Fedora

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"Dracut is like 98% shell scripts, so you’re gonna need to know some sh/bash to do anything with it."

This feature adds support for a dynamically managed firewall 
that is able to handle firewall changes without the need to rebuild the whole firewall.
The firewall daemon manages the firewall and has a D-BUS interface to interact with clients or services,
that request firewall changes.

DVD upgrade of F16- to F17 requires yum update on Reboot to complete  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=808961
DVD upgrade fixes the login but files are not updated from new repos correctly?
when you upgrade from DVD, you're getting the packages from the DVD
you don't get all the latest stuff from updates-testing.
so it's quite normal that you get newer packages immediately with 'yum update'.
it's just like when you do a fresh install from the DVD and then immediately have new packages with 'yum update'.
sugar-desktop was still 0.94.1 and gnome 3.2.91? after yum update : sugar 0.95.6 and gnome 3.4.0 --Satellit 15:33, 2 April 2012 (EDT) IRC today

With the upcoming release of Fedora 16 the Power PC Secondary Arch
is in full swing and they plan on releasing Fedora 16 for PPC 
shortly after the mainline F-16 release

"GNOME Shell is the defining technology of the GNOME 3 desktop user experience.
It provides core interface functions like switching to windows and launching applications.
GNOME Shell takes advantage of the capabilities of modern graphics hardware and introduces innovative user interface concepts
to provide a delightful and easy to use experience."

Now when you hit the Hot Corner in to left of screen
the Shell will alternate with the gnome desktop

terminal:
$
cd /home/Desktop
su (or sudo su for ubuntu)
(password)
# dd if=Fedora-15-Beta-i686-Live-Desktop.iso of=/dev/sd(x) bs=4M
139+1 records in
139+1 records out
586153984 bytes (586 MB) copied, 94.9489 s, 6.2 MB/s

what do you have to enter when connecting to wlan, the keyring password or the wlan-password?
first i must enter the keyring password (root password here) and then i entered the wireless password
the keyring-password should not be your root password, it should be your users password so automatically unlocking could work
it may happen but during current session, after i reboot it appears again
ok, it is the keyring issue, assuming your distro has configured keyring correctly, changing the password should work
root pass?
change the keyring password to your users password
in settings ?
in seahorse
system settings?
as user (the login-keyring)
keyring is a way to store your "gnome" passwords
So, with one password (the keyring one), you "auto-type" the passwords it contains
if the keyring-password is your login password, it's automatically authenticated
keyring stores the passwords encrypted with the according keyring-password, and automatic unlocking works by getting the password through pam on login through gdm and then use  it to unencrypt the passwords - and that can only work if your login-password is the same as the keyring-password

why doesn't gnome 3 display "interactive dialogs" when applications ask for input
yes, also from gnome 3
when you run the shell script from nautilus, it doesn't display a dialog
"Enter passphrase for ..."
you can use zenity for that
try moving /usr/share/gdm/autostart/LoginWindow/gnome-session-check-accelerated.desktop somewhere else
didn't know you needed anything additional for that.. was it always like that or did gnome 2 have that by default?
maybe thats the seahorse/keyring integration, that stuff has changed quite a bit in 3.0
but i thought you meant a more generic approach of showing dialogs from scripts
i'm actually doing the ssh-add from a process spawned by a pygtk app
if it is only this specific case, you should probably still use keyring/seahorse (whatever should do that now) as it would not be passing around passwords unencrypted between processes (at least afaik)
worked!
do you somehow run gdm with a different driver or some weird setup like that?
so it's not possible to get the old behavior, and it needs some additional code to get it to work with seahorse/keyring?
which distro is this?
fedora 15 beta
i've tested the same code on fedora 14 and linuxmint (both gnome 2)
when the ssh-add {key_path} process is spawned, the GUI dialog appears asking you to type in your passphrase
ssh-add succeeds, and them the rest of the pygtk app continues
it doesn't even care whether the key is password protected or anything
i think there needs a daemon to be running that doesn't get started by fedora
this happens both in standard and fallback mode
try launching seahorse-daemon

 ln -s /usr/share/applications/xxxx.desktop ~/.config/autostart/
 don't remember if I had to manually add it to the startup apps (run
 gnome-session-properties) or using a preference in xxxx itself, but I
 have it running on login on my laptop. The icon shows up in the
 notification tray - mouse to the lower right corner to bring it up -
 this is where all legacy tray icons will show up.

terminal:
su -
(password)
gedit /usr/share/applications/sugar-emulator.desktop
edit line 6: Exec=sugar-emulator -f
(see how to configure full screen)
save
Logout
login

add programs install "alacarte" 
open alacarte
make new
application
command "nautilus Desktop"
save 
Run from applications
Make favorite

   * System (Windows) key: Switch between overview and desktop
   * Alt+F1: Switch between overview and desktop
   * Alt+F2: Pop up command dialog
   * Alt+Tab: Pop up window cycler
   * Alt+Shift+Tab: Cycle in reverse direction in the window cycler
   * Alt+`: Switch between windows of the same application in Alt+Tab
   * Ctrl+Alt+Tab: Pop up place cycler
   * Ctrl+Shift+Alt+R: Start and end screencast recording
   * Ctrl+Alt+D: Show desktop and raise windows back
   * Ctrl+Alt+Up/Down arrow: Switch between workspaces
   * Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Up/Down arrow: Move the current window to a different workspace 
Most keybindings can be viewed under the User Menu -> System Settings -> Keyboard -> Shortcuts 

   yum install liveusb-creator hal
   alacarte
   edit liveusb-creator command: "liveusb-creator -n"
   -n (no md5 checking) 
   will not run if not included
   shutdown
   restart

alt+f2 nm-connection-editor

   ALT F2 gnome-session-properties

It's worth nothing, for Metacity >= 2.13.2, that if the window doesn't have a
minimum size hint larger than the screen then Metacity will now force such
windows to be onscreen (by shrinking and moving them as necessary).  If the
window has a minimum size hint larger than the screen, then the user can use
alt+left-click-and-drag (or alt+f7 and then the arrow keys) to move the window
upwards (including moving the titlebar offscreen) in order to get to the
forward button.  Yeah, that's just a workaround for windows that are too large,
but it may be helpful information for those waiting for the UI changes to make
the window usable on 800x600 resolutions.  :)
clip....
why not use a keyboard shortcut. the "next" button is marked "forward" so i hit alt + f and guess
what, i was able to successfully install the program.

      the Shell simply always behaves so there's exactly one empty workspace.
      So when you start a session you have one workspace.
      As soon as you run something it goes into that workspace and
      you get a second empty workspace. As soon as you put any app into that
      empty workspace, a new empty workspace is created. If you remove
      everything from any workspace, it will disappear, so there's still only
      one empty workspace at the bottom of the list. So, there's never any
      need to manually add a new workspace. Pretty neat system.

      I've just installed F15 alpha in a virtualbox machine and at the first boot I 
      get a gnome 3 error explaining that it can't be fully initialised because 3D is 
      not supported.
      GNOME3 is not expected to work in virtualized environments where
      hardware accelerated graphics are not available.

      From http://gnome3.org/faq.html ...
       The GNOME 3 desktop does require hardware accelerated graphics
       in order to provide a cutting-edge experience however, and the
       complete GNOME 3 experience will only be available on computers
       capable of this. Do not worry though: GNOME 3 will come complete
       with a fallback interface which will provide an excellent
       experience in the absence of hardware acceleration, and which
       incorporates many of the improvements that can be found in GNOME
       3.
       -------------------------------------------
      test Digest, Vol 85, Issue 60, Message: 7
       It's kind of a definition issue. GNOME *Shell* requires acceleration.
       But technically GNOME 3 does not; the fallback interface is still
       considered to be 'GNOME 3'. So you do need acceleration to get the Shell
       interface that's the 'big new thing' in GNOME 3, but still, if you don't
       have acceleration and you get the fallback interface instead, what
       you're running is still GNOME 3. Just GNOME 3's fallback interface.
       Adam Williamson 
      Message: 8
       In any case, VBox with 3d accelleration enables and 128MB for video memory
       is not sufficient for GShell.  (VBox 4.0.4)
      Message: 13
       Also, on that last note, we should clarify that right now Shell doesn't
       work even in virtualized environments where accelerated graphics *are*
       available, e.g. VirtualBox with appropriate hardware and drivers. In
       theory it should be possible to make this work, but in practice it
       currently doesn't.
       So there's two angles we can approach this from; make Shell run with
       software GL, or fix up Shell to work with virtualized graphics
       acceleration passthrough. But it's not at all guaranteed that we'll
       manage either in time for f15. 

       The minimum memory required is 1GB, due to anaconda changes.
       When you see "populate_rootfs" in the panic, it's caused by that.

I have a macbook pro and have run fedora 14 on it with great success. 15 alpha, on the other hand, is not going well. The installation comes saying something about "installing   *** on EFI ***"
which i just dismiss/ignore, but when i try to boot after installation has completed, it wont. Just saying something like "no file found". Should i do something
special to install 15 alpha on a EFI system?
Yeah... you may have to run gptsync (I think that's what it's called)
no, you don't need to install again, but you will need to gain access to the installed partitions from another system (whether it's a Fedora live image)
referring to the gptsync that is provided be rEFIt
I formatted the partition to make space for a working distro. i have refit installed and my mbp boots to that at startup by default. that didnt make 15 alpha work. 14 did though
you may need to enter the boot partition tool from the rEFIt menu and when it asks to run gptsync, say yes
 okay. I will try to install again later and do that. Thank you so far. Will get back to you guys
I belive anytime partitioning changes occur on a macbook, you do need to run gptsync.  Since the EFI implementation by apple isn't fully compliant with the standard, extra  steps  are required
you don't need to reinstall ... just run gptsync from the rEFIt menu
just need to get your partitions synced up

yum groupinstall sugar*
yum install sugar-emulator

su
yum install @sugar-desktop sugar-emulator

yum install sugar-*

sugar-emulator

Fedora

Fedora 17

Older Versions

f16 DVD Upgrade to F17

Pre Upgrade do not use yum

CD boots EFI to MAC and into a PC

Persistent boot USB

PowerPC Fedora 16

Anaconda(installer)Notes

Fedora 15 Requires 1 GB Ram

installing-f16-on-a-low-ram-system

Fedora GNOME 3 shell

Nice way to have GNOME desktop show

Boots 2 ways to GNOME 3 desktop

Install to HD

Install Sugar-Desktop

boot GNOME 3 fallback on XO-1 (liveusb-creator created USB)

Install LibreOffice

Fedora 15 GNOME 3 Ver 3.0.0 Virtual Box Appliance

Make Installer Fedora 15 GNOME 3 USB with dd

Multiple Machine Caching with yum

Notes

Systemd

Keyring Password Explained

Install VirtualBox_fedora14 to f15 gnome3-shell

AutoStart

fix screensize in sugar-emulator

show desktop as icon in favorites

key shortcuts

md5 fails in gnome3 f15 liveusb-creator (bug) How to Fix

network manager

F16\Rawhide Plymouth - How to disable

List of Autostart programs when starting gnome-shell

move intro screens that are too large for 800x600

Reload shell ALT+F2 r (reload)

If you hold down Alt, a 'Shut Down' option appears in place of suspend

Alt+Tab switches between windows

GNOME 3 is not expected to work in virtualized environments

MacPro and f15 Boot

Bug Reviews f15

Smolt profiles

Fedora 14

Sugar Learning Environment packaged in F14 or F15

Fedora 13

The Sugar Learning Environment is packaged in Fedora 13.

Fedora 11

Install

Install Sugar-desktop

Make a custom Fedora image

Sugar on a Stick

Testing of recent f-15 Soas Spins

Fedora OLPC

Mailing list

Download Mirrors and Spins

Koji

Rawhide Testing

Common Bugs