FC4 Test 1

[luna6]

Hello hopefully this is the correct forum to ask this...but I have a few questions....

#1) Whenever FC4 comes out of testing will it be possible to update via yum/up2date to the final version?

#2) I decided to do a minimum install and install components that I wanted via yum, which came out pretty nicely, but there is a few stock components I cannot seem to be able to find..could someone tell me which rpm I need to install for :

a.) In Gnome the GUI for adding users

b.) The Services GUI ..which tells you which services are selected to start at bootup, and able to check/uncheck various services to run.

c.) Upon bootup goes straight to the command line login, and after logging in I have to type in startx or gdm to get Gnome/KDE started, so how do I get to go directly into GDM upon bootup?

#3) Since this a developmental release, I am perfectly willing to file bug reports and test the system out, but since most of the multimedia codecs are disabled by default, and LIVNA does not have a section for FC4 development, how are users supposed to test out the multimedia aspects? (XMMS/AMAROK/...and cannot even install KAFFEINE, MPLAYER, XINE, VLC ...etc)...


thanks in advance for anyone answering these questions...!

[jarifed]

a.) In Gnome the GUI for adding users

Desktop >> system-settings >> server settings
yum install system-config-services

b.) The Services GUI ..which tells you which services are selected to start at bootup, and able to check/uncheck various services to run.

Desktop >> system-settings >> Users and Groups
yum install system-config-users

c.) Upon bootup goes straight to the command line login, and after logging in I have to type in startx or gdm to get Gnome/KDE started, so how do I get to go directly into GDM upon bootup?

gdm is broken >> yum update gdm

hope this helps

[robghealey]

c) once you update gdm. Edit the file /etc/inittab and change the three to a five in the line of :

id:3:initdefault: change to id:5:initdefault: and save your changes. Next time it should start in Gnome or KDE....

[luna6]

thanks...now have FC4 setup as I want..pretty impressed with the stability of this system, especially for a TEST 1 release. Would love to hear that, whenever a final version of FC4 is released, it would be possible to redirect the yum repositories to FC4, and can update this test/developmental release to the final version (ala debian/ubuntu), but if not a reinstall will have to suffice.

[Bana]

luna6: I think that you THEORETICALLY can update using yum to the most current test, although it is not recommended as some of the files that were created using the old versions of the packages will not be updated (remade) using the new packages and so it will be a grey blend of software versions. Best to just bite the bullet and reinstall (or use the install upgrade feature (which probably does the same thing as yum)).

HTH