Re: F12 install stops at screen switch (language select)

2009-11-24 Thread Chris Lumens
> BTW it looks like the "nomodeset" parameter is missing in the list of > boot options at these two places: > > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Anaconda/Options That's because it's not an anaconda option. - Chris -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.c

Re: F12 media-less installer totally broken

2009-10-22 Thread Chris Lumens
> - Put the iso on a ntfs partition > - Put the vmlinuz+initrd.img in F11's grub .. and boot into the installer, > pointing it to install from HDD > - The installer cannot pickup the iso Yeah this probably won't work because of the NTFSness, but what's the exact error message? What does the log o

Re: Anaconda multiple Ethernet cards question

2009-09-21 Thread Chris Lumens
> Today while installing F11 from DVD, I noticed something : if one has > multiple Ethernet cards in his/her computer, if booting with 'asknetwork', > when it comes to configuring the network you are greeted with eth0 : address> and below eth1 : . I think it would be niftier if the > identificatio

Re: The death of rhpl

2009-07-30 Thread Chris Lumens
> * rhpl.exception -> Chris Lumens has split out a new package python-meh > which includes the exception handling capabilities from rhpl with the > added support for filing to bugzilla like anaconda does Yeah, I invite anyone who's maintaining a python project with a GUI to

Re: Announcing Fedora Activity Day - Fedora Development Cycle 2009

2009-06-03 Thread Chris Lumens
> It might have helped to find the problem earlier -- I for example got > the impression that a lot of people had problems with the storage > rewrite and thus aborted their tests with Alpha or Beta. There was no storage rewrite in the Alpha, so this isn't the case there. For the beta, you are corr

Re: Announcing Fedora Activity Day - Fedora Development Cycle 2009

2009-06-03 Thread Chris Lumens
> > An earlier freeze would have just frozen the work unfinished. The > > rewrite was a massive undertaking and we knew it was going to take > > longer than the release cycle to finish. Freezing earlier wouldn't have > > helped. > > Then it should have been done in a work branch and targeted for

Re: Anaconda: good work!

2006-03-23 Thread Chris Lumens
> I have to agree that the new installer is very nice. > But despite this I really wish you will apply some bugfixes > to anaconda and release it in updates. This of course does > not help with FC5, but it will help those who use anaconda > to make new distros or respins such as I plan to do (eithe

Re: FC5 kickstart i386 and x86_64

2006-03-23 Thread Chris Lumens
> I've downloaded FC5 for i386 and x86_64. I do netboot kickstart > installs. With FC3 and FC4, and previous I think, If I didn't have a > network stanza in the kickstart config file it would just bypass > configuring the interfaces and just use the one that was selected during > the boot process

Re: is system-config-keyboard still necessary?

2006-03-06 Thread Chris Lumens
> On my system with system-config-keyboard-1.2.7-1.1 > If I run in Gnome the System --> Administration --> Keyboard tool, it > gives absolutely nothing: only an empty window with title "Keyboard" and > inside a keyboard-key icon with the text "select the appropriate > keyboard for the system". Thi