On Monday 03 April 2006 07:58, Anil Kumar Sharma wrote: >On 4/3/06, Gene Heskett <gene.heskett@xxxxxxxxxxx> 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. > > try this > <http://www.redhat.com/archives/rhl-list/2006-April/msg00304.html> Ok done, many thanks. >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. > >At login screen choose session and select option that comes, to make > it default. ><http://www.redhat.com/archives/rhl-list/2006-April/msg00304.html> I believe this last link is incorrect, it leads to the same message as above. >-- >Anil Kumar Shrama -- 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.
