I tried to install fedora core 5 without burning the iso into cds. Normally I install them and then the cds are of no use. I use compelete install and I upgrade or install new packages directly from the interent. This way I have fedora core 2, 3 ,4 cds sitting idle with me. Oh [...]
Archive of entries posted on March 2006
My New iPod nano
My newest possession is the iPod Nano… The music sounds really great…!!! I am really enjoying the quality of it. Its so sleek and the performance is really good. More details about iPod nano
TamilNadu Politics
Politics is a big time comedy…
Configure Wireless in Fedora Core 4 for Hp zd8000
I made a big mistake of installing ndiswrapper for fedora core 4 using yum. It downloaded the latest kernel and source etc and compile ndiswrapper and I was not able to update any wifi drivers for my HP Pavilion zd8000. After much struggle for so many hours I removed ndiswrapper using the yum. I wanted [...]
Update Firefox 1.5.0.1 in RH Fedora Core 4
I really wanted to upgrade my Firefox in FC4. When I tried using yum it updated Firefox 1.0.4 to 1.0.7. I tried adding extra mirrors in yum configuration but no use. Latter I found a manual method to update Firefox. su or login as root first. # wget ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/ .. /firefox-1.5.tar.gz # cd /usr/lib # [...]