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FedoraCore 2 - 11 Mar 2007 - Users.JasonHill
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The purpose of this topic is to record the configuration changes I've made after installing Fedora Core. Currently this specifically relates to Fedora Core 6 installed on Dauntless. | | | Instead of managing the system logged in as root, I prefer to add myself to /etc/sudoers so I can use the sudo command.
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/etc/sudoers as root
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- My prefered method is to open a console session, become
root with the su command, and edit the file with vim
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- My preferred method is to open a console session, become
root with the su command, and edit the file with vim
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- Insert a new line at the bottom:
qbfreak ALL=(ALL) ALL
- Save and close the file, in
vim remember to use :w! to write the file, it is read-only
- Open a console as a normal user
| | | Not all packages I wanted were available in the standard Fedora repositories, specifically the closed-source nVidia drivers. They can be found in the Livna repository which can be installed as shown below: | |
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Using locate
In order for the locate command to be effective, the database must be updated regularly. This is done with the updatedb command. I generally add this to the root crontab.
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sudo crontab -e
- add the line
0 0 * * * /usr/bin/updatedb
- save and quit
| | | Configuring X for a Dual-head display | |
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< | I have an nVidia Geforce FX5200 video card with VGA and DVI outputs, I like to run the card with both displays enabled. After installing both Fedora Core 5 and Fedora Core 6 I found that the DVI output displayed random garbage. The first thing I tried was enabling Dual-Head under System > Administration > Display. Sadly X could not even start that way. | >
> | WARNING: I do NOT have this working yet! Do NOT do these steps! In fact I even ended up losing my kernel. | | | | |
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< | Once I had installed the Livna repository (see previous section), I attempted to install the nVidia drivers with sudo yum install xorg-x11-drv-nvidia, although the proper package to install is likely kmod-nvidia (they depend on each other). Once I okayed the dependancies, I got an error: Transaction Check Error: package kernel-2.6.19-1.2911.6.5.fc6 is already installed. For whatever reason, the nVidia kernel module needed to reinstall my kernel, but couldn't because that version was already installed. This was fixed with a sudo rpm -e --nodeps --allmatches kernel. While that gave the error grubby fatal error: unable to find a suitable template, it still worked and I was then able to install xorg-x11-drv-nvidia. | >
> | I have an nVidia Geforce FX5200 video card with VGA and DVI outputs, I like to run the card with both displays enabled. After installing both Fedora Core 5 and Fedora Core 6 I found that the DVI output displayed random garbage. The first thing I tried was enabling Dual-Head under System > Administration > Display. Sadly X could not even start that way. | | | | |
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> | Once I had installed the Livna repository (see previous section), I attempted to install the nVidia drivers with sudo yum install xorg-x11-drv-nvidia, although the proper package to install is likely kmod-nvidia (they depend on each other). Once I okay'd the dependencies, I got an error: Transaction Check Error: package kernel-2.6.19-1.2911.6.5.fc6 is already installed. For whatever reason, the nVidia kernel module needed to reinstall my kernel, but couldn't because that version was already installed. This was fixed with a sudo rpm -e --nodeps --allmatches kernel. While that gave the error grubby fatal error: unable to find a suitable template, it still worked and I was then able to install xorg-x11-drv-nvidia. Sadly once I rebooted, that grubby error came back to bite me: grub was not configured for my kernel. I booted the Fedora CD in rescue mode, removed the offending kernel, and installed a new one with yum install kernel, however I still got the grubby error. I ended up adding the proper entry to /boot/grub/menu.lst by hand to get the system to boot. | | | | |
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sudo yum install xorg-x11-drv-nvidia to install the kernel module
- If it fails, run
sudo rpm -e --nodeps --allmatches kernel to remove conflicting kernel and repeat step 1
- It is entirely possible the failure was due to have both the Livna and Freshrpm repos installed, I have since removed Freshrpms
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> | I now have X working in single display mode with the nvidia driver. I had some issues initially where the system always started with a resolution of 640x480, but would be ok if I restart X. While trying to fix it, I broke xorg.conf and X rebuilt it for me, now everything appears to be fine. | | | -- JasonHill - 11 Mar 2007 |
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FedoraCore 1 - 11 Mar 2007 - Users.JasonHill
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> | Fedora Core
The purpose of this topic is to record the configuration changes I've made after installing Fedora Core. Currently this specifically relates to Fedora Core 6 installed on Dauntless.
Sudo
Instead of managing the system logged in as root, I prefer to add myself to /etc/sudoers so I can use the sudo command.
- Edit
/etc/sudoers as root
- My prefered method is to open a console session, become
root with the su command, and edit the file with vim
- Insert a new line at the bottom:
qbfreak ALL=(ALL) ALL
- Save and close the file, in
vim remember to use :w! to write the file, it is read-only
- Open a console as a normal user
- If you used
su to become root, type exit to return to your normal user
- Try
sudo ls to test it, when prompted for a password use your user's password
Installing the Livna rpm repository
Not all packages I wanted were available in the standard Fedora repositories, specifically the closed-source nVidia drivers. They can be found in the Livna repository which can be installed as shown below:
Configuring X for a Dual-head display
I have an nVidia Geforce FX5200 video card with VGA and DVI outputs, I like to run the card with both displays enabled. After installing both Fedora Core 5 and Fedora Core 6 I found that the DVI output displayed random garbage. The first thing I tried was enabling Dual-Head under System > Administration > Display. Sadly X could not even start that way.
Once I had installed the Livna repository (see previous section), I attempted to install the nVidia drivers with sudo yum install xorg-x11-drv-nvidia, although the proper package to install is likely kmod-nvidia (they depend on each other). Once I okayed the dependancies, I got an error: Transaction Check Error: package kernel-2.6.19-1.2911.6.5.fc6 is already installed. For whatever reason, the nVidia kernel module needed to reinstall my kernel, but couldn't because that version was already installed. This was fixed with a sudo rpm -e --nodeps --allmatches kernel. While that gave the error grubby fatal error: unable to find a suitable template, it still worked and I was then able to install xorg-x11-drv-nvidia.
Quick recap:
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sudo yum install xorg-x11-drv-nvidia to install the kernel module
- If it fails, run
sudo rpm -e --nodeps --allmatches kernel to remove conflicting kernel and repeat step 1
- It is entirely possible the failure was due to have both the Livna and Freshrpm repos installed, I have since removed Freshrpms
-- JasonHill - 11 Mar 2007 |
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