On Mon, 2006-04-03 at 05:22 -0400, 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? ---- I would start by turning off ipv6 just to check - I think a thread covered it yesterday, echo "alias net-pf-10 off" >> /etc/modprobe.conf and rebooting ---- > > 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. ---- wondering if the same issue as above. ---- > > 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. ---- either yum install switchdesk or the other answer you got is certainly sufficient Craig
