5 commits - en_US/Fedora_desktop.xml en_US/Fedora_Live_images.xml en_US/Installation_notes.xml
Karsten Wade
quaid at fedoraproject.org
Wed Dec 17 09:23:23 UTC 2008
en_US/Fedora_Live_images.xml | 8 +---
en_US/Fedora_desktop.xml | 10 +++++
en_US/Installation_notes.xml | 75 +++++++++++++++----------------------------
3 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 55 deletions(-)
New commits:
commit a5a4861108c947db9414e3982afd38e7a53b9252
Author: Karsten Wade <kwade at calliope.phig.org>
Date: Fri Dec 12 00:04:27 2008 -0800
Fix for bug #473059
diff --git a/en_US/Fedora_desktop.xml b/en_US/Fedora_desktop.xml
index d78df4d..12eefcd 100644
--- a/en_US/Fedora_desktop.xml
+++ b/en_US/Fedora_desktop.xml
@@ -336,11 +336,18 @@
<title>Web browsers</title>
<section id="sn-Enabling_Flash_plugin">
<title>Enabling Flash plugin</title>
+
<para>Fedora includes <command>swfdec</command> and
<command>gnash</command>, which are free and open source
implementations of Flash. We encourage you to try either of
them before seeking out Adobe's proprietary Flash Player plugin
- software. The Adobe Flash Player plugin uses a legacy sound
+ software.</para>
+
+ <para>For instructions on installing the Flash Player under
+ Fedora 10, refer to <ulink
+ url="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Flash"/></para>
+<!--
+ <para>The Adobe Flash Player plugin uses a legacy sound
framework that does not work correctly without additional
support. Run the following command to enable this
support:</para>
@@ -376,6 +383,7 @@
then relaunch <application>Firefox</application>. Type
<userinput>about:plugins</userinput> in the URL bar to ensure
the plugin is loaded.</para>
+-->
</section>
<section id="sn-Disabling_PC_speaker">
<title>Disabling PC speaker</title>
commit 453d05f8dbcd5f6eb93cfa9ef3e9fe16c732e37d
Merge: a969369... 877d8c9...
Author: Karsten Wade <kwade at calliope.phig.org>
Date: Thu Dec 11 03:17:41 2008 -0800
Merge branch 'master' of git+ssh://quaid@git.fedoraproject.org/git/docs/release-notes
commit a9693694ff7348e74b4acbcadcae7dfcc17bcebf
Author: Karsten Wade <kwade at calliope.phig.org>
Date: Sat Dec 6 02:26:22 2008 -0800
Resolving bug 473136.
diff --git a/en_US/Installation_notes.xml b/en_US/Installation_notes.xml
index 3590457..971f992 100644
--- a/en_US/Installation_notes.xml
+++ b/en_US/Installation_notes.xml
@@ -199,16 +199,18 @@
<section id="sn-Disk_partitions_must_be_labeled">
<title>Disk partitions must be labeled</title>
<para>A change in the way that the Linux kernel handles storage
- devices means that device names such as
- <filename>/dev/hdX</filename> or <filename>/dev/sdX</filename>
- may differ from the values used in earlier releases.
- <application>Anaconda</application> solves this problem by
- relying on partition labels or UUIDs for finding devices. If
- these are not present, then <application>Anaconda</application>
- presents a warning indicating that partitions need to be
- labelled and that the upgrade can not proceed. Systems that use
- Logical Volume Management (LVM) and the device mapper usually do
- not require relabeling.</para>
+ devices means that device names such as
+ <filename>/dev/hdX</filename> or <filename>/dev/sdX</filename>
+ may differ from the values used in earlier releases.
+ <application>Anaconda</application> solves this problem by
+ relying on partition labels or UUIDs for finding devices. If
+ these are not present, then <application>Anaconda</application>
+ presents a warning indicating that partitions need to be
+ labelled and that the upgrade can not proceed. Systems that use
+ Logical Volume Management (LVM) and the device mapper usually do
+ not require relabeling. One exception is mirrored LVM
+ partitions, where the UUIDs are identical. In that case, the
+ partitions must be labeled.</para>
<section id="sn-To_check_disk_partition_labels">
<title>To check disk partition labels</title>
<para>To view partition labels, boot the existing Fedora
commit 6edae51bb142682a4524a326381f13dfc2812269
Author: Karsten Wade <kwade at calliope.phig.org>
Date: Sat Dec 6 02:13:55 2008 -0800
Cleaning up screen blocks to make them less ugly on the output side.
diff --git a/en_US/Installation_notes.xml b/en_US/Installation_notes.xml
index 6d80a22..3590457 100644
--- a/en_US/Installation_notes.xml
+++ b/en_US/Installation_notes.xml
@@ -165,16 +165,12 @@
than was used by PXE. To change this behavior, use the
following in <filename>pxelinux.cfg/*</filename> config
files:</para>
- <screen>
- <computeroutput>IPAPPEND 2 APPEND
- ksdevice=bootif</computeroutput>
- </screen>
+ <screen><computeroutput>IPAPPEND 2 APPEND
+ ksdevice=bootif</computeroutput></screen>
<para>The configuration options above causes the installer to use
the same network interface as BIOS and PXE use. You can also use
the following option: </para>
- <screen>
- <computeroutput>ksdevice=link</computeroutput>
- </screen>
+ <screen><computeroutput>ksdevice=link</computeroutput></screen>
<para>This option causes the installer to use the first network
device it finds that is linked to a network switch.</para>
</section>
@@ -218,25 +214,19 @@
<para>To view partition labels, boot the existing Fedora
installation, and enter the following at a terminal prompt:
</para>
- <screen>
- <userinput>/sbin/blkid</userinput>
- </screen>
+ <screen><userinput>/sbin/blkid</userinput></screen>
<para>Confirm that each volume line in the list has a
<computeroutput>LABEL=</computeroutput> value, as shown below:
</para>
- <screen>
- <computeroutput>/dev/hdd1: LABEL="/boot"
+ <screen><computeroutput>/dev/hdd1: LABEL="/boot"
UUID="ec6a9d6c-6f05-487e-a8bd-a2594b854406" SEC_TYPE="ext2"
- TYPE="ext3" </computeroutput>
- </screen>
+ TYPE="ext3" </computeroutput></screen>
</section>
<section id="sn-To_set_disk_partition_labels">
<title>To set disk partition labels</title>
<para>For ext2 and ext3 partitions without a label, use the
following command: </para>
- <screen>
- <userinput>su -c 'e2label /dev/example f7-slash'</userinput>
- </screen>
+ <screen><userinput>su -c 'e2label /dev/example f7-slash'</userinput></screen>
<para>For a VFAT file system use <command>dosfslabel</command>
from the <package>dosfstools</package> package, and for NTFS
file system use <command>ntfslabel</command> from the
@@ -249,15 +239,10 @@
<para>If any file system labels were added or modified, then the
device entries in <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> must be
adjusted to match: </para>
- <screen>
- <userinput>su -c 'cp /etc/fstab /etc/fstab.orig' su -c 'gedit
- /etc/fstab'</userinput>
- </screen>
+ <screen><userinput>su -c 'cp /etc/fstab /etc/fstab.orig' su -c 'gedit /etc/fstab'</userinput></screen>
<para> An example of a mount by label entry is: </para>
- <screen>
- <computeroutput>LABEL=f7-slash / ext3 defaults 1
- 1</computeroutput>
- </screen>
+ <screen><computeroutput>LABEL=f7-slash / ext3 defaults 1
+ 1</computeroutput></screen>
</section>
<section id="sn-Update_the_grub.conf_kernel_root_entry">
<title>Update the <filename>grub.conf</filename> kernel root
@@ -265,14 +250,10 @@
<para>If the label for the <filename>/</filename> (root)
file system was modified, the kernel boot parameter in the grub
configuration file must also be modified: </para>
- <screen>
- <userinput>su -c 'gedit /boot/grub/grub.conf'</userinput>
- </screen>
+ <screen><userinput>su -c 'gedit /boot/grub/grub.conf'</userinput></screen>
<para> A matching example kernel grub line is: </para>
- <screen>
- <computeroutput>kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.20-1.2948.fc6 ro
- root=LABEL=f7-slash rhgb quiet</computeroutput>
- </screen>
+ <screen><computeroutput>kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.20-1.2948.fc6 ro
+ root=LABEL=f7-slash rhgb quiet</computeroutput></screen>
</section>
<section id="sn-Test_changes_made_to_labels">
<title>Test changes made to labels</title>
@@ -310,18 +291,14 @@
</tip>
<para>After you complete the upgrade, run the following
command:</para>
- <screen>
- <userinput>rpm -qa --last > RPMS_by_Install_Time.txt</userinput>
- </screen>
+ <screen><userinput>rpm -qa --last > RPMS_by_Install_Time.txt</userinput></screen>
<para>Inspect the end of the output for packages that pre-date the
upgrade. Remove or upgrade those packages from third-party
repositories, or otherwise deal with them as necessary. Some
previously installed packages may no longer be available in any
configured repository. To list all these packages, use the
following command: </para>
- <screen>
- <userinput>su -c 'yum list extras'</userinput>
- </screen>
+ <screen><userinput>su -c 'yum list extras'</userinput></screen>
</section>
</section>
<section id="sn-Kickstart_HTTP_issue">
commit 598121afffbfb19a038e4ca2a3cd394e8ac34dc8
Author: Karsten Wade <kwade at calliope.phig.org>
Date: Sat Dec 6 02:07:41 2008 -0800
While closing bug 473399, cleaned up some tagging that made things ugly.
diff --git a/en_US/Fedora_Live_images.xml b/en_US/Fedora_Live_images.xml
index fa56f4f..1cdae86 100644
--- a/en_US/Fedora_Live_images.xml
+++ b/en_US/Fedora_Live_images.xml
@@ -54,9 +54,7 @@
<guimenuitem>Add/Remove Software</guimenuitem> to search for and
install <package>liveusb-creator</package>, or to install using
<command>yum</command>:</para>
- <screen>
- <userinput>su -c 'yum install liveusb-creator'</userinput>
- </screen>
+ <screen><userinput>su -c 'yum install liveusb-creator'</userinput></screen>
<para>Instead of the graphical tool, you can use the command line
interface from the <package>livecd-tools</package> package. Then,
run the <command>livecd-iso-to-disk</command> script:</para>
@@ -79,9 +77,7 @@
<filename>/home</filename> to protect your system if
your USB stick is lost or stolen. To use this feature, download the
Live image and run the following command:</para>
- <screen>
- <userinput>livecd-iso-to-disk --home-size-mb 512 /path/to/live.iso /dev/sdb1</userinput>
- </screen>
+ <screen><userinput>livecd-iso-to-disk --home-size-mb 512 /path/to/live.iso /dev/sdb1</userinput></screegn>
<para>Replace <filename>/dev/sdb1</filename> with the partition
where you want to put the image.</para>
<para>Replace <computeroutput>512</computeroutput> with the desired
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