On Monday 03 April 2006 05:22, Gene Heskett wrote: >On Sunday 02 April 2006 20:52, Les Mikesell wrote: >[...] > >>> So how can I bypass this "thing from hell" and get to actually >>> doing the install, and do it where I want it? >> >>I'd stay away from text mode. Do the reverse-vnc connection if >>you have to to get a graphic screen for the setup. > >I tried the gui, and that did work as I wanted it, so the install is >done, and nearly everything is installed. SElinux is turned off, as >was iptables after I'd fixed all the other stuff re the labels by >taking them back out of the copy of fstab on hdb. So labels are no >longer a concern since theres none in the hda copy of fstab either. >I am already behind a more than adequate firewall. > >3 immediate problems: > >1) networking is so slow it took it about 6 hours to do the yum update >once I'd gotten it booted. Those 69 packages shouldn't have taken > more than 10 minutes or so on a 256/1.5 dsl connection. Is there a > fix for that other than reverting to my homemade 2.6.16.1? None of > my homemade kernels has ever exhibited network performance like that. > Maybe it didn't have the forcedeth driver available? > >2) evolution, although it has all the data filled in properly, cannot >login and get my email from incoming.verizon.net. fetchmail had no >problems once I'd rebooted to FC2. I got the feeling it wasn't using >the pop3 protocol correctly, but then neither does verizon as the > login and password are exchanged in the clear. > >3) where do I edit, and what, to make it use kde instead of gnome? > >The older switchdesk utility wasn't fully installed for some reason, > and doesn't seem to be available via yum. And add one more. 4) Since when is it illegal to have a seperate root partition? DD forced me to make root a directory on /, and I've never run that way in 8 years. I'll bruteforce it because the partition is there, without a label since DD wouldn't let me use it, IF there is no good reason for changing to a dir on / in the first place. >-- >Cheers, Gene >People having trouble with vz bouncing email to me should add the word >'online' between the 'verizon', and the dot which bypasses vz's >stupid bounce rules. I do use spamassassin too. :-) >Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above >message by Gene Heskett are: >Copyright 2006 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved. -- Cheers, Gene People having trouble with vz bouncing email to me should add the word 'online' between the 'verizon', and the dot which bypasses vz's stupid bounce rules. I do use spamassassin too. :-) Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2006 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.
