My fedora core 4 faqs
1.Can i uprade online from fedora core old
versions to fedora core 4?
2.How
can i install fedora core 4 os packages?
3.How
i can install some extra applications in fedora core 4?
4.How
to configrue yum for fedora core 4?
5.How
to configure apt for fedora core 4?
6.Why
there is no sound in my fedora core?
7.How
to enable sound events in fedora core?
8.How
to change wallpapers automatically in gnome desktop?
9.How
to configure my winmodem for fedora core?
10.How
to install real player in fedora core 4?
11.Yum
error gpgkey not found or not match?
12.Error:
command not found?
13.How
to restore the mbr?
14.How
to mount new partitions in fedora core?
15.How
to save my current settings in fedora core?
16.why I
have the internet connection but can't browse the internet?
1.Can i upgrade online from fedora core old
versions to fedora core 4?
To have a stable fedora core system it is better to
download the iso's and then upragade or
install from the fresh, for online upgrade you can
use the yum to upgrade to then next version
of fedra core read details here.
with apt you can upgrade to the latest versoin of
fedora core, to do, install the apt and
configure it for the fedora core 4, read the faq 5 to configure
it,first run apt-get update
and
then run this command for upgrade to fedora core 4:
apt-get dist-upgrade
2.How can i install fedora core 4 os packages?
If you have fedora core 4 installation cd's you can
add or remove packages from
Desktop-> System Sittings ->
Add/Remove Packages
or otherwise you can use yum or apt-get for
installation of pakcages.
3.How i can install some extra applications in
fedora core 4?
Nearly all needed extra applications are compiled
in thier binary forms
for fedora core 4 by dag, dries, fedora extras and
newrpms and freshrpms which
are available from their respective websites, to
get these packages simply add these
repositories to the yum.conf or apt sources.list,
and then run the command:
apt-get install package_name or
yum install package_name.
4.How to configure yum for fedora core 4?
Yum is included in the fedora core installation
packages, to use yum one should
add the fedora core 4 os, updates, fedora extras,
freshrpms, newrpms, dag, dries and
the livna to the /etc/yum.conf or
/etc/yum.repos.d/, to add these repositories
to the /etc/yum.conf, you can replace the
/etc/yum.conf
with this yum.conf,
or to add these repositories to the /etc/repos.d/,
download and run the yumfix.
to install the yumfix:
1.Open a terminal and become root, by typing in su,
followed by your password
2. Navigate to the folder where the script is
3. Make the script executable by typing in chmod +x
yumfix
4. Run the script by typing in ./yumfix
5. Select the repositories you want to install
now you can use the yum for installation or upgrade
of packages.
you can enabale or desable the repositories in the
/etc/yum.conf, by changing
the enabled=1 or enabled=0.
5.How to configure apt for fedora core 4?
You can download and install the apt
for your current fedora core version, after
installation you should add the fedora core 4
repositories like
os packages, updates,
extras, dag, dries, fresharpms, newrpms
and livna to the /etc/apt/sources.list,
to add these repositories to the apt simply replace
the old one with this new
sources.list,
and remove the entreis form the /etc/apt/sources.list.d directory,
then run the command:
apt-get update
this will add or refresh the repostories, now you
can use apt-get for installation or
upgrade of packages.
6.Why there is no sound in my fedora core?
Sometimes by defualt the volume control is muted
after installation of fedora core, open the
volume control from the panel or from the
applications sound & vedio, unmute the all
volumes, and in a terminal run the command:
/usr/sbin/alsactl store
check if you get the sound, if still no sound, run
the alsaconf to configure your sound card
in a terminal type alsaconf,
then run the alsamixer and
kmix go all the
way to end.
Make sure that extrernal amplifier is not set to
Mute, If so, hit M and that should put it
at 00, then check the sound if it is, still no
sound in a terminal run this commmand:
/sbin/MAKEDEV -d /etc/udev/devices/ sound
if still no sound possibly your sound card is not
detected and need proper linux driver,
consult your sound card manufacturer.
when you unmute the volume control but after reboot
you see that again muted add the
line bellow to the /etc/rc.d/rc.local
/usr/sbin/alsactl restore
7.How to enable sound events in fedora core?
By defualt the sound events are disabled in the
fedora core,enable the sound events from:
Desktop -> Preferences -> sound
8.How to change wallpapers automatically in
gnome desktop?
Downlaod this script change-background-py,
make it execuable,
as root run the command:
chmod 0777 change-background-py
copy or move the script to the /usr/bin,make a
directory for images in your home named
.backgrounds, copy the images to this directory,and
run the the script with:
/usb/bin/change-background-py &
to run the script in intervals, as user in a
terminal type crontab -e, and add this lines to it:
0,5,10,15,20,25,30,35,40,45,50,55 * * * *
/usr/bin/change-background-py
press the scape key and save and exit with doing:
:wq
this is for to change the wallpaper every 5 minutes
you can change it as you wish.
9.How to configure my winmodem for fedora
core?
From the Applications menu open the internet then
kppp, click on configure, in
configuration window click on new, in modem tab
click query modem, see if your modem
is detected by fedora core, if reponse is modem not
found or modem is busy, you need to
install the linux driver for your modem, download
the driver from your modem official
website or search the google.com
for lucent, Rockwell and conexant modems
you can go to linuxant.com.
10.How to install real player in fedora core
4?
Real player is included in the fedora extras, for
installation follow the
faq 3
and either faq 4 or 5.
11.Yum error gpgkey not found or not match
To prevent this error disable the gpgchek in
/etc/yum.conf or /etc/yum.repos.d with making:
gpgcheck=0
or uncomment the gpgcheck with adding a hush.
12.Error: command not found?
This means the program you are running is not
installed, check with:
whereis program_name
if you find that program is installed but still you
get this error, it means your program is
not in your path, to know it's path run the command:
which program_name
now you can export the path with:
export PATH=$PATH:/path/to/the/program
or you can add the path to ~/.bash_profle.
13.How to restore the mbr?
Make your first boot device the cdrom put any
bootable cd like windows, start the sysetm with
the cdrom support, or use the windows startup
disk, to get the A:>
prompt, then type:
fdisk/mbr
this will restore the mbr.
14.How to mount new partitions in fedora core?
you can mount new partitions in fedora core
temporary or permanently, as root make a new
directory with any name for the new partition for
example:
mkdir /windows
then run the command:
mount -t vfat /dev/hdax /windows
x is your new partitons number, hda is the primary
ide master, change it to proper for
your hard drive, vfat is for fat32, write the
proper file system for your new partition like
nfts, ext2 or ext3, this will mount the new
partition under /windows directory.
if you want to permanently add the partition to
fedora core open the /etc/fstab
in any editore you like for example:
gedit /etc/fstab
add this line just after the other partitions to
fstab:
/dev/hdax /windows vfat defaults 1 2
change the x and vfat as mentioned above to proper
for your new partitions.
15.How to save my current settings in fedora
core?
The users personal settings are stored in the
~/home directory, so it is a good
idea to mount the /home directory in the separate
partition then /, to save them from
formatting in the next installations.
If you want to backup your current settings in
fedora core, you should backup the
~/home and the /etc directory, which is the linux
nervous system and
contains all the configuration files for the linux
applications.
Other way is to select the upgrade while
installation it will save all of your settings you
made in fedora core.
16.why i have the internet conneciton but can't browse the internet?
When you connected with a dialup modem to the internet, but can't browse the
websites, probably you have problem with DNS Name Server or there is a firewall that
blocking every thing and prevent you to browse the internet, to solve these problems
install the DNS Name Server from the Add/Remove Applications and enable the dhcp
and named in the services from the Desktop menu, system sittings and server sittings.
if you have firewall installed change the configurations for proper for your system
to check if the firewall is the cause momenteraly desable the firewall and check if
the problem is solved, never use the internet without a firewall.
to check if the DNS Name Server is the cause, as root open the /etc and
rename the resolv.conf to resolv.conf.save with the command:
mv -iv resolv.conf resolv.conf.save
then run the command:
ln -s /var/run/ppp/resolv.conf /etc/resolv.conf
and check to see if you can browse the websites with the browser.
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