[notting@redhat.com: Announcing the release of Fedora Core 3]

8 Nov 2004

      If anyone wants FC3, you can get it here:

http://download.wpi.edu/pub/linux/distributions/fedora/linux/core/3/

Release Notes below:

----- Forwarded message from Bill Nottingham <notting@redhat.com> -----

From: Bill Nottingham <notting@redhat.com>
To: mirror-list@redhat.com
Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2004 11:13:22 -0500
Subject: Announcing the release of Fedora Core 3
Message-ID: <20041108161322.GA18989@nostromo.devel.redhat.com>
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The Fedora Project and Red Hat would like to announce the third release of
Fedora Core.

Fedora Core 3 is a general purpose Linux operating system, available for x86
and x86-64 processors. Fedora Core 3, includes:

	- the 2.6.9 Linux kernel
	- Xorg 6.8.1
	- GNOME 2.8
	- KDE 3.3.0
	- GCC 3.4
	- SELinux

The Fedora Project would like to thank the thousands of community members whose
testing and contributions have raised the bar of quality and made this release
possible.

What is the Fedora Project?

	The Fedora Project is a Red Hat-sponsored and community-supported open
	source project that promotes rapid development of innovative open source
	software through a collaborative, community effort.  Fedora Core 3
	provides a complete Linux platform built exclusively from open source
	software. Available at no cost, the release serves the needs of
	community developers, testers, and other technology enthusiasts who wish
	to participate in and accelerate the technology development process. 

	As a community forum for advanced development, the Fedora Project
	provides early visibility to the latest open source technology and
	serves as a proving ground for technology that may eventually make its
	way into Red Hat's fully-supported commercial solutions such as Red Hat
	Enterprise Linux. Red Hat contributes development resources, editorial
	direction and management to the Fedora Project. 

	For more information, see http://fedora.redhat.com/

How Can I Get Fedora Core 3?

	Fedora Core 3 x86 or x86-64 Downloads are available from:
	http://fedora.redhat.com/download/ or from the network of
	mirrors in the Fedora Project distribution system. Users may
	prefer to download Fedora Core via BitTorrent, or via older
	file retrieval protocols such as HTTP, FTP, or RSYNC.

	BitTorrent typically provides faster download speeds than
	HTTP, FTP, or RSYNC.

	BitTorrent RPMS for Red Hat Linux and Fedora Core
	are available with detailed instructions at
	http://torrent.linux.duke.edu/

  From Red Hat:

  	http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/3/

  Via BitTorrent:

	http://torrent.linux.duke.edu/heidelberg-binary-i386.torrent
	http://torrent.linux.duke.edu/heidelberg-binary-x86_64.torrent

	http://sunsite.mff.cuni.cz/fedora-torrent/heidelberg-binary-i386-iso.torrent
	http://sunsite.mff.cuni.cz/fedora-torrent/heidelberg-binary-x86_64-iso.torre...

	See http://torrent.linux.duke.edu/ or http://sunsite.mff.cuni.cz/fedora-torrent/
	for other forms.

  Via HTTP/FTP/RSYNC from mirrors:

     * North America:

          * USA:

               * ftp://fedora.cat.pdx.edu/linux/core/3
               * http://fedora.cat.pdx.edu/linux/core/3
               * rsync://fedora.cat.pdx.edu/fedora-linux-core/3
               * ftp://mirror.stanford.edu/pub/mirrors/fedora/linux/core/3
               * http://mirror.stanford.edu/fedora/linux/core/3
               * rsync://mirror.stanford.edu/mirrors/fedora/linux/core/3
               * ftp://ftp.cse.buffalo.edu/pub/fedora/linux/core/3/
               * http://mirror.hiwaay.net/redhat/fedora/linux/core/3/
               * ftp://mirror.hiwaay.net/redhat/fedora/linux/core/3/
               * rsync://mirror.hiwaay.net/fedora-linux-core/3/
               * ftp://ftp.ndlug.nd.edu/pub/fedora/linux/core/3
               * http://ftp.ndlug.nd.edu/pub/fedora/linux/core/3
               * rsync://ftp.ndlug.nd.edu/fedora-linux-core/3
               * ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora/core/3
               * http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora/core/3
               * rsync://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora/core/3
               * http://fedora.glorb.com/core/3
               * ftp://ftp.ale.org/mirrors/fedora/linux/core/3
               * http://ftp.ale.org/mirrors/fedora/linux/core/3
               * http://mirror.linux.duke.edu/pub/fedora/linux/core/3/
               * ftp://mirror.linux.duke.edu/pub/fedora/linux/core/3/
               * rsync://mirror.linux.duke.edu/fedora-linux-core/3/
               * ftp://videl.ics.hawaii.edu/mirrors/fedora/linux/core/3/ -
                 Hawaii Only
               * ftp://redhat.secsup.org/pub/linux/redhat/fedora/core/3
               * http://redhat.secsup.org/fedora/core/3
               * rsync://fedora.secsup.org/core/3/
               * ftp://mirror.eas.muohio.edu/pub/fedora/linux/core/3
               * http://www.gtlib.cc.gatech.edu/pub/fedora.redhat/linux/core/3
               * ftp://ftp.gtlib.cc.gatech.edu/pub/fedora.redhat/linux/core/3
               * rsync://rsync.gtlib.cc.gatech.edu/fedora-linux-core/3
               * ftp://mirror.newnanutilities.org/pub/fedora/linux/core/3
               * http://mirror.newnanutilities.org/pub/fedora/linux/core/3
               * ftp://ftp.dc.aleron.net/pub/linux/fedora/linux/core/3/
               * http://ftp.dc.aleron.net/pub/linux/fedora/linux/core/3/
               * ftp://ftp.net.usf.edu/pub/fedora/linux/core/3

          * Canada:

               * ftp://less.cogeco.net/pub/fedora/linux/core/3/
               * http://less.cogeco.net/pub/fedora/linux/core/3/
               * ftp://ftp.nrc.ca/pub/systems/linux/redhat/fedora/linux/core/3/
               * rsync://ftp.nrc.ca/fedora/linux/core/3/
               * http://mirror.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/mirror/fedora/linux/core/3/
               * ftp://mirror.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/mirror/fedora/linux/core/3/
               * rsync://mirror.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/fedora/linux/core/3/
               * http://gulus.USherbrooke.ca/pub/distro/fedora/linux/core/3/
               * ftp://ftp.muug.mb.ca/pub/fedora/linux/core/3/
               * http://www.muug.mb.ca/pub/fedora/linux/core/3/
               * rsync://rsync.muug.mb.ca/fedora-linux-core/3/

     * South America:

          * Chile:

               * ftp://ftp.tecnoera.com/pub/fedora/linux/3/
               * http://ftp.tecnoera.com/pub/fedora/linux/3/
               * rsync://ftp.tecnoera.com/pub/fedora/linux/3/
               * ftp://mirror.netglobalis.net/pub/fedora/core/3/
               * http://mirror.netglobalis.net/pub/fedora/core/3/

          * Brazil:

               * ftp://ftp.las.ic.unicamp.br/pub/fedora/core/3/
               * http://www.las.ic.unicamp.br/pub/fedora/core/3/
               * rsync://rsync.las.ic.unicamp.br/fedora-linux-core/3

     * Europe:

          * Austria:

               * ftp://gd.tuwien.ac.at/opsys/linux/fedora/core/3/
               * http://gd.tuwien.ac.at/opsys/linux/fedora/core/3/
               * rsync://gd.tuwien.ac.at/opsys/linux/fedora/core/3/

          * Czech Republic:

               * ftp://sunsite.mff.cuni.cz/pub/fedora/3/
               * http://sunsite.mff.cuni.cz/pub/fedora/3/
               * rsync://sunsite.mff.cuni.cz/fedora/fedora/3/
               * ftp://ftp.fi.muni.cz/pub/linux/fedora-core/3/
               * rsync://ftp.fi.muni.cz/pub/linux/fedora-core/3/
               * ftp://ftp6.linux.cz/pub/linux/fedora-core/3/ (IPv6)
               * ftp://ftp.linux.cz/pub/linux/fedora-core/3/
               * ftp://ftp1.skynet.cz/pub/linux/fedora/3/

          * Denmark:

               * ftp://klid.dk/fedora/linux/core/3
               * http://klid.dk/homeftp/fedora/linux/core/3/

          * Estonia:

               * ftp://redhat.linux.ee/pub/fedora/linux/core/3/
               * http://redhat.linux.ee/pub/fedora/linux/core/3/

          * Finland:

               * ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/mirrors/ftp.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/3/
               * http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/mirrors/ftp.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/3/
               * ftp://ftp.ipv6.funet.fi/pub/mirrors/ftp.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/3/
               * http://ftp.ipv6.funet.fi/pub/mirrors/ftp.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/3/

          * France:

               * ftp://fr2.rpmfind.net/linux/fedora/core/3/
               * http://fr2.rpmfind.net/linux/fedora/core/3/
               * ftp://ftp.lip6.fr/pub/linux/distributions/fedora/3/
               * http://ftp.lip6.fr/pub/linux/distributions/fedora/3/
               * ftp://ftp.proxad.net/mirrors/fedora.redhat.com/fedora/linux/core/3/
               * http://ftp.crihan.fr/mirrors/fedora.redhat.com/fedora/linux/core/3
               * ftp://ftp.crihan.fr/mirrors/fedora.redhat.com/fedora/linux/core/3
               * rsync://ftp.crihan.fr/mirrors/fedora.redhat.com/fedora/linux/core/3

          * Germany:

               * ftp://ftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/fedora-core/3/
               * http://wftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/fedora-core/3/
               * ftp://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/Mirrors/fedora.redhat.com/linux/core/3/
               * http://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/Mirrors/fedora.redhat.com/linux/core/3/
               * rsync://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/fedora.redhat.com/linux/core/3
               * http://download.atrpms.net/mirrors/fedoracore/3/
               * ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de/pub/linux/Mirror/ftp.redhat.com/fedora/core/3
               * ftp://ftp.join.uni-muenster.de/pub/linux/distributions/fedora/linux/core/3/
               * http://ftp.join.uni-muenster.de/pub/linux/distributions/fedora/linux/core/3/
               * rsync: ftp.join.uni-muenster.de::fedora/linux/core/3/
               * ftp://ftp.stw-bonn.de/pub/mirror/fedora/linux/core/

          * Greece:

               * ftp://ftp.otenet.gr/pub/linux/fedora/linux/core/3/

          * Ireland:

               * http://ftp.esat.net/mirrors/download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core...
               * ftp://ftp.esat.net/mirrors/download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/3
               * rsync://ftp.esat.net/mirrors/download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/3
               * ftp://ftp.heanet.ie/pub/fedora/linux/core/3/
               * http://ftp.heanet.ie/pub/fedora/linux/core/3/
               * rsync://ftp.heanet.ie/pub/fedora/linux/core/3/

          * Netherlands:

               * ftp://alviss.et.tudelft.nl/pub/fedora/core/3/
               * ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/os/Linux/distr/fedora/3/
               * http://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/os/Linux/distr/fedora/3/
               * rsync://ftp.nluug.nl/Fedora/3/
               * ftp://ftp.surfnet.nl/pub/os/Linux/distr/fedora/3/
               * http://ftp.surfnet.nl/pub/os/Linux/distr/fedora/3/
               * rsync://ftp.surfnet.nl/Fedora/3/
               * ftp://ftp.quicknet.nl/pub/Linux/download.fedora.redhat.com/3
               * ftp://ftp.tudelft.nl/d1/Linux/download.fedora.redhat.com/3/

          * Norway:

               * ftp://ftp.uninett.no/pub/linux/Fedora/core/3/
               * rsync://ftp.uninett.no/fedora-linux-core/3/

          * Poland:

               * ftp://sunsite.icm.edu.pl/pub/Linux/fedora/linux/core/3/
               * http://sunsite.icm.edu.pl/pub/Linux/fedora/linux/core/3/
               * rsync://sunsite.icm.edu.pl/pub/Linux/fedora/linux/core/3/
               * ftp://ftp.wsisiz.edu.pl/pub/Linux/fedora/linux/core/3/
               * ftp://ftp.ps.pl/pub/linux/fedora-core/3
               * http://ftp.ps.pl/pub/linux/fedora-core/3

          * Portugal:

               * ftp://ftp.di.fct.unl.pt/pub/linux/fedora/3/
               * http://ftp.di.fct.unl.pt/pub/linux/fedora/3/

          * Romania:

               * ftp://ftp.iasi.roedu.net/pub/mirrors/fedora.redhat.com/core/3/
               * http://ftp.iasi.roedu.net/mirrors/fedora.redhat.com/core/3/
               * rsync://ftp.iasi.roedu.net/fedora-core/core/3/
               * ftp://ftp.lug.ro/fedora/linux/core/3
               * http://ftp.lug.ro/fedora/linux/core/3

          * Russia:

               * http://ftp.chg.ru/pub/Linux/fedora/linux/core/3/
               * ftp://ftp.chg.ru/pub/Linux/fedora/linux/core/3/

          * Spain:

               * ftp://ftp.udl.es/pub/fedora/linux/core/3/
               * http://ftp.udl.es/pub/fedora/linux/core/3/
               * rsync://ftp.udl.es/fedora/linux/core/3/
               * ftp://ftp.cica.es/fedora/linux/core/3/
               * http://sunsite.rediris.es/mirror/fedora.redhat/3
               * ftp://ftp.rediris.es/mirror/fedora.redhat/3

          * Slovenia:

               * http://mirrors.bevc.net/fedora/core/3/
               * ftp://ftp.bevc.net/mirrors/fedora/core/3/

          * Sweden:

               * ftp://ftp.chl.chalmers.se/pub/fedora/linux/core/3/

          * United Kingdom:

               * http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/lin...
               * ftp://ftp.mirrorservice.org/sites/download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/3/
               * rsync://rsync.mirrorservice.org/sites/download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/3/

     * Asia/Pacific:

          * Australia:

               * http://planetmirror.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/3/
               * ftp://ftp.planetmirror.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/3/
               * rsync://rsync.planetmirror.com/fedora-linux-core/3/
               * ftp://ftp.netcraft.com.au/pub/fedora/linux/core/3/

          * China:

               * ftp://ftp.hostrino.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/3/
               * http://ftp.hostrino.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/3/

          * Japan:

               * ftp://ftp.riken.jp/Linux/fedora/core/3/
               * http://ftp.riken.jp/Linux/fedora/core/3/
               * rsync://ftp.riken.jp/fedora/core/3/
               * ftp://download.sfc.wide.ad.jp/pub/Linux/Fedora/3/
               * http://download.sfc.wide.ad.jp/pub/Linux/Fedora/3/
               * ftp://ftp.kddialbs.jp/Linux/packages/fedora/core/3/
               * http://ftp.kddialbs.jp/Linux/packages/fedora/core/3/
               * rsync://ftp.kddilabs.jp/fedora/core/3/

          * New Zealand:

               * ftp://ftp.wicks.co.nz/pub/linux/dist/fedora/3/

          * Taiwan:

               * http://ftp.isu.edu.tw/pub/Linux/Fedora/linux/core/3
               * ftp://ftp.isu.edu.tw/pub/Linux/Fedora/linux/core/3

     More mirrors will come on line as time passes; please see
         http://fedora.redhat.com/download/mirrors.html
     for a list of mirrors that carry Fedora Core.

                          Fedora Core 3 Release Notes

   Copyright (c) 2004 Red Hat, Inc.

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Introduction

   The Fedora Project is an openly-developed project designed by Red Hat,
   open for general participation, led by a meritocracy, and following a set
   of project objectives. The results from this project include Fedora Core,
   a complete, general-purpose operating system built exclusively from open
   source software.

  Note

   Fedora Core is not a supported product of Red Hat, Inc.

   For more information, refer to the Fedora Project overview later in this
   document.

   The following topics related to Fedora Core 3 are covered in this
   document:

     o Introduction (this section)

     o Hardware requirements

     o Overview of this release

     o Installation-related notes

     o Package-specific notes

     o Packages added/removed/deprecated

     o An overview of the Fedora Project

Hardware Requirements

   The following information represents the minimum hardware requirements
   necessary to successfully install Fedora Core 3.

  Note

   The compatibility/availability of other hardware components (such as video
   and network cards) may be required for specific installation modes and/or
   post-installation usage.

  CPU Requirements

   This section lists the CPU specifications required by Fedora Core 3.

  Note

   The following CPU specifications are stated in terms of Intel processors.
   Other processors (notably, offerings from AMD, Cyrix, and VIA) that are
   compatible with and equivalent to the following Intel processors may also
   be used with Fedora Core.

     o Minimum: Pentium-class

       Fedora Core 3 is optimized for Pentium 4 CPUs, but also supports
       earlier CPUs (such as Pentium, Pentium Pro, Pentium II, Pentium III,
       and including AMD and VIA variants). This approach has been taken
       because Pentium-class optimizations actually result in reduced
       performance for non-Pentium-class processors, and Pentium 4 scheduling
       is sufficiently different (while making up the bulk of today's
       processors) to warrant this change.

     o Recommended for text-mode: 200 MHz Pentium-class or better

     o Recommended for graphical: 400 MHz Pentium II or better

  Hard Disk Space Requirements

   This section lists the disk space required to install Fedora Core 3.

  Note

   The disk space requirements listed below represent the disk space taken up
   by Fedora Core 3 after the installation is complete. However, additional
   disk space is required during the installation to support the installation
   environment. This additional disk space corresponds to the size of
   /Fedora/base/stage2.img (on CD-ROM 1) plus the size of the files in
   /var/lib/rpm on the installed system.

   In practical terms, this means that as little as an additional 90MB can be
   required for a minimal installation, while as much as an additional 175MB
   can be required for an "everything" installation.

   Also, keep in mind that additional space will be required for any user
   data, and at least 5% free space should be maintained for proper system
   operation.

     o Custom Installation (Minimal): 620MB

     o Server: 1.1GB

     o Personal Desktop: 2.3GB

     o Workstation: 3.0GB

     o Custom Installation (Everything): 6.9GB

  Memory Requirements

   This section lists the memory required to install Fedora Core 3.

     o Minimum for text-mode: 64MB

     o Minimum for graphical: 192MB

     o Recommended for graphical: 256MB

Overview of This Release

   The following list includes brief summaries of some of the more
   significant aspects of Fedora Core 3:

     o Fedora Core 3 contains the following changes:

          o GCC 3.4

          o GNOME 2.8

          o KDE 3.3

          o SELinux -- This includes a new "targeted" policy that monitors
            specific daemons with less intrusion than the strict policy in
            use before. This policy is enabled by default. For more
            information, refer to:

            [2]http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/selinux-faq/

          o Indic language support

          o Firefox and Mozilla can be enabled with pango rendering support,
            which enables many text layout features, including the rendering
            of CTL (Complex Text Layout) such as Indic languages. To enable
            this, set the following environment variable when running Firefox
            or Mozilla:

            MOZ_ENABLE_PANGO=1

          o Kernel and e2fsprogs support for online growing of ext3 file
            systems

          o Various desktop-related features, including, but not limited to:

               o Remote desktops using VNC
                 ([3]http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-desktop-list/2004-June/msg00007.html)

               o Printing improvements
                 ([4]http://mail.gnome.org/archives/desktop-devel-list/2004-June/msg00370.html)

               o Evolution 2.0

  Note

   VMware WS 4.5.2 is known to work on Fedora Core 3 after the following
   workarounds are used:

     o You must upgrade the kernel modules and configuration using the
       unofficial vmware-any-any-* toolkit available from:

       [5]http://platan.vc.cvut.cz/ftp/pub/vmware/

     o After vmware-config.pl is run and the VMware modules are loaded, the
       following command creates the /sys/class/* nodes needed for udev:

       cp -rp /dev/vm* /etc/udev/devices/

Installation-Related Notes

   This section outlines those issues that are related to Anaconda (the
   Fedora Core installation program) and installing Fedora Core 3 in general.

  Note

   If you intend to download the Fedora Core 3 DVD ISO image, keep in mind
   that not all file downloading tools can accommodate files larger than 2GB
   in size. For example, wget will exit with a File size limit exceeded
   error.

   The curl and ncftpget file downloading tools do not have this limitation,
   and can successfully download files larger than 2GB.

  Anaconda Notes

     o The Fedora Core installation program has the ability to test the
       integrity of the installation media. It works with the CD, DVD, hard
       drive ISO, and NFS ISO installation methods. Red Hat recommends that
       you test all installation media before starting the installation
       process, and before reporting any installation-related bugs (many of
       the bugs reported are actually due to improperly-burned CDs). To use
       this test, type linux mediacheck at the boot: prompt.

     o Memory testing may be performed prior to installing Fedora Core by
       entering memtest86 at the boot: prompt. This causes the Memtest86
       standalone memory testing software to run. Memtest86 memory testing
       continues until the Esc key is pressed.

       NOTE: You must boot from CD-ROM 1 (or a rescue CD-ROM) in order to use
       this feature.

     o Fedora Core 3 supports graphical FTP and HTTP installations. However,
       due to the necessity of containing the installer image in RAM, only
       systems with more than 128MB of RAM (or systems booted from CD-ROM 1,
       which contains the installer image) can use the graphical installer.
       Systems with 128MB or less will continue to use the text-based
       installer.

  Installation-Related Issues

     o Certain hardware configurations (particularly those with LCD displays)
       may experience problems while starting the Fedora Core installation
       program. In these instances, restart the installation, and add the
       "nofb" option to the boot command line.

       NOTE: Chinese, Japanese, and Korean graphical installations started
       using the "nofb" option will start in English, and then switch to the
       appropriate language once the graphical phase of the installation
       process begins.

     o Some Sony VAIO(R) notebook systems may experience problems installing
       Fedora Core from CD-ROM. If this happens, restart the installation
       process and add the following option to the boot command line:

       pci=off ide1=0x180,0x386

       This option allows the installation to proceed normally; any devices
       not detected due to the use of this option will be configured the
       first time Fedora Core is booted.

     o Serial mice are known to be inoperative during installation. However,
       there are indications that serial mice work properly in X after the
       installation has completed. Refer to bug 119474 for more information:

       [6]http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=119474

     o There have been issues observed when upgrading Red Hat Linux 7.<x>,
       8.0, 9, and Fedora Core 1 systems running Ximian GNOME. The issue is
       caused by version overlap between the official Red Hat Linux RPMs (or
       the ones from the Fedora Project) and the Ximian RPMs. This
       configuration is not supported. You have several choices in resolving
       this issue:

       1) You may remove Ximian GNOME from your system prior to upgrading to
       Fedora Core.

       2) You may upgrade your system, and then immediately reinstall Ximian
       GNOME.

       3) You may upgrade your system, and then immediately remove all
       remaining Ximian RPMs, replacing them with the corresponding Fedora
       Core RPMs.

       You must resolve the version overlap using one of the above choices.
       Failure to do so will result in an unstable GNOME configuration.

Package-Specific Notes

   The following sections contain information regarding packages that have
   undergone significant changes for Fedora Core 3. For easier access, they
   are organized using the same groups used in Anaconda.

  Base

   This section contains information related to basic system components.

    openssh

   Fedora Core 3 contains OpenSSH 3.9, which includes strict permission and
   ownership checks for the ~/.ssh/config file. These checks mean that ssh
   will exit if this file does not have appropriate ownership and
   permissions.

   Therefore, make sure that ~/.ssh/config is owned by the owner of ~/, and
   that its permissions are set to mode 600.

   In addition, OpenSSH is no longer configured to request X11 forwarding by
   default when connecting to servers. To enable X11 forwarding, the -X or -Y
   option must be specified, or the ForwardX11 option must be enabled in the
   ~/.ssh/config file.

   The behavior of ssh clients that are invoked with the -X flag has changed.
   In OpenSSH 3.8 and later, X11 forwarding is performed in a way that
   applications run as untrusted clients by default. Previously, X11
   forwarding was performed so that applications always ran as trusted
   clients. Some applications may not function properly when run as untrusted
   clients. To forward X11 so that applications are run as trusted clients,
   invoke ssh with the -Y flag instead of the -X flag, or set
   ForwardX11Trusted in the ~/.ssh/config file.

  Core

   This section contains the most elemental components of Fedora Core,
   including the kernel.

    e2fsprogs

   The ext2online utility has been added for online growing of existing ext3
   file systems.

  Note

   It is important to keep in mind that ext2online does not grow the
   underlying block device itself -- there must be sufficient unused space
   already present on the device. The easiest way to ensure this is to use
   LVM volumes and to run lvresize or lvextend to extend the device.

   In addition, file systems must be specially prepared in order to be
   resized past a certain point. The preparation involves reserving a small
   amount of space into which on-disk tables can grow. For newly-created file
   systems, mke2fs reserves such space automatically; the space reserved is
   sufficient to grow the file system by a factor of 1000. The creation of
   this reserved space can be disabled by the following command:

   mke2fs -O ^resize_inode

   Future releases of Fedora Core will allow the creation of this reserved
   space on existing file systems.

    glibc

     o The version of glibc provided with Fedora Core 3 performs additional
       internal sanity checks to prevent and detect data corruption as early
       as possible. By default, should corruption be detected, a message
       similar to the following will be displayed on standard error (or
       logged via syslog if stderr is not open):

       *** glibc detected *** double free or corruption: 0x0937d008 ***

       By default, the program that generated this error will also be killed;
       however, this (and whether or not an error message is generated) can
       be controlled via the MALLOC_CHECK_ environment variable. The
       following settings are supported:

          o 0 -- Do not generate an error message, and do not kill the
            program

          o 1 -- Generate an error message, but do not kill the program

          o 2 -- Do not generate an error message, but kill the program

          o 3 -- Generate an error message and kill the program

  Note

       If MALLOC_CHECK_ is explicitly set a value other than 0, this causes
       glibc to perform more tests that are more extensive than the default,
       and may impact performance.

       Should you have a program from a third party ISV that triggers these
       corruption checks and displays a message, you should file a defect
       report with the application's vendor, since this indicates a serious
       bug.

    hotplug

   The location where hotplug expects firmware to be loaded into (for
   example, firmware for Cardbus cards) has changed from
   /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware to /lib/firmware. Existing firmware files must
   be moved into the new directory.

    kernel

     o In the past, the process of updating the kernel did not change the
       default kernel in the system's boot loader configuration.

       Fedora Core 3 changes this behavior to set newly-installed kernels as
       the default. This behavior applies to all installation methods
       (including rpm -i).

       This behavior is controlled by two lines in the /etc/sysconfig/kernel
       file:

          o UPGRADEDEFAULT -- Controls whether new kernels will be booted by
            default (default value: yes)

          o DEFAULTKERNEL -- kernel RPMs whose names match this value will be
            booted by default (default value: depends on hardware
            configuration)

     o In order to eliminate the redundancy inherent in providing a separate
       package for the kernel source code when that source code already
       exists in the kernel's .src.rpm file, Fedora Core 3 no longer includes
       the kernel-source package. Users that require access to the kernel
       sources can find them in the kernel .src.rpm file. To create an
       exploded source tree from this file, perform the following steps (note
       that <version> refers to the version specification for your
       currently-running kernel):

         1. Obtain the kernel-<version>.src.rpm file from one of the
            following sources:

               o The SRPMS directory on the appropriate "SRPMS" CD iso image

               o The FTP site where you got the kernel package

               o By running the following command:

                 up2date --get-source kernel

         2. Install kernel-<version>.src.rpm (given the default RPM
            configuration, the files this package contains will be written to
            /usr/src/redhat/)

         3. Change directory to /usr/src/redhat/SPECS/, and issue the
            following command:

            rpmbuild -bp --target=<arch> kernel.spec

            (Where <arch> is the desired target architecture.)

            On a default RPM configuration, the kernel tree will be located
            in /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/.

         4. In resulting tree, the configurations for the specific kernels
            shipped in Fedora Core 3 are in the /configs/ directory. For
            example, the i686 SMP configuration file is named
            /configs/kernel-<version>-i686-smp.config. Issue the following
            command to place the desired configuration file in the proper
            place for building:

            cp <desired-file> ./.config

         5. Issue the following command:

            make oldconfig

       You can then proceed as usual.

  Note

       An exploded source tree is not required to build kernel modules
       against the currently in-use kernel.

       For example, to build the foo.ko module, create the following file
       (named Makefile) in the directory containing the foo.c file:

 obj-m    := foo.o

 KDIR    := /lib/modules/$(shell uname -r)/build
 PWD    := $(shell pwd)

 default:
     $(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) SUBDIRS=$(PWD) modules

       Issue the make command to build the foo.ko module.

     o I[2]O SCSI RAID adapters from manufacturers such as Adaptec now use
       the i2o_block driver, rather than the dpt_i2o driver used by Fedora
       Core 1 and earlier distributions.

       Be aware that block devices used by the i2o_block driver are
       /dev/i2o/hd* rather than the /dev/sd* SCSI devices. This may be
       problematic for those upgrading from older distributions that used the
       dpt_i2o driver. Therefore, after an upgrade to Fedora Core 3, you may
       need to boot using a rescue disk and edit your /etc/fstab file to use
       the new devices.

       For more information about the new I[2]O device layer and Fedora
       Core-specific notes, visit the I[2]O homepage:

       [7]http://i2o.shadowconnect.com/

  Language Support

   This section includes information related to the support of various
   languages under Fedora Core.

    iiimf

     o The default Input Method (IM) for Chinese (Simplified and
       Traditional), Japanese, and Korean has been changed to IIIMF -- the
       Internet/Intranet Input Method Framework. IIIMF is supported as a
       native GTK2 IM module, and also through XIM using the httx client.
       IIIMF supports the use of multiple Language Engines (LEs) at the same
       time; using the GNOME Input Method Language Engine Tool (GIMLET -- an
       applet) it is possible to switch between LEs of different languages
       inside GTK2 applications.

       IIIMF currently defaults to using Ctrl-Space or Shift-Space for
       toggling the input method on and off (Emacs users can use Ctrl-@
       instead of Ctrl-Space to set the mark.)

       Depending on your selection at the language support screen during
       installation, one or more IIIMF language engines may be installed. The
       IIIMF server package (iiimf-server) will also be installed if a
       language engine has been selected. The language to language engine
       (LE) package mappings are as follows:

          o ja_JP -- iiimf-le-canna

          o zh_CN -- iiimf-le-chinput

          o zh_TW -- iiimf-le-xcin

          o ko_KR -- iiimf-le-hangul

          o {bn,gu,pa,ta,hi}_IN -- iiimf-le-unit

       Accordingly, input via IIIMF will be enabled if you have chosen one of
       the following as your default locale:

          o ja_JP

          o zh_CN

          o zh_TW

          o ko_KR

          o {bn,gu,pa,ta,hi}_IN

       To aid your use of IIIMF, if you have selected one of the above
       locales and you are using the GNOME Desktop, when you first login the
       GIMLET utility (part of the iiimf-gnome-im-switcher package) will
       automatically be added to your panel.

       GIMLET is a utility for switching between the different LEs that are
       installed on your system. Using a different language engine allows you
       to enter text in different languages. Alternatively you may add GIMLET
       manually to your panel by right clicking on the panel and selecting:

       Add to Panel -> GIMLET

       Should you wish to switch between IIIMF or the legacy input method
       framework XIM, you can use the system-switch-im application. After
       changing the input method framework your changes will be reflected
       when you next start the X Window System.

  Mail Server

   This section contains information related to the mail transport agents
   included with Fedora Core.

    mailman

   Earlier mailman RPMs installed all files under the /var/mailman/
   directory. Unfortunately, this did not conform to the Filesystem Hierarchy
   Standard (FHS) and also created security violations when SELinux was
   enabled.

   If you previously had mailman installed and had edited files in
   /var/mailman/ (such as mm_cfg.py) you must move those changes to their new
   location, as documented in the following file:

   /usr/share/doc/mailman-*/INSTALL.REDHAT

    sendmail

     o By default, the Sendmail mail transport agent (MTA) does not accept
       network connections from any host other than the local computer. If
       you want to configure Sendmail as a server for other clients, you must
       edit /etc/mail/sendmail.mc and change the DAEMON_OPTIONS line to also
       listen on network devices (or comment out this option entirely using
       the dnl comment delimiter). You must then regenerate
       /etc/mail/sendmail.cf by running the following command (as root):

       make -C /etc/mail

       Note that you must have the sendmail-cf package installed for this to
       work.

  Server Configuration Tools

   This section contains information related to various server configuration
   tools.

    system-config-securitylevel

   The firewall constructed by the system-config-securitylevel configuration
   tool now allows CUPS and Multicast DNS (mDNS) browsing. Note that, at the
   present time, these services cannot be disabled by
   system-config-securitylevel.

  Sound and Video

   This section contains information related to multimedia applications.

    k3b

   Past users of the CD/DVD burning application k3b may notice that the
   program k3bsetup is missing. This is because k3bsetup is not necessary
   under Fedora Core 3.

  Web Server

   This section contains information related to Web-related tools.

    crypto-utils

   The certwatch(1) tool has been added to the crypto-utils package. This
   tool is used to send warning mail to root when any configured SSL
   certificates have expired or are approaching the expiration date. By
   default, the tool checks any certificates that are enabled in the mod_ssl
   configuration.

    httpd

   By default, the httpd daemon is now started using the C locale, rather
   than using the configured system locale setting. This behavior can be
   changed by setting the HTTPD_LANG variable in the /etc/sysconfig/httpd
   file.

    php

   The gd, mbstring, and ncurses extensions have been moved to the php-gd,
   php-mbstring, and php-ncurses packages, respectively. Note that you will
   need to install these packages manually (if required) when upgrading from
   an earlier release.

  Windows File Server

   This section contains information related to Samba, software that makes it
   possible to share files between Linux and Windows systems.

    samba

   Browsing of Windows shares (also known as SMB browsing) fails on Fedora
   Core 3 systems that have the standard firewall configured. This is most
   easily noticed in the failure of Nautilus to display shares. The failure
   is due to the firewall disrupting the broadcast mode of SMB browsing,
   which is Samba's default setting. There are two workarounds:

     o Configure a WINS server on the network, and set the "wins server"
       option in smb.conf to the address of the WINS server.

     o Disable the firewall

  Warning

   Depending on your system and network configurations, disabling the
   firewall can greatly increase the chance of your system being attacked and
   compromised. Make sure you fully understand the risks before undertaking
   this step.

   For additional information, refer to the following bug report:

   [8]https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=133478

  X Window System

   This section contains information related to the X Window System
   implementation provided with Fedora Core.

    xorg-x11

     o Users new to the X.org X11 implementation should take note of a few
       differences between it and the XFree86.org X11 implementation which
       shipped in previous Red Hat operating systems. In particular, the
       names of some files have changed:

       X Server Binary:

          o XFree86 X11: XFree86

          o X.org X11: Xorg

       X Server Configuration File:

          o XFree86 X11: /etc/X11/XF86Config

          o X.org X11: /etc/X11/xorg.conf

       X Server Log File

          o XFree86 X11: /var/log/XFree86.$DISPLAY.log

          o X.org X11: /var/log/Xorg.$DISPLAY.log

       When configuring or troubleshooting your X server configuration, be
       sure that you are using the correct files.

     o There has been some confusion regarding font-related issues under the
       X Window System in recent versions of Fedora Core (and versions of Red
       Hat Linux before it.) At the present time, there are two font
       subsystems, each with different characteristics:

       - The original (15+ year old) subsystem is referred to as the "core X
       font subsystem". Fonts rendered by this subsystem are not
       anti-aliased, are handled by the X server, and have names like:

       -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--10-100-75-75-c-60-iso8859-1

       The newer font subsystem is known as "fontconfig", and allows
       applications direct access to the font files. Fontconfig is often used
       along with the "Xft" library, which allows applications to render
       fontconfig fonts to the screen with antialiasing. Fontconfig uses more
       human-friendly names like:

       Luxi Sans-10

       Over time, fontconfig/Xft will replace the core X font subsystem. At
       the present time, applications using the Qt 3 or GTK 2 toolkits (which
       would include KDE and GNOME applications) use the fontconfig and Xft
       font subsystem; most everything else uses the core X fonts.

       In the future, Fedora Core may support only fontconfig/Xft in place of
       the XFS font server as the default local font access method.

       NOTE: An exception to the font subsystem usage outlined above is
       OpenOffice.org (which uses its own font rendering technology).

       If you wish to add new fonts to your Fedora Core 3 system, you must be
       aware that the steps necessary depend on which font subsystem is to
       use the new fonts. For the core X font subsystem, you must:

       1. Create the /usr/share/fonts/local/ directory (if it doesn't already
       exist):

       mkdir /usr/share/fonts/local/

       2. Copy the new font file into /usr/share/fonts/local/

       3. Update the font information by issuing the following commands (note
       that, due to formatting restrictions, the following commands may
       appear on more than one line; in use, each command should be entered
       on a single line):

       ttmkfdir -d /usr/share/fonts/local/ -o
       /usr/share/fonts/local/fonts.scale

       mkfontdir /usr/share/fonts/local/

       4. If you had to create /usr/share/fonts/local/, you must then add it
       to the X font server (xfs) path:

       chkfontpath --add /usr/share/fonts/local/

       Adding new fonts to the fontconfig font subsystem is more
       straightforward; the new font file only needs to be copied into the
       /usr/share/fonts/ directory (individual users can modify their
       personal font configuration by copying the font file into the
       ~/.fonts/ directory).

       After the new font has been copied, use fc-cache to update the font
       information cache:

       fc-cache <directory>

       (Where <directory> would be either the /usr/share/fonts/ or ~/.fonts/
       directories.)

       Individual users may also install fonts graphically, by browsing
       fonts:/// in Nautilus, and dragging the new font files there.

       NOTE: If the font filename ends with ".gz", it has been compressed
       with gzip, and must be decompressed (with the gunzip command) before
       the fontconfig font subsystem can use the font.

     o Due to the transition to the new font system based on fontconfig/Xft,
       GTK+ 1.2 applications are not affected by any changes made via the
       Font Preferences dialog. For these applications, a font can be
       configured by adding the following lines to the file ~/.gtkrc.mine:

       style "user-font" {

       fontset = "<font-specification>"

       }

       widget_class "*" style "user-font"

       (Where <font-specification> represents a font specification in the
       style used by traditional X applications, such as
       "-adobe-helvetica-medium-r-normal--*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*".)

  Miscellaneous Notes

   This section contains information related to packages that do not fit in
   any of the proceeding categories.

    compat-db

   C++ and TCL bindings are no longer contained in the compat-db package.
   Applications requiring these bindings must be ported to the
   currently-shipping DB library.

    nscd

   The nscd name service cache daemon may now maintain a persistent cache
   across restarts or system reboots. Each database (user, group, and host,
   respectively) can be made selected to be persistent by setting the
   appropriate line in /etc/nscd.conf to "yes". Entries are not removed from
   the cache until they are proven to be no longer of interest. All entries
   whose time-to-live expires but are otherwise interesting are automatically
   reloaded, which helps in situations where the directory and name services
   become temporarily unavailable.

   The nscd name service daemon is also able to communicate faster with
   client programs. This feature must be enabled explicitly by setting the
   "shared" entry for the appropriate database in /etc/nscd.conf to "yes".

    udev

   Fedora Core 3 has switched from a static /dev/ directory to one that is
   dynamically managed via udev. This allows device nodes to be created on
   demand as drivers are loaded.

   For more information on udev, refer to the udev(8) man page and the
   following link:

   [9]http://people.redhat.com/~harald/udev.html

   Additional rules for udev should be placed in a separate file in the
   /etc/udev/rules.d/ directory.

   Additional permission rules for udev should be placed in a separate file
   in the /etc/udev/permissions.d/ directory.

   Systems upgraded to Fedora Core 3 using Anaconda will automatically be
   reconfigured to use udev. However (although NOT recommended) it is
   possible to perform a "live" upgrade to udev using the following steps:

    1. Ensure that you are running a 2.6 kernel

    2. Ensure that /sys/ is mounted

    3. Install the initscripts RPM supplied with Fedora Core 3

    4. Install the new udev RPM supplied with Fedora Core 3

    5. Execute /sbin/start_udev

    6. Install the new mkinitrd RPM supplied with Fedora Core 3

    7. Perform one of the following steps:

       . Install the new kernel RPM supplied with Fedora Core 3

       OR:

       . Re-run mkinitrd for your existing kernel(s)

  Warning

   Improperly performing these steps can result in a system configuration
   that will not boot properly.

Packages Added/Removed/Deprecated

   This section contains lists of packages that fit into the following
   categories:

     o Packages that have been added to Fedora Core 3

     o Packages that have been removed from Fedora Core 3

     o Packages that have been deprecated, and may be removed from a future
       release of Fedora Core

  Packages Added

   The following packages have been added to Fedora Core 3:

     o HelixPlayer

     o NetworkManager

     o NetworkManager-gnome

     o Pyrex

     o aiksaurus

     o aiksaurus-devel

     o aiksaurus-gtk

     o aiksaurus-gtk-devel

     o arptables_jf

     o aspell-af

     o aspell-bg

     o aspell-br

     o aspell-ca

     o aspell-cs

     o aspell-cy

     o aspell-el

     o aspell-fo

     o aspell-ga

     o aspell-gd

     o aspell-gl

     o aspell-hr

     o aspell-ia

     o aspell-id

     o aspell-it

     o aspell-pl

     o audit

     o authd

     o bluez-utils-cups

     o bzflag

     o compat-openldap

     o crash

     o createrepo

     o crypto-utils

     o cscope

     o cyrus-sasl-ntlm

     o cyrus-sasl-sql

     o dasher

     o db4-java

     o dbus-python

     o dhcpv6

     o dhcpv6_client

     o diskdumputils

     o dmraid

     o docbook-simple

     o docbook-slides

     o ecj

     o epiphany-devel

     o evolution-connector

     o evolution-data-server

     o evolution-data-server-devel

     o evolution-webcal

     o fedora-release

     o firefox

     o fonts-xorg-100dpi

     o fonts-xorg-75dpi

     o fonts-xorg-ISO8859-14-100dpi

     o fonts-xorg-ISO8859-14-75dpi

     o fonts-xorg-ISO8859-15-100dpi

     o fonts-xorg-ISO8859-15-75dpi

     o fonts-xorg-ISO8859-2-100dpi

     o fonts-xorg-ISO8859-2-75dpi

     o fonts-xorg-ISO8859-9-100dpi

     o fonts-xorg-ISO8859-9-75dpi

     o fonts-xorg-base

     o fonts-xorg-cyrillic

     o fonts-xorg-syriac

     o fonts-xorg-truetype

     o gamin

     o gamin-devel

     o gcc4

     o gcc4-c++

     o gcc4-gfortran

     o gda-mysql

     o gda-odbc

     o gda-postgres

     o gettext-devel

     o gnome-keyring-manager

     o gnome-nettool

     o gnome-volume-manager

     o gnuplot-emacs

     o gnutls

     o gnutls-devel

     o gok-devel

     o hal

     o hal-cups-utils

     o hal-devel

     o hal-gnome

     o howl

     o howl-devel

     o howl-libs

     o httpd-suexec

     o iiimf-gnome-im-switcher

     o iiimf-le-chinput

     o iiimf-le-sun-thai

     o iiimf-libs

     o iiimf-libs-devel

     o java-1.4.2-gcj-compat

     o java-1.4.2-gcj-compat-devel

     o jpackage-utils

     o katana

     o katana-build

     o kde-i18n-Bulgarian

     o kdeaddons-xmms

     o kdenetwork-nowlistening

     o kdewebdev

     o kdewebdev-devel

     o kinput2

     o krb5-auth-dialog

     o libbtctl-devel

     o libgda

     o libgda-devel

     o libgfortran

     o libgnomedb

     o libgnomedb-devel

     o libidn

     o libidn-devel

     o libmudflap

     o libmudflap-devel

     o libsepol

     o libsepol-devel

     o libsilc

     o libsilc-devel

     o libsilc-doc

     o libtheora

     o libtheora-devel

     o libwmf

     o libwmf-devel

     o linuxwacom

     o linuxwacom-devel

     o mikmod-devel

     o mod_authz_ldap

     o module-init-tools

     o nautilus-cd-burner-devel

     o net-snmp-libs

     o newt-perl

     o nptl-devel (i386)

     o numactl

     o octave-devel

     o openldap-servers-sql

     o openoffice.org-kde

     o openswan

     o pam_ccreds

     o pam_passwdqc

     o php-gd

     o php-mbstring

     o php-ncurses

     o python-ldap

     o qt-config

     o rpm-libs

     o selinux-policy-strict

     o selinux-policy-strict-sources

     o selinux-policy-targeted

     o selinux-policy-targeted-sources

     o sg3_utils

     o synaptics

     o sysfsutils

     o sysfsutils-devel

     o system-switch-im

     o theora-tools

     o thunderbird

     o tn5250

     o tn5250-devel

     o totem

     o ttfonts-bn

     o ttfonts-gu

     o ttfonts-hi

     o ttfonts-pa

     o ttfonts-ta

     o valgrind

     o valgrind-callgrind

     o vino

     o xfce4-iconbox

     o xfce4-systray

     o xffm-icons

     o xfprint

     o xorg-x11-Xdmx

     o xorg-x11-deprecated-libs

     o xorg-x11-deprecated-libs-devel

  Packages Removed

   The following packages have been removed from Fedora Core 3:

     o FreeWnn-common

     o Gtk-Perl

     o Wnn6-SDK

     o Wnn6-SDK-devel

     o ac-archive

     o anaconda-images

     o ant

     o ant-core

     o ant-devel

     o ant-optional

     o aspell-pt_BR

     o bcel

     o bcel-devel

     o bluez-pan

     o bluez-sdp

     o bluez-sdp-devel

     o chromium

     o commons-beanutils

     o commons-beanutils-devel

     o commons-collections

     o commons-collections-devel

     o commons-dbcp

     o commons-dbcp-devel

     o commons-digester

     o commons-digester-devel

     o commons-fileupload

     o commons-fileupload-devel

     o commons-logging

     o commons-logging-devel

     o commons-modeler

     o commons-modeler-devel

     o commons-pool

     o commons-pool-devel

     o comps

     o cup

     o cup-devel

     o dev

     o devlabel

     o dvdrecord

     o fam

     o fam-devel

     o fedora-release

     o gcc34

     o gcc34-c++

     o gcc34-java

     o glade

     o gqview

     o gtkam

     o gtkam-gimp

     o gtkglarea

     o hwcrypto

     o iiimf-client-lib

     o iiimf-client-lib-devel

     o iiimf-le-inpinyin

     o iiimf-le-newpy

     o iiimf-protocol-lib

     o iiimf-protocol-lib-devel

     o imlib-cfgeditor

     o iscsi

     o jaf

     o jaf-devel

     o jakarta-regexp

     o jakarta-regexp-devel

     o javamail

     o javamail-devel

     o junit

     o junit-devel

     o kde-i18n-Korean

     o kde-i18n-Lithuanian

     o kernel-source

     o kinput2-canna-wnn6

     o libgcj34

     o libgcj34-devel

     o libgnomeprint

     o libgnomeprint-devel

     o libgnomeprintui

     o libgnomeprintui-devel

     o libole2

     o libole2-devel

     o librep

     o librep-devel

     o libstdc++34

     o libstdc++34-devel

     o licq

     o licq-gnome

     o licq-kde

     o licq-qt

     o licq-text

     o linc

     o linc-devel

     o lvm

     o magicdev

     o mod_jk2

     o modutils

     o mx4j

     o mx4j-devel

     o mx4j-tools

     o mysql-jdbc

     o mysql-jdbc-tomcat

     o ncurses-c++-devel

     o njamd

     o pidentd

     o pilot-link095-compat

     o policy

     o policy-sources

     o policy-strict-sources

     o printman

     o python-optik

     o quanta

     o quanta-devel

     o raidtools

     o redhat-java-rpm-scripts

     o rep-gtk

     o sawfish

     o servletapi

     o servletapi-devel

     o shapecfg

     o struts

     o struts-webapps

     o system-config-proc

     o tomcat

     o tomcat-devel

     o tomcat-libs

     o tomcat-test

     o unarj

     o xalan-j

     o xalan-j-devel

     o xalan-j-xsltc

     o xerces-j

     o xerces-j-devel

     o xffm-icons

     o xorg-x11-100dpi-fonts

     o xorg-x11-75dpi-fonts

     o xorg-x11-ISO8859-14-100dpi-fonts

     o xorg-x11-ISO8859-14-75dpi-fonts

     o xorg-x11-ISO8859-15-100dpi-fonts

     o xorg-x11-ISO8859-15-75dpi-fonts

     o xorg-x11-ISO8859-2-100dpi-fonts

     o xorg-x11-ISO8859-2-75dpi-fonts

     o xorg-x11-ISO8859-9-100dpi-fonts

     o xorg-x11-ISO8859-9-75dpi-fonts

     o xorg-x11-base-fonts

     o xorg-x11-cyrillic-fonts

     o xorg-x11-libs-data

     o xorg-x11-syriac-fonts

     o xorg-x11-truetype-fonts

  Packages Deprecated

   The following packages have been deprecated, and may be removed from a
   future release of Fedora Core:

     o dbskkd-cdb -- Only used by deprecated package skkinput

     o FreeWnn -- Only used by deprecated package kinput2-canna-wnn6

     o lilo -- GRUB is the recommended bootloader

     o miniChinput -- IIIMF is the recommended input method

     o nabi -- IIIMF is the recommended input method

     o ncpfs -- No longer part of Fedora Core profile

     o skkinput -- IIIMF is the recommended input method

     o xcin -- IIIMF is the recommended input method

An Overview of the Fedora Project

   The goal of the Fedora Project is to work with the Linux community to
   build a complete, general-purpose operating system exclusively from open
   source software. Development will be done in a public forum. The project
   will produce time-based releases of Fedora Core about 2-3 times a year,
   with a public release schedule. The Red Hat engineering team will continue
   to participate in building Fedora Core and will invite and encourage more
   outside participation than was possible in the past. By using this more
   open process, we hope to provide an operating system more in line with the
   ideals of free software and more appealing to the open source community.

   For more information, refer to the Fedora Project website:

   [10]http://fedora.redhat.com/

   In addition to the website, the following mailing lists are available:

     o fedora-list@redhat.com -- For users of Fedora Core releases

     o fedora-test-list@redhat.com -- For testers of Fedora Core test
       releases

     o fedora-devel-list@redhat.com -- For developers, developers, developers

     o fedora-docs-list@redhat.com -- For participants of the docs project

   To subscribe to any of these lists, send an email with the word
   "subscribe" in the subject to <listname>-request (where <listname> is one
   of the above list names.)

   NOTE: If you have subscribed in the past to rhl-list, rhl-beta-list,
   rhl-devel-list, or rhl-docs-list, your subscriptions have been retained.

   The Fedora Project also includes an IRC (Internet Relay Chat) channel. IRC
   is a real-time, text-based form of communication. With it, you can have
   conversations with multiple people in an open channel or chat with someone
   privately one-on-one.

   To talk with other Fedora Project participants via IRC, access freenode
   IRC network. Initially, you can use irc.freenode.net as the IRC server,
   although you may decide to select a server that is geographically closer
   to you. Refer to the freenode website ([11]http://www.freenode.net/) for
   more information. Fedora Project participants frequent the #fedora
   channel, while Fedora Project developers can often be found on the
   #fedora-devel channel. Some of the larger projects may have their own
   channels as well; this information can be found on the project pages.

   NOTE: Red Hat has no control over the Fedora IRC channels or their
   content.

   ( x86 )

References

   Visible links
   1. http://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl.html
   2. http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/selinux-faq/
   3. http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-desktop-list/2004-June/msg00007.html
   4. http://mail.gnome.org/archives/desktop-devel-list/2004-June/msg00370.html
   5. http://platan.vc.cvut.cz/ftp/pub/vmware/
   6. http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=119474
   7. http://i2o.shadowconnect.com/
   8. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=133478
   9. http://people.redhat.com/~harald/udev.html
  10. http://fedora.redhat.com/
  11. http://www.freenode.net/

                          Fedora Core 3 Release Notes

   Copyright (c) 2004 Red Hat, Inc.

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Introduction

   The Fedora Project is an openly-developed project designed by Red Hat,
   open for general participation, led by a meritocracy, and following a set
   of project objectives. The results from this project include Fedora Core,
   a complete, general-purpose operating system built exclusively from open
   source software.

  Note

   Fedora Core is not a supported product of Red Hat, Inc.

   For more information, refer to the Fedora Project overview later in this
   document.

   The following topics related to Fedora Core 3 are covered in this
   document:

     o Introduction (this section)

     o Hardware requirements

     o Overview of this release

     o Installation-related notes

     o Package-specific notes

     o Packages added/removed/deprecated

     o An overview of the Fedora Project

Hardware Requirements

   The following information represents the minimum hardware requirements
   necessary to successfully install Fedora Core 3.

  Note

   The compatibility/availability of other hardware components (such as video
   and network cards) may be required for specific installation modes and/or
   post-installation usage.

  CPU Requirements

   This section lists the CPU specifications required by Fedora Core 3.

     o AMD64 processors (both Athlon64 and Opteron)

     o Intel processors with Intel(R) Extended Memory 64 Technology (Intel(R)
       EM64T)

  Hard Disk Space Requirements

   This section lists the disk space required to install Fedora Core 3.

  Note

   The disk space requirements listed below represent the disk space taken up
   by Fedora Core 3 after the installation is complete. However, additional
   disk space is required during the installation to support the installation
   environment. This additional disk space corresponds to the size of
   /Fedora/base/stage2.img (on CD-ROM 1) plus the size of the files in
   /var/lib/rpm on the installed system.

   In practical terms, this means that as little as an additional 90MB can be
   required for a minimal installation, while as much as an additional 175MB
   can be required for an "everything" installation.

   Also, keep in mind that additional space will be required for any user
   data, and at least 5% free space should be maintained for proper system
   operation.

     o Custom Installation (Minimal): 900MB

     o Server: 1.5GB

     o Personal Desktop: 2.7GB

     o Workstation: 3.4GB

     o Custom Installation: (Everything) 7.5GB

  Memory Requirements

   This section lists the memory required to install Fedora Core 3.

     o Minimum for text-mode: 128MB

     o Minimum for graphical: 256MB

     o Recommended for graphical: 512MB

Overview of This Release

   The following list includes brief summaries of some of the more
   significant aspects of Fedora Core 3:

     o Fedora Core 3 contains the following changes:

          o GCC 3.4

          o GNOME 2.8

          o KDE 3.3

          o SELinux -- This includes a new "targeted" policy that monitors
            specific daemons with less intrusion than the strict policy in
            use before. This policy is enabled by default. For more
            information, refer to:

            [2]http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/selinux-faq/

          o Indic language support

          o Firefox and Mozilla can be enabled with pango rendering support,
            which enables many text layout features, including the rendering
            of CTL (Complex Text Layout) such as Indic languages. To enable
            this, set the following environment variable when running Firefox
            or Mozilla:

            MOZ_ENABLE_PANGO=1

          o Kernel and e2fsprogs support for online growing of ext3 file
            systems

          o Various desktop-related features, including, but not limited to:

               o Remote desktops using VNC
                 ([3]http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-desktop-list/2004-June/msg00007.html)

               o Printing improvements
                 ([4]http://mail.gnome.org/archives/desktop-devel-list/2004-June/msg00370.html)

               o Evolution 2.0

  Note

   VMware WS 4.5.2 is known to work on Fedora Core 3 after the following
   workarounds are used:

     o You must upgrade the kernel modules and configuration using the
       unofficial vmware-any-any-* toolkit available from:

       [5]http://platan.vc.cvut.cz/ftp/pub/vmware/

     o After vmware-config.pl is run and the VMware modules are loaded, the
       following command creates the /sys/class/* nodes needed for udev:

       cp -rp /dev/vm* /etc/udev/devices/

Installation-Related Notes

   This section outlines those issues that are related to Anaconda (the
   Fedora Core installation program) and installing Fedora Core 3 in general.

  Note

   If you intend to download the Fedora Core 3 DVD ISO image, keep in mind
   that not all file downloading tools can accommodate files larger than 2GB
   in size. For example, wget will exit with a File size limit exceeded
   error.

   The curl and ncftpget file downloading tools do not have this limitation,
   and can successfully download files larger than 2GB.

  Anaconda Notes

     o The Fedora Core installation program has the ability to test the
       integrity of the installation media. It works with the CD, DVD, hard
       drive ISO, and NFS ISO installation methods. Red Hat recommends that
       you test all installation media before starting the installation
       process, and before reporting any installation-related bugs (many of
       the bugs reported are actually due to improperly-burned CDs). To use
       this test, type linux mediacheck at the boot: prompt.

     o Fedora Core 3 supports graphical FTP and HTTP installations. However,
       due to the necessity of containing the installer image in RAM, only
       systems with more than 128MB of RAM (or systems booted from CD-ROM 1,
       which contains the installer image) can use the graphical installer.
       Systems with 128MB or less will continue to use the text-based
       installer.

  Installation-Related Issues

     o Certain hardware configurations (particularly those with LCD displays)
       may experience problems while starting the Fedora Core installation
       program. In these instances, restart the installation, and add the
       "nofb" option to the boot command line.

       NOTE: Chinese, Japanese, and Korean graphical installations started
       using the "nofb" option will start in English, and then switch to the
       appropriate language once the graphical phase of the installation
       process begins.

     o Serial mice are known to be inoperative during installation. However,
       there are indications that serial mice work properly in X after the
       installation has completed. Refer to bug 119474 for more information:

       [6]http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=119474

Package-Specific Notes

   The following sections contain information regarding packages that have
   undergone significant changes for Fedora Core 3. For easier access, they
   are organized using the same groups used in Anaconda.

  Base

   This section contains information related to basic system components.

    openssh

   Fedora Core 3 contains OpenSSH 3.9, which includes strict permission and
   ownership checks for the ~/.ssh/config file. These checks mean that ssh
   will exit if this file does not have appropriate ownership and
   permissions.

   Therefore, make sure that ~/.ssh/config is owned by the owner of ~/, and
   that its permissions are set to mode 600.

   In addition, OpenSSH is no longer configured to request X11 forwarding by
   default when connecting to servers. To enable X11 forwarding, the -X or -Y
   option must be specified, or the ForwardX11 option must be enabled in the
   ~/.ssh/config file.

   The behavior of ssh clients that are invoked with the -X flag has changed.
   In OpenSSH 3.8 and later, X11 forwarding is performed in a way that
   applications run as untrusted clients by default. Previously, X11
   forwarding was performed so that applications always ran as trusted
   clients. Some applications may not function properly when run as untrusted
   clients. To forward X11 so that applications are run as trusted clients,
   invoke ssh with the -Y flag instead of the -X flag, or set
   ForwardX11Trusted in the ~/.ssh/config file.

  Core

   This section contains the most elemental components of Fedora Core,
   including the kernel.

    e2fsprogs

   The ext2online utility has been added for online growing of existing ext3
   file systems.

  Note

   It is important to keep in mind that ext2online does not grow the
   underlying block device itself -- there must be sufficient unused space
   already present on the device. The easiest way to ensure this is to use
   LVM volumes and to run lvresize or lvextend to extend the device.

   In addition, file systems must be specially prepared in order to be
   resized past a certain point. The preparation involves reserving a small
   amount of space into which on-disk tables can grow. For newly-created file
   systems, mke2fs reserves such space automatically; the space reserved is
   sufficient to grow the file system by a factor of 1000. The creation of
   this reserved space can be disabled by the following command:

   mke2fs -O ^resize_inode

   Future releases of Fedora Core will allow the creation of this reserved
   space on existing file systems.

    glibc

     o The version of glibc provided with Fedora Core 3 performs additional
       internal sanity checks to prevent and detect data corruption as early
       as possible. By default, should corruption be detected, a message
       similar to the following will be displayed on standard error (or
       logged via syslog if stderr is not open):

       *** glibc detected *** double free or corruption: 0x0937d008 ***

       By default, the program that generated this error will also be killed;
       however, this (and whether or not an error message is generated) can
       be controlled via the MALLOC_CHECK_ environment variable. The
       following settings are supported:

          o 0 -- Do not generate an error message, and do not kill the
            program

          o 1 -- Generate an error message, but do not kill the program

          o 2 -- Do not generate an error message, but kill the program

          o 3 -- Generate an error message and kill the program

  Note

       If MALLOC_CHECK_ is explicitly set a value other than 0, this causes
       glibc to perform more tests that are more extensive than the default,
       and may impact performance.

       Should you have a program from a third party ISV that triggers these
       corruption checks and displays a message, you should file a defect
       report with the application's vendor, since this indicates a serious
       bug.

    hotplug

   The location where hotplug expects firmware to be loaded into (for
   example, firmware for Cardbus cards) has changed from
   /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware to /lib/firmware. Existing firmware files must
   be moved into the new directory.

    kernel

     o In the past, the process of updating the kernel did not change the
       default kernel in the system's boot loader configuration.

       Fedora Core 3 changes this behavior to set newly-installed kernels as
       the default. This behavior applies to all installation methods
       (including rpm -i).

       This behavior is controlled by two lines in the /etc/sysconfig/kernel
       file:

          o UPGRADEDEFAULT -- Controls whether new kernels will be booted by
            default (default value: yes)

          o DEFAULTKERNEL -- kernel RPMs whose names match this value will be
            booted by default (default value: depends on hardware
            configuration)

     o In order to eliminate the redundancy inherent in providing a separate
       package for the kernel source code when that source code already
       exists in the kernel's .src.rpm file, Fedora Core 3 no longer includes
       the kernel-source package. Users that require access to the kernel
       sources can find them in the kernel .src.rpm file. To create an
       exploded source tree from this file, perform the following steps (note
       that <version> refers to the version specification for your
       currently-running kernel):

         1. Obtain the kernel-<version>.src.rpm file from one of the
            following sources:

               o The SRPMS directory on the appropriate "SRPMS" CD iso image

               o The FTP site where you got the kernel package

               o By running the following command:

                 up2date --get-source kernel

         2. Install kernel-<version>.src.rpm (given the default RPM
            configuration, the files this package contains will be written to
            /usr/src/redhat/)

         3. Change directory to /usr/src/redhat/SPECS/, and issue the
            following command:

            rpmbuild -bp --target=<arch> kernel.spec

            (Where <arch> is the desired target architecture.)

            On a default RPM configuration, the kernel tree will be located
            in /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/.

         4. In resulting tree, the configurations for the specific kernels
            shipped in Fedora Core 3 are in the /configs/ directory. For
            example, the i686 SMP configuration file is named
            /configs/kernel-<version>-i686-smp.config. Issue the following
            command to place the desired configuration file in the proper
            place for building:

            cp <desired-file> ./.config

         5. Issue the following command:

            make oldconfig

       You can then proceed as usual.

  Note

       An exploded source tree is not required to build kernel modules
       against the currently in-use kernel.

       For example, to build the foo.ko module, create the following file
       (named Makefile) in the directory containing the foo.c file:

 obj-m    := foo.o

 KDIR    := /lib/modules/$(shell uname -r)/build
 PWD    := $(shell pwd)

 default:
     $(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) SUBDIRS=$(PWD) modules

       Issue the make command to build the foo.ko module.

     o I[2]O SCSI RAID adapters from manufacturers such as Adaptec now use
       the i2o_block driver, rather than the dpt_i2o driver used by Fedora
       Core 1 and earlier distributions.

       Be aware that block devices used by the i2o_block driver are
       /dev/i2o/hd* rather than the /dev/sd* SCSI devices. This may be
       problematic for those upgrading from older distributions that used the
       dpt_i2o driver. Therefore, after an upgrade to Fedora Core 3, you may
       need to boot using a rescue disk and edit your /etc/fstab file to use
       the new devices.

       For more information about the new I[2]O device layer and Fedora
       Core-specific notes, visit the I[2]O homepage:

       [7]http://i2o.shadowconnect.com/

  Language Support

   This section includes information related to the support of various
   languages under Fedora Core.

    iiimf

     o The default Input Method (IM) for Chinese (Simplified and
       Traditional), Japanese, and Korean has been changed to IIIMF -- the
       Internet/Intranet Input Method Framework. IIIMF is supported as a
       native GTK2 IM module, and also through XIM using the httx client.
       IIIMF supports the use of multiple Language Engines (LEs) at the same
       time; using the GNOME Input Method Language Engine Tool (GIMLET -- an
       applet) it is possible to switch between LEs of different languages
       inside GTK2 applications.

       IIIMF currently defaults to using Ctrl-Space or Shift-Space for
       toggling the input method on and off (Emacs users can use Ctrl-@
       instead of Ctrl-Space to set the mark.)

       Depending on your selection at the language support screen during
       installation, one or more IIIMF language engines may be installed. The
       IIIMF server package (iiimf-server) will also be installed if a
       language engine has been selected. The language to language engine
       (LE) package mappings are as follows:

          o ja_JP -- iiimf-le-canna

          o zh_CN -- iiimf-le-chinput

          o zh_TW -- iiimf-le-xcin

          o ko_KR -- iiimf-le-hangul

          o {bn,gu,pa,ta,hi}_IN -- iiimf-le-unit

       Accordingly, input via IIIMF will be enabled if you have chosen one of
       the following as your default locale:

          o ja_JP

          o zh_CN

          o zh_TW

          o ko_KR

          o {bn,gu,pa,ta,hi}_IN

       To aid your use of IIIMF, if you have selected one of the above
       locales and you are using the GNOME Desktop, when you first login the
       GIMLET utility (part of the iiimf-gnome-im-switcher package) will
       automatically be added to your panel.

       GIMLET is a utility for switching between the different LEs that are
       installed on your system. Using a different language engine allows you
       to enter text in different languages. Alternatively you may add GIMLET
       manually to your panel by right clicking on the panel and selecting:

       Add to Panel -> GIMLET

       Should you wish to switch between IIIMF or the legacy input method
       framework XIM, you can use the system-switch-im application. After
       changing the input method framework your changes will be reflected
       when you next start the X Window System.

  Mail Server

   This section contains information related to the mail transport agents
   included with Fedora Core.

    mailman

   Earlier mailman RPMs installed all files under the /var/mailman/
   directory. Unfortunately, this did not conform to the Filesystem Hierarchy
   Standard (FHS) and also created security violations when SELinux was
   enabled.

   If you previously had mailman installed and had edited files in
   /var/mailman/ (such as mm_cfg.py) you must move those changes to their new
   location, as documented in the following file:

   /usr/share/doc/mailman-*/INSTALL.REDHAT

    sendmail

     o By default, the Sendmail mail transport agent (MTA) does not accept
       network connections from any host other than the local computer. If
       you want to configure Sendmail as a server for other clients, you must
       edit /etc/mail/sendmail.mc and change the DAEMON_OPTIONS line to also
       listen on network devices (or comment out this option entirely using
       the dnl comment delimiter). You must then regenerate
       /etc/mail/sendmail.cf by running the following command (as root):

       make -C /etc/mail

       Note that you must have the sendmail-cf package installed for this to
       work.

  Server Configuration Tools

   This section contains information related to various server configuration
   tools.

    system-config-securitylevel

   The firewall constructed by the system-config-securitylevel configuration
   tool now allows CUPS and Multicast DNS (mDNS) browsing. Note that, at the
   present time, these services cannot be disabled by
   system-config-securitylevel.

  Sound and Video

   This section contains information related to multimedia applications.

    k3b

   Past users of the CD/DVD burning application k3b may notice that the
   program k3bsetup is missing. This is because k3bsetup is not necessary
   under Fedora Core 3.

  Web Server

   This section contains information related to Web-related tools.

    crypto-utils

   The certwatch(1) tool has been added to the crypto-utils package. This
   tool is used to send warning mail to root when any configured SSL
   certificates have expired or are approaching the expiration date. By
   default, the tool checks any certificates that are enabled in the mod_ssl
   configuration.

    httpd

   By default, the httpd daemon is now started using the C locale, rather
   than using the configured system locale setting. This behavior can be
   changed by setting the HTTPD_LANG variable in the /etc/sysconfig/httpd
   file.

    php

   The gd, mbstring, and ncurses extensions have been moved to the php-gd,
   php-mbstring, and php-ncurses packages, respectively. Note that you will
   need to install these packages manually (if required) when upgrading from
   an earlier release.

  Windows File Server

   This section contains information related to Samba, software that makes it
   possible to share files between Linux and Windows systems.

    samba

   Browsing of Windows shares (also known as SMB browsing) fails on Fedora
   Core 3 systems that have the standard firewall configured. This is most
   easily noticed in the failure of Nautilus to display shares. The failure
   is due to the firewall disrupting the broadcast mode of SMB browsing,
   which is Samba's default setting. There are two workarounds:

     o Configure a WINS server on the network, and set the "wins server"
       option in smb.conf to the address of the WINS server.

     o Disable the firewall

  Warning

   Depending on your system and network configurations, disabling the
   firewall can greatly increase the chance of your system being attacked and
   compromised. Make sure you fully understand the risks before undertaking
   this step.

   For additional information, refer to the following bug report:

   [8]https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=133478

  X Window System

   This section contains information related to the X Window System
   implementation provided with Fedora Core.

    xorg-x11

     o Users new to the X.org X11 implementation should take note of a few
       differences between it and the XFree86.org X11 implementation which
       shipped in previous Red Hat operating systems. In particular, the
       names of some files have changed:

       X Server Binary:

          o XFree86 X11: XFree86

          o X.org X11: Xorg

       X Server Configuration File:

          o XFree86 X11: /etc/X11/XF86Config

          o X.org X11: /etc/X11/xorg.conf

       X Server Log File

          o XFree86 X11: /var/log/XFree86.$DISPLAY.log

          o X.org X11: /var/log/Xorg.$DISPLAY.log

       When configuring or troubleshooting your X server configuration, be
       sure that you are using the correct files.

     o There has been some confusion regarding font-related issues under the
       X Window System in recent versions of Fedora Core (and versions of Red
       Hat Linux before it.) At the present time, there are two font
       subsystems, each with different characteristics:

       - The original (15+ year old) subsystem is referred to as the "core X
       font subsystem". Fonts rendered by this subsystem are not
       anti-aliased, are handled by the X server, and have names like:

       -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--10-100-75-75-c-60-iso8859-1

       The newer font subsystem is known as "fontconfig", and allows
       applications direct access to the font files. Fontconfig is often used
       along with the "Xft" library, which allows applications to render
       fontconfig fonts to the screen with antialiasing. Fontconfig uses more
       human-friendly names like:

       Luxi Sans-10

       Over time, fontconfig/Xft will replace the core X font subsystem. At
       the present time, applications using the Qt 3 or GTK 2 toolkits (which
       would include KDE and GNOME applications) use the fontconfig and Xft
       font subsystem; most everything else uses the core X fonts.

       In the future, Fedora Core may support only fontconfig/Xft in place of
       the XFS font server as the default local font access method.

       NOTE: An exception to the font subsystem usage outlined above is
       OpenOffice.org (which uses its own font rendering technology).

       If you wish to add new fonts to your Fedora Core 3 system, you must be
       aware that the steps necessary depend on which font subsystem is to
       use the new fonts. For the core X font subsystem, you must:

       1. Create the /usr/share/fonts/local/ directory (if it doesn't already
       exist):

       mkdir /usr/share/fonts/local/

       2. Copy the new font file into /usr/share/fonts/local/

       3. Update the font information by issuing the following commands (note
       that, due to formatting restrictions, the following commands may
       appear on more than one line; in use, each command should be entered
       on a single line):

       ttmkfdir -d /usr/share/fonts/local/ -o
       /usr/share/fonts/local/fonts.scale

       mkfontdir /usr/share/fonts/local/

       4. If you had to create /usr/share/fonts/local/, you must then add it
       to the X font server (xfs) path:

       chkfontpath --add /usr/share/fonts/local/

       Adding new fonts to the fontconfig font subsystem is more
       straightforward; the new font file only needs to be copied into the
       /usr/share/fonts/ directory (individual users can modify their
       personal font configuration by copying the font file into the
       ~/.fonts/ directory).

       After the new font has been copied, use fc-cache to update the font
       information cache:

       fc-cache <directory>

       (Where <directory> would be either the /usr/share/fonts/ or ~/.fonts/
       directories.)

       Individual users may also install fonts graphically, by browsing
       fonts:/// in Nautilus, and dragging the new font files there.

       NOTE: If the font filename ends with ".gz", it has been compressed
       with gzip, and must be decompressed (with the gunzip command) before
       the fontconfig font subsystem can use the font.

     o Due to the transition to the new font system based on fontconfig/Xft,
       GTK+ 1.2 applications are not affected by any changes made via the
       Font Preferences dialog. For these applications, a font can be
       configured by adding the following lines to the file ~/.gtkrc.mine:

       style "user-font" {

       fontset = "<font-specification>"

       }

       widget_class "*" style "user-font"

       (Where <font-specification> represents a font specification in the
       style used by traditional X applications, such as
       "-adobe-helvetica-medium-r-normal--*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*".)

  Miscellaneous Notes

   This section contains information related to packages that do not fit in
   any of the proceeding categories.

    compat-db

   C++ and TCL bindings are no longer contained in the compat-db package.
   Applications requiring these bindings must be ported to the
   currently-shipping DB library.

    nscd

   The nscd name service cache daemon may now maintain a persistent cache
   across restarts or system reboots. Each database (user, group, and host,
   respectively) can be made selected to be persistent by setting the
   appropriate line in /etc/nscd.conf to "yes". Entries are not removed from
   the cache until they are proven to be no longer of interest. All entries
   whose time-to-live expires but are otherwise interesting are automatically
   reloaded, which helps in situations where the directory and name services
   become temporarily unavailable.

   The nscd name service daemon is also able to communicate faster with
   client programs. This feature must be enabled explicitly by setting the
   "shared" entry for the appropriate database in /etc/nscd.conf to "yes".

    udev

   Fedora Core 3 has switched from a static /dev/ directory to one that is
   dynamically managed via udev. This allows device nodes to be created on
   demand as drivers are loaded.

   For more information on udev, refer to the udev(8) man page and the
   following link:

   [9]http://people.redhat.com/~harald/udev.html

   Additional rules for udev should be placed in a separate file in the
   /etc/udev/rules.d/ directory.

   Additional permission rules for udev should be placed in a separate file
   in the /etc/udev/permissions.d/ directory.

   Systems upgraded to Fedora Core 3 using Anaconda will automatically be
   reconfigured to use udev. However (although NOT recommended) it is
   possible to perform a "live" upgrade to udev using the following steps:

    1. Ensure that you are running a 2.6 kernel

    2. Ensure that /sys/ is mounted

    3. Install the initscripts RPM supplied with Fedora Core 3

    4. Install the new udev RPM supplied with Fedora Core 3

    5. Execute /sbin/start_udev

    6. Install the new mkinitrd RPM supplied with Fedora Core 3

    7. Perform one of the following steps:

       . Install the new kernel RPM supplied with Fedora Core 3

       OR:

       . Re-run mkinitrd for your existing kernel(s)

  Warning

   Improperly performing these steps can result in a system configuration
   that will not boot properly.

Packages Added/Removed/Deprecated

   This section contains lists of packages that fit into the following
   categories:

     o Packages that have been added to Fedora Core 3

     o Packages that have been removed from Fedora Core 3

     o Packages that have been deprecated, and may be removed from a future
       release of Fedora Core

  Packages Added

   The following packages have been added to Fedora Core 3:

     o Canna-libs (i386)

     o FreeWnn-libs (i386)

     o HelixPlayer

     o ImageMagick (i386)

     o ImageMagick-c++ (i386)

     o NetworkManager

     o NetworkManager-gnome

     o Omni (i386)

     o Pyrex

     o SDL (i386)

     o SDL_image (i386)

     o SDL_mixer (i386)

     o SDL_net (i386)

     o VFlib2 (i386)

     o Xaw3d (i386)

     o aiksaurus (i386)

     o aiksaurus (x86_64)

     o aiksaurus-devel

     o aiksaurus-gtk (i386)

     o aiksaurus-gtk (x86_64)

     o aiksaurus-gtk-devel

     o alchemist (i386)

     o alsa-lib (i386)

     o apr (i386)

     o arptables_jf

     o arts (i386)

     o aspell (i386)

     o aspell-af

     o aspell-bg

     o aspell-br

     o aspell-ca

     o aspell-cs

     o aspell-cy

     o aspell-el

     o aspell-fo

     o aspell-ga

     o aspell-gd

     o aspell-gl

     o aspell-hr

     o aspell-ia

     o aspell-id

     o aspell-it

     o aspell-pl

     o at-spi (i386)

     o audiofile (i386)

     o audit

     o authd

     o beecrypt (i386)

     o bind-libs (i386)

     o blas (i386)

     o bluez-libs (i386)

     o bluez-utils-cups

     o bogl (i386)

     o boost (i386)

     o bzflag

     o cdparanoia-libs (i386)

     o compat-db (i386)

     o compat-gcc (x86_64)

     o compat-gcc-c++ (x86_64)

     o compat-gcc-g77

     o compat-gcc-java

     o compat-gcc-objc

     o compat-libgcj

     o compat-libgcj-devel

     o compat-libstdc++ (x86_64)

     o compat-libstdc++-devel (x86_64)

     o compat-openldap (i386)

     o compat-openldap (x86_64)

     o compat-slang

     o crash

     o createrepo

     o crypto-utils

     o cscope

     o curl (i386)

     o cyrus-sasl-gssapi (i386)

     o cyrus-sasl-md5 (i386)

     o cyrus-sasl-ntlm (i386)

     o cyrus-sasl-ntlm (x86_64)

     o cyrus-sasl-plain (i386)

     o cyrus-sasl-sql (i386)

     o cyrus-sasl-sql (x86_64)

     o dasher

     o db4-java

     o dbh (i386)

     o dbus (i386)

     o dbus-glib (i386)

     o dbus-python

     o device-mapper (i386)

     o dhcpv6

     o dhcpv6_client

     o diskdumputils

     o distcache (i386)

     o dmraid

     o docbook-simple

     o docbook-slides

     o ecj

     o eel2 (i386)

     o elfutils (i386)

     o elfutils-libelf (i386)

     o emacspeak

     o epiphany-devel

     o eruby-libs (i386)

     o esound (i386)

     o evolution-connector

     o evolution-data-server (i386)

     o evolution-data-server (x86_64)

     o evolution-data-server-devel

     o evolution-webcal

     o fedora-release

     o festival

     o firefox

     o flac (i386)

     o fonts-xorg-100dpi

     o fonts-xorg-75dpi

     o fonts-xorg-ISO8859-14-100dpi

     o fonts-xorg-ISO8859-14-75dpi

     o fonts-xorg-ISO8859-15-100dpi

     o fonts-xorg-ISO8859-15-75dpi

     o fonts-xorg-ISO8859-2-100dpi

     o fonts-xorg-ISO8859-2-75dpi

     o fonts-xorg-ISO8859-9-100dpi

     o fonts-xorg-ISO8859-9-75dpi

     o fonts-xorg-base

     o fonts-xorg-cyrillic

     o fonts-xorg-syriac

     o fonts-xorg-truetype

     o freeglut (i386)

     o fribidi (i386)

     o g-wrap (i386)

     o gail (i386)

     o gamin (i386)

     o gamin (x86_64)

     o gamin-devel

     o gcc4

     o gcc4-c++

     o gcc4-gfortran

     o gd (i386)

     o gda-mysql

     o gda-odbc

     o gda-postgres

     o gdk-pixbuf (i386)

     o gettext-devel

     o ghostscript (i386)

     o gimp-print (i386)

     o glib (i386)

     o gmp (i386)

     o gnome-desktop (i386)

     o gnome-keyring (i386)

     o gnome-keyring-manager

     o gnome-mag (i386)

     o gnome-nettool

     o gnome-panel (i386)

     o gnome-speech (i386)

     o gnome-spell (i386)

     o gnome-volume-manager

     o gnuplot-emacs

     o gnutls (i386)

     o gnutls (x86_64)

     o gnutls-devel

     o gok-devel

     o gphoto2 (i386)

     o gpm (i386)

     o gsl (i386)

     o gstreamer (i386)

     o gtk+ (i386)

     o gtk-engines (i386)

     o gtk2-engines (i386)

     o gtkhtml2 (i386)

     o gtkhtml3 (i386)

     o gtksourceview (i386)

     o gtkspell (i386)

     o guile (i386)

     o hal (i386)

     o hal (x86_64)

     o hal-cups-utils

     o hal-devel

     o hal-gnome

     o hesiod (i386)

     o howl

     o howl-devel

     o howl-libs (i386)

     o howl-libs (x86_64)

     o httpd-suexec

     o iiimf-gnome-im-switcher

     o iiimf-le-chinput

     o iiimf-le-sun-thai

     o iiimf-libs

     o iiimf-libs-devel

     o imlib (i386)

     o java-1.4.2-gcj-compat

     o java-1.4.2-gcj-compat-devel

     o jpackage-utils

     o katana

     o katana-build

     o kde-i18n-Bulgarian

     o kdeaddons-xmms

     o kdebase (i386)

     o kdelibs (i386)

     o kdemultimedia (i386)

     o kdenetwork-nowlistening

     o kdewebdev

     o kdewebdev-devel

     o kinput2

     o krb5-auth-dialog

     o lapack (i386)

     o lesstif (i386)

     o libaio (i386)

     o libao (i386)

     o libavc1394 (i386)

     o libbonoboui (i386)

     o libbtctl (i386)

     o libbtctl-devel

     o libc-client (i386)

     o libcap (i386)

     o libcroco (i386)

     o libdbi (i386)

     o libdv (i386)

     o libesmtp (i386)

     o libexif (i386)

     o libf2c (i386)

     o libgail-gnome (i386)

     o libgal2 (i386)

     o libgcrypt (i386)

     o libgda (i386)

     o libgda (x86_64)

     o libgda-devel

     o libgfortran (i386)

     o libgfortran (x86_64)

     o libghttp (i386)

     o libglade2 (i386)

     o libgnat

     o libgnome (i386)

     o libgnomecanvas (i386)

     o libgnomedb (i386)

     o libgnomedb (x86_64)

     o libgnomedb-devel

     o libgnomeprint22 (i386)

     o libgnomeprintui22 (i386)

     o libgnomeui (i386)

     o libgpg-error (i386)

     o libgsf (i386)

     o libgtop2 (i386)

     o libidn (i386)

     o libidn (x86_64)

     o libidn-devel

     o libieee1284 (i386)

     o libmng (i386)

     o libmudflap (i386)

     o libmudflap (x86_64)

     o libmudflap-devel

     o libmusicbrainz (i386)

     o libofx (i386)

     o libogg (i386)

     o libpcap (i386)

     o libpng10 (i386)

     o libraw1394 (i386)

     o librsvg2 (i386)

     o libsepol (i386)

     o libsepol (x86_64)

     o libsepol-devel

     o libsilc

     o libsilc-devel

     o libsilc-doc

     o libsoup (i386)

     o libtabe (i386)

     o libtermcap (i386)

     o libtheora (i386)

     o libtheora (x86_64)

     o libtheora-devel

     o libtool-libs (i386)

     o libtool-libs13 (i386)

     o libungif (i386)

     o libusb (i386)

     o libuser (i386)

     o libvorbis (i386)

     o libwmf (i386)

     o libwmf (x86_64)

     o libwmf-devel

     o libwnck (i386)

     o libwpd (i386)

     o libwvstreams (i386)

     o libxfce4mcs (i386)

     o libxfce4util (i386)

     o libxfcegui4 (i386)

     o libxklavier (i386)

     o libxslt (i386)

     o linuxwacom

     o linuxwacom-devel

     o lm_sensors (i386)

     o lockdev (i386)

     o memtest86+

     o mikmod (i386)

     o mikmod-devel

     o mod_authz_ldap

     o module-init-tools

     o mozilla-nspr (i386)

     o mozilla-nss (i386)

     o mysql (i386)

     o nautilus-cd-burner-devel

     o neon (i386)

     o net-snmp-libs (i386)

     o net-snmp-libs (x86_64)

     o netpbm (i386)

     o newt (i386)

     o newt-perl

     o nss_db (i386)

     o numactl

     o octave (i386)

     o octave-devel

     o openh323 (i386)

     o openhbci (i386)

     o openjade (i386)

     o openldap-servers-sql

     o openmotif (i386)

     o openmotif21

     o openobex (i386)

     o openssl096b (i386)

     o openswan

     o ots (i386)

     o pam_ccreds (i386)

     o pam_ccreds (x86_64)

     o pam_passwdqc (i386)

     o pam_passwdqc (x86_64)

     o pcre (i386)

     o perl (i386)

     o php-gd

     o php-mbstring

     o php-ncurses

     o pilot-link (i386)

     o postgresql-libs (i386)

     o pwlib (i386)

     o python-ldap

     o qt (i386)

     o qt-config

     o readline (i386)

     o redhat-artwork (i386)

     o redhat-lsb (x86_64)

     o rpm-libs

     o ruby-libs (i386)

     o samba-common (i386)

     o sane-backends (i386)

     o scrollkeeper (i386)

     o selinux-policy-strict

     o selinux-policy-strict-sources

     o selinux-policy-targeted

     o selinux-policy-targeted-sources

     o sg3_utils

     o slang (i386)

     o speex (i386)

     o synaptics

     o sysfsutils

     o sysfsutils-devel

     o system-switch-im

     o tcl (i386)

     o tclx (i386)

     o tcp_wrappers (i386)

     o theora-tools

     o thunderbird

     o tk (i386)

     o tn5250

     o tn5250-devel

     o totem

     o ttfonts-bn

     o ttfonts-gu

     o ttfonts-hi

     o ttfonts-pa

     o ttfonts-ta

     o unixODBC (i386)

     o unixODBC-kde (i386)

     o utempter (i386)

     o valgrind

     o valgrind-callgrind

     o vino

     o vte (i386)

     o w3c-libwww (i386)

     o xfce4-iconbox

     o xfce4-systray

     o xffm-icons

     o xfprint

     o xmlsec1 (i386)

     o xmlsec1-openssl (i386)

     o xorg-x11-Xdmx

     o xorg-x11-deprecated-libs (i386)

     o xorg-x11-deprecated-libs (x86_64)

     o xorg-x11-deprecated-libs-devel

  Packages Removed

   The following packages have been removed from Fedora Core 3:

     o FreeWnn-common

     o Gtk-Perl

     o Wnn6-SDK

     o Wnn6-SDK-devel

     o ac-archive

     o anaconda-images

     o ant

     o ant-core

     o ant-devel

     o ant-optional

     o aspell-pt_BR

     o bcel

     o bcel-devel

     o bluez-pan

     o bluez-sdp

     o bluez-sdp-devel

     o chromium

     o commons-beanutils

     o commons-beanutils-devel

     o commons-collections

     o commons-collections-devel

     o commons-dbcp

     o commons-dbcp-devel

     o commons-digester

     o commons-digester-devel

     o commons-fileupload

     o commons-fileupload-devel

     o commons-logging

     o commons-logging-devel

     o commons-modeler

     o commons-modeler-devel

     o commons-pool

     o commons-pool-devel

     o compat-gcc-g77

     o comps

     o cup

     o cup-devel

     o dev

     o devlabel

     o dvdrecord

     o fam (i386)

     o fam (x86_64)

     o fam-devel

     o fedora-release

     o gcc-gnat

     o gcc34

     o gcc34-c++

     o gcc34-java

     o glade

     o gqview

     o gtkam

     o gtkam-gimp

     o gtkglarea

     o iiimf-client-lib

     o iiimf-client-lib-devel

     o iiimf-le-inpinyin

     o iiimf-le-newpy

     o iiimf-protocol-lib

     o iiimf-protocol-lib-devel

     o imlib-cfgeditor

     o iscsi

     o jaf

     o jaf-devel

     o jakarta-regexp

     o jakarta-regexp-devel

     o javamail

     o javamail-devel

     o junit

     o junit-devel

     o kde-i18n-Korean

     o kde-i18n-Lithuanian

     o kernel-source

     o kinput2-canna-wnn6

     o libgcj34

     o libgcj34-devel

     o libgnat

     o libgnomeprint

     o libgnomeprint-devel

     o libgnomeprintui

     o libgnomeprintui-devel

     o libole2

     o libole2-devel

     o librep

     o librep-devel

     o libstdc++34

     o libstdc++34-devel

     o licq

     o licq-gnome

     o licq-kde

     o licq-qt

     o licq-text

     o linc

     o linc-devel

     o lvm

     o magicdev

     o mod_jk2

     o modutils

     o mx4j

     o mx4j-devel

     o mx4j-tools

     o mysql-jdbc

     o mysql-jdbc-tomcat

     o ncurses-c++-devel

     o njamd

     o nss_db-compat

     o pidentd

     o policy

     o policy-sources

     o policy-strict-sources

     o printman

     o python-optik

     o quanta

     o quanta-devel

     o raidtools

     o redhat-java-rpm-scripts

     o rep-gtk

     o samba (i386)

     o sawfish

     o servletapi

     o servletapi-devel

     o shapecfg

     o struts

     o struts-webapps

     o system-config-proc

     o tomcat

     o tomcat-devel

     o tomcat-libs

     o tomcat-test

     o unarj

     o xalan-j

     o xalan-j-devel

     o xalan-j-xsltc

     o xerces-j

     o xerces-j-devel

     o xffm-icons

     o xorg-x11-100dpi-fonts

     o xorg-x11-75dpi-fonts

     o xorg-x11-ISO8859-14-100dpi-fonts

     o xorg-x11-ISO8859-14-75dpi-fonts

     o xorg-x11-ISO8859-15-100dpi-fonts

     o xorg-x11-ISO8859-15-75dpi-fonts

     o xorg-x11-ISO8859-2-100dpi-fonts

     o xorg-x11-ISO8859-2-75dpi-fonts

     o xorg-x11-ISO8859-9-100dpi-fonts

     o xorg-x11-ISO8859-9-75dpi-fonts

     o xorg-x11-base-fonts

     o xorg-x11-cyrillic-fonts

     o xorg-x11-libs-data

     o xorg-x11-syriac-fonts

     o xorg-x11-truetype-fonts

  Packages Deprecated

   The following packages have been deprecated, and may be removed from a
   future release of Fedora Core:

     o dbskkd-cdb -- Only used by deprecated package skkinput

     o FreeWnn -- Only used by deprecated package kinput2-canna-wnn6

     o miniChinput -- IIIMF is the recommended input method

     o nabi -- IIIMF is the recommended input method

     o ncpfs -- No longer part of Fedora Core profile

     o skkinput -- IIIMF is the recommended input method

     o xcin -- IIIMF is the recommended input method

An Overview of the Fedora Project

   The goal of the Fedora Project is to work with the Linux community to
   build a complete, general-purpose operating system exclusively from open
   source software. Development will be done in a public forum. The project
   will produce time-based releases of Fedora Core about 2-3 times a year,
   with a public release schedule. The Red Hat engineering team will continue
   to participate in building Fedora Core and will invite and encourage more
   outside participation than was possible in the past. By using this more
   open process, we hope to provide an operating system more in line with the
   ideals of free software and more appealing to the open source community.

   For more information, refer to the Fedora Project website:

   [10]http://fedora.redhat.com/

   In addition to the website, the following mailing lists are available:

     o fedora-list@redhat.com -- For users of Fedora Core releases

     o fedora-test-list@redhat.com -- For testers of Fedora Core test
       releases

     o fedora-devel-list@redhat.com -- For developers, developers, developers

     o fedora-docs-list@redhat.com -- For participants of the docs project

   To subscribe to any of these lists, send an email with the word
   "subscribe" in the subject to <listname>-request (where <listname> is one
   of the above list names.)

   NOTE: If you have subscribed in the past to rhl-list, rhl-beta-list,
   rhl-devel-list, or rhl-docs-list, your subscriptions have been retained.

   The Fedora Project also includes an IRC (Internet Relay Chat) channel. IRC
   is a real-time, text-based form of communication. With it, you can have
   conversations with multiple people in an open channel or chat with someone
   privately one-on-one.

   To talk with other Fedora Project participants via IRC, access freenode
   IRC network. Initially, you can use irc.freenode.net as the IRC server,
   although you may decide to select a server that is geographically closer
   to you. Refer to the freenode website ([11]http://www.freenode.net/) for
   more information. Fedora Project participants frequent the #fedora
   channel, while Fedora Project developers can often be found on the
   #fedora-devel channel. Some of the larger projects may have their own
   channels as well; this information can be found on the project pages.

   NOTE: Red Hat has no control over the Fedora IRC channels or their
   content.

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References

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   1. http://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl.html
   2. http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/selinux-faq/
   3. http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-desktop-list/2004-June/msg00007.html
   4. http://mail.gnome.org/archives/desktop-devel-list/2004-June/msg00370.html
   5. http://platan.vc.cvut.cz/ftp/pub/vmware/
   6. http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=119474
   7. http://i2o.shadowconnect.com/
   8. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=133478
   9. http://people.redhat.com/~harald/udev.html
  10. http://fedora.redhat.com/
  11. http://www.freenode.net/

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