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Using elvis?
by Colin Charles 09 Aug '04

09 Aug '04

Hi, We've been talking about public CVS for far too long, and I think the longer we wait, the longer Fedora Docs becomes less & less relevant Keeping in mind that the barrier of entry is already relatively high (you need to know DocBook, you need to use Emacs, etc...), this makes folk move closer to creating docs on 3rd party sites Why can't we use elvis.redhat.com ? Anaconda, translations and so on happen at elvis, so why not fedora docs? This will mean external contributors *can* commit to cvs as well Kind regards -- Colin Charles, byte(a)aeon.com.my http://www.bytebot.net/ "First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win." -- Mohandas Gandhi

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fedora-entities - a proposal in the flesh
by Karsten Wade 02 Aug '04

02 Aug '04

This one has been on my to-do list for a while ... http://people.redhat.com/kwade/fedora-docs/common/fedora-entities-en.xml This works fine in my local tree, but since it includes entities required by the build scripts, it needs more QA. See below the Background section for implementation steps. # Background If you aren't familiar with the concept here, DocBook entities allow us to objectify common words and phrases that we want to use regularly, and be able to easily update from a single location. Entries look like this:  <!ENTITY FCVER "2">  <!ENTITY TESTVER "test1">  <!ENTITY FCTESTVER "3 &TESTVER;">  In the XML it appears like this: The information in this FAQ is specific to &FC; &FCTESTVER;. If you are looking for the FAQ for &FC; &FCVER; ... Which DocBook converts into: The information in this FAQ is specific to Fedora Core 3test1. If you are looking for the FAQ for Fedora Core 2 ... # Implementing To take advantage of this common entities file, we need to do the following: 1. If the common entities file is ready for submission, get it into CVS in fedora-docs/common. I'll be responsible for making this happen, ye gods willing. 2. Update your XML to use the common file by first removing the local versions of similar entities (leave in your true local entities), and adding this line: <!ENTITY % FEDORA-ENTITIES-EN SYSTEM "../common/fedora-entities-en.xml"> %FEDORA-ENTITIES-EN; Note the relative path. Just like the build scripts, you are relying upon the various build directories in fedora-docs/ being in specific locations. The BOOKID entity is still set in each guide locally: <!ENTITY BOOKID "selinux-faq-1.3 (2004-07-30-T04:20-0800)">  I use a LOCALVER entity for the times when my guide is out of sync with the current FCVER or FCTESTVER in the common entities file. The LOCALVER would be used like this: <!ENTITY LOCALVER "3">  The information in this FAQ is relevant to &FC; &LOCALVER; only and not to the current or test release. 3. File bugzilla tickets for all the other guides in CVS that need to be updated to use the new common entities file. ## 30 - Karsten -- Karsten Wade, RHCE, Tech Writer this .signature subject to random changes http://people.redhat.com/kwade/ gpg fingerprint: 2680 DBFD D968 3141 0115 5F1B D992 0E06 AD0E 0C41

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[Fwd: Creating a Fedora instllation boot floppy]
by Colin Charles 01 Aug '04

01 Aug '04

David, Consider dropping this to the fedora-docs-list(a)redhat.com as this is possibly a guide Regards -- Colin Charles, byte(a)aeon.com.my http://www.bytebot.net/ "First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win." -- Mohandas Gandhi

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[Fwd: USB Key and Fedora Core 2/Gnome2.6 How-To]
by Colin Charles 01 Aug '04

01 Aug '04

Don't know if we can make this of use in the Docs Project, but it might be handy The author, and Tim has been CC'ed as well This adds to Tim Waugh's guide http://cyberelk.net/tim/usb-storage.html, and I think will make a good HOWTO/Guide for the docs project For FC3, we might want to touch on gamin as well -- Colin Charles, byte(a)aeon.com.my http://www.bytebot.net/ "First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win." -- Mohandas Gandhi

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Fedora Doc List used as Help Desk
by redwire＠therockmere.com 31 Jul '04

31 Jul '04

I agree that we need to clarify the actual usage of this mailing list. But, as was mentioned in one of the preceding posts: there aren't any Published DOCS for Fedora. And, we are the DOCS link mentioned on the Fedora Main Page. Maybe if we released some documentation for posting to the Fedora Website we could negate a number of these 'request for help' type postings. Just my opinion. Brad p.s. I've been locked out of the CVS to retreive the examples. Can someone repost the synatax for getting the docs from CVS. Also, if I wasn't just imagining that I could D'L from the CVS if you could confirm that I'd sleep better at night. I have a doc on YUM conversion from RH9 to FC 1 or 2, but I can't finish cleaning it up until I can check the examples. TIA...Brad

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Problems using a wireless mouse unfer FC2
by Pablo 30 Jul '04

30 Jul '04

I´ve got a wireless USB keyboard + optical mouse in a machine running Fedora Core 2. Both devices are working perfectly. I can use the keyboard without any problem but I´m having a little trouble with the mouse. The pointer (cursor) moves perfectly -so the mouse is working- but I can´t click or use the wheel. I don´t really care about the wheel too much but no button is working. This doesn´t happen when I use a PS/2 optical mouse. And, finally, under Windowshit XP (in the same machine) it works perfectly... so, is nos the BIOS setting. And of course I played for a while with kudzu and system-config-mouse. What can I do? Is there a driver for that? Thanks. ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.

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what is ready for fedora.redhat.com
by Karsten Wade 30 Jul '04

30 Jul '04

Can we put together a list of what exactly is ready to post or change in either of the Docs pages at fedora.redhat.com? There are two categories: 1. Actual Documentation - http://fedora.redhat.com/docs These would be new documents or changes to existing documents. If you have specific bugzilla reports, post them. Perhaps bug reports, one for each document ready to post? I'll start the list: ## Documents Ready For Post and Maintenance Fedora Core 2 SELinux FAQ (in CVS) Fedora Core 3text1 SELinux FAQ (soon to be in CVS) 2. Docs Project - http://fedora.redhat.com/projects/docs/ Specific changes we should file as bugzilla reports, then report the bugzilla number back to this thread. If it's something for the FDP Documentation Guide, it needs a bugzilla number, and should be included in this category. - Karsten -- Karsten Wade, RHCE, Tech Writer this .signature subject to random changes http://people.redhat.com/kwade/ gpg fingerprint: 2680 DBFD D968 3141 0115 5F1B D992 0E06 AD0E 0C41

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Test message
by Dave Pawson 28 Jul '04

28 Jul '04

-- Regards DaveP. XSLT&Docbook FAQ http://www.dpawson.co.uk/xsl

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Fedora Project Mailing Lists reminder
by Elliot Lee 27 Jul '04

27 Jul '04

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Problems with my Lucent winmodem under FC2 !!!!
by Pablo 24 Jul '04

24 Jul '04

Hello... I'm having troubles installing my lucent winmodem under Fedora Core 2. I downloadad the lasta driver available from www.linmodem.org, succesfully compiled (with no errors at all). The symlinks are correct and both modules are generated. The problem is that the system doesn´t recognize the modules' format. Even when I try to install them with insmod or load the modules with modprobe I get an error message: "Unrecognized module format". Of course, with KPPP I cannot dial. The message is that the modem is busy when I try to use the /dev/modem port. I tryed with two different chipsets models (both supported by the driver) in two different computers (one AMD Athlon 2600+ with 512Mb. RAM and another Athlon Thunderbird 900Mhz. with 128Mb. RAM). Can anybody help me with this? I can´t see where´s the problem. I tryed several times and the compilation process is always succesful but the problem is always the same. Thank U.

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