Fedora 11 Released
Spread the word: the release that dwarfs previous releases, Fedora 11, is here. Reviews have been flooding the internet and many have been talking about it in the open source world. But before you go ahead and install it make sure you read the release notes. Many a time we get stuck with installation or post installation and run around cursing the OS whilst the issue might have been a know bug with the solution in the release notes. The Common Bugs is yet another link to read.
A few things you can do to make your Fedora experience better:
1. Install presto plugin.
yum install yum-presto
2. Mouse settings need to be tweaked. Read my earlier post on this.
3. Install rpmfusion repository to get media codes like mp3 and dvd playback. Go to http://rpmfusion.org/Configuration to install it. After installing / configuring it Package Kit will automatically probe and download codecs for the media you are trying to play. My previous post talks more on this.
And of course you can read my review to get a little more about Fedora 11.
I am listing down few of the known problems with their link below, hoping some find it useful:
Installation fails with DeviceError: cannot commit to disk sda after 5 attempts
Installation fails with PartitionException, i.e, resizing partitions seem to fail
Miscellaneous problems with Intel graphics adapters
Miscellaneous problems with ATI / AMD graphics adapters
Graphical desktop failing to start or crashing with AGP NVIDIA graphics cards
Graphical installation / desktop fails to start on Asus Eee Top
Slow 3D performance on ATI / AMD graphics adapters
PulseAudio-based volume control cannot adjust volume satisfactorily
Hey…Can you tell me How to disable “inactivity” screen lock on Fedora 11? Its a problem when the screen gets locked while watching movies.
Nazia
November 20, 2009 at 6:12 pm
click on System->Preferences->ScreenSaver and disable the screen lock.
Ranjeev Satyajit
November 22, 2009 at 1:35 pm
Thanks Ranjeev. Can i know if we can open .exe files in f11. I heard we can by using wine. Can you tell me how to do that?
And i have one more issue. Everytime I start f11, i get an error box saying that “more than one preupgrade package installed”. Can you help me on this?
Thanks in advance..
Nazia
November 24, 2009 at 4:48 am
to install wine, just click on system->administration -> Add and remove Programs
search for wine and select it and install it. It will install all the necessary files..
For the second question open a terminal, type in
su – (type in the root password)
yum clean all
yum update
that should hopefully do the trick
Ranjeev Satyajit
November 30, 2009 at 4:11 am
Hi Ranjeev..
I implemented the same but i am still stuck up with the error.
Nazia
November 30, 2009 at 11:25 pm