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KickStart fedora core 3 minimal exclude @base group

by Matt Higgins

I am attempting a minimal fc3 install <500 MB, I was shooting for <200MB. Looking at the @core package group from comps.xml. My calculations show this group to be about 130MB and its description tag reads "<description>Smallest possible installation</description>". However the "Minimal Install" from the installer is about 530MB. With some research it looks like, the minimal install is not just @core but also @base and @dialup. I can easily exclude @dialup by setting the uservisible tag to true and unselecting this package group. When I try the same for @base it does not show up in the package selection list? So my questions are these 1. Is it possible though some ks syntax to exclude a default package group from my kickstart config ? i.e. -@ PackageGroup ? If this were possible I may be able to try -@base and -@dialup leaving only @core. 2. Is it possible to not use any package group at all and simply select the packages I want ? In this case I would just list out all the rpms in the @core group and thats it .. possibly some extras. 3. Is there a way to create your own core package group.. this would sever the same purpose as number 2 but possibly make it more flexible. Note I know you can create your own extra package groups my goal is to modify the existing @core group. Some other things to note.. I have to use Fedora and I would like to have the kickstart totally unattended. I basically have the install unattended with PXE,TFTP,NFS,DHCP but .. I need to tweak the packages. -Matt

Jan. 30, 2005

[OT] Yet Another Perl Conference North America 2005 announces call-for-papers

by glim＠mycybernet.net

YAPC::NA 2005 (Yet Another Perl Conference, North America) has just released its call-for-papers; potential and aspiring speakers can submit a presentation proposal via: http://yapc.org/America/cfp-2005.shtml The dates of the conference are Monday - Wednesday 27-29 June 2005. The location will be in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Note that a different date block was previously announced, but has been moved to accomodate venue availability.) The close of the call-for-papers is April 18, 2005 at 11:59 pm. If you have any questions regarding the call-for-papers or speaking at YAPC::NA 2005 please email na-author(a)yapc.org We would love to hear from potential sponsors. Please contact the organizers at na-sponsor(a)yapc.org to learn about the benefits of sponsorship. Other information regarding the conference (e.g. venue, registration specifics) will be announced soon. We look forward to your submissions and a great conference!

Jan. 28, 2005

Re: [Wlug] Mailing list server upgrade

by Andy Stewart

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 26 January 2005 7:05 pm, Frank Sweetser wrote: > The server and mailing list are back up. Thanks, Frank! - -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFB+ESCHl0iXDssISsRAkz1AJ9iEzQ0ZLEOlZtrHGbtIaCw7n6BkgCeLTy3 8xBVpCCr4oojMTc9IFgb8do= =r34J -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

Jan. 26, 2005

Re: [Wlug] Mailing list server upgrade

by Frank Sweetser

The server and mailing list are back up. -- Frank Sweetser fs at wpi.edu WPI Network Engineer GPG fingerprint = 6174 1257 129E 0D21 D8D4 E8A3 8E39 29E3 E2E8 8CEC

Jan. 26, 2005

Mailing list server upgrade

by Frank Sweetser

The server that hosts the WLUG mailing list will be upgraded today from RH9 to FC3, so the mailing list will be temporarily unavailable. All subscriptions and configuration should remain unchanged. I'll send out another email to the list when the upgrade is complete. -- Frank Sweetser fs at wpi.edu WPI Network Engineer GPG fingerprint = 6174 1257 129E 0D21 D8D4 E8A3 8E39 29E3 E2E8 8CEC

Jan. 26, 2005

Re: [Wlug] Wireless and FC3

by Mike Leo

Never mind! Its working!! --- Mike Leo <mleo963(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > I have a new Dell D400 with a Broadcom 4309 wireless > card and I have installed FC3 and ndiswrapper. I > have > installed the "correct" Windows .inf file and > everybody is happy. > > when I iwlist wlan0 scan, it lists all the WAP's I > can > see correctly. > > However, I cannot get an IP address via DHCP, and > assigning one staticaly does not work. When i > dhclient wlan0, it finds the WAP, and the DHCP > server, > but refuses to accept an IP. > > My guess is that the ndiswrapper "trick" isn't > working > for this driver. > > Any thoughts? > > Thanks > Mike > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Read only the mail you want - Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard. > > http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Easier than ever with enhanced search. Learn more. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250

Jan. 25, 2005

Websphere MQ Messaging

by Andrew Robert

Hi Everyone, If anyone is interested, I've been compiling some documentation on IBM WebSphere MQ Messaging for the Unix/Linux environment. You can find it on my web site located at http://shardservant.no- ip.info:8080 . -- Andrew Robert <arobert(a)townisp.com>

Jan. 25, 2005

Wireless and FC3

by Mike Leo

I have a new Dell D400 with a Broadcom 4309 wireless card and I have installed FC3 and ndiswrapper. I have installed the "correct" Windows .inf file and everybody is happy. when I iwlist wlan0 scan, it lists all the WAP's I can see correctly. However, I cannot get an IP address via DHCP, and assigning one staticaly does not work. When i dhclient wlan0, it finds the WAP, and the DHCP server, but refuses to accept an IP. My guess is that the ndiswrapper "trick" isn't working for this driver. Any thoughts? Thanks Mike __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Read only the mail you want - Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail

Jan. 25, 2005

Re: [Wlug] samba printer config

by Bill Mills-Curran

On Sat, Jan 22, 2005 at 06:31:12PM -0500, Bill Mills-Curran wrote: > I'm floundering trying to get my fedora 3 machine to act as a print > server for an WinXP machine. The linux box is freshly built, and I > just moved my printer from my redhat 9 machine. > > What works: > > 1. Local printing. It's a USB printer, and it worked just fine from > the CUPS setup. > > What doesn't: > > 1. I can't "add printer" on the WinXP machine. > > 2. When I start the smb daemon, I get the following in the smbd log: > > [2005/01/22 18:14:51, 0] printing/nt_printing.c:nt_printing_init(383) > nt_printing_init: error checking published printers: > WERR_ACCESS_DENIED > > This looks like the problem to me, but I'm not sure. When I try to > add the printer in WinXP, I get a popup "Windows cannot connect to the > printer. Operation could not be completed." > > So, I'm stuck. (And under pressure -- my wife can't print!) > > Any advice? > > Thanks, > Bill After trying "everything", including building an older version of samba, I discovered that I had left the "security = share" out of the config file. Just another case of fat-fingering the file. Bill

Jan. 23, 2005

Re: [Wlug] audio on new machine

by Bill Mills-Curran

On Thu, Jan 20, 2005 at 10:49:32AM -0500, Keller, Tim wrote: > Well... it's not being utterly depreciated, it's being superseded with > "udev". Basically, the /dev directory has become dynamic. > > http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/hotplug/udev.html > > Explains it quite nicely. > > Tim. > > On Mon, 2005-01-17 at 23:01 -0500, Keith Wright wrote: > > > From: Bill Mills-Curran <bill(a)mills-curran.net> > > > > > > On Mon, Jan 17, 2005 at 09:50:22AM -0500, Keller, Tim wrote: > > > > > > > > You do realize that the /dev/ stuff is being progressively > > depreciated... > > > > Tim. > > > > > > Yeah, I've read about /dev going away, but I have no experience > > with > > > the replacement. > > > > > > BTW, you guys on WLUG are a tremendous resource. > > > > > > Bill > > > > Oh No! Don't let /dev go away! > > > > One of the first things I ever did with my first Linux system back in > > 1996 was accidentally delete /dev. The result was just horrible; > > I don't think I can take that again. > > > > Seriously, I haven't heard that /dev is deprecated. > > Who deprecates it? Where can I read about it going away? > > I assume the deprecator has a new plan well documented somewhere... > > > > -- Keith It turns out the solution was easy (Charles suggested it) -- upgrade. I can't find where the upgrade made the difference, but both my scanner and my cdrom behave now. I've got the right symlinks, too. Just a tip... Don't try to figure out the udev stuff in a hurry. It will make your head hurt. Bill

Jan. 23, 2005