Re: Newbie Warnng! : Fedora Core Offline Updates

2008-07-17 Thread Rance Hall
On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 9:49 AM, stan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You could just set up two identical machines, one on the internet, one off. Set up yum to cache the packages on the machine connected to the internet. Use the cache to burn a DVD. The packages are all signed with a redhat key

where can I find old fedora disks like V8

2008-07-08 Thread Rance Hall
hey gang: I hate to say it but fedora 9 has beat me. At least so far, its simply impossible to get X configured and for my workstation this is a requirement. I orignally wanted to give fedora a try because the core is just like centos/RHEL whis is my server of choice. I figured it would be

Re: Fedora 9 install problem

2008-07-06 Thread Rance Hall
On Sat, Jul 5, 2008 at 9:31 PM, Jim Cornette [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The best way in my opinion would be to pass xdriver=vesa at the command prompt so you could take advantage of a graphical first boot. I believe hitting the tab will open a commandline where linux xdriver=vesa could be

Using the Fedora 9 KDE Live CD on unsupported video hardware

2008-07-06 Thread Rance Hall
Hey gang, I hope this question has a lot more meat on its bones as Ive learned a great deal about altering the video parameters that are being fed to the kernel. Problem: On my mobo the integrated video card (a via chrome9 based card) and monitor (an old Samsung SyncMaster 955DF) Fedora 9 cant

[Fedora-livecd-list] Fedora 9 KDE Live CD

2008-07-06 Thread Rance Hall
Ive got one of those VIA based chrome9 video adapters its integrated on a MSI K9VGM-V mobo. Anyway, Anaconda autodetect magic fails and locks the system up. system-config-display locks the system up. running into text mode (runlevel 3, and running startx locks up the system. the Live CD locks

Fedora 9 install problem

2008-07-05 Thread Rance Hall
I downloaded and verified a fedora 9 net install cd. I burned the cd and verified the cd from the built in verify function. I then installed fedora 9 on a test box and liked it and decided to migrate my real working box to it. The graphical install fails on the new box, Anaconda starts auto

Re: Fedora 9 install problem

2008-07-05 Thread Rance Hall
On Sat, Jul 5, 2008 at 9:31 PM, Jim Cornette [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Rance Hall wrote: The graphical install fails on the new box, Anaconda starts auto detects the video card properly, then within 10 seconds the box locks up tight, only a hard reboot will work. A text mode install

Re: Fedora 9 install problem

2008-07-05 Thread Rance Hall
2008/7/5 Sam Varshavchik [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Rance Hall writes: X based config tools work fine. but startx fails and locks up the system. As does system-config-display. I have an MSI K9VGM-V mobo that uses an integrated VIA chrome9 graphic adapter. Can someone point me in the right