Re: Two FC7 questions

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On 11/4/07, Mikkel L. Ellertson <mikkel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Gene Heskett wrote:
> > I was just out on a 3000 mile run (my oldest daughter is dying of cancer,
> > maybe a week left), taking my HP DV5120us lappy with me, which has a bcm4318
> > radio in it.
> >
> > Partway through the trip, while hooked to a cat5 cable I ran yumex and let it
> > update the box, which included the kernels, latest is now a 2.6.23-1 variant,
> > but it removed the kernels that I had been running ndiswrapper with
> > flawlessly.
> >
> It should not remove the running kernel! I am guessing that you
> booted a kernel that was not using ndiswrapper when doing the
> update. I have also run into problems sometime when an add-on module
> that is tied to the kernel version installs as an upgrade and
> deletes the version(s) for the older kernels. In that case, you can
> lose the module for the running kernel. This is a packager problem.
> On the other hand, it can be hard to upgrade an installed module for
> the same kernel because the new one has files conflicting with the
> old one.

Disable installonlyn and you will not have to worry about yum removing
a kernel, running or not. The feature may make sense for RHEL but not
for Fedora (too short a life span to fill up the default 100 MB /boot
directory).

> > 2. Running roadnav while on the road, the screen blanker drove me nuts, and
> > this is something that I tried to turn off but found I had to park the mouse
> > where it got constantly jiggled in order to keep it alive more than 10
> > minutes, all this while running on a lighter plugin supply which makes it
> > think its on AC power.
> >
> > Having to lean over the console in my truck to where the lappy was sitting in
> > the shotgun seat to find and tap the spacebar was both an irritation, and
> > multiplied the in-advertant lane wobbles that cause accidents by at least an
> > order.  At the ripe old age of 73, I don't need that a bit.
> >
> > So whats the cure for the blanker caused blue smoke from my ears?
> >
> One thing that may work is to run something like "xset dpms off" in
> an xterm. As long as nothing else overrides it, your screen will not
> blank. I am assuming that you already have the screen saver turned off.
>
> We can not have you weaving all over the road! It is bad enough that
> you are looking over at the laptop when driving. (I find that a
> small 12V monitor like they use for backup cameras mounted where you
> can glance at it without taking your eyes off the road work well. I
> thought about the review mirror replacement displays, but the sun
> visor ones would be easier to read. What I really want is a heads-up
> display for the motor home.

Don't do that in California. It's against the law.

> Mikkel


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