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Fedora 12 Installation and Post Installation Guide

Written by axel

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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. If Services isn't there install it by typing:

su -c 'yum install system-config-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 12 uses the open source nouveau driver for nvidia cards. This might be enough for you depending on your needs. Kernel Mode Setting (KMS) is now enabled by default on NVIDIA systems as well, through the Nouveau driver. However if you want to have 3D support in Fedora 12 you must install the binary nvidia drivers. Just type:

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

su -
yum --enablerepo=rp*g  install kmod-nvidia.$(uname -m) \
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs.i686 xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs.x86_64

If you use a PAE kernel

su
yum --enablerepo=rp*g install kmod-nvidia-PAE xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs.i686 \
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs.x86_64
reboot

Or (akmod builds the required kmod on bootup)

su -
yum --enablerepo=rp*g install akmod-nvidia \
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs.i686 xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs.x86_64

For GeForce FX cards

su -
yum --enablerepo=rp*g install kmod-nvidia-173xx.$(uname -m) \
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-173xx-libs.i686 xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-173xx-libs.x86_64

If you use a PAE kernel

su -
yum --enablerepo=rp*g install kmod-nvidia-173xx-PAE xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-173xx-libs.i686 \
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-173xx-libs.x86_64
reboot

Or (akmod builds the required kmod on bootup)

su -
yum --enablerepo=rp*g install akmod-nvidia-173xx \
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-173xx-libs.i686 xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-173xx-libs.x86_64

For GeForce 4 and below

su -
yum --enablerepo=rp*g install kmod-nvidia-96xx.$(uname -m) \
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-96xx-libs

Unsuported Nvidia Cards

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

Now you must edit grub.conf:

this command adds rdblacklist=nouveau option to /boot/grub/grub.conf

su -
sed -i '/root=UUID/s|$| rdblacklist=nouveau|' /boot/grub/grub.conf

( If you have A PAE kernel add vmalloc=256m as well )

this command adds vmalloc=256m option to /boot/grub/grub.conf

su -
sed -i '/root=UUID/s|$| vmalloc=256m|' /boot/grub/grub.conf

Before using the driver, you need to enable allow_execstack so SElinux doesn't prevent the driver loading.

su
setsebool -P allow_execstack on

Now reboot and you have 3D accelaration!

* Installing ATi driver

There is no FGLRX support for F12 at the moment.

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/fedora12/msttcore-fonts-2.0-3.noarch.rpm
su -c 'rpm -ivh msttcore-fonts-2.0-3.noarch.rpm'

I built it myself using the msttcore-fonts-2.0-3.spec from Fedora-devel mailing list. 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'
rpmdev-setuptree
cd ~/rpmbuild/SPECS/
wget http://www.my-guides.net/en/images/stories/fedora12/msttcore-fonts-2.0-3.spec
rpmbuild -bb msttcore-fonts-2.0-3.spec
cd ~/rpmbuild/RPMS/noarch/
su -c 'rpm -ivh msttcore-fonts-2.0-3.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.

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