Yesterday Fedora has Released 'Alpha' version of its upcoming Operating System code named 'Leonidas' (Version 11).
Though i already have Fedora 11 from rawhide, i had installed the Alpha version from the DVD.
NOTE: Pre-Final releases are not recommended for daily usage, be warned.
During installation you notice that the 'touchpad' doesn't work. You need to plug in a USB Mouse and proceed with the installation
The whole installation process worked seamlessly
This still isn't being detected correctly, i had to follow my earlier hack to get this working
create the following file.
There seem to be some problem with the 'rpmfusion' repository, so i had to compile ndiswrapper 1.54 myself. During the compilation you might see errors like this
In order to get rid of that error, i had done a minor hack.
Just comment the lines from 1746 to 1748. The compilation will work just fine.
Kde-4.2 is included in the latest release, which is very good in terms of rendering, when compared to the earlier versions.
You might still see some screen corruption in the system tray, which the kde team has yet to fix.
You need to install pommed-1.25 version, in order to run with 2.6.29 kernel
You no longer need to do any hacks like -IgnoreABI in order to work with xorg-1.6, Nvidia driver 180.25 has support to work with latest xorg.
You notice a big delay till the command is executed, when you run any sudo commands, not sure whats the problem here is.
No matter which desktop you choose, GDM tries to reset your preferred desktop to "GNOME". For me i was choosing KDE all the time, but whenever i reboot, the default desktop is getting reset to "GNOME"
There are many other features which you can find at the release notes
Though i already have Fedora 11 from rawhide, i had installed the Alpha version from the DVD.
NOTE: Pre-Final releases are not recommended for daily usage, be warned.
Installation Process
Touchpad
During installation you notice that the 'touchpad' doesn't work. You need to plug in a USB Mouse and proceed with the installation
The whole installation process worked seamlessly
Post Installation
Audio
This still isn't being detected correctly, i had to follow my earlier hack to get this working
create the following file.
nareshv@nareshv:~ $ cat /etc/modprobe.d/audio
options snd_hda_intel model=mbp3
2. Ndiswrapper 1.54 version
There seem to be some problem with the 'rpmfusion' repository, so i had to compile ndiswrapper 1.54 myself. During the compilation you might see errors like this
nareshv@nareshv:/tmp/ndiswrapper-1.54 $ gmake
make -C driver
make[1]: Entering directory `/tmp/ndiswrapper-1.54/driver'
make -C /usr/src/kernels/2.6.29-0.66.rc3.fc11.x86_64 M=/tmp/ndiswrapper-1.54/driver
make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.29-0.66.rc3.fc11.x86_64'
LD /tmp/ndiswrapper-1.54/driver/built-in.o
MKEXPORT /tmp/ndiswrapper-1.54/driver/crt_exports.h
CC [M] /tmp/ndiswrapper-1.54/driver/crt.o
MKEXPORT /tmp/ndiswrapper-1.54/driver/hal_exports.h
CC [M] /tmp/ndiswrapper-1.54/driver/hal.o
CC [M] /tmp/ndiswrapper-1.54/driver/iw_ndis.o
CC [M] /tmp/ndiswrapper-1.54/driver/loader.o
MKEXPORT /tmp/ndiswrapper-1.54/driver/ndis_exports.h
CC [M] /tmp/ndiswrapper-1.54/driver/ndis.o
/tmp/ndiswrapper-1.54/driver/ndis.c: In function ‘NdisSystemProcessorCount’:
/tmp/ndiswrapper-1.54/driver/ndis.c:2627: warning: overflow in implicit constant conversion
MKEXPORT /tmp/ndiswrapper-1.54/driver/ntoskernel_exports.h
CC [M] /tmp/ndiswrapper-1.54/driver/ntoskernel.o
MKEXPORT /tmp/ndiswrapper-1.54/driver/ntoskernel_io_exports.h
CC [M] /tmp/ndiswrapper-1.54/driver/ntoskernel_io.o
CC [M] /tmp/ndiswrapper-1.54/driver/pe_linker.o
CC [M] /tmp/ndiswrapper-1.54/driver/pnp.o
CC [M] /tmp/ndiswrapper-1.54/driver/proc.o
MKEXPORT /tmp/ndiswrapper-1.54/driver/rtl_exports.h
CC [M] /tmp/ndiswrapper-1.54/driver/rtl.o
CC [M] /tmp/ndiswrapper-1.54/driver/wrapmem.o
CC [M] /tmp/ndiswrapper-1.54/driver/wrapndis.o
/tmp/ndiswrapper-1.54/driver/wrapndis.c:1747:3: error: invalid preprocessing directive #.
make[3]: *** [/tmp/ndiswrapper-1.54/driver/wrapndis.o] Error 1
make[2]: *** [_module_/tmp/ndiswrapper-1.54/driver] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.29-0.66.rc3.fc11.x86_64'
make[1]: *** [modules] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/ndiswrapper-1.54/driver'
gmake: *** [all] Error 2
nareshv@nareshv:/tmp/ndiswrapper-1.54 $
In order to get rid of that error, i had done a minor hack.
nareshv@nareshv:/tmp/ndiswrapper-1.54 $ vim driver/wrapndis.c
1744 >___.ndo_set_mac_address = ndis_set_mac_address,
1745 >___.ndo_get_stats = ndis_get_stats,
1746 /*#ifdef CONFIG_NET_POLL_CONTROLLER
1747 >___.poll_controller = ndis_poll_controller;
1748 #endif*/
1749 };
1750 #endif
Just comment the lines from 1746 to 1748. The compilation will work just fine.
3. KDE-4.2
Kde-4.2 is included in the latest release, which is very good in terms of rendering, when compared to the earlier versions.
You might still see some screen corruption in the system tray, which the kde team has yet to fix.
4. Pommed-1.25 for apple keyboard special keys
You need to install pommed-1.25 version, in order to run with 2.6.29 kernel
Nvidia Drivers
You no longer need to do any hacks like -IgnoreABI in order to work with xorg-1.6, Nvidia driver 180.25 has support to work with latest xorg.
Few Gotchas
sudo commands
You notice a big delay till the command is executed, when you run any sudo commands, not sure whats the problem here is.
GDM and Preferred Desktop
No matter which desktop you choose, GDM tries to reset your preferred desktop to "GNOME". For me i was choosing KDE all the time, but whenever i reboot, the default desktop is getting reset to "GNOME"
There are many other features which you can find at the release notes
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