Fedora Core 6

Oct 25, 2006, 07:50 AM #1
thenewbf Junior Member Join: Oct 2006 Posts: 5	Fedora Core 6 Has anybody managed to get it installed and running yet? If not, how long do you figure until it's officially supported by Parallels?

Oct 25, 2006, 08:00 AM #2
davide Member Join: Sep 2006 Posts: 52	What problems did you find when you tried? A distro doesn't have to be "officially supported" to run. Neither Ubuntu nor Slackware are listed in the user guide as supported yet both run just fine. __________________ MacBook Pro 2.16Ghz, 2G RAM, 120G HD XP Pro VM, 512MB RAM, 8G Disk Slackware 11.0 VM, 256MB RAM, 8G Disk Ubuntu 6.06 VM, 256MB RAM, 8G Disk

Oct 25, 2006, 06:32 PM #3
hans-dampf Junior Member Join: Oct 2006 Posts: 1	I have successfully installed FC6, and here is what I had to "hack" - FC6 installs the xen kernel by default, which crashed in PD. -> You have to install the normal kernel. - RHGB (X server) did have a messed up resolution. -> You have to set your resolution in xorg.conf To accomplish these two steps, boot into rescue mode after the installer reboots the firs time. To do so, enter "linux rescue" at the installer prompt, choose your language and keyboard, configure your network card, and let the installer mount your FC6 at /mnt/sysimage. When you have done so, enter "chroot /mnt/sysimage". Now you can install the kernel by entering "yum install kernel". After the kernel is installed, you can change the line "default=1" in /boot/grub/grub.conf to "default=0" to use the non-xen kernel as default. To have a correct display, I added the line Modes "1280x800" (change 1280x800 to whatever resolution you like) beneath the line Depth 24 in /etc/X11/xorg.conf Now reboot your system and voila.

Oct 25, 2006, 06:32 PM

hans-dampf
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I have successfully installed FC6, and here is what I had to "hack"

- FC6 installs the xen kernel by default, which crashed in PD. -> You have to install the normal kernel.
- RHGB (X server) did have a messed up resolution. -> You have to set your resolution in xorg.conf

To accomplish these two steps, boot into rescue mode after the installer reboots the firs time. To do so, enter "linux rescue" at the installer prompt, choose your language and keyboard, configure your network card, and let the installer mount your FC6 at /mnt/sysimage.
When you have done so, enter "chroot /mnt/sysimage".
Now you can install the kernel by entering "yum install kernel". After the kernel is installed, you can change the line "default=1" in /boot/grub/grub.conf to "default=0" to use the non-xen kernel as default.
To have a correct display, I added the line
Modes "1280x800"
(change 1280x800 to whatever resolution you like) beneath the line
Depth 24
in /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Now reboot your system and voila.

Oct 26, 2006, 04:00 PM #4
D Kensinger Junior Member Join: Oct 2006 Posts: 2	Success with Fedora Core 6 I succeeded in installing on a Macbook and the only thing I had to do was add the 1280x800 mode to get a useable resolution. However, I couldn't get the sound to work. Anyone else have problems with this? D Kensinger

Oct 26, 2006, 04:25 PM #5
davide Member Join: Sep 2006 Posts: 52	I haven't played with FC 6yet, but here's how I solved this in Slackware. The sound is muted by default. Run alsamixer as root and unmute everything and set the volume bars to 90%. If I recall, the 'm' key toggles the mute setting, arrow keys adjust the volume. You'll need to move thru all the settings. Then exit alsamixer and do 'alsactl store'. You'll probably need to add your username to the group 'audio'. 'gpasswd -a user audio' Reboot and see it if that works in FC. __________________ MacBook Pro 2.16Ghz, 2G RAM, 120G HD XP Pro VM, 512MB RAM, 8G Disk Slackware 11.0 VM, 256MB RAM, 8G Disk Ubuntu 6.06 VM, 256MB RAM, 8G Disk

Oct 26, 2006, 04:25 PM

davide
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I haven't played with FC 6yet, but here's how I solved this in Slackware. The sound is muted by default. Run alsamixer as root and unmute everything and set the volume bars to 90%. If I recall, the 'm' key toggles the mute setting, arrow keys adjust the volume. You'll need to move thru all the settings.

Then exit alsamixer and do 'alsactl store'.

You'll probably need to add your username to the group 'audio'.
'gpasswd -a user audio'

Reboot and see it if that works in FC.

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Oct 27, 2006, 04:34 PM #6
D Kensinger Junior Member Join: Oct 2006 Posts: 2	davide, Thanks for your quick reply. Indeed, all I had to do was go to System>Preferences>Sound and ensure the right device was selected (in my case it was the first Intel one on the list). And you were right, the sounds were muted by default. After that it worked great! Now I need to see if the fancy effects will work...

Oct 28, 2006, 03:39 PM

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I have a stupid question. How do I boot into rescue mode? I was able to boot into the grub menu, but I couldn't get it into rescue mode.

Quote:

Originally Posted by hans-dampf

Oct 28, 2006, 05:56 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by WordWarrior

I have a stupid question. How do I boot into rescue mode? I was able to boot into the grub menu, but I couldn't get it into rescue mode.

Nevermind. All I had to do was change the boot order to CD first, and once I applied the steps above, change it back to hard drive first.

Oct 29, 2006, 08:03 PM #9
dknightd Junior Member Join: Oct 2006 Posts: 1	The only problem I had was setting the resolution. It defaults to 1600x1200. I couldn't change it using the screen resolution preference pane. So I grabbed an /etc/X11/xorg.conf off another working machine and changed the resolution in that. Then no problem. During the install process the sound didn't work, but after it was installed it worked fine without any changes (I assume this was because during the install it could not access the PD sound processor). You've got to love this. OSX, WinXP, Fedora5, fedora6 all running at the same time on the same laptop! I use OSX for 90% of my stuff, but sometimes it is handy to have winxp and fedora available. Parallels is a great program. Thanks.

Oct 29, 2006, 08:03 PM

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The only problem I had was setting the resolution. It defaults to 1600x1200.
I couldn't change it using the screen resolution preference pane.
So I grabbed an /etc/X11/xorg.conf off another working machine
and changed the resolution in that.
Then no problem.

During the install process the sound didn't work, but after it was
installed it worked fine without any changes (I assume this was because
during the install it could not access the PD sound processor).

You've got to love this. OSX, WinXP, Fedora5, fedora6 all running at the same time on the same laptop! I use OSX for 90% of my stuff, but sometimes it is handy to have winxp and fedora available.

Parallels is a great program. Thanks.

Nov 2, 2006, 01:46 AM #10
jonmills Junior Member Join: Oct 2006 Posts: 2	This is solid advice. Unfortunately, yum crapped out on me. I received a segmentation fault. If this happens to you as well, then you'll need to manually download the kernel RPM from Fedora's site: ftp://ftp.net.usf.edu:21//pub/fedora...8.fc6.i686.rpm. Then install it manually with: rpm -ivh kernel-2.6.18-1.2798.fc6.i686.rpm, and then change your grub.conf, as described above.

Nov 2, 2006, 03:42 AM #11
andreground Junior Member Join: Jun 2006 Posts: 14	Yes! Thanks guys! It's working now! So nobody could use FC6 with more than 512MB ram? :( Will Parallels do something to fix this?

Nov 2, 2006, 09:46 AM #12
stephdau Junior Member Join: Nov 2006 Posts: 8	I have posted a ready-built Fedora Core 6 for people interested in trying out FC6, but not having the time or energy to install it themselves. :) You can read about and find it on my blog. It's using the default kernel, using the specific memory allocation trick, but that can easily be switched once Fedora is running. There's also a previous post on my first install, which actually refers to this very thread. Hoping it might help.

Nov 2, 2006, 09:46 AM

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stephdau
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I have posted a ready-built Fedora Core 6 for people interested in trying out FC6, but not having the time or energy to install it themselves. :)

You can read about and find it on my blog.

It's using the default kernel, using the specific memory allocation trick, but that can easily be switched once Fedora is running.

There's also a previous post on my first install, which actually refers to this very thread.

Hoping it might help.

Nov 2, 2006, 01:03 PM

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philjs
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Quote:

Originally Posted by andreground

Thanks guys!
It's working now!

So nobody could use FC6 with more than 512MB ram? :(

Will Parallels do something to fix this?

np

I don't think 512MB is a hard and fast limit, some folks have reported success with more memory yet reported failure at 512MB.

Regards,

Phil

Oct 29, 2006, 08:10 PM #14
jmac7 Junior Member Join: Oct 2006 Posts: 1	fc6 everything but desktop-effects. i got fc6 working with sound. Pretty smooth. there was 1 problem, X started but the screen was all squirrelly for lack of better word, diagonal hash marks all over the place. Copied over an xorg.conf from a fc3 system, edited it to use the vesa driver with low resolution and it started fine. Sound worked for me without any tweeking. tragiclly i dont think the desktop-effects are ever going to work with the vesa driver and this is the only driver i can get to work with X11. im running OS X 10.4.8 on a mac book pro, intel dual core cpu , with 2gb ram. Im running the latest parallels build 1840, it seems to be hiding more version info from me ;-)

Oct 29, 2006, 08:10 PM

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jmac7
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fc6 everything but desktop-effects.

i got fc6 working with sound. Pretty smooth.

there was 1 problem, X started but the screen
was all squirrelly for lack of better word, diagonal
hash marks all over the place. Copied over an
xorg.conf from a fc3 system, edited it to use the vesa
driver with low resolution and it started fine.

Sound worked for me without any tweeking.

tragiclly i dont think the desktop-effects are ever going to
work with the vesa driver and this is the only driver i can
get to work with X11.

im running OS X 10.4.8 on a mac book pro, intel dual core
cpu , with 2gb ram. Im running the latest parallels build 1840,
it seems to be hiding more version info from me ;-)

Oct 30, 2006, 04:36 AM #15
andreground Junior Member Join: Jun 2006 Posts: 14	Not working for me... Hi, I'm experiencing problems with FC6 under Parallels for MAC build 1940. I'm using the non xen kernel but it crashes at startup. Please have a look at the screenshot and help me! Thanks in advance!

Nov 1, 2006, 09:15 AM #16
andreground Junior Member Join: Jun 2006 Posts: 14	Please... Please help me!! Thanks in advance!

Nov 1, 2006, 05:31 PM #17
philjs Junior Member Join: Apr 2006 Posts: 8	Try reducing the memory available to the VM. I see a similar failure installing FC5 with 1GB RAM allocated however reducing the 512MB works. I believe there is a thread elsewhere covering this though it was rather old IIRC hence I'd hoped the problem would have been sorted by now. Regards, Phil

Nov 29, 2006, 12:36 PM #18
stephdau Junior Member Join: Nov 2006 Posts: 8	I have a complete install screencast at http://tekartist.blogspot.com/2006/1...nstall-in.html You ca also downlaod the reulting vm.

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