, For users of Fedora Core releases > <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Message-ID: <41FCE9EF.3050700@xxxxxxxx> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Seng Lee wrote: > > > Can someone pls tell / teach me how to setup my broadband connection > > using GNOME ( Fedora Core 3 ) because i can't seem to get it to work > > by just configuring it with GNOME's built-in internet connection > > wizard.... btw i'm a newbie with Linux/Fedora. Thanks a milion. > > DSL? Cable? > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 16 > Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2005 14:09:05 +0000 > From: Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: [installation +updates of packages]pb with YUM > To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Message-ID: <1107094145.3486.445.camel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Content-Type: text/plain > > On Sat, 2005-01-29 at 17:04 +0100, Daniel Moyne wrote: > > I may have an explanation for the error message ; in "/boot/grub" I do not > > have a file called "menu.lst" not installed for unknown reasons ; the problem > > is that with my present knowledge of the FC3 system I do not know how to edit > > GRUB files from nothing ; can you send me the files supposed to be contained > > in "/boot/grub" directory for me to tailor them to my present setup ; there > > may be : > > - "menu.lst", > > - "messages", > > - "fr-latin1.klt", > > at least. > > These might appear once you have actually installed grub. > > A suitable /boot/grub/grub.conf for your FC3 install might be: > > # grub.conf generated by anaconda > # > # Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this > file > # NOTICE: You do not have a /boot partition. This means that > # all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /, eg. > # root (hd1,0) > # kernel /boot/vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/hdb1 > # initrd /boot/initrd-version.img > #boot=/dev/hdb1 > default=0 > timeout=10 > splashimage=(hd1,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz > title Fedora Core (2.6.9-1.667) > root (hd1,0) > kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.9-1.667 ro root=LABEL=/ > initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.9-1.667.img > > You might want to make sure that the following symlinks are in place > after installing grub, as they would be if anaconda had installed it: > > /etc/grub.conf -> ../boot/grub/grub.conf > > In /boot/grub: > menu.lst -> ./grub.conf > > > Now from what I know about LILO and GRUB is it possible to install LILO on FC3 > > as : > > - it can be configured from KDE control center, > > - from a "menu.lst" example that I have in front of me there are lines like > > (hd0,n) where n indicates the partition number ! ; why not hda1, > > hdb2...etc... ; could not believe it ! > > Grub is not specifically a Linux tool, it is suitable for booting a > variety of operating systems, not all of which use the same partition > naming conventions as Linux. So grub has its own naming convention for > partition, which is explained in the grub documentation (see > http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/ for more details). > > Paul. > -- > Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 17 > Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2005 09:08:42 -0500 > From: Carl Nygard <cjnygard@xxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: mouse bindings > To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Message-ID: <1107094122.20800.2.camel@traveler> > Content-Type: text/plain > > On Sun, 2005-01-30 at 01:57 -0600, Gain Paolo Mureddu wrote: > > Carl Nygard wrote: > > > > >Can someone point me to where the mouse bindings configuration went? > > >FC3 seems to have removed easy access to it, and I want it back. > > >Raising the window when I click inside the window is *not* what I want > > >metacity to do, I have focus follows mouse and I want the window layers > > >arrangement to remain the same when I'm working in a partially obscured > > >window. > > > > > >Help? > > > > > >Regards, > > >Carl > > > > > > > > > > > Applicatoins-->Preferences-->Window manager ;) > > You talking FC3 here? Because I don't have that. Perhaps that's my > problem. Do you know what script this really is underneath the menu? > > > -- > Carl Nygard <cjnygard@xxxxxxxx> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 18 > Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2005 22:12:14 +0800 > From: Robert Storey <y2kbug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: restarting cups > To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Message-ID: <20050130221214.226d352e.y2kbug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > > Thanks to all who replied. I finally tracked the problem to the fact > that my loopback interface in file /etc/hosts "disappeared". (Peter, you > were on the right track). I don't know why it vanished, but it did, so I > manually edited the file and restored it. For those who have no idea > what I'm talking about, you need a line in /etc/hosts that looks > something like this: > > 127.0.0.1 localhost.utopia.com localhost > > Output of "/sbin/ifconfig" now shows the loopback interface working: > > lo Link encap:Local Loopback > inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 > inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host > UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 > RX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 > RX bytes:276 (276.0 b) TX bytes:276 (276.0 b) > > best regards, > Robert > > On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 22:10:36 -0500 > Peter Arremann <loony@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On Friday 28 January 2005 21:02, Robert Storey wrote: > > > Dear all, > > > > > > An odd thing I've noticed about Fedora 3 is that I can stop the cups > > > daemon from running, but I can't start or restart it (unless I > > > reboot): > > > > > > root@sonic:~> cd /etc/init.d > > > root@sonic:/etc/init.d> ./cups stop > > > Stopping cups: [ OK ] > > > root@sonic:/etc/init.d> ./cups start > > > Starting cups: cupsd: Child exited with status 99! > > > [FAILED] > > > root@sonic:/etc/init.d> ./cups restart > > > Stopping cups: [FAILED] > > > Starting cups: cupsd: Child exited with status 99! > > > > > > I'm just wondering is anybody knows why this is so? I've tried other > > > Linux > > > distros and haven't encountered this particular issue before. > > Is there anything more in the /var/log/messages log file? > > What printers do you have configured? > > Can you send your /etc/hosts and ifconfig -a output? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Peter. > > > > -- > > fedora-list mailing list > > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 19 > Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2005 14:16:22 +0000 > From: Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: Problem with yum > To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Message-ID: <1107094583.3486.448.camel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Content-Type: text/plain > > On Sun, 2005-01-30 at 00:21 +0100, Bernd Radinger wrote: > > On Sat, 29 Jan 2005 09:09:41 -0500, Trey Sizemore <trey@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Setting up Repo: updates-released > > > repomd.xml 100% |=========================| 951 B > > > 00:00 > > > Setting up Repo: livna-testing > > > repomd.xml 100% |=========================| 951 B > > > 00:00 > > > Setting up Repo: base > > > Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: base > > > > > > My yum.conf file mentions that base repos are located > > > at /etc/yum.conf.d/ but this directory isn't present currently on my > > > system. > > > > why are you missing that dir when it is included within the fc3 yum package? > > > > % rpm -qf /etc/yum.repos.d/ > > fedora-release-3-8 > > yum-2.1.12-0.fc3 > > /etc/yum.repos.d/ is included but /etc/yum.conf.d/ certainly isn't. > > If your yum.conf file mentions /etc/yum.conf.d then that file has come > from somewhere other than the Fedora project. Which version of yum do > you have? > > $ rpm -qi yum > > Have you manually edited /etc/yum.conf at all? > > Paul. > -- > Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > > ------------------------------ > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > End of fedora-list Digest, Vol 11, Issue 475 > ******************************************** >
