[plug] Fedora 10

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There is no xorg.conf in FC10. There are a few ways to make one
though, such as installing and running system-display-config.

I'm using gnome, not KDE, so I've been using yum to deal with installs
and updates but I've discovered some of the other bugs:

1) the installed networking won't allow you to use a static IP - it
'forgets' it until you run the update
2) there are at least 500mb of updates already for a fairly minimal
install with just gnome
3) xorg.conf does not exist and the display will rnadomly switch
between 800x600 and 1600x1200 on larger monitors, but never 1920x1200
(until you download and run system-display-config and then edit the
resulting xorg.conf file
4) as usual, selinux interferes a lot and will not permit a samba
server to run unless it's in permissive mode

By the way, don't run as root - instead add your user account to the
sudoers file and use sudo.

Cheers,

Ari

On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 9:03 PM, Jim Householder <nofixed at westnet.com.au> wrote:
> Hi
>
> I have just installed F-10 from the "Linux Format" LXFDVD115.  The
> magazine seems to think it's better than Ubuntu, and the Next Great Thing.
>
> My experience with it so far is rather less.  The first problem was,
> after checking the media, the distribution disk could not be found even
> though the installation software was currently running from it.
>
> A reboot fixed that.  Then came the reboot after all the packages were
> installed.  No eject, no message to remove the disc, just a reboot.
>
> I removed the disc, rebooted again, and everything went fine.  Until I
> tried to install an update.  KPackageKit crashed the first time I tried
> to use it.  Subsequent times I was able to select a program to install,
> but always got an "authentication failed" message, even though I ran it
> as root via kdesu.  I tried changing selinux from enforcing to
> permissive, but no difference.  Any clues as to what it's looking for?
> If I persist with this, I may well go back to smart, once I get the
> repos set up again.
>
> I don't know if it is related to KDE 4.1, but there is no xorg.conf.  I
> will have to do a bit of searching to find where the X configuration is
> now, so I can customise my Intuos III pad.
>
> For now I think I will stick with Gentoo, but drop the 64-bit version
> and install the 32-bit.  Too much is still not available for 64.
>
> My 2 cents worth...
> Jim
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