minimized windows are gone in Gnome

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 15:02:27 +0100

I am not sure whether this is an issue with GNome moreso than with Fedora.

Every time I minimize a window on my desktop, it becomes hidden away from view -- shrinking down into the bottom right corner. I can not reach them with my mouse cursor. How can I correct this problem?

This happened immediately after I removed my bottom panel. Previously, the minimized windows would be accessible in my bottom panel.

How can I update Fedora 11 to Fedora 12

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 21:48:49 +0100

now that Fedora 12 (Constantine) has been out for a week or so, I decided it's time to upgrade my Fedora 11 laptop to the new release using Yum.

I'm documenting this in case anyone wants to try doing the same thing.

Backup your data

Before attempting to do this, backup your important data over the network or two an external USB drive. This is incase something goes wrong and you need to format/reinstall. During the backup, take a look at these common F12 bugs to see if any might impact you.

Once all your data is backed up, proceed with the upgrade.

Get the Fedora 12 Release RPMs

Code:
[anyweb@localhost]$ wget ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/Linux/distributions/fedora/linux/releases/12/Fedora/i386/os/Packages/fedora-release-12-1.noarch.rpm

[anyweb@localhost]$ wget ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/Linux/distributions/fedora/linux/releases/12/Fedora/i386/os/Packages/fedora-release-notes-12.0.0-4.fc12.noarch.rpm

Using Yum to upgrade

Need to become root to run the next commands...

Code:
su -

change to the directory containing those files above and execute the following command:

Code:
[root@localhost fedora12]# rpm -Uvh fedora-release-12-1.noarch.rpm fedora-release-notes-12.0.0-4.fc12.noarch.rpm

then

Code:
yum clean all

then

Code:
yum update

first time around, I got some warnings about tigervnc-server

Quote:--> Finished Dependency Resolutiontigervnc-server-1.0.0-2.fc11.i586 from installed has depsolving problems

--> Missing Dependency: libcrypto.so.8 is needed by package tigervnc-server-1.0.0-2.fc11.i586 (installed)

tigervnc-server-1.0.0-2.fc11.i586 from installed has depsolving problems

--> Missing Dependency: libssl.so.8 is needed by package tigervnc-server-1.0.0-2.fc11.i586 (installed)

Error: Missing Dependency: libcrypto.so.8 is needed by package tigervnc-server-1.0.0-2.fc11.i586 (installed)

Error: Missing Dependency: libssl.so.8 is needed by package tigervnc-server-1.0.0-2.fc11.i586 (installed)

You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem

You could try running: package-cleanup --problems

package-cleanup --dupes

rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest

so I chose to remove the software

Code:
yum remove tigervnc-server

I ran

Code:
yum update

again and this time no warnings

Quote:Transaction Summary

================================================================================

Install 152 Package(s)

Upgrade 1133 Package(s)

Remove 1 Package(s)

Reinstall 0 Package(s)

Downgrade 0 Package(s)

Total download size: 748 M

Is this ok [y/N]:

I pressed Y to continue and then it downloaded 1285 updates

Quote:(1285/1285): zlib-1.2.3-23.fc12.i686.rpm | 69 kB 00:00 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Total 1.4 MB/s | 748 MB 09:00

I was now prompted to accept the new GPG keys, so had to press Y 3 times for this process

Quote:Importing GPG key 0x57BBCCBA "Fedora (12) " from /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-i386

Is this ok [y/N]: y

warning: rpmts_HdrFromFdno: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 signature: NOKEY, key ID 16ca1a56

rpmfusion-free/gpgkey | 1.7 kB 00:00

Importing GPG key 0x16CA1A56 "RPM Fusion free repository for Fedora (12) " from /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-rpmfusion-free-fedora-12-i386

Is this ok [y/N]: y

warning: rpmts_HdrFromFdno: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 signature: NOKEY, key ID a3a882c1

rpmfusion-nonfree/gpgkey | 1.7 kB 00:00

Importing GPG key 0xA3A882C1 "RPM Fusion nonfree repository for Fedora (12) " from /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-rpmfusion-nonfree-fedora-12-i386

Is this ok [y/N]: y

the updates finally get applied (which took some time)

Quote: Updating : policycoreutils-python-2.0.74-17.fc12.i686 930/2467

Updating : python-virtinst-0.500.0-5.fc12.noarch 931/2467

Updating : selinux-policy-targeted-3.6.32-46.fc12.noarch 932/2467

Updating : PackageKit-yum-plugin-0.5.4-0.4.20091029git.fc12 933/2467

Installing : media-player-info-3-1.fc12.noarch 934/2467

Updating : alacarte-0.12.4-1.fc12.noarch 935/2467

Updating : system-config-lvm-1.1.10-1.fc12.noarch 936/2467

Updating : system-config-language-1.3.3-3.fc12.noarch 937/2467

Updating : 1:xchat-2.8.6-13.fc12.i686 938/2467

Updating : baekmuk-ttf-fonts-ghostscript-2.2-22.fc12.noarch 939/2467

Updating : system-config-rootpassword-1.99.6-1.fc12.noarch 940/2467

after some hours all the files are installed or updated

Quote: gnome-audio.noarch 0:2.22.2-4.fc11 hal-cups-utils.i586 0:0.6.19-2.fc11

kacst-fonts.noarch 0:2.0-2.fc11

kerneloops.i586 0:0.12-5.fc11

liberation-fonts-compat.noarch 0:1.04.93-10.fc11

libudev0.i586 0:141-7.fc11

lohit-fonts-common.noarch 0:2.4.0-1.fc11

openal.i586 0:0.0.9-0.17.20060204cvs.fc11

paktype-fonts.noarch 0:2.0-3.fc11

totem-gstreamer.i586 0:2.26.4-2.fc11

udev-extras.i586 0:20090226-0.5.20090302git.fc11

un-core-fonts-batang.noarch 0:1.0.2-0.8.080608.fc11

un-core-fonts-dinaru.noarch 0:1.0.2-0.8.080608.fc11

un-core-fonts-dotum.noarch 0:1.0.2-0.8.080608.fc11

un-core-fonts-graphic.noarch 0:1.0.2-0.8.080608.fc11

un-core-fonts-gungseo.noarch 0:1.0.2-0.8.080608.fc11

un-core-fonts-pilgi.noarch 0:1.0.2-0.8.080608.fc11

xorg-x11-filesystem.noarch 0:7.3-4.fc11

Complete!

Reboot and Verify

and now it's time to reboot to let the new kernel take effect

after the reboot, we can check the kernel version and os version to verify that the upgrade has taken place

Quote:[anyweb@localhost ~]$ cat /etc/redhat-release Fedora release 12 (Constantine)

[anyweb@localhost ~]$ uname -a

Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.31.5-127.fc12.i686 #1 SMP Sat Nov 7 21:41:45 EST 2009 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

[anyweb@localhost ~]$

Double-check that we don't need any more updates

Quote:[root@localhost ~]# yum -y updateLoaded plugins: dellsysidplugin2, refresh-packagekit

Setting up Update Process

No Packages marked for Update

[root@localhost ~]#

and that's it, Fedora 12 is now installed !!

Some Screenshots

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updating Fedora 11 to Fedora 12 ?

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 20:47:36 +0100

hi guys

has anyone tried updating Fedora 11 to Fedora 12 yet ? i'm thinking about doing it soon and just wanted some heads up for any gotchas

cheers

niall

Installing 32bit Support Into 64bit Fedora

Sat, 05 Sep 2009 21:59:44 +0200

"If you're running newer hardware, there are some definite advantages to installing a 64-bit operating system. But, if you still need to run any 32-bit applications, you'll need to have the 32-bit support libraries installed. Different Linux distros handle this in different ways. For 64-bit Ubuntu, finding the proper 32-bit support packages is a simple matter of opening up the Synaptic Package Manager, and searching for the string 'ia32'. With 64-bit openSuSE, 32-bit support is already built-in, so you don't have to do anything. With Fedora, though, it's a whole different story. Not only are the 32-bit packages not already installed, the Fedora folk don't provide any documentation on how to install them. The directions I found via Google were outdated, and wouldn't work. I finally resolved the problem by asking a Red Hat employee in my local Linux Users Group."

via > http://www.osnews.com/story/22116/Instal...bit_Fedora

Fedora 12 Alpha available

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 11:02:37 +0200

Jesse Keating has announced the availability of Fedora 12 Alpha, the first public development release of the distribution's upcoming new version: "Fedora 12 'Constantine' Alpha release is available. Among the top features for end users we have: better webcam support with out-of-the-box support for many new webcams; Empathy as the default instant messaging client; GNOME 2.27.90 beta and KDE 4.3; Network Manager mobile broadband; better free video codec in the improved Ogg Theora video encoder code-named 'Thusnelda'; PackageKit improvements with plugins to install applications from a web browser or command line; PulseAudio improvements; better power management...."

via distrowatch.com

Fedora Rawhide Nightly Live Spins Available

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 10:31:04 +0200