Makefile
by Karsten Wade
Makefile | 1 -
1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
New commits:
commit 12364887d4a19a9380b28dad1e45d8d2411eaefe
Author: Karsten 'quaid' Wade <kwade(a)calliope.phig.org>
Date: Thu Nov 6 15:09:50 2008 -0800
Development.xml replaced by How are things for Developers content.
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c42f251..69678e4 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ XMLFILES-${1} = ${1}/Architecture_specific_notes.xml \
${1}/Backwards_compatibility.xml \
${1}/Colophon.xml \
${1}/Database_servers.xml \
- ${1}/Development.xml \
${1}/Embedded.xml \
${1}/Fedora_10_boot-time.xml \
${1}/Fedora_10_overview.xml \
15 years, 6 months
en_US/Security.xml
by Karsten Wade
en_US/Security.xml | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
New commits:
commit 84ed4ce4e8c63497986d7fa0e703046058270f70
Author: Karsten 'quaid' Wade <kwade(a)calliope.phig.org>
Date: Thu Nov 6 15:04:08 2008 -0800
Final wiki one-way sync done; some XML only changes here.
* Decided that the app is called sectool, based on the project page; not 'Sectool' or 'SecTool'; if they mean differently, they need to update the project site
* Small rewording to improve in English; meaning still the same, probably mess up trans but it was a bit ugly.
diff --git a/en_US/Security.xml b/en_US/Security.xml
index 21f989b..6b32a02 100644
--- a/en_US/Security.xml
+++ b/en_US/Security.xml
@@ -78,9 +78,9 @@
</section><section id="sn-Security_audit_package">
<title>Security audit package</title>
<para>
- <application>Sectool</application> provides users with a tool that can
- check their systems for security issues. There are libraries
- included that allow for the customization of system tests. More
+ The new <application>sectool</application> provides users with a
+ tool to check their systems for security issues. Included
+ libraries allow for the customization of system tests. More
information can be found at the project home:</para>
<para>
<ulink url="https://fedorahosted.org/sectool"/>
15 years, 6 months
en_US/Development.xml en_US/How_are_Things_for_Developers.xml en_US/Runtime.xml
by Paul Frields
en_US/Development.xml | 37 --------------------------------
en_US/How_are_Things_for_Developers.xml | 5 ++++
en_US/Runtime.xml | 33 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 37 deletions(-)
New commits:
commit c5dd3079928acc570a003933c4b880c8e4cdb876
Author: Paul W. Frields <paul(a)salma.internal.frields.org>
Date: Thu Nov 6 17:58:25 2008 -0500
Fixed Development stuff
* Add new Runtime beat file
* Add Runtime info to overall development parent file
* Remove deprecated Development.xml file
diff --git a/en_US/Development.xml b/en_US/Development.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 87f7e89..0000000
--- a/en_US/Development.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!DOCTYPE section PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd">
-
-
-<section lang="en" id="sn-Development">
- <title>Development</title>
- <para>This section covers various development tools and
- features.</para>
- <section id='sn-Runtime'>
- <title>Runtime</title>
- <section id="sn-Python_NSS_bindings">
- <title>Python NSS bindings</title>
- <para>Python bindings for NSS/NSPR allow Python programs to
- utilize the NSS cryptographic libraries for SSL/TLS and PKI
- certificate management. The <package>python-nss</package>
- package provides a Python binding to the NSS and NSPR support
- libraries.</para>
- <para>Network Security Services (NSS) is a set of libraries
- supporting security-enabled client and server applications.
- Applications built with NSS can support SSL v2 and v3, TLS,
- PKCS #5, PKCS #7, PKCS #11, PKCS #12, S/MIME, X.509 v3
- certificates and other security standards. NSS has received
- FIPS 140 validation from NIST. </para>
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <ulink url='http://people.redhat.com/jdennis/python-nss/doc/api/html/index.html'/> -- Library Documentation
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
- </section>
- </section>
- <!-- Tools.xml -->
-
- <xi:include href="./Tools.xml"
- xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" />
-</section>
diff --git a/en_US/How_are_Things_for_Developers.xml b/en_US/How_are_Things_for_Developers.xml
index 2b40f29..a3ffee9 100644
--- a/en_US/How_are_Things_for_Developers.xml
+++ b/en_US/How_are_Things_for_Developers.xml
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@
<title>How are Things for Developers</title>
<para/>
+<!-- Runtime -->
+
+ <xi:include href="Runtime.xml"
+ xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" />
+
<!-- Java.xml -->
<xi:include href="Java.xml"
diff --git a/en_US/Runtime.xml b/en_US/Runtime.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..749babf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/en_US/Runtime.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<?xml version='1.0'?>
+<!DOCTYPE section PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
+]>
+
+<section id='sn-Runtime'>
+ <title>Runtime</title>
+ <section id="sn-Python_NSS_bindings">
+ <title>Python NSS bindings</title>
+ <para>
+ Python bindings for NSS/NSPR allow Python programs to utilize
+ the NSS cryptographic libraries for SSL/TLS and PKI certificate
+ management. The <package>python-nss</package> package provides
+ a Python binding to the NSS and NSPR support libraries.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Network Security Services (NSS) is a set of libraries supporting
+ security-enabled client and server applications. Applications
+ built with NSS can support SSL v2 and v3, TLS, PKCS #5, PKCS #7,
+ PKCS #11, PKCS #12, S/MIME, X.509 v3 certificates and other
+ security standards. NSS has received FIPS 140 validation from
+ NIST.
+ </para>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <ulink
+ url='http://people.redhat.com/jdennis/python-nss/doc/api/html/index.html'/>
+ -- Library Documentation
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </section>
+</section>
15 years, 6 months
en_US/Installation_notes.xml
by Karsten Wade
en_US/Installation_notes.xml | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
New commits:
commit 8aef71c01b8d8e534ac704959e8c30fbfdb51f1e
Author: Karsten 'quaid' Wade <kwade(a)calliope.phig.org>
Date: Thu Nov 6 14:50:30 2008 -0800
fixing broken closing tag
diff --git a/en_US/Installation_notes.xml b/en_US/Installation_notes.xml
index c1af986..006fd4f 100644
--- a/en_US/Installation_notes.xml
+++ b/en_US/Installation_notes.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
<title>Fedora DVD ISO image is a large file.</title>
<para>If you intend to download the Fedora DVD ISO image, keep
in mind that not all file downloading tools can accommodate
- files larger than 2 GiB in size. </title>
+ files larger than 2 GiB in size. </para>
<para> The programs <command>wget</command> 1.9.1-16 and above,
<command>curl</command>, and <command>ncftpget</command> do not
have this limitation, and can successfully download files larger
15 years, 6 months
2 commits - en_US/Fedora_Live_images.xml en_US/Package_notes.xml
by Paul Frields
en_US/Fedora_Live_images.xml | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
en_US/Package_notes.xml | 4 ++--
2 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
New commits:
commit 1aa6d92b17200d0045b27368c4b68b64534d0a0c
Author: Paul W. Frields <stickster(a)gmail.com>
Date: Thu Nov 6 17:36:29 2008 -0500
Finish porting in changes previously made on wiki.
diff --git a/en_US/Fedora_Live_images.xml b/en_US/Fedora_Live_images.xml
index 3bffd39..fa56f4f 100644
--- a/en_US/Fedora_Live_images.xml
+++ b/en_US/Fedora_Live_images.xml
@@ -19,20 +19,31 @@
</section>
<section id="sn-Usage_information">
<title>Usage Information</title>
- <para>To boot from the Fedora Live image, insert it into your
+ <para>To boot from the Fedora Live image, insert the media into your
computer and restart. To log in and use the desktop environment,
enter the username <systemitem
class="username">fedora</systemitem>. There is no password on
this account. The GNOME-based Fedora Live images automatically
login after one minute, so users have time to select a preferred
language. After logging in, if you wish to install the contents of
- the live image to your hard drive, click on the <guiicon>Install
+ the Live image to your hard drive, click on the <guiicon>Install
to Hard Drive</guiicon> icon on the desktop.</para>
</section>
+ <section id="sn-Checking_live_media">
+ <title>Checking Your Media</title>
+ <para>
+ To check Fedora Live media, press any key during the initial
+ boot countdown to display a boot option menu. Select
+ <guilabel>Verify</guilabel> and boot to perform the media test.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Perform this test for any new Live medium.
+ </para>
+ </section>
<section id="sn-Text_mode_installation">
<title>Text Mode Installation</title>
- <para>You can do a text mode installation of the Fedora Live images
- using the <command>liveinst</command> command in the
+ <para>To perform a text mode installation of the Fedora Live image,
+ use the <command>liveinst</command> command in the
console.</para>
</section>
<section id="sn-USB_booting">
@@ -40,8 +51,8 @@
<para>Another way to use these Fedora Live images is to put them on
a USB stick. To do this, use the
<package>liveusb-creator</package> graphical interface. Use
- <guimenuitem>Add/Remove Software</guimenuitem>, search for, then
- install <package>liveusb-creator</package>. To install using
+ <guimenuitem>Add/Remove Software</guimenuitem> to search for and
+ install <package>liveusb-creator</package>, or to install using
<command>yum</command>:</para>
<screen>
<userinput>su -c 'yum install liveusb-creator'</userinput>
@@ -49,14 +60,16 @@
<para>Instead of the graphical tool, you can use the command line
interface from the <package>livecd-tools</package> package. Then,
run the <command>livecd-iso-to-disk</command> script:</para>
- <screen>
- <userinput>/usr/bin/livecd-iso-to-disk /path/to/live.iso /dev/sdb1</userinput>
- </screen>
+ <screen><userinput>/usr/bin/livecd-iso-to-disk /path/to/live.iso /dev/sdb1</userinput></screen>
<para>Replace <filename>/dev/sdb1</filename> with the partition
where you want to put the image.</para>
<para>This is <emphasis>not</emphasis> a destructive process; any
data you currently have on your USB stick <emphasis>is
preserved</emphasis>.</para>
+ <para>
+ A Windows version of this tools is also available that allows
+ users to try out or migrate to Fedora.
+ </para>
</section>
<section id="sn-Persistent_home_directory">
<title>Persistent Home Directory</title>
@@ -65,7 +78,7 @@
10. This includes support for encrypting
<filename>/home</filename> to protect your system if
your USB stick is lost or stolen. To use this feature, download the
- live image and run the following command:</para>
+ Live image and run the following command:</para>
<screen>
<userinput>livecd-iso-to-disk --home-size-mb 512 /path/to/live.iso /dev/sdb1</userinput>
</screen>
@@ -83,7 +96,7 @@
can specify <option>--unencrypted-home</option>.</para>
<para>Note that later runs of <command>livecd-iso-to-disk</command>
preserve the <filename>/home</filename> that is created on the USB
- stick, continuing to use it even if you change your live
+ stick, continuing to use it even if you change your Live
image.</para>
</section>
<section id="sn-Live_USB_persistence">
@@ -142,7 +155,7 @@
file system from the Live media to the hard disk. After
the installation is complete, and your system has been
rebooted, you can add and remove packages as desired with the
- <guimenuitem>Add/Remove Packages</guimenuitem> tool,
+ <guimenuitem>Add/Remove Software</guimenuitem> tool,
<command>yum</command>, or the other software management
tools.</para>
</listitem><listitem>
commit b8b17a218aeb422e5da38ac13a310262682f5a10
Author: Paul W. Frields <stickster(a)gmail.com>
Date: Thu Nov 6 17:26:39 2008 -0500
Use proper character entity
diff --git a/en_US/Package_notes.xml b/en_US/Package_notes.xml
index be46864..87f2e5c 100644
--- a/en_US/Package_notes.xml
+++ b/en_US/Package_notes.xml
@@ -34,9 +34,9 @@
<para>The following legal information concerns some software in
Fedora.</para>
<para>
- Portions Copyright (c) 2002-2007 Charlie Poole or Copyright (c)
+ Portions Copyright © 2002-2007 Charlie Poole or Copyright ©
2002-2004 James W. Newkirk, Michael C. Two, Alexei A. Vorontsov or
- Copyright (c) 2000-2002 Philip A. Craig
+ Copyright © 2000-2002 Philip A. Craig
</para>
</section>
</section>
15 years, 6 months
4 commits - en_US/Fedora_10_boot-time.xml en_US/Fedora_desktop.xml en_US/Linux_kernel.xml en_US/PPC_specifics_for_Fedora.xml
by Karsten Wade
en_US/Fedora_10_boot-time.xml | 8 ++++++++
en_US/Fedora_desktop.xml | 25 ++++++++++++-------------
en_US/Linux_kernel.xml | 30 +++++++++++++++---------------
en_US/PPC_specifics_for_Fedora.xml | 18 +++---------------
4 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 43 deletions(-)
New commits:
commit aa78d42c2908d476a07802698b8f13026233a5ef
Author: Karsten 'quaid' Wade <kwade(a)calliope.phig.org>
Date: Thu Nov 6 14:38:19 2008 -0800
One-way sync from wiki is complete; most changes since initial version had been carried previously.
diff --git a/en_US/Fedora_desktop.xml b/en_US/Fedora_desktop.xml
index 73c3cc9..17eb114 100644
--- a/en_US/Fedora_desktop.xml
+++ b/en_US/Fedora_desktop.xml
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@
<para>For a list of all webcams and applications where Fedora 10's
new webcam support has been tested refer to <ulink
url="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/BetterWebcamSupport"/>.
- For a list of all cams supported by the original version of
- <package>gspca</package> refer to the original gspca
- website.</para>
+ For a list of all webcams supported by the original version of
+ <package>gspca</package> refer to the original
+ <package>gspca</package> website.</para>
<para><ulink url="http://mxhaard.free.fr/spca5xx.html"/></para>
<para>The V4L2 version of <package>gspca</package> in Fedora 10
supports all these webcams and more.</para>
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
<section id="sn-Infrared_remote_support">
<title>Infrared remote support</title>
<para>New to Fedora 10 is the <package>gnome-lirc-properties</package>
- package with a new graphical frontend for configuring LIRC to use
+ package with a new graphical front-end for configuring LIRC to use
with applications supporting the protocol. For more information
refer to <xref linkend="sn-Infrared_remote_support"/>.</para>
<para>LIRC is routinely used in multimedia applications to implement
@@ -81,14 +81,13 @@
<section id="sn-Empathy_instant_messenger">
<title>Empathy instant messenger</title>
<para>
- <application>Empathy</application> instant messenger is the new
- default replacing <application>Pidgin</application> in this
- release. It has support for multiple protocols including IRC,
- XMPP (Jabber), Yahoo, MSN, and others via plugins. It also
- supports video and voice in the XMPP protocol, with support for
- other protocols under active development. Empathy uses the
- <command>telepathy</command> framework that has a number of
- additional plugins:</para>
+ <application>Empathy</application> instant messenger is
+ available in this release. It has support for multiple protocols
+ including IRC, XMPP (Jabber), Yahoo, MSN, and others via
+ plugins. It also supports video and voice in the XMPP protocol,
+ with support for other protocols under active development.
+ Empathy uses the <command>telepathy</command> framework that has
+ a number of additional plugins:</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
@@ -138,7 +137,7 @@
<command>codeina</command> was replaced by a PackageKit-based
solution for Fedora 10. When Totem, Rhythmbox, or another
GStreamer application require a plugin to read a film or song, a
- PackageKit dialogue appears, allowing the user to search for the
+ PackageKit dialog appears, allowing the user to search for the
necessary package in the configured
repositories.</para>
<para>More details are available on the feature page:</para>
commit b712044fc226131eb31420fd414ebb81dea8cdc9
Author: Karsten 'quaid' Wade <kwade(a)calliope.phig.org>
Date: Thu Nov 6 14:12:20 2008 -0800
One-way sync of changes from wiki completed with these updates on paravirt_ops.
diff --git a/en_US/Linux_kernel.xml b/en_US/Linux_kernel.xml
index 8ccee82..df63320 100644
--- a/en_US/Linux_kernel.xml
+++ b/en_US/Linux_kernel.xml
@@ -11,18 +11,7 @@
updated since the Fedora 9 release notes.</para>
</tip>
<para>This section covers changes and important information regarding
- the 2.6.27 based kernel in Fedora 10. The 2.6.27 kernel
- includes:</para>
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Work on <option>paravirt_ops</option> in the upstream kernel
- has progressed sufficiently that the
- <package>kernel-xen</package> has been obsoleted. For further
- details refer to <xref linkend="sn-Unified_kernel_image"/>.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
+ the 2.6.27 based kernel in Fedora 10.</para>
<section id="sn-Version">
<title>Version</title>
<para>Fedora may include additional patches to the kernel for
@@ -71,9 +60,9 @@
the <package>kernel-PAE-devel</package> package.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>Virtualization kernel for use with the Xen emulator
- package. Configured sources are available in the
- <package>kernel-xen-devel</package> package.</para>
+ <para>Debugging kernel, for use in debugging some kernel issues.
+ Configured sources are available in the
+ <package>kernel-debug-devel</package> package.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>You may install kernel headers for all four
@@ -94,6 +83,17 @@
longer require a separate kernel for kdump capability. PPC64
still requires a separate kdump kernel.</para>
</note>
+ <note>
+ <title>Kernel Includes Paravirtualization</title>
+ <para>
+ Both the x86_64 and the i686 kernels contain
+ <option>paravirt_ops</option> support and no longer require a
+ separate kernel for running under a Xen hypervisor. For more
+ information, refer to <xref
+ linkend="sn-Unified_kernel_image"/>.
+ </para>
+ </note>
+
<note>
<title>Default Kernel Provides SMP</title>
<para>
commit aded20e76331b77daea6b7a618214927b604b12e
Author: Karsten 'quaid' Wade <kwade(a)calliope.phig.org>
Date: Thu Nov 6 13:59:55 2008 -0800
One-way merge from the wiki; additional decisions from #fedora-devel.
* Talked with PPC maintainers, RS/6000 content removed as a result;
** It may work again someday, but no one is holding their breath
** They preferred removing reference entirely v. a note that it is "currently broken"
diff --git a/en_US/PPC_specifics_for_Fedora.xml b/en_US/PPC_specifics_for_Fedora.xml
index 8526d29..601a227 100644
--- a/en_US/PPC_specifics_for_Fedora.xml
+++ b/en_US/PPC_specifics_for_Fedora.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
Fedora has also been installed and tested on POWER5 and
POWER6 machines.</para>
</listitem><listitem>
- <para> Fedora 10 supports pSeries, iSeries, and Cell Broadband
+ <para>Fedora 10 supports pSeries and Cell Broadband
Engine machines.</para>
</listitem><listitem>
<para> Fedora 10 also supports the Sony PlayStation 3 and
@@ -85,12 +85,12 @@
hardware:</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
- <para>On most machines, the bootloader automatically boots the
+ <para>On most machines -- The bootloader automatically boots the
appropriate 32-bit or 64-bit installer from the install
disc.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>64-bit IBM pSeries (POWER4/POWER5), current iSeries
+ <para>64-bit IBM pSeries (POWER4/POWER5/POWER6), current iSeries
models -- After using OpenFirmware to boot the CD, the
bootloader, <command>yaboot</command>, automatically boots the
64-bit installer.</para>
@@ -102,14 +102,6 @@
directory of the installation tree.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>32-bit CHRP (IBM RS/6000 and others) -- After using
- OpenFirmware to boot the CD, select the <filename>linux32</filename> boot image at
- the <prompt>boot:</prompt> prompt to start
- the 32-bit installer. Otherwise, the 64-bit installer starts
- and fails.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
<para>Genesi Pegasos II / Efika 5200B -- The Fedora kernel
supports both Pegasos and Efika without the need to use the
"Device Tree Supplement" from powerdeveloper.org. However, the
@@ -193,10 +185,6 @@
encourages the use of <command>yaboot</command> over the
<command>netboot</command> images.</para>
</listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>RS/6000 kernel support is currently broken (as of August
- 28, 2008).</para>
- </listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<section id="sn-PPC_specific_packages">
<title>PPC specific packages</title>
commit 3cd20a5b96d0521371dda0fa0198f9bdf3ff5e4e
Author: Karsten 'quaid' Wade <kwade(a)calliope.phig.org>
Date: Thu Nov 6 13:40:33 2008 -0800
Adding section on GRUB menu changes; one-way sync from wiki is complete.
diff --git a/en_US/Fedora_10_boot-time.xml b/en_US/Fedora_10_boot-time.xml
index 26ddf2e..edafdc6 100644
--- a/en_US/Fedora_10_boot-time.xml
+++ b/en_US/Fedora_10_boot-time.xml
@@ -5,6 +5,14 @@
<title>Fedora 10 boot-time</title>
<para>Fedora 10 includes multiple boot-time updates, including changes
that allow for faster booting and graphic booting changes.</para>
+ <section id="sn-GRUB">
+ <title>GRUB</title>
+ <para>The GRUB menu is no longer shown at startup, except on dual-boot
+ systems. To bring up the GRUB menu, hold the
+ <keycap>Shift</keycap> key before the kernel is loaded. (Any other
+ key works but the <keycap>Shift</keycap> key is the safest to use.)
+ </para>
+ </section>
<section id="sn-Plymouth">
<title>Plymouth</title>
<para>Plymouth is the graphical boot up system debuting with Fedora
15 years, 6 months
3 commits - en_US/Fedora_Live_images.xml en_US/Package_notes.xml
by Paul Frields
en_US/Fedora_Live_images.xml | 57 ++++++++++++++++++-------------------------
en_US/Package_notes.xml | 14 +++++-----
2 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 40 deletions(-)
New commits:
commit b3be078fbe279c138efc95c6c270de45a2100382
Author: Paul W. Frields <stickster(a)gmail.com>
Date: Thu Nov 6 17:25:00 2008 -0500
Style fixes.
diff --git a/en_US/Package_notes.xml b/en_US/Package_notes.xml
index 2feda10..be46864 100644
--- a/en_US/Package_notes.xml
+++ b/en_US/Package_notes.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
<section lang="en" id="sn-Package_notes">
- <title>Package notes</title>
+ <title>Package Notes</title>
<para>The following sections contain information regarding software
packages that have undergone significant changes for Fedora 10. For
easier access, they are generally organized using the same groups
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@
<para>Fedora 10 includes version 2.6 of the GNU Image Manipulation
Program.</para>
<para>This new version is designed to be backwards compatible, so
- existing third party plug-ins and scripts should continue to work
- -- with a minor caveat: The included Script-Fu Scheme interpreter
- doesn't accept variable definitions without an initial value
- anymore (which isn't compliant to the language standard). Scripts
+ existing third party plug-ins and scripts should continue to work,
+ with a minor caveat. The included Script-Fu Scheme interpreter
+ no longer accepts variable definitions without an initial value,
+ which is not compliant to the language standard. Scripts
included in Fedora packages should not have this problem, but if
you use scripts from other sources, please refer to the GIMP
release notes for more details and how you can fix scripts that
@@ -25,12 +25,12 @@
url="http://www.gimp.org/release-notes/gimp-2.6.html"/></para>
<para>Additionally, the <command>gimptool</command> script that is
used to build and install third party plug-ins and scripts has
- been moved from the <package>gimp</package> to the
+ been moved from the <package>gimp</package> package to the
<package>gimp-devel</package> package. Install this package if you
want to use <command>gimptool</command>.</para>
</section>
<section id="sn-Legal_information">
- <title>Legal information</title>
+ <title>Legal Information</title>
<para>The following legal information concerns some software in
Fedora.</para>
<para>
commit 4a3f72a3edde1d9ae2c7f819c81f89590a125973
Author: Paul W. Frields <stickster(a)gmail.com>
Date: Thu Nov 6 17:21:34 2008 -0500
Some grammatical and style fixes.
diff --git a/en_US/Fedora_Live_images.xml b/en_US/Fedora_Live_images.xml
index a6b79b6..3bffd39 100644
--- a/en_US/Fedora_Live_images.xml
+++ b/en_US/Fedora_Live_images.xml
@@ -63,8 +63,8 @@
<para>Support for keeping a persistent <filename>/home</filename>
with the rest of the system stateless has been added for Fedora
10. This includes support for encrypting
- <filename>/home</filename> to protect your system in the case
- where your USB stick is lost or stolen. To use this, download the
+ <filename>/home</filename> to protect your system if
+ your USB stick is lost or stolen. To use this feature, download the
live image and run the following command:</para>
<screen>
<userinput>livecd-iso-to-disk --home-size-mb 512 /path/to/live.iso /dev/sdb1</userinput>
commit 35bfbe5ffe8899ff1a3775b4ceca6c461ad9e04e
Author: Paul W. Frields <stickster(a)gmail.com>
Date: Thu Nov 6 16:35:23 2008 -0500
Stylistic and editorial updates.
* Note that these changes are no longer reflected in the
wiki! The wiki has been frozen at this point for Fedora
10 release notes content. Further content changes are
being made only to XML, to fix Bugzilla-filed bugs or
reflect pre-existing content changes in the wiki.
diff --git a/en_US/Fedora_Live_images.xml b/en_US/Fedora_Live_images.xml
index bdc8d8b..a6b79b6 100644
--- a/en_US/Fedora_Live_images.xml
+++ b/en_US/Fedora_Live_images.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
<!DOCTYPE section PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd">
<section id="sn-Fedora_Live_images" lang="en">
- <title>Fedora Live images</title>
+ <title>Fedora Live Images</title>
<para>The Fedora 10 release includes several Fedora Live ISO images in
addition to the traditional installation images. These ISO images
are bootable, and you can burn them to media and use them to try out
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
Fedora Live image content to your hard drive for persistence and
higher performance.</para>
<section id="sn-Available_images">
- <title>Available images</title>
+ <title>Available Images</title>
<para>For a complete list of current spins available, and
instructions for using them, refer to:</para>
<para>
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
</para>
</section>
<section id="sn-Usage_information">
- <title>Usage information</title>
+ <title>Usage Information</title>
<para>To boot from the Fedora Live image, insert it into your
computer and restart. To log in and use the desktop environment,
enter the username <systemitem
@@ -30,13 +30,13 @@
to Hard Drive</guiicon> icon on the desktop.</para>
</section>
<section id="sn-Text_mode_installation">
- <title>Text mode installation</title>
+ <title>Text Mode Installation</title>
<para>You can do a text mode installation of the Fedora Live images
using the <command>liveinst</command> command in the
console.</para>
</section>
<section id="sn-USB_booting">
- <title>USB booting</title>
+ <title>USB Booting</title>
<para>Another way to use these Fedora Live images is to put them on
a USB stick. To do this, use the
<package>liveusb-creator</package> graphical interface. Use
@@ -50,8 +50,7 @@
interface from the <package>livecd-tools</package> package. Then,
run the <command>livecd-iso-to-disk</command> script:</para>
<screen>
- <userinput>/usr/bin/livecd-iso-to-disk /path/to/live.iso
- /dev/sdb1</userinput>
+ <userinput>/usr/bin/livecd-iso-to-disk /path/to/live.iso /dev/sdb1</userinput>
</screen>
<para>Replace <filename>/dev/sdb1</filename> with the partition
where you want to put the image.</para>
@@ -60,7 +59,7 @@
preserved</emphasis>.</para>
</section>
<section id="sn-Persistent_home_directory">
- <title>Persistent home directory</title>
+ <title>Persistent Home Directory</title>
<para>Support for keeping a persistent <filename>/home</filename>
with the rest of the system stateless has been added for Fedora
10. This includes support for encrypting
@@ -68,8 +67,7 @@
where your USB stick is lost or stolen. To use this, download the
live image and run the following command:</para>
<screen>
- <userinput>livecd-iso-to-disk --home-size-mb 512 /path/to/live.iso
- /dev/sdb1</userinput>
+ <userinput>livecd-iso-to-disk --home-size-mb 512 /path/to/live.iso /dev/sdb1</userinput>
</screen>
<para>Replace <filename>/dev/sdb1</filename> with the partition
where you want to put the image.</para>
@@ -89,16 +87,13 @@
image.</para>
</section>
<section id="sn-Live_USB_persistence">
- <title>Live USB persistence</title>
+ <title>Live USB Persistence</title>
<para>Support for persistent changes with a Fedora Live image exists
for Fedora 9 and later. The primary use case is booting from a
Fedora Live image on a USB flash drive and storing changes to that
same device. To do this, download the Fedora Live image and then
run the following command:</para>
- <screen>
- <userinput>livecd-iso-to-disk --overlay-size-mb 512
- /path/to/live.iso /dev/sdb1</userinput>
- </screen>
+ <screen><userinput>livecd-iso-to-disk --overlay-size-mb 512 /path/to/live.iso /dev/sdb1</userinput></screen>
<para>Replace <filename>/dev/sdb1</filename> with the partition
where you want to put the image.</para>
<para>Replace <computeroutput>512</computeroutput> with the desired
@@ -110,18 +105,15 @@
Fedora Live image, plus the overlay, plus any other data to be
stored on the media.</para>
</section>
- <section id="sn-Booting_a_Fedora_Live_image_off_of_USB_on_Intel-based_Apple_hardware">
- <title>Booting a Fedora Live image off of USB on Intel-based Apple
- hardware</title>
- <para>Fedora 10 includes support for putting the live image onto a
+ <section id="sn-Booting_Live_USB_Intel_Apple">
+ <title>Booting a Fedora Live Image from USB on Intel-based Apple
+ Hardware</title>
+ <para>Fedora 10 includes support for putting the Live image onto a
USB image and then booting it on Intel processor-based Apple
- hardware. Unlike for most x86 machines, this unfortunately
- requires reformatting the USB stick that you are using. To set up
- a stick for this, you can run:</para>
- <screen>
- <userinput>/usr/bin/livecd-iso-to-disk --mactel /path/to/live.iso
- /dev/sdb1</userinput>
- </screen>
+ hardware. Unlike most x86 machines, this hardware
+ requires reformatting the USB stick. To set up
+ a USB stick, run this command:</para>
+ <screen><userinput>/usr/bin/livecd-iso-to-disk --mactel /path/to/live.iso /dev/sdb1</userinput></screen>
<para>Replace <filename>/dev/sdb1</filename> with the partition
where you want to put the image.</para>
<para>Note that all of the other arguments for the
@@ -129,9 +121,9 @@
be used here as well.</para>
</section>
<section id="sn-Differences_from_a_regular_Fedora_install">
- <title>Differences from a regular Fedora install</title>
- <para>The following items are different from a normal Fedora install
- with the Fedora Live images.</para>
+ <title>Differences from a Regular Fedora Installation</title>
+ <para>The Fedora Live image is different from a normal Fedora
+ installation as shown below.</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>Fedora Live images provide a subset of packages available
@@ -147,7 +139,7 @@
</listitem><listitem>
<para>Fedora Live image installations do not allow any package
selection or upgrade capability since they copy the entire
- file system from media or USB disks to the hard disk. After
+ file system from the Live media to the hard disk. After
the installation is complete, and your system has been
rebooted, you can add and remove packages as desired with the
<guimenuitem>Add/Remove Packages</guimenuitem> tool,
@@ -160,4 +152,3 @@
</itemizedlist>
</section>
</section>
-
15 years, 6 months
en_US/Installation_notes.xml
by Karsten Wade
en_US/Installation_notes.xml | 30 +++++++++++++++---------------
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
New commits:
commit b3a432563a7da8284d69e336f1f6b85f9e578da8
Author: Karsten 'quaid' Wade <kwade(a)calliope.phig.org>
Date: Thu Nov 6 13:30:56 2008 -0800
Merged final bits from Wiki, one-way sync.
* Some local changes made to wording that are not on the wiki; this is an OK practice now not to sync both ways
diff --git a/en_US/Installation_notes.xml b/en_US/Installation_notes.xml
index baabc15..c1af986 100644
--- a/en_US/Installation_notes.xml
+++ b/en_US/Installation_notes.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@
<section id="sn-Installation_media">
<title>Installation media</title>
<note>
- <title> If you intend to download the Fedora DVD ISO image, keep
+ <title>Fedora DVD ISO image is a large file.</title>
+ <para>If you intend to download the Fedora DVD ISO image, keep
in mind that not all file downloading tools can accommodate
files larger than 2 GiB in size. </title>
<para> The programs <command>wget</command> 1.9.1-16 and above,
@@ -41,9 +42,9 @@
For Fedora Live media, press any key during the initial boot
countdown, to display a boot option menu. Select
<menuchoice><guimenuitem>Verify and
- boot</guimenuitem></menuchoice> to perform the media test. The
- pure installation medium can be used to verify a Fedora Live
- medium. <application>Anaconda</application> asks during the
+ boot</guimenuitem></menuchoice> to perform the media test.
+ Installation media can be used to verify Fedora Live
+ media. <application>Anaconda</application> asks during the
mediacheck if you want to check any other disc than the one
<application>Anaconda</application> is running from. To test
additional media, select
@@ -107,9 +108,8 @@
<application>NetworkManager</application> by communicating
with it via D-Bus during installation. The move to
<application>NetworkManager</application> in
- <application>Anaconda</application> is still ongoing,
- but the bulk of existing
- functionality has been retained.
+ <application>Anaconda</application> is still ongoing, but the
+ bulk of existing functionality has been retained.
<application>NetworkManager</application> is enabled by
default on newly installed systems, so moving to
<application>NetworkManager</application> in
@@ -129,8 +129,8 @@
using the Fedora mirrorlist URL as the installation source.
The method selection screen no longer appears by default. If
you do not wish to use the mirrorlist URL, either add
- <literal>repo=<replaceable><your installation
- source></replaceable></literal> or add
+ <option>repo=<replaceable><your installation
+ source></replaceable></option> or add
<option>askmethod</option> to the installer boot parameters.
The <option>askmethod</option> option causes the selection
screen to appear as it did in previous releases. To add boot
@@ -149,9 +149,9 @@
<section id="PXE_booting_from_a_.iso">
<title>PXE booting from a <filename>.iso</filename></title>
<para>When PXE booting and using a <filename>.iso</filename> file
- for the installation media via NFS you are now required to add
+ mounted via NFS for the installation media, add
<userinput>method=nfsiso:server:/path</userinput> to the command
- line.</para>
+ line. This is a new requirement.</para>
</section>
<section id="sn-IDE_device_names">
<title>IDE device names</title>
@@ -250,16 +250,16 @@
<screen>
<userinput>su -c 'e2label /dev/example f7-slash'</userinput>
</screen>
- <para>For a VFAT filesystem use <command>dosfslabel</command>
+ <para>For a VFAT file system use <command>dosfslabel</command>
from the <package>dosfstools</package> package, and for NTFS
- filesystem use <command>ntfslabel</command> from the
+ file system use <command>ntfslabel</command> from the
<package>ntfsprogs</package> package. Before rebooting the
machine, also update the file system mount entries, and the
GRUB kernel root entry.</para>
</section>
<section id="sn-Update_the_file_system_mount_entries">
<title>Update the file system mount entries</title>
- <para>If any filesystem labels were added or modified, then the
+ <para>If any file system labels were added or modified, then the
device entries in <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> must be
adjusted to match: </para>
<screen>
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@
<title>Update the <filename>grub.conf</filename> kernel root
entry</title>
<para>If the label for the <filename>/</filename> (root)
- filesystem was modified, the kernel boot parameter in the grub
+ file system was modified, the kernel boot parameter in the grub
configuration file must also be modified: </para>
<screen>
<userinput>su -c 'gedit /boot/grub/grub.conf'</userinput>
15 years, 6 months
5 commits - en_US/Fedora_10_overview.xml en_US/Feedback.xml en_US/Multimedia.xml
by Paul Frields
en_US/Fedora_10_overview.xml | 4 ++--
en_US/Feedback.xml | 4 ++--
en_US/Multimedia.xml | 22 +++++++++++++++++++---
3 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
New commits:
commit 59d40895a13d16c26f77de6c45a2d34d6a95499c
Author: Paul W. Frields <stickster(a)gmail.com>
Date: Thu Nov 6 14:58:34 2008 -0500
Fix title case
diff --git a/en_US/Feedback.xml b/en_US/Feedback.xml
index d9ef307..3e97184 100644
--- a/en_US/Feedback.xml
+++ b/en_US/Feedback.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
improve the state of Fedora, Linux, and free software
worldwide.</para>
<section id="sn-Providing_feedback_on_Fedora_software">
- <title>Providing feedback on Fedora software</title>
+ <title>Providing Feedback on Fedora Software</title>
<para>To provide feedback on Fedora software or other system
elements, please refer to <ulink
url="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugsAndFeatureRequests"/>. A
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
</para>
</section>
<section id="sn-Providing_feedback_on_release_notes">
- <title>Providing feedback on release notes</title>
+ <title>Providing Feedback on Release Notes</title>
<para>If you feel these release notes could be improved in any way,
you can provide your feedback directly to the beat writers. There
are several ways to provide feedback, in order of
commit f0445a4b1c6174c306a8b2388bcb84a330f138a4
Author: Paul W. Frields <stickster(a)gmail.com>
Date: Thu Nov 6 14:47:42 2008 -0500
Add SELinux denial guidance section
diff --git a/en_US/Multimedia.xml b/en_US/Multimedia.xml
index f55ec6c..65bc8b7 100644
--- a/en_US/Multimedia.xml
+++ b/en_US/Multimedia.xml
@@ -187,5 +187,21 @@
drop-outs, and flexible adjustment of the latency for the needs of
the application.</para>
</section>
+ <section id="sn-selinux-denials-in-totem">
+ <title>SELinux denials in Totem and other GStreamer
+ applications</title>
+ <para>
+ Users may experience SELinux denials while using
+ <application>Totem</application> or other GStreamer applications
+ to play multimedia content. The SELinux Troubleshooting tool may
+ produce output similar to the following message:
+ </para>
+ <screen>SELinux is preventing gst-install-plu from making the program stack executable.</screen>
+ <para>
+ This situation may occur when older versions of the Fluendo MP3
+ codecs are installed. To solve the issue, install the latest
+ version of the Fluendo MP3 decoder plugin, which does not
+ require an executable stack.
+ </para>
+ </section>
</section>
-
commit 453e4e79d7603b02a1650810a0572229577aaf1a
Author: Paul W. Frields <stickster(a)gmail.com>
Date: Thu Nov 6 14:41:45 2008 -0500
Fix tagging so menu entries show up properly
diff --git a/en_US/Multimedia.xml b/en_US/Multimedia.xml
index d3b5fb7..f55ec6c 100644
--- a/en_US/Multimedia.xml
+++ b/en_US/Multimedia.xml
@@ -125,8 +125,8 @@
<application>K3b</application>.
Console programs including <command>wodim</command>, <application>readom</application>, and
<application>genisoimage</application>. Graphical
- programs are found under <guimenu>Applications</guimenu><guisubmenu>Sound &
- Video</guisubmenu>.</para>
+ programs are found under <menuchoice><guimenu>Applications</guimenu><guisubmenu>Sound &
+ Video</guisubmenu></menuchoice>.</para>
</section>
<section id="sn-Screencasts">
<title>Screencasts</title>
commit 2fc600564a5b2aff13a83622c20306859b1aebe6
Author: Paul W. Frields <stickster(a)gmail.com>
Date: Thu Nov 6 14:05:38 2008 -0500
Sync with wiki, including small fixes.
diff --git a/en_US/Fedora_10_overview.xml b/en_US/Fedora_10_overview.xml
index 33fc83e..2d820e0 100644
--- a/en_US/Fedora_10_overview.xml
+++ b/en_US/Fedora_10_overview.xml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
url="http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/VirtStorage"/>
</para>
</listitem><listitem>
- <para>SecTool is a new security audit and intrusion detections
+ <para>SecTool is a new security audit and intrusion detection
system -- <ulink
url="http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/SecurityAudit"/>
</para>
commit fd38cb7072f202f669485905778410525d71c61d
Author: Paul W. Frields <stickster(a)gmail.com>
Date: Thu Nov 6 13:52:29 2008 -0500
Use proper title case
diff --git a/en_US/Fedora_10_overview.xml b/en_US/Fedora_10_overview.xml
index ef6c94a..33fc83e 100644
--- a/en_US/Fedora_10_overview.xml
+++ b/en_US/Fedora_10_overview.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
<!DOCTYPE section PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd">
<section lang="en" id="sn-Fedora_10_overview">
- <title>Fedora 10 overview</title>
+ <title>Fedora 10 Overview</title>
<para>As always, Fedora continues to develop (<ulink
url="http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/RedHatContributions"/>)
and integrate the latest free and open source software (<ulink
15 years, 6 months
en_US/Welcome_to_Fedora.xml
by Paul Frields
en_US/Welcome_to_Fedora.xml | 4 ----
1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)
New commits:
commit ac10fafe367524353b08a326cdec090999f1e76c
Author: Paul W. Frields <stickster(a)gmail.com>
Date: Thu Nov 6 13:49:13 2008 -0500
Remove duplicate XInclude for validation and proper appearance
diff --git a/en_US/Welcome_to_Fedora.xml b/en_US/Welcome_to_Fedora.xml
index d1c4bd0..3690429 100644
--- a/en_US/Welcome_to_Fedora.xml
+++ b/en_US/Welcome_to_Fedora.xml
@@ -49,8 +49,4 @@
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
-<!-- Fedora_10_Overview.xml -->
-
- <xi:include href="Fedora_10_overview.xml"
- xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" />
</section>
15 years, 6 months