Fedora Core 6 Linux - Revision history

Marc Saric at 16:04, 1 May 2025

2025-05-01T16:04:56Z

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			= Fedora 6 =

	Installation notes for Fedora Core 6 Workstation on my AMD Athlon64 3200+.		Installation notes for Fedora Core 6 Workstation on my AMD Athlon64 3200+.

Unknown user: /* Games */

2020-01-20T20:07:04Z

Games

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	X-Plane 8.40 refuses to load with the following error-message:		X-Plane 8.40 refuses to load with the following error-message:

	<bash>		<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
	./X-Plane-i586: error while loading shared libraries: libopenal.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory		./X-Plane-i586: error while loading shared libraries: libopenal.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
	</~~bash~~>		</syntaxhighlight>

	Correct this with		Correct this with

	<bash>		<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
	sudo yum install openal		sudo yum install openal
	</~~bash~~>		</syntaxhighlight>

	Now it complains about		Now it complains about

	<bash>		<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
	./X-Plane-i586: symbol lookup error: ./X-Plane-i586: undefined symbol: alutInit		./X-Plane-i586: symbol lookup error: ./X-Plane-i586: undefined symbol: alutInit
	</~~bash~~>		</syntaxhighlight>

	Correct with		Correct with

	<bash>		<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
	sudo yum install freealut		sudo yum install freealut
	</~~bash~~>		</syntaxhighlight>

	Nearly there, last error message		Nearly there, last error message

	<bash>		<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
	./X-Plane-i586: symbol lookup error: ./X-Plane-i586: undefined symbol: alutInit		./X-Plane-i586: symbol lookup error: ./X-Plane-i586: undefined symbol: alutInit
	</~~bash~~>		</syntaxhighlight>

	Correct with		Correct with

	<bash>		<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
	LD_PRELOAD="/usr/lib/libalut.so.0" ./X-Plane-athlon-xp		LD_PRELOAD="/usr/lib/libalut.so.0" ./X-Plane-athlon-xp
	</~~bash~~>		</syntaxhighlight>

	or write a nice startscript like this		or write a nice startscript like this

	<bash>		<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
	#!/bin/bash		#!/bin/bash
	cd "/path/to/X-Plane 8.40"		cd "/path/to/X-Plane 8.40"
	LD_PRELOAD="/usr/lib/libalut.so.0" ./X-Plane-athlon-xp		LD_PRELOAD="/usr/lib/libalut.so.0" ./X-Plane-athlon-xp
	</~~bash~~>		</syntaxhighlight>

	(or X-Plane-i586, whichever you prefer).		(or X-Plane-i586, whichever you prefer).

Unknown user: /* Video */

2020-01-20T20:06:04Z

Video

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	Showing a movie from the net with the totem-plugin yielded		Showing a movie from the net with the totem-plugin yielded

	<~~pre~~>		<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
	Totem could not play 'fd://0'		Totem could not play 'fd://0'
	</~~pre~~>		</syntaxhighlight>

	This could be solved by installing totem-xine instead of the gstreamer-based backend. Also don't forget to install codecs with		This could be solved by installing totem-xine instead of the gstreamer-based backend. Also don't forget to install codecs with

	<bash>		<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
	yum remove totem totem-mozplugin		yum remove totem totem-mozplugin
	yum install totem-xine mozilla-totem-xine libdvdcss xvidcore		yum install totem-xine mozilla-totem-xine libdvdcss xvidcore
	</~~bash~~>		</syntaxhighlight>


	to get support for CSS scrambled DVDs and AVI videos (test Xvid on http://people.ee.ethz.ch/~fhoesli/video/index.php) for example.		to get support for CSS scrambled DVDs and AVI videos (test Xvid on http://people.ee.ethz.ch/~fhoesli/video/index.php) for example.

Unknown user: /* Flash */

2020-01-20T20:05:32Z

Flash

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	After the final stable version of Flash 9 has been released, you can simply download the rpm from http://macromedia.mplug.org/site_uh.html and do a		After the final stable version of Flash 9 has been released, you can simply download the rpm from http://macromedia.mplug.org/site_uh.html and do a

	<bash>		<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
	sudo rpm -Uhv flash-plugin-9.0.31.0-release.i386.rpm		sudo rpm -Uhv flash-plugin-9.0.31.0-release.i386.rpm
	</~~bash~~>		</syntaxhighlight>

	That's all folks.		That's all folks.

Unknown user: /* Sun Java */

2020-01-20T20:05:09Z

Sun Java

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	Install rpackage repository config and install a local rpmdevtools environment for your non-root user:		Install rpackage repository config and install a local rpmdevtools environment for your non-root user:

	<bash>		<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
	cd /etc/yum.repos.d/		cd /etc/yum.repos.d/
	sudo wget http://www.jpackage.org/jpackage.repo		sudo wget http://www.jpackage.org/jpackage.repo
	sudo yum install rpmdevtools		sudo yum install rpmdevtools
	</~~bash~~>		</syntaxhighlight>

	Setup rpmdevtools		Setup rpmdevtools
	<bash>		<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
	rpmdev-setuptree		rpmdev-setuptree
	</bash>		</bash>
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	Download the JPackage rpms for a standard Java development environment and make the local rpm:		Download the JPackage rpms for a standard Java development environment and make the local rpm:

	<bash>		<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
	cd download		cd download
	wget http://mirrors.dotsrc.org/jpackage/1.6/generic/non-free/SRPMS/java-1.5.0-sun-1.5.0.09-1jpp.nosrc.rpm		wget http://mirrors.dotsrc.org/jpackage/1.6/generic/non-free/SRPMS/java-1.5.0-sun-1.5.0.09-1jpp.nosrc.rpm
	rpmbuild --rebuild java-1.5.0-sun-1.5.0.09-1jpp.nosrc.rpm		rpmbuild --rebuild java-1.5.0-sun-1.5.0.09-1jpp.nosrc.rpm
	</~~bash~~>		</syntaxhighlight>

	Install everything:		Install everything:

	<bash>		<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
	cd ~/rpmbuild/RPMS/i586/		cd ~/rpmbuild/RPMS/i586/
	(echo config gpgcheck 0; echo localinstall java-1.5.0-sun{,-alsa,-fonts,-plugin}-1.5.0*.rpm; echo run) > yum-cmd		(echo config gpgcheck 0; echo localinstall java-1.5.0-sun{,-alsa,-fonts,-plugin}-1.5.0*.rpm; echo run) > yum-cmd
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	sudo yum shell yum-cmd		sudo yum shell yum-cmd
	rm yum-cmd		rm yum-cmd
	</~~bash~~>		</syntaxhighlight>

	Check newly installed Java (version, set Mozilla plugin):		Check newly installed Java (version, set Mozilla plugin):

	<bash>		<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
	java -version		java -version
	cd /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/		cd /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/
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	sudo ln -s ../../../lib/jvm/java/jre/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so .		sudo ln -s ../../../lib/jvm/java/jre/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so .
	sudo /usr/sbin/alternatives --config java		sudo /usr/sbin/alternatives --config java
	</~~bash~~>		</syntaxhighlight>

	Done.		Done.

Marc Saric: /* Compiz problems */

2007-04-03T20:21:33Z

Compiz problems

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	So much for this, I will give it a try, but mostly I think I will stay with the default 2D-manager, which is rock-stable until the bugs have been ironed out.		So much for this, I will give it a try, but mostly I think I will stay with the default 2D-manager, which is rock-stable until the bugs have been ironed out.

			'''Update''' The most recent updates (as of 2007-04) seem to have changed the Compiz look and feel (now again like the 2D design, and not the Compiz default) and stability a bit. I am still using the 2D desktop, due to the gaming issues mentioned above.

	== CD-RW/DVD+-RW ==		== CD-RW/DVD+-RW ==

Marc Saric: /* Remaining issues */

2007-04-03T20:19:01Z

Remaining issues

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	'''Update''' Enemy Territory managed to crash my X-Server with the nVidia 1.0.9629 driver -eeek! Might be fixable with the most recent driver (which -according to nVidia ''"Fixed an X server crash starting some fullscreen OpenGL games."'').		'''Update''' Enemy Territory managed to crash my X-Server with the nVidia 1.0.9629 driver -eeek! Might be fixable with the most recent driver (which -according to nVidia ''"Fixed an X server crash starting some fullscreen OpenGL games."'').

			'''Update''' The Mozilla plugin for totem <tt>totem-xine-mozplugin-2.16.4-1.lvn6</tt> seemed to be the main reason for the firefox-instabilities. Once uninstalled, Firefox runs much more stable than before.

	= My opinion =		= My opinion =

Marc Saric: /* Flash */

2007-02-03T16:51:38Z

Flash

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	=== Flash ===		=== Flash ===

	~~I installed~~ Flash ~~beta~~ 9 ~~manually~~:		After the final stable version of Flash 9 has been released, you can simply download the rpm from http://macromedia.mplug.org/site_uh.html and do a

	<bash>		<bash>
	~~wget http://www~~.~~adobe~~.~~com/go~~/~~fp9_update_b1_installer_linuxplugin~~		sudo rpm -Uhv flash-plugin-9.0.31.0-release.i386.rpm
			</bash>

	~~tar -zxvf FP9_plugin_beta_101806~~.~~tar.gz~~		That's all folks.

	~~cd flash-player-plugin-9.0.21.55/~~
	~~sudo cp libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/~~
	~~</bash>~~

	=== Video ===		=== Video ===

Marc Saric: /* Remaining issues */

2006-12-13T10:45:52Z

Remaining issues

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	Issues with older games ([http://games.activision.com/games/wolfenstein/ RTCW:ET]) refuses to start with my current <tt>xorg.conf</tt>). As I don't play it anymore, this is no big deal. Maybe an upgrade to the final nVidia driver or other <tt>xorg</tt>-settings might help here.		Issues with older games ([http://games.activision.com/games/wolfenstein/ RTCW:ET]) refuses to start with my current <tt>xorg.conf</tt>). As I don't play it anymore, this is no big deal. Maybe an upgrade to the final nVidia driver or other <tt>xorg</tt>-settings might help here.

	'''Update''' Enemy Territory managed to crash my X-Server with the nVidia 1.0.9629 driver -eeek!		'''Update''' Enemy Territory managed to crash my X-Server with the nVidia 1.0.9629 driver -eeek! Might be fixable with the most recent driver (which -according to nVidia ''"Fixed an X server crash starting some fullscreen OpenGL games."'').

	= My opinion =		= My opinion =

Marc Saric: /* Remaining issues */

2006-12-10T18:27:38Z

Remaining issues

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	Issues with older games ([http://games.activision.com/games/wolfenstein/ RTCW:ET]) refuses to start with my current <tt>xorg.conf</tt>). As I don't play it anymore, this is no big deal. Maybe an upgrade to the final nVidia driver or other <tt>xorg</tt>-settings might help here.		Issues with older games ([http://games.activision.com/games/wolfenstein/ RTCW:ET]) refuses to start with my current <tt>xorg.conf</tt>). As I don't play it anymore, this is no big deal. Maybe an upgrade to the final nVidia driver or other <tt>xorg</tt>-settings might help here.

			'''Update''' Enemy Territory managed to crash my X-Server with the nVidia 1.0.9629 driver -eeek!

	= My opinion =		= My opinion =