release-notes/en Desktop-en.xml, 1.3, 1.4 Feedback-en.xml, 1.3, 1.4 FileSystems-en.xml, 1.3, 1.4 Kernel-en.xml, 1.4, 1.5 Printing-en.xml, 1.3, 1.4 ServerTools-en.xml, 1.4, 1.5
Paul W. Frields (pfrields)
fedora-docs-commits at redhat.com
Mon Feb 13 04:10:38 UTC 2006
Author: pfrields
Update of /cvs/docs/release-notes/en
In directory cvs-int.fedora.redhat.com:/tmp/cvs-serv14031/en
Modified Files:
Desktop-en.xml Feedback-en.xml FileSystems-en.xml
Kernel-en.xml Printing-en.xml ServerTools-en.xml
Log Message:
More quick and dirty editing
Index: Desktop-en.xml
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RCS file: /cvs/docs/release-notes/en/Desktop-en.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.3
retrieving revision 1.4
diff -u -r1.3 -r1.4
--- Desktop-en.xml 13 Feb 2006 02:28:20 -0000 1.3
+++ Desktop-en.xml 13 Feb 2006 04:10:24 -0000 1.4
@@ -5,11 +5,7 @@
<title>Temp</title>
</articleinfo>
<section id="sn-Desktop">
- <title>Docs/Beats/Desktop</title>
- <para>This page is a stub for content. If you have a contribution for this release notes beat for the test release of Fedora Core, add it to this page or create a sub-page. </para>
- <para>Beat writers: this is where you want to fill in with instructions about how to post relevant information. Any questions that come up can be taken to a bugzilla report for discussion to resolution, or to fedora-docs-list for wider discussions. </para>
- <section>
- <title>Fedora Desktop</title>
+ <title>Desktop</title>
<para>GNOME 2.13.2 and KDE 3.5 Release Candidate 2 has been included in Fedora Core 5 test 2. GNOME 2.14 (or a release candidate) is scheduled to be available as part of Fedora Core 5. </para>
<para>The current test release has GNOME 2.12.1, together with some previews of technology from the forthcoming GNOME 2.14. Feedback on these packages is especially appreciated. </para>
<itemizedlist>
@@ -27,19 +23,10 @@
<screen>yum install nautilus-open-terminal</screen>
<para>Screensavers except the one providing a blank screen are not installed by default from Fedora Core 4 onwards. Many of the screensavers are found to be offensive or known to abruptly terminate the graphical interface, in particular some of the OpenGL animated ones provided within xscreensaver-gl-extras package. Some of them also provide a unexpected suprise to users. Users who need it can install it using the following command. </para>
<screen>yum install xscreensaver-extras xscreensaver-gl-extras</screen>
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
+ <note>
+ <title>system-config-mouse Removed</title>
<para>
- <inlinemediaobject>
- <imageobject>
- <imagedata width='16' fileref='/wiki/ntheme/img/icon-info.png' depth='16'/>
- </imageobject>
- <textobject>
- <phrase>{i}</phrase>
- </textobject>
- </inlinemediaobject> system-config-mouse configuration utility has been dropped from this release since synaptic and 3 button mouse configuration is being done automatically during installation and serial mice are not formally supported in Fedora Core anymore. </para>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
- </section>
+system-config-mouse configuration utility has been dropped from this release since synaptic and 3 button mouse configuration is being done automatically during installation and serial mice are not formally supported in Fedora Core anymore. </para>
+ </note>
</section>
</article>
Index: Feedback-en.xml
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RCS file: /cvs/docs/release-notes/en/Feedback-en.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.3
retrieving revision 1.4
diff -u -r1.3 -r1.4
--- Feedback-en.xml 12 Feb 2006 16:13:16 -0000 1.3
+++ Feedback-en.xml 13 Feb 2006 04:10:24 -0000 1.4
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
<title>Temp</title>
</articleinfo>
<section id="sn-Feedback">
- <title>Docs/Beats/Feedback</title>
+ <title>Feedback</title>
<para>Thanks for your interest in helping us with the release notes by providing feedback. This section explains how you can give that feedback. </para>
<section>
<title>Release Notes Feedback Procedure</title>
Index: FileSystems-en.xml
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RCS file: /cvs/docs/release-notes/en/FileSystems-en.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.3
retrieving revision 1.4
diff -u -r1.3 -r1.4
--- FileSystems-en.xml 13 Feb 2006 02:28:20 -0000 1.3
+++ FileSystems-en.xml 13 Feb 2006 04:10:24 -0000 1.4
@@ -6,7 +6,11 @@
</articleinfo>
<section id="sn-FileSystems">
<title>Docs/Beats/FileSystems</title>
- <para>This page is a stub for content. If you have a contribution for this release notes beat for the test release of Fedora Core, add it to this page or create a sub-page. </para>
- <para>Beat writers: this is where you want to fill in with instructions about how to post relevant information. Any questions that come up can be taken to a bugzilla report for discussion to resolution, or to fedora-docs-list for wider discussions. </para>
+<!-- <para>This page is a stub for content. If you have a contribution for this release notes beat for the test release of Fedora Core, add it to this page or create a sub-page. </para>
+ <para>Beat writers: this is where you want to fill in with instructions -->
+<!-- about how to post relevant information. Any questions that come up can -->
+<!-- be taken to a bugzilla report for discussion to resolution, or to -->
+<!-- fedora-docs-list for wider discussions. </para> -->
+ <para><emphasis>No changes to report.</emphasis></para>
</section>
</article>
Index: Kernel-en.xml
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RCS file: /cvs/docs/release-notes/en/Kernel-en.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.4
retrieving revision 1.5
diff -u -r1.4 -r1.5
--- Kernel-en.xml 13 Feb 2006 02:28:20 -0000 1.4
+++ Kernel-en.xml 13 Feb 2006 04:10:24 -0000 1.5
@@ -14,20 +14,12 @@
<ulink url='http://www.kernel.org/'>http://www.kernel.org/</ulink>
</para>
<para>You may obtain a list of any such patches by using the command on the Fedora Core package: </para>
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
<screen>rpm -qpl kernel-<version>.src.rpm</screen>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
</section>
<section>
<title>Changelog</title>
<para>The package changelog can be retrieved using the following command </para>
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
<screen>rpm -q --changelog <kernel-version></screen>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
<para>If you need a user friendly version of the changelog, refer to <ulink url='http://wiki.kernelnewbies.org/LinuxChanges'>http://wiki.kernelnewbies.org/LinuxChanges</ulink>. A short and full diff of the kernel is available from <ulink url='http://kernel.org/git'>http://kernel.org/git</ulink>. The Fedora version is based on the Linus tree. </para>
<para>Customisations made for the Fedora version are available from <ulink url='http://cvs.fedora.redhat.com'>http://cvs.fedora.redhat.com</ulink> . </para>
</section>
@@ -51,82 +43,30 @@
<para> Kdump kernel for use with kexec/kdump capabilities. Configured sources are available in the <command>kernel-kdump-devel-<version>.<arch>.rpm</command> package. </para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
- <para>Sources for all kernel flavors may be installed at the same time. The files will be installed into the <command>/usr/src/kernels/<version>[-xen-hypervisor/xen-guest/kdump]-<arch>/</command> tree. Use the command: </para>
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
+ <para>Sources for all kernel flavors may be installed at the same
+ time. The files will be installed into the
+ <command>/usr/src/kernels/<version>[-xen-hypervisor/xen-guest/kdump]-<arch>/</command>
+ tree. Use this command as appropriate: </para>
<screen>rpm -Uvh kernel-[xen-hypervisor/xen-guest/kdump]-devel-<version>.<arch>.rpm</screen>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
- <para>as appropriate. </para>
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <table><title>FIXME</title><tgroup cols="1"><tbody>
-
- <row>
- <entry>
- <para>
- <inlinemediaobject>
- <imageobject>
- <imagedata width='16' fileref='/wiki/ntheme/img/icon-info.png' depth='16'/>
- </imageobject>
- <textobject>
- <phrase>{i}</phrase>
- </textobject>
- </inlinemediaobject>
- <emphasis role='strong'>The default kernels in x86_64 architecture provide the SMP capability</emphasis>
- </para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry>
+ <important>
+ <title>Default Kernels in x86_64 Architecture Provide SMP Capability</title>
<para> There is no separate SMP kernel available for this architecture in Fedora Core . </para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- </tbody></tgroup></table>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
+ </important>
</section>
<section>
<title>Following Generic Textbooks</title>
<para>Many of the tutorials, examples, and textbooks about Linux kernel development assume the kernel sources are installed under the <command>/usr/src/linux/</command> directory. If you make a symbolic link, as shown below, you should be able to use those learning materials with the Fedora Core packages. Install the appropriate kernel sources, as shown earlier, and then: </para>
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
<screen>ln -s /usr/src/kernels/kernel-<all-the-rest> /usr/src/linux</screen>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
</section>
<section>
<title>Preparing for Kernel Development</title>
<para>Fedora Core does not include the kernel-source package provided by older versions. Instead, configured sources are available, as described in this kernel flavors section. </para>
<para>Users that require access to Fedora Core original kernel sources can find them in the kernel .src.rpm package. </para>
<para>To create an exploded source tree from this file, perform the following steps: </para>
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <table><title>FIXME</title><tgroup cols="1"><tbody>
-
- <row>
- <entry>
- <para>
- <inlinemediaobject>
- <imageobject>
- <imagedata width='15' fileref='/wiki/ntheme/img/alert.png' depth='15'/>
- </imageobject>
- <textobject>
- <phrase>/!\</phrase>
- </textobject>
- </inlinemediaobject>
- <emphasis role='strong'>These Instructions Refer to the Currently-running Kernel</emphasis>
- </para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry>
+ <important>
+ <title>These Instructions Refer to the Currently-running Kernel</title>
<para> To simplify the following directions, we have assumed that you want to configure the kernel sources to match your currently-running kernel. In the steps below, you must understand that the phrase <version> refers to the kernel version shown by the command: <command>uname -r</command>. </para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- </tbody></tgroup></table>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
+ </important>
<para>1. Obtain the kernel-<version>.src.rpm file from one of the following sources: </para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
@@ -141,61 +81,40 @@
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>2. Install <command>kernel-<version>.src.rpm</command> using the command: </para>
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
<screen>rpm -Uvh kernel-<version>.src.rpm`</screen>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
<para>This writes the RPM contents into <command>/usr/src/redhat/SOURCES</command> and <command>/usr/src/redhat/SPECS</command>. </para>
<para>3. Prepare the kernel sources using the commands: </para>
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
<screen>cd /usr/src/redhat/SPECSrpmbuild -bp --target $(arch) kernel-2.6.spec</screen>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
<para>The kernel source tree is then located in the <command>/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/kernel-<version>/</command> directory. It is common practice to move the resulting linux-<version> directory to the <command>/usr/src/</command> tree; while not strictly necessary, do this to match the generally-available documentation. </para>
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <screen>cd /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/kernel-<version>mv linux-<version> /usr/src/cd /usr/srcln -s ./linux-<version> linuxcd /usr/src/linux</screen>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
+ <screen>
+<command>cd /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/kernel-<version>
+mv linux-<version> /usr/src/
+cd /usr/src
+ln -s ./linux-<version> linux
+cd /usr/src/linux</command>
+</screen>
<para>4. The configurations for the specific kernels shipped in Fedora Core are in the configs/ directory. For example, the i686 SMP configuration file is named <command>configs/kernel-<version>-i686-smp.config</command>. Issue the following command to place the desired configuration file in the proper place for building: </para>
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
<screen>cp configs/<desired-config-file> .config</screen>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
<para>You can also find the <command>.config</command> file that matches your current kernel configuration in the <command>/lib/modules/<version>/build/.config</command> file. </para>
<para>5. Every kernel gets a name based on its version number. This is the value the <command>uname -r</command> command displays. The kernel name is defined by the first four lines of the kernel Makefile. To protect the innocent, the Makefile has been changed to generate a kernel with a different name from that of the running kernel. Before a module can be accepted by the running kernel, that module must have been compiled for a kernel with the correct name. To do this, you must edit the kernel Makefile. </para>
<para>For example, if the <command>uname -r</command> returns the string <command>2.6.11-1.234_FC4</command>, change the <command>EXTRAVERSION</command> definition from this: </para>
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
<screen>EXTRAVERSION = -prep</screen>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
<para>to this: </para>
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
<screen>EXTRAVERSION = -1.234_FC4</screen>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
<para>that is, substitute everything from the final dash onward. </para>
<para>6. Issue the following command: </para>
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
<screen>make oldconfig</screen>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
<para>You can then proceed as usual. </para>
</section>
<section>
<title>Building Only Kernel Modules</title>
<para>An exploded source tree is not required to build a kernel module, such as your own device driver, against the currently in-use kernel. For example, to build the <command>foo.ko</command> module, create the following Makefile in the directory containing the <command>foo.c</command> file: </para>
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <screen>obj-m := foo.oKDIR := /lib/modules/$(shell uname -r)/buildPWD := $(shell pwd)default:$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) M=$(PWD) modules</screen>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
+ <screen>
+<computeroutput>obj-m := foo.o
+KDIR := /lib/modules/$(shell uname -r)/build
+PWD := $(shell pwd)
+default:$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) M=$(PWD) modules</computeroutput>
+</screen>
<para>Issue the <command>make</command> command to build the <command>foo.ko</command> module. </para>
</section>
<section>
Index: Printing-en.xml
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/docs/release-notes/en/Printing-en.xml,v
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retrieving revision 1.4
diff -u -r1.3 -r1.4
--- Printing-en.xml 13 Feb 2006 02:28:20 -0000 1.3
+++ Printing-en.xml 13 Feb 2006 04:10:24 -0000 1.4
@@ -6,7 +6,11 @@
</articleinfo>
<section id="sn-Printing">
<title>Docs/Beats/Printing</title>
- <para>This page is a stub for content. If you have a contribution for this release notes beat for the test release of Fedora Core, add it to this page or create a sub-page. </para>
- <para>Beat writers: this is where you want to fill in with instructions about how to post relevant information. Any questions that come up can be taken to a bugzilla report for discussion to resolution, or to fedora-docs-list for wider discussions. </para>
+<!-- <para>This page is a stub for content. If you have a contribution for this release notes beat for the test release of Fedora Core, add it to this page or create a sub-page. </para>
+ <para>Beat writers: this is where you want to fill in with instructions -->
+<!-- about how to post relevant information. Any questions that come up can -->
+<!-- be taken to a bugzilla report for discussion to resolution, or to -->
+<!-- fedora-docs-list for wider discussions. </para> -->
+ <para><emphasis>No changes to report.</emphasis></para>
</section>
</article>
Index: ServerTools-en.xml
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/docs/release-notes/en/ServerTools-en.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.4
retrieving revision 1.5
diff -u -r1.4 -r1.5
--- ServerTools-en.xml 13 Feb 2006 02:28:20 -0000 1.4
+++ ServerTools-en.xml 13 Feb 2006 04:10:24 -0000 1.5
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
<title>Temp</title>
</articleinfo>
<section id="sn-ServerTools">
- <title>Docs/Beats/ServerTools</title>
+ <title>Server Tools</title>
<para>This section highlights changes and additions to the various GUI server and system configuration tools in Fedora Core. </para>
<section>
<title>system-config-printer</title>
@@ -27,11 +27,7 @@
<section>
<title>Port Ranges</title>
<para>When defining "Other Ports" in the <command>system-config-securitylevel</command> tool, port ranges can now be specified. For example, specifying "6881-6999:tcp" results in the addition of the following line to <command>/etc/sysconfig/iptables</command>: </para>
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
<screen>A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp --dport 6881:6999 -j ACCEPT </screen>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
</section>
</section>
</section>
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