On 07/31/2012 07:38 PM, John Ellson wrote:
On 07/31/2012 06:07 PM, David Timms wrote:
> I'm trying to get a rawhide VM machine going...
> - installed F17 minimal
> - yum install fedora-release-rawhide
> - yum update
> - boot and OK.
>
> Booting the rawhide kernel drops do a maintenance shell (give root
> pass or ctrl-d), so I'm using f17 kernel for now.
Hmm. kernel-3.6.0-0.rc0.git6.1.fc18.x86_64.rpm is working for me, on
a kvm vhost.
>
> I yum groupinstall @"GNOME Desktop Environment" @"X Window
System",
> plus a heap of other gui things.
>
> Trying to telinit 5 or startx, the terminal mouse cursor flashes once
> or twice, but then screen goes black, and sendkeys, nor actual keys
> will bring the VM back. Force off is then needed.
>
> Is X or the kernel a problem in rawhide at the moment ?
Yes. xorg-x11-server problem, I think. See BZ#844463
>
> Anyway, wanted to get networking setup. no package
> system-config-network available. Is it being replaced ?
Its still there: system-config-network-tui-1.6.3-2.fc17.noarch
Oh! I lied. Its still installed on my system, but you're right. It
isn't in the rawhide repo. I wonder what replaces it?
John