List,
A little flashback. I had earlier posted a query about non-destructive resizing of NTFS partitions (where free space is not consolidated even after defragmentation) with gparted, for which there was no clear reply. Looking further, I found that ntfsresize, which is used by gparted, does not need free space consolidation. However, the only catch is that defragmentation should not leave any data near the end of the disk.
OK, so partitioning done, I have installed Fedora 8 on my laptop with only KDE on it (space constraints). I want to add some packages not on the DVD, but I am facing some problems currently, as follows:
1. Environmental proxy settings: my internet connection goes through an open proxy that does not require any UID or password. I have manually configured firefox and konqueror's proxy settings and I can connect to the internet through them. However, yum / pup / pirut do not work. I have specified the proxy settings in the root bash profile, my (user) bash profile, and in the global profile under /etc/profile, but I cannot still connect. Any pointers?
2. Crashes: The network card control applets under KDE available as nm-applet or system-control-network crash when run. This happened even before I had specified any network settings. system-config-network works properly, methinks. Has anybody else faced this problem, and is there a solution?
3. Multimedia: Kaffeine, Amarok, etc. are unable to play even audio CDs. I wonder why. Is this what bleeding edge is supposed to be?
Remember, my system is not updated, as yum doesn't work.
Oh, and having installed grub on /dev/sda3 and not the MBR, I have found and started using Super Grub Disk (http://supergrub.forjamari.linex.org/) to boot Fedora. I have burnt its ISO to a CD/RW. It is really wonderful. I think all distros should offer it as a part of their live CD distributions. The ISO is just 3.5 MB, and a bz2 archive is only 500k odd in size.
On 2/9/08, Nishit Dave stargazer.dave@gmail.com wrote:
- Environmental proxy settings: my internet connection goes through an
open proxy that does not require any UID or password. I have manually configured firefox and konqueror's proxy settings and I can connect to the internet through them. However, yum / pup / pirut do not work. I have specified the proxy settings in the root bash profile, my (user) bash profile, and in the global profile under /etc/profile, but I cannot still connect. Any pointers?
Maybe this http://www.fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=742 ?
On Feb 9, 2008 1:53 PM, Mehul Ved mehul.n.ved@gmail.com wrote:
Maybe this http://www.fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=742 ?
Thanks! This reply (#3) seems to have a workable solution: http://www.fedoraforum.org/forum/showpost.php?s=75534c851d3b94ed670ede251e80...
Reproduced here:
Better answer - use /etc/profile.d/proxy.[csh,sh] ________________________________
create the following files in /etc/profile.d, and then this will work in *any* shell for *any* user of the system
#proxy.sh export http_proxy=http://host.com:port/ export ftp_proxy=http://host.com:port/ export no_proxy=.domain.com export HTTP_PROXY=http://host.com:port/ export FTP_PROXY=http://host.com:port/
#proxy.csh setenv http_proxy http://host.com:port/ setenv ftp_proxy http://host.com:port/ setenv no_proxy .domain.com setenv HTTP_PROXY http://host.com:port/ setenv FTP_PROXY http://host.com:port/
On Feb 9, 2008 1:46 PM, Nishit Dave stargazer.dave@gmail.com wrote:
List,
Remember, my system is not updated, as yum doesn't work.
Oh, and having installed grub on /dev/sda3 and not the MBR, I have found and started using Super Grub Disk (http://supergrub.forjamari.linex.org/) to boot Fedora. I have burnt its ISO to a CD/RW. It is really wonderful. I think all distros should offer it as a part of their live CD distributions. The ISO is just 3.5 MB, and a bz2 archive is only 500k odd in size.
I forgot one more:
4. I have downloaded the latest Java runtime and followed instructions to install it. Pointed Konqueror to what I hope is the right .so file, linked the plug-in to Firefox, etc. Still, Java does not work. Any more pointers?
Nishit Dave wrote:
- Environmental proxy settings: my internet connection goes through an
open proxy that does not require any UID or password. I have manually configured firefox and konqueror's proxy settings and I can connect to the internet through them. However, yum / pup / pirut do not work. I have specified the proxy settings in the root bash profile, my (user) bash profile, and in the global profile under /etc/profile, but I cannot still connect. Any pointers?
Proxy for yum is usually specified in /etc/yum.conf as shown below.
proxy=http://<IP or Hostname>:<port>
parameters on how to get it working with an authenticated proxy can be found in the manual page for yum.conf.
Nishit Dave wrote:
- Environmental proxy settings: my internet connection goes through an
open proxy that does not require any UID or password. I have manually configured firefox and konqueror's proxy settings and I can connect to the internet through them. However, yum / pup / pirut do not work. I have specified the proxy settings in the root bash profile, my (user) bash profile, and in the global profile under /etc/profile, but I cannot still connect. Any pointers?
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/fedora-35/fc-8-yum-error-with-proxy....
- Crashes: The network card control applets under KDE available as
nm-applet or system-control-network crash when run. This happened even before I had specified any network settings. system-config-network works properly, methinks. Has anybody else faced this problem, and is there a solution?
Edit the file directly /etc/sysconfig/*network-**scripts*/ifcfg-eth0
DEVICE=eth0 BOOTPROTO=static IPADDR=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx NETMASK=255.255.255.0 NETWORK=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx BROADCAST=xxx.xxx.xxx.255 ONBOOT=yes
- Multimedia: Kaffeine, Amarok, etc. are unable to play even audio CDs. I
wonder why. Is this what bleeding edge is supposed to be?
Your sound system may not be properly setup. Sometimes sound is muted by default, till its enabled. Volume levels may be low. PCM and headphones levels should be high in the mixer ( kmix )
Remember, my system is not updated, as yum doesn't work.
Oh, and having installed grub on /dev/sda3 and not the MBR, I have found and started using Super Grub Disk (http://supergrub.forjamari.linex.org/) to boot Fedora. I have burnt its ISO to a CD/RW. It is really wonderful. I think all distros should offer it as a part of their live CD distributions. The ISO is just 3.5 MB, and a bz2 archive is only 500k odd in size.
http://linux.simple.be/tools/sbm
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