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5. Configure Fedora Services
You can easily select which services should run when you boot your system. To do so you can use Fedora's services configuration utility which can be found under System -> Administration -> Services.
For a detailed description on all services and daemons read my Fedora Services Guide .
6. Installing video drivers
**Note: To install the following packages you must have the RPM Fusion Repository enabled as described in Install RPM Fusion Repository .* Installing nVidia driver
Fedora 11 uses the open source nouveau driver for nvidia cards. This might be enough for you depending on your needs. However if you want to have 3D support in Fedora 11 you must install the binary nvidia drivers. Just type:For GeForce 6, 7, 8, 9 & 200 series cards
su -c 'yum install akmod-nvidia xorg-x11-drv-nvidia xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs'
If you use a PAE kernel
su
rpm -Uvh \
http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm \
http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm
yum install kmod-nvidia-PAE xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs.i586 xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs.x86_64
reboot
For GeForce FX cards
su -c 'yum install kmod-nvidia-173xx xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-173xx \
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-173xx-libs'
If you use a PAE kernel
su
rpm -Uvh \
http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm \
http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm
yum install kmod-nvidia-173xx-PAE xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-173xx-libs.i586 \
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-173xx-libs.x86_64
reboot
For GeForce 4 and below
su -c 'yum install kmod-nvidia-96xx xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-96xx \
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-96xx-libs'
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
Reboot and you should see the Nvidia logo in your screen.
If the nouveau driver module stops the nvidia module from being loaded you have to blacklist it like this:
su -c 'gedit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist'
#Video drivers
blacklist nouveau
* Installing ATi driver
Below are some instructions posted by Leigh on how to install video drivers for ATi in Fedora 11. I don't have an ATi card so I can't check them myself. To install the driver you must have the RPMFusion repository enabled. Install RPMFusion .Click this link to make sure your card is supported by this driver ( All ATI cards below the HD series are unsupported )
0. Clean: IF you previously installed this driver using the binary package provided by AMD-ATI, you must un-install it, then repair Mesa:
su -
yum reinstall mesa-libGL
1. Update kernel
su -
yum update kernel
reboot to the new kernel
2. Install driver
Install the F11 rpmfusion driver
su -
rpm -Uvh \
http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm \
http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm
yum install kmod-catalyst xorg-x11-drv-catalyst xorg-x11-drv-catalyst-libs.i586
For PAE kernels
su -<
rpm -Uvh \
http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm \
http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm
yum install kmod-catalyst-PAE xorg-x11-drv-catalyst-libs.i586 xorg-x11-drv-catalyst
3. Backup Old initrd
su
mv /boot/initrd-`uname -r`.img /boot/initrd-`uname -r`.img.backup
4. Remake initrd for the kernel (So the radeon module is not force loaded)
su -
mkinitrd -v /boot/initrd-`uname -r`.img `uname -r`
5. Edit grub.conf
su
gedit /boot/grub/grub.conf
and add this "nopat" to the end of the kernel arguments.
i.e
splashimage=(hd3,1)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz
hiddenmenu
title Fedora (2.6.29.2-126.fc11.x86_64)
root (hd3,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.29.2-126.fc11.x86_64 ro root=UUID=** rhgb quiet vga=0x318 nopat
initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.29.2-126.fc11.x86_64.img
add "nomodeset" to end of kernel arguments
6. Reboot
7. Install Microsoft fonts
Fedora uses Liberation and DejaVu fonts which are installed by default and look pretty smooth and nice, plus they are open source.If you insist on using the Microsoft fonts you can download and install the msttcorefonts rpm like this.
wget http://www.my-guides.net/en/images/stories/fedora11/msttcore-fonts-2.0-2.noarch.rpm
su -c 'rpm -ivh msttcore-fonts-2.0-2.noarch.rpm'
I built it myself using the msttcore-fonts-2.0-2.spec from Fedora-devel mailing list which unlike msttcore-fonts-2.0-1.spec doesn't require installing the xfs server. Therefore is ideal for Fedora 8, 9 and 10. It includes Arial, Andale, Comic Sans, Courier New, Georgia, Impact, Tahoma, Times, Trebuchet MS, Verdana and Webdings fonts.
The procedure just in case you want to build it yourself is the following.
su -c 'yum install rpmdevtools rpm-build cabextract ttmkfdir'
rpmdev-setuptree
cd ~/rpmbuild/SPECS/
wget http://www.my-guides.net/en/images/stories/fedora11/msttcore-fonts-2.0-2.spec
rpmbuild -bb msttcore-fonts-2.0-2.spec
cd ~/rpmbuild/RPMS/noarch/
su -c 'rpm -ivh msttcore-fonts-2.0-2.noarch.rpm'
Now you can change your fonts through System -> Preferences -> Appearance -> Fonts
8. Configure Nautilus
* Open each folder in the same window
Go to System -> Preferences -> Personal -> File Management and in the Behavior tab select the Always open in browser windows option.
Now you will use the File Browser to navigate through your folders.
* Open Terminal here
It's very useful to have an 'Open Terminal here' command to easily open a folder in terminal while you are browsing it in Nautilus. To do so type:su -c 'yum install nautilus-open-terminal'
log out and then log in, right click in a Nautilus window and you'll see the command 'Open In Terminal'.
* Add keyboard layout in Gnome
If you are from a non English speaking country you might want to add your country's keyboard layout. Go to System -> Preferences -> Keyboard -> Layouts tab and press the Add button.
Next choose your country from the list and press Add.
Choose the default layout, Here I have selected USA, and click the Layout Options button.
Select the key combination you want to change between languages. Here I use Alt+shift
Finally to add a Language indicator on Gnome's pane right click on it and add the Keyboard Indicator application.
