On 11/30/2009 09:44 AM, dave perry wrote: > Hi Erik, > > For any Fedora users, I recommend preupgrade to FC12. All the fgfs > sounds work and are crystal clear, no crackle! This includes ATC, ATIS, > vor and loc ident, marker beacons, cockpit sounds (switch clicks, flaps, > etc.). > > I encountered several potential gotchas: > > 1. If you have an NVIDIA graphics card, before you begin, print the info > from the following link: http://linuxsoftwareblog.com/blog/?p=232 > > 2. Clean up /boot before you start preupgrade. Delete all but the most > recent kernel files. If you do this, a 200 MB /boot is big enough. > > 3. Do a "sudo yum upgrade" before running preupgrade. >
Should read 3. Do a "sudo yum update" before running preupgrade. > 4. Be ready with a fedora DVD for a rescue. After preupgrade > completes, and the system is rebooted, you may need to edit /etc/inittab > to boot into run level 3. > > 5. The info from the link in #1 should allow you to get nvidia driver > support. I use the driver from www.nvidia.com, so only the first item > was required to allow the nouveau module to release control so the > install could proceed. > > Hope this helps others. Thanks Erik for staying on this! > > Regards, > Dave P. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day > trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on > what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with > Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july > _______________________________________________ > Flightgear-devel mailing list > Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
