On Sunday 16 April 2006 13:39, JC wrote: > Hi, I have just installed Fedora 5. I find myself struggling with it. I > have some basic questions and hope somebody could give some hints. 1. where > can I find what kernel version that is installed? > 2. how do I find out if video4linux is installed? > 3. how to install video4linux? > 4. I want to use a USB camera that is supposed in video4linux2. How do I > install its driver? > > Sorry for these stupid questions. If you have some links that could help me > to start, it would very much apprecited. Thanks a lot! JC > Hi, JC. I'm not using FC5 yet, but here are some links that may help: http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/release-notes/fc5/ http://stanton-finley.net/fedora_core_5_installation_notes.html http://fedorasolved.com/ http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/CommunityWebsites To find which kernel version you have, open a terminal (aka console) and type uname -a If you haven't already done so, you need to do an update, as there are very many updates already released, some of them very important. To do that, you need a root terminal, so in the same terminal type su - and give the root password. Then type yum update and let it do its stuff. Be warned, though, this first one will be a very big download. To install new packages you use yum install packagename Remove with 'yum remove packagename'. To see what's available try yum search term - which doesn't have to be a packagename. Search for 'video' and it will give you a list of everything it knows about concerning video. If you want to use formats like mp3, realplayer's formats, encrypted video, etc., you will need additional repositories, as the distro can't legally provide the necessary packages. They are all available, though, so ask again when you are ready. Hope that helps Anne
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