Fedora 10 Post-Installation tips - Overclock.net

Redmist · 12-02-08

I was originally going to save a .txt file with all of this info,so I'd have it all in one place, but then I figured hey, I'll save someone else the trouble of finding all of the information as they need it, like I did

To start off, login as super user

Code:

su -

and put in your password when it asks.

First of all, your best friend RPM Fusion

Code:

rpm -ivh http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm

Code:

rpm -ivh http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm

Now, Multimedia codecs:

Code:

yum -y install gstreamer-plugins-bad gstreamer-plugins-ugly xine-lib-extras-nonfree

XMMS + MP3:

Code:

yum install xmms xmms-mp3

MPEG, AVI, DVD, Quicktime:

Code:

yum install xine xine-lib libdvdcss

Mplayer (because I personally favor gnome mplayer over Xine.)

Code:

yum install mplayer mplayer-skins mplayer-fonts mplayerplug-in mplayer-gui

Now, for Adobe Flash player x64, congrats linux users, on being the first to have 64-bit Flash! Download it (with a web browser) from the following link:

Code:

http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/flashplayer10/libflashplayer-10.0.d20.7.linux-x86_64.so.tar.gz

Now, Extract the libflashplayer.so file into /home/*yourusernamehere*
open a konsole and cd to your /home:

Code:

cd /home/*yourusername*

Now,

Code:

ls libflashplayer.so

And finally:

Code:

cp libflashplayer.so ~/.mozilla/plugins/

Lastly, I was getting very slow speeds browsing the web in Fedora, and getting constant unknown host errors. This was solved by disabling IPV6. (This is not necessary unless you are noticing slow internet speeds.)
To do this,

Code:

nano /etc/modprobe.conf

and add:

Code:

alias net-pf-10 off

Then save and exit. The instuctions for nano are at the bottom of your screen, press CTRL + whatever key it says.

Finally, for those of you who have an Nvidia card, Nvidia drivers:

Quote:

Originally Posted by leigh123@linux

F10 Howto for the rpmfusion nvidia drivers

For GeForce 6, 7, 8, 9 & 200 series cards

Code:

su
rpm -Uvh http://ftp-stud.hs-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm http://ftp-stud.hs-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm
yum install kmod-nvidia xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs.i386 xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs.x86_64
reboot

Or (akmod builds the required kmod on bootup )

Code:

su
rpm -Uvh http://ftp-stud.hs-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm http://ftp-stud.hs-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm
yum install akmod-nvidia xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs.i386 xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs.x86_64
reboot

For GeForce FX cards

Code:

su
rpm -Uvh http://ftp-stud.hs-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm http://ftp-stud.hs-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm
yum install kmod-nvidia-173xx xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-173xx-libs.i386 xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-173xx-libs.x86_64
reboot

Or (akmod builds the required kmod on bootup )

Code:

su
rpm -Uvh http://ftp-stud.hs-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm http://ftp-stud.hs-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm
yum install akmod-nvidia-173xx xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-173xx-libs.i386 xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-173xx-libs.x86_64
reboot

For GeForce 4 and below

Code:

su
rpm -Uvh http://ftp-stud.hs-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm http://ftp-stud.hs-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm
yum install kmod-nvidia-96xx xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-96xx-libs
reboot

Or (akmod builds the required kmod on bootup )

Code:

su
rpm -Uvh http://ftp-stud.hs-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm http://ftp-stud.hs-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm
yum install akmod-nvidia-96xx xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-96xx-libs
reboot

Unsuported

RIVA TNT
RIVA TNT2/TNT2 Pro
RIVA TNT2 Ultra
Vanta/Vanta LT
RIVA TNT2 Model 64/Model 64 Pro
Aladdin TNT2
GeForce 256
GeForce DDR
Quadro
GeForce2 GTS/GeForce2 Pro
GeForce2 Ti
GeForce2 Ultra
Quadro2 Pro

Supported an Unsupported Nvidia cards

You may need to edit xorg.conf for compiz to work.

Code:

su
gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

and add

For 32 bit

Code:

Section "Files"
	ModulePath   "/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/nvidia"
	ModulePath   "/usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers"
	ModulePath   "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
EndSection

For 64 bit

Code:

Section "Files"
	ModulePath   "/usr/lib64/xorg/modules/extensions/nvidia"
	ModulePath   "/usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers"
	ModulePath   "/usr/lib64/xorg/modules"
EndSection

Congrats, your Fedora 10 install should now be able to do anything you want it to.

All info in this post was obtained from the following sites. I give them total credit, as all the information I posted here was basically copied and pasted from them. This is my first time writing a "guide", so constructive criticism is welcome

http://www.ducea.com/2006/06/01/disa...fault-kernels/
http://linuxpoison.blogspot.com/2008...fedora-10.html
http://nareshv.blogspot.com/2008/11/...fedora-10.html
http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=204752

error10 · 12-03-08

Nice guide. Much of that and even more is in my Linux Software Guide (below) and I'll update it.

Redmist · 12-03-08

Quote:

Originally Posted by error10

Nice guide. Much of that and even more is in my Linux Software Guide (below) and I'll update it.

Thanks!

I never checked out your software guide before, that was a nice read, great job on that, you went much more in-depth than I have, and I'll definitely be trying out those sensor commands

error10 · 12-03-08

I try to write good stuff. It was also longer than it would otherwise be because I was covering Fedora and Ubuntu at the same time, by popular demand.

Redmist · 12-25-08

Updated. Bolded some words to make it easier to find certain things, and
quoted an amazing post by leigh123@linux on forums.fedoraforum.org about installing Nvidia drivers. I think I may have to pick up an Nvidia card soon. Lack of ATI drivers is getting to me

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