Re: Installing FC5 on pre-partitioned /dev/hdb

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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?
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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
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> 
> 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.
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wondering if the same issue as above.
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> 
> 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.
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either yum install switchdesk or the other answer you got is certainly
sufficient

Craig


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