Re: [Hampshire] First impressions of Fedora 10

2008-12-05 Thread Stephen Rowles
>> KDE4... well I like the style, but the menus, window decoration etc. are >> not as good as KDE3 in Fedora 8, lots of wasted space around icons etc. >> I >> will have to tweak that when I do a real install. I also hate the new >> start menu where the menu moves around inside a box, I don't find i

Re: [Hampshire] First impressions of Fedora 10

2008-12-05 Thread pavithran
On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 10:21 AM, Stephen Rowles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > KDE4... well I like the style, but the menus, window decoration etc. are > not as good as KDE3 in Fedora 8, lots of wasted space around icons etc. I > will have to tweak that when I do a real install. I also hate the ne

Re: [Hampshire] First impressions of Fedora 10

2008-12-03 Thread John Cooper
Stuart Sears wrote: > John Cooper wrote: > >> B STEVENS wrote: >> >>> One thing certainly impressed me about Fedora 10 was the fact it >>> immediately recognised my Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG >>> Network Connection. >>> >>> I did have to disable SELinux (it had to be set to "dis

Re: [Hampshire] First impressions of Fedora 10

2008-12-03 Thread B STEVENS
Sorry, Paul, all I did was disable SELinux and set WEP encryption to 128 bit. I doubt that has anything to do with your problem :-( Regards Bryan --- On Wed, 3/12/08, Paul Stimpson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: What did you have to do to get NetworkManager to play please? -- Please post to: Hamps

Re: [Hampshire] First impressions of Fedora 10

2008-12-03 Thread Stephen Rowles
> from lspci... > 03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG > Network Connection (rev 02) > > is this different to yours? > > works like a charm with NetworkManager I've got a 3945 card too, not sure which one as I'm at work and the laptop is at home ;), and that works gre

Re: [Hampshire] First impressions of Fedora 10

2008-12-03 Thread Stuart Sears
John Cooper wrote: > B STEVENS wrote: >> One thing certainly impressed me about Fedora 10 was the fact it >> immediately recognised my Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG >> Network Connection. >> >> I did have to disable SELinux (it had to be set to "disabled", not >> "permissive") and change t

Re: [Hampshire] First impressions of Fedora 10

2008-12-03 Thread Stuart Sears
B STEVENS wrote: > One thing certainly impressed me about Fedora 10 was the fact it > immediately recognised my Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG > Network Connection. > > I did have to disable SELinux (it had to be set to "disabled", um that really shouldn't have happened. You shouldn'

Re: [Hampshire] First impressions of Fedora 10

2008-12-03 Thread The Holy ettlz
On Wed, 2008-12-03 at 08:59 +, Paul Stimpson wrote: > > This is one of those times where I don't know how to call it. Do I > blame the AP as the same settings work fine on my 3Com in my office or > do I play the pragmatic card and say "well it works fine on Windows > and my BlackBerry so the b

Re: [Hampshire] First impressions of Fedora 10

2008-12-03 Thread Paul Stimpson
1 To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List Subject: Re: [Hampshire] First impressions of Fedora 10 B STEVENS wrote: > One thing certainly impressed me about Fedora 10 was the fact it > immediately recognised my Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG > Network Connection. > > I did have to d

Re: [Hampshire] First impressions of Fedora 10

2008-12-02 Thread John Cooper
B STEVENS wrote: > One thing certainly impressed me about Fedora 10 was the fact it > immediately recognised my Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG > Network Connection. > > I did have to disable SELinux (it had to be set to "disabled", not > "permissive") and change the router from 64 bit WEP t

Re: [Hampshire] First impressions of Fedora 10

2008-12-02 Thread B STEVENS
to 128 bit but it's probably the least painful linux wireless setup I've encountered. Regards Bryan --- On Mon, 1/12/08, John Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: John Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Hampshire] First impressions of Fedora 10 To: "Hampshire LUG D

Re: [Hampshire] First impressions of Fedora 10

2008-12-01 Thread John Cooper
Stephen Rowles wrote: >> Things still to test before upgrading: >> >> * 3D graphics >> * TV output >> * Audio playback (mp3) >> * Movie (SD & HD) playback both on the LCD and via TV out. >> * Bluetooth >> * Infrared >> * DVD-Writing >> > > I've now also tested: > > * 3D graphics, glxgears give

Re: [Hampshire] First impressions of Fedora 10

2008-12-01 Thread Stephen Rowles
> Things still to test before upgrading: > > * 3D graphics > * TV output > * Audio playback (mp3) > * Movie (SD & HD) playback both on the LCD and via TV out. > * Bluetooth > * Infrared > * DVD-Writing I've now also tested: * 3D graphics, glxgears gives smooth output and slightly higher framerate

Re: [Hampshire] First impressions of Fedora 10

2008-11-30 Thread B STEVENS
Thanks, Alan... although I had to use "vga=0x365" (1440x900x32) to get it to work, your reply was an extremely helpful prod in the right direction :-) Regards Bryan --- On Sun, 30/11/08, Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Google turns up:- http://www.omgili.com/newsgroups/linux/samba/8WaK4-

Re: [Hampshire] First impressions of Fedora 10

2008-11-30 Thread The Holy ettlz
While we're talking of graphics on F10, does anyone know about the state of DRI2 in the intel drivers and how to enable it? Regards, James. -- The Holy ettlz [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP key ID: 03F94B5D --

Re: [Hampshire] First impressions of Fedora 10

2008-11-30 Thread Alan Pope
2008/11/30 B STEVENS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Where can one find out which "vga=nnn" to use with a 1440x900 screen? > vga=ask According to kernel-parameters.txt located in /usr/src/linux-source-2.6.27/Documentation on my Ubuntu 8.10 system after installing the linux-source package. vga=

Re: [Hampshire] First impressions of Fedora 10

2008-11-30 Thread B STEVENS
Hi, Stuart. Where can one find out which "vga=nnn" to use with a 1440x900 screen? Regards Bryan --- On Sun, 30/11/08, Stuart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: in the meantime, if you add an appropriate vga=... entry to the kernel line in your /boot/grub/grub.conf file, the graphical boot should kick

Re: [Hampshire] First impressions of Fedora 10

2008-11-30 Thread Stuart
Stephen Rowles wrote: [...] > Fedora 10: > > Boot time is very fast! I'm impressed with the new parallel boot process > startup time is noticeably faster than Fedora 8 despite running of quite a > slow usb stick. I like the progress bar, but is text only as the graphical > one is only supported on

Re: [Hampshire] First impressions of Fedora 10

2008-11-28 Thread John Cooper
Stephen Rowles wrote: > Just a quick summary of my initial impressions of Fedora 10 from a 30min > play last night using a usb'd version of the live-cd. > > Setting the scene: > > Acer 5920 with Core Duo 2 T7300 @ 2Ghz, 2 gigs ram, Intel X3100, 160gig > sata hdd, dvd-writer. > > Came with vista hom

Re: [Hampshire] First impressions of Fedora 10

2008-11-28 Thread Damian Brasher
Stephen Rowles wrote: > Just a quick summary of my initial impressions of Fedora 10 from a 30min > play last night using a usb'd version of the live-cd. Thanks for that, nice intro overview! -- Damian L Brasher http://www.diap.org.uk - Advanced backup volume management. -- Please post to: Hamp

[Hampshire] First impressions of Fedora 10

2008-11-28 Thread Stephen Rowles
Just a quick summary of my initial impressions of Fedora 10 from a 30min play last night using a usb'd version of the live-cd. Setting the scene: Acer 5920 with Core Duo 2 T7300 @ 2Ghz, 2 gigs ram, Intel X3100, 160gig sata hdd, dvd-writer. Came with vista home premium, has run Fedora 8 almost ex