Fedora (Linux)
Local
External
Disable Beep
There are 2 things I know of relating to this
- Tell bash not to beep
- edit /etc/inputrc as shown below
# edit /etc/inputrc
# and make sure the following is NOT commented out:
set bell-style none
Reference: http://fedoranews.org/krishnan/tips/tip036.shtml
Installing under Virtual PC
Since Virtual PC says it emulates a graphics card that supports 16 and 32 bit depths, but not 24 bits,
combined with the fact that Virtual PC doesn't actually support 32 bits but does 24 instead, Linux
installs go crazy once they try to start X.
Things that need 'fixing'
- X needs to be told to start in 16 bit mode
- S3 driver needs to change to framebuffer ("fbdev")
- grub needs to know rez and depth, a mouse fix needs to be put in place, mouse wheel fix, clock needs to work a different way
Modify /etc/X11/xorg.conf
# Make the "Screen" section expect 16 bits, it should look something like this:
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
DefaultDepth 16
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 16
EndSubSection
EndSection
# Make the "Device" section use framebuffer instead of s3 (which is what Microsoft emulates wrongly)
Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
# Driver "s3"
Driver "fbdev"
EndSection
Tell the kernel to use these options
# tack these onto the end of the line that starts with "kernel"
# in the file /boot/grub/grub.conf
vga=791 i8042.noloop psmouse.proto=imps clock=pit
# here is a sample full line:
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.21-1.3194.fc7 ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 rhgb quiet vga=791 i8042.noloop psmouse.proto=imps clock=pit
Reference: http://theidealcopy.blogspot.com/2007/09/running-fedora-7-on-virtual-pc-2007.html
Subversion, getting
yum install subversion
VNC Server
See: http://www.raoul.shacknet.nu/2005/11/10/configure-vnc-server-in-fedora/
Firewall
# as root run
# it works in text or gui mode
# it is in my root's path at /usr/bin/system-config-securitylevel
system-config-securitylevel
Booting into Textmode
- Do this during the Boot process
-
When you first start your computer, the GRUB screen (where you choose your Operating System) appears.
Select the Fedora that you want to boot into, but press the a key instead of pressing Enter.
- You will see a line somewhat like the following:
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.9-1.667 ro root=LABEL=/ acpi=on rhgb quiet
Add the number of your runlevel to the end of that line, and then
press Enter. For example, to boot into text-only mode,
the line would look like:
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.9-1.667 ro root=LABEL=/ acpi=on rhgb quiet 3
- It will start up in text mode for this run only.
Reference: http://www.fedorafaq.org/basics/